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Life, death and magic: 2000 years of Southeast Asian ancestral art is the first major exhibition of animist art from Southeast Asia to be held in Australia. The works of art originate from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, East Timor, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia and southern China. For thousands of years, communities in these areas have created remarkable art expressing the region's most ancient and enduring spiritual beliefs and social organisation. The exhibition celebrates the antiquity and continuity of animism as the inspiration for exquisite objects in bronze, stone, wood, gold and fibre.
Widespread before the introduction of Hinduism, Buddhism and, later, Islam and Christianity, ancestral and animist beliefs still survive in Southeast Asia, especially in remote islands and isolated mountainous regions. Animism centres on the power of nature spirits and the souls of the dead to intervene malevolently or benevolently in daily life. Beauty and ferocity are equally important in Southeast Asian animist art.
Pleasing designs attract the blessings of the ancestors while grotesque images dispel evil beings. Many objects on display in Life, death and magic are simultaneously appealing and menacing, even macabre.
Communities seek prosperity—abundant herds, successful crops and healthy children—in a precarious physical and supernatural environment, at the mercy of evil spirits and unpredictable forces of nature. Manipulation of magic, close adherence to rituals and the creation of powerful art are all central to pacifying the supernatural world and ensuring cosmic balance. Particular attention is paid to rites associated with important events in the life `cycles of humans and crops.
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Christopher L. Eisgruger, president of Princeton University, will be the moderator at a special public conversation on "How to Think About Universities in the Global Age" during the Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Paris from April 9-11.
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University leaders and policymakers from around the world will meet at the Princeton-Fung Global Forum next month to consider technological innovations, financial pressures, shifting demographics and other opportunities and challenges universities face in the 21st century.
The conference on "The Future of Higher Education" will run from April 9-11 in Paris, with most sessions held in the city's historic seat of government, the Hôtel de Ville.
Speakers and panelists from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America include university leaders such as President Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University and high-ranking government officials such as Vincent Berger, special adviser for higher education and research to French President François Hollande.
"Each year the forum addresses an issue of major significance not only to academics, but also to policymakers in the world," Eisgruber said in an interview for the accompanying video. "I think this year's event in Paris will be a terrific opportunity to bring together a wide variety of people on an issue of critical importance."
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The future of higher education is being shaped by societal, economic and technological forces, to be addressed at the conference in lectures, panel discussions and a special public conversation the evening of April 10. Eisgruber will moderate that conversation, titled "How to Think About Universities in the Global Age." Panelists include Paulina González-Pose, chief of the Section for Higher Education at UNESCO; Bernd Huber, president of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and chairman of the League of European Research Universities; Jeffrey Lehman, vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai; and François Weil, rector of the Academy of Paris and chancellor of the University of Paris.
Eisgruber noted that while higher education is "probably more important than it has been at any time in the past," colleges and universities are dealing with diverse constituencies, the growth of online education and budget pressures.
"These issues are arising at a time when universities are simultaneously facing different pressures but interacting around the world more than they ever have before," Eisgruber said.
The conference opens on the evening of April 9 with a discussion titled "Knowledge for What? Have Universities Lost Sight of Their Purpose?" David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and a member of the Princeton University Class of 1981, will moderate. The panel features Serge Haroche, director of the Collège de France and the 2012 Nobel laureate in physics; Christine Musselin, vice president for research at Sciences Po of Paris; and Alexander Nehamas, the Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton.
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- What Models Are Available for Sustainable Success?
- New Technologies: What Are the Risks and Rewards of Online Education?
- How to Expand Access for a Diverse Population
- Universities and Development: How Are Universities Agents of Social Change?
- The Future of Undergraduate Education: Breadth or Depth?
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The inaugural forum was held in Shanghai, China, in 2013 on "The Future of the City."
The forum is an annual event made possible by a gift to Princeton from William Fung, a Class of 1970 alumnus, a former University trustee and group chairman of Li & Fung, a Hong Kong-based multinational group of export and retailing companies. The gift also established the Fung Global Fellows Program at the University.


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The new Dodge heavy-duty 3/4-ton and 1-ton 4x4s beg to be lifted--making them look more like adolescent Kenworths instead of baby big-rigs. Luckily, these trucks are relatively easy to raise, since Dodge has kept its pickups' suspension systems comparatively simple. Big-rig-style Dodge trucks have seduced formerly loyal Ford and Chevy owners since 1994, and Superlift is one aftermarket suspension company that's devoted considerable attention to lifting these Dodges, making these coil-spring kits some of the company's bestsellers.
Superlift uses the same basic approach for its 2-, 4-, and 6-inch systems for Dodge HDs: longer-than-stock front coils, extended bumpstops, rear blocks, and four shocks. The two taller kits add trailing arms, a dropped pitman arm, extended swaybar links, and a track-bar lowering bracket. The 6-inch kit adds an e-brake cable-lowering bracket. Unique Superlift features include the extended factory-style sway-bar links (as opposed to bar drop-down brackets) and rear bumpstop spacers. We decided to install a 6-inch kit on a new Ram to clear some 37s, and check out how well it worked.Beyond the basic kit, we also installed a few of the upgraded options.
First and foremost are Rockrunner link arms. These units swivel internally to provide greater articulation than arms that have Heim joints. Taking it a step further, we installed Superlift's multishock system with triple front Bilstein 5150 shocks and dual rears. Individual shock valving is softer on each shock for a stocklike road ride, while providing greater off-road performance and control. Our final upgrade was Superlift's dual steering-stabilizer kit. Its flamed-logo-emblazoned center-mounting bracket flaunts Superlift's CNC laser-cutting capabilities.
