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MR. LUBLIN: (In progress) My expertise generally has been on sort of African American and Latino politics in the U.S., more elections in general. So right now, I'm actually studying electoral systems and minority representation in democracies around the world. So, an interesting time to do that too.
So, I guess, fire away whenever you're ready.
QUESTION: So the conventional wisdom here is that this was, you know, a vote against Washington and incumbents. Do you share that? And, I mean, what can we expect for November?
MR. LUBLIN: I guess I'd say two things about the conventional wisdom, is that people who have jobs like yours have a desperate need to find a theme that fits the election so that you can write a story and give it a headline. And that doesn't mean that the theme necessarily is true even if you make it fit things. The second thing is that American politicians have been running against Washington ever since the city was founded. So what you say is certainly true. It may be particularly true this year. But it's really a recurring theme in American politics.
QUESTION: (Inaudible.) So how do you think – is it different from the past outside-Washington sentiment or it's just different – if it's different from the past – is it different from the quality of difference or is it just it's different depth of difference?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, I think where it's similar to the past is during past times of deep economic difficulty such as the recession of the late 1970s or early 1980s, is that people are upset because their lives are not getting better; currently, they're getting harder and they tend to take such anger out on the politicians.
I think what's interesting and different is that this time, you're seeing even within the parties that people seem quite willing to harness that sort of anger and not necessarily to be told who they should vote for by their party leaders on either side.
QUESTION: Actually, you think that when American people chose Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, they signed up for change aspects of the – of what the party represented. But now, well, a lot of people are saying they don't want this kind of change and just – so they will be confused here (inaudible).
MR. LUBLIN: The – well, I think people signed up for change, but the problem is that, like – where are you from?
QUESTION: I'm from China.
MR. LUBLIN: From China.
QUESTION: We get used to change.
MR. LUBLIN: So – yes, well, I don't think you can put an ancient Chinese curse when you live in interesting times, and I hope we've had enough interest lately, at least in my retirement account. The – I think just as people – people may savor change, but what they savor as a change can vary. Often change, even if you want it, is sometimes difficult.
I think also, as some of the things President Obama has tried to do, it's not always easy to articulate how they play into people's concerns, such as – either that or maybe they should have done a better job of that. So healthcare reform was articulated as giving healthcare to people who don't have it. It wasn't presented perhaps as it should have been, as something that could help the economy, because right now, since our healthcare is so tied to our jobs, you have people who are afraid to retire because they or their children may lose healthcare.
They're afraid to, say, start a business because small businesses, you have to pay for your own healthcare. It's not done by your employer. And when people stay in jobs that they might not otherwise stay in, also that means other people can't take them. So it wasn't sold as directed towards the economy. Also, the economy is starting to turn around, but it takes time and unemployment remains really high. So people are naturally concerned about that, and the unemployment figures, if anything, understate the severity of the problem because so many people have left the labor force. And so when we actually finally had serious hiring (inaudible) – I think it was last month – the unemployment rate actually went up because more people entered – reentered the labor force.
Now, obviously, we want more jobs even if it has temporary unemployment spikes in our way, but it – we got a long ways to go before we get back to sort of what people consider acceptable. And I think here in Washington, anger is directed towards us both at how could we allow this to happen, how could – how come the government is spending so much of our money to save these people who did – it's such a problem. And it's very difficult to sort of explain, even if sort of financial leaders and political leaders think that what the Bush Administration did and what the Obama Administration did to save the financial system was actually a good thing and that we would all be in much worse shape if we allowed the entire banking system of the world to collapse.
QUESTION: What about the Tea Party later? They're kind of – you talk about a party, but that movement that is – their claim to victory and what do you think about their influence? Is it over-bloated? Or what's your take?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, I think it's really interesting. The Republican Party is reacting to its severe defeat in 2008 by a combination of becoming more radical and returning, perhaps, in some ways, to older principles. It historically was the party that opposed the deficit. That kind of changed when Ronald Reagan became much more about tax cuts than about deficits, even though he always spoke against them. And so now, they seem very anti-deficit.
On the other hand, they're switching to – getting more right wing on a lot of issues. It'll be interesting to see how that aids or hurts the Republican Party. It helped them mobilize their base, but it may also alienate centrist voters they need to win. I think Republican leaders are very excited to see this excitement within their party. On the other hand – I guess it's my day for Chinese sayings – what's the one about he who rides the tiger may find it hard to dismount. They're – they would love to harness the energy of the movement, but they're not sure they can control it.
And that was most visible yesterday in that Senator Mitch McConnell, who is the leader of the Republican Party in the Senate nationally, but also, unquestionably, the king of Republican politics in his state – his chosen candidate was utterly defeated. And it was also significant that it was in a primary, not in a convention, which tends to attract more radical people of the type that unseated the incumbent senator in Utah, Senator Bennett, recently.
QUESTION: I would like to know about Lincoln, who is having a very tight reelection, and part of her political campaign was, you know, let's go after Wall Street, let's go after financial regulations going on right now. But because of her campaign yesterday, then she was out of town and you saw Chris Dodd kind of watering down her performance. If that kind of conflict's present then she might not have much of a political, you know, chance to campaign on it in the runoff primary.
MR. LUBLIN: Well, it's interesting to see what happens in the runoff in that state, both because on the one hand, the person who got the – came in third with about 13 percent of the vote is actually more right wing than Lincoln, which should benefit her since she's perceived as more moderate than her main challenger. Halter, however – incumbents, however, usually – incumbents who can't win primaries are in pretty big trouble in runoffs, and she only leads her challenger by a little bit.
She may have campaigned against Wall Street; ironically, I think she got a lot of her challenge precisely because she was perceived as maybe to close to business interests. We're seeing in both parties a greater willingness of sort of party stalwarts to punish people who they feel deviated too much. I think there was a lot of anger within the Democratic Party over Senator Lincoln's hesitancy to endorse healthcare reform, a centerpiece of the President's agenda, anger from unions who are crucial to supporting her opponent over the check card issue. And they were able to capitalize on questions about how effective she was after several terms in the Senate.
There is a bit of difference between the Tea Party and the Democratic challengers, though. Tea Party challengers are unquestionably more radical in a lot of ways and really sort of different in harnessing a movement. The Democratic challengers ultimately fall very much in the mainstream of the Democratic Party. I mean, if you look at Sestak in Pennsylvania, he's the mainstream Democratic congressman. He is not a particularly radical liberal in the party. Neither is Mr. Halter in Arkansas.
So they may be harnessing anger at the incumbents, but – and in Pennsylvania, you had the unusual situation of a party switch where Senator Specter had trouble remembering in speeches which party he should be referring to at which time; not a good way to win over your base.
QUESTION: Several questions. First is about the people who – people who are participated in. Are there different people who only consolidate people who had shown as a strong support during the Bush Administration? Figures like religious conservatives or like very right-wing conservatives – are they different or same kind of people who have had different hats or different points of focus?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, I think we're still trying to figure that out and it can be difficult at times, partly because the Tea Party movement is so suspicious of authority that they don't organize themselves that much. In many ways, very similar type people – but it's much more of a grassroots-oriented, bottom-up movement. And that's what makes them, for the Republicans, potentially so exciting because that's the kind of support you want. But also, it makes the politicians very fearful because they won't be – if they can't control who wins nominations like in Kentucky, they'll fear, first of all, losing their own jobs and secondly, that their party may choose to nominate people who can't win.
