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Borg: Balancing health and politics. The nation focusing on overhauling the health care system ... incumbent politicians and those who'd like to be office holders assessing their own political health. We're discussing the early fall political dynamics with Iowa political journalists on this edition of Iowa Press.
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On statewide Iowa Public Television this is the Friday, September 11th edition of Iowa Press. Here is Dean Borg.
Borg: We're welcoming you now to a new Iowa Press broadcast year, our 38th season on Iowa Public Television. Health care is dominating the national political debate and that affects us all. In Washington, Iowa's two senators, Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, are major leaders in that debate. In Iowa, candidates are scrambling to get in line for next June's primary election, now only ten months away, and looking a bit further down the road to another 2010 general election where elections of a governor and U.S. Senator are on the line. Today we're asking Iowa political journalists to help us catch up on a summer of political news and provide future perspective. Associated Press Senior Political Writer Mike Glover ... Radio Iowa News Director Kay Henderson ... James Lynch writes political news for the Gazette published in Cedar Rapids ... and Kathie Obradovich is a political columnist for the Des Moines Register. Kathie, the summer saw a lot of republicans lining up to unseat Chet Culver, the democratic incumbent. What is the score card?
Obradovich: Well, they definitely have enough to field a good pick up basketball game at this point. We have Bob Vander Plaats who was the first to get in. He has run twice before and he is really trying hard to get the conservative mantle, he's running further to the right and really focusing on gay marriage. We have about four state lawmakers in the race, Christopher Rants who is former house speaker is probably the best known of those four. We also have Rod Roberts who is a republican state lawmaker from Carroll, Jerry Behn, state senator from Boone, Paul McKinley may or may not run and then the really big question is will former governor Terry Branstad get into the race and really nothing else is going to happen I think until he decides in October.
Glover: The interesting thing, Dean, and Kathie is pretty up to speed on the list of potential candidates, the interesting thing to me is the lack of diversity within that field. Virtually all of those candidates come from the same faction of the Republican Party, the right wing, the religious conservative, Christian conservative wing of the party, all of them except Terry Branstad. Terry Branstad is viewed by many in the Republican Party as the moderate and we have to remember when Terry Branstad ran for governor he was a leader of the conservative wing of the Republican Party. I think that tells me how much the party has changed over the years.
Borg: Jim, is that indicating -- the long list that Kathie just ticked off -- does that indicate to you that republicans are smelling blood in the water? Or what is the motivation for the -- the republicans can't anoint a possibility one or two?
Lynch: Well, I think they do sense that Chet Culver may be vulnerable but you have to have somebody to beat somebody and right now they're going through this sorting process trying to figure out who is somebody among that field of candidates. And right now I think Mike is right, that the field is frozen while we're waiting to hear what Terry Branstad is going to do whether he's going to get in or get out. And I think what's interesting too is they are all very conservative and so the only issues we're hearing about really are gay marriage or same sex marriage and overspending by Chet Culver and there is no robust discussion of new ideas, new policies, new strategies for Iowa.
Borg: Kay, are those the issues that would unseat Chet Culver?
Henderson: Well, there is another candidate in the race, Christian Fong from Cedar Rapids, who intends to make flood recovery a main issue in the race arguing that Governor Culver and state government were slow to respond to the crisis in Cedar Rapids. The other interesting thing about Governor Branstad freezing the race is that if he indeed does not choose to run he's got to get behind one of these candidates quickly and endorse someone, you can't have gone on for two or three months saying this field of candidates lacks the metal to go up against Chet Culver and then choose not to do it yourself, you have to endorse someone else. The other thing that occurs to me as I look at the two candidates, let's say Terry Branstad does run, the two candidates that republicans would have at the top of their ticket are Chuck Grassley who was first elected to public office before at least two of us on this panel were born and Terry Branstad who has not been on the ballot since 1994. So, the face of the Republican Party in 2010 would be old, white men.
Glover: And I think it's interesting -- Jim hit on a very good point here, you have a lot of republicans running for governor saying oh, that lousy Chet Culver did this, that lousy Chet Culver did that, that lousy Chet Culver did that. What I have yet to hear from any of them is here is what I'd do, here is my vision for where I think Iowa ought to be going. I don't hear that robust choice and I think until we start to see that I think republicans are frozen. I think the biggest problem facing Terry Branstad -- Terry Branstad certainly doesn't need political advice from any of us -- but the biggest problem that Terry Branstad I think has to get over before he makes his decision is if he runs it's quite possible he could lose. This is a very different state than it was in 1994. In 1994, there were 115,000 more registered republicans than democrats. 1994 was the year republicans seized Congress after half the century. This is a state with 110,000 more registered democrats than republicans right now where democrats are in the senate seat. I think Terry Branstad could be looking to his grave.
Borg: I want to go back, you said the lousy incumbent governor did this, that and the other thing. Back to my question, is Chet Culver then vulnerable? Is that how they are seeing it? Because if they are not out there saying this is what I'm going to do, they're running against the incumbent, they must believe that he's vulnerable in those areas.
Glover: True believers and that is something that I think is consistent throughout the right wing of the Republican Party and the left wing of the Democratic Party. They truly believe that Chet Culver is a big spending, liberal democrat running the state into the ground, trying to spend our way out of a recession. They truly believe that and they believe they can sell that message because they believe it. I don't think that's a message that is sellable.
Obradovich: They're looking at the economy right now and looking at the way the state budget is going and it has continued to drop and they're saying to themselves, well, we can make a big issues of Governor Culver not doing a good job of maintaining the state budget. The gay marriage issue which came up and Culver said that he would not do anything against the Supreme Court ruling, I think that's a side issue. But in the summer we had a group that did polling that showed that a middle of the road republican who focused on fiscal issues would be likely to win and furthermore they said, well, somebody who looks an awful lot like Terry Branstad would be likely to win. The big problem is that somebody who looks like Terry Branstad has a really hard time winning a primary right now.
Glover: I think part of the wishful thinking of that wing of the party is that they don't understand that at the end of the day it's all going to come down to the economy. Bill Clinton said it in 1992, it's the economy stupid. It looks to me like all signs of an early recovery for this economy. If that's the case and if a year from now in November things are kind of chumming along, the economy is coming around he's going to be very hard to beat.
Henderson: The other thing is there is an anti-incumbent sentiment around the country that we have a couple of governor's races up in 2009 in this country. One of them is in New Jersey where an incumbent democrat appears to be in big trouble and if you look back to 2006 there was an anti-incumbent mood among the country, in 2008 it in many ways was a referendum on George Bush and his presidency and Americans in an anti-incumbent mood chose a different party.
Borg: Jim, is there something to this fiscal responsibility? Chet Culver seems determined to handle this by himself. The news isn't good, the tax revenues are still declining for Iowa but he says it's okay.
Lynch: Well, yes, he's showing a lot of confidence in his policies and I think he may be born out. If the economy starts to turn around by this time next year he's going to claim credit which any incumbent would and people are going to say things are looking pretty good, Chet has done a good job. If tax revenues continue to go down it's another story. Then he becomes vulnerable and republicans can make an issue of it.
Obradovich: The other thing about the economy is that the economy starts to recover quite a long time before state tax revenues catch up so even if we do have a brightening picture as far as job loss, etc. but that state tax revenue is a problem plus they failed to act on federal deductibility which gives another big hit to the state budget and that's a tax policy issue.
Borg: Might that also be a shifting sands issue because if a candidate is running against Chet Culver and the economy does improve before the 2010 general election that issue kind of disappears?
Glover: A lot of things go away if the economy is getting better and, Kathie, you're right, it may not be getting better for everybody, the guy who lost his job may not have gotten his job back, there still could be a lot of people out of work but if the perception is that the economy is on the upswing, you've got to remember if unemployment is 7% that means 93% of the people in the state are working. So, if the perception is the economy is turning around that perception will have a big impact on the election and it seems right, the governor will take credit for it. He had nothing to do with it ...
