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Algeria is a republic of North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 2,381,741 sq km (919,595 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 27,029,000. Cap.: Algiers. Monetary unit: Algerian dinar, with (Oct. 4, 1993) an official rate of 19.20 dinars to U.S. $1 (29.09 dinars = £1 sterling). Chairman of the High State Council in 1993, Ali Kafi; prime ministers, Belaid Abdessalam and, from August 21, Redha Malek.
The Algerian government had to grapple with continued social tension throughout 1993 in the wake of the 1992 removal of Pres. Chadli Bendjedid's government by the army and its replacement by the High State Council (HSC), headed by Ali Kafi. Violence continued at levels similar to those of 1992, when more than 210 security personnel were killed. By October 1993 around 1,000 Islamist sympathizers had died, 3,800 were before the special security courts, and 240 had been condemned to death. Despite the renewal of the state of emergency on February 9, attacks continued against prominent figures. On February 13 the defense minister, Khalid Nezzar, narrowly escaped assassination, and on August 22 former prime minister Kasdi Merbah was killed. A spate of killings of Algerian intellectuals led to a mass protest demonstration in Algiers on March 22, the same day on which 18 soldiers were massacred in their barracks at Bougzoul.
Despite government claims that the killings were the responsibility of the banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), the public continued to believe that others were involved, including independent Islamic groups, factions within the regime, and the clandestine secular opposition. The government's inability to end the violence only increased its unpopularity, despite a call for "dialogue" by Kafi in January with a promise that there would be constitutional reform later in the year. Neither dialogue nor reform occurred, however, as the major political parties resolutely remained opposed to the regime.
Instead, Prime Minister Belaid Abdessalam remained dedicated to a course of economic centralism, refused to reschedule Algeria's massive foreign debt (estimated at $24.4 billion), and showed a willingness to incur a heavy budget deficit to cover increased security and social service costs. Abdessalam was forced from office on August 21 by the HSC and replaced by a new administration led by Redha Malek, the former foreign minister and a member of the HSC. Malek reversed the policies of his predecessor toward debt rescheduling, maintained a resolute opposition to the Islamist movement, rejected dialogue, and relied on renewed repression. Nezzar--seen as the strongman of the regime--retired from government for health reasons in July, although he retained his position on the HSC.
On March 27 diplomatic relations with Iran were severed, and Algeria withdrew its ambassador from The Sudan on the grounds that both countries were aiding the Islamist movement. Algeria also joined with Tunisia and Egypt in a common front against regional Islamist influences at a meeting in Cairo in late June. Relations with Morocco declined during the year as a result of remarks made by King Hassan criticizing the suspension of the electoral process in Algeria. Support for Western Sahara improved as a result, although by the end of the year it appeared that Algeria had reluctantly accepted that Morocco would win control there.
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With nary a sea in sight, The Rum Fellows still set sail. On deck with the Norman pirate septet: singer/guitarist Charley Reeves, fiddle player Kent Graber, banjo player Dan Edwards, mandolin player Randy Lewis, bassist Jeff Richardson, percussionist Doyle Dodd and concertina player Amber Vallee' all quick to abandon posts for a swim in the drink, or at least to dip their mugs in it.
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Volkswagen Touareg Prices Paid
djp2 Posts: 1I bought the same, but with Black outside.
I talked to almost 5 dealers, but only one could find in Chicago area with Navi (package#4 not included 4 corner suspension- packages#5).
One quoted $39700.00, but could not find one in whole central region.
Other 2-3 dealers couldn't find one too.
Finally one did, and giving me for $40900.00, and will be delivering in 2 weeks.
mschreiner Posts: 3We drove a 2005 Volkswagen Touareg V6 off the lot today.
Reflex Silver, with Premium Pack II (leather trim, powered seats, sunroof, etc), Navigator and Electronic Parking Assistance.
We were given proper documentation and manuals and a set of 10 CDs covering the US and Canada.
Final price was $42,000 including taxes (8.25% here in northern california).
Hope this is of help for others. We made several trips to VW dealers our area and lots of phone calls. It took us about two weeks.
We drove both the 2004 and the 2005 (220hp and 240hp respectively) and there was no big difference.
Can't wait for snow time to make a trip to the mountains
Good luck on your car search
socalfrank Posts: 11Very good deal!
I bought a new 2004 Touareg V8 with...
Premium Plus Pkg
19" wheels
this came out to be $3800 below Dealer Invoice.
Got the deal from McKenna VW in Huntington Beach through the internet fleet person.
There seems to be quite a few 2004 V8's left out there.
I was considering a Land Rover LR3, but now after 2 weeks with the VW, I am soooo liking my Touareg. I didn't know there was so much positive buzz about this vehicle. I read a lot of car mags and stuff, but even non "car guys" seem to know what a great car this is.
akneale Posts: 1NYC area dealer
2004 V8 Touareg
Convenience Package
Parking Assist
Xenon Headlights
(I think this equates to the Equipment Package #2 not sure though if these were sold separately on the 04)
$45000 Before Tax
I would be more happy Paying $41000, I dont know what the incentives are this time of year.
I would be buying the car practically cash and financing the last $10000 (I dont know if that makes any difference to the dealer)
The 2004 V8 is pretty much identical to a 2005 V8, and a similar spec 05 is $49,125 MSRP
Does anyone have any advice ?
The post just above yours indicates a purchase price closer to $43K, but that's in WV.
First, you'll want to hit the "new cars" tab at the top of this page, and build & price your Touareg. That will show you invoice price, MSRP, and the price others in your area are paying for the same vehicle. You'll also get a link to incentives & rebates available for your region.
I had a quick look, and it seems you might have trouble getting down that low, but who knows?
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I've just purchased a new 2004 V8 Touareg on an internet referral. It's a base V8, but that's OK because it has all the bells and whistles I need.
The price was $36,797. They gave me $17,000 trade-in on my 2002 Nissan Pathfinder LE.
Two weeks earlier the same dealership had quoted me $39,000 on the Touareg and a trade-in of $14,200 on my Nissan. This was walking in off the street. Must have been a huge salesman's commission.
It pays to shop via the net. And do shop because different internet services resulted in different prices as well. this was the lowest, and surprisingly it led me back to the same dealership I started at.
ctom Posts: 11What internet service did you find most helpful?
I bought from the dealer contact via autoweb, but try several. All work with different dealers in an area. One for example had the nearest dealer about 75 miles away. I'd recommend getting contacts from four or five internet services and comparing prices.
v8lover Posts: 1I was quoted $42,000 for a reflex silver 04 V8 with:
Navigation I & Sound Sytem II
Convenience Pckg
Park asisst
Winter package
It is also financed by VW.