Superlift recommends that a professional mechanic install this system. However, an experienced home mechanic can likely do the job; Some of the major steps are shown here. Josh Reasoner at Robby Gordon Off Road rampaged through the deed in a full day (not including professional alignment following the job). This 6-inch-taller '03 Ram 2500 still has its factory-bred road manners, but is now able to get much more rambunctious in the dirt.
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Middle East expert Avi Jorisch will present a lecture titled, "Hezbollah and the War on Terror," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in 2 Robertson Hall.
Jorisch is a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in Arab politics and Islamic society. He has written several policy briefs for the research foundation, including "The Language of Terrorism," "U.S. Military Operations and the Question of Ramadan" and "Hezbollah's Vision of the Israel-Lebanon Border."
The lecture is sponsored by the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism .
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I'm not an Internet whiz or anything, but I prefer to host my own blogs and maintain them myself as much as possible. For months and months, every time I log in to this blog to write or delete spam comments, I see "WordPress x.x.x is now available. Please update now."
Every now and then, I click to update and look at the process…and immediately close out and begrudgingly decide I'll deal with an outdated version instead of attempting to update manually (which is what you have to do if you host your own URL). The process includes creating a backup (which I should do anyway, but you know, I'm lazy and shit), and accessing the source files to upload new PHP file versions and all that jazz. It seemed complicated, so I ignored it.
Until yesterday. I've finally gotten back to working on more web projects and talking about code and all sorts of fun, nerdy stuff, so I was totally in the mood to make this update my bitch.
And I did. I now have the most recent WordPress version. You probably can't tell (at least, I hope you can't tell…please let me know if anything is wonky – you'll totally be bursting my "I'm so smart" bubble, but that's your guilt to deal with). But I'm pretty satisfied with my skills.
I also finally got my Google Analytics restarted on this site – it was set up through an account at my old job, which was then closed out, so I hadn't gotten around to setting it up again. But now, another check. I'm excited to see the reports again, because I love seeing what search phrases bring people here. Highly entertaining stuff. Plus, I geek out over SEO stuff.
So take that, version 3.0. I'm sure 3.0.1 will be released tomorrow like a huge fuck you from WordPress, but until then, I shall wallow in the glow of the satisfaction the comes from my nerdy DIY blog skillz. I'm like the mother fucking unicorn of bloggers right now. Call me the Blogicorn. WordPress is my bitch. Say my name! Say it!
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In case I didn't mention…when I came home from the Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse triple feature/midnight showing…this was in my living room:
Yep, my amazing husband made this happen. His brother had to go to Arkansas for a work trip, so T asked him to stop by and pick up my bike. IT'S MY BIKE!!! I REALLY OWN HER!!!
Now, just to be clear, it's VERY disorienting to walk into your home at 3:30 AM after sitting in a dark theater for close to seven hours and see this. I walked in, saw the bike, looked behind me like there would be someone punking me or something and thought, "Whaaaa…? This looks like the bike from Arkansas but it can't be the bike from Arkansas because this is Missouri and T worked all day and antique bike fairies aren't real…OR ARE THEY????"
Then I examined her more closely and decided she was definitely my Arkansas beauty and promptly went to the bedroom, woke up T and asked him how a bike from Arkansas wound up in our living room. He sleepily explained, I kissed him and immediately got on Facebook to share the news. I mean, it was 3:30 AM and I had to tell someone, but it would be rude to call anyone…so thank jeebus for social media!
For the record, I still think antique bike fairies are real. They just happen to be middle-aged men on business trips.
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was known as Grechetto, probably because he was born in a parish in Genoa with a sizeable Byzantine-Greek community. After his apprenticeship in the leading studios in Genoa, his career took him to the most important centres of Italian Baroque. After a trip to Rome in his youth, he went to Naples, Venice and lastly to Mantua, where he worked at the court of the Gonzaga dukes. His style thus contains the influence of the latest in 17th-century culture: in Genoa he saw the works of Rubens and van Dyck, who were in the city in around 1620, while in Rome he took from Bernini, Pietro da Cortona and the two French artists Poussin and Lorrain. He combined their influence with a study of Rembrandt's engravings.
Noah's Sacrifice is one of a series of similar works by Castiglione. His output includes numerous paintings of biblical subjects interpreted in a lively descriptive style: especially in the so-called "travels of the patriarchs", the artist took his cue from sacred subjects, creating rich compositions with animals, figures, still lives and landscape scenes. The caravan motif makes these paintings fully fledged genre scenes of the Flemish type which was fashionable at that time in Genoa and in other Italian cities in the early decades of the 17th century. Thus it is that, in the canvas with Noah, the foreground is entirely taken up by a precise description of the animals and the furnishings being taken from the Ark. In the background, we see the important biblical scene of the sacrifice performed by Noah at the end of the great Flood: once he had left the Ark, he offered up animals to God to consecrate the new alliance.
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By Walleyehooker · PostedAfter doing a little more research it sounds like 4.0 was a pretty good and reliable motor and used to 2006. Might be a good option if I were to hang a plow on front. And they also claim this motor could go 300K miles which makes buying a older model with 100K + miles on it less of a gamble. At least one that has been taken care of. The 3.8 doesn't sound to promising from 07-11. The 3.6 definitely has more HP and also might be an option.
