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Percy Courtman
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|Medal record
|Men's swimming
|Competitor for Great Britain
|Olympic Games
|1912 Stockholm
|400 m breaststroke
Percy Courtman (14 May 1888–2 June 1917) was an English breaststroke swimmer from Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire[1] who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.
In the 1908 Olympics he competed in the 200 metre breaststroke, but was second in his heat and did not advance.
Four years later he competed in the 400 metre breaststroke and won a bronze medal. He also competed in the 200 metre breaststroke and was fourth.
He died during World War I in France.
See also[edit]
- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Percy Courtman; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1988; District: Chorlton; Volume: 8c; Page: 888.
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March 28, 2008
By Audrey Hudson
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today stood
by its decision to require a Texas airline passenger to remove a nipple ring
with pliers before boarding a flight, but says more discreet screening procedures
may allow the sensitively placed piercings to be worn in the future.
"TSA acknowledges that our procedures caused difficulty for the passenger
involved and regrets her discomfort with the situation," said TSA spokesman
Christopher White.
"In the future, TSA's procedures will meet the security need while giving
additional flexibility for this kind of screening situation," Mr. White
said. "This could include a visual inspection without removal."
Mandi Hamlin, 37-year-old graphics artists, says she was forced to remove the
nipple ring with pliers on Feb. 24 before boarding Southwest Flight 35 from
Lubbock to Dallas.
Gloria Allred, Ms. Hamlin's lawyer, read from a letter to the TSA during a
video teleconference Thursday asking the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties
to investigate the incident.
"After nipple rings are inserted, the skin can often heal around the piercing,
and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove," Allred
said in the letter.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove
it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said
Ms. Allred.
"This encounter was one that she will never forget," Ms. Allred said.
"The conduct of TSA was cruel and unnecessary. The last time that I checked
a nipple was… Continue reading
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Posted at AJFan's
blog at 911blogger.com; reprinted here with gratitude.
Air America Radio's Richard Greene chats with Matthew Rothschild, 9/11 truth
sceptic and editor of The Progressive Magazine, about Presidential
Directive 51 (seize control of the country) which is apparently modeled after
one of GW's mentors in the early 1940's. John Conyers (202.225.5126) reveals
that he doesn't know what it is.
White House Directive 51
(White House)
This directive establishes a comprehensive national policy on the continuity
of Federal Government structures and operations and a single National Continuity
Coordinator responsible for coordinating the development and implementation
of Federal continuity policies. This policy establishes "National Essential
Functions," prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments
and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal
governments, and private sector organizations in order to ensure a comprehensive
and integrated national continuity program that will enhance the credibility
of our national security posture and enable a more rapid and effective response
to and recovery from a national emergency.
Hitler Directive Number 51 (yes, we're recycling Nazi directives)
In this directive, issued in late 1943, the… Continue reading
From March 13-16th, U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will testify to what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground in these occupations. To provide a preview, we've created this short film. The film features three members who will be testifying at Winter Soldier and includes videos and photographs of Iraq from their deployments. This video contains graphic content. We need your support to help make Winter Soldier a success. Find out more about Winter Soldier.
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AP Chief: Press Freedoms Are Among Casualties of Terrorist Attacks
Mar 06, 2008
The shadow of the Sept. 11 terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom and other
constitutional safeguards in the United States, Associated Press President and
CEO Tom Curley said Thursday.
"What has become clear in the aftermath of 9/11 is how much expediency
trumps safeguards," Curley said during the annual dinner of the Radio and
Television News Directors Foundation.
"Congress steps back from its constitutional role of executive oversight.
Civilian oversight of the military wanes. A Justice Department interprets laws
in ways that extend police powers. More drastically, prisons are established
in places where government or military operatives circumvent due process or
control trials," Curley said in accepting the foundation's First Amendment
Leadership Award.
"It's at moments like these when a free press matters most," he said.
Curley was selected for his role in pushing for more openness in government
and for emphasizing reporting on First Amendment issues. That includes efforts
by the AP to establish the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a news media coalition
that presses for strengthening Freedom of Information laws and for greater government
Also receiving First Amendment honors from the foundation Thursday were CBS
News correspondent Bob Schieffer and NBC Universal vice president Paula Madison.
A special award also recognized former Federal Communications Commission Chairman
Richard Wiley.
