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The 75th anniversary year performances of George Frideric Handel's Messiah, which has become a winter season tradition at Ursinus College, will be held Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Bomberger Auditorium. The piece will be sung by the College Choir and Meistersingers, and conducted by Professor John French, holder of the Heefner Chair of Music. Soloists are Leslie Johnson, soprano; Robert O'Neil, countertenor; Kenneth Garner, tenor; and Reginald Pindell, bass.
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Last year Dr. French conducted his 50th performance of the Handel oratorio at Ursinus. Dr. French, a member of the college faculty since 1979, has received the Laughlin Professional Achievement Award and Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in recognition of his professional and scholarly accomplishments. Dr. French is the associate conductor of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Active as a church musician for 40 years, he has been the organist-choirmaster for the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia since 1992.
Dr. French has degrees from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, Westminster Choir College and the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. In addition to other grants and awards, he has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. French is immediate past President of the Board of Directors of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia and currently serves as President of the Society's Foundation. He is past President of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.


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April 15, 2013 — The Virginia Board of Health on Friday voted 11-2 to approve regulations that would require the state's abortion clinics to meet the same building standards as hospitals, the Washington Post reports (Vozzella, Washington Post, 4/12).
The Virginia Board of Health first approved the new regulations in September, after state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) refused to sign off on the board's original decision to exempt existing facilities from the rules. Cuccinelli then approved the new version and submitted it to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), who certified the measure on Dec. 28, and posted the regulations to a state website for a 60-day public comment period before they returned to the board for final review (Women's Health Policy Report, 1/4).
The regulations have already been certified by Cuccinelli and now will be reviewed by two state agencies and McDonnell, who is expected to sign off on them (Washington Post, 4/12). If finalized, the rules would take effect by late 2014.
The new regulations, which implement a 2011 state law, include requirements governing the width of public hallways, the size of janitor's closets and the number of parking spaces at abortion clinics. They also require clinics to undergo inspections (Eckholm, New York Times, 4/12). The regulations will apply to facilities that provide more than five abortions monthly.
Elizabeth Nash -- state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute -- said about half of states have structural requirements for abortion clinics, but Virginia's proposed new regulations are "just about the most restrictive" (Smith, Politico, 4/15).
Katherine Greenier -- a project director with the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia -- said Virginia clinics will "need to pay anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars to a million dollars to meet architectural standards that are medically unnecessary" (New York Times, 4/12).
According to NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia spokesperson Alena Yarmosky, the regulations could force as many as 15 of the state's 20 abortion clinics to close (Robertson, Reuters, 4/12).
Supporters of the requirements, meanwhile, said the rules are meant to ensure high standards of care. "We see them as common-sense regulations," said Susan B. Anthony List spokesperson Mallory Quigley (Politico, 4/15).
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According to the New York Times, the regulations also have become an issue in this year's gubernatorial election, which is expected to pit Cuccinelli against abortion-rights supporter Terry McAuliffe (D).
McAuliffe said in an email to the Times that the board's decision "was an unnecessary move that was the result of Ken Cuccinelli forcing his divisive ideological agenda on Virginian women."
Cuccinelli spokesperson Anna Nix countered that McAuliffe's comment "shows a total disregard for Virginia's elected legislators, suggesting that [McAuliffe] will just ignore the laws he doesn't like" (New York Times, 4/12).


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The following year, Brickley was hired to do the Bruins TV broadcasts on channel 38, replacing Derek Sanderson. In 2000, he moved to NESN, doing primarily the road games, alongside Dave Shea. Since 2005, Brickley has done all NESN Bruins telecasts home and away, and since 2007, all of those have been alongside Jack Edwards.
Brickley attended UNH, where Edwards actually called the games that Brickley was playing in. Brickley had a 14-year professional hockey career (both minor league and NHL), including the Bruins from 1988-1992, and actually got his start in broadcasting while he was a player with the Grizzlies of Salt Lake City. While he was injured, Brickley participated in the radio broadcasts of the IHL club.
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In IR-2017-201, the IRS "reminds taxpayers there are things they should do now to get ready for filing season."
With the continued effort by the IRS to make the entire tax system more secure, there are a number of actions taxpayers can take to plan for a smooth tax filing experience. These seven IRS year-end tips will be helpful for all taxpayers.
With the continued effort by the IRS to make the entire tax system more secure, there are a number of actions taxpayers can take to plan for a smooth tax filing experience. These seven IRS year-end tips will be helpful for all taxpayers.
- Charitable Gifts - Your charitable gifts must be delivered by December 31. Checks postmarked in the U.S. Mail before year-end will qualify, even if the checks are cashed by the nonprofit in January. Credit card gifts by December 31 also qualify, even if you pay the bill in January.
- IRA Distributions - If you are over age 70½, you must take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from your traditional IRA. Normally, this RMD starts at about 3.8% of your IRA balance. If you reach age 70½ in 2017, you may wait and take the first distribution on April 1, 2018. If you are 70½ and use a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you may transfer up to $100,000 per year from your IRA custodian directly to a qualified charity. This distribution may fulfill your RMD for the year.
- IRA Funding - Most workplace qualified retirement plans are funded by December 31. However, your 2017 IRA contribution of up to $5,500 ($6,500 for IRA owners age 50 and over) may be made up to April 18, 2018.
- Tax Refunds - You should not depend on receiving your refund by a specific date. The IRS urges you not to commit to any expenditure that will require receiving your refund by a fixed date. If you have moved, you may file IRS Form 8822, Change of Address. Your refund may be delayed until late February if you claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Added Child Tax Credit (ACTC).
- Name Changes - if there is a marriage or a divorce with a name change, you should notify the Social Security Administration (SSA). The IRS compares names with SSA records. If there is a difference, it may delay your refund.
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11 December 2012: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel David Gressly at the CERF High-level pledging conference. Credit: OCHA/Paolo Palmero Donors increase their pledges for emergency aid in 2013 to US$384 million.
More than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to support the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) next year, contributing to a $9 million increase in pledges from 2012.
