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This award winning catamaran superyacht features six double cabins all on the main deck, with flexible cabin arrangements and each with a huge window. The saloon, dining room, bridge and aft deck are on the deck above. The top deck offers a Jacuzzi, bar and additional dining area for twelve.
With "Best Concept Yacht under 50m" awarded in 2011 (during construction) and six more awards in 2013- 2014 since launching, "quaranta" has been the proud winner of seven prestigious awards including a World Superyacht Neptune Trophy, ISS "Best Power 24m - 40, and Red Dot awards.
Although the length overall is 111ft (34.1m) the s p a c e on board for guests is comparable with a 130ft performance mono-hull like a Princess or Westport
The quaranta is all about flexibility. The cabin's insulated sliding walls can be opened or closed, any of the beds can be separate singles or together as doubles. For extra large suites the beds are turned into sofas and sliding walls open to turn two cabins into one extra large suite with sitting room and his and hers bathrooms. In this way the six double cabins can be swiftly changed (by the crew) to three suites or a combination of twin/double/suite cabins. (over twenty layout choices on the same yacht are possible)
The multifunctional hydraulic lift platform at the stern, takes the tender when cruising and lowers it gently down to the water. It can be lowered to 85cm below the water which makes it ideal for launching a mini-sub, or it can be left at any level above the surface to make it the perfect beach-club swim platform.
The abundant interior space, and features such as the hydraulic lift platform and panoramic vision make quaranta more suitable for passengers with reduced mobility. Depending on the degree of reduced mobility, an internal elevator may be required, which can be fitted in lieu of the central staircase and flybridge Jacuzzi on a customised new Curvelle quaranta model.


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New York's banking regulator Benjamin Lawsky unleashed a verbal assault on nonbank servicer Ocwen Financial Wednesday, saying the company's explosive growth "raises red flags," and that its use of technology to better handle distressed loans is "too good to be true."
Speaking at the annual meeting of the New York Bankers Association, Lawsky said Ocwen's public documents make "for startling reading." He sees "corners being cut," by nonbank servicers that have touted their ability to help distressed borrowers.
"We have serious concerns that some of these nonbank mortgage servicers are getting too big, too fast," Lawsky told New York bankers who were meeting at the Waldorf Astoria. "We see far too many struggling homeowners getting caught in a vortex of lost paperwork, unexplained fees and avoidable foreclosures."
Last week, Ocwen put an indefinite hold on its $2.7 billion purchase of servicing rights from Wells Fargo after Lawsky raised concerns about the Atlanta-based servicer's growth.
Yet Lawsky refused to cite Ocwen by name. Instead, he referred to a public document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by "a nonbank servicer" that boasted to investors that it was still "in the middle innings of cleaning up the human wreckage left by the mortgage meltdown."
Ocwen has used the "middle innings" reference in presentations in January and in December to analysts and investors.
Lawsky also cited Ocwen's comments to investors that it has identified $400 billion in servicing rights that it plans to acquire in the next 12 to 18 months, and that up to $1 trillion in servicing will change hands in the next few years.
But he took particular umbrage by Ocwen's assertions that it can service delinquent loans at a cost that is 70% lower than the rest of the industry, calling into question its entire servicing model.
"Those kinds of cost-saving claims bear special scrutiny," Lawsky said. "Regulators have to ask whether the purported efficiencies at nonbank mortgage servicers are too good to be true."
As superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services, Lawsky has jurisdiction over Ocwen as a licensed mortgage banker in New York. He also has additional insight into Ocwen's operations because in Dec. 2012, Ocwen agreed to an independent monitor as part of a consent order that cleared the path for its 2011 acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing from Goldman Sachs.
Lawsky made specific references to servicers' difficulty in handling the transfer of documents and dealing with distressed borrowers.
"We see electronic loan files strewn around the globe with no one who knows how to pull them together," Lawsky said. "We see a virtual potpourri of computer systems containing critical borrower information, but no one who knows how to extract that information at the right time and for the right purpose."
Kevin Barker, an analyst at Compass Point, says it is uncertain whether Lawsky is primarily concerned about Ocwen's ability to take on more distressed loans or if it the concerns relate to past servicing practices — or both.
"It's not easy to transfer the servicing and boarding of all these loans because you have to think about what kind of shape the files are in when they get them," Barker says.
Lawsky has previously used his authority to hold up past transfers of mortgage servicing to Ocwen and to demand concessions such as the independent monitor. Still, servicers are concerned whether his actions will set a precedent that upends other servicing transfers involving New York loans.
"Regulators should not just be rubber stamps," Lawsky told bankers.

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EUGENE, Ore. -- Every once in a while, it's good to be running late. Katie Voigtlander ran 10:47.68 in the steeplechase at the Oregon relays, qualifying for Regionals after barely missing the mark--in two different ways--earlier in the season.
Voigtlander ran a Regional-qualifying time at the All-Cal Challenge on Feb. 28, but that meet was early in the season and outside of the qualifying window. In the ensuing weeks she would come close twice, with times of 10:53.50 at Cal/Nevada and 10:52.0 at the Big West Challenge Cup. Today's race at Oregon seals the deal and makes Voigtlander the fifth Gaucho to qualify for Regionals this season.
The Gauchos had several athletes competing in field events today, highlighted by the throwers and long jumpers. Tamara Thomas was the winner of Section B in the long jump, leaping 18-5 (5.61m). Tayler Williams jumped in Section A and took seventh at 18-1.75 (5.53m).
In the discus, Nicholas Sheuerman was second in Section B with a throw of 149-7 (45.59m). Scott Anderson was ninth in Section A at 156-5 (47.69m). Also in the throws, Alex Umstead placed third in Section B of the hammer at 173-2 (52.78m)
Back on the track, Scott Smith ran 3:47.78 in the 1500m to place ninth.
The Oregon Relays resume tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
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PRESS RELEASE: Florida Board of Governors approves new Strategic Plan through 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 15, 2011
The Strategic Plan document is posted at this link:www.flbog.edu/pressroom.
Major effort concluded after national vetting, extensive data research
Strategic Planning Committee Chair: 'Now we move quickly toward identifying the implementation strategies for every single goal and outcome to be achieved in the next 15 years'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Florida Board of Governors of the State University System voted at its most recent meeting to approve the "Board of Governors' Strategic Plan for the State University System of Florida: 2012-2025," featuring an array of new or updated components and performance metrics that will revolve around three key themes – Excellence, Productivity, and Strategic Priorities for a Knowledge Economy – and reflect a major milestone and achievement by the Board of Governors, and its stakeholders and partners in the effort.
