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Last fall, as he suffered withering attacks from segments of the American and British media, and the U.S. Congress, Kofi Annan began holding–or being invited to attend—discreet meetings with a coven of "foreign policy experts" around New York City (and who knows where else), at least one or more of whom eventually leaked the story to the New York Times. The purpose of these meetings was "to save Kofi and rescue the U.N.," an anonymous member of the coven grandiosely told the Times, and to instruct Annan that "lapses in his leadership during the past two years had eclipsed the accomplishments of his first five year-term in office and were threatening to undermine the two years remaining on his final term."
"The intention was to keep it confidential," the Times quoted Richard Holbrooke, at whose New York City apartment at least one of these meetings was held. "No one wanted to give the impression of a group of outsiders," the former UN Ambassador in the second Clinton Administration continued, "all of them Americans, dictating what to do to a secretary general."
According to the Times, Holbrooke also described the group that met with Annan as people "who care deeply about the U.N. and believe that the U.N. cannot succeed if it is in open dispute and constant friction with its founding nation, its host nation and its largest contributor nation."
"The U.N., without the U.S. behind it, is a failed institution," Holbrooke explained.
The same evening that the Times's page-one report appeared, Holbrooke was one of four guests on American TV's Charlie Rose Show. (For a transcript of Holbrooke's Jan. 3 appearance, see below.)
The show's host devoted the bulk of his discussion with Holbrooke to the story in that morning's Times and the circumstances behind it. "[W]e talked about the fact that the U.N. could not succeed if it was in fundamental opposition to the United States," Holbrooke told Rose. "It just can't. The U.S. needs the U.N. and the U.N. needs the U.S. It's as simple as that."
Acknowledging some of the pressures brought to bear on Annan's head (for very good analysis of the sources of this pressure within the lunatic American Right, see "The Right's Assault on Kofi Annan," Ian Williams, The Nation, Jan. 10, 2005), Holbrooke went on to explain just how important the U.S.-UN relationship is. To excerpt a little bit of it here:
The U.S. without the U.N. and the U.N. without the U.S. are two institutions which would both suffer, the U.N. frankly more than the U.S.
[B]ecause in the end the U.S. does need the U.N. to help it in issues of such immense importance as Iraq, and the world needs the U.N. because of the tsunami….
What Richard Holbrooke—these days, a kind of elder statesman of all that remains of liberalism within the establishment political culture in the States, and the presumptive Secretary of State, had John Kerry defeated George Bush in November—was saying throughout this January 3 interview on American TV more explicitly than the New York Times was able to convey that same day was that the American Right's attacks on the United Nations are misplaced. They are misplaced because in fact there are all kinds of important U.S. foreign policy objectives the UN can advance on its behalf. He listed two in particular: Helping the U.S. carry out the January 30 election in Iraq (out of which no new governing coalition has yet to emerge, please note well); and helping to manage the conflict over the Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories. (Though this is my language here—not Holbrooke's.) Plus, there are other missions that need to be undertaken, but that Washington doesn't want to mess with—addressing the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean repeatedly on Holbrooke's lips. Wake up, Holbrooke was telling his counterparts on the right side of the American political establishment. The various councils and agencies and expertise and personnel—even the UN brand name, above all else—still command a very pretty premium in international affairs. And no forward-looking American foreign policy expert dare sell it short. Not yet, anyway.
Looking over the Secretary-General's In Larger Freedom: Towards Security, Development and Human Rights for All today, I couldn't help but recall Richard Holbrooke's interventions on behalf of the UN and its embattled Secretary-General in two of the more prestigious fora of the American media last January 3. (At least on behalf of a certain conception of the UN.)
And I also remembered that in To End A War (Modern Library, Rev. Ed., 1999), his memoirs of the time he spent representing the Clinton Administration as its chief negotiator with the warring parties in the former Yugoslavia, Holbrooke had provided an invaluable account of the importance of Kofi Annan to American Power—but ten years ago, rather than today. (And note that at the time, Operation Deliberate Force, the American bombing of Bosnian-Serb targets in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the end of August, 1995, was also what Holbrooke called the "largest military action in NATO history" (p. 102).)
When [Operation Deliberate Force] was all over and we could assess who had been most helpful, my Washington colleagues usually singled out Kofi Annan at the United Nations, and Willy Claes and General Joulwan at NATO. Annan's gutsy performance in those twenty-four hours was to play a central role in Washington's strong support for him a year later as the successor to Boutros Boutros-Ghali as Secretary-General of the United Nations. Indeed, in a sense Annan won the job that day. (p. 103)
At this singular moment that Holbrooke characterized as the "most important test of American leadership since the end of the Cold War" (p. 92), what, exactly, had Kofi Annan done on behalf of the Americans to deserve such high praise?
"Fortunately," as Holbrooke tells it, for a brief period of time before the American-led NATO-bloc's launching of the Operation Deliberate Force air strikes against the Bosnian-Serb positions,
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was unreachable on a commercial aircraft, so [UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright] dealt instead with his deputy, Kofi Annan, who was in charge of peacekeeping operations. At 11:45 A.M., New York time, [Aug. 29,] came a big break: Annan informed Talbott and Albright that he had instructed the U.N.'s civilian officials and military commanders to relinquish for a limited period of time their authority to veto air strikes in Bosnia. For the first time in the war, the decision on the air strikes was solely in the hands of NATO—primarily two American officers, NATO's Supreme Commander, General George Joulwan, and Admiral Leighton Smith, the commander of NATO's southern forces and all U.S. naval forces in Europe. (p. 99)
The result, as Holbrooke reports it, was the "largest military action in NATO history." (Until Operation Allied Force, the U.S.-led NATO-bloc's war over Kosovo, roughly three-and-a-half-years later.) This was how Kofi Annan "won the job," in Holbrooke's telling, as Boutros Boutros-Ghali's successor to the post of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
And I remembered Chapter XV of the Charter of the United Nations, wherein Article 100 defines the independence and the integrity of The Secretariat as follows:
1. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.
2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
And I wondered whether anyone—Richard Holbrooke, Kofi Annan—the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal, the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation—would care to defend the thesis that in participating in these late 2004 meetings with the coven of "foreign policy experts," at least one meeting at which the Secretary-General "sat in silence and made no effort to defend himself," as the Times reported the scene, Annan was upholding his constitutional duties and responsibilities as outlined by Article 100?
Or to put my question somewhat differently: Didn't the events reported by the January 3 New York Times (among other sources eventually) amount to constitutional-type violations of the UN Secretary-General's legitimate role and responsibilities?
I mean, how could one look at them any other way?
(Aside from supplicating Americans, that is. So I guess they were okay after all.)
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FYA ("For your archives"):
The Charlie Rose Show [EXCERPT]
January 3, 2005 Monday
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HEADLINE: Discussing the Tsunami Disaster
BYLINE: Charlie Rose
CHARLIE ROSE: "The New York Times" today reported that a group of veteran U.S. foreign policy experts secretly met with the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month in New York. They advised him how to improve his leadership style and his relationship with the United Nations and the United States. The secretary-general is on his way to Southeast Asia this evening to address the tsunami disaster.
Joining me now is Richard Holbrooke. He is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a leading foreign policy expert. And he was at this meeting, and it took place on December 5th at his apartment. Let me begin with that point.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: I`m sorry we couldn`t invite you, Charlie. But these things happen.
CHARLIE ROSE: Why would I come? I`m not a leading foreign policy expert.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: That`s news to me. I`m happy to be here. Happy new year. These are very serious issues, particularly after the tsunami, which came after this meeting.
CHARLIE ROSE: I want to come to that.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Delighted to talk to you tonight.
CHARLIE ROSE: All right. So let me just start with this idea. What was the motivation for this meeting? Whose idea was it, and what role did you play?
