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No Fun For The Hun
'IF you believe the UK Independence Party, all Germans wear lederhosen, eat sausages, drink beer from steins and spend their time plotting how to take over Europe.
|'It vas never ze same after Geoff Hurst…'
The truth, however, is very different. According to the Times, Germany is a nation of moaners, led by self-serving politicians (with or without dyed hair) and greedy managers.
Not the papers words, but those of outgoing German President Johannes Rau.
Egotism, avarice and self-righteousness in parts of the so-called elite are sapping the trust in institutions, he said.
On almost every issue it is about who can win against whom and how to inflict damage most effectively.
Individual incompetence is being made to seem typical for the whole of German society.
The media, he added, delighted in talking everything down, with newspapers developing a fatal attraction to painting everything black and fuelling the resentment of ordinary citizens.
Dont tell the UKIP, but it sounds like Germanys just like Britain after all…'
Posted: 13th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Sic Transit Gloria
'THERE'S less than four weeks to go and we at Anorak can't wait.
|An artist's impression of what the transit will look like
No, not for the final episode of Friends, the one in which they all get gunned down by a psychopath on the loose in New York, nor even for the start of Big Brother.
In the morning of June 8 (cloud permitting) we will all have the chance to see for the first time since 1283 the planet Venus moving across the face of the Sun.
The Independent says that anyone with a projection telescope (most of us) and a piece of card, or access to the internet, will be able to witness the 'transit'.
What we will see in the unlikely event of it being clear that day is a small black disc crossing over the face of the Sun.
A similar effect can of course be achieved by getting a fly to walk across the lens of your telescope, and the fly is likely to get to the other side a lot quicker than Venus.
According to the paper, the transit will start at about 6.20am and finish at 12.04pm – and Gordon Brumage, professor of astronomy at the University of Central Lancashire, is as excited as us at the prospect.
'It's an extremely rare astronomical event,' he says. 'It's a very special period of six hours and will link people across the world.'
But don't worry if you miss it – transits are like buses. You wait 721 years for one and two come almost at once. The next will take place in 2247, a mere 243 years away.'
Posted: 12th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Invitation To A Beheading
'WHAT is striking among all the stomach-churning incidents of abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners by American guards is the homoerotic nature of so much of it.
|A still from the gruesome video
The catalogue of abuse detailed by Maj-Gen Antonio Taguba lists things like forcing male detainees to masturbate while being photographed, forcing male detainees to wear women's underwear and forcibly arranging naked detainees into a variety of explicit sexual positions for photographing.
What is it about the US military, one wonders, that encourages such behaviour.
According to the Independent, Taguba has concluded that the abuse suffered by Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison was caused by a failure of leadership.
'Failure in leadership, sir, from the brigade commander down,' he told Congress yesterday. 'Lack of discipline, no training whatsoever, and no supervision. Supervisory omission was rampant. Those are my comments.'
All well and good, but when the boss is out most of us don't go round torturing our work colleagues – we nip out to the pub or bunk off early.
Anyway, the all-too-predictable consequence of the actions of the US soldiers is emblazoned across the front pages of all this morning's papers – a still from a video showing the beheading of an American civilian captured in Iraq.
The Telegraph relates how five masked men are shown shouting 'God is great' over the screams of Nick Berg, a 26-year-old businessman from Philadelphia missing since April 9.
They are then pictured holding Berg's severed head out in front of the camera, promising that America would receive nothing from them 'but coffins after coffins, slaughtered in this way'.
The gruesome killing, a direct consequence of the pictures of brutality that have emerged in the past couple of weeks, has also put even more pressure on the Mirror after it published pictures purporting to show British abuse of Iraqi detainees.
Piers Morgan, the paper's editor, insists that the pictures are genuine, demanding that anyone who says otherwise provides incontrovertible evidence.
Short of a confession from the people who staged the pictures (and staged they quite obviously are), how can anyone provide such evidence?
Surely, the burden of proof rests with the Mirror, which is already trying to muddy the waters by claiming that the authenticity of the pictures is not the real issue.
Yes and no. The Mirror is to be applauded for highlighting the issue, but to publish fake pictures of such a sensitive subject would be a journalistic blunder of catastrophic proportions.
One only hopes that in that case Piers Morgan will have more honour than politicians on both sides of the Atlantic and fall on his sword.'
Posted: 12th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Countdown Conundrum
'HOW different the outcome of World War II would have been had Neville Chamberlain not heeded Winston Churchill's demand and stepped down is impossible to say.
|Veteran codebreaker Carol Vorderman
One thing, however, is certain and that is that the war would have been prolonged had it not been for the achievements of the Allied code-breaking facility at Bletchley Park.
Now veteran boffins are putting on their thinking caps once again and trying to solve a cryptic inscription on an 18th Century monument in the grounds of Lord Lichfield's Staffordshire estate.
The inscription reads Et in Arcadia ego (And I am in Arcadia too), above the letters O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V., beneath which are carved a D and an M.
The Guardian says the inscription, hoped by some to be the secret of the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, has exercised the minds of theologians, historians and scientists for the past 250 years.
Yesterday, a group of veteran codebreakers from Bletchley Park arrived at Shugborough House to try their hand.
Oliver Lawn, aged 85, said it was the most challenging puzzle of its type he had been asked to solve.
'I think you need classical knowledge as well as ingenuity,' he said. 'This is a language rather than a mathematical code.'
Or a very good 250-year-old practical joke…'
Posted: 12th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Noblesse Oblige
'READERS of the Telegraph – God bless 'em – are probably still under the impression that two thirds of the map of the world is pink, the rather effeminate colour of the British Empire.
|Laughing all the way to the bank – and from there to prison
They would certainly be of the opinion that one of those lucky enough to live under the enlightened British yoke, a certain Canadian by the name of Conrad Black, is a model of propriety and moral rectitude.
How could it be otherwise? Does he not have a seat in the House Of Lords next to Lord Archer Of Weston-super-Mare, Lord Ripper of Whitechapel, Lord Lucan Of Tabloid Notoriety and other representatives of the great and good?
But what is this? It seems that a careless paperboy has put the wrong paper through a Telegraph reader's door – and the news is not so good.
In fact, it appears that Lord Black Of Wormwood Scrubs (coincidentally owner of said Telegraph) is as bent as the proverbial two-bob note.
The Independent reports that Black used his paper's parent company, Hollinger International, as a 'cash cow' to subsidise his extravagant lifestyle and that of his wife, Telegraph columnist Barbara Amiel.
The Guardian also quotes from a $1.25bn writ, which claims that the couple billed the company for charitable donations made in their name.
Such was the couple's greed, alleges the writ, Lady Black even claimed back the money she used to tip a doorman at the exclusive Bergdorf-Goodman store in New York.
And the Times says that the company jet was frequently commandeered by the Blacks to fly them between their many homes around the world.
In August 2002, the peer sent an e-mail in which he mused: 'There has not been an occasion for many months when I got on our plane without wondering whether it was affordable.
'But I'm not prepared to re-enact the French Revolutionary renunciation of the rights of the nobility.'
One of those rights is of course to have his head separated from his body, courtesy of Madame La Guillotine.'
Posted: 11th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Logic Dictates…
'OUR beloved leader Tony Blair has told close associates that he will step down as Prime Minister if he becomes an electoral liability.
|'I said 'lie ability"
A YouGov poll for the Mail On Sunday suggests that Labour would fail to win a parliamentary majority if Blair stays on, but would have a 77-seat lead under Gordon Brown.
Ergo, Blair stands aside, Brown takes over, the Tories are comprehensively routed again, the lame throw away their sticks and walk and everything is glad confident morning again.
