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Face It, Fans: MLS Is A Minor League
What's that "M" stand for again?
I don't read Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle often. I think of him as a kind of minor league Richard Justice. But I couldn't resist reading him the other day when he did one of my favorite things, piss off soccer fans. Last week, apparently, he made the mistake of stating the truth: the MLS, despite the use of the word "major," is a minor league.
It's wrong, apparently, to state the truth about the MLS. But though it might be the best league in the U.S. for the sport, when compared to the rest of the world, it's a minor league. This shouldn't be an indictment. They put out a good product, and the fans enjoy the action, but it's not comparable to the best product, and calling it a major league is an insult to major leagues.
I cover the Houston Aeros for the Press. The Aeros are a minor league hockey team. They're a fun team to watch. The games are full of action, hard-hitting, and a mix of incredible speed, grace, and brutality. The Aeros management puts on a good arena show with cheerleaders, loud music, sound effects, and just about everything you'll find in the NHL. However, there are two types of players in the AHL: those players trying to make the NHL, and those players trying to get back to the NHL.
The players, coaches, staffs, they care about what happens in the game. They want to win games, they want to make the playoffs, they want to win the championship. But more than anything, they all want a promotion to the NHL, the top league of hockey, the major league of hockey.
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The guys in the MLS want to win games and titles. And they care about the game. But they're just like the guys who play in the AHL, or the guys who play baseball in Japan. They want to go to Europe and play on the best teams there. And when players from Europe come here to play in the States, it's generally because they're past their prime and can't cut it in big-time soccer. Just like those former MLB stars who end their careers in Japan.
Solomon used last week's MLS All-Star match-up against Manchester United to make the point of his column about the minor league status of MLS. It's a point he reiterated in his blog post this week. Several of the commenters responded with a point about the Manchester team losing to a MLS team prior to that.
But there's nothing invalid about Solomon's point. The MLS All-Star squad lost to a Manchester team missing several of its big starters. It's kind of like the Yankees going on tour in Japan and playing without Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, and Mariano Rivera. The team is still good enough to beat any team in Japan, but it's also going to lose from time to time. That doesn't mean, however, that the Japanese are on par with the Yankees - a good Japanese team, however, might be able win series after series against the Astros, however.
Houston soccer fans might not like what Solomon has to say. But that doesn't mean he's wrong. Reality is sometimes hard to accept. But the fact is that the MLS is a minor league. They're not the best players. They don't play the best soccer.
That shouldn't take away from your enjoyment of the game. Watching minor league hockey doesn't take away from the enjoyment that Houston Aeros fans take away from the games, and anybody who has traveled to Round Rock knows that, though the brand of baseball isn't at the level of baseball in the majors, it's an enjoyable experience that's often a blast to watch.
Maybe you didn't like Solomon's tone. But a minor league is a minor league, even if it adopts the moniker of major in its league name.
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Chairman Hilal Al Mawali signs agreement with Driver Consult to act as Project Managers for the OBO Muscat base ....
Outward Bound Oman provides an opportunity for the Volunteers of the Dar Al Atta'a charity to develop a further understanding of various life and career skills.
Outward Bound Oman provides an opportunity fro young entrepreneurs to develop life skills that will aid them in their career paths.
Four OBO instructors, Sultan Al Jabri, Sultan Al Hasni, Mohammed Al Shibli and Mohammed Al Zadjali left Muscat last week for a two week period of overseas training and observation at OB Singapore, and OB Aberdovey in the UK.
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Edwards' annual directory to the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, business, business firms, manufacturing establishments, etc., in the city of Saint Louis
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Choice Butter Canned For Mountain Trade, By D.Douglass, , 210 Pine st.street
John, Jacob, dairyman , ns.north side Virginia, bet.between Teney
and Joab. r.residence same
and Joab. r.residence same
John, Jacob, lab.laborer r.residence 310 Sidney
John, Michael, engineer , r.residence ws.west side Indiana av.avenue bet.between
Miami and Potomac
Miami and Potomac
John, william, reporter , r.residence 804 s.south 3d
John, Augustus, paiter , Vcitor, , bet.between McNair av.avenue
and Gravois rd.road r.residence same
and Gravois rd.road r.residence same
Johns, D. T. (Johns & Co.company ), bds.boards Everett house
Johns, Frank L.clerk , Johns & Co.company bds.boards Everett
Johns, John (Johns & Co.company ), bds.boards Everett house
Johns, Lafayette, prof. Academy Of The
Christian Brothers
Christian Brothers
Johns M.bds.boards st.street Clair hotel
Jonas, Nelson Wprinter , Commercial Review, r.residence
929 n.north 7th
929 n.north 7th
Johns, P. M.printer , Missouri Republican, bds.boards
Chesnut. se.southeast cor.corner 2d
Chesnut. se.southeast cor.corner 2d
Johns, T, B. (Johns & Co.company ), r.residence Terre Haute, Ind.
Johns & Co.company (T. B.Johns, and D. T.Johns, ), com.
mere. 8 city bldgs.
mere. 8 city bldgs.
