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Whitney Port: Hard at Work!
Lisa is a crucial part of the WE team — so happy to have her here! We are in a bit of a crises right now, as our spring samples are overseas and we are in grind to get them done!
I know this is part of the fashion world, but ahhhh, it is scary and nerve racking!! Time to get our rears in gear and get back to work!
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Grant will support new campus programs
Wheaton has won a three-year, $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to develop programming aimed at combating sexual violence on campus. In partnership with the Norton Police Department and New Hope, a sexual violence crisis center in Attleboro, the college intends to create a comprehensive community-based model that can be shared nationally.
The grant from the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women will support "a continuum of programming that will convey a consistent message that violence against women is not tolerated" at Wheaton, according to the college's grant proposal. Rather than focusing solely on perpetrators and victims, the program will stress the notion that "every community member has a role to play in combating sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking."
Wheaton was one of 22 institutions awarded a grant from among 110 applicants.
In launching these efforts, Wheaton is taking a strong stand against a problem that is widespread on college campuses. A report by the National Institute of Justice estimates that some 20 to 25 percent of female students experience a sexual assault during their college years.
The new programming will "change the whole conversation at Wheaton," said Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Lee Burdette Williams, who will serve as project director. "We have already become much more transparent in our policies and practices and more responsive to inquiries and concerns. This work is about changing a culture, common on college campuses, that keeps too many victims silent about their experiences. Every year, that culture must be addressed as a new class comes in with their own experiences and perspectives."
The grant proposal grew out of the work of the Sexual (Mis)Conduct Assembly, a group that was launched in 2010 in response to student concerns about how the college responded to cases of alleged sexual assault. In January 2011, the assembly presented its recommendations, and Wheaton has since implemented several programs aimed at reducing sexual misconduct on campus.
For instance, the Sexual Misconduct and Assault Resource Team (SMART), oversees campus outreach and education efforts related to sexual assault. The college has hired a SMART coordinator and has created a Sexual Misconduct Hearing Board, distinct from the College Hearing Board, to adjudicate incidents related to sexual misconduct.
"We are using scholarship to inform our practices and the research and teaching skills of our faculty to educate students," Williams stressed, referring to a play that Professor Charlotte Meehan and students will write, as well as a seminar on violence against women, taught by sociology professors Kersti Yllo and Gabriela Torres.
Over the next three years, staff members involved in these efforts will travel to national conferences and other campuses to share the model with others doing similar work.


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Dear Sharon:
I read your inquiry about the Hoosick Falls newspaper and thought I would recommend the following link to you. It will give you a list of all of the newspaper that served Hoosick Falls. If I had access to them ,I would do the look up for you, but I have no access , but at least it is a place to start.
Good luck!
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Subject: [NYRENSSE] 1887 Newspapers
Are there any 1887 newspapers available for the Hoosick Falls area ? I am
looking for a death of a ten year old child, occurred by him crossing a
railroad track. If so, would some kind soul do a look up for me, please? I
would like to know where he is buried.
Supposedly there was a newspaper started in 1873 and another one started up
in 1887 in Hoosick Falls, but I do not know the names of either one.
Sharon in WI
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Man given 14-year sentence for Dublin manslaughter
A homeless Dubliner, who stabbed a 23-year-old to death has been given a 14-year sentence at the Central Criminal Court.
John Murdoch was stabbed in the heart at Cushlawn Way - Cushlawn Dale in Tallaght, after a recovering heroin addict produced a knife during a dispute.
Thomas Kinsella (34) of Orchid House on Jamess Street in the capital had pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Murdoch on August 27, 2011.
But he was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of self-defence by a unanimous verdict of a jury last December.
Today Mr Justice Barry White said a substantial sentence was warranted and he was satisfied with the view of the Director of Public Prosecutions that it was at the upper end of the scale for manslaughter.
He gave Kinsella a 14-year sentence and suspended the final five years backdating it to January 1, 2012.
The use of knives to resolve conflicts is only too common in our jurisdictions, said Mr Justice White.
The judge noted he had a criminal record, a drug problem and a substantial risk of reoffending.
Detective Garda John Stack told Mr Damien Colgan SC prosecuting Kinsella stabbed the deceased three times in the chest, abdomen and forearm.
Gardai and the ambulance were called and Mr Murdoch was transferred to Tallaght Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.
The court heard that the incident began with Mr Murdoch and his two male friends calling Mr Kinsellas group junkies and scumbags as they walked past them.
Kinsella said he was defending himself when he stabbed the deceased and that a group that included Mr Murdoch threw bricks and bottles at him and his two friends, a man and woman. Kinsella concealed the knife but later told gardai where he had left it.
Mr Kieran Kelly BL defending said Kinsella wanted to offer his sincere apologies to the family saying he had replayed that night over and over and that it was the biggest mistake of his life.
Kinsella, who has 22 previous convictions, was homeless, living in hostels and had started using heroin at the age of 16.
The court also heard Kinsellas ex-partner who had a stillborn child in 2003 was found dead under a bridge by the canal in 2010.
It also heard that his partner at the time of the offence was giving birth and that he went to the hospital to see her instead of going to gardai.
A probation report before the court stated that Kinsella was at moderate to high risk of reoffending.
Victim Impact
On the day of the verdict Mr Murdochs heavily pregnant sister, Amanda Murdoch, delivered an emotional victim impact statement from the witness box.
To have John taken away from us so tragically took a bit of our close-knit family away, she said through tears.
Members of the Murdoch family became upset and some had to leave as she spoke about the pain they had all gone through since his death.
She said that her brother, the second youngest of a large family, was a lovable, caring brother and friend. She said he was a very popular young man, who had his whole life ahead of him.
My best memory of him was his laugh, his smile and the love he had for all of us, she said.
It was very hard to say goodbye to him, she continued, saying that it was heart-breaking to watch her parents say goodbye to their son.
She said that he would never know her first-born child, who was due in the New Year, and that he or she would never know him.
He loved his nieces and nephews so much, she explained.
She said that weeks before he died, he had spoken of his wish to settle down and have a family of his own, something he would now never do.
She described the night her brother died as the worst night of her life.
I knew our lives would never be the same, she said, adding that her family and family occasions would also never be the same.
Our family chain is broken but we know hell always be with us, she concluded.


