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Tovi Marit Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
- Specialty:
- Family Medicine
- Special Interests:
- Maternity/Obstetrics, Women's Health, Adolescent Health, Pediatric Care (Family Medicine), Reproductive Health
- Accepting Patients:
- Yes
- Languages:
- English, Spanish (some)
"I am honored to be a family medicine physician with the opportunity to form relationships with my patients that can last a lifetime. I love the breadth of family medicine, which allows me to care from infants at the moment of birth, their mothers and fathers, and their grandparents."
I am a native Oregonian who is thrilled to be returning to the Portland area. I grew up near Beaverton and attended college at Whitman in Walla Walla, Washington. I was fortunate to study abroad in Spain for a semester while in college. I played violin throughout college, played and coached rugby, and spent as much time skiing as possible.
I received a Ph.D. at Stanford University in the field of genetics. During graduate school I came to the realization that I wanted to work directly with patients to help them improve their health, and decided to apply to medical school. I hope to continue to use my background in genetics to be able to work with patients and families with genetic conditions as a family medicine doctor.
I went to medical school at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where I very much enjoyed exploring the south and came to appreciate good barbeque. While in Atlanta I discovered my passion for providing primary care medicine. I feel honored for the opportunity to form relationships with patients that can last many years, and for the chance to learn more about my patients' lives. I appreciate that the specialty of family medicine allows me to discuss with my patients the numerous factors that can influence their health, such as mental health, access to healthy foods, and exercise. I am particularly interested in women's health and reproductive health, as well as obstetrics, pediatrics, and integrative medicine.
In my free time I enjoy spending time with my husband and two young sons and will likely be frequenting the Oregon zoo, OMSI, numerous playgrounds, and soccer fields. Soon we hope to be found on Mt. Hood teaching the boys to ski.
Clinical Position
Family Medicine at South Waterfront
- Degrees:
B.S., Whitman College, 2004
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009
M.D., Emory University, 2014
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Lore: Not finished yet Zio has a unique kit that allows him to switch between a Terracotta Statue and his human self. All will be explained. Passive: Soul Link- Zio carries around a grand Terracotta statue that he can put his soul in. Zio gains 15 attack damage, armor, and magic resist while in Statue form and 15 movement speed and 20% increased attack speed while in Human Form. Zio takes 50% increased damage when either of his forms are destroyed. Q: Terracotta Statue- Zio places a Terracotta statue at target location. When a enemy enters a certain radius of the statue it will come to life and attack nearby enemies. Attack Damage= 6/9/12/15/18 + 10% Total Attack Damage Health= 100/150/200/250/300 + 10% Total Health Armor= 5/7/9/11/13 + 25% Armor Attack speed= 1.00 Magic Resist= 6/9/12/15/18 + 25% Magic Resist CD= Stores 1 every 45 seconds Max= 1/2/3/4/5 Lasts= 5 minutes while not alive and 10 seconds while alive. Casted like Heimer's turrets W: Clay Fists= Passive: Auto attacks slow enemies by 5/10/15/20/25% for 2 seconds. Active: Stuns all enemies affected by clay fists for .25/.5/.75/1/1.25 CD= 10 seconds Range= Mumu's ult on active. E:Clay Spear - Zio throws a spear at target location dealing 60/65/70/75/80 + 75% bonus Attack damage. All enemies hit are slowed by 25%. Picking up a spear adds a charge of Terracotta Statue. CD= 12 Range= Nid's Spear Travels like Zigg's ult. R=Terracotta Avatar- Zio switches his soul for his Human form to his Statue form. -Q=Shockwave- Zio fires a powerful force from his palms dealing 75/85/95/105/115 + 75% Bonus attack damage. All targets hit are slowed by 25% and after 2 seconds everyone on the effected area are knocked up. Range= Blitz Grab Casted like Ezreals ult considering it travels through people. CD= 7 seconds -W= Iron Grip- Zio grabs target enemy dealing 10/20/30/40/50 + 100% Bonus attack damage over 2 seconds. Both Zio and the target are stunned for 2 seconds. (Can not be reduced by Tenacity or any other stun reduction, but can be cleansed) CD= 15 seconds Casted like Cho'Gath's ult. -E= Terracotta Calvary - Zio creates a clay horseman at target location. when a enemy enters a certain radius of the statue it will knock them back. Knock back= 100/200/300/400/500 Casted like Heimer's Turrets CD= Same as Terracotta Statue. Terracotta Statues are turned into to Terracotta Calvary when Zio switches forms and Vice Versa . -R= Frail Frame= Zio returns his soul to his human form leaving behind his statue at its current location. Now to explain how Zio's ult works. Zio automatically learns it at level one much like Elise. When Zio switches from human form to Statue form he leaves his human self behind. The human can't be moved and can't use abilites but takes 25% reduced damage. When Zio switches back to his human form he leaves his statue behind at its current location. It kinda acts as a ward other than the fact it takes 100% increased damage and isn't invisible. Zio can pick up his statue by moving to its location. The statue becomes untargetable and unkillable after being picked by by Zio. The only way to get a form back after its been destroyed is to wait till you die and come back. Hope you guys think this idea is cool and any ideas are welcome. Also if you need anymore explaining just ask for it I know its complicated. Changes v1 -Added how the spells are casted to help clear up some confusion.
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This is pretty cool.
Thank you I thought the concept would be neat.
Feed back would be cool.
Added how his spells worked to help clear up some confusion.
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Black skin cancer, also known as melanoma, is particularly aggressive and becoming increasingly common in Switzerland. Despite intensive research, however, there is still no treatment. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now discovered a gene that plays a central role in black skin cancer. Suppressing this gene in mice inhibits the development of melanoma and its proliferation a discovery that could pave the way for new forms of therapy.
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Royce, more articles about. Do you really think we can win it all with Coach brooks?
If KD and Russ come back at their expected dates and OKC doesn't make the playoffs, Is Brooks fired?
how's scott brooks coaching? Should he have one this game? would a decent coach pull this one out?
@rednuht @criznazy53 what happend to us installing a spurs like offense in the off season...
I feel like we stopped doing team ball in the 4th. Westbrook went into hero mode and no else stepped up. Could brooks made a difference? I feel like this always happens when it gets to crunch time. I feel like westbrook's performance was such a waste
I feel like we stopped doing team ball in the 4th. Westbrook went into hero mode and no else stepped up. Could brooks made a difference? I feel like this always happens when it gets to crunch time. I feel like westbrook's performance was such a waste
@ I'm out man. Y'all n***** trippin' @criznazy53 @King of Carrot Flowers the third why did they give him that can't play two games in two days schedule last year when he came back?
@King of Carrot Flowers the third @criznazy53 Don't you think it would be wise to rest him. Another surgery on his knee would be devastating
does Russ play back to backs this year, given his knee history?
i guess no one has really seen him play that much
@f5alcon @criznazy53 thats pretty bad, even if you shoot 50% u probaly shouldn't play
how bad is anthony morrows defense? who is he comparble to on defense?
how bad is anthony morrows defense? who is he comparble to on defense?
Royce tell me more about this : The Thunder are currently in the early stages of an offensive remodel, adding in a more systematic motion-based approach — we saw the early stages of it during summer league — .