That is the way it should work, but although (according to the Guardian) the first two statements are true, the PM is having trouble reconciling himself with the logical conclusion.
Indeed, the paper says Blair is privately confident that he remains an election winner and is convinced that he is more in tune with ordinary voters than a hostile media believes.
He also thinks he can walk on water, move mountains and solve the problems of Africa with nothing more than two loaves, five fishes and a roll of double-sided sticky tape.
But, the Guardian says, 'if unforeseen events were to happen – personal or political – Mr Blair would back his chancellor's claims as the man best qualified to inherit the mantle so long denied him'.
One such unforeseen event might be the news in the Times that support for Labour in a new opinion poll has fallen to a 17-year low.
The last time it polled as low 32% was early in 1987, just before Maggie Thatcher won her third term.
Altogether now, 'Tony, Tony, Tony, Out, Out Out!"
Posted: 11th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Too Posh To Wash
'IN the absence of too much in the way of news about the break-up of the British Empire or its owners scrapes with the law, what is there for the Telegraph to do?
|'I suppose there's no chance of a soapy tit wank then…'
Well, it can shake its head and shrug its dandruff-specked shoulders at the foibles of the modern age.
And one of them is the news that a new generation of nurses is becoming too posh to wash.
That is not to say that said nurses are going days without a bath, but that they are drawing the line at washing their patients.
What is more, the Royal College Of Nursings annual conference was told, theyre not really into feeding patients, cleaning their mouths or providing much in the way of care at all.
Jeremy Bore, a general nurse at Exeter prison, said a significant minority of new generation nurses didnt see providing holistic care as part of their remit.
Washing peoples feet and backsides and keeping peoples mouths clean and fresh, these are tasks that are physically easy to carry out and learn.
As is bringing the patient a copy of the Telegraph every morning…'
Posted: 11th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
American Torture
'CONTRARY to what Sir Elton John and Blue would have us believe, sorry does not appear to be the hardest word to say.
|Although he'd forgotten why, Gary knew he had to shoot
In fact, it rolls off Mr Blairs tongue more easily than a booze cruise of Brits rolling off the ferry in Calais.
The Prime Minister was at it again yesterday, following the lead of President Bush and US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in apologising for coalition abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners.
It was what is known as a pre-emptive apology from Mr Blair no definitive proof has yet emerged about British abuse, although it appears to be only a matter of time before some does.
Not so for the Americans every day now they are seeing yet more images in the press and on TV of their repulsive behaviour in the Abu Ghraib jail near Baghdad.
But for all the apologies, there seems a complete lack of willingness to take responsibility for what appears in Abu Ghraib at least to have been systematic abuse.
Far from being the work of a few bad apples, the Guardian says that one soldier who has been charged with mistreating Iraqi prisoners claims she was acting on direct orders from army intelligence officers, CIA operatives and civilian interrogators.
And, despite offering what it calls an unaccustomed apology to Congress, Rumsfeld ducked the question of responsibility.
Republican senator John McCain complained: I did not get answers to some fundamental questions and perhaps the most fundamental aspect of this is what was the chain of command, who was in charge of the interrogators, what was the role of the contractors.
Vice-president Dick Cheney moved to back Rumsfeld, calling him the best secretary of defence America has ever had in which case, wed hate to see the worst.
But support seems to be ebbing away and it is surely now only a mater of time before Rumsfeld goes.
One general put the blame for the post-war debacle in Iraq squarely on the shoulders both of him and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz.
Rumsfeld, he said, refused to listen or adhere to military advice.
And a special forces officer said both Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz should go as a result.
In Britain, pressure is growing on the Government to get out of Iraq altogether, with a poll in the Independent suggesting that 55% think the troops should come home by the end of next month.
That is a staggering turnaround from last month, when 51% said troops should stay in Iraq for as long as necessary and is surely a warning that even Mr Blair will find hard to ignore.'
Posted: 10th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Don't Look Back In Anger
'WERE it not for the disaster that is Iraq, the Labour government would probably now be moving quite smoothly and confidently towards an unprecedented third term in office.
|John Prescott wasn't keen on the Poll Tax riots
Michael Howard may have revived the Tory party, but its condition has moved only from critical to stable. There is still very little to commend it to the British people.
Certainly, the Government has made mistakes, but as NHS chief announced last week, the fruits of its unparalleled investment in public services are beginning to show.
But all that is drowned out by Iraq, by arguments over whether we were taken into a war on a false prospectus and concerns about how we are ever going to get out of the consequent mess.
And now the Times reports that the Government is alienating its own MPs by launching a personal attack on Mr Howard in the run-up to the European and council elections.
The advert to be broadcast tonight shows images of poll tax riots and house repossessions, laid over with reminders of Mr Howards jobs in previous Tory government all to Simply Reds If You Dont Know Me By Now.
A Labour strategist disingenuously claims that the adverts are only negative if your judgement of the Tories record is negative.
But what is the Government doing towards the end of its second term dredging up things that happened 15 years ago?
Its like the Tories making adverts about the winter of discontent or even the IMF debacle.
Former defence minister Peter Kilfoyle was just one Labour MP to deplore what he called the Americanisation of politics.
Campaigning now, he said, has often got nothing to do with policies and everything to do with personalities and how theyre represented.
And who was it who said in 1997 that people want to hear about the health service, jobs, education, not nasty, negative, personalised, abusive campaigning?
Step forward, Mr Blair…'
Posted: 10th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
A Worm
'ALL teenagers are, by virtue of the fact they are teenagers, annoying so to be dubbed the most annoying teenager on the planet is an accolade indeed.
|Why couldn't he look at porn like any other teeanger?
But that is how the Daily Telegraph introduces Sven Jaschan, the 18-year-old German who the paper says has made the lives of Taiwanese postmen and millions of others around the world miserable by insinuating his Sasser worm into their computers.
The paper says Jaschan and his fellow computer geeks claim to be fighting on behalf of the rest of the world at what they see as the evil empire of Microsoft.
And at least one German website was trying to portray the 18-year-old as a hero for his blow against global capitalism, as opposed to the sad inadequate that he really is.
In fact, as the Telegraph reports, the real winners from the Sasser virus are the companies who make security software.
An irony that will probably be lost on Sven Jaschan.'
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Grin And Bare It
'IN September 2001, the planes smashed into buildings; today, Lynnie smashes to pieces our entire morality with just one tug on the leash.
|Oops! Lynnie arrives at the wrong time…again
So writes Robert Fisk on the cover of todays Independent, in a piece produced beneath the shadow of the grandiose headline: THE DESTRUCTION OF MORALITY.
The veteran reporter is of the mind that the photograph of the US solider dragging her naked and prone captive along by a dog-style lead is as destructive to our collective selves as planes deliberately being flown into the World Trade Center.
The shot, which appears on the papers front page, presents a damning picture of American aggression and racism – as Fisk notes, the victims are brown-skinned Muslims, while the alleged perpetrators are churchgoing white Christians.
But how emblematic of an entire culture can a few boneheads be? Should we all be held accountable for Lynnies actions?
To find out more, we need to find out who Lynnie is, the brown-haired woman who has posed for photographs smoking a cigarette and giving an idiotic thumbs-up while pointing at the groins of stripped Iraqis, and now seen pulling a man along behind her like a dog?
First the bad news, or the even worse news: Lynnies full name in Lynnie England. Its an unlucky quirk of fate that this inadequate should be so easily linked with the British war effort.
We need to learn more, and helping us with our enquiries is Terrie England, Lynnies mom, who speaks to the Telegraph from her trailer park home in West Virginia.
