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MUMBAI AND DAWOOD
Dawood Ibrahim, who is reported to have links to the CIA.
According to Rehman Malik, Pakistan's top interior ministry official, funds for the Mumbai attack were transferred from Italy and Spain.
Austrian SIM cards were used for some of the mobile phones used by the terrorists.
Detectives have also uncovered a link to Houston, Texas. (12 February 2009: Pakistan admits Mumbai attacks planned inside its borders)
Reportedly, a Pakistan government report was leaked to local television networks in Pakistan.
According to the television networks, the government report says that investigators have concluded that the attacks were planned in a European country and Dubai over the Internet, and that the planners used Bangladesh for logistical support. (Leaked Report Points to Larger Pakistani Role in Mumbai Attacks)
A news story in the Observer tells us about Dawood Ibrahim, who has links to Dubai, and reportedly, to the CIA and its friends. (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1411796,00.html)
Iqbal Mirchi lives in Hornchurch, in England.
Iqbal Mirchi is wanted by police in India for murder and his part in a terrorist bombing campaign.
He is allegedly among the top 50 global drug barons; according to the US authorities he is the right-hand man of Dawood Ibrahim, head of the 'D' company, a worldwide mafia.
Bombs in Mumbai in 1993 killed over 300 people. Mirchi's name was linked to the bombings.
According to Mirchi: 'a senior police officer told me that my name would be attached to false charges unless I paid millions of rupees in bribes. I refused and moved to Dubai. '
Mirchi admits having met Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai.
Dubai posted to Flickr by Paul Keller at http://flickr.com/photos/18259771@N00/307513676.
Dawood has been described as 'the most dangerous man in the world'. As well as drugs and terrorism, the D company is involved in gold smuggling, gambling, counterfeit currency, diamond trading, contract killing, extortion and film financing. It is said to have a 60 per cent stake in the Bollywood film industry.
Dawood is also known to have met Osama Bin Laden and, in the aftermath of 9/11, allowed his smuggling network to be used to enable senior al-Qaeda operatives to flee Afghanistan.
According to South Asia tribune, "The UAE is regarded as the hub of the Dawood syndicate — its operations in Dubai, for instance, have been well-entrenched for over a decade."
http://www.satribune.com/archives/nov16_22_03/P1_dawood.htm
"There are those in Pakistani intelligence who ... point out that not a single member of the D-Company has been nabbed in recent years in connection with any plot against the US..."
The South Asia Tribune also told us (http://www.satribune.com/archives/apr4_10_04/P1_arun.htm) :
"Iqbal Seth alias Amir Sahib is living in style in the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad... Yes! Iqbal Seth alias Amir Sahib is the mythical Dawood Ibrahim, the Indian Osama bin Laden, wanted desperately by New Delhi.
"Ibrahim, now Iqbal Seth, has already established links in Nepal with the help of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, and has appointed one Sartaj Ahmed as his front man. Sartaj was allegedly seen recently with a Pakistani Embassy official near Tundi Khel in Kathmandu...
Dawood Ibrahim 'has also established criminal links in Nepal with the help of the ISI. Hence, the ISI has opened a new front against India.'
"Indian officials say Dawood Ibrahim’s contacts in ISI include Major Khaliq and Major Akbar under whose patronage he had been staying in Karachi carrying a Pakistani passport with the name of Sheikh Dawood Hasan...
Nepal is where alleged Mumbai gunman Kasab is reported to have been detained by the Indian authorities in 2006. Dawood Ibrahim and the CIA are reported to be in business together in Nepal.
"Dawood Ibrahim is a regular visitor to Nepal. He was last seen in Kathmandu in the last week of August 2003. Officials told the South Asia Tribune that during that visit, Dawood met his front man Sartaj Ahmed and leaders of some fundamentalist organizations.
"Though Dawood has restricted his international movements, his front man Sartaj is in constant touch with officials of the Pakistani Embassy. He was recently spotted near Tundi Khel playground in Kathmandu with a Pakistani diplomat...
"Dawood has big financial stakes in Nepal. He has made huge investments in a variety of business ventures, from media, private airlines, hotels, travel agencies to trans-border smuggling including that of gold.
"New Delhi is learnt to have provided documentary evidence to the Nepalese authorities on ISI’s alleged involvement in training and arming the Maoists to continue their rebellious activities against the monarchy in collaboration with the ultra Left outfits of India."
A Pakistani lawyer C M Farooque claims that alleged Mumbai gunman Ajmal Kasab, and almost 200 other people, were arrested by the Indian and Nepalese authorities in Nepal before 2006.
Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
Farooque said that at a press conference in Nepal he had revealed that the Nepalese forces had held Ajmal Kasab and the others at an unknown place and that these people "would be used for their ulterior designs at some later stage".
(Mumbai gunman Ajmal has been held by the Indian authorities since before 2006 - lawyer)
Reidel
1. Bruce Reidel is considered to be the man behind Barack Obama's Hawkish views on Pakistan
Reidel, a former CIA officer and adviser to three US presidents on South Asia and the Middle East, has been appointed by Obama as his Pakistan adviser. Mumbai attacks may sharpen Obama's Kashmir focus
Reidal may be giving us some clues about possible CIA involvement in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks:
"This is a new, horrific milestone in the global jihad," said Bruce Riedel, a former South Asia analyst for the CIA and National Security Council and author of the book "The Search for Al Qaeda."
"No indigenous Indian group has this level of capability.
"The goal is to damage the symbol of India's economic renaissance, undermine investor confidence and provoke an India-Pakistani crisis." Gunmen May Have Trained Outside India, Officials Say
Is the CIA trying to:
1. slow India's economic progress
2. and get India to help the USA in an Attack on Pakistan?
2. Indian officials have blamed the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, which killed 257 people, on Dawood Ibrahim, an organized crime figure who remains on the run. Gunmen May Have Trained Outside India, Officials Say
Dawood Ibrahim is suspected of working for the CIA (aangirfan: Dawood Ibrahim of the CIA?) Karkare
3. The Bombay attacks reportedly killed the people who had uncovered links between the terrorists and elements of the Indian military.
"The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare and other officers of the Anti Terrorism Squad have been killed.
"These were the same people who were investigating the Malegaon Blasts – in which Praggya Singh, an (Indian) army officer and several other noted personalities of the (right-wing 'fascist') BJP-RSS-Bajrang Dal-VHP were arrested." - CIA ATTACKS BOMBAY? CIA WANTS INDIA TO HELP IN ATTACK ON PAKISTAN.
Lt Colonel Srikant Purohit, from Indian military intelligence, was reportedly involved in several blasts.
When bombs go off in India there is a tendency to blame Moslems.
However, the evidence points to the terror being the work of people within the Indian military, the Hindu fascist movement, and the CIA and its friends.
The September 2006 Malegaon bombings were a series of bomb blasts that took place in Malegaon, a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, some 290 km to the northeast of Mumbai.
The explosions killed at least 37 people.
According to Maharashtra Police, in November 2006, the blasts were the work of the Student Islamic Movement of India.[1]
However, on 8 November, 2008, the Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad revealed that Lt Colonel Srikant Purohit of the Indian military was involved in a blast that killed people in Malegaon in September 2007.
The Anti Terror Squad indicts Purohit for supplying the RDX used in the blasts. (ATS Investigations show Purohit procured RDX /Indian officer held over blasts )
The Anti Terror Squad has also found out that Purohit attended secret meetings of the 'fascist' Hindu group Abhinav Bharat.
Now it is being reported that Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, the Army officer arrested in the Malegaon case, was involved in other blasts as well. (More detained as Purohit probe spreads to blast in Nanded 2006 )
Photo of Indian children from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Agra_Children.jpg
The CIA wants India to help in its attack on Pakistan.
The CIA wants Indians to think that Pakistan is behind various acts of terrorism in India.
In 2008, US national Ken Haywood, reportedly with the help of the US embassy, fled from India. (Cached)
He was being investigated for terrorism.
Ken Haywood's computer was used to send a "terrorist" e-mail minutes before bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, in July 2008.
Reportedly, Haywood has links to Abdur Subhan Qureshi, alias Taufique Bilal and Tauqir, reportedly the top terrorist in India.
Haywood returned to India in September 2008. (Ahmedabad blasts: Ken Haywood arrives in India 11 Sep 2008, 0215 hrs IST, C Unnikrishnan,TNN)
Photo of Bombay by Wen-Yan King
In India, Haywood works for a firm called Campbell White, suspected of being a front for the CIA.
Haywood doesn't feature on its list of employees. (Cached)
The Indian Express reported on 14 August 2008 that the company's Mumbai office 'is located in two small adjoining rented rooms on the ground floor of Sanpada railway station complex', and that 'the two rooms also serve as prayer rooms for Potter's House... part of the Christian Fellowship Ministries based in Arizona.'
Duplex in Wadala
A Post at 'Consortium of Indian Defence Websites' (Cached), 20 Aug 2008:
"Haywood's fleeing immediately after the cracking of the Gujarat blasts and capture of the perpetrators is most suspicious.
"His escape resembles that of our ex-R&AW traitor,who also escaped with alleged US help.
"It also indicates that we may have in our intelligence services moles/informants working for foreign agencies tipping off agents within the country.
"However,the fact the Haywood was working for a bogus 'missionary' outfit is doubly alarming.
"The role of US so-called missionaries/evangelical groups in India is very controversial,for they are playing a dual role in agressive conversions as well as being part of the CIA destabilisation plan for India.
"Tehelka a few years ago revealed the fact that over 100 US so-called "Christian" evangelical groups/organisations were in fact bogus and part of Bush's CIA network.
"The question that now looms large in the mind is what connection exits between the CIA and the SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) sponsored terrorists?
"Is SIMI actually a CIA operation?
"Does the Islamist terrror in India have a CIA-ISI background.
"Given the cosy relationship that the ISI and the CIA have had for decades and the termemndous importance and preferential treatment that Pak receives in comparison with India,it stands to reason that a sinister destabilisation operation is on to weaken India, especially at a time when we have the weakest ever puppet PM and his govt. in power."
Photo from http://Ahmedabad_riots.jpg
In October 2007, the investigative newsmagazine Tehelka reported on the Tehelka Gujarat riots sting :
1. Several Hindu nationalist (Sangh) leaders explain on camera how they planned a massive massacre of Moslems.
(http://www.tehelka.com/story_main35.asp?filename=Ne031107spycam_videos.asp)
2. The involvement of the Chief minister of Gujarat (Modi) is revealed.
3. The complicity of the police is revealed.
4. The connivance of the judiciary is revealed.
Frontline India ( Action replay) commented:
"Yet, no action has followed one of the most explosive news investigations in India.
"None of those caught on tape boasting about raping, burning and hacking Muslims have been arrested or even interrogated.
"Modi’s authority has not been questioned.
"Instead, there is an eerie silence. Far more eerie than the cold-blooded murders of more than 1,000 innocent people during the communal massacres of March 2002.
"The role of the Modi government in the State-sponsored terrorism of 2002 is well documented. Even the Supreme Court had censured Modi for being 'a modern day Nero who watched while Gujarat burned'.
"Now, the Tehelka tapes offer irrefutable proof of how the Sangh (Hindu nationalists) organised a 'Hindu jihad' across Gujarat and protected the murderers."
(Tehelka comment -Does Anything)
aangirfan: India falls in love with Israel and deserts Iran
aangirfan: Mossad increases its control of India
India needs oil from Iran
Labels: Bombay, Mumbai
Greg Bacon said...
There's only ONE Muslim nation that has nukes and that fact makes Israel's leaders sweat, since they know that their long planned dominance of the ME and SW Asia can not be completed until Pakistan is either disarmed, or they are able to place some Zio-clown as head of Pakistan.
The US has forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf.
Plus, there's India and MOSSAD bought and paid for Pakistani traitors swarming around SW Asia.
Maybe all this belligerent talk and hostile attitude toward Iran is just a feint. The real prize is Pakistan.
pentos said...
Dear Aangirfan,
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Highest Regards
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The BMA reopens tomorrow at 10:00am
Film Screening: Solange Knowles’ When I Get Home
August 17 · 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Free | Location: BMA Lexington Market
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When I Get Home (2019)
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The BMA is honored to partner with Solange Knowles and debut in concert with select international institutions an extended director’s cut version of When I Get Home, featuring new scenes and musical arrangements. The interdisciplinary performance art film is the companion film to Knowles’ latest album and an exploration of origin and spiritual expedition. Through a futurist rodeo that lifts up the narrative of black cowboys and honors Knowles’ Houston lineage, the film confronts how much of us have we taken or left behind in our evolutions, and how much fear determines this. When I Get Home features Knowles’ new sculptural work Boundless Body—a rodeo arena displayed in the desert of Marfa, Texas, sitting alongside many architectural wonders, such as the Rothko Chapel at the Menil Collection and the I. M. Pei designed Dallas City Hall.
The extended version of When I Get Home premieres across renowned museums and contemporary arts institutions across the U.S. and Europe from July 17 – October 13, 2019.
Director/Editor: Solange Knowles
Contributing Directors: Alan Ferguson, Terence Nance, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Ray Tintori
Additional work courtesy of Houston artist Autumn Knight and Robert Pruitt
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Sinjar administration rejects PKK exit, demands Peshmerga withdrawal from Yezidi region
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Sinjar Administration
The Self-Administration of the Yezidis district of Sinjar (Shingal) refused demands by the Kurdistan Regional Government of northern Iraq (KRG) to remove the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from Sinjar.
The Sinjar local council said on Tuesday that they can no longer trust the Peshmerga forces “that fled and left the Yezidis in front of a massacre by ISIS.”
“We believe that the entry of ISIS to Iraq, especially to the province of Nineveh, was a conspiracy agreed by local and international parties, with the aim of establishing a Sunni region in exchange for facilitating the self-determination of the Kurdistan region of Iraq,” the PKK-linked council said in a statement.
“The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) [Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling party] was a partner in this plot, especially in the areas of the Yezidis, as evidenced by the withdrawal of the entire protection forces of Peshmerga and the rest of the security services without resistance and simultaneously with the entry of the ISIS terrorists,” the organization said.
