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He's a Banana-Eating Monkey, but I'm Not a Racist
Posted by J on August 3, 2009
Whatever may have been the payoffs of the recent discussion between Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley, Vice President Biden, and President Obama, the teachable moments unfortunately continue. Last week, Crowley's colleague, Officer Paul Barrett wrote an e-mail responding to a Boston Globe columnist this way:
"If I was the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC [pepper spray] deserving of his belligerent non-compliance."
Barrett summed up his old-school rant as follows:
"Gates is a goddamned fool and you the article writer simply a poor follower and maybe worse, a poor writer. Your article title should read CONDUCT UNBECOMING A JUNGLE MONKEY-BACK TO ONE´S ROOTS."
After copying his e-mail to some of his friends and colleagues, Barrett was promptly suspended.
In his subsequent Larry King Live interview (see 6-minute video above), Barrett would insist that he is not a racist.
"I did not intend any racial bigotry, harm or prejudice in my words."
When asked by King about why he chose that language, Barrett (who never apologized to Professor Gates) explained:
"Larry, I don't even know. I couldn't tell you. I have no idea. I can tell you there was no intentional racial bigotry [or] prejudice. By my words I did not intend that."
Barrett's e-mail and subsequent remarks reminded me of the controversial cartoon (a portion of which is on the left) published in February in the New York Post and the reactions to it. The cartoon (the entirety of which is here) includes this punchline: "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill." Here's the post I drafted in response.
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A common assumption among most Americans is that race is not an issue these days; after all, most of us rarely if ever feel ourselves being "racist." If we are not thinking about race when we go about our daily lives and if we are not harboring any racial animus when we interact or socialize inter-racially, then, we assume, race is not influencing us. We may not be blind to color, but we might as well be. Most Americans, I'm guessing, would therefore not have a problem with this cartoon.
Rev. Al Sharpton, on the other hand, does:
"The cartoon is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that 'Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.'
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"Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"
The New York Post's editor-in-chief, Col Allan, dismissed Sharpton's remarks with this retort: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. . . ."
But why couldn't Mr. Allan and Rev. Sharpton both be right? Why, in other words, would Mr. Allan conclude that a parody of a violent chimpanzee cannot also reflect and encourage troubling racial associations?
Perhaps it is because neither he nor his cartoonist were consciously thinking about race when creating or publishing the cartoon. If they did not think about race, then they know race didn't influence them. From that perspective, Sharpton's suggestion that race may have played some role seems preposterous.
But that sort of reasoning is itself preposterous when one takes seriously what social psychology and related mind sciences have discovered about the role of unconscious or implicit associations. Our brains, it seems, have a mind of their own, and that mind is often operating automatically and powerfully in ways that reflect common cultural stereotypes — including those that we might consciously reject. What we think we know about what is moving us is only a tiny, and often a misleading, part of what is actually going on in those parts of our brains that elude introspection but that can nonetheless manifest in our perceptions, emotions, and actions.
If one examines the cartoon mindful of racial stereotypes, the image scores a hat-trick and then some. The association of blacks to guns, to crime, violence, and to hostile interactions with law enforcement officers is so strong and should be so well understood that I won't take time to review the evidence.
What some people may not be aware of is the disturbingly robust implicit associations of African Americans to monkeys, chimps, and apes.
As social psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt recently observed, "one of the oldest race battles that blacks have fought in this country has been the battle to be recognized as fully human. To be regarded not in the in-between status somewhere between ape and human but to be fully human." And with a black American now the President of the United States, the tendency to link black Americans to apes might be dismissed as an irrelevant relic of the past.
But is it? In the video excerpts below (from the Project on Law and Mind Sciences 2007 Conference), Jennifer Eberhardt's describes some of her research examining whether such a de-humanizing association continues to operate beneath the radar of our consciousness (10 minutes total).
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While it is no doubt affirming to believe that we live in a post-racial society as revealed by Barack Obama's election, it is probably more accurate to say that race is alive and well in the recesses of our brains and that the election of Barack Obama is — particularly when he is connected to policies we disfavor — likely to activate some of those unseen associations.
If one didn't think about race while imagining and sketching a cartoon, that doesn't imply that race didn't play a role in shaping those processes. Nor does it justify indifference, much less indignance, toward those who urge us to consider whether race did somehow play a role.
Quite the contrary, given our history and the hierarchies and inequalities that continue to define our country, all of us should be especially attentive and sensitive to the possibilities that what we "know" to be true about what is moving us is often mistaken and that those mistakes have consequences.
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For a sample of related Situationst posts, see "Jennifer Eberhardt's "Policing Racial Bias" – Video," "Hoyas, Hos, & Gangstas," "Leaving the Past," "A Situationist Considers the Implications of Simpson Sentencing," "What does an Obama victory mean?," "The Situation of the Obama Presidency and Race Perceptions," "The Cognitive Costs of Interracial Interactions," "Guilt and Racial Prejudice," "Perceptions of Racial Divide," and "Banaji & Greenwald on Edge – Part IV." For other Situationist posts discussing the Jennifer Eberhardt's research, click here.
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Jon Hanson said
Here's an excellent comment from Andrew Perlman (legal scholar and friend of The Situationist) highlighting the role of ideology and political orientation:
[T]here has been a lot of talk (correctly so) about the role of implicit bias in the case. But one aspect of bias that has been largely overlooked (I think) is that Americans' reaction to the case turns heavily on partisanship bias. Specifically, people view the incident through the lens of their own political orientations. Liberals, who are generally more distrustful of police, view the case through one lens, whereas law and order conservatives view it through another. Of course, implicit racial bias plays a role here, too, but I think there is a separate implicit bias at work here regarding how Americans have responded to the incident that turns on political orientation.


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Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path to the changeset to be committed next to the current project: the current project is termed the "superproject".
This requires at least one argument: <repository>. The optional argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the "humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git").
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Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the submodule path and the output of git describe for the SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with - if the submodule is not initialized, + if the currently checked out submodule commit does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing repository and U if the submodule has merge conflicts. This command is the default command for git submodule.
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Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config. The key used in .git/config is submodule.$name.url. This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config for your local setup and proceed to git submodule update; you can also just use git submodule update --init without the explicit init step if you do not intend to customize any submodule locations.
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless --rebase or --merge is specified or the key submodule.$name.update is set to rebase or merge.
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the submodule with the --init option.
If --recursive is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits in the submodule between the given super project commit and the index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown. If the option --files is given, show the series of commits in the submodule between the index of the super project and the working tree of the submodule (this option doesn't allow to use the --cached option or to provide an explicit commit).
