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Post-Truth News
We stand in awe at the power of the crowd - the phenomenon of assembly and disassembly, of unification and fracture - the power of the crowd in the digital space and elsewhere, to come together and to unleash itself for better or worse, good or ill.
We've reached the point where a seemingly evolved western democratic culture has embraced a pathology of derangement so severe that politics no longer functions at the level of rational discourse. There is a crisis of credibility and integrity. Contributing to this trouble is the fact that a previous emphasis on fact-finding and accuracy in the news media has been usurped by millions of content producers churning out free-floating opinion. The result is that truthfulness has been upended by puffed-up histrionics, fear-stoking, spin and pants-on-fire lies. You could say truth has been trumped.
It is amazing to me how ubiquitous is today's news and how everyone is a publisher.
The theorist Jean Baudrillard suggested decades ago that "we live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning."
Our shortened attention span and addiction to the novelty of the next digital stimulus leaves us open to manipulators who exploit the fissures of division between groups. Such a millieu provides a more than sufficient opportunity for disinformation: "You are FAKE NEWS!"
It also opens the door for any opinion to hold sway over the crowd, no matter how dangerous or poorly formed. Everyone can find their personal truths reflected in the iridescent patina of the web. The internet is a filter bubble. It is an echo chamber. It's is a personalized algorithm that feeds on itself and we are seduced by the glitter of our own digitized universe.
This disruption and exploitation was articulated by the Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci who said in his prison diaries: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
It's easy to be smug, here in Canada. We should not be. Bend low your ear to the rumblings: hear the long-simmering cri de coeur rise up from both right and left. Not just a few restless voices are emboldened as once-firm bedrock shifts.
Looking to our neighbours to the south, we hope it all ends OK. It's sometimes tempting to look away and try to not watch. But then, like that car crash in front of your house - you can't avert your gaze. It's a bit like the cavity in your tooth. It's painful to stick your tongue in there. But you can't stop sticking your tongue in there.
As Andrew Sullivan observes, this inability to look away from the crisis, to detach from the emergency, is one of the proofs that autocrac rule is gnawing at the very heart of western democratic institutions and values: "One of the great achievements of free society in a stable democracy is that many people, for much of the time, need not think about politics at all ... because we live under the rule of law, we can afford to turn the news off at times." How exquisitely ironic it is, then, that in a time of diminished confidence in news media that an anxious public turns to this very news media for information, a media which is, itself, also diminished, untrustworthy and unhinged.
This is particularly dangerous in the age of personality driven politics. And so what are we to make of this figure who occupies the centre of the cyclone to the south of us, from which we cannot look away? There are those who dispute it, but watching him, my own unqualified diagnosis would be narcissistic personality disorder triggered by low self-esteem. This can be measured by micrometer - you can gauge the thinness of the skin. That's because for the narcissist, like the Sultan of Delhi, there is no real communion with others. The same psychosis applies to the Jihadi narcissists who declare war in the name of God.
Elias Canetti describes the ascendancy of the manipulative power figure in his book Crowds and Power, as well as the psychosis itself. It is the seeker chasing glorification of his own Name: "Names collect their own crowds ... The crowd which the seeker after fame envisages consists of shadows, that is, of creatures who do not even have to be alive as long as they are capable of one thing, which is to repeat his name."
Friends, it all appears to be unfolding in the manner of a horses ass no matter which way you look at it. The wild ride is underway. So we are keeping the internet domain name Trump.Rodeo which has been put on a loop to here until a future utility for it unfolds.
(Published January 20, 2017)
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LED Industry Set to Enter Fast Growth Stage in 2010
New Investments, New Market Entrants
By Clark Tseng, senior manager market analyst, SEMI Taiwan
Lately, the LED industry has garnered a lot of attention, prompting the rapid expansion and substantial investment by LED-related equipment and material suppliers globally. We see MOCVD equipment makers and substrate suppliers gearing up for expansion this year to fulfill rising demand from LED makers.
LED expansion and new facility projects have literally mushroomed all over the world. Even in the downturn of 2009, the SEMI Opto/LED fab database recorded seven new LED fabs coming online. And we expect to see at least five new Opto/LED fabs in 2010 and six more in 2011, respectively. Most of these new projects are located in China and Taiwan. There will be new lines coming from Japan, India, and Russia as well.
Dedicated LED Fabs
While Taiwan enjoys the largest capacity share of LED manufacturing, Epistar and many other Taiwanese LED epitaxy/chip makers still plan to expand their capacity this year to meet the rising demand. This demand, according to industry sources, is 20 to 30 percent above existing LED supply. New MOCVD tool additions this year in Taiwan are expected to exceed 100 units. However, the bottleneck and lead time of MOCVD delivery may bring uncertainty to capacity expansion plans.
Looking at the applications market, clearly LED-backlit displays are driving large consumption of LED chips. Recently, we observe aggressive investment plans from leading LCD panel suppliers. It is reported that Samsung LED, for instance, plans further expansion by installing an additional 50 MOCVD tools, which would bring its total to an estimated 150 MOCVD tools by year-end. The strong internal demand for LED backlit modules is propelling their fastest ever LED capacity build-up plan.
On the other hand, Taiwan's LCD panel suppliers are moving fast upstream to get hold of LED devices. AU Optronics' LED subsidiary, Lexstar, is planning a fast expansion this year after its recent merger with Lighthouse, an LED packaging company also under AUO. New Chimei Innolux Corp. will continue their investment along the LED supply chain where they already have Chi Mei Lighting Technology for epitaxy; and GIO Opto and Advanced Optoelectronic Technology for packaging.
These new investments by panel makers are derived from securing a supply of key components and also building closer vertical integration along the supply chain. However, this may represent a challenge to dedicated LED epitaxy/chip makers in the long run as they will be vying for the same market segment with these big LCD panel companies. Still, we don't expect to see any kind of oversupply of LED in the near future as LED-backlit is boosted both from LED adoption rate in panels and also from the growth of large panel shipments.
On another note, the fast growing LED market has also caught attention of leading semiconductor companies. TSMC, the leading foundry player, has just announced its advancement into LED markets by constructing a LED lighting R&D center and fab in Hsinchu. The first phase investment is expected to reach $170M, which may seem trivial compared to its total $4.8B capital expenditure plan this year; but, this clearly brings the LED market to a new level where one may see more large companies or conglomerates entering this hot market.
With all these new LED investments emerging, leading player Nichia is poised to maintain its leadership in LED industry. Nichia announced plans to quadruple their LED production with the setup of its new fab that is currently under construction and is expected to come on-stream in early of 2012.
