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On the lips of many moviegoers, the name of Joel Schumacher is tantamount to blasphemy. Visions of a blue-skinned Arnold Schwarzenegger and a head-bobbing George Clooney in rubber nipples instantly come to mind, inducing shudders of revulsion and indicating an oft-held view that Mr. Schumacher epitomizes the worst that American directing can offer.
Many folks, however, haven't actually seen Tigerland, Schumacher's bid for seriousness last fall. While not unanimously acclaimed by critics, most agreed that the low-budget Vietnam boot-camp movie did at least one thing well: It displayed for the whole world a star on the rise, a young Irishman named Colin Farrell, whose convincing American accent and charismatic lead performance landed him several big-ticket offers right away.
The first of those, American Outlaws, utterly vindicates Schumacher by showing Farrell to be something less than hot stuff when he's not actually given anything to work with. Turns out the director of Batman and Robin is less of a menace than the director of Flubber and Blue Streak, Les Mayfield, who's in charge here. American Outlaws, set in a parallel-dimension Wild West in which cowboys have full unfettered access to modern-day gymnasiums, hair care products and state-of-the-art dentistry, is a retelling of the story of Jesse James (Farrell, occasionally slipping from Southern drawl into Irish lilt) in which James never seems to kill anybody except in wartime, and robs only folks who enjoy being robbed by celebrities.
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Other than that, the movie follows the basic outline that may be familiar to fans of westerns: Jesse James and his brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), along with their friends Cole and Bob Younger (Scott Caan and Will McCormack) and Token Wise Native American Guy (Nathaniel Arcand), are veterans of the Civil War, but because they were guerrillas and not formal soldiers, amnesty laws don't apply. When the new Union government decides to seize their family land on behalf of the railroad, the boys become the James-Younger gang and begin robbing banks that harbor railroad-company money. In our world, they also held up many a stagecoach and shot several civilians in the process, but remember, this is parallel Earth we're talking about.
It's clear that much of the film is not intended to be taken seriously; in fact some scenes play out so well as deadpan parody that you might think you've walked into Trey Parker's Cannibal: The Musical by mistake. And while some of the jokes are period-authentic, many others are not, notably Bob Younger throwing a hissy fit when his likeness is improperly rendered on a wanted poster, leading him to proclaim, "I'm feeling a little left out!" in mid-robbery, followed by an impromptu group therapy session.
And then there's the villain. Director Mayfield and screenwriter Roderick Taylor (Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues) have chosen as their subject Allan Pinkerton, a Scotsman who was one of the founders of the Secret Service. He's played here by Timothy Dalton, whose beard and burr seem -- perhaps as a nod to Dalton's brief tenure as James Bond -- like a knowing parody of Sean Connery. And the character is written like a dated Bond villain, a Dr. Evil of the Old West who'd rather spend hours talking about his adversary than actually getting out there to kill him. Endless scenes of strategy sessions are depicted in which Pinkerton's bosses ask him why he doesn't simply go and gun Jesse down, to which he responds with something like "I have to hunt this man, I have to get inside this man's mind," or "Jesse and I are learning each other's moves, feeling out each other's paths." (Actually, there's no evidence that Jesse gives him even a second thought until the moment when they finally meet.)
All of which would be more fun if Mayfield had the guts to play the film as all-out parody, but he doesn't. So desperate are the filmmakers to create a "hip" western that they try to cram it with action sequences that aren't very exciting, and refer to the James-Younger gang as "a rock and roll band" about 50 times in the press materials. There's even a title track by Moby, complete with DJ scratching for that anachronistic sound that seems to be all the rage right now (see also A Knight's Tale -- preferably instead of this movie).
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And yet the film was still made on the cheap: If you wait around until the end of the credits, you'll notice a message reading "footage from Maverick courtesy of Warner Bros." Keep in mind that they didn't have TV screens in the Old West, even on parallel Earth, so the only way said footage could possibly be integrated is by passing it off as an organic part of the new movie.
It may be too harsh to pan a movie simply because it's alternately silly and boring, while also being both cheap and anachronistic. The fact is that many folks like this sort of thing -- while people often vent about movies being unoriginal, predictability plays perfectly well in the heartland (look at Legally Blonde or Planet of the Apes, so-called surprise ending aside).
The fresh-faced cast isn't terribly good or bad -- Farrell and company should be fun for women to look at, while Ali Larter, as Jesse's love interest, Zee Mimms, should satiate the fellas. Never mind that she's a blond playing a historical figure noted for having dark hair. Terry O'Quinn and Kathy Bates show up in amusing supporting roles, while Ronny Cox is given very little to do as Zee's dad.
Bottom line: If you haven't seen a western in a long time, and don't need no stinkin' masterpiece to satisfy you, American Outlaws will probably do you fine. The rest of us can wait.


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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The floodwaters may be gone now, but there is plenty of damage left behind for some South Florida residents, as they continue to clean up after Friday's storms.
Robert Santoni's grandmother was worried Saturday about the roof of her Hallandale Beach home.
"You can see all the damage that was done inside the room, and it was actually done all around the way," said Santoni.
Local 10's Baron James spoke with one child who described the flooding and the storms.
"The water kept rising by the minute," said the child. "When water started rising up, I knew for a second it was a hurricane."
"But it was steadily rising right, it kept coming up and that's when I panicked," Santoni said.
The family, who spent the day cleaning up and sandbagging, is preparing like so many others for a possible round two.
The City of Hallandale Beach gave away free sandbags Saturday morning as cars lined up at the Public Works Compound, taking home 750 bags.
Remarkably, with all the remnant rain from Tropical Storm Andrea unleashed on Hallandale Beach on Friday, only four homes, according to the Hallandale Beach City Manager's Office, took on water.
But, it caused a flood of trouble along dozens of streets mainly in the Northeast quadrant of the city, such as along Three Islands Boulevard, where cars and trucks stalled and got stuck in the standing water.
"It didn't look that deep," said Elizabeth Harker.
Rescuers like good Samaritan Werlei Zimmerer and his buddy had their hands full, helping car after car get to higher ground.
The city dispatched tow trucks picked up 74 vehicles, not to mention the countless private tow trucks on the job.
Alpine Towing and its 15 drivers said they have been working non-stop.
"Even a rain that lasts five minutes could create the chaos that you see today. We've gotten more than a hundred calls," said Edwin Torres of Alpine Towing. "You know, all the drivers you see here today are working 16, 17 hour shifts.
By Saturday evening, some 40 soaked cars, some beyond repair, sat in Alpine's Yard at 3500 Northwest 67th Street in Miami. Most of them were hauled in from drenched parking lots in hard hit Aventura.
Others were taken directly to car dealerships and repair shops, and some waiting for their owners to claim them.
"We try to help everybody out as best as we can. That's why I tell the public to work with us," said Torres. "I know it's an upsetting situation."
Torres advises drivers to take extra safeguards the next time bad weather wreaks havoc.
"That's why you have to take every precaution even with the smallest storm in high flood areas like Aventura, south of Hallandale Beach," Torres said.
One South Floridian said their 2013 Bentley convertible coupe worth $300,000 was damaged due to the rains.
"It was under water," they said. "It's all as you can see, wet."
Still, while the rain kept pouring, many cars kept going right through the floodwaters, something warned against when the city activated its Code Red alert.
"I was born and raised in Miami and I haven't seem anything like this in ages," said one person.
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Chickie, Tex, Cathy and Pat, I never heard of this brand either and the plant is 23 miles from my house! Then Sue went shopping today and I tagged along. Our local store carries this brand and it says on the can, "Made in Seneca, MO".
Got my sweet potatoes cooking for my pies. The hubby wanted sweet potato pie this year. Never heard of this brand before. Makes a great puzzle though.
We have Carnation and Pacific evaporated milk but not Milnot. Very neat picture!! Speaking of pumpkin pie ... is Sue making one for tomorrow?
