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FORTUNE -- Dear Annie: I just came from my year-end evaluation and, as usual, it was excellent, except for one thing, also as usual. My boss told me I often have great ideas for how to do things faster and cheaper, but I don't sell them enough. For example, I don't speak up too often in meetings and, when we were asked to do a self-evaluation as part of the review process, I listed my achievements for the year without saying what's so great about them.
I've heard this from managers before, in past jobs, and as in the past, I really don't know what to do about it. I'm not a rah-rah type by nature, and certainly not a salesperson. Also, I was brought up to think that people who are always plugging their own wonderfulness are jerks, and that modesty is a sign of a strong character. So how am I supposed to learn to sell myself at work? Do you or your readers have any suggestions? -- Baffled in Boston
Dear B.B.: It may interest you to know that you're not the only one wondering. Almost 80% of 1,082 employed Americans in a recent survey by sales development firm Sandler Training believe that "in today's world, people need to be better at selling themselves." Still, two-thirds (63%) say they spend less than an hour a day doing so.
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"Our biggest audience now is not professional salespeople, but other kinds of businesspeople who want to get attention for their ideas without seeming pushy," says Dave Mattson, Sandler's CEO. It doesn't help, he adds, that most of us were brought up to believe that hard work alone would lead to the corner office. "We all know that the smartest people aren't always the most successful," he notes. "It boils down to being able to sell yourself effectively."
About 45% of the people Sandler surveyed say their workplace is the hardest place to pitch a good idea. (The next largest group, 21%, said home is.) For you, and for those folks, Mattson offers 10 ways of putting an idea across so that the right people will listen.
1. Don't take rejection personally. "One of the major stumbling blocks for people trying to sell a concept is that, if the idea is rejected, they take it as a rejection of them personally -- and they stop trying," Mattson says. Instead, he suggests, take professional athletes as your role model, at least in this respect: "Most major-league players strike out far more than they hit. Even so, they keep trying."
2. Use your voice, rather than email. Many of us (especially the shy) use email to put our best ideas forward, but that's not nearly as effective as doing it in person or, if necessary, on the phone. "The phone is much more effective," Mattson says. "You have your tone of voice working for you, and you can be far more responsive to any questions the other person may have."
3. Listen 70% of the time, and talk 30%. "In the sales world there's a saying: Everybody hates to be sold but loves to buy," Mattson says. "Top salespeople don't steamroll others. Instead, they listen, which forces you to focus on the other person -- what their position is, and why they're responding the way they are."
4. Practice. Find a friend or trusted colleague who will hear you out while you practice your pitch. Mattson recommends repeating your idea six times before presenting it to decision-makers. "The first one or two times, you'll still be figuring out how you want to put it," he says. "By the sixth time, you're usually speaking with real conviction."
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5. Get others to weigh in. "Successful selling isn't 'I,' it's 'we,'" Mattson says. "Our subconscious can tell one from the other even if our conscious mind doesn't. People want to be part of a solution. So include their suggestions in your idea." Not only will that probably make the idea even better, but you'll still get the credit for having gotten the ball rolling.
6. Start with a problem statement. First, state the problem: "I've noticed there's an issue with X." Advises Mattson, "Keep it short and concise. Then suggest two or three alternative solutions and see how people respond." The end result will almost always be "some hybrid of what you've said it should be," he adds. "People love to edit what you say, so give them something to work on."
7. Point to an impartial authority. Make your case, where possible, by mentioning a survey or article by some third party who has no skin in the game. "Getting backup for your position from a trusted source gives you extra credibility," Mattson says.
8. Give praise where it's due. Most people are starved for praise and recognition, Mattson notes, and making it a habit to notice a task well done will make people more likely to listen to you when it's your turn. "You have to be sincere, of course," he adds. "But most people get so little appreciation for what they do that the simple act of noticing can make them more likely to listen to you."
9. Take a personal interest. Mattson keeps what he calls a "fuzzy file" on people he encounters regularly, so that "if I see an article somewhere about a new kind of ski, I know to send it along to someone I know is a ski buff, for instance," he says. "Showing some interest in who people are outside of the office makes a powerful impression."
