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ApproachThis is without doubt one of the most spectacular hikes of the Sorrento Peninsula and Amalfi Coast even though it isn't often that there are all the conditions to make it perfect (in particular the temperature and visibility). I like to hike this route completing a circuit from Moiano: S.Maria del Castello, Forestale, the steep ascent to Conocchia and then, after having climbed the Molare, down to the cablecar station via Porta di Faito. You then go back to Moiano or Vico by the Circumvesuviana bus, or to Castellammare by cable-car (only from April to October).
Route Description
Leave the road of S. Maria del Castello at the end of the climb (659m) and take the narrow road (Via Conocchia) going down past a few houses. After these it turns into a pretty wide, easy and scenic path climbing gently for about half an hour to the Forestale (763m). Just above this stone building is the crossroads: the trail to the right descends to Montepertuso, the central one goes to Capo Muro and Bomerano, the left one climbs steeply up to Conocchia and Molare.
You will zig-zag up to 925m where anyone who isn't afraid of heights or suffers from vertigo can step onto a wide flat rock terrace and enjoy an amazing view. You can also reach this outlook by following the Riva Erbatenera route, not as easy as the Forestale, but similarly spectacular. Keep climbing along the east face of the cliff, go past another outlook (1012m) and reach a level path (1075m); follow it to the left for almost 300m and you'll be at the foot of a narrow ridge. Here you can see two signed routes to reach the Conocchia: one along the ridge (steeper and harder, but also more scenic and spectacular - red dots on the map), the other in the valley.
Before you reach the top, turn left leaving the Croce della Conocchia on your right, along an easy path that with some ups and downs (but keeping to between 1360 and 1390m) leads you to the foot of the Molare.
A few meters before you go to the south face of the Molare there is a fork: descending to the left you can go to Agerola passing a few meters beneath the S.Michele church (1268m). After you have been up to the Molare (1443,6m - highest peak of Monti Lattari) come back here and start the descent. About 500m after the cave and spring of Acqua Santa, the main path (CAI 00) turns right towards Agerola; keep going straight up and in a couple of minutes you'll be on the road below the church.
Reach the ridge north of the church and follow it all the way to the cable-car station passing Porta di Faito with great views of the del Sarno plain and Vesuvio continuously in sight.
There are two alternative routes from Molare to Faito: both of them link the old Latteria (dairy) to Campo del Pero and then to Casa del Monaco and Conocchia. The southern one goes to Bandera, is more exposed and in some parts indistinct, but offers great views to the south. The other one goes through the beech forest in the valley and consequently has almost no views, but is anyway pleasant. Both are indicated with a thinner dashed line on the maps.


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Kundapur: In what is regarded as the first-ever case in Kundapur, Satish Poojary of Hemmadi, has served with a death verdict for sexual assault followed by her murder, committed about six years ago.
The additional district additional sessions judge Rajashekhar V Patil held him guilty and passed the judgement on Thursday.
Satish, a married man, owned a fancy goods shop in Hemmadi. He reportedly had an illicit relationship with a young woman. When pressure mounted on him regarding his future plans about her, he is said to have found an easier way out by getting rid of her.
He was charged with murdering her on Trasi beach and then keeping her body in his car parked in the middle of the town the whole day long. In the night, he took the body and dumped it at the Kulur cross near Noojadi.
The then-circle inspector Madan V Gaonkar had filed a charge-sheet. As many as 28 witnesses had deposed in the court. Public prosecutor Srinivas Hegde argued the prosecution case. The judgement is being sent to the state high court for confirmation.


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Davies gives up on England dream
Bolton striker Kevin Davies admits that he has given up hope of receiving an England call-up and joked that he has more chance of playing for Jamaica than being selected by Fabio Capello.
Davies, 33, has been linked with a call-up periodically having been one of the Premier League's most effective forwards over the past few years.
But the physically imposing stiker has failed to attract the attention of current Three Lions boss Capello, who has picked Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, Carlton Cole and, most recently, Bobby Zamora as target men.
And now Davies believes he has missed his chance of playing international football, with Capello now openly concentrating on selecting younger players.
"My half brother is Jamaican, so I might try for them - I have more chance of getting into that squad than the England squad,'' Davies joked.
"England is not going to happen for me. Last season I was in a couple of the longer squads so you think that you have a chance.
"But even when there were 10-12 strikers out injured I did not even get a call up. It looks like he (Capello) is going to pick young kids now.
"I don't think that it is ever going to happen. I am disappointed not to get any caps but that is life.''
But Davies is determined to continue performing at the highest level for his club side, and revealed he is optimistic about Bolton's chances of improving under Owen Coyle.
"I am enjoy the football for Bolton and that is the most foremost thing in my mind,'' Davies said. "We have had two or three seasons where we have done well just to stay up.
"Now we feel that we have everything in place. If we get the confidence up, we can try to turn over the big boys which we have not done in a few years.''
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$70,000 DL loan will help Legion Campground
The American Legion Campground is expanding.
The Detroit Lakes Development Authority took the first step toward approving a $70,000 loan to the American Legion Club. The Legion leases and runs the campground, which the city owns.
The total project is estimated at $90,000, which would add 27 sites. The five-year loan would be borrowed at 6 percent.
Community Development Director Larry Remmen said it's not a typical loan because the money would be used to improve city-owned land.
Development Authority members agreed it was a safe loan because the property isn't bankable -- as in it can't be sold since the city owns it -- and the Legion is offering $46,000 in CDs against the note.
Because of the size of the loan, the Development Authority is required to hold a public hearing. With the date of June 13 as the next authority meeting, Legion representative Don Schattschneider said the Legion would deal with the delay if it has to.
"Like everyone else, we want to get started as soon as possible," he said. He added that dirt work has already begun.
Authority member Mark Hagen suggested Schattschneider and the Legion could go ahead with the project "at your own risk" with the assumption the public hearing wouldn't bring any opposition.
City Administrator Rich Grabow agreed there wasn't much risk.
To speed the process along, the Development Authority set the public hearing for 4:15 p.m. May 30.
This morning (Wednesday) a memo was sent from city hall saying the public hearing wasn't necessary after all.
"The Business Subsidy Law has been revised and loans of less the 75,000 are exempt from the hearing requirement," it read.