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: The meeting was one of a series of meetings that Secretary-General Annan conducted in the last six weeks. I think the animating event of all of the things that came to a head and were discussed in that meeting was really the American election. It was clear to the Bush administration, in their own mind, that the U.N. had people in it who had openly sided with President Bush`s opponent in the election. And the Bush administration was clearly not happy with the U.N.
The secretary-general had sent a letter to President Bush, Prime Minister Blair and Prime Minister Allawi of Iraq before the Fallujah offensive, urging them not to do it. That letter was clearly a mistake. And that and other factors had caused friction.
So after the election, Kofi Annan and I and many other people talked about these issues. Kofi Annan reached out to senior staff in his own institution. He talked to people like President Clinton, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, your frequent guest on this program.
CHARLIE ROSE: Who was invited but couldn`t come.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Who was invited but was in Bahrain that day, and many other people. Ambassador Zaid (ph) of Jordan was among those he talked to. And we talked about the fact that the U.N. could not succeed if it was in fundamental opposition to the United States. It just can`t. The U.S. needs the U.N. and the U.N. needs the U.S. It`s as simple as that.
CHARLIE ROSE: You have said or someone has said if the United States fails to support the United Nations, it`s a failure, the United Nations fails.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: I believe that to be true. We are the founding nation. We`re the host nation, the largest contributor. And you cannot function in opposition. And the friction between Washington and the U.N. headquarters was real and palpable.
So as a result of these conversations, secretary-general suggested that we put together a very small group of people he trusted and who were friends, and to keep it confidential. And in fact, it remained confidential for a month. And even counting the three weeks between scheduling it and its holding, it kept a secret for seven weeks. Pretty good in the U.N.
CHARLIE ROSE: The very good reporter Warren Hoge began to hear about it and did the story.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Warren Hoge pieced it together, wrote a very accurate story on the front page of today` New York Times." And that`s where we are.
CHARLIE ROSE: OK, let me get to the context here. He comes to your house. It`s a three-hour meeting. Evidently he sits and listens, does not debate. It is not, in your words, confrontational, but it is unalloyed, I think is the word you used. It really deals with what you think the secretary has to do, and the meeting comes out of great respect for him and great commitment to the United Nations.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Respect, indeed affection for him. He — everyone in that meeting — there were only five or six of us — really cares about him and the institution.
CHARLIE ROSE: Les Gelb was there.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Les Gelb. Tim Wirth and Kathy Bushkin. They run the United Nations Foundation, which is Ted Turner`s organization. John Ruggie, a Harvard professor, who had been a senior adviser and is a real expert. And Madir Mostajevich (ph), who is a former employee of his now working at Goldman Sachs, and one insider, his Assistant Secretary-General Robert Orr.
That was all. We invited Greenstock, who couldn`t come.
And we talked. The one thing you said I would slightly modify, not to quibble, was Kofi Annan didn`t sit there mute. He listened. He took notes. He responded. He heard our views. They — he had also taken soundings from other people.
Between the time we had scheduled the meeting and the time it took place, Senator Norman Coleman had called for his resignation, which had sharpened the sense of it. The Congress was debating. There was concern that Congress might try to hold back the dues. This preceded the tsunami.
And the central point was the one you already made. The U.S. without the U.N. and the U.N. without the U.S. are two institutions which would both suffer, the U.N. frankly more than the U.S. And that Secretary- General Annan — and there was a certain irony here, because most of the people in that meeting undoubtedly supported President Bush`s opponent as I did, Senator Kerry — but the fact is the public, the American public had reelected George W. Bush, and we had to move forward. And the U.N., above all, had to not only live with but work with the administration.
Kofi Annan after that meeting went to Washington and had his farewell meeting with Secretary Powell, and more significantly than that had his first private meeting with the new secretary of state, incoming, Condoleezza Rice. I leave it to the participants to characterize that, but I know that the U.N. people there, just Kofi Annan and one assistant, felt very gratified by that.
On December 23rd, Kofi Annan and President Bush spoke. Not just a brief congratulatory conversation, but something that went a little further and talked about working together. And then very significantly today, Kofi Annan appointed a new chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown, another frequent guest on your program, who assumes what I consider the second most important job at the U.N.: The chief of staff job, replacing Riza Iqbal. And Mark Malloch Brown is a substantial and very different kind of person. And they had a very interesting press conference today, in fact.
CHARLIE ROSE: The criticism of the secretary-general, the criticism, is that he had lost the confidence of some people, or there was some real question about the confidence of his leadership at the United Nations. Two, oil-for-food was a scandal which will be soon more intensified because of the report coming from Paul Volcker. A sense that what? That his leadership after a very good four years had not gone well?
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Let me — there are four external events of enormous importance in which the U.N. is central, and in which Kofi Annan and his team need to perform. And there are two scandals they need to deal with. The scandals are the one you just mentioned, oil-for-food, and this terrible sex scandal in the Congo, the pedophile scandal.
CHARLIE ROSE: Peacekeepers involved with…
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Yes, the pedophile scandal. The French have already put in jail the man who apparently was the ringleader. But when you have these scandals, no one blames the secretary-general for it, but there has to be full accountability. The four great international issues in which the U.N. is central are the tsunami response — and I know Jan Egeland, who was on your program tonight, has been leading that response. Egeland, Kofi Annan and Mark Malloch Brown, the three people we`ve been talking about, are all on their way to Indonesia tonight, as you said earlier, to deal with this.
Third, the elections in Iraq, the issue which is most important to the Bush administration, but which is in the hands of the U.N. And finally the Palestinian elections.
So the array of issues before the U.N. are enormous. It`s not a time to start attacking Kofi Annan or the U.N., it`s a time to strengthen Kofi Annan and the U.N.
CHARLIE ROSE: Well, also one of your criticisms, according to the Warren Hoge`s story, is that you don`t feel that the U.N. had sufficiently been responsive, and Kofi Annan and the office of the secretary-general had been sufficiently responsible to the criticisms made against it.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Oh, that was stated in the meeting by some of its participants, yes.
CHARLIE ROSE: That Norm Coleman, who was on this program calling for the secretary-general`s resignation, and others.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Of course, I disagree strongly with Norm Coleman on this, although he and I have worked together closely on other issues, including HIV/AIDS. I just think that attacking the secretary-general, particularly by a committee chairman who is in charge of an investigation in which the secretary-general is a factor, was quite wrong.
CHARLIE ROSE: Also, he was angered by the fact that he had requested information from the Volcker report in which — Volcker did not choose to give.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: The Volcker commission is an enormously important part of this story, and we`ll have to see how it plays out.
CHARLIE ROSE: But you were concerned, according to the Hoge story, about lapse in his leadership in the two years, and that it had eclipsed the accomplishments of the first four years.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Well, I didn`t — none of that is attributed to me in the story, and I actually didn`t say it quite that way. But let me be clear, because you`re saying something very important. Kofi Annan has been secretary-general for eight years. He`s won the Nobel Peace Prize and done some great things. And by his own admission, 2004 was a horrible year.
CHARLIE ROSE: Annus horriblis, or whatever it was.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Your Latin has always been better than mine, but he was quoting her majesty the queen.
CHARLIE ROSE: This is a man who I`ve heard speak fluent French too. Go ahead.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: So Kofi knew it was a tough year. The Norm Coleman call for resignation was an additional wake-up call. The meeting would have taken place anyway. This was one of a series of meetings.
The most important thing to me, Charlie, is that Secretary-General Annan — and I talked to him just before I came over here tonight to tell him I was coming over. He was sorry he couldn`t join you himself. But I`m sure he`ll be on as soon as he gets back.
CHARLIE ROSE: The invitation is outstanding.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: No, he knows that. And he — he just wanted to be understood that reform and reinvigorated U.N. is what he`s going to do. And he`s not going to play out a 10-year period, but he`s got a two-year term ahead of him. And again, today is a very good day for you and I to talk about this, because of the appointment of Mark Malloch Brown.
