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I have just read with interest and outrage the story on the main page
of the Firehouse website. In Chicago, the black firefighters want to sever ties with Local 2 IAFF, the recognized bargaining unit for the Chicago Fire Dept. It seems that they do not feel that their needs are not being addressed, and won't be due to the election of a new union president. I am not racist, however I have posted many times that affirmative action is destroying the fabric of the fire service because the people who legitimately earn the jobs are passed over in favor of people who are selected to fill quotas. This is one of the main complaints of the protesting firefighters. That the affirmative action clause in the contract is being ignored by the city and the Local. As far as the indiscretion of the new president, while wearing
a "black" face maybe a little extreme, he was protesting an unjust
practice. I don't agree with it and it happened 15 yrs. ago, so they should give the man a try. To create a separatist environment within the CFD is not the answer.
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Racial Controversy in Chicago FD"I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we know the work which a fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling."
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HOOK N' CAN of the I.A.C.O.J.
I see a lot of issues here.
1. A union determined to serve its members
2. Firefighters of one particular ethnicity standing up for themselves
3. Government bureaucracy
And it goes something like this...
#3 wants to help #2, so it creates more #3 and angers #1. What should have happened is that #3 should have spent a heck of a lot more time doing something meaningful to help #2 so that #2 and #1 could both be happy.
In other words, instead of the quick-fix (from #3's perspective) of paperwork affirmative action, the city needed to have spent a lot of time, effort, and yes, money trying to recruit people of both genders and of every ethnicity, WITHOUT stopping when they reached parity nor being considered a failure when they didn't.
They needed to hit the high schools, churches, youth services, and so forth with a pitch to recruit the best young people to be firefighters. Instead, they sent a piece of paper to the FD command and said, "Hire this many African-Americans, this many Hispanic, this many women..." Short cut: Lower standards so that the applicants who come in passively can be accepted. Correct cut: Recruit better and get better applicants.
Once again, Jesse Jackson is sticking his nose into something he knows nothing about. I beleive that he and Al Sharpton and the rest of the so called "civil rights activists" (as long as African Americans are the only ones receiving the rights...and that is the most racist attitude of all!) are the biggest cause of this rift. These mutts, who wear Armani suits, ride around in chauferred limousines,followed by an entourage of their cohorts and appear to have no "real" income have been telling the African American community that they are being held back because of their race.
Pure bovine scatology. Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. Jesse and Al have all the fish they need, but they want everyone else to give up some their fish so a few can have fish without earning it.
You want a job in the fire service? Don't wait for someone to hand it to you just because you feel that you are being discriminated against. Get off your duff and go get an application. Don't wait for someone to go and beg you to fill out the application. Take the entrance exam, pass it. Take the CPAT, pass it. Pass the physical and psychological exam, pass it. get hired. Go to the Academy, learn how to be a firefighter. You want to get promoted? Do what countless others have done...invest hundereds of dollars in the books, take a course, spend countless numbers of hours studying for the promotional exam.
Those who want to leave Local 2 because they feel that they are not being given preferential treatment or feel that the leadership is racist can get in line behind Jesse and the rest of the mutts. They will never know what true brotherhood is about.
Holy bullscat! That's more than 3 cents worth!"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY
Gonzo, thats must mean that you are ready for another promotion.
BTW, I completely agree. If you want it, be ready to earn it! And that applies to everyone.Shawn M. Cecula
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didn't jesse jackson have a kid with a teenage girl? if he did(i think it was on the news) than at least he doesn't discriminate based on age.
Gotta agree with everyone here....
What ever happened to hiring the best QUALIFIED person for the job?
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I havent read all the gripes of the minority's and why they want to break from Local #2 But for them to say its because they arent being given fair treatment and opportunities for promotion thats a buch of BS. I have a personal friend who is on the Capt list which is soon to expire if it ahsnt already he was high on the list in double digits, but he is going to die on the vine why? Because there are no more minorities on the list to pull from. He has been by-passed numerous times all the way down to near 500 on the list. If the promotion was based on the test and not some other qualification he wouldve been a captian a year and a half ago. So for the minorities to say they arent getting fair treatment is completely outrageous when whites are actively discriminated against on promotional tests.
Understanding What the Local is for
This is a topic very near and dear to the hearts of my own local.
120 members of an ethnic association dropped out of our local citing racial inequities. Problem is, the union is not here to handle racial problems with the employer, that is up to the EEO office. The union has one responsibility to its members, to represent the members to the city in contract negotiations and watch-dog the resulting agreement. Any other functions are designed to improve the union's ability to negotiate said contract.
Very simple.See You At The Big One
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While we're on the subject of those two scumbags, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, can somebody please tell me how a pastor legitimately becomes a multi-millionaire? Does anyone else have a problem with this? What about their followers? Don't they wonder about that? I just don't get it.Living the dream...
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I read this part of the article-
"We're trying to start the process to create our own union. We don't think McNally will step down," he said. "This will be a long process and we are working to get blacks together with Hispanics and women."
I bet if you went to work on Thursday and stated that you wanted to form a "white only" union you would probably be walking down the road to working in fast food, etc.
If you follow the logic we would be back to "whites only" in the front left of the bus. "Hispanics" in the middle right section, etc. While the argument they present may well be valid too many I am sure it fuels racism in others. If there can't be a "white only" or "Hispanic only" union then there probably shouldnt be a "Blacks only" union either. Better yet, why the hell would you want a union for each and every race/ethnicity? The "French, Irish, Australian local 3886" Give me a break. Racism goes both ways in my opinion and if I had brought a all white union you would be saying I was racist and a nazi or something. Get real
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The questions you ask are answered in SHAKEDOWN: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson.
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OHHHH YEAAAHH it goes both ways
Oh man,
Please try to walk a mile in my shoes.
Because the "Racist JACKBOOT" appears to be on the "other foot"... and planted firmly on the back of my neck!
I would like to type more.....but I have to go to work....maybe Thurs.FTM-PTB
AMEN Capt Gonzo! I think I see another "Jackson Shakedown" coming, and I'm sure the "reverend" is already smelling the payoff. Must be time for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to put a little more cash into their collective "offering plates". With Jackson's successful shakedown record, this one will probably work too. So many other companies/entities chose to pay off Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH coalition, rather than face the race card.
Hiring people on thier skin pigmentation or ethnic dna and passing over highly qualified persons is how brothers get killed and injured. Again, for the second time this week, I have to go to my closet and get my bang stick, flea collar and muzzle.
The American fire service does not owe anyone anything, when will people learn the fact that you must earn your place, work hard to maintain it, and be fully commited to it to move up.I.A.C.O.J IRISH TATTOOED-HOOLIGAN
05-15-2002, 01:36 PM #15McCann cited a provision in the union contract that he said calls for significant percentage increases in minority employees. The city hasn't complied, McCann said, and the union hasn't fought for the increases.
