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Envisioning Peace, Performing Justice: Art, Activism, and Cultural Politics in the History of Peacemaking
October 25-27, 2013
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The Peace History Society seeks proposals for panels and papers from across the humanities, social sciences, and fine and performing arts disciplines that reveal both the artistic and performative dimensions of peacemaking and the vital roles that artists and activists have played as visionaries, critics, interpreters, and promoters of peacemaking efforts around the world.
Artists of all kinds—from celebrated professionals to folk, outsider, underground, and guerilla artists—have long put their creative powers in the service of initiatives for peace and justice. At the same time, politicians and peace activists have continually crafted modes of communication, confrontation, celebration, and commemoration that employ elements of theater, fashion, music, dance, visual art, creative writing and, more recently, digital media. These "exhibitions" and "performances" have been presented to audiences of all kinds, in venues as varied as the world's great museums and performance halls, formal ceremonies and tradition-steeped rituals, university commons and the Internet, as well as coffeehouses, houses of worship, and the streets.
Prospective participants are encouraged to conceptualize "artistry," "envisioning," "performance, "representation," "activism," and "memorialization" in broad terms that will expand historians' view of peacemaking and activism as art forms and of artistic production as peace activism. We invite critical reflections on, as well as appreciations of, the intersections of oppositional politics with visionary and performative
identities and acts.
Included among the many questions we hope to explore within this conference
theme are:
How have "peace" and "justice" been envisioned in the arts? How have artists (professional, outsider, folk, guerilla, underground, etc.) participated (or attempted to participate) in peacemaking processes?
In what ways can peace activism be considered an art form?
How has peacemaking been "staged," "choreographed," "scripted," "narrated," or "pictured" in political institutions, at negotiating tables, in public rituals (such as the Nobel ceremony), or at sites of struggle such as demonstrations, strikes, or occupations?
How have various forms of artistic expression intervened in prevailing political discourses on conflict and peace?
How have major social movements such as labor, feminism, the counterculture, and anticolonialism shaped the ways in which groups like The War Resisters' League, Women Strike for Peace, YIPPIE!, School of the Americas Watch and others developed distinctive languages or modes of performance in their activism? How have activists strategically "performed" race, class, gender, and/or national identity to convey specific messages about peace or achieve specific forms of justice? To what degree did such groups create distinctive cultures of peacemaking?
How have specific moments in peace history been presented, re-presented, promoted, altered, commemorated, contested, or misremembered through works of art?
How does a performative conception of peacemaking and peace activism either empower or hinder peace activists who wish to speak truth to power?
How do we critically analyze performative visions of peacemaking while remaining alive to these visions' potential to revitalize peace activism and keep it culturally relevant?
The Program Committee wishes to emphasize that the theme of "artistic production" is intended to be broadening, not restrictive. Proposals for papers that address variations of the conference theme or issues in peace
history outside of this specific theme are also strongly encouraged.
Strong conference papers will be considered for publication in Peace and Change to be co-edited by the program co-chairs and Robbie Lieberman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
For conference updates, visit the PHS website, at http://www.peacehistorysociety.org/phs2013/
Please forward proposals for individual papers or a panel to both program committee chairs by November 1, 2012. Email submissions are greatly preferred.
Heather Fryer
Department of History
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
Andrew Barbero
Department of History
Southern Illinois University
1000 Faner Drive, Room 3374
Mailcode 4519
Carbondale, IL 62901
Heather Fryer
History and American Studies Program
Creighton University


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If you live by the Norton Sound, get ready for salmon.
On Monday, the Department of Fish and Game announced subsistence and commercial openings that will begin this Wednesday, June 18th, for three subdistricts in the Norton Sound.
"We are going to allow some subsistence fishing this week in Norton Bay, Shaktoolik, and Unalakleet subdistricts. So in Southern Norton Sound we're going open it back up to gillnet fishing. And so it'll be 48 hours in Norton Bay, and a 30 hour opening in Shaktoolik and Unalakleet to allow subsistence salmon fishing," Jim Menard, an area biologist for Fish and Game, said.
The openings fit into an overall management strategy focused on harvesting chums and pinks. Fish and Game's policies are determined in large part, though, by one particular salmon species they want users to avoid.
"The net restrictions down in Shaktoolik and Unalakleet are 6" mesh or less," Menard explained. "And that's [because] we're still trying to protect the big kings."
In Norton Bay the mesh-size is 4.5″. Menard says that's because the outlook for pinks this year is so strong Fish and Game is allowing a 36-hour Commercial harvest from noon on Thursday, June 19th until Midnight of Friday evening, June 20th.
"As we are expecting a good pink salmon run this year we're going to get an early indication of how things look in Norton Bay," Menard explained.
And as for when the salmon will make it to Nome, Menard says the news has already begun trickling in.
"I have heard one confirmed catch of a chum salmon, and I've been able to squash two rumors that I've heard elsewhere about fish," he laughed.
"As we get later in June we're gonna start to see things happen down at the mouth of the Nome River."
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The Imperia brand isn't the most memorable of Belgian automakers, having produced only a small number of cars before being absorbed by other companies. But that doesn't mean it can't live again as a hybrid. For only $125,000 (or $50,000 less than the Mindset E-Motion) you might be able to land one of these gasoline-electric hybrids. In addition to the unique design, which manages to blend the BMW Z3 with a 1930's Chevy Coupe, the coupe offers a 2.0L V4 engine with a small electric motor. But there's a twist.
Unlike most hybrids, which use a computer to decide whether or not to use electric, gas or dual power, the choice of power is up to the driver. According to the company, C02 levels and fuel consumption are better than both a Smart Fortwo and Porsche 911 Carrera S (depending on power type). The Imperia in hybrid mode also claims a faster than 911 trot to 62 mph of just 4.8 seconds in hybrid mode (just 7.1 seconds in electric only setup). Will you really be able to own one of the 50 cars the company plans to make each year? Maybe. Certain parts of the translated site make us nervous:
The sporty character of the Imperia GP is also conveyed through its deliberately elementary fittings.
Just like all of our grammatical errors are deliberately wrong.(Thanks to Franzouse for the tip) [Imperia Auto]


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Obama's day: Wrangling over the 'fiscal cliff'
It looks like another day of back-and-forth Tuesday between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over the "fiscal cliff."
