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A while back, a good friend of mine recommended that I give Coheed and Cambria a good listen. Knowing my penchant for progressive rock and my fondness of thematically unified materials (i.e., the frequently maligned "concept albums"), he thought that the C&C albums would be right up my alley. So I took his advice and purchased a copy of IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH: 3. To my delight, this was a satisfyingly complex and technically brilliant production. To my ears the band sounds like a mix of The Mars Volta , Dream Theater (both of whom I love!!!!) and some of the better bits of Rush. This CD got pretty regular play and I always enjoyed the music, but for no reason I can put my finger on, it never became one of my favorite albums.
Then came GOOD APOLLO….I saw it for sale and decided it was worth a listen. What an experience!!! I feel as though I've won the lottery! This is a brilliant album that transcended all of my expectations in every way. The music opens with a lush orchestral intro leading into the deceptively mellow, acoustic song KEEPING THE BLADE. It sounds almost like a love song until you listen to the lyrics that sweetly proclaim "I'm still waiting here, my dear, to kill all of you!" Then the album really starts to move with driving rhythms, stunning musicianship and simultaneously compelling yet inscrutable lyrics that propel the multi-album story line even further. (I haven't quite figured this unique world all out yet, but it's fascinating to study and ponder.)
Claudio Sanchez's vocals have been toned down a bit, losing some of that Geddy Lee quality that I occasionally found to be an irritant on the previous album. It seems to me that the already stunning craftsmanship of the song structures and musicianship has been taken up another notch to a consistently high level. This is an excellent album on every level. I have formed a new appreciation for the previous SILENT EARTH, and I have ordered the first album, THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE, so that I might put all the pieces together and get a deeper appreciation for this massive musical adventure. I regret that I didn't start at the beginning – but as I said, I finally get it.
To conclude, I'll just mention the beautiful artwork found throughout the booklet and jewel case covers. Artist Christopher Shy has produced some absolutely stunning paintings that are as much of a delight for the eyes as the music is for the ears. This is a must buy album for any fan of progressive rock music!


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At its users conference this week, Symantec released a slew of upgrades to its midrange backup, enterprise archive and data management products and said it will begin offering a SaaS model.
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Pancetera unveils virtual storage software
Pancetera Software has announced Pancetera Unite, a virtual appliance that consolidates backups of virtual machines, including the amount of I/O streamed to back-end storage.
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It was just a year ago when newly crowned U.S. Open champ Rory McIlroy struggled to a T25 finish at the British Open, where he suggested before the contest even began that he would just as soon never again play links golf in the pouring rain.
Indeed, after a disappointing close to the Open Championship, McIlroy confirmed sentiments he had expressed previously and with some regularity that he preferred a calmer, more predictable environment than the one he found at England's Royal St. George's in 2011.
"Yeah, I'm not a fan of golf tournaments that the outcome is predicted so much by the weather," McIlroy said after a 3-over final round that included a one-stroke penalty when the wind moved his ball after he set his putter behind it. "It's not my sort of golf."
Skip ahead 12 months, and McIlroy, who missed the cut in an unsuccessful attempt to defend his U.S. Open title and entered this week's event with far less fanfare than came his way in 2011, was back to give foul-weather golf another try. This time, he said, he was up to the challenge.
"Those comments were just pure frustration with ... having really high expectations going into it, coming off a major win," McIlroy told reporters Tuesday ahead of this week's competition on a very wet Royal Lytham & St Annes track. "Really wanting to play well, get into contention and not doing that. And blaming the weather, blaming the draw, blaming my luck, basically ... that was just frustration.
"Looking back on it a year later," McIlroy added, "I just didn't play well enough to get into contention and didn't handle the conditions as best as I could have."
Since dissing everything British Open-related last year, the pride of Holywood, Northern Ireland, has experienced his share of on-course ups and downs under even the most benign of weather conditions. He began the 2012 PGA Tour season with a surge of top-three finishes but suffered three missed cuts in his last four tour starts, including the Open washout at The Olympic Club.
Four strong rounds at a wet and windy Irish Open earlier this month, however, landed McIlroy a share of 10th place. His performance at countryman Graeme McDowell's home course of Royal Portrush Golf Club inspired confidence in the 23-year-old, who claimed his refreshed game could help him overcome whatever Mother Nature threw his way.
"I feel like I'm hitting the ball great. I think it's the best I've swung the club all year," said McIlroy, who posted a 4-under on the back nine in a practice round last Friday. "It's keeping the ball in play, keeping it out of the bunkers and out of the rough. Not only if I can do that, but if anyone can do that in this field, they've got a great chance."
As for competing in bad weather, that was "something that I'm trying to do more of and felt like I did that [in Ireland]," McIlroy said.
"To some degree at Portrush felt like I played well in the bad conditions," he added. "And if it's like that again this week, you're just going to have to knuckle down and focus and keep fighting and stay tough and try and shoot a score in bad conditions."


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SUMMARY: This post follows other posts that have looked generally at Algeria's perception of the Mali crisis and its role in its resolution. It examines the role of the Algerian press and the availability of public sources for analysts trying to make sense of a vexing problem. Pleased by Peter Tinti's writing on the subject of late (see 'Understanding Algeria's Northern Mali Policy,' Think Africa Press, 05 October 2012; which is great because it is concise which this blog never is), which tracks closely with this blogger's own view expressed in the past, this blogger has decided to continue to dump thoughts and analysis on the subject in hopes of advancing a better analytic understanding and approach to the situation insofar is this is possible until time allows for more detailed and aggressive treatment elsewhere.
On the Dismissal of Naha Mint Mouknass
Naha Mint Mouknass was dismissed from the post of Foreign Minister last week. This is significant with respect to Mauritania's relations with Libya, one of its principal Arab patrons as well its overall foreign policy.
Background: Foreign Minister since August 2009, Mouknass was the first woman to hold the post in Mauritania. Mouknass came to the office with excellent political credentials: the daughter of a celebrated Foreign Minister whose business savvy made their small El-Guera'a tribe an important political force in the country's north. She was an advisor to the country's pre-2005 strongman Maaouiya Ould Tayya and headed up the small political party Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès (UDP) and sitting on the parliamentary Foreign Relations Commission. She also had and retains extremely close ties to Libya.