@KD4theWin Can't wait for another article about building for the future. How we can pretty good for another 10 years, but never good enough to win a championship
@[weed wolf faction] @Spike Bonze didn't we already try this last year.
roberson is a long way from being ready. Even as a defensive guy you still need to be able to hit a wide open shot. and it needs to be a three with the style of offense we play.
perry just study kwahi's game.
@Loud City Jimmy i agree, at least thabo could hit a three. roberson too scared to even take one.
more agreession from perry please. Take more shots away from lamb.
I don't think Roberson is a fit, lets give time to heustis. At least he has good form on his shot
you can free one day trial from nba summer league live
@Julius F Wrek @criznazy53 deandre is 6 6, 6'11" wingspan
@Julius F Wrek @criznazy53 what about bball skillwise
so why did the thunder get rid of Deandre liggins but continue to draft players like Andre Roberson and Josh Huestis? What does Josh and Andre have that Deandre doesn't?
if we lose in the western conference finals next season is, Brooks finally going to to be cut?
@Stephen Jackson is not about this spelling maybe it was fatigue catching up with him in game 6. But he looked pretty soft out there.
@Stephen Jackson is not about this spelling KD just needs to hit the weight room
Still dissapointed in the way thunder played in game 6. I felt like we didn't pay attention to details. How do we get out rebounded at home and give up way more second chance points to an older and less athletic team. Didn't think we came out focused at all
KD needs to hit he weight room. In the playoffs, things get more physical. He clearly had trouble protecting the ball and was getting knocked off balance too many times.
how many second chance points did they get. OKC didn't even show up.
If Westbrook becomes out of control, Brooks need to have the same sideline conversation he had with Jeremy about Relaxing.
@okcjim @OKC035 i think if the spurs go small and take out splitter, serge becomes less effective.
@Spike Bonze how about a low post scorer, who can create/score with his back to the basket, I don't think this team has ever seen one of these.
please don't draft a euro stash who's like tibor pleiss or cole aldrich.
@[brooks' fault] @criznazy53off the hook for not taking us to the next level.
@tygablood @criznazy53 lame!!!!
So if we lose this series, is brooks still off the hook cause the excuses is we didn't have serge?
@Durantacula @tygablood I see Adams in foul trouble every game against the experienced front court of the spurs. He's still too raw and learning.
i can see parker and ginobili getting no contest at the rim. Adams is too young and gonna get in foul trouble, which leave leave collison and perk guarding the paint. Oh boy.....
@puffybutrbiscts can pj3 guard duncan or splitter?
You got to be kidding me.
how do the clippers get 13 more shots than us lost by 6 in turnovers, and gave up 5 more offensive rebounds. how big of deal do we think this is going forward.
@Jooseppi @criznazy53besides that fact that he's a rascist, what do you think of his analysis
Presti please listen to this
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Win 7 lost after Dualboot with XP
Hi guys,
First, I know this is the 10000th topic about this subject, and I looked through almost every single one of them, but still can't find a solution for my problem. Problem is this: After working on Win 7 for some time, I installed XP on a new partition. After the install I followed Brink's steps in his tutorial, but it still boots only XP. Here's a screenshot from easybcd, see attach files, windows 7 is linked to C:\ and XP to J:\ which is correct. I have no idea what BCDID or Bootloader path means, so dont know if that is oke. Hope you guys can help me with this one, because I don't want to loose my Win 7 Thanks in advance HerrrTank |
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29 Aug 2010 | #2 |
Please post back a screenshot of your full Disk management drive map with listings: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html
Do you have a Win7 DVD or Repair CD? Sometimes it is necessary to mark Win7 active, then run Startup Repair 3 times from the booted DVD/CD to start Win7, install Easy in 7 to add XP, accept offered boot files, let autocomplete, Save, restart. Partition - Mark as Active System Repair Disc - Create - Windows 7 Forums.URL Startup Repair - Windows 7 Forums.URL |
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30 Aug 2010 | #3 |
ah it's working after the 3rd time, only tried it once first..but thanks!
and about easybcd in 7, do i also need to install the XP loader to MBR? again, thank you! |
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30 Aug 2010 | #4 |
Install EasyBCD version 2.0 or greater, Add XP on Add OS tab, accept offered boot files, let autocomplete, Save, Restart to Dual Boot menu.
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30 Aug 2010 | #5 |
i did that, and it gives a dualboot screen after reboot, but when choosing XP, there is an error, about a file/map : \NST\easyldr1, so can't start XP. Says i should use a repair cd, but then it would start all over again right?
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30 Aug 2010 | #6 |
Did you accept the offered boot files when you added XP with Easy? If not remove XP in Edit Boot Menu, then Add it again, accepting boot files, let autocomplete, Save.
Please post back the screenshot requested earlier, using Snipping Tool in Win7 start menu. |
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30 Aug 2010 | #7 |
hmm, there is no message about accepting boot files. I just create a new one and then it pops up in the view settings.
here's the screenshot |
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30 Aug 2010 | #8 |
This is why I asked first thing for a Disk Mgmt. screenshot.
The complication is that C: Win7 is installed on an Extended Logical partition which cannot be marked Active to accept the System MBR. It will either need to be converted from Logical to Primary using free Partition Wizard bootable CD, or XP will need to be started to install EasyBCD to it to add Win7 to Dual Boot. To convert C to Primary move the data off the other extended partitions F-H then delete each to allow you to rightclick C>Modify>Convert to Primary using booted PW CD. You can later create new extended Logical partitions in the unallocated space to copy your data back into. Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD Next mark the C:Win7 partition active and run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times until it becomes System drivve: Partition - Mark as Active Startup Repair Remove XP on EasyBCD 2.0 Edit Boot Menu tab and then Add it back, accepting XP boot files which will now be needed to update the Win7 MBR. Another method would be to start up XP, install EasyBCD 2.0 (after first installing Net Framework 2.0) then add Win7. This is what I would have advised you to do if you had posted the requested screenshot. Now in order to start XP you will need to run a Repair Install from booted XP CD: Repair Windows XP - How to Perform a Repair Installation of Windows XP - Part 1 of 2 |
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Bank ATM skim scam losses exceed $160,000
Updated 12:40 pm, Thursday, Sept. 12
The FBI has joined an investigation by the Oak Bluffs police into the theft of more than $160,000 from approximately 167 bank debit card customer accounts over the Labor Day weekend, in a skimming scam that originated on Martha's Vineyard.
Thieves targeted a Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank (MVSB) ATM machine at a bank branch office at the foot of Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs to gain account information from people who used that ATM, bank officials told The Times.
Oak Bluffs Police Lieutenant Tim Williamson confirmed that he met with FBI investigators and MVSB officials Wednesday to review the case. The Secret Service will be involved in the investigation, he said.
Lieutenant Williamson said federal investigators can cast a wide net and bring resources to bear in various cities, including New York, Indianapolis, and Chicago, where the cards were used to withdraw cash.
MVSB reported that 130 customers were affected, with a total loss of about $140,000. Edgartown National Bank told The Times that one customer account was compromised.