Dismissing the images of her daughter as stupid, kid things pranks, Mom England adds that her daughter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
She was nothing more than a pen pusher, explains Terrie. She just happened to be there when they took those photographs.
But perhaps its not mere coincidence. Perhaps its something to do with destiny?
Painted on a rock outside the home of one of the six members of the US Armys 372nd Military Police Company facing court-martial, one Charles Graner, is a verse from the book of Hosea.
It says: Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to see the Lord, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
After a hard day a-beating and a-torturing, theres nothing like a good refreshing shower of righteousness to make you sleep at nights.
That Hosea fella sure was one smart cookie. But he was no American solider '
Posted: 7th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Captain Scarlett
'IF it wasnt for US army specialist Joseph Darby, who is the man who released those pictures of the soldiers abusing Iraqis, we might never have learnt what passes for justice in parts of American-controlled Iraq.
|Cluedo: Was it Mr Scarlett on the sofa with the dossier?
Whether or not the abuse is the tip of an iceberg or not, we might never know. Governments like to hang onto their secrets – however dark, however shameful.
But at least we in Britain now know who keeps ours. Hes called John Scarlett, and, as the Guardian says in its lead story, hes just been appointed as the new head of MI6.
And if you or Tony Blair ask nicely, he might just tell you anything you want to know.
This, after all, is the official held responsible for that Iraq weapons dossier, the dodgy one where we were all 45 minutes from annihilation.
Its pretty clear that what Scarlett tells you might not be right or true, but he will tell you something, and that has to be an improvement on silence.
For this reason, its little surprise that the relatively high-profile Scarlett got the job ahead of the other candidates.
As the Times says, its more normal for the deputy of the service to replace the retiring head, but even though the deputy applied for the post he was overlooked in favour of Scarlett.
Clearly this departure from usual practice has nothing to do with Scarletts dossier, nor his place, as the Guardian puts it, as part of the sofa culture that makes policy not at the cabinet table but in the prime ministers den.
This the man who Lord Hutton, who chaired that investigation into the death of Dr David Kelly, concluded may have been subconsciously influenced by the Governments eagerness to make a strong case for war.
But this is all rumour, and the new C is simply the best man for the job.
As no more impartial figure than Tony Blair says on the Guardians cover, Mr Scarlett is a fine public servant.
I think it is unfortunate if it [Scarletts appointment] gets embroiled in party politics, or people try to make political capital out of it.
Unfortunate? Thats a rather anodyne word, especially when we are 45 minutes from being wiped out.'
Posted: 7th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Joey For President
'FOR some, the end of the world has already been and gone. While we in Blighty have to wait a little while longer, the Americans have already seen the final curtain.
|We're with stupid
Americans, the Guardian reports, have just witnessed the last episode of the TV series Friends.
Hang the war in Iraq, the wanton abuse of the locals and whether George Bush is sorry or not, what Americans really want to know is if any of the Friends cast will ever work again.
We would like to think not.
But while America chowed down on vats of artichoke dip and ginger ale (the recipe for a perfect Friends farewell, as dictated by the NBC website), plans for a second assault were being finalised.
In the same way that Cheers spawned Frasier (and George and Barbara Bush gave life to Dubya), America is to have a new spin-off feature – not as robust and potent as the first, but just as funny, although not always intentionally so.
The shows retarded Joey character is to have his own series in which he leaves New York to further his acting career in Los Angeles.
And the hot news is that whiles hes learning to act, hell be joined by David Schwimmer.
And when they have both honed their craft and are able to deliver a lie without blinking and an apology with meaning, they will be ready to move into that other world of fantasy: American politics.
Joey for the White House? Why not? Its time to get the campaign started.'
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My Fellow Iraqanians
"MY fellow Iraqanians,' said George Bush yesterday as he spoke directly to two Arabic language TV channels. 'I come in pieces.'
|The English subtitles are at the bottom of the screen
The Telegraph looked on as Bush furrowed his brow in that way that makes his forehead look barely big enough to hold all but the most rudimentary brain and issued a humble and at times grovelling apology for his countrymen's appalling behaviour in Iraq.
Only he didn't. What he said was that people in Iraq 'must understand that I view these practices as abhorrent'. Iraqis 'must understand that what took place does not represent the America I know'.
And, as Donald Rusmfeld might have added, they must understand that if they don't understand what they must understand, they will be against us and so not with us and, in so doing, place themselves in considerable danger of having electrodes tied to their genitals.
And there was more for the two people left in Iraq who actually have electricity and a working TV set to mull over, as Bush explained all.
'It is important for the people of Iraq to know that in a democracy everything is not perfect; mistakes are made [see Bush].
'But in a democracy these mistakes will be investigated and people will be brought to justice.'
Or, as in the case with those dodgy votes, the people concerned will be given the presidency of the United States. But we take Bush's point, whatever it may be.
However, not everyone is as enthusiastic about the American way as the US President.
The Independent hears from Hayder Sabbar Abd, the man pictured hooded and naked while a dwarfish female American soldier points at his bared genitals.
He gives a bald account of the abuse he withstood, which seems to reveal his tormentors' obsession with his and the other victims' genitalia.
'They [Americans] told us about democracy and freedom. We are happy about that. Then they [the soldiers] did this to the seven of us. I am asking 'Is this democracy, is that freedom?"
The answer to the question should be a simple 'No'. Just as Bush's broadcast should have contained another simple word. That word is 'sorry'.'
Posted: 6th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
No Moore
'WHAT the world must understand is that not all Americans are like George Bush.
|'It's called Dumb And Dumberer'
Some can eat pretzels and think at the same time. And one of them is Michael Moore, the broadcaster, writer and filmmaker.
(In fact, Mr Moore looks like he could eat a whole bag of pretzels for every thought that pops into his brain.)
In his latest movie, the Guardian reports that Moore – winner of an Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, a look at American's obsession with the gun [see Iraq] – exposes the links between the aforesaid Bush and prominent Saudis.
Fahrenheit 9/11 promises to cast light on the dealings between the Bush clan and those who control the world's biggest oil reserves in Saudi Arabia, a country not a million miles from Iraq.
The Telegraph says the film looks at a flight that spirited members of the bin Laden family out of America in September 2001 and includes footage of American soldiers criticising their leader.
But the film might never be shown – Disney, which owns Miramax, the firm behind the movie, is blocking its distribution.
Moore's agent, Ari Emanuel, says the reason for this is that Disney's involvement could have a negative impact on tax breaks the corporation receives from the state of Florida.
And, yes, that is the same state where Jeb Bush, George's brother, is governor.
Back in the Guardian, Moore is in thoughtful mood.
'At some point, the question has to be asked, 'Should this be happening in a free and open society where monied interests essentially call the shots regarding the information that the public is allowed to see?'
Once more the question calls for a simple answer, although whether it's a 'yes' or a 'no' depends on whether you're called Bush or not.'
Posted: 6th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
'WE all know, or must quickly understand, that, thanks to the sterling work of George Bush and Tony Blair, the world is a much better place to live than it ever was.
|'If he doesn't choke, the fat should kill him'
But the Social Disadvantage Research Centre at Oxford University's Department of Social Policy and Social Research has found that not every place is of equal happiness.
In some places, like Chorleywood West, the people are happy. They are, in fact, the happiest people in the entire land.
The Times reports that the locals enjoy rude health and high levels of employment, they have been widely educated to degree level and they are likely to own their own homes.
Not for nothing is Chorleywood West the blueprint for the new Iraq.
Sadly, at the moment, Iraq looks more like Harpurhey. The university study describes health in the Manchester locale as 'appalling'.
