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The Australian's Richard Kerbaj—who deserves a Walkley award, and police protection, for his work exposing the views of Australia's Muslim leaders—continues checking the record:
Taj Din al-Hilali has praised militant jihadists in Iraq and Afghanistan, calling them men of the highest order for fighting against coalition forces - which include Australian soldiers - to "liberate" their homelands.
In an interview on Arabic radio two weeks ago, the imam based at Sydney's Lakemba mosque said he was opposed to terror attacks in Madrid, London and New York but strongly endorsed fighters in the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the interview, Sheik Hilali pays tribute to Sayyid Qutb, the ideologue of the Muslim Brotherhood and intellectual mentor of Osama bin Laden and al-Qa'ida.
"Jihad of the liberator of Palestine, that's the greatest and cleanest and highest ... jihad which lifts our heads in pride in south Lebanon," Sheik Hilali says in the October 17 interview.
Hilali is on the same page as insurgent groupie Antony Loewenstein:
The Iraq war has never been more unpopular and delusions have never been greater. Working towards, and advocating, "Coalition" defeat has been achieved.
Further from Imam Antony:
The simple truth is that Israel's long-term security lies with the Arab world, not a superpower thousands of miles away. A superpower, it should be noted, that has suffered an inglorious and welcome defeat in Iraq ...
Loewenstein has previously claimed not to be anti-American. Speaking of liars, wailin' Hilali is spinning like a Wankel:
On Thursday the imam of the Lakemba Mosque, Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, went on television and lied. Brazenly. In an interview with A Current Affair, Hilaly was asked to justify his comments that women bore the ultimate responsibility for the crime of rape, specifically his comment: "If one puts uncovered meat out in the street then the cats come and eat it, is it the fault of the cat or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem."
Hilaly's response, in Arabic, came via his translator and spin doctor, Keysar Trad: "He's saying that the man is responsible, that the cat is responsible."
Absolute rubbish.
It's all part of a campaign to demonise Islam:
A radical Islamic group accused of infiltrating mosques and urging Muslims to rise up against Australian troops serving in Iraq has again been caught distributing inflammatory leaflets.
Members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) were seen handing out leaflets outside Sydney's Lakemba mosque, claiming the furore about Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali's comments was the latest effort in the West's "campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim community".
Hizbies are legal here, for some reason.
UPDATE. Medical drama in Lakemba:
An ambulance and riot squad officers have arrived at the Sydney mosque where Muslim leaders are meeting to discuss the future of controversial cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly.
Two paramedics took oxygen resuscitation equipment into the sheik's office at the Lakemba mosque but it was unclear whom they were going to treat.
An ambulance spokesman said officers were tending to a person who was believed to have collapsed.
It's a rare collapse that is attended by the riot squad:
Officers from the NSW police riot squad arrived at the mosque shortly after the ambulance turned up.
NSW police said they were there as a precaution.
UPDATE II. Sheik down:
The beleaguered Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly has been rushed to hospital after falling ill as a meeting with the Lebanese Muslim Association met to decide his future.
The latest in Islamic leisurewear for your wife/daughter/chattel.Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 29 at 08:53 PM • permalink
Even Muslims are fed up with Antony Loewenstein.
Alhilaly, Alhilaly, Oxen FreePosted by stackja1945 on 2006 10 29 at 09:09 PM • permalink
Only one number missing from this little quote from the thicksheik.
"In the radio interview, Sheik Hilali says Qutb interpreted the Koran in the "finest manner". "Sayyid Qutb is an intellectual man ... who gave up his soul in 66 for Islam."
I think the right number might be 666, One of those lovely intellectuals allong the lines of Mao or Pol Pot perhaps?Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 29 at 09:18 PM • permalink
Can we also award an anonymous, and hopefully not posthumous, Walkley to the brave soul who taped and leaked Hilali's cat-meat rant?
Not as brave as you think. A large number of Muslims take tape recorders to Mosque and record important sermons in much the same way a student might tape-record a lecture. In other words, carrying a recording device into Lakemba Mosque won't attract much attention. Rather like Glock pistols I suppose.
As for the 'leak', bear in mind there are a considerable number of Muslims who would love to stick it up Hilaly for various reasons.
Regardless, Hilaly is not the sole problem, and sacking or deporting him will not solve the problem - that there are many, many who agree with him on this matter and plenty more. They, and their offspring are the problem.
Ok, someone has to explain this to me.
I can understand being "anti-war" in the sense of abhorring casualties and destruction, and wanting it to end. I can see the reason there.
But surely any sane person, if given the choice, would want the triumph of the Iraqi government and the Coalition forces over the "insurgents".
I mean, these insurgents are killing Muslims indiscriminatly, blowing up mosques and issuing proclamations that are, without any shadow of a doubt, repressive and fascist.
So why does anyone, Muslim or otherwise, want these guys to win? Especially so-called "liberals?"Posted by Quentin George on 2006 10 29 at 09:55 PM • permalink
No wonder actual liberals like Oliver Kamm or Christopher Hitchens must feel like they've slipped into some sort of bizarro world…Posted by Quentin George on 2006 10 29 at 09:55 PM • permalink
The man who allowed the Sheik to stay in Australia, <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20668331-1702,00.html">Paul Keating<>, has something in common with the sexist "Mufti":
And he also singled out
uncovered meata female journalist, telling her: "I will not be harassed by journalists, even by pretty ones like you.
#2 Was the comment you referenced the one that's (now) been censored, Dan? And if yes, maybe you can paraphrase it for us.Posted by andycanuck on 2006 10 29 at 09:58 PM • permalink
Heh. Bill Leak's latest cartoon could apply to either the Sheik or the "harrassed" Paul Keating!
I still don't even begin to understand Antoine's fascination with the crazy world of modern Islam. Maybe he saw that old Shirley Temple movie, Wee Willie Winkie, on television as a kid and he's had a man-crush on Cesar Romero's Muslim-chieftain character all these years. Or maybe the camel was his favorite animal at the zoo. Or maybe he's into the polygamy thing. Hard to tell. But nothing he's written explains it.
Maybe these Hizb ut Tahrir freedom-fighter fellows have stumbled onto something.The West's "campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim community" would have no legs at all without help from the Mad Mullah and his faithful followers.Could he possibly be a CIA/ASIO plant?
#10, Quentin George:
Kinda makes you wonder doesn't it? This seems as broken and dysfunctional as the kind of person that would sit at a booth at a restaurant, waiting for the waitress to give him his bill, while the place is burning down around him.
Don't laugh. That kind of thing happens. Some people are so locked into a particular "pattern" that nothing, not even threat of horrid death, can shake them out of it.
Somewhat OT, but Dan, where can I get a swimsuit with the 'uncovered meat' design?
I think it would be perfect for me to wear down the local pool.
We have a lot of members of a broad strata of society here, and I'm sure in their rush to support women of all makes and sizes I won't be stoned if I wear it.Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 29 at 10:41 PM • permalink
I agree with #8.
Australia's had enough experience with crocodile relocation programs to know that just because you move a 10 foot croc out of an area close to civilisation doesn't guarantee that the next croc that moves in and takes up residence will be any smaller. Sometimes you move the 10 foot croc on, only to have it replaced by a 16 footer.
Mark Steyn comments elsewhere today in his discourse on the growing globalisation of extreme Islam:-
"The invaluable Brussels Journal recently translated an interview with the writer Oscar van den Boogaard from the Belgian paper De Standaard. A Dutch gay "humanist" (which is pretty much the trifecta of Eurocool), van den Boogaard was reflecting on the accelerating Islamification of the Continent and concluding that the jig was up for the Europe he loved. "I am not a warrior, but who is?" he shrugged. "I have never learned to fight for my freedom. I was only good at enjoying it."
