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PAT - Capsules Under Control
Posted by Valicare GmbH | Category: Process Analytical Technology | 31/01/2006 - 11:08:06
PAT means "Process Analytical Technology" and was launched as a FDA initiative in 2002. PAT is a system for better understanding and control of the pharmaceutical production processes.
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Posted by Thermo Fisher Scientific | Category: Process Analytical Technology | 30/05/2007 - 12:29:52
Many sub-processes and critical control points have been identified in the tablet manufacturing process as being good candidates for Process Analytical Technology using near infrared (NIR).
Crystallisation & Precipitation Optimisation
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Mettler Toledo discuss how inline process analytical technology can help to optimise crystallisation and precipitation.
Multi-Parameter Transmitters for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Mettler Toledo provide multiparameter transmitters to improve product quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and to help manufacturers to meet the requirements of the FDA's PAT initiative.
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Professor Ning Yu's research focuses on the relationship between language, culture, and cognition, from the theoretic perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. He is the author of two books (The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: A Perspective from Chinese [John Benjamins, 1998] and The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, and Language [Mouton de Gruyter, 2009]) and a personal collection (From Body to Meaning in Culture: Papers on Cognitive Semantic Studies of Chinese [John Benjamins, 2009]), and a co-editor of two books (Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages [Mouton de Gruyter, 2008] and Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from Various Languages and Cultures [John Benjamins, 2011]). He is also a co-editor of a book series "Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts" (John Benjamins). He oversees the Institute's major directions and programs, and coordinates with the partners in Dalian to increase international exchanges between Penn State and China.
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Snapper with Fennel, Onion and Tomato
- Four 4-ounce fish fillets (mild white fish)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 small yellow onions, sliced with the grain
- 1 bulb fennel, cored and cut into very thin wedges
- 2 tomatoes, cut into small wedges
- 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 4 small pats butter
- Lemon wedges, for squeezing
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Pat the fish dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large oven-safe saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and cook the onions and fennel until tender and golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and herbes de Provence and cook until the tomatoes begin to soften, another 5 minutes. Increase the heat to high and deglaze the pan with the wine, chicken stock and lemon juice and let bubble for 1 minute.
Nestle the fish fillets into the pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and top each with a pat of butter. Place into the oven and cook until the fish is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
Broil just until a bit crusty, about 1 more minute. Squeeze lemon juice on the fish and serve.
Recipe courtesy Melissa d'Arabian
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Should the owners of any lands assessed to pay for an improvement contemplated by this chapter, fail to pay the assessments thereon in full on or before the day fixed by the treasurer's notice as the time for payment without interest, the board shall provide and issue bonds of the district to the total amount of the unpaid assessments, which bonds may either be issued to persons contracting to perform the work of making the improvement, or exchange with them for warrants; or be issued in exchange for work or materials; or they may be sold outright as hereinafter provided. Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[1983 c 167 § 265; 1911 c 23 § 45; RRS § 9821. Formerly RCW 91.08.470, part.]
Notes: Liberal construction -- Severability -- 1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.


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The Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library is pleased to announce its 'Books Sandwiched In' book review series for the fall. Books Sandwiched In programs are 40-minute lunchtime book talks given by local experts and celebrities.
All BSI reviews will be held in the Kate Gleason Auditorium at Central Library, 115 South Avenue in downtown Rochester. Books Sandwiched In reviews are held on Tuesdays from 12:12 to 12:52 pm, and are free and open to the public. Participants are invited to bring their lunch or stop by Tim Hortons, located right across the hall. Save some time to visit The Library Store!
September 9 - The Bill of the Century: Lyndon Johnson and the Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act by Clay RisenReviewer: James Norman, President & CEO, Action for a Better CommunitySeptember 16 - Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies by Lawrence Goldstone Reviewer: Trafford Doherty, Executive Director, Glenn H. Curtiss MuseumSeptember 23 - The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic by John DemosReviewer: G. Peter Jemison, Manager, Ganondagan State Historic SiteSeptember 30, The Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriReviewer: Jennifer Litt, Owner, Jennifer Litt Writing ServicesOctober 7, House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again by Atif Mian and Amir SufiReviewer: John C. Ninfo II, retired United States bankruptcy judgeOctober 14, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda RipleyReviewer: William Cala, President, Joining Hearts and Hands, Ltd., and former Fairport Central School District superintendentOctober 21, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces by Radley BalkoReviewer: James Maley, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, MCC, and retired Irondequoit Police Department sergeantOctober 28, Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben MontgomeryReviewer: Grace Fuller, Executive Committee Member, Adirondack Mountain Club, Genesee Valley ChapterThe mission of the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library is to raise public and private funds, enhance marketing and public relations services, and provide timely and innovative programming to support the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County and the Rochester Public Library.
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Sun, Nov 18, 12 at 14:50
Would fresh unopened salsa be safe that had been in an insulated cooler w/ice packs for 24 hours and was cool, but not cold when removed?
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I'm sure it was fine...by fresh do you mean raw veggies? and lime? I would eat it without hesitating. |
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Linda. It is the fresh ready made salsa/lime/peppers/cukes/cilantro you buy in the produce area. And we did eat it, so guess I will find out if safe or not! |
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If it is all natural and not canned, then you do want to be careful because it has a shorter shelf life. |
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Kate Upton left little to the imagination in a skimpy bikini on Tuesday while vacationing in Cancun with boyfriend Justin Verlander, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
The model, 22, was spotted soaking up some sun in a tiny two-piece, revealing her ample cleavage and some major tan lines.
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History of the Lab SchoolAs my 29th year with the Lab School begins, I pause to reflect on the school's history. In 1983, after completing my master's degree and my internship in the Lab School, I was given a position on faculty at the University of Houston Clear Lake with my primary responsibility being to serve as a teacher in the Lab School. The Juanita Bridges Pre-Primary Laboratory School was an integral part of the school of education at UHCL for almost twenty years.
