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Open Text Corp. stock rises Thursday, outperforms marketJimmy Carter was respectively known as St Jimmy - universally revered for his good deeds in the poorest countries in the world and for the impeccable moral probity of his character, writes JONATHAN AITKEN By JONATHAN AITKEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 23:29 GMT, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 23:35 GMT, 29 December 2024 e-mail View comments 'Jimmy Who?' they derisively called him when he started to run for the Presidency of the United States in 1975. By the time Jimmy Carter died yesterday at the age of 100 he was respectively known as St Jimmy – universally revered for his good deeds in the poorest countries in the world and for the impeccable moral probity of his character . The paradox of James Earl Carter was that during his single term of office as the 39th President of the United States he was widely regarded as a failure. But as an ex-President he was universally acclaimed as a huge success. After his crushing defeat by Ronald Reagan in 1980 Carter turned the tables in terms of his historical and personal reputation. Over the next 43 years he grew in stature. His record was re-evaluated. His reputation and status soared as he won the Nobel Peace Prize and became venerated as an outstanding pioneer in human rights, conflict resolution, and the eradication of severe diseases in Africa. In many marginalised countries and deprived communities Jimmy Carter was hailed as a hero, admired around the world for his natural rapport with the oppressed. 'I am accused of being an outsider and I plead guilty to the charge', declared candidate Carter in the early stages of his slow burning effort to win the Democratic Party 's nomination for the 1976 Presidential campaign. It was a time when America was in turmoil, reeling from the scandals of Watergate, the shock of its first ever war defeat in Vietnam, and the growing belief that 'The Imperial Presidency' was the cause of the nation's problems. By the time Jimmy Carter died yesterday at the age of 100 he was respectively known as St Jimmy – universally revered for his good deeds in the poorest countries in the world and for the impeccable moral probity of his character Jimmy Carter pictured with his wife Rosalynn Carter who was an American writer and activist President Jimmy Carter, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II are photographed with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in May 1977 Former President Jimmy Carter receiving his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, in 2002 Against this background, a homespun outsider of transparent humility and sincere religious belief caught the voters' mood of wanting political change, particularly when he promised to cut the White House and Washington down to size. But after Carter had narrowly defeated the incumbent President Gerald Ford, he took office with little or no understanding of how to deliver his promises let alone how to run America's domestic and foreign policy. Carter failed as a national leader because he thought he could run the Presidency in the same personalised quirky style he had used in his single term as governor of Georgia. His top White House aides were good ol' boy cronies from his home state – but few of them were up to the job. He lost sight of the fact that a President must be a strategist. Carter was a workaholic micromanager who immersed himself in small print details and administration. He even insisted on personally controlling the bookings for the White House tennis court! The power barons of Congress never quite knew what to make of Carter who came across to them as an aloof and ascetic loner. Even with a Democrat majority in both houses, the President declined to make friends with his supporters or cut deals with his opponents. So his legislative programme failed. His promises to stimulate the economy and introduce measures to solve the energy crisis never got off the ground. America felt poorer and colder, suffering from a malaise of national self-confidence. Part of the problem was Carter's personality. To the public he was an enigma. He had no ability to make Americans feel good about themselves. Jimmy Carter pictured in his family's peanut field in Plains, Georgia, on August 19, 1978 Jimmy Carter (C) and First Lady Rosalynn Carter (R) and their eldest son Jack Carter (L) walking outside The White House in Washington, DC in 1977 A young Jimmy Carter with his dog Bozo in Plains, Georgia, USA, circa 1937 Henry Kissinger, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter sit together during a lunch meeting on the White House patio in Washington, U.S., August 15, 1977 Within the Washington Beltway his enemies saw him as vacillating and indecisive. His friends were mystified by his remoteness. Practically no-one except for his devoted wife Rosalynn – nicknamed the 'Steel Magnolia' for her inflexibility – ever enjoyed personal empathy with the 39th President. Read More BREAKING NEWS Jimmy Carter dead at 100: Former US President passes away in his Georgia home The chilliness was a major weakness in dealing with his fellow politicians who came to reciprocate the hostility they felt he showed them. More troublingly, Jimmy Carter lacked the leadership skills to reach out and reassure the country beyond Washington. His fireside chats were devoid of warmth and his set speeches seemed stilted. His thin, reedy voice