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Police & Fire: May 10, 2013
Disorderly conduct
Sault Police were called to an I-75 Business Spur parking lot Thursday evening on reports of a disturbance arriving to find one of the involved parties was walking along W. 25th Avenue.
In making contact with this individual, officers recognized him from a similar complaint from earlier in the day.
A subsequent investigation into the later incident, coupled with a witness who wished to pursue the complaint, resulted in the arrest of Kenneth D. Pruitt, 23, of the Sault for disorderly conduct- disturbing the peace.
Pruitt was booked into the Chippewa County Jail.
Malicious destruction
Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies were called out to Nicolet Road Thursday on a malicious destruction of property complaint where a mailbox had been damaged.
The incident is believed to have occurred in the early morning hours on Thursday prior to 10 a.m.
The case remains open and authorities have not yet met with any possible suspects in this matter.
Downed line
Sault Police and Sault Firefighters converged on the 200 block of Marquette shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday on reports of a downed power line only to find that a cable wire had fallen into the street.
Firefighters removed the obstruction and notified the cable company regarding the matter before all of the emergency units departed from the scene.


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I'm personally critical of the libertarian thought that comes from Ayn Rand, but since my political beliefs aren't the issue here, I'm going to try to stay away from that topic as much as I can manage. Instead, I want to focus on the weird cult-like status that Rand attained, and some oddities about her philosophy that make "Objectivism" seem not so objective.
Here come some links (check this post right before the show because I may add more):
- Wikipedia article on Objectivism
- Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature, a blog critical of Ayn Rand
- A post from the above about "Second-Handers". The comments section is especially amusing due to the fact that one of the Objectivist commenters attacks the author by saying "From the content of this blog alone I judge that you are a second-hander, a parasite on Ayn Rand, and to buy your book would be to enable that" - thereby providing an unwitting demonstration of the term "second-hander" as a well poisoning technique.
- Alice in Wonderland: A critique of Ayn Rand from a Libertarian perspective
- The Unlikeliest Cult In History by weird beliefs investigator Michael Shermer
- Just for fun, here's tvtropes.org explaining just which cliches are scattered throughout Atlas Shrugged. I'll discuss a few of my favorites: "Mary Sue" (both Dagny Taggart and John Galt filling the role as idealized stand-ins for the author); "Author Filibuster" (56 pages worth of uninterrupted prosyletizing!) and "Anvilicious."
- Today's musical selection is from "2112" by Rush. Neil Peart has stated that the concept album was inspired Ayn Rand's book, Anthem.


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Nature Point Idea Home 2008
One-of-a-kind-and ecofriendly
Builders in the 21st century have a new mission: to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind homes that preserve green space and save energy. We designed Nature Point, our 2008 Idea Home in Minnetonka, Minnesota (13 miles west of downtown Minneapolis), by combining classic, carriage-house-style architecture with eclectic furnishings and ecoconscious materials. The 4,671-square-foot house keeps its overall footprint relatively small with a narrow front profile that wraps around a hidden three-car garage. The environmentally friendly features in our home earned it a Silver Star Certification from the Minneapolis Green Institute's GreenStar program.
See Building Green slide show for details on exterior and interior green choices.
Conserving woods and wetlands
The Idea Home is part of Portico on the Green, a development by builder Keith Waters & Associates that conserves existing natural resources and minimizes changes to the land. The home's large rear windows offer unobstructed views of woods and wetlands. Sustainable siding and energy-efficient windows are among the environmentally friendly features of the house
Living room with a view
Twelve-foot ceilings in the living room accommodate stacked windows that offer floor-to-ceiling views. Part of an open floor plan that includes the kitchen and dining room, this room's 6-foot-tall limestone and granite fireplace visually anchors its comfortable seating area. The home uses low-vapor Behr paints in hues that mimic the quiet tones of stone, driftwood, ebony and bronze.
An eclectic dining room
The dining room, kitchen and living room open to one another, requiring interior design that would unite them. We used earthy colors to link spaces and a mix of furniture styles, such as the variety of chairs at our dining table, to add pizzazz. We limited accessories to just a few "statement" art pieces that hold their own with the views.
Kitchen with smart options
Our L-shape kitchen focuses on a 10-foot-long, counter-height island. It offers an apron sink, a large granite work surface and eating space for three. Wall cabinetry climbs 10 feet for lots of storage. Ecosmart options here include Bosch energy-efficient appliances as well as cabinetry from KraftMaid, which has received recognition for its green practices.
Sleek, new look
Separate refrigerator and freezer towers offer a sleek, new look for the kitchen. The room is well equipped for entertaining; in addition to a state-of-the-art dishwasher, cooktop, microwave and oven, it also has a tall wine refrigerator, warming drawer and built-in coffee system to handle the needs of the homeowners or a crowd.
Breezes and water flow
The disappearing screen system on our porch not only provides a bug-free summer gathering place, but lets breezes flow through French doors in the dining area to the kitchen/living areas. The circulating air helps reduce summer cooling costs. A Belgard paver floor system on the porch and patio lets water flow through into the ground, reducing the negative effects of runoff.
Master bedroom retreat
We designed our master suite to be a roomy, soothing retreat. Upstairs, at the front of the house, the suite includes a bedroom with built-in entertainment cabinetry, his-and-hers closets, a laundry room, a veranda and a luxurious bath that features a soaking tub and spa shower. We used calming colors to create a restful aesthetic, and planned for Minnesota's cold winters by carpeting both the upstairs and downstairs.
Small comforts
Built-in cabinetry in the master bedroom takes the place of an armoire for clothes storage, books and more, while also providing room for a flat-screen TV and its accessories. An overstuffed chair and ottoman are nearby. Window treatments (at left in photo) act as valves that control energy flow through glass.
Home spa escape
Our master bath feels more like a furnished room than a typical bathroom. A large, drapery-framed window fills the space with light. Heated Quartzite floors inspired a calm natural color scheme, and Kohler curved ash vanities look like fine furniture. The space is serene, sophisticated and welcoming, but fully functional and "green." For instance, all faucets in the bath and throughout the home feature low-flow aerators to conserve water usage.
Peaceful veranda
The master bedroom's veranda, accessible through impressive, 10-foot-high French doors, offers a peaceful escape for morning coffee or stargazing during warmer months.
An entry with interest
The front of the house offers a gracious entry and a library/study (next slide). A mix of contemporary art, traditional furniture and Asian-influenced accessories welcomes visitors in the foyer.
Flexible study
In the first-floor study, tall wood doors with classic Schlage doorpulls open to a desk, love seat and flat-screen TV. Walls feature a paint treatment, while our locally harvested red birch flooring eliminated the high transportation costs that would've been required for a more exotic species. Decorating tip: Layer area rugs for impact. Put a neutral color, nonpatterned rug down first, then accent with an interchangeable bolder choice that emphasizes a style or season.
Media room style
Downstairs, a family media room, mini kitchen, wet bar and guest bedroom welcome friends and family. To provide ample seating for enjoying movies, sports and games, we chose two comfy, 86-inch-wide, same-style sofas, one in a solid cream quilt and the other in an oversize navy pattern (with flip-flopped pillows), along with two leather club chairs. (The flat-screen TV is hidden in the armoire.) Room-darkening and highly insulated window shades offer a top-down or bottom-up feature that allows a variety of window looks and smart, but fashionable, light and energy control.
Bar smarts
A custom wet bar in the family room area downstairs is perfect for parties. The cabinet wall includes glass racks behind etched glass doors, vertical wine bottle storage, a bar sink and faucet, and plenty of customized storage behind closed doors.
Husband's retreat or guest bedroom
The upper level of the home includes not only the master bedroom but also two additional bedrooms and another bath to address the needs of an empty-nester couple. We see a new trend of empty nesters wanting two master bedrooms to accommodate the different sleep patterns and space needs of older couples. We designed this room as a husband's retreat with that in mind, yet the space could easily act as a guest bedroom.
Home office: comfortable and organized
The third bedroom upstairs functions as a comfortable and organized home office. An all-in-one desk/armoire, a good-sized matching credenza and numerous baskets organize paperwork. A roomy daybed situated under the window offers a great place for quiet reflection or creative thinking.
