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I have a slightly different take...
Instead of bemoaning what the M5 is not, I prefer to celebrate it for what it is - an ultimate expression of a gentleman's rapid express - a sporty large four door GT, capable of great velocity, offering a luxury environment. Moreover, being a BMW, the M5 is still a value play - a lot of content for a not an unreasonable sum.
Cars are changing - look at the 991 v. 997 - more capable but less visceral à la BMW M5. Slightly homogenized, less edgy, more luxury, enhanced efficiency and tech, is the new normal. I suspect we need to accommodate ourselves to this brave new reality. In a world increasingly dominated by a "green" vehicle psyche, and given the development costs of any new car, I toast BMW for having the courage to produce the M5.
see this is where i disagree. i dont think that the M5 is the sporty large four door GT that you claim it to be. BMW invented this class of car. it used to be a 4 door sports car. you can argue that as cars get bigger/heavier/more luxurious, some of the inherrent sportiness falls away. i get that. but this is their wheelhouse. they INVENTED this niche. and now they are getting pushed out of the limelight by the Cadillac?
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Now, it is clear that Darling is in trouble. To misquote Stevie Smith, when it comes to this bank, he is not saving, but drowning.
Even so, the comparison with the Badger must constitute unparliamentary language.
If an MP can be banned for calling another a liar, can't he be kicked out for comparing a chancellor to Lamont? Isn't it like saying that a GP resembles Harold Shipman? Or that an England football manager is no better than Steve McClaren? There are some remarks that go beyond the limits of even the most robust debate. If the Speaker were on the ball, he would have silenced the miscreant (Vince Cable) and warned him that if he did not withdraw his remark he would be banished for a month. Or strung up by his nostrils. But he didn't.
You can get away with almost anything these days. For example, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, almost accused Darling of propounding porkies. "Has he been honest with taxpayers about the risks they face, and has he told the whole truth?" he asked which is about as near as you can get to shouting "liar, liar, pants on fire!"
Darling adopted his usual technique of trying to bore the House into submission. If we were in a Tintin cartoon he would say: "Look, Snowy, they're all asleep - let's make a run for it"
But Osborne had managed to stay awake, possibly with the use of a cattle prod, and made a ferocious attack. The crisis got worse every week. It had been another day of weakness and confusion. "We all hope a buyer can be found," he said. "No, yer don't," shouted one Labour cynic, but Labour voices were not greatly in evidence, except those more interested in constituents' jobs than in the possible collapse of the economy.
Osborne had pointed out that some £900 had been pledged for every single taxpayer in the country. (Or, to put it another way, the government could give nearly £5m to every employee of Northern Rock.) He finished by robustly declaring that the chancellor's "incompetence and weakness" threatened the collapse of the entire system.
Cable, who is loving every moment of his acting leadership of the Lib Dems, also attacked the government - unlike the two leadership candidates who tour the studios abusing each other. The rescue had committed the government to the cost of 30 Millennium domes "without even the prospect of decent pop concerts".
He wanted the chancellor to give "an absolute guarantee that the loan will be repaid, in full, with interest".
Other MPs demanded the same. Did they get an answer? Of course not. Darling was as evasive as the Badger ever was. "The money is secured against assets, and we fully expect to get it back." "Fully expect"? And no doubt the cheque is in the post.


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1. Re: jUSB API824073 Mar 27, 2011 10:46 AM (in response to 850696)No there is not. There has been lots of discussion wether it should be part of the JRE or not and there have been some attempts (like jUSB) but there is nothing that works well on all operating systems. If you're going to write an application that communicates with USB devices I would recommend a language that's closer to the OS than Java.
2. Re: jUSB API850696 Mar 27, 2011 12:47 PM (in response to 824073)Thank you.Actually i would like to make GUI application that communicates with external device based on microcontroller through USB port.What language closer to the OS do you reccomend me to acchieve that communication?
3. Re: jUSB API824073 Mar 27, 2011 2:17 PM (in response to 850696)Well these micro-controller devices very often open a serial (COM) port over the USB connection. If this is the case (it probably will be), you can use this serial port to communicate with the microcontroller. You're limited to a serial port of course (this means slow speeds, typically around 9600bps (that's bits per second)), but if it's just to exchange some commands and/or control information, this will be enough. You can use the rxtx library (http://users.frii.com/jarvi/rxtx/) with Java.
If on the other hand you need full usb support you'll best use a language that's closer to the OS, like C++. The big disadvantage is you loose cross-platform support. If you decide to go down this path, you could also consider using C#, which is closer to Java in syntax and supports USB trough native calls (see http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84338/making-usb-c-friendly/ for an example).


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Once you download the program, a Kittens button should pop up. Click on the button and pay $20 which will be donated to your local animal shelter. Uber and cat meme kingpin Cheezburger teamed up for this partnership but 15 minutes is all you get!
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After completing the process, your oder will arrive quickly. As a special incentive, cupcakes from Duff Goldman will join these cuddly pals.
Uber has pulled tricks like this before to get people to use their service but this is pretty creative. If you end up getting one dropped off at your work, leave us a comment with pictures!
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The mission of the Arizona State University Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is to identify, advocate for, and increase awareness of needed change in the university in order to enhance opportunities for women and other underrepresented groups.
Each year, the Commission on the Status of Women seeks to honor those individuals, groups or teams whose efforts most exemplify and further the mission of the CSW. Individuals are nominated by colleagues, students, and organizations. Recipients are determined by a CSW committee. Over the years, CSW has honored dozens of individuals for their outstanding achievements towards advancing the status of women at ASU. Special awards were given to the individuals listed below for their exemplary contributions. For more information on award recipients, click on the link for a particular award year.
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Born: September 3, 1963
Birthplace: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6'0" Weight: 200 lbs.
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Drafted by: Calgary Flames, 8th Round, 162nd
Overall, 1981 NHL Entry Draft
Season with Buffalo: 1989-90
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|Born and raised in Oshawa, Ontario, Dale DeGray began his junior hockey career in 1980 as a member of the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. An offensive-minded defenseman, DeGray scored 11 goals and 10 assists as an OHL rookie in 1980-81. In the spring of 1981, DeGray was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 8th Round of the NHL Entry Draft. He was the 162nd player selected overall.
DeGray, who earned the nickname "Digger" for his solid play in the corners, repeated his 11 goal performance in 1981-82, this time chipping in 22 assists to finish second in scoring among Oshawa's defense. At the end of the season, DeGray was named Oshawa's Most Underrated Player. DeGray's last season in Oshawa was his best. In 1982-83 he scored 20 goals, the most amongst Oshawa's defensemen, and added 30 assists. He was again named Most Underrated Player for the 1982-83 season.
DeGray turned pro in 1983, joining the Calgary Flames organization. He was assigned
|to the Colorado Flames, Calgary's affiliate in the Central Hockey League, for the 1983-84 season. DeGray performed well in his first professional season, scoring 16 goals and 14 assists in 67 games played.
