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U.S., Asean to Push Back Against China
The U.S. and its Asian allies are starting to push back at China's growing assertiveness in the region, strengthening security ties and taking more robust positions in territorial disputes in the East and South China seas.
The newest evidence of the resistance is set to come on Friday when President Barack Obama is due to discuss the South China Sea—almost all of which is claimed by China—during a lunch in New York with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York and will follow Mr. Obama's meeting Thursday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Ahead of the meeting, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday he plans to tell Mr. Obama that the U.S. needs to maintain an activist presence in Asia to show it is "here to stay" as a power in the Pacific.
"America plays a role in Asia that China cannot replace," he said, which includes "maintaining peace in the region."
Japan—the main U.S. ally in the region—is leading the way in confronting China, taking an unusually firm line in a dispute over a collision between a Chinese fishing trawler and two Japanese coast guard ships near disputed islands in the East China Sea two weeks ago.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku called Wednesday for high-level bilateral talks between Japan and China to ease tensions.
Plans for a commercial fine by local Chinese authorities against Toyota Motor Corp. may have raised fears the row is starting to damage the commercial relationship between Asia's two largest economies.
Southeast Asian nations are also quietly pushing back, with several encouraging the U.S. to assert its own national interests, especially in the South China Sea, parts of which are claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
South Korea, which has burgeoning commercial ties with China, has been alienated by Beijing's refusal to condemn the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, which an international investigation blamed on North Korea.
The simultaneous backlash suggests a broad failure of diplomacy from China, which has long strived to achieve balance in its foreign relations, and has poured aid and investment into Southeast Asia in the past decade.
One explanation put forward by analysts is that China's diplomatic tone has become more arrogant as it emerges stronger than ever from the global economic crisis, reinforcing deep-seated anxieties in the region about how it will project its new power.
Others say that what appears to be a clumsier foreign policy reflects how the People's Liberation Army, unpracticed in diplomacy, is starting to call the shots on matters of key national interest, including the South China Sea. The PLA's influence in domestic politics is growing in the run-up to a leadership transition in 2012, as aspirants to top Communist Party posts court powerful generals for support.
Public opinion in China is also playing a role, as diplomats—already struggling to cope with multiplying international engagements—are now also under pressure to talk tough to appease nationalistic sentiment inflamed by populist newspapers and academics.
A newly invigorated U.S. foreign policy toward Asia is further stirring up diplomatic rivalries as Washington competes with China for regional influence after a decade of focusing on Iraq and, more recently, Afghanistan.
"What you see here is Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, backed by the United States, trying to manage an emergent China that's pushing the envelope," said Ernest Bower, director of the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
On Friday, Mr. Obama and the Asean leaders will issue a joint statement in which Washington has proposed text reaffirming the importance of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, according to the Associated Press.
It said the statement would oppose the "use or threat of force by any claimant attempting to enforce disputed claims in the South China Sea."
The wording is significant—and provocative for China — because it mirrors that of a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at another Asean meeting in Hanoi in July.
That speech was a response to Chinese officials' assertion, in a meeting with U.S. counterparts in March, that Beijing viewed the South China Sea as one of its "core national interests"—on a par with Tibet and Taiwan—meaning it saw no room for compromise.
Several Southeast Asian nations are understood to have encouraged Mrs. Clinton to make the statement, which her Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, described as an "attack" on China.
Mr. Lee, the Singapore prime minister, said that Mrs. Clinton's remarks were a "useful reminder" of the U.S.'s crucial role in the region and the importance of freedom of navigation there. Singapore, because of its role as an advanced economy and important financial center, and possibly thanks to its longstanding strong relations with the U.S., may feel more comfortable about voicing such views than other countries in the region.
Vietnam, meanwhile, which is leading Asean this year, held its first defense talks with the U.S. in August, 15 years after the two countries normalized relations.
Tensions between China and Vietnam, too, have been growing since last fall, when Hanoi accused Chinese military personnel of beating and robbing Vietnamese fishermen who sought shelter from a typhoon in the South China Sea.
Carlyle Thayer, a Southeast Asia expert and professor at the University of New South Wales in Canberra, says that some Southeast Asian countries look at China and think: "You've been telling us about your peaceful rise for years, but it does not look peaceful to us," he said. "This is not what we want."
On Monday, White House spokesman Ben Rhodes said Mr. Obama planned to use Friday's lunch with Asean leaders to build on Mrs. Clinton's July meeting in Hanoi. "Secretary Clinton...articulated some very important views during her recent meetings with Asean," Mr. Rhodes said. "And so I do believe the president will follow on those discussions."
Although several Asean members back the proposed text for Friday's communiqué, it will likely to be toned down in order to avoid antagonizing Beijing, according to Asian diplomats.
"It didn't seem like the right time to get into heavy China-bashing," said a senior Asian official involved in the lunch's preparations. The White House declined to comment on the discussions over the communiqué.
China has pre-empted the summit by voicing its opposition to the U.S. proposals on the South China Sea.
"We firmly oppose any country having nothing to do with the South China Sea issue getting involved in the dispute," Jiang Yu, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said Tuesday. "This will only complicate rather than help solve the issue."
Nonetheless, China does appear to be gradually pulling back from its "core interest" assertion, with some Chinese experts suggesting it was an unwise move, and others disputing that it happened at all.
Evidence of the backlash—and its effect on China—is apparent in the current dispute between Beijing and Tokyo over the ship collision near the disputed islands called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. Japan has released the trawler and the 14 crew, but continues to detain the ship's captain.
China has summoned Japan's ambassador six times and suspended high-level government exchanges. Mr. Wen, China's premier, personally demanded the captain's release on Tuesday. Yet Tokyo has stood firm, apparently gambling that Beijing doesn't want to damage commercial relations or provoke the kind of anti-Japanese violence that almost spiraled out of control during a similar row in 2005.
"Clinton's stand in Hanoi may have contributed to Japan's demonstration of more backbone than most of us give it credit for having in its current territorial confrontation with China," said Mark Borthwick, director of the United States Asia Pacific Council at the East-West Center in Washington.
"If that's the case, the strategy is working, because for it to work, there has [to be] an underlying assumption by our partners and allies of unwavering U.S. attention and support."
—James Hookway and Andrew Browne contributed to this article.
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President Obama vowed at a closed-door White House meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday, July 27, that Democrats will end the Bush tax cuts for the rich and continue the middle class tax cuts they enacted last year.
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the GOP House Minority Leader clashed with the president, saying the tax cuts for the rich should be extended.
Obama said that the Republicans enacted tax cuts for the wealthy ten years ago, knowing they would help fuel deficits that would be left for another administration.
"I wasn't there," Mr. Boehner claimed. "I didn't structure that deal."
The room reportedly fell silent as the Congressional leaders digested the statement by Boehner who was first elected in 1990. "How long have you been here?" a Democrat asked Boehner, as the room broke out into laughter.
The Republicans in the room claimed that failing to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy would kill jobs provided by their companies but the president said most small business owners would not be affected since they do not have high enough income to be taxed at the two highest rates.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs later told reporters that the president believes the tax cuts for the richest households - those individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples with more than $250,000 - "are tax cuts that, based on our fiscal situation, simply can't be afforded."
New national polling shows large majorities against extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich. In some polls even 40 percent of Republicans favor allowing the cuts to expire.
"That suggests that 40 percent of Republicans, who have been hearing the deficit hysteria since Barack Obama took office, are smarter than your average congressional Republican," wrote Joan McCarter of Daily Kos.
"Where was the growth that was supposed to happen after the Bush tax cuts?" asked Matt Yglesias of Thinkprogress.org yesterday. "The era during which Bush's tax policies prevailed was the first in which median household income declined...the worst peak-to-peak economic performance ever, followed immediately by the worst recession since World War II."
There is word on Capitol Hill, however, that not all Democrats can be counted on to back Obama's proposal for a permanent extension of the middle-class tax cut.
The Hill reported that an aide to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Democrats were looking at "other options," including temporary extensions of the tax cut that would last more than a year.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., has backed Obama's policy of extending the middle-class tax cuts permanently.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., recently said he was "open" to a temporary extension of those cuts "that could set the stage for broader tax reform."