Leisure options
The front of our home includes an expansive entry porch with room for an English-style teak garden bench from Gloster, along with two more chairs and a side table for informal neighborly chats. Other leisure options: the screened (or not-screened, as weather permits) covered outdoor porch on the main level; the upstairs veranda off the master bedroom; and a large elevated patio out back with a recirculating fountain and room for outdoor cooking and dining.
Pretty plantings
Extensive landscaping (with minimal site disturbance) uses timed irrigation and plants that need less water. We massed carefully selected, Zone-appropriate plants from Proven Winners for showy effect. Limestone garden walls create linear flowerbeds and offer ledges for overflowing pots (also on a timed watering system).
Main level floor plan
The main floor features a narrow front profile wrapped around a three-car garage, with the kitchen, dining room, and living room all opening to one another in the back and a screen porch off the dining room.
Upper level floor plan
The upper level features a master bedroom with veranda, a large master bath, a bedroom that could be a homeowner's retreat or a guest room, and a home office.
Lower level floor plan
The downstairs includes a family/media room, guest bedroom, bath, wet bar and mini kitchen.


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Decorating with Nuts
Harvest vases
Add fall flavor to a tabletop or mantel with cylinder vases filled with nuts and wheat. Roll coordinating scrapbooking paper into decorative cuffs that slip inside the vase.
Walnut photo holder
Give nature photos, family pics or place cards a seasonal lift. Drill a small hole in the top of a walnut. (Pick nuts with flatter bottoms so they stand up easily.) Cut a 6-inch piece of 18-gauge wire. Wrap one end of the wire twice around a wide marker. Remove the marker, and pinch the loops together. Insert the other end into the nut. Slip a photo or card between the loops.
Nuts and fruit
Create pretty accents with nuts and fruit. Hot-glue nuts to a pillar candle, then secure a circle of twine. Mix clove-studded fruit with nuts in bowls for a mix of fall colors.
Mixed-nut wreath
Turn a crafts-store wood frame into a harvest wreath. Hot-glue Brazil nuts, hazelnuts and acorns to the frame. Hang with a chocolate-hue ribbon.
Nuts and roses
Roses add a pop of color against nuts. Tuck a small glass bowl of rose heads inside a larger container of mixed nuts.
Nuts and leaf wreath
Use a variety of inexpensive fall materials to create this autumn wreath. Just hot-glue artificial leaves, walnuts and hazelnuts (or other hard-shell nuts) in a ring around the front of a grapevine wreath.
Hues of autumn
Footed glass containers show off ribbons, beans and nuts in fall hues. The copper tray adds shiny sophistication and makes the arrangement portable.
Candle accent
Nuts anchor a candle inside a hurricane lamp.
Stack 'em up
Show off your walnut photo holders (slide 2) in a set of stacked containers holding nuts and leaves.
Warm glow
Place nuts and a small votive candle inside glasses for a super-easy centerpiece or accent. Battery-powered candles are also an option.
Vase change-ups
Using the same technique to create the harvest vase in slide 1, change out the look with different toppers: Flowers, branches, snips of any pretty leafy plant from your yard.


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The Washington Nationals presidents race has been nothing if not puzzling in the month of May. Abe Lincoln raised suspicions by kicking off the month on an inhuman tear, running like the wind and taunting the other racing presidents. Yesterday he rather abrubtly returned to earth, but tonight at Nationals Park, our 16th president was back to his speedy, aggressive and risk-taking ways.
As the presidents race began in the 4th inning, "Honest Abe" stepped back and let the other racing presidents pass him by. After spotting the others a healthy lead, Abe took off at breakneck speed, attempting to catch and pass the other presidents. However, his overconfidence got the best of him, and while he passed Teddy and Tom, he did not reach the finish line in time to pass George Washington.
This video by YouTube user unbleachedbrun misses the beginning but shows Abe outpacing the field from behind. We heard some other fans shouting "Abe is on the juice!" after the game, so Abe's odd behavior has obviously not gone unnoticed.
Photos by flickr user Scott Ableman.


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ABC's slate of ethnically diverse fall series is authentic America, network executive says
ABC's fall slate includes new series about black, Asian-American and Hispanic families. But calling the network's choices a case study in diversity is to miss the point, said Paul Lee, ABC Entertainment Group president.
"It is a mission statement to reflect America," Lee told the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association on Tuesday. "That's not so much diversity as authenticity when you reflect America."
The network has the advantage of strong storytellers including Shonda Rhimes, the force behind ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal." She's going for a Thursday-night trifecta with "How to Get Away with Murder."
The new drama stars Viola Davis as a hard-charging law professor and criminal defense attorney, giving the African-American actress the kind of starring role that TV doesn't often accord minorities. Rhimes has done the same thing with "Scandal" and star Kerry Washington.
ABC, the home of white-oriented comedies "Modern Family" and "The Middle," will introduce ethnic families in the sitcoms "black-ish," ''Cristela" and "Fresh Off the Boat."
All of them have minority creators or producers or both behind the camera, which Lee said drives the shows' authenticity.
"Black-ish," about an African-American family whose father worries that they're losing touch with their ethnicity, stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross and includes creator Kenya Barris as well as Laurence Fishburne and Larry Wilmore among its executive producers.
Although the shows are about ethnically specific families, they are "relatable" for all viewers, Lee said. "These are American stories, make no mistake about it," he said.
Barris said race is not the central point of "black-ish."
"This show has so much less to do with race than it does with culture and identity," Barris said. America today is divided more along socio-economic lines than racial ones, he said, and the show intends to explore that division.
When Rhimes was asked to discuss the lesson TV might learn from the rarity of two shows with black female leads, she replied, "Do I think there are any lessons? No, I don't. The shows speak for themselves."
Whether her dramas might affect the medium "remains to be seen. It hasn't happened yet," she said.
Lee was asked why one returning show about an ethnic family, "The Goldbergs," seems to avoid the Jewish experience, such as showing a celebration of Hannukah or a bar mitzvah.
There is no agenda at work, Lee replied, saying such decisions were up to creator and executive producer Adam Goldberg.
"It's Adam's show," Lee said. "I'm not going to sit there as a network and say, as one Jew to another, 'I want a bar mitzvah.' "
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Fresh Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Compote Drizzle
Serves 8-10
Note: This recipe comes from Snow's Bend Farm in Coker, Alabama. It can be made in a Bundt pan for parties, or in cupcake form for picnicking.
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
8 ounces strawberries, trimmed and finely diced (about 1 cup)
Strawberry Compote Drizzle (see recipe)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking powder to blend and lighten.
3. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down and beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla.
4. With the mixer on low, beat in a third of the flour mixture. As soon as the flour is almost blended, add half the buttermilk and beat until blended. Repeat, until you've added all the flour and buttermilk. Avoid overbeating, which makes the cake tough.
5. Beat in the strawberries until just combined.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. (Cupcakes will take about 20 minutes.) Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack; when it's cool, gently invert it onto a cake plate. Serve with the Strawberry Compote.
Strawberry Compote Drizzle
Makes about 1 cup
8 ounces strawberries, trimmed, quartered
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Pinch salt
In a small saucepan, combine the strawberries, sugar and 1/4 cup water. Cook over medium heat until the strawberries are very soft and the mixture becomes compotelike and thick, stirring occasionally. Stir in the butter, lemon juice and salt. Taste and add more sugar, lemon juice or salt as needed.
— Martha Holmberg


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|import Control.Arrow
Arrows: A General Interface to Computation written by Ross Peterson.
HaWiki's UnderstandingArrows.
Monad.Reader's ArrowsIntroduction article.
ProdArrows -- Arrows for Fudgets is also a good general material on the arrow concept (and also good for seeing, how arrows can be used to implement stream processors and Fudgets). It is written by Magnus Carlsson.
See also Research papers/Monads and arrows.
Reasons, when it may be worth of solving a specific problem with arrows (instead of monads) can be read in a message from Daan Leijen.
Control.Arrow is the standard ibrary for arrows.
Arrow transformer library (see the bottom of the page) is an extension with arrow transformers, subclasses, useful data types (Data.Stream, Data.Sequence).
Various concepts follow here, which can be seen as concrete examples covered by the arrow concept. Not all of them provide links to Haskell-related materials: some of them are here only to give a self-contaned material (e.g. section #Automaton gives links only to the finite state concept itself.).