What's more, there are high rates of teenage suicide, heart and lung disease is rife and drug abuse and crime are popular forms of recreation.
As one resident, known as Craig, says: 'Harpurhey is a dump.'
It is also home to Bernard Manning's 'WORLD FAMOUS EMBASSY CLUB', a venue adorned by a mural of the great man wearing a tuxedo and a syrupy grin.
It's a bit like Iraq of old, with Manning in the guise of Saddam Hussein.
However, as yet, the place has not been fortunate enough to have been levelled by the Americans and see its leader toppled. But the local residents live in hope…'
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Hearts And Minds
'WHETHER or not members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment did torture Iraqi captives in their charge is fast losing its importance.
|'Okay, name Manchester United's European Cup winning team of 1999'
The damage caused by those controversial photos and the irrefutable evidence of American abuse has been done.
What the coalition forces would like us believe to be isolated incidents perpetrated by a few bad apples is today placed in a context of sustained and prolonged abuse.
The Times leads with 'America's catalogue of 'torture", a story based on its reading of an internal American military paper, one marked 'Secret, No Foreign Dissemination'.
The report details at least 20 ways in which American guards at the Abu Ghraib prison softened up and, in the words of the leaked document, 'committed egregious acts and grave breaches of international law'.
The list involves such delights as breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees; beating them with a broom handle, an implement that may also have been used to sodomize one captive; keeping Iraqi captives naked for several days; piling up naked detainees and then jumping on them; forcing detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videoed; and threatening them with guns and barking dogs.
Those who recall the campaign in Afghanistan may now hanker for the return of Barney The Dinosaur, that lovable purple instrument of American interrogation.
It's the kind of news that can only harm any efforts to win the much-valued hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.
However, the better news is that some Iraqis do still value our justice system.
Indeed, they hold it in such high regard that the Guardian leads with news of how families of 14 Iraqis killed in the war have decided to see first-hand how well it works by taking their case to the High Court.
The families and their lawyers are challenging the Ministry of Defence's refusal to consider any legal responsibility for their relatives' deaths.
And that includes the death of one Baha Mousa, a Basra hotel receptionist who is alleged to have been killed by soldiers from – of all places – the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Culpable or not, the mud, blood and gore is sticking and will prove very hard to remove…'
Posted: 5th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Flower Power
'LIKE many, we noted something suspicious when we first saw the shots of British soldiers apparently abusing Iraqi detainees.
|Worth fighting for?
Forget the lacing of the shoes, the make of rifle and clarity of image, we were shocked to see that one alleged victim was not wearing a Manchester United football kit but that of the Syrian national team.
What's more, the squaddie in one shot is wearing a floppy hat of the type favoured by Chris Evans.
Where's his beret? The beret that has been held up as the way to capture the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.
But now, in light of these images, the British Army surely needs new weapons of peace. And the Times has found one that might just work.
The results of the County Flowers scheme, a project by conservation charity Plantlife to find a wild flower for each UK county, are in.
There is little surprise in seeing that the official bloom of Lancashire, home to the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, is the red rose.
While the Lancashire militia plant one of their emblematic blooms in the muzzle of their guns and encourage Iraqis to step up for a sniff, we look at some other more surprising results.
And chief among those is that the official wild flower of Yorkshire is not the white rose (that came in second), but the harebell.
The flower, described by the Telegraph as possessing a 'papery beauty' that 'belies their extraordinary toughness and resilience' will appear on local signs and car number plates.
The contest, voted for by the public, awarded the primrose to Devon, Jacob's Ladder to Derbyshire, the evocative gorse to Belfast and the exotic viper's burgloss to the equally exotic East Lothian.
But the challenge was not without controversy, says the Telegraph.
The vote was intended to coincide with the Queen's Golden Jubilee, but so many counties clamoured for the bluebell that the vote was cancelled.
Second time round and the bluebell became automatic choice as the official wild flower of the United Kingdom, and the judges allowed Northamptonshire, Surrey and Worcestershire all to hold the cowslip as their own, lest there be an all-out war and much bloodshed.'
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Nightingale Force
'IT will doubtless interest you to learn that the official wild flower of London is the rosebay willowherb, the flower of the bombsite.
|'Orville, who is your very best friend?' 'YOU ARE!'
Look, there's one there, just under the enormous dry dog turd and to the left of that hypodermic needle and jellified condom.
Now you see it.
And do you hear that? Yes, it's the sound of true lovers meeting in Mayfair, ready to dine with angels in the Ritz and later to gaze up at the moon lingering in the skies above.
Of course, you didn't hear a thing, because Berkeley Square is being ruined by the din of nightingales marking out their territories.
The Times says that the constant hum of traffic and mayor Ken Livingstone's drone is causing nightingales in London and other cities to sing up.
And they are now singing so loudly that they are breaking legal noise levels and could be classified as a sound hazard.
You can even hear them in Berlin. There, scientists have recorded birds warbling next to the Potsdamer Chausee dual-carriageway at an ear-splitting 93 decibels.
'A nightingale next to your ear would cause severe damage to your ear for a prolonged length of time,' says Henrick Brumm, a behavioural biologist at Berlin's Free University.
'In Germany, you are obliged to wear ear protectors with more than 85 decibels for more than one hour, so working next to a nightingale means you would have to have protection.'
This is a warning to us all, including the British Army, which might be contemplating equipping its forces with nightingales to win over the locals in Iraq.
They should also avoid canaries, which are rumoured to be unreliable, stool pigeons, hawks, Rod Hull's emu and American bald eagles, all of which might cause offence.
Orville, however, would do just fine…'
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Generation X
'IF the Telegraph's poll is right and Tony Blair is now no more or less popular with the electorate than Tory leader Michael Howard, New Labour could be in trouble.
|'Well, that's four votes in the bag'
What the party and Tony need is a plan, a way of getting the nation excited once more about the Third Way and all that education.
Tony must have brought up this exact topic of conversation at one of his many children's parties/focus groups, and the recipe for his return to political dominance soon became clear – give the youth the vote.
Just last month the Electoral Commission decided to oppose any move to lower the age at which people are allowed to put a cross on a piece of paper from 18 to 16 – but what do those old squares know about anything, eh kidz?
So, in spite of the advice given by a group set up by Parliament in 2002 to look into just such matters, the Independent says Labour politicians are throwing their weight behind plans to lower the voting age.
'The commission does not have a veto,' says one senior Labour source.
'We will listen carefully to what is said and we will take account of its arguments. But we will make our own decision.'
It's the kind of language any 16-year-old can understand, although the words are a little better put than 'Get out of my life, you old witch. I'm not a child anymore!'
But let's hear from the 16-year-old kids themselves, the yoof who Tony hopes will get the vote – and so vote for the man who gave them it. And so to the Indy's 'VERDICT ON THE STREET'.
'Not all 16-year-olds are mature enough to vote – but the majority are,' says Ruth MacKenzie.
'If we had a say in who governed us we'd take more notice of the arguments,' posits Idnan Hussain.
'I don't have any strong view on anything yet,' says Vikki Doherty, who already sounds like the ideal Tony Blair fan. 'I think politics is pretty boring.'
But what better way to spice politics up than with an injection of youth? And why not turn the whole thing into a 'Countdown 2 Vote'.
As Jodi approaches her 16th birthday on General Election day, the Indy could release pictures of the teenager walking slowly towards the polling station.
When polling day arrives, and with it Jodi's coming-of-age, she steps into the voting booth and reveals her views to the watching world.
And a tattoo of Tony Blair on each naked breast.'
