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The publisher announced today on its The Source blog that later this year it will reinstate letter columns in its monthly DC Universe titles. The program's focal point wll be centered at DCletterspage.com. The traditional first point of connection between fans and editorial, the back-of-issue forum for questions, compliments and complaints was phased out of the publisher's comics in 2002 in lieu of online message boards and other more immediate interaction provided by the Web.
The move back to letter columns came hand-in-hand with a note from DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson where she outlined the major selling points for the company this year, both of which were tagged "DCU in 2011" – a heading the publisher has used for strings of announcements in the past. To help prepare for the expected onslaught of news from DC, CBR News spoke exclusively with DC Co-Publishers Dan Dido and Jim Lee about the letter columns return and how it will work differently from the internet, the publisher's incoming "Hold The Line at $2.99" move to set all of its monthly books at the same price point, their plans to shape but not expand the line surrounding the "Green Lantern" movie, original graphic novels, digital comics and more.
CBR News: To start, the letter columns are back! I know that the traditional back and forth with fans at the back of DC Comics went out as Dan came in as Executive Editor in favor of columns like DC Nation, and I always got the impression that part of the reason was that it was tough to keep the letters pages up to date. Why is now the time to swing back towards that practice, and what makes letter columns a practical part of publishing monthly comics?
Dan Didio: Well, one of the reasons why we're doing it is because the fans have been asking for it, to be quite honest with you. We've been out there talking to readers at different panels and conventions, and we've been getting letters and requests online as well about bringing back the letters pages and bringing back a sense of community to our books. That's something we considered, and when we were rethinking our books and going to the $2.99 strategy, we wanted to make sure that even though the page count went down to 20 pages for the books themselves, there could still be more content or things people could enjoy in the monthly comics. One of those things we went back to was the letters pages. We looked at it and discussed it in terms of coming up with a formula that made the letters pages feel current. We didn't want them talking about things that were three or four months old but things that were just coming out. We're going to be putting a system in place this month to gather information, comments and more to put that sense of community back in our books again.
Part of this must be playing the DC website and the internet in general off what's going on in the books a bit more. The Source has become such a big part of where fans look for things from you guys, in what ways does a 21st Century letter column have to be a hybrid of all the ways you reach out to fans? Is this going to be a mix of snail mail and e-mail?
Dan Didio: That's absolutely correct. It's going to be a little of both, and we'll be gathering our letters both online and through the regular mail because we really want to get the thoughts and voices of the fans out there. We want to have people talking to the editors and have the fans talking to the talent and have the fans talking to each other. We want to impress that that sense of community isn't just online but in the books themselves.
Jim Lee: I think it's interesting in this day and age where people have Twitter accounts and one person's Twitter page is no more special than a celebrity's account in that it's just as accessible, having a comment or a question printed in an actual comic elevates it from this fog of chatter and memorializes it. It makes it a permanent bit of history, and that's something that I think a whole new generation of fans are going to see and enjoy and look forward to. I remember growing up that the letters pages were something very cool when you'd see a lot of recurring names, and each of the books would have a letters page with a lot of character with sometimes the creators jumping in to answer questions. We look forward to recreating that level of discourse and allow people who are used to expressing themselves on message boards and Twitter to be able to see their comments in print. It's something that unique to print again in this world of digital comics.
Dan Didio: And I'll add one thing too: We're looking at the letters pages too as a place where everybody uses their real names. We want people out there to be identified so we can see who our fans are. It's not going to be anonymous because we really want to have that sense of community where people are meeting each other, knowing who they are and enjoying the comics together.
Let's talk a bit about the community and how you've been interacting with them of late. The last time we talked at New York Comic Con, it was just after the $2.99 announcement, and everything on that front was so new people hadn't really processed it yet in terms of how it would affect fans and creators. In the months since then, what is the range of responses you've seen to the "Hold The Line At $2.99" Promotion?
Jim Lee: It's been very well received. Obviously on a fan level, I saw when we announced it on panels at conventions that there was a huge wave of applause. The fans are appreciative of the fact that we're aware we're all in a recession and that budget are getting tighter and tighter. We're not just blindly moving the price point up a dollar every year as we're trying to chase profits. If you look at what's on Twitter or message boards, it's overwhelmingly positive that fans realize we're basically taking a bet that reducing our cover price will increase interest in the comics and hopefully get readers picking up things they might have dropped. But more importantly, we were concerned that for a lot of fans we were breaking them of their love of comics. If we kept increasing the price point on these books, rather than making a decision of whether they'd buy one book over another, they'd just give up the hobby all together because it's too expensive. We really wanted to make the point that DC is very aware of this and that we want them to stay. We want them to continue buying comics, and we want to make that as economical for them as possible.
So I think there are three components to that plan: one is obviously the price point. Two is the content – it's beholden on us to give them comics they want to read. If you talk to some fans, they'll generally pay what they feel a comic is worth. Even if you take a comic and make it $0.99 or free, some books they won't want to pick up. It's important for us not to just rely on the price point as part of this campaign. We have to ratchet up the quality level of the stories we're telling as we make them affordable. And the third point is to give them a jumping on point, a point of access. "This is the first issue of a new story line, and if you haven't been buying this book before because it was $3.99 – we're making it cheaper at a point where you can jump into a story line and understand what's going on and get immersed in these characters." That's really the program we're going to be rolling out in the coming months.
