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His first moves were sensible enough, given the small number of his force and the sprawling size of the armory.
The restriction on the use of hands (decried by some soccer-objectors, including myself until we beat Ghana) is sensible.
In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage.
late 14c., "capable of sensation or feeling;" also "capable of being sensed or felt, perceptible to the senses," hence "easily understood; logical, reasonable," from Late Latin sensibilis "having feeling, perceptible by the senses," from sensus, past participle of sentire "perceive, feel" (see sense (n.)). Of persons, "aware, cognizant (of something)" early 15c.; "having good sense, capable of reasoning, discerning, clever," mid-15c. Of clothes, shoes, etc., "practical rather than fashionable" it is attested from 1855.
Other Middle English senses included "susceptible to injury or pain" (early 15c., now gone with sensitive); "worldly, temporal, outward" (c.1400); "carnal, unspiritual" (early 15c., now gone with sensual). Related: Sensibleness.
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Greenpeace and countless activists have asked Kimberly-Clark (K-C) to help save the Boreal forest since 2004, when the Kleercut campaign was launched. In a tremendous victory for ancient forests, including the Boreal, the company that makes popular brands like Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle has announced a new policy that places it among the industry leaders in sustainability, bringing the Kleercut campaign to a successful completion.
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First and foremost, a big "thank you" to Kimberly-Clark, the world's largest manufacturer of tissue paper products and the proud owner of a new fiber procurement policy. We pledge to work cooperatively to help implement that policy. Today is definitely a day for celebrating the new protections provided to our world's ancient forests by the world's biggest tissue maker. The Kleercut campaign was what we call a "market campaign," so I thought it would be interesting to look back on the strategies and tactics that made today's victory for ancient forests possible. Read more
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Argentinos Juniors clinched a 2-2 draw against Brazilian champions Fluminense in the opening game of the Copa Libertadores Group Three on Wednesday.
Two headers from forward Franco Niell helped Argentinos earn the crucial point at the Engenhao Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Niell opened the scoring before half-time by connecting with a Gustavo Oberman free-kick from the right.
However, Rafael Moura equalised 12 minutes after the interval with another header after a Carlinhos cross. Niell put Argentinos Juniors ahead once again at the 71st after a mistake by goalkeeper Cavalieri, but Moura needed two minutes more to put the score even after a cross from Mariano.
It was the first game of Group Three, with Uruguayan giants Nacional and Mexico's America the other pool contenders.
Niell was very happy with the result and his team's form, saying: "We played an intelligent game. We were looking forward to the start of the Copa Libertadores because we've prepared for this. Unfortunately, we failed to gain three points, but a draw is valuable."


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eSports Management Group, LLC Announces Signing of CLG
LAS VEGAS, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- eSports Management Group, LLC (eMG) today announces the launch of a global, full service management organization that provides exclusive services to professional gamers. eMG's primary services include professional gamer representation, marketing, sales, event management and corporate consulting.
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The eSports industry has experienced rapid growth as streams of live matches are receiving record setting viewership, players are reaching celebrity status, and live events are selling out. With this explosion of user and consumer interest, major sponsors are recognizing the value associated with marketing and advertising within the eSports industry. To best capitalize on this interest, eMG will leverage years of proven agency deal-making experience to create new revenue streams for our clients.
eMG is founded by Brian Balsbaugh, who since 1998 has negotiated thousands of sponsorships in golf and poker. "There are tremendous similarities to the current eSports industry and poker in 2003. Professional gamers are independent contractors who travel around the world playing in tournaments -- exactly the same as professional golfers and poker players. We know the formula on how to maximize their value and look forward to bringing our clients new opportunities," said Balsbaugh.
eMG also announces today the signing of Nick "Tasteless" Plott to a management agreement for worldwide management and marketing representation across all major platforms, including sponsorship and licensing. Plott is arguably the most popular caster in all of eSports and has a massive following both online and at live
events. "I am thrilled and honored to be picked up by eMG. I feel this is the next big step in my career, and I believe our partnership will help expand the awareness of eSports. I would like to thank eMG for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to the future," said Plott.
Additionally, eMG announces the signing of Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), the worlds #1 ranked League of Legends team. "With the exponential growth and overall buzz surrounding the game League of Legends, the opportunity to work with a fantastic organization like Counter Logic Gaming is a huge honor. Our goal is to
greatly expand the business opportunities available to their team," said Balsbaugh.
"I would like to thank eMG on behalf of everyone at Counter Logic Gaming. CLG is completely committed to eSports and we're confident that eMG brings the expertise and passion needed to help promote our wish to support the wider development of eSports. We look forward to building a strong partnership with eMG and that our success will inspire others to follow our lead", said Helen Georgalidis CEO, Counter Logic Gaming.
eMG has also signed eSports master of ceremonies and top host Joshua "Clutch" Gray along with first person shooter veterans, Scott "Gandhi" Lussier, Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez, and Danish "Dmaq" Maqbool. Also on the eMG team is Co-Founder Tobias Sherman, a respected eSports figure. Sherman brings to eMG
great relationships and an experienced view of the eSports landscape.
For more information on the entire eMG team, visit our website at esportsmg .
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lelouchgeass 3 years ago
I lold so hard at this. (the worlds #1 ranked League of Legends team.) there good but there certainly not number serious high mighty they think
Familion 3 years ago
Yeah... Interesting how everyone on (also on Reddit) focuses on this issue. It's called marketing. Plus, the guys on Reddit might have a point when they say taken the circuit points for .NA and .EU together they are number one overall. Anyway, that definitely is not the thing to focus on here...
CyberBob 3 years ago
They did not fire me, lol. I've been partnered with Hotshot for some time, he needs someone to step in represent him, so he can focus on doing what he does best.
