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|2012-02-26, 07:45
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|2012-02-26, 08:31
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I think is impossible for shu do this ,not only because he is without power...but really can you see him do something like*cut one arm like Neo-gai?*
And not forgot that Shu is...25% of his true healt for now? Is not in his top shape.
|2012-02-26, 10:02
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Was already pointed out many times, go to spoiler section.
For Arisa and grandfather fight, he held back (stopped the sword otherwise Gai would need to sew her back into 1 piece), she on the other hand didn't, tells you all about what a human being she is.
|2012-02-26, 11:28
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The idea that you can judge someone on such single acts of emotion is ridiculous if you ask me. Her grandfather holding back was somewhat commendable (though his reasons for attacking in the first place...) but should never be used as a standard. Now I'm sure that there are plenty of us with enough faith in our grandfathers that we can witness them kill two people in cold blood and then run towards us with a sword with a clear intent on killing us, that we'd give them the benefit of the doubt and trust they'll hold back at the last second, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect the same for everyone. I am therefore, not exactly impressed with the Guilty Crown writers for trying to make us think it is but then again this is the same group of people that think a good way of treating PTSD is by pointing a gun at them...
What I find most troubling though is that the show is apparently saying you can compare the two actions when you can't. Her grandfather made a conscious decision to attack which he could consciously reconsider. Arisa couldn't do anything of the sort. She didn't make any conscious decision to shoot her grandfather that she could've reconsidered. She just acted in self defence without the benefit of being able to think it through the same way her grandfather could.
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|2012-02-26, 12:29
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Just like she made all her previous conscious decisions, like spreading her legs, betraying her *friends*, becoming some low level grunt in shady organization and all of that for a Messiah who she supposedly love.
Frankly I don't care about her as she has about 95% of being dead before the series end, but still ...
|2012-02-26, 13:26
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In any case all of those are besides the point. After all you did say that Arisa shooting her grandfather "tells you all about what a human being she is".
Besides you already know my position on her "spreading her legs" and "betraying her friends", so I don't think there's any need for me to bring those up again, especially when they happened last episode and this thread is supposed to be about this episode.
The only thing I can really blame Arisa for is aligning herself to an organisation of mass murderers all because Gai is their leader and frankly I don't understand why. Her blind love of Gai to the point that she'd be willing to work with people she knows are mass murderers, strikes me as so exaggerated it's OOC. So all the attempts the writers have come up with to make Arisa look as horrible as possible strike me as contrived and forced which is why I can't really find it in myself to hate her. (After all, you can't really hate a character when all the attempts to make you hate the character fall flat. The devices used simply doesn't have the desired effect).
But obviously that's not the case for everyone. Considering the amount of hate you have towards Arisa, I'm guessing you think her actions have been very convincing and not a result of bad wriitng. Does that mean you think her blind love of Gai is believable and not sudden?
|2012-02-26, 13:48
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However I cannot miss one point. We can have and probably do have a different opinions.
For me Arisa was infatuated with Gai since her waking up on the ship after Missile Ship Episode. So her following Gai every footstep and taking his every word as the words of God wasn't a surprise.
That means all Arisa decisions in second season was more or less her obvious choices (besides her getting shafted from president position).
In my view She did spread her legs and she did betray Shu because Gai asked her to (indirectly). Maybe not in person but I'm sure GHQ brought him into the equation.
Taking Arisa contacts with "organisation of mass murderers" as you call them, and following with their orders, already makes her conscious and responsible for all of her actions.
That's why in my opinion she clearly did what she did because she was swayed/persuaded by GHQ/Gai, it wasn't some kind of self preservation or some pitiful revenge. It was all to make her one and only master Gai happy.
In this episode you can see how pissed she is, that even thought she screwed with some lowlife and betrayed people who helped her, Gai still doesn't give a heck about her and only cares about obtaining Inori.
She thought that after all her hijinks her prince Gai would ride on white horse and take her to his tower, to live happily together. I get that opinion after her not so surprised face when Gai showed up, and her "WTF why you no love me" face after Gai put her down to the place she belongs.
|2012-02-26, 18:57
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|2012-02-26, 20:31
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I am glad the glasses kid died, lol.
Boy are things rushing though. We spent too much time with Shu being a pansy. This should have been two episodes. I am looking forward to seeing Shu get his new arm.
|2012-02-26, 20:43
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And I think that when someone falls hard for another person that can cloud moral judgement. Think of the Stockholm Syndrome, where a girl may fall in love with her own kidnapper, who of course is in the process of doing something illegal and shady and potentially very harmful.
I honestly find Arisa to be a pretty well-written character. At least by GC's standards.
Also, I don't exactly hate her. I think any misfortune that falls upon her will be of a poetic Greek Tragedy nature where her own critical flaws proved to be her undoing.
Arisa's deep emotional weakness and insecurity has truly lead her into making some bad choices, imo.
|2012-02-26, 23:48
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And while I fail to see which tragedy we can compare this to, I would gladly see her undoing. Betraying Shu was one thing. But killing your own grandfather?
|2012-02-26, 23:56
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But it's more the general idea of being undone by a chief character flaw that you just never get over. With Arisa it's her emotional weakness and insecurity causing her to chase after strength in other people (men, mostly) instead of taking the necessary steps for her to become stronger herself and hence take the stands that she probably should have taken.
I have this gut feeling that Arisa isn't going to survive the entire anime.
|2012-02-27, 02:21
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Honestly, I don't HATE Arisa, but I never liked her to begin with. I don't like any of these characters at all.
|2012-02-27, 07:05
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Man this show just keeps getting me down.
The characters finally get a bit of a break then something always rears it's head and fucks them over.
It is nice to see a shift in Inori's behavior and her devotion to Shu is nice.
But I'll say this now since I pretty much binged all eighteen episodes yesterday...