One thing you've been circling around here Jim is the long tail of the recession. Things continue to look shaky economically in general, and while sales haven't been the worst ever, they certainly have been soft and slowly sliding down. In what ways is 2011 a critical year for DC in terms of how you're trying to bolster the market and bolster the retailers?
Jim Lee: Maybe you can help me with this, Dan, but I can't remember a year that's not been a critical year. [Laughter] Looking back at the past, every year has been critical. And in terms of sales I think if you multiply the amount of books you sell by the price point, the actual number of dollars in the business has been relatively consistent, and that's a very good thing. But I would much rather sell more books at a lower price point than fewer books at a higher one. I would rather have a larger fan base – a larger number of readers – than a smaller one because if you keep going with this logic of increased price point with fewer buyers, you're eventually going to have a very small marketplace with very, very expensive comics. That doesn't make any sense.
Dan Didio: I couldn't agree more with that. And that's the one thing we've been discussing since the moment we stepped into these positions. It's not a question of just being able to continue the business, but how can we grow the business? That's the purpose of a lot of these moves you've been seeing at DC. The $2.99 price is to make the periodicals affordable and accessible as possible. We're going to grow the book store business with our trade programs and also with the creation of more original graphic novels like "Superman: Earth One." And now we're also growing in the digital marketplace. It's not that any one of these things replaces any other. It's just that all of them together keeps comics and our characters strong and builds them for a long, long future.
Jim Lee: And I think the hat trick to all of this is aligning Direct Market sales with events you're doing in the mass market book stores with your digital comics and figuring out ways to leverage all the channels – finding ways to get the readers talking about what you're doing in your major events and storylines in all the channels at the same time. We're having some significant success with that.
On that front, you've got a big "Green Lantern" movie hitting in 2011 and a "War of The Green Lanterns" event coinciding with it. Are you looking to expand the size of the line along with that, or is this more about finding ways to let people tap into what's already there?
Dan Didio: Realistically speaking, we're probably not looking to stretch the rubber band much further than it is right now. We really want to focus our resources on the books we're creating. You might see some titles replacing others with older titles going and new ones coming on board. There are some interesting things we'll being doing during the crossover "Flashpoint" that will hopefully get people excited about the line. But at no point do we ever want to overextend our own resources, and we want to make sure that we're committed to a line that is strong, makes sense, is accessible and is affordable.
Jim Lee: Yeah, I know that in discussions Dan and I have had about the line – and we bring Geoff Johns in on this too and the whole DC Editorial team – we've really gone through the lineup to say "What is the purpose behind every book? Can each of these characters support this many number of titles?" It's not about flooding the market or putting as much product out there as possible. It really is about making sure that we have the right creative teams on the right projects and making sure the quality level is what we want the line to be at. I think a lot of effort is spent figuring out what that lineup will be.
Dan Didio: We're not going to over-extend the line for the sake of market share. It doesn't make sense for the long term health versus the short term business. And also what Jim and I haven't touched on but we should is the inclusion of Bob Harras as Editor-in-Chief as part of that process. Bob comes with a great pedigree and an understanding of characters in how to build a line and understanding a line that has a sense of continuity and growth and a stories with a real sense of urgency. You'll see that more as he puts his fingerprints on the line itself.
On the flipside from that big, interconnected picture of the monthly books, DC has had successes in the book stores in the past year with more stand alone efforts. You mentioned "Superman: Earth One" but the core "Blackest Night" series also did very well this year. What have you been talking about in terms of the future of graphic novels? "Batman: Earth One" is on tap as is "Samaritan X" – how has all that been shaping up?
Dan Didio: What we're trying to do is say that if we're going to do an original graphic novel, it has to have the sensibilities that work better for a graphic novel. As I was making an analogy before, I was saying that original graphic novels are our feature films. In the way the stories unfold and roll out, it's a different style of storytelling than if you're just collecting a series of issues. If the issues in periodical form are television shows, then the original graphic novels are films. One thing we've talked about is that when you look at "Superman: Earth One" or the "Earth One" books in general as we're going to be rolling them out, we look at those as you'd see things done in the "Twilight" books or in novels like the Jack Reacher novels or the "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" books where you have a continuing character that you know so well, and you can follow them into different adventures. That's a lot of what we're trying to accomplish here. We're seeing a lot of people these days telling almost periodical kinds of novels with recurring characters, and our business is recurring characters. So we should be in that business with them.
Do you have any idea what the next graphic novel will be released or when it will hit?
To wrap up, let's hit that digital marketplace question. The DC storefront is up and you've been talking about upcoming plans for the Android platform. Do you feel like you've laid a strong base for your digital releases, and how do you build on that base this year?