Part of – both of our parties at times are torn between sort of the rather-be-right faction – in other words, we'd rather nominate the pure, perfect ideologue, or do we want to nominate the win – the candidate who can win? And right now, it seems the Republicans are not very clear which – if the Tea Party candidates can win. In some states, though, they may be doing – not hurting themselves at all. It's not all clear to me. In Utah, one suspects that the new Republican nominee will win the election quite easily, and that was not a silly mistake. In Florida, it may pay dividends as well.
QUESTION: Can I – sorry, can I ask a question?
MR. LUBLIN: Sure.
QUESTION: Then, you know, like primary in general is always full of (inaudible) – like, both parties – like, more left and more right (inaudible). So how should I think that the results – they reflect in general election? Like, where is the majority of those people who are being in – how – like, two, how do you figure out – how (inaudible)?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, I think the – for some reason, just to be professorial for a minute, the one lesson that's important to emphasize is sort of how open and democratic our nomination processes are, that in most countries – you contrast that with the United Kingdom where we're relatively small groups of party leaders and each constituency picks their party's candidates for parliament.
In the U.S., anyone who registers with a party and perhaps that just means you check a box when you register to vote – and in many states, you don't even have to do that, you just show up to vote – you can participate. So it's very large numbers of people participate in these events. However, as you say quite rightly, the Democrats who vote in Democratic primaries are more left wing not that just the population, but than Democrats. And the Republicans are more right wing.
So what it does seem to mean is that the polarization that people talk about not so much in the electorate, but among the politicians will continue to grow, because it gets harder and harder for sort of moderate types to win elections, and that, ironically, the candidates who may best sort of be in – amid all of the electorate and thus able to grab ideas from both find it harder and harder to win. And if they do win, they risk being punished by voters through challenges both in the Democratic and in the Republican parties.
QUESTION: Especially (inaudible) ability to win them, also the (inaudible) ideologues of (inaudible). And I'm just wondering, say, like, Senator Lincoln from Arkansas – well, if, say, it comes up in the state as far as I understand, Arkansas – well, if a more left wing candidate from the Democratic Party was chosen to run in the mid-term elections in that state, will that help – will that be – they're in a hunt for him – for her to win the election in that state?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, it's sort of interesting. I mean, as I said, I don't think the Democratic candidates are as radically different as perhaps some of the Republican candidates. They're less strident. One thing that can benefit some of these people, be they Democratic or Republicans, is precisely that they're not in office. And so to the extent that we saw an anti-incumbency trend yesterday, they may benefit by not being in Washington.
I mean, you saw, everyone campaigns against Washington. Congressman Sestak campaigned as being an outsider, even though he serves in the other body in the Congress. Somehow, he's more of an outsider than Senator Specter is. All – that's what people do in campaigns, that they're going to change things, they're more in touch with the people than the regular trough of American politics.
But yes, if they – if too much of this occurs, it'll be very interesting to see in Florida, for example, that if Crist is able to capture enough of the center ground or Democratic votes, that Marco Rubio, instead of, like, sort of securing a seat for the Republican right wing will instead cost the Republicans a seat and will get another sort of centrist independent who – which party he will work with in Congress is not clear. One suspects increasingly maybe the Democrats, since those are the people he may need to woo in order to win.
So it's very interesting to see how these games play. It'll be interesting to see if the parties are strategic about these things or not. Democrats who (inaudible) Joe Lieberman for being too right wing in Connecticut were mad not just that he was right wing, but they perceived it as being right wing from a state that's a very safe Democratic state, that he doesn't need to move to the center. Versus the same group of people are often unhappy with Ben Nelson from Nebraska, but they view Nebraska as a state that – where they're lucky to have somebody, and so that the outrage towards him tends to be more exasperation than we need to replace him.
QUESTION: So it's just, you know, just perhaps a little bit off the subject – immigration , will that be a real issue in the elections? You know, that we have primaries in Arizona, for example? They're – McCain has been kind of flip-flopping in his stand on immigration issue. And you're talking about the Latino electorate, which has always been big and is bigger and for immigration reform. What's going to cause the real issues (inaudible)?
MR. LUBLIN: I think it is, even though both parties desperately would like it not to be, okay? The Republicans don't want it to be for two reasons. First, that their voters increasingly demand a strong anti-immigrant stance, but they're terrified that it's going to alienate Latino voters, who are the fastest-growing segment of the electorate, and also there are business supporters who basically favor high rates of immigration for the same reason that organized labor in the United States, which is a Democratic group, tends to not be so keen on that, or free trade agreements.
Democrats have somewhat sort of mixed views on it. Some represent constituencies opposed, some for. Increasingly, because of their strong support among many Latinos and minorities, they feel like they need to be for it, but they're very worried about losing support from voters who opposed it or see it cast as potentially allowing terrorists to come in the country, so – but they may be forced to.
The Arizona law that was recently passed seems to have heightened the issue a lot. It may – the Arizona law may be tremendously helpful to Democrats in a year where they're worried about losing support, because it essentially provides an incredible incentive for Latinos to naturalize citizens and to participate. And the Republicans have, shall we say, in the U.S., seen this movie before in California, where Pete Wilson, who was a Republican governor, ran against immigrants, and he did get one more term, but it's a cost of having made Latinos in his state much more Democratic than the past, and how – and partly explains why California, which used to be a Republican state or a swing state, is now seen as a very Democratic state. So that could mobilize them.
The Republicans hope they can maybe mobilize it the other way, but it's very tricky. Both of our parties want to be big tents and include as many people as possible, but the immigration issue is always a tough one. It's one that's risen in the past in this country, doesn't always bring out the best in people. Personally, I think we've always been very lucky to have that amendment in our Constitution passed after the Civil War that said anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the United States because it means we don't have, as some countries do, like, sort of multi generations of people who are not citizens even if they grew up in this country and are a part of it.
So – and this is part of the reason the Republicans feel a pressure to incorporate them, it's because even though only slightly more than half of Latinos in the country are citizens, over 85 percent of Latinos under age 18 are citizens. And the one thing we know about politics is that young people tend to become older and then they'll be able to vote by right because they're citizens in the country. So it's a problem.
QUESTION: Turning back to the midterm election. What will be the general strategy of Republicans versus Democratic Party? I understand that they will be very critical of each other, but, can you elaborate on that?
MR. LUBLIN: Yes. They're not going – yes, they will be critical about each other and you needed to come hear me say that, I'm sure. I think both parties, in midterm elections, are much more focused about getting out their base than about reaching to the center, because they perceived it as a turnout game. In years where one party has been able to really do better than the other party at getting out their vote, both through mobilizing them through passionate issues or running simply a better electoral machine, they've done better.
This remains – in the past, this has been a major – the major question in terms of politics electorally for the Republicans are a couple. First, can they get their party machinery up to doing this again? Can they raise money? Can they actually have people who can help get voters to the polls? And this remains a really open question after that special election in Pennsylvania where they had to focus just on one district, and this is the one district in the country that John McCain won that John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, had won four years earlier. And so this district was seen as ripe for the plucking by Republicans, and they lost pretty convincingly in the end by about 10 points.