Photo: Pres. Obama meets with bipartisan members of Congress: House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, July 27, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

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Frequently Asked Questions
For Nominators
For Adopters
For Donors
For Nominators
Who is eligible to be
helped by Operation Santa?
Any family that is living in the San Diego area.
Can I nominate my own
Why is the deadline
well before Christmas?While we try to make the deadline as close to Christmas as possible, we are
unfortunately restricted by the fact that we are college students and most of
our members go home for the holidays once finals are over (normally by the 2nd
week of December) and will not be in San Diego. Since we normally need about 2-3 weeks to select
families, purchase gifts, wrap and deliver the presents, our deadlines are
generally around mid-November.
I missed the
deadline. Is it really too late to
nominate a family?You may still submit your nomination.
However, we cannot guarantee that the nomination will be considered
since we may have already committed to all the families we can help based on
our current funds. We do
occasionally receive requests from the community to adopt a family, in which
case, we can then consider the late nominations.
How much detailed
information do you need about the family?AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! The only
way we can decide which family needs help the most is based on your nomination
and the information you provide.
Please be as specific as possible with all the hardships that the family
is/has gone through.
Will the names of the
families and their information be used for any other purpose?There may come a time when we will ask to use the names/stories to talk
about on the radio or TV or for a newspaper article. THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISION TO HELP THE FAMILY. We will ask the families for
permission beforehand. The reason
we need this is to help promote the awareness of Operation Santa. As
Operation Santa becomes more well known, we will receive more
nominations and donations to assist more of these families.
Can I remain
anonymous in my nomination?Yes. But we still need your
contact information in case we need to ask more questions.
How do you decide
which families will receive help?We try to help as many as possible that are nominated based on our funds
and donations that we receive.
Since we are college students, we unfortunately cannot afford to donate
much out of our own pockets, as much as we would like to. In order to maximize the amount of
families to help, we do reach out to other organizations on campus as well as the
San Diego community itself when we promote our project on the radio and
How much do you spend
on each family?Much of that depends on the needs of all the families. Of the families we can help, we try to
give each child at least one gift (~$20-30).
Do you deliver on
Christmas day?
Unfortunately, most of our members' families do not live in San Diego and
need to return home around Christmas time. Our deliveries will occur right after our finals are over
(early-mid December).
If I'm one of the nominated families that you have selected to help, what can I expect on the day of the delivery?
1. We will call you the day before to confirm the delivery day/time.
2. Since we are going to multiple houses to deliver the gifts, we will
call you again when your house is the next one to deliver to.
3. We would like to film the delivery for our own personal records. We
will NOT show it outside of our organization if you tell us not to.
Also, after dropping off the gifts, we would like to take a picture with
your family and the wrapped gifts. Again, this is more for our own
records and if you do not want the picture published, please let us
4. If you have "Dear Santa" letters written by your children, please have that ready to give to us when we arrive.
5. If you wouldn't mind, we would like to get a video testimonial from
you about what you have gone through and how Operation Santa has helped
For Adopters
What steps are involved in adopting a family?All
those adopting a family will be responsible for buying and wrapping the
gifts. (our group aims to provide a gift worth at least $20-30 per
person). However, you DO also have the option of:
1. Contacting the family personally to get their wishlist
2. Personally delivering the gifts to the family (this can also include
providing a dinner, Christmas tree and ornaments in addition to gifts)
You will select which steps you want to be involved in when you submit your application online to adopt a family.
What're the chances I will be able to adopt a family?Virtually 100% as we normally get more nominations than we have people who can help them.
When do we have to deliver the gifts by?Please aim to deliver the gifts by December 24th. Coordinate with the family on when would be convenient for them.
Can we get reimbursed for any of our expenses?Unfortunately,
we cannot provide reimbursements. Our own funds are tied up with
helping other families and are completely used up by the end. By
adopting a family(s) and financially supporting them on your own, you
are reaching out to a family that we would not have been able to assist
because of insufficient funds to help all nominations we receive.
Do we get to select the family to help or do you assign us a family?To
simplify the process, we will assign a family to you. When you fill
out the form in the "Adopt-a-family" page, you will be able to indicate
any preferences in the type of family you would like to help (e.g. the
size of the family, # of families to help, the types of hardships
experienced by the family, etc). We CANNOT guarantee that you will get the type of family you want to help. We
will attempt to accommodate at least the size of the family and will
confirm with you whether you would like to adopt the family we assign to
When will I be given my family assignment?If
you signup to adopt a family on our website before November 18th, you
will have to wait until November 20th. Otherwise, you should hear from
us within 24-48 hours.
If we choose to personally deliver the gifts, do we have to do anything else afterwards?We
would appreciate any feedback from your experience and may post it on
our site under the testimonial section. Also, if you were able to take a
picture with the family during the delivery, we would LOVE to get a
copy to archive for our records.
For Donors
What types of donations do you accept?We accept monetary and non-monetary donations.
Is my donation tax deductible?Yes. We will provide you with a receipt of your donation that includes our tax ID number after we've received your donation.
MONETARY DONATIONSWhat's the minimum monetary donation I can make?There is no minimum amount, as every cent helps us towards helping more families!
How do I make a monetary donation?Go to our donate page and either donate via paypal, or mail us a check/money order at:
Do you have a preference of paypal vs money order/check?We
WOULD prefer a money order/check since paypal takes some of the
donation for their fees. However, we understand the convenience of
paypal and gladly accept any paypal donations!
NON-MONETARY DONATIONSWhat non-monetary donations do you accept?We accept games, toys, electronics or food as non-monetary donations.
Do the non-monetary donations have to be new?Not necessarily. We obviously would prefer a new conditioned item, however,
we will accept "like-new" and "gently used" items for
games/toys/electronics. For food, it MUST be non-perishable and
unopened.How do I give you my non-monetary donation?1. You may mail it to us. Please mail all NON-monetary donations to:
We will provide an address at a later date.
You may drop it off at UCSD during one of our weekly meetings. Our
meetings normally take place between 5-7pm on a Sunday, but sometimes
will be changed to a Monday or Tuesday from 7-8pm. We will provide you
the location on campus when you let us know which day works for you. We
will also provide you with a phone number of a contact person in case
you have trouble finding the location.
Will I be reimbursed for my shipping fees to mail you the donation?Unfortunately,
we do not have the funds to reimburse donors for mailing in their
donation. While we appreciate all donations the public would be willing
to give us, we have to use our funds strictly for the families that
need help.


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A Beaufort chef has been chosen to represent the Lowcountry in a new statewide initiative that's intended to showcase culinary destinations beyond Charleston.
"Charleston has been, quite frankly, a major destination for culinary tourism," S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Duane Parrish said yesterday at a press conference introducing the program. "The rest of the state has these hidden gems that we believe we can bring out for those who want to travel."
Brian Walters of Saltus River Grill will serve a one-year term as a South Carolina Chef Ambassador. Although program specifics are still in development, Walters' role will require him to perform cooking demonstrations; lead discussions about childhood nutrition and promote South Carolina products throughout the region.
"We're going to use their talents, use their stage presence to highlight what South Carolina farms bring to us every day," S.C. Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers said.
According to Gov. Nikki Haley, the ambassadors will also be responsible for organizing contests and supper clubs.
"This is now stepping it up so that everyone can see what the gems are we have here in South Carolina," Haley said. "I think this will open the door for great chefs hidden all over South Carolina."
Ambassadors were selected based on "their commitment to sourcing foods locally through Certified SC Grown, and for striving to make their restaurants a destination." In addition to Walters, the inaugural class includes Heidi Trull of Belton's Grits & Groceries, representing the Upstate; Brandon Velie of Ridge Spring's Juniper, representing the Midlands, and Cooper Thomas of Florence's Victor's Bistro, representing the PeeDee.
Nominations for next year's ambassadors can be submitted to Ansley Turnblad at firstname.lastname@example.com. The position is unpaid.