Boehner meets with House Republicans to discuss Obama's latest offer, amid remaining -- but narrowing -- differences over tax rates and spending cuts.
Aides to Boehner said the president's latest offer features $1.3 trillion in tax revenues and $930 billion in spending cuts; the Republicans want a one-to-one ratio.
"We hope to continue discussions with the president so we can reach an agreement that is truly balanced and begins to solve our spending problem," said Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck.
Sources familiar with the talks describe the White House plan differently, saying it includes $1.2 trillion in new tax revenues and $1.22 trillion in spending reductions. The latter includes revisions in the way Social Security cost-of-living increases are calculated.
Both parties are trying to get a debt reduction deal before the end-of-the-year deadline for the so-called fiscal cliff, a series of automatic tax hikes and budget cuts that are currently set to take effect.
Any agreement must get through both the House and the Senate, and that may not be easy. Sen. Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, told CNBC on Tuesday morning that "I'm really surprised by the reporting this morning. ... We're not close to a deal."
In his meeting today with House Republicans, Boehner planned to emphasize that, without a deal, everyone's taxes go up Jan. 1 because of the expiration of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts; the speaker is seeking a "Plan B" to prevent that from happening.
"At the same time we're moving on Plan B, we're leaving the door wide open for something better," Boehner planned to tell Republicans, according to text released by his office.
Citing what he described as the difference between Obama's projected tax revenues and spending cuts, Boehner also planned to say: "We're going to keep the door open in hopes the president can find a way to support a balanced approach."
The new Obama plan also calls for higher tax rates on Americans who make more than $400,000 a year, which is a change. The president had once called for higher tax rates for households over $250,000.
Boehner, who once opposed any increase in the tax rate, has now offered increasing only the top tax rate, affecting Americans who make over $1 million.
The reported White House plan calls for $1.2 trillion in new tax revenue. Boehner's number, which includes ending certain tax loopholes and tax deductions, is closer to $1 trillion.
White House officials haven't discussed the details of the talks, but say they are hopeful of a deal.
"The president believes that the parameters of a potential agreement are clear," said White House spokesman Jay Carney. "He believes that a deal is possible."


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Story highlights
- Jackson says the release would be a 'humanitarian gesture of their own volition"
- U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says he's helping to facilitate the release
- Kevin Scott Sutay was captured by FARC rebels in June
- He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan
The Colombian president has dismissed as "media spectacle" a decision by Colombian rebels to release an American captive to civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Jackson said Sunday that FARC rebel leaders have agreed to release U.S. Army veteran Kevin Scott Sutay.
"They have released him already," he said. "But we must go to get him. He's in Colombia in the jungle. That involves the permission of the government of Colombia and the Red Cross and the facilitating our going into the jungle. Because it's a war zone and there needs to be a cease-fire."
FARC guerrillas captured Sutay on June 20 while he was backpacking through Colombia.
Saturday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tweeted, "Only the Red Cross will be authorized to facilitate the delivery of the North American kidnapped by FARC. We will not allow a media spectacle."
A statement on the presidential website went further: "They need now all kinds of media shows to free a detained person after they promised they would never kidnap anyone."
Colombian officials previously said they feared FARC would use Sutay's release to garner media coverage.
'A humanitarian gesture'
Jackson said FARC invited him to Havana, where the group has been holding peace talks with the Colombian government since last October.
"It's a humanitarian gesture of their own volition, demanding nothing in return," Jackson said at a news conference in the Cuban capital Saturday. "I consider it as a gesture to reinforce the peace negotiation."
FARC guerrillas said in a statement they had previously offered to free Sutay but that "the Colombian government did not provide the minimum necessary conditions we need for this procedure."
The presidential website statement said that if the rebels are indeed acting in good faith, "they should release him quickly without any strings attached."
The U.S. State Department said it was aware that Jackson had "expressed a willingness to assist" and that it was in close contact with the Colombian government.
'He is a tourist'
Jackson said he hopes the Red Cross in Colombia will provide a helicopter to remove Sutay from the remote area of the country where he is being held and that the Colombian government will designate the area a cease-fire zone during his release.
Despite the 10-month old peace talks, the Colombian government has resisted calls for a cease-fire with guerrillas, saying the rebels have used previous cease-fires to strengthen their forces.
Sutay served in the U.S. Army from November 2009 to March 2013. He served in Afghanistan for a year starting in November 2010, according to the U.S. Defense Department.
He is from Willow Spring, North Carolina, and won a number of awards, including an Army Commendation Medal and a National Defense Service Medal. The Pentagon lists his rank as private.
Despite Sutay's military background, Jackson said the Army veteran had peaceful motives for visiting Colombia.
"The fact is, he is a tourist," Jackson said.
FARC, whose name in Spanish is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, began fighting the government in the 1960s, making it Latin America's oldest guerrilla force.
There have been sporadic peace talks between the rebels and the government since the 1980s. The last attempt failed in 2002.


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Partners dealing with Rackspace can look forward to an even bigger support team next year as the IT hosting company expects to double the number of staff by the second quater of 2013.
Rackspace A/NZ channel manager, Brendon McHugh, says this move follows a year of "phenomenal" growth for the company.
"Our team of local 'Rackers' grew from a handful of staff earlier in the year to a strong support team of 20 plus staff," he said.
The launch of Rackspace's Sydney datacentre in August means the company's local technology portfolio will likely expand next year.
"I will work closely with our channel partners to make sure they maximise the opportunities that come with it," McHugh said.
As for what tech trends Rackspace will be keeping an eye on next year, McHugh expects businesses to be looking to get more from their technology.
That means flexible solutions will remain in high demand, not to mention businesses will be asking for Cloud elasticity and big data analytics.
"Customers are starting to expect enterprise level support from the channel and the freedom to move easily between vendors, and channel players that are unable to provide that will be affected," McHugh said.
As businesses begin to recognise the potential of the Cloud at the front end, all the while knowing that sensitive data is handled securely on private infrastructure, McHugh foresees the number of flexible hybrid solutions on the market to increase.
Having been impressed by the rate at which the Australian channel adapted to Cloud technology this year, McHugh expects the trend to continue into next year.
"In our case, business generated by our channel has increased from a small percentage to half our sales figures, and it will keep growing in 2013."