CHARLIE ROSE: OK. I want to — but that — I want to come to tsunami as well and the fact that the secretary-general and Jan Egeland are on their way over there…
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: And Mark Malloch Brown.
CHARLIE ROSE: … when this program airs. But it is also said in this article that someone within the group contacted the Bush administration to get some feeling for them. And the Bush administration supposedly said — whoever spoke for the administration at the White House — said, we will not demand the firing if Kofi Annan does not serve out his two-year term, it will be because of Volcker report and something growing out of that, not because of pressure from the United States.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: That quote is accurate. Someone in the meeting did say that. That is completely accurate. It wasn`t me. And I`d rather not say — I`m obviously not close to the Bush administration, although ironically I was trying to improve relations between the administration and the U.N. Someone did say that.
CHARLIE ROSE: Are they open, according to the meeting with Condi Rice, are they open to the idea of improving relations? They`re prepared to do — take their steps as well?
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Once again, I wasn`t in the Kofi Annan-Condoleezza Rice meeting, but I think the fact that it took place was significant. The fact that President Bush and Kofi Annan spoke in late December, just before Christmas, is significant. The fact that there`s a core group for the tsunami relief is significant.
And remember this: The U.N. is in charge of the thing that`s most important to the Bush administration, the elections in Iraq. And the U.S. administration is in a critical position, and one of the things most important to the U.N., which is to be sure that the Congress does not go forward and withhold dues again as they did several years ago in the late 1990s.
CHARLIE ROSE: Do you think that`s a real possibility?
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Before the tsunami, before the U.N. reforms, I don`t think it was a possibility. I know that conservative and right-wing members of Congress were preparing such legislation. It was clear. They had even said so publicly. It is my hope that as a result of the signs of collaboration — and they are very tentative, and we have to see who the Bush administration sends to the U.N. as ambassador to replace Senator Danforth. Danforth did a terrific job, but he didn`t stay long, as long as I`d hoped he would. Because of the early signs, because of the collaboration and cooperation on the tsunami, because of Iraq. And because in the end the U.S. does need the U.N. to help it in issues of such immense importance as Iraq, and the world needs the U.N. because of the tsunami, I am hopeful, I`m hopeful that the House of Representatives, which is where the problem lies now, not in the Senate anymore, will not do this kind of bill, withholding dues.
And if they do, most importantly, that the Bush administration will openly say this is not the right thing to do or the right way to go at the issue.
CHARLIE ROSE: OK. Secretary-general said he found the meeting helpful and supportive. So clearly it was a benefit to him to listen to friends offer constructive criticism.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: And he had done this with other people. I mentioned President Clinton earlier.
CHARLIE ROSE: Tsunami. How do you characterize the way the world has responded to this tragedy?
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Phase one, too slow, too little and almost inexplicable. Maybe it was vacation time. Maybe they didn`t realize the dimensions. But the initial reaction was way too slow, especially in Washington.
CHARLIE ROSE: OK. The world generally, but especially in Washington.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Your other guest on this program tonight played a very important role in this. Jan Egeland, the head of the emergency relief division of the U.N., made his statement saying that rich nations had been too stingy. Egeland, whom I know very well…
CHARLIE ROSE: And on all the weekend talk shows had to defend himself, because everybody assumed he was talking about the United States…
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Well, two points…
CHARLIE ROSE: Because at that point "The New York Times" also had editorialized that he was in fact right in saying that.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: Well, two points. No. 1, he never mentioned the United States. And when I talked to him, and when I talked to Kofi Annan, they made a point of this. But No. 2, Charlie, he was right.
CHARLIE ROSE: Exactly.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: And "The New York Times" was right. Jan Egeland is a man who has given his life to humanitarian service all over the world. I`ve worked very closely with him as a friend and as a government official. And he is almost guileless in his direct honesty, as your viewers tonight can see watching him. And I`m just telling you that when Jan said that, perhaps the word stingy was inappropriate, but the way some of the right- wing press jumped it as though he had committed a crime against humanity, when millions of people were in danger, when over 100,000 people had been washed away and lost at sea, was quite grotesque.
What`s the bottom line on it? He said it. People attacked him. And the United States government made a 1,000 percent increase overnight in its involvement, plus sending military aircraft and carriers into the region. So all I can say is, the mini-flap, the trivial issue of what Jan Egeland said is zero compared to the effect of what Jan Egeland — and by the way Les Gelb, who also said similar things on television, and others, did. During a period when everyone was on vacation, a handful of people, Egeland, Les Gelb and others, went out and said the truth. The world has to step up to the plate. And then belatedly, but thank God they did it. The administration came through.
CHARLIE ROSE: There are those who say that they missed an opportunity, especially the president did, because he could have if he came out of the block early, would have helped his own reputation around the world, because this was a crying — this was a brilliant opportunity, shining opportunity for the United States to take the lead in doing good.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: It was incontrovertibly true what you just said, but it is really now a historical footnote. The secretary of state and the president`s brother are in the region. The U.S. has stepped up to the plate. The U.N. and the U.S. are working very closely together in this core group. That there was a 72- to 96-hour too slow reaction is clear. But you know, better, better than not doing it at all. And I think history is not — it`s not clear yet what the final balance will be on this tsunami relief issue, because local governments are involved, the dimensions of it are still unclear. This is a monumental undertaking.
CHARLIE ROSE: Thank you for coming.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE: My honor.
CHARLIE ROSE: Richard Holbrooke, former ambassador to the United Nations. At his apartment, a series or a meeting with some friends of Kofi Annan to talk about the future of Kofi Annan, and also the future of the United Nations, coming at a time in which we face in the world one of the greatest human disasters in terms of natural disasters ever.
Back in a moment. Stay with us.


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Disclaimer: Scouting The Competition is just my opinions on two teams who played against each other in one game. I do not claim to be an expert on either team featured. Though I am familiar with both.
Disclaimer Squared: In this particular instance I was switching between the game and election coverage, so I was not able to pay full attention.
That said...Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump.
The Game: This was a classic Feinstein snoozer. The Lakers put the Grizzlies down early. By the end of the first they had already built an 11 point lead which ballooned to 27 by half time. Now the Lakers are obviously a very good team, but its not like Memphis is terrible. Fact is the LA shot the lights out in the first half and Memphis couldn't buy a bucket and when a team trails by almost 30 at half, their not coming back barring a major collapse which the Lakers simply do not do.
Los Angeles Lakers: The Lakers brought primarily the same team back again this season. With two key bench additions- Steve Blake and Matt Barnes, meanwhile Jordan Farmar uis now with the net.
Steve Blake- your classic triangle point guard, good distributor, good shooter and good at improvising. He's definitely an upgrade over Farmar. In the second quarter he made a play that was just classic Steve Blake. With the shot clock winding down, Blake was unaware of how little time he had as he dirrbled around the top of the key. Quickly realizing he had 3 seconds on the clock, he dribbled right and banked a floater in from about 15ft away.
Matt Barnes- a great addition. He allows the Lakers to give Artest some rest while at the same time not losing to much on defense. Barnes is a classic hustle guy, works his but off and does dirty work. The difference between him and a guy like say Ryan Bowen is Barnes actually has athleticism and talent. A classic Barnes play also happened in the scond quarter when another Laker (I think it was Fisher) had an open breakaway and blew the layup, Banres was the one guy who didn't give up on the play and ran down the court, scooped the ball up in mid air and dunked it home.