The reasons why the arrow concept can solve important questions when designing a parser library are explained in Generalising Monads to Arrows written by John Hughes.
A good example of the mentioned arrow parsers can be seen in A New Notation for Arrows written by Ross Paterson: figure 2, 4, 6 (page 3, 5, 6):
is represented with arrow parsers this way:
data Expr = Plus Expr Expr | Minus Expr Expr | ...
expr :: ParseArrow () Expr
expr = proc () -> do
t <- term -< ()
exprTail -< t
exprTail :: ParseArrow Expr Expr
exprTail = proc e -> do
symbol PLUS -< ()
t <- term -< ()
exprTail -< Plus e t
<+> do
symbol MINUS -< ()
t <- term -< ()
exprTail -< Minus e t
<+> returnA -< e
An arrow parser library: PArrows written by Einar Karttunen.
The funny thing which took a long time for me to understand arrow parsers is a sort of differential approach -- in contrast to the well-known parser approaches. (I mean, in some way well-known parsers are of differential approach too, in the sense that they manage state transitions where the states are remainder streams -- but here I mean being differential in another sense: arrow parsers seem to me differential in the way how they consume and produce values -- their input and output.)
The idea of borrowing this image from mathematical analysis comes from another topic: the version control systems article Integrals and derivatives written by Martin Pool uses a similar image.
Arrows and Computation written by Ross Paterson (pages 2, 6, 7) mentions that computation (e.g. state) is threaded through the operands of
&&&. I think this can be examplified very well with parser arrows. See an example found in PArrows written by Einar Karttunen (see module
-- | Match zero or more occurences of the given parser.
many :: MD i o -> MD i [o]
many = MStar
-- | Match one or more occurences of the given parser.
many1 :: MD i o -> MD i [o]
many1 x = (x &&& MStar x) >>> pure (\(b,bs) -> (b:bs))
The definition of
between parser combinator can show another example for the non-commutativeness of
&&& operation:
between :: MD i t -> MD t close -> MD t o -> MD i o
between open close real = open >>> (real &&& close) >>^ fst
A more complicated example (from the same module):
-- | Match one or more occurences of the given parser separated by the sepator.
sepBy1 :: MD i o -> MD i o' -> MD i [o]
sepBy1 p s = (many (p &&& s >>^ fst) &&& p) >>^ (\(bs,b) -> bs++[b])
This makes clear that the order of the operands of
&&& operation can be important. Of course, in some cases (e.g. nondeterministic functions arrows, or more generally, at the various implementations of binary relation arrows) the order of the operands of fan-in and fan-out is not important.
Stream processor
The Lazy K programming language is an interesing esoteric language (from the family of pure, lazy functional languages), whose I/O concept is approached by streams.
Arrows are useful also to grasp the concept of stream processors. See details in ProdArrows -- Arrows for Fudgets written by Magnus Carlsson, 2001.
Functional I/O, graphical user interfaces
On the Expressiveness of Purely Functional I/O Systems written by Paul Hudak and Raman S. Sundaresh.
Fudgets written by Thomas Hallgren and Magnus Carlsson. See also Arrows for Fudgets written by Magnus Carlsson, mentioning how these two concepts relate to each other.
Dataflow languages
Arrows and Computation written by Ross Paterson mentions how to mimick dataflow programming in (lazy) functional languages. See more on Lucid's own HaskellWiki page: Lucid.
To see what the concept itself means, see the Wikipedia articles Finite state machine and also Automata theory.
How these concepts can be implemented using the concept of arrow, can be found in the introductory articles on arrows mentioned above.


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04/29/13: Did we all fail the Tsarnaevs?
04/22/13: All atrocities are not created equal
04/15/13: Thatcher thought Britain was worth fighting for
04/08/13: Winning the argument by ruling the debate out of bounds
04/01/13: Real 'modern family' not so funny
03/25/13: Ten Years Later: Iraq Invasion Still Right Decision
03/18/13: An unstable truce with the Axis of Crazy
03/11/13: Great reasons why Obama is affectionate of drones
03/03/13: Court Eunuchs Of The Obama Media Turned On Their Own
02/18/13: Magical Fairyland budgeting
02/04/13: Easy to see why Tehran endorses Hagel
01/28/13: Hillary lip-synced more than Beyonce
01/20/13: Fake dead girlfriends and fake debt limits
01/13/13: Hagel vs. too-big-to-fail Defense Department
01/07/13: With 'Deals' Like Fiscal Cliff, Who Needs Societal Collapse?
12/31/12: The ever-greater absurdity of America's non-lax laws
12/24/12: Vain search for meaning in massacre
12/17/12: ObamaCare Will Bring Bureaucracy, Endless Rules And Coercion, But Improve Nothing
12/10/12: William & Kate have nothing on Obama
12/03/12: America not paying its fair share
11/26/12: Jill Kelley, woman Hillary Clinton can only dream of being, for secretary of state
11/19/12: How the GOP earned its date with destiny
11/12/12: Reality doesn't need to win Electoral College
11/05/12: A Vote For Obama-Biden Is A Vote For National Collapse
10/29/12: Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene
10/22/12: Romney's Binders And Dem' Deranged Distractions
10/15/12: Obama Hits Romney For 'Politicizing' White House Failure
10/08/12: Banish Big Bird? Why not just bail out everything?
10/01/12: Obama a better president of the future
09/24/12: Barack & Hillary at the movies
08/26/12: War on women? The real war is on children
08/20/12: Half-wit demagoguery, hard truths
08/13/12: Obama the great disabler
08/02/12: 'Government Health Care: The Musical' an infectious hit
07/30/12: Don't cross the forces of tolerance
07/23/12: Obama-sized government funds stasis and sclerosis: The Hoover Dam of regulatory obstruction, the Golden Gateway to dependency
07/16/12: Today's Kids Inherit World Reverting To Barbarism
07/09/12: Lights out for U.S.-style Big Government
07/02/12: A lie makes Obamacare legal
06/25/12: Obama the first Invented-American president
06/18/12: Earthly woes mount as Obama's rhetoric soars
06/11/12: All the President's . . . money
06/02/12: U.S., Europe on different paths to same place
05/29/12: What Do Facebook And Egypt's Elections Have In Common?
05/21/12: Eternally shifting sands of Obama's biography
05/07/12: Fauxcahontas and the melting pot
04/30/12: Dems Light Themselves Pair Of Exploding Cigars
04/23/12: 'Escorts' bring Secret Service to its knees
04/16/12: Buying 'Buffett Rule' makes you a fool
04/09/12: Wait and see how flexible Obama will be
04/02/12: Just reading Obamacare cruel and unusual punishment
03/26/12: Gradual insolvency about to speed up
03/18/12: Who's Obama sneering at?
03/12/12: The Fluke Charade: A Middle-Age Child's Nutty Demand
03/05/12: America's longest war will leave no trace
02/27/12: The all-you-can-eat salad bar of rights
02/20/12: Brokest Nation In History Fusses Instead About Sex
02/13/12: Obama goes Henry VIII on the church
02/06/12: The breast-cancer-fighting foundation that could not be permitted to get away with disrespecting Big Abortion
01/30/12: Sorry, Newt. Only the debt ceiling will reach the moon
01/23/12: The End Of Social Norms, From The Titanic To The Concordia
01/16/12: Make The Military Leaner, But Also Make It Much Meaner
01/09/12: Big Politics trumps Left's empathy
01/02/12: Puncture the cocoon of denial
12/19/11: Merry Christmas, From Satan Claus
12/12/11: A future looted to bribe the present
12/05/11: America Has Squandered Its Opportunity To Lead
11/28/11: Bailing Out The Titanic With A Thimble
11/21/11: When Cowardice Is The Default Position
11/13/11: Committee Finds Savings By . . . Adding To Deficit?
11/06/11: Look Who's Singing Along In Karaoke Of Revolution
10/31/11: Diaper change we can believe in
10/23/11: Joe Biden's Teachable Moments
10/17/11: America Wrongly Thinks Its Prosperity Can't End
10/09/11: Big Sloth And The American Autumn
10/02/11: Finally, The Cognoscenti Ask: What Could We Be Thinking?