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Another one of the frequently discussed, rarely performed and otherwise unknown works inspired by the artistry of Sigurd Rascher has now come to light in the 21st century. The Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 31 by Peter Jona Korn was composed shortly after the premier of Korn's 3rd Symphony in 1956. The world premiere took place on January 6, 1957 in Elkhart, Indiana with the Elkhart Symphony, conducted by Zigmont Gaska. The only other documented performances by Rascher were with the Oklahoma Symphony in 1957, the European premier with the North German Radio Orchestra on April 1, 1958 conducted by the composer, and finally a performance in Brisbane Australia with the Queensland Symphony on October 26, 1959.
This concerto presents some formidable challenges to the performer, the primary one being the frequent and extended use of the altissimo register. The performer, therefore, needs command of a well-developed, flexible and agile altissimo register extending to F4 (A4 in the original). Already by the summer of 1956 Korn suggested to Rascher the necessity of creating some ossia passages when "ordinary mortals" would attempt to perform the work in the "distant future". Perhaps patience was not in great supply with Peter Korn as the concerto suffered the same fate as our beloved Dahl Concerto. Twenty-six years after composing the work, Korn revised the concerto, removing extended musical sections from the first movement and reducing the technically demanding altissimo requirements. In fact the entire end of the exposition and climax of the movement have been deleted, possibly to guarantee more performances. If he had lived a little longer to hear the tremendous technical development of some saxophonists in regards to the altissimo register, perhaps this would not have happened! This published version is a piano reduction of the revised version of 1982 created by the composer. Even with the alterations, this is still a concerto of considerable substance, well worth studying and performing.


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I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas before I shut my computer down for the next few days. My littles are tucked into bed with instructions that Santa won't come unless they are sleeping. After the last few days of celebrating they've had I can't believe that they will be up long.I'm sitting here enjoying a nice hot cup of Friendship Tea as I blog. I have probably shared this in the past but if you don't remember – here's the simple recipe. (also can make a beautiful last minute gift – just put it in a mason jar with a ribbon tied around the lid…)
Friendship Tea
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2 cups Tang
2 pkgs of presweetened lemonade (if unsweetened add 1 cup of sugar…pink lemonade makes it look even prettier…)
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix together and store in covered jar.
Use 1 heaping tsp or more to 1 cup boiling water
Friendship Tea has become a 'comfort' drink for me. It reminds me of childhood – being warm and snuggly, under a blanket and enjoying a good book.
We still have a few Christmas celebrations left but so far things are going nice and smoothly (knock on wood).
We've had too many Christmas's that the girls have laid on my lap and let me open their presents from Santa for them because they were just too sick. Really, really hoping and praying that they wake up super excited tomorrow morning! They are at such a wonderful age for all the Christmas magic of the season…except Pip – but she really does enjoy eating the wrapping paper!
The other day I got really nostalgic about some of the movies I used to watch at Christmas time when I was a kid. They included The Muppet Christmas Carol, One Magic Christmas, and The Night They Saved Christmas. I decided to order them so that I could have my kids have the same memories of them as me. (I have now added Elf and Bad Santa to those favorites…but don't worry, I won't let the girls watch Bad Santa for a long while).
I never expected the movies to arrive before Christmas since I asked for the 'Free Shipping' method. But, much to my surprise – two of the movies arrived today! It was a Christmas Miracle :) Jared and I are watching the Muppets tonight and I'm sure I'll be watching it again with the girls tomorrow night while Papa is at the Packer Game with Uncle Brian.
Pip still only has her one tooth…but she's been such a happy adorable baby. Also – so tolerant of the crazy schedule and rocked to sleep naps in the car seat. We are so blessed to have these wonderful babes. I won't leave you in suspense too long – I'll be blogging more about this next week. I'll leave you with yes – that's a bedazzled beer bottle full of High Life AND a caterpillar/pumpkin teeth beer bottle full of High Life. AND yes – it is for one of our Christmas celebrations…
And with that – Merry Christmas to everyone! I'm signing off the computer for a day or so and just taking the time to enjoy my family and this wonderful holiday!
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Royals play to win in Wild finish with Tigers
Relay nails Fielder at plate for final out; KC stays 3 1/2 back in WC
DETROIT -- Ervin Santana threw some great pitches for the Royals. So did Will Smith, so did Luke Hochevar, so did Greg Holland.
Yet the best two strikes thrown in Kansas City's heart-thumping 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night were by left fielder Alex Gordon and shortstop Alcides Escobar. On the receiving end was catcher Salvador Perez.
As a result, the Royals' Wild Card dreams gained fresh life.
"This was a huge win for us," manager Ned Yost said. "We had to have this win tonight. We haven't had a ballgame all year where we had to win. Tonight was it. We had to win this ballgame. And the manner and fashion in which we won it was pretty exciting."
Was it ever.
Santana, the starter, and relievers Smith and Hochevar had carried the one-run lead to Holland, the closer. He began the ninth by walking the dangerous Prince Fielder, but then got two outs with Fielder still moored at first base. Omar Infante sent the sellout crowd of 41,841 into full-throated roar with a line drive down the left-field line.
"I made a bad pitch," Holland said. "My first instinct was to just tell the ball to get down because I could've lived with a tie there. You don't ever want to blow a save, but giving up one to tie the game is better than the ball going over the fence."
It didn't go over the fence, but it took one bounce and hit the wall, then rebounded to Gordon. Meantime, Fielder was churning around the bases with the potential tying run.
"Honestly, I didn't think we had a chance because Prince was already halfway to third," Holland said. "But I mean Gordo and Esky got two of the best arms in the league at their positions -- if not the best."
Gordon stayed calm and methodical.
"I knew on a ball down the line there was going to be a close play at home," Gordon said. "You just try not to rush yourself, make sure you get it cleanly, get a good throw. Usually when you try to rush yourself, that's when you bobble it or throw it in the ground."
Gordon did neither and got a strong throw off to his relay man, Escobar.
"When Esky threw it, I thought it was going to hit Prince in the back and then it kind of tailed away from him," Gordon said. "What a play."
Especially since catcher Perez momentarily lost sight of the ball behind the bulky Fielder.
"I didn't see the ball for like two seconds," Perez said. "I stayed in front of home plate and the ball was behind him so I had to go to one side and I didn't see the ball, so I just guessed that the ball was going to be right there."
Good guess. Perez caught the one-bounce throw and swept a tag into the sliding Fielder.
