text: LINGUIST List: Vol-19-1859. Wed Jun 11 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875. Subject: 19.1859, Review: Writing Systems: Sproat (2000) Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org> Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org> Reviews: Randall Eggert, U of Utah <reviews at linguistlist.org> Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/ The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, and donations from subscribers and publishers. Editor for this issue: Randall Eggert <randy at linguistlist.org> ================================================================ This LINGUIST List issue is a review of a book published by one of our supporting publishers, commissioned by our book review editorial staff. We welcome discussion of this book review on the list, and particularly invite the author(s) or editor(s) of this book to join in. To start a discussion of this book, you can use the Discussion form on the LINGUIST List website. 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They have been nicely distinguished by Kohrt (1986); I have paraphrased them in one of my forthcoming works as (1) something that is entirely inside the graphonomy of a language, which Kohrt calls the ''analogical view'' of a grapheme, and (2) something inside the phonology of a language that is related in a certain way to its graphonomy, which Kohrt calls the ''referential view'' of a grapheme. Sproat uses the term ''grapheme'' with its referential meaning. (I use it with its analogical meaning in my own work.) Doing so allows Sproat to use it for talking about whatever bits of speech are referred to by any given mark that he is discussing without having to analyze the mark itself--which is, after all, not what he is interested in doing. And by a ''writing system'' he means a method of writing down marks that refer to sounds, and does not mean the marks themselves, or their differences that distinguish them from one another. In the same spirit, he uses the term ''linguistic'' to refer to speech rather than to writing, as when he asks ''what linguistic elements do written symbols encode?'' There is nothing wrong with doing this, as long as the reader knows what the writer means. Sproat's work has been in text-to-speech synthesis, and he is a professor both of linguistics and of electrical & computer engineering. SUMMARY In chapter 1, ''Reading Devices'' Sproat says that his topic is how to computerize text-to-speech synthesis (TTS). He assumes that the input for his procedures exists in some electronic form and that its output is digital representation of speech. (He gives references for those who may be interested in optical character recognition and speech synthesis as input and output for his own model.) He notes that to pronounce a word aloud it is often necessary to know a lot about the language that is not present in the word's written form. And he also notes that to do so, things may have to be accounted for that people are often unaware of, such as the fact that many writing systems do not have spaces between their words. As an example, Sproat discusses a pair of Russian words that are spelled the same but differ in their stress placement and also (consequently for Russian) in their reduced vowels. He describes them and a Chinese word by both an Attribute-Value Matrix (AVM) and an annotation graph, both of which show the words' pronunciations and their orthographies. He then presents definitions and axioms in logical notation, and he comes to the central claims of his theory, which are that (1) the mapping between the Orthographically Relevant Level (ORL) of a language and the written characters in its words is regular, and that, (2) for a given writing system and a given language, the ORL represents a consistent level of linguistic representation. As further issues, Sproat discusses why a theory of writing systems should be constrained and why a study of writing systems should rely on a segmental analysis of spoken language. He then concludes the chapter with an outline of terminology and conventions that he will use, and he adds an appendix on finite-state automata and transducers. In chapter 2, ''Regularity'', Sproat deals with the fact that, although spoken utterances exist in one temporal dimension, written utterances exist in two spatial dimensions. He refers briefly to ''ordinary (string-based) regular languages'', which can be written with only a sequence catenator because the sequence of written characters matches the one-dimensionality of speaking. (He does refer to the problem of distinguishing between apostrophes and commas by mentioning their heights, but he merely mentions the tone diacritics of languages such as Thai, Vietnamese, and Navajo in a footnote, p. 4.) Sproat then discusses ''planar regular languages'', in which the written characters must have their relationships described in two dimensions and therefore require a richer set of catenation operators. He introduces the notion of the Small Linguistic Unit (SLU), within which the sequence of characters does not have to conform to their ''macroscopic'' (line- and document-level) order, and he provides a systematic notation for expressing catenation, both of characters within an SLU and of SLUs macroscopically. Sproat then gives examples of four writing systems for which the catenation of components within the SLUs needs to be stated: Korean Hankul, Devanagari, Pahawh Hmong, and Chinese. The Hankul characters for (historical) syllables are arranged within square spaces, and those characters are arranged there by a simple rule, according to whether they are horizontal or vertical in shape. In Devanagari, initial vowels are written by separate characters. For every other graphic syllable (defined as everything after one phonological vowel and including the next such vowel, and not necessarily forming a phonological syllable) the consonants of the syllable, if there are more than one, are combined into a ligature, and the vowel, if not schwa, is written by a character in a certain place in the orbit around the consonant character or ligature. No vowel character is written when the spoken vowel is schwa. For the Pahawh Hmong system (Smalley et al., 1990), the characters are divided into two groups: onset-consonant and vowel-cum-lexical-tone. For each written syllable, the vowel-cum-tone character is written before the onset character, although their corresponding sounds are pronounced in the opposite order. For Chinese, Sproat agrees that its complex characters can be analyzed into many levels, and he introduces additional notation for their internal structure that is based on the catenation operators he has already used. He notes that almost every Chinese character can be divided into a phonetic component, giving some information about its pronunciation, and a semantic component, giving clues to its meaning, and he also notes that each character has a ''determining component'' (its semantic one, unless its phonetic one belongs to a certain set of eight) that controls the placement of its other components. He also notes that the more regularly Chinese pronounced characters are more regular in their structure. Sproat mentions possible counterexamples from Ancient Egyptian, Spanish, and Mayan. Finally, Sproat discusses ''macroscopic catenation: text direction''. He assumes that an ordinary written text can be modeled by a ''virtual tape'' which is arranged on a page in rows or in columns, and which, when it reaches the edge of a page, is cut and continued next to the previous row or column. In English, this ''tape'' runs from left to right, in Hebrew it runs from right to left, and in Chinese it runs from top to bottom. Sproat also mentions boustrophedon writing and points out that shop signs may show variations on the basic way that a text is arranged in a language. In chapter 3, ''ORL [Orthographically Relevant Level] Depth and Consistency'', Sproat considers the levels within the phonology that are represented by various writing systems and the consistency with which those levels are represented, and he mentions that the spelling of some words must be ''lexically marked'', i.e. specified without reliance on the phonology. He begins with a case study of Russian and Belarusian, which he says form a near minimal pair for this comparison, each showing great internal consistency, but with ORLs that have different depth. For English, Sproat acknowledges the existence of Chomsky & Halle 1968 (hereafter SPE), but he says that much of it merely shows ''personal taste about how writing systems should be designed'', and he mentions that Sampson 1985 has pointed out serious defects in SPE. Sproat remarks that ''the system of English spelling is a great deal more chaotic than that of [...] almost any other language that uses a script whose original design was purely phonological.'' However, he rejects the often-expressed idea that English has a logographic writing system because the evidence for it is so inconsistent, unlike the consistent logographic elements in the Chinese writing system. Sproat gives a 32-page appendix of words of the sort that are central for the arguments presented in SPE, giving for each of them a ''Deep ORL'' and a ''Shallow ORL'', and he mentions that the addition of a great number of other English words would probably make the argument for a deep ORL less convincing, except for the question of how to write reduced vowels. Sproat also discusses the devoicing of dental obstruents in certain environments in Serbo-Croatian, and he presents experimental evidence that casts doubt on the standard treatment of this phenomenon, although saying that it needs further investigation. He discusses a possible example of cyclicity in Dutch, and concludes that his theory has no problem with it if the cyclicity is internal to the orthography. Finally, he discusses surface orthographic constraints, and notes that they can be handled by environmental rules or lexical marking within the orthography. In chapter 4, ''Linguistic Elements'', Sproat asks about the range of linguistic (phonological) elements that can be represented by writing systems. He looks at the influential taxonomies of writing systems presented by Gelb (1963), Sampson (1985), and DeFrancis (1989). He dismisses Gelb as teleological and outmoded, he presents Sampson's and DeFrancis's tree-shaped taxonomies, and he lists DeFrancis's disagreements with Sampson. He then presents his own taxonomy of writing systems, for which he uses two dimensions, with the parameters ''amount of logography'' and ''type of phonography''. In considering Chinese, Sproat concentrates on the semantic-phonetic compounds that are the vast majority of Chinese characters, and notes that for such characters ''the phonological information provided by the phonetic component is sometimes perfect (only a few), frequently only partial (by far the greatest number) , and in some cases completely useless (only a few)''. He therefore says that ''it is much