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Information Clearing House Archive For the Month of October 2003 Part 3 | |
Ex-Aide: Powell Misled Americans:
Greg Thielmann "I think my conclusion [about Powells speech] now is that it's probably one of the low points in his long distinguished service to the nation," says Thielmann. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4980.htm === Wilson adds ammo to hit war credibility gap: Ambassador Joseph Wilson's tells us he plans to circulate the text of a briefing by analyst Sam Gardiner that suggests the White House and Pentagon made up or distorted over 50 war stories. "Never before have so many stories been created to sell a war," he insists. But there's more... http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4981.htm === Iraq War Swells Al Qaeda's Ranks, Report Says: The 2003-2004 edition of the British-based think-tank's annual bible for defense analysts, said Washington's assertions after the Iraq conflict that it had turned the corner in the war on terror were "over-confident." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4979.htm === Rumsfeld's $9 Billion Slush Fund: For all the debate over President Bush's $87 billion supplemental request, no one seems to have noticed that the sum includes a slush fund of at least $9.3 billion, which Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld can spend pretty much as he pleases. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4982.htm === 'Neo-con or just plain ol' imperialism unleashed?' What is a neo-con and what are the objectives of the so-called neo-conservative agenda? http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0113.html === On Furlough, Soldier Savors Every Moment: "In the beginning I was into this; we all were," he said. But now, he feels the war is a waste. "We haven't found anything, no weapons of mass destruction, no Saddam, no nothing. And the people there hate us." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4983.htm === War's Bloody Fallout: Hundreds suffer horrible wounds http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/126008p-112902c.html === States of War : In America, the armed forces, whether they want it or not, are being dragged into the heart of political life. A mature democracy is in danger of turning itself into a military state. http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1014-09.htm === Firms Get Ready for Business in Iraq: About 100 private companies, mainly from Britain and the US, gathered in London yesterday to discuss investment opportunities in post-Saddam Iraq. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1062567,00.html === All the President's votes?: A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it's over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large - and pro-Republican - corporations. Can democracy in America survive? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4984.htm === Fears of more US electoral chaos after flaws are discovered in ballot computers: Next year's US presidential election may be compromised by newvoting machines that computer scientists believe are unreliable, poorly programmed and prone to tampering. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=453116 === The Quartet 'Party' In Iraq Is it possible to say that George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Moqtada Al Sadr are affiliated to one 'party' whose objective is, regardless of the rhetoric, to fragment Iraq? === US vetoes resolution to bar Israel from building West Bank fence, backs demolitions of houses in Rafah. http://albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=260991&lang=e&dir=news === Political dynasty in Azerbaijan: On Wednesday, for the first time in the vast former Soviet bloc, a son will inherit his father's presidency in a strong-arm election that illustrates the failure of democracy and political freedom. http://www.iht.com/articles/113667.htm === Tikrit Wants to Get Rid of 'US Thieves' http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/ira031013.html === Iraqi Shiite split widens A shootout between Shiite factions in Karbala Tuesday killed at least one person and injured dozens. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1015/p01s01-woiq.html === Assad slams ''fanatics'' in Bush administration, says Israel is ''terrorist state'' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday described members of President George W. Bush's administration as "fanatics" and warmongers. http://www.albawaba.com/news/printArticle.php3?sid=261149&lang=e === Space set to become war zone, warns US general: "In my view it will not be long before space becomes a battleground," Lieutenant General Edward Anderson, deputy commander of US Northern Command http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917535115.html === U.N. Council Unanimous In Backing U.S. on Iraq: Holdouts Russia, France, Germany and Syria join rest of Security Council in resolution vote. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34655-2003Oct16.html === A Toothless Resolution: It won't change a thing in Iraq. http://slate.msn.com/id/2089881/ === In case you missed it: The Man Who Knew: (CBS - 60 Minutes II) Correspondent Scott Pelley has an interview with Greg Thielmann, a former expert on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Thielmann, a foreign-service officer for 25 years, now says that key evidence in the speech was misrepresented and the public was deceived. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4985.htm === Dude, Wheres My Country? Democracy Now! Interviews Author Michael Moore. Video. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4986.htm === Searching For Truth On Iraq: At issue now is how well we are being informed about the occupation of Iraq. Most Americans have forgotten what occupation means. Few historians are reminding us of our own history in resisting British occupation or the Boston massacre of revolting colonists that helped trigged our own revolution. http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op= === Lies about Iraq rise to level of the absurd: Lies beget more lies; a policy built on deception will always require further deception to sustain itself. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4991.htm === Fact-Free News: You'll find it at Fox News. The more you watch, the more you'll get things wrong. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27061-2003Oct14.html === Bush & Co. Use the Orwell Sales Strategy: There's nothing like a war to bring out the inner George Orwell in a government. In ways little and small, Uncle Sam has been morphing into Big Brother - spinning the news, even, apparently, manufacturing news. === Clinton warned Bush of bin Laden threat: "In his campaign, Bush had said he thought the biggest security issue was Iraq and a national missile defence," Clinton said. "I told him that in my opinion, the biggest security problem was Osama bin Laden." http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopu === Top terrorist hunter's has divisive views on religion Islam in particular: "I knew, that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God, and his was an idol. http://msnbc.com/news/980764.asp?0cv=CB10#BODY === "A New Christianity for a New World" Bishop Spong, Interview provides some interesting insights into the common roots and effects of both Islamic and Christian Fundamentalism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4993.htm === Graham Fuller, former deputy chairman of CIA's National Intelligence Council: Says Sending Turkish Troops to Iraq is "a Bad Idea": "Bush wants to have troops there to replace the American troops who are being killed. So in effect he is asking Turkey to send its troops instead to be killed." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4989.htm === Turkish Conscripts Likely To Be Least Willing of Coalition: Unlike the US and Britain, Turkey makes military service compulsory for all men. Given that well over 90 percent of Turks opposed the US-launched war against Iraq, the young conscripts heading to Iraq's volatile "Sunni Triangle" may be less motivated additions to the coalition of the willing http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1016/p07s02-woeu.html === Many Troops Dissatisfied, Iraq Poll Finds: A broad survey of U.S. troops in Iraq by a Pentagon-funded newspaper found that half of those questioned described their unit's morale as low and their training as insufficient, and said they do not plan to reenlist. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32521-2003Oct15?language=printer === Dumbo: A War Story Starring George W. http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0342/sutton2.php === Pentagon officials say they are preparing to confront radical Iraqi cleric: The officials said they are growing increasingly worried that the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, is a threat to the U.S.-led military coalition occupying Iraq. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/288/wash/Pentagon_officials_say_they_ar:.shtml === Halliburton Allegedly Overcharges in Iraq: Halliburton's KBR subsidiary is billing the Army between $1.62 and $1.70 per gallon, while the average price for Middle East gasoline is 71 cents. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4990.htm === Six in Ten Iraqis Unemployed, but U. S. Subcontractors Hire Cheap Migrant Laborers http://www.misleader.com/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df10162003.html === Iraqi Blogger Reveals His Face: "I appreciate the dropping of tons of bombs on my country. I appreciate the depleted uranium used in these bombs. I appreciate the whole policy of dual containment, which kept the region constantly on the boil because it was convenient for the US. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4992.htm === I Can See Clearly Now: Rice's insistence that there was a clear connection between Saddam and al-Qaida and, by extension, Osama bin Laden, has not wavered. http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_2270.shtml === Palestinians: US Was Warned Warned Of The Dangers: Senior Palestinian Authority security officials claimed yesterday that in the past months, they had repeatedly warned U.S. officials to change travel routines in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/350334.html === Rafah invaded by the Israeli army: No-one can even approach, due to the threat from Israeli snipers. The streets surrounding the occupied area are deserted. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4988.htm === Sharon buries a stillborn peace plan: Israeli opposition politicians and intellectuals and Palestinian former ministers have united to propose a comprehensive new peace plan to put an end to years of bloodshed and occupation. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID= === Perle Rips New Plan For Peace: Pentagon adviser Richard Perle yesterday denounced an unofficial peace plan negotiated between Israeli opposition leaders and moderate Palestinians, saying it would damage Israel's security, undermine its government and "would be illegal in the United States." http://www.washtimes.com/world/20031014-092555-2121r.htm See also: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1438.htm === 10 Palestinians, including 3 children, killed by Israeli forces http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4987.htm === Israeli Occupation of Palestine. The Root Cause of the Middle East Crisis: How would you feel if an invader came into your neighborhood and told you to leave your home immediately because it was going to be demolished so the land could be used to build many new homes for the invaders? Would you sit back and offer no resistance as your entire life was reduced to rubble? http://www.cnionline.org/resources/factsheets/march02fsht.html === US explores its Afghanistan exit options: With Afghanistan daily slipping into more anarchy and chaos, United States authorities, continue to explore political avenues that ultimately could pave the way for them to withdraw from the country. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/EJ15Ag01.html === Bush says Australia is U.S. ' sheriff' in Southeast Asia: Asked whether he saw Australia as Washington's deputy sheriff in Southeast Asia, Bush replied: "No. We don't see it as a deputy sheriff. We see it as a sheriff." http://www.canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? === 'Beware Mad Max world of US': United States foreign policy would lead Australia into a "Mad Max world" where the US would shield itself behind missiles, the former prime minister, Paul Keating said. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/15/1065917483266.html === 37 Killed in Nepal Fighting http://jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2003-daily/16-10-2003/world/w1.htm === Thousands of Bolivian Protesters March Into Capital: Tens of thousands of poor indigenous Bolivians marched into the capital on Thursday as their leaders rejected President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada's attempt to defuse a deadly revolt, declaring they would protest until the "butcher" quit. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3629622 === Bolivian mob hurls dynamite: Bolivia's army fought to stop a column of dynamite-wielding miners from streaming into the besieged capital on Wednesday, leaving two dead as a popular uprising against the President spread. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917549094.html === 9/11 panel issues first subpoena, to FAA: "The FAA's performance was poor and its compliance was pitiful," http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031015-072239-4190r === Crops giant retreats from Europe ahead of GM report http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=453822 === China plans space station after manned flight http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=236061 === IRAQ FIREFIGHT: 12 KILLED: Three American soldiers and nine Iraqis have reportedly been killed in the town of Karbala. Another US military policeman was killed and two wounded in a seperate incident in the Baghdad area. http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12834608,00.html === 4 Jordanians Killed At US Checkpoint In Iraq: U.S. forces in Iraq are on edge following suicide bomb attacks that have killed or wounded soldiers checking vehicles on several occasions. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3631306 === Defying Bush, Senate Votes to Make Iraq Pay Back Loan === Pentagon To Call On More Support Troops: The Pentagon is drawing up plans to mobilize more National Guard and Reserve forces for duty in Iraq. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3273891,00.html === Without a Strong American Opposition We Are Doomed Renowned Author and Middle East Expert Tariq Ali Speaks Out on Iraq. This is a must listen http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4995.htm === Anti-empire forces strike back: A newly-formed coalition of foreign policy experts from across the political spectrum, concerned that the US is moving in a dangerous direction toward empire, has already set its sights on neo -conservative strategists in and around the administration. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EJ18Aa01.html === 'Amateurs at Empire': They are rank amateurs at empire-building who are now faced with the insurmountable problem of effectively administering a country they claim to have liberated but which in reality has been occupied but without any of the 'tools of the trade' of a coloniser. http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0117.html === Visions of our Future: Its time for Americans to wake up and value both the privileges and the responsibilities of living in America, before we lose that freedom to our own laziness and unconsciousness http://www.opednews.com/pagano1003Liberal_Visions_of_our_future.htm === World Uranium Weapons Conference: The world uranium weapons conference is now in progress until the 20 October. The discussion and presentations of veterans, scientists, lawyers, activists etc, is available live on line http://www.uranwaffenkonferenz.de/internet.htm === Poisonous Legacy: Flash presentation. - WARNING - Mature Audience Only! http://www.bushflash.com/pl_lo.html === Brain injuries take toll on US soldiers: According to military officials, roughly 20 percent of the wounds suffered by the troops in Iraq have been severe brain injuries. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/10/ === How GIs in Iraq are Used to Spread Bush Propaganda: The facts are there and can't be denied : a sheet of propaganda was given to soldiers of the 503rd and they signed it and 500 were sent to hometown papers which reach thousands of voters. http://www.counterpunch.org/cloughley10152003.html === Bush revives military support for Indonesia: President George Bush has announced he is ready to resume military aid to Indonesia and renew ties with its armed forces, in a statement that has stunned members of the US Congress. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/17/1066364484501.html === In case you missed it: Indonesian military implicated in terrorism A report suggests Indonesia's military created the network now said to be Southeast Asia's most serious terrorist threat. http://www.intellnet.org/news/2002/08/12/10862-1.html === God put Bush in charge, says the general hunting bin Laden: Gen Boykin has repeatedly told Christian groups and prayer meetings that President George W Bush was chosen by God to lead the global fight against Satan. === Sharon's main plan is to capture more land: Ariel Sharon and his friends in Washington are in a hurry. They are racing to achieve their objectives before anyone stops them. And when they are in a hurry, they are particularly dangerous. Syria and Iran are in their sights, with further down the road Saudi Arabia, and even Egypt. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4996.htm === This site is 100% reader Funded. - Click here for more information Thank you. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm === IDF Kills Palestinian Policeman, Wounds Five in Gaza: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/350847.html === `All Israelis are to blame' for Rafah : So far, eight Palestinians have reportedly died during the operation, and about 80 have been injured, with 15 still hospitalized in moderate to serious condition. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/349478.html === Palestinian forces arrest US bomb attack suspects http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=454180 === Two die in violence after Azerbaijani elections: Two people die and at least 50 are reported injured as Azerbaijani police attack dozens taking part in an opposition rally in Baku. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1064704,00.html === N Korea In "Nuclear Display" Threat: North Korea has said it will "physically display" its nuclear deterrent, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3197776.stm === Russia plays its hand in the OIC: Russian President Vladimir Putin's presence at the Organization of Islamic Conference summit is likely to raise eyebrows in Washington. Not only could Putin's attendance bode well for Russia, but it could also shift the balance of power in the Islamic world, a world increasingly suspicious of the US. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EJ18Ae01.html === Mahathir steals show on first day of OIC summit: Malaysian PM says Jews dominate because they "think" http://www.dailystar.com.lb/17_10_03/art18.asp === Syrian Military Put on Alert: Syria's chief of staff has told the armed forces to be on alert to repel any possible Israeli aggression. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4F5CE0E-D086-4433-B1BC-19664397A49A.htm === Israel 'Very Happy' After US House Votes to Sanction Syria: The legislation passed overwhelmingly by the House gives the White House a range of options for sanctioning Syria. http://www.prolog.net/webnews/wed/bb/Qus-syria-sanctions.RVwR_DOG.html === US legislation to pressure Syria will alienate it: Washington will lose key regional player http://www.dailystar.com.lb/17_10_03/art20.asp === Bolivians urge leader to quit: Indigenous leaders in Bolivia reject an attempt by the president, Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada, to defuse a revolt. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1064680,00.html === Bolivian President to Announce His Future === Howard push to hose down sheriff furore: After United States President George Bush described Australia as "sheriff" of the Asia-Pacific. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917552617.html === New Audio Tape: Bin Ladin warns of more anti-US attacks http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5007.htm === Robert Fisk speech exposes lies behind the war on Iraq: Listen to this powerful evidence from first-hand observation from the award-winning journalist for the London Independent and share these facts with those unaware of the real conditions in Iraq. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4998.htm === Democracy Now! Exclusive: Retired Air Force Col. On How Bush Admin. Used Psy-Ops, Propaganda and Information Warfare In Build-Up to Iraq Invasion. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4999.htm === Hamza's War The CIA has known all along that Hamza was a fraud. Nevertheless, they allowed Hamza and David Kay to mislead Congress right up until the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35147 === Bush Ancestor's Bank Seized by Gov't : President Bush's grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler's rise to power, government documents show. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5002.htm === In case you missed it: A Nazi in the (pocket) is worth four in the Bush (family): The Bush story is such a fascinating history of capitalist corruption and power that it needs to be presented to a public that is consistently lied to, not only by the corporate media but by our so-called leaders. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3255.htm === In case you missed it: The Bush Family Fortunes: The BBC and Greg Palast, Investigate the Bush family scandals. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4115.htm === Is George W. Bush God's President?: The False Rhetoric of General William Boykin's War http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5005.htm === Carlos Mesa new leader in troubled Bolivia as president quits: Bolivia's Congress has called on vice-president Carlos Mesa to take the reins in the troubled country after former president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada resigned following weeks of upheaval that has left over 80 people dead. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5000.htm === Text: Bolivia leader's resignation letter: Here is the full text of the letter of resignation submitted by Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to the Congress in La Paz. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3202804.stm === Bolivian president resigns and flees to US: "I think this was achieved thanks to the strength of the people. To the political conscious of the people," he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s969868.htm === In case you missed it: Bolivia's 'Texan' President Does U.S. Bidding: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5001.htm === Spanish call for charges over man's death : A SPANISH judge has agreed to consider filing charges against three United States soldiers whose tank fired on and killed a Spanish journalist at a Baghdad hotel during the war in Iraq. http://www.news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1150502003 === US Forces Surround Office of Iraq Shi'ite Cleric: http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section= === Anti-Jewish outburst clouds Bush's Asia trip: His hosts will not be flattered by the time Mr Bush is allotting to them: 17 hours in Japan, 15 hours in Singapore, eight hours in the Philippines and three in Indonesia. Even in Australia, Mr Bush will stay for just 21 hours. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=454576 === Shades of 1973: Sharon, with Bushs green light, prepares to widen Mideast war. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/18_10_03/art21.asp === Listen to your ancestors: In an age where history gets rewritten by the corporate media hour by hour, day by day, understanding where we come from and how we got here is a critical issue. http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0118.html === France warns against Iran action : Military intervention would be ridiculous, says foreign minister, denouncing policy of forcible regime change. http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1065801,00.html === Keeping dissent invisible: This approach of fencing protesters in and removing them from view is unprecedented, and it's gotten worse over the past two years." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5004.htm === Congressman Henry Waxman: Haliburton Is Raping The American Tax Payer http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5006.htm === This site is 100% reader Funded. Click here for more information Thank you. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm === Congressman Ron Paul, Can We Afford to Spend $87 Billion in Iraq?: Conservatives often proclaim that they are opposed to providing American welfare to the rest of the world. I agree. The only way to do that, however, is to stop supporting a policy of military interventionism. You cannot have one without the other. http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr101703b.htm === Killed in Action: Would the media give more coverage to U.S. fatalities in Iraq if we were allowed to see the flag-draped coffins coming home? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5003.htm === Iraq Keeps U.S. Hospital in Germany Busy: ``I can't tell the difference between combat and post-combat,'' said medical director Lt. Col. Richard Jordan, looking over rows of trailers providing temporary housing for the extra 600 doctors and nurses called in to handle casualties from the war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3278623,00.html === Sick, wounded U.S. troops held in squalor: Hundreds of sick and wounded U.S. soldiers including many who served in the Iraq war are languishing in hot cement barracks -- sometimes for months -- to see doctors. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4997.htm === Bolivian president deserted by last key supporter; close ally says president will resign === U.S. Military Assessment Team Going to Bolivia "They're going to La Paz and they're going to assist the ambassador ... in light of the civil unrest there," he told Reuters. http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section= === Bolivia: Threats and violence against the news media. http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20031017_bolivia.shtml === Brazil airlifts 108 people from Bolivia: A Brazilian Air Force Hercules plane airlifted 108 people from neighboring Bolivia Friday in a rescue mission. http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/10/17/rtr1113519.html === Interfaith Alliance: "When will those who proclaim to be Christian adhere to the tenets of Christian faith that call for a love of neighbor and a respect for human dignity? http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=142-10162003 === Federal Deficit Rises to Record $374.2 Billion: The costs of the war in Iraq, a new round of tax cuts and economic weakness pushed the government's red ink to the highest level in history. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/politics/20WIRE-DEFI.html?hp === Sharon Says Israel Determined To Remove Arafat: Ariel Sharon said Monday Israel was determined to "remove" Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, reaffirming a decision taken by his government a month ago. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53155-2003Oct20.html === Israeli To Speed Up Wall Construction: Ariel Sharon has promised to speed up building the controversial security barrier separating Israel from Palestinian areas in the West Bank. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3208286.stm === Another US Soldier Killed in Iraq: U.S. soldier was killed and five were wounded in an attack on a patrol in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Falluja. === FBI: Moussaoui not involved in 9/11: The FBI has long believed that Moussaoui played no part in the 9/11 scheme and was only a minor player in al-Qaeda. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101031027-524419,00.html === Perle: Force Against N. Korea Only Option : Interviewed from Israel, Perle offered his analysis of the growing North Korean threat to Fox News' Cal Thomas this weekend. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5024.htm === The new Great Game : The 'war on terror' is being used as an excuse to further US energy interests in the Caspian http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5027.htm === Bush Rules Out Pact with N. Korea: President Bush on Sunday rejected North Korea's demand that the United States sign a formal non-aggression treaty in exchange for nuclear concessions. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3282490,00.html === 3 killed, by Israeli air strikes: At least 23 people, including four children and a 70-year-old woman, were wounded in the attacks http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_425715,001300380000.htm === Sharon's, verbal assault on Geneva Accord: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened the winter session of the Knesset on Monday with a speech slamming the Geneva Accord proposal for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/351846.html See also: Full text, The Geneva Accord http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5019.htm === My Country Is At War With Palestine : Most US citizens, if asked, would be surprised to learn that their country is at war with the country of Palestine. They are ignorant of the massive support being given to Israel, with their taxes. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5023.htm === Families seek truth over Israeli deaths : Chris McGreal talks to the relatives of three British and American victims as they struggle to find out how their loved-ones came to die at the hands of the Israeli army. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5025.htm === In case you missed it: US says it supplied Israel with nuclear missiles for subs: Israeli and US officials have admitted collaborating to deploy US-supplied Harpoon cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads in Israel's fleet of Dolphin-class submarines http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/10/13/2003071476 === What Is Fascism? : This may surprise most educated people. One of the more common government strategies today, especially in developing regions is fascism. http://www.couplescompany.com/FEATURES/Politics/Structure3.htm === 'When thieves fall out': "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism" http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0119.html === Wary of Europe's Defense Plan, the US Prepares Global Cops: An emergency meeting is to be held at Nato headquarters tomorrow, at the Americans' request, to try to allay Washington's fears that EU plans for a separate defence identity could fatally undermine the alliance and begin to push America out of Europe. http://www.sundayherald.com/37529 === South Korea: Over 5,000 Soldiers Likely to Head to Iraq http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200310/kt2003101916480011990.htm === Blairs Evangelical Belief Sent Britain to Iraq War: Blairs former foreign secretary revealed on Sunday. http://jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2003-daily/20-10-2003/world/w4.htm === Virtue is its own drawback : One pops pills. Another gambles. Another lets her mother die alone. Yet these are Bush's virtue-mongers. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5022.htm === Orientalism is alive and well - in Iraq: Students should not be permitted to read Said, or Robert Fisk or Arundhati Roy. And above all, Middle East scholars must be discouraged from learning Arabic. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/20_10_03_b.asp === In case you missed it: Arundhati Roy: Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy, Buy One Get One Free: So here we are, the people of the world, confronted with an Empire armed with a mandate from heaven. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3441.htm === Stop America's war on Bolivian farmers: Unless the United States and its allies like Sánchez de Lozada stop their war against us, Bolivia will have neither peace nor a future. http://www.iht.com/articles/113857.html === Anti-terror firms get lawsuit immunity : Makers of anti-terrorist technology are lining up to register under a new government scheme that provides them with immunity from lawsuits brought if their products malfunction or don't work during a terrorist attack. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031019-052032-7399r === Warfare at the speed of light: After sinking 40 years and billions of dollars into beam weapons, defense scientists are on the cusp of what could be a military revolution -- warfare at the speed of light. http://www.oaklandtribune.com/cda/article/print/0,1674,82~1865~1709759,00.html === 'Bush plunges U.S. into rapid decline' The previously unthinkable is now on the table. Russia, the world's second largest oil exporter, is giving serious consideration to trading its black gold in euros. http://www.blackcommentator.com/60/60_cover_iraq.html === 3 Israeli soldiers killed in ambush : Three Israeli soldiers were killed and several more wounded when they were ambushed by Palestinian resistance fighters on Sunday evening near Ram Allah in the West Bank. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FA0502F5-1B15-4E84-A0E0-B237659659AF.htm === The Geneva Accord : The following is the text of the Geneva Accord http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5019.htm === Malaysia: No Apology for Truth : "Are we not allowed at all to criticize the Jews if they do things which are wrong?" Mahathir asked. "If Muslims can be accused of being terrorists, then others can accuse the Jews of being terrorists also." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5021.htm === Trained to Kill "One of the things that people need to be very clear about, is when you train soldiers to go to war, you are training them to do one thing [kill] - regardless of how the politicians dress it up." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5020.htm === Report: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia conclude secret nuclear deal: Pakistan has agreed to provide KSA [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia] with the wherewithal for a nuclear deterrent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5038.htm === A Day In Iraq: 43 Attacks On U.S. http://www.majority.com/news/cbs1.html === Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins : The Bush administration has ended the public dissemination of images by banning news coverage and photography of dead soldiers' homecomings on all military bases. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5036.htm === Fatal Vision: "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" Barbara Bush (mother of GW Bush), 04/16/03 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5039.htm === Soldiers ripe to resist? : "These families know their loved ones are fodder," said Skelly. 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Get the audience to focus on your right hand while the left palms the coin to be pulled out of a dazzled on-looker's ear. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5035.htm === GW Bush and the Veterans: The men who are victims of warfare and illness from Iraq War I to Iraq War II have been held back from treatment, either by lack of doctors, beds or bureaucratic red tape, have finally been heard through complaints to the media. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5032.htm === The United States: Israel's agent or honest broker?: The logical question that begs itself now is: For how long will the Arabs delude themselves that the US is an honest broker and continue to deal with it as such? http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/21_10_03_c.asp === Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic: http://www.thesis.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2005019 === Conservatives Back Gen. in Remarks Flap Religious conservatives in Congress are defending a Pentagon general who referred to the war on terror as a Christian fight against Satan. === Listening to Mahathir: To understand why he made those remarks is to realize how badly things are going for U.S. foreign policy. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/21/opinion/21KRUG.html === Anti-Bush Rallies Erupt Across Indonesia http://www.laksamana.net/vnews.cfm?ncat=29&news_id=6204 === George W. Bush is bad news for America. If we can get the media to report the truth he's a goner. http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php? === Arafat urges Quartet to intervene immediately as U.S. refuses to condemn Israeli acts http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=261515&lang=e&dir=news === Arab League says Palestinians facing open war http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2146253.htm === Palestinian doctor killed treating air strike wounded: Doctor Zain Shahin's first reaction to the Israeli air strike today near the clinic where he worked was to rush out to treat the wounded. It cost him his life. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/21/1066631400308.html === Israel Kills 14 In Air Strikes On Palestinian Refugee Camp: Israel's Channel 10 TV said none of the dead were militants, characterizing the refugee camp strike as a "mistake." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5029.htm === The return of Arabophobia : Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are only the latest in a long line of Arab bogeymen. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5028.htm === Abandoning Human Rights Principles: Charges against the Bush administration for human rights violations keep rolling in. It is a new role for America, accustomed to the moral high ground from which it launches arrows at nations such as China, Russia, Cuba, South Africa, Iraq, Iran, Burma for denial of civil and human rights. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5030.htm === Bush got it wrong on Indonesia, says official: President George Bush tripped up when he said last week that the United States was ready to "go forward with" a new package of military training programs with Indonesia, a White House official has said. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/20/1066631359740.html === Inquiry ended without justice: Army substantiated numerous charges - then dropped case of Vietnam war crimes http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5026.htm === Federal Deficit Rises to Record $374.2 Billion: The costs of the war in Iraq, a new round of tax cuts and economic weakness pushed the government's red ink to the highest level in history. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/politics/20WIRE-DEFI.html?hp === NEW ON SITE MOVIE: BBC Four Investigative Report "Dead in the Water" During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. 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A month after the raid, apparently aimed at preventing terrorists from slipping across the border from Saudi Arabia, only two of the 79 captives have been freed. === Madrid donors' meeting: cover for American control: The US, as the aggressor power and currently the occupying power, is legally and morally obligated to abide by the requirements of international law and pay for the reconstruction of Iraq. http://dailystar.com.lb/opinion/23_10_03_d.asp === World spurns US appeal for $30bn to rebuild Iraq http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=456628 === D.C. undercover operations blown?: Undercover officers have infiltrated and become active in a controversial anti-Bush group. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35062 === Bush Drops Opposition To Building Of Israeli Wall: The administration now appears to accept not only the idea of the fence, but also its deep penetration into the West Bank. http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.10.24/news1.fence.html === 3 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Attack : The attack, came as Israeli officials disclosed that a security barrier being built along the West Bank could become a unilaterally imposed border annexing the strategic Jordan River Valley to Israel. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3303990,00.html === The Road to Peace: Disarm the True Enemy, HATRED : Israeli propaganda has effectively convinced Americans Israel is a democracy; by definition it is not. 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Over the course of history, the centralizing tendencies of the French government have been hostile to regional identities in order to unify the nation, especially through language. But the Breton identity is still deeply alive in Western France, a culturally Celtic region. Moreover, the perception of the Breton language has recently changed, both on the part of Breton speakers and on the part of the central political power. Learning Breton is now envisioned as a tool of emancipation and reclaiming of a positive cultural identity, as a means to encourage multilingualism/multiculturalism, and as a tool to promote ecological diversity in a new European context. These issues are examined in the context of the sociolinguistic trajectory of Brittany, as they materialize in two particular settings: Celtic circles and Breton language schools.
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Political obfuscation in the stem-cell research issue
By: Robert E. Meyer
One of the most common complaints registered during the recent election season, is that certain policy positions of political candidates are wrongly characterized, or worse, just outright falsely presented by the opposition. Nowhere has this trend been more prominent than in regards to the stem-cell research positions of politically conservative candidates at virtually every level of government.
For some reason, probably strategic and, in order to play on emotion, the argument is usually presented as a false dilemma: Some are for stem-cell research, while some others are against it. I have seen no instances where such a dichotomy of the issue is actually the case.