"I give all the credit to Salvy because that was a difficult throw," Escobar said. "I threw to the other side and the runner blocked it. Salvy did a real really good job to catch the ball on a really short bounce and tag the runner."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland didn't use a pinch-runner for Fielder because he wanted his big bat in the lineup in case of a tie game. And Leyland had no problem with third-base coach Tom Brookens waving the big guy home.
"You're not going to get many hits off that guy [Holland] so you can get stranded very easily with that guy pitching," Leyland said. "If you think you've got a good chance, you've got to take that chance whether it's one out or two outs. With two outs it's a no brainer, Brookie made the right call without question."
Out. Game over. The Royals had won on a night that two of the teams in front of them in a battle for the second Wild Card spot, New York and Baltimore, had lost. Both Cleveland and Tampa Bay, the current front-runner, won, to leave the Royals 3 1/2 back in the standings.
Gordon scored the game's only run after ambushing right-hander Doug Fister's first pitch of the game for a single to right field. A line drive by Emilio Bonifacio was ruled foul although the Royals contended that the ball touched first baseman Fielder's glove in fair territory before curving foul.
Bonifacio struck out before Eric Hosmer belted a run-scoring triple to deep right-center field. That's how it stayed when Hosmer was thrown out at the plate, trying to score on Billy Butler's bouncer to third baseman Miguel Cabrera.
Santana, who had gone seven straight starts without a victory, seems to have a way with the Tigers. The only other time that Santana faced the Tigers this season, he held them to two hits in 7 1/3 innings of Kansas City's 1-0 victory as the All-Star break ended. That win launched the Royals' second-half surge that has carried them into the Wild Card race.
Santana is now 8-3 in 13 career starts against Detroit.
This time he survived Andy Dirks' line drive off his pitching hand in the second inning and worked his way through 6 2/3 shutout innings.
"I thought Ervin did an awesome job," Yost said. "Anytime you can hold that lineup to no runs it's a phenomenal job."
The Tigers got back-to-back one-out singles by Victor Martinez and Dirks in the seventh. Escobar made a brilliant backhand stab of Infante's slow bouncer and threw him out. With both runners in scoring position, Santana was pulled in favor of left-hander Will Smith. The Tigers countered by sending right-handed-hitting Nick Castellanos to bat for Alex Avila, but he flied out.
"They're a tough team to beat and I just had everything under control tonight," Santana said. "It was a great pitching matchup."
Hochevar pitched his way past Torii Hunter's two-out double in the eighth and handed the game to Holland, who got his 43rd save. Thanks to a couple of strikes thrown by Gordon and Escobar and a pristine pick by Perez.
Yost's reaction, as he told it, was to clutch his chest and do his best imitation of cantankerous Fred's faking a heart attack on the TV comedy "Sanford and Son."
"All could think of was, 'Elizabeth, I'm coming, honey! I'm coming. Get ready for me!' "Yost said.
When you win, the laughs keep coming.


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Take, for instance, this hack to turn your car's ashtray into a smartphone dock. There's nothing in the manual that says you could or should do it, but it works.
There are tons of other hacks, too, from simple cheat codes in car's programming to more DIY stuff like the iPhone dock. What's your favorite car hack, factory secret code or otherwise? Surely you've seen some cool mods.
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Harmless is a feature film shot in the popular found footage style. It's the story about a husband and father and his battle with a box of porn that is found in the closet. Once opened, the box of porn begins to torment the family, much like a poltergeist. It's sort of a social commentary on how pornography can destroy a family.


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If you were distracted by Bob Dylan's surprising clarity or the pointed message of Chrysler's Super Bowl ad, you probably didn't see that the "Imported From Detroit" tag was dropped in favor of "America's Import." But the 200 commercial was still chok-full of Detroit goodness.
Route 66, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and other heavy doses of Americana were here, but Chrysler made sure not to forget where they're sorta headquartered these days. Again, in one of those things that Detroiters would immediately recognize, but no one else would, one of the wink-winks in the ad was a quick shot of the legendary Baker's Keyboard Lounge, the oldest jazz club in the city and the oldest in the nation.
By "oldest in the nation," sure, it might not be the first — but Baker's has been continuously operating since 1933, narrowly escaping closure when it nearly went out of business a few years back.
Every jazz act of their day, from up-and-comers to veterans, played Baker's, and they still do. Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Art Tatum all made stops here. Of course, youngsters like Aretha Franklin and Anita Baker made their marks here — and both returned here later in their careers to make videos here, Franklin's "Freeway of Love" and Baker's "Same Ole Love." And if you've watched "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," Baker's is mentioned as one of many clubs where Motown's session musicians, the Funk Brothers, honed their sound. Oh, and "Sparkle," Whitney Houston's last movie, was partially filmed here.
That's not all. There's also a quick shot of downtown Detroit (not the Renaissance Center, of course) at the 1:27 mark where you can see the Book Tower and the Guardian Building, and another quick shot of the Detroit River at 1:30. Across the river is Windsor, where Chrysler's Canadian headquarters are.
I'm also going to assume the plant workers are at the 200/Avenger's assembly plant in Sterling Heights, the same city home to a lovely Best Western where the non-Detroit Jalopnik staff stayed while they were in town for the Detroit auto show.
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Not many other details about this MP4-playing Chinese PMP are to be had, but it does look pretty cool.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Damyean Dotson scored 21 points and Oregon used a 9-0 second-half run to hold off rival Oregon State 79-66 Sunday night in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams.
E.J. Singler added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Ducks (12-2).
Ahmad Starks had 22 points, and Roberto Nelson 18 for Oregon State (10-4).
Dotson, a freshman guard, scored seven points in Oregon's 15-2 run to open the second half, helping the Ducks turn the tide and take a 43-36 lead.
Oregon State came right back, with Devon Collier scoring seven consecutive points to tie the game.
The Beavers took a 47-46 lead on Starks' two free throws with 11:02 remaining.
But Oregon took the momentum for good, scoring nine straight points over 3 1/2 minutes. Arsalan Kazemi's basket off an offensive rebound gave the Ducks a 55-47 lead with 7:34 remaining.
Oregon State got no closer than five after that.


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VANCOUVER - Mark Messier has been awarded a $6-million settlement in the Hall of Famer's long-standing grievance over money he claimed he was owed by the Vancouver Canucks.