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule. The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and $toplevel: $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules, $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject. Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name of each submodule before evaluating the command. If --recursive is given, submodules are traversed recursively (i.e. the given shell command is evaluated in nested submodules as well). A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding || : to the end of the command.
As an example, git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local repositories accordingly.
"git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while "git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
Only print error messages.
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
This option is only valid for add and update commands. When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path. When running update, throw away local changes in submodules when switching to a different commit.
This option is only valid for status and summary commands. These commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but with this option, the commit stored in the index is used instead.
This option is only valid for the summary command. This command compares the commit in the index with that in the submodule HEAD when this option is used.
This option is only valid for the summary command. Limit the summary size (number of commits shown in total). Giving 0 will disable the summary; a negative number means unlimited (the default). This limit only applies to modified submodules. The size is always limited to 1 for added/deleted/typechanged submodules.
This option is only valid for the update command. Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
This option is only valid for the update command. Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch of the submodule. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will have to resolve the resulting conflicts within the submodule with the usual conflict resolution tools. If the key submodule.$name.update is set to merge, this option is implicit.
This option is only valid for the update command. Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will have to resolve these failures with git-rebase(1). If the key submodule.$name.update is set to rebase, this option is implicit.
This option is only valid for add and update commands. These commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case, this option will be passed to the git-clone(1) command.
NOTE: Do not use this option unless you have read the note for git-clone(1)'s --reference and --shared options carefully.
This option is only valid for foreach, update and status commands. Traverse submodules recursively. The operation is performed not only in the submodules of the current repo, but also in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on).
Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths. (This argument is required with add).
When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule. This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIT_DIR/config. The key to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See gitmodules(5) for details.
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Lindsay Lohan will likely avoid jail time when she's sentenced May 11 for misdemeanor theft, but she'll probably get home detention for probation violation. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore told TMZ that Lohan could serve as many as 84 days of her 120-day sentence. That could cut into her film career. Lohan was recently rumored to be playing Sharon Tate and did a cover shoot for Blank magaine. Here, she takes a seductive bite of a burger for the cover. Other outfits in the shoot that Lohan wore included a one-shoulder leopard print jumpsuit, a vest and pants combo matched with pink knee-length stocking and a revealing floral print mini dress and matching jacket.
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Lindsay Lohan Returns to Court
Learn Jimmy Kimmel's secret to keeping the hottest bodies in Hollywood in shape. Actress Lindsay Lohan is seen here (CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO)in a spoof infomercial for a new fitness rage - Humpilates, on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, broadcast LIVE on ABC from the El Capitan Entertainment Center in Hollywood, CA. on FEB. 27, 2011. While Lohan managed to make fun of her serious predicament in the Kimmel skit, she said she finally understands the consequences of her actions. In an exclusive interview with the show "Extra," Lohan said she's focusing on her recovery - which is the most "important" thing in her life right now.
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Lindsay Lohan's Racy Maxim Cover
The law may have come down on Lindsay Lohan, but her friends in the fashion industry built her up. Before starting a jail and rehab stint, Lohan served as the muse for Marc Ecko's Cut & Sew ad campaign. She shot four videos with Markus Klinko and Indrani of Bravo's "Double Exposure." At marceckomuse.com, users can play with Lohan's image thanks to augmented-reality technology that turns her into a digital hologram.
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Lindsay Lohan Shot Film Before Jail
Lindsay Lohan posed for the cover of Maxim shortly before going to jail. She told the magazine, "I am feeling strong. I've experienced a lot in my life, and my mom has given me a lot of faith. This too shall pass." Of her goals, she said, "To focus on myself and my work, and to move all press on me to focus on the work I do. Also, I'd like to do more work in India and travel to Malawi."
Time for Jail, Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan shot a secret movie just months before she went to jail in 2010, according to TMZ.com. The film, called "Underground Comedy Movie 2010," was produced by ShamWow creator Vince Shlomi. Lohan played a gun-toting Marilyn Monroe spoof who shoots at the paparazzi.
Lindsay Dresses as Nun, Licks Gun
Lindsay Lohan, shown in this publicity photo for Bravo's "Double Exposure" turned herself in to begin a 90-day prison sentence in 2010. A source told People she had a rough weekend before she arrived. "She has not been able to sleep and has barely been eating. All weekend, Lindsay kept crying, chain smoking and chewing her nails."
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Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to 90 days Jail
Lindsay Lohan posed in a nun's habit with a gun to her mouth for the movie "Machete" in which Lohan played an avenging nun called "the Sister." The actress was removed from the film's promo posters after she was sentenced to 90 days in jail in 2010 for violating the terms of her probation. Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez and Steven Seagal also starred in "Machete."
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In an interview with the British newspaper The Sun, the 23-year-old actress said problems with her father led her to depend on drugs to a "terrifying" degree and subsequently, check into rehab three times. "I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine and mind-altering substances," she said, revealing that she abused Ambien in addition to cocaine and alcohol. "Now I'm in a place where I don't need to use anything and I can feel emotions because I choose to."
Lindsay Lohan graces the cover of Muse magazine. Throughout the 18-page spread, Lohan bared her breast and her buttocks, while also dangling a cigarette from her mouth. Photographer Yu Tsai said she wanted to pay homage to the love affair of Kate Moss and Johnny Depp.
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"I was always fascinated by Johnny Depp and Kate Moss," photographer Yu Tsai told the New York Post, "and when I asked Lindsay to do a shoot, she jumped at the chance. It was all about her being sexy, channeling Kate from the '90s. When I suggested adding another girl, Lindsay invited Sofia, who is a friend and a dancer for Madonna."
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Lindsay Lohan posed in a menage a trois for Muse magazine. "The three of them were very sensual and provocative but Lindsay understands this piece was created not for any sensational value other than artistic integrity," photographer Yu Tsai said of the Muse photos. "There was never a discussion about pushing the boundaries. She was totally comfortable with the nudity as long as it had artistic integrity."
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Rehab-Revamped Lindz
Lindsay Lohan revisits her "Mean Girl" days on the set of "Ugly Betty." Lohan will play a former schoolmate of Betty Suarez (America Ferrerra) in a six-episode arc and appeared in a flashback scene for the season finale of the show. However, Lohan's high school duds in the episode aren't quite as chic as her "Mean Girls" gym wear.