The PKK commander Murat Karayilan announced, on 5 August 2014, the need to send PKK forces to Shingal (Sinjar) to save the Yezidis. Nevertheless, the Yezidis were massacred in August 2014, the Sinjar council said.
But now the Turkish government and the KDP are demanding the withdrawal of the PKK after clashes between KDP- and PKK-affiliated groups on 3 March, 2017, and the Turkish air strikes on 25 April.
“Here we would like to assure for the whole world that without the intervention of the PKK forces in a timely manner and the rescue of the Yezidis, none of the Yezidis would survive,” the council said about the entry of PKK and People’s Protection Units (YPG), who opened a corridor from Syria to Sinjar to save Yezidis.
“Therefore, the only force that has proved its credibility and humanity in protecting us are the PKK forces, which came to our rescue when all abandoned us,” the council added.
The Sinjar council called on the international community not to listen to Turkey and president Barzani’s KDP, and to support the establishment of a self-administration in the Sinjar region, as a decentralized province linked to the Iraqi federal government.
The council said if an international protection is provided, it would be possible to demand the withdrawal of the PKK from Sinjar. “Then we will demand the withdrawal of PKK troops from Sinjar after thanking them for their sacrifices and saving us from genocide,” it said.
Moreover, the council called on the Iraqi government not to negotiate with the Kurdistan region on issues related to Yezidis and also called on the KRG to withdraw their Peshmerga forces.
On 25 April, as a result of Turkish airstrikes targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on and around Mt. Sinjar in northern Iraq, and the People’s Protection Units’ (YPG) base in Qarashox in northeastern Syria, five Peshmerga soldiers and over 18 Kurdish YPG fighters were killed.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Kurdish government officials then called on the PKK to leave the Sinjar region.
“This painful and unacceptable attack on Peshmerga forces by Turkish warplanes is a result of PKK’s presence in and around Sinjar. PKK has been problematic for the people of the Kurdistan Region and, despite broad calls to withdraw, refuses to leave Sinjar,” the Ministry of Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan said in late April.
“We call on the PKK to withdraw from Mt. Sinjar and surrounding areas. PKK must stop destabilizing and escalating tensions in the area to allow life to return to the people of the area,” the MoP added.
On 3 March, clashes broke out between KDP-linked and PKK-linked fighters in the Yezidi district of Sinjar in northern Iraq. At least 7 PKK-affiliated fighters were reported dead in the clashes. This led to severe tensions between the PKK and the KDP in both Syria and Iraq.
“I strongly condemn Turkish air strikes killing 5 Peshmerga and wounding nine others PKK must leave Kurdistan Region to avoid such tragedies,” KRG foreign relations head Falah Mustafa said at the time.
The KDP has called on the PKK to leave Sinjar, while the PKK says they are building a local self-administration for the Yezidis and that there are joint plans by Turkey and KDP to ‘attack the Yezidis’.
“They [KDP] are afraid of the system in Shingal [Sinjar], it’s a model,” a PKK official in Slemani told ARA News. “The Yezidis have their own self-administration, system, and party,” he said.
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Beat SCAD Charity Golf Tournament raises over £1200
Nov 1, 2018 | News
On Sunday 16 September 22 golfers tackled the Collingtree Park Golf Club course in Northampton in the first Beat SCAD Charity Golf Tournament. Paul Bone, husband of SCAD survivor Robyn, organised the event to raise money for research into Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection after Robyn’s dramatic SCAD event.
Paul and Robyn Bone
Earlier in the year Paul and his sister Loren had run the Milton Keynes marathon and raised a brilliant £1,900 for Beat SCAD. Having recovered from that, Paul decided on a golf tournament for his next fundraising effort. He began planning the competition, and obtaining prizes for an auction to be held at the post tournament dinner.
Collingtree Park has been a PGA EuroPro Tour venue, so the course was challenging for some. Luckily, on the day the sun shone and although a little bit windy, the weather was kind enough to the golfers as they played in teams of four around the Collingtree Park course. With a variety of abilities among the players the tournament was played under Stableford rules.
At the end of the day, several supporters joined the golfers for a delicious dinner. This was followed by a brief speech by Beat SCAD Trustee Karen Rockell. The winner’s trophy was awarded to Lee McAlister (pictured above with Paul), who also won the Longest Drive competition. The Nearest the Pin trophy went to Brian Juffkins and the final prize went to Lee Ives coming in with the lowest Stableford score of the day.
Finally the evening ended with a Charity Auction. Amongst the prizes Paul obtained was a signed football shirt from Gazza, and various other prizes including several vouchers to play at a variety of golf courses in and around Northamptonshire.
It was a great day, enjoyed by all and a brilliant £1220 was raised for Beat SCAD.
The second Beat SCAD Golf Tournament will be held in May 2019. Keep an eye on the Beat SCAD website, Twitter or Facebook page for more information. Individuals, teams of two or four are invited to enter. For more information please email contactus@beatscad.org.uk
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Male model is found guilty of stabbing high-flying rival to death
George Koh, along with Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo, killed Harry Uzoka in fight that had been arranged online
13 August, 2018 — By William McLennan
Harry Uzoka had worked for the likes of Levi’s and Mercedes
A MALE model has been convicted of murdering a more successful rival in a dispute that began on social media.
George Koh, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Harry Uzoka in a fight that the pair had arranged online.
The jury had been told that Mr Koh was obsessed with Mr Uzoka and had become jealous of his high-flying career.
Mr Uzoka’s family today said his death was “yet again another senseless killing” that had robbed young black men of an inspirational role model.
Mr Koh, from York Way, recruited two of his childhood friends and travelled to meet Mr Uzoka near his home in west London, armed with knives.
Mr Uzoka, 25, and his housemate turned up carrying dumb-bell bars. His housemate escaped, but Koh delivered a fatal blow to Mr Uzoka’s chest, piercing his heart.
Left to right: Koh, Dikanda and Okigbo
The court heard that the dispute between the two models began on Instagram, with Mr Koh accused of attempting to copy Mr Uzoka’s look.
Messages sent between Mr Uzoka’s friends in the days before his death were read to the court. One said: “I preed [looked at] his Instagram. He wants to be H so bad. Look at him trying to look like H. It’s pathetic.”
The friend messaged Mr Koh and said: “Stop doing what you are doing, it’s going to get mad for you. I have got screen-shots of you talking shit about my boy.”
Mr Uzoka eventually confronted Mr Koh himself and told him to “stop following and unfollowing, liking and unliking my friends’ profiles” on Instagram.
Mr Koh said he was using a piece of software called “Instagress” that automatically carries out the function in an attempt to lure people into following his account.
The row escalated when Mr Uzoka was told that Mr Koh had boasted about sleeping with his girlfriend, the court heard.
The pair arranged to meet in a Shepherd’s Bush street on January 11.
Koh, who grew up with his family in York Way, before moving to Broadhurst Gardens, enlisted the support of Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo, both 24.
Koh had told the court that he only that he began carrying a knife days before the killing, because he was scared he would be attacked by Mr Uzoka or his friends.
Sean Larkin QC, defending Koh, said his client “cannot say precisely how he caused any injuries he did”. Mr Koh said that he had stabbed Mr Uzoka in the shoulder in self-defence as he swung at him with the bar. Mr Uzoka collapsed and died from a stab wound to the heart.
Mr Larkin said: “He did not intend to do any serious harm.”
The jury rejected Koh’s defence today and convicted him of murder. Dikanda was also found guilty of murder.
Okigbo, of Trevithic House, York Rise was found guilty of manslaughter for his part in the killing.
All three have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on September 21.
Investigating officer, Detective Inspector Simon Pickford, said: “It beggars belief as to how such a trivial argument over what has been described as ‘pillow talk’ could escalate to the point where a group of men arrange to meet with weapons in a busy London street, prepared to seriously injure each other.
“Harry had worked so hard to establish his career in the modelling industry, and had so much more to live for. How sad it is that no one will ever know what else he might have achieved, and what a tragedy for his colleagues, who have been robbed of such a supportive and warm colleague. It was clear that Harry was a role model to many young black men and was an inspiration, but his life was taken in a senseless attack.
“The greatest tragedy of course is for Harry’s family, who have lost him in such a senseless way. I would like to thank them for their bravery and support during this process. There are no winners in this incident, but I hope this guilty verdict for Koh, Dikanda and Okigbo will give them some small comfort as they continue to come to terms with their loss.”
In a statement, Mr Uzoka’s family said: “Harry’s death has been a great shock to everyone that knew him and even those that did not.
“He left a positive and irreplaceable mark on so many. We still find it difficult to believe he is actually gone. It was yet again another senseless killing.
“Harry was a hard-working, committed and ambitious young man. He was a role model for all, especially young black boys, a high percentage of whom are raised in poverty and need positive influences to encourage them to stay on the right track in life.
“It is so important for young boys to see people like themselves from similar backgrounds doing well so that they can also have positive dreams and aspirations that they know are achievable. Harry was such a positive, loving and caring influence.”
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SOMETIMES I GET ASKED STUFF... EPISODE 48!
And we're back for the 48th installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… WOW. 48 of these things. Who woulda thunk it? You can check out all of the past installments of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff... here. It's been quite a while since the last time I did one of these so let's dive right in, shall we?
Q: What was the biggest writing obstacle or setback you overcame in 2019?
Familial obligations.
Q: How successful was your first novel?
Evil Ways did so-so, sales wise when it premiered. However, I consider it very successful in terms of opening doors at other publishers where I started to get paying work. Plus, over the twelve years it's been in print, it's had sales each year.
Q: If your life was a movie, what would be the title?
Running in Quicksand.
Q: What is your motivation when it comes to writing.
I am motivated to tell the best story I can, to do justice to the characters I'm writing, and meet deadlines. Writing is my job so I have to treat it like one so sales and audience is also a consideration. I have to know who I am writing for, first of all, myself, and secondly, the target audience.
Q: What Holiday gift would you like to give to yourself this year to help make your author life even better? A new computer? A bank account balance just for conferences and workshops? Cash for research travel? What would make you giddy with Holiday joy?
Cash to live on so I could write without worrying about not having enough cash to live on would be pretty cool.
Q: How often do you talk to other writers?
Frequently. We have a lot of great conversations.
Q: Do you like your family to read your stories?
No. I wish they would.
Q: What motivates you to buy a book?
The author, the synopsis off the back cover, sometimes reading the first page, the cover.
Q: If you were to give a book as a holiday gift, which book would it be, and why? (This doesn't necessarily have to be one of your books, it can be a book by any author.)
I don’t know. I’m not good at this sort of thing. I find myself rather disappointed when I get books as gifts because it’s something I already have or something I have no real interest in. Because of that, I rarely give books unless I know it’s something the person wants. Usually, I go the gift card route and let them pick their own books. I never give my own books. Despite the cost and work involved, it always ends in the other person looking at you like you cheaped out on their gift.
Q: Is this a good twist? THE WHOLE STORY YOU MADE IS JUST A DREAM OF THE MAIN CHARACTER.
It is rather cliche. Your audience will probably hate it. Then again, who is to say that you aren't the writer to make it work. If you attempt it, you better make darn sure you nail the landing or your audience will tear you apart if they feel cheated.
Q: What is a bad piece of advice someone has given you about writing?
Write to fit a popular trend. This is never a good idea.
Q: Does it bother you that readers don't spot the Easter Eggs you drop in your stories/novels or are they there purely to amuse you?
Nope. It doesn’t bother me if they don’t get the Easter Eggs in my stories. I mainly put them in for my amusement. If the reader gets it, great. If not, that’s okay too. Not getting the references will not hurt the story at all.
Q: Besides writer's block or not having time to write, what other challenges as a writer do you face during the writing process?
Distractions, interruptions, and the internet.
Q: With audio books created of your work, are you picky about the way certain words are spoken by the talent? Things like EEEther or IIIther for the word either?
I have only had to ask for one or two words to be changed. My narrators have been fantastic.
Q: Today I'm totally inspired to do research, to investigate and uncover things that can blast my current WIP into overdrive! No guilt at all! Only excitement and curiosity, Does this ever happen to you?
Sure. I love going down the research rabbit hole. You can learn a lot that may also spark future story ideas.
Q: What do you write BESIDES your current work in progress? FB posts? Press releases? Blog entries? Articles? Grocery lists? To do lists? Marketing elements? What's keeping your fingers and mind nimble?
All of the above. Writing promotional copy, corresponding on social media, reaching out to bloggers, reporters, podcasters, and the like for interviews/reviews, answering questions, etc. It seems like I'm always writing something.
Q: What's the most annoying "eye-roll" writing advice you've ever received or read?
A publisher once told me that no book should ever have a big title on the cover. I asked if he had ever been inside a bookstore. Someone else once told me I should write whatever's popular at the moment. Big eye roll.
Q: Is it better to type novel on Pc or write it on papers
It depends. Do you prefer to write on PC or on paper? Eventually, it will have to be typed for a publisher, but no reason you can't write the first draft longhand if you prefer.
Q: Do you feel you SHOULD represent your homeland/culture in your FICTION writing? Or nah.
I try to represent the homeland/culture of all of the characters I write, whether they are the same as mine or not. I want my characters to feel as real as possible.
Q: What were some of the very first indie comics you read and loved?
Jon Sable: Freelance, The Maze Agency, AmeriComics, and DNAgents.
Q: How you can get your books into public libraries?
Donating them is almost the only way for small press or self-published books to get into libraries.
Q: What is your absolute FAVORITE part of an author's/writer's life? The part that keeps you going, and creating, and smiling!
I love the creating part, that bit where the story just flows out of you like a thing alive. I also love meeting fans and readers (it still feels weird knowing I have those) and talking about books. That's fun for me.
Q: What is your protagonist's life like at the beginning of your story?
Hunter Houston is living life fat and happy at the beginning of his stories, but then shit gets weird pretty fast.
Q: What do you try to do to silence your internal editor's pessimistic nagging?
A gag helps. Ha! I try to turn that part of the brain off when writing. It's not easy though. Sometimes I just have to tune out the internal nagging.
Q: What makes a holiday story work?