Johnson, Abel M.bookkeeper , A. Johnson & Co.company
r.residence 2208 Carr
r.residence 2208 Carr
Johnson, Ada Miss, tescher , Gravois school, bds.boards
Iowa av.avenue nr.near Wyoming
Iowa av.avenue nr.near Wyoming
Johnson, Adamantine (A. Johnson & Co.company ), r.residence 2625
Johnson, Albert, r.residence es.east side Lynch, bet.between Ohio av.avenue and
Johnson, Albert, student , r.residence sa. Lynch, bet.between Ohio
av.avenue and Clara
av.avenue and Clara
Johnson, Albert (col'd), bartender , r.residence 1009 Green
Johnson, Alfred H.inspector , water rates, r.residence 522
Johnson, Andrew (Johnson & Sawyer ), r,residence 1120
Johnson, Ann, wid.widow Ashton, , r.residence 1422 Washington
Johnson, Ann A.wid.widow Mason , r.residence 9 n.north 6th
Juhneon, Anna, wid.widow Robert, , r.residence 511 Lafayette
Johnson, August, mechanic . Industrial Plow
Mnfg.manufacturing Co.company Lemp av.avenue cor.corner Utah
Mnfg.manufacturing Co.company Lemp av.avenue cor.corner Utah
Johnson, Austin F. (Frank Field & Co.company ), bds.boards st.street
Clair hotel
Clair hotel
Johnson, A.bds.boards Planters' house
Johnson, A.Garrett, salesman , McLaren, Baxton
& Williams , r.residence ns.north side Washington av.avenue bet.between 12th
and 13th
& Williams , r.residence ns.north side Washington av.avenue bet.between 12th
and 13th
Johnson, A. s.south bds.boards st.street Clair hotel
Johnson A. & Co.company (Adamantine, and
James, M.Johnson), whol.wholesale drygoods , 421 n.north
Main and 106 and 108 Vine
James, M.Johnson), whol.wholesale drygoods , 421 n.north
Main and 106 and 108 Vine
Johnson, Ben. (Julius H. Smith & Co.company ), and pres.president
Great Republic Ins.Co.company Market, sw.southwest cor.corner 2d,
r.residence 208 n.north 8th
Great Republic Ins.Co.company Market, sw.southwest cor.corner 2d,
r.residence 208 n.north 8th
Johnson, Benjamin, agt.agent r.residence 907 n.north 24th
Johnson, Benjamin, cauvassiog ins agt. r.residence 925 n.north
Jobnsjn, Benjamin, steamboat captain , r.residence 511
Johnson, Bernard, lab, r.residence 16th, cor.corner Chambers
Johnson, Bernard, waiter , Laclede hotel, bds.boards
Johnson, Carsten B.grocer , 2236 Carondslet av.avenue
r.residence same
r.residence same
Johnson, Catharine, wid.widow Alexander, , r.residence Factory
row, Austin
row, Austin
Johnson, Catharine, wid.widow William, , r.residence rear 1109 n.north
Johnson, Charles, blacksmith , Industrial Plow
Mnfg Co. r.residence Utah. ne.northeast cor.corner Missouri av.avenue
Mnfg Co. r.residence Utah. ne.northeast cor.corner Missouri av.avenue
Johnson, Charles, bricklayer , bds.boards 1309 s.south 7th
Johnson, Charles, lab.laborer bds.boards 1011 Market
Johnson, Charles, lab.laborer r,residence 1242 s.south 2d
Johnson, Charles, mate, r.residence 810 Benton
Johnson, Cliarles, nurse , city hospital, r.residence same
Johnson, Charles, porter , Ebbert & True , r.residence rear
1621 North Market, bet.between 16th and 17th
1621 North Market, bet.between 16th and 17th
Johnson, Charles P.lawyer , Churchill's bldg.building
Chesiml, ne.northeast cor.corner 5th, r.residence 1507 Chesnut
Chesiml, ne.northeast cor.corner 5th, r.residence 1507 Chesnut
Henry Papin & Co.company ,
Contract Tax Paying Agents .
Taxes Paid On Lands In
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and
all the Southern States.
Office, Southwest cor.corner Third and Olvie Streets.
Johnson, Charles w.west printer , s.south Lauis Times, r.residence
516 Poplar
516 Poplar
Johnson, Christina, wid.widow Benjamin, , r.residence 1st, ne.northwest cor.corner
Johnson, Clemens (eol'd), lab.laborer r.residence 1829 Columbus
Johnson, Dennis (col'd), janitor , r.residence Cozens, ne.northwest
cor.corner Pratte av.avenue
cor.corner Pratte av.avenue
Johnson, Dennis M.engineer , r.residence 2606 Cooper
Johnson, D.moulder , Lafayette foundry
Johnson, Edward, carpenter , Industrial How
Mnfg.manufacturing Co.company Lemp av.avenue cor.corner Utah.r.residence es.east side Missouri
av.avenue bet.between Miami and Potomac
Mnfg.manufacturing Co.company Lemp av.avenue cor.corner Utah.r.residence es.east side Missouri
av.avenue bet.between Miami and Potomac
Johnson, Edward, clerk , bds.boards 3528 Broadway
Johnson, Edward B.entryclerk , a.F. Shapleigh
& Co.company r.residence 706 Pine
& Co.company r.residence 706 Pine
Johnson, Edward C.clerk , A. Johnson & Co.company bds.boards
2625 Pine
2625 Pine
Johnson, Edward P.lawyer, and register In bank-
ruptcy, 318 Chesnut, bds.boards 29 s.south 15th
ruptcy, 318 Chesnut, bds.boards 29 s.south 15th
Johnson, Elizabeth Miss, dressmaker , 110 n.north 12th,
r.residence same
r.residence same
Johnson, Elizabeth, seamstress , r.residence es.east side 9th, betbetween
Chambers and Webster
Chambers and Webster
Jobasoc, Elizabeth, wid.widow John, , r.residence ws.west side al.alley bet.between Pine
and Olive. 7th and 8th
and Olive. 7th and 8th
Johnson, Eva Mrs.r.residence 1129 Locmrt
Johnson , G. C.wid,widow Johnw.west, r.residence 1904 Morgan
Johnson, Prank, lab.laborer r.residence 600 s.south 3d
Johnson, Fred, driver , bds,boards 1832 Market,
Johnson, Frits, hoteeehoer , John M.Gomes, , bds.boards
1313 Market
1313 Market
Johnson, F. (Crouch & Johnson ), r.residence 2102 Broad-
Johnson, Garrett, clerk , bds.boards 1211 Washington av.avenue
Johnson, George, collamaker , r.residence Factory row,
Johnson, George, lab.laborer Mg. 2347 Chootefto av.avenue
Johnson, George, physician , 1127 Locust, r.residence same
Johnson, George F.bookkeeper , Johnson & Saw-
yer , r.residence 1120 Locust
yer , r.residence 1120 Locust
Johnson, George T.blacksmith , bds.boards Randle house
Johnson, Gerhard, milkman , r,residence ss.south side Davis, betbetween 21st
and 22d
and 22d
Johnson, Henry, barkeeper , T. B.Howard, , r.residence Carr,
cor.corner 10th
cor.corner 10th
Johnson, Henry, cigar mnfr.manufacturer bds.boards ns.north side Hebert, bet.between
22d and 23d
22d and 23d
Johnson, Henry, clerk , bds.boards 1213 Grattan
Johnson, Henry, fancygoods , 807 n.north 3d, r.residence same
Johnson, Henry, lab, r.residence 1221 n.north 11th
Johnson, Henry, tailor , 505 Washington av.avenue bds.boards
6th, bet.between Chesnut and Pine
6th, bet.between Chesnut and Pine
Johnson, Herman L.pliysician , 1207 Madison, r.residence
Johnson, Hermann, tailor , r.residence rear 1727 Fulton
Johnson, Horace s.south conductor , People's city rail-
way, r.residence rear 1562 Carondelet av.avenue
way, r.residence rear 1562 Carondelet av.avenue
Johnson, Isadore, pilot , r.residence 1719 Carr
Johnson, Jacob, framemaker , Pettes & Leathe , r.residence
rear 1006 n.north 6th
rear 1006 n.north 6th
Johnson, James, clerk , st.street Louis Book and News
Co.company r.residence 1004 n.north 2d
Co.company r.residence 1004 n.north 2d
Johnson, James, fireman , Belcher's Sugar Refin-
ing Co.company r.residence 111 Bates
ing Co.company r.residence 111 Bates
Johnson, James, lab.laborer bds.boards 111 Bates
Johnson, James e.east (James e.east Johnson & Co.company ), r.residence
4th, ne.northeast eor. Cbesnut
4th, ne.northeast eor. Cbesnut
Johnson James e.east & Co, (James e.east Johnson, and
John P.Brisben, ), realestate brokess , 4th, ne.northeast
cor.corner Chesnut
John P.Brisben, ), realestate brokess , 4th, ne.northeast
cor.corner Chesnut
Johnson, James F.physician , 409 Myrtle, r.residence
Excelsior Insurance Company , Fire And Marine, n.north E. Cor, Main and Walnut Streets. See adv'tbus.dept.department
Plain and Figured Swisses, A. Johnson & Co.company , 421 Main, corner Vine Street.