Obradovich: He may still be in a position of having to cut state budgets well after the economy starts to show signs of improvement and those are hard decisions to make and that is something that the republican field can go out and talk to voters about we had to cut all this money and if we had better managed the budget in the past then we would have had to do that.
Glover: Kevin McCarthy told me in a conversation -- house majority leader -- nothing they do cutting budgets hurts them politically. When I go out there people talk about cut back on state government, cut back on spending, do all that kind of stuff. We cut budgets, he says, as a democrat he doesn't like it but, he says, if I cut the Department of Human Services budget by five percent I win politically.
Borg: Jim, what is the motivation for Terry Branstad to get back into politics?
Lynch: I think there probably are more than one motivator here for them. One I think like any politician he has an ego and he sees a problem out there and he thinks that he can help solve that. Terry Branstad has given the state a lot of service over the years and I think there probably is a genuine desire to help solve this problem. I think this is also about the future of the Republican Party in Iowa. There are groups of people associated with his previous campaigns and administration that want to see the party return to a more what we call now moderate republican philosophy, mainstream, middle of the road republican and they are trying to steer the party in that direction. Right now the party is controlled by mostly hardcore social conservatives who have sort of moved beyond the conservative philosophy that Terry Branstad embraces.
Borg: Would Terry Branstad be embraced by that social conservative group?
Lynch: Some of them, the true believers that Mike talks about wouldn't embrace him because they would see him as being a RINO, republican in name only, that he's not conservative enough. But I think some of them would look at him as a sort of elder statesman of the party, someone who has won elections and may look at him as someone who can win.
Glover: Let me tell you about a couple of conversations I had in the last couple of weeks. One a social conservative called me up and he said, you know, Terry Branstad, he's the guy who appointed that Supreme Court justice that wrote the opinion legalizing gay marriage. A couple of days later I got a phone call from a fiscal conservative, you know that Terry Branstad, he was the governor who presided over the largest increase in the size of state government in history, he signed not one but two increases in state sales tax.
Borg: Members of his own party.
Glover: His own party -- if he runs he's going to have to answer for that. Those are questions that Terry Branstad is going to have to deal with, with that conservative, social and fiscal conservative wing of the Republican Party. I said it earlier, Terry Branstad in 1982 was the face of the conservative movement in the Republican Party. He is no longer that, he is now a moderate and it's not that he has changed, the party has changed.
Henderson: He also showed a willingness to compromise with moderates in his party. He may have had a conservative core but in 1990 and again in 1994 he ran with Joy Corning as his lieutenant governor running mate, a point that Bob Vander Plaats, the conservative candidate running for the republican nomination this time around, made a key point as part of his announcement speech this past year in that he essentially said that moderates and liberals need not apply to run with me like they did with Terry Branstad.
Borg: Kathie, is it getting time for Chet Culver to be announcing that yes he is running for re-election?
Obradovich: Oh, I don't think there's any question that he's running.
Borg: Well, I know there isn't any question but when are we going to make it official?
Obradovich: He's been staffing his campaign and he is raising money, quite a bit of money I think and he also has really started to ramp up his public appearances and now these are tied into state policies, they are official gubernatorial appearances and I think we'll see him continue to do that as part of, for example, his I-Jobs program he is going to be cutting a lot of ribbons around the state. I don't think he's in any real hurry to do an official announcement. He'll make a strategic decision about when to do that.
Borg: What is the significance of late this week, this current week he was in Texas, at the Lyndon Johnson Library paid for by democratic national committee on a trip paid by his campaign in Iowa but the event was sponsored by the democratic national committee.
Obradovich: He is raising money and this is ...
Borg: Money raising there?
Obradovich: I think this is part of -- he's not only raising money for himself but he's also raising money for others around the state, he is getting around in a political sense and it's a sign that his campaign is working.
Glover: One of the nice things about being governor, Dean, is when you're running for governor and you are governor whatever you do we pay attention to and when your opponents go out there we don't really pay a lot of attention to them. When Chet Culver cuts a ribbon for an I-Jobs program we come take his picture, we write about it. When Terry Branstad cuts a ribbon for something nobody would pay attention to it. That's the nice thing about being governor. He's not in any particular hurry, he's done a good job I think of making it clear that he's running again so there's not a lot of doubt, that I have heard of there is no primary problem he's going to be facing so what's the rush. He's putting a campaign together, he has hired some very talented operatives to run his campaign, he is actually miles further down the road than any of the republicans in doing this kind of stuff and we've got to remember, Iowa is an organizational state where that kind of stuff means a lot.
Borg: And democrats are really riding high in Iowa right now as they are across the nation, wouldn't you agree with that Kay? In fact, this weekend shouldn't the Harkin steak fry be really a celebration?
Henderson: Well, in many ways it will, of course, because Tom Harkin has just taken over as chairman of a very important committee in the United States Senate, the senate health education, labor and pensions committee which had been headed by Senator Kennedy. I will say the month of August was a surprise to many democrats in that republicans were able to capture the communications momentum connected to the health care debate and I think that surprised a lot of democrats. I think that the President's speech this past week sort of changed the momentum, changed the game somewhat but it is still going to be a fight to the finish over this health care reform debate and I think democrats are very worried about the long-term consequences of the decisions that are made in Washington and how that may percolate among the electorate out here in Iowa and elsewhere.
Glover: It's hard to see how if you're a democrat in Iowa right now you're not feeling pretty good about things. They control both chambers of the legislature, they control the governor's office, they have one of the two senate seats, they probably won't get the other senate seat, about 110,000 more registered democrats than republicans, Barack Obama carried the state fairly easily, he energized and brought a whole bunch of new people into the democratic party so yes, this is a pretty good time for democrats. But politics is cyclical. I remember in the 1970s when the democrats were in the process of forcing out conservative, pro-life democrats, forcing them out of the party, saying we don't need them and they were on a long losing streak and then rebounded. Republicans are down right now but politics is cyclical and they too will come back.
Obradovich: And historically the mid-term benefits the party that is not in power and that is the republicans right now in Iowa in spades and I do think that the activity that you saw, the energy this August that Kay mentioned is probably a big reminder to democrats that they can't sit back and kick their feet up and assume that they are going to hold the house, for example, without really having to engage. I think that special election down in house district 90 down in southern Iowa was an example of how they are going to have to work. A democrat won that by 107 votes in a district that really favored democrats.
Glover: And his predecessor, a democrat, was elected by 52 votes.
Borg: Jim, let's go back to something Kay introduced here and that is Tom Harkin taking over from Senator Kennedy's committee so that puts Senator Grassley and Senator Harkin both in key leadership roles on this health care debate.
Lynch: They are going to be key players here no doubt and we're all waiting to see what Grassley and his gang of six comes out with in terms of a health care plan next week and Tom Harkin has made it pretty clear where he is and what he wants in terms of a special or public option as part of that plan. So, it's going to be interesting to watch these two guys because they are not in agreement but they are both key players here.
Borg: What is in it for Iowa, Kay, with both Harkin and Grassley in key roles, one a democrat, one a republican but both in key roles? Anything in it for Iowa with two senators?
Henderson: In one of the bills that is percolating through the house, three bills have cleared committee in house, it includes Medicare reimbursement changes. In Iowa hospitals, doctors and other health care providers are paid less for treating elderly and disabled patients than most other states and Braley on a key committee in the house was able in collaboration with other Iowa lawmakers to get a provision in a bill that cleared one of the house committees to change the way that the formula is calculated for paying hospitals and doctors in Iowa and elsewhere.
Borg: That's been a struggle for a long time and Iowa has not succeeded over decades to get that reimbursement rate changed.
