The Tsunami Wave
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Morning Papers - It's Origin
The Chicago Sun Times
10 injured in helicopter aid flight
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A U.S. Seahawk helicopter on a relief operation crashed in a rice paddy near Banda Aceh's airport, injuring all 10 aboard and causing the military to briefly suspend flights today.
Landfill at center of spat may reopen
January 11, 2005
BY DAN ROZEK AND DAVE MCKINNEY Staff Reporters
Advertisement
The 94-acre Will County landfill that triggered a political feud within Illinois' first family when state regulators abruptly closed it can reopen next week if its operator cleans it up, attorneys and state officials said Monday.
"I knew it."
Bin Laden may be in eastern Afghanistan
January 11, 2005
BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
Advertisement
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Osama bin Laden and other militant leaders could be hiding in eastern Afghanistan, the commander of U.S. forces along a key stretch of the Pakistani border told the Associated Press on Monday.
The International Herald Tribune
"I wonder who is living in comfort at the cost of the innocent? Not Osama bin Laden of course! Right Don?"
Afghanistan's addiction
Afghanistan confronts many problems, but none is harder to solve than the widespread cultivation of opium poppies and the smuggled exports of refined opium and heroin. The Afghan drug trade corrodes the institutions President Hamid Karzai's government needs to build, distorts economic activity and warps social structures
Israel and Palestine
Let's hope talk of peace isn't part of election posturing
January 7, 2005
When it became clear that Mahmoud Abbas would emerge as the successor to Palestinian chieftain Yasser Arafat, some Israeli leaders felt encouraged. They saw Abbas as a mediator in the style of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: a moderate with less charisma than his predecessor but one who offered real leadership, not revolutionary symbolism, one who could find an accord with Israel.
Israelis hopeful but waryas polls give Abbas victory
By Dina Kraft
TEL AVIV, Jan. 10 (JTA) — Edna Bar-Or wants to be optimistic about the prospects for peace after this week’s Palestinian elections but, like many Israelis, she’s not sure she can be.
Boost for Ariel Sharon seenas religious party joins coalition
By Dan Baron
TEL AVIV, Jan. 5 (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took a step this week that appears to boost his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
Ironically, that step was taken when Sharon convinced United Torah Judaism, a religious political party that opposes his withdrawal plan, to join his national unity government.
Of Course, Mr. Abbas extended every effort for peace. The only question is will the olive branch be laced with Hemlock?
Abbas extends olive branch
The Palestinian Authority president-elect extended an olive branch to Israel.
“We extend our hand to our neighbors. We are ready to make peace based on justice and we hope that the response will be positive,” Mahmoud Abbas said Monday on Palestinian television. “As we said before, we are committed to peacemaking and the peace process and the ‘road map’” peace plan, he said. But Abbas has ruled out a crackdown on Palestinian terrorist groups, as mandated by the road map.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to speak to Abbas on Tuesday.
Deciphering Mahmoud Abbas
By Daniel PipesFrontPageMagazine.com January 11, 2005
There’s some puzzlement about Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestinian Authority. Does he accept Israel’s existence or want to destroy it?
AIPAC prober was transferred after rebuke
A top FBI official investigating a pro-Israel lobbying group was posted to lead the bureau’s Portland, Ore., office shortly after a group he headed was implicated in “inappropriate” conduct in the investigation of a Jew at the CIA.
David Szady, now in charge of the controversial FBI probe of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, was made special agent in charge of the FBI’s Portland division in May 1999, just a month after then-CIA Director George Tenet admitted that the National Counter Intelligence Policy Board was involved with “insensitive, unprofessional and highly inappropriate” language regarding the case of CIA attorney Adam Ciralsky, Portland’s Jewish Review reported.
According to the report, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Portland office said Szady — who some Jewish communal officials have asserted has targeted Jews and blocked or slowed their clearances — served in Portland until May 2001. The FBI is investigating whether AIPAC staffers passed classified information to Israeli officials, though AIPAC has vigorously denied any wrongdoing. Ciralsky has left the CIA and is now a television news producer.
The News and Observer
Glaxo offers a 5-in-1 shotTots' vaccinations could decline by 6
By AMY GARDNER, Staff Writer
That stunned look when the needle goes in, the deep intake of two lungs' worth of air, and then, the scream -- all could become a little bit rarer for North Carolina babies thanks to a five-in-one vaccine available now.
Reuters
Weekly sales mixed
Gift card redemption, big ticket purchases rose but weather slowed sales in some parts of the nation
January 11, 2005: 10:03 AM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. chain store retail sales were mixed last week, according to two separate reports Tuesday, as weather woes in some parts of the country hampered sales while retailers also saw a rise in gift card redemptions for the period.
The Star (Canada)
U.S. hopes Canada will join missile plan: EnvoyCellucci expects announcement by end of MarchU.S. ambassador anticipates Canada will take part
OTTAWA—The United States is optimistic Canada will sign on to President George W. Bush's missile defence plan before the end of March, American Ambassador Paul Cellucci has told The Canadian Press.
Cattle die after feedlot seizedSickness blamed on `overloaded' feed mixture, rancher says`It's horrible ... I've never seen anything like this before'
PONOKA, Alta.—More than 150 cattle found dead on an Alberta feedlot were incorrectly fed, causing bloating and ultimately death, says the veterinarian who is investigating the case.
Weather delays damaged sub's tripCrippled Chicoutimi stuck at Scottish baseHigh winds prevent transport ship sailing
FASLANE, SCOTLAND—The homeward voyage of Canada's crippled submarine has been delayed by bad weather in Scotland.