And, in 2002, the Lab School purchased the building and land that the school now sits on from the church. The staff was able to redecorate the inside of the school and make some changes to classrooms in order to enhance their educational use and aesthetic appeal.. The Lab School program continues to grow and thrive because of the wonderful parents, children, teachers and community support that have always been an integral part of our history. The unique element of the Lab School environment is that it functions like a family. Families care about one another and support each other in the guiding and raising of their children. Each week I read in the Clear Lake paper of accomplishments and achievements of former Lab School students and I, like their parents, are so proud of the young adults that they have become. There is no greater joy than being a parent. And, teachers have the unique privilege and joy to participate in the educational growth and development of young children. Many of my "former preschool students" are now attending college, getting married and establishing careers and families of their own. I often see them in the community and I love to reminisce by looking at old Lab School photo albums and slides. There were the funny children, the serious ones, the reflective ones and the very creative ones. How special each and every one of them were in their own way. And, what a contribution they made to my life and to the lives of their classmates. Each year, a new group of precious, curious, bright-eyed children enter through our doors and we have the unique and exciting privilege to open their eyes and their minds to all of the possibilities and opportunities that await them. It truly is our desire to light a fire within them that will burn brightly for years to come as they explore, ask, seek and find information for themselves. What a wonderful career- to be a teacher. What an awesome responsibility to be a guide, a mentor, a helper and a friend as children travel down the life-long road called "school". |


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Finding A Passion to Overcome Tourette's
MOUNT VERNON, IA (CBS2/FOX28)-Five families spent the weekend at a special camp focused on a disorder they face everyday.
One teenager at the camp said finding a passion helps him cope with the challenges he faces.
"Music really helps me," Ethan Hazelwood said.
Ethan has his passions from counting numbers to listening to rock metal and playing his guitar.
When Ethan was three, he was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome.
Ethan's dad said this disorder brings out different behaviors.
"As a parent, it's an interesting road because it's always changing," Martin Hazelwood said. "You might have one thing that's going on that's really significant at that time and then something else will come along. It really does teach you a lot of patience."
To make things a little easier, Tanager Place created a Tourette's Camp for kids like Ethan and their families.
They learned how to tackle tics, meet others and relax.
"One of the beauties itself in camp is camp is just a place where everyone is accepted for who they are and how they are," Camp Director Donald Pirrie said.
Pirrie said this is a place where anyone can shine and escape from bullying or feeling rejected.
"And with that, the kids were able to be themselves," he said.
"It's a great time for kids to relax and it's great awareness," Martin said.
Ethan said it's all about finding something to keep your mind off the disorder.
"I was like what's my passion," Ethan said.
Ethan has accumluated several passions over the years but he has found music has been his guide to get through the hard days.
"It does get better even though you're going through a whole lot of crap but you'll get through the hard times," he said.
It was the first year for Tanager Place's Tourette's Camp.
Camp organizers said they hope to open the camp up to more families struggling with Tourette's next year.
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D-Day in OS bid
Filed: Wednesday, 5th December 2012
By: Staff Writer
West Ham United will learn later today whether they are to be named as preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium.
The club are one of four parties bidding to take control of the iconic stadium and a decision over which of the four will receive the backing of the LLDC is expected at some point today.
The other parties involved in the bidding process are Leyton Orient, Formula One and a sports university based in Preston.
The club's bid has received widespread backing from a number of public figures, including Danny Boyle who was responsible for the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
The film director included West Ham United's anthem, 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' in his three-hour extravaganza - and he firmly believes the club should be awarded use of the Stratford-based arena.
"We had to have the West Ham song because I think they should get the stadium. It would be wonderful," he said. "I hope the park is made into a big success by the fact the onus is on them now to keep investing and to keep it working because people love it."
Meanwhiel celebrity Hammers fan Ray Winstone is also backing the club's bid; speaking in a tabloid this morning he said: "Its the perfect match. It would bring a great future for the club, but more importantly it would rejuvenate the area as well.
"We are a famous name, a name that hasnt been realised to its full potential yet, but I think at last we are in good hands to realise that potential. Being offered the chance to play in the Olympic Stadium would be the icing on the cake. It's time for common sense to prevail."
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For immediate release Contact: Alisa Harrison, 202-628-8000 firstname.lastname@example.com www.twitter.com/IFADC BLUE DOG COALITON CO-FOUNDER REP. TANNER SELECTED AS 2009 LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR BY THE INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION Award Presented During Franchise Industry's Annual Washington Fly-In WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 15, 2009—Leading small business advocate Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) has been named the 2009 Legislator of the Year by the International Franchise Association. "We are pleased to award this honor to Congressman Tanner for his work on behalf of the small business community," said IFA Chairwoman Dina Dwyer-Owens. "His long history of championing fiscal discipline in federal spending and pro-growth economic policies is in line with the philosophy of the franchise business community." IFA presented the award today to Congressman Tanner during its 10th Annual Public Affairs Conference Sept. 14-15 in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference brings over 450 franchisors, franchisees and suppliers to Washington to lobby Congress on issues important to franchising such as health care reform, access to credit and labor policies. Dwyer-Owens said that through his work on the House Ways and Means Committee and as co-founder of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate to conservative U.S, House Democrats, as well as being a Hampton Inn franchise owner, Tanner understands the importance of franchising to the U.S. economy. "There are more than 900,000 franchised establishments in the U.S. that are responsible for creating 21 million American jobs and generating $2.3 trillion in economic output," Dwyer-Owens said. "But the tight credit market is hampering their ability to create new, sustainable jobs. By putting in place policies that promote lending, policy makers can help franchise businesses provide better jobs that help the economy recover at a faster pace." Congressman John Tanner has represented Tennessee's 8th District in West and Middle Tennessee since 1989, and currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, where he chairs the Social Security Subcommittee, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Legislators from all NATO-member nations elected Tanner in November 2008 to serve as President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the alliance's legislative branch. Tanner served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1968-1972, after which he received an honorable discharge. He entered the Tennessee Army National Guard in 1972 and retired in 2000 at the rank of Colonel. Congressman Tanner earned a Bachelor's Degree in business administration in 1966 from the University of Tennessee and a law degree from the University of Tennessee School of Law in 1968. The IFA Legislator of the Year is presented annually to a member of Congress who has promoted legislation that protects, enhances and promotes franchising. The IFA's Public Affairs Conference is supported by ADP Small Business Services, a founding sponsor. ### 0915j About the International Franchise Association The International Franchise Association, the world's oldest and largest organization representing franchising, is the preeminent voice and acknowledged leader for the industry worldwide. Approaching a half-century of service with a growing membership of nearly 1,300 franchise systems, 10,000-plus franchisees and more than 500 firms that supply goods and services to the industry, IFA protects, enhances and promotes franchising by advancing the values of integrity, respect, trust, commitment to excellence, honesty and diversity. For more information, visit the IFA Web site at www.franchise.org.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Truck Bodies and Equipment, Inc. manufactures a trailer hoist designed and tested specifically for dump trailer applications. The hoist is engineered to generate maximum lifting capacity and features double acting cylinders with chrome plated shafts.
Eight models are available with 3.2 to 16.7 ton lifting capacity for bodies from eight to 24-feet long. The powder-coated hoist frame provides a durable, rust-resistant finish. The push-button control is pre-wired into the pump. The hoist also features fully greaseable pivot points and a trailer safety prop. The rugged construction of TBEI"s trailer hoists provides reliability that is backed by a three-year warranty.
