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NOV 16, 2013 10:36a ET
The last time Minnesota had an extended break with the Week 5 bye, the Vikings (2-7) returned with three straight losses. Their return this week is not an easy way to come back, facing the best team in the NFC in the Seahawks (9-1).
There are many storylines attached to this week's game with the familiarity of both teams. Here are five things to watch as Minnesota head to the Northwest in Seattle's raucous CenturyLink Field:
1. Familiar faces
The two teams know each other very well and it's not just because of last year's game in Seattle, a 30-20 Vikings' loss. Minnesota and the Seahawks have been intertwined for years because of their personnel and coaching. It started in 2006 when the Vikings' signed Steve Hutchinson away from Seattle with the infamous "poison pill" contract, a move that prompted the Seahawks to counter the same way and sign Nate Burleson away from the Minnesota.
Seattle has become Winter Park West over the years. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is a few stops removed, but was an assistant coach with the Vikings from 1985-89. Seattle Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell held the same position with Minnesota from 2006-10. The Seahawks also have former Vikings Percy Harvin, Sidney Rice (out for the year with a knee injury), Tarvaris Jackson, Heath Farwell and kicker Steven Hauschka, who was in training camp with Minnesota in 2008. The Vikings have former Seattle tight end John Carlson.
2. His first chance
No other connection will gain more attention this week than that of Harvin, who was traded to the Seahawks this offseason after four productive but unsettled years with Minnesota. Harvin is one of the top offensive playmakers in the NFL, but had worn out his welcome with the Vikings, who decided to part ways with their mercurial receiver when Seattle offered a first-round pick (which was turned into Xavier Rhodes).
Coincidentally, Harvin will be making his season debut for Seattle after undergoing hip surgery to repair a torn labrum. Harvin will be plenty motivated to face his former team after feeling he was mistreated and misused while in Minnesota. There are fewer game breakers with Harvin's talent. The Vikings know well what Harvin is capable of, but aren't 100 percent sure how he will be used by the Seahawks. Harvin is expected to be somewhat limited in his first game back.
3. Unleash the beasts
Sunday's game will feature two of the most productive and strongest NFL running backs. It's the "Beast Mode" Marshawn Lynch against Minnesota's beast, Adrian Peterson. Since 2011, Peterson leads the NFL with 3,853 rushing yards and Lynch is second with 3,665 yards. Peterson has a league-leading 33 rushing touchdowns to Lynch's second-place total of 30. Both backs are known for their physical running style, though Peterson has better breakaway speed than Lynch. Lynch is second in the league with 871 rushing yards this season and Peterson is fourth with 786 yards rushing.
The two entered the league as first-round picks in 2007 with Peterson drafted No. 7 overall and Lynch falling five picks later. Peterson said the two have trained together. Both have well-earned nicknames and both defenses have a tall task ahead. Minnesota ranks 17th against the run with Lynch leading Seattle's second-ranked rushing attack. Peterson, and the Vikings' 17th-ranked rushing offense, faces the Seahawks' 15th ranked run defense.
4. Getting healthy
The injury reports turned favorably for both teams this week. Minnesota had so many injuries last week it didn't even have a full game day active roster suited up for the win against Washington. The Vikings had nine players injured and out of uniform last week, not including safety Harrison Smith, who is on injured reserve with the designation to return. Minnesota should be getting at least six of those players back. Tight end Kyle Rudolph is still out and defensive tackle Letroy Guion wasn't able to return from a chest injury and is listed as out. Running back Matt Asiata is doubtful with a shoulder injury.
The good news is the Vikings should be getting starting defensive backs Chris Cook and Jamarca Sanford back, as well as starting offensive linemen Phil Loadholt and Charlie Johnson. Also expected to return are tight end Rhett Ellison and defensive tackle Fred Evans. Quarterback Christian Ponder, who left last week's game after dislocating his left, non-throwing shoulder should be ready to make his fourth straight start. Peterson was held out of practice with a groin injury but is listed as probable and is expected to play.
Seattle will be without a vital piece in cornerback Brandon Browner. Yet, of the 16 players listed on the injury report this week, 15 were full participants in practice and should play Sunday. Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel is questionable. Not included in those is standout left tackle Russell Okung, who has been on injured reserve with the designation to return. Okung is eligible to be activated for the game and is considered a game-time decision. Okung, out since Week 2, is just one member of Seattle's offense line set to return. All-Pro center Max Unger, who has missed three of the last seven games, will return, as does right tackle Brent Giacomini, who's been out since Week 3. And of course Harvin is making his much-awaited return.
5. A defensive change
Through Minnesota's 2-7 season, the continued issues at quarterback have received a lot of scrutiny, deservedly. But the Vikings' defense has to shoulder a lot of the blame as well, costing the team at least three wins with late collapses. Maybe Minnesota found something in the second half against Washington though.
Coach Leslie Frazier said defensive coordinator Alan Williams gave an impassioned speech at halftime and challenged his players, particularly after poor tackling. The Vikings then held Washington to just three points in the second half, outscoring the Redskins 20-3 to come from behind in the win. After giving up 288 yards and 24 points in the first half, Minnesota held Washington to 145 yards and three points in the second half.
Williams and the players downplayed the significance of the halftime speech, but something changed. And the Vikings get back two starters on defense in Cook and Sanford, who have missed the past two games and three games each this season. Seattle has the league's 11th-ranked offense in yards gained and sixth in points per game, with the second-ranked rushing offense and 24th passing offense, and get back four key pieces in Harvin, Okung, Unger and Giacomini.
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Electing school superintendents is a throwback to another era when small community school districts voted on school leaders.
It sounds so democratic. But it simply is bad policy that restricts a community from recruiting the best and allowing that professional educator to operate with independence needed to succeed.
Mississippi elects 64 school superintendents in its 152 school districts. To put that in perspective, only 147 of the nation's 14,500 school districts elect superintendents.
This is not to criticize any of the state's elected superintendents, many of whom are dedicated professionals. However, the system of electing a superintendent is a hindrance to any of them.
First of all, electing a superintendent restricts the applicant pool for what should be a purely professional position. An elected superintendent, like any official, must live in the district, which excludes educators from other areas who might be better qualified. It prevents a district from seeking the best and the brightest.
Second, electing a superintendent puts the emphasis on a prospective school leader's political prowess rather than on his or her educational and administrative talents. Someone who might be the best administrator and visionary school leader might be a terrible politician. Running a school district certainly takes political and people skills, but those attributes should be secondary to professional qualifications and abilities as an administrator.
Finally, an elected superintendent is subject to the same political pressures any other elected official might face, including the transient political passions and whims of voters.
