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Pakistani Box Office Records Broken by “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”

It is Shahrukh Khan. What else could be expected from his films other than multiple record breakings? Late director Yash Chopra would have been proud to see his student flourish in his business. ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ is not only one of the legendary director’s last films but also probably his best ones as well. It just so happened that on the very first day of opening in Pakistan, the film successfully earned 4 million rupees.

This could not at all have been possible if Chairman of IMGC Global Entertainment Amjad Rasheed had not met Aditya Chopra to assure him that the film has no anti-Pakistani motives. It should be recalled that the film had chances of being banned in the country as Shahrukh Khan was portraying as an Indian Army officer.

The premiere of the film in Pakistan was met with gigantic success and it is safe to say that it was expected as an impressive amount of 9000 seats were already booked in advance. Yash Chopra is not here to see the much appreciation of his masterpiece in a country in which he does not reside, he would have indeed been proud.

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Each year, the Department of Public Works picks up fallen leaves during the autumn season.  But now is the time to consider "going green" with leaf disposal.  Using a mulching mower or composting your leaves instead of having them hauled away will save both truck fuel, air quality, and landfill space.  There is nothing better than using composted leaves for mulching in your garden areas.  Check the internet for more information for mulching and composting ideas.

But if you choose to participate in the curbside leaf collection program, here's want you need to know.  Curbside leaf pick-up has two scheduled pick-ups for each resident, one in October and one in November.  Each year, the Fall Palatine Newsletter will be delivered before leaf collection starts.  In the newsletter is a map and schedule to help determine which pick-up section your home is in.  Or you can check the "Leaf Collection Look Up Map" here online.

Leaf Collection Guidelines

You can help make the leaf collection process more efficient and safer by following some simple guidlines:
  • Rake your leaves into the street and ready for pick-up by 7 a.m. on your pick-up day, but NO EARLIER than 4 p.m. on the day before your scheduled pick-up day.
  • Leaves should be raked about twelve inches away from the curb to allow rainfall to flow down the curb and into the storm inlet.
  • If your street does not have curbs, line up your row of leaves on the pavement as close to the shoulder of the road as possible in order to leave the maximum amount of street surface open for traffic.
  • Non-leaf material (grass clippings, branches, etc.) should not be raked into the street and/or mixed with the leaves.  Non-leaf material can clog up the machines, delay the schedule, and be a safety issue for our personnel operating the equipment.  Piles with any debris will be left at the curb.
  • Leaves need to be raked INTO the street.  Leaves that are raked just over the edge of the curb or left on the parkway will not be picked up as the leaf machines can do damage to the parkway areas.
  • Do not rake around the cul-de-sac islands.  Leaves need to be raked to the residential side as our machines are not equipped to pick up around the cul-de-sac islands.
  • If leaves are raked out into the street after we have made our initial pass, we cannot return for a second time.  Due to the large areas we need to cover in a given day, we can only make one pass through a neighborhood on its scheduled day.
  • If rain is predicted, we ask that residents help out by cleaning the inlets in their neighborhood to help prevent flooding.
  • Please do not park on the street on the day of pick-up in your neighborhood.  The leaf machines are not able to get close to parked vehicles to pick up leaves and we will have to leave the leaf pile behind.

We May Start Early

There may be times when the quantity of leaves in one area is so heavy that the leaf collection crews will start early in that area in order to get a head start on picking up the leaves. When this is the case, crews will always return to your area on the regularly scheduled pick-up day, even if some of the leaves on your street were picked up a day or two ahead of schedule.

Sometimes We Get Behind

There may also be times when the crews get behind schedule due to weather, equipment problems, or the amount of leaves, but be assured we will be there.  Your patience is appreciated.  Street sweeping is part of the leaf collection process. Since the street sweeper moves at a slower pace than the leaf machines, street clean-up will often take longer than the pick-ups.

Leave Collection is a Two-Step Process

First the leaves are picked up and removed by crews operating the leaf machines.  Second, the street sweeper does a final clean-up of any remaining leaf debris.  Since the street sweeper moves at a slower pace than the leaf machines, street clean-up will take longer than the pick-ups.

What Happens if it Snows

In case of snow prior to the final leaf collection, leaves raked to the curb for collection would most likely be plowed onto the parkway along with the snow.  Depending on the weather, every attempt will be made to collect leaves remaining or that have been raked back into the street.  An early snowfall seriously hampers our leaf collection efforts because the same trucks that are used to pick up leaves are needed to plow the streets.

Call the Department of Public Works at (847) 705-5200 with any questions.

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Record Activity and Good Cause on a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute

R.C.P. 1.420(e) provides that if it appears on the face of the record that no activity has taken place within one year, the Court shall, on its own motion or on a party’s motion, dismiss for failure to prosecute unless the action has been stayed or the nomoving party can show in writing within five days prior to the hearing why good cause exists not to dismiss the action.  Courts have held that a dismissal under this rule is mandatory and that the trial court has no discretion with respect to that issue when the record is devoid of action within a year.  Little v Sullivan, 173 So.2d 135 (Fla. 1965).  The only time the trial judge has discretion is on the issue of good cause.  Little, supra at 136.

This rule has been criticized as both harsh and unnecessary.  The effect of a dismissal for lack of prosecution is only important when the statute of limitations has run so that the case can’t be refiled.  When that occurs, it is often said that the action, which was originally brought, is replaced by a legal malpractice action.

The Supreme Court has given guidance as to what constitutes record activity and the procedure to establish that activity or alternatively show good cause in the case of Metropolitan Dade County v Hall, 784 So.2d 1087 (Fla. 2001).  In that case, plaintiff’s deposition was taken within the year prior to the time a motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution was made.  In addition, an offer of judgment was made during that period as well.  The Circuit Court held that since neither of these activities were of record, the good cause requirement was triggered and that the plaintiffs failed to show good cause why the matter should not be dismissed and thus granted the motion.  Both the Second and Fifth Districts would have affirmed the trial court’s action in this case.

In Smith v DeLoach, 556 So.2d 786 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1990), the Second District held that the filing of a deposition was not record activity and unless the plaintiffs could show that they were prevented from further prosecuting their action, the mere filing of those depositions would not constitute good cause under the second step of the rule.

In Levine v Kaplan, 687 So.2d 863 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), the Fifth District agreed with the Second holding that the mere taking of a deposition did not constitute record activity and further held that where the plaintiff could not show a compelling reason why the case was not prosecuted, the mere filing of the deposition would not constitute good cause.

In the underlying District Court case of Hall v Metropolitan Dade County, 760 So.2d 1051 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000) the Third District disagreed with the Second and Fifth and held that as a matter of law the taking of a deposition is a step calculated to hasten the suit to judgment and the taking of that deposition within the preceding year automatically defeats a motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution.  See Hall at 1052.