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One of YumSugar's friends sent word that she is traveling to San Diego to adopt an adorable pug named Hurley, who will be the mascot for her company. The dog is beyond cute (he's seen here dressed as a pudgy spider last Halloween) and I must admit, he does look a bit like his namesake, Lost's Jorge Garcia. Do you think it's fair to name pets after people (or characters) if it's an act of love?
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Multi-channel TV from Sony?
Sony are apparently in talks with "at least two" massive companies about licensing their TV channels for a proposed new multi-channel project, according to various reports.
It is said that this new service would be "a package of linear channels akin to what pay-TV distributors traditionally provide, only delivered via broadband connection".
What this means in real terms is that PS3 owners are looking down the barrel of yet more lengthy updates every time they turn their console on.
With that, Sony have been struggling of late, with their stock downgraded to junk status by rating agency Fitch, with Sony chief executive, Kazuo Hirai, getting a lot of flak about the way he's been running his ship.
Will a multi-channel TV service be the thing to revive the ailing company? It doesn't seem likely as there's already a host of long-standing alternatives out there.
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- LancerVancerYay! More TV through a console/set-top box/phone/kettle/toaster/jockstrap. It is not gonna help Sony, they will need a lot more than just TV. Flex and chill with the herb.
- badgerLet's hope it works better than their Qriocity online service. And for heaven's sake don't trust them with your credit card details.


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Art to Die For in A Dangerous Talent
Alix London's future had been promising as an art student at Harvard and with a father that was a well known art conservator. Then her world turned upside down when her father was convicted of art forgery. She dropped out of school and the family money began to disappear with the rising court costs. Now, she's a struggling art consultant and barely able to make ends meet until Alix gets a break that could jumpstart her career.