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10. Repeat steps No. 1 through 9 regularly. "If you only do these little things once a year leading up to evaluation time, it'll be really hard, you'll take everything too personally, and you'll hate it," Mattson points out. "You need to get in the habit of doing them all through the year, a little bit at a time, but all the time."
Notice, if you will, that none of these requires being pushy, arrogant, or otherwise jerky -- quite the opposite, in fact -- but selling oneself does call for "reinforcement," Mattson says, "which can only come with time."
Talkback: If you've succeeded at selling your ideas or yourself in your organization, what approach has worked best for you (or hasn't)? Leave a comment below.
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Will Klaus say 'love' or 'mate' more times in 2013? Drinking game players around the nation are edges of their seats - and rims of their shot glasses - in anticipation!
Can Jeremy complete the map without harming someone close to him? My favorite storyline of Season 4 so far. We know Damon will be mentoring Jeremy upon the show's return, but we don't know how far Jeremy will need to go in order to finish his mark.
Will the cure be found? Or, perhaps a better one: Will it be used?
Will the sire bond storyline come to an end soon? Please? Pretty please?!?
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Oh, and come on guys! How is caroline supposed to hook up with klaus now?! I'd be really appalled if she broke up with Tyler and then took up with the man responsible for killing his mother. I cannot think of a more ooc thing to do to Caroline. Plec has said something along the lines of "it's the last thing she wants right now but it's not the last we'll see of [klaus and caroline's] connection" and rhat's just absurd! He killed your boyfriend, turned him into a hybrid, ordered him to fatally wound you through a bite and then killed his mother, forced your mentor on a cross country murder spree, used your BFF as a blood bag, and terrorized pretty much everyone you've ever said "hi" to- a diamond bracelet and few pretty drawings hardly seems like enough to forge a "connection" strong enough to over look all that
... So if they find this cure, and it's legit, and they some how force klaus to take it, will all the vampires created from his blood line turn human as well? I would assume so since all vampires in his blood line would die if he were to but then again, continuity has never been a priority on this show...
@Leo, I am with you here, have been shipping Elena and Death since ever!
If you really like the show keep watching! No matter who you ship! Because if you throw and fit and say "oh i'm not going to watch until Delena/Stelena or together!" then it will send the ratings down and the show will be in danger of getting cancelled!
@Jillian, don't worry, CW kept GG until its sixth season, so TVD is sure to survive on 13yearolds throwing tantrums about not seeing their ship getting down and dirty.


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The Trojans built a quick 8-0 lead and never looked back, ending the Pack's season with a 78-59 defeat in the second round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament Sunday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center.
Tahnee Robinson, Nevada's leading scorer at 22 points per game, erased the goose egg off the scoreboard with a basket at the 17:19 mark of the first half. However, she struggled pushing the action too much, making just two of her first eight shots from the field. She did finish with eight points in the first half.
After a Johnna Ward 10-foot jumper cut the deficit to 11-4 with 16:14 to go before halftime, USC went on a 19-7 run over the next nine minutes to put the game out of reach.
Nevada tried to get back in contention. Ward and Kate Kevorken nailed back-to-back 3-pointers, making it a 32-19 game with 5:27 left in the half. But that was as close as the Wolf Pack could get.
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Nevada couldn't get much of a run going after the break. With an 18-point lead, USC was content just trading baskets with the home team.
The Wolf Pack closed the gap to 58-43 on a Megan Cherry free throw with 11:33 to go in the game. But it was all Trojans after that and Nevada was resigned to the fact it would end its first ever 20-win season with a 22-11 record.
USC increased its lead to a game-high 27-point margin, 76-49, with 4:43 remaining. A 10-2 Wolf Pack run to close out the game made the final score a little more respectable.
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"Attention, attention," I said as I banged down the gavel. "This month's meeting of the Organization for Loudly Declaring a Preference for the Old and Out-of-date and the Past's Superiority, or OLDPOOPS, is now open."
The OLDPOOPS, as you know, are those of us who love to wax nostalgic about the olden days. First we wax nostalgic, then we buff it to a high shine. Also, we heap scorn on anything that's "new-fangled."
In fact, any person who uses the word "new-fangled" is a prime candidate for joining the OLDPOOPS.