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It's hard to imagine a time when women didn't discuss breast cancer. Or a time when no one owned up publicly to addiction or alcohol abuse and their efforts to kick bad habits. Betty Ford, who died last week at 93 and will be buried in Michigan today, spoke about these painfully personal issues when a lot of other public figures would have stayed mum or gone into hiding.
And who could have blamed her if she had? Her husband, President Gerald Ford, ascended to power after a bribery scandal ensnared Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973, and after Watergate crimes toppled Richard Nixon from the presidency the next year. President Ford helped the country emerge from its "long national nightmare," as Ford himself famously put it. Had first lady Betty Ford simply smiled pleasantly at staged events, no one would have held it against her.
Instead, she went public with her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent radical mastectomy, lifting the spirits of other cancer patients and stripping away any sense of shame. She resumed a full life afterward, and encouraged others to do the same. Millions of women went for their first breast exams.
This Republican first lady also spoke her mind about issues such as women's rights, including abortion and premarital sex, and bore some criticism for it, too. After she left the White House, she had every right to protect her privacy. Instead, she discussed her pill and alcohol addiction and dedicated herself to helping others in the same boat. The Betty Ford Clinic in Palm Springs, Calif., might have become a punch line about overindulged celebrities, but it also seeded the idea that, with help, people can take responsibility for and recover from addictive behaviors.
Before her death, she asked journalist Cokie Roberts to remind people in her eulogy of the bipartisan spirit that once ruled the nation's capital. Thankfully, Betty Ford, no stranger to nightmares political or personal, had her say to the end.


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Dr. Robert Ballard is a former United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998.
He will discuss his fifty-three years of involvement in the development and use of undersea vehicles to explore the bottom of the ocean and how he is using new and advanced technologies to bring his explorations in real time to the youth of the world. His explorations have included the first manned exploration of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, the discovery of hydrothermal vents and their exotic life forms, and the discovery of high temperature "black smokers" that are responsible the unique chemistry of the world's ocean.
He is president of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut, president of the Ocean Exploration Trust, and an explorer-in-residence of the National Geographic Society.
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Braves notebook: Jordan approaching home run milestone
Jackets relief pitcher pressured
Ahumada's homer gives GreenJackets a victory
Braves notebook: Development of slider gives Braves closer a different look
Building contracts' value off
After a bounce in April, the value of residential construction contracts in the Augusta area declined in May compared to the same month one year ago, a report released Monday said.
Additional business news
Optimism on rates pushes Dow higher . . . Glitches shut down some flights . . . French utility buys U.S. firm
Saturn ad blitz touts first midsize
DETROIT -- You can't call Saturn the small-car company of General Motors Corp. anymore.
RMS runs other area Shoney's
A Macon company operating the Shoney's restaurant chain in Augusta closed the 20-year-old Washington Road location Sunday to search for newer real estate.
Saturn ad blitz touts first midsize
Nixon resignation tops news stories of 1970s
The Augusta Chronicle received hundreds of responses when we asked readers to rank the top world and national news stories of the 20th century.
Hamlet boasts legacy
Through the years, the Winfield community has carved a legacy in Columbia County with its influential leaders and stately old plantations.
Book compiles American soldiers' letters
In 1862, Columbus Huddle was a 20-year-old Ohio farm boy with an eighth-grade education who found himself in the Battle of Shiloh -- one of the Civil War's bloodier engagements.
'50s fad brings girls together
WASHINGTON -- The first of Louise Parker's luncheon guests arrived shortly before 11 a.m. and slowly made her way up the tree-shaded driveway, clutching a brown paper bag with a few sandwiches tucked inside. Soon another guest followed, and another, until there were six.
This day in history: June 29
1885: Ware High School awarded a diploma to its only graduate of the year, Thomas Cottin.
Recounts Williston's water woes
Blasts 'uncaring' gun control opponents
Suggests delaying hydrant testing
Decries prejudice as setback for all
In the Know
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is giving away a trip to Nashville, Tenn., and a chance to meet singer Faith Hill.
Taking care of the animals
DENVER -- Oblivious to the TV cameras, Robert Taylor slices into Alger's bulging yellow belly, attempting to excise a bloodied mass entangled in her organs.
Scooter touted as recreational
Scooter touted as recreational
Age old question: Vigilance can help prevent food poisoning
Q: How can I avoid food poisoning this summer? -- V.H., Beech Island
Scooter touted as recreational
Age old question: Vigilance can help prevent food poisoning
Firefighters receiving EMT training
Richmond County firefighters want to do more than fight fires. Often reaching the site of not only fire emergencies but medical emergencies before any other agency, the Richmond County Fire Department is training its officers to be certified emergency medical technicians.
Conservative activist tries to build party
ATLANTA -- Former Athens homemaker Linda Hamrick has come a long way from her days as a lonely voice criticizing Georgia officials' sex education plans in the early 1990s.
Five die in two-car collision
Five people died in a fiery two-car collision Sunday evening on Interstate 20 when a elderly Florida woman crossed the grassy median and hit a westbound vehicle head-on, South Carolina Highway Patrol officials said.
Watering limits still in place
Disabled might not have to move to keep funding
Light work
JEFF JANOWSKI/STAFFLight workFrankie Auten works 70 feet in the air from a boom truck to replace about 350 30-watt incandescent reflector bulbs in the Econo Lodge's message board off Washington Road.
'50s fad brings girls together
County school principals pick uniform colors
Home Front: Golf drives local couple
Energy's status faces attack
Some members of Congress are ready to cut the power to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Vigil honors slain Sam's manager
Friends and family of Sam's Club manager David Holt held a candlelight vigil Sunday night to honor the slain South Carolinian's memory and to help bring police closer to catching his killer.
Courts say adult, child rights differ
No smoking. No R-rated films. No renting cars. And, by the way, be home by dark. David Sands, a New York teen-ager, is weary of growing restrictions targeting millions of young people today. And with recent congressional legislation that aims to increase the age requirements on gun possession and create a federal law prohibiting the sale of sexual and violent material to minors under 17, other teens are joining the chorus.
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Vigil honors slain Sam's manager
Scientists study slave settlement
Disabled might not have to move to keep funding
Three of four disabled people ordered to move out from group homes in order to keep their state funding now appear to be staying put, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker, D-Augusta, is vowing to do the same for the fourth.
Book compiles American soldiers' letters
Two-time escapee captured
Sheriff Charlie Webster directed internal affairs investigators Sunday to find out how an Augusta man escaped twice during the weekend as deputies booked him into the Richmond County jail.
Georgia Power reports pollution releases
Homeowners waiting for relief
ATLANTA -- Georgia homeowners have been finding out the hard way the past few months that Gov. Roy Barnes' taxpayers' bill of rights doesn't kick in until Jan. 1.
Georgia Power reports pollution releases
ATLANTA - Georgia Power Co. released nearly 57.7 million pounds of pollutants into the air, ground and water last year, the utility reported Monday.
Scientists study slave settlement
CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. -- A group of 27 chimneys jutting from the ground like monoliths are the only visible evidence of a slave community that once thrived on Cumberland Island.
Defensive planning
The possible loss of $2.7 million in highway money has Augusta road officials keeping an eye on Atlanta to see how the loss could affect area construction projects -- while rural Georgia legislators are vowing the money won't disappear.
Area briefs: Police investigate armed robbery
Richmond County authorities are investigating an armed robbery that took place Monday night.
Home Front: Golf drives local couple
For Rick and Margie Hamilton, it's time to put their tournament faces on. With the club championship at Pointe South Golf Club just two months away, the Columbia County couple is getting ready to defend their respective titles.
Kling adds name to ballot
AIKEN -- Kathryn Kling made it a three-way race Monday for the South Carolina House District 81 seat vacated by the death of Rudy Mason.
Augusta civic center draws more people
During one of several telephone calls flowing into Reggie Williams' office, a promoter asks about bringing a comedy show or modern rhythm-and-blues promotion to Augusta.
Collision victims identified
Three men killed in a fiery collision on Interstate 20 were identified Monday as Mexicans working construction jobs in the United States, Aiken County authorities said.