Posted: 4th, May 2004 | In: Broadsheets | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Can't Buy Me Love
'DO you know what it costs to bring up a child these days? No, the answer is not 'Who cares? I never asked to be born'.
|De rigeur for all middle-class parents
And neither is the answer, 'My health, my sanity, my looks', however worldly-wise that response seems.
The correct answer is £164,000. So, well done to Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor no less, and her daughter, Amelia Warren Tyagi, for getting that right.
And what's more, the pair have put their workings down in the form of a book.
The Telegraph takes a look at their project – The Two Income Trap, Why Middle Class Mothers And Father Are Going Broke – and notes what passes for fact.
The authors say that married American couples with children are twice as likely to file for bankruptcy than those without children, while 75% are more likely to be late paying their bills.
News that mouths cost money to feed is hardly going to blow anyone's romper suit off.
That children cost money is no sensation, as any American who has ever looked into buying a Chinese baby could attest.
Indeed, the report seems to be one filled with stating the bleedin' obvious.
For instance, hands up who didn't know that 16-19 year olds and their demand for 'cool' clothes are expensive to run.
But Ray, of Ray and Tina Currey, held up by the Telegraph as the typical middle class couple, thinks he has the spotted the root cause of the cost.
'The biggest expense is peer pressure,' says he. 'We don't want our sons to grow up spoiled, but neither do we want them to be the ones who didn't have anything.'
So mum had to have the new off-road Jeep and dad was forced into buying the gold clubs and gym membership lest they should not fit in and cause their children to die of embarrassment.'
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Baaad News
'GETTING the kids to like you, perhaps even to love you, is a challenge that not only parents and the Labour party want to take on.
|'You can't pull the wool over my eyes'
The Times too aims at a younger readership today with its front-page story entitled 'Bare Truth From World's Oldest Shearling'.
The story is the inspirational tale of Shrek, the sheep that escaped from a New Zealand farm and roamed free for six years, during which time he grew an enormous matted fleece that was only taken off last week.
In his story, told in his own words, Shrek says how the reason he left the farm in the first place was because his sheep pals used to stand around staring blankly, like those stupid human beings.
And those are the human beings Shrek finds so comical, what with them being unable to grow their own coats.
Shrek then regales us with the time he went to an official dinner. He avoided the 'mutton dressed as lamb and went for a vegetarian option: grass served on a bed of grass.'
And how when he met with Helen Clark, the New Zealand Prime Minister, he found her chaaaarming. 'She went baaa and seemed genuinely surprised when I replied in English.'
Having displayed a rare gift for diplomacy, Shrek is now on his way to the Middle East.
There, Shrek will attend another dinner, although he won't be able to tell you what he's seen since he and the other guests will have just eaten his eyes.
But don't cry kids, it's only a story…'
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Wanna Be In Our Gang?
'IN the European playground, its the size of your gang that counts and the good news is that Britains gang will soon be the biggest of the lot.
|Tuscany or bust
Tony Blair tells the Times that the 10 countries who are about to join the EU, most of whom are East Europeans, will automatically join his gang.
France and Germany will hang around with the likes of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while there will be another gang led by Italy and including Ireland and the Scandinavians.
Of course, this is assuming Britain is still part of the EU French president Jacques Chirac warned that we may have to leave if we fail to back the new constitution in a referendum.
But the most alarming fact about Mr Blairs vision of a tripartite Europe is that, as things stand at present, we seem to be on our own.
For all the guff over so many years about being at the heart of Europe, using our influence to forge a union of nation states and wresting control from the Franco-German axis, it would seem we are as isolated as ever.
And the results of a poll on the front page of the Telegraph show why most of us know little and care even less about the EU.
Only 36% of the country believes membership is a good thing, while more than half plan to vote against the new constitution in any referendum.
Which, as George Bush knows, is enough for Tonys Yes campaign to win the day…'
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President's Question Time
'PRESIDENT Bush emerged yesterday from his three-hour grilling by commissioners investigating the 9/11 attacks and announced that he had enjoyed the experience.
They had a lot of good questions, he said afterwards. And Im glad I did it.
The Telegraph says Bushs announcement (at an impromptu press conference) that he was delighted that he testified was at odds with the White Houses long rearguard campaign against the bipartisan commission.
In the end they did secure certain concessions the interview was conducted in the Oval Office, the President was not under oath, Dick Cheney appeared at his side (with one arm mysteriously stuffed up the back of the Presidents shirt) and there was no transcript.
To make it easier for Bush, the questions were all in a multiple choice format and, despite the absence of a transcript, Anorak managed to get a prior look at some of the questions…
Q1: Mr President, what is the correct way in which to eat pretzels? Do you… A) Chew, B) Suck or C) Collapse to the ground unconscious?
Q2: Mr President, in a democracy, is the winner of an election generally the person with the most… A) Votes, B) Hair, C) Money?
Q3: Mr President, if your country is fighting a war in Vietnam, where can you make most difference? A) Vietnam, B) Alabama, C) In a bar?
Q4: Mr President, if the USA is attacked by terrorists, most of whom are from Saudi Arabia, which country do you bomb? A) Afghanistan, B) Canada, C) Iraq?
Q5: Mr President, which of the following statements did you say: A) 'Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream', B) 'I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question', C) 'I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy'?
Q6: Mr President, if the big hand is pointing to the 12 and the little hand is pointing to the 7, what time is it? A) 7 oclock, B) Bedtime, C) Time for another holiday?'
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Business As Usual
'PRESIDENT Carter once said that the hardest thing to persuade the American people was that they were not better than everyone else.
|Iraqis are made to audition for Scream III
He didnt have the photograph on the front page of this mornings Guardian to help.
The picture, which shows an Iraqi prisoner hooded and attached to wires in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, is one of several showing widespread abuse by American soldiers in Iraq.
Another picture shows a prisoner being attacked by a dog, another shows inmates being forced to simulate sex with each other and yet another shows nude inmates being piled up to form a human pyramid.
Who, one wonders, are the evil folks here?
The photographs came to light in January when a soldier reported the abuse to senior officers.
There are some things going on here that I cant live with, he apparently said.
Six soldiers are now facing a possible court martial and a general is under investigation.
But the paper says the soldiers lawyers claim they are being used as scapegoats for a system in which mercenaries hired by the Pentagon give orders without legal accountability.
One civilian contractor, for instance, has been accused of raping a young male prisoner, but hasnt been charged because military law has no jurisdiction over him.
The Abu Ghraib jail was notorious for torture and executions under Saddam Hussein.
It appears the Americans are being more successful than we thought about getting life back to normal in Iraq.'
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- Top challenges mentioned by respondents include lack of sufficient data and limited numbers of skilled modelers.
- Using additional data attributes is the most promising avenue seen by survey respondents to increase the power and quality of models built today.
- The most common use of predictive analytics is for pricing, where 71 percent of respondents use predictive modeling either always or frequently.
- Companies spend considerable time on data preparation and deployment before and after actual modeling work. More than half of survey respondents (54 percent) spend more than three months on data extraction and preparation, and more than two-thirds of the respondents (69 percent) take more than three months to deploy new models.
- The role of big data in modeling initiatives is predominantly a big company affair at this point. Of the companies with more than $1 billion in gross written premium (GWP), 51 percent either currently use big data or are evaluating or implementing big data initiatives, compared with 30 percent of the companies with less than $1 billion GWP.