Good luck. Hope your efforts pay off.
I'll be getting out again on Tuesday with the bow. It has been very hard finding time to get out this year, between work and a 4 month old at home. Last time out I spent 12 hours in the blind and saw quite a few birds during the middle of the day. Had multiple times where I thought it was going to happen but the Toms wouldn't commit 100%. Making a small adjustment this go round and hoping things come together.
By Walleyehooker · PostedWas thinking for hunting and maybe put a plow on it to use at my place up north. Wouldn't be my main driver. Was thinking around 15K for budget but that was before I did much looking mostly on line so far. But might step up in price for the right rig. And a lot of that would depend if I liked the newer V6 engine and 5 speed auto or 6 speed trany and less miles etc. Just by looking at dealer prices on line I would think a guy could find a pretty nice late model for around 20 or less. I think if I bought a nicer later model I would drive it more as they look like they have made the interior a lot nicer and more comfortable than the older ones. On the other hand if I ran across a real clean older one with the in line 6 and not to many miles for the right price that would be an option to. The drawback to a newer shiny one it might take a while before I ran it down the brushy trail.
I am submitting this bird for Sutty on his behalf. Forum Member: Sutty
Date: April 28, 2017
Team Name: Team 2
Youth Hunter(17 or younger): No
Turkey Subspecies: Eastern
State/Province Bird was Harvested In: Minnesota
Turkey's Stats
Beard Length 10 inches
Spur Length 1 & 3/16"
Weight 22lb 4oz
I certify that the measurements listed above are accurate to the best of my ability.
Forum Member: John Sutton Date: 4/28
Witness: Josh Tschida Date: 4/28
Our MN hunt this year was just about as easy as they come. Sutty and I arrived at different times, he was late, and set up on opposite sides of the field as planned. I could hear the birds gobbling in the valley below in their usual spot, and they sat there a long time in the cold. Sutty couldn't see because he was on the back side of a finger of trees because he didn't want to spook anything out since he was late... Eventually they got down and proceeded to sit on the far hill for a while longer. I could see a 6 or so males, but suspected most were jakes, and a few hens. Just when I was getting tired of waiting, about 8:30am, I saw one gobbler enter the field and walk straight towards Sutty's position. As the bird got in front of Sutty, another nice gobbler came into the field. I called to him but he wanted nothing to do with me. Sutty shot the first bird, and the second one didn't know what happened. Of course Sutty came running out of his blind and scared off the second bird that he didn't even know was there. Sutty just bought a new house and had to head home asap to help his wife with packing things, and his daughter didn't seem too interested in shooting her own bird this year. Now that she saw how ridiculously easy it is she probably won't be interested next time either. I figured I should get to the edge of the field the birds were coming out on, and as I started moving my blind I bumped some hens that hadn't yet come up all the way out of the valley. I finished getting my blind in place and sat a while, but it seemed we had scared the remaining birds out of the area, or maybe they were just laying low out of the wind. In any case I went to get some lunch and let things settle down for a while. After a couple hours of eating and casting for fish that weren't there, I decided I would head back up to sit in my blind. Just as I reached the top of the hill to see into the field I saw three big gobblers walking across the field. I ducked down and ran around the edge of the field out of their view to get closer. I crawled up to about 10yd from the field edge, as far as I could go without being seen, and started calling. They liked what they heard, but wouldn't commit right away. After maybe 10 minutes of me cutting and purring, and all three of them strutting and gobbling out at 60-70 yards they started coming. I couldn't see them well through the brush I was behind, and they didn't want to walk through it. If I was at the edge of the field I could have shot them, they were within 40yd. They proceeded to do a big arc along the field edge back to where I had just walked. After a couple minutes of not seeing them I picked up my call, they gobbled, and then I saw them marching in where I had just walked. When I last saw them going this direction I had shifted to face that way, I was now facing the tree I just had my back against, which put my butt in a thorn patch and the barrel to one side of the tree. The birds started walking to the other side, so as they got behind the tree I eased the barrel to the side they were going to come out on. They started coming up the other side back to the field they were just in and were too close together for a shot. Finally one eased out in front and I let him have it. He tipped backwards and rolled back downhill, and didn't even kick until I went over to grab him. 27 yards with the range finder after the fact. Both birds turned out to be very nice old birds with long spurs. Sutty's weighted 22lb 4oz, 10" beard, 1 3/16" spurs. I believe this is his best turkey to date. My bird weighted 25lb 8oz, 10" beard, 1 1/8" spurs. My best turkey by weight and age. Sutty and his bird. Me and my bird. I shot from one of the trees above this rock I think.
Go to a license agent and buy one for your desired season. Season C, is on process thru May 2nd. Season D, is May 3rd thru May 9th. Season E, is May 10th thru May 16th. Season F, is May 17th thru May 31st. Season F also allows anyone with an unused tag from earlier season to hunt this period as well. Hope this help PF.
By PurpleFloyd · PostedHow do the over the counter licenses work this year? I missed last season but would like to get out this year even though I didn't apply for the lottery.
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The study involved the transplantation of BAT from male donor mice into the visceral cavities of mice which were fed a standard or high-fat diet
Singapore: Joslin Diabetes Center scientists in Boston, US, have demonstrated that brown adipose tissue (BAT) has beneficial effects on glucose tolerance, body weight and metabolism. The center is a teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Unlike the more prevalent white adipose tissue (WAT or white fat) which stores fat, BAT (or brown fat) burns fat to produce heat. Studies in mice and humans have suggested that BAT also plays a role in regulating body weight and metabolism. This has made BAT the focus of considerable interest among scientists and pharmaceutical companies who are investigating ways to use BAT as a treatment for obesity.