And so this raises a real question: Can the Republicans do a good job or will perceived Democratic strength and organizing mitigate their potential losses? The other question is: Can the Republicans raise issues enough to anger their base and mobilize them to vote enough without alienating too many voters in the center, who even though I said it serves us a base, you don't want to alienate – you don't want to scare everyone else into voting against you. So how you tread those two things is not clear. In the past, the Republicans have been good at focusing to do that, less good.
The Democrats' votes is the anti-incumbency fever, which benefitted them so much over 2006 and 2008 is going to now come back and smack them in the face, or are they going to be able to use their greater electoral skill currently, which is a relatively new thing? Because it used to be the Republicans who were better organized to mitigate these issues. And how does this translate in terms of the President's popularity?
What I find interesting is there seems to be a fair amount of anger against the Administration, but ultimately, he's not – he remains pretty popular, and in the sense of that we're in the middle of a very severe recession. As many people seem to like him as dislike him, maybe slightly more seem to approve of him. So it's not clear to me how much this necessarily – is there really going to be a wave or not? Or is it – the Tea Party is loud and we'll have to see. I think the Democrats are very worried.
The early signs are bad for the Democrats in the sense that – the way the elites are behaving, okay? We're seeing a lot of Democratic candidates deciding this is a good year to retire, okay? Which is odd in the sense of, wait, your party just got back into power, so now you want to leave, right? Most people run for office to be in power, right? It's much more fun to run the government, so – which may indicate they're worried about the upcoming elections. The Republicans seem to be recruiting strong candidates in many areas, showing that people in their party think this is a good time to run. And when people who hold office already at the lower level are willing to give up their current office to run for higher office, that's a sign they see trends favoring them.
So I would say the early signs seem to favor the Republicans. The question is how much and will it really translate into a wave election or not? I mean, one reason I talk about the President's popularity is the Republicans are making analogies to 1994. But President Obama is markedly much more popular now than Bill Clinton was in 1994.
So on the other hand, because of our electoral system, the way the districts are drawn, all things being equal, the Republicans actually have an edge, because if you go back to like, the 2000 election, which was split perfectly evenly, even though the country was divided nationally, there were more Republicans in more congressional districts than in Democratic districts because the Democrats tend to be concentrated in places like cities, and as you saw in the British elections, where your share of the vote doesn't necessarily relate well to your share of the seats, here we have – we can have similar issues where the Democrats can have too many people in the wrong seats.
And so it made it harder for them to win Congress back. It makes it – continues to make it harder for them to keep it. That's going to be accentuated by reapportionment and redistricting prior to 2012, which tends to create new seats in Republican areas and destroy them in Democratic areas, simply because of population movements.
QUESTION: There have been lots of reports that Senator Harry Reid is in trouble with his reelection campaign. Are you seeing the same thing with Pelosi and Steny Hoyer as well, and also have you heard anything about the Democratic Party, if Reid loses, who they think will take over the leadership position?
MR. LUBLIN: I'm sure lots of senators have thought about it. (Laughter.) I think some talk – I think – I'm trying to remember who his number two is again. Is it Dick Durbin? Yeah, I think a lot of people would expect that Senator Durbin would be well positioned to try and take over. It all depends on who the Democrats are and who are in office. Harry Reid tends to discourage some of the stronger challengers in Nevada. He's also benefitting a bit from scandals in the state which are falling a bit more on the Republicans than on the Democrats. And I think business leaders in the state sort of see advantage to having such a powerful person in office.
Having said that, even after several terms he's still not seen as a colorful person, particularly in a state that's known for having a lot of color. Nevada is known for many things but not for being boring. Harry Reid, not so exciting. But I don't know if that matters or not. Nancy Pelosi represents one of the safest districts in Congress. She'll be fine. Steny Hoyer's district is safe as well. He has a primary challenge but from someone who is unlikely to get more than a small share of the vote. So I think all these people will be – all those people will be fine in the House. In the Senate, Reid could very well be in trouble.
QUESTION: What is the evaluation of the Obama Administration of yesterday's primary and what kind of effect does it give to the (inaudible) for the general election of Obama?
MR. LUBLIN: Well, I guess I should mention two things first, because even though the government asked me to come here, these are all strictly my opinions and not those of the government. Related to that, it may surprise you, the Obama Administration didn't call me last night and tell me how they're evaluating things, so I could tell you, oh, they're – a lot of people will pretend they know. So I think they're very worried about the anti-incumbency mood, they're very worried about the Republicans mobilizing people, and they're very worried about losing their congressional majorities, which will make the President look weak.
And it's particularly dangerous precisely for the President – one begins to wonder how will they govern the country if – we frequently have divided government where one or both houses of Congress are controlled by one party and the presidency by another, but when the two parties view obstructionism of the other's agenda as winning, it can make it very hard to get anything done. In the end, Congress has to get a lot of things done. So it's interesting to see that – what's interesting to see is, like, this is where public opinion matters a lot. The Republicans were getting ready to filibuster and try and block the financial reform bill. The Democrats were quietly saying would you please do this, would you please do this, because it would be the greatest thing for them politically if the Republicans – the Republicans, at a time when the entire world is mad and banks and financiers, if they want to ally their party with these people, please go right ahead. Even the Republicans, however, weren't going to do that in the end and it's noticeable that after trying to stop healthcare reform with every bone, trying to stop all these bills, the financial reform bill they've caved a lot. So maybe that holds out some hope that things can ultimately be done, but it's very difficult. And the Republicans are going to have to figure out how they respond to the Obama Administration if they do take control of one or both houses of Congress, because the President is almost invariably better regarded than the leader of both houses of Congress regardless of the party and has a much bigger bully pulpit, much bigger podium on which to lead people. And when a speaker of the House or a majority leader tries to take on the president, they often end up losing.
And it would be interesting to see how – I think President Obama – the other thing I'd say about him, he's been very careful not to link himself too closely to any local candidate. He doesn't want his whole administration to rise or fall on the success of any candidate. Much was made about whether or not he supported this candidate or that candidate in the Democratic primaries. Truth be told, he can work with either – he could work with either Sestak or Specter, Lincoln or Halter. He's supported the incumbents partly because he needs their support now to get things done, but he'll be able to work fine with either of these people should they make it to Washington.
I think one thing the President will certainly try and do is use his formidable fundraising power to try and make sure that the Democratic Party effort is very well funded this November. But if they do call me, I'll be sure to let you know. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: How seriously did the president, and the administration, support Specter? And how did he feel on (inaudible)?
MR. LUBLIN: He did. That was interesting that towards the end they kind of bailed on him. The question is: Does this mean the Administration is undependable? I think from the Administration's point of view, not such a bad thing because Specter was a centrist and if he was reelected for what one tends to think was going to be his final term, would he feel rather free to thumb his nose at the Administration if he was reelected, versus Sestak if he wins is likely to be a pretty loyal Democrat. So it may be not such a bad thing for the Obama Administration. I mean, it's also – also, it wasn't just President Obama but (inaudible) a lot of the Democratic establishment put their prestige behind Senator Specter and it didn't pay off for him. I think it clearly shows – I mean, one thing that the electorate doesn't seem to like to be dictated to by anybody in terms of choosing these party nominees. So again, you really have to remember the local circumstances of him having been a Republican senator for decades, how you make that jump elegantly, particularly at a time when both parties seem less keen on centrists.
