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Live in Southern Oregon for 10 minutes and you know there aren't a lot of African-Americans here.
"And I think I know them both," Larry Miller says.
Miller, a news anchor for KOBI-TV in Medford, was master of ceremonies at Medford's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Sunday. When he moved to the Rogue Valley from Pittsburgh, Pa., three years ago, he often found that he was the only black person in the room. Joking aside, he says that doesn't bother him.
"Moving from a big city to a small town was more of a culture shock," he says.
Miller and other high-profile African-Americans in the valley say they see the King holiday as a time for taking stock of how far our nation has come in terms of ending racism and ensuring equal rights and opportunities for all its citizens — and how far it still has to go.
"It's a time to look at history," Miller says.
King, a Baptist minister like his father, rose to prominence in the civil rights movement while still in his 20s, leading the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama and helping to found the civil rights group Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957.
He gave his now-iconic "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington, D.C.
Although King was unwavering in his insistence on nonviolence, the FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, spied on him and sought to discredit him until King's death. As the 1960s wore on, King also faced opposition from more militant black advocacy groups.
King moved beyond civil rights and began to address issues of poverty and the Vietnam War. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. A national holiday in his honor was established in 1986.
Miller was used to sticking out even before he moved to Medford. In Pittsburgh, he worked at a rape crisis center dedicated to preventing sexual violence. He was the only black man on a staff of about 50 people, most of them women, most of them white.
"You have to come with an open mind," he says, "and be open to the experience."
He says he's had a few uncomfortable moments in the Rogue Valley, such as the time somebody called his hair "nappy."
"I told them that was offensive," he says.
He chalks incidents like that up to misunderstanding, and quickly moves on.
"You have to have a thick skin in this business," he says. "Some people are going to love you, others are going to be extremely critical."
Southern Oregon has been predominantly white. Before that it was almost exclusively white. When Claudia Alick told friends in New York City about the numerous King Day events in the valley, they seemed surprised.
"They were like, wow, in Southern Oregon they're doing that?"
Alick, a curator and producer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, grew up in a now-30-something generation that came along after the civil rights leader's death. She says she thinks the holiday is an important one for focusing attention on the long, often bitter struggle for civil rights.
Alick grew up in Memphis, Tenn., where King was shot to death at age 39 on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. Increasingly focused on poverty, King had gone to Memphis to support striking garbage workers.
Alick's mother marched in the civil rights movement of the day, and Alick as a girl sometimes heard her talk about it.
"I always felt a direct connection," she says.
Not all her friends agree that the day is important. She asked a friend married to a woman of color why she hadn't seen him at last year's Ashland event.
"I'm not interested in being in a room with a bunch of white people patting themselves on the back," the man said.
Alick says the dream King was murdered for was not a dream for black people or white people but for all people.
"You have to remember what the sacrifices were," Alick says. "You have to celebrate what you're doing now. I want everybody to leave (the celebration) feeling good. They should feel good."
D.L. Richardson didn't feel good at all when, as a boy, he used to watch the Ku Klux Klan march through the streets of Selma, Ala., where he grew up.
"I dealt with racism as a kid," he says. "The Rotary and the Lions were the Klan. The same guys. They'd meet and put on their sheets."
Selma was a civil rights ground zero, the site of "Bloody Sunday" and two other dangerous marches for voting rights. In March 1965, police attacked marchers, including women and children, with tear gas and billy clubs. The TV images stunned the nation. Later that month, marchers protected by federal troops made it to Montgomery, the state capital. The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Trail is now a U.S. National Historic Trail.
Richardson, who teaches a class in civil rights and the media, says it's difficult for young people today to grasp the intransigence of the entrenched racism of the day.
"Believe it, yes. Understand, no," he says.
"White and black kids, it's important we give these kids an understanding. It wasn't that long ago these people were dying to have the right to vote."
He says he's faced racism in Oregon as well as in Dixie.
"The difference in this area and the South is in the South, I know you're racist," he says. "In the valley, we hide who we are."
He says he once heard the n-word hurled at him from the kitchen of a restaurant in Medford. A waitress heard it, too, and apologized. He respected her for that. But he and his friend found another place to eat.
Another time he was golfing in a foursome on the sixth hole of the Oak Knoll course in Ashland, which is close to the road, when youths in a passing pickup yelled to "get the n——-." He says his white golf buddies took it harder than he did.
"They were so disgusted," he says.
On the other hand, he points to some Aryan Nations racists he says were more or less run out of Grants Pass a few years back.
"You have to appreciate that," he says.
While Richardson came to Southern Oregon from the South, Manny Crump came from Southern California almost three decades ago. He was awarded a basketball scholarship to the Oregon Institute of Technology. He'd almost never been outside of L.A. when he landed in Klamath Falls.
"When I'd go in a restaurant people would turn and look," he says. "I didn't know if it was because I was OIT's big recruit or what. Or because I had braids.
"People were staring, so I'd catch their eye and they'd turn away."
He says he experienced some ugly things but didn't dwell on them.
"I don't want to tell you to put them in the paper," he says. "I overlook stuff like that. I didn't pay any attention."
Crump wound up running Manny's Basketball, a 50-team basketball league for kids in Medford, and managing apartments as a day job. He says things are different now.
"We live in a different time," he says. "I have hundreds of kids playing and competing. Everybody gets along. The kids have a great time. It's not an issue with today's kids like the older generation."
He says he's thankful to have had the opportunity to do some of the things he wanted to do in life, and that today's kids have more opportunities.
"If you look for stuff you'll find it," he says. "I don't look for it. Nowadays it's probably out there, but you don't notice it."
King ended his "I Have a Dream" speech with a vision of a day "when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!' "
Richardson says we're getting closer, but we aren't there.
"There is no finish line we can see," he says. "There're always going to be people who teach their kids it's OK to hate a group. But the cycles can be broken. The important thing is that we don't stop striving.
"I think we're getting closer. And I think there are always going to be problems. We have a long way to go."
Alick agrees.
"We are not post-racial yet," she says. "Injustice is everywhere. If you're a person of color, everything is harder. People of color have a lower life expectancy. But we're doing better.
"I don't know what the American dream fulfilled looks like, but we're not there yet. Let's hold hands and walk down that long road."


