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In a nutshell: James Gandolfini gave one of the greatest performances in one of the greatest roles in one of the greatest series at the dawn of what is now regarded as television's new golden age.
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Gandolfini, who died at age 51 in Rome on Wednesday, was known throughout the world for his six seasons on The Sopranos (1999-2007), the classic HBO drama about a mob boss living in suburban New Jersey with his wife, two kids and some occasional, possibly symbolic ducks in the backyard.
Mobster and "waste management" executive Tony Soprano, as brilliantly conceived by series creator David Chase, was perhaps meant to put the kibosh on the romanticized Corleones of The Godfather, ruthless killers who nonetheless had the smooth beauty of movie stars, eyes full of regret and an air of tragic inevitability.
Mr. Soprano was nothing of the sort: He was large-bellied, barrel-chested, balding and hirsute – even his short nose had the upturn of a bear's snout. He was saddled with anxieties and mother issues. Capable of familial warmth and concern, he displayed a kind of grudging, often sour humor. He was also a merciless brute (one Wikipedia count credits him with eight murders). And yet he emerged a bigger hero than the Corleones had ever been.


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Jelly D'Aranyi
by Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume
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35 5/8 in. x 28 7/8 in. (904 mm x 733 mm)
Given by E.M. Jowett, 1984
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NeilJones: As a "drone" flyer. I have waited along time for this to come out. The 4k video i currently shoot is great from a small camera on my birds but stills have always been a let down. Once I can get this on a decent gimble and flying, i can't wait to see the still image results.
I would personally would prefer them to integrate this into something like is used on the dji phantom 3 and light bridge. That works great right now.
As a "drone" flyer. I have waited along time for this to come out. The 4k video i currently shoot is great from a small camera on my birds but stills have always been a let down. Once I can get this on a decent gimble and flying, i can't wait to see the still image results.
Wow. A camera I can connect to my phone that already has a camera.
Thank you so much!
So let me get this correct. Absolutely NOTHING NEW brought to the market with this action cam?
Then what's the point?
Lightbridge alone still costs $1300. Since the phantom3 has this included I would say it's a good deal.
I can tell you right now( after speaking with owners) inspire folks are NOT happy!!
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Gopro's are still available to purchase.
Seriously peeps. You all need to wait 2 months as Sony is about to release a killer new tech camera that will blow everything else out of the water!
Mark my words.
I love how their marketing department using the phrase,
"Most advanced GoPro ever"
I would hope a new camera is advanced!
I wont lie. This camera specs made me moist. Hope images live up to it!
How do you hold those things? Seriously, so awkward, no grip, just a slippery box. Not a great design at all. At least the Panny's give you something to hold.
Wow, great video specs but NO TILTING SCREEN! Fail!!
I normally take a camera when I DJ events. This will be perfect. I will no longer have to set up all those flashy fancy lights for the dance floor. Thanks pentax!
You need to follow Sony if you want "something big"! Forget Canon and Nikon. They're living in the past.
Biological_Viewfinder: This review is nothing new at all.
I have purchased Panasonic cameras because of DPR reviews, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I WAS EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTED.
I'm never going to fall for it again.
Someone better tell all the very happy Panasonic "GH" owners that they are junk. Me thinks they might just disagree with you!
Jogger: Im surprised that DPR is impressed with the 4k video. The reviews that ive read have not been impressed with it at all. I guess its another checkbox to check off.. but, it would have been better to provide higher bit rate 1080p.
what reviewers slam the 4k video?
Mr Physics: Dang. I've been a 12MP guy for quite a while now. It is my fundamental belief that if you can't say it with 12MP then you have a speech impediment. But this light writing machine has me drooling for a number of reasons: they've expanded the range of available (useable?) ISO by 2 stops over the D800 and 4 stops over the D700. If that translates to something noticeable in DR @ base ISO, then that is very big. They have that highlight preserving metering option which is potentially big (for me). I've blown too many highlights from white water fowl to not want this. And what if I'm wrong about 12MP being sufficient to completely record the light from a capture? This machine has me interested in moving beyond the D700 for the first time. Hmmm. I think Nikon hit it out of the ballpark on this one (maybe).