George Nicolau, an 87-year-old New York-based arbitrator with a long history of handling high-profile sports arbitration cases, rendered his decision recently after meeting with both sides earlier this year.
The Canucks made only a brief comment on the decision.
"Canucks Sports & Entertainment is aware of the arbitrator's decision and will have no further comment on the matter," the team said in a statement to The Vancouver Sun Thursday.
Messier did not return a message left for him with the New York Rangers, for whom he serves as special assistant to the president.
Messier signed a five-year, free-agent contract with the Canucks in 1997 for $6 million a season. The dispute between Messier and the team is believed to centre on deferred money the hockey player felt was owed to him.
It has been reported that Messier had a clause in his contract that would compensate him if the value of the Canuck franchise increased over the life of his contract, which expired in 2002.
Messier ended up playing only three seasons with the Canucks, who exercised an option in the contract to buy him out for $2 million after the 1999-2000 season. Messier, now 51, returned to New York and played four more seasons for the Rangers before retiring after the 2003-04 season.
The Canucks struggled during Messier's tenure with the team. They had a losing record and missed the playoffs all three years. Messier had 52 goals and 162 points in 207 games with the Canucks.
Ownership of the team has changed hands since Messier played in Vancouver. He was signed by former owner John McCaw, who sold 50 per cent of the team and what was then called General Motors Place for a reported $150 million to Aquilini Investment Group in November 2004. Two years later, the Aquilinis bought the remaining 50 per cent of the franchise and arena for what was reported to be another $150 million.
Last November, Forbes magazine pegged the value of the Canucks at $300 million US. In 1999, the magazine estimated the Canucks worth at $100 million US.
A spokesman for Francesco Aquilini said Thursday he had no comment and referred questions to the Canucks' management.
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association both refused to comment on the case.


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NEWTON — It has been a rough few days for race and sports in Boston. But in the outrage over the detestable behavior of Bruins fans, it's easy to forget how much worse it once was.
Here, then, is a reminder. It's the story of "Hulu'' Lou Montgomery, a halfback on the Boston College team in 1939 and 1940. And of a BC alum named Mark Dullea, who wants the mistakes his alma mater made more than 70 years ago to be properly acknowledged, the school's transgressions against its first black football player — and its own values — made right.
"They had a chance to do the right thing, instead of the ordinary thing,'' Dullea says. "They took the easy way out. I want this story to have a good ending.''
Montgomery, an All-Scholastic recruited from Brockton High, was beloved at BC. Compact and elusive, the spectacular running back was a key member of the Eagles, in seasons that saw BC football finally make the big-time. In 1939, Montgomery averaged 9.7 yards a carry; in the eight games he played in 1940, he scored six touchdowns and passed for a seventh. Crowds went wild for him.
Before his era, big name institutions in the East didn't want to play the upstart Catholic college. Ivy League schools especially didn't want to lend BC any prestige, says Charles Martin, author of "Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in College Sports.'' So BC, desperate to make a national name for itself, looked South for opponents, and found them.
But segregated Southern schools refused to play teams with black players. And during the 1930s, many Northern teams agreed to bench black players rather than lose the chance for a high-profile game.
Some schools did resist attempts to impose Jim Crow cruelty: BC wasn't one of them. The Jesuit school benched Montgomery not just for games in Southern states, but also for home games against Southern schools. He sat out six games in his junior and senior years.
"I have not found another African-American athlete in the North who was excluded by his own team from as many games as Lou Montgomery was by Boston College,'' says Martin, a history professor at the University of Texas, El Paso. "They were willing to sacrifice their ethics concerning one African-American player in pursuit of this higher glory of national recognition.''
When his team traveled to Dallas to play Clemson in the 1940 Cotton Bowl, Montgomery stayed behind.
A December 1939 Daily Globe article called his appearance at the Eagles send-off at South Station "the most touching incident of the occasion.'' It described Montgomery as "the diminutive Negro halfback, who declined the Southern trip so that he wouldn't embarrass his teammates.''
Montgomery didn't accompany his team "because of an old Southern custom,'' the article went on. "So when, with tears streaming out of his eyes and with a choked voice, he mumbled to the gripped multitude, 'I hope the fellows win,' the entire crowd cheered him louder than anyone else present.''
The Eagles lost. Montgomery took this exclusion, and other affronts, with gut-wrenching equanimity. This was before the civil rights era, long before a black kid from Brockton would publicly question the way things were.
In a letter to his teammates, he said he didn't want to put himself — or them — in embarrassing situations, that his staying behind was a matter of "self-respect.'' He expressed the hope that in the future, games in the North would be played under Northern standards.
But the next season, BC benched him again, away, against Tulane, and at home, against Auburn. "Did Jim Crow have a home in Boston? Yeah, the welcome mat was rolled right out,'' says sports historian Richard Johnson. "Montgomery suffered in silence. There is almost a martyrdom here.''
When, in 1941, the undefeated Eagles went to the Sugar Bowl, his coach told Montgomery he wouldn't be allowed to play. Montgomery wanted to stay home, but Boston College urged him to attend, and so, ever the gracious teammate, he went to St Louis. From the press box, he watched BC defeat Tennessee 19-13.
After BC, Montgomery founded a semiprofessional team, then became an insurance agent. Years later, he found some of the anger he did not summon in college. In a 1987 article in Boston Magazine, he told sportswriter Glenn Stout that he didn't think being "such a good guy . . . accomplished a damn thing.''
"I may have done the things that were easiest on the players and on the school, but it wasn't necessarily the best thing that should have been done,'' he said. He converted to Catholicism after college, he said, "and then it began to hit me as to . . . what principles were involved, what principles had been bent a little.''
A little. It was not the first, or the last, time a faith that preached inclusion and acceptance would abet discrimination. But it had particular sting at Boston College, which was founded in large part to redress the humiliations suffered by the Irish in Boston.
Montgomery, who died in California in 1993, was inducted into the Boston College Hall of Fame in 1997. His plaque, at Conte Forum, reads, in part: "Tragically, because of the segregation laws of the day, he was not allowed to participate in either post-season game.''
For Dullea, Class of '62, that bronze plaque isn't nearly enough. The slight, gray-haired former urban planner, who now runs a green cleaning business, bleeds maroon and gold, as do the many alums in his family.
A couple of years ago, he began looking into Montgomery's story, and grew increasingly distressed at the gap between the values he had been taught by the Jesuits and their treatment of the football player.
