| Obama and the Radicals
Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at." This earns Ayers at least some spiritual kinship to Osama Bin Laden. (In last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, which of course went to press before Sept. 11, Ayers maintains that this was "a joke." In a more serious vein, Ayers was quoted by another Times interviewer as saying, "I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough." The earliest known contact between Obama and Ayers was a "meet and greet" at Ayers’ house in Hyde Park – an upper middle class neighborhood on Chicago’s south side. Ben Smith at Politico gives an overview of the time and circumstance of the meeting: In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
A new ID system will make US citizens more secure, according to the ...
However, even the older folks will need one of the new IDs in order to board a plane by 2017. The new licenses will include three additional security layers, but no microchips -- yet. This will likely comfort some of RFID's vocal opponents. Secretary of State offices will now take pictures for licenses at the start, instead of the end the application process, so upon rejection, the person will be put in the system in case they try to return or forge a license. Additionally, it'll mandate all states to perform social security checks when licensing. This program is representative of the major government drive in recent years to increase security, even at the expense of cost and privacy. Many of the stateside logistics are already in place in some states; others will be forced to update their procedures. Meanwhile on the federal level, the government must embark on the massive task of network citizen data between its branches and attempting to keep this data secure.
A new chapter in Harlan County
Evarts' boys and girls had a tough season, managing only 10 victories between them. Cumberland has enjoyed lots of success in hoops over the years. The boys' program made it to the Sweet Sixteen in 1943 and 2003. Cumberland's girls, under longtime coach John Bond, won All "A" state titles in 1991 and 1992, and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1984 and 1986. The Lady Redskins' final season ended with a 51-48 home-court loss to Middlesboro in the district semifinals. "It was tough to know that when the game ended, we weren't gonna play anymore," Bond said. "But we played the last game with so much heart that all the girls who've ever worn the maroon and white couldn't have been prouder." Bond has 492 career victories, with all but a handful coming in 26 years at Cumberland.
Escape to Orlando
Loch Haven Park, straddling East Princeton Street just a few blocks from Leu Gardens, is Orlando's cultural heart, home to, among other things, three general-interest museums and a theater.
- Mennello Museum of American Folk Art: Its signature collection is of the works by Earl Cunningham (1893-1977)--flat land- and seascapes interpreted in strong, straight-from-the-tube primary and secondary colors.
- Orlando Museum of Art: One of its restaged and ongoing exhibitions is a group of some 150 pre-Columbian works, 25 of which are being shown for the first time.
- Orlando Science Center: In addition to hands-on science exhibits, there's the Dr. Phillips CineDome--reputedly the biggest Iwerks theater anywhere, with a Digistar II planetarium packing a 28,000-watt sound system--and, rare among science museums, an observatory open to the public.
Georgians near Government Buildings for €11m
With location ever more important in the current weak market, Lisney is expecting strong interest in a substantial block of Georgian Dublin that goes on the market today at the busy junction of Merrion Street and Lower Baggot Street. Numbers 18, 19 and 20 Merrion Street are across the street from Government Buildings and are expected to sell for €11 million. The three interconnected buildings adjoin the Merrion Hotel and the highly acclaimed Patrick Guilbaud restaurant. Number 18 has a return frontage on to Lower Baggot Street and adjoins the AIB bank branch which was sold to an investor last year as part of a larger portfolio sale and leaseback. The Merrion Street property is producing rental income of €162,600 from two ground floor retail units let to the Irish Nationwide and Rhubarb Cafe and also from The Pearl Brasserie in the basement.
Budget Offers New Discounts for American Express(R) Cardmembers
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. today announced a special promotion for American Express cardmembers. Through May 31, 2008, each time customers pay for a Budget rental with any American Express Card they will save up to $50 on that rental and receive an American Express branded rewards card worth up to $100. "Budget customers expect great value," said Becky Alseth, senior vice president of marketing for Avis Budget Group, parent of Budget. "They want top-quality vehicles, great service and low prices. We think they'll take advantage of this new promotion that offers money-saving discounts from Budget and an American Express branded rewards card that can be used virtually anywhere American Express is accepted." Terms and conditions apply.
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