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text: back"Swing into Spring" will feature big band, swing and blues music4.25.2012The Illinois College Jazz Ensemble will perform the concert "Swing into Spring" on Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.in the McGaw Fine Arts Center's Sibert Theater.The concert will include vocal selections of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "Home." Other selections on the program will include "In the Mood" as well as other big band, swing tunes and blues music. The Jazz Ensemble celebrates its ninth year at the college under the direction of Marty McCandless. The 15-piece group plays a wide variety of popular music and blends in a vocal accompaniment by students. The group is made up of music majors and minors as well as non-music students who simply enjoy playing music. The concert is free and open to the public. About Illinois CollegeFounded in 1829, Illinois College is a residential liberal arts college fostering academic excellence rooted in opportunities for experiential learning while preparing students for lifelong success. The college is located in Jacksonville, Ill. With an enrollment of more than 1,000 students, the college offers over 50 undergraduate programs and a Master of Arts in Education degree program. In 1932 the society of Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at Illinois College, and it remains one of only 11 in the state.Illinois College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.Visit www.ic.edu or call 217-245-3149 for more information.Media Contact InformationOffice of Marketing and CommunicationsTodd SpannSenior Writer217.245.3149back

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Oklahoma City Thunder: Kevin Durant takes control to give OKC a series-clinching win
LOS ANGELES — Something about Game 6 brings the best out of Kevin Durant.
When his team has needed it most this postseason, Durant has delivered late in each of the Oklahoma City Thunder's first two series.
He scored a game-high 39 points with 16 rebounds and five assists in 44 minutes to lead the Thunder to a 104-98 series-clinching win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 6 on Thursday night inside the Staples Center.
Oklahoma City now moves on to face San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals. It's a rematch of the 2012 Western Conference Finals. The Thunder won that series in six before losing to Miami in the NBA Finals.
Much has happened since, most notably a fan favorite's disappointing departure and a devastating knee injury to Russell Westbrook that derailed the Thunder's run last year.
It's been a long two years. But the Thunder is finally back.
Game 1 is Monday in San Antonio.
The Thunder showed incredible mental toughness to get back to the final four, first battling Memphis for seven hard-fought games in round one and then halting a high-powered Clippers team that appears to be on the verge of becoming a conference power.
OKC overcame a 16-point, first-half deficit in Thursday's closeout game and an off shooting night by Russell Westbrook, who was the team's hero in Game 5. Westbrook finished with a determined 19 points and 12 assists but made just 4 of 15 shots.
The Thunder's bench, led by Steven Adams, chipped in beautifully and outscored the Clippers' reserves, 35-17, to offset Westbrook's early struggles.
But it was Durant who hurt the Clippers most.
He shook off a slow start that looked reminiscent of his shooting struggles in Game 5 and finished 12-for-23 from the floor, including a 5-for-8 clip from 3-point range. He made all 10 of his free throws.
Durant poured in 25 points on 8-for-11 shooting in the second half.
When the Thunder faced elimination in Game 6 against the Grizzlies, Durant also rose to the occasion and scored 36 points with 10 rebounds.
The Thunder needed every bit of it from Durant to hold off a resilient Clippers squad that showed no signs of a hangover from Game 5, when they blew a 13-point lead with four minutes remaining.
L.A. lit up the scoreboard early, making seven of their first 12 shots and assisting each other on all seven makes. They scored in transition, at the rim and from behind the 3-point line to jump to an 18-8 lead.
Westbrook and Durant, meanwhile, missed their first nine shots and combined for just one point in the first eight minutes of play. That lone point came on a technical foul shot by Durant 19 seconds into the game. Compounding the problem was two fouls on Westbrook, forcing him to sit with 4:10 left in the opening period.
Foul trouble became a major factor for the Thunder in the first half as six players, four starters, were whistled for at least two fouls.
Durant's first field goal didn't come until he swished a 15-foot pull-up with 3:01 remaining in the quarter. Despite the early adversity, it pulled the Thunder within 20-14.
But the Clippers ended the quarter on a 10-2 run to take a 30-16 lead into the second period.
In addition to OKC's missed shots, turnovers told the story of the Thunder's first quarter. OKC had six which led to eight Clippers points. L.A. gave it away just twice in the first period.
Five Clippers scored at least five points in the first period. Durant and Westbrook had a combined three on 1-for-11 shooting.
Durant, though, sparked a rally midway through the second period with three straight 3-pointers that pulled the Thunder within 41-36 with 4:37 left in the quarter. The Clippers responded with a 9-0 run to go back up 14, but OKC closed the half on a 6-0 run, cutting the deficit to eight at the break.
That's when Durant decided everything would be easier if he just dominated the rest of the way.
When he came to that conclusion, the Clippers didn't stand a chance.
After shooting 4-for-12 in the first half, Durant scored 14 points in the third quarter, going 5-for-5 from the field. The Thunder went 10-for-14. But in addition to Durant's hot hand, a more determined defensive effort in the quarter helped OKC outscore L.A. 30-22.