JC, it's like Carnation or Pet milk. Evaporated canned milk. I haven't heard of this brand in years.
Thanks, Chickie. I have never heard of it until yesterday!
It's an ingredient for pumpkin pie. Reminds me, I better get busy!
Before we left for Seneca yesterday morning, Sue googled 'Seneca' and this Milnot plant was mentioned. I have never heard of Milnot before.


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K.J. Choi: There's nothing dynamic about his game, but there he sits, 13th in scoring average and third on the money list. A patient, calm mindset goes a long way, along with sterling scrambling ability (he's eighth in that stat). By the time you hit your early 40s on the PGA Tour, you know who you are. Choi probably has a 50 percent chance to bag a major before he calls it a career.
David Toms: He's going to spot everyone distance off the tee, but there's always room for someone who hits fairways (second in driving accuracy) and locks down the irons (second in GIR). And Toms also stands 10th in putting strokes gained, his shocking playoff miss to the side. There's fire left in the LSU Tiger, plenty of good golf left. His shoulder problems appear to be in the rear-view window.
Ian Poulter: The old-school guard of golf probably didn't like Poulter's sprint-and-finish approach on Saturday night - Poulter started hoofing it, looking to beat the horn and get some extra sleep the following day. But I say golf needs more personalities like Poulter, more colorful and honest players, more stars willing to engage the public on the course and in social media. If you follow just one touring pro on Twitter, Poulter should be that guy. He hasn't had a super year with respect to his PGA Tour spot starts - only one big check, way back at the season opener - but he hasn't missed any cuts either. Keep him in mind for the final three majors, especially the British Open.
Paul Goydos: He was the first to finish at 11-under Sunday, but it was also the story of Goydos's life - he knew the number wouldn't be good enough and said as much during a frank on-air interview. Still, there's nothing wrong with banking $646K for a non-victory, and Goydos has quietly cashed in 10-of-14 events, good for the 37th spot on the money list. Consider him when you need to go a little deeper in your weekly selections.
Zach Johnson: Slowly but surely he's feeling strong and coming around (T6 at Wells Fargo, T12 at The Players). He finished both events well (68 two weeks ago, 66 last week); now let's see it when Johnson is closer to contention. Johnson makes for an intriguing semi-sleeper at next month's U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods: How deep in a 2011-only redraft would you need to go before you'd take Woods? Top 10? You're crazy. Top 15? Top 20? He's obviously not healthy, and he hasn't been anything special when on the course. Not that Tiger struggling at Sawgrass is a big story; he's always despised the layout. The challenge of 18 majors gets larger by the day.
Stephen Ames: He's got just two piddly checks in his last five starts, and it's not hard to put the pieces together here: his driving is all over the map and his putting has been terrible (no matter what distance you grade him on). Ames is no longer an every-week starter in standard leagues.
Padraig Harrington: It's been a bizarre up-and-down season for the international star; he's missed the cut in three of his last six PGA Tour events, but his hits have all banked $129K or more. On a week-to-week basis this looks like someone not trusting his swing, and someone who's not sure where it's going off the tee. Play the market when you get to your summer calcutta schedule; don't race to Harrington, but be ready to swoop in if the room discounts him. Contention in the majors is often just as much about nerves and experience as it is about raw ability and current form.
Nick Watney: If he brings his B game on the final 36 holes, he's an easy winner at The Players. But maybe we should flip it around - it's encouraging to note that Watney can finish T4 at a stacked event without his best stuff on the weekend. Right now, Watney's the best American on the circuit.


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Photographer's Note
Mandawa is a wonderful place to visit in the less frequently visited Shekhawati region of Rajasthan (north-east area). The Havelis are being restored and repainted to their original colourful glory. They were built for the wealthy rajput merchants in the 18th century. The town is no longer so important for trade but because it has so many beautiful buildings and interesting streets it is worth detouring from the normal Rajasthan tour routes to visit. While wandering around Mandawa we came across this delightful scene. I believe that the man is making tea (cha) and selling it. Tea seems to be a favourite drink sold by the roadside.
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digbymerry (3998) 2011-01-10 7:30
Hello Ann
Great capture of daily life. I love the colours and textures in the photo.
Best wishes
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2011-01-10 9:53
Namaste Ann,
excellent framing. Love the roadside tea stall and the people enjoying it. Great depth and perfect light. Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes for 2011.
saxo042 (37974) 2011-01-10 10:10
Hi Ann,
A very pleasant street scene with a very calm and peaceful mood. The different "actors" here provide many fine colours to this capture.
Kind regards
Hello Ann. The East Indians that I work with often drink chi tea for break time, and they always add milk. My friends are from Punjab.
I gather you have no fear to venture out into these kinds of settings. The stone drain does look interesting, perhaps its clogged. Add to the details I notice their footwear...I love the man on the right with white shoes and socks. Its below freezing here in Abbotsford and tonight I saw an East Indian woman walk into a store with thong sandals. Amazing place and excellent time capture Ann from Mandawa.
Gerrit (52469) 2011-01-11 10:20
Hi Ann,
fine example of a typical third world streetshop.
The men are sitting there very relaxed in the beautiful warm sunlight.
regards,. gerrit
Fis2 (114879) 2011-01-11 14:25
Witaj Ann!
I like this daily life shot.
Good reportorial photo.
Excellent light and colours.
Well done.
abmdsudi (63455) 2011-01-12 7:50
Hi Ann
This is nice street scene with good crop and view point. We have good contact with principal character that bring this shot to life. Focal of interest, the central fig in red with his intense look is a great draw to the eyes, a good lead inviting us to explore the scene. I like the atmosphere this image generates and can get a sense of what it would be like to be there. Well done, Congrats
Best rgds
Charo (51212) 2011-01-12 15:13
Hello Ann,
Soon I can take pictures like this a few days before my trip to India.
Superb everyday scene with characters fotagrafias resigned to them.
Excellent sharpness and colors.
Best wishes,
TopGeo (38216) 2011-01-13 23:10
Hi Ann! Impressive indeed the scene of the street I give many details Excellent plan very interesting subject and an excellent presentation!
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"It doesn't end well."
The Last Stand is a "campaign" exclusive to Survival Mode.
It has only one map called The Lighthouse. The goal is to survive as long as possible against both the clock and an endless horde of Infected.
The campaign's tagline reflects the fact that all the Survivors will ultimately die. This is also the only free DLC for the Xbox 360 version.
Last Stand takes place at a remote cliff-top lighthouse. Since this is a Survival mini-campaign, Valve was content to contextualize it with a purely nominal storyline: a road leading up to a chain-link fence and car with its headlamps still on are enough to suggest that the Survivors sought to escape to this remote area with perhaps an idea of signalling for help from the lighthouse. According to writer Chet, this campaign explains what would happen if the Survivors took a wrong turn and attempted to call for help from this location; in which regard, some commentators have gone so far as to posit that it as a hypothetical branching associated with the Death Toll campaign (refer Notes section below). In any event, The Last Stand is non-canonical as three of the four Survivors from Left 4 Dead appear in a chronologically later campaign: The Passing.
Below is a survival gameplay of the campaign:
Please note that the gameplay videos are on each campaign's info page and not on each map page.
Light House Walkway Method
- The horde is fought from the top of the lighthouse (i.e.) the wraparound walk way. This gives the best line of sight and forces all of the Infected to climb up thereby slowing them down greatly.
- Having at least one Survivor with a Hunting Rifle is highly recommended on account of the available sight lines and the need to combat the constant threat of distant Smokers pulling Survivors off the walkway.
- Assault rifles are highly recommended so as to engage all Infected (especially Tanks) from the moment they come into sight.
- One player with an Auto Shotgun is a good idea to take out pouncing Hunters and to mop up any Infected that do manage to climb up onto the walkway at the top of the lighthouse. Having more than one shotgunner is ill-advised―shotguns do not have a long range capability.
