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Right on the heels of the release of his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore stirs up controversy again on Link TV, taking on Obama, the media, and America's very financial underpinnings. Link's special features Michael Moore's standing-room only talk at the Commonwealth Club of California, as he gives insight into his new film while getting in his trademark jabs at the rich.
What makes his latest movie a love story, a "romantic documentary", as Moore calls it? "It is a love story. It's about the wealthy, who love their money. Except the movie has a twist - they not only love their money, but they love our money too. And they want all of it."
The critics have weighed in with fairly positive reviews of Capitalism: A Love Story, though Manohla Dargis in the New York Times takes Moore to task for his lack of "any real answers... which tends to be true of most socially minded directors in the commercial mainstream." And while some of Moore's cinematic decisions left Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi, blogging on the website True/Slant, a bit perplexed, he was nevertheless impressed that the film addressed "a taboo subject for every other major media outlet in the country": a society undergoing a "rapid peasant-ization."
Need Moore? Check out this interview with Blanche Shaheen (who has appeared recently as a host on Link TV), where the filmmaker reveals his premonition that the economic "house of cards was about to come down" even before the global economy officially tanked. And he pulls no punches for the capitalists, who he depicts as continually concocting new schemes to part working folk from their cash: "In capitalism, for the wealthy, there's no such thing as the word "enough". "Enough" is the dirtiest word in capitalism."
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Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced results from its phase II clinical study of NP001 in patients with ALS. Results demonstrated that NP001 was safe and well-tolerated.
Neuraltus Announces Encouraging Phase II Study Results
Results from a phase II clinical study of NP001 in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis were announced on October 30, 2012 by Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The study enrolled 136 patients with ALS in this multi-center, double-blind, placebo controlled study. Subjects received placebo, 1mg/kg or 2mg/kg intravenous infusions over six months. Results demonstrated that NP001 was safe and well-tolerated. Though not reaching pre-defined endpoints of statistical significance, results demonstrated positive trends in slowing the rate of disease progression by 13 to 19% using ALS Functional Rating Scale –Revised (ALSFRS-R). In addition, a post hoc analysis showed that a greater percentage of patients receiving NP001 experienced a halt in disease progression which reached statistical significance when compared to the combination of concurrent and matched historical (placebo) controls.
Dr. Robert Miller of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, the lead investigator of the study, enumerated four goals of this phase II study. First, to clarify whether there are any safety concerns - the study demonstrated that multiple dose over six months were generally safe and well tolerated. Second, to detect a sign of beneficial effect - the results indicate a promising signal. Third, to inform the decision of whether to go on to further study- these results justify going forward to next stage of testing. Fourth, the trial utilized a new trial design by receiving approval to use historical placebo controls to help the analysis. In summary, Dr. Miller stated, "all four goals were met and we are greatly encouraged".
NP001 is a small molecule regulator of macrophage activation and is thought to restore the normal functioning of macrophages within the central nervous system. Aberrant macrophage activation is believed to be a significant contributor to the pathology underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.
Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has met with the FDA and based on these results is planning a phase III clinical trial that is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2013. The company has set up a toll‐free number (1-888-347-7799) for patients and physicians to answer questions about the study. The toll free number will be available through December 31, 2012.


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Grownup Beaujolais is the victim of a generation gap that never narrows. Each year, when the clock strikes 12 on the evening of Nov. 14, the midnight's children of this legendary south-central French wine region are ritually loosed on a thirsty world. Beaujolais Nouveau, Britney Spears in a bottle, arrives with a bang. There are parties. There are celebrations. There's dancing in the streets.
All in praise of a simple young wine whipped up faster than you can say "Justin Timberlake." Unfortunately, Beaujolais Nouveau has become such a phenomenal marketing success over the past 50 years that it has rendered the finer wines of the Beaujolais region almost completely obscure.
Which is too bad, since the wines of Beaujolais' 10 major appellations -- its crus, or classified growths -- offer some of the best deals going in French wine. They also offer a mature and versatile counterpoint to Nouveau's bubblegum charms. For Nouveau, a one-hit wonder that's built for quick thrills, it's all over after six months in the bottle. Cru Beaujolais, on the other hand, tends to hang around longer. Not much longer, but let's put it this way: cru Beaujolais has flip-side. And it knows what a flip-side is.
Both Nouveau and the crus are made from the same grape, the Gamay, which dominates Beaujolais' 49,000 vineyard acres. The key difference is that Nouveau is vinified at warp speed, employing a process known as carbonic maceration, in which whole grapes are placed under a "blanket" of carbon dioxide (which displaces oxygen) and left to ferment inside their skins. This keeps tannins low and ensures the fresh, fruity aspect that serves as Nouveau's main selling point (Nouveau is the definitive drink-me-now wine -- it exists, nowadays, only so that it can be rushed to market).
The crus, on the other hand, are produced more traditionally, left to mature over a number of months, and can in some exceptional cases benefit from a few years of cellaring. Of course, many can also be drunk on release; their flavors, due to the Gamay grape's natural exuberance, exist on a happy, candy-colored continuum, from red and black cherry to cinnamon and chocolate. Luckily -- or unluckily, depending on whether you're buying or selling -- cru prices tend to occupy a space between el-cheapo Nouveau and cru's nearest relation, the red village wines of Burgundy.
Getting acquainted with cru Beaujolais is like climbing a ladder of increasing intensity. There are 10 crus in all. In increasing order of body and complexity, they are: Chiroubles, St.-Amour, Régnié, Chénas, Côte de Brouilly, Brouilly, Fleurie, Juliénas, Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent. You drink Chiroubles with Chicken McNuggets. You drink Moulin-à-Vent with beef stew.
As Wine Spectator's Beaujolais specialist, tasting coordinator James Molesworth has pointed out that 1999 was a good, solid vintage for cru Beaujolais, while the 2000 vintage is superb, with the wines showing vivid fruit flavors and juicy, almost crunchy acidity. That means good wines are on retailers' shelves now, with more to come. For a complete look at the Beaujolais we've reviewed in the past year, check out our alphabetical listing.