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Each autumn, the editors of Foreign Policy magazine compile a list of the 100 people they believe have made a measurable difference globally in politics, business, technology, the arts, the sciences and other categories. Last month, they published the list for 2013, which includes some household figures, such as Edward Snowden, Glen Greenwald, John Kerry, Mark Zukerberg, Chris Hadfield and Pope Francis on the men's list. Navi Pillay and Malala Yousafzai were some of the most famed who made the female's list.With such a wealth of change-makers to chose from this year, the selection committee must have had a difficult time deciding whom to leave off the list. What really impressed me about this list though is the unusual number of Arabs named, including a Yemeni. Let's look at these Arab winners:Hossam Bahgat and Heba Morayef of Egypt played key roles in reminding Egyptians that their uprising was about the protection of civil liberties and social and economic justice. As the founder and director respectively of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, they are extremely critical of the Egyptian Army, which they condemned for its utter failure to apply the rule of law and respect citizens' rights.Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef's popular, satirical news show went on hiatus during the July coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi, an event Youssef called "no laughing matter." For the next several months, Youssef went off air. [2] With a nightly audience of roughly 30 million, Youssef has probably been Morsi's most well-known critic.Zaha Hadid, an acclaimed Iraqi-born and British-raised, female architect, is responsible for the design of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hadid's involvement with the project has drawn criticism because the center is named after the country's late autocratic leader and was commissioned by his son, both of whom have been accused of committing human rights abuses. To counter her critics, Hadid said, "…if it helps people, if it's an opera house or a parliament building, something for the masses, I would do it."Tamara Chalabi, the daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial Iraqi exile, resurrected Iraq's pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale—one of the world's premier art events—after a 30 year absence. She chose Jonathan Watkins, the director of the Ikon Gallery in England, to curate the exhibition. Together, Watkins and Chalabi showcased 11 artists at the event.Azzam Alwash, who fled Iraq in the late 1970s, returned home in 2003 to help restore his country's marshlands. He successfully founded the non-profit, Nature Iraq, and used his professional engineering experience to develop a plan to bring water back to areas in need. Local plants and wildlife, as well as the so-called Marsh Arabs, have begun to rebuild their lives. Alwash was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize (the "Green Oscar") for his efforts. Haifaa Al Mansour is a Saudi film director. [3] A well-known website says that a study of Saudi cinema "would essentially begin and end with Haifaa Al Mansour." As the director of the 2005 documentary, "Women without Shadows," and the recent, critically acclaimed "Wadjda"—the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia—Haifaa is creating movies in a closed-off kingdom where women's freedoms are limited.Noura Al Kaabi is the CEO of twofour54 (a reference to Abu Dhabi's geographical coordinates), an Emirati-funded company that offers education and training to a new generation of media producers. Its goal is "to enable the development of world-class Arabic media and entertainment content, by Arabs for Arabs." After all, Arabic is one of the 10 most spoken languages in the world.Farea Al-Muslimi is from Yemen, a country rarely in the news for international accolades. Al-Muslimi has emerged as one of the most eloquent critics of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen, which he thinks are boosting support for Al-Qaeda by creating a one-dimensional view of the U. S. He was seen on TV by millions when he testified before a U.S. Senate committee last year.I went back to Foreign Policy's pre-Arab Spring list from 2010. There were only three Arabs who resided in the Arab world: Salam Fayyad of Palestine, Mohammad Elbaradei of Egypt and Sheikha Moza of Qatar. These names all occupied positions of power. There was also Tariq Ramadan, an Egyptian living in Switzerland and Mo Ibrahim, a native Sudanese residing in the U.K. This year's list is remarkable because honorees from the Arab world are ordinary citizens who have taken the initiative to take on those in power, rather than being comprised of those who are in power.Numbers have clearly doubled. Given that the population of the Arab Middle East is around 350 million, one might expect five or six names on this list. There were nine this year. Whether this is because of greater Arab participation or a subtle change in the selection process, it is something the Arab world can be proud of. It is likely to continue in 2014.Dr. Qais Ghanem is a retired neurologist, current radio show host, poet and author who resides in Canada. Follow him on Face Book and Twitter at www.twitter.com/@QaisGhanem [4]
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ST. PAUL - Judges in the Senate election trial want county officials' help.
The court on Thursday ordered 63 counties and some cities to examine roughly 1,500 uncounted absentee ballot envelopes to determine whether voters mistakenly placed voter registration cards in the envelope.
The order was a first step toward possibly adding a large group votes in the Senate election tally, but the court's order did not say any of the ballots would be counted as part of the trial.
Norm Coleman is challenging Al Franken's 225-vote recount victory in the trial, which is wrapping up its fifth week. The court is hearing testimony about absentee ballots that were rejected during the election but that the campaigns believe should be counted.
In the judges' order, county election officials are asked to open the "secrecy envelope" for an identified list of voters and, without looking at the ballot, determine whether the voter also placed a voter registration card inside.
During the election, the sealed absentee ballots were rejected because the voter was not registered, though trial testimony has shown some voters registered when they cast their absentee ballots, but put the registration information in the sealed secrecy envelope rather than in an outer envelope.
The counties are told to document the ballot envelopes for which there are completed registrations, no registrations and incomplete registrations. Those lists must be sent to the secretary of state's office.
The court wants the work completed by 4 p.m. Wednesday, "in order to expedite proceedings" in the case.
"We're really pleased with it because it's more ballots to potentially get counted," Coleman attorney Ben Ginsberg said of the order.
The campaigns agreed to the process, he said.
On the trial's 24th day, the judges Thursday heard from a Minneapolis election official who testified that an envelope containing 132 ballots from a city precinct went missing between election night and the statewide recount.
The court could decide whether to accept the election-night vote tally from that precinct, which Franken's campaign favors. The Democrat came out ahead in that precinct. Coleman claims those votes cannot be counted because the ballots are missing.
Also Thursday, the judges reversed an earlier decision blocking testimony from a Coleman witness. The court said that a Republican election judge from Minneapolis can testify in the trial. The woman was removed from the trial a day earlier when it was learned she had provided a document to Coleman's campaign, but not to Franken attorneys, during trial preparation.
In a separate ruling, however, the judges said Coleman's campaign cannot include some ballot information as evidence.


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Syfy has greenlighted an eight-episode order for "Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge" (working title), a competition series featuring 10 aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they will build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end inanimate creature designs to life. The contestants compete for $100,000 and the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The announcement was made today by Mark Stern, Syfy's president of original content.
Brian Henson serves as lead judge on the series. Henson is the chairman of The Jim Henson Company and the Creature Shop. An award-winning writer, director and producer, he is also a creature designer and performer taught by the master, his father Jim Henson. His long résumé in movies and television includes iconic roles such as Hoggle in the fantasy classic "Labyrinth" and the dog in the groundbreaking anthology series "The Storyteller." Henson has also produced and directed such television projects as "Farscape," "Muppets Tonight" and "Dinosaurs." His film directing credits include "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Muppet Treasure Island." Henson was part of the team that first created and utilized the Henson Performance Control System, a powerful custom-based interface for puppeteers, which won an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Scientific and Engineering) Award in 1992. He also led the shop's work in creating the revolutionary digital puppeteering technology, the Emmy Award-winning Henson Digital Puppetry Studio.