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Chris Christie Isn't Dead Yet
Chris Christie's perpetual "town hall meeting" tour across New Jersey subjects the governor to at least a modicum of unscripted public scrutiny. Though held lately on weekday mornings or afternoons in suburban areas, dissension could theoretically erupt without warning at these events, notwithstanding the legions of State Police, municipal police, plainclothes security personnel, and Christie staffers on hand to promote order. Setting the tone of unpredictability is the governor himself, who famously advises prospective questioners that any topic is fair game, and that if necessary he won't hesitate to put loudmouths, know-it-alls, smart alecks, etc., in their respective places.
Amidst such anticipation, no citizen afforded the opportunity to directly query Christie at recent meetings has asked him any variation of "Will you or won't you" (run for president). This must bewilder the national political media, as journalists these days lob some variant of The Question at Christie whenever circumstances permit.
Similarly bewildering to them must be how little interest town hall questioners have evinced in what is almost certainly the most famous U.S. political scandal ever to arise as a result of dubious traffic lane closures: "Bridgegate." Each development in this saga continues to receive copious media coverage, while interest among the general public appears rather less than ardent. Nonjournalists who show up to town hall meetings and get called upon by the governor largely demonstrate concern with the familiar slate of parochial issues: flood preparedness, public employee compensation, and property taxes.
When at an April 24 town hall—after over an hour of placid Q&A mostly related to Superstorm Sandy recovery issues—Point Pleasant Borough resident Len Ludovico finally did pose a question about Bridgegate, journalists suddenly rustled into action and surrounded the 71-year-old. Presenting himself as a staunch Christie supporter in search of effective rebuttals to deploy when friends and family accuse the Governor of wrongdoing, Mr. Ludovico told me it had never even occurred to him that the question could engender such frenzy. But there he was after the town hall meeting, conferring with CNN personnel and displaying a photo of himself posing with the governor at a recent Princeton University football game.
Even if these meetings are demographically unrepresentative of New Jersey, the apparent discrepancy in priorities between political media and the general public is instructive. Consider the narrative propagated by political media since January 2014, when the release of salacious emails triggered national media attention to Bridgegate. The theory went that any potential Christie presidential campaign had been rendered "toast." Four months later, the vigorous certitude once shown in those heady initial post-scandal days has ebbed—perhaps owing to a steady stream of headlines like this one, from CBS News on April 30: "Could strong fundraising be Chris Christie's road to redemption?"
Christie's entrenched support among monied elites affiliated with the Republican Party establishment ought to have been better highlighted all along in the waves of calamitous Bridgegate analyses. The scandal obscured the fact that by January 2014, powerbrokering elements of the party had already exalted Christie for upwards of three years, and there was never good reason to believe this support would totally evaporate as a result of Bridgegate.
For an especially vivid reminder of the depth of Christie's establishment backing, one need only think back to the night of September 27, 2011, when the governor addressed the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. During the Q&A, a woman rose to beg that Christie seek the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. "Your country needs you," she pleaded. Then-frontrunner Mitt Romney likely felt at least a tinge of unease when this tearful entreaty led to a thunderous standing ovation. What could constitute a symbolic show of support from GOP establishment actors if not that (melodramatic) episode? Read More…
"Strange Bedfellows" Are Rolling Back NSA Surveillance
Commentators short on descriptive idioms often deploy the phrase "strange bedfellows" whenever cross-ideological coalitions arise out of mutual concern for civil liberties. Saturday's "Stop Watching Us" rally in Washington, D.C., endorsed as it was by organizations both left and right, represented the latest such occasion.
Fresh off a leading role in forcing the partial government shutdown, "Tea Party" group FreedomWorks shared billing with (among many others) the ACLU, the Council on American Islamic Relations, and the "Anonymous" hacktivist collective. One MSNBC reporter deemed rally-goers a "strange political hodgepodge," portraying their heterogeneity as a bizarre phenomenon that never would have materialized but for the uniquely broad-based outrage spurred by Edward Snowden's disclosures of the National Security Agency's mass unchecked surveillance on American citizens.
The rally's marquee speaker was Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), and though a tad tentative in presentation, he detailed with vigor the quickening movement in Congress to restore Americans' civil liberties. This summer, an amendment Amash co-authored with Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to defund the massive NSA phone record collection program nearly passed the House, much to the shock of the intelligence community and conventional wisdom. "When the vote came down, it was close. It scared people," he said. "It scared the establishment in both parties." The crowd exulted. Amash later told me he regarded anti-surveillance activism as an "important" step toward lasting transpartisan cooperation, and reported that the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation to curtail the NSA's powers—would pass today if brought to the House floor. These developments were buoyed by grassroots activism, Amash emphasized.
Perhaps the burgeoning coalition of technologists, traditional conservatives, stalwart liberals, and myriad others receives scorn precisely because it is starting to get results.
In the run-up to the rally, journalist Tom Watson wrote a widely-circulated essay at Salon positing that the operational involvement of the Libertarian Party and kindred organizations "infected" the event irreparably, and the left should therefore withdraw its support. Progressives and libertarians might occasionally find common cause on narrow issues, this argument went, but establishing anything like a formal alliance is indefensible given the standard libertarian positions against abortion rights, social welfare programs, and so forth.
No office-holding Democrat addressed the crowd, but Dennis Kucinich, the former representative from Ohio and eager forger of counter-intuitive alliances, preceded Amash with a rousing speech. Afterwards, I confronted him with Watson's challenge: ought the robust presence of libertarian groups, some expressly affiliated with the GOP, taint the rally and its message in the eyes of progressives? Kucinich was unmoved. "The Constitution belongs to everyone, whatever their political party, whatever their ideology," he said. "Everyone deserves the protection of the first and fourth amendments. I said it today—we're not here as partisans. We're here as Americans."
The modern Democratic Party itself is a diffuse coalition of interest groups and factions bound together by little beyond raw political expediency. Why is it defensible for "progressives" of Watson's ilk to work within a party structure dominated by pro-military intervention corporatists—yet working with libertarians is considered a nonstarter?
Throughout U.S. history, nascent populist-oriented coalitions have always been cobbled together messily, and the left-libertarian anti-surveillance lobby is of course no exception. "Part of what we're trying to do is set out a new model," said rally organizer JJ Emru when asked to react to Waston's line of thinking. "To say, if we overcome some of our differences, we can definitely achieve this."
If nothing else, efforts like Stop Watching Us have the effect of scrambling party allegiances and creating room for unorthodox coalition-building that can challenge the status quo. In the world of Washington commentary, bipartisan cooperation is lauded as healthy and serious, if it involves "compromises" to expand the national security state or cut spending on entitlements. An alliance featuring the likes of Amash and Kucinich is little more than a fleeting convergence of "strange bedfellows."