- Molotovs and Pipe bombs are excellent force multipliers.
- If an ammo run is needed, the best route is via the roof of the generator room since it requires less climbing and keeps players off the ground.
- Time spent before the scenario kicks off bringing all of the gas cans and propane tanks up to the very top of the lighthouse is never wasted. Care is obviously needed to group these supplies in one known spot to reduce the risk of stray gunfire igniting them and thus obliterating the team. A sniper perched up on the walkway can throw these items down and use them opportunistically. As noted above and below, camping snipers make easy targets for Smokers so they must keep moving and scanning the middle distance.
- Note that Smokers generally attack from three locations: from middle distances behind trees on the hills on the Survivors' left; the ground on the water front side; and the lower roof levels on the water front side.
- Smokers set up on the hillside are extremely difficult to see whilst those on the seaward side are able to drag their victims so far away that rescue is often impossible.
- The drawbacks to this strategy are twofold. Firstly, the walkway railings are fragile and can result in players falling off the walkway and thus becoming incapped by hanging at inopportune times. Secondly, players make excellent targets for Smokers who can almost effortlessly drag their victims off the light house and beyond any hope of rescue (especially when a Tank is in play). To avoid these pitfalls, walkway players must keep moving and scanning the middle distance so Smokers either cannot lock onto a target or are taken out before they can set up and attack. Moreover, when Tanks arrive, players should move down to a lower level of the roof as this will give clearer lines of fire and nullify the blind angles and deadly drops associated with the walkway.
- It is absolutely imperative that team members communicate threats, actions and intentions!
House Defense Method
- Another good spot to defend from the horde is inside the house, at least three Survivors should use Auto shotguns.
- The advantage to this tactic is that the Special Infected become way less effective because each Survivor is positioned in their own corner of the room. When a Hunter pounces someone he can be easily dispatched by a covering teammate as can a Smoker trying to drag a victim out, and a Boomer can only slime two Survivors at a time at most―they are basically standing unprotected open sight during their attack phases.
- Gas cans should be stationed around the house and especially outside the front door to keep that way clear. All team members should have Pipe bombs to hand.
- The Tanks die really quickly if shotguns are used at close range (refer the above point concerning a shotgun-heavy preference for this defense method)―and the House Defense Method brings Tanks into right in close. When a Tank arrives, everyone in the group concentrates their shotgun fire onto the Tank and he should be dead in seconds.
General Pointers and Tips
- Incapacitation is a killer! Players must do their best to avoid incapacitation as it can be quite hard for a hard pressed team mate to revive a fallen comrade. A good idea is thus to heal slightly earlier than usual.
- The point made earlier about all players communicating is worth emphasizing.
- A glitch-based Jesus Place existed in this level that left a player untouchable by all opponents save for the Smokers. To use the place, a Survivor would go down the hill until they encountered two trees sprouting in front of a rock. By jumping between the trees and the rock, a player would become stuck in the space and usually taken beyond reach of Infected. Tanks also seem to die upon approaching this position. Even when grabbed by a Smoker, a character couldn't be dragged and therefore would not die. Note that only one character could occupy this position. This has now been patched, however.
- The team needs to stay together, any sort of separation will easily make a very thought out plan of defense into a failure. Either the loner(s) will get killed or the other group members, so sticking together is essential, especially when the player(s) have reached the Silver Medal.
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- Death Toll Chapter 3 features a "wrong turn" which visually fits this scenario. About halfway along the road to Riverside a road leads off to the right and ends in a padlocked gate guarding a fenced-in area similar to that featured in The Last Stand. However this is purely coincidental as the territory behind that fence in Death Toll (if it actually existed in the map) would belong to Chapter 2 "The Drains". No lake, sea or lighthouse could ever conceivably exist in that location and it is seen earlier in Chapter 2 from the other side of the fence which runs behind the parking area outside the train depot where Chapter 2's ending saferoom is located.
- Although in the Lighthouse, if you go to the chain-linked fence it is visible that there is a wide, clear space at the other side opposite the Lighthouse, this space almost looks exactly as the one seen before heading to the saferoom at the end of The Drains.
- Having said this, it is possible that both Death Toll and The Last Stand are somewhat connected, but this hasn't been confirmed.
- Another one that could suggest this is that, Riverside is near a vast river and dense forest. The Lighthouse, if it is actually near it, is near at river as well and there is a forest that can be seen at the top of the Lighthouse. Although it may be an ocean that the Lighthouse is near to.
- This is the only campaign that will end in the death of the Survivors.
- The only other campaign which features the death of at least one Survivor is the appropriately named The Sacrifice DLC. However, only The Sacrifice can be classed as canon.
- When seen from a distance, the lighthouse light appears to be lit but on moving closer it is shown to be unlit.
- A serious glitch exists (the so-called "co-op glitch") whereby human players are stranded outside the chain link fence with no way of getting to the lighthouse. Although it is possible to find several locations along the fence that can be climbed as if they were ladders the opposite side remains inaccessible. The only way for a human player to get on the other side is by idling and letting a bot climb or teleport over the fence. It is believed that the climbable areas are unmarked climbing areas for the exclusive use of the Infected.
- The "co-op glitch" gave rise to a popular supposition that The Last Stand was originally intended to be a mainstream campaign involving the Survivors finding their way over the fence and up to the lighthouse to signal for rescue.
- A "Last Stand" is a loose journalistic and military colloquialism referring to a group of troops holding a defensive position against a much larger attacking enemy force with no hope of relief, of fleeing or receiving quarter. Written up after the fact, such scenarios become self-defining since the defenders are either completely annihilated or (at best) are represented by only a small handful of survivors. In-game, this is the situation facing the Survivors.
- As noted above, it is possible that Valve's creative development team had this concept in mind as Death Toll's finale. Instead of ending up on the cutting room floor the scenario's creative merits might have lead to it being redeployed as a DLC to maintain player interest after the game's market launch.
- This "campaign" generated considerable debate as to whether or not it was canon. The ultimate consensus is that it is not canon on the grounds that this scenario could not have happened since it runs counter to the canon tenets featured in The Sacrifice. Quite simply, if the events depicted in The Sacrifice are true then those presented in the Last Stand must be false. More specifically, the Last Stand most likely takes place in Pennsylvania, whereas according to the canon storyline the original Survivors leave Pennsylvania after the events of Blood Harvest to find another escape route which ultimately takes them to the events transpiring in The Sacrifice. For example, since Bill dies in the lead up to The Passing, it impossible for him have been killed in The Last Stand. Most within the dialectical end of the Left 4 Dead community are thus now content to view The Last Stand as a hypothetical scenario of what would have happened to the original Survivors had they not simply found the lighthouse, looked around and then moved on without starting the generator.
- This is the only campaign with more than two words in its title.
- A strange glitch can occur when a player spawns. A player might find they are seemingly leaning to the left as though incapacitated even though that person is standing up, can perform any action normally and appears normal to fellow team members.
- During the final panels of The Sacrifice Part 3 comic, several soldiers (including Jeff and Annie) make a last stand at a structure that resembles either a lighthouse or maybe a building with a searchlight. This could be an oblique reference to The Last Stand - particularly as all of the soldiers are eventually overwhelmed and killed by Infected.
- It is the only campaign with one chapter - which provides further circumstantial evidence that it was deliberately released as a way of augmenting perceived user-value subsequent to the game's market launch.
- As stated above, the Jesus Place glitch method is now patched, as Smokers, Hunters and Tanks can now find their way through. Even though the glitch is patched, it can still be useful, as Tanks still have a hard time finding their way through and can be easily killed before they could find their way in, so use this time to your advantage.
- Graffiti warn subsequent survivors not to switch on the light and to turn around and leave as there is no escape.
- These survivors may have, like the playable Survivors did, turned on the lighthouse and waited for rescue, but to their dismay no help came and soon realized that their fate had now been sealed to death. Meaning that other Survivors died or, since not a lot of bodies are found, escaped and headed to another direction after their experience in the Lighthouse.
