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The United States played a crucial role in El Salvador, before and during the civil war, and in the murder investigation and the subsequent trial. Justice and the Generals highlights specific activities of the United States government that raise questions about its actions and whom it was serving and protecting. Because politics is at the heart of foreign relations, how does the United States balance its interests-and those of nations with which it interacts-and justice with regards to human rights?
Students will:
assess and analyze the role of the United States in El Salvador and the Ford. v. Garcia trial
determine the circumstances and individuals that guide United States foreign relations within the context of human rights
3-4 classroom periods
Justice and the Generals video
Internet access (if available)
Print resources on foreign policy, particularly what it is and how it is structured and created
Chalk and chalkboard
Human Rights as Foreign Policy
Optional: video camera
Minutes 01 to 26 : ( Watch it now for
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1) Ask students what role they believe the United States should play in other countries. Ask probing questions (additional questions can be found at
Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election
), such as: Should the United States intervene during wars? Should the United States protect military and government leaders? When does the United States decide to become involved in a nation's struggles or causes? Is the United States the universal protector? Economic leader? How do other nations view America's foreign policy? What do Americans think of America's foreign policy? How is foreign policy shaped? Who shapes foreign policy?
2) Have the students define the term FOREIGN POLICY. Confirm this definition with an overview of what foreign policy is and how it is formed in the United States.
3) Distribute and have students read
Human Rights as Foreign Policy
. (Or, use this as background to explain to students the relationship between foreign relations and human rights.) Invite students to discuss the United States' stance on human rights, how foreign policy is perceived in terms of international human rights, and what they believe the United States' stance should be on this matter.
4) Show students the recommended film segments and pose the following questions (or distribute as a worksheet):
What events led to the Ford v. Garcia trial?
How was the United States involved in El Salvador before, during, and after the twelve-year civil war? In your opinion, did the United States effectively address the nation's problems?
What areas of the United States government were involved in El Salvador? What were their roles? What were their strategies?
Who were the key governmental figures involved in the murder investigation and the trial? Outline their level of involvement, perspectives, and recommendations. Note dissenting opinions.
In what ways did the United States government assist in the murder investigation and trial? In what ways did it not? Provide examples.
Based on the film, what is your understanding of the United States' human rights policies?
Based on the actions of the United States in El Salvador, what is your perception of how America's foreign relations are structured? Explain.
How does the United States balance its political interests with justice? What are the obstacles?
What is the opinion of the International Human Rights Law Clinic with regards to the United States' accountability in war crimes and human rights abuses?
5) Divide students into groups representing the following:
broadcast journalists
Foreign Relations Committee
figures from Justice and the Generals (members of the State Department, family of the murdered churchwomen, the generals, etc.)
In their roles, have each group construct questions, arguments, and or positions on how America's foreign policy -particularly as it relates to human rights--had an impact on the Ford v. Garcia trial. Each group should also analyze the role of its represented figure in the trial and the circumstances leading to it. (For example, broadcast journalists can discuss how the case was presented by the media and/or research media coverage of the event.)
6) Have the groups representing the film's characters present before a televised hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee. The Foreign Relations Committee should pose questions to negate or support points of view, or raise questions about how foreign relations, in this case, could have been altered. The broadcast journalists should introduce the hearing with necessary background information and interview each group after it has made its presentation. At the end of the hearing, the committee should convene to consider how to better review, alter, and /or improve America's current foreign policy and present its recommendations to the broadcast journalists. The journalists then interview committee members and end the televised hearing with a summation of the events and decisions. (Optional: The broadcast journalists can videotape the proceedings.)
Assessment should be informal and focus on student contributions to group and class discussions, participation in group projects and presentations, interaction with group partners, and capacity and willingness to negotiate controversial and complex subject matter. Keep in the mind the challenging topic, allowing students to work at their knowledge and skill levels. Assessment may be rubric-based or students can use journals to document their understanding of the materials and topic and assess their involvement in projects and discussions.
United States foreign relations has a long history. Students can research and compare and contrast landmark U.S. foreign policy decisions and their impact on the state of the world. Students should consider the role and influence of the president and his advisors, the National Security Council, the Foreign Relations Committee, and any other relevant parties.
The following sites offer additional extended learning options:
Academy Curricular Exchange: Foreign Policy Simulation
Waves of Reform: 1880s to 1921
Gateway to Educational Materials: United States Foreign Policy
U.S. Department of State
Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign Policy in Focus
Foreign Policy Association
Foreign Policy
United States Institute of Peace
Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. ERIC Digest.

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Tearing with vdpau even though composite is disabled
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I've gotta say that I think vdpau is pretty fantastic. I'm watching blu-rays by using makemkv to stream to xbmc. I can also stream to mplayer but xbmc is much more user friendly. I've been unable to stream to smplayer or xine.
When watching blu-rays either in mplayer or in xbmc I see tearing near the top 15% of the screen. I have composite disabled in xorg.conf and here is what gets reported in the Xorg.0.log file:
$ grep -i composite /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Vdpau is fabulous. If I could resolve this tearing problem, it would be perfect.
Re: Tearing with vdpau even though composite is disabled
Could you please try the latest driver; 256.53. There have been some bugs and resource leaks in previous versions which might cause your issue.
If that doesn't solve your problem, or you can't try a newer driver, can you please run the following commands:
export VDPAU_NVIDIA_DEBUG=3
mplayer -vo vdpau somefile.xxx
... and paste the resulting log here. That will hopefully tell me why the overlay presentation queue isn't being used.