Durendall 3 years ago
"There are tremendous similarities to the current eSports industry and poker in 2003. Professional gamers are independent contractors who travel around the world playing in tournaments -- exactly the same as professional golfers and poker players. We know the formula on how to maximize their value and look forward to bringing our clients new opportunities," said Balsbaugh. Don't like this statement at all. I don't think esports (specifically LOL) is exactly how poker is. This "magic formula" sounds like a fair shot of overconfidence and it will be interesting to see how far this kind of attitude is really going to get them...
Durendall 3 years ago
Contrats to CLG though I guess, hope it's not a boarding pass for a sinking ship is all, you guys were doing great things for the scene beforehand so I hope you didn't hand off your rights or anything silly.


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Staff Photo: Jason Braverman Louisville's Peyton Siva goes up for a shot as Wichita State's Ehimen Orukpe is called for a foul during the first half of Saturday's semifinal game at the Georgia Dome.
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Cardinals 9, Angels 6
ST. LOUIS (AP)—Albert Pujols said he wasn't making pitchers pay for mistakes earlier in the season. He's making them pay now.
Pujols had two home runs and five RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Los Angeles Angels 9-6 on Sunday. It was his 19th multi-homer game and his second in seven games. Six of Pujols' 15 home runs have come in the that span, including two at Houston on June 3.
"Just put a good swing and just make sure I take advantage of the mistake that they make," he said. "The last couple of months, they were getting away with that. Now, I'm putting my good swing on it and the ball is going out of the park or I hit a line drive somewhere."
Pujols hit a two-run homer off starter Jered Weaver in the third inning to tie the game 3-3. His three-run shot in the fifth came against Chris Bootcheck (1-1), who took the loss.
Weaver, who had won his previous four decisions and five of six, left after the third inning with tightness in his lower back. Weaver, who said he does not anticipate missing a start, was the third Angel not to finish a game in the past two days. Garret Anderson (leg) and Casey Kotchman (elbow) left the game Saturday.
Weaver wasn't surprised Pujols took him deep.
"Anything that catches too much of the zone with him, he's going to put it where the people want to catch it," Weaver said.
So Taguchi reached three times, with a single and a walk, and David Eckstein went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot.
Scott Spiezio started at third in place of Scott Rolen and hit a three-run home run off Hector Carrasco in the seventh. Rolen came in for defense in the eighth.
Eckstein's single up the middle to start the fifth was his 1,000th career hit and Taguchi reached on a fielder's choice. That brought up Pujols, who hit a 3-2 pitch into the Angels' bullpen to give St. Louis a 6-4 lead.
"He had the home run off Weaver on a slider, so I thought I'd take a shot with a fastball," Bootcheck said. "He's a great hitter. What else can you say?"
Bootcheck (1-1) had given up one home run in his previous 23 2-3 innings. He went two innings against the Cardinals, giving up three runs on two hits.
The Angels scored three times in the third off Todd Wellemeyer. Chone Figgins singled to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, scoring Shea Hillenbrand, and Orlando Cabrera followed with a two-run double.
Wellemeyer (2-0) gave up five runs—four earned—on seven hits over 5 2-3. It was the longest outing for the converted reliever since the Cardinals put him in the rotation in place of Anthony Reyes.
A day after questioning whether the Angels thought his Cardinals were a legitimate opponent, manager Tony La Russa said Sunday's performance left little doubt. The Angels scored 19 runs on 35 hits in the first two games.
"I think they walked out of here saying 'maybe those guys can play a little bit,"' La Russa said. "We looked more like a team that belonged on a major league field."
The Cardinals are 1-5 in interleague play this season and the Angels are 5-1. … OF Juan Encarnacion tripled in the second to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. … Weaver struck out looking during the first inning in his first at-bat since high school. … Figgins went 1-for-5 and is batting .489 (22-for-45) during his 10-game hitting streak. … Anderson and Kotchman did not play but were available.


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Benefits Oxfam's Syria Crisis Appeal.
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Reading and Leeds 2013 lineup revealed
Eminem, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Deftones, and more.
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Rock Werchter 2013 lineup: Blur, Depeche Mode, Phoenix, Rammstein, and more
Green Day, Kings of Leon, Sigur Rós, and Alt-J, too.
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Cold Cave postpones upcoming U.S. dates
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The Antlers strike hard in Los Angeles (2/11)
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Muse, Clapton, BMRC, Editors, RJD2, Air, and more!
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Steelers Preview: The Greatness of Ben
Roethlisberger can carry the offense. And with improvements on both sides of the ball, the Steelers are primed for a return to the playoffs
Over the years, football fans have pretty much agreed on which top-tier veteran quarterbacks fall on which tier. The first tier generally includes, in no particular order, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees. The second tier: Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan. And then there are the talented but inconsistent gunslingers who float from one tier to another, guys like Tony Romo, Matthew Stafford and Jay Cutler.
The star quarterback people can't seem to firmly slot is Ben Roethlisberger. Fans all agree he belongs on one of these tiers. In fact, he seems to fit on all three.
The truth is, Roethlisberger belongs on that first tier. He's 2-1 in Super Bowls, has a career winning percentage of .669 as a starter and, most importantly, his on-field performance verifies his on-paper accomplishments.
Roethlisberger doesn't quite look it, but upon close examination he's one the most physically gifted quarterbacks in football—if not the most physically gifted. His ability to shed would-be sackers is one thing; his ability to do it multiple times and then gather himself enough to make not only a downfield throw, but a sharp and accurate downfield throw, is otherworldly. His unconventional playing style can make his golden arm easy to overlook.
While he's always been great out of structure, Roethlisberger in recent years has also become very good within structure. The 32-year-old will never be a full-field progression read passer—he has too much natural inclination to improvise. But he's no longer heavily dependent on his freestyling, thanks to improved awareness in the pre-snap phase.
Roethlisberger now operates in a Todd Haley scheme that emphasizes pre-snap decision making. Examples include Pittsburgh's expanded shifts and motions, plus the quick receiver screens that have become a staple.