Editorial: Beef industry still faces uphill battle
Coming only days after Washington announced its readiness to ease border restrictions on live Canadian cattle, the news last week that another Alberta cow had tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, could not have been worse.
Bloomberg
USDA Reviewing Import Plan After Canada's 3rd Mad Cow Case
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will review its plan to renew cattle imports from Canada after that country announced its third confirmed case of mad cow disease.
Tsunami Disaster Aid
Death toll passes 150,000 in tsunami disaster
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-- Rescue workers pulled thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast Saturday, two weeks after surging walls of water caused unprecedented destruction on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The death toll in 11 countries passed 150,000.
Region gives $500K to tsunami victimsYork `one of the most multicultural regions' on continentBut many municipalities in Canada choosing not to donate
MIKE FUNSTON AND MEGAN OGILVIESTAFF REPORTERSYork Region will donate $500,000 for tsunami relief, becoming the first municipal government in the GTA to approve a direct cash contribution — and overshadowing donations made by a handful of other local governments across Canada.
Final numbers may be months away'News is very encouraging,' PM says 285 Canadians still `unaccounted for'
BRUCE CAMPION-SMITHOTTAWA BUREAUOTTAWA - Canada's list of missing in tsunami-ravaged southern Asia plunged to 37 from 146 yesterday, while the known dead went to six from five.
Aid distribution must be equitable
U.N. chief's tour sparks controversy
Jan. 9.
From the very government that declared the tsunami had not discriminated and equitable distribution of aid was vital, emerges a political agenda that had been under a humanitarian facade. The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was barred from visiting the northern regions held by the Tamil Tigers, because of fears they would be "gaining any added political legitimacy at a time when they are shunned by most Western governments."
Jewish group meets Bush on tsunami
An American Jewish group was among 19 nonprofits that met with President Bush to discuss tsunami relief efforts.
President George W. Bush focused on “efficient collaboration and the idea of staying for the long haul,” said Ruth Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service, who attended Monday’s meeting at the White House on last month’s Southeast Asian tsunami, which killed more than 160,000 people.
The president was “fiercely interested in the idea of giving money in a way that avoids dependency and in a way that encourages economic opportunity,” Messinger said. AJWS has collected $5 million so far and expects to grant more than $1 million to 34 groups in the affected area by the end of the week.
Meanwhile, more than 40 faith-based development, relief and grassroots advocacy organizations, led by AJWS, released a letter calling on President Bush to support bold action to address the debt crisis in the region. The groups called for the United States to press for a debt moratorium and urged the United States and G-7 nations to support the cancellation of all debts owed by Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Somalia.
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From disaster, diplomacy
An El Al jet delivered tsunami aid to Indonesia, a rare open contact between Israel and the world’s most populous Muslim state.
The El Al airlift landed Tuesday in Indonesia, which was hard hit by last month’s tsunami, after behind-the-scenes coordination between Jerusalem and Jakarta. Indonesia does not recognize the Jewish state, but Israeli officials expressed hope that ties could be normalized following the donation of clothes and food.
The last open contact between the two countries was in 1994, when then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin passed through Indonesia briefly on his way to Japan.
Aceh refugees hoping for food, waterInstead, they got another load of tarps
ANDREW MILLSSTAFF REPORTERStar reporter Andrew Mills is following a shipment of Canadian aid from Toronto's Pearson International Airport to the neediest of the needy in tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This is his fourth dispatch.
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - What the 1,200 people attempting to live in the grounds of the Social Building here really needed yesterday was food, toilets and more fresh drinking water.
Tsunami aid: Devil is in the detailsBad weather haunts DART missionAmpara already haven of aid angels
MARTIN REGG COHN
ASIAN BUREAUCOLOMBO—Two Canadian military convoys rumbled out of the Sri Lankan capital this morning — their humanitarian mission threatened on two fronts.
Wilmington Star News
Mudslides bury homes in storm-battered CaliforniaParts of California and Nevada have had 19 feet of snow, while floods have hit the Midwest.
LOS ANGELES - A huge mudslide furiously crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet Monday as a deadly Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day, boosting rainfall totals to astonishing levels.
"You'll excuse me be I thought he was everyone's president? Am I wrong? Besides there is such a thing as separation of Church and State, it is high time this administration respected that."
Inauguration route ban on crosses draws Christian fire
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A conservative group is threatening to sue the Secret Service for religious discrimination over security guidelines that would ban Christian crosses from President Bush’s inaugural parade route.
10 injured in helicopter aid flight
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A U.S. Seahawk helicopter on a relief operation crashed in a rice paddy near Banda Aceh's airport, injuring all 10 aboard and causing the military to briefly suspend flights today.
Landfill at center of spat may reopen
January 11, 2005
BY DAN ROZEK AND DAVE MCKINNEY Staff Reporters
Advertisement
The 94-acre Will County landfill that triggered a political feud within Illinois' first family when state regulators abruptly closed it can reopen next week if its operator cleans it up, attorneys and state officials said Monday.
"I knew it."
Bin Laden may be in eastern Afghanistan
January 11, 2005
BY STEPHEN GRAHAM
Advertisement
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Osama bin Laden and other militant leaders could be hiding in eastern Afghanistan, the commander of U.S. forces along a key stretch of the Pakistani border told the Associated Press on Monday.
The International Herald Tribune
"I wonder who is living in comfort at the cost of the innocent? Not Osama bin Laden of course! Right Don?"