Re: Tearing with vdpau even though composite is disabled
I've upgraded to nvidia-drivers-256.53 and the tearing seems to have gone away or at least gotten much much better. Thank you!
There is a strange problem now with mplayer (version 1.0_rc4_p20100803). When I use -vo vdpau, upon exiting, mplayer changes my twinview metamode! I suspect this is a bug in mplayer and not vdpau. Here is the Metamodes line from my xorg.conf:
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1920x1200 +0+0, CRT: 1600x1200 +1920+0; DFP: 1920x1200+0+0, CRT: NULL; DFP: 1280x800+0+0, CRT: 1024x768+1280+0"
Funny thing is that if I mplayer -vo vdpau $FILE in that metamode then it crashes with a segfault:
VO: [vdpau] 1920x1080 => 3840x2160 H.264 VDPAU acceleration [fs] [vm]
Re: Tearing with vdpau even though composite is disabled
For future bugreports, please post complete, uncut command line and output.
Carl Eugen
Re: Tearing with vdpau even though composite is disabled
Thanks for the reply Carl. As I said in my previous post I'm planning to steer clear of mplayer and smplayer for now because they both seem really broken when using VDPAU. PLMK if you want me to start a new thread on this issue.
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If you are one of those chronic procrastinators who has yet to close out the 2011 tax season, don't waste time reading all of this. Just file an extension asap. If you think you'll owe money, send a check along with it.
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Stern Advice: Fixes for the biggest retirement risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Life is kind of crazy and unpredictable, and that doesn't stop when you retire. You could still win the lottery or get hit by a bus, or anything in between.
That's why traditional straight-line retirement planning does not address much of what goes on during real-life retirement. The old guidelines of "put this in every month until you retire, then take this much out every month," just don't cut it anymore. In order to protect your life style no matter what happens, you have to cover a lot of bases.
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Data expected out of Washington this week may raise anxiety levels of investors and consumers who are already worried about inflation and rising interest rates.
On April 12, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. import prices jumped in March. We'll also get data on producer prices on April 14 and consumer prices on April 15. But here's what we already know: It costs more to fill your car, and your belly. And what doesn't run on food or fuel?
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It was just a month ago that we reported on a big fat miles offer from Capital One on its Venture Card. The company offered to double existing airline miles for new cardholders until it had given away one billion miles. That was fast! They weren't quite gone in 60 seconds, but Capital One announced on April 5 that it had given away all those miles and was done with the promotion.
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A threatened government shutdown won't stop Internal Revenue Service commissioner Douglas Shulman from filing his own taxes on time; they're already done. "I make sure it gets done on time," he told Reuters. "I just have to look it over." He said that taxpayers should follow that example and not expect to get any extra filing time if there is a temporary federal work stoppage.
"The IRS will be accepting tax returns," he told the National Press Club in a luncheon speech on April 6. "The American people should file their taxes and they are required to file by April 18."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As publisher of the SavingforCollege website, Joe Hurley is a bit obsessed with 529 college savings plans, so it's no surprise that he has one in his name and one in his wife's.
What's unusual is that he doesn't expect to use those funds to send his kids to college. One has already completed his undergraduate education and the other is almost done.
5 ways to avoid a tax audit
Don't stay up at night worrying about having your taxes audited, or imagining horrible interrogation scenarios with tax agents and windowless rooms. Fewer than one percent of returns are ever examined, and the vast majority of those are done through the mail and not in person. More reassuringly, more than one in 10 of those audits result in "no change" in the amount the taxpayer owes.
That data and more is included in the Internal Revenue Service's most recent data book. In 2009, the IRS received 187 million returns, and it audited 1.7 million returns in fiscal year 2010, producing a 0.9 percent audit rate. So breathe.
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Still day trading? You might as well roll your dollars into a fat cigar and smoke them. That's not a comment on your investment prowess, it's the official position of the U.S. Tax Court.
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Photo books are a great way to display and preserve your memories, and services like iBooks and Blurb make it easy and affordable to create professional quality bound books. But your design choices are what make them special. Join designer Nigel French as he covers the basics of planning and building a photo book, reviews the qualities of good photo books, and examines the design principles at work in their creation—regardless of the software used. This course provides both inspiration and practical techniques for creating your photo book.
When choosing a typeface for your text, consider the following. The type should be stylistically in keeping with the theme of the book. If your theme is modernist architecture, for example, then choose a modernistic typeface. If your theme is rooted in a particular time and a particular place, research typefaces from that era and from that place. But be careful. If readers of the book are more apt to comment on your type choices than the photographs themselves, you have failed.
The type is there to play a supporting role, not to trump the photograph. Avoid at all costs trying to make the type look more personal by choosing a fancy or decorative font. Thousands have come before you with the same idea, and it didn't work for them, either. It ends up looking amateurish and undermining the credibility of your images. If your theme is a personal one, and you want your type to reflect that, scan your own handwriting. You're the only person who writes the way you do. Whatever your chosen style of typeface, be consistent with it. Stick where possible to a single font style at a single size. Unless you can articulate a good reason for changing either, you probably don't need to.
When in doubt, it's best to choose typefaces that are neutral. While all typefaces carry some connotations, some carry more stylistic baggage than others. For me, a sans serif typeface, like Myriad Pro, with its graceful shape, lack of adornment, and relative neutrality is a safe choice. As with much else, it's ultimately down to personal preference. To learn more about typography, check out the Foundations of Typography by Ina Saltz or my own InDesign Typography here at Lynda.com
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As Ella Fitzgerald has sung, "Into each life some rain must fall." But sometimes, seemingly out of nowhere, people experience a downpour that rocks their world like nothing else. Although I've never personally experienced a truly debilitating health issue (knock on wood), just six months ago, my mother went through three surgeries during a five-week stay in a hospital and rehab following an unexpected brain aneurysm bleed. I even wrote about my experience helping her recover while still caring for myself. I'm happy to report that despite persistent fatigue and the fact that she doesn't always feel quite like herself, my mother is living her life, enjoying her work creating a big, beautiful musical based on the life of Liberace, and spending quality time with friends and family – especially her two grandsons.
