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European history 1000-1450
Medieval Religious Rationalities
A Weberian Analysis
Author: D. L. d'Avray, University College London
Date Published: September 2010
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Inspired by the social theories of Max Weber, David d'Avray asks in what senses medieval religion was rational and, in doing so, proposes a new approach to the study of the medieval past. Applying ideas developed in his companion volume on Rationalities in History, he explores how values, instrumental calculation, legal formality and substantive rationality interact and the ways in which medieval beliefs were strengthened by their mutual connections, by experience, and by mental images. He sheds new light on key themes and figures in medieval religion ranging from conversion, miracles and the ideas of Bernard of Clairvaux to Trinitarianism, papal government and Francis of Assisi's charismatic authority. This book shows how values and instrumental calculation affect each other in practice and demonstrates the ways in which the application of social theory can be used to generate fresh empirical research as well as new interpretative insights.
Unique approach to the study of medieval history, demonstrating a method for combining comparative history with social theory
Case studies draw on previously unpublished manuscript data, illuminating and questioning rational and irrational features of medieval religion
Companion to Rationalities in History by the same author which, as a package, will be of value to teachers of social theory and comparative history; this volume applies the theory laid out in Rationalities in History to the study of medieval religion
Reviews & endorsements
'Medieval Religious Rationalities is a rich book, yet one that is not easy to sum up … [it] displays an impressive range of sources and covers an equally impressive array of issues relating to the history of medieval Christianity … [it] not only ventures into unchartered territory; it challenges some of the most powerful interpretations of the dynamics of medieval Christianity … [it] has the immense merit of demonstrating that religion can under certain conditions make an essential contribution to the intercultural dialogue - a precious reminder in a very timely book, indeed.' Martial Staub, Journal of Religion
'Medieval Religious Rationalities is a challenging but rewarding book. David d'Avray sets himself the task of applying to medieval religion Max Weber's categories for the analysis of reason … Throughout the book d'Avray's style is engaging, and he takes pains to explain technicalities for the benefit of non-medievalists.' Norman Housley, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'D. L. d'Avray excels at inquiring into networks of conviction … [he] has special expertise in the study of preaching, scholastic [thought], the papacy, and marriage in the late Middle Ages, and many of his very well-chosen illustrations reflect this … a rich mine of information about medieval mentalities and procedures.' David Luscombe, The American Historical Review
'Unlike those historians who prefer to remain the prisoner of theories which are held unconsciously, David d'Avray's aim … is to engage explicitly with the 'ideal types' of rationality catalogued in Max Weber's work in order to show their empirical value in the study of the religion of the medieval West … constitute[s] a model of how historians can engage with social theory … clearly and wittily written and resort[s] to technical jargon in order to clarify the argument rather than to obscure it … logically structured and address[es] issues which are of interest not just to medievalists but also to historians of other periods, as well as to philosophers, anthropologists, sociologists and social theorists … draw[s] effortlessly on an impressive range of empirical examples and [is] the product of wide reading in philosophy and social science.' S. H. Rigby, English Historical Review
2. Medieval values: structures
3. Medieval values: dynamics
4. The value-instrumental interface in the Middle Ages
5. Formal rationality and medieval religious law
6. The formal-substantive interface and the dispensation system
General conclusion.
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D. L. d'Avray, University College London
D. L. d'Avray is Professor of Medieval History at University College London. A fellow of the British Academy since 2005, d'Avray has published widely on his research interests in medieval history.
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Submissions open for the 2019 Sandra Bates Director’s Award
September 3, 2018 - Creative Industries, Latest News
Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre has announced that the 2019 Sandra Bates Director’s Award (SBDA) is now taking submissions from emerging directors across Australia who would like the opportunity to work alongside Ensemble Theatre’s directors on two plays throughout next year.
Mark Kilmurry initiated the Award as a legacy to former Artistic Director Sandra Bates, after she retired from her 30 years at the helm of Ensemble Theatre. “The Award nurtures emerging theatre directors by giving them the opportunity to work as Assistant Director on two Ensemble Theatre productions each year,” says Kilmurry.
“The Award offers a wonderful opportunity for emerging directors to work with established professional directors to help develop and fine tune their craft.”
Each year the two winners are offered a paid position of Assistant Director on two of Ensemble Theatre’s main stage productions and then assist in the delivery of Ensemble Theatre’s Boatshed program, each directing a staged play reading and helping with other Boatshed initiatives. The $16,000 Award is offered to two people who will each receive $8,000.
One of last year’s recipients was Liz Arday who was Assistant Director for the hugely successful play, Unqualified, directed by a previous recipient, Janine Watson. Liz then directed a rehearsed reading of Tracey Trinder’s new work, Killing Katie: Confessions of a Book Club, and she will be Assistant Director for The Norman Conquests trilogy opening in October.
Previous recipients, Shaun Rennie will direct Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll and Priscilla Jackman will direct Melanie Tait’s The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race in 2019.
Submissions for the 2019 Sandra Bates Director’s Award are now open and close on Friday 21 September. The two winners will be announced on Thursday 18 October 2018. For more information, visit: www.ensemble.com.au for details.
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China asked Taiwan to immediately cancel the possible sale of $ 2.2 billion weapons including war tanks and aircraft-piercing missiles from the US. This move of China has raised the tension between the two great powers. The US later responded by removing China's complaints that these tools would be helpful in 'peace and stability' in Asia. It is notable that relations between the United States and China are already tense due to their trade war.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang (in the picture) said in a regular press conference, "America violates the China-China Warranty of China war crimes and is widely interfered in internal affairs of China. And weaken China's sovereignty and security interests. '
Geng said that China has already filed formal complaints by diplomatic channels expressing 'gross discontent and strong opposition' for this move. He said, "China urges America to immediately stop the proposed sale of arms to Taiwan and to end military relations with it to protect China-US relations from harm." According to the US Defense Security Assistance Agency (DSCA), this deal includes 108 M1A2 T Abram Tank, 250 'Stinger Portable Anti-Aircraft Missile' and related equipment.
Meanwhile, the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement, "Taiwan is standing in the border of China's ambitious propaganda and is facing heavy threats and pressure from it." The Ministry said, "This M1A2 tank and this sale of various missiles will help a lot in enhancing our protective capabilities."
Lieutenant General Yang Hei-Ming of the Taiwanese Army told reporters, "The M1A2 tank is quite reliable and due to our maneuvers, our land will become an essential part of defense." He said, "With the arrival of M1A2 tanks in place of our old tanks, our defense capacity will increase rapidly and effectively."
The US State Department responded by saying that this deal will not change America's attitude towards the Chinese government. Ministry spokesman Morgan Ortagas told reporters, "Our interest in Taiwan, especially the purpose of these military sales, is to promote peace and stability throughout the region." "There is no change in our long term China policy," he said.
It is noteworthy that since the end of the civil war in 1949, Taiwan has been separated from China and has been self-governing, but China has considered it a part of its territory.
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Mike Hughes drafted 30th overall by the Vikings
The pick is in. After deciding to forgo his senior season at UCF, cornerback Mike Hughes’s NFL dreams came true Thursday night. With the 30th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected Hughes.
This is the highest a defensive player from UCF has ever been selected. This is also the first UCF player taken in the first-round since the 2015 draft when wide receiver Breshad Perriman was selected 26th overall by the Ravens. UCF becomes just one of 16 schools to have 3 first-round picks in the last five years.
Welcome to the #Vikings, @_Bigmikee1! pic.twitter.com/XqAfNe4Br8
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) April 27, 2018
NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said of Mike Hughes, “He’s my 15th-overall player. That’s a heck of a value for the Vikings.”
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins shared his reaction on Twitter and welcomed Hughes to the team:
Welcome to the team @_Bigmikee1! Looking forward to competing in practice. #skol
— Kirk Cousins (@KirkCousins8) April 27, 2018
During his lone season at UCF, the 5’11, 185-pound Hughes picked off four passes last season while helping the Knights go undefeated last season while defeating Auburn in the Peach Bowl. Hughes is the 18th UCF defensive player selected in program history and the 11th UCF defensive back taken in the draft, according to the school.
NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks believes Minnesota is a “terrific spot” for Hughes.
Mike Hughes lands in a terrific spot with @Vikings . He is one of the most polished cover corners in the draft with a lot of technique variety. Nice fit in the scheme as a possible nickel or outside CB. #NFLDraft
— Bucky Brooks (@BuckyBrooks) April 27, 2018
Hughes was also a dangerous returner on special teams, returning two kickoffs for scores while averaging 31.7 yards per return last season. He also averaged 16.6 yards per punt return last fall.
Like Cousins above, current Vikings safety Jayron Kearse welcomed Hughes to the Vikings:
Welcome to the DB room @_Bigmikee1
— HeSaidAKearseWord (@Jayronkearse8) April 27, 2018
Hughes is the third Knight selected by Minnesota in the NFL Draft. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper (1999) and defensive back Josh Robinson (2012) were both selected by the Vikings.
Hughes is now the 13th UCF player drafted in the last 10 years. The Knights have had a player drafted in 12 of the last 13 years.
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Data visualization: The big picture of big data and is located at http://analytics-magazine.org/data-visualization-the-big-picture-of-big-data/.
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Data visualization: The big picture of big data
By Nana S. Banerjee
The 1977 film “Powers of Ten” portrays the universe as an arena of both continuity and change. The short documentary, selected by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” and written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames, begins with a 1-meter distant shot of a man laying by a picnic setting and steadily moves out until it reveals the very edge of the known universe. Then, at a rate of 10-to-the-tenth meters per second, the film rushes us back toward Earth to the reclined man’s hand and further down to the level of a carbon atom on his skin. That fascinating journey into the macro and then micro demonstrates visually the importance of scale and, in a metaphysical sense, the importance of visualization itself.
The importance of data visualization becomes more obvious when viewed within the context of how the human brain works. Much has been written in recent years about how the processes of the brain and how understanding those processes can provide profound insights. In his best-selling 2012 book “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman introduces the terms System 1 and System 2. The terms differentiate between the information processing that occurs in the human subconscious and conscious minds. System 1 addresses the functions that are uncontrolled and effortless. System 2 comprises functions that are controlled and require effort to engage. In action, System 1 allows us to instantaneously recognize facial expressions – visual processing. In contrast, System 2 allows us to make complex decisions or apply reason.
A little more than a decade before the release of Kahneman’s book, Danish physicist Tor Nørretranders, in his book “The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size,” converts the “bandwidth of human senses” to computer terms. He explains just why data visualization (a manifestation of System 1) is perhaps the most powerful form of data interpretation. Nørretranders demonstrates that when assessing the “language of the mind,” the sense of sight simply operates at an order of magnitude faster than the sense of touch (similar to the bandwidth associated with a network of computers), which in itself operates at an order of magnitude faster than the sense of smell. As such, the sense of smell operates at an order of magnitude faster than the sense of taste (which has a bandwidth similar to a calculator)!
Figure 1: Natural log of relative operating speeds. Source: “The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size,” by Tor Nørretranders (Penguin Press Science)
Realizing how quickly we understand and internalize what we see is at the foundation of what makes data visualization such an important aspect of how we analyze information and make better decisions. That said, the mechanisms behind data visualization create a powerful tool to design effective visualizations to suit any context – whether that tool is a simple, static bar chart or something vastly more complex, multidimensional and interactive. As such, the science behind data visualization ranges from the fundamentals of how we literally see to the complexities of cognitive psychology.
Combining the science with the art – how best to portray the intent of any particular visualization – winds up somewhere on a curve between presentation and exploration. The difference between presentation and exploration can be described as the difference between presenting a known story in a data set using analysis and exploring a not-yet-understood data set using a visual examination. Henry David Thoreau said, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” With data visualization, the significance of the quote is quite literal. It’s a fully formed discipline that requires multiple skills – among them, the knowledge of statistics, ideas of space, design and topography, and a deep subject matter expertise in the sector being served.
Currently, for any company that deals with a titanic amount of data, data visualization is and will remain an absolutely fundamental tool. Verisk Analytics is a prime example – collecting and maintaining highly granular data on several billions of insurance policies and claims, credit card and debit card transactions, real estate, health services, government and human resources. While many consumer-centric firms have long been skilled in collecting information, they now generate and acquire exponentially growing, disparate and complex quantities of data – and depend on that data in many ways for their very survival in today’s marketplace.
Much of the talk today about data management and analysis and its effect on how business gets done targets the science of analytical modeling. In that pursuit, many firms indeed have come far, and yet they still have farther to go. Large, well-capitalized firms (such as banks, insurers, retailers) spend considerable resources and energy collecting and storing data, not just because they produce a lot of it but more likely because the regulatory environment mandates storing much of it. These firms haven’t spent nearly enough effort aggregating their data across functional silos, integrating internal data with third-party data, analyzing the data, and distributing the resulting insights to people who can take action on it.
As an example from the retail sector, imagine that a retailer is looking to assess the effectiveness of a particular promotional campaign at its retail stores through the holiday season. The management team at the retailer would invariably want to know: Do we know the baseline sales at our stores and our competitor stores before the promotional period? Let’s say maybe. Do we know how shoppers at our stores respond to promotional offers in the regular season? That’s another maybe. Do we know what the weather was like and if it played a role in affecting shopper turnout at our stores during the campaign period? That’s one more maybe. Would all those pieces of information come together at the same time and be presented to management in a manner that’s easy to analyze? That’s highly unlikely. And that’s a great example of where visualization becomes so helpful.
As consumers of information, we’re all demanding visualization in our own way. We’ve started to reject the culture of sound bites and nonsynthesized statistics that agenda-driven interest groups have inundated us with in the last two decades. Visualization allows us to map the information in a way that leads to better decision-making – easier and faster. The 2012 InformationWeek Business Intelligence, Analytics and Information Management Survey, conducted in late 2011, indicated nearly half (45 percent) of the 414 respondents cited “ease-of-use challenges with complex software/less-technically savvy employees” as the second-biggest barrier to adopting business intelligence/analytics products – fractionally behind the biggest barrier, “data quality problems,” cited by 46 percent of respondents.
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Mother Nature’s Infographics
Catastrophe risk management has come a long way in its 25-year history, and the sophistication of those analytics goes well beyond the numbers in a database. The end result has been fast, intuitive insight into what drives risk.
Looking back to Superstorm Sandy, healthcare officials in New York City, in advance of the storm, were trying to decide whether to evacuate hospitals. In the end, many chose not to move patients before the storm. Unfortunately, numerous hospitals were then catastrophically flooded, and patients had to be moved during the worst of the deluge.
Certainly, myriad factors go into assessing a situation like that, but as analytics and their visualization become increasingly sophisticated, they’ll be able to help risk-bearing organizations, including insurers and local authorities, develop appropriate prescriptions for mitigating risk – by providing the contextual detail for better-informed decisions.
Today’s advanced climate models are capable of effectively projecting the impact of storms as they get closer to coastlines or geographic regions. Such models can assess the total number of homeowners expected to be affected, when an event is expected to worsen, and when it will be safe for insurance personnel to move into the area. The visualization models enable the decision-maker or assessor to evaluate locations at the individual building level. That capability facilitates a preplanning process and allows companies to communicate proactively with policyholders so they can take certain loss control measures – such as boarding windows, reducing chance of fire, and so on – to mitigate damage. Such models are also allowing insurers to readily project and visualize the impact of fallen trees on power lines serving a group of policyholders.
Given the complexity associated with climate change and the inherent difficulty in the assimilation of evolving and interdependent data, our dependence on a sophisticated and constantly improving visualization capability is far too great to be denied.