Westbrook didn't net his first field goal until converting a backdoor layup off a feed from Nick Collison with 3:48 remaining. Nonetheless, the Thunder trailed, 64-59, despite Westbrook's uncharacteristic offensive struggles.
After a corner 3 by Collison improbably tied the score at 72-all heading into the fourth, the Thunder seized control in the final period. OKC had an 18-8 run to start the frame and went ahead by as many as 11 in the final three minutes.


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In 2009, the Center for Visual Anthropology (CVA) at the University of Southern California launched a new one-year MA in Visual Anthropology (MVA). Continuing a 30-year tradition of ethnographic documentary production, with over 100 documentaries produced by students and over 25 by faculty, the program updates its format for the digital age.
The MVA program is open to college graduates who have a background in anthropology, social science, cultural studies, film studies, documentary production, or cross-cultural visual studies, and to USC undergraduates.
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The Wrecking Ball singer twerks her way into London as her Bangerz tour gets back on track after an antibiotics scare.
12:47, UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014
The UK leg of Miley Cyrus' Bangerz tour is getting under way after an allergic reaction to antibiotics forced her to cancel several shows in the US.
The 21-year-old Wrecking Ball singer's concert at The O2 arena in London on Tuesday night will be followed by performances in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Belfast.
Ahead of the London gig, Cyrus used her Twitter account to underline her excitement about getting back on stage.
In the first in a series of expletive-laden tweets she wrote: "so f****** xxxited to get back on touuuuuuuurrrrrr".
This was followed by "turndownforwhatLONDON" and "imbackmaf***a #f***yeahLondon".
Cyrus also posted photos of her in her trademark pose with her tongue out and an Instagram video of her dancing on a sofa and twerking with a friend.
According to her representative, the singer suffered a sinus infection while on tour and had "an extreme allergic reaction" to the antibiotic cephalexin on April 15.
Afterwards she tweeted a picture of herself in bed wearing what appeared to be a hospital gown.
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:mental: :bounce: 10 DAYS TO GO :bounce: :mental:
Ive made a list, Ive checked it twice, :checklist: fingers crossed that the weather is nice
But really? Even if its not were GOING TO DISNEY WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
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Ive been packing for two weeks and feel confident I have the essentials packed:
A tree for decorating check! :choptree9: :xmastree4:
Christmas stockings for hanging check! :stocking2: :stocking:
Plenty of adult beverages for drinking DOUBLE check! :bigwine: :champers2: :xmascheer:
Anything I may have missed?
Didnt think so.
The ho, ho, whole cast of characters:
DS Andrew :santa15: 19 (if you can believe it) and something of a big deal these days. Really! Just ask him. Though I will (grudgingly) admit he is a man, he continues to love all things Disney and his sole Christmas wish is, To force his whole family to see Captain EO and ride Star Tours. (Really? EO? Cmon. Cant I just buy you something inconceivably expensive instead?)
DD Baleigh :santa3: 13 (going on 21) and clearly the most brilliant child in all the world. Afterall, it was Baleigh who first suggested we take this trip in lieu of exchanging gifts with one another. Obviously I raised her well, and I take full credit for her brilliance. Her Christmas wish is, To buy a pickle for our tree at that country in EPCOT. (Awesome. And thanks for being so specific, dear girl)
Jon :santa5: He may be a bit of a bah-humbug, but even Scrooge himself came around in the end. His Christmas wish is, Bleu Cheese stuffed olives in my martini(s) at Flying Fish and to see Fantasmic because I like fire. Fire is cool. (PS. He is also getting a SURPRISE wish granted...in all the years we have been together he has ALWAYS wanted a tree with multicolored lights and I have ALWAYS over-ruled him in favor of clear lights...much to his pouting. This year though, I have acquiesced and our tree is pre-lit w/ multicolored lights :lightuptree: (I know, what can I say...Disney brings out the best in me :wink: )
And then of course, theres me:xmaswave2: My Christmas wish, well, its coming true even as we speak a Disney holiday with my little family.
When: December 15-26, ELEVEN (count em, ELEVEN) GLORIOUS DAYS!
Where: Where the magic all began, All Star Sports, the first Disney Resort we stayed in.
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Bombs, Lies and Video: Washington's Fake 'Concern' About a Possible Israeli Attack on Iran
By Dave Lindorff
When it comes to mainstream press reports about a possible Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, it's time to check the bullshit detector.
The Curiosity Mission: Nukes in Space
NASA intends in coming weeks to launch a rover to be deployed on Mars fueled with 10.6 pounds of plutonium. Opponents of the launch in Florida, concerned about an accident releasing deadly plutonium, such as the explosion of the rocket that's to loft the rover, have created a Facebook page warning people not to visit Disney theme parks in Orlando during the November 25-to-December 15 launch window. "Don't Do Disney brought to you by NASA," the Facebook page is titled. Other actions are planned.