For me, the holiday needs to be part of the story. Is it the reason the characters are where they are? You can’t just say, “it’s Christmas” once and never mention it again. It has to have a presence. To use the Die Hard example, Christmas is why he’s in California. A Christmas party is why they are all staying late in the building. There’s Christmas music throughout the film. The party is mentioned and viewed often as are Christmas decorations. Christmas is part of the story.
Q: Are any of your books made into audio books? Are you happy with the product and sales results? Are you considering audio books as an option for your books?
Some of the stories I’ve done for publishers have been made into audio books. It is really cool to hear your story being performed. One of my goals for BEN Books in 2019 is to get those books into audio format. We're making good progress as you can see HERE.
Q: What was the last thing you researched for your story?
I researched Stone Mountain State Park, located here in Georgia. I needed some historical context.
Q: Do you outline a novel? See I started writing a novella set in our world with a haunted house but then the story went into another dimension in a weird Yellow Submarine but darker realm. I am thinking of going back and outlining to stay on focus. What would you do?
Oh, God no. I can't outline. I tried it and it didn't work for me. When I do an outline, i find myself bored when it comes to writing the book because I feel like I've already written it. Half the fun for me is seeing where the characters take me. An outline gets in the way of that for me. I have a plot and I know the big milestones/benchmarks I need to hit. I start at the beginning and push my characters toward that first benchmark and see how they get me there. Sometimes, we veer way off course, but most of the time, the results are better than my original idea.
Q: If this was your last day to ever write, what would be the last words you'd ever type? (And "the end" is WAY too obvious, LOL)
I would want to go out writing the best piece of dialogue I could conjure up.
Q: Highlighting in books, yeah or nay?
Nay. I don't write on my fiction.
Q: Do you invest in writing courses, books on writing, how to plot, how to self-edit, etc, or do you just jump in and write and hope it will turn out ok?
I've read a few books, took a writing course once upon a time, but in all honesty, I learned the most by jumping in and doing it. In the end, I think it has turned out okay. My publishers seem to like how I do what I do.
Q: Is writing a career or a hobby to you?
Q: Can a story or novel be too weird?
I guess that depends on the reader's definition of weird.
Q: Have you ever done readings of your work on podcasts or videos, live or otherwise? What do you think of the idea?
I've done live readings and I did one audio recording of one of my short stories. TheRuby Files Vol. 2 writers read snippets of our stories from the book on video as part of a book trailer. I've not read on podcasts though.
Q: What do you think is most important for an author? A website? A blog? Twitter and Facebook presence? Paid advertising?
All of the above are important pieces. I love my website, but websites and blogs seem a bit out of favor these days. A social media presence is a must in this day and age.
Q: Who is your favorite person to talk to about your writing?
I have writer friends who I can talk to about writing. Most of the time I just talk to myself.
Q: What sparked your interest in writing?
As a kid, I was an only child until I was almost 9. That meant a lot of time playing by myself. Creatively, I started off by recreating the stories I saw on TV, which was Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Batman, Super Friends, G.I. Joe, Spider-Man, C.H.I.P.S if I was riding my bike, that sort of thing.Eventually, I started coming up with my own scenarios for those characters to be part of, which was my first bit of "writing" without actually knowing I was doing it. Eventually, like so many others, I started writing and drawing my own comic book stories, first using established characters then later moving on
to create my own. I fell in love with crafting and molding stories and characters. I still feel that way today.
Q: When did you first feel the calling?
I was a kid when the urge to be a comic book artist hit. It was a few years later before I realized that I was also writing those stories. It would take a few more years to specialize and focus on writing, which was in my early 20's. Once the writing bug bit me, I was hooked.
Q: What do you like about writing? How does it make you feel when you finish a piece?
I like the creation process. I like telling what I hope are entertaining stories. I like getting to know the characters, live in their heads and their world for a short time, put them through hell and hopefully see them come out stronger once the story is done. It's fun.
Q: Why do you write?
I write because I can't imagine myself not writing. I also write because it's my job and I love my job and would like to keep doing it. The trick now is to start making better money at this job I love. It's not easy.
Q: Your sailing ship is taking on water. You can only make it to one of two islands, where you're likely to live out the rest of your days among the natives. One island has comics with horrible art but amazing stories. The other island has comics with horrible stories but amazing art. Which island do you sail for?
Amazing stories.
Q: What is the shortest story you've ever written? Longest?
My shortest, if, memory serves, was 3,000 words. I'm about to beat it though. I have to do a 1,000 word short story for a publisher later this week. The longest is either my novels Evil Ways, Deadly Games!, or Earthstrike Agenda. Each are over 101,000 words. I don't recall which is the longest off the top of my head.
Q: Why is it I can write a whole book, yet the blurb gives me serious writers block? Anyone else struggle with this?
It's common.
Q: Since you were five, how many stories have you written?
I've lost count. It's a lot.
Q: Do you have an agent? If you have one, what makes your agent the best for you? How did you pick them?
I've never found an agent who thought they could sell my work. I keep looking, but I'm also writing for several publishers with over 100 stories sold without an agent. If I want to reach certain publishers, an agent is necessary as they won't talk to writers without one.
Q: Which character in your story would you say changes the most from beginning to end?
In the Snow series of books, Abraham changes quite a bit as he tries to integrate himself into normal life and his family. He has to make changes to his way of doing things. It's not easy, but he's trying. He also has to adapt to his new normal, thanks to being shot in the chest in book one, Snow Falls.
Q: What did you enjoy most about your writing today?
Being able to sit down and write. It's been a rather hectic couple of years.
Q: Do you read digital comic books?
Not regularly
. I have before, but when I read comics, it's usually print.
Q: What would you say is currently one of your best habits as a writer?
Finishing what I start.
Q: Do you print your manuscripts for editing? Why or why not?
I love editing on paper. There’s something about it that really works for me. Plus, you’re seeing it in a similar way that the reader will see it in print. Sadly, I do not get to edit on paper as much as I would like because printing, or buying ink and paper is expensive.
Q: What network TV series do you still watch?
Several. There's some good TV out there. Too many to list.
Q: Do you ever buy a book based on its cover art? Why or why not?
Sure. I have before. I'm sure I will again. If the cover grabs my attention enough to pick it up and look at the back cover and the opening pages, I’m halfway sold.
Q: Why some writers use very hard high level English words in thier books?
I try to use the right words at the right time to fit the book. Not every character has a limited vocabulary. Some speak using big words. Others don’t.
Q: Are flashbacks in a short story a 'no, no.'
Certainly not. If your story needs flashbacks, then use them.
Q: How much time a week do you spend reading "real" books? How much time a week do you read comics?
I haven’t really given it a lot of thought, but I do read something every day.
Q: When multiple projects call to you, how do you choose which to work on when?
Deadlines first. Always. When a new idea hits, I jot down some notes then file it away in the back of my brain until I can a lot it into my schedule. It’s not always easy to silence the muse whisperer, but deadlines always come first.
Q: I’m curious. What do you use as a morning alarm? An actual clock or your phone? Do you keep your phone by your bedside?
Phone on the nightstand. It usually does the job. If I need a back-up plan, I ask my dad or brother to call me.
Q: What are your top tips for choosing a ghostwriter?
I have never used a ghost writer before so I really don't have any tips for you. Sorry.
Q: I would love to hear why you have not used one [ghost writer] as that would be valuable.
I am a writer so I write my own books. Hiring a ghost writer would mean someone else is writing my books. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a writer. I write. Having someone else write for me is not me writing. I would feel as though I am cheating my audience.
Q: that makes sense. some writers hire ghost writers for the first draft and they take it and edit and add to it because as you know as a writer it is not easy!
I have never met a professional writer who does that and I have been working in this industry a long time. Writing is hard, yes, but professional writers don't want to write someone else's story. They want to write their own. I’m sure there are those out there that do this, but I am not one of them.
Q: How would you describe your story in one sentence?
There’s something sinister lurking beneath Georgia’s largest landmark and there’s only one man dumb enough to go down there and find out because that’s his job. He is Hunter Houston: Horror Hunter.
Q: What's the biggest "action" scene in your story?
I write a lot of action. Snow Trapped, features a couple of gun battles, a chase, and hand-to-hand combat. One of my most well-received action scenes came in Snow Storm, which was a car chase scene through the country. It became a fan favorite moment, which made me quite happy.
Q: What character (other than the antagonist) causes the most trouble for your protagonist?
In SuicideBomb, the serialized novel I’m running exclusively on Patreon, Homicide Detective Catherine Jackson is tracking down a killer, but she’s also having to deal with her teenager little sister, who has run away from home to her sister’s sofa and brought her battle with their mother to Jacks’ front door.
Q: How did you feel when you finished your first novel? Second?
Elated and accomplished, both times.
Q: Are you a patient writer? Slow and detailed? Or are you a get-it-down-then-worry-about- the-story-and-details kind of writer?
I like to get it down and get moving. I go back over details, so I am a bit slower on the second go around. My first pass is usually just getting it down and keep moving.
Q: What book, comic, music or art got you into writing, illustration or music?
It was Spider-Man that first kick-started my interest in story telling, starting with the cartoons and then I discovered the comics.
Q: What part of your writing experience completely excites and thrills you? What part light you up?
I get a huge thrill when I start a new project. Diving into the world, creating and getting to know the characters and the locations is big fun for me and the story starts to pour out of me.
Q: Do you work with, write with, critique with, or create with other authors and/or writers?
I have co-created with others before. Sean Taylor and I had a great time creating TheRuby Files and getting to know those characters. I have also co-wrote comic books with Nancy Holder, which was a fun experience. I am currently co-writing a novel with my friend, Bernadette Johnson. Each experience has been slightly different, but I’ve enjoyed them. I did a critique group for a short time, but it's been years since I was part of one.
Q: What time of the day does inspiration really explode for you? Are you most productive in the morning, afternoon, evening, or overnight?
Late at night is when the ideas really start to hit me. I usually do some late night writing.
Q: who should an author approach first? Editor? Agent? Publisher?
It depends on what you want to achieve. An agent is necessary for certain publishers, but not all. If you know an editor, that’s an open avenue. If not, contact a publisher who handles the genre you write.
Q: While writing the very first draft, what matters more: grammar or hooks?
Getting the story down.
Q: What's your current writing routine look like?
I write and do admin/writing-related work during the day. At night, I head back to the office for a late-night writing sprint.
Q: how do you write the next day, without having to read the last chapter, or all of the work you dud yesterday?
I don’t. I generally start my day by looking over what I wrote the day before. I find it helpful for catching quick, easy mistakes and for helping me get back into the head space of the story.
Q: What is something physical your character wants in your latest scene?
Q: I don't know how long my book should be My goal is 50K words, but is it too much?
It really depends on the type of story and the publisher. If you're self-publishing, that frees your options up to whatever you want.
Q: How do YOU come up with Chapter titles?
I don’t. I use numbers for the chapters. With the exception of one or two early projects, I don’t use chapter titles.
Q: How long should a chapter be?
As long as it needs to be. When I first started out, I thought chapters had to be a certain number of pages. I based this off of books I was reading at the time. I was padding my story to fit this arbitrary page count and the story suffered. I then picked up a James Patterson novel with his two page chapters and realized chapters could be whatever size they needed to be. My storytelling improved greatly with that realization.
Q: I gat My poems How can I get them posted , to earn some cash ? You gat any idea ?
I don't have any personal experience with poetry, but there are a couple of avenues open to you. You can submit to a publisher who handles poetry and see what happens. You can self-publish a book of your poems. I'm not sure of other options that would bring in revenue for poetry. Maybe submitting to greeting card companies.
Q: Hello Bobby Nash. I see that you are a writer at Ben books. What does yiur job their entail? Just wondering if you had any advice for getting clients. And any suggestions for being able to transition into writing for a living .
I write novels, comic book scripts, short stories, that sort of thing. BEN Books is my publishing imprint, I write as a freelancer for publishers and occasionally self-publish through BEN Books. I don't generally seek out clients so I'm not sure what advice to give you there. I kept showing my work to publishers of fiction until I found one that liked my work. Then, I started the process all over again. Sadly, I do not make a successful living off writing alone at this time.
Q: When tackling writing a new book, do you use an outline? Why or why not?
Nah. I don't like outlines. It feels like writing the story twice to me. I plot, but I just use bullet points. I don't do full outlines.
Q: Who is your favorite super hero and why?
When I was a kid, it was Spider-man all the way. As I get older, it's a toss up between Captain America and Thor.
Q: What is something your protagonist is doing to do better himself or herself?
X is trying to find a balance between his mission and having a life.
Q: How do you write yourself out of a corner? Take a break? Back up and punt? Go with the flow? Tarot card reading for your characters? Move on to a different project?
I ask myself, “what would (insert character’s name here) do?” and see where that takes me. That usually works. If not, Hail Mary’s have been known to get the job done. Ha! Ha!
And I think that is a good place to stop for this round of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… Do you have any questions you’d like me to answer? Post them here as a comment or send them along to bobby@bobbynash.com and I’ll answer them in a future installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff...
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If you’d like to check out my work, you can find my books at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Smashwords, Books-A-Million, BEN Books, Patreon, and more. If you've read something I wrote and have an opinion on it, please take a moment and leave a review. They can be as simple as "I liked it" or "A good read" but they help a lot.
Thanks for listening to me ramble. Let’s do it again soon.
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Interview with China Book Business Report
I am posting my recent interview with China Book Business Report
What were the most important things happened in American/global book market in 2011? Give a summary of 2011 American/global book market or a summary of your book exhibition’s performance in this year?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] The US book market change has been more dramatic than the global book market as whole in 2011, but dramatic change is the new normal for the whole global book market as technology and business models are changing more rapidly than the industry can keep pace with. It is difficult to compare the US market vs. global publishing. That is like comparing diving from 50 feet or 100 feet, it is scary and the water comes at you fast no matter what. The 2 most significant developments in the US were the bankruptcy of Borders, the second largest bookselling chain and the advent of the Agency Model for e-book pricing. The Borders situation is very complicated and their demise had little to do with the predicted decline of brick & mortar stores. The good news came out of their bankruptcy was that publishing survived without a more devastating impact considering that Borders accounted for 15% of the total market. That also bodes well for the near future and for creating opportunities for independent stores and other retailers in those markets. The Agency Model is an extremely complex issue that I could not properly explain here. Also there is pending litigation that continues change what the total impact will be for publishing. In the short term the Agency Model reduced the ability that Amazon would have had to dictate e-book pricing terms and made Apple and other e-reading options viable, which was critical for publishers. Those very were big issues that impacted the US and the global publishing community. This past year has seen BookExpo become more relevant due to the turbulent changes in publishing – people need information on the market, technology and are looking more aggressively for new opportunities. BEA has been able to keep pace with the changes and is moving quickly to stay ahead of where the market is going. Examples include BEA has begun developing opportunities to engage consumers directly with our video program and the launch of New York Book & Media Week that takes place throughout New York City at the same time that BEA is happening. Now that we have established these platforms, publishers are increasingly looking to engage consumers directly to promote new titles while retailers can use BEA resources year round to discover and source titles.
