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Welcome to the Artis College of Science and Technology
The faculty and staff of the Artis College of Science and Technology (CSAT) invite you to take full advantage of opportunities to create knowledge through scholarship and original research. We encourage students to study with faculty mentors whose professional passions are teaching and learning. The curriculum and faculty members of the CSAT prepare students to become successful professionals in a culturally diverse global economy that is becoming increasingly technical and scientifically advanced. Economic competitiveness and environmental issues have inspired an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and the innovations in these fields are changing our lives on a daily basis.
The Artis College of Science and Technology offers students the latest knowledge, equipment and techniques used in science, technology and mathematics disciplines in a nurturing, open, collaborative and challenging environment. Our faculty and students in mathematics, information technology, geology, geospatial science, anthropological sciences, biology, chemistry and physics partner across disciplines in research and service projects. This gives our students a glimpse into "real-world" collaboration inherent in STEM professions.
We are committed to helping students achieve their personal and professional goals. Faculty members and professional advisors are dedicated to outstanding teaching and advising. They are passionate about mentoring advisees through their curriculum, engaging students in field and laboratory research and nurturing aspiring investigators through the presentation and publication process. Students in our college are provided exceptional problem-solving opportunities in course assignments, laboratory projects and internship experiences. Students can choose from study abroad destinations that include the Galapagos Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and receive advice on the application process for professional schools, graduate schools and prestigious national honors including the Goldwater and Udall Scholarships. Our students take advantage of unique facilities in our college that include a greenhouse, aviary, planetarium, observatory, Museum of the Earth Sciences, GIS Center, the Selu Conservancy and the Dewese Scottish Rite Biological Preserve.
Many of our current students are exemplary role models of success in academic, athletic, leadership and service endeavors. Our students are members of academic honorary societies, including Beta Beta Beta in biology, the American Chemical Society, Gamma Theta Upsilon in geospatial science, Sigma Gamma Epsilon in geology, Upsilon Pi Epsilon in information technology, the Mathletes Math Club, and the Society of Physics Students. In addition, the very active CSAT STEM Club, which includes students from all disciplines within the college, offers field trips for members, hosts expert guest speakers, and helps coordinate special events for elementary, middle and high school students interested in the STEM fields.
The Artis College of Science and Technology values and nurtures reflective risk-takers, and our successful students possess both boundless creativity and meticulous attention to detail. We invite you to take your place among our current students who seize scholarship, leadership and service opportunities on campus and throughout life. Welcome to our community of learners, and please let us know how we can assist you with achieving your academic goals.
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The full-length live-action trailer for Mortal Kombat Vita is here, making me think that perhaps I need to tone up a bit more, maybe visit a tailor before the game arrives.
We saw brief flashes of Kitana's outfit in the teaser version of this Mortal Kombat Vita ad, and it didn't look half bad, if you're intro the whole alien ninja woman thing. It isn't quite my cup of tea, however, so instead of appreciating the look, I'm focused on the fact that they really should not have shot that outfit from behind.
That's not a comment on the model chosen for the ad; she's perfectly lovely. She's just forced to wear a costume bottom that doesn't look all that attractive while posing on the ledge of a building. We've all been there. This is Earth, not some Netherrealm stronghold where the fabric never bunches.
The point of this ad is that, thanks to the Vita version of Mortal Kombat, you can step into the role of your favourite character. Or at least the one that looks the most like you. I'm a big fan of Jade, but I don't think I'd look very good in the outfit. I could be wrong. Don't you dare Photoshop me.


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Several years ago I came across an 1805 original Livingston County document in which Obediah Terrell listed his property and then gave it all away. The document was copied and filed away until there was time to learn more about Obediah Terrell and the purpose of this document.
A few months ago, while reading about the early settlement of Tennessee, the name Obediah Terrell jumped out at me. His name was listed among a group of adventurers, who, in 1769, left their homes in North Carolina and Virginia, traveled through what is now Middle Tennessee and up into the area of present-day Wayne County, Kentucky. These men were known as Long Hunters. They acquired this name because they were gone for a long time, sometimes two or three years, traveling, trapping and hunting, hence, the name Long Hunter. A complete list of the 20 or so men has not been found, but a partial list gives the following names: John Rains, Kasper Mansco, Abraham Bledsoe, John Baker, Joseph Drake, Uriah Stone, Henry Smith, Ned Cowan, Robert Crockett and Obediah Terrell.
There seems to be a division among historians about the true nature of these early adventurers. Some portray them as brave men who left their homes and families to venture out into unknown territory for the good of God and country while others believe they were more likely poor men seeking the means to support their families. Whatever the case may be, the Long Hunters did push the frontier beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains and paved the way for later explorations. Also, it would have taken some courage to travel through areas inhabitated only by wild beasts and often hostile Indians.
Could Obediah Terrell, the Long Hunter, have been the same man who left the record in Livingston County, Kentucky? A bit of research into the early history of Kentucky proved helpful.
Kentucky was still part of Virginia until 1792, when it became a state. Prior to that year, records of the Long Hunters in Kentucky would be found in Virginia.
Obediah Terrell was living in old Fincastle County, Virginia in 1773 when he obtained judgment against Uriah Stone, another Long Hunter. In 1778, Obediah was appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas Kindrick in Washington County, Virginia and sometime thereafter he moved to Tennessee. Obey's Creek, Scott County, Virginia, was named for Obediah, who lived on the creek before he moved to Middle Tennessee. He recorded his stock mark in the Minutes of the Committee of the Cumberland Association in Tennessee on 23 Apr 1783. In December 1791 Obediah bought land from Isaac Bledsoe in Sumner County, Tennessee and sold a portion of the land in 1793.
The trail of Obediah Terrell disappeared at that point, but he was found, this time in Kentucky, in May 1799, when he received a grant of 200 acres of land on Crooked Creek in Christian County, Kentucky. This land fell into the new county of Livingston, created that same year, but would be in Crittenden County (created 1842 from Livingston County) today. So, with the exception of about six years, his path from Virginia to Tennessee to Kentucky was fairly easy to follow. If this was the same Obediah Terrell. I still was not sure.
If this was the same man, most likely he was at least 18 years old when he traveled with the Long Hunters in 1769. That would make his year of birth at least 1751. Again, if this was the same man, he was at least 48 years old when he acquired the land in Kentucky and, at that time, would no longer be considered a young man. Most likely, he was ready to settle down to a less strenuous life.
Obediah appears on Livingston County tax lists through 1809 with one white male age 21 or older and land on Crooked Creek. No record of him has been found after 1809. For a man who was active in the exploration and settlement of Tennessee and Kentucky, Obediah Terrell's name is seldom mentioned in the early records of Livingston County. From tax lists we know he lived on Crooked Creek, possibly where it spills into the Ohio River. No record was found to indicate that Obediah married or had children.
One of the few records generated by Obediah in Livingston County was that 200+ year old document, which was actually an inventory of his property and was accompanied by a deed of gift to his friend, George Flynn.