Other thoughts on LA- They are definitely the team to beat in the west and are just as good, if not better, than last year. Lamar Odom looks to have more confidence than ever since coming back from the world championships. It also looks like he's become more comfortable with shooting three's, most likely another side effect of playing some international ball. Gasol is Gasol, Kobe is Kobe. Derrick Caracter looks to be another solid second round steal. He banged low, grabbed some boards and managed to get fouled 3 times while trying to put the ball in the net. He cashed in on all 6 free throws.
Memphis Grizzlies: The Grizzlies played awful last night, well maybe not played off but their shooting was pretty atrocious. Shots just didn't fall. They also were being dominated on the glass and you can tell not having Zach Randolph hurts.
Marc Gasol- Ah the most pined for player in all of D-Stiffs. To be honest, Gasol looked awful. He looked like a classic big clumsy white guy who had no idea where he was going. If he had been black and bald I would have sworn he was Johan Petro. Routinely Gasol missed easy shots, was out of position and got dominated by his quicker brother. On one open breakaway Acie Law lightly tossed the ball to Gasol for an easy dunk but Marc managed to bobble the ball and lose it out of bounds. I still like him, but I definitely don't think he can be a force without a solid guy playing power forward (cough nene cough).
Hasheem Thabeet- Hasheem is still a project, but he's looking better, he made a couple of nice blocks. He still gets out of position often and fails to get to the glass as much as he should. On one play Thabeet grabbed an offensive board, blew a lay up right under the basket and ended up landing directly under the backboard leaving him no chance at another putback.
Rudy Gay- Gay was the only one doing anything on Memphis. He displayed his usual athleticism and ability to get to the cup, but offered a pleasant surprise. Gay actually has a decent post game as well. He routinely would back Artest down, shoulder fake right, then spin left and hit a difficult fade away right in Artests face. If he played in someplace like Chicago or Boston or New York the kid would be a star. He took on one of the best defenders in the league and flat out owned him.
Other thoughts on Memphis- They really had an awful shooting night, like someone put a screen on top of the basket. Acie Law looks like a solid addition and whats encouraging for the Nuggets is Law usually could easily blow by the Lakers pg's even though he's not that fast. His problem was he kept blowing the layup. I didn't really get to see much of the rookie Xavier Henry, but what I did see was unimpressive. Henry looks like he could be a solid role player but not much more. He'd do good to mimic a guy like Matt Barnes. Mayo had an off night like all the other Grizzlies and being that his best asset is his shooting ability, he was largely ineffective. The Grizz are young and talented and I think they'll be just fine and compete for a playoff spot.


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In photojournalism a photograph that has a good idea behind it, but doesn't quite work, is often called an "almost." In my opinion the most common assignments to return from with an excellent batch of almosts are sports assignments. So here are a few of mine that I've taken, but not turned in, recently. Enjoy.
These photos are from the Victoria East vs. Victoria West girls soccer game a few weeks ago. They are great celebration photos. The body language and facial expressions are priceless. I especially like the sad goalie at the bottom and player on the right watching the celebration. So what's the problem? These photos are from the one goal that Victoria West scored in a 5-1 loss to East and therefore didn't fit the story at all. I'll let you in on a secret, I try my best not to have any bias over what team wins a local sporting event and stay neutral. But when I do, it is because I already have a good winning/losing photo and I want to use it. I'm selfish, I'll admit it.
This basketball photo has a little bit of panning to it. Panning is when the photographer moves the camera at the same speed as a moving subject so that the stationary background blurs. It can be really hard to accomplish (although I'll admit, this one was sort of an accident) and I think would make for a really interesting basketball photo. Unfortunately I cut off the players foot a little and ended up just not liking this photo that much in the end.
It can be difficult to find a new way to take the classic pitcher photo in baseball. Unfortunately, they are often the superstars of the team. I think that if I would have been able to get just a little more of his head in the photo it would be really interesting. Alas, the batter just didn't hold his hands right.
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Police are looking for the driver who struck a 14-year-old girl and fled the scene.
Levittown, NY - February 7, 2014 - Second Squad detectives are investigating a Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Injury that occurred on February 6, 2014 at 3:52 pm in Levittown.
According to detectives, while crossing Hempstead Turnpike at the corner of Shelter Lane, a 14 year old female was struck by an eastbound brown or tan four door auto that fled the scene without stopping. As a result of the initial collision, the victim was thrown into the air and was subsequently struck by two other vehicles that stopped and remained at the scene.
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Back in 2009, the Seaford Clothing Company in Rock Island closed its doors, sending 300 people to the unemployment line. Now the facility plans to re-open and bring many of those old employees back.
City leaders in Rock Island say it's all thanks to a $3.4 million state grant. The grant will be used to renovate the old building and bring 300 or more jobs to the city.
Employees tell KWQC they walked out of the old Seaford building with their final paychecks and never saw a dime in severance since. When the plant was still open employees made suits here, now they're getting a second chance and so are the few businesses around here who used to benefit from having this facility open.
With more than 300 people coming back here to work, nearby businesses are excited for that extra boost in customers.
Dolores Myers has been in business just down the street from Seaford for over 40 years. She says a lot has changed since then.
"We had the lumber company here at one time and another business over here at one time, and there were people around all the time. Now there's nothing," she says.
Myers and other businesses like nearby Murphy's took a hit in customer base when Seaford employees left. Murphy's bar owners tell us they had to cut down employees' hours to stay in business, and others didn't make it.
"Everybody around here is glad about it," Bar Owner Jackie Murphy says of the re-opening, "That's why the little restaurant nearby has been closed three times, probably because Seaford."
Now those employees are coming back, and then some.
"We're anticipating a minimum 300 jobs being created," Rock Island City Manager Thomas Thomas says, "We're hoping once it's completely finished, up to 350 or more jobs."
With a $3.4 million state grant, bringing back Seaford isn't costing the city a thing.
"We had to agree to be the sponsor for the grant, we had to agree to work with the company in regard to the renovations," Thomas says.
Meanwhile local businesses are anxiously waiting for that business to come back.
"Anything can help," Myers says, "Even if you're only drawing 10, 15, 20 people, a place this small it's pretty good."
"The employees used to come in on Friday nights and they liked it here," Murphy says, "That'd be really good though, sooner the better."
The city says re-modeling will start in a couple weeks, but no date has been set as to when the facility will officially re-open.
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LAWTON, Okla. - A Lawton massage parlor owner is in jail Friday night after police raided her business on complaints to Crimestoppers that the parlor offered shady services.
Investigators say they have been getting Crimestoppers complaints about Classic Massage Parlor on Fort Sill Blvd. for months, not because of bad service, but rather, the kind of services they offered; sex and drugs.
Friday night, the massage parlors doors were closed and the owner and an employee in jail. Police say they were there Friday morning when they served a search warrant. They were baffled by what they found during the search.
On its window, Classic Massage Parlor boasts its accreditations and licenses, but police say they failed to mention what else they offer.
"We had anonymous people tell us there were actual sexual acts going on instead of massages and that people were also using narcotics inside the massage parlor," said Lawton Police Det. Nancy Lombardo.
After getting a warrant to search inside, detectives say they confirmed those complaints.
"We found tons and tons of just bags of used condoms. We [also found] a lot of prescription medication that was not in its original prescription pill bottles," said Lombardo.
Police also found drug paraphernalia and pot. Even though police say they did not catch any sexual acts in progress, they believe that the evidence points to it.
"I would have to think there was some kind of sexual acts going on inside the business. I don't think that's something that's in everybody's trash and not only the condom wrappers, but the condoms themselves," said Lombardo.
Despite the find, the owner tells police that they were running a legitimate business. That is the last statement legitimate massage parlors want to hear. While most offer only the services they are licensed for, it is the others that give their industry a black eye.
"We have always had problems with massage parlors being correlated with sexual acts instead of actual massages, and unfortunately this probably would put a bad name to that yes," said Lombardo.