Glover: I think Kay is right, Iowans are in key positions in this and they will be able to make some tweaks in the health care bill maybe to help out Iowa's Medicare reimbursement, that sort of thing but overall the big question that Jim mentioned, the public option as part of a health care plan that's going to get decided at a level between Harry Reid, the majority leader of the senate and Barack Obama and I'm beginning to suspect that there is not going to be a bipartisan bill. I'm beginning to suspect that political pressure on republicans from the right wing of their party will end up, if there is going to be a bill emerge from Congress it will be one shaped by democrats.
Borg: What are the implications, Kathie, of Senator Harkin resigning as ag committee chairman in order to take this Kennedy committee?
Obradovich: Well, Senator Harkin, of course, has been a key player on the Kennedy committee already and he really is able to control a lot of things that affect the Iowa economy as part of that committee. But by taking away as chairman of the Department of Agriculture or chairman of the agriculture committee there was some speculation that perhaps the new chairman, Blanche Lincoln, who is from Arkansas, would maybe allow southern ag interests to have a little bit more sway, more clout on that committee than they have in the past. Iowa ag interests do not always gel with their southern neighbors so it will be interesting to see how that part of it plays out.
Glover: It's an interesting choice because Tom Harkin has held onto that ag committee position over the years so that every six years when he comes back to run for re-election he's able to say but I'm chairman of the senate ag committee and I'm ranking member of the senate ag committee. It tells me that he right now doesn't feel the need to have that little tick on his resume.
Borg: Part of that would be does he inherit the Kennedy mantle of that committee?
Glover: No, Ted Kennedy was in the senate for almost 50 years, was in the middle of American politics as a generational type of a thing, it took him all those years to build the Kennedy mantle. Harkin will walk in as a key player, a key liberal voice in the United States Senate but no, he won't inherit Ted Kennedy's role.
Henderson: I think Russ Feingold from a neighboring state of Wisconsin is much better able to inherit the mantle because it's a rhetorical mantle, it's not an institutional mantle in the U.S. Senate. The thing I would say about Harkin leaving the senate ag committee is that some folks in the ethanol industry have a few worries but people point to former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack being Secretary of Agriculture and Barack Obama having demonstrated his support of ethanol as an alternative fuel during his tenure as a United States Senator representing the state of Illinois. And there are some key decisions that the Obama administration is going to make on ethanol in the coming days including whether to go from a ten percent to a fifteen percent ethanol blend.
Borg: Jim, can Chuck Grassley, is he at risk at all -- he's coming up for re-election in 2010, November 2010. Two candidates have announced against him, democratic candidates who will have to get the nomination of that party. Is he at all at risk in this health care debate with a leadership role? He's being quoted nationally a lot. Might he be at risk in his own home state if he doesn't do the right thing with voters here?
Lynch: Well, I think the only risk he has is that his profile is much higher today than it was say six years ago or twelve years ago so people who are following the health care debate are, depending on which side they are on, they like what Chuck Grassley is doing or they don't and the risk that I see is that one of these candidates who has come out against him, Tom Feegan, a former state senator or Bob Krause, the former state legislator, one of them catches fire with progressive groups and they start raising money on the Internet, they start raising money from all over the country to fund one of these guys, to give them the resources they need to actually run a campaign against Chuck Grassley. He is at risk in the same way Jim Leach was at risk against Dave Loebsack. It's possible, not probable, but possible.
Glover: You and I have some disagreements about this. My answer to the question will be a little shorter than his. Is Chuck Grassley at risk? No, not with the field that democrats have put out there up against him right now.
Henderson: The other risk that he has that I see is that there will be a set of republicans who are so upset with him that they won't work for his re-election and they may not vote for him. So, if there is a sizeable drop off in republican support of Chuck Grassley republicans may be voting for every other republican on the ballot but Chuck Grassley and some democrat does catch fire in some way. I think that is the thing that puts his candidacy most in jeopardy because you have 110,000 more registered democrats in the state.
Obradovich: I think if Chuck Grassley was really in trouble we would have seen a big, main democrat come out against him and there has been rumors all summer that there is somebody in the wings and people's names keep being floated and time after time they so, no, not me, I'm not running. So, I think that unless we see a big name democrat get in Chuck Grassley probably has very little to worry about.
Glover: The only name I haven't heard in this thing is Dean's.
Obradovich: Let's ask him right now, Dean, are you going to run against Chuck Grassley?
Borg: We're out of time.
Glover: Kathie hits it right on the head. You can't beat somebody with nobody and no disrespect to these two democrats, they are former state legislators, they're real politicians but they are not on a level with Chuck Grassley. Unless something out of the blue happens they're not going to be. So, the world can change in 24 hours in politics, John Culver, the current governor's father his famous statement was 24 hours is a lifetime in politics. But it's going to take a radical changing of the environment for him to be in trouble.
Borg: We've got about 45 seconds and what I would like to say, is it at all possible that whoever the republicans nominate to run against Chet Culver, indeed if it would be Terry Branstad, does that increase the chances of regaining control of one house in the legislature?
Glover: No, those elections really aren't tied -- if you look nationally as Bill Clinton was in the White House democrats were leading the senate. Legislative elections tend to be run on their own.
Obradovich: If the top of the ticket is very popular that helps raise money but I wouldn't be surprised if Barack Obama came to help raise money for Chet Culver. I think that some of that trickles down as well.
Borg: Thanks so much for your insights. That is this weekend's edition of Iowa Press. We'll be back at the usual Iowa Press airtimes next weekend, 7:30 Friday night, 11:30 Sunday morning. I hope you'll watch as we now move into our new broadcast year. I'm Dean Borg. Thanks for joining us today.
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Will Taxpayer-supported Title VI Middle East Studies Centers Boycott Israel?
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The following appeared originally at Campus Watch, which I direct. Will the taxpayer-supported Middle East studies centers at five American universities join a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Or were their directors, who signed a recent letter pledging "not to collaborate on projects and events involving Israeli academic institutions," engaged in personal protests that won't affect their [...]Read More..>>
Email Exchange with an anti-Israel Professor
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President Obama Must Cease his Relentless Hostility to Israel
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The following appeared in the Providence Journal (RI), the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, and the Journal Inquirer in Manchester CT: President Obama's demand for an unconditional and immediate cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, which would leave the latter with the wherewithal to murder Israeli civilians in the future, is just the most recent [...]Read More..>>
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JOSEPH J. SHATTAN, 1950 – 2014 For 7 months, I worked alongside Joseph J. Shattan as one of the Heritage Foundation's 3 Major Gifts Writers. Perhaps because he was Brooklyn & I was South Yonkers and we were close in age, we hit it off right away – same sense of humor, same love of [...]Read More..>>
Brandeis and Double Standards
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Online at the website of the Weekly Standard: http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/brandeis-and-double-standards_791299.html (May 12, 2014) Support for the decision of Brandeis University not to award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary degree, after previously announcing it would do so, has coalesced around the notion that while Islamic radicalism can be criticized, even condemned, one cannot criticize Islam itself. By condemning [...]Read More..>>
Email Exchange on the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Honorary Degree Fiasco at Brandeis University with Stephen Whitfield, the Max Richter Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis
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Dear Professor Whitfield: I appreciative your taking the trouble to respond to my email to President Lawrence. I have read your response carefully. But I find your arguments unpersuasive. You sharply distinguish Islamism and Islam: the first should be criticized, even condemned, the latter should not. And you imply strongly that the former is a [...]Read More..>>
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Frederick Lawrence President Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts Dear President Lawrence: The decision of Brandeis University not to award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, after first announcing that it would do so, is disgraceful. The cowardice it reflects contrasts sharply with the courage Ms. Ali has shown in condemning aspects of Islam that she [...]Read More..>>
Comment in "The Chronicle of Higher Education"
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The resolution approved by the American Studies Association supporting a boycott of Israeli educational institutions is yet another example of the hypocrisy, dishonesty, malevolence, and outright bigotry rampant among the left in American academia today. The resolution's supporters claim — oh so piously! – to be concerned for the academic freedom of Palestinian Arabs. Yet they are mute — [...]Read More..>>
Suffolk U. Professor* Claims U.S. Plans to Sterilize "Women of the Entire World"
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Reprinted from American Thinker, December 3, 2013. [N.B.: This version differs slightly from the American Thinker text. Update below.] Munir Akash,* a Syrian-born visiting professor in the department of world languages and cultural studies at Suffolk University in Boston, claimed in a recent Arabic-language interview with Lebanon's ANB TV that the U.S. government has a [...]Read More..>>
Rouhani: The Bogus Moderate
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The claim that Hassan Rouhani, the new president of Iran, is a "moderate," with whom Western leaders can do business on the basis of mutual self-interest, brings to mind an earlier fantasy common among elites in the West after the death of the Soviet dictator, Leonid Brezhnev, in 1982: that his successor as General Secretary, [...]Read More..>>

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Sen. Bob Corker stands firm as positions draw conservatives' fire
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker dug in his heels for what he knew would be a testy exchange.