On the agenda this month was harrumphing over the fancy digs some college students get to live in these days. According to a recent New York Times article, developers building off-campus apartments for students are loading them up with posh, luxury amenities to lure young Brittany and Justin (or their parents) into forking over the rent money.
Around the University of Missouri, the Times reported, off-campus housing complexes are offering "tanning salons; spas offering manicures, pedicures, facials and massages; 24-hour workout rooms with virtual trainers; and outdoor pools with bars and cabanas. There are washers and dryers that send text messages when a cycle is complete, and exercise machines that allow users to check their e-mail."
This was catnip to the OLDPOOPS, an opportunity to happily wallow in reminiscences of how dingy and woebegone their own collegiate hovels were.
"I remember my old dorm," said one. "Cinderblock walls, bunk beds. The beds were too short, too. Every morning for a year, I woke up to the sight of my roommate's feet sticking out the end of the bed over my head."
"My dorm didn't have any recreation facilities," said a second. "Ours did," said a third. "We had nightly cockroach races."
"My roommate had a record player, fortunately," said another. "Unfortunately, he had a collection of four LPs, total, which he played over and over. I was a year into grad school before I stopped hearing Jethro Tull in my sleep."
"But that deprivation built character," the first one said. "You had to learn how to accommodate other people, how to share stuff with others."
"Sharing, right," another replied. "My entire dorm floor shared a case of athlete's feet. Wet bathroom floor from the leaking pipes."
Another lovingly quoted the great scene in the 1990 movie "The Freshman," in which mobster Marlon Brando looks around Matthew Broderick's dump of a dorm room and observes, "So this is college … I didn't miss nothin'."
"Hey, the off-campus housing back then was no better," one maintained. "Where I lived junior year, the whole house smelled of boiled cabbage, somehow. My girlfriend broke up with me, saying I smelled like a plate of sauerkraut."
"And can you believe these off-campus places have their own washing machines and dryers?" marveled another. "Actually, I don't recall us college guys ever doing laundry."
"We didn't," the first one said. "I had a pile of dirty laundry on my bedroom floor so long, I think it started to spontaneously combust. When I turned out the light, it glowed in the dark."
"What happened to it finally?" he was asked.
"When my parents came to visit, my mom picked it up with tongs and carried it out. Never saw it again."
"Let's be fair," one fellow suddenly cried. "Not every college student nowadays lives like this. A lot of them still have to reside in drab dorm rooms or in shabby off-campus rentals, just like we did."
We hooted him down, of course. No one wants to be distracted by facts while having the fun of boasting about one's deprivations.
"You know why we take this attitude," he was lectured. "It's our need to compete with our own parents. They were the generation that went through the Great Depression, and all though our youth we had to listen to their stories about pinching pennies, and no coal in the winter, and dinner for four being one potato and a pork rind, and three brothers having to share one pair of pants, on and on. The closest most of that generation got to college was listening to Notre Dame games on the radio."
"True," he conceded. "Our parents gave us the galling burden of being privileged in comparison to them. How nice of today's college students to lift that burden from us. Anyway, now I know what I want to do when I retire."
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As great as our traveling exhibits are, there are some exhibits that are the staple of the Orlando Science Center. NatureWorks will have you up close and personal with some of nature's most fascinating reptiles. At DinoDigs, you'll step back into the prehistoric age. Discover the dynamic forces and systems that shape our Earth, as well as other planets in Our Planet, Our Universe. Explore such concepts as electricity and magnetism, lasers, soundwaves, and nature's forces in Science Park. No visit to the Science Center is complete without a trip to KidsTown, an interactive world dedicated to our smaller explorers.
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What's the difference between a great visit to a Science Center and a memorable visit? Live programs. Our exhibits are designed to inspire curiosity and exploration, our Science Live! programs are designed to bring the exhibits to life. Whether it's a show in the Digital Adventure Theater or a one-to-one interaction with a volunteer at the Crosby Observatory, our live programs create the kind of impact that can last a lifetime.
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Looking for little more "hard science" in your next Science Center visit? Look no further than the Science Stations located throughout the facility. Science Stations are a cross between exhibits and live programs in that they're exhibits that typically include a live program to truly bring the experience to life. Science Stations provide an in-depth look at their respective subject matter in an entertaining way. Be sure to check your program schedule to see which Science Stations are conducting demonstrations on the day of your next visit.