Such profundity. This applies to Australia as well. Europe might be a lost cause, and I suspect it is, but maybe there is still hope here. Well, whilever Howard remains Prime Minister anyway. It will be a very slippery slope to Euroislamification if Beasley gets in, no doubt about it.
Hilaly may be a 7th century freakshow, but at least he's opened some very important eyes in this country. Many of the denialists are now aware that there really is a problem. For that we can thank him as he gets bundled off into the shadows of anonymity.
Was the comment you referenced the one that's (now) been censored, Dan? And if yes, maybe you can paraphrase it for us.
Not sure what you mean. I linke to a Muslim discussin thread, not Loewenstein's censor-blog. It doesn't appear to have been changed. Basically, it was a real nice sounding Islamist called "Intifada" giving a half-arsed disinterested mention of Loewenstein's latest appearance. After giving the details, he commented:
i personally am not that enthused but, yanno…
i don't really like loewenstein's politics and to be honest i'm rather bored of him nowadays.. but i know there are people out there who do so this is just a headsup for them
Perhaps he was referring to the Neo-Nazis. They still have a soft spot for young Antony.
Infidel Thong - My Vietnamese cousin.Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 29 at 11:20 PM • permalink
Sheikh eats dodgy meat. Rushed to hospital.Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 29 at 11:23 PM • permalink
It appears to me that Muslims like Shiekh Al-Hillbilly and the Hizbizzies are doing a bang-up job of demonizing Islam themselves, with no help from we devious Neocons.
#10 Quentin
In the first place you must understand that a lot of the people cheering for the defeat of the US and its allies in Iraq, and the destruction of the nascent Iraqi democracy, are people who think the wrong side lost the Cold War. Noam Chomsky, for example, has been cheering for the defeat of the USA since he decided the Commies should win the Vietnam War, apparently so there could be more entertaining mass murders in the world, since that was the predictable result of his desire. Another example is that old Commie terrorist Carlos the Jackal, who converted to Islam in prison some years ago (long before 9/11) on the grounds that radical Islam was the only force capable of defeating America in the world now.
There are many people out there, in the USA and its fellow western countries, who think the USA is the fount and origin of evil in the world. Considering the mass murders, famines, continental wide impoverishment, and genocides our enemies have got up to, and the way these oh-so-morally-righteous lefties cheer on the murderers, such a view is ludicrous, but there are some people who will believe things because they are stupid things.
There is also the rising popularity, especially on the left, of antisemitism, metastatizing once agian like a loathsome cancer in the body politic. Anti-Americanism has become the other side of the coin to this ancient hatred, and not just, or even primarily because of the US role as the foremost supporter of Israel. It antedates the US taking Israel's part in the dispute with the Arabs (in the 50s the Eisenhower Administration was very cool towards Israel, and had an arms embargo on her; the Arabs mostly became enemies of the US anyway during that time).
Ant should reflect on that old saying: Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Neither China nor a new Caliphate will be anywhere near as benign hegemons as the non-Imperialist USA. Ask the Tibetans and the Maronites how they have fared under such rule.Posted by Michael Lonie on 2006 10 29 at 11:25 PM • permalink
#26 Bonmot,
"I am not a warrior, but who is?" van den Boogaard asked. When I read that I thought "The Americans." That's in a European context of course, if he lived in Papua New Guinea I'd have thought of the Ozzies too. Of course Myheer Bugger has probably spent his entire adult lifetime sneering at and denouncing Americans. You can tell that by his advice to Dutch to go to Oz and Enzed, not America. Suddenly he needs soldiers, and can't find them. America protected Europe from both its outside enemies and its own inner demons for 45 years and the Euros discarded the ability to defend themselves. Now they will pay for the long vacation from responsibility.Posted by Michael Lonie on 2006 10 29 at 11:39 PM • permalink
#30.Infidel Tiger.The report to which you kindly link reveals that the Riot Squad was at the Mosque in case of trouble.The mind boggles! I wonder what trouble our highly politicised and thoroughly incompetent Police Bosses were anticipating.Did they perhaps expect 40 car loads of Glock-carrying Anglo surfers from the Shire to rampage through the peaceful streets of leafy Lakemba or were they just trying to appear to be doing something and as usual looking stupid.
Don't forget Ikea's patented design, and lots more at the Amazon.com of meat covers.Posted by arrowhead ripper on 2006 10 29 at 11:52 PM • permalink
Lew - Riot squads at mosques makes a lot of sense actually. Response times are second to none!
The Caliphate crowd and the Church fete crowd do have some minor differences - "SAS deployed to Sunday School picnic. Red cordial blamed"Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 29 at 11:53 PM • permalink
The Sheik must be feeling hard-done-by.
He's been spouting the same sort of stuff for 20 years now, about Jews and Christians being subhuman filth, women being the agents of satan, and no-one's called him on it before. Why now?
He can't understand that Patience is a finite commodity, and we've run out.
#7 "thicksheik" I LOVE it!Posted by carpefraise on 2006 10 30 at 12:08 AM • permalink
Oh dear. I hope His Muftiness is fit and well after his fainting spell.
*runs off, zig zagging, dodging lighning bolts*Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 10 30 at 12:27 AM • permalink
#s30 & 34. This will be the sheik's patented get out of jail free plan.
He will suddenly be overcome by stress and depression and be unable to preach.
That way, the MLA get to save face by not kicking him out to placate the hordes of pissed off kaffirs (blokes and sheilas), and he can do a Keysar and live happily ever after on the disability pension with all the concessions that implies.
He's laughing all the way to the bank and in our faces.
Fark him. Deport him now.Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 30 at 12:35 AM • permalink
The reports from the Australian Newspaper make horrifying reading..
Sheik Hilaly was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood which inspired Bin Laden and Al Q'aida and another group Soldiers of God who were suspected of assassinating Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (promoter of harmony between Arab countries and the state of Israel)-in 1981.
The Sheik arrived in Australia in 1982 on a temporary visa.An agent at the Australian Embassy in Cairo reported to ASIO that the Egyptians were concerned he had trained in Lybia and about his influence on expat Egyptians in Australia.They believed he may have come to Australia to train extremists.
The reports came to ASIO in 1984 and were PASSED ON TO THE FED LABOR GOV IN CANBERRA..but were"STALLED BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ETHNIC VOTE TO THE LABOR PARTY.."
Controversy, Collapse, O2 - FMD Shiek 'yerbouti' Al Hilaly has become Chris Skase!Posted by Harry Buttle on 2006 10 30 at 12:49 AM • permalink
This guy reminds me of the mother out of everybody loves raymondPosted by Mr Trouble on 2006 10 30 at 01:01 AM • permalink
Looks like cat-meat Hilali's a bit more of a pussy than his tough talking would have us believe.Posted by Texas Ranger on 2006 10 30 at 01:37 AM • permalink
nilknarf joins the 1000 posters club!
Onya nilk.Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 10 30 at 01:46 AM • permalink
Thanks Geoff, but it is unlikely this event will go unnoticed since I will certainly congratulate myself heartily.
The cunning plan is to note every milestone until I get there. All the while the pink lint beanbag nears fullness. Does life get any better than this? Yeerhaww!Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 10 30 at 01:59 AM • permalink
nilknarf joins the 1000 posters club!
There's a club? Where's my invitation? [glares]
NSW police said they were there as a precaution.
Evidently one of the post-cronulla recommendations was: "In future cases involving Lebanese-Muslims, do not fuck around".
Personally, I'd like to have seen the Mosque searched top to bottom while they were there.
They should also look for any hidden rooms.