We do see some similarity of LED industry compared to the early stage of semiconductor industry. LED industry is set to enter the growth stage of its life cycle. Moving forward, we expect to see more global firms enter that LED industry supply chain, and this will help to bring down costs and improve productivity.
The Opto/LED Fab Watch database contains information about 180 Opto/LED fabs worldwide. For more information and to download a free sample, visit our product page or contact Ed Hall at email@example.com.
For more information on upcoming SEMI HB-LED events, please visit SEMICON West 2010 Extreme Electronics. To get involved in a SEMI online LED community, please join the SemiNeedle Extreme LED online community. For additional information on SEMI LED manufacturing initiatives and involvement in the LED industry, please contact Deborah Geiger at email@example.com .
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Moving Up
Cam Newton, Panthers
As debuts go, you couldn't have asked for more. In the "stating the obvious" category, we give you Cam Newton. Facing a group of Cardinals cornerbacks that can charitably be called up-and-coming, Newton went gangbusters, throwing for 422 yards (the most ever by a quarterback in their first start) and a pair of touchdowns while chipping in 18 yards and another score on the ground. His 36.9 fantasy points were third most among quarterbacks in Week 1, so the question is: Is he the next coming of Michael Vick or a one week flash in the pan? We'd settle for something in the middle, and that figures to be a whole lot more than was predicted during the preseason.
Matthew Stafford, Lions
I'm not putting him here because I was surprised by his 305-yard, three-touchdown performance against the Buccaneers. That wasn't surprising. I'm putting him here because I don't want a torrent of comments about why he's not Moving Up. Frankly, I had him as a low-end starter, but maybe he's more of a mid-tier starter. Health is always a concern, however.
Chad Henne, Dolphins
New Dolphins offensive coordinator Brian Daboll promised to open up the offense, and that's what he did on Monday night. Henne completed 30 of 49 passes for a career-high 416 yards. He also chipped in two passing touchdowns and a score on the ground. By the end of the game, he had chalked up an impressive 40.6 fantasy points, the second most of any quarterback in Week 1.
Mark Sanchez, Jets
Sure, the Cowboys secondary was chewed up, forcing them to play their fourth and fifth best cornerbacks for large chunks of the game. Sure, Sanchez had a stretch where he looked a tad short of awful. But he looked different in Week 1. And, no, I can't put my finger on exactly what it was. The Cowboys came after him hard, but Sanchez stood in there, completing 26 of 44 passes for 333 yards and a pair of touchdowns with one pick. Maybe, just maybe, he is ready to take a step forward and provide the Jets with a more consistent passing attack. He's not a fantasy starter yet, but I'm moving him up to mid-tier backup based on his Week 1 performance.
Moving Down
Donovan McNabb, Vikings
The optimists said McNabb's one-and-done showing in Washington had more to do with Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan than McNabb's own performance. The pessimists said Shanahan knows quarterbacks and if he was giving up on McNabb one year after having used a second-round pick to acquire him, then he must be done. His Week 1 performance showed that the probability of McNabb having a renaissance season in 2011 for the Vikings is very low. He threw for a career-low 39 yards (with just two total yards in the second half) during Minnesota's 24-17 loss to the Chargers. Not that second-half adjustments were needed, but I guess they really worked. To the scrap heap with McNabb, my friends.
Running Backs
Moving Up
James Starks, Green Bay
Let's see…Starks is bigger than Ryan Grant, he's stronger and he's faster. Sure, he has some hiccups in pass protection, but only one of the two sacks that he was on the field for was his fault. By the end of the Packers' Week 1 game against the Saints, Starks had chalked up 12 carries (to only nine for Grant), gaining 57 yards and impressively battling his way to the end zone on a touchdown run. Plus, Starks was on the field far more than Grant and, simply put, he is the more talented runner. I will eat crow if he isn't starting by midseason.
Ben Tate, Texans
With Arian Foster out of the lineup with a hamstring injury, the Texans were forced to use backups during their key divisional matchup in Week 1 against the Colts. Although Houston announced that veteran Derrick Ward would replace Foster in the starting lineup, it wasn't hard to predict that Tate would get the majority of the work considering his strong preseason play. Sure enough, he ran it often and ran it well, piling up 121 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries. He is worthy of a start as long as Foster remains out, and he could be a solid flex option even when Foster returns.
Cadillac Williams, Rams
Steven Jackson suffered a strained quadriceps on his first play of the year, a 47-yard touchdown run against the Eagles, and was finished for the day after testing the injury on one more play. It is unknown if Jackson will miss any time, and although he has a history of playing through injuries, the Rams may be more willing to have him sit out a game or two now that they have a proven backup. Williams played well against the Eagles, carrying the ball 19 times for 91 yards and catching five passes for 49 yards. He is starter worthy if SJax is out of the lineup.
Moving Down
Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks
One play can make a day and one thundering touchdown run in the playoffs can make a player an RB2. Before the next regular season starts, at least. Lynch was getting far more love than he deserved in fantasy drafts this year, with some predicting a breakout season for the former Bills first-round pick. However, there was no basis for ranking Lynch higher than an RB3, and even that was giving him more credit than he deserves. Tarvaris Jackson is starting at quarterback, there are issues along the offensive line, the top wide receiver is injury-prone and, most importantly, Lynch isn't that good and he wasn't very good in 2010. Against the 49ers in Week 1, he ran it 13 times for 33 yards, averaging 2.5 yards per carry, which is slightly worse than his 3.6 yards per carry in 2010 and his 3.8 average in 2009. Yards per carry—use it. It means something. In this case: Plodder.
Ryan Grant, Packers
At the conclusion of the preseason, the Packers announced that Grant would open as the starter but that they planned to rotate him with James Stark. Turns out rotate meant Grant would play one-third of the time with Starks playing the rest. That's not good news for Grant owners. He's a borderline starter in deeper leagues but should be on the bench in standard 10- and 12-team leagues.
Wide Receivers
Moving Up
Steve Smith, Panthers
A combination of his age and the Panthers' entering the season with rookie Cam Newton at quarterback had Smith's preseason rankings at an all-time low. Looks like most of us were wrong on both counts. Newton played well and Smith was the Panthers' biggest beneficiary, catching eight passes for 176 yards and a pair of touchdowns, good enough for 29.8 fantasy points. Not bad for a guy who hit double fantasy points just twice in 2010. Smith deserves to be considered a WR2 for the balance of 2011.
Devery Henderson, Saints
Henderson is coming off a solid Week 1 performance with six receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown, and Marques Colston is expected to miss four to six weeks with a broken collarbone. Production plus opportunity equals success. Alright, that hasn't always been the case with Henderson; but with Lance Moore missing Week 1 with a groin injury and remaining a question mark for Week 2, the Saints may have no choice but to start Henderson and Robert Meachem. If that happens, Henderson is worthy of a spot in your starting lineup.