Roethlisberger's relationship with Haley has been highly scrutinized, though both insist they're on the same page now. Which is one reason we can expect the Steelers to rebound from a second consecutive eight-loss season. Some believe Roethlisberger actually had the best season of his career in 2013. If this club is to become a Super Bowl contender in 2014, he'll need to be even better.
He doesn't have as many weapons; Mike Wallace departed before last season and Emmanuel Sanders got away this past offseason. Antonio Brown is the only man left from what could have been an outstanding trio. A tight salary cap allowed GM Kevin Colbert to keep only one, and he recognized the right one early, giving Brown a six-year, $43 million extension before the 2012 season. Brown is one of the NFL's quickest when it comes to getting in and out of breaks. He is dangerous after the catch and capable of stretching the field. Most importantly, he has a feel for what to do when plays break down.
That's a vital trait for any receiver playing with Roethlisberger, though it's not enough for a young player to stand on. If Markus Wheaton, last year's third-round pick, is to fill the empty No. 2 receiver job, he'll have to learn how to execute the intricate timing of Haley's quick pass designs. Same goes for this year's fourth-round pick, Martavis Bryant, who's also competing for the job. If neither newbie is ready, then free agent veteran Lance Moore will start opposite Brown, giving the Steelers two superb deep-intermediate route runners.
Truth be told, it doesn't matter a whole lot who starts at the other receiver spot because Roethlisberger is now capable of executing based off play design, and most of the play designs will center around Brown anyway. And Roethlisberger's second favorite target will be smooth, reliable tight end Heath Miller, who turns 32 in October but is said to be back at top form now that he's more than a year removed from ACL surgery.
The Steelers last season aligned in three-receiver sets 59% of the time, tied for seventh-most in the NFL. Presumably, Haley would like to change that and feature more balanced two-tight end formations. Matt Spaeth is back from a foot injury that wiped out almost all of his 2013 campaign. He'll provide better blocking and red zone receiving than David Paulson.
Will Johnson can also be classified as a tight end, though really he's more of an H-back, coming out of the backfield and serving as a de facto lead blocker. Johnson could see more than the 11.5 snaps per game he saw last year; the Steelers, based on how they drafted recently, seem eager to return to a more balanced, perhaps at times even run-oriented offense. After spending a 2012 first-rounder on drive-blocking guard David DeCastro, they spent a 2013 second-rounder on Le'Veon Bell, hoping he can be their "Bell cow."
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He can, but maybe not how you'd expect. Even though he weighs 230, Bell is more of a finesse runner who likes to reach the perimeter and create space with his agility. He's certainly capable of providing power when need be, but he generally does that as a tackle-breaker, not a battering ram.
Bell will see about 25 touches a game but, this being 2014, they won't all come off straight handoffs the way plodding-but-effective backup LeGarrette Blount's touches might. Expect to see Bell split out to receiver in 3 x 2 empty sets and be a meaningful contributor in the passing game. Third-round rookie Dri Archer, a quick, multidimensional ball-handler, could also see an ancillary role here.
Just how often Bell's touches come through the air versus on the ground might be a function of how Pittsburgh's much-maligned offensive line performs. It's a young group that, under new coach Mike Munchak, is expected to keep improving, especially now that Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey—one of the smartest, fleetest interior linemen in football—is back.
To Pouncey's right, DeCastro has flashed Pro Bowl potential, but he's also floundered at times, usually when asked to play off movement in the running game. If he were consistent on pull blocks, he'd likely wrestle the more significant left guard job away from Ramon Foster.
Outside, it's imperative that solid fourth-year right tackle Marcus Gilbert stay on the field, as Mike Adams has proven to be exactly what the Steelers feared: someone you can't count on. Adams still sees a lot of time as a sixth lineman, but he was supposed to compete for the long-term left tackle job. As of right now, that job belongs to 2012 seventh-round pick Kelvin Beachum, who some believe is the team's best raw athlete up front. Beachum progressed steadily as a fill-in starter last season, but he also benefitted from help-blockers on a fairly regular basis. That's not ideal for any offense.
A big reason for Pittsburgh's 8-8 slump has been a dearth of big plays on defense. In 2012, the Steelers ranked first in yards allowed but just 15th in sacks and 25th in forced turnovers. In 2013, they were tied for 25th in sacks and tied for 27th in turnovers. And thanks to uncharacteristically sloppy tackling, they surrendered a lot of big plays, falling to 13th in yards allowed.
This is the opposite of how Dick LeBeau's bend-don't-break zone blitz formula is supposed to work. LeBeau essentially coaches with the mindset that it's okay to play with a cushion and be very basic on early downs. Yes, that might allow the offense to mount a few first downs, but it will take them at least 10 plays to do so. The law of averages says that, somewhere in that 10-play span, a mistake will be made, and when it is, the Steelers will capitalize. Inevitably, the offense will fall into a 3rd-and-long situation, which is where LeBeau unleashes his hybrid nickel looks and zone blitzes. The Steelers are very well coached in all of this, and they have to be: LeBeau's scheme has a lot of complex matchup zone principles.
This is why rookies don't generally play in Pittsburgh. That's changing, though, mainly out of necessity. Jarvis Jones started eight games last year due in part to LaMarr Woodley's injuries. Safety Shamarko Thomas was part of the dime package that saw increased usage because after Larry Foote's season-ending injury, LeBeau was discouraged from playing his usual two-linebacker nickel package. LeBeau was uncomfortable with nickel because another rookie, sixth-rounder Vince Williams (starting in place of Foote), wasn't very good in coverage.
Williams is in a reserve role now, but only to make room for yet another rookie: first-round pick Ryan Shazier. The versatile former Ohio State Buckeye will assume the weak inside backer job, sliding front seven leader Lawrence Timmons to the strong inside spot. This is by far the most athletic interior linebacking duo in the league. Their ability to rush the passer and run to coverage spots gives LeBeau tremendous flexibility in pass-rush disguises.