During the 2005-2007 transition Mouknass spent a year in Tripoli where she cultivated extensive ties to Mu'amar al-Qadhafi's inner circle. She became particularly close with Nouri al Mismari (later a representative to Paris), a chief Qadhafi advisor who became her key link to Qadhafi. Following the 2008 coup, then-general Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz sought Libyan support to balance off western sanctions and gain critical financial support. After Ould Abdel Aziz cut Mauritania's ties with Israel, Qadhafi became Mauritania's main backer in North Africa (along with Morocco, whose motivations were separate) and Mouknass's appointment following the 2009 election reflected these close ties. Mouknass, like others involved in the Libyan portfolio, gained political clout and wealth from her proximity to Qadhafi and Libyan investment in Mauritania's politics and economy. Her dismissal is thus significant. The day after the UNSC-backed bombing campaign began in Libya, the Mauritanian government seized land sold to Libya to build the al-Fatah Hotel. Thus might lead one to deduce that her removal may signal a move away from Qadhafi on the part of president Ould Abdel Aziz but this is most likely not the case (recall Ould Abdel Aziz's call to Qadhafi at the beginning of the crisis and the measured tone of the Foreign Ministry statement on the crisis last month).
Sacked: During the Paris Conference on the Libyan no-fly-zone, Mauritania hosted (at Nouakchott) the Meeting of the AU High-Level ad hoc Committee on Libya, made up of Mauritania, Mali, Congo, South Africa and Uganda as well as AU Commission chief Jean Ping. The Paris summit included representatives from the UN, Arab League, US and a host of NATO countries contributing to the no-fly-zone — and France had invited the AU. The Nouakchott meeting may thus been seen as an important snub by the African Union against the mainly US-European backed effort against Qadhafi — which does indeed feature symbolically important Arab support from the Gulf countries and the Libyan resistance (it should be noted that the unanimous Arab League resolution endorsing the no-fly-zone passed with only 11 countries (according to early reports, which would mean there was oddly no official quorum) present and the infamous abstentions from Algeria and Syria; the absences are perhaps more important than the vote itself; readers are invited to clarify/confirm the list of attendees at the meeting).
The Nouakchott communique called for an "immediate cessation" of violence in Libya and called on the government in Tripoli to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need and to consider necessary political reforms. It stood in direct distention from the consensus represented in Paris, noting in dissatisfaction that the Commission requested permission fly to Libya to "deal with" the situation and was "denied permission" to enter the country. In terms of Mauritania it showed that Ould Abdel Aziz was confident enough in Qadhafi to shun France, still Nouakchott's major patron with significant leverage, in a time of crisis. Thus it was critical for all things to go well and for all segments of the policy process to be in sync.
Enter the Foreign Minister. Mint Mouknass withheld the policy statements she wrote for the president from the rest of his entourage and presented it to him directly on the day of the meeting, breaking protocol and causing friction within the inner circle which attendees detected. This is the reason given to queries regarding her dismissal. Rumors and press reports say she will continue to serve as an advisor on Libya, Iran and Palestinian issues though this is not independently verified. It is additionally postulated, and very probably accurate, that she was dismissed as a result of Nouri al-Mismari's defection from the Libyan regime which came at the same time as other Libyan diplomats were resigning their posts in protest of atrocities committed against the resistance (al-Mismari was a counselor at the Libyan Embassy in France and chief of protocol until the crisis; his son resigned as a representative to Ottawa on 23 February). Al-Mismari's defection cut out Mouknass's key link to Qadhafi, reducing her value politically, and her dismissal likely reflects messaging from Ould Abdel Aziz to Qadhafi with respect to his stance on the defections. This does not represent Mouknass being ejected from the regime but rather a situational adjustment. It does, however, represent the potential impact of the defections that have rocked Libya's diplomatic corps.
Otherwise: Mauritania's post-2008 foreign policy has relied heavily on three important factors: 1) Mauritania's centrality to the AQIM problem in the Sahel and western governments' perceptional bias for stabilizing forces "tough on terrorism," which makes military men like Ould Abdel Aziz strategically useful against international terrorism and violent extremism. This has helped to securitize western policy toward Mauritania and led to hesitance to cut off military and economic aid and the linking of internal political consolidation to security issues generally (this is more persuasive to foreigners than Mauritanians in general); 2) The leveraging of favor from wealthy Third World powers such as Libya, Venezuela, Iran and Qatar against western efforts to force political action and/or reform by slashing aid or political ties, thus allowing the junta and then government of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to consolidate himself internally and wait out western (primarily US and French) efforts to pressure him politically ahead of the 2009 elections and the Dakar process and; 3) International business networks with interests in Mauritania linked to and overlapping with powerful western, mainly French, political actors. The downside of this has been that it does not endear him to France and positioning himself so close to Qadhafi and against the French position in the current crisis — at a time when France has been attempting to be a conspicuous leader. This may reduce Paris's willingness to engage or reach out to Ould Abdel Aziz in the event of a crisis in Mauritania, which could arise from recent protests that have only escalated in the last two weeks (Ould Abdel Aziz's relationship with Qadhafi is also increasingly unpopular domestically). Thus the Mauritanians for the time being are more vulnerable at this stage in the Libyan crisis (and their own) as a result of their relationship with Qadhafi than they were at the beginning and the level of political risk associated the current protest movement has slightly increased.
Experiments in Map-Making
Previously, this blogger complained about popular maps of North Africa as it related to AQIM, particularly in English-speaking media. Below are some rough, experimental maps that attempt to show some of the priorities discussed last week's post on some of the politics between the various actors in the Maghreb-Sahel region. Nothing here is perfectly depicted or with total accuracy, but they are a start toward … something. [UPDATE: Another map, after the jump.]
1. In the first map represents the priorities discussed in the posts referenced above. Algeria, Libya and Morocco are colored blue as key actors while other relevant local actors are colored tan. Senegal is not included, though it might be advisable to include that country (as well as Gambia). The black arrows indicate "geopolitical thrusts" and are highlighted to indicate priorities according to understandings of political, economic, social and military efforts as expressed in the posted mentioned above (under "intra-regional squabbling"). The yellow arrows indicate indirect influence or the independent influence of secondary actors. Because this map is concerned with intra-regional priorities and interests, it does not include the behavior or priorities of western actors directly. The large number of vectors make it … potentially quite confusing.