IAEA's "Soviet Nuclear Scientist" Never Worked on Weapons
By Gareth Porter
WASHINGTON, Nov 9, 2011 (IPS) - The report of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) published by a Washington think tank Tuesday
repeated the sensational claim previously reported by news media all
over the world that a former Soviet nuclear weapons scientist had
helped Iran construct a detonation system that could be used for a
nuclear weapon.
But it turns out that the foreign expert, who is not named in the IAEA
report but was identified in news reports as Vyacheslav Danilenko, is
not a nuclear weapons scientist but one of the top specialists in the
world in the production of nanodiamonds by explosives.
In fact, Danilenko, a Ukrainian, has worked solely on nanodiamonds
from the beginning of his research career and is considered one of the
pioneers in the development of nanodiamond technology, as published
scientific papers confirm.
Hiroshima Survivor Asks World to Awaken
Ms. Setsuko Thurlow at the United Nations General Assembly First Committee, October 26, 2011:
Dear Members of the First Committee and guests,
I am privileged to have this opportunity to share with you a small part of my experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs
While Obama publicly pressured Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians over settlements, he secretly sold Jerusalem deep-penetrating bombs it had long sought. Eli Lake previews an exclusive story appearing in Monday's Newsweek.
Kansas City Here It Comes: A New Nuclear Weapons Plant!
Dr. Wittner is Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany. His latest book is Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement (Stanford University Press).
Should the U.S. government be building more nuclear weapons? Residents of Kansas City, Missouri don't appear to think so, for they are engaged in a bitter fight against the construction of a new nuclear weapons plant in their community.
The massive plant, 1.5 million square feet in size, is designed to replace an earlier version, also located in the city and run by the same contractor: Honeywell. The cost of building the new plant—which, like its predecessor, will provide 85 percent of the components of America's nuclear weapons—is estimated to run $673 million.
From the standpoint of the developer, Centerpoint Zimmer (CPZ), that's a very sweet deal. In payment for the plant site, a soybean field it owned, CPZ received $5 million. The federal government will lease the property and plant from a city entity for twenty years, after which, for $10, CPZ will purchase it, thus establishing the world's first privately-owned nuclear weapons plant. In addition, as the journal Mother Jones has revealed, "the Kansas City Council, enticed by direct payments and a promise of 'quality jobs,' . . . agreed to exempt CPZ from property taxes on the plant and surrounding land for twenty-five years." The Council also agreed to issue $815 million in bond subsidies from urban blight funds to build the plant and its infrastructure. In this lucrative context, how could a profit-driven corporation resist?
Kansas City residents, however, had greater misgivings. They wondered why the U.S. government, already possessing 8,500 nuclear weapons, needed more of them. They wondered what had happened to the U.S. government's commitment to engage in treaties for nuclear disarmament. They wondered how the new weapons plant fit in with the Obama administration's pledge to build a world free of nuclear weapons. And they wondered why they should be subsidizing the U.S. military-industrial complex with their tax dollars.
Knock Knock Knocking on the Devil's Door
Last year I reviewed a book called "Apocalypse Never" that made a powerful case for our options being limited to two: either we get rid of nuclear weapons or humanity will be destroyed. I noted then a deep flaw in the case: the author accepted nuclear energy as something we could survive, focusing his opposition purely on nuclear weaponry.
A new film makes the additional case I was looking for. "Knocking on the Devil's Door: Our Deadly Nuclear Legacy" by Gary Null could not come at a better time. Not far from where I write this, a nuclear plant at Lake Anna was damaged in a recent earthquake. Whether the damage was severe or not -- this time -- is unclear.
Damage at Nuclear Plants in Virginia
This was forwarded to me by a trusted friend from another trusted friend who spoke with someone whose neighbor's daughter works at North Anna, the nuclear plant in Virginia, not far from last week's earthquake.
No, that's not three confirmed sources, but I am writing a book, working jobs, and organizing a conference. Take the following for what it's worth, and please do the reporting.
"During the quake the administration building buckled. White steam began pouring our of the stacks. There is chaos at the power station. __________ said that two NY Times reporters are investigating - ________ and ____________. He wants to get a Geiger counter and take readings near the plant. He also said that when they were first building the plant some W & M professors told them it was not safe to build it on the fault. I will let you know what else I hear."
Vermonters Build a Direct Action Anti-Nuke Movement They Hope Will Go National
By Dan DeWalt
Newfane, VT -- A classic David vs. Goliath battle is taking shape in the courtroom and in the streets and fields of Vermont as Entergy Nuclear of Louisiana tries to overturn Vermont law in the federal courts.
