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For all the talk of crime, jobs or AIDS, South Africa's parliamentary vote Wednesday is all about Jacob Zuma, who has survived corruption and sex scandals to emerge as one of the country's most popular leaders ever.
The main opposition summed up its campaign in the waning days with a two-word slogan: "Stop Zuma!" Nothing, though, appears to stand in the way of his becoming South Africa's next president.
The governing African National Congress is expected to sweep the vote, as it did in the first post-apartheid election in 1994 and the two others since. Parliament elects South Africa's president, and an ANC-controlled assembly is expected to anoint Zuma in May.
The opposition tried to paint Zuma as corrupt, antidemocratic and intent on plotting with communists to destroy the hard-won economic gains since apartheid ended in 1994. Retired Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his anti-apartheid campaign and has dedicated himself since to building democracy in South Africa, has questioned whether Zuma is fit to govern.
But the ANC sees Zuma, 67, as its first leader since Nelson Mandela able to connect with voters. Ordinary South Africans see parallels between Zuma's rise from childhood poverty to political prominence and their own struggles and aspirations.
The more Zuma is criticized, the more fiercely his party has defended him. The ANC Youth League dismissed the revered Tutu's comments as "rantings."
The ANC brought out its own moral authority the weekend before the vote. Mandela, at 90 frail and largely retired from public life, appeared alongside Zuma at a rally that drew more than 100,000 people to central Johannesburg, and was seen by hundreds of thousands more on state TV and on screens set up at other ANC rallies around the country.
Mandela said nothing at the weekend rally. He didn't have to. The image of Mandela alongside Zuma — wearing a yellow T-shirt emblazoned with the candidate's face — will be enough to stir the millions of poor, black South Africans who embrace the ANC as the party that defeated apartheid.
Zuma rejects the proposition he dominates South African politics. If he is popular, he said in a February interview with The Associated Press, it is because the ANC is popular.
It's "because I'm a leader of the ANC. Not because I'm Jacob Zuma," he said.
Questioned on policy, Zuma says decisions are made by the collective leadership, indicating that there won't be major domestic or foreign policy shifts from his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, who was ousted following a fierce power struggle.
Even before Zuma took over, the ANC-led government had rolled out AIDS drugs and responded to criticism of Mbeki's refusal to believe AIDS was caused by a virus.
On foreign policy, Mbeki had carved out a leading role for South Africa as the continent's peacemaker. Mbeki had been accused taking too soft a line on Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. But now that Mbeki's efforts have yielded a power-sharing government in Zimbabwe, the pressure will be off Zuma.
Speaking to reporters on the eve of the vote, Zuma said South Africa would continue to work for peace and stability on the continent, particularly in areas emerging from conflict. As deputy president earlier this decade, Zuma had mediated among factions in civil-war ravaged Burundi.
"Our (foreign) policy is clear," he said Tuesday. "We have said it is not going to change."
Trevor Manuel, Mbeki's respected finance minister, has campaigned vigorously for Zuma.
"The one thing I know, and I have worked with Jacob Zuma for almost two decades, the one thing I know is that he will draw on highly skilled individuals," Manuel told reporters on the eve of the vote. "He wants to succeed. He is not going to set himself up for failure."
Until weeks before the vote, the ANC said it was prepared to have a president divide his time between governing and standing trial. Then after years of legal wrangling, prosecutors announced in early April that they were dropping corruption charges against Zuma, saying the case had been manipulated for political reasons and the criminal charges would never be revived.
But the taint of corruption was not erased. Prosecutors said that while they were forced to back off on procedural grounds, they still believed they had a strong case linking Zuma to a bribery scandal involving a French arms company. The investigation revolved around a 1999 deal for South Africa to buy ships, submarines, helicopters, jets and other weaponry from European and South African firms.
The corruption case isn't the only legal entanglement to haunt Zuma. In 2006, Zuma was acquitted of raping an HIV-positive family friend. But even today, Zuma is ridiculed for his testimony during the trial that he believed showering after what he described as a consensual encounter protected him from AIDS.
Zuma's legal problems would have ended the career of a lesser politician but he has drawn adoring crowds throughout the campaign. Affable and relaxed on the podium, he's quick to break into a warm smile, a song, a dance. For South Africans, it is a startling and welcome contrast to his cool, pipe-smoking, Shakespeare-quoting predecessor.
ANC members elected Zuma as party president over Mbeki in late 2007. Months later, Mbeki bowed to an order from the ANC to step down early as head of state, losing a final round to Zuma. Kgalema Motlanthe was installed as a largely placeholder president until this year's vote.
Mbeki supporters broke away to form their own party late last year, which was at first seen as a strong challenge to the ANC. But COPE has had little time to prepare and has been beset by internal power struggles. The established opposition parties, meanwhile, are limited by regional, tribal or narrow-issue bases, or led by whites who profess liberal values but can't shake a reputation for condescending toward blacks.
Mbeki oversaw strong economic growth for South Africa. But the party's left wing — Zuma's base — accused Mbeki of moving too slowly to pass the benefits on to the black majority. However, Mbeki had begun to spend more to help the poor and now Zuma is poised to take the credit.
The ANC launched its campaign for Wednesday's vote with promises of heavy public spending to create jobs and improve education and health. But in the AP interview earlier this year, Zuma cautioned that the world's financial crisis will make those goals hard to reach.
With Western economies slowing, demand for South African exports has declined and production has dropped, causing some layoffs and fears of more. At the end of the campaign, Zuma was talking not about creating jobs, but staving off job losses.
"We have made commitments," Zuma said at his Tuesday news conference in Johannesburg. "We have also proceeded to say this must be looked at relative to what is happening with the credit crunch.
"We will try our best."
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
Zuma focus of Sth Africa's parliamentary vote
For all the talk of crime, jobs or AIDS, South Africa's parliamentary vote Wednesday is all about Jacob Zuma, who has survived corruption and sex scandals to emerge as one of the country's most popular leaders ever.


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I am a new subscriber and recently bought a pier and beam house with loose, broken and cracked ceramic tile in kitchen, bath, and mudroom (a continual run). A very inexpensive fixer-upper, the inspector said house is now sound, but I still don't trust the structure not to shift again. It does appear to be structure related as evidenced by cracks around windows ect. Neighbors cautioned me that with our soil, I should not re-install ceramic tile as it would likely break again. So my questions are;
1) Should I install high quality vinyl type tile now instead of ceramic? Or could I possibly install porcelain tile now with proper underlayment?
2) Is there anyway I can install over damaged existing ceramic tile? Or over previously trowled stuff left under it? Or should I try to remove that hard gunk too?