Thoughts on "Open" Space and AQIM
The map at right is attached to an AFP article titled "Freeing Sahel Hostages by Force is too Risky — Experts". It depicts the travel warnings issued to citizens by France (and other foreign powers) in the wake of recent AQIM activities, especially in Niger and Mali. It makes obvious some points that have been made here less overtly: Continue reading
UPDATE: Another Summary of the Hassi Sidi Events
AQIM claims to have defeated the Mauritanian Army in last weekend's series of clashes in Mali. The Mauritanians, of course, deny any such defeat. AQIM claims to have killed close to 20 Mauritanian soldiers while the Mauritanian Ministry of Defense has announced only 6 of its own fatalities while killing 12 AQIM militants (AQIM acknowledges this) and taking 6 as prisoners. More contentious, perhaps, are AQIM's claims to have spooked the Mauritanians so badly that they caused those they did not kill to flee, leaving their vehicles and equipment behind. AQIM's version of "the Battle of Hassi Sidi," complete with a summary has been posted online (there is no link here for the same reason as in the previous post on AQIM KIA; the information comes from the same forum). Highlights are below. Following this are some thoughts on a report that Mokhtar Belmokhtar was found dead in Mali. Continue reading
Update RE: Raids against AQIM in Mali
Here is the text of the update added to the previous post regarding the Franco-Mauritanian raid near the Malian-Mauritanian border. It was added as point 5 in the original summary and is reproduced here to make it more readable. The only difference between the text here and in the previous post is its organization. Below the numbered information are maps showing the vicinity of the two raids mentioned — Araouane (the Franco-Mauritanian one) and the area around Tessilit and the Tighaghar Mountains (the Franco-Algerian one). Continue reading
RE: Franco-Mauritanian AQIM Raid
The French-Mauritanian raid on an AQIM camp in northern Mali on 22 July has produced interesting reactions and highlighted problems in the region. UPDATE: See point 5 below. Continue reading
More Fast Thoughts
Nouakchott seems to be awash with rumors of a deal with France regarding a possible prisoner exchange. According to knowledgeable sources in and outside of Mauritania, rumors that Joyandet's visit to Nouakchott would be used to press the Mauritanians to to meet AQIM's demands over a Frenchman kidnapped in Niger are credible. These sources say that a prisoner swap was at the top of the agenda at Alan Joyandet's meeting with president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and that the two reached some kind of an understanding on this early. It is said that this came with assurances of French solid support (including financial aid) for Ould Abdel Aziz pending his compliance with this request. Ould Abdel Aziz would release (presumably) Salafist prisoners and AQIM would release the French citizen currently held. Additionally, other sources say that Ould Abdel Aziz planned to leverage his relations with Mohamed Hassan Ould Dedew to manage Islamist opinion regarding last week's verdicts. He was initially embarrassed by Ould Dedew's comments but after the Aleg 3 may be more comfortable.
The French also registered their opposition to the death penalty, which may help the government in maneuvering away from Sidi Ould Sidina, Mohamed Ould Chabarnou and Maarouf Ould Hiba's death sentences; executions are highly impolitic in Mauritania, as they risk upsetting tribal relations. Given that at least one of the killers comes from a large tribe, and that all three have launched appeals, it is seems possible for their sentences to be commuted in the future. But, as many in the media have noted, the episode is the first of its kind in Mauritania and many things are in play.
Ould Abdel Aziz's visit to Khartoum for the inauguration of Omar al-Bashir was a demonstration of support and gratitude (for al-Bashir's advice and backing earlier). He is now preparing for a visit Paris (as well as Nice, for independence celebrations). Also abroad this week was General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (the second most powerful figure in the regime) has been in discussions with French and Chinese officials. His mission to Beijing includes military and economic issues (with emphasis on the economic side; think fish). The outcome of both Paris visits will be especially relevant, as will be the results of the Brussels donors meeting. The economic situation (especially in agriculture) will make this summer a rough one and the government knows that it will need as much help as it can get. Workers' strikes are threatened, staged or obstructed almost weekly (more on that later) and the opposition has capitalized on several of them thus far. More are likely to come as the summer progresses.
UPDATE: Ould Abdel Aziz's original plan was to travel directly from Khartoum to Paris; he re-routed his travel arrangements so that he could head to Paris from Nouakchott. According to local sources this was a quick and abrupt return and its purpose is still obscure.
O. Abdel Aziz in Tehran: More thoughts
Mauritanians place a high value on pragmatism. The Essentialist would have it that they are "by nature" pragmatists; the country's politics and foreign policy would support the claim. When Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz traveled to Iran and met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted the destruction of Israel and described a united Muslim effort against it, one would assume that in sitting so closely to so polarizing a leader the Mauritanian President was getting something substantial in return. Ould Abdel Aziz has used anti-Israel language to great effect since seizing power in 2008; this was justified as a means of gaining financial support from wealthier "radical" states — Libya and Iran especially — because western governments cut aid in protest of his coup. Since the 2009 election, though, Ould Abdel Aziz has been rehabilitated by Mauritania's major partners, notably France. He was given classical treatment during his visit to Paris last autumn. But he has consistently moved to engage and bring in other actors into his patch of Francophonie; not just Libya, but Venezuela and Iran as well. The French are not happy about his visit to Tehran; there is a rumor among some diplomatic circles that Ould Abdel Aziz received a bitter message from the French, so worrisome that he departed more hastily than planned. Knowledgeable people believe that the process leading up to that visit, with all the Francafrique cash-flow it entailed (which is too much to get into here) convinced Ould Abdel Aziz that he could buy off the French and carry on however he would like; the French do not seem to be one of mind with him there.
Three agreements were signed at Tehran, all related to development or finance; notably a guarantee of 500 taxis and 250 buses (to help reduce urban congestion). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nouakchott sometime in the near future. The pragmatists would seem to be utterly unimpressed. Ould Abdel Aziz has been an annoyance to many in Washington, not simply for his coup, but for his anti-Israeli rhetoric and action. But because this is a small country largely irrelevant in the actual goings on of the Palestinian issue, it is not difficult to shrug it off and offer a little less money to its government. The whole thing carries the double mantle of Islamic solidarity and south-south cooperation. It forces more consideration. Continue reading
Mauritania: "Business as usual," the business of failure
"It's a new hour in our history," Chavez said today. "We have many great leaders, many of them here today."
"Chavez, Qaddafi Seek Africa-South America NATO, Bank," Bloomberg, 27 September, 2009.