The three key areas align to the beginning of this intensive effort, which started with a planning conversation in the summer of 2010 and then "kicked off" in earnest at a Board of Governors' special workshop in January devoted to the future of the State University System. The workshop provided detailed input and guidance to the Strategic Planning Committee, and its charge to provide a new Strategic Plan. The Committee identified increased or new goals and performance indicators for the 13-year period through 2025. The most recent Strategic Plan, conducted nearly 10 years ago, was dated 2005-2013. The Strategic Planning Committee is one of the standing committees of the Board of Governors, which is tasked in Article IX, Section 7(d), Florida Constitution, to "operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible for the management of the whole university system." The Board, as the governing body for the State University System of Florida, strongly believes that the future of Florida is dependent upon a high-quality, comprehensive and efficient system of public institutions. There are 11 institutions in the State University System of Florida, with more 322,000 students enrolled at all levels.
The Strategic Planning Committee worked on an aggressive timetable to produce the document by year-end. It includes such ambitious targets as increased degree production at all levels, especially for minorities and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). The State University System of Florida is already in the top 10 and top 6 nationally for overall graduations rates and minority graduation rates, respectively. The plan also recognizes and serves to increase the nationally competitive standing that the State University System has attained in several areas, particularly research and development (R&D) expenditures, and corresponding commercialization opportunities that produce dozens of new businesses and jobs in Florida each year.
"The work product of this committee during the past 18 months – with all of the research, vetting and data review from across the nation – is nothing short of extraordinary, and it is also good public policy direction for the future of our public universities, providing us with new or amended performance indicators that we will monitor closely," said Frank T. Martin of Tallahassee, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and a global expert in transportation issues. He currently serves on several national transportation boards, including the American Public Transportation Association.
"I want to thank all of my fellow Board members – for their input and support along the way, for the particularly productive January workshop earlier this year, and for the intensive meetings this summer to stay on track and finalize our work by the end of this year. This is a sound and thorough framework that represents extensive analysis and conversation with stakeholders. The work is not done – now we move quickly toward identifying the implementation strategies for every single goal and outcome to be achieved in the next 15 years for the State University System of Florida."
The Board of Governors re-emphasized in this Strategic Plan the nationally renowned tripartite commitment of American public universities: Teaching, Research, and Public Service. Performance indicators that are found today in the Board of Governors' Annual Report (posted at see www.flbog.edu.) will be changed, added to, or otherwise addressed in the 2012 Annual Report released in January 2013. Input from the public, the Legislature and governmental policy staff played a major role in the development of the augmented "dashboard" of performance measurements that debuted several years ago. Input again from all stakeholders will be vital in the design of tracking mechanisms necessary for new data streams required to produce any additions or changes for the dashboard in the 2012 Annual Report.
The 2011 Annual Report will be released and presented by the Board Chair at the Jan. 18-19 Board of Governors meeting in Tallahassee. The Annual Report has undergone significant enhancements the past two consecutive years, and is quickly evolving into a leading model for accountability among public university systems nationally. This year, for instance, a set of brand-new "interactive" web-based features for users will be unveiled when the 2011 Annual Report is presented in January.
In the new Strategic Plan, there are many new goals and increased outcomes set for existing goals. A few examples include:
• Today, the System awards more than 53,000 baccalaureate degrees each year. The 2025 goal is 90,000 a year, in order to raise the state-level attainment of degreed citizens, and contribute to the national-level goals. Americans with four-year degrees has been falling significantly in relation to the attainment of foreign countries. (The universities' own annual work plans already address this degree production as well.)
• In the "Excellence" area, the number of institutions in the System that currently have Carnegie's Community Engagement Classification is seven. The Board set a target for all institutions in 2025 to have this classification, as it is a premier national indicator of a public university's commitment to community engagement.
• In the "Productivity" area, we have an initial data capture of the percentage of students participating in identified business engagement activities – this is currently estimated at about 35 percent. This represents a new metric created in the Strategic Plan, and the Board staff will consult with the campus professionals regarding how to best define and track this new item.
• Today, 28 percent of all freshmen students in the System were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class. By 2025, the Strategic Plan goal raises that to 50 percent.
• Faculty membership across the System in National Academies is 38, ranking the System 10th nationally. By 2025, the goal is to have 75 and be ranked approximately fifth in the nation.
• Today, the number of licenses (from R&D discoveries) and options executed is about 150 annually. The 2025 goal is 250 annually.
The full Strategic Plan document is posted at www.flbog.edu/pressroom. The new Strategic Plan goals are detailed beginning on page 19. (Keep in mind, some states have more than one public university system – Florida has one university system.)
Also, as part of the Strategic Planning Committee process throughout 2011, several Board regulations also were developed or updated to promote the collaboration and coordination of academic degree program delivery across the State University System.(Eds: Board "regulations" are not the same as state "rules".) Some existing language in Board regulations was amended to clarify the approval processes for campuses and other educational sites by delineating responsibilities between the Board of Governors and universities' Boards of Trustees. Two regulations specifically were amended from language in the 1970s-80s during the time pre-dating the Board of Governors (operating as the Board of Regents), when the System was much smaller with fewer universities. That language also did not include the university Boards of Trustees – as those bodies were established in the past decade.
As Board Chair Ava L. Parker and Committee Chair Frank Martin have stated, updating these Board regulations has been critical and necessary, in order to ensure that there is no unwarranted duplication in the System – and to demonstrate to the Legislature and other stakeholders that the Board is meeting its constitutional obligations and responsibilities to oversee a coordinated, accountable State University System.
About the State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is governed by a 17-member Board of Governors, a constitutional body and led by appointed public servants. The System is comprised of 11 institutions with a total enrollment of more than 320,000 students, making it the fourth-largest public university system in the nation in terms of enrollment (some states have more than one university system). The Florida Constitution (Article IX, Section 7) was amended by the state's voters in 2002 to establish a statewide system of governance for all Florida public universities. As a result, the Florida Board of Governors was created in 2003 to oversee the State University System of Florida. Responsibilities include defining the distinctive mission of each institution and ensuring the well-planned coordination and operation of the System. The Board's 17 members include 14 appointed by the Governor, with three serving by virtue of their designations (a faculty member, a Florida Student Association student representative, and the Florida Commissioner of Education). The Board of Governors appoints a Chancellor who serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the State University System. For more, including the Board's Annual Report that reflects accountability measurements and benchmarks occurring at each institution, see www.flbog.edu.


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Many faculty members request confidential classroom observation, formative assessment, and subsequent consultation. The typical procedure for this service is:
Teaching and learning data in the classroom may also be gathered by the use of a Small Group Evaluation:
A less intrusive method to gather data on your teaching and learning is to check out a video camera from the Center for Instruction & Research Technology and record your teaching in class. Videotaping your class is an invaluable way to see what your teaching looks like to your students. You may find that watching the tape gives you an ideal opportunity to analyze your teaching and decide whether you want to make any changes.