The setting could not be more genteel — a breakfast speech to a group of financial experts amid the oak panels and Oriental rugs of Forest Hills' Richland Country Club. But there was money on the line, and one audience member thought Corker was threatening it.
"This is the 'but' part," Corker muttered as an exchange of pleasantries with Woody Woodruff, a Nashville lawyer whose own daughter had interned in Corker's office, segued into sparring over the senator's plan to shut down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation's main backers of home mortgages.
"I know you're speaking on behalf of two clients," Corker noted flatly. "From my standpoint, I hope you lose every penny. ... Go sue. I hope you lose. But good luck."
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Euro 2012 qual. - Rooney scores in England win
Wayne Rooney put his tabloid troubles to one side as he helped England to a 3-1 victory over Switzerland in their Euro 2012 qualifier in Basel.
The Manchester United striker, still reeling from the weekend's revelations about his private life, opened the scoring after 10 minutes as he followed up his instrumental performance against Bulgaria with another decent shift for his country.
Adam Johnson doubled England's lead midway through the second half, soon after Stephan Lichtsteiner had been sent off, only for 18-year-old Xherdan Shaqiri to fire the Swiss back into the match soon afterwards with a stunning long-range effort.
Darren Bent then came off the bench to score his first international goal in the closing minutes to seal the result which puts England joint-top of Group G with Montenegro, their next opponents.
England manager Fabio Capello made just one change from the side that beat Bulgaria 4-0 at Wembley on Friday, bringing in Joleon Lescott to partner Phil Jagielka in the heart of the defence in place of the injured Michael Dawson, and the pair for the most part rekindled their erstwhile Everton partnership with assured performances.
The opener was Rooney's first international goal for a year, since he scored in the 5-1 win over Croatia last September, and he looks to have put his disappointing World Cup form firmly behind him.
Theo Walcott beat his man and found Glen Johnson storming down the right wing. The Liverpool right-back played in a low cross that Walcott and Jermain Defoe both missed but Rooney was on hand to tap in from close range for his 26th international goal.
The only down point of England's first-half came in the build-up to that goal, when Walcott injured his ankle. However, that worry was offset for Capello by another impressive performance from Adam Johnson, who replaced the Arsenal winger.
Johnson, one of six Manchester City players who ended the match on the field, was as much a part of England's best play as Rooney, and the pair both worked hard to set up chances for Defoe.
Several passes through and over the defence from Rooney just skidded away from Defoe on the rain-soaked turf before he saw a strike inside the box parried by Diego Benaglio, while Adam Johnson found the Spurs striker with a cross only for him to fire off target with the ball slightly behind him.
Johnson opened his England account on Friday, and he almost doubled his international tally when his strike from 25 yards flashed over the bar.
Switzerland had struggled to fashion any chances from their limited first-half possession, but David Degen had the home side's best chance when he volleyed wide at the far post from a 38th-minute corner.
England came out after the break in the same dominant fashion, and soon after the restart Rooney floated a ball out to the far post for Adam Johnson to send a well-struck volley wide of the near post.
Right-back Glen Johnson combined well with his namesake down the right, and forced a good near-post save from Benaglio as the hour-mark approached.
However, that heralded a nervous spell for England, as Joe Hart showed his first sign of international jitters with a string of uncertain clearances and catches in quick succession.
Switzerland, through captain and top scorer Alexander Frei, saw their chance to pile the pressure on a shaky England - but just as the momentum looked to be swinging their way it was halted by the sending off of Lichtsteiner.
The Swiss right-back, who had only been booked a few minutes before, made a rash sliding challenge on James Milner and got his marching orders from referee Nicola Rizzoli.
Soon afterwards Defoe was down on the turf clutching his ankle, but England played on and were rewarded with a goal. Rooney found Gerrard and the captain played a weighted ball into the path of Adam Johnson, who calmly took the ball round Benaglio and knocked it into the empty net.
If England thought they were home and dry in the Basel rain at that point then they were soon set straight when 18-year-old Shaqiri, on as a half-time substitute, was allowed to drift inside from the right and fire an unstoppable swerving effort past Hart.
Bent replaced Defoe following the Johnson goal, and Rooney was then taken off for Shaun Wright-Phillips with 10 minutes remaining. The two almost combined in the closing stages, only for Wright-Phillips to hesitate in squaring the ball to the unmarked Sunderland man and the eventual ball was blocked.
At that point it looked as though Bent was destined to remain goalless in seven appearances for his country, but with England's very next attack he finally got that monkey off his back when he fired Cole's through ball low inside the near post.
Despite fitness worries over Walcott and Defoe, and Milner's second booking in two matches ruling him out of the home clash against Montenegro next month, overall it was another positive night for England after a summer of frustration.


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Suspicions, treachery, betrayal and high adventure abound in this unique romance between a proud knight and a warrior princess. Ms. Smith portrays the violence of the times with an unflinching eye, which may distress gentle readers, but will awe those who savor rich and accurate historical novels. SENSUAL (Jul., 380 pp., $6.99)


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The orotund proclamations will be unavoidable at the new exhibition "Churchill: The Power of Words," at the Morgan Library & Museum, because at the center of the gallery is a semi-enclosed theater. And from it, however muted, will emerge recordings of Winston Churchill's voice, speaking to Parliament, to British radio listeners and to American audiences, breaking on the ear like waves, rising and falling with every breath, sometimes suspended unexpectedly in midair, other times rushing forward with renewed vigor.
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OmniWeb v4.1b6 is the latest update to the popular Web browsing package for Mac OS X from the Omni Group. Beta 6 offers quicker URL following, better handling of tables and interface enhancements.
SmartDisk today announced a 16x10x24x version of its portable FireWire CD-R/W. The bus-powered drive features buffer underrun prevention, a compact form factor, (approximately 5.6" x 7" x 1") and a front-loading/ejection CD tray as well as CD burning software. It is due in mid-May for $250.
MathWorks today announced it would develop an OS X-compatible version of MATLAB, a leading technical computing application. Pricing and availability will be announced prior to the first commercial shipment of the next release of the MathWorks product line. The release of the company's full line of MATLAB and Simulink products for computation, programming and embedded systems design is expected later this year.
O'Reilly & Associates has introduced several Mac OS X-oriented products, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference for 2002. The O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference --still in the initial planning stage-- calls for the submission of tutorial and session proposals for the O'Reilly first, taking place at in Santa Clara, CA this fall. Also announced today was the O'Reilly MacDevCenter for Mac OS X developers. The network provides a collection of tutorials and research information for programmers, technical administrators and project managers. Final announcements include the release of two new books --"Learning Unix for Mac OS X" and "Building Cocoa Applications"-- that offer comprehensive information for advanced OS X learning.