The inventory, dated 31 December 1805, lists Obediah's property as follows: "one Fethear Bed & furniture 2 putere dishes and five plats two Iron pots & tow Iron Kettles Three axes and Three Augers five Chisels one Hand saw & Draw Knife one Iron & one Iron wege Three Clives four Drawing Chains & hangins two sets of Plough Irons - Four head of horses Twenty head of Cow hide marked thus the Right ear a Crop & underbit The Left ear a Slit under and over Twenty three hogs with the Same Mark Three head of Sheep the same mark one Mattic and 2 weeding hoes Two Negroes Doll the name of one and fan her child the other " Obediah signed his name and the document was witnessed by Wm. Hughes and Thomas Hughes.
The deed of gift states the following: "To all people to whom these presents Shall Come I Obediah Terrell do send Greeting Know ye that I the said Obediah Terrell of Livingston County State of Kentucy [sic] for an in consideration of the Love good will and affection which I have and do bear towards my loving friend Georg Filynn of the same State & County have given and granted and by these Present do freely give and grant unto the sd. Goerg [sic] Flynn his heirs executors or administrators all and Sundry my goods and Chattels now living in my present dwelling house in the same State & County afore said of which before the Signing of these presents I have delivered to him the said flynn an inventory Signed with my own hand and bearing even date to have and to hold all the Said goods and Chattels in the said premises or dwelling house to him the sd. Georg flynn his heirs executors or administrators from henceforth as his and their property goods and Chattels Absolutely without any Manner of condition In witness whereof I have here unto put my hand and seal."
I knew from previous research that the Flynn family owned a ferry on the Ohio River in present-day Crittenden County and the road leading to the ferry from the direction of Caldwell County was known as Flynns Ferry Road. But what did that family have to do with Obediah Terrell? There was an older George Flin, who died in Livingston County by 23 July 1799, when letters of administration on his estate were granted to Thomas Hawkins. Could Obediah have been connected to that George Flin? Maybe so, but that still didn't answer my question about a possible relationship between Obediah and the Flynn family in 1805.
Then, I remembered reading in Selections from Sam Steger's Historical Notebook that George Flin or Flynn accompanied the Long Hunters on a excursion through the lower Cumberland Valley in the early 1770's. According to the author, Flynn was paid by the government for serving as a guide and spy.
Perhaps Obediah Terrell became acquainted with Flynn when he was with the Long Hunters or maybe they met in Tennessee.
This hunch was confirmed by a sketch of Obediah Terrell, found in the Draper Manuscripts:
"Obediah Terrrill was a chunky, small sized man, with a club foot - lived in early times in the Nashville region - & finally lived & died in the family of Geo. Flinn, whom he raised, above Ford's Ferry, in Livingston Co., Ky, about the time of the War of 1812. He was fond of boasting. He had no children - perhaps never married. Genl. Ramsey knew him well. He was an early explorer of Tennessee."
Not only does this entry prove that the Long Hunter, Obediah Terrell, was the same man who settled in early Livingston County, but shows there was a relationship between him and the Flynn family and throws another name onto the scene. Who was Genl. Ramsey and what did he have to do with Obediah Terrell?
On the same page of Draper's Notes where the physical description of Obediah Terrell was found, it was mentioned that Josiah Ramsey was a Major of Militia when he resided in Tennessee County (now Robertson County, Tennessee). It also states he received a pension for military service and died about 1834-1835 at his son's in Calloway County, Missouri.
While too young to have a distant memory, Josiah was captured by Indians in the 1750's in Virginia and remained with them for several years. After a treaty with the Indians, Josiah was claimed by Thomas Ramsey as his son, Josiah. However, Josiah stated he knew he was not a member of the Ramsey family and believed he belonged to another family. Nevertheless, Josiah remained with the Ramsey family. Josiah served as an Indian spy off and on from 1775 until the fall of 1780. He moved to Kentucky in the winter of 1780 and then to Tennesee in 1781, near the future site of Nashville. In the summer of 1782 and 1783 he served several tours, amounting to a total of three months.
In 1787, Josiah Ramsey received a grant from the state of North Carolina for his services as a Commissioner's Guard. The tract containing 320 acres was located on Half Pone Creek in Davidson County, Tennessee.
By 1795, Josiah and his son, Jonathan, were back in Kentucky, where they appear on the Logan County tax list. At that time, Logan County included the area that became Christian County in 1796 (effective 1797) and Livingston County was created from Christian County in 1798 (effective 1799).
By 1800, Josiah Ramsey and his son, Jonathan, are found on the Livingston County tax list. At no time was Josiah listed as a land owner in Livingston County, although Jonathan owned quite a lot of land on Clay Lick and Deer Creeks.
On 27 Aug 1807, Josiah Ramsey appointed Jonathan Ramsey his attorney to redeem land in Montgomery County, Tennessee, which appeared to have been sold for taxes.
The Ramsey family left Livingston County before 1820 and settled in Callaway County, Missouri. The following sketch is from A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, written in 1876: "Jonathan Ramsey was born in Livingston Co., Ky. His father was Josiah Ramsey, who was captured by the Indians when he was 7 years of age, and remained with them until he was 30. He became a celebrated hunter, and settled in Callaway Co., Mo. in 1819. Jonathan was married in Kentucky to Hannah Lampkin, by whom he had Allen, Ewell, Maria and Jane. Mr. Ramsey was a delegate to the Constitutional convention in 1820, and afterward represented Callaway Co. in the legislature for several years."
A little project to learn about an early settler of Livingston County resulted in learning quite a bit more. Not only did I learn that Obediah Terrell, who left the 1805 Livingston County document, was a Long Hunter, but at least one and possibly two other early residents were connected to the Long Hunters too.
Even though western Kentucky was settled after the rest of the state, sometimes we forget that this area also has a long and exciting history.


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Mike Tyson has a new stage show coming to Las Vegas. If I could be there, I totally would. Growing up, I was a huge Iron Mike fan. And as an adult, I may appreciate him even more.
And that's because far from the one-dimensional character you may think of from the tabloids of the 1980s and 90s, the Tyson documentary introduces you to a thoughtful, complex human being, aware of the mistakes he made. It's an honest and unflinching look at one of the greatest boxers of all times who lost it all and is now rebuilding his life. If you can't make it to his show at the MGM Grand, be sure to at least see the documentary. [YouTube, Amazon, iTunes]


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52 Weeks, 52 Ancestors, Number 4
Hannah Baker Church (1775-1843), Ulster County, New York
The Society of Friends, or Quakers, played a significant role in the American women's rights movement and in the campaign for women's suffrage. This was due, in no small part, to the fact that they supported education for women and had many female ministers or preachers. Among them was my 4th great-grandmother Hannah Baker Church.
Hannah was born 4 March 1775, according to Quaker records. Her birth was most likely in Clintondale in the southeast corner of Ulster County, New York. Ulster County borders the Hudson River on its west side, with Dutchess County across the river along its east side. Her parents are thought to be Adam and Maria Baker, also of Ulster County, but that is not confirmed. Still, the household of Adam Baker in the 1790 U.S. Census in New Marlborough, Ulster County, included 9 females. New Marlborough was also in the southeast corner of the county.