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Tonight may be the tipoff for three of the area's top rivalries, but one participant isn't ready to get too involved in the hype.
Cedar Shoals boys basketball coach Ron Link, whose team will take on rival Clarke Central at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, is trying to keep his team focused on tonight's matchup with Central Gwinnett.
''The biggest one for us right now is Central Gwinnett,'' Link said. ''(Looking ahead) has been our problem all year long. Central Gwinnett is right behind us in the region standings. Everyone puts so much emphasis on (the Clarke Central game), but we've got plenty of other games which are big, too.''
Clarke Central travels to Oconee County tonight with the girls tipping off at 7 p.m., and then will host Cedar Shoals on Saturday with the girls getting under way at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, Oconee County will travel to Cedar Shoals with the girls starting at 6 p.m.
The Jaguars rebounded from last weekend's tough loss to Class AAA Franklin County with an 86-67 thrashing of Habersham Central on Tuesday. Five Jaguars scored in double figures with Quentin Moses leading the way with 28 points.
Link said one of the biggest concerns he has for Saturday's game is whether or not Cedar Shoals (14-6, 7-3) will be rested well enough for the contest. The Jaguars will have an 8:30 p.m. tipoff at Central Gwinnett tonight, and then have to play earlier than usual on Saturday.
Traditionally the Cedar Shoals-Clarke Central matchup is played in the afternoon on Saturdays to accommodate the crowds. Link said the Gladiators' depth could be an advantage for Clarke Central.
''It's to everybody else's disadvantage, too, but when you use 20 players like they do, it can help them out,'' he said.
The Gladiators (16-5, 6-4) also must focus their energies on tonight's game as they travel to Oconee County for another rivalry tilt. Clarke Central defeated the Warriors in the team's first matchup this year.
Clarke Central has been playing well as of late, rallying past Newton on Tuesday night, 65-57, thanks to Antonio Sims' 24 points. The win helped to move the Gladiators into third place in Region 8-AAAA, only one back of rival Cedar Shoals.
Clarke Central's girls have an interesting matchup tonight against Oconee County at 7 p.m. In December, the Lady Warriors shocked the Lady Gladiators with a 39-36 win at Clarke Central.
Since that loss, the Lady Gladiators have been on a tear. They turned in an excellent showing in the Morehouse Christmas Tournament, knocking off a ranked team in Hephzibah and almost upsetting nationally ranked Miami-Edison (Fla.).
Clarke Central head coach Cedricia Jones said the Oconee County loss helped the team refocus.
''That was good for us,'' Jones said. ''It exposed some of our weaknesses and showed us how we need to play if we want to be competitive.''
Lady Wolverines making strides
With a convincing 56-38 win over Athens Christian on Tuesday, Prince Avenue has more than doubled its win total from all of last season.
The Lady Wolverines are now 7-10 overall and 3-2 in Region 7-A. Last year, Prince Avenue struggled, managing only three wins all year.
Credit the play of Kim DeMersseman, who has been hot as of late. On Tuesday, she tallied a game-high 24 points for the Lady Wolverines.
Head coach Jeanette Looney said the team has greatly improved since last season, and the team's chemistry also is better.
''We only won three ball games last year, so they've come a long way,'' Looney said of her team. ''Unfortunately we've got to go to Social Circle (tonight), and they're playing like they could be a Final Four team.''
Bulldogg wrestlers in top form
Winder-Barrow enjoyed a stellar senior night as the Bulldoggs defeated East Hall and Clarke Central in a match Wednesday.
Prior to the match, Winder-Barrow recognized Jacob Crowe, Dusty Shaw, Chase Royster and Brandon Puckett. All four seniors rank in the top 10 in school history for career wins.
''This group of seniors has been really special for us,'' Winder-Barrow head coach Bob Finch said.
Athens Academy finding its rhythm
Athens Academy boys basketball head coach Cooper Dyer knows the Spartans' record appears impressive, but he isn't sure if the team has reached its full potential yet.
''We really haven't played as well as we have maybe a year or so ago,'' Dyer said. ''We've won a lot of close games, but lots of teams we're playing are not having as good of years either. We're not where we need to be, but we're getting there.''
The Spartans have been fighting fatigue all year. Athens Academy has only eight varsity players and the team couldn't begin practice until the completion of the Spartans' football season, which didn't end until early December.
Dyer said Athens Academy has played 16 games in a 40-day stretch, and now face a stretch where it will play seven games in 12 days. The reason being the Spartans are having to play some rescheduled games on Wednesdays.
''We don't have a lot of depth, and this has been pretty tough on them,'' Dyer said. ''I've felt like sometimes I've got to go out there and play myself.''
Still, with a 14-3 overall record heading into this weekend, the Spartans are again near the top of the Region 7-A standings. Dyer said one of the primary reasons for the record is the team's defensive effort.
''We'll have some lapses on offense, but we don't on defense,'' he said. ''We've played well defensively all year long, and I'm pleased with that.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, January 25, 2002.
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Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a nice weekend. 🙂 During the past couple of days I rocked some pretty bold and colorful makeup looks, including the one I'm going to show you today. It was created using two of my fave colors, pink and blue, and I'm very pleased with the result.
I usually never wear the same look twice as I get bored easily but I can see myself doing this again in the future, esp on days when I'm down. Bright makeup always makes me feel better and this look is very colorful and vivid, but still wearable. Hope you like it.
Products used:
– Urban Decay Primer Potion
– Makeup Masala eyeshadow in Agni
– Sleek Curious palette (white)
– Sleek Original palette (light blue and dark blue)
– L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion mascara
– Apply Urban Decay Primer Potion all over lid as a base.
– Using E.L.F. eyeshadow brush, apply a bright pink shade (I used Makeup Masala mineral eyeshadow in Agni) on the inner lid, a white shade (I used the one in Sleek Curious palette) on the middle lid and a bright light blue shade (I used the one in Sleek Original palette) on the outer lid. Blend.
– Swipe the same bright light blue shade on the crease and darken it with a darker blue (I used the one in the Sleek Original palette). Be careful, not to bring the color up too high.
– Apply the white shade on the browbone to highlight.
– Using MAC 219 pencil brush, swipe the pink shade on the inner lower lashline, the white shade on the middle lower lashline and the light blue shade on the outer lower lashline. Blend.
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A thread for obituaries that may not need a separate thread of their own.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 July 2009 05:48 (eight years ago) Permalink
Case in point...
RIP Rosalie Kunert a.k.a. "Rosie The Riveter"
ROSALIE KUNERT "ROSIE THE RIVETER" Age 86 of Burbank, Rosie passed on June 28th. She was born Rosalie Helen Merritt on October 2, 1922 in Hackensack, Minnesota. In late 1942 she relocated to Southern California where she began working at the Lockheed Airplane Factory in Burbank. Like many women during WWII, she took on previously male dominated trades such as riveting teams working on the cockpit shells of airplane bombers. It was here that she was approached for an interview to help promote and encourage women to take over vacated jobs for the duration of the war. She was initially singled out for her tall, statuesque appearance and bright auburn hair tied back in her polka-dot head scarf. They asked her to consider appearing in a promotional film about the war effort at home but she modestly declined not wanting to be singled out from the others. Regardless, the name was still officially coined. Another woman in Michigan was chosen and eventually "Rosie the Riveter" went on to become perhaps the most widely recognized icon of that era
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 July 2009 05:50 (eight years ago) Permalink
RIP, you weren't riveting enough to have your own thread.
― estela, Thursday, 9 July 2009 05:58 (eight years ago) Permalink
wait, so the fuckin' oxyclean guy gets his own thread but rosie the riveter doesn't?
― Visually-striking Cerebral Movies from the 1960s (get bent), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:12 (eight years ago) Permalink
I think he started the thread to avoid future "RIP Billy Mays" type threads.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 9 July 2009 10:17 (eight years ago) Permalink
Well, RIP to a guy I vaguely knew. They are saying it was a cardiac arrest. But it seemed odd if you're in your 30s. I googled - urgh, I know - and it seems it was what I suspected: an overdose. I've known his mother for more than a decade. Played with the poor guy when we were toddlers. So there you go: RIP Federic. :-(
― Sookeh, I vant to suck your titties (stevienixed), Thursday, 9 July 2009 13:19 (eight years ago) Permalink
(Yes, yes, I know it should be celebs...)
― Sookeh, I vant to suck your titties (stevienixed), Thursday, 9 July 2009 13:20 (eight years ago) Permalink
Dave out of Chas and Dave, 's wife.
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 July 2009 13:40 (eight years ago) Permalink
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 18 July 2009 00:32 (eight years ago) Permalink
whoa, he def outlived his... uh, i dont know what im aiming at here. not ubiquity or celebrity. cultural prominence?
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Saturday, 18 July 2009 00:34 (eight years ago) Permalink
File this one under people I didn't know where still alive.
― Jeff, Saturday, 18 July 2009 00:37 (eight years ago) Permalink
I was hoping he would make it to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 18 July 2009 00:46 (eight years ago) Permalink
^^^Whoa, extra bummer aspect.
― the haircare bunch (suzy), Saturday, 18 July 2009 01:08 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 18 July 2009 01:14 (eight years ago) Permalink
wow srsly, he was still alive?
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 18 July 2009 01:28 (eight years ago) Permalink
No, he died twice.
― Unregistered Googler (stevienixed), Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:51 (eight years ago) Permalink
The last British survivor of the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111.Mr Patch was conscripted into the Army aged 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British soldiers died.
Mr Patch was conscripted into the Army aged 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British soldiers died.
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 25 July 2009 11:32 (eight years ago) Permalink
Somerset's finest. RIP.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Saturday, 25 July 2009 11:35 (eight years ago) Permalink
John Ryan. creator of Mary, Mungo and Midge and Captain Pugwash
― koogs, Monday, 27 July 2009 10:00 (eight years ago) Permalink
Merce Cunningham apparently died.
― Unregistered Googler (stevienixed), Monday, 27 July 2009 14:26 (eight years ago) Permalink
oh shit, that sucks.
Merce Cunningham, a giant figure in the world of modern dance, died Sunday night at his home. He was 90. The Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation and his company made the announcement early Monday morning. A full obituary by Alastair Macaulay, the chief dance critic of The New York Times, is coming soon.
― sleeve, Monday, 27 July 2009 15:24 (eight years ago) Permalink
Sidney Zion
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 August 2009 23:10 (eight years ago) Permalink
Harold Norse
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 13:01 (eight years ago) Permalink
Strange that they describe him as the last of the Beat poets though. Snyder and Ferlinghetti are still going, aren't they?
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 13:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
RIP the drummer from crap Britpop band Space, according to the Liverpool Echo.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 00:54 (eight years ago) Permalink
got their best of only a week or two ago.
― Bobkate Goldtwat (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 01:01 (eight years ago) Permalink
as a gift, mark you.
I honestly didn't know until a few days ago that Alice Coltrane died! 2 1/2 years ago, in fact. Couldn't imagine why I didn't notice (and post on) the RIP thread - then realized that all the condolences were redirected to the S&D thread instead.
RIP, harp lady
― Stop wishing death on people just for the cool thread titles (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 04:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
RIP Theodore D. Nierenberg, founder of Dansk.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 05:25 (eight years ago) Permalink
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies at 88
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:45 (eight years ago) Permalink
Mink DeVille.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:52 (eight years ago) Permalink
Eunice Shriver, RIP. She is a person who could have coasted for her whole life, instead she founded a charity that has done a fantastic amount of good. I was a volunteer for the Special Olympics for 10 years and I truly loved every minute of it.
Big time RIP to someone who made a real difference.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 15:25 (eight years ago) Permalink
I guess not many people would contribute to a thread, but I'm a bit cut up about Gerry Cohen's death. We did a lot of work from his books in my undergrad Marx course, and I saw him lecture less than two years ago.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 19:04 (eight years ago) Permalink
what the f. :-( not a fan of the band, but was aware of'em
and eunice! i knew she was sick... :-(
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 19:06 (eight years ago) Permalink
She was 88, and she seems to have made the most of that time-she leaves one hell of a legacy