"As 'Face-Off' does with SFX makeup application, 'Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge' showcases the incredible imagination and artistry of lifelike creature construction," Stern said. "We are honored to partner with The Jim Henson Company and Brian Henson on this series. The Creature Shop has set the bar for a caliber of work that is unmatched in quality, design and sheer imagination."
Serving as mentors on the series will be world-renowned designer Peter Brooke, mechanization and animatronics master John Criswell, and fabrication and artistic specialist Julie Zobel. The three are longtime Creature Shop artists who have dedicated their talents to the Henson legacy. Their tenures with The Jim Henson Company span decades and they bring a specialized knowledge having collaborated directly with Jim Henson himself. Working alongside the creature creators inside their workplace at the Creature Shop, they will be available for consultation and hands-on assistance.
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|2012-08-08, 18:43
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Quietly Lurking
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Beneath the prodigious sky...
Krytonis-8.6/10 Text needs work, specifically the subtext. Try some different fonts. Overall, it looks great, but render feels a bit overexposed, especially on parts that should've been dark according to the lighting in the sig. Some of the fractals could've been erased a bit more.
Hasumi-8.3/10 Corners look a bit weird, and it's almost a crop so (and yes, because mine is also practically a crop, I would rate it low too xD)
|2012-08-11, 11:40
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Ganbaru: 8.8/10 interesting concept, i do like the color theme in this one.
CMHerrera: 8.3/10 interesting, though the render needs to be better blended with the bg, or should i say that they don't match very well, the render also has some small quality issues.
Azure Rose: 8.4/10 its a nice sig but it does have quality issues, so i may have overrated a bit but i like it overall.
Krytonis: 8.9/10 nice one.
Hasumi: 9/10 nice focus of Millhiore.
Black0raz0r: 7.9/10 i'm with ganbaru on this one , some renders also have some quality issues and imho the sig would look better with the render under the border not over it.
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ganbaru: The glare might be a bit too big, other than that it's an interesting sig. 8.8/10
delorean2200: Great sig, like the text. 8.6/10
Black0raz0r: The controller feels out of place, if its not that then its got to be the mouse. Great character and text though. 8.2/10
Hasumi: Nice Looking Sig. 8.6/10
Krytonis: Great sig, love it. 9.2/10
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I think it's a Samsung Revere. No, it's not a smart phone. I find smartphones annoying.
Tmobile HTC one running 4.2.2 Team viper rom.
burning through roughly 135 gigs a month without tethering.
HTC MyTouch 4G, though where I currently live I don't even get 2G service most of the time. It's a pretty good phone overall, but it gets hot, which makes me sweat while talking - sweat on the screen makes it impossible to use the touchscreen properly, so sometimes I have a hard time hanging up after a call...
Still, when I'm in an area that has 4G service, it's great to use as a wifi hotspot if needed!
im the exact same way :p touch screen keyboards make me want to break the phone :p
i have a samsung intensity II i am very low maintenance i dont need to be able to get on the internet or any thing cause im always right next to a computer normally
At least when you hit bottom there is no where else to go but up again
Nokia Lumia 920
iPhone 4S
It does all my things.
Can't get used to the keyboard though.
And even if it is, I want us to understand each other.
Verizon LG pay as you go phone - costs me $100 a year (don't call much); would like to get a smart phone - but refuse so pay until I find a super cheap phone and plan.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
Motorola Droid 3.... Pretty happy with it :3
Been really into Mayo Chiki! recently... WHERE DA SEASON 2?
iPhone 4S, it's great. I use it to be here on Crunchyroll all day long just checking out the forums. It's a little glitchy when it comes to uploading pics or gifs though...
dougeprofile wrote:
Verizon LG pay as you go phone - costs me $100 a year (don't call much); would like to get a smart phone - but refuse so pay until I find a super cheap phone and plan.
Ouch that's going to be hard to find...your best bet is to look for promotions online when they come around, but $100 a year??? don't expect any contracted 2 year deal to be anything like that. I know because I use to work for Verizon and they are pretty expensive. (As I am sure you know).
good bye
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A one with a broken screen.
Awwwww I could fix it for you :3 That being said I'm a stranger so you probable shouldn't truth me so easily lol
Umm I have a Iphone3Gs and I freaking hate this lagging piece of garbage I hate idevices in general But I My vita does the trick..... minus making calls O_O
Sony Xperia Acro S. Basically just have it for music, calls, and camera. Got it because it's waterproof, has a micro-sd card drive (for music/video) and a 720p screen. Needed a new phone, and my music player was reaching its limits for file size (FLAC files were eating up space -- I only had like 1/3 of my library on 32gb of space), and I wanted to have my music and phone in one device, so I got the one that was best for that. No data plan needed (I bought it unlocked), and it's been exceptional in every aspect that I've needed (gaming and apps are useless to me since I have a laptop, so I can't speak to those qualities). I quite like it (I'd definitely not have it if I needed a data plan though.) My only complaint is that it only has a touch-screen (I really dislike touchscreens, and I guess smartphones in general, but none of the keyboarded phones accepted sd cards or native flac support, so I'm stuck with a smartphone).
my phone is in iPhone #team iPhone
Blackberry i hardly ever use.
MMMmmmmm Daddy plz
An old Nokia 1209. I definitely need a new one, but when I have the money I can't make myself buy one when I already own a phone. It's like I'm teasing myself. I wish it broke. ERR SOMEBODY HELP ME
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STOCKTON - The Pacific women's basketball team got untracked and made history Thursday after steamrolling Cal State Fullerton.
STOCKTON - The Pacific women's basketball team got untracked and made history Thursday after steamrolling Cal State Fullerton.
The Tigers retained a share of first place in the Big West Conference with an 81-50 victory over the last-place Titans before 470 at Spanos Center. Pacific (20-6, 10-4) pitched a shutout for the first 7:33 of the game and built a 15-0 lead and never was threatened by Cal State Fullerton (7-18, 3-10), which committed 33 turnovers. Hawaii (14-11, 10-4) kept pace with Pacific with a 54-51 win at UC Santa Barbara, while Cal Poly (15-9, 9-4) also won and trails both by a half-game.
The Tigers matched a program record for wins in a season, equaling the 1980-81 and 1994-95 teams with four games remaining in the regular season.