The Supreme Court opinion in this case affirmed the Third District using more complex reasoning to reach the same result.  The Supreme Court effectively amended Rule 1.420(e) by providing a structure as to how a party can show that activity such as the taking of a deposition or an offer of judgment precludes a dismissal under the rule.  The Supreme Court held that the first step of Rule 1.420(e) requires only that the trial court review the record to see whether anything is filed within the requisite time period or not.  Assuming that there is nothing in the record, the burden then shifts to the nonmoving party to demonstrate in writing no later than five days prior to the hearing that there is a basis upon which dismissal should not proceed.  The Court held that the making of an offer of judgment or the taking of a deposition are, as a matter of law, good cause to avoid dismissal if taken in good faith to move the case forward but that the nonmoving party is obliged to notify the trial court within the five day period of the existence of those depositions or offer of judgment in order to preclude dismissal.

In this case, there was no activity on the face of

the record as required by rule 1.420(e).  The issue

in the case therefore becomes whether the offer of

judgment and depositions taken but not filed were

activities in the case that were done in good faith

and moved the case forward to a conclusion so as

to meet the good cause basis for not dismissing

the action.  Hall’s deposition was taken, and Hall

served the County with an offer of judgment.  We

hold that, within the meaning of rule 1.420(e),

depositions taken and offers of judgment made in

accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

are good cause to avoid dismissal if the

depositions and offers are taken and made in

good faith to move the case forward to a conclusion.

For the purpose of the application of rule 1.420(e),

depositions and offers of judgment are to be

treated as if they had been filed in the record,

except that when there is no record activity for a

year, the depositions and offers of judgment taken

during that year must be brought to the Court’s

attention in writing at least five days before a

hearing on a motion for dismissal based on rule

By holding that Rule 1.420(e) is to be interpreted to provide that offers of judgment and depositions form a part of the record even if not filed so long as a party notifies the Court of their existence within the five day rule, the rule itself precludes the dismissal regardless of who took the deposition or made the offer since there is, as a matter of law, record activity within the one year period.

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Posted by qq
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 2, 2007 at 9:54 am

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You need a solicitors permit in Palo Alto.

I have the sample printed out and hanging on the back of my front door. I flash it to all solicitors and call PAPD when they don't have one.

It is great fun.

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Posted by Fireman
a resident of another community
on Nov 2, 2007 at 10:37 am

Thanks very much.

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Posted by Carly
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Nov 2, 2007 at 10:46 am

Fireman should get a permit if he just wants no hassle. But there is a clear First Amendment issue that he could pursuem since the law is unclar on whether he can be required to get a permit to hand out information. Fireman wants to hand out information - not collect contributions.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of local governments to place restrictions on his right to dispense information. Should Palo Alto attempt to sanction him for not having a door-to-door permit, he could challenge them. I don't know how the case would come out, but he might win. Would be expensive, but maybe the ACLU could help him out.

You may have noted that during this election season, candidates and their supporters have been going door-to-door handing out literature. I don't think they have permits...and I don't think they are required to. (Does anyone know whether candidates have permits in PA?) Fireman should be treated no differently.

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Posted by Fireman
a resident of another community
on Nov 2, 2007 at 11:36 am

Thank you also..

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Posted by anonymous
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 2, 2007 at 2:29 pm

Virtually all the PAUSD and city council campaigns have volunteers placing brochures and fliers underneath our doormats repeatedly(not using mailboxes) so I assume this is legal without a "permit?"

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Posted by Free speech
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 2, 2007 at 3:48 pm

You do NOT need a permit to distribute literature.
BUT, Do not put anything into mailboxes, they are reserved for the Post Office.
You can stand anywhere and hand out literature or leave papers
on people's doorsteps or near the front door.
A permit is for SOLICITING and if you are not doing that, you don't need one.
Assuming you are not causing any trouble, no one will bother you.
Why are some of you giving him a bad time?

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Posted by Fireman
a resident of another community
on Nov 2, 2007 at 4:30 pm

Thank you Free Speech..
It is ok. Human nature I guess? I think I know what is right and what is wrong.
I do not think it takes someone very smart to know that the people running this City are not the kind/type of people who should be allowed to hold any public office or any position of power.
I truely feel that if this was a private corp, people would be doing time.
I spent most of my life helping people. Enjoyed it very much.
Until it started to take its toll. The work was hard,hours long.
I saw and did things that I wish I could forget. Human life is so fragile and the things that people do to each other so very cruel and upsetting. To see a young child lose his parent in a accident,See a family lose a loved one far before there time in a painful manner. Hurts very deeply.
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Most people want to talk,sit at there computer and hide. Someone must stand up. Funny how if the shoe was on the other foot, wonder what they would be thinking and feeling.
I would bet that some of these people who find it so easy to criticise and pass judgement with out even knowing a small part of, let alone the whole story. Would be singing a differant tune.
I would bet that these people who throw stones and do not want to hear the truth, I have helped them or someone that they know while I worked for the City of Palo Alto.

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Posted by Fireman
a resident of another community
on Nov 2, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Thanks for the ACLU advise.. I think i will send them a copy.

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Posted by Walter_E_Wallis
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 3, 2007 at 1:58 pm

As a courtesy, if you are handing out tracts and the majority of recipients are discarding them carelessly you should feel obligated to police the area, but non-commercial speach cannot be limited. It is a pity a union member seems not to be represented by his union.

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Posted by Fireman
a resident of another community
on Nov 3, 2007 at 3:21 pm

Walter; Unions are only as good as the people who run them and the people who are in them.
It is part the members fault that this has gone on.
Most members do not want to upset the City. You will pay for it if you do next contract time.
They also do not want to make waves. It is go to work do as little as you have to, get your pay check.
There is so much information out there on what has been going on. Most people are afraid to look, or do not want to do anything about it. So they do not want to know or do not think they can make a change so they look the other way.
This is what will make America not so great.
One big part of the story here is that the Union leader and select union members got benifits from playing a long with the City.
Look at the Sandbag scam..

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Posted by Walter_E_Wallis
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 4, 2007 at 1:50 am

Unions would be more representative of the membership if they could not compel membership. With compulsory union membership the union is just one more boss.


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April 20, 2007

Gloomy for now, but hope for Sunshine

I feel I've been a little disconnected with what's going on around me, for whatever reason. But some certain thoughts have been peeking in and out of my head all week as I went about my daily tasks. Today we woke up early to heavy rain and it just put me in kind of a thinking mood, mostly about these things:

Virgina Tech - We don't have TV, and I rarely read the news on the Internet so I knew what happened, but just the bare details. Yesterday I went online to read about each of the victims. So, so sad and praying for all the families and loved ones who were touched by this.

Don H0 - He passed away on Saturday...We know his two daughters Kaimana and Hoku who live here in California so this is a little closer to home for us. Missing them and praying for the whole family in Hawaii.

Forest's Grandma Genevieve - She had pneumonia, then suffered what we think is a minor stroke, then had some problems with her intestines and had to go in for surgery. She is a strong little lady and is recovering quite well. Grandma Gen is very special and we are optimistic she'll be back to normal soon.