My mother's incident and how she handled it, both initially and throughout her recovery, taught me so much. She was an excellent patient who seldom pitied herself and instead relied on hard work and humor – even about her partially shaved head – to recover physically and emotionally. Her experience also helped me connect with two women in their 40s – Helen, 46, a corporate officer at a Fortune 500 company, and Sally Freedman, 41, a banker, both based in New York – who each went through incidents similar to my mother with grace and dignity. Like my mother, they've worked hard to turn what they've been through into experiences that have helped them grow and inspire others along the way.
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Dr Mairi C Hedderwick unveiled the new collection of children's stories at the launch of the new £1 million Mary Lily Walker Nursery at the High School of Dundee yesterday.
There have been no books about the girl from the isle of Struay for seven years.
She chatted to youngsters and read excepts at the launch.
Her latest book, The Katie Morag Treasury is the 15th in the Katie Morag series. The series also made the leap to television on the CBeebies channel. In addition to her most popular adventures, the new book has six folk tales featured in the TV series which Dr Hedderwick illustrated for the programme.
Dr Hedderwick said she was delighted to launch both the new nursery and her latest work, with the first copies going on sale at the event. The author and illustrator said: "To be launching my latest children's book in an environment like this is a great compliment to Katie Morag and myself."
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail was the first book to be released back in 1984.
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How Republicans lost the Buckeye State.
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AS OHIO GOES, so goes the nation. Except maybe with a little bit more feeling: During the 1990s, Republicans achieved a level of dominance here that far exceeded Newt Gingrich's in Washington. In 2006, the Democrats did better in Ohio than in the nation as a whole. Now the Buckeye State GOP is in the doldrums and some of its problems may have implications for the national party, even if bitter voters clinging to guns and religion manage to deliver the state's electoral votes to John McCain this fall.
Whatever suspense there was on election night 1992 basically ended when the networks called Ohio for Bill Clinton. Clinton carried the state again four years later. But his successes masked the state's rightward shift throughout the decade. Clinton barely edged George H.W. Bush 40 percent to 38 percent and beat Bob Dole 47 percent to 41 percent. In both cases, he underperformed the national popular vote and saw some of his narrowest margins in any big state. And few Democrats did better in Ohio than Bill Clinton during the 1990s.
Three things helped the Republicans dominate Ohio politics from 1990 until recently: redistricting, term limits, and the Democrats. Republicans began the decade in control of the state Apportionment Board, helping them draw district lines to their favor. In 1992, state voters passed a term limits law that kept the more popular Democratic elected officials from the 1980s from being re-elected in perpetuity. Finally, the increasing liberalism and ineptitude of the state Democratic Party was a poor match for many Ohioans outside the Cleveland-dominated northeast section of the state.
By 2004, Republicans held all six statewide executive offices. They controlled two-thirds majorities in both houses of the state legislature. Republicans had a 5 to 2 majority on the elected state supreme court. The GOP took both U.S. Senate seats and held 12 of Ohio's 18 seats in the House of Representatives. George W. Bush beat Al Gore by 50 percent to 46 percent in the 2000 presidential election. Despite John Kerry's desire to turn the Buckeye State into the 2004 equivalent of the Florida recount debacle, Bush prevailed again four years later by 51 percent to 49 percent -- thus giving the Republican incumbent his winning margin in the Electoral College.
At various points in the '90s, a Republican held the congressional seat now (safely) occupied by Dennis Kucinich. They held the House seat vacated by current Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland. A Republican served two terms as mayor of Columbus. After John Glenn's final re-election bid in 1992, the Democrats did not win another statewide office -- with the exception of nominally nonpartisan supreme court races -- for 14 years. In 1994, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate won just 25 percent of the vote. The state GOP boasted national rising stars like John Kasich, Gingrich's trusted scalpel on the House Budget Committee, and John Boehner, today the House minority leader. The Republicans held the governorship longer than any party in Ohio since the early 19th century.
THEN IT ALL CAME crashing down. In the 2006 elections, Democrats won every statewide executive office except for auditor, including the governorship by a margin of 60 percent to 37 percent. The Democrats picked up a U.S. Senate seat, a congressional seat -- with near-pickups in three others -- a net gain of seven state house seats, and one state senate seat. Republicans still control both chambers of the state legislature, won a December 2007 special election to fill an empty House seat, and have even increased their majority on the supreme court to all seven seats, but most trends aren't in their favor.
Republicans lost Ohio for the same reasons they lost the country: corruption, inability to cope with voter anxiety about the war or the economy, and reluctance to embrace a reform agenda. "Half our elected officials are just Democrat-lite," groused a Medina County GOP Lincoln Day reveler. "What's the point of being a Republican anymore?" The conservative, reformist wing of the state party was never dominant, not even at the height of 1994's revolutionary rhetoric.
More typical of Ohio Republicanism is George Voinovich, who was elected governor with 56 percent of the vote at the beginning of the GOP resurgence in 1990. Voinovich is a cautious moderate, somewhat more conservative on social issues -- he defended the state motto "With God, all things are possible" and says his pro-life position on abortion "is a matter of my immortal soul" -- than on fiscal policy. Consequently, he frequently held the more conservative Republicans in Columbus at bay while muddling the party's image as the taxpayer's best friend.