Joslin researchers were interested in learning whether BAT is involved in glucose metabolism and uncovering the mechanisms underlying BAT's effects on metabolism and body weight. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health in the US, involved the transplantation of BAT from male donor mice into the visceral cavities of mice which were fed a standard or high-fat diet.
By eight to twelve weeks following transplantation, the BAT-transplanted mice fed a normal diet showed improved glucose tolerance, increased insulin sensitivity, lower body weights and decreased fat mass. Three control groups, which had a WAT transplant, a glass bead implant or surgery without transplantation, did not show any metabolic improvements. "We were able to establish that BAT transplantation affects metabolism. This study provides further evidence that BAT is a very important metabolic organ and a potential treatment for obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance," says lead author Dr Kristin I Stanford, a postdoctoral fellow in the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism.
The mice fed a high-fat diet also exhibited beneficial effects from BAT transplantation, including improved glucose metabolism, decreased body weight and a complete reversal of insulin resistance resulting from excess fat consumption. Previous studies of BAT transplantation in mice, which transplanted BAT in a different location and had a shorter duration, did not show beneficial effects.
The transplanted BAT affected metabolism throughout the body by increasing levels of circulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6). The researchers also found that BAT transplantation increased norepinephrine and FGF-21. IL-6 has been shown in previous studies to increase energy production and decrease body weight. When the researchers transplanted BAT from donor mice genetically engineered not to produce IL-6, the mice who received the transplants showed no metabolic improvements. "This is the first study to demonstrate that an increase in BAT significantly increases levels of circulating IL-6. It suggests that an increase in BAT-derived IL-6 improves glucose metabolism throughout the body," says senior author Dr Laurie J Goodyear, head of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism.
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Questions From a Retiree
I've noticed that for some reason it is the younger folks and folks in the middle of their careers that are asking questions over here; why is that? Just kidding
I've recently taken a medical retirement and have been searching for the meaning of life. Ok, ok, I've been looking for something meaningful--and challenging--to do, which would, ideally, also supplement my disability income. And here I am.
There are a few questions that I'd like to ask, but most of them are conditional on the one that I'm going to start with. But first, let me give you some relevant background.
After having completed my degree in electrical engineering in the early 80s, I worked as an engineer for about eight years, then changed careers and did a couple of advanced degrees in totally unrelated fields. Yet, I had to move in 1999 and changed track again: in 2000, I completed a two year diploma in programming (C, C++, VB, HTML, Hardware, Networking) and worked for a year as a programmer analyst. Had to move again and returned to my old, unrelated, career until retirement. I'm 55, and here's my question.
Assuming I did a lot of reading etc., did a few levels at the Hacking Dojo, took an online course from Offensive Security, and eventually took and passed a certification exam, such as OSCP, do you think it would be possible at all for someone like me, who didn't really have any meaningful career in the industry, to find a part-time freelance job in penetration testing?
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A statue of cabbage
Students in southern China were baffled when a 6m-high statue of a cabbage appeared at their school entrance. "Statues are supposed to inspire us to produce great work. What's a cabbage supposed to inspire?" asked one pupil at the Qianshan No 2 Middle School in Jiangxi province. The fibreglass statue is a tribute to a 17th century leader, Da Jiliang, who painted a cabbage to inspire himself to work hard. In Mandarin, cabbage is pronounced "baicai" with "bai" meaning white, or impossible to corrupt.
When life gets hard, make like a zombie and play dead
The current zombie fad - where people dress up like zombies and lurch about - could be more than fandom for the television show The Walking Dead. Professor Sarah Lauro, of Clemson University in the United States, says people get into zombies when they're fed up with societal woes. "We are more interested in the zombie at times when as a culture we feel disempowered," she says. "And when we are experiencing economic crises, the vast population is feeling disempowered ...
playing dead."
Dirty Harry spreading God's message
In the name of balance: "For years the Church has used metaphoric illustrations to enlighten pagans," writes Paul Messen. "I think I can answer what the Dirty Harry Easter pack has to do with Easter. The phrase 'Make my Day' is used as a warning to a potential lawbreaker. It means, 'Go ahead, break the law and you will see my justice.' The .44 magnum is the gun which dispenses justice to the wicked. It is the modern day version of the Cross, or crucifixion. The cup reminds us of Jesus' plea to the Father in the garden of Olives: 'Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me'. In some bizarre way, this cheap marketing ploy to cash in on Easter gives a better Gospel message than any shark, rabbit or rugby ball. I might get one for my church if they aren't all sold out!"
Bus dramas provide lunchtime entertainment
"My wife and I were lunching at a roadside cafe in Tirau the other day when we observed the following," writes Michael. "An InterCity bus was getting a tyre changed. The bus driver was obviously under pressure to get under way again, so after the bus was lowered, the passengers filed on and the bus set off south. A moment later, a lady appeared from a nearby shop and was horrified to see the bus heading off. She sprinted with much hand-waving but the chase was hopeless. Soon after she caught up with a similarly discombobulated person who had appeared from another shop. A courier truck stepped up and the left-behind passengers were last seen going after the bus. But we are left wondering: Were we reading the scene correctly? Did the courier truck catch the bus? What did the bus driver say? BTW, Intercity: if you are looking for the hub cap for that bus, it looked as though it was upside down in the middle of Tirau's main street, along with some of the shredded tyre remains."