09/26/11: Complacency Despite End Of World As We Know It
09/19/11: Obama's magical thinking on green jobs
09/11/11: From 'Let's roll' to 'Let's roll over'
09/04/11: Eternal adolescence lacking in romance
08/29/11: Depraved but not deprived
08/22/11: Empathy thrown under Obama's bus
08/15/11: Lessons for us from London in flames
08/08/11: Debt ceiling more an abyss
08/01/11: 'Life on this planet' about to change
07/24/11: Obama: The man without a plan
07/18/11: No bargaining with Barack Obluffer
07/11/11: It's time to re-aim our pitchforks
07/04/11: No Independence Day for debt-ridden America
06/27/11: No problem too big for an Obama speech
06/20/11: Why liberals fell for Muslim lesbian blogger hoax
06/06/11: Weiner helping junk the country
05/30/11: Cowed by udderly insane regulations
05/23/11: The unzippered princeling and the serving wench
05/16/11: Who will restore reality to politics?
05/09/11: Why Pakistan knew it could hide Osama
05/02/11: Raising the ceiling on a cracked foundation
04/24/11: Road to ruin getting shorter
04/18/11: Doubling down on a bad bet
04/11/11: America, It's Your Fault! How's That For Change?
04/04/11: If there's no mission, when's it accomplished?
03/28/11: Do-gooders in a land with no good guys
03/21/11: Obama now offers hope of no change
03/14/11: Now even cowboys dependent on Washington
03/07/11: No, not terrorism, but a 'tragic event'
09/27/10: Bowing to Islam's view of us
07/26/10: Why the West is going down the drain
07/19/10: Stimulus hits a pothole
07/12/10: Our differences should define us
06/28/10: Learning the rules of an unengaged president
06/21/10: Can Obama plug leak in his support?
06/13/10: This job, too, is beneath Obama
06/06/10: Contempt for Israel also contempt for U.S.
05/31/10: King Canute's lesson for Obama
05/23/10: Obama owed it to Daniel Pearl to speak the truth; Couldn't he have at least done that?
05/16/10: The dots some don't want to connect
05/09/10: Times Square bomber just overeager
05/02/10: Arizona faces tougher sanctions than Iran
04/25/10: Tea Party the new front in 'war on terror'
04/18/10: Obama's nuke summit dangerously delusional
04/11/10: Income tax payer an endangered species
04/04/10: U.S. allies find Obama a frosty friend
03/28/10: U.S. business could be cooked in a VAT
03/22/10: Dark dawn of deemocracy
03/08/10: Obamacare worth the price to Dems
03/01/10: America's future could be all Greek to us
02/22/10: Why the West is going down the drain
02/14/10: Getting our groupthink on
02/07/10: Unsustainable's the new normal
01/31/10: In Obama's America you'll all work for the government
01/25/10: Brown's truckin', Obama shifts into reverse
01/18/10: Can Obama hold Teddy's seat?
01/10/10: Obama still can't say who we're at war with
01/03/10: Pantybomber exposes naked bureaucracy
12/27/09: Cross the river, burn the bridge
12/20/09: It's settled; climate circus was a fairy tale
12/13/09: Obama goes from dazzle to drone
11/29/09: Climaquiddick
11/23/09: The superbower is Turning KSM into O.J.
11/15/09: A jihadist hiding in plain sight
11/09/09: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategy
11/01/09: Obama makes Bush his blame czar
10/26/09: White House tries to intimidate U.S. media while being a pushover with our foreign adversaries
10/19/09: Limbaugh bad, Mao good
10/12/09: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain
10/05/09: Polanski case in focus: A question of poor direction
09/27/09: It's a toss-up as to whether President Obama's transnational mush or Gadhafi's ramblings was a more unreal moment at the U.N.
09/21/09: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain
09/14/09: Obama won't surrender in his war of choice
09/07/09: Pledging allegiance to our beloved Obama
08/31/09: Things only a Kennedy could get away with
08/24/09: Stimulus hits a pothole
08/17/09: Unplugging Grandma isn't the problem
08/10/09: Conformity is now the new dissent
08/03/09: No turning back from Obamacare
07/27/09: Obama knows stupidly when he doesn't see it
07/20/09: Government housing, federally funded contraception now the fate of many wild mustangs
07/12/09: Warm-mongers prefer you in poverty
07/06/09: Obama isn't cool -- the globe is
06/29/09: Why creeps and misfits run government
06/15/09: A society of adults-turned-children cannot survive
06/08/09: A superpower that feeds on mediocrity cannot survive for long on leftovers from the past
06/01/09: Testing what we'll let pass
05/25/09: We're spending trillions we don't have to create government programs to spend even more trillions we don't have
05/18/09: Pelosi peregrinations
05/11/09: Is conservatism over?
05/04/09: The Great Provider
04/27/09: Who will lead the post-American era?
04/20/09: Tea Party animals not boiling over
04/13/09: Civilization walking the plank
04/06/09: Exporting their mistakes worldwide
03/30/09: Government's grasp going global: Obama and Geithner want to eliminate any haven from regulation
03/23/09: The first two months of the Age of the Hopeychange have been unexpectedly inept
03/16/09: Sticking it to the young
03/09/09: Global meltdown no sweat for Obama
03/02/09: Latest superhero of Big Government replaces Bailoutman, Mister Stimulus and Captain Recovery
02/23/09: Going wobbly in the West
02/16/09: So far, it's been Obamateur Hour
02/09/09: Far from walking on water, President seems all at sea
02/02/09: Stimulated right into being another Europe
01/26/09: Obama raises heart rates, lowers expectations
01/19/09: Our permanent state of routine emergency
01/12/09: The oldest hatred lives, from Gaza to Florida
01/05/09: Gaza has its version of rocket scientists
12/29/08: The pedophile Santa of global capitalism
12/22/08: We're in the fast lane to Bailoutistan
12/08/08: Jews get killed, but Muslims feel vulnerable
11/31/08: Whodunit!?
11/10/08: 'Center-right' America lurches further left
11/03/08: Tomorrow, many Americans will vote for the seductive two-dimensional Obama the image, the idea
10/27/08: Obama nears the now what? moment
10/20/08: Plumber Joe didn't go with the flow
10/13/08: Obama: Filling in the blank
06/08/08: The runes of Chris Matthews' leg hair portend a humble savior
06/02/08: Sexism, not Obama, beat Hillary
05/27/08: Your car can't run on Congress' hot air
05/19/08: Obama an appeaser? How dare you
05/12/08: Israel's doom could also be Europe's
05/05/08: To Obama, we means me
04/28/08: Feed your Prius, starve a peasant
04/22/08: Obama attacks two of the things that elevate the U.S. above places like Europe
04/14/08: Attack of the preschool pervs
04/07/08: Looks like last call for Hillary
03/31/08: Where did the magic go?
03/24/08: So much for the post-racial candidate
03/17/08: Obama's pastor disaster
03/10/08: Torn between 2 white liberal guilts
02/25/08: Obama makes Hillary look like Bill Richardson
02/18/08: Obama the Muzak Messiah of the pseudo-revolution
02/11/08: McCain can sure sound like a conservative
02/04/08: It's a shame one of them has to win
01/28/08: First, they came for Piglet
01/21/08: Some fictional horrors of war
01/14/08: Capitalism is the real agent of change
01/07/08: It's the secular Left vs. the Christian Left
12/24/07: The cold civil war in the U.S.
12/17/07: Took a lickin' and kept on tickin'
12/10/07: Let's have a free market for housing and religion
12/03/07: No offense is no defense
11/19/07: World should give thanks for America
11/12/07: Musharraf shooting without a script
11/05/07: Let's hear it for laconic leadership: A history of presidential energies
10/29/07: You've seen the movie, now don't buy the war
10/22/07: The real war on children
10/15/07: Time for the U.S. to get comfortable with ideology
10/08/07: Princess Diana's murder and Islamoparanoia
10/01/07: Democracies talk, tyrannies act
09/24/07: Bend over for Nurse Hillary
09/17/07: Looking for love in all the wrong places
09/10/07: No terrorism, just war?
09/04/07: There were two creeps in the men's room
08/27/07: They wait for us to run again
08/20/07: Speaking of sanctuary, where's ours?