God dammit. Give me back my heart!
|2012-02-27, 08:15
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well, I never expect she will be like this from beginning...
regarding the preview, honestly I prefer if Shu and Inori go together to kick Gai's ass... It's another boring plot if Inori was hostaged AGAIN and Shu will gather Funeral Parlor's members to help him again...
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Collar Horror Stories?
While looking for a new dog collar, I have come across a lot of horror stories involving all kinds of dog collars. They typically involve a second dog getting it's jaw stuck between the collar and the neck of the first dog, or the tags on the collar getting stuck on something, like a crate, or a fence.
I don't like the idea of my dogs going about without a collar at any time, so what could be done to minimize this?
I would think that getting a name plate riveted into the collar can prevent the tags from getting stuck on anything, but my municipality gives out these registration tags, so there will still be one present regardless. I saw in a video that you could inner tube to strap them down.
When I fit my dog's collars, I like to give them a lot of space. I can usually fit 4 fingers between the collar and my dog's neck. Could this potentially put them in danger? I don't like putting them on this tight:
I also hear that it's safer to use a quick release clip, as opposed to a belt style buckle. My only problem with this is that I question the durability of any plastic buckle. Especially during the winters here when it can get to -40 degrees celsius. I would only feel comfortable using a metal buckle.
I lost a dog many years ago to a collar accident. We switched to Chinook Break-away collars, and don't leave anything else on the dogs. They are much safer, you can put tags on them, and you can grab both rings quickly to keep an exuberant dog from bolting, if needed. (The company has GREAT customer service -- when mine were young, they figured out how to get the collars off and use them as tug-of-war toys, and Chinook sold me replacements at a deep discount, even though it was no fault of theirs, as I had to replace them several times until the dogs tired of that game.)
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And don't forget, if you leave a leash on the collar anything can happen!
My only concern with that collar would involve it unintentionally coming undone and then the dogs are loose without a collar or identification tags. I do like this option, but are there alternatives?
You want a collar that will release under pressure when you are away if the dog gets caught on something. If it doesn't do that, you haven't solved the risk. It doesn't come off easily--it requires a good, sharp tug to release. Now that our dogs are older, we only find them in the yard if there's been some serious rough-housing going on (very rare) -- and when we find one, we know the collar did what it was supposed to, since rough-housing in a collar is how we lost a dog years ago (when another dog's jaw slid under the collar, the one wearing the collar rolled, creating a figure-8 around the jaw; the harder the dog on top pulled, the more it strangled the dog on the bottom).
We microchip our dogs, too, so there's a second layer of protection in case a collar and tags come off.
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My 3 dogs have never worn collars when on our property. For over 7 years we've never needed a collar for their "safety".... they are all microchipped(one is also tattoo'd but that won't identify his owner/address).
I will not have them wear collars when we aren't training or they are unsupervised.
Collars and tags can get caught in floor heat vents or on drawer or cabinet pulls/handles(I've seen this happen first hand).
Truth be told, a collar won't bring my dogs safely home, none of them would willingly go up to strangers to be 'caught' if they were to stray.
I'm diligent in making sure they are always in my sight when outside and our gates are locked.
I would rather have a breakaway collar for safety than one the dog couldn't slide out of if it meant panic or worse.
I use a leather collar with a buckle, but I only put a collar on the dog when we are leaving the property. At home dogs are naked. Most are chipped. I haven never had a collar accident, but then, I am usually actively interacting with one dog when there is a collar on anyone.
I had a choke chain accident with my first GCD, where he fell asleep on the deck and the ring fell through the slats of the decking and he tried to stand up and couldn't. Then he panicked and circled around and around, and finally made a strangled cry. I went out there thinking he attacked someone and found him stuck to the deck. I quickly called my landlords and they rushed over, and the three of us managed to get him free.
No collars on my dogs when I am not supervising. Though I do leave rick rack or puppy collars on babies, and haven't had a problem with that.
like those break away collars as long as the dog is chipped.
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- Tennessee held Florida to a season-low 56 points Jan. 7 in Knoxville. That was one of just two games this season in which the Gators scored fewer than 60 points (58 at Kentucky on Tuesday).
- The Vols also held the Gators to .357 shooting in last month's meeting. That was Florida's secondlowest shooting percentage of the season. The Gators have shot below 40 percent in each of their last three games.
- UT has held four of its nine SEC opponents thus far to fewer than 60 points.
- The Vols have won eight of their last nine games in Thompson-Boling Arena but are seeking their first true road win of the season.
- As a whole, the 12 SEC teams own a combined 18-41 (.305) road record during conference play.
- The Vols have played eight ranked opponents this season, including five in the month of January. But just one of UT's eight remaining regular-season opponents (Florida) is currently ranked in the AP poll.
- Senior guard Cameron Tatum scored his 1,000th career point Wednesday. He is the 44th Vol to score 1,000 points and just the 16th Vol to total 1,000 points and 200 career assists.
- Tennessee owns a 6-13 all-time record against the eighth-ranked team in the AP poll.
The Florida Series
- This is the 123rd all-time meeting between the two schools, with Tennessee holding a 70-52 series advantage ... Florida swept all three meetings last season ... Tennessee swept the home-and-home series in 2007- 08 and 2008-09 before splitting with the Gators in 2009-10 ... The Vols have won 11 of the last 17 meetings ... Tennessee leads the series 42-16 when playing in Knoxville ... Florida has a 32-24 all-time edge when playing in Gainesville ... UF has won two straight in Gainesville ... At neutral sites, the series is tied 4-4 ... Cuonzo Martin is 1-0 in head coaching meetings with Billy Donovan.
10 For McBee = Win For Tennessee
- Tennessee is 8-0 this season when junior guard Skylar McBee scores in double figures ... McBee earned his second consecutive start Wednesday vs. South Carolina and scored in double figures for the second time in a row and third time in the last four games ... The Vols are 5-2 when McBee makes at least three 3-pointers.