- Although other writings feature that some have died there, like a Survivors named Keith Marshall introducing himself via graffiti and saying 'he is gonna die' at the lighthouse. This may have happened or he escaped somehow.
- This campaign and its map are not included in the Cold Stream DLC for Left 4 Dead 2. This makes it the only L4D campaign to be omitted from the L4D2 port.
- The poster for The Last Stand depicts Zoey with her hair down, unlike her typical in-game appearance in which she always has a ponytail.


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Acute coughs have been divided into infectious and noninfectious causes.
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Coach: Troy Starr, 6th year
League: Grossmont Hills
Division: Open
Key players: Jalen Davis (DB-slot), Forrest Hanlon (DL-LB), Rueben Leseau (LB), Jabrion Burnside (RB-LB), Mike Fajardo (OL-DL), Aaron Hardin (WR-DB), Jaylon Kuykendall (OL-DL), Jalen Wyatt (OL-DL), Christian Chavez (OL-DL).
Scouting report: The Highlanders need to find a new quarterback after 2012 starter Josh Harris transferred to Oceanside. Sophomore Michael Austin appears to be the front-runner. Helix has won 15 straight league games. Hardin and Davis are experienced pass-catchers. Helix is lacking a proven running back, but there are plenty of horses in the stable. Burnside is a power runner whom the Highlanders will count on heavily. Jalen Carter, Derrick Carter, Adrian Petty and Jihad Woods lack experience but should challenge for playing time. Helix should be steady in the trenches, though the front line features many new faces. Wyatt (6-3, 250) figures to be a two-way starter for the Highlanders, who won a state bowl game in 2011. Hanlon, who earned all-league honors as a freshman offensive lineman, will spread his talents as a defensive end and linebacker. Helix will look for major contributions from Kuykendall (6-1, 295), a two-way lineman. Dashawn Keirsey should make an impact in the secondary and also could play some at quarterback.
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March 10, 2005
v No. 251824
Kalkaska Circuit Court
LC No. 01-002134-FH
Before: Murray, P.J., and Markey and O?Connell, JJ.
Defendant appeals by delayed leave granted, challenging the fifteen- to thirty-year prison
sentence imposed after he was found guilty of violating probation on his convictions of operating
a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUIL), third offense, MCL 257.625(8), and
habitual offender, fourth or subsequent offense, MCL 769.12. We affirm. This appeal is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Defendant pleaded guilty of OUIL, third offense, and acknowledged his status as a fourth
or subsequent offender. The statutory sentencing guidelines established a minimum term range
of ten to forty-six months.1 The trial court, after delaying sentencing to allow defendant to enter
a substance abuse treatment program, sentenced defendant to one year in the treatment program
and to a term of five years? probation.
Defendant pleaded guilty of violating probation by using cocaine and being dismissed
from the substance abuse treatment program. At sentencing the trial court declined to apply the
sentencing guidelines, and sentenced defendant to fifteen to thirty years in prison.
The statutory sentencing guidelines apply to a sentence imposed after a probation
violation. People v Hendrick, 261 Mich App 673, 679-680; 683 NW2d 218 (2004). A trial court
1 Under the statutory sentencing guidelines, if the upper limit of the established minimum
sentence range exceeds eighteen months and the lower limit is twelve months or less, the
sentencing court must, absent a departure, sentence the defendant to imprisonment with a
minimum term within that range, or to an intermediate sanction which may include a term of
imprisonment of not more than twelve months. MCL 769.34(4)(d).
may depart from the established guidelines range if it has a substantial and compelling reason to
do so, and clearly articulates that reason on the record. MCL 769.34(3). A substantial and
compelling reason for departing from the guidelines must be objective and verifiable, must
irresistibly attract the attention of the court, and must be of considerable worth in deciding the
length of the sentence. A substantial and compelling reason articulated by a trial court to merit a
departure from the sentencing guidelines must justify the particular departure at issue. People v
Babcock, 469 Mich 247, 257-260; 666 NW2d 231 (2003).
We review the determination of the existence of a factor for departing from the guidelines
for clear error, the determination that a factor is objective and verifiable for error, and the
determination that objective and verifiable factors merited departure from the guidelines for an
abuse of discretion. Id. at 264-265. A trial court may depart from the guidelines range for
nondiscriminatory reasons based on an offense or offender characteristic which was already
considered in calculating the guidelines range if the trial court concludes that the characteristic
was given inadequate or disproportionate weight. MCL 769.34(3)(b). An abuse of discretion
exists when the sentence imposed is not within the range of principled outcomes. Babcock,
supra at 265-269.
Defendant?s minimum term of fifteen years constituted a significant upward departure
from the minimum guidelines range of ten to forty-six months. Although the trial court, without
the benefit of Hendrick, did not believe it needed to comply with the sentencing guidelines, it
nonetheless articulated its reasons for the lengthy sentence imposed on defendant. We conclude
that the reasoning articulated by the trial court constituted substantial and compelling reasons for
exceeding the guidelines. Defendant?s prior record and status as a parole violator were
accounted for in the calculation of the guidelines, MCL 777.51; MCL 777.52; MCL 777.56, but
the trial court found that the guidelines gave defendant?s prior record inadequate weight because
they did not take into consideration the fact that he had five prior OUIL convictions. MCL
769.34(3)(b). The trial court based its sentencing decision on the nature and extent of
defendant?s prior record, including his status as a parole violator, and his failure to utilize the
opportunity afforded him to rehabilitate himself in the substance abuse treatment program.
These reasons were objective and verifiable, irresistibly attracted the attention of the trial court,
and were of considerable worth in determining the length of the sentence. The trial court did not
abuse its discretion by determining that those reasons constituted substantial and compelling
reasons for exceeding the sentencing guidelines. Babcock, supra at 257-261. Defendant?s
sentence is proportionate, People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630, 636; 461 NW2d 1 (1990), and thus
does not constitute cruel or unusual punishment. People v Drohan, 264 Mich App 77, 92; 689
NW2d 750 (2004).
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Libertyville plans to appoint mayor by mid-February
LIBERTYVILLE — Libertyville has 40 days to appoint a new mayor beginning Tuesday, when the city council accepted the resignation of Mayor Darryl Davison.
Davison submitted his resignation Dec. 15 after a year of service, informing the city he and his family would be moving to Wisconsin to accept a recent job offer.
"I was hoping for a packed room of people wanting to be mayor," said mayor pro-tem Rod Nelson at the meeting Tuesday night.
Nelson said he formerly had two candidates, but said they both changed their minds when they learned there was another contender.
"As soon as we talked to The Ledger we scared them off," said Nelson. "They said, 'If someone else is interested, they can do it.'"
The council said they'd work on finding a replacement before its next meeting in February, when members hope to swear in a new mayor.
The city had the option to appoint a new mayor or to hold a special election, according to the Jefferson County auditor's office. The city has opted to appoint a mayor, and residents will have the opportunity to vote on the matter during the November election.
The council appointed Davison during the city's last search for a mayor. During Libertyville's Nov. 8 election in 2011, the two highest mayoral write-in vote recipients, Ruth Briggs and Bob Glass, declined the position as well as Nelson. Davison, who'd lived in Libertyville for two years, offered to fill the role in December.
The city will soon be looking for another councilmember as well. Councilman Allan Love made a motion Tuesday, which passed unanimously to request the resignation of councilman Tim Messer due to unexcused absences at city meetings.
The council agreed that going forward, members would be asked to resign after missing three meetings in a year.
"When dealing with three or more unexcused absences, we can assume they're not interested in being on the council," said Nelson.
The council will decide Thursday whether or not to increase compensation for the mayor and council members.
Currently, the city pays the mayor $30 per meeting, $20 for each council member.
Councilman Wes Davis suggested the rate be changed to $50 for the mayor and $30 for council members.