At the end of the 1983-84 season, the Central Hockey League suspended operations. DeGray was reassigned to the Moncton Golden Flames of the American Hockey League, where he would play parts of the next three seasons. Moncton's leading defensive scorer during the 1984-85 season, DeGray made his NHL debut during the 1985-86 season, playing one game for the Calgary Flames. He split the 1986-87 season between Moncton and Calgary, scoring 6 goals and 7 assists in 27 games with Calgary.
In October of 1987, the Calgary Flames traded DeGray to the Toronto Maple Leafs for future considerations. DeGray split the 1987-88 season between the Maple Leafs and their AHL affiliate, the Newmarket Saints. He played 56 games in the NHL, accounting for 6 goals and 18 assists. DeGray was on the move again for the 1988-89 season, selected in the waiver draft by the Los Angeles Kings. He played 63 games for the Kings during the season, the longest NHL stint of his career. DeGray scored 6 goals and 22 assists for a career-high 28 points.
DeGray was reassigned to the Kings' AHL affiliate, the New Haven Nighthawks to start the 1989-90 season. On November 24, 1989 DeGray was traded along with future considerations to the Buffalo Sabres for defenseman Bob Halkidis and future considerations. DeGray was assigned to the Sabres' AHL club, the Rochester Americans. DeGray remained in Rochester until December 22, 1989, when he was recalled to Buffalo. He made his Sabres debut that night at home against the Montreal Canadiens. He appeared again the following night in Quebec as the Sabres took on the Nordiques. On December 26, 1989, he was sent back to Rochester, where he remained for about a month. DeGray was again recalled to Buffalo in late-January, but was returned to Rochester without appearing in a Sabres game. In mid-February, 1990 DeGray was recalled to Buffalo for a more lengthy stint when veteran defenseman Mike Ramsey was injured. He appeared in 4 more games with the Sabres from February 19th to March 2nd, 1990 before he was sent back to Rochester for the remainder of the season. Throughout the course of the season, DeGray saw action in 6 games for the Sabres and was held scoreless in all 6 of his appearances. He finished the season with a -4 plus/minus rating. He saw greater success in his outings with Rochester during the season, scoring 6 goals and 25 assists in 50 games played. He also added 5 goals and 6 assists in the AHL Playoffs, helping the Amerks advance to the Calder Cup Finals.
DeGray returned to Rochester for the 1990-91 season. He scored 9 goals and 25 assists in 64 regular season games played. In the Playoffs, DeGray had 3 goals and 4 assists as the Amerks again lost in the Calder Cup Finals.
At the end of the 1990-91 season, DeGray was a free agent. Unsigned, he sat out the 1991-92 season. He signed with the San Diego Gulls of the International Hockey League, where he played the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. DeGray was the leading scorer among San Diego's defensemen during both of his seasons there.
DeGray started the 1994-95 season as a member of the IHL's Detroit Vipers. 14 games into the season, he was traded to the Cleveland Lumberjacks. DeGray finished the season with Cleveland, scoring 19 goals and 49 assists in 64 games played. Despite missing 17 of the team's 81 games, DeGray was Cleveland's leading scorer for the 1994-95 season.
Over the next 3 seasons, DeGray would play for 4 different IHL teams. He spent time with the Cincinnati Cyclones, Manitoba Moose and Quebec Rafales, before returning for a second stint with the Cleveland Lumberjacks to finish the 1997-98 season. In 1998, the cash-strapped Lumberjacks traded DeGray to the Indianapolis Ice. In return, the Ice would pay the cost of Cleveland's hotel bills for their road games in Indianapolis during the 1998-99 season. DeGray spent the 1998-99 season as a player/assistant coach for the Indianapolis Ice. He appeared in 27 games for the Ice, scoring 3 goals and 11 assists. At the end of the season, DeGray retired from professional hockey to pursue a coaching career.
In September, 1999, DeGray was named head coach of the expansion Rockford Ice Hogs of the United Hockey League. Rockford finished at the bottom of the UHL standing in both the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. At the end of the 2000-01 season, Dale DeGray was dismissed as coach of the Ice Hogs. He is currently seeking a coaching job elsewhere in professional hockey.


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Opportunity knocks for north London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham over the closing days of the transfer window.
The two teams clash again on March 3, but the bragging rights could effectively be secured this week.
Everton have shown their hand in the race for fourth place with the signing of Leroy Fer and it now remains to be seen whether Arsenal or Spurs will make a statement of intent.
Their needs are remarkably similar. Both sets of fans are desperate to see a new striker arrive, while a dynamic central midfielder should be high on the agendas of both clubs.
Currently occupying sixth place and four points behind Spurs, it would initially seem Arsenal's need is greater.
But scratch beneath the surface and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reason for optimism that his team can again overhaul their neighbours if the two clubs fail to do any significant business.
Olivier Giroud took his tally to 13 goals and nine assists in the FA Cup victory over Brighton and is starting to look the part.
The obvious criticism of summer signing Giroud is that he has netted just one of those goals against the so-called big clubs – Tottenham.
He missed a great chance against Chelsea, just seconds before the Blues went up the other end and opened the scoring in their 2-1 victory.
But if Giroud is something of a flat-track bully while he acclimatises to English football, then Arsenal can take encouragement from the fact that 12 of their remaining 15 Premier League games are against teams below them.
Theo Walcott has now signed his new contract and his impressive form shows no sign of slowing down, while the performances of Lukas Podolski have moved up a level in recent weeks.
The addition of a top-class striker would no doubt give Arsenal a huge boost and provide some insurance against injuries, but Tottenham's need in the goalscoring department is undoubtedly greater.
Between them, Walcott, Giroud and Podolski have netted 25 Premier League goals this season. For Tottenham, Jermain Defoe, Emmanuel Adebayor and Gareth Bale have scored 21.
Defoe's last goal came on Boxing Day and it has now emerged he has been nursing a pelvic injury that may yet require surgery.
With their current choice of forwards, Tottenham need a fully fit and firing Defoe – particularly with Adebayor away taking part in the African Cup of Nations.
Adebayor has struggled to reproduce his performances of last season for Spurs and players often find it difficult to return from a tiring African Cup of Nations schedule and hit the ground running.
Clint Dempsey and Gylfi Sigurdsson were both signed to boost Tottenham's goal threat, but neither man has properly hit his stride at White Hart Lane.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas did a wonderful job of putting on a brave face after chairman Daniel Levy failed to sign any of his summer targets and the Portuguese has claimed he is "relaxed" about the current situation.
But having put Tottenham in place to fight for a Champions League place, Villas-Boas now deserves some real backing from Levy.
Successive games against Arsenal and Liverpool will test the options of Villas-Boas, but the real strain will come in a three-game spell in April when Spurs face Everton, Chelsea and Manchester City.
The acceleration of Lewis Holtby's signing is no doubt welcome and allows Levy to boast that he has picked up the German Under-21 captain for just £1.5million.
But not spending proper money on a striker or a ready-made replacement for the injured Sandro would once again be a false economy and could cost Spurs dear.
While Arsenal have Abou Diaby tentatively returning to fitness in midfield , Mikel Arteta recovering and Aaron Ramsey regaining his confidence, Tottenham could be without Sandro for the remainder of the season, Scott Parker is horribly short of match practice and Tom Huddlestone has not developed as the club once hoped.