Shuffling The Starters
- After using the same starting five for each of the first 14 games this season (Golden, McRae, Tatum, Maymon, Hall), Tennessee has used four different starting lineups in the last 10 games ... Senior guard Cameron Tatum and junior forward Jeronne Maymon are the only Vols to start all 24 games this season.
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Originally Posted by Krikkit
This is great, can't wait for a weekly update on the backstabbery treachery. :D
My early tips for victory: Harry, Clive or Kevin. Joe's definitely going down in flames.
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We'll see about that!
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Can we get daily updates of the map? Would be great to keep track of the action.
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This is going to be a month light on content. :p
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This is going to be a month light on content. :p
With Gamescom next week? I doubt it.
Oh, and this aswell! I'm in!Originally Posted by Ph4lanx
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Kevin may look strong, but he's **** out of options.
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Alex plays a key part, but won't win, Paul could be a dangerous outsider if he manages to kill Alex fast, and Jamie is pretty much screwed no matter how you look at it. Kevin may look strong, but he's **** out of options.
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Va va voom! Brittany Snow turns up the heat for Maxim magazine. The Harry's Law actress talks with the magazine about how she's just really a nerd and what she does for fun.
Is her "crazy girl" role on Harry's Law anything like her: No, I think that's a big misconception about me. I tend to play more bubbly than I actually am. I was never the popular girl. I'm really shy. I'm really just a nerd.
PHOTOS: Brittany Snow At The 2010 Independent Spirit Awards
Her relationship status: I'm so single. It's funny. I'm usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it's good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.
What she does for fun: Music is a huge part of my life. I get to do a little singing on the show, but it's not like I want to be a pop star. I can't pull off that sexy pop singer face. It's too much for me.
What she thinks of her Maxim photos: It's funny, because I've never done anything like this before, so the whole experience was a big step for me. But it was cool. I felt really comfortable and had a great time.
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Jar Jar Binks defeats Obama and Romney
What a great pic
Sorry I haven't Mediumed in a while. I've been thinking really hard about what this Medium should be, what my Medium fans out there want.
Well, I think I was thinking TOO HARD (such a problem for me) because the answer was right in front of me: a great picture from the 2012 election of Jar Jar Binks pushing Barack Obama and Mitt Romney away from a debate podium.
The implication in this work of art is that, see, Jar Jar is actually the best candidate for president. And not just that he's the best, but he's so far and away obviously the best that no one - not the Secret Service, not the debate moderator - minds when he just phyisically shoves Mitt and Barack to the wayside.
I love art for a lot of the reasons that I thought were silly when I read about them in art history classes. How museums were built with the idea of giving the unwashed masses a moment of respite and uplift. That viewing these great and complicated paintings would make the simple coal miner struck by grateful awe, a clear trail running down his cheek where a tear had washed off the soot. I didn't believe this because I was young, and when you're young you don't understand how hard and boring and not uplifting the world actually is. Inspiration and beauty are always around you when you're young. I didn't understand what it meant to be at work all day, all year. Beautiful things you can sit and stare at are few. Taking time to merely LOOK at something, stopping for minute in front of a painting on a wall and looking at it with no purpose other than to let it please you, that's wonderful. It IS uplifting for the soul.
That's how I feel when I look at this picture from DeviantArt of Jar Jar Binks.


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If horror movies and gory haunted houses aren't your thing, take heart. The Midpeninsula has plenty of Halloween events planned that probably won't spark nightmares -- unless you see some kid dressed as Honey Boo Boo.
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"Rengstorff House at 201 S. Rengstorff Ave."
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The apartment consists of a double bedroom and a living room with a second double bed, plus flat-screen TV and dining table. Guests can prepare meals in the fully equipped kitchen, which includes a microwave and coffee machine. The bathroom has a shower cubicle.
The surrounding area is busy, with a great selection of places to eat, drink and shop within a few minutes walk. The famous Bloomingdale's Department Store is a 10-minute walk from the apartment.
Delancey Street Subway Station is a 5-minute walk from the apartment. Times Square, the Empire State Building and the other iconic sights of Midtown Manhattan can be reached in just 20 minutes using public transport.
Правила ПроживанияPlease respect the neighbours and keep noise to a minimum at night.
Please treat the house as you would your own home.
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First time in NYC. Perfect location! We were able to get around really well. Place is good overall for what we needed. Shower adjustment valves could use a bit of work, but there were 4 of us and everything else works and at a very good price in this area. Glad we picked this place.
Very well located at south Manhattan.
Super close to Metro line 6 Green.
A lot of space in side.
The shower was hard to find out the best way to use, but in the and worked well.
A good place to stay with friends.
I stayed with my two children and we had a really nice time. Mike was very helpful and kind. The room was clean, we had everything we needed even though it was quite small, but we were expecting that and it wasn't a problem. We used the room as a base to sight-see and the location was brilliant - so close to the subway and we all really enjoyed being in Chinatown, with great restaurants nearby. The only thing worth mentioning is that there are a lot of steep steps up to the apartment so it wouldn't be good for anyone who has an issue with climbing stairs as there is no lift. For us, it was no problem.
We really enjoyed our stay, even though the room was very small. It was crowded for two people.However, the apartment was clean, the price was good, and Mike was a great host - we can certainly recommend this accommodation to those who just need somewhere to sleep.
Room (clean idem for the bathroom) ok for one week holiday apart from the noise of the air conditionning machine of the neighbour. Practical kitchen for preparing the breakfast. Nice area close to Chinatown.
Henry Street lies in the middle of China Town. You get an authentic insight inton the life of the derscendants of the chinese emigrants.