3) What about Anti-Fracture Membrane, Crack Isolation Membrane or Crack Suppression products as underlayment.... for ceramic, vinyl or neither?
Sorry this is so long but wanted to give you as much info as possible on my situation for your consideration.
And cost is a factor. I am a financially struggling yet pretty handy single mom!
If the tiles cracking there is always a reason for it.
Poor subflooring, shifting foundation, rising moisture from the area below.
No telling from here.
I do not see tile in your future unless there's lots of prep work done before.
From what you describe, I would stay away from any ceramic or porcelain tile. Like Joe said, it's just gonna crack again without some major prep work.
I suspect deflection is your main problem. Movement or bounce in the floor will cause any ceramic or porcelain tile to crack and fail.
If you're on a tight budget, I'd pull it all out (don't go over broken tile) and look into sheet vinyl.
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Just because your not cracking In sheetrock doesn't mean good news.
Also could be sloppy tile job, wrong grout and or morter, subfloor might be all wrong.
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Thanks for your replies. The inspector said the piers and beams were right. But I agree with ya'll. No more ceramic or porcelain. What about the troweled cement like stuff under the tiles? Does that have to come up too? Or can I level it or put backer board over it?
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Pull up a tile or two and see what you have under it-----My guess is it was a bad install over plywood.
Most should scrape off with hand tools.
"how much subfloor you have from joists to below morter?"
Say what?!? LOL! Oh I know this is serious, but you lost me there. Would you explain to a newbie please? How do I figure this? Thanks.
Oh Mike,
That's what the inspector said, a bad install BUT there is the verticle cracking around the windows and interior doors stick and are hard to force open or closed. I will pry some up and chip away the adhesive stuff and check. Will report back.
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It's going to disincentivize the formation of unions. Would you want to pay dues to an organization to receive its benefits when others do not? And with less money and less exclusivity comes a degradation in their leverage.
I would expect more business coming to the Detroit area in my industry given the close proximity to OEM's because there isn't that fear of unionization and some of the hurdles that come with it.
I see competition increasing. Better wages for employees. And hopefully lower prices for the end user.
It pays to have a happy, skilled and consistent workforce. They'll lose their talent if they pay minimum wage to a competitor. Plus the less dues they pay the more money in their pockets. When all is said and done RTW states tend to pay their workers better because they actually get to keep what they earn (minus the typically taxing associated with income).
And considering the economic incentives to open up shop in Michigan without the fear of a union costing a company a fortune, it will draw more business to the area.
More business means more competition. And more competition means better wages.
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As concerns over climate change and reliance on fossil fuels grow, the promise of renewable energy has been promoted across the political, environmental, and business landscape. News media have jumped on this story, from the local to international level, covering an array of energy technologies for harnessing the power of the wind, the sun, the earth, and the atom.
But the coverage sometimes suffers from pendulum swings between breathless enthusiasm from advocates for a new technology and conflict-driven concerns at the local level. Informing the public with critical and strong reportage about energy is imperative, but with shrinking news rooms and resources for environment reporters, is the news media up to the task?
Senior environment reporters from the New York Times and the Boston Globe kicked off this discussion at the seminar, "Wind Energy: Which Way Does the Media Wind Blow," the first in the 2011 spring seminar series, "Clean Energy & the Media," sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The series organizer is Cristine Russell, senior fellow with the Belfer Center's environment program.
"This is something you struggle with internally. How do you balance your journalist need to be neutral with your feeling that 'Uh oh. My kids are going to live in this world and I want it to be better for them,'" said Elisabeth Rosenthal, international environment writer for the New York Times.
Joining Rosenthal at the seminar in the Kennedy School's Malkin Penthouse was Pulitzer Prize finalist Beth Daley, who has covered environmental issues including climate change and renewable energy for the Boston Globe since 2001. Daley discussed her experiences reporting on the rancorous, decade-long debate surrounding attempts to build a Massachusetts wind farm, Cape Wind, in Nantucket Sound.
For the Globe, said Daley, Cape Wind has been "a great, great tale" — from conflict of interest claims surrounding the late Senator Ted Kennedy, to former Governor Mitt Romney's attempts to bring federal waters under state control, to supporters costumed as yachtsmen mocking their wealthy opponents. The human interest aspect of the story, covering the competing claims of proponents and opponents, said Daley, initially masked other important and complex issues including the project's ultimate economic costs as well as its threat to birds, and the noise and aesthetic impact on the environment. Also, the intensity of arguments from both sides presented additional challenges for her as a journalist.
"I hear a lot more from readers telling me ... 'look, this is our children we're talking about. You need to support wind and you need to tell people the way it's supposed to be.' Unfortunately, that's not my job," said Daley.
Informing the public of the environmental costs and economic realities in harnessing clean energy resources is fundamental to forming effective energy policy, said Rosenthal. But with dwindling newsroom budgets, the journalist's duty to improve public understanding of emerging technologies and sort through conflicting data is a tall order.
"The problem with these renewable energy and larger environment stories is there are all these different lenses and newspapers tend to be Balkanized. There's the business perspective; there's the science perspective; there's the foreign perspective and the metro perspective," she said.
"Is there a right and wrong answer? Not exactly. But I hope it causes people to think about where they want the world to go and how maybe we could do things differently," said Rosenthal. She emphasized that wind energy is far more accepted in Europe, seen as a necessity for countries trying to reduce the costs of importing energy, and that wind turbines are often not seen as an aesthetic blight, sitting comfortably amidst ancient towns in Italy and elsewhere.
Henry Lee, director of the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program and a former Massachusetts state government energy director, joined Daley and Rosenthal on the panel. He said reporting on wind and other renewable energy sources inevitably stirs enormous passions. A key challenge for reporters, he said, is finding reliable expert sources who can articulate the complex tradeoffs and comparative issues.
Lee said that reporting needs to make clear that renewable energy is important not because it's cheap but because it's an important tool to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. "We need to change a 50-year policy goal of cheap energy," he said, and focus instead on finding ways to use less energy. He also said energy reporting needs to take into account that land use is always in play, especially in densely populated areas. So energy siting decisions get tied up in local land use passions — and need to be seen in that context, he said.
The "Clean Energy and the Media" series continues on Wednesday February 23, with "The Long Road to Electric Cars: Green Hope or Media Hype?" featuring Alan Boyle, science editor for msnbc.com, and Bryan Walsh, environment reporter for Time Magazine. The series concludes on Wednesday, March 23 with discussion of "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?" with Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York Times science reporter.