Majority Of North American Insurance Companies Use Predictive Analytics To Enhance Business Performance, New Earnix/ISO Survey Shows
Earnix, a leading provider of integrated pricing and customer analytics solutions for banking and insurance, and ISO, a leading source of information about property/casualty insurance risk, today released the results of a joint industry survey: 2013 Insurance Predictive Modeling Survey. ISO is a member of the Verisk Insurance Solutions group at Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK). With the objective of helping insurers learn from the experience of their counterparts, Earnix and ISO conducted the survey to uncover how predictive modeling and analytics are used throughout the industry. Responses were collected online from 269 insurance professionals representing companies that sell personal and commercial coverage in Canada and the United States.The survey results reveal widespread use of predictive analytics in the insurance industry, with as many as 82 percent of respondents currently using predictive modeling in one or more lines of business, including personal auto (49 percent), homeowners (37 percent), commercial auto (32 percent), and commercial property (30 percent). According to survey respondents, predictive analytics enables insurance companies to drive profitability (85 percent), reduce risk (55 percent), grow revenue (52 percent), and improve operational efficiency (39 percent). While the use of predictive analytics is pervasive throughout the insurance industry, larger insurance companies are more likely to make use of predictive modeling than smaller ones. In fact, all the respondents from companies that write more than $1 billion in personal insurance use predictive modeling, compared with 69 percent of the smaller companies that took part in the survey (writing less than $1 billion in personal insurance). Here are additional key findings:
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My question is for any track riders from the Portland area, or any intermediate to experienced riders who are familiar with the Portland area and the outdoor velodrome there.
I am thinking about moving to Portland in the next year or so after I save money. I am getting more into track cycling and want to focus solely on this type of racing. I am currently being coached and have begun to take training for race season seriously.
If I am trying to take training seriously, would Portland be a good decision? I know it rains there pretty often so I wasn't sure if it would be a waste of time. I love the area but really want a good amount of time dedicated to riding the track and training. I was told LA would be a better choice for track focus, but I just don't like the Carson/Long Beach area all that much. I'm currently in the San Jose, CA area, riding at Hellyer park.
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Tim McGraw to headline Summerfest on July 5
Summerfest has announced its second Marcus Amphitheater headliner for 2013, and it's another country A-lister.
Tim McGraw, along with opening support from Brantley Gilbert (who performed in Milwaukee just last month) and country duo Love and Theft, will bring his "Two Lanes of Freedom" tour to the amphitheater July 5. »Read Full Article(10)
Mexican Fiesta honors culture and history
Celebrating Mexican culture means good food, tequila tastings, music and soccer. You'll find all of them, in generous portions, at Mexican Fiesta, which runs Friday through Sunday at Maier Festival Park.
Back for a return visit is the Tequila Pavilion, which also features the culture and history of Mexico. Tequila tastings will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (separate admission required). »Read Full Article
Paxfest honors newborn whose life was cut short by cancer
Paxton Andrews' parents thought their newborn had a cold when they took him to the pediatrician. Sadly, it turned out that he had cancer. He died just shy of 5 months old.
His parents, John and Danna, who live in Bay View, decided to honor his memory last year with the inaugural Paxfest, which featured local bands including Fever Marlene and Maritime and food from Maxie's Southern Comfort and Blue's Egg. The event raised more than $15,000 for the Pablove Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding pediatric cancer research co-founded by Milwaukee native and Elektra Records president Jeff Castelaz, and named after his late son Pablo. »Read Full Article
Serbian Days celebrates food, culture for 3 days
It's the only festival where you can eat a palacinke and listen to Five Card Studs at the same time. And if you know that a palacinke is a Serbian pastry, you're already in.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Knicks needed Stephon Marbury to play, then suspended him a game and docked him nearly $400,000 in salary Friday after claiming he refused.
The disgruntled guard insists he never told coach Mike D'Antoni "no" and plans to appeal.
Just another chapter in Marbury's turbulent tenure with his hometown team.
D'Antoni wouldn't go into specifics of their conversation that took place before Wednesday's loss in Detroit, though he made it clear he asked the point guard to play because the Knicks were short-handed.
NAPANEE, Ontario -- Former NHL agent David Frost was acquitted Friday of sexual exploitation while coaching in a junior league in Canada.
Frost was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation from his time as a coach of the now-defunct Ontario junior A Quinte Hawks in eastern Ontario in 1996 and 1997. A judge found him not guilty on all four counts.
EYMOUTH, England -- Sailing facilities for the 2012 London Olympics were officially unveiled Friday, making it the first new venue to be completed for the Games.
The $10 million marina is located at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset, on the south coast of England, which boasts some of the best small-boat sailing conditions in the world.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas junior quarterback Colt McCoy said that he will test the NFL waters, but will retain his eligibility to play one more year for the Longhorns.
McCoy, after the Longhorns finished Texas A&M on Thursday, told reporters that he will file paperwork to receive feedback from an NFL advisory committee about his draft prospects. McCoy said he plans to return to Texas, but if he were rated a first- or second-round draft pick, he could change his mind.
"I think it would be foolish not to look at it like that," McCoy said, according to the Dallas Morning News. "But at the same time, I want to play four years here. Not very many people have had the opportunity to do that. That's something that's real special to me and important to me."
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Chloe is a mother of 3 who has never modeled nor any interest but just thought it would be nice to have some pictures taken I was happy to make that happen.
You are so beautiful.
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Wow, she is smoking! This shot literally smolders!!
Lovely capture mate!
Shot a little too tight for my tastes, her arm looks a little awkward, but otherwise a good capture. Please tell Chloe she's a star.
Great photograph and wonderful model!
Definitely a nice find. Glad to see she's getting some good shots taken for her first time out.
Very pretty lady. Love those eyes. Nice use of light on the back of her hair.
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such a hypnotic gaze....are those eyes still the same?
Sharp and awesome shot
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very inspiring.
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This is so lovely. So mysterious and I like the placement of the fabric, no completely centered. Seems more real. Nice job.