This lying and disgusting little man was putting forward a five year anti terrorist plan this time last year. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/10/19/1129401317131.html?from=rss
WOW! Thanks, MM! I didn't even realise that I was close to 1000.
I think that calls for a celebratory drink.
What about a hogshead of alcadel infihol?
Djrinnks all round!Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 30 at 02:15 AM • permalink
Falling ill and collapsing? Wasn't he saying the other day that only Allah can sack him?Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2006 10 30 at 02:20 AM • permalink
Let's hope he dies.Posted by Phatso Phil on 2006 10 30 at 02:36 AM • permalink
Dan #55 "They should also look for any hidden rooms." Perhaps someone could tell us precisely what sort of evidence would be required for a search to be authorised.
One of the commenters on an earlier thread
comment seemed to think there might be legitimate questions to raise.
One thing seems to have been forgotten in all of this.
The Sheik said at the beginning of his latest folish sermon that Christians and Jews are the worst of God's creations.
Some years ago, two pastors in Victoria were prosecuted when they bagged out Islam…...
Secondly, why am I thinking of Christopher Skase when I'm reading about the Sheik-down?
He went to Iraq, and claimed he was under threat for his own life when he went to "rescue" Woods. Yet he was able to function under those threats, and this "Storm in a cup" as he describes it, knocks him down????
A bout of asthma and he has to talk to the media from his bed?
A nasty blood pressure reading and he's rushed to hospital in an ambulance?
What is this? They don't make Imans like they used to. This guy is a poofti mufti.
A milk sheik with vanilla and ice cream.
Hilaly in hospital . . . . all I can say is "die c*nt, die".Posted by Oafish and Infantile on 2006 10 30 at 04:56 AM • permalink
Perhaps OT
Interesting news from a few days ago. Glad I don't live down south.
400kg of "explosive grade ammonium nitrate was stolen from a freight train [at sometime between 6.25am and 6.50am] as it stopped to let another train pass at Glendale, near Newcastle NSW."
Now who would do such a thing, why would they do it and how did they know how to do it? Huh?
68. Its a lot more common than you might think. Im in the mining game at the moment and we recieve regular bullitens about explosive thefts.
Seem to be a large one every other month or so. 99.9% would be a small operator, farmer, or prospector getting a couple of years worth for themselves.
That remaining .01%
Guidelines for magazines were upgraded recently to include a much more 'bunker" like structure of reinforced concrete.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 30 at 05:59 AM • permalink
And the Sheik deserves not a Walkely, but a Dively Award for his superbly timed and dramatic fall!
Onlookers report that the sirens on the ambulance carrying him away from his date with destiny seemed to be wailing the operatic tune vissi d'arte, from Puccini's famous opera Tosser, wherein the heroine flings herself to her death from the battlements to avoid earthly retribution.
It may be said of him one day:
He dived with a felafel in his hand.
How good am I?
The sheik had asked for "indefinite leave" from preaching at Lakemba Mosque and would decide shortly what steps to take, Mr Zreika said.
Sheik Alhilali's statement said: "In due course I will take the necessary decision that shall lift the pressures that have been placed on our Australian Muslims and that which will benefit all Australians."
In his letter he again apologised for offence taken by his comments and described women as "the cherished pearls, the dearest thing in the world".
He confessed his analogy comparing immodestly dressed women to uncovered meat was "inappropriate and unacceptable for the Australian society and the western society in general".
The sheik was to have released a statement tonight as to whether or not he would heed calls to step down or hold onto his position as Australia's leading Muslim cleric.
He is under intense pressure to quit following comments made in the sermon delivered last month.
Just heard on the news headlines (can't find a link yet), the catmeety sheek is going to stop preaching. He is going to take extended leave, and not come back.
Good to see that some things never change - save face at all costs.
Of course, what he doesn't realise is that we see, we hear, we remember, and we despise the weakness and cowardice inherent in his position.
He can't come out and say, "I was wrong, I will step aside like a man."
He slinks off to the background using the transparent ploy of ill health.
Well, Hilali, you could fly into danger to pretend to rescue Douglas Wood, but you couldn't deal with the cold hard light of a kaffir nation's disgust.
Allah's chosen?
Chosen what?Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 30 at 07:59 AM • permalink
Of course, I could be totally wrong and full of myself in error.Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 30 at 08:05 AM • permalink
It's been reported that Hilali might have suffered a heart attack. Unfortunately, according to a poster at Muslim Village, this has not yet been confirmed.Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2006 10 30 at 08:35 AM • permalink
Skase would be proud.Posted by James Waterton on 2006 10 30 at 09:33 AM • permalink
Much as I loathe his opinions, it does seem he takes his pastoral duties seriously.Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2006 10 30 at 10:04 AM • permalink
In his letter he [Hilali] again apologised for offence taken by his comments and described women as "the cherished pearls, the dearest thing in the world".
What a misandrist! ;)Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2006 10 30 at 12:57 PM • permalink
"Regardless, Hilaly is not the sole problem, and sacking or deporting him will not solve the problem…"
He's cheering for the enemy, for the guys who are shooting at Australian troops.
He's an out and out traitor, and ought to be dealt with accordingly…and we all know how traitors are dealt with.
Ask Lord Haw Haw what happens to guys who betray by doing propaganda for the enemy.Posted by Dave Surls on 2006 10 30 at 02:00 PM • permalink
#2 Dan, Interesting Islamic site.
Contains a fetching-looking, heavily made-up girl with an apologetic scarf failing to cover her hair… Sic her, Hilai!
And he's their ideological colour - Red and Victim:
those who are poor and powerless to break out of their poverty
are also those who by and large are non-white, non-western, third world
poverty and powerlessness are interwined in colour, in race discrimination and exploitation feed into each other today
under global capitalism
OR under any number of Islamic Regimes??
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Tomorrow we are going to a G12 conference in Sacramento and I am so excited about it!! I have never been to a G12 conference before and I just can't wait. We're going Friday night, and then driving back, and going back Saturday for the day. We could stay overnight in a hotel, but we just don't want to spend the money right now. I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures and good stuff to report after this weekend.
In other important news, Mark has been cleared to go back to work. His back is basically better, and he's been working the last two days. I miss him, but it was hard to get ANYTHING done with him home. And...I like his paycheck a lot more than the worker's comp check..LOL. What can I say?


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A Mason man has been indicted in what police said was a violent sexual assault.
The indictment against William O'Leary, Jr., includes four counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery and one count of felonious assault.
Authorities said the alleged victim was no stranger to O'Leary and lived in the same subdivision.
Warren County prosecutor David Fornshell said the alleged victim's injuries were "the most horrific anyone in this office has ever seen."
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You'd have to be a true political junkie to have any great interest in the brouhaha that has surrounded the Sikeston City Council's recent appointment to the Board of Municipal Utilities. As a past 8-year member of that Board, I probably follow the actions of the Board more than most. But this potentially embarrassing situation has the public examining the ways that appointments are made.
In a brief summary, the Council voted this week to place a new member on the Board in a close 4-3 vote. Both candidates discussed for the Board appointment had excellent qualifications and both would serve the Board, the city and the public well.
But what happened apparently is this. In a closed briefing session, most of the Council members seemed to believe that an agreement had been reached on which of the two candidates would get the appointment. That way - or so the theory goes - the public discussion can be brief, non-controversial and form a smooth transition in the appointment process.
But when it came time to officially vote in the open Council meeting, at least one Council member had changed their mind and the vote came out 4-3 for the second candidate. City officials are now examining a potential conflict of interest since the successful appointee works in a utility-related field. But that issue to me is a red herring.