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PAPER Magazine
Starlet Lindsay Lohan may not be hitting the big screen soon, but that doesn't mean her fans aren't getting their daily dose of the rehabbed actress. After posing nude for New York Magazine, Lohan reveals more of herself to Papermag. Lohan's photo shoot for the edgy publication was relatively PG, but Lohan did bare a bit of her soul for the interview. Addressing her hard-partying lifestyle before she hit rehab, Lohan said, "Everything was go-go-go, and the easiest thing was to run away from it, going out and drinking at night. You know, you don't have to think when you let go sometimes."
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Lohan also also unloaded on Papermag her insecurities about her next move in Hollywood. While she said she's waiting for "a great script, a great role," she also said that after a few months of not working, she realized how much being an out-of-work actress scares her. Meanwhile, she's reportedly been working with Ne-Yo on her third studio album.
PAPER Magazine
Rehab-Revamped Lindz
A series of outtakes has been released from Lindsay Lohan's New York magazine cover shoot, in which the Hollywood starlet channels Marilyn Monroe to recreate the sex symbol's final photo shoot.
 At left, one of the outtakes from the Lohan photo shoot with Bert Stern, the photographer in the original 1962 shoot who agreed to pull out his camera to create the new pictorial for New York magazine.
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Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe
Lohan stripped down and glammed up to play Marilyn Monroe in a recreation of the blond starlet's iconic photo shoot "The Last Sitting," which was taken weeks before her death in 1962. Bert Stern, the lensman behind the shoot, photographed the new pictorial for New York magazine. Lohan said she was thrilled to step in front of Stern's camera. She told the mag, "I didn't have to put much thought into it. I mean, Bert Stern? Doing a Marilyn shoot? When is that ever going to come up? It's really an honor."
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Rehab-Revamped Lindz
After leaving rehab in October 2007, Lohan confirmed to In Touch Weekly that she had a new man in her life and posed with her new beau, 25-year-old snowboarder Riley Giles, from Newport Beach, Calif., during her time at the treatment center in Utah, left.
 However, the rehab love wasn't meant to be. Lohan and Giles have reportedly broken up amid reports that Giles ditched Lohan to party in New York over Thanksgiving weekend.
Courtesy In Touch
Lindsay Lohan
Was the third time in rehab a charm for Lindsay Lohan? Earlier in her stay at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Sundance, Utah, the actress invited the photographers who used to catch her clubbing to snap away at her new pursuits: doing yoga, taking spiritual classes, writing in a journal, working at a nearby supermarket and caring for horses as part of her "equine therapy," according to OK! magazine. Whether she'll be as tame now that she has checked out of the Cirque Lodge remains to be seen.
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With her hair pulled back in a prim ponytail, and the Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book" in her hands, Lohan looks almost scholarly. Lawyers said that if the actress demonstrated she's trying to get her substance-abuse problem under control, the court might go easier on her seven misdemeanor charges. As part of a plea bargain, Lohan will have to serve one day in jail.
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ST. IGNACE — Defending Straits Area Conference cross country champion Sault High showed convincingly Tuesday that they are the favorites again.
The Blue Devils dominated the competition at the first SAC Jamboree at Doc Holle's Silver Mountain.
Sault High finished with five runners in the top 10 and won the boys meet with 25 points. Isaac Corbiere and Miles Misner finished 2-3 for the Blue Devils with times of 19:19 and 19:26. Andy Farlow placed fifth (19:34), Ethan Twardy sixth (19:45.7) and Anthony Anastasi 9th (20:17) to cap the Sault scoring.
Cedarville finished second with 86, followed by St. Ignace 96, Pickford 97, Newberry 200, Cheboygan 246, Rudyard 268 and Brimley 309.
Jacob Andrzejak of Pickford won the boys meet in 19:05. Also for the Panthers, Alec Firack was 19th (21:26).
Teddy Bowlby led Cedarville, placing eighth in 20:11. Also for the Trojans, Seth Bale was 12th (20:31.4), Avry Freel 17th (21:02) and Patrick McMaken 18th (21:05).
Andrew Sjogren of St. Ignace placed fourth (19:34). Brad Gustafson was 10th (20:20) and Jacob Sjogren 13th (20:31.9).
Sault High won the girls varsity meet with 41 points, doubling up second place St. Ignace (82). Newberry was third with 83, followed by Cedarville 102, Cheboygan 166, Rudyard 203, Pickford 313 and Brimley 333.
The Blue Devils had five top 12 finishers. Freshman Josie Roos led the Blue Devils, finishing fourth in 22:30. Courtney Arbic was sixth (22:51), Taylor Kalchik 9th (23:19), Rayka Devaprasad 10th (23:23) and Deana LaLonde 12th (23:27).
Lilly Calcaterra led St. Ignace, finishing third (22:10). Also for the Saints, Katie O'Rourke was 16th (24:00), Rosie Shimkovitz 17th (24:01) and Callie Kammers 19th (24:26).
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Emma Bohn of Cedarville was fifth (22:31), while Alexis Barr was 7th (23:14) and Leila Schlosser 15th (23:55).
Rudyard's Kaylee Hoolsema was 11th (23:25).
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As I have written elsewhere, I have been really into some of the writings of Glenn Wallis. Hes a meditation teacher and professor at the University of Georgia. Ive really connected with his translation of The Dhammapada and his Basic Teachings of the Buddha. I recently emailed him, and he has been very gracious in his responses. His website features some of his other writings. I particularly recommend his article called Touching the Earth. He told me that he was asked to write it by an editor of one of the Buddhist glossies, but then the editor thought it was too upsetting to publish. Anyway, I told him I thought it was great. You can find it on the following page. Just look for the link for the title of the piece:
I asked him a few questions about his orientation in Buddhism, and I thought his responses were compelling. Apparently, he had practiced Soto Zen for a number of years, but now focuses completely on the anapanasati tradition. He wrote,
I had a thriving Soto ground in Old City Philadelphia until several months ago. (We were an affiliate of Atlanta Soto Zen Center.) I considered it part of my own training as a meditation teacher and practitioner. I had to stop the group, though, because it became impossible for me to (1) reconcile Dogen's teachings with Gotama's, and (2) I found all the Japanese and Zen stuff to be a burden to the kind of stripped-down practice that you mention. I don't consider myself a Buddhist; I consider myself a student of Siddhattha Gotama. He recommends the practice of anapanasati. I have verified the value of that practice in my own life. So, that is enough for me. Anything else -- being Buddhist, chanting, robes, affiliations, etc., etc. -- is superfluous. I would not say that a meditation community is unnecessary, though. Again, I say this out of experience, not theory.