"It's a big deal and I'm so proud of these players and how they've bought in," Pacific coach Lynne Roberts said. "It's a sign of a great year no matter where you are at, and we have room to build on it."
Pacific kept building its lead Thursday with scorching-hot shooting. The Tigers made 30 of 55 shots for the game, shooting 54 percent or higher in both halves. Junior center Shanice Butler had a season-high 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting in 15 minutes off the bench, while all of the starters played well.
"My teammates trusted me to get it done," said Butler, who had 11 points in 5 first-half minutes. "They saw me open and gave me the ball."
Senior guard Erica McKenzie also had 15 points, and junior point guard Gena Johnson had 14 on 6-of-8 shooting. Roberts credited the victory to her team's effort on defense. Pacific's pressure converted 31 points off turnovers.
"I really thought we were tenacious on defense," Roberts said. "We forced turnovers and rushed shots. We wanted to force them to play faster than they like."
It has been a tough season on and off the court for Titans' fourth-year coach Marcia Foster and her program. Cal State Fullerton assistant coach Monica Quan, 28, and her 27-year-old fiance, Keith Lawrence, were among the victims of former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner, who killed four people in Southern California earlier this month. Quan and Lawrence were found shot inside Lawrence's car in the parking structure of their Irvine condominium complex Feb. 3. The Titans wear patches with "MQ" on their jerseys in remembrance.
"It's been hard because a part our family isn't with us," Foster said.
"She had such a positive influence on the team. It's been challenging for all of us, but we've tried to do our best to continue fighting and competing because that's what she would have wanted."
Contact reporter Jagdip Dhillon at (209) 546-8292 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is a longer version of my Calendar cover story on Wednesday in the Los Angeles Times.
Frank Miller and the filmmakers behind "300" are looking for a return to the battlefields of antiquity — and, no doubt, to the arenas of pop-culture controversy.
Three years ago, the sword-and-sandal adventure "300" became a surprise sensation with moviegoers — it set box-office records for a March release and became the highest-grossing R-rated film of 2007 — and delivered career breakthroughs for actor Gerard Butler and director Zack Snyder. But the movie, which was based on the comic books written and drawn by Miller, also triggered an unlikely international incident with its portrayal of the Persian leader Xerxes the bloody Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bitterly denounced the film and the Iranian Academy of the Arts filed a formal complaint through the United Nations that framed the movie as nothing less than an attack on the historical identity of a nation — especially with its portrayal of Xerxes (portrayed by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro) as leering and androgynous and the Persian army as a demonic horde.
Those foes and critics of "300" will not be enthused to hear that Tuesday, Miller released the first artwork from his upcoming book — a "300" prequel entitled "Xerxes." More than that, Snyder and "300" producer Thomas Tull have seen some of Miller's completed pages and plan to pursue it as a feature film if the finished tale lives up to their hopes.
"If the book is awesome and compelling," Snyder said Monday, "then, yes, we're interested."
Miller said his "Xerxes" will be a six-part tale with each installment released in individual comic book issues beginning next year. The publisher will be Dark Horse Comics, which published Miller's "300" as a five-issue mini-series in 1998 and which has notable Hollywood success with other properties such as "Hellboy" and "The Mask."
"The story will be the same heft as '300' but it cover a much, much greater span of time — it's 10 years, not three days," Miller said. "This is a more complex story. The story is so much larger. The Spartans in '300' were being enclosed by the page as the world got smaller. This story has truly vast subjects. The Athenian naval fleet, for instance, is a massive artistic undertaking and it dwarfed by the Persian fleet, which is also shown in this story. The story has elements of espionage, too, and it's a sweeping tale with gods and warriors."
The action may take place in the distant past, but as "300" the film showed, any tale that pits the West against a Middle East culture is closely inspected these days for contemporary political messaging. That was especially the case for "300," which an Iranian government spokesman described a cultural slur of the highest order.
"Not only would no nation or government accept this … but it would also consider it as hostile behavior, which is the result of cultural and psychological warfare," Tehran official Gholamhossein Elham said in March 2007. While Tehran officials framed the film as a primer to stir the American populace for war, many cultural critics here in the States saw "300" as the cinematic equivalent of the World Wrestling Federation. In The New Yorker, for instance, David Denby wrote: "Everyone screams at everyone, and specialized Persian warriors wearing masks and other freakish regalia turn up to do battle. Pop has always drawn energy from the lower floors of respectability; this movie, in which fan-boy cultism reaches new levels of goofy chaos and sexual confusion, draws energy from the subbasement."
The Persians were presented as ruthless but consistently out-wittted, and their leader Xerxes was made to looked like a heavily pierced, decadent Dennis Rodman lookalike, while the Spartans were portrayed primarily as honorable, duty-bound and robust of spirit and body.
As for the title of the new tale, Miller is aware that his choice will be seen as willfully provocative — the portrayal of Xerxes in "300" was deeply offensive in Iran, where the ruler is viewed as part of a noble era in Persian history.
"Yes, I suppose it will be seen as provocative, but really to me he is such a pivotal character and in this story I get to explain him so much more fully," Miller said. "I do my best to crawl inside his head rather than have him be this iconic force that simply commands this huge army. There are many scenes with him alone or just with his people. There's an extended scene set in Persepolis, for instance, where he takes power and there are several scenes where he is going through his transitions and he's shown speaking to his mother and his wife and with all of that he becomes that much more interesting as a character."
Xerxes may be the title character, but once again a Greek warrior is the protagonist, Miller said.
"The time frame begins 10 years before '300' and the story starts with the Battle of Marathon, which was killer to draw, by the way, even if it was a lot of work," Miller said. "The lead character is Themistocles, who became warlord of Greece and built their navy. The story is very different than '300' in that it involves Xerxes search for godhood. The existence of gods are presupposed in this story and the idea is that he well on his way to godhood by the end of the story."
Miller added: "With Themistocles I have a character who is almost the dead opposite of Leonidas in that Themistocles was a lying, conniving, brilliant, heroic figure. He was nicknamed 'The Subtle Serpent' and he always manages to do the exact right things that will result in him benefiting greatly."
Miller is arguably the most important comic-book artist of the past 25 years, with a shelf of acclaimed works that include "The Dark Knight Returns," "Sin City" and "Ronin," but he finds himself on uncertain ground here in 2010.
After the success of the film versions of "300" and "Sin City" (which was co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller), Miller made the unprecedented leap from comics-industry star to director of his own feature film with "The Spirit" in 2008. But that grand adventure ended badly — "The Spirit" was savaged by critics, mocked by peers and ignored by moviegoers — and Miller has yet to bounce back in either medium.
