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Robert O'Callaghan's Rockford Basket Press Shiraz encapsulates traditional and contemporary winemaking philosophies and embraces the inherent qualities of old vine Shiraz: the physicality of winemaking where muscle and personal touch transform process into an artform; the traditional tools of trade (a 1910 petrol-driven old Bagshaw crusher, basket press, open fermenters) and the complementary nuances of American and French oak maturation. Robert O'Callaghan is one of the most important figures in contemporary Australian winemaking. He was early to recognise the future of regional definition, the importance of heritage and the conservation of both physical and viticultural resources.
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Do Too Many LDs Throw Effects at the Audience?
Paul Dexter may be one of the most outspoken guys in the lighting industry. In print and in person, he's rather witty, but beneath it all is a sharp-eyed observer of the world of lighting, especially on the concert scene. From his desk at ELS (Entertainment Lighting Services) in Los Angeles, where his title is production design associate, Dexter has a clear view of what's going on in the industry. He oversees a wide range of projects, from sales and rentals of lighting equipment to design consultation and on-site coordination. He also occasionally takes on a freelance lighting design job. At LDI2002 in Las Vegas, he will present a panel entitled "Stop That!" Ellen Lampert-Gréaux has a pre-LDI chat with Dexter to find out more.
ELG: What do you mean by "Stop That!"?
PD: I've noticed that a lot of LDs have an overwhelming desire to overuse moving lights and it diminishes their effects. They have become so rapid that fundamental theatre has taken a back seat to how many times the stage can change in one song, so "Stop That!" The drama of a show is achieved by big contrasts. Contrast provides a comparison. The art of maximizing one simple effect into explosive drama has just about vanished. It has reached the point where my favorite part is the blackout at the end.
ELG: How do you feel about the advent of moving lights in the concert touring business? Have they replaced PAR cans and is that a good thing?
PD: Moving lights are, arguably, one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century for theatre and touring. They are exceedingly flexible, but they are not a lighting panacea. Many lighting designs these days use moving fixtures as the primary light source, excluding conventional fixtures. Unless you are lighting a set most of the time, it creates an air graphic that results in a very clinical, geometrical look. There's far too much of it out there. Has it replaced the PAR can? No. PARs have an entirely different beam shape, intensity, and color temperature. You need to mix intelligent fixtures with PAR cans to achieve still layering and dimension and provide a contrast for moving-light special effects.
ELG: Can you develop the idea of contrasts and layers in lighting? How do you mix moving and still, or intense and soft?
PD: It is possible to alter depth perception using intensity variation, soft beams, and color mixes cut with hard-edged beams. Create a stage picture and make it still. Does it look good to you? Okay, then leave it alone and let people appreciate it. Intensity and movement will be valued more if a still scene paves the way for it. The manipulation of high contrasts is the key to achieving the best dramatic effects.
ELG: How should a designer pace a show and keep from revealing all in the first five minutes? What do you mean by foreplay in terms of concert lighting?
PD: How come you can ask me two questions at once? Stop that! First, avoid playing lights like music. Let entertainment be entertainment. You are there to complement and add value to the performance, not become a member of the band. Second, list all of your available effects. Obtain a song list and organize them in places where they can be the most dazzling. Then write yourself a script for every song and stick to it. Foreplay is a sex analogy that I use relating to a lighting approach, writing a business letter, or organizing my day. If your approach is to go into the bedroom and climax as quickly as possible, chances are your partner will soon become your ex-partner. No! It's all about build-up and stretching out your assets, saving the best for last. Trust me, if you don't already know, it's better. Start prioritizing effects in this way and your show will immediately take on a new energy.
ELG: How do you build an element of surprise in your shows?
PD: I study my show and build it with a beginning, middle, and end. If you take a rig full of effects that you could potentially extend out over an hour, but instead opt to give away the prize in the beginning, you're boring and I am going to kick you out of my bedroom. I often see so many consecutive contrasts in light and movement that it desensitizes audiences and keeps you from pulling off something simple.
