Why do you say you

September 3, 2010 – 1:23 am
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“We make pretty heavy demands on them for physical efficiency,” Joe admitted. “What the hell, in New Guinea the kids are swimming before they walk, and paddling bamboo logs out in the ocean at Joey’s age. We figured the less they’re in our hair the better we’ll get along with each other.”

“Don’t think we drive them,” Rennie said. “We don’t really give a damn. But I guess we demand a lot tacitly.”

Joe listened to this remark with casual interest.

“Why do you say you don’t give a damn?” he asked her.

Rennie was a little startled at the question, which she had not expected.

“Well — I meanultimately. Ultimately it wouldn’t matter one way or the other, would it? Butimmediately it matters because if they weren’t independent we’d have to go through the same rigmarole most people go through, and the kids would be depending on all kinds of crutches.”

“Nothing matters one way or the other ultimately,” Joe pointed out. “The other importance is all there is to anything.”

“That’s what I meant, Joe.”

“What I’m trying to say is that you shouldn’t consider a value less real just because, it isn’t absolute, since less-than-absolutes are all we’ve got. That’s what’s implied when you say you don’treally give a damn.”

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August 30, 2010 – 10:54 am
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The historical novelist, too, might make use of those documentary crabshells and dramatize not only what happened, but what it might have felt like to be a live human being experiencing that history in that place. There’s a much greater likelihood here that the author will project his/her contemporary sensibility back onto our ancestors — that’s one large reason why most historical fiction is a pretty fishy rendition of a crab — but we’re talking about fiction now, and since our bottom line in reading fiction is to illuminate our own experience of life, a case can be made for that kind of distortion. Anyhow, if the novelist happens to be a fine literary artist like Charles Dickens (I’m thinking now of his novel “about” the French Revolution), what he turns out won’t be a proper historical novel at all, but a work of literature. A Tale of Two Cities is not about the French Revolution in the way that Carlyle’s History of the French Revolution is, not to mention the actual documents of the Reign of Terror: It is about love, loyalty, and self-sacrifice among human beings pungently observed, not among puppets sent down from Central Casting. The same goes for Tolstoy’s War and Peace or Stendhal’s Charterhouse of Parma: They’re about the Napoleonic wars, for sure — but so is Puccini’s opera Tosca — and for most of us that fact is the least interesting thing about those works of art, even though their authors happen to have done their homework.

Creating Business Plans for New Forms of Income from the Internet

August 30, 2010 – 10:54 am
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

August 25, 2010 – 4:59 am
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address
Mr. Chief Justice and friends:
This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our People impels.
This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and a vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunk to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; and the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.
Primarily, this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and have abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.
True, they have tried. But their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit, they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They only know the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.
Yes, the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of that restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy, the moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days, my friends, will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves, to our fellow men.
Recognition of that falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, an on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live.
Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation is asking for action, and action now.

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July 21, 2010 – 7:55 pm
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GM to cede venture control to China partner

December 4, 2009 – 10:53 pm
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US auto giant General Motors has reached a deal to hand control of its joint venture with China’s SAIC Motor Corp to the Shanghai-based car maker, the New York Times said Thursday

SAIC said Thursday its shares had been suspended from trading pending an announcement on a “major assets restructuring.”

According to the Times, the troubled GM will sell SAIC 1.0 percent of its stake in their joint venture which would then give China’s largest car maker a 51 percent share of the company.

In return, GM will keep equal voting rights with SAIC and reserve the right to buy back the 1.0 percent stake at a later stage, the report said.

There was no immediate comment from General Motors on the report, and it was not known how much the sale would raise for the US giant which is undergoing a major restructuring.

But one person close to GM told the Times: “It’s a big deal, it’s a good deal.”

SAIC shares, which closed down 0.04 percent at 25.53 yuan on Wednesday, will resume trading after the plan is announced, SAIC said

Suspect sought in U.S. police shootings

December 4, 2009 – 10:26 pm
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A man with an extensive criminal past is being sought following a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop in Washington state.

Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told reporters that Maurice Clemmons, 37, was believed to have been in the area around the time of the shooting, but declined to say what evidence might link him to the shooting.

Clemmons has an extensive violent criminal history including aggravated robbery and theft, the sheriff’s office said. He also recently was arrested and charged in Washington state for assaulting a police officer, and second-degree rape of a child. Using a bail bondsman, he posted 150,000 U.S. dollars and was released from jail last week.

On Friday a man entered the coffee shop and gunned down Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; and Officers Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; and Greg Richards 42. However investigator are unable to find any reason for the shooting. “We have no motive at all,” Troyer said. “I don’t think when we find out what it is, it will be anything that makes any sense or be worth it.”