You guys need to seriously look at the new Sony a7s. It's got ya 12mp with better low light than the D4s! And all for $2500!!
12mp is only really good for posting on Facebook. Looks like most photogs out there will be fine! Doh.
Zoron: no built-in stabilization....so no for me.
I always laugh when someone wants stabilization with such a tiny focal length lens!
Reilly Diefenbach: Do the Pentax fans really need a review to tell them they want a 24MP Pentax?
Stupid argument. I'll take all the detail and "3d pop" from my Sony A7r over my 16mp camera any day of the week. Images just look better the more MP you have. Time for you to get a new computer dude. Mine handles 37mp raw images just fine.
I then have options. I can print large or crop. More MP is better, end of story!
Pricing = FAIL. (20fps, overkill, 11fps does the job fine, any pro knows this)
And don't get me started with the "Micro SD card!!"
So silly Nikon.


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Directors like to talk about playing the audience like a piano, about making movies that are efficient machines for assaulting our emotions. "Jagged Edge" is a movie like that, a murder thriller that dangles one clue after another before our eyes, daring us to decide who committed the murder. The machinery in this movie is so efficient that we don't know the answer until the very last shot - and I'll be getting back to that last shot in a moment.
The film stars Jeff Bridges as a powerful San Francisco publisher whose wife is brutally murdered in their isolated oceanside home. After an investigation reveals that he stood to inherit his wife's entire fortune, he is arrested and charged with the murder. Glenn Close plays his defense attorney. At first, she insists she has retired from courtroom cases, but then Bridges convinces her that he is innocent. And before long, she is also convinced that they are in love.
The Close character stands at the center of the film. Is she defending the man she loves against the unjust charges against him? Or is she defending a cold-blooded killer, who might murder her just as he murdered his wife? There are moments in "Jagged Edge" when either of these possibilities seems convincing, but most of the time we just don't know. There's a lot of evidence on both sides.
Close's courtroom opponent is the assistant DA (Peter Coyote). They worked together a few years ago on a case where, she believes, he concealed evidence in order to win a conviction. Is he concealing evidence this time? There comes a time when we think he may be. And by then the film's tension is so tightly wound that we, and Close, don't know what to believe.
"Jagged Edge" is supremely effective at what it sets out to do - toy with the audience. It's another effective thriller from Richard Marquand, who made "Eye of the Needle." The performances are good and the plot is watertight, as a whodunit must be. I have only one quarrel with the film, but it's a fairly substantial one. The movie only wants to keep us guessing. The characters are developed only in ways intended to string us along. Any behavior is possible if it will further the plot. There's no sense of reality beneath the gleaming surface.
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With a stay at Hotel Santa Lucia, you'll be centrally located in Minori, steps from Roman Villa and St. Trofimena Cathedral.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 100 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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This Minori hotel has its very own private beach. Hotel Santa Lucia features a marina. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
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Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( 3.00 EUR per stay )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( 3 EUR per stay ), Wired high-speed internet ( 3 EUR per stay )
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
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SANTA LUCIA - This restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.00 per person, per night, up to 5 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 11 years of age.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 3.00 per stay (rates may vary)
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- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in public areas: EUR 3 per stay (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 18 per day (in/out privileges)
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Kent Wilson
June 24 2011 09:55PM
Despite all the chatter about Robyn Regehr and Ryan Smyth heading into the evening, the first round of the 2011 entry draft turned out to be a pretty quiet one for the Calgary Flames.
Making sense of Paul Holmgren's trades
Cam Charron
June 24 2011 02:17PM
From a stand-alone perspective, trading Jeff Carter to Columbus is not a bad trade for the Philadelphia Flyers. Everything that happened afterwards is chaotic, as Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren laid his team's foundation and future through 2012 on a roulette table.
Where the Jeff Carter trade baffles me is that it meant more than a long contract for salary cap relief, a young roster player (Jakub Voracek) and a couple of picks, one of them #8 in a pretty decent draft. Philadelphia used all the long-term money they save on a piece that they may not have needed. An oft-repeated cliché is that the Flyers were just a goalie away from the Stanley Cup. They haven't won one since Bernie Parent.