City clerk Karen Blakley said 2004 was the last time the council received a raise. She also said last she checked, Libertyville paid city employees the second lowest salary in the state.
The city's budget meeting will be 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Libertyville Community Center.
"Obviously no one's out to do it for the money," said Tom Atwood, "but it couldn't hurt to raise it, it might increase interest in the positions."
In other news, the council announced nominations for Libertyville's annual outstanding citizens awards honoring volunteers, businesses and contributors.
Libertyville residents nominated Bev Nelson and her son Trent Nelson for the Volunteer of the Year award. Bev Nelson is a local resident who is an active committee member for the community center, the Little League and Libertyville Elementary School.
A resident nominated Trent Nelson for his dedication to watering the flower boxes throughout town all summer long. Blakley explained that schoolchildren plant the flowers and water them in the spring, but need to be cared for while students are on summer break.
"Trent waters them all summer long," said Blakley.
Rod Nelson also was nominated for his help installing
holiday lights in town each winter.
Haney Auto Repair & Sales was nominated for Business of the Year, and Ed Miller as Contributor of the Year. Blakley said Miller suggested the city enroll in a Walmart program, which now supplies salt for city sidewalks for free.
Blakley said the city will select the finalists and present them with awards at a later date.


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Learn more about our groups that meet on a regular basis, usually at the Center.
G-L-O-Wh: Gay, Lesbian, Open and Wheelchair Accessible
Every Friday, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Unity, Service and Recovery
Join us for food, coffee, speakers and discussions.
Every Saturday, 2-3:30 p.m.
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Bisexuals and Friends is a confidential drop-in support and discussion group on the topic of bisexuality/non-monosexuality for those who identify as such, and their allies. We meet on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 7:30-9:00pm. This is a safe and supportive space. Afterwards, at 9:00pm, there is a Bi-Friendly social gathering at Crema, the coffee shop next door. This is a safe and supportive space where people have made, and continue to make, community connections and friendships.
The mission of South Bay Bisexual Organizers and Activists (SoBOA) is to help eliminate prejudice and discrimination against bisexual people and to promote a safe and supportive environment for people to discover, explore, and integrate their sexual orientation into their lives
First, Third and Fifth Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm
Colectivo ALA (Accion Latina de Ambiente) is a social/support group that focuses on the well being of Spanish speaking Gay Latino Men, but we are open to other sexual identities and/or preferences. The meetings will be conducted in Spanish. Colectivo ALA's mission is to provide a space for free expression, individual growth and community building to non-hetero conforming Latinos and Latinas.
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7-9 p.m. (@ Crema Coffee next door to the Center)
A Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition-oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Thursdays, 7:00-8:30pm at the Center (fellowship before or after next door at Crema)
Newcomers Meeting at 6:45PM
ALL are welcome to attend! The only qualification for SLAA membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. SLAA is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership, and is free to all who need it.
To counter the destructive consequences of sex and love addiction we draw on five major resources:
Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7pm
Being gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual can be a challenging experience for many of us. It becomes even more complicated when you involve mom and dad, family and being Asian. Many questions arise. Who should I date? How do I play it safe when it comes to sex? Where have all the cowboys gone? How do I meet Mr./Ms. Right? How do I tell my family about me? Where do I meet men or women?So let's talk! At our rap sessions, we meet in a group to talk about various different topics. SBQA presents a variety of interesting topics, including "coming out," relationships, discrimination, and safe-sex. Members can also bring up personal issues to the group and receive feedback and advice. And we do it in a safe, relaxing, friendly environment. Everything is kept confidential, so don't worry!
Our rap sessions are open to all Asian and Pacific Islander gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual or questioning men and women. We meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Billy DeFrank Center in San Jose, CA. Join us for dinner afterwards at a nearby restaurant.
Visit the sbqa web site for more information.
Every 2nd Thursday, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
This group is current on hiatus. Stay tuned for updates.
Having a family member, child, spouse, partner, or other loved one go through transition can be difficult and comes with a unique set of challenges that most folks don't really comprehend. Come join the Northern California Trans Partners and Family support group at the DeFrank Center select first Mondays of each month from 7:30 - 9 pm.
TransWomen AA - Happy Joyous and Free
Every 2nd & 4th Friday, 7-7:30 p.m.
Every 2nd & 4th Friday, 7:30 p.m.
A group for MTF trans people, including cross dressers, gender questioning, considering the transition, in process or completed the transition. Meets the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month from 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Every 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
The South Bay Transmen is a group for questioning and female-to-male transgendered people. You can ask questions or just listen. We're a laid back group, happy to share our experiences and resources, but very respectful of each person having their own path.
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Although this charismatic boxer was born Walker Smith Jr., he is best remembered as "Sugar" Ray Robinson. Born on May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia, his parents moved the family to New York when Sugar Ray was a teenager to escape the prevalent prejudice in the South.
It was there, in a Harlem gym, that he was first introduced to boxing.
Sugar Ray visited the gym frequently, using a borrowed Amateur Athletic Union boxing card of a friend. The friend's name, incidentally, was Ray Robinson.
His natural talent in the ring began to draw attention, and soon crowds gathered to watch Sugar Ray perform.
When future coach George Gainford watched him box for the first time, Gainford commented that the young boxer's style and fluid motions were "sweet as sugar." Others agreed, and the nickname stuck. After winning the New York Golden Gloves championship in 1940, 19-year-old Sugar Ray turned pro and never looked back.
By 1946, Sugar Ray was the world welterweight champion. His reign included a 91 fight winning-streak. He held the title for five years, and then moved onto acquiring the world middleweight title, which he held five times between 1951-1960. A dominant force in the boxing ring for two decades, Sugar Ray was 38 when he won his last middleweight title.
In the mid-1960s, Sugar Ray exited the ring gracefully. "No beefs, George," he told his coach. "Sometimes we got the best of it in the past."
Sugar Ray's record was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts at the pinnacle of his career. Amazingly, in over 200 fights, Sugar Ray was never physically knocked out (though he did receive one technical KO).
Altogether, he amassed 109 KOs, and finished with a record of 175-19-6 with two no-decisions.
World champion Muhammad Ali called him "the king, the master, my idol." In 1997, The Ring magazine named Sugar Ray "pound for pound, the best boxer of all time." More recently, in 1999, the Associated Press named him both the greatest welterweight and middleweight boxer of the century.
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In the post-Soviet period, Russian civilian aircraft makers have performed dismally. Aeroflot, which is still in service as Russia's international flag carrier, and the new privatized airlines that have taken over most domestic routes have all moved to retool with Boeings and Airbuses, despite steep import tariffs. Russian-made MiG and Sukhoi warplanes continue to sell around the world, but the only recent Tupolev sale on the civilian side was to Syria, whose national airline agreed in 2011 to buy three Tu-204s for a reported $108 million. Given subsequent events in Syria, even that deal looks questionable.
The Kremlin focused its civil aviation efforts over the past decade on developing the so-called Sukhoi Superjet, a 75- to 90-seat single-aisle craft designed to compete with Embraer and Bombardier in the global short-haul market. So far, the Brazilians and Canadians have little to fear.
While the Superjet made what was supposed to be its maiden flight in 2008, just a dozen or so are actually in service today, mostly with Aeroflot. The only international customer to date is Armenia's national airline, Armavia.\A contract with Indonesia's Kartika Airlines was set back—along with the Superjet's prospects in general—when a demonstration flight in May 2012 crashed into a mountain in West Java, killing all 45 people on board. Even the patriotic ex-Tu-104 pilots can muster little enthusiasm for the unlucky short hauler. "They can build it, but who will buy it?" quips Anatoly Gorbachev as he waits for a crowded bus that will creep through the evening rush-hour traffic from Sheremetyevo into Moscow.