QUESTION: Do you think that Obama's foreign policy will have some impact on the election?
MR. LUBLIN: Is there some aspect in particular?
QUESTION: No, in general. There is the idea that generally in the United States, people don't care about foreign policy.
MR. LUBLIN: I think they care about it when it starts to affect them. Democratic presidents are always keen to look strong on security because the Republicans attack then on that. There's also always the sort of ethnic bases in the U.S. in terms of different ethnic groups have their little particular interests. But overall, I mean, we'll have to see. To be honest, I think the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is far more likely to have a big impact. The question is how so. I mean, President Obama, in remarkably bad timing, had announced he'd agreed to allow oil drilling just a few weeks before, and it was actually sort of a very nice move to reach out to Republicans. On the other hand, the Republicans, who a lot of his candidates signed on to the "Drill, baby, drill" program enunciated by many Tea Party supporters just may be less popular in some places like Florida this month and Louisiana. So it'll be interesting to see.
It's also a real test to the President in the sense of, like with Hurricane Katrina was for the Bush Administration – the Bush Administration was already reeling from a number of problems, but Hurricane Katrina undermined one of their central themes, which is that we're the really competent people. And regardless of how one views they handled the disaster, the people viewed it as they handled it badly. The press was certainly handled very badly. I mean, I was struck by when they had Air Force One, President Bush's first response was to – you may recall his plane didn't fly directly back from Texas to Washington, but he flew over New Orleans. So you had the image of the President of the United States looking down on his people from his private airplane, okay? Not the way to play it. And so you had the image of competence and of caring, which President Bush – love him or hate him – is certainly a personable individual and was very likable, okay? President Obama, I think for him, this is sort of a real test of competency and of commitment, and so I think people are going to – it'll be interesting to see how this goes on. It's also going to be interesting, because even if they finally manage to cap the well, an awful lot of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. How are we going to deal with this? States like Florida – it's really hard to attract people to come see your beaches when they're filled with oil and dead sea creatures.
MODERATOR: Any further questions?
QUESTION: We've seen that the Republican National Committee has been (inaudible) by a lot of scandals lately. And Michael Steele is kind of seen as – some press reports say that his popularity is dropping and maybe he's incompetent and (inaudible). Do you see that there is going to be a more powerful or more capable figure like Karl Rove in the GOP who will be leading things secretly from behind?
MR. LUBLIN: I'm always amazed when Karl Rove is declared to be so competent when he masterminded – the guy who said he was going to make the Republicans the majority party and instead made the Democrats the majority party through his proposals. So I'm not so sure I say he's so great.
Michael Steele tends to be followed more by Washington insiders. I honestly doubt most Americans know or care who the particular head of either the Democratic or Republican parties is. The problem is when Michael Steele does things that either embarrass the party, which is about the worst thing a party leader can do, I think the Republicans are also more concerned simply about the organizational aspects that the Democrats under Howard Dean and now under former Governor Kaine seem to be capable and focused on these areas. Is Michael Steele focused on that or is he focused on advancing his own career? He's – for Michael Steele, this was also a big jump up. He'd never been elected to office in his own right. He was the lieutenant governor of my state, but that's on the ticket so how much he played a role is unclear. This is a big advance up.
On the other hand, he also presents – he's also a very – he presents sort of a hipper, younger face for the Republican Party and also provides some diversity for the party, which they really need. I think one of President Bush's goals that he really failed on is when he was elected in 2000 he wanted to make the party look more appealing to people of color and outside (inaudible). I think ultimately, because of the divisiveness of his election and other issues, he really didn't succeed in that even though I don't think, like Pete Wilson, he was inherently a polarizing figure racially. He didn't – President Bush was pro-immigration and so forth. So we'll have to see, but I don't think a party leader can really address that. It'll be interesting to see also how does the Tea Party movement relate to the party.
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Is a Weak Obama Good for Israel?
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I have just returned from briefing a high-ranking official of country X on the Middle East. We kept coming back to a vital theme: the incredibly shrinking power of the United States. Try to explain American behavior to neutral, open-minded third parties for whom US policy activities have become just plain bizarre!
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Brandon LaFell keeps talking, whether it's good for him or not.
After essentially having his twitter taken away from him earlier in the
offseason, the new Patriot has had plenty to say about his transition
from Carolina to New England. He's not doing himself any favors, but I
don't think he means harm. I don't think he's smart enough to not say
the wrong thing.
My interpretation? He's struggling. He's struggling with change, and
he's struggling with finding his place in uncertainty. He's a southern
boy in a new part of the world, under a 'new' system and new coaching.
For the first time in his career, he's not one of the top three guys,
earned or not in his history...now he's got a long term deal and has to
earn a roster spot all at the same time.
His talk about practice - he tried to pull back and say Carolina does
work hard - is a matter of difference, a lack of comfortability in
what's going to happen. I saw it most specifically in talking about
the offense, where he says he's gone from a numbers scheme (*Coryell) to
a 'code' based system. Listening to him talking about this, like his
other statements, just gives me a feeling that he's out of his comfort
zone at the least.
You could criticize him for not working hard enough here. It's logical.
I don't have much to base that on one way or another so I won't put
work into something I'd have no way of proving. I do believe that
LaFell is a big receiver who plays small, but style of play doesn't mean
he didn't work. His small hands can be considered a flaw regardless of
whether he put extra work in. But, it's in the same ballpark. Being
more physical, having better hands, these are things that can improve
with significant work. If you wanted to be critical, you could push
Steve Smith's habit of doing his offseason work on the west coast many
years, and not taking guys under his wing.
At any rate, LaFell is struggling a bit with his new surroundings.
That's where he's coming from. I don't think he's trying to slight
Carolina. He just doesn't communicate well enough to understand what
he's really saying. That said, I've spent long enough defending him
over the years, and he's not with Carolina anymore. For some reason,
they even decided they'd try to keep him, and I'm honestly glad to have
an upgrade in the slot (whether Jason Avant or Jerricho Cotchery, both
are better slot guys, and LaFell was most often in that role in
Carolina). I don't know if there's anything outside that'll upgrade on
him, but I really don't think of LaFell as a guy that Carolina has to
work hard to "replace". They have a physical, potentially sloppy
outside receiver who should give them what LaFell never really tried to
be, in Kelvin Benjamin. So I don't find him "missed". I don't find him
that much of a loss.
*Coryell is often called 'numbers' by passing game guys because the
receivers are given their numbered routes within the playcall.
Honestly, everyone gets to know what they're doing inside the playcall,
though in Mike Shula's scheme the number routes and back instructions
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All this week, Women and Hollywood will run our own "Best of" lists to honor and celebrate the year's best women-directed and women-centric movies and TV shows. See our previous posts on the "Best Women-Directed Documentaries of 2013" and the "Best Women-Centric Films of 2013."
Relive the agony and the ecstasy of caring about women at the movies through our list of the year's most popular (meaning most trafficked) posts.