Since its launch in 2006, the CERF, which has an annual funding target of $450 million, has enabled aid to reach millions of people affected by humanitarian emergencies such as natural disasters and other crises in 87 countries and territories. "From flood zones to war zones, the CERF stops crises from turning into catastrophes," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "It is the vaccine that saves a child from yellow fever or his mother from meningitis. It is the blanket that covers a refugee family when temperatures drop below freezing." Across the world, from Haiti to Central America, Niger to Sudan, Pakistan to the Philippines, millions of people in nearly 50 countries have benefited from the CERF's distribution of more than $460 million in aid this year alone. More than $110 million was allocated to help address crises including food insecurity, natural disasters, conflict and displacement in eight West African countries across the Sahel region. "The rapid and flexible support offered by the CERF makes it a central pillar of the UN agencies' humanitarian response," said UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos. "We are one of the largest supporters of UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, UNFPA and FAO, and the sixth largest contributor to WFP. The agencies have repeatedly told us that the CERF's support enhances their ability to respond." Eleven Member States announced increases to their 2013 pledges. "Despite difficult economic circumstances, donors continue to support the CERF because the CERF works," added Ms. Amos. More than 40 countries are now both contributors to and recipients of funds from the CERF. In the last six years, 126 Member States, together with public and private donors, have contributed more than $2.8 billion to CERF. More>> CERF Allocations in 2012 - Video on CERF 2012 - UN CERF


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The award,which honors exceptional work by individuals in three areas of pastoral care - ministry, leadership, and personal service - is given jointly by the Wayne Oates Institute and Long Run Baptist Association.
"Loren Townsend is a superb and distinguished educator and researcher," said Louisville Seminary President Michael Jinkins. "Through his teaching and writing he has formed a generation of pastors, chaplains and therapists. This award confirms what his colleagues and students have long known. He stands in the first rank of his profession."
Dr. Townsend, a native of the Pacific Northwest, joined the faculty at Louisville Seminary in 1996 and was recently named the Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy program. He is a graduate of East Texas Baptist College (BA), East Texas State University (MS), Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), and The Graduate Theological Union (PhD).
Prior to joining the faculty of Louisville Seminary, Dr. Townsend served in parish ministry and spent fourteen years directing pastoral counseling and marriage and family therapy training programs in Arizona and Georgia. As a teacher and supervisor, he has focused on the integration of behavioral sciences, spirituality, and theology as these intersect in clinical practice. This is reflected in his journal articles, professional papers, active leadership in professional organizations, and philosophy of teaching in his field.
"When a person or family asks for help managing life, we are on holy ground," said Dr. Townsend. "It is not a question of IF theology will be involved in any caring action, but HOW. To be grounded theologically means that counseling is rooted in intentional, critical dialogue within a convictional community about how to interpret, change, and rearrange relationships with self, others, and God."
Dr. Townsend is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church (USA). He is a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Dr. Townsend has published several articles on religion and psychotherapy, supervision, and integrational method. He is the author of Introduction to Pastoral Counseling (Abingdon Press, 2009), Pastoral Care in Suicide (Abingdon Press, 2006), and Pastoral Care with Stepfamilies: Mapping the Wilderness (Chalice Press, 2000). Dr. Townsend regularly leads workshops in ministry to stepfamilies, counseling with divorced and remarried families, supervision, and theological integration for counseling professionals.
The Oates Award was established in 1989 by the Long Run Baptist Association in Louisville, Kentucky, and has continued as an annual recognition honoring the legacy of Dr. Wayne W. Oates. The Oates Institute became a co-sponsor of this award is 2003 and remains committed to continuing this tradition and promoting it internationally.


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Pilot Program to Train Two Dozen Social Entrepreneurs
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Santa Clara University Launches "GSBI Online"in Collaboration with the World Bank Development Marketplace
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb 23, 2012 — Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society has received funding from the World Bank Development Marketplace to expand its highly successful mentoring and training program for social entrepreneurs—the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™)—to an entirely online format.
Developed in collaboration with the World Bank, the new program, called GSBI Online, will be piloted starting in May 2012 to a select group of social entrepreneurs running business-oriented organizations that aim to solve major social problems related to poverty, such as hunger or lack of power.
Based on the successful GSBI model, GSBI Online will match the entrepreneurs with mentors and provide interactive training modules to help them build sustainable and scalable organizations. The new online delivery format will reach a greater number of entrepreneurs, including earlier stage ventures and those unable to travel.
"We are delighted to make the GSBI's proven capacity development program available to more social entrepreneurs," said Thane Kreiner, Ph.D., executive director of CSTS. "The World Bank's leadership in launching a pilot demonstrates their deep commitment to supporting the long-term growth and self-sustainability of the high-potential organizations alleviating poverty they have identified through their Development Marketplace."
Up to 25 grantees, identified through the Development Marketplace and GSBI, will go through the initial pilot, designed to help participants create sustainable business plans to grow their organizations. During the nine-module program, participants will produce elevator pitches, business plan summary presentations, and investment profiles necessary to attract business and financial partners.
The curriculum will use GSBI's proven methodology, be available on-demand, and incorporate best practices of online learning. Entrepreneurs will be able to work at their own pace over a maximum of eight months. They will be, guided throughout by a Silicon Valley mentor and a local mentor, who volunteer their time to give feedback to the entrepreneurs about their ventures.
The modules will include: (1) mission, opportunity, strategies; (2) external environment; (3) target market segmentation; (4) value chain analysis; (5) organization and human resources; (6) business model; (7) success metrics; (8) one-year operating plan; and (9) financing strategy.
"The World Bank Development Marketplace and the GSBI collectively have over 25 years of experience working with social entrepreneurs who develop and distribute public goods and services to the poorest of the poor," said Andy Lieberman, Program Manager for GSBI Online at Santa Clara University. "With its emphasis on business skills training, GSBI Online is a natural next step for both organizations."
GSBI Online offers several advantages over other capacity development programs, including lower cost, no travel, greater scheduling flexibility, and customizable curriculum. GSBI Online pilots will continue throughout 2012 and into 2013, sponsored by organizations seeking to provide additional capacity development and business model support to select groups of social entrepreneurs.
The GSBI Online pilot commences during the 10th year of the GSBI program, which is the signature program of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara. The GSBI's track record is exemplary: over 90 percent of GSBI alumni enterprises remain in operation, with almost 50 percent growing revenues faster than expenses.
GSBI alumni include: the micro-lending website Kiva.org; African solar-radio maker Lifeline Energy; Indian safe-drinking water distributor Naandi; "cloud phone" service provider Movirtu; Indian rural electrification pioneer Husk Power Systems; physical mobility device producer and advocate MAARDEC; optical health leader VisionSpring; and the earthquake-resistant construction nonprofit Build Change.
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Police released a sketch of a man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a Dickinson girl last week while she was walking to a friend's home.
The man grabbed the 12-year-old girl on Thursday while she was walking along the 3900 block of Cinnamon Cove. He dragged her into a nearby wooded area then sexually assaulted her, Dickinson police said.
The girl began screaming then managed to escape. Police said she then ran home.
Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the attacker. He remains at large.