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Hey everyone, love the game.
I have a problem where some of the images have become very low-res / pixelated. This includes the map screen, "desktop dungeons" splash screen during login, and some of the icons when actually in game. There is no variation, the same background images are always messed up on this computer.
I've tried several browsers, reinstalled unity web player, cleared cache, etc, but nothing fixes it.
Not game breaking, but kinda lame.
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In Vancouver, you never lose sight of the spectacular mountains or the glimmering sea. It is a prosperous city, with flowers adorning the streets and the lush greenery of Stanley Park, the third-largest urban park in the world, beckoning to travellers and locals alike. Museums offer fine collections of dramatic Northwest Native arts. Vancouver's Chinatown is the second largest in the world. Gastown, the waterfront district, recalls the city's colorful past as a premier port since the days of the Clipper ships.Come see the natural beauty of Vancouver, which captured the prestigous title of the 2010 Winter Olympics' Host City.
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Accessible only by air or sea, Alaska's capital is surprisingly urban and cultured for such a remote destination. When you arrive by sea, you will be greeted dockside by numerous flags and an abundance of summer flowers. For further insight into the Inuit culture and crafts, visit the museum. Take the short drive to Mendenhall Glacier, the only glacier inside city limits! Take a helicopter ride for an amazing aerial view of Juneau and area, or go fishing for silver salmon. Then, just kick back and relax with a cool one at the famous and colorful Red Dog Saloon.
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Ketchikan is the salmon capital of the world. The canneries are busy and the stream below Creek Street's rustic boardwalk bustles with life. Visit the ancient grove of Totem Bight, the largest collection of authentic totem poles anywhere. Make a flight to nearby Misty Fjords--a breathtaking vista of Alaska's unspoiled wilderness and America's newest national monument; or try a little salmon fishing.
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The historic fishing village of Seward is encircled by the Kenai Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Maritime National Refuge, Chugach National Forest, and Kenai Fjords National Park. Seabirds, otters, whales and other wildlife thrive in nearby Resurrection Bay. Seward is named after William Seward, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 for just under two cents an acre.
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Skagway was born during the great Alaska gold rush. Those were the days when Skagway had 80 saloons and was known as "the roughest town on earth." The city's rip-roaring past will come alive when you walk down Broadway, a main street so authentic it is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park! Special shore excursions explore Skagway's fascinating history. Take a train up to White Pass and follow the old path to gold and glory in the Yukon, or take a scenic flight to view the amazing wonders of Glacier Bay National Park.
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One of Europe's leading cities, Amsterdam's rings of canals and traditional Dutch architecture are unmistakable. Rich in art, history and culture, Amsterdam is home to the Van Gogh museum, Anne Frank's house, and the Rijksmuseum, which houses many works by Rembrandt and Vermeer.
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Please note that the staterooms shown below are samples only. Actual cabin decor, details and layout may vary by stateroom category and type.
PS - Pinnacle Suites
Penthouse Verandah Suites: Bedroom with 1 king-size bed, oversize whirlpool bath & shower & additional shower stall, living room, dining room, dressing room, private verandah with whirlpool, pantry, 1 sofa bed for 2 persons, microwave, refrigerator, guest toilet, private stereo system, floor-to-ceiling windows.
SA - Neptune Suites
Deluxe Verandah Suites: 2 lower beds convertible to 1 king-size bed, bathroom with dual sink vanity, full-size whirlpool bath & shower & additional shower stall, large sitting area, dressing room, private verandah, 1 sofa bed for 2 persons, floor-to-ceiling windows.
SB - Neptune Suites
SC - Neptune Suites (Some Accessible)
SS - Signature Suites (Some Accessible)
Superior Verandah Suites: 2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathroom with dual sink vanity, full-size whirlpool bath & shower & additional shower stall, large sitting area, dressing room, private verandah, 1 sofa bed for 1 person, floor-to-ceiling windows.
SY - Signature Suites (Some Accessible)
SZ - Signature Suites
VA - Verandah Staterooms (Some Accessible)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub, shower, sitting area, private verandah, floor-to-ceiling windows. Accessible includes roll-in shower, wide interior & exterior doors
VB - Verandah Staterooms (Some Accessible)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub, shower. Accessible includes roll-in shower, wide interior & exterior doors.
VC - Verandah Staterooms
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub, shower.
VD - Verandah Staterooms
VE - Verandah Staterooms
VF - Verandah Staterooms
VH - Verandah Staterooms
C - Large Ocean-view Staterooms (Some Accessible)
D - Large Ocean-view Staterooms (Some Accessible)
DD - Large Ocean-view Staterooms
E - Large Ocean-view Staterooms
F - Large Ocean-view Staterooms
G - Large Ocean-view Staterooms (Partial Sea View)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub & shower. G staterooms have more than one view type (full or partial).
GG - Large Oceanview Stateroom (Obstructed view)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub & shower. All H- & HH-category staterooms have fully obstructed views.
H - Large Ocean-view Stateroom (Fully Obstructed View)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub & shower. All H- & HH-category staterooms have fully obstructed views.
HH - Large Ocean-view Staterooms (Fully Obstructed)
2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, bathtub & shower. All H- & HH-category staterooms have fully obstructed views.
I - Large or Stand. Inside Stateroom (Some Accessible)
Large: 2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, shower.
J - Large Interior Staterooms (Some Accessible)
Large or Standard: 2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, shower.
K - Large or Stnd. Inside Staterooms (Some Accessible)
L - Standard Inside Stateroom
Standard: 2 lower beds convertible to 1 queen-size bed, shower.
M - Standard Inside Staterooms
MM - Large or Standard Interior Staterooms
N - Standard Interior Staterooms
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Holland America's youth program accommodates 4 different age groups from 3 to 17 years old. Children 3 to 12 years old have their dedicated center at Club HAL while teens 13 to 17 years old have their exclusive areas The Loft and the Oasis. All activities are hosted and supervised by permanent, full-time staff who hold degrees in education, childhood development, recreation, leisure studies or related fields.
*If your child has special needs, please advise Holland America when booking your Alaska cruise reservation. They are welcome to attend activities based on their chronological age. Staff are trained to work with special needs children.
Club HAL®Kids: ages 3-7
Club HAL® Tweens: ages 8-12
Teens: ages 13-17
The Youth Program is offered at the following times:
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Kids and Teens Culinary Arts Program
For kids ages three to seven and eight to fourteen. Teenagers 15 and older may participate in adult classes. All classes are complimentary and last about an hour. Kids learn the basics on cooking and receive copies of recipes they prepared.
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Holland America guests in Alaska must be 21 years of age or older for alcohol purchase and consumption.