08/13/07: Believing the worst ...but only of ourselves
08/07/07: The vanishing jihad expos�s
07/30/07: Bum rap: The infantilization of the entire citizenry
07/23/07: Look who's holding hostages again
07/09/07: The jobs Britons won't do
07/02/07: We've replaced Rushdie in hiding
06/25/07: We've replaced Rushdie in hiding
06/18/07: A lame joke becomes reality
06/11/07: A lame joke becomes reality
05/29/07: So much news, so little sense
05/21/07: Capitulation, from A to Z
05/15/07: Fortress America's gate is open
05/08/07: Will Sarkozy have the shortest of honeymoons?
04/30/07: Light bulbs that don't signify ideas
04/23/07: Let's get realistic about reality
04/15/07: Imus go down to the idiocy again
04/08/07: Iran's bluff humbles Britain
04/02/07: Resolve real crises through pseudo-institutions?
03/27/07: Musharraf caught in a sticky wicket
03/19/07: Victor Victorians. A lesson in real morality
03/12/07: Perverse Libby trial was revealing
03/05/07: How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world
02/26/07: Patent case of no Yankee ingenuity
02/19/07: Why the Iraq war is turning into America's defeat
02/12/07: Don't ruin economy over tiny temp rise
02/05/07: What's so hot about fickle science?
01/29/07: Old U.S.S.R. made Old Europe look new
01/22/07: Hillary's sweetly touching faith in the American media
01/15/07: Pelosi a rare example of a woman who "has it all"
01/08/07: Complaints? Where there's wool, there's a way
01/02/07: What we need in New Year is some resolution
12/18/06: Once you put reality up for grabs, all kinds of pathologies suddenly become viable
12/11/06: ISG must stand for, uh, Inane Strategy Guesswork
12/04/06: Iraq is just test of will for America
11/27/06: Quartet of ladies shows where we're headed
11/20/06: Free to lose isn't good philosophy for the right wing
11/13/06: U.S. must prove it's a staying power
11/06/06: Election season is bad time for slip of the quip
10/30/06: Only choice on war is to win or lose it
10/23/06: Fear of too many babies is hard to bear
10/16/06: An election Foley-equipped with frivolity
10/09/06: Page scandal makes America look silly
10/01/06: At Gitmo, detainees get La-Z-Boys, pastries
09/25/06: U.N. shows why it's incapable of reform
09/18/06: Coverage of 9/11 anniversary was too wimpy
09/11/06: 9/11 enemies are still hiding in plain sight
09/05/06: Why abduct us? We cede our values for free
08/28/06: Homeland security can't get over the pump
08/21/06: World is watching as Iraq war tests U.S. mettle
08/14/06: Pan-Islamism challenges idea of nation state
08/07/06: Advocates of proportion are just unbalanced
07/31/06: Professionalization of war is ghettoization of war
07/24/06: Failure to solve Palestinian question empowers Iran
07/17/06: Great Men have grating effect on Mideast
07/10/06: Here's a war protest that's hard to stomach
07/03/06: The Defeaticrats' redeployment is ingenious
06/26/06: The Defeaticrats' redeployment is ingenious
06/19/06: Nude cyclists are peddling threadbare ideas
06/12/06: Warmongers have a point: It's a war
06/05/06: Events at Haditha don't change need for victory
05/30/06: Gingrich revolutionaries turn into arrogant elite
05/22/06: Not just immigration: It's societal transformation
05/15/06: To connect the dots, you have to see the dots
05/08/06: Moussaoui gets life, the terrorists win
05/01/06: America's hardboiled newsmen can't get enough of the Thomas Jefferbunk
04/17/06: Policy on Iran nukes seems to be off-target
04/10/06: Why not start regulating the legals?
04/03/06: When silence is correctly read by a resurgent Islam as timidity
03/27/06: Facing down a culture where they talk like crazies
03/20/06: For Japan and the West, it's breed or die
03/13/06: Media shockingly ignorant of Muslims among us
03/06/06: Long war is breaking down into tedium
02/27/06: Needing to wake up, West just closes its eyes
02/20/06: Cheering tidbits lighten otherwise grim week
02/13/06: Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand
02/06/06: Sensitivity can have brutal consequences
01/30/06: At least Hamas is open about its evil intentions
01/16/06: Ham-handed Dems didn't lay a glove on Alito
01/09/06: U.S. shouldn't have to do tap dance over bugging
01/03/06: Ahnold shows Austrian politicians how it's done
12/27/05: Waiting for real aid
12/21/05: Australian practitioners of that religion of peace latest to behave badly
12/19/05: Iraq vote leaves Dems looking like the losers
12/12/05: Dems determined to ignore progress in Iraq
12/05/05: Dems determined to ignore progress in Iraq
11/28/05: Hollywood's PC perversion stifles storytelling
11/21/05: Senate adopts exit strategy from reality
11/14/05: Warren Beatty flirts with politics, yet again
11/09/05: Early skirmish in the Eurabian civil war
11/07/05: Wake up, Europe, you've a war on your hands
10/31/05: Don't expect a joyride from Scooter, Dems
10/24/05: Bush was right: Sometimes war is worth it
10/17/05: Media utters nonsense, won't call enemy out
10/10/05: She's not ideal, but she'll get job done
10/03/05: Media deserve blame for New Orleans debacle
09/26/05: Politicians not giving us much of a choice
09/19/05: Flawless Roberts holding Dems scoreless
09/12/05: Terror war all but forgotten on home front
09/06/05: Proof that nothing changed after Sept. 11
08/29/05: New constitution has something for everyone
08/22/05: Peace Mom's marriage a metaphor for Dems
08/15/05: Atta way to blow 9/11 panel's credibility
08/08/05: Democrats' new strategy: Almost winning
08/01/05: Terrorists way too cozy in United Kingdom
07/25/05: Dems had their chance to pick justice
07/18/05: Plame security breach? It just ain't so, Joe
07/13/05: The Israelification of Europe
07/11/05: Time for stoic Brits to come out swinging
07/04/05: Public interest shouldn't mean money
06/27/05: Don't worry, Old Glory can take the heat
06/20/05: Durbin slanders his own country
06/13/05: Quran desecration crock a win for Jihad spin docs
06/06/05: Tales from Dark Side don't live up to hype
05/30/05: EU just won't take no for an answer
05/23/05: Firing up the crowd: From Newsweek to the nuts, in one fast ball
05/16/05: Bolton's sin is telling truth about system
05/09/05: Just watch, Vlad: China will feel your pain, too
05/02/05: Blair will win, but he'll still take a beating
04/26/05: Republican joins Bolton hearing monkey biz
04/18/05: Bolton's just too hip for scaredy-cat Dems
04/11/05: Iraq's new honchos have our spies to thank
04/04/05: GOP crack-up? Pardon my guffaw
03/28/05: Killing for no compelling reason
03/21/05: Kudos to Bolton for telling it like it is
03/14/05: These Irish eyes are smiling at White House snub of IRA
03/05/05: The right side of history
02/28/05: U.S. can sit back and watch Europe implode
02/22/05: Ballyhooed Crucible was way out in left field
02/14/05: Destroy our civilization just to demonstrate its multicultural bona fides?
02/07/05: Will Europe warm up to Bush climate change?
01/31/05: Realists have it wrong
01/24/05: He's a worldbeater, all right
01/17/05: Conventions wisdom is useless vs. jihadists
01/10/05: Obnoxiousness as a substitute for ideas
12/20/04: Save the whales? What about the Japanese?
11/08/04: The Condescenders still don't get it
11/01/04: If Bush goes, I go
10/29/04: If Bush goes, I go
10/25/04: No time for Kerry's Europhile delusions
10/18/04: Bush is accused of being 'stubbornbut it's Kerry who refuses to change
10/11/04: Uncoated electoral illusions
10/04/04: Polished, but he can't make his case
09/27/04: Finding American failure himself
09/20/04: CBS defense of Rather hints at bigger story
09/13/04:''Exclusive! Handwriting Expert Says Bush Wrote The Hitler Diaries!
09/07/04: Being sad isn't enough
08/30/04: Something tells me Bush holds all the aces
08/23/04: Pols play second fiddle to celebrity egos
08/16/04: Peddling their own unique truth
08/02/04: Deluding Demselves
07/26/04: We can nitpick forever, but what's changed?