gave him, said his acerbic rival Senator Eugene McCarthy 'the eloquence of a mortician'. Although he lacked charisma of a national communicator, Carter was authentic in his personal sincerity and private faith. On the campaign trail he emphasised his outsider credentials as a small Southern farmer, a Sunday school teacher and 'a born-again Christian' a term which he single-handedly made famous. He promised that he would never tell a lie and that he would bring honesty and integrity back into government. The voters believed him although his piety came in for some ridicule when he gave an interview to Playboy admitting that he had 'lusted in his heart' after other women. Former US president Jimmy Carter (L) and Cuban President Fidel Castro listen to the US National Anthem after Carter's arrival at Jose Marti airport in Havana on May 12, 2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter gives the call to rise up before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018 President Jimmy Carter (L) and his wife Rosalynn (R) and their family sitting for a portrait at The White House in Washington, DC, USA, March 26, 1979 In many marginalised countries and deprived communities Jimmy Carter was hailed as a hero, admired around the world for his natural rapport with the oppressed In both domestic and international policy, Carter was a dedicated champion of human rights. His father, who started the family peanut farm, was an old fashioned segregationist. But his mother argued for the rights of her black neighbours. Their son Jimmy followed the maternal example and adopted the anti-discrimination fervour of a new liberal Southerner. Read More Inside Jimmy Carter's final months in hospice care before his death at 100 From the White House he appointed black Cabinet officers, judges, ambassadors and senior officials on a scale undreamed of by any previous President. He was equally determined to ensure that women became full partners in all phases of policy making. His affirmative actions and appointments transformed the look of the US government at senior levels. On the international stage, Carter put human rights at the forefront of his foreign policy. At the time his initiatives in this field were often derided as the empty gestures of a righteous preacher, cut off from the realpolitik of world affairs. But in his dogged way Carter persevered and gradually succeeded. Some years after leaving office he was asked by Presidential historian Theodore H White what he thought were his most lasting achievements? 'Emphasis on human rights', replied the ex-President. 'I printed that commitment on worldwide consciousness. It may have permanent results ...' History has vindicated that judgement. In his diplomacy Carter had one remarkable success which was entirely personal. Tireless in his quest to defuse tensions in the Middle East he organised the 1978 Camp David summit between Israel and Egypt. The ground breaking Accords signed there have stood the test of time. These agreements would have been impossible to achieve without the tenacity and sincerity of Jimmy Carter. Carter gives a speech after receiving the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo City Hall Former President Jimmy Carter, left, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th anniversary President Jimmy Carter (C) with Egyptian President Anwar al Sadat (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David Former US president Jimmy Carter helps build a house as he visits the construction site of houses being built by Carter's Habitat for Humanity foundation for victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Leogane President Jimmy Carter (R) walking with Egyptian President Anwar al Sadat (L) during Middle East peace negotiations Only he could have succeeded in corralling Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt at Camp David for thirteen days. Read More BREAKING NEWS Donald Trump says world owes Jimmy Carter a 'debt of gratitude' after death at 100 Eventually he persuaded them that the honour of the American President could permit them to lay down arms against each other. The final year of the Carter presidency was a sea of troubles. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The domestic economy deteriorated. Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution in Iran compounded the President's difficulties, ruining his reputation with its knock-on effects of soaring oil prices, diplomatic humiliations, and a military disaster. The President's luck ran out after 53 Americans were taken hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran by Islamic revolutionaries. After months of fruitless efforts to get them freed, Carter ordered their rescue by America's elite Delta Force. In giving the go ahead on April 19 1980 the President over-ruled the advice of his Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, who opposed the mission because of its high risks. Instead Carter backed the plan of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tragically, their Operation Eagle Claw turned out to be a fiasco. In the harsh conditions of the Iranian desert, three of the Delta Force's eight helicopters malfunctioned because of sandstorms. A fourth helicopter crashed into a C130 transport plane killing eight Special Forces commandos. The mission had to be aborted. No hostages were rescued. US President Jimmy Carter sitting atop his limousine as his motorcade drives through Bardstown, Kentucky in 1979 President