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In other words, a superintendent needs to be independent, stubbornly and doggedly so if necessary. An elected superintendent cannot do that, especially if he or she has eyes on the next election.
Rep. Gary Chism, R-Columbus, has tried repeatedly to gain approval of a bill to require all superintendents be appointed.
State education leaders, good government and education groups support appointive superintendents. Yet, those efforts have been defeated for the same reasons electing superintendents is a bad idea - politics.
Chism should keep pushing.
Mississippi needs the best people leading school districts and the best way to recruit and hire the best superintendents is through appointing them.


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New Lib Dem leader Tim Farron: Britain Wrong to Bomb Islamic State in Syria.
Reports the Independent.
The Guardian: Everything that's wrong with the Liberal Stand on Islamism.
Islamism: Discipline and Punish.
To much of the world the British daily, the Guardian is the best known English-language paper of the liberal-left.
It is important to emphasise the word 'liberal' (the Guardian advocated voting for the Liberal Democrats at the last election).
But the hyphen attaching the word to the 'left' is indissoluble.
Guardian writers, above all in the Comment in Free Section, shows the limits of what this left believes in.
The section, (run between 2001 and 2007 by former Communist Party of Great Britain member Seumas Milne), are, in the majority, consensus believers in a number of liberal values.
The present editor, Natalie Hanman has stated that "Queer theory informs my politics and journalism – and made me understand Robert, my childhood alter ego." (Here)
Some of the principles these people stand for are admirable, such as freedom of speech, promotion of diversity, human rights, gender equality, social equality, and tolerance.
Their advocacy of liberty extends to letting a range of people expressing their opinions in the paper who have very different interpretations of these ideas.
But they are heavily modified when it comes to one political and cultural issue, the nature of Islamism.
A couple of days ago the daily published an article by George Monbiot, Why stop at Isis when we could bomb the whole Muslim world?
The author, who has previously compared European recruits to the genociders of ISIS to volunteers who defended the Spanish Republic, argues,
"Humanitarian arguments, if consistently applied, could be used to flatten the entire Middle East."
Let's bomb the Muslim world – all of it – to save the lives of its people. Surely this is the only consistent moral course? Why stop at Islamic State (Isis), when the Syrian government has murdered and tortured so many? This, after all, was last year's moral imperative. What's changed?
Nothing, according to Monbiot, the latest US-led bombing will all end in disaster, killing, and destruction by the "destroying angels of the west". He ends his article with the observation that politicians "scatter bombs like fairy dust."
Monbiot now deigns to mention that the group amongst the Syrian rebels, which he compared to the Spanish Republican democrats – Isis – has its faults, "the agenda and practices of Isis are disgusting. It murders and tortures, terrorises and threatens. As Obama says, it is a "network of death"(14).
But it's one of many networks of death.
Worse still, a western crusade appears to be exactly what it wants.
So it's just one of many. And attacking them would make them worse.
Monbiot then fails to mention any form of physical military reaction to Isis that he could support.
Sound the alarm, run to the hills, the world is about to be flattened!
We can't do anything at all!
Today the Guardian publishes Seamus Milne.
He begins well,
Theresa May devoted over three quarters of her speech in Birmingham to Muslims and the threat of a catch-all "Islamist extremism".
Drawing on the tricks of Tony Blair's invasion-prone government and Thatcher's failed campaign against the IRA, she promised yet more anti-terror laws: this time to ban nonviolent "extremists" from television and protests, and to proscribe groups with no links to terrorism.
The package amounts to a straightforward attack on freedom of speech and democracy – in the name of the "functioning of democracy". It would alienate Muslims from mainstream politics still further and create a new, all-purpose collection of thought crimes, allowing the authorities to ban views or activities they deem likely to cause "alarm" or "distress".
Milne is now a defender of free speech.
He would have done well at this point to oppose something he once backed, to make causing offence to religious faiths a crime. (1)
But he doesn't.
And, in the wider news, perhaps I missed this bit,
The justifications were straight out of the Blair playbook too: from May's insistence that we are at war with an "ideology" and that "they" hate our values rather than our violent interventions in the Muslim world – to the claim that Isis could develop weapons of mass destruction to attack us"within a few hours' flying time of our country".
Yes I did miss that one, because it's from the far-right Daily Express's spin on the May speech….
I suppose Islamic State's tortures, rapes, genocide and the threat to hundreds of thousands of Kurds would have merited a mention from anybody with genuine left-wing feeling.
In a sense they do get mentioned,
Like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya before it, the bombing has been sold as a response to a humanitarian catastrophe and imminent threat but already shows every sign of spreading the terror it is supposed to stop. Mission creep is already upon us, as Cameron softens the public up to join the US campaign in Syria. As in the past, the war is projected to last years, has been launched against our own mutant creation, and is fanning reverse sectarian cleansing on the ground. Revenge terror attacks at home are once again seen as almost certain.
Ah, "sold as a response to a humanitarian catastrophe".
What Milne's views on this catastrophe are, part from the fact that they have been "sold", remain in decent obscurity.
One thing sticks out: no mention of the need to back the Kurdish and other fighters on the ground battling Islamic State/Isis!
But the prize for feeble-minded analysis of Islamism must go to a piece by Antony Loewenstein.
Speaking of how people treat recruits to the genociders in Australia he laments a "sudden terror panic". Loewenstein uses a Muslim interlocutor to express the dismay.:
"There's a lack of context, lack of spirituality and understanding, combined with impatience. Many Isis fighters are newly converted, newly pious … these men have grown a beard in three months and they don't give Islam time to be understood."
He is tired of having to defend his religion against bigots who take these instant Islamists to be the authentic representation of Islam.
"Keyboard warriors often ask: "Where is the universal Muslim condemnation of terror acts?" We're distancing ourselves, so why do you keep asking? People just aren't listening."
"It's been the same narrative of apology for decades and we're sick of it. It's like the probation the media is trying to grant me. I want to stand back, it's got nothing to do with me and it's nothing to do with Islam. I don't need to come out and prove my innocence."
Indeed, it is remarkable that those who trumpet their religious belief, in Islam and the Qu'ran, should be called to express disapproval of those who trumpet their religious belief in Islam and the Qu'ran – Isis.
As he continues in the vein we weary.
But there is some truth in this, though "dis-empowered" – an expression now confined to ageing social workers – is not perhaps the right word.