Courts say adult, child rights differ
Healthful traveling
AIKEN -- Bob Coffey was a far cry from his white-collar, high-rise world of plastics in southwestern Virginia when he crossed the Carolina sandhills on his bicycle Monday.
Conservative activist tries to build party
Hearing plan irks residents
AIKEN -- Aiken City Council has set an August public hearing on a controversial annexation request that would allow development of a 33.5-acre tract near the famous horse district.
Augusta civic center draws more people
County school principals pick uniform colors
Kids `R' Us supervisor Tamika Thomas arranges boys' school uniform pants on racks in preparation for a 25 percent-off sale on new school uniforms mandated by the Richmond County school board.
Sheriff: Deputies to blame
There was no elaborate scheme, no carefully laid plan. Jack Delmar Jones simply saw an opportunity and took it. Twice.
Nixon resignation tops news stories of 1970s
Firefighters receiving EMT training
Watering limits still in place
Although utility crews finished repairing 260 feet of the city's largest water main during the weekend, odd-even outdoor watering restrictions will continue throughout Augusta.
Knicks say goodbye, face uncertain summer
Moore projected to be a late pick
Nets remove interim tag from Casey
Childhood goal nears its fruition
Mrs. Lucille Fleming
Mrs. Lucille Fleming, 92, of 6039 Anderson Road, Grovetown, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at her residence.
Mr. Christopher Jones
WAGENER -- Mr. Christopher O'Neal Jones, 27, of 108 Danley Ave., died Friday, June 25, 1999, at Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia.
Mrs. Eva Cartledge
MACON -- Mrs. Eva Chalker Cartledge, 90, of 4658 Mercer University Drive, died Sunday, June 27, 1999.
Mrs. Perrine Padgett
SALUDA, S.C. -- Mrs. Perrine Patterson Padgett, 88, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at Saluda Nursing Home.
Mr. Von Mack
JOHNSTON, S.C. -- Mr. Von Marshall Mack, 40, of Route 2, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at Edgefield County Hospital.
Mr. R.L. Smith
SWAINSBORO, Ga. -- Mr. R.L. Smith, 56, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Mr. John Phillips Sr.
WAYNESBORO, Ga. -- Mr. John Wesley Phillips Sr., 82, of 642 Cherokee Drive, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at Burke County Hospital.
Mrs. Lucille Fleming
Mrs. Lucille Fleming, 92, of 6039 Anderson Road, Grovetown, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at her residence.
Mr. James Dunbar
AIKEN -- Mr. James F.H. ``Scotty'' Dunbar, 74, of 415 Landing Drive, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at his residence.
Mr. Elmer Jones
SWAINSBORO, Ga. -- Mr. Elmer Jones, 68, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at Wayne County Memorial Hospital, Jesup.
Mrs. Margaret Weddle
Mrs. Margaret Ruth Weddle, 71, of 129 Blake Drive, died Thursday, June 24, 1999.
Mr. Herbert Laffoday Sr.
LEXINGTON, S.C. -- Mr. Herbert Laffoday Sr., 68, died Monday, June 28, 1999 in a Lexington hospital.
Mr. George Chance Jr.
SPRINGFIELD, Ga. -- Mr. George A. Chance Jr., a 20-year member of the Georgia House of Representatives, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at his residence. He was 80.
Mr. Sidney Dennis
HEPHZIBAH -- Mr. Sidney Devault Dennis, 60, of 2608 Castletown Drive, died Friday, June 25, 1999, at his residence.
Mrs. Willie McArthur
Mrs. Willie Mae McArthur, of 2109 Rosier Road, died Thursday, June 24, 1999, at her residence.
Mr. Augustus Blackshear
Mr. Augustus Blackshear, 72, of 3547 Mutimer Drive, died Friday, June 25, 1999, at Blair House Nursing Home.
Mrs. Helen Schwarze
AIKEN -- Mrs. Helen F. Schwarze, 92, of 213 Laurens St., died Saturday, June 26, 1999.
Mrs. Winifred Johnson
Mrs. Winifred H. Weiss Johnson, 83, of 1945 Kissingbower Road, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at University Hospital.
Ms. Laura Snowden
MERIDIAN, Miss. -- Ms. Laura B. Snowden, 91, died Friday, June 25, 1999.
Mrs. Judy Cliett
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Mrs. Judy Marilyn Cliett, 53, of 9C Horseshoe Court, died Friday, June 25, 1999, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Samuel Banks
WARRENVILLE -- Mr. Samuel Henry ``Buck'' Banks, 59, of 1036 Aiken Blvd., died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at his residence.
Mrs. Lillian Kline
WILLISTON, S.C. -- Mrs. Lillian Virginia Bowman Kline, 78, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at her residence.
Mrs. Janelle Clifford
THOMSON -- Mrs. Janelle B. Clifford, 59, of 511 Mount Pleasant Road, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at Thomson Manor Nursing Home.
Mr. Bennie Beasley
STATESBORO, Ga. -- Mr. Bennie Beasley, 81, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at Bulloch Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Bruce Day
MONETTA, S.C. -- Mr. Bruce Day, 44, of Route 2, died Saturday, June 26, 1999.
Mr. Charles Crosby Sr.
AIKEN -- Mr. Charles Osville Crosby Sr., 79, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Mr. Paul DeGrange
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Mr. Paul Edward DeGrange, 82, of 18518 Dogwood Road, died Sunday, June 27, 1999, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital.
Mr. John Davis
Mr. John D. ``J.D.'' Davis, 49, of 1713 Harrogate Drive, died Monday, June 28, 1999, at Columbia Augusta Medical Center.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell
AIKEN -- Mrs. Mary Bolenski Mitchell, 85, of 575 Croft Mill Road, died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Mrs. Bessie DeGrange
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth DeGrange, 70, of 18518 Dogwood Road, died Sunday, June 27, 1999.
Cotton museum blues
What led to the Augusta-Richmond County Museum executive board deciding to return a $40,000 check to the state of Georgia earmarked to it for the establishment of a cotton museum at Augusta's nearby Cotton Exchange?
Laments lack of veterans' support
Every few weeks some federal agency, department or politician sends out a news release pertaining to another budget cut that affects veterans. ... Men and women who served our nation for 20 or more years, with or without medical disabilities, are ``veterans.''Merle Tarr, Augusta
Raps attempts to 'legislate morality'
Even God, in the millennia from Cain to Columbine and Conyers, has been unable to legislate morality. Two thousand years ago the very custodians of the ``commandments,'' in the absence of guns, nailed God to a tree!Tom Zwemer, Augusta
'Infinite tolerance'
San Francisco loses none of its reputation for zany, left-wing political correctness in its School Board's bizarre response to the Littleton, Colo., high school killings.
'We better get it right'
U.S. Rep Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., hit the nail on the head when he noted at a Phinizy town hall meeting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Thurmond management plan is revamped only once every 10 years, ``so we better get it right.''
Suggests delaying hydrant testing
We are having water shortages left and right. The water department has to impose oddeven watering restrictions and now the Richmond County Fire Department will be testing all the hydrants in the Augusta area. Does that make sense? Mrs. A. E. Waters, Hephzibah,
Claims money for ball fields is wasted
Isn't it amazing how local governments -- not just Grovetown -- have learned from Washington how to waste money?Bill Dekle, Millen
Recounts Williston's water woes
Living in a small town like Williston can have many benefits such as talking with friends at the grocery store, neighbors helping each other and community involvement, including recreation and church. However, a hindrance to the Mayberry-type town is present when it comes to furnishing clean drinking water to all of the Williston community. Kim Burson, Williston
Blasts 'uncaring' gun control opponents
Vince Colwell (letter to the editor, June 22) freely admits that guns are used in 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the United States.Susan Yarborough, Augusta
Seeks congressman's resignation
Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., should resign. He continues to neglect our local Veterans Adminis-tration facilities. I wrote you in February and stated I had learned that the VA Hospital was going to lose 135 positions unless Congress acted quickly to restore funding.Chuck R. Pardue, Augusta
Praises bloodmobile staff's dedication
We've heard a lot about becoming a ``community of character.'' In this day of dying work ethics, I recently encountered real character in the work place and it's a story worth telling.Gloria Busch Johnson, New Ellenton
Gambling, not gaming
South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges is being a diplomatic realist by ``blaming'' both parties for the General Assembly's six-month long failure to come up with a bipartisan plan to regulate and tax video poker.