Holtby will prove to be a good signing for Spurs, but he is not the man to step into Sandro's boots. Villas-Boas would dearly love to land his long-term target Joao Moutinho, but Levy is up to his old tricks by refusing to match the £24million fee that was agreed for the midfielder in August.
If Gareth Bale suffers injury or loss of form, then one suspects the game will be up for Tottenham.
It is time for Levy and Wenger to stick or twist. If they both stick, the Frenchman will quietly fancy his hand.


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NOW finale to the shore!
Now, land and life, finale, and farewell!
Now Voyager depart! (much, much for thee is yet in store;)
Often enough hast thou adventurd oer the seas,
Cautiously cruising, studying the charts,
Duly again to port, and hawsers tie, returning:
But now obey, thy cherishd, secret wish,
Embrace thy friendsleave all in order;
To port, and hawsers tie, no more returning,
Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
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Nostalgia imbues army photographer's images of Tibet
By Lucy Hornby
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - Chinese photographer Lan Zhigui's favorite picture is of two Tibetans on a hillside, watching as a perfect rainbow hovered over their valley.
The year was 1961, ten years after Lan crossed into Tibet with the road-building crews of the People's Liberation Army. The rainbow burst out as he arrived in the steep valley, and lasted for half an hour, the frail 87-year old recounted, eyes gleaming.
Born in Chongqing, Lan was the official photographer who accompanied the army across the high mountain passes from Sichuan to Lhasa in 1951.
Nostalgia shines through Lan's photos, on exhibit at the National Art Museum in Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Chinese establishing full control over Tibet.
Most of the photos date from the early and mid-1950s, a time called "the honeymoon" by historian A Tom Grunfeld, when a Tibetan cabinet coexisted uneasily with Chinese administrators.
Lan roamed about Tibet by horse, by jeep and by foot. He spent happy weeks in the lowlands, documenting the forest tribes being resettled in river valleys.
"I love this girl, you can see her necklace is made of old British silver coins," he said, standing by a portrait of a young girl from the Dengba ethnicity.
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Someone went digging around on YouTube and found an old video of a 19-year-old West rapping onstage at a Chicago-area club. The clip, which was uploaded in 2010, features Yeezy and a local rapper named Phenom sharing the stage at the Double Door venue in 1996. The video features a confident West reciting rapid-fire punchlines and repeating the late Ol' Dirty Bastard line, "I've never been tookin' out / I keep MCs lookin' out."
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Back in 2010, when Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes accused Denver's bicycle sharing program of being part of an insidious United Nations conspiracy to take over America's communities, a nation chuckled at the absurdity. "http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/spokes-cities-engage-in-vast-biking-conspiracy-shh/" target="_blank">Cities Engage in Vast Biking Conspiracy (Shh!)" read a New York Times headline.
More than a year later, the same bizarre conspiracy theory is no laughing matter for anyone who cares about their community's future. Across the country, a loud minority of protestors, many aligned with the Tea Party, have made it their mission to derail not only the green programs of cities, towns and counties, but the broader planning efforts of local governments to improve local transportation, safeguard public health, and increase economic competitiveness. Last week the success of their efforts http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html?_r=2&emc=eta1" target="_blank">landed them back in the Times, only now on the front page.
Can We Talk About Local Solutions?
We should be concerned. As our nation attempts to recover from the economic crisis and a record-breaking year of extreme weather that cost us tens of billions of dollars, locally driven solutions are the key, and healthy community dialogue about them is more important than ever. Now is the time for people to ask, "How can we attract more businesses to our town? How can we better prepare our communities for more frequent floods or droughts? What kind of community do we want to leave for our children and grandchildren?" It's a conversation for everybody to take part in: business leaders, environmentalists, labor leaders, neighborhood groups, Republicans, Democrats, Independents.
The problem is that the Tea Party groups and their allies seem intent on shutting down local dialogues, rather than discussing and debating ideas and solutions. Across the country, they attend city council and planning commission meetings, and too often resort to shouting and intimidation tactics. They protest the very idea of their local government running an energy efficiency program, preserving historic buildings, or creating a local plan to repair aging infrastructure.
A Conspiracy Theory Takes Hold
For the majority of Americans who support things like local clean energy jobs or planting more trees on city streets, the natural question has become, Why are extremists waging a war on common sense in our own backyards?
But it's not common sense, insist the protestors. Local initiatives to plan for the future or make a community more livable-especially when they mention the word "sustainability"-are all part of Agenda 21, which they believe is a http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/11/tea-party-agenda-21-un-sustainable-development?page=1" target="_blank">vast UN conspiracy. "Once they put their fangs into our communities, they'll suck all the blood out of it," said Glenn Beck. Most municipal staff had never heard of Agenda 21 before they were accused of being its accomplices.
Even with http://www.icleiusa.org/about-iclei/faqs/faq-iclei-the-united-nations-and-agenda-21" target="_blank">no evidence to back up their story, the activists see an Agenda 21 conspiracy everywhere they look:
• In Santa Rosa, Calif., Agenda 21 protestors http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120111/OPINION/120119897?tc=ar" target="_blank">shouted down speakers at a Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting to get public feedback on a regional plan to improve transportation. Police were called.
• In Missoula, MT, http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-city-council-s-sustainability-dues-criticized-as-communist/article_ebf6a360-1bcf-11e1-a4f8-001cc4c002e0.html" target="_blank">police were also called to keep order at a city council meeting to discuss membership renewal in the organization I lead, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA. (The council voted to renew.)
• In Norfolk, Va., activists http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/virginia-residents-oppose-preparations-for-climate-related-sea-level-rise/2011/12/05/gIQAVRw40O_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop" target="_blank">protested a regional plan to http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/virginia-residents-oppose-preparations-for-climate-related-sea-level-rise/2011/12/05/gIQAVRw40O_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop" target="_blank">protect economic assets and natural habitats from sea-level rise due to a changing climate.
• In Rutherford County, Tenn., a local zoning resolution was http://webworks.typepad.com/lakecountyfiscalrangers/2011/12/agenda-21-citizens-of-rutherford-county-tn-object-to-planning-commission-revisions-to-comp-plan.html" target="_blank">protested as a UN plot to take away private property. The list goes on.
Renewing the Sustainability Conversation
As more misinformation spreads, the problem is ultimately one of communications. My organization, ICLEI USA, is increasing its efforts to share the success stories of U.S. cities and counties who are reaping the benefits of smart planning and sustainability initiatives. We've got to take back the hijacked term, "sustainability," which isn't a secret plot but a mainstream concept embraced by everybody from local governments driving bottom-up solutions to countless corporations like http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/green_and_sustainability/overview/" target="_blank">IBM, http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/12/16/office-depots-three-pronged-strategy-corporate-sustainability" target="_blank">Office Depot, and http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/sustainability-initiatives-and-policies.html" target="_blank">Intel, who agree that saving money through efficiency measures and reducing their environmental footprint is good for business.