07/19/04: How a serial liar suckered Dems and the media
07/12/04: Bush's State of the Union speech redeemed
07/02/04: Now it�s up to the Iraqis: America has succeeded in Iraq but the war on terror can still be lost at home
06/28/04: How the Sept. 11 commission blew it
06/21/04: Clinton still has 'heat' but it's the Democrats who are getting burnt
06/14/04: Like Thatcher, Americans grasped Reagan's worth
06/08/04: Yes, that was his job
06/07/04: Tenet's fall shows that spies can't rely on television for intelligence
05/24/04: Faster & fiercer: Asymmetrical federalism in Iraq
05/17/04: Now's not the time for Bush to go soft
TARGET="_blank">05/10/04: It takes a big man to blame everyone around him
05/03/04: Don't count on Koppel for whole war story
04/28/04: Why the Palestinians are in such a state
04/26/04: Mideast instability? Bring it on
04/21/04: Stop whimpering, we're in a battle
04/19/04: Clarke apologizes, but not for everything
04/11/04: Don't let Iraq's tempest in a teacup rattle you
04/05/04: The flip-flopper hip-hopper: John Kerry gets down and not just his poll numbers
03/25/04: We tried appeasement once before
03/16/04: The Spanish dishonored their dead
03/10/04: Beware of the fruitcakes in government
03/01/04: It's the war, stupid
02/23/04: So which would America rather have: Pretty Boy or Long Face?
02/17/04: The Default Democrat from another world
02/10/04: Kerry won't scare any of the big beasts
02/02/04: The Kerry biography: He's risen without trace
01/26/04: Mad Dr. Dean jolts Kerry campaign to life
01/21/04: Undoing the party herd
01/13/04: llIegals the political 'untouchables'
01/05/04: Don't leave Saddam trial to the 'jet set'
12/30/03: Doers and disparagers
12/23/03: Spates of denial
12/16/03: Defiant? He's a Ba'athist who won't bath
12/10/03: Rummy speaks the truth, not gobbledygook
12/02/03: War on terror can't stop with Iraq
11/24/03: It's not Vietnam and Bush is no Kennedy
11/12/03: There is a Cold War between the US and the EU
10/28/03: Muslim paranoia: Enemies made us impotent!
10/28/03:The CIA scandal is important not because it put an agent's life at risk it didn't but because it shows that US Intelligence is either obstructive or inept
10/08/03: Palestinian death cult
09/29/03: Bring on the capitalists
09/22/03: Here comes General Clark, his policies will follow shortly
09/17/03: Don't wait for government protection
09/11/03: Predators aren't looking for peace
09/02/03: This is Hillary's moment You go, girl!
08/29/03: There are now calls for greater UN involvement in Iraq. That�s the last thing the country needs
08/26/03: There's only one hyperpower so everything is our fault
08/04/03: The White Man's Burden
07/29/03: Bill Clinton got this right
06/25/03: It's Mullah time!
05/07/03: What counts is what a guy does when he's not talking
04/30/03: It's named UNSCAM for a very good reason!
04/14/03: Movers and shakers have moved on to the next 'disaster'
03/25/03: Give Saddam credit
03/18/03: 'Eurabia' will have to look after herself
02/27/03: Death wish
02/19/03: The curtain will come down on the peaceniks
02/10/03: Let's quit the UN
02/03/03: Columbia reality-check
01/29/03: Go forth and multiply
01/09/03: America's fake identity crisis
12/31/02: GOP underperforms, but Dems are laughable
11/26/02: A bombing pause --- for 12 months!?
10/30/02: Stop making excuses for Muslim extremists
09/27/02: The more inventively you try to ''explain'' the Islamist psychosis as a rational phenomenon to be accommodated, the more you risk sounding just as nutty as them
08/23/02: Battered Westerner Syndrome inflicted by myopic Muslim defenders
08/09/02: Friends in low places
08/02/02: Armageddon out of here
07/26/02: Enjoy the ''scandal'' while you can, lads
07/16/02: Arafat is toast; Bush knows it --- so why doesn't the rest of the world?
07/10/02: Hey, FBI: So, denial really is a river in Egypt!
06/20/02: A fight to the finish
06/11/02: Rock, royalty a good match
05/31/02: Unless we change our ways ... the world faces a future where things look pretty darn good
05/24/02: Sweet land of liberty: Britain and Europe have free governments, but only in the US are the people truly free
05/14/02: Extreme hypocrisy in the pursuit of 'peace' is ...
05/10/02: The home office of extremism
05/01/02 Slipping down the Eurinal of history: France, the joke is on you
04/23/02 It's time to snap out of Arab fantasy land
04/16/02 Mideast war exposes 'ugly Europeans'
04/09/02 Arafat has begun his countdown to oblivion. Now it's time to crush the Palestinian uprising
03/27/02 The good, the bad and the Gallic shrug
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Whether combating malaria through the provision of mosquito nets or building schools and providing basic sanitation, philanthropy is helping transform the developing world. Rich donors are devoting fortunes—many of them earned through computer software, entertainment, and venture capitalism—to defeating poverty and improving lives, supplementing and in some cases surpassing official aid channels.
From billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to Aliko Dangote and George Soros, the titans of capitalism are backing good causes with their cash. By financing new vaccines, championing maternal health, supporting learning, building libraries, or buying up Amazon rain forest to protect the environment, philanthropists are backing innovations and new approaches that are changing lives and building dreams.
The new issue of Finance & Development magazine looks at the world of targeted giving and social entrepreneurship.
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"Philanthropy's role is to get things started," says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who is the world's most generous giver. "We used foundation funds to set up a system to make market forces work in favor of the poor." He says that catalytic philanthropy can make a big difference. "Good ideas need evangelists. Forgotten communities need advocates."
And it's not just for the rich. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton argues that we can all do something."Our world is more interdependent than ever, and our effectiveness as global citizens will be judged by what we do to create an environment that allows everybody to do better and lift themselves up," he writes. Networks of creative cooperation between government, business, and civil society can get things done better to solve the world's most pressing problems.
Humans, he argues, are among the "great cooperators"--along with ants, bees, and termites. "We humans enjoy the blessings and bear the burdens of consciousness and conscience. We are capable of self-destruction, but we have an amazing capacity to overcome adversity and seize opportunities when we choose cooperation over conflict."
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One of the most ambitious global cooperative efforts has been the Millennium Development Goals, the set of eight U.N. development targets which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education--all by the target date of 2015. They have formed a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions, and have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest.
Already development economists are thinking "what comes next?" "Any successor framework," writes the IMF's Nemat Shafik, "must reflect global aspirations and arise from a rich consultative process. I believe that the new framework must embrace a broader understanding of development—one that is relevant for all countries, rich as well as poor."
One of the champions of the MDGs is economist Jeffrey Sachs, who is profiled by Prakash Loungani. Sachs helped campaign for debt relief for developing economies. The effort was successful. In 1999, the Group of Eight countries (G7 plus Russia) committed to $100 billion in debt cancellation by the end of 2000. "When this man gets going, he's more like a Harlem preacher than a Boston bookworm," wrote an admiring Bono about Sachs.
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We attended the Georges Chakra fashion show today and it was spectacular. Gown after gown was an artistic marriage of flattering design and technical skill as the models glided down the runway. I have yet to see gowns drape and move as flawlessly as they did in this show. It was captivating.
There were no slacks or skirts at all. It was a show of short and long formal dresses in red, navy, black, white, silver and gold. Lace was huge, as was the tuxedo jacket as the "it" cover-up. (I want a black tuxedo jacket RIGHT NOW). The models sported simple updos and wore six inch stiletto heels. No accessories and minimal make-up. This show was all about the dress and making it shine. I loved that discipline.
The creations were for the most part pretty commercial in that you wouldn't look out of place wearing them in the real world. Often, runway collections are so impractical and over the top that you'd look daft wearing the creations in any situation other than in a fashion show. But these wearable works of art were a breath of fresh air.
If I went to the Oscars this year, I'd want to wear the tomato red high-necked sleeveless gown on the model above. That's my favourite catwalk garment I've seen so far. I haven't paid much attention to Georges Chakra in the past, but after today's show I'm a new fan.
Waiting for the show to start was in itself a show. Hundreds of people queuing up in fabulous outfits with invitation in one hand and cellphone and handbag in the other. The audience was once again a sea of black. Almost everyone wore soaring skyscraper heels to accent their form fitting skirts, dresses and skinny pants. Today, I chose to wear a black 60's go go dress over skinnies with biker jacket, bold scarf, pearls and cream ankle boots. I'm making a my own fashion statement at fashion week by NOT wearing black from head to toe.