more useful to view [Chinese writing] as an imperfect phonographic system with additional logographic attributes, than it is to view it as a wholly logographic system''. And he shows how logographic elements are used when writing disyllabic Chinese morphemes. For the Japanese writing system, Sproat describes the complications that arise from its many layers of borrowing from the Chinese writing system, resulting in characters most of which are logographic, because a Japanese reader must simply memorize the association between the sounds and the marks. But he also notes that the use of kanji (Chinese characters) has declined steadily during the twentieth century, as more and more people have become literate. Finally, Sproat mentions written characters in some languages that show plurality of meaning, reduplication of sounds, and the zero pronunciation of other characters. In chapter 5, ''Psycholinguistic Evidence'', Sproat asks what support there is in the psycholinguistic literature for the ''psychological reality'' of the model he proposes. He notes that there is little consistency in that literature, and he does not suggest that the computational devices he proposes actually exist in people's heads. He asks rather how the macroscopic properties of his model compare with what that literature has found, especially with respect to two questions: (1) whether the relationship between orthography and ''linguistic form'' is the same for all writing systems, and (2) whether the ''Orthographical Depth Hypothesis'' (ODH)--which claims that languages with ''deep'' orthographies such as English require readers to read by going through the lexicon while languages with ''shallow'' orthographies such as Serbo-Croatian allow readers to go directly from the graphonomy to the phonology--is valid. (Sproat also notes that, although Serbo-Croatian is often adduced as such a language, it does not write lexical stress, and that Spanish would be a better example.) Sproat claims that multiple routes from the written marks to the phonology exist for all written languages. He cites arguments for and against the ODH and finds that for both Chinese and Japanese there is evidence that readers use such routes. (He notes as a possibly more familiar example that literates in English know how to pronounce the letter string <igh> without having to think of the word they are pronouncing.) Sproat then considers the ''connectionist'' models that assume large numbers of simple, but massively interconnected, units. He mentions Seidenberg and McClelland (1989) as a classic statement of that approach, he summarizes their model, and he also mentions more recent work. He points out a defect in their model, he says that there is little reason for it to supersede other models of reading, and he concludes that the overall architecture of his own model is at least not at odds with what we know about human orthographic processing. In chapter 6, ''Further Issues'', Sproat discusses some complications that can arise when trying to turn a written text into an internal linguistic representation, and he mentions Manx Gaelic as an example of an orthography constructed so as to be similar to that of another language (in this case, English). He discusses how the 1995 reforms in Dutch have introduced morphological and semantic complications into its spelling. He discusses the complicated relationships that exist in many languages between numerical notations and spoken number names. He discusses the problems involved in pronouncing ''abbreviatory devices'' (a term that he uses because ''abbreviation'', ''acronym'', and such terms have been used with so many different meanings). And he discusses how various languages pronounce logograms such as <lb.>, <$> and <%> and the fact that some terms such as ''NATO'' have pronunciations based on their abbreviations. Sproat also mentions that many linguists such as Vachek of the Prague school and some British linguists (although he does not mention Halliday 1989) have wanted to treat written communication separately from and in parallel to spoken communication. Sproat again emphasizes the fact that written texts are arranged in two dimensions, while spoken texts are arranged in only one dimension, and he asks whether mathematical notation should be regarded as language. He concludes that it is a matter of definition whether written texts are to be considered as linguistic, and he points out that he is dealing in the present book only with mapping from written to spoken forms. Finally, Sproat points out that all previous work has only touched on what he discusses, and that he hopes other researchers will carry on the study of this topic. He mentions that SPE was not underpinned by any theory of orthography; similarly, he mentions that a large number of workers in speech technology do not realize the grammatical and semantic elements that they must consider. And he repeats that, for most languages, ''letter strings [...] do encode pronunciation, but only in combination with other information that cannot be computed from the letter string alone''. EVALUATION Sproat's monograph is the first to formally and systematically explore one direction of the relationship between spoken and written language. It surely must be taken as the basis for any such work in the future. The notation that he provides is powerful, he goes thoroughly into certain aspects of the relationship that he models, and he mentions the places where he sees that more work must be done. As befits the first monograph in a new field, Sproat gives copious references to those who have worked in fields related to his and to the sources which he has drawn on for data. He borrows occasionally from various versions of the Chomskyan tradition, he creates new notations for some of the relationships he discusses, and he frequently makes logical statements in algebraic notation; however, all of his terminology is readily intelligible to those who will acquaint themselves with it. As Gleason (1976) has pointed out, we have a professional metalanguage which is composed of bits and pieces from various theories but which we all recognize and use. Sproat has provided us some more very useful items for our metalanguage. In the best of all possible worlds, for every language that uses more than one communication channel, we would describe on its own terms each communication channel that it uses, whether spoken, written, or signed, and we would also describe all of the relationships that exist in both directions between all of the communication channels that it uses. Unfortunately, we are not there yet. Spoken sounds have been well studied on their own terms, but the study of written marks and gestured signs on their own terms, and the relationships among all of these communication channels, is just beginning. REFERENCES Chomsky, Noam and Morris Halle. 1968. _The sound pattern of English_. New York: Harper and Row. DeFrancis, John. 1989. _Visible speech: the diverse oneness of writing systems_. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press. Gelb, I. J. 1963. _A study of writing_. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. Gleason, H. A., Jr. 1976. ''Continuity in linguistics.'' _LACUS Forum_ 2:3-16. Halliday, M. A. K. 1989. _Spoken and written language_. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. Kohrt, Manfred. 1986. ''The term 'grapheme' in the history and theory of linguistics.'' In Gerhart Augst, ed. _New trends in graphemics and orthography_. Berlin: DeGruyter, 80-96. Sampson, Geoffrey. 1985. _Writing systems_. Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press. Seidenberg, Mark, and James McClelland. 1989. ''A distributed, developmental model of visual word recognition and naming.'' Psychological Review 96:523-568. Smalley, William, Chia Koua Vang, and Gnia Yee Yang. 1990. _Mother of writing: the origin and development of a Hmong Messianic Script_. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. ABOUT THE REVIEWER Earl M. Herrick has a Ph.D. in linguistics and is emeritus professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His 1966 M.A. thesis, ''A linguistic description of Roman alphabets'' (Hartford Studies in Linguistics 19), which he wrote under H. A. Gleason, Jr., remains the only analysis ever published of the features that distinguish the characters of those alphabets from one another, although its stratificational notation is now antiquated. He has since published a considerable number of papers on graphonomy and on stratificational theory in LACUS Forum and in Visible Language, and he has promised a manuscript on the graphonomy of English to Springer. ----------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-19-1859


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Calm between storms
Spending the weekend in the hospital is, above all else, boring. We pass the time by playing games, watching TV, playing more games, watching a movie… you get the idea. But as we near Tuesday (the day we were not quite promised, but we were told that we could possibly go home), we fear that another storm may be coming.
For starters, the results from the culture taken from Namine's incision came back positive again. Does this mean the vancomycin (the IV-only antibiotic for which Namine had the PICC line placed on Friday) is not working? Only the doctors can say for, well, not for sure, but for best guess, at least. At any rate, Namine's operating cardiac surgeon will be stopping by today to take a look.
Probably the worst part about Namine being stuck at the hospital is the fact that she's still on contact isolation, so we can't even take her for a walk in her wheelchair. So we pass the time by playing games. One of the games the nurse brought out of the play room (because Namine can't go in) is a fishing game. She beats us all at it consistently. Out of myself, Jessica, my mom, and my dad, I don't think a single one of us has beaten her. I think she cheats.
I didn't know that my church even had a quilting committee, but apparently there is. (I probably shouldn't be surprised. The WELS has a committee for everything.) They made a quilt with pictures of ice cream cones on it and sent it to Namine. She slept with it last night, and was she ever warm.
Last night I stayed in the hospital tonight so Jessica can get some real sleep. But the night before last I went home because of an excruciating headache. As I kissed Namine goodnight, she broke my heart.
Don't go, Daddy. You belong here with me!

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Ben Affleck's passion project, Live by Night, has bombed at the box office – failing to make a profit. The actor wrote, directed and starred in the movie, so is likely to be taking the financial failure very personally.
His film tells the story of a Floridian rum-runner during the Prohibition era. But, despite its glamorous subject matter, the movie seems to have failed to capture the attention of the movie going public, making a lost of $75m for Warner Bros.