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The Florida Dairy Farmers have sponsored a new display in our KidsTown area, which provides fascinating facts on how milk moooves from the farm to our fridge. Check out the giant interactive milk glass just inside KidsTown.
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Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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Average Debt Up Again for New College GradsIt's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600 — up about 5 percent from the class before.
By: Justin Pope and Jennifer Johnson, Associated Press
It's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600 — up about 5 percent from the class before.
The latest figures are calculated in a report out Thursday by the California-based Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) and likely underestimate the problem in some ways because they don't include most graduates of for-profit colleges, who typically borrow more than their counterparts elsewhere.
Still, while 2011 college graduates faced an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in 2011, even those with debt remained generally better off than those without a degree. The report emphasized research showing that the economic returns on college degrees remain, in general, strong. It noted the unemployment rate for those with only a high school credential last year was 19.1 percent.
"In these tough times, a college degree is still your best bet for getting a job and decent pay," said TICAS President Lauren Asher. "But, as debt levels rise, fear of loans can prevent students from getting the education they need to succeed. Students and parents need to know that, even at similar looking schools, debt levels can be wildly different. And, if they do need to borrow to get through school, federal student loans, with options like income-based repayment, are the safest way to go."
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Although North Dakota doesn't fall within the top low-debt states, it's not among the highest, either. The average debt load for undergraduates in North Dakota was $27,425, with 83 percent of students carrying debt. Sixty-five percent of students in the state graduated from college.
Last year, UND was one of the top 20 high-debt public colleges in the United States, with the average debt of graduates at $31,764. College debt levels on the list went up to $45,100.
While the average debt amount is accurate, the percentage of students who have debt includes more than undergraduate students, said UND spokesman Peter Johnson.
"When we re-ran the report, it went from 84 percent to 71 percent," he said. "You can see that's a significant change."
He doesn't fault the institution, which was basing the report on the information it received from UND. However, the information it received was different from the other institutions polled and the results were skewed, he said.
"The reality is, I think we're still a very good value, particularly (compared to the national market)," he said. In-state tuition and fees at UND for the 2010-11 year was $6,934.
The university is currently involved in the North Dakota Spirit Campaign, which is targeting one third of its $300 million toward benefiting students and increasing scholarship opportunities, he said.
The average debt of graduates from North Dakota State University in Fargo, which was not among the high or low-debt public institutions, was not listed in the report.
In Minnesota, one of 2011's top 10 high-debt states in the nation, the average debt load was $29,793, with 71 percent of students carrying debt. Eighty-three percent of students in the state graduated from college. At University of Minnesota-Crookston, one of the colleges highlighted in the report, the average debt was $24,434.
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The latest report figures come at a time of increasing alarm about the sheer scope of student debt nationally, which by some measures has surpassed $1 trillion. Recent government figures show nearly 10 percent of borrowers of federal student loans in the most recently measured cohort had already defaulted within two years of starting repayment.
The issue has come up on the presidential campaign trail, though the candidates' specific plans haven't become a major issue. President Barack Obama has touted his record of ending $60 billion in subsidies to private lenders, directing the savings to student aid and implementing an income-based repayment plan that caps federal student loan payments at 15 percent of income and forgives repayment after 25 years.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, argues the flood of federal student aid spending unleashed in recent years has led colleges to raise tuition prices. He wants to return to a system in which the government supports private lenders, arguing it's more cost-effective, and his campaign has called the income-based repayment program flawed.
In Tuesday night's second presidential debate, Romney repeated an assertion he'd made previously that "50 percent of kids coming out of college (are) not able to get work." That is not accurate, though twice earlier in the debate he made an important qualification, indicating he was referring to graduates who couldn't get "college-level jobs." Figures analyzed by Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market studies last spring did find 53.6 percent of bachelor's degree holders under age 25 were either unemployed or working in positions that don't fully use their skills or knowledge.
The latest TICAS report also cites studies that found more than one-third of recent graduates were in positions that did not require a degree, depressing wages, though other government figures cited by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce put the so-called "underemployment" rate for young college grads much lower — at around 10 percent.
As for those who have no job at all, according to Georgetown the latest monthly unemployment figure for college graduates under age 24 is 10.5 percent (the figure typically jumps each spring as a new class graduates and declines over the course of the year; last March it was 5.4 percent).