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proffesionally - BioeEnergy Therapist according to Domancic Method
was developed over 35 year ago. It is unique in its simplicity and effectiveness, scientifically validated and practiced all over the world. It restores health of adults and children - when other means fail.
Since 1993 Zdenko Domancic (Doe-MAAN-cheech) has been teaching his method at the Bioenergy Healing Clinic in Slovenia - the largest clinic of this type in Europe. Zdenko Domancic and his team treat some 140 people a week, with a waiting list of 6 months or more. Over the years, Domancic has helped over a million people, having received spectacular results in every classified disease. The leading medical establishment of then Yugoslavia documented Zdenko Domancic's treatment of 200 people with advanced stages of gangrene. After receiving Bioenergy healing treatment, the patients were cured of gangrene and no extremities were amputated. This medical evaluation lasted for almost half a year and is documented in a book entitled, "Healer Domancic" by D. Jakcin. During the 1980s Domancic participated in research studies on AIDS at Stanford University.
Recently - Domancic - has collaborated with the scientists at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Researchers observed, during a mind over matter experiment, the effects of bioenergy changed the physical structure of crystals. In the spring of 2007, the Domancic Method Healing was used for cancer cell research at the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with remarkable results. The project involved the observation of in vitro aggressive cancer cells being destroyed after a few minutes bioenergetic treatment from Domancic. Healthy cells were not affected. Among his students and patients are: medical doctors, health servants, veterinarians and scientists. The Olympic Sports Representation of Slovenia is treated at his clinic. The biotherapy healing can be practiced individually, in group sessions and by distance. It is very effective also in treatment of animals. In 2012, Dr Radovan Starc, cardiologist and PhD, wrote the book called "Healing with Bioenergy according to the method of Zdenko Domancic" The book is about the Domancic method and how it uses Bioenergy for healing. For the results of his work - has been awarded by the President of Slovenia.
Bioenergy boosts the immune system, spreading information of optimum performance to all cells, and enables the body to heal itself. Every cell in your body has the picture of the healthy body. Every cell holds the information of the entire system. A single cell could reproduce the entire body under the perfect circumstances. All that a biotherapist has to do is restore the original environment. In essence, it is not the biotherapist who heals. He just fixes your energy field. It is your body that heals itself.


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"Voice of the most vulnerable": Social workers receive a boost through UNICEF-supported training
By Ina Prisacaru
CHISINAU, Moldova, 26 June 2008 – Around 500 community social workers from Moldova participated in a 5-day training session in the country's capital Chisinau. Conducted by the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child and UNICEF, the workshop brought together such a large group of social workers for the first time, addressing the urgent need to prevent and respond to violence against children.
Deeply rooted traditions, such as beating and verbal abuse when it comes to discipline children, are commonly used by many Moldovan parents. Research has shown that an estimated 25 per cent of children in the country suffered beating by their own parents, while 13 per cent of pupils received same punishment from their teachers. The need to find a better work for the parents has resulted in more than 177,000 Moldovan children being left behind. Without the care of their primary caregivers, many children live in boarding schools and orphanages, making them even more vulnerable to violence and abuse.
In 2007, the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child decided to recruit social workers. For many, this is a revolutionary decision. Prior to that, social services that address violence against children had barely existed. For the social workers, trainings are crucial to help them understand how to act professionally when faced with a particular case.
"I listen very attentively to every word said by foreign and national experts and cross-check if I did the same for people I helped," said Angela Niculita, a social worker in Boghiceni village, Hancesti district. "Now I see that my actions were correct and I am happy about that." Ms. Niculita has been working as a social worker for only 3 months. Before, she was a medical doctor and has a degree in medicine. "I used to save people from physical illnesses, now I'm saving them from social illnesses," she said about her career change.
"I was born to be a social worker"
Ludmila Zdragus was a 4th year student at the Biotechnology Department of the Agricultural University, when she learnt about the recruitment opportunities for social workers. She applied and was accepted. The same year, she gave up agricultural studies and enrolled in the Social Assistance Department. Many of the community social workers like Ludmila are now studying here to get more knowledge and understanding of their new profession.
"I do not regret that I have lost four years. Instead, I got a job that I adore," said Ludmila. "You may find it difficult to believe, but I believe that I was born to be a social worker." Working in Stefanesti village, Floresti district, Ludmila once successfully convinced a father to stop beating his wife and his two children.
Because of the limited resources, most of the social workers are poorly paid. And yet, their enthusiasm has never let up. Veronica Gandea makes about 60 USD per month, and she has three children to support. "I do not want to complain," she said. "Because I do my job with pleasure and dedication."
At the training workshop, government officials stated that improving the working conditions for the social workers has been one of their priorities. "I understand that you have a very responsible and difficult mission," said Galina Balmos, Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child, "We do our best to provide better conditions for you, and we have already submitted a draft to the Government on increasing the salaries of social workers."
According to the Government's initiative launched in 2007, there should be at least one social worker in every mayor's office. Today, the network of social workers includes 850 specialists, and the number is expected to rapidly increase. However, the demand is far greater. Ideally, the average number of beneficiaries per social worker should be around 3,000. But in Moldova, social workers are seriously overwhelmed – in some areas, one social worker is responsible for a community of some 6,000 people.
UNICEF Representative in Moldova, Ray Virgilio Torres assured the social workers that UNICEF will continue assisting them and providing support. "The way UNICEF sees the work of social workers is very simple – you must be the voice of the most vulnerable citizens of the Republic of Moldova," noted Mr. Virgilio. "You must be the eyes of the entire society, because you make disadvantaged people visible to society."
For for information, please contact:
Lina Botnaru
Related links
UN Secretary General's Study on Violence against Children
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Friday 15th December 2006
13.12.2006 - 17.12.2006
View Katie and Kylie's World Trip on kyliesyme's travel map.
This morning we went to the John Hancock Observatory and rose to the 94th floor for a wonderful view of the city. We took an audio tour and learnt some very interesting information about the city and it's attractions. After the observatory we had lunch at the cheesecake factory but ended up not having any cheesecake as we were both so full even though we shared a meal! As the cheesecake shop was on the magnificent mile we once again headed up and down the street enjoying the sights and doing an awful lot of window shopping. We spent the remainder of the afternoon shopping and then went to see a movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" starring Will Smith and his 7 year old son playing the other lead role.


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isPalindrome(std::string) , make use of it - get your input first then create the object with it.