Guests 21 and older may each bring one bottle of wine (no larger than 750ml) onboard at embarkation. Additional bottles will incur a $18 US corkage fee. Beer, boxed wine, or other liquors and spirits are not permitted to be brought onboard.
Violation will result in the following:
Holland America automatically adds a hotel service charge to your shipboard account which are gratuities for the dining room wait staff, room stewards, and galley and laundry staff. The amount varies by stateroom and may be adjusted at your discretion at the end of your cruise.
A 15% bar service charge is automatically added to bar charges and dining room wine purchases. You are welcome to give more for exemplary service if you wish.
During the day, it's relaxed and casual onboard. At port dress in layers in Alaska. For the evening, bring formal wear and smart casual. There are two formal nights on a 7-night Alaska cruise. T-shirts, swimsuits, tanks tops and shorts are not proper attire in the restaurants or public areas during evening hours.
Women are permitted to board if pregnant for 23 weeks or less on day of disembarkation. A physician's letter must be faxed to Access and Compliance (800-577-1731) for women in any stage of pregnancy.
Infant minimum age is 12 months of age for trans-Atlantic sailings or any other itinerary which in the opinion of the Medical Department present a significant risk to infants between 6 and 12 months of age; minimum age is 6 months for all other sailings.
7 - Night Northbound Alaska Cruise On Holland America
Ports of Call: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA The Inside Passage (Cruising Only) Ketchikan, Alaska, US Juneau, Alaska, US Skagway, Alaska, US Glacier Bay (Cruising Only) At Sea Seward (Anchorage), Alaska, US
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Sail Date: August 26, 2018
Ports of Call: Vancouver, B.c., Ca Scenic Cruising The Inside Passage Ketchikan, Alaska, US Juneau, Alaska, US Skagway, Alaska, US Glacier Bay Cruising Only At Sea Seward (anchorage), Alaska, US
Sail Date: May 12, 2019
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Ports of Call: Vancouver, B.c., Ca Check In Starts At 1200p Scenic Cruising The Inside Passage Cruising Only Ketchikan, Alaska, US Juneau, Alaska, US Times Subject To Tidal Cond Skagway, Alaska, US Glacier Bay Cruising Only Route Subject To Weather At Sea Seward (anchorage), Alaska, US
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Calgary Stampeders receiver Maurice Price tweets about Michael Sam
The Stampeders' Maurice Price caused controversy Monday when he tweeted about Michael Sam.
Maurice Price has never shied away from controversy.
But the outspoken Calgary Stampeders wide receiver has kicked a big hornet's nest this time.
Price triggered a Twitter firestorm Monday afternoon with a single tweet about openly gay football player Michael Sam, who was drafted by the St. Louis Rams late in the NFL Draft.
Price tweeted: "My faith won't allow me to ACCEPT what took place over the weekend! Sorry, NOT sorry! #AdamAndEve #NotAdamAndAdam."
Reached late in the afternoon, Price said he has no issue with Sam or that he's an openly gay player but defended his own right to have an opinion on homosexuality.
"I wish Michael Sam nothing but the best and I hope he goes and has a fantastic career," Price said.
"It's nothing personal against him.
"People think I'm saying he shouldn't be drafted into the NFL, or they shouldn't have homosexual players. That's not it at all.
"I was speaking about homosexuality in general. As a Christian, obviously it's not something I can condone or accept."
A pair of CFL players were fined in February for sending out anti-gay tweets after Sam publicly announced he is a homosexual.
Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Arland Bruce and Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive tackle Bryant Turner Jr. Were fined for their tweets.
Price can expect to be reaching for his wallet as well.
But the 6-foot-1, 205-lb. speedster insisted he does not have an issue with gay people.
"I'm not a homophobe," Price said. "A homophobe is someone who can't associate or be around gays.
"As far as practicing Christianity, it's just something I believe in.
"It's a sin. It's no worse and no more than robbing or stealing is a sin.
"It's not personal against anybody. But Twitter takes it and people put their own spin on it.
"What kind of person would I be to say I don't think the NFL, or the CFL for that matter, should allow gay players?
"That doesn't make any sense."
Former Stamps teammate Eric Fraser, who will suit up with the expansion Ottawa RedBlacks this season, retweeted what Price had written and then added "#Idiot."
Fraser then tweeted: "I'd imagine a large percentage of our league is accepting. This opinion is the minority. #YouCanPlay"
Whether Price's tweet will become an issue in the dressing room when players report for training camp later this month remains to be seen.
Star running back Jon Cornish, who has two moms, has been openly supportive of the LGBT lifestyle.
Flames president of hockey operation Brian Burke is an indirect boss of Price now that the NHL squad owns the CFL franchise.
Burke's son Patrick Burke is president of the You Can Play program, which is dedicated to the eradication of homophobia in sports.
But the 28-year-old Price said he doesn't think it will be an issue at all.
"We won't have a problem," Price said of the locker-room. "This type of thing has come up before. We'll go back and forth and communicate and it'll be over.
"It's no moreso than politics or Kobe (Bryant) versus LeBron (James).
"What kind of world would it be if we agreed on everything?"
The Stampeders may have a different view of things. The team sent out a statement a couple hours later and was strong in its condemnation of what Price said.
"The Calgary Stampeders are outraged by the offensive comments made today in tweets from Maurice Price's account," the team said.
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Ah, Robert E. Howard was one of my greatest discoveries during the lost years! I read both the Gollancz volumes that have been previously discussed in this thread.
Gibby wrote:the stories have an energy that just drags you in
Solidarity Reg wrote:His writing is just so visceral.
Yes, exactly! He has an incredible imagination and powerful use of language, much like Lovecraft, but less "flowery" and more "muscular". He has replaced H. P. Lovecraft as my favourite pulp/short story writer. I read his historical tales first, then finished with the Conan saga. Although I enjoyed a few of the Conan tales -- particularly The Devil in Iron, Red Nails, The Black Stranger and Iron Shadows in the Moon -- I found many of them a bit of a chore to read. I actually much preferred the historical adventures. Bran Mak Morn was probably my favourite character from these tales (Kings of the Night and Worms of the Earth were both awesome), though I loved the Crusader stories too and of course Solomon Kane (particularly his adventures in western Africa).


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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) is an umbrella term used to describe the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects can have lifelong implications including physical, mental, behavior, and or learning disabilities.
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When a person does not meet the full diagnostic criteria for FAS but has a history of prenatal alcohol exposure and some of the facial abnormalities, as well as a growth problem or CNS abnormalities that person is considered to have partial FAS (pFAS).
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This morning, the entire NCWIT community has reason to celebrate. President Obama just made a historic call to action that provides all students access to computer science education through policy and financial support. We encourage everyone to amplify and support this announcement within their networks using the hashtag #CSforAll. You can also follow NCWIT social media channels and @whitehouse on Twitter for updates.