China Town lies not far from the financial destrict, so you can reach it by walking easily. But it is also very easy to use the public traffic system from here.
You can reach every point of NYC from Henry Street within minutes. Our host was friendly and it was possible to reach him every time by telefon which helped us a lot by arriving from JFK airport to Henry Street. Prize was OK. If you do not more than sleeping and taking a shower next morning you are right here- NYC do not sleep so what about expensive luxury. In summary I give 4 of 5 points. I will come back...Peter and Chris
Mike our host met us on our arrival and provided us with the essentials for getting into the city.
His apartment was in the best location for talking a walk by the Hudson or hopping on the subway Uptown
if you want a bed just somewhere to crash after long days threading through the city - Mike's place is it :-)
This room is perfect for 2 people in a nice clean aprtment on the Lower East side. Mike was a nice host who helped out if you had any questions. Would recommend it to everyone.
Mike who lives There was really nice and friendly. The apartment has a good location!
We enjoyed our stay in this shared appartement: kind host, located in a calm safe neighbourhood (in/nearby chinatown), 1min walk from subway station. All in all a good price/quality ratio!
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Your Rights
In this section: Learn how to negotiate with your publisher and retain the rights you want so that you are able to use your work in the future.
Losing control
Some publishers require you to sign away your rights to your intellectual property in order to have your research published. In such cases, you may lose all control over further reproduction or distribution of your work. You may need to seek the publisher's permission to:
- Use any of your published articles in your thesis or dissertation.
- Post your published article on your own website, digital archive, or the University repository, IDEALS.
- Reuse any charts, tables, or graphs in future work.
- Distribute copies of your published article to colleagues, organizations, or your students.
Further, your institution's library is often forced to pay prohibitively high prices to buy back access to the work that you freely gave to the publisher. Thus, you and your institution could find yourselves locked out from your own published research.
As a scholar working in a milieu where the rewards of publishing are impact and prestige rather than personal monetary gain, you presumably want the largest possible audience for your work, and the ability to disseminate it however you see fit. Sometimes publication agreements are at odds with these goals.
What to do before you sign
You automatically hold the copyright to the work you created and that gives you control over how that work is reproduced, distributed, modified, displayed, and performed. These are a bundle of rights, and they can be divided in different ways.
The first step of thinking about what rights you would like to retain over your work is to consider what you want to be able to do with your work.
What do you want to be able to do with your work?
Reuse pieces of it in future work?
Put it on your website or in IDEALS?
Include it in a coursepack?
For books, is control over future editions important?
If the book goes out of print, do you want the copyright to revert to you?
Once you have considered what control you want to retain over your work, you can think critically about the copyright transfer or publication agreement.
Your publisher will likely send you their standard copyright transfer agreement that may or may not give you the rights that you want. Publishers of journals and scholarly texts generally prefer to hold the copyright so they have absolute control over how the work is marketed and distributed, but these agreements can also prevent you from using your own work in the future. Rather than simply signing the publisher's copyright transfer agreement, you may choose to reserve some rights rather than pass them all to the publisher.
Some publishers already grant back to the author many rights, such as the right to distribute copies to colleagues or the right for the author's institution to include an article in a coursepack without having to pay copyright clearance fees. How do you know what your publisher allows? Read your publication agreement! It's your publication agreement or copyright transfer agreement that governs what rights you have as an author. This document is a contract and should be read as carefully as any other contract that you might sign. Generally rights are specified on the publication agreement. Some publishers also have pages that outline the rights that authors maintain. A good place to find these web pages is in the Sherpa Romeo database of publisher copyright policies.
Once you've determined what rights you want to retain and what rights the publisher grants authors as a matter of course, you are ready to negotiate your agreement. There are a few different ways you can go about doing this:
1. Use a pre-written copyright addendum
- Here are two:
- CIC addendum
- SPARC addendum
- How to use an addendum:
- Print a copy of the addendum, sign it and attach it to your publishing agreement.
- Note in a cover letter to your publisher that you have included an addendum to the agreement.
- Mail the addendum with your publishing agreement and cover letter to your publisher.
- NOTE: We have not heard of many authors having success using these addenda. What they have been useful for is to start a conversation with the publisher about what rights you want to retain. We would appreciate knowing if you have met with success or failure at having a publisher accept a copyright addendum. E-mail us at email@example.com.
2. Ask the publisher if they have a different agreement
- Many publishers have a second agreement that has more liberal terms than the one that they normally provide authors.
3. Modify the publisher's contract
- Make changes to the text of the contract to retain the rights you want.
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It's really entirely up to you based on what your particular situation is. In many cases, publishing in that specific journal or with that publisher may be the most important thing to you, and you may decide to go ahead and publish there despite the publisher's refusal. That is an understandable and absolutely valid decision.
You can also decide to publish elsewhere or to push the discussion with the publisher further. Here are some tips from SPARC — the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.
- Explain to the publisher why it is important for you to retain these rights in your own work.
- Ask the publisher to articulate why the license rights provided under the SPARC Author Addendum are insufficient to allow publication.
- Evaluate the adequacy of the publisher's response in light of the reasonable and growing need for authors to retain certain key rights to their works.
- Consider publishing with an organization that will facilitate the widest dissemination of your work in order to help you fulfill your personal and professional goals as a scholar.
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"And now, by the virtue of the authority vested in me by the state of California, I now pronounce you husband and wife."
And with those words — spoken by me as if they were all capital letters — I ended my first, and likely only, stint as a wedding officiant. My cousin stomped on the glass, then kissed his lovely bride. I proclaimed to the 150 guests: "Ladies and gentlemen, your bride and groom: Mo and Jason!"
I took a deep breath. Whew! I did it!