Palindrome and have a function
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That didn't take long.
President Obama's re-election campaign has put out a video featuring voter criticism of Mitt Romney's closed-door critique of Obama voters.
"Out of touch," one voter says of Romney.
Expect television ads soon along the same lines.
The video replays Romney's comments during a closed fundraiser that "there are 47% who are with him (Obama), who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled."
A voter on the Obama campaign video says the comments "make me sick to my stomach."
Another says, "I don't think anybody's ever looking for a handout. I think that we all want chances and opportunities."
Romney aides said he was talking about the bad economy that has stagnated under President Obama.
"In the Obama economy, American families have suffered from chronic unemployment, increased poverty and falling incomes," said Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. "At every turn, as the economic pain Americans feel increases, the president has proposed failed policies that have led to more and more government and greater and greater debt."
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Halt Medical Raises $15M
Livermore-based Halt Medical has raised $15M in a funding round, which will go toward commercialization of its medical devices for treating uterine fibroids, the firm said this morning. Halt Medical said its system was recently cleared by the FDA. The funding came from American Capital.
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Zipcar Acquired by Avis
Zipcar, the car sharing operator which has major presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been acquired by Avis Budget Group, the car rental operator. AVIS said it has agreed to acquire Zipcar for $12.25 per share, or approximately $500M. Avis said it now has more than 760,000 members across 20 major metropolitan areas. Zipcar will operate as a subsidiary of Avis Budget Group. Zipcar was based in Cambridge, Mass., but moves to a new location i (More info...)
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Machete house raid ordeal
Date published: 18 April 2014
A ROYTON woman was robbed by machete wielding thugs.
Four men knocked on her door in Highfield Drive on Tuesday evening and forced their way in when she opened the door. One had a stick and another was carrying a machete. The four ransacked the house and stole mobile phones, a watch and cash.
One of the offenders was white, 6ft tall, in his 20s and had short brown hair. He was wearing a baseball cap and spoke with a local accent.
Police are now appealing for witnesses to the terrifying crime.
Dete Cons Gulnaz Akhtar, of Oldham Division, said: "This was a terrifying experience and the victim is understandably very shaken."
Anyone with information should phone police on 0161-856 8955 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
I notice the cowardly scum had to gang up four men (armed) to one woman (unarmed) , it says it all really doesn,t it ? Hope they get caught soon and get whats owed them in quadruple .
Its clear the authorities can't prevent this 'home invasion' crime and the police don't seem to be able to catch the offenders. Cons Akhtar states the obvious and no advice forth coming. The vulnerable people of Oldham are very much on their own.
I know this family and they dont deserve this they are hard working people, this acum needs to be caught and dealt with
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And even to know this last again required all the eyes of love, soever sharp and vigilant.
It still remains that who else soever can do without their Sunday, it is not I—Fanny.
In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shalt multiply strength in my soul.
No manly word or brave counsel was heard from any one soever.
But (through what virtues of the Soil, or vice of the Air, soever it be), they com still to degenerat.
Which of them soever it was, the Town does no Honour to either.
In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
For as many days soever as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle.
Thus all Heresies, how gross soever, have found a welcome with the people.
Let her not be poor, how generous (well-born) soever; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility.


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Construction, Definitions and Terms
Deck - The
top of the bodyboard where you lay.
Slick bottom -
The bottom of the bodyboard that has a smooth or
slick material such as Surlyn or HDPE.
Nose - The
front of the bodyboard where you hold on.
Rail - The
side of the bodyboard. Often the rail of a
bodyboard is
expressed as a ratio such as 50/50 or 60/40,
etc. The theory is that a 50/50 rail is faster
but a 60/40 offers more control. Most companies
now make their bodyboards with 60/40 as the standard
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little difference between the two and both work
very well on any bodyboard. Some bodyboards have single
rails and some have double rails. The inner rail
piece is referred to as the "pin" on our
website. Double rails add more stiffness to the
Tail - The
back end of the bodyboard.
Channels -
Gouged-out areas on the bottom of the bodyboard that
help to channel the water to enhance
performance. There are MANY channel
configurations out there, and basically, they
help you hold on the face of the wave better and
enhance speed, but can decrease maneuverability,
ALTHOUGH when combined with certain tail designs
and templates can work perfectly and be very
maneuverable. Especially effective in this
respect with bat tails. Crescent tail bodyboards
don't necessarily need channels, but some people
prefer them for that
extra bite.
Stringer -
Now offered by most manufacturers, stringers
made a brief appearance in the 80's, and are
very popular once again. It's basically a
straight rod inserted into the bodyboard to maintain
the stiffness of the bodyboard. They can be made of
many different materials. Lengthens the life of
the core.
Mesh - A
chicken wire-like plastic material sandwiched
into the core of a bodyboard to enhance projection
and durability. This material is only used by a
couple manufacturers as an alternative to
Template -
This term refers to the basic shape or outline
of the bodyboard (i.e.. narrow nose, wide nose, etc.).
Chine -
This is the part of the bodyboard's rail that wraps
over the side of the bodyboard from the deck. It's
usually much smaller than the bottom part of the
Rocker - Not technically a "part of the
bodyboard", the rocker refers to how flat a
is. Example...if you lay the bodyboard flat on the
ground, and it doesn't rise up at all in the
tail, it has "flat rocker". Naturally, the nose
curve is going to keep the nose off the ground,
but the tail on most production model bodyboards
should be flat on the ground and the bodyboard
shouldn't "rock" more than just a little bit.
The more "banana-like" the curve in a
bodyboard, the
more rocker it has. I personally like about 1"
to 1.5" of rocker in my bodyboards because they turn
better, and it works well for me for drop knee,
but 95% of all bodyboarders prefer flat
because they provide the maximum speed. With
that said, the rocker of a bodyboard will change as
it ages because of the different materials that
are used on the deck vs. the bottom. Deck skins
tend to expand faster with age, and therefore
will cause a flat bodyboard to end up with a touch
of reverse rocker in many cases. Heat
accelerates this process, so keeping your
in a cool place when not in the water is the
best defense for this problem.