I feel the same way about affirmative action as most of the people responding on this thread. However, if the above quote is true, and their is such a provision in the contract, and it is deemed not to be illegal. Then I think black members of local 2 have a legitimate beef. I think the leadership of local 2 must either reopen the contract and negotiate it out, or enforce it.DKK
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XXX McCann cited a provision in the union contract that he said calls for significant percentage increases in minority employees. The city hasn't complied, McCann said, and the union hasn't fought for the increases. XXX
XXX McCann cited a provision in the union contract that he said calls for significant percentage increases in minority employees. The city hasn't complied, McCann said, and the union hasn't fought for the increases XXX > This is one of the reasons why L-344 has always chosen not to get involved with the hiring practices of the city. Turned out to be an excellent decision. I demand to be put on the Heinz 57 list.
I could go on and on about what the REAL agenda of Capt. Ezra McCann is. But to put it simply, there are many black firefighters on the C.F.D. who DO NOT agree with him. Remember this, he was the one who released the "INFAMOUS FIREHOUSE VIDEO" to the media, SEVEN YEARS after the fact.
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You would think that with all that is going on in the fire service today that firefighters would not want to create this image. I was raised that if you did not get what you want then you try harder and do what it takes to get it. I guess that they were raised to cry when they dont. All I hope is that they are not on my crew, they may not be qualified.Firefighter/NREMT-B/Hazmat Tech
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The questions you ask are answered in SHAKEDOWN: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson.
I've read some things about Jesse that were exerpts from that book, like his claim that he held the dying Dr. Martin Luther King in his arms, but eyewitnesses have stated that he was never even there!
He is the true definition of a mutt!Living the dream...
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A COUNCIL transport boss has urged passengers to "use or lose" a district hospital bus service.
Transport operator Nexus has begun consultations on a plan to withdraw a taxi-bus service it provides in South Shields, because of the very low number of passengers using it.
The TB504 makes four journeys a night each way between South Shields town centre and Horsley Hill via Commercial Road, Boldon Lane and South Tyneside District Hospital.
The service was launched in April 2010 to provide new community links using a large taxi rather than a bus because demand was always expected to be small.
Coun Jim Foreman, Labour for Cleadon Park and the council's lead member for transport, believes Nexus could have done more to advertise the service – which takes passengers to the "front door" at the Harton Lane hospital.
And he urged commuters to put their views forward during the consultation process.
He said: "The first question I asked when I had a meeting with Nexus over this was, has it ever been advertised? I was told 'not really'.
"This taxi-bus goes right up to the hospital entrance, and I don't think enough people know about it.
"Secondly, the timetable doesn't match up with hospital visiting times, which is very important.
"My feeling is that it would be a real shame to lose it, and in a sense it's a question of 'use it or lose it'.
"It's also an ideal mode of travel for people planning to get the Metro, as it stops at Chichester and Tyne Dock stations.
"It fits in perfectly with the idea of integrated transport. We need to fight to retain it." Four years after its launch, Nexus says the number of people using the TB504 has fallen so low – with no one at all being carried on most journeys – it cannot justify continuing to pay for the service,
It will be consulting with passengers on the impact of withdrawing the service from May, and advising of alternative services in the area.
Helen Mathews, head of business development at Nexus, said: "Passenger numbers on the TB504 are very low, and we are consulting on withdrawing the service from May.
"We estimate withdrawal will affect 12 to 15 people, and we'll be trying to talk to them directly about the alternatives they could use.
"Nexus must regularly review the services we provide and, in this case, we feel the cost has become too high for the number of people using the taxi-bus, but we want to speak to passengers and understand what withdrawing the service will mean for them."
The TB504 is one of more than 20 bus services in South Tyneside Nexus pays for using funding from local councils, in order to fill gaps between commercial services run by Stagecoach and Go North East.
The full route is from South Shields town centre to Horsley Hill via Commercial Road, Chichester Metro and Temple Town to Tyne Dock Metro, then Boldon Lane and John Reid Road to South Tyneside Hospital, then Harton Lane to the Nook and Centenary Avenue to Horsley Hill Square.
There are a number of other buses that passengers could use along different parts of the TB504 route, including the 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 12A, E1, E2 and E6 and X20.
Consultation will continue until Tuesday, March 11, after which feedback will be considered and a final decision made.
Details are available on board the TB504, from the Nexus Travelshop in Fowler Street, South Shields, online at www.nexus.org.uk or by ringing 0191 20 20 747 (between 7am and 9pm).
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Once again, Senator Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) says he cannot support an Assembly GOP mining bill.
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VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Civilian employees of the Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station are back to work after they were furloughed last week as part of the government shutdown.
But it's not business as usual for the 400 civilians who work at the home of the 910th Airlift Wing.
As the shutdown enters its second week, there's still a matter of last week's paychecks that are expected to be back paid but have not received official approval yet.
Because they were furloughed most of last week, this group of trained specialists who have to maintain a "state of readiness" at all times realize their paycheck this week will likely be short to the tune of 40 percent.
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CAIR Chicago Commemorates Arab American Heritage Month
The Chicago Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) commemorated Arab American Heritage Month with a Nov. 13 panel discussion on the Arab Spring and its momentous effects on not just the Middle East, but also the United States.
Aptly entitled, "From Arab Spring to American Autumn," the discussion focused on the aftermath of the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and the current "Occupy Wall Street" movement here at home. "The Arab Spring was a source of human inspiration to Americans," explained DePaul University Prof. Laith Saud. "But the Arab Spring isn't about overthrowing dictatorship, but a demand for accountability…And that's what Occupy Wall Street is all about," he continued. The sheer force of the events that took place in Cairo's Tahrir Square moved the American people and really began to dispel many myths that people had about Arabs. And this, in turn, created a positive space of dynamism, Saud explained.
Ahmed Rehab, CAIR Chicago's executive director, who witnessed the revolution in Egypt firsthand, recalled: "We saw the Egyptian people taking ownership and the real fabric of the Egyptian people, standing side by side [with each other]." But the work left to be done in Egypt is far from over, he added. The removal of President Hosni Mubarak has left uncertainty about Egypt's future, leaving a lot of room for the rise of different political forces and special interest groups. But regardless of the instability Egypt is experiencing now, Rehab said, one thing is for sure—and that is that people are demanding democracy. "While there is fear and uncertainty now," he said, "people are serious about a change for democracy."
According to Cook County Judge the Hon. William J. Haddad, as we Americans see a shift taking place throughout the Middle East, we must also be attentive to the concerns and wrongdoing there as well, and be ready to combat it. "We are now dealing with a new concern," he warned. "Muslims are being blamed for violence in the Middle East against Christians." Although these incidents are happening on the fringe and do not represent the true feelings of the majority of the people in that part of the world, he added, it remains a concern.
Haddad asserted that political zealots in America are ready to criticize Muslims at the first opportunity. Human rights concerns about Christians in the Middle East, protecting the integrity of Muslims and Islam, and the possibility of backlash against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. and overseas are just a few of the reasons why Arab and Muslim communities should be aware of the atrocities that are taking place against Christians abroad.