Flamesnation Draft Live Chat
Kent Wilson
June 24 2011 12:15PM
Trade rumors, draft picks and chatting, oh my!
FlamesNation Draft Board
Kent Wilson
June 24 2011 09:28AM
The first round commences this evening and in anticipation I asked each writer here at FN to put together their own "draft board" or ranking of players they would like to see the team pick with the 13th overall choice (assuming nothing changes in the interim). Without further ado, here's how things shake out:


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Libraries news
Library catalogue and auto loan downtime - January 15-16
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Database trial: Bibliography of Native North Americans
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Library catalogue downtime - Sunday, January 15
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ProQuest scheduled maintenance, January 13-14
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Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease available electronically
Described as "an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the history of medicine" (Waller, 2004), the Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease is now available electronically. Published in 2003, this reference work has detailed entries for 161 diseases. Entries are longer than average for a reference work and describe both the history and the characteristics of maladies. [John C. Waller, "T
Library workshops, Winter 2006
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Justin Gilbert was heavily involved in another stout performance by the Oklahoma State defense, totaling five tackles and a second-quarter interception he returned 35 yards.
Oklahoma State football: Justin Gilbert says Cowboys' defense getting 'overlooked'
Gilbert talked with The Oklahoman after the game about his big play and the Cowboys' defense overall.
What was your game plan against TCU, and how do you feel that plan was executed?
"Pressure the quarterback (Trevone Boykin) and try to get him running around. I think our front did a good job of that, and guys in the back end did a good job of sticking to receivers, staying tight to them, not giving them a lot of room to throw the ball. We pretty much played together and it worked out pretty well."
What did you see on your interception play?
"First of all, the wide turn that I made (after the catch). I thought I was about to get tackled. And then once I got around, it was pretty much like a punt return. I was trying to wait for my blockers to get in place and try to take it on down the sideline. I think if I would have cut back, I would have taken it all the way. But it was a good feeling."
Your coach, Mike Gundy, said this defense is playing with a chip on its shoulder. What do you think he means by that?
"Not getting the publicity that we should be getting. I think we're being overlooked in many ways. We know we're a better defense than a lot of people are talking about. We just go out with that mentality to prove people wrong and show the relentless effort we have inside ourselves."


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It was another successful Canfield Fair. Mom translation: the kids had a good time, none of them got sick, all the work got done, good weather, no disasters and a chance to visit with a bunch of nice people.
The World Agricultural Forum, 2004 Regional Congress was held in St. Louis, Mo., from May 16-18.
The forum featured presentations and discussions by some of the most influential stakeholders in global agriculture and food production.
"Pre-milking cow preparation – secret methods of producing high quality milk" catchy title!
That "Secret Methods" part is a particularly nice touch
Dairy expert Ernie Oelker presents a workshop at Headwaters of Conservation Conference.
Recently I had a discussion with a farm family interested in bringing a son into the farm business.
The discussion revolved around the many questions and concerns family members have when making a decision as important as this.
Depooling in April and May cost F.O. 33 milk producers who remained pooled $21.3 million, says columnist and Ohio State ag economist Cam Thraen.
Ernie Oelker writes about Mike Brubaker's megatrends in agriculture.
Jim Skeeles discusses a presentation given by Tom Kriegl of the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability at the American Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting last month.
Dianne Shoemaker writes about the importance of getting immunity to calves through the first colostrum.
Dairy agent Tom Noyes tells you the questions to ask yourself before making a big purchase.


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If you have read enough world literature, from Victorian-era novels to the Arabian Nights and everything in between, you may have noticed that the way to success is often to marry a prince, find hidden treasure or to obtain the favor of the powerful. America is different. Here, the road to success lies in work. On Labor Day, we celebrate a uniquely American holiday, one that honors working people. It's a day that brings my parents to mind. My father, after he came home from the Korean War, waked in factories, usually as a janitor. My mother, before she married, was a secretary. She waited to marry and have children until she'd waked 10 years so that she was eligible for Social Security – a benefit based on work. Even when we three boys had come along, she used to practice her typing and shorthand regularly in the evenings, because, she told me, if anything happened to our father, she might have to go back to work.