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'Architecte DPLG', he obtained a degree in architecture from the UPA 8 in 1985 before founding his own agency in Paris in 1990.
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Cartoon Network's Teen Titans has been off the air since 2006, and the void has been felt by fans of the DC animated show ever since. Now, we can stop worrying because a new series, Teen Titans Go!, is premiering in April; It reunites the team and the exact same voice cast from the original series for all-new adventures, and a whole new animation style. Check out the exclusive poster below; this is what the cast will be signing this weekend at WonderCon. Their signing session will be Saturday, March 30th, from 1:30-2:15 at the DC booth (#801) and later that afternoon, from 4-5pm, there will be a Teen Titans Go! panel in Room 300 AB. If you're in Anaheim this weekend, do not miss either of these, and get ready for Titanic action on April 23rd at 7:30pm ET/PT.
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i knew this show was shit when i first seen the previews. talkin bout same personalitys.. bullshit.! teen titans was super dope.
My Boys Love this new Teen Titans GO on CN They are only 7 and 9 so have no idea about the earlier or comics. They just LOVE the characters of this show 🙂 The others were for older kids I wouldn't let them watch those but they can watch this one.
I think the new show is pretty funny But I wish they could bring back the Teen Titans as they were a few years ago….there is a lot of questions that were left unanswered;/
Face it CN doesn't care about anyone over the age of 12 and this new eye sore proves it.
Yeah they [email protected]$cked it up sorry but this is ridiculous. I'm not gonna bother with this, hell I know I can run CN better. CN and [AS] have both list it. CN was awesome when dbz was on along with naruto and such and the cartoons like flapjack and Ed edd and eddy were awesome. CN can't run in its own it keeps changing programming every year c'mon hole in the wall, dood what would happen? Stupid ass shows they need to really think things through
Why are we shunning this new found opportunity?
This is great. Nowadays, a nerdy fan base is not enough to keep good shows running. Because shows like adventure time have action AND comedy, they are successful.
This is the Titan's opportunity to blend back into the world, and start up again! This is a really great show, and Just because they bring it back a bit different doesn't mean it'll suck.
Give the titans a chance. Just give em' a shot guys… please.
If everyone keeps complaining, they may never come back again.
This is idiotic! I was estatic to hear that teen titans was being brought back but this is just a bad idea! Me and my mom used to love watching teen titans because they weren't afraid to be dark or dangerous. I cant see CN letting the show be dark. I was going to look past the animations, but then looked at Cyborg. Oh no you didn't. What they fudge happened to him?! Did something go wrong with the animations or have the artists gotten that bad?! I can say that you wont catch me watching this trash.
No, just no. I grew up with this show and, while I was sad to see it end, I don't want it brought back especially like this. It's breaking my heart to know that this once great show will join my TV B.S list. I can't believe TV has gotten so warped that they will take a perfect show like Teen Titans and bastardize it like they are now. I pity today's youth for having this junk when only a few years ago the shows were so awesome.
This is a mistake . It might of worked as shorts ,but without the heart and the drama of the original show ,it is really just a waste .
You know…… There is always YOUTUBE, HULU, CRUNCHYROLL. The CN Website. There is also CartoonHangover where the older teens can go and check out some of the more humorous side of animation IE The Bravest Warriors, a creation from the team that does Adventure Time with Finn & Jake. Yea, I get it……….. CN Isn't IMHO working with a full deck at the moment or if it is? It was tainted with some of Joker's Wacky chemicals. I'd love to see some of teh artistic talents that went into the DC to DVD movies head to series syndication and pick up where Justice League left off or DO the whole REboot thing and do a "52" of their own. I'd love to see Dexter's Labratory return with the cast aged to say dexter being 13 or 14 or hell BETTER YET! WHY NOT CONTACT BLEEDMAN AND work out some contract deal and bring him on board! He's cont.ed om with the CN Universe and even made it better.
toonsmyth – This was a pretty darn good series with a decent sized run. They were full half-hour episodes with some pretty fun/quality stories. What small doses are you talkin' 'bout? Was there another mini-series/interstitial like the clone wars?
Hated seeing Young Justice go, especially after JUST finding it.
Love to see Teen Titans back. Seems like a very "KID" animation style, but I said the same thing when TT first came out camparing it to JL & JLU.
im still on the fence about CN canceling young justice, and i really hope that last weeks episode wasnt the last because it had one hell of an ending and also it wasnt as action packed as the episode before, and to bring back TT as a saturday nora the explorer style animation is not a good idea, i dont know what the hell CN is thinking, they should had at least made it look like YJ animation style. dont get me wrong it looks kind of alright, i mean i still watch it because i gotta get my Robin and DC hero fix, but CN needs to bring back YJ and theyll have more viewers, lets just hope that the new batman CGI show will help with that…
"ugh. Such a huge mistake to rehash something that worked in small doses into an entire show. They SHOULD make those SuperBFF shorts with Supergirl, Wonder Girl and Batgirl into something longer! Love to see more of THOSE!" – toonsmyth
I also agree that SuperBFF should have been longer,that artwork by Lauren Frost is just Gorgeous! hell I'd love to see not just that but Animal Man..I loved those Animal Man shorts..
so they want to do another Americanized anime with the titans? is this why they cancelled Young Justice? F.U. Cartoon Network & DC.
Teen Titans GO! Don't you mean Teen Titans SD. Naruto already did this.
As a young man who grew up watching teen titans the series has meant a lot to me. I still tear up when robin tells slade he already has a "father", But this is not teen titans. Not only did they cancel "Clone wars", "Young Justice", and "Green Lantern" but most of CN's current programming is terrible. I worry for today's youth.
may not be returning. No they are not returning. Also Korra returns at the end of April.
let me get this – they brought back what was a clever animated series back in 2006 into something so dumb down that it only works (in my opinion) via 1 – 2 minute bursts … yet there's a possibility that Green Lantern and Young Justice may not be returning? What the fuh'hell, Cartoon Network? Your a r s e is getting steam rolled over by Nick via their Avatar: The Legend of Kora !!
Just wish it could have been an adaptation of Art Baltazar/Franco's great comic Tiny Titans! That book was so great and was tailor made for an animated series.
I just squeed so loudly that every TV and glass surface in my house and within a 5 mile radius has shattered.
Totally worth it.
ugh. Such a huge mistake to rehash something that worked in small doses into an entire show. They SHOULD make those SuperBFF shorts with Supergirl, Wonder Girl and Batgirl into something longer! Love to see more of THOSE!