Kids: I bought the book Darth Vader and Son for my ratbag for Chirstmas and I am delighted there is a sequel where the world's most evil dad spends some quality time with his daughter, Princess Leia.
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(You may remember Liz from her stand out NZ Idol audition in 2005. Still pursuing a music career, Liz has also put her hand up for Tv3s upcoming X Factor with this rendition of a Lady Gaga tune
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I am following the Smartworks system by evan graham and I just have a few questions.
Right now my dog is 11 weeks old, has sit down pretty good. Come is good and heel is coming right along.
We do some fairly short retrieves with paint rollers in the yard, but I want to know when do I switch him over to actual bumpers?
Also, which bumpers are generally recommended?
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Theater company to present 'The Meeting,' Feb. 25
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The Pin Points Theater Company of Washington, D.C., will perform the award-winning play, "The Meeting," at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Forbes Blackbox Theater.
Playwright Jeff Stetson hypothesizes what would have happened if Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. had met before they were assassinated just three years apart. The play has won six NAACP theater awards.
The performance is sponsored by the Black History Month Planning Committee , Forbes College and the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.
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A couple days ago on the Colbert Report, Steven Colbert interviewed American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Director Anthony Romero. In the interview, Romero said that Bush was the "very worst President for civil liberties," and later that he was "the worst President in 8 long years." Perhaps he meant "for 8 long years," since he was the only President in the past 8 years, so Romero's statement really didn't make sense. (Sorry this is up a few days late – I lost me entire draft that I wrote the 1st time, and that took a few hours to do.) Anyway, watch the video, and I'll discuss his statements below.
So, what do I think about Romero's statements? I think his high school American history teacher would be ashamed of him.
Now, I'm not arguing that President Bush has been a champion of civil liberties. I think he overstepped his powers, and I think the Republican Party (and some of the Democratic Party) stood by and let him. And now, the Republican Party is paying for it, and this country will be paying for it for years to come. Still, I don't think that Bush did it just for fun. He had legitimate reasons, but I think he went too far at times. Anyway, let's look at 4 Presidents who I think did much worse for civil liberties than Bush has:
John Adams
Why John Adams? The Alien and Sedition Acts, that's why:
First, we have the Alien Friends Act (officially titled "An Act Concerning Aliens") (we're going to leave the Naturalization Act out of this discussion since it isn't relevant, but technically was the first one to be passed). Let's take a look at the first 2 sections of the bill:
An Act concerning Aliens.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States at any time during the continnuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order, which order shall be served on such alien by delivering him a copy thereof, or leaving the same at his usual abode, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the marshal or other person to whom the same shall be directed. And in case any alien, so ordered to depart, shall be found at large within the United States after the time limited in such order for his departure, and not having obtained a license from the President to reside therein, or having obtained such license shall not have conformed thereto, every such alien shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years, and shall never after be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that if any alien so ordered to depart shall prove to the satisfaction of the President, by evidence to be taken before such person or persons as the President shall direct, who are for that purpose hereby authorized to administer oaths, that no injury or danger to the United States will arise from suffering such alien to reside therein, the President may grant a license to such alien to remain within the United States for such time as he shall judge proper, and at such place as he may designate. And the president may also require of such alien to enter into a bond to the United States, in such penal sum as he may direct, with one or more sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the person authorized by the President to take the same, conditioned for the good behavior of such alien during his residence in the United States, and not violating his license, which license the President may revoke, whenever he shall think proper.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, whenever he may deem it necessary for the public safety, to order to be removed out of the territory thereof, any alien who may or shall be in prison in pursuance of this act; and to cause to be arrested and sent out of the United States such of those aliens as shall have been ordered to depart therefrom and shall not have obtained a license as aforesaid, in all cases where, in the opinion of the President, the public safety requires a speedy removal. And if any alien so removed or sent out of the United States by the President shall voluntarily return thereto, unless by permission of the President of the United States, such alien on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned so long as, in the opinion of the President, the public safety may require.
APPROVED, June 25, 1798.
Alright, now we have the Alien Enemies Act (officially titled "An Act Respecting Alien Enemies"):
An Act Respecting Alien Enemies
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government, and the President of the United States shall make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed, as alien enemies. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in any event, as aforesaid, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States, towards the aliens who shall become liable, as aforesaid; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject, and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those, who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, shall refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which shall be found necessary in the premises and for the public safety: Provided, that aliens resident within the United States, who shall become liable as enemies, in the manner aforesaid, and who shall not be chargeable with actual hostility, or other crime against the public safety, shall be allowed, for the recovery, disposal, and removal of their goods and effects, and for their departure, the full time which is, or shall be stipulated by any treaty, where any shall have been between the United States, and the hostile nation or government, of which they shall be natives, citizens, denizens or subjects: and where no such treaty shall have existed, the President of the United States may ascertain and declare such reasonable time as may be consistent with the public safety, and according to the dictates of humanity and national hospitality.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That after any proclamation shall be made as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the several courts of the United States, and of each state, having criminal jurisdiction, and of the several judges and justices of the courts of the United States, and they shall be, and are hereby respectively, authorized upon complaint, against any alien or alien enemies, as aforesaid, who shall be resident and at large within such jurisdiction or district, to the danger of the public peace or safety, and contrary to the tenor or intent of such proclamation, or other regulations which the President of the United States shall and may establish in the premises, to cause such alien or aliens to be duly apprehended and convened before such court, judge or justice; and after a full examination and hearing on such complaint. and sufficient cause therefor appearing, shall and may order such alien or aliens to be removed out of the territory of the United States, or to give sureties of their good behaviour, or to be otherwise restrained, conformably to the proclamation or regulations which shall and may be established as aforesaid, and may imprison, or otherwise secure such alien or aliens, until the order which shall and may be made, as aforesaid, shall be performed.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the marshal of the district in which any alien enemy shall be apprehended, who by the President of the United States, or by order of any court, judge or justice, as aforesaid, shall be required to depart, and to be removed, as aforesaid, to provide therefor, and to execute such order, by himself or his deputy, or other discreet person or persons to be employed by him, by causing a removal of such alien out of the territory of the United States; and for such removal the marshal shall have the warrant of the President of the United States, or of the court, judge or justice ordering the same, as the case may be.