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 19:13 (eight years ago) Permalink
From Variety (who mis-identify Jess Franco as an "Italian Giallo Auteur"):
By Pat SapersteinProlific B-movie producer and writer Harry Alan Towers, who made more than 100 films working with cult stalwarts such as Christopher Lee and director Jess Franco, died after a brief illness July 31. He was 88.While Towers generally worked on low-budget fare, he favored literary adaptations by such writers as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Alan Poe, Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote and produced dozens of films, sometimes credited as Peter Welbeck. Among the actors he worked with were Orson Welles, Michael York, Michael Caine, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones and Tony Curtis.
Towers often shot in locations such as South Africa, Ireland and Bulgaria on films such as "The Face of Fu Manchu," Iran-filmed "Ten Little Indians," South African classic adaptation "Cry the Beloved Country" and "Klondike Fever."
His association with Italian giallo auteur Franco produced films which have become underground classics including "Venus in Furs," "Eugenie," "Marquis de Sade: Justine" and "Night of the Blood Monster."
Capitalizing on the industry's need for video titles during the 1980s and early 1990s, Towers provided a steady pipeline of films such as Robert Englund starrers "Phantom of the Opera" and "Danse Macabre," "Warrior Queen" and "Delta Force 3."
Towers started as a child actor in Britain and during WWII, he became a radio writer while serving in the Royal Air Force. He and his mother started a company called Towers of London after the war to sell syndicated radio shows around the world, and he went on to produce numerous programs for British television including "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Tales from Dickens."
His literary agent, Albert T. Longden, said he was working on an autobiography. Recently he had been working on an adaptation of "Moll Flanders," which was at one time set to be directed by Ken Russell.
He is survived by his wife, actress Maria Rohm.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:06 (eight years ago) Permalink
LOS ANGELES – John Quade, who played the heavy in several Clint Eastwood movies and was the sheriff in the TV miniseries "Roots," has died. He was 71.
His wife Gwen says Quade died in his sleep of natural causes Sunday at his home in the Southern California desert town of Rosamond.
Quade had dozens of TV and movie roles in a career that spanned more than a quarter-century. His movies included "Papillon" and "High Plains Drifter."
However, he is perhaps best remembered as the motorcycle gang leader in the Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose" and its sequel, "Any Which Way You Can."
He also played Sheriff Biggs in episodes of "Roots."
The Kansas-born Quade leaves six children and 10 grandchildren.
― The Collected Works of Fun Fun (donna rouge), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:09 (eight years ago) Permalink
Rashied Ali died, too. 2009 is the worst.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:09 (eight years ago) Permalink
RIP Michael Turner, one of the translators of Herge's TINTIN:
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 17:40 (eight years ago) Permalink
Too bad, the Falcons were looking for big things from Michael "the Burner" Turner this year.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 17:53 (eight years ago) Permalink
Rashied Ali died, too. 2009 is the worst.― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:09 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:09 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
Either that or as ILX ages we're becoming like those death obsessed grandparents who call up their friends to ask if they've seen today's obituary yet.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:23 (eight years ago) Permalink
The drummer (I think) from Lit died of brain cancer; saw the obit yesterday.
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 18:24 (eight years ago) Permalink
Virginia Davis, Disney child star of the silents.
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 14:17 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Saturday, 29 August 2009 02:05 (eight years ago) Permalink
Y'know what, FUCK THIS YEAR already. Someone, anyone, fastforward, cause this year sucks.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 29 August 2009 11:31 (eight years ago) Permalink
Dr. Drew: There is just a profound lack of appreciation of the impact of prescription drugs on the disease of addiction.This time I lost a friend.
Can't tell you how often I have seen an Rx for anxiety or pain result in a full relapse on hard drugs.about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
If the biology is activated even by appropriately prescribed medication, the disease awakens and progresses - really without exceptionabout 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
― Q. Tarantino Presents: Popeye (Eazy), Saturday, 29 August 2009 21:55 (eight years ago) Permalink
Simon Dee, apparently (according to Wikipedia).
― James Mitchell, Sunday, 30 August 2009 11:15 (eight years ago) Permalink
And the BBC News: Opened up a thread for the dude.
― Mark G, Sunday, 30 August 2009 12:25 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:31 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^ 2009 is the year when all your childhood heroes will either die or publicly disgrace themselves.
― the visible spectrum is rainbows (snoball), Sunday, 30 August 2009 12:34 (eight years ago) Permalink
I know it's pretty sad (like in the loser sense) but I do get upset when someone famous dies. :-(
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 30 August 2009 18:13 (eight years ago) Permalink
John Cushnie, my favourite Gardeners' Question Time panellist.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8437119.stm
― Madchen, Friday, 1 January 2010 14:16 (seven years ago) Permalink
Maybe there should be new thread for new year?
― the embed's too big without you (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 January 2010 15:32 (seven years ago) Permalink
John Cushnie, my favourite Gardeners' Question Time panellist
Ditto, he was a very funny guy.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Friday, 1 January 2010 22:02 (seven years ago) Permalink
I thought I was the only square round here :)
― Madchen, Saturday, 2 January 2010 11:25 (seven years ago) Permalink
Always listen to GQT on iPlayer if I'm feeling fretful about the hydrangeas.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 2 January 2010 12:46 (seven years ago) Permalink
― A flamebaiter named Tinderbox? I admire your subtlety. (stevie), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 08:34 (seven years ago) Permalink
Singer Sandro, the 'Argentine Elvis,' Dies at 64
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 10:06 (seven years ago) Permalink
Good idea... Here it is: The rolling RIP/obituary thread - 2010 edition
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:45 (seven years ago) Permalink
RIP Ernie Harwell, legendary Detroit Tigers radio announcer 1918-2010
Growing up in SE Michigan, WJR AM Detroit was on in my house & my dad's car ALL the time. My strongest memories of this are Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story" & this dude, who was the Tigers announcer for many, many years (55 seasons I read). My dad absolutely loved himm, to the extent that when he watched games at home, he would dial the volume down on the television & prop up an ancient single-speaker radio tuned to WJR. My dad even took me to an autograph signing at the downtown Jacobson's department store once. I was really young, but I remember EH seeming very genuinely gracious & friendly. He signed the foul ball I caught in Tiger Stadium '85!
Here is a quality feature from today's Detroit News - a list of misc. personal remembrances basically
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 22:22 (seven years ago) Permalink
he worked for other teams too, but Detroit for 40+ years.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 May 2010 02:45 (seven years ago) Permalink
abbey lincolnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGUkQQkttg
― are you some kinda rap version of marc loi (stevie), Monday, 16 August 2010 15:30 (seven years ago) Permalink
[aw crap, just saw new thread]
― are you some kinda rap version of marc loi (stevie), Monday, 16 August 2010 15:31 (seven years ago) Permalink
Pete Postlethwaite.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 3 January 2011 10:12 (six years ago) Permalink
I kind of think he should have had his own thread. Seems to have been around for years, in lots of enjoyable films, all round good guy. So sad. RIP.
― specifically, the word talking (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 3 January 2011 11:32 (six years ago) Permalink
Check out The Muscle Market on youtube if you've got an hour to spare.
― specifically, the word talking (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 3 January 2011 11:43 (six years ago) Permalink
Postlethwaite was one of those actors who was always a real pleasure to watch, whatever he was in. 64 is no age at all. RIP.
― Shanty! Shanti! Shanté! (Noodle Vague), Monday, 3 January 2011 12:20 (six years ago) Permalink
Someone mentioned him on Distant Voices, Still Lives and he was excellent on that.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 January 2011 12:25 (six years ago) Permalink
Thought he was older, he's been in so many things, real shame, liked him :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 January 2011 12:31 (six years ago) Permalink
Teena Marie RIP
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:55 (six years ago) Permalink
RIP Anne Francis
― kkvgz, Monday, 3 January 2011 18:47 (six years ago) Permalink
that just leaves me and Robby :(
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 January 2011 18:50 (six years ago) Permalink
Earl Holliman's still kicking.
― kkvgz, Monday, 3 January 2011 18:56 (six years ago) Permalink
terrible cook
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 January 2011 19:10 (six years ago) Permalink
Aw, man. Anne Francis. One of my first childhood crushes, thanks to "Honey West."
― Glorified Lolcat (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 January 2011 21:08 (six years ago) Permalink
I was just watching Forbidden Planet on TCM a day or two ago.
― not the sort of person who would wind up in a landfill (Nicole), Monday, 3 January 2011 21:09 (six years ago) Permalink
Altaira: [swiming in a pool] Come on in.Commander John J. Adams: I didn't bring my bathing suit. Altaira: What's a bathing suit? Commander John J. Adams: [quickly turning his back] Oh, murder!
― if there's a straw, I will clutch (DavidM), Monday, 3 January 2011 22:08 (six years ago) Permalink
(i nearly posted that exact quote when nielsen died and everyone else was quoting airplane)
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:49 (six years ago) Permalink
that was in the FP trailer!
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 15:36 (six years ago) Permalink
John Howard Davies
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 10:44 (six years ago) Permalink
For some reason I thought he'd died a few years ago. RIP JHD.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 10:54 (six years ago) Permalink
Thinking of Bob Spiers, maybe?
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:26 (six years ago) Permalink
Nickolas Ashford
― Psyduck is My Spirit Animal (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 17:35 (six years ago) Permalink
^^^ broke my damn heart yesterday
― sbgorf (stevie), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 07:24 (six years ago) Permalink
DJ Mehdi's reported to have died after falling from a balcony.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:01 (six years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:05 (six years ago) Permalink
Apparently it was the roof of his apartment, and everybody with him fell except Riton who managed not to or something? Just horrific
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:23 (six years ago) Permalink
Richard Hamilton
― Euripides Trousers (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:27 (six years ago) Permalink
aka Bobby Purify part of the duo that did "I'm Your Puppet"
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:17 (five years ago) Permalink
Jennifer Miro of the Nuns.
― nickn, Thursday, 5 January 2012 06:21 (five years ago) Permalink
David Gold of the Canadian metal band Woods of Ypres.
Actually used to work with him years ago, back when he was first putting his band together. Hadn't seen him in a few years. Very funny, intelligent, talented and passionate guy. A terrible loss.
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Friday, 6 January 2012 01:40 (five years ago) Permalink
William Duell, character actor (Mr Sefelt in Cuckoo's Nest)
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 January 2012 06:03 (five years ago) Permalink
Didn't know which one Mr. Sefelt was, but when I saw that he was in The Hustler, I figured out who he was.
― clemenza, Friday, 6 January 2012 06:09 (five years ago) Permalink
I see there is also a Rolling RIP/obit 2012 thread. Maybe someone should ask a mod to decide whether to close this thread or not.
Rolling RIP/Obituary Thread 2012
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 January 2012 15:04 (five years ago) Permalink
Hal David:(
― rods & cones (doo dah), Saturday, 1 September 2012 20:58 (five years ago) Permalink
Never heard of him before, but I'm not sure he would have wanted to be remembered this way: 'Snakes on a Plane' director David R. Ellis dies
― Vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 02:36 (four years ago) Permalink
"Cellular" is a great flick.
― abanana, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 04:25 (four years ago) Permalink
He also wanted to call Shark Night Untitled 3D Shark Thriller which would have been better.
― abanana, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 04:27 (four years ago) Permalink
André Cassagnes, Etch A Sketch Inventor, Is Dead at 86
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2013 17:45 (four years ago) Permalink
RIP Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 06:10 (four years ago) Permalink
Rolling Obituary Thread 2013
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 15:02 (four years ago) Permalink