Also, the build date for the car is April 2004. Would this date be late enough to give me less problems?
I appreciate any advice anyone can provide.
Just bought one.
2005 V6 T Reg
Off road gray
for $35328 (includes everything except 6% sales tax and tag.)
For what it's worth here are some details of my recent Touareg transaction in Southern California:
w/ Option Package #3 (aka Premium Plus Package)
w/ Electronic Parking Assistance
Price was invoice ($48,022 + $367 in local fees) minus a rebate of $500 (applied after taxes) for already owning a VW. Financing was 2.9% for 60 months.
The fleet manager quoted me over the phone and then followed up with an e-mail confirming the price. They didn't have the exact configuration I wanted, so they transferred it from another location. It was very easy.
Hope this helps.
tntreg Posts: 1I have the opportunity to purchase a 2005 V10, pretty much loaded for ~$4400 off MSRP.
This comes out to invoice plus 4% (plus TTL of course.)
Is this a good deal??
ypshan Posts: 103It's a pretty good price. 2-3K is what most dealers offer and you have to special order it.
If they have one on the lot, they may be more inclinded to discount.
golfgti4789 Posts: 20you would think that they would give a bigger discount like the V8's, since the price is so high on the V10's
touareg2 Posts: 1Just purchased a 2004 Touareg V8
Offroad Gray/Beige Leather
Pretty much loaded
-Premium Plus Package (Nav, Xenon, Air Suspension, etc.)
-4 zone climatronic a/c
-Trailer Hitch
-Park Assist
-Winter Package
I paid $44,104 + TTL
Deal was at Classic VW in Mentor, Ohio. They were very helpful, and the car is amazing
Thanks to everyone at this site.
harborguy01 Posts: 1did the price include the tow hitch? Are you happy with the car? Do you think these will be around for a long time? Thanks so much.
thumper1221 Posts: 27Looking to buy a Touareg V6...but I can't stand the current V6 Rims? I do like the 'Tangis' rims VW offers as an accessory. Will dealers generally swap rims at no cost?
tow hitch not included. My wife and I are very happy with the car.
rkolovich Posts: 3I'm in the Suburbs of Washington, D.C. and am considering buying the V6 with Premium Pkg. #2. One dealer provides "bottom line" pricing and is asking for $37,238 which includes freight. I e-mailed another dealer last night and without even negotiating received a quote for $35,049 which also includes freight. This appears to be below invoice. Does anyone have any insight into better pricing or possibly trying to negotiate more options for the same price. Right now VW has 2.9% financing which makes this deal seem pretty good. Thanks.
velohartley Posts: 1I just got an 04 Toureg and can't make the compass/clock in the overhead console stay "on". Turns off after about 1 minute. Is this the way it is programmed or am I missing a trick?
Also, does anyone know how to make the tire pressure warning light reset, or do I have to go to the dealer??
Thanks - jh
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jts1 Posts: 7Trojan, could you please share the name of the dealership and fleet manager. I'm in the market for the same car. Did you get it with the new DVD based Nav?
Thanks, for the help.
jmk6 Posts: 1Can you e-mail me the name and phone number of the dealer or Fleet Mgr. I'm getting hit with much higher prices from several of the VW dealers in the San Diego area. I hope to lease a 2005 V-8 in the next week or two.
i ready to buy a 2005 Toureg V-6. premium package III which includes cricket leather, upgraded sound sys and bi-xenon lights. location is columbus, oh area. have been quoted $38,475 and $39,097. Invoice is $37,995. MSRP is 41,445. Anyone have recent purchase experience with pricing? 2.9% financing has been offered by one dealer.
do you have the complete package that you purchased> did your package include cricket leather, upgraded sound?? was the msrp 41,445?
which package did you get? does it have leather and upgraded sound. was the msrp 41,445?
mcmuney Posts: 64Planning on buying 2005 V6 Toureg between now and January.
-Color undecided
-Equipment Package #5 (everything)
-Tire Pressure Monitoring System
The invoice on the web for this model with the above features is $43,713. I'm thinking of offering $44,500 (excluding tax & license).
Is this too low, high or just right?
Thanks in advance.
turingmachine Posts: 1The dealer I am going to check out has a v6 in the color I want and told me he is driving it himself as a demo, and has about 1500 miles on it.
He says he can make me a great deal on it.
Any experience in buying demos, how much of a discount they offered you. What should I suggest?
Sorry for the delayed response from not checking these boards. I bought my Touareg from the Internet fleet manager at Fladeboe VW in Irvine, CA.
My nav system is CD based. I don't think DVD was available at the time. Is it out now? Regardless, the system has been great.
I'd be happy to e-mail anybody here more info than this board will allow. What's the best way to share e-mail addresses without getting spammed to death?
Best of luck.
lee_w Posts: 239Make your email public for Edmunds members. Then you can share emails.under "My account"


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I love bear gun threads.
Why not get a .50 Barrett and cut it down to a pistol grip and a 4" barrel? After all, people are already recommending guns too heavy to practically carry for significant distances in a manner conducive to getting into action in the split seconds of a bear charge...and in cartridges/small guns which would be impossible to get an accurate second or third shot off. Might as well go all the way and impress your friends.
The fact remains, all that will stop a bear charge is a shot to the CNS...put one in the vitals you would shoot into hunting and the bear will die, likely after you are already dead. And a 44Mag, a 41Mag, and perhaps even a 357Mag with the right bullets will be equally able to penetrate the CNS....and much more controllable to get in a few quick follow-up shots to increase your likelihood of success.
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Bell & Ross has announced two new BR02 dive watches that will be available for wrists everywhere starting August 2011. Carrying a 1,000 meter water resistance rating, helium escape valve, and a unidirectional inner rotating bezel with a photoluminescent reference point, these BR02's offer dive watch specs in a couple of distinct looks. The movement is a standard, though reliable, Swiss automatic mechanical (ETA 2892). The Bell & Ross BR02 Steel with carbon fiber dial is priced at $3,500, and the black PVD BR02 Phantom is $4,000. Unfortunately I don't see much here to get me excited — but how about you? I think that Omega and others have more to offer dive watch enthusiasts who are buying here in the mid-to-higher end range.
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Church Displays 'Controversial' Paintings of Jesus as a Jew
A Wisconsin church displayed a set of paintings this past Sunday which were initially described as being "too controversial" by a local hospital.