APPROVED, July 6, 1798.
And lastly we have the Sedition Act (officially entitled "An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States"):
An Act in addition to the act, entitled "An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty, and if any person or persons, with intent as aforesaid, shall counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot, unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment during a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and further, at the discretion of the court may be ho]den to find sureties for his good behaviour in such sum, and for such time, as the said court may direct.
SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States, or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted and declared, That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in Republication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, and no longer: Provided, that the expiration of the act shall not prevent or defeat a prosecution and punishment of any offence against the law, during the time it shall be in force.
APPROVED, July 14, 1798.
Alright, CLEARLY the things that Bush has done against civil rights (as outlined in the interview above – things like Guantanamo, wiretapping, etc…) weren't as bad as what Adams did. If Bush were to follow what Adams had done, we'd be deporting Iraqis and Afghans left and right. We'd probably be deporting the French and Germans who are speaking out against the war too. And I'm guessing that CBS and Dan Rather would be in jail for around 2 years and would be paying around $2,000 for that false report that CBS did a few years ago.
Now, on to our next civil rights violating President:
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln had 18,000 rebel leaders arrested and held in military prisons without trials. Let's look at the specific case of Maryland cavalry Lieutenant John Merryman (he assisted in kicking Union troops out of the area after a riot broke out as the Union forces were changing trains at a station) in the case Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (1861):
Lincoln wrote a letter to General Winfield Scott on April 27, 1861, allowing Scott to suspend the writ of habeas corpus within the vicinity of the "military line". Originally, this was kept a secret, but by May of 1861, several members of the Maryland legislature had been arrested without grounds or stated charges.
Merryman said that this was illegal and took his case to the U.S. Circuit Court, and the judge at the time was Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. Taney sided against Lincoln, but Lincoln decided that he would just ignore the ruling. It is then rumored that Lincoln may have quickly issued and then retracted an arrest warrant for Taney, but the historical accurateness of this claim is disputed. Anyway, several other cases similar to the Merryman case went before federal judges, but Lincoln ignored all of them. Eventually Congress suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
Now, compare this to Bush. Bush hasn't arrested 18,000 American citizens, and he hasn't ignored nearly as many court rulings as Lincoln had either.
On to the next President:
Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson signed into law the following 2 bills: the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918. Let's take a look at those real quick. First, we have an excerpt from the Espionage Act of 1917:
Section 3
Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever when the United States is at war, shall wilfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall wilfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.
Section 4
If two or more persons conspire to violate the provisions of section two or three of this title, and one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as in said sections provided in the case of the doing of the act the accomplishment of which is the object of such conspiracy. Except as above provided conspiracies to commit offences under this title shall be punished as provided by section thirty-seven of the Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.
And here's an excerpt from the Sedition Act of 1918:
Section 3
Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements, or say or do anything except by way of bona fide and not disloyal advice to an investor or investors, with intent to obstruct the sale by the United States of bonds or other securities of the United States or the making of loans by or to the United States, and whoever when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause, or incite or attempt to incite, insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct or attempt to obstruct the recruiting or enlistment services of the United States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute, or shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any language intended to incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the United States, or to promote the cause of its enemies, or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully by utterance, writing, printing, publication, or language spoken, urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production in this country of any thing or things, product or products, necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war in which the United States may be engaged, with intent by such curtailment to cripple or hinder the United States in the prosecution of war, and whoever shall willfully advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated, and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or the imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both: Provided, That any employee or official of the United States Government who commits any disloyal act or utters any unpatriotic or disloyal language, or who, in an abusive and violent manner criticizes the Army or Navy or the flag of the United States shall be at once dismissed from the service..
Section 4
When the United States is at war, the Postmaster General may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that any person or concern is using the mails in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, instruct the postmaster at any post office at which mail is received addressed to such person or concern to return to the postmaster at the office at which they were originally mailed all letters or other matter so addressed, with the words "Mail to this address undeliverable under Espionage Act" plainly written or stamped upon the outside thereof, and all such letters or other matter so returned to such postmasters shall be by them returned to the senders thereof under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
Under these acts, a man was put on trial over his statements about not wanting to buy Liberty Bonds. In addition to that, over 50 American newspapers had their mailing privileges stripped, and all German-language or German-American newspapers had their mailing privileges removed.
In addition to these 2 acts, Wilson also allowed the American Protective League to assist law enforcement agencies. The APL was formed by Chicago businessman A.M. Briggs, under the permission of U.S. Attorney General Thomas Gregory. The group was given government-issued badges and they officially "organized with the Approval and operating under the direction of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation." The APL was a group of 250,000 people spread across 600 cities who helped crack down on those who were believed to be helping the Germans or opposing the U.S. government. The group illegally detained U.S. citizens who were members of labor and pacifist movements.