I'm heading out of town for the weekend, but it will be a relaxing time, I hope, and a good opportunity to have some more thinking time. Wishing you a relaxing weekend as well : )

Jennifer said...

I was sad when I heard about Don Ho too...and I can't believe you know Hoku, I have her CD from a couple of years back and I LOVE it! p.s. Did you make the garland yourself, it's tres cute!

raya said...

I wish I could say I made that garland but its from the lovely Alicia Paulson at rosylittlethings.com. I have Hoku's CD too and whenever it comes on the itunes I smile a bit...


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Daisy Machado 1Dear Friends of The Park,

Salt, light, and law. That seems like a rather odd combination of images, but they were used by Jesus to address his followers as he continues the teachings that took place by a mountainside. The first ten verses in chapter 5 are known as “The Beatitudes” and is one of the most loved portions of the Gospel. It forms the beginning of what has come to be known as the “Sermon on the Mount” which is recorded in chapters 5-7 of Matthew’s Gospel. On this mountainside Jesus sits, assuming the well-known posture of teacher, and the disciples come to him. The scene is an intimate one despite being out in the open and it becomes clear that Jesus wants to impart these specific teachings on those who have chosen to follow him; this is a moment between teacher and student. And what is the wisdom that Jesus wants to impart? He tells them, “You are the salt of the world. You are the light of the world.” Notice that Jesus did not say, “You should be the salt of the earth,” or “You should be the light of the world.”  Too often, we take these words as commands instead of descriptions. Jesus doesn’t give the disciples instructions on how to become salt and light. Rather, he just plain tells them that that’s what they are. “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” When Jesus says to his disciples that they are the light of the world, that they are salt of the earth, this is sheer promise and declaration. Jesus is describing the here and now—this is not about the future, what the disciples will one day become, but about the present, this is who they are now. Jesus’ teaching is not only about what the Kingdom of God is, but centrally about who we are, what our new lives in this new realm look like—tasty and lit up. Those who follow Jesus don’t merely sit back and receive abundant life, or simply tell others about what a great abundant life we have. Jesus is talking here about a life that makes a difference for others in the world.

But how can this be possible? How can we, often weak and unpredictable, easily disheartened and not always reliable, whose faith may falter, how can we, flawed human beings, be light or salt? Can it be that we, with all our limitations, can truly contribute to the welfare of this congregation, of our community, and the world? Perhaps a way to begin to answer those questions is first by critically examining what are the “bushels” that cover our light. The “bushel” Jesus mentions to his disciples is not a unit of measurement as modern listeners may assume. Rather, Jesus refers to a vessel big enough to cover a lamp. He describes a light not snuffed out but covered up. The light is not extinguished. It is rendered ineffective. Perhaps the bushel is the self-absorption where the responsibilities of our daily lives consume us to the point that there is really very little left for God—little time, little commitment. Or perhaps the bushel is fear or the bushel is inferiority (the sense that we have little to offer). Or perhaps the bushel is the fantasy church in our minds. This sort of bushel is seductive because it seems so positive and feels so good. Such holy longing for an imagined future can indeed fuel us. Our church fantasies can leave us unable to build a common life with the real people around us. Magical thinking covers our light.

Jesus gives the central insight that lights don’t magically end up underneath bushels. The only way for our light to be covered is if we put a bushel over it. We can hear the incredulous tone in Jesus voice, “No one after lighting a lamp puts it under a bushel” (verse 15). Ridiculous! Jesus is clear: we are not victims inevitably doomed to being distracted and drained by the bushels of self-absorption or fear or inferiority or fantasy. Bushels can only block out the light when we put them there.

Join me this Sunday as we critically think about the need for light and salt in our world today. Join me as we focus on how to best let our light shine and allow our salt to season the world. Together let us reflect upon what it means that Jesus does not tell us to look to others for answers, to ask others to be light or salt, instead Jesus tell us, “You are…

Readings on Sunday: Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 5:13-20

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Of all the dog whistles you could use, “Anglo-Saxon” is one with the most racist baggage. It’s accuracy is dubious, it goes against America’s self-image as a “melting pot,” and it plays into the hands of the militias and Klansmen who want to imagine America as the great Anglo-Saxon republic.

Please … just don’t. Look, we already know that the President is black. We don’t need you trying to nudge us and remind us of the fact.

Eric Rauchway finds this quote from, of all people, Teddy Roosevelt:

… I have always insisted that we [Americans] are not Anglo-Saxon at all – even admitting for the sake of argument, which I do not, that there are any Anglo-Saxons – but a new and mixed race – a race drawing its blood from many different sources … My own view is, that if a man is good enough for me to profit by his services before the election, he is good enough for me to do what I can for him after election; and I do not give a damn whether his name happens to be Casey, or Schwartzmeister, or Van Rensselaer, or Peabody. I think my whole public life has been an emphatic protest against the Peabodys and Van Rensselaers arrogating to themselves any superiorities over the Caseys and Schwartzmeisters.…

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The Audacity of Jon Huntsman’s Pluralism

There are a lot of reasons, and a lot of commentary, for why Jon Huntsman isn’t a front-runner in the Republican presidential nominee race; he’s seen as too liberal, or he’s too nice, he’s a Mormon not named Romney, or maybe it was that bizarre first campaign ad. What hasn’t been alleged, until now, is that he isn’t sufficiently Christian, and might be a Chinese “Manchurian candidate.” However, thanks to a racist attack ad that’s so extreme it almost plays as a parody, those allegations are now removed from conspiratorial toxic message boards and white supremacist conventions and given their fifteen minutes in the 2012 presidential race.

The ad begins asking of Huntsman, “The Manchurian Candidate,” “What’s he hiding?” It features “traditional” Chinese music and clips of Huntsman doing things in China: speaking Mandarin, taking interviews from Chinese press, walking around in China– you get the idea. It then asks a series of questions during the montage like, “American values, or Chinese?” and “Weak on China? Wonder why?” It also takes a detour to slam him for being Mormon (“A man of faith?”) before the coup de grace, a doctored photo of Huntsman in what appears to be Maoist military garb. Essentially, it makes “Willie Horton” look like Will.I.Am’s “Yes We Can” ad.

The ad was placed by an independent group calling itself “New Hampshire Liberty 4 Paul,” and was quickly disavowed by the Ron Paul campaign, who said it should be taken down (Paul supporters have also traveled down the rabbit hole of trying to prove the ad was a “false flag” designed by Huntsman to discredit their candidate). Naturally, the ad was condemned by a variety of critics, including the Hindu American Foundation, who took exception to the implication that Huntsman raising his adopted Indian daughter Asha within a Hindu context was something that should be attacked.

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”This deplorable ad is blatantly racist and religiously intolerant, and crosses all lines of acceptable political discourse,” said Suhag Shukla, Esq., HAF’s Managing Director and Legal Counsel. “Instead of vilifying Governor Hunstman, he should be applauded for being open minded enough to raise his adopted daughter as a Hindu.”