Jimmy Carter on television at the Reagan-Bush team's headquarters, the Century Plaza Hotel, in Los Angeles Jimmy Carter helps erect a frame during a Habitat for Humanity project October 4, 2010 in Washington Former US President Jimmy Carter gives the media an update on his recent cancer diagnosis at the Carter Center in Atlanta in 2015 President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains Jimmy Carter was devastated by this failure. Three decades after the event he said the greatest regret of his Presidency was not having used his power as Commander-in Chief to send more helicopters. At the time he was physically and mentally shattered. Soon after giving the order to abort he went out for an early morning jog in the Rose Garden of the White House, watched by his Acting Chief of Staff Alonzo McDonald who later told me 'I have never seen a man look more utterly sad and dejected'. Read More How Jimmy Carter shattered royal protocol by kissing Queen Mother on the LIPS leaving her horrified But in Tehran, the hostages remained incarcerated by the Ayotollah's mobs, whose jubilant taunts provided a nightly reminder on the news bulletins of the shaming of American pride. At home, with the election looming, domestic inflation soared to 18 per cent. Carter was severely weakened in the primaries by having to beat off a bruising challenge from Senator Edward Kennedy. The Republican contender, Governor Ronald Reagan won the Presidential debates by portraying himself as strong, decisive, charismatic and likable. None of these adjectives could be applied to the incumbent. With his support draining away, the President's personal pollster, Patrick Caddell gave his boss the dire news in a private memorandum 'By and large the American people do not like Jimmy Carter' said it's final sentence 'Indeed a large segment could be said to loathe him'. By polling day the loathing of the President turned into a landslide for Reagan. Carter lost the election by 49 Electoral College votes to 489. He carried only 6 States while Reagan won 45. Never had a sitting occupant of the White House been so politically trounced and so personally humiliated. Former President Jimmy Carter stands behind his birthday cake during his 90th birthday celebration Jimmy Carter, accompanied by his wife Rosalynn, daughter Amy, and grandson Jason tells supporters at a Washington hotel that he has conceded the election to challenger Ronald Reagan Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter gestures during his speech at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Members of President Jimmy Carter's staff cry as the President and Mrs. Carter depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington for Camp David Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter dance to the Marine Band in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on November 9, 2000 After losing office, ex-President Carter went home to his modest farmhouse in Plains. At 56 he was too young to retire so he began working as a carpenter for Habitat for Humanity. This Christian organisation, based just down the road from Plains, built low cost housing for the poor and for those who lost their homes in natural disasters. The sight of a former President wielding a hammer to rebuild tenement blocks in New York City or shanty towns devastated by earthquakes in Haiti caused many Americans to re-assess Carter the private citizen. His humility, idealism and selflessness were admired, particularly after he opened the non-profit making Carter Centre in Atlanta with the objective of ameliorating suffering and disease. These ambitious goals were often achieved by Jimmy Carter in the decades after he left the White House. His medical programmes operated in 65 countries in the developing world. In Africa his campaign to eradicate the killer Guinea Worm disease was successful. His initiatives were also responsible for reducing Malaria, river blindness and Trachoma while at the same time improving nutrition among some of the worlds' poorest communities by ambitious agricultural developments. He was tenacious in his service to the underdogs of humanity. In the course of his global travels, Jimmy Carter became heavily involved in conflict resolution. He and his Centre developed an impressive record of helping to resolve conflicts in Haiti, Bosnia, Sudan, Uganda and other countries. In North Korea, Carter undertook a secret peace mission to Kim Il-sung which achieved a nuclear freeze in the region for several years. In 2002 the ex-President was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing democracy, human rights and peaceful solutions in several of the world's most difficult countries. Former US president George Bush, President Bill Clinton, former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter wave to the attendance after being announced at the George Bush Library in College Station, Texas US President Jimmy Carter (L) with Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan at the White House in Washington in 1979 Jimmy Carter, framed by a campaign sign held by supporters, leaving a Washington hotel in 1980 The cause that engaged him most passionately was the plight of the Palestinian people, whose sufferings he described as 'one of the greatest human rights crimes on earth'. After one visit to the West Bank he stopped off in London to address an audience of Parliamentarians in Westminster. Embarrassingly only five or six MPs showed up of which I was one. The former leader of the free world seemed quite unfazed by the low turnout. His modesty and self-effacement made his mastery of detail on the complex Arab-Israeli dispute seem all the more impressive. At the end of the meeting I asked the ex-President where he was travelling to next. 