My father, meanwhile, worked swing shifts at the ITW Eclipse Counterbore plant in Ferndale, and for a while had a second job, to earn extra money for his family. He was always tired and his hands, years after he'd retired, were still as hard and rough as rawhide. After the plant closed in 1980 and he was out of work at age 50, when Detroit-area unemployment was over 20%, he found ways to make money, first by working under the table, later by walking seven miles each way to a job paying a third of his former wage. Serving overseas in the Army at this time, it was only later that I learned that Dad walked those seven miles to save on bus fare. Neither he nor Mother ever complained; they were children of the Depression and didn't want anybody's sympathy or a handout; they were also schooled in the old way – they never felt sorry for themselves or blamed 'society' or others for their situation. They made do and worked things out themselves, as best they could.
That's what I think about on Labor Day: Work, not connections, luck or get-rich-quick schemes, is the American Way, or at least that's what we were raised to believe back when everyone else wanted to be like us. This weekend, as we enjoy these days of summer and take time off for the holiday, let's remember what it celebrates – and then do our best to ensure American again is a place where anyone who wants to work hard can make it on their own, and where the son of a janitor in an ITW plant can own stock in his Dad's old company. Happy Labor Day to all of you who work for a living, whatever the job; you're moving society and your families forward the American way, by creating wealth, instead of just wishing for it.
For much of my life my neighbors and many of my school teachers were World War Two veterans. I thought about them, and their fellow vets who touched my life in the classroom as another autumn approaches, because this September 2nd marks the 70th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of the Second World War. Seventy years is a lifetime and World War Two veterans are virtually all over 90 years old. My current next-door neighbor is probably the last of his generation I'll live next to and the time will come when their memories, wisdom, grit, and basic commonsense humanity will be lost to us. Their example, however, can continue to instruct and inspire in a polarized age when nothing seems to get done and crises are allowed to fester, to say nothing of the example our current generation of celebrity 'leaders' is setting for our children.
Looking back, I remember Mr. Taylor, who lived next to us on the Ferndale street where we lived in the 1968s and 1970s, and Mr. Laurain, next door to the first house I ever owned, who'd shared some of his 82nd Airborne lore from time to time. Then there were the teachers: Mr. Rhode, a Battle of the Bulge grunt who told our sixth grade class about the cold and the fighting; Mr. Goralczyk, who enlivened his American History classes with stories from the Pacific Theater; and Mr. Brown, another history teacher who shared some of his Army Air Corps memories.
While my own military service came too late to be in the ranks with many of them, I did serve with one; J.D. joined the National Guard in 1945, at the tail end of hostilities, and when it was all over he stayed on until age 60, retiring in 1987 after having held just about every NCO billet in Company A of the Detroit Light Guard.
Those stories won't be re-told many more times, as the ones who came home to tell them are mostly gone now and the few we have will follow their comrades in the passage of time. The 70th anniversary of the final victory that crowned their efforts is an appropriate time for one last thanks and maybe to hear a story or two, while they're still here to share them. The right-hand picture below is the famous photo, taken 70 years ago, of how it ended, on the deck of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri, six years and a day after Hitler invaded Poland. The ceremony was solemn enough, but the joy it ignited is evident in the left-hand picture, that of the legendary 'sailor kiss' in Times Square. It must have been some celebration…
Independence Day is America's time to remember why a 'body politic' came into being on our shores. Patriotism is unfashionable these days, and there is a long-running ideological hostility to the notion that anything is special about America, her history or institutions. Too often, the obvious and acknowledged flaws in the American story become the central narrative of the story, excluding or denying the undoubted good that grew, and continues to grow, out of the American experience.
The minority of the original colonists who decided that the 'rights of Englishmen' were worth fighting for were not the first to do so. The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 had ended all arguments on British soil about 'the divine right of kings,' and the franchise was more widely held in its' aftermath than virtually anywhere on Earth at that time. Before that, earlier generations had, after much struggle, preserved and passed on to their posterity the ancient freedom of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Danes who emerged from the forests of Germania to settle in the ruins of Roman power in England. We recently celebrated the 800th anniversary of Magna Charta, the earliest written guarantee of those 'ancient rights of Englishmen' on record. Others, such as William Wallace, fought English tyranny to win freedom, and many of their descendants were found in the ranks of the Continental Army.