He made it his business to redress this injustice, launching a website, and pushing for a big way to pay tribute to this remarkable man.
Really big. He wants BC to rename its football stadium — now called Alumni Stadium — for Lou Montgomery.
"This would be doing the right thing,'' Dullea says. "It would be living up to the values that Jesuits preached in the classroom and pulpit.''
Why does he feel so strongly? A clue could be found where Dullea was standing on Friday morning, at a darkened end of Conte Forum: A few feet away from Montgomery's, another plaque in the Hall of Fame commemorates Dullea's uncle, the Rev. Maurice V. Dullea — a Jesuit priest and former captain of the BC football team who was a faculty moderator of athletics in 1940.
Mark Dullea doesn't know if his uncle was directly involved in the decisions to keep Montgomery from games against Southern teams. And now that his uncle has died, it's too late to ask him. But he was there. Maurice Dullea helped arrange for Montgomery to stay with a black family in St Louis in 1941.
In a 1983 history of the Sugar Bowl, the elder Dullea called Montgomery's treatment "embarrassing to talk about. . . . But that's the way things were back then.'' He said BC officials were worried about the black player's safety. "It was simply reality.''
Mark Dullea sent his stadium renaming proposal to BC officials a couple of months ago, and hadn't gotten much of a response. But Friday afternoon, a BC spokesman sent along a statement: The stadium will not be renamed. But on Sept. 1, at the first game of the season, Boston College will retire Lou Montgomery's jersey. His will be only the eighth jersey retired in 100 years.
"Lou Montgomery was an amazing individual and a pioneer in college sports,'' the statement read. "We have the utmost respect for him and have planned to honor him by retiring his jersey this year. Our stadium, however, is named Alumni Stadium in recognition of the contributions of all of our alumni. We trust that the inclusiveness of the name Alumni Stadium is something Lou Montgomery would support.''
Possibly. But for Dullea, it's not enough.
"It's a nice gesture, but it's a little too close to tokenism,'' he says. "The more significant, the more visible the action that BC takes, the better they will look in the eyes of fair-minded people.''
Dullea wants new students and campus visitors to be forced to ask, "Who was Lou Montgomery?'' He wants them to learn a hard truth from one of this country's bleakest moments: That a halfback from Brockton did a better job of living up to Jesuit values than the Jesuits did.
Yvonne Abraham is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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'The welcome ceremony promises to be a special and memorable moment for Their Royal Highnesses in such a remote and beautiful location, and Their Royal Highnesses are deeply touched by the honour being extended to them on behalf of The Queen'.
The couple proceeded by boat to the island of Marapa, where they visited a village before travelling on a traditional war canoe the short distance between Marapa and Tavinapupu. On arrival, William and Kate received a local musical and dance welcome.
William and Kate retired for the night at the exceptionally beautiful Tavinipupu Resort Hotel.
The Duke and Duchess were given a traditional welcome on Tavinipupu island.
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For those of you who don't follow all the inside EHR "baseball" that's happening right now with Allscripts, you might want to check it out. If you use one of Allscripts various EHR software (do they have 6 EHR softwares now? I lose count) then you really want to pay attention. Here's my cliff notes version of what's happened for those who don't want to research the details. Half the Allscripts board left and so did the CFO. It appears it was an Eclipsys departure with the previous Allscripts board members and CEO Glen Tullman remaining. After this happened the stock (MDRX) plummeted.
While to those inside the EMR world will realize that this isn't a death knell for everything Eclipsys related, many who don't know how important the Eclipsys software is for Allscripts could easily see this a different way. Of course, in the heartless world of publicly traded companies and CEO's doing what they can to prop up stock price, you never know what action they might take next.
The best evaluation I saw of the Allscripts situation is that it is very likely that Allscripts and Glen Tullman will use this stock drop to start making even more drastic moves. For example, we all know that they don't need that many EHR software and so none of us should be surprised if they choose to sunset 1 or more of their EHR software. Yes, that's right. Your EHR software isn't safe even if you buy it from a large EHR vendor like Allscripts (see also when GE ceased operations of Centricity Advance).
Think about it from Allscripts perspective. It takes A LOT of extra resources to ensure that multiple EHR software products are even just meeting the meaningful use and certified EHR requirements let alone actually creating innovative new EHR software features. Cutting out an EHR software will provide a huge cost savings to Allscripts going forward.
Why is this the topic of Meaningful Use Monday? I think this is an incredibly important topic related to meaningful use, because I can already see the physicians and practice managers hitting my website if Allscripts chose to cease their Allscripts MyWay EHR offering (I have no indication that Myway is gone. I'm just speaking hypothetically). I'm quite certain that many physicians and practice managers will wonder how an EHR vendor could sunset or stop developing an EHR software that is certified for meaningful use.
It's quite simple: Meaningful Use and EHR Certification are NO guarantee of an EHR software's long term viability.
I have a section in my EMR selection e-Book about ensuring the viability of your EHR vendor. I'll admit that it's not an easy task and is more art than science given our limited information about MANY EHR vendors. However, it's worth considering the long term plans of an EHR vendor and a particular EHR software in that vendor's quiver. Although, meaningful use and EHR certification do nothing to help you in that regard.
One final warning: we're just at the start of EHR vendors going out of business, EHR vendors being bought by larger vendors, EHR software being closed down, EMR software being sunset. I give it another year before the Tsunami of EHR software mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, fire sales hit our shore. Although, the early warning signs are there and so we should prepare for the oncoming wave. The challenge is knowing where you can find high ground.


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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:21 pm
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keycocker, I have to ask, if you were living in an area where bigger sails were the norm or a necessary requirement (7.0 and up), would you be such a strong advocate for aluminum booms? In those circumstances, I think that you would begin to recognize the merit and performance of carbon booms. If we were talking about another topic, like fins, there are clear lines of demarcation between polyester, G10 and molded carbon materials when it comes to size and performance concerns. Each does have its place, but the boundaries are clear cut.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:44 pm
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carbon booms are a luxury item, but once people go carbon, few go back to aluminum. pretty much the only downside to carbon is the cost (which is a huge consideration).