The man is believed to be in his mid-20s. He is 5-foot-6 or slightly taller and weighs 160 to 180 pounds. Police said he has a tattoo of a cross on his left check. He was wearing a black-and-gray knit cap, a yellow hooded jacket and yellow pants that were made from a windbreaker-type material, Dickinson police said.
Anyone with information about the incident should call Dickinson police at 281-337-4700 or Crime Stoppers at 409-945-8477.


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Jennifer Hudson and Amber Heard add some star power for a cocktail and dinner hosted in honor of designer Michael Kors on Monday (March 7) at the Embassy of the United States in Paris, France.
Jennifer wore a Michael Kors Collection Fall 2011 navy double face stretch wool crepe illusion gown with the navy suede mirrored platform sandal to the event, which was held during Paris Fashion Week.
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Surveillance debate intrudes into Obama's agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk.
There was hope for movement on a deficit deal with Republicans, and in the optimistic early days of his second term, even a belief that he would have achieved stricter gun laws.
Instead, Obama finds his fifth year in office beset by distractions, perhaps none with broader implications than the revelation of secret government surveillance programs.
That matter dominated Obama's hourlong news conference Friday. The issues that the White House had hoped to be promoting this summer? They played a diminished role, if at all.
The president set the tone, opening the session by announcing that he would work with Congress to make "appropriate reforms" to the National Security Agency surveillance programs. He also made clear that he had no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans' phone records.
"Given the history of abuse by governments, it's right to ask questions about surveillance, particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives," he said, one day before leaving for a weeklong vacation on Martha's Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast.
Even without the NSA disclosures, Obama still would face the same political dynamic with congressional Republicans that stalled progress on immigration, vanquished hope of a long-term budget bargain and defeated gun control and other administration priorities.
It's a reality of any administration that unexpected challenges can arise and shake up the carefully laid plans.
But the scope of the surveillance programs, leaked by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, makes this an issue that's probably will be more than a temporary distraction.
Obama's poll numbers have dropped since the programs became public, and that could hamper his political leverage. The revelations are particularly problematic for Obama because the issue strikes a chord with his base and can't simply be dismissed as partisan-driven.
Seeking to address critics of the secret programs, the president acknowledged at the news conference that he may have underestimated the public's concerns. He outlined steps that he said he hopes will increase public confidence in the programs.
One step is the creation of an independent attorney to argue against the government during secret hearings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which reviews requests for surveillance inside the U.S.
Obama also is forming an outside advisory panel to review U.S. surveillance powers.
The president says he welcomes the debate over government surveillance, though his national security team has said it never intended to tell Americans about the highly classified programs.
"There's no doubt that Mr. Snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response than would have been the case," Obama said.
The NSA revelations have more than intruded on Obama's second-term domestic agenda; they are entangled with some of his foreign policy priorities.
Snowden fled the U.S. first for Hong Kong, a semiautonomous region of China, and then Russia. Both China and Russia have complex and sometimes prickly relationships with the United States.
Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum, leading Obama to cancel plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in September.
While relations with the U.S. and Russia were deteriorating, the Kremlin's decision on Snowden pushed them to a new low and underscored Russia's willingness to thwart the White House's demands.
Leaders in Europe, where many countries have stricter privacy laws than in the U.S., have criticized the surveillance problems. Obama has been pressed on the issue in meetings and phone calls with European leaders.
He appeared keenly aware of how other countries are viewing the surveillance and privacy debate in the U.S.
"To others around the world, I want to make clear once again that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people," he said. "Our intelligence is focused above all on finding the information that's necessary to protect our people and, in many cases, protect our allies."
The issue of government surveillance had been largely dormant until June, when stories broke in the Guardian newspaper and The Washington Post detailing secret programs to track U.S. phone and Internet records.
Every day, the NSA sweeps up the phone records of all Americans. The program was authorized under the USA Patriot Act, which Congress hurriedly passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The NSA says phone records are the only information it collects in bulk under that law. But officials have left open the possibility that it could create similar databases of people's credit card transactions, hotel records and Internet searches.
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PARIS — A Vermont man admitted Thursday in court to sexually assaulting a young girl in her home in Stoneham in May 2012.
Kevin P. Collins, 53, of Brattleboro, Vt., pleaded guilty to one count of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony, in Oxford County Superior Court.
One count of gross sexual assault and one count of assault were dropped in exchange for his plea. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but 15 months suspended. He'll have four years of probation and will be on the Sex Offender Registry for life.
Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne and active retired Justice Robert W. Clifford agreed that the plea would save the girl the trauma of having to recount the incident in court. She is under the age of 14.
According to Beauchesne, Collins assaulted the girl at her home in Stoneham in early May 2012.
The girl's family was in court Thursday. Her mother testified that her grades have fallen and that the once-sociable girl has become withdrawn.
"I just ask, for (the girl's) sake, that you sentence the defendant to the maximum amount allowed," she told the judge.
The felony charge carries a sentence of up to 30 years.
Beauchesne said the girl has lost the "childlike look" in her eyes. "There's no way that she can recapture it," he said. Collins' actions have caused "effects we can't even calculate right now," he said.
He asked for 18 months of incarceration at the Maine Department of Corrections in Windham, rather than a county jail, saying 18 months was at the low end of the reasonable range for Collins' crime. He called the sentence "a fraction of the time that (the girl) is going to have to live with what he's done."
Collins' attorney, Jason Ranger, said his client's actions were partially due to Collins' heavy alcohol use. "Alcohol did play a role in the incident," Ranger said. He said Collins' understands the impact his actions had on the girl and her family and is deeply sorry.
Ranger asked that Collins serve his sentence in county jail. He said Collins will be a sex offender for life, and will face "public scorn."
Collins cried and apologized to the family in court.
Clifford said he believed Collins' remorse is sincere, but said the assault was "a very serious offense with a very serious impact on the child." He also allowed that the crime "would not have happened if alcohol was not involved."
"He appears to be well on his way to rehabilitation, which is always a good sign," Clifford said. He said Collins had written a letter of apology to the court.
Collins must undergo sex offender counseling to the satisfaction of his probation officer and will be prohibited from drug and alcohol use.


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Duke, Texas among UConn men's top tests in 2014-15
The defending national champion's schedule is set with the release of the American Athletic Conference portion of it Thursday afternoon.
UConn might not have much meat in the American, but the Huskies have loaded up on the non-league slate as they enter their third season under coach Kevin Ollie.
The breakdown of UConn's home venues as well as game times will be announced at a later date.