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So I was channel surfing last night and came upon the vintage Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — the one with Gene Wilder being slightly creepy (of course, it could just be the hair and eyes). It was early in the film when the kids are frolicking in the candy garden with the chocolate waterfall–Wonka is singing that song "Pure Imagination" and all is sugary bliss when Southern Man asks, "Hey, how come there aren't any black people in this film? Where are the people of color? Are the Oompa Loopmas supposed to stand in for them? And isn't that racist?"
Now part of my reaction was "Darn it! You stole my line!" I mean, that's usually ME going on about representations of race and racialization and white supremacy. And especially remembering the illustrations from the original I read as a child and the story that Wonka tells about "saving" the Oompa Loompas and that they love working at the factory for free as long as they can eat cocoa beans….well, it's a tale redolent with exploitation and racial hierarchization.
The lack of people of color is part and parcel of the way films were made in the 1970s and part of the larger problematics of the world in Dahl's novel. But here's the rub: I love Roald Dahl's novels. And I love the Willy Wonka film–as problematic as the underlying narrative of exploitation is. And in an odd reversal, I was the one telling Southern Man that I didn't want to think about these things and just wanted to watch the movie (it has been a hard few weeks…more on that later).
But still. I can't turn off that part of my brain. Hence this blog post this morning. And of course, even with the update in 2005 with Johnny Depp filling in for Gene Wilder, we still get the cloned image of a dark skinned man as the oompa loompa par excellence.
That Southern Man…he puts me to shame with his spot on analysis of race and popular culture. Gotta get my A game on.


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You have never lived until you have almost died. For those that have fought for it, life has a special flavor the protected will never know
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Barry Rogers is famous in Ufa. The 60-year-old packaging salesman from Burlington, Ont., has only to step into the lobby of the Ufa Arena and they line up to have their photographs taken with him. There are parents with small children, parents with grown children, pretty young things with their clinging boyfriends – all keen to have a photograph taken with the man in the Team Canada regalia and the coonskin cap.
He has lost count of the picture requests. But Mr. Rogers is far from the only Canadian hockey fan to attract attention in Russia. They number about 400 and they are instantly identifiable through their red maple leaf gear and often goofy hats – giant leprechaun hats, Dr. Seuss top hats and, of course, Barry Rogers' famous coonskin cap.
"I got it in North Dakota," he confides. "Not very Canadian of me."
The Canadians, by dint of so few fans here from other countries, find themselves in the majority for most games not featuring Russia. The virtually empty stands have made them stand out all the more. There are Canadian red maple leaf jerseys in the streets and throughout the one large modern mall next door to the arena. The Canadians seem as intrigued with what they are seeing as the Ufa Russians are with the brightly dressed Canadians.
This is Mr. Rogers' fourth World Junior Hockey Championship: Grand Forks in 2005, Leksand, Sweden, 2007, Buffalo, 2011 and Ufa, 2013. "I've never been to a Canadian one," he says, laughing.
He came, unlike most others who are part of a tour group, on a whim. His family has held Toronto Maple Leafs season tickets for generations, but this year, there being no National Hockey League games, he'd found himself increasingly interested in the juniors. He went to games around Toronto, in Kitchener and London, and decided to spend a good portion of what would normally have gone to the Leafs tickets on a $2,400 flight and a hostel bed, where he is one of only two guests.
"I've loved it," he says. "I'd never been to Russia. I'd heard the food was no good, that the people weren't friendly, but the food has been great and the people are very friendly."
Anne-Marie Gillis is a city councillor in Sarnia, Ont., and with her husband Blair came with a large contingent with Destiny Tours. She carries a glossy poster of Canadian astronaut and Sarnia native Chris Hadfield around the rinks so he'll have a good New Year's party "even if he's up in the space station."
"We have found the people in Russia to be wonderful," Ms. Gillis says. "The food is great. Getting around is easy. We don't take cabs, we take the public bus. Initially we thought that Russia would be a real challenge in every aspect, but we have found the exact opposite. We don't care where Canada ends up, we just want to be here to show our support for the team."
The Canadians line up themselves to take photographs of the "Sniper" kiosk in the mall that features an assortment of hand pistols, an assault rifle and a crossbow. They window-shop the lingerie stores and the chic fashion outlets and stare in wonder at the myriad of choices in the vodka section of the alcohol vendor.
They eat at McDonald's, Subway, KFC and the various English-style pubs around the city – the more adventurous among them trying Russian and Ukrainian restaurants. They come to Lenin Street at night, as the locals also do, and take photographs of themselves in front of the fabulous blue and green Christmas lights that line the long central boulevard.
And they follow "The Wizard" on Twitter. The real Wizard is rink organist Aleksandr Petrov, who has become a Canadian fan favourite for his played-by-ear renditions of the old Hockey Night in Canada theme song, his salutes to Canada and his delight in pulling on a Team Canada jersey for one game this week.
The Twitter wizard – @UfaWizard – is something quite different again. Some Canadian wit – or twit, if you prefer – has taken a phony Twitter account in the Wizard's name, complete with a photograph of the rotund organist, and has entertained the Canadians throughout the holiday with his or her various witticisms:
– "Waking up from hibernation ouch head hurt like Sputnik wrench" (posted New Year's Day).
– "My organ sick. Does good twitternet peoples have spare button for 1981 Casio organ?"
– "I mak spesial treat for Canucks: conjur flaming ball in sky for warming friends."
Beyond the intrigue of the UfaWizard's true identity, there is the added mystery of private box No. 30 high over the platform where the cheerleaders perform. It is said to be rented for the entire tournament by Canadian international oil workers "with money to burn." A Canadian flag hangs from it, as do banners for the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets. Over one window, a Team Canada jersey hangs backwards, but instead of a player's name it reads: "Dirty in Box 30."
Wild is the speculation among the Canadian fans as to what goes on there between periods.
Such are the subplots for a storied two weeks in Ufa. And, of course, some Canadians have been helping push drivers out of snow banks – just like home. They are also, by the way, watching hockey.
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I was initially very scared of doing the procedure (never had any kind of surgery before), but the procedure itself and recovery process actually went very well and didn't hurt at all! I was given twilight anesthesia and although I was pretty much awake the whole time of the surgery, I was surprised that I didn't feel any pain at all! My 7 days recovery was virtually painless (didn't really have to take the pain medication) - it was just a bit uncomfortable at first having to sleep upright and not being able to blow my nose, but I was used to it after a few days. I think the worse part of the procedure for me was not being able to go out in public for a week, but I had awesome friends who came over to keep me company and my wonderful boyfriend to take care of me, so it wasn't so bad!