This ugly ad, however, does highlight qualities about Jon Huntsman that I think are admirable, and speak to the best qualities of our nation. The willingness to put duty above party affiliation by accepting the position of Chinese ambassador from President Obama, the willingness to learn a second language in order to better communicate our values, and understand another culture’s values, the recognition that diplomacy can be a strength, and a commitment to religious pluralism that includes raising an adopted daughter “to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it.” I may not agree with Jon Huntsman on a number of issues, but if he were elected president I wouldn’t constantly worry that he would try to imprint his beliefs on the many religious minorities that call this country home, something that can’t be said for several other candidates.

Indeed, from all accounts Huntsman’s personal religious life is a mirror of America’s unique mix of faiths and philosophies, far from the political will of the Republican Party’s Christian conservative base, who see any non-adherence to a certain religio-political rigorousness as a heresy that must be punished at the ballot box. Just read this excerpt from a National Review article on Huntsman’s religious outlook.

Last year, Huntsman told Fortune that he receives “satisfaction from many different types of religions and philosophies” and doesn’t consider himself to be “overly religious.” (ANew York Times article last week noted that Huntsman’s comments to Fortune made a splash in his home state; “many Utahans can recite from memory” Huntsman’s quote, according to the Times.) In March, the Washington Post reported that “Huntsman’s relatives and friends describe him frequently as an independent thinker, unbeholden to any church or party doctrine,” and that “many Republicans faithful to the church in Utah dismissed Huntsman as a ‘Jack Mormon,’ a derogatory term referring to a non-practicing Mormon.”

As the Pew Forum has pointed out, “the religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories.” 35% of Americans attend more the one place of worship, and sizable minorities mix Western and Eastern forms of religion into their daily lives. Huntsman and his “satisfaction from many different types of religion” is mainstream, yet every election cycle the Christian character, and only the Christian character, of each candidate is scrutinized. Any hint that a candidate might enjoy, or even tolerate, the practices the other faiths instantly make him suspect, and a target for attack. If you need an example, just look at what happened when Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, who is an ardent Christian, attended a traditional Hindu blessing.

If Jon Huntsman’s campaign has little chance of succeeding, and there’s every indication that’s the case, then perhaps he could be that prophetic voice for American pluralism within the Republican Party. That conservative politics shouldn’t be hijacked by an all-or-nothing strain of Christian belief, that melding religious orthodoxy to political stances can become toxic if left unchecked. Perhaps Huntsman could be the voice of all those Americans who attend multiple churches, or have children who are Wiccan, or Buddhist, or atheists, or those who like to do Yoga and enjoy reading their horoscopes. You know, normal Americans, the “mushy middle” that actually gives some credence to our country being a “melting pot” of ideas and cultures. Maybe Huntsman can embrace the audacity of his pluralistic life and bring us something new.

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  • Kris

    I thought this was the party that pushed for adoption, now they’re trying to use that against him. May the fleas from a thousand camels infest their nickers

  • Anonymous

    Huntsman’s lack of Dominionist fervor is one of the main reasons why he isn’t doing well in the Republican primaries.

  • Anonymous

    Exactly. Right now, the Christian Taliban is pretty much calling the shots…as is evidenced by the rise of Santorum and the other candidates in the past, like Bachmann, Cain, Perry, etc. They don’t like Romney, cause he ain’t Dominionist enough…so they’ll vote for ANYONE who says “Jeebus” a few times per speech…(until the skeletons begin to drop from his/her closet…)

  • Harmonyfb

    If Huntsman was the Republican nominee, I’d be carefully weighing positions and records before the presidential election. As the field looks now, Obama would have to be caught on camera munching on a fresh human corpse for me to vote Republican.

  • JQ

    Very well said, Jason.

  • Kelly

    How dare anyone criticize and attack him for embracing his daughter’s culture and religion? It’s part of accepting her for who she is and he’s doing the right thing for her and humanity. They even took a jab at him for adopting! This ad is disgusting.

  • Kilmrnock

    This guy is the only one from the current crop of republican nomanies i would even consider voting for . Huntsman is a man of good character , and no particular religious ties or allegiences , unlike our friends on the religious right i consider this a good thing. That ad against him is a disgrace and those who did it should be ashamed of themselves. The things they don’t like about him, i consider his best qualities. Kilm

  • Baruch Dreamstalker

    “[…P]erhaps he could be that prophetic voice for American pluralism within the Republican Party.”

    Problem is, who’s listening? Who in the Republican Party has a closeted thirst for pluralism waiting for a prophetic leader to voice it? Perhaps some economic conservatives are irked by the religious conservatives they find themselves in bed with, likely some libertarians are, but that’s not the same as admiring pluralism to the point of being inspired to change one’s behavior on its behalf.

  • http://www.magickal-media.com Alice C. “A.C.” Fisher Aldag

    Many small-town mainstream Republicans are dissatisfied with the religious right’s position. More conservatives are pro-constitution than you might think… meaning, wanting to preserve the first amendment, believing that marriages shouldn’t be legislated by government, not caring much about a person’s race or religion or gender or sexual orientation, as long as the individual is a law-abiding taxpayer.

    According to some polls (and I’ve gotta find ’em online, since I only see ’em on paper) there are many Muslims, Hindus, and people of Asian descent who are Republicans. Most Cubans are, too; they remember what Mr. Reagan did for them in the 80s.

    Unfortunately the extremes are what make the news. We’re overjoyed by the Gary Johnsons and Jon Huntsmans and Mitt Romneys. While Mr. Huntsman mightn’t win this year, there are plenty of presidential races in our future.

  • Scott

    Either there are too few of your “small-town mainstream conservatives” to affect the Republican Party’s positions on these issues, or they don’t care to exert their influence to do so. Neither possibility gives me any hope that the party will suddenly undergo an attack of sanity.

  • Baruch Dreamstalker

    Alice, if Huntsman were to find himself at the head of a cohort of Republicans such as you describe, believe me, the media would sit up and take notice. It would be a “man bites dog” story and I, for one, would love to read it.

    It would go against the grain of the current show. I’ve never seen Republicans as entertaining as the crop of candidates in this primary season. Break out the custard pies. Huntsman is not a custard-pie candidate (nor is Romney) and if he made this kind of progress it would be newsy because it was *not* part of the same sideshow. The press likes that.

  • Anonymous

    Oddly, those many “small-town mainstream Republicans” (as opposed, one assumes, to big-city mainstream Republicans) haven’t been voting for Huntsman or Johnson in the primaries.

  • WhiteBirch

    The conversation in my (mostly) Republican family goes around in this circle every election cycle “Boy I really like that (dark horse candidate, Huntsman or whoever), but he hasn’t got a snowball’s chance. I’d hate to throw away my vote like that…”

    It’s depressing really. The effect of being not the front runner is hard to gauge.

    I don’t know if there’s enough people out there like my family to actually CAUSE an upset, even if they could somehow be convinced to “throw their votes away”, but I know there are some.