With today's formal introduction of the USA FREEDOM Act by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Patriot Act author Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), the convergence appears to be more than fleeting. Beyond just reining in the NSA, these "strange bedfellows" are redefining what it means to work across the aisle.
Will Obama's Scandals Change Attitudes Toward Government?
According to many Republicans, Barack Obama has been scandal-plagued since sometime shortly after his inaugural parade. But only within the past few days have national political media begun to adopt the same view, as a cluster of controversies—over Benghazi, the IRS's targeting of conservative activist groups, and the Department of Justice's secret seizure of Associated Press phone records—emerged in quick succession, prompting journalists to announce that a watershed moment for the Obama presidency was at hand. "What we are witnessing is nothing less than a dramatic reversal of the nation's political narrative," declared Roll Call's Stu Rothenberg, who wondered whether all this augured a "game changer for 2014." Continuing the theme, Politico theorized that these scandals will expose the limits of "a growing and activist government" and consequently "bolster the conservative worldview."
Of the three controversies, Benghazi is most purely a product of the contemporary "conservative worldview"—Republicans have been promoting the story for eight months, fueled by a barrage of fury on Fox News and right-wing internet outfits. But the outrage has had virtually nothing to do with discontent over "a growing and activist government." Instead, what seems to animate it is continued suspicion that the Obama administration deliberately lied about the nature of the attack to avoid suffering a potential setback in the heat of a presidential campaign. Last week's hearing did lend a degree of credence to the theory—progressives are now less inclined to casually dismiss concerns that the post-attack talking points were manipulated—but regardless, recent developments had no bearing on the desirability of "a growing and activist government." With very few exceptions, Republicans have not used the Benghazi saga as an opportunity to challenge the underlying logic of the Libya incursion, though a considerable swath of voters could be receptive to such a challenge, including disaffected Democratic-leaning folks who object to Obama's interventionism and militarism.
In the case of the IRS "scandal," when the news broke, Obama swiftly denounced the agency's conduct as "outrageous," and Democrats vowed to fully investigate. Assuming there is no further conspiracy, this issue may harm Obama in the short-term but seems unlikely to effect a broad-based shift in attitudes toward government power other than to intensify feelings among conservatives who already detest the president and the IRS. As the "Tea Party" brand remains extremely unpopular, progressives and independents will generate little sympathy for the self-described "Tea Party" and "Patriot" groups that were targeted.
By stark contrast, Monday's revelation that the Justice Department seized two months' worth of phone records from the Associated Press is a veritable "game-changer"—a full-blown scandal in every sense of the word. DOJ officials obtained these highly sensitive records in secret, preventing the AP from seeking judicial review; sources for as many as 100 reporters may have been compromised. Pulitzer Prize winners Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, whose investigative journalism has been indispensable, were among the targets.
The gravity of this "massive and unprecedented intrusion," as the AP described it, cannot be overstated. Attorney General Eric Holder has claimed that his department carried out the action pursuant to a criminal investigation into a national-security leak that "put the American people at risk," creating a situation that "required aggressive action" to remedy.
A substantial set of Americans, young people especially, has grown deeply cynical of state officials' rote invocation of ill-defined "threats" to justify abridging core civil liberties. Ironically, this scandal is by far the most compelling example of what "a growing and activist government" might wreak—yet it also appears to be the scandal in which the GOP has the least interest. It most threatens Obama precisely because it is not tainted by partisan grandstanding. It is a scandal on its face and required no trumpeting from congressional zealots in order to enter the mainstream discourse.
But since the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans have demonstrated a remarkable inability to capitalize on Obama's many vulnerabilities. Notwithstanding pumped-up "narratives" about the administration's imminent downfall, there is little reason to expect much will change.
Demographics Don't Explain the GOP's Big Sky Problem
An enduring mystery of the 2012 election cycle is how GOP candidates managed to lose senate races in both Montana and North Dakota, states which voted resoundingly for Mitt Romney–by 13.5 and 19.8 percentage points, respectively. Though pre-election polling data was relatively scant, statistician extraordinaire Nate Silver pegged the likelihood of a Republican victory in North Dakota at 92.5% and in Montana at 65.6%. Instead, Democrat Heidi Heitkamp prevailed over Rick Berg by 1.0% to replace the retiring Kent Conrad, while Democrat Jon Tester–long regarded the cycle's most vulnerable incumbent–defeated Denny Rehberg by 3.9%.
Post-election analyses have generally cited demographic trends as a prime hurdle for Republicans, but such explanations would appear inapplicable to these races. An analysis (PDF) by the Winston Group, a Republican polling outfit, flags the two outcomes as particularly troubling signs for the party because they cast doubt on popular explanations for why the GOP floundered. Relative to the rest of the country, the "Big Sky" region is old and white; the percentage of young voters actually decreased by 7% in Montana between 2008 and 2012. Such factors would seem to work in Republicans' favor.
Neither Berg nor Rehberg held particularly "extreme" views by his state's standards, and neither were unexpected victors in heated primary contests, i.e. Todd Akin or Richard Mourdock. Rehberg, who lost to Tester, had represented Montana's at-large House district since 2001; Berg had represented North Dakota's at-large House district since 2011–both were the "establishment" choices. Neither candidate attracted national attention for controversial remarks i.e. Akin or Mourdock, and were known commodities in their state.
And yet Berg underperformed Romney by 9.2%, while Rehberg underperformed Romney by 10.5%. Thus, a significant portion of voters in these states "pulled a switcheroo," opting for Romney plus a Democratic senate candidate.
An inference to be made here is that while Obama was sufficiently unpopular in "Big Sky" country that Romney won easy victories, this dynamic did not translate into broad-based support for Republicans. In other words, many voters sought to signal their discontent with Obama, but not necessarily re-empower the Republican Party. It seems unlikely that a different tack on immigration policy, one widely-suggested post-election remedy, would alleviate the party's woes in Montana or North Dakota. Rather, for a host of reasons, conservatives in these states have soured on the national GOP's brand.
The Case Against Obama, According to Romney Rally-Goers
Anger and paranoia were in the air Monday at Denver's "Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum," where Mitt Romney held an evening campaign rally. Draped from the hangar rafters was, of course, a massive American flag; miniature American flags were distributed to rally-goers for waving purposes. So, fittingly, Romney mused about "the beauty of the American soul" and related themes. "I love America!" he declared. "I love you."
The candidate had already been in town preparing for tomorrow's first presidential debate at the University of Denver. Current polling data and demographic trends suggest that he is highly unlikely to win Colorado, which gave the rally a throwaway feel – as if put on exclusively for the TV cameras and traveling press corps.