Randall Cobb, Packers
Two catches for 35 yards and a touchdown shouldn't get you a spot in Moving Up, but all you had to do was watch the game to know that this guy is special. Just reading the box scores isn't going to carry you to too many fantasy football championships. Cobb remains a backup wide receiver in all formats but he is dynasty-league gold. Mark it down.
Jacoby Jones, Texans
If it seems like Jones is a perennial tease, that's because he is. In Week 1, however, he showcased his playmaking ability, taking a punt return 79 yards for a touchdown. He also chipped in three receptions for 43 yards in the Texans' blowout win over the Colts. Here's the case for Jones: Kevin Walter could be out for the year, Jones caught all of his targets, and he would have had more looks had the Texans not run away with it early.
Doug Baldwin, Seahawks
I saw a smallish-looking player on the field for the Seahawks on Sunday and my first thought was, he must have played for head coach Pete Carroll at USC. But he was actually a rookie from Stanford who played for 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. Go figure. He led the Seahawks in targets with six, catching four passes for 83 yards, including a 55-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown that pulled the Seahawks close to the 49ers. Baldwin is a slot receiver all the way, so Sidney Rice's absence likely doesn't impact him. He's probably fighting with Golden Tate for playing time (and Tate wasn't that great, catching one of five targets for eight yards, although it was for a touchdown). For deep, deep leagues only (really deep—got it).
Moving Down
Chad Ochocinco, Patriots
It's hard to score many fantasy points when you are never on the field. On a day when quarterback Tom Brady threw for a ridiculous 517 yards, Ochocinco caught a single pass for 14 yards. While game plans change from week to week, the Patriots would be foolhardy to reduce the number of two-tight-end sets they use; that would take either Rob Gronkowski or Aaron Hernandez off the field. A further hurdle for Ochocinco is that Wes Welker and Deion Branch are entrenched as the team's top two wide receivers. Did I mention that Matt Slater is getting the work as the team's deep threat? That leaves #85 with the scraps.
Danny Amendola, Rams
After catching 85 passes a year ago, Amendola shaped up as a great option in PPR leagues in 2011 with new offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels expected to bring a more high-powered offense to St. Louis. Unfortunately, Amendola suffered a dislocated elbow during the Rams' Week 1 loss to the Eagles and he will be out for at least the next few weeks.
James Jones, Packers
It's not so much his Week 1 production (one target, one reception, one yard), it's the performance of the Packers' other wide receivers that should be cause for concern for James Jones owners. With a nagging knee injury, his poor performance is easily explained away. Unfortunately for Jones, Donald Driver looks rejuvenated (four receptions for 41yards), Jordy Nelson looks established as the team's top backup (six for 77 and a score), and Randall Cobbs looks like a future superstar (two for 35 and a touchdown to go along with a kickoff return touchdown and punt return that he was so close to turning into another score). The final nail in the coffin is that, as expected, the Packers used tight end Jermichael Finley in their four-receiver formations. That means Jones is going to have to surpass Driver and Nelson on the depth chart to get any meaningful playing time. I won't be shocked if he doesn't dress in Week 2.
Kevin Walter, Texans
He's out at least 10 weeks with a shoulder injury. He was a borderline backup fantasy WR at best, so this news sinks any value he had.
Tight Ends
Moving Up
Ed Dickson, Ravens
Ah, now I see why the Ravens dumped Todd Heap early in training camp. This Dickson guy has got game. He made a great catch in the end zone for a touchdown and tossed in four more receptions, finishing Week 1 with 59 receiving yards and 11.9 fantasy points. With only two proven wide receivers on the roster, one of which is highly inconsistent, Dickson figures to get plenty of looks in the Ravens offense. And if Week 1 is any indication (and it should be when the Ravens score 35 points on the Steelers' defense), the Ravens will have a top-10 offense in 2011. Dickson could be a low-end TE1 by season's end.
Scott Chandler, Bills
He caught one pass last season. That reception was the only one of his four-year career. One of those years, he was out of the league altogether. So what did Chandler do in Week 1 against the Chiefs? How about catch five balls for 63 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Not one. Two. The Bills likely would have settled for two touchdowns for the year considering the pathetic play of their tight ends during the 2010 season, another in a long line of non-existent production from the position. The Bills won't put up 41 points every week, and maybe they won't reach that again in 2011, but Chandler moves up into TE2 category based on his Week 1 performance.
Moving Down
Lance Kendricks, Rams
Kendricks had what appeared to be a solid preseason, scoring on three touchdown catches, but he also dropped a number of passes. He continued that disturbing trend this week against the Eagles, catching one of five targets but dropping two easy catches, one of which likely would have resulted in a six-yard touchdown. Kendricks was getting some love as a potential low-end fantasy starter, but his suspect hands mean he's going to be fighting off Michael Hoomanawanui when he returns from a calf injury.


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SKF receives Excellent Quality Award from Tesla Motors for Outstanding Performance
2013 December 18, 13:00 CET
Gothenburg, Sweden, 18 December, 2013: SKF has been awarded the Tesla Motors Excellent Quality award which is given to the top three suppliers achieving outstanding performance in the areas of quality, delivery, and customer service.
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|Moral Monday, July 30, 2013. Cartoon by Kevin Siers. Reprinted with permission, Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer.
What is happening in North Carolina? It's a question I've been asked by friends and colleagues around the country as they read the list of far-right legislation that has been coming out of Raleigh over the last six months. Is it as bad as it looks, they want to know?
My answer is always the same: It's worse—a lot worse—than you think it is.
North Carolina's reputation as a "progressive" state has always been exaggerated; the leadership style has tended toward what V. O. Key called "progressive plutocracy," or, as the late George Tindall more tactfully described it, "business progressivism." Governors Luther Hodges and Terry Sanford in the 1950s and early 1960s set the tone for the last half of the twentieth century, emphasizing racial moderation and new models of business and industrial development linked to infrastructure development and improved education from K–12 through university. It was an approach shared by moderate Republican governors like James Holshouser, Jr. and James Martin. Compared to most of the old Confederacy, the state's leadership made North Carolina seem an oasis of moderation in a desert of reactionary politics.1
Naked Partisanship
All that has changed. With a Republican governor and Republican controlled legislature, legislation enacted this year reads like a wish list ripped from the fulminations of Rush Limbaugh, Ralph Reed's right-wing Faith and Freedom Coalition and the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal.