  • http://www.magickal-media.com Alice C. “A.C.” Fisher Aldag

    As opposed to small town OR big city far-right dominionist Republicans, who seem to get all the publicity in the press. This might be why small-town people who haven’t cable TV have never heard of either moderate candidate.

  • kenneth

    Whether due to lack of numbers or lack of money, the moderate Republicans are clearly an absolutely insignificant force at the national level. The party keeps pointing to extremist loon candidates, like a compass to true north. The one top-rung candidate who has serious credentials, serious money and a modicum of sanity, Romney, is being consistently passed over by whatever nut of the week takes a harder dominionist line. Rick Santorum is the new face of the movement.

  • Anonymous

    This is why I’d love to see Santorum get the nomination. He can’t possibly beat Obama…but his landslide defeat might actually significantly weaken the Christian Right in the GOP. (i.e., “Look what happens when we listen to those a-holes!”)

  • Baruch Dreamstalker

    If Obama prevails it will be in part because he’s gotten Republican voters to see the Tea Party in that light.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Cosimano/613012064 Charles Cosimano

    Huntsman’s problem is simple. He is boring. He does nothing that throws red meat to the hungry news media. So he doesn’t get any attention.

  • http://moma-fauna.blogspot.com/ Moma Fauna

    I have been rooting for him all along (that is, as a gop candidate I could live with, were he to win).
    As a Utahn, I would not call him a jack-Mormon, but, I would call him open-minded & SANE. As someone who attended school with some of his children, I believe he is a good father — that goes a long way in my book. As a Pagan, I would not be concerned with him trying to impose a theocracy & that is worth its weight in gold.
    Despite the fact that I am 100 times more liberal than Huntsman, I am saddened that he has been so neglected in this race b/c I feel he is well equipped to represent *the people* not just some people.


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Challenger Crew: Back row, from left: mission specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis and Mission specialist Judy Resnik. Front row, from left: Pilot Mike Smith, Commander Dick Scobee, and Mission specialist Ron McNair. (Photo NASA)

I was a young Navy Lieutenant on this date in 1986 and was performing my watch standing duty as Squadron Duty Officer (SDO).  I was just completing my briefing on squadron events that day to our Executive Officer (XO)  Commander Bob Ponton. He was excited about his former squadron room-mate,  Navy Commander Mike Smith, being launched into space as the pilot of the space shuttle Challenger. Commander Ponton and his wife Suzanne had been in Florida just a few days prior to watch the launch, but it had been delayed (weather) and they returned home to Virginia Beach, Virginia.

We had the TV on in the ready room and when the news broke, I remember Commander Ponton walking expressionless straight to his office and locking the door. Our nation had gone from joy to tears…

Watch the video below and remember where you were on that day, if you were around…Our nation should never be afraid to pay the price of exploration, it is in our genes and is what makes us human…

“The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature”

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Tire Marks of Pavers - Prevention and RemovingAs temperatures are heating up, a common question we receive is how to remove tire marks. First, one has to understand why the tire marks are happening. Here are the top reasons we see for getting tire marks on a sealed surface:

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The first step to removing tire marks is to prevent them! Surebond recommends reading the application instructions carefully before applying Surebond hardscape sealers and only apply during the correct temperatures and to clean, dry, unsealed or porous surfaces. Sealer should always absorb in to the surface and not be allowed to puddle. Remove excess sealer from the surface with a double foam squeegee. It is important to remove excess sealer especially in high temps because the water in the sealer can flash out, meaning it evaporates and leaves behind solvents on the surface. These solvents can be sticky and when you drive across a hot sticky surface with hot rubber tires you can imagine the outcome (see above photo). A properly sealed surface is MUCH easier to clean and most times prevents the tire marks from happening at all.

Past the application stage and dealing with the removal part? Typically, the tire marks can be easily removed with just plain water and a medium bristled broom with minimal scrubbing. In some instances you might need to use a degreaser such as SB-442 General Stain Remover to help lift the tire mark. The most important factor is that the surface needs to be tack-free before it should be cleaned. Two reasons why…the first is that if it is still tacky, the tire marks will just reappear after driving on it again. The second is the tire marks will not come up easily and you will have to scrub pretty aggressively.

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MARGARET WARNER: And finally tonight: a year-end look at the fallout from the financial crisis, the big bailouts, and Wall Street’s behavior.

Jeffrey Brown has our conversation. His discussion was recorded before our program’s recent redesign.

JEFFREY BROWN: A year ago, the daily news and the daily fears were all about the financial crisis then continuing to unfold. A year later, the so-called great recession may or may not be over, but the debate over the reasons for the collapse and how to prevent another one continues.

Two reporters we have turned to during this last year have just come out with books that take different approaches to explore the issues. Andrew Ross Sorkin’s “Too Big to Fail” is a behind-the-scenes look at the actions of major players on Wall Street and Washington. John Cassidy’s “How Markets Fail” seeks the roots of the crisis in the history of economic theory. The two authors join me now, Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and John Cassidy of The New Yorker.

Well, maybe the place to start is why you each chose your particular approach to the subject. Andrew, you first. Why the insider approach? What were you after?

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, The New York Times: You know, I thought of this as a great mystery. As someone who was there on the front lines trying to write this story day by day, I felt that there was so much more that was going on behind the scenes that I didn’t know, that I didn’t think the public knew. And I thought, if we could just get in there, we could maybe understand what really happened. Why did Lehman Brothers — why were they allowed to go and why was AIG rescued? What were the decisions and the relationships between all of these characters and how did that influence the ultimate outcome? And I think that, actually, by taking that approach, I was able to hopefully get at the human drama of this, to get at the fallibility of the people. When you get into a scene, you actually — there is a scene where Hank Paulson literally is vomiting because of the sort of emotional turmoil this is all taking. And you really do get to see the ad hoc nature with which this whole crisis was enveloping and how they were trying to rescue the system.

JEFFREY BROWN: Well, John Cassidy, you — you chose to go back, and, as you write — quote — “explore the underlying economics of the crisis.”

JOHN CASSIDY, The New Yorker: Yes.

JOHN CASSIDY: Well, partly because I’m an economic journalist and also partly because I knew a lot of people, Andrew included, would be providing riveting narratives of what happened. I like to think that Andrew provides the fly-on-the-wall view, and I provide the view from the orbiting satellite. What I am trying to do is explain how the different bits of the story fit together, explain why it happened, and what we need to do to prevent a similar outcome in the future.

JEFFREY BROWN: And, John, what — was there a key insight that you bring to this or came from all of this?

JOHN CASSIDY: Yes, well, my argument is that, ultimately, this was a case of misapplied ideas. Some good, sensible ideas about how free market economies work were taken and then applied to areas where they don’t work properly, particularly the financial markets. So, ultimately, I see this as an intellectual failure of policy-makers, of people on Wall Street, and of investors.

JEFFREY BROWN: And, Andrew, what is the key insight that you got from your reporting?