The Sight in Business Insight
Unquestionably, the tried-and-true bar, line and pie charts have served us well. But when the complexities of relationships are more nuanced and the data becomes more unstructured, visual analytics need to become more dynamic, multidimensional and customized.
For lenders and insurers, visualization can help identify a range of data issues quickly – from a high-level view of exposure location to exposure composition and completeness, including breakdowns by profile of the entities at risk (customers, businesses, properties, vehicles and so on). Visual link analysis technology helps discover critical, previously hidden connections within data. Seeing those connections – within proprietary data, in data from external sources or through a combination of sources – provides insight and knowledge to make decisions. The technology finds all data elements applicable to a question and draws a picture of the connections among those elements, revealing previously invisible relationships. The contextual approach provides a multidimensional understanding of profitability, customer behavior, and industry trends.
Data integrity can be a significant problem for large organizations, especially where multiple, complex databases are involved. Mapping techniques often find thousands of errors in a fraction of the normal time. Mapping also finds red flags in claims data. Fraud investigators at financial institutions often use visual link analysis to assist in their inquiries. For example, a money-laundering investigator monitors each check, credit card or ATM withdrawal over a specific threshold, and the technology helps in instantly flagging irregular patterns, revealing potential sources of fraud or money laundering. Seeing those connections – within company data, in data from external sources or through a combination of sources can give claims investigators insight and knowledge to help make better decisions.
Visualization is useful in insurance for commercial fleet and personal auto policyholders. Telematics programs use sensors to determine factors as simple as distance (vehicle miles traveled) and as sophisticated as camera-based recording. Devices transmit and store the resultant collection for immediate or deferred analysis, meaningful interpretation and visualization. Although the use of telematics data and visualization is in its early stages, the usage-based insurance (UBI) opt-in rate is expected to increase to 20 percent over the next five years, according to one recent industry poll. Other polls consistently show that two-thirds of consumers are open to telematics-based insurance policies, especially if there’s the potential for premium discounts. Among newer consumers of vehicle insurance — the Gen Ys and the Millennials — the use of telematics and visualization technology is almost expected.
While throughout history and in the present day there is always that rare breed with the unique and innate ability to quickly make sense of disparate sources of information and data, the mortals among us are blessed to be living at a time replete with the data and tools to make those connections for us in a fraction – enabling us not only to make better business decisions but maybe even allow us to see the as yet unforeseen.
Dr. Nana Banerjee is a group executive of Verisk Analytics. He serves as president of Argus Information and Advisory Services and as chief analytics officer of Verisk Analytics.
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Fic: Songline (SGA, gen)
by Azar Posted on March 31, 2014
Author’s Note: Written after the episode “Critical Mass” aired. Like “Beauty for Ashes,” this story came out of my fascination with the Athosian culture and frustration with how little the show itself seemed to want to explore it. Song names and other Athosian words are loosely taken from Latin, to imply an Ancient origin. The title of the story is shamelessly stolen (with her blessing) from a series of Sentinel stories by Medie, who also provided a last-minute beta. Thanks also to Christina for the moral support she provided.
“These are the songs of our people, Teyla. Learn them well, for they will be your companions in both sorrow and joy.”
It was a saying among their trading partners that Athosian children learned to sing before they learned to speak. Each culture had a different reaction to the constant threat of the Wraith, and the Athosians responded by embracing the beautiful things in life: surrounding themselves with art, music and ritual. Most of them were nursed not only on their mother’s milk, but also upon the melodious sound of her voice.
Teyla Emmagen never knew either one. She was born in the midst of a culling; her mother, too weak from the birthing to make it to the caves, handed their child to her father and begged him to save her life. Tegan did as she bade him, and never saw his wife again. It was assumed she was culled by the Wraith, along with the mother–Teyla’s grandmother–who refused to leave her daughter’s side, even though at the age of forty she was considered nearly honorata, one blessed by the Ancestors with a long life unseen by the Wraith. She sacrificed that honor to die by her daughter’s side, just as that daughter gave up her life to save her own child.
The people of Athos mourned Emma Teryagen and Terya Aryngen, but they adopted young Teyla as one of their own: as was tradition for a child born during a culling, she was hailed as a blessing and a talisman of good fortune, life snatched from the grasp of death. The people of her village vowed to share the responsibilities that would have fallen to the mother she had lost.
So it was that Charin Martagen came to be young Teyla’s tutor, chosen to teach her the ancient songs of her people.
“First, the Laments: the songs of mourning for those lost to the Wraith. There are nine: one for a parent, one for a child, one for a sibling, one for a cousin, one for a friend, one for a lover, one for an honorata, one for a family, and one for a village. Learn them well, Teyla, and perhaps if you are fortunate, you will live to see a day when they are no longer needed.”
Strike. Block. Spin. Feint. Teyla moved through the familiar patterns, all her thoughts focused on the sticks in her hands, on the burning in her muscles that was so much less than the steady ache of pain in her chest. Closing her eyes, she could see her father’s face–hear him coaxing, scolding, reminding her to flow as though the weapons in her hands were part of her body.
She wished for a while to forget that she it was something she would never see again.
Strike. Block. Spin. Feint. Do not think about the elders, shut up together in Maron’s doma, arguing in low whispers about her request–no, demand–that she be chosen to sing the Laments for those lost in this culling. She is too young, one would argue. Yet she is Tegan’s daughter, another would respond (she hoped). If he lived, he would be the one to sing Lament for the culled–it is only right that his daughter should be granted the honor, at least until a new leader can be chosen. Especially since if she had not sensed the Wraith coming, many more would be lost…
But she has not even marked her thirteenth year. She is too young…
Teyla did not feel young. Her life, her girlhood felt as fleeting as an Athosian day when compared with the days on other worlds, where the sun hung in the sky so long it began to seem as though it would never fade to night. This night had come too soon, and she felt as though she had been thrust into it unaware.
Her father was gone. Taken by the Wraith, just as her mother had been so long ago. Had she sensed their approach then, too? Cried warning with her first breath, only to be ignored until it was too late because no one understood the language of her infant tongue?
It did not matter. It did not matter–not at the moment, at least–that she had saved lives, perhaps most of their village, by her warning. She had failed to save the one who mattered most.
She heard the sound of canvas striking canvas and spun instinctively to face the intruder, both hands with their batons raised before her body in a posture of defense.
Charin, emerging from Maron’s doma, raised both her hands as well in a gesture of surrender, a twinkle in her eyes. “Be at ease, Teyla. There is no need to beat the council into submission–we have made our decision.”
The others stepped out behind her, and Teyla lowered her hands, a flush of embarrassment creeping into her face. “I…I apologize, Charin. I was…I did not mean…”
Charin calmed her with another gesture. “I know you did not. I, too, would gladly occupy my mind with…other things if I could.”
She glanced behind her to where Maron and the rest of the council were standing. Maron stepped forward. “Teyla Emmagen–”
“Do not call me that,” she interrupted sharply. “I am Teyla, daughter of Tegan. Emma was no one to me.”
“She was your mother,” Charin chastened her softly. “She gave you birth, and saved your life, Teyla. Which is why we honor our mothers so.”
The girl dropped her head, ashamed by the truth in her mentor’s words. Charin glanced at Maron and nodded.
Looking faintly amused, he spoke again. “Teyla Emmagen, daughter of Tegan, the Council has considered your request to sing the Laments at the Ceremony of Remembrance…”
“Yes?” Teyla asked breathlessly.
“…and we have decided to grant it.”
“Then there is the Domicilus, the song of joining. It is a dangerous thing, Teyla, to choose to love another when death lies always waiting just the other side of the Ancestors’ Ring. But how could we say we were living if we did not brave that danger?”
“Teyla!”
Teyla looked up from her work with a frown. At first, she did not recognize the woman with dark brown hair who waved to her from far across the field, but then she drew closer.
“Miri!” As much as she wished to just drop the faru vine in her hands, she forced herself to finish tying it to the stake with bits of twine before hurrying across the field to greet her friend. They met in the middle in a warm embrace.
“I do not understand,” Teyla exclaimed, delighted. “Do not think I am not pleased to see you…but I had understood that there was much work to be done to rebuild Yarra. Is it done so quickly?”
A secretive smile crossed Miri’s face. “No, the work is far from complete. Oh, Teyla, I have so much to tell you! Look!”
She held out her wrist, and Teyla’s stomach grew cold at the sight of a woven leather band tied around her friend’s wrist with an elaborate knot. She forced cheerfulness into her voice. “You are betrothed. To whom?”
Miri’s smile turned blissful. “To Halling Ryagen.”
Halling–the man who had come to them asking aid to restore his village, which had been especially devastated in the latest culling. No wonder Miri had returned so soon–after the joining, she would probably be returning to Yarra to stay, so she would have the remainder of her life to finish the task of rebuilding it.
Teyla nodded numbly. “Who is to be the third?”
“No one,” Miri beamed.
The cold in her stomach turned to ice. “But if one of you cannot bear children–”
“Then we will do without,” her friend replied joyfully. “Halling is a dutiful man and devoted to the Ancestors, but he says there are other ways to honor them than simply bearing children. Like loving each other.”
“A tercet can be a love match,” Teyla objected, not even sure why she did so except that if Miri found a third here in their village, then perhaps two could more easily than one persuade this Halling to join them rather than taking Miri away.
“Sometimes, yes, but you and I both know there is no one here for me, and there is no other in Yarra for Halling.”
Yes, she did know that Miri had found no one in their own village about whom she spoke with such warmth, she merely wished to deny it. Swallowing hard, Teyla forced herself to smile. “Then you will be leaving us again.”
“Ah, no, is that what frightens you so?” Miri laughed, impulsively embracing Teyla again. “You are my closest friend, Teyla. I could not leave you behind.”
“Then Halling is willing to give up his village and join ours?” she couldn’t quite keep the incredulity out of her voice.
“Men have done so before,” Miri teased.
Teyla flushed. “Yes, but rarely leaders.”
The other woman clapped her hands together and laughed. “That’s why I sought you out. There are not many left in Yarra after the last culling. I have spoken to the council of elders, but they say the final decision is yours–”
“What decision?” Teyla asked, confused.
“Halling wishes not to leave his village, but to bring them with him.” Miri seized her friend’s arms, her voice eager. “Oh please, Teyla–there are so few left, they will not be too great a burden on our resources, I promise!”
Instinctively Teyla wanted to pull away. For a moment, she felt an irrational anger towards Miri, that her friend should place such a decision in her hands–even if the elders had been leaving more and more such decisions to her as time passed, and seemed pleased with the choices she had made. Still…part of her hated the mantle of leadership that seemed to have fallen on her from her father’s shoulders, all because she could sense the Wraith as he had. Even Miri, at seventeen two years her senior, was barely considered out of childhood, and though Teyla had not felt like a child since her father’s death, she sometimes despised the responsibility she had not been prepared to take on in its aftermath.
But then…if the people of Yarra did join her own…
“Halling is leader of his village. Surely he will not wish to concede that leadership to one so much younger than he is,” she pointed out. Truthfully, it would be a relief to hand the task over to him.
To her dismay, Miri shook her head. “No. I spoke to him, and he greatly admired your courage and wisdom when he met with you and the elders to ask for our help.”
There seemed to be no way to win. If she refused, then Miri would return to Yarra with her betrothed to help his people rebuild. If she accepted…the already difficult task of leading a people she did not trust herself to protect would be further complicated by doing so under the watchful eyes of one far more qualified than she. It was unfair, but if Charin had taught her anything it was that life was seldom fair. “How can I say no? As you said, Miri…you are my closest friend. How could I allow you to go?”
Miri smiled like the sun, and threw her arms around Teyla. “Then I have only one thing I must ask, and I pray that you will agree just as readily–will you sing the Domicilus for our joining?”
This question was far easier to answer. “I would be honored.”
“Next, we come to the Natalus, the song of birth. If we court grief by loving, Teyla, then even moreso do we embrace danger when we create a new life. When I discovered I was with child, all those years ago, I knew I took the chance that my child would one day be culled, and I was afraid. I thought of using certain herbs I knew to flush it from my womb, yet even though my fears did eventually come true I do not regret that I chose to bear my son. I may have lost Santo to the Wraith, but I would have lost so much more had I allowed my fear of them to cause me to give up the chance to know him. We seize our small victories from the Wraith not by giving in to fear and destroying ourselves before they can, but by living life to the fullest and praying with every word of the Natalus that the child it honors will live to see a day when the Wraith are no longer a threat.”
If not for the absence of Wraith darts in the sky, it would have seemed to be the night of her own birth repeated.
In his father’s arms, Miri’s son wailed as though he too grieved for the mother he would never be fortunate enough to know. Halling had a haunted look in his eyes that suggested the infant’s cries were all that kept him aware of this world. If the boy too had perished, she had little doubt that he would have known nothing but his anguish.
Miri was dead. For all Charin’s skill, some of which was said to have been passed down from the Ancestors themselves, she had been unable to save her.
Teyla blinked hard to fight back her own tears. Around her, she could hear the low voices of the midwives as they murmured words that were supposed to comfort Halling–Miri had been spared a death at the hands of the Wraith, and for that, despite her youth, she would be remembered as honorata. She had given her life to the Ancestors in exchange for that of her son; surely that was an omen that he would grow to be a great leader of his people. She knew from Charin that people had spoken similar words to her father about her after her own mother’s death, and could not help but wonder if they had provided as little comfort for him as they did for her.
Regardless of the manner of Miri’s death, the dearest friend of her childhood was still gone. Even if she had not been taken by the Wraith, she could not return to them any more than those like her mother and father who had been culled.
She studied Halling’s face, a sharp knife of envy piercing her heart as she saw the peace that seemed to creep into his eyes at the words of the other women. He was a deeply spiritual man–this she knew both from Miri and from her own limited time with him–therefore he would rest easier believing that his wife was assuredly with the Ancestors. Teyla wished that she could take the same comfort.
A hand fell on her shoulder, and she pivoted sharply to see Charin’s kind face watching her. “I am sorry, Teyla. I would have saved her if it was in my power.”
Teyla nodded, once again fighting back tears. “I know, Charin.”
The old woman glanced at the little cluster of women around Halling, like marsh hens drawn to the scent of death. Scavengers, Teyla thought bitterly, just as much as if they truly were marsh hens. Though Halling was oblivious, to her it was obvious that they did not seek to ease a widower’s grief so much as gain a foothold with a suddenly available man who had already proven himself capable of seeding a fertile field.
Charin turned back in time to see the dark look in Teyla’s eyes before she quickly schooled her expression. “They are young, Teyla,” she pointed out kindly. “And the young are often foolish.”
“Am I too, then?” Teyla asked with a trace of bitterness in her voice. “That I cannot be glad that my friend did not lose her life to the Wraith, only that it was lost?”
“No,” Charin brushed a stray hair away from Teyla’s face and smiled a sad smile. “We all grieve in our own ways, Teyla. It is no more wrong to find no comfort in the promises of others than it is to take that comfort.”
The younger woman’s shoulders sagged under her mentor’s knowing eyes. She had not realized how much she resented Halling for accepting that comfort. “It is…hard, Charin. Everyone says we should be grateful, but I cannot feel so.”
“Can you feel grateful for the time you and Miri did share?” Charin asked instead. “There is little of her life that you were not part of: even her husband cannot say as much, nor will her son be able to once he is old enough to speak.”
Teyla lifted her eyes and looked across the room, seeing father and son as if for the first time. She had been so lost in her own grief that she had forgotten how recently Halling had come into their lives. From the time he and Miri had met to this night was little more than a year.