Yesterday, the Venezuelan president hosted a pow-wow of African and Latin American leaders, dressing themselves in the language of South-South cooperation, Third Worldism and all the rest of what today's dictators and despots use to form perversions of what were once "progressive" ideologies. Mauritania was in attendance, its delegation said to include among others Sid Ahmed Ould Taya, the former president that sitting Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz deposed in 2005 — a mistake on the part of the Venezuelans, showing the depth of their solidarity with Mauritania and Mauritania's own marginality even among the most pointlessly rebellious of marginal states. Mauritania's participation in the summit, which Ould Abdel Aziz's government hoped to hold up a success, came after Venezuela's Chavez announced plans to build an oil refinery in Mauritania. Things are not quite so sunny, though. Continue reading
Qadhafi at the UN: the face of everyone's misdeeds
Muammar al-Qadhafi is most diplomatically called problematic. In his grand exposition of his foreign policy, the Stream of Consciousness Policy, he succeeded, as his diplomatic corps and conduct has before, the Brother Leader ably turned the world away from pressing issues facing the developing world. Rambling on about a host of issues, some more relevant in 1969 others more relevant today, he offered the world community perhaps the greatest fit of foolishness yet seen on the world stage. And he, together with the Western and African leaders who coddle him, has done more damage to the cause of the disenfranchised than any other man this year. It makes one consider that it may be true that "to do and suffer evil is the universal human condition." Continue reading
Mauritania bombing update
Some updates on the attack in Mauritania. All things are pointing to AQIM, and it indicates a greater level of integration of the Mauritanian branch with the GSPC mainframe. It also shows the danger of the Mali camps and how poorly prepared the Mauritanian security forces have been for this kind of challenge. Continue reading
Suicide bombing in Mauritania
Yesterday a suicide bombing — Mauritania's first — seriously injured one Mauritanian and wounded two Frenchmen in Nouakchott. The attacker detonated at the foot of the "corner of death," a spot known for traffic accidents, an uphill turn heading toward the French Embassy, but closer to the UAE and Libyan ones. His target was the French Embassy, and the two wounded Frenchmen were embassy security. The culprit, Ahmedou Ould Sidi Ould Vyh al-Barka, hailed from Arafat (though it is disputed at this point whether he is from Arafat near Nouakchott or Arafat near Boutlimit) and was 22. He had no record with the security forces. Al-Akhbar has published images of his remains along with a story about the damage done. On the ground, it is said that it took authorities half an hour to respond, with neighbors and other locals meandering through and contaminating the site. On al-Arabiyya, Aljazeera and France24 reports one can see locals easily strolling through the crime scene between barricades. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
Politically, the attack is something that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will want to use to his benefit. His election was hotly disputed and there is some skepticism around the legitimacy and legality of his rule in Washington, Europe and parts of the AU. Certainly, his toughest critics are at home, where oppositionists accuse him of setting up a dictatorship. In his terse remarks at his inauguration last week, he renewed his vow to combat terrorism. This line of speech is aimed at winning the support of Western governments, paranoid about the spread of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and worried that poor, hungry and Muslim Mauritania might find itself in a heap of trouble if that organization were to gain serious ground. So here is his opportunity to curry the favor of such governments: a suicide bombing, hardly minutes from both the French and American embassies. Surely Mauritania requires the support of all nations in combating terrorism and extremism. The French, understandably and predictably, have extended their hand to the government, reaffirming their support for Ould Abdel Aziz.
The French Secretary of State for Cooperation said it was unclear that the attack is linked to AQIM or that the Embassy was actually the target; instead he believes it may have been related to last month's election result. He added that "of course, France welcomed the results, so we cannot deny that France is a target."
The Secretary has a point. The transcripts of interrogations of Mauritanian AQIM operatives indicate in multiple places that the Mauritanian branch explicitly rejects the use of suicide bombing as a matter of principle, because it holds the potential to kill too many civilian Muslims. In their view, the tactic would alienate AQIM from Mauritanian Muslims. Thus, the organization has made a very concerted effort to attack only non-Muslim foreigners and the security forces. Yesterday's attack marks the first use of suicide bombing in Mauritania.
The attack and its vicinity.
Not everyone has been eager to accept the new government, suicide bombings and al-Qaeda or not. Former French Ambassador to Nouakchott, Bertrand Fessard de Foucault, wrote an essay titled simply "I am ashamed," cataloguing the rather dingy color of France's involvement in Mauritanian affairs of late. Viollette Daguerre, head of the same Arab human rights organization that came down harshly on just about everyone immediately after the election, issued another report slamming France and others for turning the blind eye to violations of the political processes. Hanafi Ould Daha, jailed editor of the popular internet newspaper Taqadoumy, was prevented from reading his opening remarks at trial. He is charged with using the website for slander. It is biting, written in real bedouin style, talking up free speech and slamming his jailers — putschists, generals and even the court. Its text is on Taqadoumy. Mauritanians take these things quite seriously.
Responses to articles on the attack in the Arabic internet media are telling. A response to an initial report on the attack exclaimed "rid us of the General and then we will call you a shahid (martyr)!" Others decry the attacker's stupidity, mocking his Haratine origins. The Mauritanians are angry, as they have been in the wake of just about every terrorist attack over the last however many years. As much as there is disgust and frustration with the bombing, much of that is channeled back at the regime. While the bombing is the biggest Mauritanian "story" to catch western media attention since the election Mauritanians are more concerned with other troubles related to legitimacy and creeping despotism.
Post-election Mauritania Brief
Brief analysis of and thoughts on the 18 July, 2009 elections as things stand on 20 July, 2009. Corroborated through contacts in Mauritania, Algeria and the US. Continue reading
Scoundrel or Statesman? The case of Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
It was a stirring start. Before some two thousand supporters, many of them former ministers and high power business people, fmr. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall began his address. Immediately, the power at the convention center cut out, leaving the entire venue without light. Through the darkness, Vall announced to his supporters that not even electrical failure would stop him from being elected president of Mauritania. Continue reading
Bigotry dressed as gallantry: Sarko and the burqa
France's strict secularism, entrenched by law since 1905, keeps religion firmly out of the state sphere. There are no religious studies (let alone nativity plays) in state schools, nor may public workers sport the headscarf. The government denies that such policies constrain religious freedom or are especially aimed at Islam. France welcomes private Muslim schools. Mosque-building is widespread. The 2004 headscarf ban outlawed "conspicuous" religious symbols of all faiths. Yet there are growing worries about the spread of hard-line Islamism in the heavily Muslim banlieues.
Now that Mr Sarkozy has publicly condemned the burqa, the chances of a ban have risen sharply. Parliament has launched a cross-party mission to report back in six months. In fact, few women wear the full garment in France. But mayors of cities with big Muslim populations report a steady increase in numbers, due not to immigration but to its adoption by French-born women—often from North African countries where the burqa is not traditionally worn.
"France ponders a burqa ban: No covering up," The Economist, 25 June, 2009. Continue reading
On Obama's Cairo speech
Official and unoffficial reactions to Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University are out, and the minds of many have been made up. Here are this blogger's reactions to some of its major points, thematically, with emphasis on criticism, not genuflection (for the former is more valuable than the latter). Continue reading
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Various European envoys are heading to the region, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy as well as a separate group led by Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg. The Czech government took over the rotating presidency of the European Union from France at the start of 2009.
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana is traveling to the region as well, as is Tony Blair, the envoy of the powers sponsoring Middle East peace talks. Russia has also dispatched an envoy.
Critics have accused Sarkozy of seeking attention and impeding EU efforts to broker a cease-fire.
"Middle East Crisis: Israel Continues Assault as Europe Struggles to Mediate," Der Spiegel, 5 January, 2009.
France is the chair of the Security Council. Though I think Sarkozy is certainly looking for attention and prestige, he has a place in the mediation efforts. I'm not sure I'd say that France's president necessarily ought to be speeding to the region, as it would seem to weaken the notion of a unified European effort, but this is Sarkozy's style. It may not be especially productive, but it adds to his personal prestige and France's at large; And it makes the Germans grumble. It's all about perception. It is not all that dissimilar from Kissinger's "secret meetings" with the North Vietnamese in Paris. They accomplished very little from a policy angle, but made Kissinger appear much more powerful in the United States.