Because of the holiday on Monday, it is going to be Tuesday before detectives can present their case to the district attorney. His office will be the one to decide what, if any, charges are filed against the owner and the employee who were arrested.
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A crop of American cockroaches brings in serious cash.
Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz proposed the city buy the land and two buildings downtown as a way to bring in new business. But is it worth the risk?
Montz's proposal calls for the purchase of two buildings at 25 East Market Street, and to then knock down the buildings. City council members aren't sure if they're ready to spend almost $200,000 on the project.
The buildings in question are the old Pryzm Hotel and a warehouse. Both have been abandoned for over 10 years. Montz says two different parties are interested in developing the property, if the city foots the bill for knocking the buildings down first.
"We're tired of seeing the eyesore," Montz said. "We also see it…being a real opportunity for economic development."
One of the interested parties wants to build and be open for business by this football season. But council members still have questions and are hesitant to say yes.
"Council is really considering whether or not there is definitely going to be a business move in there right away," Council President Paul Elchert explained. "Plus the lack of funds. We don't have the money in hand to do it."
It would cost $120,000 to purchase the land, and another $70,000 to demolish the buildings. The money would come from the city's venture capital fund – not tax dollars. To the mayor, the potential reward is worth the risk.
"A potential $2.5 million, plus investment in the downtown, jobs created, bring individuals on from not only Tiffin but the surrounding communities to our downtown, which is what our long-term plan calls for," he said. "We're right in the period of time where we're seeing our downtown here in Tiffin take off, and all these new businesses and restaurants going in…At the very worst, we're going to have a wonderful green space where we can hold festivals along the river, with parking attached, so I really don't see the huge risk that we're taking."
The matter could be voted on at the next council meeting, but is expected to be tabled once again.
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The legal representative for the Missoula County Attorney's Office said the DOJ's claim they found evidence of gender bias and discrimination within the county attorney's office is unsupported and unfair.
The U.S. Department of Justice released a letter of findings on Friday, stating the county attorney's office's response to sexual assault discriminates against women.
The letter was released to the public three days after Fred Van Valkenburg filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against the DOJ.
Van Valkenburg maintains the federal government has no legal right to investigate the way his office operates.
DOJ investigators said they spoke with victims of sexual assault whose cases were handled by prosecutors at the County Attorney's office.
They said those prosecutors used phrases like, "all you want is revenge," and "boys will be boys," when discussing the women's cases.
On Tuesday, Tasha Jones, who's representing the County Attorney's office, said in a statement the DOJ's allegations are untrue, vague and it would be against state law for the office to comment on a specific sexual assault case.
Jones also stated the fact that the DOJ released the letter only after Van Valkenburg filed for federal court action was calculated and retaliatory.
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If you are a MODERATELY ACTIVE traveler looking for fun things to do on Cozumel, then this page is for YOU! Here you will find a wide variety of activities, tours and excursions that involve some physical exertion but generally not at excessive levels.
These MODERATELY ACTIVE excursions typically last 3-4 hours in total and have at least 45 minutes of moderate physical exertion either on land, in the water or a combination of both in addition to photo taking and learning opportunities.
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Cozumel Dolphin Royal Swim Program
"Action" and "speed" pretty much describe this popular dolphin program! Get a handshake, a kiss and then you give them one. Feel the strength of your new friends as they push you across the water from the bottom of your feet in the thrilling foot-push. It is "the experience of a lifetime!"
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Cozumel Dolphin Swim Adventure
A unique opportunity to swim with dolphins and get to know them better! Experience the joy of a dolphin kiss, hugs and handshake and then marvel at the dolphins strength as you are towed through the water with a "belly ride." You will fall in love with their gentleness during this activity created especially for you to bond with dolphins!
US$ 119/Adult / US$ 89 child
Cozumel El Cielo Reef Snorkel Trip
Snorkeling from the shore is great but for something different, take a cruise aboard Albatros Charters across the crystal clear waters of Cozumel to a beautiful snorkel reef called El Cielo.
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Experience the thrill of learning to scuba dive in one of the top dive destinations in the world with Cozumel's leading dive shop ~ Dive Paradise!
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Whale Shark Snorkel Adventure from Cancun
Boat leaves from Cancun - shorter trip ~ Unforgettable - spectacular whale shark snorkel experience!
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Spectacular day trip whale shark snorkel experience at Isla Holbox! Personal service from a professional guide who escorts guests the entire way from Cozumel to Holbox!
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Cozumel Marine Turtle Observation & Baby Liberation Events with FP&M
Sign up for an observation and education session about Cozumel's nesting sea turtles and the volunteer brigades that help in their conservation. Learn about these amazing creatures in the Fundacion de Paques & Museos program and help release hatching baby turtles as they make their way to the sea.
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Question: How soon will I feel better once I start the gluten-free diet?
There's some good news if you're about to start the gluten-free diet: plenty of people — half or more in my experience — start to feel better within just a few days.
However, that doesn't mean you'll be back to feeling absolutely normal within a week's time. It will take a lot more time than that to recover completely, especially if you had severe celiac disease symptoms prior to being diagnosed.
Many people report their digestive symptoms start to improve within a few days of dropping gluten from their diets. Fatigue and any brain fog you've experienced seem to begin getting better in the first week or two, as well, although improvement there can be gradual.
Other symptoms, such as the itchy rash dermatitis herpetiformis, may take much longer to clear up.
You may feel constantly hungry during the first several weeks you're gluten-free, and you may want to eat all the time. This is completely normal — it's your body's way of trying to make up for not being able to absorb food. Your ravenous appetite should calm down eventually.
You may also find that you feel significantly better for a few days after starting the diet, but then experience a strong recurrence of your symptoms. If this happens to you, check your diet for hidden gluten — it's quite possible you've accidentally ingested some. It's common for your reactions to gluten — even to a tiny bit of gluten — to be very bad once you've gone gluten-free. You'll need to guard against gluten cross-contamination at all times, but don't worry — that soon will become second nature for you.
In addition, to feel better sooner, you may need to address any celiac-caused malnutrition. Lots of celiacs find they have vitamin and mineral deficiencies at diagnosis that can interfere with their well-being. Talk to your doctor about what supplements you should consider, and make sure to use only gluten-free vitamins.
Although you should start to feel a little better quickly, it takes most people who were very sick prior to diagnosis a long time — months, usually — to feel completely "normal" again. Don't get discouraged if you don't bounce back immediately; if you continue to see gradual improvement, you're going in the right direction. However, if you don't feel as if you're making enough progress, talk to your doctor about your ongoing symptoms.
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Monday's dangling crane could have posed significant danger as winds picked up while the Tristate region was under a Tornado Watch.
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margaret byrne
Jan 29, 2011, 08:10 PM
I have no usb ports. Is there any writable cd external I can
get that would work with my old computer?
Jan 29, 2011, 08:45 PM
post a picture of your computer if you cannot identify it. There are lots of Powermac G3's the last one being the B&W PowerMac G3 "Yosemite"...
margaret byrne
Jan 29, 2011, 09:26 PM
try to post it here
Jan 29, 2011, 09:29 PM
That is the first Power Mac G3. It's code name was Gossamer and it's model identifier is 510.
margaret byrne
Jan 29, 2011, 10:02 PM
Would this adapter by Belkin work. It says it works with OS 8.6
Feb 1, 2011, 05:42 AM
Belkin is a reliable company. If it says it'll work with 8.6 then it will. :)


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Town Square
PA may avoid vote on public safety building
Original post made on Nov 20, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 8:38 AM
on Nov 20, 2007 at 8:46 am
And now we get no say in it?
on Nov 20, 2007 at 8:59 am
The important thing is that our mayor is trying to speed up the final phase of Byxbee Park. good to see that she is still dealing with the really pressing issues facing our city. No rush on the library issue, crumbling streets, increasing our tax revenue base etc.