I'm now 2.5 months since the procedure and I am really happy with the results already. It is very natural (a lot of my co-workers or acquaintances don't even notice it!) and my nose is a lot less bulbous as before. Sometimes I forget how my old nose looks like but when I compare the before and after pictures, I definitely see the difference. My bridge is higher, the width of my nose is narrower, and my tip projects out more which makes my nose a lot more defined. My tip is still a bit swollen so I'm excited for even more changes in the next few months!


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An implicit RBF meshless approach for time fractional diffusion equations
Liu, QingXia, Gu, YuanTong, Zhuang, Pinghui, Liu, Fawang, & Nie, Yufeng (2011) An implicit RBF meshless approach for time fractional diffusion equations. Computational Mechanics, 48(1), pp. 1-12.
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This paper aims to develop an implicit meshless approach based on the radial basis function (RBF) for numerical simulation of time fractional diffusion equations. The meshless RBF interpolation is firstly briefed. The discrete equations for two-dimensional time fractional diffusion equation (FDE) are obtained by using the meshless RBF shape functions and the strong-forms of the time FDE. The stability and convergence of this meshless approach are discussed and theoretically proven. Numerical examples with different problem domains and different nodal distributions are studied to validate and investigate accuracy and efficiency of the newly developed meshless approach. It has proven that the present meshless formulation is very effective for modeling and simulation of fractional differential equations.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article last fall looking at expanding birth center coverage across the United States but did not use any US data to support their assertions. We submitted a response and it was published in the February edition. See our response here.
As the new Congress prepares to take over at noon January 3, we are hearing more about their plans involving healthcare in the coming months.
House Republicans are accelerating their discussions over how to use the fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018 budget resolutions to fast-track legislation with partial Obamacare repeal as a prime target.>>>READ MORE
There are two new appointments for Cabinet positions that you should be aware of. First, President-Elect Trump has nominated Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He will have a big task ahead of him, if confirmed by the Senate, to rework the Obamacare. >>>READ MORE
Do you think your legislators know about you and your birth center? If they don't know you, then how can you expect them to advocate for you?
If the answer to the first question is no, then you MUST call them and have them visit your birth center before the election – and that's less than a month away!
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Elected officials are largely unfamiliar with the role of birth centers in maternity care today in the United States. It is incumbent on each of us to do our part to educate local, state and federal elected officials from our parts of the nation to ensure that when important issues are raised they have at least a base of understanding
Have you seen the new guidance from CMS regarding birth centers? It says that it is mandatory... >> READ MORE
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We believe that care that is effective should be reimbursed fairly to improve the quality of care and lower costs.
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Many of the charges to be faced by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein before a tribunal set up by the new interim government could also be levelled at his once staunchest ally: the United States.
The US military supplied Saddam with no less than 14 different strains of the deadly anthrax virus in 1988 to help hasten the end of the Iran-Iraq war. The US was also largely responsible for supplying Saddam with chemical weapons to suppress the Kurdish uprising in Halabja. In a UN Security Council resolution condemning the attack, the US was the only member to vote against the resolution.
And when Saddam had informed the then US ambassador to Iraq, April Gillespie, of his plans to invade Kuwait, she raised no objections. Her equivocation was interpreted by Saddam as a green light from the US to go ahead.
Saddam's trial has already been dubbed the trial of the century. But because he did not act without the implicit support of the US, they should both be put on trial for committing these crimes against humanity.
The Reverend Dr Vincent Zankin, Rivett (ACT), July 2.
I see that Saddam Hussein calls George Bush the real criminal. Looks like the chardonnay socialists have found a new ally.
Stephen Hunt, West Ryde, July 2.
A huge picture of an unkempt Saddam Hussein is not a good idea first thing in the morning ("A tyrant in the dock", Herald, July 2). Especially if you're trying to hold down breakfast.
I know his coming trial is a big news event but maybe you should only show him after his Queer Eye makeover. Then he might be slightly more presentable to those of us who start work early.
David Skidmore, Dulwich Hill, July 2.
We can only hope that the trial of Saddam Hussein will muzzle the enemies of the freedom of the Iraqi people.
George Fishman, Vaucluse, July 2.
It is right that the tyrant Saddam Hussein has been brought to trial. It would also be right if a greater share of the profits from Iraq's natural resource, oil, were to be delivered to the restoration of the health, housing and welfare of its oppressed citizens.
Pamela Chippindall, Point Piper, July 2.
Anyone who has ever confused a legal system with a justice system need only listen to Saddam Hussein's lawyers. I think they may be getting paid by the hour.
Clint Oliver, Penshurst, July 2.
No, David Atkinson (Letters, July 2), the "left" would not prefer the democracy in Iraq to fail. What is being disputed is the legitimacy of a forcibly imposed democracy that is the product of an illegal war based on lies that has left a country in ruins.
I argue that it is the dangerously primitive "right" who, by sanctimoniously proclaiming that good has defeated evil and hanging off the coat-tails of the US, are the true "miserable lot".
Simon Tedeschi, Sydney, July 2.
David Atkinson, I fully support the chance of democratic freedom in Iraq. My concern and negativity stem from being lied to so frequently over the last few years that I no longer trust the overseers of "democracy".
The US leadership understands capitalism - they do not understand democracy. That is why they ignore world opinion whenever it suits them.
Michael Lloyd, Sapphire Beach, July 2.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have a right of access to the US courts. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has declared that the procedure for the proposed trials of the prisoners is unnacceptable. Are you listening, John Howard?
Frederick Forster, West Ryde, July 2.
Twice the baby bonus must be worth two votes each
Why not solve the problem of overpayment of the family allowance bribe by allowing the affected families to vote twice?
Robert Molyneux, Tempe, July 2.
If I attend a rebirthing class, can I claim the baby bonus?
Louise Yabsley, Camperdown, July 2.
To all families who received double election-bribe payments - please consider donating the excess to a local public school or hospital. At least you'll know the money's going where it's needed most. If you don't like this idea, here's another: donate it to a registered charity, then claim the donation on your tax return. A double whammy boot against this monumental stuff-up.
Please, don't send it back to Centrelink - the money will be lost in the bureaucratic red tape wrapped around Kay Patterson's head.
Kim Cochrane, Stanwell Park, July 2.
So John Howard has said that he won't "chase" families who have been double paid the baby bonus. As a taxpayer, I'd be far more comfortable if I knew that he would at least chase the people and systems who have made the stuff-up.
Richard Pocock, Elizabeth Bay, July 2.
Hang on a bit, Valmai Sutton (Letters, July 2). We mothers need free steak knives, too - to cut our kilo of steak bought with the $600 bribe. Mind you, they don't need to be too sharp to use on the cheap mince meals that will follow.