The march toward 'a more perfect Union' has been long and painful, marked by reverses, defeats and intense struggle, but it has inspired peoples around the world to emulate us, and to flee tyranny for our shores. That process continues today; unlike the Berlin Wall, which was designed to keep people from leaving the Communist Bloc, we have debates about how to deal with the flood of people who want to come here.
Our best Independence day tribute to America's past and promise is to be active participants in public life, shunning apathy and negativity for strenuous efforts on behalf of the commonweal.
The Charlotte, Michigan 'M-50 Committee' met for the first time earlier this year to talk about ways to make M-50, also known as Cochran Avenue, more business- and pedestrian-friendly, as part of an effort, shared with several other citizens' committees, to help revitalize Charlotte's downtown. In beginning this effort, this writer stopped to reflect on, in the larger scheme of things, Charlotte, and so many other cities and towns in America, found their 'Main Streets,' once the center of urban life, neglected and in need of help to restore some of their former vitality.
You can still see what downtown – 'Man Street, USA' – used to be like at Disney World. Sadly, this is only a trip down Memory Lane in many locales, due to the unintended consequences of several developments since the heyday of the kind of thriving entrepreneurial environment that existed into the 1960s. If you have seen 'Cars,' you have seen a story built around the decline and rise of the main street of Radiator Springs. When Route 66, 'Main Street' in many of the cities and towns it passed through on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles, was supplanted by the interstate highway system, automobile traffic that used to flow through town now bypassed it, taking the customers who rode in those cars with it. The unintended consequences of a highway system that President Eisenhower championed, in part, because of his many troubles in moving men and equipment by road in preparation for the 'Louisiana Maneuvers' in 1940 and then seeing the Autobahn in Germany at the end of World War II, as a 'national defense' initiative, was that many Main Streets cost their vitality, sapping the downtowns they bisected in the process.
A darker chapter in the decline of Main Street stems from the urban planning craze that swept America after World War II. Pioneered by New York's Robert Moses, a master builder and genius of political infighting who parlayed an unpaid position as state parks commissioner into a de facto infrastructure czar whose powers extended statewide, 'urban renewal' projects poured grandiose visions of how cities should look into concrete on a massive scale. Moses' efforts led to the erection of such landmarks as Jones Beach and the Triborough Bridge, as well as numerous 'parkways' – freeways ostensibly built to connect the New York park system. The erection of so much infrastructure came at a price: Many poor neighborhoods (and the occasional wealthy one) were seized through the power of eminent domain and their residents were displaced to make way for the new roads. The result was that viable neighborhoods, filled with human networks of families, businesses and social institutions gave way before the bulldozer, with what remained on the periphery losing its vitality. Despite keen criticism from thinkers like Jane Jacobs, the urban renewal trend lasted for decades and spread from New York across America, remaking the fabric of every community it touched, often at the expense of the old, unplanned jumble of human habitations that supported Main Streets in favor of newer arrangements that could be reached by car: Suburbs and shopping malls. (An allusion to how this played out in California found its way into 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' where the villain schemes to take over Toontown and then sell it to Cloverleaf Industries, who plan to dismantle the trolley car system of ca. 1947 to make way for freeways and the 'exit' enterprises – gas stations, tire stores, repair shops and the like – that support car culture.)
New Urbanism brings us full-circle: Restoring M-50 as a vital commercial and residential mixed-use corridor through the heart of Charlotte is precisely the kind of initiative that can help revitalize an entire community by redirecting energy and activity back to where it used to flow before freeways, shopping malls and 'big box' stores drained it away: Downtown.
As this and the other committees move forward from planning to action, public participation is both welcome and needed to ensure that all who want to have a voice as we work to rebuild our hometown. Please take the opportunity to attend a meeting, join a committee or to contact them with your hopes and ideas. They'll be happy to hear from you. And if you're not from Charlotte, why not see if you can find other people in your town who want to restore your Main Street and offer them a hand?