It made a nice photo-op in yesterdays PA Daily:
Web Link
(you have to see the rint version to see her photo)
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:03 am
Though support for library improvements is stronger than for the public safety building, it likewise falls short of the level required for passage of a funding measure. And support levels typically drop off as an election approaches and voters consider the tax impact of any funding measure.
Whatever funding solution is devised for the public safety building should also be applied to the library.


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By Amanda Goodman
GREENVILLE, N.C. - So, let's make a long story short…my son was attacked by a prickly bush, had nearly 100 sharp needles jammed into his tiny baby foot for hours and I DID NOTHING!!!
After a day trip to the beach, I noticed Nico was walking a little funny in the house…he was walking on the outside of his foot. I don't know whether I was tired or what, but apparently that didn't alarm me.
The poor kid wouldn't eat…wouldn't drink…wouldn't sleep. What he would do was scream! After nearly an hour of trying every "mom" trick in the book I finally realized what was bothering him…HIS FOOT!!!
Don't ask me where or how it happened. All I know is it was 4 in the morning and I was in the bathtub in my bathing suit with Nico on my lap as my husband strategically used tweezers to pull each needle out…one by one.
As soon as the last needle was out, a smile returned to my sweet boy's face…and he had the last word. He peed on me in the bathtub. Touché baby touché…mommy deserved that one.


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Did you catch our full-page spread in the Dever Post Monday, March 19th? We were happy to invite our guest Andy Voung, Tech writer for the Denver Post, to visit our operational headquarters in Greenwood Village where he had a chance to tour the facilities and interview several members of the Muve Music product team."
Excerpts from the two articles on the back page of the Denver Post's TECH KNOW section:
"Last year, Cricket launched Muve Music, and all-you-can-eat music service tied to a subscriber's monthly rate plan. It was a bold move that, based on the service's early success, may be copied by other carriers, analysts say."
"It's extra revenue, lower churn, and it also probably helps add subscribers," said Bruce Robers, an analyst with Brigantine Advisors. "I think other carriers would be interested in that as well."
"All in all, Cricket appears to have a winner on its hands with Muve, which topped 500,000 subscribers a year after launching in January 2011."
Quoting Melanie Wright who recently switched from T-Mobile to Cricket, "It's one flat fee – you never have to worry about what your bill is going to be," said Wright, who pays $43 a month for unlimited text and calling. "With the other companies, you better itemize that sucker yourself and you better have your Excel spreadsheet open"
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UFC Toronto Fan Expo grappling superfight results: Diego Sanchez def. Andrew McInnes via sub (kneebar) Ryan Hall def. Jorge Britto via sub (inverted heel hook) Sanchez meets Hall in the final match on Saturday afternoon.
The UFC has signed heavyweight grappling ace, Jon Olav Einemo (7-1), according to MMA Fighting. The Norwegian-born BJJ black belt currently trains out of Golden Glory in the Netherlands, and holds numerous credentials in the submission grappling world, including a gold medal at the 2003 Abu Dhabi grappling tournament, during which he handed BJJ phenom, Roger Gracie, his only Abu Dhabi loss.
UFC Boston Fan Expo grappling super-fight results: Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu def. Rolles Gracie via points (9-2) Ryan Hall def. Hermes Franca via points (6-3) Pablo Popovitch def. Lucas Lepri via points (2-0) Penny Thomas def. Tracy Goodell via points (2-0) Photo (Abreu vs. Gracie): MMA Junkie
Add grappling wizard, Dean Lister, to the list of people who James Toney has allegedly "threatened" with submissions in training: PC: You can plead the fifth on this, but from what I understand, he not only caught Mo in a submission, but he almost pulled something out on you as well. DL:I won't plead the fifth, man. It's actually rewarding when my students start picking up little things that I've been showing them. What happened was, I was trying to pass his guard. He didnt' pull guard or anything like that. I'm not going to say how we got to the ground because I don't want to give anything that he's going to try to do away. We were going over a few things and I passed his guard and I got a mount and he turned and like grabbed my foot. I'm lucky he didn't break it. He was close to breaking it. I think James has to learn not to tweak submissions in training. I mean, I guess he didn't tweak it, but he was really waiting on a tap. But he landed like a toe hold, and I didn't really get to see exactly what he was doing because my back was turned, but he twisted it pretty good. Source: FightHype UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 coverage (vs. Randy Couture)
UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre will face off against a fellow Montreal native, when he takes on 270-lb NHL enforcer Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens in a grappling match at the Tristar Gym. The match will air on TSN's Off the Record this Friday. "First we will do a wrestling match, because he believes that he is going to be able to put me down at will, and I believe that I am going to be able to put him down at will," St-Pierre told TSN. "On the ice I would never go against him, he's going to beat me and I agree with that 100 percent, but on the floor I have no problem." HT: MMA Fighting Photo HT: Canada.com
The UFC announced four grappling super-fights, to take place at the 2010 UFC Fan Expo, coinciding with UFC 114 at the end of this month. They are: - Hermes Franca vs. Bill Cooper - Shayna Baszler vs. Penny Thomas - Caol Uno vs. Fredson Paixao - Javier Vazquez vs. Jeff Glover [UPDATE] by Anton Tabuena - MMAFighting says that Takanori Gomi will also have a grappling super-fight against an opponent that is yet to be named.
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - A motorcyclist is in the hospital after being hit by a car Friday night.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. in front of the Audubon Grove Apartments on Robinson Street.
Witnesses say two brothers were traveling north on their motorcycles when a red Pontiac cut between the two, clipping the second cyclist. The driver of that motorcycle was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
The female driver of the car was questioned by police.
No word yet on whether any charges have been filed.


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slides: 10 RI Things I Love: Farmaesthetics Founder Brenda Brock
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Photo: Martha Stewart Living Ominimedia, Inc.
One: Handmade Cufflinks
Handmade Cufflinks by RI designer, Tarra Rosenbaum, Newport
Tarra's handmade silver snowflake cufflinks were received with vigor this winter at Farmaesthetics Apothecary in Newport, and we are excited to be getting in her Cherry Blossoms for spring. I admire how subtle and elegant each piece is, and the reverence she shows for the shapes and intricacies of nature and the seasons. I love this hanging bat cufflink, as well! tarrarosenbaum.com
Two: Cory's Cherry Jam
Cory's Cherry Jam, Sweet Berry Farm Middletown
Speaking of cherries, have you tried Cory's Cherry Jam? Delicious! I love it on ice cream, roast meats, on toast or by the spoonful. These guys really know how to preserve fresh fruit, and that the berries are grown and the jam is made right on site at Sweet Berry Farm, makes it all the more wonderful, flavorful and nutritious!
Three: Folk Scene
Folk Music at Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
An old world dancehall experience right here in our community. My friends and I love to pack a pot luck covered dish dinner and meet at the community hall, where we enjoy supper together at long banquet tables, and then sit back and talk and then enjoy an intimate performance by some of the world's best folk musicians and songwriters. Nothing else like it. www.commonfencemusic.org
Four: RISD Nature Lab
The Natural History Collection at The Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
My One-Stop Inspiration. Founded in 1937 by Edna Lawrence [RISD '20], this historic building houses a hands-on natural history collection unlike anything I've ever seen before. I love the accessibility of the specimens, not like a museum, but more like an adventuresome uncle's jam-packed library. A historic space that encourages thoughtful reflection and interaction with nature and the patterns, structures and marvels of the natural world. www.risd.com/cfm/nature.cfm
Photo: RISD
Five: Provender + Gray's
The Double Wammy: Provender & Gray's Ice Cream, Four Corners Tiverton
A sammy and an ice cream cone: just about as close to a Mayberry experience as one can get here in RI. If I only have a couple of hours, I can toodle on over to Tiverton for a Dr. Bombay Sandwich at the Provender, followed by a Lemon Custard ice cream cone at Gray's Ice Cream. A quick, easy getaway to clear my head. One of the most special things about RI -- you don't have to go far to get away from it all.