If carbon and aluminum booms were the same price, we would not be having this discussion.
of course there is a range in quality with both aluminum and carbon booms, so it's hard to nail down comparisons without comparing specific models/sizes.
the most is important thing is to make sure you just have a boom so you can go sail when it's windy... the rest are just details.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:03 pm
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long post so summary is that I think carbons are a waste of money in small sizes and will only find use with big cambered racing sail apps in the future.
I think the boundaries with carbon booms are not so clearcut in 2013 as they were when you bought your old carbon.
Most usual size in Belize is 7.0
Locals don't often sail larger but tourist rentals must be larger size for the day because they often cant wait for wind.
I posted earlier info on some renters opinion of the carbons vs. alus.
The renters sometimes were over the top grateful we rented them a carbon colored alu boom because of the HUGE improvement in sail response from carbon looking booms.
In Maui we sail on small sizes. Some older sailors swear by carbon in tiny booms also. some say it makes a huge difference in their 4.0
.Young guys use more mono. We pass booms around at the site but the perceptible dif in weight and stiffness is awfully small compared to the reports of huge differences.
The view I have on this subject comes from selling and renting hundreds of booms and discussing the issue with manufacturers.
Many of us in the biz. think that those who decided carbon is better years ago, will continue with that idea because it works for them.
There was an excellent tech specs test done in Wind magazine on every boom they could find, before mono alu was made.
They used the facilties of the Euro space agency.
The lightest boom was Carbon Creations. It was also the most flexi.
The heaviest boom was also the stiffest. It was also a carbon.
The stiffness and weight range of the alu booms was inside the range of the carbons.
The alus were usually a pound or so heavier and less stiff.
Now with the monos, alu is both stiffer and lighter and the gap is closing down while carbon boom price goes up.
New young sailors who demo both are likely to choose mono booms and uncambered sails in our store.
Old sailors buy carbon. They decided the matter based on tech from years ago and that settles it.
This strikes me as the same as cambers in a way.
I have clients who sailed since the 80s who are just now accepting the idea of uncambered sails, partly because they can no longer get small cambered sails at all.
I can remember the first carbon masts. Euros wouldn't buy them from us because they thought they all broke.
They even made fun of us when we sailed together, bringing us a distress flag. They were on polyester or alu masts!!
I think as the biz contracts carbon booms have the same future as cambered sails. They will take a ever smaller spot in our quivers used for certain conditions.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:02 pm
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Many great posts here, I'm almost more undecided now. I keep going back to the fact that the 180-246 Chinook is close to 3lbs lighter than its alloy sibling. Sadly I then remember it also costs 3 times more.
Is there a down side to re-gripping a carbon when the time comes? Does one need to be extra careful with solvents?
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:03 pm
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I sailed aluminum booms for a couple of decades and found nothing wrong with them. Then switched to hybrid booms (carbon tailpiece) for more stiffness, liked them better. But they are the worst in corrosion.
Finally bought a Chinook carbon boom that fits my sails from 4.5-8.5. Lighter than my hybrid boom (NP X6) that has 30 cm less extension, much nicer. Seems the boom adds range to sails. I now rather re-rig so I can use the carbon boom than grab the hybrid. A second Chinook carbon boom is high on my wish list.
Weight differs by manufacturer. The Chinook carbon feels a lot lighter than the Chinook aluminum and the Aeron v-grip. It also seems lighter than my wife's smaller Maui Sails carbon boom. But for at least one manufacturer, the weight actually went up when going from aluminum to hybrids, and again from hybrids to carbon. That manufacturer has stopped listing the weight of the booms in their specs. Last time I checked in their flagship store on Maui, their prices were 50% to 100& higher than competing brands.
If you scrape together the money, go for carbon. Chinook is great, but Maui Sail booms also have a very good rep.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:00 pm
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We have the same experience in our store.Those who come in committed to carbon don't switch very often but some do.
I remember one kid who really wanted to win our race series but the shop team dominates on aluminum booms.
He was a back of the pack racer.
His carbon boom was damaged on land and the guy gave him US$800 to settle the matter.
He came in the shop and bought the same race sail and alu boom we used. Never won but he was podium twice after that.
The alu didn't improve his speed but the money spent wisely was the key to his success.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:37 pm
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Who is this guy that gave this kid $800...I must meet this guy
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:47 am
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While we're on topic, I've got a nice Chinook carbon boom and some boards for sale. I'd take $195 for the boom. It would look beautiful with a new grip!
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:21 am
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the OP has a boom stretched to max
can a modern aluminium boom do that well ??
whether aluminium or carbon, i prefer NOT to extend too far - stiffness again
Sailboarder tried my HPL Hybrid 220 which is actually all carbon
i use it with 8-oh to 10-oh sails and am 220 lbs / 100 kilos average
i got it for $230 + $80 carbon re-enforcement suggested by Bruce Peterson
so, it cost me $310 total
i was NOT looking for carbon and was not even sure it was all carbon when i purchased it
in other words - like someone suggested - get what you need to get on the water - used carbon booms are available - like previous poster
then get on the water and have FUN
i have used booms too big and even too small just to get on the water
and i can assure you - there was always a smile on my face
so, get out there n ride
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:01 am
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joe_windsurfxxx wrote:
i have used booms too big and even too small just to get on the water
and i can assure you - there was always a smile on my face
so, get out there n ride
You kidding, having the boom stretched to the max has not stopped me from enjoying my new sail! To the credit of Chinook, the Pro Alloy actually feels very good fully extended in the moderate conditions I've sailed the 8.5 in so far.
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When should I use try-catch blocks to improve my application?
I read someone saying that we should use try-catch blocks only to prevent fatal errors. I read someone else saying that we should use it only on unexpected errors (wait what? unexpected? if they are unexpected errors how could I prevent them with try-catch? should I put all my application code inside a try block?). Others simply say that try-catch blocks should be used everywhere because they can be also extended (extending the Exception class). Finally someone says that PHP try-catch block are totally useless because they are very bad implemented. (On this I found a nice SO question about performance).
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"I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct for revenge for which no expedient is sufficiently poisonous, secret, subterranean, petty — I call it the one immortal blemish of mankind"
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I mixed up a Linus Trovalds quote about Linux & MS to come up with one for Science & Religion.
It is not the intention of science to disprove religion, it is just an unintended side-effect.
Ive always favored Epicurus.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Not necessarily anti-religion, but I love this one for its comedic value:
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence." Doug McLeod
Probably anything George Carlin said is fantastic.
And I was just reminded of this Thomas Jefferson quote:
"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies."
