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It's no news (and in fact rarely makes it off the inside pages of our newspapers) that the U.S. dominates -- one might almost say monopolizes -- the global arms market. In 2011, the last year for which figures are available, U.S. weapons makers tripled their sales to $66.3 billion and were expected to remain in that range for 2012 as well. In other words, they took 78% of the market that year, with Russia coming in a vanishingly distant second at $4.8 billion in sales.
This country has long had a special propensity for exporting things that go boom in the night: the products of both the military-industrial complex and Hollywood, each a near-monopoly in its particular market. As it happened, on the very eve of a government shutdown, the Pentagon caught the spirit of the times by dumping $5 billion into the coffers of defense contractors for future weaponry and equipment of all sorts. As TomDispatch regular Bill Astore writes today, the business of America has increasingly become war, so no one should be surprised that, even with the government officially shut down, the Obama administration didn't turn off the lights in the offices where arms deals are a major focus of attention. As Cora Currier of ProPublica recently reported, in those shutdown weeks, the administration, in fact, lent an especially helping hand to American arms dealers. It loosened controls over military exports by moving the licensing process for foreign sales on "whole categories" of military equipment from the State Department (which, at least theoretically, has to consider the human rights records of countries slated to receive arms packages) to the Commerce Department, where, it seems, just about anything goes. The big weapons firms have been lobbying for this for quite a while.
As Currier writes, "The switch from State to Commerce represents a big win for defense manufacturers, who have long lobbied in favor of relaxing U.S. export rules, which they say put a damper on international trade. Among the companies that recently lobbied on the issue: Lockheed, which manufactures C-130 transport planes, Textron, which makes Kiowa Warrior helicopters, and Honeywell, which outfits military choppers."
So while the government may have been closed for you, if you were a child in need of government-funded meals or an abused woman in need of a shelter or a rancher whose cattle just died in a massive snowstorm, the government remained open and hard at work for the major weapons companies. Oh, and if you were a reporter wanting to know more about the recent arms sales decision, then the shutdown got in your way, too. As Currier adds, "An interview with Commerce Department officials was canceled due to the government shutdown, and the State Department did not respond to questions." Let William Astore take it from there. Tom
The Business of America Is War
Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield and in the Boardroom
By William J. Astore
There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue. Congress may not be able to pass a budget, but the U.S. military can still launch commando raids in Libya and Somalia, the Afghan War can still be prosecuted, Italy can be garrisoned by American troops (putting the "empire" back in Rome), Africa can be used as an imperial playground (as in the late nineteenth century "scramble for Africa," but with the U.S. and China doing the scrambling this time around), and the military-industrial complex can still dominate the world's arms trade.
In the halls of Congress and the Pentagon, it's business as usual, if your definition of "business" is the power and profits you get from constantly preparing for and prosecuting wars around the world. "War is a racket," General Smedley Butler famously declared in 1935, and even now it's hard to disagree with a man who had two Congressional Medals of Honor to his credit and was intimately familiar with American imperialism.
War Is Politics, Right?
Once upon a time, as a serving officer in the U.S. Air Force, I was taught that Carl von Clausewitz had defined war as a continuation of politics by other means. This definition is, in fact, a simplification of his classic and complex book, On War, written after his experiences fighting Napoleon in the early nineteenth century.
The idea of war as a continuation of politics is both moderately interesting and dangerously misleading: interesting because it connects war to political processes and suggests that they should be fought for political goals; misleading because it suggests that war is essentially rational and so controllable. The fault here is not Clausewitz's, but the American military's for misreading and oversimplifying him.
Perhaps another "Carl" might lend a hand when it comes to helping Americans understand what war is really all about. I'm referring to Karl Marx, who admired Clausewitz, notably for his idea that combat is to war what a cash payment is to commerce. However seldom combat (or such payments) may happen, they are the culmination and so the ultimate arbiters of the process.
War, in other words, is settled by killing, a bloody transaction that echoes the exploitative exchanges of capitalism. Marx found this idea to be both suggestive and pregnant with meaning. So should we all.
Following Marx, Americans ought to think about war not just as an extreme exercise of politics, but also as a continuation of exploitative commerce by other means. Combat as commerce: there's more in that than simple alliteration.
In the history of war, such commercial transactions took many forms, whether as territory conquered, spoils carted away, raw materials appropriated, or market share gained. Consider American wars. The War of 1812 is sometimes portrayed as a minor dust-up with Britain, involving the temporary occupation and burning of our capital, but it really was about crushing Indians on the frontier and grabbing their land. The Mexican-American War was another land grab, this time for the benefit of slaveholders. The Spanish-American War was a land grab for those seeking an American empire overseas, while World War I was for making the world "safe for democracy" -- and for American business interests globally.
Even World War II, a war necessary to stop Hitler and Imperial Japan, witnessed the emergence of the U.S. as the arsenal of democracy, the world's dominant power, and the new imperial stand-in for a bankrupt British Empire.
Korea? Vietnam? Lots of profit for the military-industrial complex and plenty of power for the Pentagon establishment. Iraq, the Middle East, current adventures in Africa? Oil, markets, natural resources, global dominance.
In societal calamities like war, there will always be winners and losers. But the clearest winners are often companies like Boeing and Dow Chemical, which provided B-52 bombers and Agent Orange, respectively, to the U.S. military in Vietnam. Such "arms merchants" -- an older, more honest term than today's "defense contractor" -- don't have to pursue the hard sell, not when war and preparations for it have become so permanently, inseparably intertwined with the American economy, foreign policy, and our nation's identity as a rugged land of "warriors" and "heroes" (more on that in a moment).
War as Disaster Capitalism
Consider one more definition of war: not as politics or even as commerce, but as societal catastrophe. Thinking this way, we can apply Naomi Klein's concepts of the "shock doctrine" and "disaster capitalism" to it. When such disasters occur, there are always those who seek to turn a profit.
Most Americans are, however, discouraged from thinking about war this way thanks to the power of what we call "patriotism" or, at an extreme, "superpatriotism" when it applies to us, and the significantly more negative "nationalism" or "ultra-nationalism" when it appears in other countries. During wars, we're told to "support our troops," to wave the flag, to put country first, to respect the patriotic ideal of selfless service and redemptive sacrifice (even if all but 1% of us are never expected to serve or sacrifice).