The pressure on the Australian Muslim community is immense, a feeling of being outsiders, exacerbated by a message that they're different and under suspicion. Many Muslim women in particular feel disempowered and not trusted by the wider, white majority. Islamophobia is now unofficial government policy and some media's central world-view
Muslims have ample reason to be sceptical towards government and intelligence services; real journalists would investigate why. Sadly, most in the media are failing in their basic duty to question.
Islamophobia is an ageing and muddled term as well: it tries to conflate opposition to islamism with prejudice, and offers no way to distinguish them.
This will not help clear up what 'Islam' is.
"Islam isn't a sprint, it's a marathon," Samir says. His religion, just like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and others, is complex, contradictory and open to various interpretations – but figuring that out can't be done in an instant.
I will, as will most readers, give up at this point….
Why does this matter?
We could say that a paper that publishes Richard Seymour is a fun journal, a good laugh, and that nobody takes the ideology in these articles seriously.
But what is striking is that not a single Guardian commentator has come close to analysing Islamism in any depth whatsoever.
That is a extreme-right-wing ideology, with a very material institutional basis, support in the pious Muslim bourgeoisie, and wider roots in the class structures of many Middle Eastern countries.
There are Marxist and other political studies which go into this in depth (Maxime Rodinson. Gilbert Achcar the latter's sole contribution to the Guardian on the topic relates to 'Holocaust denial').
Or the rich critique of Islamism, democratic, socialist and secular, offered by the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan groups such as the Worker Communist parties (Mansoor Hekmat) and other left individuals and organisations in the Moslem world.
We could, for those interested in 'Gender and Queer' studies, also look at Michael Foucault's concept of 'micro-powers' – intimate oppressive apparatuses that create a religious prison, in para-states and actual states.
Foucault's Discipline and Punish is perhaps a good starting point to the operation of the Sharia, along with Nietzsche The Genealogy of Morals. (2)
We could look at its (or rather), since Islamism is a plural formation, their patriarchal roots, and its creation of sexual apartheid.
We might even mention that every single form of Islamism is viciously oppressive towards gays.
That it is anti-democratic and 'communitarian' on the template of 1930s 'organic' far-right.
We might even consider that its religion is a load of utter cack.
But nobody in the Guardian's comment articles says that.
(1) "But for showing solidarity and working with Muslim organisations – whether in the anti-war movement or in campaigns against Islamophobia – leftwing groups and politicians such as the London mayor, Ken Livingstone, are now routinely damned by liberal secularists (many of whom have been keen supporters of the war in Iraq) for "betraying the enlightenment" and making common cause with "Islamofascists", homophobes and misogynists. The pitch of these denunciations has been heightened further by the government's plan to introduce a new criminal offence of incitement to religious hatred. This measure would extend to the most vulnerable community in the country the very modest protection already offered by race hate legislation to black people, Jews, Sikhs and all religious communities in Northern Ireland. It is not a new blasphemy law; it would not lead to a ban on Monty Python's Life of Brian film; or rule out jokes about Ayatollah Khomeini's contact lenses; or cover ridicule or attacks on any religion (unlike the broader Australian legislation) – but would only outlaw incitement of hatred against people because of their faith." Guardian. December 2004)
This bill was thrown up precisely because it was a new "blasphemy law". Does Milne back its return?
(2) I am all too aware of Foucault's morally cretinous welcome to Khomeini, What are the Iranians Dreaming About (1978). More relevant to Isis is the way their beheadings of hostages could be compared to the violent and chaotic public torture of Robert-François Damiens analysed in Discipline and Punish (1975).
Congratulations to Ipswich Labour!
Hats off to Ipswich Labour Party!
Ipswich: Labour wins two Tory seats after the town goes to the polls for borough council election
Labour won two seats from the Conservatives during the election for 17 councillors, one in each of the town's 16 wards and a by-election in Alexandra.
Whitton and Rushmere were the two wards switching from blue to red.
And despite big UKIP votes in some wards, including Bridge, Castle Hill and Gainsborough, they were unable to secure a council seat.
Labour worked extremely hard in these elections.
The won on the basis of the good record as a Borough Council – ranging from their widely acknowledged competence, standing for the majority of the people in the town.
There have been no devastating cuts.
They have begun to build new Council Housing.
Their backing for the Living Wage, their anti-racism (march against the EDL), to policies, such as their opposition to Workfare, have solidified good links with the labour movement, unions, and to the broad progressive constituency.
Further remarks.
Just to give an example of things have changed politically in the UK.
This is where Tendance Coatesy lives by the centre of town (we call it a town, but in most English speaking countries it would be called a City).
Alexandra (first two elected): John Cook (Labour) 935, Jane Riley (Labour ) 917, Jose Esteves (UKIP) 444, Mark Felix-Thomas (Conservatives) 400, James White (Green) 390, Alex Hopkins (Conservatives) 331, Robert Chambers (Liberal Demcrats) 215, Andrew Houseley (Liberal Democrats) 180. Maj: 18. Turnout: 33.58%. No change.
UKIP beat the Tories.
The Green beat one of the Tories and both of the Liberal Democrats.
This pattern was repeated with the exception of St Margaret's where the Liberal Democrats (aka the St Margaret's Residents' Association) clung on.
Further Notes:
There were no candidates standing from TUSC and other left parties, or from the Galloway communalists.
This is because most (not all) of the left in Ipswich works well with Ipswich Labour – which naturally represents a far larger constituency.
We might have our differences on this or that, but we consider in unity there is strength.
Ipswich Liberal Democrats: is This the Saddest Election leaflet ever?
This gaff could be yours if you vote Ipswich Liberal Democrats.
Just got a leaflet from the Ipswich Liberal Democrats.
If I could cut and paste it I would but they are not up to putting it on-Line.
Time was and they had a councillor in our ward: a certain, well he's better off spending more time with himself and his closest friend and love partner (as in right arm) .
So they are standing.
The leaflet spends most of its time going on about how their candidates support Ipswich Town FC.
Er, that's about it.
If you want to read more you can see their site,
Working for Ipswich.
And read this.
Channel Four Censors Jesus and Mo Cartoons in Deference to Mohammed Shafiq .
Channel Four censored a Jesus and Mo cartoon last night.
"This is not about freedom of speech – this is about the behaviour of a parliamentary candidate": Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadhan Foundation says Lib Dem Maajid Nawaz has offended Muslims. Channel Four News.
What is the background to this censorship?
The Huffington Post says,
The row began when Quilliam Foundation's Nawaz, whose think-tank was credited with Tommy Robinson's departure from the EDL, tweeted a 'Jesus and Mo' cartoon, stating he was not offended by the content.
Nawaz has since said he has received "credible" death threats over the tweet.