Ken Carpenter, 73, and his wife Paula were in attendance; Ken wore a Romney "pilot wings" lapel pin, which were being distributed outside the venue. An Air Force veteran, he contended that Barack Obama is in the process of "systematically destroying America."
"Have you seen 2016?" Carpenter asked me.
By this, he was referring to "2016: Obama's America," the conspiracy propaganda film produced by former Reagan Administration official and "public intellectual" Dinesh D'Souza. Already the fourth-highest grossing documentary of all time, it is a noxious melange of xenophobic conspiracy theories and lies. "I hadn't considered the anti-colonial stuff," said Carpenter, remarking on one of the film's central themes – that Obama seeks to purposefully bankrupt and bring about the downfall of America, thereby fulfilling his estranged father's anti-Western ambitions, with the ultimate aim of imposing — as Carpenter put it — a "socialist/communist state."
"Look what he's done to our Army," Carpenter said of the president. "No one is scared of us any more!" As a senior citizen, he was also very concerned about the potentially tyrannical impact of healthcare reform. "I'll be told to take two aspirin and die," Carpenter said, invoking the age-old "death panels" trope.
But despite the specter of America's imminent destruction, the rally took on a festive tone. Romney was introduced by John Elway, the two-time Superbowl champion and owner executive vice president for football operations of the NFL's Denver Broncos — "a pretty darn good football team," Romney remarked, calling Elway an "extraordinary man." Both are adherents of the Church of Latter-Day Saints.
As Romney's address proceeded, it became clear that the museum's sound system was deeply flawed. "I can't hear a word he's saying!" exclaimed a woman standing near me. Thankfully, however, occasional phrases and "zingers" were audible. Romney pledged to "help middle income Americans have a better future," certainly a departure from his assertion back in May that 47% of the voting public, including quite a few "middle income" folks, are not even worth appealing to for support given their indolence and dependence on government.
When Romney made some comment castigating organized labor, the same woman who could not hear shouted, "That's why I got laid off! Stupid unions."
"The American people are going to have to make their choice as to what path America takes," Romney proclaimed, because Obama has "fought for a bigger government." He then went on to decry upcoming sequestration cuts to the military budget, thereby calling for a bigger government.
As Obama Blunders, Romney Implodes
If Barack Obama wins reelection, as current polling trends predict he will — perhaps resoundingly — we can expect to hear in the weeks that follow endless analytical wisdom from the usual chorus of pundits. Doubtless, they'll herald the president's amazing political savvy and tactical brilliance; "No Drama Obama," his moniker from the 2008 campaign, has done it again! He was always ahead of the curve, they'll declare — a master of "three-dimensional chess"! Destined to leave the hapless Romney blindsided! Biden was key! Etc.
But as usual with the pundit class, their proclamations from on high will have been total confabulations. Until rather recently, there was every reason to believe that Obama could be defeated. Republicans once regularly basked in the inevitable deposition of his "regime." If unemployment numbers don't improve and discontent with healthcare reform remains high, they confidently asserted, the incumbent was toast! Put it in the bank! Recall circa Summer 2011, when elements of the conservative base salivated at the prospective side-by-side chart-based comparison of Texas Governor Rick Perry's strong economic record with the misery wrought under Obama? Or how about Mitt Romney's early supporters in elite GOP circles, who appeared certain that their favored candidate's "Business Experience" would resonate well with undecided general election voters?
Ultimately, for various reasons, Perry flailed and Romney (in all likelihood) imploded — discrediting both. Yet neither of those failings bear on whether Obama was in fact vulnerable, as had been previously assumed. Because his vulnerabilities were indeed profound. However, the opposition party is so mired in its own ideological self-destruction — a fixation on conspiracy theories, ultra-nationalism, religious zealotry, and so forth — that its presidential nominee has proven utterly unable to capitalize.
For one thing, the extent to which Obama squandered the massive political capital he'd garnered following the near-watershed 2008 election confounds even today. Democrats won decisively, on a wave of discontent with the existing political order. Obama/Biden swept everywhere from Indiana to North Carolina; soon after, the cover of Newsweek blared "We Are All Socialists Now," and the Republican Party was deemed dead in the water. America seemed on a collective emotional high. Racial barriers broken, Bush and Cheney finally sent packing. Time to start anew.
And then. Rather than pursue any kind of systemic reform to prevent future crises, Obama further entrenched the underlying weaknesses of the banking system. Aside from a few token denunciations of CEOs for purchasing expensive bathroom fixtures on the taxpayer dime, he did almost nothing to channel populist anger over Wall Street malfeasance into actionable reform. Now, a month out from what was supposed to have been a "referendum" on his job performance, the country feels no better equipped to avert another Lehman-style calamity.
One of Obama's first acts as president-elect was to stock his Economic Advisory board with such renowned experts as Larry Summers, who had a singular role in crafting policy during the Clinton Administration — policy generally thought to have set the stage for meltdown a decade later. Remember all that fuss back in September 2008? When the world financial system was about to collapse — or so claimed the "experts" — and our only option, allegedly, was unprecedented intervention by the federal government? When very smart people insisted on infusing billions upon untold billions right back into the pockets of their fellow "experts" — many of whom specialized in securitizing fraudulent mortgages during the boom years? (Both Obama and Romney supported TARP, lest we forget.)
Then there's foreign policy. Good grief! Fatigued after almost a decade of endless war, countless Americans were searching for a viable electoral rebuke to the Bush-era strategy of invade first, ask questions later. And so Obama was propelled to victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary. As an early opponent of the Iraq war — though it's true that he merely labeled it "dumb" — peacenik factions of the liberal base gravitated to him, rejecting the ever-hawkish Clinton. Joined by African Americans, younger voters, and some others, this confluence was enough for Obama to eek out a slim delegate victory.
But almost nothing about his first term in office suggests that Obama took seriously his core supporters' yearning for less killing, destruction, or invasions of other sovereign nations. Instead, he dramatically expanded many of the most offending Bush-era programs, thereby sanctifying them with bipartisan consensus. He failed to close Guantanamo Bay as promised, unleashed a torrent of lethal (and not exactly "surgical," as the Administration claims) drone strikes on innocent Pakistanis and Yemenis, authorized an attack on Libya in open defiance of Congress, and the list goes on.
Romney and the D'Souza Doctrine
Byron York documents the despair of Mitt Romney's core supporters, who long that he be "bolder" and "more aggressive" in attacking Barack Obama. The headline of York's Examiner piece suggests that the entire Republican Party is now in the process of "beg[ging]" Romney for a "tougher campaign." During a rally in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday, the candidate seemed willing to temporarily oblige:
"[The president has] a vision of government that is entirely foreign to anything this nation has ever known," he announced. "That is not the America I know. That is not the America that built Ohio. That is not the America that we're going to restore." (Notice the subtle invocation of the infamous "Build That" trope.)