Wrong Medicare Rx
A classic example of how politicians ``buy'' votes with taxpayers' money will be on full display today as President Clinton officially unveils his Medicare ``reform'' plan to provide elderly Americans with prescription drugs.
Decries prejudice as setback for all
How can we expect our children to accept others if we continue to shove at them our own prejudiced thoughts and actions? Norma Glover, Harlem
The Burtons reach out to the kids
Hartwig sets pole vault record
The deeper DiCicco digs, the more talent he finds
Jones says the media exaggerates her reunion with American father
Gordon and Martin duel for road course win
Lloyd: Pave over the grass at Wimbeldon
Super Monday looms to start Wimbledon's second week
Fans from many nations watch Americans play
Overtime: Palmetto club sending 26 to region meet
U.S. women advance to quarterfinals
Report: Sea life threatened by man-made underwater noise
LOS ANGELES -- Noise from supertankers, oil exploration and new military sonar equipment scrambles the communications systems of sea life, forcing changes in migration routes and breeding grounds, a new report warns.
Fluorescent bulbs barred from landfills
BOSTON -- Citing health concerns over mercury pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency will approve a new rule that bars the dumping of fluorescent bulbs into landfills and encourages their recycling, an agency official has confirmed.
National blood shortage predicted
WASHINGTON -- Americans take for granted they'll get a blood transfusion whenever they need one, but soon that may not be the case: Blood donations are dropping so low that serious, nationwide shortages could hit as early as next year.
Survey finds better attempts to avoid HIV
NEW YORK -- More than a third of homosexual men in New York City don't use condoms when they have sex, but most of those who have unprotected sex are trying to reduce the risks of HIV infection in other ways, according to a new study.
Hearing to begin on Dow Corning implant settlement
DETROIT -- The final legal step in a settlement between the Dow Corning Co. and thousands of women with silicone breast implants begins Monday with a judge opening weeks of hearings on whether to approve a $4.5 billion bankruptcy plan.
EPA issues easier, cheaper rules for fluorescent recycling
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued regulations Monday making it easier and cheaper to recycle fluorescent bulbs and keep their mercury content out of landfills.
Mir: The movie
MOSCOW -- For nearly two years, a Russian director has dreamed of sending actors into space to film the tale of a cosmonaut's stubborn refusal to follow orders to abandon the Mir space station.
Government appeals ruling against pollution regulations
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department asked a full appeals court Monday to reconsider a three-judge panel's decision overturning new federal air pollution regulations for smog and soot.
A real dummy teacher
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Everybody's first encounter with Stan D. Ardman is the same, no matter if they are doctors, nurses, medical residents, anesthesiologists or Boy Scouts.
COTAP rulings leads to mental patient roundup
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The state Mental Health Department had to round up 44 patients it had out on unsupervised release in the wake of a state Court of Appeals ruling this week.
Technique may use cell transplants for Parkinson's disease
NEW YORK -- Scientists may have found a way to generate unlimited supplies of brain cells for transplanting into Parkinson's disease patients.
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Emilee Tripp, 14-year-old home-schooled freshman.
Xtreme advice: Attacks on personal style should be ignored
Xtreme advice: Attacks on personal style should be ignored
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Pakistan's ruling party and the close allies of President Pervez Musharraf conceded defeat Tuesday in the nation's parliamentary elections.
The results could mean a change in the rule of the Islamic country and a key U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism.
Although fear and apathy kept millions of voters at home Monday, the elections for national and provincial assemblies were a major step toward democracy in Pakistan. The country has been under military rule for more than half of its 60-year history.
An election win by the opposition is likely to restore the public's faith in the political process. It will also prove to quell fears that the results would be rigged in favor of the pro-Musharraf party.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, told AP Television News that "we accept the results with an open heart" and "will sit on opposition benches" in the new parliament."
What's Next for Musharraf?
"All the King's men, gone!" proclaimed a banner headline in the Daily Times. "Heavyweights knocked out," read the Dawn newspaper.
The political future of Musharraf is in doubt. He was re-elected to a five year term last October in what proved to be a controversial parliamentary vote.
The opposition could gain the two-thirds majority in parliament needed to impeach Musharraf. To do this, the opposition would need to garner the support of smaller groups as well as independent candidates.
Musharraf angered many Pakistanis when he chose to ally his country with the U.S. in 2001 to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Final Results Could Come Tuesday Night
Final results were not expected to be posted before Tuesday evening. However, the election's outcome may be to be a public verdict on Musharraf's rule. The president's popularity fell sharply when he decided late last year to impose emergency rule. Several other measures followed including purging the judiciary, the jailing of political opponents and trying to stop the flow of press information in and out of the country.
The private Geo TV network said the party of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and another group led by ex-premier Nawaz Sharif had so far won 149 seats, more than half of the 272-seat National Assembly.
The pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Q party placed a distant third, winning only 33 seats. Some of the proven party members and even some former Cabinet ministers lost in their respective constituencies.
Unpopular President
Musharraf has said he will work with the government that finally emerges from the election. But the former Army general is highly unpopular. The opposition parties that now find themselves in power will probably find little reason to work with him, especially since he no longer controls the military.
If the opposition finds itself short of the necessary votes to remove the president, the new government could then reinstate the Supreme Court justices and ask them to declare the October election invalid.
The spokesman for Sharif's party, Sadiq ul-Farooq, told reporters Tuesday that Musharraf "should go." But he added that if the restored justices validate Musharraf's October election to a new term, the opposition would accept the decision.
"We want to put Pakistan back on the track of democracy, constitution and rule of law, and the restoration of sacked judges is a must to achieve this goal," he said.
The PML-Q said it accepted the results, but Pervaiz Elahi, the party's president, noted that the party had stood by Musharraf for five years.
"We respect him, and we are still with him," Elahi, the outgoing chief minister of Punjab province, told Geo TV on Tuesday.
The election results could have far-reaching implications for the U.S.-led war on terror, especially Pakistani military operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban-style militants in border areas of the northwest. Sharif and others have called for talks with the extremists and have criticized military operations in the area because of their impact on civilians.
Afrasiab Khattak, a leading opposition politician from the northwest, said his Awami National Party did not believe "that a military solution will work," adding his group "will never support American forces coming here and operating."
In Karachi, the Pakistani stock market rose 2.15 percent to 14,669.87 points and the rupee gained against the U.S. dollar. Traders said the market was reacting positively because the election was generally peaceful.
Source: Associated Press
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Hours (well minutes) of fun courtesy of the EU.
It's the new disclosure regime for short selling, which involves the FSA publishing a list of the most shorted stocks in the UK. Read more
DAVID EINHORN: Oh, you're — you're — you're getting more than — than I could help with anyway. So, this is good.
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Or, the UK's FSA slaps a £7.2m fine on David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital over trading in Punch Taverns shares in 2009. First, the case from the FSA:
On 9 June 2009, Einhorn was a party to a telephone conference in which it was disclosed to him by a corporate broker acting on behalf of Punch Taverns Plc that Punch was at an advanced stage of the process towards a significant equity fundraising. This was inside information and Einhorn should have appreciated this. Read more
Shares of Moody's fell sharply on Thursday after hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who correctly questioned the health of Lehman Brothers four months before its collapse, disclosed he was shorting the ratings agency, reports Reuters. Einhorn, whose Greenlight Capital manages $5bn, said Wednesday the parent of Moody's Investors Service undercut the value of its primary business – assigning grades to bonds – after giving AAA ratings to insurer AIG, mortgage banker Fannie Mae, bond insurer MBIA and other companies later revealed to be badly overextended.
David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has opted off the SEC's no-short list.
Here's the Nasdaq statement. HT Naked Shorts. Read more
Is it a case of "anything you can do, I can do
worse better" at Natixis?