Squeezing Charin’s hand, she forced her own grief for a moment into a corner of her heart, and crossed the doma to where Halling still stood with his son and hangers-on. One sharp look from her–imbued with all the authority the elders had given her–sent the marsh hens scurrying, and when they were gone she laid one hand on his arm.
“I grieve with you, Halling Ryagen,” she stated in the formal words of their people.
He looked at her, and she saw how hollow his eyes were. “And I with you, Teyla Emmagen,” he answered in a rough voice.
For a moment, she saw him with Miri’s eyes, saw the compassion that allowed a man immersed in his own grief to still think of another. This glimpse, coupled with Charin’s words, steeled her resolve. She could not give him Miri back…but she could give him the Miri he had never known, the friend of her girlhood. Maybe in time she would come to call him friend as well.
“Miri and I were friends for many years,” she stated quietly. “I do not know how much she told you of our childhood, but if you ever wish to speak of her…it would be my honor.”
A sad smile broke slowly across his face. “It would mean a great deal to me, and to Jinto. Thank you.”
Jinto. Teyla’s throat closed at the name he had bestowed on his son–the name of Miri’s own long-dead father.
“Would you grant me one more thing, as well?” he asked then, cradling the baby who had finally subsided from tears into quiet hiccups. “I know Miri would have wanted you to sing the Natalus…”
Teyla nodded, no longer trying to quell the tears. “I would be glad to.”
Halling offered her another weak smile, and carefully passed the child over to her. Taking a deep breath as she took Jinto into her arms, Teyla pushed aside the door flap of the doma and stepped outside to where the village was waiting.
She lifted her voice in the customary words of presentation, projecting it into the crowd as Charin had taught her. “For the future of our people, in the hope of a day when the Wraith will haunt us no more, I present to you Jinto Mirigen, son of Halling…”
Then she began to sing.
“Finally, there is the Vicci. You asked if we have any happy songs, Teyla? I believe this is the happiest of all. Why? Because death is not always to be feared, not if one is blessed to live a long life, to become not only honorata but to die because the years, not the Wraith, have sapped all the strength from the body you wear. You may never have the opportunity to sing this song, Teyla, but if you do…if ever you are privileged to perform the Ring Ceremony, sing with all your soul. Sing with pride, with joy, not with sadness. For I can think of no greater honor, no greater joy or victory than to journey to the Ancestors in one’s own time.”
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Yesterday evening I watched "The Duchess" , the movie. It is the story of the love life of Georgiana Cavendish, born June 7, 1757. Her life is so much in line with her chart, that I have to tell you about it! Here is the picture of the ancestor of Lady Diana Spencer.
SOCIALITE: SUN VENUS JUPITER
She was born with Sun exactly conjunct Venus. Sun and Venus were biquintile Jupiter. Venus and Jupiter are there were the party is? This is the combination for the popular socialite, on her way to the next party. With Venus opposition Pluto you get the picture of the big spender. When she died, age only 49, she left today's value of almost 4 million pound in debts!
SUN INCONJUNCT CERES: giving up on a child
But her life wasn't only drinks, gambling and dancing. She lived in the age of the French Revolution, when there weren't equal rights for women, even not for those with an Aquarian Moon. She was married on her 17th birthday. She was supposed to give the Duke a son, an heir, and it took her until 1790 to give birth to the next Duke. In 1792 she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter. The father was the later Prime Minister Charles Grey. His family raised the child, because Georgiana was forced to give the girl up. (She has Sun inconjunct Ceres in the natal chart. The inconjunct (quincunx) is the symbol of loss. Ceres is the symbol of dynasties, motherly love and genes.
URANUS-SUN RELATIONSHIPS
When she married she was only 17 and her husband was 8 years older. Her progressed Venus was conjunct progressed Juno in the year of her marriage. His Saturn was inconjunct her Sun and hers sextile his. Her Uranus was square his Sun. ((Saturn and Uranus: the combination of limited freesom... And protocol) Saturn refers to obligations, duties and distance, something standing between them. There was no match between them. He was born December 14, 1748, a Sagittarius (she was a Gemini). Their Mercury,Venus and Mars failed to make pleasant aspects,too.
Her Uranus square her husband's Sun and ... her Uranus conjunct her lover's Sun! Her husband was her first sexual partner. Her lover was the first man she fell in love with*).
His Venus is square her Neptune. The Venus-Neptune combination is the combination of love affairs. They both had them. Society in those days didn't mind much about the menage a trois that they had with his later second wife, who was the friend of Georgiana first. It was a different case for women...
Her lover Charles Grey (think of Earlgrey tea!) was younger than she was. Her Uranus was conjunct his Sun. And her Mars was inconjunct his. They also didn't match much, but there was a whole lot of fire between them, until William forced her to give him up,threathening to keep her away from her children, forever, and to destroy grey's reputation so that he would never reach his goal: being the PM.
She found out later that she was pregnant. She had to turn the child over to the family Grey. That was with progressed Sun inconjunct her natal Pluto, a tragic moment of lost self esteem and being overwhelmed by authorities, like her husband. She stayed with him and his lover Bess, until she died. Her death was also related to Pluto. It was with Sun sesquisquare Pluto in progression. She died age 49 . Just before, she gave Bess and William her blessing.
Had she been born in our days, she would have divorced and got a few millions to continue her lifestyle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiana_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire#Husband_and_children
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An anonymous reader writes "Scientists in Iceland have been studying and utilizing the power of geothermal wells for years. In 2009 one such study hit a standstill when a group ran into magma halfway into their dig. The roadblock has become a blessing in disguise, as recent research has shown that the magma can act as a potent new source of geothermal energy powerful enough to heat 25,000 to 30,000 homes."
The Inner World of Gov-Sponsored White-Hat Hacking
romanval writes "Anonymous leaked emails of white-hat hacker firm HBGary shows how it develops and markets products to government agencies. From the article: 'In 2009, HBGary had partnered with the Advanced Information Systems group of defense contractor General Dynamics to work on a project euphemistically known as "Task B." The team had a simple mission: slip a piece of stealth software onto a target laptop without the owner's knowledge. They focused on ports—a laptop's interfaces to the world around it—including the familiar USB port, the less-common PCMCIA Type II card slot, the smaller ExpressCard slot, WiFi, and Firewire. No laptop would have all of these, but most recent machines would have at least two.'"
Feds Pay Millions For Bogus Spy Software
By Soulskill from Slashdot's deptartment:
gosuperninja writes "The US Government paid tens of millions of dollars to Dennis Montgomery because he said he had created software that could decode secret Al-Qaeda messages embedded in Al-Jazeera broadcasts. Even though the CIA figured out that his software was fraud in 2003, other defense agencies continued to believe in it. To date, the government has not prosecuted Montgomery, most likely to save itself the embarrassment."
Police Chief Teaches Parents To Keylog Kids
Hugh Pickens writes writes "LiveScience reports that James Batelli, the police chief of Mahwah, NJ, and his detectives conduct seminars that teach parents how to outfit a computer with keystroke logging software, giving them access to the full spectrum of their kids' online activities. Batelli explains that kids put themselves in potentially dangerous situations online every day, especially on Facebook, where they run the risk of coming into contact with child predators who troll the social networking site. 'When it comes down to safety and welfare of your child, I don't think any parent would sacrifice anything to make sure nothing happens to their children,' he says."
Milky Way Stuffed With an Estimated 50 Billion Alien Worlds
astroengine writes "Using data extrapolated from the early Kepler observations of 1,235 candidate exoplanets, mission scientists have placed an estimate on the number of alien worlds there are in our galaxy. There are thought to be 50 billion exoplanets, 500 million of which are probably orbiting within their stars' habitable zones."
Can Android Without Dalvik Avoid Oracle's Wrath?
jfruhlinger writes "Despite the fact that Oracle is suing Google over claims that Android violates Java IP, Android is roaring ahead in the marketplace. Still, some groups are wondering if they can implement Android without incurring Oracle's current or future wrath by avoiding the Dalvik VM. A project called IcedRobot aims to create a GNU-compatible version of Android, and rumors abound that RIM is planning on putting an OpenJDK-version of Android on its upcoming PlayBook tablets."
FBI Complains About Wiretapping Difficulties Due To Web Services
c0lo writes with news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is lamenting the difficulty in executing wiretaps because of "web-based e-mail, social-networking and peer-to-peer services.""President Barack Obama's administration is debating ways to deal with Web-based services not covered by traditional wiretap laws, including incentives for companies to build in surveillance capabilities, said Valerie Caproni, general counsel at the FBI. Many Internet services are not covered by the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which requires traditional telecom carriers to allow law enforcement agencies real-time access to communications after a court has issued a wiretap order, she told members of a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. But Caproni told lawmakers she was not asking for expanded CALEA powers. And she stopped short of calling for rules requiring Web-based communication providers to build in so-called back doors allowing law enforcement access to their software, although she said she's optimistic the US government can find incentives for companies to 'have intercept solutions engineered into their systems.'"
Industry IT Security Certification Proposed
Roberto123 writes "The US can build defenses against 'cyberwar' by having government and the private sector work together to confront the threat, a panel of experts said at RSA Conference 2011 in San Francisco this week. 'Chertoff called for a regulatory framework where company executives and board members sign on the dotted line, certifying what steps they have taken to secure their network, what backup systems they have in place and what level of resiliency is built into their IT system. “People take that seriously. Is it dramatic? No, but it moves the ball down the field,” Chertoff said. Schneier concurred, noting that holding individuals at a company accountable for certain protections has worked with environmental regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley, the post-Enron law that requires directors and executives to certify their financial results.'"
Facebook Develops HTML5 Gaming Benchmark
An anonymous reader writes "A couple of Facebook engineers are developing an HTML5 gaming benchmark. They write, 'Two weeks ago Bruce and I released JSGameBench version 0.1. Today marks the release of version 0.2, a much faster and cleaner version. We continue to learn both from tightening the code and from the strong HTML5 community. Version 0.2 reinforces our belief in HTML5 as a strong, horizontal platform for games and highly interactive applications across the web.'"
Musician Jailed Over Prank YouTube Video
An anonymous reader writes "Evan Emory, a 21-year-old aspiring musician, edited together video of him singing a G-rated song to a bunch of giggling school kids with video of him singing a song with sexually explicit lyrics, and posted it on YouTube. For this stupid joke, done many times by professional comedians (all NSFW, obviously), and admittedly done without getting permission from the children shown 'hearing' him sing naughty words, he was arrested and could face 20 years in prison as a sex offender. On the pretext of looking for 'souvenirs' of child sexual abuse, his house has been searched by police, and the Muskegon County (Michigan) Prosecutor has insinuated (with no further evidence) that Emory actually wants to have sex with children and claims he 'victimized every single child in that classroom.' Emory insists he had no such intention."
Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit
An anonymous reader writes "About a year after Cybersitter sued the Chinese government and several Asian OEMs for allegedly copying its code to create the 'Green Dam' software, a US federal judge has allowed the $2.3 billion suit to proceed. Judge Josephine Staton Tucker, a California district judge, entered a judgement of default against the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, after PRC officials failed to respond to the ruling. Although the PRC's embassy sent a letter to the US State Department protesting Cybersitter's suit, such a letter did not qualify as a formal response."
Scientists Aim To 'Print' Human Skin
suraj.sun sends this excerpt from CNN:"Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, inspired by standard inkjet printers found in many home offices, are developing a specialized skin 'printing' system that could be used in the future to treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield. 'We started out by taking a typical desktop inkjet cartridge. Instead of ink we use cells, which are placed in the cartridge,' said Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the institute. The device could be used to rebuild damaged or burned skin. ... Burn injuries account for 5% to 20% of combat-related injuries, according to the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. The skin printing project is one of several projects at Wake Forest largely funded by that institute, which is a branch of the US Department of Defense. Wake Forest will receive approximately $50 million from the Defense Department over the next five years to fund projects, including the skin-creating system. Researchers developed the skin 'bio-printer' by modifying a standard store-bought printer. One modification is the addition of a three-dimensional 'elevator' that builds on damaged tissue with fresh layers of healthy skin."
Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Alex Madrigal reports in the Atlantic that the ACLU has taken up the case of Maryland corrections officer Robert Collins, who was required to provide his Facebook login and password to the Maryland Division of Corrections during a recertification interview so the interviewer could log on to his account and read not only his postings, but those of his family and friends too. 'We live in a time when national security is the highest priority, but it must be delicately balanced with personal privacy,' says Collins. 'My fellow officers and I should not have to allow the government to view our personal Facebook posts and those of our friends, just to keep our jobs.' The ACLU of Maryland has sent a letter to Public Safety Secretary Gary Maynard (PDF) concerning the Division of Correction's blanket requirement that applicants for employment with the division, as well as current employees undergoing recertification, provide the government with their social media account usernames and personal passwords for use in employee background checks. After three weeks the ACLU has received no response."
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New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Fiction
This book list contains 30 New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Fiction. Click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check the item availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Local Library to reset it.
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1. The Woman in the Window: A Novel
by: A. J. Finn
2. The People vs. Alex Cross
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, December 1, 2017.
3. Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive
by: Brandon Sanderson
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, November 25, 2017.
4. The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel
by: Lee Child
5. The Rooster Bar
by: John Grisham
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, November 3, 2017.
6. Origin: A Novel
by: Dan Brown
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, October 13, 2017.
7. Sleeping Beauties: A Novel
by: Stephen King, Owen King
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, October 6, 2017.
8. The Cuban Affair: A Novel
by: Nelson DeMille
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, September 30, 2017.
9. A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge)
by: Ken Follett
10. A Legacy of Spies: A Novel
by: John le Carré
11. Glass Houses: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel)
by: Louise Penny
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, September 8, 2017.
12. Y is for Yesterday (A Kinsey Millhone Novel)
by: Sue Grafton
13. Seeing Red
by: Sandra Brown
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, August 25, 2017.
14. Any Dream Will Do: A Novel
by: Debbie Macomber
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, August 19, 2017.
15. The Late Show
by: Michael Connelly
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, July 28, 2017.
16. House of Spies: A Novel (Gabriel Allon)
by: Daniel Silva
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, July 20, 2017.
17. Camino Island: A Novel
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, June 17, 2017.
18. Come Sundown
19. Into the Water: A Novel
by: Paula Hawkins
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
20. 16th Seduction (Women’s Murder Club)
by: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
21. Golden Prey (A Prey Novel)
by: John Sandford
No. 1 Best Seller on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
22. The Fix (Amos Decker series)
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, April 28, 2017.
23. The Black Book
by: James Patterson, David Ellis
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, April 8, 2017.
24. Mississippi Blood: A Novel (Natchez Burning)
by: Greg Iles
25. The Cutthroat (An Isaac Bell Adventure)
by: Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, March 24, 2017.
26. Dangerous Games: A Novel
by: Danielle Steel
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, March 18, 2017.
27. Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
by: George Saunders
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, February 24, 2017.
28. Norse Mythology
by: Neil Gaiman
29. Right Behind You
by: Lisa Gardner
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, February 11, 2017.
30. Never Never
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
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New York Times Best Seller of Manga
This book list contains 236 New York Times Best Seller of Manga. Click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check the item availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Local Library to reset it.
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1. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
by: Akira Himekawa
2. One-Punch Man, Vol. 10
by: ONE, Yusuke Murata
3. Attack on Titan 20
by: Hajime Isayama
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, January 7, 2017.
4. Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 10
by: Sui Ishida
5. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2
6. One-Punch Man, Vol. 9
7. Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 9
No. 1 Best Seller on November 6, 2016.
8. Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 2
by: Mizuho Kusanagi
9. Fairy Tail 56
by: Hiro Mashima
10. One-Punch Man, Vol. 8
11. Monster Musume Vol. 9
by: OKAYADO
12. Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 8
13. My Hero Academia, Vol. 5
by: Kohei Horikoshi
No. 1 Best Seller on August 21, 2016.