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MasTec Acquires Canadian Oil And Gas Pipeline And Facilities Contractor Big Country Energy Services Inc.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) today announced that it has acquired Big Country Energy Services Inc., and its affiliated operating companies (collectively, "Big Country"), a North American oil and gas pipeline and facility construction services company headquartered in Calgary, Canada. The Company also has construction offices in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, as well as in Wyoming and North Dakota. Big Country's services include: oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids gathering systems and pipeline construction; pipeline modification and replacement services; compressor and pumping station construction; and other related services supporting the oil and gas production, processing and transportation industries. MasTec acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Big Country for approximately $103 million in cash, the assumption of approximately $24 million in debt, plus a 5-year contingent earn-out. Big Country had a strong balance sheet at closing, with approximately $53 million in tangible net worth. Additionally, Big Country has a strong customer base and has worked for a variety of significant energy and pipeline companies, including Shell, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Enbridge, Suncor, Encana, Husky, ConocoPhillips and Cenovus Energy.With approximately 1,200 employees and 600 pieces of construction equipment, Big Country significantly expands MasTec's ability to take advantage of the rapidly expanding opportunities anticipated for energy infrastructure work in North America in the coming years. Big Country also has an excellent safety record. Jose Mas, MasTec's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very excited about the Big Country acquisition. This acquisition is consistent with our recent public comments regarding our expansion plans in Canada's dynamic energy sector." Mr. Mas continued, "Big Country has an excellent management team and has consistently been named as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies in the annual national award sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC Banking, the National Post and Queens School of Business. Big Country has received Platinum status in the award program for seven consecutive years. I am excited that Big Country is now an important part of MasTec's plan for future growth." Additional details will be provided on the second quarter earnings conference call, tentatively scheduled for 9:00am August 2 nd. MasTec, Inc. is a leading infrastructure construction company operating mainly throughout North America across a range of industries. The Company's activities include the engineering, building, installation, maintenance and upgrade of energy, communication and utility infrastructure, such as: electrical utility transmission and distribution, natural gas and petroleum pipeline infrastructure, wireless, wireline and satellite communications, wind farms, solar farms, and other renewable energy, and industrial infrastructure. MasTec's customers are primarily in these industries. The Company's corporate website is located at www.mastec.com. Jose Mas, CEO of MasTec, has led the Company since April of 2007. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including further or continued economic downturns, reduced capital expenditures, reduced financing availability, customer consolidation and technological and regulatory changes in the industries we serve; market conditions, technical and regulatory changes that affect us or our customers' industries; our ability to accurately estimate the costs associated with our fixed-price and other contracts and performance on such projects; our ability to replace non-recurring projects with new projects; our ability to retain qualified personnel and key management, including from acquired businesses, enforce any noncompetition agreements, integrate acquired businesses within the expected timeframes and achieve the revenue, cost savings and earnings levels from such acquisitions at or above the levels projected; the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and any similar local or state tax legislation and other regulations affecting renewable energy, electrical transmission, broadband and related projects and expenditures; the effect of state and federal regulatory initiatives, including costs of compliance with existing and future environmental requirements; our ability to attract and retain qualified managers and skilled employees; trends in oil and natural gas prices; increases in fuel, maintenance, materials, labor and other costs; fluctuations in foreign currencies; the timing and extent of fluctuations in geographic, weather, equipment and operational factors affecting the industries in which we operate; any material changes in estimates for legal costs or case settlements or adverse determinations on any claim, lawsuit or proceeding; the highly competitive nature of our industry; our dependence on a limited number of customers; the ability of our customers, including our largest customers, to terminate or reduce the amount of work, or in some cases prices paid for services on short or no notice under our contracts; the impact of any unionized workforce on our operations, including labor availability and relations; liabilities associated with multiemployer union pension plans, including underfunding and withdrawal liabilities, for our operations that employ unionized workers; any liquidity issues related to our securities held for sale; the adequacy of our insurance, legal and other reserves and allowances for doubtful accounts; any exposure related to our divested state Department of Transportation projects and assets; restrictions imposed by our credit facility, senior notes, convertible notes and any future loans or securities; the outcome of our plans for future operations, growth and services, including business development efforts, backlog, acquisitions and dispositions; any dilution or stock price volatility which shareholders may experience in connection with shares we may issue as consideration for earn-out obligations in connection with past or future acquisitions, or as a result of conversions of convertible notes or other stock issuances; as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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It's Not Enough To Be 'Well-Off' Anymore
The past two decades have seen both an increase and a decline in income inequality. Within countries, income inequality has increased in a near universal manner. This is particularly the case when considering the true real income levels experienced across a society, as income inequality has generally been allied with inflation inequality (it is more expensive to be poor, basically).
Some of those forces that have created national income inequality have also, however, reduced international income inequality. The increase in per capita income in several key emerging markets (most popularly associated with the gains in China) has reduced international income inequalities between countries.
Paul Donovan, UBS: The Rise Of The Rich?
So what has happened to the well-off in global society? A quick comparison of the development of incomes in higher income countries and key emerging markets bears out this story.
The upper echelon
Taking the top quartile of the US population as having disposable income levels that can be described as "well-off", the income threshold for such households' disposable income is circa $100,000. The Euromonitor group conveniently provide data on how many households exceed this threshold amongst high income countries as of 2010 (national currencies are converted using purchasing power parity exchange rates, which always causes economists a twinge of discomfort, but it does allow for stability in the results).
So what marked "well-off" in the past? This is a highly subjective analysis, and of course one could back out the real number using inflation rates (or better still, income quartile-specific inflation rates). Affluence is often a matter of social aspiration, however, and the concept is perhaps best categorised by using the similar relative measure of affluence. If we take the benchmark as being the top quartile of the US population, that suggests that in 1990 a threshold of $55,000 disposable income in 1990 as being the hallmark of the "well-off". Euromonitor also conveniently supply data on this population. Comparing 1990 with 2010, the number of households inhabiting the "well-off" category of high income countries increased by 18.6%, to number nearly 77 million.
The fast track
So what of the emerging markets, which seem to generate such excitement amongst popular opinion? Here the published Euromonitor dataset becomes less helpful. We have data on those households with disposable incomes over $10,000 in countries like Brazil and China, but we do not have any more granularity than that (largely because the "well-off" on our definition are such a tiny proportion of the population of these countries).
To put things into context the top 10% of China's population in 2010 had a disposable income in current prices (per household, not per person) of around $55,000 on average. That is a fraction higher than the average of the fifth decile of US income distribution (i.e. the population of the poorest 40-50% of American society).
The top decile in Brazil come closest to the income level we use to demark being "well-off" with over $90,000 income. India is lower than China, and Russia lies just below $80,000.
What does this mean about the growth of the "well-off" in these societies? Each country has a slightly different story. In the case of Brazil, the level of income for the top decile has been remarkably stable over time. A comparison of those earning over $55,000 in 1990 with those earning over $100,000 in 2010 is unlikely to show much increase. Indeed, there is the possibility of a decline. For China, the number of "well-off" citizens in 1990 can be assumed to be close to zero. The defining $55,000 household income was significantly above the top decile's income level at that point. Drawing on historic parallels, we would suggest that around 1% of the population probably qualify for "well off" status in 2010.
India is more problematic. The top decile is some considerable way from the $100,000 threshold. To have 1% of the population classified as globally "well-off" would err towards the generous. However, India is an unequal society, so perhaps we should accept 1% as being an upper limit of a 0.5% to 1% range. Russia probably has the largest increase in well off citizens – in part because of the choice of start date (1990 was not a terribly good year for Russia in economic terms).
How have the "well off" risen?
Using our approximation, the four emerging markets are likely to have increased the number of "well-off" households by something like 6.7 million over the past two decades. Adding this to the numbers of high income economies, that point estimate would give a 29% increase in the number of "well off" households in these economies.
This sounds like a new age of affluence. But before we get carried away by the rise of what might be termed the upper middle class, there is a point to reflect on. The number of well off households having increasing 29% from 1990 to 2010 needs to be compared against a rise in the global population of 30% over the same period. In other words, the number of "well-off" households has risen broadly in line with demographics.
This then begs the question – why has income inequality increased, if the number of "well-off" households is rising proportionate to the increase in overall population? The answer to that is that it is not enough to be "well-off" any more. The growth in income inequality within countries owes much to the rise in incomes of the very highest income groups – the top 1%, even the top 0.1% of the population. In relative terms, the "well-off" are not as "well-off" as they used to be.
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how long can such income inequality last?
As long as there is IQ inequality. Education costs must be lowered
"In relative terms, the "well-off" are not as "well-off" as they used to be."
Can you seasonally adjust the relative numbers please? Hurry.
Point-less, IMHO.
You think the .1% would let you thought-well-offs off their hooks?
as long as the muppets have all their distraction.. lookee over there Its drew peterson!!
Hmmm. It seems you are well off if you are not on food stamps eh?
Pretty much.
Haven't you heard?...200k is now considered "rich".
What bugs me about all these comparisons is that it considers national levels with a broad brush. 200k certainly does not make you rich in the south bay area, but may be a lot of money, if you are somewhere mid-west.
Confucious says: He who spends less than he makes is well off.
Mazlow says: food, shelter and security, brings you to a "well off" state.
I say: If you can buy foodstuff in the supermarket without looking at prices and/or use coupons, you are "well off" as a state of mind.
That's correct.