The French bank, which needs to replenish capital after about €3bn worth of subprime-related writedowns, said today it will go ahead with its planned rights issue. The catch? It's selling new shares at a 61 per cent discount to yesterday's closing price of €5.84 euros – deeper than many analysts had expected. Read more
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital is best known (now) as the prolific shorter of Lehman Brothers.
His very public evisceration of the bank in May sparked huge falls in its share price. He brought down CFO Erin Callan. His most damning conclusion was that Lehman needed more capital. He pulled no punches: Read more
Natixis has come under attack from a US activist investor who is pushing the French investment bank to scrap its €3.7bn rights issue in favour of reorganising its capital structure. David Einhorn, president of Greenlight Capital, on Monday wrote to Dominique Ferrero, chief executive of Natixis, proposing the bank raise capital by redeeming some of its cross-shareholdings in Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire, its controlling shareholders. Einhorn has been in the spotlight recently for publicly questioning the value of Lehman Brothers' assets. Natixis unveiled its rights issue last month as part of a plan to boost its capital reserves, after losses on complex debt securities
Amid an implosion in the subprime mortgage market, David Einhorn, the hedge fund manager who runs Greenlight Capital, is resigning from the board of New Century Financial, reports Dealbook. The company, which faces an inquiry into its accounting and mounting credit problems, made Mr. Einhorn a director last March after Greenlight Capital, a $4.7bn fund and New Century's second-largest shareholder, threatened to wage a proxy fight. New Century Financial also on Thursday said it had stopped accepting loan applications from prospective borrowers and was negotiating with creditors to whom it owes billions. New Century shares, which traded as high as $50 last May, fell a further 25 per cent to $3.87. Should New Century file for bankruptcy protection, it would impact a number of large Wall Street and commercial banks that have extended billions in credit to the company.
Allied Capital, a business lending group locked in a bitter battle with a hedge fund, said that federal prosecutors have asked for information on how it obtained private phone records from the hedge fund's president. The statement from Allied is the latest salvo in a complex five-year fight between the lender and hedge fund Greenlight Capital, headed by David Einhorn. Greenlight has been betting against Allied's stock for five years, claiming the company overvalues some assets. An Allied subsidiary, Business Loan Express, has been under investigation by the US Attorney for the District of Columbia and the Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting issues. Mr Einhorn and Greenlight have also filed a federal lawsuit, in the name of the US government, alleging that BLX submitted fraudulent loan documents to the federal Small Business Administration. Mr Einhorn has also claimed that Allied used "pretexting" – using a false identity to obtain private records from the phone company – to get hold of his and other Allied critics' phone records.
Hedge funds have plumbed many corners of the markets in search of returns, reports the Wall Street Journal. Now Greenlight Capital, a fund with a big negative bet on Allied Capital, is heading for the courts.
The $4bn fund has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta – in the name of the US government – claiming that Business Loan Express, a subsidiary of Allied Capital known as BLX, submitted fraudulent loan documents to the Small Business Administration, bilking the US of millions of dollars. Read more


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Felix Garcia, 87, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000.
Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Mr. Garcia was born in Nara Visa, N.M., and graduated from high school there. He served in the Army during World War II with the signal corps and was stationed in South Africa, Italy and Central Europe.
After the war, he returned to the family ranch in Nara Visa and worked there until going to work for the government in Las Vegas, Nev., at the Atomic Test Site. He retired and moved to Amarillo in 1998.
Mr. Garcia married Irene Shockley in 1947 at Tucumcari, N.M. She died in 1997.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Amarillo Daily News, Dec. 29, 2000
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Hello friends, I trust you had a great weekend. It was relaxing over here, spent lots of time playing Carmageddon and hanging with the gals. On Friday we went to Downtown Disney to watch Wreck-It-Ralph. The film was prefaced with a new animated short titled Paperman. The animation is anything but typical and the story is more than it appears. It's actually a sort of fairy tale set in the big city. Two people cross paths on a subway platform and seem to be destined for each other. What makes the film unique is that Disney is testing out new technology that makes CGI characters appear more like hand-drawn art. The end result is impressive, it is far more advanced than simply drawing cartoon eyes over CGI models. The weight of the lines, angles and perspective used throughout the short looks like it was filmed right off of a storyboard.
The story is very cute but requires a certain level of disbelief. The ending is very magical and unexpected but not completely original. Those that saw the 2011 Academy Award winner for best animated short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, could draw parallels to the Disney film. Look for Disney to avenge the loss of La Luna by Pixar with this whimsical film. The story may not be original but they certainly are advancing the art of animation. Hopefully the next full-length animated feature might use the Paperman technology and be the first hybrid 2.5D film.
Now onto Wreck-it-Ralph (WIR), one of the best animated films of the year and a contender for an Academy Award in its own right. The voice acting was fantastic, John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch and Sarah Silverman brought the fictional game characters; Ralph, Felix Jr., Vannelope and Sgt. Calhoun to life. The casting was on par with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and all of the stars featured in the Toy Story series. With that level of quality expect to see more the WIR universe in film, television and even the theme parks. As great as the film was I will contend what IGN's Chris Carle stated when he declared it The Best Video Game Movie Ever Made. Great videogame films are extremely rare so WIR had little competition. I do agree that the film was great but far from perfect. The story was familiar but had been done better in earlier Pixar films like Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc. Where WIR excels and what may have colored Mr. Carle's opinion may be pure nostalgia.
The film has a few moments, specifically in the Bad-Anon meeting and at Game Central Station where audiences are completely floored with the sheer amount of identifiable game characters and shout-outs to game culture. Graffiti is scrawled on the walls of the game subways with statements like Aeris Lives and Sheng Long Was Here. It is impossible to catch all of the cameos on the first viewing. Audiences have been saying they can't wait to get their hands on a Blu-Ray edition to freeze a few frames and see what they missed. The reaction is similar to what audiences experienced when Who Framed Roger Rabbit (WFRR) was released. Toon Town was the predecessor to Game Central Station. Many familiar as well as obscure characters and locations appeared on film for just a fraction of a second. Audiences had to view the film multiple times to catch many of the references and a lucky few got copies on LaserDisk so they could freeze the picture with digital clarity. However WFRR had far more things going for it than simply nostalgia. The character cameos were crafted into the plot and did not appear simply for the sake of themselves. These subtle things were sometimes overlooked on WIR.
The most important cameos in WIR happen in the first 15 minutes of the film. We learn who Ralph is and why he feels unappreciated despite doing his job exceedingly well for 30 years. He confides in the fellow members of Bad Anon, the bad guys anonymous group. He is given advice from Clyde, Zangief, Kano, Cyril and Satan (pronounced Sateen), they are familiar and obscure characters who remind Ralph that he needs to accept who he is and not let the label of "Bad Guy" define him. These characters plus Q*bert and Tapper the bartender represent the extent of interaction that Ralph has with actual game characters. The majority of the film has other icons in the background serving as window dressing while Ralph explores fictional games. The three games created for the film, Fix it Felix Jr., Heros Duty and Sugar Rush, are perfect representations of the evolution of games, character design and gameplay pulled from over 30+ years of videogame history. Where WIR began to lose momentum was in how the story was pushed onto Ralph and how the gaming icons were represented.
On one side of the screen players saw pixelated characters with limited animation and on the other side they were highly polished CGI models. It didn't make much difference if the character was from an 8-bit game or a modern shooter, they all had the same level of detail and fidelity. When Felix Jr. meets Sgt. Calhoun he is struck by her high resolution graphics although to audiences they appear identical. Director Rich Moore thought that it would be funny to have some characters in the game world actually talk and move with limited animation. The herky-jerky movement was funny at first but became a distraction as some characters would move smoothly while interacting with these limited-animation models. There didn't seem to be a rule as to which characters moved that way either. Some characters that had very limited animations in the arcade like Clyde the ghost, moved and talked smoothly. Other characters like Tapper, whose game had more frames of animation than the actual Felix Jr., moved in a stuttering fashion. There was no consistency with the game character animations in the film.