ELG: Is there a better way to design?
PD: Let me see what you have to offer. Give some foreplay and hold your effects close to your chest. For example, what if you had moving lights in the rig, but didn't use them until the fifth song? Then, in the middle of the fifth song, at the start of a dynamic guitar solo, black out everything and sweep all your moving fixtures to the guitarist. People's hearts will drop to their stomachs. Save another huge effect and hit them again in the same song about a minute later. You've reserved until then and now, out of the blue, big drama. Pacing your show with tease and foreplay, using less gadgetry in the beginning, will pay dividends. Your sex partner will come back for more too.
ELG: Do you have a "pet" technology — lights you love to use — and why?
PD: I don't. Once the foundation of practicality and general coverage is established, I fill in with little lights like the PAR-20, ropelight, strobes, sometimes fluorescents, or hide a Molefay somewhere. Little accents can make a normal scene really pop and produce a surprise element.
ELG: What are some of your favorite recent projects?
PD: Rock Star, the movie, and Hiro Yamagata's exhibit, NGC6093. They were two totally different projects with sky-is-the-limit creative collaboration with some incredibly talented artists. I learned a lot.
ELG: How were they equipped?
PD: Rock Star involved a retro, mid-80s PAR can rig with 1,200 fixtures, about 20 moving lights, and 13 tons of rigging and truss. Yamagata involved 120 moving lights of five varieties.
ELG: Good contrast? Good foreplay?
PD: As far as contrast, I could let effects out early for the movie, because we figured the edit room would take care of the reveals. In this instance, the LD was not the arbiter of foreplay. I used full stage looks and big changes most of the time. NGC6093 was all about contrasts. Lighting would move from dark and serene, with wavy laser projection and slow-moving water simulation, to chaotic strobing with 25kW Lightning Strikes units. It was very disorienting and the foreplay concept went right out the window.
ELG: What's up your sleeve for the "Stop That!" panel at LDI?
PD: We — LD Phil Ealy, Dizzy Gosnell of Bandit Lites, and I — are going to take a rock song, strip it down, and script it, revealing our tricks along the way. We will build the song on WYSIWYG, demonstrate the process, and the audience will see a finished, polished light show. Dizzy is very funny, Phil is serious, and I will be the mediator, making sure that we accomplish a beginning, middle, and end.
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Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong condition in which your body can't control the level of glucose in your blood. It develops when your body can't make enough insulin or doesn't respond to it properly.
About 2.9 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Type 2 diabetes is the common form, affecting 85 out of every 100 people (including children) with diabetes. You may also hear type 2 diabetes called non-insulin-dependent diabetes and sometimes adult-onset or late-onset diabetes. However, this is misleading as type 2 diabetes is becoming more common in young adults and children.
Type 2 diabetes usually affects people over the age of 40, but can develop at any age. People of African-Caribbean or South Asian origin are more likely to develop the condition. It usually affects them earlier in life, from the age of about 25.
Type 2 diabetes develops when your body can't produce enough insulin or doesn't respond to insulin as it should. This happens if your body becomes less sensitive to insulin and doesn't react to it properly (insulin resistance).
Insulin is important because it regulates the level of glucose in your blood. Glucose is a simple form of sugar found in foods and sugary drinks. It's absorbed by your body as a natural part of digestion and is carried around your body in your blood. When glucose reaches your body tissues, such as muscle cells, insulin helps it enter the cells where it's converted into energy.
Insulin is produced by your pancreas, which is a gland located behind your stomach. If your pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, or your tissue cells don't respond properly to insulin, glucose can build up in your blood. This causes your blood sugar levels to rise.
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If you have any of these symptoms, see your GP.
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In the long-term, type 2 diabetes can lead to complications even with good control of blood glucose.