And then there's Agenda 21 itself, about which the greatest distortions are being generated. This 20-year-old voluntary action plan was developed by the United Nations and national governments at the 1992 "Earth Summit" in Rio. Agenda 21 presents a vision for how all levels of government - especially in the developing world - can take voluntary action to combat poverty and pollution, conserve natural resources and develop in a sustainable manner. One-hundred-seventy-eight nations adopted the agenda, including the United States during the Bush administration.
Agenda 21 is not a treaty or legally binding document and does not infringe upon the sovereignty of any nation, state, or local government. Bottom line, it isn't being forced on anybody, anywhere, by any organization.
If people and organizations started responding with those facts, we could skip the conspiracy theories and get back to the much-needed conversations on energy independence, economic vitality, and the future of our communities.
Michael Schmitz is the executive director of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA, the leading membership organization of local governments committed to climate action, clean energy, and sustainability, with more than 550 members in the United States and 1,100 worldwide.


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Top universities for nightlife... as voted by students [2012-13]
Best nightclubs or a great music scene? We asked current students to tell us how they rate the local nightlife close to their unis – and here are the top performers...
UPDATE: CHECK OUT TOP UNIS FOR NIGHTLIFE 2014 RESULTS HEREWe surveyed almost 10,000 current students to find out first-hand how they rate their university on a whole range of characteristics, including the local nightlife, students' union nightlife and political scene. The universities characterised as having a varied local nightlife offer a good mix of clubs, pubs and music venues in and around the local area.
Here are the top performers – plus a little taster of what each place could offer you. Perhaps unsurprisingly, city universities featured highly...
1. Northumbria University
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- Newcastle, where the uni is situated, has two nightlife hotspots – Quayside and Bigg Market – but Ouseburn Valley is also a popular area with students looking for something a bit different and more relaxed. Here you will find a range of independent pubs and live music venues
Find out more about what students think of Northumbria University.
2. University of Liverpool
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- Liverpool after dark caters for all tastes, with everything from real ale pubs to more glamorous nights out – the Newz Bar on Water Street is a favourite with local TV stars and football players
- Concert Square is one of the most popular destinations for students – try Modo for a great selection of cocktails
3. Newcastle University
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- Newcastle has been voted the 10th top city in the world for nightlife, according to TripAdvisor
Find out more about what students think of Newcastle University.
4. Liverpool John Moores University
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- Fancy a more low-key evening? Head to the Albert Dock and watch the ferries drift past from one of its many bars and restaurants
Find out more about what students think of Liverpool John Moores University.
5. University of Manchester
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- Many students live in Fallowfield, which has a wide variety of pubs, bars and restaurants offering student deals
- Manchester's most popular clubs include Sankeys, Essential and 5th Avenue
6. University of Leeds
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- Head to Call Lane for bars with a great party buzz, including Oporto, one of Leeds most loved venues
- If gigs are more your thing, The Cockpit is an independently run live music venue which has seen many big acts start their careers - Coldplay and The Killers have graced its stage in previous years
7. Glasgow Caledonian University
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- Recently voted Glasgow's coolest club, The Flying Duck's unconventional venue offers a wide variety of 'not-mainstream' club nights
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8. University of Sussex
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- The uni is very close to the buzzing nightlife of Brighton, with many clubs along the beach including the Honey Club and Digital
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9. University of Strathclyde
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- For a night out with a real Scottish feel, converted church Oran Mor is the place for 'a play, a pie and a pint'
- Head to the Sub Club if you're an electro and dance music fan
10. University College London, University of London
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- Going out in London isn't necessarily as expensive as you might think – many clubs have student nights and offer discounts, such as Club de Fromage (02 Academy Islington), with cheesy tunes, fancy dress and cheaper entry with an NUS card every Saturday
- For a more relaxed evening out, The Social – tucked away behind Oxford Street, not too far away from UCL's Bloomsbury location – has live music every night, attracting a laid-back crowd with its free entry and reasonable drink prices
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Step right up to the artery-clogging goodness of state fair food, where anything and everything finds its way onto a stick and gets baptized in vat of hot grease–AMEN!
In past years, we've seen creations that fly in the face of nutritionists and cardiologists alike: fried bubble gum courtesy of Tulsa; fried beer by way of Texas; and fried butter on a stick from Iowa. And now, the Minnesota State Fair is in town with a menu that holds fast to tradition, i.e., a menu that will make you feel like you've gained 10 pounds just by looking at it. But why look when you can eat?
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Even by the standards of his tempestuous life, the scale and pace of the fall of Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare was spectacular. In just 48 hours the man who would be the mayor of London, riding on the crest of his Labour opponents' disarray, found not only his one remaining political dream shattered, but himself shunned and isolated.
Paying back Express Newspapers the money he got from the Daily Star - pounds 500,000 in damages and pounds 700,000 in costs, along with 13 years' interest - could amount to more than pounds 1.4m. This would not break Lord Archer, a wealthy man. Possible criminal charges, for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, cannot, however, be settled with money. Lord Archer will have fresh in his memory the fate of his friend and fellow Tory politician Jonathan Aitken, recently jailed for 18 months. The judge who sentenced the former cabinet minister said the offences "struck at justice itself and the message has got to go out loud and clear that appropriate punishment will be imposed..."
Any hope Lord Archer may have had that his humiliating withdrawal from the mayoral contest would be the end of the matter, disappeared swiftly yesterday. Just before midday Scotland Yard received a formal complaint of deception against the former vice-chairman of the Conservative Party from the Daily Star. This morning a senior officer from the the Organised Crime Group of Specialist Operations will form a team to begin the preliminary inquiries, and start liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Lord Archer and his friend Ted Francis - the man he persuaded to lie for him - will, say police sources, be questioned under caution "at the appropriate time". Legal experts said the fact that Mr Francis' evidence did not have to be produced in court would not rule out criminal charges - the "intention" to pervert the course of justice would be enough.
One QC, Owen Davies, said: "The mere act of one person asking another to give false evidence and that person agreeing would be an offence." Another QC, Jonathan Crystal, added: "Any attempt to persuade a witness to give false evidence is potentially a very serious offence and it is treated seriously by the courts."
Whatever happens in the legal front , hardly anyone now believes Lord Archer would be able to make another of his comebacks . The Shadow Chancellor, Francis Maude, said: "He has thrown himself to the wolves and there will be no coming back." There were, however, plenty of accusations and recriminations yesterday that this knowledge had come rather late, that the party's vetting system had failed and William Hague, Lord Parkinson and Michael Ancram have all been extremely complacent about the possible pitfalls of having Lord Archer as the candidate.
The Conservative hierarchy spent much of yesterday trying to distance itself from its former mayoral candidate. At the Old Vicarage at Grantchester, near Cambridge, Lord Archer, alone with his wife, Mary, must have been wondering how it had gone so badly wrong.
The circumstances leading to the exposure of this secret are intriguing. Mr Francis was not the ideal partner for Lord Archer to have in his illicit plan, and the choice is an example of the novelist's characteristic lack of judgement. Mr Francis has told friends that since they first met in about 1970, Lord Archer had been condescending and patronising, promising much to help him in his film and television career, but delivering little.