The state has thoughtfully and repeatedly voted no to the extension of Entergy's Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor's license, which is due to expire on March 21, 2012. Results of Town Meeting votes, a 26-4 vote by the Vermont Senate, and a pivotal gubernatorial race all have shown that the state does not see Vermont Yankee as a reliable or economical partner for its energy future. Forty years' accumulation of radioactive waste on the banks of the Connecticut River is enough.
TCBH! Staff Tell the Philadelphia Inquirer to Start Acting Like a Real Newspaper
Journalists from ThisCantBeHappening! took on the Philadelphia Inquirer, the nation's third oldest surviving daily, this morning, conducting a leafletting "happening" in front of the paper's soon-to-be-sold headquarters building on Broad Street.
A one-page flyer, written in old English and featuring a replica of the masthead of Benjamin Franklin's original one-page broadsheet, the Pennsylvania Gazette, accused the oft re-sold and steadily downsized and gutted Inquirer of abandoning its Fourth Estate role in favor of entertainment and profits.
Truman Lied, Hundreds of Thousands Died
On August 6, 1945, President Harry S Truman announced: "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese Army base. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British 'Grand Slam' which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare."
When Truman lied to America that Hiroshima was a military base rather than a city full of civilians, people no doubt wanted to believe him. Who would want the shame of belonging to the nation that commits a whole new kind of atrocity? (Will naming lower Manhattan "ground zero" erase the guilt?) And when we learned the truth, we wanted and still want desperately to believe that war is peace, that violence is salvation, that our government dropped nuclear bombs in order to save lives, or at least to save American lives.
"Assassinations will continue to be a tool used in this covert war"
By Bruce Gagnon
The next plutonium enabled space mission, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is scheduled to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida between November 25 and December 18 of this year. The MSL rover, known as "Curiosity," will be fueled with 4.8 kilograms (10.56 pounds) of plutonium dioxide. It will be, NASA says, "the largest, most capable rover ever sent to another planet."
Fifty years ago this week, on June 29, 1961, an electrical generator driven by nuclear energy was launched into space for the first time.
NASA sadly appears committed to maintaining their dangerous alliance with the nuclear industry. Both entities view space as a new market for the deadly plutonium fuel.
Back in 1997 we organized an international campaign against NASA and the Department of Energy's launch of 72 pounds of plutonium on the Cassini mission. A man by the name of Alan Kohn volunteered to help us with that campaign. Alan had been the Emergency Preparedness Officer at NASA during the Galileo (1989) and Ulysses (1990) plutonium launches at the space center in Florida.
By the time Cassini was to be launched Alan had retired from NASA and felt free to speak out. He told the New York Times, just prior to the launch, that NASA had no plan to contain and clean-up after an accident on or near the launch pad that released plutonium into the environment. He said the operating plan he had worked with during the two previous nuclear launches was a joke and was only intended to serve as a reassurance to the public. Alan told us that a long-time family friend, working in the White House, had informed him that more people contacted Washington opposing Cassini than any other issue in U.S. history.
While NASA maintains that they are "searching for the origins of life" on Mars, in reality they are mapping the red planet and doing soil sampling which is all intended to serve the ultimate goal of establishing a nuclear powered mining colony there in the future. The Haliburton Corporation, known for their connections to the Bush-Cheney administration and fraud in Iraq, has been working on a drilling mechanism for Mars exploration for some time.
The taxpayers are being asked once again to pay for nuclear missions that could endanger the life of all the people on the planet. As we saw in Louisiana, following the Hurricane Katrina debacle, the federal government is not prepared to do disaster relief and clean-up. A plutonium release over Florida could devastate a 60-mile radius - from the space center to Disney World.
It would only take one pound of plutonium-238 released as dust in the atmosphere to give everyone on the Earth a lethal dose of the toxic fuel. Have we not learned anything from Chernobyl and Fukushima? We don't need to be launching nukes into space. It's not a gamble we can afford to take.
You can send NASA a message opposing the plutonium Mars rover mission using this link
Fukushima: It's much worse than you think
"Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera.
Japan's 9.0 earthquake on March 11 caused a massive tsunami that crippled the cooling systems at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan. It also led to hydrogen explosions and reactor meltdowns that forced evacuations of those living within a 20km radius of the plant.
Gundersen, a licensed reactor operator with 39 years of nuclear power engineering experience, managing and coordinating projects at 70 nuclear power plants around the US, says the Fukushima nuclear plant likely has more exposed reactor cores than commonly believed.
"Fukushima has three nuclear reactors exposed and four fuel cores exposed," he said, "You probably have the equivalent of 20 nuclear reactor cores because of the fuel cores, and they are all in desperate need of being cooled, and there is no means to cool them effectively."
By Robert C. Koehler
There are twenty thousand nuclear weapons on the planet, a quarter of them ready for launch at a moment's suicidal impulse, aimed at countries that stopped being enemies two decades ago. It's six minutes to midnight. "Disarmament" has as much cachet in America's corridors of power as "socialism."