Hannah married Caleb Church in about 1796 and they had 10 or more children, from John in 1798 to George Washington Church in 1819. Among their sons were Benjamin F. Church, my 3rd great-grandfather, born in 1807, and Samuel Church born in 1805. Samuel's published biographical sketch provides important details on the Church family and genealogy.
On 21 August 1805, Hannah was received by request [rec. by req.] into the Valley Preparative Meeting of Quakers in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York, according to the volume Quaker History and Genealogy of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting, Ulster County, N.Y., 1804-1900. Her "convincement" of Quaker values led to her membership. She would have been 30 years old.
The most noted of the early Friends ministers in that area were Dr. Adna Heaton, Hannah Church, Nathaniel Thorn, his daughter Esther Weeks, Sarah Roberts and Sarah E. Roberts, the book states. Hannah was a Quaker preacher "who went around on horseback with Hannah Frye," according to the book Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass.
Hannah is credited by several sources with playing a valuable role in establishing a Quaker meeting in Clintondale, Ulster County, and working for construction of a meeting house there. These include the book History of the Village of Clintondale, Ulster County, NY. The First Settlement to 1824, by P.N. Mitchell, and the History of Clintondale Monthly Meeting, online.
While her husband Caleb is mentioned as an Orthodox Quaker as is Hannah in son Samuel's biosketch, Caleb is not listed in the Quaker book cited here. He perhaps was never a full member. The Church family was of Puritan stock, Samuel's biosketch notes.
The final days of Hannah Baker Church, wife of Caleb Church, are narrated in a brief item in "The Friend," 1844, Volume 17. It recalled that Hannah was "early in life convinced of the principles of Friends, and joined the Society." Also remembered was that she "sometimes bore testimony to the goodness of her Divine Master and to the praise of the glory of his grace."
Beset by a "rheumatic affection" at the end, Hannah died 24 September 1843 in Clintondale, survived by her husband Caleb and many of her children. A remarkable woman.
> Quaker History & Genealogy of Marlborough Meeting, Ulster County, N.Y.
> Samuel Church entry, Commemorative Biographical Record of Ulster County, New York: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families
> Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass.
> Quaker Views on Women: Wikipedia
> Quakers in Action: Rights of Women
> History of the Village of Clintondale, Ulster County, NY. The First Settlement to 1824, by P.N. Mitchell.
> History of Clintondale Monthly Meeting
> History of Clintondale Friends
> "The Friend," published by The Friend, 1844, in Volume 17 (1843/1844), page 72.
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In January we reported on the successful initiative by government scientists in the U.S. to end most research done on chimps. In all, about 450 chimps currently held in government research facilities will be retired from active duty and relocated to federal sanctuaries, including Chimp Haven in Louisiana. It's going to take time — but as this video shows, it's a process that's already under way. Watch as these chimps — many of whom have never left the lab — cautiously venture outside to gaze at the wide expanse that's set before them.
To date, 111 chimps have been retired, the largest group to ever be released from experimental lab work. And as the footage shows, it's not going to be easy for some of the chimps to adapt to a new environment and new social arrangements. Some may even have to be put on anti-depressants as a way to kickstart their road to psychological recovery.


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Also, the City and the Austin Independent School District (AISD) have directed the formulation of task forces to address the quality of life, specifically education, of African American and Hispanic citizens. Progress of those task forces can be tracked on the AISD website.
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Signature returns to the rich body of work of its 2006-07 Playwright-in-Residence August Wilson with a new production of his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson. In Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, the Charles family battle their surroundings and each other over their shared legacy – an antique piano. The fourth play of August Wilson's epic Century Cycle, The Piano Lesson is a stunning and moving drama of family, history, and survival.
The design team includes Michael Carnahan (Scenic Designer), Karen Perry (Costume Designer), Rui Rita (Lighting Designer), David Van Tieghem (Sound Designer), Bill Sims, Jr. (Original Music), J. David Brimmer (Fight Direction), Valerie Gladstone (Wig & Hair Designer), and Vinnie Bagwell (Sculptor). Rebecca Goldstein-Glaze is Production Stage Manager.
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'This Week' Transcript: Revolution in Egypt
Transcript: Revolution in Egypt
CAIRO, Feb 13, 2011 -- (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
AMANPOUR (voice-over): This morning, witness to a revolution.
A president tells us he will see out his term, but the people tell him he's out of time. They want a nation reborn. Now...
(UNKNOWN): President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as president.
(UNKNOWN): (inaudible) [And he's gone. We can do everything.
AMANPOUR: Will democracy take hold in Egypt? What kind?
OBAMA: This is not the end of Egypt's transition; it's the beginning.
AMANPOUR: And what will it mean for the United States and the world? "This Week," "America and the Revolution," starts right now.
AMANPOUR: Good morning, and this week, the world has experienced a massive tectonic shift, people power peacefully overcoming 30 years of repressive rule. Egyptians put their stamp on their future.
And today, the military has been pulling down tents on Tahrir Square, and ordinary citizens this weekend, armed with brooms and trash bags, literally swept out the old to usher in the new.
Egypt's prime minister has said now the priority is to restore security. We'll try to navigate the fallout for the United States and the region. We have exclusive interviews with the former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak.
It is still not clear what the future will look like there, but surely those 18 days in Egypt shook the world.
AMANPOUR (voice-over): It was an epic showdown between the people and an authoritarian regime they had chafed under for decades. But on Friday, the people won. Egypt won its freedom from a man who had ruled them for 30 years.
In 18 days, they won the support of the rest of the world, as the irresistible pictures of their struggle played out across the globe, on the Internet and on television. And they won a victory for the revolutionary idea that democracy could now sweep across the Middle East.
Word spread Friday morning that President Mubarak had left Cairo for his vacation home on the Red Sea. And my colleague, Terry Moran, was outside the presidential palace when the crowd there learned that he had also left the presidency.
MORAN: The news hit this crowd like an enormous wave. In an instant, there was ecstasy.
AMANPOUR: Less than a week ago, President Mubarak had told me in this palace that he had resigned himself to leaving the presidency eventually, but said that he couldn't do it anytime soon for fear the country would descend into chaos.
But by the end of this week, on Thursday, the biggest crowds yet had gathered on Tahrir Square, unsatisfied by the concessions the government had already granted. They demanded nothing less than President Mubarak's resignation.
The tension inside the square ratcheted up as a rumor swirled that the army would launch a crackdown.
(UNKNOWN): Believe me. We have half-a-million soldiers in our army that we love and respect. But if they turn on us, we'll turn on them.
AMANPOUR: But then the opposite happened: A promise, a pledge they had been waiting to hear from the lips of one of the country's highest-ranking military officials.
"Tonight," he told them, "all your demands will be met. Everything you have said will come true." The crowd went wild, and they stayed that way all day and all night waiting for Mubarak to tell them that he was leaving. Wael Ghonim, the young Google executive who was jailed for helping to organize the protests online, was overjoyed as he made his way into the square.
GHONIM: It's a dream come true. You know, the dream became true. And, you know, whatever we have been fighting for since the 25th of January is now being realized. And it happened.