Lord Archer eventually gaveMr Francis pounds 12,000. Years later, to belittle Mr Francis, he described the payment as a loan, saying in front of an actress: "You want to watch this man, you know. I lent him pounds 20,000 once and I am still waiting to get back the money." Mr Francis recalled: "She was dreadfully embarrassed and I was deeply hurt. For a start it was untrue - it was only pounds 12,000 - and it was an investment, not a loan. He humiliated him in front of my peers; I don't understand why."
This was the man Lord Archer had turned to during the Monica Coghlan trial to provide him with a false alibi that the two men had been dining together at a London restaurant on the evening of 9 September, 1986. Lord Archer had said he wanted to protect the identity of his real companion, his former personal assistant, Andrina Colquhoun.
The need for the fabrication was, ironically, based on a mistake. The Daily Star had claimed Lord Archer had slept with Ms Coghlan on 9 September, but it later changed this to 8 September. Lord Archer already had an alibi for that evening. Thus, at the end, there was no need for the Francis alibi to be used.
It is unclear why Lord Archer would want to to protect Ms Colquhoun. However, it could possibly be because she had repeatedly featured with Lord Archer in gossip columns and, according to friends, he had promised Mary he would cut down on his association with her. Recently appointed deputy chairman of the party, he had also promised Margaret Thatcher that she did not need to fear any further embarrassment from him.
Two months ago, Mr Francis saw Lord Archer's campaign for the Conservative nomination for London's mayor gathering steam. He did what so many with a grudge and a secret do these days: he telephoned the publicist Max Clifford. Mr Clifford immediately turned to the potentially most lucrative customer, the News of the World, and meetings were set up with its journalists. There followed a classic Sunday tabloid sting.
Mr Francis called Lord Archer and told him that their concocted alibi had been discovered by a mutual acquaintance. In the conversation that followed, Lord Archer faithfully recounted for Mr Francis and the newspaper's tape recorder all the details of the deception.
An almost surreal turn of events followed. Last Friday, just as the News of the World was preparing to confront Lord Archer with its story, he called it. The managing editor, Stuart Kuttner, said: "It began extraordinarily, you could not make it up. Jeffrey - perhaps knowing something, sensing something - phoned up to actually offer an invitation to one of his famous shepherd's pie and champagne Christmas parties. We told him it would be a good idea if we came and saw him."
When the newspapers' executives met Lord Archer at his flat, the peer, according the newspaper, tried at first to brazen it out. But when he was handed the transcript of the tapes, he handed it straight back, saying: "I don't need this. I know what's in it."
William Hague was told about it on Friday afternoon, before it became public. At 10pm he spoke at length with Lord Archer and told him he must stand down. On Saturday morning Lord Archer made his public statement.
There was, however, one final twist to this tale of deception. The News of the World had sent Lord Archer details of what it intended to publish. It is claimed he promptly sent them to the rival Mail on Sunday. This may have been successful revenge of sorts by a man who has always loved intrigue, but scant consolation for his dreams of public life, now lying in ashes.Reuse content


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It's dreadful – kids ask and ask for them, can we get one, mum and dad, can we, can we? I'll look after him! Then a few days later, bored, they discard the poor thing and it ends up abandoned on the cold, winter streets. A Minion is for life, people, not just for Christmas, stop the dumping of poor, unloved Minions on our streets!
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Edinburgh gets the Game of Thrones animated treatment
Absolutely loving this – Steven Jefferies has taken the iconic Game of Thrones animated opening sequence and reworked it with Edinburgh landmarks. Brilliant
And he did a making of for a glimpse behind the scenes:
This short film by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro is stunning – working through centuries of art in a few moments and using some subtle animation to bring it to life it raises questions about how humans perceive beauty; as it progresses it becomes darker, even the lusciously painted nudes start to become a little disturbing as they hint at more than beauty but a darker sensuality, and as it moves into scenes not only examining external beauty but within the body it also becomes a little horrific. But it's all fascinating…
B E A U T Y – dir. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro from Rino Stefano Tagliafierro on Vimeo.
Vie d'Enfer
Vie d'Enfer is a terrific short animated film, where a portly wee demon who clearly loves his work of tormenting the damned gets a bit carried away, overloads the torture machine and blows himself all the way to the opposing realm, where the soon runs amuck. The animation style is great, with a genuine sense of fun and dark humour that will appeal to folk like me who enjoy Edward Gorey and Tim Burton:
Vie d'Enfer from Thomas EID on Vimeo.
Animation – Wolfsong
Wolfsong is a very sad and yet beautiful and moving short animated film by Toniko Pantoja: a wolf mother tries to regain her lost cub, now dead and stuffed as the trophy of an uncaring hunter, so she can sing the cub to sleep, but alas the hunter follows her determined not to lose his prize…
Wolfsong from Toniko Pantoja on Vimeo.
I found this achingly beautiful pice of short, award-winning animation, Caldera, on Vimeo. A film from Evan Viera and friends, it is largely a homage to his father, who had to deal with images and delusions due to a mental disorder. It follows a young woman who experiences some quite remarkable visual worlds due to her own mental health issues, worlds that society decides she must control and curb with medication, bringing her back to the drab constrictions of what people rather foolishly call reality (as if they had any real idea what that actually was), but the realms in her imagination are too vibrant to be contained. The film reminds me very much of one of my favourite literary works of all time, Don Quixote, and how sometimes we are happier with our delusions; perhaps if more questioned the nature of imagination and reality and our individual natures rather than the bland demand for all to conform we'd have a happier society. There is some gloriously beautiful visual imagery in this animation, especially a scene where she leaps into a nocturnal, glowing sea, like falling into stars, or swimming with a great sea turtle. Beautiful work.
Caldera (2012) from Evan Viera on Vimeo.
The Pale Blue Dot
During the epic Voyager missions, after one of those innovative little mechanical explorers had finished with its primary mission to give us our most astonishing close up encounters with the most distant worlds in our solar system in a detail that Galileo and Copernicus could never have dreamed possible, it was re-tasked and reprogrammed to turn around to look back into our solar system from the cold, dark edge of our own little stellar neighbourhood. The late, great Carl Sagan was one of those who campaigned for this to happen – no small feat given the codes to reprogramme the distant probe would take hours to reach it even travelling at the light speed of radio waves, so far was it from home now, and there was no true scientific knowledge to be gained from this move.
Sagan, however, always understood that science has to appeal to both the heart as well as the head, emotion and intellect, and be able to make everyone grasp why it was important to us. The spacecraft was turned and took what is now known as the family portrait, a view of most of the planets in our solar system, a perspective no-one in the entire history of humanity had ever beheld before, a real "going where no-one had gone before" moment. In that family portrait is a pale, blue dot, not even an entire pixel in size – our world, the Earth. As Sagan put it, everything any of us has ever known, every person we have read of, every person who built a monument we've gazed at, everyone we have ever loved and all those who came before them, right back to the emergence of our ancestors out of ancient Africa's cradle to start out human journey, every one of them, peasant and king alike, lived on that tiny dot. Joel Somerfield's animation is very short but celebrates that moment, using the words of Sagan, a moment when emotion and science, heart and intellect, gave our species a new perspective on the majesty of creation and our own place in it, just a tiny mote floating in the glow of the sun, miniscule in astronomical terms, fragile, but never, ever unimportant, but a wonder in a sea of wonders, a haven of spectacularly diverse life. Our home.