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Otsuka said in an interview that she wanted to tell the story of Japanese picture brides -- not just one bride, but that as a group. And in this case, the narrative mode makes perfect sense. Between 1908 and the 1920s, thousands of young Japanese women came over to the United States after an arranged marriage agreement. Instead of focusing on one story, this book introduces the reader to many stories, some devastatingly sad, some happier, but all of them are sympathetic. And by not focusing on just one story, we read the book with a fuller picture and are moved by their collective experiences and struggles. The stories begin on the boat, and follow them through marriage, manual labor, child raising and the heart wrenching internment following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. I can imagine that this book might appeal to a wide range of fiction readers -- fans of historical fiction, women's fiction, immigrant stories, Asian-American experiences, World War II home front, and readers of fiction set in California and the West.
There is a legend about blues guitarist Robert Johnson- that he sold his soul to the devil for the ability to play blues guitar like no other. Is it true? Perhaps, perhaps not; it's a legend that surrounds other bluesmen and many a struggling musician has gone in search of "the crossroads" to see if they can also have the skills and influence of Robert Johnson. Crossroads is not about that search,
Henry Skrimshander is a slight shortstop with a love and strong appreciation for baseball. Henry isn't a great player, and not very strong at bat but he does have potential. When his sister writes the message "Call Mike Shorts!" by the phone, Henry's life changes forever.
Mike Schwartz is the captain of the baseball team at Westish College in Wisconsin. Mike is addicted to painkillers (also the captain of the football team, he has bad knees), hardworking and spends a lot of his time helping his teammates become the best players they can be. He is hard on them, pushing them through more squats, more lifts, and more runs than seemingly possible.
Just as Henry is about to break the NCAA record for most error free games, an errant ball slips out of his hands and flies into the face of his roommate Owen Dunne who is sitting in the dugout reading a book. This seemingly innocuous error sets into motion a series of events that become life changing not only for Henry, Mike, and Owen but also the President of Westish, Guert Affenlight, and his daughter Pella who has just returned to Wisconsin after some personal problems of her own.
Science has always appealed to me, but it's hard to carve out enough time to keep abreast of all the new science books; that's one reason I really enjoy the Best American Science Writing series. It's always fun to discover trends and reconnect with intriguing topics in the field. One good aspect of contemporary science writing is that the authors really write well and can summarize complex subjects in easily understandable language. So what's on science writing's 2012 burner? Medicine, for one. The first four essays explore medical themes, among them: new heart vessels for babies born with weak hearts, and immune systems trained to kill cancer cells. As Denise Grady's article about the latter reveals, after an experimental treatment one man suffering from leukemia lost over two pounds of cancer cells. And a year later is cancer was in total remission.
My favorite essay in this collection is Evan Ratliff's "Taming the Wild." It's about a Russian research team that has been breeding foxes for over fifty years. Their foxes are now so tame that not only are they adopted for pets, but they share many puppylike traits such spotted coats, wagging tails, floppy ears and curly tails. A contrasting group of foxes has been bred for aggression and, believe me, you'd want to stay clear of their cages.
Every so often a novel comes along that takes your breath away. The Orphan Master's Son remained unopened on my nightstand for a couple of weeks. But as soon as I dove into this literary thriller that also includes a love story I was hooked. It's set in North Korea, and amazingly, it's written by an American.
Pak Jun Do grew up in an orphanage, yet he was no true orphan (as he repeats many times in these pages) since his father raised him, or more accurately, Jun raised himself near his father. Years earlier, his mother, a singer, had been whisked off to Pyongyang, the capital, where all the beautiful women of the provinces were sent, so he never got to know her. Jun Do's job was renaming each orphan upon his arrival--he named each boy after the 114 North Korean martyrs. Jun Do also assigned jobs, taking the worst for himself. But since even children in North Korea work
Horror fiction: There're a lot of arguments about what it is and isn't -- it's bloody; it doesn't have to be bloody. It's supernatural, like werewolves and ghosts; it can have just people -- they're scary enough. It's got sparkly vampires who can inexplicably run around all day; vampires don't fall in love, they fall with their fangs into your neck. Whatever version of horror you subscribe to, with Halloween coming up quickly, it's what's for dinner.
If you think for a moment that you had a hard childhood, read this memoir. Mrs. Winterson, as Jeanette calls her adopted mother throughout this account, was incredibly tough, and often cruel. Routinely, she locked her young child out all night, so that Jeanette sat frozen huddled on the front stoop until her dad came home from his overnight shift. Other punishments included being locked in the coal bin and forbidden food. Repeatedly, Mrs. W. told Jeanette that the devil sent her to the wrong crib when she chose Jeanette for adoption. Even food was a scarce commodity in the Winterson home. When Jeannette attended the grammar school for older kids, her mother never applied for the lunch program even though they were poor and ran out of food and gas (to cook it) each Thursday before payday.
Books were not allowed, and when Jeanette became a teenager and found a job, Heaven was a bookshop filled with thousands of books. She brought a few home every week and hid them in the only place her mother would not check--under the mattress. Alas, one night a copy of D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love slipped over the
Working in a library, I try to read a wide variety of books -- romance books, graphic novels, memoirs, young adult fiction, fantasy and popular non-fiction titles. But my one true love is contemporary literary fiction. A coworker once remarked to me that I didn't like reading novels by authors who weren't alive. Yep. Give me Jhumpa Lahiri over Jane Austen any day.
But I assume like a lot of readers I get stuck in a rut and go long periods of time without being excited about the fiction I am reading. This fall might be the answer to all my book desires. Four of my top ten favorite authors have new books coming out!
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When compact discs first came out they were proclaimed to be almost indestructible. I still remember watching the Today Show and being amazed as the new media storage for music was demonstrated. Part of the demonstration was taking a small hammer and hitting the CD disc with it. A wonder of wonders; the disc still played. Looking back on this event today I wonder if the disc would have played all the way through. The Idea that digital disc storage was indestructible has been more than a little overblown. Digital discs need the same care and sometimes greater care than the old vinyl recordings. I would like to share with you some guidelines for caring for your digital discs. "
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Glazed Coconut Banana Bread
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 1 hr
Tangy glaze cuts the sweetness of the bread
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 cups flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups mashed bananas (about 3)
- 1⁄4 cup plain yogurt
- 3 tablespoons dark rum
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup sweetened flaked coconut, plus
- 1 tablespoon sweetened flaked coconut
- cooking spray
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt, mix well.