So, what are the features of this America which Romney apparently aspires to "restore"? Does he mean America as it existed under two terms of George W. Bush, wherein middle class incomes stagnated, wars of aggression were launched, backroom deals with megacorporations were routine, and conservative media offered nary a critical whimper? Or is Romney hoping to "restore" the America he knew as CEO of an elite private equity firm, wherein he oversaw billions of dollars sloshing around international markets via complex financial instruments? Is that the America not so "foreign" to ordinary citizens, the America for which he pines?
Perhaps it's pointless by now to note that the policies pursued under Barack Obama's centrist-to-liberal (and in some respects verifiably hawkish/right-wing) Administration are certainly not–by any reasonable assessment–indicative of a cataclysmic departure from U.S. governmental norms. Yet Romney simply asserts this as unmitigated truth, without offering much in the way of evidence–aside from the platitudes which have thus far emblematized his campaign. Then on Wednesday, in a fit of schizophrenia, Romney's operation pivoted without explanation to a far softer critique of the president, releasing a television ad in which the candidate asserts: "President Obama and I both care about poor and middle-class families…"
So which is it? Either Obama is "foreign" and dangerous and has cynically gamed the system to keep 47 percent of Americans dependent on government so that they'll vote for him–as Romney strongly implied in the video released last week of his closed-door remarks to wealthy donors–or Obama genuinely does "care" about the American people and is simply misguided. It would seem that these notions are incompatible with one another, yet Romney freely espouses them both near-simultaneously, without compunction.
Why is Romney finding it impossible to offer a consistent, sensible conservative critique of the Obama Administration (one surely exists)? Perhaps because he has marinated for so long in the GOP's insulated and intellectually-stunted bizarro universe, where facts have fallen out of favor and white-hot demagogic rhetoric is all the rage. He cannot communicate normally with most Americans, who generally do not despise the president on a personal level.
But here's the most offensive part of Romney's floundering shtick: In propounding these inflammatory talking points, he echoes the sentiments of none other than Dinesh D'Souza, whose "2016: Obama's America" propaganda "documentary" has become a smash hit at the box office. The central theme of D'Souza's film is that deep-down, Obama harbors seething hatred for America, and thus his presidency has been designed to bring about its downfall by a host of surreptitious means. It's a revolting hour-and-a-half of cinema, targeted at the most angst-ridden and pliable Americans looking for answers–Americans who in turn have certainly provided Mr. D'Souza with a sizable financial reward.
More importantly, however, the film perpetuates this bizarre conspiracy theory that Obama is some kind of radical "Manchurian Candidate" whose agenda–as Romney put it–is "foreign," and who poses such an imminent danger to Americans' way of life that he must be replaced at all costs in November. Lacking any coherent critique of the past four years, nor any positive platform of his own, Romney has now adopted this line of argument–a line which was once relegated to the ugly Internet fringes.
Democrats Endorse "Crippling Sanctions" on Iran
In his address before the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, former Florida Congressman Robert Wexler mounted a rollicking, bombastic defense of Israel, affirming America's "unflinching commitment" to that nation's security. "The speech I delivered was not a typical convention speech," he told me, reflecting. "It was actually a significantly substantive speech, in terms of foreign policy about a particular country. To my knowledge, it was the first time that a speech of that nature has been made at either a Democratic or Republican convention outlining an Administration's policy about Israel."
Since leaving elected office in 2010, Wexler has been president of a Washington, D.C. think tank, the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. Why, I asked, did he feel that Israel deserved a speech dedicated exclusively to it at the Democratic National Convention?
"Because they're our closest ally in the Middle East."
"What about Iraq?" I responded. (You know, the country America invaded in 2003, which Wexler voted to authorize?)
"Iraq is not America's closest ally in the Middle East," he said. "Hopefully they will become a very strong democracy who aligns themselves with America."
His speech touted "the most crippling sanctions in history" imposed on Iran under the Obama administration. This was language Wexler's fellow Democrats were eager to defend.
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson told me, "stopping Iran's nuclear weapons is a vital American national security interest. And the crippling international sanctions that — "
"Is the word 'crippling' appropriate?" I asked.
"I think so, yes," Richardson responded. "When it comes to Iran's nuclear weapon program, yes."
Yet the problem is, as we know from a decade of sanctions against Iraq, such measures can't "cripple" weapons programs without also maiming the civilian economy. Democratic administrations have defended such policies before, however–most famously when "60 Minutes" asked Clinton administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?" She replied: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it."
And now Iran. "They deserve crippling sanctions," Richardson continued. "We don't want to go to war, we don't want military action. But crippling sanctions? Yeah. On the regime."
"Will sanctions merely foster resentment among the Iranian populace and effectively embolden the regime?" I asked, calling it "the Ron Paul argument." Read More…
Valerie Jarrett Threw Me Out of the DNC for Asking about Pakistanis Killed by Drones
CHARLOTTE—Top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett's staff called the cops to kick me out of a media area last night when I questioned her about drone strikes.
As I sat up in the rafters listening to some Democratic National Convention speech — I don't even particularly remember which one — Jarrett suddenly appeared to my right. She was being interviewed on camera by some television hack; I don't even particularly know whom. So I rose from my seat and observed. There was an unnerving coldness about Jarrett's demeanor — naturally, she laughed and smiled for the camera, bantering obligingly. But callousness underlain this guise of mainstream jocular propriety. I could see it in her eyes.
"Bye John," she said, wrapping up the interview. I sprung into action.
"A lot of the president's Democratic critics are very — " I started.
"Excuse me, Sir. Sorry —" an aide of hers swooped in, attempting to intercept me. "Sir, excuse me. Sir!"
I spoke over the aide. "A lot of the president's Democratic critics are very upset about the policy of drone strikes," I stated — did Jarrett have any comment? She initially said nothing, while the aide continued to protest. "Sir, we need to get to another interview." Then Jarrett broke her silence.
"If you would like to interview me, then Clo is right there — my Communications Officer. I suggest that —"
"Why can't you comment right now, given that I'm already interacting with you?" I countered.
"I would suggest that you do just what Politico, and just what [inaudible] did, and ask for an interview. And we would be happy to accommodate you. I don't think it makes sense —"
"So you have no comment on drone strikes?" I interjected. She started for the exit.
"Many Pakistanis are dying, ma'am," I shouted. No response. By then Jarrett was out of reach.
"Do you have a card?" her aide, Clo Ewing — Director of Constituency Press for the Obama campaign — queried me angrily. (She did not reply to an emailed request for comment.)