But Miller remains a singular visual talent in the mind of Tull, the founder of Legendary Pictures, which has scored hits with films such as "The Dark Knight," "The Hangover" and "Clash of the Titans." Tull said he was a bit in awe during a recent visit to Miller's studio in New York to get an early peek at "Xerxes," but he also walked in with a healthy skepticism about revisiting the "300" universe.
"We've said since the beginning that we're not just going to do some prequel or sequel — a '301' — just as some money-grab," said Tull, a longtime comic fans. "We said if it was a story that was good and it came from Frank and it was organic, that's the only way it could and would happen. So we'll see where this leads."
The first film pulled in $456 million in worldwide box office off a $67-million budget, and its influence could be seen in similar projects, which were as varied as "Clash of the Titans" and the television show "Spartacus." Not all sword adventures are certain success, of course, as evidenced by "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," which is flat-lining in theaters right now (and took heat for its casting of white actors in Middle Eastern roles).
[A scene from "300"…]
"300" is remembered for its visual style — Snyder brought an operatic, liquid mayhem to Miller's drawings of stark battlefields and chiseled warriors. On the page and on the screen, the hyper-real visuals were meant to separate the film from history lessons, Miller said, with overheated personas and bizarre battlefield exaggerations channeling the way outsized Spartan legends were passed on in flickering firelight.
"My intent was misunderstood because in many ways '300' was a deliberate propaganda piece. When I work on a story I choose a point of view. For this story, the approach was to tell this story the way the Spartans told it around the campfire. That's the reason they were fighting against 80-foot elephants and that's why Xerxes was portrayed as much larger-than-life figure and given these traits that the Spartans would [project on to] their enemies."
[Another scene from "300"…]
With 'Xerxes,' the point of view shifts to the Athenians — and Spartans are in fact mocked often throughout the course of the story, Miller says. With the new vantage point and a wider, deeper portrait of Xerxes, might Miller be apologizing for his earlier actions in the cultural warfare? "That's nonsense. This is a very different story but when it comes to '300' I make no apologies whatsoever."
Miller said two other characters from "300" make appearances in "Xerxes": Ephialtes, the Spartan traitor, plays a part in the tale and there is "a brief appearance by Leonidis," the Spartan king memorably portrayed by Butler on-screen. ("Leonidis," Miller says, "has a brief but spirited debate with Themistocles.") The new tale climaxes with a massive naval confrontation that is so dense that it is fought like a land war and it ends on the same day as the events of "300."
"There is an aftermath that is like an extension of '300' because '300' ended so abruptly with all of them getting mowed down by arrows. I do get into what happened after that and what the entire thing means to Xerxes. Xerxes is a megalomaniac and takes everything as a sign of his godhood. I've known people like that."
As for any Hollywood life for "Xerxes," Miller said he has no desire to direct or co-direct it and can't approach his bordered pages as storyboards for a film. "I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be. It's up to Zack and company to make it work as a film."
After the "Spirit" experience, Miller said he especially enjoyed the imperatives of his old medium and telling stories with a serialized, standalone chapter approach that lends itself to the periodical nature of comic-book publishing.
"It imposes a discipline and structure and, at the very least, there has to be a question asked at the end of each chapter. Or a moment of unbelievable peril or some resolution of some kind. I believe with 'Xerxes,' the way I've constructed this, I will have all three. We'll find out."
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We are here to support each other now while we live like no one else, so that in the future we can live like no one else.
The Baby Steps:
Pre-Step 1: Get current on your debts and do a budget
Before you begin the baby steps, you must be current on your bills and, if you aren't doing one already, begin doing a monthly budget.
Baby Step 1: Save $1000 cash in the bank
Start your emergency fund. If your income is less than $20,000, make that $500.
Baby Step 2: Get out of debt
With Gazelle intensity and using the debt snowball, pay off all your debts.
Baby Step 3: Finish the emergency fund
With the money you were paying towards debt, now with no debts, you can save 3-6 months of expenses into a fully funded emergency fund.
Baby Step 4: Save for retirement
Saving 15% of your income didn't seem possible before, but with no payments, you'll be ready for retirement and not have to take a job as a Wal-Mart greeter.
Baby Step 5: Save for College
Instead of taking out student loans, your kids will be eternally grateful you thought ahead and had a plan for their higher education.
Baby Step 6: Pay off the house
Baby Step 7: Build Wealth and Give It Away
Expanded Baby Steps:
0.1 Commit to NEVER borrow $$$ EVER for ANYTHING other than possibly a house
0.2 Talk with spouse and get him/her on the same page as you concerning finances
0.3 Do a written budget
0.4 Temporarily stop all retirement contributions
0.5 Get current on the basics (You MUST have Food, Utilities, Shelter, Basic Transportation)
0.6 Amputate "toys" (bikes, boats, ATV's etc) if they will keep you from completing the snowball within 12 months
0.7 Cut lifestyle (Cut CATV, Cellphone, Regular phone "extras", Internet, Eating out, etc) and/or take a second job if $1000 EF will take more than 30-90 days. (depending on income)
0.8 Get current on ALL bills.
1.0 Save $1000 in Baby Emergency Fund (EF)
1.1 Chop up CC's. (You have an EF now, no NEED to keep those CC's!!!)
1.2 Get Health Insurance NOW (chances of getting sick w/major medical bills are larger than that of death), especially if you have children.
1.3 Get Life Insurance NOW if you have debt/your family couldn't make it financially if you died. Especially important if you have children! Social Insecurity only provides a small amount of coverage if you have dependents.
1.4 Amputate cars that you can't pay off within 24 months (you have an EF to fix "bondo buggy" if something should happen)
1.5 Consider raising insurance deductibles to $500 or $1000 and dropping full coverage on paid for "bondo buggy" (you have an EF ya know)
1.6 Draw up a will.
1.7 Get Long-Term Disability Insurance.
2.0 Do debt snowball, paying all your debts from lowest BALANCE to highest.
2.1 You can take your first vacation since finding Dave if you can pay cash for it. (no using the EF!!!)
3.0 Save 3-6 months EXPENSES in EF (FFEF)
3.1 Start replacement car fund.
3.2 Save up 20% for home purchase OR pay down existing mortgage to the point that you can drop PMI.
3.3 Start furniture or other non-essential stuff replacement fund.
3.4 Move up in car if you still feel the need to (must pay cash for it!, you can only buy NEW if you have a net worth over a million dollars)
4.0 Start contributing 15% of your paycheck to retirement.
5.0 Save for kids college fund.
6.0 Pay off the house early.
7.0 Live like no one else since you have lived like no one else! Give, Build Wealth and Have Fun!
Here's a link to some of Dave's budgeting forms - check them out if you need a place to start with creating a written "zero based" budget.