Jim Lee: I think the defining strategy of our digital work has been one of convergence. We really wanted consumers/readers to be able to find the digital comics online with their various devices, purchase it and store it so they can have it in the same library so that they can access any of the comics they bought from any place. I think we've done a pretty good job of that. We've also got the PSP content that you can buy through the Playstation Network, but any DC Digital release you buy through our storefront at DCComics.com, through iTunes or through Android, you can have them stored in a library powered by comiXology, and you'll be able to access these different purchases at any different time. That is a key differentiating point of us from our competitors. It's one that we think differentiates us from our consumers, and it gives you a reason to purchase the digital comics rather than illegally download them because you have the ability to search the library and find your favorite books by creator, character or series. That's going to be a big selling point for us as we build our digital collection onto more platforms. It's all built on one library.
Keep your eyes peeled to CBR News in the coming week for more coverage of DC's "DCU in 2011" plans!


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A Conversation about the Economic Effects of Immigration on African Americans
Anti-immigrant groups have repeatedly tried to drive a wedge between African Americans and immigrants by capitalizing on the myth that immigrants take American jobs. In a new Perspectives piece for the Immigration Policy Center, Yale Professor Gerald Jaynes dispels the myth that immigrants take "black jobs" and instead suggests we find solutions on how to lift up all low-wage American workers.
Most African Americans are very conflicted about the immigration issue. African Americans, who have long espoused strong beliefs in principles of equality of opportunity, the rights of the downtrodden, and respect for humanity viewed in its broadest terms, are especially cognizant of the hypocrisy embedded within ethnocentric demands for an end to immigration. For the nation, immigration's economic benefits exceed its costs, but the costs are disproportionately borne by certain social groups and geographic areas. Rather than divide the public over the issue of depriving the country of the benefits to help the few who pay the highest costs, we need to be engaging in a political debate over the kinds and levels of compensatory policies that should be enacted to help low‐income citizens.
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MTFCA Events Calendar
This is an on-line copy of the Events Calendar published in The Vintage Ford
magazine. Submissions are to the magazine editor as described below. Activities will be listed
at no charge to any antique car club, regardless of affiliation, on a space available basis.
Please allow for publication time.
The deadline for any listing is the 15th of the month preceding the issue date (i.e., December 15 for the January-February issue; February 15 for the March-April issue, etc.). Please send your activity announcement to MTFCA Activities Calendar, P.O. Box 996, Richmond, IN 47375-0996 or email to E-mail MTFCA admin
FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3 – Ocala, Florida. The Model T Ford Winter Tour will be hosted by the Tin Lizzies of North Central Florida and is SOLD OUT. The tour will include daily driving tours, opening banquet, ice cream social, auction, swap meet, and a closing banquet.
APRIL 1-3 – Boise, Idaho. The 51st MTFCA Annual Meeting is being hosted by the Western Idaho Model T Club. Saturday's planned activities include visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey (www.peregrinefund.org/world-center) and lunch at the Warhawk Museum (www.warhawkairmuseum.org). For more information and to register for the Annual Meeting visit the Western Idaho Model T Club website: www.westernidahomodeltclub.com
APRIL 28-MAY 1 – Texas Motor Speedway near Ft. Worth, TX. The Pate Swap Meet is the largest swap meet in the Midwestern United States. This is our 44th year of annual events. General admission is free; parking $5 per day. Vendor spaces available, call (713) 649-0922. For more information, visit www.pateswapmeet.com
April 27-30, 2016 - The Arkansas Tin Lizzies will be having a spring tour that will "hub" from Kerrville, Texas. The Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel, 2033 Sidney Baker Street, Kerrville, TX 78023, 830-257-4440, will be the tour hotel. A limited number of rooms have been blocked for the tour under Arkansas Tin Lizzies. Make your reservations by March 26 to get the special rates. Parking for trailers is available on site. This a pay as you go tour with no registration fees. To join the tour send your name, address, cell/home phone number and email address (if you have one) to Nellie Howell 16508 West State Hwy 155, Dardanelle, AR 72834 or email to email@example.com. Bring along a completed MTFCA car inspection form to turn in at a participants' meeting Tuesday evening, April 26, at 6:00 pm. Tour days will be Wednesday through Saturday. Since it will be wildflower blooming season in Texas, routes have been made with this in mind. Some tour stops will be LBJ Ranch, Fredericksburg and popular tourist sites in the hill country noted in Texas history. For additional information about Arkansas Tin Lizzies go to the website www.arkansastinlizzies.com. Contact: Bill or Nellie Howell, 479-236-3630 or 479-857-5757, or Email
JUNE 2-4 – Richmond, Indiana. The Model T Museum will be hosting its 4th annual Homecoming Event in the Historic Depot District. Tours, swap meet, show-n-tell. You won't want to miss this event!