These wines are, to put it mildly, a massive bargain. Prices for the best crus continue to lag far behind those for top reds from other prominent wine regions. In the past year, Beaujolais that have rated from 85 to 90 points on Wine Spectator's 100-point scale have averaged only $15.81 per bottle. And while this is the highest average price yet for these wines, the increase it represents is almost meaningless. Overall, during the past five years, Beaujolais in this category have averaged only $14.35 per bottle. Did we say bargain? Maybe we should say steal.
Price-wise, Beaujolais isn't even in the same ballpark as California Cabernets that score in the same range. The most expensive wine we've reviewed from Beaujolais in the last year costs $23, and it's a 90-point wine. That puts the region's most expensive wine well below the average price of California Cabernet ($38.51) or red Bordeaux ($53.30) in the last year.
Producers worth trying include the ubiquitous Georges Duboeuf, whose name is practically synonymous with the region. But don't let the widespread availability and large production fool you. While there is a sense of continuity in his range, Duboeuf's wines have character and finesse. His numerous bottlings of small individual domaines comprise an impressive portfolio.
In addition to Duboeuf's omnipresent selection, several other producers' wines offer fine quality. These include the Fleuries from Clos de la Roilette, the Moulin-à-Vent of Diochon and Louis Jadot's newly expanded Château des Jacques line. The Juliénas of Michel Tête and the Morgon from M. Lapierre are also benchmark bottlings for Beaujolais.
So once you've polished off your last bouncy little bottle of Nouveau, don't forget about Beaujolais until next year. Your palate -- and your wallet -- will thank you.
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The world is eagerly awaiting the start of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Held every four years, the games are a chance for the nations of the world to gather in peaceful competition, to prove which among them is best at a variety of difficult endeavors.
This year, however, the Olympics are tainted by controversy—even before they start—because the organizers have inexplicably refused a simple request for a moment of silence during the opening ceremonies in remembrance of the Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the 1972 summer games in Munich.
For those not old enough to remember, on September 5, 1972, during the second week of the games, eight Palestinian terrorists—disguised as athletes—made their way past negligible, almost non-existent security into the Olympic village. During the ensuing melee they killed two members of the Israeli team and took nine hostages. Following a standoff that lasted nearly 18 hours, they were all moved to a nearby airport at which, following an attempt by the German police to rescue them, most of the terrorists and all of the hostages were killed.
[See photos of preparations for the London Olympic Games.]
Fast forward 40 years, to the request made by surviving family members of the murdered athletes to have their martyrdom briefly observed during the opening ceremonies in London. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has his heels dug in, responding to all requests for such an observance with a firm "No," a position few people can understand.
If members of the Belgian team had been killed in a plane crash on the way to the 2008 games or a group of Congolese athletes been killed in the collapse of a poorly constructed Olympic facility in 2004, they would not only be remembered but subsequent games would be dedicated to their memory. Not so in this case, leading many to wonder if Rogge's stance has something to do with the fact that it was Israeli athletes that were killed.
The Munich games were to have been a celebration of West Germany's reintegration into the European family, marking "paid" to its debt to the rest of the world for the evils perpetrated upon it by the Hitler regime. Unfortunately, as the official Olympic website itself describes, those games "will be forever associated with the ghastly acts of terror carried out by terrorist group Black September." It's too bad the International Olympic Committee can't acknowledge the same during the opening ceremonies of the latest games.
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Every so often a list of "rules" surfaces about how to ride a bicycle. Which height of socks to wear. What length of shorts. What colour isotonic beverage. What exact shape of mud-guard. What kind of coffee to drink and almost certainly what to name your first-born son (higher points awarded for more obscure racing-legend dedications).
65 miles into 130, our motley crew of mix-matched kit, ankle socks, mud, bug and gel-smeared faces as the dewey sun beat down through rainbow shadowed trees, there were very few rules any of us cared about.
I remember my first jersey: a neon yellow so-called 'gift' from my father. I would wear it with baggy spandex shorts (no padding), complete with pink and black leopard print. All knees and elbows, they fit me about as well as I fit my old blue Raleigh racer with its seat post rammed down to its lowest millimeter. The obligatory peanut butter and jelly sandwich stuffed into my back pocket swung around to my side, which I systematically heaved back into position every 18 pedal strokes. Too small for proper cleats, my running shoes back then were purchased on their ability to become compact, laces tucked in, easily slotted into pedal cages.
Nineteen years ago this month I took off on my bike to ride the 11 miles into town by myself to celebrate my 10th birthday. I had to take a little break at the five-mile mark to eat my sandwich, stretch my legs and check my bike over. No punctures! There was no cell-phone … I was free! I was celebrating a double-digit birthday! I was almost a teenager! When I finally arrived in town, I learned the first rule of cycling.
While the days of pink leopard print are far behind me, the only rules that matter haven't changed much:
1: Tell your mother where you're going and what time you'll be home. This applies until your 18th birthday and over every family holiday for the rest of your life.
2: Pack a sandwich. Nutella is an option resulting in extra points.
3: Bring a friend. They will inevitably eat half your sandwich, which should be cut down the middle for ease of sharing.
All other rules are variable.
The first thing I learned working at a fashion magazine was that an abundance of rules are for those lacking in confidence. White after Labor Day? Totally an option. Spots and stripes?… clashing can be a good thing. Pink and orange… have you seen any Jil Sander lately? The most influential people live above the rules. They know their bodies and they challenge the norm. They know what's appropriate but refuse to be slaves to the dress code. Looking good doesn't require rules… it requires confidence.
5,000 miles into my year and the only rule I have now about what I wear when I cycle is that if I have to think about what I'm wearing, I've failed. If the shorts cut into my legs, I've failed. If I'm too cold or too hot or too wet, I've failed. If I can't get anything into my back pockets, I've failed. But everything else is just me.