In addition to some tax cuts, Voinovich supported approximately twenty tax increases while governor. When the state supreme court ruled that Ohio's funding mechanism for the public schools was unconstitutional, Voinovich dutifully backed a $1 billion sales tax increase to mollify his black-robed betters. His record on spending wasn't much better: Between 1991 and 1999, the state budget more than doubled despite anemic population growth. Only six states increased spending more rapidly during this time period. At a 1998 speech at which Voinovich was touting what he claimed was his record fiscal restraint, a Republican activist turned to me and whispered, "I'm a moderate, but c'mon. Cut spending, George!"
Voinovich's reluctance to rein in government didn't derail the Ohio Republican juggernaut, however. His administration was still considered an improvement in the state's business climate over his Democratic predecessors'. Voinovich was re-elected to a second term with 72 percent of the vote in 1994, the highest margin of any governor in the country. He received 43 percent of the black vote (in re-election bids as mayor of Cleveland, Voinovich had carried the city's African-American voters). And he was joined in statewide office by three other politicians who would play a large role in the Ohio Republican Party for the next decade: Auditor Jim Petro, Attorney General Betty Montgomery, and State Treasurer Ken Blackwell. (Bob Taft, bearer of a famous Republican family name, was already serving as secretary of state.)
Montgomery and Petro were pro-choice moderates, though the former was known mainly for her strong law-and-order stands and support for capital punishment. Blackwell, a former Cincinnati mayor and veteran of Jack Kemp's Department of Housing and Urban Development, was originally appointed by Voinovich as treasurer on an interim basis in March 1994. He was also a staunch conservative: pro-life on abortion, committed to slashing taxes and spending, and frequently critical of his GOP colleagues' moderation. While Voinovich's motto was, "Doing more with less," Blackwell begged to differ, frequently saying in speeches: "We might be doing less with more or more with more, but we're definitely not doing more with less." The state legislature was similarly split between moderates like House Speaker Joann Davidson and conservatives like Bill Batchelder.
DESPITE THE GOP's moderate bent, conservatives nevertheless made some progress on life issues. In 1995, the legislature passed and Gov. Voinovich signed the country's first partial-birth abortion ban, although a U.S. Court of Appeals later found the statute's definition of the procedure too broad. The state subsequently made it a felony to perform abortions after 24 weeks. Then in 1997, the Ohio legislature approved a bill requiring a minor to receive at least one parent's permission before obtaining an abortion. The general assembly also worked to expand gun rights by passing concealed-carry legislation, but couldn't overcome Voinovich's veto.
The Ohio Republican Party, chaired since 1988 by Robert T. Bennett, became a highly sophisticated operation. It opened a new headquarters in Columbus and expanded into a virtual service bureau for its candidates throughout the state. It had regional field representatives throughout Ohio, at one point basing the northeastern regional field director out of the Cuyahoga County GOP's offices in Cleveland. The state Democratic Party under David Leland struggled to keep up.
In 1998, term limits and the desire for upward mobility forced a reshuffling of the Republican deck. With John Glenn retiring, Voinovich set his sights on the Senate. Taft decided to run for governor, an office he had wanted eight years earlier but declined to seek because party leaders wanted to clear the field for Voinovich. There was just one problem: Blackwell wouldn't wait his turn. He began telling conservative Ohioans -- and anyone else who would listen -- that he was also running for governor.
Blackwell told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Taft was "attached at the hip to the status quo." As if to illustrate the point, Republican leaders moved quickly to muscle Blackwell out of the primary. By January, Taft had been endorsed by 81 of the 88 state county chairs, 51 of the 66 members of the Republican State Central Committee, and 78 of the 81 GOP state legislators. Robert Bennett was openly telling the media he preferred to avoid a Taft-Blackwell primary. "The upside to a primary is, if you don't have any name recognition, it gives you the ability to get name recognition," the chairman told the Plain Dealer. "The downside is that you burn money, and money's hard to come by, particularly with today's contribution limits."
Republican leaders urged Blackwell to run for Taft's job as secretary of state, a move that had the added benefit of pushing another conservative, state legislator Ed Kasputis, out of a statewide race. "Ken's getting a lot of advice right now," the Ohio GOP executive director told the local media. "He's getting a lot of calls from county chairmen urging him to run for secretary of state."
Initially, Blackwell wouldn't bite. He told reporters, "There are only three options I have considered: Running for re-election, running for governor or entering the private sector. I have ruled out the private sector. And I will be a candidate in 1998. And my focus is on being a candidate for governor." The Dayton Daily News quoted him as saying, "The only thing worse than running for secretary of state would be being secretary of state."
Yet Blackwell would end up doing both. Reportedly promised up to $4 million in campaign funds by the state party leaders -- as well as their blessing if a future GOP president nominated him for a Cabinet slot -- if he bowed out of the governor's race and ran for secretary of state, Blackwell folded. That November, Voinovich was elected to the U.S. Senate, Taft won the governorship, Blackwell became secretary of state, and Republicans maintained their stranglehold on the statewide non-judicial elected offices. In 2002, the GOP reshuffled again as Montgomery and Petro traded jobs to avoiding being term-limited out of office.
SOME REPUBLICANS PROBABLY look back ten years and wish they had juggled differently. After an early feint to the right, Taft quickly reverted to Voinovich's tax-and-spend ways. In 2001, he sought a $465 million tax increase on businesses (of which he got about $350 million). He slapped another $400 million on top of that the following year while raising the cigarette tax by 31 cents a pack. State spending continued to rise faster than inflation and population growth combined. Taft nevertheless ran to his 2002 Democratic opponent's right on taxes and spending, winning by 20 points.