Month end Mauritania runthrough
A recent skit by a Mauritanian comedy team satirized the life and times of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After being sent home as a gift to his native Lemden, the former president settles in and begins hosting members of the opposition (i.e. the FNDD) and soon foreign diplomats follow. Sidi is pleased but others are not: "Thank you so much for visiting," his brother tells them in exasperation, "but stop telling this guy he is our president, he's not!" Continue reading
A bad few weeks for the junta
Things do not seem to be looking up for the Mauritanian junta, especially in foreign affairs. The junta continues to avoid shrewd politics on the African continent, and to make major PR blunders on the human rights front. General Abdel Aziz's hunger for power and his stubbornness seem to be hindering progress: he might have avoided much of the drama by declaring that military personnel would not run for the presidency and speaking of the military as a mere facilitator in setting up elections. Instead, he has attempted to use his time in office like a campaign add, and earned the ire of the international community in the process. Still, though, there seems to be less popular desire for the ousted president's return than for normalcy.


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CONSERVATIVE candidate Paul Rogan eased to victory with a 230 majority in last night's Rastrick by-election.
He polled 722 votes and left Labour's George Richardson trailing in second place with 492 votes and the Lib-Dem's John Durkin third with 411.
Councillor Rogan, of Greetland, said the overriding message on the doorsteps was the national issue of asylum seekers and sadly local matters didn't carry the same concern.
And in a reference to the BNP recently winning its first seat on Calderdale Council he said politicians should heed public opinion.
"These are unusual times in Calderdale,'' he said.
"We have seen things we do not like.
"I really think the Government should be doing something to address the issue of asylum seekers.''
There were 430 postal votes in the count which pushed the total through the 20 per cent barrier.
"The low turnout was disappointing. We would have liked more people voting but equally I'm happy with a good majority,'' said Coun Rogan.
He said he would be campaigning to push ahead with improvements to Brighouse which was still waiting for a replacement swimming pool and the redevelopment of the Sugden's site.
Former Rastrick councillor George Richardson, who lives in the ward, was disappointed.
"We really fought a good campaign and met with good comments on the doorsteps,'' he said.
"It's a shock when an outsider who does not know the area can win it on the votes of one area - Woodhouse - but I'd like to thank the people who voted for me.''
Lib-Dem John Durkin said he was pleased with his share of the vote but there was more work for his party to do in the ward. He also said national issues overtook local concerns on the doorsteps.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative Gareth Henderson.
The 54 seats on Calderdale Council are now split: Conservatives 24, Lib-Dems 15, Labour 11, Independent three, BNP one.
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George Richardson (Lab) 492John Durkin (Lib-Dem) 411
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An FBI agent blamed for the drunk driving death of a Maryland teenager may not be charged for several months.
On Wednesday, as the family of 18-year-old Lawrence Garner Jr. gathered for his funeral, they talked about justice and forgiveness.
The services were held in a Brandywine, Md. church not far from the scene of the fatal crash.
Hundreds gathered for this sad occasion, but few understood this loss as deeply as one man. Robert Mitchell, one of Garner's best friends, was in the car with him the night he was killed.
"No one will ever understand my pain. God spared me for a reason, and he will soon show it to me," Mitchell said from the podium.
Mitchell was critically injured in the February 7th crash that killed Garner.
Prince George's County Police say a 37-year-old FBI agent is suspected of driving drunk when he slammed into Garner's car just as the teen had pulled out of the driveway. Police had received an earlier 911 call when the agent's car had been seen weaving along the road.
Family friend Deanne Alexander said everyone should learn from the loss of this young life.
"It could be any of us, any of our children. Let's not get behind the wheel of a car after we've had a drink," Alexander said.
Garner was a graduate of Gwynn Park High School and had been working two jobs. He leaves behind a large family and enormous network of friends who hope to see the agent, identified as Adrian Johnson, prosecuted. But due to current law, it will take months of investigation to bring charges.
But one of Garner's closest friends, named Erika, urged his loved ones to release their anger and "for the drunk driver who killed him, I really do forgive him and I hope all of you can too. I'm not saying goodbye, I'm saying see you again soon."
As for Mitchell, who is only just beginning to recover from his physical injuries, the emotional pain is still searing. He has a story to tell about that fateful night and he is promising his best friend that no one will forget how he lived or how he died.
"Our voices are going to be heard. If God give me breath in my body, I will be heard," Mitchell said.
State prosecutors and Mothers Against Drunk Driving have tried several times to alter state law that delays prosecution of drunk driving fatalities. The efforts have repeatedly been defeated by state lawmakers.
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LANI Bullen will cycle from Tylden to Broome to fulfill her sister's lifelong dream.
Ms Bullen will tackle 4961 kilometres for Elke, also known as Flea, who lost her life to Cystic Fibrosis in 2007.
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"(Flea) had always wanted to go to Broome when she got her licence and turned 18," she said.
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PENDLE MP Andrew Stephenson has welcomed news that recorded crime in Lancashire has fallen over the last twelve months.
Latest figures from the independent Office for National Statistics show that since 2010 recorded crime in Lancashire has fallen by 10 per cent.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Freedom to Fail
I've heard Democrat voting described as wanting "the freedom to fail." I think that's an interesting turn of phrase "the freedom to fail." From what I've been able to glean, it means the freedom to try all kinds of interesting and bold new ideas without having to worry about starving if they don't work out. We have that already, it's called childhood...or maybe even college. Once you become an adult, taking responsibility for feeding yourself is part of the package? Isn't it?
We have a safety net in our society which is meant to keep people from starving to death if they find themselves in rough water. I don't know anyone who has an issue with it. The problem I see is that what was meant to be a trampoline has become a comfy hammock. There are people who are trying to use it to jump back into their lives, but it's too cushy to get any bounce, and the other folks are settling in there and calling for more stuff. It's not supposed to be a vacation!
People demonized Mitt Romney when he talked about the 47% who receive government handouts. It was one of the most honest things I ever heard a politician say, and I was disappointed when he backed away from it. It is human nature to begin taking for granted the people who voluntarily step in to help. Most people have had the experience of stepping into the gap to "temporarily" help someone else, but when we try to stop "helping" they get frustrated and angry that we quit. The same thing happens with the government, we have only to look at the riots in Greece to know that this is true. When you try to wean people, even the able bodied, off of free stuff they get angry. Could the solution be to just stop offering the free stuff in the first place?
There comes a sense of entitlement with the idea that things should be "fair." I don't know who the liar is who started the "we need it to be fair" cr*p, but I'd like to smack them. The idea of "fair" gives other people the impression that they have a right to the things we have worked to earn. It is not my responsibility to pay for your "Obama-phone", but heaven help me if I try to stop paying for it. (Can we stop for a moment so that someone can explain to me why a cell phone is a necessity anyway? If you have no job, why would you need a cell phone?