For example, during the November elections, I saw special interest groups playing the "against stem-cell research" card, against candidates both at the local and presidential levels. In neither case were such assertions true. The resulting innuendo is that these candidates are somehow lacking compassion, because they want to deprive suffering people of the certain cures to their ailments, based on an unrealistic or archaic ethical concern.
The real argument is between the use of either embryonic or the adult varieties in stem-cell research, not whether or not stem-cell research should be done. The question is whether medical research will, or ought to be, tethered to ethical concerns, namely the sanctity of human life, or whether we ought to discard these concerns for the assumed possibility of greater utility ascribed to the embryonic method.
Research with adult stem-cells is deemed as "less promising," even though it has been the experimental means by which actual breakthroughs have occurred. For this reason, I feel the need to ponder the motivations of those who make the aforementioned false accusations.
I have always wondered why it is necessary to demonize nearly one-third of Americans who morally object to embryonic stem-cell research, based on that group's definition of when human life begins, rather than to collectively focus on the proven promise of adult stem-cell research instead.
I believe the answer lies not in appeals to compassion, scientific reality, or any rational motive. Instead, I think that it comes down to ideology and, a clash of worldviews. Legal protection accorded for the embryo, at least as it prohibits federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, is seen as strengthening the standing of those opposing abortion and the judicial philosophy asserted in the Roe v. Wade (1973) Supreme Court decision. It almost seems as though "embryonic only or embryonic mostly" advocates, are trying to poke a finger in the eye of principled pro-lifers and, at the same time, crush the mythological hegemony they believe is dominating and deterring the progress in both the social and political milieu.
All this takes on a special significance because the next presidential administration will be less culturally friendly to pro-life objectives. In fact, according to the ethicist Robert George, Obama is the most pro-abortion candidate ever to hold a prominent public office. In a recent essay, George reveals the senatorial voting record of the president-elect. According to the piece, Obama is so beholden to the exclusivity of embryonic stem-cell research, that he has actually gone so far as to vote against public funding for adult stem-cell research. Those who are concerned about pro-life issues, will need to be vigilant as never before.
Science can only answer the question of what can be done. It cannot answer the question of what ought to be done. That is the ethical factor the pro-lifer brings to the debate. But before we can even begin the debate, let's at least be accurate about the positions taken by each side, lest we otherwise suspect ill motives. As the social commentator Richard Weaver once lamented, "Nothing good can come if the will is wrong."


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Fascinated and inspired by animal movement
Watch a video about Noah Cowan's innovative approach to improving robotics»Noah Cowan learned to juggle in seventh grade. The director of the Locomotion in Mechanical & Biological Systems (LIMBS) lab didn't know then, while he was analyzing the myriad ways to flip a household hammer, that his life's work would involve attempting to understand and solve the riddles of motion.
What Cowan does, distilled to a cocktail-party introduction, is study—through experiments, theoretical modeling, and other means—how animals process sensory information and turn it into motor commands for their muscles.
An associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering, Cowan calls himself "a frustrated roboticist," explaining that he is both frustrated and fascinated by how animals move. "We have no idea how to synthesize machines that are anywhere near as good as animals. Over the last few years, I've switched my focus to one of just trying to understand. I want to know, even if I will never personally be the one to translate any of that information back to robotics." Just like he wanted to know why the hammer flips a certain way.
Cowan doesn't see motions—a spider's trail or a snake's slither—as impossible; it's just another thing he "can't wait to understand." When you start paying attention, really paying attention, to how animals move, each day holds wonder. "I walked outside this morning and startled a squirrel. It shot across my yard, zipped up a fence, jumped up onto a telephone wire, ran across, leaped over onto a tree. How on earth does it do all that?" he asks. "It does it in a tiny little package with little feet. Everything matters!"
Cowan's focus, in a nutshell, is the understanding of how those little feet—muscles, and sensors, and processors of all this information, in short, the entirety of this complicated system—work together. In the LIMBS lab, he and his students study the movements of cockroaches and weakly electric knife-fish. "I'm just deeply driven by a sense of curiosity," he says. "I want to know what's in front of me right now and why that is working."
His Ph.D. adviser once warned him, "You bang your head against the wall until it breaks, but the thing you have to realize is that it doesn't usually break where you're banging your head. It breaks somewhere else." So it's perhaps surprising that what Cowan experiences as a limitation—"that I can't get a problem out of my head when I don't understand it"—is the very thing that fuels innovation, where so often the hardest work is the ad nauseum exhaustion of possibilities. "It's not something that I force myself to do," he says of his relentless focus on problems. "It's something that I can't force myself not to do."
But why should anyone care about what a frustrated roboticist finds personally intriguing, sometimes to the point of obsession? Often, Cowan suggests, it's the depth of knowledge in one particular area that leads to innovation, in his case highlighting the recognition "that understanding the way brains process information to control movement is of paramount importance to human health." He discusses the work of Amy Bastian at Kennedy Krieger who studies how different brain injuries or diseases can change people's ability to adapt their walking.
Humans, he says, are important to study since we so often are the ultimate targets of investigation. But we can glean valuable insight from discovering analogous behaviors in animals. "Understanding fish locomotion control ... is such a basic neurobiological question that if we can unlock some of the problems associated with that, it'll ultimately, hopefully, lead to big changes in our understanding of human motor disease." And from such basic insights often arise intriguing corollaries: "Wouldn't it be great if we could build machines that would work better with people to solve certain kinds of problems?"
A recent recipient of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Cowan says his success stems from "the willingness to take risks where you could just fail miserably." Risk of failure is built into doing truly innovative research, but he insists that embracing such risks is essential to our greater understanding of the universe. And you never know when you're going to be the one to develop the core of future microprocessors or a drop-free juggling machine. Innovation has to start with the fundamentals. "It's good to remember that ten other projects failed for one to succeed, but that one created a new industry, right? I think we should remind people of that process: that the risk you have to take up-front has a long-term benefit for our future."
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Film Review: Kannan Varuvaan
IF IMPERSONATION is as old as life, family feud that tends to get
climactic at temple festivals, is as old as Tamil cinema itself.
And when these two features form the basis for Lakshmi Movie
Makers' ``Kannan Varuvaan'', naturally the film proves a damp
Kannan's (Karthik) ambition in life is to take up the
construction of the temple left incomplete by his forefathers.