Six: Fiesta Verde
Aquidneck Land Trust's Fiesta Verde summer fundraiser
This is my favorite summer bash on Aquidneck Island. A farm-to-table dinner under the stars at one of the beautiful, sprawling Aquidneck Island properties, with music, dancing, and a spirited silent auction featuring donations from local artisans, jewelers, designers, as well as get-away packages from some of the finest hotels, like Castle Hill. All proceeds go to support ALT. http://www.aquidnecklandtrust.org
Seven: Easter Lily
Easter Lily, an Aura Paint by Benjamin Moore at Parvo's Paint Middletown
I am obsessed with this interior color and am painting everything Easter Lily these days….It is the color of the walls in Farmaesthetics Flagship Apothecary (shown here), the color of my dining room and office. There is something magical about this paint and the way it catches RI light, sparking the interiors to glow a clean, luminous, warm "white". Parvo's Paint (in Middletown) turned me onto the color, and there's no going back…so thank you Parvo's!
Eight: Isoude Silk Blouse
A Silk Blouse from Isoude, Newport
How lucky are we to have Katie Brierley, a world renowned up and coming dress designer in our midst, with her flagship boutique and design studio right on Bellevue Ave.? Her gowns are spectacular and show up in the best social pages of our day. And I love her simple silk blouses. A friend of mine and a fashion insider gave me a great piece of advice: "All you need is to wear one fine piece of well-made clothing and you can get away with blue jeans all you want". For me, Isoude is at the top of my wishlist for finding that one fine piece. www.isoude.com
Nine: Medieval Pageant
The Christmas Festival at St George's School, Middletown
Once a year before Christmas holiday, this free and open-to-the-public student pageant is a magical history tour back to Medieval England, with monks in hoods carrying torches and angels singing on high. The service traces its origins back to Roman times when the December celebrations of Saturnalia would provide a welcome respite from the rigors of winter. It has been performed at the historic St. George's Chapel for 102 consecutive years. I love it and the continuity!
Photo: St. George's School
Ten: The Potter League
The Potter League, Middletown
Pearl Gonzoles and her team run the best animal shelter I have ever seen—hands down. And it's not just the beautiful new modern facility. It's the people who run it. They say on their marketing materials, "Enriching Lives" and that could not be more true. It is a center for learning for all us. A great place for kids and adults alike to engage with the caregiving, compassionate side of our nature. All our beloved family pets have come from the Potter League over the years, including Roo our dog and Etienne, our brand new baby kitty. The marketing materials could just as well read: The Potter League- Promoting Happy Healthy Pets, People and Community. www.PotterLeague.org.
Photo: Potter League for Animals
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Why the Reaction Is Different When the Terrorist Is White
"Hold the victims constant and give the perpetrator the last name Mohammed. Does anyone think for a moment that such an attack wouldn't still be the most discussed story at Fox News and National Review? …
Attacks like his are disconcerting to some white Americans for a seldom acknowledged reason. Since 9/11, many Americans have conflated terrorism with Muslims; and having done so, they've tolerated or supported counterterrorism policies safe in the presumption that people unlike them would bear their brunt. (If Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD sent officers beyond the boundaries of New York City to secretly spy on evangelical Christian students or Israeli students or students who own handguns the national backlash would be swift, brutal, and decisive. The revelation of secret spying on Muslim American students was mostly defended or ignored.)
In the name of counterterrorism, many Americans have given their assent to indefinite detention, the criminalization of gifts to certain charities, the extrajudicial assassination of American citizens, and a sprawling, opaque homeland security bureaucracy; many have also advocated policies like torture or racial profiling that are not presently part of official anti-terror policy. What if white Americans were as likely as Muslims to be victimized by those policies? "
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(…blah blah bullshit bullshit bullshit)
(Source: stfueverything)
Standard Right Wing Propaganda
I try not to pay attention to these things but sometimes the stupid is so thick I just can't resist.
What you have here is the usual deliberate distortion from the right. And it IS deliberate. It's possible that the person who made this picture is actually so profoundly ignorant that they think this is accurate but I seriously doubt it. After months of the phrase "trans-vaginal ultrasound" being tossed around and the magical power of the internet that can show what that is as quickly as you can type it, I can only conclude that the point is to mislead gullible idiots. How else would a person confuse a regular ultrasound for a T-V ultrasound?
Just so you know, this particular picture was posted on April 21, long after the controversy started.
A further deliberate distortion is that liberals think abortion is "non-invasive." This insinuates that we think it is no big deal. Nobody thinks this. We think it's a traumatic and heart-wrenching decision to make but absolutely private and no one else's business. Our goal is to make them safe and as rare as possible. Conservatives think pregnancy is a divine punishment for women having sex and want to do everything they can to ensure as many "punishment pregnancies" possible. Why else do you think they oppose contraception and sex ed so bitterly?
This is how the right debases political and moral debates in this country. Liberals says, "We want to keep violent criminals from buying guns" and a conservative will claim we said, "Ban all guns." Liberals say, "We want everyone to have access to healthcare" and a conservative will claim we said, "Kill the sick and elderly." Liberals say, "America is open to all religions, not just Christianity" and a conservative will claim we said, "Ban Christianity and the Bible."
This is how people who are afraid to confront their own failings respond. Rather than simply admit their greed or fear or prejudice, they mischaracterize our positions to make it easier on their conscience when they oppose us. If conservatives would only be honest about their motivations, we could have an honest conversation but that will never happen as long as the political platform of the right is built on hate and anger.
(Source: stfueverything)
This woman, man. This woman.
The horrible thing is that some people believe what she's saying 100%. They don't even see the discrepancies between her two comments. Lord help us all.
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Excerpts from The Conservative Teen
Come with me on an adventure, folks: into the amazing world of Conservative Teen, where the white people don't get any whiter.
Where musical theater turns kids to the Devil…
…and sex threatens to wipe out entire civilizations with its wanton vaginal gushing.
Where doggy style is just another liberal nod to Paganism…
…and Elmo's environmental agenda is destroying young minds.
Where the main message sent to American teens is: MORE WHITE BABIES.
Thanks to the Heritage Foundation and Family Research Council for making my day that much brighter.
And the history nerd in me just loved the piece on history. Did you know the Declaration of Independence is one of the building blocks of the US government? It was not written by traitors of Britain… The men who wrote the DoI committed treason against the British crown. Guess we skip over that part in US history when we claim the "founding fathers" were good patriots instead of traitors to Britain…
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See the Derrick Bell faux-troversy…
View Doonesbury here.
Yeah, silly Sue!
Question for liberals reply
Alright, thanks for the replies everyone. Didn't mean to make you all mad, I just wanted to understand the liberal side. I'm cool with welfare for families that need it and are actively seeking work. I know the requirements, but it is an easy system to corrupt. Forget about statistics here because you can't gather this kind. Use common sense- Don't you think it's the least bit odd that you have to get drug tests to have a job in this country, but not to collect money from those who have jobs and contribute to society? Seriously, I'd be fine with helping people who are not doing drugs. I admire the trust in this "honor system," but wouldn't it make all the sense in the world to require drug tests on the unemployed who go on welfare.
As far as OWS goes, I'm all for exercising democratic rights. However, this has gone too far. You might want to check this out- http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-29/occupy-oakland-protests/52871646/1. I'm sure that not all protesters use drugs, burn our flag, and assault people. But it's disturbing how many are, and getting away with it.