The series, titled "Rabbi Jesus," was painted by a Jewish artist, Clara Maria Goldstein, and displayed in English Lutheran Church in La Crosse, Wis., as a way to show the common heritage that both Jews and Christians share.
The Rev. Mark Solyst, pastor of English Lutheran, welcomed the artwork and questioned why there had been so much debate over the theme in the first place.
"We don't find Jesus as a Jew to be at all controversial," explained Solyst in a statement. "I think Jesus was a Jew. His mom was a Jew, his dad was a Jew, the twelve were Jews, the larger group of disciples, Paul the apostle, the early church was a Jewish church. That, in itself, was not controversial to us."
The problem began last fall when Goldstein was initially allowed to hang ten of her "Jesus Rabbi" paintings in La Crosse's Gundersen Lutheran Hospital. After realizing the content of the paintings, hospital officials forced the artist to immediately remove them because the art pieces would make patients feel uncomfortable and were "too controversial."
The paintings were also refused from an exhibition at Viterbo University in LaCrosse.
Although the hospital incident gave the paintings national attention, Goldstein continues to believe that her paintings are in no way controversial. They are a way for Christians and Jews to build peaceful connections to one another.
"I see the gap between Christians and Jews as I see my relationship with Romanians," explained the Nicaraguan artisan to The Christian Post. "Just as I have a special place in my heart for the Romanian people because we adopted one of our sons from them, I hope people who love Jesus would have a special place in their heart for the Jewish people because Jesus came through them. I could not hate the Romanian people, just as people who love Jesus should not hate the Jewish people. Such rancor does not make any sense."
Twelve of Goldstein's fifteen paintings (including the original ten) made their way into the English Lutheran exhibit. She plans on creating 25 total paintings to depict Jesus' Jewish roots.
Some of the themes of the paintings include Jesus celebrating his bar mitzvah, the twelve apostles as Jews, Rabbi Jesus saying to love one another, and even Mary preparing Jesus for circumcision.
As a main message, Goldstein wanted to portray the love that Jesus showed to all humanity. The core to the art is that it connects people through that love.
"The Rabbi Jesus series honors Jesus' Judaism, an aspect of him many artists have left behind," explained the Jewish artist and former Roman Catholic. "I hope that painting a truth about Jesus would enlighten the world and promote love. The lack of artistic portrayals of Jesus' Judaism has facilitated the opportunity for some to turn Jesus' ultimate sacrifice on the cross into a tool to inspire ultimate hatred towards the Jews, in a complete reversal of the love that Jesus was all about."
Goldstein does also realize that the two religions are not the same and tried to respect both sides when creating her pieces. More than anything, she wanted to create an air of acceptance between Jewish and Christian faithful and foster peace.
"In the creation of these paintings, I keep in mind the differences between Jesus' religion, Judaism, and Christianity - the religion about Jesus," added the painter. "I also keep in mind that both religions are for God, goodness, and love. My intentions are not to offend anyone, but to defend Jesus' stand for love."


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Some upset Yahoo users berate Microsoft bid
While Yahoo's executives ponder Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid, the deal is already generating some backlash from Yahoo users. Members of Yahoo Groups...
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While Yahoo's executives ponder Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid, the deal is already generating some backlash from Yahoo users.
Members of Yahoo Groups and the Flickr photo-sharing site said they are concerned the deal would change the nature of Yahoo's Internet services. Some users said they would stop using the features if they are absorbed into Microsoft's corporate fold, or simply defect to Google.
"Microsoft: Keep your evil grubby hands off our Flickr," an online petition circulated by 1,000 Flickr members declared. Similar protests also sprang up three years ago when Yahoo bought Flickr, then a Vancouver, B.C., startup.
The intense reaction to Microsoft, while still only from small pockets of Yahoo users, shows that Redmond's software giant may have to manage the Yahoo deal differently than other acquisitions if it hopes to retain the unique culture that inspired loyalty and fueled Yahoo's early success, analysts say. Microsoft should also make its intentions clear before Yahoo users decide to head elsewhere.
"That's a big question with the Yahoo community — are they going to stay loyal?" said Ben Bajarin, consumer analyst with Creative Strategies, a technology consulting firm in Campbell, Calif.
Many users are anxious to know what Microsoft plans to do with Yahoo's successful Web properties, including e-mail, photo sharing and online communities.
"MS will take apart the company so fast that they'll leave everyone's head spinning," wrote one member of a Yahoo mail users group. "I can't recall any company they bought and was left alone after the transaction."
Paul Hayes, an opponent of the deal who identified himself as a San Francisco artist, wrote: "If this deal happens I'm saying goodbye to Flickr."
Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo's many Internet properties is intended to give it a bigger inventory of advertising space to compete with Google. But if fewer people visit those properties under Microsoft's control, the number of potential viewers for the ads will shrink.
"I think what Microsoft should do quickly is decide and define what their integration plan is going to be," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. "To me it would make sense if they allowed a lot of Yahoo properties to keep going the same way they have. It would be helpful to say we're not planning to shut them down or make any drastic changes."
While the two companies overlap in many areas of online content, getting rid of duplicate sites would decrease the total number of people available to online advertisers, Rosoff said.
Microsoft's record of preserving the identity of companies it acquires doesn't inspire confidence, said Bajarin. But in the case of Bungie, giving the new company some independence allowed the developer of the "Halo" video game series to thrive.
Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, touted the success of Yahoo's brand in an interview with The Seattle Times right after the announcement Friday.
"The Yahoo brand is a great brand and as part of this integration process, we're going to get leaders from Microsoft and Yahoo that are going to make thoughtful decisions, not only around the technology integration, but the user experiences and the brands," he said.
There's a vocal "ABM crowd" online, and they'll use anything but Microsoft, Rosoff said. But whether e-mail and other services become the property of Microsoft might not matter to the majority of Yahoo's 250 million registered users, he added.
"The average consumer doesn't think like that," Bajarin said. "You talk to soccer moms — they don't have the same view the industry does. They just want it to work."
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Golden-ticket-bearing retailers flew to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for new product demos.
More than 60 retailers from around the country came to Jackson Hole, Wyoming January 16¿19 for a Rossignol Snowboards product launch, and although powder slashes were few and far between, there was plenty of good snow and keg beer to be had.
Rossignol Snowboard Division Manager Dane Hjort unleashed a strong 2001/02 line on the lucky group of invited retailers, who may have looked a little rough around the edges from the previous night's kick-off party, but were by no means regretting their chance to ride Jackson Hole on next year's equipment. All in all, the retailers had three core constructions and twenty board models to choose from. According to Hjort, Rossignol didn't want to exclude any style of rider with its 2001/02 line: "This is a complete range for all types of riding."