Back in town, the great Tupolev Works on the Yauza River is physically as well as economically diminished. The design center soldiers on in the same unprepossessing building as Vladimir Rigmant's museum. But the factory has been torn down and in its place stand gleaming new condos sporting the name "Tupolev Plaza." Yet the humble rooms, for decades, spawned technology that matched the world's best and sometimes claimed the title.
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The Lady Hawks defeated the visiting John Hardin Lady Bulldogs Oct. 8, 25-21, 25-23, 25-17.
LaRue County fought off rallies from John Hardin in the first and second sets and then cruised to a win in the third set.
The Lady Hawks start four seniors and have 13 wins in their last 14 matches, so it's usually pretty easy for them to identify their mistakes.
The LaRue County Hawks won the statistics battle Friday night, but they still lost the scoreboard war against Henry County.
On Monday the LaRue County Hawks traveled to Bardstown. Bardstown sought revenge for an 8-0 defeat on Hawks Senior night last year.
The game was what the Hawks expected—physical but fair, total commitment from both teams desperate to show they wanted to win—with Bardstown striking first blood. The Hawks leveled the score shortly before half time with a goal from Senior Curtis Milby.
Half time came and for the first time this season, the coaching staff had nothing to do as the Hawks were playing an almost perfect team game.
Another week, another key player gone for the winless LaRue County Hawks.
This time it's senior end/linebacker Michael Neal, who suffered a leg injury Tuesday in an auto accident. Neal was one of the few Hawks to have started every game, carrying the ball 26 times for 64 yards and a touchdown, leading the team in receptions (four) and receiving yards (115), recovering a fumble and leading the team in total tackles (27) and solo stops (20).
The Lady Hawks Soccer team has had a season that is unmatched in the history of LaRue County High School.
Already boasting 12-recorded wins, with eight single games won in a row, they have topped the previous records for consecutive wins and total wins in LCHS soccer history.
Having an outstanding season well under way, the Lady Hawks seniors said they "couldn't ask for more."
Captain Courtney Johnson, who plays defense, said this season has been a testament to how hard all of the girls have worked as a team.
Things went from bad to worse pretty quickly Friday night for homestanding LaRue County.
Committing all five of their turnovers on five consecutive possessions in the first half, with four leading to touchdowns by Russell County, the winless Hawks could never get anything going as the Lakers rolled to a 55-6 win for LaRue's homecoming.
The opening kick was squibbed so it wouldn't go to Russell County's standout senior tandem of Blake Ellis and Evan Fletcher.
The Hawks were missing a pair of key seniors Oct. 2 but managed to defeat Campbellsville 3-1.
Senior Night looked like it would be a long night when the team fell behind early on. However, goals from seniors Curtis Milby and Raymundo Perez – and a first-ever varsity goal by Casey Brooks – led to a win.
Brooks played as a striker for the first time.
"The team played finally as just that – a team each working for the other. It was a most rewarding game," said Head Coach Derek Bell.
The Lady Hawks extended their winning streak to 12 with a win over visiting Hart County Wednesday. The following evening, Green County snapped their streak.
Senior middle hitter Ivy Brown had 12 kills and 10 digs and senior middle hitter Alley Evans had nine kills and nine digs as LaRue's Ladies defeated 18th District rival Hart 25-13, 25-18, 25-17.
Sophomore midfielder Nichole Thomas notched a hat trick as the visiting Lady Hawks rolled to their third straight win, 8-1, over the Breckinridge County Lady Tigers Wednesday.
Senior attacker Shelbi Brooks and junior midfielder Rachel Wolf each scored twice, while senior midfielder Sydney Price also scored.
Junior keeper Sierra Mullins made two saves.
UP NEXT: LaRue County hosts Louisville Seneca at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Despite missing three starters Saturday, the LaRue County Lady Hawks didn't miss a beat in winning the Anderson County Invitational.
LaRue County went 5-0 to win the nine-team tournament, topping Madison Central in three sets in the final, 26-24, 20-25, 15-4.
The Lady Hawks (15-4) also beat Bardstown, 25-11, 26-24 in the tournament semifinals and went 3-0 in pool play – beating Anderson County (25-18, 25-20), Henry County (25-14, 25-16) and Bardstown (25-22, 25-22).
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Monday, March 30, 2009 1:00 PM
"You wake up in the morning and once again the financial weather report calls for Armageddon followed by brief showers of despair. Seeking a ray of hope, you turn on the television and settle in to watch a broadcast of a Capitol Hill hearing. There in the hot seat is the man who holds the entire U.S. economy in his hands.
"And he looks like Harry Potter.
"You listen, eager for new ideas, but somehow much of what he says seems dispiritingly predictable. Is this the best America can produce? Aren't great crises supposed to bring forth great men? Did President Obama really just compare Timothy Geithner to Alexander Hamilton? We need Roosevelt and Churchill. Even watching Obama at times, it seems that we've elected -- despite their smarts and earnestness -- a government of stumbling technocrats whose solutions either fall short or go too far. It's enough to make you want to pull the covers back over your head."
David Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, was online Monday, March 30 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss his Outlook article on how today's national and world leaders compare to the legendary figures of the past -- and where we should look to identify the people who will help lead us through our current crises.
A transcript follows.
Archive: Transcripts of discussions with Outlook article authors
David Rothkopf: Hi, this is David Rothkopf. I'm happy to have the chance to address your comments on the piece I had in yesterday's outlook section on leadership, the current crisis and why it is so important to take a more rational and patient stance with our current leadership.
Paducah, Ky.: Having read the comments on your piece, what is your analysis of the comments? Of WaPo online readers? Do you get the impression that few people agree with you?
David Rothkopf: I was pretty overwhelmed with the reaction to the piece. In addition to over 600 comments published to the Washington Post site, I got about 150 emails from readers. I was only able to go through the first 100 or so comments to the site but read (and answered) all of the emails. The emails ran about 5-1 positive. The comments on the site were more critical. I found however, with the people who emailed and were critical, that many did not make it all the way to the conclusion of the article. They saw the catchy (inflammatory) opening...which was designed to capture what it might look like to the average American...but didn't continue on to say that all this hysteria in the media and on the blogs is part of the problem and we need to give the current team time to get their footing. (Which was the point.)
Herndon, Va.: With your focus on economic matters, you seem to presume that Presidents have some great influence on the economy. The economic leadership we were missing was from the bankers that took on excessive risk and the Realtors that pumped the housing bubble. Doesn't it deflate your criticism of the administration to admit that the problems we face can't be fixed by government action? Your perceptions of a lack of leadership may arise from the futility of the administration trying to centrally plan a free economy.
David Rothkopf: Well, my sense is that there is a leadership crisis that extends far beyond the U.S. government...to leaders in markets, business, the media and international institutions. There is a sense not only that people failed to catch what was going wrong but that those who we trusted to understand and manage the great risks we face actually didn't understand them. The U.S. government is a piece of the puzzle...and an important one...but by no means the only one...nor will it be the only source of solutions. (Quite the contrary...)
demanding and deserving: A minor point here, but I've heard the theory "We get the leaders we demand and thus deserve", before, and I have to disagree. Certainly no one would want to believe that the Zimbabweans and the Burmese deserve their current leaders. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and by the time people discover this it's often to late to change things.
David Rothkopf: There are certainly many examples of leaders imposing themselves on their people and these shouldn't be minimized in terms of their consequences. But has been said...perhaps it was by Shaw...one of the emails yesterday mentioned it...democracy is a system of government that ensures that people get the leaders they deserve.
Munich, Germany: I think the great men of the past had an advantage that when they appeared on the world stage, there was less competition and distraction. The cacophony of Internet and cable and satellite television these days provides constant background noise that often reduces the potential awe of current leaders.
But what the old great men really did do was to ask for and receive sacrifice from civilians - "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country", etc.