Here's a look at what senior Ryan Boatright and company have ahead of them this season:
Top overall games
1. Vs. Duke, Dec. 18 at Izod Center: The team everybody loves to hate against the defending national champs. Coach K. vs. Coach Ollie. A great early Christmas gift for basketball fans with two of the top programs from the past couple of decades meeting.
2. Vs. Texas at UConn, Nov. 30: Texas has been kind to the Huskies come postseason time, but the Longhorns are coming north -- and could be a top-10 team when they arrive. A huge home test for UConn because Texas is loaded this season.
3. At Florida, Jan. 3: The Gators lost a lot from their Final Four team, but the Gainesville faithful will want some redemption after UConn ruined their title run. Ollie is 2-0 lifetime against Billy Donovan.
Top AAC games
1. At SMU, Feb. 14: The first battle between the expected top two teams in the American. Larry Brown had Ollie's number last season, including spanking them at Gampel in front of the 1999 championship team and a sold-out crowd.
2. Vs. SMU at UConn, March 1: The rematch could turn out to be the deciding factor for the top seed in the conference tournament.
3. Vs. Cincinnati at UConn, Jan. 10: The Huskies did everything the Bearcats wish they could have last March. Cincy lost a lot in Sean Kilpatrick and Justin Jackson, but Mick Cronin always seems to milk the most from his squad.
Top opposing players
1. Jahlil Okafor, C, Duke: The Blue Devils have a much-hyped recruiting class, starting with the 6-foot-10 big man who is expected to be an instant 15-point/10-rebound guy. He should be a great test for 7-foot UConn sophomore Amida Brimah. Duke also has point guard Tyus Jones and 6-6 wing Justise Winslow coming in.
2. Myles Turner, C, Texas: Another big-man test for Brimah, but the 7-foot freshman Turner is surrounded by a group of veterans who went to the NCAA tournament's third round a year ago. Turner starts the season already with talk that he'll be a lottery pick in June. Watch out for PG Isaiah Taylor, too.
3. Michael Frazier, G, Florida: One of the country's best 3-point shooters (118 last season), but the Huskies held him to a combined 10 points in two meetings in 2013-14. The Gators also have talented but troubled forward Chris Walker, who could be a star if he gets it together.
Three things to watch
1. Memphis: SMU and UConn top the AAC, but are Shaq Goodwin and a young backcourt good enough to give the conference another national power? Minus Louisville, the American needs Memphis to stay a top team and could use a few more schools to up their games and stay in the power race.
2. Welcome wagon: East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa are the replacements in the conference for Louisville and Rutgers. Tulsa lost coach Danny Manning to Wake Forest, but the Golden Hurricanes come off winning the Conference USA championship and going to the NCAA tournament. They are also the best chance among the newcomers to make an impact in its first season.
3. Nic Moore vs. Boatright: The SMU junior point guard led his team to the NIT finals while averaging 13.6 points, 4.9 assists, and 2.5 steals. He shot 43.6 percent from 3-point range. Boatright was a defensive star in the NCAAs and it's his team now in Storrs. Let the AAC Player of the Year hype begin.


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I got this HTML-extract code (open source) from http://weitz.de/html-extract/
I don't know anything about Lisp, I have a deadline and I don't have time to learn it now...
The problem is that when running the executable it displays warnings... "WARNING EOF after '&'" for example.
I want to turn off the warnings.. one possibility is to just remove the lines that print warnings... but as I don't know Lisp I don't want to break the code. Another possibility.. hoping to find some help... is there any command/function in Lisp that will turn off all the warnings without having to manually remove the lines of code?
The code looks something like this:
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(peek-cond (peek-char)
((char= peek-char #\&)
(peek-cond (peek-char (warn "EOF after '&'")
(write-char #\&))
((char= peek-char #\#)
;; probably a character reference
(peek-cond (peek-char (warn "EOF after '&#'")
(write-string "&#"))
You can see the warnings... this is just a snippet...
Thank you in advance,


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March 13, 2013 - New York Times
The monarch migration population to their winter home in a Mexican forest sank this year to a 59 percent decline ince December 2011 due to extreme weather and a lack of the milkweed that the butterflies feed on, experts say.
But an equally alarming source of the decline is the explosive increase in American farmland planted in soybean and corn genetically modified to tolerate herbicides.
The American Midwest's corn belt is a critical feeding ground for monarchs, which once found a ready source of milkweed growing between the rows of millions of acres of soybean and corn. But the ubiquitous use of herbicide-tolerant crops has enabled farmers to wipe out the milkweed, and with it much of the butterflies' food supply.
"That habitat is virtually gone. We've lost well over 120 million acres, and probably closer to 150 million acres," Mr. Taylor said.
A rapid expansion of farmland — more than 25 million new acres in the United States since 2007 — has eaten away grasslands and conservation reserves that supplied the monarchs with milkweed" ... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/science/earth/monarch-migration-plunges-to-lowest-level-in-decades.html?smid=tw-nytnational&seid=auto
March 14, 2013 - Guardian Environment
MEXICAN MONARCH BUTTERFLY NUMBERS DROP 59% TO RECORD LOWS - SIXTH DECLINE IN SEVEN YEARS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/14/mexican-monarch-butterfly-numbers
March 15, 2013 - By Lincoln IP. Brower and Homero Aridjis - New York Times
THE DYING OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/opinion/the-dying-of-the-monarch-butterflies.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
MONSANTO RIDER" IN FARM BILL EXEMPTS AGRIBUSINESS FROM LIABILITY FOR BIOCROPS, PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS AND ELIMINATES GOVERNMENT POWER TO REGULATE THEM ... http://grist.org/article/frankenfoods-hitch-a-ride-through-congress-but-you-can-help-stop-them/
FRANKENFOODS HITCH A RIDE THROUGH US CONGRESS, FREE FROM LIABILITY AND REGULATION - BUT YOU CAN STOP IT http://sco.lt/526Rmr
PESTICIDES AND BEES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=BEES


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Paris Fashion Week: Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 2014
This is what you might be seeing on Jennifer Lawrence on an upcoming carpet. Maybe the white strapless with the red dots? There are some interesting arty pieces here that certainly belong in Paris on a runway. Not sure how that will translate to an award show. That said, Marion Cotillard needs to wear the short dress with the black bow wrapped across the chest. And if anyone could do the dramatic black mullet some justice, it would be Charlize Theron.Photos:
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Where are they now? Serial Iraq misinformers find home at Fox
Research ››› ››› ERIC SCHROECK
During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq by many of Fox News' contributors and analysts.