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Plans to close eight campuses in San Diego were halted by the city school board Tuesday, leaving the district with the task of finding another way to offset $4 million of a deficit projected to hit $92 million in the 2013-14 academic year
The merry-go-round of dire and familiar budget cuts continues at the San Diego Unified School District.
The school board is once again laying the groundwork to shutter campuses to cope with the state's relentless fiscal crisis. Last fall, school closures were canceled after parents and teachers protested against what they said was an unfair and poorly executed plan that violated the district's own protocols.
Eight campuses are set to be shuttered in the 2013-14 school year to save $4 million under a preliminary budget plan approved earlier this year by the board. Trustees will take up the issue at a workshop Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Trustees will discuss whether or not to start the formal school closure process that requires months of community input, or to instead consider consolidating campuses.
The district looks at everything from a school's enrollment and capacity to test scores and funding when it considers a closure.
Should the board go forward with the school closure plan, it would consult a list of 30 schools that meet the closure criteria. The board would be required to make a final vote on the matter in January, but the process would start this summer and continue through the fall with a board recommendation out in December.
The district report on the issue, along with the list of schools eligible for closure are here
The district faces a projected $92 million deficit to its $1 billion operating budget in the 2013-14 school year.


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State Senator Hugh T. Farley (R, C, I - Schenectady) announced that he and his colleagues in the State Senate approved legislation (S.3184) on June 20th to ensure appropriate due process protections for providers and recipients of Medicaid who come under the scrutiny of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).
The legislation adds to the law which created the OMIG in 2007, to assure fairness and procedural clarity when audits are conducted.
Among the bill's provisions, it would: allow for recovery of payments only after notice, and not less than 60 days after final agency action; prohibit the OMIG from re-auditing something audited by another agency unless for good cause; and, protect providers from penalty if they complied with agency policies or interpretations, which may not be changed retroactively.
Where a recovery is claimed for a technical or administrative error, the provider would have a chance to correct the defect and resubmit the claim within 60 days of being notified. The legislation also would require the OMIG give the provider a detailed written explanation of the extrapolation method used when calculating a Medicaid overpayment.
The legislation also establishes a Medicaid recipient due process, including notice of rights, including right to counsel and a fair hearing and a notice of findings before any recovery can be made.
The act would take effect October 1, 2011. It was delivered to the Assembly where it is sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried.