No. 1 Best Seller on July 24, 2016.
16. orange: The Complete Collection 2
by: Ichigo Takano
17. Yotsuba&!, Vol. 13
by: Kiyohiko Azuma
18. Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls Vol. 1
20. Akame ga KILL!, Vol. 6
by: Takahiro
No. 1 Best Seller on May 8, 2016.
22. The Ancient Magus’ Bride Vol. 4
by: Kore Yamazaki
23. Attack on Titan 18
No. 1 Best Seller on April 24, 2016.
24. Nichijou, 1
by: Keiichi Arawi
25. No Game No Life, Vol. 4
by: Yuu Kamiya
26. Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1
by: Inio Asano
No. 1 Best Seller on April 3, 2016.
27. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Vol. 8
by: Shin Yoshida, Naohito Miyoshi
by: Yusuke Murata
29. Tokyo Ghoul
No. 1 Best Seller on March 6, 2016.
30. Monster Musume
31. My Hero Academia
by: Kohei Horikoshi, Caleb D. Cook
32. Akame ga KILL!
33. One-Punch Man
by: ONE
35. Assassination Classroom
by: Yusei Matsui
39. Naruto
by: Masashi Kishimoto
40. Mobile Suit Gundam: The ORIGIN, Volume 11: A Cosmic Glow
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, hAJIME Yatate
46. The World’s Greatest First Love, Vol. 2: The Case of Ritsu Onodera
by: Shungiku Nakamura
No. 1 Best Seller on August 2, 2015.
47. Sword Art Online: Girls’ Ops
by: Reki Kawahara
48. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 10
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
50. Naruto, Vol. 70
51. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
by: Shotaro Ishinomori
52. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 9: Lalah
54. Big Hero 6
55. One Piece, Vol. 74
by: Eiichiro Oda
59. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 1–Phantom Blood, Vol. 1
by: Hirohiko Araki
60. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 14
by: Yoshiyuki Sadamato
61. Assassination Classroom, Vol. 2
No. 1 Best Seller on February 8, 2015.
63. Finder Volume 7: Desire In The Viewfinder (Yaoi Manga)
by: Ayano Yamane
64. Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance, Vol. 2 – manga (Sword Art Online Manga)
65. Unofficial Hatsune Mix (Hatsune Miku)
by: KEI, KEI
66. Kingdom Hearts II, Vol. 3 – manga
70. Attack on Titan: No Regrets 2
by: Gun Snark, Hajime Isayama, Hikaru Suruga
71. No Game, No Life, Vol. 1
by: Yuu Kamiya, Mashiro Hiiragi
72. Vampire Knight Limited Edition, Vol. 19
by: Matsuri Hino
74. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 7: Battle of Loum
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino
75. Noragami: Stray God 1
by: Adachitoka
76. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, Vol. 6
by: Masahiro Hikokubo, Masashi Sato
by: OKAYADO, OKAYADO
79. Crimson Spell, Vol. 5
80. Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 13
by: Akihisa Ikeda
81. Black Butler, Vol. 17
by: Yana Toboso
by: Masashi Kishimoto, Masashi Kishimoto
84. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 6: To War
86. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 11 (Pokemon)
by: Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto
87. Dragonar Academy Vol. 2
by: Shiki Mizuchi, Ran
88. Monster Musume, Vol. 3
90. No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular!, Vol. 3
by: Nico Tanigawa
91. Naruto, Vol. 65: Hashirama and Madara
92. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 5: Char & Sayla
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate, Melissa Tanaka
93. Attack on Titan: Before the Fall 1
by: Ryo Suzukaze, Hajime Isayama, Satoshi Shiki
by: Eiichiro Oda, Eiichiro Oda
95. Blood Lad, Vol. 4
by: Yuuki Kodama
96. Bleach, Vol. 59
by: Tite Kubo, Tite Kubo
98. Naruto, Vol. 64: Ten Tails
100. One Piece, Vol. 69
101. Sailor Moon Short Stories 2
by: Naoko Takeuchi
102. Yotsuba&!, Vol. 12
103. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, Vol. 5
104. Black Butler, Vol. 15
105. Monster Musume, Vol. 1
106. Attack on Titan 1
107. Bleach, Vol. 58
108. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Vol. 3- Ramba Ral
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Melissa Tanaka, Hajime Yatate
111. Naruto, Vol. 62: The Crack
113. Sailor Moon 12
114. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 10
by: Kazue Kato
115. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Vol. 2- Garma
by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Melissa Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate
117. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Vol. 3
119. Naruto, Vol. 61: Uchiha Brothers United Front
120. Negima! 38
by: Ken Akamatsu
by: Tite Kubo
124. Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 11
by: Akihisa Ikeda, Akihisa Ikeda
125. Battle Angel Alita: Last Order 17
by: Yukito Kishiro
126. Skip Beat!, Vol. 30
by: Yoshiki Nakamura, Yoshiki Nakamura
127. Naruto, Vol. 60: Kurama!!
128. Sailor Moon 9
130. Missions of Love 2
by: Ema Toyama
132. Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6
by: Kazuki Takahashi, Shin Yoshida, Naohito Miyoshi
134. Alice in the Country of Clover: Cheshire Cat Waltz, Vol. 3
by: QuinRose, Mamenosuke Fujimaru
135. Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 (The Parasol Protectorate (Manga))
by: Gail Carriger, Rem
136. Naruto, Vol. 59: The Five Kage
by: Naoko Takeuchi, Naoko Takeuchi
138. Tenjo Tenge, Vol. 9: Full Contact Edition 2-in-1
by: oh!great
140. Dance in the Vampire Bund, Vol. 13
by: Nozomu Tamaki, Nozomu Tamaki
141. Sailor Moon
142. Naruto, Vol. 58: Naruto vs. Itachi
144. Soul Eater, Vol. 10
by: Atsushi Ohkubo
145. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Vol. 9
by: Naoyuki Kageyama, Naoyuki Kageyama
146. Naruto, Vol. 57: Battle
150. Bakuman., Vol. 11
by: Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
151. Fairy Tail 19
152. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, Vol. 11
by: Osamu Takahashi, Carl Gustav Horn, Michael Gombos
154. Soul Eater, Vol. 9
156. Naruto, Vol. 56: Team Asuma, Reunited
157. Pokémon Black and White, Vol. 7 (Pokemon)
158. Negima! 34: Magister Negi Magi
159. Tenjo Tenge, Vol. 6 (Full Contact Edition)
161. Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 8: The Secret of the Rosario
163. Naruto, Vol. 55: The Great War Begins
164. xxxHolic, Vol. 19
by: CLAMP, CLAMP
165. Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys
by: Naoki Urasawa
166. Bleach, Vol. 38: Fear for Fight
by: Osamu Takahashi, Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos
170. Naruto, Vol. 54
171. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 27
by: Hiromu Arakawa, Hiromu Arakawa
172. Naruto, Vol. 53: The Birth of Naruto
176. Black Butler, Vol. 7
by: oh!great, oh!great
178. Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 6
179. Vampire Knight, Vol. 13
by: Matsuri Hino, Matsuri Hino
181. Naruto, Vol. 52: Cell Seven Reunion
182. Amulet #4: The Last Council
by: Kazu Kibuishi
185. Black Bird, Vol. 9
by: Kanoko Sakurakoji, Kanoko Sakurakoji
186. Naruto, Vol. 51: Sasuke vs. Danzo!
193. Naruto, Vol. 50: Water Prison Death Match
195. Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2
by: Hidekaz Himaruya, Hidekaz Himaruya
197. Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 5
by: QuinRose, Hoshino Soumei
198. Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Vol. 28
199. Naruto, Vol. 49: The Gokage Summit Commences
203. Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #3: The Heart of a Warrior
by: Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley, James L. Barry
206. Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 14
by: Bisco Hatori, Bisco Hatori
207. Naruto, Vol. 48: The Cheering Village
211. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 26
by: Clamp
215. Naruto, Vol. 47: The Seal Destroyed
218. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Vol. 4: The Semifinals Begin!
220. Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path, No. 2 – A Clan in Need
221. Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
222. Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, Vol. 24
223. Naruto, Vol. 46: Naruto Returns
224. Chibi Vampire, Vol. 14
by: Yuna Kagesaki
228. Fruits Basket, Vol. 23
by: Natsuki Takaya, Natsuki Takaya
229. Naruto, Vol. 45: Battlefield, Konoha
230. Manga: The Complete Guide
by: Jason Thompson
232. Naruto, Vol. 44: Senjutsu Heir
233. Naruto, Vol. 43: The Man with the Truth
234. Mise à jour de la 21e Classification Décimale Dewey
by: Collectif
235. Naruto, Vol. 40: The Ultimate Art
236. classification décimale dewey (22e édition)
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CamCancer-hovedmeny
Evidence-based summaries
Dietary approaches
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Mind-body interventions
Other CAM
The use of placebo in cancer research
Cancer patients seeking CAM treatment abroad?
CAM-Cancer’s position paper on terminology
Aims and organization
Propagermanium
Markus Horneber, Elke Wolf and the CAM-Cancer Consortium | Published 08/01/2019
Abstract and key points
Propagermanium is a synthetically produced organic compound containing the element germanium.
There is no reliable evidence for its efficacy in the treatment of cancer patients.
Inorganic germanium compounds are associated with severe organ toxicities.
Possible contamination of propagermanium with inorganic germanium compounds and confusion due to false labelling represent possible fatal hazards
Propagermanium is an organic germanium compound. Germanium compounds are popular as nutritional supplements and proponents advertise beneficial effects on the course of a multiplicity of illnesses. Propagermanium is approved for the treatment of hepatitis B in Japan and is thought to have anticancer effects through induction of endogenous interferon-γ production and augmented NK cell activity. However, there is not enough evidence from clinical trials to judge its efficacy in cancer treatment.Several cases of severe organ toxicity including acute renal failure after oral ingestion of germanium compounds have been documented. These cases were caused by inorganic germanium compounds. However, labelling of products containing germanium compounds is often misleading and even in scientific literature, substance as well as product names of germanium compounds have been confounded. Therefore and given the risk of possible contamination with inorganic forms organic germanium compounds including propagermanium should be avoided outside clinical trials.
Assessed as up to date in January 2019 by Barbara Wider.
Assessed as up to date in April 2016 by Barbara Wider.
Assessed as up to date in March 2015 by Barbara Wider.
Assessed as up to date in January 2013 by Markus Horneber.
Summary first published in April 2011, authored by Markus Horneber.
Markus Horneber, Elke Wolf, CAM-Cancer Consortium. Propagermanium [online document]. February 28, 2017.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC): 3-[(2-Carboxyethyl-oxogermyl)oxy-oxogermyl]propanoic acid.
International Nonproprietary Name (INN): Propagermanium.
Other names/brand names: 2-carboxyethylgermasesquioxane, Ge-132, SK-818, Serocion, germanium sesquioxide, proxigermanium, repagermanium, organic germanium.
History / chemical structure / properties
The element germanium was discovered by the German chemist Clemens Winkler in 18861. It is located in the fourth main group of the periodic table of elements and detectable as a trace element in soil, seawater, plants, animals and carbon2-5. Germanium is not considered an essential trace element as no vital biological functions and no syndromes of deficiency are known6.
The Russian chemist V.F. Mironov first published the synthesis of an organic germanium compound in April 19677. This compound was a polymer of subunits with the formula [(GeCH2CH2COOH)2O3]n which today has the international non-proprietary name propagermanium.
Propagermanium has been produced and branded over the years with a confusing number of names by various manufacturers (see above). However Kaplan et al. refer in their review that all of these substance represent polymorphic forms of propagermanium, which are identical in aqueous solution8.
Some other germanium compounds should not be confounded with propagermanium and are briefly addressed in the following.
Spirogermanium
In the late 70ies and 80ies, a completely different organic germanium compound was investigated for the use in cancer therapy: Spirogermanium (chemical name: 8,8-diethyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-aza-8-germaspiro[4,5]decane-2-propanamine). This substance was synthesized in 1974 and represents an azaspiran-germanium compound which was tested in various phase I/II trials to examine its antitumour effect.
Due to a markedly negative risk-benefit profile, in particular neurologic toxicity, spirogermanium was abandoned (reviewed by Kaplan et al.8).
Inorganic germanium compounds
Two inorganic germanium compounds have been associated with renal damage: germanium dioxide (GeO2), which was contained in germanium supplements and elixirs sold over the counter as ingredient or contamination9 and germanium lactate citrate, a chelated form of GeO2, sometimes erroneously referred to as organic germanium compound (reviewed by Kaplan et al.8).
Claims of efficacy / mechanism of action / claimed indication
Germanium compounds have been popular as nutritional supplement since the 70ies9-10. K. Asai, a Japanese scientist, first advertised beneficial effects on health in general and on the course of a multiplicity of illnesses, amongst others cancer2.
Present-day providers and proponents of propagermanium mostly refer to the theoretical concept of K. Asai, who marketed propagermanium, which he claimed to have first synthesized and regarded as “the fountain of life, which animates the entire universe” under the name “Ge-132”. In his concept, Asai proclaimed a lack of oxygen due to stress and wrong nutrition as common causes of all diseases. He deduced from the chemical structure of “Ge-132” an ability to enrich the body with oxygen and to reduce hydrogen radicals, thus effectuating a detoxification and normalization of a disturbed electric potential in diseased organs2.
These theories never have been proofed, however preclinical studies in animals and healthy humans suggested a dose-dependent induction of interferon γ and an activation of macrophages and NK cells11-15.
Pharmacological aspects
An absorption rate of about 30% after oral administration of Ge-132 and rapid urinary excretion in a largely unmetabolized state was observed in a pharmacokinetic study on a small group of healthy adults15.
Propagermanium is usually sold as a powder or in capsules for oral administration. Dose recommendations vary highly among providers (100 to 6,000mg/day). In a case series doses of 30 mg/day16, in one clinical trial 3,500 mg/day were applied17.
Aspects of pharmaceutical drug and law regulations
In most countries propagermanium falls under the regulations of dietary supplements. An import alert on germanium products was imposed by the U.S. FDA in 1988, because of possible injury to health18. In Germany governmental institutions warned consumers of possibly fatal kidney damage19. In the UK supplements containing germanium were voluntarily withdrawn by the industry6. In Japan propagermanium is approved for the treatment of HBe positive chronic hepatitis B20.
Costs and expenditures
The monthly costs for a daily dose of 30 mg are 30 €, daily doses of 6,000 mg add up to about 1500 € per month.
Evidence concerning the efficacy of propagermanium comes from two clinical trials17, one review including seven case series21, a case series16 and one case report22.
The clinical trials were reported with fragmentary data and a few sentences in a conference report17. One of them was a controlled study comparing two concentrations of propagermanium in 35 lung cancer patients. Higher survival rates were alleged in patients who received a not further specified dose above 20 mg/kg/day. The other study was referred to as a placebo controlled trial in patients with lung cancer during chemotherapy. Higher response and survival rates after 3 months were alleged in the propagermanium group. The sparse data given in the conference report do not allow any serious judgement and a more complete publication was not traceable.
A 1987 review summarized results of seven case series in which propagermanium was given during chemotherapy or radiotherapy. According to the authors, the clinical courses suggested ”antitumour efficacy” and “a reduction of tumour-associated pain in several patients”21.
A further case series describes the outcome of 10 patients with multiple myeloma being treated with daily doses of 10 to 40 mg propagermanium. Authors refer complete or partial responses in four patients as measured by decreases or normalisations of paraprotein levels. In the two complete responders bone marrow biopsy showed also a reduction of plasma cells16. Time points of measuring were not reported and in three of the patients the interval to former chemotherapy treatment was rather short. Therefore it is debateable whether the effect was truly attributable to propagermanium.