Zehra George, Oyster Bay, July 2.
Better invest that baby bonus in a high-interest term deposit as soon as you get it - you're going to need it and much more if your child wants to go university in 18 years' time.
Angela Barrett, Kensington, July 2.
Bugger the baby bonus for newborns. How about giving it to the parents who still have older "children" living at home?
Glenys O'Leary, Normanhurst, July 2.
So John Howard is to write to those who received an overpayment of the bonus and suggest that they pay it back. Can we now expect that he will also write to all those who "legally" minimise their tax payment and request that they also remit the difference between their legal and moral tax rates?
Peter Wotton, Gordon, July 2.
There's a hole in the maths, dear Bob ...
Mr Carr: my husband and I have worked hard to have four children for this country of ours so lacking in population growth. Now I am hearing that to raise them I will be penalised because my household of six people needs more water than a household of two or three. Is this really the way to go?
Surely we can take a household's usage and divide by the number of people living there to ensure that even though we may use more per household, we actually use less per person.
I've put the children on odd/even days for baths. Every other day I carry buckets and buckets of their bathwater and throw it in the garden. We have fitted drip irrigation to our garden system. Our cars are filthy. We're even starting to look a little dirty as well.
I agree that water is very cheap, but please do not penalise those of us who chose to have large families when that was the prevailing mantra.
Jennifer Quilkey, Balmoral, July 2.
Perhaps now is a good time to invest in Boral shares. It won't be long before pavers/bricks replace lawns.
Carolyn Wills, Cremorne, July 2.
When the cyclonic rains do come to Sydney there will be, going on past experience, more than enough water to fill a couple of dams the size of Warragamba. Now that the water level in the dam is so low, shouldn't we be taking the opportunity to raise the dam wall?
Surely it is better to be able to fully utilise what water will inevitably come instead of allowing it to flow away to the sea and then have to institute some water-saving procedures that may or may not work.
R.D. Morrison, Riverstone, July 1.
The Ombudsman's report on the misuse of police sniffer dogs highlights the State Government's contrived agenda to both visible policing and drugs ("Sniffed out and searched: one man's humiliation", Herald, July 2).
One can only hope that the increased terrorism threat will see these expensive canines and their handlers put to more effective use in future.
Waiting for a train that never arrives is bad enough, without having to strip to your underwear at the whim of an Alsatian.
S. Dawson, Kiama, July 2.
If the Government wants to fight childhood obesity, active transport is the way to go. Funding safe cycleways to schools, for example, would allow kids to incorporate physical activity in their daily routines. This simple and cheap solution comes with many free extras.
Good bike facilities would reduce our growing dependence on foreign oil. As kids rode to their sports on a Saturday morning, parents could sleep in for a change, and perhaps even alleviate Peter Costello's concerns over our fertility rate.
Martin Olmos, Westmead, July 2.
You've got my vote, Mr Latham ("ALP push to block telephone marketers", Herald, July 2). Anyone who promises to restrain the telemarketing cowboys is on a winner. Self-regulation hasn't worked.
Despite frequently registering on the "do not call" list, I still receive endless annoying calls. Apart from the annoyance, when I'm not home these calls divert to my mobile and cost me real money.
Robbie Prince, Roseville, July 2.
This morning I hung up on my umpteenth telemarketing call from a charity (working in a field of activity I consider to be part of any civilised government's core responsibility). I did this with gritted teeth for it ground against my basic instinct to help others in need. And I shall continue to do this until this practice ceases.
Is this the type of employment that our governments brag about as evidence of "economic growth"?
Meanwhile, there seems no shortage of funds for taxpayer-funded pork-barrelling and promotion of the party in power through saturation advertising.
Pritam Sekhon, Fernleigh, July 2.
In addition to the myriad evils already attributed to private education, Mike Fullerton (Letters, July 2) asks, "Are heavier traffic, dirtier air and millions of working hours lost in traffic jams some of the hidden costs of private education?" Surely a longer bow could never be drawn. Why not crop circles and drought as well, Mike?
Andrew Simpson, Saint James (WA), July 2.
No one questions the courage of the Australians involved in the fight for the Kokoda Trail. One can, however, question the judgement of some modern authors who prefer to exaggerate Australia's role in any event and seem unable to place things in context ("On the beaten track", Herald, July 1).
Australian troops did not face an enormous Japanese army but one consisting of two half-starved infantry regiments fighting at the end of a tenuous supply line. The Japanese high command decided, weeks before the retreat began, to shift the focus to Guadacanal.
The idea that Kokoda saved Australia from invasion is just as misinformed. The Japanese never planned to invade Australia. Even before the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese only intended Port Moresby as an air base from which to isolate Australia. The army estimated it would need at least six divisions, which it didn't have and which the navy could not transport.
After the Battle of Midway the Japanese were unable to support one division in the critical battle for Guadacanal, which was being fought at the same time.
Stephen Thomas, Wahroonga, July 1.
Greeks return fire on and off the footy field
Aussies were probably wondering what the huge explosion was that woke them early this morning. It was only us Greek Australians sustained on Greek coffee and ouzo yelling in excitment at our approval of the underdog Greece winning its soccer match to get into the Euro 2004 final.
Con Vaitsas, Marrickville, July 2.
Gotta love this city. It was free coffee for all this morning at the Greek cafe next door. And they were giving the Italians heaps. The Greeks are finally returning fire after decades of suffering at the hands of their Mediterranean neighbours.
Eric Viana, West Ryde, July 2.
Since as a small child I scored both goals in a one-all draw, soccer has been Greek to me.
Bill Carpenter, Bowral, July 2.
If Saddam Hussein gets the death penalty, can we ask that David Beckham not take it?
Matt Luxford, Terrigal, July 2.
Only one right-handed batsman in the Australian top seven. Bill O'Reilly must be turning in his grave.
Tony Watson, Penshurst, July 2.
Why make a big fuss about Camilla Parker Bowles being a kept woman ("Prince Charles makes it official - Camilla is a kept woman", Herald, July 2)? Cripes, I'm a kept man - I'm kept from smoking, I'm kept from drinking; the list goes on ... and on.
Merv Bartlett, Inala (Qld), July 2.
Always these boring Windsors. Why don't you let us know what Mary is doing these days, instead?
Veronika Pawlik, Mona Vale, July 2.
With National Tree Day just around the corner, whatever happened to the billion trees that Bob Hawke promised to plant?
Gerard Kirwan, Cremorne, July 2.
Paul Stevens (Letters, July 2) asks if "baby" is the most ridiculously overused word by songwriters. What can I say except, "Yeah, yeah".