I wrote him back asking him why he found it impossible to reconcile Dogens teachings and Gotamas. He has yet to respond, but I am wondering if anyone here has some thoughts on this issue. I am interested because some teachers/writers in the Soto school, particularly Nishijima Roshi, seem to say that Dogen taught exactly what Gotama taught. Any thoughts?


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How to land good airplane seats
Get the airplane seat assignment you want
If you've been cramped in an economy class middle seat in the middle row of five seats across on a trans-Atlantic flight you know how miserable the flight can be.
Selecting the best airplane seat available can make all the difference between a good and a terrible experience.
Where you sit on the plane matters even on short flights because you may be stuck in a bad seat waiting to take off for quite some time.
It's amazing to me how often travelers say they simply don't know how to choose a good seat or, if they do, they don't bother with it.
Here's how to use the strategies frequent flyers use. If you follow these steps you'll find good seats some of the time and get out of accepting bad seats most of the time.
Book Early
When you buy an airline ticket, you'll get an assigned seat if you don't choose your own. However, on some itineraries with more than one flight, you may not be assigned a seat on subsequent flights until you check in with a ticketing agent.
As soon as you make your reservation, book your seat. Keep in mind the further out you book from your departure, the better your seat selection usually will be.
Use Seating Maps
You may have never used an airline's seating map -- similar to the layout of cruise ship cabins that are usually shown in a cruise line's brochure -- you'll probably do so the next time you get automatically stuck in last row of the plane.
Almost every major airline has a map/layout of the configuration of seats that you can view online. Go to the airline's Web site and look at the seating chart for your flight.
You will need to know the type of plane (also known as the equipment) that you're flying on. For example, are you flying on a B777-200 or B757-200? Then all you have to do is look over the plane's seating chart and make a selection from those marked available.
Arrive Early
If all else fails, show up at the airport early -- about two and a half hours before an international flight.
Ask your airline representative to try to find you a better seat. Sometimes airlines keep a block of seats for full-fare passengers. On the day you fly, some of these better seats may open up.
Ask the agent to look for better seats, but don't give up the seat you have. If you do, you may find the new seat is the last one available and what's worse, it may be by a bathroom in the back of the plane.
You may learn the hard way that the old adage that grass is always greener can apply to seat selection, too.
Seats To Avoid
Some of the seats that are considered the worst are those that are near the galley or bathrooms, or near cabin steward stations
Those seats aren't considered undesirable just because of noise. You'll find that some seats that are near a lavatory can not fully recline.
Middle seats throughout the plane, running from front to the back of the airplane, are usually considered the least desirable seats in economy coach seating.
So where are the best seats? It depends on the size of the plane, its configuration and your own comfort parameters, but usually the most sought after seats are aisle seats located in the middle of the plane.
Exit Rows And Bulkhead Seats
Some passengers make it a point to get an exit row or bulkhead row seat. Both types of seats usually have extra leg room. But there is a down side to being able to stretch your legs a bit further.
Depending on what plane you're flying on, your exit row seat may not recline. This is something you may not be able to find out online when you're looking at the airplane map. You may have to contact the airlines by phone to ask about reclining seats in the exit row you prefer.
On long overnight flights, bulkhead rows are favored by mothers with children. In fact, the airline may book a family here because it's easier to prop up a temporary crib against the plane in front of the seats.
That may be fine for the family, but nearby passengers may be treated to the cries of small children. If your modus operandi is to sleep across the Atlantic, the bulkhead row may not offer a quiet ride.
Speak Up
On some flights, seats are automatically booked from the back to the front of the plane in that order.
So if you're assigned a seat in the back of the plane, don't automatically accept that 33C seat. Speak up and ask for a seat closer to the front.
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Quinn budget speech to face election year scrutiny
CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver a budget address this week that could be the most crucial of his career, as he grapples with a critical decision about raising the tax burden in Illinois at the start of one of the most competitive political campaigns nationwide.
Quinn's pitch to lawmakers comes as the state confronts the major financial dilemma of whether to extend an income tax increase, and as he faces a serious re-election challenge from Republican Bruce Rauner, who's already deemed him "the worst governor in America."
The Chicago Democrat is expected to reveal his proposal for what to do when the temporary tax sunsets, leaving a roughly $1.6 billion drop in revenue and the need for deep cuts — the first major fiscal issue since Rauner won the GOP nomination. Quinn's speech Wednesday in Springfield will also be his opportunity to deliver a message to critical groups, like unions, that have been disillusioned with him but that he'll need come November.
"He's kind of in a trick box," said Chris Mooney, a political scientist at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Quinn could let the tax increase expire and deliver bad news to education and public safety workers. "On the other hand, if he says we should make the increase permanent, then he plays right into Bruce Rauner's hands in the fall," Mooney added.
Rauner, a Winnetka venture capitalist, won a closer-than-expected GOP primary contest over state Sen. Kirk Dillard after spending and raising millions, including $6 million of his own money. Most of his first bid for public office focused on fighting "government union bosses" and curbing the tenure of career politicians.
Quinn, who easily won his Democratic nomination, has already set out to differentiate himself from Rauner.
He's questioned Rauner's business dealings, wealth and flip-flop on the minimum wage. But neither Quinn nor Rauner has offered specifics on the budget, which has been under election year scrutiny.
Quinn asked lawmakers to move his budget speech from Feb. 19 until after the primary, which Republicans deemed as political posturing so Quinn would know his primary opponent. But Quinn said he needed more time to develop a five-year spending plan.
He signed the last temporary tax increase after lawmakers approved it in the final hours of a 2011 legislative session with the idea that the approximately 67 percent increase would help fill a budget hole.
The tax sunset coming in January has set the stage for a fight as Republicans demand the increase be allowed to expire and top Democrats predict dire cuts. The issue erupted Friday during a tense committee hearing where the heads of several state agencies testified and Republicans accused Democrats of putting on a "dog and pony show" to justify another tax increase.
Universities are bracing for deep funding reductions which could mean tuition hikes, increases in student-to faculty ratios and fewer course offerings. Illinois Department of Corrections officials said a 20 percent cut would be "nothing short of disastrous." Senate President John Cullerton has warned of a $3 billion budget gap — including the $1.6 dip in revenue — that would translate roughly into 27 percent across-the-board cuts, including teacher layoffs.
That worries unions.
Labor played a key role in the primary, with the largest unions backing Dillard and working to defeat Rauner. But now union members want reassurances from Quinn.
Quinn has typically had strong support from unions, and picked up a major endorsement Monday from the Service Employees International Union in Illinois. But many labor groups have been angry with him for withholding pay raises and a landmark pension overhaul that cuts benefits for employees and retirees. Savings from the pension law — which is undergoing legal challenges from unions — won't be factored into Quinn's budget.