JUNE 5 – Auburn, CA - Mother Lode Model T Club 40th Annual Swap Meet. Cars, parts, memorabilia. Spaces 15x25 $25.00. Gold Country Fairgrounds. Setup after 4 p.m.Saturday June 4. Gates open 5 a.m. Sunday June 5. No reservations. Contact: Gary (530) 823-7957, or John (916)202-5842 or on the web at http://www.motherlodemodelt.com/swapmeet
JUNE 9-11 – Lebanon, Missouri. The Show Me T's invite you to the 16th Show Me Tour. This year's tour will give you plenty of opportunity in driving historic Route 66, plus time spent driving in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. You will have a chance to feed giraffes, zebras and other wild animals as we tour Wild Animal Safari. We will make a return visit to Whirlwind Alpaca Ranch, which we toured in 2009 and was one of the most popular stops we have made. And we will take a step back in time when we visit the Amish community of Lead Mine. The tour is limited to 40 cars and fills fast. For more information contact: Karol Spencer, 417-732-7222 or Email or Dorothy Puckett, 417-882-2110 or Email
June 11-12, 2016 – San Jose, California. 47th Annual Speedster Endurance Run and Lowland Tour. "The First and the Oldest" is still going strong and is hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club. Contact Nadine Camicia (650)799-9852 or Email for registration and entry information or see our website
June 11-12 – Dakota County Fair Grounds, Farmington, MN. The 26th Annual Model T Ford Reunion. Tour only on Saturday – Show and swap meet on Sunday 8:00am to 3:00pm. Admission $3.00, Kids 12 and under Free. For more information contact: James Kaufhold 612-590-5885 Or Facebook at www.facebook.com/modeltreunion
JUNE 19-23 – Dillon, Montana. The 2016 Montana 500 will be held out of Dillon, Montana. Inspection day will be June 19. The endurance run will start on June 20 and go through June 22. There will be an optional tour on Thursday, June 23. For more information see www.montana500.com or Email
JUNE 26-JULY 1 – Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment Tour 2016 (MTFCA National Model T Tour) will be hosted by the Tin Lizzies of Albuquerque. See ad for more detailed information and registration.
July 21, 22 and 23, 2016 - Doughty Valley Steam Days, Charm, Ohio. Be sure to make plans to attend this annual antique farm machinery reunion just a few miles drive from Berlin, OH, set in the picturesque rolling farmland at the heart of Ohio's Amish Country. See in action all day long: steam tractors, antique tractors and gas engines. Flea market, too. Thursday evening, local draft horse pull. Friday evening, old fashioned tractor pull and sparks at dusk. Saturday morning, steam tractor games. Old-time country music Thursday and Friday at 7:00pm under the tent. An amazing variety of food will be available all day from local vendors, including bar-b-que suppers. Admission FREE for drivers of visiting pre-war antique vehicles, general admission is $4/day aged 13 and over, plenty of parking and primitive camping areas on the grounds. Located on State Route 557, 2 miles north of Charm, near Guggisburg Cheese. For more information call 330-763-0303 or Email John Leck
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South Africa coach Gary Kirsten volunteered that the Proteas choked in losing to England by seven wickets in the Champions Trophy semi-final at The Oval.
South Africa have now lost eight semi-finals and have won just one, when they went on to take the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998.
Today they slumped to 80 for eight and, although David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt rallied with a record 95-run stand for the ninth wicket, a total of 175 all out proved insufficient.
Kirsten, for whom today's game was his last as national coach, said: "I think it has happened again to be honest with ourselves. I think we did choke again.
"At the end of the day, it's a word that we've become comfortable with. It's an uncomfortable word that we've become comfortable with, and you have to accept that that's what it is. So they bowled exceptionally well, England.
Kirsten, who has guided South Africa to the top of the Test rankings, admitted there was no obvious solution to the semi-final jinx.
"We certainly give it our best shot in our preparation. We try different things to go through and stuff like that. But, you know, it's one of these things."I think if we had the secret recipe to turn it around, we'd certainly package it and be selling it," he said.
"It's definitely a dark mist that hangs over South African cricket in knock-out events.
"At some point we're going to have to try to cross the line. It's going to require some real charisma and some real batsmen to get over the line. It might not be pretty, but at some point we're going to have to do it to get rid of this mess."
England captain Alastair Cook differed with Kirsten in his assessment of the game.
"I don't think they choked," Cook said. "I thought we played very well and put them under a lot of pressure. We didn't allow them to play so we need to give ourselves some credit for that."
Cook added: "When you're out in the middle you don't want to use those terms or anything like that because they've got such a strong lower-middle order that they could rebuild.
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I don't know that you can find a program in a school that will teach you this, unless it's a liberal arts education...
I agree that you cannot find a program in a school that can teach you to be curious. It is not something you can teach. Either you are curious or you are not. Unfortunately, a large portion of students who want to be 'game designers' are just fanboys (or girls). I teach in a Game Art & Design program, and I work very hard on getting the Designers into the right headspace. It's rare that I have some that actually get it.
A word for people looking to be designers and going to school for it. EVERYTHING you learn is critically important to you. You may not like drawing, you may not like programming. If you want to design, you need to be able to speak with people who will be making your game (artists and coders), understand limitations, and be constantly be curious.
I have looked into this a bit and though I don't have a lot of experience in the field I have spoken to people who do. The general consensus is that to become a game designer you should start out as a level designer. Basically because you have to work with writers, manage assets, write scripts, and A LOT of naming conventions. At least thats what I'm told by reps at both Ubisoft Montreal and Rockstar Toronto.
With that in mind I highly suggest that people who want to get into game design should take level design as a logical first step.
I seriously agree with that statement, being a curious individual myself. During school (and even now) I've always delved into how programmers program, artists draw, and even how writers come up with ideas. From my experience trying to get that title, I've learned that you *must* be able to socialize, *must* be able to motivate, etc etc so that you can synchronize the team with the ideas your trying to convey.