'Back to Plains' he said 'I don't like to miss teaching Sunday School at our church. And I don't like to be away from Rosalynn for too long'. It was a reminder that the quintessence of Jimmy Carter was his commitment to faith and family values. A transparently good and decent man he did more to make the world a better place after losing the Presidency than he did while in office. It was a paradox that his achievements were greater when he was vulnerable than when he was powerful. Perhaps his strength was that he remained faithful to his Christian ideals at all stages, high and low, of his life's journey. He would not be disappointed with such an epitaph. 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Guwahati: A silent sit-in protest was staged today at Keishampat in Imphal West, organised by Taragi Cheisu, a group comprising senior citizens and several other organisations. The protest was held to condemn the brutal killing of innocent children and a woman from the Jiribam district. Retired Police Officer Thanjam Brojen On The Protest Retired police officer Thangjam Brojen, speaking at the protest, emphasised that merely deploying more companies of central forces would not address the ongoing issues. He highlighted that the effectiveness of the forces would depend on their strategic utilisation. Students of College of Agriculture, Iroisemba, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, held a sit-in protest today in the College campus. Around 450 students participated in the demonstration, condemning the brutal killing of three children and three women at Jiribam, Manipur. pic.twitter.com/Ag5lveM47a Brojen expressed concern over the shrinking moral and ethical space and the disappearance of legitimate state institutions. He appealed to those in authority to reassert state control and contain the violence as soon as possible. On Deployment Of Additional Central Forces In response to media queries about the deployment of additional central forces, Brojen questioned the absence of a clear strategic plan for their use. He noted the lack of coherent strategies to contain the violence. Commenting on the reimposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in six identified police stations, Brojen pointed out that AFSPA was already in effect in various parts of the state, yet the ongoing crisis remained unresolved. He suggested that with proper policies and programmes, the conflict could be addressed without reimposing AFSPA. Manipur Govt Extends Suspension Of Mobile Internet Services Meanwhile, the Manipur government on Saturday extended the suspension of mobile internet services for two days in several districts of the state, according to an order. Amid escalating violence, the administration suspended the services on November 16 for two days to prevent anti-social elements from spreading content that might create law and order problems. It has been extended several times since then. “The state government after reviewing the prevailing law and order situation has decided to continue the suspension of mobile internet services in Imphal West, Imphal East, Kakching, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Churachandpur and Kangpokpi for another two days in public interests," the order issued by the home department said. Internet services were suspended on November 16 after violence broke out in the state following the recovery of bodies of three women and three children. The Manipur government had lifted the suspension on broadband services on November 19, considering the hardships faced by common people, healthcare facilities, educational institutions and other offices. Further, in an effort to bolster security across Manipur, authorities have announced the deployment of 90 additional security forces, supplementing the earlier presence of 198 companies in the state. A significant portion of these reinforcements has already reached Imphal and is being strategically deployed to safeguard citizens, vulnerable areas, and critical infrastructure. The decision was made during a high-level security review meeting held today, attended by representatives from the Army, Assam Rifles, BSF, CRPF, local police, and DGP. The meeting assessed the security situation in Imphal and all districts, identifying key areas of concern and developing a robust strategy for addressing them. With the arrival of additional companies, security forces are being redistributed to cover high-risk zones and sensitive points across the state. 2 People Arrested For Being Involved In Vandalism On the other hand, two more persons were arrested in Manipur for allegedly being involved in vandalism and arson at the residences of legislators in Imphal Valley on November 16, police said on Saturday. With these arrests, the number of people apprehended for arson at the residences of MLAs reached 34. Police also said that they are examining inputs and looking for additional suspects in various localities of Imphal Valley for arson incidents on November 16. An investigation into the incidents of vandalism and arson at the residences of legislators is underway, the officer said.Parnassus Investments LLC Grows Stake in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)