Joseph Boulous, Merrylands, July 2.
Maybe the cliches "sunshine after the rain", "desert after the storm" or any combination of the above, would be worthy adversaries for that title, Paul.
Di Hubbard, Sydney, July 2.
According to your paper, the sun has been rising at the same time of 7.01am for well over a week now. Why is this so?
Robert Keyte, Mullumbimby, July 2.


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MasterCard, Monitise Ally to Boost mCommerce - Analyst Blog
In an attempt to boost its mobile money services, MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) announced a strategic alliance with London-based global mobile application provider for various banking and payment services – Monitise Plc to accelerate mobile commerce (mCommerce) globally. Additionally, the company also plans to buy a minority stake in the latter, the value of which remains undisclosed.
MasterCard has been aggressively working toward developing mCommerce for over a decade now. The company was also the leader of digital wallet innovation for making payments from mobile devices through applications that are secured, convenient and user-friendly.
Hence, MasterCard's collaboration with Monitise appears reasonable as the latter enjoys a huge expanse of network, which strengthens the former's competitive edge in the global market. Armed with a strong grid of over 350 renowned banks, merchant partners, payment processors and other financial institutions, Monitise processes about 3.5 billion transactions and initiates payment volumes worth $70 billion annually, serving 28 million registered users globally.
Additionally, both MasterCard and Monitise aim at reaching out to the remotest rural areas of the emerging markets through such collaborative initiatives. Overall, these attempts are expected to augment their respective core processing capabilities in an increasingly complex payments environment, thereby reflecting their endeavors to adapt themselves to the emerging industry trends, while also offering a secure mobile shopping experience.
Such partnerships are also aimed at increasing brand loyalty while adding an incremental revenue stream, particularly, given the regulatory cloud that burst over the card industry in mid-2011.
Apart from MasterCard, other card giants are also seeking greener pastures through newer initiatives, including the expansion into prepaid cards, mobile banking and electronic commerce (eCommerce). In 2012, Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) had also announced a joint venture with Monitise in an effort to develop mCommerce offerings. Overall, we believe such efforts will not only shower ample organic growth opportunities and diversify business portfolio but will also augur long-term growth for MasterCard going ahead.
While both MasterCard and Visa carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), some better-ranked stocks in the financial sector include Tree.Com Inc. (NASDAQ: TREE) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS). Both these stocks bear a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Student on Wrong Bus
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|Roast Black Angus Prime Rib Beef
|Roast Vegetables and Yorkshire Puddings
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I suspected this brunch would be trouble from the start. Advertised as a "Broast," the cheeky invite read, "bring your bros, bring your hoes and come and get down and dirty with us." Proposing a Saturday brunch-roast rather than Sunday so that you can use the second day of the weekend as a recovery day instead of feeling hung over on Monday… the summons declares, "It's going to get messy…" This just had to be a bad idea… but a provocation too enticing to decline.
Temptation called, so in the spirit of giving in, I went straight for the bubbly. The free flowing sparkling, Chandon Brut, is fresh, with a liberal palate and a snappy finish. This graceful drop makes an ideal aperitif and conversation lubricant. Linked to the famous, Moet and Chandon brand, the Australian winery, while maintaining meticulous French methods for producing their sparkling, harnesses the distinctive southern terrain and climate to produce wines with a uniquely Aussie character. I'm happy. It's the perfect refreshment for a Saturday brunch.
What else goes with roast? Gin and Tonic of course! And… this classically British highball cocktail is too free-flowing. Strong, and garnished with a wedge of lime, it complements Malaysia's warm climate nicely. Bloody Mary is another timeless UK concoction and at Ril's you get a chance to try your hand at rustling up your own. Thirst quenched, there's plenty of food to fill the tummy too.
|Roast Potatoes, Beetroot and Garlic
A manageable number of dishes are done well, without being an overwhelming don't-know-where-to-start selection. Based around the roast theme expect to find roast Goose (when available, when not, fish is added), Black Angus Prime Rib and Chicken as the star food attractions. All the goodies that usually side a roast meal too are ready for support. Garlic and Beef Dripping Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Roasted Heads of Garlic, Roast Beets, Crispy Leeks and Roast Tomatoes. All mouth watering. All merited second helpings. Hubby almost did back flips over the pink juicy prime rib. I thought the Yorkshire puddings were done particularly well and had repeat platefuls.
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If you decide not to head straight for the main fare, there are salads, soups and cheeses to get you warmed up. Ril's House Salad, Roast Beets, Rocket and Pumpkin, Goats Cheese Salad, Feta and Grilled Vegetable Salad and Chilled Prawns make a fresh beginning. Lobster Bisque, Grilled Asparagus, Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms and a selection of Artisan Breads round out the smorgasbord. All salads were super fresh with mountains of bitter green rocket screaming health and spring. I loved the chewy olive bread and, pumpkin and goats' cheese always is a favourite with both of us.
Of course there is dessert. After loading up on roast and with plentiful liquid replenishment, you don't need too much. A carrot cake and a toffee cake were the two offerings on our visit. Both were tasty, but a tad dry. I'd suggest asking for them to be heated and perhaps a dollop of ice cream added to really appreciate their flavours.
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KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Airmen with the U.S. Air Force Central band Night Wing performed at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, as part of their mission to continue building troop morale in a deployed environment.
While stateside, the work of an Air Force musician is generally filled with recruiting events and playing at various town festivals. The mission takes a new course when USAFCENT bands like Night Wing deploy to a combat zone
"Where the real work starts is when we have the opportunity to deploy, where we work on going to the different areas in the [area of responsibility] boosting troop morale," said U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Melissa Rager, USAFCENT band Night Wing, hailing from Garner, Iowa. "We also go out and perform at embassies and out in the community as part of building partnerships."
The USAFCENT band Night Wing came to FOB Salerno as part of a tour of Afghanistan, to raise troop morale through their various genres of music that consist of rock and roll, pop and country.
"It's a great opportunity for us to come out here and play for everybody. Not too many big names get to come through here. A lot of the FOB's might be a little more difficult for entertainment to get to," said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Baisden, the non-commissioned officer in charge for USAFCENT band Night Wing, a native of San Antonio.
Baisden went on to talk about their constant travels to continue their mission of raising troop morale.
"We're constantly on the road. Even when we're back in the continental United States, we have a geographical area of responsibility that we tour the entire area. We're pretty much constantly TDY," said Baisden.
With enlistment comes the possibility of deployment, but due to the bands demanding travel schedule throughout the United States, this is their first tour to a combat zone like Afghanistan.