"It's a lot for him to do to win back the trust and faith of public employees," said Dan Montgomery, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, who wants an extension of the tax increase, if even a partial one. "We start with that budget address and hearing what he says."
He said the union hasn't determined the role it'll play in the general election, but it'll work to defeat Rauner.
Rauner, who wants the income tax increase to expire, is sure to pounce on whatever Quinn proposes. Since he won the nomination, he's amped up talk of working families. Rauner has faced criticism for being out of touch and initially saying he'd cut the minimum wage. He later said he'd raise it under the right circumstances.
"Families in Illinois are struggling. They're suffering from the political leadership in Springfield," he said last week. "That's what we need to fundamentally change."
Quinn's other options could be to leave the tax issue up to legislators and focus his energies on other ways to generate revenue, such as supporting House Speaker Michael Madigan's proposal to raise taxes on Illinois residents who earn over $1 million annually or institute a new tax structure based on people's ability to pay. Almost all public-employee unions support a so-called progressive tax.
Quinn has declined to talk about the budget before his speech.
"I'll lay out with specificity, with concrete details exactly what the budget's going to be in the coming fiscal year," he told reporters Monday.
However, Senate Republicans have outlined a list of conditions that must be met before they'll sign off on a spending plan, including worker compensation reforms and a moratorium on new state programs or expansion of existing ones. They also want talk of a new tax structure off the table.
Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno noted numerous GOP budget proposals have been "mocked" in past years.
"If they want us to work with them," she said. "There are things they're going to have to recognize and commit to."


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Not knowing is most intimate...
As long as you are standing in front of the mountain, knowing the mountain, seeing the mountain, admiring its landscape, is but removing yourself from the mountain. As you climb, as you go you become part of the mountain, the mountain beneath your feet is not seen,perceived as such, rather experienced fully, the mountain have swallowed you, you have embraced the mountain to become it.
This is the relationship between self and sitting. From a distance there is Zen, zazen, as you take the shape and form of the mountain state, this state and this form vanishes, as you wear the kesa, you cannot see it. Not knowing is total intimacy with the source, the origin.
So not knowing is not ignorance or behaving like an idiot or a fool. Not knowing is living fully out of the expanse- space before thoughts arise, hishiryo.beyond thinking
In zazen shin, a needle for zazen, Dogen starts like this:
While Great Master Yakusan Kōdō1 is sitting, a monk asks him, "What are you thinking in the still-still state?" The master says, "Thinking the con- crete state of not thinking." The monk says, "How can the state of not think- ing be thought?" The master says, "It is non-thinking." Experiencing the state in which the words of the great master are like this, we should learn in practice "mountain-still sitting," and we should receive the authentic transmission of "mountain-still sitting": this is the investigation of "mountain-still sitting" that has been transmitted in Buddhism. "Thinking in the still-still state" is not of only one kind, but Yakusan's words are one example of it. Those words are "Thinking the concrete state of not thinking.
Hishiryo, non thinking, beyond thinking, is the essence and secret of our treasury house. And again in this, thoughts may arise as clouds in the vast blue sky, not knowing is the sky- like, sea- like, state like the sea state as Dogen puts it. But collapse into a thought, believe your thought, become your thought , identify with it and you enter instantly the world of knowing. Entering the word - world of knowing you end up smelling like a dead cat, good for universities and lecturing, writing brilliant stuff or recipe books, useless for cooking your life. You d better be good for nothing. as Santoka puts it,
in the embrace of mountains
I am naked.
A common misconception of Zen ractice is that it should lead to a state without thoughts. Of course not! Thoughts making is a natural process of he brain, the point is not to be brain dead but stepping back, taking the backward step, to appreciate Big mind, to live in and out the Big reality that we are, not merely a few inches of flesh and a collection of random thoughts. As some Zen words say: Born from a hole and ending thrown into another one,
...really???is it really what life is?
IT is as-it-isness, original face, not knowing, call it pepsi or fake plastic gimmick, it IS.
When in the dokusan moment you appear on the screen or enter the room, It comes just with- as- you.
When you wake up and do things and not do things, It radiates. Not before or after. Exactly, precisely as you do. Thoughts? An aftermath effect.
Not knowing, knowing not.
This is the not knowing thing that makes lecturers and writers and philosophers so shallow and vain.
Not knowing is raw, undiluted. Kind of straight to the point, razor blade like, juicy, meaty, not wrapped in much fuss.
As is.
Doesn t mean Zen teachers should indulge in rawness.
They pick up whatever works to help you to unload.
In the mountain state, no need for much. It is all complete and full and ripe. The chase has stopped, blossoms and leaves collide, snow and furnace cuddle, the old and new have one face.
This cae is very close to ordinary mind is the way , case 19 of the Gatelss Gate.
Please consider these questions:
When you get up, what happens then?
Does not knowing has a colour or shape?
Does it speak?
How big are the legs?
How far its arms can reach out?
How to know not knowing?
How can it be known?
Where are you in this knowing?
Still there?
Gassho in not knowing


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Purchasing suits online is no longer difficult with our guide on how to measure for a suit. Simply follow the below instructions on how to measure yourself to ensure that you can get the perfect fit when buying a suit online.
You will need to wear a close-fitting t-shirt when measuring yourself for a suit, ensuring a more accurate measurement. You will also need a cloth measuring tape and the help of another person to guarantee the most accurate measurements.
Once you have your basic measurements, feel free to get in touch with us for further assistance on how to buy your suit online. But in the meantime, here is a guideline:
Long/Short Fitted Suits:
First on how to measure yourself for a suit would be considering the length. When ordering long or short fitted suits, here are the rules that you must follow:
- If you are under 5'8" in height, opt for a short fitting suit
- If you are 6'3" or over, a long fitting is advisable
Remember, this is a guide only as regular fit suits can be altered to fit. (ie sleeves can be shortened or lengthened and trousers can also be altered.)
Chest Measurement
When thinking about how to measure a man for a suit, you need to measure the chest for shirts, waistcoats and jackets. To measure accurately, place your measuring tape under your arms, around the widest part of your back and across your chest as shown on the image.
Ensure that you don't pull the tape tight to your chest, making sure to give 2 or 3 fingers of movement under the tape measure. Leaving this space ensures that you have a comfortable, tailored fit without the final piece being too tight.
Crown to Cuff
The crown to cuff measurement determines the length of your jacket sleeve. This measurement must be correct if you want to show your shirt cuff below your jacket sleeve.