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Premier Helen Zille is once more raising the spectre of criminalising HIV transmission. This is an old debate. In 2001, the South African Law Reform Commission considered the matter and concluded that current legislation is sufficient to deal with intentional transmission of HIV. The report was submitted to the Minister of Justice in terms of the South African Law Commission Act, 1973 (Act 19 of 1973). The committee received a range of expert submissions. It was chaired by Justice Edwin Cameron.
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Deliberate conduct in the form of deliberate transmission of or exposure to HIV would already be liable to prosecution under the existing common law crimes of murder, assault, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, rape or indecent assault. Negligent conduct would be liable to prosecution under existing law if HIV is transmitted and the victim died as a result of this. It may however be that HIV-related behaviour is difficult to prosecute successfully under these crimes. This would be due mainly to the specific characteristics of HIV as a disease: Its long incubation period and its invisibility may present problems with regard to proof of causation and fault. Aspects regarding consent could further encumber prosecutions. Some believe that it may be necessary to codify the common law to eliminate these difficulties or some of them. This approach would not entail creating any additional, new offence, but would put into statutory form what is already illegal. Such codified HIV-specific offences would then be a clear confirmation of the existing common law position. Codification might also provide an opportunity for the creation of presumptions to deal with current perceived difficulties in the application of the common law.
The second option stems from the fact that our common law contains three distinct omissions: There are no crimes of negligent injury; of deliberately exposing another to danger short of assault; or of negligent endangerment (exposure). In this regard the following possibilities arose:
Maintaining the present position would mean that persons with HIV who transmit HIV to others or expose others to HIV may under certain circumstances be prosecuted under the existing common law crimes.
The decision to criminalise implies a cost to society and the individual involved. The benefits and social gains to be obtained from the successful prevention or reduction of the conduct in question have to be commensurate with this cost. Otherwise a decision to criminalise cannot be constitutionally justified. The Commission is of the opinion that the social costs inherent in the creation of an HIV-specific offence are not justified:
The transmission of or exposure to HIV in the context of consensual sexual relationships involves the most intimate aspects of human interaction. The enforcement of an HIV-specific offence will call for inquiry into the medical histories and sexual affairs of both the accused and his or her sexual partner/s. The Commission is of the opinion that such infringement of privacy is not justified in circumstances where the creation of an HIV-specific offence is not based on evidence establishing a need for such offence/s; where such offence/s may serve no purpose additional to the existing common law offences; and would have no impact on diminishing or preventing the spread of HIV.


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About 40 million Chinese kids are taking piano lessons these days — and it's all because of Lang Lang. The charismatic 27-year-old Chinese native — who was barely 18 when The Post made him a cover boy ("Lang Lang is hot hot hot") — has been pretty busy. Maybe you caught him on "Sesame Street," "Oprah" or the Beijing Olympics, where they sat him behind a ginormous white piano. Now the rock star of classical music is teaming with Wyclef Jean to help the children of Haiti.
"A few years ago, China had a huge earthquake and many children lost their lives, or their parents," Lang Lang says. "I texted Wyclef right after I saw the news about Haiti. But the earthquake was two months ago, and I think people forget." Lang Lang is determined they don't. This week, iTunes released his recording of Chopin's "Polonaise," with proceeds going to Haiti releif. (Go to iTunes.com or text "HEROIC" to 839863 to download it.) Or catch him and Jean at Carnegie Hall for a benefit concert that includes an encore performance of "Gunpowder," the piece they played at last year's Nobel Prize ceremony. What's that sound like? "He plays guitar and sings, and I play a lot of scales." Don't expect an album anytime soon: Lang Lang's getting back to Beethoven. Sunday at 8:30 p.m., Tickets are $18 to $109 at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue; 212-247-7800; carnegiehall.org.
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Metal fans have known Anvil since 1978 when they toured with bands such as AC/DC but never met with their contemporaries' success. Then, just last year, film buffs came to know Anvil from the 2008 documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil," which detailed the band's tragically comic decades of coming up close in what, at times, plays out like a real-life "This Is Spinal Tap." Tonight at the Gramercy Theatre, band and film come together at an 8 p.m. screening of Anvil's movie, followed by a live performance from the band (along with a pair of opening acts). 127 E. 23rd St., at Lexington Avenue; (212) 614-6932. Tickets are $25 at livenation.com.
If you still can't get Michael Shannon's Oscar-nominated performance in "Revolutionary Road" out of your head, you're in luck. The actor, a dead-ringer for James Bond nemesis Jaws, is on the big screen again in "The Runaways" (he's the band's manager). But you can also catch him live onstage in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of "Our Town" (Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St; 212-868-4444) as the Stage Manager.
"I always heard it was sentimental and hokey," Shannon says of the play, which he had neither seen nor read. "It didn't seem like it would be up my alley. But when I saw this production it rocked my world." Although his profile has increased considerably since his Oscar nom, Shannon's appearance in the play isn't even being advertised. "I really like it that way," he says. "I thrive on anonymity. I'm one of those lame actors who doesn't enjoy the spotlight." Even so, he'd better get used to it.
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Bill Murray is a sardonic lunar tour guide and Dan Aykroyd a Holland Tunnel supervisor in the one-of-a-kind "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1984), which is having an extremely rare showing tomorrow at 92Y Tribeca. This charming, retro-futuristic fantasy stars Zach Galligan ("Gremlins'") as a young aspiring artist who returns to a New York City despotically run by the Port Authority — until he's dispatched to the moon by Father Knickerbocker (Sam Jaffee) to find his true love (Lauren Tom), meeting singer Eddie Fisher (playing himself) en route.
The semi-musical flick, shot mostly in black-and-white, has developed a substantial cult following, selling out earlier showings at Lincoln Center and BAM despite never having been released in any form in the United States. Director Tom Schiller, who says he was "inspired by every movie I've ever seen," will introduce the feature and several short films he helmed for "Saturday Night Live," including "Don't Look Back in Anger" with John Belushi (who died before shooting his part for "Nothing Lasts Forever"). The theater is at 200 Hudson St., at Canal Street. Info: 92Y.org. More at nypost.com/blogs/movies.
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Some artists might swear cartoonist R. Crumb is God, and his Bible illustrations certainly won't change their minds about the godfather of the underground comix style. Through April 17, the David Zwirner Gallery presents 207 works Crumb — who drew Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural — created for "The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb," published last October. 519 W. 19th St., at 10th Avenue; 212-727-2070, davidzwirner.com.


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A motorcycle trike is exactly what it sounds like: a three wheeled motorcycle. These new forms of motorcycles are really starting to gain in popularity, what used to be novelty is becoming common place.
There are many reasons for the increased popularity of these machines. For many people the added size and stability gives them an increased feeling of safety. For others the bigger size provides a more comfortable ride and additional storage. For some people they simply want to be able to continue to enjoy the 'wind in your hair' feeling of a motorcycle but have some physical limitations that prevent them from riding a two wheeled motorcycle.