We're discouraged from reflecting on the uncomfortable fact that, as "our" troops sacrifice and suffer, others in society are profiting big time. Such thoughts are considered unseemly and unpatriotic. Pay no attention to the war profiteers, who pass as perfectly respectable companies. After all, any price is worth paying (or profits worth offering up) to contain the enemy -- not so long ago, the red menace, but in the twenty-first century, the murderous terrorist.
Forever war is forever profitable. Think of the Lockheed Martins of the world. In their commerce with the Pentagon, as well as the militaries of other nations, they ultimately seek cash payment for their weapons and a world in which such weaponry will be eternally needed. In the pursuit of security or victory, political leaders willingly pay their price.
Call it a Clausewitzian/Marxian feedback loop or the dialectic of Carl and Karl. It also represents the eternal marriage of combat and commerce. If it doesn't catch all of what war is about, it should at least remind us of the degree to which war as disaster capitalism is driven by profit and power.
For a synthesis, we need only turn from Carl or Karl to Cal -- President Calvin Coolidge, that is. "The business of America is business," he declared in the Roaring Twenties. Almost a century later, the business of America is war, even if today's presidents are too polite to mention that the business is booming.
America's War Heroes as Commodities
Many young people today are, in fact, looking for a release from consumerism. In seeking new identities, quite a few turn to the military. And it provides. Recruits are hailed as warriors and warfighters, as heroes, and not just within the military either, but by society at large.
Yet in joining the military and being celebrated for that act, our troops paradoxically become yet another commodity, another consumable of the state. Indeed, they become consumed by war and its violence. Their compensation? To be packaged and marketed as the heroes of our militarized moment. Steven Gardiner, a cultural anthropologist and U.S. Army veteran, has written eloquently about what he calls the "heroic masochism" of militarized settings and their allure for America's youth. Put succinctly, in seeking to escape a consumerism that has lost its meaning and find a release from dead-end jobs, many volunteers are transformed into celebrants of violence, seekers and givers of pain, a harsh reality Americans ignore as long as that violence is acted out overseas against our enemies and local populations.
Such "heroic" identities, tied so closely to violence in war, often prove poorly suited to peacetime settings. Frustration and demoralization devolve into domestic violence and suicide. In an American society with ever fewer meaningful peacetime jobs, exhibiting greater and greater polarization of wealth and opportunity, the decisions of some veterans to turn to or return to mind-numbing drugs of various sorts and soul-stirring violence is tragically predictable. That it stems from their exploitative commodification as so many heroic inflictors of violence in our name is a reality most Americans are content to forget.
You May Not Be Interested in War, but War Is Interested in You
As Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky pithily observed, "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." If war is combat and commerce, calamity and commodity, it cannot be left to our political leaders alone -- and certainly not to our generals. When it comes to war, however far from it we may seem to be, we're all in our own ways customers and consumers. Some pay a high price. Many pay a little. A few gain a lot. Keep an eye on those few and you'll end up with a keener appreciation of what war is actually all about.
No wonder our leaders tell us not to worry our little heads about our wars -- just support those troops, go shopping, and keep waving that flag. If patriotism is famously the last refuge of the scoundrel, it's also the first recourse of those seeking to mobilize customers for the latest bloodletting exercise in combat as commerce.
Just remember: in the grand bargain that is war, it's their product and their profit. And that's no bargain for America, or for that matter for the world.
William Astore, a TomDispatch regular, is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF). He edits the blog contraryperspective.com and may be reached at email@example.com.
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Bella \b(el)-la\ as a girl's name is pronounced BELL-ah. It is of Italian and Latin origin, and the meaning of Bella is "beautiful". Also a short form of Isabel or Isabella (Hebrew) "God's promise". Author/politician Bella Abzug; author Belva Plain.
Bella has 7 variant forms: Bel, Bell, Belle, Bellissa, Belva, Beyla and Labella.
For more information, see also related girl names Belinda, Claribel, Arabella and Elizabeth.
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"She loves God, the Church, family, children, laughing, deep conversations, holding hands and playful banter." That was how Philip described his ideal spouse when he filled out his CatholicMatch profile. The 25-year-old from Ohio was raised in a devout family where he is the youngest of six kids, and he felt a faith-based online dating site gave him the best chance of finding a woman who would meet that description.
One thing Philip wasn't looking for was a long-distance relationship. He expressed a preference for staying in his area, but at the same time left the door open a crack if the right person might be somewhere other than the northwest part of the Buckeye State.
That crack resulted in the door being pushed open. One day he saw Joanna's photo appear on his CatholicMatch home page and clicked on the profile to take a closer look. He was intrigued, and even though the 24-year-old lived in Los Angeles, he was prepared to reach out.
"I wanted to know more about her because I was doing a brief check-in," he recalled. As it turns out, Joanna beat him to the punch. She saw his profile in her notifications, was favorably impressed and when Philip logged in again, a message from her was waiting.
The next few months were spent emailing and getting to know each other in a more three-dimensional way on Skype. At the time, Philip was traveling for work a great deal, and at that time he made a trip to SoCal to meet Joanna in person.
That first trip to California was eleven months ago, and Philip and Joanna knew after a couple days together that they wanted to give this relationship a real chance, in spite of whatever hardships being across the country might bring. As it turned out, Philip was able to spend a good amount of time in her area, and the relationship continued to flourish.
Philip and Joanna knew they wanted to continue the relationship in the same city. He was just waiting for a job change to take effect this spring, one that wouldn't require him to be constantly on the move. But Philip also had something else in mind.
"I had been going back and forth inside my head about where and how to propose to Joanna," he recalled. Everything from dinner at a pricey restaurant to a sunset walk on the beach to fireworks ran through Philip's head. "Ultimately though, I felt drawn to propose in the context of the sacraments," he concluded.
There was still uncertainty about how the proposal would all unfold. Philip bought the ring and secured the blessing of Joanna's father. The previous evening, he and Joanna had enjoyed a great time at Catholic Underground in Los Angeles. There was adoration, confession and live music by Catholic artists. When they left the event, each spoke aloud about how sure they felt about their future together. It all emboldened to Philip to propose after Sunday evening Mass.
"I probably checked my pocket 50 times to make sure the box hadn't somehow disappeared," Philip said regarding the Mass. Afterwards, he suggested to Joanna that they pray together in a side chapel with the tabernacle. "This wasn't an unusual practice for us, so she was entirely unsuspecting."