Bat Tail -
A tail shape that slightly resembles the
wingspan of a bat. There are many varieties of
bat tail, but basically, there are points at
either end of the tail, with some form of
rounded or pointed area in the center of the
tail. Bat tails are generally loose, and provide
lots of maneuverability. These tails are
preferred by most prone riders. If you like
doing lots of maneuvers tight in the pocket and
prone ride a lot, go for a bat tail. There are
many marketing names for bat tails including
"wing" tails, etc., but they are all varieties
of the bat tail.
Tail - First introduced by Morey in 1982,
this is a tail that holds you well on the wave.
The design has square "pegs" on either side of
the tail, and a "U" shape connecting the pegs.
The crescent holds your body on the bodyboard and
holds you on the wave face very well. If you
don't like channels, this is a good tail design.
The crescent is the call for full-time DK riders
or prone riders that are interested mainly in
tube-riding and carves, and not quite as much
about spinning moves tight in the pocket. It
provides maximum hold, but doesn't release quite
as easily as a bat tail if you like to spin.
TYPES and BOTTOM SKIN TYPES
Crosslink - A type of foam characterized by it's denser,
more compact feel, and unwillingness to absorb
water. Very durable deck and rail foam material.
It is known by other names that companies use to
make it sound exciting (i.e.: Green Cell, Dura
Deck, etc.).
Arcel -
Developed for bodyboards in the mid-80's, this
is a light, strong foam used for bodyboard
cores. It's properties included maintaining it's
stiffness even in warm waters. The downside was
the ease with which it dented when you squeezed
it. The manufacturer of Arcel, Arco Chemical,
has stopped producing it due to lack of demand.
It's pretty much been replaced by Polypro (see
Polypropylene - The newest wave of core
material. Polypro is light, springy, and strong.
Like every core though, it's not increasable
and it is the most expensive of all cores. Many
companies use their own names for it. In most
cases, it's just polypro.
It comes in two types. Extruded polypro
is made from strands of polypropylene and offers
very good projection and durability in the
bodyboard. Beaded polypro is a step up and is
extremely lightweight, durable, water-resistant,
and as a result, expensive, but you get what you
pay for.
Dow or
Polyethylene - Used to make bodyboards
since the 70's, it's still the standard foam.
It's compact and comes in different densities,
and has excellent projection and super
performance, but isn't as long-lasting as
polypro unless combined with some kind of
internal stiffener like mesh or a stringer, and
is also a bit heavier than Polypro. It's used on
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Agreed The University of New Mexico says it has reached an agreement in principal with former basketball coach Steve Alford over his buyout. Alford said in April he was willing to pay a $200,000 buyout for leaving the Albuquerque school to take the job at UCLA, but he wouldn't pay the $1 million payment that New Mexico wanted. Under the agreement announced Friday, the net benefit of the buyout will be $625,000. That includes a $300,000 payment and certain bonuses Alford had agreed to forego.
Added Kansas State said sophomore forward Brandon Bolden is joining the Wildcats after leaving Georgetown. Coach Bruce Weber announced Bolden's decision. Bolden will sit out next season as required by the NCAA, but has three years of eligibility remaining.
Signed The Oakland Raiders signed free-agent punter Chris Kluwe as a possible replacement for the departed Shane Lechler. Oakland released punter Bobby Cowan but still has Marquette King on the roster.
• United States defender Steve Cherundolo signed a one-year contract extension with Hannover, six days after the captain set a club record for Bundesliga appearances. He appeared in his 299th Bundesliga game last Saturday against Bayer Leverkusen.
Lifted European soccer's governing body has cut Malaga's ban from two years to one for not meeting its financial fair-play regulations. While the club remains barred from European competition next season for failing to pay player wages and taxes on time, Malaga said the penalty was lifted for 2014-15.
Underwent Washington guard C.J. Wilcox has undergone surgery on his left foot to stabilize a stress fracture that bothered him for much of his junior season. Wilcox's surgery stabilized the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. He is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of the 2013-14 basketball season.
Arrested New York Jets running back Mike Goodson is facing drug and weapons charges after a New Jersey traffic stop. Sgt. Adam Grossman said Goodson and 31-year-old driver Garant Evans were charged with marijuana possession, drug paraphernalia possession and weapons offenses after a handgun was found in the vehicle.
Out USA Wrestling said that Iran has pulled out of a dual meet set for Sunday in Los Angeles. The organization said that the Iranian Wrestling Federation told them the team's schedule has changed and that it has returned to Iran. No further reasons were given for Iran's departure. USA Wrestling says it will instead host Russian and Canadian teams Sunday in a "United 4 Wrestling" event at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.


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A two-month old rhino was hacked at least 18 times with axes and machetes when she got too close to poachers cutting off her slain mother's horn in South Africa, a conservation NGO said Friday.
"The poor baby had obviously tried to return to its mother while the poachers were removing her horn and they slashed at her face with a panga and an axe repeatedly in order to chase her away," said Karen Trendler of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
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I don't want him back either. He's been the worst part of commentary going back as far as 2007 at least. Hopefully he stays home or at least away from the broadcast table.
I think the dynamic of the enouncers tables at the moment are great.
Cole and JR I think are great, JR really knows how to tell a story.
Matthews and JBL are brilliant, Matthews has no answer for JBL's put downs and its brilliant.
As much of a "legend" that lawler is I just enjoy it more without him being there.
Not sure if anyone else agrees and I really can't see vince saying thanks but stay at home to the king.
I don't want him back either. He's been the worst part of commentary going back as far as 2007 at least. Hopefully he stays home or at least away from the broadcast table.
Don't mind him back, but JR should stay. Not because I'm a big JR fan, but because it'd be easier on Lawler to get through a three hour show with some help.
Or do it like they used to back in 1998, have Lawler join in only for the last hour of the show.
I don't want him back on the announcer's desk either. But he will return. I'm sure of it.
To be honest, I'm not that big on JBL either, but he trumps Lawler. Also JR is always good.
I preferred Cole as a heel. Lawler is not as bad as some say, but certainly not as good as he once was. I would not mind seeing him retire.
As Jericho pointed out recently, Vince loves to turn a negative into a positive. I can see him quietly telling Lawlor that he's not going to put back on the announce table for the immediate future. Personally, I'd prefer see him involved backstage or doing in ring interviews. Lawlor works best when he is involved in a storyline or being asked to progress. He's not the quick witted heel commentator from the mid/late 90's.