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Black Friday has brought temporary blackouts to shopping malls in two area states -- the Christiana Mall in Delaware and The Mall at Short Hills in Millburn, N.J.
Around 10 a.m. reports began to surface on social media that the Christiana Mall had lost power.
Rob Guarino tweeted a photo of the dark food court on his Facebook page, saying, "A new meaning to Black Friday at Christiana Mall. Power is out. Stay calm and keep on eating."
The extent of the outage wasn't clear to folks inside the mall and according to Natalie Hines, the mall didn't communicate any information to shoppers like her who were left literally in the dark.
"So it really wasn't good for them," said Hines who was in the mall with her sister and mother, honoring their Black Friday shopping tradition.
True meaning of #BlackFriday here at the @ChristianaMall with the lights off! Continue the shopping!! Updates to come.
— Natalie Hines (@NatalieHines1) Nov. 29, 2013
"We were in The Limited and we just had to leave the clothes," Hines said.
Some stores pulled down their security gates during the outage, according to Delawareonline.com.
While we were on the phone with Natalie, the power flipped back on.
"Everyone in the mall is cheering," she said.
The mall put out a three-line statement to media at 10:38 a.m. which said they were experiencing a partial power outage. "JCPenney, Target, Nordstrom, Macy's and about 30 adidtional stores currently have electricity," according to the statement.
Within minutes, they posted to their Facebook page:
Electricity has been fully restored to the entire mall. We apologize for this brief delay in your shopping. Let the shopping Black Friday fun continue!!!
This was the second power outage at a mall this morning. Jersey Central Power & Light said a problem at one of its substations in Essex County cut power to The Mall at Short Hills in Millburn on Friday morning.
JCP&L spokesman John Anderson told The Associated Press the outage occurred at 6:58 a.m. and lasted about 10 minutes before power was restored.
The outage also affected parts of Summit, Millburn, Madison and Short Hills.
The cause is under investigation, and Anderson says crews are monitoring the scene.
According to its website, the mall was scheduled to open at 8 a.m. Friday.


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"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," based on a book by author Tucker Max, spent a few weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Forgive the disrespect, but who in the heck is Tucker Max? Clearly the man has some sort of following, necessitating a feature film version of his successful novel (though let's be fair here, both Artie Lange and Tori Spelling also scored time on the Bestseller List). After seeing the picture, perhaps it's best to keep a safe distance from Max, since he comes across as a truly nauseating human being. Who knows how the man conducts himself in civilian life, but as a force of entertainment nature, he's the worst thing to happen to cinema in a very long time.
Tucker Max (Matt Czuchry, in a career-killing performance) is a hateful soul who occupies his time chasing women and indulging his insatiable thirst for cruelty, basting in the juices of misogyny and spite. Watching pal Dan (Geoff Stults) get ready to walk down the aisle, Tucker arranges for a bachelor party night at a special strip club located hundreds of miles away. Recruiting Drew (Jesse Bradford), still reeling from a harsh break-up, the trio head to Lucite heel nirvana, where they encounter and humiliate a series of friendly women on their way to total inebriation, save for a special stripper (Marika Dominczyk), who charms the boys with her ability to speak fluent Nintendo while showcasing aggressive verbal one-upmanship. It's all well and good for Tucker and guys, but when they head their separate ways, the night takes a drastic turn, forcing the cavemen to confront their vile manners.
I'll cut to the chase: "Beer in Hell" is trash. It's a garbage display of filmmaking cheering on a noxious premise that essentially encourages the viewer to celebrate hate. Max's prose is allegedly intended as satiric, acting as the antidote to the chick-lit shenanigans that are just as ruthlessly shallow, but never come across this infuriated with the opposite sex. Adapting his book for the big screen, Max maintains a certain towel-snapping tone from frame one, using himself as the ringleader of rage, depicting Tucker as a rascally lout who can charm the pants off any woman around and talk his way out of all sorts of trouble. He's a beer-swilling, bra-snapping Dorothy Parker, containing the expected repulsion to his personality by passing around heavy dollops of frat boy charm. Just don't accept any open drinks from him and check his mouth carefully for sores.
Though director Bob Gosse sees it differently, I couldn't find a single redemptive quality about Tucker that would read as appealing. He's an alien of lust and bile, and there's nothing even remotely funny about his behavior. I realize I'm playing into Max's publicity bear trap here by condemning the obvious, but I've never seen a film so openly loathe women, reducing them to date rape bookmarks and irrational complainers. The material is actually so delusional, Drew runs around describing how he'll cut ladies up with a knife if they keep talking to him. And this is the comedy, folks. It's a disgusting shovel of scorn that Gosse keeps slamming into the face of the audience, somehow under the belief that Max's shtick is the birth of a new jock-lit posture that will snatch back the chalice of futility from the "Sex and the City" ghouls. And if someone calls Tucker on his venom? Oh, it's all a joke. One big gag, and your panties are screwed on too tight if you don't enjoy it. I heard Ted Bundy was similarly uproarious.
With muddy cinematography that makes the first DVD release of "Highlander" look like sterling 4K digital projection, a plot point that features Tucker on a furious quest to bed a little person, performances that aren't shy to hit squealing notes of idiocy, and a finale that has Tucker literally (and graphically) defecating all over himself, it's not hard to dismiss "Beer in Hell" as a complete waste of both time and filmmaking effort. The knife across the throat comes in the finale, where Max and Gosse, clearly under the influence of peyote, decide to make a sympathetic figure out of Tucker. The sad clown finds his horn has lost its honk while his friends go off to do that silly maturing nonsense. It's madness. Pure madness. Surely this Max fellow is an Onion creation.
"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" is an astoundingly crude and amateurish film, and no amount of supposed irreverence can mask the fact that the material is a pure, unfiltered hate crime, not a permissive, lampshade-wearing male bonding comedy. If anything positive can come from this film, it might be the mass acceptance of gay marriage across the land. After all, if Tucker Max symbolizes where heterosexuality is headed, perhaps the alternative is worth a shot.