-Lloyd A. Conway
(For an in-depth look at the rise and fall of Robert Moses, see Robert Caro's 'The Power Broker.' The classic work of his nemesis, Jane Jacobs, 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities,' became the bible of the 'New Urbanist' movement, which seeks, among other things, to bring back Main Street as the locus of mixed-use urban life.)
Over the past few years this blog has been dedicated to a teaching mission aimed at connecting classroom learning to the real world. Social Studies are not just a group of 'subjects' to be examined separately and without connection to each other or our daily lives. In the course of both teaching and taking an active part in state and local government, the next step for this writer is to take the message of why it is important to take an active part in how we are governed to new media. The Charlotte Country Journal has graciously agreed to accept an occasional column from me on topics of local interest, and WLCM 'Victory' 1390 AM will also be airing five-minute public service announcements from me on politics and policy at the state and local level. As I tell my students, the President may make the headlines every day, but he isn't the one picking up your trash, filling in potholes or setting local speed limits on your streets. Those and a myriad other decisions that affect our daily lives are made at a level of government within our reach, and that is why I want to reach out to more of our neighbors here in Mid-Michigan to encourage them to take part in how those decisions are made.
From time to time, as columns are published and radio broadcasts are made, links the content or postings of the transcripts will be re-published here. As always, your readership is appreciated, as is your active participation in making our world a better place to live.
Dr. Friedman is insightful in showing how the urge to reform a system of politics dominated by that old-timers used to call 'honest graft' with one supposedly more democratic has, in fact, produced one that is more money-driven, ideological and less democratic, in the larger meaning of the term. Is it time to reform the reforms of the 1968-1972 era?
The electoral process has strayed from the founders' vision of the United States as a country with a dispassionate electorate.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here's an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 920 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 15 trips to carry that many people.
Long-time Washington Times columnist Rowan Scarborough recently revealed that the terrorist group known by the acronym 'ISIS' (or 'ISIL') is asking its supporters in the United States to target military service-members and their families. In response, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency's 'Security Advisory 14-01' dated October 24, 2014 recommends a number of countermeasures (see excerpt below) aimed at making uniformed personnel assigned to the Pentagon less visible. The strategy is sensible from the aspect of reducing one's chances of being identified by a terrorist as a target for a surprise attack. However, hoping not to be noticed is hardly morale-inspiring, and while the United States undertakes offensive action abroad and conducts counter-terrorism operations at home, being told to be less visible in the meantime leaves something to be desired. In a situation where the conflict may last for many years, asking people to volunteer and them to hide their service isn't particularly likely to send the right message, either to the troops, their families, the American public or our enemies at home and abroad.
During World War II, when the Nazi overlords of occupied Denmark ordered Jews living there to affix the Star of David to their clothing, King Christian X is reported to have worn one himself and to have asked his countrymen to do likewise. Whether strictly true or not, very few of his Jewish subjects lost their lives in Nazi death camps. If Americans chose to display military-themed bumper stickers, clothing, et cetera, they would be undertaking some measure of risk of being targeted in what have been, to date, isolated 'lone wolf' attacks. However, would such an action, if carried out en masse, not offer our service-members the protection of blending into a crowd of visible supporters? At the least, it would be visible evidence of our solidarity.
Each of us must weigh the risks and decide what to do (or not do). For myself, I don't believe in running scared and learned a long time ago that it is better to stand up to a bully than it is to try to hide had hope. I will continue to display military-themed items, such as the blue star in my car window in honor of my son (SSG, USAF). We can learn from history, and we should ponder how we in America will face the prospect of anonymous and often 'lone-wolf' attacks in our communities, workplaces and public spaces. How we choose to respond will say much about our character, individually and as a people.
-SFC (ret) Lloyd A. Conway
Excerpt from Security Advisory 14-01:
"Recommended Individual Protective Measures:
• DoD personnel are reminded to use OPSEC at work and at home
• Secure DoD affiliated credentials (CAC/Building passes) when in public
• Remove any DoD/military/law enforcement decals or identifiers from clothing and vehicles
• Vary your travel routes to and from work
• If You See Something, Say Something.