Shazier isn't the only rookie likely to see time. Second-round pick Stephon Tuitt should capture Brett Keisel's old defensive end role opposite 2013 breakout player Cameron Heyward. Also in the mix: former Charger Cam Thomas, who will compete with a heavier Steve McLendon (he's up from 313 to around 330) for nose tackle reps.
Rounding out the front seven, the transition-tagged Jason Worilds is looking to build on the eight sacks he posted during the team's 8-4 finish last year, and earn a long-term contract. Worilds can bend the edge, but it's a little unsettling that his bulb did not light up until his 2013 contract year. He'll play opposite the even more explosive Jones and ahead of free agent pickup Arthur Moats, who is competing with insipid fourth-year pro Chris Carter for top backup duties.
The secondary is the only area where this defense has not gotten younger, save for the addition of 27-year-old safety Mike Mitchell, whom Mike Tomlin and Colbert are betting (hoping) can replace stabilizer Ryan Clark in centerfield. Mitchell has never been particularly comfortable in deep coverage, though. His game is more that of an attack missile. But those chores are already handled by Troy Polamalu, who isn't quite as dynamic as he was a few years ago but is still an elite playmaker.
Cornerback is the position that many felt needed an infusion of youth, if not for now then at least for next season, when stalwart veteran Ike Taylor will likely be gone. Taylor, 34, can still be a reliable No. 1 cover artist, but he needs more safety or buzz-linebacker help than he once did. Late last year he stopped shadowing opponents' top receivers and just played the left side. That was in part to help settle cornerbacks Cortez Allen and William Gay. Allen is rising, but overall this is still a middle-tier cornerbacking unit. The Steelers hope it's challenged more than ever, though. That would mean their top-tier quarterback is putting up points.
Shaun Suisham connected on all but two of his 32 field goal attempts last season, though none of those attempts came from 50 yards out, where he is 4-for-13 in his career. The Steelers' punting situation has been a mess recently; veteran Adam Podlesh and undrafted second-year man Brad Wing will compete to clean it up. Antonio Brown is the rare No. 1 receiver who also serves as a returner. He can be very dangerous.
There are more question marks than usual here, but there are resources to answer them. Expect the AFC North to come down to Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
Ben has the 2nd best playoff record (10-4) of all the starting QB's in the league besides Tom Brady. better than both Manning's Drew Brees and Aaron Rogers. most teams will admit that the Big Ben isn't a QB they want to see in the playoffs! It's getting to the playoffs that the Steelers possibly will do this year!
Hopefully, this will break the mold. Coach Tomlin has yet to have a loosing season. 8-8 to Steeler Nation just feels negative. Speed and youth will be the added ingredient's to this season. Especially on Defense." Go Steelers"
If Ben was playing for Dallas Or NY, ESPN and the NFL Network would have erected Monument's to him. As it is right now, they would shove Ben to side just to get to someone like Philip Rivers. That's the main problem.
Andy, this is one of the best and most insightful (and accurate) articles I have read about my favorite team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. You are definitely accurate about Big Ben. He definitely is and deserves to be recognized as being in the top tier of quarterbacks. The only thing I would add to the article is our hope that Dri Archer will be able--in addition to playing as a running back/wide receiver--to return not only kick-off returns but also punt returns so as to preserve the health of Antonio Brown. I also hear encouraging things about Justin Brown and Martavis Bryant as wide receivers who can contribute to the team this year. Again, thank you Andy. You have a new fan in me.
Fantastic insight. I hope he's right about a return to the playoffs.
I have never posted on this site before but this is one of the most insightful articles I have read about my Steelers Offensive and Defensive outlook.
Not many NFL QB's can extend a play as well as Roethlisberger ..I say he's between the first and second tier ...Physically he reminds me of Roman Gabriel who was almost impossible to knock down ..
Come on, no one with any sense thinks Roethlisberger is a 3rd tier QB. He's been top 5 for years. And I'm a Patriots fan.


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Gamers clamouring for a rerelease of Studio Clover's critically acclaimed adventure title Okami will be pleased to know that Capcom will be releasing an HD version of the game by the end of this year in Japan.
According to an advanced copy of Famitsu (via Sinobu and Tales Source), the PlayStation 3 game will be retitled "Okami Zekkie-ban" (or "Okami: Magnificent Edition" in English). This version of the game will not only have remastered HD graphics, but will also support full 1080p options on current televisions. The game will also have PlayStation Move controller support; players use the Move controller to activate celestial brush powers.
The remastered game will be out on November 1 and will be priced at ¥3,990 ($51). Gamers who buy the first print run of the title will get a code to download the digital version of Okami: A Caricature of Beasts, a Japanese book adaptation of the game's story.
North American and European versions will be out in digital form this fall for $19.99/£15.99/€19.99 in the respective territories. For more information on the PlayStation 2 version of the game, check out GameSpot's review.
UPDATE: Capcom has confirmed the release and pricing details for all regions and released an announcement trailer for the game, which is embedded below.


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Psy and United Nations Secretary-General dance 'Gangnam Style'
Psy has officially taken "Gangnam Style" to the United Nations. The K-Pop singer met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday (Oct. 23), and, before you ask, yes they did dance some of Psy's now-iconic "Gangnam Style" moves.
The South Korean rapper has been touring around the world recently and has visited various celebrities along the way. He taught Hugh Jackman and Ryan Seacrest the "Gangnam Style" dance last week, but this U.N. visit takes the Psy phenomenon to a whole new level.
"Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world," Ban told Psy during their meet, according to the Associated Press. "Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets."
Psy was similarly complimentary, teasing, "So now you have first and second famous Korean in the same building."
In all seriousness, Psy seemed honored to have the opportunity to meet the fellow South Korean figure at the UN in New York City.
"For all the Koreans he is the guy, you know, in everyone's heart in Korea, the best among the best. To be here and he knows me, even the thing that he knows me is so touching right now, and he's saying he saw my video," said Psy. "He counted my video views ... This is much more better feeling than when I did Number Two on Billboard."