It's nice to find many other liberal arts educated people on here interested in the industry. I think there really is value in having diverse interests working on any project, whether that's game development or otherwise. Being interested in things like classical lit, myth and psychology I see the intersections with these fields of interest in almost every successful game out there.
Case and point: there was a recent article on myth theory and game design on gamasutra. I don't think understanding how mythic structure works is entirely necessary for a designer, but if you read Joseph Campbell or Northrop Frye you are going to have a better grasp of what the characters' actions mean to the player, how both stories and gameplay still work with the same archetypal narratives as other media and literature.
I'd like to point out that if you're serious on design, maybe look at joining some mod groups.
Yes, mock and snicker, but consider this:
As a designer on a mod team, you have to deal with real people across different streams (coding, art, writers, etc) as well as a team leader (or lead yourself). As a designer on a mod group you'll also find yourself jumping in to help write some scripts, or code, or even come up with some artwork.
Hey, you might not produce the best code or art or writing, but you get exposure to how it all ties in to a design. As a designer, you can play in every field, without having to specialise. Perfect for the curious ones, like me. ;)
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The IRS has already apologized for targeting for extra scrutiny groups with "tea party," "patriot," and "9/12" in their names, but the scrutiny of the agency over that scandal is just getting started. According to an inspector general report due out this week, the agency targeted more groups, thanks to an ever-changing set of criteria by which it would vet "social welfare" organizations applying for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status under the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. As those criteria evolved over two years, they at one point in June 2011 included groups focusing on certain issues, including "Government spending, Government debt, or taxes; Education of the public via advocacy/lobbying to 'make America a better place to live,' " Reuters reports.
The 501(c)(4) groups are allowed to do some politicking, but that can't be their primary focus. "That social-welfare activity can include lobbying and advocating for issues and legislation, but not outright political-campaign activity," The Wall Street Journal explains. "But some of the rules leave room for IRS officials to make judgment calls and probe individual groups for further information."
After Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt organizations, heard about the keyword and issue-based criteria, "she raised an objection, and the agency adopted a more general set of standards," the Washington Post reports. Six months later, on Jan. 15, 2012, the IRS decided to focus on "political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform movement."
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By David Ruderman, U.S. Army Africa Public AffairsFebruary 14, 2011
VICENZA, Italy - Dozens of scholars, politicians and soldiers gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, Jan. 20-22 for the second annual convocation of the Marrakech Security Forum.
U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, attended the event, which was hosted by the African Federation for Strategic Studies (FAES) with support from the Moroccan Center for Strategic Studies (CMES).
Prof. Mohammed Benhammou of FAES, the event organizer and moderator, welcomed participants and turned the floor over to Pieter de Crem, the Belgian Minister of Defense.
Hogg spoke next, describing the structure and mission of USARAF and its higher headquarters, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and discussed the threats all countries face from terrorist movements to their stability and well-being.
Following the initial plenary session, participants broke up into discussion groups. Hogg attended a session that focused on redefining the threats and security risks against stability and development in Africa in general, and the Sahel region in particular.
The discussion provided considerable, high quality food for thought, said Lt. Col. Uli Calvo, North Africa Desk Officer, Security Cooperation Directorate, USARAF.
"The conference was focused on the developing threat of AQIM (al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb) in the trans-Sahel region in Africa, and just basically terrorism around the world," he said.
For instance, a Belgian participant presented a synopsis of responses to terrorist activities in Indonesia during the past decade, and a Mexican delegate discussed the evolution of the war waged there against narcotics networks.
"That was the primary focus," Calvo said.
A second plenary session focused on Algeria, which Hogg had recently visited. The theme was "From the GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) to AQIM: The transformation of the Algerian terrorist group to a branch of al-Qaida." A range of scholars and government representatives made presentations on the subject of the group's evolution, which also proved very interesting, he said.
Among the discussions were two competing views of how terrorism evolves, Calvo said.
One view sees terrorist organizations and activities as driven by poverty, while another view ascribes the motivation to political injustice.
"I think that the conventional wisdom is that poverty is the root cause of terrorism," Calvo said. "But the problem with that is that you're criminalizing the poor. There are regions in Africa, and around the world, where poverty is widespread but instances of terrorism are statistically insignificant."
The debate continues.
Other themes over the course of the three-day forum included discussions of AQIM's activities and strategic objectives; its evolution from jihad to narcoterrorism; the interconnections among illegal trafficking, terrorism and political conflict; AQIM's accommodation with criminal gangs; connections between regional terrorist movements and global organizations; and the development of regional strategies for combating terrorism in the Sahel.
Throughout the course of the forum, Hogg was continually greeted by participants he had met on previous trips to the continent and by individuals who had heard of him and wanted to make his acquaintance, the great majority of them from sub-Saharan Africa, Calvo said.
Hogg also spoke with reporters from RTM (Radiodiffusion-Television Marocaine) and 2M TV, the official government television channels, and to Radio Africa 1, a French radio network with a wide reach across the continent.
"General Hogg's response to reporters, the main thing he stressed was international cooperation - that countries with experience and expertise in responding to terrorism should help nations in the trans-Sahel build their own capacity to deal with it," said Calvo.