Lieutenant Williamson said he also received an email from Bank of America listing 37 customers affected, for a fraud loss totalling $21,647. All of the cash was removed from Bank of America ATMs in New York City.
Tip of the scam
Mr. Williamson expects the fraud cases to multiply. He said any bank's debit card holders could have used the ATM over the July/August period when the skimmers were in use. Customers may not have discovered the fraud yet, or their bank may be trying to find the common characteristics of card use from victimized accounts.
"I think this is the beginning of this case," Lieutenant Williamson said. "I think we're going to find it is more widespread."
Mr. Williamson said Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank reacted quickly and has been cooperating fully with police. "This is nothing that the bank did wrong," he said. "This is something that could have happened to any bank."
Mr. Williamson said the scam may have also affected credit card holders. He said it is important for bank customers to scrutinize their debit card and credit card statements for evidence of fraud.
Mr. Williamson said he will work with Bank of America's security fraud investigation unit to examine video from New York ATMs.
Suspects' MO
Lieutenant Williamson said bank camera photos show two suspects, both apparently in their early 20s with dark hair, of average height, and slim, athletic builds, "always dressed casually."
He said that although the bank photos are of poor quality, one of the suspects had a unique tee-shirt that he was able to distinguish. It has blocks that spell out A/X MILAN NYC. A/X stands for Armani Exchange.
The suspects followed a familiar pattern. "Suspect 1 always places the skimmer device around 17:00-18:00 (5 pm to 6 pm) immediately followed by Suspect 2 who places the device that captures the keystrokes for the PIN," Mr. Williamson said. "They always remove the devices in the same order around 22:00-23:00 (10 pm to 11 pm) the same evening."
Data from the victimized accounts was gathered during the evening hours, and the skimmer had been removed when bank employees came to work the next morning.
Mr. Willamson said it is possible someone will recall the unique tee-shirt, or met the men while they waited to recover the skimming device. "I'm guessing that while they were waiting to remove the devices they spent four hours in the Circuit Avenue area, either eating or drinking somewhere. We're looking for any tips from the public," Mr. Williamson said.
He appealed for the public's help and asked that anyone with information contact Oak Bluffs police at 508-693-0750.
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Paul Falvey, MVSB president and chief executive officer, told The Times Tuesday that an analysis of the compromised accounts led to the ATM machine adjacent to the Flying Horses.
The thieves used a skimming device, an electronic card reader disguised to look like an integral part of the ATM card reader, to gain customer account and PIN numbers over the summer months. They used that information to create fraudulent debit cards, and they waited for the long Labor Day holiday weekend to reap the rewards of roughly two busy months of Island ATM activity, police and bank officials said.
By all reports, the thieves used the cards to make ATM withdrawals on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in areas that included New York City, Indianapolis, and Chicago.
"It was confined to the [holiday] weekend only," Mr. Falvey said of the thefts.
Mr. Falvey stressed that all customers were speedily reimbursed, and the bank is following the recommendations of a security vendor to further strengthen its safeguards.
Edgartown National Bank reported thieves withdrew $600 from one customer account. Gregory Berks, Edgartown National's chief operating officer, said the loss was traced to the use of a card at the Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank ATM in Oak Bluffs over the July Fourth weekend. The bank received a fraud alert after the holiday weekend.
"We made the decision that if any of our customers used that ATM, we cancelled their debit card and reissued it for their protection," he said. "We only had that one incident, which resulted in a minimal loss, but we wanted to be proactive and make sure that our customers' accounts were protected."
Edgartown Detective Sergeant Chris Dolby told The Times last week that he had heard of one Sovereign Bank customer who also had an account compromised. Sovereign Bank, a subsidiary of Santander, a Spanish bank holding company, operates as Bank of Martha's Vineyard on the Island.
In an email received Thursday, Mary Ellen Higgins, Director of Public Relations for Sovereign Bank, a division of Santander US answered several questions posed by The Times in a telephone call Tuesday.
Ms. Higgins confirmed that the account of at least one Sovereign customer on Martha's Vineyard was compromised recently.
"The customer used another local ATM which apparently had a skimming device attached to it," Ms. Higgins said.
Asked what her bank was doing to protect customers from this type of fraud, Ms. Higgins said, "Although we can't disclose details, there are many steps we take to protect the security of client accounts including watching for patterns that indicate potentially fraudulent activity and by proactively reaching out to customers to alert them."
She added, "The security of our customers' accounts is a top priority that we take very seriously. We do all that we can to protect customers from fraud in the first place, but when fraud is detected, we work very closely with our customers to quickly minimize risk and any service disruption. We advise anyone who suspects they may have used an ATM that has compromised their card or account to contact their bank immediately and to report any fraudulent local ATM activity to their local law enforcement authorities."
This story was modified from the print edition to include the comments of Mary Ellen Higgins, Director of Public Relations for Sovereign Bank.
Terrible news for those who lost money. Hopefully the banks involved have a scheme to compensate the affected customers. ALWAYS cover the keypad when entering your PIN. We've been doing that for over 10 yrs here in Ireland. No PIN, no access to your money.
theres a device that scans the pin or keystroke. It doesnt matter if you cover the keypad. Money is refunded the next day.
It's true that some skimmers use more advanced equipment such as PIN pad overlays, but many do not. Covering your PIN is a good first step and does not require much effort.
Not always, especially if its a commercial account.
Why use an ATM and pay a $2 fee to take out your own money anyway?
Most stores gladly accept debit and credit cards.-
There are a lot of island businesses that do not take credit/debit cards. And often ni e to give cash too your kids..and if its your bank probable no fee
I have not used an ATM in years. Although it takes more time, I prefer to transact my business with a teller inside the bank.
Lets see the photo and more of a description of these creeps. Are they male or female? Black, Brown, White? give us more to go on.
Why is it that banks can't put high quality cameras in place? Is there really any excuse for not capturing a decent photo day or night?
Lol right it's like we can have 12 megapixel cameras on our mobile devices but not on ATM's for security purposes
There are more Sovereign Bank customers. I had $1000.00 stolen from my account from that machine. Wish Gio's took Credit or Debit cards. Just got my funds back after 2 weeks !! Hope they catch them.
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Dr. Hauschka • Cleansing Clay Mask • Masks
(79 reviews)
Average Rating. | 4.1 |
Would buy this product again. | 75% |
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sheenab on 11/5/2009 10:31:00 PM more reviews by sheenab
Age: 30-35 Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
From time to time my face succumbs to the big pressures of the city air & the filth just settles into my nose. "Is that a blackhead!?" Why yes, yes it is. That's when I pull the jar of this mask out & whip it up with a little water. I let it sit on my face & draw out the toxins from my skin. When I clean it off, my face is as clean as newborn babies skin & just as soft, too.
I highly recommend this one to all, for all.
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mstall on 10/3/2009 9:56:00 PM more reviews by mstall
Age: 25-29 Skin: Very Oily, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
cleaned me out! it took a few days for the pimples to fully surface and clear afterwards but my skin is very noticeably better for it. easy to use, doesn't itch or dry. may make ya a bit red afterwards. will buy again.