The real issue is and has always been the process by which the Council acts on city business. This is nothing new. Let me repeat, the process of ample discussions before the public meetings is not a new approach. It goes back for the 35 years or so I have covered City Council meetings here. And it's not necessarily a bad approach.
The eventual resolution of who takes over the BMU board seat is less important than the process by which candidates are selected. It should never be a popularity contest. It should always be based on qualifications, interest and dedication. When personalities and politics enter the discussion, the public loses.
But let me also say without reservation, that the fault does not always lie at the feet of the City Council. The public is largely to blame for their lack of interest and participation in city decisions. You can count on one hand the number of residents who actively follow and voice their view on city decisions. And though I recognize its value, Speakout is not the sole vehicle by which the public can allow their thoughts to be known.
With ward representation in our city now, perhaps we're seeing a new trend in city government. That can be both good and bad. We need to avoid neighborhood spats from each ward and instead look at the good for the entire community. But when votes are counted by wards, you'll always have individuals who vote what they believe are the wishes of their specific voters and not the community as a whole. The City Council does not lack for openness. It lacks public participation. And participation will come when apathy evaporates and we recognize that we all have a stake in the future of this community. Removing apathy may be a harder task than anyone imagined.


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I know this is old gold. It's been around for years. But I chanced upon it again yesterday and was reminded of the genius of this toy featuring a completely unique glory-hole interaction pattern.
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"They were no match at all for a hunter with his wits about him, and a high-powered rifle. I was bitterly disappointed." (1.90)
Okay, let's take a look at this. How could the animal compete against someone with wits and a high-powered rifle? Zaroff never pauses to consider that the hunt is a terribly uneven playing field.
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"Simply this: hunting had ceased to be what you call `a sporting proposition.' It had become too easy. I always got my quarry. Always. There is no greater bore than perfection." (1.96)
To Zaroff, hunting is no longer a sport when the animal becomes too easy to kill. Hey—here's an idea: try fighting without the gun and see how far human reason will get you in the face of animal instinct.
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"Oh," said the general, "it supplies me with the most exciting hunting in the world. No other hunting compares with it for an instant. Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored now, for I have a quarry with which I can match my wits." (1.105)
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This is an excellent book for learning systems programming on Linux/Unix if you have a reading knowledge of the C programming language.
The author is the maintainer of Linux man-pages(which documents the Linux kernel and glibc APIS) and hence has a deep knowledge of the internal workings of Linux.
In this book, the author covers the whole gamut of Linux/Unix in 1556 pages. Yes, this book is huge but it will really serve your purposes if you are working or plan to work on Linux/Unix. The author covers all the system calls with extreme detail giving plenty of examples after explaining the concepts.
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This beautiful, still August sunset in Central Finland was captured 90 minutes after the sunset. At such north altitudes, the sun descends in such a low angle that the "golden window" extends far beyond half an hour, creating deep red colors in the sky. The dark, still lake has a powerful grasp on the image. The lake has got a soul, and it's powerful sense of calm and darkness will embrace the viewer with awe.
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Chapter 3
This chapter describes AAMDC AMD operations and how these operations are planned and executed by the AAMDC staff sections and cells within the tactical operations center (TOC). It also describes the responsibilities of the liaison officers (LNOs) that the AAMDC deploys to critical joint and Army C2 nodes to facilitate coordination of theater AMD operations.
3-1. The AAMDC not only performs a traditional C2 mission for Army theater air defense forces, but also integrates the operational elements of TMD for the Army forces. When the AAMDC deploys into a theater, the TOC plans, integrates, coordinates, synchronizes and executes Army AMD operations. The TOC consists of five functional areas or "cells" that operate under the direction of a battle captain. These cells are derived from the AAMDC staff sections as shown in Figure 3-1. Three of these cells, the active defense (AD), passive defense (PD), and attack operations (AO) cells, perform current AMD operations.
Figure 3-1. TOC Functional Cells and Composition
3-2. The other two cells—the plans/communications and administrative/logistics cells—are composite support cells formed from the AAMDC staff. The plans/communications cell performs operations and communications planning to support the three current operations cells. The administrative/logistics cell provides support for all current and future operations.
3-3. The TOC, shown in Figure 3-2, is 100% mobile with its own organic C4I systems and shelters. The TOC contains an integrated system of hardware and software known as the Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS), which is used to conduct AMD operations and execute the AAMDC mission. The configuration of the TOC can be changed if necessary to satisfy the requirements of the mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops, time available and civilian considerations (METT-TC).
Figure 3-2. TOC Configuration.
3-4. TOC operations are summarized below by functional cell and described in more detail later in the chapter under each TMD operational element.
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3-5. Active air defense functions are performed primarily in the active defense and G3 plans cells, with support from the G2 staff. These functions include:
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3-6. IPB is accomplished by the G2 staff. It is a systematic and continuous process of analyzing enemy AMD forces and the battlefield environment to determine the most probable enemy courses of action (COAs). IPB allows the AAMDC commander and intelligence staff to assess enemy capabilities and intentions and predict when and where the enemy will strike and what assets he will use.
3-7. The IPB process is comprised of four steps: (1) defining the battlefield environment, (2) describing the battlefield's effects, (3) evaluating the threat and (4) determining threat COAs. The active air defense portion of the IPB process is described below.
Battlefield Environment
3-8. To focus the command's initial intelligence collection efforts and determine intelligence deficiencies, the staff must define the battlefield environment. This involves identifying characteristics of the battlefield that will influence enemy and friendly operations. The staff must develop a broad understanding of battlefield terrain and climatology, the geopolitical environment and a basic understanding of the enemy's air and missile capabilities. Of particular interest to active air defense planners are:
The staff obtains this and other pertinent information from intelligence reports (for example, the theater intelligence estimate, intelligence summaries and spot intelligence reports) available via digital sources.
Battlefield Effects
3-9. The staff conducts terrain and weather analyses to understand how these factors will affect friendly and enemy operations.
Threat Evaluation
3-10. In evaluating the threat, the staff examines the enemy's air and missile capabilities, doctrinal organization and tactics, techniques and procedures likely to be employed in combat operations. Using threat models and doctrinal templates, the staff systematically analyzes the threat, including the enemy's order of battle, and develops a set of general COAs the enemy is likely to pursue.
Threat COAs
3-11. Each COA is then evaluated and prioritized based on the staff's understanding of enemy doctrine, the battlefield environment and the enemy's likely objectives. The intent is to replicate the set of specific COAs the enemy is considering, and determine which COA he is most likely to pursue.
3-12. Planning for active air defense operations involves analyzing the mission, performing a defense laydown, assigning missions to subordinate brigades and performing follow up coordination to ensure that forces and selected geopolitical assets remain adequately protected.
3-13. Planners first review the assigned mission and identify the critical assets to be protected. The assets are identified in the defended asset list (DAL). The DAL is a prioritized listing of assets by phase and is included in the OPLAN and air defense plan. The enemy situation is apprised by reviewing the IPB and recent intelligence information to confirm COAs and determine the types and numbers of missiles and aircraft the enemy is likely to employ, the locations of launch sites and the ranges of these sites from the assets to be defended. Planners must also review the composition and disposition of the AMD resources available to protect critical assets.
3-14. After analyzing the mission, a defense laydown is performed to determine if available AMD resources can adequately protect critical assets. This is accomplished through the use of automated planning tools. The locations of enemy launch sites, protected assets and AMD unit locations are plotted and the automated tools used to determine if the required surveillance and engagement coverages and levels of protection can be achieved. If required coverages or levels of protection cannot be achieved with available AMD resources, additional resources must be requested from the ARFOR commander or he must be advised of the risk to forces or assets.