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Alfonso Cuaron Defends Having Female Lead in Gravity - "When I finished the script, there were voices that were saying, 'Well, we should change it to a male lead.' Obviously they were not powerful enough voices, because we got away with it. But the sad thing is that there is still that tendency."
This Woman is Too Fat for Hollywood? - "The fact that [Romola Garai] looks smaller than she is [as a result of magazine airbrushing] makes her nervous because she doesn't want to anybody to think that she is anything other than who she is in reality. 'And I know that people are accepting those images and are under the impression that that is really how my body looks, that I'm hairless and sexless and weigh 90 lbs. That really worries me. And I really don't know what to do except talk about it.'"
Disney Fans Makeover Newest Disney Princess - "Disney fans on Tumblr, under the hashtag 'This Could Have Been Frozen,' took the new image and redesigned Elsa representing different races and in different (and at times more practical) costumes. One participant, Rachel McGuffin, explained her motivations for the project. 'I was feeling rather hopeless about Disney's whitewashing the past Princesses so I went ahead and racebent their future white characters.'"
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Answer of the Day: Shonda Rhimes on Why She Has Many Gay Characters on Her Shows - "Question: Love your shows but why all the gay and lesbian storylines? Answer: Because I believe everyone should get to see themselves reflected on TV. EVERYONE. And because I love all my gay and lesbian friends. AND because I think same-sex marriage is the civil-rights fight of our era. And back when being a person of color was the civil-rights fight, people like Norman Lear put black people on TV and helped change some minds. So you know, it's gotta be paid forward. As long as we are willing to sit by while one person is not free, none of us are free."
Women Deserved Better at the Oscars - "With Seth McFarlane hosting the Oscars, we here at Women and Hollywood weren't expecting much. But the sexist, racist, homophobic and completely unfunny spree that McFarlane hosted was even worse than imagined."
Women, Aging, and Hollywood - "[Kim] Cattrall now spends her time on the stage and not in Hollywood. 'I don't have a relationship with Hollywood now. You can't if you're over 40. It's a place where you go to make a lot of money and get out.'"
Spike Lee Thinks Only One Woman Has Made an Essential Movie - "His list of 'essential' films -- which includes 87 films and 62 directors -- is what he gives his students to watch to learn from. Now, of course, there are not as many female directors as male directors, but STILL. He is an educator. And this is what he is teaching the students -- that only one woman (Katia Lund, who co-directed City of God) is worthy of having made an essential film."
Why You Need To Go See The Heat This Weekend! - "It sucks to have your whole gender's future at the movies is represented by the success of this film. Actually, I think it is more important for the film not to fail. Because it does not seem that success is getting us anywhere, but damn, if it fails, we will hear about The Heat forever. Every pitch will end with, well, The Heat couldn't open so we aren't doing any movies about women or some variety of that misogynistic bullshit."


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Very strong start to the year, with 8.5% sales growth in Q1 2011
[1] See page 6 for details on calculation of financial indicators not defined in IFRS.
Chairman's comment
"Danone teams have done a truly remarkable job over the past few quarters, reflected in the steep 8.5% rise in our net sales for Q1 2011. All four business lines and all the regions we operate in contributed to this acceleration, benefiting from very healthy pace in volumes. Waters and Baby Nutrition put in an exceptionally good showing, reporting growth of over 10% this quarter.
Since January, we have begun integrating Danone-Unimilk, our joint venture in Russia, with several initiatives already under way. These include portfolio segmentation and trading-up, but also measures to increase productivity and realize synergies. Continued progress here will remain a priority in the months ahead.
In an environment which remains complex our current sales trend allows us to stand by our targets".
Sales by business line and geographical area in Q1 2011
[1] Like for like: at constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates. See page 6 for details on calculation of financial indicators not defined in IFRS.
Overview of sales performance – Q1 2011
Consolidated sales rose +19.6% to €4,757 million in the first quarter of 2011. Excluding the impact of changes in exchange rates (+2.5%) and the scope of consolidation (+8.6%), sales were up +8.5%. This organic growth reflects a +5.0% rise in sales volume and a +3.5% increase in value.
Exchange-rate effects reflect favorable trends in currencies including the Russian ruble, the Brazilian real, the Indonesian rupiah and the Chinese yuan. Main changes in the scope of consolidation were the integration of Unimilk (Russia) for the full quarter and, to a lesser extent, that of two new European fruit-drink subsidiaries (Danone-Chiquita and Proviva) and of Medical Nutrition USA, Inc.
Fresh Dairy
This takes into account a steep +15.3% like-for-like rise at Unimilk in the first quarter, led by a significant rise in average price per kilo due to higher sales prices and trading-up within the product mix. Integration of Unimilk made rapid progress in the first quarter, with reinforcement of the management team and deployment of a program to optimize its product portfolio.
Excluding Unimilk, Fresh Dairy division sales continued the robust trend observed in the previous two quarters, rising +5.5% like for like with a combination of +4.1% volume growth and a positive price effect of +1.4%.
Growth in sales value reflects a policy of competitive price increases that got under way across most countries during the quarter.
The division's priority markets — including Latin America (Brazil, Mexico and Argentina), the USA, Russia, France and the UK — continued to drive growth. Activia, children's brands and indulgent brands were the main drivers; innovation continued at a steady pace.
These results illustrate once again sustained sales momentum, especially in view of a particularly high basis for volume comparisons over the first half.
A +2.6% rise in sales value reflects the division's improved mix, with a shift to positive growth in mature economies and very strong showings from aquadrinks in emerging markets.
This trend got an additional boost from short-term factors, including the low basis for comparison in Japan and unfavorable weather in Latin America in the first quarter of 2010.
Baby Nutrition
All regions reported growth, with China and Indonesia again the division's main drivers. Growing-up milks continued to deliver double-digit growth, while weaning foods saw another slight rise in the first quarter due to strong performances in the United Kingdom, Poland and Russia.
Danone also announced the opening in Singapore of a research center specializing in child and maternal nutrition. This is the first specialized unit of its type in Asia and will study the impact of nutrition on gut bacteria, the immune system, the development of babies and young children, and the impact on their future health.
Medical Nutrition
2011 Outlook
Backed by steady growth in the first quarter of 2011, Danone stands by its targets.
It expects 2010 trends to continue in the months ahead:
[1] Net sales
Our presentation to analysts and investors will be broadcast live from 9.00 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Related slides will be available on our website (http://www.finance.danone.com/) from 7.30 a.m. today.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Danone. Although Danone believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
APPENDIX – Sales Overview
[1] See page (6) for details on calculation of financial indicators not defined in IFRS
APPENDIX — Financial indicators not defined in IFRS
Information published by Danone uses financial indicators that are not defined by IFRS. These are calculated as follows:
Like-for-like changes in net sales, trading operating income and trading operating margin exclude the impact of changes in (i) exchange rates, with both previous-year and current-year indicators calculated using the same exchange rates; and (ii) scope of consolidation, with previous year indicators calculated on the basis of current-year scope.
Trading operating income and expense is defined as the Group operating income excluding other operating income and expense. Other operating income and expense is defined under Recommendation 2009-R.03 of the French CNC, concerning the format for financial statements of businesses reporting under international accounting standards, and comprises significant items that, because of their exceptional nature, cannot be viewed as inherent to current (ordinary) activities. These mainly include capital gains and losses on disposals of fully consolidated companies, impairment charges on goodwill, significant costs related to strategic restructuring and major acquisitions, and costs related to major litigation. Since application of IFRS 3 (Revised on business combinations), they have also included acquisition fees related to business combinations.