A well documented complete remission of a rare form of lung cancer (spindle cell carcinoma) refractory to radiation therapy and various chemotherapies in a female 47-year-old patient was published in 2000. After 5 months of self-medication with propagermanium, the patient achieved complete remission, which at the time of the report had lasted more than four years22.
A review from 1997 reported on 31 cases of organ toxicity related to different germanium compounds, including GeO2, germanium-lactate-citrate and propagermanium (Ge-132), which were ingested over a period from two to 36 months. In the two cases of propagermanium intake contamination with GeO2 was detected9. All cases showed renal impairment in terms of chronic or acute renal failure, which caused death in nine cases. Other clinical findings were anaemia, which occurred in all cases, gastrointestinal disturbances, weight loss, myopathy and liver dysfunction9. If at all, renal function improved very slowly and remained impaired in some patients observed as long as 40 months23-24. As a consequence, governmental institutions of several countries imposed alerts because of possible injury to health.
According to data from animal studies, inorganic germanium compounds cause renal toxicity, whereas propagermanium does not25. However, French investigators found evidence that at least in rats, higher doses of propagermanium could also cause structural changes in the kidneys26.
In a case series with 10 myeloma patients, depression was seen as an adverse effect attributed to propagermanium in two patients16. In a double-blind placebo-controlled trial on the treatment of chronic hepatitis B with daily doses of 30 mg propagermanium including 182 patients, no adverse events attributable to propagermanium were reported. A post-market survey including 32,700 patients with chronic hepatitis B reported liver enzyme flares in 4% of patients treated with propagermanium. As a consequence, severely impaired liver function is regarded a contraindication for the application of propagermanium in Japan20.
Quality problems
Germanium dioxide (GeO2) represents an intermediate product in the synthesis of organic germanium compounds9. Thus contamination of organic germanium compounds is possible if manufacturers do not safeguard the purity of their products.
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Hess, B. et al. Tubulointerstitial nephropathy persisting 20 months after discontinuation of chronic intake of germanium lactate citrate. Am J Kidney Dis 21, 548-552 (1993).
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Katharine Fraser (Kate) is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath. Kate teaches Computational Fluid Dynamics and Medical Engineering to the final year students and her research is in cardiovascular engineering, with a focus on the design and development of artificial hearts. This year, Kate won the University's John Willis award.
What can you see outside of the window?
The mechanical engineering quad which has a big tree with a few magpies in it.
What does your average day at work involve?
This morning I marked a final year student’s project report, then had a meeting with a company in Paris via skype, and went to the lab to do a bit of sorting out. We then had research group meeting where the PhD students updated myself and the other cardiovascular engineering lecturer, Dr Andrew Cookson, on their progress. That involved discussion of results and issues surrounding experiments and numerical simulations. This afternoon I have a meeting with my personal tutees and will spend the rest of the time marking final year projects. I also need to spend a few minutes preparing for a trip to Stockholm on Sunday/Monday to meet a company I am collaborating with.
Why do you think teaching at your university is important?
The next generation are going to take the world forward in bigger and better ways, we’d better teach them well so they do a good job!
What do you hope the impact of your teaching will be?
I’d like all the students to know more about the subjects I teach than when they started, and for at least some of them to be inspired to take the subjects further, for example in their project or career choices.
Who has inspired you most in your teaching career?
I’ve seen some great lecturers while I’ve been at Bath, but overall, I’d say the most inspiration has come from the students.
When did a lecture go wrong and how did you overcome it?
Last year I’d arrived early for a lecture as I had a slightly complicated MATLAB demonstration and a TurningPoint quiz to set up on the computer. Having got everything working, I switched on the projector and went to dim the board lights, only to discover they would not dim at all. (They worked perfectly for every other lecture.) The contrast was so bad it was impossible to see anything on the projector screen. After a few (well meaning, I’m sure) students had also attempted to dim the lights, I had to explain the whole lecture using only the handouts and the white board. (I did the MATLAB demo and quiz in the following lecture.)
Recommend a book, film or album from the past year.
I managed to progress beyond “Zog” to “Zog and the Flying Doctors” (both Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler) but I’ve not had a lot of time for books other than children’s books. I did read “The Matter of the Heart: A History of the Heart in Eleven Operations” by Thomas Morris which I really enjoyed, and watched “Hidden Figures” which was excellent.
What is the biggest change that you've made to your teaching since you started your career?
I go through derivations at what sometimes feels like a mind numbingly slow pace. I didn’t think students would want that, but it turns out they do.
What piece of advice would you give to someone just starting out in teaching at your university?
Make time to go and watch a range of academics teach, don’t try to be too adventurous too soon, and keep in mind the KISS acronym, oh, and check the lighting as soon as you arrive, and don’t skip over the derivations.
What three things would you take to a desert island?
Snorkel, sun cream… and laptop (with a solar powered charger.)
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Rockies scout Freddy Garcia; wait out the rain
By Troy E. Renck
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Even before they were awarded the claim on Livan Hernandez, the Rockies continued their hunt for starting pitching. They were among several teams who scouted Freddy Garcia’s workout Tuesday in Miami. Garcia has not pitched this season. He’s 11 months removed from shoulder surgery, and the two bullpen sessions amounted to an audition for contenders.
Agent Peter Greenberg told me Wednesday night that he would like to have Garcia signed by this weekend.
“I hope so. If the right situation presents itself,” Greenberg said. “We will have to two see.”
The Rockies are considered a longshot after getting Hernandez, but the Cardinals, Mets and Yankees are among those seeking rotation depth.
If this rain-delayed game ever gets underway tonight at Coors Field, here’s a peek at the lineups:
2B Bonifacio
LF Harris
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RF Kearns
CF Milledge
C Flores
1B Belliard
SS Orr
LHP Odalis Perez
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3B Barmes
LF Holliday
1B Atkins
SS Tulowitzki
2B Baker
RF Hawpe
C Torrealba
LHP Jeff Francis
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Dems introduce redistricting bill that Republicans still blast as unfair
By Lynn Bartels
Dan Pabon, Frank McNulty, Greg Brophy, Redistricting
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The proposed map in Senate Bill 268.
A Democratic redistricting bill introduced today still pairs Grand Junction with Boulder but puts Parker in a district with portions of El Paso County.
Other Democratic proposals had Parker in the 3rd Congressional District, a move that outraged the Western Slope and Republican lawmakers and even puzzled some Democrats.
Republicans say the map presented in the bill still is unacceptable because it splits communities of interest and makes dramatic changes to congressional boundaries in effect for nearly a decade.
And they charged it now is clear to them Democrats never planned to work with Republicans to redraw a map to reflect 2010 census shifts.
“They had no intention of negotiating in good faith with us,” said Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray. “It appears to me that all the public hearings, all the talk about listening to the people, it was all a ruse.”
Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, said that’s nonsense.
“We offered fair maps,” he said. “We want to work with them.”
Pabon and Brophy were among the 10 lawmakers on a bipartisan committee charged with redrawing Colorado’s seven congressional districts. The committee disbanded after being unable to agree on a map, and the Democratic bill was introduced today.
Speaker Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, said it was “disappointing” that Senate Democrats decided to introduce their own partisan map.
“The Democrat maps are not only an insult to the law, but also to the thousands of Coloradans who have testified, sent emails and made phone calls asking for a map that is fair and protects Colorado communities,” he said.
Democrats have charged the five maps Republicans drew were designed to ensure the GOP won five congressional seats, while the six maps they presented create five competitive seats.
Republicans argue the Democrats’ own data shows that’s untrue.
They pointed to a Democratic and Republican map for Congressional District 4, now represented by U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma.
Under one Democratic configuration, the voter registration breakdown was 27 percent Democrat, 36 percent unaffiliated and 36 percent Republican. Democrats labeled that map “competitive.”
But Democrats labeled a GOP map for the district as a “safe” Republican seat although it had nearly the same registration makeup — 27 percent Democrat, 35 percent unaffiliated and 37 percent Republican.
Brophy said he took Democrats on their word they wanted to negotiate a map, but in hindsight there were clues Democrats wanted to go in a different direction.
“We started getting emails in early February from people in Estes Park saying, ‘Don’t put us in Boulder.’ And no one had had talked about that,” he said. “I’m thinking that the Democratic plan had leaked to a Democratic activist in Estes Park who didn’t want to be in with Boulder.”
Brophy said a Coloradan who attended all the public hearings statewide asked the committee to take Greenwood Village out of the 6th Congressional District so it would be more competitive. The Democratic put Greenwood Village in with Denver in the 1st Congressional District.
Brophy also said two Democratic activists from Glenwood Springs went to the Grand Junction hearing to suggest northwest Colorado should be put in the 2nd CD with Boulder.
“That was so outlandish it stuck out in my mind,” Brophy said.
He said he later asked county commissioners from Rio Blanca and Moffat if they wanted to be in a district with Boulder, and they said “no.”
The Democratic maps put Boulder in with northwest counties.
And another telling moment, Brophy said, was a post in the liberal blog ColoradoPols before the maps were made public. The blog pointed out that Colorado at one point had a congressional district ran along the entire southern border of the state. The Democratic maps create a 3rd Congressional District that covers the southern boundary.
The redistricting committee met on April 20 with the goal of Republicans and Democrats working together draw a map together as they both has panned the other party’s maps.
But that never happened as Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, continued to ask questions about the GOP maps.
“Can we draw a map?” Brophy repeatedly asked, his frustration mounting as the night wore on.
But the committee adjourned and Heath announced Monday, its efforts were over. Today’s bill was assigned to a Senate committee Heath oversees, but it’s unclear when it will be heard. The session must adjourn by May 11.
The map that is included in the bill is what was known as the Democrats’ “city integrity 4.” It also puts Teller County, which is now in the 5th Congressional District with Lamborn, in the 3rd District, represented by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez. Kit Carson County, in the 4th District in several Democratic maps, now is in the 3rd District.
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True – the “clues” have been around since at least the end of the last legislative session, when Democrats passed the “Mary-mandering” bill to un-tie the hands of the courts and allow “non-neutral factors” (such as partisan affiliation and voter trends) to be considered by the courts in reviewing district maps: http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/04/26/mary-mandering-redistricting-by-courts-in-colorado-gets-boost-from-colorado-legislature-updating-political-lexicon/
The Democrat legislative leadership appears to be once again intentionally abdicating their responsibilities to pass redistricting legislation, and are again deliberately throwing the issue to the courts – not as a response to an impasse in negotiations, but as the planned approach all along.
At this time last year, partisan Democrat Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey – who had handed Democrats the advantage in both Congressional Redistricting by usurping legislative authority in the Salazar v. Davidson case (http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.com/wp-content/themes/techland/caseSummary/summary_salazar_davidson.html) by essentially declaring the Colorado Supreme Court to be “part of the General Assembly” and also by stacking the Reapportionment Commission to give a 6:5 Democrat majority – had still not resigned due to the mounting momentum of the Clear The Bench Colorado movement:
http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/06/14/monday-media-week-in-review-did-clear-the-bench-colorado-influence-colorado-supreme-court-chief-justice-mullarkeys-retirement/
In any case – as numerous observers, including the Denver Post itself (http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2010/11/11/who-holds-the-key-on-redistricting/18542/) have noted, the balance of power in ultimately deciding the outcome of both Congressional redistricting and state legislative reapportionment remains, unfortunately (for our democratic institutions and for our rights as citizens) with the largely unaccountable politicians in black robes on the Colorado Supreme Court:
http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/11/16/balance-of-power-on-congressional-redistricting-legislative-reapportionment-rests-with-bender-colorado-supreme-court/
Hate to say I told you so, but… should’ve Cleared The Bench, Colorado!
(while you had the chance…)
http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/
Comment by CTBC Director — April 29, 2011 @ 12:37 am
Lynn, I believe that the comment quoted above needs to be clarified. As far as I know, the only group that testified to this was CITIZENS FOR CD 6 (CO). I obviously was their spokesperson throughout the public hearings, but there were others in our group that testified – one in Ft. Morgan & several in Castle Rock. Sen. Brophy is incorrect, in the reference here, that this may have been part of a Democratic strategy. It could not be further from the truth. We were certainly aware that there were groups on both the Democratic & Republican sides that were submitting maps to the committee. We had no involvement with any of these & came to our position statements through discussions with our candidate in 2010 & experience from campaign staff & volunteers.
Comment by Mikelwhhitney — April 29, 2011 @ 9:32 am
And, if the Republicans introduced a redistricting bill, the Dems would ‘still blast it as unfair’. The use of the term ‘still blast as unfair, communicates an obvious DP bias.
Comment by Anonymous — April 29, 2011 @ 4:33 pm
This is what happens when you have week leaders in the GOP…
http://whoisdestroyingdenver.com I spoke James Mejia and told him of these videos. i spoke to him at a church service I attended, but he showed up after words. He told me he would call me to discuss these problems… WHAT A LIAR! He might have worked for other Mayors but things are not the way they were when he worked with these Mayors; Or are they? If you really care about your future vote!
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A Ray of hope in Tampa Bay
Josh Geller
Last November, the Tampa Bay Rays introduced a new nickname, new uniforms, and a promise for new winning ways. This November, the Rays may be introducing something else: a trophy to St. Petersburg. When this month was ushered in, the perennial cellar dwellers had the best record in the majors and had gone from fluke to pretender to contender to a team controlling its own destiny.
No longer is Tropicana Field a desolate pit of despair. The fans come out and show their support for the home team. The atmosphere is electric, ringing with the team-symbol Cowbell. The team has performed under these conditions, going 18-1 when playing for crowds of 30,000+ at home. No longer are people embarrassed to wear Rays gear; they are proud.
It’s hard to say what facet of their game is most significant to their success. After a bullpen ERA that was the worst in Major League history last year, their bullpen is fourth best this year at 3.41. Grant Balfour has a superb ERA under 1.5. The team has 10 walk-off victories, second only to the Marlins, with Gabe Gross, a defensive-minded outfielder acquired in a trade mid-season, hitting 3 of those 10. The team’s defense has greatly improved, with Gold Glove and Rookie of the Year contender Evan Longoria at third base and defensive wizard Jason Bartlett at shortstop. Or the most impressive stat of all: every start this year by a Ray has been by a pitcher at the age of 26 or younger. The winning percentage for teams when starting a player at age 26 or younger in the majors this year is .497. For the Rays it’s .622.
Perhaps the greatest moment of all is the return and success of Rocco Baldelli. Once dubbed the future franchise player and given Joe DiMaggio’s #5 to boot, Baldelli found himself stricken with a mitochondrial disorder in spring training that made recovering from exercise near impossible. It was strongly questioned if he would ever play again. Yet in August, Baldelli returned to fill a void on the team, and as of September 3rd, he was batting .351 in 13 games, including a game winning double on August 30th.
Heading into this year, the predictions nearly across the board were simple. The Red Sox and the Yankees would contend to win the division. Toronto and Baltimore would be average. The Rays would be weak again. Yet looking now, this isn’t true at all. The Rays hold a lead over the Red Sox for the division.
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Valuations - what is your 280 worth? for Selling and Agreed Insurance Valuations
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(Updated 22nd October 2011)
DVD to commemorate the Capri 280.
This is a unique and exclusive look at the official Ford Press day photographs taken on the last few days of production of the Capri 280 at the Cologne plant Germany in December 1986.
All pictures have been produced as a moving 'photo-montage' (rostrum style) presentation, together with other images of the Capri 280.