How do you predict the book market and international book fair business in 2012? What kinds of trends will there be? What kind of changes will there be for the whole market?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] For the short term, Book Fairs will be more important as publishers struggle to find sustainable models for a digital world. Book Fairs provide many potential partners, market insights and education in a really efficient format. There is a proliferation of Digital Conferences that has not yet peaked, but is not sustainable long term. The trends are hard to determine as things are changing more rapidly – a lot depends on the answer to the question: Will e-readers be like TVs or music players where many manufacturers can participate in the market or will it be a closed market where the content and the devices are controlled by a few players? Self publishing will continue to gain market share as traditional publishers continue to roll out programs to attract self published authors aside from all the new and existing platforms. There will be more convergence of media, making content from books a valuable resource for other industries like gaming and film and TV. In the US, the digital market share will approach 25% if not more by the end of 2012 which is more than double 2010 figures.
What are the opportunities and challenges that book fairs will face in 2012? [Rosato, Steven (RX)] Book Fairs will have to pull in new constituents that were previously not critical to the publishing industry or had a limited role. Bringing in segments from licensing companies, educators and the entertainment industry are examples that will be critical to sustain the relevance of book fairs because those industries are all going to be much more closely linked to publishing and become influential players as well. The challenge is to engage the key players and provide a platform for them to leverage at book fairs because increasingly this is where these types of transactions will take place. For a fair like BEA, we see a big opportunity to engage consumers who will have more ways to consume published content than at any time in history from e-readers, smart phones, computers, traditional print and the flexibility that on-demand printing offers as well.
Regarding the emerging digital publishing market, what kind of transition were publishers experience in 2011 and what will they do to adapt to the changes in 2012? What are the prospects for e-books and digital publishing in 2012? How will your book show exhibit such a trend?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] Changes continue to accelerate more quickly every year. The challenge is to transition to new revenue models while existing ones get displaced. Publishers are moving toward being content curators as are booksellers – providing value for discovering, shaping and packaging content that will inform, educated and entertain people. The platform will eventually be irrelevant, whether it is print or digital. That is more the long term prospect for publishing in a digital environment, not just being a digital publisher. The process that has begun in 2011 is how publishers are organized – you see number of sales reps in the field goes down as the resources are moved to discovery – that includes leveraging social media, metadata tagging, digital distribution are all small examples of where changes are happening now for publishers.. BEA will continue to be a platform for the leading companies and players from all sides of this expanding market which includes having on-line players, booksellers, retailers, librarians, publishers and device companies that will use BEA as marketplace and source for market intelligence as well as to see the latest in technology.
What will your company focus on in 2012? Are there any changes in your company’s strategy? [Rosato, Steven (RX)] While BEA will continue to invest and support booksellers, librarians and traditional constituents that have made BEA one of the most important book fairs in the world, our current focus does represent a change in BEA’s strategy, which is to be the leading marketplace and resource for all things digital in the world of publishing. We are doing this through conference content and content on the show floor which is represented by the companies that participate in BEA as exhibitors or attendees. BEA will engage consumers through our New York Book & Media Week initiative and by utilizing video and streaming of events at BEA to make what happens at the trade event accessible for consumers.
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A Simple Question Concerning Reprints
Doug: What was your entry point to comics that were published before you began as a regular reader (you'll see three of mine below)?
Doug: Let's make this a two-for-one today, friends. I'd like anyone who saw the PBS broadcast of Superheroes: A Neverending Battle to sound off on what you liked, didn't like, or felt was flat-out awesome about the program. And not to steer the comments, but I'd suggest to all that if you didn't get to see it that you check your local On-Demand schedule or rent the DVD/Blu-Ray (I've also pictured the cover to the companion book, below).
Posted by Doug at 6:00 AM
Labels: A Simple Question, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, reprints, Superheroes A Neverending Battle
Marvel Tales. The first comic I remember owning was an Amazing Spider-Man reprint from the title. As I got into collecting, I would often read the new stories and the reprints as they were published.
I haven't seen all of the PBS special, I was watching S.H.I.E.L.D. & baseball at the time. I plan to catch it on demand. But what I liked the best was Adam West. I've said before that as campy as that show was, when I read Batman comics, West is the voice I "hear" in my head. I love Kevin Conroy & Olan Soule, but I'm glad the producers brought West in to read.
I grew up in the 70's and early 80's and reprints were an easy and cheap way for me to see this stuff.
Marvel Tales for me, too. The first comic I ever had was MT #59, so basically I got my start with a reprint title. Besides Marvel's various monthly (or bi-monthly) reprint series, I later also caught up on older continuity the way many others did, with Treasury Editions, digests (in DC's case) and those wonderful Fireside books.
Marvel Triple Action, Marvel Double Feature, Marvel Adventure, and Marvel Tales were an inexpensive way to get caught up on the characters' backgrounds (including things like origins, first appearances, and first meetings). That was usually more important with Marvel than with DC, because Marvel went in for more continuity, long serials and arcs, and references and allusions to past events.
William Preston said...
The first reprint stories I saw were in those giant DC issues that contained one new story and a host of old ones. I appreciated how it gave you this sense of history of the comic, how you could see the development of the art and the changes in storytelling. With Marvel, my first reprint exposure was probably Marvel Tales or whatever that FF reprint mag was (in both cases, I only had one or two issues), but, since those were single stories, I didn't initially realize I was seeing a reprint.
The PBS show was pretty cool, though I turned it off for the third hour, since it was about TV and movies; I love that stuff, but have seen too much. The popular culture has been flooded. I most appreciated seeing that Neal Adams has apparently been given the same super soldier derivative formula given to Nick Fury and Dum-Dum Dugan, since he hasn't aged. Steranko was awesome, and I'm glad they spent so much time on him. (Though it was odd that they spent more time on him than on Kirby.) The visual attention given to panel-by-panel work by artists was outstanding.
Well, the reprints worked wonders on my sudden Zuvembie appetite when I caught the Marvel bug in Summer of '73.
Marvel Tales 44 was my first purchased reprint , and oh what a wonderful cover...:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090902191119/marveldatabase/images/c/c9/Marvel_Tales_Vol_2_44.jpg
I didn't even think that the covers were redone for a lot of reprints, I just thought they were recolored, given a new masthead and boom. This near-iconic cover was a huge improvement over the original cover IMHO. I preferred this to DC's strategy of lumping Gold/Silver reprints into their 50/60 cent issues, since you may not care for the other stories in that particular mag.
Triple Action was great for reading up on Swordy's first membership with the Avengers, exactly when he was back in the current title.
Marvel Greatest Comics..? Ah, my first/best access to the classic Lee/Kirby era.., starting with ish 44 and 45. It was interesting to contrast the Lee/Kirby vision and energy with the Conway/Buscema dourness during Reed-Sue's breakup, loving both tenures so much, but vivid differences.
Ah, the PBS Special. Pretty impressed so far, but also paying attention to odd mentions..
1) Glad to see Captain Marvel (the original..) and the Shadow getting more than a shout, didn't see much for Phantom.
2) Funny that you had Ed Catto interviewed, the current co-holder of Captain Action rights, but no mention of C/A, just Mego commercials in the '70s.
3) Glad they at least got some seconds of the Marvel cartoons, but their extended focus on the '66 Batman series was spot on. It's initial success had such a huge impact on the the industry. And for some of us who haven't seen these artists in person, it was cool to hear how much Neal Adams enjoyed the series.
4) Yeeeah, just a few more minutes on Silver Age Kirby would have been fair.., but it was cool to see Adams comment on Steranko, and Steranko himself on so much.
Per the column a few days ago on Steranko artistic merit, I was slightly surprised to be reminded per his interview that he indeed did practically NO dialog or captions on his major artistic expressions. This lends itself to the other comments on that column that were critical on his story development style (or lack thereof), my comment included. His was more a vision of stylish, surreal 'panel-scapes' of art, with little attention towards conventional story-telling.
Love the bit on Luke Cage as well, but that's about how far I got before I went to bed last night, so I'll be watching the rest of the recorded stuff tonight.
All in all, I'm finding it all very fascinating. I do think a Ken Burns approach would have been neat, but I do like the energy and flavor of this documentary quite a bit.
When I was a kid I loved all the old reprint trade paperbacks because they were a great deal for the money. I grabbed all of them I could find, such as "Origins of Marvel Comics", "Son of Origins of Marvel Comics", "Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles", "Marvel: The Superhero Women", and "Secret Origins of DC Super Heroes". I still have all of them in decent shape. The only one I don't have (and the one I regret not buying at the time) was "Marvel: Bring on the Bad Guys".
I actually liked the old stuff as much (and in many cases more) than what was being published at the time. As a result I ingested a steady diet of comics like "Marvel Tales", "Marvel Triple Action", "Amazing Adventures", and others. I especially liked Marvel Tales because I've always been a big Spider-Man fan.
I don't really remember my very first reprint comic, but it was probably an issue of "Giant Size SHAZAM!" from the early 70's. However at the time I didn't realize that the stories were actually reprints from the 40's. Gee, I guess I've always been "old school" even back when I was only 7 years old.
I haven't watched the PBS Super Hero documentary yet, but I have it on my DVR, and I will probably check it out this weekend.
I was also impressed with Steranko. Not having read very much of his SHIELD work, I was enthralled with his wordless approach. Previously, I'd only seen single panels or one-pagers of his work. And he is charismatic, isn't he? Great touch to include the recording of Kirby speaking. Stan -- well, no surprises. And, I remarked on Twitter while watching the first run on Tuesday that Jerry Robinson finally got sole credit for creating the Joker. Funny what can happen after your opponents no longer have a voice of their own...
I like Steve Thompson's mention of Robin being created by 'the creators'. It would be naive to believe there's not a level of legal consideration in all their comments concerning origins.
And again, for one who hasn't met any of 'the greats' personally, it's pretty cool to seem them talk relaxed and at length about styles and influences, not just a 10 second blurb about their own stuff.
Love all of Carmine's comments on how comics were in the '50s and early '60s. As mentioned, I always pictured DC Comics as carrying the flag for 'family-safe' comics post-congressional inquiry/CCA era.., and that their offices looked like the sets of 'MadMen', juxtaposed with Marvel's early, more 'underground' approach.
David, having had the opportunity to visit in the past (briefly, of course) with Neal Adams, Denny O'Neil, and Stan Lee, I'll vouch for them being as relaxed on camera as you stated. I thought Adams was reserved as compared to how he can come across in articles I've read. However, his influence to the medium cannot be overstated. Just as one example, he improved the look of DC's comics by increasing the colors available to their printing process.
I thought the producers did a very well-rounded presentation for the first two hours (I've not watched the third section yet). The inclusion of Trina Robbins, Ramona Fradon, and Lynda Carter (she can still play, if you know what I mean) was great.
Speaking as more a fan of Ms. Carter than I am of WW, I'm left scratchin' my head, 'Who in the business can really speak for the essence of Wonder Woman in the 21st Century..?'
Other than Len Wein and his '80s revamp with Perez, I'm curious, industry-wise, as who'd still be around these days (besides Ms. Carter) who can have an in-depth insight into the character and nature of Diana Prince..? These twenty-something 'comic historians' excluded.
It's SUCH a shame Mr. Reeve (or Mr. Reeves for that matter) isn't around to discuss Superman.
Reprints:
As a kid I sometimes had a hard time telling the difference between a reprint and the original thing. . . but I eventually figured it out, and they were really important to figuring out a lot of backstory that had seemed mysterious and lost to the fog of time.
So I definitely had a bunch of Marvel Tales (featuring Spider-Man) and before I went full Marvel and dropped DC (because as I was wont to say in those days "DC sucks!") I had some digests that collected JSA stories (at least I think they were Justice Society stories - I remember one with Hitler and Batman and the Spear of Destiny), but by far the biggest coup was a pretty much uninterupted stretch of Marvel's Greatest Comics (about 35 comics) which reprinted much of the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four run and that I fell in love with and read repeatedly. It had the first Silver Surfer/Galactus story (with the first appearance of the Watcher), Sandman and the Frightful Four, HIM, HER, the Evil Eye, the first appearance of Black Panther, lots of stuff about the Inhumans, etc. . . To this day, I still feel that FF had the biggest role of any one comic of developing the Marvel Universe.
You can see the covers to these reprints here. If I recall correctly I had issue #25 and then #32 to #74 (with some gaps).
The thing I remember about finding those FF reprints was that it was at an outdoor flea market in Manhattan, and it was close to closing time. I screamed for my mom to come find me (as I did not want to leave the comics and was desperate to complete my transaction before they packed up) so I could convince her to buy me the ones I picked out. The guy selling them cut me some sort of deal. A local cable news crew doing a story about the flea market heard me, were charmed by my enthusiasm (I was 10) and decided to interview me about comics and what I liked and why. Back then, cable was not widely available (and not available all in Brooklyn) so I never go to see myself on TV! :(
As for the PBS special: I have seen about the first half. . . I like the interviews, but Liev Schrieber seems pretty superfluous at the beginning and I am not sure what the point of the whole thing is. I mean, what is is arguing aside from the usual nostalgic "comics show us as we want to see ourselves at out best" hokey stuff. This stuff always seems too general to me. I am glad that (so far) at least ONE person mentioned a lot of the ugly racial caricature stuff going on in the comics (that is comics also show us at our worst), but there was no exploration of it. There was also the usual light and myopic view of Frederic Wertham.