AMANPOUR: Back in the United States, President Obama also sounded confident that the end was near.
OBAMA: We are witnessing history unfold. It's a moment of transformation that's taking place because the people of Egypt are calling for change.
AMANPOUR: Testifying on Capitol Hill, the CIA director echoed news reports that Mubarak would announce his resignation.
PANETTA: I got the same information you did, that there's a strong likelihood that Mubarak may step down this evening.
AMANPOUR: So late into the night, the crowd in Tahrir Square was already celebrating moments before President Mubarak made that speech to the nation. But afterwards, they were stunned. Mubarak told them that he would transfer constitutional powers to his hand-picked vice president, Omar Suleiman, but he did not say he was leaving yet.
Tahrir Square answered him in a furious roar. "No, leave, leave," they shouted.
(UNKNOWN): We are here until he go!
AMANPOUR: Yet again, the mood had changed. Uncertainty reigned.
(UNKNOWN): It's not tomorrow morning early. It's to be announced that he is out and the -- and the country is -- is clean from him. No one can imagine and no one can say what could happen in this country.
AMANPOUR: But the people stayed peaceful, as they had throughout this, filing back into the square Friday morning, streaming past the tanks, making their way into Tahrir. And it was there that they heard the news that they had been waiting for that changed everything once again.
In a terse message lasting less than one minute, Vice President Suleiman came on state television to tell them that the president had stepped down and handed over control to the military.
"Egypt is free," they cried.
(UNKNOWN): We've been here every single day. And today we brought our son to see this historic moment. He will read about this in books when he grows up.
AMANPOUR: History was being made as the world watched.
OBAMA: The word "Tahrir" means "liberation." It is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. And forevermore, it will remind us of the Egyptian people, of what they did, of the things that they stood for, and how they changed their country and, in doing so, changed the world.
AMANPOUR: Today, it's clear that the Egyptian people have changed their world and also themselves, but what that change will look like inside their country and across the Arab world remains an unanswered question.
AMANPOUR: And my colleague, ABC "Nightline" anchor Terry Moran, has been there all this last week, including Friday, when the revolution was won by the people. And he joins us now from Cairo.
Terry, what is the latest?
MORAN: Well, Christiane, the latest is that the government, in the form of military police, are starting slowly but with very determined effort to clear that square. They've got some traffic running through the square now. They're trying to get the remaining protesters out.
And there is a division in that square and in the country right now on how much to trust the military government and how much staying as protesters in the streets in that square will be a guarantee of change here.
What you see in the square, we were just out there a little while ago, are really two groups. There's a hard-core group of protesters who say we aren't going to leave until we see that real change, but there are other groups chanting, "It's time to go home. It's time to go home."
It's not really that tense. There's a little pushing and shoving. But it represents the division that is growing in this country on what comes next, on what the post-Tahrir moment looks like.
AMANPOUR: Exactly. And we're going to be watching for that. So, Terry, thank you so much. And back -- Terry Moran in Cairo.
And back here in Washington, as the Obama administration was keeping a close eye on the revolution in Egypt, the American Conservative Union held its annual CPAC conference. Potential Republican presidential contenders were critical of the president's foreign policy.
One of them, Newt Gingrich, a man who led a revolution of his own in 1994, when Republicans took control of Congress, joins us now. He is a Fox News contributor and co-author, along with his wife, Callista, of a new book on Ronald Reagan called "Rendezvous with Destiny."
Thank you for being with us.
GINGRICH: Good to be with you.
AMANPOUR: First of all, you did criticize President Obama's handling of this crisis in Egypt, and you called it "timid, confused, and amazingly amateurish."
GINGRICH: Well, let me just give you one example. When you appoint a very senior diplomat to be your special ambassador, he makes a statement in Munich about what we're doing, and three hours later, the White House is directly contradicting him, that was a level of...
AMANPOUR: What would you have done?
GINGRICH: Well...
AMANPOUR: What would you have done specifically in the big picture questions of -- you have an ally for 30 years, and then you have people power on the streets?
GINGRICH: Look, I -- I had lunch with George Shultz, who was Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, at the Reagan Library for the 100th birthday last Sunday.
Secretary Shultz said, when you have a situation like this, where you've had an ally for 30 years, you stay relatively quiet publicly and you say to him privately, "The time has come for you to leave. We are prepared to do what it takes to get you to leave. We'll find a way for you to leave with safety for you and your family. But this is over."
But he said you do it quietly, because every other potential ally in the world is watching you. And if they see you publicly abandon somebody who's been with you for 30 years, they wonder, why should I trust the United States?
But Shultz was quite clear. Just as we had in Poland and in Czechoslovakia and in Hungary, we were -- you know, the Reagan administration was adamantly in favor of freedom. And I think that he -- he said we -- and I think you have to start with the fact that it's the courage of the Egyptian people that made this possible. And we should be reinforcing and strengthening that courage.
AMANPOUR: Let me roll some tape of you with President Mubarak when you were House speaker in 1994, and just look at what you said there.
GINGRICH: Can I just say that we're very, very glad to have President Mubarak here. He is a very, very important ally, friend, and adviser. And many things that we've done, including Desert Shield, would not have been possible without the help of Egypt.
AMANPOUR: So, again, very close ally, and yet you're also full-throated in the defense of democracy.
GINGRICH: You know, it's -- it's the challenge that George W. Bush made in his second inaugural address, which was very complicated. He's saying on the one hand, we are for democracy everywhere, and I think we have to be. That's the American mission in the world. It's why American exceptionalism is ultimately human exceptionalism, because everybody on the planet is endowed by their creator, including, by the way, Chinese, Russian, Iranian, Saudi. I mean, there are a lot -- Venezuelan and Cuban -- I mean, there are a lot of places...
AMANPOUR: So President Obama standing clearly for the protesters by the end of the...
GINGRICH: Is the right thing to do.
AMANPOUR: ... is the right thing to do?
GINGRICH: But, remember, this is an administration which for reasons I don't understand actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department.
AMANPOUR: OK, well, as you know...
GINGRICH: So I -- but I don't -- I don't think -- our focus shouldn't be on Obama. Our focus ought to be, what can America do now to make sure the military doesn't impose a new dictatorship for another 30 or 40 years? And how do we, on the other hand, make sure that you don't end up with a Muslim Brotherhood staging a coup at some point over a three- or four- or five-year period?
AMANPOUR: OK, so let me ask you. What does the U.S. do now to make sure that the military, which has put out no timeline, neither for lifting the emergency law or road map for democracy, what does the United States, with such close relationships militarily, do right now?
GINGRICH: I think we have to quietly -- we have a -- we have a lot -- one of the great virtues of our military training program is we have a lot of senior officers who were in school with a lot of Egyptian officers. I think they need to be collectively calling their friends and saying, "Look, you don't want to be -- you don't want to own the country, because then you own every problem and you can't solve them. What you want to do -- you don't want to become Burma. I mean, what you want to do is figure out a way to have a transition to a stable civilian government, recognize that over a fairly long period of time the military is going to have less role in the economy," because right now, military's a big part of the Egyptian economy.