It was through prayer, that Philip put his proposal into words. After giving thanks to the Lord for His Presence in the Eucharist, he added "And I pray you help me to make a gift of myself to Joanna, especially as we prepare for the sacrament of matrimony, if she'll have me." At this point, Joanna opened her eyes and saw the ring. She knew the prayer was a proposal and said yes.
Neither Philip nor Joanna would ever say that a long-distance relationship was easy--"all the periods of separation and managing different time zones...it hasn't been the easiest journey," he conceded. What they both say beyond a doubt is that the struggle was worth it.
"We see it as a true gift of God that we found each other," Philip said. "We trust that we are where God wants us to be."


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Location - This incredible slopeside all-season resort is situated at the base of Peak 8. These luxurious condominiums are steps from the Gondola to get you to the slopes or right into town. You can enjoy the convenience of your own ski locker and ski valet and walk right out to access four ski lifts!
Unit Amenities - This condominium has many modern features including stainless steel Bosch appliances and a full kitchen with granite countertops and an eat-in counter. The unit comes equipped with a full-size Murphy bed and a queen-size sleeper sofa with a full bathroom. Further amenities include a moss rock gas fireplace, 42-inch HDTV with DIRECTV, a Blu-ray player, wireless internet, iPod dock/alarm, and in-room safe. This unit also has an in-room washer and dryer for your convenience.
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A fan — who apparently had too much to drink — stormed the stage at Britney Spears' concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on May 2nd.
Police say the fan rushed the stage during Britney's encore performance of "Womanizer."
Both security and Spears' backup dancers were able to stop the man before he could come in contact with Spears.
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Would you expect something else from Bryce.
All denim + all the time = Sex bomb status.
He's not going to win this one.
I would make sweet, sweet love to Sarah Rafferty of Suits.
This man was almost president.
It's been a disappointing season for Suits.
We need to talk about last week's episode of Hard Knocks because um, did you see Bernard Giovani's girlfriend.
Simply stated, I'll be shocked if this year's Hard Knocks doesn't win an Emmy.
Last week's episode of Hard Knocks was a tearjerker.
Meghan Markle of Suits was a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night.
I've grown quite fond of Suits though I'm not sure how long they can keep their story lines going.
Pretty good lineup tonight.
FACT: Suits is the most underrated show on TV.


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A new Miami Center of the PACE Center for Girls opened on March 7.
The Florida Families First Budget invested more than $600,000 in more PACE funding to help in establishing the Center in Miami which will provide 50 more girls the opportunity to be involved in the program. PACE is dedicated to helping girls stay out of legal trouble and to being more successful in school, according to a released dated March 7 by the Office of Governor Rick Scott.
In the release, Governor Rick Scott was quoted as saying, "This $600,000 investment in a new PACE Center for Girls will allow more young women the opportunity to participate in a program that continues their academic education and provides counseling, career preparation, and service learning opportunities that will set them on a path to successful adulthood," said Governor Scott.
Many educators believe that if young people can avoid trouble and focus on school and academic success early in life, they will have far more successful life experiences as adults. Too many young people struggle in school, get frustrated, drop out and stumble in problems both on the job and in their personal lives as young adults.


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Design Me a New Character [ENDED!]EDIT [8/31/13]: Contest is over! Results will be out later today or tomorrow! Thanks everyone who entered! :"D
EDIT [8/18/13]: By request, I've extended the contest's duedate a bit. The deadline has now been moved to the 30th of August!
EDIT [8/09/13]: A lot more entires are coming in a lot quicker than I expected, so the deadline has been moved to the 24th of August!
Sorry if that throws you off track, you can always ask for an extension if you want/need more time!
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If your business has a presence on Facebook, take note. Facebook has recently rolled out an embedded posts functionality that enables you to embed Facebook status updates, pictures or videos to your site and blog posts. While this is a new feature on Facebook, it's nothing new in social media as Twitter and Vine have had it since 2010.
To use the new functionality, you simply need to grab a snippet of code from a public post (from the drop-down status update) and paste it into the code of your site or blog post.
Keep in mind that only public posts can be embedded. At this time, only a couple of publications – CNN, PEOPLE, Mashable, Huffington Post and Bleacher Report – can embed public Facebook posts but it should soon be available to everyone.
This could be a boon for businesses too as it's a good opportunity to show off what people are saying about them. Businesses can embed positive testimonials and feedback from customers on their site, in their online sales or in their marketing materials. The embedded post will show everything, including pictures, videos, hashtags, the number of likes, shares and comments as they appear on Facebook's platform plus the buttons, Like and Follow.
Think about it. Say you're in a business where there's a lot of competition and one of the things that can help you is your customers' love for your products, services or customer support. If a user raves about your business, then just grab the post and put it on your site for everyone to see. The fact that it uses Facebook's formatting shows it is genuine and coming from the businesses' actual customers, which is a great thing.
To me, this is an elegant way to dress up your content as you shout out to your Facebook fans.
Do you think users and businesses will use Facebook's new embedded posts feature? Will you?


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What if Saddam hung Bush?
from Jadakiss (Ft. Nas) – What If Lyrics on Genius
Was Saddam or Bush the terrorist…?
One train of thought/speculation is: look at what we can get away with being one of the strongest nations. Imagine if Saddam came to America with troops and hung Bush like we did you him, it would be world War 3. On the other hand when a power hitter like the US comes in and does what they want, especially after the United Nations told us not to…what happens? Nothing, money makes the world go round.
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There were checkpoints, police stops and at least one shootout. But compared to last year's experience polling there, Iraq has quieted down considerably.
That's the message from interviewers who conducted the latest national poll in Iraq for ABC News, the BBC, ARD German TV and NHK. Field notes accompanying previous polls, particularly last March, described bombings, armed assaults and heavy fighting. The latest noted far less violence, and more concerns with the necessities of daily life.
"There are no services in the town, no electricity. The people of the town were saying that the government forgets about them for a long time," reported one interviewer in Irbil province. "The road of the town to the city was so bad, it is very hard to reach the city. People of the town were saying if this situation continues, they will abandon the town and move to other cities."
In neighboring Ninevah, "We noticed that people were very reactive when we ask questions about the government and services. Some respondents were very angry about not getting services, even one of them left the room," another interviewer said. "We encountered armed militias walking openly in residential areas which made us nervous, but we were able to do our jobs and leave without incident."