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Justin Timberlake is bringing Michael Jackson back.
The 32-year-old performer has unveiled his latest single "Take Back the Night," and the track bears overwhelmingly strong similarities to some of Jackson's biggest hits from the late 1970s and early 1980s, most notably "Wanna Be Startin' Something."
With its disco beat and blaring trumpets, "Take Back the Night" also harkens back to Jackson's seminal "Off The Wall" album from 1979.
The new single made its debut on Timberlake's Vevo page on YouTube Friday. In the video, the "Suit & Tie" singer can be seen holding up signs listing off his previous singles from "The 20/20 Experience" before then entreating a nightclub as the track begins.
Just last Friday, Timberlake released another single "Tunnel Vision," which was briefly banned on YouTube because the music video features scores of nude models.
"Take Back the Night" is now available on iTunes.
Tell us: Are you going to be rocking out to Timberlake's most recent single?


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Richard A. Joseph is professor of political science at Northwestern University and
director of the Program of African Studies. He directed the African Governance Program
at the Carter Center from 1988 to 1994
NewsDay, July 3, 2005
The annual summit of leading industrialized nations takes place later this week in
Gleneagles, Scotland, hosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has placed at the
top of the Group of 8 agenda a global commitment to increase development assistance to
The dire features of the African predicament are widely known: low growth, high poverty
rates, destructive conflicts, pervasive corruption and a declining share of global trade and
investments. Also, weak health care, education and other public services, the failure to
contain the AIDS pandemic and devastation by preventable diseases such as malaria and
Blair and the United Kingdom's chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, backed by
rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof and their Live 8 concerts, are promoting massive
increases in financial aid. However, many African countries are not only impoverished
and indebted but already receiving a great deal of international aid.
At the core of the continent's problems has been the failure to effectively use and
distribute resources, whether they come from inside or outside. The G-8 leaders can
double, triple or quadruple aid to the continent and strike from their books billions of
unrepayable loans. But unless such largesse can prompt fundamental transformations in
the way African institutions work, or do not work, these efforts will produce only another
decade of deep frustration.
Ultimately, whether Africa is turned around and sustains rates of economic growth
sufficient to lift its distressed populations out of poverty will depend on what happens
within the continent itself.
All over Africa, new tendrils of development are sprouting. They must be appropriately
watered, not drowned by cascades of foreign aid. As it is, in many countries grants being
received to combat HIV/ AIDS are going underutilized because the relevant public
institutions have the capacity to absorb only so much money.
Blair's Commission for Africa is calling for increases in official development assistance
that could reach $75 billion annually by 2015. But whatever the final sums agreed at
Gleneagles, the commission has identified what really matters: "Without progress in
governance, all other reforms will have limited impact."
How will a transformation in how these countries are managed, which would be little
short of revolutionary, occur in sub-Saharan Africa?
With few exceptions, countries evolve their own systems of governance which enable
them to build institutions that serve rather than stymie the public welfare. This vital
process can take place under quite different political systems: autocratic capitalist
regimes in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan; liberal pluralist democracies in
Botswana, Barbados and Costa Rica; and even modernizing Communist Party rule in
today's China and Vietnam.
Only a few African countries have experienced this fundamental transition. It is not just a
lack of aid that is hindering development in democratic Ghana and Kenya, and semidemocratic
Uganda, but a tradition of treating public and private institutions as troughs
from which resources can be endlessly siphoned.
We know from the African record that democratization is necessary but not sufficient for
advancing growth and development. Without democracy, there is little to hold rulers and
political elites accountable for how they use public resources. But while democratic
institutions can be copied from other countries, institution-building cultures do not easily
How, it must be asked at Gleneagles and beyond, will this process be accomplished?
Alongside increased aid and reduced debt obligations, African governments can tap into
other, non-monetary resources in their campaign to reduce corruption and inefficiency.
These include cultural institutions usually identified with particular ethnicities or clans.
The strength and resilience of these institutions, and the moral power they exert, continue
to be a remarkable feature of African societies. In recent years, a profound religious
resurgence also has occurred within Africa and many religious entities have emerged.
These are institutions that, once engaged, can mobilize important constituencies.
At the same time, within the fast-growing African diasporas (at least a million strong in
the United States), individuals are imbibing institution-building behaviors that enable
them to be highly successful in their host countries. In many American cities can be
found hundreds of African professionals gainfully employed as doctors, engineers, nurses
and accountants. These economic exiles can be important change-agents if encouraged to
devote a part of their professional lives to service in their countries of origin.
A s a region, Africa lacks the important "disciplining" influence of the European Union
that induces new members to implement far-reaching institutional reforms and behavioral
changes. Despite such recent African initiatives as the New Partnership for Africa's
Development and the African Union, it will be many years before they can exert a
comparable influence on member states.
On the other hand, the gradual liberalizing of political and economic systems that swept
away autocratic systems in many African countries, such as Ghana, Mali, Mozambique
and Zambia, has created openings for enterprising individuals to form many small
businesses and civic organizations. These often unheralded individuals are the true
pioneers of an African renaissance. They can be found in numerous government
departments, in universities and medical entities, in professional associations and other
civic organizations. They struggle mightily to build capable institutions and can be
assisted by international partnerships to enhance skills and improve operational systems.
While great pressure will be brought on President George W. Bush to fill the supply
wagons lined up to haul billions of dollars, euros and yen to Africa, the United States is
correct to insist that new aid flows be different in their impact from the huge sums of
public capital already transferred to the continent. This was the intended mission of the
Millennium Challenge Corp., created by the Bush administration to improve foreign aid
results, based on lessons of decades of development assistance.
Unfortunately, the Millennium Challenge stumbled coming out of the gates, with the
sudden resignation of chief executive Paul Applegarth just three weeks before the G-8
meeting, after several African presidents complained to Washington that they weren't
getting increased aid fast enough.
The new agency had the right objectives: to mitigate America's deadbeat status as a
stingy contributor to international development assistance; to provide enhanced aid to
countries with good governance and economic policies; and to support multiyear projects
designed by recipient countries themselves.
Unfortunately, the burden of having to carefully measure the worthiness of good
governance, good economic policies and locally designed projects slowed down the flow
of U.S. aid, and imposed onerous demands on weak local bureaucracies applying for the
The Bush administration needs to get a capable replacement for Applegarth quickly into
the saddle. The corporation's errors in design and implementation can be fixed, and it can
still play an important role in development assistance.
Since global poverty, and Africa's dire straits, never featured prominently in George W.
Bush's presidential campaigns, his administration has largely acted in response to
external pressures. It has increased development assistance to Africa since 2000 by more
than 40 percent and agreed to cancel debts to multilateral agencies from 18 highly
indebted countries, 14 of them African. However, U.S. aid to impoverished nations
remains extremely low as a percentage of gross national product, compared with other
industrialized countries.
It would give a great deal more clout to Blair's initiative if at Gleneagles President Bush
moved the United States to the forefront of the global effort to end extreme poverty in
Africa. To be credible, such a commitment must be backed by increased development
aid. However, Bush should resist the blandishments of those who believe that a deluge of
American dollars will fix Africa's profound structural problems. Internally driven
transformations to improve governance and strengthen institutions must be kept at the
center of the African agenda.
Helping Africans help themselves should be the true goal of the G-8. More than that is
paternalism. Less than that, of which the United States currently stands accused, is both
immoral and harmful to our national security interests.
Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.
Looking within: Besides providing aid to ease Africa's suffering, the
RICHARD A. JOSEPH – Newsday