AMANPOUR: And if they don't, do you use the very powerful lever of $1.5 billion a year to the military?
GINGRICH: Sure, of course.
AMANPOUR: Do you pull it?
GINGRICH: Yeah, you -- you -- you communicate you may pull part of it. You may -- it may suddenly get a lot slower. You may -- you may not approve certain kind of activities.
But -- but we shouldn't kid ourselves. Egypt has been a staging area for us for a long time now. And Egypt has been vital to Israeli security. And so I think you -- you -- but I think we should be pressuring everywhere -- and I want to repeat -- including China, including Russia, including Cuba. We should be pushing steadily and saying, you know, America stands for freedom.
AMANPOUR: You talked about the Muslim Brotherhood. And, clearly, many people are worried about the future. Now, they've made statements that they're not interested in the presidential position right now. You said under no circumstances should the United States be willing to support a government in Egypt that lifts this ban against the Muslim Brotherhood.
Well, already the Egyptian authorities have de facto, because they've been talking to them. So, "under no circumstances." What does that mean? Pull aid?
GINGRICH: Well, I think -- I think we should -- I think we should be very -- we should try every way we can to ensure -- the two things the Muslim Brotherhood will ultimately want are the Interior Ministry and -- and education.
AMANPOUR: But they haven't said that.
GINGRICH: No, but I'm just saying. If you watch them with Hamas, if you watch them -- everywhere in the region, they understand that if they can get control of the schools -- they're very patient. They have -- they have a 20- or 30-year strategy. So this is not an overnight group.
AMANPOUR: So let me ask you. The logical denouement of democracy is that they may elect people who you don't like. You're not able to control democracy. So how do you thread that needle?
GINGRICH: This is a huge challenge. It's not a question of liking or disliking. I mean, I'm perfectly -- we have lots of governments...
AMANPOUR: No, but, still, how do you try to control democracy...
GINGRICH: Every society has to come to grips with the fact that there are some elements who would create a dictatorship, so you'd have one last vote. It wouldn't be a democracy; it would be one last vote. And whether it is Lenin replacing Kerensky, whether it is Hitler taking over in Germany, whether it is the Ayatollah running Iran, you have to be very cautious about the idea that -- that every -- that you can automatically accept a group if, in fact, you have pretty good reason to believe that their goal is a dictatorship.
It's the challenge -- it's the tragedy of Zimbabwe, where you have a kind -- a government which clearly is totally illegitimate.
AMANPOUR: Very quickly. One of the levers that America does have is democracy-building, but that requires foreign aid.
GINGRICH: Yes.
AMANPOUR: And that's often one of the first things that's cut. Do you think foreign aid in this regard should be bolstered?
GINGRICH: I -- well, first of all, I think you ought to look at how much we're already spending and look at how much...
AMANPOUR: How much do you think?
GINGRICH: We spend, counting -- including aid for health (inaudible) spend something like $35 billion or $40 billion.
AMANPOUR: OK, it's 1 percent of the -- of the -- of the U.S. budget. But my question is, if you really want democracy, would you favor increasing the aid to that?
GINGRICH: Well, and -- and -- and my answer is I first want to look at how we currently spend the aid. I don't think our bureaucracy giving money to their bureaucracy is democracy.
AMANPOUR: No, no, to NGOs that actually build democracy.
GINGRICH: I think -- I think -- I would expect -- I would certainly look at rethinking the current foreign aid program and shifting a great deal more out of government bureaucracies into NGOs and, frankly, into investments. I think a tax credit for countries that are very poor -- I've supported the Africa free trade bill for that reason.
AMANPOUR: And to get back to your future, after CPAC, when will you make your decision? Are you going run for president?
GINGRICH: Well, close to now. I'll probably make a decision by the end of this month about whether or not to set up an exploratory committee, and we're working our way through it.
AMANPOUR: So no decision right now to tell us?
GINGRICH: Not -- not this morning.
AMANPOUR: No?
GINGRICH: No.
AMANPOUR: Thank you very much.
GINGRICH: Glad to be here.
AMANPOUR: Newt Gingrich, thank you for being with us.
And we will also hear about Egypt and U.S. foreign policy from another potential Republican White House contender, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. That's later in the program.
When we return, how will military rule in Egypt give way to civilian democratic rule? And when? Egypt's ambassador to the United States, Sameh Shoukry, right after this.
AMANPOUR: Welcome back to "This Week."
And with the military now in charge of Egypt, what steps are being taken to ensure a transition to democracy? Joining me now is Egypt's ambassador to the United States, Sameh Shoukry, a friend of the program, trying to explain what is happening in Egypt.
First and foremost, who is in charge? Yes, the military, but is Vice President Suleiman still there? Is Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik?
SHOUKRY: The Supreme Military Council is chaired by the minister of defense, Field Marshal Tantawi, so he would be in charge collectively with the council. The council has decided to maintain the current government of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, the caretaker government, to be -- to be changed at a later stage.
AMANPOUR: So the military now and also Prime Minister Shafik's latest communique is that the prime aim is to restore security, but that seems to be a little bit at odds with what the protesters say, many wanting to stay there until their democratic aspirations are met or at least outlined.
SHOUKRY: Certainly, there's a security void, and it's necessary to restructure the police force, but also the economic conditions must be addressed, as well. So the first priority are security and the economic welfare, but that doesn't preclude that the reform process would not go ahead, as well.
AMANPOUR: Well, then tell me exactly what we expect. When will the emergency law be lifted?
SHOUKRY: In accordance with the fourth communique of the Supreme Military Council, to be lifted as soon as the current conditions of protest have been terminated.
AMANPOUR: But when, next week, next year?
SHOUKRY: They haven't defined yet a specific timetable. I believe that they will do so as conditions stabilize.
AMANPOUR: So that also uncertain, that a key demand of the U.S. and of the protesters. What about a clear roadmap to elections? Will elections happen in September, as President Mubarak had been saying?
SHOUKRY: Well, yesterday, the field marshal had meetings with the minister of justice and with the chief of the supreme court, in an effort to start to formulate the legislative and constitutional reforms that are necessary to hold free and fair elections.
AMANPOUR: Do you think that's in a matter of months for elections or a year or so?
SHOUKRY: There are conflicting opinions within the opposition and the government related to the time span that might be needed.
AMANPOUR: Could it be a year?
SHOUKRY: I've heard -- I've heard some in the opposition speaking about the necessity of a year so as to establish the political environment so as the parties will be able to present their platforms and field their candidates.
AMANPOUR: Without the current -- without President Mubarak as the ally, very pro-Western, pro-United States, had that close relationship with Israel, do you think a new system in Egypt will be as automatically favorable to doing what the U.S. wants, what Israel wants, as the previous one?
SHOUKRY: I think the government of Egypt does what is in its best interest and that of its people. And these issues are institutional issues. The relationships -- U.S.-Egyptian relationships is a deep and...
AMANPOUR: Can the U.S. count on the same kind of support as it had before?
SHOUKRY: Certainly. These -- these issues are driven by mutual interest, by Egyptian interests, and interest remains a close association to the United States.
AMANPOUR: Where is President Mubarak?