For the gun lobby, there were new laws sealing public records that identified handgun permit holders while allowing those gun owners to carry their revolvers and semi-automatic pistols into restaurants, bars, parks, playgrounds, athletic events, parades, funerals, and into the parking lots of public schools and universities.2
There was also red meat for religious conservatives. During his 2012 campaign for governor, former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory had promised to concentrate on promoting jobs while avoiding divisive issues like abortion. During the last days of the session, however, GOP leaders tacked a lengthy amendment onto an unrelated bill that mandated many hospital-level standards for the state's abortion clinics. If fully implemented, these requirements will leave only one North Carolina clinic in operation.3 Governor McCrory dutifully signed the measure.
Hatred for "Obamacare" was the other rallying cry for both social and economic conservatives. Early in the session, the GOP-dominated legislature barred the state from participating in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or increasing eligibility for Medicaid, even though Medicaid expansion—fully paid by the federal government for three years and ninety percent thereafter—would have expanded health care to 500,000 uninsured North Carolinians.4
For the religious right, there were symbolic victories. One proposal would have made Christianity the official religion of North Carolina.5 That measure failed to reach a final vote, but another bill outlawing Sharia law in North Carolina barreled through the legislature.6 (Muslims make up less than one quarter of one percent of the state's population.)
But it was money that really talked under the new regime. Republicans had promised that they would make North Carolina "business friendly" and they were as good as their word. In a state that once prided itself on protecting its environment, the legislature barred local governments from adopting stricter environmental regulations, reduced the budgets of regulatory agencies, and replaced members of the state's key environmental commissions, allowing the governor and the GOP legislature to appoint more "business friendly" members.
In contrast to their concern for what GOP lawmakers called "job creators," there was little interest in the problems of workers. By the height of the recession, North Carolina had the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country. For years, however, North Carolina companies had paid into the state's unemployment compensation fund at some of the lowest rates in the nation. As the recession deepened, the state was forced to borrow $2.5 billion from the federal government to maintain the program's solvency.7
With almost no consultation from other groups, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce wrote the bill "reforming" the state's unemployment insurance program. While employers saw a modest increase in payments to the reserve fund ($3.40 per worker per month), three-fourths of the cost of restoring solvency came from cuts to the unemployed. In a series of measures eliminating or reducing benefits for 170,000 workers, the legislature slashed unemployment eligibility standards, cut benefit payments by more than a third, and reduced the length of eligibility to twelve weeks, the shortest time period in the nation. These measures caused North Carolina to become the only state in the nation to lose assistance from the federal Emergency Relief Program, payments that would have poured $780 million federal dollars into the hands of the unemployed and from there into the state economy.8
But the centerpiece of the GOP's program was a tax cut that the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center estimated would eventually cost one billion dollars per year with seventy five percent of the tax cut going to the top five percent of taxpayers. The legislature accomplished this feat by eliminating the state's inheritance tax (which already exempted all estates under $5.1 million) and reducing the state income tax rate paid by anyone making more than $250,000 to the same level as those making $25,000 a year. Under the new tax code, a family of four earning one quarter million dollars will receive a $2,434 tax cut while a working family of four earning $20,000 a year will see a reduction of three dollars in their income tax bill. Legislative leaders originally hoped to abolish corporate taxes in North Carolina, but had to be satisfied with a twenty eight percent reduction and a timetable for full elimination.9
The money had to come from somewhere. Reducing appropriations to key health assistance programs and regulatory agencies saved a few million and eliminating the state's Earned Income Tax Credit Program for North Carolina's poorest residents brought in another $110 million. In North Carolina, however, as in most states, the real money was in the state's education budget. While higher education faced reduced appropriations, the real plundering took place in the public school education budget.
|North Carolina ranks forty-sixth in the nation in teacher pay, 2013. Chart from the North Carolina State Board of Education and Southern Spaces. Data from the National Education Association Ranking and Estimates for North Carolina, 2011–2012 and 2012–2013.
Even as GOP lawmakers found the funds to create a voucher system for private schools, they reduced the number of openings in the state's highly successful pre-K program for at-risk children, ended tenure for public school teachers, abolished teachers' supplemental pay for advanced degrees, eliminated thousands of teachers and teachers assistants and failed to include even a token pay raise for teachers. (Since 2008, teachers have received a 1.2 percent raise.) Adjusted for inflation and a growing state population, 2014 education appropriations are more than a half billion dollars less than in 2008. By the end of the coming year, North Carolina will drop to forty-seventh or forty-eighth in pupil expenditures and teacher pay.10
How did all this come to pass in a state that gave its electoral votes to Barack Obama in 2008 and fell just short of a Democratic victory in 2012?
The short answer: by hijacking the state's political system. And no individual is more responsible for this takeover than James Arthur ("Art") Pope. Jane Mayer profiled the wealthy chain store owner in her 2011 New Yorker article, "State for Sale," describing how Pope had used his fortune to reshape the Republican Party into a reflection of his anti-government, pro-corporate policies. While supporters insist that his success is a triumph of ideas, Mac McCorkle, who lectures at Duke University School of Public Policy, dismissed such claims. Pope "never comes out except where you think he will. He'll say he cares about the poor, but there's a puerile Ayn Randism to him. . . . Deep down he's an ideologue, a zealot."
|2001 (top) and 2011 (bottom) North Carolina congressional district maps. Map by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Google Maps.
|2003 (top) and 2011 (bottom) North Carolina Senate district maps. Map by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Google Maps.
|2009 (top) and 2011 (bottom) North Carolina House district maps. Map by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Google Maps.
Pope's influence is directly attributable to his wealth, the foundations of which he inherited. Over the years he expanded his father's "bargain" stores into a chain of four hundred low-wage discount stores scattered over thirteen states. With vast wealth concealed from public view ("Variety Wholesalers" is a privately owned corporation), Pope invested more than $40 million in building an infrastructure of tax-exempt right-wing think tanks and "public interest" propaganda outlets.