JEFFREY BROWN: I, mean you are talking about these moments, these dramatic moments.

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: Well, I see — I look at it — you know, you talk about institutions that are too big to fail. I sort of look at it the opposite way. I think about this as people who think that they are too big to fail and really a story about hubris and greed and power, and what all of that meant in terms of the decision-makings, in terms of the failure of imagination to really appreciate the crisis that ended up taking place.

JEFFREY BROWN: Well, John, you know, I mean, this is almost a philosophical question here now between these two approaches…

JEFFREY BROWN: … I mean, between individuals and institutions and theories.

JEFFREY BROWN: So, expand that a little bit more for us.

JOHN CASSIDY: Well, I think, actually, our two books complement each other pretty well. I mean, if you want to know what happened and how the people felt who were involved, Andrew’s provides an excellence summary of that, and provides a lot of new information. I really don’t go down that route. What I try and do is explain how the different actors fit together, from the people at the bottom of the chain, who were buying the mortgages, these sub — buying houses, taking out subprime mortgages, up through the mortgage lenders, up to the Wall Street people who were securitizing these loans, and the investors who were buying them, and the regulators and supervisors who were supposedly overseeing them. I try to explain how all that fit together and how we ended up in the situation we’re in now.

JEFFREY BROWN: And you do, John, use examples, though, I mean, with players making decisions, sometimes…

JEFFREY BROWN: … like the subprime, for example, subprime market…

JEFFREY BROWN: … an example where some players made decisions that were even against their better judgment.

JOHN CASSIDY: Right. I mean, I used the example of Chuck Prince, the chairman of Citigroup. My argument is, this was — sure, there was greed involved, but there is always greed on Wall Street. What were the other forces which were at work? And it seems to me it was a problem not ultimately of individuals, like Chuck Prince, but of the incentives that they faced in the market. Chuck Prince, for example, the chairman of Citigroup — for several years, Citigroup didn’t get involved in subprime securities. But then, at the start of 2005 and the end of — sorry — the end of 2005, the board came to him and said, look, we’re falling behind our competitors. They’re making a lot of money in this business. Why aren’t we in it? We need to increase our risk profile. Chuck Prince then had the choice of saying, well, I think Citigroup is too — you know, too great a company to be involved in this risky business, which had sort of been his previous attitude. But he would have probably got fired if he would have done that. He faced this — these bad incentives. Everybody was looking for short-term gain. I call it rational irrationality. It suddenly became rational to take what ultimately proved irrational decisions, like making big bets in the mortgage market. Citigroup did that, and they ended up losing tens of billions of dollars.

JEFFREY BROWN: Well, so, if we now come forward to our own present moment here and think about what you guys have learned and where we are now, Andrew, for example when you look at Wall Street, you are talking to all these people.

JEFFREY BROWN: You have been talking to all — for a year. Where are we now? I mean, have lessons been learned? What are they telling you now?

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: So, here is the sad news. Having now lived with may be of these people for a year at the very, very top in the corner office, I’m not sure much has changed at all. The culture has not changed. The whole ethos, the “greed is good” mentality, seems to still be alive and well. And, frankly, there hasn’t been much reform out of Washington. When you talk to CEOs on Wall Street, they now think of themselves, oddly enough, as survivors. That is the word they use, like a cancer survivor. And I’m not sure they appreciate that they have been rescued. I did have an encounter with John Mack, who is the CEO of Morgan Stanley, who actually was probably the most self-aware of the CEOs, who said recently that, actually, Wall Street people can’t control themselves. It was a remarkable statement. And he said, we need to be controlled, almost like he was an addict, and you needed to take the crack pipe away. And I thought that was remarkable. But I will tell you, most other people on Wall Street, not only do they not have that view. They are pushing back on any view that would put real reform in place.

JEFFREY BROWN: Well, John Cassidy, what would you add to that? Start with a view of Wall Street and Washington. I want to ask you about changes in economic — among economists later, but start with what Andrew was just talking about.

JOHN CASSIDY: Well, I think Andrew hit the nail on the head there when he talked about John Mack saying, we can’t do this by ourselves. Given the incentives these guys face who run these Wall Street firms, the way they make money is by lending to people and taking risks and competing against each other. They are always going to lend more and take more risks. If somebody from the outside doesn’t come in and say to these guys, there are limits on what you can do, we’re going to inevitably get back to where we began. The only person — nobody on Wall Street can do that by themselves. We need the government to step in and set rules and regulations for the firms. I think that is what John Mack was driving at. He said, you know, we need help. We can’t do it by ourselves. Now, the Obama administration has gone some way in that direction, proposing various limits on what these banks can do, raising capital requirements, a variety of other restrictions on their activities, but none of it has been passed yet. As Andrew says, 16 months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we don’t have any new regulations on the book and no clear timetable of when they are going to be put on the book.

JEFFREY BROWN: Right, but why? I mean, why are we in that limbo?

JEFFREY BROWN: We have talked about that on the program here as we look at the various proposals.

JEFFREY BROWN: So, why has nothing happened yet?

JOHN CASSIDY: Well, I think, you know, two things. Number one, I think the government did a pretty good job of preventing a complete financial catastrophe. They took all these emergency measures, the Fed pumping money into the economy, lending to banks that needed it, the Obama administration introducing a stimulus package. All those measures combined managed to prevent a return to the 1930s, which, if we had been gathering this time last year, some people would have been worrying about. But the authorities, I think, were so busy concentrating on averting the immediate crisis, they didn’t take any long-term measures. And now what we have found, as the economy has recovered, these big banks have got lobbying power again in Washington. The political agenda has moved on. It’s all focused on health care. And the sort of Wall Street reform movement has been stymied. And, you know, it is not clear to me at all that we’re going to get any significant changes.

JEFFREY BROWN: Andrew, what do you see?

JEFFREY BROWN: I mean, is there a possibility for change? And what should happen?

ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: You know, John’s absolutely right. I think we are going to get change, but it is going to be only on the margins. And John again is right when he says that, you know, the farther we get away from this crisis, the more we focus on other issues — and rightly — there are other important issues like health care, but the farther we get away, and the more the economy seems like it’s stabilized, the harder it really is to get reform with teeth. And the memories on Wall Street, unfortunately, and, frankly, in Washington are so short, that there seems to be a real conundrum, which is, can we really change the undergirding, the underpinning of Wall Street? And, frankly, we haven’t and I’m not sure we’re going to.

JOHN CASSIDY: And could I just say…

JEFFREY BROWN: Yes, go ahead.

JOHN CASSIDY: Sorry. Could I just say one more thing on that, Jeff?

JEFFREY BROWN: Mm-hmm. Go ahead.