Because of the added stability of having three wheels a trike is easier to learn how to ride. Many people can be intimidated learning on a two wheeled motorcycle. Riding a trike is different from a two wheeled motorcycle since you don't lean in corners, you just steer, more like a car.
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For licensing and insurance purposes trikes are classified as a motorcycle and all state and federal laws, such as helmet laws, still apply. You aren't as exposed as you are on a motorcycle, but you still are exposed, that's why you have to wear all the same safety apparel that you would wear when riding a motorcycle.
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With Valentine's Day fast approaching, my husband is constantly asking "What do you want for Valentine's Day?" Each year, my answer is the same: "Nothing." And each year, he gets me something because he says I'll be mad if he doesn't. Is he correct? I don't know. I mean, we don't get presents for St. Patrick's Day or President's Day, and it never bothered me. To me, Valentine's Day is just another excuse for marketing something that should be done on a day-to-day basis: tell and show your loved ones that you love them!Ya, ya, so it's not like I don't give presents for Christmas or Easter. Perhaps it is the way I was raised, but I put more emphasis on those celebrations than Valentine's Day.Should you take advantage of the deals that restaurants, hotels or stores think up to promote their business? Of course! But wouldn't you take advantage of the deal if it were offered at other times throughout the year?Helpless romantic or not...what are your views/fun stories about Valentine's Day?


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The South Koreans believe their friendly neighbors to the north have jammed the Global Positioning Systems on hundreds of airliners flying in and out of South Korea's major airports in recent days. It could be a typical North Korean tactic: come up with a low-cost way to cause trouble, especially one that's difficult to trace. Luckily, today's planes have other systems that can get them safely from Point A to Point B.
Last month, Pyongyang ratcheted up its standard provocative rhetoric to new levels, threatening to turn the government in Seoul "to ashes in three or four minutes" through "unprecedented peculiar means and methods." The failure of a major missile test and rumbles of an impending nuclear-weapons test has further unsettled the peninsula. Could jamming its neighbor's GPS be part of NoKo's "peculiar means"?
Luckily, the U.S. Air Force – which operates the system – knows all about such challenges.
"GPS' signal is a very weak spread-spectrum signal, and it is not difficult to jam," Air Force General William Shelton, chief of the Air Force Space Command, told reporters recently. "And it is not difficult to get a GPS jammer. In fact you can buy one online. Illegally, but you can buy one online."
The Air Force launched the first GPS satellite in 1989. Its full constellation of 24 was in place by 1994. Linked electronically to one another, they provide precise time and location data to anyone, anywhere in the world, on devices ranging from cell phones to cameras to ICBMs. But their weak signals can be overwhelmed with electronic jamming.
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U.S. 'SECRET AGENT' Tells His Story
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U.S. 'SECRET AGENT' Tells His Story
Hooking Countries & Binding Them to U.S. Servitude
"It's a game that's very very old. It's been played by empires for a
long time. And we've taken it to a whole new level of perfection
since World War II... When the Romans or the Conquistadors
or the English or the French sent their armies out to the world
and created these empires, everybody knew they were doing it...
But we've done it in a way that's much more subtle. A way that
many people in the United States still believe that most of our
aid is altruistic. It isn't altruistic for the most part. It's done in
the process of creating this empire... It's against the law. But
on the international scale, it's not against the law. We write the laws."
The story of modern-day colonialism and imperialism has changed somewhat with the Americans being temporarily the world's 'only superpower'. Beyond the CIA and the Pentagon, beyond as well the World Bank and the IMF, there is also a more complex world of international finance and intrique which a former American 'Hit Man' has now opened up for all to read about in the book CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN.
As for John Perkins now telling his story in this book -- 'confessing' -- it appears his motivation in doing so (in addition to money and notoriety) is that after 9/11 he concluded the American people needed and deserved to know what more has been going on that has caused such a backlash against the U.S. in so many places. It also appears that in confessing Perkins has revealed, or maybe just suggested in view of the secrecy laws, that the CIA and NSA and Pentagon are indeed connected with such other institutions as the Peace Corps and international multinational corporations, thus making all Americans suspect and putting more Americans at risk. This whole situation of course has only escalated in recent years with the 'Patriot Act' legislation and it's own secret protocols.
In his gripping tell-all book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a guilt-ridden authors explains in amazing detail that Americans like him are hired guns, employed by consulting companies under contract to the United States government, who purposefully loan shark billions of dollars to third world countries hooking them, addicting them, in order to control their policies and economies.
This is a book we do recommend to one and all who want to grasp further the realities of today's world in the Middle East and beyond.
John Perkins was recruited by the National Security Agency during his last year at Boston University's School of Business Administration, 1968. He spent the next three years in the Peace Corps in South America and then in 1971 joined the international consulting firm of Chas. T. Main, a Boston-based company of 2000 employees that kept a very low profile. As Chief Economist and Director of Economics and Regional Planning
at Chas. T. Main, Perkins says his primary job was to convince Less Developed Countries (LDCs) around the world to accept multibillion dollar loans for infrastructure projects and to see to it that most of this money ended up at Main, Bechtel, Halliburton, Brown and Root, and other U.S. engineering/construction companies. The loans left the recipient countries wallowing in debt and highly vulnerable to outside political and commercial interests. He documents his experience in the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN.
Transcript of NOW Program from 4 March 2005:
Host DAVID BRANCACCIO:
For much of his career, as a consultant in international development, John Perkins says he was an empire builder though maybe not in ways you'd think.
Perkins calls himself an "economic hit man" a kind of secret agent of U.S. power, armed not with a Walther PPK pistol but a set of corrupt economic spreadsheets. His job, he says, was to convince developing countries to borrow money to build expensive projects. Projects like roads, dams and power grids that would ostensibly improve the quality of life.
But there was a catch: These projects would also leave these countries with more debt than they could ever hope to repay. This crushing debt, Perkins says, left those countries with little choice but to follow America's lead on foreign and economic policies. His controversial book, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN has been on THE NEW YORK TIMES best seller list for 11 weeks.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: Well, John Perkins, welcome to NOW.
JOHN PERKINS: Thank you, it's great to be here, David.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: One of the things about reading your book is that you have to just take it on faith that you're being up front. I don't mean to be unkind, but even something as basic as the word in the title, "economic hit man," I mean it sounds like something a publisher came up with. But you say this was the term that was actually used in the biz.
JOHN PERKINS: Well, we used it tongue in cheek. But the term was one that really stuck with us because in fact, what we were called upon to do is very similar to what Mafia hit men do. Except we were a lot more efficient about it. A lot more secretive. A lot more professional and did it on a much larger scale.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: It's true that organized crime does use debt to exercise control. There's a way to do that. When someone is in hock, they are in your thrall, in a sense. And you've seen it--
JOHN PERKINS: Right.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: In this country. You're really translating that to the international sphere.