I am also hoping that they will eventually spend more time with the ugly knot of creator's rights.
Neal Adams totally overstated the importance of Batman - which is hard to do, but he managed it.
I am looking forward to rewatching it and writing something for my blog.
Jeez! I wrote a lot! :P
Well, Osvaldo, yes -- but you're no Humanbelly!!
MattComix said...
It was all thanks to my local library. I was able to check out Superman From The 30's to the 70's, there was also a Batman volume with the same format. The Great Comicbook Heroes, Marvel Comics Son of Origins and Marvel Bring On The Bad Guys.
Humanbelly said...
Oh, see? SEE??
A poor fellow innocently happens to accidentally let his hyper-loquacious subconscious take control of his fingers at the keyboard a few score times. . . and suddenly he's got a reputation-!
Daggone it-- I blame the media. . .
Hey, first major reprint exposure? Marvel Collector's Item Classics-! Man, I can't believe that grandaddy Marvel reprint title hasn't been cited already--!
Our local barbershop when I was a kid was the classic million-ragged-comics-on-the-table joint, and those were the days (early 60's) when us boys had our hair cut short & often. . . I honestly loved that bristly feeling that a buzz-cut gave you at the back of your head. But John Stirk (the barber) knew that kids would sit happily and quietly for a long time if there were lots of comics to look at, and those ginormous MCIC's hung around for a long time. I'm sure that was my first exposure to a lot of Marvel's cast, in fact. I remember thinking that the art looked "rougher", I suppose, than the usual Superman/Batman stuff, but the characters were just so much more interesting. At least, as much as I could tell, since I imagine I was barely on the edge of being able to read at the time.
My one quibble w/ a lot of the reprint mags- esp. in the days of 17-page content- was that they ruthlessly trimmed out so much in order to fit meet the page-count demand. In MGC, the original Surfer/Galactus story in particular suffers because all of the subplot panels are edited out. This bugged me over in Marvel SuperHeroes, as well. I always felt like I was missing part of the movie, y'know?
Oop-- back to work--
Osvaldo, I should have mentioned the racial/ethnic caricatures when I mentioned the feminists.
David mentioned a "Ken Burns approach" and I certainly echo that as being necessary to truly delve into the history of the comics medium. While work for hire was mentioned in regard to Siegel and Shuster, the depths of that business form as it relates to creator rights and the economic mistreatment of comic book writers and artists was not adequately explained. Certainly the race and gender issues deserved more screen time.
But overall, for what it is -- a survey of the medium geared toward the layman -- there's enough in the program to arouse curiosity for the novice while giving an enthusiastic nod to the hobbyist.
As Karen says, "It's all we had back then!" -- being Tuesday, of course!
Steve Does Comics said...
Almost as soon as I started reading American comics in 1972, Marvel UK set-up and started reprinting early Marvel stories on a weekly basis.
Within five years, we'd caught up with practically the entire history of Marvel.
Admittedly, by the late 1970s, they were reduced to reprinting things like Ant-Man and Godzilla because they had virtually nothing else left to publish, but it was great while it lasted.
WardHillTerry said...
My intro to reprints was Jules Feiffer's book "The Great Comic Book Heroes." I got this for Christmas from my parents, who had noticed how much I enjoyed reading comics at friends' houses and on vacations. This book turned me from a reader into a buyer and collector. I read this book of Golden Age stories before I read then current Justice League stories. I had no idea why Flash and Green Lantern looked different and had different secret identities!
The other important reprint forum was Dynamite magazine. Three pages each month of "Superhero Confidential" a feature that re-printed two pages of a hero's, or villain's, origin and a page of background in Q and A format. That's where I learned about the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Captain Cold, and many more. Who else read Dynamite?
As for the PBS special, I have a couple of nits. Other publishers' superheroes may have been mentioned in the first half-hour, but I couldn't watch it. However, when talking about the impact of the Batman TV show, there was no mention of the Superhero trend in other comics. By then the narrative was simply Marvel/DC. The medium went mad again, as it had twenty-five years earlier, for superheroes. Just recently on this forum we discussed some of the superhero fallout that hit Saturday mornings at this time.
My other nit is that Trina Robbins is identified solely as a Comics Historian. I'll bet her output as comics writer and artist is greater than Jim Steranko's.
How's my word count HB?
jim kosmicki said...
I haven't read the other responses yet, so I apologize if I repeat what's already been said.
I grew up in the best of times to learn to be a comic book historian. I was in that sweet spot of 8-12 during the great reprint era of the early 70's when we had 100 page Super-Spectaculars and reprint books everywhere. One of the first comic books that I can remember choosing for myself from a comic rack was Wanted #1 from 1972. I happily bought the Marvel reprints - that's how I got to know the X-men.
I loved Marvel Tales too...I still have a bunch of them. I remember having reprints of the "Drug issues" and the Death of Gwen Stacy from 1977/78 issues of Marvel Tales.
I also loved DC's Blue Ribbon Digests/Specials...lots of Silver Age reprints in those.
Mike W.
Rip Jagger said...
The Great Comic Book Superheroes was mentioned and that was a big one for me.
But the first that I can recollect was some old issues of Fantasy Masterpieces which had Golden Age Captain America stories and Atlas monster yarns. Soon after I got hold of some Marvel Tales which offered up tasty Ditko Spidey, Kirby Thor, and some vintage Torch.
During the Bronze Age, Marvel was very smart to have a hefty reprint line which made it possible at the time to have a lot of the classic Silver Age canon.
Yes a "Ken Burns" approach - something like he did for Baseball or the Civil War is really needed to give comics its due - something like a 2-hour episode for every decade or part thereof. PLUS, the medium would be perfect for Ken Burns style of panning over old photos and the like.
That issue of Kamandi where that mutated Russian astronaut oozes out of that astronaut suit. On the cover, drawn by Kubert. Insides drawn by Kirby. Scared the livin' hell outta me. Then I was hooked.
Then my ma buying Spiderman #150 didn't help either. She was an enabler.
Splendid job, Terry, splendid. "Always room to make one more point"-- that's the way to approach it-!
Oh hell. I'm the guy who wrote that thing about Kamandi and I completely misunderstood the question. I thought it was the issue, any issue that first got you into comics. Damn sloppy on my part.
Incidently, apropos of nothing, I remember sitting in class as a little kid when this other little goof pulls out Swamp Thing #1! He even let me read it. None of us knew what the hell it was, but it sure was weird. I found out later to my horror what it was exactly a bunch of little kids were pawing at with their sticky fingers, tearing the pages...I'm going to go cry now.
Won't abandon you on your unwitting tangent, though, anon.
That Kubert Kamandi cover nearly made me keel over in front of the spinner rack, as well-- but it did put into my head that Joe Kubert's take on the Last Boy on Earth could've been quite a visual feast in itself. The book combined gritty with exotic (as well as lots of "animals"), and those elements were Kubert's bread & butter.
HB (winding down now, really.)
I remember Marvel Collector's Item Classics. At the time, I was confused by the early "thug Hulk," whose dialog was different from the then-current version ("Hulk no like Air Force dropping bombs on him"). That was not so much a problem with DC reprints (for me, anyway). Among the first superhero comics I ever read was that year's JLA-JSA team-up, and it explained the Earth One/Earth Two concept in the captions or footnotes. Later, when I read a Golden Age reprint in "Wanted" or in a 100-page issue, there was usually an added caption explaining that Jay Garrick or Alan Scott was the Earth 2 version of the character.
Marvel Spectacular where Thor drinks a milkshake! I don't remember what happened after that.
The early reprints I remember are the JSA reprints in JLA, and the Superman #1 "Famous First Edition". I loved both, and was fascinated by the Golden Age, these hints of it. Also I had The Golden Age of Comic Books, which reprinted excellent cover art from that time in full size and color on glossy pages--great book! I still love these covers. It fired my imagination about the greatness of the Golden Age...little did I realize that much of the interiors were of lower quality. Eisner, Fine, Biro, Kane, Flessel, Beck, Raboy, Novick, Cole, etc. Really some sweet covers!
One of them was in the PBS special--the Blue Beetle cover in Mystery Men Comics. I enjoyed the special, and agree they should do a more in-depth one in Ken Burns style. Great to hear Steranko talk, and I agree with David about Captain Marvel and the Shadow getting some airtime. Carmine Infantino was interesting to listen to, also Grant Morrison. Nice juxtaposition when Irwin Hasen described the bullpens in the '40s as being like sweatshops, and then cutting to Joe Kubert who said he loved every minute of it! The show was well put-together.
Lynda Carter is looking great. Here's an interview Len Wein did as promo for the PBS show, talks about his enthusiasm for comics:
http://collider.com/len-wein-superheroes-a-never-ending-battle-pbs-interview/
redartz said...
I was a big fan of the Treasury Editions (big fan, big book; naturally). Loved the first Spider-Man treasury; finally got to see the Goblin's first appearance. It also featured a Daily Bugle page, and a classic Romita cover.
The Holiday treasuries were fun, as well. Always a sucker for a Christmas-themed story, and here were many!
Another reprint source which influenced me was Les Daniels' "Comix- A History of Comic Books in America". This book was recommended to me very early in my comics experience, and provided an introduction to such greats as Carl Barks, Harvey Kurtzman and Graham Ingles.
As for the PBS show everyone's talking about, I missed it (and have no dvr; curses). Will have to catch it though...
The whole PBS special is playing on the PBS site for a time. Unfortunately not in Canada, or "my region":
http://www.pbs.org/superheroes
I didn't point this out previously, but a big reason why I chose Marvel reprints heavily over DC's reprints is Marvel's stock-in-trade not-so-secret weapon..:
Continuity.
With DC, you got reprints by whatever the staff wanted to put in the 50/60 cent Bronze comics.
With Marvel, you could collect a couple dozen continuous issues of Marvel Tales or MGC and you get the entire continuity of successive story arcs, seemingly as fresh as if they were new.
Clever, very clever, Marvel.
Like most people here my introduction to early comics issues was through Marvel Tales. I loved those reprints; they got me hooked on a certain wall crawler.
As for Superheroes : A Never-ending Battle, I didn't get to see the whole thing, but I did enjoy what I did get to see. It was a blast to finally see the faces of the creators of those tales. It was especially interesting to see how comicbooks evolved alongside social issues like drugs, racialism and feminism. I loved seeing Lynda Carter (yes, Doug, she can still play!) and the late Christopher Reeve again - I agree that these two did a magnificent job in portraying two of the most iconic characters in comics history.
- Mike 'keep on writing HumanBelly!' from Trinidad & Tobago.
The oldest Marvel reprint I remember buying is an issue of Marvel's Greatest Comics, with reprints of FF #44 & 45 -- their initial meeting with Gorgon and Crytal & the rest of the Inhuman royal family, aside from Medusa. I still have that mag, although it's in pretty ragged shape. At least I now have the Marvel Masterworks reprints of those.
I also recall getting a collection of DC reprints, featuring Batman, Green Lantern, Flash & Hawkman (all in seperate stories) duking it out with some of their prime foes -- that one's long lost, likely in box of comics my dad threw out during one of our moves circa 1972. Early on, I was able to figure out which mags were reprints -- in the early '70s Marvel almost always used a new cover but often reprinted the original cover inside. Circa 1974 they started using the original covers in most cases, although often with slight variations, not counting the the title! By the time I started getting Marvel Tales, it was well into reprinting the Romita era of Spider-Man (his first take on Doc Ock, as a matter of fact). It was a great way to latch onto some of those Silver Age classics when my allowance was not such that I could have afforded buying back issues from even 3 or 4 years previously even if I could get to a comics shop. An acquaintance of mine in San Francisco, where I lived from October 1974 to July 1976 showed me some early Romita Spider-Man's (issues with the Rhino) he got at a comics shop there. I could only look through them in envy, although my parents did get me Origins of Marvel Comics for Christmas in 1974, and I got the rest of that series in subsequent years as well as many of the Treasuries, so I had a pretty good primer on many highlights of the Silver Age while growing up in the Bronze Age.
Graham said...
I had read DC almost exclusively for a couple of years (from seeing Superman and Batman on TV, I guess) before breaking into the Marvel column with a pair of reprints that were out about the same time.
One was the Marvel Tales that featured Spidey (with a injured shoulder) battling the Lizard in one story and Kraven the Hunter in the other. The other was Marvel Triple Action #1 with the FF, Dr. Doom, and the Silver Surfer.
For a while, I read more Marvel reprints than new material.
fantastic four fan forever said...
I loved the PBS special. I wish there were more like this one. It was an extraordinary documentary. For the first time, there was actually a comprehensive documentary on the evolution of comics.
As far as reprints are concerned, I loved the Marvel Tales books as well as the Marvel Treasury and DC Special Editions. For $1.50 or $1.00 you could have a glimpse into comics history. I looked forward to each month they were released. I wish there was an economical way the old comics could come back. They are not affordable in the $3.99 per comic format. I'd just rather get a trade paperback of 70's comics than the news material that's being done today. I miss the 100 page DC 50 cent specials very badly and all those old comics. It's an era that will never return.
Richard Guion said...
Well, my earliest introduction to comics were the 80 page giants from DC Comics for Action Comics, Superman, Batman, etc. Later on DC Comics had the 100 page giants which was a graduate degree course in both golden and silver age stories.
For Marvel, the Marvel Tales and Marvel's Greatest Comics really got me up to speed on Spider-Man and Fantastic Four.
But of course my favorite titles of all time were the Giant-Size Marvel books!
I haven't seen the special. I'll have to see if it is still online and try to make time this weekend to catch it.
As for reprints - I think they were a fantastic way for readers to get caught up on the history of the characters -which, if you were a Marvel reader in the early 70s, meant only about ten years or so! Reprints were among the first comics I ever read, and I was reading Marvel Tales side by side with Amazing Spider-Man. I don't think it took very long for me to figure out that MT was a reprint book. I actually favored it over Amazing most of the time, because of the Romita art.
What I think is odd is that some of the split books didn't necessarily follow their originals in story order. What I mean is, I recall that Marvel Double Feature didn't exactly mirror Tales of Suspense in that the Cap and Iron Man stories in MDF might be from different issues of TOS! Why they would do that, I have no idea.