No Oscar nominations
The movie had a host of A Listers, including Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller and Elle Fanning. But, it probably did not do itself any favours by coming out at the same time as fellow period drama La La Land. So far, Live By Night has taken only $16.5m at the box office, and it is not expected to do much better upon global release as, traditionally, period movies do not go down well with foreign audiences. The movie also failed to attract the attention of the Academy Award judges, and did not receive a single Oscar nomination, which will make it even more difficult to put bums on seats in cinemas worldwide.
It is understood that Warner Bros ploughed $65m into the making of the film, and much more into distribution and marketing. The flop is further humiliation for Affleck, whose Batman v Superman movie has already scooped eight Razzie Award nominations, including one for Worst Actor. The awards are given out to the world films of the year.
The star will be hoping it is a case of third time lucky, as he is set to appear in a Warner Bros movie called Justice League, as well as a further Batman movie. Justice League is set for release later this year and is based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name.


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George Weah, one of the finest footballers ever known, has just penned his name in history as the first ex-footballer to be elected president of a country.
He emerged Liberia's president after a run-off election contested between him and Joseph Boakai, who has been the deputy of outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the last 12 years.
In the first round conducted in October, Weah and Boakai ranked first and second with 38.8 percent and 28.8 percent of the votes respectively, but the constitution stipulates 50 percent to secure an outright win.
This is not his first attempt to take a shot at Liberia's number one seat, anyway.
He first ran in 2005 when he formed the Congress for Democratic Change but succumbed to Sirleaf. Then in 2011, he came second as a vice-presidential candidate.
He is currently the senator for Montserrado county in Liberia, having been elected in 2014.
What else do we know about the footballer-turned-politician?
Weah was born on October 1, 1966, in the Clara Town slum of Monrovia, Liberia, where he was said to have grown up in poverty.
A member of the Kru ethnic group and his parents, William Weah and Anna Quayeweah, were split up at his tender age. He was raised largely by his paternal grandmother, and attended middle school at Muslim Congress and high school at Wells Hairston High School, where reportedly dropped out in his final year.
As a teenager, he fell in love with soccer and began playing soccer for the Young Survivors youth club at the age of 15. He moved on to other prominent local clubs as his skills progressed, assuming starring roles for Mighty Barrolle and Invincible Eleven.
At 22, Weah's promising football career caught the attention of Claude Le Roy, Cameroon national team coach, who helped in his move to AS Monaco under Arsène Wenger. A later move to Paris Saint-Germain brought more acclaim for Weah, helping his club win the French Cup in 1993 and the Ligue 1 title in 1994. He also finished as the Champions League's leading scorer during the 1994-95 season.
His achievement that season earned him an unprecedented achievement – emerging as the African and European World Player of the Year and also winning the highly coveted Ballon D'Or award.
Weah then moved to AC Milan for the 1995-96 season and helped the club to win the Serie A title that season and in 1999.
He later fell out of favour with AC Milan after he got a six-match ban for breaking the nose of Jorge Costa, a Portuguese defender, and was subsequently loaned to Chelsea in January 2000. The move revitalized the Liberian striker, who scored in his debut and became a key figure in Chelsea's march to the FA Cup.
He spent 2000-01 with Manchester City and Marseille, and then played two seasons with Al-Jazira before retiring in August 2003.
Weah was named African Player of the Year in 1989 and 1994 (making it three times), and was voted the African Player of the 20th century by the continent's journalists in 1996.
He is widely regarded as the best-ever African footballer, with Brazilian legend Pelé naming him among the 125 greatest-ever players in 2004 on the occasion of FIFA's 100th anniversary.
Professional Career Statistics
|AS Monaco
|1992 – 1995
|AC Milan
|1995 – 1999
|1999 – 2000
|Manchester City
Individual Awards
- African Footballer of the Year: 1989, 1994, 1995
- FIFA XI: 1991, 1996 (Reserve), 1997, 1998
- French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1990–91
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1994–95
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1995
- Onze d'Or: 1995
- Ballon d'Or: 1995
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1995
- ESM Team of the Year: 1995–96
- Onze d'Argent: 1996
- FIFA Fair Play Award: 1996
- FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver award: 1996
- IFFHS African Player of the Century: 1996
Following the end of Liberia's second civil war in 2003, Weah announced his intention to run for the country's presidency. He subsequently formed the Congress for Democratic Change to back his candidacy. After taking Sirleaf to a second round in 2005, the footballer was beaten as his rival garnered 59.4 percent of the vote against his 40.6 percent. He had fallen to Sirleaf largely because he was perceived as "illiterate" in contrast with the president who went through Harvard.
But Weah never backed down as he remained active on Liberia's political scene.
He later ran as CDC's vice-presidential candidate in the 2011 election, in which the party was again unsuccessful. In December 2014, Weah was elected to the Liberian senate, defeating the president's son Robert Sirleaf with 78 percent of the votes.
George had dropped out of school in his final year amid a promising football career but later returned to the classroom in 2007 after he lost to Sirleaf in the 2005 poll.
He had told the BBC at the time that "education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle… if you don't pedal you don't go forward.
"It's never enough – even the people who have PhDs are going back to school.
"Now I'm not playing no more and I have the opportunity to go back to the classroom."
In 2011, he graduated from DeVry University in Florida, US, with a degree in Business Management.
In an interview with Daily Trust, Weah talked about the things that inspired him to make a swift turn from his football career to politics.
According to him, while he joined politics to help his country "in a different way", not everyone took him serious.
He said: "For my entire life so far, and my career, I've been following Liberian politics and I've been involved, even on the international scene. I've been actively advocating against the war that ravaged my country. I spoke out, so sanity would return to Liberia.
"When I saw the child soldiers, and the lives they led, I decided to help them. I helped get them disarmed, and many of them even went to school, and are today doctors, lawyers and so on. I played a major role. And I was called on board, as I said earlier, by the people and they gave me their mandate. Even after all that has happened over the years at the polls, I still have that mandate
"After achieving all that I have in my soccer career, I decided not to go the coaching route, because I wanted to help my country in a different way. I also went back to school, up to Masters' level and I'm currently a serving Senator. When I was joining politics, some people thought I was joking. But here we are today, and I have the people's mandate."
In April 1997, Weah was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. The honorary appointment was based on his humanitarian work with the youth of Liberia during that country's most turbulent times.
His longstanding commitment to improving lives, both in Africa and around the world, has earned him the admiration of many with the former South African President Nelson Mandela quoted to have described him as the 'African Pride'.
In 1994, he helped publicize immunization campaigns in Liberia, and as a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador, has given vital support for HIV/AIDS education programmes and other projects in Ghana and Liberia.
Weah's humanitarian supports also extends to other countries outside African including the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.In March 1998, in collaboration with the Italian Committee for UNICEF, Weah launched a CD called Lively Up Africa involving the singer Frisbie Omo Isibor and eight other African football stars. The proceeds went to children's programmes in the countries of origin of the soccer players involved.


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The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has just completed its analysis of the Paul Ryan budget, and it confirms once again just how regressive the GOP fiscal vision really is — and how absurd GOP intransigence on revenues remains. The key finding:
The Tax Policy Center estimates that cutting individual rates to 10 percent and 25 percent, repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax and the tax increases included in the Affordable Care Act, and cutting the corporate rate from 35 percent to 25 percent would add $5.7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Thus, if House Republicans want to cut these taxes and still collect the revenues they promise, they'd have to raise other taxes by $5.7 trillion.
In other words, to pay for these tax cuts, the Ryan plan would require nearly $6 trillion in new revenues generated by closing loopholes and deductions. TPC's Howard Gleckman says it is "hard to imagine" how that sum could be generated, which is to say, it is "hard to imagine" how tax cuts of this size would be paid for.
But there's another point to be made here. The Ryan plan requires Republicans to find $5.7 trillion in new revenues via loophole closing to pay for these enormous tax cuts, which would hugely and disproportionately benefit the wealthy. But Republican are not willing to agree to cede one-tenth that amount in new revenues to reduce the deficit, to get some of the entitlement cuts they say they want, and to stop the sequester. Remember, Obama's deficit reduction plan asks for $580 billion in new revenues in exchange for over $900 billion in spending cuts. Obama's revenue ask is one-tenth the $5.7 trillion Republicans are willing to scrounge up in new revenues to pay for the Ryan plan's tax cuts. But that one-tenth is too much, even though it would give Republicans the spending cuts they want and would stop the sequester Republicans have said is a threat to the country's military and economy.
Or consider the budget just offered by Senate Democrats, which calls for $975 billion in new revenues in exchange for $975 billion in spending cuts — which would also stop the sequester. That revenue ask is one-fifth the amount Ryan is calling for in loopholes and deductions in order to pay for his plan's huge tax cuts. Obviously that, too, is unacceptable to Republicans — again, even though this would stop the sequester they say is a threat to the country's military and economy.
Oh, and to what extent do the Ryan tax cuts benefit the rich? To this extent:
The tax cuts described in Ryan's budget would generate a huge windfall for high-income taxpayers. On average, households would get a cut of $3,000. But those in the top 0.1 percent of income, who make $3.3 million or more, would get a whopping $1.2 million on average — a 20 percent increase in their after-tax income.
By contrast, middle-income households would get an average tax cut of about $900. Those in the bottom 20 percent (who make $22,000 or less) would get $40 and one-third of them would get no tax cut at all.
An average of more than $1 million in tax rate cuts — a 20 percent increase in after tax income — for those in the top 0.1 percent who make over $3.3 million a year! That illustrates just how regressive this plan really is.
Remember, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Ryan's tax rate cut for the richest is twice the size of the one proposed by Mitt Romney. That's because the baseline now — current law — is the 39.6 percent rate the top earners pay, thanks to the tax hike in the fiscal cliff deal. Ryan's plan would cut that rate from 39.6 percent to 25 percent. In the process, it would require a truly enormous amount of revenues to be generated elsewhere to pay for it.
If Republicans agreed to turn over a small fraction of that sum towards deficit reduction, that would enable scenarios that would turn off the sequester. But since Republicans have adamantly declared that no new revenue must be raised, no matter what, this is a nonstarter. Everything that's raised from closing loopholes has to go only to cutting tax rates, including a huge tax rate cut for the super rich, and not to paying down the deficit or ending destructive sequestration. I don't know if there's any way to illustrate more clearly than this what's really going on here.


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As you may have noticed the blog has not been updated in awhile. We've decided to move the blog to Live Journal. It's more user friendly and would allow readers to become members and post articles of their own. The name is the same,
The community journal is just getting started so forgive the emptiness ( is that word ? lol) Soon it will be up and going. The focus of this community journal is the same as here. There will be articles dealing with both Brad and Angelina, but also other celebrities (not Jennifer Aniston), political figures, and culture. When it comes to posting comments you'll have to be a member to post comments or post to the journal. Signing up for a Live Journal account is easy, harmless, fast, and free. So don't let that stop you.
So please, sign up and become a member =D
Hope to see you there !


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Michael Jackson and his Bulldog Large in 1985
A number of English Bulldogs have received worldwide publicity,
and became real stars:
- Bulldogs known for their special talents like Skateboarding
- Bulldogs that become famous cause they have Famous Celebrity Humans
- Bulldogs known for their performances on TV or in Movies
- Bulldogs known through a heroic deed
- Bulldogs known as the mascot of a sports club or business
Skateboarding Bulldogs
The English Bulldog is not known for its sportsmanship but there is one sport in which they excel, skateboarding! Across the world there are skateboarding Bulldogs and some even became global celebrities by skating.
Two of the first and most famous skateboarding Bulldogs are Tyson and Tillman. Both Bulldogs have a glorious sporting career behind them. Tillman died recently but he will always be remembered by the Bulldog and Skate Community ♥. He was known around the world and even went on tour in his own Tour Bus.
Check the video tribute to Tillman on CBS.
The Bulldog has a sort of natural aptitude for skateboarding, they will not only stand on it and skate off but also do turns and tricks by moving their weight on the board, just like human skaters do. They are Natural Born Skaters!
Famous Bulldog owners
The English Bulldog is also a beloved pet among the stars and celebrities. Many people with a fast and hectic life chose an English Bulldog as their pet. Opposites attracts. The bulldog seem to have a calming and relaxing effect on their owners.
Some of these celebrities put their Bulldog in the spotlight in such a way that the bulldog itself is now a global star.
Brad Pitt (actor) and Angelina Jolie (actress) and Bulldog Jacques
A Quote from Brad Pitt:
"I'm a firm believer Bulldog owners are kindred spirits. Mostly because we can and will have very serious conversations about snorts, farts, shit consistency, crusty eyes, crusty noses, puke, and various forms of gas with other Bulldog owners."
Zahata, Maddox, Jolie walking Jacques
David Beckham (soccer player) Victoria Beckham (singer) and Bulldog Coco
David got his British Bulldog, Coco, as a Christmas gift from wife Victoria.
Valentino Rossi (Racer) with Bulldogs Guido, Cesare and Cecilia
As said many people choose a fast and hectic life for an English Bulldog. Valentino Rossi is an excellent example. Valentino Rossi is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has 8 world titles and 103 Grand Prix victories to his name, making it one of the most successful motorcycle racers ever. Here an interview with Valentino Rossi on his love for the English Bulldog.
ASSEN – Valentino Rossi started at the Dutch TT from pole position, chasing his hundredth Grand Prix victory. The Italian world champion said in talked in our conversation about his love for English bulldogs. The master speaks.
Dogs or cats?
Dogs! Absolutamente. I love them. When I was young we had a cat at home, but I was more fund of dogs. They say that dogs are the best friends of man, huh. Well, that's right I do. I have two English bulldogs. A boy and a girl, she called Cesare and Cecilia. I have a special relationship with them, sometimes I even talk to them. When I see them, they always make me very happy. Even in difficult times they have a very calming effect on me.
In 2000 I suddenly thought: f*ck, I need to have a dog. By that time I did not have a dog for over almost ten years. I've long looked for what kind of dog I would take. There was one that made my friends house into a mess and others were too large. Eventually it became an English bulldog. I drove to a breeder of these dogs and I bought a boy, that I named Guido. I had a special and intimate relationship with him. For the love I pasted a sticker on my bike from him, so he always was with me during the race.
I had Guido for over eight years, unfortunately he didn't live long due to heart failure. Guido died last year, just before the race in Malaysia. I had a very hard time, but luckily I was home when he died. It would have been much heavier if I was not there, so I could give him one last salute.
I then went to Malaysia, where I raced home and drove directly to get a new puppy. I called the breeder and said I was coming. He just had puppies. I looked and found a boy and named him Cesare. I also saw that he had a sister from the same litter. I thought, f*ck, this time I just take two. So I went home with Cesare and Cecilia. I'm glad I did because two dogs are better than one. They both love to have a friend to play with.
A photo & video collection of Celebrities
and their Bulldogs
Carol Gardner from Zelda Wisdom
Who doesn't recognize the Bulldog Posters and Postcards from Zelda Wisdom? Everyone who loves Bulldogs probably heard of Zelda Wisdom. Zelda is such a big celebrity she has appeared in dozens of books, on calendars, on coffee mugs and there were even little figurines made of her.
Most famous are the Zelda greeting cards, they have been carried around the world through Hallmark and American Greetings. Zelda has appeared on dozens of TV shows like Good Morning America, the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today Show, the Martha Stewart Show, CNBC's Power Lunch, FOX's Good Morning Show and so on.
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Michael Phelps (Olympic Swimmer, most decorated Olympian of all time) and his Bulldog Herman
Val Chmerkovskiy (dancer) and his Bulldog Sir Sleep a Lot
According to Val Sir Sleep a Lot is a real Babe Magnet
Chris Brown (Singer) has a Bulldog named Diamond
Justin Bieber ('Singer') with Chris Brown and his Bulldog Diamond
Tyler Posey (Actor)
Shemar Moore (Actor) and his Bulldogs Shug and Moe.
Shirley Temple (Actress)
Cher Lloyd (Singer) and her Buldog Sharon
Marc Bartra (Soccer Player) and his Bulldog Nina
Emma Stone (Actress) and Ryan Gosling (Actor) Bulldog named Maggie
Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit (Rock Band) has a bulldog named Bizkit.
Fred takes Bizkit everywhere he goes and also comes along with the band on tour.
Pink (Singer)had a bulldog named Elvis, that she got from Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley. Tragically Elvis drowned in the pool. Although Elvis was a good swimmer at one point he got in trouble. Pink and her ex husband Carey Hart have tried to resuscitate but to with no success. Pink has a tattoo of Elvis on her arm.
Adam Sandler (actor) has three Bulldogs: Matzoball, Meat Ball and Babu.
Meatball was his first Bulldog and was present at his wedding as ring bearer in full costume. Furthermore, Meat Ball also appeared in the comedy movie Little Nicky.
Wait for the Slip and Roll it's so Funny 😀
Pete Wentz (Guitarist) and his Bulldog Hemmingway
The Fall Out Boy bass player even let his bulldog Hemingway star in one of their music videos and Hemmingway was the ring bearer at the wedding with Ashlee Simpson.
Paris Hilton (Famous Rich Girl)
John Hamm (Actor)
Adele (Singer)
This is not Adele's Bulldog but a Bulldog doing an Adele impressination 😀
AJ Mclean (Singer Backstreet Boys)
Diego Boneta (Actor)
Tyler Blackburn (Actor)
Verne Troyer (Actor: Mini-me from Austin Powers)
Cesar Milan (Dog trainer) and his Bulldog Mr President
In one of Cesar Milan's TV Shows another Celebrity Bulldog owner pops up, the Stand up Comedian Ralphie May and his Bulldog Hoochie Mama
Gloria Estefan (Singer)
Gloria even wrote a children's book about a Bulldog named The magically mysterious adventures of Noelle the Bulldog.
Jessica Biel (Actress) and her Bulldog East
Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Osbourne (Singer/TV celebs)
Janet Jackson (Singer) and her 3 Bulldogs
Jane Birkin (Actress/Singer) and her Bulldog Dora
Ryan Phillippe (Actor) and his Bulldogs Frank Sinitra
Captain and Tennille (Singers)
Ice T (Rapper/Actor) Coco (Actress) and their Bulldogs Spartacus and Maximus
They even Fly in style in a private Jet in their very own Chair 😀
Spartacus and Maximus have their own Twitter account
Iggy Azalea (Rapper) and her Bulldog Jelli
Brendan Gallagher (Ice Hockey player) and his cuddle buddy, Gus
Howard and Beth Stern (Radiostar and TVceleb) and their Bulldog Bianca
How Cute when Howard shares he shares the Bathroom with his Bulldog and they watch Vampire Diaries together 😀 and both Howard and Bianca are also advocates for Animal Rights.
Jay Baruchel (Actor) and his Bulldog Pal
Lindsay Lohan (Actress)
Daisy Fuentes (Tv Host) and her Bulldog Alfie
Tony Oller (Actor)
Louise Redknapp (Singer, Presenter) and Bulldog Bennie
Quote from Louise about the Bulldog Spirit:
I've always loved bulldogs and Bennie is my third. I have another at home, Lola, but she's 13 and needs her rest.
I love the bulldog character. They have a huge amount of spirit but they're very soft and gentle, perfect family pets. When he comes into the office he puts a smile on everyone's face no matter what their day's been like, rain or shine he makes us feel happy 😀
Chad Michael Murray (Actor)
Rosalind Russell (Actress)
Miley Cyrus (Singer) and her Bulldog Ziggy
Reese Witherspoon (Actress) and her Bulldog Frank Sinatra
Bill Kaulitz (Singer) and his Bulldog Pumba
Dwayne The Rock Johnson (Actor)
Jake Owen (Singer) and his Bulldog Merle
Henry James Harry Redknapp (Soccer Coach)
Shia Labeouf and Carey Mulligan (Actor/Actrice) and Bulldog Brando
John Legend (Singer) and his English Bulldog Puddy and French Bulldog Pipa
In this video you see John Legend celebrating a perfectly matched couple, his pet bulldogs. John Legend serenading his well-dressed pooches, Puddy and Pippa, with his hit All of Me during their walk down the rose petal-strewn aisle.
While the timing of the post led a number of the Grammy winner's fans to believe it was an April Fool's prank, the canine ceremony was staged to promote his charity, The Show Me Campaign.
John Singleton (director)
Jason Aldean (Singer)
Regina Hall (on the left, Actress) and her Bulldog Zeus
Truman Capote (Writer) and his Bulldog Maggie
Matt Flynn (NFL Player)
Johnny Vaughan (Journalist/TV celeb) with his Bulldog named Geoffrey
Leonardo Di Caprio (Actor)
Roger Whittaker (Singer)
Drea de Matteo (Actress)
Dave Annable (Actor)
Rob Dyrdek (Skateboarder) and his Bulldog Meaty and Beefy
Gabe Barham (Actor) and his bulldog Bentley on Tour together
Angela Sarafyan (actress)
Joe Jonas (Singer) and his Bulldog Winston
Janice Dickinson (Model/TVceleb) and her Bulldog Lloyd
Anna Pavlova (Ballerina)
Analeigh Tipton (model) with her Bulldog Titan
Will Smith (actor) and his Daughter Willow Smith have a Bulldog named Rockefeller
Divine (Actor, Singer, DragQueen) and her Bulldogs Beatrix and Klaus
Olivia Wilde (Actress) and her Bulldog Lola
Scott Walker (Singer/Songwriter)
A lot of people think Winston Churchill (British Politician) owned Bulldogs, in fact Sir Churchill owned Poodles. Churchill got his nickname the Bulldog for being very persistant and never giving up.
Some more Bulldog owners:
– Danny Masterson (actor, 70's show)
– Mark McGrath (singer also known as Sugar Ray)
– Warren Harding (29th president of the USA) had a Bulldog called "Oh Boy" )
– Calvin Coolidge (30th president of the USA) had a Bulldog called "Boston Beans")
– Vincent Price (actor)
– Tennessee Williams (writer)
– Doc Severinsen (jazz trumpeter)
– Truman Capote (writer)
– Kelly Packard (actress)
– Kim Clijsters (tennis player)
– Sanaa Lathan (actress)
– John de Wolf (football)
– Christian Alberts (Formula 1 driver)
The Bulldogs in movies and on TV
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman is an American detective series. The series ran from 1987 to 1992. William Conrad played Jason Lochinvar "A.K.A. the Fatman" McCabe, a prosecutor. He is usually accompanied by his English bulldog Max. He works with the younger detective Jake Styles (Joe Penny) and assistant officer Derek Mitchell (Alan Campbell). The Role of Max the Bulldogs was played by Buford the Bulldog.
Jake and the Fatman intro (Bulldog @ 0:26)
Mr Magoo
In the outrageous tradition of Spy Hard and The Naked Gun, zany big-screen funnyman Leslie Nelson brings Mr. Magoo hysterically to life in this wild and wacky comedy hit!
Bulldog @ 0:28
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a silly comedy. Satan (Harvey Keitel) decides that his youngest son, Nicky (Adam Sandler), should be ruler of the underworld. The two devils go to New York and then all hell breaks loose! Nicky is the only one who can stop his brothers.
With the help of a talking Bulldog he tries fervently to master all the strange human habits, like eating, drinking and sleeping. And he's always so cold! The faith of humanity lies in the hands of a devil who behaves like an angel !
Van Wilder
Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is an extremely popular student at Coolidge College who has been in school for seven years. He enjoys his Student Life with his best Buddy Colossus the Bulldog. For the past six semesters, he has made no effort to graduate, instead spending his time organizing parties and fundraisers, doing charity work, helping other students, and posing for figure drawing classes. When Van's father (Tim Matheson) discovers that Van is still in college, however, he decides to stop paying Van's tuition.
From the Movie Leatherheads
(Bulldog @ 00:40)
Bulldog Hero
English Bulldogs are not known as good swimmers. Because of their heavy build and short legs they have to work extra hard to keep their heads above the water. Especially since Bulldogs are known as poor swimmers that is what makes the following extra special:
August 3, 2008 A bulldog owner from Michigan USA was walking his dog when his bulldog, Napoleon, suddenly yank hard and started to run to a nearby lake. The owner of Napoleon hurried after him and he saw Napoleon coming back from the water with something in his mouth. In his mouth he seemed to have a kind of cloth bag. Napoleon dragged the bag out of the water and brought it to his boss. His owner suddenly heard soft meows coming from the bag. It appeared that there were six kittens in the bag, two of them unfortunately did not survive but because of the heroic intervention of Napoleon four kittens were rescued and they all found good homes. Napoleon got several prizes for his heroic deed.
A video of Napoleon: Napoleon the Doghero -> Video
Bulldog Mascots
The Bulldog is known to most people, usually they remember the funny and striking appearance. The Bulldog as a breed is a symbol of strength and perseverance. This is one of the reasons why the bulldog became a mascot or symbol of one of many brands, sports teams, etc. Below some of these famous Bulldog mascots and logos.
Blue the mascot of Butler University
Bully the mascot of Mississippi State University
Handsome Dan from the Yale University
Some more info on all the Handsome Dan
Jack the Bulldog mascot of the Georgetown University
Jack Meets Blue III
Uga the Bulldog, the mascot of the University of Georgia
Uga is one of the world's most famous Bulldog mascots. He has starred on the cover of the Sports Illustrated and has played a supporting role in the movie Midnight in the Garden with Clint Eastwood. He made himself extra popular with the fans in 2008 when he stood at the sideline and ran on the field to tackle a member of the opposing team.
Tupper the official mascot to Bryant University in Smithfield
You can find Tupper on Twitter: @BryantTuppy
The English Bulldog is the mascot and logo of the U.S. Marine Corps
President Obama greeting Tillman as the Marine Mascot.
Chesty the new Marine Corps Mascot
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A story is told of a traveler bold,
In the days of the Hartford coach,
In a big blanket rolled, for the weather was cold,
Here he was just as snug as a roach.
But the snow gathers deep as onward they creep,
And the snow rising higher he saw.
And the driver he cried to the man at his side,
"We shall soon get a Chateaugay thaw."
Then the man in the coach, lying snug as a roach,
Gently smiled like an infant at sleep,
But the horses' slow gait never told him his fate
In the snowdrifts so wide and as deep.
At last came a shout and they tumbled him out,
And a sleigh was his fate, then he saw
But a man with a song, pointing to the sky,
Saying, "here comes a Chateaugay thaw."
"Let it come" said our man, "Just as quick as it can,
For I never was fond of the snow;
Let it melt from the hills, let it run down the rills,
Then back to our coach we may go."
But the wind raised the song and the snows sailed along,
And the cold it was piercing and raw,
And the man in the rug from his covering snug,
Wished and prayed for the Chateaugay thaw.
When the sleigh with it's load reached the old Malone road,
Where the drifts reared themselves mountain high,
Malone on the west buried deep out of sight,
Left a white desert plain 'neath the sky.
Not a fence nor a tree could the traveler see,
As he covered close down in the straw,
And the driver he sighed as the prospects he eyed,
"By George, here's a Chateaugay thaw."
While he spoke, lo! the snow hides from the track,
And is drifting high over the sled.
Then the traveler bold, though decrepit and old,
Hurled the driver down in the straw,
Crying out, "Driver, speak, e'er my vengeance I wreak,
What d'ya mean by a Chateaugay thaw?"
Then the old gossips say, he arose in the sleigh,
And extended his hand o'er the scene,
And he laughed and then shrieked,
And the sleigh groaned and creaked,
And he said, "I will tell you just what I mean.
"When the north wind doth blow and there's ten feet of snow,
And the ice devils nibble and gnaw,
When the snow fills your eyes and the drifts quickly rise,
This is known as a Chateaugay thaw."
Then the traveler arose and he smote him with blows,
And they sank in a deadly embrace.
And none knew the spot till the June sun was hot,
And a hunter by chance found the place.
Here they made them a grave,
Where the storms loudly rave,
And the epitaph lately I saw.
"Two men lie beneath and they came by their death
Frozen stiff in a Chateaugay thaw."


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Issue 110 / Fall 2011
STORIES Paul Zimmerman Full Remittance John Matthew Fox Drive-by Horoscope Theodore Wheeler The First Night of My Down-and-Out Sex Life Annalisa Grier Diamondback Marvin Shackelford Cannibals in the Neighborhood Kevin Adler The Lake in Winter Peter Stenson You May Know Me as the E-Trader Baby Aubrey Hirsch No System for Blindness Peter Levine Often Remembered Doug Swift The Sinking Boy Eric Wasserman The Job Liza Costello The Strangler Tree Barbara Ann Porte Marilyn Monroe in Heaven
POEMS Zoe Donaldson Nonesuch Henry Darger Writes a Love Poem Thomas March Summer City Morning, after a Sudden Storm Abby E. Murray Shortly before the World Ended James K. Zimmerman Since Evolution Is Just a Theory: The Birth of Sex Kate Robinson after hours, off the cross Kate Asche Hand Song Kathleen Kirk Last Day in Cuba Jacqueline Kolosov Abide with Me Jim Papa The Fallow Sea The White Moon Corrine Elysse Adams A Boring Suicide Thomas Hawks Standard Time Dudley Laufman Stove
ESSAYS AND MEMOIRS Robert Aquinas McNally The Healing of the Wild Laura Jean Baker Sixpence Christopher Thorton The Day after, the Way Forward: Letter from Egypt Irene O'Garden Walking South
From the editor's desk
Editor's Remarks
We are pleased to publish, in this issue, the prize-winning poem of Confrontation's 2011 Poetry Contest, "Nonesuch." Written by Zoe Donaldson, a young poet who graduated Bates College in Maine just this past spring, "Nonesuch" is an elegy for her father, and the form it takes—a villanelle—was inspired by Elizabeth Bishop's villanelle "One Art." Donaldson also submitted another poem, "Henry Darger Writes a Love Poem," which we are pleased to print here as well.
The poet left Maine after graduating and now lives in New York, which certainly has a less-challenging climate, even if its other challenges are formidable. (But is there any place in the United States where the young—as well as the not so young—are not facing challenges in 2011?) Donaldson works at Poets House in lower Manhattan, a splendid, largely glass building overlooking the broad Hudson River, close to where the Twin Towers were prior to 9/11, and where their replacement, the Freedom Tower, is steadily rising into the air. The area is thus a site of energetic creation and civilization. Poets House is the preeminent center for poetry in the United States, and it is an enviable place for a young poet to work. But Donaldson is not stopping here: she intends to pursue an MFA in poetry sometime within the next few years and of course to continue writing poetry.
We would like to thank, once again, all the poets who submitted poems to Confrontation's 2011 Poetry Contest. Around our offices, Belinda Kremer, Confrontation's Poetry Editor, radiated pleasure at the number of submissions and the chance to read your work.
Selected Highlights:
Your face flashes in the road when I cross nonesuch river.
What a stupid name, we might have said—one thought, our own.
Often Remembered
You May Know Me as the E-Trader Baby
Drive-By Horoscope
Full Remittance
There Isn't Much Poetry
the back and forth
the running of yellow lights
Since Evolution Is Just a Theory: The Birth of Sex
in The Garden it dawned on them that they were
naked and they were hot and in shape but E
The White Moon
the worn rosaries of the past.
But I want to sleep with the wood duck


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Plead guilty to civil disobedience, WSJ urges Anwar
Posted on 25 May 2012
(The Malaysian Insider) – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should plead guilty to the charge of taking part in an unlawful street protest if the opposition leader believes his archrival Datuk Seri Najib Razak's reforms are inadequate, says the Wall Street Journal.
The international financial daily wrote in an opinion piece last night that "if Mr. Anwar wants to practise civil disobedience, he can't pretend to be innocent at the same time."
"While Mr. Najib deserves credit for his reforms, the opposition also has good reasons to criticise them as inadequate," it wrote in its Review & Outlook Asia section. "Both sides have to learn to put their faith in the electorate rather than the courts."
"A more straightforward way to convince the public that the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) is an unjust law would be to plead guilty and pay the fine ahead of the election," the influential newspaper said.
The PKR de facto leader, his deputy president Azmin Ali and Rembau division chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin were charged on Tuesday with taking part in the April 28 Bersih 3.0 rally under section 4(2)(c) of the PAA which bars street protests.
Prime Minister Najib had said when tabling the law in Parliament last year that it would be "revolutionary" and allow Malaysians to participate in public gatherings "in accordance with international norms."
They are also charged under the Penal Code with conspiring to disobey the court order and face up to six months' jail and/or a fine of up to RM2,000.
Anwar and his colleagues pleaded not guilty to both offences, with the charge under the Peaceful Assembly Act carrying a maximum fine of RM10,000.
If Anwar is fined by RM2,000 or more, he will be ineligible to contest elections for five years. Najib must call an election within the year.


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Installing WINAVR
First of all download WinAVR. You can download newest stabile version. For all recent versions installation is mostly the same. Installing and Configuring WinAVR - Touches on everything, although 2 years out of date.
WinAVR is not just one tool, like many other software names. WinAVR is instead a set of tools, these tools include avr-gcc (the command line compiler), avr-libc (the compiler library that is essential for avr-gcc), avr-as (the assembler), avrdude (the programming interface), avarice (JTAG ICE interface), avr-gdb (the de-bugger), programmers notepad (editor) and a few others. These tools are all compiled for MS Windows OS and are put together into one installer program.
Let's say we are installing by default in C:\WinAVR directory. Then GNU Binutils will be installed in C:\WinAVR\Bin. Because GCC is adapted to AVR platform, then every utility name begins with avr- prefix, for example avr-as.exe, avr-gcc.exe and so on.


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We really enjoy it when we find a residential project that has to do with art. Sure, you could say that most buildings relate to art one way or another, but Villa VH en T was especially developed to house the extensive art collection belonging to the owner. This beautiful and creative home comes from Beel & Achtergael Architects, has a total surface of 862 m2 and is located in Flanders, Belgium. The plan was to create a "small world" by organizing all the rooms on the ground floor U-shaped around the outdoor patio. The living room is the focal point of the whole residence and also the place where guests can gather around, have fun and talk about art while actually admiring it. Floor to ceiling windows and walls painted in white transform this architecture project into a "spotless" (to be read "without fault") home whose features are worth discovering step by step.
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The IDB honors Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 17:47
The ambassador of Peruvian cuisine will deliver the Cátedra Enrique Iglesias of Culture and Development on May 21, 2019. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced today that the chef Gastón Acurio was recognized with the Cátedra Enrique V. Iglesias of Culture and Development. This award was created by the organization to distinguish those who have excelled in their work of promoting the progress of Latin America and the Caribbean through the arts and culture.
IDB Launches GBP 500 Million 1.250% Benchmark Due December 2025
Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 15:27
The transaction pays an annual coupon of 1.250% and matures on 15 December 2025. It priced with a spread of 40 basis points over the 2.000% UKT due September 2025, which represents a reoffer yield of 1.305% annually. The strength of investor demand allowed IDB to both tighten re-offer pricing as well as up-size the transaction. The final size of the deal matched IDB's previous largest GBP-denominated syndicated transaction, and the pricing is the tightest Gilt spread achieved in 2019 for an SSA GBP-denominated benchmark maturing in 2025.
Inter-American Development Bank Prices AUD 500 Million 5-Year 'EYE' Bond
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 13:07
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IADB" or "IDB"), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), priced a new AUD500 million 5-year fixed rate Kangaroo offering under the Education, Youth, and Employment ("EYE") Bond program.
IDB selects CastleOak Securities to its Discount Note Dealer Group
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 10:25
To partner with the IDB to broaden the distribution of its debt securities.
Spain makes contribution to IDB's migration initiative
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 16:02
Event on migration analyzes impact on Latin America MADRID - Spain has made a $5 million contribution to help the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) tackle urgent development challenges posed by the rise of transborder migrations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contribution was announced at the conference Migration and Cities: The Road to Inclusive Integration held March 20, 2019 in Madrid.
IDB launches Superheroes of Development contest to recognize executing agencies
Monday, March 4, 2019 - 18:41
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.
Standard & Poor's affirms IDB's AAA/A-1+ ratings and upgrades SACP to 'aaa' from 'aa+"
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 17:51
Standard & Poor's has affirmed the Inter-American Development Bank's 'AAA' long-term and 'A-1+' short-term issuer credit rating with a stable outlook. Also, following a review under the revised criteria for multilateral lending institutions, the IDB's stand-alone credit profile was upgraded from 'aa+' to 'aaa', due to its extremely strong enterprise risk profile and very strong financial risk profile.
IDB and CDB to expand the Sustainable Energy Facility (SEF) for the Eastern Caribbean
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 11:21
US$ 85.6 million programme will fund geothermal power and institutional capacity projects in five Eastern Caribbean nations The Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean (SEF-Expanded) is designed to reduce the financial, technical, and institutional barriers to geothermal energy development in five Eastern Caribbean nations. It will also aid in institutional strengthening and capacity building for those five governments and in partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Declining Export Competitiveness: Latin America Urgently Needs a Quality Leap
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 15:28
BUENOS AIRES—In the first quarter of 2018, the value of exports from Latin America and the Caribbean grew at a year-on-year rate of 9.7 percent in comparison with the same period in 2017, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). However, this growth has come amid signs that the region is becoming less competitive amid rising economic risks and global trade tensions.
Multilateral banks reaffirm pledge to support resilient, sustainable infrastructure
Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 16:41
IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno participates in the opening session BALI, Indonesia - The heads of the leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) meeting at the Global Infrastructure Forum 2018 (GI Forum) today expressed their condolences following the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods in Sulawesi, Indonesia and reaffirmed their commitment to work together to deliver infrastructure that is resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.


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Life is moving fast right now in my world and I keep forgetting that I am having another baby in 8 weeks or less. And then I get kicked in the ribs by a foot and get a not so gentle reminder. It's all good, but pretty funny when I am sitting here at the computer. Luckily, the baby enjoys photo sessions and appointments and drifts off to sleep during those times!
I am just finishing up one of my big order batches from the late summer sessions. Since I am talking baby stuff at the moment, I thought I'd post the most adorable 1 year old. Little Izzie and her big blue eyes was so much to fun to photograph in the studio. One minute she was stoic, then the next minute giggling, but always just as cute as can be.


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Keep lines together
You can keep all lines of a paragraph together on a page or in a column so that the paragraph is not split between two pages.
Select the lines that you want to keep together.
On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab.
Select the Keep lines together check box.
Keep paragraphs together
You can keep paragraphs together, such as a heading and the next paragraph, on a page or in a column.
Select the paragraphs that you want to keep together on a page.
On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab.
Select the Keep with next check box.
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Select the Widow/Orphan control check box.
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9 Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Finances and How to Stop
Many people are sabotaging their own financial situation without even realizing it. They may be so focused on just one aspect, like their career, that they are ignoring other parts of their finances. They may be too afraid to address the things that need to be changed, or under the impression that things will somehow work out if they just keep working harder. The truth is that without effort and making deliberate changes, you will not change your financial situation. Learn if you are sabotaging your own finances and the ways that you can stop.
Failing to Contribute to Retirement
Although you may not feel any worry or concern now, in the future, you will struggle if you are not contributing to retirement. The sooner you begin, the less you will need to worry. There will come a time when your retirement accounts begin earning more each month than you are contributing and then your savings will really begin to grow. You do not want to rely on Social Security, because it is unclear how that program will be functioning in the future.
Action Steps:
- Start contributing up to your employer's match as soon as you are eligible. Talk to your human resources representative to find out when you can. If you are self-employed or do not qualify open an IRA or another self-employed retirement account.
- Each year raise the percentage that you contribute until you are up to fifteen percent of your income. You can adjust as you receive raises so that you do not feel like you are missing anything.
Using Your Credit Card and Carrying a Balance Forward
Unless you are able to pay off your credit card in full each month, it is best not to use your credit card at all. Your credit card balance will slowly rise along with the minimum payment requirement until it is all that you can mange to make the payments. You are giving away your financial future when you carry a credit card balance. It is important to realize just how damaging this can be, because the debt will sneak up on you.
Action Steps:
- Leave your credit cards at home. If you do not have them with you when you go shopping, you will not be tempted to use them.
- Create a plan to pay off the credit cards as quickly as possible. This means cutting back on your expenses, setting up a budget and putting extra money toward your debt each month.
No Emergency Fund
An emergency fund is a like a security blanket. You just feel safer when you have it, but it also protects you so that you can continue to pay your bills when disaster strikes. This can take the stress away from covering a car repair or losing a job. Your emergency fund is there so you do not need to rely on a credit card in these situations.
Action Steps:
- Start putting extra money into a savings account each month. Build up to $1000 before you focus on getting out of debt.
- Once you are out of debt save up a year's worth of expenses. This will cover you through nearly every emergency including losing a job or serious illness where you cannot work.
No Savings
If you want to achieve goals like opening a business, buying a home or going on dream vacation, you really need savings to make that happen. If you are not working on regularly building your savings account, you need to start. It is important to have a solid habit of saving money in place so that you can make a real difference in your future. This will make it possible to begin to build wealth.
Action Steps:
- Start by trying to save an extra $20.00 each week that you put into your savings account.
- Increase the amount you save by looking at your monthly bills and insurance information to see if you can save additional money by switching providers.
- Shop sales and plan ahead for your purchases so you can get the lowest possible prices.
No Goals
If you do not have a goal, you do not know what you are working for. It is like going on a trip with no destination in mind. You can wander around, have some fun, but you do not fulfill a specific purpose. Without financial goals, you will not be able to continue to move forward and accomplish things like buying a home, or retiring when you want to.
Action Step:
- Create a financial plan and set both long-term and short-term goals. The goals may be things like getting out of debt, saving up an emergency fund or buying a home. They should also include long-term goals like paying for you children's college education and retiring. Break the goals down into smaller steps that you can start taking today.
- Talk to a financial advisor, once you are out of debt, and determine what type of investments you need to make to reach those goals.
- Adjust the goals every few years to make sure you stay on track.
No Budget
A budget may seem like a lot of work, or you may be frustrated because you never seem to have enough money. It can be scary to budget when you are constantly worried about if you will be able to make ends meet. It is work to budget, but it lays out a plan. A budget allows you to make sure your spending matches your priorities and that you are setting aside money each month to reach your financial goals. It is one of the most important things you need to do if you want to change your financial future.
Action Steps:
- Set up a budget today to see if you are making enough to cover your basic expenses.
- Set aside money to cover your financial goals.
- Find a budgeting system that makes budgeting easier for you. This may be an online system, switching to primarily cash for your expenses, or a software program.
Staying at a Low Paying Job
A bad job is better than no job right? You may have taken a lower paying job right after college graduation to gain experience or because of a difficult job market. However, staying underemployed and not making enough can be damaging to your future finances. It can limit your earning power, and you may be relying on credit cards to get by. It is important to start looking for a better paying job now.
Action Steps:
- Start looking for better paying jobs in your company or at a new organization.
- Take advantage of tuition reimbursement programs if you need to gain additional skills in order to get a better paying job.
- Create a budget so that you do not rely on your credit cards and consider taking a second job to help make ends meet.
If you are consistently overspending, you are stopping yourself from reaching your financial goals. You may also be accumulating debt, especially if you are not paying attention to what you are spending and when. It can be difficult to change this habit, especially if you are not tracking your spending with a budget.
Action Steps:
- Switch to cash only for your spending problem areas.
- Seek help if you really do have a spending problem and you cannot seem to stop. There are support groups and counseling available to help make this easier to do.
Bad Habits
Your bad habits can be expensive and cost you money that you could use to reach your goals. Cigarettes, alcohol, gambling and even compulsive shopping can wrack up the bills and make it difficult to make ends meet or reach your goals. Although you may feel like you can afford these habits or you do not want to quit, it is important to consider whether or not they are worth sacrificing financially in order to keep doing them.
Action Steps:
- Choose one habit to quit this month. Seek help if you know you will have a difficult time because you are addicted.
- Set aside money in your budget to cover these habits. Try limiting the amount you spend on each one each week. Make each habit it's own category. This can help you see how


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LFC Seattle News
The 2016-17 season is upon us and we have plenty of new faces to get used to.
Exciting times at the moment, as we look forward to some great football as Jurgen Klopp finally has purchased some of his own players and has a full preseason under his belt ....
The season is going to be one of the most exciting, with the Premier League now having teams with top quality players and at least 6 teams with top top management, that will be an incredible challenge for all concerned.
Hopefully we will see a lot of our fans gathering at our partner pubs and cheering on the boys!
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Before the start of the season Chelsea were the bookies favourites to win the Barclays Premier League.
They had recently employed one of the best managers in the world in Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea, as they normally do, had also strengthened there already strong team, but they looked like they have already lost their grip on their almost certain Premier League victory.
In my opinion this is a result of one factor: Their lack of a goal scorer.
Mourinho had four top class strikers to choose from after the signing of Samuel Eto'o from Anzhi Makhachkala in the summer and the recent return of Romelu Lukaku from his successful loan spell at West Bromwich Albion along with the two strikers that were already present, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba.
Mourinho's Chelsea had their first major challenge in the form of the Super Cup final against the formidable Bayern Munich, which they lost on penalties with Lukaku missing the fatal spot kick.
Mourinho decided to loan Romelu Lukaku to Everton on transfer deadline day. Since Lukaku's departure to Everton, Chelsea have struggled to convert their chances as Torres, Eto'o and Ba have yet to register a single goal in the Premier League.
In comparison Lukaku has hit the back of the net four times already this season. This shows the quality that Lukaku possess.
There is no doubt that Chelsea have enough flair and creativity within their ranks to open up numerous numbers of defences in the Premier League and in Europe, with the likes of Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Oscar, Willian and André Schürrle and so on.
These players suggest that Chelsea would not struggle to come by goals but this isn't the case, since the opening day of the season Chelsea have been grinding out results against teams they should be thrashing.
There is no doubt that that Eto'o once was the best striker in the world along with Fernando Torres but they're both past their prime and Ba has struggled to settle at Chelsea since his transfer from Newcastle in January.
Chelsea need a young enthusiastic goal scorer, which they had in Lukaku.
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Twist of Fate [1954] [DVD]
Ginger Rogers
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Ginger Rogers, moving inexorably towards her sell-by date, stars in this British-made thriller set on the French Riviera and directed by David Miller. She plays a woman who, let down by her wealthy and married racketeer lover (Stanley Baker), contemplates killing herself but, instead, hooks up with a Frenchman (Jacques Bergerac) and finds herself implicated in murder.
This is a labyrinthine, depressing and unconvincing melodrama, although the always interestingly suave Herbert Lom makes a welcome appearance in a supporting role.
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LIIFE Comes to Bellmore Once More
One of the Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World is gracing the screen of the historic 350-seat Bellmore Movies once more, through Tuesday, July 21, as the Long Island International Film Exposition comes to Bellmore to showcase 126 short and feature-length films featuring many top actors from the Hollywood screen getting full exposure in a number of independent films from top-flight indy producers and directors.
Named of the top 25 coolest film festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine, LIIFE is one of Long Island's most prestigious film festivals and the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, a not-for-profit, is also the foremost group providing support to the film/TV and commercial industries on Long Island.
Debra Markowitz, director of the Nassau County Film Office and vice-president of the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, recently remarked that "It's exciting to see LIIFE become such a premiere film community on Long Island. Having several of my own films on the festival circuit and seeing what other film festivals do to serve the filmmakers, I see how important LIIFE is to fostering a cohesive festival family for foreign, domestic and, of course, our own local filmmakers."
LIIFE is the premiere filmmaker community on Long Island sponsored by the Long Island Film/TV Foundation (LIFTF) and the County of Nassau, offering networking opportunities, a 350 seat historic theater, press and media opportunities, a convenient filmmakers lounge and several discussion panels with topics ranging from distribution to scriptwriting, legal music, and a filmmaker panel/breakfast.
Some of this year's films include Immunity, written by Bellmore's Shari Goldstein Umansky, which stars Rena Sofer, with filming at Bethpage's Gold Coast Studios. Long Island premieres include The Train, written and directed by Asher Grodman and featuring Eli Wallach in his last film; Rye Manhattan from Director Michael Goldberg; Mother from Director Joseph Halsey, and By Blood from North Merrick Director Debra Markowitz, which features Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling and filmed in Nassau County.
Other notable films at this year's LIIFE include Stuff by Sayville writer/director Suzanne Guacci, which shot all over Nassau and Suffolk and stars Phyllis Somerville, Yvonne Jung, Traci Dinwiddie, Karen Sillas and Kevin Brown; Stand Up Guy, directed by Bellmore's Lee Kolinsky; Good Business, written and directed by Frank Dale Arroyo, which filmed in Nassau County and stars Timothy D. Stickney and Jordan Lage; Mommy's Box, directed by Johnny Greenlaw, which filmed in Nassau County; Sugar! directed by Shari Berman and starring Robert Clohessy (LIIFE Creative Achievement Honoree); and My Friend Ed, a documentary about LIIFE Lifetime Achievement honoree Ed Asner, which features Elliot Gould, John Heard, Ed Begley Jr., Mike Farrell and Valerie Harper.
New York premieres include Stuck in Mute from Director Shane Meuwissen; Detours by Director Robert McCaskill and starring Richard Kind, Paul Sorvino, Michael Cerveris and Phyllis Somerville; and Sottoterra – Under the Ground from Director Federico Olivetti filmed in Tuscany, Italy.
Festival world premieres include The Grand Heist from Director Peter Frizalone of Massapequa which shot in Bethpage at Gold Coast Studios; and The Guest from Director Alexander Volkovskiy filmed in Russia.
With a heavy celebrity presence, visits in past years have included a wide range of noted actors and actresses including Steve Buscemi, Ralph Macchio and Ally Sheedy!
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