Being raised as a Moron, this struck me like a sledgehammer.
"It is falsehood only, and not truth, that shrinks from the light of investigation."
The leaders know that it's all bullshit. That's why they're so secretive about their history.
Does anyone know who the author is?
"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."
Robert Heinlein (the notebooks of Lazarus Long from 'Time Enough for Love)Though Heinlein has many atheistic quotes, this one I think is the most succinct. I credit my Atheism in large part to reading Mr. Heinlein as a youth. He inoculated me against the germ, so even though I went to Catholic School for my formative years, my mind "...was a rocky place where...[its] seed could find no purchase"
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from the just-say-no-to-telecom-immunity deptDemocrats in the House of Representatives have finally released a preliminary draft of compromise legislation to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. For civil libertarians who had resigned themselves to one more capitulation to White House demands, the bill will come as a relief: There is not a lot of compromise in this "compromise bill." Unsurprisingly, that means that administration officials, and the House Republican leadership, regard the bill as unacceptable.
On the hot-button question of retroactive immunity for telecoms alleged to have participated in warrantless National Security Agency wiretaps, the draft bill would shunt suits against the companies to a federal court empowered to hear classified evidence. This may come as welcome news to the telecoms, which had complained that the exculpatory evidence they need to defend themselves consists largely of state secrets. It will probably be less appealing to the Bush administration, which has resisted outside scrutiny of the surveillance activities authorized by the president after 9/11. For similar reasons, the White House is likely to oppose a provision in the draft bill creating a bipartisan commission, endowed with subpoena powers, to investigate government wiretaps from 2001–2007.
The bill's approach to executive branch wiretaps is in many respects similar to that of the RESTORE Act passed by the House last year, as a side-by-side comparison chart makes clear. The administration is thrown a few bones: Unlike the RESTORE Act, this legislation covers surveillance serving any foreign intelligence purpose, rather than only those related to terrorism or national security. It also expands, from 72 hours to one week, the time allowed for "emergency" wiretaps implemented in advance of court authorization. But on the whole, it embeds significantly more stringent civil liberties safeguards than the White House–approved legislation passed by the Senate. Instead of changing the definition legal of "foreign intelligence" -- an important term appearing in a variety of complex statutes -- the bill carves out a special exemption, allowing intelligence agencies to acquire communications between specific overseas targets and person in the United States. The bill also requires the development of guidelines to prevent "reverse targeting" of Americans, to ensure that lenient FISA procedures cannot be used to circumvent the more stringent requirements that apply to ordinary criminal investigations. The FISA court must approve surveillance procedures in advance, and both the procedures and agencies' compliance with "minimization" guidelines designed to limit the unnecessary retention of Americans' communications are subject to review by the court and a independent Inspector General. It also incorporate's the Senate bill's "Wyden Amendment," providing protection for Americans abroad. Finally, the law is scheduled to sunset in two years, rather than the Senate bill's six.
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Yesterday I ended up 26th in tournament because 4 minutes before end I got timeouted like this: I have 10 life, 4 pills, Bruce... opponent has 2 life, 1 pill, and some 3/3 not fully evolved guy. Certain KO, but no battlepoints given, because somebody is an *******. I think that the rules are giving "timeouters" too much space and making them easy way to spoil the game. If I see that the other one is detaining and I quit the game to play with someone else while there is tournament - not only he wins and get points, but I also receive 10 points penalty. I think that when the game timeouts the result of the match should be that the timeouter looses, and the other wins. I know that some sort of Clint penalty will damage players who not cause timeouts wittingly, so thats why I offer this solution: !!! Let timeouters loose by default. !!!
BodeCBM-EVO - Tuesday 28/11/2006, 02:26
I never heard anyone saying that actual timeout "punishment" is right...
my suggestions:
-lose more battle points
-timeout guy cant play for a period of time (10minutes?)
-person who suffers timeout gain 10 points (insted of 5)
-if u timeout 3 times during tornaments can log in the tornament
rulez agains "AFKers" during tornaments (afk are ppl who jsut stay logged in but simple dont reply when challenge)
-kicked after 5 minutes
-kicked after 3 un-replied challenges
ReadTheRules - Tuesday 28/11/2006, 03:29
Imperator - Maracanaso
I hate when that happens. of course they never time out when they are winning. I agree "!!! Let timeouters loose by default. !!!"
I agree with Bode with suggestion about AFKers... I hate when have to wait nearly 2 minutes to make another challenge. People who dont play should stay out of room and if they dont they should be forced to leave! And concerning timeouters - I think 10 minutes ban in play room will change nothing. People who are top ranks and have chance to win do not timeout you even if they already lost, because they hurry to make battle points elsewhere. Timeouters are people who are actually loosing current match and loosing whole tournament as well. 10 wont make difference for them. I think that the idea of giving person who suffered timeout battle points will be most fair. If you are winning and your opponent plays fair he gets KOed in 20 seconds and u receive about 15-25 points (depending on the match), if you get timeouted, it takes about 2 or 3 minutes, so I think 15 points shoud be fair enough to compensate the lost time.
cBp_Fojtik - Wednesday 29/11/2006, 07:56
Colossus - Czech Beer Power
Kicking AFKers is very good idea.
KV Celdin - Sunday 03/12/2006, 22:29
Guru - KINGS OF VALACHIA
I'd alsow suggest make a total "reaction" time of 1 min or something, i hate people who think 10 minutes/card...so if you'we spent all your "thinking" seconds then you outomaticaly timeout. This would force people to actualy play once they challenged/accepted a challenge, not just alt tab into the urban-rivals window every couple of mins.
I think better idea would be this: Instead of those colourful smileys indicating fair play - do something like this: everytime a player is on the move in the game, timer will start and it will stop after player chooses card and pills... So there will be time value for each of two players for each match - then average "thinking" time will be counted and displayed instead of that smileys... if you see someone with thinking time more than 2 minutes / match you wont challenge him or accept his challenge - that will force player to fasten their game
ReadTheRules - Tuesday 05/12/2006, 00:09
Imperator - Maracanaso
Kinda like a chess clock,
P5ych0h4x0r - Friday 08/12/2006, 00:13
Very nice idea, Would greatly help us in tournaments to avoid the slow/afk players.
BodeCBM-EVO - Friday 08/12/2006, 18:38
I created a topic about this, please vote there