Hjort also emphasized the much improved performance of the mid-range boards, a claim that was thoroughly backed up by those who got to try them out¿the most common favorite board for the retailers was the mid-range Vintage with a Microcell and wood-composite core.
In regard to the specialty models, including the 185 cm swallowtail board dubbed the Undertaker and an ultrastiff, boardercross-specific model, Hjort says that while these boards may not represent Rossignol's volume sales, there is still a demand for them: "We don't want to leave anyone out in the cold."
After the initial line introduction, a two-day shred-a-thon ensued in which retailers tried out the new equipment, and pretty much everyone found something they really liked riding. Teamrider Jeremy Jones was there to show people around the mountain and make sure everyone realized how out of shape and unacclimated to the elevation they were by taking them on hikes into the backcountry.
Most of the retailers were duly impressed by Rossi's traditionally performance-oriented boards that are now backed by input from a stronger-than-ever freestyle team. "Andrew Crawford and J.F. Pelchat basically designed the Premier for this year," says Rossignol Snowboards Marketing Manager Christine McConnell, "and they're both very animated about what graphics they want." Pelchat and Crawford's skills were also on display with the rest of the team in a preview of the Rossi team video.
In a marketing presentation on the final morning of the trip, Rossignol Vice President Of Sales And Marketing Steve Dudley outlined plans to step up the company's advertising campaign with a twenty-percent-bigger budget, ads supporting the boot and binding program, and the development of a strong B team. But according to Dudley, Rossignol will remain a performance-driven brand that focuses on team input and quality. "We're confident that in the end, product performance will be more important than hype," he says.
It seems the company may be right in this assumption, as many of the East Coast retailers at the launch reported their Rossignol boards were ranking in the third or fourth top-selling brands. "Rossignol is selling well," says Nick Santora from Willi's in Pennsylvania. "It's right up there behind Burton and Salomon in our shop."
Although the brand isn't as well represented outside of its Eastern stronghold, a solid half of the retailer invitees at the launch were from Western states, including fourteen from California. Yasha Sadiqui from ZJ Boarding House in Santa Monica, California says he hasn't carried Rossignol in the past, but he's seriously considering how well the brand might sell to his high-end clientele. "Our customers are definitely more informed than your average consumer," says Sadiqui. "A lot of them are yuppies with computer jobs, and the hype doesn't fly with them. They spend all day researching boards on the Internet, and when they buy something, they buy the best."
With a strong commitment to honing its team-oriented marketing plan now backed by a seven-figure budgett; boasting profits in excess of 40 percent at the end of the fiscal year; and launching a new line of kick-ass snowboards, boots, and bindings; it seems Rossignol is really stepping up to bat for the 2001/02 season.
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Seismological Research Letters
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The residents of coastal North Carolina are occasionally treated to sequences of booming sounds of unknown origin. The sounds are often energetic enough to rattle windows and doors. A recent sequence occurred in early January 2011 during clear weather with no evidence of local thunder storms. Queries by a local reporter (Colin Hackman of the NBC affiliate WETC in Wilmington, North Carolina, personal communication 2011) seemed to eliminate common anthropogenic sources such as sonic booms or quarry blasts. So the commonly asked question, "What's making these booming sounds?" remained (and remains) unanswered.
This phenomenon is hardly unique to North Carolina or to the modern Industrial Age. Residents in the vicinity of Lake Seneca in the Catskill Mountains of New York have long known similar booming sounds as "Seneca guns" (a term also common throughout the coastal region of the Carolinas). This name has been variously attributed to the section in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) that describes the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew playing nine pins in the Catskill Mountains, or to the short story "The Lake Gun" by James Fenimore Cooper (1851). Elsewhere, such sounds are known by a variety of names including "mistpouffers" (fog belches) in coastal Belgium, "Bansal guns" in the Ganges delta and the Bay of Bengal, "brontidi" (thunder-like) in the Italian Apennines (Gold and Sorter 1979), and "yan" by the people of Harami in Shikoku, Japan.
Elsewhere, such sounds are known by a variety of names including "mistpouffers" (fog belches) in coastal Belgium, "Bansal guns" in the Ganges delta and the Bay of Bengal, "brontidi" (thunder-like) in the Italian Apennines (
Gold and Sorter 1979
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Proposed explanations for natural booming sounds lacking an obvious proximal source are varied and imaginative. The more plausible include mud volcanoes and/or explosive venting of gas; tsunamis or large, storm-driven waves; meteors; booming sands; rock bursts; local earthquakes; and distant thunder. The latter are the best documented and best understood natural sources of booming sounds. Linking the sound to the source can be challenging for a variety of reasons. Under appropriate wind conditions and atmospheric thermal (density) profiles, for example, the low-frequency component of a boom can propagate as a guided wave for distances significantly beyond the visible range of the source.
Anecdotal reports of sounds associated with local earthquakes have a long history. Mallet (1862) relates descriptions of sounds accompanying the great (M ∼ 6.9) Neapolitan earthquake of 1857 as "sudden explosive reports variously contemporaneous with rushing and rolling sounds." Davison (1938) compiled descriptions of earwitness sounds accompanying small to moderate earthquakes in England from 1880 through 1916. Descriptions of the sounds in his catalog include the boom of a distant cannon or distant blasting, loads of falling stones, the blow of a sea wave on shore, the roll of a muffled distant drum, an immense covey of partridges on the wing, and more. A section of the Lawson report on the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 entitled "Sounds Connected with the Earthquake" (Lawson 1908) includes earwitness descriptions of sounds accompanying the mainshock as ranging from "a rumbling, roaring sound," "a heavy wind," "a rushing noise," and "an approaching train" to "a team crossing a bridge." A significant number of earwitness descriptions of earthquake sounds cite the sound as preceding the felt shaking from earthquake by several seconds. Indeed, on page 288 of Elementary Seismology, Richter (1958) recounts the experience of seismologist Pierre St. Amand in the recording vault at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, during a series of earthquakes in 1947 when he noted that audible sounds coincided with the first (P-wave) arrivals while felt shaking began with the S-wave arrivals.