And the U.S. House, bless its evil heart, has just sliced the Achilles tendon of peace. It recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011, which has many seriously worrisome provisions, two of which stand in stark, grinning contrast to one another.
Israel and the Delusion of Separateness
John Grant
"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
This 1954 quote from Albert Einstein hangs on the wall in my house. It seems to me truth distilled down to its most humble and indisputable essence. The more I read it, the more fundamental and inescapable its wisdom seems.
Germany trying to step back from Nuke Holocaust
German government wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest
By Annika Breidthardt
BERLIN | Mon May 30, 2011 3:04pm EDT
(Reuters) - Germany plans to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition announced on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Japanese Protest New US Nukes Tests
The Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) sent a protest note to the US President Barack Obama on May 23, regarding a news report that it had conducted a new form of nuclear tests in November 2010 and in March 2011. Following is the note.
May 23, 2011
Mr. Barack OBAMA
United States of America
We protest against your conducting a new form of nuclear tests and urge you to make efforts in good faith to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.
The U.S. Department of Energy (the National Nuclear Security Administration) made public by May 21 that it had conducted the new form of nuclear tests twice in November 2010 and in March 2011.
Oh, I guess civilians could be affected too
Occupational Lung Diseases in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
ScienceDaily (May 18, 2011) — A session presented May 18 explored the inhalational exposures and respiratory outcomes of military deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Presenters reviewed current knowledge on complex inhalational exposures, epidemiologic studies, animal toxicology studies, and clinical lung findings in U.S. military men and women who are returning from Southwest Asia.
Two Pakistani Views on the Current Crisis in Post-Osama Assassination US-Pakistan Relations
Beware of Americans...Bearing Gifts
By Shaukat Qadir
I am sure everyone knows this but merely to ensure we are on the same grid, a policy has one or more aims to be achieved in a specified period and spells out how the said aims will be achieved. While I have no intention of fleshing out a policy in this article, I will merely seek to emphasise the need for one and suggest what it should be aiming at. Pakistan has been without any policy since Ayub Khan's decline in 1964!
Let us start by looking at what every ordinary citizen of any country, including Pakistan, wants. First and foremost is security: Not just security of life and limb or security from neighbouring enemies, but also food security, water security, job security, economic security, energy security etc. The list is long, and he/she wants to live in peace, so as to have the right to 'pursue happiness'.
Is this Bradley Manning's future?
Nuclear whistleblower asks to renounce citizenship
By BEN HARTMAN, 07/05/2011
Mordechai Vanunu tells 'Post' no country has offered him asylum but that if he is allowed to leave "I will get on first flight anywhere out of here."
Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu on Saturday demanded that Israel rescind his citizenship in keeping with a new law that strips Israelis convicted of treason of their citizenship.
In a letter written to Interior Minister Eli Yishai and released to the media on Saturday Vanunu, a Beersheba native, says "I have no interest in Israeli citizenship, I don't want to go on living here." Rest of the article at the Jerusalem Post
May 5TH 2011
MK Mr. Eli Yishai
Minister of Interior
The State of Israel
Re: Revoking my Israeli Citizenship
I am Mordechai Vanunu that was kidnapped from Rome on September 30, 1986 by The Israeli Secret Services.
I was tried by The Jerusalem District Court and convicted of Aggravated Espionage, High Treason and Assisting the Enemy and I was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. This followed an interview I gave to The London Sunday Times regarding the secret production of nuclear weapons materials in Israel.
I fulfilled the democratic principal of the right of the public to know.
I have served 18 years in Ashkelon Prison, mostly in solitary confinement.
I was released on 21 April 2004 with severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli Government.
Seven years past and the restrictions had been renewed again and again relying on The Emergency Laws from 1945.
Since my release I have lived 6 years in East Jerusalem and since September 2010 I live in Tel Aviv.
A Troubled Nation Feeds on Bin Ladin's Corpse
By John Grant
Supplying an army at a distance drains the public coffers and impoverishes the common people.
--Sun-Tzu, The Art of War
With the killing of Osama bin Laden by a 79-member JSOC hunter/killer team inside Pakistan, the nation has entered yet another of those moments when a news media that professes independence has become an unashamed cheerleader for militarism.
No one can deny the JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) Seal Team executed its killing mission with great competence and aplomb. They were also lucky that the bin Laden entourage had apparently become so confident of its safety that it was a bit lackadaisical.
Do You Live/Work in a Nuclear Evacuation Zone?
Physicians for Social Responsibility marked the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident (26 April 1986) by releasing a new interactive Evacuation Zone Map. It shows a person's residence in relation to a nuclear reactor and its evacuation zone. One third of the population of the United States (over 111 million people) lives within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor.