The DVD is professionally narrated throughout and is approved by Ford UK. No other person is auhorised to produce this informative DVD. To date the use of the Ford Press Day pictures has been witheld, so this is truly an opportunity to view the 60 plus official Ford photo's.
CLICK IMAGE FOR HOW TO ORDER YOUR DVD
It lasts about 15 minutes and shows the Capri 280 being assembled and finally the last one off the assembly line. Plus lots of full colour pictures of Capri 280's that have been re-finished over the past decade or so.
As the very last Capri 280 numerically was not the very last one off the assembly line it's possible, just possible that your very own 280 is the one being assembled in these photographs!!
This DVD will be offered for sale either via this site, or at the Capri Power event at Malvern on 31st July.
The price is a nominal £10 which includes postage - bargain!!
Ford Motor Company has stipulated that only a set amount of DVDs may be distributed and only Capri owners should be the customers.
Once they're gone, they're gone.
NB - there is no video footage of moving cars - this is an historic look at the Press Day photo's but produced in such a way as to imitate movement with style, music and narration.
How to obtain a DVD - just Send Dr Brooklands an email via this site to order your DVD, or catch up with us at Gaydon and Malvern. I'll make sure you don't miss us at the shows. I will see how they go and maybe advertise the DVD on selected Capri websites in the UK and maybe Europe. This is mainly of interest to Capri 280 owners but as it was the last of the 1.8 million Capri's to be built the DVD is offered to all Capri owners.
It makes you think.....
As we draw nearer to the decades of austerity starting in January 2011, I did a quick check on what has happened to the cost of motoring in the UK over the past 10 years. Mainly the costs of fuel. It was eye opening to note that in December 2000 the price of petrol at the pump was 75.6p per litre ( those of us who can recall when petrol was priced per gallon will know that the litre pricing was done to mask the true cost of increases - we were never supposed to do the mental arithmetic of multiplying every increase by 4.56 to get the true cost).
Anyway, petrol stayed in the 70-76p bracket for 5 years, then in 2007 it rose to 103p p/litre. By December 2010 the price of unleaded is now at least 122p /litre. That's a rise of 61% in ten years. Those rises also didn't include the fuel escalator that the Tories imposed ( because clearly we were not paying enough for our fuel - even though the most expensive in Europe!). Now that the Tories/LibConDemServatives are in - guess what? The fuel escalator makes a heroic return, plus the oil increases and yes VAT, making our petrol the most expensive anywhere in the civilised world. The US citizens are balking at paying $2 per gallon! - I wish.
OK why do I mention this? Well, I am amazed we all accept this without the slightest notion as to how we combat it. We are well and truly ripped-off, they know it, we know and they know we do nothing but pay up.
The £10 a gallon price of petrol can't be far off. The rises are not a straight line graph, but will exponentially rise (like energy prices) without control and without a care. If petrol only rises by the same 61% over the next 10 years it will mean £8.90 per gallon. Never thought you'd read that eh?
So, include the fuel escalator and oil and VAT, whatever, and £10 a gallon is knocking on the door.
Enjoy motoring while you can. There has never been a better time to enjoy a classic car, because, as we've seen it only get more and more expensive each successive year. There is no reason for the extortionate pricing other than they know we'll pay. That's how the market works - you price according to what the customer will pay. When they stop paying you drop prices like mad.
As always I am happy to meet your Classic Ford motoring needs for 2011 onwards. It's not all doom and gloom, but neither is it going to get better.
Have a great Christmas everyone. Remember the good old days and the true meaning of this Christmas season, and I don't mean stuffing yourself with turkey and flashing the plastic in John Lewis and Debenhams either!
Always here at the end of a phone for your Capri 280 motoring needs - Ho Ho Ho.............
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November 2010 - Recently had an email from a guy enquiring about one of my 280's. I gave him the prices and his reply sort of took me by surprise. He said he couldn't
possibly bring himself to pay 'more than the car cost originally'.
Now I didn't know exactly how to explain to him that most if not all classic cars are worth anything from twice to three times what they were originally, and even up to 20 or 30 times! There's E Type Jags for sale in Newark for £100,000. TR5's for £25,000 etc.
When you think a Capri 280 was listed at 11,999 - and now 24 years later are selling for prices in the region of 15-17k that's really quite low considering the awsome nature of the car - full leather, V6 motor, special paint, LSD axle, low profile tyres and a place in motoring history. Each year we lose more of them, thus making them more attractive and rarer than ever.
I suppose the right answer would have been - ' I think classic cars are maybe not for you..............'
This is why you cannot believe a single word or even a syllable that emanates from
the lips of a politician
29th June 2009. Government abandons national road pricing scheme
"Not the time to be putting that before the British people," says transport secretary
24th July 2009. MPs call for drivers to take part in 'voluntary' road pricing scheme.
They couldn't even conceal this lie for more than 3 weeks.
The last time I looked I WAS being road priced. Every time I drive I pay 70% tax on my fuel. The
more I drive the more tax I pay. That's road pricing isn't it? Or are we drivers now expected to be
at the forefront of the 'War on Recovery from the Reckless Use of Public Money' yet again?
Don't you just feel that the Cash Cow Piggy Bank of British motorists will be squarely in the cross-hairs of those seedy
Govt ministers who use the Motoring Ready Reckoner to balance MPs coffers everytime they are short, which of course, is
It's that time again when warnings are needed.
Beware fake Capri 280's
If you ever see a Capri advertised anywhere as a 280 or Brooklands always ask the following questions:-
1. When was it registered? - all 280's were completed Dec 1986 and none were regstered before 1987.
2. What is the VIN or at least the last 7 digits? They must begin 'GG' and have 5 numbers after that. If not, - not Brookie.
3. The colour code on the VIN plate must state T7.
This is a pretty sure way to find out who is genuine and who is conning you.
If you know of anyone contemplating a purchase that you think is iffy - point them to this site it'll save them thousands and maybe a Civil Action.
Not only fake Capri 280's but fake wheels and parts are auctioned from time to time.
If you see wheels and tyres or indeed any part that advertised as from a Capri 280 or Brooklands - before you buy check out whether there's a Ford Motorsport stamp on the wheel or Ford logo on the part. I have pictures of just about all parts that are worth bothering with for the 280 - it will save you loads of mis-spent cash. For example, the 15 inch wheel on a Capri 280 will look like this:-
If it doesn't look like this then chances are it's a fake.
Also the tyre fitted will be a Pirelli P7 195x50-15 that looks like this:-
Just send me an email if in doubt and I'll try to help.
BTW - it's a criminal offence to advertise something as genuine which you know is not. Ignorance is not much of a defence, especially if someone has told you the part is fake in advance.
At last an answer to the perennial question that people keep asking me!
"How many Brookies are there left?"
So what is the answer?
I have made enquiries with the only place that has up to date records of such things (correct at 16th June 2009)
Capri 280's taxed at end of December 2008 = 234
Capri 280's currently SORN = 229
So there we have it 463 Capri 280's known to the DVLA
Unregistered = I only know of 3 for certain - can't possibly tell you where they are though...........
So, I hope that settles the matter for most of us?
Now, all I have to do is find all these owners and ensure they are providing sufficient TLC to these rare beauties!
You heard it here first - at the Doctors Surgery.
(This list won't include those 280's abroad inc Ireland)
280's that are scrapped, dead or Cat C and D Ins write-offs are not known.
There are one or two in New Zealand and Oz - if you know of any in Europe give me a shout.
Cars only have to have SORN submitted after 1989 I think - so there's a good possibility that some 280's will be off the road and unknown to DVLA.
I think it's fair to say that around 50% of all 280's are alive today.
New Government scheme - Scrappage
How it works is this. Whatever vehicle you currently own NuLabour will give you a brand
new vehicle in it's place. There's only one snag.....................
Yes, I'm afraid under the new Speed Limit changes you'll have to drive a Hearse. Two reasons
1. It's the only vehicle designed to crawl along the highways at 20mph or less;
2. It will be a fitting tribute the the death of motoring as we know it and the timely passing of
NuLabour.
Be afraid, be very afraid............
You won't realise what's happening til it's too late - this hair-brained scheme will be as effective as the last targets they set 11 years ago and in the process devastate our wonderful roadways and travelling in general.
why this picture? Read below.........
European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL). Non elected bureau in EU. April 2009.
Well I did warn you. The New World Order, NuLabours masters, in Europe have sent a decree to British Police to nail as many of us as possible this week. Please don't be shocked or surprised at this speed feeding frenzy of trying to appease our masters in Europe.
Even though Labour will be just a distant memory by the time our roads have been decimated, the damage will have been done and no Tory Govt will reverse this ludicrous 'One size fits all policy'. Look at USA in 1973. They introduced the 55mph limit as a measure to reduce oil consumption when the Oil Crisis began. Funny how 36 years later they still have the limit that was never intended for Road Safety even thought the pressure groups say it was and claim it as their own idea.
Labour has caved and under the direction of the ex-Fireman Jim Fitzpatrick, virtually every speed limit especially on urban and countryside roads (ergo, every road in Britain) will have reduced limits.
The failed policy in 1997 to reduce 50% RTA for children and 40% adult RTAs failed abysmally because they threw everything at Speed, which it turns out is not the major cause of RTAs and fatalities. Not deterred by the facts they cower from EU directives and try to ruin even further our liberties and freedoms by over constraint, over regulation and suppressive controls. All in the name of safety you understand.
First they weren't going to mess with speed limits (Tony Blair 1998)
Then they start to rake in millions a year with Scameras so they meddled with speed limits to lower them where revenues were falling, or should I say speeding was lowered (but wasn't that the aim?)
Anyway, last count the rake in was £100m per year.
Not content with putting a blanket 50mph across the nations free and flowing A roads, they are starting to lay plans for 20mph on the built up areas, or residential areas as they call them. Well apart from Motorways and some rural dual carriageways nearly every road passes through a 'residential area'.
The ex Fire Officer, who must now be an expert on Road Safety (obviously, or else he wouldn't have such a high profile job eh?) and is the Transport Minister, now thinks that the answer to all pedestrian related RTAs is to slow vehicles to 20mph or less.
Now, call me cynical but after driving for 39 years, being a Police Advanced Grade 1 driver, an ex Road Safety Officer and Traffic Cop I think, yes I think, that pedestrian accidents in almost 100% of cases are caused by people walking or running in the carriageway.
If that is the case, and cars are not travelling the pavements and footways, then the problem is people on the roads not cars on the pavement.
If people on the highway is the problem, then apart from banning cars altogether (and I'm not sure that isn't NuLabs ultimate plan) why for pity sake is the solution being aimed at the driver and not the root cause i.e. the Pedestrian?
Could it be that the technology to crush the motorist and get penalties is already here and able to be (mis) used at the drop of a hat? Or could it be that enforcing Jay Walking by errant pedestrians is just too time consuming and non cost effective i.e. can't issue as many penalty tickets?
Either way the upshot is this. National speed limits on perfectly fine roads down to 50mph, built up areas down to 20mph, drivers will get so used to a walking speed kind of driving that 50 mph will seem like a trip to a NASCAR circuit, thus the psychological effect will make crawling and jerking along at less than 20mph seem less awful when we can really open the motor up to 49mph and even consider 2nd or 3rd gear. Whoopdeedoo!
Drivers behave best when they are travelling at appropriate speeds for the road and their vehicle. Fact. Cars have never been safer regarding brakes, visibility and impact crumple zones. Fact. Drivers get justifiably schizoid when treated like idiots and serial killers due to either the actions of a few, or worse the actions of pedestrians and cyclists who breach all codes of safety and common sense but are never the target of Gordon's Storm Troopers.
Answer?
If you want to prevent pedestrian casualties on our drivers roads, then target the cause - i.e. the pedestrian. Apply the same draconian and relentless policy that is applied to the driver - problem solved and no needless restrictions on the driver, again..........
Of course it's impossible to expect targeted action by this conglomerate of misfits - none of them are 'Fit for Purpose'.
Oh and what happens when the RTA rate increases as it surely will? 10mph, 5mph, 0mph? It's the only logical solution when a crass and sledge hammer policy is aimed NOT at the cause of the problem.
It gets worse - Wait til those little 'lectric, silent killers are silently whirring along the roads causing chaos, batteries going flat on bends corners and crossings and blithely running over people who's last words were, 'I never heard it coming officer............. gasp, splutter' (This assumes that an Officer would actually attend such an event in the future). Not to mention the sting in the tail - that is the cost of your leccy bill, the cost to the carbon output of the country by massive drains on the national grid (see they've even got me talking about carbon now!) And best of all when they've sucked you all in to the leccy car gimmick - watch those bills and incentives go up and disappear respectively. Like they did with the diesel revolution and like LPG is going.
Bottom line. Drivers need appropriate speed limits. Higher on most roads not lower. Reduced outside schools, hospitals and high pedestrian activity maybe.
50mph is bad enough but 20mph will drive everyone nuts but the Govt stats will 'prove' beyond doubt that they saved something from happening somewhere on the road network.
The damage to your engine at low speeds is a known fact, longer to warm up, neat fuel washing the bores, exiting through the exhaust and wrecking your Catalytic converters and pushing more emissions out............. hey Gordo, good plan mate.
Don't believe me? Have a try driving at 20mph or less through every part of your built up area, housing estate, in fact anywhere that is not a dual carriageway - see the chaos it causes, see how your car reacts and see what happens to fuel consumption, engine wear and emissions - not to mention the 'anger' it will introduce to you and other drivers.
Modern vehicles and our roads have never been better or safer. Yet in 2009 we are creating un-natural road hazards called 'Speed moderators' (Traffic Calming - yeah right, how calm do you feel negotiating the minefield of road humps? I drive to the opposite side of the road to avoid them as my daily driver is too low for these monstrous car killers) [sorry where were we?].... such as huge lumps of rubber, plastic or tarmac which wreck tyres, suspension and nerves, thus ruining the highway. Our progress is impeded more by lower limits, higher penalties and the driver is seen as the source of endless punishment and revenue.
21st Century progress? Slower, slower, stop. We've advanced to a state of crawl. The average speed through London 120 years ago was 10mph, it's now 8mph.
Targeting the worst offender has been an option always open to use. But no, NuLab Stasi consider a blanket punishment on EVERY driver from the outset is much better than catching an offender and punishing him/her when necessary.
This will only get worse and worse because not only do they impose wrongly targeted scam/schemes - they never admit they're wrong and refuse to reverse banal restrictions. It takes Local Auth Chief Execs to dump funding Scameras 'as they are no use in Road Safety' (Swindon).
Expect nothing to change for the better - wrong people in wrong jobs metering out wrong policies in the wrong direction.
(This article will go to News and Articles page in a few days, or as soon as the next idiot in Government pops his/her head up with another winner!)
ps don't you wish the Govt had technology to catch poor, inattentive, dangerous, reckless, inconsiderate drivers who really cause RTA's?
Yeah, don't hold your breath. That option is at the bottom of the Govt basket marked 'Too Hard'.
Ed. I make no apologies for devoting major space on my website to this subject - I seem to be saying what a lot of other s are thinking.
I value travelling freedoms and proper safety. There's not a single policy I've witnessed in recent times that gives me any hope for better days ahead. We've lived through the good days of motoring and you can be sure that NuLabour will divest you of the very last drop of enjoyment and freedom whilst at the same time extracting revenue from you for every inch you drive, infringe crazy rules and dare to stop.
What is sad is that you and I will just roll over and let them do it. Government of the people, by the people, for the people? In your dreams...................
"Nanny knows best, there, there".
Dictatorship ethos: 'Constraint, Restriction, Regulation, Suppression and Penalty' sound familiar or did you only just move to StalagGB?