There was some trouble. At a village in southern Basra province, "fighting started between some armed men and Iraqi police," an interviewer reported. "We needed to stop our random walk, waited for a few hours, but then it passed and we could continue." Also in Basra, a supervisor said, "There was intense fighting in some districts… between insurgents and Iraqi army, which made it very hard to complete questionnaires."
Checkpoints were the most common impediment. In Karbala, "We were stopped frequently by Iraqi police and Iraqi army checking all vehicles. We encountered lots of checkpoints, more than usual." In Ninevah, "We encountered many Iraqi police checkpoints that I had not seen before." In Salahuddin, "The roads... were closed most of the time by Al-Sahawa (Awakening Council) forces in all areas."
"We struggled to reach our designated sampling points," this interviewer said. "Especially in Samarra city, there were lots of Iraqi police and security forces spread everywhere. There were many checkpoints, searching every car going in and out."
Trained interviewers, all Iraqi citizens, were sent to a total of 461 randomly selected starting points across the country. From each they followed a random route procedure to select households, then randomly selected individuals within households to participate in the survey. Just five interviews were conducted from each sampling point, allowing for very broad geographical coverage of the country.
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In central Babil, a supervisor related, "We did not experience any problems in field work. Only Iraqi army suddenly blocked the road while we were driving back to our office. We stayed there 'til night time, our families were worried and sent us a lot of text messages, but the situation passed safely."


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Davis was convicted of sexual contact and risk of injury to a minor. He's on the Connecticut sex offender registry right there along with Douglas Simmons who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered a 6-year-old (the details of the murder conviction don't appear on the registry because of a plea deal in his home state) and James Sullivan who sexually assaulted a handicapped woman. Looking at the registry, it's tough to know how Davis is different from those dangerous men. And, Davis says, some people look at him like he's a pervert.
"They come across as if I were sitting in the bushes in the park waiting for someone to walk by," he said. "They don't understand I was in a relationship with a girl in high school."
The police warn his neighbors that he's a sex offender and vigilantes make sure his neighbors know. "They'll print out copies of my page from the registry. They'll drive around the neighborhood, throw it out the windows," he said.
Today Davis is a volunteer firefighter. He used to dream of working full time as a firefighter, but because he's a registered sex offender, he says he'll never get that job, even though he's certified.
"I can't become a paid firefighter," he said. "I can't even apply at some places because they ask you before they even give you an application. They see it on the applications and it doesn't go any farther than the hiring process. I get put into a basket and put [by] the wayside."
Putorti has little sympathy for Davis, who he says should have stayed away from Alexis when he told him to. And, he says, having Davis arrested was just what his daughter needed.
"Wasn't something I wanted to do, and it wasn't something I'm proud that I did, in a way. But looking back on it, I don't regret having done it, either," he said. "The proof's in the pudding, really. She went back and really knuckled down in high school and graduated."
Putorti says the statutory rape law saved his daughter. "Oh yeah. No question," he said.
And Alexis agrees. "I think this is a good law for these situations. If Jeff had gone to jail, I would have thought that was way harsh," she said.
While Putorti is glad he intervened, Bill Howey, who took similar actions, has regrets about wielding the force of law.
He was furious when he learned his 14-year-old daughter Brenda had slept with 18 year-old Jonathan Evans. "Within 12 hours after I found out, we had him arrested," said Howey. He called the police because he had been told erroneously that Brenda had been raped.
"I was an equal partner in everything," Brenda said. She denied that Evans pressured her into it.
But that didn't matter because it was a crime, even if consensual. Evans pleaded guilty to a lewd and lascivious act with a child under 16, was placed on the Florida sex offender registry and went to jail for a year.
As a sex offender, Evans was not popular with fellow inmates. Other prisoners threatened to kill him. "Everybody perceives you as, you know, you're messing with little girls. And you're just a dirty, sick person that should be shot," he said.
Because he was in jail, Evans couldn't finish high school. And as a registered sex offender, he can't join the Army.
"That was my lifelong dream, to be in the military," he said. "[But the] U.S. Army doesn't want some kind of sex offender in their Army. There's no room for that. It's really ruined everything."


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The other difference is that, unlike Christopher, I do not revel in blasting apart strangers. There was a mean streak in me during the Afghan campaign where I did make light of Taliban and al Qaeda dead. But inside I knew that plenty more noncombatants were getting butchered, which bothered me. Plus I wasn't as gung-ho or dismissive about torturing prisoners at Guantanamo as were many of the war's supporters. Hitch has written about weapons that "shame us" and shown some concern for those chopped up by the U.S. Yet, more often than not, he's celebrated Bush's military attacks, and is critical when he thinks Bush isn't ruthless enough.
D.C. has finally gotten to him. That must be the main explanation. Yes, there are other factors to consider, but the D.C. Beast frames and distorts the thinking. Few on the Beltway's A List fret about crushing other countries. They enjoy it. They like the view from atop the growing pile of bodies. Always have. You can't live among these types for 20-plus years without some of their madness infecting your brain. And I'm afraid this madness, and the verbiage that covers it, is becoming more evident in Christopher.
I can barely read him anymore. His pieces in the Brit tabloid The Mirror and in Slate are a mishmash of imperial justifications and plain bombast; the old elegant style is dead. His TV appearances show a smug, nasty scold with little tolerance for those who disagree with him. He looks more and more like a Ralph Steadman sketch. And in addition to all this, he's now revising what he said during the buildup to the Iraq war.
In several pieces, including an incredibly condescending blast against Nelson Mandela, Hitch went on and on about WMD, chided readers with "Just you wait!" and other taunts, fully confident that once the U.S. took control of Iraq, tons of bio/chem weapons and labs would be all over the cable news nets--with him dancing a victory jig in the foreground. Now he says WMD were never a real concern, and that he'd always said so. It's amazing that he'd dare state this while his earlier pieces can be read at his website. But then, when you side with massive state power and the cynical fucks who serve it, you can say pretty much anything and the People Who Matter won't care.
Currently, Hitch is pushing the line, in language that echoes the reactionary Paul Johnson, that the U.S. can be a "superpower for democracy," and that Toms Jefferson and Paine would approve. He's also slammed the "slut" Dixie Chicks as "fucking fat slags" for their rather mild critique of our Dear Leader. He favors Bush over Kerry, and doesn't like it that Kerry "exploits" his Vietnam combat experience (as opposed to, say, re-election campaign stunts on aircraft carriers).