The cartoon was the same as the one worn on t-shirts by the LSE Atheism society, who were told by the University to remove the t-shirts or cover them up when they hosted a stall at the university Freshers' Fair.
Nawaz was challenged over the tweet by Shafiq, along with Muslim TV commentator Mo Ansar and Bradford Respect MP George Galloway.
Apprarently the two have kissed and made up (Liberal Voice),
Maajid Nawaz, the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn and Mohammed Shafiq, member of the Liberal Democrats, have released a joint statement:
"We wish to make a statement about the recent concern expressed over issues related to conflicting views on depictions of Prophet Muhammad.
"We recognise that, when it comes to this question, some Muslims of various persuasions may take different views. However, we also recognise that there are many Muslims who have taken offence, and we assert that images of the spiritual leaders of all religions should be deemed to be respectful. We also respect the freedom of every member of the Liberal Democrats on either side of this debate who feels offended by tone or language to make representations to the Liberal Democrats as is their democratic right.
"We are both Liberals and support the principle of freedom of speech. But we also understand the importance of respect for others' views and of moderation of language. In so far as this second principle of moderate language has been breached in the heat and passion of the current debate, we regret this and call for all those who have differing views to ensure that any debate which continues on this subject should use language and attitudes which conform to Liberal standards of respect and moderation.
"We now call on those on both sides of this argument to return to moderate debate, free of insult and threat and we do so because we believe this is in the interests of our Party, of the wider Muslim community in Britain and of the principles of peace to which Islam is committed."
Maajid Nawaz, Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn.
Mohammed Shafiq, member of the Liberal Democrats.
Shafiq showed scant regard for freedom of speech on Channel Four.
He managed to say, in the allusive and imprecise way that is typical of Islamist bigots when they try to appeal to a liberal-minded audience, that nobody should be allowed to show images of the 'prophet' Mohamed.
On the basis of 21,000 people signing a petition calling for Mawaz to be removed a Liberal Demcorat candidate (a small number in the sum of things) he also mentioned that "Muslim leaders" were having a special meeting with Nick Clegg today.
This, we learnt during the programme, had been changed.
It would be a talk with Paddy Ashdown (no doubt on the basis of his experience in the aftermath of the Balkans civil war).
In fact they have not been reconciled at all.
If Nick Clegg were hoping that a joint statement by the Liberal Democrats at the centre of the Prophet Mohammed cartoon row would defuse the situation, then he is going to be disappointed.
IBTimes UK has learned that Mohammed Shafiq – who led the campaign for candidate Maajid Nawaz to be deselected over a tweet about the cartoon – is to take part in a meeting with members of the Lib Dem leadership about the controversy on Wednesday.
Critics of Nawaz are expected to insist again that he should not be allowed to stand for the party in Hampstead and Fulham at the 2015 general election. The row ignited when Nawaz tweeted a link to a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Mohammed earlier this month. Shafiq and others claimed the cartoon offended Islam.
The renewed call for Nawaz to be dropped came just hours after he and Shafiq issued a joint statement designed to foster unity. Death threats against Nawaz had sparked a police investigation.
More on IBT.
We are concerned that Channel Four's censorship is not yet worthy of the demands of Mohammed Shafiq.
A special committee of Islamic scholars should no doubt be set up to supervise the Channel's output, and indeed all the media, to ensure that no Muslim is ever offended.
This will have to go!
More Jesus and Mo (while you're permitted to look at it): here.
Meanwhile Maajiid Nawaz has made a dignified defence of his actions in the Guardian, "• Why I'm speaking up for Islam against the loudmouths who have hijacked it".
Galloway Backs Call to Ditch Majid Mawaz – because of Jesus and Mo Cartoon.
Galloway Says Those who Tweet this are Cuckolds.
George Galloway @georgegalloway18h
No Muslim will ever vote for the Liberal Democrats anywhere ever unless they ditch the provocateur Majid Nawaz, cuckold of the EDL.
Now we have little sympathy (in fact none whatsoever) for Liberal Democrats and not a great deal for Mawaz's foundation, Quilliam (which is involved, we are pretty sure, in the Jimas Ipswich charade with Jimas and the 'ex' EDL Tommy Robinson).
But this is the reason for Galloway's comments,
Prominent members of the Muslim community have written to the Liberal Democrats and their leader Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to ask them to reverse their decision to back Maajid Nawaz's attempt to become an MP at the next election.
The campaign comes after Nawaz posted a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and Prophet Isa (as) on his Twitter feed. Any depiction of the prophets is considered offensive to most Muslims and has traditionally been prohibited by the majority of scholars.
Nawaz, who's the chairman of the anti-extremism think-tank the Quilliam Foundation, defended his decision to post the cartoon by saying that it was not offensive and that scholars were split over the depiction of the Prophet. He also accused others of inciting his murder by calling him "a defamer of the Prophet." Here
"I have been discussing this matter since Friday night with a high profile Lib Dem who agrees people who attack religions with cartoons and other jokes are impolite and childish. Lets hope Nawaz can get this into his skull. Clegg must choose, lose hundreds of supporters by keeping Nawaz or sack Nawaz and rescue the Lib Dems which would fizzle out because of people like Nawaz."
This is the background,
Two Muslim political commentators have clashed over a cartoon which was tweeted by one of them.
Maajid Nawaz of the Quilliam Foundation tweeted a cartoon with featured 'Jesus and Mo'.
He added, "This is not offensive & I'm sure God is greater than to feel threatened by it."
It led to a backlash by some readers, none more than Mohammed Shafiq of the Ramadhan Foundation.
Shafiq said, "I intend to formally complain to the @libdems about @MaajidNawaz and his offensive tweet of a cartoon."
Nawaz defended his tweet after being accused of being offensive, "My point is, that cartoon is not offensive. That's my opinion. Don't like it? Don't read my tweets".
Nawaz then accused Shafiq of inciting his murder. He said, "Using term "Defamer of Prophet" (Gustake Rasool) he knows gets people killed in #Pakistan,Mo Shafik incites my murder."
To which Shafiq replied: "For the record I do not wish to see you murdered as you claim or wish you harm. But defend my right to challenge your tweets."
Even political and social commentator, Mohammed Ansar added to the debate, "A parliamentary candidate has tweeted out something millions will find offensive. A very silly thing to do." Here.
Maajid Nawaz (Urdu: ماجد نواز, born 1978), a British Pakistani, is Executive Director of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank. Himself a former member of the Islamist revolutionary group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
If this is the kind of thing "Muslim political commentators" row about then one can see why they have such universal respect.
You can see more sacrilegious Jesus and Mo cartoons here.