To get an accurate measurement, pull the tape from the middle of your shoulder's crown down to your wrist.
Back length
The back length can vary from brand to brand, and it depends on personal preference.
If you already have a jacket that you like the length of, we advise that you use this as a reference.
Measure from below the collar stand down to the hem of your preferred jacket length.
Alternatively, if you do not have a jacket for reference, hold your arm straight down to your side, and measure your back length until it is in line with your knuckle.
Trouser Inside Leg and Outside Leg
When measuring your inside and outside leg length, it is vital to have your trousers sitting where you usually wear them. You will also need to consider where you want them to sit on your shoes.
For your inside leg measurement, place the tape measure on top of the inside leg and measure down to the hem, or wherever you would like the trouser to sit, pulling the tape measure tight as you do so.
For the outside leg measurement, measure from the top of the waist to the base of your shoe, excluding the heel.
Jacket Waist Measurement
Understanding how to measure for a suit jacket to suit your figure and body structure is crucial as this gives the all-important fitted look.
Firstly, ensure that you measure the narrow section above your hips and below your chest; this is your natural waist. Pull the tape measure firm but not too tight as this provides room for adjustment.
If you're looking for a slimmer fit, we can always tweak this if you visit us in our Hull store.
Centre Back
Generally, we would measure for the centre back measurement from the middle of your back to your arm's inside. For ease of measurement, please measure the entire span of your back.
Notice on the example photo that we measure from the broadest part of the shoulder across to the other when showing how to measure for a suit.
Trouser Waist Measurement
Next up on how to measure for a suit in the UK is the trousers. This measurement differs from your natural waist measurement.
Trousers sit slightly higher than jeans which is why you need to pull your trousers up to your waist before measuring.
Measure around your waist where your trouser waistband sits. Then pull the tape measure firm but not too tight.
The waist measurement on suit trousers is designed for easy alterations to get that perfect tailored fit. Waist measurements may vary with different manufacturers, making this an essential measure.
Trouser Seat Measurement
The seat measurement is the most crucial trouser measurement because this cannot be altered easily.
For the trouser seat measurement, stand with your feet parallel and pull the measuring tape around the seat's most prominent part and around your hips. Measure firmly but not too tight.
The seat measurement is usually more pronounced for athletes, which often means you need to go up a trouser size and have the waist reduced.
Make sure to follow every step of this simple guide on how to measure for a suit and you will have no trouble in purchasing a ready to wear suit or shopping for suits online.
We hope you found this helpful and straightforward but If you have any questions about any of your body measurements or anything suit related, feel free to get in touch with our expert team who are always on-hand to offer their advice. Check out our guide on how to measure for collar size if you need further assistance.
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In responding to President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism speech on Thursday, MSNBC's Martin Bashir was joined on-air by Chris Hayes, another host at the network. In addition to speaking about the president's proposals and plans, the two had a curious conversation about the horrific machete attack that unfolded in London on Wednesday.
Bashir and Hayes both maintained that the attackers are merely "murderers" and likely not al-Qaeda operatives and that they -- and others like them -- cannot be used to justify an ongoing War on Terror.
"Two lunatics out of nowhere with no connection to any terrorist nexus or any organization decide to hack a British soldier to death in the name of Allah, as they said," Bashir noted, going on to connect this scenario back to national security and America's ongoing war against extremism and asking, "Where does the war end?"
Using the Tsarnaev brothers' -- suspects in the Boston Marathon terror attack -- as examples, Hayes noted that they were not connected to larger terror cells. He compared their lack of a link to a larger umbrella group to the suspects in the London attack.
"They may say that they're some affiliate or something," Hayes said of the machete murderers. "These are just murderers. These are murderers."
Then, the two went on the lament the fact that anecdotal incidents perpetuated in the name of Islamic extremism, but absent of any larger-scale plot on behalf of an organization like al-Qaeda, are sometimes used to bolster efforts associated with the War on Terror.
"Those individuals are used by people to justify the fact that the War on Terror continues," Bashir said.
Hayes, who maintained that these men are mere murderers throughout the exchange, said that their actions should not force the U.S. into perpetual war. In Britain, though, Prime Minister David Cameron and other officials have dubbed the deadly assault an act of terror.
"We may never be able to create a world in which there are no Tsarnaev brothers," Bashir added.
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I am a resident of Sherman Township in St. Joseph County. I am responding to the recent article in the Sturgis Journal which spoke to the no confidence vote by the Glen Oaks Community College's unionized faculty regarding the President Gary Wheeler.
I have had several occasions to interact with Dr. Wheeler. These interactions were issues involving Lake Templene and the college acreage. At all times, Dr. Wheeler made himself available and was most generous with his time. He understood our needs and gave us the full support of the college when necessary.
During our discussions, it was clearly apparent how proud he was of the college and how he wanted to support those issues that benefited the college as a whole and the students in particular. At all times, Dr. Wheeler acted in a highly professional manner. When necessary, he involved other staff members in our discussions to insure the issues being discussed were given due diligence.
As a local taxpayer, Gary Wheeler has my full support.
Gregg E. Dohm, Sturgis
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I would like to clarify my recent letter to the editor. In that letter, I stated that MDOT shared incorrect information with the public and gave a false picture of their project when they publicized that all land for the project had been "secured".
My statement was based upon the fact that we have not yet reached a negotiated settlement with MDOT. We did, however, give Right of Entry. We are continuing to negotiate a final settlement. To MDOT, the term "secured" refers to possession of the land and not title to the land and that by that statement, MDOT did not intend to confuse the public.
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Trail would offer many benefits
If you canoe or drive around, you see them. The stone columns in the St. Joe River or the wood pilings in the Prairie River, or the embankment on Mintdale Road just west of North Centreville Road and other interesting sightings all around the county.
Some intriguing names like "The Fishing Line," "Air Line", "Pumpkinvine" and the "Old Road" all have a common connections and that is, they are part of our history. They helped grow the towns and villages we know and love and as time passes, history is soon forgotten.
These names and places were common carriers. Some sightings and names are all that remain of the first three. The but the Old Road is still here and it could become a common carrier again as a multi-use trail for walking, running, equestrian and biking use as well as a preservation of history.
The Old Road, the oldest railroad in Michigan, was used for the orphan and immigrant trains. A trail would help people stay healthy by not having to use the roads, which are getting more dangerous everyday, for family outings and quiet observation and enjoyment of nature.