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Conservatives want Mitt Romney to come out swinging early, often and hard during Wednesday's first of three presidential debates with President Obama.
The Republican nominee's aides have packed his debate lunchbox with several zingers, which the Republican nominee has been rehearsing for months. Partisans want him to empty that rhetorical clip to show he's a fighter, and reverse the momentum of polls that show Romney behind as voters in 34 states are already casting ballots.
But an overly aggressive strategy might not be the best tack, debate experts say. Not yet. Not when the race is still close and polls show voters feel Obama is more likable and don't fully blame him for the sputtering economy.
While most likely voters are locked in to their choices, analysts call those who are just tuning into the race "low information voters."
Those voters don't want to hear policy recitals Wednesday. Their gut choice will be more informed by the style of each candidate over their substantive points.
"To come in too aggressively carries with it more danger than reward for Romney," said Alan Schroeder, author of "Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV."
Appeal to the middle
"He's already got the Fox News people," Schroeder said. "Now he's got to find a way to appeal to the undecided people in the middle."
Romney has the toughest of debate challenges: He has to be both aggressive and likable. He has to flesh out some of his policies with specifics, yet maintain a broad appeal.
While some left-wing pundits say the race is over, Romney remains within the polling margin of error in key swing states, and there is time left for momentum swings in the 24/7, Twitter-buzzed media environment.
But complicating Romney's task is Romney - the person delivering those momentum-shifting zingers.
As a challenger in his one 1980 debate against President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan delivered a classic debate line - "There you go again" - that hurt Carter.
But to paraphrase the late Texas Democratic Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, the 1988 vice presidential nominee - and owner of perhaps the greatest zinger in debate history - Romney is no Ronald Reagan when it comes to smooth oratory.
"If Romney comes out zinging and they fall flat, then that could be even worse," said Nichola Gutgold, an associate professor of communication at Penn State University and author of "Almost Madam President: Why Hillary Clinton 'Won' in 2008." "You shouldn't try to be a comedian if it doesn't come naturally to you."
Instead, Romney, who is 14 years older than the 51-year-old Obama, should play the role of "elder statesman," Gutgold said. "Say you know the president tried his hardest, but it wasn't good enough."
Instead of continuing to run from his background as a successful businessman at Bain Capital, "Romney should own it a little," she added.
Romney debated 23 times during the GOP primary, so unlike other challengers he is unlikely to be awed by sharing a stage one-on-one with the leader of the free world.
And Romney is not afraid to go negative. He kneecapped GOP rival Newt Gingrich, who thrived in the sound-bite driven debate world, during a Jan. 26 primary debate in Florida, silencing Gingrich by mentioning the former House speaker's consulting gigs for mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Romney was the front-runner during most of those GOP debates, and largely above the fray. On Wednesday, that dynamic changes.
Obama's weakness
The good news for Romney, analysts say, is that Obama is not a strong debater. The president's forte is speaking on stage solo before a live audience.
It's been four years since Obama debated. Obama's answers during the 2008 campaign often sounded too professorial for TV, befitting his career as a law professor.
But Wednesday's format - where the respondent will have two minutes to answer the question, followed by a moderator-led discussion of roughly 11 minutes - may favor Obama.
"He seems more comfortable when he's explaining what is going on," said Aaron Zelinsky, founder and editor of PresidentialDebateblog.com, a repository of academic research and commentary on the debates. Zelinsky served as special assistant to the legal adviser of the State Department from 2010 to 2011.
Still, added Schroeder, "neither of them really gives the impression that they want to be up there debating. Now, with Reagan or Bill Clinton, it was a different story."
Debate details
The first of three debates between President Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will be held Wednesday at the University of Denver and focuses on domestic issues. It begins at 6 p.m. PDT and will be broadcast on news networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, HLN, FOX and MSNBC.
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A handful of odds and ends as Friday night winds down …
- Joe Frisaro of MLB.com has the breakdown on Heath Bell's and Jose Reyes' respective contracts with the Marlins. Bell's 2015 club option for $9MM will vest if he finishes 55 games in 2014 or 100 games in 2013-14. Reyes will earn a $1MM bonus if he wins a World Series MVP.
- D'Backs GM Kevin Towers told reporters, including Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, that he's looking to fortify his bullpen and perhaps add another starting pitcher (Twitter link).
- The Rockies are looking for a short-term answer at third base so as not to block the path of prospect Nolan Arenado, tweets Troy Renck of the Denver Post.
- Phillies GM Ruben Amaro will meet with shortstop Jimmy Rollins' agent, Dan Lozano, on Saturday, tweets Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com.
- Brewers shortstop Alex Gonzalez told Spanish-language sports talk radio show Los Cronistas in Venezuela that he had offers from the Giants and the Mets but that he chose to sign with Milwaukee because he wanted to be a starter (Twitter links). Thanks to MLBTR's Nick Collias for the translation.
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Brewers Notes: K-Rod, Shortstop, Saito
The Brewers are on the hook for a likely salary in excess of $11.5MM for reliever Francisco Rodriguez next year, after K-Rod accepted their arbitration offer. The latest on the team after GM Doug Melvin met with reporters:
- Melvin said he doesn't have to trade Rodriguez to clear payroll space, writes Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The Brewers feel good about the back end of the bullpen now, and Melvin noted that Rodriguez's added cost should be considered less the $3MM he would have had to spend to sign two compensatory draft picks. That estimate doesn't hold water if you assume the Brewers would have received, say, the Padres' second-round pick plus a supplemental choice. Slot for two picks of that nature would probably total $1.25MM.
- Asked about Aramis Ramirez, Melvin said, "Anybody that's still a free agent is a possibility."
- Melvin hopes to zero in on a shortstop early next week. Yuniesky Betancourt, Alex Gonzalez, and Rafael Furcal are the candidates, writes MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.
- Melvin gave some parameters to Takashi Saito's agent Nez Balelo, which didn't change post K-Rod. It's not an official offer, but Melvin expects Balelo to try to get more from another team. Six to eight teams have shown interest in Saito, Balelo told WEEI's Alex Speier yesterday.