One peeve was when the reprints cut pages from stories. Most of the time you never knew until you got your hands on the original.
Wow! Looks like everybody had something to say on this topic.
I started collecting comics about 6 months before JLA, Detective, World's Finest, Brave & Bold, Superboy & The LSH and some others converted to 100 Page Super Spectaculars. Those titles, and the occasional Flash super-spec were my favorites. I studied the pre-release ads daily, trying to figure out who those strange characters I'd never heard of coming in Detective were (Kid Eternity, Newsboy Legion, Alias The Spider). I'd been primed by the previous JLA-JSA team-up w/ the Freedom Fighters, and was ready to explore the DC universe. Those Super-Specs nurtured an interest in history in me, and cemented my love of comics. It probably didn't hurt that the super-specs coincided with Archie Goodwin's run on Detective, Wein-DillinGiordano's on JLA, and the peak of the Haney-Aparo era on B & B. Honestly, I think those Super-Specs were the crucial point that raised awareness and ensured the continuing viability of DC's properties in the 70's and beyond.
I read the Marvel reprints in the 70's too. I learned from them, and enjoyed them, but they didn't have the same impact on me, with a few exceptions. The Marvel treasuries that reprinted the Galactus trilogy and the epic Hulk-Thing fight w/ the Avengers showing up blew me away. That was Lee-Kirby at their best. Also, Giant Size X-Men 2 reprinted Thomas/Adams' sentinel epic. Who knew the original X-Men had ever been cool? Or looked this good?
All of the older fans I met in comic shops in the 70's looked down their noses at reprints. Mostly because they weren't considered "collectible" (i.e. worth money). But I knew better. Knowledge is invaluable.
DC Comics -- Secret Origins, Wanted, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. It took me a while to realize that the reprints weren't new materials. I was puzzled why the Legion was wearing different outfits in LSH than they were in Superboy.
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College Baseball Notebook-Week 8
A By The Numbers Look At The Latest Week’s Action
2…Wins by Washington State over #1 Arizona State. By taking two of three games in the series in Pullman the Cougars won their first series in program history over the Sun Devils.
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6…Cougars who were hit by pitch in Sunday’s 9-5 series-clinching win over ASU. Garry Kuykendall was plunked three times.
Clemson's Mike Freeman
6…RBIs by Clemson second baseman Mike Freeman in Wednesday’s win over Georgia. Freeman played for the Bulldogs in 2007 before transferring to Georgia.
300…Career wins by Georgia head coach Dave Perno with a 6-5 Sunday win over Ole Miss-UGA’s only win in the series. Perno is in his 9th season at the helm at his alma mater.
15…Strikeouts in 8 IP by Ole Miss pitcher Drew Pomeranz in Friday’s 4-1 win over Georgia. It’s the second time this season Pomeranz has fanned 15 in a game.
14…School record runs scored in the first inning by Arkansas in Wednesday’s 32-8 win over visiting St. Louis. The Razorbacks also combined to tie a school record with 30 RBIs in the game.
2…Men named Fred Hill who were head coaches at Rutgers last week. Fred Hill, Sr.-of the RU baseball team and Fred Hill, Jr.-of the Scarlet Knight men’s basketball team.
1…Fred hill who is currently coaching at Rutgers after Fred Hill, Jr. was dismissed as basketball coach last week. The younger Hill’s dismissal was in part precipitated in part by an alleged profanity laced tirade directed at Pittsburgh baseball coach Joe Jordano during an April 1 9-8 win by RU.
2…Wins at Notre Dame over the weekend by Rutgers. Saturday’s 25-5 win gave the elder Hill and his team its first win at Notre Dame since 2002. The road series win at Eck Stadium is RU’s first since the Irish and Scarlet Knights joined the Big East together in 1996.
7…Home runs hit by Rutgers in Saturday’s 25-5 onslaught. Outfielder Michael Lang had two of the long balls with 7 RBIs.
3…Wins needed by Fred Hill, Sr. to reach 1,000 for his career. He’s been the head coach at Rutgers since 1984.
1…Closer the Jersey coach could not use in Friday’s 9-8 loss to the Irish due to a jersey flap. His closer, Tyler Gebler, was wearing jersey #4 instead of his usual #43 in the game and with the tying run at 2nd base and two outs in the bottom of the 8th Hill went to the pen to the freshman. However, Gebler was ruled an illegal substitution in the game, because Hill had crossed-out Steve Nyisztor’s #41 instead of Gebler’s #43 on the line-up card he turned-in before the game. Hill had to go to Kevin Lillis, who gave-up back-to-back RBI hits, including Adam Norton’s game-winning triple. Gebler has a 1.50 ERA, while his 6 saves are tied for second-best in the Big East.
2…Triples hit and innings pitched by Notre Dame’s David Mills in Tuesday’s 13-6 win over Oakland. The lefty started the game as the Irish DH and later entered the game on the mound. He had 2 RBIs and pitched 4 innings in relief to earn another win on Friday in ND’s only win of the Rutgers series.
2…Wins by Pittsburgh over fifth-ranked Louisville in their weekend series at Pitt’s Trees Field. Losses Friday and Saturday to start the series, combined with a midweek loss to Kentucky, gave the Cardinals their first back-to-back setbacks of the season as well as their first series loss.
4…Runs scored in the top of the 9th inning of Sunday’s series finale to give Louisville a 9-7 win and avoid the series sweep. Adam Duvall and Ryan Wright each belted two-run home runs to provide the offense.
17…Combined runs surrendered 13 1/3 by Louisville starting pitchers Thomas Royse, Dean Kiekhefer and Gabriel Shaw in the three games vs. Pitt. Royse (6-1) suffered his first loss in the series-opener. Shaw was making his first start of the season in Sunday’s finale after 14 relief outings.
36…Combined runs that same trio had surrendered in 104 1/3 previous innings pitched this season.
Alex Wimmers
14…Strikeouts with no walks by Ohio State’s Alex Wimmers (7-0) in Friday’s 7-1 win over Indiana. Hoosier outfielder Alex Dickerson went 0-for-4 in the game to end his 21-game hitting streak.
4…Home runs in as many games to end the week by Duke’s Will Currier. His 8 RBIs over the weekend helped the Blue Devils take two of three games from #12 Clemson.
2…Hits allowed by Oregon State’s Greg Peavey in Friday’s complete game 4-1 win over #2 UCLA. Peavy’s efforts handed the Bruins their first consecutive losses after a midweek setback to Cal State Fullerton.
16…Innings needed for UCLA to beat OSU 3-1 in game two of the Pac 10 series on Saturday. The game lasted 6 hours and 23 minutes.
39…Combined runners left on base by the Bruins (22) and Beavers (17) in Saturday’s marathon.
529…Pitches thrown in the game by a total of 12 pitchers, including eight sent to the mound by Oregon State.
11…Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by UCLA pitchers-with seven scoreless frames to end the 16-inning game combined with four shutout half innings to start Sunday’s series finale, which the Bruins won 8-2.
18…Combined pitchers used by LSU (8) and Southern Mississippi (10) in Wednesday’s 6-5 win in 12-innings in Metairie, LA.
2…Wins by Auburn over defending SEC & National Champion LSU in their weekend series at Auburn’s Samford Stadium. The Tigers win game three 6-5 after a game-ending squeeze bunt by right fielder Justin Fredejas.
1998…The last time Auburn had won a home series vs. LSU prior to the weekend’s wins. LSU had swept the last two series between the two teams and had won eight of the previous 11 series since 1999.
0…Outs recorded by Auburn starting pitcher Cole Nelson, who surrendered six earned runs on seven hits in Friday’s 14-10 loss to open the series.
0…Hits by Auburn catcher Tony Caldwell, who still had 3 RBIs in Saturday’s 11-7 Auburn win. Caldwell was 0-for-1, but drove-in his runs with a bases loaded walk and two sac flies. He also had a sacrifice bunt on the day.
Trent Mummey
7…RBIs in the series by Auburn’s Trent Mummey, who made his first three starts of the year after injuring his ankle prior to the start of the season. Mummey hit two home runs, including his second career grand slam.
2 of 3…Wins by Oregon in its series at Stanford to give the Ducks their first Pac 10 series win since 1980 and their first Pac 10 road series win since 1976 at Washington.
21…Wins by Oregon through 32 games this season after winning just 17 games all of last year-the first year baseball was played at the school after it was disbanded following the 1981 season.
26…Game hitting streak by Kansas State’s Nick Martini-the longest active D1 streak in the nation this season. A pair of 21-game hitting streaks ended over the weekend. Martini had at least one hit in KSU’s series vs. Nebraska. His streak is a school record and the fifth-longest in Big 12 history.
62…Career stolen bases by Martini’s teammate, Adam Muenster, to set a school record that had held since 1995. Muenster’s record-breaker came in Sunday’s 8-3 win over the Cornhuskers.
8,540…Fans who saw K-State take two of three games from Nebraska to set a 3-game series attendance record at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan.
9-0…Kentucky’s lead over Alabama heading into the top of the sixth inning of Sunday’s game in Lexington, KY.
11-9…Final score of Alabama’s win in that game. Jake Smith’s grand slam capped a 5-run sixth inning and the Tide scored five more runs in the 8th and another in the 9th to cap the biggest comeback in school history.
Jason Coats
4…Combined shutout innings pitched by Alabama’s Tyler White and Nathan Kilcrease in Sunday’s improbable comeback. White got the win to improve to 3-1 while Kilcrease earned his second save.
3…Home runs off three different pitchers by TCU’s Jason Coats in Sunday’s 12-2 win over Houston. Coats’ efforts helped the Horned Frogs outscore the Cougars 33-3 in the series.
2…Wins by Virginia Tech over #14 Miami in their weekend series. The Hokies’ first ever series win over the Hurricanes comes a week after their first win over another traditional college baseball power-Florida State.
3…ACC series won by Virginia Tech all of last season. They have won four of five conference series already this season, with their only loss (a sweep) coming at the hands of Clemson.
Jamie Skagerlind
2…Walk-off home runs in as many days by Bryant first baseman Jamie Skagerlind to help his team win three of four games vs. Central Connecticut State. Skagerlind’s shot in the bottom of the 10th inning ended Saturday’s 3-2 win in game one of a doubleheader. His blast to end Sunday’s 7-inning twin bill opener capped a 5-run Bryant rally. The game-winning blasts are his only home runs of the season.
3…No-hitters thrown last week. Fresno State’s Greg Gonzalez and Lehigh’s Greg Angelo each tossed 7-inning no-hitters, while Kevin Johnson of West Florida fired the second 9-inning no-no of 2010. Gonzalez is the first Bulldog to pitch a no-hitter in 34 years, while Angelo had the first at Lehigh since 1988.
11…Shutout innings pitched across two games by North Florida’s John Atteo. He earned the win with two scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 3-1 upset of Florida State, and then fired a complete game shutout in Sunday’s 10-0 win over USC Upstate.
1,201…Career wins by UNF head coach Dusty Rhodes-who will retire at season’s end-with Atteo’s Sunday victory.
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David Schalliiol: The Area (2018) SF INDIEFEST
Post subject: David Schalliiol: The Area (2018) SF INDIEFEST
DAVID SCHALLIOL: THE AREA (2018 - SF INDIEFEST)
In Englewood, in Chicago's predominantly black South Side, the segment from 57th Street to 61st Street is slated for elimination by the Norfolk Southern Railway for "intermodal" spaces, expanding an already large shipping yard for increasing railway freight transport - which is a good thing if it lessens the more ecologically destructive use of trucks. Nobody ever explains quite what "intermodal" means to the scattered black inhabitants of Inglewood. But the company buys the houses at cheap rates, relocates the people, knocks down the houses, clears them all away. Visual sociologist David Shalliol covers this process in The Area, his debut documentary feature, a slow, incremental film that quietly focuses on a few people. It is a portrait of poverty and race in America, the African American survival sprit, and the sadness of giving up one's longtime home, over and over again. It's also a portrait of Englewood resident and citizen activist Deborah Payne, a woman of indomitable energy and courage. She knows she cannot stop this process of relocation, but what she can do is fight to see that no one's dignity is destroyed.
This is also a portrait that shows both the strength of spirit and the economic, social, and political fragility of these same South Side residents. Deborah has a stroke and is in the hospital, but comes out and is as vigorous as ever. She is one of the last to leave. One woman complains that she was duped into not paying her mortgage for two months to enable the process to go through and then found that had damaged her of her credit for a new mortgage, so she had to become a renter. This is the fate of people who are powerless because they are poor and on top of that lack the education and knowledge to fight lawyers and bureaucratic complications. But having struggled all their lives they are also strong.
We hear about how this had become a terrible neighborhood, and there are signs of blight and already many missing houses. But it still has a quiet suburban feel, with pockets of gentility and dignity. A couple of young guys hang out together who are survivors of gang banging and shootouts. One of them, Weezy, is paralyzed from the waist down from bullet wounds but later, he leads police on a high speed chase, driving with a stick. There's indomitability in that too. The cops take their phones out to snap photos, wondering. Weezy goes to jail for three years but is out in two, relocated, as feisty as ever, but wiser.
Deborah gets a big place in an apartment building but says she asks herself if she is lonely. However she is active with a new group of "wonderful women" against sexual harassment and for breast cancer awareness, striving to stay healthy so it can "not be all about me."
These are people and another is a man of a certain age who fought to keep his mother in her house till the end because, since she had dementia, he explains that such people's souls hang by a thread, and changing their surroundings severs that thread. He was able to keep her dignity for her till the end. And then, he could let the house go. These are lessons in what maters in life.
A memorable scene is when winter comes and it snows after many of the houses have been torn down and carted away. Deborah walks around in a bright yellow winter coat talking and savoring the beauty, and sadness, of the transformed place which, garbed in snow, looks like country.
There are also city board meetings, even one with a dead-eyed Rahm Emmanuel, Mayor of Chicago, where the meaningless declarations of various officials, coming after we have thoroughly absorbed the viewpoint and situation of the Engleside residents, come dripping in unintentional irony. The politicians' ill-formed sentences don't even make sense; they're just a ritual to plaster over the inevitable and the predetermined - when you are poor.