A lot of people agree that trails are a good thing, but people say it would cost too much, but not if you start out slowly — a walking, equestrian, hiking, biking trail with no asphalt. St. Joseph County has lost three opportunities for trails. We now have our last chance for one from Sturgis to Burr Oak, Bronson and Coldwater. It's a wonderful way to preserve history and enjoy the quiet beauty of nature peacefully. Other commuities have trails and they are wonderful additions that enhance growth.
I believe a nice trail would benefit many in Branch and St. Joseph County and be a beautiful addition to our Sauk Trail Heritage route. There is something energizing about setting out a long trail. You satisfy a need for adventure, exercise, peace of mind and a connection with the past and nature and friendship with others. So why not? Let's see it happen.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on January 23, 2010
Situationist Contributor David Yosifon published a thoughtful and timely op-ed, in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle. Here are some excerpts.
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Corporations are crucial institutions in our society. Consumers rely on them for everything from the basic provisions of food and clothing to the more dispensable delights of computers and cell phones. Workers rely on them for jobs. Communities need them for a tax base. Shareholders rely on them for profits that fund retirement, or entrepreneurial activity.
We all have a stake in effective corporate operations. Yet corporate directors are not required, indeed are not allowed, to put the interests of any party above shareholders in their decision making.
Now the Supreme Court has declared that the First Amendment forbids us from restricting corporate spending on political campaigns. If we cannot restrain corporations from influencing our democracy, then we must have more democracy in the management of our corporations. Directors of publicly traded corporations should be required to become informed about and to deliberate on the interests of all corporate stakeholders, not just shareholders.
The idea that we all have a stake in corporate behavior might seem at odds with the current "shareholder primacy" rule in corporate governance. But it could make sense. Most shareholders are highly diversified, with small investments in a large number of funds or corporations spread across the country and the world. The profit-maximization rule provides shareholders sufficient repose to invest their money at such a distance and with so little say in corporate decisions. Workers, on the other hand, can negotiate and monitor their wages and working conditions directly, or through unions. Consumers can manage their corporate interests at the cash register – they can buy at the offered price or walk away.
But corporations are often more powerful than workers or consumers. Firms can skimp on safety, for example, in ways that are difficult to observe – think asbestos in the factory or trans fats in the fries. Sure, sometimes the socially responsible corporate policy is also the most profitable – as when safer products attract more consumers. But it is naive to think that shareholder interests are always aligned with the rest of society. For a long time policymakers have argued that even where society is vulnerable to corporate overreaching, corporate boards should still focus on shareholder interests. We should rely, the story goes, on external government regulation – such as workplace safety, consumer protection or antipollution statutes – to safeguard social interests.
This approach assumes that government will be capable of developing regulations sufficient to constrain corporate misconduct. But corporations have the incentive and power to stunt such efforts. Firms accomplish this in part through lobbying, donations and direct spending in support of candidates. Because of their wealth, corporations can routinely best other constituencies in the competition for regulatory favor. This problem will only intensify with the new Supreme Court ruling.
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You can read the op-ed in its entirety here.
For a sample of related Situationist posts, see "Taking the Situation of Consumers Seriously," "Against Freedom of Commercial Expression – Abstract," "Merchants of Discontent – Abstract," "The Changing Face of Marketing?," "Reclaiming Corporate Law in a New Gilded Age – Abstract," "The Situation of Illusion," "Hey Dove! Talk to YOUR parent!," "The Situation of Our Food – Part II," "The Situation of Our Food – Part III," "The Changing Face of Marketing?," "The Illusion of Wall Street Reform," "Reclaiming Corporate Law in a New Gilded Age – Abstract," "Deep Capture – Part VI," and "Deep Capture – Part VII."
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January 24, 2010 at 6:36 pm
David – As you know,I couldn't agree more that this is a very troubling decision and is likely to have pernicious effects. But I think these interests will block efforts to reform corporate law to make corporations consider stakeholders as well as shareholders just as they will block many other regulatory efforts. And I'm concerned that trying to reform for-profit corporations to make them more democratic (which I think is unlikely to succeed and even if it succeeds is likely to present unmanageable complexity to corporate decision-making. It is already the case that managers have very complex and difficult decisions to make just trying to make decisions as between long and short term profit. If we add into this the notion that they should do internal goal setting or decision-making within the rubric of goals other than profit-making I am not sure that is going to be a manageable task, institutionally. Moreover, since I do not have a say in electing their boards or managers, I'm not sure I really want them charged with social policy responsibility. And I most definitely don't want them to be able to assume the mantle of social responsibility without actually delivering any more of it. My biggest concern about Citizens United is my concern that the language of corporate personhood will be quickly adopted in the commercial speech context and so we will see that just as Bellotti was used to bolster arguments by Nike to fend off Kasky's suit, so too Citizens United's rhetoric will be used to assert freedom from regulation of tobacco advertising, prescription drugs, securities regulation (and boy does it ever seem to be a bad time to undermine the ability of the government to regulate the financial sector and the capital markets!), etc. We'll just have to wait and see but I predict a flurry of motions for rehearing, motions to dismiss, and motions for summary judgment in these commercial speech cases arising out of the rhetoric in Citizens United. I actually think maybe old style, externally imposed regulation by government is also most economically efficient for businesses, much as managers like to gripe, because there it is (at least in theory) the polity that is making the decisions about social policy and relieving management of the decision-making. It is simple. You just can't do it. Of course, because corporations can't be jailed and because the decision to break the law and pay the fine is often economically attractive, even externally imposed limits may not function as real limits on corporate misconduct. This decision may end up being the Lochner, or even the Dred Scott, of this century, that is, a decision which will ultimately be repudiated as inconsistent with our values and seen as a blot on the institution of the Court but which in the meantime may do terrible damage.


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Facing worrying job cuts, investor downgrades, and potential irrelevance in the market, AMD is trying to attract attention to its line of gaming GPUs by expanding its "Never Settle" bundling program to include up to three new games.
Consumers that purchase AMD's top-end Radeon 7900 series of GPUs will now get license codes to download Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs. The lower-end 7700 or 7800 series cards come with a code for FarCry 3, but customers can add a license for Hitman: Absolution by buying two of the lower-end cards at once. Each of the graphics cards will also come with a coupon for a 20 percent discount off the Digital Deluxe Edition of Medal of Honor: Warfighter.
Bundling hot new games with graphics cards isn't exactly a new practice: AMD has been offering Sleeping Dogs with its cards since this summer, replacing a previous bundle with DiRT Showdown, and Nvidia is currently offering Borderlands 2 with its GeForce cards. But offering $170 worth of newly released games and coupons with a graphics card that retails for just over $300 is a major expansion of the practice, and a sign that AMD is trying hard to differentiate its graphics hardware from the competition this holiday season.