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*TOP REVIEWER* cowgurl on 9/22/2009 8:02:00 PM more reviews by cowgurl
Age: 36-43 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
I prefer this mask over any other. 4 stars due to price. It is more like dirt than clay -- not gummy like other clay masks and not really drying. It makes my skin feel so clean and not stripped after using. Hard to explain, but the dirt smell is awesome. Clean dirt - yay. Since it's dirt-like (they say it's clay and I'm sure it is -- technically), be careful how much water you add. Unlike clay, it won't absorb the water, so just be careful or it will be too thin. I like to add a pump of lotion cleanser to about 1 teaspoon of this clay to boost its effect and then only a tiny smidgeon of water (really, just a few drops). Because this is dirt -- albeit clean dirt filled with magical properties -- I only buy the REFILL PACKS when I find them on sale.
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*TOP REVIEWER* proximitythe53rd on 2/23/2009 8:41:00 PM more reviews by proximitythe53rd
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Green
*Please see Update at the bottom!
Before I was given this Cleansing Clay Mask (and the Firming Mask) as a gift, I hadn't tried any Dr. Hauschka products, but since I'm happy with my daily skincare, I'll probably just stick with the masks.
I tend to use masks as a "whenever I feel like I need it" skin boost or pick-me-up. But the results I'm seeing from this mask are good enough that I'm planning to start using it once a week. My skin feels smooth and less congested, my pores appear smaller, and any blackheads are definitely reduced (if not erased). The mask is slightly drying, but my skin feels balanced once I moisturize after removing the mask and using toner.*
I don't feel like the mask is too much work to use, but that might be because it's something I enjoy rather than a chore.
The mask is easy to mix, I definitely don't need a big teaspoon-full of it (and I'm still sad that I wasted so much on my first use!) About 1/2 a leveled teaspoon, covers my whole face generously with some left over. I could probably get away with using even less (1/4 teaspoon?) and just putting the mask on the areas of my skin that need it (i.e. definitely not my cheeks). I just apply it with my fingers out of the mini bowl use to mix it with water; I don't really find it to be that messy. I think it's easier if you mix it a little on the dry side (thicker mud) and apply to a moist face. I have not tried steaming my face before using the mask, mainly because I have heard that steaming can occasionally aggravate skin, or cause problems, but I do use it after getting out of the shower, which is as close as I come to 'steaming' my skin.
I typically leave this mask on 10 - 15 minutes*. When I first used it, I let the mask dry out entirely, but I've since learned that it's better to re-wet the mask if/when it dries out. I do this by misting with water. When I let it dry out on my skin, it seemed like the effect of the mask was much more drying overall.
I actually really enjoy the muddy "clean dirt" smell of the mask.
I find this mask easy to wash off, I just wet a soft washcloth or muslin and use that to gently remove (don't rub or scrub!) the mask, rinsing and re-wetting as needed. Since I usually use this in the evenings, I follow the mask with my toner and a gentle moisturizer*. I skip acne spot treatments and anything else with more "harsh" ingredients until at least the next day.
Overall, I'm very happy with the Cleansing Clay Mask!
A few notes for the more sensitive-skinned people:
- only use on areas of your face where you get congestion, no real need to put it all over your face.
- you will need much much less than it says to use.
- do NOT leave on for more than 5 min
- make sure you re-wet the mask if it starts to dry out at all.
- remove as gently as possible
I've got my skin in much better shape than when I wrote my original review , and mainly by being MUCH more gentle with it all-around. But the skin-tightening pore-shrinking effects of this mask are still desirable to me, so I've worked out 'my' way of using it (above).
After I remove the mask, I mist my face with Avené thermal water spray, and then apply a facial oil - never letting my skin dry until the oil is on. I think this step is really essential for me, because after using something so drying, I really need to immediately restore the balance of my skin so it doesn't get off-kilter. I let my face oil (I use Suti Rejuvenate - it's AMAZING) soak in for a few minutes, and then top it with a no-frills moisturizer (currently Oilatum natural repair).
I like the effect this mask has on the nose area most, so even if I end up deciding that it really is too harsh for the rest of my face, I expect I'll keep using it that way.
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zpherry on 2/13/2009 3:13:00 AM more reviews by zpherry
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
This clay is quite good and I find it better than the clay powder mask of Organic Pharmacy which is way tooooo expensive but delivers much less. This mask can draw out the blackheads from my nose quite well and my face looks brighter every time after i use it. And I also use it an a rescue mask whenever I have serious acnes. The only thing I dont like is that I need to mix up it with water to make a paste, and I wish this mask is a ready-to-use one. I also use the steam bath but I am not sure if this step is really necessary or helpful. Anyway, I recommend this mask for those with congested skin.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Jewelx17 on 2/11/2009 11:11:00 AM more reviews by Jewelx17
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Brown
I think I'm done with the majority of Dr Hauschka's skincare line, except for a couple that I like(Clarifying Toner and Translucent Bronzer). Except for these two, all the other lines have not worked on me. I wanted to like it because I like the philosophy but I have to admit that most of them do not work on my oily,mild acne-prone, pore-clogging skin. I really wanted to go the natural route and be chemical free but the treatments are too gentle for my skin and the moisturizers are all too oily. This mask, for me, was a waste of time. I used this after the steam bath and my face looked exactly the same as before I used this. Even if it didn't get rid of blemishes, I would've been happy if it gave my skin a glow, smoothed out my skin, anything! But nada. I have tried repeatedly using this hoping I like it but that didn't happen. Dr Hauschka's line is way too expensive to not work so I will not repurchase.
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sepierre on 2/2/2009 1:24:00 AM more reviews by sepierre
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
WOW! i LOVE this. I've had it sitting in my cabinet for quite a while and just now got around to using it.
this is the only mask that has EVER cleared up the black heads on my nose. no pore strips, pore refining masks, scrubs, anything has ever left my pores so clear.
i left it on for about 20 minutes because I had some blemishes. When i washed it off, I walked out of the bathroom and did some random things around the house. when I went back into the bathroom i noticed my nose was clear! this has never happened! i thought it was a lost cause.
WORTH THE MONEY! plus if you get it from whole foods and you dont like it, they'll give you a refund no matter how much you've used. LOVE that.
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ks123 on 1/11/2009 10:24:00 AM more reviews by ks123
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
This is the best mask i have ever used, particularly when used in conjunction with the steam bath. I have bad hormonal acne that is cystic and leaves angry red scars. Can also be quite painful. I recently started using organic/ green skincare to try and remove any chemicals from my products and found this product in my search. I have seen a great difference since using this product and feel a bit more in control of my skin - just a few weeks in my skin is about 50% better and still improving. This just leaves my skin glowing.
Is a bit messy to use as comes in power form and you need to mix it up yourself. I personally quite like that as leaves me in control of what goes into it. Comes in a glass tub but you can get refills for the jar which are cheaper and saves on packaging.
I cannot say enough about how this (in conjunction with other Dr H products and The Organic Pharmacy) have done for my skin when i had lost all hope.
My clay mask routine is as follows:
- Use steam bath for circa 15 mins (my beautician also told me to put a small amount of the steam bath direct on my skin just before steaming but only do this if my skin is particularly bad)
- Mix up clay mask as follows - 1 tsp clay mask, 2 pumps of Dr H Cleanser, 3 sprays of Dr H clarifying toner, 2-3 pumps of lavender bath.