Who was it that said 'when democracy finally fails dictatorship is the only logical step'?
I'm speechless (almost) ...........................
I asked why this picture? Well, Gordon Brown commented recently after the death of David Cameron's son that 'Every life is important', and of course he's right. Now the hypocrisy.
Since NuLabour have been in office, sorry, power (they like that word) Gordon Brown has presided over the slaughter of, wait for it, 1,992,900 young babies in their mothers wombs in the UK.
So when you hear Gordo bleating on about every life important, and 'we must stop deaths on our roads' forget it, he doesn't lose a wink of sleep knowing that 'on his watch' the UK has 'lawfully' butchered more children than were destroyed in the Holocaust.
Plain fact is this - the UK is broke, the Govt has sold us down the river, they need more funds and you can't get that by putting a Cash Camera in the abortion clinics, however you can get 100's of millions from drivers. The morality is clear. There is no morality.
April fuel? you'll wish it was a joke
It's no joke - yet again this Band on the Run Government has gone against the flow, dismissing the voters wishes and they've hiked up motor fuel duty again.
If petrol was given away at the pumps we will still have to pay nearly 80p per litre to the Government light fingered brigade. Still, we're British (not European) and in 2009 we lie down and accept everything this bunch hurl at us.
They don't have to do it, they want to do it, and, as we know, they can do anything they like with your money. I'm guessing some hefty 'expenses' are due in Parliamentary circles and some April Fools have to pay for it. Yup, you and me. Fools we are.........
Just me?
I'm afraid they're at it again, only worse this time. This unbelievable Government is throwing yet another huge blanket at a problem that is caused by a tiny percent of bad drivers. I refer of course to the National Speed Limit being reduced from 60mph, to 50mph.
What will this achieve? Well, it is bound to increase RTA's. Most accidents are caused by poor, aggressive or inattentive drivers. They are not caused by speeding drivers per se. Not even this ludicrous Government and it's pitiful array of Transport Ministers will argue that point. (see my Articles and News page)
As an Ex Traffic Cop and Road Safety Officer and Traffic Management Consultant, I can safely say that trying to reduce still further, inappropriately low speed limits will make the situation worse. Drivers caught in and endlessly winding mobile traffic jam by someone doing 40-44mph along rural roads will be frustrated when they see open roads reduced to a crawl. Result? Normally courteous and conservative drivers will now seek out the slightest passing opportunity and therefore increase risk of conflict. Overtaking will be seen as Anti-social.
Plus, we all know that over-taking on double white lines, on bends, approaching cross roads, junctions etc are the real causes of serious RTA's - including the drugged and drunken drivers.
In 1981,82 and 83 when I was Road Safety Officer there were between 3,100 and 3,400 deaths on the roads of Britain each year - nothing the Government did reduced that figure. Since we now have much better cars, clearer all-round vision, ABS brakes, better tyres and suspension, coupled with road-humps, more road signs, traffic lights and more Speed Cameras than you can count - what is the result? The same number of deaths - perhaps even more so.
Everything the Govt. does to slow us down has a net effect of more congestion, more frustration, even more public alienation (if that ere possible given this bunch!) The real fact is Speed alone is no problem. Every RTA involves speed i.e. if you travel faster than 0mph you are travelling at speed.
Nu Labour have made Speed a swear word. In my experience, poor, aggressive and dangerous driving is the problem. However there is no revenue raising technology to detect that is there? Ah hem, do we smell a rat here?
Tony BLiar said in 1999 that Labour would "not interfere with the current speed limits as they were appropriate" - OK stop laughing will you.
There is a serious case for raising limits on dual carriageways and Motorways. Even raising it on rural roads in a lot of areas.
The latest ruse is to achieve the stealth technology SPECCS etc, to get the infrastructure in place to monitor and charge you for every mile you drive. All average speed cameras have ANPR technology that can ID your car and Registered Keeper. Always look for the Trojan Horse - nothing is what it seems.
They say it's for Road Safety but as we all know even with 6000 fixed speed cameras out there, fatal RTAs keep occurring - thus proof that Speed Does Not Kill - INAPPROPRIATE Speed and bad driving kills.
Quite why the British drivers, the voting public allow these non-driving, hidden agenda, stealth taxation people to keep crushing the spirit of the motorists in the UK I will never understand.
In 5 years time I'll update this blog (which will be archived on my Articles and News page shortly) and I can be pretty confident that the net effect of NuLabours (and probably the copycat Tories if they go along with this scam) ridiculous draconian policy on speed, will be - yup more drivers disqualified, more RTAs bourne out of frustration and the casualty figures will be the same or worse.
Doomsday merchant? Me? No not a bit. I have seen what goes on behind closed doors.
Faceless wonders in Europe throw down a dictat to the puppy dog UK about RTA figures. NuLabour sit up and beg - and create unachievable targets to please the un elected 'hero's' in Brussels. They did this in 1997 when they set out to reduce Child fatalities by 50% and Adult fatalities by 40% - both targets missed completely because they used a big Hammer called the Speed Camera and every nail they hit just picked out the errant, and day to day drivers and hardly reduced a casualty.
The Government approach to Road Safety is like the Government approach to Airport Security - 'don't profile and target the real perpetrators and hit them hard, just blanket frisk everyone and lasergun everything that moves.'
For 30 years I saw how targetting crooks and rogue drivers really worked.
For the last 12 years I've seen how a One Size Fits All approach by NuLabour has caused grief, alienation, frustration amongst the driving public. Also it has ruined the one last bastion of freedom in this nation the freedom to take a drive as a past-time and for Social, Domestic and Pleasure purposes. Remember those quaint words? SD&P. I am so surprised that NuLabour hasn't officially replaced those words with Anti-Social, UnDesirable and Pleasureless driving. Well they've done that in all but name anyhow.
You see some of us don't NEED a car to get back and for to work - some of us enjoy a trip out and we drive appropriately. All we can look forward to now, despite increased technology - better roads etc is a much lower average speed, increase in stress levels and more man made obstructions on our journey. So much for progress.
Motto - "if you cannot set realistic targets - just keep throwing a bigger and heavier blanket over the situation until you get a result". Nu Labour 21st Century.
Ed's note: Yes I'm afraid I belong to the most persecuted and discriminated against group in Britain. White, male, married, Small Business owning, Christian believing, heterosexual, tax-paying motorist, er, with savings................
In many years of Internet useage I've never, ever had such cause to give vent to spleen as I have since 1997 - go figure.
Just popping out in the old TwinTurbo for a blatt - Oh no, Carbon Footprint, global warming, climate change, coast erosion, depletion of the natterjack toad......................
ps just read about the Traffic Cop in Merseyside who stopped a driver last week for, wait for it, 'Laughing too much at the wheel'. The driver was on handsfree phone and laughing at a friends conversation - I did tell you there would be an offence of Grinning with Intent didn't I? Trouble is I was joking. Beam Me Up!
pps - before anyone rushes to judgment over this editorial - after 15 years of Traffic Patrol I have probably dealt with more RTAs and fatalities than most people visiting my website - so I do know what I'm talking about and I know the real causes of collisions.
Competition - no prizes (not in this game!)
Ever wondered why you, the British driver feel as if the motorist is the most hated form of UK citizen? Ever wonder why you are penalised at every turn?
Ever stop to think why only 5% of the billions you pay each year in road taxes goes back to road improvements? Did it occur to you that the answer lies in the common denominator below:-
What do all these people have in common?
Well? Clue - did you ever see one of these driving a car? No? OK getting warm.
At least 4 of these never bothered to learn to the basic rudiments of driving let alone take a test, never pulled up at a fuel pump to mutter the words, 'Look at the price of petrol' - so couldn't relate to you or me in any conversation about the cost of motoring, let alone say 'We know how the motorists feel'............
Everyone of these either can't drive, couldn't drive, won't drive - and ALL are/were involved in Transport Policies for the UK motorist at some point in their careers. All either hate cars, drivers (except their money) and none have done anything to ease the relentless attack on our motoring costs. Byers, Dunwoody, Livingstone, Brown, Ladyman and Cameron. Do you think it's a coincidence that each time Transport Policy is under review there's a Car Hater at the helm? Well, if you did, you don't now.
Until we get a real driver, who understands and even enjoys motoring (instead of just dipping into motorists pockets) I'm afraid we are going to be hung out to dry. Don't expect sympathy - you are seen as a source of revenue. And in keeping with the car hating theme we now have Geoff Hoon - the new Sec of State for Transport - ushering in Road Pricing at break-neck speed (even though his predecessor Ruth Kelly gave up the idea )
I only posted this to take your mind off the fact that petrol just went up 9p a gallon despite the recession.
I will move this to my Articles and News section within a few days - if 'they' don't get me beforehand..................
Petrol will never decrease in price under the Tories - not even if oil went down to $10 a barrel!!!
It's a 'see-saw' fuel duty that says 'when oil is lower we'll put the fuel duty up - and when oil is higher we'll drop the duty a tad. Either way you motoring suckers will pay and pay dearly................
Tory answer to your high petrol bills - announced 6th July by George Osborne - Tory shadow Chancellor - "The plans, unveiled by shadow chancellor George Osborne yesterday, would link fuel duty levels directly to oil prices – so as fuel prices rise, duty decreases.
Osborne said if the ‘fair fuel stabiliser’ had been implemented in the last budget, duty would currently be 5p lower. (Um, diesel would be £1.32 a litre instead of £1.37 - Oh heck you are too generous me old mate - what we want is that crippling duty reduced by about £25 p a litre NOW)
“It’s a common sense plan to bring stability to public finances and help the environment by making the price of carbon less volatile,” he said.
Graeme Leach, chief economist and head of policy at the Institude of Directors (IoD), indicated Osborne’s proposals were unrealistic.
Now is it just me or is this con of gigantic proportions? Look at it. As oil prices surge - the fuel duty slides down. As oil drops the fuel duty soars back up. Now call me cynical but either way we pay the same high prices with NO chance of petrol ever getting lower priced again.
Logic says that if petrol is £2 a litre and the price of oil goes up, then instead of the pump price going to say, £2.25 per litre (yes I'm not kidding) - the duty level would drop by perhaps a similar amount. Thus making the price of petrol remain a ridiculous £2 per litre.
Using the same see-saw scale - if oil prices dropped drastically then the fuel escalator would kick in and the fuel duty would rise from about £1.25 per litre to say £1.50 a litre making the drop in oil invisible to the motorist. Taken a step further if oil dropped to zero dollars a barrel - then instead of petrol being about 60p per litre it would still be £2 because the Tory fuel duty would rise to the opposite extent that oil dropped.
What I'm saying is it's a lose lose situation for us because the Government will always counter balance oil / fuel / duty etc.
Hey Mr Osborne - thanks but er, no thanks. We understand your DelBoy initiative and we laugh at it.
Capri 280's any point? Yes, believe it or not - people are still wanting one, still contacting me and not letting the below mentioned stuff scare them off completely. People are feeling the pinch but still not letting the squeeze stop them from enjoying life with a classic Ford.
My last sale was the G Reg 280 - sold to a hard working guy up north. Decided that he wanted the car he always promised himself and he's a happy bunny. A super car that can return 31-32 on a run in style - can't be bad eh?
Read on and you will get depressed but once you are, have a strong cup of coffee and then make sure they don't grind you into the ground!!
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When your car tax goes up to £400 a year pretty soon, bet you wish you had a pre-2001 car to drive eh? Still, at least you'll sleep safe in the knowledge that this Govt will spend 9 million x £400 wisely and 'save the world'. Yeah, Wolverines make good house pets too............................. I mean surely Labour wouldn't lift even more cash out of your pockets for dubious and spurious causes would they?
Latest - OIL June 2008 - is expected to hit $250 a barrel fairly soon - that will mean £2.30 per litre in the UK. Never thought it could happen did you? Who would have said that the past 2-3 years were 'the good old days'? Not me. But there's a lot of players out there all fixing and manipulating markets. The speculators have done their worst with the financial markets hence the credit crunch - now they are gambling on oil futures hence there's panic and increases even when there's no actual change in the supply or demand.
It's fast approaching a time when to travel will be a past time of the seriously rich and the rest of us will have tin cans occupying our driveways and garages. It's a bit depressing but that's about it.
There worst part I suppose is this - the crooks in the treasury take 70% of every tanful of petrol as tax. They spend or squander it away of many different things, mainly failed computer systems, propping up excess management structures in organisations and education establishments. Which means this. The British driver is now using 20% less fuel due to crippling costs so the exchequer is getting 20% less tax. Getting the picture? What will the Cash Guzzler Darling do when his ATM (the motorist) is down on funds? Well you work it out.
They want us supposedly to drive less, use less oil / fuel etc. But when we do they get less tax to fund scandalous schemes. Outcome? You guessed it. If we do what they want, and spend less at the pumps coz we are being crushed, then they get less income and will hit us again somewhere else. And once we get hit elsewhere, it won't matter if oil reduces because the extra taxes will just stay. Bit like the price of chips at the chip shop - spuds were in short supply one year in the 80's - so up went a bag of chips from 30p to 85p. Spuds got plentiful later but chips stayed high. So it is with this oil / fuel / tax on motoring.
Who will get us out of this? Labour? Tories? The choice my friend is Hobsons. It's like being asked if you prefer to be assaulted by Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield - who you going to choose?
Enjoy your car while you can - won't be long that's for sure.
The £10 gallon is just round the corner and I recall when we protested at 87p per litre - happy days.
HOW TO ESCAPE THE RECESSION
You can escape the coming financial crash and the economic disaster helped along by 'Prudence' Brown and his bunch of £100 grand a year (without expenses and Gold Plated pensions) cohorts.
Here's how:-
1. Don't buy food
2. Don't have a mortgage
3. Don't drive
4. Don't heat your water or your home
5. Don't fly
6. Don't use public transport - esp trains
There - saved you a fortune - no charge for this advice.................. Oh yes, nearly forgot, whatever you do, do NOT grow old in Britain.
Yup it's a crisis. Crude hits $135 a barrel May 2008. The 200 dollar barrel is not too far away. Britain is fast becoming a 3rd world entitiy. Hardly any influence and bidding against the new economies of China and India. We cannot sustain our use of oil. Petrol prices will go through the roof and we will look back on 2008 as a time of, er, cheap fuel prices.
Why keep mentioning this? Like I said dozens of times before. Classic cars will be ornaments before too long - read the headlines and the small columns. Our fabulous Capri's will soon be thought of as unsocial and everyone will be expected to drive an electric food mixer. Not because it saves the planet, but because we just won't be able to afford petrol.
Answer? I actually do not know. All I can say is - if you want a classic Ford the only time to buy and enjoy one is now. Not tomorrow, not next week, but now. This is not doom and gloom it's fact. The upside is your wallet will not be weighing you down quite as much as in previous years.
Who is a buyer and who is a dreamer?
There are a number of good indicators as to whether you are a buyer or a wishful thinker. Sometimes it helps to know. I have seen the signs over the years. Here's a few pointers that will see which camp you fall into:-
You know you'll never buy a Capri 280 when:- (I have proved every one of these points except number 10)
1. You send emails only and never make a phone call to discuss the car.
2. You say you'll come and see the car but never do.
3. You are only concerned with the price.
4. You don't spend many waking hours and sleeping hours thinking about the car.
5. You consider also looking at Escorts, MGs and Audi's.
6. You think 100 miles is too far to travel to test drive.
7. You wait longer than a week to make your mind up.
8. You are thinking of importing to your country.
9. You consider it's a toss up between double glazing, a new kitchen or a Capri.
10. You work for Northern Rock!
So how did you fair? If more than 2 of the above apply to you - then you are not a buyer. There, just saved us both a lot of time.