Bring back the fourth wall
Yeah that's a good idea - have him do backstage interviews, he's best when interacting with others. I also do not want him back at the announce table. JR and Cole are gelling together really well now. JR is no longer good enough to be play by play, but he can do colour just fine. JBL and Josh is an excellent pairing also. I still wish they would find room for Matt Striker, but unless they do that, I'm more than happy for the two announce teams to stay as they are right now.
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Cole is awesome [far as wrestling play by play goes], JBL is awesome, Matthews is awesome [Far as wrestling play by play goes], JR is done [Used to be the best play by play in wrestling, which isn't saying much], Miz was good on Raw has been awful every since, I know people cream themself over Striker being a smark announcer but that wore thin pretty quick, and Jerry is so much better than being a mere Color Commentator he needs to manager a group of heels or be teaching guys in FCW how to work with Regal and Finlay
I like JR doing it on NXT, but that's about it for me. Only reason I'd want him to stay on RAW is to help Lawler.
BTW, on NXT this week Tony Luftman started alongside Regal. He wasn't too bad to be honest. Better than Scott Stanford. I wouldn't be surprised if he replaced Josh on SmackDown one day.
I really get the feeling that JR and Lawler have lost interest in the product, they don't commentate with the same passion they used to like a decade ago.
Can't blame them though, as most people have lost interest in the product...
Cole and JBL are the best on commentary imo.
JR is very good in FCW/NXT, but shit FCW/NXT is fucking great I could call that shit.
Lawler is just taking orders and collecting a pay check. Can't ask a guy to be a pervert for over 10 years and then suddenly want him to be The Voice Of Reason of the company while giving him stupid talking points to get over, examples being "The WWE Championship is important NOT the guy holding it".
I TOTALLY want Jerry Lawler back! He is missed by me as well as millions of others...LONG LIVE THE RETURN OF THE KING!!!
Keep Lawler and JR off commentary. How are you supposed to believably push a new product when your two chief announcers are pushing 70?
I'd prefer not to have Lawler back on commentary either, but if it has to happen, hopefully it's a three-person booth with him, Cole, and either JBL or JR.
The Cole/King team is really bad.
Honestly I'd prefer to not have Lawler or JR calling matches anymore. Lawler has been pretty bad for a while, and I don't think JR has it anymore. However I don't know the alternative. Maybe Cole/JBL? I dont dig Matthews at all, and Striker is average, but I would take more as a temporary replacement.
Cole/JR and Matthews/JBL is an ideal set of teams. This is as close to commentary heaven as they've gotten in quite some time.
Jerry really should feel free to take his time.
This will remain in my sig until The Rock gets his WWE World Heavyweight Championship rematch.
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The trick with policy is to communicate complex ideas in concise, common-sense terms.
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At the State Capitol, everyone says education is a priority, and one is hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't say that prekindergarten and early childhood education isn't a priority.
To find out how serious they are, look at the funding picture. Or to see whether Gov. Bobby Jindal is serious, check and see how pre-K education is funded.
In the case of pre-K, education for at-risk 4-year-olds is funded with a cobbled-together patchwork of different sources of money. Part of it has been federal stimulus funds, a source much-maligned by Jindal and eagerly accepted in his budgets.
This year, the funding gets even more precarious than usual. The LA4 program, as it is called, is paid for in part by asking the U.S. government to allow $20 million in disaster relief money to be diverted to pre-K. The Jindal administration recently sent the waiver request to Washington.
The connection seems pretty tenuous on its face, but Jindal's aides said the recovery money would pay for at-risk students in 20 parishes damaged by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Given the patchwork nature of pre-K funding, this is making a pre-K virtue of budgetary necessity.
The idea of paying for a basic educational need with odd lots of cash isn't particularly new and predates Jindal in office. But since Jindal cut the state's general fund drastically early in his term through tax cuts and economic development funds, what's become worse is the odd reaching for cash for what the governor and legislators say is one of their top priorities.
Further, there are indications that pre-K isn't properly funded to begin with. Charter schools are independent public schools, and as a way of cutting their costs, some of them are no longer offering pre-K. That suggests that funding for pre-K for at-risk children isn't enough, that school systems and independent charters are having to use some of their budgets to back up the pre-K programs.
All this is not to say that pre-K is in imminent danger of losing funding. Nor is there any law, either, that prevents school boards from asking voters to pay a millage at the local level for higher-quality pre-K in their schools. Just about everyone in education would call that a good investment, as poorer kids often don't show up in kindergarten ready to learn.
But the state today pays the costs, about $75 million a year, for children from poor families to enroll in pre-K. It is clearly a recurring expense. And if there's one thing for sure, this idea of bailing out the pre-K fund with one-time money is reaching its limits. This diversion of hurricane recovery funds is almost a new category, ultra-one-time money.
Is it a priority? Not in the Jindal general fund.


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York Street gardens will close at 3 p.m. on July 28, Aug. 1 and 3 for concerts. York Street gardens and the Children's Garden will close at 3 p.m. on Aug. 4 for a private event. Other early closings.
It's concert season again at Denver Botanic Gardens! Our first concert is Sharon Jones & the
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Come experience a concert at the Gardens--listen to incredible live music while you enjoy a picnic with a glass of wine, surrounded by the ambience of thousands of blooming plants. And learn more about Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings right here!
During the 2009 concert season, I noticed a couple up and dancing in front of the stage at most of the concerts, and I had the opportunity to meet these music aficionados. Rick Hum and his wife, Karen, longtime members of the Gardens (along with their loyal group of friends), attend most of the concerts together. Rick was kind enough to send me his thoughtful personal reviews of the 2009 and 2010 concerts, which I posted here in previous years at the end of each concert season.
This year we are shaking things up a bit. Rick is providing us with a pre-concert review for each of the concerts. Rick says, "For the past couple of years I've done some Internet research in advance of each show. Some of this is more detailed biographies than the shorter version linked to the Gardens' concert schedule. Frequently I also find information about the artist's or group's current tour and when it's available, a review or two from previous performances on the tour."
Visit this blog the week before each concert to find out more about the artists. I guarantee you will read something new and eye opening.
Thanks so much, Rick, for being a member of the Gardens and preparing us for the concert season. And we'll keep an eye out for you and Karen dancing at the concerts. We'll be dancing right next to you!
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The summer concert season kicks-off with one of the 10 summer concerts the Denver Post listed as Don't Miss.