After crushing a number of moderate North Carolina Republicans over the last ten years by funding their more conservative opponents, he gained the upper hand in the state's GOP. As Marc Farinella, who ran President Obama's 2008 campaign in North Carolina noted, the "Republican agenda in North Carolina is really Art Pope's agenda. He sets it, he funds it, and he directs the efforts to achieve it. The candidates are just fronting for him."11
The payoff to Pope's long-range plans came in the off-year 2010 election when he and other wealthy donors spent $2.2 million targeting twenty-two Democratic incumbents in the state legislature. A modest sum in today's high-rolling political sweepstakes, these funds financed a barrage of slick, negative mass mailings that distorted and frequently misrepresented the positions of the targeted lawmakers. At least two were flagrantly racist. Only four of the incumbents survived and the Republicans, aided by a fired up Tea Party base and a lethargic Democratic turnout, took control of the legislature.12
Gerrymandering is a bipartisan sport, but the 2011 North Carolina legislature outdid itself and, with the help of the Republican National Committee's redistricting director, created one of the most partisan redistricting plans in the nation. The bizarrely drawn congressional, state senate, and legislative districts divided heavily Democratic areas into two or three new districts, allowing the GOP to elect two-thirds of the state legislature and nine of the state's thirteen congressmen and women in 2012 even though the voters split their ballots evenly between Republican and Democratic candidates.13
That same year, the GOP took the governorship when Pat McCrory, a former mayor of Charlotte, defeated a weak Democratic candidate. McCrory cultivated a reputation as a "moderate" Republican during the 2012 campaign, emphasizing his success in bringing people together during his tenure as Charlotte's Mayor. What most people failed to understand was that McCrory had little choice except to take a moderate position. The Charlotte he governed had a Democratic majority city council and a business class that epitomized the state's "progressive" tradition. Once elected with a heavily Republican legislature, he smoothly pivoted toward the far right, appointing Art Pope as budget director.14
Not satisfied with the 2011 redistricting plan that made it almost impossible for the opposition party to regain power, the GOP majority enacted a fifty-seven-page revision of the state's election laws, measures which amounted to the nation's most extensive effort at voter suppression. Faced with overwhelming evidence that fraud was almost non-existent in North Carolina, Governor McCrory and the state's house speaker acknowledged that voter impersonation was not a problem, but they insisted that the new election laws were necessary to restore confidence—"confidence" that they and other Republicans had earlier undermined by falsely spreading charges of voter impersonation.15
North Carolina's new voter laws have their greatest impact on African American voters who are far less likely to have official state approved identification and this racially disparate effect inevitably raised the charge of racism. Undoubtedly, racism exists in the state. One of the GOP's top priorities was to repeal the North Carolina's "Racial Justice Act" which allowed convicted murders to have their death sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced their conviction.16
|Is North Carolina's Voter ID Law 'Common Sense' Policy or Discrimination?, PBS Newshour, August 13, 2013. View segment on the PBS Newshour website.
But the primary motivation for changes in the state's election laws has been naked partisanship. Every change in North Carolina's new election code was targeted at reducing potential Democratic voters regardless of race, creed, color or national origin. The state's VIVA/Election Reform law, passed on a straight party line vote, now requires a government-issued photo ID card to vote, but rejects student IDs, public-employee IDs, or photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies. Other provisions end Sunday voting (African Americans have a tradition on voting after church) and straight-party ticket voting (fifty seven percent of straight ticket votes are by Democrats), shorten the early voting calendar, (Democratic voters are thirty percent more likely to vote early than Republicans), ban same-day registration during early voting, (a majority of same day registrants are Democrats), and prohibit paid voter registration drives since such organized efforts are more likely to register Democrats and empower any individual—not just official poll watchers—to challenge potential voters. Local officials will no longer be able to extend voting hours in cases of long lines, or allow provisional voting if someone arrives at the wrong precinct. University of California at Irvine law professor Rick Hasen, author of The Voting Wars, and one of the nation's leading voting rights experts told the Charlotte Observer that he had "never seen a package of what I would call suppressive voting measures like this." "I can't for the life of me see how it's justified on voter ID grounds."17
"There is no moral issue. It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country," Lyndon Johnson said to members of Congress in his call for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.18 The voter repression efforts of the current North Carolina legislature are far less pervasive than the Jim Crow laws of the past. But they are just as immoral. And given the US Justice Department's decision to fight the Texas voter ID bill—which is less restrictive than North Carolina's—the laws will likely be challenged in the courts.
Bankrolling the Infrastructure
North Carolina GOP's policies reflect many of the same ideological forces that have strengthened the new conservatism across the nation. Evangelicals and social conservatives contribute the shock troops for this conservative political movement, and Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, talk radio hosts, and the religious broadcasting networks furnish the most strident megaphones. Right wing billionaires supply the financial muscle and the patina of intellectual respectability that allows them access to mainstream media. Intent on a laissez-faire utopia, the super-rich in the United States have concluded that their wealth may be more effective in capturing state governments than winning national elections.
If Art Pope is the godfather of North Carolina's conservative movement and William, David and Charles Koch are the most prominent faces of today's wealthy conservative activists, they are all part of a longer tradition. Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, individuals such as Colorado beer brewer Joseph Coors, financiers Lynde and Harry Bradley and John Olin, and Pittsburgh billionaire, Richard Mellon Scaife bankrolled an emerging right-wing legal, media, and "think-tank" infrastructure: the Heritage Foundation; the American Enterprise, Cato, Hudson, and Manhattan Institutes; as well as dozens of other, lesser known organizations. An investment fund manager who examined the financial reports of some five hundred conservative tax-free foundations, think-tanks, and funding agencies concluded that these organizations had spent between $2.5 and $3 billion from 1970 to 2003 in order to promote their ideas.19
These groups have been joined by more tax-free conservative foundations and political action groups like those in North Carolina created or funded by Art Pope: the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the John Locke Foundation, Real Jobs NC, and the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.20 And now the Citizens United decision has liberated Pope and other wealthy conservatives from any legal restraints (and public disclosure).21
Whatever their differences, these corporate-funded groups are united by two interlocking principles. Nearly a decade ago, Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham identified the first: the unbending conviction that the word "public" in "all its uses and declensions (public service, citizenship, public health, community, public park, commonwealth, public school, etc.,) connotes inefficiency and waste," a condition that could only be corrected by relying upon the unrestrained market, freed from the stultifying and unnecessary burdens imposed by government bureaucrats, labor unions and assorted liberal busy-bodies.22
The second is the belief that money corrupts the poor but elevates the moral character of the rich. By making the lives of the poor, the working class, and the marginal middle class more precarious and insecure, the poor will respond by becoming productive and resourceful workers. Giving the rich more money and making their already prosperous lives even more secure will lead them to be more productive and resourceful in returning benefits to society.
As the "Church Lady" Dana Carvey often said at the conclusion of one of his Saturday Night Live skits: "How convenient."
What is unnerving is the willingness of large numbers of voters in North Carolina and across the nation to embrace the very policies which cause them so much pain. If there is any lesson to be learned from the last thirty years, it is the failure of trickle-down economic policies that benefit only the wealthiest Americans. Over the last twelve years, median income, a key indicator of middle class well-being, has declined seven percent.23 That growing inequality and insecurity seems to have strengthened the forces of hyperindividualism while weakening any sense of the possibility for collective action. But not entirely.
|Moral Monday demonstration, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 29, 2013. Photograph by Cristóbal Palmer. Courtesy of Cristóbal Palmer.