Trading operating margin is defined as the trading operating income over net sales ratio.
Free cash flow represents cash flows provided or used by operating activities less capital expenditure net of disposals and acquisition fees related to business combinations (since the application of IFRS 3 (Revised)).


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Philosophy wouldn't seem to lead naturally to poetry, but it can if you find the right philosopher. For Cincinnati-based poet Matt Hart – who will be reading from his work on Saturday at Rozz-Tox along with poets from the Quad Cities edition of the national journal Locuspoint – it was the 20th Century Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Hart fell in love with poetry as an undergraduate at Ball State University, but he studied philosophy. Pursing a graduate degree in the subject at Ohio University, though, "I really bought Wittgenstein hook, line, and sinker. As a result, I quit doing philosophy. One of his main ideas is that philosophy is a sort of mental illness; if you understand him, you quit doing it."
And Wittgenstein offered an alternative to philosophy's relentless rational argument, writing that "philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry."
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Mr. Streitfeld joined the Times in late 2007. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.
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Topic: Technical Support / Purchasing Kreds
I made several attempts to purchase Kreds ($50 package) and each time I tried to make the transaction I got a message saying that I needed to re-enter my card information because some of the information was said to be wrong. But my bank account has now been deducted $250 and I never moved past the part of the process where you enter the card information (or if there even is another part after that) nor have I received any Kreds to confirm the purchases. Is there anything that can be done to help me with this?


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A state audit released Monday shows that
officials paid a nonprofit group twice for a 37-acre parcel of
land. But auditors say the expected 8.9 million dollar total
payment is less than half of the land's fair market value.
A nine-year muddle took place over who owned and managed the
Gallants Channel property. The nonprofit Friends of the Museum took
out 5.3 million dollars in mortgages and liens attached
to the land, then couldn't repay all of it.
State auditors say the state helped purchase the property in the
late 1990s and agreed to buy the land again.
The confusion over the property was revealed after the exposure
of legal and financial problems surrounding last summer's Tall
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I commend Dershowitz for his support of the IDF and Israel in general. Yet I've read in the past that He most likely supported Obama, who apparently has no great love for Israel. If this is true than Dershowitz seems a little hypocritical to me.
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In a town where the sport of cross country is widely known throughout the section to be successful year after year, all three Madera County schools will participate in an event that honors a local legendary coach who helped runners strive to be the best.
Madera, Madera South and Liberty will run in Saturday's Dennis DeWitt Cross Country Invitational at Lions Town and Country Park beginning at 8 a.m.
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Obama is basing the number on 10 years of the cost of the tax cuts Romney has posted on his own web site.
Some fact-checkers and news professionals say this is false or mostly false, because Romney plans to offset the tax cuts by closing loop-holes and deductions for the wealthy, so they pay the same as they pay now.
1) If we only have specifics on the tax cut side, isn't it fair to talley them up and say this is how much we are talking about over 10 years? If Romney announced tomorrow that the mortgage interest deduction was on the table for everyone making more than $200K, then that would change the total, but until and unless he sets out the plan for offsetting the cuts, this seems like a fair attack. IMO, calling this a lie is like saying the Sox are down five runs, and somebody calling you a liar because the game isn't over yet. The number can change, but not if Romney doesn't do anything to change it.
2) It seems like nobody is questioning how this actually helps the economy grow. The idea Republicans have always championed with regards to tax cuts is that if you put money back into the hands of the people, they will invest that money back into the economy. But if you're keeping the total tax burden of the wealthy equal to the total at the higher marginal rate, how does that do anything at all?


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The design team's all-precast approach reduced operational energy costs almost 25%. Thermally efficient sandwich wall panels provide an R-value of 25 with thinner, lighter sections. The panels are reinforced with innovative carbon fiber shear trusses to ensure their load-bearing capability.
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Given the kaleidoscopic venn diagram of contexts in which Bruno can and will inevitably be viewed, it's tough to know precisely where to start, and how far to go when deconstructing Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy. Like the singular, groundbreaking Borat, it's a balls-out comedy, but it's also a social commentary; it's both the latest movie Cohen appears in, and the big-deal "next effort" from him as a performance artist and lead rather than costar or day-player; and finally, it's a lightning rod for controversy and also a generally innocuous goof on mainstream expectations of him and his character, a flamboyant homosexual. All of which suggests that the film is, or perhaps would necessarily be, richer and more substantive than its predecessor - the sort of galvanizing experience that leaves audiences buzzing, changes minds and perceptions, and transforms the face of entertainment forever.
And yet, Bruno is curiously ineffective, a sort of middling effort that fails to liberate itself from the stereotypes that provide the character's foundations, even if it also doesn't deliberately or harmfully reinforce them. In the film, Cohen plays the title character, a gay TV host for whom the word flamboyant was invented and then immediately discarded because it was too modest. After he unceremoniously ends his stint on Austrian TV thanks to a public mishap in a velcro suit, Bruno comes to America to restart his career, soon discovering that the only folks more clueless than him about stardom are the people trying to help him become one.
Bruno employs many of the same techniques that proved effective in Borat, most specifically finding participants who will gamely accommodate Cohen's increasingly outrageous behavior in exchange for the opportunity to promote themselves or even just appear on camera. Unfortunately – albeit understandably - the widespread success of Cohen's earlier film made it considerably more difficult for the filmmakers (including returning director Larry Charles) to find folks who weren't in on the joke, and as a result much of the film feels staged. While the payoff for a scene in which Bruno ruins take after take as an extra on Medium is worth the set-up, celebrity appearances by Paula Abdul and others feel too unnatural to work as organic situations, no matter how aggressively Cohen and co. might have tried to keep their collaborators off guard.
Meanwhile, many of the segments feel as if they've been augmented via editing to maximize their comedic payoffs. The primary difference between Borat and Bruno as characters is that Borat drew out honest reactions from his interview subjects because of his low-grade ignorance and genial demeanor, while Bruno basically bullies his interviewees, and moreover, leaves them indefensible to the essence of who he is – meaning less his homosexuality than his confrontational personality. In one sequence, Bruno spends a night in the woods with a group of Southern hunters, and he elicits few meaningful reactions from them (in terms of the film), at least until he sneaks up to one of their tents buck-naked in the middle of the night.
It's only because of this derriere derring-do that the sequence really builds to something; otherwise, the hunters generally ignore his provocations or more or less respectfully dismiss them. But whether or not they're actually homophobic, it's fair to suggest that they react the same way anyone would if a 6'4" naked man slipped into their tent in the middle of the night - much less if he suggested that one or more of them resembled any of the characters on Sex and the City.
Furthermore, the "ambush" mentality of many of the sequences, whether the tactic was necessary or not, further undermines the power of what later ensues. In one scene, Bruno secures an interview with Ron Paul in order to coerce him into participating in a sex tape; while I have no particular sympathy for (or even familiarity with) Paul the politician, I actually felt momentarily sorry for him instead of enjoying the joke. So many of the set-ups are predicated on catching people in inescapable circumstances and then telling them "I'm gay. No, I'm gay! No, I'm GAY!" that when they react with offense (or more often, mild discomfort), their reaction feels too engineered to be meaningful as cultural commentary or even just good comedy.