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10th August 2011 02:52pm
Pockets on rapha jerseys can be a little restrictive when it comes to getting a serious load of sandwiches onboard…
Bruce Rychlik
10th August 2011 03:16pm
I agree with the statement that "rules are for those lacking in confidence". After five years on a bike, I have (finally) begun to loosen up a bit - and I owe that simply to the fact that I have worked on becoming a better cyclist – because I feel that speaks more than anything you ride and wear. However I must give Rapha (and countless other companies and people) credit for showing (through their Continental route write-ups and films and their Randonnees) one can cycle for pure unbridled enjoyment and do it differently. If you work at becoming a strong cyclist you will simply enjoy cycling all the more. And then – hey – why not treat your self to a cool ride and kit.
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Well, divinechaos should be happy. Shokkher has just passed this afternoon! It should be showing up in the store on Friday, maybe Monday if it goes slowly.
We'll have a new, final video for that song, as well as a first look at "I Thought I Knew You" sometime this week.
The two new videos are up. Shokkher got approved yesterday so look for it on Monday for 80MSP.
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We've moved Stagehands from our RBN2.0 list to our current list; after discussing the expected schedule with the band, they'd rather get the song out sooner. So we're hoping to get that out within the next few weeks, and if it goes well you'll be getting the full Broadway experience with some later tracks. Electric Moon is still holding out, so at the moment they're scheduled as our first RBN2.0 track.
And there's still four days left in our little contest, so if you haven't checked that out on our site I'd suggest doing so soon.
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Just saw the video for the first time and loved it Rob...
I guess there is still a long wait ahead as it goes through testing etc?
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Another weekend, another video. Here's your first look at Hotel Saigon.
And an artist to announce: Alberta's Coelacanths, which plays.... hell if I know. We're calling it Experimental. We're doing "Apocalypse for Breakfast", the first track on their upcoming album.
There's another on the way that we can't announce yet. We did kind of mention it on Twitter, but no official announcement yet, and the band is going to take care of that part to start with. All I can say is that it has by far the longest name of any song in Rock Band, or Guitar Hero, or any western rhythm game. Almost too long for RBN to handle.
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...also, Welcome to Our Town was in review. We didn't make a video for it since it was mostly as a preview rendition, but when RBN2.0's timetable came around the band decided to bump it up rather than hold it. So, you don't get to sing as the whole crowd, but you still get the majority of the song, and it's still fun.
We're planning on getting Daas Bosh and The Virginmarys into the system real soon, and releasing Yesternight's Decision, Lyrics for Monday, and something Morgawr soon as well.
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Haha, I can sort of see the resemblance.
I own Meatballs 2 on Laserdisc btw, what a great bizarre movie.
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The aim of the AAMI Student Success Programs is to support the achievement of greater retention and graduation rates for African American males by providing customized and motivating programming such as hosting events featuring national speakers; offering mentoring opportunities; and providing financial literacy workshops, tutoring, and other academic collaborations across campus departments. Lone Star College System's Minority Male Initiative and Sam Houston State University's Establishing Leadership In and Through Education (E.L.I.T.E.) program were awarded funding for demonstration projects on their campuses. Each program is currently in operation and provides role models and mentoring support for African American and Latino male students. Participating students are required to maintain a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) and are encouraged to either transfer to a four-year institution after completing 60 semester credit hours at Lone Star College or complete a baccalaureate degree at Sam Houston State University.
African American male students participating in the minority male retention programs on both campuses showed improved persistence rates when compared to control groups receiving a variety of other services. One aspect of these programs different from other mentoring programs is that both programs pair minority male students as mentors and mentees which helps them draw on similar cultural and educational experiences to promote success.
Program 2: National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) African American Male Mentorship Project
The primary goal of the NPHC project is to ensure that African American males, who currently experience the highest dropout rate of all college students, improve their GPAs and persist in their studies through the initial 60 semester credit hour threshold. THECB partnered with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council to work with eight institutions of higher education (IHEs) to design and implement mentorship programs for African American males in their freshman and/or sophomore year of college.
Program 3: Texas Southern University College Completion Program
The purpose of the College Completion Program at Texas Southern University (TSU) is to increase the college completion rate, which is the lowest in the state, and to target a significant number of African American male students with mentoring, tutoring, and overall academic support programming. Beginning in 2011, this program was initiated to support TSU in addressing overall student success, and to give special attention to the needs of freshman and sophomore students to ensure their degree completion.
Although not targeted for African American male students, the following programs are also helping to positively impact participation and success rates of African American male students across Texas:
In addition, THECB is also encouraging institutions to include the following success initiatives for their at-risk African American male students:
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"In like a lion, out like a lamb" is an old weather adage, used primarily with reference to March, a month that sees everything from unseasonably high temperatures to snowstorms, as winter gives way to spring and thousands of college students head south to get drunk and expose themselves.
Not much of a transition here from winter to spring, considering we had next to no snow and the thermometer rarely dipped below zero. (Hands up anyone who was stupid enough to buy snow tires, heavy clothing, shovels, salt, and anything else designed to cope with Old Man Winter).
For those of you who are looking forward to the advent of spring and the opportunity to get out of doors, Yours Truly presents its annual Signs of the Season:
1) Assistant editor Roxanne Hooper was spotted recently cutting her lawn. I'm not sure, but I think there may be a municipal bylaw involved here regarding the operation of a mower before March. Not to mention the fact that Roxy has put the pressure on the rest of us to get out there and start doing yard work. When asked about her landscaping faux pas, Ms. Hooper claimed she was merely training for the coming season by pushing the mower up and down her lawn.
2) A lot of your marijuana grow-ops will be moved outside to catch the natural light and warmth, something you may notice - or smell - as you're out walking the dog; you may also notice some clandestine harvesters looking for free pot, or members of Randy Kamp's office gathering evidence for their campaign to eliminate medical marijuana operations. You can also expect Craig Speirs to be sniffing around.
3) The homeless population will have made several changes to their environment for spring: such as swapping the heavy blankets and quilts for lighter fabrics and sheets, and switching to a different colour and weight of tarp for the warmer season. Some of them may also take to wearing shorts and sandals as part of their spring wardrobe.