On April 29, the North Carolina NAACP organized the first of a series of "Moral Monday" demonstrations outside the legislature in Raleigh. Beginning with a handful of participants, they grew steadily through the summer drawing as many as five thousand protestors and leading to 930 arrests. One prominent Republican legislator sneered that the rallies should be renamed "Moron Mondays," while Governor McCrory and other GOP leaders dismissed the demonstrators as "outsiders," "aging hippies," and "Loony Liberals."24
As the legislative session came to a close, however, the movement moved from Raleigh to other cities and showed no sign of weakening. On August fifth, six thousand demonstrators packed Asheville's town center and organizers promised future rallies throughout the state. If the outpouring of opposition did not derail major GOP legislation, these protests had an impact on public opinion. Governor McCrory's approval ratings have fallen from sixty two to thirty nine percent with fifty one percent of voters disapproving and only twenty percent of voters expressing confidence in the GOP-led general assembly. In late July, a ballot poll conducted by Public Policy Polling showed Democrats leading Republicans fifty one to forty two.25
No one can predict whether the passionate opposition will extend to next year's fall elections. Groups like "Scholars for North Carolina Future"—over one hundred academics across the state—have joined other grass roots organizations in coordinating informational and action-oriented gatherings to make the case that the current leadership in North Carolina has embarked on a course that is destructive to the state and its people. Activists face a daunting series of obstacles. The Democratic Party leadership has been marked by scandals and bitter infighting; Art Pope and friends will have deep cash reserves for the upcoming campaigns; and the 2011 gerrymandering has given most GOP incumbents a six to twelve percent protective cushion. The next two elections will determine whether the movement reflected in "Moral Mondays" builds a successful political coalition to overthrow the current Republican dominance or falters, leaving North Carolina as another link in the GOP's domination of much of the political geography of the old South.
About the Author
Dan Carter is Educational Foundation Emeritus Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of numerous books and articles including The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (Louisiana State University Press, second edition, 2000).
- 1. V. O. Key, Southern Politics in State and Nation (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949), 205; George Brown Tindall, "Business Progressivism: Southern Politics in the Twenties," South Atlantic Quarterly 62 (1963): 92–106; Rob Christensen, The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008), 310. More than thirty five years ago in The Transformation of Southern Politics, Jack Bass and Walter DeVries labeled their chapter on the state "North Carolina: The Progressive Myth," (New York: Basic Books, 1976), 218–247.
- 2. Amend Various Firearm Laws, North Carolina Session Law 2013-369 (passed July 29, 2013), http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H937.
- 3. Craig Jarvis, "North Carolina Abortion Bill Headed to McCrory," Raleigh News and Observer, July 25, 2013, http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/25/3056922/senate-will-take-up-abortion-bill.html.
- 4. No North Carolina Exchange/No Medicaid Expansion, North Carolina Session Law 2013-5, (passed March 6, 2013), http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=s4.
- 5. Rowan County Defense of Religion Act of 2013, House Joint Resolution 2013-494 (in committee), http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h+494.
- 6. Foreign Laws/Protect Constitutional Rights, North Carolina Session Law 2013-416 (passed August 26, 2013), http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=h522.
- 7. "State Unemployment Rates in July 2013," National Conference of State Legislatures, August 20, 2013, http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/labor/state-unemployment-update.aspx; Robbie Brown, "North Carolina Approves Steep Benefit Cuts for Jobless in Bid to Reduce Debt," The New York Times, February 13, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/us/north-carolina-approves-benefit-cuts-for-unemployed.html.
- 8. Julie Adams and Jade C. Murray, "Sweeping Changes to North Carolina's Unemployment Insurance Laws Take Effect on July 1, 2013," Mondaq, July 9, 2013, http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/249382/; Dan Burley, "North Carolina Will Become First State to Forfeit Federal Long-term Unemployment Benefits," Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2013, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/30/4137390/north-carolina-will-become-first.html.
- 9. For the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center's analysis of the tax cut see: Tazra Mitchell, "Senate Budget Is Wrong Path for North Carolina: Plan Includes Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Shorts Investments in Vital Services," BTC Reports 19, no. 3 (May 2013), http://itep.org/reports_using_itep_data/2013/06/north-carolina-budget-tax-center-gambling-away-our-future.php; Patrick Gannon, John Frank and Rob Christensen, "Dome: In other news, NC Senate gives final approval to tax bill," Raleigh News and Observer, July 3, 2013, http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/03/3009073/dome-in-other-news-nc-senate-gives.html; John Frank, "Impact of Proposed Tax Bill Outlined," Raleigh News and Observer, July 3, 2013, http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/06/2944494/impact-of-proposed-tax-bill-outlined.html.
- 10. Rankings and Estimates: Rankings of the States 2012 and Estimates of School Statistics 2013, National Education Association, December 2012, accessed September 9, 2013, http://www.nea.org/home/54597.htm.
- 11. Quotes on Pope drawn from Jane Mayer, "State for Sale: A Conservative Multimillionaire Has Taken Control in North Carolina, One of 2012's Top Battlegrounds," The New Yorker, October 10, 2011, http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_mayer. Other information on Pope, including his early biography and current wealth, is taken from Chris Kromm, "The Art Pope Empire," Raleigh Indyweek, March 9, 2011, http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-art-pope-empire-media-outlets-think-tanks-and-election-machines; and Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis, "North Carolina's Tug of War," The American Prospect, June 6, 2013, http://prospect.org/article/north-carolinas-tug-war.
- 12. The mass mailings proved to be critical in the absence of even minimal coverage of state and local elections. They received little attention from the media and the accused Democratic Senate and Legislative candidates lacked the resources to mount a sustained response.
- 13. Robert Draper, "The League of Dangerous Mapmakers," The Atlantic, September, 19 2012, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-league-of/309084.
- 14. Mark Binker, "McCrory Has Promises to Keep," WRAL News, January 5, 2013, http://www.wral.com/mccrory-faces-promises-and-expectations-/11897511; Rob Christensen, "The Evolution of Pat McCrory," Charlotte Observer, July 14, 2013.
- 15. Laura Leslie, "Tillis: Fraud 'not the primary reason for voter id push,'" WRAL News, March 17, 2013, http://www.wral.com/tillis-actual-voter-fraud-not-the-primary-reason-for-voter-id-push-/12231514.
- 16. Associated Press, "McCrory signs repeal of Racial Justice Act," News Observer, June 19, 2013.
- 17. Lynn Bonner, David Perlmutt and Anne Blythe, "Elections Bill Headed to McCrory," Charlotte Observer, July 26, 2013, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/25/4190990/changes-to-election-laws-move.html; Jim Morrill, "Voting Bill Signed; Legal Challenges Start," Charlotte Observer, August 12, 2013, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/12/4232398/gov-mccrory-signs-voter-id-bill.html.