"Increasing student debt in a weak economy can be a knock-out blow to many considering college," said Rich Williams, higher education advocate with U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which advocates for students. "As our economy is recovering, lawmakers must send every signal that college is a good investment. "
Among other finding in the TICAS report:
• Private (non-federal) student loans, which generally have weaker borrower protections but have been diminishing as a source of student borrowing, accounted for about one-fifth of the debt owed by the Class of 2011.
• Debt levels vary widely by state, ranging from $17,250 in Utah to $32,450 in New Hampshire.
• Debt at individual schools ranged from $3,000 to $55,250 though not all schools report that data.
• Among colleges, the percentage of graduates with debt ranged from 12 percent to 100 percent. At 64 schools, more than 90 percent of student graduated with debt.
Online: Companion interactive map with details for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 1,000 public and private nonprofit four-year colleges is available at www.projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data2012.php
Grand Forks Herald staff writer Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.
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Did forecasters adequately warn this area about Isaac?Monday, August 27th, 2012
Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast were out of Isaac's "cone" well before the storm approached the Florida Keys. There was a tropical storm watch as far north as Jupiter Inlet, but the models were in ever-better agreement that the storm would cross the Keys going west-northwest, and head out into the Gulf of Mexico a good distance from Florida's west coast.
So how bad could it be way over here on the east coast?
Pretty bad, as it turned out.
There were tropical storm force gusts, but the rain was the real surprise. Even as the storm was hitting Key West on Sunday, there seemed to be nearly as much rain in Palm Beach County. Then, as the storm moved beyond Key West on Sunday evening and overnight, there was much, much more rain in Palm Beach County.
In fact, according to the Weather Underground blog, a swath of the state beginning in West Palm Beach and extending across Central Florida to Orlando received more than 7 inches of rain, the most in the state.
And the rain didn't stop on Monday. Into the afternoon, a long "snake" of heavy rain extended from Melbourne down to Miami, inundating areas just west of the coast. A curving swath of heavy rain also curled across the northern part of the state.
Forecasters had predicted rain. And the official forecasts included the expectation that some of the storms "could produce heavy rain."
The National Hurricane Center's graphics also had warned that even though most of Florida was out of the cone, "The cone contains the probable path of the storm center but does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside of the cone."
Certainly Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast experienced plenty of those "hazardous conditions outside of the cone" on Sunday and Monday.
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The ipl_varyon program is a setuid root application, installed by
default under multiple versions of IBM AIX, which can be used to set the
default physical boot volume.
Local exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ipl_varyon
command included by default in multiple versions of IBM Corp.'s AIX
Operating System could allow for arbitrary code execution as the root
The vulnerability specifically exists due to an unbounded
string copy operation. When provided with a long argument to the -d
option, the ipl_varyon process will overwrite stack memory with the user
supplied string. This allows for overwriting of the saved return address
on the stack, which in turn allows for complete control over execution
Exploitation of this vulnerability is simple for a skilled attacker,
however gid "system" is required in order to execute the vulnerable
binary. Successful exploitation yields root access on the system.
iDEFENSE has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in IBM AIX
version 5.2. It is suspected that previous versions are also vulnerable.
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names CAN-2005-0262 to these issues. This is a candidate for inclusion
in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for
security problems.
12/21/2004 Initial vendor notification
01/07/2004 Initial vendor response
02/10/2004 Coordinated public disclosure
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One of our latest library visits has been to Sparta Public Library. Dave Lisa met with library director Carol Boutilier, Assistant Director Diane Lapsley and Systems Administrator David Costa on April 12th to review all of this municipal library's innovations. Here are just some of them: Sparta offers the Freegal Music Service to its customers, in which users can download DRM free MP3s from the Sony Music catalog. Sparta is recognized as the first public library to offer Amazon Kindles to their customers. Sparta Library users can fax for free from the library and scan documents to email from public photocopy machines. The library also has a digital library card, which customers can use from their choice of handheld smart devices. Learn more about Sparta Public Library at their website: http://www.spartalibrary.com/


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Unfortunately, his opinions get scant exposure in America. As a leftist, Chomsky commands few communications outposts. The New York Times Syndicate circulates his column but it has never appeared in the Times itself — or in other major U.S. newspapers.