Someone, somewhere, no doubt in a dimly lit room in DC, has figured out that the most politically expedient thing to do is target that level.
Any lower, they risk overthrow. The rich don't care as most of theirs doesn't come from "wages".
What they don't realize (or maybe they do and don't care) is there are those just under that threshold that see they (the 200k) are being targeted for class warfare.
I'm sayin all people want more, not less and/or mediocrity, doled out by a 100k a year bureaucrat, plus pension, plus accidental death/dismemberment, medical, vision, dental and a car to drive home every night on our dime.
Why, that could be their head in a basket ;-)
Where I live they seem to do quite will on the SNAP.
Working, or being generally productive, is actually fun. It's the tax and regulatory rat race that I could do without. Everyone could be well off if we weren't chasing materialistic dreams through goverment hoops.
Income Inequality Worse Under Obama Than George W. Bush
So much for "redistributing the wealth" (unless you are Jon Corzine).
Although, one could argue they could put Vince Lombardi or Jesus Fucking Christ in the White House, and even they wouldn't be able to fix this shit.
Nice post.
By disposable income the author means income after taxes? A definition of terms would bring more clarity.
i really hate this bullshit about working class middle class and rich.
there are really just 2 classes, well 3. the benefit lifestylers, people content to live on foodstamps and welfare and the boring but safe life provided.
and the working class who earn between 1-250k a year and somewhat above that.
then finally we have our elite who earn about 2.5m+ each year (usually vast sums greater) who have the political contacts know the right people who lord it up. so really we have workers and masters and scroungers.
There isn't 1 America, or 2 different classes, or how god knows how many fucking races there are.
There are 300 Million different "Americas" today.....and that is kind of the problem.
You've left out hospital support staff, secretaries, waitresses, clerks, hairstylists, maids, cooks, auto shop workers, repairmen, sales people, teachers, transportation workers, blue collar workers.
Raised taxes on a local level is nickel and diming them to death. Gas prices, food prices, higher rents and the loss of their home equity (to qualify for a reasonable rate on a loan), have done them in. They are becoming homeless if not moving in with relatives. 3 empty homes went up across the street just last month. Foreclosures after their attempt at a home modication - which again resulted in the bank giving relief of full payments, denied the modification after 6 to 24 months, and demanded immediate payment of all back monies or foreclosue would occur. 0% down home loans are still be offered in California.
In calif...There are no customers. There is no traffic. No money is exchanging hands down here where we are. The parking lots are empty. Everyone is cranky and rather hateful. Talking about it leaves one at a complete loss of words because it clearly appears to be a scam but it's far to comoplicated to even talk as they are so many different elements. Bait and switch the carrot on the stick is what I call it. And it continues. Contempt from police and authority is in the air. It's turning ugly.
These are the people who are sinking into an abyss. Their meager wealth (home equity and job-related mutual funds/401Ks) was transferrred right out from fking under them.
I believe this transfer of wealth is planned to be in stages (baby boomers will be the last group since they have the most influence on political decisions) It will be somewhat a relief when upper middle class is fleeced, left high and dry so they finally join the crowd trying to stop it from advancing and further (on Wall Street).
Peggy Joseph is finally "well off"...
Yes when a reciept for a few bottels of Dom P. and some caviar set you back over 100K on the French Riviera being a millionaire might not last through the evening on a good snot slingin drunk night out. And, thats without allowing for the hookers and blow.
The term 'well-off' is so random.
The crack ho is well-off with an 8 ball & motel room.
Willard Romney won't be well-off until he has out-done his daddy, no matter how many billion he has.
Do you have a roof over your head? Are the bills paid? Do you have a sence of fulfillment, or otherwise feel good about yourself? That's what I call well-off.
Some won't be well-off till they live like a Kardashian...
There are plenty more people who are well off before tax than after tax... just sayin.
Yesterday's well off has to do with what's in the driveway, the bank and on the back forty.
Tomorrow's well off will have more to do with state.
The thing that the well off don't understand is that everything they have is going to disappear eventually. And it's because they don't believe in fighting, not really.
They simply don't understand just how many poor people there are, in America and around the world. And those poor people fight, every single day, to feed their bellies. And if they don't feed their bellies, then shit is coming around the corner.
The rich simply aren't prepared to nuke the world, and that's why they've dug their own grave. Endless fiat money is the illusion of wealth, not wealth itself. Wealth is to be a member of a prosperous, productive society, and to be slightly above everybody else in that society. Wealth isn't having 100 billion meaningless digits in a world which is fast collapsing.
I've realized this as a member of the disappearing American middle class. It's all a giant lie, in the end the poor will win and they will inherit everything, because they have the genuine fight in them, they don't use contraceptives, they don't give a shit about meaningless titles and accomplishments. They live life the way it is...they are born, they breed, they compete, and they die, and they leave offspring who are like them.
Having a disposable income of $100,000 in rural Alabama makes a family far more well
off than one with the same income in New York City. Wealth is relative. A chinese family
making $50,000 a year feels well off while an American family making the same feels
they are barely getting by. Zorba on the other hand is very rich. Zorba is a thousandaire.
Is Zorba a thousandaire with Drachma, Euros or FRNs ?
Good article TD. Reminds me of my brother. He bought a $500,000 whole life insurance policy back in 1985 when he was 32 and asked the agent back then, "Do you think that is too much?"
He realized by the time he dies, this $500k will be nearly worthless so why continue to pay premiums? So he cashed it in last year and purchased PMs instead.
Trouble with trying to define "well-off" is that most who rationalize they are, really aren't...
Brother w/the 500K ordinary life policy taken out 27 years ago in point. Coulda cashed dividends and done a max loan on his policy and kept it. At time he applied, coulda even written off the interest expense on personal taxes. Loan wouldn't have affected the dividend payout; half mil face policy funds tax-free Nuveen bond fund or could do so many more things creatively...
Yet, in process of shaking every last nickel from our pockets, no creative options remain; certainly no tax mechanisms to aid funding. Rarely a good idea to cash-out a quality ordinary contract. Max loan it and gift to a trust for your heirs or make an endowment to your favorite charity. Might not live til end of the week, or have heart attack at latest financial news BEFORE the money is revalued...
Well-Off means having all your needs met, significant reserves, tools, supplies, paid-for housing and vehicles; not to mention, Good Health and living in a nice locale.
Most people who appear well-off are maxed-out on all their lines-of-credit and have very little cash or marketable assets. Got paper assets? You are not well-off...
Why is UBS spending it's shareholder's money on such confusing and pointless study? Do bankers have so money that they allow their economists to waste time?
Really poor analysis
You're rich if you cannot count your money - H L Hunt :)


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Broccoli Rice Casserole
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From Best of Taste of Home's First 10 Years Cookbook. Pg. 191.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 (8 ounce) jar cheese sauce, like cheez whiz
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 3 cups cooked rice
- In a large skillet over medium heat, saute onion, celery and broccoli in butter for 3-5 minutes.
- Stir in cheese sauce, soup and milk until smooth.
- Place rice in greased 8-inch square baking dish.
- Pour cheese mixture over; do not stir.
- Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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Just going thru new recipes here and saw this one. I can rate it because I must have made dozens when our girls were teenagers. This is the casserole they requested most often and I made many different ones (with add ins). I imagine that today they would not be so thrilled with something so ordinary, but I bet that most kids (and adults) will like it.


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The blow-up surface for nonlinear wave equations with small spatial velocity
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Abstract: Consider the Cauchy problem for in space dimension where is superlinear and nonnegative. The solution blows up on a surface . Denote by the blow-up surface corresponding to . It is proved that , in a neighborhood of any point where .
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