Pale Blue Dot from ORDER on Vimeo.
TiM is a wonderful short animated film from Ken Turner, about a little boy who is different and relies on his own imagination to get him through, losing himself in drawing, making his own films and watching movies. But most of all he wants, when he grows up, to be Tim Burton. A lovely little homage to being different and how we all find little pieces of wonder that, even if most others don't understand, mean the world to us and make life more magical.
TiM from Ken Turner on Vimeo.
Kevin Margo's short science fiction film Grounded is a fascinating piece – a spaceship breaks up entering an alien world's atmosphere, spreading wreckage across an alien landscape. As one of the surviving astronauts comes to we move through a sequence of almost dream like, overlapping scenes (with little hints of that final segment of 2001: a Space Odyssey), which are deliberately open to interpretation, fascinating visuals working with the viewer's own mind to suggest ideas and narratives:
Grounded from Kevin Margo on Vimeo.
In-Between is a wonderfully charming short animation, in French (with English subtitles, although there isn't too much dialogue), about a young woman whose fears and timidness manifests itself in the form of a crocodile only she can see, who playfully stops her trying new things or meeting new people. It's a lovely wee piece and, rather pleasingly, it doesn't play out in the most predictable manner but takes a slightly different (and smile inducing) route:
In-Between from Team In-Between on Vimeo.
Hartverdrahtet – Akronyme Analogiker
I love this computer-generated series of graphics, apparently growing out of only 4kb of coding (via BoingBoing):
Geoffrey Godet's Papaye is a very short but very funny animation, with some very nice use of lighting, texture and background details to give it a nice sense of depth and believability:
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Record numbers of young women are dabbling in witchcraft, fueling a boom in sales of spell books and other pagan materials. A recent study uncovered over 700,000 internet sites for teenage witches. The Pagan Federation claims to have several hundred inquiries each week from young people, particularly from women under the age of 18. "There has been a noticeable rise in the number of young people identifying themselves as witches," claims Denise Cush, professor of religion at Bath Spa University.
According to her study, which is based on interviews with witches aged 18-24, it is the attitude toward women which most attracts them. "Paganism and witchcraft appealed because of their clear feminist credential and absence of homophobia. A main attraction is the positive valuation of women in comparison with other religions."
If there is any validity regarding Ms. Cush's claims, it really is a sad commentary on other religions. Why must women move toward witchcraft in order to be in a religion which is supportive of women?
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While browsing in a newly discovered gun shop, I found a MK III today that looked almost new. The shop owner wouldn't let me field strip it nor would he do it for me. Wasn't cleaned after the last firing but did not look like it had been fired more than a few rounds.
His best price was a bit over $400. I was really tempted.
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'Regular Joe' wins biggest Illinois lottery jackpot
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A 70-year-old retired Chicago-area man who described himself as a "regular Joe" will take home about $127 million after winning what lottery officials said on Tuesday was the biggest Illinois lottery jackpot.
Jesus Davila Jr. of suburban Naperville was handed a gigantic ceremonial check from the Jan. 16 Mega Millions drawing in an event broadcast on local television.
"You can't win if you don't play. I'm just a regular Joe, and I played," said Davila, a father of four and grandfather of four.
The Jan. 16 jackpot was $265 million if taken as an annuity, but Davila will take a one-time cash payment option, which after taxes totals about $127 million, the Illinois Lottery said.
Davila, a former professional driver, bought the winning ticket at Bucky's Express convenience store in Glendale Heights, another Chicago suburb. The store will get a $500,000 prize for selling the ticket.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Davila moved to the United States at the age of 6, according to a statement from the Lottery.
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According to an Associated Press article, food pantries have seen a 50% increase in need for free dog and cat food. We can't forget our companion animals during this economic downturn, so make sure to bring some canned cat and dog food and birdseed next time you visit your local food bank!
Excerpt from the article, posted on June 2:
Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats.
Her greatest fear: that she could be forced to surrender the animals as she struggled to stretch her food stamps and Social Security income to meet the escalating cost of living.
Some hope was restored after she visited a local food pantry, which has started offering free pet food to help owners keep their animals out of shelters.
"I know a lot of people will probably say, 'Well, if you don't have enough money to be able to feed your animals, that you shouldn't have pets,'" said Bardsley, 53, of Franklin, as Hunter played in the living room with three of her grandchildren.
But, "Just because financially you may go downhill a little or a lot, doesn't necessarily mean you have to give up the part of your family that you love," she said.
Made my cynical heart warm. It's people like Diana who give me hope for this world!
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Five morning shows allowed Matalin to spin away without challenge
Research ››› ››› JOSH KALVEN
On April 20, Republican strategist Mary Matalin appeared alone on five network and cable morning shows with no one to rebut her false claims, pro-GOP spin, and attacks on the Democratic Party.
On April 20, Republican strategist Mary Matalin appeared alone on five network and cable morning shows with no one to rebut her false claims, pro-GOP spin, and attacks on the Democratic Party. On each show, the hosts conducted one-on-one interviews with Matalin about the recent reshuffling of Bush administration personnel. But in four of these five cases, the news outlets not only allowed her to appear unopposed, they neglected to subsequently discuss these issues with a Democratic or progressive commentator.
Less than a week after former White House budget director Joshua B. Bolten took the reins as President Bush's chief of staff, press secretary Scott McClellan announced his decision to step down. The administration also disclosed that White House senior adviser Karl Rove would be relinquishing his duties as manager of policy development in order to focus more on political strategy. This news came as a growing number of retired generals called for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation.
Matalin appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, and CNN to answer questions regarding these developments.
Good Morning America
On ABC's Good Morning America, host Charlie Gibson noted that Bush's second term has so far been marked by the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina as well as numerous stalled policy initiatives, including the White House's proposed overhaul of Social Security and, more recently, immigration reform. Matalin responded, "I'm just going to very respectfully but assertively disagree with that."
On the issue of the Gulf Coast recovery, Matalin claimed that Lousiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) is "very happy with President Bush's policy on Katrina." She further asserted, "[T]hey're very happy with the president's man down there, Don Powell." But as recently as March 30, Blanco publicly expressed her displeasure with the Bush administration and Powell, the federal coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery and rebuilding, on the issue of levee reconstruction. "This monumental miscalculation is an outrage," Blanco declared after the administration disclosed that the government is $6 billion short of the funding necessary to rebuild New Orleans' levees to federal standards. Shortly after Katrina, Bush had pledged to build the levees "higher and better." "This means that, just two months before hurricane season, the Corps of Engineers informs us they cannot ensure even the minimum safety of southeastern Louisiana," Blanco continued. "This is totally unacceptable."