4) While you're out on your walk, you will see and/or smell dog feces, much of it there since the winter, buried under the snow. Cats, who are neater in their disposal of waste, actually outnumber dogs in this area, which has led the SPCA to create an inexpensive neutering and spaying program for local pet owners, and for strays that are dropped off at the facility.
5) What you won't see this spring are the same numbers of movie sets that we have become accustomed to in the past. The industry, which pumped $2.4 million into the local economy last year, is leaving town because of the provincial government's failure to offer the tax credits other jurisdictions have, like Ontario.
Plus all the cats and dogs and marijuana were a distraction.
6) While not really a sign of spring, you may not be seeing the Happy Face cookie if the Haney Bakery cannot come to terms with mall management's efforts to give them the old heave-ho from their current location next to Thrifty's. Besides the fact of the bakery's long-term tenancy, these sweet cookies are damned addictive, especially among younger people, who I'm surprised have not set up some kind of protest outside the mall.
7) Whonnock Lake has thawed out. Always a sure sign that spring has arrived.
8) Foreign workers, disgusted with the rain and the failure of their employers to pay them on time, are leaving the area and may not return for the berry-picking season. This has led construction firms and farmers to announce that they may have to hire - get ready - Canadians.
9) Again not a regular sign of spring, but the provincial Liberals are spending big bucks tooting their own horn and saying nasty things about NDP leader Adrian Dix. Nothing to do with the election coming up in May.
10) Green Beer.
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Every morning I have a routine
Get the kids up to get ready for school
Pack their lunches (sneek a peek at my Twitter account)
Get them on the bus (check my FaceBook account)
Workout (if I haven't done this BEFORE getting the kids up)
Check my Twitter and FaceBook accounts
Make the beds (after checking my Twitter account again)
Empty/load the dishwasher
And finally… check my FaceBbook and Twitter accounts…again
To be honest, sometimes I check twitter before i get the kids up
Okay, now I am starting to sound a little addicted
Blogging and tweeting has definitely become part of my daily routine
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to blog, vlog and tweet!
I am hooked!!
When I first started to tweet and blog more regularly a few months ago,
I had a couple of "simple" goals in mind:
1) Educate Myself: Learn from others by reading their blogs
and attending conferences
2) Communicate: Start blogging/vlogging/tweeting more consistently
3) Make Meaningful Connections: Through Twitter, Facebook and by commenting on other blogs
4) Motivate and Inspire: My main focus is to motivate and inspire others to life a healthy lifestyle
BUT… Here are a couple of the more interesting, crazy, funny, weird goals I have for my blog:
* Receive a box of Chobani yogurt – When I first started my blogging adventure,
I read about 2 or 3 other people I was following on Twitter had received a box in the mail and
I thought, wow, that really means you have made it
* Be followed by at least 100 people on Twitter @spotonwellness (BTW… I am at 78 today so...)
√ * Have at least 1 subscriber to my YouTube Channel (thanks MamaMoz)
√ * Have a conversation (via email of course because I am NOT a stalker)
with one of my favorite bloggers, MamaKat (@mamakatslosinit)
* Become a FitFluential Ambassador – to me, this means you have made it to the BIG time!
√ * Attend a major event like the Fitness Magazine Blogger Meet and Tweet in NYC
(#fitblogNYC) on May 9th
And last but certainly NOT least
* Be involved in some way, shape or form with LiveStrong - This is not only a blogging goal for me, but a personal/career goal of mine, too
As I had said before, I LOVE to blog/vlog and tweet
It has become as much of my daily routine as working out, brushing my teeth and, well … maybe even breathing
What were your goals when you first started blogging?
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Head Of Zenith Watches Departs: Farwell Thierry Nataf
Filed under: Timepieces / Watches
The reason for Nataf's departure from the CEO position at Zenith watches is unclear, and rumors indicate that he will remain at LVMH, but in a different group (who watch brands include Tag Heuer, Hublot, Dior, and Louis Vuitton). The successor who will lead Zenith through this difficult economic period has not yet been announced. It will no doubt take sometime before the new leader's effect on the brand is observable, but I hope that LVMH is wise enough to place someone capable of reinvigorating Zenith's former glory.
Via WorldTempus (in French).
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The government awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations. In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances of misconduct, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is providing such data. We believe that it will lead to improved contracting decisions and public access to information about how the government spends hundreds of billions of taxpayer money each year on goods and services. Report an instance of misconduct »
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General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 72,200 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation.