JOHN CASSIDY: I mean, ultimately, I think, as I say, as I try and argue in the book, it is an intellectual argument. It seems to me, this time last year, we sort of accepted the idea that markets fail sometimes that — now need regulating. They need adult supervision. As the markets have recovered, as the economy have recovered, people have reverted to their previous positions on that argument and have sort of forgotten the lesson that we thought we had learned a year ago. I think — that is why I say, ultimately, I think it is a sort of intellectual argument. We have to forget these ideas that markets can regulate themselves, that banks won’t take risks because they don’t want to harm themselves. That was basically the Greenspan argument of why Wall Street doesn’t need regulating. You know, we tried that for 10 years, and we ended up with the worst recession since the 1930s and hundreds and billions and trillions of dollars of taxpayers’ money poured into the financial system. So, as I say, I think, you know, we need to remember the lessons we learned this time last year, and not go back to our old ways.

JEFFREY BROWN: All right, we will leave it there. John Cassidy’s book is “How Markets Fail.” Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book “Too Big to Fail.” Thank you both very much.

JOHN CASSIDY: Thank you.


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EarthquakeWallGreenGlassMehr.jpg 12:05 p.m. IRDT, 3 Shahrivar/August 24 Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and special forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a camp Thursday in Sarand, a village between Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan, and Varzagan, a town near the epicenters of the two large earthquakes that struck the northwestern province nearly two weeks ago. They arrested a reported 45 social activists who had volunteered to help the survivors. A partial list of those who have been arrested is given here.

Apparently, the day before, two security agents, posing as volunteers, had entered the camp and inspected the storage area. According to an eyewitness account, the Revolutionary Guard forces first tried to seize all the donated items, mostly food, blankets, tents, and medical supplies that had been brought to the camp to be distributed among the people. The volume of items is very large and the volunteers told the Guards that they had no problem working with the Red Crescent Society to distribute the aid. They even said that they could give a complete list of all the items and their origins. The Guard commander, however, apparently emphasized that his forces would seize all the items. The volunteers responded that the fact that they have been able to collect so many items to be distributed among the earthquake survivors means that the donors trusted them, evidently more than they did the government.

The Revolutionary Guard special forces tried to use the excuse that the camp and the storage area did not meet sanitary standards, and thus they had to close them, but the volunteers with the help of the villagers resisted. More forces were then brought in and the volunteers were arrested. Police cars now control the entrance to the camp. There have already been several reports indicating that Ministry of Intelligence agents prevented volunteers from helping children, including several child psychologists. There was a report that a Revolutionary Guard commander had taken some of the aides to his own home, but was arrested.

One of the leaders of the volunteers was political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who had been granted a furlough. An Azeri himself, he had volunteered to help the people of his province, and the judiciary officials who handle his case had not opposed his participation in the relief operations. Another report indicates that three volunteers in Gorgan in northeast Iran, who are believed to be supporters of the Green Movement and were collecting donations for the earthquakes' survivors, have been arrested.

One of the arrested volunteers, human rights advocate Saeed Shirzad, is now reported to be in a prison in Ahar in the earthquake-stricken area, and has gone on a hunger strike to protest the arrests. The following have also reportedly gone on hunger strike to protest their arrests: Milad Panahipoor, Navid Khanjani, Vahed Kholoosi, Misagh Afshar, Hooman Taheri, Sepehrdad Saheban, and Hossein Ronaghi Maleki.

In an interview with the pro-Green Movement website Rahe Sabz (JARAS), civic activist Amir Kalhor explained that the activities of the volunteers were completely apolitical. Their only goal was to help the people, because the government and the Red Crescent Society had failed to do their jobs. According to Kalhor, it was the government that made the work political so as to justify the arrests.

Kalhor provided more details of the arrests. According to him, the governor of the town of Haris in the earthquake-stricken area ordered invasion of the storage area to take away all the donated items. Security agents tried to do just that, but the volunteers and the people resisted it, telling the security agents that, "We will not give you even one bottle of drinking water. They belong to the people." The volunteers and local people then formed a human wall around the camp to prevent the agents from entering it and, thus, the camp was surrounded by the security forces for seven hours. The Revolutionary Guard special forces were called in. They invaded the camp, after which all communications between the volunteers and outside were cut off, and they were arrested.

Kalhor also said that the Red Crescent Society was not doing its job properly. For example, those families who were known to the local Society workers, received ample aid, multiple tents, and so forth, and those who were not received much less. People were afraid that wolves would attack their cows and sheep and, thus, were sleeping next to them at night to protect them. The volunteers brought fences for them to put around the animals to protect them, whereas the Society had refused to do it. In one area with a large population there were only two medical doctors to help the people, and the Society refused to bring in more, and thus the volunteers brought in volunteer doctors that wanted to help the people.

Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leader of the Green Movement, has been returned to house arrest after he was hospitalized Thursday. The reason for his hospitalization is said to have been clogging of the arteries, for which he underwent treatment that took three hours. Mousavi's wife, Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, reportedly accompanied him to the hospital, but no other visitors were allowed.

The news of the former prime minister's hospitalization was first reported by Advar News, the website of the dissident Organization of University Graduates. Mousavi, Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi have been under house arrest for 18 months. In Karroubi's case, the house arrest has been virtually a solitary confinement, while Mousavi and his wife are rarely allowed any visits from their three daughters. Dr. Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, senior adviser to Mousavi who lives in Paris, has confirmed that Mousavi has been returned to his own home and put once again under house arrest.

It appears that the hardliners have been pressuring the Mousavi family not to divulge any information about his health. Mousavi's brother, Mir Mahmood Mousavi, told the Kaleme website, "Knowing what is going on is people's right, but due to the interest and expediency of [the Mousavi family] we are not supposed to provide any information" about Mir Hossein. Told that people would like to learn about the state of his brother's health, Mir Mahmood Mousavi responded, "This is not the entire story. We are in a very complex situation, and based on the current condition of Mir Hossein's [extended] family, please allow us to be sensitive about what is going on. At the same time, there are certain conditions and problems that are not reported by the press, and the domestic and security problems limit us in expressing our views." Saying that he respects people's wishes, Mir Mahmood Mousavi said, "For now, it is advisable for us not to provide the information. God willing, people will learn about it through channels that will not cause any problems [for them]."

Meanwhile, Dr. Ali Shakouri Rad, a physician and member of the central committee of the outlawed Islamic Iran Participation Front, the country's largest reformist group, said that one of the arteries to Mousavi's heart had been clogged. His physicians installed a stent in it and used balloons to open the clogged artery. Mousavi was under the care of hysicians for one day, and then was released by them and returned home. His daughters met with their father Thursday night. According to Shakouri Rad, the physicians said that Mousavi is in stable conditions and in generally good health. He criticized the fact that Mousavi was not allowed to be treated by his own doctor, saying, "Addressing problems with the heart is an urgent matter that, if not done immediately, can be dangerous. He must be treated by his own doctor whom he trusts. It is not right to take him somewhere to be treated by a doctor who is not known to him."

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AppleIt used to be that no self-respecting Mac owner would admit to owning a Windows PC. But a study has found that a Windows PC can be found in the homes of a massive 85 percent of Mac owners.

What happened to Windows-hating Mac users? I suppose they still exist, but as Macintosh has grown in market share, true devotees seem harder to find. Obviously, society is in decline.