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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tries to buck the Heisman odds
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - If Manti Te'o's career at Notre Dame has seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood script, perhaps it is fitting the linebacker is cast as a underdog in the final two scenes of his collegiate career.
First, he will try to become the first defense-only player to win the Heisman Trophy, going up against a couple of quarterbacks Saturday night in Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel and Kansas State's Collin Klein.
In January, he will lead the top-ranked Fighting Irish against defending champion Alabama in the BCS championship game as Notre Dame tries to become the first team since Brigham Young University in 1984 to start a season unranked and win it all.
Te'o still finds it all a bit hard to believe.
"It's something that I never - I don't think anybody could anticipate or expect. It's always a goal to be the best, to be the best you can be, and I just - I didn't think that it would be to this magnitude," he said.
Te'o has represented the Irish amazingly well, showing courage in playing his best game of the season just days after both his girlfriend and grandmother died a few hours apart. He never missed practice and made a season-
high 12 tackles, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery in a 20-3 victory over then-No. 10 Michigan State.
A week later, on the day his girlfriend was buried, Te'o had two interceptions, leading to a touchdown and a field goal, and had two more quarterback hurries that led to interceptions in a 13-6 win over Michigan as many Irish fans wore leis to show their support for the star who grew up in Hawaii.
His seven career interceptions are the most ever by a Notre Dame linebacker and the most by any linebacker since Georgia's Tony Taylor had that many in 2006. Te'o also has 103 tackles.
He has been the face and heartbeat of not only the Notre Dame defense but the entire team that kept surprising naysayers.
"If a guy like Manti isn't going to win the Heisman they should just make it an offensive award and just give it to the offensive player every year and cut to the chase," coach Brian Kelly said. "He is the backbone of a 12-0 football team that has proven itself each and every week."
The only defensive player to win the trophy was Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson in 1997. But Woodson also played some wide receiver and returned punts.
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he's never understood why defensive players don't win the award and believes Te'o is deserving.
"They're noted for their defense and he's the quarterback of the defense," Stoops said. "He's been the guy all year. He's been their guy and I don't think there's any question he's a guy that should have a great opportunity to win it."
Te'o showed his leadership skills before the Oklahoma game. Quarterback Everett Golson had struggled in a big game against Michigan and Te'o asked Kelly if he could talk to Golson before the game. Kelly didn't ask Te'o what he wanted to say.
"Because it's really not important for me what Manti is talking about with the quarterback because I know what he's going to say is all positive. But Everett got up with a big smile on his face. I think it set him at ease," Kelly said. "I think he impacts everybody on our football team."
With seven Heisman winners, Notre Dame has had some unconventional winners. Paul Hornung, who played quarterback, halfback and safety, is the only Heisman winner to play for a losing team. The Irish were 2-8 when he won in 1956. Quarterback John Huarte won in 1964 while leading the Irish to a 9-1 record a season after failing to letter for a 2-7 squad.
The most compelling part of Teo's story, though, is his journey. How after three mostly mediocre seasons for the team, he helped turn this season into one Irish fans will talk about for years.
The turning point might have actually come last season. After a 31-17 loss to USC last October, Kelly was asked if getting players to play like he wants at Notre Dame was a harder sell than at other schools. Kelly replied: "You can see the players that I recruited here. You know who they are. We've had one class of recruiting, kids that I've had my hand on. The other guys here are coming along, but it's a process. It can't happen overnight. They're getting there. They're making good progress."
That upset some players, with Te'o tweeting: "Playin for my bros and that's it!!!!"
Kelly apologized for his remarks.
"I think anytime in a family there are going to be some disagreements," Kelly said. "Maybe the way I did it wasn't the appropriate way. But I think it was pretty clear that we understood each other in terms of what my expectations were. I just wish I handled it better."
The Irish came together after that, with Te'o the catalyst as the Irish won four of their next five.
The fact that a Mormon from Hawaii who hates cold weather wound up at a Roman Catholic university in a northern Indiana city that averages more than 70 inches of snow a year seems unlikely, especially considering he was such a big fan of archrival USC growing up that he was in tears when the Irish nearly upset the Trojans in 2005.
Te'o wore shorts and flip-flops for his campus visit during a blustery November weekend when some in the crowd threw snowballs at Irish players during an embarrassing 24-23 loss to Syracuse, the first eight-loss team to ever beat the Irish.
Te'o has said the game didn't play a role in his decision. What did, though, was his English teacher showing the movie Dead Poets Society on the eve of signing day in February 2009. Te'o had already decided he was going to USC, but a character in the film struggling with a difficult life choice prompted Te'o to rethink his choice. He prayed, and something told him to go to Notre Dame.
He prayed again after his freshman season about whether to return or go on a Mormon mission. He did the same thing again a year ago when he was deciding whether to enter the NFL Draft or return for his senior season.
He believes what has happened to him this season shows the power or prayer.
"I think for anybody who's questioning if God lives, he lives, and I'm an example of that. For those who don't know if he answers your prayers, he does, because he answered mine. If he didn't answer prayers, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have come here. I definitely wouldn't have come back for my senior year. And I wouldn't have done a lot of things that I've done," he said.
Te'o hopes he'll leave a legacy, which he surely will if the Irish beat Alabama in January and win their first national championship since 1988. But the main thing he wants is to be remembered as someone who gave his best.
"If you don't do things to be the best at it, why are you doing it? So I'm just trying to be the best," he said. "Once I leave here, I hope that the impact I've made not only on the football field but in people's lives will forever be remembered."


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Report: NSA maps pathway into computers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world — but not in the United States — that allows the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The Times reported that the technology, used by the agency for several years, relies on radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted covertly into the computers. The NSA calls the effort an "active defense" and has used the technology to monitor units of China's army, the Russian military, drug cartels, trade institutions inside the European Union, and sometime U.S. partners against terrorism like Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan, the Times reported.
Among the most frequent targets of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, the Times reported, has been China's army. The United States has accused China's army of launching regular attacks on American industrial and military targets, often to steal secrets or intellectual property. When Chinese attackers have placed similar software on computer systems of American companies or government agencies, American officials have protested, the newspaper reported.
The NSA says the technology has not been used in computers in the U.S.
"NSA's activities are focused and specifically deployed against — and only against — valid foreign intelligence targets in response to intelligence requirements," Vanee Vines, an agency spokeswoman, said in a statement to the Times. "We do not use foreign intelligence capabilities to steal the trade secrets of foreign companies on behalf of — or give intelligence we collect to — U.S. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom line."
Parts of the program have been disclosed in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the former NSA systems analyst, the Times reported. A Dutch newspaper published the map showing where the United States has inserted spy software, sometimes with the help of local authorities. Der Spiegel, a German newsmagazine, published information about the NSA's hardware products that can secretly transmit and receive signals from computers, according to the Times.
The Times said that it withheld some of those details, at the request of U.S. intelligence officials, when it reported in summer 2012 on American cyberattacks on Iran.
Hong Lei, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, said Thursday that the U.S. "on one hand has been playing up the cyber threats from other countries, and on the other hand has been implementing cyber surveillance endangering the sovereignty, security and public privacy of other countries."
Hong called on the U.S. to "work with the international community to create international regulations and build a peaceful, safe, open and cooperative cyberspace."
At New Delhi's Institute of Defense Studies and Analyses, cybersecurity expert Cherian Samuel said, "If it had been any other country doing this kind of thing, the U.S. would have come down on them like a ton of bricks with punitive sanctions."
Associated Press researcher Yu Bing in Beijing and writer Nirmala George in New Delhi contributed to this report.


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Anderson Cooper talks to an escapee from a North Korean prison camp on 'AC360' tonight at 8pm ET
Story highlights
NEW: France does not plan to evacuate staff
A U.S. official confirms reports that North Korea has loaded a pair of missiles into launchers
Communications suggest a North Korea missile launch is a possibility, a U.S. official says
State Department: "This does not need to get hotter"
Foreign diplomatic missions in North Korea face an ominous decision after Pyongyang said Friday it could not guarantee the safety of embassies and international organizations in the event of armed conflict.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula remain in a heightened state amid new reports that North Korea has prepared missiles for launch, while South Korea has deployed naval destroyers to its coasts.