Again, this is nothing close to what George Bush has done. If Bush were following the epionage and sedition acts, CBS executives and Dan Rather would have been fined and put in jail for running that false story about President Bush's Air National Guard service. Instead, Rather kept his job (for a while) without any criminal charges being filed. Clearly Wilson was worse than Bush when it comes to civil liberties.
And that leads us to our last liberty looter:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Perhaps the most infamous (probably because it's the most recent) violation of civil liberties was FDR's Executive Order 9066, which was the executive order for the internment of Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals. Here's a copy of Executive Order 9066:
Executive Order No. 9066
The President
Executive Order
Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas
Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104);
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to provide for residents of any such area who are excluded therefrom, such transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the said Military Commander, and until other arrangements are made, to accomplish the purpose of this order. The designation of military areas in any region or locality shall supersede designations of prohibited and restricted areas by the Attorney General under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, and shall supersede the responsibility and authority of the Attorney General under the said Proclamations in respect of such prohibited and restricted areas.
I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the restrictions applicable to each Military area hereinabove authorized to be designated, including the use of Federal troops and other Federal Agencies, with authority to accept assistance of state and local agencies.
I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services.
This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas hereunder.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House,
February 19, 1942.
Under that order, somewhere around 120,000 people were held in internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 62% of which were American citizens. Compare this to Bush, who has held around 800 people in Guantanamo. And those people weren't even American citizens!
The point that I'm trying to make in all of this is NOT that I justify Bush's actions. I think he has overstepped his Constitutional bounds, with the wiretapping and his signing statements. But to say that he's the WORST President for civil liberties is just insulting to American history. I would be ashamed to be Romero's American history teacher right now, because clearly, he has forgotten some very important parts. Looking back 20 or so years from now, the history books will be kinder to Bush. I don't think he's anywhere near perfect, but he's certainly hasn't violated civil liberties as much as the 4 Presidents that I've just listed.
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Nadia Bilbasey, Washington correspondent for the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television network, will speak on "Terrorism and Islam" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Bilbasey covers U.S. foreign and defense policy for Al-Arabiya, an Arabic language 24-hour satellite news station beamed throughout the Middle East. Her expertise also includes issues involving the media and U.S. public diplomacy.
Bilbasey has worked as a journalist throughout the Middle East and Africa. She joined Al Arabiya in spring 2003 as a war correspondent and was embedded with U.S. Marines on the push to Baghdad from Kuwait. In July 2003, she moved to Washington as an international correspondent for Al-Arabiya.
Launched in early 2003, Al-Arabiya is one of the most-watched news stations throughout the Arab world and, according to a recent U.S. State Department poll, captured more market share in Iraq than its rival satellite news station, Al-Jazeera.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs . It is part of a series leading up to the April 2005 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs, which will focus on the U.S.-led war on terror.
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Letterman explained how he and all the other comedians were immediately intimidated by his comedic prowess, and how relieved they were when Williams landed roles on "Happy Days" and "Mork & Mindy."
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ASHLAND – Local, state and federal authorities continue a multistate search for suspects involved in a large dogfighting event in Benton County on Saturday night.
More than 50 people have been arrested so far in connection with what was termed one of the nation's most notorious dogfighting rings.
"We're searching for at least 25 or 30 more suspects," said Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson. His department joined others in DeSoto, Hardeman (Tenn.) and Fayette (Tenn.) counties, along with that partnered with Benton County Sheriff A. A. McMullen and his staff on the raid. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mississippi Highway Patrol also participated.
"It's a good end result of cooperative law enforcement work," Dickerson said. "It's what happens when local, state and federal agencies work together."
Dickerson said more than 90 vehicles were impounded from the site.
Chris Schindler, manager of dogfighting investigations for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), said surviving dogs are being cared for in undisclosed locations.
"Sometimes these individuals will go to great lengths to get their dogs back," he said.
Schindler said public awareness is a key to combating the crime of dogfighting.
"High numbers of cars coming into an isolated area might raise suspicions," he said. "If they see dogs on someone's property with injuries, it doesn't hurt for them to call authorities."
Anyone with information on other suspects is urged to call 877-TIP-HSUS (877-847-4787). Informants can remain anonymous and still be eligible for up to $5,000 reward if their information leads to a conviction.
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Description ADULT Has mainly black plumage with contrasting white belly and white patch on the closed wing. At close range, and in good light, a bluish green sheen can be seen on wings and tail. In flight, outer half of the short, rounded wings appears strikingly white. JUVENILE Similar to adult, but has pale (not dark) iris, shorter tail, and duller (not iridescent), browner plumage.
Dimensions Length: 17 1/2 -22" (44-56 cm)
Habitat Widespread and common resident. Favors a range of lightly wooded habitats including farmland and grassland; often in vicinity of water, the common factors being a wide range of potential food sources to suit its omnivorous diet, and dense shrubs and trees for nesting. Also seen in suburban areas. Formerly widely persecuted by shooting, trapping, and poisoning. Now protected in U.S., but not in Canada.
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Voice Utters a range of harsh, screeching and chattering calls.