Afghanistan's addiction
Afghanistan confronts many problems, but none is harder to solve than the widespread cultivation of opium poppies and the smuggled exports of refined opium and heroin. The Afghan drug trade corrodes the institutions President Hamid Karzai's government needs to build, distorts economic activity and warps social structures
Israel and Palestine
Let's hope talk of peace isn't part of election posturing
January 7, 2005
When it became clear that Mahmoud Abbas would emerge as the successor to Palestinian chieftain Yasser Arafat, some Israeli leaders felt encouraged. They saw Abbas as a mediator in the style of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat: a moderate with less charisma than his predecessor but one who offered real leadership, not revolutionary symbolism, one who could find an accord with Israel.
Israelis hopeful but waryas polls give Abbas victory
By Dina Kraft
TEL AVIV, Jan. 10 (JTA) — Edna Bar-Or wants to be optimistic about the prospects for peace after this week’s Palestinian elections but, like many Israelis, she’s not sure she can be.
Boost for Ariel Sharon seenas religious party joins coalition
By Dan Baron
TEL AVIV, Jan. 5 (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took a step this week that appears to boost his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
Ironically, that step was taken when Sharon convinced United Torah Judaism, a religious political party that opposes his withdrawal plan, to join his national unity government.
Of Course, Mr. Abbas extended every effort for peace. The only question is will the olive branch be laced with Hemlock?
Abbas extends olive branch
The Palestinian Authority president-elect extended an olive branch to Israel.
“We extend our hand to our neighbors. We are ready to make peace based on justice and we hope that the response will be positive,” Mahmoud Abbas said Monday on Palestinian television. “As we said before, we are committed to peacemaking and the peace process and the ‘road map’” peace plan, he said. But Abbas has ruled out a crackdown on Palestinian terrorist groups, as mandated by the road map.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to speak to Abbas on Tuesday.
Deciphering Mahmoud Abbas
By Daniel PipesFrontPageMagazine.com January 11, 2005
There’s some puzzlement about Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestinian Authority. Does he accept Israel’s existence or want to destroy it?
AIPAC prober was transferred after rebuke
A top FBI official investigating a pro-Israel lobbying group was posted to lead the bureau’s Portland, Ore., office shortly after a group he headed was implicated in “inappropriate” conduct in the investigation of a Jew at the CIA.
David Szady, now in charge of the controversial FBI probe of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, was made special agent in charge of the FBI’s Portland division in May 1999, just a month after then-CIA Director George Tenet admitted that the National Counter Intelligence Policy Board was involved with “insensitive, unprofessional and highly inappropriate” language regarding the case of CIA attorney Adam Ciralsky, Portland’s Jewish Review reported.
According to the report, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Portland office said Szady — who some Jewish communal officials have asserted has targeted Jews and blocked or slowed their clearances — served in Portland until May 2001. The FBI is investigating whether AIPAC staffers passed classified information to Israeli officials, though AIPAC has vigorously denied any wrongdoing. Ciralsky has left the CIA and is now a television news producer.
The News and Observer
Glaxo offers a 5-in-1 shotTots' vaccinations could decline by 6
By AMY GARDNER, Staff Writer
That stunned look when the needle goes in, the deep intake of two lungs' worth of air, and then, the scream -- all could become a little bit rarer for North Carolina babies thanks to a five-in-one vaccine available now.
Reuters
Weekly sales mixed
Gift card redemption, big ticket purchases rose but weather slowed sales in some parts of the nation
January 11, 2005: 10:03 AM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. chain store retail sales were mixed last week, according to two separate reports Tuesday, as weather woes in some parts of the country hampered sales while retailers also saw a rise in gift card redemptions for the period.
The Star (Canada)
U.S. hopes Canada will join missile plan: EnvoyCellucci expects announcement by end of MarchU.S. ambassador anticipates Canada will take part
OTTAWA—The United States is optimistic Canada will sign on to President George W. Bush's missile defence plan before the end of March, American Ambassador Paul Cellucci has told The Canadian Press.
Cattle die after feedlot seizedSickness blamed on `overloaded' feed mixture, rancher says`It's horrible ... I've never seen anything like this before'
PONOKA, Alta.—More than 150 cattle found dead on an Alberta feedlot were incorrectly fed, causing bloating and ultimately death, says the veterinarian who is investigating the case.
Weather delays damaged sub's tripCrippled Chicoutimi stuck at Scottish baseHigh winds prevent transport ship sailing
FASLANE, SCOTLAND—The homeward voyage of Canada's crippled submarine has been delayed by bad weather in Scotland.
Editorial: Beef industry still faces uphill battle
Coming only days after Washington announced its readiness to ease border restrictions on live Canadian cattle, the news last week that another Alberta cow had tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, could not have been worse.
Bloomberg
USDA Reviewing Import Plan After Canada's 3rd Mad Cow Case
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will review its plan to renew cattle imports from Canada after that country announced its third confirmed case of mad cow disease.
Tsunami Disaster Aid
Death toll passes 150,000 in tsunami disaster
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-- Rescue workers pulled thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast Saturday, two weeks after surging walls of water caused unprecedented destruction on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The death toll in 11 countries passed 150,000.
Region gives $500K to tsunami victimsYork `one of the most multicultural regions' on continentBut many municipalities in Canada choosing not to donate
MIKE FUNSTON AND MEGAN OGILVIESTAFF REPORTERSYork Region will donate $500,000 for tsunami relief, becoming the first municipal government in the GTA to approve a direct cash contribution — and overshadowing donations made by a handful of other local governments across Canada.