If too much sugar builds up in your blood, you may develop hyperglycaemia. This may happen because you missed a dose of insulin or another medicine. You could also develop hyperglycaemia if, you have eaten more carbohydrate than usual or if you have an infection. Symptoms of hyperglycaemia include:
Very rarely, if you have an infection or become dehydrated, your blood glucose can rise to dangerously high levels. This can lead to a condition called hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state. If this happens, you may become drowsy and lose consciousness. Although the risk of this condition is low, it is a medical emergency and you will need to be treated in hospital.
Your blood glucose levels can become too low (hypoglycaemia) if you don't eat enough carbohydrate while taking insulin or particular medicines called sulphonylureas (eg gliclazide). You're more likely to develop hypoglycaemia if you take other medicines such as beta-blockers, drink too much alcohol or do more physical activity than usual. Hypoglycaemia can cause you to feel faint, sweaty, confused and you may feel your heart pounding. You can treat it straight away by eating glucose tablets (or a few sweets or a sugary drink), followed by a couple of biscuits or a sandwich.
There are several risk factors that make you more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, including:
Your GP will ask about your symptoms and examine you. He or she may advise you to have a blood test to examine the levels of glucose in your blood. Your GP may also suggest that you have the following tests.
If your blood test results suggest you have type 2 diabetes, your GP may advise you to have repeat tests before your diagnosis is confirmed.
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By making the following lifestyle changes, you can help to control your blood glucose levels.
Ask at your clinic whether they run structured education classes. These aim to help you learn how to look after your condition and how to monitor it yourself.
If lifestyle changes alone don't keep your blood glucose levels under control, your doctor may advise you to take medicines. There are many types of diabetes medicines available. Your doctor will usually begin by offering you a medicine called metformin.
Metformin works by reducing the amount of glucose that gets released into your blood from your liver. It also improves the way glucose is used by your muscles. If metformin doesn't help you reach your desired blood glucose levels within three months, there is a range of medicines that your doctor can offer you instead. The one that you're offered will depend on many things but some of the possible medicines include the following.
For more information about medicines for type 2 diabetes, speak to your doctor or diabetes specialist nurse.
If lifestyle changes and medicines can't keep your blood glucose levels under control, your doctor may suggest you have insulin injections.
You will usually inject yourself with insulin once or twice a day, using either a small needle or a pen-type syringe with replaceable cartridges. There are several different types of insulin that work at different rates and for different lengths of time. Ask your doctor for advice on which type is best for you.
If you have insulin injections, you will be advised to monitor your blood glucose levels with a home test kit. This involves taking a pinprick of blood from your finger and putting a drop on a testing strip. A meter will read the result automatically.
Your 'normal' blood glucose range will be specific to you but a general guide for adults with type 2 diabetes is:
Your doctor, GP or diabetes specialist nurse will show you how to monitor your blood glucose levels and tell you how often you need to check it.
Your doctor may advise you to have your levels of HbA1C tested at least once a year. HbA1C is a measure of how well you're controlling your blood sugar levels over the long term. The test is done by taking blood from a vein in your arm or sometimes a drop of blood from a fingerprick.
You will usually be offered at least one full review of your condition every year.
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On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, the Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit received information that a Tier 2 Sex Offender from Las Vegas was staying in our area, and had not registered with local law enforcement within 48 hours of his arrival as required by law.
The RSONU, with the assistance of the Department of Parole and Probation, located Lee Carr Estabrook II in the 1100 block of N. Rock Blvd. He was taken into custody without incident. Estabrook, who is also on lifetime parole, has been in the area since at least February 1st of this year, staying at a local motel and working in the area.
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R W Glenn on the Fatherhood of God
Do you know what it means that God is your Father?
R W Glenn believes that many Christians miss out on experiencing the wonderful reality that we are truly loved. Because of Jesus, God's wrath toward us is turned away. We wake up each day accepted as his sons and daughters. "God has no reservations about us whatsoever and he marshals all of his omnipotence to do us good."