- In a large bowl beat sugar and butter.
- Add eggs and beat well.
- Add bananas, yogurt, vanilla and rum, beat well.
- Add flour mixture, beat well.
- Stir in 1/2 cup coconut.
- Pour batter into loaf pan and top with 1 tbsp coconut.
- Bake for 1 hr or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from pan, cool completely.
- Combine confectioners' sugar and lime juice to make a glaze, spoon over cooled bread.
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Excellent.. I love this recipe. It is great even without the lime glaze, but the glase adds an extra kick to it. I only use 1/4 cup of powder sugar. We don't like it too sweet. Everyone needs to try this recipe.
Made this and entered it in the bakery contest at our county fair. It won a blue ribbon and 2nd in "best in class". Also took it to my moms for Easter dinner. We heated it up a little and most of us spread our slices with a little butter-- heavenly! It was delicious and we ate it as an appetizer, and by the time the meal was ready, not a crumb was left! Next time I make this (and there will be a next time), I think I will use over-ripe bananas for a stronger banana taste.
YUMMY! This is a fantastic tasting & extremely moist bread. I just loved it! The only suggestion i could make is: when you take it out of the oven use a toothpick to poke several holes on the top so that the lime glaze really soaks down into the bread. it's too yummy to have all drip off the sides! YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY-thanks for a great alternative to the typical banana bread!


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Amber Heard Gossip
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The Amber Papers
As you know, Amber Heard went to court on Friday seeking a restraining order against Johnny Depp as part of her divorce petition. Full Story
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As mentioned in the previous post, Johnny Depp's come out hard on the divorce position after Amber filed on Monday. So she's sending her ravens out to make sure her version of events is being presented. Full Story
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We had a rough night last night. Barney, our dog, was sick and kept getting up so we kept getting up and the combination of fatigue and worry is the worst. There was happiness waiting for me on my phone when my alarm went off though. This Johnny Depp-Amber Heard apology video made me so happy for Monday. Full Story
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AUGUSTA – Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Mead of Bangor didn't need any coaching Wednesday when his nomination to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sailed through the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, but he got a little bit anyway.
Roger Reed, the basketball coach of Bangor High School's state championship team, took a day off from teaching history to endorse Mead's nomination to the state's highest court. Mead has lectured about the judiciary to Reed's students, the longtime coach told committee members.
"He's clear, concise, down-to-earth and friendly," Reed said. "He's a great nominee and one we can all be proud of."
The committee voted unanimously, 13-0, to endorse Mead, who was nominated Feb. 28 by Gov. John E. Baldacci to replace retiring Justice Howard H. Dana Jr., 65, of Portland. Mead's salary as a state supreme court justice will be $108,498 compared to his $101,732 annual salary as a Superior Court justice.
"I'm thrilled, humbled and honored," Mead, 55, said after the two-hour hearing as he and his wife, Kelly, a kindergarten teacher in Bangor, headed toward the governor's office for congratulations.
No one spoke in opposition to Mead's nomination.
Rep. Sean Faircloth, D-Bangor, and Rep. Joshua Hardy, R-Newport, both members of their respective party's leadership, wholeheartedly endorsed Mead's nomination. Lawyers from Bangor and Portland commended his leadership skills, judicial temperament, legal expertise, commitment to the community, and his musical talent as founder of a band called the Retro Rockerz.
Committee members, however, were just as interested in hearing the nominee's philosophy on administering the court system as they were in learning whether he favors consensus over dissents in law court decisions.
The nominee said he believes consensus is worthwhile in crafting law court decisions, but "well-reasoned dissents shouldn't be abandoned."
In answer to a committee member's question about court security, Mead said he favors entry screening in the state's more than 30 courthouses.
"Incidents of violence in courtrooms are seldom premeditated," Mead told the committee. "It's a complex issue. But, yes, the need is real. My concern is not solely one of self-interest. I'm on the bench, I'm somewhat protected. But real people are at risk and they are the ones down front – the lawyers and the parties."
Before he was appointed to the District Court bench in 1990, Mead was the first judge to serve the Penobscot Tribal Court beginning in 1979. He told the committee that his 11 years there greatly influenced how he has conducted himself in the District and Superior courts.
"It is the purist form of justice," Mead said of the tribal court. "They get together, air their disputes freely and have an independent person make a decision. That experience taught me the value of listening and shaped how I worked later."
The nominee also told the committee that if he were in charge of reforming the court system and had unlimited funds, he would start with new courthouses, such as the one planned for downtown Bangor, and include upgraded computer systems. He also said he supports programs that improve the courts' efficiency including the new scheduling system being implemented throughout the state.
"I think he's an exceptional human being," committee member Rep. Michael Dunn, D-Bangor, said after the hearing. "He'll bring all his best characteristics to the bench – character, fairness, empathy and intellect.
"He's a great choice."
It was the second time in less than two years that Baldacci has nominated someone from his hometown to the state's high court. In April 2005, the governor nominated lawyer Warren M. Silver, 59, of Bangor. He was confirmed swiftly.
A vote by the Senate on the Judiciary Committee's recommendation has not been scheduled. State law requires that a vote be held within 35 days of the governor's nomination. Committee members expected the confirmation to go as smoothly as the hearing did.
The Supreme Judicial Court is not scheduled to hear oral arguments this month, but is scheduled to hear cases next month at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. Mead is expected to hear cases with his new colleagues then.
The justices are scheduled to convene in Bangor in May.


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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, still known as Roissy Airport to some, is the largest airport in France and is a major international air hub, frequented by visitors to Paris. Our guide to the airport provides relevant contact information, details about airport facilities and instructions for travelling between the airport and Paris city centre.
There are several information desks throughout Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Free guides and maps of Paris and the airport are available on request. There are also tourist information offices in the terminals.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are linked by the CDGVAL airport Métro line. Shuttles operate between the various parts of Terminal 2 and the long stay car park, as well as to the more distant Terminal 2G.
From central Paris, follow signs to the northbound N1 road, and follow it to the connecting Autoroute du N (A1). The A1 merges onto the E15, which has a dedicated junction for the airport. Follow signs to the terminals.
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Rail:RER trains (www.ratp.fr) serve the airport in conjunction with ADP shuttles. Line B runs from Terminal 1 and from the TGV station at Terminal 2 to Gare du Nord, Châtelet-les-Halles, St Michel, Luxembourg, Port Royal and Denfert-Rochereau, with connections to the Métro. The journey time to Gare du Nord is about 25 minutes, and the fare is €9.75. TGV (tel: 3635; www.tgv-europe.com) and Thalys (tel: +33 8 2584 2597; www.thalys.com) trains also run to various destinations in Paris and beyond. There is a SNCF desk on the fourth floor of Terminal 2 for public transport enquiries.
Bus:Local buses 350 and 351 connect central Paris to the airport. Roissybus (www.ratp.fr) serves all three terminals and runs to Place de l'Opéra for the Paris metro (journey time: 45-60 minutes; fare: €11). The Noctilien night service has three routes linking the airport with various destinations in Paris between 0430 and 0130.