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I noted with interest "The optimist manifesto" (16 April, p 52) which states that relentless optimists are "...less likely to get cardiovascular disease or to catch flu, and are at less risk of dying from any cause". I am quite excited by this apparent discovery of the secret of eternal life.
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Lightning strike sparks fire at East Side San Antonio home
Bolt causes $80k damage to home on Avant
SAN ANTONIO - A bolt of lightning sparked fire at a home in on the East Side of San Antonio, causing $80,000 in damage.
Larry Guadarrama spent Sunday digging through what was left of his home. Firefighters believe a lightning strike at the house in the 800 block of Avant sparked the flames.
So far, Guadarrama has found pictures of his children, some of his wife's jewelry and his wedding album, which was still partially intact.
"When I saw things like that, I said, 'Oh my goodness.' I kept digging, digging with trowel. Looking and looking," Guadarrama said.
Guadarrama bought the home in 1975, and time hasn't worn away at his pride of ownership.
"I just finished painting my porch yesterday, and it looked so nice, you know. And I cut the grass expecting the rain," he said.
That rain also brought the lightning that sparked the fire.
The Guadarrama's weren't at home, but neighbors heard a loud bang, then one neighbor, Derrick De La Fuente, smelled smoke.
"I started looking around and you could see smoke just coming out the top of the house there," De La Fuente said.
Within ten minutes, flames were shooting through the roof. Guadarrama said his home was insured.
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Damascus meeting 27 June 2011
June 27, 2011 by sks
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GUARDIAN: Bashar al-Assad sets date for 'national dialogue' with opponents
Activists call Syrian president's overture 'pointless' while army repression continues in the country
Syrian authorities have set a date for a "national dialogue" with goverment opponents beginning on 10 July, but activists dismissed the prospect as pointless while a crackdown continues.
The move came as scores of opposition members met in Damascus, apparently with the government's sanction, for the first such summit in Syria for decades. Read more
LCC Statement on the consultative meeting in Damascus, Monday 27 June 2011
Kurdish students arrested at Damascus University
June 26, 2011 by sks
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Several human rights orgaisations reported that student accommodation was raided, and students were attacked by security forces and supporters of the al-Assad regime the arbitrary arrest at the university in Damascus. Dozens of Kurdish university students in Damascus were arrested on 21 June 2011. Read more
Sunday 26 June 2011
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SUMMARY (26/6/2011): The military operations in and around Qusayr continue to drive hundereds of Syrians into Lebanon (to join the 5,000 Syrians who fled there several weeks ago). Assad met some Syrian-Americans to tell them what is happening had been misrepresented. Meanwhile, Farhan Almatar became the first well-known journalist to resign from Syrian state TV. See the map for more info. Syria – Sunday 26/06/2011 Read more
'Historic meeting' to plan the future of a free democracy in Syria, said Saleh Mohammed
June 26, 2011 by sks
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The Democratic Union Party – PYD reports that their leader, Saleh Mohammed, has confirmed that agreement was reached among factions of the Syrian opposition during a meeting held in Damascus on 25 June 2011, and that a joint statement will be released in the next few days.
Represented at this meeting were eleven Kurdish political parties, the National Democratic Assembly of Parties in Syria, the Leftist Marxist Parties Assembly, and independent representatives and national figures in political, cultural and socio-economic aspects of Syrian life. Strenuous efforts were made by everyone, including PYD, to reach this historic achievement for Syria in general, and also for Kurds in Western Kurdistan and elsewhere in the country. Read more
Declaration of solidarity with Hatip Dicle
June 25, 2011 by sks
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Hatip Dicle is, like all politicians of the electoral block for Labour, Democracy and Freedom, fully committed to the continuous work for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question and the democratisation of Turkey. Therefore we are convinced that the recognition of his mandate and the recognition of the democratic will of the Kurdish population, are necessary steps in the direction of the democratisation as well as the stabilisation of the country. Read more
For longer suffering Kurds in Syria, the boot is now on the other foot
June 25, 2011 by sks
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With protests, government crackdowns and the current crisis for the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad deepening by the day, a confident mood is in the air that the once unthinkable may soon be a reality – the end of the Syrian Baathist dictatorship. Nowhere in Syria will this dawn be heralded more than in Syrian Kurdistan.
The ever-changing Middle Eastern political landscape and the current wave of revolutionary doctrine prompting a bold new democratic era may have predominantly Arab colours based but poses a unique opportunity for Kurds in Syria. If the protests and the reformist euphoria were likened to an Arabic spring, then it can certainly have a Kurdish summer ending. Read more
Al-Hasakah province delegation sends demands to President Bashar al-Assad: 5 April 2011
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To His Excellency, President Dr. Bashar al-Assad,President of the Syrian Arab Republic, may God protect him Peace and God's mercy and blessing be with you! The members of the delegation from al-Hasakah are pleased, Your Excellency, for the opportunity to express their deepest love, esteem, and loyalty, and we ask the Lord God — Blessed be He! — to strengthen Your Excellency's wisdom and power and through you to help the fatherland and the nation to prosperity and victory. We assure Your Excellency that we stand behind you in building the fatherland and ending the unrest that has struck our beloved country. The masses in al-Hasakah province who remained true to the eternally immortal President Hafiz al-Assad through all of his commendable adjustment policy will remain equally true to you in creating an atmosphere of tolerance and fraternity and in observing your wise guidance on the course to development and modernization. Read more
Syrian Kurdish towns protest on the 'Friday of the Loss of Legitimacy'
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Amid continued silence from Iraqi Kurdistan officials and prominent Syrian Kurds, many youth in Kurdish towns in Syria counted themselves among the protesters that have rallied in Syrian streets every Friday for over three months. Thousands protested in Kobanî (Ain el Arab), Amûdê, Qamishlo, Sari-Kaniyeh (Ras el Ain) and Derbasieh, calling for the fall of an illegitimate regime. Read more
Turkey: DI Condemns Veto on Elected MP Mehmet Hatip Dicle
Defend International (DI) strongly condemns the Turkish Supreme Election Board's undemocratic decision of not recognizing the right of the elected Kurdish candidate Mr.Mehmet Hatip Dicle, emphasizing that the decision taken by the election board is an attempt to manipulate the results of the democratic voting process that took place in Turkey on June 12, 2011. Such a decision is neither legal nor ethical, and new arrangements should be made. Read more


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Ebook sales up, but slower; traditional book sales fall
February 28, 2012 | 8:30 am
By Paul Biba
From Shelf Awareness:
In December, net book sales fell 3.5%, to $1.52 billion, as reported by 77 publishers to the Association of American Publishers. E-books, which rose 72.1% over December 2010, gained the most of any category, but continued to grow at a slower rate than the category's triple-digit gains earlier in the year. Adult mass market had the biggest drop, falling 40.9% to the same period a year earlier.For the full year, net book sales fell 3.2%, to $11.276 billion. As in December, e-books were the strongest category, rising 117.3% while mass markets fell the most, down 35.9%.