SHOUKRY: I have no immediate knowledge of his whereabouts.
AMANPOUR: Is he in Sharm el-Sheikh?
SHOUKRY: I believe he is in Egypt. I have not -- I have no information related to specifically where he might be.
AMANPOUR: But in Egypt?
SHOUKRY: That's my understanding.
AMANPOUR: A lot of concern about Israel's international treaties. Yes, the Egyptian military said it would honor the treaties, but people are still worried. Do you believe in the future the peace treaty with Israel will stand?
SHOUKRY: I do believe so. The treaty has been beneficial to Egypt over the last 30 years or more. We have derived a peace dividend from the treaty. We've been able to establish security and stability in the region. And I believe it is a main element in terms of our foreign policy.
AMANPOUR: Ambassador Shoukry, thank you for joining us.
And coming up next, my exclusive interview with the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, and, of course, our roundtable, so stay with us.


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CARSON, Calif. – Had things worked out differently, the Los Angeles Galaxy would be opening their participation in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League group stage.
Instead, the Home Depot Center will be quiet.
While the club is no longer in contention for the tournament title, there is a bright side to having been eliminated from the Champions League: a potentially loaded schedule instead gives way to a manageable calendar.
"It's strange," Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant said. "Our schedule suddenly went from crazy-hectic to pretty good. Now we have one game a week from here on out. We've played as many games as any team in the league. It's going to set up well. I think we only have four more road trips. The league is definitely our focus now."[inline_node:315078]
Because the Galaxy had qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round, the club's calendar from mid-August through the end of the season was left open in the middle of the week in case the Galaxy reached the regional championship tournament. The Puerto Rico Islanders had other ideas, though, and beat LA by a 5-3 aggregate score to reach the group stage.
"That's definitely a plus," Dunivant said. "Same thing with the Open Cup [from which LA were eliminated by Seattle]. You want to win those competitions, you want to do well, but when you're out, that's definitely less games. Especially the Champions [League]; that's six games that would have been jammed into the second half of our year.
"No question about it, we wanted to be there, but when you're out, you look at the bright side and say, 'Our schedule is a lot more favorable.'"
The Galaxy had a bit of a rarity a week ago. For just the second time in the last seven weeks, LA didn't have a midweek game. Perhaps not coincidentally, the club looked sharp and returned to form, picking up a shutout for the first time since June 26 in a 1-0 win at New York.
"With all the games we had, it was good to end with a win on the road," Galaxy forward Edson Buddle said after the match. "Now things will return to normal with one game a week. Hopefully we can settle in and get back in a rhythm."
The Galaxy can now focus on a more regular routine: four days of training during the week followed by a match on the weekend.
"We've been a little bit inconsistent lately, so going on the road and getting three points was massive not only our league status but the mentality of the group," Galaxy assistant coach Dave Sarachan said. "We don't have a midweek game for a while, so now we can regroup, take a little rest and get ready for the weekend."
Four MLS clubs will participate in the CONCACAF Champions League tournament and all will be in action this week. Columbus, Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC will all open their respective participations at home while the Seattle Sounders will visit Marathón in Honduras. The quartet of clubs will have to deal with six extra matches spread out over Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
The Galaxy won't have the Champions League title to contend for, but now set their sights on winning the Supporters' Shield. With both Real Salt Lake and Columbus in the Champions League, the Galaxy could rediscover their early-season form while RSL and the Crew deal with international fixtures.
"[The Supporters' Shield] is in our sights," Dunivant said. "We've kind of been in first all year and we don't want to relinquish that. Now you look at other teams that will have those [Champions League] games – that should be an advantage for us."


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Sterling Edges Past Huntington With Solid Free-Throw Shooting
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - (Box Score) Sterling (Kan.) overcame a minimal 33 field-goal percentage to edge Huntington (Ind.) 61-52 in first-round action Thursday at the 19th Annual State Farm-NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship at the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.
Sterling moves past the first round for the 11th time in 14 appearances in the national championship and will put its 27-4 record on the line Friday at 1:45 p.m. against the winner of the Northwestern (Iowa)/Indiana Northwest winner. The season ends for Huntington at 21-10 and is forced to exit after its first game in three trips to the event.
Both teams were troubled with low shooting percentages from the entire floor, but were able to make up for it at the free-throw line. Sterling converted on 26-of-33 attempts and Huntington was 11-of-21 at the charity stripe. The ability to score down low became key with the inability to knock down the jumpers, as Huntington scored 30 points and Sterling recorded 24.
Sterling had three players record double figures, led by Britany Gasper's 18. Gasper also had 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Warriors. Erica Herman knocked in 16 points, 11 of which came from the free-throw line, and Cathryn Wiebe contributed 12 points and 12 boards.
Sarah Miller was the scoring force for the Foresters with 16 points, despite hitting just 6-of-17 field goal attempts and connecting on just 1-of-6 tries from 3-point land. She also hauled down 10 rebounds for the double-double. Courtney Beerbower added 11 points.
Sterling will play Northwestern (IA) on Friday at 1:45pm. The Red Raiders beat Indiana-Northwest 100-47 in their first round game.
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This module provides an introduction to artificial neural nets with a working network that can solve X-OR problem.
Chain codes are a kind of computer program that can be used to represent the shape of objects. Seven hands-on activities show how to write simple chain codes and explain their application to computer vision.
The physics-based simulator, Breve, is used to introduce complex adaptive systems with a special focus on the optimization strategy known as simulated annealing .
Computers play a central role in artificial intelligence, robotics, and in modeling various capabilities of minds/brains. But what is a computer? Are all computers the same? This module answers these questions.
Neurons form elaborate information processing networks. Connectionist networks (or artificial neural nets) are special computer programs that simulate those networks. This module explains how connectionist networks work.
Larry Learner is an artificial intelligence program that plays the game "Last One Loses." There are two versions of Larry -- one version is programmed to win. Another version doesn't know how to win, at first, but it learns.
McCulloch and Pitts developed a mathematical model of a biological neuron. Learn about the original MCP neuron as well as further developments that would eventually lay the foundation for today's connectionist networks (artificial neural nets).
ProtoThinker (or "PT") is an "artificial agent" -- a computer program that interprets what you say to it, believes and remembers what you tell it, and decides to do things only if those actions are consistent with PT's moral commitments.
This is a comprehensive introduction to robotics that focuses on the use of robotics in medicine and that features three stand-alone virtual robotics labs.
The computer processing in virtually all robots is digital. What significant differences would there be in a robot that was controlled by an analog, water computer? Compare two robots which behave the same but one is digital, one is analog.
This module leads students through the construction of simple Turing machines, through universal machines, and finally onto a 'natural language' machine that can parse simple English sentences.
You build a "top-down", write scripts to control its motors, and train its AI software so that it will perform interesting tasks. After creating the virtual robot, join the Mind Project Team and build a physical version of the same Iris.4 robot.
With videos of actual robots, users are able to experiment with thousands of different programming combinations ("hierarchies") to solve a robotic-design challenge in behavior-based robotics.