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Tommy K. Young , 74, of Elwood, passed away March 13, 2013, at Community Parkview Care Center in Elwood following an extended illness.
Tommy was born on June 18, 1938, to Paul B. Lane and Uva (Kelly) Young in Frankton. On Aug. 2, 1959, he married Dora Lee (Bird) Young and she passed away on Jan. 8, 2005.
Tommy retired in 1995 from Delco Remy after 36 years of service to the company and was a member of United Auto Workers Local 662.
Survivors include two sons, Dwayne Young of Mansfield, Mass., and Darren Young of Deluthe, Minn.; daughter, Clarissa (Art) Frye of Vine Grove, Ky.; granddaughter, Adalia Frye; two sisters, Eileen M. Young of Elwood and Janet Heaton of Elwood; four brothers, Billy Young of Elkhart, James W. Young of Elwood, Terry Young of Frankton, and Danny "Bo" Young of Elwood; .
He was preceded in death by his father, Paul B. Lane; stepfather, Walter J. Young; mother, Uva Alice (Kelly) Young; wife, Dora Lee Young; and brothers, Marc Ernest Lane Tony C Young
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EVEN as more airlines join Air India in its plan to reduce travel agent commissions from May 1, the agents have threatened to suspend ticket sales of the national carrier, as a first step.
Singapore Airlines is the latest to join the list of airlines deciding to cut commissions to 5 per cent from the existing 7 per cent.
According to Mr Balbir Mayal, President, Travel Agents' Association of India (TAAI), the association had received a letter from Singapore Airlines, informing its decision on Thursday. Singapore Airlines joins Air India, British Airways, Air France, KLM, and Lufthansa, in deciding to cut commissions.
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According to an airline official, the current move to reduce commissions comes at a time when airlines across the world are trying to cut costs on all fronts. "We are looking at reducing costs across the board. So, how can distribution costs alone be exempted," he asks.
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Carroll Dawson was the Rockets GM from 1996 to 2007. I wanted to grade his performance since it seems like the current guy is much more productive in that position. How much better is DM than CD? Or, is DM just lucky? Let's do the analysis. I'm not sure if he participated in the 1996 draft so this analysis will not give credit for the Randy Livingston / Othella Harrington draft class.
1997 – drafted Rodrick Rhodes (24) & Serge Zwicker (2nd, 1); passed on no stars
1998 – drafted Michael Dickerson (14), Bryce Drew (16), Mirsad Turkcan (18), Cuttino Mobley (2nd, 12); passed on Ricky Davis (21), Al Harrington (25), Ruben Patterson (2nd, 2), Rafer Alston (2nd, 10), Rashard Lewis (2nd, 3)
1999 – drafted Kenny Thomas (22), Tyrone Washington (2nd, 44), Venson Hamilton (2nd, 50); passed on Devean George (23), Andre Kirilenko (24)
2000 – drafted Jason Collier (15), Dan Langhi (2nd, 2); passed on Hedo Turkoglu (16), Desmond Mason (17), Quentin Richardson (18), Speedy Claxton (20), Michael Redd (2nd, 14)
2001 – drafted Richard Jefferson (13, traded for Eddie Griffin), Jason Collins (15, also traded), Brandon Armstrong (18); passed on Troy Murphy (14), Zach Randolph (19), Brendan Haywood (20), Jamaal Tinsley (27), Tony Parker (28), Gilbert Arenas (2nd, 2), Mehmet Okur (2nd, 9)
2002 – drafted Yao Ming (1), Bostjan Nachbar (15), Tito Maddox (2nd, 9); passed on (after the Nachbar pick) Tayshaun Prince (19), Carlos Boozer (2nd, 6), Luis Scola (2nd, 27)
2003 – No 1st Round Picks, drafted Malick Badiane (2nd, 15); passed on Kyle Korver
2004 – No 1st Round Picks, drafted Luis Flores (2nd, 27)
2005 – drafted Luther Head (24); passed on David Lee (30);
2006 – drafted Rudy Gay (8, traded for Battier), Steve Novak (2nd, 2)
From the 2007 to 2010 drafts, DM drafted Aaron Brooks at 26 and Carl Landry in the second round. In Boston, DM participated in drafting Rondo and Kendrick Perkins. What marks the CD years isn't just the spectacular blunders (passing up Rashard Lewis 3 times, trading Rudy Gay for Battier, trading Richard Jefferson for Eddie Griffin, missing star after star) but is actually the numerous years where we couldn't even find someone who could get a spot on an NBA roster. Combined with 2003 and 2004 when we didn't have a draft pick, CD's stewardship of the draft was like a colossal shipwreck that stifled the Rockets' ability to get vital young talent. CD did find us Cuttino Mobley though. That was one good, non-obvious pick.
Now, lets look at trades. Here, CD does a little better. He got us Barkley. But, he had to gut the entire team. CD got us Pippen for a steal. The Francis trade was a no brainer and Francis forced that trade. Then the McGrady trade got a high value for assets that seemed to be at their peak. However, with CD we see a pattern of neglecting the draft and swinging for the fences with big trades for superstars. During that era, the Rockets' big weakness was always journeymen at key spots (Matt Maloney, Jon Barry, Steve Novak, etc. playing big roles in the playoffs and getting outmatched by guys like Stockton and Dirk).
Now, lets look at DM's trades. DM has gotten us stars like Kevin Martin and Luis Scola via trade, but he has never gutted the team in order to do so.
So, what's the CD legacy? Was CD a guy who made the blockbuster trade but his stars couldn't pull it off or was CD's decade overall the lost decade for Rockets' basketball?


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The BBC's political editor, Andrew Marr, said last week of the publishing of the Attorney General's March 7, 2003 advice on the legality of war:
"For two years people have suspected that somehow the Attorney General believed the war to be illegal, and was bullied, and suborned, and pressured into changing that view. What we've learned today is that that was not the case, that his original view was a bit more balanced…" (BBC 22:00 News, April 28, 2005)
This was an outrageous summary of what we had learned that day. Few serious commentators proposed that the Attorney General had asserted the war was illegal. The issues have always been the extent to which Lord Goldsmith had doubts, the extent to which these doubts were communicated to cabinet colleagues, and the reasons why any doubts might subsequently have disappeared from his advice to cabinet. The April 28 revelations did +not+ teach us that Goldsmith was not bullied, suborned or pressured into changing his view. Similarly, the suggestion that Goldsmith's March 7 view was merely "a bit more balanced" than his March 17 view was simply absurd.
Marr was clearly using the idea that the Attorney General had not declared the war illegal in his March 7 advice as a reason for dismissing the story as a damp squib. The briefest of glances at earlier media coverage indicates what a mendacious liberal herring this was.