I put the mask on straight after steaming and leave on for circa 15 mins making sure that it doesnt dry out. I rinse off the mask using water with a couple of pumps of either the lavender, sage or lemon bath all of which are anticeptic and then use the rejuventating mask for 15 mins.
I then finish off with rosehip all ready for bed. When i wake up the next morning my skin is always much clearer, even and glowing.
Love it, love it, love it!
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*TOP REVIEWER* footballove on 1/8/2009 1:03:00 PM more reviews by footballove
Age: 25-29 Skin: Oily, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
This is the best product of Dr. Hauschka I've ever tried,and I've tried a lot of them.I don't use this clay mask anymore,because it is a bit pricey + last very short,but it is a pretty good mask,better than my regular green clay mask.What I like about this mask is smell,yummy,herbal smell.Also,it gave me some effect,but nothing WOWed,because I find Aspirin Mask works better for me.After I rinse it off,I see a little bit smoother texture of my face,a way cleaner,but that effect doesn't last forever,maybe one day.So,this isn't miracle at all,but for clay mask lovers it could be HG.As I told,OK mask,but not worth the money You spend on it.I will probably buy this product again,but just to replace my regular clay mask from time to time,also if I want some expensive luxury product to feel better :D .
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*TOP REVIEWER* ivyn on 1/5/2009 2:29:00 AM more reviews by ivyn
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium Eyes: Black
This is the best cleansing mask I had ever tried. I have combination skin with occasional acne. I use about one teaspoon of the cleansing mask powder and mix with calendula toner to form a paste. I can see result right after I wash it off. My face is much more brighter and pimple started to dried up and skin is more smoother. The next day when I wake up, I could find all my pimples dried up and my face is much more cleaner.
I will definitely re-purchase this mask in the re-fill pack.
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Presidential Election 2000 Election 2000 and The Supreme Court Presidential Election 2004 Presidential Election 2008 Convention 08 Election 2012
There's been a lot of talk in recent days about "disfranchisement." Jesse Jackson has invoked memories of the bloody battles for voter registration in Selma; elderly Jews in Palm Beach, upset that they might have voted for an anti-Semite, have sworn that they were "disfranchised" by a butterfly ballot. The Republicans have lamented the disfranchisement of overseas soldiers for want of a postmark. Even the justices of the Florida Supreme Court got into the act.
The rhetoric is overblown, but there is a point: One byproduct of our election-turned-lawsuit is the revelation of the many ways people can be prevented from voting and having their votes counted. Thanks to the spotlight on Florida (focusing beams elsewhere as well), we now know that it is routine for states and counties to toss out tens of thousands of ballots because they are imperfectly marked; for countless people to arrive at the polls to find that their registration forms have been lost; for voting machines to have error rates that would be unacceptable in the grading of SATs.
The most extreme case is outright legal disfranchisement. Since the dramatic advances in voting rights of the 1960s, straightforward legal barriers apply only to two large groups of adults: noncitizens and felons. Noncitizens, numbering 15 million, have not always been excluded from the franchise, but the last state to allow aliens to vote (Arkansas) did away with that practice in the 1920s. Although a few communities permit resident aliens to vote in local elections, there has been a notable absence of debate in the United States (in comparison with Europe) on the proposition that people should be able to vote where they live and work.
Felons are permanently disfranchised in some states and temporarily barred in most others. (On November 7 Massachusetts brought a long, progressive history to an end by voting to disfranchise convicted felons.) Disfranchised felons and ex-felons now number roughly 4 million, most of them black or Hispanic. The link between the commission of a crime and the deprivation of political rather than civil rights has always been tenuous, and the constitutional legitimacy of such laws resides in a dubious interpretation of a phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment that tacitly permits the states to deprive men of the right to vote because of their participation in "rebellion or other crime."
Voters can also be prevented from voting (or having their votes counted) because they are tripped up somewhere along the elections-procedure obstacle course. In most states, advance registration is required; in many, no voting cards are issued, and (as happened in Illinois and elsewhere this year) people who thought they had registered at motor-vehicles bureaus discovered on Election Day that their registration was never recorded. Ballots are sometimes bewildering, assistance at the polls is scarce and problematic, and polling places migrate, often without notice.
In some states, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to vote for a candidate who happens not to be a Democrat or a Republican. In North Carolina, for example, Ralph Nader was not on the ballot (because he lacked enough signatures on a petition last spring), and write-in votes for Nader were not counted because he was not an "official" write-in candidate. (Since that fact was not advertised, many people did write in his name and had their ballots thrown away.) Meanwhile, the Electoral College dilutes the presidential votes of large-state residents, and minority voters are still subject to harassment in parts of the South.
This unhappy state of affairs has complex origins. Some of our institutions, such as the Electoral College, were created in an era when there were few believers in democracy. Many regulations date to a resurgence of antidemocratic sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a time when the two major parties colluded to suppress the threat of third-party insurgencies and when complex registration schemes were adopted both to minimize fraud and to reduce the electoral participation of blacks and immigrant workers. Over the past century, election rules have been forged through partisan rivalry, with spells of conflict ending truces and compromises that permitted the parties to mobilize their most loyal voters while imposing burdens on everyone else. That's how we ended up with Republican officials correcting the absentee-ballot forms of their voters, while their Democratic counterparts were instructing voters in Duval County (erroneously) to put a punch on every page. So much for the voice of the people.
In Texas, vote-counters routinely count a dimpled chad as a vote
for the candidate because it clearly establishes the voter's intent.
Three weeks ago, that sentence would have been gibberish, a sure sign
that the writer had lost his mind. But I offer it today as the key point
in the debate about who should be President and as proof positive that
the Bush camp is being, to put it politely, disingenuous.
Both Texas and Florida law hold that a voter's intent is all important
in determining how a vote is counted. An indented ballot--the now-famous
dimpled or pregnant chad--has been interpreted in states, from Texas to
Massachusetts, as proof that the voter intended to vote for a particular
All the Florida Supreme Court has done, by a unanimous vote, is to
affirm that the manual count is legal, just as it would be in Texas. So
what's the fuss? Why are all of the Bushies yapping about the possibility
of a stolen election, given that what county election officials are now
doing in Florida has long been the common practice in their candidate's
home state?
George W. Bush is acting as if he believes the presidency is part of
his natural inheritance. Otherwise, why wouldn't he gracefully play out
the hand that the Florida Supreme Court has dealt and accept Al Gore's
offer to agree to support the decision of the voters as announced in four
days, a decision that is still most likely to go Bush's way?
Even with the dimpled chad ballots included, Bush may be the next
President, ambiguous though his victory may be. He did, after all, lose
the national popular vote by more than 250,000 votes, which would make
him the first loser since 1888 to squeak through in the electoral
college. But our system requires that, if that happens, he be granted the
awesome powers of the presidency, in which case we should all give him
the respect due to the occupant of that office.