Shuttle:The Val d'Europe Airports shuttle (VEA) operates services between Paris hotels, Disneyland and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (fare: €20).
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Taxi:A taxi to the city centre will take around 45 minutes. Taxi companies include Alpha Taxis (tel: +33 1 4585 8585), Les Taxis Bleus (tel: +33 1 4152 5425), Taxis G7 (tel: +33 1 4739 4739) and G7 Horizon (tel: +33 1 4739 0091). The average fare to central Paris is around €50-60, depending on the time of day and traffic conditions.
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There are work areas in terminals 1 and 2 where travellers can also recharge their electronic equipment. Conference and meeting facilities are available at the larger hotels close to and in the terminals – the nearest is the Sheraton Paris Airport Hotel & Conference Centre (tel: +33 1 4919 7070; www.starwoodhotels.com), within Terminal 2.
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has excellent facilities for disabled travellers, who should inform their airline in advance of their needs. Information desks also offer a special welcome service for disabled passengers. Reserved car parking spaces are provided in designated areas and discount on parking is available on presentation of a valid disability badge.
Each terminal has its own short-term covered car park with direct access to the terminal by lift. The long-term car park PR is for Terminal 1, and car park PX is for Terminals 2 and 3; all are linked by a free airport shuttle bus.
Car hire companies at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport include: Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Firefly, Hertz, National, Sixt and TT Car Transit, all of which have offices in terminals 1 and 2.
Sheraton Paris Airport Hotel & Conference Centre
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Novotel Paris CDG Terminal
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Pullman Paris CDG
Convenient for both Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and the local convention centre, the Pullman has extensive meeting facilities, plus a business centre. There is an on-site restaurant, bar, indoor swimming pool and tennis courts. A free shuttle bus connects the hotel to the airport.
Hilton Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
Located on-site at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, five minutes from the terminals, the Hilton provides a shuttle bus service to the TGV station at Terminal 2F. Facilities include meeting and conference facilities, a choice of restaurants and bars, a fitness room and a swimming pool.
Ibis Paris CDG Airport
Situated opposite Terminal 3 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the Ibis has 772 rooms, a choice of four restaurants, a bar, and 13 conference rooms. Shuttles link the hotel with Terminals 1 and 2, and the TGV station.
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This 90-room budget option is also within a short distance of the airport terminals. Breakfast is offered as an addition to the basic room rate, which includes Wi-Fi and satellite TV. Evening dining is available nearby.
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MORRISVILLE, NY— Morrisville State College's annual Autumn Review Sale will be held on Sept. 24.
The sale, run by the Morrisville State Dairy Club, will start at 11 a.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building on Eaton Street in Morrisville.
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Learn how to melt chocolate right every time with tips from the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen.
Baking with chocolate makes for a luxurious treat, but chocolate can require a few precautions to keep its smooth texture. Melting chocolate can be done in a variety of ways, but no matter how you choose to do it, remember never to let a drop of water touch the chocolate. Water on your pan, bowl, or spoon can cause the chocolate to seize and become an unusable mass.


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We wanted to create a piece of heaven for our large family and this home is it! You'll see the deer and turkeys stroll through the yard at any time of day. This cabin, situated on seven + acres is located across the road from the Swan River which offers great fishing and inner tubing, has become a favorite summer activity for local residents as well as travelers near and far. Wherever you go, it always feels cozy return to the cabin.
We know you'll enjoy your home away from home surrounded by the beauty of Bigfork.
Keywords: fly fishing cabin, private, large, Bigfork, Swan River, river access, Loon Lake access
We have six children, who are mostly grown with eight grandchildren. We have a cleaning business here in Bigfork that we have run since 1999 after farming in Idaho for 23 years.
Mark and Renae Neilson purchased this cabin in 2003
Every season of the year provides its own unique charm and beauty here.
This home is just a short walk from Swan River, and borders state land. In addition, just a short stroll through the woods brings you to the beautiful Loon Lake. Our favorite family activity has been taking float tubes down Swan River which access is just adjacent to our driveway.
Thank you so much for letting us stay in your beautiful home. The home worked perfect for 3 families to stay for 1 week during the summer. It had everything we could hope for in a vacation rental home, owners super friendly, beds very comfortable, all the kitchen and linens we could ask for, and in beautiful Big Sky country. We would highly recommend it!
This is a large, beautiful home in a gorgeous setting! The beds were comfortable and linens very clean. We were visited by chipmunks, turkeys, deer, squirrels and the neighbor dog Purdy! She seemed to know just when the barbecue was lit and we enjoyed her sweet spirit very much. We enjoyed our peaceful stay and would recommend it to anyone.
As others have mentioned, this is a beautiful log cabin. The pictures do not do it justice. There is a large great room with beautiful views on the main level which leads out to a beautiful deck. We enjoyed having our coffee out there every morning and wine in the evenings. The house and yard is very well maintained, clean, and stocked with everything you might need to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Very comfortable beds (not sofa beds) and spacious bedrooms that will sleep 11-12 people but there is plenty of room in the walk out basement to throw a few more kids on the floor. There's also one room with a crib if you are traveling with tiny ones. There's a full bath on every floor of this 3 level home with an extra shower in the laundry room. Having 4 showers came in handy since we were traveling with teenage girls. We also located the leafs to the dining room table and were able to seat all 11 of us comfortably for family dinners. Watching the deer and the turkeys in the yard and having the fresh garden and eggs just added to the rustic charm of this beautiful home.
This home is about 10-15 minutes outside of Bigfork and North Flathead Lake with an approximate 40 minute drive to entrance of Glacier National Park. It took us about 1 hour and 10 minutes to get to Lake McDonald Lodge within the Park. There are lots of places to fish, swim, tube, horseback ride, boat and raft both within the national park and closer to the cabin. The swan river is just across the road from the cabin and has a great place to enter the river for tubing/swimming. The owners Mark and Renae were very accommodating and did everything possible to make our stay as welcoming and as comfortable as possible.
Whether you are 3 or 88, you will enjoy this beautiful Montana Cabin.
We just returned from probably the best vacation of our lives. We visited Glacier National Park, Whitefish and Bigfork. Our entire group went white water rafting and filled our days with activities. However the most memorable moments took place in the evenings when we returned to our wonderful huge cabin (Cabin of the Swans) that we rented for the week.
The cabin has a huge Great Room where everyone can gather and a large outside deck off of it.
All of the bedrooms are good size. The place is squeaky clean and it is fully stocked with anything you would ever need. The owners are the nicest and most gracious people you will ever meet.
There were five children in our group and it was fantastic for them to experience this great scenic rural location. There were dozens of deer that came through the property as well as wild turkeys.They also would check out the chicken coupe for fresh eggs daily. There was a large fenced garden and they were allowed to pick fresh raspberries. They are all city kids so this was a wonderful experience. Everyone was outside most of the time. We fished in both the river across the street and in the lake which is a five minute walk. They also went tubing in both. A few rode the two bikes briefly and almost everyone played co-Ed touch football on part of the large grassy area.