Thursby Software Systems announced today the immediate availability of DAVE v3.1.1, a key update to the $150 file and print sharing software. This update adds outbound PostScript printer support for Mac OS X, bi-directional file sharing between platforms, large-file support (2GB+) and support for the sharing of inkjet and PostScript printers. Version 3.1.1 is a free update for customers currently running DAVE 3.1; those using version 2.5 of DAVE may purchase an upgrade on the Thursby Web site, for $89.95. [Carbon, OSX]
Several MacNN Readers write to confirm that Apple's Mac.com services are unavailable and possibly down for maintenance. Although this is not indicative of major upgrades, the downtime appears to be a widespread issue.
Xproof v1.0 is a $30 Mac OS 9/X application that offers color previewing to help digital designers visualize how colors will appear across platforms and standard settings. Color previewing enables designers to compare how Web graphics or on-screen documents will appear on Microsoft Windows compared to, for example, standard Macintosh gamma. [Classic, Carbon]
Gefen today announced the DVI Hub, a new edition to its suite of DVI-ready products. The DVI Hub lets professional Mac users connect two digital flat panel monitors --or a combination of monitor and projector-- to one workstation. The $600 hub is capable of sending signals along high-quality cabling up to 150 feet (about 38 meters); used in conjunction with Gefen's DVI to ADC Conversion Box, many of Apple's digital displays can be extended for an additional 150 feet. Less expensive alternatives include the $400 DVI Repeater with a 50-foot range.
The Omni Group today announced OmniObjectMeter v2.0, a tool tailored for Cocoa developers that provides an easy way to track and solve common memory management coding mistakes in Objective-C code. ObjectMeter's aim is to lead to more-robust applications by reducing the time required to troubleshoot. Typically complex and time-consuming code reviews can be done "in minutes" with OmniObjectMeter. More information and a free trial download are available from Omni; ObjectMeter 2.0 retails for $149.00.
procreate today unveiled plans for forthcoming sponsorship of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), the Canadian national association of professional graphic designers. The sponsorship was announced Friday at the GDC Annual General Meeting in Banff, Alberta ahead of PICA 2002, a design conference featuring speakers from both the design and advertising industries. "We're pleased to add procreate as our first-ever Sustaining Sponsor," said GDC president Cynthia Hoffos.
MindVision today released a public beta of Installer VISE 8.0, a fully Carbonized version of its developer tool that runs on both OS X and Mac OS 9. It offers the ability to create OS X application bundles, updated Gestalts, and more integrated e-commerce options.
Apple today also introduced iChat, a new AIM-compatible instant messaging client with an Aqua interface that will be integrated with Jaguar (the next version of OS X). It offers messaging between Mac.com members, AOL members and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) users, allowing Mac users to use their existing Mac.com names with iChat. It offers integration with Mail to display the online status of recipient's email, integration with the system-wide Address Book, "dialogue bubbles" to display chats, and automatic discovery of users on local area networks.
Apple this morning previewed the next major version of OS X, code-named Jaguar," to more than 2,500 Macintosh developers. Due out in "late summer 2002, it includes: iChat (Apple's new AIM-compatible instant messaging software that is integrated with the new Mail and Address Book applications); QuickTime 6 with MPEG-4; Rendezvous (Apple's ZeroConf implementation -- "bringing AppleTalk ease-of-use to IP networking"); a "completely" new Address Book (new system-wide database for managing contact information); an improved Finder (with spring-loaded folders and new instant searching); Sherlock 3 with greatly improved internet search features; Quartz Extreme (hardware accelerated Quartz graphics and compositing engine for supported graphics cards); new Unix updates (increased FreeBSD 4.4 compatibility, the new GCC 3 compiler, IPv6 and IPSec support, and CUPS printing); and Windows Support, for increased compatibility with Windows networks with SMB browsing and sharing as well as built-in PPTP VPN security.
OpenBase has released OpenBase SQL 7.0.6, which the company claims sustains one million transactions per hour with 10-million record datasets. The release also offers new database clustering and mirroring options to distribute transaction load between multiple servers and includes the second generation of OpenSQLGui, a powerful graphical query application that now includes the ability to edit rows of data and has a simple copy-and-paste of data to Microsoft Excel and other applications.
UserCreations today announced Spring, a desktop environment that "makes your Mac more human, less machine-like. With its support for unlimited kinds of natural objects and its reliance on open web and desktop standards..Instead of having to go to five different applications to communicate with the same person, with Spring, you simply control click on the person and choose among actions like Email, IM with, Visit Weblog, Check Work Calendar." It will be available as a fully functional, expiring demo in about two weeks. �[no pricing info available]
Pepper 4.03 is an update to the $35 shareware text editor from Martin Hekkelman. It offers a built-in ftp client, extensive language support through plugins, syntax coloring, oCdewarrior integration (check syntax/compile, find definition), and more. [link, version updated]
Tenon's multi-threaded mail/list server for Mac OS, Post.Office 3.5.3, now incorporates powerful list serving functions, supporting hundreds of lists and mailings to thousands of subscribers. It also includes IMAP, POP-before-SMTP, and SPAM filtering as well as Web-based administration. A starter package is available for $300, supporting 100 mailboxes and 10 lists, while a free version of Post.Office, limited to ten mailboxes and two mailing lists.
�SciQuest has released Gene Construction Kit 2.5, an update to the molecular biology software application developed by Textco, a company recently acquired by SciQuest. It offers unique DNA manipulation, cloning design, and illustration tools. It includes a new Deluxe Importer Module for integrated GenBank and EMBL searching and file retrieval over the Internet; a new customizable interface converts all GenBank and EMBL features 'one-to-one' to graphical GCK features; and OS X-compatibility.
JomoSoft's osXigen 1.2.2 adds server time zones, a new bookmarks editor, improved BBEdit integration, and other enhancements to the $25 shareware FTP client for OS X. A limited time $20 offer is available.
Script Software's popular clipboard enhancement utilty, CopyPaste 1.3, can now open/save RTF files, has sorting options for saved text, table-formating options, and other new features to the $20 shareware.
Jiiva's new RapidDispatch 1.0 Beta is a fast, reliable, and extendable messaging service. Its real-time data distribution is designed for synchronization and Publish & Subscribe architectures between applications using RapidMQ, a Message Oriented Middleware implementation designed for asynchronous communication over TCP/IP networks. It contains a message server, frameworks to be included in applications, and an administrative application that runs on Mac OS X as well as a specific implementation used for WebObjects 4.5.1 and 5.1. Pricing starts at $1000 for a 10-connection license.
JEmpeg 2.0b11 is a Java port of the Empeg/Rio Car management software. One of its components, JEmplode (logo pictured above), allows Empeg/Rio Car owners to use a graphical interface on non-Windows machines to synchronize their players. An application-only version of JEmplode is available for OS X.
Cocoa Sprite Kit 1.0b1 is a framework designed to make 2D graphics applications, featuring tools for transparency, scaling, rotation, and other graphics transformations, collision detection and graphics layering with a minimum of programming effort.
dSoft's ContactsPlus adds International date format and address support as well as other enhancements. It allows you to keep track of personal and business contacts and can create letters, fax cover sheets, emails, envelopes and track telephone calls as well as a password module for tracking passwords. Optional modules include Health, Innercom, Labels, Medical, Messages, Mileage, and Schedule w/Calendar. Plus Sync with your Palm. A trial version of the $40 application is available.
StartupList 1.0 by Dan Grover is a freeware utility that creates a start-up screen from a user's to-do list.