By endorsing the manual count, the Florida Supreme Court made the best
of a bad situation. The Bush team is solely responsible for not
exercising its right--after Gore asked for recounts in several
counties--to request hand counts in those counties where Bush could have
picked up more votes. Instead, Bush and his aides have done their best to
obstruct the fairest way to recount legitimate votes in disputed
counties, and they have muddied the waters with their attacks on manual
counting as some sort of Democratic plot. It isn't, as demonstrated by
the widespread use of this device to check the fallibility of machines
throughout the nation. Imperfect, yes; devious, no.
And what about the other voting irregularities in Florida, most of
which seem to have cheated Gore? The case of the Republican campaign
helpers in Seminole County who were allowed to work in the registrar's
office--some up to ten days--adding required information to thousands of
absentee ballot applications that would have been disqualified; the
flawed butterfly ballots in Palm Beach County; the tens of thousands of
ballots of black voters around Jacksonville that were rejected because of
a confusing ballot that led to double-punching.
The Gore campaign decided against asking that the outcome of the
election be held up pending an investigation of those cases. Gore also
stated that he wouldn't accept any electoral college votes cast for him
by Bush electors in any state, and will willingly accept the results of
the count underway in Florida as a final disposition of the presidential
race, no matter the outcome.
The Bush camp appears ready to accept that result only if its man is
the victor. Toward that end, it is willing to trample on the cherished
Republican principle of states' rights by appealing to the US Supreme
Court to overturn Florida's highest court. It has also threatened to use
Florida's GOP-controlled state Legislature to undermine the court, making
a hash of the principle of an independent judiciary.
The Bush blitzkrieg against the Democrats for exercising their right
to ask for a manual count betrays the bipartisan cooperation that Bush
promised during the campaign. It is neither candidate's fault that this,
the most closely contested election in over a century, has proved so
difficult to call.
Bush probably will win the electoral battle, but he will only emerge
as a true winner by taking the high road now and joining Gore in pledging
to be bound by the vote totals as reported to the secretary of state in
keeping with the Florida Supreme Court's order.
What if they held a presidential election and neither guy won? Or a dead man from Missouri defeated an incumbent Republican senator?
The razor-thin margin that defined the presidential race is sure to stir controversy around the Ralph Nader vote. Those wishing to blame Nader for Gore's troubles and those Greens wishing to take credit for giving the Democratic candidate a political "cold shower" will focus on Florida. Nader's 97,000 votes in that state came to less than 2 percent of the statewide total, but with barely 1,000 Florida votes deciding the national election, they are sure to be dissected and scrutinized. Ironically, only in the final days of the campaign did Nader decide to return to Florida and ask for votes. A last-minute debate inside his campaign weighed the possibilities of focusing efforts in the swing states like Florida or in Democrat-rich states like New York and California, where "strategic voters" could vote Green without concern about affecting Gore's final tallies. Nader eventually decided he would get more media coverage by targeting places like Florida.
On the national level, Nader fell considerably short of his goal of achieving a 5 percent national vote that would have qualified the Green Party for millions in federal matching funds in 2004. When the votes were counted, Nader had pocketed 3 percent, or around 2.7 million votes--almost four times more than his "uncampaign" garnered in 1996. Relentless pressure on potential Nader voters by liberal Democrats to switch to Gore clearly had an effect on the Green campaign, helping tamp down the final vote to almost half the level at which Nader had finally been polling.
No question but that this result is far from the best scenario for those who hoped that Nader's run this year would hand the Greens substantial future leverage. Given the failure to establish a federally funded national Green Party in the balloting, however, that future clout will depend mostly on Nader's ability and willingness to take his list of 75,000 campaign contributors (as well as countless volunteers and voters) and hone it into an identifiable political entity. That task could be rendered even more problematic by those who will blame Nader for a Gore defeat.
That said, various state Green parties will emerge from this week strengthened and positioned to make a difference in scores of Congressional and legislative districts. In some progressive-minded counties--like Humboldt and Mendocino in Northern California--the Nader vote grazed 13 to14 percent. In many others the Greens scored 5 to 10 percent, making them a potential swing vote in further local elections. In this election, nationwide, some 238 Greens ran for municipal office, and fifteen were victorious.
In what had been considered virtual "Naderhoods"--several northern-tier states where the Greens had significant pockets of strength--the candidate's vote was less than spectacular. In Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon Nader finished with only 4 or 5 percent. Just six weeks ago, he was approaching 10 percent in Oregon. The Greens scored 5 percent in Minnesota--a figure they had been polling for some time--and they hit 6 percent in Montana, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Hawaii. The Green high-water marks were in Vermont (7 percent) and Alaska (10 percent--down from 17 percent in some earlier polls).
In the Democratic strongholds of New York and California, where Al Gore won by huge margins and where a ballot for Nader was considered "safe" by those who called for strategic voting, the Greens ended up with a relatively disappointing 4 percent--the same number reached in New Mexico, where Greens have competed statewide for more than five years.
Predictions that the Greens would spoil Gore's chances failed to materialize. Washington, Minnesota, New Mexico, Michigan and Wisconsin--states where Democrats argued that Nader could swing the vote to the GOP--were all won by Al Gore. Even in Oregon, Nader's impact on the major party race was arguably negligible. At press time, Gore was losing the state by about 25,000 votes and Nader's total was 5 percent, or just over 50,000. But whether a sufficient number of the Nader votes would have gone to Gore is open to question. A national USA Today/CNN/Gallup Tracking poll a few days before the election found that only 43 percent of likely Nader voters would vote for Gore as their second choice. Twenty-one percent said they would vote for Bush second. And an equal number said they would vote for Nader or not at all.
This issue goes to press on Wednesday, November 8, the day after the election, when all was supposed to have been decided, all was to be made clear. Instead, a great bewilderment has descended over the land. The recount of the vote in Florida, which might conceivably erase Bush's lead of a thousand or so votes and give the state and the presidency to Al Gore, has begun but not been completed. As I write, the numbers are changing hourly, and no two news outlets seem to have the same ones at the same time. There seems to be some fuzzy math going on down in Florida. Meanwhile, we do know that Al Gore has won the popular vote and faces the possibility that the will of the people will be annulled by the Electoral College. In short, we do not know at present who the next President will be or whether, when we do know, the people will have wanted that man.
Ordinarily, journalists hate situations like this, in which the deadline for elucidating a momentous event descends just before the event occurs. We are required, it seems, either to qualify our comments to the point of meaninglessness or else to pen words so vague and general that they will cover all contingencies. Rich as the arts of pontificating are, these occasions seem to stretch them to the breaking point. ("Whoever wins the White House, one thing is clear, the democracy of this great land..." and so forth.)
On this particular occasion, however, the situation is different. History, giving hard-pressed journalists a hand, has, by declining to produce a victor, provided for the time being the perfect metaphor for the campaign that has now ended. In the campaign the choices offered by the two parties were more obfuscated than clarified, more concealed than revealed. Gore decided to distance himself from his partner in the White House, Bill Clinton, declaring himself to be "my own man," assuring the voters that "I will never let you down" and preventing Clinton from going out on the hustings. It was the fundamental strategic decision of the Gore campaign. Yet the reason for it--the scandals that led to the impeachment of Clinton--were never mentioned by Gore. In consequence, impeachment, the most important political event of the last decade, and the one with the most important bearing on the fitness of the Republican Party to be placed in positions of trust and authority, went undiscussed by the Democrats. Had the impeachment been a necessary remedy for a grave danger to the Republic from President Clinton, or had it been (as I believe) a reckless abuse of power by the Republicans? No question was more in need of an answer in this year's election, but none went more thoroughly unaddressed. Gore's decision even prevented him from taking adequate credit for the Clinton Administration's economic successes.
The Republicans, for their part, waged what E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post rightly called a "stealth campaign." They had held the majority in Congress for six years, yet the Congressional Republicans were all in hiding, and their self-described "revolution" of the nineties--including, for example, their attempt to eviscerate environmental law, their attempt to shut down the Department of Education and their shutdown of the federal government--also went down the memory hole. They opportunistically took their stand on Democratic issues--a plan for prescription drugs, a plan for saving Social Security, a plan for education. Only Bush's proposal for an across-the-board tax cut was in keeping with the recent Republican record. (The art of winning elections by stealing the other party's issues is one they appear to have learned from Clinton.)
Astonishingly, the Republicans even pre-empted the impeachment issue--though without mentioning it explicitly any more than Gore had. Bush spent the final week of the campaign attacking the "partisan bickering" in "Washington," as if it had been the Democrats who had tried to impeach a Republican President for frivolous reasons rather than the other way around. Thus did the impeachment issue control the candidates' decisions without being discussed by them. Almost the only issue given a really thorough airing was the entirely jolly one of how to pass out the trillions of dollars of the budget surplus (how much in prescription drug benefits? how much in tax cuts?)--trillions that may never in fact materialize and that the current Congress has in any case been busily spending.
Had the outcome of the election been known today, a tidal wave of interpretation of the results no doubt would already be rolling over us. It is well that it was stopped. It is better to reflect for a moment on our political confusion. The contest, even when it produces a winner, will not have provided a basis for generalizations regarding the public mind. A foggy campaign has ended in a deep fog, as if the people, not having been offered a true choice, have simply decided not to choose.
When the history of this year's presidential campaign is written, the addiction of both Bush and Gore to the obsolete politics of capital punishment will rank high in the annals of moral insensibility and cowardice. In the final debate they fell all over each other agreeing that the death penalty serves as a deterrent to murder. Never mind the polls showing a steadily eroding public support for it and growing alarm about tainted convictions. Even Janet Reno admitted a few months ago that "I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show the death penalty is a deterrent, and I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point."
Just how remote the capital-punishment rhetoric of this campaign is from reality is suggested by a ruling from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Calvin Burdine, who sits on death row in Huntsville, Texas. Burdine's court-appointed lawyer, Joe Cannon, slept through long stretches of his trial, a practice frequently ratified by Texas courts [see Bruce Shapiro, "Sleeping Lawyer Syndrome," April 7, 1997]. Federal District Judge David Hittner threw out Burdine's conviction, but on October 27 a Fifth Circuit appellate panel reinstated it. The two-judge majority--including Judge Edith Jones, a favorite Republican prospect for the Supreme Court--claimed that the record failed to show whether the lawyer's naps came during "critical" phases of the life-or-death proceeding. The panel's lone dissenter, Judge Fortunato Benavides, wrote that the circumstance of Burdine's trial "shocks the conscience."
What is conscience-shocking is not just Sleeping Joe Cannon but the entire capital-justice apparatus. Recently the Quixote Center of Maryland released a dramatic study documenting sixteen people executed in six states, despite late-appearing evidence questioning their guilt or the exposure of massively unfair proceedings. A typical case in the report is that of Brian Baldwin, executed in Alabama in June 1999, even though his confession was coerced, his court-appointed lawyer never conducted an investigation, a co-defendant later confessed and exonerated Baldwin, and an Alabama court found that the prosecutor routinely practiced "deliberate racial discrimination."
Clearly, we need a national timeout on executions. Thirty-five cities nationwide--most recently Greensboro and five other municipalities in conservative North Carolina--have endorsed such a moratorium. As legal scholar Anthony Amsterdam said in October in his keynote address to the American Bar Association's annual convention, the system is "fatally unjust and prone to error." And that also applies to the federal court system, in which a recent study showed widespread racial bias in death sentences. The first federal execution since the Kennedy years is set for December unless President Clinton intervenes, as he certainly should. Senators Carl Levin and Russ Feingold and Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. have introduced legislation that, in varying ways, would put executions on hold. Their bills deserve vigorous support.
A postscript to the Bush-Gore deterrence theory: According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, released in October, while violent crime is declining nationwide, it is up in the execution capital of the country, Texas.
I want to vote for Bill Clinton for President again, but that not
being possible I had resigned myself to Al Gore. Surely, I thought, he
would defend the Clinton Administration's record of the past eight years,
and voters would recognize it as obviously preferable to the debt and
divisiveness the Republicans had wrought.
Indeed, the only reason to favor Gore over Bill Bradley in the
primaries, which I regrettably did, was that Gore had on-the-job training
in the most productive administration in decades. That's what the vice
President brought to the table, certainly not his deer-in-the headlights
stage presence, and yet he sits dumbfounded for lack of a ready reply
when George W. Bush rails on about the failed opportunities of the
Clinton-Gore years.
"Hey, buddy," I keep waiting for Gore to say, "I wasn't going to bring
up your daddy's wreckage of the economy but you leave me no choice. Are
Americans better off now than they were eight years ago? You bet they
are. Crime, unemployment and poverty are all down, and the economy is
still on an unprecedented roll. Under Bush senior, the Japanese were
thought to be entrepreneurally invincible, and now it is US know-how
the world seeks to emulate."
Instead of a celebration of what he and the President accomplished
despite reactionary Republican control of the Congress, Gore offers only
the most mealy-mouthed rejoinders when Bush slanders the record of the
Clinton Administration.
Unfortunately, Al Gore has spent most of the election trying to prove
that he is not Bill Clinton. He needn't have bothered. No one could ever
confuse the two. Gore is by temperament, and apparently conviction, the
un-Clinton--it's like comparing a fresh out-of-the-bottle swig of Coke
with a 7-Up gone flat.
The President is a compelling advocate for his vision of progressive
government, so much so that even his lousy ideas, like welfare reform,
have a sizzle of optimism. But in the main, Clinton deserves a great deal
of credit for demonstrating that a concerned activist government also can
balance the books while lifting the US economy from the doldrums.
Whether it is a matter of personal chemistry or absence of genuine
commitment, Gore lacks Clinton's ability to convince us that deep down
he's on our side--whoever we are. Gore has made doing even the obviously
right thing, like saving Social Security and Medicare, seem partisan and
His best moment was that acceptance speech at the Democratic
convention when he sounded the alarm that George W. Bush could actually
do serious harm to this country. But since then his campaign has become
nothing more than an awkward attempt to keep up with Bush at Texas
line-dancing as a form of governance. They move together in a dreary
drumbeat of support for the death penalty and huge military expenditures,
and Gore has even muffled his criticism of Bush on guns and abortion.
Gore has come out of that contest so disoriented that he has even managed
to make Ralph Nader seem like a sexy dancer.