In his second term, the charismatically challenged governor's droning for dollars became almost comical. "We need new revenue, and we need it right away," Taft intoned during his 2003 State of the State address. He later called for a "season of sacrifice," which would have included hitting the service sector with a 5-cent sales tax, doubling the tax on beer, new levies on businesses, increasing electricity taxes by one-third, and sticking another 45 cents a pack on the cigarette tax. Although some taxes were also to be cut, Taft's plan represented a significant net tax increase.
The Cato Institute repeatedly gave Taft an "F" on its annual fiscal report card for the nation's governors, ranking him toward the bottom. Time magazine labeled him one of the three worst governors in the country. Unified Republican control of the state government didn't stop a 20 percent "temporary" sales tax hike even as the state continued to hemorrhage jobs. A Republican activist in the state quipped, "The power to Taft is the power to destroy."
Fiscal policy isn't the only area in which Taft destroyed, or at least damaged, the Republican brand. He didn't manage the gifts he received much better than the state budget. On August 17, 2005, he was charged with four misdemeanors for failing to disclose roughly $5,800 in gifts. It was mostly penny ante stuff -- an $87 stuffed bear, a $125 framed photograph, some hockey tickets, free meals, golf outings, and pottery -- but the sight of the governor in court didn't go over well with the voters. Taft was the first Ohio governor to be charged with a crime while in office.
Occurring at the same time was "coingate," a scandal in which the state Bureau of Workmen's Compensation was investigated for placing $50 million in investments into a rare coin business run by Tom Noe, a big GOP donor. The scandals took a toll on Taft's popularity. A Zogby poll put his approval rating at 6.5 percent, among the lowest ever recorded. Democrats were already running against the Republicans' "culture of corruption" and soon there was a national tie-in as well: Congressman Bob Ney was ensnared by his dealings with Jack Abramoff. It was no surprise when the 2006 elections hit Ohio Republicans hard. If anything, it should have been much worse.
Now Buckeye State political conditions favor the Democrats. The state Democratic Party under Chris Redfern is growing and innovative like the GOP in the '90s. Candidates are winning who would have been too liberal for statewide office ten years ago, like Sen. Sherrod Brown. Brown's 12-point victory over incumbent Mike DeWine proved even Taft-Voinovich Republicans are vulnerable.
IT WOULD BE COMFORTING if the moral of this story were simply: Turn right, GOP. Republicans don't have to raise taxes, spend irresponsibly, or do favors for Abramoff. But Ken Blackwell opposed the taxing and spending, zinged Republicans who "campaign like Ronald Reagan but govern like [1980s Democratic governor] Dick Celeste," and promoted the 2004 marriage initiative that helped re-elect President Bush. His gubernatorial campaign in 2006 was lackluster, but on policy he gave conservatives everything they could ask for -- and still he lost as badly as anyone else. Then again, maybe that is the moral of the story: Once a party loses its credibility, it takes more than one election to gain it back.


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Kate Gosselin's Got a New Dating Show?
Kate Gosselin's Octo-Dating Show
Oh no, say it ain't so. Sources tell me the newly-single Kate Gosselin is in discussions to star in a new reality show -- this time focusing on finding new (and hopefully snipped) love! "Love her or hate her, people are fascinated by Kate," a TV executive tells me. "she has a lot of mouths to feed and Kate looking for love will certainly put bread on the table."
But before you return your TV to Best Buy, take note that the idea hasn't been greenlighted yet. "It's still in the development stage," says one insider -- and let's hope it stays there. Kate, we all want you to find love, but this time around, maybe keep the cameras out of it.
Also, may we suggest some titles? 'Date Kate!' or perhaps 'Who Wants to Marry an Octo-Mom?' ... no, we've got it: 'Oh,Give Me a Break!' Yeah, that one sings!
'Nine' = the Demise of Movie Musicals?
Speaking of singing -- after the disastrous debut of the movie musical 'Nine,' studio execs tell me it could be the final nail in the coffin of the genre. "Hollywood is scared of musicals. Even Disney abandoned the singing formula for a long time before they made under-performing 'Princess and the Frog,'" a fancy producer tells me.
That's is just too bad. I love 'The Sound of Music,' 'Chicago' and 'Fiddler on the Roof.'
"Every producer is looking at 'Nine' and wondering why it bombed with that cast. The conclusion they have all come to is musical don't sell tickets," the producer says.
Silly fools. It's not musicals that we don't like -- it's bad films.
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- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy T
Rather than more reality shows, if they aren't smart enough to find new venues, I would rather watch re-runs of old shows, where you can sit with your family and watch the whole show together without being embarassed by their content.........
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy tzoo
Let me guess. Kate turns even more rogue woman and takes charge of all aspects of the household without any input whatsoever from her husband Jon. She then begins to parade a turnstyle of young studs in Cougar fashion in front of the children and Jon all the while flaunting the fact that she's the provider, making more money than Jon and she's running the whole show because , well dammit, because she has to!
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy kerry53
kate is so sickening..still wanting all the attention
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy rl
Can't wait! So I can boycott the sponsors of the show. They won't be getting my business. Enough is enough.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Tamie
Actually a show like that would be horrible ... she just got a divorce, she should prioritize her life and focus on her kids only. I think dating right now would be the worst thing for her and the kids. What message does this send to her kids, "mommy is putting herself first and trying to find love." I would tell Kate, take a break from men and focus on the 8 children you brought into this world.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy DONA
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy kevin
Please God, spare the world of anymore Kate Gosselin in 2010. She is such a wannabe bore. She was a has been from the git go.