3-15. Planners task organize the EAC ADA brigades and then assign specific assets to the brigades for protection. The brigades then perform more detailed planning to determine which subordinate battalions and task forces will cover the assets. Throughout operations, active air defense planners coordinate with the brigades to ensure AMD resources are sufficient to accomplish the mission.
3-16. The monitoring effort involves several functions:
3-17. Active defense cell personnel monitor enemy air and missile activity by observing situation displays and processing reports of air and missile events. The AMD displays provide a comprehensive, near-real-time picture of the air situation, displaying tracks from a variety of joint and Army sources. The reports provide information on track locations, identification, classification, the number of missiles launched, launch and predicted impact areas and estimated impact times.
3-18. Active defense cell personnel monitor friendly air and missile operations by observing situation displays and processing tactical orders, reports, and information from higher headquarters, adjacent and subordinate units, and LNOs. The active defense cell AMD displays show the operational control measures currently in effect, unit positions, coverages and PTLs. The reports from subordinate units (normally received digitally) include the commander's narrative summary, situation reports, and engagement reports. Collectively, these reports provide an updated, comprehensive picture of AMD operations, including:
3-19. All of this information is continuously reviewed and assessed by active defense cell personnel. TM launch events and significant red air movements are immediately reported digitally to the Battle Captain and other cells in the AAMDC. Active defense cell personnel also coordinate with subordinate unit LNOs as required to adjust AMD coverages in accordance with the AMD plan or guidance from the Battle Captain.
attack operations
3-20. The AAMDC is not directly involved in the prosecution and execution of ARFOR deep attack operations. However, the AAMDC supports TM attack operations by performing critical planning, analysis, tracking, and target development of TM targets through its attack operations cell and by having LNOs at key TMD nodes (DOCC, ACE, BCD/JAOC, and JSOTF) that can provide additional TM attack operations expertise. TM attack operations functions are performed primarily in the attack operations and G2/G3 Plans cells. These functions are:
3-21. The IPB process described in the previous section applies also to attack operations; however, the focus is on the TM threat and infrastructure.
Battlefield Environment
3-22. In evaluating the battle area, the staff must consider
Battlefield Effects
3-23. In assessing effects of the battlefield, the staff considers how terrain factors and existing road networks might affect the movement of launcher and support vehicles or impact resupply and transload activities. They assess how changes in the weather may change potential operating areas or otherwise affect the conduct of enemy TM operations. They also assess the impact of terrain and weather on joint and Army attack operations and capabilities.
Threat Evaluation
3-24. In evaluating the threat, the staff analyzes the enemy order of battle (EOB), performs mobility and temporal analyses and examines TM doctrine and tactics with the goal of developing doctrinal templates and identifying high value targets.
Threat COAs
3-25. In this phase, the staff compiles and integrates the information gathered in the previous phases to determine the most likely enemy COA, identify high priority targets and lay the groundwork for intelligence collection requirements. Based on previous analyses of weather, terrain and enemy capabilities, doctrine, tactics and infrastructure, the staff identifies the most likely COAs. They also examine TM vulnerabilities and decisive points and determine which high value targets (HVTs) are likely to become high payoff targets (HPTs). Using doctrinal templates, they assess where the various elements of the TM infrastructure (FOBs, transload sites, hide sites and launch sites) are likely to be located. These become the target areas of interest and drive intelligence collection requirements.
3-26. The AAMDC has a strong supporting role in AMD IPB development, attack strategy, and the target development process. The attack operations cell in coordination with AAMDC intelligence personnel and the ACE provide detailed target intelligence to the DOCC and provide advice in the development of TM attack strategy and plans. AAMDC intelligence personnel assist the ACE in the TM portion of the IPB effort by providing dedicated analysts and subject matter expertise.
3-27. The AAMDC G2 may deploy to the ACE a liaison team equipped with the necessary equipment to establish connectivity to intelligence resources. If deployed, the LNO team collects information for the AAMDC and passes information requirements to the ACE collection manager. Recommendations for collection support for AMD IPB are made to the ACE for incorporation in the joint force collection strategy.
3-28. The G2 analysis section supports the attack operations cell by analyzing launch events, conducting countermobility analyses, refining and validating the IPB, nominating deliberate targets 72-96 hours out, analyzing post-launch events, building tracking profiles and disseminating intelligence products and reports for the ARFOR commander or JFLCC.
3-29. The AAMDC G2 leverages all intelligence sources to develop a comprehensive TM intelligence picture. AAMDC G2 personnel may establish intelligence collaboration efforts with their intelligence counterparts at the JAOC through digital and voice means or the AAMDC LNO team deployed to support the DAADC and AADC. TM analysts in the AAMDC G2 section and the JAOC may collaborate in AMD IPB development and share near real time target intelligence. Intelligence collaboration between component TMD nodes ensures all available TM information is fused, efficient use of limited collection resources, and that operational level decision-makers have the best analysis available.
3-30. The DOCC is responsible for coordinating all ARFOR deep operations and targets outside the AO that might affect ARFOR operations. Once a TM attack strategy is formulated, supporting plans developed, and targeting requirements are identified, the DOCC produces a candidate target list (CTL). The CTL represents targets recommended for attack which support the ARFOR plan within the JFC's overall campaign plan. The attack operations cell develops pre-planned TM target nominations and submits them to the DOCC for inclusion in the CTL. These TM targets are normally targets that are fixed such as communications nodes, infrastructure, and storage depots.
3-31. Concurrently, the JFACC staff at the JAOC is responsible for turning the overall joint air strategy into air tasking orders (ATOs). Each ATO generally covers a 24-hour period and is planned normally 72 hours in advance of implementation. When established, a joint targeting coordination board (JTCB) assists the JFC in establishing targeting priorities for the campaign. The AAMDC commander may be a member of the JTCB and brings a TM focus to the process. Using JFC established targeting priorities the JFACC staff and other component liaison elements at the JAOC integrate all component and multinational target nominations to produce a joint integrated prioritized target list (JIPTL). The ARFOR input to the JIPTL is the CTL, which the DOCC forwards to the BCD for inclusion in the JIPTL development process. The JIPTL serves as a basis for developing the ATO.
3-32. Early and continuous IPB collaboration may expedite the JIPTL process by establishing a common TM intelligence picture to support and justify target nominations. Collaborating before actual target nominations are submitted improves the quality of analysis, prevents unnecessary target duplication, provides the opportunity to discuss priorities in support of strategy, coordinates surveillance area requests, minimizes redundancies, and creates a synergy in TM target development.
3-33. While pre-planned targets are an integral part of an overall TM attack strategy the attack operations cell's reaction to near real time observations of TM activity will determine success in preemptive TM attack operations. TM IPB does not stop after planning. It is a systemic, continuous process of analyzing the threat and environment. AAMDC intelligence personnel and the attack operations cell have an ongoing mission to analyze and make recommendations on TM indicators to the battle captain for time sensitive targeting decisions. Attack operations cell time sensitive targets (TSTs) are based on observation of near real time TM intelligence and other intelligence products from numerous external sources provided electronically to the AAMDC TOC. TSTs are any targets that cannot be executed in the ATO process.
3-34. The attack operations cell forwards approved TSTs for TM targets of opportunity to the DOCC for prosecution. The DOCC prioritizes all TSTs and decides whether ARFOR attack assets will execute the mission or whether TSTs should be forwarded to the BCD for possible execution by air attack assets. The AAMDC may have attack operations LNOs deployed at the DOCC and the BCD/JAOC to facilitate TST execution and keep the attack operations cell informed of the status of target nominations and all available attack assets. See Figure 3-3 for TM attack operations connectivity.