March 6, 2008
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — U.S. postal authorities have approved more than 10,000 law enforcement requests to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of letters and packages of suspected criminals every year since 1998, according to U.S. Postal Inspection Service data.
In each of those years, officials approved more than 97% of requests to record the information during criminal inquiries. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, the most recent year provided, officials granted at least 99.5% of requests, according to partial responses to inquiries filed by USA TODAY under the Freedom of Information Act.
Postal officials have closely guarded the warrantless surveillance mail program, used for decades to track fugitives and to interrupt the delivery of illegal drugs or other controlled substances such as explosives. In other government surveillance, such as most wiretap programs, a judge approves requests. In this one, the USPIS' chief inspector has authority to grant or deny a request.
The Postal Service handles 214 billion pieces of mail each year. Correspondence and packages transported by private carriers, such as FedEx and UPS, are not subject to the surveillance.
When the government's warrantless surveillance of electronic communication has come under fire, civil liberties advocates say, the USPIS' limited disclosure raises serious questions. "The idea of the government tracking that amount of mail is quite alarming," says Jameel Jaffer, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's national security project. "When you realize that (the figure) does not include national security matters,… Continue reading
February 27, 2008
Justin Rood Reports
The FBI now keeps a list of over 900,000 names belonging to known or suspected
terrorists, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.
If that number is accurate, it would be an all-time high, exponentially more
than the 100,000 names on the list several years ago. But the number needs to
be taken with a grain of salt: after all, the ACLU doesn't keep the list, the
FBI does, and the bureau doesn't generally like to talk about it. (Indeed, the
FBI has not yet responded to a request for comment for this post.)
But if the ACLU's figure isn't accurate, it's also unlikely to be off by that
much. Last September, the ACLU notes, the Department of Justice's Inspector
General reported the FBI watch list was at 700,000 names, and growing at 20,000
names per month.
The ACLU says they "extrapolated" from those figures to determine
the list's current size. ACLU's Barry Steinhardt added that the group had spoken
privately with people familiar with the watch list, who told them the 900,000
figure was not outlandish.
In the past, The FBI has told ABC News that the size of its watch list is classified.
Despite that, both the bureau and the DoJ Inspector General have published the
total figure in unclassified reports.
There's no doubt the FBI's list is growing: just last June, ABC News reported
it was at 509,000 names, based on information in an unclassified FBI budget
But strangely,… Continue reading
By Sherman Yellen
It's amazing. Just when you think there are no new depths of shamelessness and betrayal of trust to which the Bush administration can sink, they manage to sink deeper into unchartered infamy. Hold on now, I'm not even mad yet. I'm talking about the seventy seven percent cut in the medical assistance for 9/11 first responders in the current federal budget. Gravely ill firemen, police, and other workers who labored at that site, workers who have come down with life threatening cancers and respiratory illnesses linked to their heroic efforts at ground zero are being shafted once again.
In the name of full disclosure, I am not writing this from some disinterested "good citizen" viewpoint. I have a young nephew, John McNamarra, a heroic fireman who worked as a first responder at that site and who later volunteered for rescue work after Katrina in New Orleans. For the past few years he has been suffering from various cancers resulting from that work for which he is currently under treatment at Sloan Kettering. Last weekend he called me to talk about the government's new betrayal. As the father of a one year old son, Jack, John is fighting the battle of his life, and there is no godly reason why men such as John have to fight the government as well for proper medical care and compensation. One pill — yes one small pill that reduces the agonizing nausea of his chemotherapy costs as much as a thousand… Continue reading
February 25, 2008
Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center
The Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center
More than six years later, tragic realities resulting from the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks continue to reveal themselves. With many individuals developing similar health conditions, criticism has yet again resurfaced regarding the government's assurance that the dust created from the fallen World Trade Center (WTC) towers was safe and posed no threat to human health. The first documented death caused by exposure to WTC dust was confirmed in May 2007 with New York City's chief medical examiner directly linking the death of Felicia Dunn-Jones (a lawyer who fled her office a block away from the WTC) with her exposure to the toxic dust.
The dust cloud contained more than 2,500 contaminants and infiltrated the city. Stretching as far as New Jersey, the caustic dust was composed of harmful elements such as glass, construction debris, and poisonous compounds such as lead, mercury, and asbestos. Those who helped with the cleanup and individuals living and working near the WTC have been greatly affected by this contaminated dust. Countless individuals who came in contact with the dust are reporting distressing respiratory issues, ranging from a severe cough to various forms of cancer, the most common being lung cancer.