Karl Rove
White House Iraq Group was formed to "set [messaging] strategy" for going to war with Iraq. The Washington Post reported in 2003 (accessed via Nexis) that the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) was formed in August 2002 "to set strategy for each stage of the confrontation with Baghdad. A senior official who participated in its work called it 'an internal working group, like many formed for priority issues, to make sure each part of the White House was fulfilling its responsibilities.' " Part of the WHIG's mission, according to the Post, was to decide "what to demand of the United Nations in the president's Sept. 12 [2002] address to the General Assembly, when to take the issue to Congress, and how to frame the conflict with Iraq in the midterm election campaign that began in earnest after Labor Day." Rove was a regular participant in this group.
WHIG promoted view that Saddam "had weapons of mass destruction and was seeking more." The Los Angeles Times reported on August 25, 2005, (accessed via Nexis) that the WHIG "promoted the view that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was seeking more":
The group consisted of Rove, Libby, White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr., then-national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Stephen Hadley, and Mary Matalin, Cheney's media advisor. All are believed to have been questioned in the leak case; papers and e-mails about the group were subpoenaed.
Before the war, this Iraq group promoted the view that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was seeking more. In September 2002, the White House embraced a British report asserting that "Iraq has sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
The Washington Post further reported that WHIG "assigned Communications Director James R. Wilkinson to prepare a white paper for public release, describing the 'grave and gathering danger' of Iraq's allegedly 'reconstituted' nuclear program." From the October 30, 2005, article (accessed via Nexis):
By summer 2002, the White House Iraq Group assigned Communications Director James R. Wilkinson to prepare a white paper for public release, describing the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq's allegedly "reconstituted" nuclear weapons program. Wilkinson gave prominent place to the claim that Iraq "sought uranium oxide, an essential ingredient in the enrichment process, from Africa." That claim, along with repeated use of the "mushroom cloud" image by top officials beginning in September, became the emotional heart of the case against Iraq.
Rove repeatedly politicized national security issues, including the war in Iraq, and actively encouraged GOP to campaign on the issue. Think Progress has documented Rove's repeated politicization of the Iraq war and his encouragement that Republicans campaign on the issue in 2002, which included (emphasis in original):
In January 2002, Rove told conservatives, "Americans trust the Republicans to do a better job of keeping our communities and our families safe...We can also go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America."
In June 2002, Rove was giving PowerPoint presentations candidates [sic] advising them to "focus on the war" in their fall campaigns.
In September 2002, Time reported that when friends asked whether Bush planned to invade Iraq, Rove was been [sic] known to reply, "Let me put it this way: If you want to see Baghdad, you'd better visit soon."
In addition, according to an April 5, 2003, New York Times article (accessed via Nexis), Rove worked "busily ... to shape perceptions of Mr. Bush as a wartime leader and to prepare for the re-election campaign that will start as soon as the war ends." The Times quoted Rove as saying, "The president is leading the coalition of the willing, and is determined that Iraq will be disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction and that the cruel dictator's regime will be ended." From the New York Times:
The White House portrays Karl Rove, President Bush's most influential political adviser, as playing no role in military decisions that are shaping the Bush presidency.
But more than two weeks after the war began, Mr. Rove is busily working to shape perceptions of Mr. Bush as a wartime leader and to prepare for the re-election campaign that will start as soon as the war ends.
Tonight, Mr. Rove traveled here to tend to the Republican troops at the Texas Night fund-raising celebration of the Kent County Republican Committee.
"The president is leading the coalition of the willing, and is determined that Iraq will be disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction and that the cruel dictator's regime will be ended," Mr. Rove declared after taking the stage to chants of "U.S.A.!" in a cavernous hanger filled with the local party faithful wearing Texas-style cowboy boots, hats and bandanas.
Beyond courting Republicans at party events, Mr. Rove has in recent days been counseling Congressional Republicans and conservative groups on how to advance their domestic agenda even while attention is on Iraq.
This week, he held forth at a lunch with conservative commentators and journalists. Some participants had backed the administration on Iraq when it faced criticism that the war plan provided insufficient force and that it had been overly optimistic about Iraqi resistance.
Rove is currently a Fox News contributor, as well as Wall Street Journal and Newsweek columnist
Charles Krauthammer
Krauthammer predicted invasion of Iraq would lead to spread of democracy throughout Middle East. In a February 1, 2002, Washington Post column (accessed via Nexis), Krauthammer predicted that an invasion of Iraq would lead to the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, saying:
Iran is not a ready candidate for the blunt instrument of American power, because it is in the grips of a revolution from below. We can best accelerate that revolution by the power of example and success: Overthrowing neighboring radical regimes shows the fragility of dictatorship, challenges the mullahs' mandate from heaven and thus encourages disaffected Iranians to rise. First, Afghanistan to the east. Next, Iraq to the west.
Krauthammer in June 2004: "[I]t's the beginning of the end of the bad news." On the June 1, 2004, edition of Special Report, Krauthammer said: "[I]t's the beginning of the end of the bad news. I mean, we're going to have lots of attacks, but the political process is under way."
In addition, in a March 7, 2005, Time column, Krauthammer wrote:
Two years ago, shortly before the invasion of Iraq, I argued in these pages that forcefully deposing Saddam Hussein was, more than anything, about America "coming ashore" to effect a "pan-Arab reformation" -- a dangerous, "risky and, yes, arrogant" but necessary attempt to change the very culture of the Middle East, to open its doors to democracy and modernity.
The Administration went ahead with this great project knowing it would be hostage to history. History has begun to speak. Elections in Afghanistan, a historic first. Elections in Iraq, a historic first. Free Palestinian elections producing a moderate leadership, two historic firsts. Municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, men only, but still a first. In Egypt, demonstrations for democracy -- unheard of in decades -- prompting the dictator to announce free contested presidential elections, a historic first.
And now, of course, the most romantic flowering of the spirit America went into the region to foster: the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, in which unarmed civilians, Christian and Muslim alike, brought down the puppet government installed by Syria. There is even the beginning of a breeze in Damascus. More than 140 Syrian intellectuals have signed a public statement defying their government by opposing its occupation of Lebanon.
Krauthammer is a political analyst for Fox News, and a regular member of Special Report with Bret Baier's "All Star Panel."
Fred Barnes
Barnes: "[W]inning the war in Iraq" is "going to be easy." On the January 18, 2003, edition of Fox News' The Beltway Boys (accessed via Nexis), Barnes said: "[L]ook, the problem is not winning the war in Iraq. That's going to be easy. The problem right now is Hans Blix, the United Nations inspector in chief in Iraq, who seems to think his job is containment. You know, he says these inspections are a form of containment, and he wants to keep the inspectors there as long as possible, it seems to me, and has even said so."