In March 2004, the Guardian reported that there was increased speculation that "the prime minister pressed the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith – known to have offered ambiguous advice two weeks before the conflict – to change it at the last minute, and intensify demands that he publish it in full." ('Pressure over war's legality increases,' Sarah Hall and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, March 8, 2004)
The Daily Telegraph reported in 2004:
"Downing Street refused to comment on new claims that Lord Goldsmith had had serious doubts about the legality of war during 2002 and changed his view only under intense pressure from the United States and British governments in the days before the coalition troops went into battle." (Toby Helm, 'Major calls on Blair to publish Goldsmith's war advice,' Daily Telegraph, March 1, 2004)
In March 2005, the Guardian again reported that the Attorney General "warned Mr Blair that British participation in the invasion could be ruled unlawful by an international court". ('War resignation letter censored,' Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, March 24, 2005)
All along, the issue has been Goldsmith's initial ambiguity and his sudden certainty ten days later.
Not only was Marr giving a highly personal opinion on what was learned from the publication of the March 7 Goldsmith document, his judgement was highly distorted in favour of the government. In an online BBC article the following day, Marr wrote of Goldsmith:
"British politics has been acrid with the suspicion that this quiet commercial lawyer had told Tony Blair that his friend George Bush's proposed invasion was illegal – and that he was then hauled into an office in Downing Street where 'Tony cronies' beat him with pashminas until he changed his mind.
"'Blair's illegal war' has become as much part of the rhetoric of the left as 'the missing weapons of mass destruction.'
"But, according to the advice finally published, following leaks to the BBC and others, it seems that Lord Goldsmith's story is markedly less shocking and interesting than rumoured – and certainly less worrying than the woeful tale of British intelligence before the war began. "He hummed, hawed, balanced, warned, weighed and worried… but came down, as Mr Blair expected and wanted him to, as believing that the war was probably legal. "The pressure on him in those final 10 days must have been intense. But he boiled away his reservations, rather than flipping his position.
"In short, had this advice been published in full – not just released to the cabinet but handed out to every MP and newspaper – it would have caused far less damage to Mr Blair than two years of secrecy and rumour have done." (Marr, 'Crucial campaigning wages in marginals,' April 28, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4495843.stm)
This, again, was an outrageous interpretation favouring Blair. The Attorney General clearly +did+ flip his position – from one of deep uncertainty on the legality of war on March 7, to one of certainty on March 17, just ten days later. The issue has always been why this change took place – but for Marr this was a non-issue beside his hyped suggestion that Goldsmith might have asserted the war was illegal. Marr was thereby able to suggest that the issue was less shocking and less interesting than previously believed.
In his first submission to his Media Lens Blog, historian and political analyst Mark Curtis commented on the Goldsmith revelations:
"Watching TV coverage on several channels yesterday, one can only wonder at the complicity of the media in managing to avoid asking any – as far as I could tell – of the most important questions and putting to ministers any of the most important facts and pieces of evidence that have already emerged over many months. The constant repetition of Blair's comments that have been shown to be proven falsehoods – without any critical comment, or any comment whatsoever – are part of the process. An example is the airplay given to the Blair lie that France vetoed the chance of the second resolution.
"The episode shows that media reporting is seen simply as a political [game] – of catching out a minister on minor issues, excluding known facts, giving airplay to absurdities, and providing criticism without narrow parameters – parameters which, at this election time, are set by the 3 main parties. The media in my view have in effect kept Blair in power." (Mark Curtis, Media Lens Blog, April 29, 2005, http://www.medialens.org/weblog/mark_curtis.php)
Tim Luckhurst, a former BBC reporter and producer, writes in the Daily Mail:
"Andrew Marr has dismayed licence-payers with apologias for New Labour in general and Tony Blair in particular. His repeated insistence that the Prime Minister did not lie about the legal advice he was given on the Iraq War has taken political coverage to a new low.
"Such conscientious rewriting of history deserves a place in George Orwell's 1984, not on a national television station funded by the taxpayer." (Luckhurst, 'As John Humphrys announces his retirement. The giant the BBC hasn't got the guts to replace,' Daily Mail, May 3, 2005)
We also wrote to ITN's political editor Nick Robinson:
"I was surprised and disappointed, therefore, by your comments on tonight's news at 6:30. First of all, it's quite impossible for you to know if Blair feels vindicated by the publishing of Lord Goldsmith's March 7, 2003 advice on the legality of war. Blair is such a slippery character that he may well claim, and appear, to feel genuinely vindicated while actually feeling that he has once again got away with something. You are certainly not in a position to know what is +really+ going on inside Blair's head. And anyway it's irrelevant – Blair may feel vindicated but be slightly mad (as some insiders have hinted).
"Secondly, some people may have claimed that the publication of Goldsmith's March 7 advice would prove he thought the war was illegal, as you suggested. But I don't know of many people who have seriously made that claim. The real issue has always been the extent to which his initial caveats and uncertainties were subsequently, mysteriously, replaced by certainty. A related, crucial issue is the extent to which cabinet colleagues were made aware of these doubts. Perhaps Clare Short can cast some light on the issue. (Email, David Edwards to Robinson, April 28, 2005)
Robinson responded the same day:
"I – broadly – take your point!"
We were gratified to read such a positive response. Until we saw Robinson's subsequent ITV reports on the same subject! Off-Limits – The Media Bury The Legal Advice
The crucial, deceptive importance of the idea that journalists can and should report 'objectively' was made all too clear last week.
As discussed, on April 28, the press published the Attorney General's March 7, 2003 advice on the legality of war with Iraq. Peter Hennessy, a professor of political history at London University, commented:
"The whole thing reeks. Even if the prime minister wins handsomely on polling day this will stain him and his premiership as long as people remember it, just as Anthony Eden's name is forever associated with the Suez crisis." ('Revealed: the government's secret legal advice on Iraq war,' Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, April 28, 2005)
The following day, this astonishing exposé of government lying and criminality was simply dropped by the broadcast media. There was not one substantive discussion of the legal advice on BBC 18:00 News, the ITN 18:30 News, or the Channel 4 19:00 News. The issue was almost completely invisible in the days that followed.
Senior lawyers have not been called into TV studios to examine the possibility that Blair, Goldsmith and others might be tried, and jailed, by the International Criminal Court. Government insiders have not been invited to challenge the claim that the Attorney General's reservations, doubts and caveats were discussed in full, point by point, with his cabinet colleagues.
Why? The BBC's Andrew Marr and ITN's Nick Robinson were candid in explaining that the two main parties were keen to move on from Iraq – both Labour and the Tories feared the issue was generating votes for the Liberal Democrats. Therefore, apparently, it was also appropriate for the media to move on.
This is a good example of how the media establishment works with the political establishment to limit public debate. American media analyst, Robert McChesney, notes that early last century the rise of 'professional journalism' entrenched massive media bias masquerading as 'objectivity'.
A key bias involved the media regarding "anything done by official sources, for example government officials and prominent public figures, as the basis for legitimate news". (McChesney, in Kristina Borjesson, ed., Into The Buzzsaw – Leading Journalists Expose The Myth Of A Free Press, Prometheus Books, 2002, p.367)
As a result: "If the elite, the upper 2 or 3 per cent of society who control most of the capital and rule the largest institutions, agree on an issue then it is off-limits to journalistic scrutiny." (Ibid, p.369)
This is why the public is psychologically strangled by media discourse. It is why the horror inflicted on Iraq was almost completely ignored in media election coverage before being forced onto the agenda by an insider leak in the penultimate week of campaigning.