Some good quotes for motivation...
"If broke people are making fun of your financial plan, youre on track." -Dave Ramsey
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain-
"What can you do when you have no payments? Anything you want!" - Dave Ramsey
"Debt is dumb, cash is King, and the paid off mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice" - Dave Ramsey
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathingthat's why we recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar
"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." - Dave Ramsey
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon Gunmen loyal to opposite sides in neighboring Syria's civil war battled Wednesday in the streets of a northern Lebanese city where two days of fighting killed at least five people and wounded 45, officials said.
The Lebanese army fanned out in the city of Tripoli to calm the fighting, with soldiers patrolling the streets in armored personnel carriers and manning checkpoints.
Authorities closed major roads because of sniper fire.
The fighting comes at a time of deep uncertainty in Syria, with rebels closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Syria's regime against using its stockpile of chemical weapons, warning of "huge consequences" if Assad resorts to such weapons of mass destruction.
"I again urge in the strongest possible terms that they must not consider using this kind of deadly weapons of mass destruction," Ban said, speaking on the sidelines of a climate conference in Qatar.
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Best wishes, Ray: The dean is on the mendEDITORIAL
February 28. 2013 9:03PM
Ray Burton, the indefatigable advocate of all things north of Concord during the terms of the past 10 New Hampshire governors, has a new fight on his hands. We expect him to win once again.
Treatments for a curable form of kidney cancer have required the 73-year-old executive councilor to take a break from his normal nonstop schedule and forced him to check into Woodsville's Cottage Hospital. He's home now, but Burton still faces another month or two of chemotherapy. That powerful medicine often leaves patients half his age exhausted, which means it is just about as tough as Burton's typical work week.
For decades, this editorial page has criticized Burton and questioned his outsized political clout. But we understand why his popularity has been so high for so long. It's not just about the dollars he brings back to District 1. While many politicians feign a love for their district, Ray Burton's commitment is real. After decades of phone calls, meetings, ribbon-cuttings, radio shows and civic events, many voters believe they have no better friend in Concord.
In last September's primary, a feisty GOP challenger did not hesitate to praise Burton's years of service. "I know Ray has an excellent record," the underdog said. "He's the best one in the state in the way he responds to his constituents." The incumbent promptly trounced him, winning 71 percent of the vote. In the general election, his opponent felt it necessary to salute him as "a legend." In the midst of the Democratic sweep, Burton easily won his 18th term.
There will be less wear and tear on New Hampshire's rural byways while Ray's car is parked and he is at home. Perhaps the state should shift some highway money to other districts. No, we're not serious. But if the councilor believes anyone might try, he's likely to recover even quicker than his doctors think possible, just to protect his beloved road projects.


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With a plunging fringed neckline, sexy back tie and cinched waist detail, this bebe top is a hot way to dress up bottoms. Try yours with a skinny jeans and a pair of strappy heels.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by StephMun from Fringe is in I bought this top in white. Very sexy and perfect for summer. My only complaint and why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is that it is a bit see through in the white. No bra shelf and the material is very thin. The Fringe does add a layer over it so I will try adding a bandeau otherwise it is a bit revealing. I bought on clearance so I am not too upset if I can't find a solution. I bought a small, weigh 118 lbs and am a 36C and the fit was fine.
Date published: 2013-10-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Cute, Chic, and Different!! I was fortunate enough to see this top in the store and try it on before buying. It is a little sheer but I don't think it looks cheap and I don't feel like it's completely see-through. In addition, the tassels attract most of your attention so I don't think people are looking at the sheerness or the quality of the material when they notice this cute top. The back does drop a little low but if you're wearing a halter bra, then you can pull the back of your bra down a little, tuck the tag from the shirt underneath your bra, and you're good to go. My only concern is the tassels getting tangled, especially when it's time to dry clean. However, I would definitely recommend this top. Cute, cute, cute!
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team completed its Big West schedule on Sunday with a resounding 7-0 win over visiting UC Riverside. With the victory, the Gauchos improved to 3-2 in league play and secured the third seed at the Big West Tournament, which will be held at Indian Wells, Calif., from April 27-29.
After going down an early break of serve on all three doubles matches, UCSB stormed back to sweep the doubles point and never looked back. Philip Therp and Jack Hui, playing together at No. 1 for the first time in a while, defeated Mark Contreras and Joe Cartledge, 8-5. That win set the tone for wins by Anders Dalskov and Grant Robertson at No. 2 and Josh Finkelstein and Nigel Barton at No. 3.
In the singles matches, the Gauchos swept five of the six contests. Finkelstein defeated Jordan Peana by a 6-3, 6-2 count at No. 5 to begin the onslaught. It was Finkelstein's fourth straight singles victory. Dalskov dropped Cartledge 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 to give UCSB a 3-0 advantage.
The only singles match that went beyond two sets was at No. 1, where Santa Barbara's Bijan Hejazi edged Contreras by a 6-7, 6-3,(10-8) score. Therp, who continues to play one-handed with a brace on his left wrist, dropped Gorjan Kovacevic 6-4, 6-2 to give UCSB a 4-0 lead and the match victory. The Gauchos also posted victories by Hui at No. 4 (6-3, 6-4 over Hakop Tadevosian) and Robertson at No. 6 (6-4, 6-4 over UCR's Dershung Lee).
"There were a lot of good performances today," said UCSB head coach Marty Davis. "Anders Dalskov's improvement was evident as he avenged a couple of earlier losses to Joe Cartledge. Overall, this was a good way for us to end our Big West schedule."
The Gauchos, who improve to 4-17 overall and 3-2 in Big West play, will play their final regular season match on Saturday, April 21, when they host Sacramento State in a 1:00 p.m. match at the Recreation Center Courts.
UCSB 7 - UC Riverside 0
Singles #1 Bijan Hejazi UCSB def. Mark Contreras 6-7,6-3,(10-8) #2 Anders Dalskov UCSB def. Joe Cartledge 6-4,6-1 #3 Philip Therp UCSB def. Gorjan Kovacevic 6-4,6-2 #4 Jack Hui UCSB def. Hakop Tadevosian 6-3,6-4 #5 Josh Finkelstein UCSB def. Jordan Peana 6-3,6-2 #6 Grant Robertson UCSB def. Dershung Lee 6-4,6-4 Doubles #1 Therp/Hui UCSB def. Contreras/Cartledge 8-5 #2 Dalskov/Robertson UCSB def. Peana/Roohafza 8-3 #3 Finkelstein/Barton UCSB def. Kovacevic/Tadevosian 8-6


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The Vikings need a middle linebacker. They opted not to use any of their three first-round picks on a middle linebacker.