Federal Contract $: $19442.8m
Total Number of Instances: 13
Total Misconduct dollar amount: $ 78.5m
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Instances of Misconduct
1. Campbell v. General Dynamics Government Systems Corporation (Illegal Employee Termination)
Campbell alleged he was fired due to a condition covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act. "On December 30, 2002, General Dynamics terminated the plaintiff's employment on account of persistent absenteeism and tardiness. Alleging that these infractions (and, hence, his dismissal) stemmed from a medical condition known as sleep apnea that General Dynamics should have accommodated, the plaintiff filed an administrative complaint with the proper agency charging discrimination on the basis of disability." In October 2005, both parties resolved the case pursuant to an undisclosed settlement.... more»
2. Dobrich v. General Dynamics (Hostile Workplace)
The lawsuit makes a hostile environment claim against General Dynamics' Electric Boat subsidiary. "From the time she was hired, [the plaintiff] claimed in her suit, she was subjected to verbal and physical harassment, including an incident on Aug. 24, 1994, when another worker kicked a chair at her, injuring her wrist." While the jury awarded the Plaintiff $750,000, the award was capped at $300,000 due to statute. See 106 F. Supp. 2d 386... more»
3. F-16 Overcharge
General Dynamics settled a lawsuit alleging that it overcharged the Department of Defense for testing F-16 fighter jets. Four former company employees who tested the F-16s at Edwards Air Force Base "claimed that General Dynamics billed DOD for thousands of hours that were never worked, using falsified time cards from employees who regularly left the plant early. The fraud occurred from 1982 to 1986 and involved about 50 employees."... more»
4. Final Analysis Communication Systems v. General Dynamics (Breach of Contract)
Final Analysis Communication Systems, Inc. brought claims against General Dynamics for breach of contract, fraud, tortuous interference with contractual and business relations, fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation and breach of warranty. In September 2005, a jury rendered a verdict against General Dynamics in the amount of $138 million and a verdict in its favor in the amount of $8 million on their counterclaims. The following April, the judge entered a final judgment in favor of FACS in the amount of $19,870,000 and in favor of General Dynamics in the amount of $8 million.... more»
5. Forti v. General Dynamics (Fraud and Breach of Oral Contract)
"The plaintiffs, former employees of the company's E-Metrics subsidiary, claimed they were promised an equity interest in E-Metrics, and were not compensated when the assets and liabilities were transferred to Hughes Aircraft Company as part of the sale of the Missile Systems business in 1992."... more»
6. Unauthorized Export of Technical Data
General Motors and General Dynamics, as successor owner of portions of General Motors, allegedly violated the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. § 2778, in connection with the unauthorized export of technical data, defense services and defense articles to foreign person employees to include those of proscribed countries and other matters. Under a consent agreement, both companies agreed to pay $20 million in fines and remedial measures, with General Motors responsible for $15 million and General Dynamics responsible for $5 million. See related General Motors instance, "Unauthorized Export of Technical Data."... more»
7. Violation of Age Discrimination in Employment Act
General Dynamics settled a lawsuit alleging a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 USC §§ 621-634 et. seq.). "The lawsuit arises out of a l992 layoff that occurred soon after General Dynamics moved its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to Falls Church, Virginia….Laid-off employees under the age of 50 received the full five years of credited service. Employees between the ages of 50 and 55 received less credited service and employees over the age of 55 received no additional credited service under the program…. The EEOC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis, alleges that General Dynamics' failure to give employees over the age of 50 a full five years of additional credited service constitutes age discrimination."... more»
8. Violation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (PCBs)
General Dynamics Electric Boat, under contract to strip PCB-contaminated paint from storage tanks at the Department of Energy facility in Windsor, Connecticut, was fined for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC §§ 2601 et seq.) with regard to PCBs. "Electric Boat's personnel were required to use disposable protective clothing during paint removal, and the clothing was required to be shipped for disposal (with other PCB contaminated wastes) to a chemical waste management facility in New York. Instead, Electric Boat sent the personal protective equipment to a New Bedford, Mass. laundry facility."... more»
9. Pantano Wash Hazardous Waste Disposal Settlement
A total of 23 companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Textron and Fluor, agreed to pay a total of $542,000 to resolve a series of hazardous-waste dumping claims. The settlement involves wastes brought to landfills along the Pantano Wash in Tucson, Arizona, a state Superfund site known as the Broadway Pantano Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF) site. Complaints filed under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Arizona's Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund law accused the companies of having arranged for the disposal or transport of toxic wastes – including trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), and methylene chloride – to the landfill area from 1945 until the early 1970s. As part of the settlement, General Dynamics agreed to pay $150,750.... more»
10. Red Lion, PA Facility RCRA Violations
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. agreed to pay a $38,500 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its ordnance projectile, housing and parts manufacturing facility in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited General Dynamics for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations involving hazardous waste stored at the building.... more»
11. Will v. General Dynamics (401(k) Fiduciary Lawsuit)
General Dynamics and its 401(k) plan sponsor settled an ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) class action lawsuit filed by current and former employee participants in two General Dynamics 401(k) plans. The lawsuit alleged that participants were charged excessive fees. Under the settlement, a $15 million settlement fund will be created.... more»
12. DataTern v. Abbott Laboratories, et al. (Patent Infringement)
Texas company DataTern, Inc., sued several companies, including General Dynamics, for allegedly infringing a patent on relational databases (the "402 Patent"). DataTern alleged that General Dynamics infringed the patent by making, operating, and maintaining object oriented software applications and systems, including an intranet application tracking corporate integrity agreement workflow. In September 2011, General Dynamics settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.... more»
13. McMillan et al. v. General Dynamics (False Claims on Navy Aircraft and Submarine Parts)
General Dynamics and its subsidiary, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc. (GDATP), settled allegations that GDATP fraudulently billed the government for parts used in Navy aircraft, including the C-141 transport plane, and Los Angeles and Trident Class submarines. The government alleged that between September 2001 and August 2003, GDATP defectively manufactured or failed to test the parts and billed the Navy even though the parts did not meet military specifications. As part of the settlement, neither General Dynamics nor GDATP admitted or denied wrongdoing.... more»


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For the past three years, the First Judicial District has stepped up its effort to collect on forfeited bails and other outstanding debts with the "view," as Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John W. Herron put it in 2012, "that it's necessary to do so in order to underscore the ramifications of failing to appear for court hearings."
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Federal shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has questioned the credibility of any budget surplus forecast expected to be announced by the government on Tuesday.
Treasurer Wayne Swan is predicting a modest surplus for 2012/13 when he hands down his fifth budget on Tuesday.
Last November Mr Swan forecast a $1.5 billion surplus in the next final year compared to a $37.1 billion deficit in 2011/12.
But Mr Hockey says it needs to be questioned if Mr Swan's expected surplus will actually be delivered in September next year - and if Mr Swan will be around.
Mr Hockey said the treasurer had announced a revision of the deficit three times so far this year - $12 billion, $22 billion, then $37 billion.
"The year hasn't finished. We fully expect it's going to be deficit to be somewhere in the mid-40s," he told ABC TV on Sunday.
Mr Hockey says the deterioration of the deficit figure "undermines the credibility of the claim" of a surplus, as does the instability of the Gillard government.
"Whatever they claim on Tuesday night is flawed because nobody - including members of the Labor party - believes that Wayne Swan and Julia Gillard are going to be there to actually have to deliver it."
Mr Hockey also cast doubt on the government's budget process.