Ewing looked intently at my credential, seemingly incredulous that I was entitled to be in her boss's presence. Jarrett's handlers, alarmed, then joined forces with Convention staff and summoned two uniformed police officers, who informed me I was to leave the area immediately — my duly-assigned credential notwithstanding. (In fairness, the officers themselves were friendly about this, and actually seemed rather befuddled.)
As I gathered my belongings, the guy who had been manning the TV camera whined at me: "Come on man, we're trying to get people up here for interviews. What you did was not cool."
"Fuck off," I told him, and left.
Editor's Note: Elsewhere in national security denialism, yesterday President Obama wouldn't confirm or deny the existence of a presidential 'kill list' when asked by a reporter, despite his administration leaking knowledge of such a list to the New York Times.
Ron Paul Stands for Manning and Assange
After Ron Paul's speech Sunday evening—part of his "We are the Future Rally" held at the University of Florida Sun Dome—I set out to gauge audience reaction. "He hit a lot of the same points he normally hits," said James Smack, vice chairman of the Nevada Republican Party and a Paul stalwart. "But there was a little more passion, a little more zest…"
This was also my impression. Some observers thought that Paul would strike a conciliatory tone to ingratiate himself (or more likely, his son Sen. Rand Paul) with the GOP establishment. But as Smack noted, "there were some solid shots taken at the RNC—merited shots." Paul accused party insiders of flouting convention rules to disenfranchise his supporters.
But this was not what stood out most about the address. Over the course of an hour and 15 minutes, Paul was at his most subversive, demonstrating precisely why the Romney campaign offered him a convention speaking slot only under the condition that they be allowed to vet his remarks. (Paul declined.)
"Let me tell you, Bradley Manning didn't kill anybody," the Texas congressman declared at around minute 45, speaking of a "soft spot" in his heart for whistleblowers. "Bradley Manning hasn't caused the death of anybody. And what he has exposed—he is the equivalent of Daniel Ellsberg, who told us the truth about Vietnam!" The crowd exulted. Paul then pivoted to a spirited defense of Julian Assange, chastising the government of Sweden for truckling to alleged American demands that the Aussie be extradited to the U.S. for prosecution.
Paul's campaign has long touted the fact that he received an outsized percentage of donations from active-duty military. I couldn't help but speculate that his position on Bradley Manning—who after all has been charged in military court with aiding and abetting al-Qaeda—might not be popular within those ranks. I mentioned this hunch to Kaleb Hornsby, a Paul district coordinator from Augusta, Georgia and Navy veteran. "To maintain good military discipline, order should be followed," he said. "You make certain agreements when you go into the military. As a soldier, I don't think Manning should have done it. I wouldn't have done it." Even so, Hornsby regarded himself as a supporter of WikiLeaks and admitted to struggling with the issue. Read More…


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Take heart, Ted Koppel -- David Letterman won't be moving to ABC after all. Letterman told the audience at Monday afternoon's ''Late Show'' taping that he plans to stay at CBS, the Associated Press reported. The host had been away on a St. Bart's vacation when word leaked that he was considering an offer to displace Koppel's ''Nightline'' at ABC; Monday was his first taping since that news broke. ''This is how strange my life's been the last week -- earlier today, I got a call offering me the 'Tonight' show,'' Letterman joked at the taping, according to the AP.
ABC is said to have offered the host $31 million a year and his own studio in Times Square, while CBS countered with a slightly lower offer. But some reports suggested that Letterman was reluctant to threaten the highly regarded ''Nightline'' and that CBS was offering heavy promotion on its corporate brethren at MTV and VH1. (A CBS spokesperson couldn't be reached for comment, and an ABC rep had no comment).
Rob Burnett, president of Worldwide Pants, Letterman's production company, told the AP that the host's nine-year stint at CBS was ''too much to walk away from'' and that Letterman was flattered by the attention from both sides. Meanwhile, Jon Stewart, who had been discussed as a Letterman replacement at CBS, could theoretically still pose a threat to ''Nightline'' at ABC.


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However, when the average citizen thinks of a member of the Supreme Court, we think of an official who is more of the reserved kind and sort of hidden away from the public. Justices are not usually out front like state and local officials or legislators.
Supreme Court Justice Randy "Bubba" Pierce is an exception to the rule with his love of writing, with which he defines the emotions of politics in Mississippi.
Pierce, a Greene County native, is a writer, and his latest work portrays Mississippi politics in the state's current landscape. Magnolia Mud shows how in this state, emotions can run high during a hotly-contested match up.
The novel surrounds a Mississippi gubernatorial race which two very well-liked officials are locked in a close contest, one a Democrat and the other a Republican. In the heat of the campaign's final stretch tragedy happens that shocks the entire state, and partisan politics takes a back seat.
Pierce's novel reminds readers that candidates and public officials are just like everybody else; they are not immune from personal tragedy. Pierce shows how candidates and voters can be caught up in the heat of an election. It also reminds us of how short life can be. As humans we are faced with things which are out of our control that an election cannot change.
Here in Mississippi, it is evident that this state comes together when tragedy strikes. Pierce's novel illustrates how Mississippians put politics aside and have sympathy for the individual who is going through something that they would not want to imagine happening to them. Even if the victim of such misfortune is on the other side of the political spectrum, reality hits, and we come together. Magnolia Mud has it all, from how every misstep in a campaign becomes a lead story to how easy it is to get caught up in controversy during the heat of the moment.
I first met Pierce a decade ago in Jackson at the state Democratic Convention, when he was serving as chairman of the Education Committee in the House of Representatives under Speaker Billy McCoy, a Democrat. In 2005, he was appointed chancery judge of the 16th district by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour. He was later elected to the State Supreme Court.
The Ole Miss law school graduate's work shows how the people of this state can demonstrate a compassion for each other that cuts across all lines. It is encouraging to see that a member of this state's highest court has a love for writing that he shares with Mississippians.
Pierce's writings make me confident there could be more issue-oriented and less ego-driven campaigns in the future, if prospective candidates picked up a copy of Magnolia Mud to read before filing qualifying papers.
When looking back on Pierce after reading Magnolia Mud, it is no surprise he has such an accurate grasp of this state's politics and emotions. Whether you agreed with them or not, as polar opposite as Gov. Barbour and Speaker McCoy were during their time serving in state government, they had a common ground: their confidence in Randy Pierce. His writings prove what they must have known about him years ago.
Ken Strachan is former mayor of North Carrollton and serves as Carroll County coroner.


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"We do not yet know who will be inaugurated president in January," Alexander said, "but we do know who will be singing that day: the Lee University choir."