A Buyer on the other hand is one who:-
1. Has the budget to meet his/her dreams.
2. Is aged 40 plus
3. Businessman, usually.
4. Just had an insurance payout, shares cashed in or can't stand Euro-shaped tin cans.
5. Always promised himself one of these for the last 15 years.
6. Can't stop thinking about it.
7. Visits my website at least 7 times a week.
8. Has pictures of a 280 as screen saver or wall paper
9. Just promised to take the family / wife on a smashing holiday or get the new kitchen as well
10. Able to convince himself and the wife that this is a form of investment. Well, he actually doesn't need convincing...............
Ticked more than 3 of these? Sorry you're hooked give us a call.
(If you think this is made up, think again - the chap who bought my G Reg said he looked at the list, ticked off more than 3 and rang me to say "I'm hooked" and he bought the car)
Turbo Technics to re-release their legendary F9, & F26 kits for the 2.8i - 280 Capri !!
Here's the deal:
Turbo Technics have said if they get 10 orders, with a 20% deposit for each kit they will re-produce them. I'm not certain of the pricing - but I did hear 'less than 3 grand' - better ring Hamish or Sales at Turbo Technics.
This is the press release from Turbo Technics:-
"This kit is identical to the famous kits we produced in the 80's and 90's which when fitted to the new Capri's would make 200bhp.
Producing power at high speed is relatively easy, but the aim of the development programme was to build an engine which would also produce a high level of torque from very low speed. The key to achieving this is the exhaust manifold and Turbo Technics design expertise has produced a technically advanced pulse separation configuration, using a single turbo. In conjunction with the carefully matched Garrett T3 turbocharger, excellent low speed response is achieved, with minimal turbo lag.
The resulting engine not only gives exhilarating performance, but does so in a totally fuss-free manner, with no perceptible transition to "boost" conditions. Economy is virtually unaffected, and an effective intercooler in conjunction with a carefully integrated system ensures a very high degree of reliability, for which Turbo Technics have established a trend-setting reputation.
The kit uses the standard compression ratio and runs with standard transmission and consists of a T3 turbocharger, manifold, intercooler, vacuum capsule, fuel enrichment air cone block, oil feed and return pipes, cross pipe and a down pipe from the turbo as well as all the pipe work and clips to plumb everything in. The only part not included from the original kit is the complete exhaust system see fig13 in drawings.
The Turbo system can be fitted in a few days by any competent DIYer and does not need to be carried out by specialists. However, it is important that the engine is in good mechanical condition before the kit is installed, especially if it has covered high-mileage."
Engine Power Output.
Maximum power = 200BHP (149Kw) @ 5,500r/m
Maximum torque = 247 Lbf-Ft (320Nm) @ 3,800r/m
Typical Performance Figures
Capri 200BHP
0-60 ml/hr 6.5
0-100 ml/he 14.8
Max speed 143 ml/hr on the standard final drive
Your order will be taken with a 20% deposit. Please call Turbo Technics sales department on 01604705050 for further information
2 Sketty Close
Brackmills
NN4 7PL
Ed: Dr B has owned 4 Turbo Technics Capri 280's and they are without a doubt the most stunning drive ever! If only Ford had put this conversion on as standard......... but then everyone would have one wouldn't they?
Original diagrams:
Don't know quite how to arrange a Group Buy of at least 10 units but I guess if enough interest is shown they'll be swamped with orders. Pass this on to all your Capri nutters out there.
Remember Norman Bates would have a kit - how is that for a recommendation?
FUEL PRICES - MORE INFO TO DEPRESS YOU - This is the way that the Government fleeces you every day.
Link to Petrol Prices.com
The Last Capri 280 ever built
Did you know - that the first Capri 280 ever built was stolen and never recovered?
Did you know that Ford Europe kept the last one made Reg Number D194 UVW and it's in Gaydon plant today?
Did you know that the engine/chassis number of the last 280 ever made has the unique number GG11896?
Did you know that the last Capri 280 ever to be registered is a G REG and is featured on my website?
Did you know that the last 280 to physically roll off the assembly line in Cologne is NOT considered to be the last one ever made.
It is official that the last one ever made is final chassis number GG11896.
Even if you have the work ticket that is time and date stamped as the last one off the assembly line - unless it is GG11896 it just ain't the official last one.
Any doubts? Call the Doctor!
Just thought I'd put this on in case anyone tries to offer you the 'last one ever built'.
There are still at least 3 Capri 280's in England that have not been registered. I know the towns where they are but that's all I can say.
Imminent war in Middle East - all indications are that a huge conflagration in the Middle East will kick of fairly soon. This will have devastating effects on lives, the economy and for all us petrol heads - the price and supply of petrol, heating oils etc.
Only mentioning this as we often think we are an Island and what goes on a couple of thousand miles away doesn't really affect us.
I have numerous up to date links on the political and military positioning in the M.E. if anyone wants the links.
Road Pricing and the Spy in your Car click here
As predicted over 3 years ago on this site - the government plans to give police access to all camera and private individuals road journeys. That means exactly what we told you - as soon as nationwide road pricing comes in every scrap of privacy goes out the window and govt. agencies and departements, CSA, DWP, Soc Services, Customs & Revenue, VAT, Specail Branch, MI5, MI6 etc will all have potential to know exactly where you went, with whom, what time, where you stopped and how fast you did it all!!. Good to know 'they' care about you so much................... click here
1. What happens when an executive gets fed up with the Company Jag?? Click here to find out
2. UPDATE May 2008: Who's got the only G Reg then or should I say who's got it now?? click here to find out
3. Want to find the Build number of your Capri 280? Just click on BUILD CALCULATOR in the menu above - put in the 5 digits that appear after the letters GG in the engine or chassis number - click 'Calculate' and there you are! This is the only site in the world offering you this facility.
4. Ever heard of the 419-ers? No thought not. They are the overseas scammers who target a lot of people selling classic cars in the UK. In their extreme ignorance they think that if you own a classic car you are desperate for cash and will therefore fall prey to their infantile and zero IQ scams. Started by Nigerians but any number of morons from other nations try it on. There's even a website set up by folk to Bait the Scammers and cause them no end of problems! What great sport if you have the time.
You will know their emails because they refer to your advert in a sort of generalised fashion such as ' I am very interested in the car - please give me the firmest price and I will get my agent to contact you very soonest' etc etc.They have no idea about the car they don't care about your car. It's a means to an end. They want you to give bank details - they promise to send you a deposit - then when you've banked it they want you to return the deposit on promise of the full amount. (they won't even have seen the car or shown any true interest in it). When you send back the deposit you find that their money was fraudulant and you are out by thousands of pounds.
How do you deal with them? Simple. You reply to their email without disclosing anything about yourself, your car or your name. You ask for a UK tel number, a post code and their full name. It never comes. To add weight to this you can say that you will pass the email to Interpol if no reply within 12 hours. Always works.
Their emails have a plausible looking name but nearly always are on a Yahoo account with numbers after the name. The wording is bland and generic and always refers to money, banks and shipping. Time of day is usually early hours of the morning GMT. Spelling of words like 'check' instead of cheque are dead give aways. You have been warned.
A good link to see what's happening is this Internet Fraud and 419 scammers
5. Oil Crisis? Think we'll be driving forever? Think you can afford it? What about the 'Spy in Your Car'? Click here
Remember you read it here first - I told you that the Tories would bring back the fuel escalator tax so that no mstter what price fuel was the tax would rise exponentially. Well, now the other tax 'em til it hurts ruffians are saying they will maintain the price of petrol artificialy by claiming the difference between reduced petrol costs and the existing price of petrol by calling it a green tax. In other words petrol drops 10p due to low crude prices and Labout Govt - keep the price of fuel at the same price anyway and keep the difference. I think they call it robbery, fraud, scamming or something like that. I believe we voted these clowns in to represent the majority didn't we? Well they are pandering to the greenies and conning us left right and centre regarding the Global Warming con and other similar tax scams. Look out pockets they getting emptier by the week.
6. Road pricing - the new way to print money for failed Government schemes and projects CLICK HERE
Not just me talking about this - me and 1.8 million others CLICK HERE
7. Read that The Conservatives will re-introduce the Fuel Escalator Tax on petrol. No worry - all it means is that it will be set at 3% above inflation each year, so that if inflation is, say, 3% then petrol TAX will go up by 6% a year each year, every year and NEVER come down again - even if they gave petrol away for nothing the government would still be around 80-90p per litre.
So now you know who to vote for next time around? Glad you do coz I don't. It seems the motorist is yet again seen as the ointment that will cure all the financial ills of poor governments. Governments are elected by the people to represent ALL the people not just key, loud pressure groups.
Way to go to be PM CMD! (Call Me Dave) follow the greenies and the pressure groups - get your extra votes and then stay in opposition. We thought we could rely on a new opposition to come up with something better than Lib Left Weak green stuff. We see the trick here - drop direct taxes slightly then take it all back and more with indirect taxes.
The rich of the nation will not curb their spending on fuel. The poorer ones will go slowly broke trying to pay all the taxes and nothing will change globally except the coffers of the chancellors office.
Now he's attracted the Green Vote, just wait for the next 'vote'. CMD will offer petrol credits for all single mothers and same sex couples who are having IVF, want men to conceive & drive pink cars with sequinned air-bags........... I'm going for a lie down....................
At least Attila the Hun would have driven a Hummer on Nitrous - as long as we ignore the rest of his behaviour. Ah no, he 'sacked the Roman Empire (i.e. the EU) didn't he? hmm.................
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Visit to village show proves a telly smart move for one Allendale resident thanks to iNorthumberland
Nathan Fuller from iNorthumberland with Ben Baldock
One Allendale resident is looking forward to watching all the latest shows this year on a state-of the-art Smart TV, thanks to iNorthumberland.
Ben Baldock visited Whalton Village Show and while he was there stopped at the iNorthumberland stall for a chat and entered a competition to win a 32 inch Smart TV.
Luckily for Ben, his name was pulled out of the hat and he will now be able to watch the latest films in HD, download his favourite box sets and use a range of apps and catch up TV.
Ben said: “I entered the competition, but never expected to win so it was great news to find out I had. There’ll be no more worries about who’s watching what in my house this year.”
Around 1,000 homes and businesses in Allendale and nearby Allenheads now have access to fibre broadband, including Ben’s, so he will be able to maximise the benefits of having a Smart TV.
From downloading an HD film in minutes to streaming a TV show without the annoying buffering and watching YouTube videos with no screen freeze the fibre technology means you can enjoy all the features of a Smart TV.
Ben added: “There are some great pubs and a real community spirit in Allendale. This year I’ll either be glued to the new TV or joining in safe in the knowledge that I can catch up on TV later.”
More than 146,000 households and businesses in Northumberland are now able to connect to fibre broadband as a result of the iNorthumberland programme and BT’s commercial roll-out of the high-speed technology.
BT was awarded the iNorthumberland contract in April 2013, whilst the second phase contract was signed in June last year. It will see more than £4.1 million invested in the programme area in addition to the £18.9 million initially invested by Northumberland County Council, the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) fund, BT and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). 1The majority of premises in Northumberland will be getting access to some of the best broadband speeds in the UK via iNorthumberland and the commercial roll-out of fibre by BT’s local network business, Openreach. Openreach’s network is open to all broadband service providers on an equal wholesale basis and so Northumberland households and businesses can benefit from highly competitive products and pricing from a range of providers. For up to date information on the roll-out visit www.inorthumberland.org.uk
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Canes Beat Senators in Exciting Overtime Win
November 10, 2015 /in Canes, Featured, Hockey, News /by Bob Fennel
Raleigh, NC — The Carolina Hurricanes won an exciting game in overtime against one of the better teams in the NHL, the Ottawa Senators, on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the PNC Arena. Even strangers high-fived at the end of this game.
Canes’ Desperation Play Leads to OT Win
The Senators are a solid team, but the Canes seem to have their number in Raleigh going 11-0-2 in the past 13 games. Coach Bill Peters wanted the Canes to play with a sense of desperation as, when they do, they do play better. Not that it was total desperation, but the Canes’ play at the start of the game was noticeably different and noticeably better than the night before.
Canes Start On Time
Their forechecking and speed were both up a few notches. Cam Ward made a quick pad save off a redirection that was much more difficult than it appeared.
The Canes’ defense picked up the loose puck, clearing the zone and starting what became a solid two minute onslaught of possession and shots in the Senators’ end. At one point, EStaal circled the Sens’ zone twice waiting for the perfect pass.
Nothing materialized other than the Caniacs begging for another shot. I’m not sure if it was the Canes dominating the possession combined with the perceived confidence the Sens expected, but, by the end of the first period, there were some chippy plays between opposing players off the puck. One benefit of attending a game is to watch a certain player for the whole time or to watch the action of the puck. Sometimes it’s a game within a game.
Faulk Adds to NHL PPG Lead
Early in the second, it didn’t take but four seconds for Justin Faulk to add to his NHL leading power play goals for a defense man. Victor Rask easily won the face-off back to Faulk.
Faulk moved from the left point towards the mid-blue line and then left a bomb just as he saw EStaal heading towards the net for traffic. That was all he needed, as the puck went top shelf stick side for a 1-0 Canes lead. About 10 minutes later, the Sens had their first after Faulk sent the puck into the stands for a delay of game penalty.
The Sens scored on a powerplay that had an eerie similarity to a goal scored against the Canes the night before by the skater getting behind the defense then crashing the net.
Four minutes later, the Canes did a poor and unsuccessful job of clearing the puck from their end. The Sens wasted no time in converting the turnover into another first NHL goal by a Canes opponent – this time by Chris Wideman. These memorable first goals by opponents and a nap by the Canes at some point in the game had to stop.
Skinner Scores, 3.3 Seconds Left
The Canes started the third with a little more edge than they had ended the second with, and more was needed indeed. While the Sens didn’t exactly turtle into a defensive shell, they mostly sent just two forwards deep into the Canes’ end.
As the period went on, it appeared that Coach Rod Brind’Amor noticed the shift in the Sens’ play and started talking to more players as they came back to the bench.
There’s a good chance that he gave instructions for a responsive shift to widen the ice and carry the puck, rather than to dump and chase, into the Sens’ zone. That strategy paid off, as the Canes again regained time of possession. There were plenty of shots but no results.
Late in the game, the desperation Peters wanted appeared with about two minutes to go when Ward was pulled for the extra skater. The Canes must have attempted 10 shots during that time, with the Sens icing the puck twice to escape the pressure. Then, with 10 seconds left, Faulk won the sprint to the icing dot. Peters had five forwards and Faulk on the ice.
JStaal won the face-off with Skinner charging the dot to get the puck. EStaal was charging down the right, but Skinner elected for a backhand shot. Hamburglar made the save but gave up a rebound that resulted in hack and whack by whoever could get a stick on the puck. With 3.3 seconds left, Skinner found the puck and lifted in top shelf to tie the game
Even Strangers High-Five
Seeing strangers high-fiving everyone, including ushers and having the Caniacs get loud again, was something to see firsthand. The Canes kept their unbeaten streak as JStaal sent a wrister from the left face-off dot with 2:31 gone in the OT on assists by JStaal and Faulk.
More high fives, and the best ones to see, were the ones by folks wearing college hats in red high-fiving ones in blue.
Next Home Game
The Canes’ next home game is Thursday, November 12, 2015 against the Minnesota Wild. Great tickets are still available.
Canes coverage by Bob Fennel. Photo from Facebook. Read more Canes coverage.
Tags: canes, carolina hurricanes, hockey, Sports
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