DECEMBER 2011 Category Sales % Change E-books $85 million 72.1% Downloaded audiobooks $10.2 million 17.4% Children's YA/hardcover $67.1 million 12.3% Religious books $52.4 million 3.1% Audiobooks $12 million 0.6% Higher ed $863.3 million -3.1% Univ. press hardcover $4.8 million -7.1% Adult hardcover $130.3 million -11.8% Adult paperback $112.4 million -11.9% Children's YA/paperback $42 million -13% Univ. press paperback $5.4 million -32% Adult mass market $33.8 million -40.9%
2011 Category Sales % change E-books $969.9 million 117.3% Downloaded audiobooks $98.8 million 25.5% Religious books $645.1 million 8.4% Higher ed $4.542 billion -1.2% Children's YA/hardcover $661.9 million -4.7% Univ. press hardcover $46.5 million -6.9% Univ. press paperback $50.5 million -6.9% Audiobooks $118.7 million -8.1% Children's YA/paperback $475 million -12.7% Adult paperback $1.165 billion -15.6% Adult hardcover $1.293 billion -17.5% Adult mass market $431.5 million -35.9%
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I love your coverage, Paul, but this headline is incredibly misleading. You should say "Trad-pub ebook sales fall." The market is being stolen out from under them by hundreds of thousands of indie authors, whose sales are up up up.
(I know you don't have data for that, but it's obvious with even a casual perusal of the major online retailers).
Scott Nicholson
It should be noted that e-book sales "continued to grow at a slower rate" only in the sense of year-over-year. Month-over-month, e-book sales growth stopped after the post-holiday rush last year. Since last April, AAP's e-book sales reports have run in the vicinity of $80 million every month, and the full-year figure averages to $81 million per month. No growth (but no loss, either)… the curve is flat.
Graph: http://imgur.com/Czlpz
It'll be interesting to see what happens in January and February. Simon&Schuster reported that they didn't see the big jump in e-book sales that they'd forecast, and B&N reported that they had trouble selling their e-reader-only NOOK during the holiday season.
The era of the e-reader seems to be fading, to be replaced by the era of the tablet.
There are always lazy people looking to jump on 'trends' to make predictions. In this kind of embryonic market this is a mugs game imho. I notice there is no information on who's sales are included and who's are excluded. Do Amazon supply these figures ?
There is one thing that is clear – eBook sales are soaring. Paper is sliding into the river.


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Much has happened since the end of the Cold War to show that there is merit in old-school conservatism. It's hard to imagine 1952 Republican Presidential Candidate Robert Taft going for NAFTA, or thinking it was a good idea to accelerate defense spending despite the Soviet threat finally being debunked. Robert Taft wouldn't have allowed Ozzy Osbourne, a documented whore for both Satan and Pepsico, into White House functions. If Robert Taft could be exhumed and installed into the Presidency, one might expect Executive orations to look a little less like infomercials for real estate scams.
We don't have Robert Taft anymore. We have the Coca-Cola Cowboy with an MBA. The political lovechild of Buford Pusser and Dave Del Dotto; a savant that knows enough to drawl for the rubes but who sounds downright educated when giving speeches on the other side of the Atlantic. Exhibiting a keen understanding of both the Christian Gospels and "Getting To Yes", W conducts foreign policy by asking himself "What would Jesus do if Jesus were a gunslinger?"
Our foreign policy is conservative in no tangible sense. Yet the conservative establishment refuses to point that out. More, more, more, they cry, echoing the recorded sentiments of porn-star turned disco queen Andrea True Connection. They are whores for defense contractors, whores for oil companies, and whores for interests whose exploitation knows no borders or bounds. Meanwhile, they cloak their intentions in the tawdry wrapping paper of "National Greatness Conservatism". May they impale themselves on their flag pins.
Because they do not love America enough to see that it very well may be irreparably wrecked. The last two generations of men have seen fit not to raise their children, and the youth coming up understand a "body count" as a video game statistic. The aesthetic of the strip club has found its way into both public schools and church aisles. Everywhere you look, the value of life is diminished by a relentless barrage of nihilism cloaked in noxious sentimentality. "Reasonable people" are discussing using nuclear weapons on a country we bombed, embargoed, and starved into the Third World over the course of the last decade. Their language manages that rare feat, to be at once clinical and pornographic; our policymakers talk of families they are about to decimate with no more feeling than auctioneers used when hawking slaves.
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"I was maced in the left eye and face by a police officer at 53rd Street and Third Avenue. We were forced by the police to march into a cul-de-sac, and the weight of the people behind us pressed the crowd against the pen, whereupon a police officer sprayed me and several other people. Another police officer refused to allow me out of the pen to get medical assistance."
-from a report by a 65-year-old woman to the New York Civil Liberties Union after February 15
"Severe restrictions were made even on First Avenue. Each block was surrounded by guardrails, with the exits and entrances guarded by officers. Protesters were not allowed to move from one block to the next, and were even held at the block above the one containing the rally stage, despite plenty of room. Exits were made easy, while entrances were nearly impossible."