At the same time, however, I do think that much of the advance criticism of the film for its "depiction" of homosexuality is undeserved, although it doesn't do a lot to help, either. Anyone familiar with Cohen's comedy will recognize that his intent is not to lampoon gay lifestyles but the perception of gay lifestyles, and to confront those preconceived ideas with a monstrous but safe-as-art context in which to examine them. Unfortunately, I also suspect that the Bruno's audience will not be populated by people who are "on the fence" about homosexuality; because Universal bravely (and wisely) put Cohen's fey charisma at the forefront of their advertising campaign, folks lining up to see the film seem more likely to laugh at the on-screen prejudices than contemplate or consider their own.
Ultimately, the film's lack of effectiveness is in many ways an unfortunate byproduct of Cohen's success with Borat: while it was no doubt harder for him to find people this time who were unfamiliar with him and his work for interviews and comedy segments, audiences watching film will be readier to laugh at the end result, if only because they know that Cohen's comedy is predicated on exposing prejudice, no matter how much pressure is applied in order to elicit it. That said, there are more than a handful of funny moments, many of which make me laugh just thinking of them; if the sheer, exhilarating thrill of duping a crowd of ultimate-fighting enthusiasts into watching a romantic reunion between two men doesn't make you laugh, then a talking penis surely will.
But as a whole, there's both something disappointing and satisfyingly necessary about Bruno that justifies its existence. Because not only does it cathartically exhaust his roster of existing characters, but it proves that Cohen can't do the same thing twice (even with different characters), and forces him to find another character or technique to uncover these very real, meaningful and informative points of view about who we are and what we think. The great thing is that Cohen is incredibly gifted, and incredibly committed to this kind of performance, and performance-as-art; he has the potential to become this generation's Peter Sellers or Andy Kaufman, if he isn't already. Ultimately, Bruno is the extension and fulfillment of the promise that Sacha Baron Cohen made with Borat; but if there are any new lessons to be learned from the film about what entertainment can be, and more importantly, what it can teach us, it's that sometimes getting what we expect or want is not always the thing that we need most.
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Could a U.N. Upgrade Help the Palestinians Prosecute Israeli Officials?
How the fight over Palestine's U.N. membership could generate an international legal crisis.
Would a Palestinian state recognized by the United Nations have the right to bring legal action against Israel and Israeli officials at the International Criminal Court or the U.N.'s own International Court of Justice?
This question, which is far more complicated than it seems, turns out to be at the heart of conflict over Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to secure recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations. In a May 16 New York Times op-ed, President Abbas said he was hoping that U.N. membership would "pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, human rights treaty bodies and the International Court of Justice." Palestinians clearly hope this would be the case, and it's clear that Israel, the United States, and some European states are worried about that too.
As of this writing, Abbas says he's going to submit an application for full U.N. membership to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon after his speech on Friday. But Abbas knows that the required nine-vote Security Council majority is significantly in doubt, and that even if it can be secured the United States is publicly committed to vetoing any such resolution. Therefore, the most Palestinians can accomplish is for the U.N. General Assembly to vote to upgrade Palestine to a nonmember observer state. No plans for a General Assembly resolution have been announced—presumably because the Palestinians are still pushing hard for the more ambitious Security Council victory—but there is little doubt the Palestinians could win a majority for one.
It is this nonmember observer status that could cause a showdown over the Palestinians' right to petition international legal bodies. At the U.N. itself, nonmember status would not do much to change the Palestinians' rights and prerogatives, but it could theoretically provide them access to a number of international law enforcement agencies and mechanisms, most notably the International Criminal Court, which was created by a treaty among many nations.
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, president of the ICC Assembly of State Parties, told the Wall Street Journal that a Palestinian observer state could join the ICC and try to initiate proceedings against Israel under the Statute of Rome. Because Israel is itself not a party to the ICC, Israeli officials cannot be prosecuted on the basis of their Israeli nationality. And so far the Palestinians have not had success bringing criminal action against Israelis for their acts in the Palestinian territories, because the legal status of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip—is internationally undetermined. The ICC essentially ignored a 2009 effort by the Palestinian Authority to get the ICC to take action against Israel regarding the war in Gaza.
However, if the General Assembly were to recognize an observer Palestinian state in its 1967 borders, not only could Palestine become a party to the ICC, it could claim to be the legal sovereign in the occupied territories and seek charges for Israeli actions in those territories on that basis.
At the ICC, Israel would not only be vulnerable to charges regarding unlawful military actions against persons and property, but also for settlement activity, which the Statute of Rome defines as a war crime. It is also potentially vulnerable to charges under the "crime of apartheid," which is defined as "inhumane acts ... committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime." That would certainly seem to apply to the social, legal, and political system enforced by Israel in the occupied territories, although the question of intending maintenance of it might be an out for the Israelis on this issue.


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Out here the parties never end too soon
Happens every time I go and step up in the room
I do it like that so lemme see ya,
Lemme see ya swoon,
Yeah, lemme see ya swoon
We can set it off, make the bass go boom
Do it so fly, I could take you to the moon
We gon' run it back, so lemme see ya
Lemme see ya swoon
Yeah lemme see ya swoon
[Verse 2]
Walked in,
Place froze up
Nowadays everybody shows up
It's like that
From the minute that we pulled up
We gon' shut it down
Until the club close up
Table in the back, yeah,
I got ya
See whatever you want,
I won't cost ya
Welcome to the life,
Yes we do this every night
'Cause you know that all the bras
Pop off like cheap vodka
Girls around me lookin like a huddle (Yeah)
I need a hand; I could use a stunt double
Somebody save me
'Cause I'm getting into trouble
See I tired out your girl,
Now all she wanna do is cuddle (Ha ha)
I could get used to this
'Cause you know we gonna do this all the time
I walked up "Excuse me miss,
You're turning heads when you're lookin so fine... â€
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After all the drinks I consume,
Party all night, running on fumes
Same clothes like I'm the cartoons
'Cause I went and did it hard from midnight to noon
Come around every time I sing a tune
All the girls are lookin' like Heidi Klum
Now everything' I'm reppin' is smelling like perfume
And they do the same thing
When I step in the room, they swoon... .
Girl, you gotta swoon
(Let me see you swoon)
(Ha) Swoon
Yeah Let me see you swoon
Yeah Let me see you swoon
(Let's get it)
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Orioles: Crowing about Markakis
Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley (left) has played a big role in the career of Nick Markakis, and he couldn't have been happier to hear the news that the club had locked Markakis into a long-term extension.
"Andy (MacPhail) is a great evaluator of talent,'' Crowley said by telephone last night, "but I've got to say, this one wasn't too hard. Nick is the cornerstone of the progress we're going to make.
"There's nothing he can't do. He can hit for power, hit for average, run, throw and catch the ball. He's absolutely the complete package. We're fortunate to have him for the next six or seven years."