Funds are not forthcoming. Goundamani assures him that with his
employer's help Kannan's dream could become a reality. But
Goundamani is disappointed when his employer, the wealthy
landlady's (Manorama) grandson Raghu (Ranjith) turns out to be
money minded and heartless. In a fit of anger, Goundamani pushes
him into the waters of a river and thinks he has committed a
murder. Predictably Kannan is made to enter the scene as an
impostor. What follows is a flurry of activity, dance, song and
fight that fail to impress.
Divya Unni makes her debut in Tamil with ``Kannan Varuvaan''. She
has very little to do. Of course she is hurt in the climax and
life ends in a catastrophe. The dialogue as she is nearing her
end, transports you to the typical Tamil film scenario of
yesteryear. Mandhira makes a comeback but again it is a run-of-
the-mill role.
The Sundar C., Karthik, Goundamani, combination had succeeded
earlier. But here Karthik himself seems confused about his
reactions. Goundamani in three roles evokes a titter or two.
The story and dialogue by Singapuli are too cliched to prove
interesting. And Sundar C.'s screenplay and direction do not do
much to elevate the film either.
Kazan Khan and Radha Ravi are the characteristic villains, who so
typically, glare ominously, fight in a cowardly manner and
eventually die as all good villains are expected to.
Sirpi's music, except ``Vennilavae'' to a certain extent, hardly
affects the viewer.
Talented artistes, lovely locales, lush ambience.. only they have
not been utilised well.
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History of Biology at Gallaudet
1864-1940: Natural Science Department
In 1864, when the National Deaf-Mute College (later changed to Gallaudet College)opened, all undergraduate students were required to take the following areas of courses:
- Language, Ancient and Modern
- Mathematics
- History and Philosophy
- Political Science
- Natural Science
The Natural Science area included courses in Chemistry, Natural Philosophy (physics), Astronomy, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Geology and Mineralogy, and Physical Geography. Sophomores took two twelve-week terms of Botany. They were expected to learn physiological and structural botany and the names of ordinary plants. During their junior year, students took Physiology in the first two terms and Zoology in the last two terms. Zoology students studied the elements of zoology including physiology and the general principles of classification.
In 1884, the Gallaudet catalog had the following statement:
"Whenever practicable, use is made of Bech's binocular microscopes, with the manipulation of which students are familiarized. Morton's college lantern is also used for purposes of illustration."
One graduate landed a job as a microscopist at the Coast Survey in 1886.
In 1896, Botany was reduced from two terms to one term. Students were expected to fully describe and determine the names of ordinary plants, excluding only a few of the more difficult plant families. In Physiology, students studied Red Cross First Aid methods such as the application of bandages, resuscitation, what to do in emergencies, etc. Each student was required to read and report on special articles pertaining to health and hygiene. Popular articles by Dr. Harvey Wiley, who was at that time Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, were among those supplementary reading materials.
Rev. J.W. Chickering was the Professor of Natural Science from 1884 to 1899. In 1900, Charles R. Ely replaced Rev. Chickering as the next Professor and Herbert E. Day joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Natural Science.
During the academic year of 1922-23, General Bacteriology was added to the area of Natural Science. This course was offered to two members of the senior class selected by the Classification Committee. This course included laboratory studies of molds, yeasts, household bacteriology, and preparation of cultural media followed by a study of as many pathogenic bacteria as possible.
1940-1953: Division of Mathematics and Science
The course of higher instruction leading to collegiate degrees occupied four years, and embraced the following courses:
- Language, Ancient and Modern
- History
- Mathematics
- Philosophy and Political Science
- Vocational and Practical Work
- Natural Science
In 1940, the Natural Science requirements of Biology (formerly Zoology) and Botany became electives. Physics was required for all Freshmen who did not elect to take mathematics. Students also had to take Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry to meet the Natural Science requirement.
Mr. Walter Krug (B.A. Gallaudet, 1927; M.S., Gallaudet, 1932) joined the Gallaudet faculty in 1927 as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. He was also in charge of College Men (the title of his position was later changed to Dean of College Men) serving in that capacity for 35 years, from 1927 to 1962. He taught Latin during the year of 1927-1928. He later became the chairperson of the Division of Mathematics and Science in the fall of 1948.
Mr. Jonathan Hall, who was son of Dr. Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet (1910-1945), joined the Gallaudet faculty in 1938 as a researcher and Instructor in Science and Drawing. He received his Master's degree from Gallaudet in 1938. He later became Assistant Professor of Natural Science in 1941.
In 1942, all male freshmen were required to take either Biology (4 credit hours) or Mathematics (5 credit hours). Biology was an elective course for female freshmen. In 1944, a special laboratory deposit was required of students in Biology and Bacteriology.
In the fall of 1948, the college year was changed from a three-term trimester to a two-term semester plan. Beginning with the Freshman class, a total of 122 semester credits, two of them in physical education, was the minimum requirement for a Bachelor's degree.
The course of study were grouped into six classifications, the first five of which were known as Areas of Concentration, namely:
- Education
- Home Economics
- Language and Literature
- Mathematics and Science
- Social Studies
- Special Divisions
To meet the science requirements, freshmen had a choice of either Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
At the close of the sophomore year, or upon the completion of the Basic Academic requirements throughout the year, students had to elect a field of concentration from the five major areas of studies. Students who fulfilled all the requirements of the Area of Mathematics and Science were eligible for the Bachelor of Science degree. In order to meet the requirements for the Bachelor's degree, a student had to complete with at least an average of C and a minimum of 30 semester hours in the chosen area of concentration.
Students who chose the area of Mathematics and Science, had to meet the following requirements:
- at least two years, or 12 semester hours of credit in French or German;
- at least 18 semester hours of credit in Social Studies;
- a grade of C or better in College Algebra and Trigonometry in order to take Analytical Geometry and/or Calculus; and
- a grade of C or better in College Physics in order to take advanced work in Physics
The courses in the Area of Mathematics and Science were as follows:
- College Algebra, Solid Geometry, Plane Trigonometry, Plane Analytic Geometry, Calculus
- Physics I, Modern Physics, Electricity and Magnetism
- General Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Organic Quantitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry
- General Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, General Bacteriology
- Descriptive Astronomy, Observational Astronomy
1953-2002: Department of Biology
Institutional planning and increased funding in Congress resulted in academic expansion in 1955 with the addition of 85 new courses. A ten-million dollar construction program and the College's initial accreditation by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges in 1957 led to the establishment of departments of different areas. The Biology Department had its origin as Natural Science under the Division of Science and Mathematics with Mr. Walter Krug appointed the Chairperson of the Division in 1948. With the formation of the departments, Mr. Krug therefore became the first chairperson of the Biology Department.