Three months ago, when Jason Forman and his fiancee, Mohana Amirtharajah, asked me to marry them, I was blown away. Me? The quiet guy who's uncomfortable in a crowd of more than one? I was 65 percent honored, 35 percent stunned. Or was it vice versa? Speaking to a crowd? Eloquently? At a wedding? On the biggest day of Jason and Mo's lives? Anxiety set in immediately.
The easy part was getting certified. Sort of. All I had to do was go to San Francisco City Hall and fill out a form. And pay $125 (thanks, Jason). No instruction. No Internet ordination with the Universal Life Church (as most people assume). I was sworn in as a deputy marriage commissioner for just the one day, Sept. 22, 2012, and for the one wedding only.
A clerk entered my data, including "Altmanohr" from my driver's license. Then I practiced for the big day by filling in a faux marriage certificate. I wrote "Altman-Ohr" and signed my name with the correct hyphen. Holy moly! You'd have thought I'd committed a misdemeanor. I was duly warned: If I hyphenated my name on the actual document, the whole thing would be invalid. No Wite-Out, no erasing. (No marriage?) Ah, bureaucracy.
Also, because this was a city/county thing, I wasn't allowed to use any religious wording during the ceremony. No God, no Torah, no Hindu references that Mo's relatives might have wanted. Instead of saying we had gathered to join the couple together in "holy" matrimony, I said "solemn" matrimony.
As the big day approached, I got more nervous. Sounds easy enough: Introduce a few guest readings and cultural rituals, do a couple of "repeat after me" segments. Say "Mohana" in a Sri Lankan dialect. Gulp.
Also, I had to write and deliver a "sermon." I procrastinated. Finally I began to write. And rewrite. And flip things around. I whispered it to myself, dropped attempts at humor that sounded ridiculous out loud. I shared it with no one, not even my wife.
The morning of the wedding, I trimmed a few lines, made a few final tweaks. Two hours before the ceremony at the San Francisco Design Center, I was calmer than I thought I would be.
Then it was happening. The string quartet. The processional. The bride and groom on stage in front of me. I started my welcome speech. Something didn't seem right. What? What?! Oy my God, er, goodness: I never told the guests, who had risen for the bride, to "please be seated." "My bad," I said. Laughter.
I spoke nonstop for 10 minutes, a personal record. I said how my cousin, just like me, found his besheret after many in our family had given up hope. I talked about small things my wife and I do to nurture our love. I read a transcript of a conversation I had with Jason and Mo (with me playing both parts) about their adoringly different recollections of their first date. I compared marriage to a hike my wife and I took around a lake (the metaphor: looks oval and easy on a trail map, but lots of unforeseen twists and turns).
As a friend of the groom read a poem, I mopped my sweaty brow. My anxiety waned as the ceremony progressed. For my final words, I talked about sustaining affection and unforeseen trails, building to a climax. "And now," I bellowed, "by the power vested in me … by Grandma Shirl …" I gave a shout-out to our 98-year-old grandmother in Cleveland who couldn't make the trip.
Then I did the official "authority vested in me" part. Glass stomp. Kiss. Shouts of "Mazel tov!" from the groom's side.
I rocked it. I really rocked it.
Afterward, I got more congratulations than I had ever gotten for anything in my life. People, especially my wife, were touched by how I talked openly about our love. People I'd never met told me it was a perfect mix of warmth and humor. I did it! I couldn't believe it. I was so relieved. And happy.
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in many ways, life moves at a slower, calmer, more peaceful pace in rovaniemi than in other places i have lived. i notice that here there seems to be more time for things like long runs in the woods, doing dishes, meeting friends for coffee. maybe because there is a lot less else going on (e.g. last weekend, one of the most exciting thing that happened to my flatmate erika and was accidentally buzzing up a dude spamming us with junk mail flyers of various home sauna ovens)
speaking of sauna, oh sauna, how i love it! seriously, finnish sauna is the shit. i have already been to sauna in our building twice, i am going to try to go as much as possible in the next couple of months! before returning to the land of "please do not throw water on the rocks" ;P
our flat is really fabulous, we are 2 minutes from the city centre, and have a view of the river (a little), lots of space, really bright and all newly renovated. now if we could just get the internet to work... (yes, phone/internet companies suck uniformly worldwide, but SONERA IS THE WORST!!)
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B.K.S. Iyengar, the founder of Iyengar Yoga, became the biggest individual donor to the Mysore zoo this week when he gave Rs 20 lakh (approximately 41,000 USD) in honor of his late wife, Ramamani Sunderaj Iyengar. According to India Today, this donation follows a donation of a little more than a lukh (about 2,000 USD) he gave in late December in celebration of his 90th birthday.
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Boston is an immensely active city with an event-laden history. Go back to the American Revolution and visit Paul Revere's House, the Old South Meeting House Museum to stand where the Boston Tea Party colonists stood, and take the Freedom Trail to see much more. The New England Aquarium will excite you to take a harbor cruise. The Longfellow National Historic Site, serving both George Washington and Henry Longfellow, is worth touring. A Boston, Massachusetts lot for sale is unsurprisingly, a hot commodity, so it's good to inquire now rather than later on LandCentral.com.