Media Tenor research institute analysed the content of the news coverage of political figures on the evening news broadcasts of BBC1, BBC2, ITN and ITV between April 1-15. The analysis shows that foreign politics – including the Iraq conflict – accounted for only 1.2% of all information on ITN news, with only a slightly greater share on BBC1 (1.4%) and ITV (1.7%). ('Economy dominates news while Iraq coverage slows down,' www.mediatenor.com, April 22, 2005)
It is why a racist debate on the perils of immigration dominated election coverage in one of the world's richest societies running the third largest economy. It is why the near-identical business-friendliness of the leading parties was not a subject for impassioned criticism and debate. It is why the corporate domination of political, economic and cultural life – a catastrophe that has tripled obesity in children in under ten years – was not an issue for discussion.
With the world falling apart before our eyes, it is why the climate catastrophe was simply ignored as someone else's problem.
It is not that this is what people want. Broadcast magazine compared ratings for BBC and ITV bulletins before and after the election was called. For the three weeks before the election was announced, BBC One's Six O'Clock News had an average of 4.7 million viewers, which has since slipped to 4.5 million. ITV Evening News bulletin has dropped from 4.6 million to 4.4 million, while its later broadcast has also lost an average of 200,000 viewers since before the election campaign.
Conor Dignam, editor of Broadcast, claimed: "For all their efforts to 'connect' with viewers, broadcasters are experiencing the same problem as the politicians – TV audiences are simply finding the campaign a bore." ('Election news "proves a turn-off"', http://news.bbc.co.uk, April 28, 2005)
In truth, it is agony to follow media election coverage, not because it is trivial and boring, but because it is fundamentally insane. Media debate is a form of state-corporate incarceration with individual members of the public treated as political battery hens – the limited scope, honesty and rationality of the debate would be deeply offensive to any sane human being. That this form of cultural madness is then passed off as 'jolly good fun' by the media's grinning Oxbridge battery farmers merely adds insult to insanity.
The reality of mainstream media reporting is that individual journalistic rationality – the common sense view of what is humanly important – is subordinated to a 'higher', 'professional' end, which, in reality, is the chosen agenda of the upper 2 or 3 per cent of society who "control most of the capital and rule the largest institutions".
This is why conformity is not a cause of concern in media journalism; it is a badge of professional credibility. When media executives wear identically severe black rectangular glasses, when they deliver 'pieces to camera' with the exact-same stilted emphasis (lampooned by comedians like Brass Eye's Chris Morris, and always absurd at a decade's remove), when reporters' photos glare with the same stern expression at the reader, this conformity is rooted in the dogma of 'objective' and 'professional' standards that are in fact all hopelessly biased in favour of powerful interests. Actually they are coded signals indicating obedience.
The beauty of 'objective professional standards' is that they rationalise the abdication of personal responsibility for thinking for ourselves and caring for others while vast sums are pocketed. Journalists imagine they are paid so well for selling their extraordinary talent. In fact state-private power does not care much for talent – souls are the required resource.
Just as the priests of earlier times insisted they were mere conduits for the 'Word of God' – with which no mere mortal could possibly presume to argue – so corporate journalists insist they are acting as a passive medium for the transmission of 'objective' Truth. The very term 'media' is deceptive.
In his 2004 autobiography, My Trade, the BBC's political editor, Andrew Marr, wrote:
"Gavin Hewitt, John Simpson, Andrew Marr and the rest are employed to be studiously neutral, expressing little emotion and certainly no opinion; millions of people would says that news is the conveying of fact, and nothing more." (Marr, My Trade, Macmillan, 2004, p.279)
Nothing could be further from the truth.
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---- — Some of the sweetest rides in the Midwest will be making their way to Washington this weekend. The 20th Century Chevy Car Club's 36th annual Carfest is ready to start on Saturday at the Eastside Park. The event will also feature the cruise through the streets of Washington.
"Our pre-registration is running ahead of last year," said event chairman Dave Fry. "We're expecting as many as 350 cars in the cruise and another 650 at the car show on Sunday. Most of them are from southern Indiana and neighboring states, but some will be coming from as far away as Texas and Florida."
The annual event has become more like a festival than a traditional car show. "It's a lot like the Turkey Trot or the White River Valley Anitque Show," said club member Larry McLin. "Families get together and watch the cruise and we get a good crowd out at the park. It's a gigantic amount of work, but we do it for the public to enjoy it."
The annual event is true to the club's roots, but the results might be considered unlikely. The 20th Century Car Club was formed in a pool hall in 1970 by a small group of guys who liked cool cars. "This is something that has really grown," said McLin. "We have become the civic organization that never tried to be one."
Cars enterred in the carfest and cruise-in pay a $15 registration fee. Most of that money goes back into the expenses for the event, but some also goes to the club's Christmas project that helps provide gifts for over 80 needy families in the area. "We found when we had a car show we had the money to help people," said Fry. "We have people we helped 30 years ago and now they have their lives on track and they are making donations and helping others."
Organizers say one of the reasons the show is so popular with car buffs is the location at the Eastside Park. "Most car shows are held in parking lots," said Fry. "The park makes it a lot more family friendly. They bring their kids and they can play. They can have picnics there."
The club has also made is point to try and give back to the park. "In the past we would just take on projects out there," said McLin. "Now we have a silent auction each year and raise money that goes into a foundation."
"We have 100 items donated for the auction this year," said Fry. "We normally manage to raise about $3,500 for the park."
Those donated items are part of the way the community has come to embrace the car show event. Another is in prizes. "We'll pass out 100 awards and 17 of those are special awards from area merchants."
Registration begins at the park on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and runs until 5 p.m. The cruise begins at 5:30 p.m. and after the Cruise there will be a band playing at the park for free. Sunday will open with church services at the shelter house. Then the car show judging will start at one and wrap up with award around 3:30 p.m.
The 65-member car club has spent the last six months putting together this years event. Some of the original members of the 20th Century Car Club are still actively involved even though they are now in the 60s and 70s.
"We used to get grief about our loud and fast cars," said McLin.
"We're still into our cars," added Fry. "Now, we're also about the community and that's what this weekend is about."


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The Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa, Mary Mother of Africa Pastoral Centre, which is the resource centre for the promotion and realization of the Pastoral Vision of the Archdiocese, through social and spiritual growth seminars, conference and retreats, wishes to recruit a highly competent, proactive and result- oriented individual to fill the Pastoral Centre's Manager.
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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Hundreds of local students spent the day learning from the pros for National Job Shadow Day.
More than 300 students from eight local high schools job shadowed at businesses, community and military organizations in Southern Nevada.
Workforce Connections partnered with the Clark County School District and its school-community partnership program to bring workplace experience to students.
More than 100 students also spent the day shadowing non-gaming employees of MGM Resorts.