"I came in the band about three years ago and I was teaching school before that. And I knew full and well we were going to deploy, but the way the rotations have worked out, it's all of our first deployment," U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Ryan Rager, USAFCENT band Night Wing, from South Sioux City, Neb.
The band takes great pride in the fact that their performances are bringing a little sense of relief and the joys of home to troops who left their homes to travel to the other side of the world and defend their country.
"We've heard things like for 90 minutes I wasn't deployed. I was back home. I was at my town festival. I was drinking beer and eating hot dogs in the middle of summer. And getting a chance to take that them away from that for a little bit, that means a lot," said Melissa Rager.
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June 10, 2009
PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh junior second baseman Chris Sedon and junior left-handed pitcher Nate Reed became the first Panthers drafted since 2007 after being taken on the second day of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Sedon and Reed mark the 27th and 28th players to be drafted from Pitt and the 15th and 16th under head coach Joe Jordano.
Pitt also had one of its four early signing period players drafted on the second day, Royce Consigli, drafted in the 30th round (903rd overall) by the Oakland Athletics. Consigli (Welland, Ontatrio/Notre Dame) racked up 31 doubles, 15 triples and 17 home runs as a starting outfielder. Last summer in the East Coast Grays and Niagra Rebels under-18 competition, he carded a .658 average, picking up 110 hits in just 167 at bats.
Sedon, drafted in the 10th (300th overall) round by the Detroit Tigers, is the highest Panther drafted since Jim Negrych went in the sixth round of the 2006 amateur draft. Reed, a lefty who has been a staple in the starting rotation for three years, was taken in the 20th round (613th overall) by the Chicago White Sox.
In his first year at Pitt, Sedon produced one of the finest seasons by a Panther baseball player. He set single-season school records for home runs (22), total bases (160), and runs scored (65) and placed among the top five in two other categories, including slugging percentage (.796) and RBI (62).
"I could not be happier for Chris," Pitt head coach Joe Jordano said. "Being a 10th round pick is a testament to his work ethic and commitment to being an outstanding baseball player. He had a memorable season this year and it is my hope that he receives everything that he wants."
Sedon, a Collegiate News Louisville Slugger First Team All-American and All-Big East First Team selection, batted .402 during the regular season and was named to the Big East Conference Weekly Honor Roll four times. He started the year off with a nine-game hitting streak and added two separate eight-game hitting streaks along the way. Sedon also hit at least one home run in Pitt's final 12 of 16 games, including each of the last four games.
In Pitt's two Big East Championship games, he tallied two home runs and four RBI in losses to No. 2 South Florida and No. 3 West Virginia.
Reed posted a 4-6 record this past season, making 13 starts and logging 84.0 innings of work as the Panthers' number one starter. He has averaged nearly 65 strikeouts each year and has held opponents to a .286 batting average.
"I feel very good about Nate being drafted," said Jordano. I felt like he should have been a bit higher based on a three-year history of solid pitching in the Big East Conference, but I strongly believe that this opportunity will progress into a very successful professional career."
Reed's best performance this season came when the Panthers needed him most. Heading into the season-ending series against rival West Virginia, Pitt needed to win two of three games to reach the Big East Championship Tournament. Reed took the mound in game one and threw a complete game, scattering 10 hits while striking out seven and not allowing an earned run.
"Obviously we're very happy for Nate, it's a great opportunity for him to continue his career," said pitching coach Brandon Rowan. "Playing professionally is not something that is afforded to everyone. Nate is a guy who projects very well at the next level. He has logged a lot of key innings for us here at Pitt."
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The Canisius College volleyball team scored wins over Hartford and Colgate on the final day of the 2004 Colgate Invitational to win the four-team event and finish the weekend 3-0. The Golden Griffins scored a 3-1 (30-22, 30-20, 29-31, 30-20) win over Hartford in their first match of the day before dropping the host Raiders 3-1 (30-26, 32-34, 30-22, 30-12) in the night cap. The two wins on Saturday improve the team to 3-4 overall in the 2004 season.
Senior Christina Wildes was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after posting a .192 hitting percentage with a team-high 72 kills and 41 digs. On Saturday, Wildes hit .234 with 51 kills and 24 digs to help lead the Blue and Gold to the two non-conference wins. Sophomore Mary Boller was also recognized to the all-tournament team for her play after collecting 32 kills, three solo blocks and eight blocks assists in three matches.
In the team's win over Hartford (2-6), Wildes led the offensive attack with a career-high 25 kills on 67 attack attempts to go along with nine digs. Kim Hoffman finished the contest with 18 kills, 13 digs and three block assists, while Boller registered 10 kills, three solo blocks and a career-high six block assists. As a team, Canisius collected 19 team blocks in the win over Hartford, while holding the Hawks to a .053 team hitting percentage.
Freshman setter Lauren Lackovich collected 42 assists and 13 digs for the Blue and Gold. Fellow freshman Jess Stackhouse picked up a match-high 26 digs, a service ace and an assist. Sophomore Emily McNabb finished the match with four solo blocks and four block assists, both career highs, to go along with two kills.
In the team's final match of the day, Hoffman registered a career-high 27 kills and picked up 21 digs while Wildes posted a career-high 26 kills to lead the Griffs past the host Colgate Raiders for the fifth-straight time in the all-time series. Stackhouse collected a career best 30 digs in the win to tie a 13-year old school record for digs in a four-game match.
Lackovich was credited with a career-high 55 assists and added 12 digs for the Griffs and Boller drilled 11 kills in the winning effort. McNabb helped Canisius' defensive effort with a solo block and a career best five block assists.
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This week Geordie Shore has moved to Manchester!
The Geordie gang has packed up their old kit bags and taken the long drive to the North West to find fresh victims to tash on with and teach them about their MTV reality show ways.
And after last week's slightly awkward double-date was interrupted by the return of Charlotte to the house, it's round-two as Gaz, Marnie, Vicky and Aaron venture out to spend couples' time, together.
Will the boys be repaying the girls with another candlelight dinner? Maybe a nice cruise down the river? Well, no. They're taking them into the woods and then shooting them - while paintballing, obviously.
That's one sure fire way to make sure there's no third date. Though running around a nightclub and desperately attempting to pull everyone else you can find as the pair do later on, is probably a better way to do it.
Meanwhile, there's a war brewing in the house as Charlotte's presence continues to upset Gary, with previous friends Holly and Aaron now no longer talking to each other and no one quite understanding what's going on.
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NYON, Switzerland — UEFA banned Zlatan Ibrahimovic for two European matches on Wednesday, ruling the influential forward out of the Champions League quarter-finals, first leg if Paris Saint-Germain advances.