Students become field anthropologists and conduct a study on cultural differences in the use of color terms. Students learn current research methods and struggle with the long-standing dispute between universalists and relativists.
Is it possible to build a machine that is intelligent? That question is explored as users play games with Larry Learner, an AI program, and consider the significance.
Some computer scientists say that in the next 40 years we will be able to transfer our minds into a robot and live, virtually forever. In this monograph, Win Phillips examines the plausibility of this "extraordinary" claim. (Image by Nancy Stahl)
Functionalism asserts that minds and their mental states (pains, beliefs, etc.) are defined by their function (or software design) not their physical make-up (hardware). This means that machines as well as biological organisms could have minds.
John Searle's Chinese Room Argument challenges one of the most popular theories on the nature of the human mind. Many passionately defend the argument; many others viciously attack it. Come and try to understand what all the fuss is about.
An introduction to empirical knowledge, scientific reasoning, and the logic underlying the scientific method.
Alan Turing proposed a fascinating test for "machine intelligence" in 1950 which remains at the center of controversy. Offered here is a flash animation showing one way the test might be conducted and the types of questions that might be asked.
"Is it possible to build a person?" Various criteria of personhood are considered and students are challenged to develop their own criteria and to judge whether or not those properties could be "mechanized†and built into a machine.
This is an Introduction to Linguistics textbook that pays particular attention to the contributions that cognitive science makes to our understanding of language. It is remarkable that a text of this quality is free on the Internet.
This project challenges the way students think about language. Familiar concepts such as words and sentences are replaced by abstract objects that are novel and introduce new ways of thinking about semantic, phonemic and orthographic structure.
This is an online version of portions of the Steve Weisler & Slavko Milekic book Theory of Language originally published in CD-ROM and print form by MIT Press. Effective activities and many videos enhance this linguistics textbook.
This computer program learns to win at the game of "coins." It demonstrates how reinforcement learning can solve the problem of backward induction.
This project allows students to explore evolution using simple robots that attempt to solve problems such as staying alive the longest or traveling the farthest.
This project allows students to explore reinforcement learning using simple LEGOS Mindstorms robots. Students work with the robots to solve problems such as staying alive the longest or traveling the farthest.
Through reinforcement learning, this virtual world demonstrates how an organism can learn from its environment, and how learning depends on the composition of the environment and its rewards and punishments.
In this demonstration, students experiment on their own working memories to test various models that describe how the contents of memory are matched to a test item.
Neural synchrony is the simultaneous / synchronous oscillations of membrane potentials in a network of neurons connected with electrical synapses (gap junctions). It is considered by some theorists to be the neural correlate of consciousness.
An introduction to the structure and function of neurons, conduction of action potentials, synapses, and both chemical and electrical neurotransmission.
After receiving a detailed introduction to Parkinson's Disease, explore interactive animations that elucidate two competing theories that seek to explain mysterious features of the disease.
This program is a virtual EEG (electroencephalogram) lab. You will design your own experiment and "gather" data regarding how electrical activity in the brain is associated with various images.
This is a virtual neuroscience lab where students perform an experiment studying the relationship between dopamine levels and cocaine seeking behavior in a virtual rat.
Students in this immersive lab measure dopamine levels in rats with Parkinson's symptoms to compare competing theories which seek to solve the mystery of how the brain compensates for the death of dopamine neurons.
In this virtual experience students become a neuroradiologist who performs a coiling procedure on a patient suffering from a brain aneurysm. Students learn not only about strokes but the importance of technology in diagnostic medicine.
This program lets students explore apparent motion phenomenon and test models of mapping between objects. In the applet, apparent motion occurs when a dot disappears from one location and reappears in another location.
We form categories as part of everyday life. Sometimes this is good while sometimes they can lead to societal problems. This program allows students to explore how categories are created and how they affect our perception and judgments of images.
Change Blindness occurs when a brief flash comes between two versions of a scene. This flash prevents the change from rising to the level of a person's consciousness. This program allows users to design experiments that explore change-blindness.
There are both classical AI programs and neural networks that can process visual information about the world and give machines the ability to "see." This module explores different approaches to computer vision.
This java applet and application allow students to create lifelike artificial faces for use in memory and visual search experiments.
The Müller-Lyer Illusion is one of the most famous examples of the human visual system misinterpretting the world. Become a subject in an online Müller-Lyer experiment. Try to explain why this happens.
Human beings perceive the world through their senses. This module explores the difference between sensation and perception, the importance of perception, and how perception is studied in the cognitive and learning sciences.
Many decisions in life surround one of two possible alternatives and two possible choices. In this experiment students explore the tradeoffs that can occur when trying to detect a known signal.
This is a brief introduction to the scientific study of visual perception, featuring animations that generate visual phenomena requiring scientific analysis.
This program allows students to create their own visual search experiments to explore visual perception and memory phenomenon. Students have used this to explore effects of familiarity, search asymmetries and more.


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Be active and eat a cholesterol-lowering diet in addition to taking this medicine. Ask your doctor for advice on a diet that can help lower cholesterol. An example is the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) diet. For more information, see:
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
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William F. Buckley, Jr. passed away more than four years ago, but the organization he founded is carrying on his attacks on The John Birch Society.
Buckley founded National Review in 1955, and in an article published August 28 by National Review Online, Ron Paul, Pat Buchanan, Robert Welch, and The John Birch Society (JBS) were all pilloried for their commitment to the cause of traditional conservatism.
The authors, Jamie M. Fly and Evan Moore, argue that the Republican Party made a "mistake in honoring" Ron Paul at the Republican National Convention being held in Tampa this week.
In lieu of letting Ron Paul speak to the delegates, the Republican National Committee (RNC) chose to produce its own "video tribute" to the Texas congressman and leader of the liberty movement.
Given the RNC's shameless rigging of the presidential nomination process through the violation of its own rules, it is little wonder that they couldn't afford to let Paul address party members.
In fairness, convention planners (read: Mitt Romney) offered Dr. Paul a spot on the schedule if he would allow Romney's people to approve his speech and if he would endorse Romney without reservation. Paul refused to accept these conditions. What Paul endorses are the principles he has consistently supported over his long political career, and he was unwilling to compromise those principles in order to gain a speaking slot at the convention.
Furthermore, given the tone of the convention and its conversion into a coronation of Mitt Romney, anything Dr. Paul would say from the podium would likely be the casting of pearls before swine.
As for NRO's attacks on The John Birch Society and its founder Robert Welch, this latest NRO article is nothing new.
In an email to The New American, JBS CEO Art Thompson recounts the decades long effort by National Review and Buckley to damage The John Birch Society and anyone who dares challenge the Establishment. Thompson writes, "The recent article attacking Ron Paul posted online by the National Review Online is the latest chapter in an ongoing saga that NR has waged against anyone who is not a neo-conservative."
Thompson recalls how in the October 19, 1965 issue of National Review, Buckley published a "vicious attack against everything The John Birch Society stood for" prompting Thompson to cancel his subscription to the ersatz chronicle of conservatism.