Steve Jobs is scheduled to deliver the WWDC opening keynote address this morning at 10 am PT, where he is expected to preview "Jaguar", the forthcoming version of Mac OS X 10.2.
SNAX 1.2.8 is a file browser for Mac OS X which features an Aqua graphical user interface, and other Finder enhancements such as custom Font and text color and background color, the ability to view invisible files, spring loaded folders, flexible sorting options, and many other features.
PlayerPRO 5.9.3, the soundtracker editor for MacOS 9/X, fixes several bugs in the OS X version; bundles the OS X, commercial, and freeware versions in a single application package; offers better support for VST instruments under OS X GUI corrections under MacOS X; and supports PLST and more icons.
Beeline Software Express has released Desktop Carousel 1.0, a $10 shareware application that can change or update your desktop picture at specified intervals. It works with local files or with Web URLs.
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May 13, 2015 - Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas is in a gorgeous location at the bottom of the 775 mile Baja Peninsula. It would be easy to argue that the Baja is more part of California than Mexico; it is only attached by a small piece of land on the northern edge. So far it seems less affected by drug cartel terrorism and the port was well guarded by soldiers sporting rifles that were as tall as they were. Cabo does not have a deep water port so we and the Disney Wonder had to tender passengers ashore. Getting off the life boat we were surprised to have our hand bags...Jump to full entry
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Mar 24, 2015 - Mexico - Todos Santos
From Cabo San Lucas, I took the bus north to La Paz, with a 4 hour stop in Todos Santos, home of the Hotel California. It turns out it isn't the real one because the Eagles song doesn't refer to a real hotel, it is a metaphor for the excess of the life of a rock star. But it was still a neat hotel, has been nicely renovated, in a little town with a Mission and nice craft shops, and a place across the street from the Hotel that makes "the best margaritas".Jump to full entry
Mar 24, 2015 - Mexico - La Paz
I got back on the bus and continued on to La Paz, a smaller community on the east side of the Baja peninsula. I stayed in a hotel just off the Malecón, with easy access to everything. La Paz is much, much less touristy – there are some tourists but not many and definitely no large groups of students on spring break like I saw in Cabo San Lucas. I went snorkeling with whale sharks – the juveniles feed on a sandbar near the town so we snorkeled alongside them as they move along eating plankton. Even though they were just juveniles, some were...Jump to full entry
Mar 15, 2015 - Mexico - Cabo San Lucas
I took the Amtrak to San Diego (quite a nice way to travel – lots of legroom and the ability to walk around or go to the lounge car). Then a short flight to Cabo which is quite developed with lots of new development coming soon, and is crowded with a million students because it is spring break. I've done a few things here – went on a boat ride to see the famous Arch, went zip-lining, visited the glass blowing factory, learnt how tequila is made, saw whales, and was hounded by many time share salesmen.Jump to full entry
Nov 27, 2014 - 2ieme Etat du Mex et Histoire de Tatoo ...
Bonjour a Tous, La Paz, grosse ville de cet état(300,000). Ou part le traversier pour le continent, ma prochaine destination. Les bonnes et belles rencontres continus. France élever a Riv Bleu a 15 km de Ponik. Gary et John voir photo. Un endroit dans la Mer de Cortez que je retournerais bien pour quelques sem mois avec une van et kayak/tuba et palme. Beaucoup plus positif le sud de la Baja C. Probablement que l'adaptation progresse, je pense toujours prendre une pose avec emphase sur l'espagnol. J'apprécierais un peu plus de pouvoir...Jump to full entry
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Nov 18, 2014 - Mexique, 1er État La Baja California et sensations
Bonjour a tous, Petite entrée pour mettre un point sur la carte et donner mes impressions sur mon premier État dans ce nouveau pays en vélo. Bien l'entrée fut des plus facile, obtenir le visa pour 180 jours aussi. Ce visa est vendu pour 25 dollars US lorsqu'on franchit la porte de la frontière, pas besoin de chercher, ils nous attendent. Bien pratique, Gracias. Après, l'adaptation est bien présente... Par exemple, les parcs des villes ou villages n'ont pas d'eau/fontaine et on doit payer pour utiliser les toilettes. Les routes, très peu...Jump to full entry
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Feb 26, 2014 - Guerrero Negro
We spent 2 days and 3 nights in La Paz. It is a large city with over 300,000 in the community. It sits on a large bay on the Sea of Cortez. On the city tour the first day, we visited Cathedral de La Paz, Museo Regional de Antropologia e Historia, Ibarra's Pottery, and the public market. We bought some small nice Mexican Pottery at Ibarras and became more aware of the history of the Baja at the Museum. Day two we walked the Malacom (board walk) that stretched a couple miles along the bay. Along with being a well keep beachfront, there were...Jump to full entry
Feb 18, 2014 - La Paz
Today marked the halfway point of our Baja trip. We traveled from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz on HW 19 on a good 4 lane freeway. From here back to the border we will follow Mexico 1, a good but 2 lane narrow road; the same route we came down on but now staying at different villages and campgrounds. It is the one and only highway. It should be fun. We did find many ways to enjoy Cabo San Lucas. As a group we visited one of the glass factories and watch them blow several things - a vase, pitcher, then a turtle with a hat & bottle. They had some...Jump to full entry
Feb 17, 2014 - Cabo San Lucas
We are in Cabo San Lucas. This is as far south as you can go on the Baja Peninsula. To go farther south we would have go by boat and if we went straight south the first land we would come to would be Antarctica, so guess we will just head home next. We had a nice time in Los Barilles. We were not right on the beach but close enough to see the water. It was fun walking down to the beach and watching kite boarders and windsurfers. It makes one want to be at least 30 years younger but, then we would have to be working. Maureen, a friend from...Jump to full entry
Feb 14, 2014 - Playa Tecolote
The trip from Escondido to Playa Tecolote was a long (236 mi) desolate, flat road with few villages with nothing to see except dry desert. Keeping track of the rigs in front and in back, relieves some of the boredom and then listening to books on tapes, also helps. We spent two nights dry camping on a long lovely beach - Playa Tecolote, The beach is about 20 miles Northeast of La Paz. It was warm, the sun was shining. and it was enjoyable. The wind blew most of the time but not hard enough to make it uncomfortable. While we were at...Jump to full entry
Feb 9, 2014 - Loreto
The Baja is divided into two states, Baja California & Baja California Sur ( South). As we crossed the Baja Peninsula from the Pacific to the Sea of Cortez and descended off the high desert down to the Sea of Cortez and Baja Sur we visited three interesting villages - Santa Rosalia, a onetime French copper mining village, Mulege, a fishing and farm village with an old prison, narrow streets(we had to fold in our side mirrors to navigate the streets), and quaint mission-style buildings. This is the first place we felt we had left winter...Jump to full entry
Feb 4, 2014 - Cabo San Lucas
We arrived in Cabo San Lucas this morning around 7:00 A.M. We had to use the tenders to get ashore this time. Once ashore, we met with out tour group and went on a very nice boat to see the Arch and Lover's Beach. After the boat tour we went on a bus tour of Cabo San Lucas. After the bus tour we spent time shopping and having lunch at Senor Frog's. This is a most unusual restaurant, one guy was celebrating his birthday, they gave him all the free beers he could drink. They had a huge hose at the top of the deck on the second floor of the...Jump to full entry
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Ok I hear people kept chipping off parts of the rock so they had to make it harder to access but wow I always expected this huge boulder the size of the sea stacks in Oregon. The fall day we were in this area .. if poured the rain that day .. it let up just for a bit for us to go over and be underwhelmed by the famous Plymouth Pebble .. uhh I mean "rock". They also had a replica for on of Columbus's ships. it too was tiny .. would have hated to have been on that cruise. We also did a tour of a battle ship that was nearby .. my husband was more impressed that that than I.