"Sharing their experience and lessons learned should help individual countries devise local solutions to local problems," he said.
Hogg also had to reiterate that neither U.S. Army Africa nor AFRICOM have any plans to establish a headquarters on the African continent, a notion that remains current in African perceptions and African media despite consistent clarification the contrary from American officials over the past several years.
Hogg and his party had the opportunity while in Marrakech to take a cultural tour and gain a first-hand insight into the power of tourism as a bulwark of the Moroccan economy, said Calvo.
"I think this visit was beneficial to the CG (Commanding General) in a couple of ways," said Calvo. "First, it exposed him to new developments having to do with AQIM and counterterrorism. And secondly, he was able to get a taste for Morocco in advance of his first formal visit there later this year."


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Kate Bosworth was spotted arriving at LAX Airport to catch a flight out. The actress wore a pair of 3×1 High Rise Skinny Jeans in Wash No. 3 with a Chanel shirt and a Current/Elliott Prep shirt over the top of it. She then finished her look off with her favorite Burberry bag.
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Kate Bosworth and fiance Michael Polish were spotted arriving at LAX Airport a couple of weeks ago. The actress wore a pair of Mother Mellow Drama jeans in Stardrust while Michael chose a pair of Levi's.
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Kate Bosworth and fiance Michael Polish stopped by craft services on set of Kate's new film, Homefront. The couple are in Louisana where Kate is currently working on the film along with Jason Statham.
Both Kate and Michael wore pairs of Levi's jeans. I'm so used to seeing Kate in a pair of skinny jeans or boyfriend styles, that it's unusual to see her in flares. I do think, given her entire outfit, that these may be part of her costume for the film, but I'd love to see her try out a similar style off set.
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Can't wait until April to get rid of the 921.
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Did you check the batteries? Maybe one is installed wrong? Do the red lights blink on the remote when you push a button?
That was the first thing I checked. In fact installed two brand new sets of Duracells. I might mention that all the lights functioned on the remote when I was asked to try and reset. Also, the remote continued to turn the TV on and off as well as adjust volume.
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I tried your suggestion, and no go. So it's off to the remote graveyard. The good news is I got the new remote yesterday and it works fine.
remove the batteries, press the sat button for a few seconds then put the batteries back in and see if it works.
Can't wait for the next 921 adventure to begin.
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I called E* and went through all the proscribed steps to get the remote operating, but again to no avail. The CSR told me he would send another remote to me, but suspected that the 921 was at fault, what a surprise.
Anyway if this remote does not work with the 921, they'll send me another 921, my fourth in a year. I asked if he would also send me a gun so I could shoot the 921 and put it out of its misery. He laughed and said I know what you mean.
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Skip to comments.Can Topless Women Keep Muslim Extremists Out of Denmark?
Posted on 12/09/2010 12:35:44 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
A few weeks ago, Peter Skaarup had a novel idea for how to keep violent Muslim extremists out of Demark: greet them at the border with topless ladies. Skaarup, the foreign policy spokesman for the right-wing Danish People's Party, wants to include shots of sunbathing women in a video that will be screened as part of an immigration test for potential citizens. According to Skaarup, footage of topless women would help emphasize the point that Denmark is an open, free, liberal-minded society, and that hard-line Muslims may want to reconsider their decision to move there. Skaarup's proposal recently drew fire from a columnist at The Daily Telegraph, who argued that Skaarup is misreading the very nature of religious extremism.
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This has got to be one of the dumbest things ever.
First to post "This post is nothing without pictures".
"According to Skaarup, footage of topless women would help emphasize the point that Denmark is an open, free, liberal-minded society"
And this is the spokeman for the "right wing" party eh?
I'm not sure that would work. the 9/11 hijackers spent their last hours on earth at a nudie bar.
Definitely would not work on our southern border. "Miralo! Medical care gratis AND nekkid ladies."
Can 72 Topless Women Keep Muslim Extremists Out of Denmark?
Before you come into the US or get on a US plane,you must eat a ham sandwich.
Dude....Rules!!!! They are meant to be followed!!
No, because, if anything, we know that Muslim Extremists tend to be !@#$ing hypocrites.
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My first thought on reading the headline:
"It's worth a try."
You mean muslim extremists like the ones that spent the evening at a strip club the night before hijacking planes on 9-11?
Men, even muslim extremists, are typically drawn TOWARD topless women.
The pics will just enrage the angry, frustrated, bitter savages and they will just want to blow up Danish buildings to end their miserable lives and get their 72 virgins and 12 boys.
By the way, can you post the pics?
Because Islam has taqquiya your suggestion would not work. Islam is founded by a son of satan, who is the father of lies, so the right to lie to protect or promote Islam is natural to Moslems.
I am not sure if this is a joke, but it won't work. I knew quite a few Muslims when I was stationed in TX, and they ALL were 100%, totally horny.
I'd have to see the photos to determine what verdict to hand down. ;-)
One of the towns decided that if the women of the town stood along the river and bared their breasts at the Vikings this would scare them away.
Well, that didn't work.
If the Sand Monkeys want to "DIS" Denmark let them go to Germany..
Why are you trying to keep all the Jews out of the US?