-protester's comment to the New York Civil Liberties Union about difficulties of accessing the main rally in Manhattan February 15
At http://people.cornellcollege.edu/a-free/feb15.htm, you can revisit the global February 15 rallies (the one in Antarctica is a gas — few people but lots of color and even more snow; at over a million people the one in London was so huge there are three photos, not just one) and feel your exhilaration mount, photo by photo–We are a world-wide movement! (Other figures: Rome, 2 million; Barcelona, 1.3 million; Sydney, 200,000.) Included is the familiar New York City photo The New York Times ran on its first page the next day: a sea of protestors on First Avenue against a backdrop of the 59th Street Bridge's arches. The picture gives no hint of the repressive nature of the day, which followed from the New York Police Department's refusal to allow a march (Mayor Michael Bloomberg soon seconded the ban)–the only such refusal, apparently, to have been issued anywhere in the world. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) challenged the order in District Court where Judge Barbara Jones argued that post-9/11 security concerns and the week's terror alert trumped a march of such "size and uncertainty." The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the District Court with "a logic that," in the words of Anthony Lewis writing in The New York Times February 24 (p. A21) "would have justified bans on marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s."
While the march was prohibited, the rally itself seemed to get an initial green light from Assistant Chief Michael Esposito, southern Manhattan's commanding officer, who said it could fill First Avenue as far north as necessary. But even this prospect was scotched as early as 11 a.m., a full hour before the rally was to begin, as cross-streets between 33rd and 63rd were sealed off by police barricades. In a statement to the NYCLU one writer described an experience shared by tens of thousands of other demonstrators:
"I [tried] to reach the rally site from 11 a.m. As I walked up 2nd Avenue from 33rd Street expecting to be able to approach the rally site somewhere along my route by turning east on a cross street, I was directed by the police blocking every cross street to proceed to X street where a crossing would be allowed. Each time I reached that cross street it had been sealed off and we were directed to the next until the stream of protesters grew to a size that could no longer be kept along the sidewalk. We filled in the avenue and eventually reach 63rd Street where we were told we would be able to cross over to First Ave. Again we met a road block of at least 12 to 16 police."
It was the triumph of the crowds (estimated at around 400,000) to turn long stretches of Second and Third Avenues into innovative sub-rallies; to create an anti-war cafe society in restaurants along the way; to brave the hideous cold (below 0 degrees given the fierce wind-chill factor); their triumph to be almost uniformly patient and pacific, with few tempers erupting into anger in the face of immense frustration. Those who did reach First Avenue found barricades stretching vertically between cross-streets, while other barricades sealed the boxes fore and aft at the north and south sides of the cross streets, across four of six lanes. The result was a long series of pens in which the crowd stood about restively in the bitter cold.
According to former NYCLU Executive Director Norman Siegel, the cattle-pen method of crowd control was introduced in New York, about a decade ago for New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square. But while he feels this might be appropriate for mass parties, it should not be used for protest rallies. In his opinion the right to march in protest is "sacrosanct, a First Amendment safety valve," and what he calls "visuals" essential. "Imagine August,1963, Dr. King in front of the Lincoln Monument giving his 'I have a dream' speech. It changed race relations in the US. The visual is still of thousands of Americans on the mall. Think of the model they're now using for protest, separating people in chunks of 5000, the visual on the mall would be very different than it was in '63." In the process of the initial litigation over the prohibition a police department official testified that since fall of 2002 the NYPD has had an unwritten practice of banning marches larger than 1000 people. "Veterans of protest," says Siegel, "have to step back and realize what has happened. This is a terrible precedent. It's a seminal moment in social justice. If it happened in New York City it can happen anywhere else."
This past January the crowd in Washington, DC braved a cold almost as great as February 15's in Manhattan [see my report, "We The People," COUNTERPUNCH], but the event was relaxed, even festive. To march down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Navy Yard and look back was to see a vast ocean of people, sense the connection between oneself and the hundreds of thousands: maybe we can change history! This is what political protest marches are all about: I had my first experiences of them in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the US in the late 60s, and in Italy in the early 70s. Nothing can duplicate the feeling of power inherent in one's connection to a vast throng. Singing and chanting through bullhorns is also a time-honored part of it all; so is carrying placards affixed to sticks. Both bullhorns and sticks were prohibited in Manhattan February 15 (at a pre-rally protest of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, busses letting off demonstrators at the Israeli Consulate at 42nd and Second Avenue were met by police who searched backpacks and took away anything resembling a "stick.") Throughout the day crowds were split up all over midtown Manhattan. There were hundreds of innovative responses to the day's frustrations–examples: the enterprising fellow walking around in the low 50s on Second with a boom box blaring out John Lennon's "Imagine;" a "Rhythm Workers Union Jamming for Justice" which set up a merry din on drums, cowbells and chimes at 53rd and Second. The jam was soon scuttled by mounted police who wrote their horses into a crowd, while a bullhorn blared, "Move north or face arrest!" The feel of the day could be described as patient; frustrated; puzzled; angry; resigned; freezing — but hardly relaxed.