Barnes in April 2003: "[I]t gets easier now. ... When you see those statues topple...you know that's victory." On the April 10, 2003, edition of Fox News' Special Report, Barnes said: "[T]he good news is contrary to what you hear in the media, it gets easier now. The war was the hard part. The hard part was putting together a coalition, getting 300,000 troops over there and all their equipment and winning. And it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but it is not as hard as winning a war. ... Hezbollah is a part of the war on terrorism. Syria harbors terrorists in the Biqa Valley, Hezbollah and so on. The Saudis export terrorism in terms of Wahabi Islam, and things can be done to crack down on that. It doesn't mean sending troops into Riyadh or into Damascus or things like that. But certainly the U.S. now has leverage that it didn't have before winning this triumph in Iraq. ... [L]ook, it is clear what victory in the war is. When you see those statues topple and you know that's victory."
Barnes: Terrorists in Iraq are hitting "soft targets." On the October 27, 2003, edition of Special Report, Barnes said, "But these terrorists are hitting soft targets. I mean, the U.N., the hotel, the Red Cross -- these are relatively soft targets. And I think they have a bad strategy. What do they gain from killing a lot of Red Cross personnel and a lot of U.N. personnel? I don't think they warm the hearts of Iraqis. They certainly don't build up more support in Europe or the United States. It is a last-ditch -- I think it is a desperate effort by these terrorists. It's not representative of a significant guerrilla force that's fighting the United States there."
Barnes: Obama not "strong on national security" because he opposed war "when the entire world believed" Saddam had WMDs. On the October 6, 2007, edition of The Beltway Boys, Barnes claimed that then-Sen. Barack Obama was "not in quite as strong a position on the war in Iraq as he really thinks he is." He explained that when Obama delivered his 2002 speech against going to war with Iraq, "it was back in a time when the entire world believed Saddam Hussein in Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, that he would probably be willing to use them himself at some time or pass them along to terrorists who would use them. And yet, Barack Obama was against going to the war at that point." According to Barnes: "I don't think that shows that he is very strong on national security, which he needs to be."
Bill Kristol
Kristol: "American and alliance forces will be welcomed in Baghdad as liberators." In testimony delivered February 7, 2002, before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Kristol said:
[A]s in Kabul but also as in the Kurdish and Shi'ite regions of Iraq in 1991, American and alliance forces will be welcomed in Baghdad as liberators. Indeed, reconstructing Iraq may prove to be a less difficult task than the challenge of building a viable state in Afghanistan.
The political, strategic and moral rewards would also be even greater. A friendly, free, and oil-producing Iraq would leave Iran isolated and Syria cowed; the Palestinians more willing to negotiate seriously with Israel; and Saudi Arabia with less leverage over policymakers here and in Europe. Removing Saddam Hussein and his henchmen from power presents a genuine opportunity -- one President Bush sees clearly -- to transform the political landscape of the Middle East.
Kristol in April 2003: "The battles of Afghanistan and Iraq have been won decisively and honorably." In an April 28, 2003, Weekly Standard column, Kristol wrote:
The United States committed itself to defeating terror around the world. We committed ourselves to reshaping the Middle East, so the region would no longer be a hotbed of terrorism, extremism, anti-Americanism, and weapons of mass destruction. The first two battles of this new era are now over. The battles of Afghanistan and Iraq have been won decisively and honorably. But these are only two battles. We are only at the end of the beginning in the war on terror and terrorist states.
Kristol: "[A]lmost no evidence" that "the Shia can't get along with the Sunni." And on the April 1, 2003, broadcast of WHYY's Fresh Air, Kristol said, "There's been a certain amount of pop sociology in America ... that the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular."
Kristol began working for Fox News as a political commentator in 1996, and he continues to serve as a regular contributor to the network.
Stephen Hayes
Hayes repeatedly advanced falsehood that Al Qaeda and Iraq were linked. Media Matters has identified instances in which Hayes advanced falsehoods and distortions to defend attempts by Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration to link Al Qaeda and Iraq. For example, on the December 9, 2005, edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Hayes defended Cheney's December 2001 claim that 9-11 hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence official in Prague. According to Hayes: "If you look at the front page of The New York Times in the days surrounding the vice president's claim, The New York Times was actually reporting the same thing." But as Media Matters noted, even after the Times and numerous other news outlets subsequently reported in May 2002 that the FBI and CIA "had firmly concluded that no meeting had occured," Cheney continued to raise the possibility that such a meeting took place.
Hayes "has made a career out of pretending Saddam and Al Qaeda were in league." Hayes has repeatedly claimed on TV, in The Weekly Standard, and in his book The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America, that Iraq was connected to Al Qaeda. Spencer Ackerman wrote that Hayes "has made a career out of pretending Saddam and Al Qaeda were in league to attack the United States":
Hayes, in the Standard, has made a career out of pretending Saddam and Al Qaeda were in league to attack the United States. He published a book - tellingly wafer-thin and with large type in its hardcover edition - called "The Connection." One infamous piece even suggested that Saddam might have aided the 9/11 attack. Hayes can be relied on to provide a farrago of speciousness every time new information emerges refuting his deceptive thesis. Unsurprisingly, [former Vice President Dick] Cheney has repeatedly praised Hayes's work, telling Fox News, "I think Steve Hayes has done an effective job in his article of laying out a lot of those connections."
Pentagon called Hayes' assertion that "a top secret U.S. government memorandum" concluded that Saddam and bin Laden had an "operational relationship" "inaccurate." In an article in The Weekly Standard's November 24, 2003, issue, Hayes asserted that "a top secret U.S. government memorandum" -- which Hayes identified as a memorandum produced by former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith -- concluded that Saddam and bin Laden "had an operational relationship." Hayes wrote of the memo: "Much of the evidence is detailed, conclusive, and corroborated by multiple sources." In a January 9, 2004, interview with Denver's Rocky Mountain News, Cheney cited Hayes' article, claiming that "[i]t goes through and lays out in some detail, based on an assessment that was done by the Department of Defense and was forwarded to the Senate Intelligence Committee some weeks ago." Cheney added: "That's your best source of information." Following the publication of Hayes' article, the Pentagon released a statement asserting that "[n]ews reports" about the memo "are inaccurate" and that the portion of the memo to which Hayes' article referred "was not an analysis of the substantive issue of the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, and it drew no conclusions."
Hayes is a regular Fox News contributor, who often appears as a panelist on Fox News' Special Report.
Judith Miller
Miller's series of articles on the now-debunked claim that Saddam had WMDs forced NY Times to apologize for its coverage. As Franklin Foer wrote for New York magazine:
During the winter of 2001 and throughout 2002, Miller produced a series of stunning stories about Saddam Hussein's ambition and capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction, based largely on information provided by [Ahmad Chalabi] and his allies -- almost all of which have turned out to be stunningly inaccurate.