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Brewers Looking For Bullpen, Infield Help
The Brewers stand to lose both Takashi Saito and Francisco Rodriguez to free agency this winter, and GM Doug Melvin told Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel that he plans to talk to agents and look for bullpen help at the Winter Meetings next week (all Twitter links). Furthermore, the club is also looking to add infield help, though the only player they are actively trying to sign right now is Jerry Hairston Jr.
Jimmy Rollins, Alex Gonzalez, Rafael Furcal, and 2011 Brewer Yuniesky Betancourt are among the shortstops the club has checked in on. Melvin said he plans to meet with Betancourt's agent next week. Last week we heard that Milwaukee has already offered Hairston a one-year deal, but several other teams are interested as well. Melvin also confirmed that he does not have any offers out to free agent relievers at the moment.
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Brewers, Cardinals, Giants In Talks With Alex Gonzalez
5:18pm: The Brewers and Cardinals are also interested in Gonzalez, tweets Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated.
4:48pm: The Giants are negotiating with free agent shortstop Alex Gonzalez, reports Fernando Gonzalez of ESPN Deportes (passed along via Jim Bowden's Twitter account). The Giants had been rumored as candidates to sign such bigger-name free agent shortstops as Jose Reyes or Jimmy Rollins, but with relatively little payroll space to go around, the other school of thought was that prospect Brandon Crawford could get the starting shortstop job.
Like Crawford, Gonzalez brings strong defense (a career UZR/150 of 6.3, though it dipped to -0.4 last season) and not much of a bat (a .241/.270/.372 line for Atlanta last season). San Francisco could use Gonzalez and Crawford in a righty-lefty platoon next season, plus Gonzalez could be a valuble mentor to the 24-year-old.
The Braves didn't offer arbitration to Gonzalez (a Type B free agent), so Atlanta wouldn't receive a compensation pick if Gonzalez signed elsewhere. The Braves hadn't ruled out re-signing Gonzalez themselves to act as a veteran bridge to their own shortstop prospect, Tyler Pastornicky.
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10 National League teams have free agent arbitration offer decisions to make today, and we'll update them in this post in advance of the 11pm central time deadline. For a fantastic customizable chart with all 57 Type A/B free agents and their teams' decisions in real-time, click here.
Updated team decisions:
- The Giants won't offer arbitration to Pat Burrell (B) or Cody Ross (B) according to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter). Carlos Beltran (A) contractually cannot be offered arbitration.
- The Dodgers declined to offer Hiroki Kuroda (B) arbitration, according to Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times (on Twitter). Rod Barajas (B) already signed with the Pirates.
- The Pirates offered arbitration to Derrek Lee (B) while declining to offer Ryan Ludwick (B) and Chris Snyder (B) arbitration. Ryan Doumit (B) already signed with the Twins.
- The Phillies did not offer Roy Oswalt (A) or Brad Lidge (B) arbitration, according to the AP (via ESPN). The team announced that it offered arbitration to Raul Ibanez (B), Ryan Madson (A, will not cost signing team a draft pick), and Jimmy Rollins (A), according to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com (via Twitter).
- The Cubs offered arbitration to Carlos Pena (B) and Aramis Ramirez (B) but not to Kerry Wood (B), according to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune (on Twitter).
- The Cardinals offered Edwin Jackson (B) and Albert Pujols (A) arbitration, but declined to make offers to Rafael Furcal (B) and Arthur Rhodes (B), according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (on Twitter). That leaves Octavio Dotel (modified B, no arbitration offer necessary).
- The Mets offered Jose Reyes (A) arbitration, according to Newsday's Ken Davidoff (on Twitter).
- The Padres will offer arbitration to Heath Bell (A, will not cost signing team a draft pick) and Aaron Harang (B), tweets Corey Brock of MLB.com.
- The Brewers offered Prince Fielder (A) and Francisco Rodriguez (A, will not cost signing team a draft pick) arbitration. They declined to offer Yuniesky Betancourt (B) arbitration. Takashi Saito (A), contractually cannot be offered arbitration.
- The Braves did not offer arbitration to Alex Gonzalez (B), according to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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- Reds: Francisco Cordero (modified B, no arbitration offer necessary), Ramon Hernandez (modified B, no arbitration offer necessary)
- Astros: Clint Barmes (B, already signed with Pirates)
- Rockies: Mark Ellis (B, already signed with Dodgers)
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Braves Notes: McCann, Prado, Smith, Jurrjens
Here's the latest on the Braves from David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
- Brian McCann was set to earn $8.5MM next season but "maxed out" his contract incentives related to Silver Slugger awards and All-Star appearances, so the star catcher will earn a total of $11.5MM in 2012. O'Brien said the Braves haven't discussed a long-term extension with McCann but the team usually doesn't pursue such negotiations until later in the winter. McCann is under contract through next year and the Braves have a $12MM club option on McCann for 2013 that looks like a lock to be exercised.
- In regards to the Martin Prado trade talks between the Braves and Rockies, O'Brien thinks Atlanta would move Prado for Seth Smith and a center field prospect like Tim Wheeler or Charlie Blackmon. With Michael Bourn only contracted through 2012, the Braves are looking for center field depth in case Bourn's asking price is too high for their liking.
- Atlanta "made a run at" Jamey Carroll but balked at giving the 37-year-old infielder a multiyear contract.
- The Braves are known to desire a trade package for Jair Jurrjens similar to the one the Royals received last winter for Zack Greinke, but O'Brien says this asking price could be too high for most teams. "Word out of the GM meetings was that the Braves are demanding so much for Jurrjens that a deal might be unlikely unless they come down in their multi-player/prospect asking price or some teams get desperate for starting pitching later in the offseason," O'Brien writes.
- "It's unclear" if Atlanta is interested in bringing back Alex Gonzalez on a one-year deal. The Braves are looking for a short-term veteran to play shortstop until Tyler Pastornicky is ready.
- GM Frank Wren says his team isn't actively shopping Prado and Jurrjens but are willing to listen to offers. "I think that [Prado and Jurrjens trade possibility] was wrongly characterized from the very beginning," Wren said. "What we said and what we stand by is that we're looking to get better, and however we can get better we will. We're open minded. We'll listen if somebody calls."
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Twins Notes: Shortstop, Cuddyer, Young
The Twins will likely pursue starting pitching, relief pitching, a backup catcher and middle infield help this offseason after finishing with the worst record in the American League. Here are some notes on the club's offseason plans…
- La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune hears from people in the Twins' front office that the club recently examined the free agent market for starting pitchers and shortstops. They're determined to find a reliable shortstop this offseason and Neal suggests free agents Ramon Santiago and Alex Gonzalez could be targets.