One other thing....why am I paying for your birth control? Something I find morally abhorrent? Can someone make sense of that for me? I've had discussions with many liberals about it and all I've been told is that I'm interfering with a woman's "right to choose." How is my not paying for sex aids for someone else depriving them of anything? (Especially when, as I've been reliably told, they can be obtained for FREE from the health department. ) If a woman is using the Pill in order to be able to have sex which doesn't lead to babies, and is therefore recreational.....how is forcing me to buy her pills any different than forcing me to buy her a vibrator? They are both about getting off without getting knocked-up....)
It's like taking my kids to the toy store and listening to them squeal with delight at all of the things I could buy them, but it's as if my children brought along the force of the Federal Government to force me to buy all those things whether I want to or not.
Didn't de Tocqueville say something about how the American Republic would last until the Congress discovered that it could bribe the people with other people's money? We're there. Half of the country voted on Tuesday to keep living off of the half that doesn't want to be subsidized. My only question is...What happens when the 50% of earners decide to quit?
17 comments:
- LarryD said...
Great post - a "win", not a "fail"!
- November 8, 2012 at 7:14 AM
- Michelle L. Momof11 said...
To answer your final question: It won't be pretty!
- November 8, 2012 at 7:56 AM
- Michele said...
Thank you Rebecca.... Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
- November 8, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Where the heck did your ignorant dig at people who are on the government cell phone program come from? Did it even, once, occur to you that people are using those phones to GET jobs? Do you know how that program actually works, or did you just decide that it MUST be used by the lazy? I found your cute little comment highly offensive - I'm disabled, and a lot of those government programs help people like me, and if you seriously think I must be living high on the hog, you can think again.
- November 8, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- The Petrolias said...
I'm pretty sure none of that rant was aimed at the disabled who actually NEED the help. It was aimed at the able-bodied with their hand out! I know people with those phones who don't need them, they aren't using them for emergencies or medical care, and they aren't using them to get jobs. They are using them to chit-chat with their buddies on the government's dime!
- November 8, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I just have to wonder why you say "half of the country voted on Tuesday to keep living off..." Do you really think that everyone who voted for Obama is living off entitlements? When you look at the map, most of the states that went for Obama pay the highest in taxes that support the programs you speak about. Whether they are making a wise decision or not can be argued, but what you stated is not accurate.
I am also not pleased with a lot of what has happened over the last 4 years, but I do think you are really making some extremely overbroad statements and stereotypes in this piece.
- November 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Shirley said...
Like, like, like... but a quibble:
"Especially when, as I've been reliably told, they can be obtained for FREE from the health department."
The health department IS ALSO the government. I don't want my tax dollars paying for these products/services from there either.
- November 8, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Christine Falk Dalessio said...
Kant. Kant started the things ought to be fair bull*hit
Thanks for your thoughts -this is a great opportunity for us all to ask what next.
- November 8, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I cannot fathom anybody voting for someone who believes in partial birth abortion as a "choice". How cruel.
- November 8, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Maybe people need cell phones because they don't have landlines.
- November 8, 2012 at 10:16 PM
- Rebecca Frech said...
You're right, Lena, they do. Our family has no landline. We also pay for those phones ourselves.
Any cellphone which is charged up will call 911 whether its connected to a service or not.
My beef with it is that they are handed out like candy in poorer neighborhoods. When my son was in school, he brought home flyers on 4 different occasions which stated if my family qualified for reduced lunches (which we did simply because there are a lot of people in my house hold) we could get free phones. I started asking around among the parents, and they would gleefully tell me about how they had given up the plans they were paying for in order to get a free one from the government. Could they afford their own? I would ask. They would tell me that they could, but why should they pay for it if Uncle Sam would?
Such a program does not help people to stand on their own two feet, it creates dependency and poverty. Why should they do it if Uncle Sam will do it for them?
- November 9, 2012 at 5:59 AM
- Karie, the Regular Guy's Extraordinary Wife said...
1. People with a sense of responsibility will continue to work (like our husbands) so there will always be "suckers" for the government to bleed dry.
2. There are signs in national parks that say "Do not feed the bears. It will make them dependent on humans for their basic needs." And yet, we can provide programs indefinitely for people and not expect them to get hooked?
We are coming to the end of the Republic. The great experiment is over. The decline is coming. Since we are so strong it will take a while, but it is there. We are no longer the amazing nation we once were.
- November 9, 2012 at 8:22 AM
I didn't know I could get a free cell phone. Maybe they need the cell phone to have phone interviews or to find out the the hours the local food pantry is open. I am just trying to think the best of people because that's my personality. I could see how you would be aggravated though.
If 50 percent of the earners quit, then I would have a better chance of obtaining regular full-time job with benefits. Right now I'm temping, and it kind of sucks, but it's a lot better than the long stretches of unemployment I had.
Oh I had government paid computer classes, so I was able to upgrade my software skills. Then I was able to pass competency tests at temp agencies and eventually was able to get some job placements. So that was a good program. However, there were long stretches of discouragement between those steps. Hopefully my current temp job is a stepping stone to a better job. So that's how the government helped me. Plus the computer classes were only a few days each, so there was a limit.
Have a good day.
- November 9, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- Rebecca Frech said...
I would like to think the best, too, but I talked to too many of the mothers of my son's classmates who actually laughed at me because my husband works when we "didn't need to."
The computer classes are a great thing! As I said, government help should be a trampoline not a hammock.
I'm praying for you every day to find a job. God bless you, Lena.
- November 9, 2012 at 10:19 AM
What about feeling productive? There was a point where I had to do volunteer work because I needed a place to go and something to do and humans to talk to plus I needed the assurance that I was still capable of doing work.
- November 9, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- DarcsFalcon said...
Well said! Thank you. :)
- November 11, 2012 at 3:15 AM
Good for you for standing up for what is right. It certainly isn't easy or popular now. We have decided to continue to press on and do everything we can to pull this country back to God. We take heart that there are many more doing the same.
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(Hickman, KY) - A Hickman man was arrested overnight after an incident with a Kentucky State Trooper during a traffic stop in Hickman, KY. Lamont Smith, 25 of Hickman, was stopped by police at approximately 1:30 AM for failing to signal a turn while driving. Trooper Jason Clark spoke with Smith at his vehicle and asked Smith for proof of insurance which he was unable to provide. Smith exited his vehicle and was questioned further about having insurance on his vehicle. During the roadside interview, Smith began acting suspicious and attempted to reach back into his vehicle. Trooper Clark then patted down Smith to check for weapons when he felt a bulge in Smith's left pocket. At this time, Smith attempted to flee the scene and began emptying his pockets of suspected contraband. During this time, Smith swung his elbow striking Trooper Clark in the face. Trooper Clark quickly administered his O.C. spray to the face of Smith. A brief struggle ensued while Trooper Clark attempted to place Smith under arrest. A short time later, Trooper Clark was able to restrain Smith and place him under arrest. Lamont Smith was lodged in the Fulton County Jail where he was charged with the following:
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The purpose of the exercise is to test the coordinated efforts of the postal service and the City of Cincinnati in emergency preparedness response plans.