"On the one hand they say it's going to be a tough budget, they're going to have to make hard decisions about cut backs," Mr Hockey said.
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Finance Minister Penny Wong later hit back at Mr Hockey's accusations of the government delivering a confused message about a tough budget, yet including extra spending on areas such as the school bonus.
"Budgets are about priorities and they're about making sure you find the room to spend on your priorities and making difficult decisions to find that room," she told ABC Television.
"Education is a priority of this government."
She said the opposition should do the right thing and back legislation to return the budget to surplus.
"If Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott fail to back in the savings measures that the government puts up on Tuesday in the budget, they will be seen as doing nothing other than seeking to wreck the surplus," she said.


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OK, so time for me to post in my own thread again. I've been trying to assemble a list of shows that I want to watch, and I want critique on them.
Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de - It's the Console Wars! But it's an anime!
Chobits - I like robot girls, seems appealing
Death Note - Everyone seems to watch it
Elfen Lied - Dark, apparently
Excel Saga - Apparently funny
Girls und Panzer - It's girls! In tanks!
Is This A Zombie? - Seems interesting
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha - Seems interesting
Narutaru - Apparently it's a really grim deconstruction?
Simoun - Genderbending, seems interesting
Now my question is, is there anything in that list I shouldn't even bother with watching?


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8/1/14 - There will be no monthly meeting in January 2014.
12/2/14 - Recorder professional and teacher Welvin Potter returns to tutor the group this month.
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That Hamilton Woman [DVD]
Director : Alexander Korda
Screenplay : Walter Reisch & R.C. Sherriff
MPAA Rating : NR
Year of Release : 1941
Stars : Vivien Leigh (Emma Lady Hamilton), Laurence Olivier (Lord Horatio Nelson), Alan Mowbray (Sir William Hamilton), Sara Allgood (Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon), Gladys Cooper (Lady Frances Nelson), Henry Wilcoxon (Captain Hardy), Heather Angel (A Streetgirl), Halliwell Hobbes (Rev. Nelson), Gilbert Emery (Lord Spencer), Miles Mander (Lord Keith), Ronald Sinclair (Josiah), Luis Alberni (King of Naples), Norma Drury Boleslavsky (Queen of Naples)
Declared by Winston Churchill to be his favorite film, Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman (released in the U.K. as Lady Hamilton) is both a sharp-edged propaganda film about the necessity of an aggressive national defense and a weepy romantic tragedy, all of which is spun out of the historical annals of British military heroics. The fact that the film's two ends are so seamlessly interwoven is one of its great strengths, which also keeps it from playing as either one-note rah-rah jingoism or turgid melodrama. The film's central love affair is what draws us in emotionally, but the backdrop of the late 18th-century Napoleonic wars as a stand-in for World War II gives it the weight of history, which also allows for grand scenes of violent sea battle to balance out all the ornate interiors and extravagant costumes, none of which suggests the film's intensely rushed five-week production schedule.
That Hamilton Woman also benefits from some particularly canny casting by Hungarian émigré-turned-megaproducer and director Alexander Korda, in this case Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh as the national hero Lord Horatio Nelson and his illicit paramour, Emma, Lady Hamilton. The casting is brilliant on a number of levels, first and foremost because both Olivier and Leigh were extremely popular and critically adored at the time: He had just been nominated for back-to-back Oscars for the successful Hollywood productions Wuthering Heights (1939) and Rebecca (1940) and she had just won an Oscar for Gone With the Wind (1939).
However, their on-screen chemistry was sparked not just by their awards-showered acting prowess, but also by the fact that they were madly in love off-screen and had recently divorced their respective spouses and married each other after beginning an affair on the set of Fire Over England (1937), which, along with 21 Days (1940), was the only other film in which they starred together. Of course, off-screen passion doesn't always translate to on-screen smoldering, as anyone who has ever suffered through the dullness of Madonna and Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise (1986), Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe in Proof of Life (2001), or Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Gigli (2003) can attest. Yet, for whatever intangible reason, Leigh and Olivier translated their real-life passion to celluloid, making it curiously difficult to discern what was performed and was simply there.
In the tradition of many a tragic romance, That Hamilton Woman begins at the end with Emma (Leigh) broken, homeless, and thrown in jail for trying to steal a bottle of wine. It is in her jail cell that she tells the story of her life, which according to her began when she was 18 and traveled with her mother (Sara Allgood) to the grand palace of Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), the British ambassador to Naples. At the time Emma, a former courtesan and dancing girl from Liverpool, was engaged to Sir Hamilton's nephew, but she soon learns that the relationship has been essentially bought out by the elder uncle. Sir Hamilton has a penchant for collecting beautiful items, and Emma is just the next addition to his ever-growing collection.
She first meets Lord Nelson (Olivier), a dashing admiral in the British Navy, when he arrives at the Hamilton palace begging the ambassador to convince the king of Naples to aid him in fighting Napoleon's encroaching fleet. The ambassador can't see past the necessities of formality and bureaucracy, so Emma cuts through the red tape and goes directly to her friend, the queen of Naples, and immediately Lord Nelson has everything he needs. This is the first of several instances in which she will help Nelson's military endeavors, which endears her to him and soon leads to a passionate love affair that threatens to scandalize all of Britain. Every effort is made to keep them apart for the sake of propriety, but nothing can separate them emotionally, even if at times they are away from each for years while he is at sea fighting for England's protection. The constant discussion of Napoleon's desire for complete domination of Europe plays as a barely--and I mean barely--disguised argument for why Hitler posed such a threat is cleared aimed at then-isolationist American audiences, while the depiction of Nelson's single-handed bravery and defeat of Napoleon was clearly intended to rouse the spirits of Britons during the blitz.
The scandalous nature of Emma and Nelson's affair causes the film to run into significant trouble with Hollywood's Production Code Administration (PCA), which could not abide the film's obvious glorification of an adulterous relationship, particularly one that resulted in the birth of an illegitimate child, thus proving without doubt that the relationship was as intensely sexual as it was emotional. Korda argued with PCA head Joseph Breen and eventually agreed to shoot an additional scene in which Nelson admits to his father that his relationship with Emma was wrong in order to ensure that the film played in the U.S. The scene didn't last long, though, as Korda eventually cut it out, thus leaving Nelson and Emma's intense love affair outside the bounds of Hollywood moralizing.