Plymouth Rock
A short and pleasant walk from the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock really is a must see place to visit. At first glance, the rock seems quite small but for me, it is the symbolism that counts and this is immense. It represents the sheer courage of the Pilgrims to escape the religious persecution and injustices that they were suffering.
On the day that I visited, the area was quiet and it was nice just to take time to reflect on the sacrifices that these brave people made in order to have religious freedom.
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Everyone who arrives in Plymouth seems to want to see the Plymouth Rock. So did I. I must admit I was disappointed by the size of the rock. I guess when you talk monuments, you think large, not small , even if they do say "rock", but the Plymouth Rock can't be more than ten feet across. Okay, so it is bigger than a rock I would pick up and skip across the water. Maybe they should have called it "Plymouth Boulder".
The famous Plymouth Rock is set inside a large Greek columned structure with a fence around it, but still a disappointment. I think the whole idea of a rock that the pilgrims stepped on to reach land is a great story, and that's probably what it is.
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It seems as if one of the symbols of American Freedom is in jail! After hearing about Plymouth Rock for so long, I had assumed it was a humongous boulder or a cliff face. I was surprised to see it was far smaller than I imaged.
In 1741 Thomas Faunce, at age 94, pointed out Plymouth Rock to be where his father had told him was where the Pilgrams had landed. This is the first historical reference known about Phymouth Rock. At that time, it was further out in the bay, but was brought inland for a time, before being placed into the tidal zone. A structure was built to surround the rock in the early 20th Century.
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Plymouth Rock
The rock enclosed in the Greek Classical canopy is one of America's best known landmarks. It is reportedly the rock on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set their feet after they got out of their shallop in 1620. For this it is often referred to as the Cornerstone of the Nation (or America's Cornerstone).
Hmm, I was surprised at how small this rock is, makes you wonder whether this is really the actual rock... It helps to know that two-thirds of this rock is underground now. Apparently it was identified as the rock in 1741 by a 95-year-old son of one of the first-comers. But in fact, the Rock has never been mentioned in the early colonists' writings. It was only after the American Revolution that the Rock became an important symbol to the new nation. Still, the place can give a thrill to those who love history! Click for the other pictures to see the Rock itself.
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Plymouth Rock
One of the most enduring legends in American history is that of the Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock. For a century and a half after the landing of the Pilgrims the rock laid unmarked, almost unnoticed until 1769 when a handful of young men were trying to figure out a way to honor Forefathers. From Deacon Ephraim Spooner they heard of a story that back in 1741 when he was 6 years old, Ruling Elder Thomas Faunce, an "aged and godly" man of 95 year, had been brought there. To a handful of people gathered on the beach Faunce related how, as a boy, he had been told by his father, who had heard it in turn from some who had come on the ship that the Pilgrims had made their first landing at Plymouth on a rock - and, shaking with palsy, he pointed out THE rock.
In 1774 the rock split in two when a team of oxen attempted to raise it. Only the upper portion of Plymouth Rock left the waterfront. For the next century it was moved to Plymouth, first to Town Square and then to Pilgrim Hall. The Pilgrim Society acquired the other half of Plymouth Rock in 1859, and in 1867 it was then moved back to the beach and enshrined below a box of bones, presumably Pilgrims', embedded in the domed ceiling of an elaborate Victorian stone canopy. In 1880, the upper chunk was cemented together with the lower piece of Plymouth Rock, and "1620," the date of the Pilgrims' arrival in Plymouth, was permanently carved into the rock. It then stood about 15 feet long, 3 feet wide, weighing about 7 tons. It laid there for the next 50 years before it was finally moved again in 1921 to the tidewater, sheltered and quite overshadowed by lustrous Grecian temple of Quincy granite.
Plymouth Rock
First described in 1741, Plymouth Rock has the distinction of being the nation's oldest historical tourist attraction. An inspiration to Revolutionary Americans, the upper portion of the world famous rock was dragged to Plymouth Town Square in 1774. The slab of Dedham Granodiorite was later placed on display at the Pilgrim Hall in 1834. Later in 1880 it was returned to the waterfront and covered in an ornate Victorian portico. That was replaced in 1921 by the Greek-style canopy seen today.
Knowing that the landing at the rock is not historically accurate has not slowed the pilgrimage of tourists. Although it has been described by one visitor as "the most disappointing landmark in America" still, as de Toqueville first discovered, it is simultaneously revered. Something about the expansive nation requires an anchor in place and time. Plymouth Rock has become that anchor. Its interpretation has led to historical tourist sites as diverse as the nearby Plymouth Wax Museum, to Pilgrim Hall and Plimouth Plantation, a fully reconstructed and active pioneer village. Today, with a reconstruction of the Mayflower nearby, visitors arrive, stare, toss pennies, laugh and pose for photographs. Despite our largely inaccurate view of the founding families, the magnetic attraction of this seven ton rock is as powerful as ever.
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock, symbolically at least, is where it all began for the pilgrims, and by consequence for the colonisation of Plymouth and later Massachusetts.
Despite the rock's mythological importance, no-one is quite sure whether the pilgrims actually set foot on it. It wasn't until over a century after the Mayflower arrived that anyone actually set about preserving the rock, although the first attempts broke it in two while the rock was being hauled off to the town centre.
The two portions were reunited in the 19th century, and a proper covering was eventually erected to protect the rock from overeager souvenir-hunters, some of whom took to chipping away little pieces.
Whatever the historical role of the rock, it's undeniably impressive to stand over it and think about what occurred here almost 400 years ago.
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Hi fellow musician puts you into the role of a street musician. Tap the anywhere on screen to say "Hi" to the fellow musicians when they're in the billboard zone.
Watch out, though! The street is filled with haters (who also happen to be rigged with explosives)! Greeting a hater results in a fiery death. Stranger-danger, people!
Hi fellow Musician is based on a tweet by @horse_ebooks, a surreal twitter bot that tweets the darndest things, and was the winner of the "Popular Choice Award" at the 2011 Babycastles/Parsons NYC gamejam! (a gamejam is a competetion in which teams have 48 hours to make a game around a given theme.)
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any attack from such a flight will always be coming from outside the borders rather than from within the U.S.
Well, fuck, you've forgotten recent history real damn quick.
When the Brits start turning against the Yanks you know America is in trouble long term.
Lots of us already have. I've turned down two contracts there and none of my colleagues consider having a holiday there.
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Needs modding up!!!
The only way this concept works is if the rendering farm is running in a closet somewhere in your house.
With liquid cooling, you could pipe it to the central heating system.
But if you paid someone to mow your lawn and they goofed for an hour wouldn't you be upset?
Not if the lawn got done. There is a definite task to complete, I don't care if it takes them all day and, to be honest, I wouldn't be sitting there timing them. The quicker they do the lawn, the quicker they can go and earn more money doing someone else's lawn - more fool them if they goof off.
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Kelly Clarkson has an announcement: she's "officially" having a baby girl.
"We just found out we're having a girl officially!" Clarkson tweeted on Monday (January 20). "I knew it! Only a girl could cause this much drama with all this vomiting ha!"
We just found out we're having a girl officially! I knew it! Only a girl could cause this much drama with all this vomiting ha!
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) January 20, 2014
Clarkson wed husband and talent manager Brandon Blackstock in October and announced her pregnancy the following month. She has had a mother's intuition from the start of her pregnancy, predicting that she was going to have a baby in pink.
"I'm totally gonna have a girl," Clarkson told Parade Magazine in November. "I'm manifesting it! And when I have a girl, you're gonna be like, 'That chick knew it!' "
And even though Clarkson is expecting the "coolest kid ever" in less than six months, it doesn't mean it's been an easy pregnancy for the pop star, who revealed last month to Ellen DeGeneres that she throws up "a good dozen times a day."