• Maintain situational awareness or avoid public venues where large gatherings of people congregate
• Educate your family members on basic security practices
• Be careful of information shared on social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
• Lock down your social media and change your passwords regularly
• Do not post anything on social media that affiliates you with DoD/the military or law enforcement
• Do not post anything on social media opposing terrorist groups or organizations"
The Saginaw County, Michigan Sheriff was in the news again with a seized vehicle that he has converted to departmental use. While the Honda Element he now drives, like the Lincoln Town Car and Ford Mustang that preceded it was taken from people arrested and convicted of crimes, the vehicle itself was seized without a judge or jury sentencing the defendant(s) to loss of their property after a fair trial as part of the 'due process' that the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence mandates. The loss of a car not taken as part of a just sentence imposed on a guilty defendant raises questions – or it should.
The good Sheriff is not alone in generating controversy; the Washington Post reports that a number of police departments – city, county and state – across the country are targeting drivers for stops, searches and seizures of cash – all without there necessarily being an arrest, trial or conviction. The money is seldom returned; a clear violation of the Constitution's 'due process' clause. While it may be argued that there is statistical evidence that drivers carrying large amounts of cash on certain roads who also share other characteristics (race, sex, age, and little things like having air fresheners in their cars, possibly to hide unlawful drug use) are likely engaged in criminal activity, our system protects the innocent by demanding that the accused get their day in court, that we be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (the substance of the story told in '12 Angry Men,' which some readers may recall from their school days as a staple of civics classes for generations), and that another branch of government than the one doing the arresting – the courts ('Judicial Branch') preside over the administration of justice. Combining the power to arrest and to de facto punish (via forfeiture) in one agency is a grave temptation to abuse of power. Indeed, it would be remarkable if letting such combined powers reside in the same individual or agency did not produce abuse. That there is a monetary incentive to do so, and that the private contractor named in the Post story gets a cut of the money seized is enough to establish a strong probability that regular abuse is taking place. (However, those upon whom suspicion of such abuse is cast ought to get their 'day in court,' too, and they are guilty of nothing until proven otherwise.)
There will always be the temptation to seize power to do good, in this case, combat suspected drug trafficking. But like Gandalf explains to Frodo in 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' taking the Ring of Power might be done with the best of intentions, but the end results will be evil. Sometimes the lessons of the stories of our childhood are forgotten and ought to be revisited when we are older. Such is the case here, whether the lessons in question come from a story or from what we learned in civics class: Power, in the American system, is checked and balanced for a reason, and the efficiency of the government's exercise of power, for whatever reason, is never an excuse for violating someone's rights. We forget these lessons at the peril of that liberty our system of government is supposed to safeguard and which is supposed to be the hallmark of our way of life.
A well-known story about the Nazi occupation of Denmark relates how, when the order went out that all Danish Jews would have to attach a yellow Star of David to their clothing, that King Christian chose to wear one in solidarity with his Jewish countrymen, and that the Danish people followed city. While the truth is that they did not, both the King and his subjects vocally opposed Nazi efforts, resisted plans to deport Jews, and organized a resistance movement that saved all but 65 of their neighbors from death. While the truth is less dramatic than the legend that sprung from it, the Danish example is still clear and worthy of remembrance and emulation.
The Star of David's use as a way for a genocidal regime to identify those whom it targets for abuse and destruction comes to mind as one watches events unfolding in Iraq, where the self-proclaimed state known by the acronym 'ISIS' (Tr: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant') is persecuting religious minorities, in this case Christians and Yazidis, is labeling the homes of the former with the Arabic letter 'N' ('pronounced 'Noon') to signify that the occupants are 'Nazarenes' – Christians. Their identification precedes their execution, sometimes after forced conversion. The focused campaign targeting particular groups for destruction meets the definition of 'genocide,' at least in the eyes of some observers.
While history does not exactly repeat itself, there is often a rhyme and rhythm to events. This may be true in this case, as a Lebanese television station, in a country where there may be serious danger in doing so, is joining a worldwide movement of concerned people who are displaying 'Noon' on social media in solidarity with Iraqi Christians. While it is impossible to know if a revue such as the Danes mounted seven decades ago (they used boats to ferry nearly all of their Jewish countrymen to Sweden), perhaps this effort will focus international attention in such a way as to deliver these people from their oppressors.