Liberal media indeed.
Greg Ruggeriero in an editor's note rightly complains that the Establishment is "unwilling to tolerate a range of thought wide enough to include Chomsky." Peter Hart in the forward points out that American newspapers have a preponderance of conservative columnists and that many of so-called liberals are actually centrists.
In an earlier book, "Necessary Illusions," Chomsky reported that in the first three months of the 1986 debate over Nicaraguan policy, 85 columns appeared in the Times and The Washington Post — all critical of the Sandinistas.
Terrorist regime. Rogue state. Evil empire. The terms America routinely apply to other nations fit the United States perfectly.
As Chomky wrote shortly after 9/11, the atrocities on U.S. soil provided a "pretext to implement long-standing plans to take control of Iraq's immense oil wealth." America strongly supported Saddam Hussein after he attacked Iran in 1980. America finds the U.N. relevant only when it follows U.S. orders.
Chomsky notes that 9/11 was the kind of horror that America has dealt all too frequently to other nations. The so-called "just war" that America launched against Afghanistan is a sad commentary on Western values.
"The Taliban requested evidence to support the U.S. demand that it turn over Osama bin Laden and associates," Chomsky writes. "The Bush administration refused to do so because it did not have any."
These are truths you will never read in Establishment newspapers.
America engages in preemptive wars. It seeks to rule the world by force. Central America has often felt the sting and humiliation of U.S. might. America preaches democracy selectively in the Middle East and elsewhere — but will not tolerate it when the democratic choice is not to America's liking.
America imposed cruel economic sanctions on Iraq in 1990. Today it imposes cruel economic sanctions on harmless Cuba because socialism is anathema to the United States — and because of politics that ignores human decency.
"A 1964 State Department document declares Fidel Castro to be an intolerable threat because he 'represents a successful defiance of the United States, a negation of our whole hemispheric policy of a century and a half,' " Chomsky writes.
America brazenly violates international law and the World Court by supporting the Israeli erection of a wall on Palestinian soil. It backs other heinous Israeli policies.
"Washington has reserved the right to set up permanent military bases in Iraq, in the heart of the world's greatest oil-producing region and has imposed an economic regime that no sovereign country would accept, putting the country's fate in the hands of Western corporations," Chomsky declares.
More truths you will not read in Establishment newspapers.
He notes that Washington firmly supported the dictator Pinochet in Chile after engineering the overthrow of socialist Allende. Muslims do not hate our freedom, as President Bush proclaims. They justifiably hate U.S. policies.
Chomsky pooh-poohs the notion proclaimed by Bush that the mission of the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq is to bring them democracy.
The United States "has been tormenting Iranians for more than 50 years ever since a U.S.-instigated military coup overthrew the parliamentary government and installed the shah," Chomsky writes. The shah "ruled with an iron hand" while compiling "an atrocious record of human rights violations."
Still more truths you will not read in Establishment newspapers. You will read them in leftist magazines like The Nation and The Progressive. But those enlightened publications are preaching to a tiny, tiny choir.
Chomsky debunks the notion of the unique virtue of America, its mission to redeem the world, its professed ideals and faith in the nation's "divinely ordained destiny." He gives the lie to U.S. exceptionalism, the view that America is the most moral and most just nation in history.
Jake Highton teaches journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.
"Interventions" By Noam Chomsky; City Life Books, San Francisco / 218 pages, paperback, $15.95


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you listen to the critics, there are a lot of really good movies hitting
theaters this weekend. Matt Atchity talked about everything from Hobbits
to Mary Poppins Friday morning on Good Day LA.
second installment of "The Hobbit" opens everywhere and Matt says the
reviews are solid...but fans of the book may not like what they see on screen.
movie is very exciting, there's lot of action, the critics like this one better
but I didn't care for it that much. I'm a little disappointed. I love The Lord
of the Rings, I'm a big fan of these books, I'm a bit of a purist so I felt
like there's a little bit too much crammed in here but I think plenty of people
are going to like this."
director of "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Fighter"
brings back some of the cast from both movies for his latest film,
"American Hustle". Matt says it's fantastic.
movie is very exciting, it's very funny...it's a great period piece...it feels
closer to Goodfellas or Casino in a very good way. I really like this movie,
the critics love it. 97% on the Tomatometer. Certified fresh. And again, this
is an absolute must see."
winners Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson join forces to tell the story about the
behind the scenes drama in making Mary Poppins in "Saving Mr.