On my own odyssey up Second Avenue to find the yellow brick road that would take me to main-rally Oz, I spoke with several people who felt the police had a clear divide-and-conquer strategy. "What you're observing," said Martin, 66, a psychiatrist who works with families of 9/11, "is a new technique so there can be no mass gathering." "This is only to divide, to keep crowds from gathering," said Rita Leistner, a 48-year-old photographer. At 53rd Street 46-year-old Henry Haggerty was handing out blue postcards: a heart-shaped American flag was superimposed with a stylized ascendant human figure beside which Haggerty had printed the legend, "A visual prayer for the souls who left us on September 11. May we honor them forever. May they ever rest in peace." "I'm just infuriated by the arrogance of what they're doing," said Haggerty. "It's outrageous that we can't march. If we could march on Pennsylvania Avenue three weeks ago, why can't we do the same here?" I phoned the NYPD Public Information division with that question: "I don't have the answer at this point," said a female voice, "but I'm sure it's for crowd control." Crowd control? For what? To control them how? "Your party has rung off," came a robot voice, "If you wish to continue, dial. . . "
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Police abuses flowed from the extraordinary restrictions on crowd movement. "As tens of thousands of protesters were forced onto Third and Second Avenues, the sidewalks became full to overflowing and people were forced into the streets," NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman told New York's City Council September 25. "There was also extreme congestion at the intersections, where protesters congregated in an effort to move east towards First Avenue. At various times, mounted police rode into the throngs of protesters and, apparently without provocation, began to charge into the crowds." According to Lieberman the NYCLU received "numerous complaints" on that score. Writes a 79-year-old "wounded and decorated combat infantryman" who went to the rally with his wife and twin five-year-old sons:
"[A]ll of a sudden a troop of mounted police officers moved into the crowd . . . falling bodies came towards me. My son and I were knocked over, I onto my back and he, fortunately, on top of me, but a woman in front of him was about to fall on him and crush him when I used my arms to deflect her . . . I did sustain substantial damage to my arm and shoulder . . . I am not writing to make a claim against the City other than to ask that the idiot who [ordered] these beasts into the herd of humanity which had been placed there by police officers be . . . appropriately punished . . . for reckless disregard of the safety of citizens exercising their Constitutional rights."
There was much other police abuse. An elderly woman who came to the rally in a wheelchair told the NYCLU:
"We were herded into pens, like cattle [on First Avenue, the rally site.] The police were a nightmare. Somehow, I got to 58th and First. . . . After about 4 hours, I started to feel sick, and I had to pee as only an old diabetic woman who has had too much surgery can have to pee. I started to go home, and a nasty policewoman named Lawrence said I couldn't go downtown. I couldn't believe my ears. I've been demonstrating since I was a young woman in 1958, but I've never seen anything more vulgar than what started to happen. I was sick, so I quietly started to wheel downtown, and Lawrence grabbed my wheelchair, swung me around, and broke my chair. The metal was bent, I couldn't reach the controls, and I couldn't move from the spot. I started to panic. Eventually, after a couple of hours, someone got an ambulance . . . . One stupid cop, his face red with rage, was trying to make me get on the sidewalk where there was no wheelchair ramp. He demanded me to tell him who had brought me. I told him that I had come by myself. He started to yell at me, 'What's the matter with you? Didn't you foresee problems?' I said, 'No, I thought this was America.'"
377 arrests were made, with much inappropriate, even brutal conduct that included beatings and pepper-spray attacks on demonstrators posing no physical danger to the police. Once arrested, rally-goers were held in barely-heated paddy wagons for up to eighteen hours with no access to food, water or toilets. Some on medication were prevented from getting their pills from backpacks. During the evening, inexplicably, about a dozen arrestees were made to stand for an hour and a half in the freezing cold on Police Plaza, handcuffed–some with no gloves. Most arrests were for offenses so trivial they ultimately drew "Desk Appearance Tickets," a summons roughly the equivalent of a minor driving violation. It should be processed in under six hours. But many of the arrestees were held as long as 48 hours before arraignment.
For hours after the arrests, lawyers were prevented access to clients, and only three were able to get into central booking at One Police Plaza. They gained access to only ten clients. Says former NYCLU-head Norman Siegel, one of the three, "When they said they'd give me six at a time, in three hours I got ten, finally I said, 'This is a game I'm not playing anymore, you're not giving me access, I'm leaving.'" With no lawyers there to tell the arrestees about their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, police grilled them about their political affiliations and reasons for attending the demonstration. A whiff of the "Red Squads" that used to exist in police departments across the US, and the FBI's infamous "Cointelpro" activities in the 1960s? Such repression victimized citizens engaging in peaceful organizing and dissent–Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were only the most famous: thousands of unknown civil rights, antiwar and women's movement activists were surveilled, "visited" by the FBI, their phones tapped, their groups infiltrated by agents provocateurs on errands of disruption and vilification. Those with memories stretching back 30 years may feel the chill winds of past witch-hunts; those too young to remember might turn to their history books to bone up on the assaults America can deal the Constitution and Bill of Rights. (Among other books see Nelson Blackstock's Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom, Vintage Books, 1975.)
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Leslie Cagan, co-chair of United for Peace and Justice, the coalition that organized the New York rally and many others around the world February 15, has called for the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelley. An NYCLU civil suit pending against the City on behalf of United for Peace and Justice challenges New York's policy of not permitting protest marches. According to NYCLU attorney Chris Dunn, the civil liberties organization has asked the City to produce information about its policies and about permits handled since 9-11. "We're going to try to get to the bottom of this as soon as we can, in a matter of weeks. Either they'll have to get rid of the policy or we'll take it to federal court. Will NYCLU win? "These are tough times, but it's hard to believe the federal courts will allow New York City to ban all protest marches." Says Donna Lieberman, "[O]ur President and his advisors seem intent upon going to war. This has stirred strong feelings–feelings of patriotism as well as deep opposition. There is a long, proud American tradition of 'talking with our feet.' A city that claims to be a cultural and intellectual capital of the world cannot be a place where protest marches are a thing of the past."
ELLEN CANTAROW plays jazz piano professionally in Boston and New England. She can be reached at: email@example.com
Readers who attended the New York City rally September 15 and who have complaints about police conduct should contact the New York Civil Liberties Union at nyclu.org or at 212-344-3005.
For related articles on New York City's assault on civil liberties February 15, see: nyc.indymedia.org, "Handschu Decree Gutted by Haight," by Leif Linder unitedforpeace.org, "Protestors Say City Police Used Rough Tactics at Rally," by Sheila Dewan, New York Times February 19, 2003; Verena Dobnik, February 18, "Organizers accuse NYPD of misconduct at peace rally"


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