Reports of low, rumbling sounds accompanying earthquakes heard and felt by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) personnel installing seismic stations during the September 1975 Brawley swarm in the Imperial Valley, California, provided the opportunity to record both acoustic and seismic signals on the same time base (Hill et al. 1976). The results for three earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from M 2.0 to M 2.8 demonstrated that a 40–70-Hz acoustic signal began within 0.02 sec of the P-wave arrival at the station and gradually died out by the time the S-wave arrived some two seconds later—a result consistent with St. Amand's observation in 1947. Calculation of the seismic-acoustic transmission coefficients confirmed that the seismic body waves from these earthquakes were capable of generating acoustic wave amplitudes within the threshold of human hearing in the 40–70-Hz frequency band. Sylvander et al. (2007) carried out a similar experiment and analysis for a series of small earthquakes (ML < 2.8) in the French Pyrenees in 2004 with similar results.
Whether small (M < 2.5), shallow earthquakes produce audible sounds and felt shaking depends on local site conditions including ambient noise levels. The experiments described above were carried out in the open air and away from cultural noise sources. Under such circumstances, it seems that the free surface acts as a giant woofer in response to the incident P wave but remains below the threshold of felt shaking, while the slower S wave produces perceptible shaking, at least for earthquakes in the M 2.0 to 2.8 range. Based on personal experience, it seems that even smaller earthquakes are capable of producing audible sounds with no perceptible shaking. While on the flank of Mammoth Mountain with Bill Ellsworth one day during the 1989 Mammoth Mountain earthquake swarm, we both heard muffled booming sounds but felt no shaking. On checking, we found that the earthquakes during that period were shallow (< 4 km deep) with magnitudes M < 2.0. This may explain reports by people living on the flanks of restless volcanoes of ominous booming sounds that both feed local legends and serve as an early warning of a possible impending eruption.
A section of the Lawson report on the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 entitled "Sounds Connected with the Earthquake" (
Lawson 1908
) includes earwitness descriptions of sounds accompanying the mainshock as ranging from "a rumbling, roaring sound," "a heavy wind," "a rushing noise," and "an approaching train" to "a team crossing a bridge."
Rock bursts can be viewed as a class of small, near-surface earthquakes. They are capable of producing locally loud, explosive reports. Most rock bursts are associated with mining and quarry operations as the confining pressure of overburden is removed leading to the spontaneous, explosive release of stress stored in long-buried rock. Spontaneous rock bursts occasionally occur at depths of a few hundred meters in sheeted granitic or metamorphic terrains exposed by the retreating Pleistocene ice sheets (Monroe and Wicander 1992). Bill Ellsworth and Bernard Chouet describe feeling a perceptible jolt and hearing sharp, booming sounds from rock bursts associated with the development of columnar jointing in the 30-m-thick cooling crust of Kilauea Iki lava lake on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii (Chouet 1979).
While conducting on-site interviews during their investigation of the 2004 M 9.1 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami, George Plafker, Lloyd Cluff, and Stuart Nishenko documented multiple accounts by widespread witnesses of loud, offshore booming sounds accompanying the main phase of the tsunami (Plafker, personal communication 2011). The number of reported booming sounds coincided closely with the two or three largest waves that impacted the coast at any given site. In follow-up interviews, Plafker learned that booming sounds are a familiar phenomenon among big-wave surfers during extreme waves, and that such sounds are also familiar to residents in the vicinity of Maverick's in northern California, a world-famous site for big-wave surfing. Similar reports accompanied the 1896 and 1933 Sanriku M∼8 earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, both of which occurred at night (Shuto 1997). In a carefully researched novel, Wall of the Ocean, author Akira Yoshimura describes booming sounds accompanying the 1896 Sanriku tsunami:
About the same time [as the earthquake] the villagers were still celebrating without paying too much attention to the sudden change in the sea condition, but all of a sudden they heard big booms from off shore. Some thought that they were rumblings of thunder, but others thought that they were the booms of cannons firing. Some apparently thought that Russian battleships started firing. An individual who heard the booms at about 8:20 p.m. watched off shore, and saw lantern-like fire balls moving gradually from off shore toward the beach. It was described that the booming sounds and fire balls were produced by huge walls of water. (Translation from the Japanese by Hiroo Kanamori, personal communication 2011).
Yoshimura relates similar accounts of booms and lights witnessed during the 1933 earthquake and tsunami.
This raises the possibility that the source of booming sounds heard in some coastal regions (e.g., the Seneca guns of the coastal Carolinas, the mistpouffers of coastal Belgium, or the Bansal guns around the Bay of Bengal) might be large waves generated by distant storms breaking well off shore (beyond barrier beaches or outer banks). The mechanisms and conditions under which big storm (or tsunami) waves generate booming sounds, however, remains unclear. One possibility is that the "fire balls" and booming sounds attending the 1896 Sanriku tsunami may be somehow related. Enomoto (1999) notes that of 17 large tsunamis documented in Japan from 684 to 1946, nine included descriptions of luminous phenomena. He suggests that, rather than bioluminescence excited by wave turbulence, this "tsunami lightning" may be associated with methane released from disrupted volumes of methane hydrate residing in offshore accretionary prisms. In any case, factors contributing to wave-generated booming sounds likely include the depth and local morphology of the sea floor, average inclination and stability of adjacent continental slopes, and, most importantly, the amplitudes and wave-lengths of the incoming waves.
An implication of Enomoto's (1999) paper is that both "tsunami lightning" and booming sounds may result from explosive ignition of methane gas released from methane hydrate beds disrupted by either the tsunamigenic earthquake or the tsunami itself rather than directly from turbulent wave action. A potential difficulty with this explanation is that bubble ascent rates are at least an order of magnitude smaller than gravity wave propagation speeds, implying a significant spatial-temporal separation between methane bubbles breaching the surface and tsunami waves breaking on shore. (Methane hydrate is stable at depths greater than 300 m and most deposits reside at depths of 500 m to several thousand meters.) Submarine landslides on continental margins are also capable of disrupting gas hydrate beds, thereby releasing methane with the potential for explosive ignition at the ocean surface. Astrophysicist Tomas Gold, along with his colleague Stephen Sorter, proposed a more general explanation for natural explosive sounds (which they label "brontides" after the Italian "brontidi") involving the explosive release of high-pressure methane from deep within the Earth (Gold and Sorter 1979). This proposal stems from Gold's theory of an abiogenic source of petroleum involving the inclusion of abundant hydrocarbons in the core and mantle during the early accretionary phase of the Earth's formation. Merits of the abiogenic petroleum theory aside, onshore methane gas bursts in developed areas seem an unlikely explanation for booming sounds in the absence of eyewitness accounts or tell-tale signs such as craters, mud volcanoes, or maars. Active volcanoes commonly produce booming sounds associated with the explosive venting of volcanic gasses and eruptions (e.g., Johnson and Lees 2000). Of course active volcanoes are generally highly visible, noisy neighbors, so the source of any associated booming sounds is likely to be quite evident to the local population.