David Rothkopf: You are absolutely right. That was a core point of the article. The feeling you get in the blogosphere...what I called in the article "the HTML version of the French Revolution"...is of lots of heat and no light. A new version of talk radio where everyone has a microphone and all you get is emotional noise. As for asking for sacrifice...that is a key component of successful leadership in times of crisis.
Washington, D.C.: Your article packed a punch. It captured exactly how I feel now.
My question is, isn't this inevitable given the wide democratizing tendencies of the last few decades, in which Leadership, especially a strong one, has been seen as threatening and almost anti-social. What I'm trying to say is, is what we're seeing now the result of a change away from a hierarchical form of thinking, to one in which all children are winners?
David Rothkopf: Well, I'm not a child development expert...heck, if you read a bunch of the comments yesterday posted after the column went up, I am not an expert on anything. But, as for the difficulties in producing leaders today, I think the constant scrutiny of the media (now on steroids thanks to the Net) makes it hard, our system of never-ending campaigns makes it hard, our politicians focus on gauging everything through polls makes it hard, etc. But there are leaders out there...the challenges they face today are just different than those faced in the past.
Bennett Point, Md.: Americans want government benefits but don't want to pay for them. The elderly won't allow for cuts in Medicare and Social Security. The road builders want more roads and would pave the whole country over on the government dime. Farmers won't allow for cuts and big education want more funds. The defense industry won't abide cuts. Aren't Americans receiving the government that they deserve? If America is doomed to bankruptcy, isn't that what Americans want?
David Rothkopf: I don't think America is doomed to bankruptcy...but I think we are going to flirt with it and repeated crises before we fully realize that we can't spend as we are and plan to without the direst of consequences. We are entering a new ear...an Age of Limitations...based on the fact we are an aging, indebted society that will require us to embrace very different approaches to managing society.
Santa Fe, N.M.: Seems to me that this call for "leaders" is too often a lazy desire for magic solutions.
Get busy, Mr. Rothkopf! Don't just complain! Good grief, you're a visiting scholar at a major think tank. Presumably this indicates your capability to provide solutions, not just whine that others aren't providing them.
More generally, I'd like to see both more action on everyone's part. That's why we're called citizens, if I recall correctly. And then there might be a recognition of the good things that citizens are doing, although I recognize that that goes against the ethos of the think tanks, which emphasizes, not too surprisingly, the importance of "experts" and "leaders."
David Rothkopf: I agree with your thrust. Complaining is easy. Answers and leadership at every level is what is needed. I try to focus on the answers when I write books or articles or in the blog I do at the website of Foreign Policy Magazine. I also tried via working in government, working on campaigns and as CEO of a green energy business. And as anemic as those efforts are...I really do share your sense that we all need to do what we can and more than we have done.
Washington, D.C.: As a Democrat, I find I'm relieved to have them in power but disappointed in what they do, whereas with Republicans, don't care. It seems similar to the standard with mothers who come in for heavy criticism whereas the father is golden if he's still around.
David Rothkopf: I'm not sure I follow your reasoning...I think both parties have not only come in for their fair share of criticism, they have richly deserved it.
The media haven't been great either: In some ways, it's the old complaint that they'd rather cover the politics of who's up/who's down than policy. But sheesh; there's been so little and we're spending trillions. This is a crisis, folks! (The exceptions that prove the rule are some NY Times and NY Times Magazine articles, along with some substantive debates between experts on Jim Lehrer.)
David Rothkopf: You're right there. Beyond the points made earlier, the media doesn't like to cover complex stories that are hard to point a camera at: like the burgeoning of securitization and the risks inherent in it, or the growth of unregulated international markets, or the situation in Waziristan, etc. It is all about conflict and personalities...and as a consequence none of us should be surprised that when the big stories break they are often surprises.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Regarding "Where Are the Leaders", did you noticed none of those Wall Street geniuses predicted the current stock market rally (7% increase), and won't say anything definitive about how long it'll last? Prior to this rally, financial giants like Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli bemoaned the gloom and doom words of the Obama Administration caused the market. You'd think so-called Wall Street experts/advisors would speak authoritative about looming market changes given their state-of-the-art computers, software and database expert analyses. If the only good advice these folks can give is buy low and sell high, aren't they overpaid?
David Rothkopf: Well, Wall Street geniuses aren't paid by us for advice, they're paid by their companies for making profits. If they earn profits, they deserve what they are getting. The problem comes when a system of making profits develops that pushes risk off to the future or to someone else so that financial execs can make their bonuses now...and let the chips fall where they may later. That is a disservice to everyone and that's what happened. It all became a giant game of hot potato...it didn't matter what an asset was worth, it only mattered that you could trade it off your books fast enough that you didn't get burned...and do so at a profit.
Laurel: When our current crop of governmental leaders got together, they quickly came up with a set of solutions to our current economic crisis that would sour the fewest number of voters -- raise the taxes of people who aren't born yet (i.e. borrow). Churchill and Roosevelt did essentially the same thing, although one can argue that defeating Hitler was worth it.
Has any democratically elected leader ever succeeded at telling his voters that they need to accept diminished expectations?
David Rothkopf: Democratic leaders have frequently asked for sacrifices...rationing in wartime, sending children or husbands or wives off to fight and die, putting up with inconvenience to advance justice (school busing), etc...it's hard, but it is part of the job.
Va.: In Europe, leaders are trained at their country's national university. But before they can go in, they have to pass the national tests. But to take those tests, it helps if you're upperclass with wealth. Can we do that here???
David Rothkopf: Why would we want to do that? We have a great system that enables many...if not all...to gain opportunity. There are few better examples than an African American son of a single mother who grew up facing periodic hardship and ended up at Harvard Law and in the White House. We can do better...but the path to doing better is not to adopt the failed and unjust systems of other countries.
Washington, D.C.: The previous question (referring to central planning) suggests an assumption on the part of the commenter that the government can "plan" what the economy produces, prices, etc. But this isn't the USSR in 1973. Isn't the idea that government should use its powers of regulation--and its ability to lead--to help guide the economy to benefit the private and public good?
David Rothkopf: Central planning has never worked well. But there is a role for government to play in regulating markets and in ameliorating the effects of periodic disruptions or dislocations. We have been in a period for the past quarter century when the impulse was to leave too many decisions to the markets to resolve...and the lesson here is that is just as certain a formula for pain and hardship as is central planning.
Baltimore, D.C. : Your piece echoed exactly my initial thoughts on Tim Geithner. He may be a financial whiz, but he not only looks like a kid in front of the cameras, he looks scared. Senator Bunning was unconscionably rude to Geithner during testimony and he didn't stand up for himself at all.
As for the anti-Geithner, I would submit the name of Senator Jim Webb, who had a clear-minded, direct piece in Parade magazine over the weekend on the need for prison reform. He was particularly forthright on the pointlessness of locking up people for non-violent drug offenses. Not many politicians, let alone first termers, are willing to be as blunt as Webb, but I guess when you have faced the dangers he did in Vietnam, Washington is a little less intimidating.
David Rothkopf: Webb is a strong figure...but has earned his own share of controversies. As for Geithner, that wasn't my view of Geithner that opened the article...that was my sense of how it might look to many Americans. Geithner is smart and talented. He may not look like a central casting version of a Treasury Secretary but he is getting his legs under him and hopefully will continue to grow stronger.
Rockville, Md.: We are responsible for our bad leadership. For example, Jimmy Carter was probably the last decent person to get elected President. See how we treated him. On the other hand, we swoon over Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan may have been a good person, but one can't deny his policies instigated the current economic malaise.
David Rothkopf: They don't make perfect people and they don't make perfect presidents. Successful systems of government...or anything...are ones that are designed to work with ordinary people in key positions because we can't ever count on having extraordinary ones.
Philadelphia, Pa.: The model of an effective leader has unquestionably changed, and very recently too. A Churchillian figure, slightly soused on port by the time lunch is served, issuing clever if hot-headed pronouncements, etc, would be a laughingstock figure today -- as our last President the self-proclaimed "decider" was.