Final numbers may be months away'News is very encouraging,' PM says 285 Canadians still `unaccounted for'
BRUCE CAMPION-SMITHOTTAWA BUREAUOTTAWA - Canada's list of missing in tsunami-ravaged southern Asia plunged to 37 from 146 yesterday, while the known dead went to six from five.
Aid distribution must be equitable
U.N. chief's tour sparks controversy
Jan. 9.
From the very government that declared the tsunami had not discriminated and equitable distribution of aid was vital, emerges a political agenda that had been under a humanitarian facade. The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was barred from visiting the northern regions held by the Tamil Tigers, because of fears they would be "gaining any added political legitimacy at a time when they are shunned by most Western governments."
Jewish group meets Bush on tsunami
An American Jewish group was among 19 nonprofits that met with President Bush to discuss tsunami relief efforts.
President George W. Bush focused on “efficient collaboration and the idea of staying for the long haul,” said Ruth Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service, who attended Monday’s meeting at the White House on last month’s Southeast Asian tsunami, which killed more than 160,000 people.
The president was “fiercely interested in the idea of giving money in a way that avoids dependency and in a way that encourages economic opportunity,” Messinger said. AJWS has collected $5 million so far and expects to grant more than $1 million to 34 groups in the affected area by the end of the week.
Meanwhile, more than 40 faith-based development, relief and grassroots advocacy organizations, led by AJWS, released a letter calling on President Bush to support bold action to address the debt crisis in the region. The groups called for the United States to press for a debt moratorium and urged the United States and G-7 nations to support the cancellation of all debts owed by Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Somalia.
.........................................
From disaster, diplomacy
An El Al jet delivered tsunami aid to Indonesia, a rare open contact between Israel and the world’s most populous Muslim state.
The El Al airlift landed Tuesday in Indonesia, which was hard hit by last month’s tsunami, after behind-the-scenes coordination between Jerusalem and Jakarta. Indonesia does not recognize the Jewish state, but Israeli officials expressed hope that ties could be normalized following the donation of clothes and food.
The last open contact between the two countries was in 1994, when then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin passed through Indonesia briefly on his way to Japan.
Aceh refugees hoping for food, waterInstead, they got another load of tarps
ANDREW MILLSSTAFF REPORTERStar reporter Andrew Mills is following a shipment of Canadian aid from Toronto's Pearson International Airport to the neediest of the needy in tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This is his fourth dispatch.
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - What the 1,200 people attempting to live in the grounds of the Social Building here really needed yesterday was food, toilets and more fresh drinking water.
Tsunami aid: Devil is in the detailsBad weather haunts DART missionAmpara already haven of aid angels
MARTIN REGG COHN
ASIAN BUREAUCOLOMBO—Two Canadian military convoys rumbled out of the Sri Lankan capital this morning — their humanitarian mission threatened on two fronts.
Wilmington Star News
Mudslides bury homes in storm-battered CaliforniaParts of California and Nevada have had 19 feet of snow, while floods have hit the Midwest.
LOS ANGELES - A huge mudslide furiously crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet Monday as a deadly Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day, boosting rainfall totals to astonishing levels.
"You'll excuse me be I thought he was everyone's president? Am I wrong? Besides there is such a thing as separation of Church and State, it is high time this administration respected that."
Inauguration route ban on crosses draws Christian fire
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A conservative group is threatening to sue the Secret Service for religious discrimination over security guidelines that would ban Christian crosses from President Bush’s inaugural parade route.
Morning Papers
Funding al Qaeda. The area where Relief Workers are attending to the Rehabilitation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami nations NEEDS "Homeland Security." Relief Workers need to credentialed while citizens trade in weapons for a commodity they can appreciate. Security in an insecure world is vital for the children, especially the orphans. Gunmen are NOT WELCOME !!
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
Tsunami summit picks UN as leader and offers debt relief
The UN was picked by the nations that suffered from the tsunami in the Indian Ocean as the leader of the relief operations.
http://www.financegates.com/news/world_news/2005-01-06/tsunami_06012005.html
Security Issues Hinder Tsunami Relief
By Peter Dejong
The Associated Press
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A U.S. helicopter on a tsunami relief mission crashed Monday in Indonesia, injuring two servicemen and briefly suspending operations, while strong aftershocks and security concerns provided more challenges for aid workers two weeks after the killer waves hit.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/01/11/253.html
In history,
January 11…
… 1952, born Ben Crenshaw, golfer (1952)
… 1964, United States Surgeon General Luther Terry issues the first report that cigarette smoking may be dangerous.
…1885, born Alice Paul, American feminist and social reformer, who was a militant supporter of women's rights and used her skills as a speaker and propagandist to fight for the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment passed in 1920 and gave women the rights of citizens, including the right to vote. She also fought for an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA, which would remove in one stroke all legal, economic, and social restrictions on women, was introduced into the U.S. Congress in 1923 but did not pass.
January 10…
...1628, born Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
...1635, born Willem à Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion)
...1738, Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys)
...1776: English political writer Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. It denounces monarchy and proclaims that “the cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.
...1861: Florida Convention delegates in Tallahassee vote to secede from the United States.
...1863, London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
...1864, born George Washington Carver agricultural scientist (estimate date - actual birthdate unknown)
…1904, born Ray Bolger, actor
...1920: The League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles in fear of the possibility of the "war to end all wars." The United States is absent.
...1928, the Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky.