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I've been looking at the posts by members saying that the season is over, that we're going 7-5 and some people are talking 6-6 or worst. This is all based on not an season ending injury to someone like Ponder or some other irreplaceable player, its based on one bad game by the defense against a very prepared and talented team in Miami in a rival game. True this was a very tough loss to swallow but for people not to see the silver lining in this is very short-sighted. People that are hoping off the bandwagon and predicting disaster is mind boggling to me. That was a game played by two talented teams with a lot of emotion and it must be taken as such. It should be looked at in isolation, not an example of how the defense will do in every game going forward. If you are predicting FSU's future based on this game then you are buying Fool's gold and most co-coordinators would not put this game in the context of that is the team they will see. Although I called for the resignation of MA myself right after the game, I have been advocating that for two years. I think his decreased effectiveness regarding recruiting and strategy along with the lack of halftime adjustments in big games has adversely affected FSU and put an inordinate amount of pressure on the offense to outscore everyone since 2001. He called another bad game, simple as that. That said, we are stuck with him. So we'll move on.
I remember when FSU lost two games at the start of the season and then reeled off 10 straight wins while beating the Nittany Lions in the Blockbuster Bowl. So don't tell me it can;'t be done especially considering the offense we have, the speed on defense and the teams on the schedule without the necessary components to take advantage of our weaknesses. This team reminds me of that team a lot. By the time FSU plays the teams that everyone is saying will wipe the floor with us, they will have righted the ship. We are slowly getting back to the way it used to be in that aspect. If you're going to beat FSU, do it early, because its really hard to do it late in the season. This year will be no different as the offense will be scary by that time and the defense will be somewhat solid.
First and foremost, let's address the defense seeing how this is the performance that most impacted posters opinion of FSU football going forward this year.
1) The pass defense: Andrews aside, instead of looking how bad the defense played, give Whipple huge credit for passing through out the game on first down with play action and roll-outs. That was a master stroke that really confused MA. He had a lot of time because the Noles couldn't really blitz on first down as they had to respect the running game and Whipple knew it. Give Harris credit from learning from his mistakes and not repeating them. He handled the pressure very well and it looks like Whipple is their version of JF in making their QB and whole offense better. Also give credit to the effectiveness of Miami's line. They are good and they weren't expected to be.
That said, the Noles pass defense will not be torched like this again this year in this way. There is a really small chance they will give up yards like this again looking at the QB competition they will face in the next nine games and virtually no chance to give up the same amount of points related to the passing game. If you look at the schedule objectively and without bias (good or bad) there isn't a good QB on the schedule (besides Tebow) that can put up those numbers and there isn't a team that has the collection of speed and height in their WR corps that can remotely match Miami. Additionally, what OC on the schedule can really call a game like that? Maybe Meyer? Johnson will do his damage on the ground but that definitely won't be enough to offset their lack of their passing game, experience on the defensive line and increased motivation to shut down the run by the Noles as pay back for last season.
The fans are forgetting that the Noles probably played the worst game they will play this season. I don't think they will ever play that bad again this season or even come close. Everyone are calling them losers and I feel that they will come out swinging to prove to people that they are a good unit or at least better than what they have shown. I feel they will play better as the season progresses as will the offense. Even if they have a have another clunker I guarantee we will win that game because the offense will be better and the damage won't be as severe as Saturday's game. MA will make some needed personnel changes and the players will be more motivated. To be fair to Andrews he did have a new wrinkle that was effective. He will probably put more in as the season progresses and you will see much better performance as well.
2) Run defense: We held the Canes to a little over 90 yards rushing. That's not bad as I think if they saw a real weakness in our run game they would have exploited more. They passed more than they wanted to because they saw it was going to be a tough time running for them and they adjusted. Whipple chose the path of least resistance which what good OC's do. Our run defense will be tested against such teams as GT, UNC and Clemson. But none of those teams have a credible passing attack. This is why I say this loss is fool's gold because the coordinators aren't stupid enough to just go into the game passing the ball when they know FSU would've made changes in personnel and strategy regarding the pass defense. They are also not going to go into the game passing risking turning over the ball and have short possessions given their QB's are either inexperienced, not great passers or lack the receivers to take advantage of the weaker than normal pass rush of the Noles. They have to protect their defense from the beast that is the Nole offense and give themselves a chance to win the game. I personally think the run defense will be ok but you can't tell from the Miami game. If we stuff BYU's power running game then I think we'll be ok.
3) Special Teams: The special teams are below average and its no way to say it otherwise. BUT, they are not bad enough to cost us games. In the most important area, the kicking game I think we have found the next Bentley. Hopkins has a big leg and most important: CONFIDENCE. This is an area on the whole because of Hopkins will win us games or not hurt us instead of lose us games as previously thought. I'm disappointed in the punting but overall I'm not worried. Remember, Miami has some serious speed and only Clemson can match them with Ford. But he is not as special as Benjamin is by any stretch. This is an area that can be improved somewhat via some coaching this year and mostly recruiting next year.
4) The offense: I said at the early part of this year that Ponder is the key to the whole team and whether the TE will be used. This offense will be so good its scary. Its going to make the defense job so much easier as there isn't one defense that can hold us under thirty on the schedule IF we execute like I know we can (and that's including UF). Once Forston becomes more confident (and he will) they will be unstoppable as Jones really stepped it up and showed we still are a serious running team when we have to be. Ponder is the best player in the ACC. SCARY.
Now here is the question: What remaining teams on this schedule have 1) the speed on defense to stop the offense 2) the speed, skill level, good QB and OC in Whipple's class to beat us (excluding UF)? Because that's exactly what its going to take to beat us this year. The Canes played I think the best they could play under the circumstances but the Noles DIDN'T and they still barely won. The Canes didn't win the game, we lost it as we controlled our own destiny. For us to go 8-4 or 7-5 you're saying that the three best remaining teams (Clemson, UNC and GT respectively) one with no experienced at all QB, one with no WR's and one with a limited passing game will all put up 500 yards on the Noles? I'm sorry, I'm not buying it at all.
Bottom line is we have an unstoppable offense like UF had last year, an ok defense and an overrated schedule. That doesn't equate to 8-4 or 7-5 to me and it shouldn't to you either. But, we'll see who is right and who is wrong.


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Friday is the most dangerous night of the week for drivers to be on Quincy streets.
That's not all, new numbers just released from the Quincy Police Department show there's a significant uptick in the total number of accidents over the last year.
Chances are if you're going to be in an accident, it's going to be at 36th and Broadway, where in the month of August there were five accidents, and 29 accidents so far in 2013.
But the biggest question is, why are traffic crashes on the rise in Quincy?
The next time you get behind the wheel in Quincy, police are warning you to be extra careful.
That's because the city has seen a whopping 800 accidents in the first eight months of the year, that's up 60 from the same time last year.
"One of the reasons is most likely because of the rough weather we had a lot of precipitation that caused road conditions to be somewhat dangerous," said Sgt. Doug VanderMaiden with the Quincy Police Department.