On Sunday night, a motorcade of dozens of police cars and motorcycles with lights flashing escorted the bodies of the four officers to the medical examiner’s office. Troyer said investigators believe two of the officers were killed while sitting in the shop, and the third was shot dead after standing up. The fourth apparently “gave up a good fight.”

“We believe there was a struggle, a commotion, a fight … that he fought the guy all the way out the door,” Troyer said. “We hope that he hit him.” Investigators were asking area medical providers to report any gunshot wounds.

Dismissing any suggestion that it was a robbery gone bad, Troyer said, “This was more of an execution. A walk in with the specific mindset to shoot police officers.” The officers were catching up on paperwork at the beginning of their shifts when they were attacked at 8:15 a.m. There were marked patrol cars outside and they were all in uniform.

Two employees and a few other customers were in the shop at the time of the attack though none were injured. All were interviewed by the Pierce County sheriff’s investigators.

Authorities say there was no indication of any connection with the Halloween night shooting of a Seattle police officer recently. They say the man charged with that shooting also firebombed four police vehicles in October as part of a “one-man war” against law enforcement. Christopher Monfort, 41, was arrested after being wounded in a firefight with police days after the Seattle shooting. He remains hospitalized in stable condition, the hospital said Sunday. “We won’t know if it’s a copycat effect or what it was until we get the case solved,” Troyer said.

The coffee shop, part of a popular local chain, is on a side street near McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, about 56 km south of Seattle. Investigators are continuing to check surveillance video from multiple sources in an attempt to identify a possible getaway car, Troyer said. “We lost people we care about. We’re working to find out who did this and deal with him,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor told reporters at the scene.

Floatplane crashes off Canadian west coast, six missing

December 4, 2009 – 10:18 pm
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Six people were missing but two were rescued after a floatplane crashed off Canada’s west coast Sunday afternoon.

The crash happened at 4:10 p.m. local time (0010 GMT, Monday) off Saturna Island, a small island between Vancouver Island and the mainland of the western province of British Columbia (BC), when the plane was heading for Victoria, the capital city of BC in the Vancouver Island, according to search and rescue officials.

Officials of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria said two people, including the pilot and a female passenger were pulled out of the frigid waters by 5:30 p.m. (0130 GMT, Monday) while rescuers were searching for the other six passengers including an infant, who are feared dead.

Search efforts continue even in darkness with several surface vessels and two aircrafts and are expected to be suspended later Sunday and resume Monday morning, officials said.

The cause of the accident was unclear. Witness said the plane made a loud noise like a muffler backfiring and nosedived into the water.

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Thailand announces breakthrough in HIV vaccine development

December 4, 2009 – 1:35 am
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Thailand on Thursday announced the breakthrough in the HIV vaccine development — the first time ever that there is evidence that HIV vaccine has preventive efficacy.
“It is found that the vaccine has 31.2 percent efficacy in reducing the risk of HIV infection,” Thai Public Health Minister Withaya Kaewparadai told a press conference in capital Bangkok.
Withaya presided over the official announcement of the outcome of the HIV Vaccine Phase III Trial.
The Public Health Ministry conducted the study, which used strains of HIV common in Thailand. Sponsor of the trial is the US Army Surgeon General, with funding support from the National Institute of Health and US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, while sanofi-pasteur and GSID provide candidate vaccines for the trial.
With field research works implemented by Thais and deemed the world’s largest HIV vaccine study, with the trial of 16,402 Thai volunteers, has now been completed in central provinces of Chonburi and Rayong, Withaya said.
Withaya said although the efficacy rate is not high enough for use, this nonetheless constitutes significant knowledge that can be applied to improve HIV vaccine efficacy in the future.
“All these will form an important foundation for further HIV vaccine development in Thailand in the future,” said Doctor Paijit Warachit, Deputy Health Permanent Secretary.
Meanwhile, Doctor Mom Luang Somchai Chakkrabhand, Director-General, Department of Disease Control, said that “HIV vaccine development must be accompanied by intensive application of other preventive measures.”
The Department of Disease Control is committed to HIV vaccine development in collaboration with networks of researchers in Thailand and internationally aiming to an appropriate HIV vaccine accessible for people, Doctor. Mom Luang Somchai said.
The Phase III Trial of HIV vaccine demonstrates collective efforts and a common understanding that HIV prevention is everybody’s concern, and which requires participation of all sections at national and international levels in search of additional preventive measure.
“The success is the pride of Thailand. We thank the volunteers, communities in Chonburi and Rayong province, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and researchers for their contribution to the HIV vaccine development,” he said.