…1938, born Willie (Lee) McCovey, professional baseball player
…1939, born Sal Mineo, actor
...1946: The first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London, England.
...1949: RCA announces the seven-inch, 45 rpm record.
…1949, born George Foreman, American professional boxer, who was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1973 to 1974. He made one of the most remarkable comebacks in sports history when he regained the heavyweight title in 1994. Foreman was born in Marshall, Texas. Interested in sports from an early age, he played football and basketball as a youngster. He joined the Job Corps in 1965 and spent two years doing construction work and forestry in Oregon. During that time he also earned a high school equivalency diploma at Camp Parks, a California industrial training center. Foreman was soon noticed by boxing instructor Nick Broadus, who taught him to box and started him on a training program. He fought his first official amateur fight in 1967 in San Francisco and won with a knockout in the first round. Shortly after Foreman's graduation from the Job Corps, Broadus helped him obtain a job as a physical education teacher at Camp Parks. Foreman also continued his boxing career. After winning the national amateur heavyweight championship in 1968, he earned a position on the United States boxing team for the Olympic Games in Mexico City that year. At the games he won the heavyweight gold medal.
…1955, Marian Anderson, internationally acclaimed opera singer, became the first Black to perform at the Metropolitan Opera on this day. She made her operatic debut playing the fortune-teller Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera (Masked Ball). Her performance met with critical acclaim. Anderson was born on February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia. Her musical education and performing experience were the products of personal, family and community determination. Through the financial support of her church, the Union Baptist at Fitzwater, she took voice lessons in Philadelphia. On April 9, 1939, she performed a historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., before a crowd of 75,000 people. That event, which became a landmark in civil rights history, occurred after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused to rent Constitution Hall to Anderson for a concert performance. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, then a member of the DAR, condemned that racist act, resigned her membership and arranged for Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial. Anderson died April 8, 1993, at the age of 96.
... In 1978, the Soviet Union launched two cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz capsule for a rendezvous with the Salyut 6 space laboratory.
… 1984, Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. was inaugurated as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s 54th chief justice on this day, becoming the first Black elected to head a judicial branch of government in the U.S. Nix was first elected to the seven-member Court in 1971. Before that, he served as a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge from 1968 to 1971. Nix, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Justice Nix was a prominent lawyer during the Civil Rights Movement as a partner in the law firm of Nix, Rhodes & Nix from 1958 to 1968. Nix retired from the bench in 1996 after more than two decades on the court. Nix died on August 23, 2003, in suburban Philadelphia at the age of 75.
...1984, the United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
...2004, Michelle Kwan won her seventh straight title and eighth overall at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Atlanta; Johnny Weir skated to his first men's title.
Missing in Action
1967 GAULEY JAMES P. RINGWOOD OK
1967 STOVES MERRITT III BIRMINGHAM AL
1968 HOPPER EARL P. JR. GLENDALE AZ EJECTION PROBLEMS CRASH
1968 HALL KEITH N. GRAND FORKS ND 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 SPROTT ARTHUR R. JR. DELRAY BEACH FL
1970 ALLEN WAYNE C. TEWKSBURY MA REMAINS RETURNED 09/90 ID'D 04/91
1970 CROSBY HERBERT C. GA
1970 HOWES GEORGE A. KNOX IN
1973 CLARK ROBERT A. NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA
1973 MC CORMICK MICHAEL T. HONOLULU HI
Michael Moore Today
People's Choice
Best Picture of the Year
The American People have Spoken !
"Thank you! Thank you very much.
We live in a great country and we all love our country very much and I am so amazed that you did this — the people of America — that you voted for this film. I can't thank you enough.
I'm honored and gratified and I know that there are many people tonight — mothers and fathers across this country — with sons and daughters in Iraq. Our prayers are with them and I dedicate this award to them tonight.
I want to thank, most of all, the people out there who voted for this. I don't want you to give up. This country is still all of ours. Not just right or left, democrat or republican, it's all of our country.
I love making movies and I'll take this as an invitation to make more ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’s.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much."
Enter MichaelMoore.Com
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Link of the Week Ending:
Veterans for Common Sense
Our Mission:
Veterans for Common Sense seeks to inject the element of Common Sense into debates over war and national security. In an age when the majority of public servants have never served in uniform, the perspective of war veterans must play a key role in the public debate over national security issues in order to preserve the liberty veterans have fought and died preserving.
Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) was formed in 2002 by war veterans who believe that we, the people of the United States of America, are most secure when our country is strong and responsibly engaged with the world. Two years later, our organization has over 12,000 members throughout the United States.
Based on the pragmatic ideals of the American patriot Thomas Paine, VCS advocates a series of common sense principles to accomplish this vision for America
Link of the Week Beginning January 10, 2005
Conscientious Objection and Alternative Service
A conscientious objector is one who is opposed to serving in the armed forces and/or bearing arms on the grounds of moral or religious principles.
HOW TO APPLY
In general, once a man gets a notice that he has been found qualified for military service, he has the opportunity to make a claim for classification as a conscientious objector (CO). A registrant making a claim for Conscientious Objection is required to appear before his local board to explain his beliefs.
http://www.sss.gov/FSconsobj.htm
House GOP seen straying from pledges in 'Contract'
By Rick Klein / The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON -- They stormed into Congress a decade ago, a fresh-faced band of Republican candidates brandishing a Contract with America that promised balanced budgets, ''citizen legislators" who would serve and return to the private sector, and a restored trust in the nation's elected leaders as the GOP took control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=905
Palestine and Israel and George
I may very well be surprised, but, if Abbas is seen by his electorate as a 'puppet' to the USA there may very well be trouble. For that reason, George might not find a speedy acceptance of his invitation. I don't know what George is trying to say about Israel by 'inviting' Israel to help. Help with what? Israel has been deprived of loan guarantees and has substantial debt by Palestine. Israel has been very supportive to the effort of the elections. George again is making 'empty' gestures intended to create Isreal's response as if embarrassed into action.