Under proper circumstances, sand dunes are capable of producing a variety of low-level whispering, whistling, singing, humming, or squeaking sounds, and less commonly, loud booming sounds.
Under proper circumstances, sand dunes are capable of producing a variety of low-level whispering, whistling, singing, humming, or squeaking sounds, and less commonly, loud booming sounds (Sholtz et al. 1997; Lindsay et al. 1996). The so-called "booming sands" appear to be limited to large sand dunes with steep leeward faces in arid climates. The booming sounds produced by such dunes can grow to levels comparable to rumbling thunder and, under the right conditions, can be heard to distances of 10 km with durations as long as 15 minutes, and they can couple into seismic waves that produce locally perceptible shaking (Sholtz et al. 1997). To produce booming sounds evidently requires very low humidity and loosely packed, quasispherical sand grains with high surface smoothness, although details of the process by which the acoustic emissions are produced remain poorly understood. In their global survey, Lindsay et al. (1996) do not identify the Carolina coast as an area known for booming sands.
Meteoroids penetrating the upper atmosphere become meteors, which can produce sonic booms of varying intensity. Because of the time required for a sonic shock wave to reach the Earth's surface from the upper atmosphere, the visible trace of the meteor has usually vanished before its sonic boom is heard. Thus, particularly during daylight hours, the source of the boom may go unnoticed. Of course in the less common case of a meteoroid that penetrates the atmosphere and strikes the Earth (a meteorite), the link between the shock wave and "fireball" can be rather obvious if not dramatic.
Determining the source of booming sounds becomes an exercise in the process of elimination beginning with a thorough search for common anthropogenic sources such as sonic booms, military exercises (of course the military can be reticent about some of its boom-producing exercises), construction or quarry blasting, etc. Data from a local seismic network coupled with an array of acoustic infrasound sensors would quickly reveal whether the sounds were generated by local earthquakes (or in volcanic regions, explosive venting of a neighboring volcano). An acoustic array would provide information on the direction and spectral character of atmosphere-borne sounds from remote sources. Local geologic settings will of course narrow the possibilities. North Carolina has no volcanoes, but it does have a significant volume of methane-hydrates in the deep sediments of the Carolina trough and substantial sand dunes in the outer banks. Earthquakes are rare in coastal North Carolina but relatively common in the Charleston area of South Carolina, the site of the 1886 M 7.6 Charleston earthquake. The Seneca Lake region in upper New York State is not large enough to support booming storm waves (or tsunamis) but the Catskills do support low-level earthquake activity. In the absence of evidence for earthquake-generated sounds, the challenge becomes correlating the occurrence of booming sounds with plausible sources such as regional thunder storms; large waves breaking well off shore driven by major, mid-ocean storms; explosive offshore methane bursts; meteors; or perhaps strong winds stimulating local sand dunes into a booming mode.
I'm grateful to George Plafker, Hiroo Kanamori, and Bill Ellsworth for background information as well as suggestions on an early draft.


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ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) - President Bush handed out hugs to residents who survived killer tornadoes that ripped through Alabama and Georgia and offered encouraging words Saturday at Enterprise High School where students grieved the loss of eight classmates.
"Today I have walked through devastation that is hard to describe," Bush said, standing with his arm around a student who had a tear running down her face. "Our thoughts, of course, go out to the students who perished. We thank God for the hundreds who lived."
Bush made the hastily arranged trip to the city of 22,000 in the southeastern corner of the state to highlight his administration's stepped-up efforts, especially by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to provide immediate help to disaster victims. The White House came under withering criticism for its response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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President Bush hugs students Megan Parks, 17, left, and Sarah Carroll, 17, as Bush tours tornado damage at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Ala., on Saturday.
In all, 20 people were killed by 31 tornadoes that struck the Midwest and Southeast on Thursday. From his Marine One helicopter, Bush got a bird's eye view of damaged areas of the two states where trees stood without tops, roofs were pockmarked with holes, a steeple rested on the ground in front of a church and wide swaths of homes and businesses lay in shambles.
The white water tower in Enterprise, a city of 22,000 in the southeastern corner of the state, was still standing. But the nearby high school, scene of the worst loss of life, looked as if it had been smashed by a wrecking ball.
Bush climbed over piles of black roofing, concrete, broken glass and math textbooks that littered the remains of the school for 1,200. He was taken on a private tour of a hallway, lined with blue lockers, where the eight students died and scores of others were trapped when the ceiling and walls collapsed.
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'The biggest effect of the storm is the shattered lives," Bush said. "We can rebuild buildings."
Meg King, 18, was in the hallway, about a classroom away from where her classmates died.
"It was like a movie," said King, who was soaking wet from the rain and covered with parts of the ceiling after the tornado swept the campus. "Everybody was confused and it was just really chaotic. And it was hard to walk through and see people who were hurt."
The president also saw a wing of the school - now a pile of rubble - where students had hunkered down as the tornado approached.
"A hundred kids got out of here alive, which is a miracle," the president said in disbelief.
On the second leg of his visit, Bush toured Americus, Ga., about 120 miles south of Atlanta, where storms killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses. A tornado smashed into Sumter Regional Hospital, filling it with glass, dirt and debris and flooding two operating rooms. It was deemed unsafe for its 100 patients.
"Tough times in Americus, Ga., sir, thanks for standing strong," Bush told Sheriff Pete Smith and other local officials who briefed him on the damage.
"There's some citizens that we can't let fall through the cracks," Bush said, noting that some residents had no insurance and would need help to rebuild.
"The minute you find out you don't have what you need, if you put out a call to the country, this country will respond," he said.
He stopped to talk to surprised residents in a predominantly black neighborhood where two people died. The tornado tore the back of the duplex away, exposing a row of rooms.
Bush walked down the street and talked with Benita Fletcher, who was so excited by the president's visit that she called her boyfriend and handed the cell phone to the president.
"President Bush calling," Bush said with a grin. "Looks like you have a fine girlfriend. ... Good talking with you."
FEMA Director R. David Paulison, who flew to the region with Bush, said the federal government responded quickly to the storms. He said he was on the telephone with state emergency officials hours after the storms hit, and that ice, water, tarps and plastic sheeting had been sent to the region where FEMA teams were doing damage assessments.
"That's the new FEMA," Paulison said.
"With the system we used in the past, we were waiting for a local community to become overwhelmed before the state steps in and waiting for the state to become overwhelmed before the federal government steps in," he said. "That doesn't work. We have to go in as partners."