After seeing the article earlier this week about the Muslim guy that didn't recognize his dead wife until they covered her face, this seems like just the perfect antidote!
i would think that would drive away gay men as well. as martha would say, it is a good thing.
It's worth a try.
Here is the border security force!
Summary judgement. No trial needed.
I think it's worth a try.
How about a wall of pigs?
That looks like nudity and pork all rolled into one border defense strategy! A double barrel shotgun of muslim deterrence.
Give me enough ammo and a few Danish topless women and I will rid Denmark of Islam. Sounds like a great gig.
topless women aren't going to offend Muslims like that, its more likely to offend normal people
Let's test it on Obama, he's gay and muslim.
I have a friend that insists that hanging bags of pig fat from the ceilings of Israeli buses will stop suicide bombers in their tracks.
Hey! you can't post that - she's smoking.
I used to work in a strip bar and there were always Muslim regulars there.
This thread is relevant to my interests.
"A few weeks ago, Peter Skaarup had a novel idea for how to keep violent Muslim extremists out of Demark: greet them at the border with topless ladies."
How about an army of Gurkhas armed with M-16's and Garands?
I heard that the lubricant for M-16 rifle comes from a derivative of bacon grease. When the bullet leaves the weapon there is a measurable amoount of porkfat on it.
The US Military is keeping it quiet but there is just no substitute that works as well.
(OK I really made that up- but it's a great rumor to spread in Afghanistan, isn't it? Until Odumbass publicly denies it at least)
Were you a dancer, bartender, or bouncer?;-)
In context, that one on the right is kinda' hot!
The Danish border patrol would be inundated with applications - from guys.
Not so sure that the "pig-fat-bullets" rumor is such a good idea. That's exactly what started the Seapoy Rebellion against Great Britain in 19th Century India.
Is that the context in which all other women were killed in the zombie apocalypse?;-)
Actually, if she and I were stranded on a desert island, it would only be a matter of weeks, if not days.
This is the Left's notion of what "freedom" is all about—nude sunbathing. Also: killing babies.
How about putting down a road at the border, fifty feet wide—made of Korans. Every immigrant has to cross the road on foot, and stomp on Korans all the way. Better yet: after coating his feet with pig lard.
Every immigrant who has a problem with that can go back home.
Swedes are afraid of them and won't report them. So its a hidden crime. Sad the Swedish men are such cowards.
Heavy metal music for the first 5 miles might work.
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Christchurch Quake in N.Z. Kills at Least 65, Wrecks City
Christchurch was rocked by the deadliest earthquake to hit New Zealand in 80 years, killing at least 65 people, toppling buildings, trapping office workers and ripping apart sidewalks and roads.
The death toll from the magnitude 6.3 earthquake, the strongest since September when the city was shaken by a 7.0 magnitude temblor, is likely to rise, New Zealand police said in a statement. The quake sent office workers in the country's second-largest city fleeing into streets covered in shattered glass, paper, bricks and broken concrete.
"We might be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day," Prime Minister John Key said on Television New Zealand after traveling from the capital of Wellington to the South Island city. "It's just a scene of utter devastation."
The five kilometer-deep quake struck at 12:51 p.m local time during the lunchtime break, inflicting more injuries than the early morning September temblor when no one died. Today's quake was centered 10 kilometers southeast of Christchurch, according to geonet.org.nz. A 5.5 magnitude aftershock followed shortly after the first, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Emergency services are continuing to search the central city, particularly the high-rise buildings, New Zealand police said in the statement. About 200 extra police are being sent from around New Zealand to help the city of almost 400,000.
Buildings Destroyed
The quake destroyed buildings and parts of structures in the central business district of Christchurch, including part of its iconic cathedral. Two buses were crushed by falling buildings, police said. Smoke billowed on to the streets from office buildings that were reduced to rubble.
"What the picture will be like in the morning, God only knows," Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said in a Television New Zealand interview.
The nation's currency, known as the kiwi, dropped for the first time in five days. New Zealand's dollar dropped to 74.93 U.S. cents, the least since Dec. 28, before trading at 75.01 U.S. cents as of 4:52 p.m. in Sydney from 76.38 cents yesterday in New York. It fell 1.6 percent to 62.49 yen, the biggest slide since Nov. 23 and also the weakest since Dec. 28.
The prime minister called an emergency Cabinet meeting in Wellington after the quake hit, before traveling to Christchurch. New Zealand may accept offers of international help, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English told reporters.
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The impact of the earthquake was capable of "condemning the New Zealand economy to another year of anemic growth due to forces beyond its control," Katrina Ell, a Sydney-based economist at Moody's Analytics Australia Pty Ltd. said in a report following the quake.
Christchurch's airport is open for emergencies only, according to an e-mailed statement from the Civil Defense department. Ambulances are scarce and residents are driving into the center to help the injured, broadcaster TV3 reported.
Jetstar, the budget unit of Qantas Airways Ltd., suspended flights to Christchurch indefinitely, it said in an e-mailed statement. Auckland and Wellington flights are also affected, the carrier said. Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-biggest airline, also halted services to Christchurch.
Residents were being advised to use phones for emergency services only after Telecom Corp. of New Zealand said some of its network sites were badly damaged.