Also, corporations create jobs and run this country. Attacking them and being paranoid about "lobbying" is just silly and un- American. Capitalism runs on competition and these corporations create global competitiveness and American superiority across the world. Why do people have a problem with our politicians helping them out? So what, they get paid. Good for them! It's not undermining democracy at all. Corporations are made up of people, and those people are the ones helping our economy. We must get work ethic back in America because this system has always worked until this current epidemic of laziness and entitlement sense.
As far as poor people helping themselves, that's not what I said at all. I think we the people must take responsibility and help them, apart from the government. My family is active in helping the poor. My parents donate to many charities and we help the poor through my volunteer activities, such as homeless shelters. This is actually caring for the poor. Unlike big government help, with its many opportunities for corruption, it's actually showing them love as opposed to forced giving.
I'm just going to focus real quick on the part I bolded. This, folks, is spoon-fed conservative nonsense. OP, you asked liberals to explain corruption. But corporations paying politicians to look out for their special interests is just "creating competition"? And questioning that is UN-AMERICAN? Gee, I wonder why people say Republicans don't care about poor people!
For real though. Having social programs (which every first-world nation has, including the ones with better economies than ours) is creating an "epidemic of laziness and entitlement" but openly supporting candidates who will let you pay less in taxes is just how capitalism works? Seriously? Seriously? Are you even listening to yourself?
Take your own advice and use a little common sense. Do you think we should drug test every person who gets tax breaks? Every person who uses public schools and parks and sidewalks? No? Then why should we only drug test poor people who use "taxpayer money"? HMMMM.
I love your "well you can't gather statistics on this stuff" line. Actually you can! In Florida, when they started drug-testing welfare recipients, less than 2% of them failed. That's lower than than the average level of drug use in our country, period. That's not common sense — that's reality. The truth has a liberal bias.
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"Disgusted at everyone saying we should have a party the night Thatcher dies. We need to wait 3 nights at the grave with stakes first."
Guy Aitchison.
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Some people don't think Margaret Thatcher should have a state funeral. I do. I think it should be open coffin. We need to be sure she's actually dead.
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ughgh so these ultra jesus freaks make their way onto my campus and draw lots of attention, at least 3 times a semester. no one can kick them off for preaching things like FAGS AND LESBIANS WILL GO TO HELL, FEMINISTS AND MUSLIMS WILL FEEL GOD'S WRATH, ATHEISTS, JEWS, LIBERALS, AND SOCIALISTS ARE UNFORGIVEN BY CHRIST'S LOVE, etc because its a public school. i mean of course the hobos around the university know that if they set foot onto the clean, climate controlled campus to take a break or get something to eat, UTPD will likely throw them into the street. but the westburo baptist-esque freaks are ok.
one of the things that irritates me is that these guys get attention. at least two dozen people always surround them. and it makes me uncomfortable because while some are there to troll and some are there to argue back, you know some are there because they believe that gay people and muslims are the scum of the earth. no one should be giving these freaks attention.
asides from that, my campus is overwhelmingly white. the one time i stopped and listened to these losers' spiel, i tried to ask a question from the people around me and i was completely ignored. a white guy was politely arguing that with this jesus freak and whenever he'd talk, everyone would listen and the freak would respond. when i tried to ask him simple questions like, 'what do you have against muslims?' or, 'doesnt jesus teach that you should love anyone regardless of what mistakes you think they made?' or 'what do illegal aliens have anything to do with the bible?' the jesus freak would ignore me.
but everyone else would ignore me too.
and it was really frustrating, i am a fucking woman of color/ultra feministy/socialist/who likes other girls sometimes and has a million queer friends/a community activist/basically everything this guy hated, and shit no one in that crowd was encouraging, supporting, or even gave a damn about making eye contact with me. even the white men that were there to condemn this guy would flippantly cut me off and start talking over me, or would totally ignore me.
there was once i was near one of these jesus freaks and i asked a random girl, who was obviously south asian, something like, 'what do these people give him any attention?' and she laughed and responded instead of glaring at me and shrugging like all the white boys in those crowds.
but i think the worst moment was when this sorority girl (bubbly, blonde, white) made her way to the front of the crowd and burst into tears at how people like this jesus freak gave real christians a bad name. because jesus was love and acceptance, not hatred, and *ugly crying* i cant believe you would do this to your savior!! everyone looked so sympathetic and i went up to her and patted her shoulder because she was so upset. she gave me a really ugly look and ran away and all the white men got really riled up at how this guy had upset her.
even the jesus freak looked upset.
when i walked away, i kept trying to convince myself that the fact that no one had given a damn that i was clearly unnerved by this freak had nothing to do by my visible status as a woman of color. they had been supportive of the white girl, so why didnt anyone let me talk? i kept thinking oh it must be because i have a very small voice at times, and i am very small in stature, so it is easy for people to talk over me and not notice that i am speaking.
but ugh ya'll know that had nothing to do with it.
because white hipster liberals will scoff at these extremists but when the face of who they hurt actually shows up and is visibly upset, it doesnt matter because you are just an over emotional minority.
The Tory and tabloid attitude to getting a job no matter what, even if there ostensibly aren't enough to go around reminds me of an anecdote my sister told me about university.
During a photography project she arrived to set up the exhibition space a few minutes late and there was no more mounting space at which point the tutor told her 'well if you'd got here earlier you'd have got a space' which led her to think 'but then someone else would be without a space'.
If there were 20 people on the course there should be enough space for 20 people. Even if everyone walked in the door simultaneously, bang on time, someone would have to go without in this bizarre system.
As with job hunting, people should not be punished and labelled as 'lazy' for not 'finding' a job when there aren't enough jobs to go around, even if everyone tried really really hard, went to 10 interviews a day and sent (*vomit*) flowers to their interviewers there would still be loads without a job because there just aren't enough.
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Face it. All of us know someone like this.
"I think in America from time to time we have to go through some difficult times — and I think we're going through those difficult economic times for a purpose, to bring us back to those Biblical principles of you know, you don't spend all the money. You work hard for those six years and you put up that seventh year in the warehouse to take you through the hard times. And not spending all of our money. Not asking for Pharaoh to give everything to everybody and to take care of folks because at the end of the day, it's slavery. We become slaves to government."
Texas Governor Rick Perry, explaining being freed from government slavery as the silver lining of the most devastating financial crisis since The Great Depression.
I'm sick of privileged, rich white men claiming they're "enslaved" by taxes. Seriously? Slavery - You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I really don't know what to say any longer…
(via cognitivedissonance)
(Source: thinkprogress.org, via cognitivedissonance)


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Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash In Quesnel
By 250 News
Monday, June 20, 2011 04:53 PM
Quesnel- There has been another traffic death involving a Motorcycle.
At 8.00am. today a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on Front St near the Canada Safeway store in Quesnel.
The 25 year old driver of the motorcycle, a Quesnel resident, was critically injured. He was taken to hospital in Quesnel but succumbed to his injuries this afternoon.
His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The driver of the pickup, and older male received minor injuries in the crash.
A traffic Analyst from Williams Lake and the Coroner have attended the scene.
A man died early Saturday in Prince George when the motorcycle he was riding hit the centre divider on Tyner Boulevard near Ospika. His passenger is in hospital.
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When a person dies on a snowmobile lots of comments. When a person dies on a murdercycle, no comments, how come?
It is a murdercycle when you drive like one. Many do drive safely. Don't be stupid putting everyone in the same boat.
Think he is more attesting to the fact that motorcycle accidents are strangely quiet while snowmobile accidents light these boards up like Canada Day. Apparently snowmobilers have singlehandedly caused the national debt, killed off every species including the dodobird, raised unemployment, caused cancer and are probably behind ponzi schemes and the Vancouver riots. Really they are both liesure activities that people are passionate about...
Sincere condolences to the family and friends
Sincere condolences to the family and friends
Well said Interceptor!!!
I agree Interceptor, well said!! I ride, and I would feel safer in a field of Dandelions!
Godspeed brother.