Banks". Critics are also loving this one but as with most "based on a
true story" type of films, they say take this one with a grain of
salt to enjoy the spoonful of sugar.
a bit of backlash happening because this movie takes great liberties with the
reality of what happened. This is the kind of movie you look at and say 'you
know, they're not going to let the truth get in the way of a great story'. So
you kind of have to check your knowledge at the door and if you can do that,
this is a really great, really fun, very emotional movie."
Matt Atchity is the editor in chief for the pop-culture website "Rotten Tomatoes." He also hosts a new show on Sirius XM called "Rotten Tomatoes Radio."
The weekly one hour call in show airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
'Rotten Tomatoes TV Zone' is up now on the Rotten Tomatoes website.
Sharon Lawrence plays a therapist treating patients with eating disorders in the new Lifetime movie 'Starving In Suburbia.'


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Most of these type events have the contestants together for a few hours at the most. Amateurs can learn plenty by rubbing elbows with the pros.
The sport of competitive bass fishing gives amateurs, every day anglers like you and me, an opportunity to fish with some of the top pro anglers. It's an excellent chance for weekend anglers to learn new techniques and approaches to fishing. Sure there is some money on the line, but the goal is to have fun and learn about competitive tournament bass fishing.
Last week in the B.A.S.S. Southern Open on Logan Martin Lake, Bart Smith of Pell City had his first opportunity to fish the back seat. He got to see firsthand the workings and competition of a big time bass tournament. When the schedule was released last year that B.A.S.S. was coming to town, Smith wanted the chance to fish with a pro.
Simple format
Members of B.A.S.S. can submit a registration form for any or all of the Open events. There are three regions that offer Open tournaments for pros and co-anglers. Southern, Central and Eastern regions each offer three events. The locations vary among the region.
"It is something I have wanted to do for a while," said Smith. "How often do you get the chance to fish with a pro on your home lake?"
Like most anglers around, Smith is a working man. He is a family man, with three children and an itch to fish whenever he can. Many times he will take along his oldest daughter, 8-year-old Alex, out on the lake. She enjoys fishing alongside her dad.
Each Open event is limited to about 200 boats. That puts 200 pros and 200 co-anglers matched up for three days of completion. Pro compete in their division and the co-anglers compete in theirs. However the pros and co-anglers are paired together in the same boat. The pairings are rotated each day. On day three, only the top 12 anglers in each division are fishing.
For the pro angler there is more than cash and a new boat for a first place finish. The top pro for each event gets a berth to the Bassmaster Classic. That is provided the pro fishes all tournaments in a particular region. The top co-angler receives a new boat and some cash. The events pay down to 40th place in both divisions.
There is a registration fee and deposit required for entry. If an anglers is not selected, his or her deposit is returned. Anyone who is an active member of B.A.S.S. can enter the open events.
Pre-tournament jitters
Smith was able to practice some before the tournament. The pro fishermen and the co-anglers were out the Saturday before checking out the lake and selecting locations. Anglers call it pre-fishing, but many are just riding and looking to learn the lake.
"I got to practice with a pro from Tennessee," Smith said. "He took me to some different areas of the lake and showed me how he locates fish using his Lowrance electronics."
Smith said the pro took time to show features and details on the sonar. They looked at ledges and drop-offs where post-spawn bass will hide out. The pro would scan his map searching for ledges and then use his sonar unit to determine what structure was present. The pair also got in some casting practice trying out a few different lures.
"The day before the tournament I was really nervous, Smith said. "I had never done anything like this and I didn't know what to expect."
After getting in the boat the first morning and talking with his pro partner, Smith began to relax some. He said it was a long day on the water around 10 hours. But, the pair did manage to catch a few fish. The limit of bass for co-anglers is three a day and the pro gets to bring in five.
Fishing from the back deck did require Smith to make some adjustments in his approach. Since there was not an actual back seat he had more room to cast and arrange his extra rods for a quick change if necessary. Smith said he would use a lure a little different than what the pro was fishing.