So, for now, they're looking at multiple internal candidates for the job.
Erin Henderson remains the favorite to move from the outside to the middle, where his brother, E.J., once held the job. Coach Leslie Frazier mentioned some other possibilities during a Friday chat with reporters.
"Audie Cole is a part of that as well," Frazier said. "Tyrone McKenzie is one of the guys we'll take a look at and Michael Mauti, the guy that we drafted, as well. We have some options, but Erin is definitely one of those guys we're talking about."
One guy the Vikings aren't publicly talking about, but who necessarily has at least been a topic of behind-the-scenes discussions is long-time Bears icon Brian Urlacher, who remains unsigned. Urlacher had some contact with the Vikings and a few other teams before the draft, we're told. If/when Urlacher's price drops, the Vikings could drop him into the starting lineup in Minnesota.


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By Brian Katulis, Special to CNN
Brian Katulis is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security policy in the Middle East and South Asia. The views expressed are his own
America's 2012 presidential election has so far generated more heat than light on foreign policy – angry sounding exchanges on "issues" such as the allegations of intelligence leaks by the Obama administration and Mitt Romney's unforced errors on an overseas trip this summer have garnered more attention than what the next president is going to face in the world. Occasionally, the candidates have found time to make a few substantive points about the Afghanistan war and Iran's nuclear program, but the major national security questions facing the country have not been high on the agenda.
And, barring an unexpected international crisis, we're not likely to see much focus on foreign policy through November. With most voters focused on the economy and domestic issues in 2012, the campaigns and independent advocacy groups are spending most of their money and time on that front. The schedule for the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week has very little focus on national security – a sharp shift from the past three conventions.
It's not uncommon for national political campaigns to oversimplify or skim over the big foreign policy questions. But looking beyond country specific policies on China, Iran, and Syria, there are five broader national security issues that the Republicans (and Democrats) should be talking about next week:
1. Getting our spending priorities in order. The old, clichéd "guns versus butter" debate is very much alive, up in the air, and likely to get worse. Immediately after the election, the country will face urgent budget questions – the Congressional Budget Office warned this week that the economy would fall back into a recession and unemployment would rise if Congress did not act to stop automatic budget cuts and tax increases. Tied up in this budget question is the defense sequestration issue – the prospect of automatic cuts to defense, along with other agencies. President Obama has signaled that he wants to increase investments at home to keep America strong abroad, while Mitt Romney has a different plan on defense spending. America's leadership role in the world should be an important part of this debate. A top U.S. military official recently told me in a private discussion that America's inability to resolve this budget debate is having a negative impact on our power and ability to get things done in the world– if we can't deal with the issues most relevant to our own citizens and taxpayer money, how can we do anything about the world's problems?
Beyond this immediate challenge, leaders in Washington will need to deal with larger issues on the horizon – a major fiscal crunch looming with the retiring Baby Boomer generation. How America deals with this issue will directly impact the U.S. ability to project power and remain a leader in the world. After a decade of costly, large-scale ground wars in two countries and operations in several other countries costing about $2 trillion, unpaid-for tax cuts, and a financial crash followed by a weak recovery, the United States faces the difficult task of rebalancing its priorities to make needed investments in its own future while effectively and efficiently defending its national interests abroad. How the United States rebalances in the short run will have a significant impact on its long-run national security. Failing to advance fundamental defense and national security reform and continuing to make low investments in domestic priorities such as education, infrastructure, and research and development may ultimately erode American economic strength and human capital – the ultimate sources of power – over the long term.
2. Rebalancing America's geopolitical focus. The Obama administration has taken the first steps toward shifting the strategic focus of U.S. national security concerns from its current heavy investment in the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific region. However, many details of how to execute this rebalance remain undeveloped. How does America rebalance its overall portfolio? What military and diplomatic resources will the United States need in the short term to fully realize the strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region while mitigating potential risks in the Middle East at the same time it rebalances between domestic and national security priorities? Determining the answers to these and similar questions will assist the effort to rebalance between domestic priorities and foreign policy issues after a decade of overwhelming focus on the latter.
3. Reforming the global economic architecture. For the past five years, the world has stood at the brink of economic collapse – showing the shortcoming in an outmoded global economic system. The financial crash of 2008, ongoing Eurozone crisis, substandard economic recoveries in the United States and other countries, and continuing domestic anxiety about trade have combined to discredit the principles of free capital and goods movement that have dominated international political economy since the 1980s. Despite the failure of the old international economic order, no prominent new ideas on how to re-structure the global economy to be more stable and fair have yet emerged much less been adopted.
4. The new strategy for combating terrorist networks. The Obama administration smartly abandoned the "global war on terror" framework in its strategic communications, and it adopted a much more effective strategy to deal with the threats posed by al Qaeda and its affiliates – with more targeted strikes using drones and special operations forces in the U.S. military. In dozens of countries around the world, U.S. intelligence operatives and Special Forces from the military are operating largely in the shadows to deal with multiple threats. This new approach – quite different from the Bush administration's "shock and awe" approach – has produced real results. But some have raised the question of whether this current approach amounts to a sustainable strategy – given the risks of potential blowback, the lack of transparency, and the questions of how societies create more lasting solutions.
5. Cybersecurity.Last but not least is an issue that is sorely in need of leadership in Washington – proposed efforts to enhance America's defenses against cyber attacks were blocked in Congress this summer, even as a wide range of national security experts continue to highlight the risks to America's infrastructure, economy, and overall security.
The next president will face a wide range of challenges on foreign policy – some will be focused on specific countries like North Korea and Iran, and other unexpected challenges will come up. But these five issues are one worth deeper discussion this fall.
Thank you. No mention of political parties. Straight up questions and current situations leave me the freedom to think without the writer dictating my course of thought. That is journalism. Thank you...again.
The US might be one of the countries in the world that know freedom and democracy and it wants to protect these ideas at all costs. Yet this package can't be delivered everywhere in the world, as in some cultures – unfortunately – the two ideas don't always go hand in hand. Freedom is a lack of restriction on how one can act. In absence of this restriction we see – in some cases and ironically – anarchy. Democracy is a voice in collective decisions, but it won't protect one's freedom if the majority is hostile to the way one chooses to live.
Wrong, j.von hettlingen. Today the U.S. and it's NATO cronies are interested in but one thing only and that is big business, not this so-called "freedom and democracy" as so belly-hooed. That's why we're in Afghanistan since a treasure trove of underground mineral resources have been discovered there!