- Sunday 03 January
Kate WHO??
A show about stray dogs & homeless street people would win more hearts than this single digit I.Q. bimbette!!
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Russ
Enough already; I am so sick of Kate & Jon; Get them the h### of my TV Etc.
There are more important things really there got to be?
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Judy
Kate has stated repeatedly she has no interest in dating. Why? Because she's doin' the bodyguard and if you don't believe that, you are beyond naive. They were spotted by a reporter holding hands in the lobby of a hotel last summer. Both TLC and Kate are frauds.
- Sunday 03 January
Please spare us.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Ro
A TV series about Kate's already well used vagina getting a weekly workout by various men...No thanks.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Paul
AOL...!!! Please stop feeding brain dead and "no life" subscribers this worthless excuse for journalism. The only people who really care about such articles are the ones who have to live through the lives of boring, confused, and degenerate "actors" such as those found on this kind of "reality" program. This is just ONE of the reasons AOL receives so much criticism from subscribers of other providers!!! I do like AOL...but I object to this type of article.
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- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy linda
I's rather be watching octomom. But I don't watche her either.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy Lynda
I for one will not watch anything that Kate will be in. She should be concentrating on raising her children. Look at all she and Jon has put them through since they were babies..I feel that both Kate and Jon should now concentrate on the children's welfare and keeping them out of the spotlight and let their remaining childhood years..be without anymore stress..I think that Jon and Kate are selfish people..who are only concerned about how much publicity each one can get..
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy toecheese3
please can this woman go away already christ,talk about a media whore~~
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy grits2270
Oh Puhleassse.
Kate and Jon get off the stage!!! Your 15 minutes of fame are so over!
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy beth
Honestly. Please shut this crazy one-woman-nut-job-fame hungry craziness down once and for all. Her 15 min were up long ago.
- Sunday 03 JanuaryBy GPUPPY1
Just what TV needs - another show about this attention-craving bimbo. Go away Kate and raise your kids. They need your undivided attention.
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Beach-access opinions seek support
Members of the Beach Access Coalition tried to convince voters to sign a petition opposed to vehicular restrictions on a stretch of Padre Island beach. The petition seeks to put the issue before voters.
The Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce tried to woo people away from the petition by promoting the idea of a high-end resort on Padre Island.
It appeared the Beach Access Coalition was having a good day. By Monday afternoon, the third day of active solicitation, the coalition said it had collected about 4 percent of the needed signatures to put the beach access issue before voters. It has 90 days to gather the nearly 8,000 signatures it needs. It has 180 days to gather signatures on a second petition that calls for a vote on a charter amendment that would put similar issues before voters.
The fight is over an ordinance passed by the City Council last month to restrict traffic on a portion of Padre Island beach. Supporters of the restriction believe it will help promote the development of a high-end resort. They also argue that the beach still will be accessible to pedestrian traffic.
Opponents see the restriction as the city selling out to private developers who will profit off a public resource.
Brenda Day sided with the Beach Access Coalition, saying the restrictions would prevent disabled people from enjoying that particular stretch of beach.
"It's really going to hurt the handicapped," she said. "They're not able to walk from a parking lot."
Sol De La Garza, membership director for the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, staffed his group's table Monday afternoon. He was surrounded with banners urging people not to "sign away the future."
"We're just giving the public facts and figures," he said. "This is a community that wants to move forward with economic development."
For instance, one of the points the business group makes is that the proposed restrictions of vehicular traffic would apply to only 7,200 feet of beach from Packery Channel to Padre Balli Park.
Pat Suter, a member of the coalition opposed to the restrictions, said the chamber's presence had helped the coalition's efforts by attracting more attention.
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Oz is a version of the famous and familiar story of the Wizard of Oz with all the same characters… but with some new twists: such as a tap-dancing tinman, a country-western scarecrow, a bluesy soft-shoe dancing lion, a real-life Toto, a vampy diva-like wicked witch, a little, frightening wizard, plus hip-hop munchkins, scary trees, chorus-line flying monkeys, sweet poppies, and many more interesting characters.
Throughout the years, Rainbow Theatre has been invited to entertain local schools, community groups and corporations, at children's events and community celebrations. Rainbow Theatre has performed at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center, onboard Royal Caribbean's Nordic Empress on a cruise to Bermuda, in the PA State Capital, in Reading's Bicenquinquagenerary celebration, and at the Historical Society of Berks County.
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Berks Opera Company is excited to present a ground-breaking production of Gounod's masterpiece, Faust, conceptualized to address the issue of addiction. Based on the immortal tale by Goethe, Faust tells the story of an aging scientist who sells his soul to the devil for a final opportunity at youth and love. Though Faust will be set in our own city of Reading, the performance conveys a message that is relevant to every town in America.
We are excited to partner with Caron Treatment Centers to present a production that illustrates a new perspective of this classic work. Caron Treatment Centers, a Berks-based non-profit, is one of the nation's largest drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers. The performance depicts the cycle of addiction and rehabilitation with supertitles that are faithful to the language of the modern drug culture.
Art is a primary method of education to the public on topical issues, especially in our own community. Though Faust was first presented more than 150 years ago, the dilemma in the story remains relevant to issues facing our neighbors, friends and family members. There is an ever-present need for dialogue and education about substance use and abuse in Reading. Furthermore, there is a corresponding need to remind residents about treatment resources and to remind ourselves that the community in which we live inspires art and deserves celebration. We believe this production will help to show how germane the arts are to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Moreover, this story will assist its audience in realizing that, no matter what one's deal with the devil might be, there is always hope for recovery.