Almost every building in the city center has broken walls and collapsed roofs while a cloud of dust hangs over the city, Christchurch resident Jenny Adams told Bloomberg Television. Some office workers are pinned under desks, TV3 reported.
Injured Workers
The offices of investment company Pyne Gould Corp Ltd., located near Christchurch's city center, collapsed after the quake and trapped workers are still inside, according to TV3. The company's shares slumped 8.8 percent to 31 New Zealand cents in Wellington.
Injured office workers were being treated at a temporary triage center near collapsed office buildings. Hospitals around the South Island have been cleared to take earthquake patients, John Carter, New Zealand's minister for civil defense, told TV3. Christchurch's major has declared a state of emergency.
"The most important point we want to address at this moment and in the next 24 hours is the safety of people," Carter told reporters in Wellington. "That's where our focus will be."
Today's quake served as a reminder of jolt in Christchurch on Sept. 4 that shook consumer confidence and contributed to a 0.2 percent drop in gross domestic product in the third quarter. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand estimates the September temblor caused NZ$5 billion ($3.78 billion) of damage.


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Anthony Gonzalez drew on Jean Michel Jarre's synth-work and John Hughes' spunky '80s teen films to come up with the most heart-bursting, euphoric anthem since Daft Punk's 'Digital Love'. And are we permitted to use the phrase "awesome sax break"? Looks like we just have.
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This preposterously hook-filled, highly danceable surf guitar beauty straight away felt like The Next Step in the long line of Saviours Of Guitar Music and, in "I hate myself more than I hate you" featured probably the best line anyone sang all year. No wonder folk got so excited.
This lion-eyed plea to an ex, channelling minimal splashes of soul, R&B and larksome Animal Collective exuberance, sent us spare with joy. As Michael Gove proceeded to wank the bare essence of our education system into a copy of Hard Times, 'Bizness' offered a DIY lesson in mind-expanding, culture-blurring ingenuity.
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As the global economy goes arse over tit, it's all about staycationing to save a buck, folks. And who better to make the sewage-spattered English seaside look appealing than Metronomy's suave supremo Joe Mount? With its crooning electronic funkola, 'The Bay' is the soundtrack to all your future holidos. Time to hi-di-flipping-hi campers
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'Bed Of Nails' distilled 'Smother''s splendid brand of smooth sleaze into four minutes of sublime synth-pop sauciness. Nods to Mary Shelley and Shakespeare, as well as spellbinding beats, lifted it from pure perversity into something quite beautiful, yet still utterly shaggable.
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The folly of war could hardly have been captured more succinctly in song. The sombre opening lines: "I've seen and done things I want to forget/I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat". A haunting indictment of what happens when diplomacy and humanity fail us.
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We've long since ceased trying to prepare ourselves for what The Horrors get up to next but "A-listed on Radio 1" threw us. The siren song that drew their biggest audience yet was scarcely less of a shocker. The dark, krauty thrums of 'Sea Within A Sea' smoothed and rippled into a gorgeous groove, Faris' voice rich and devoid of ire and irony as he promised "When you wake up/You will find me" over that deliciously dripping bassline. Easily the song of the summer.
OK, so his album turned out to be a bit of a dud, but for a brief moment in 2011 there was only 'Yonkers' — and 'Yonkers' felt like a very big deal indeed. No other track this year screamed 'star appeal' louder than this, and danger seeped out of its pores from the opening bars. Over a beat that sounded like the clanking cogs of a psycho-killer's mind in motion, the Odd Future lynchpin introduced himself in the way only this 20-year-old son of an absentee father could ("I'm a fucking walking paradox — no I'm not/Threesomes with a fucking triceratops"). If Tyler can get near this kind of greatness again, the world better watch the fuck out.
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You probably won't be too surprised to find 'Video Games' topping this list. Lana Del Rey's debut single racked up over seven million YouTube views and spawned its own viral literal-video parody, as well as numerous lame cover versions by awestruck indie bands. It's the most blogged-on, most meme-able and most unashamedly gushed-over song of the year, and if its position seems a tad inevitable, that's only because putting anything else in its place would be a rank act of outright contrarianism too hard to swallow. Taking all that into account, it's a wonder everyone isn't sick to the back teeth of it by now. But that's the thing about 'Video Games': you might tire of the debate about whether Del Rey herself is just a sadcore Frankenstein stitched together by industry Svengalis, or whether the lips that form the impossibly beautiful "Is that true?" around the 1:20 mark are collagen-enhanced or not, yet the song itself remains near-as-dammit perfect. Hearing its mix of eerie Blue Velvet Americana and bruised old-Hollywood glamour for the first time makes for a genuine drop-everything moment, but even as its ubiquity snowballs, each subsequent listen just seduces you further. Sometimes it's enough for a song to be simply brilliant.


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This is the second time I have purchased pillows from Jiti. The quality is good and the colours and patterns are vibrant.
- How did the image on site compare with the actual product? Good
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Very accurate
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Excellent
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Pickpocket Falls In Exeter
Pickpocket Falls is beautiful at any time of year. It's a fascinating spot just by a bridge over the Exeter River. The sound of the rushing water is exhilirating.
Location: Exeter, NH US
Updated Sunday, September 30th, 2012
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