War Crimes Charges Anyone?: New Exposé of Big Oil's Role in the Iraq War
By James Ridgeway
When it was suggested the war in Iraq was about oil, Tony Blair,then the British prime minister, had this to say on February 6,2003:
"Let me just deal with the oil thing because… the oil conspiracy theory is honestly one of the most absurd when you analyse it. The fact is that, if the oil that Iraq has were our concern, I mean we could probably cut a deal with Saddam tomorrow in relation to the oil. It's not the oil that is the issue, it is the weapons…"
When You're Making Other Plans
A few days ago, I drove past the house we sold in 1994 to move to Nashville. There was a "For Sale" sign in the yard. Later, I went to the web, curious about the price. It's three times what we'd accepted. Then, I scrolled through the photographs. Had I not seen the front of the Tudor row house and known the house number, I wouldn't have recognized the rooms. Complete renovation. Gone was the breakfast bar my husband designed and built. Gone were the balcony tiles I'd helped him install. All gone, except the memories.
Mostly, friends came to us. It's what we preferred, because of our children.
We sat around the large table in the octagon-shaped dining room, its walls covered in a moody, almost smoldering coral.
It was the late 80s and early 90s and we called ourselves the Seinfeld gang. I was Jerry. My best friend Joan was Elaine.
We amused each other.
English Information on the Earthquake & Nuclear Disaster in Japan
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Yumi is a committed worker for peace & justice and translated the book ADDICTED TO WAR into Japanese.
Premediated Murder
Premeditated Murder
By Missy Comley Beattie
I used to joke with my peace-movement friends, telling them I might self-immolate in front of the White House to make a statement about war. And, then, I'd laugh, saying there was just one glitch in the plan—I'd require so much Valium I'd be unable to strike the match.
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Q4 2008 Earnings Call
February 26, 2009 5:00 pm ET
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Fred Kleisner – President and Chief Executive Officer
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As a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, this conference call is being recorded and your participation implies consent to our recording of this call. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Rich Szymanski of Morgans Hotel Group. Please go ahead.
Rich Szymanski
Thank you. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us on our fourth quarter 2008 conference call. Joining me on today's conference call are David Hamamoto, Chairman of the Board; Fred Kleisner, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Marc Gordon, Chief Investment Officer of Morgans Hotel Group.
Before we begin, I need to remind everyone that part of our discussion this afternoon will include forwardlooking statements. They are not guarantees of future performance; and therefore, undue reliance should not be placed upon them. We refer you to all the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of the risks that may have a direct bearing on the company's operating results, performance, and financial condition. With that, I will pass the call to David.
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Thanks, Rich. Good afternoon. Before turning the call over to Fred for a discussion of the company's fourth quarter results, I'd like to make a few brief remarks. It should come as no surprise to anyone when I say that due to the significant downturn in the globe economy, the fourth quarter of 2008 became one of the most difficult operating environments the hotel industry has seen in a long time. This downward trend continued into the beginning of this year, and it is unlikely things will turn around in the near term.
In light of this, the Morgans management team and our dedicated employees continue to take a proactive and aggressive approach toward cost reductions in our balance sheet in order to ensure the financial stability of the business. With regard to cost reductions, we are taking all the necessary steps to right size the business for this difficult period while still maintaining excellent service and a unique experience for our clientele.
From a capital standpoint, we are taking decisive actions to manage our balance sheet and preserve our ability to fund our business through this economic storm. The company has limited capital commitments and no significant consolidated maturities in 2009 and three hotels that are currently unleveraged. In addition, as a preparatory measure for the possibility of a more severe downturn, we are pursuing other opportunities for additional liquidity to insure our financial position remains solid.
Morgans has some of the strongest brands in the industry, compelling assets, and an experienced management team with a track record and flexibility to successfully lead through this critical time. I am confident that Fred, Rich, and the rest of the team will continue to execute aggressively in the coming weeks and months ahead. I am also confident that they are effectively positioning the company so that we can realize the underlying validity of our brands and our properties when the economy turns around. With this, I will turn the call over to Fred.
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Thanks, David. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our fourth quarter 2008 earnings conference call. There are several topics I'd like to address in today's call. First, I'd like to take a few moments to touch on the current economic and industry environment. Then I'd like to update you on our liquidity position and review our top line fourth quarter results. After that, I will provide you an update on our recent expense reductions and revenue enhancement initiatives.
As David mentioned, 2008 ended on a very difficult note, the fourth quarter being one of the most difficult quarters in the hotel industry in recent memory. The economy moved to crisis mode, commencing September 15. This led to a pullback in demand in the fourth quarter, and we've seen that trend continue and deepen as we entered the first two months of this year.
It's not something that is specific to Morgans, the hotel industry, or even this country. It is a worldwide crisis. Recovery will come, however, its timing at this time is not possible to predict. The only thing I know with certainty is that we have already instituted, as we've shown in our yearend results, appropriate and targeted steps to deal with this downturn and we're fully prepared to do more.
Focusing on the fourth quarter results for the hospitality sector, revPAR was down dramatically across the industry. The luxury segment in particular dropped 17% in the fourth quarter. Clearly, market conditions have called for aggressive action by companies throughout the hospitality industry.