- 18. Lyndon Baines Johnson, "Speech Before Congress on Voting Rights," March 15, 1965, transcript, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-15-1965-speech-congress-voting-rights.
- 19. The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy estimated that the top 20 of the more than than 500 conservative, tax-free foundations alone spent $1.1 billion between 1990 and 2000. National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, $1 Billion for Ideas: Conservative Think Tanks in the 1990s (New York: NCRP, 1999). Literature on these new conservative advocacy foundations is surprisingly thin. Jean Stefanicic and Richard Delgado's No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America's Social Agenda (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996) offers a useful summary of the interlocking relationship of these groups and a summary of their policy positions, but it breaks little ground. In his excellent study, The Idea Brokers: Think Tanks and the Rise of the New Policy Elite (New York: The Free Press, 1991), James Allen Smith seeks to put them in a larger historical context, but one of his more important conclusions—that these conservative policy research organizations would survive only by moving toward the center and away from strong advocacy positions—has been proven wrong in the 17 years since he published his work.
- 20. Chris Kromm, "The Art Pope Empire," Raleigh Indyweek, March 9, 2011, http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-art-pope-empire-media-outlets-think-tanks-and-election-machines.
- 21. Michael S. Kang, "After Citizens United," Indiana Law Review 44, no. 243 (2010): 243–255.
- 22. Lewis H. Lapham, "Tentacles of Rage: the Republican Propaganda Mill, a Brief History," Harper's Magazine, September 2004, http://harpers.org/archive/2004/09/tentacles-of-rage.
- 23. "US Income has Declined by 7.2% since 2000: Report," Press TV, August 22, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/22/319897/us-median-income-declined-report/.
- 24. Thom Goolsby, "Moron Monday shows radical Left just doesn't get it," Chatham Journal, June 7, 2013, http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/opinion/myopinion/moron-monday-shows-radical-left-just-does-not-get-it-130607.shtml. Despite assertions from the right that protestors were "outsiders" from other states, ninety-eight percent of those arrested were natives of North Carolina. See Mark Binker and Amanda Lamb, "Most Arrested in 'Moral Monday' Protets from NC," WRAL News, June 11, 2013, http://www.wral.com/most-moral-monday-arrestees-from-north-carolina/12540006/.
- 25. Romando Dixson and Casey Blake, "Protest Packs Asheville," Asheville Citizen-Times, August 6, 2013, http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130806/NEWS/308060023/Protest-packs-Asheville; "McCrory Image Plummets," Public Policy Polling, July 16, 2013, http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/pat-mccrory/; and John Frank, "Under the Dome," Raleigh News and Observer, August 14, 2013, http://projects.newsobserver.com/node/28201.


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Hey just posting this here as a topic because i think puppy linux would be the perfect setup for a full cloud based operating system i know some people don't like some aspects of the cloud but there are those pluses as well so yeah consider
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That was deep. Too deep for my poor brain.
I agree Puppy would be good for cloud and like
Geoffrey point out your not alone thinking so.
The good thing with Puppy is how easily you can save things in case the cloud is down. The HDD would be full of your music and clips and texts and you have editors and things to do while waiting for the cloud to recover from sabotage or just a careless digger that cut the connection between continents.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
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I am looking for a developer for the "Cloud" app. I can help with coding. Interested?
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you know while i think these concepts get close i don't think we have a true cloud os. which is an os that can be viewed any where in the world on any device. So if i walked up to my buddy's smart phone or tablet typed my user name Ip address and type of os im using along with a password i would be able to see all my data desktop etc that's what i think cloud computing is.
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kenshen wrote:
you know while i think these concepts get close i don't think we have a true cloud os. which is an os that can be viewed any where in the world on any device. So if i walked up to my buddy's smart phone or tablet typed my user name Ip address and type of os im using along with a password i would be able to see all my data desktop etc that's what i think cloud computing is.
That sounds more like you want a remote desktop app that runs on smart devices, but you would still need to have puppy running somewhere.
I thought that having puppy as a cloud os ment that there was only internet access and all applications were online such as office programs and the like.
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well kinda basically the concept of the cloud is having all of your data stored in a place where you can access it from any where on any device. That means data on a network drive but having that network drive not only store your data but your user info what type of os you run then depending on the type of cloud computing it loads the os in various ways etc. log on prompt probably asks for a domain or ip address user info etc it access that drive and os with your data loads that is cloud computing. that's what chrome does and i think puppy would be a great os for this when you don't have internet then there would be local storage like Lobster was saying for local work purpose or info you just don't feel comfortable sharing.
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cloud, like a VPS?
if we are talking a VPS then Puppy isnt being used because a VPS OS needs to let you login via SSH or even telnet and then set everything up from the commandline. Debian or CentOS or Ubuntu are being used because once you login you can apt-get or use yum to install whatever. Imagine the difficulty in doing this with Puppy as it has no commandline package management.
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cloud computing has been a topic for some time. see post 2 in response to your opening gambit where Geoffrey pointed you in the right direction -and also read sszindian's posts in the topic Geoffrey directed you to.
And why not try sszindian's efforts to meet whatever your requirements are. Perhaps you can assist with that effort.
Your requirements as set out in this thread can perhaps be met by various means which already exiat? (free but you need to donate your time)
Lots of puppians are doing it - one way or another eg:
Puppy on laptop or usb chip or similar
Dropbox, or similar free cloud storage
chromium ig (sfs) and google apps
googledocs or similar??
sszindian's Cloud puppy??
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well kinda basically the concept of the cloud is having all of your data stored in a place where you can access it from any where on any device.
Like a usb thumbdrive perhaps? Its like your own personal cloud. You don't even need internet access.
Cloud computing makes business more lucrative for corporations, but has few benefits for users. Don't believe the hype.
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I guess you mean something like owncloud (see: owncloud.org)?
There are quite a lot of web apps, that could be used to build your own cloud, subsonic for example for music, lots of wikis (didwiki as well I guess), some gallery applications written in php, that would run with lampp or LHMP and of course projects such as buddycloud, friendica or diaspora.
And of course there is pagekite (pagekite.net) which made it even for me possible to run my blog and other apps from my laptop.
A puppy designed to transform old hardware into your own little cloud would be a cool idea, and I would be willing to spend some time on a project like this, unfortunately my programming experience is 0 and even as a linux user I'm very close to being a total nooby (convert since 2010
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Across the US-Mexico divide, brutal drug violence has badly bruised border tourism. Even here in Nogales, with a tourist district literally two blocks from the U.S., the center is empty.