In short, if you are looking for a great vacation and a wonderful place to stay in Montana - this would be it.
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Santa Barbara, Ca
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This VRBO was perfect for our family reunion! The home was extremely clean and had lots of space for everyone to spread out. The rooms were spacious and the beds were very comfortable. The location is ideal. It's a private setting that was really quiet....no city noise, yet close to Kalispell, Flathead and Glacier Park. Each morning we would wake to deer and turkey in the yard as we would collect the eggs from the chicken coop. Great experience for young and old. This is a beautiful setting that allowed us to visit with everyone in the evenings while enjoying many adventures during the day. June was the perfect time of year to visit, temperatures were comfortable while the crowds in the park were minimal! No matter what you want to do, hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, floating, fishing, shopping, etc., its all in close proximity and some of the most serene county in the northern hemisphere. Truly breathtaking! Mark and Renae are the perfect hosts! Very kind and take such pride in keeping everything in perfect order. It was wonderful to have met you and visiting your home was a blessing for our family.
This log home is one of the most beautiful homes our family have stayed in. The entire house was tastefully decorated and extremely clean, the kitchen was large and spacious, the beds were very comfortable and warm. The yard was huge, clean and the air was so fresh. We enjoyed the peace, quiet and rest away from the big city life. The deers and wild turkeys that came into the yard was a welcome site. The lettuce, herbs and peppers from kitchen garden was great to have at hand. Our experience was awesome and we will definitely hope to come back again.
Renae and Mark, thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us, we can see your home was built with love and care.
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Carnegie Mellon's Robot Hall of Fame® Inducts Four Robots
Ceremony Includes Star Wars' Anthony Daniels, Star Trek's Zachary Quinto
Wednesday April 02, 2008PITTSBURGH-Actors Anthony Daniels and Zachary Quinto will help Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame® induct four robots— the Raibert Hopper, NavLab5, LEGO® Mindstorms and the fictional Lt. Cmdr. Data— during a ceremony April 9 at Carnegie Science Center. Daniels, who played C-3PO in all six Star Wars movies, will be master of ceremonies.
Wednesday April 02, 2008Sports Illustrated and Golf.com are using the Global Connection Project's GigaPan technology to bring the Masters Tournament— or at least the Augusta National golf course— just a little closer to readers and viewers. The Golf Plus special edition for the Masters, which Sports Illustrated sends to some of its subscribers, features a double gatefold panorama of Augusta National's 18th and 9th greens produced by SI photographer Fred Vuich using the GigaPan system.
Wednesday April 02, 2008PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and Entertainment Technology Center will be featured in WQED's newest documentary in the Pittsburgh History Series, Invented, Engineered and Pioneered in Pittsburgh. The program premieres at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 10. Created in honor of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary, the program shows how much Pittsburgh was, and still is, at the forefront of engineering, invention and technology.
Carnegie Mellon's Anind Dey Receives NSF Early Career Development Award
Five-year Grant Will Fund Research on Intelligent Systems
Tuesday April 01, 2008PITTSBURGH— Anind K. Dey, an assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, has received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the agency's most prestigious award for junior faculty. A five-year, $500,000 grant will support Dey's work on making intelligent, interactive systems easier for people to understand and control.
Thursday March 27, 2008Amen Corner Charities will honor Randy Pausch with the 2008 Dr. John E. Murray Jr. Award for Academic Leadership and Excellence during a luncheon at noon April 17 at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association.Pausch has videotaped his acceptance speech for the luncheon and SCS Dean Randal E. Bryant will accept the award on Pausch's behalf. Scholarship recipients supported by Amen Corner Charities, which is affiliated with the local business and civic affairs group called Amen Corner, also will be announced during the luncheon.Past recipients of the award include oncologist Dr. Stanley M.
Tuesday March 25, 2008PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University, in cooperation with the Tokyo University of Technology (TUT) in Tokyo, Japan, will award the second annual Katayanagi Prizes in Computer Science to two outstanding members of the world's computer science community. The prizes have been endowed with a gift from Japanese entrepreneur and education advocate Mr. Koh Katayanagi, who founded TUT and several other technical institutions in Japan over the last 60 years.
Carnegie Mellon Web Site Hosts High-Tech Easter Egg Hunt
Find Goodies Hidden in Panoramic Images at gigapan.org
Thursday March 20, 2008PITTSBURGH—The Easter bunny made an early visit to Carnegie Mellon University's GigaPan Web site, www.gigapan.org, leaving behind eggs and other goodies hidden in a series of panoramic images that can be explored by young and old alike via the Internet.The GigaPan site is a place where people can upload and interactively explore panoramic images, including the GigaPan panoramic image format developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and NASA's Ames Research Center.
Non-partisan Web Site Helps Voters Pick Presidential Candidates
Carnegie Mellon Grad Student Develops VoteChooser.com
Monday March 17, 2008PITTSBURGH— A graduate student in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a non-partisan Web site, www.VoteChooser.com, which helps voters find a presidential candidate whose views are most compatible with theirs. Bryant Lee, who is pursuing a doctorate in computer science, said more than 1.5 million people have visited the site since he launched it in January.
Friday March 14, 2008The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is well represented among the nominees for the second annual YouTube Awards. http://www.youtube.com/ytawards07 . The video of Prof. Randy Pausch's Sept. 18 lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," has been nominated for Most Inspirational. PhD student Johnny Chung Lee and his "Head Tracking for Desktop VR" video are nominated in the Instructional Video category.Winners will be chosen based on popular voting.
Magnetic Levitation GivesComputer Users Sense of Touch
NSF Makes Carnegie Mellon Invention Available to More Researchers
Tuesday March 04, 2008PITTSBURGH— Computers, long used as tools to design and manipulate three-dimensional objects, may soon provide people with a way to sense the texture of those objects or feel how they fit together, thanks to a haptic, or touch-based, interface developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Unlike most other haptic interfaces that rely on motors and mechanical linkages to provide some sense of touch or force feedback, the device developed by Ralph Hollis, research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, uses magnetic levitation and a single moving part to give users a highl


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New central chiller installed at Massachusetts plant.03/03/2011
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IEC Calls For Global Energy-Efficiency Taskforce
International standardization body advocates a global approach to technology-based energy efficiency initiatives.09/21/2010
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Approval by National Committees of 31 countries confirms global acceptance of WirelessHART technology by users and suppliers07/26/2010
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The presentation will provide information on benchmarking and goal setting.06/24/2010
DOE Announces 'Save Energy Now' Award Recipients
Save Energy Now is a national initiative that aims to reduce industrial energy intensity by 25% in 10 years.05/25/2010
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Final IEC vote confirms broad global acceptance of WirelessHART by end users and suppliers04/07/2010
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A Golden Ticket
The Florida Marlins' Jeffrey Loria might be known as one of the cheapest owners in baseball, but a look at his track record shows he's not without generosity. Over the years, he has rewarded his players with gold coins, a blessed Saint Christopher medal, a diamond pendant, a Mercedes, and a gold-plated baseball bat. (OK, we made up that last one.) So it came as no huge surprise when Loria awarded Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay the pitching rubber and the last baseball used in the game after his perfect game May 29. But because he isn't a Marlin, neither memento was dipped in gold.