More information over at Shiraz.
Labour 'Pluralists' Reach out to Liberal Democrats.
A new cross-party group will be set up by senior Labour figures tomorrow in an attempt to heal the party's rift with the Liberal Democrats and open the door to Lib-Lab co-operation in another hung parliament.
Labour for Democracy will try to build bridges with other progressive parties, including the Greens. But it will reach out to Nick Clegg's party, with whom relations were stretched to breaking point when he took the Lib Dems into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010.
Although the launch was planned before last week's Leveson report on press regulation, it is timely because Ed Miliband and Mr Clegg have backed the inquiry's call for a new system
The Independent
For good measure the Greens are added to the 'progressive' list.
The background is Labour for Democracy's analysis of how 'pluralism' can further 'progressive goals'.
Support for progressive values and policies is not restricted to a single political party, as shown by our new analysis of polling data. A real desire to see progressive change means working with supporters of other political parties.'
'Pluralism is simply a commitment to work with others, including members and supporters of other political parties if that increases our chances of achieving progressive change. While Labour values are most strongly supported by Labour voters, many supporters of other parties also share some of our values. No party today speaks exclusively for progressive opinion; none will do so in the fut
"All Labour members will work hard for every Labour vote. But whether we win the outright majority we seek, or end up with a hung Parliament, the change Britain needs will require the support of all who share our key values. Existing structures encourage tribalism, but Labour's history has often been of working with others for progressive goals – in trades unions, community organisations, solidarity movements and defending the environment. Some of the changes we are proudest to claim – the NHS, the welfare state and devolution – would not have happened without the support of people outside the Labour movement. At a time when old allegiances to political parties are breaking down, yet organisations like 38 degrees are mobilising active and effective support, we need that approach more than ever.'
John Denham, one of Labour for Democracy's founding supporters, has argued the case,
The launch of Labour for Democracy on 4 December is an attempt to break down tribal sectarianism and promote a pluralist culture within the Labour movement. The focus is not on coalitions or cross-party deals, but on finding ways of delivering what progressive voters want. We've already shown that, in the main, past Lib Dem voters hold similar values to Labour's, and quite different to most Tory voters. It's also clear that, despite the failures of the coalition, the public still generally want politicians to work together when they can, rather than exaggerate their differences.
The launch of this initiative has met instant hostile reaction.
Labour First have condemned the creation of the new "Labour for Democracy" group within the party, which according to the Independent will "will try to build bridges with other progressive parties, including the Greens" and "will reach out to Nick Clegg's party, with whom relations were stretched to breaking point when he took the Lib Dems into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010."
The Independent reports that the Group is "an attempt to heal the party's rift with the Liberal Democrats and open the door to Lib-Lab co-operation in another hung parliament."
Speaking to LabourList this morning, Secretary of Labour First, Luke Akehurst, said:
"The creation of this misnamed group, "Labour for Democracy" is a slap in the face for grassroots campaigners who are working flat out to beat all our political opponents, Greens and Lib Dems as well as Tories, UKIP and BNP, as we did comprehensively in the recent by-elections.
It is completely premature and defeatist to start flirting with the Lib Dems when all the opinion polls and by-elections show we have a realistic chance of a majority Labour government.
We need to continue to squeeze the Lib Dem and Green votes in order both to take seats off them and seats off the Tories. Any move which rehabilitates the Lib Dems and lets them off the hook for having put the Tories in power actually increases the chances of another hung parliament. Their behaviour in 2010 indicates their preferred coalition partner is the Tories.
We had naive talk about pluralism in 2010. The people making those noises should have learned their lesson. The Lib Dems are not a progressive party and the Greens are an anti-working class and anti-economic growth party. We should be seeking to defeat them both intellectually and at the ballot box, not pandering to them."
There is little to add, immediately to this.
Except apart from the fact that everybody on the left and most of the Labour Party in the UK (including Ipswich) loathes the Liberal Democrats, and that 'progressive' is too windy to mean much, there is this:
The Labour for Democracy initiative will strongly remind many people of Charter 88 and the (now wound up) Democratic Left (DL) in the early 1990s. These groups advocated tactical voting, support for 'anti-Conservative' candiodates, right up to the 2011 election. They were open to Liberal Democrats and Greens who supported 'proressice values' above all on Constitutional issues.
Are Labour for Democracy linked to this tradition?
There is, as yet, no direct evidence.
The old Charter 88 and Democratic Left strategy for a 'progressive alliance' is not dead.
On the Web site produced by the remnants of Charter 88 and the Democratic Left (Charter 88 transformed itself , through its merger with the New Politics Network (what remained of the Democratic Left) into Unlock Democracy, we find this today:
"Beyond the Progressive Alliance
Charter 88 was very much a political response to Thatcherism and its basic strategy was to bring together the two parties of the centre and centre left around a programme of democratic and constitutional reform. Probably the high point of this strategy was the Cook-Maclennan talks prior to the 97 General Election between the Lib Dem's and Labour which lead to joint programme of constitutional reform that included devolution, freedom of information and the HRA.
Though this strategy delivered much it was always a limited one. The reality was then and is now that if democratic change is going to happen it needs to appeal beyond a sterile left right divide. Democratic reform is not a left right issue but one that divides people along a libertarian authoritarian axis and there are people on the left and the right who recognise that our society needs more democracy not less."
Nothing, it seems, feeds hope like failure.
The challenge over the next few years is not to recreate the alliance between people on the centre left of politics that was at the heart of Charter's strategy, but to build new alliances that include all those who want to transform politics. Many of these alliances will be issue specific and like the one we created to deliver the Sustainable


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(Photos by Lee Talbert and Tony Duncan/Johnson City Press)
One year after the city opened Memorial Park Community Center, memberships are on the rise, new programs have sprung up and Parks and Recreation Department staff members are hustling to accommodate the varied needs and wants of both the young and old.
The 72,000-square-foot, multi-generational, recreational behemoth opened to the public in mid-December 2012, following an outcry from some who favored a stand-alone building for seniors. But the protest signs have long since been retired. The new Senior Services was incorporated into the $15 million project, and the kinks — for the most part — apparently have been worked out.
One full year prior to the opening, Parks and Recreation Director Roger Blakeley developed a detailed program and presented it to the City Commission. He called the new center "cutting edge" and "state-of-the-art." That plan gave seniors 27,000 square feet of space with which to work — more than double the old Seniors' Center capacity of 12,000 square feet.
Since the opening, more than 1,400 seniors have either joined the Seniors' Center for the first time or returned after a period of inactivity longer than 12 months, and total Seniors' Center membership currently sits at nearly 3,700 for those 50 years old and older.