Making a comeback
Smith said at times he and his pro partner struggled to catch fish the first day. They did switch up on some lures and each was able to bring a limit to the scales. Smith's first day weight was not for TV. His three bass tipped the scales at about 3.5 pounds.
Day two was a new day with a new pro and Smith was pumped to get fishing. There were 164 boats for this event and on the second day Smith's boat was number 140 in the take-off line. After a long, rough ride up river he was finally fishing.
"We rode way up river," Smith said. "A lot further than I had ridden in a while and it was rough due to wake from some of the other boats."
Smith reminded himself he was not competing against the pro. He wanted to learn from his partner and about tournament fishing. Smith wanted to see how he could stack up against other co-anglers based on his skill set.
"I wanted to be competitive with the other co-anglers," Smith said. "My goal was to learn more fishing skills and how to compete."
Smith observed his second day partner miss out on hooking up with a couple of fish on a crankbait. The lure retrieve was too fast. After noticing this Smith slowed down his lure and began to get strikes and put some decent keeper bass in the boat. The small change was enough for Smith to cull up in weight on his three-fish limit.
At the weigh-in, Smith's three spotted bass tipped the scale at almost 9 pounds. It was not enough to move him into the top 12. But it was the heaviest sack of bass in the co-angler field on day two and enough for a 30th place finish and a check.
"I had a great time and learned a lot," Smith said. "Everyone was awesome and presented me an opportunity to catch fish."
Smith is already looking forward to when next year's Open Tournament schedule is released. He definitely plans on fishing again as a co-angler and taking the back seat.
Charles Johnson is the Star's outdoor editor. You can reach Charles at email@example.com


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White Bean Soup
Author Notes: This is a simple, tomatoey bean soup that will serve you well all week long. - Merrill Stubbs
Serves 6
- 1 1/2 cup small white beans, rinsed
- Salt
- 6 cups chicken stock (homemade or low sodium) or water
- 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 2 small sprigs rosemary
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 3 large sage leaves
- 26 ounces chopped tomatoes (I use Pomi), with their juices
- 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- Grated parmesan to taste
- Put the beans in a large pot and add enough water to cover them by at least 2 inches. Add a large pinch of salt. Bring the water to a boil and boil hard for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the pot and let the beans soak for at least an hour, and up to 4 hours.
- Drain the beans and return them to the pot. Add the chicken stock or water, garlic, herbs and a couple pinches of salt. Bring the beans to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer gently, uncovered, until the beans are tender (30 to 60 minutes more), stirring occasionally. If the soup seems too thick at any point, just add a little water.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove the herb sprigs and stir in the olive oil and some grated parmesan just before serving.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
Tags: baby food, beans, New Year's, soup
Comments (13) Questions (2)
5 months ago hannah
A wonderful intersection of healthy, easy, and delicious -- this soup simply rocks!
10 months ago cschaefer
I made this for my 7 month old daughter a few months ago. From her first taste to the last, and every time I fed this to her, she ate with animation and excitement. I could hardly put the beans in her mouth fast enough. I pushed the beans easily through a sifter and was able to freeze about 21 separate ice cube-sized servings for her future meals. Night after night these frozen reserves were my go-to base for her meals and she never grew tired of it. I just picked up another round of ingredients from our market & will be making it again this week. Thank you Merrill and I love your "Cooking for Clara" feature.
over 1 year ago Peggy Sawyer
WHY is there a fish, or a leech, or something AWFUL in this picture?
about 1 year ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
It's a sage leaf!
about 1 year ago amc100
I thought it was a mussel!
10 months ago Peggy Sawyer
I am glad to hear that it's a bay leaf because we couldn't figure out what it was. It is very good soup. :)
5 months ago emery
How old are you ??
over 1 year ago amy.damoulakis
You wouldn't happen to have the nutritional information and serving size would you? I'm figuring out Weight Watcher points :-)
about 1 year ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
So sorry, I don't!
over 1 year ago Carrie Ruehlman
So you don't have to soak the beans overnight?
over 1 year ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
Nope! This method works just as well.
over 1 year ago jk_pohren
6 chicken stock? what does that mean? 6 cups I assume?
over 1 year ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
Yes, sorry -- just corrected this!