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I'm on Galaxy SIII from Sprint. I was running latest Beanstalk and same issue happened to me and others once flashing the 126.96.36.199 build if I remember right, and we lost LTE ability, 3G worked. It looks like the problem was related to the Cyanogenmod 11 source code which Beanstalk is based on.
In order to fix it, we had to revert back to a stock rooted 4.3 rom, wait until had LTE back (which was few minutes for me), and then back to a previously working Beanstalk Rom. I tried to recover from my backup before going to rooted 4.3 rom but that did not bring back my LTE so that's why I went back to 4.3 rooted first and then after getting LTE on that I recovered from my previous backup.
Seems other roms based on the same source are all having same issue. I'm waiting for someone to confirm that LTE works before doing any other Rom flashes. I love the Beanstalk Rom by the way and the amazing work of Cyanogenmod team.
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Those using a Sony Vaio product may want to stop and listen up for just a moment. Sony has just announced that they are recalling about 69,000 power adapters that are being used on select Vaio all-in-one desktop computers and Sony Vaio docking stations.
More specifically, the affected products include the following product models;
- VGC-LT series (Vaio all-in-one desktop)
- VGC-JS2 series (Vaio all-in-one desktop)
- VGP-PRBX1 (Vaio docking station)
- VGP-PRFE1 (Vaio docking station)
Furthermore these affected units were sold between September 2005 and October 2009.
As to what could go wrong, according to the report, the insulation that was used in the adapters could fail over time which may cause one to get a not so nice shock.
At this time, it seems there have only been four reports of a short circuit, and thankfully no one has reported any injuries. That said, it could not hurt to follow up and get a new power adapter courtesy of Sony.
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South Africa : Commuters to get Pretoria, Joburg Express Train
Commuters to get Pretoria, Joburg express train - By Luyanda Makapela
Pretoria - Commuters who often spend hours in peak traffic between Pretoria and Johannesburg are to receive a business express train.
The service will run from Pretoria Station and end at Johannesburg Pak station in under an hour and is expected to dramatically reduce the congestion on the N1 highway. Buses will also provide further distribution around the two cities from the stations.
Security guards will be deployed along the route of the train and fares will be as low as R30 up to a monthly ticket of R750.
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Sefko: It won't be a surprise if the Dallas Mavericks revisit bringing in Andrew Bynum
Columnist Eddie Sefko held a chat on Tuesday. Here are some highlights.
Question: Hey Eddie thanks for ur time, do you think the mavs should give it a second try on trying to get bynum? We really need an upgrade at Center
Sefko: I just don't think he's a good fit. Actually, I'm not sure he's a good fit anywhere. But the Mavericks have a history of taking chances on troubled souls, so it won't be a surprise if they revisit this and kick the tires once more. But the people in Cleveland are idiots. They had to see some pretty bad stuff to take the actions they did. So the rest of the league should be on alert about the issues with Bynum.
Question: I read an article stating that Mavs recent losses represents Ellis's slump.I think that it is not fair to say that because the guy is simply overworked.The Mavs problem is clear.No center.Brandan Wright is good but should be coming from the bench.He is overpowered by big center.Look how De Andre Jordan played like an all star against the Mavs, someone who is average center.He could not play like that against SA,Kings,Menphis. Mavs need a center. Your comment.
Sefko: When in history have the Mavericks not needed a center, with the exception of 2011? I'd actually put their three-man rotation nearer the top than the bottom of Mav all-time centers. But you are correct. DeAndre Jordan punked them and Dwight Howard did, too, earlier this season. The Mavericks are lucky that there just aren't many centers in the league capable of doing that.
Question: Do you think Mavs make a big trade I mean lets face it they need another scorer cause vince carter is not the answer.
Sefko: I just don''t see how they can pull off any huge deals with the assets they have. They can't use draft picks because they still owe one to Oklahoma City before 2017. And Shawn Marion's expiring deal, plus Monta Ellis, still isn't going to get anybody's pulse racing around the league. I do think they will be on the prowl for a bargain deal. I just don't think it will be blockbuster worthy.


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The first five months 2012 Volvo has sold more hybrid buses in Europe than accumulated during the last two years. In total we have now sold more than 650 hybrids with the award-winning Volvo in-house parallel hybrid technology. It is very encouraging to see how many operators and cities that make efforts to lower the fuel consumption and environmental load.
After the initial euphoria concerning the dramatic fuel saving (and that the Volvo hybrids actually deliver the savings more or less independently of the duty cycle) we now find many different arguments for the increasing interest for our hybrid buses. Increasing numbers of cities show interest in the Volvo hybrid buses for the silent (electric) start from the bus stop. The increased capacity allowing less buses transporting more passengers in combination are the main drivers for this development.
Recently, Hamburg held an inauguration at Hamburger Hochbahn (read the German summary here) . Their daughter companies Jasper and Süderelbe will operate the buses. Hamburger Hochbahn is well known for their professional operations, a benchmark in Europe. The passenger ratio is raising and the cost coverage beyond 80% is among the highest in Europe. The combination of high appreciation by passengers and good economy is achieved by professionalism in every step from the ticket machine to the workshop.


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Collin County Commissioner Mark Reid has revised his resolution that opposes using county funds to house the unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America.
In a news release distributed early Tuesday, Reid applauded those who took the time to testify at Monday's commissioners' meeting. He also said that some of the comments made him realize that certain points in his resolution needed clarification.
"The intent of the resolution is to define Collin County's view of the proper role of county government in providing temporary housing and care for these children," he said in the statement. "It is not to deny them that care."
Among the changes in his proposed resolution: The title has changed to better reflect the focus on the county government's role rather than a sweeping end to illegal immigration. It also states more clearly that the housing of minor children "is not a core function of county government," rather than the original draft, which said that housing these children is "not in citizens' best interests."
The revision also deletes sections referencing the children carrying diseases and calling on law enforcement to take these children into custody. And it adds a section supporting the efforts of charities and faith-based organizations to provide the help these children need until their cases are heard by immigration authorities.
In addition, the children are no longer referred to as "illegal aliens" but instead as foreign citizens entering this country illegally. You can see a marked up version of the resolution below that shows which words have been deleted and which ones have been added.
The revised resolution will go back to the county commissioners for discussion and a possible vote at their next meeting, which is at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Commissioners Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Jack Hatchell Collin County Administration Building, 2300 Bloomdale Road in McKinney.