Yep. cyber-terror is doing over-time. If you ask me, they are only trying to spread malice and disinformation on any issue. It's not even the known Hackers we somehow got accustomed to. (the targets, means et cetera). These mean unrest and disorder in the global internet medium at random. To people who knows whats going on they cause a slight confusion. Please varify your facts if they come from an unknown source at least. And well those people who claim to be decent "informed internet users of alternative means" here is one job you can do for the global community. I hope you are up to it.
Unlike Robert, I found several errors plus a bad assumption created by bias. I'm not a Mitt man. I'm a Palinista and voted for Newt in the primary.
The intelligence leaks exist, there is no allegation, just the facts. Any farther action would require impeachment and the GOP doesn't have the votes. Then there is the Biden factor.
Romney made no gaffs in Europe. Nobody in the 57 United Sates heard a gaff. Romney said things the far left members of the media dogging him didn't like. THAT is all that happened.
Foreign Policy DOES NOT MATTER.
So long as the USA has a robust economic engine, the Furreniers will do as they are told. Remember Sister Mary? You did what she told you to or you got clouted alongside your ear. This is a tried and true foreign policy that has worked for dozens of countries for thousands of years. This is the foreign policy China and Russia would use if they replaced the USA.
So naturally, with that much agu-prop in the first 2 paragraphs, I didn't bother to see how much trash was in the rest.
Haji can't shoot
Moronic and typical of the new "no nothings"
They took er jobs!!!!!!!!!!!
57 United States?
The foremost issue here that we need to talk about is getting out of all these useless and unnecessary wars that we're currently fighting! These wars have absolutely nothing to do with our national security nor any of our rights or freedoms! The only reason that we're currently at war is to promote the political careers of these right-wing politicians and fatten up the bank accounts of the Washington bureaucrats!
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We now need to focus on India. The American invasion of Afghanistan brought to the forefront the irrelevance of India as a nation. With a population of over 1.2 billion people there was no value that this nation could bring to the table. Their soldiers (ragtag) 1.2 million continue hiding in the trenches scared from Talibans. A few teenage Talibans invaded the country and held it hostage for days on end showing how useless India is. It was embarrasing for the world to observe this humiliation of a nation that was being touted as a regional power.
I continue to read with interest the thesis presented on CNN that "less is more" in a political context as applied to India. Although Mies Van Der Rohe adopted this in an architectural context, its economic and political connotations are indeed powerful. Empowering subjugated minorities in India by splitting it into smaller states would trigger uber economic demand for western nations who have given so much financial and technology aid to India with no return to show for the investment. I concur with this approach and with an economic background find the premise to be on solid footing. Central Asian States (CAS) are a case in point on this successful approach. We need to understand that India has an unmanageable large population mired in poverty and we are spinning our wheels trying to feed it. It is also too big of a geographical unit to govern. Again, we saw how a few teenage talibans were able to invade it with a few BB guns. And that says a lot... in a negative way not only for a large unmanageable country like India but also for USA which is trying to prop it up against China. Besides, Americans cannot afford to look like losers in the midst of a terror war which has lasted for over ten years now.
The number 1 threat to the national security of the United States is our "vote for sale" political system. Legislation and policy passed by our elected officials to appease the corporations and special interest groups who "own" them created all the tangible threats our country now suffers.
u.s. national security threats are all internal. israel is a threat but is included in the internal category, 'jewry".
Quite true joe, quite true indeed!
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I take issue with #4. What does teh authro think was the "strategy" in teh Bush Administration and the "new strategy?" The GWOT label was just a label - but it did say what we were doing. The "Overseas Contingency Operations" is just a name change, and it happens to be utterly uninformative as to what it is for. Obama did not do anything that was not already on teh table - he just chose to make a speech about Iraq in early 2008 stating what was already an agreed-upon (negotiated) time table. Now, he did decide to do something different with Afghanistan, which is it essentially admit that we are incapable of producing desired social change in that part of the world. "Drone strikes" are easy and safe from a domestic-political cycle perspective - which is the primary mover for the Obama administration's actions. As for the "produces real results" link to a CAP advertisement for the Obama campaign - the President cannot take credit for the previous decade of pursuing UBL. Any president would have done the same when the operation had reached the execution stage, except for Clinton. He passed on it at least once.. But, overall, this is what it looks like when your think-tank's ideology trumps history and facts.
We should be discussing– time– as an issue, since we seem to utilizing so little of it in dealing seriously with the five important issues.
Politics is the art of buying time, or solidifying incompetence.
I do not care for a s..t well penny on the security issues. I care about how you will feed the people. Not on the chestboard, but, in reality. It will take another Middle Age Crusader act towards the East. How very predictable and easy to repeat.
How could developing energy resources not have been at the top of this list? Energy resources are never just an energy issue it is impossible toi gnore that enegy independance and the ability to export more than you import secures a nation's world standing,and vasltley curbs dependance.
Guess Turkey at least is setting the foundations of a reasonable system now.
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Sanyo has developed a blue laser that could enable 100GB capacity Blu-ray Discs and 166.67MB/s write speeds, 12 times the standard speed.
The new GaN laser diode operates at 450mW in pulsed mode - current diodes run at 250mW - and has enough power to write to four layers in a BD. Current disks top out at two 25GB layers and 6x writing speeds. Four layers means 100GB, said to be enough to store eight hours of HD video.
The 12x writing speed effectively means 10GB/min or 166.66MB/sec
Sanyo has achieved the power in part by using higher-quality optical technology to to reduce light loss. It also added an edge coating to enhance what it called long-term reliability.
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) would need to approve the four-layer disc the new laser makes possible before any such product could carry the Blu-ray logo.
Sanyo reckons 100GB, 12x Blu-ray drives could arrive in 2010. It's possible that Blu-ray jukeboxes, used for storing archival data, could then increase in capacity. However, BDs no longer come in cartridges, and this has been cited as a weakness by enterprise-oriented optical disc suppliers such as Plasmon and InPhase.
Plasmon is currently in administration and negotiating with a buyer for its archive software/hardware business which has been plagued by the high cost of its drives. InPhase has been troubled by prolonged development delays, and its 300GB holographic drive has been said to be priced at $12,000.
Enterprise optical disc storage is stuck in a niche and unlikely to emerge from it unless it can get drive prices down. A 100GB would help do just that.
Were the BDA to formalise and promote a standard for a Blu-ray Disc in a cartridge then it would be game-over for competing optical disk technologies in the face of Blu-ray's overwhelming market credibility.
There are reports that Microsoft is considering adding an external Blu-ray drive option to its Xbox 360 games console, which used to support the now defunct HD DVD format. ®