Just as inconsistent were the redesigns, if there were any, in the film. Some characters that were blocky on one side of the screen got complete redesigns on the other. Instead of being presented as a full body character Pac Man was a floating head visiting a party for Felix. Unlike Clyde he said nothing and moved with limited frames of animation.
Other characters that appeared in film lacked the detail that had been applied to the other icons. Frogger was minimalistic as was Taizo Hori, the star of Dig Dug. They were some characters that appeared out of place when compared to the more developed mascots. Thus the redesigns and presentations for all the cameo characters was as inconsistent as the animations applied to them.
The major plot point for the film was actually lost in the delivery. Early on in the film Ralph says that he is tired of being a bad guy and wants to be a good guy for once. One of the anon members, M. Bison from Street Fighter II warns Ralph not to go "Turbo." This actually got a reaction from the audience but for the wrong reasons. There was an upgrade kit to the original SF II cabinet that sped up the gameplay and added new features. It was called Turbo as well. What Bison was referring to was a videogame character nicknamed Turbo that went rogue and became jealous of a new racing title. Audiences were not clued into this fact until the end of the second act. Up until that point every character was asking if Ralph was going "Turbo" and only they seemed in on the reference.
It was revealed that Turbo had game jumped to the Atari game RoadBlasters and caused both games to be unplugged, thus killing off the game characters that did not manage to escape. I wondered why Disney chose to highlight this game specifically. It was not a popular arcade title as far as I remember. It was less of a racing game as much as it was a driving shooter. Players went from checkpoint to checkpoint shooting down other drivers and obstacles on the side of the road. To further complicate matters, in some regions the Sega CD game Road Avenger was also known as Road Blaster. Both games featured bright red sports cars only that the Sega game was a full-motion video game like Dragon's Lair. Turbo represented the old style racing games, the old isometric racers like Sega's Monaco or Atari's Sprint.
A more appropriate title that Disney could have used and would have been understood by more audience members than Road Blasters was Pole Position. The Namco game was a wake up call to US arcade developers. The most innovative arcade titles were coming from overseas, at least through the 80's. Pole Position featured digitized voices was in dozens of brilliant colors and recreated several famous (but not licensed) tracks from the Indy Cart series. By comparison the Atari racing game Sprint was a crude, monochrome racer that would be forgotten for several years. That was until Atari could develop Super Sprint and recapture the racing crown. Turbo could have been likened to the original Atari racer, put out to pasture in a rapidly evolving industry, exploiting rapidly evolving technology.
Progress was one of the major themes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The cartoon characters helped audiences identify with changes in pop culture, trends and society. Some characters, like Betty Boop, felt forgotten by changes in technology. Similar themes were explored with Wreck-it-Ralph. In the first few minutes of the film a time-lapse sequence shows arcade cabinets coming and going into the Litwak arcade. It showed the rise and fall of arcade games and trends through the 80's and 90's. The sequence was very well done and incorporated something very important to game history and something glossed over in WIR. The sounds of the arcade, which included the beeps of the machines, the sounds of people talking, playing and laughing. Those that grew up in the arcade know the sounds of quarter machines spewing out change were always intermingled with the themes from the most popular arcade titles. The only thing that lasted less than the cameos in Wreck-it-Ralph were the sounds of the arcade. Music has a very important place in the history of gaming. Almost any game player can hum the melody of a few dozen titles. Most songs actually outlasted the titles they were associated with. A quick visit YouTube shows artists performing Videogame medleys in any number of styles. From backyard performances of Nintendo hits to full orchestral arrangements.
Wreck-it-Ralph had a couple of high profile acts that were shoehorned into the film without necessarily belonging to any actual game. Dubstep pioneer Skrillex was asked to write some music for the film. He created the music featured in Heros Duty and makes a cameo entertaining at the Fix it Felix Jr. 30th anniversary party. It was very out of place to see a human sitting in with a bunch of oddly proportioned game characters. His sound may have been influenced by gaming but was not representative of it. At 24-years-old he wasn't even born when the first wave of arcade hits came out. This was undoubtedly done in an attempt to appeal to younger audiences, perhaps those that didn't recognize the older mascots. This cameo was ill-advised at best. It did not carry with it the presence that Daft Punk had when they appeared in Tron Legacy.
The French DJ duo had always been on the cutting edge of electronic music and performed in elaborate robotic costumes. It made sense when the two appeared in character in the live action feature. They fit into the world of Tron and were not included to make the characters appear hip or cool. Skrillex lacked a history with gaming and his connection with the game universe was nonexistent. There were other DJ's real and fictional that could have been used instead. DJ Professor K appeared in two Jet Set Radio titles and the real world DJ Q-bert appeared in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series as well as in DJ Hero 2.
But I digress… Music is very important to gaming and Wreck-it-Ralph sort of glossed over that fact. The studio seemed more focused on getting the character cameos right at the cost of the score. Skrillex's work on Heros Duty fit the genre as did AKB48's catchy J-pop song fit for Sugar Rush. Disney even brought Gary Garcia and Jerry Buckner back from the dead to write a "hit" for Fix it Felix Jr. Buckner and Garcia were known for penning the 1980's song "Pac Man Fever." The song was forgettable and the only redeeming factor was that it was released on a square shaped record with a print of the game screen on it. My daughter and I laughed at the insipid song they created for Fix it Felix Jr. There was much more to a good score than simply tapping pop acts to write a song for the movie. The entire film should have included songs and melodies from game history in order to make it work better with audiences.
The producers and director did not have to assault audiences with the music either. Even subtle cues would have been appreciated by movie goers. In Who Framed Roger Rabbit for example there were many musical elements incorporated throughout the movie. The janitor playing the Sorcerers Apprentice on a saxophone, it made sense that it was the way he got the Fantasia characters to clean up. Judge Doom used the limerick "Shave and a Haircut" to find out the hiding place of Roger. These were some of the things that composer Alan Silverstri masterfully blended into the score.
The larger musical piece featured in the movie was the Merry-Go-Round Broke Down. Early in the film Roger sings it to entertain the patrons at a bar. It demonstrated the type of character he was and how much he believed in the power of laughter, even if it placed him out in the open and in potential danger.
The song was reprised at the end of the movie thanks to the Acme Select-A-Tune. This time Eddie Valiant uses it to defeat the evil weasels. He too was able to demonstrate his quick thinking and comedic timing. Despite his gruff exterior he showed that he too believed in the power of laughter. Music was incorporated every step of the way along with character cameos to make WFRR a more profound movie.
Wreck-it-Ralph did not feature any familiar tunes, only visuals from other games. Audiences did not have a point of reference for some of the cameos, or why it was important for Ralph to interact with them. The use of cameos was well balanced in WFRR. Part of the reason was because screen time had to be evenly split between the biggest icons. The legal team at Warner Bros. and Disney had to go through the script one line at a time to make sure that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny had an equal amount of speaking parts. Since there were two major studios controlling a large library of characters it was easy to fit in dozens of cameos and speaking parts into the film. The plot would be pushed along by the fictional Maroon Cartoon studio and their original characters; Baby Herman, Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
A similar approach was all but impossible for Wreck-it-Ralph. The fictional Tobi Komi studio was created for Ralph, Felix, Sgt. Calhoun and Vannelope but all of the cameos were controlled by independent studios. Some were very protective about how the character would be used, what they would look like, how large they would be and even how they drank coffee. Other studios were more open to interpretation by the designers and director. It would have benefited the Disney film to make more use of those characters that Ralph could have interacted with and incorporated them further into the plot. Despite all my criticism Wreck-it-Ralph was a great film, a beautiful film and one that every game player should see. I don't agree with Chris Carle's assessment that this was the greatest video game movie ever made. This was a great movie nonetheless. Disney should be proud of it and hopefully be willing to take more chances with modern culture. I look forward to seeing more from the character and hopefully one day audiences might get a true gaming Roger Rabbit from him.


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Author and Washington Times columnist Marybeth Hicks is on a campaign to expose what she views as a Left-wing's assault on the nation's children.
Hicks cites the almost universal disregard for Constitution Day as an illustration of liberals' attempt to shape young minds.
Although federal law requires public schools to observe that holiday, studies show up to 90 percent are not doing so.