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The Chicago White Sox moved to beef up their bullpen Thursdy by purchasing the contract of right-handed pitcher Jeff Gray from Triple-A Charlotte and designating outfielder Lastings Milledge for assignment.
I have to admit that I missed the news about Milledge joining the White Sox in the first place. But join them he did, playing in two games and doubling in four at-bats. And Milledge earned his roster spot in spring training, batting .305/.425/.525 in 59 at-bats, with his four home runs and 12 RBI both ranking him among the team leaders.
Milledge turned 26 two days ago. He's now played for four major-league teams, three of which tired of him pretty quickly. But there are still plenty of baseball men who remember that just five years ago, he was widely regarded as one of the dozen or so best prospects in the minor leagues. And the truth is that he hasn't been terrible in the majors. He just hasn't been good, or even average. And there have been questions, from time to time, about his attitude.
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LITTLE ROCK - With a declaration that Arkansas' death penalty system is broken, the state's top attorney is trying to start a difficult conversation on what options the state has left after lawsuits and a drug shortage have effectively halted executions for the past eight years.
But Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said he's uncertain where that conversation should ultimately lead.
"What I absolutely oppose is doing nothing and saying nothing as we continue to spend money on a system that I know is broken and I feel like I have an obligation to discuss with the people, my clients," McDaniel said in an interview last week.
McDaniel earlier this month laid out the problems with the death penalty in Arkansas as he addressed a group of sheriffs from around the state and said he'll continue talking about the challenges Arkansas faces. Thirty-seven men sit on death row; the state hasn't executed anyone since 2005.
Nine of the state's death row inmates are suing Arkansas over its new execution law, and prison officials are trying to find a different drug to use in lethal injections after it lost its account with a company that previously supplied it with chemicals.
The options laid out by McDaniel are continuing with a lethal injection system that shows no signs of allowing anyone to be executed in the near future, exploring other forms of capital punishment or abolishing the death penalty altogether.
McDaniel said he's not advocating for Arkansas using other execution methods like firing squads or the electric chair. A supporter of capital punishment, he's also not calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
"As for abolishment of the death penalty, I haven't reached the point where I'm morally opposed to the death penalty," McDaniel said. "But I am reaching the point where I see the futility of the current system and recognize that if it can't be fixed, doing away with it is a viable option. But I'm not advocating that."
Arkansas doesn't have any pending executions, even though McDaniel asked Gov. Mike Beebe in May to set dates for seven of Arkansas' condemned prisoners. Beebe has said he doesn't have any plans to schedule executions as prison officials try to find a new lethal injection drug and legal challenges continue.
McDaniel's warning is the latest sign that Arkansas is in the middle of a serious re-evaluation of its stance on executions, if not a tipping point in the debate. Beebe earlier this year he'd sign legislation outlawing the death penalty if it ever reached his desk.
It was a mostly symbolic gesture, with Republicans controlling both chambers of the Legislature after the November election and most top Democrats also unwilling to repeal capital punishment. A proposal to abolish the death penalty was filed, but never came up for a hearing.
Sen. Joyce Elliott, the sponsor of that proposal, said she plans to try again with her bill to abolish the death penalty in 2015 if she wins re-election next year. Elliott, D-Little Rock, said she believed McDaniel's comments help her argument for outlawing capital punishment.
"That is problematic that we can't find a way to do it right something we consider an appropriate punishment," Elliott said.
Other lawmakers, however, say they're not sure the situation is as dire as laid out by McDaniel. Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Arkansas should see how other states have been able to carry out executions without facing the same questions about the drugs used.
Hutchinson said he planned to talk about the issue with prison officials when they appear before his committee next week.
"I don't believe it's as bleak a picture as he painted," Hutchinson, R-Benton, said.
Hutchinson said he supports the death penalty, noting that having that as a sentencing option can help prosecutors in trying to negotiate plea deals.