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So the bottom line is, no one is going to convince you that Toews isn't the best player in the world. Despite the fact that there isn't one person in really any connected hockey circle that will agree with you, you're still going to say what you will. That's fine. It's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. You're being very glib with your argument by boiling down the quality of a player to his achievements in a team forum. You realize it's a large fallacy to say that Toews is better because he won more Cups than Crosby. This argument works in golf and bowling, but that's about it. Championships are team events, and one player over a 100 game season (regular and play-offs) is not the sole difference. No one is arguing with you that Toews has more Cups than Crosby. What they're saying is your arrogance and close-mindedness is ultimately where your argument is failing. You're responding on your terms of argument and not a common ground that is generally accepted when comparing players. Here's some food for thought though; Crosby is the 2x recipient of the Ted Lindsay award, or league MVP as voted by players in the NHL. Toews has not won once. Thus, twice in his career, Crosby was voted, by his peers as the best player (not just forward) in the league. Toews never won the award. Therefore, player to player, I'm taking Crosby.
yes he clearly isn't going to see things clearly and for sure won't sway anyone else's mind that knows hockey and has seen both players play plenty of times. Toews is great but heck a lot of people including myself would rather have Kane on a team over Toews. He tries to state facts but the fact is Crosby absolutely is on a slightly higher level than anyone else in the NHL when he is healthy and playing. But its what happens, you have a player easily on top of their league like him or Lebron James or Miguel Cabrera and there will be those that attempt to dispute their success or call them insulting nicknames. He's welcome to his opinion while we're all laughing on the inside :special:
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So we got a ton of questions submitted for the first NOHS roundtable and there were a ton of great ones in those. So here's part one, answering four of the first questions submitted. Let's hear your thoughts on this as well, plus you can vote on which answer was the best after each comment. Now, let's get on with it!
1. Despite the fact that the Wings played terrible Wednesday, the lines are the same and Nyquist might be a scratch for Mursak to play. Is this just another classic Babcock move where his stubbornness is getting in the way of good hockey? Is Mike Babcock really the greatest coach we often set him up to be or is that just a sacred cow?
Jordan: Nyquist is virtually ineffective on a checking line as is Mursak. I think that putting him on the 4th is a way to keep him in the game to be used if needed. You can't just bump Mule to the 3rd or 4th in favor of a rookie when he needs to get into playoff mode. Nyquist has earned his spot as one of the 12.
Josh: I think Babcock is one of the greatest coaches, but that doesn't mean he won't make mistakes. This whole thing with Nyquist makes me question. But, I think it just is to make sure everyone has the same work ethic and "earns their spot". Let's face it, Babcock is pretty stubborn and set in his ways. Realistically, which is better... to have a coach that can get a team to the playoffs every single year... or one that will only get them to the playoffs 1 out of 4 years with that 1 time being the Cup? I'm going to go for making the playoffs and getting some sort of run going over inconsistent success. Babcock is the coaching equivilant of Franzen... he is what he is. He's brilliant, can be outcoached because his style is to let the players be professionals... not kids. But, that's what's great about him... he can squeeze blood from a turnip... or goals from Danny Cleary.
Twig: Detroit has not played its best team yet this year. They never played Kindl and Commodore together when Ericcson played poorly. Hudler was on the point for the power play, instead of an actual defenseman, which is a big reason we give up so man shorties. Emmerton dressed for games. Going back to last summer, I have started to wonder if Mike Babcock is just insane. Clearly his lineup choices are wrong. We all see it, why can't he? If he does in fact scratch Nyquist for Mursak, then I will know for certain that Babcock is an idiot. Early in the year when Conklin had a shutout, he didn't dress him again until we played the Caps, the hottest team in the NHL at that time. Then he sits him for weeks at a time and what happens? He's rusty as hell when he has to cover for Howard. None of us are surprised by this. The Modano incident. Scratching a fast, healthy forward for Hudler. Lying to Mike Commodore about getting a fair shake. Sometimes I wonder if Babcock is really this dumb or if he makes all of these idiotic decisions (3rd line on the ice in last seconds of game 7) so that if they work he can look like a genius.
Sully: Let's not lose sight of the fact that Babs has one of the toughest jobs in hockey, managing all that talent. Sometimes I feel we pay him more to keep everyone from turning into a headcase and demanding crazy things like $8 mil a year or the captaincy. So no, I don't think he's the best coach in the business. And his line combinations often suck, but fans like me just suffer through it because the guy's got a history of winning.
Drew: I refuse to believe that Mike Babcock would ever let his stubbornness get in the way of putting the best lineup possible on the ice each and every night. To insert Nyquist where he'll be effective (top two lines) you have to move one player down from each line.
Chris: Babbles is one of the best coaches in the league. He demands the absolute most of his players and will not take anything less than the best. He hates losing more than almost anyone. Plus, he's a total dick to Pierre, which makes him an awesome coach in that respect alone. That being said, he has a problem with having a love affair with some players and dislike for others, notwithstanding their play on the ice . Some players are set up to succeed from the start by Babcock, such as Abdelkader and Ericsson, while others are barely given a chance, such as Brunnstrom and Commodore. That drives me nuts. The Modano incident was something strange and I've never liked how that went down. On the other hand, I think he's handled Hudler perfectly this season, as well as Cleary. So while I don't agree with his player decisions at times, the man knows what he's doing.#1 Which Answer Do You Agree With Most?
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2. Is Brendan Shanaban's porridge of head shot punishment too hot, too cold, or just right? Are the current standards helping to deter such dangerous behavior?
Jordan: Shanahan is doing the best he can given the situation. Suspensions are not stopping the injuries. The game has gotten faster putting players in dangerous positions. Certain rule changes along with improved equipment could help drastically.
Josh: Shanahan has been much more consistent compared to that yahoo that was in there before. It's not perfect, but at least guys are conscious of the fact that they WILL be punished if they screw up... unlike before. I say "just right" or I should really say "so far so good". It's not helping to deter all the dangerous behavior, but it's better than nothing.
Twig: I think it's just right. It sucks that Smith got such a huge suspension earlier in the year, but these types of plays help protect the Wings. Kronwall has adjusted his game around the new rules. He now tends to back into a player, with the exception being the Voracheck hit. If Kronwall, the alleged dirtiest hitter in the NHL, can hit hard and safe, why not Doan? Why not Keith? (Hint: They're idiots.)