Instead, Korda chose to downplay the sting of adultery by ensuring that Emma and Nelson's respective spouses are depicted as cold, distant, and lacking in the kind of love and attention they so desperately need. As previously mentioned, Sir Hamilton is an older man who clearly wanted Emma not for her love, but for her adornment, while Nelson's wife Frances (Gladys Cooper) is a stern, calculating woman whose stiff upper lip is contested only by Nelson's own. Thus, it is easy to see why Emma and Nelson would be drawn to each other, as their other relationships are clearly lacking. Their chemistry is also intensified by their opposing personalities, which click together like puzzle pieces: She is lively, vivacious, and socially connected, whereas he is steadfast, intense, and always focused on the necessity of national protection. This, in essence, is what makes their romance work: She is able to forego her shallow social ambitions in order to help Nelson in a great cause and he is able to ease off his national duties to recognize the necessity of personal connection. They were made for each other.
That Hamilton Woman Criterion Collection DVD | |
Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 |
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Subtitles | English |
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Distributor | The Criterion Collection |
Release Date | September 8, 2009 |
Criterion's new high-definition transfer was made from a fine-grain master positive and digitally restored via MTI's DRS system, PixelFarm's PFClean system, and Digital Vision's DVNR system, resulting a nicely contrasted black-and-white image that shows good detail and maintains a pleasantly film-like appearance (like other Criterion films in the Academy aspect ratio, it is slightly windowboxed). The digital restoration has removed almost all instances of dirt and noise, although there are several points in the film were white vertical hairlines are noticeable. Black levels are a little soft at times, but shadow detail is good throughout. The monaural soundtrack, transferred at 24-bit from the optical tracks and digitally restored, sounds smooth and pleasant for an early 1940s track. | |
Film historian Ian Christie offers an informative and well researched screen-specific audio commentary that complements the film nicely with a great deal of information about both the film's production and the historical background it depicts. Michael Korda, the nephew of Alexander Korda, appears in a new video interview to discuss growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton Woman (he also dishes on some scandalous rumors, including one that Vivien Leigh was a nymphomaniac). Finally, the disc includes the film's U.S. theatrical trailer and "Alexander Korda Presents," a fairly lengthy 1941 promotional radio piece for the film. |
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I really need to see Kassian on the Canucks for a while before I make this call.
Hodgson is going to have a nice career, if he can improve his skating. He can be a Chris Drury type.
Kassian, if he hits his potiental, could help out the Canucks a lot more. Sedin-Sedin-Kassian could be deadly (down the road being the big caveat here) which frees Burrows up for a very nice Booth-Kesler-Burrows second line. And of course, Kassian can destroy a man or two.
Should be a fun 20 years.
I think head to head Hodgson will have the better career, but given his native position as a center, and Vancouver's wealthy of talent at that position, the move still makes sense for the team. Kassian has the potential to elevate to Todd Bertuzzi-like success, but it is a long and treacherous road towards NHL power forward stardom.
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 06:37 am |
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fedreb Member
I understand why Lincoln exempted the Union affiliated Border States and areas such as the counties making up West Virginia from the Emancipation Proclamation but why no mention of Tennessee, was this State not deemed to be in rebellion against the Union? I think I need some help here in understanding the politics. |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 10:22 am |
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Kernow-Ox Member
I'm writing from memory so am probably a bit hazy on the detail but as far as I understand it, Tennessee had been divided on secession in 1861 but the pro-Union side failed to divorce itself in the way West Virginia did. Moreover, after the fall of Nashville Andrew Johnson was appointed military governor of the state. The Emancipation Proclamation is carefully worded to avoid losing the support of any areas with pro-Union leanings, hence the lists of parishes that are specificlaly excluded in Louisinana for example. So I think it's safe to say that there was sufficient union control - and political support for the union - for it to be excluded. |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:36 pm |
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PvtClewell Member
I absolutely love this — two guys from England discussing between themselves, and knowledgably, about the Emancipation Proclamation. Wow. I also notice all our friends from England indicate they are from the United Kingdom. Interesting. I'm from North Carolina, but I don't go around saying I'm from the United States. So: If the reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth, therefore wouldn't you be from the United Queendom? Or would that be something entirely different? |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 07:22 pm |
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fedreb Member
Kernow -ox, Thanks for that, I was obviously confusing the political and the military as the battle of Stones River was being fought at the very time of the Proclamation. PvtClewell, In my experience the whole UK thing comes from the USA. Anywhere else in the world I can be English but try telling that to a US Immigration Officer, our Passports state "Citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" so to them England doesn't exist, put anything other than UK on your green card when you arrive in the States and it is "Go to the back of the queue and fill it in properly..." but hey, I love my trips to the States so I'll be anything they want me to be |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 07:33 pm |
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PvtClewell Member
Holy smokes. You mean we even get Europeans tied up in our own bureaucratic red tape? I had no idea. Sorry about that. Is there anything I can get you? A Guinness perhaps. Or better yet, a Yuengling? Or a Leinenkugel? |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 08:20 pm |
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fedreb Member
A Sam Adams would do just fine..... |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:06 pm |
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fedreb Member
Back to the Emancipation Proclamation. I have often read of certain manouvers, both political and military, described as the best in the war, (Grants crossing of the James comes to mind or Jacksons attack at Chancellorsville ), but I think the proclamation, where Lincoln declared henceforth and forever free slaves he actually had no control over anyway was a masterstroke in that it also served to deter any lingering thoughts of involvement from across the Atlantic by Britain or France. I know that is a bit of a simplistic view on my part and that there was a lot more involved but does anyone out there have any particular favourite manouver? |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:13 pm |
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susansweet Member
Fedreb did you know that that is Paul Revere on the bottle of Sam Adams? They were afraid the picture of Sam Adams would drive people away. Susan |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:18 pm |
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Crazy Delawares Member