Discussion Striking and unmistakable black and white, long-tailed bird. Outside breeding season, often seen in small flocks and roosts in large groups, sometimes 100s strong. In flight, note the rounded black and white wings and long tail, tapered toward the tip. On the ground, walks with a rolling swagger or moves with long hops. An opportunistic feeder with an omnivorous diet including fruit, insects, animal road kills, and the eggs and young of birds; it will also happily scavenge discarded leftover food scraps in towns. Sometimes picks ticks from the backs of large, grazing animals. Nest is a large, long-lasting structure of twigs, usually built among dense tree branches. Sexes are similar.


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In the introduction to his 1973 collection, Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison stated that "when belief in a god dies, the god dies," yielding, inevitably, to deities who reflect the character and obsessions of their respective eras. Twenty-eight years later, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Neverwhere, the Sandman series) has co-opted this notion, using it as the basis for his ambitious, altogether brilliant new novel, American Gods.
Gaiman's hero is a troubled ex-convict named, appropriately, Shadow. When we first meet him, Shadow is serving a three-year sentence for aggravated assault. Just days before his parole takes effect, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a grotesque automobile accident. Alone and adrift, Shadow signs on as driver and bodyguard for an enigmatic grifter who calls himself, simply, Wednesday.
Wednesday, we learn, is a diminished, Americanized incarnation of the Norse god Odin. He is one of a vast pantheon of transplanted gods carried to the New World in the minds and hearts of the endless waves of immigrants. Like most of his fellow gods, Odin/Wednesday has been largely forgotten, replaced by the gods of television, technology, and other icons of a changing world. With Shadow's assistance, Wednesday takes steps to organize these displaced deities, to lead them in a war to the death with the gods of the new Millennium.
American Gods tells the story of that war, and of the hidden personal agendas that lie beneath it. It also tells the story of Shadow's discovery -- and gradual reclamation -- of his own divided soul. Part road novel, part bildungsroman, part revisionist mythology, the narrative ranges across the American landscape, from the magical roadside attraction called The House on the Rock to a Wisconsin town whose picture-perfect surface conceals an ancient, grisly secret. It also takes behind the scenes of the mundane, everyday world, and introduces a credible gallery of gods, demons, and ordinary humans, some of them living, some dead.
Like all such extravagant epics, American Gods is -- as Gaiman clearly acknowledges -- a vast, multi-colored metaphor that has much to say about our ongoing need for meaning and belief and about the astonishing creative power of the human imagination. The result is an elegant, important novel that illuminates our world -- and the various worlds that surround it -- with wit, style, and sympathetic intelligence, and stands as one of the benchmark achievements in a distinguished, constantly evolving career. (Bill Sheehan)
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Reader's Note: This column is a fictional account of a conversation between former Ole Miss football coaches. It didn't take place.
OXFORD – What would they talk about if they all got together? Let's imagine …
David Cutcliffe was getting settled with his coffee when the jingling bell caught his attention. He turned over his shoulder and saw the man of average height in the red Ole Miss golf shirt heading out to the Square.
"Who was that?" he asked.
Ed Orgeron answered enthusiastically. "Freeze," he said. "He helped me get a pretty good player when I hired him to my staff."
"I almost hired him," said Houston Nutt, and the annual summer meeting of former 21st Century Ole Miss football coaches was under way.
Nutt, in fact, had the chance to retain Hugh Freeze, the Rebels' current head coach, when he replaced Orgeron, who replaced Cutcliffe – all in a span of seven years.
"Sounds like he's been getting a lot of players lately," said Cutcliffe.
His own tenure ended in what the administration described as a talent drain following the departure of Eli Manning.
Recruiting was a priority in the transition that followed, and Orgeron brought that to the table.
"I taught him everything he knows," Orgeron said, a statement with some measure of truth.
In fact Freeze, at his introductory press conference/celebration spoke of learning about recruiting from Orgeron.
Ultimately recruiting is about relationships. Freeze and Orgeron have different personalities and probably different approaches to building those relationships.
Freeze is welcoming a consensus top 10 class this summer and has a bit of summer momentum with a 2014 class ranked No. 11 by Rivals.com.
"It's about more than recruiting," Nutt chimed in. "You gotta keep 'em in the program, keep 'em healthy and off the suspension list."
Support from your peeps is important, too. This spring Freeze completed his second "Rebel Road Trip" with new Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork.
The implied message is unity between football and the administration where that was often questioned when the three guys at the table worked with former AD Pete Boone.
"Bjork … I bet it's good times working with that fella," Nutt said, drawing an amen from Cutcliffe.
The caffeine was working its magic with Orgeron, and he jumped back into the conversation.
"I think Freeze is doing a great job, but right now he's only won for one season, and the SEC is brutal," said Orgeron, who won three conference games in three years.
"Absolutely. Toughest conference in America," Nutt agreed.
Cutcliffe offered a few final thoughts before the meeting broke up.
"Those early road games are going to be extremely difficult. 'Get Better Monday' will be important. His players will have to be warriors to improve on last year's success, but he's hired a good staff. If he continues to treat them right they'll be loyal, and that chemistry will help along the journey."
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This is where the POTUS is displaying a complete lack of leadership. How can the blame be placed anywhere but squarely on his shoulders? He has yet to propose a budget this year, and has been late with his proposal in previous years.
BTW, it is absurd for anyone to use the argument that "he knows his proposal won't be passed so he is waiting on some grand compromise to be reached in Congress." It is his responsibility to present a proposal. PERIOD!
When he does put one out it is such a POS it gets voted down in the senate 97-0 and in congress 414-0. Obviously he is not serious about putting out real proposals.
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