Figure 3-3. Attack Operations Connectivity
passive defense
3-35. Passive air defense functions are performed primarily in the passive defense cell. These functions include:
3-36. The passive defense cell plans, coordinates, and executes passive air defense warning operations for the ARFOR to minimize the effectiveness of attacking aircraft and missiles. The passive defense cell normally plans and coordinates operations 72 hours in advance. Passive defense cell plans are created with a firm understanding of the AMD IPB, while passive defense cell planners assist the AAMDC G2 with developing NBC intelligence. The passive defense cell contributes to the development of the AMD plan and plans for a warning architecture that can disseminate both general and specific warnings to the force. General warnings indicate that attacks are imminent or have occurred, while specific warnings signify that only certain units or areas are in danger of attack.
3-37. The passive defense cell must develop and maintain an accurate, coherent, tactical picture of friendly land forces to ensure that these forces can be quickly warned if a TBM is launched or an NBC event occurs. Information technology displays with supporting databases provide the exact locations and the identity of friendly forces. These databases are updated at frequent intervals from various joint sources. Using these databases, the passive defense cell can maintain an accurate friendly picture that includes virtually all of the Army, joint, and multinational forces that the AAMDC must warn.
3-38. Concurrently with developing the friendly picture, passive defense cell planners must decide how air, missile, and NBC warnings will be disseminated. Communications means and procedures will vary with the theater of operations. Warning will normally be data and voice for redundancy. Planners may elect to use existing communications capabilities in the theater to facilitate warning of attack, specifically, the air defense early warning architecture, or use an alternative means such as a pager alert warning system.
3-39. A pager alert warning system may expand the existing data warning architecture, distribute warning directly to the lowest levels of the force, and allow flexibility in warning only affected units. If a pager alert warning system is used, the passive defense cell, after a thorough analysis based on METT-TC, recommends which units will receive the pagers in a pager distribution plan. If the number of available pagers is insufficient to equip all units, the passive defense cell planners will recommend alternate methods of warning the units without pagers.
3-40. The passive defense cell also must conduct vulnerability analyses within the ARFOR area of operations to ensure personnel and equipment will survive an air and missile or NBC attack with minimum casualties and damage. Analyses will focus on weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In conducting vulnerability analyses, planners must consider a number of factors including hardening, redundancy, dispersal, civil authority training, and NBC defense. In order to advise the commander in a timely manner, passive defense cell planners will have information systems to quickly produce vulnerability analyses against various threat courses of action or scenarios.
3-41. Passive defense cell planners will ensure their passive air defense procedures and plans are current and relevant to the theater in which the AAMDC is deployed. They will also assist in developing theater procedures and plans and share information and expertise with other component passive defense cells. Planners may also be called upon to assist in development of theater deception plans.
3-42. The passive defense cell tracks friendly forces and monitors ARFOR or JFLCC ground and AMD operations to assist it performing its primary function of disseminating warnings to the force. The cell also monitors the DAL and AMD operations conducted to protect priority assets. Reports of TM launches are provided digitally by several joint sources in near real time to information workstations within the cell. The workstation displays provide the number of missiles launched, launch locations, and predicted impact areas and times.
3-43. Other workstations receive NBC events and display the type of event, type of burst or agent, area of contamination, downwind hazard, and the units affected. The cell has the ability to predict ground effects of WMD from identified incoming TMs and pass that information immediately to affected units. Passive defense cell personnel also can receive joint force information, intelligence information, and weather data to aid in current operations decisions.
3-44. The passive defense cell disseminates general and specific warnings based on receipt of the above information. This is shown in Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4. Warning Process
Liaison officer operations
3-45. Liaison teams, commonly referred to as coordination teams, are essential in joint and multinational AMD operations. They facilitate understanding, coordination, synchronization, and mission accomplishment. Liaison personnel must be familiar with the staff and operational organizations, doctrine, and procedures of the headquarters or element with which they will work as well as being subject matter experts on ARFOR and AAMDC air and missile defense capabilities. AAMDC liaison requirements are fulfilled through dedicated liaison personnel and information technology systems.
3-46. AAMDC liaison teams can deploy to all major theater C2 headquarters to include the JFC, JFLCC, JFACC/AADC, JFMCC, and JSOCC, and to the following ARFOR elements---DOCC, BCD, and ACE. In particular, the AAMDC normally deploys a robust liaison team to the AADC location to support the DAADC and the AADC, and integrate with the JAOC and BCD. The liaison team is lead by a senior ADA officer when the DAADC is not present and may consist of active air defense, attack operations, and IPB experienced personnel to execute 24-hour AMD operations. Liaison team equipment and support requirements are described in Appendix A, Figure A-9.
FORCE PROJECTION operations
3-47. Force projection operations usually begin as a rapid response to a crisis somewhere in the world. Deployed forces, lines of communication, and geopolitical assets will need protection from air and missile attack. AMD forces must be lethal, modular, versatile, and tactically and strategically mobile to accomplish the mission.
3-48. Military forces are mobilized in response to a situation requiring military intervention. Rapid mobilization of the reserve component piece of the AAMDC is critical during this stage and must be planned and rehearsed in advance. During mobilization and predeployment, the ARFOR commander uses the AAMDC to plan, coordinate, deconflict, and execute AMD within the assigned AO. The AAMDC establishes communications with and sends liaisons to the ARFOR staff and other units, organizations, and agencies as required. Normally, the AAMDC quickly deploys an initial coordination element (ICE) of planners and logistics personnel into theater to start planning and coordination. The ICE is followed by a larger advance party to continue planning and lay the groundwork for the deployment and reception of the main body and the TOC equipment.
3-49. Although planning is an ongoing process, the AAMDC works in coordination with the ARFOR commander and his staff to convert the command's contingency plan (CONPLAN) to an OPLAN. The AAMDC conducts analysis and assessment activities, participates in the decision making process, and assists in the development of the operations order. The AAMDC will use automated planning capabilities to develop the air and missile defense annex to the ARFOR's plan and synchronizes it with the joint force and other component OPLAN(s). Planning cells within the AAMDC will conduct detailed planning and assessment activities for entry and follow-on operations.
3-50. During the mobilization and predeployment stage numerous concurrent activities for planning and execution will continue. The ARFOR uses the AAMDC to validate possible air and missile threat scenarios and courses of action. The AMD IPB serves as the basis for determining the most effective deployment strategy, development of the ARFOR's intelligence plan, and the appropriate mix of weapons, sensors, and capabilities to counter the anticipated TM and air threat for each phase of the operation. During this stage the AAMDC:
3-51. Deployment and entry operations are characterized by rapid deployment of forces into the theater of operations. As part of the Army's initial force projection capability, the AAMDC is deployed to the theater under the command of the ARFOR or the operational control of the JFLCC. This force will include the TOC, command group, LNO teams, and essential staff sections. Upon arrival in theater, the AAMDC establishes connectivity through the Army's C4I architecture and joint interfaces as required and establish linkages to joint, multinational and national C4I systems.