The Area is a slow-building documentary that carries more emotional and intellectual weight that you realize at first. Toward the end especially there are long fades to black, appropriate because is this not the story of people and a place dying over and over but then slowly coming back? But the houses don't come back or the many contents lost with them, and over and over we see houses bulldozed and their residents watching and weeping.
Shalliol is also an accomplished still photographer and the film is informed by his handsome still photographs of the beautiful, doomed old wood frame and brick buildings of "The Area." His film was the biproduct of docoral studies in sociology at the University of Chicago. For further details about him and the film see an article by Andrea Gromvall in Chicago Reader.
David Schalliol slide show.
The Area, 93 mins., debuted 6 April 2018 at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina. It was screened for this review as part of SF Indiefest, 30 Jan.-14 Feb. 2019.
SF IndieFest: THE AREA: Upcoming Showtimes
February 10 12:30 PM SF IndieFest at the Roxie
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T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (final)
Rankings at 16th June 2009
1. Sri Lanka 1332.37 +103.40
2. South Africa 1320.12 +31.17
4. Pakistan 1279.52 +37.51
6. West Indies 1190.47 +37.30
Prediction for the final
Pakistan v Sri Lanka 5 runs
Sri Lanka's annihilation of the West Indies (and most everybody else) has put them to the top of the ratings going into the final. Their probability of victory comes to 58%.
A word too on form, and perhaps a question. The main purpose of the form variable is to smooth out the volatility of unexpected results, by "banking" them, such that the effect of that result will not carry over until later games. If a team consistently loses worse than expected their rating will shift more quickly to its new equilibrium. On the other hand, if the loss was unusual, the rating will stay relatively stable.
Which brings up a question, possibly philosophical: is form an indicator of where the rating will go, and therefore should be added to make predictions; or where the rating has been, and therefore should be deducted because that is where it may return? In other words, is form a meaningful number, worth reporting, and in what sense? If results were completely random, then a run of bad form would dip the rating more than necessary, which oddly enough will actually increase volatility (sort of like irrational exuberance in a stock market). Conversely, the relative form of the West Indies and England prior to their Carribean match-up indicated that the series would be closer than the ratings might indicate; similarly Australia's form in test cricket began to dip markedly even before their horrid run against India and South Africa.
The reason for asking this relates to Sri Lanka's current form, currently over 100. Partly, their form indicates only that they are winning. The expected margin against other top-8 sides are so narrow that almost all wins beat the margin by a lot. Similarly, South Africa were equally dominant leading into their semi-final against Pakistan. The numbers are inconclusive to date, but anyone looking for an extra reason to lean one way or the other may like to consider the implications of strong form on their expectations.
Idle Summers 20th June, 2009 13:08:57 [#] [2 comments]
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (semi-finals)
2. Sri Lanka 1287.12 +51.58
5. India 1242.87 -56.02
7. England 1171.75 -43.13
8. New Zealand 1166.49 -71.48
11. Ireland 783.19 +49.78
Predictions for semi-finals
Pakistan v South Africa 7 runs
West Indies v Sri Lanka 7 runs
South Africa and Sri Lanka have emerged as the clear favourites for their respective finals, having cruised into the semi-finals undefeated, and in outstanding form. However, neither side has a greater than 60% chance of victory, so keep tossing those coins.
Monday Melbourne: CLXXVI, June 2009
Princes Bridge, looking out. Taken June 2009
Melbourne Town 15th June, 2009 12:44:29 [#] [0 comments]
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (match day 6)
5. Sri Lanka 1254.14 -19.15
7. New Zealand 1198.87 +26.82
Predictions for match day 6
Ireland v Pakistan 51 runs
England v West Indies 8 runs
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 6 runs
India v South Africa 4 runs
As noted the day before yesterday, I took a moment to compare predictions, based on both the current rating, and current rating with form. The short answer: neither are much help. The average error in both was almost exactly 28 runs; by comparison, the average error if a tie had been predicted for every match: 24.6 runs. Looking at the scatter-plot of results, it is possible that it will converge on a predicted margin half what it currently is, with a standard deviation of 20 runs. In other words, a massive 400 point difference in rating points is needed before the win percentage approaches 65%.
On a different note, Sri Lanka's travails against Ireland has meant their game against New Zealand is now a must-win to go through, whereas the South Africa v India game is marked as "dead", in case India annihilates South Africa and still receives little gain in the ratings.
5. Pakistan 1235.43 -36.99
12. Ireland 739.69 -6.58
South Africa v West Indies 5 runs
New Zealand v Pakistan 1 run
Ireland v Sri Lanka 54 runs
England v India Tied
Appendum - Predictions plus
David Barry asked below about how the predictions are done. The answer is badly, given the limited data set I have. As noted earlier, by the next world cup I will be able to give more precise numbers for the difference a rating makes (with a standard deviation as well). But for now, the prediction is calculated by the (disturbingly) simple: ratings difference divide 10 (the linear regression says 0.078 +/- 20). With a 100 point bonus for being at home.
As an aside, it had already occurred to me that a published prediction should account for form (future ratings change, results depending). Doing that gives the following:
New Zealand v Pakistan 6 runs
England v India by 5 runs
Tomorrow I will try and calculate, based on past results, what gives a more accurate rating, and use that.
The other post was getting messy. One post per round of matches until the final.
Rankings at 9th June 2009
4. Pakistan 1253.03 -7.12
6. England 1211.91 +14.83
Ireland v New Zealand 43 runs
England v South Africa 7 runs
Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1 run
India v West Indies 13 runs
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition
This won't be a regular thing - to the extent that the test ratings are regular. But it occurred to me that with relatively few games to consider, and most of the ratings leg work done already, converting the 300 odd T20 games to a workable ratings system was feasible.
The main difficulty was deciding on the starting ratings, given the "minnows" have no form, and moreover, were mostly playing each other prior to the start of the tournament. I settled on a modified form of the official ODI ratings at January 2005 (multiplied by 5 essentially), with the non-ranked teams set to 0, then all teams normalised to average 1000.
Weights and expected margins were adjusted to suit: the margin for a chasing team was set to:
1 + balls_remaining * (wickets_remaining / 5)
It is far too early to judge how successful that is, but perhaps by the next world cup some proper statistical analysis can be applied. The ratings prior to the start of this tournament, including all games to date (and the uncounted "warm-up" games) were as follows:
Rankings prior to World T20
1. Australia 1363.07 -34.40
2. India 1351.15 +5.33
5. New Zealand 1218.13 +14/07
8. West Indies 1163.70 -34.10
9. Zimbabwe 982.77 +46.47
10. Bangladesh 934.23 +34.26
11. Scotland 774.35 +17.66
12. Canada 741.97 +4.30
13. Netherlands 708.84 -7.58
15. Bermuda 642.92 -73.57
16. Kenya 639.22 -52.28
I'll keep this post updated as the tournament progresses.
Update 8th June: After six games there has been a little movement, notably Australia and Pakistan moving backwards and South Africa forwards. A little tightening has occurred in the first few days.
Update 9th June: Australia crashes out, and down, but perhaps from a ratings perspective it is better they aren't still playing as their form is at -108.9 (in comparison to South Africa's +92.6). Ireland's numbers are still low, but their form and progression to the last eight will see that improve.
Update 10th June: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Pakistan got the 25 run victory they needed - the ratings predicted 49 runs. A meaningless South Africa v New Zealand game and an error in my game details provide the other changes.
Update 11th June: Two results that went largely as expected. India and Ireland move back towards an otherwise even pack leading into the second round.
Rankings after first round
10. Bangladesh 928.76 -14.36
12. Scotland 760.12 -40.65
13. Canada 741.97 -4.30
Idle Summers 8th June, 2009 01:01:39 [#] [0 comments]
Monday Melbourne: CLXXV, June 2009
Kensington. Taken May 2009
Melbourne Town 4th June, 2009 11:57:23 [#] [2 comments]
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Frankie Esposito Enjoying His Time at Rok Final In Italy
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As the lone Canadian driver in the Mini Rok category this week, we weren’t surprised too when Frankie Esposito told us he was a little intimated when he arrived at South Garda Karting in Italy. He has 150 other drivers to race against this week, and many of them were on track racing last weekend getting up to speed while Esposito was travelling to the event.
After checking out the racing on last Sunday, Esposito’s eyes were wide-open, noticing just how big of an event it will be.
Now three practice days in, he’s gotten up to speed, albeit still searching for more speed in an incredibly competitive Mini Rok category.
When asked about his first impressions of the South Garda Karting circuit, he was quick to point out how different it is compared to the tracks he’s raced at home.
“There is a lot of grip compared the tracks in Canada. It a took a few sessions to get used to as it’s a different driving style, changing the way I enter a corner and exit it as well.”
After completing four rounds of practice on Wednesday, which comprised of a whopping 156 sessions on track, it is easily noticeable how efficient the track staff operate an event, and Esposito took notice right away.
“I’m really impressed with the organization of the event and how good the competition is.”
Finally, we asked him what it was like racing in a category with 150 drivers. Taking a deep breath before he spoke, it was obvious he’s a little out of his element, having never raced in a competition this large.
“At first it was pretty nerve-racking. But once I got on grid and saw how they broke the class up into five groups, it’s a little less intimidating. Now I’m ready for qualifying tomorrow and the first heat races.”
Esposito and the rest of Rok Cup Canada will have one more practice session on Thursday morning before the all-important Qualifying sessions. Thursday will also see the first racing of the week, with a round of heat races set to hit the track.
Related Topics:Frankie Esposito, Rok Cup SuperFinal, Top News
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This doesn’t fit the U-curve so well: while 60mg is substantially negative as one would extrapolate from 30mg being ~0, 48mg is actually better than 15mg. But we bought the estimates of 48mg/60mg at a steep price - we ignore the influence of magnesium which we know influences the data a great deal. And the higher doses were added towards the end, so may be influenced by the magnesium starting/stopping. Another fix for the missingness is to impute the missing data. In this case, we might argue that the placebo days of the magnesium experiment were identical to taking no magnesium at all and so we can classify each NA as a placebo day, and rerun the desired analysis:
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All of the coefficients are positive, as one would hope, and one specific factor (MR7) squeaks in at d=0.34 (p=0.05). The graph is much less impressive than the graph for just MP, suggesting that the correlation may be spread out over a lot of factors, the current dataset isn’t doing a good job of capturing the effect compared to the MP self-rating, or it really was a placebo effect:
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One should note the serious caveats here: it is a small in vitro study of a single category of human cells with an effect size that is not clear on a protein which feeds into who-knows-what pathways. It is not a result in a whole organism on any clinically meaningful endpoint, even if we take it at face-value (many results never replicate). A look at followup work citing Rapuri et al 2007 is not encouraging: Google Scholar lists no human studies of any kind, much less high-quality studies like RCTs; just some rat followups on the calcium effect. This is not to say Rapuri et al 2007 is a bad study, just that it doesn’t bear the weight people are putting on it: if you enjoy caffeine, this is close to zero evidence that you should reduce or drop caffeine consumption; if you’re taking too much caffeine, you already have plenty of reasons to reduce; if you’re drinking lots of coffee, you already have plenty of reasons to switch to tea; etc.
I largely ignored this since the discussions were of sub-RDA doses, and my experience has usually been that RDAs are a poor benchmark and frequently far too low (consider the RDA for vitamin D). This time, I checked the actual RDA - and was immediately shocked and sure I was looking at a bad reference: there was no way the RDA for potassium was seriously 3700-4700mg or 4-5 grams daily, was there? Just as an American, that implied that I was getting less than half my RDA. (How would I get 4g of potassium in the first place? Eat a dozen bananas a day⸮) I am not a vegetarian, nor is my diet that fantastic: I figured I was getting some potassium from the ~2 fresh tomatoes I was eating daily, but otherwise my diet was not rich in potassium sources. I have no blood tests demonstrating deficiency, but given the figures, I cannot see how I could not be deficient.
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My first impression of ~1g around 12:30PM was that while I do not feel like running around, within an hour I did feel like the brain fog was lighter than before. The effect wasn’t dramatic, so I can’t be very confident. Operationalizing brain fog for an experiment might be hard: it doesn’t necessarily feel like I would do better on dual n-back. I took 2 smaller doses 3 and 6 hours later, to no further effect. Over the following weeks and months, I continued to randomly alternate between potassium & non-potassium days. I noticed no effects other than sleep problems.
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For the sake of organizing the review, we have divided the literature according to the general type of cognitive process being studied, with sections devoted to learning and to various kinds of executive function. Executive function is a broad and, some might say, vague concept that encompasses the processes by which individual perceptual, motoric, and mnemonic abilities are coordinated to enable appropriate, flexible task performance, especially in the face of distracting stimuli or alternative competing responses. Two major aspects of executive function are working memory and cognitive control, responsible for the maintenance of information in a short-term active state for guiding task performance and responsible for inhibition of irrelevant information or responses, respectively. A large enough literature exists on the effects of stimulants on these two executive abilities that separate sections are devoted to each. In addition, a final section includes studies of miscellaneous executive abilities including planning, fluency, and reasoning that have also been the subjects of published studies.
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How should the mixed results just summarized be interpreted vis-á-vis the cognitive-enhancing potential of prescription stimulants? One possibility is that d-AMP and MPH enhance cognition, including the retention of just-acquired information and some or all forms of executive function, but that the enhancement effect is small. If this were the case, then many of the published studies were underpowered for detecting enhancement, with most samples sizes under 50. It follows that the observed effects would be inconsistent, a mix of positive and null findings.
Power-wise, the effects of testosterone are generally reported to be strong and unmistakable. Even a short experiment should work. I would want to measure DNB scores & Mnemosyne review averages as usual, to verify no gross mental deficits; the important measures would be physical activity, so either pedometer or miles on treadmill, and general productivity/mood. The former 2 variables should remain the same or increase, and the latter 2 should increase.