Which is why what could prove to be a critical 4 percent of the electorate,
composed of largely thoughtful and well-intentioned people, are willing
to risk Republican control of the White House. No small risk, given that
right-wing Republicans likely will continue to run Congress, and with
Bush as President, the third branch of government--the federal judiciary
from the Supreme Court on down--will be shaped in the image of Jesse
Helms. There is no reason to expect otherwise from a Bush presidency,
since he has warned us that Clarence Thomas and Anthony Scalia, two of
the most reactionary judges in the history of the Court, are his judicial
role models.
Nader has been less than honest in tarring the major parties with the
same brush. He surely must know that the Democrats are better, far
better, at protecting consumers and the environment, supporting labor,
including raising the minimum wage, and advancing the rights of women,
minorities and gays.
However, there is an argument for having Nader in the race and even
for telling pollsters that you intend to vote for the man. It's to force
Gore to distinguish himself from the Bush campaign in order to win back
those Nader votes.
Yet, on Election Day, Gore, for all his faults, still deserves the
votes of those who care about the frightening damage that a Republican
sweep of the White House and Congress portends for this country.
Behind that smug Bush smile lies the calculations of Trent Lott and
the heart of Jesse Helms. There even might be room for the ghost of Newt
Gingrich in a Bush Cabinet. It's Halloween time.
Show-off argumentation or dime-store vision? It's too close to call.
Gore says he prays when crises loom.
He asks just what would Jesus do.
And then he does that very thing
(If focus groups would do it too).
So whose side's Jesus on, folks? Whose side's Jesus on?
Who's got the Savior's brawn, folks? Yes, whose side's Jesus on?
And Bush says faith-based treatment's best
For those adrift or drug-addicted.
Salvation's just for Christians, though.
No Jews. Yes, heaven's still restricted.
So whose side's Jesus on, folks? Yes, whose side's Jesus on?
Who's got the Savior's brawn, folks? Yes, whose side's Jesus on?
The other side, warns either side,
Would of the Savior's blessings rob us.
And Lieberman? Well, he can say
That Jesus wouldn't work on Shabbes.
So whose side's Jesus on, folks? Yes, whose side's Jesus on?
The battle lines are drawn, folks. Yes, whose side's Jesus on?
This presidential race leaves an odd sensation among those of us not having a television. Like the much-cited Kennedy-Nixon race, in which the camera was generally thought to have given Kennedy the visual edge, the Gore-Bush debates played very differently with the visuals suppressed. Listening to them, Gore sounded stilted, yes, and Bush sounded unbelievably evasive, no surprises there.
What's more interesting, however, is that the day after the first debate, I found myself unable to understand any of the follow-up commentary in the rest of the media. Matching suits? Jerking? Smirking? Orange lighting? Had Al Gore really been made up to look like Ronald Reagan? Even the now-famous sigh was mostly a visual event--a camera angle, a gesture of exasperation; it hadn't come across at all on radio.
I felt as though I'd missed out on some weird national Halloween party. Who had the best costume? Who won the monster mash dance contest? And who in the world was all this playing to?
I suppose that's why the candidates ended their campaign playing to undecided Missourians. You can't get more middle than that. No one in Harlem, where Gore started his campaign, is undecided. No one at Bob Jones University, where Bush began his, is undecided. And so the race ended with the contestants sashaying down the runway in a mock Mr. America contest, attired like the Blues Brothers in identical suits and ties, each spouting platitudes about education and the moral fortress that is marriage, each playing down differences so as to appeal to the kind of centrist whose taste runs no further to the right or left than boiled as opposed to mashed potatoes.
But as someone who listened rather than watched, I am really shaken by how little attention has been paid to what substantive disagreements there are between Gore and Bush. There was, for example, that revealing moment when Bush was pushed about affirmative action--not the right-wing version that equates affirmative action with quotas, but the actual, conservative version permitted by the Supreme Court. Bush responded with some nonsense about what he called "affirmative access," which as Gore pointed out, has no legal or political meaning. When Bush was asked directly whether he would support affirmative action without quotas, he retorted, "If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it." This was the kind of repeated evasion at which Bush is very practiced, but the kind of evasion that in fact speaks volumes. There are, I repeat, big differences between Bush and Gore when it comes to the issues about which most people are rarely undecided: race, gender, labor and environmental issues.
I suppose that most everyone except undecided Missourians understood that such games were being played in the debates. What worries me is the degree to which the recognition of this as masquerade has made some forget that it is also a game with high stakes. Impatience with the game-playing leads some to want to opt for someone who speaks passionately. But let's face it: Neither Nader nor Buchanan nor any other third party candidate has a prayer of winning this election. That's a mathematical certainty, folks. It's not the world I like--I wanted Bradley. But for now there are two choices given, and one will rule our lives.
We are choosing the world's most powerful leader. It is not an opinion poll, it is not a popularity contest and it is unlikely ever to be the vehicle for launching a progressive revolution. I find it distressing to see polls predicting that Nader voters will help Bush take Washington and Oregon. And I think voters in New York and Massachusetts are naïtve when they say they will vote for Nader because they feel their states are overwhelmingly Democratic anyway, so nothing will be lost if they register a protest vote for Nader. This is an election, not a market survey.
I get alarmed when I hear people say that maybe it will be better for progressives if Bush is elected. What kind of progressive wants a Bush appointee heading up the Office of Civil Rights? A Bush appointee deciding the fate of habeas corpus? A Bush appointee delivering the FDA to biotech companies? And will the progressive revolution occur before or after Bush hands over the last American wilderness to loggers and oil companies?
None of this means that I don't wish we had a wider range of pragmatic options. But I'll express that dissatisfaction by working for campaign finance reform. I'll work to see the infamous case of Buckley v. Valeo reversed (that's the decision that equated speech with money, thus making campaign spending a form of expression protected by the First Amendment). I'll work to see the inclusion of third party candidates in future debates. (And speaking of barring third party candidates from the debates, wouldn't it have been more interesting to have given Missourians who support Nader and Buchanan the chance to grill Gore and Bush?)
I wish all kinds of things were different--that we had more cumulative voting in the United States, that we entertained adopting certain features of parliamentary systems. I too find this offend-no-one, appeal-to-the-middle of a race infuriating. But it's also true that this campaign has been waged like the Gulf War. We the citizenry watch a big screen filled with talking heads holed up in the Baghdad Hilton--or a school auditorium in Iowa--but we must know that real missiles are exploding on the Rush Limbaugh Show or in Rupert Murdoch's New York Post or through the Christian Coalition's televangelized appeals. Within those forums, Republicans are not at all evasive, but mounting a frontal assault that equates public service with corruption, diversity with lowered standards, public schools with race wars, private schools with free enterprise, free enterprise with civil liberty, choice with self-segregation and the segregation of whites from blacks with opportunity. In the end, Pat Buchanan represents very little threat to George Bush because the right is smart enough to know which side its bread is buttered on. This is one heck of a moment for what's left of the left to allow itself to be divided and conquered by wasting a vote.


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Qi-Gong Meditation (April 12-14)
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It is very easy for us to relax our body and heal our mind.
Just being aware of our breath and movements,
we will feel at ease after a few minutes."
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