So city planners are sponsoring yet another public event — this one a three-day tequila festival that begins Friday, showcasing Mexico's traditional drink, along with mariachis, dance performances, and a classic car show — in an attempt to boost confidence, especially among Americans, that a visit to the town is indeed not a death sentence.
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"We'd like Americans to come see for themselves that maybe Nogales is not as bad as some people say," says Jorge Valenzuela, who was hired as the city's first tourism director late last year.
City officials are in many ways working harder than they ever have, dreaming of new events to promote the positives of Nogales. In late 2010, they began to revive the city's ailing tourism sector in earnest with the opening of a visitors center, street improvements, the installment of security cameras, and the addition of police patrols. This year, the chamber of commerce launched a "Let's speak well of Nogales" campaign to help burnish the city's image.
"We never really had to promote the city before but now we do," said chamber director Marcela Freig Couvillier before that campaign began.
Special events continue to push the notion that Nogales is a safe place. In late May, about 500 people raced through Avenida Obregon in a 5-kilometer run dubbed "Go with confidence."
Mona Mizell, who lives in Green Valley, Ariz., was among a handful of Americans who took part in the race. Ms. Mizell, who took first place among female runners older than 60, says she has always felt safe in Nogales.
"I really feel sorry for the business people here," she said at the time.
And she should. Until recently, Americans strolling the main drag, Avenida Alvaro Obregon, were as ubiquitous as the vendors who hawked silver bracelets, sombreros, and leather belts.
Then Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared war on organized crime and the historically tranquil Nogales gradually began to feel the impact of drug-related violence, including public shootouts and kidnappings. In 2006, the city recorded 35 homicides. By the end of last year, the official body count totaled 202, although the local press tallied a higher count. Killings appear to be down this year but activists say the violence has touched more people with no known ties to drug trafficking.
The tourism district close to the international line remains well patrolled and largely free of violence, Mr. Valenzuela points out. But it is something that officials can no longer take for granted. Instead, they have to continue hammering out the message, be it in the form of tequila festivals and other events, and hope that Americans are hearing.
More from the Monitor:
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- Mexico town fires its bravest woman
This article, "Mexican border town resorts to tequila festival to boost tourism," first appeared on CSMonitor.com.
© 2012 Christian Science Monitor


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March 9, 2010: Electronic Arts continues to be the most prolific of Tiger Woods' marketing partners, not only talking the talk in support of the beleaguered golfer but also walking the walk with new products. EA Sports, which launched Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online this past December, has now unveiled Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 featuring Ryder Cup action, which will be available on June 8 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and iPhone platforms.
The Ryder Cup, a competition hosted by Ryder Cup Europe and the PGA of America, brings together the best American and European golfers in a team competition format, Woods is featured on the videogame cover representing the U.S. team, sharing the spotlight with Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland representing the European team. The 2010 Ryder Cup will be played Oct. 1-3 at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales.
Woods currently is on a self-imposed hiatus from golf, but observers feel he could return prior to The Masters in April. Although he has lost Accenture, AT&T and PepsiCo's Gatorade as marketing partners since his marital infidelity problems became public, his sponsorship roster still includes EA, Nike, Tag Heuer, Gillette, NetJets, TLC Vision and Upper Deck. As recently as 2008, Woods was earning an estimated $100 million annually from endorsements; that figure is down to about $55-$60 million, according to analysts.
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McIlroy, currently ranked 9th according to the Official World Golf Rankings, had five top 10 PGA Tour finishes in 2009 and made the cut in all four majors.
"This is a huge honor for me to be the on the cover with Tiger Woods as I grew up idolizing Tiger," McIlroy said in a statement. "The Ryder Cup has always been my favorite sporting event and the tournament is being played at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales in 2010. Also, I'm hopeful to have an opportunity to represent the European team later in the year – it's all very special."
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For a few hours Wednesday evening, Pearson's Jewelers in downtown Los Banos turned into an art gallery.
The occasion was a trunk show for Gustine artist Caroline Rocha, whose hand-painted and jeweled leather cuffs are sold in businesses big and small – from local retailers such as Pearson's to big names such as Disneyland.
"I always tell people, I work on leather, paint and Swarovski crystals, so it's not platinum and gold, but it's also not completely costume. It's more of an art piece," Rocha said. "So I fit in between that gap, and more than anything, I think it's getting people to understand the labor of art and the originality of every single piece. Nothing's mass-produced, nothing is copied, and so I feel a little different than my comrades when I meet up with them at shows, because I am different than they are, but we still come together."
Sherry Pearson, owner of Pearson's Jewelers, said she tries to select pieces for her shop that have artistry to them, and Rocha's cuffs fit the bill perfectly. Each is handmade and no two are the same.
"She signs each one of them, because it is an original piece of artwork," Pearson said. "And the quality is major to me, because I don't want people dissatisfied and bringing things back, so I thought long and hard before I even put the line in the shop. I had a customer who is a bracelet person, and she has been a faithful customer for a long time, and she posted on Facebook about Caroline's line, and I thought, 'Oh, if she likes it, it must be good.' "
Pearson sported an aqua-colored piece during the event – one of three Rocha cuffs that she owns personally – and said she regularly gets comments on it. Some of Rocha's fans have become collectors – a few from as far away as Fresno dropped in on the Pearson's event.
"What happens is, just like people that collect art, if you find an artist you really like, you buy one, and then you progress on to buy another one. You become a collector," Pearson said. "We have many customers who are collectors. There's one lady here tonight that has 70. You get hooked. You get one color, and then you want another color to go with another outfit."
For Rocha, having the support of a local business is a big thing, even though her pieces are carried from Hawaii to New York to the United Kingdom.
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PROMINENT Australian Catholics have rejected claims by Cardinal George Pell that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI weakened the papacy, and dismissed notions the Sydney Archbishop was angling for the top job.
It came as the Pope had a last day to match his shy personality, with surprisingly little ceremony.
He was to meet cardinals from around the world, followed by a private parting ceremony in a Vatican courtyard in mid-afternoon, followed by a helicopter flight across the Vatican, the world's smallest state, to the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo near Rome.
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Father Michael Elligate, a priest at St Carthage's University Parish in Parkville, Melbourne, said the suggestion that the Pope should die in office had nothing to do with scripture.
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Father Elligate said Cardinal Pell's comment that the greatest issue facing the Catholic Church was not sexual abuse but declining belief in the developed world was ''appalling''.
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart said he did not want to speculate on whether the resignation would destabilise future popes. ''I trust the church and I trust the papacy,'' he said.
Professor Neil Ormerod, from the Australian Catholic University, said the remarks were more likely posturing - designed to signal what attributes Cardinal Pell was seeking in the next pope.


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