JOHN PERKINS: Yes. It's a game that's very very old. It's been played by empires for a long time. And we've taken it to a whole new level of perfection since World War II and especially in the last four decades. In fact we've managed to create what I believe is history's only truly global empire. And for the first time we've created an empire primarily without the military.
When the Romans or the Conquistadors or the English or the French sent their armies out to the world and created these empires, everybody knew they were doing it. The armies were obvious. But we've done it in a way that's much more subtle. A way that many people in the United States still believe that most of our aid is altruistic. It isn't altruistic for the most part. It's done in the process of creating this empire.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: But just for the sake of living with yourself when you're a younger man, I mean you must have said to yourself, "I am helping the population of this developing country, be it Indonesia, be it someplace else, by bringing, for instance, a hydroelectric project to them." Yes, it'll cost them a lot, yes, they'll have to borrow a lot. But ultimately you must have been guided by the sense that you're trying to help out poor folks.
JOHN PERKINS: Well, that's what I'd learned in business school and that's the model that the World Bank presents. But if you really get to know these countries, and I did, I spent a lot of time in them, what I saw was that the money that was going to build these projects like the hydroelectric projects or the highways or the ports, hardly ever actually made its way to the country.
The money was transferred from banks in Washington, DC to banks in Houston or San Francisco or New York where most of it went to big US corporations. The ones we heard a lot about these days like Halliburton and Bechtel. And these corporations then built these projects and the projects primarily served the very rich in those countries.
The electricity, the highways, the ports were seldom even used by the people who needed them the most. But the country would be left holding a huge debt and it would be such a large debt that they couldn't possibly repay it. And so at some point in time, we economic hit men, we go back into the country and say, "Look, you owe us a lot of money, you can't pay your debts. Therefore sell us your oil at a real cheap price or vote with us at a UN vote or give us land for a military base or send some of your troops to some country where we want you to support us."
DAVID BRANCACCIO: You think that from the word go that this kind of lending was meant to essentially put these countries into hock?
JOHN PERKINS: There's no question in my mind that this was what I was intended to do was to go out and create these projects that would bring billions of dollars back to US corporations and create projects that would put these countries into such deep debt, that in essence, they became part of our empire. They became our slaves in a way.
And, it's important to understand that what I was doing was not illegal. It is not illegal. It should be. But it isn't. Now, if I were a banker and I were to go to you and convince you to take a loan that I knew you'd never be able to repay, that's criminal. I could be taken to court for that or ...
DAVID BRANCACCIO: Yeah, it's like selling a naïve investor some sort of fancy investment vehicle. It's against the law.
JOHN PERKINS: It's exactly, it's against the law. But on the international scale, it's not against the law. We write the laws. And if you go to the textbooks in the business schools you'll see that increasing gross national product is toted as something that's good for development. And that's and we usually did that. However, in most of these countries or many of these countries, when you increase gross national product, you may only be increasing the wealth of a very few families who own most of the major resources in the country.
The people who live off subsistence farming and other activities or close to subsistence, don't gain anything. In fact, you build a hydroelectric dam across their river, destroys much of the life downstream. It destroys their farms, it destroys their fishing. It does them a great deal of damage. And they're left holding this debt that should be going to pay for their education, health services, other social services. But can't, because it's owed to us.
The reason I wrote the book, David, is because finally after 9/11 I realized that the American people must know what's going on. Because most Americans don't know. And the that 9/11 was just symbolic of a tremendous amount of anger around the world. And we in the United States don't are not aware of that. September 11th made us somewhat aware of it although I think we've really covered that aspect of it over. We say this is a rogue terrorist.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: Or that it's based in sort of religious passion. Or that it's something about Saudi Arabia in particular. This isn't really about the United States and its international relations. That's the argument.
JOHN PERKINS: That's the argument. But in fact, if you go to Catholic countries in South America, you'll see that Osama bin Laden is a is a hero amongst a lot of people. He's on billboards. He's on T-shirts. It's very unfortunate that this mass murderer has become the symbol of a David who is standing up to a Goliath. The way they see it. He's like a Robin Hood to many people.
Twenty-four thousand people die every day from lack of nutrition. Thirty thousand children die every single day from - diseases for which we have cures. For which we have medicines. And that shouldn't be happening. It doesn't need to happen. That's over 50,000 people every single day dying terrible, painful, awful, needless deaths. So 3,000 at the World Trade Center was atrocious, terrible; 200,000 or whatever the tsunami is atrocious and terrible. And they make the news. But these 50,000 plus that die every single day needlessly, don't ever make the news. And their families and the people in those countries are very angry. Because we could prevent that. And in fact, our policies and especially many of our corporate policies, foster those kinds of conditions that create situations where those people are dying of lack of nutrition and lack of medicines.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: There will be Americans who reflect on this and say look we tried to share the wealth and for whatever reason, it came to naught.
JOHN PERKINS: We didn't try to share the wealth. We Americans believe that that's what we're doing. We're a good hearted compassionate people. But the fact of the matter the ones who make the decisions I was in that position. This is a lot of people out there today in that position. They're getting very wealthy. Their corporations are getting wealthy, and a few families in these developing countries who collaborate with us in this process, are getting fabulously wealthy, too.
But the poor are getting much poorer and the gap between rich and poor has increased tremendously over the last 30 years. Over this time when the World Bank and the United Nations has told us that we're making improvements in fact the gap is has more than doubled.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: You know, I saw a World Bank official quoted in regard to your book, hadn't read the book. Saw some account. But thought that your view of all this was really out of date. And regardless of whether or not your vision of this is really what happened, World Bank has moved on.
Even now they've shifted. I saw a statistic in 1980 something like three or five percent of their lending went into things like health and pensions and education. Now it's up to 22 percent. They're not giving so much money to big dam projects that runs up the debt.
JOHN PERKINS: If you really look behind those numbers of schools and hospitals and those kinds of things, you'll see that yes, we've spent more money on constructing those types of facilities building the schools and the hospitals. The big construction companies have gotten rich building them.
But look behind the numbers and see how much money we've put into training health specialists. Doctors and nurses and technicians or how much money we've put into teaching into training teachers. To fill the schools. It's not enough to build schools and hospitals. You've also got to create the whole system that allows for better education and better health care. It's- I'm very sad to say it's a system that has really pulled the wool over people's eyes. We paint a very good picture, but when you go deep in, you find a very different story.
DAVID BRANCACCIO: John, I appreciate this. The book is called CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN. John Perkins, thank you very much.
JOHN PERKINS: You're welcome, David, it's been my pleasure.
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