Fedreb, understanding politics...good luck with that one! If you can nail it down, GREAT! I'll be reading this board from time to time to get some idea myself! |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 09:50 pm |
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fedreb Member
Susan, There's a picture? Hard to tell with the bottle between your teeth! You are a mine of information good lady, where do you store it all? |
Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 11:47 pm |
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susansweet Member
Fedreb lol. I am full of it for sure . I do have tons of books around the house on various subjects. What ever has caught my attention over the years . Susan |
Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 06:45 am |
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cklarson Member
Dear FedReb et al. Very good question regarding the Emancipation Proclamation. This is why people need to read my biography of Anna Ella Carroll, _Great Necessities: The Life, Times and Writings of AEC, 1815-1894_ (http://www.xlibris.com/amazon.com) in which I reprint the 4 major legal pamphlets Carroll wrote for Lincoln, at his request, on the war powers of the Federal Government, including emancipation and the rights of Southerners. She is considered one of the best trained legal minds in the country at the time. In her pamphlet _The Relatoin of the National Government to the Revolted Citizens Defined_, Carroll goes into the difference between foreign and civil wars. In a foreign war, every citizen of the enemy state is considered a belligerent. But in a civil war, one has to actually take up arms against the govt. to be considered a rebel which is why military commission trials for citizens were held during the war: to determine their belligerent status (as well as guerrilla status for war crimes prosecution). Because of this the government could not confiscate property (slaves) of citizens who were not rebels or who were not governed by martial law. During the war, the Confederacy was the only region that was fully governed by military law, as it was the seat of war in which military operations were taking place and in which citizens were in rebellion. Thus, as stated in the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln freed the slaves only in the states deemed in rebellion, because the use of slave labor had become a potent part of the Confederacy's military machine. He freed the slaves as a temporary war measure under his powers as commander-in-chief. As Carroll wrote, the Proclamation could not be a general transfer of property title and it had to expire once the war emergency expired as war measures can only be temporary--to meet the crisis of the war. That is why the 13th Amendment had to be passed: to abolish slavery. CKL [See note on my books in announcements] |
Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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HankC Member
fedreb wrote: I understand why Lincoln exempted the Union affiliated Border States and areas such as the counties making up West Virginia from the Emancipation Proclamation but why no mention of Tennessee, was this State not deemed to be in rebellion against the Union? I think I need some help here in understanding the politics. 99% of discussions and questions are rehash of well-worn topics. This is a gem in the slag; I do not recall previous mention of Tennessee being excluded from the EP... It is an interesting point that the section of Tennessee longest under firm union control (the west) was the most secessionist part of the state, and the most pro-union region (the east) was the last to be conquered. HankC |
Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 07:32 pm |
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Kernow-Ox Member
HankC wroteIt is an interesting point that the section of Tennessee longest under firm union control (the west) was the most secessionist part of the state, and the most pro-union region (the east) was the last to be conquered. Hi Hank, That's a fascinating point. The political scientist in me is itching to construct a model to illustrate what I think might have been going on. Forgive the indulgence (I had a really boring day at work). Imagine a border state with four counties (A, B, C, and D). The unionist vote/sentiment is 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% respectively. With limited resources with which to assert union authority (troops, loyalist politicians, bribes, etc), it makes sense to mostly apportion them to counties D and C, with perhaps a little bit B just to keep the waverers in line.* People in A might be cheered by an occasional parade but it's not going to be very difficult to assert union control in this county. Political force needs to be concentrated in places where the people aren't consenting to union rule Now, I do not know how this model holds up in relation to Tennessee (or anywhere else for that matter). However, if the purpose of the war was to re-assert federal control in states in rebellion, then to my mind it has a ring of truth about it. The aim, after all, is to get people to assent to the rule of a government. There is little point in using the force of government among those who are content to be governed by it in the first place. Anyhow, I guess I now need to test my arguments against some evidence. How annoying. * For the sake of this model I am ignoring any military necessities and concentrating solely on political factors. Last edited on Wed Mar 12th, 2008 07:33 pm by Kernow-Ox |
Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 07:59 pm |
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HankC Member
Tennessee is a fascinating state. I hope to live there one day. IIRC, the 3 stars on the state flag represent the 3 different, and rather, disparate regions of the state. In any event, there is one major facto in the US occupation of secessionist Tennessee ( and Missouri, and Arkansas, and etc): rivers. The rivers were both the major conduit for the advancing union armies and also the major arteries along which slavery flourished. HankC |
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Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2008 11:22 pm |
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Ed, Hank: It does all come back to lines of communication. It's hard to conceive of the scale of the land in a period when the time taken to traverse distances was comparatively slower, and thus the social connections between different groups within a state much weaker. The mistake is not just to see the south (or the north) as one homogeneous block, but to also see the internal demographics of the states as similarly uniform. Thanks for the descriptions of Tennessee and Alabama. Other than printed maps in books I have a modern road map with which I tend to refer to when I can't be bothered to fire up the web browser. As it tells me that I should expect it to take just under two hours to get to Richmond from DC I think I need to find an 1860s atlas. (As for my previous post, gosh I can go on a bit when I can't let go of an idea) P. |
Posted: Fri Mar 14th, 2008 03:13 pm |
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HankC Member
Excellent point concerning communication. Some of the most telling evidence of the US superiority are reflected in the freedom of their leaders to travel quickly and easily. Lincoln never ventured very far, but Grant and Sherman, at least, had no compulsion about hopping on a train or steamer and visiting other areas. IIRC, in the early spring of 1864 Sherman took quite a tour of his department, from Nashville, down the Mississippi and back, ensuring the area was adequately manned and supplied before he pushed off toward Atlanta. In contrast, I do not recall that Lee ever left Virginia (to other southern states) after the 1862 Peninsula campaign. Obviously, he visited both Maryland and Pennsylvania HankC http://civilwarmissouri.blogspot.com/ |
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