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Friday Linky Love
2011 January 7
This is the first Friday Linky Love of 2011!
January has already proved to be extremely robust and filled with excitement. I'm already noticing a lot of what I 'put off' in December or during the holidays, have piled up into this month. Jam packed, I tell ya. Projects, writing, helping, learning, classes, traveling and that full-time job 😉
Posts I was digging:
- Restless Like Me: Designing the Hate Lifestyle
- Creative Class: The Role of Beauty In Community Satisfaction
- Make Under My Life: Don't Turn Your "Want Tos" into "Have Tos"
- Eat Move Write: The Greatest Lesson In Life
Happy 2011 (again). I hope your New Year started off wonderfully. I was sick on New Years, but instead of feeling down about it, I look at it like shedding skin (like a snake does) for renewal. Better way to look at it, right? It's all relative and our choice.


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New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Domestic handset maker Karbonn Mobiles said on Monday it is offering a series of affordable smartphones to women on the occasion of International Women's Day on Tuesday.
"Celebrating the spirit of womanhood are Karbonn Quattro L50 HD available for Rs.7,990, Karbonn Titanium Moghul for Rs.5,790, Karbonn Titanium Mach Five for Rs.5,999 and Karbonn K9 Smart for Rs.3,990, the company said in a statement.
"With the new Karbonn Kandy UI, the recently launched Karbonn Quattro L50 HD offers a user friendly, stable and secure 4G experience to consumers," it said.
Quattro L50 comes with 12.7cm HD IPS full lamination screen and is powered by 1.3GHz Quad core processor, 2GB RAM and has 16 GB on-board memory.
Available in three colours – coffee, blue and black – the smartphone has a 2,600mAh battery to last heavy usage and is fitted with 13-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with flash and 5-megapixel front camera.
The Karbonn Titanium Moghul boasts a Dragontrail scratch resistant 12.7 cm display with 1.2 GHZ Quad core processor and 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM for a smooth lag free experience.


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can you hear the bell
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beautiful bell and ribbon, looks great =) 5hearts
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I hear them..Jingle bells, jingle bells. 5♥s
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After watching the movie. It's a wonderful life. I spent the whole day just ringing bells :)
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Two fire agencies in East County and North County have installed a new $800,000 computer-aided dispatch system that officials say will improve responses to emergencies.
The system, mostly funded from Homeland Security grant programs, went online Tuesday for the Heartland Communications Joint Power Authority in East County and the North Comm Joint Powers Authority, which serves much of North County. The two agencies serve 15 cities, eight fire districts, two tribal areas and several volunteer fire departments, with about 120,000 fire and emergency incidents each year.
Heartland Communications Director Chip Yarborough said his agency, North Comm and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will now all be on the same system, allowing dispatchers from all of the agencies to be aware of emergencies throughout the areas they cover. The system will provide backup dispatching if one facility is put of service in the event of a disaster, Yarborough said.


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Rustication is a term used for the texture of stone masonry that displays deep horizontal or vertical joints. Rustication was often used by 19th century American architect H. H. Richardson to create a sense of power and strength in his buildings. The stones used are usually of a scale and finish that contrast sharply with the surfaces of other materials.


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MIAMI - Police in Miami-Dade released surveillance video showing armed men rob a business in Miami.
The robbery happened in the 1400 block of Northwest 119th Street on Saturday morning.
The video showed three armed men walk up to the front door of the business and order one of the employees to open the office. When he refused, two of the men pistol whipped him. The robbers then stole his things, and, after unsuccessfully opening the office, left the area.
The robbers left the scene in a grey or green Toyota Camry.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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