"Sharon Jones holds nothing back. In concert, the powerhouse soul singer throws her entire being into the show, singing her heart out and dancing until she works up a sweat. Born in Augusta, Georgia, Jones grew up singing in church. Tough jobs working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island prison in New York and as an armored car guard for a bank paid the bills, but her heart was always in music," says a recent review in The Vancouver Sun.
Their shows and music remind you of those who have influenced Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: James Brown, Otis Reading and Tina Turner, to name a few.
Sharon Jones has recently fulfilled one of her dreams. In an interview with WRDW-TV in Augusta, GA, Jones said, "I bought this home really for my mother. I lived in the ghetto (in New York). I'm getting my mother out of the projects now." Jones' mother is battling cancer and she says this is a better living situation for her and gives a home feel to the family.
Wikipedia lists several collaborations, including the Dap-Kings somewhat unheralded contribution to Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006). The Dap-Kings then became the backing band used on Amy Winehouse's first U.S. tour.
Jones recently contributed six period numbers by Bessie Smith and others to the soundtrack for the film The Great Debaters, recorded in the legendary Ardent Studio in Memphis. Jones is also a featured on the Verve Records Baby Loves Jazz books/CDs and has even had her own character books published by Penguin Books in conjunction with the series, entitled "Ella the Elephant: Scats Like That." Ms. Jones celebrated her silver-screen debut in the Denzel Washington-led film The Great Debaters, in which she acted, sang, and recorded the majority of the movie's soundtrack.
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- Naturally (January 2005, Daptone DAP-004)
- 100 Days, 100 Nights (October 2, 2007, Daptone DAP-012, World's Fair)
- I Learned the Hard Way (April 6, 2010, Daptone DAP-019)
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New gun holsters will be issued to Victorian police within 12 months following long-standing problems with existing equipment and last month's fatal shooting of traffic policeman Tony Clarke with his own gun.
Assistant Commissioner (Education) Paul Evans said yesterday that the force began a review into holsters and carrying other equipment last October.
But after Senior Constable Clarke's death on April 24, the force ordered a six-month audit of every holster used by 7000 police.
The Age reported yesterday that secret tests conducted on his equipment showed that his gear almost certainly failed when he was attacked by a motorist during a routine traffic patrol.
Police tests have shown that motorist Mark Bailey, who committed suicide after shooting Senior Constable Clarke, probably managed to remove the policeman's Smith & Wesson .38 revolver from his service belt even though the holster was designed to stop offenders from grabbing police weapons.
Firearms experts who tested the holster have concluded that its safety cover popped easily when grabbed.
Mr Evans described the existing holsters, in use for two years, as safe, but said they would be replaced as "a matter of course".
"It's like bringing out a new Holden or Ford, we bring out new models," he said.
Mr Evans revealed there were about 70 attempted "gun grabs" each year - cases in which offenders tried to snatch the gun from an officer, sometimes while it was inside its holster.
Leather holsters may be replaced with ones made from a synthetic material. Police are also testing an equipment vest, used in other states, to ease the load on patrolling officers who have complained of back problems and the inadequacy of the current equipment belt.
Despite the Police Association writing to Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon in July 2003 with concerns that the weapon retention clip was inadequate, Mr Evans yesterday said the existing holsters were safe.
"There is nothing particularly wrong with it. Every holster has its limitations," he said.
"Members realise that if they have any issues . . . they can bring it to our attention and get (the holsters) replaced."
He said that after a new holster model was developed, it would be tested for six months. A full replacement was not expected for 12 months.
About 1500 plain-clothes police carry a different holster to uniformed officers as tests had shown the holster was not appropriate for their belts.
Police Association assistant secretary Bruce McKenzie said an upgrade should be immediate. "The time line needs to be much tighter for something as important as this and it should be a matter of weeks, not months, that the holsters are examined and, if necessary, replaced," he said.
Mr McKenzie said the fact that manufacturers Smith and Wesson viewed the .38 revolver as "an antique" was a serious concern. "The fact that because it's an antique they no longer make the appropriate holsters for it is an even more persuasive argument to update the current weapons," he said.
He said that the association believed funding was a major reason why the force refused to upgrade its weapons, but there should be no compromises when it came to the safety of police.
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An Italian pensioner took awkwardness to a whole new level when the escort he'd hired turned out to be his son's girlfriend.
The 70-year-old man from Vicenza, in northern Italy, made an appointment with an escort, only to discover he'd booked the South American partner of his 40-year-old child.
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Police want to speak to an anonymous female caller as part of the investigation into how caustic soda was fed to customers at a fast food outlet in Bunbury.
More than a dozen customers sought medical treatment after eating chips from a Chicken Treat store in the Homemaker Centre in Bunbury on Wednesday night.
The store was closed on Thursday while investigations took place.
South West Detectives have spoken with staff, witnesses and those affected after eating the food.
But they would particularly like to speak again to an anonymous female caller, who telephoned Bunbury Police on Wednesday night regarding the incident.
Police urge her to call again via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Anyone who was affected after eating the food or who can assist in this investigation is also asked to call Crime Stoppers.
The Chicken Treat store was expected to remain closed Friday.
Chicken Treat general manager, Peter Scodellaro said customers deserved some answers.
"It is very important that we get to the bottom of exactly what happened," he said.
"If we discover any behaviour that warrants disciplinary action we won't hesitate to take it."
Mr Scodellaro said Chicken Treat would continue to support police with any assistance they needed in their continuing investigation.
"We take our health and safety obligations extremely seriously and our main concern today is for the welfare of those customers who had a distressing experience," he said.
A spokesman for the company said the store may re-open on the weekend but this was dependent on the progress of the investigation.


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Anderson: I could see how maybe some followers of Milton Friedman might say you're drumming up conspiracy theories, but it's hard to argue with the evidence that you're presenting here and in your book. So, what do you say, or what might you say, to critics who think you're making connections and seeing deliberate actions on the part of these governments that just aren't there?
Klein: Well, everything in my book is documented. And calling me a conspiracy theorist is just a political strategy. It's not actually an argument—it's a way to not have an argument. It's an argument avoidance strategy. And, you know, I'm really careful not to make any claims that I can't source. And my sources are the right-wing economists themselves, which is what I think drives them most crazy. I mean, one of my most favorite reviews for the book was a negative review in the Financial Times where he says, "The worst thing she does is quote the Financial Times to bolster her argument."