Hicks, who worked in the Reagan administration, says that statistic is just one example of how political correctness and pop culture are misleading America's kids.
She warns that today's parents must be brave parents to protect their children from being misled by the media, educators and their peers.
In her new book, Don't Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid: Confronting the Left's Assault on Our Families, Faith, and Freedom, she sounds the alarm on the views of the next generation.
Hicks reports that frightening percentages of our children believe:
She said parents must work to reset their children's moral compass so they have the strong character and values needed to lead our nation into the future.
If not, she warns that we'll soon wake up in a very different America -- a far cry from the land of the free.
Marybeth Hicks shared more about what she believes to be the Left's assault on the younger generation, on the "The 700 Club," Sept. 14. Click play to watch the interview.
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ST. LOUIS - The first day of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships couldn't have gone much better for local wrestlers.
Indian Valley graduate Nic Bedelyon, who is a senior at Kent State, went 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals at 125 pounds and Penn State's nine wrestlers went a combined 16-2 on the day to help the Nittany Lions hold down first place in the team standings.
The only drawback was that Lewistown graduate Matt Snyder fell short of the quarterfinals, but the Virginia junior did win a match and will return for Friday's second round of consolations.
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Kent State's Nic Bedelyon, an Indian Valley graduate, wrestles Iowa State's Ryak Finch in the first round of the NCAA?championships in St. Louis Thursday. Bedelyon won 13-2.
University of Virginia's Matt Snyder, a Lewistown graduate, takes on Oklahoma State University's Jonni DiJulius, also in the first round. Snyder won 3-2.
Bedelyon, who is just the fifth wrestler in Kent State history to qualify for four NCAA tournaments, needs just one more victory to become an All-American for the second time. He finished eighth in 2009.
On Thursday, Bedelyon - the fifth seed - beat Iowa State's Ryak Finch 13-2 in the opening round, then kept the offense going with a 10-7 victory over No. 12 Steve Bonnano of Hofstra.
Bedelyon, who will face No. 4 Jesse Delgado of Illinois in the quarterfinal round, was not made available to reporters.
In the other half of the bracket at 125, Snyder lost 4-3 in tiebreaker to sixth-seeded Frank Perrelli of Cornell.
"I was a little disappointed in the way I wrestled," Snyder said. "I wrestled that kid last year at nationals and beat him 13-5, so when I saw the brackets come out, I knew it was going to be a pretty good matchup."
Snyder scored the opening takedown, but was reversed and Perelli rode him out to earn a 1 1/2-minute advantage in riding time. That proved to be crucial. Despite Snyder's third-period escape, he gave up the riding-time point that allowed Perelli to tie it at 3.
After a scoreless overtime period, Perelli escaped in the first half of the tiebreaker, then held Snyder down for the victory.
"It was frustrating because I beat him in his positions - on his feet," Snyder said. "I'm not good on my feet; he's good on his feet. I took hm down and he beat me on top. I wasn't expecting it. He came prepared in that perspective. I wasn't expecting it and it was kind of tough."
Snyder beat Johnni DiJulius of Ohio State 3-2 in the opening round thanks to a riding-time point.
Snyder, who reached the round of 12 last season but fell one match short of earning All-American status, will face Jared Germaine of Eastern Michigan today. He will need to win three consecutive matches in order to become an All-American.
"I've got to take it match by match and let go of what happened," he said. "If I don't, then it's going to be a short tournament. I've just got to get rid of that in my mind and just get ready to go tomorrow morning and not look past anyone."
Penn State has seven wrestlers in the quarterfinals: Nico Megaludis (125 pounds), Frank Molinaro (149), Dylan Alton (157), David Taylor (165), Ed Ruth (174), Quentin Wright (184) and Cameron Wade (285). Frank Martellotti (133) and Morgan McIntosh (197) were the only Nittany Lions to lose; both remain alive in the tournament.
The defending national champs have 38.5 points to lead the team race. Minnesota is second with 33 points.
"I think it's a team race here," Penn State coach Cael Sanderson said. "Everyone's got their individual goals, but tomorrow's the big day. Who knows? It might come down to the end. It's a tight race, and that's what makes it fun."
The Nittany Lions got a big win at 125. Megaludis, a 10th seed as a true freshman, knocked off seventh-seeded Jarrod Patterson of Oklahoma. Megaludis trailed 3-0 in the third period before escaping to make it 3-1. After a scramble, Megaludis ended up in a strange position where he was credited with a takedown and three backpoints.
"I don't know why he didn't let go of it earlier," Megaludis said. "I was just counting up the riding time."
The bonus point gave Megaludis a 7-3 victory and a date with second-seeded Zach Sanders of Minnesota. Another upset there would put Megaludis in the semifinals and make him an All-American for the first time.
"It's not about All-American," he said. "I ain't an All-American yet. I want to win this. I still have three matches to do that."


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if any one remember this old drama Waqt which showed in 1984 from Lahore PTV Center
it is written by Amjad Islam Amjad main cast is Abid Ali, Firdous Jamal
i would really appreciate if any one here can upload any video or clip anything at all i have been searching for it for quite long but still no luck so thought to share it with u folk's wait for replies
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PM replied mate but you havent uploaded a clip yet still waiting for it & if u upload a clip of title theme that would be cool mate
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By Megan Cotton, AMCOM/Garrison Public and Congressional AffairsJune 29, 2011
The Army Contracting Command-Redstone and the AMCOM Chief Information Office have announced a new acquisitions strategy for Information Technical Support Services.
ACC-RSA will use the Army's Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software Solutions Contract to acquire ITSS requirements and comply with new Army guidance on the procurement of enterprise level services. The plans were discussed during a town hall June 14.
The purpose of the town hall was to encourage an open dialogue, while keeping industry partners informed on the changes and providing a forum to answer questions, said AMCOM deputy commander Ronnie Chronister. He highlighted how the decision was made to use CHESS in order for Redstone to work best in the new business environment, saying it will provide flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness.
"We did an analysis to find out how we could be more efficient while still being effective," Chronister said.
Under the new strategy, CHESS will only be used for two requirements which cover ITSS for AMCOM and the Program Executive Offices, and for the Logistics Support Activity. Two other requirements, information management support services and information assurance/cyber support services, will be set aside for small business and will not use the CHESS contract.


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MARTINSBURG - For the Martinsburg Bulldogs and Brooke Point, Va. Black-Hawks, the contest at Martinsburg Fieldhouse Friday night was a combination of errors and missed shots for both sides.
"It was ugly from the first to the fourth quarter," Martinsburg coach Wes Hall said. "We just happened to make less mistakes."
"We missed 11 layups in the first half and 11 in the second half," Brooke Point coach Rick Butler said. "That is a potential 44 points we let go in the paint. That would have given us a better position to win the game rather than get blown out."
Martinsburg outscored Brooke Point 48-26 in the final three quarters of play to take a 54-34 victory.
The basketball constantly changed hands between the Black-Hawks and Bulldogs in the opening quarter through jumpballs, fouls and errant passes. Brooke Point managed to carry the 8-6 advantage, including a 6-1 run to start the opening eight minutes of play.
"I kept telling my teammates to calm down and relax," Martinsburg's Kiana Bullett said. "They were playing a tough man-to-man defense, and we were getting a bit antsy. We needed to make smarter passes and look for each other on the floor."
Martinsburg eventually settled into a rhythm in the second quarter, but it took nearly the entire eight minutes of the quarter for the Bulldogs to claim the lead for the first time in the contest.
Following a Valerie Poole jumper to give the Black-Hawks a 17-12 lead, the Bulldogs went on a 10-2 run to finish the second quarter and take a three-point advantage into halftime.
Martinsburg added a 13-2 run in the third quarter and a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter to stretch out the lead from three to 20 before the final buzzer sounded.
Bullett led all scorers, with 15 points and rebounders with 16. Ally Fossett added 13 points, and Mykera Days finished with 11 points and six steals for Martinsburg.
The Black-Hawks were led by Poole with 11 points. Ashlee Lowe and Rachael Payne each added seven points for Brooke Point.