A shirt saved by a WTC volunteer illuminated a plausible leading cause to the rampant lung ailments. Stored in a plastic bag for nearly five years, the volunteer's shirt was tested and revealed extremely toxic levels of chrysotile asbestos, otherwise known as white asbestos.…Continue reading
February 18, 2008
from Mesotheliomawatch.org
Those clouds of dust that enveloped thousands of New Yorkers who were near the World Trade Center's destruction and who participated in the rescue efforts may be another large group of victims exposed to the cancerous effects of asbestos. Mesothelioma is a deadly form of lung cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos, usually in the form of dust or tiny fibers that get into the respiratory system.
There was an enormous amount of asbestos in the debris left by the 9/11 disaster; moreover, it has become evident that the dust raised on 9/11 and during subsequent rescue and cleanup efforts was contaminated with asbestos. One citizen who participated in rescue efforts for 48 hours after the towers fell saved the shirt that he was wearing throughout that period. In April of 2006 the New York Post reported that when the shirt's fabric was tested, it was found to contain 93,000 times the amount of asbestos normally found in American cities.
In April of 2007, the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 62% of those caught in the dust cloud created on 9/11 are now incurring respiratory problems. 46% of those merely living in the area are showing similar symptoms. It is clear that the airborne debris created by the destruction on 9/11 has had health impacts on thousands of people. It is also clear that asbestos was a component of that dust.
Mesothelioma often takes decades to develop after the victim's… Continue reading
EU officials furious as Washington says it wants extra data on all air passengers
by Ian Traynor in Brussels
The Guardian
Monday February 11 2008
This article appeared in the Guardian on Monday February 11 2008 on p1 of the
Top stories section.
The US administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union
to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including
allowing armed guards on all flights from Europe to America by US airlines.
The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of a travel
clampdown by the Bush administration that officials in Brussels described as
"blackmail" and "troublesome", and could see west Europeans
and Britons required to have US visas if their governments balk at Washington's
According to a US document being circulated for signature in European capitals,
EU states would also need to supply personal data on all air passengers overflying
but not landing in the US in order to gain or retain visa-free travel to America,
senior EU officials said.
And within months the US department of homeland security is to impose a new
permit system for Europeans flying to the US, compelling all travellers to apply
online for permission to enter the country before booking or buying a ticket,
a procedure that will take several days.
The data from the US's new electronic transport authorisation system is to
be combined with extensive personal passenger details already being provided
by EU countries to… Continue reading
U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 7, 2008; Page A01
Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since
1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was detained
at customs and her cellphone was taken from her purse. Her daughter, waiting
outside San Francisco International Airport, tried repeatedly to call her during
the hour and a half she was questioned. But after her phone was returned, Mango
saw that records of her daughter's calls had been erased.
A few months earlier in the same airport, a tech engineer returning from a
business trip to London objected when a federal agent asked him to type his
password into his laptop computer. "This laptop doesn't belong to me,"
he remembers protesting. "It belongs to my company." Eventually, he
agreed to log on and stood by as the officer copied the Web sites he had visited,
said the engineer, a U.S. citizen who spoke on the condition of anonymity for
fear of calling attention to himself.
Maria Udy, a marketing executive with a global travel management firm in Bethesda,
said her company laptop was seized by a federal agent as she was flying from
Dulles International Airport to London in December 2006. Udy, a British citizen,
said the agent told her he had "a security concern" with her. "I
was basically given the option of handing over my laptop or not getting on… Continue reading
by MICHAEL GOULD-WARTOFSKY
[from the January 28, 2008 issue of The Nation]
Free-speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Data mining. A new security
curriculum. Private security contractors. Welcome to the homeland security campus.
From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest watchtower
in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their attention to "violent
radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention"–as it was recently
dubbed in a House of Representatives bill of the same name–have set out to
reconquer that traditional hotbed of radicalization, the university.
Building a homeland security campus and bringing the university to heel is
a seven-step mission:
1. Target dissidents. As the warfare state has triggered dissent,
the campus has attracted increasing scrutiny–with student protesters in the
cross hairs. The government's number-one target? Peace and justice organizations.