Rep. Marshall Wright, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said he agrees with McDaniel's assessment of the system and said one possibility for lawmakers in 2015 may be to consider a temporary step such as a moratorium on sentencing anyone else to death. Wright said he supports the death penalty, but said he's looking at whether such a temporary pause may be needed to address the challenges in carrying out executions.
"Right now, it's a little disingenuous to have it as a possibility right now. We have no way to carry it out," said Wright, D-Forrest City. "Whether or not you're in favor or not in favor of the death penalty in Arkansas, there's no way to enact it right now."
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— While the Brownsburg football team enjoyed its first undefeated regular season since 1994 this past season, former Bulldogs at the Division I level experienced success as well.
Three former Brownsburg players went to three different bowls for their respective schools.
Chris Jones (Class of 2009), senior defensive tackle at Bowling Green, played in the Military Bowl in Washington, D.C.; Kyle Christy (Class of 2011), sophomore punter at Florida, played in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans; and Charles Torwudzo (Class of 2010), sophomore wide receiver at Purdue, was on the roster but did not play for the Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas.
Each team lost their respective bowl game as Bowling Green (8-5) fell 29-20 to San Jose State, Florida (11-2) was defeated 33-23 by Louisville, and Purdue (6-7) lost 58-14 to Oklahoma State.
Jones and Christy were both impact players for their teams, earning multiple individual honors.
Jones was named the 2012 Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and First-Team All-MAC, and was selected by the Associated Press as a Third-Team All-American. The team captain started all 13 games his senior season while recording 42 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 19.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. He was third in the country in sacks and tied for seventh in tackles for loss.
The 6-foot-1, 293-pound defensive tackle's best game of the season came against Miami (OH) when he racked up three tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and a 23-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown in a 37-12 win.
During his career at Bowling Green, Jones was a three-time All-MAC selection, including a two-time first-teamer.
Jones moved to Brownsburg from Midland, Mich., during the end of his sophomore year and the Bulldogs benefited the next two years.
"He's a kid of very high character and he had a switch that would flip on and nobody could contain him," Bronwsburg coach Brett Comer said. "He freaked out a couple times in high school where he was just unbelievably on fire."
Comer mentioned a game against Harrison where five guys had to hold Jones back and "they weren't doing a very good job of it."
Christy enjoyed a fruitful season down south for the Gators. The 6-foot-2 punter was selected as a finalist for the Ray Guy Award (the nation's best punter), won the College Football Performance Awards Punter Trophy, and was named a member of the Walter Camp All-America Second Team and a CBSSports.com All-American.
He averaged 45.8 yards per punt in 2012 to set a school record. Christy was fifth in the nation in punting average and top in the SEC.
The first-team all-conference punter was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after a performance against South Carolina where he set a single-game school record with a 54.3 per punt average and he also added a season-best punt of 62 yards.
While at Brownsburg, Christy, a placekicker first, had reservations about taking up punting. He split time his junior year as a punter, used only when the Bulldogs needed, "a big one or a typical punt."
He soon bought into what Comer was preaching about being a versatile special teams specialist in order to help garner scholarship offers. After attending some camps, Christy gained offers from Florida and LSU.
"He learned how to punt," Comer said. "He worked with our coaches and he also got a personal coach. That's a testament to the kid. He taught himself, among others, and learned how to punt. And now he's one of the best punters in the country and who knows if the letters N-F-L will be in his future. But he's got as good of a chance as anybody in the county to be an NFL punter."
Christy led the state his senior year at Brownsburg with 42.4 yards per punt and Comer said he single-handily helped beat Westfield that season.
"We beat Westfield because of him," he said. "He flipped the field three different times and put it inside the 10. And we're not talking about 40 yard punts, we're talking about 50s and 60s."
Towudzo's injuries have limited his playing time but under new Boilermakers coach Darrell Hazell, he hopes to see the field more.