Israel has REAL issues as well it needs to attend to:
"Meals for Israel"
http://www.meals4israel.com/
Brother, can you spare a meal?
Your donation will help feed the hungry in Israel. No matter the amount, you can help a brother.
http://www.meals4israel.com/lite/home.php
Palestine has a ways to go. In the article below one might note who Abbas is shaking hands with. It ain't George Bush. John Kerry has been in The Middle East during a historic time when the presence of an American President might make a difference in bring peace to the region. Before meeting with Mr. Abbas, John Kerry visited Syria to come to 'common terms' for a peaceful agreement with Israel. Coming to peaceful understandings with Syria is a very good initiative by John Kerry. It is most helpful.
Sharon to call to congratulate Abbas, set meeting
By Haaretz Staff
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was planning to telephone Palestinian president-elect Mahmoud Abbas today to congratulate him on Sunday's election victory. Government sources in Jerusalem said on Monday that arrangements were being made for a meeting between Abbas and Sharon in the coming days.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/525427.html
Bush Offers Talks with Abbas, Urges Israel to Help
By Adam Entous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Monday promised newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas direct talks and proposed a White House meeting after years of shunning Yasser Arafat, and urged Abbas to quickly bolster Palestinian security forces to take on militants.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7283779
Poll brings Israel glimmer of hope
Mahmoud Abbas may be someone Israel can talk with
With a new Palestinian leader in place, all eyes are now on the kind of relationship Israel will form with him. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said Mahmoud Abbas is a man Israel can do business with. But concessions will be necessary on both sides if the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians is to improve, says BBC Middle East reporter Lucy Williamson.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4163165.stm
Analysis / Revolt of no return
By Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondent
Smiling his closed smile, eyes half closed, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gazed yesterday at the MKs of his own Likud Party, one-third of whom voted no-confidence in him, and at those of the left-wing Yahad-Meretz faction, who supported him almost unanimously, thereby giving him the majority he needed to establish his third government: the disengagement government.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/525772.html
Future of peace talks with Abbas
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-11 13:57:08
BEIJING, Jan.11 -- Mahmoud Abbas won a landslide victory with almost two-thirds of the vote. The question is: is this large enough for a clear mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, to rein in militants and to unite the Palestinian Authority?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/11/content_2444784.htm
I WOULD EXPECT BUSH'S APPROVAL RATING TO INCREASE. Bush took advice and focus from others outside his Neocon Cronies. One of the first to find 'purpose' in the disaster efforts was the new 'Chief' at CNN, and not as a political stunt either, but, a profoundly sincere effort to bring Relief Efforts to the countries of Banda Aceh, Sri Lanka, Thialand and India. As a focus in leadership, CNN launched a team of reporters to the area bringing a reality even Kofi Annan stated is unlike any devastation he has ever witnessed. Bush is finally becoming an instrument of LEGITIMATE peace and not one of illegitimate war. So noted his OLD agenda is stilll under fire, while thanks to Colin Powell the new agenda of peace and rescue with rehabilitation of The Indian Ocean region proves to be the initiative most agreeable with all Americans.
Poll: Bush's approval rating climbs
High marks given on tsunami, lower on Social Security and Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/poll/index.html
BY CONTRAST, What the heck happened here? There is much to speculate about realizing the new sonar of these navy ships have been regarded as dangerous to the lives of Marine Mammals. Is this the new sonar that failed and if not was this an agenda or accident to attempt to prove a point regarding the old sonar. Either way a sailor is dead and others injured creating even more questions and concerns.
Officials: U.S. submarine hit undersea mountain
From Mike Mount
CNN Washington Bureau
Monday, January 10, 2005 Posted: 3:24 PM EST (2024 GMT)
The USS San Francisco, pictured in this file photo, ran aground south of Guam
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy submarine accident that killed one sailor and injured 24 others occurred when the vessel -- traveling at high speed -- hit an undersea mountain head-on, Pentagon officials said Monday.
Saturday's accident caused part of the sonar dome, which is part of the submarine's nose, to flood, officials said.
The commander of the USS San Francisco, Kevin Mooney, has not been relieved of duty while the investigation of the accident continues.
Mooney could be relieved of duty if officials determine there is enough evidence that the accident could have been averted.
The investigation will look at the sub's speed, its location and whether the undersea formation was on navigational charts, officials said.
The submarine was traveling in excess of 30 knots -- about 35 mph -- when its nose hit the undersea formation head-on, officials said.
The nuclear submarine docked Monday at a U.S. naval base in Guam, a spokesman with the U.S. Pacific Fleet said.
The San Francisco was escorted to port by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels, according to Lt. j.g. Adam Clampitt. The submarine suffered "some external damage," he said.
"The injured sailors are being treated at a U.S. military medical facility on Guam and will be transferred to other facilities -- possibly Pearl Harbor in Hawaii or Okinawa in Japan -- as necessary," Clampitt said.
According to a military statement, the injuries included "broken bones, lacerations, bruises and a back injury."