From 2003 to 2007 an unknown number of them made it into the Pentagon's Threat
and Local Observation Notice system (TALON), a secretive domestic spying program
ostensibly designed to track direct "potential terrorist threats"
to the Defense Department itself. In 2006 the ACLU uncovered, via Freedom of
Information Act requests, at least 186 specific TALON reports on "anti-military
protests" in the United States–some listed as "credible threats"–from
student groups at the University of California, Santa Cruz; State University
of New York, Albany; Georgia State University; and New Mexico State University,
among other campuses.
At more than a dozen universities and colleges, police officers now double
as full-time FBI agents, and according to the Campus Law… Continue reading
by Lewis Seiler, Dan Hamburg
Monday, February 4, 2008
"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating
any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of
his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian
government whether Nazi or Communist." – Winston Churchill, Nov.
21, 1943
Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal
government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide
swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without
legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of
immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."
Beginning in 1999, the government has entered into a series of single-bid contracts
with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) to build detention
camps at undisclosed locations within the United States. The government has
also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some
reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees.
According to diplomat and author Peter Dale Scott, the KBR contract is part
of a Homeland Security plan titled ENDGAME, which sets as its goal the removal
of "all removable aliens" and "potential terrorists."
Fraud-busters such as Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, have complained about
these contracts, saying that more taxpayer dollars should not go to taxpayer-gouging
Halliburton. But the real question is: What kind of "new programs"
require the construction and refurbishment of… Continue reading
By Matthew Rothschild
February 7, 2008
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does–and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to "shoot to kill" in the event of martial law.
InfraGard is "a child of the FBI," says Michael Hershman, the chairman of the advisory board of the InfraGard National Members Alliance and CEO of the Fairfax Group, an international consulting firm.
InfraGard started in Cleveland back in 1996, when the private sector there cooperated with the FBI to investigate cyber threats.
"Then the FBI cloned it," says Phyllis Schneck, chairman of the board of directors of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, and the prime mover behind the growth of InfraGard over the last several years.
InfraGard itself is still an FBI operation, with FBI agents in each state overseeing the local InfraGard chapters. (There are now eighty-six of them.) The alliance is a nonprofit organization of private sector InfraGard members.
[Remainder of article at The Progressive.]…Continue reading
February 6, 2008
New York lawmakers in Washington who have been persistently pressing the White
House for increased funding for healthcare programs for ailing 9/11 World Trade
Center workers were jolted last week when President George W. Bush's proposed
budget slashed those programs by 77 percent.
Only last Wednesday, they pointed out, a White House spokesman had issued a
statement that the president's 2009 budget would "reflect his continued
commitment" to WTC workers. In reality, the budget issued appropriated
a paltry $25 million, down from $108 million in the present spending plan.
"This dramatic and unwarranted cut flies in the face of common sense,
compassion and just plain fairness," Senator Charles Schumer declared as
he promised to "fight these cuts tooth and nail to ensure these heroes
receive the health care they need and clearly deserve".
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stated she was "disappointed and saddened
to see that the president chose not to acknowledge the clear healthcare needs
of these heroes", and Congressmember Carolyn Maloney said it was "shocking
that the president would use his final budget to take an axe to the 9/11 healthcare
Maloney (D- Queens/Manhattan) noted: "Just a few weeks ago, the administration
canceled a program for 9/11 responders from around the country because they
said it lacked funding, and now they release a budget that doesn't even ask
for the money they said they needed.
"The administration has failed in every single one of its budget proposals
to deliver adequate help… Continue reading
by Glenn Greenwald
Published on Sunday, February 3, 2008 by Salon.com
Ever since the President's illegal warrantless eavesdropping program was revealed by the New York Times' Jim Risen and Eric Lichtblau back in December, 2005, there has been a faction of neoconservatives and other extremists on the Right calling for the NYT reporters and editors to be criminally prosecuted — led by the likes of Bill Kristol (now of the NYT), Bill Bennett (of CNN), Commentary Magazine and many others. In May, 2006, Alberto Gonzales went on ABC News and revealed that the DOJ had commenced a criminal investigation into the leak, and then "raised the possibility [] that New York Times journalists could be prosecuted for publishing classified information."