Sully: Just right. I never noticed before this season how many man-games due to concussions there are over the course of the season, and it seems a bad year for concussions but only because of the spotlight cast on those injuries this year. And each time a bad hit has happened a suspension has quickly followed. I don't think there is too much bickering about clean hits being suspended. Really, the head injuries being resolved is more on the players than on Shanahan, so his take on rather letting a guilty man get off fairly easy vs. suspending a Nik Kronwall hit is the right thing.
Drew: I don't care for porridge, personally - but I think this kind tastes a whole hell of a lot better than the last cook's.
Chris: Unlike Drew, I'll actually give an answer to the question asked. I think he's been very close to dead on. I think his suspensions have been generally consistent and long enough to make a point. I think it's working too, as I notice a definite trend of players doing what they can to not make contact to the head, but still throw hits. And the most important part is that Shanny has made sure not to suspend players for hits which don't deserve it, such as Kronwall's. He's done a great job keeping hitting in the game.#2 Which Answer Do You Agree With Most?
3. Does Miller deserve a chance at a top line?
Jordan: No. He's an energy/checking line player. He has at moments given us timely goals, but so did Maltby and Kocur.
Josh: Miller does deserve to be rewarded with a shot on the top lines before the playoffs. I don't think he'd do too bad in Bert's spot for a game or two. His style lately has reminded me a ton of Z with his backhand shots and ability to drive toward the net.
Twig: No. Miller is a grinder and should stay a grinder. He provides great spark on the 3rd line and chips in goals when we least expect it. That's why we like him so much: because we don't expect him to score. Put him up a couple of lines and we'll raise our expectations. If he doesn't meet those expectations, we'll get pissed. So let him stay where he is. He's earned a regular spot on the 3rd line and continues to earn a contract year after year. The Wings have not gotten many players off of waivers, but Miller is my favorite.
Sully: Yes, but that doesn't mean I want him there. He's a feisty checker with good hands and a nose for getting into scoring position, but that's precisely what he adds to the 3rd line. Besides, he needs to be fresh for the PK. Wouldn't mind seeing him in front of the net on the PP if things don't get better in that department though.
Drew: Probably. I think Miller would turn into the next Patrick Eaves playing on the top line. Eaves-dropper did wonders for us during our previous injury epidemic...but then again, he'd be playing with Pavel...where ANY ONE should be able to score.
Chris: No. Miller's a great guy to have on the fourth line and I love what he's done from there this year, but unless we have a serious injury problem, I don't think it makes the Wings better having him on the top line. I'd move him up before a lot of other guys though (Cleary).#3 Which Answer Do You Agree With Most?
4. Should Nyquist keep his spot on the top two lines? If so, who should he replace (Franzen, Hudler, someone else)?
Jordan: I think he deserves the spot, but so does everyone else that is already there. Mule and Bert work well with Datsyuk. Same goes for Z, Filppula and Hudler. If I had to replace someone it would be Bertuzzi.
Josh: Nyquist would be GREAT on the first 2 lines in the playoffs. With that said, I'm thinking the 3rd line is where he belongs for now. We know he can perform up higher and will if someone gets injured, but why bump someone like Hudler or Franzen? Sure, Franzen isn't getting as much done as we'd like. Hudler, however, is really playing balls out and trying to make a difference. I tend to think he's much better on the puck than previously and actually can help be a difference maker on that 2nd line since the chemistry is there. Let's just keep Nyquist in a role where he can be dangerous, but get used if needed...for the moment. His time to shine as a top line player is real soon.
Twig: Yes, he should be on the top line. I'd be fine with replacing him with Hudler, Franzen or Bert. Bertuzzi has been good the last couple of games, but he's streaky. Franzen doesn't care where he plays as long as the checks clear. Hudler drives me mad. He's a terrible passer, passes to the wrong guy almost every time and kills scoring chances for us. Yet he's second on the team in goals. If he just shot the puck more, he'd score 40 a season. Drives me crazy. Anyways, drop Franzen a couple lines since he doesn't care.
Sully: Just because it's playoff time I say demote him in favour of Franzen, and if we need depth we can call him up and be on Pav's line again rather than promoting a guy like Cleary to the top line. Not often you have a call-up who is either scratched or on the top-line, but I just don't see Nyquist fitting in on the bottom 6 (7-12, if you're the FSD guys).
Drew: Nyquist needs to be patient and so to do we. Nyquist will get his shot - I'm just not sure that now is the time.
Chris: I think you stick with what was working, and that was having Nyquist on the second line with Datsyuk. The kid's got talent. At the very least, I think you put him down on line three where there's still some skill to work with and not have him be a skilled guy on a line with grinders (fourth line).#4 Which Answer Do You Agree With Most?
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I said, "O Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him)! A virgin feels shy." He said, "Her consent is (expressed by) her silence." [Sahih al-Bukhari 5137]
e) The advice of a Tabiyee to his daughter.
Article Contents
Following is the response to Usamah Muttakin, Yasir al-Hanafi, and Abu Al-Hasan on the issue of al-Maqam al-Mahmood by our brother "Raza Hasan"
Article Contents
1. Introduction
2. Reply to Abul Hasan's foreword
3. Reply to Muhammad Yasir's foreword
4. What was the Discussion all about?
5. Our Aqeedah on the Issue of al-Maqaam al-Mahmood
6. What did Imaam Ibn Taymiyyah really say or believe in this regard?
7. Answer to the Introduction of the Author
8. Reply to Author's reply of my opening statement
9. Reply to the Accusations and Slanders on Imaam al-Khallaal
10. Analysis of the Narration of Imaam Mujaahid
a. The status of Layth bin Abu Sulaym according to Ibn Hajar
b. The Status of Layth according to Al-Haythami
c. The reality of Layth bin Abi Sulaym's tadlees
d. Did Imaam Ibn Abdil Barr weaken the narration of Mujaahid?
e. The consensus of Ulama in accepting the narration of Mujaahid
11. The saying of Imaam Sa'eed al-Jurayree (Taabi'ee)
12. The stance of Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullah)
a. How some of the Major Hanbali Scholars understand the phrase "the story of Arsh"
13. The saying of Imaam ad-Daqeeqi
a. Who is Haaroon bin al-Abbaas al-Haashmi"?
b. Abu Bakr al-Khallaal clearly says that he HEARD Haaroon bin al-Abbaas asking Ad-Daqeeqi
14. The stance of Imaam Haaroon bin Ma'roof (157 – 231 AH)
15. The narration of Imaam Abdul Wahhaab al-Warraaq (D. 250 AH)
a. Is this narration from Mujaahid (!?)
b. Chain contains a narrator Ibn Abi Zakariyya who is Majhool?