Two of our top markets, New York and Las Vegas, experienced significant drop in demand in the fourth quarter. It's important to note that our properties generally fared better than their competitive sets due to the strength of our brands and the focused sales effort and our focus on revenue enhancement.
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there really isnt anything in the way of culture in orlando. but this week theres a film fest going onOriginally Posted by jessefive
if youre interested at all try to check out whatevers playing at the enzian. pretty rad indie theater that serves good food during the movie.
Make your way over to St. Pete... we have the Grand Prix in town this weekend. We took the bikes on the track this past weekend. Pretty cool considering they run these things on the city streets where we usually ride our bikes.
Philly kids...go ghost ride that Fixed Fight thread for a while. You guys were suppose to keep the hype alive until race day. What happened?
we thought we ghost rid it too much. we'll start again.
it can happen. I cant do it all on my own. well, I suppose I could. but it wouldnt be that fun.
also, you guys with your jobs and such missed out on a sweet trip to the beach today.
I tried.
I'll be stuck in Homosassa with the little girl's great grandmother on the weekend. Maybe I can steal her car and come down to St Pete.Originally Posted by sinkFLsink
The Enzian sounds cool, I'll have to ask my buddy if he knows of it. I'll be at the Redlight bar the rest of the time. And I think I'll have a bike to ride around...
guys . . . we're never going to catch up to Toronto . . .
I do believe tonight requires more blackout drunk cycling on my part. Nothing says fun like sprinting down chestnut in west philly.
oh yea, where will the pictures from the race last saturday be posted?
Hopefully you mean 38th and below.
yep yep! and last night while drunk I found my new favorite thing to scream at pedestrians crossing while I have the green. I've tried oi, HEY, and more descriptive things like BLUE POLO SHIRT. But nothing works as well as drunkenly screaming/slurring "haberdashery" at people.
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Yeah, all of Skeletor's "yay yeah" and "hep hep" doesn't work for me. I'm back to "YO" now, but I'm going to try "haberdashery" today. I ride 38th/chestnut to 8th to walnut and up to 38th several times a day...my favorite bike routine.Originally Posted by mide
haha wth josh, I was planning on riding home not sprinting home the whole time, I don't know how I got tricked into following your drunken sprints for that time. I think it was the drunken swerving that had me thinking you were going to hit something or just fall.
I was drunkenly swerving? and here I thought I was being a perfectly safe cyclist.
blackout drunk cycling for the win!
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see, that's what i'm talking about. Last summer we'd meet up in rittenhouse every now and then for it. But if i land a set, I'm definately going to try to get some lunch time action in wash sq.Originally Posted by ryand
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Bob McNair, Bud Adams and Wayne Weaver do pretty well staying in the background and letting their football people deal with their football teams.
But early next week, the three owners will have to emerge -- either to offer support for their head coaches or to end their tenures.
The three owners have endorsed a steady, long-term approach and have said little. A few weeks ago, much to the chagrin of the bulk of his fan base, McNair said his team was on the right track. During the heat of the Jeff Fisher-Vince Young battle, Bud Adams told The Tennessean that he expected the two to work it out. Weaver's been mum.
If you know someone close to any of the three who has a read on their feelings about their coaches, let me know. I can't pretend to be in that position.
I don't think Sunday's results will be a giant factor in the decision-making. The Jaguars would much prefer 9-7 to 8-8, but if Jacksonville loses Sunday at Houston, I can't imagine that sways Weaver to make a move.
Same for Kubiak and Fisher -- a big win or a big loss Sunday is the final line on their 2010 results. Nobody is coaching for his job on Sunday. Decisions will be made based on much bigger things.
The state of the labor negotiations can be a big factor here. Fire your coach and you still have to pay him as well as his replacement, who may be sitting and waiting on a lockout to get his hands on his players.
It's possible -- for as much conversation as we've had about the future of Kubiak, Fisher and Del Rio -- that all three coaches remain in position.
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Contract status: Signed through 2012.
The case for him: He's a good offensive mind who's done well forging a productive group that can move the ball and can score points in bunches, sometimes at lightning speed. He's got an offensive system his guys believe in, and his easygoing personality makes him a likeable guy to work with and for. He could work well in tandem with a new, strong-minded defensive coordinator, which would give the franchise a chance to keep the offensive system intact.
The case against him: That low-key personality rubs off on a team that too often lacks fire and killer instinct. His team has regularly started way too slowly. He's surrounded himself with a staff of friends when they have not always been the right people to fill vacancies or make effective changes. His defense is horrible, and he's at least partially in charge of a mindset that thought, incorrectly, the young personnel in the secondary would suffice. The defensive coordinator, Frank Bush, was his choice.
Record: 36-43 (.456) in the regular season, no playoff appearances.
Telling numbers: The 2010 Texans are the first team in NFL history to come back four times from deficits of 14 points to tie or take the lead and then lose. And they did it in the span of five games.