Anderson: Consider the source.
Klein: It's true! I found the Financial Times enormously [helpful]. ... And, you know, I don't quote other "lefty," you know, analysts to support my claims, much as I may enjoy reading their writing. That's not what's supporting this argument. Now, I think there is a real pushback now from the true, you know, hard-core Friedman fanatics, like the Cato Institute has published an attack paper on the book, and ... Reason [magazine] has sort of an unnatural obsession and so on.
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And the University of Chicago, for various reasons, became ground zero for that pushback, for that counterrevolution. And Milton Friedman, because he is a tremendous popularizer, really led the way and played an important historical role, meeting with many political leaders, acting as their adviser.
But this isn't about him. And, for instance, in this Cato Institute background paper, the writer talks a lot about how Milton Friedman only went to Chile once and met with Augusto Pinochet once, you know, that hardly constitutes influence. Well, first of all, I make that clear in my book that he only went there once, but the whole point of those three chapters is that there was a massive program that was started by the U.S. State Department to bring hundreds of Latin American students to the University of Chicago to study.
Anderson: Right, the exchange program.
Klein: Yeah, and then to go back to Chile and take up top positions in Pinochet's government as finance minister, head of the Central Bank. So, this is so much bigger than Friedman, and the response is only focused on Friedman. And it's only focused on redeeming his name. And ... the truth is that the far right doesn't have, or the far economic right, doesn't have a lot of gurus, right ... [they] don't have a lot of heroes like this. There's Reagan ... but intellectual heroes—there really aren't many, right?
Anderson: Right.
Klein: I mean, who—Ayn Rand? It's a thin bunch. And Friedman and his family are really quite obsessed with legacy. In one of his last interviews—I just saw a clip of it on the Cato Institute Web site—he talks about how the real test of his influence is not what people think of him now but what they'll think of him in 25 years. So, there was, you know, a great deal of consciousness about securing a place in history. And when Milton Friedman died in 2006, it seemed that his place was pretty secure, I mean, the obituaries and memorials were just across-the-board hagiography. And that's changing, you know, and that's threatening. And so now there's this pushback that I think is really not about the economic legacy of these policies but much more about a man and his fans and his family wanting to protect their version of the role he played in history.
And what's interesting is that ... the fiercest fight is actually happening right now at the University of Chicago, where it was announced three weeks ago that there's going to be a Milton Friedman Institute—a $200-million Milton Friedman Institute—to carry his legacy forward, and it was launched by Gary Becker, who was one of his students and a real disciple—a true Chicago-school ideologue who still teaches at the school. And what's interesting is that there's been a little bit of a rebellion of academics at the University of Chicago. And more than 100 of these professors, faculty members, have signed a protest letter talking about how it's already so difficult for them ... and these are not economists—they're anthropologists, they're historians, political scientists ... how difficult it is for them to travel in the global South, like in Latin America and Africa, and be associated with the Chicago School of Economics, because it is seen as having done so much damage around the world. This is really unprecedented—the idea that Milton Friedman's name would be seen as a liability at his own alma mater!
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By software development london, August 14, 2009 at 4:10 am Link to this comment
That was inspiring,
It's fun to read all of the comments. I'm not ging to judge
Anyway, thanks for the post
By AT, June 29, 2008 at 7:12 am Link to this comment
It seems like Republican Operatives flit around public fund like flies. Wedge issues aside, as long as you keep changing subjects, you will get paid( but not until after you have done time.)
By Joe R., June 28, 2008 at 3:29 pm Link to this comment
Shock Doctrine is as important to us today as Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin was in the 19th century. There is so much to learn from Klein's book. It scares the hell out of me that there is this type of massive conspiracy. It can be easily seen if you just know how to open your eyes and see. Naomi Klein opens our eyes to an evil that pervades our entire society and plays by it's own rules. It must be stopped. Slavery is going to be the end result if it is not stopped.
By Freemie, June 28, 2008 at 12:38 pm Link to this comment
Naomi Klein is brilliant. My only criticisms are her allegiance to the left/right paradigm (a false choice) and calling the phenomenon of corporatism/fascism 'capitalism' which it is not. Oh yeah, and including global warming into an otherwise highly intelligent expository discussion.
Calling out the Chicago School for the thieving, fleecing, second rate system it is? Awesome.
Now if Ms. Klein would come over to the light and see that socialism is also the root of much evil and suffering, her work would be revolutionary.
By Charles E Thomas, June 28, 2008 at 12:30 pm Link to this comment
We lived in NO for nearly 20 years. I did a little cooperative work with the Corps, looking at aerial photography for forests, bayous in S. Louisiana. The engineers were bright, knowledgeable. The hurricane problem was well understood ... it did not take a cat 5 as on comment suggested. What would sink the city was the storm that came through the Rigeles and into Lake Pontchartrain at just the right tide etc to lift the level of the lake a Cat 5 at low tide, but maybe a cat 3 at high tide.
Our risks and security are much more susceptible to mismanaged natural disasters now that we are spending billions on the war on terror. This is disaster capitalism indeed. As we spend more on military weapons systems for non-existent threats, our poor suffered, now it is the lower middle class with the body of the middle class not far behind.
Capitalism as we have promoted it is now our greatest disaster ...
By Ruth MacDonald Wilson, June 28, 2008 at 11:24 am Link to this comment
If tax paying Americans don't start demanding of their Government, on which they bestow trillions of hard earned dollars, when they can expect to start seeing a fair return on that investment, they will succeed in producing exactly the free standing independent 'super-corporation' that this administration, and its ilk, is trying to make of the USGov. It may actually be too late, in that if citizens begin to withhold taxes, the Govt can probably get along now on the fealty (in taxes) of the corporate aristocracy….just as in the days of landed aristocracies and monarchies…when the King could be depended on to rally his troops on their behalf. The monstrous military power our politicians have allowed the Gov't to build may assure a return to something like global feudalism. Tom Friedman will love it. Milton couldn't care less anymore.
By paskalis, June 28, 2008 at 1:40 am Link to this comment
I'm an admirer of Naomi Klein's writing, but this interview is more of an advertisement-hagiography than anything else.