This Tuesday at 7:10 p.m., the Texas Rangers will visit Sun Life Stadium to kick off a three-game interleague series against the Fish. The Rangers, formerly owned by President George W. Bush, are in the thick of the AL West playoff hunt. The Marlins, too, are in the middle of a pennant chase, grouped tightly with the rest of the NL East.
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Old Fields, published in 2011, brings together leading experts from around the world to synthesize past and current work on old fields, providing an up-to-date perspective on the ecological dynamics of abandoned land. The book provides readers with a broad understanding of why agricultural land is abandoned, the factors that determine the ecol... read more
By Steven I. Apfelbaum and Alan Haney
Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land, published in 2010, provides a step-by-step process for developing, implementing, monitoring, and refining on-the-ground restoration projects that are applicable to a wide range of landscapes and ecosystems. The first half of the book introduces the process of ecological restoration through specific examples from t... read more
By David A Bainbridge
A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration, published in 2007, is the first book to offer practical, field-tested solutions to the critical problem of dryland degradation and desertification. Author David Bainbridge has spent more than 25 years actively involved in restoring lands across the American Southwest. This book presents the results of his years of fieldwor... read more
Edited by Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A Fryirs
River Futures, published in 2008, discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents a comprehensive biophysical framework for river science and management. The book considers what can be done to maximize prospects for improving river health while maintaining or enhancing the provision of ecosystem services over the next fifty ... read more
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Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge, published in 2009, provides a synthesis of the most up-to-date, scientific and practical information on the management of cork oak woodlands across a range of biophysical, historical, and cultural contexts. It also includes sixteen pages of full-color photos that illustrate the tree, agro-silvop... read more
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Restoring the Pacific Northwest, published in 2006, gathers and presents the best examples of state-of-the-art restoration techniques and projects. The Pacific Northwest is a global ecological "hotspot" because of its relatively healthy native ecosystems, a high degree of biodiversity, and the number of restoration initiatives that have b... read more
Edited by Dave Egan and Evelyn Howell
The Historical Ecology Handbook, published in 2001, makes essential connections between past and future ecosystems, bringing together leading experts to offer a much-needed introduction to the field of historical ecology and its practical application by on the ground restorationists. The book starts out with an overview chapter that introduces important co... read more
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It might not have seemed necessary in the 21st century to ask or answer such a ridiculous question. After all, in the last half of the prior century European colonialism collapsed politically, morally, and even legally, its pretensions and cruelties thoroughly exposed and totally discredited. As well, the Soviet empire fell apart. And yet there are those who muster the temerity to insist that even now it is only the global governing authority of the United States that underpins the degree of security and prosperity that currently exists in the world. Without such a role played by the United States, this reasoning alleges, there would be widespread chaos, economic stagnancy, and far more frequent international warfare. Not surprisingly, the proponents of this conception of world order as dependent on U.S. military, economic, diplomatic, and ideological capabilities are themselves exclusively American. It is even less surprising that the most articulate celebrants of this new variant of a self-serving imperial approach to global security and prosperity are situated either in mainstream academic institutions or in supposedly liberal media outlets.
I consider Michael Mandelbaum to be the most unabashed and articulate advocate of this American 'global domination project' that he felicitously calls 'the world's de facto government.' He champions this role for his country in book after book starting with The Case for Goliath: how America acts as the world's government in the twenty-first century (2005), followed by Democracy's Good Name: the rise and risks of the world's most popular form of government (2007), and then by Frugal Superpower: America's global leadership in a cash-strapped era (2010). Mandelbaum's one-eyed approach has been repeatedly endorsed and embraced by the neoliberal media star, Thomas Friedman. They even partnered as guru and pundit to collaborate on a tract—That Used to be Us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back (2012)—arguing ever so coyly that the world is far better off to the extent that others leave their political destiny in the trustworthy hands of White House and Pentagon policy planners. Such an outlook would certainly please the global snoopers in the National Security Agency (NSA). For those with some institutional memory, it adopts the general outlook in the notorious 2002 document of the Bush White House, entitled "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America." Actually, the Bush text, while as self-serving as Mandelbaum/Friedman, is less pretentious, appealing to U.S. strategic interests and its tortured construction of China's self-interest when explaining why it would be best for others to leave global security in American hands while limiting their own international ambitions to trade and development.
Recently Mandelbaum has restated this grandiose argument in a short essay, "Can America Keep Its Global Role?" that appears in the January 2014 issue of Current History. His thesis is straightforward: "[America] provides to the whole world, not only its allies, many of the services that governments furnish to the countries they govern." Or more simply, "the United States stands alone as the world's de facto government." It is crucial to take note of the claim that unlike past empires and hegemonic states, the United States has undertaken a systemic or structural role, and is not to be understood as serving only those states that are allied by friendship, values, and binding arrangements. In this respect this novel form of world government although administered from its statist headquarters in Washington, is according to its promoters, meta-political, and unselfish. It should be appreciated by all people of good will as contributing to the betterment of humanity. It should be a cause of some embarrassment, then, to explain cross-national polling results that indicate time after time that the United States is viewed by virtually the entire world as the most dangerous country from the perspectives of peace, security, and justice. I suppose the best riposte from the Mandelbaum true believers is that 'they just don't know how lucky they are!" and like those who vote Republican in Kansas, non-Americans are unable to pursue their own interests in a rational manner.
What makes Mandelbaum so cocky about the beneficence of the American global role? It is essentially the traditional realist conviction that it is American military power underwriting the established order that avoids wars and protects countries against aggressive behavior by states with revisionist foreign policy goals and irresponsibly aggressive leaders. More concretely, Europe can rest easy because of the American military presence, while Russia as well can be assured that a resurgent Germany will not again seek to conquer its territory as it tried to do twice in the last century. Similarly in the East Asian setting, China is deterred from imposing its will regionally to resolve island and territorial disputes, while at the same time being itself reassured that Japan will not again unleash an attack upon the Chinese mainland. There is some slight plausibility to such speculations, but it seems more like the supposed dividends of alliance relationships in historical settings when recourse to war as a solvent for international conflicts seems more and more dysfunctional. And it doesn't pretend to work with a rogue ally such as Israel, which has insisted, for example, on its willingness to attack Iran whether or not the White House signals approval, presumably with the political clout in the U.S. to drag a disbelieving America in its bloody wake.