3-52. The AAMDC represents the ARFOR or JFLCC during joint planning on AMD issues. The AAMDC monitors enemy activities using intelligence provided by available national and theater intelligence sources. The AAMDC continuously processes and reviews intelligence information, collects battle damage assessment (BDA), and assesses the enemy situation. LNO teams continue to deploy as required. During this stage the AAMDC:
3-53. The AAMDC supports the ARFOR or JFLCC by providing effective land-based active air defense to protect maneuver forces and the JFC's priority assets. The AAMDC assists in implementing passive air defense measures throughout the AO and provides TM attack strategy recommendations to the ARFOR and JFACC staffs for planning and coordinating of pre-planned and immediate missions. The AAMDC plans, coordinates, monitors, integrates and sustains Army AMD operations and recommends adjustments to the DAL. During this stage the AAMDC:
3-54. Post conflict and redeployment operations generally take place after cessation of hostilities and the deployed force has accomplished its primary mission. Reconstitution activities support the redeployment. AAMDC will task organize AMD forces based on reassessed JFC and ARFOR priorities and the DAL. AMD forces may maintain an alert or ready status during this stage to protect the force. Additionally, AAMDC may make recommendations on AMD elements to remain behind for stability and support operations. During this stage the AAMDC:
3-55. Due to the AAMDC's unique composition of active component and reserve component personnel demobilization for reserve component personnel must be planned in advance. AAMDC will establish procedures, actions, and responsibilities to meet demobilization requirements. Lessons learned must be captured before demobilization is completed.


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Prison Is a Member of Their Family
By Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Published: January 12, 2003
Since Nina was born, Lolli has been dressing her for prison. Nina wore new baby clothes for visits to her 16-year-old father, Toney, in a juvenile detention facility not too far from their Bronx neighborhood. As Nina grew, Lolli dressed her daughter for the rarer afternoons in faraway New York State maximum-security visiting rooms. The gaps between visits gave Lolli time to save and shop for the brand-new outfits on layaway. In the inner city, being ''dressed'' has always been important: it means you are provided for, a part of bigger things. Sloppiness and stains were physical evidence of failure, of poverty winning its battle against you. The night before visits, Lolli would spend hours doing Nina's hair in her father's favorite style -- Shirley Temple curls. Nina groaned and grimaced. Lolli tugged and yanked. Nina winced whenever Lolli cleaned her ears (Toney sometimes checked). In prison, as on the street, a well-dressed family enhanced Toney's stature. Interactions were public, and appearances mattered.
On a cold morning early last month, Nina, who is now 12, stood on her stoop, dressed, waiting to visit her father. She was glad about going to see him, eager to go anywhere, to get away from her boring block in an upstate New York town and the chaos of her house. She has been an upstate girl for more than seven years, but like her mom, she still rocks a city style. Nina's thick, dyed blond hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and she flashed a new pair of silver-and-pink Nikes. She was wearing a dark blue velvet sweatsuit Lolli bought for the day. The sweatsuit came from a corner store, whose Bronx-born proprietor imports the New York City ghetto style upstate.
As long as Nina could remember, the prison system held uncles and cousins and grandfathers and always her father. Nina, like Toney and Lolli, was raised in the inner city; for all three, prison further demarcated the already insular social geography. Along with the baby showers of teenagers, they attended prisoners' going-away and coming-home parties. Drug dealing and arrests were common on the afternoons Nina spent playing on the sidewalk as she and her parents hung out with their friends. People would be hauled away, while others would unexpectedly reappear, angrier or subdued. Corrections officers escorted one handcuffed cousin to Nina's great-grandmother's funeral; her favorite uncle had to be unshackled in order to approach his dying grandmother's hospital bedside. The prison system was part of the texture of family life.
Since 1974, the year Toney was born, the incarceration rate for young men in America has quadrupled. In his Bronx neighborhood, as in the poorest communities around the country, prison is now a well-established rite of passage. A 2000 study by the U.S. Department of Justice found that about half of the nation's inmates are parents of children under 18. The study also found that almost 1.5 million children had a parent in prison, an increase of more than 500,000 children since 1991.
Many inmates lose touch with their families -- more than half of all fathers in state prison report having no personal visits with their children. But the family that maintains a significant connection must arrange and rearrange their relationships -- their lives -- around prison. The fact that so many young minority men spend time in jail is ''felt acutely at the street level, and influences dating patterns, parenting patterns, the way people do or don't connect to work, the norms of social interactions,'' says Jeremy Travis of the Urban Institute. These abstractions are the reality for Nina and Lolli and Toney, with whom I have spent countless hours hanging out and shuttling back and forth to prison during the last 10 years. (To gain such access to their lives, I agreed to use only their street nicknames when writing about them.) For them, as for many poor American families, prison and the street are where family life unfolds.
1988-1990: Toney and Lolli Fall in Love
Love is a place to go in the ghetto. Like thousands of inner-city teenagers, Toney and Lolli met on the street. It was 1988, and drugs had rendered their precarious home situations untenable. Home meant cramped places where too many people and never enough money erupted in too much fighting and sadness and partying. In their Puerto Rican neighborhoods on the eastern and western ends of Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, drug dealing was a mainstay of the local economy.
Lolli wasn't a church girl, and she wasn't much of a schoolgirl either. But she wasn't truly hardened, and she had family. She liked action, although she preferred to watch from the periphery. Boys called her Lollipop because she liked to tuck lollipops in the topknot of her ponytail; her teachers called her Motor Mouth because she talked a lot. After school, she liked watching the boys fooling around in front of a nearby bodega: boys talking to other boys, boys eating Cheez Doodles, boys idly bouncing basketballs, boys on bicycles.


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Paths to Law after High School
There are different paths to law, if you are studying in Ghana. We will refer to the law degree as the LLB.
A) Doing a law degree as an undergraduate.
B) Doing a non-law degree as an undergraduate, and then doing a second degree in law. (This second degree is not a post-graduate degree.
Both A and B will lead you to the Ghana School of Law.
Let us break it down now.
A – Undergraduate Law
1. The institutions that offer this are KNUST, GIMPA and Zenith College.
2. At KNUST, it is a 4-year degree. I believe it is also 4 years at GIMPA. I believe it is 2 years at Zenith College. Zenith is probably the most flexible because you can choose a module which works for you (2, 3 or 4 years to complete).
3. Zenith College is a peculiar case. You can do their LLB with your High School qualification or with a degree. With your High School qualification, you will have to be assessed by the University of London for your suitability. Further, you can study the LLB as either a diploma (for 4 years) or a degree (2, 3 or 4 years).
4. KNUST offers a hybrid programme, really. There are some students studying law as a second degree. They complete the LLB in 3 years.
B – Non-Law Degree First
1. If you go to the University of Ghana, you will have to do some other degree first. It could be the humanities or the sciences or anything between.
2. If you get a good grade, you may write exams for entry into the Faculty of Law.
3. If you do well enough in the exams, you may be called for an interview.
4. Those who impress in the interview get admitted.
Post LLB
Whichever path you take, after you obtain the LLB, you apply to the 2-year certificate programme of the Ghana School of Law. It is becoming increasingly competitive as it now has many feeder institutions.
Depending on what path you choose, you could become a lawyer in 4, 5, 6, 8 or 9 years (considering national service) after you leave High School
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- yemisiApril 7, 2011 at 1:08 AM
Hello NANA,ReplyDelete
AM A GRAADUATE OF COMPUTER / ELECT FROM A UNIVERSITY IN NIGERIA AND I WANT TO HAVE A LAW DEGREE IN THE SHORTES TIME PLS HELP ME OUT.TANKS firstname.lastname@example.com
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Excuse me Nana but which of these alternatives do you think is the best?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM
hi Nana, I am presently studying the one year graduate diploma in law here in UK with BPP. i intend to take two extra modules after my studies to convert my diploma into an LLB as per BBP procedure.ReplyDelete
(1)Is this type of LLB qualifying enough to gain me admission into the makola school of law?
(2)is BBP one of the institutions recognised by the general legal Council?