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Welcome to Broncos Country! We're so excited to have you join us. This is a winning tradition you are joining as I'm sure you are well aware. I think it is a great fit for you and for our team. I look forward to cheering my lungs out for you come Sundays this fall.
I wanted to let you know, we know who you are and what you are about. We've seen the other end of the barrel so to speak. I think it was just idiotic that the Colts let you go. You are a supreme talent and you were worth keeping no matter what "business sense" told them to do. Something we appreciate here in Broncos Country is legacy.
See we've been through lots of downs as well as a few ups. These fans you are inheriting are some die-hard, crazy-@ss fans. We were cheering this team through 4-9, 3-11, 7-7, 2-11 X 2, etc seasons (those were our records in the first 5 years of the franchise FYI). We never stopped cheering. Our faith, belief, and steadfast fandom was well rewarded in the late 90s by finally reaching the Promised Land.
Let's get there again man...I think you can get more than 1 ring. I think we can build your legacy and our own (for now they are connected) a lot taller. Obviously our team thinks so too or you wouldn't be here. Show the Colts management how much they messed up. We are all ready to go to battle with you. See you this fall in the stands and around our TVs.


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Water-filling and serial computed tomographic (CT) imaging techniques were used to measure normal middle ear cavity volume (MECV) in 18 dogs (10 live dogs, eight cadavers; 36 ears in total). The specific aims of this study were to (1) compare MECV measurements by water-filling and CT techniques and (2) define a model of MECV vs. body weight (BW) from CT values. There was a significant difference between the two techniques (P=0.02). The volume obtained by water filling was consistently greater than that obtained by computed tomography. MECV (expressed in ml) increased with BW (expressed in kg) according to the following formula: MECV=0.612+0.757 (ln†BW) (P < 0.01, R2=0.74).


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↵A is for Alabama. Teams at the top of the polls continue to rise and fall like so many lottery balls in a tumbler: Missouri and Oklahoma both fall this week, leaving voters with Penn State, Texas, and Alabama as the serious BCS conference choices for the No. 1 slot. Voters, being the nitpicky perfectionists that they are, in theory should put Alabama first because the Tide made no mistakes this week in a flawless performance against the bye. OR NOT! ↵↵
↵B is for Baleful. Definition: "Deadly or pernicious in influence." This is the proper descriptor for the Oklahoma State defense, which served as national heroes Saturday night by playing several levels above their pay grade in alternating coverages, showing new blitzes and flummoxing Chase Daniel and the Mizzou Tigers in a 28-23 upset in Columbia. ↵
↵Even in defeat, Daniel remained telepathically bonded with his receivers. In fact, he only failed to complete one pass in the second half, though three of his "completions" went the other way as interceptions. Mizzou also had, in the second week of October, its first three-and-out of the season. Don't worry. It happens to everyone, Tigers. ↵↵
↵C is for Colt. The game of the year thus far was Oklahoma-Texas, where you, the viewer, were battered in legitimate hype, rolled in a savory dough of first-half heroics, then deep-fried in a hot oil of Longhorn intensity. ↵↵
↵ Colt McCoy's icy management of the Texas offense was magnificent, but it would have been impossible without Jordan Shipley. The senior receiver had 11 catches for 112 yards, a TD, and a 96-yard kickoff return to keep Texas counterpunching until the defense could catch up to the offense . . . which, thanks to Oklahoma's complete lack of a run game, it eventually did. ↵↵
↵Let's divert this back to McCoy, though. Where McCoy would have forced a ball in the past, he largely didn't; and where he wouldn't have taken a chance in coverage before, he did, threading balls through Oklahoma's zone patiently and with pinpoint accuracy. ↵↵
↵D is for Dropoff. Wisconsin's 48-7 hammering at the hands of Penn State was its worst loss since 1989. At 3-3, the delayed post-Alvarez dropoff watch has officially begun for the Badgers. ↵↵
↵E is for Egregiously Bad Officiating. This is just a short list of the atrocious calls seen Saturday: Anything and everything called in the Red River Rivalry, including both Oklahoma's first touchdown and most especially the "incomplete" pick of Colt McCoy in the end zone; the mass confusion at the end of the Notre Dame/UNC game; numerous calls in the UGA/Tennessee game; and the LSU/Florida crew's holding-friendly no-calls for both sides in the Swamp. ↵↵
↵It was a good day for myopia, cataracts, astigmatisms, and whatever other visual impairments you want to claim caused the particularly noticeable ineptitude on the part of zebras around the country. ↵↵
↵F is for Fury. Florida played like someone had its families tied up in a dark basement somewhere, especially the offensive line, which took a new wide-split, Texas Tech look and blew up the nation's consensus No. 1 defensive line for 265 rushing yards. Read that again: LSU's ballyhooed defensive line was gashed for 265 yards rushing. ↵↵
↵G is for Gardner-Webb. Credit where credit is due: Georgia Tech took the opportunity of playing a Division I-AA opponent to empty its bench and coast. Gardner-Webb came for blood and a D-I scalp. Only a blocked field-goal attempt kept Georgia Tech from going to overtime with the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs, a team that held the Yellow Jackets to nine first downs and could have scuttled much of the momentum Paul Johnson has cobbled together at the North Avenue Trade School. ↵↵
↵I is for Impotence, Continued. Firing Tony Franklin solved everything! Auburn tallied 193 yards, 11 first downs and three interceptions in losing 25-22 to a smoking, derelict Arkansas team. Tommy Tuberville is in real vocational jeopardy for the first time since 2003. ↵↵
↵J is for Jimmeh! The college football commentariat has plenty of stock material to use when laughing at Jimmy Clausen: He's the 142nd Clausen to play quarterback in college, he wore a pinky ring to his announcement to attend Notre Dame, he has a funny haircut, HARHARHARHAR etc. ↵↵
↵His team lost Saturday, yes, but Clausen had a phenomenal game as Charlie Weis put the onus on him to win or lose almost singlehandedly against a resilient UNC team. As unfair as this may have been, the sophomore very nearly succeeded: 31-for-48, 383 yards, two TDs, two picks. ↵↵
↵K is for Kettlebell, the prehistoric Russian weights Brian Orakpo throws around with the greatest of ease in the Texas weight room. The Longhorns defensive end flat-out embarrassed future first-rounder Phil Loadholt on numerous occasions in the Texas-OU game. Stats elucidating said embarrassment: six tackles, four for loss, a forced fumble and two sacks. Russian hard men are nodding in your direction and singing great patriotic songs, Brian. ↵↵
↵L is for Lacking. Oklahoma's rushing yards against Texas: 46. ↵↵