"We took a real chance on how we were going to mix seniors with others," Blakeley said. "But we went from protests to 72,000 square feet of use. And from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., it's dominated by seniors. To make the commitment — for the City Commission to do this — it has been really good for the community."
First year finances
The new center came online at the mid-point of the normal fiscal year (June 30-July 1).
But during a roughly one-year stretch from Dec. 1, 2012, through Dec. 16, 2013, Senior Services expenditures totaled nearly $593,000. Parks and Recreation's cost, which includes all building maintenance, utilities and custodial services came to just more than $1.1 million, for a total of about $1.7 million.
Meanwhile, revenues produced at the center for both Senior Services and Parks and Recreation came in at about $250,000. This does not include a grant in the amount of $60,583 and one appropriation from Washington County in the amount of $38,475 to help offset the Senior Services programming.
Within the city's FY 2014 budget, Parks and Recreation estimated more than $1.2 million in costs for operation of the center and aquatics only. Revenue from property and local sales tax helps keep the center rolling, much like other city services, such as its police and fire departments. Grants, membership fees and fees from various events also are used to help pay for operations.
"Memorial Park Community Center is the same as other park and recreation facilities for public use — not a stand-alone facility," Johnson City Budget Manager Lora Grogg said. "All departments accounted for within the general fund provide services to citizens and are not intended to be 'profit centers' for the city. Both Parks and Recreation and Senior Services are treated no differently than other general fund departments."
The two highest revenue producers at the center were contracted services at more than $86,000. This includes outings, lunches, socials, dances/bands and arts and crafts, to name a few. The next highest was aquatics programs and classes, which brought in about $82,000.
Expenditures for administrative personnel led the way for both Parks and Recreation at nearly $622,000 and Senior Services at more than $216,000. This includes salaries, insurance, retirement, Social Security and so on.
Seniors adjust to change
Undoubtedly, there was a lot of controversy over moving Senior Services into the new building. But a lot of water has gone under the bridge, and what former City Commissioner Marcy Walker told a group of seniors at a 2010 meeting remains noteworthy: "The bottom line is, we didn't change anything. There was always going to be a part of this dedicated to seniors."
At the time, City Manager Pete Peterson and other commissioners said the plan had always been to maintain the same staff currently serving seniors when the move was made to the new center.
That's exactly what happened. The only change in that plan is that there now are more staff tending to expanding senior programs.
"I've experienced many things with the seniors, and it's very hard to change their minds," said Amanda Hollifield, the center's operations manager. "But I've actually had them come up to me and tell me how much they like it. The ones that are new are absolutely amazed by it. Sure, you can find a few that don't like children being here, even though they're supervised.
"A lot of kids here come from the Keystone community, and I think some of the seniors could help mentor them, We're trying to find ways to bridge that gap. No matter how things were going to end up, there was going to be some controversy. But if you're still feeling that, I just can't understand why."
Jerry Paulsen, former Save Our Center chairman, said the group came together to fight for a separate facility. Paulsen was inside the center on the day the Press arrived to interview Hollifield and take some photos. He was meeting with a group called The Writers' Circle.
"It's a wonderful facility, but I don't really come here to swim or do other things," he said. "I guess it's been kind of a wash for me. It's just as friendly as the old center used to be."
Gary Lyon, former Seniors' Center Advisory Council president, complimented the center's programming but also said he wished seniors had more of an opportunity to volunteer — just what Hollifield mentioned regarding mentors.
"It's worked out well," he said. "I go there. I play cards, and I'm in the hiking club — which has increased by 25 percent this year alone. It's created a lot of changes, but it added a lot of opportunities that a lot of new people have picked up on. All in all, the new center has attracted a larger number of younger seniors — those in their late 50s and early 60s."
Attendance, participation solid
The community center continues to offer its popular mainstays, including the popular aquatics programs, open gym, billiards, ballroom dancing, Silver Sneakers, yoga and aerobic classes, bridge, art classes and more.
"From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. we could have up to 90 people come in the facility just to use the gym," Hollifield said. "We really don't track every person that comes through the door. For example, we have birthday parties, but we don't do head counts, we use an average. Everyone else — those not coming for a group event — signs in on a software system and we track them there.
"What we've found so far is that other community centers are using trial and error to determine what's best for the community. Bringing the separate division together — aquatics, Parks and Recreation services and senior services — presented something never done before. I loved the idea that you can come to one building and do pretty much anything you want."
Hollifield said the center's programming is in flux, and administrators and staff have had to grow and adjust to the popularity of certain programs. For example, yoga has been a big hit, meaning the activity had to be relocated to larger rooms.
"I'd much rather be facing those problems rather than having three people in a class," she said. "Working people want 30-minute classes where you go hard and then go home. But overall, the principle behind our programming is the same as when we started: What does the community want?
"Sometimes it feels like it's still the first month, because we have so many people calling and asking how to get here. Even after a year, we're still educating and marketing. There are a lot of people out there that think this is just a senior center."
Programs aplenty
A typical day at the center goes something like this: On Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., seniors dominate the building, using all 72,000 feet, which includes ping-pong, pickle ball, billiards, bridge and card games, fitness, aquatics, arts and crafts, computers and socializing around the fire.
From 3:30-9 p.m. the center is dominated by youth and adult recreation, including basketball, fitness, game room, aquatics, tot-watch, parties, after school programming and home schooling.
Aquatics has conducted 57 programs so far, involving 5,322 people. This includes angel fish, aquatic boxing, cardio waves, H2O blast, open therapy, lap swim, swim lessons and water bugs.
"The aquatics center with its three pools is the most popular program, and the therapy pool and lap swimming are tremendously successful," Blakeley said. "The Silver Sneakers Program continues to grow and provide recreational opportunities for people over 60."
Blakeley also provided the Press with a State Department of Health Inspection report in which all three pools scored a 100 out of a possible 100. He said the scores reflect the increased filtration and maintenance procedures at the center.
Some of the center's more unique programs include the first Kids Triathlon, held this year with more than 50 children attending, and the Spooky Saturday-Haunted Hayride event that entertained more than 1,500 people.
The Wizard of Oz event, held as five week-long camps for children during school breaks, and Fit to Play summer camp drew a healthy number of participants. In addition, many day camps were held, such as the three-on-three basketball tournament, soccer clinic, basketball clinics and the first Start Smart program for preschool-age children.