By GW=MCHammered, June 27, 2008 at 9:58 pm Link to this comment
Undermine the System
By msgmi, June 27, 2008 at 7:19 pm Link to this comment
Natural resoutces are supposed to be products of commercial endeavour, excavated in a manner which it does not abuse the environment, endanger the health of the local residents, and eschews becoming a national security issue. Our oil energy policy had its metamorphysis in the 1930's when the commercial goals for oil expansion began to be intertwined with gov't policy-makers in order create a leverage in the Middle East. Once the commercial goals become geopolitical goals, transparency fades into secrecy and national security issues become the driving force for global commercial expansion. Before the invasion of Iraq, Rupert Murdoch quoted a future price of oil at $24.00/pbl. Indeed, Rupert has political connections and knows best. Dick Cheney had his secret energy meetings at the WH and these meetings could not have been about the Iraqi oil fields, could they? There has been no iota of transparency in our politically driven addiction to oil. Today this addiction speaks for itself based on merit, not the Beltway song and dance.
By Carlos, June 27, 2008 at 12:55 pm Link to this comment
I think that this story dovetails nicely with Greg Palast's 'Armed Madhouse'. Disaster capitalism is particularly heinous when the disaster is manufactured (ie:War)
By Jan De Bont, June 27, 2008 at 12:16 pm Link to this comment
Keep writing these brilliant articles. Naomi Klein's book is a must read for everyone who is fed up with the gutless and blind MSM and want to get some real insight in what dangerous direction this country is heading.
By mrmb, June 27, 2008 at 11:11 am Link to this comment
I really admire this woman. I have heard her on radio before read her book and all I can say is that she has done an amazing work of political, economic, social and geo-political analysis.
She has woven a complete picture of what our imperialist / zionist domination of this planets is all about, how it works and evolves, who are the actors and players, the tools they use, the savagery and brutality they employ, the human cost of it all, and yet how its all packaged and marketed and presented as freedom and progress and etc….
God bless her, she has done a major service to all!!
By dale Headley, June 27, 2008 at 10:53 am Link to this comment
Klein has put her finger on it when she points out that this has all been about the right wing's obsession with destroying every remnant of the New Deal. That paradigm virtually created the middle class in this country, and they can't stand it. They yearn for a return to the 1920's, when all economic activity was directed towards making the rich richer, and relegating the majority of Americans to a poorly-paid lower class that had no choice but to work for the enrichment of the upper classes. In a surreptitiously videotaped meeting several years ago of extreme right wing ideologues, Grover Norquist injudiciously exhorted the gathered elite to "destroy the middle class!" And every single action taken by George Bush in the last 7 1/2 years has been aimed at that goal. Unfortunately, Bush has been extraordinarily successful. He finally got his real "mission accomplished" recently when the Iraqi parliament was bribed and intimidated into accepting control of their oil by foreign companies like Exxon, Shell, and Chevron. The Iraq War is a perfect example of the use of a crisis by the wealthy to become more so.
By jmmartin, June 27, 2008 at 10:30 am Link to this comment
I lived in New Orleans 14 years, from May 24 1991 until September 4 2005. Klein's research and analysis only confirm
For too long, New Orleans acted like a plantation owner who
Now that the poor laboring class has essentially found itself
I love New Orleans. As an internally displaced person since
My heart breaks with every bit of hard, dark cold facts of life that indicate New Orleans will never recover its charm, attraction and its irresistible nonchalance due to the
I cannot help but ask one question that has bothered me
By Gloria Picchetti, June 27, 2008 at 8:28 am Link to this comment
Last night when the market tanked I laughed and laughed. Where is Georgie chatting up privitization now? Ownership Society? Only to the priviledged class!
By Horace S Rockwood III, Ph.D., June 27, 2008 at 7:08 am Link to this comment
I'm a big fan of Ms. Klein, and recall vividly her article in Harper's a couple of years ago that mentioned her visit to Iraq, where the only construction she observed was going on in huge (permanent?) military bases.
On Katrina, however, she seems to be spmewhat misinformed. When I visited New Orleans in December 2006, a very knowledgeable guide informed me and my son that the levees were not breached: they were not high enough! From several sources, I learned that Katrina was not a category 5 storm by the time it hit New Orleans but only a category 3! This puts the onus clearly on the Army Corps of Engineers, who characteristically fall far short in almost every project they undertake.
Finally, the Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago was first proposed for the University of Illinois, but the faculty overwhelmingly objected to it. You can check out part of that attempt at Inside Higher Education.
By jobart, June 27, 2008 at 5:35 am Link to this comment
The video at the end of the story aptly describes Friedman & the Chicago School of Economics' role in the plight of the people of the world. I'm going to get the book.
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Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie yesterday poured cold water over the prospect of a significant share buyback as part of the telco's full privatisation (T3).
"We've got a strong balance sheet, but we don't want to weaken that balance sheet," Mr McGauchie said.
The response echoed recent comments by Telstra's soon-to-depart chief executive Ziggy Switkowski, who was given his marching orders by Telstra's board late last year.
Broker reports have estimated that Telstra could buy back $10 billion of the Government's 51.8 per cent stake without having a significant effect on the company's debt rating.
Mr McGauchie also maintained that Telstra would be the architect of its own future when it came to a spin-off, or internal separation, of Telstra's wholesale business. And he welcomed the Government's stance against structural separation.
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On the buyback front, Mr McGauchie said the company would watch the structure of its balance sheet very carefully as it faced significant investment in new technologies.
"We have to have the capacity to do that, and get a return on that," Mr McGauchie said.
The comment is understood to be a reference to Telstra's proposed multi-billion-dollar investment in a national fibre-optic network. A report sponsored by the National Party estimated last week that the rural component of such a network could cost up to $7 billion.
But Telstra may not have to rely on debt to fund a buyback of shares. A recent report from JPMorgan said a larger buyback could be funded if asset sales were contemplated, including the Hong Kong mobile phone asset CSL, and the directories business, Sensis.
Telstra is currently conducting a three-year, $4.5 billion cash return to shareholders, part of which is being returned via a share buyback. Telstra's eventual role in T3 is expected to be influenced by the appointment of an adviser.
We've got a strong balance sheet, but we don't want to weaken that balance sheet.
DONALD McGAUCHIE, Telstra
"What we have said to the Government is that they should have access to whatever adviser they want, so they've had an open field," Mr McGauchie said. "They are in the process of making those appointments; we'll then make our appointments as appropriate."
Telstra shares gained 5 ¢ to close at $5.45 yesterday, its highest close in three years.
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