"I'm not even kidding, it's so bad. It's so bad. It's, like, so gross," Clarkson said. "And that's the thing too, you're not attractive when you're pregnant. Everybody tells you [that] you glow and your hair is pretty and your nails are pretty. That is total crap. My nails are short, my hair still falls out — it's not all lush and beautiful — and I have no glow. Unless it's, like, something left over from a bad throw up. It's horrible."
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In a further sign that iOS 7 will be formally introduced alongside new iPhones at the now-official September 10 Apple media event in Cupertino, the company has updated all three of its iOS "iLife" applications -- iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband -- to address compatibility issues with the forthcoming update. Compatibility is the main fix listed in the description for all three of the apps, with the Garageband update adding a few bug fixes correcting "minor issues related to general performance and stability."
The release of iOS 7 will bring a significant number of under-the-hood changes alongside its major feature, which is a total redesign of the overall look of the OS. Rather than a mix of styles, the new release will give Apple's apps and the overall system a fresh, flat and more colorful look, emphasizing white and bright colors rather than dark tones and faux-3D or skeuomorphic themes. Despite this, the updated apps' icons and style appears the same at present, perhaps holding additional, new resources in hiding until the device is upgraded to iOS 7. The three updated iLife apps are still priced at $5 each.
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Apple's iOS 7 update will bring users of the iPhone 4 and higher, iPad 2 and later and the fifth-generation iPod touch a wealth of new features, including a completely revamped and more accessible Control Center and Notification Center, redesigned multitasking, improved camera options and photo sorting, the new Airdrop file-transfer and sharing feature, an updated Mobile Safari, iTunes Radio and an improved Siri and Find My iPhone function.


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What: No "I do," just tattoo from 1989-93
Winona and Johnny were America's sweethearts in the early '90s. And boy, were they sweet on each other! After dating for less than four months, Johnny popped the question and Winona accepted. Their wedding never materialized, but Johnny did get a tattoo reading "Winona Forever." (It now reads "Wino Forever.") In the end, stress from their separation during different projects and the constant tabloid attention caused the couple to split. "He's a special guy," Winona told Vogue in 1993. "I was just really young. I don't know what his excuse is, but that's mine!"
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- Cilantro Sauce:
- 1/4 c mayonnaise
- 2 T cilantro, chopped
- 1 T lime juice
- 1 glove garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 t water
- 1 t sugar
- 1/8 t cumin
- Fish:
- 1 1/2 lbs white fish cut into 1-inch cubes (halibut, cod, roughy, snapper, perch, swai)
- 2 T chopped cilantro
- 1/2 c pineapple juice
- 1 T butter
- 1 clove of garlic, minced or pressed
- 1/4 t black or white pepper
- 1/4 t cumin
- 1/4 t salt
- Zest of one lime
- Flour or corn tortillas, warmed
- Toppings:
- Shredded lettuce or cabbage
- Diced tomatoes
- 2 mangoes, cut into slices (mangoes make all the difference)
- Avocados or guacamole (optional)
- Freshly squeezed lime juice (optional)
Instructions:In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients for the cilantro sauce. Set aside.
Cut up fish and put into a small glass or plastic (anything non-metal) bowl. Add cilantro and pineapple juice. Set aside (For a tangier version, soak fish in 2 T lime juice instead of pineapple juice.)
In a frying pan, melt butter on medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute' for 1 minute. Add spices and saute' for 30 seconds. Drain the pineapple juice (or lime juice) from the fish. Add drained fish to butter and spices. Saute' for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add lime zest. Cook an additional 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly until fish begins to flake apart. Remove from heat.
To prepare tacos, place a large spoonful of cooked fish in the center of a warm tortilla. Add toppings as desired. Top with cilantro sauce. Add lime juice. if desired. Roll up and eat.
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The Countryside by pheelfreshWatch
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Wonderful lines in the countryside.
- Location: Lunner, Norway.
Temperature: app. 12 degrees Celsius.
Wind: Calm.
Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM.
Fantastic composition and crop. A really nice study in textures, too.
Hey I love it- it's simple, but so... soothing. I'm using it as my desktop (cropped for a widescreen, just for personal pleasure, nothing else). I use "blackbox" (a GUI interface) so it's perfect for a soothing start to the week. Much appreciated.
Thank you. Glad to hear you're using it as a desktop wallpaper. That's a wonderful compliment. Much appreciated
Woah. Thats a countryside.. damn.
i'm a sucker for these sorta shots...and this one is excellent.
i miss images like this.... this is so simple and classic.
I miss europe.
I miss europe.
Everything seems to say still. What a shot!
Remarkable view
lovely texture, like a green curtain blowing in the breeze, cheers
Love it!
By the way what font is that?
No more, no less than
By the way what font is that?
No more, no less than
Again you created here a great abstract feeling. The calm lines and the soft colour is really eye pleasing
Thank you. It's the lines that usually draws me into taking photos and I couldn't resist shooting this one.
Oh, thats really cool
Wonderfull green landscape
ammm, this is amazing.. so gentle....
Wonderful abstract composition. Really nicely done Anders
Thank you. I'm going to make a nice sized print of this and give it to my uncle since it is his fields I photographed.
Very nice work - it almost looks like the end off of a bolt of cloth.
love the abstract; the colours are beautifully captured.
it's beautiful and quiet
Stunning work.
I love this as both a piece of landscape photography and as a piece of abstract expressionism. Marvelous work
hesitating between the abstract and the figurative...
nice shot, great to see fields so green.
you have the same camera and lens (one of my 4) as i do
and normal temperature, here's close to 30 already and we're supposed to be in moderate climate zone
you have the same camera and lens (one of my 4) as i do
and normal temperature, here's close to 30 already and we're supposed to be in moderate climate zone


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LSU extends Les Miles' contract to 2012
Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 4:25 p.m.
BATON ROUGE -- LSU coach Les Miles has signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Tigers through 2012.
The deal was approved Thursday by the LSU board's athletic committee, apparently ending any chance of Miles leaving for Mich-gan to replace Lloyd Carr, who retired last month. The approval of the full board is needed, but that is considered a formality when the board meets Friday.
The contract doesn't change Miles' salary, which already will rise to at least $2.8 million annually based on LSU's Southeastern Conference championship this year.
If LSU wins the national championship, the contract provides Miles would become among the nation's top-earning college football coaches. University officials esti-mate that would put his annual earnings somewhere between $3.2 million and $3.5 million.
LSU (11-2) faces Ohio State (11-1) in the BCS national championship game Jan. 7 at the Louisiana Superdome.
Just before his team played Tennessee in the SEC title game Dec. 1, Miles effectively ended speculation he would bolt Baton Rouge for Michigan, announcing his intention to remain at LSU.
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short cervix , ladies!
I am almost 18 weeks. I had some braxton-hicks contractons couple of days ago, they were frequent so I went to the doctor. She diagnosed me with short cervix, with the length being less than 1.5 cm :-( She sent me to Labor & Delivery immediately, to see a high risk team.... She scared me sooo much, and I was crying all the time waiting for the high risk team..... The second doctor said we might need a cerclage, but she wanted to check me first. She checked me, and my cerix was 3cm, which was back to normal (lower side of normal). In a couple of hours she checked me again, and said that it was still 3 cm.... Now I have another visit next week, and they recommended me some bedrest (not a stric bed rest)... I am honestly freaking out..... and crying, even though I am trying to stay positive..... I am soooo scared to loose my baby.... This is my first... I have been feeling some pressure on my cervix today the whole day, its not painfull, just a little bit, like muscle stretching. I am not sure if I should go to ER just yet, as I am not experiencing any other symptoms... I am just so nervous and sad... How ae you, ladies, staying positive? What methods do you use?
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