16. The Narration of Imaam Ishaaq bin Rahuwayh (166 – 238 H) and the tajheel of Imaam Ibn al-Mundhir
17. The Narration of Muhammad bin Mus'ab Abu Ja'far Ad-Da''a rahimahullah (D. 228 H)
18. The narration of Imaam Ibraaheem al-Asbahaani
19. The Narration of Imaam Abu Qilaabah
a. This is from Mujaahid!!??
b. Abu Qilaabah would make mistakes in NARRATING!
20. The saying of Imaam Ali bin Sahl al-Bazzaaz
21. The Narration of Imaam Abu Ubayd al-Qaasim bin Sallaam
22. The view of Imaam Abbaas ad-Dauri
23. The view of Imaam Abu Dawood as-Sijistaani rahimahullah
24. The view of Imaam Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
25. Author's conclusive remarks and his attack on Imaam al-Khallaal once more
a. Imaam Khallaal brought nothing but "weak and fabricated" narrations to support this "preposterous" belief.
b. He was so extreme that he accused Al-Tirmidhi of being a Jahmi and Khabeeth.
c. Author indirectly wants to say that Imaam al-Khallaal is not from the Ahl us-Sunnah
26. The claimed "Contradiction" of mine
27. Conclusion
a. Some names of the great Scholars and saints who held this belief
All thanks and praise is due to Allah, we seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and the consequences of our evil deeds. Whoever Allah guides will never be led astray, and whoever Allah leads astray will never find guidance. I bear witness there is no God but Allah, alone without any partners, and I bear witness that Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) is His servant and His Messenger.
To proceed.
This is a counter reply to the document produced by Muhammad Yasir al-Hanafi and his co-authors which is named, "Al-Qaul al-Mardood fi Tafseer al-Maqaam al-Mahmood" which was a reply to my small article.


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The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
June 17, 2005 Friday
SECTION: EDITORIAL; Pg. D09
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BYLINE: DAVID SARASOHN - The Oregonian
After weeks of ignoring the existence of the Downing Street memo -- the July 2002 minutes of a high-level British meeting reporting that the Bush administration had already decided on war and was shaping the intelligence around its goal -- major media outlets have now gotten to the second phase of coverage:
They knew it all the time.
Nothing happening here, move along.
The current round -- including newspapers, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, which months ago apologized for the inadequacy and overcredulousness of their coverage of the war's origins -- declares that even though the Bush administration was publicly claiming it hoped to avoid war, everybody at the time knew the United States was going to attack Iraq.
And whatsamatter, you can't take a joke?
But whatever the Downing Street memo, and related documents, usefully tell us about the decision to go to war -- and several newspaper voices, and the Associated Press, now agree the story was mishandled -- there's a whole other message coming from the memos:
The British not only knew war in Iraq was coming. They knew our current disaster in Iraq was coming.
The memo, after noting the Bush administration was set on war, pointed out, "There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action."
Mostly, you may remember, the concern was about how to keep U.S. troops from getting overwhelmed by all the candy and flowers from grateful Iraqis.
Last week, Walter Pincus of The Washington Post wrote about another British memo, a briefing paper prepared two days in advance of the first meeting, titled "Iraq: Conditions for Military Action." In it, British officials warned, "A post-war occupation of Iraq could lead to a protracted and costly nation-building exercise. As already made clear, the U.S. military plans are virtually silent on this point. . . ."
Pincus cites other British memos to Prime Minister Tony Blair, from his top foreign policy adviser and from Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, warning that the Bush administration hadn't figured out just how it was going to make postwar Iraq turn out right.
A year later, when the United States attacked Iraq, the Bush administration still hadn't figured it out. When U.S. forces were insufficient to prevent looting of both government offices and weapons stores, the administration shrugged it off. A few months into the occupation, U.S. proconsul Paul Bremer dissolved the Iraqi army, now universally considered a disastrous move that weakened order and bolstered the insurgency.
It's the kind of thing you'd hope was thought about beforehand. But as the British suspected early on, the postwar was just not being thought through. It might have undermined the insistence that American troops would be greeted as liberators.
When problems developed, the easiest strategy was to ignore them. In September 2003, Richard Perle, a close foreign policy adviser to the administration, pronounced, "A year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated. . . ."
What they don't understand is why they can't walk through their streets.
This week, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- speaking to the British, on the BBC -- insisted that things were getting better in Iraq. Asked if the security situation had improved, he admitted, "Statistically, no."
But then Rumsfeld pointed out -- in his own kind of relentless optimism -- that "A lot of bad things that could have happened have not happened."
Presumably, the engraving on that statue, if it existed, would be, "Could have been worse."
But you'd have to think that, even with an administration determined to go to war, some realistic assessments and strategy about what would happen afterward could have made things turn out better.
The Downing Street memo, despite the major efforts to dismiss it, does raise questions about just how the decision on the war got made.
But it -- and a sheaf of similar documents -- also raise painful questions about a lot of decisions on the postwar that somehow never got made at all.
David Sarasohn, associate editor of The Oregonian, can be reached at 503-221-8523 or email@example.com.
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