UEFA said its disciplinary panel extended an automatic one-match sanction for Ibrahimovic's challenge on Valencia midfielder Andres Guardado in stoppage-time of a last-16, first-leg match this month.
Ibrahimovic was shown a straight red card in stoppage-time in Spain, and was already certain to miss the return in Paris on March 6. PSG holds a 2-1 lead.
UEFA's additional punishment applies to the next European club competition for which Ibrahimovic is eligible.
However, speaking after Ibrahimovic scored both goals in a 2-0 French Cup victory over Marseille on Wednesday, PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said the club would appeal the UEFA sanction.
"I am surprised, I was already surprised when he got the red card, and to get a two-match ban is incredible and I hope UEFA go back on their decision," Ancelotti said. "I really hope they will reverse it because to get two games is incredible. Yes, we will appeal."
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Caius went back to the shore to get the boat that lay at the foot of the chine.
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GoGoGo Airheart
There is a secret history of British new wave. Beneath the cosmetic facade of Boy George and Adam Ant lurked a legion of post-punk misfits -- champions of cheap guitars, thrift-store glamour and reckless experimentation. Behind every Duran Duran was the spiky funk of the Pop Group; behind every Bow Wow Wow was the cat-scratch feminism of the Slits. Throughout the late '70s and early '80s, these underground groups recast punk rock's fleeting fury into more sustained and cerebral forms, sculpting spit, piss and boot polish into a kind of guerrilla-savant art.
All of this should have little to do with a band from balmy San Diego circa 2002. And yet here is GoGoGo Airheart, a group of Anglophilic retro post-punkers offering up their fourth album of out-of-joint guitars and mutant-disco rhythm. The band has stretched out a bit on this new record: Michael Vermillion's tortured, sensual rants still fall somewhere between Can's Malcolm Mooney and the Fall's Mark E. Smith, though now there's also a hint of Brian Ferry's icy croon. The clanging glam of early Japan and pre-Ure Ultravox is also in evidence on Exitheuxa, especially on wiry, almost-pop songs such as "Sincerely P.S." and "My Baby Has a Gang."
America had its own proponents of this new-wave sound in the '70s. Bands like Television and the Modern Lovers existed before the Ramones -- and seem to have predicted (and evolved past) punk rock before it even happened. Exitheuxa bridges the gap between these pioneers and their subsequent disciples (the Feelies, Talking Heads), doling out dub-addled beats and oblique guitar heroics on tracks like "Witch Hunt" and "When the Flesh Hits."
However, the strangest influence is a helping of straight-up classic rock. "Sit and Stare" glues a chugging Zeppelin bass line to GoGoGo Airheart's usual sandpaper dissonance. Moving from acoustic strum to serrated distortion, Benjamin White coaxes the full range of rock out of his guitar; his affected, chordal leads on "Last Goodbyes" even echo Carlos Alomar's work on Bowie's Lodger. Most curious, though, is "Nice Up the Dance," a barely veiled appropriation of, of all things, the Beatles' "You Won't See Me." Keep in mind that GoGoGo Airheart recently appeared on a Queen tribute album and it all begins to make an odd kind of sense. Sort of.
Existing primarily as a big bundle of musical influences works only if a band creates something greater than the sum of those influences. GoGoGo Airheart, unfortunately, does not. But the group is adept at another, perhaps even trickier method of attaining pop-art relevance: existing within the "right" context at the right time, an approach that no other group today besides Clinic has fully perfected. And with faux-earnest, tear-soaked junk like that made by Dashboard Confessional commandeering today's rock "underground," perhaps GoGoGo Airheart is, in a way, even more revolutionary than its agit-prop-spouting forebears.
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Dr. Dre Says 'Detox' Will Be His Last; Album Due February 2011
Dr. Dre has been promising the release of his third and final solo album 'Detox' for more than half a decade, but he's finally making good on his word. The legendary rapper/producer has announced that he will drop the mythical album in February 2011, with the first lead single 'Kush' featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon already making its way around the internet.
Though Dre has put in studio time with almost every notable musician in the music biz, he has confirmed that the LP will feature collaborations with Eminem, Jay-Z, La Roux and The Game. Dre has reportedly shot a music video for 'Kush' ahead of the album's release date with director Joseph Kahn, with the single already available for download in digital retail stores.
Dre first announced 'Detox' in 2003, and has delayed the album numerous times since beginning work on the project. The followup to 1999's 'The Chronic 2001,' 'Detox' has been consistently pushed back since its conception, putting a wrench in the machine after a few unfinished tracks leaked to the internet. He most recently declared that the highly anticipated offering would be released by Christmas, but an official press release claims that the February '11 date will stick.
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Last Friday, ABC News' Brian Ross reported the story of Brent Furer -- an aide to Sen. David Vitter -- who entered "a guilty plea for a violent attack on an ex-girlfriend with a knife." In the report, Ross added that Sen. Vitter "kept [Furer] on staff after a five day suspension without pay and continued to use him as his point person on women's issues" and that it was only after ABC's initial report on the story that the staffer offered his resignation.
In reporting the story, Ross and ABC investigative reporter Matthew Mosk were unable to interview Sen. Vitter who avoided their various attempts to discuss the issue:
Mosk: We haven't been able to get an answer from Sen. Vitter as to why he kept him on for so long.
Ross: In fact, you and I have been trying to find Sen. Vitter for the last week or so spending long hours in front of the many fundraisers he's had but he's dodged us.
Mosk: He has a good understanding of where to find the back door and back alley.
Ross: You caught up with him just briefly, what did he say to you?
Mosk: He said he did not have time to talk to us. He put his phone to his ear and bolted into his office building.
In an internet video released this week by Vitter's 2010 Democratic challenger, the Louisiana Senator is seen in a brief snippet of amateur video discussing the issue with Mike Hoss, an anchor for WWL, CBS' local New Orleans affiliate.
A search of TVeyes.com reveals that WWL has yet to cover the story or air Hoss' interview of Sen. Vitter -- a finding confirmed by WWL news director Chris Slaughter during a phone conversation with Media Matters.
The fact that WWL has yet to air the interview or cover the story is all the more intriguing given the fact that ABC News was unable to directly question Vitter.
So, why hasn't WWL covered the story or run its Vitter interview?
Slaughter said the issue "is on a list of potential stories we are considering. We are doing additional research."
Asked if there was a timeline for WWL's consideration of the story or the airing of its interview with Vitter, Slaughter replied, "No, not at all."
When presented with the juxtaposition of ABC News being unable to pin Vitter down for an interview while WWL's Hoss had been successful, Slaughter said only, "If CBS is interested in the story, we'd be happy to provide them with the video."
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