↵M is for Missing. As in Rashard Mendenhall. The glaring lack of a consistent running game ate up the Illini against Minnesota. QB Juice Williams racked up huge yards through the air but the offense could not move the chains in the same steady, tempo-controlling way the 2007 Rose Bowl team did. ↵↵
↵Williams and Sam Bradford had similar Saturdays: strategically overburdened due to deficient run games, spectacularly productive nonetheless, and ultimately guilty of key turnovers that crippled their teams' chances of victory. ↵↵
↵N is for No-huddle, No Problem. The single best hire in college football this past offseason was Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, whose brilliant game plan hinged on stopping any and all running by Oklahoma, harassing Sam Bradford, and letting the QB have his yards but not without being hit or throwing into zones where defenders were waiting to crush receivers after the catch. The strategy slowed the bleeding enough to let Texas catch up, and in the end wore down Bradford enough to make the difference. ↵↵
↵O is for Overplus. An extreme excess, as in the overheated hype surrounding the superb Big 12, which after two weeks of conference play has now initiated the same sequence everyone else kicked a half-month ago: Teams are returning each other to the pack with conference losses and real competition. The Big 12 is superb, but the run on it as the pre-eminent conference in the land was irrational exuberance at its finest. ↵↵
↵P is for Proton Gun. Jeff Demps, in addition to splitting safeties on option runs with Olympian speed, played another role for Florida: wedge buster. Demps knifed through on special teams to harry fellow mighty-mite speedster Trindon Holliday on kick returns. Demps as the wedge buster is a bit like the physics behind a proton gun: a very small object fired at high speed exploding things much larger than it in shocking fashion. ↵↵
↵Q is for Quan. Texas wide receiver Quan Cosby makes finding the right word for Q this week easy. ↵↵
↵Nine catches and 122 yards are cromulent enough, but the Steve Smith impression Cosby put on with his nasty blocking can't get enough commentary. His snarling attitude was infectious; combined with the slamming play of the defense, the Longhorns seemed to grow visibly larger as the game went on, getting bigger and nastier into the fourth quarter. ↵↵
↵R is for Ragin', Indeed. Prepare your eyeballs. Put on blast goggles if needed. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajun wide receiver Jason Chery's stat line from ULL's 59-30 victory: 339 total yards on eight touches. From the Lafayette Daily Advertiser: ↵↵
↵⇥The Cajuns (3-3 overall, 2-0 Sun Belt) set the program's modern-day scoring record as Chery finished with 339 all-purpose yards on eight touches. That included two kickoff returns for 131 yards, three receptions for 123 yards and three rushes for 85 yards. He scored on a 97-yard kickoff return, an 81-yard run and catches of 17, 49 and 57 yards, respectively. ↵↵
↵Ragin' doesn't quite cover that. ↵↵
↵S is for 'Stutz' as in My Daddy. The Stutz, a.k.a. Tom Amstutz, head coach of Toledo, succeeded where 42 other MAC teams had failed in beating Michigan 13-10. He did it thanks to a slew of Michigan mistakes and a Herculean performance from Rockets wide receiver Nick Moore, who caught 20 passes for 162 yards. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me 20 times, YOUR HEAD ASPLODE. ↵↵
↵T is for Tommy Boy. Clemson fans, you're riding along with Tommy Bowden in a car. You're Chris Farley; Tommy Bowden's David Spade in the passenger seat. You sing "Eres Tu" together--in Spanish! Just like in the movie. It's a moment, it really is. You've had such good times together. Then, in a scene not included in the movie, you shove Tommy Bowden out of the car while it's moving at 70 mph, leaving him rolling and bouncing off the pavement in the dark, lonely middle of nowhere. Coming soon to a theater near you! ↵↵
↵U is for Uncrossed, Legs. Mike Leach was so moved by the Red Raiders' victory over Nebraska he was forced to quote Sharon Stone. ↵↵
↵⇥"It's like Sharon Stone said one time after a movie she did. She said, 'No guts, no glory,' " Leach said. ↵↵
↵I can only assume he's referring to her daring and visionary work in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. Graham Harrell only went 20-of-25 for 284 yards against the stubborn Huskers, who held the ball for 40:12 but still lost in overtime when Joe Ganz threw a game ending pick on Nebraska's first possession. ↵↵
↵V is for Vaunted (Allegedly). As in unbeatable Oklahoma, which lost; LSU's defensive line, which dissolved in the Swamp; Chase Daniel's unstoppable Heisman campaign, which blew a tire and flipped off a cliff against Oklahoma State; Texas Tech's offense, which was bound to the bench by Nebraska's time-swallowing offense; Clemson's "must-have" mentality, which fizzled into resignation against Wake Forest; Arizona's status as a dark horse in the PAC-10, dimmed after a correctly called Corso Upset Special at the hands of Stanford. ↵↵
↵W is for Wasted. As in, the opportunity extended to Vanderbilt to build on its undefeated record in the SEC. The 'Dores got Croom'd by Mississippi State, which for all I know may be back to the "race to 17 points" formula that got it to a bowl game last year: asphyxiating defense, a few points on offense, repeat until someone gets it to seventeen points. Total yardage for Vanderbilt: 107. The market correction on Vandy as a legitimate Top 25 team begins . . . yesterday, actually. ↵↵
↵X is for Xiphoid Process. Anatomy time! From Wikipedia, so you know it must be true: ↵↵
↵The xiphoid process, also known as the xiphisternum, is a small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum which is usually ossified in the adult human. ↵↵
↵Good, good. Now you know what we mean when we suggest that Knowshon Moreno should get his xiphoid process and everything else above the waist checked out by medical professionals: ↵↵
↵Tennessee still lost to Georgia, but the point remains: Eric Berry is death on two legs. ↵↵
↵Y is for Yellow Card. Colt McCoy narrowly avoided receiving a yellow card for simulation by, for lack of a better word, flopping on contact with Oklahoma defenders. McCoy drew two damaging late-hit penalties, taking advantage of officials' reticence to allow so much as a stiff breeze to brush the hair of a quarterback out of place. Look for further floppage in games to come that will leave even the Italian national soccer team writhing with shame. ↵↵
↵Z is for Zoinks! Matt Hayes reported the strangest concoction from the Texas State Fair's assortment of fried evil: the spam quesadilla, which surely indicates that the Dallas Department of Public Health casts a lazy, unseeing eye over the whole heart-exploding smorgasbord surrounding the Red River Rivalry. ↵↵
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first Friday of each month beginning in early fall and running through May, the UU Fellowship of Ligonier Valley presents
an evening program of religious, philosophic, ethical or other vital topic affecting humankind. First Friday events will resume in the fall. How to Find Us... Ligonier, proceed east on Route
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we are about 2 miles west of Laughlintown on the left side of Route 30. Look for a large blue sign with white lettering. Our mailing address is:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ligonier
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