"They are definitely excited with a new coach and a fresh start," Comer said. "Hopefully that will work out well for him because he's bounced around a little bit. He's gotten to play a little bit this year but not a lot of major minutes by any means. But with a new coach, you get a new start and he's got a new life, if you will."
The 6-foot-4, 223-pound wide receiver is an uncommon matchup for opposing cornerbacks who typically hover at around 6-feet.
"He's a matchup nightmare," Comer said. "To have a high school receiver that was that big and that ran as well as he did was an advantage to us. Especially in our offense."
Playing in Brownsburg's power running attack limited the amount of balls thrown Towudzo's way but helped make him that much more valuable.
"He really had to accept a lesser role," Comer said. "If he would have been at another school in the shotgun spread that threw the ball 40 times a game, the kid would have had a 100 catches on the year. Because of what we do offensively ... it was nice to have him out there because if people wanted to put eight or nine kids in the box to stop the run, it meant we had one-on-one coverage with one of the best receivers in Indiana."


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Original post made on Jul 10, 2013
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on Jul 10, 2013 at 4:31 pm
We should keep it for its sedimental value.
on Jul 10, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Thought that the City Council's plastic bag ban was supposed to keep the creeks all clean and pure ..
on Jul 10, 2013 at 6:50 pm
It would be better for the environment if the sediment was hauled off by bicycle, foot or public transportation instead of dump trucks.
on Jul 10, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Permanently open the service road along the creek to bicyclists and my family will help to haul dirt. The city has been talking about opening this road to the public for years. Why hasn't it happened yet? NIMBYs?
on Jul 11, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Rough riding for bicyclists - especially for small ones. Liability if someone falls into creek. Costly to fence entire right of way and maintain for a few riders.
on Jul 11, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Grew up on Amarillo Ave back in the '50's - re: Matadero Creek, wondering if there's any record of a slaugherhouse ('matadero')located on the creek, presumably before the days of Piers Ranch and Dairy.
on Jul 11, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Good one musical!
on Jul 11, 2013 at 11:51 pm
I couldn't help myself...
@Mike, I miss the old Drive-In theater. When was that built? The meaning of Matadero had never occurred to me until you brought it up. Interesting.
on Jul 12, 2013 at 6:10 pm
What is the purpose of removing the sediment?
on Jul 12, 2013 at 7:17 pm
If your interested in some of the history of Barron and Matadero creeks, you should read Doug Graham's history articles in the Barron Park Association newsletter. Doug talks about them starting on page 10 in the Summer, 2008 newsletter: Web Link
The short answer is that Matadero Creek appeared on maps as early as 1859. The exact location of the "slaughtering place" was either near the Bol park donkey pasture or further up near what is now the Page Mill exit on 280.
on Jul 14, 2013 at 12:25 pm
20 days start to finish or 20 work days? I live right next to the creek and would like to know.
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What our country desperately needs is a leader who loves us
Americans have been treated with contempt for so long that we have become inured to our own society's suffering
I remember seeing a picture of Fidel Castro in a parade with lots of other Cubans. It was during the emergency years, the "special period" when Cuba's relationship with the Soviet Union had collapsed and there was little gas or oil or fertilizer; people were struggling to find enough to eat. It was perhaps Cuba's nadir, as a small Caribbean island nation considered a dangerous threat by its nearest neighbor, the United States – which, during this period, tightened its embargo. Fidel, tall, haggard, his clothes hanging more loosely than usual from his gaunt frame, walked soberly along, surrounded by thousands of likewise downhearted, fearful people: he, like them, waving a tiny red, white and blue Cuban flag. This photograph made me weep – not only because I love Fidel and the Cuban people, but also because I was envious.
This is what I want for our country, more than anything. I want a leader who can love us. This is not what we usually say, or think of, when we are trying to choose a leader. People like to talk about "experience" and war and the economy and making Americans look good again. I care about all these things. But when the lights are out and I'm left with just the stars in a super-dark sky and I feel the new intense chill that seems to be the underbreath of even the hottest day, when I know that global warming may send our planet into a deep freeze even before my remaining years run out, then I think about what it is that truly matters to me. Not just as a human, but as an American.