AMD is also using the promotion as a way to highlight its new Catalyst 12.11 drivers, which it says have been tuned to provide performance gains of up to 15 percent on titles from its "Gaming Evolved" partners, including Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, and Medal of Honor: Warfighter.


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The iPhone made a huge splash on the smartphone market when it landed on AT&T's network in 2007. Since then, the iPhone has been an AT&T-exclusive; that is until now. Verizon officially announced that it will sell a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 next month.
"Today we're partnering with a giant of the industry, and that's Apple," said Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell Mcadam. Despite earlier reports that suggested that it would be Apple CEO that would join the Verizon stage to tout the iPhone 4, it was actually Tim Cook that carried the torch for Apple during the press conference.
"We are pleased to introduce millions of wireless users to the industry leading iPhone 4 on the nation's most reliable network," said McAdam. "This is an important step for the industry as two great companies join forces to give wireless customers one of the most important technological additions to the mobile landscape this century."
"Verizon Wireless customers have told us they can't wait to get their hands on iPhone 4, and we think they are going to love it," said Apple COO Tim Cook. "We have enormous respect for the company Verizon has built and the loyalty they have earned from their customers."
Hardware changes are minimal, and all the same features of the GSM version of the iPhone 4 (dual camera, retina display, A4 processor, etc.) are still found on Verizon's iPhone 4.
Verizon Wireless executives were also quick to point out that it has built out its network with enough backhaul capacity to support the iPhone 4 and the data that the device consumes. It appears that Verizon Wireless doesn't want a repeat of the strain that iPhones have put on AT&T's fragile network.
Existing Verizon Wireless customers will be able to pre-order the iPhone 4 on February 3. Everyone else will be able to purchase the device on February 10 when it is made publicly available. Prices are the familiar $199 for the 16GB iPhone 4 and $299 for the 32GB iPhone 4. A nice addition to the Verizon iPhone 4 is that it will act as a 3G "Personal Hotspot" for up to five devices (another nod to Verizon Wireless' confidence in its network's reliability).
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Do you remember my del.icio.us resolution? Martha and her cookie of the day series are not being much helpful here. Seriously – how can I cut down my del.icio.us posts if everyday I feel like adding a new cookie recipe to it?
Don't these look and sound amazing? Not to mention the recipe seemed easy to put together and one can find the ingredients in any baker's pantry. Oh, Martha. After these, how can I say no to your cookie recipes?
The cookies turned out really big and tasted great. One should be enough to kill any chocolate cravings – but if you feel like it, have 2, just in case. :)
Giant chocolate sugar cookies
1 ½ cups (210g) all-purpose flour
½ cup (45g) good-quality unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup (113g/1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ cups (300g) sugar
½ cup (113g/1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 190ºC/375ºF. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in additional melted butter. Add egg and vanilla; mix until creamy. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
Using a 2 ½-inch (6.25cm) ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 4 inches (10cm) apart. Bake until edges are firm, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 days.
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Police: Convicted killer who escaped from Michigan prison captured in Indiana
IONIA, Mich. — A convicted killer who peeled a hole in two fences with his hands to escape from a Michigan prison before abducting a woman and fleeing to Indiana was captured Monday evening after a chase, authorities said.
Officials were stunned by the brazen escape Sunday night of Michael David Elliot, who had a record of good behavior during his 20 years in custody. He wore a white civilian kitchen uniform to evade security and blend in with snow at the Ionia Correctional Facility in western Michigan, prisons spokesman Russ Marlan said.
Indiana State Police Sgt. Ron Galaviz said Elliot was captured in LaPorte County after a police chase.
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That chase began after authorities there got a report of a car stolen from a factory in the city of LaPorte, said sheriff's Maj. John Boyd. A deputy who happened to be nearby spotted the stolen Chevrolet Monte Carlo "within a few seconds," Boyd said.
Authorities chased the car through the city and into a rural area of Kankakee Township several miles away, where law enforcement used stop sticks to disable the vehicle.
Boyd said Elliot tried to flee but was arrested and taken to the LaPorte County Jail, where he was being held without bond. No injuries resulted from the chase, authorities said. The LaPorte County Sheriff's Department said Elliot he faces charges there of motor vehicle theft and resisting law enforcement.
How exactly Elliot was able to get out of the Michigan prison remains unclear. Fences were equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. The fences also carry electric current to shock anyone that touches them.
"It appears that did not happen. … He was not zapped with electricity, and he was not picked up by the motion sensors," Marlan said.
Once outside the prison, Elliot, 40, abducted a woman and stole her Jeep, authorities said. The woman, who was not hurt, escaped late Sunday when he stopped for gas in Middlebury, Ind., some 100 miles to the south. The woman's red Jeep was found abandoned nearby in Shipshewana on Monday.
At least one school was locked down, residents were warned to stay inside and officers went door-to-door in the area.
An alert was issued to law enforcement nationwide. The woman told police that Elliot was armed with a box cutter and a hammer and had said he wanted to get as far from the Michigan prison as possible.
"We had dog teams. We had a helicopter from the state police," said Michigan Corrections Department Director Dan Heyns. "The response was good, but he'd left the area by the time we were mobilized totally 100 percent. It didn't take him long to get down to Indiana."
Nothing in Elliot's record suggested he might escape, said Heyns, who added, "This is entirely a one-man operation."
The woman who was abducted was able to call 911 from a concealed cellphone while Elliott was pumping gas at the store near Middlebury in Elkhart County, Ind., authorities said. She ran to a restroom and locked herself inside. Elliot knocked on the door, but she stayed inside until police arrived.
Elliot was discovered missing from the prison about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, probably 2 ½ hours after he escaped by using his hands to create a hole in two fences, Marlan said.
"There was a perimeter vehicle with an armed officer who was circling the facility during this time period. (Elliot) was able to evade or avoid detection," Marlan said.
He said it wasn't immediately known if electronic security measures at the fence were not working or if Elliot somehow avoided them.
Elliot was serving life in prison without parole for fatally shooting four people and burning down their Gladwin County house in 1993 when he was 20 years old, according to court records. Elliot and his accomplices were trying to steal money from a drug dealer, police said.
He was arrested a few days later and had a gun that tied him to the slayings. One of Elliot's co-defendants testified against him, saying he laughed about shooting the victims in the head.
Elliot was convicted of first-degree murder in 1994.