That was one of the more revealing steps ever taken by Bush's DOJ under Gonzales: the administration violated multiple federal laws for years in spying on Americans, blocked all efforts to investigate what they did or subject it to the rule of law, but then decided that the only real criminals were those who alerted the nation to their lawbreaking — whistleblowers and journalists alike. Even Gonzales' public musing about criminal prosecutions could have had a devastating effect — if you're a whistleblower or journalist who uncovers secret government lawbreaking, you're obviously going to think twice (at least) before bringing it to light, given the public threats by the Attorney General to criminally prosecute those who do.
Eighteen months have passed since Gonzales' threats, and while there have been… Continue reading
Rudy Giuliani and Air Quality After 9/11
by Andrea Bernstein
NEW YORK, NY January 23, 2008 —In his run for President, Mayor Rudy
Giuliani has showcased his leadership on 9/11 and in the days, weeks, and months
that followed. His actions in those days have been widely hailed. But far less
understood is how he responded to early concerns about the air quality in Lower
Manhattan. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has the first of two reports.
REPORTER: After the initial shock of the attacks, it took less than 24 hours
for reporters to start raising questions.
REPORTER: How about asbestos, because the buildings had a lot of asbestos?
GIULIANI: There are concerns about asbestos and at this point it does not appear
as if there is an undue amount of asbestos in the atmosphere but those are very
preliminary tests.
REPORTER: Very early on, both the city and the federal environmental protection
agency had data that showed spikes in the levels of asbestos in Lower Manhattan.
The official interpretation was that those levels were anomalies. All information
was coming through daily briefings held by Mayor Giuliani.
That week, the pressure to reopen Wall Street was immense. Kathryn Wylde, head
of the New York City partnership, was in on early meetings.
WYLDE:… Continue reading


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PHOENIX — Phoenix Police Chief Daniel V. Garcia spoke with the media about details surrounding fatal shootout that left both the suspect and an officer dead Tuesday.
William Ray Thornton was no stranger to police — having lived a crime-ridden childhood in and out of foster care then jail, and was being investigated by Phoenix police for the attempted murder of a man shot in the chest Feb. 25.
Detective John Hobbs and two other officers were on stakeout when Thornton spotted the officers and made attempts to flee, according to AZ Central.
Thornton fled in his vehicle, then crashed and opened fire on police. Hobbs, who was stuck by the gunfire, managed to fire back, killing Thornton.
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- Cartoon Characters: Roger Blair, Max (Rolf Maxwell), Erwin Caruso, Fiona Flagstaff, Buzz (Neil Buzmati), Rump, Joanne Moynihan, Victor Veloci.
- Vocal Talent: Kelcey Watson (Roger Blair), Ian Eli Lee (Max [Rolf Maxwell]), Benjamin Beck (Erwin Caruso), Dana Donlan (Fiona Flagstaff).
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Want more John Wall? Of course you do. In the second video TAI posted yesterday, Wall could be seen getting crossed up, and it would later surface that the ball-handler was Austin Rivers, son of Doc Rivers who is also ranked No. 2 overall in the ESPNU class of 2011 rankings.
On Rivers' Scouts Inc. profile on ESPN Insider, the 'Weaknesses' section starts:
One definite area of needed improvement that sticks out about Rivers is that not only does he love going to his right the majority of times he has the ball, but if forced to his left he does not attack with the same aggressiveness. When played to his left he is reduced to relying on a one-or-two dribble step-back jumper for the majority of his offense.
Watch the video again (embedded below, this time at the 0:31 mark). Rivers crosses Wall from right to left, drives left to the hoop, and ultimately hits a right-handed scoop shot. Guess Rivers is trying to combat his 'can't go left' scouting report weakness.
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WASHINGTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - May is National Bike Safety Month and as summer approaches, millions of Americans will climb onto their bikes to enjoy one of the ultimate warm-weather experiences. To help curb bike injuries and fatalities, AAA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have partnered to remind parents to set positive examples that encourage children and teens to ride safely.
"Helmets, when worn properly, are up to 85 percent effective in protecting the head and brain in the event of a crash. With only 20-25 percent of bicyclists wearing helmets, there is a vast opportunity to reduce injuries and fatalities with this simple step," said AAA's Traffic Safety Specialist Rhonda Markos. "Children look to parents for guidance. When children see someone they rely on wearing a helmet, they are likely to follow their lead and do the same," Markos said.
Parents and caregivers must also remember that bicycle safety extends beyond early childhood. "Even the most experienced riders can crash or fall when riding a bike," stressed Markos. According to NHTSA, among children, 10-to-14-year-old males have the highest rate of injuries and fatalities.