Other success included the Winter Break Sports Camp in December 2012, which gathered 80 campers; Spring Break Sports Camp held in April with 60 campers; Fall Break Sports Camp in October with 60 campers; an after-school program that drew 30 kids; a Cinderella Ball in May with more than 80 participants; a Special Day for Special Kids in the spring that rallied more than 15 families; Home-School PE, which averaged 20 kids per class and Start Smart Basketball in the winter of 2013 with 45 children attending. There were also several arts and crafts classes.
"I'm a user of the facility," Blakeley said. "One year ago, I had knee surgery. Though the surgery was a success, I really was still having trouble walking. I decided to use the therapy pool. I used it three times a week, and I'm walking normally. Now, you want to talk about benefits? I can't measure that in dollars, and I meet people all the time that have similar stories."


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Knowing that we're building this time through the draft, I'm constantly looking at other teams for free agent targets that might make sense as inexpensive but effective plug-ins. Dustin Keller is one of those for me. He's been the most reliable target on the Jets until this year when he's had injury problems. He's the type of seam threat we've been looking for since Randy McMichael was allowed to leave. He's never been a locker room problem. Finally, his price tag will be more palatable coming off the injuries this year.
Keller is the type of free agent that we can plug in next to a draft pick. I have no clue how the coaching staff views Egnew, but I think we can upgrade on Fasano in those obvious passing situations. We still might need Fasano for blocking purposes and the underneath routes.


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My love for sequins is making its debut on my blog. Let me tell you about these shorts. They first appeared online about 2 months ago and I let them sit in my "cart" for weeks thinking that no one would want them. But when I finally went to go purchase them, they were gone!! Noooooo. I kept calling Forever 21 to see if they had them in stock in the store and to this day, they still have not gotten them in. A few weeks ago though, I think the sequin-gods took pity on me, because they restocked them online and I bought them that night! No way, was I going to let them slip away again. :)
I am in love with this color of sequin. It's so different than the normal black and navy. It reminds me a little of C-3PO. Hee hee. What do you think? Are you a fan of sparkly sequins?
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Heath Andrew Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia on 4 April 1979. He had been interested in acting his he was a kid and joined his school's acting club playing different parts. He entered into acting through Australian television and then later Australian films in the 1990s. To fulfill his dreams of acting in a bigger market for a wider audience, he went to Hollywood. He did 19 films altogether and most of them are a success. He is the second person to be nominated for an Oscar posthumously and the first one to win it. He died on 22 January 2008 due to accidental overdose. His performance in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was later completed by other actors. He also directed a few music videos. He married Michelle Williams in 2004 and divorced her in 2007. They together had a daughter named Matilda. He is considered to be one of the finest actors to have ever graced this profession. Here are 10 of his best movies
Heath Ledger Movies
10. The Brothers Grimm (2005)
It is a fantasy adventure film directed by Terry Gilliam who also did the film with Heath, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Matt Damon stars alongside Heath in this film as the Brothers Grimm who are fictitious portrayed to be traveling con-artists in French-occupied Germany during the late 18th century. From their various adventures, Jacob "Jake" Grimm writes his stories and fairy tales. The interesting thing is that the film has been shot in Czech Republic. It went through a lot of backstage trouble with production. Though the film received mixed reviews, fans of Heath will find him in an obnoxiously different role with a humorous touch. He played being silly before this role, but not in a period film.
9. The Four Feathers (2002)
It is an action-drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur who prior to this film directed Elizabeth (1998). The film is based on the 1902 novel of the same name by A. E. W. Mason, but portrays an alternate version of events. The film tells a fictional story of a young man, played by Heath Ledger, who is accused of cowardice by his four friends and is given four feathers for this. Historically, it is set during the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition in Sudan that happened in the late 1884 and early 1885. The film also stars Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson. Although the film did not receive much credit for its lack of imagination, Heath's performance is to be noted and played the role with integrity.
8. The Patriot (2000)
It is a historical war film by Roland Emmerich who made such films as Universal Soldier (1992) Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and Godzilla (1998) prior to this film. It tells a fictional story set in rural York County in South Carolina of an American family that ends up fighting the American Revolutionary War. However, the character of Benjamin Martin is inspired from historical people that include Continental Army officers Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens, Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan and others. Heath Ledger plays the role of Gabriel Martin who is the eldest son of Benjamin and decides to join up with the Continental Army against his father's wishes and gets killed during a British attack. For this performance Heath won Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Male Newcomer. Although it was just a supporting role in the film but it was a performance which was very strong and memorable.
7. Candy (2006)
It is an Australian romantic drama film adapted from Luke Davies' novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addition. It was directed by Neil Armfield in his directorial debut and stars Heath Ledger along with Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush. Heath played the character of Dan which was based on the author's life partially, who was very impressed by his performance on screen. For this role, Heath was nominated for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role along with other nominations. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences after this film. He played a young heroin addict who is in love and wanted to abandon his addiction to have a normal life.
6. Two Hands (1999)
It is an Australian crime movie directed by Gregor Jordan as his debut. The man leading man is Heath Ledger who played the character of Jimmy, who is a young man in debt to a local gangster. The film also stars Bryan Brown, Mariel McClorey, Evan Sheaves, Susie Porter, and Rose Byrne. It won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Film of the year. Heath was nominated for the Best Actor. The film was released in 2005 in DVD in the U.S. hence it is not well known to the audiences there, which means that they did not had a chance introduction with Heath in one of his first major leading roles. The film is humorous and Heath's performance is genuine. It is a good-watch for someone who is a fan of dark-comedy. Some critics have even compared to being Australia's Goodfellas.
5. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
It is an American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger who also debuted with it. Heath plays the role of Patrick Verona, who is a rebel and a rough teenager with a tough outlook on life. the film is based somewhat on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and entitled after a poem written by Katarina "Kat" Stratford, played by Julia Stiles, where she describes her strange kind of relationship with Patrick. The film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, and Larry Miller. The film was a huge success and shot both Stiles and Ledger into stardom. Although both Stiles and Gordon-Levitt received nominations in acting categories for different awards, but Ledger's performance was sidelined in this case. However, he was nominated for Best Musical Performance for the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", singing which he also showed us where else his talents reside.
4. A Knight's Tale (2001)
It is an action-adventure film written, directed and produced by Brian Helgeland. The film is interesting despite the simplicity in its characters and not so different a plot line. But the acting of Heath as well as other actors has delivered the script and made it into a good movie. Heath received two awards nominations for this film along with Shannyn Sossamon, who plays the lead female role. Heath plays the main character of William Thatcher, who is a peasant fantasizing to be a knight someday. He pretends to be one in order to compete in jousting tournaments. Going along acting as a knight he falls in love with a noble lady and befriends Edward, the Black Prince of Wales as well as the famous English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. In fact, the title of the film has been taken from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Despite being in good books of the audiences, the film has been criticized for its false publicity claims by creating fake reviewers who gave it good ratings.