Nearly 2,000 students erupted in cheers when Alexander made the announcement Thursday morning during chapel in the Conn Center.
Lee University's performance will occur immediately before the official swearing-in ceremonies at midday on Jan. 21, 2013. The chorus will perform outdoors on the upper west terrace of the United States Capitol.
Lee University President Dr. Paul Conn said 200 voices will be selected from among the seven choirs on campus. The seven directors will choose the voices and music. Dr. Bill Green will lead the a cappella choir.
"What you heard today was 100 voices selected from three of the choirs," Conn said. "What you'll get is 200 people selected from seven choirs."
Green said performing at the inauguration was definitely his highest honor.
"It will be a highlight of my musical career and I am thrilled to be conducting this group at the Capitol and thrilled we get to let these students experience that," he said. "It will be an amazing experience for all of us and we have pledged to the senator that we will bring stellar material. I'm looking forward to getting started on that."
Sophomore Caroline Eaton, of Sugarland, Texas, said, "I think it's great. It's a huge honor for our school — it's just a huge surprise right now, but it is a really big honor."
In light of other national and international performances, she said, "I don't know if there is such a thing as too much (exposure) at this point, because we really have an awesome school and people should know about it."
State Rep. Kevin Brooks, who majored in history at Lee University joked that he was going to immediately begin voice lessons. But, seriously, he said, "There is really in my mind, no larger stage than the inauguration of the President of the United States of America. And, to have this Christian campus to be represented on that world stage, while the world is watching, what a huge honor. I'm proud to be a Lee alumnus and can't wait to join them in Washington.
Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland said, "I am always delighted when Sen. Alexander comes to Cleveland. He always has good news, but this is a tremendous day. Once again, it gives us national prominence that just continues as this great university continues to grow and shows the world the great talent and great students we have here."
Alexander issued the invitation on behalf of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, of which he is the Vice Chair.
He said thousands of Americans will stand in the cold, millions of Americans will watch on TV, and many more millions of people around the world will watch the inauguration.
"Just hearing the music today just reminds me of how wise a recommendation it is for the inaugural committee that the Lee University choir perform, because I'd like for the whole world to hear what I heard this morning," he said.
Conn said when the senator called to invite the choir, it was suggested he might need a day to think about it.
"I said, senator, I don't need 24 hours. We accept your invitation and I guaranteed him either President Romney or President Obama would have a prelude that will be offered by wonderful college students who are so thrilled and privileged to be a part of this great pageant of American life," Conn said.
Conn said Lee University is a patriotic campus. At the last presidential inauguration, classes were suspended so students could watch the ceremonies together on TV in large groups around campus.
"This is an added reason for us to watch this one," he said.
This is not the first time Alexander has extended an invitation to Lee University students to participate in an inauguration. He invited Lynn Golden of Lee College, as the university was called at the time, to sing the national anthem when he was sworn-in as governor of Tennessee on January 20, 1979. The new governor had met and heard Lynn sing during his 1,000-mile campaign walk across Tennessee. He began in Maryville on Jan. 26 and ending in Memphis on July 6.
Lee University's musical program is world-renowned. Its choral ensembles have toured extensively at home and abroad for 50 years, singing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the World's Fair in New York City, the Kennedy Center, the White House and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.


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As children become more accurate with their drawing great fun can be had with 2D and 3D shape work. Polygons are drawn and classified and nets of 3D shapes are introduced. Lines of symmetry, as well as reflections and translations are introduced. Children will be expected to know that angles are measured in degrees and they will begin to compare and order angles.
Identifying 3D shapes including hexagonal prisms and tetrahedrons: quite difficult words for many children.
Identifying 2D shapes including isosceles triangles and heptagons. Also introducing concave and convex shapes and more sorting shapes using Venn and Carroll diagrams.
Edges, faces, vertices of prisms, nets of cuboids and making 3D shapes are just some of the activities in this set of worksheets.
Lines of symmetry: look out for shapes with more than one line of symmetry.
Drawing reflections is much trickier than you might think. Some children (and adults) have real difficulties with these.
Translation in maths just means slide the shape along a certain distance. Try drawing the picture by translating the shapes as shown.
When plotting points on a grid remember the first number is the number of squares along and the second number is the number of squares up. Some great drawings to plot, but care needs to be taken!
Co-ordinates, columns, rows and diagonals are all here. Remember to use the brackets and a comma when writing down a pair of co-ordinates.
Angle is a measure of turn: a right angle is a quarter turn. Plenty of turning in this set of angle worksheets!
In one hour the hour hand of a clock turns 30 degrees. Knowing this means that the questions on these pages are quite straightforward.
A set square is a very useful tool for drawing 30, 45, 60 and 90 degree angles.
A brief description about 2D and 3D shape in Year 4.
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April 7, 1981, 5 items; Papers (1917-1920), including correspondence, a proclamation, and pamphlets. Gift of Mr. Norman Caine, Raleigh, N.C.
January 15, 1997 (unprocessed addition 1), 1 item; Copy of The Fiery Cross (April 1965), containing articles on the racial violence in Selma, Alabama. Donor: Mr. S. Tony Jordan, Jr.
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Ku Klux Klan Collection (#425), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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The collection consists of Klan publications and personal correspondence from its Imperial Wizard. A letter (January 13, 1919) from Col. W. J. Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta, Georgia, to Maurice O. Roberts of Greensboro, N.C., encourages Roberts to join the Klan, describes the organization in general terms, and promises more information when Roberts joins. Simmons discusses the money a Klan organizer could make and offers to send Roberts literature on the Klan.
Three pamphlets and a proclamation (1917) constitute Klan propaganda. One, written by Simmons, discusses the Klan's history, its goals, and its policies. The second pamphlet, a reprint of a signed editorial from McClures' Magazine (April, 1920) is titled Scum O' The Melting Pot. In it, Herbert Kaufman describes America's Anglo-Saxon mission. A third (incomplete) pamphlet (undated), entitled America, The Second Land of Promise, bemoans America's anti-Christian stance and the removal of Christian ethics and teachings from its government, educational system, and military. The pamphlet further decries the influence of Jewish and Catholic elements in American society and advocates Col. William Simmons and his organization as the salvation of white America.
The collection also contains an admission card (undated) for Mr. M[aurice] O. Roberts to hear an address on Americanism, with penciled notations on the reverse side.
Online access to this finding aid is supported with funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds come through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.
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Maranatha is seeking qualified individuals to become part of the online adjunct faculty pool (no relocation necessary). Applications are being received for all subject areas, with specific needs in the areas of Business, Criminal Justice, Sociology, Geography, History, and Web Design. Applicants must possess an earned master's degree or above in the academic field in which they would teach and be members in good standing with a like-minded church in their hometown.
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