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TNT suffered another pair of declines for NBA coverage Thursday night. Thursday's Knicks/Heat NBA regular season game drew 2.7 million viewers on TNT, down 62% from Heat/Cavaliers in 2010 (7.1M), but up 95% from Celtics/Spurs in 2009 (1.4M). Last year's Lakers/Heat game was canceled due to the NBA owners' lockout of players. The big decline for Thursday's game is primarily attributable to the strong numbers Heat/Cavaliers earned in 2010. The game was the first for LeBron James in Cleveland since [...]
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Stops making sense: translational trade-offs and stop codon reassignment
1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
2 School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
3 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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5 MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
6 Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:227 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-227Published: 29 July 2011
Efficient gene expression involves a trade-off between (i) premature termination of protein synthesis; and (ii) readthrough, where the ribosome fails to dissociate at the terminal stop. Sense codons that are similar in sequence to stop codons are more susceptible to nonsense mutation, and are also likely to be more susceptible to transcriptional or translational errors causing premature termination. We therefore expect this trade-off to be influenced by the number of stop codons in the genetic code. Although genetic codes are highly constrained, stop codon number appears to be their most volatile feature.
In the human genome, codons readily mutable to stops are underrepresented in coding sequences. We construct a simple mathematical model based on the relative likelihoods of premature termination and readthrough. When readthrough occurs, the resultant protein has a tail of amino acid residues incorrectly added to the C-terminus. Our results depend strongly on the number of stop codons in the genetic code. When the code has more stop codons, premature termination is relatively more likely, particularly for longer genes. When the code has fewer stop codons, the length of the tail added by readthrough will, on average, be longer, and thus more deleterious. Comparative analysis of taxa with a range of stop codon numbers suggests that genomes whose code includes more stop codons have shorter coding sequences.
We suggest that the differing trade-offs presented by alternative genetic codes may result in differences in genome structure. More speculatively, multiple stop codons may mitigate readthrough, counteracting the disadvantage of a higher rate of nonsense mutation. This could help explain the puzzling overrepresentation of stop codons in the canonical genetic code and most variants.


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". . . so you didn't get enough painkillers and you did have to suffer a little bit. . . ," Mayor Bloomberg said in response to criticism of his initiative to limit the use of painkillers at public hospitals.What arrogance! I find it hard to imagine that Bloomberg knows more than doctors about when and how much pain medication is appropriate to prescribe to their patients.
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Keywords: Bloomberg, New York City, Doctor, Public hospital, Pain medication, Obamacare, Humanism, Michael Terheyden
KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is embroiled in yet another controversy. This time it involves an initiative to override medical doctors by limiting the use of prescription painkillers at the emergency rooms of public hospitals. This latest controversy is about more than pain medication and the politics of one city; it is also about a dangerous and false humanism spreading throughout our nation.
Based on an article in the Politicker by Colin Campbell, Bloomberg made the following comments on his weekly radio show: "The city hospitals we control, so . . . we're going to do it. . . . [S]upposing it is really true [that there will not be enough painkillers for the poor], so [they] didn't get enough painkillers and [they] did have to suffer a little bit. . . ."
What arrogance! I find it hard to imagine that Bloomberg knows more than doctors about when and how much pain medication is appropriate to prescribe to their patients. Doctors have the education and expertise to administer medication; Bloomberg does not. The doctors actually meet with the patient and examine the patient; Bloomberg does not.
It is disturbing to hear an elected official talk like this about his constituents. They are people, not objects. Even more disturbing is that this kind of attitude appears to be in line with many other political leaders throughout the country, including President Obama.
During a forum at the White House on healthcare reform in the summer of 2009, Jane Sturm asked President Obama the following question: "Outside the medical criteria for prolonging life for somebody who is elderly, is there any consideration that can be given for a certain spirit, a certain joy of living, a quality of life, or is it just a medical cutoff at a certain age?"
She was referring to a situation that involved her elderly mother. Her mother needed a pacemaker, but the first doctor her mother saw did not want to do the surgery because of her mother's age. Jane's mother wanted the surgery, so she went to another doctor. Based on his examination of her, he agreed to do it. As of 2009, five years later, Jane's mother was still alive.
Obama's response to Jane's question was as follows: "I don't think that we can make judgments based on people's 'spirit.' . . . I think we have to have rules . . . . Maybe you're better off, uh, not having the surgery, but, uh, taking the painkiller." With all due respect, Mr. President, as with the mayor, you are not in a position to make medical judgments. And the rules are not yours to make. That is above your pay grade.
Mayor Bloomberg's and President Obama's comments are significant on multiple levels, but I would like to explore just one: the kind of secularist humanism that lies beneath these comments and seems so popular today.
When we hear the word "humanism," we might think of concern for the needs and welfare of people or compassion for their suffering. However it is not that simple. Humanism means different things to different people, so does their understanding of compassion and suffering it seems.
The International Humanist and Ethical Union defines humanism as a "democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality."
This definition is incoherent and misleading. It is describing secular humanism, which is probably the most accurate description of humanism today. Secular humanism is concerned with more than the needs and welfare of people or their suffering: It is a world view based on postmodern beliefs, and it is highly political. Many of its adherents seek distributive justice and inclusiveness. They "presume[ ] an advocacy role for [h]umanists towards species governance, and this proactive stance is charged with a commensurate responsibility surpassing that of individual [h]umanism."