Further, Matalin countered Gibson's statement that Bush's plan to reform Social Security "has gone nowhere" by claiming that he had "stepped up to the plate" and "put out a bipartisan proposal" on the issue. In fact, Bush's campaign to partially privatize Social Security ultimately failed in part because of its utter lack of support from Democrats. Indeed, congressional Democrats were very careful not to give the president's plan a "bipartisanship veneer," as Washington Monthly editor Amy Sullivan wrote in the May 2006 issue of the magazine:
[Senate Democratic Leader Harry] Reid and [House Democratic Leader Nancy] Pelosi managed to keep the members of their caucuses united in opposition. Day after day they launched coordinated attacks on Bush's "risky" proposal. Without a single Democrat willing to sign on and give a bipartisanship veneer of credibility, the private accounts plan slowly came to be seen by voters for what it was: another piece of GOP flimflam.
Perhaps Matalin was referring to Bush's proposal to create a tiered system of benefits structured on income that was based upon a plan developed by Robert C. Pozen. But while Pozen is a Democrat, he also stated his opposition to the president's privatization plan in May 2005. Or possibly Matalin had in mind Bush's statement in his 2006 State of the Union Address that he intended to create a commission to "to examine the full impact of baby boom retirements on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid ... and offer bipartisan solutions." But neither this effort, nor Bush's adoption of the Pozen plan, represents a "bipartisan proposal."
In response to a subsequent question about the Republicans' chances of losing their House or Senate majorities in the upcoming midterm elections, Matalin partly attributed the fact that it is a "tight election year" to "unfortuitous resignations and retirement in competitive districts." She went on to declare, "[W]e have policies, we have an agenda, we have plans, we have good candidates, we have good incumbents." But Matalin ignored -- and Gibson failed to mention -- that some of these "unfortuitous" resignations and retirements are the result of criminal investigations, as in the case of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA).
No Democratic or progressive guest appeared on Good Morning America to discuss these issues.
The Early Show
On CBS' The Early Show, co-host Harry Smith asked Matalin whether President Bush has a "message problem." Matalin answered by noting the "record low unemployment, record growth and record high productivity." When Smith reminded her of the "record high gas prices," she cited only external factors, saying, "Gas prices go up and down. And we have China and India coming on line. We have the seasonal switchovers. We have lots of things that affect gas prices. But it's seasonal, they go up and down."
Matalin went on to argue that the Republicans must retain control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections because, if they don't, "Democrats will do nothing but obstruct for the next three years." Rather than challenge Matalin's depiction of Democrats purely as obstructionists, Smith noted that the Democrats should not "pop the champagne corks" yet because "if Karl Rove goes back to working on elections, then they seriously have a problem." To which Matalin responded, "Well said."
No Democratic or progressive guest appeared elsewhere during the show to discuss these issues. To the contrary, immediately following Matalin's appearance, Smith interviewed Howard H. Baker Jr., former chief of staff to President Reagan. On the March 29 broadcast of The Early Show, Matalin was similarly allowed to spin without challenge Bolten's appointment as White House chief of staff, as Media Matters for America has noted.
Fox & Friends
On Fox News' Fox & Friends, in response to a question from co-host Steve Doocy about the shift in Rove's White House duties, Matalin again stressed the importance of the upcoming elections and declared, "It would be catastrophic for the country if the Democrats and their obstructionist, no-agenda party took over." After Doocy inquired about any impending policy changes, Matalin referred to the "astoundingly good economy" under Bush. She then downplayed the skyrocketing deficits during his tenure, claiming that they are "in line with historic norms."
Fox & Friends did not interview a Democratic or progressive guest on these issues.
American Morning
On CNN's American Morning, Matalin again repeated the claim that the Democrats have no agenda. Referring to the White House's lack of "an effective connection with the public," Matalin said, "When Democrats have put nothing on the table and people are looking favorably at that, there's a disconnect." Co-host Miles O'Brien subsequently brought up Bush's refusal to replace Rumsfeld. "The president has confidence in Secretary Rumsfeld," Matalin said, "as do the thousands, thousands of generals and other personnel in the military and in the Defense Department." Matalin's response echoed a memo recently released by the Department of Defense with talking points intended to rebut the calls for Rumsfeld's resignation from several retired U.S. generals. The memo reportedly sought "to put the criticism of the relatively small number of retired generals into context," noting that "there are more than 8,000 active-duty and retired general officers alive today," according to an April 16 New York Times article.
At no point in the show did American Morning host a Democratic or progressive guest to discuss these issues.
On NBC's Today, co-host Katie Couric asked Matalin whether the "Whtie House is very worried about the upcoming midterm elections." Matalin responded that there are a number of competitive seats in the House and Senate but then advanced the oft-stated claim that Democrats have no plan. "They have not done a good job in preparing any sort of policies or an agenda," she said. "They don't have any vision."
When Couric later brought up the growing criticism directed at Rumsfeld, Matalin sung his praises. She asserted that he has "done an incredible job" and that the "president's continued confidence [in him] ... is premised on Rumsfeld's success." "You can quibble with the tactics," Matalin said. "What you can't quibble with is that we're safer today than we were four years ago."
By contrast to the other morning shows, Couric subsequently discussed the White House shake-up with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) -- albeit an hour and a half after her interview with Matalin. Couric further asked Kennedy to respond to Matalin's claim that the Democrats lack "vision." But Couric went on to essentially endorse this view, stating, "It seems to me the Democratic Party has done a miserable job of communicating its vision to the American people and offering any kind of alternative."
From the April 20 edition of ABC's Good Morning America:
GIBSON: Nominally, Karl Rove relinquishes policy duties, though. And when you look at the policy initiatives of this president since he got re-elected: Social Security reform, it has gone nowhere. Immigration reform, it is stalled. Response to Hurricane Katrina, not very good to say the least. Is Karl Rove taking a hit for those failiures?
MATALIN: Well now Charlie, I'm just going to very respectfully but assertively disagree with that. If you talk to Governor Blanco and the Louisianans, they are very happy with the president's policy on Katrina. And you can ask them about it. And they're very happy with the president's man down there, Don Powell. In the case of immigration, by their own admission, the Democrats stopped, thwarted -- we thought there was a deal in the morning, by the afternoon the Democrats had stopped it. On Social Security, this president -- first president to touch that third rail -- has that debate on the table. That it couldn't get through Congress, is not, is not -- is something that the president wants to get done. But, he touched that third rail, he put out a bold proposal; he put out a bipartisan proposal. And we can't turn back the clock here. There will be Social Security reform, and it will be remembered that this president stepped up to the plate to reform, not only this, but Medicare. And we also have a good economy; we're making progress on the global war on terror. So these are -- this is a big, heavy load that the president is presiding over, and he's putting in place and will keep adjusting the team that's in place to be the most effective president that he can be.
GIBSON: Let me go back to something you said earlier -- Rove focuses now on politics. Is there real fear in the White House and up on Capitol Hill now that the Republicans could very well lose the House and a number of seats in the Senate?