Power structure: GM Rick Smith was hired after Kubiak and the coach has a strong say in personnel matters. I believe Smith, also under contract through 2012, would like things to remain as they are, but would be willing to work with a new coach.
If he goes: There are rumblings that Denver would be interested in him as the Broncos look for their next coach. He'd be super attractive as an offensive coordinator candidate for just about anyone.
Kubiak says: "I'm going to do this for a long time. I'm a good coach. I've got a lot to give. I plan on coaching for a long time. I know it's part of the business. When you get yourself in the position I'm in as a head coach, those are things you got to deal with. So I will deal them the right way and I will come out of it a better football coach and I understand it's part of the deal. Is it tough? You bet. It's pretty damn tough."
Jeff Fisher
Contract status: Signed through 2011.
The case for him: He's been a steady hand and the face of the franchise since taking over during the 1994 season. As co-chairman of the NFL's powerful competition committee, he's popular around the league and he knows the rules inside inside-out. His staff includes Hall of Famer Mike Munchak and highly regarded defensive line coach Jim Washburn. He's good with the media and his California Calm means he never allows himself to lose his temper publicly. He's steered his team through tough times and produced rebounds, though the high end of such cycles has shortened.
The case against him: He's become stale, and he overrated his roster and the team's leadership in a big way this season. He's overly loyal to veterans and staff members when change may be necessary. He leans toward conservative game-planning and play calls. He and his staff seem intent on sticking with the game plan, and can be stubbornly unwilling or unable to adjust as a game unfolds. He's got an explanation for everything and never allows for making a bad call, having a bad plan or overseeing a bad practice.
Record: 142-119 (.544) in the regular season, 5-6 (.455) in the playoffs.
Telling numbers: The Titans have had losing streaks of at least five games in five of their past seven seasons. They have not won a playoff game since the 2003 season.
Power structure: I believe he's got the support of Steve Underwood, who runs the Nashville operation, and Mike Reinfeldt, a GM who jumped at a chance to work with him. Adams can overrule that, of course, and is a huge Young supporter. Fisher could quit if Adams insists on Young's remaining with the team.
If he goes: I believe he'd be an upgrade for several teams who are in the market or will be in the market for a head coach, particularly Houston and Dallas. Adams would hate to see a guy he loved and let go turn around a team in the state where he lives, and that could be a factor in keeping Fisher.
Fisher says: "I'm not going to go [into a conversation about the possibility of not being back]. I've never gone there. Again, I'm going to take the same approach I take week after week and that's just to get them ready to play and try and find a way to win a ballgame."
Jack Del Rio
Contract status: Signed through 2012.
The case for him: While his team's been too inconsistent, the overall results have been better than could have been reasonably expected considering it's the second year of a rebuild under general manager Gene Smith. They seem to work well together, and the team is on the upswing. Despite what looks to be a disappointing ending, he got good production out of a team that still has several holes.
The case against him: He's a riverboat gambler in some game situations where the risk-reward equation doesn't always seem to be thoroughly measured out. He's candid, which is good, but sometimes it comes off as passing the buck, and he may not publicly take his fair share of the blame when things go wrong. He's got some players who qualify as his personal favorites, and he can hold grudges for too long when a guy messes up but may still be his best option.
Record: 65-62 (.519) in the regular season, 1-2 (.333) in the playoffs.
Telling numbers: In 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010, the Jaguars had control of their playoff fate only to give it up with a poor finish.
Power structure: Gene Smith didn't hire him and may believe he could do better, but the working relationship seems solid and they can certainly move forward together. The more good, new players Smith provides, the better Del Rio, or his replacement, can do with them.
If he goes: He's allowed his name to be linked to LSU and USC in the past, and I could see him as a college coach, though that would probably entail waiting a year. In the NFL, I don't know that he'd be looked at for another head-coaching job. He could resurface as a defensive coordinator or a linebackers coach.
Del Rio says: "I think anybody that's studied football understands that we are absolutely squeezing the very most out of this football team. I think our players and our coaches have been all-in, extremely committed. There's no question that this group of men has been, as I've said all year, a lot of fun to coach. I really respect and appreciate the effort that has been given and there's no question we are an achieving football team; we have been the last couple of years. It's maybe not been portrayed that way but I think you understand, I really do, I believe in my heart that you know that. I don't know whether or not you just don't want to say that, but we have. That's what we've been able to do despite being right in the middle of a rebuild. What we've got to do as a football team is not allow any negative energy to take away from the positive things we've been able to do, and I think that's imperative for us."


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The statement said the group planned to attack Western interests and foreign companies in Morocco, as well as prison facilities.
The group is also said to have been in touch with the main defendant in the bombing attack against a Marrakech cafe to learn about making explosives.
Eight people are currently on trial for that April 28 attack, which killed 17 people, mostly tourists.


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