Some people might consider this to be a higher ethic, but I do not. As I understand this notion of humanism, which has been influenced by Marxism, it lowers the human person to the level of animals and environmental issues and raises social problems above individual persons. It turns people and their problems into abstractions, that is, academic problems to be solved by intellectuals, executed by politicians, and enforced by means of the state's police power.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen makes some interesting points related to this matter in his book, Life Is Worth Living. He begins with a quote from Karl Marx: "Persons of and by themselves have no value. An individual has a value only inasmuch as he is the representative of an economic category, 'the revolutionary class'; outside of that, man has no value" (56).
In response to Marx, the Archbishop says, "Man is then likened to lower forms of life in which an individual fly, an individual gnat, an individual ant is of no consequence; what is of importance is the species . . . . Once admitted, it follows that what happens to an individual person is of no concern . . ." (57).
He also says that communism is not good humanism because "Once you start with the principle that the person has no value . . . , then liquidation becomes inevitable." Consequently, Archbishop Sheen calls upon us to "recognize the evil of this communist philosophy and begin affirming, in the United States, the worth of a person as a creature of God" (57).
I am not saying that political leaders such as Bloomberg and Obama are like Russian communists. No doubt, they would denounce communism and its atrocities; yet their comments and their use of state power reflect a humanism which is similar to the communists in certain important respects.
Bloomberg put bans on the size of soft drinks, trans-fats and smoking outdoors. This past summer, he said "If government's purpose isn't to improve the health and longevity of its citizens, I don't know what its purpose is." He wants us to believe that he cares about people, yet he intends to restrict pain medication and allow people to suffer. Even the fifth-century B.C. pagan Hippocrates realized the importance of primum non nocere, "first do no harm." He included it in what we call the Hippocratic Oath, and it became a dictum for over 2400 years.
President Obama apparently believes the elderly should be denied certain medical treatments and given pain pills instead (I hope they don't live in New York City). Yet, even the 2006 Declaration of Geneva--which, among others, replaces the original Hippocratic oath and no longer forbids abortion and euthanasia--forbids age discrimination. It states, "I will not permit considerations of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between my duty and my patient."
Even though Obama, Bloomberg, and others like them want to use the power of the state for what they believe is good, they are often harming people. Constantly regulating the law-abiding public rather than focusing on the crime and the criminal often does a kind of violence to people. It can also be an indication of hypocrisy and arrogance.
For instance, while Bloomberg's restrictions on pain medication may cause some people to suffer, he will not have to suffer. He will get all the pain medication he ever wants. It is the same with President Obama. While others may be denied certain medical treatment, he and his family will receive all the medical treatment they ever want. What's more, I understand that he and his family, among others, are exempt from his healthcare legislation.
When I think about the kind of humanism which seems so popular among our leaders these days, it reminds me of a quote by Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip: "I love mankind; it's people I can't stand." If that was all there was things would be pretty bleak, but there is an alternative. It is Christian humanism.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "In keeping with the social nature of man, the good of each individual is necessarily related to the common good, which in turn can be defined only in reference to the human person" (1905). In other words, the individual person and the group are not in conflict or opposition. Therefore, public policy must account for both. The popular notion of a higher ethic based on some abstract idea of humanity and systems over individual flesh and blood persons is false. Thus, "In the name of the common good, public authorities are bound to respect the fundamental and inalienable rights of the human person" (1907).
This kind of humanism has been part of the Catholic Church since its beginning. We read about it in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter four, verses 32 through 36. And we witness it throughout history. I have noted some examples below:
In his book, Rediscover Catholicism, Matthew Kelly tells us that when Jesus was alive, there were no hospitals. The sick would huddle along the side of the road and on the outskirts of town because they had been abandoned by family and friends who feared that they too would become sick. Kelly says, "The very essence of healthcare and caring for the sick emerged through the Church, through the religious orders, in direct response to the value and dignity that the Gospel assigns to each and every human life" (17).
Not surprisingly, the first medical facility in Europe, the School of Salerno, was founded by the Benedictines around the 10th century. They educated physicians for all Europe. Saint Vincent de Paul reportedly did far more for the sick and the poor in the 16 century than many cities and states of his time.
The Church also played a significant role in the abolition of slavery. And it appears that the Church saved more Jews from Hitler's clutches than anyone else, other than the allied armies. In our time, we have the extraordinary example of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta known around the world.
One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Sirach 15:16: "There are set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand." I do not want to be subjected to secular humanism, therefore I choose Christian humanism for myself and for my neighbor. What do you choose?
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Looking for Trouble: the life and times of a foreign correspondent
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Laced with the impossible glamour of dancing perilously with international politics, the course of Richard Beeston's extraordinary life is chaptered by bloody revolutions in Congo and Baghdad, gas attacks in Yemen, picnicking in Lebanon with journalist – and Soviet spy – Kim Philby and a mujahedin ambush in Afghanistan. He swaggers through a glory era of journalism with considerable dexterity, imbuing Looking for Trouble with sophisticated reportage, pace and a flair for capturing witty eccentricities in virtuoso anecdote.
But Beeston's wide-reaching and intelligent writing underlines a gaping void in today's journalism. When he arrived in Cyprus in the 1950s, "Britain was still the dominant power", yet the upcoming cold-war rivalries or a collapsing empire posed lesser evils to the nomadic journalist than today's religious animosities. Foreign shores were awash with correspondents bribing post office operators to file stories. Domestic audiences were fed regular foreign coverage that is scarce today. So although Beeston whips up nostalgia for a lost era of debonair crusaders, he delivers a dull thud of disappointment at the limited scope of contemporary journalism.