Upon the death of Mr. Krug in the spring of 1962, Dr. Clyde Reed became the acting chairperson for 1963-1964. Associate Professor John McKinlay was selected in the fall of 1963 from outside the department to serve as chairperson and remained in that position for two years (1963-1965). In its history, the Department has had thirteen different Chairpersons:
- Walter Krug, 1948-1962
- Clyde Reed, 1963-1964
- John McKinlay, 1963-1965
- Betty Bray McAtee, 1965-1968
- Eveline Lloyd, 1968-1976
- Edith Rikuris, 1976-1980
- Ann Powell, 1980-1983
- Eveline Lloyd, 1983-1987
- Paul Cunningham, 1987-1992
- Jane Dillehay, 1992-1994
- Edith Rikuris, 1994-1995
- Carole Bateman, 1995-1998
- Ann Powell, 1998-2010
- Kathleen Arnos, 2010-present
When the Department was established in 1953, the curriculum for Biology majors was as follows:
Required courses: General Biology, Evolution of the Vertebrates, Vertebrate Embryology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Comparative Anatomy and Genetics
Elective courses: Histology and Laboratory Techniques, General Botany, General Bacteriology, and Independent Study
By 1962, the Gallaudet catalog listed the following curriculum:
- Required Courses: General Biology, General Botany, General Zoology I and II, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology
- Elective courses: minimum of 8 additional hours in consultation with the departmental advisor
Required course in related fields: General Chemistry
Since 1962, minor changes to the Biology curriculum have occurred as some courses were dropped and new ones added to the program. For example, Entomology and Ichthyology, offered during the years of 1973-1981, were dropped because the professors of these courses left the department. Cytotechnology, taught by Professor Platt from George Washington University, was available during the years of 1965-1973. Additions to the curriculum have included Animal Physiology (1980); Molecular Biology (1988); Cell Biology (1997); Human Genetics (1997) and Research Methods in Biology (1997).
Changes in existing courses also occurred. For example, the Human Anatomy and Physiology course was changed from a one semester course for both Biology and physical education majors to a two semester course specifically for Biology majors (Human Anatomy and Physiology) and a one semester course for physical education majors (Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology). By separating the two groups of majors, each group receives individual attention to prepare them appropriately for their specific career interests. Special Topics were offered from time to time depending on student interest and instructor expertise, such as Neurobiology, Biogeography, Parasitology, Evolution, Art in Botany, Endocrinology, and Medical Terminology.
2012-present: Department of Science, Technology, & Mathematics
The Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Information Technology programs are now under the Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics.


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In the first act of Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis utters the impassioned couplet, Stars, hide your fires!/Let not light see my black and deep desires. In Sleep No More, an adaptation of Macbeth by the British company Punchdrunk, produced by Cambridges American Repertory Theater, Macbeths black and deep desires are highly visibleas are his bedroom, his parlor, the contents of his desk drawers, and, in a naked bathtub pas de deux, Mr. M and all his bits.
Sleep No More marks the stateside debut of Punchdrunk, one of the United Kingdoms most exhilarating companies. Here, as in any Punchdrunk show, the performance begins with audiences handed creepy masks. Then stagehands separate spectators from one another and loose them into a buildingin this case, an abandoned school in Brookline, Massachusetts. Each participant must construct a narrative from an exploration of the environment and whatever snippets of scenes he or she might chance to encounter. One person might follow a specific characters journey; another might make a meticulous catalogue of each rooms décor
Punchdrunkrun by artistic director Felix Barrett, choreographer Maxine Doyle, and executive producer Colin Marshenacts a type of theater that the British refer to as promenade plays, intensely site-specific works in which audiences wander from one location to another. Punchdrunk always presents a jaw-dropping level of detailpaw through a dressing table and discover period-appropriate maquillage, look inside a sack and find a hoard of chicken feet. The company also furnishes live performers, though the acting often seems, as in Sleep No More, something of an afterthought.
Only after I had left the show did I learn that Punchdrunk had combined the Scottish play with Hitchcocks film Rebecca. News to me, though it did help to explain the 1930s settings and the naming of the theaters in-house bar The Manderlay. Despite my best intentions, I managed to miss much of Macbeth, too. I caught the first encounter with the witches, Duncans murder, and a couple of sex scenes that owed little to Shakespeare. The actors keep silent throughout and eventually the choreographyall middling erotic, all most intensebegan to pall.
At one point, I skipped out on some mimed coition in the hopes of witnessing Macduffs slaughter, but I apparently missed that as well. Therein lies the promise and danger of a Punchdrunk showyou make your own experience, though it is not always the one you would wish. Nevertheless, I joyed in the things I did discover: a taxidermied fox in the middle of a curtained maze; a recipe for stanching blood; a box filled with salt; a room thronged with fir trees, fairy lights, and swirling dancers.
Despite Punchdrunks claims, their plays are not fully participatory. They carefully manage audience experience. Black-masked assistants ensure that one doesnt stray into forbidden areas or damage the installations; the cast gracefully avoids any distraction or obstacle. Yet I welcome the opportunity to take things in my own time, staying as long in a room as I liked, leaving a scene when it wearied me, stopping into the bar when I felt like a drink. (Many of Sleep No Mores spectators seemed less pleased. They refused to wear their masks and talked throughout. Several left early.)
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December 6, 2011American actor, Kellan Lutz, best known for his role as Emmett Cullen in the Twilight Saga – chose Hayman to relax and unwind after a busy schedule in Sydney promoting his new movie 'Immortals', and making a guest appearance at last weeks GQ Men of the Year Awards.
Kellan and Australian girlfriend, actress Sharni Vinson, spent four days holidaying on Hayman. They stayed in an exclusive Lagoon Penthouse. Whilst on island they enjoyed some down time with a romantic dinner at Hayman's Fontaine, snorkeling the crystal clear Great Barrier Reef waters and sharing quiet time around the resort.