I would say that, in my lifetime, it was only the Kennedys, in national leadership, who seemed even to know what compassion meant; certainly John, and then Bobby, were unafraid to grow an informed and open heart. (After he left the White House, President Carter blossomed into a sheltering tree of peace, quite admirably.) I was a student at a segregated college in Georgia when John Kennedy was assassinated. His was a moral voice, a voice of someone who had suffered; someone who, when looking at us in the South, so vulnerable, so poor, so outnumbered by the violent racists surrounding us, could join his suffering with ours. The rocking chair in which he sat reminded us that he was somehow like us: feeling pain on a daily basis and living a full-tilt life in spite of it. And Bobby Kennedy, whom a mentor of mine, Marian Wright (later Edelman), brought to Mississippi years later. He had not believed there were starving children in the United States. Wright took him to visit the delta. Kneeling before these hungry children in the Mississippi dirt and heat, he wept. We were so happy to have those tears. Never before had we witnessed compassion in anyone sent out to lead us.
The present administration and too many others before it have shown the most clear and unapologetic hatred for the American people. A contempt for our minds, our bodies and souls that is so breathtaking most Americans have numbed themselves not to feel it. How can they do this or that awful, unthinkable thing, we ask ourselves and each other, knowing no one in power will ever bother to answer us. I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. Our suffering not making a dent in their pursuit of goals that almost always bring more tragedy and degradation to our already fragile, disintegrating republic.
Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been willfully crippled and can no longer spell or write a sentence. The money for their education has gone to blow off someone else's intelligent and beautiful head. Visiting a hospital, I see sick and frightened people who have no clue whether they will get the care they need or whether it will be 15 minutes of an incompetent physician's opinion. If we were loved, there would be a doctor free of charge, on every block, with time to listen to us. Visiting our schools, I see no one has seriously thought about teaching Americans what to eat, just as no one at the national helm insists that we take sex education seriously and begin to unencumber our planet of the projected hordes (Earth's view) of coming generations She can no longer tolerate.
Our taxes are collected without fail, with no input from us – sometimes, because we lack jobs, paid with money we have to borrow. Our children are sent places they never dreamed of visiting, to harm and make enemies of people who, prior to their arrival, had thought well of them. Kind, smart, freedom-loving Americans.
When we are offered a John McCain, who is too old for the job (and I cherish old age and old men but not to lead the world when it is ailing), or a George Bush, or a Sarah Palin, how unloved we are as Americans becomes painfully plain. McCain talks of war with the nostalgia and forgetfulness of the very elderly; Palin talks of forcing the young to have offspring they neither want nor can sustain; both of them feel at ease, apparently, with the game in which their candidacy becomes more of a topic of discussion than whether the planet has a future under their leadership.
Where does this leave us average Americans, who feel the chill of global warming, the devastation of war, the terror of the food crisis, the horror of advancing diseases? Hopefully with a sense of awakening: that we have had few opportunities to be led by those who have the capacity to care for us, to love us, and that we, in our lack of love for ourselves, have, too often, not chosen them. Perhaps with the certainty that though we are as we are and sorely imperfect, we still deserve someone in leadership who "gets" us, and that this self-defeating habit of accepting our leaders' contempt need not continue. Maybe with the realization that we, the people, are truly the leaders, and that we are the ones we have been waiting for.
I write on Sept. 9, my father's birthday. A Black farmer in Georgia, he risked his life to vote in the 1930s for a "new deal." If he had lived and not died in his early 60s of overwork, ill health and heartbreak, he would be 100 years old in 2009. Voting in November of 2008 for a candidate with heart, I will honor his faith.
© 2008 Alice Walker. This story is reprinted from Common Dreams, www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/20-4. Watch the video, "Writer Alice Walker Endorses Barack Obama."
