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...remember that good times can dramatically end and systems suddenly fail. But in plotting our national reconstruction and reinvention it's just as important - and maybe more so - to imagine the unimaginable on the upside. As we gasp in horror at our half glass of water, we really can - must - see it as half full as well as half empty...
Even so, the LAPD has hurdles ahead. It must trim $130 million in spending, a consequence of the cuts imposed by the City Council and mayor to close Los Angeles' $530-million budget shortfall. Police administration officials are considering imposing mandatory furloughs starting in October, the Los Angeles Times reported. In addition to a diminished police presence, severe cuts to health and social service programs, and education, will likely add to social woes and, thus, a possible uptick in crime. Because of such challenges, Bratton feels strongly that the next chief should be chosen from from within the department...
...former head of Indonesia's state intelligence called the operation to hunt down Top "brilliant" but warned that the country must still be vigilant. "We still have to be alert because the brain behind all this is al-Qaeda and the hand moves when the brain tells it to," A.M. Hendropriyono told a reporter on Jakarta's MetroTV. "The brain is outside the country but the tentacles are here and they could regenerate." Still, he said the killing of Top was a victory in that Top's charisma and ability to recruit was as much a threat as his technical...
...furtive and risky situations. Graffitists hurriedly stencil their graphics in out-of-the-way alleys (for example, to mock the regime's insistence that foreign agents helped foment the street protests, a noted brother duo sprayed "God Save the Sk8" against a British flag). Break dancers and techno producers must be content performing in cramped basements and villas outside the capital. Nonetheless, the mere existence of these cultural jammers is a form of protest...
Most youths in the street scene are just as desperate to leave, for to become commercially successful in Iran, an artist or performer must at least have the tacit approval of the theocratic regime. One of the country's best-known rappers, Hichkas (Soroush Lashgari), started out being harshly critical of the regime, but in the past year, he has become increasingly pro-government. In one song, he scolds partygoers who stay out late and get roughed up by the religious police. "He's a total sellout," says a 26-year-old student who now listens to exiled bands like...