The NYT Business section had a Q&A with the CEO of Amgen, wherein you get a very clear decomposition of modern leadership -- the self-critical, servant-leader influencer as opposed to the bombastic, narcissistic field general. Contrast David Petraeus's leadership style with George Patton's...
Fact of the matter is that Obama is creating a model of leadership for us that will endure for a generation. It just takes awhile for most of the rest of us to recognize and understand it. It's about consensus building, analysis, moving the ball in practical ways, inspiring, being self-critical -- the media is ill-equipped to explain, appreciate or even understand this for the most part.
David Rothkopf: All that you describe is true. There is of course, one added fact...you need not only to have the right style of leadership...you need to know where to go. Big government programs are not the same as big ideas if all they do is buy support, especially if they do so at the expense of future generations and national security. We are at a watershed requiring new international systems, a new attitude toward global regulation, a new social contract suited to the global era, new financial products and dynamics requiring a new kind of oversight, emerging threats, new partners who are also key rivals like China, etc. This requires new policies...and we are in the very early days of determining what these will be for this Admin and whether they will work.
Odenton, Maryland: I have to point out one error in your article: Television existed as early as the 1920s, and is not a Depression-era innovation. Most of the innovations which will highlight the recovery from this recession are already invented or in place. We need leadership that is flexible enough to adapt to changes while holding on to core values that will keep them to from shifting with the winds. Bush 43 had the latter; I worry if 44 does have core values that can adapt. So far, he's floundering.
David Rothkopf: The technology for TV existed earlier but during the depression the breakthroughs were made that made it possible for it to go commercial after the war. Many new technologies exist...although in some areas (green energy, for example) major breakthoughs remain to be made and we need to fund research and development to get there. As for Bush 43's values...well, no thanks, as far as I'm concerned. It is one thing to make public displays of personal piety...but if they don't carry into the actions of your life, the values you use in your job for example, they are empty hypocrisy.
Princeton, N.J.: I think one reason for our lack of leadership is the possibility of immense reward, i.e. greed. We need much higher marginal tax rates so executives do not have the ability to accumulate wealth that would embarrass an Oriental potentate. They make short term decisions that are bad for the US, the world and even their own institutions, but are good for their own balance sheet.
During the period 1946 - 1973 taxes were much higher. Marginal rates averaged 70%; they were 93% under Eisenhower. The economy was better than what we now have. For example, median wages went up 3 times as fast as since 1973. Also I recently saw a graph of the national debt as a percentage of the GDP from 1946 to the present. It started high, went straight down until 1973, and then flatten out and in 1980 made a sharp turn and went straight up except for a wiggle during the Clinton administration. CEOs earned 50 times what their workers earned; it is 500 times today. Staring in 1973, the percent of wealth and income taken by the richest 10%, 1%, and 0.1% has gone up at an ever increasing rate. This is a recipe for disaster.
David Rothkopf: I agree. In fact, much of my most recent book, Superclass, is devoted to this issue of growing inequality in the U.S. and internationally and the risks it poses. I'm not sure we need to consider 70 or 93 percent tax rates...and our economy is at a fundamental level much more dynamic and strong than it was in the 50s...but we do need to rethink senior executive compensation, what we let our pension funds pay hedge fund managers, and also what obstacles need to be removed to close the gap for those on the bottom.
Alexandria, Va.: I think we as a nation are too self-centered to even accept leadership. All we care about is ourselves.
Politicians recognize this and play to our basest interests. Business Executives are only interested in self-enrichment; they don't care if it comes with business success or not. The media is too corporate to even bother to leverage the good of all.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
David Rothkopf: We are better than you describe but susceptible to all the weaknesses you enumerate. We have changed values in this country with regard to the role of women, the role of African Americans, the role of immigrants, the role of children in the workforce, and the role of government. We can certainly undergo the kind of changes that will restore our focus on the community at large and on leadership that is not the institutionalization of narcissism.
RE: Your Response to Los Angeles: One solution is regulations or laws prohibiting bonus pay in stockholder or bailout companies unless real profits are achieved (not phantom profits -- profits appearing in periods bonuses are due and don't hold up later). Require independent auditors to calculate or certify profits for SEC and shareholder/public reports rather than rely on internal calculations. I don't want to stymie entrepreneurial innovation or limit real growth potential, but what these execs did getting/paying bonuses should be criminal.
David Rothkopf: No company that is on the government dole should spend on anything but investments in growth and repaying the government. Enough must be paid to senior executives to ensure we get that return on our investment (and the executive pay argument has been a little hysterical). As for the bonuses...I am in the school that was much more worried about the tens of billions that passed through AIG to foreign banks with no strings attached at 100 cents on the dollar than I was with the AIG bonuses no matter how shocking and inappropriate they were.
New York : The snarky response would be "Most Democrats would say we have a great leader, and we're sorry that you on the other side are stuck with Joe the Plumber, Limbaugh and Eric Cantor", but my take is that your article makes an assumption that people like Hamilton, Churchill and Jefferson were peerless leaders. We both know there's plenty of ammunition in the historical record that these were very flawed individuals who, in today's 24 hour news cycle, might well have lost all credibility, and been so tarnished that they would never have been allowed into positions of power at all. To give just one small example, imagine a media blitz publicizing Churchill's statement in 1915 or so that "God help me, how I love" the slaughter on the Western Front that destroyed a generation of British soldiers? End of career, plain and simple. Its different today, you know.
David Rothkopf: I often wonder how various great leaders of history would have fared today. That said, every era produces different types of leaders...Henry VIII would have probably had a tough time making his way in the colonial U.S. (although he might have done ok in Chicago politics). And...at the same time...if we have unreasonable expectations, systems that focus on ridiculous disqualifiers like minor tax mistakes or byzantine lobbying rules, or the press' bloodlust for scandal and inuendo...then we will have fewer leaders than we need or deserve.
Washington, D.C.: I was one of the people who emailed you and couldn't figure out exactly why the beginning of your piece gave such a different impression from the end of your piece. This discussion helps at least me understand that better.
What do you think are the most promising ways to remedy the situation you've described and to enable "the American people" to participate more effectively in arriving at decisions? E.g. do you think that Obama's community organizing methods (online and off) are useful?
David Rothkopf: I think that there is no easy answer. Each and every person has different skills and different avenues via which they might best pursue contributing to their communities (of every size). However, it would help if voters generally took a deep breath, stopped getting caught up in the emotion of the moment, and became better consumers of news (why not train kids to understand what's real and what's not on the web, how to be rational thoughtful participants in society, etc.) I also think the kill or be killed mentality of the political parties in the U.S. and the deeply corrupt money culture of American politics must go if we are to have the kind of public discourse we deserve and if we wish to open that discourse to as many people as possible.
College Park: The reason why we don't have Churchill-like leaders is because people won't accept leaders like that. Any leader who calls for any sacrifice, like a tax increase, does not get elected. And in Churchill's case he only came to power when World War II had already started. When he was calling for preparation for the war he was a marginal figure.
David Rothkopf: I hope you are wrong that the American people won't accept leaders who call for sacrifice. Most of the people I know who fall in the higher tax brackets that Obama wants to bear more of the burden accept it uncomplainingly. In an earlier answer I gave other examples. But we are also in a serious crisis...one that can focus people's attentions and get them to sacrifice...and to be honest, that's one of the areas in which I think Rahm Emanuel's admonition never to let a crisis go to waste should be heeded. Now is a time to change our habits with regard to energy, to conserve, to charge for carbon, to provide health care to all but understand the limitations that comes with that, to begin to shrink our defense spending, etc.
David Rothkopf: Thanks very much to all who participated in this dialogue...and to all who commented on the article and who sent me emails. As I said, I do try to respond to all emails but the response to this piece was pretty exuberant so be a little patient. Many thanks also to the Post team for inviting me to do this and for making it all so easy.
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