MATALIN: I would say that there's a recognition that this is a very polarized country, and it's a very tight election year, and due to a number of forces -- not least unfortuitious resignations and retirement in competitive districts -- there are a lot of seats in play. And we have to be vigilant and do everything we can in every one of those seats. But we have policies, we have an agenda, we have plans, we have good candidates, we have good incumbents. So there's a concomitant confidence in the ability to maintain both chambers. But you cannot do that without vigilance and paying attention to it.
From the April 20 edition of NBC's Today:
COURIC: And this shift, Mary, can people conclude from this shift that the White House is very worried about the upcoming midterm elections and about the Republicans losing control?
MATALIN: Well, the White House and the Hill is conscious of the reality. This is a very polarized country right now. There are a number of seats that are unfortuitously competitive because of retirements. There's -- the Democrats have done a good job in recruiting. They have not done a good job in preparing any sort of policies or an agenda -- they don't have any vision. So what this comes down to in the fall, as in all elections, are a choice. And we have to make the choice of voting for us very clear -- and the catastrophic consequences of voting for Democrats. That's what campaigns are about.
COURIC: Meanwhile, I know you have other interviews to do and I'm almost out of time, Mary, so I have to ask you about Donald Rumsfeld. I know that Mr. Bush -- apparently, [NBC Washington bureau chief] Tim Russert said a person close to the president said Mr. Bush couldn't get rid of Rumsfeld because, quote, "it would be the equivalent of firing himself." But at what point, Mary, in your view, does the president's loyalty become just too big a political liability?
MATALIN: The president's continued confidence in the secretary of defense is not premised solely on loyalty. Although, loyalty is a very good characteristic to have in any person. It's premised in Rumsfeld's success. You can quibble with some of the tactics and there has been contentions -- but this is all new policy. What you can't quibble with is that we are safer today than we were four years ago and we will be safer tomorrow. And 20 years looking backward, Don Rumsfeld will have implemented the president's policy and re-trajectoring a foreign policy that was heretofore not effective.
COURIC: So he is here to stay, right?
MATALIN: Yes, he is here to stay. The president has made that clear. And for good reason. The secretary's done an incredible job.
From the April 20 edition of CBS' The Early Show:
MATALIN: The Democrats have been able to obstruct immigration reform, Social Security reform. You know, we have to have a more effective working relationship with the Congress to be able to push back the Democrats on these important proposals that need to be passed.
SMITH: So do you think this is a message problem? Do you think the president is, sort of, not getting his message across?
MATALIN: I think there is some sort of cognitive dissonance when we have record low unemployment, record growth, and record high productivity and housing starts and people are saying --
SMITH: And record high gas prices and, you know --
MATALIN: Well, you know, gas prices go up and down. And we have China and India coming on line. We have the seasonal switchovers. We have lots of things that affect gas prices. But it's seasonal, they go up and down. But no, I 'm not saying it's a communication problem. What I'm saying is we don't have the luxury of having three more years in office to be anything other but effective. And we will lose our -- we will not be able to be effective if we don't hang on to particularly the House because the Democrats will do nothing but obstruct for the next three years.
SMITH: Yeah, because if the Democrats, if they're ready to pop the champagne corks, they're making a mistake because if Karl Rove goes back to working on elections then they seriously have a problem. Here's the thing though --
MATALIN: Well said.
SMITH: Here's the architect -- the architect, as he is called by the president -- is in charge of policy for the last couple of years, and they don't really have anything to show for it, per se. Do they?
MATALIN: No, Karl has always been at the nexus of policy and politics because for this president policy is politics. And you, just because some of things were not completely accomplished they are now on the table and there is no looking back, starting with Social Security. There will be Social Security reform. Prior to this president, that wasn't even on the table. So, look, Karl is the architect. He has always been a key adviser. He is the most valuable player. And he can play any position, but he needs to be on the pitching mound.
SMITH: Here's the question, though. Is Josh Bolten now the man?
MATALIN: Well, Josh Bolten is obviously the man -- with a mandate.
From the April 20 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
DOOCY: Also, Karl Rove surrendered the policy management duties. What -- you know, he's a busy guy, and it must have been hard for the vision guy to also be the guy who has to do a bunch of paper details and stuff like that.
MATALIN: That's exactly right. It's hard to see the forest when you're steeped in the trees. And Karl's gonna reprioritize. He's not ever gonna be out of policy. Policy and politics is the nexus of this White House, and he's at it and he's the president's trusted MVP there and will remain so.
But this is a critical midterm election. There is nothing so much -- other than the president's decisions -- that affect his effectiveness going forward than controlling -- keeping control of this Congress. It would be catastrophic for the country if the Democrats and their obstructionist, no-agenda party took over. And Karl's going to do what he's done in the last three elections, which is make history.
DOOCY: So it has nothing to -- he's not being demoted and it has nothing to do with the CIA leak investigation.
MATALIN: Oh no, not, not at all.
DOOCY: So we're going to see some new faces in some new places. But essentially the same policies?
MATALIN: Well, of course the same policies. You know, that they are hard or that they take time to come to fruition, that they are bold, they are big. If -- they are Bush. And they will -- he will stick on those policies because they've resulted in an astoundingly good economy. We are making progress on the global war on terror -- we can't backtrack on that. We have Medicare reform. We have tort reform. Our deficits are in line with historic norms. So he's made a lot of progress. I know that's not how it's reported day in and day out. But the president takes the long view and this is a presidency that will be measured by history -- and favorably.
From the April 20 edition of CNN's American Morning:
O'BRIEN: If the president's numbers, though, were not in the 30s, we wouldn't be seeing these changes, would we?
MATALIN: You know, I don't know. I mean, change is -- change is good. Those are tough jobs. And there was a lot of change. There's a lot of change always in the White Hosue and in Washington in general. But yes, there is obviously a recognition that when we're in a robust economy and four out of five people say they're better off today than they were four years ago, yet 50 percent think we're in a recession, there's a disconnect. When 80 percent of the Iraqis feel optimistic about their future and 50 percent of Americans don't, there's a disconnect. When Democrats have put nothing on the table and people are looking favorably at that, there's a disconnect. So the objective here is to have an effective connection with the public to continue to pursue the big policy and the strategic trajectory that the president has put in place. We've got three years here.
O'BRIEN: All right. Mary, the dissatisfaction with the war, though, is now in the 60 percentile and the one person who seems not to be losing his job for sure is the defense secretary. That, to me, seems like a bit of a disconnect.
MATALIN: Well, that's not a disconnect. This is a brand new kind of war. It's an unconventional war, asymmetrical. These terrorists don't fight by the rules such as it were. This is a problem that wasn't addressed for the 20 years preceding this administration, preceding 9-11. And Secretary Rumsfeld is not only at the helm of overseeing that, he's also overseeing a transformation for the 21st century for the military.
So, yes, there's going to be a lot of dissension, a lot of contention. The president has confidence in Secretary Rumsfeld, as do the thousands, thousands of generals and other personnel in the military and in the Defense Department. He's been an incredible secretary of defense and he's going to stay.
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October 27, 1985: Kansas City celebrated its first World Series title with an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Royals Stadium.
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October 27, 1985: Kansas City celebrated its first World Series title with an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Royals Stadium.
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The Royals beat the Orioles 2-1 late in Game 4 this afternoon.
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