Indeed, although the Times did not identify Miller by name, it did publish an editor's note in May 2004 apologizing for its coverage of the existence of WMDs in Iraq, particularly articles based on the assertions of Chalabi and other Iraqi defectors:
But we have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. In some cases, information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now, was insufficiently qualified or allowed to stand unchallenged. Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged -- or failed to emerge.
The problematic articles varied in authorship and subject matter, but many shared a common feature. They depended at least in part on information from a circle of Iraqi informants, defectors and exiles bent on "regime change" in Iraq, people whose credibility has come under increasing public debate in recent weeks. (The most prominent of the anti-Saddam campaigners, Ahmad Chalabi, has been named as an occasional source in Times articles since at least 1991, and has introduced reporters to other exiles. He became a favorite of hard-liners within the Bush administration and a paid broker of information from Iraqi exiles, until his payments were cut off last week.) Complicating matters for journalists, the accounts of these exiles were often eagerly confirmed by United States officials convinced of the need to intervene in Iraq. Administration officials now acknowledge that they sometimes fell for misinformation from these exile sources. So did many news organizations -- in particular, this one.
Judith Miller now appears regularly as a Fox News contributor, including frequent appearances to offer media criticism on Fox's Fox News Watch.
John Bolton
Bolton: "The existence of Iraq's [biological weapons] program is beyond dispute." According to a November 20, 2001, Washington Post article (accessed via Nexis), Bolton -- then the Bush administration's undersecretary for arms control and international security -- said at a biological weapons conference: "The United States strongly suspects that Iraq has taken advantage of three years of no U.N. inspections to improve all phases of its offensive biological weapons program. ... The existence of Iraq's program is beyond dispute." From the Post:
John Bolton, undersecretary for arms control and international security, speaking at a biological weapons conference in Geneva on Monday, said the existence of a germ-warfare program in Iraq is "beyond dispute" and added that the United States strongly suspects North Korea, Libya, Syria, Iran and Sudan of pursuing such weapons.
"The United States strongly suspects that Iraq has taken advantage of three years of no U.N. inspections to improve all phases of its offensive biological weapons program," Bolton said. "The existence of Iraq's program is beyond dispute."
Bolton's comments come in the context of stepped-up U.S. anxiety about biological weapons and the willingness of America's foes to use them. Many members of the Bush administration favor making Iraq the next target in the U.S. war on terrorism, alleging that one of the key hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks met with Iraqi intelligence agents and that Saddam has the means and willingness to launch an attack on the United States.
"Beyond al-Qaeda, the most serious concern is Iraq," Bolton said. "Iraq's biological-weapons program remains a serious threat to international security."
Bolton: "We have very convincing evidence that Iraq maintains an extensive program for the production ... of weapons of mass destruction." The Chicago Tribune reported on January 25, 2003, (accessed via Nexis) that Bolton said "that the United States has evidence of Iraq's maintenance of weapons of mass destruction that will be disclosed at an 'appropriate time.' " The Tribune further reported that Bolton said, "We have very convincing evidence that Iraq maintains an extensive program for the production ... of weapons of mass destruction."
Bolton is currently a Fox News contributor, as well as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich in 2001: "We know today that Saddam Hussein is willing to accept any level of sanctions to keep his program for weapons of mass destruction running." In November 2001, Gingrich asserted that Iraq had a WMDs program, writing, "We know today that Saddam Hussein is willing to accept any level of sanctions to keep his program for weapons of mass destruction running." He further wrote:
We are a serious nation, and the message should be simple if this is to be a serious war: Saddam will stop his efforts and close down all programs to create weapons of mass destruction. He will expel all terrorists from Iraqi soil, or we will substitute a new government in Iraq. We must insist on change, because we now have vivid proof in New York and Washington of the future if we do not.
Gingrich: "[W]e have a real obligation to take Iraq head on, because in the end, that's one of the centers of really big danger in terms of nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare." On the December 5, 2001, edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes (accessed via Nexis), Gingrich stated: "I do believe in the next 60 days we have a real obligation to take Iraq head on, because in the end, that's one of the centers of really big danger in terms of nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare." From Hannity & Colmes:
GINGRICH: No, it's not a cowboy-type attitude. It's a direct attitude of a powerful country saying that in the first place, I believe that in the end the regime of Saddam Hussein cannot survive, that these are people who -- Saddam Hussein is trying to get nuclear weapons, he's trying to get biological weapons, he's trying to get chemical weapons. The president himself has said this man is very evil and very dangerous. President Clinton said he was evil and dangerous. Former secretary of state Albright described him as being like Hitler.
Now, there's a point here when I think you ought to take these things seriously. I think it ought to be the policy of the American government to help the Iraqi people replace the current dictatorship with a government that is more interested in economic trade than in weapons of mass destruction.
So whether Iraq wants to start the fight or whether we go and deliver an ultimatum, I do believe in the next 60 days we have a real obligation to take Iraq head on, because in the end, that's one of the centers of really big danger in terms of nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare.
Gingrich: "I think history will record that a remarkably strong president happened to be in office at a juncture where weapons of mass destruction and terrorism rewrote all the rules of engagement in international relations." A March 9, 2003, Washington Post article (accessed via Nexis) reported:
Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a student of history, maintained that Bush's apparent serenity on the eve of a world-reordering war is part of his managerial style.
"When he was a younger man and owner of a baseball team [the Texas Rangers], he picked the manager and coaches and then sat in the stands," Gingrich said.
But Gingrich said the hesitation in stating the full extent of Bush's world vision is "confusing" foreign countries. "The most powerful nation in the world must be understandable, not merely formidable," he said. And what Bush needs to convey to the world is how much bigger than Iraq the coming war will be.
"I think history will record that a remarkably strong president happened to be in office at a juncture where weapons of mass destruction and terrorism rewrote all the rules of engagement in international relations," Gingrich said. "It will record that the president moved beyond old institutions and developed a new set of alliances."
Gingrich has been a political contributor to Fox News since 1999.
Dick Morris
Morris: "[T]he key, let us all remember, is to attack Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein before he acquires weapons of mass destruction." In an April 17, 2002, column in The Hill (accessed via Nexis), Morris wrote: "The Arab nations demand U.S. action partially to achieve their own ends vis-a-vis Israel, but also precisely to ensnare the United States before it can move against Iraq. They are masters at the game of sucking you into the desert and running you around with shuttle diplomacy until you drop. All the while, Saddam Hussein's scientists build his bomb. The clock is running. Will the United States act before Iraq completes its deadly work?" He further stated: "[T]he key, let us all remember, is to attack Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein before he acquires weapons of mass destruction. This will likely involve a large mobilization of American might and the deployment of several hundred thousand American troops."