"When it comes to bicycling, safety is always the top priority. Because parents and caregivers are role models for children, it is especially critical they teach by example. That means wearing proper helmets and observing all the rules of the road," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
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Having been born and raised in America, and having lived in Israel since the age
of 21 – some 40-odd years – I have spent my life juggling my American-ness and
Israeliness.Sometimes, they overlap. The can-do attitude of the Yankee
Doodle Dandy image I grew up with, the resourceful, smart, hardworking and
successful American who needs and wants nothing more than opportunity to better
his life, is also a very Israeli image. The tank commander who finds himself
alone behind enemy lines and invents a formidable "Force Tsvika" to fool the
enemy, for example. Or any number of the "seat of the pants" ways in which the
early Israeli pioneers created a country.As an American, nothing was
clearer to me growing up than that no obstacles stood in the way of my becoming
and achieving anything I wanted, not poverty, fatherlessness, or lack of
connections; and that nothing was worse or more demeaning than to be cared for
by any government program.When my mother was widowed and left with three
small children whom she could not yet leave to go to work, she had no choice but
to apply for welfare. Government- subsidized low-income housing, which we had
had no choice but to apply for during our father's illness, put a roof over our
heads. It was in Rockaway Beach, a horrible housing project of faceless red
brick buildings with chains around the grass.And when my father died, I
remember the Housing Authority official, a young, officious-looking woman
wearing a smart black suit with a red flower (incidentally, she was black, which
I mention simply to upturn any stereotypes) told my mother that since she was
widowed, she now needed to move into a smaller apartment, giving up her bedroom.
"Since you don't have a husband, you can sleep with one of your kids," she
said.I will never forget my mother's humiliation and helplessness as we
packed our things for the move down the hall. With her checklist of bureaucratic
regulations and heartlessness, this government official made it clear to me that
you never wanted to be in a place where you were dependent on government
programs, no matter how well-meaning and benevolent. The housing might have been
subsidized, but the price was inhumanly high.My mother could have
remained on welfare and in government housing her whole life if she had wanted
to, but instead, she got a job as soon as she could.My mother got off
welfare and out of the projects, moving us to a lovely two-family house in a
leafy street named after writer Charles Dickens. She worked as a senior
secretary until she retired, enjoying every minute, supporting her family with
no help from anyone. In her later years, what she enjoyed more than anything was
putting small bills into the white envelopes that came with the dozens of
charity solicitation letters that reached her every year.Listening to
the speakers at the Republican National Convention that took place in Florida
last week, I was moved by how many of the speakers told similar
stories.Marco Rubio, the junior senator from Florida, told how his Cuban
immigrant parents had arrived penniless to the US from a country no longer free,
and how America had allowed them the opportunity to work hard and dream
hard."My father worked as a bartender in the back of the room so that I
could stand at this podium in front of the room," said Rubio.Again and
again, I was moved by the celebration of loving, hardworking parents, loyalty to
wives, commitment to raising families, and the love of God. It was a
reaffirmation of the America I once knew, a place where people worked hard,
saved, and strived through education to better their lives. No one wanted, or
expected, handouts or quick riches. No one wanted, or expected, the government
to become part of their life, unless they were very, very unlucky, unthrifty,
lazy, ill, or had suffered tragedy.President Barack Obama, speaking in
Omaha on September 1, characterized these ideas as a "rerun of the same old
policies that have been sticking it to the middle class for years." Yes, ideas
that I grew up with in the Fifties, ideas that turned America into the most
powerful country in the world. As Marco Rubio said, "the only change [brought
about by Obama] in the last four years is that hope is hard to find."As
I learned from my mother, the greatest gift government can provide for the poor
is employment opportunities and education. Or as Mitt Romney said: "What America
needs is jobs, lots of jobs."Obama – quite aside from his disastrous
policies toward Israel, which after four years of "talking to Iran" now leave us
facing a nuclear-armed, genocidal regime that continues to publicly declare its
intention of wiping Israel off the map – is destroying the best things about
America, my birthplace.When my great-grandparents emigrated to America
from Fastov in the Ukraine in 1909, they came to get away from the all-pervasive
influence of government that restricted and embittered their lives and economic
activities. They came because America was a new country with new ideas; a
country that gave people not streets paved with gold, but opportunities to use
their creativity and labor to build something of their own. Many immigrants did
build businesses of their own, most of them mom-and-pop shops, that paid the