The British Foreign Office said North Korea told British officials that it would not be able to guarantee the safety of diplomats in the capital if fighting breaks out.
Several diplomatic missions said the North Koreans held a meeting Friday for ambassadors in which they asked whether anyone needed assistance in evacuating their personnel.
"We are consulting international partners about these developments," the British Foreign Office said in a written statement. "No decisions have been taken, and we have no immediate plans to withdraw our embassy."
A spokesman for Sweden's ministry of foreign affairs said the North Koreans "did not urge us or ask us to evacuate," but offered assistance for those who wanted to leave.
The Swedish Embassy in North Korea acts "as the United States' interim protecting power and provides basic consular services to U.S. citizens traveling in North Korea," according to the U.S. State Department.
The Swedish Embassy remains open and operational, the spokesman said.
Russian state media reported a more specific suggestion for its diplomats.
North Korea asked the Russian Embassy to consider a possible evacuation of its staff because of the tensions, Denis Samsonov, spokesman for the embassy, told Russian state media.
France's foreign ministry state it was taking the situation "seriously." It said it had no current plans for evacuations of personnel or French nationals in the country.
The developments come as two medium-range missiles have been loaded onto mobile launchers on the East coast of North Korea, a U.S. official told CNN on Friday. A second U.S. official said intelligence on that is not definitive.
The account followed a report by South Korea's semi-official Yonhap news agency, citing military sources in Seoul, that the two missiles were ready to be launched. Yonhap said the missiles have been hidden in an unidentified facility.
In response, South Korea has sent Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced radar systems to both of its coasts, Yonhap said, citing navy sources.
The United States would "not be surprised" if North Korea launched a missile, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Friday. "We have seen them launch missiles in the past and the United Nations Security Council has repeatedly condemned them as violations of the North's obligations under numerous Security Council resolutions."
New regional tensions were triggered by North Korean saber rattling, including threats to launch nuclear strikes, and the flexing of military prowess by the United States and South Korea in response.
These followed the imposition of stepped up U.N. sanctions against the North after its latest nuclear test in February.
North Korea has also said it planned to restart "without delay" a reactor at its main nuclear complex that it shut down five years ago as part of a deal with the United States, China and four other nations.
Most observers say the North is still years away from having the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead on a missile.
And many analysts say the increasingly belligerent talk is aimed at cementing the domestic authority of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
A U.S. State Department spokeswoman said Thursday the situation did "not need to get hotter," reflecting efforts by the Obama administration to ease its rhetoric and cool tensions.
But the latest developments by North Korea, which has accused the United States of pushing the region to the "brink of war," could signal a missile launch soon, officials have said.
The missile components, U.S. and South Korean officials have said, are consistent with those of a Musudan missile, which has a 2,500-mile range, meaning it could threaten South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia.
U.S. reducing rhetoric that feeds North Korean rhetoric
It is believed a missile launch would be a "test" launch rather than a targeted strike.
That is because it appears the North Koreans have only moved the components so far. The United States is waiting to see whether North Korea issues a customary notice to its airmen and mariners to stay out of the region.
Communication intercepts in recent days also seem to show that Pyongyang might be planning to launch a mobile ballistic missile in the coming days or weeks, another U.S. official said.
Key dates in U.S. military moves near North Korea
Wednesday, the United States announced it was sending ballistic missile defenses to Guam, a Western Pacific territory that is home to U.S. naval and air bases. North Korea has cited those bases when listing possible targets for missile attacks.
North Korea: Our global fear and fascination
Pentagon officials, while decrying North Korean rhetoric, said recent announcements of U.S. military deployments in response to belligerent statements by Pyongyang may have contributed to the escalating tensions.
As the bombast reaches a fever pitch, the United States is refining its message. The Pentagon now says it is working to decrease the temperature as it maintains a frank and vigilant stance toward the threats.
Photos: Painting a picture of North Korea
Starting Wednesday, North Korea also barred South Korean workers and managers from entering the Kaesong industrial complex, an economic cooperation zone that sits on the North's side of the border but houses operations of scores of South Korean companies.
It also repeated a threat from the weekend to shut down the complex, where more than 50,000 North Koreans work.
CNN's Jethro Mullen reported and wrote from Hong Kong. CNN's Barbara Starr reported from Washington. CNN's Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN's Kyung Lah, Judy Kwon and K.J. Kwon contributed in Seoul; Per Nyberg in London; Tim Schwarz in Hong Kong; Joe Sterling and Henry Shirley in Atlanta; Elise Labott and Tom Cohen in Washington.


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Today's News: Our Take - Pilot Season: Allison Janney Cast as Anna Faris' MOM
Allison Janney has been cast as the mother of Anna Faris' character in CBS' Chuck Lorre sitcom pilot MOM, TVGuide.com has learned.
Pilot Season: Get the scoop from all the major networks
In the half-hour comedy, Faris plays a newly sober single mother who's trying to get her life together in Napa Valley. Janney, who's best known for her Emmy-winning role as White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg on The West Wing, will play her mother Bonnie. Janney, who has guest-starred on such shows as Lost and The Big C, most recently was a regular on the short-lived ABC comedy Mr. Sunshine.
Lorre and Eddie Gorodetsky, co-producers of Two and a Half Men, will act as executive producers on the new project, which is being produced by Warner Bros. TV.
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3288768 V-ribbed Fan Belt for Cummins 4BT 3.9C Engine
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Application: For Cummins 4BT 3.9C
Interchange part number:3288768
Description:V-ribbed fan belt
Condition: New, replacement
Shipping policy
Some of our products are free shipping. For details, please refer to the product details page. The free shipping areas are as follows: United States, Canada, Australia,New Zealand.
Can I return an item that is defective,damaged,or I just don't want?WDPART offer 30-day guarantee on receipt, which means you can request a return within 30 days after your ordered. WDPART must be informed of any return requests within 30 days of the date the customer placing the order. For Warranty products (Replacement parts only.Original parts are of no return) returns follow instructions.
- Within 30 days after WDPART shipped out the goods,WDPART is responsible for all postage costs of reason "quality problem"or"wrong shipped".
- The customer is responsible for all postage (Both we ship to you and your own return freight) and warehousing charges for "wrong purchase" or "no longer needed".
Please Contact us for Return in 30 days.
Please note parts must be in new condition. Parts will not be accepted for return if they have been installed or not in new condition.
PLEASE NOTE: Genuine/Original parts do not provide return or exchange service.
Return/Exchange Steps:
1.We have warehouses in USA and China,please contact us first for return or exchange.
2.We will send you the return adddress after confirmation then please waiting for the return.
3.After we receiving the return and checking the package that there is no problem,we will resend the order or make refund.
How to check freight?
Get shipping by adding the item into your shopping cart or check below. Estimated delivery time will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. Delivery times may vary.
What is the item warranty?
This part(s) is guaranteed to be free from defects and is covered by our Hassle Free One-Year Warranty, unless otherwise stated in Parts.
What happens if the item I ordered is not available?On occasion, an order may be delayed due to availability or other circumstances. In the event there is a change or delay in filling your order, we will notify you via phone, mail or email. We know that this can be inconvenient, so we offer one of the following alternatives as appropriate to your situation:
(1) Offer a BACK-ORDER and new estimated delivery date. You can wait for the new delivery or cancel the order for a full refund at any time prior to shipment.
(2) CANCEL your order. In rare situations, new circumstances may come to our attention after the placement of an order. Therefore we reserve the right to cancel your order for a full refund at any time.
How long does it take to ship out of the warehouse?
Orders ship out within 48-72 business hours on average. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please allow for some shipments that require additional transit time.
How can I get my items if I have a list to order?
Please email us about your item list. We will response you within 12 hours.
How long does delivery to my address take?
Delivery is determined by the type of shipping you go with. Normally, all orders are delivered within 3-7 business days. Many things can play a factor such as Location, Weather, and the items in the order. If you have any questions, please reach out to us before ordering.
How can I track my order?
You will receive an email with your carrier and tracking number. With tracking number or order number you can track the progress for your purchase. You can track your shipments at our website TRACK YOUR ORDER.
How can I get in contact with a sales representative in my area?
Contact us HERE.
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