- The Twins will "push hard" to re-sign Michael Cuddyer, according to Neal.
- Earlier today, MLB.com's Jordan Bastian suggested the Indians will likely "kick the tires" on Cuddyer once he reaches the open market.
- Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com explained why the Twins traded Delmon Young to the Tigers in August. He was struggling in Minnesota and the Twins weren't likely to tender him a contract through arbitration.
- I looked ahead to the Twins' offseason earlier in the month.
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Quick Hits: Clippard, Storen, Ellsbury, Braves
B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria and Casey Kotchman all homered for the Rays tonight as Tampa Bay defeated Boston, 9-2, in the opener of a big four-game series. The Red Sox now have just a three-game lead over the Rays (and a four-game lead over the idle Angels) for the AL Wild Card.
Some notes from around the league….
- If Drew Storen is traded, Tyler Clippard shouldn't become the Nationals' closer since he's proven to be invaluable as the team's go-to reliever, argues Ben Goessling of MASNsports.com. It could be a moot point, though, since Goessling says it's "unlikely" that the Nats deal Storen.
- The Rays were the first team to discover Jacoby Ellsbury, drafting him in the 23rd round of the 2002 draft. Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal talks to the scouts who pushed for Tampa Bay to pick Ellsbury, who instead decided to attend Oregon State.
- Frank Wren tells David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that no decision has been made about Alex Gonzalez's future with the Braves, but both the club and the shortstop sound open to Gonzalez returning in 2012. Gonzalez is popular in the clubhouse and would be an ideal bridge at shortstop to prospect Tyler Pastornicky.
- Mike Newman of Fangraphs profiles Braves minor league left-hander Ronan Pacheco, who "is simply too perfect an example of a pitcher who bucks just about every prospect stereotype on both the statistical and scouting sides to not discuss."
- Matt Eddy of Baseball America recaps this week's minor league transactions.
- David DeJesus "appears the least likely to return" of the Athletics' three free agent outfielders, writes MLB.com's Jane Lee. Josh Willingham and Coco Crisp are also free agents this winter and Willingham said earlier today that he would like to stay with Oakland.
- Angels GM Tony Reagins tells Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register that he doesn't regret giving Bobby Abreu the $9MM option for 2012 that vested in July.
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Cafardo On Rays, Cameron, Gonzalez, Hale
Jim Hickey has one of the most important roles in the American League this year, writes Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. The Rays pitching coach is responsible for rebuilding a Rays bullpen that was depleted by free agency. Hickey says he expects at least one of the team's unheralded arms to break out unexpectedly, adding that if there's going to be a 2011 version of Joaquin Benoit, he'd put his money on Juan Cruz. Here are some of Cafardo's other Sunday notes:
- Domonic Brown has struggled this spring and is now set to undergo surgery on a broken hand. As such, Mike Cameron remains a potential fit for the Phillies. Cafardo argues that "the only problem with a Cameron-Phillies hookup is that he may be a very valuable member of the Red Sox now that he's completely recovered from abdominal surgery."
- Alex Gonzalez doesn't like changing teams as much as he has in the last two seasons, and would have liked to stay in Toronto. Now that he's playing in Atlanta, the shortstop tells Cafardo that he'd "love to stay here for a long time." Gonzalez will be a free agent at season's end.
- DeMarlo Hale was interviewed for two managerial openings this past offseason, and Cafardo wonders if he'll be hired away from the Red Sox next winter. "Right now," Cafardo says, "there doesn't appear to be an obvious place for a managerial change next season."
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Braves Exercise Options For Gonzalez, Infante
The Braves exercised their 2011 options for Alex Gonzalez and Omar Infante, according to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (on Twitter). The team also signed reliever Scott Proctor to a one-year deal. MLB.com's Mark Bowman reported earlier today that the reliever will likely earn a base salary of $750K or so in 2011. Proctor, who was arbitration eligible, will likely have the chance to earn more through incentives.
The options for Gonzalez and Infante cost just $2.5MM each – a reasonable price to pay for two infielders who exceeded expectations in 2010. Gonzalez, who arrived in the Yunel Escobar trade, batted .250/.294/.447 with 23 hom runs in 2010. He hit most of his homers in Toronto, but added six in Atlanta. The 33-year-old is a good defender with some pop who has a sub-.300 on base percentage in his 12-year MLB career.
Infante, 28, batted .321/.359/.416 this year and made his first All-Star team. He finished third in the league in batting average and played second, third, short, left and right, so picking up his option was just a formality; the Braves weren't about to let him hit free agency.
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More unions favor legalizing workers
Changes in labor force spur rethinking
"There has been a significant change in the mind-set of the labor movement," Rodriguez said.
This is not a new position for the UFW, which lost ground in the 1980s to a combination of political resistance and growers' increasing preference for unauthorized workers as more arrived.
The union has supported initiatives calling for legalization, including the 1986 law that granted amnesty to roughly 3 million people residing in the United States illegally.
As with other labor groups that more recently have endorsed legalization, it is a position that evolved along with the work force. Early on, the UFW's stance was less sympathetic toward the illegal workers, who were viewed as competition.
But that view is often misconstrued, some scholars say.
In 1969, four years into a five-year grape strike, Chávez testified before Congress that if illegal workers were removed from California, "at least from the strike fields, we would win the strike overnight," said Jorge Mariscal, who teaches Chicano studies at UC San Diego.
"There is no question that in the early days, they had a strike going on. The growers were bringing in undocumented people to break the strike, so of course they had to be against that," said Mariscal, who cited the quote in a book he wrote about the Chicano movement, "Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun."
Anti-illegal-immigration activists have often referred to actions the union took at the border in protest of strikebreakers as justification for staging border watches.
During strikes against growers in the 1960s and early 1970s, it was common for growers to bring in workers from Mexico as scabs. In 1974, during a strike against citrus growers in Yuma, Ariz., UFW members stationed themselves at the Arizona-Mexico border.
"The UFW protested the inactivity of the (Immigration and Naturalization Service) and then began stopping Mexican undocumented workers at the border, trying to convince them not to scab," reads a passage from "César Chávez: A Triumph of Spirit," a biography of Chávez co-written by Richard Griswold del Castillo, a professor of Chicano studies at San Diego State University. Some strikebreakers did turn back, but there were also violent confrontations, according to the book.