But what might surprise you is that VanderMaiden says 80% of this year's accidents actually happened on sunny, dry days.
He says that's when drivers are more likely to let their guard down.
"When people are driving on wet pavement or snow, they know to be careful but sometimes they don't realize that when the roadway is dry," said VanderMaiden.
VanderMaiden says not only are crashes up, so are the number of people getting hurt.
So what do drivers think is behind the increase in accidents?
"There's a lot of people that don't use their turn signals anymore, if they turn their turn signal on, they're half way around the corner before they turn them on!" said Earl Bradshaw.
"There's a lot of people talking on their phones and they're still texting, even though it's not legal," said Tara Jones.
Besides 36th and Broadway, other dangerous intersections are: 54th and Broadway, 36th and Cambridge, 24th and State, and 4th and Jersey.
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Middletown police arrested the babysitter of a 3-year-old boy found wandering outside alone, wet and with no pants on overnight.
Police said they were called to a vehicle parked at 66 Grove St. after a woman found the boy wandering in the street around 2:35 a.m.
When police arrived they said they saw the boy seated in the front seat of the woman's car wearing a wet T-shirt, a pull-up and no pants. Police said they immediately gave him a new shirt and wrapped him in a blanket because he was cold from standing in the pouring rain.
Police said his fingers were also wrinkled indicating he was cold and wet, and he was brought to Middlesex Hospital for observation.
Nearly an hour later, police said located an open front door at 91 Grove St., and when they knocked and asked if anyone was inside, they received no response.
They walked in and made contact with Rebecca Quinn, who was sleeping at the time. Inside was Quinn's 11-month-old child and her boyfriend.
She woke up and said she was babysitting the boy and was not aware that he was awake or had left the home and became emotionally upset when she was told he was found wandering alone outside in the rain.
Police indicated that Quinn and her boyfriend appeared to be sober and the inside of the home was well-kept.
Quinn was arrested and brought to the Middletown Police Department where she was asked when she saw the boy last.
She said she checked on him around midnight and said he was asleep in a bedroom. She told police the front door was closed and locked.
Police asked Quinn if she would provide that information in a written statement and she declined.
She was charged with risk of injury and was released on $5,000 bond.
Quinn was expected to appear in court on Sept. 6.
The boy was checked out at the hospital and was reported to be in good condition.
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The teams split the first two meetings with South Alabama winning Friday night, 5-0, and UNO taking Saturday's contest, 4-3.
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A front-page article in the Washington Post yesterday brought to light an alarming revelation: the FDA has relied on just two scientific studies, both funded by a chemical industry trade group, in declaring bisphenol A safe. The agency has ignored the more than 100 peer-reviewed, journal-published articles saying just the opposite: not only is BPA not conclusively safe, it is linked to increased rates of breast and prostate cancer, among other alarming diseases.
It's vindicating to see this in print, but it's been too long in coming. We've known that the FDA relied on industry studies for BPA safety data, as it does for other industries, including cosmetics. But far too many people for too long have blindly followed the FDA and industry party line on BPA, allowing additional years of unnecessary exposure to this dangerous chemical.
I'm not talking simply about individuals buying Nalgene water bottles or Gerber baby bottles; I'm talking about the opinion-makers in the media, regulators unwilling to take the first plunge and companies trying to maintain their brand images.
Rather than inspiring guilt and shopper's paralysis among parents, weekend athletes or fans of canned pasta, we're working to make sure government regulators do their jobs of protecting us all from toxic chemicals. The burden of proof of harm shouldn't be foisted on citizens, nor should advocates and scientists have to point out to the FDA that it's not looking at all the available evidence.


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As Congress debates the Waxman-Markey climate bill, Asia is moving rapidly to win the clean energy race. So warns a new article in the Washington Post today that should serve as a wake-up call to America's leadership at the highest level.
The new investigative article by Steven Mufson, entitled "Asian Nations Could Outpace U.S. in Developing Clean Energy," confirms increasingly urgent warnings issued by many, including the Breakthrough Institute,that the United States must dramatically increase direct investments ina clean energy technology push, or be quickly left behind by China,South Korea, India, Japan and others.
Despite Obama's intentions to increase America's internationalcompetitiveness, the article reports that the amount and scale ofinvestments in renewable energy programs coupled with ambitiousrenewable energy use targets are putting these Asian nations on pace tosurpass programs set forth by both the U.S. economic stimulus packageand the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the massive climate andenergy bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Citing Breakthrough's Jesse Jenkins, the article warns:
"If the Waxman-Markey climate bill is the United States'entry into the clean energy race, we'll be left in the dust by Asia'sclean-tech tigers," said Jesse Jenkins, director of energy and climatepolicy at the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland, Calif.-based thinktank that favors massive government spending to address global warming.
Much of the G8 climate discussions last week were stymied by China and India's outright refusal to accept an international (or any) ceiling on greenhouse gas emissions.Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports, both countries, as well asSouth Korea, are forging ahead with dramatic steps to ramp up theirrenewable industries in ways that will reduce their emissions whileflexing their strengthening clean-tech R&D muscles.
The full article can be read below…
Asian Nations Could Outpace U.S. in Developing Clean Energy
American Markets' Slump Feeds Worry
By Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16, 2009
President Obama has often described his push to fund"clean" energy technology as key to America's drive for internationalcompetitiveness as well as a way to combat climate change.
"There's no longer a question about whether the jobs and theindustries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewableenergy," he said on June 25. "The only question is: Which country willcreate these jobs and these industries? And I want that answer to bethe United States of America."
But the leaders of India, South Korea, China and Japan may havedifferent answers. Those Asian nations are pouring money into renewableenergy industries, funding research and development and settingambitious targets for renewable energy use. These plans could outpacethe programs in Obama's economic stimulus package or in the Houseclimate bill sponsored by Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) and EdwardJ. Markey (D-Mass.).
"If the Waxman-Markey climate bill is the United States' entry intothe clean energy race, we'll be left in the dust by Asia's clean-techtigers," said Jesse Jenkins, director of energy and climate policy atthe Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland, Calif.-based think tank thatfavors massive government spending to address global warming.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arevisiting China this week to discuss cooperation on energy efficiency,renewable energy and climate change. But even though developing nationsrefused to agree to an international ceiling for greenhouse gases lastweek, China and other Asian nations are already devoting more attentionto cutting their use of traditional fossil fuels such as oil, naturalgas and coal.
South Korea recently said it plans to invest about 2 percent of itsGDP annually in environment-related and renewable energy industriesover the next five years, for a total of $84.5 billion. The governmentsaid it would try to boost South Korea's international market share of"green technology" products to 8 percent by expanding research anddevelopment spending and strengthening industries such as those thatproduce light-emitting diodes, solar batteries and hybrid cars.
China and India are kick-starting their solar industries. India aimsto install 20 gigawatts of solar power by 2020, more than three timesas much as the photovoltaic solar power installed by the entire worldlast year, the industry's best year ever. And China's new stimulus planraises the nation's 2020 target for solar power from 1.8 gigawatts to20 gigawatts. (A gigawatt is about what a new nuclear power plant mightgenerate.)