taxes that built the roads, not the other way around.Listening to Mitt
Romney, who built something of his own with his creativity and hard work; to
Paul Ryan, whose parents did the same, I was flooded by the memories of the
America I had been born into, and the values I had been brought up
with.But something has happened to America in the past few years. I
don't know how to describe it except to give you the following example. Years
ago, I was on a flight from one American city to another when the boarding-pass
machine broke down. After waiting patiently for more than two hours, we were
still told no one could board until the machine was fixed.I remember
thinking to myself then: if this were Israel, some former tank commander-turned-airline employee would be writing out boarding passes by hand by this
point and getting this show on the road. The Americans seemed truly paralyzed by
this situation. The passengers made no demands that airline employees get their
act together, and seeming to regard the mess as an act of God.This is
the attitude I see in many of Obama's supporters, who after the dismal failure
of the past four years wish to elect him for another term. I find that not only
inexplicable on a rational level, but anti- American in the deepest sense, going
against every American value I cherish.As an Israeli, there is no
question in my mind that Mitt Romney, who spoke of Israel with such warmth, and
who believes a free world is a more peaceful world, will not be bowing to the
king of Saudi Arabia, or making a dear friend out of Turkish Islamist Ergodan
when he is elected. But the reason that I will use my overseas voting ballot to
vote for him is not because I'm Israeli, but because I am an American.I
will vote for him not because his ideas are new, but because they are the same
solid, unchanging ideas that are the bedrock of America's greatness. His
promises; to make use of America's own energy sources to make her energy
independent; to forge trade agreements with consequences for countries that
don't play fair; to cut the deficit by spending less; and to show America's
friends more loyalty may not be new – but they will make America a better, more
successful country.Most of all, I believe him when he promises to get
America working again, ending the heartbreak of 23 million unemployed Americans.
It's a promise his opponents will no doubt make as well. But unlike the
incumbent, a law professor with no experience in business of any kind, Romney is
a successful businessman with actual, real-world experience regarding how such
jobs are created. He is also a person grounded in tried and true American
values. He is someone I understand as I never have understood Barack Obama, and
still don't.Rededicating Americans to the ideas that once made their
country the most powerful force for good in the world may not be trendy or new,
but it is the best way forward for America, for Israel, and for every decent
person hoping for a better life everywhere in the world.
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This is something I put together using painter and Photoshop together. CC welcome. I know the let is wonky. I didn't notice from the rough sketch until it was too late. I tried to go back and fix it, but the whole picture seems some how too static. Anyway, it became more of a painting exercise. Let's hear it.
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Kool, it reminds me of the shield in Diablo 1...he looks like he has manboobs though. Or is it a chick? Why doesn't he/she have a weapon? Give me a backstory or I'll look confused all day...I can't help but think he's seen something really cool/scary and he's like woah! :confused: Fill me in!
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Well, when you've been fighting your way through all 9 levels of hell, in your undies, you're happy to put on any armor you find, even if it's bitch armor. But really, I didn't notice until you pointed it out. (Have to do something about that). As for the weapon, well, he left in his other suit. So he's been out of luck this whole time. He's had to do a lot of running to avoid the creepy crawlies (that's why he's so clean)...
But really you bring up a good point. I think if I had put some more thought into it, as apposed to making just a 'painting study' I could have come up with a more convincing image. Maybe I'll add a bit more grunge (blood on the shield and boots and floor), and a few screeches and dents. That or give him a kick ass monster buster. Any thing else?
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I like the lighting. My comments would to work on the armor a bit. It's a little too soft. You need to add some hard edges and some more intense reflection. Right now your dude looks a little flabby.
I would also suggest perhaps a different pose. The hand looks a little odd to me.
What you have is very strong and dramatic, but... it wants something more. Perhaps a weapon, or a different angle. A more interesting pose makes for a more interesting picture.
The pose thing is purely subjective though.
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Great start man. A good sense of light going on there. I like the secondary source of light you placed rather than just throwing one intense light source.
It's nice that you didnt throw in too many distracting colors. A small pallette is sometimes the best and quite challenging by itself.
Since it's painter work you can easily go over the anatomy and pose and redo parts.
But all in all, great attempt. Good seeing u on Sunday.
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