According to NPD Group's 2009 Household Penetration Study, released yesterday:

  • 12 percent of US computer-owning households now own a Mac, up from 9 percent in 2008.
  • Nearly 85 percent of Mac households also own a Windows-based PC.
  • Two-thirds of Apple households own three or more computers.
  • Only 39 percent of Windows PC households own three or more computers.
  • Mac owners are also more mobile, with 72 percent owning a notebook, compared with 60 percent of Windows PC households.
  • The average Mac household owns twice as many consumer electronics devices as the average computer-owning household: 48 to 24.

Does it surprise anyone that Mac households also have larger incomes? While 36 percent of Mac owners in the US report household incomes greater than $100,000 (about £63,000), only 21 percent of total households make the same claim.

So while today's Mac users may be a tad less devoted that those of years ago, they have more money and spend it on many more devices than average consumers. And that includes Windows PCs.

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Several HP all-in-ones pack gesture controls thanks to a sleek included keyboard stuffed with a Leap Motion sensor, and Leap Motion told Engadget that the keyboard will be available for standalone purchase this month. At $99, it won't cost much of a premium over the retail Leap Motion kit, and like that kit, the HP keyboard will work with any Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC after you install Leap Motion's software.

Speaking of Leap Motion's software, you'll want to think about whether you're buying into the company's vision because you're interested in the technology as-is, or because you're interested in watching gesture controls evolve. Our first look at the Leap Motion controller left us feeling that the developers have a lot of work to do before the promising finger-sensing software will be ready to be a daily part of your computing life.


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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- As it winds down the decade-long war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military is moving some 750,000 major pieces of equipment, such a weapons and vehicles, out of that country. The logistic challenge is enormous, and to help complete it the U.S. Army will be using a new business intelligence tool.

The Army is deploying Tableau Software to help it visualize and manage its supply chain. The tool is gradually replacing the old standby, PowerPoint, to present data to everyone from generals on down through the ranks.

To be clear, PowerPoint presentations are still in use, and will likely remain as much an Army staple as chip beef on toast, a dish served since World War II. But once officers begin working with interactive data in Tableau's visualization tools, it's hard for them to go back.

The Tableau tool is "transformational - people want to see what's happening and not be told," said Chuck Driessnack, a contractor for SAIC who has been heading the development project. The interactive tool allows staff and military to see military data on the fly, which is much better than being given "an interpretation of what's happening."

"It's a completely different way of doing business," said Driessnack.

Driessnack was at the Tableau's conference here, attended by about 4,000 people, including about 700 company employees.

Tableau, in just over 10 years, has built a customer base of more than 13,500 users. Its rapid rise tells the story of the investment the public and private sector is making in BI tools generally, and in visualization tools specifically.

Driessnack said the visualization tool draws data from various Army ERP systems and data warehouses, allowing users to view it in different ways and consider new approaches. That's in contrast to PowerPoint presentations, which drive users to think in certain ways, he said.

The real challenge for users will be posing the questions that can take the data in directions that yields new insights.

Redbox, which runs self-service kiosks for DVDs and video-game rentals at more than 42,000 locations in the U.S., also uses the Tableau tool, in part to determine ideal locations for new kiosks. Matt James, the senior director of strategy and analytics for Redbox, said the company uses a "hypothesis driven" approach to try to arrive at a new use for the data. Once a hypothesis is formed, the approach is then "what are the ways that you can prove or disprove that."

The hypotheses are developed through "a lot of brainstorming," said James, adding that "more often than not, the starting hypothesis is wrong."

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Adding Guest Book and Forum to web page?

  Paul-has-more-of-a-clue...:@) 12:15 04 Feb 05

Hi Gang,
Ho can I put a guestbook and a forum into my site?

Thaks all

PS I am developing using Netscape Composer)

  igk 19:49 05 Feb 05

I would suggest using a third party Guestbook and Forum,just do a google search on either,most are very good and they save a lot of work especially forums as I understand that there can be legal implications so they have to be monitored/moderated 24/7.Hope this helps.

  Taran 21:46 05 Feb 05

First you need to find out what your web host supports. Any good guestbook and forum application will require CGI/Perl or PHP to run.

You can get ASP and other languages, but the majority of web hosts run Linux/Apache web servers and most of them support either or both CGI and PHP.

Assuming you have the necessary support from your web host you can use any of the many free applications from a number of sources. Try these links to get you up and running:

CGI and Perl guestbooks: click here

CGI and Perl forums: click here

PHP guestbooks: click here

PHP forums: click here

Remotely hosted guestbooks: click here

Remotely hosted forums: click here

Note that remotely hosted applications are, as the name suggests, hosted for you on a different web server to your site. They usually cost money or, if supposedly free, they demand advertising space in return for your use of the script. This means you will have to feature whatever adverts the remote host wants to put on your pages - you don't get a choice in the matter - and you also have no control over how the remote host uses your members details for their own purposes.

Finally, guestbooks are all well and good (I never use them) but they serve little purpose on their own. Forums have their own range of headaches, not least of which is the potential minefield of anyone posting something offensive, defamatory, libellous or otherwise illegal. You are responsible for the content of your own site, so make sure you know what you are letting yourself into before allowing every man and his dog to post what they like on it.

A good forum depends on the people who frequent it as well as the people who run it. Nothing looks quite as sad as a forum with half a dozen registered members and no regular traffic, so think on it long and hard before taking the plunge. If your site enjoys a healthy volume of traffic it may benefit from a discussion board. If your site has relatively few visitors a discussion board on its own is not going to attract more in. Content does that.

Ironically I have already set up what 'forum member' suggests, but glad of the advice on forums...

Just have to work out best way of getting my site ....OUT THERE and SEEN...:@)

  MegaManExtreme2005 22:16 07 Feb 05

I'm about to build my site shortly and i need to know the HTML behind forums.

  Taran 01:07 08 Feb 05

You may be better off starting a new thread if you want to chase a specific issue.

To answer your question, in brief at least, the pages that make up a forum are HTML. Almost all web pages you see are HTML of one sort or another (I am including XHTML in the HTML bracket). Some pages are XML but let's not go down that road just yet.

Forums usually run on a dynamic basis, which means they read the page content from a database and write to it when you or I post replies to threads. The dynamic web language used is processed by the web server which then spits out the web page as HTML to the browser that requested it.

You can get some forums that run using writeable text files instead of a fully blown database but they are pretty clumsy by comparison.

Try some of the links I posted above for some general information - HTML on its own though is static and is unable to produce a fully fledged forum system.

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  maldon 14:15 13 Jan 04

When trying to view Systems Information, I get the heading "Cant Collect Information" - cannot access Windows Management Info Software - windows management files may be moved or missing.
When I open the system summary in "software", each item is shown a being removed on 4/7/03 yet most items work normally. When I view "hardware" and "components" in the system summary, some changes or additions are shown.
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I had the same problem myself and formatted and re-installed. I should have read that first.

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