It was Crowley who shepherded Markakis through the tough early months of his major league career. Nick eventually got his feet under him and finished his rookie season with a .291 average. He batted .300 or better in each of his next two seasons. Crow echoed MacPhail's comments during yesterday's news conference that Markakis still has a lot of upside and won't be spoiled by his early success or his big contract.
"I'm sure he'll be the same terrific guy,'' Crowley added. "He's just a great kid. One of the best teammates you could every have."
Listen up: If you can't stand the thought of not listening to me spend three hours wise-cracking on WBAL's The Week in Review, I suggest you tune in at noon because I am going to be on my game. If you're out of the listening area, go to WBAL.com and click on the "Listen Live" icon.


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Joann Ratliff
62 years old - Burnsville, W.Va. - Featured on March 25, 2010
High Energy Great-Grandmother Works Full-Time and Enjoys Hobbies
Fresenius Medical Care dialysis patient Joann Ratliff enjoys reading, playing billiards and cooking.
Burnsville, W.Va., native Joann Ratliff lived with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for eight years before it escalated to end stage renal disease (ESRD). She had always been an active, energetic person, but started to notice a significant decline in her energy level as her kidney disease progressed to kidney failure.
In March 2008, Joann began in-center hemodialysis, and she goes to Fresenius Medical Care Weston every other day for treatments.
Joann, 62, still works full time as a residential care specialist, helping mentally and physically challenged individuals care for themselves and become more independent. She teaches her clients basic life skills including cooking, shopping and personal hygiene.
In addition to working full time, Joann is very involved with her family. She has four children, eight grandchildren and one great grandson, and visits with them often. An avid pool player, she enjoys shooting pool with one of her grandsons. She also loves to cook and read in her spare time.
Joann "thanks the lord that she's living" and does not allow her ESRD to stop her from enjoying life to the fullest. She is currently training on home hemodialysis at her dialysis facility with the assistance of her daughter, and hopes the freedom of home treatments will enable her to better accommodate dialysis treatments into her work and family schedule.


text: High School:Two-time 3A Washington State Champion for the Wolves ... won the 2013 American Junior Golf Association at Oakbrook ... placed first at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior Boys Championship, the U.S. Kids' Golf European Championship in Scotland in both 2009 and 2010 and the Washington Junior Golf Association State title four times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) ... placed 13th at the 2013 Washington Men's Amateur at Chambers Bay ... tied for 13th at the 2012 Callaway Junior World at Torrey Pines.Thurmond on Garber:"Frank has made a habit of winning golf tournaments since he was just a little kid," said Thurmond. "He is really smart in the classroom and that translates to a very mature golf game. He hits the ball very well knows how to work his way around the course with precision, consistency, and a great wedge game."


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In the final hour before kickoff of the "Monday Night Football" game between the Broncos and Chargers, Josh McDaniels will weave his way through the lines of stretching Broncos players.
He'll slap high-fives, give pats on the back and dish out more fist-bumps than the entire cast of "Jersey Shore" combined.
This has become McDaniels' typical pregame routine this year, but it will be especially notable Monday night for what he's not doing.
"I don't think there will be any pregame fireworks this year," McDaniels said last week, smiling.
And McDaniels is hoping for no postgame fireworks this week.
In less than two years as an NFL head coach, McDaniels has routinely found himself on either the giving or receiving end of antics or comments that have little to do with the actual game on the field.
From his "We own you" taunt directed at Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips before last year's game at Invesco Field at Mile High, to his public criticism of the Titans' style of play — a direct shot at the league's longest-tenured head coach, Jeff Fisher — to last week's nonhandshake from Kansas City coach Todd Haley, McDaniels is never far from controversy, even if he never actively seeks it out.
"I'm not looking to get into those sort of things, anytime," McDaniels said. "I don't think it's good for me or anybody in our organization."
McDaniels was genuinely surprised when Haley refused to shake his hand after the Broncos' 49-29 victory last Sunday in Denver. Instead, Haley wagged his finger at McDaniels and addressed McDaniels curtly.
According to a Kansas City television station, whose cameras were close enough to pick up the audio, Haley appeared to tell McDaniels that "people" were "talking" about him.
Both coaches declined to get into specifics about the incident last week as they prepared for their next games. Haley quickly apologized, an admission of a breach in the unwritten book of coaching etiquette.
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The Denver Post's NFL reporters post analysis, notes and minutiae on this blog devoted to the Denver Broncos.
"The handshake is more honoring the game," said Herm Edwards, a former NFL player and head coach and currently an analyst for ESPN. "But look, you're talking about two young head coaches, both who have great upsides — and both are driven by emotion. Sometimes the emotion of the game gets the best of you. That's the thing about experience — you get the lesson after."
"More emotional"
McDaniels has often found himself at the center of controversy because of a combination of emotions during the game and his convictions after it.
For all his Belichickian coaching roots, McDaniels' behavior often seems closer to that of someone from the Ryan family tree. Can you imagine Bill Belichick running down the sideline, pumping his fist a la Tiger Woods, or leaping into the air to hip-check a wide receiver?
"He's a little more emotional than most people on this team," cornerback Champ Bailey said. "I'll tell you what, guys are very emotional on the field, but to have an emotional coach, it's an added bonus, because we're all like that sometimes."
McDaniels does not seem afraid to speak up. He'll criticize his players — as when he chastised linebacker D.J. Williams after Williams' DUI arrest. And McDaniels will also back them up, as when he seconded Kyle Orton's comments that Tennessee players were dirty, adding that it was a reflection of the coaching staff.
It's all about winning
McDaniels on Friday said that "of course" he would like to be liked, both by his coaching peers and football fans, but he said it is more important that he earns their respect.
"I hope they respect the way we play, the way we set up our game plan, how we try to go about competing each week. That's the important thing," McDaniels said. "I think we try to do things the right way. We try to work hard, and every week we come in and prepare as hard as we can to go out there and play the best possible game, coach the best possible game that we can. We're not trying to do anything but win."
So as the Broncos and Chargers take the field for pregame warm-ups, expect McDaniels to keep his distance from Chargers players, especially Phillips, especially with the likelihood that cameras will be following McDaniels' every move.
"There are some situations, certainly, that you can control, but when you have nothing to do with it, I mean, you're just kind of a bystander," McDaniels said. "Hopefully, that's always the case. I know that this is an emotional game sometimes."
Lindsay H. Jones: 303-954-1262 or email@example.com
The coaching archetypes
With 32 head coaches in the NFL, that means 32 different personalities and coaching styles. Broncos coach Josh McDaniels doesn't seem to fit any one mold. NFL reporter Lindsay H. Jones analyzes the main styles:
The Tough Guy
This is the coach who leads through intimidation; a strict disciplinarian whom players fear . . . and respect.
Original: Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers
Contemporary: Tom Coughlin, New York Giants
The Best Friend
The so-called "players' coach" who is equal-part friend and boss man.
Original: Marv Levy, Buffalo Bills
Contemporary: Rex Ryan, N.Y. Jets
The Statue
With a passive sideline demeanor, these coaches come off as detached, but that doesn't mean they're not seriously in charge.
Original: Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys, left
Contemporary: Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts (no longer coaching).
Mr. Feel Good
He's the guy who would rather give a player a hug than a tongue-lashing.
Contemporary: Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks