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There's no great contemporary who is less read than Ezra Pound, I recall Hugh Kenner saying more than thirty years ago. If that was true then, it's certainly even truer today. How widely is Pound being taught in colleges and universities beyond the few poems included in anthologies? Are young American poets reading him and being influenced by him? I suspect not much. More than Eliot, Stevens, and Moore, Pound is looked upon as an impossibly difficult poet. Not many read his essays either, and yet when his subject was poetry, Pound was one of our most astute literary critics. His writings on religious, historical, economic, and political themes are another matter. He was wrong about a lot of things. After 1945, when his fascist sympathies and his broadcasts on the Rome radio during the war became widely known and he was brought back to the United States to stand trial as a traitor and subsequently committed to a madhouse, there was even more reason to be wary of him. What does one do with a poet who compared Hitler to Jeanne d'Arc? These two new books with their magnificent poems and translations, meticulously annotated and edited by Richard Sieburth, remind us once again that the question will not go away.
With his stupefying contradictions, Pound is a kind of character, one is tempted to say, that only America can produce. Grandson of a congressman from Wisconsin and descendent of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on his mother's side, he was born in 1885 in Hailey, Idaho, where his father had gone to work for the Land Office. His parents moved back east shortly after, first to New York and then to a suburb of Philadelphia, where Pound grew up and published his first poem, a limerick on the defeat of William Jennings Bryant in the presidential election of 1896. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he met William Carlos Williams and Hilda Doolittle, and after graduation went to teach Romance languages at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. His academic career ended abruptly in the very first semester of teaching. He was accused by his landladies of letting an actress spend the night in his rooms and swiftly sacked by the college. With nothing definite in view for the future, he sailed for Europe in March of 1908, going to Venice initially, where he published his first volume of verse, A Lume Spento, in 150 copies at his own expense and shortly after settling to work and live in London, where except for frequent trips to the Continent and one trip back to the States in 1910, he remained for the next twelve years. As for God's Own Country, there was no man living there whose art in letters was of the slightest interest to him, he said, no living American with the sole exception of Bliss Carman, who will not improve by drowning.
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Nashua native Nolan: So far, so good playing ball for Triple-A Buffalo
Seattle, WA, USA; Minnesota Twins center fielder Sam Fuld (1) is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run against the Seattle Mariners during the third inning at Safeco Field. (Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports)
NASHUA native
Kevin Nolan
went 2-for-4 with two runs scored to help Triple-A Buffalo defeat Lehigh Valley 9-7 Friday night.
Nolan has now played in two games with Buffalo since being called up from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats last week. In a 3-1 Buffalo win on Thursday Nolan went 1-for-3.
After playing in seven games with Buffalo back in April, Nolan has raised his Triple-A batting average to .269 with five runs and an RBI.
The shortstop who played at Nashua South has appeared in 82 games with the Fisher Cats this season, hitting .258 with five home runs, 35 RBIs and seven stolen bases.
has seen his hot July cool off a bit after the All-Star break.
Fuld, a Durham native and outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, is just 2-for-14 since the ASG on July 15.
Fuld's average is now .260 for the season, but climbed steadily in the month of July as he seemed to find his groove after coming back from a month out of action due to a concussion.
He began July batting just .214 but has hit a torrid .370 this month to raise his average, reaching a high of .269 after a 1-for-2 outing in a 5-3 loss to Tampa Bay a week ago.
A career .239 hitter over his six MLB seasons, Fuld hit .299 in 65 games with the Cubs in 2009 for his career best.
Jeff Locke
improved to 2-1 on the season with a strong outing a week ago. He was scheduled to start Saturday night against Colorado.
Locke scattered seven hits and three runs over six innings of work to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 win over Colorado.
The runs came early in the game via the long ball as
Josh Rutledge
Mike McKenry
homered in the first two frames. Locke has now run his streak to eight consecutive quality starts even though he has not been on the receiving end of many "Ws" due to leaving the game behind or tied thanks to inconsistent run support from his offense.
Pittsburgh has won seven of the past eight games that Locke has started.
FORMER Keene Swamp Bat
Ben Paulsen
made MLB debut Monday night with the Colorado Rockies. He went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in a 7-2 loss to Washington.
A Clemson product, Paulsen was a 2010 third round draft pick in 2010 and has spent most of this season in Triple-A with Colorado Springs, where he was an a PCL all-star while hitting .291 with 15 home runs.
Paulsen started in 18 games for the Swamp Bats in 2007, hitting .318 with two homers and 11 RBIs. He becomes the 23rd former Swamp Bats player to make the MLB ranks.
Derrick Sylvester
had a rough outing on Tuesday night, working two-thirds of a inning with the Arizona (Rookie) League Dodgers.
Sylvester, who played for Southern New Hampshire University, allowed a run and two hits in the brief outing. Thus far with the Dodgers, he is 0-2 with an ERA of 2.79 through 9 2/3 innings of work.
Sylvester went 9-2 with a 2.59 ERA in his senior season with the Penmen and was drafted by Los Angeles in the 31st round (939 overall) of this year's draft.

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The Foothill College women's water polo team is all smiles after winning the Northern California championship. The Owls then finished third at the state tournament. Front row, from left Meri Meighan, Riley Negrete, Deanna Farley, Anna Kim, Caroline Norton and Jaimie Breen. Back row Ashley Arras, Sarah Magee, Joanna Short, Venus Beetajian, Dana Delucchi, Hailey Smith, assistant coach Laura Benton, Gurpuran Singh, head coach Jeff Bissell and assistant coach Trisha Quan.
Although the Foothill College women's water polo team failed to claim the state crown, the Owls succeeded in making history.
Foothill placed third in the state tournament – the highest finish in school history – by beating host Diablo Valley 6-5 in overtime Nov. 17.
"The win capped off an amazing season," coach Jeff Bissell said.
The Owls posted a 25-5 record that included a 10-0 mark in the Coast Conference. Foothill won its first Northern California title and didn't lose to a team in the region all season.
The Owls' lone playoff loss came to Fullerton, which prevailed 14-7 the first day of the state tourney. That snapped Foothill's 17-game winning streak.
The Owls rebounded the next day – in dramatic fashion – against Diablo Valley in the third-place game. Foothill trailed 5-4 with 12 seconds left when Jaimie Breen earned a 5-meter penalty shot that Hailey Smith made to tie the game and force overtime.
After the teams played two scoreless quarters of regulation overtime, the game went into golden-goal overtime – next goal wins. In the sixth overtime period, Foothill goalie Dana Delucchi made three one-on-one saves before Breen drilled a 5-meter shot from center cage for the win.
The Owls had an easier time in the NorCal tourney at De Anza the prior weekend. Top-seeded Foothill never trailed in the title game and defeated Diablo Valley 14-6.
Breen, Smith, Deanna Farley, Anna Kim and Gurpuran Singh scored multiple goals for Foothill. Delucchi recorded 10 saves.


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These discharge instructions will give you general information on caring for yourself once you leave the hospital after Transrectus Abdominal Muscle Flap (TRAM) Breast Reconstruction. Please read these instructions and refer to this sheet in the next few weeks. Your doctor may also give you specific information. If you have any problems or questions after discharge, please call your doctor.
You should rest as much as possible during your first two weeks at home. Take a walk once or twice each day, if the weather is good. You will not be able to do any strenuous activities for six weeks. Your doctor will tell you when you may go back to activities that take a lot of strength, like driving and sports. After any drains are removed, you may do light housework. You should avoid heavy lifting, carrying, or pushing (nothing heavier than five pounds). Take many rest periods throughout the day. You may find that you tire more easily than usual.
You can go back to your normal diet as soon as you leave the hospital. Make sure to drink plenty of fluids (six to eight glasses a day). Try to eat a well-balanced diet. Daily portions of food from the meat, dairy, bread, and fruit and vegetable groups are necessary for your good health.
You may wash your hair and sponge bathe. Ask your doctor when you can shower. Do not tub bathe for four weeks. Your surgery has decreased your ability to feel very hot or very cold temperatures on the skin where the surgery was done. Always test the water temperature before you stand in the shower or enter the tub.
You will probably have some mild discomfort after surgery. Take pain relievers as prescribed. You may need a stool softener because some pain medications can cause constipation. If none were prescribed or if your discomfort is mild, you may take over-the-counter pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Motrin). Do not take any product containing aspirin. Call your doctor if your pain gets worse.
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Visitors interact with the Project Runway installation on the High Line this past Tuesday. Photo by Liz Ligon.
This past week Project Runway brought an exciting experience to thousands of High Line visitors with an interactive installation as part of the kick-off of their 10th Season. With the High Line as their runway, visitors struck their best poses, danced, and waved to the applause of Project Runway's virtual judges.
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Meet the 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Male Lead Hopefuls & Vote for Your Favorite!
Casting for the male lead in the highly anticipated film Star Wars: Episode VII is underway and now there are five actors at the top of director J.J. Abrams' list, according to Variety.
Meet the five guys below (in order of the photos above):
- Ed Speelers, 25, is best known for his work on Downton Abbey, which he joined in the third season as the first footman Jimmy Kent. He hails from England and got his career start by playing the title role in the movie Eragon.
- John Boyega, 21, is a British actor whose first film role in the movie Attack the Block earned him several awards, including the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
- Jesse Plemons, 25, is probably the most recognizable to American audiences for playing Todd Alquist in the final season of Breaking Bad. He was also seen in the full series run of Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke.
- Matthew James Thomas, 26, is a British actor who has been making a big splash on the theater scene for his Tony-nominated work in Pippin and being the alternate for the title role in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
- Ray Fisher, 26, is another theater actor who most recently played the role of boxer Muhammad Ali in the workshop of a play based on the athlete's life.
It was recently announced that Girls actor Adam Driver is nearing a deal to play a Darth Vader-esque villain in the movie. Many actors from the original film trilogy are also rumored to return.


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Professor Charles Ogletree selected as the 2010 Frank Boas Harvard Visiting ScholarUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Beginning on January 11, the William S. Richardson School of Law will hold its annual January Term (J-Term) program that offers law students the unique opportunity to take specialized mini-courses taught by leading scholars from around the country. This year, professors from the law schools of Harvard, La Trobe University (Aust.), Seattle, Berkeley and NYU will offer courses on comparative corporate and securities laws of Australia and New Zealand, constitutional law, civil liberties in American History, property rights during rapid social change, and American law under President Obama's leadership.
"We are particularly grateful to these great scholars who come to the Law School and help us continue our longstanding tradition of excellence throughout our curriculum," said Dean Avi Soifer. "In its sixth year, the program continues to offer a tremendous opportunity for students and for everyone at the Law School and throughout the community to get to know and to learn directly from world-renowned scholars who are also wonderfully accessible."
Mr. Frank Boas, a generous supporter of the Law School, sponsors one visiting Harvard professor each J-Term. This year, Professor Charles Ogletree is the 2010 Frank Boas Harvard Visiting Professor. The Wallace S. Fujiyama Distinguished Visiting Professor Fund supports many of our other J-Term professors.
Professor Ogletree will teach a seminar on "President Obama's Impact on America and Beyond: How Will He Help Shape the Legal Landscape?" His course will examine President' Barack Obama's life from his childhood through his election as the first African American President of the United States, with an emphasis on the impact of his leadership on America and the world. Professor Ogletree is a prominent legal theorist and prolific writer with an international reputation as an expert on race and justice and serves as Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.
Tayyab Mahmud is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Global Justice at the Seattle University School of Law, and he is the former Associate Dean for Research and Faculty. He will teach a seminar on "Comparative Constitutional Law: Coup d'Etat & Common Law." This course will compare how courts of common law jurisdictions address the validity of government coup d'etat. His primary research areas are critical legal theory, colonial legal regimes, international law, and post-colonial legal systems.
Harry N. Scheiber is the Stefan A. Riesenfeld Professor of Law and History at Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley. Professor Scheiber will teach a seminar on "Emergency Powers and Civil Liberties in American Constitutional History," focusing on a selected set of episodes in American History when government exercised emergency powers, with particular emphasis on Japanese-American internment, martial law in Hawai'i, and the current 'war on terror' policies. He also serves as the Director of the Institute for Legal Research, Director of the Sho Sato Program in Japanese and U.S. Law, and Co-director of the Law of the Sea Institute at Boalt Hall, and he has served as Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society.
Frank K. Upham is the Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, New York University School of Law. He will teach a seminar on "Property Rights in Economic and Social Development," which will analyze the impact upon property rights and entitlements when societies undergo rapid change for political, economic, or technological reasons. Upham was also a Japan Foundation fellow, a visiting scholar at Doshisha University, a research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Sophia University, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His scholarship has focused primarily on Japan, and his book Law and Social Change in Postwar Japan received the Thomas J. Wilson Prize from Harvard University Press.
Gordon Walker is Professor and Chair of Commercial Law at La Trobe University School of Law in Melbourne, Australia. This is his second time teaching in the J-Term Program. He will teach a seminar on "Public Listing Down Under – Australia and New Zealand Company and Securities Law," focusing on transactional planning issues involving corporate and securities laws of Australia and New Zealand that share a legal heritage with other British enclaves including Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Professor Walker is also Director of the LLM in Global Business Law and the LLM for International Students programs at La Trobe.
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Two Iowa high school students have been awarded scholarships worth $100,000 during four years at Grinnell College. The generous Howard R. Bowen Scholarship program at Grinnell provides selected Iowa scholars a $25,000 scholarship each year for four years, based on a written scholarship examination, an on-campus interview, and continued academic excellence.
Bowen Scholars entering Grinnell College this fall include:
• Vinita Singh, daughter of Ravindra and Natalia Singh of Ames. While a student at Ames High School, Singh participated in community service, debate, mock trial, and Indian classical dance.
• Ben Weideman, son of Mary Weideman and Eleanor Dilkes of Iowa City. While a student at City High School, Weideman participated in varsity and club swimming, All-State and show choirs, and National Honor Society.
The Bowen Scholars are among more than 55 Iowa students who competed for the scholarship, which was established in 1987 to honor Dr. Howard R. Bowen, former president of Grinnell College. The Bowen Scholarship competition is open to all Iowa high school seniors who are United States citizens and eligible to attend Grinnell. For more information about financial aid at Grinnell College, http://www.grinnell.edu/Offices/financialaid/.


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ARM today announced the release of the ARM DS-5 toolchain version 5.12. This latest version adds, among other improvements, the ability to connect the ARM Streamline™ Performance Analyzer to National Instruments (NI) DAQ devices. This provides combined performance and power optimization of ARM processor-based Linux and Android systems. ARM and NI have worked closely together to provide a solution that helps equipment manufacturers to bring to market highly energy-efficient products in a short timeframe.
The Streamline Performance Analyzer provides system-level visibility of complex SoCs. This enables developers to correlate thread activity and application events with performance counters from different system components such as CPUs, GPUs and fabric, highlighting bottlenecks and areas for improvement in the software. Streamline currently supports NI X and M series USB DAQ devices and extends its functionality with the visualization of voltage, current and/or power consumption on multiple power domains with high levels of accuracy. This functionality helps developers to understand how software and system utilization affects their product's energy consumption.
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"Energy efficiency is a primary design concern of hardware and software engineers in an increasing number of market applications," said John Cornish, executive vice president, System Design Division, ARM. "Our partnership with National Instruments sets a new standard in combined power-performance software tuning. Together, ARM DS-5 and NI-DAQ devices provide a scalable and flexible solution that meets the requirements of the next generation of ARM processor-based products."
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In this lesson, preschoolers focus on the alphabet by learning the letters L, R, and K. Kids are guided through the classic children's story of The Lion and the Rat, with an accompanying curriculum that targets each child's understanding of the unique sounds these letters make. Seeing the letters in a fun, engaging environment also reinforces the letter recognition skills crucial for early readers.
In this lesson, preschoolers focus on the alphabet by learning the letters L, R, and K.
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Song: Animals ABC Song
Story: The Lion and the Rat
Story: The Lion and the Rat Comprehension
Game: Penelope Drums
Game: Alphabet Hopper: L, M, N, R
Game: Lion and the Rat Puzzle
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7 U.S. Code § 6941 - Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
Upon establishment, the Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development those functions under the jurisdiction of the Department that are related to rural economic and community development.
Any official who is serving as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) to the successor position authorized under subsection (a) if the Secretary establishes the position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days after October 13, 1994 (or such later date set by the Secretary if litigation delays rapid succession).
Approval authority for loans and loan guarantees in connection with the electric and telephone loan and loan guarantee programs authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) shall not be transferred to, or conditioned on review of, a State director or other employee whose primary duty is not the review and approval of such loans or the provision of assistance to such borrowers.
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec. (e), is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 31 (§ 901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 901 of this title and Tables.
Section is comprised of section 231 of Pub. L. 103–354. Subsec. (f) of section 231 of Pub. L. 103–354 amended section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and repealed sections 2006f and 2211b of this title.
1996—Pub. L. 104–127 struck out "Economic and Community" after "Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural", wherever appearing in section catchline and subsecs. (a) to (c).
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| WMU News
KALAMAZOO--A financial professional with an extensive background in helping to launch startup companies will take the reins of Western Michigan University's Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center.
Stephen J. Haakenson has been named executive director of the BRCC, effective Feb. 6. He comes to the BRCC from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., where he has served as a program/portfolio manager since 2006. In that position, he was responsible for managing state investments in companies to help them develop, grow, expand, diversify and commercialize within the state of Michigan.
The BRCC he will lead is a successful life science economic development initiative established in 2003 by the Michigan Legislature. The center has supported life science startups that, in turn, have created some 250 new jobs and attracted $95 million in investment capital.
Haakenson's appointment to the leadership position coincides with the launch of a second round of funding the BRCC recently received from the state for additional life science startup investment. The new $3.8 million fund, dubbed BRCC-II, will be used to continue the center's legacy of job business support and job creation established with its original $10 million in state funding received in 2003.
"As we launch BRCC-II, I am very pleased to be welcoming Steve Haakenson as our new executive director," says Donald R. Parfet, chair of the BRCC Board of Governors and managing director of the Apjohn Group, a venture capital firm. "Steve brings to the BRCC a strong background in supporting startup companies."
In addition to his most recent position at the MEDC, Haakenson has a background that includes private-sector finance positions with such companies as Government Leasing Co., Herman Miller Inc., Capital Bidco Inc. and FMB-First Michigan Bank. He also has experience as the owner and manager of a successful privately held startup.
"Over the past eight years, the BRCC has provided Michigan's life sciences business sector with a greatly needed funding source for promising new business ventures," Haakenson says. "I am eager to provide the financial expertise and resources I have acquired during my career to expand on the BRCC's success and solidify its reputation as a supportive investor in Michigan's growing entrepreneurial community."
Haakenson replaces John Balbach of the Michigan Small Business and Development Center who led the BRCC on an interim basis while the search for a new executive director took place. The BRCC's founding executive director, Dr. Jack Luderer, is now associate dean for research of the WMU School of Medicine but remains involved with the BRCC. He serves as a member of the BRCC Board of Governors and its Investment Committee.
"We were fortunate to have several excellent applicants for this position," Luderer says. "I am confident that Steve will be successful in leading BRCC-II, and this success will ultimately lead to BRCC-III so that the legacy of this WMU program continues. The continuation of the BRCC complements the life science-based economic development strategy of our region, and has the potential to be synergistic with the research efforts of the new WMU School of Medicine."
The BRCC provides early-stage capital, pharmaceutical expertise and business development consultation. Since its inception, the BRCC has invested $10.1 million in 31 life science companies across Michigan, with 25 of the companies remaining viable entities. Of the total investments, 60 percent has been in Southwest Michigan, with the remaining 40 percent going to firms in the rest of the state. Most BRCC-funded companies are based on patents, 16 of which are licensed from Michigan universities and private inventors in Michigan and another seven coming from universities in other states. The remaining BRCC-funded companies provide services to the life science industry.
"We are excited that Steve is joining us at BRCC-II. His prior work experience fits in well with our needs, and he will provide sound and visionary leadership in this initiative," says Jan VanDerKley, WMU vice president for business and finance and a member of the BRCC Board of Governors.


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Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives. Searching can be done by name, date, size, location etc., and boolean operators are available to to perform multiple keyword searches. You can invoke Windows Explorer context menus on found files to perform operations such as drag/drop, copy, rename, delete etc. It also includes internal viewers for text, HTML and image files.
As the name implies, the program must index the area before searching, but afterward searches almost instantly.
|System Requirements:
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|Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch iyf.exe.
|What's new?
An appreciated feature here is its ability to create different databases which could represent files on different machines. Great portability! Now, would be nice if it could search within the files themselves...
--Gary :)
Searching "within" files is a feature of their commercial product Index Your Files - Revolution.
I like the speed and small size. Works great. I think I will buy the one that works directly from CD. I like the speed of the built-in viewers.
Try to search: *.swf/*.mpg/*.avi/*.pdf and look preview. (auto)
For a file name search tool it's great. Too limited of a tool for me if it can't search within files. It's not in the league of Copernic, X1, etc. but I guess it's not trying to be.
I'm running it on an old PC (400MHz under Win98); indexing speed is very good, and search is way faster than the built-in equivalent from Windows
Excellent choice for a day-to-day search in a folder dedicated to archived documents
I think this program is great but what is the point of having a Delete function when a file can't be deleted because "it is being used by another person or program". Yip, and that program is Index Your Files.
Reply to De:
The preview blocks it, Deactivate the preview, delete, and active preview.
Cheers for that Rafael. All good now. Have also discovered that it would be nice to have an option to exclude subfolders from indexes. And even just selected subfolders. Eg I want to scan my Documents folder but don't want the Music, Pictures and Video folders included because they are indexes of their own. I would like to be able to include other Documents subfolders though.
Sorry Rafael forgot to change name to De.
FYI, Doesn't support running from or indexing UTF named directories.
Improved. If you move a group of files it doesn't automatically update the index. I thought it hadn't moved about 150 files after I came up with the same files at the same location on a second search. So, I tried to move again. (It's a good thing I had AutoIt to write a script because it would have been annoying to have had to hit the OK key 150 times when it told me the files couldn't be found.. :) There was no way to break out of that error loop gracefully. Some more on screen activity showing the moves would be helpful. Would like to see the ability to checkbox multiple directory's to index when browsing instead of having to pick one at a time. The search inside feature is about average as far as speed goes but since it doesn't index the contents of files that's to be expected. It highlights the first instance in the preview screen but I couldn't find a way to go to the next incidence. I'm a fan of indexing stuff and this is much improved over prior versions. Good work.
It would be nice if the website itself had a link for submitting suggestions, etc but it seems here is the only place to do it.
Why is there no option to sort the database lists into alphabetical (or other) order? Is there any way this can be done?
reply to kiwichick.
In the page Web the email is.
... next Alpha add sort database and more :)
... edit index.txi with notepad and sort ;-)
I would like to know if there will be futures updates.
Also how to translate it.
Quite recommended, the application is small, looks nice and finds file in a breeze.
If I would be asked to improve something I would change the GUI so that only the relevant data could be seen i.e. like the FFox sidebar that can be hidden, but altogether I give it a strong thumbs up and will keep it for use on my USBHD .
Rafael Castro: Great Job!
New graphic interface, better preview of files, and others...
I hope you may keep working in this program
Rafael, i've sent the translation into brasilian portuguese; please check your email. great job ! tks
I think this program is great but what is the point of having a Delete function when a file can't be deleted because "it is being used by another person or program
Rename Files
I love the program and am loving it even more now that it's been updated, it's been a godsend! The only feature I'm hoping for is the ability to search exact phrases.
It would be wonderful to have a "show in explorer" option for items that the search returns. Any chance of this? Thanks for the great program!
@David, You can add a shortcut to the folder %USERPROFILE%\SendTo
with name Explorer
and target %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e, /select,
(with both commas) Then you can right click on file or folder and send it to the explorer.
Much improved interface and reasonably fast and still easy to use. Indexed about 285,000 files in about 9 minutes. I like that it will index network drives, USB, local drives, etc. Wish list (1) regex searches (2) ability to search in a results list. David and John Smith, the Open folder icon at the bottom of the Search screen shows selected files in Explorer windows. It will open up multiple windows if the files you select are in different folders.
Searching "within" files is a feature of their commercial product Index Your Files - Revolution
IYF Revolution no longer exists.
The Zip package still seems to be V220.127.116.11, NOT V220.127.116.11
I just downloaded it. It is 220.127.116.11, now.
Ah, that's better :-)
How do you "disable preview" ?
Also, it seems to launch many files just when you select them (as opposed to double clicking them), very annoying.
When hidden the preview (with splitter) IYF not load files in the preview.
It is easier to work with the files found.
RC... was that an answer to how to disable preview? Please tell me in english how to disable preview. Where is the box that says "DISABLE PREVIEW"? If IYF is hidden, how do I browse my files? I just want to disable the preview. Shouldn't be this difficult. Can't close the preview window... nothing in setup regarding disabling it. For the love of God... I hate the preview window... i just want to delete files, not watch a freaking movie every time I click on a file. Please enlighten me.
rd: simply hold the preview pane from the part where there is a splitter between search results and review and hide it.
RC: if you are Rafael Castro, then kudos for a magnificent piece of work! Now if you could only add an option to set a filter on what to index (extensions) and what not, that would make my life easier.
guys, one click on splitter, hide preview.
Rafael, could you give an idea about the new planned features you wrote about in your website?
share the database with other IYF real-time
For example: A computer can index the entire network and create databases, other computers may use that database.
add a copy, move, delete files with progress bar, questions about overwrite, skip, continue, etc.
command line
improve the interface
basically it.
all the ideas you have, you can send them by mail.
@Rafael Castro, Is it possible in the future to track changes to files and update the database in real time?.. use ReadDirectoryChangesW?
Do you: Like the new version 4.0 alpha 16 in the check box and display the data. We have many changes in the new version can not use this version. The tick needs to be locked up and select a few options that are specific. Showing below up space and threads and use the new version have been completely unusable.
You 're always good friends with your vast.
With apologies for repeating my post:
Please help: New to version 4.0 alpha 16 as the Czech box and display the data. We have many changes in the new version can not use this version. The tick needs to be locked up and select a few options that are specific. Showing below up space and threads and use the new version have been completely unusable.
You 're always good friends with your vast.
link is dead-site is dead,freeware files has this version for download on there mirror.
rodger123: entry updated, thanks
You are welcome webfork
I liked the program and am trying to use it for indexing a network drive. I'm indexing through a DSL connection that occasionally drops. The index takes about 10 hours for 1.5 million files and the drive size looks on the order of 2.5 TB.
When it drops the connection during this time - is there any way to recover and go on from where the drop occurred?
For a scheduled index - is this incremental or does it start over from no indexing?
Link is back! Fixed


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PSU Football Media Day held Thursday
Penn State Football's annual Media Day took place Thursday beginning with Head Coach Bill O'Brien's inaugural press conference. O'Brien emphasized the need for the program, players and school to move forward in light of harsh NCAA sanctions imposed following the Jerry Sandusky scandal. He stated the need for the continued leadership of the seniors while noting the talent of several underclassman players. Following the press conference, the players and coaching staff gathered inside Beaver Stadium for photos and player interviews. Media also had the opportunity to view football practice later in the afternoon at the Lasch Building fields where O'Brien's Lions took to the field for an array of drills and scrimmages.


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Today MetroPCS shareholders approved the merger with T-Mobile USA, after Deutsche Telekom had sweetened their offer last week. The proposed deal gives Deutsche Telekom a 74 percent stake in the merged entity and MetroPCS shareholders a $1.5 billion cash payment. Once the transaction is complete, T-Mobile will gain 9 million subscribers, boosting their total customer base to around 42 million.
"We are thrilled that MetroPCS stockholders voted to approve this transaction which delivers strategic and financial benefits," said T-Mobile CEO John Legere in a statement. "A combined T-Mobile and MetroPCS will unite two companies with one common vision: challenge the status quo and deliver exceptional wireless experiences for our customers. As America's Un-carrier, we will redefine the wireless industry."
T-Mobile will remain the nation's 4th largest carrier, but the customer additions will help them get a little closer to Sprint, who has an estimated 56 million subscribers. T-Mobile will also gain access to valuable spectrum owned by MetroPCS, which they will use to expand the coverage and capacity of their 4G LTE network.
At one time we thought the MetroPCS name might disappear, but T-Mobile has said they plan to expand the brand nationwide and market it as a low-cost alternative to the other major carriers. MetroPCS already has some attractive no-contract plans, so it will be interesting to see how the merger with T-Mobile affects them. We expect MetroPCS to gain full access to T-Mobile's 2G/3G/4G networks, so they might become an attractive brand for unlocked Android devices.
It might be awhile before customers of T-Mobile and MetroPCS see any actual benefits of this merger, but it's still an exciting move if you are a fan of no-contract plans and unlocked mobile devices in the US.


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Travelling by air to Rome Fiumicino airport: Board a regional train to Rome, stop at Trastevere station (30 min) and change train to Viterbo, Porta Fiorentina. Get off at Viterbo Porta Fiorentina station (1 hour and 45 minutes).
If you come from Florence: Board a train to Rome and stop in Orte to change train to Viterbo. Get off at Viterbo Porta Fiorentina station.
For information on train timetables click here.
From the Viterbo Porta Fiorentina station to the Ora Domus La Quercia hotel:
There will be a shuttle service going from Viterbo Porta Fiorentina (11 Euros) and Viterbo Porta Romana (13 Euros) to the Ora Domus La Quercia on Thursday, August 8th only. The driver will have a sign indicating the "PA Convention". If you do not see the shuttle within 30 minutes, you may call the driver at 3803186478. If it is after 10pm, please call the hotel first (39-0761-33731), who will then get you in touch with the driver.
If you are arriving on a day other than Thursday, you may call the shuttle driver at 3803186478, or use another taxi outside of the station.
There are also busses that go from the station to the hotel, which run until 8pm. Turn left out of the station. Stop at the tobacco shop on the corner and purchase a bus ticket. As you reach the main road, look to your left and you will see the hill. Cross the street and take bus number 6 in the direction Bagnaia. Get off at the end of the hill (it is all straight) at "Le Quercie". The hotel is just behind the church.
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This is my last garden related post of this summer... sigh, where did it all go?! This year has flown by so fast I can hardly remember it. But I have a lot to show for it as well.
I was feeling frustrated over the lack of progress on my bathroom reno plumbing so I turned all my energy into painting (what else is new?). This time, I went outside to paint my garden benches.
I painted flowers onto the storm window I have hanging on my deck.
Here is Maggie supervising the work, as usual. She loves to be involved!
I had a couple of old doors kicking around that I decided to use as a privacy screen for now:
The one door had no glass in it, so I cut a piece of lattice down and painted the whole thing. A little homemade "Herbs" sign gives it a country look.
While working with some old windows, I wound up shattering a pane of glass sending huge shards into my knee and lower leg. Luckily I was not seriously injured but 12 stitches on my knee and lower leg has prevented me from doing any diy'ing for two weeks... and now I'm off on vacation for another two weeks.
Hope you all have a wonderful week and I'll catch you later!!


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By David Cohen
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Many of the top NCAA tennis programs' rosters feature players from all over the world. It is certainly an adjustment for any of them to live in America for four years. It was an even bigger one for TCU's Arnau Dachs.
One would not notice anything different about Dachs when watching him now, other than that he is one of the Horned Frogs' top players. What many do not realize is that Dachs' first year on campus in 2011-12 was spent learning English and not being allowed to participate in any practices or workouts with his teammates or even a conversation about tennis with his coach.
"In the beginning it was hard to adapt to, especially with the language, and the place was all different because I had never been here before," Dachs, a junior from Vic, Spain, said. "I thought it would be worse, but I remember the first month or two I was so frustrated because I didn't know what to do and I was completely lost."
While Dachs, who currently ranks No. 121 nationally by the ITA, does say that it only took a few months to get used to everything in his new home, he is quick to point out that life got "pretty easy" from there.
The culture change was one obstacle, but the simple tragedy of an NCAA rule that directly applied to Dachs was the biggest mountain to climb.
"There's a rule that says you must start your college career no later than six months after you graduate," TCU head coach David Roditi said. "You'd have some guys take three years off before [going to an American] university. They want 18- and 19-year-old freshman.
"If you wait six months you have to [sit out and lose a year of eligibility], and that was the case with Arnau," Roditi said. "In Spain you don't know about the US college system, and especially a year after you graduate."
The terms of the ineligible clause stretched even farther than being on the roster but not in the lineup. He was essentially his own team.
"I couldn't even practice with [the team]," Dachs said. "Basically, if they were practicing on the purple courts, I would go with another guy to the back ones. If the team had a workout, I would have to go an hour [after they left]. It was really tough. I watched every match and I couldn't wait to jump in there and play. But it went by pretty fast. It wasn't as bad as I thought."
Dachs was far from a stranger from his teammates when away from the court, living with Nick Chappell, currently No. 46 nationally, his freshman year, and striking up a friendship early on with junior Facundo Lugones, his roommate now.
"We both speak Spanish so we get along pretty well, and now we live off campus," Lugones said. "He's a really good guy and we never argue. We are good friends."
While that aspect of the friendship is symbiotic, the other half is more ironic.
"We both like soccer a lot. Since he's from Catalonia, he doesn't like Spain [teams] that much," Lugones said. "We don't get in that many fights about Spain and Argentina soccer. It's nice to learn from his culture and him from mine."
If anything, Dachs' unique recruitment to TCU could have been a nice foreshadowing of how well he would get along with people in Fort Worth amid his early adversity. He knew former TCU star and three-time singles All-American Esteban Carril, who was a coach in Spain, and Carril instilled the value of the program within Dachs.
"He realized I wanted to go to America and contacted me and told me to try this university because it was really good and the coach was too," Dachs said. "He told me it was the best place I could be."
Just from the people aspect, it seemed like Dachs was destined for TCU all along. However, the 5,202-mile trek to Fort Worth was stressful in more ways than simply the time spent going from Point A to Point B, as experienced in the Atlanta airport.
"I remember the first trip here, I was in Atlanta and I lost my flight," Dachs said. "The flight from Barcelona was an hour late and when I got to the gate it was locked. I couldn't speak to anybody, but there was a guy there who asked if I had missed my flight and I followed him.
"Coach [Mark Tjia] picked me up from the airport and the road trip here was just 'yes' and 'no' because I didn't know what to say. It was pretty bad."
Dachs currently has a 5-3 mark on No. 2 singles and an 8-2 showing on No. 3, both best on the team. He also won six straight matches from Feb. 16 to March 1, capping it off with a 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 60 George Goldhoff of No. 5 Texas. Showing off the ultimate athlete persona, he simply says that his recent success this year was just a product of him simply playing.
"I really didn't do anything special," Dachs said. "I was just focused and wanted to get the job done. Every single match was a different day with different feelings and emotions, but I just wanted to find a way no matter what."
Last year, in his de facto sophomore campaign, he won both his No. 1 singles matches and led the squad with a 13-7 No. 2 showing.
Dachs admits that he is entirely undecided on what he will do when his Horned Frog career is over.
"I don't know if I'm going to go back to Spain or stay here," he said. "The more I'm here the more I want to play professional tennis. I'm actually gaining more excitement to do it. That's the main option for now."
Roditi is proud of what Dachs has accomplished on both ends of the student-athlete spectrum, and he has much faith that Dachs will succeed in whichever venture he dedicates himself to."The sky's the limit. One way to describe him is that he is a well-rounded person."


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If you're an Office user already, the new Office 2011 is a no-brainer upgrade. It's wildly faster, looks and feels much better, and delivers strong advancements in every app, particularly the vastly improved experience of the new Outlook over the pitiful Entourage.If you're shopping around for a productivity suite on the Mac, the new Office 2011 delivers a much nicer experience than the rather quirky but free OpenOffice, and offers the advantages of a real desktop app over a web based suite like Google Docs.At around $120 retail for the Outlook-free individual version (you can install on one machine) or $150 for the family pack (which can be installed on up to three machines), the "Home and Student" Office 2001 for Mac suite is now affordable enough to compete against weaker free alternatives, and might attract some users eyeing Apple's cheaper iWork package.However, Office 2011 for Mac—despite a sharp discount over previous editions—is still about the same price as Apple's "Box Set" deal that includes a copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iLife together with the full version of iWork.
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An explosive report from the New York Times today spelled out just how wealthy the relatives of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao are. Try $2.7 billion dollars in assets. This startling news so angered Chinese officials that the Times' website was quickly shut down in China.
The lengthy report says Wen's children, brother, brother-in-law, wife and mother became "extraordinarily wealthy" after he ascended to top levels of power, starting in 1998. Some family assets include real estate developments, factories, an insurance service corporation and a private equity firm.
There are family interests described in banks, resorts, telecommunications firms and even jewelers. Wen's relatives appear to be trading on their connections, especially the premier's enormous power over big industries they've invested in, such as energy.
The portrait of the premier's relatives is very different from the one Wen has projected of himself over the past decade, NPR's Louisa Lim told Newscasts: "Premier Wen Jiabao is known as Grandpa Wen, the leader with the common touch who visits disaster sites and who caused a sensation by wearing the same down jacket over a ten year-period."
The report looks closely at Wen's wife, Zhang Beili, perhaps one of the most influential people in China's diamond and gem industry. A skilled businesswoman, she accumulated wealth and power, and helped family members do the same. There's no evidence Wen did anything to bolster her work but the story says part of the family's success came from investors who most wanted to please the premier.
Wen has cast himself as a reformer who's against government corruption, and has called for stronger financial disclosure rules for public officials. The Times notes in 2007, Wen repeated a call for senior government officials to fight graft: "They should strictly ensure that their family members, friends and close subordinates do not abuse government influence."
But there don't seem to be any financial disclosures from Wen himself. The Times says most of the $2.7 billion dollar investments it found were held by in-laws, his mother, his brother, and the parents of his daughter-in-law. These investments don't have to be publically identified, according to Communist party rules.
China's censors quickly squelched the Times story within a couple of hours after its publication. The Washington Post notes any media outlet, such as the BBC, that referred to the 'New York Times' was also quickly blocked in China. There's heightened sensitivity over Wen's image, because of China's upcoming leadership conference, at which Chinese leaders will transfer power to a new generation of officials.
There's already been embarrassing controversy over senior Chinese government leader Bo Xilai, whose wife was convicted in the murder of a British businessman. Bo, who's been forced out of government and out of the Communist party, is himself accused of corruption, taking bribes and abusing power. Bo had once been a candidate for top office.
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In China, you can tell what sensitive topics the government most fears by looking at what's being blocked by Chinese censors, and today it's the New York Times websites that are being blocked, both English and Chinese language sites. Also censored on the Chinese version of Twitter, the name of the prime minister, Wen Jiabao.
Why? Well, today the Times published a lengthy investigation into what it called the hidden riches of the Chinese premier's family. According to the Times, his relatives have amassed over $2.7 billion dollars in wealth, starting with the diamond industry and moving into insurance, high-tech, telecom, infrastructure, many of them industries over which Prime Minister Wen has authority. And the Times reports they have attempted to conceal their wealth.
For some context, we've called on longtime China watcher Rob Gifford. Rob, of course, used to cover China for NPR. He's now China editor at The Economist. Rob, welcome.
ROB GIFFORD: Hi, Melissa, good to be back.
BLOCK: Good to have you back. The Times calls this the first detailed accounting of the prime minister's family's wealth. Why is this so sensitive?
GIFFORD: Well, it's sensitive because it's publishing details that no one has ever published before, and it's sensitive because of the sheer scale of it. I think within sort of China-watching circles, there's not a huge amount of surprise to find that, hey, a senior Chinese government official's family is fabulously wealthy. But just to see it all so brilliantly reported by David Barboza in the New York Times is just amazing to see it all laid out and so brilliantly written.
BLOCK: Here are details from David Barboza's report. He reviewed 20 years of corporate records. He could find no holdings in Prime Minister Wen's name, but he was able to link assets to the premier's wife, a gemstone expert known as the Diamond Queen; also Wen's 90-year-old mother, who's apparently worth at least $120 million; and Wen's son, who runs a private equity firm with $2.5 billion under management.
Rob, was there one detail in particular that really jumped out at you, that made you go wow?
GIFFORD: I suppose the mother was quite a striking one because Wen Jiabao has made so much of his humble roots. You know, he has this rather avuncular image. He's known as Grandpa Wen. He's known to be, you know, a bit of the man of the people.
But the fact that his 90-year-old mother has these listings in her name did grab me. And, of course, this is part of what the article claims is, you know, all throughout his family. His younger brother, his son, his daughter, his brother-in-law have enriched themselves because of his position.
BLOCK: Rob, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry was asked about this today and said the report blackens China and has ulterior motives. And there's a source quoted in the New York Times anonymously who says the prime minister's enemies are intentionally trying to smear him by letting this leak out. So help us understand that. Who would those enemies be, and why would they be trying to smear him if in fact they are?
GIFFORD: Well, in order to understand Chinese politics, it sometimes helps to think of it as a bit like a European medieval court and the factions within it. And just like within a medieval court, many of these senior politicians have made enemies. However, I don't think that defense is really very strong in this case. I think this is a case of very strong reporting by the New York Times that is basically unveiling all sorts of things, which I think are going to be very hard to defend.
BLOCK: This is coming at a really sensitive time in China, right, Rob? The next Party Congress is coming up in November. Wen Jiabao will be stepping down as prime minister, but he could still wield a lot of power behind the scenes, right?
GIFFORD: That's right. And this is going to undoubtedly do him some damage in that regard. But probably the more important part of this is the damage that it will do to those Chinese people who can access the report and who will read the report, and I'm sure there will be many in spite of the blocking and the controls, just the reinforcement that it gives in their minds of the corruptness of the upper echelons of the Communist Party generally.
BLOCK: That's Rob Gifford, now China editor at The Economist. Rob, thanks so much.
GIFFORD: Thank you, Melissa.
BLOCK: And we'll hear about the challenges facing China at this time of political transition in series running all next week on this program. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Intel 'Bloomfield' to intro 1,366-pin socket?
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Intel will next year begin shipping processors with a 1,366 pins, it has been claimed. The interface will use the same land grid array (LGA) as the chip giant's current LGA775 process, but with almost twice as many pins.
According to a report on Chinese-language site HKEPC, the interface will be called Socket B and ups the Voltage Regulator Module from version 11.0 to 11.1.
What could be leaked documentation suggests the LGA1366 is, initially at least, destined for Intel's 'Bloomfield' processor. That name first appeared back in December 2005 as a quad-core desktop chip due late 2008 and fabbed at 45nm.
The timeframe suggests it could be based on 'Nehalem', Intel's next-generation architecture due a year or so after the Core 2 Duo die-shrink, 'Penryn'.
The HKEPC report suggests it will contain 8-12MB of L2 cache and see the return of HyperThreading - presumably giving it the appearance of eight processors.


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Actor Channing Tatum, who set female hearts fluttering in the summer movie hit "Magic Mike", was named the sexiest man alive by People magazine on Wednesday.
"My first thought was, 'Y'all are messing with me," Tatum told the magazine after hearing the news.
The 32-year-old actor, who is married to actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum, is training to play an Olympic athlete in his upcoming film, "Foxcatcher".
The couple, who have been married since 2009, are ready to start a family, according to People.
"The first number that pops into my head is three, but I just want one to be healthy and then we'll see where we go after that," he told the magazine.
Tatum joins a long list of Hollywood heartthrobs who also have also received the "sexiest man" title from the magazine including Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds, George Clooney and Matt Damon.


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Our president appeared on national TV in 1972 and told the nation that it was out of oil. There was much speculation that it was simply a lie by big oil to prepare the nation for the increased prices of foreign oil.
As for myself, speculation diminished and fact emerged when a past co-worker, called me from Victoria, Texas, pleading with me to join him in the oil fields. His employer was one of many begging for help to relieve the seven-day, 10 hours a day schedule to meet the demand. In his words, "They are drilling, capping and stacking wells at warp speed, and the testing companies cannot keep up the pace."
My friend found it "sadly laughable" that our president had been duped by the oil industry, as infinite reserves were so blatantly obvious beneath the easily accessible dry land. I never believed that President Nixon was a knowing partner in the conspiracy, but simply another victim of corporate lies, a sure sign, that even then, the oil industry would not allow principle or truth to alter their bottom line. It has long been common for oil industry lobbyists to influence legislators to unreasonably burden any form of alternative energy, especially the coal industry. The coal that fires the generators that provide us with affordable electric rates. The coal that creates employment for many people in financially depressed regions.
I picked up a brief segment of a news program that announced a "push" to have coal ash declared "hazardous waste." The next day, I was on the phone to Washington where I learned that they were only "vaguely aware," which caused me to suspect that this was not a proposal from the EPA. Since then, I have learned that the chief suspects are Senators Waxman and Markey. HR 2454 has already been drafted as I write these comments, and is known as the Waxman-Markey bill.
Doubtful that they are driven by environmental concern, I strongly suspect that it is more likely another attempt to further burden the coal industry and it reeks from the stench of oil industry lobbyists; however, in all fairness, it could simply be ill-informed environmentalists on an errant mission, but in either case, it is an expensive process to dispose of hazardous waste, and this is just the first part of a multi-age bill that would severely cripple the entire cola industry and quadruple our electric bills.
This will sorely affect millions of people, as well as the creation of a catastrophe for coal producing states. We must learn more about this political atrocity and remain steadfastly opposed until our collective voices block this process by whatever means required!
I am acutely aware of the need to be environmentally responsible, but reasonable as well, and a haz-mat label on coal ash is totally unreasonable, and although I know little of the content of the Waxman-Markey bill, I am certain that it is just that, a "bill" that we cannot afford!
We must be diligent, deliberate and prompt to call Geoff Davis (locally) at 426-0080, Ben Chandler's Washington office at 202-225-4706 or other Washington officials at 202-225-3465. We must demand that our legislators kill HR 2454 before it slips unnoticed through a barrel of pork and into law.
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The Central Intelligence Agency was behind the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. It's been an open secret for decades, but last week, The George Washington University's National Security Archive released newly declassified documents proving it.
Orchestrating the Iranian coup d'état was a first for the CIA and would serve as the template for future Cold War covert operations worldwide.
Mossadegh "believed that Iran's main problem at that time was that it was a country basically ruled by foreign empires," Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari tells Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden. So, after less than a week in office, on May 1, 1951, Mossadegh decided to nationalize the British-run Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
"To the British, because they discovered the oil and created the Iranian oil industry from scratch, it was a fair deal that they shared the oil revenue with the Iranian government," says Bahari. "But, to many Iranians, especially those who did not remember that there was no oil in Iran before the British came, it was just unfair for a British company to have a monopoly over Iranian oil."
However, the British would not leave quietly. According to Bahari, "Mossadegh had to go in order for the British to keep their monopoly," and they began pursuing measures to topple the Iranian prime minister. Their plan succeeded, but only after two long years of spy craft, subversion and the eventual help of the CIA.
"I think a lesser man would fall within a week. Mossadegh was a very strong politician and a very strong man," Bahari said.
Young CIA agents used suitcases full of cash to destabilize the regime. "They managed to buy newspaper editors, to buy hoodlums, they organized rallies in different cities, they created a fake communist party in order to create trouble," Bahari said. Still, they almost failed.
According to Bahari, after Mossadegh and his allies thwarted the first coup attempt Aug. 15, 1953, officials in Washington wanted to pull the plug on the spy operation. They sent a telegram to Kermit Roosevelt Junior, the CIA officer leading the overthrow and grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, ordering him to cease and desist. "But Kermit Roosevelt just says 'I never heard that' and he carries on the operation and he succeeds," Bahari said.
Four days later, a second coup attempt was successful.
"It's kind of left a bitter taste in Iranians' mouths," says Bahari. "It's created a very good excuse for the Iranian government to exploit the genuine grievances of the Iranian people."
It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden.
Last week, the George Washington University's National Security Archive got hold of declassified CIA documents confirming an open secret that the U.S. government played a big role in deposing Iran's prime minister in 1953. It's a tangled Cold War story, chock-full of spy craft, oil and intrigue. And it all began on May 1, 1951, when Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh nationalized the British-run Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
The British had discovered Iranian oil decades earlier and built the industry from scratch, and they were not going to give it up without a fight. So they turned to the United States for help, arguing that a communist takeover, not just oil, was at stake. It was a mission for America's new spy agency, the CIA. And what would follow became the template for decades of future spycraft around the globe.
To break down Iran's 1953 coup for us and what it means today, 60 years after that summer, we're speaking with Maziar Bahari. He's an Iranian filmmaker who made a documentary about this called "An Iranian Odyssey." He joins us from the BBC studios in London. Maziar, thanks for being here.
MAZIAR BAHARI: Nice to be here, Jacki.
LYDEN: Mohammad Mossadegh, tell us who he was.
BAHARI: Mohammad Mossadegh was a nationalist politician. He was Western educated. And he also had a very, very deep knowledge of Iranian politics, tradition and religion. He believed that Iran's main problem at that time was that it was a country basically ruled by foreign empires, and he meant the British and the Russians. We're talking about the late 1940s and early 1950s.
The American empire at the time had a very good reputation in Iran. The Americans helped Iranian independence in 1946 when the Russians did not leave province of Iran after the Second World War. And Mossadegh regarded the Americans as an ally against the British.
LYDEN: So what Mossadegh wanted basically from the U.K. originally was money, right? He had offered to buy them out, the now nationalized Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. When they didn't want that, he offered a 50-50 split. They didn't want that, so part of this was he wanted financial help.
BAHARI: Basically yes. To the British, because they discovered the oil and created the Iranian oil industry from scratch, it was a fair deal that they shared the revenue with the Iranian government. But to many Iranians, especially those who did not remember that there was no oil in Iran before the British came, it was just unfair for a British company to have a monopoly over Iranian oil.
And for the British, Iranian oil was their biggest wealth in the empire. And Mossadegh had to go in order for the British to keep their monopoly over the oil. And at the same time if Mossadegh's nationalization of oil, if the Iranian state could take over the oil, it would create a bad example for other countries. And because of that, there was this international conspiracy to topple Mossadegh.
LYDEN: Let's talk about what Western agents then do. We've got quite a cast of characters here. We can't possibly go into them all. We've got diplomats, we've got the CIA, we've got MI6 in Britain, British oil executives. All of these people doing something behind the scene to try to build opposition to bring Mossadegh down.
BAHARI: I think a lesser man would fall within a week. Mossadegh was a very strong politician and a very strong man. And because of that, he survived more than two years. Everything worked against him.
In 1953, the CIA was only six years old. And these guys, they came out of the Second World War, they won the war. They were quite arrogant, and they just thought that, you know, Iran was their turf. And they managed to buy newspaper editors, to pay the hoodlums, they organized rallies in different cities, they created a fake communist party in order to create troubles. And because of that, they managed to bring down Mossadegh to his knees.
LYDEN: So almost exactly 60 years ago, a coup attempt begins on the 15th of August with the CIA backing it and the help of an Iranian general. This coup initially fails. But four days later, the Americans and their allies regroup. Tell us what happens then.
BAHARI: The coup was supposed to happen on the 15th of August, 1953. Mossadegh is notified by the communists. They foiled the coup, and the coup fails. But Kermit Roosevelt Jr., who was the head of the CIA operations in the Middle East...
LYDEN: The grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. Mm-hmm.
BAHARI: Exactly. He sends a telegraph to the CIA headquarters. He says that we will carry on our mission. The CIA headquarters, they ask him to stop the operation. But Kermit Roosevelt just says that, you know, I never heard that, and he carries on the operation, and he succeeds.
LYDEN: Wow. Wow. This all happened 60 years ago. The CIA has now admitted its role. Why are we still talking about this coup?
BAHARI: It's kind of left a bitter taste in Iranians' mouths. And they associated shah's dictatorship with American support. I have to mention that many people who are in power, including Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Revolution, they were helping the Americans in 1953 to bring down Mossadegh. But people have - you know, all around the world, people have short-term memories and they forget about these things. It's created a very good excuse for the Iranian government to exploit the genuine grievances of the Iranian people.
LYDEN: Maziar, you made your film a couple of years ago. We now have this declassified document. Does it change anything for you?
BAHARI: No. The documents - these are like well-known secrets. And when you talk to the aging CIA agents these days, they do not regret the coup because they wanted to prevent the advance of communist in Iran. But they regret the unconditional support that the Americans gave the shah after the coup.
LYDEN: It didn't end well. That's Maziar Bahari. He's an Iranian filmmaker, journalist and human rights activist. And you can watch his film about Iran's coup, "An Iranian Odyssey: Mossadegh, Oil And The 1953 CIA Coup," on his website, iranwire.com. Maziar, thank you so much for being with us.
BAHARI: Thank you very much, Jacki. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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"By declaring July as LGBT month, you have alienated the millions of heterosexuals in San Diego," Porter said. "So to make it fair, the City Council should declare August as 'Heterosexual Pride Month.'"
That's what happened at City Hall that day.
Now, my question is: how might a "Heterosexual Pride Month" benefit San Diego and how might it bring equality to all different sexual orientations in our great city?
We are going to have to make some assumptions of what we can expect to see heterosexuals, like myself, doing during the month of August in celebration of our heterosexuality. I am sure we will have some type of parade, (sponsored by Chick-fil-A?), but maybe not, because many heterosexuals are conservative about their sexuality and aren't interested in parading it around.
Perhaps we would celebrate that the government is acknowledging our lifestyle and protecting it, but then again, what right does the government have to mandate anything — especially when it comes to our choices and freedoms? Most importantly, we would finally be acknowledged as equals to our gay counterparts in society, with recognition of our own "pride month." And isn't that the real issue?
Heterosexuals just want to be recognized as equals to their homosexual friends and neighbors. But wait, when did same-sex marriage become legal throughout America? After some research on the Internet, I discovered that same-sex marriage is not legal throughout the United States. Oh, so we really were never equal to begin with? Why do we need a 'Heterosexual Pride Month" again?
Here is the reason:
Ms. Porter says, "Let's make it fair! America is a melting pot."
I have pondered Ms. Porter's words for weeks since I heard her speak to the City Council in regard to "Heterosexual Pride Month." Let's not jump to make any negative judgments of Ms. Porter, because she is on the right track with the statement, "Let's make it fair!"
How has LGBT Pride Month made it unfair to heterosexuals in San Diego? Ms. Porter's argument is, "... The city should never support one group over another, because it fundamentally erodes the notion of one society." Good argument. On the other hand, if a city starts to recognize one group's fight for equality and then another group's fight for equality, maybe, just maybe, we can find equality together.
After some thought, I came to the conclusion that perhaps Ms. Porter could be a true trailblazer for equality and is not actually a whining homophobic, as some might choose to see her. By shaking up City Hall and requesting a "Heterosexual Pride Month," she could be laying the groundwork for fairness and true equality in the future.
To prove my theory on this, I believe that the homosexual community of San Diego needs to rally and petition in favor of "Heterosexual Pride Month" with Ms. Porter and her "fairness" fighters. By doing this, heterosexuals who support Ms. Porter's notion for a "Heterosexual Pride Month" would be able to reach across the aisle of fairness and, with God's blessing of treating your neighbor as you would like to be treated, support same-sex marriage. Remember, if we're going to be fair, we must be fair to all.
So what is all the hubbub about marriage anyway? In the eyes of fairness and civil liberties, same-sex marriage and heterosexual marriage is not about God or America or even Rome. Marriage is about the benefits; benefits like taxes (joint filing), employment benefits (insurance coverage), government benefits (Social Security), medical benefits (visiting your spouse during illness), estate-planning benefit and, of course, death benefits. If we are going to be fair as a society, we need to keep the rules consistent.
Having a "Heterosexual Pride Month" is important because it will give heterosexuals an entire month to completely understand the benefits we receive by being part of a "protected" couple. That will give us the framework to bridge the fairness gap and extend those benefits to our homosexual countrymen and women because, as Ms. Porter said, "The city should never support one group over another because it fundamentally erodes the notion of one society."
So I say, yeah for equality and please support a "Heterosexual Pride Month," because without it, equality for all couples may never be achieved and that's just not fair.
— Walter Ruskin is a writer and occasional guest columnist for the San Diego Community Newspaper Group. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.