"China is trying to catch up in a global race to find alternativesto fossil fuels," the official China Daily said in an article last week.
"A lot of people underestimate how focused China is on becoming aglobal leader in clean technology," said Brian Fan, senior director ofresearch at the Cleantech Group, a market research firm. China nowprovides a $3-a-watt subsidy upfront for solar projects, he said,enough to cover about half the capital cost. Fan said it is "the mostgenerous subsidy in the world" for solar power.
China is also expected to boost its long-term wind requirement to150 gigawatts, up from the current 100 gigawatt target, by 2020,industry sources said. Jenkins said China could provide $44 billion to$66 billion for wind, solar, plug-in hybrid vehicles and otherprojects. Fan said China also plans to make sure that many of theorders go to its own firms, Gold Wind and Sinovel.
The big Asian research and investment initiatives come as U.S.policy makers boast about their own plans, giving ammunition to thosewho say this country needs to do more.
"That R&D represents America's chance to become the world'sleader in the most important emerging economic sector: energytechnology," said House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) in a May13 speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "In the years to come, Ihope that America will be selling clean technology to China and Indiaand not the other way around."
Confident that the United States will develop top-notch technology,the House voted overwhelmingly on June 10 to oppose any global climatechange treaty that weakens the intellectual property rights of Americangreen technology.
"We can cede the race for the 21st century, or we can embrace thereality that our competitors already have: The nation that leads theworld in creating a new clean energy economy will be the nation thatleads the 21st century global economy," Obama said on June 29.
But countries in Asia are not standing still waiting for U.S. advances.
That both excites and worries U.S. manufacturers torn betweenopportunity and fear of a boost for Asian competitors at a time whenthe world's biggest market, the United States, has slowed down sharply."This is heavy manufacturing business. The U.S. has had a greatposition over the last several years," said Vic Abate, vice presidentof renewables at General Electric, the world's number two wind turbinecompany. "If it slows down and if investment doubles down in China, itwill be a lot harder to catch up."
"We have already been left behind in some areas," said Mark Levine,director of the environmental energy technologies division at LawrenceBerkeley National Laboratory. "But . . . there remain manyopportunities," he said, adding that "the U.S. can carve out key areasin clean energy technology."
Although GE is the only U.S. company among the world's top 10 windturbine makers (China has two, Germany has three), Levine said "thereare areas in wind energy where we are likely to develop crucialtechnologies that we will both exploit and likely license to others."He cited advanced materials that would permit stronger rotors andtechniques for taking advantage of higher wind speeds at greaterheights.
Levine said the United States is unlikely to "become the or even aleading photovoltaic manufacturer. But our scientific talent . . . hasa good chance of developing the next-generation PV systems which wecould either manufacture in China or another country . . . or licenseto foreign companies. . . . Even if the manufacturing is done abroad,this will lead to very real and large benefits to the U.S. fromlicensing fees, not to say sales in the U.S. and elsewhere."


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On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina took the lives of more than 1,836 people, displaced more than 1 million residents, and damaged more than 200,000 Gulf Coast homes in a 90,000 square mile area. The damage caused by the flooding, storm surge and high winds destroyed schools, hospitals, roads, community centers, bridges, parks and forestlands. In the end, the Gulf Coast suffered more than $100 billion in damage, making Katrina the costliest and most deadly hurricane in the history of the United States.
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Greens with Black-Eyed Peas
Black-eyed peas and nourishing greens, two foods well-loved in Southern and soul food cuisines, have flavors that team companionably. Adapted from The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet.
Serves: 4 to 6 as a side dish
- 12 to 16 ounces fresh greens
(kale, collards, or mustard greens)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups cooked or one 15 to 16-ounce can (drained and rinsed) black-eyed peas
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar, or to taste
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Dried hot red pepper flakes or Sriracha sauce, to taste
Wash the greens well. Remove and discard the stems. Trim away thick mid-ribs from the leaves. Discard them or slice thinly and use. Chop the leaves coarsely.
Heat the oil in a steep-sided skillet or stir-fry pan. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until translucent. Add the garlic and continue to sauté until the onion is golden.
Add the greens and just enough water to keep the bottom of the pot moist cover, and steam until tender, about 10 minutes.
Stir in the black-eyed peas and vinegar. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes or Sriracha. Cook just until everything is heated through, and serve.
Variation: Use pink, pinto, or black beans instead of black-eyed peas.
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NFC North Spin cycle: Are Packers back now?
The Packers' convincing win over the previously undefeated Texans was the NFC North's highlight attraction in Week Six action.
Ravens, Lions in trouble despite big wins
The Ravens and Lions earned big wins but left some big questions unanswered; two key Cowboys slip up; and are the Patriots still clutch?
Lions come from behind to stun Eagles
Jason Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and the Lions overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Eagles 26-23 on Sunday.
Hanson knows opposition itching to face Lions' special teams
Lions PK Jason Hanson knows teams will be eager to face Detroit's special teams after some recent breakdowns.
Suh will not be ticketed for traffic incident
Lions DT Ndamukong Suh will not receive a ticket for allegedly sideswiping another vehicle early Thursday morning.
Alex Karras: A football player and actor, too
Alex Karras is best remembered for his acting but as a player he was one of the most dominant interior linemen of the 1950s and '60s.
Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77
Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Lions' defense in the 1960s before going on to an acting career died Wednesday.
Lions looking healthier after open date
Louis Delmas and Cliff Avril were on the practice field, looking healthy after a much-needed open date for the Lions.
Former Lions great Karras' condition worsens
Alex Karras' condition has deteriorated and the NFL team he played for is extending its sympathies.
NFC North Spin cycle: Week Five
After winning Sunday, the 4-1 Vikings and Bears hold a two-game advantage over the 2-3 Packers in the NFC North.
Lions' problems much deeper than awful special teams
The way we hear it, Detroit's dismal special-teams play might be indicative of a deeper problem beneath the surface.
NFC North Spin cycle: Week Four
The surprising Vikings took hold of the NFC North one-fourth of the way through the season with a big win at Detroit.
Jets add former Lions CB Berry
The Jets signed former Lions CB Aaron Berry to a two-year deal.
Two return TDs help lift Vikings past Lions
Percy Harvin returned the opening kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown, helping the Vikings beat the Lions 20-13 Sunday.
Lions' special-teams coverage again an issue to watch
The Lions' special-teams coverage was victimized by some bad luck in a loss at Tennessee, but it was also outexecuted.
Muhlbach has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team. Muhlbach becomes the first Lions specialist to make the Pro Bowl without kicking, punting or returning. His performance this season helped kicker Jason Hanson break the team's single-season scoring record with 134 points.||||||| With Muhlbach snapping, Hanson is 81 of 107 for his career from 40 or more yards and 25 of 37 from 50 or more. Muhlbach was added by Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy and the Packers' staff, who are serving as this year's NFC staff.
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