The accident occurred about 350 miles (560 kilometers) south of Guam, the U.S. Navy said. There were 137 crew on board at the time of the accident.
Machinist Mate 2nd Class Joseph Allen Ashley, 24, of Akron, Ohio, died Sunday from injuries suffered in the accident, Clampitt said. "The Navy continues to offer its sincerest condolences and prayers to the family and friends of Petty Officer Ashley," he said.
Navy sources said the submarine was en route to Brisbane, Australia, for a port visit at the time of the accident. There was no damage to the sub's nuclear reactor, according to Clampitt.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/10/nuclear.submarine.update/
THEN there is this. "Influence Peddling" which is illegal under Racketerring Laws of this country. I think Bush forgot to dismantle the Racketerring Laws when he came into office. Oops, another reason to 'can' Johnny Ashcroft.
Bush administration paid columnist to push its agenda
Last Updated Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:22:03 EST
CBC Arts
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration paid Armstrong Williams, a prominent Washington columnist, to promote its education policy, possibly violating U.S. law.
Williams has admitted taking money in return for spotlighting the so-called No Child Left Behind education initiative.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/01/10/Arts/armstrong050110.html
Climate Change is a 'Bitch' isn't it? Sorta makes everyone wish they 'listened' to the experts before they got into this mess. But, I thought Bush's technology could handle all this? Huh? Well, so far Bush is 'ZERO' for 100's of thousands, including a tsunami. Does everything Bush does have to get to Bibilical proportions BEFORE he finds science to be correct? That's leadership? I don't call that leadership? You know, at least Gore went to Antarctica.
12 Missing After Calif. Mudslide
By JEFF WILSON
Associated Press Writer
LA CONCHITA, Calif.
A huge mudslide crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet with terrifying force Monday, killing at least one person and leaving up to 12 missing as a Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day.
Los Angeles utility workers Doug Quintal, left, and Eric Lawrence pass a two-story house that collapsed after a mudslide Monday Jan 10, 2005, in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles. Authorities said a father and his two children were pulled from the rubble of the home. The father had minor injuries. Nine deaths have been linked to a series of storms pounding Southern California that have unleashed flash floods and mudslides, forced evacuations and closed roads and schools. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Height (pixels): 342 Width (pixels): 512
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050110/APA/501101014
The 'Exclusive' footage obtained by CNN was not be believed. That was a wall of earth that became literally a slippery slope promising to be even more than it was.
Mudslide crashes onto coastal hamlet
One dead, 15 injured and up to 12 missing
Monday, January 10, 2005 Posted: 9:05 PM EST (0205 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/01/10/storm.rdp.ap/index.html
One person killed after mudslide
1/10/2005 6:25 PM
By: Capital News 9 web staff
A mudslide in Southern California has killed at least one person and damaged at least 15 homes.
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=112818&SecID=33
I GUESS this was all necessary but in reality Bush does not have an admirable record and literally was AWOL. So who is kidding who here. If CBS felt a responsibility to bring this issue to light to count act the Propaganda of the Bush Swift Boat crew then they did the right thing. In fact the issue was refocused, it was just that the partisanship of the electorate didn't care that Bush was actually a coward !
Panel Finds CBS News Rushed Report on Bush's Guard Record
By JACQUES STEINBERG
and BILL CARTER
Published: January 10, 2005
Mary Mapes, the producer involved in the flawed CBS report.
Andrew Heyward, was kept on as president of CBS News. In November, Dan Rather announced that he was stepping down.
Betsy West, a senior vice president at CBS News, and Josh Howard, an executive producer, were urged to resign.
An independent panel convened by CBS to investigate a discredited broadcast about President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service has concluded that the network's news division rushed the report onto the air in September in a frenetic dash to beat its competitors. The report also says the network failed to seriously consider contradictory information raised not only before the segment was aired but for nearly two weeks afterward.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/media/10cnd-cbs.html?hp&ex=1105419600&en=a249147866098207&ei=5094&partner=homepage
CAPE TRAFALGAR JOURNAL
Where Nelson Triumphed, a Battle Rages Over Windmills
By MARLISE SIMONS
APE TRAFALGAR, Spain - Near this blustery headland where Admiral Nelson won his great naval victory over the French two centuries ago, a new battle of Trafalgar is brewing.
Power-generating turbines, like these in Tarifa, Spain, are aided by state subsidies. Now, two companies want to build windmills in the sea nearby.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/01/10/international/10trafalgar.ready.html
Survey: Mass attendance steady amid crisis
January 10, 2005
NEW YORK -- The clergy sex abuse crisis that has battered the U.S. Roman Catholic Church for three years has had little impact on Mass attendance, according a study released Monday.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/10/survey_mass_attendance_steady_amid_crisis/
Gov't targets atheist's inauguration suit
January 10, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The government is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by an atheist who wants to bar the saying of a prayer at President Bush's inauguration, calling the practice widely accepted and more than 200 years old, according to a court filing released Monday.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/10/govt_targets_atheists_inauguration_suit/
DISCRIMINATION??
Companies turn to personality profiles for hiring
Companies embrace personality profiles for prospective employees
By Diane E. Lewis, Globe Staff, 1/9/05
Getting a job isn't just about your business sense. It's also about your sense of humor, cynicism, or persistence.
http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/010905_personality.html
Will you try to get a new job in 2005?