Also on Tuesday, The Democratic Party of Collin County issued a statement saying that it was opposed to Reid's resolution "because it does not show compassion towards those who are awaiting their due process hearings through the administrative judicial processes."
The statement goes on to say: "We support the efforts undertaken by the faith-based community and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins in support of compassionate care. We also support the President's call for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the compassionate aid relief funding request, which will help to care for the unaccompanied refugee children, pay for additional administrative law judges and put INS officers back on the Border, where they belong."
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Times Watch for June 30, 2004
Who's the Most Polarizing Republican of All?
David Johnston and Richard Stevenson file "Ashcroft, Deft at Taking Political Heat, Hits a Rocky Patch," on the "polarizing" attorney general, portraying an Ashcroft under the gun:
"After years in which his conservative views and his definition of the proper balance between civil liberties and security needs made him a target for liberal critics, Mr. Ashcroft has recently experienced a series of defeats and missteps that have put him under even more intense scrutiny, and not just from Democrats".Some Republicans say Mr. Ashcroft has become so polarizing a figure that he can no longer be an effective advocate for administration initiatives, like the drive to renew the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act. While Mr. Ashcroft remains immensely popular on the right, especially Christian conservatives, he is seen within the administration as also having picked up at least his share of political baggage in leading the Justice Department through the tumultuous changes that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Republicans with ties to the White House said."
Stevenson has been on the hunt of late to bag the "most polarizing Republican" trophy, just in time for the presidential campaign. After Vice President Cheney regaled Sen. Pat Leahy with an obscene suggestion on the Senate floor, Stevenson made clear he didn't approve in his Saturday story: "The revelation, if that is what it was, that Mr. Cheney is comfortable with the use of four-letter words and is willing to direct them at political opponents, was the latest in a string of developments over the past few weeks that have put the vice president squarely in the spotlight. And as he takes on a higher political profile, it is hard to tell who is happier, Republicans or Democrats".Now more than ever, his opponents call Mr. Cheney among the most polarizing figures in politics."
For the rest of Johnston and Stevenson, click here.
" John Ashcroft | Campaign 2004 | Dick Cheney | David Johnston | Sen. Pat Leahy | Richard Stevenson
The Times' Power Failure In Iraq
James Glanz and Erik Eckholm front-page story tells us what we already know: Infrastructure is still lousy in Iraq.
However, the reporters do provide an intriguing new possibility of a contributing factor. Apparently controversy over supposedly favorable awarding of contracts to Halliburton slowed things down: "From the outset the designing of projects and awarding of billions of dollars in contracts proved slower than some officials had imagined. Among other things, planning, oversight and competitive procedures were tightened after some of the earliest postwar contracts, awarded without competition to companies including Halliburton, were tainted by evidence of waste and overcharging."
They continue: "But more than a year later, supplies of electricity and water are no better for most Iraqis, and in some cases are worse, than they were before the invasion in the spring of 2003." Glanz and Eckholm go on to relay electricity complaints from upscale Baghdad residents.
But reporter Ian Fisher has a more positive take (relegated to A11): "American officials often say the changes they made are a reason for the many complaints. Though the amount of electricity generated has not yet met their goal, the Americans point out that more power is being generated now than under Saddam Hussein, and it is distributed more fairly. That means that people in Baghdad, who were favored under Mr. Hussein, receive fewer hours of power, but once-neglected rural areas receive more."
Of course, Iraqi-based reporters often no longer venture into the hinterlands of Iraq for security reasons, and so only hear complaints of Baghdad residents no longer getting a disproportionate share of power.
Glanz and Eckholm point out: "One clear improvement is in telephone service, but an annoying patchwork system does not allow mobile phones from one part of the country to communicate easily with those in other parts." (Glanz could also have noted what a Times chart on Tuesday did-that in the Hussein era hardly anyone had cellphones to complain about: "Few Iraqis had cellphones before the war; now, more than 410,000 people own then.")
Near the conclusion, the reporters insert a big chunk of opinion, book-ended by references to amorphous "critics": "The insurgency has been an obvious source of construction delays. But critics, including some Americans who spent frustrating months in Baghdad, also say the Pentagon's approach to economic restoration was flawed from the outset-seen too much as a bricks and mortar task and in isolation from the country's political and social wounds. In the initial months of the American occupation, the hard-earned lessons of earlier nation-building campaigns by the United States and the United Nations in places like Bosnia, Afghanistan and East Timor were ignored by Pentagon planners, who tried to rush ahead with showcase infrastructure projects before securing public safety and a sense of participation, critics say."
For the full story on rebuilding Iraq, click here.
" Erik Eckholm | James Glanz | Iraq War
Come Back, Tom Friedman: All's Forgiven
The Times has found a substitute for columnist Thomas Friedman, who's taking time off to finish a book. In a staff memo, editorial page editor Gail Collins says of Barbara Ehrenreich, a writer and frequent Time magazine contributor: "We're very excited that Barbara agreed to spend next month on our pages. She's a brilliant social critic, historian and political commentator."
While Friedman's focus is on the religious wars of the Middle East (he considers himself a tough friend of Israel) with occasional forays into liberal domestic policy, Ehrenreich's religion is socialism.
Here are some of Ehrenreich's past "brilliant" comments, complied by the Media Research Center: "Today, with the health-care situation moving rapidly beyond crisis to near catastrophe, the age-old and obvious solution has the tone of a desperate whine: Why can"t we have national health insurance-like just about everybody else in the civilized world, please?"- from Time magazine, Dec. 10, 1990.
"The Declaration of Independence, which may be the most momentous divorce document in history, gave added legitimacy to what was already a venerable institution....divorce is indeed a great evil and a source of much suffering. But then so is the institution that generates it-marriage, especially marriage under conditions of gross inequality between the sexes."-from the New York Times Magazine, July 21, 1991.
"Today"s right-wing women, the spiritual descendants of the Women"s KKK, are far more overtly hostile to feminists than to any racial or ethnic 'others.'"-from the Los Angeles Times Book Review, September 1, 1991.
"The Communist Manifesto is well worth the $12 that Verso is asking. Despite the hype, its message is a timeless one that bears repeating every century or so: The meek shall triumph and the mighty shall fall; the hungry and exhausted will get restless and someday-someday!-rise up against their oppressors. The prophet Isaiah said something like this, and so, a little more recently, did Jesus."- from an April 30, 1998 book review for Salon.
If those quotes provide any hint of what Ehrenreich's NYT column will look like, Times Watch may actually be happy to see Friedman return.
" Columnists | Barbara Ehrenreich | Thomas Friedman