I did read the requirements on the makola site and one is expected to possess an LLB from an institution RECOGNISED by the legal council. what do they mean by recognised? please help me as i can not afford to pay for the bar course here in the uk after my GDL. could email me on;email@example.com
- AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM
what kind of exam do you write to qualify for interview? A general aptitude test? And what exactly do u mean by good gradesReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2012 at 1:43 PM
hi am a graduate from VVU and i want to be a lawyer in future. which option will let my dream come true. can i continue straight away to the Ghana school of law or university of Ghana for post graduate in LL.BReplyDelete
I want to know the meaning of the LLB and BBP, because i have no idea.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM
I AM DIPLOMA TEACHER FROM COLLEGE OF EDUC. I WANT TO BE A LAWYER IN FUTURE, WHAT SHOULD I DO.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 4:28 AM
Hi Nana, am currently holding a Bachelor's Degree in basic education. Can I use it to pursue my second degree in LLB at Legon? Please send me an email through, email@example.com. I'll be happy to hear from you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 6:46 AM
Please Nana, Im a 37yrs old shs graduate n want to study law what shpuld i do? i love to study it very badly. email@example.com
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Nana please i want to go to the law school with my senior high results. How do i go about it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2013 at 4:29 AM
I'm called Razak and my ambition is to be a lawyer.......i jux completed high school. plse i want to study law badly...hw do i start.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2014 at 8:21 AM
does nigeria law school accept post degree in LLB in Law from university of ghanaReplyDelete
Hi Nana, on the Verge of finishing my first degree in a non law field. Want to be a lawyer, what's the next a step to take?ReplyDeleteReplies


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Kay review rightly focuses on poor value 'closet trackers'
Gina Miller, founder of the True and Fair campaign for increased transparency from fund managers, has welcomed the publication today (23 July) of a government-commissioned review of investment sector cost disclosure and in particular its focus on poor value 'closet tracker' funds.
The Kay Review, commissioned by business secretary Vince Cable last year, calls for the regulation of fee disclosure if a recently-launched consultation by the Investment Management Association fails to improve standards.
Ms Miller said she agrees with the reports call for increased transparency and added that the report's claims that many investment managers become 'closet trackers' opting to hug index performance to avoid under-performance was commensurate with the experience of many.
"The Report's claim that many investment managers become 'closet trackers' opting to hug index performance to avoid sustained periods of under-performance absolutely mirrors our experiences of the investment management industry and consumers will rightly question what the management fees they pay actually cover.
"Nothing less than full disclosure and transparency on costs is acceptable. We are extremely pleased that a number of esteemed individuals and organisations are now all talking with one voice to effect change the industry to ensure consumers are the first consideration in all investment and savings organisations."
Ms Miller's campaign calls for trading costs to be included when reporting investment results rather than just the total expense ratio, which is supported by the IMA.
Ms Miller added: "We have been calling, via the True and Fair Campaign, for total transparency on all investment management costs and fees and for consumers to be given full disclosure on all costs, via one simple number that enables them to accurately compare performance between investment funds and pensions."
The IMA welcomed the report and broadly agreed with its recommendations.
However Liz Murrall, director of corporate governance and reporting at the IMA, did point out that although the Kay Review distinguishes between investors and traders, it does not take that difference into account in its accusations of "short-termism" in the investment industry.
Ms Murrall argued: "IMA does not consider asset managers contribute to short-termism."
"In the interest of improving trust, one of the principles in the report is that all participants in the investment chain should observe fiduciary standards.
"This is to be welcome as asset managers already have the best defined, legal obligations of care towards their clients and it is right that these are extended to others."


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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:34 pm
Post subject: double barreled last names, argh
Ok, i have absolutely no idea which way to choose to double barrel mine and my babies dads last names.
If its a girl she will be called Delila and if its a boy it will be Hayden, but what sounds better?
Delila Muir-Reed?
Delila Reed-Muir?
Hayden Muir-Reed?
Hayden Reed-Muir?
Personally i wouldnt have either name as i think they're both a bit rubbish but it has to have one or both, so please please help, i would appreciate any feedback.
Many Thanks,
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:45 am
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yea, lol, im only 14 weeks so i have loads of time to change my mind again. 8 weeks till my next scan when i will be finding out what it is, no way could i wait till he / she gets here. but then there's always the chance that he / she will get here and look nothing like the name i have chosen and then i could change it again, lol.


text: S Naren: What we learnt from the 2008 financial crisis was that financials tend to do badly if economic fundamentals deteriorate and no amount of bottom up work in financials works. It is much more top down which works and on that basis when we saw current account deficits spiral in 2009 we actually started to go underweight financials and that call has worked for us. But having said that, we have seen that some of the leaders in that sector have done and we have been underweight those stocks as well. But till we see a resolution of some of the economic issues, this is a sector which has always worked everywhere in the world based on the country's macro.


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For the golfers with local ties, it wasn't exactly a day to remember. It was a tough day for all, as all three finished over par and find themselves well back of the lead.
Former Augusta State golfer Oliver Wilson had it one under through three but ended the round at 6-over par. Augusta native Larry Mize shot an opening round 65 in last year's masters. This year, he was 9 shots worse, finishing at 4-over par. Louisville native Brian Gay started strong in his Masters debut, but a rough back nine saw him end at 2-over par. In the end, a pretty frustrating day for all.
"I saw it up there" said Brian Gay "I got off to a good start. Hit a great driver on one and I was a fare bit nervous on the first tee, not a bunch, but a little and I hit it right down the middle. Then hit the wrong club short of the bunker and made a great save then hit two great wedges on the next two holes."
"I don't think I can blame the weather conditions on the way I can perform." said Larry Mize "It was just a struggle. I mean I did some good things and made a lot of birdies thank goodness or I would have shot a million. But there were a lot of negatives out there and I got to work on and try to come back tomorrow. But it was a rough day for me."
All three have some work to do to play the weekend. Don't forget -- the top 44 players and ties will make the cut as well as any players within 10 strokes of the lead.


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Taiwan broadcast network CTV has purchased 16 Harris NetVX high-speed network systems and upgrades for the company's FlexiCoder encoding system.
The equipment will be installed during the second phase of the network's digital rollout for the distribution of its TV services.
At CTV, the system will receive feeds from either the Chung Hwa telecom network via fiber or CTV's digital microwave system to drive the DVB-T transmitters at the network's remote sites. At the regional site, the NetVX will be equipped with an SD encoder to encode audio and video from the local station to MPEG-2, and multiplex that signal into the final stream.
With its ability to establish links with all packet-based (ATM, IP and microwave) services and receive satellite signals for news send back and local news drop and insert, the NetVX moves analog or digital video and audio media between separate locations at the same time. This capability will help CTV to integrate the monitoring and control of the DVB-T transmission and transmitters via IP over ATM or IP over MPEG.
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Hyderabad: Single-seater aircraft for just Rs 1 lakh
Students of the Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology have designed and fabricated the aircraft.
Hyderabad: Students of mechanical engineering at the Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology have designed and fabricated an aircraft that can be used for commuting within the city, in what is called an effort to solve traffic problems in the city. Made with a budget of about Rs 1 lakh, the single-seater can take off with a short run up of about 100 meters at a cruising speed of 50 to 60 kmph and fly at an altitude of 1000 ft.
The aircraft has a fuel efficiency of around 25 km/litres and can fly at a moderate speed of above 100 kmph. Research is on to further modify the aircraft and make it commercially viable for production.
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CHILOQUIN — A woman who attempted to rob a Chiloquin grocery store took a boy hostage until she was subdued by employees with a stun gun.
It happened Thursday evening at the Chiloquin Family Food Center.
Owner Taylor Day told the Herald and News the woman entered the store with what appeared to be a rifle. She threatened two employees and took a boy hostage, threatening to shoot him.
The employees saw the weapon was a pellet gun. They used a stun gun to shock the woman and restrained her until Oregon State Police arrived.
— Associated Press
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