Yes, I need a job, period
48.0%
Yes, I plan to switch
41.5%
No, I'm happy where I am
6.4%
No current plans to
4.2%
Total votes: 1001
http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/010905_personality.html
At 910 PM a mixture of light rain...freezing rain...sleet and snow was over north central Illinois and northwest Indiana. The precipitation is moving northeast around 20 mph. Ice accumulations between a tenth and two tenths are possible overnight into Tuesday morning. A mixture of snow and ice will cause roads and walkways to become slippery travel with caution.
http://weather.chicagotribune.com/US/IL/Chicago/KORD.html?main=1
Watchdog group says Peoples Gas overcharged customers
By The Associated Press
Published January 10, 2005, 5:57 PM CST
The Citizens Utility Board has increased to $149 million the amount of money it believes Peoples Gas overcharged customers due to secret deals with Enron Corp.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-050110peoples,1,7802132.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
2 Dead in La Conchita Landslide
Deaths bring to 11 the number of people killed in Southern California during the recent wave of storms.
By Steve Chawkins and Daryl Kelley, Times Staff Writers
Super-saturated land tumbled down a mountain today, picking up speed and deadly power before it hit a neighborhood in the coastal community of La Conchita in Ventura County, killing at least two people, injuring nine and leaving at least six missing, fire officials said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-011005rain_lat,0,5031234.story?coll=la-home-headlines
4 Jailed Iranians Awaiting Release
A judge has given the U.S. until Feb. 20 to free the Mirmehdi brothers, held since 2001 in an immigration case.
By H.G. Reza, Times Staff Writer
Confined to the Terminal Island immigration jail for more than three years, the Mirmehdi brothers cannot help wondering whether they are somehow beyond the law.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brothers10jan10,0,4948583.story?coll=la-home-local>
3 Dead in Ohio River Tugboat Accident
From Associated Press
INDUSTRY, Pa. — A tugboat and three barges sank Sunday after being swept over a dam spillway on the Ohio River by currents made stronger by heavy rains, killing three crew members. One person was missing and believed to be aboard the sunken boat
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tug10jan10,0,3578319.story?coll=la-home-nation
I FIND THIS UNFORTUNATE. Don't quite understand why. This is clearly an issue of Civil Rights and not State's Rights. Are we becoming a nation of regressive Civil Rights and conformity?
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Florida gay-adoption case
BY JENNIFER BABSON
jbabson@herald.com
keys flnews
Silently sidestepping a thorny social issue, the U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal by four gay Florida men who unsuccessfully challenged the state's ban on adoptions by gay couples -- the only blanket law of its kind in the nation.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10610775.htm?1c
Two Dead After Calif. Mudslide
JEFF WILSON
Associated Press
LA CONCHITA, Calif. - A huge mudslide crashed down on homes in a coastal hamlet with terrifying force Monday, killing at two people and leaving up to 12 missing as a Pacific storm hammered Southern California for a fourth straight day.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10612544.htm
Firm ordered to stop toxin distribution
By ASHLEY FANTZ AND SARA OLKON
solkon@herald.com
A federal judge on Monday essentially shut down an Arizona company that distributed an anti-wrinkle product that is far less potent than the one allegedly responsible for paralyzing four South Floridians.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/10612052.htm
Troubled waters for manatee plan
Broward hopes to enact a manatee protection plan this year, but boating advocates have reservations about proposed restrictions on new docks, ramps and marinas.
BY SAMUEL P. NITZE
snitze@herald.com
As Broward County officials craft the last piece of a state-mandated manatee protection plan, their work has drawn sharp criticism from another group that considers itself endangered: the marine industry.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/weather/environment/10609911.htm
Denying rape victims
OUR OPINION: RESTORE CONTRACEPTION OPTION TO GUIDELINES
The same Justice Department that draped cloth over a nude statue at its Washington, D.C., headquarters has issued new rape-treatment guidelines that omit offering information about emergency contraception to victims of sexual attacks. The policy is wrongheaded and foolish. It could cause women to carry to full term unwanted pregnancies perpetrated by criminals.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10606789.htm
The New Zealand Herald
Sunday to be memorial day for tsunami dead
11.01.05 12.00pm
A memorial day for the thousands killed in last month's Asian tsunami will be held on January 16, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=9006213
Abbas win and new Sharon coalition boost peace hopes
11.01.05 1.00pm
By Mohammed Assadi
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Middle East peace hopes were boosted on Monday local time when Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pull-out.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9006205
Yushchenko confirmed as Ukraine's president
11.01.05 10.45am
KIEV - Ukraine's Central Election Commission formally declared today that liberal Viktor Yushchenko won last month's presidential election with 51.99 per cent of the vote, paving the way for him to take power.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9006200
Milosevic lawyers renew bid to withdraw from case
11.01.05 1.00pm
AMSTERDAM - Lawyers appointed to defend former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic have renewed their bid to withdraw from his war crimes trial, according to papers released on Monday by the court.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9006207
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
Scott Base
Some cloud
1.0° - That's above zero. This is Antarctica, okay?
Updated Tuesday 11 Jan 9:59PM
end
New Zealand Satellite 1.11.05. The clouds are the peripheral circulating winds of the Antarctica Vortex. Keep in mind geographically, New Zealand is directly across from Scott Base now experiencing above zero temperatures. Those peripheral winds are pulling tropical air into the Ice Continent in a Global Warming pattern attempting to continue to cool the planet. IF all these dynamics weren't necessary to maintain the biotic sphere of Earth, why would this occur? THAT SAID, what then will Earth's tropospheric temperatures be like if Human Induced Global Warming completely melts Earth's temperate reserves, the Ice Caps?
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