The complementary claim about providing a template for global economic prosperity is also misleading at best, and likely flawed. The United States presides over a neoliberal world order that has achieved cumulative economic growth but at the cost of persisting mass poverty, gross and widening inequalities, unsustainable consumerism, cyclical instability, and a rate of greenhouse gas emissions that imperils the human future by giving rise to dangerous forms of climate change. The management of the world economy, entrusted to groupings such as the G-20, seems unable to modify these inequities and dangers, and United States influence seems marginal and neither sensible on issues of sustainability or sensitive on questions of fairness and distributive justice.
Beyond this, the American role is praised by Mandelbaum for using its capabilities "to counteract the most dangerous trend in twenty-first century security affairs: the spread of nuclear weapons to countries and non-state actors that do not have them and would threaten the international order if they did." What is not mentioned by Mandelbaum, and suggests strongly the absence of anything resembling 'world government' is the inability of existing global policy mechanisms, whether under U.S. or other auspices, to solve the most urgent collective goods problems. I would mention several: poverty, nuclear weaponry, fair trade, and climate change. Neither imperial guidance nor the actions of state-centric policymaking initiatives have been able to uphold the human or global interest, which would demand at the very least nuclear disarmament, enforceable restraints on carbon emissions, and the end of agricultural subsidies in North America and Europe.
The U.S. Government is not even able to get its own national act together, being constrained by the military-industrial-complex, vested economic interests in the energy field, and paralyzed by powerful lobbies (e.g. AIPAC) that pull many of the strings of American foreign policy in the Middle East. Considering that the United States it itself unable even to align its foreign policy with global equity, peace, and sustainability, how can it possibly pretend to do this for the entire world? Mandelbaum and followers suffer from a geopolitical malady that I would diagnose as 'normative hubris,' the false consciousness associated with being a planetary benefactor while in fact being unable even to adopt policies that serve national interests. It should not shock us that humility is the most unappreciated virtue in the imperial mentality.
If we put aside this awkward inability of America to pursue a policy agenda that uphold its own national interests, an inability that Mandelbaum fails to acknowledge, and perhaps does not admit. Mandelbaum, and similar outlooks that conflate national and global interests, seem utterly blind to the tensions between what is good for the United States and its friends and what is good for the world and its peoples. And no more serious blindness, or is it merely acute myopia, exists than does the Mandlebaum contention that the greatest danger from nuclear weapons to the human future arises from those political actors that do not possess these weapons rather than from those that do, have used such weaponry in the past, and continue to deploy nuclear weapons in contexts of strategic concern. To obsess about proliferation risks while ignoring disarmament imperatives is to ensure the enduring illegitimacy of world order, whether or not led by the United States. To live contentedly with a world of nuclear haves and nuclear have not countries couples hierarchy with arrangements that over time embed unacceptable risks of an apocalyptic future.


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The adage says one man's trash is another man's treasure. At least in the eyes of Amarillo artist and craftsman Nolan Sullivan, the old saying is true.
"I like to collect stuff that other people have discarded and save it until I can find an artistic use for it," Sullivan said. "I like to recycle other people's trash."
Sullivan has had a natural ability to create art since he was a youngster growing up in dozens of towns and hamlets all over Texas.
"We were Gypsies," Sullivan said, referring to his childhood. "My dad was a trucker who always seemed to be looking for greener pastures. We moved all around. I think I went to six grade schools in the sixth grade. That was in nine months. I got to see lots of different cultures. One time, my older brother counted 50 places we had lived in. I guarantee you, I can show you how to pack a U-Haul trailer."
Although Sullivan experienced a nomadic early life, he credits his parents with recognizing his artistic talent and encouraging him to develop it.
"My mom noticed that I could draw when I was about 5 or 6," he said. "I would draw caricatures of my dad and put captions on them. My parents pushed me to take art classes. In junior high and high school, I always took art classes. I had some wonderful teachers. I sold a few pieces for $10 or $15. That is not a lot of money, but in those days it was a big deal.
"I really wanted to play baseball, but it cost $25 to play, and $5 for an art class. My parents didn't want to spring for athletics. We didn't have a lot of money."
After graduating from high school in Lubbock, Sullivan took a job as a trim carpenter for his uncle. This job proved to be a turning point in his life.
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"I credit my uncle, C.E. Henderson, with teaching me how to use woodworking tools, such as routers and planers," he said. "I attribute my woodworking ability to him."
Married life and children forced Sullivan to take a job with the Burlington Northern Railroad. He worked for them from 1970 until 1995, when an on-the-job accident forced him into early retirement.
"I fell on the job and hurt my neck," he said. "I retired on an occupational disability, which means that it was decided that I could do other jobs but not as a brakeman and (train) conductor.
"I'm still recuperating, which limits my art work to mosaics and picture frames,"Sullivan said. "I used to do a lot heavier pieces, such as making end tables out of old school desks. I once took an old console TV set that a friend of mine was throwing away. I cut the middle out and put a new side and top on them. They work great. They must be around 50 years old. Kind of a poor man's surround sound."
Examples of Sullivan's artwork are everywhere in his home in the San Jacinto neighborhood. He proudly displays a beautiful mosaic that depicts a steam locomotive coming straight at the viewer. The unique feature about the mosaic is that is made completely out of railroad artifacts.
"I started collecting broken pieces of glass from target reflectors that kids shot out with BB guns," he said. "There would be little pieces laying beside the tracks. I collected them for about 15 years before I started the piece. After I got started, it took me about six months to complete. I have dated nails from the railroad ties, one that is dated 1910, pieces of railroad lanterns and all of it is just railroad junk. I call it 'Comin' at Ya.' "
Profit has never been a motivation for Sullivan, although the quality of his work would likely entice buyers to buy it if it was ever for sale.
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Remember the 'surge'?
June 1, 2014 - Harry Eagar
What was that all about, anyway?
"BAGHDAD — Violence claimed the lives of 799 Iraqis in May, the highest monthly death toll so far this year, the United Nations said Sunday, underlining the daunting challenges the Iraqi government faces as it struggles to contain a surge in sectarian violence."
Just an excuse to let the beaten US Army bug out, like the Christmas bombing of Hanoi. Some things never change.
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Jun-04-14 3:38 PM
I think you might be suffering from thought disorder. Here are some of the symptoms that I think describe you perfectly:
"Derailment (also loose association and knight's move thinking) – Ideas slip off the topic's track on to another which is obliquely related or unrelated.[9]
Flight of ideas – Excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves fragmented or unrelated ideas.[9] It is common in mania.[9]
Illogicality – Conclusions are reached that do not follow logically (non-sequiturs or faulty inferences).
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American politicians don't have the courage to admit to defeat or even level with the public. Same thing is going on in Afghanistan right now, Obama gave 10,000 troops the opportunity to be the last person to die for their country in a pointless war that we lost.
What exactly could be accomplished by keeping troops there for another 2 years? But of course our sad excuse for "journalists" these days won't ask real, relevant questions.
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