The John Birch Society's President John F. McManus (who is also publisher of The New American, a JBS affiliate) agrees with Thompson and says that "the JBS never had a worse enemy than Buckley." McManus says that Buckley's sniping and labeling of Robert Welch as a kook kept many good conservatives from taking a serious look at The John Birch Society.
The more things change...
In their article Fly and Moore continue waging National Review's war against all anti-Establishment voices, describing them as "far outside the mainstream" of the Republican Party.
The accusation of extremism, however, fails to take into account the millions of Americans who voted for Ron Paul in the primaries and caucuses, not to mention the thousands nationwide who belong to The John Birch Society and voluntarily contribute time and money to the furtherance of its educational mission.
Since its inception the goal of The John Birch Society has been to improve the world by reinforcing constitutional limits on government and encouraging everyone to take personal responsibility for their actions.
On Sunday Dr. Paul made a similar appeal to the nearly 10,000 people gathered at the Sun Dome to hear him speak. "A free society provides an opportunity to seek virtue and excellence," Paul proclaimed. He identified this as his personal goal and recommended it to all who love liberty.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Dr. Paul sounded the call of personal responsibility and liberty, predicting, "We are now moving into a new era. A new era where we're going to concentrate on liberty and freedom and property and peace. I believe that is the cause that we should lead."
These are hardly the words of a leader of a pack of "conspiracy-minded" fanatics.
It is likely these remarks, however, that prompted NRO to remind readers that Dr. Paul has refused to "disassociate himself from the Birch Society."
Why would he want to? No matter how much the authors try to conflate the two, the JBS is not Ron Paul and Ron Paul is not the JBS. They do, however, share an interest in returning this Republic to its historic and constitutional foundations and restraining the government with the chains forged in Philadelphia in 1787.
For its part, NRO insists that the views of Ron Paul and his kind are "not reflective of our history and values." Assuming they refer to the history and values of the Republican Party, perhaps they have a point. Men of Ron Paul's and Robert Welch's stature value principle over party and will never sacrifice faith to the former for the convenience of the latter.
If on the other hand the "our" in that statement refers to the United States of America then there is no position more faithful to traditional American values than that of strict adherence to the Constitution and the timeless principles of individual liberty and enumerated and separated powers it protects.
Despite the ad hominem attacks on Ron Paul, Robert Welch, and Pat Buchanan (I refer to the authors' use of epithets such as "racist" and "anti-semite" to describe these men), most of the lines in their article are reserved for recriminating Paul's foreign policy.
"In his floor remarks, the congressman echoed the worst rhetoric of the conspiracy-minded" when he dared oppose sanctions against Iran. NRO quotes Paul's statement that the bill proposing the sanctions was "beating the war drums" and that the United States was "over there poking our nose ... in other people's affairs, just looking for the chance to start another war."
It is unlikely that the authors could beat those drums louder than by disparaging a man whose message of peace has not only attracted millions of young conservatives to his cause, but also reflects the tone of George Washington's farewell address. Therein, Washington used elegant language to advise against the beating of war drums:
The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests.
How many would deny that the chicken hawk neocons perpetually praised by the NRO, the now-defunct Project for the New American Century and its progeny, the Foreign Policy Initiative (of which both Fly and Moore are members) have promoted "habitual hatred" against Islam as an excuse for the commitment of American troops into "bloody contests" in the Middle East?
Fly and Moore deny it. In fact, they claim that Ron Paul's "worldview is based on pure fiction."
Are the more than 8,000 flag-draped coffins of American servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan fictional? Are the physical and mental wounds suffered by thousands more of their comrades fictional? Is it fact or fiction that the governments of both of those nations are now in the hands of the very "extremists" that our military was deployed to overthrow?
It is journalistically lazy and intellectually dishonest to accuse Ron Paul, The John Birch Society, and like-minded conservatives of leaving "a trail of factual errors and conspiracy mongering" on these critical issues without providing readers with a single syllable of evidence.
Readers of National Review should demand that the authors of the NRO hit piece print specific examples of factually inaccurate and wildly theoretical statements made by Ron Paul.
Then again, perhaps the legion of conservatives who support Ron Paul should heed NRO's suggestion and leave the Republican Party. John McManus recalls a time when some accused Robert Welch of stealing the GOP. "That is the first time I've ever been accused of petty larceny," Welch wittily responded.
If NRO's article and the actions at the convention of the monied cabal now in control of the GOP do nothing else they demonstrate persuasively to friends of liberty that the Republican Party is no place for those advocating for peace, property, and personal responsibility.
Photo of Ron Paul at Republican National Convention: AP Images


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Linksplosion: T-shirts, 'Hefty Seamstress', and more
I'd promised to write something, anything!, for Artifice Books, but its editor Tadd was not too sure about my very first pitch, a catalogue of movie clips in which women get punched in the face.
So I scrapped that plan, and instead I have written on the subject of George Buckenham and Jonathan Whiting's Hefty Seamstress. I recommend playing the game, too (it's over here).
I got a really nice, personalized press email from "Gnome"—his real name is Konstantinos Dimopoulos, I've just learned!—and he is campaigning hard for the Bundle-in-a-Box Adventure Games bundle. As with many other bundles, this collection is pay-what-you-like; not only are seven games included, a copy of the well-received Ben There, Dan That! is in the mix. Why, yes, the games are DRM-free, since you were wondering. In the meantime, the Bundle-in-a-Box heralds the launch of The Sea Will Claim Everything. All this can be yours for just hundreds of pennies! PC adventure gamers, you can't beat that!
Aled Lewis's "How They Died" is now available as a T-shirt.
I'm not sure Buff Monster's new series of minis is supposed to look like Katamari, but ALBOTAS is right to make the comparison anyway.
Foldskool Heroes (via it8bit) is a downloadable template that you can turn into custom papercraft of your own. I really like this! It sort of reminds me of those blank vinyl Soopa Coin-Up Bros figurines.


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A TEMPTING DIVERSIONThings have always fallen into place for Richard Moore, Earl of Raleigh. His good looks, abundance of charm, and the small matter of being heir to a marquisate make him quite the catch. So when a delectable young woman wants nothing to do with him, he can't help but seize the irresistible challenge.
Jane Bunting knows all about responsibility—she has managed to support herself and her brother with their bakery—but she knows nothing of excitement or passion. When dashing Lord Raleigh crosses the threshold of her shop, she has no idea of the potential danger to her reputation . . . or to her heart.
Neither imagined things would go so far—until the night their worlds collide, irrevocably changing both their lives. But when duty calls for Richard, and with everything Jane has worked for suddenly at stake, will their taste for scandal be their downfall?


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I can fly higher with broken wings. I was told the clouds were made of dreams. Take this moment and its passing grace. These glory days forge memories. Live and learn and all
your rewards will be earned and answer all concerns. Feast your eyes on the golden prize.
These glory days are brighter and make you feel alive. Whatever happens we will be stronger in the end. The wait is over. Time teaches all. Bring all that you know to the table once more. Now we stand here in this place. We'll scream for these dreams, remember and embrace. Whatever happens, we will be stronger in the end, no matter where we've been. Whatever happens an arms length away; these trials make a better man. They're our glory days!