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
It is a romantic drama directed by Ang Lee based on the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx. Heath's co-stars are Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams. The film depicts a complex sexual tension between two men in the American West form 1963 to 1983. The film was recognized as well as the performances of its actors. It had eight Academy Award nominations at the 78th ceremony and won three, including Best Director. It is all at number 10 in the highest grossing romance films of all time. Heath had multiple nominations for his unique performance and won many including Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor. However, the film itself faced criticism, controversies and a lawsuit from Randy Quaid.
2. Ned Kelly (2003)
This drama film is directed by Gregor Jordan and stars Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush along with Heath Ledger who plays the real-life titular character of Ned Kelly. He was a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. The events of Irish and English tensions of the 19th century Australia have been shown due to which he takes arms against the government. This film is a remake of 1906 film called The Story of the Kelly Gang, which is considered to be the first feature film ever made. The critics praised Heath's performance of Kelly especially his internal dialogue voice over. He was nominated for AFI's award for best actor along with Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. This portrayal of Ned Kelly by Heath is a memorable one which is hard to surpass.
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
This American superhero film is produced, directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman along with Heath who played his Academy Award winning role of the Joker. He also won many major awards for in various ceremonies for celebrating films annually. It is considered to be the best performance by Heath in his career. He passed away six months before this film got released. The film was dedicated to him partly. His performance was not digitally altered but kept as he did it. His performance is considered to be one of the best ever given in cinematic history. Not only is this one of the great performances by Heath but also a memorable one due to the character he created with his unique, insightful talent.


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Did you read the rumors that Jon Bon Jovi was dead floating around on Twitter yesterday? We did and knew it was a hoax but there was a litte bit of us who thought — This BETTER not be true! News like this always brings out the Cassandra in people even though we're well aware that weirdos on Twitter regularly bump off celebrities. Jon thought he would clear up the air himself and tweeted a photo of himself standing in front of a Christmas Tree with a placard that read, "Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey…" Someone from his management also wrote a message that clarified, "…Rest assured that Jon is fine! This photo was just taken."
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2011-2012 Catalog / Curriculum and Degree Requirements / Course Descriptions / Professional Education Courses (EDU) / EDU3063 Education and Cultural Diversity [3].
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Meshuggah's Mårten Hagström on Performing Sans Vocalist, and Being "Harm-Friendly" Psychedelic
There's so much aggression in your music; it's almost overwhelming to experience live. Where does that emotion come from?
I don't know why, but we enjoy painting a musical picture of something really disturbing and threatening...It's a way to create an atmosphere of menace and that kind of brooding feeling. That aggression, live, it's like any other emotion. If you're supposed to do something with some kind of effort, you better go all the way. There's no being half-assed about stuff like that. So it's an all-in type of thing for us. That [aggression] is actually something we go for, even though we don't feel very threatening ourself. It's to go together with our music. We're the twisted, dark cousin of what a lot of other psychedelic bands have done or progressive bands, like Tool or Pink Floyd. It's about setting a type of emotion, but we're just moving in a more harm-friendly territory.
I remember walking out of your show at Terminal 5 last year, and people looked like they had been beaten. They weren't injured, but they had this stunned look in their eyes. I even heard someone say, "That's the closest thing to a religious experience I've ever had."
[Cracks up.] That's awesome!...Whenever you are creative about something, ultimately that's what you want to do. You want to reach and touch somebody and make a difference. You don't want people to be walking away and yawning after the concert. But having said that, whenever you can construct something and deliver it so that at least some people feel that it really made a difference, it gave them something and maybe took something out of them, as well, that's the best compliment you can actually get.
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Europe's Containerized Imports Declined 5.2% in January
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- European imports of containerized goods fell 5.2 percent in January, as government austerity programs led to the largest monthly contraction in the trade since 2009, Container Trade Statistics Ltd. said.
Imports were about 1.8 million 20-foot boxes, compared with 1.9 million a year earlier, according to the Woking, England-based provider of container shipping data. European exports climbed almost 12 percent to 1.3 million boxes last month, CTS said.
Monthly imports to the region haven't fallen by so much since 2009, Rod Riseborough, the company's chief executive officer, said today by phone.
"The austerity programs being implemented by governments are more prevalent in Northern Europe and West Mediterranean, the regions where volumes are down the most," he said.
Imports to countries in these regions, including the U.K., France, Spain, Italy and ports in the Baltic and Adriatic regions fell, he said.
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Sunday August 19, 5-8pm
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We are delighted to have amazing representation from the Denver area and the Rocky Mountain Region on the global stage of this world meeting of food communities. Thank you for your support of this important network.
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By Tracy Idell Hamilton Former Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones has released two television ads thus far, pleasant little spots touting her ability to create jobs, balance the budget and fight the Obama Administration. Her opponent's name is never spoken. State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, on the other hand, has taken a different tack: His first […] [Read More]
TLR endorses Elizabeth Ames Jones for Texas Senate seat
In a move to oust long-time incumbent Jeff Wentworth R- San Antonio, Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) has formally endorsed Elizabeth Ames Jones for the District 25 Texas Senate Seat. TLR has become a major player in Texas politics, lobbying the Legislature and contributing heavily to legislative candidates – primarily Republicans. In a letter to supporters, TLR […] [Read More]
Elizabeth Ames Jones leaves U.S. Senate race to run for State Senate
Elizabeth Ames Jones announced officially that she is stepping down from the U.S. Senate race to run instead for State Senate in Texas' 25th district. [Read More]
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He lacks the name recognition of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and some of the grassroots appeal of Ted Cruz, so former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is using TV in an early effort to get attention for his U.S. Senate campaign. None of the other candidates have gone up on TV with campaign ads for the […] [Read More]


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Park landslide being assessed; no reopening time estimated
The first assessment of the landslide which occurred in Great Smoky Mountains National Park along Newfound Gap Road in North Carolina shows that the landslide is approximately 90,000 cubic yards of material or 350-400 feet.
It is around the length of a football field and 45-50 feet deep.
The slide is still active. An assessment team, made up of park staff and federal highway employees, observed debris continuing to fall.
The park still does not have an estimated time frame for the road to be open. Officials are continuing to look at the site to assess options for repair and are hoping to have a rough estimate of when it might reopen sometime in the next week. Inclement weather is expected over the next few days which may hinder the assessment team.
Further updates on the road condition are planned.