The position union members took against strikebreakers was born not out of qualms over legal status but out of self-preservation, Rodriguez said.
"If you bring in people more hungry than the ones already here, those workers are forced to do what is necessary to take care of their families," he said.
Today, legalizing workers once seen as competitors has become a priority; the UFW kicked off a new pro-legalization campaign this month.
It is also viewed as a necessity.
"We think this is really critical for the future," Rodriguez said.
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Cambodia's handfootmouth disease epidemic appears to have passed the critical point and is now under control, but Thailand remains on alert for further cases of the disease, Bureau of Epidemiology director Dr Pasakorn Akarasewi said on Monday.
He noted the outbreak in the neighbouring country should decline within 45 days and that the illness has been found in Thailand among primaryschool students.
About 13,000 children have been infected with the HDMD so far in Thailand, with the figure possibly reaching some 18,000 cases this year.
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Dussehra is the festival which is celebrated by the Hindu faith people and it is celebrated just 20 days before the major festival called as Diwali. On Dussehra Lord Rama Killed the demon Ravana, thus ending the cruel regime of him on earth. The whole events the unfolded up to this event are written in the Holy Scripture called as Ramayana. All dates are calculated as per the Hindu calendar, which are done keeping position of moon.
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- Dussehra in 2014 – 3rd October, Friday.
- Dussehra in 2015 – 22nd October, Thursday.
- Dussehra in 2016 – October 11, Tuesday.
Exactly 20 days after this, Diwali festival is celebrated and it is on Amavas night, when moon is not there.
Dusshera falls in the month of Ashwin, as per the Hindu calendar. As this is an auspicious day, celebrations are huge on this day. It is also said that, Ma Durga defeated the demon Mahishasur on this day, hence on the 10th day of 9 day long Maha Navaratri ends on it. Idols of Maa Durga are immersed in water also called as Visarjan. In different states of India, celebrating Dussehra festival is having different ways for it, but the unique thing is that, fun and happiness is common to all and that is what defines this festival
Preparation for celebrations starts one month before as long effigies of Ravana, his son Meghnath and brother Kumbhkarna are made. In the evening, these effigies on the day of Dusshera are burned. This demarcates or picturize the event that took place when lord Rama Killed Ravana. In southern part of India, it is an auspicious day for starting any new work or education; hence children keep their books in front of the god. Huge fairs are held at various places where swings, food, sweets, dance, eating, toys related to lord Rama like arrow etc are present. In northern India, Jalebi or Burfi are brought from the market as it is considered auspicious to have sweets on this day.
In Karnataka, streets processions are something to go for and loud music accompanied my dance, songs etc is also there. In the state west Bengal Nine day long Maha Navratri ends on this day. But preparation for the same begins one month before in which idol of ma Durga is made with the help of clay. At various places, some unique rituals like exchange of shami leaves and weapons are also considered very auspicious. This is because; Pandavas hid their weapons inside this tree when they went to Agayatvas.
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Sun JDK 5.0 can be downloaded from Sun's J2SE 5.0 Downloads site. The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers can be downloaded from the Eclipse Downloads site. Download and extract the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers archives to a directory of your choice (for e.g. C:\eclipse). The archive will be extracted to a directory named eclipse under the directory you specified (for e.g. C:\eclipse\eclipse), referred to as <eclipse_home> from now on. Make sure that the JDK in the PATH is Sun JDK 5.0. Launch Eclipse by running <eclipse_home>/eclipse.
To install the Geronimo server, download the Geronimo 2.1.3 server from http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/ and extract the archive to a directory of your choice (for e.g. C:\g). The archive will be extracted to a directory geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1.3 (for e.g. C:\g\geronimo-tomcat6-javaee5-2.1.3) or geronimo-jetty6-javaee5-2.1.3 depending on whether you downloaded Geronimo 2.1.3 distribution with Tomcat or Jetty as the web container. We will refer to this directory as <geronimo_home> from now on.
Installing GEP within WTP
- Once you have all the #Prerequisites installed, launch Eclipse from <Eclipse_Home>/eclipse.
- By default Eclipse will be launched with Java EE perspective.
- Select the servers tab as shown in the figure and select New->Server.
- On the next screen select Download Additional Server Adapters as shown in the figure.
- Select Geronimo V2.1 Server Adapter v2.1.3 adapter and select Next.
- Accept the license agreement and select Finish.
- Next screen will ask for confirmation. Select Ok. Once done Geronimo V2.1 server adapter will be downloaded and installed.
- Once the adapter is installed you will be prompted to restart the server. Select Yes.
Installing GEP using Eclipse update manager
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- Once you have all the prerequisites installed. Launch Eclipse from <Eclipse_Home>/eclipse.
- By default Eclipse will be launched with Java EE perspective.
- Select Help->Software Updates.. from the menu.
- On the next screen select Available Software tab. Select Add Site.
- Copy and paste the following site to Add Site window and Select Ok.
- Expand http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates/ and Select Geronimo v2.1 Server Adapter v2.1.3.
- Once done you have to wait a few seconds while Eclipse resolves dependencies.
- Once done, the Install window will pop up. Select Next.
- Accept the license and Select Finish.
- Installation will start and will take time few minutes. A progress window will display the jars being installed.
- Once GEP is installed you will be prompted to restart. Select yes.
Manual Installation
Using updatesite.zip
- Download the package geronimo-eclipse-plugin-2.1.3-updatesite.zip from http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/2.1.3/.
- Once done, unzip the package to a directory on your machine.
- Follow the instructions in #Installing GEP using Eclipse update manager section. When adding a an update site in step 5, choose Local, and navigate to the directory where you unzipped the updatesite.zip package in the previous step.
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- Download the package geronimo-eclipse-plugin-2.1.3-deployable.zip from http://apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/2.1.3/.
- Once done, unzip the package to your eclipse installation directory. For Ganymede, unzip to the eclipse/dropins directory. You may get a prompt regarding file replacement. Select All.
- Restart eclipse with the -clean option.
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- Select Help->About Eclipse Platform.
- You can see a G icon in the About Eclipse Platform. This confirms the successful installation of GEP. Click the icon.
- On the next screen you can view details- License, Plug-in-Details and set the Columns of the table being displayed.
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