Morris suggested Iraq was "developing an atomic bomb [that] they're going to use against us or Israel." On the July 25, 2002, edition of Fox News' The Big Story (accessed via Nexis), Morris advocated for war in Iraq, suggesting that the United States would find "laboratories for enriching uranium" and stating of Bush, "It's very clear he's made the case" to invade Iraq. From The Big Story:
JOHN GIBSON (host): [Bush] has had the -- a notion has been put forward that he has to take care of other things first. Has to be a Middle East peace, the economy has to get back in shape. Should he say, We'll work on those things, but I've got to go ahead with this other thing?
MORRIS: Yes, he should. And those things are really both for -- both false. The notion that he has to solve a 50-year-old problem in the Middle East before he can stop somebody from developing an atomic bomb they're going to use against us or Israel is ludicrous. It's put there by the moderate Arab countries to try to stop him from ever doing anything.
And I can't think of anything better for the stock market than to get it the heck off the A-section of the newspaper and back in the C-section where it belongs. If there were just negative earnings reports and stuff, the market wouldn't be going this crazy.
It's that -- it's -- it's even pushed the Roman Catholic priest scandal off the front pages.
And the point is, we have only one front page in every newspaper at any given time. And if it's all going to be about Iraq, it's not going to be about the stock market, which will help the market.
GIBSON: Oh, yes, but are you saying that to -- that the president should -- that the president can say, Look, I'm going to start this thing now, I'm going to start this campaign, I'm going to move troops, we're going to get going, and that he, he can set aside the, the grumbling, the mumbling that he is starting a war to save his political problems?
MORRIS: Yes, sure he can, because no Democrat is going to dare say that. If some Democrat gets out there and says, You're starting this war because of the election, he'll kill them. He'll say, I'm starting the war. When this guy used poison gas and when I invade him, I'll find five laboratories for enriching uranium.
Look, if George Bush announced on Labor Day, Hey, I've made a discovery, Uganda is developing weapons of mass destruction and we're going to attack it, OK, that's wagging the dog. But this guy has been talking about Iraq for a year now. Eighty-five percent of the country wants him to invade. It's very clear he's made the case. What he's done so far is procrastinate, for two reasons.
Legitimately, he felt he wanted to do some work in Israel and world opinion. But the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- illegitimately. But legitimately, it was that you don't fight a war in the desert in the summer. It's hot, particularly in those chemical uniforms. You ever been in one of them? It's hot.
And the point is, you fight a war in the winter in the desert. Duh? January and February. And it takes you about six months to do the troop buildup, so it starts in September.
Morris: "Once our guys go in there, and women go in there, they're going to find weapons and labs that 80 inspectors can't find, but 100,000 soldiers can." On December 8, 2002, edition Fox News' Fox Wire (accessed via Nexis), Morris said: "Seventy-nine percent of the American people think Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. Sixty-two percent think he's planning to use it on us. And Bush is the judge and the jury. Once our guys go in there, and women go in there, they're going to find weapons and labs that 80 inspectors can't find, but 100,000 soldiers can." He further stated that "if I were Bush, what I would do right now is I would say, look. You're lying. You're lying through your teeth. And unless you tell the truth by January 1, I'm going to attack on January 2." Later during the segment, Morris said that Saddam is "a bad guy that wants to get nuclear weapons. He's a bad guy that has chemical and biological weapons. And he is fully as much of a threat as al Qaeda is."
Morris ridiculed Democrats who wanted "more evidence" of WMDs, saying if "we find out after we've gone in there" that Iraq "was three months away from an atom bomb," Democrats "can forget about 2004." On the January 28, 2003, edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor (accessed via Nexis), Morris stated that "once we win in Iraq, the Europeans will be lining up to the Mediterranean to be part of that peacekeeping force." He further stated that " the Democratic Party is telling the United States, wait, get more evidence. Get more information. And we find out after we've gone in there that this guy was three months away from an atomic bomb, the Democratic Party can forget about 2004."
Morris: "I honestly believe that if you had 5,000 or 10,000 dead in this war, the American people would say, well, it just shows he had weapons of mass destruction, it just shows how important this was." On the March 31, 2003, edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Alan Colmes asked Morris, "What is the number allowable, because that's the word that's used, casualties, before you think there is a greater dissent on the part of the American public?" Morris responded: "I honestly believe, Alan, that there is no ceiling. I honestly believe that if you had 5,000 or 10,000 dead in this war, the American people would say, well, it just shows he had weapons of mass destruction, it just shows how important this was." He later stated, "I think the American people have endless patience with this thing." From Hannity & Colmes:
COLMES: What is the number allowable, because that's the word that's used, casualties, before you think there is a greater dissent on the part of the American public?
MORRIS: I honestly believe, Alan, that there is no ceiling. I honestly believe that if you had 5,000 or 10,000 dead in this war, the American people would say, well, it just shows he had weapons of mass destruction, it just shows how important this was.
This is a defensive war. The American people feel that we are being threatened, and this isn't like Bosnia or Kosovo, where we're doing it for the good of the world. We are, but we're also doing it to defend ourselves.
And I think the American people have endless patience with this thing.
In May 2003, Morris stated that "we won the war" in Iraq. On the May 28, 2003, edition of Hannity & Colmes (accessed via Nexis), Morris stated: "[W]e removed this enormous cause of destabilization in removing Saddam. The Iraqis have moved. The Syrians have moved. The Saudis are cooperating in this investigation in a way they didn't in Khobar Towers. Yasser Arafat is out on his butt and Abbas is now in charge. And all of that, coincidentally, happened after we won the war."
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When my brother and I were little, we had to hold Mom's hand (or later he had to hold mine sometimes) until she was confident we wouldn't wander off. We hated it and learned to follow.
Dear JamesR,It's nice to hear you are diligent about caring for you little sister. I'd follow if you dropped a trail of M&M's behind you. Love, elephant
Long story short, I have a younger sister who is about a year and 10 months old; almost 2, and I find that I often have trouble watching her at stores or at public places because she never really wants to follow me. She is really stubborn and persistent, commonly ignoring you when you call her or throwing tantrums when you try to pick her up. I can put her in a shopping cart, but not all places have those and I feel bad keeping her inside of one the whole time since it must get boring.So, to all you parents out there, how do I teach her to follow me around at places and not wander off, and to maybe be more responsive when I call her to come to me?
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