8 thoughts on "What our country desperately needs is a leader who loves us"
Janice Gomez
Lady, you need to live in Cuba for a month. And then tell us about Fidel and his Love.
Those people have not been able to progress since 1958………Hello….
My husband still has family in Cuba so I know how those people are living with Fidel's love for the people.
With nothing. Let me ask you, how much shampoo and deodorant do you buy monthly? What do you do Monday night when you run out of milk? Do you have Feminine needs takin care of? Not those people in Cuba. We do not want to be like that.
My two cents….↓
Sergio Fernandez
What a shame this lady loves Fidel, and she was envious, what a shame , cannot beleive that a DICTATOR like Fidel is loved by someone that beleives in Freedom INCREDIBLE after more than a half a century of the Castro brothers someone has the guts to write something like this .
What else can I say↓
Now I understand the phrase: A fool in love!
You do Barack Obama an injustice to compare the Castro's with him………it still amazes me how ignorant people are about Cuba after 50 years of Tyranny. If you want to know the first test for Obama will be a massive exodus of Cubans to Miami, jot that down. Alice you must be in "wonderland", have you ever asked yourself why people are constantly trying to flee the island? Thousands have lost there lives trying to reach freedom risking everything including children to cross the perilous straits of Florida. I would just enjoy so much for you to experience your search for love by living in Cuba and forcefully told to praise Castro as your father or risk losing your food ration card or a slave job. Shame on you, just do us all a favor and leave Obama out of your dilusions, I beleive he will do just fine without your advice.↓
Oh, Ms Waters, you write so eloquently about the promise of Barack Obama and what it means to have a leader who really loves and understands the people. You, however, have not spent enough time in Cuba to really see what is NOT there. There is not a doctor in every block (they're abroad making money for the country), there are never any basic necessities in the bodegas, (shampoo, deodorant, feminine necessities, toilet paper, you name it) good fresh vegetables, etc. If you need something important you need hard cash from selling what you have or relying on relatives abroad and even then the costs are almost double what they are in the States for the same item. Fidel is respected because there's no other choice, but believe me he is not loved and is frequently laughed at behind his back. He is a brilliant man who has kept a tight rein on things as a dictator because he had no other choice at the beginning and the dictatorship/bureaucracy sustains itself. It is really unfortunate that things transpired as they did; the bastards who ran Cuba before him ran like rats to Miami where they have helped the US prolong a disastrous embargo. This does not excuse Fidel, however! Viva Cuba y Basta Fidel!↓
You all above dont know what you want, she is just saying that u American need a leader who can move you farward. and stop talking out of point.American dont like dictorship but you do deals with the Arabs which mostly are and no Democracy, you dont like your President to be a muslim but most of your middle east allies are muslim.America just coruse problem up and down in the rest of the world, take for example Iraq,Afghanistan.pakistan,Syria, supporting Isreal to oppress the Palestine people,planning of invading Iran and lots more.So America need a leader who will dialogue with his problem partners to solve the differencies within not to jump into conclusion like the Bush's and call for WAR.No matter the pronlem in this world, their is always a solution which is Made from The creator of the world to solve it.Am not American,but i will be very HAPPY if American VOTE FOR BARRAK HUSSEIN OBAMA for the next PRESIDENT OF AMERICA.Thank you and ALLAH bless America and the Rest of the WORLD…………….↓
Senora Idiota,
Stop being envious and move here to Cuba to see how happy we really are and of course, how happy and free you'll be!↓
You may not be too far off in your comparison of Barack Obama and Fidel Castro.
Research is so very important before publishing anything. I think you should have spent some time in Cuba before choosing Fidel as your "model" leader. Many of us have and have first hand experienced this "wonderful" leader has done to his country and its people.↓
Apparently the above commentators couldn't read past the line with Fidel;s name in it before the knee jerking overwhelmed them …… shame .↓


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