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A week later: Golden Sumatran, 3 spoonfuls, a more yellowish powder. (I combined it with some tea dregs to hopefully cut the flavor a bit.) Had a paper to review that night. No (subjectively noticeable) effect on energy or productivity. I tried 4 spoonfuls at noon the next day; nothing except a little mental tension, for lack of a better word. I think that was just the harbinger of what my runny nose that day and the day before was, a head cold that laid me low during the evening.
Took pill #6 at 12:35 PM. Hard to be sure. I ultimately decided that it was Adderall because I didn’t have as much trouble as I normally would in focusing on reading and then finishing my novel (Surface Detail) despite my family watching a movie, though I didn’t notice any lack of appetite. Call this one 60-70% Adderall. I check the next evening and it was Adderall.
Analyzing the results is a little tricky because I was simultaneously running the first magnesium citrate self-experiment, which turned out to cause a quite complex result which looks like a gradually-accumulating overdose negating an initial benefit for net harm, and also toying with LLLT, which turned out to have a strong correlation with benefits. So for the potential small Noopept effect to not be swamped, I need to include those in the analysis. I designed the experiment to try to find the best dose level, so I want to look at an average Noopept effect but also the estimated effect at each dose size in case some are negative (especially in the case of 5-pills/60mg); I included the pilot experiment data as 10mg doses since they were also blind & randomized. Finally, missingness affects analysis: because not every variable is recorded for each date (what was the value of the variable for the blind randomized magnesium citrate before and after I finished that experiment? what value do you assign the Magtein variable before I bought it and after I used it all up?), just running a linear regression may not work exactly as one expects as various days get omitted because part of the data was missing.
But he has also seen patients whose propensity for self-experimentation to improve cognition got out of hand. One chief executive he treated, Ngo said, developed an unhealthy predilection for albuterol, because he felt the asthma inhaler medicine kept him alert and productive long after others had quit working. Unfortunately, the drug ended up severely imbalancing his electrolytes, which can lead to dehydration, headaches, vision and cardiac problems, muscle contractions and, in extreme cases, seizures.
The easiest way to use 2mg was to use half a gum; I tried not chewing it but just holding it in my cheek. The first night I tried, this seemed to work well for motivation; I knocked off a few long-standing to-do items. Subsequently, I began using it for writing, where it has been similarly useful. One difficult night, I wound up using the other half (for a total of 4mg over ~5 hours), and it worked but gave me a fairly mild headache and a faint sensation of nausea; these may have been due to forgetting to eat dinner, but this still indicates 3mg should probably be my personal ceiling until and unless tolerance to lower doses sets in.
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The methodology would be essentially the same as the vitamin D in the morning experiment: put a multiple of 7 placebos in one container, the same number of actives in another identical container, hide & randomly pick one of them, use container for 7 days then the other for 7 days, look inside them for the label to determine which period was active and which was placebo, refill them, and start again.
So I eventually got around to ordering another thing of nicotine gum, Habitrol Nicotine Gum, 4mg MINT flavor COATED gum. 96 pieces per box. Gum should be easier to double-blind myself with than nicotine patches - just buy some mint gum. If 4mg is too much, cut the gum in half or whatever. When it arrived, my hopes were borne out: the gum was rectangular and soft, which made it easy to cut into fourths.
Historically used to help people with epilepsy, piracetam is used in some cases of myoclonus, or muscle twitching. Its actual mechanism of action is unclear: It doesn’t act exactly as a sedative or stimulant, but still influences cognitive function, and is believed to act on receptors for acetylcholine in the brain. Piracetam is used off-label as a 'smart drug' to help focus and concentration or sometimes as a way to allegedly boost your mood. Again, piracetam is a prescription-only drug - any supply to people without a prescription is illegal, and supplying it may result in a fine or prison sentence.
While these two compounds may not be as exciting as a super pill that instantly unlocks the full potential of your brain, they currently have the most science to back them up. And, as Patel explains, they’re both relatively safe for healthy individuals of most ages. Patel explains that a combination of caffeine and L-theanine is the most basic supplement stack (or combined dose) because the L-theanine can help blunt the anxiety and “shakiness” that can come with ingesting too much caffeine.
A fundamental aspect of human evolution has been the drive to augment our capabilities. The neocortex is the neural seat of abstract and higher order cognitive processes. As it grew, so did our ability to create. The invention of tools and weapons, writing, the steam engine, and the computer have exponentially increased our capacity to influence and understand the world around us. These advances are being driven by improved higher-order cognitive processing.1Fascinatingly, the practice of modulating our biology through naturally occurring flora predated all of the above discoveries. Indeed, Sumerian clay slabs as old as 5000 BC detail medicinal recipes which include over 250 plants2. The enhancement of human cognition through natural compounds followed, as people discovered plants containing caffeine, theanine, and other cognition-enhancing, or nootropic, agents.
Metabolic function smart drugs provide mental benefits by generally facilitating the body’s metabolic processes related to the production of new tissues and the release of energy from food and fat stores. Creatine, a long-time favorite performance-enhancement drug for competitive athletes, was in the news recently when it was found in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial to have significant cognitive benefits – including both general speed of cognition and improvements in working memory. Ginkgo Biloba is another metabolic function smart drug used to increase memory and improve circulation – however, news from recent studies raises questions about these purported effects.
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A provisional conclusion about the effects of stimulants on learning is that they do help with the consolidation of declarative learning, with effect sizes varying widely from small to large depending on the task and individual study. Indeed, as a practical matter, stimulants may be more helpful than many of the laboratory tasks indicate, given the apparent dependence of enhancement on length of delay before testing. Although, as a matter of convenience, experimenters tend to test memory for learned material soon after the learning, this method has not generally demonstrated stimulant-enhanced learning. However, when longer periods intervene between learning and test, a more robust enhancement effect can be seen. Note that the persistence of the enhancement effect well past the time of drug action implies that state-dependent learning is not responsible. In general, long-term effects on learning are of greater practical value to people. Even students cramming for exams need to retain information for more than an hour or two. We therefore conclude that stimulant medication does enhance learning in ways that may be useful in the real world.
The demands of university studies, career, and family responsibilities leaves people feeling stretched to the limit. Extreme stress actually interferes with optimal memory, focus, and performance. The discovery of nootropics and vitamins that make you smarter has provided a solution to help college students perform better in their classes and professionals become more productive and efficient at work.
A total of 330 randomly selected Saudi adolescents were included. Anthropometrics were recorded and fasting blood samples were analyzed for routine analysis of fasting glucose, lipid levels, calcium, albumin and phosphorous. Frequency of coffee and tea intake was noted. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays…Vitamin D levels were significantly highest among those consuming 9-12 cups of tea/week in all subjects (p-value 0.009) independent of age, gender, BMI, physical activity and sun exposure.
Texas-based entrepreneur and podcaster Mansal Denton takes phenylpiracetam, a close relative of piracetam originally developed by the Soviet Union as a medication for cosmonauts, to help them endure the stresses of life in space. “I have a much easier time articulating certain things when I take it, so I typically do a lot of recording [of podcasts] on those days,” he says.
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Armodafinil is sort of a purified modafinil which Cephalon sells under the brand-name Nuvigil (and Sun under Waklert20). Armodafinil acts much the same way (see the ADS Drug Profile) but the modafinil variant filtered out are the faster-acting molecules21. Hence, it is supposed to last longer. as studies like Pharmacodynamic effects on alertness of single doses of armodafinil in healthy subjects during a nocturnal period of acute sleep loss seem to bear out; anecdotally, it’s also more powerful, with Cephalon offering pills with doses as low as 50mg. (To be technical, modafinil is racemic: it comes in two forms which are rotations, mirror-images of each other. The rotation usually doesn’t matter, but sometimes it matters tremendously - for example, one form of thalidomide stops morning sickness, and the other rotation causes hideous birth defects.)
Another interpretation of the mixed results in the literature is that, in some cases at least, individual differences in response to stimulants have led to null results when some participants in the sample are in fact enhanced and others are not. This possibility is not inconsistent with the previously mentioned ones; both could be at work. Evidence has already been reviewed that ability level, personality, and COMT genotype modulate the effect of stimulants, although most studies in the literature have not broken their samples down along these dimensions. There may well be other as-yet-unexamined individual characteristics that determine drug response. The equivocal nature of the current literature may reflect a mixture of substantial cognitive-enhancement effects for some individuals, diluted by null effects or even counteracted by impairment in others.
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I have personally found that with respect to the NOOTROPIC effect(s) of all the RACETAMS, whilst I have experienced improvements in concentration and working capacity / productivity, I have never experienced a noticeable ongoing improvement in memory. COLURACETAM is the only RACETAM that I have taken wherein I noticed an improvement in MEMORY, both with regards to SHORT-TERM and MEDIUM-TERM MEMORY. To put matters into perspective, the memory improvement has been mild, yet still significant; whereas I have experienced no such improvement at all with the other RACETAMS.
Another class of substances with the potential to enhance cognition in normal healthy individuals is the class of prescription stimulants used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These include methylphenidate (MPH), best known as Ritalin or Concerta, and amphetamine (AMP), most widely prescribed as mixed AMP salts consisting primarily of dextroamphetamine (d-AMP), known by the trade name Adderall. These medications have become familiar to the general public because of the growing rates of diagnosis of ADHD children and adults (Froehlich et al., 2007; Sankaranarayanan, Puumala, & Kratochvil, 2006) and the recognition that these medications are effective for treating ADHD (MTA Cooperative Group, 1999; Swanson et al., 2008).
As discussed in my iodine essay (FDA adverse events), iodine is a powerful health intervention as it eliminates cretinism and improves average IQ by a shocking magnitude. If this effect were possible for non-fetuses in general, it would be the best nootropic ever discovered, and so I looked at it very closely. Unfortunately, after going through ~20 experiments looking for ones which intervened with iodine post-birth and took measures of cognitive function, my meta-analysis concludes that: the effect is small and driven mostly by one outlier study. Once you are born, it’s too late. But the results could be wrong, and iodine might be cheap enough to take anyway, or take for non-IQ reasons. (This possibility was further weakened for me by an August 2013 blood test of TSH which put me at 3.71 uIU/ml, comfortably within the reference range of 0.27-4.20.)
Most research on these nootropics suggest they have some benefits, sure, but as Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir explain in the journal Nature, nobody knows their long-term effects. And we don’t know how extended use might change your brain chemistry in the long run. Researchers are getting closer to what makes these substances do what they do, but very little is certain right now. If you’re looking to live out your own Limitless fantasy, do your research first, and proceed with caution.
I bought 500g of piracetam (Examine.com; FDA adverse events) from Smart Powders (piracetam is one of the cheapest nootropics and SP was one of the cheapest suppliers; the others were much more expensive as of October 2010), and I’ve tried it out for several days (started on 7 September 2009, and used it steadily up to mid-December). I’ve varied my dose from 3 grams to 12 grams (at least, I think the little scoop measures in grams), taking them in my tea or bitter fruit juice. Cranberry worked the best, although orange juice masks the taste pretty well; I also accidentally learned that piracetam stings horribly when I got some on a cat scratch. 3 grams (alone) didn’t seem to do much of anything while 12 grams gave me a nasty headache. I also ate 2 or 3 eggs a day.
In my last post, I talked about the idea that there is a resource that is necessary for self-control…I want to talk a little bit about the candidate for this resource, glucose. Could willpower fail because the brain is low on sugar? Let’s look at the numbers. A well-known statistic is that the brain, while only 2% of body weight, consumes 20% of the body’s energy. That sounds like the brain consumes a lot of calories, but if we assume a 2,400 calorie/day diet - only to make the division really easy - that’s 100 calories per hour on average, 20 of which, then, are being used by the brain. Every three minutes, then, the brain - which includes memory systems, the visual system, working memory, then emotion systems, and so on - consumes one (1) calorie. One. Yes, the brain is a greedy organ, but it’s important to keep its greediness in perspective… Suppose, for instance, that a brain in a person exerting their willpower - resisting eating brownies or what have you - used twice as many calories as a person not exerting willpower. That person would need an extra one third of a calorie per minute to make up the difference compared to someone not exerting willpower. Does exerting self control burn more calories?
In terms of legal status, Adrafinil is legal in the United States but is unregulated. You need to purchase this supplement online, as it is not a prescription drug at this time. Modafinil on the other hand, is heavily regulated throughout the United States. It is being used as a narcolepsy drug, but isn’t available over the counter. You will need to obtain a prescription from your doctor, which is why many turn to Adrafinil use instead.
Both nootropics startups provide me with samples to try. In the case of Nootrobox, it is capsules called Sprint designed for a short boost of cognitive enhancement. They contain caffeine – the equivalent of about a cup of coffee, and L-theanine – about 10 times what is in a cup of green tea, in a ratio that is supposed to have a synergistic effect (all the ingredients Nootrobox uses are either regulated as supplements or have a “generally regarded as safe” designation by US authorities)
The research literature, while copious, is messy and varied: methodologies and devices vary substantially, sample sizes are tiny, the study designs vary from paper to paper, metrics are sometimes comically limited (one study measured speed of finishing a RAPM IQ test but not scores), blinding is rare and unclear how successful, etc. Relevant papers include Chung et al 2012, Rojas & Gonzalez-Lima 2013, & Gonzalez-Lima & Barrett 2014. Another Longecity user ran a self-experiment, with some design advice from me, where he performed a few cognitive tests over several periods of LLLT usage (the blocks turned out to be ABBA), using his father and towels to try to blind himself as to condition. I analyzed his data, and his scores did seem to improve, but his scores improved so much in the last part of the self-experiment I found myself dubious as to what was going on - possibly a failure of randomness given too few blocks and an temporal exogenous factor in the last quarter which was responsible for the improvement.
So with these 8 results in hand, what do I think? Roughly, I was right 5 of the days and wrong 3 of them. If not for the sleep effect on #4, which is - in a way - cheating (one hopes to detect modafinil due to good effects), the ratio would be 5:4 which is awfully close to a coin-flip. Indeed, a scoring rule ranks my performance at almost identical to a coin flip: -5.49 vs -5.5419. (The bright side is that I didn’t do worse than a coin flip: I was at least calibrated.)
Modafinil is a eugeroic, or ‘wakefulness promoting agent’, intended to help people with narcolepsy. It was invented in the 1970s, but was first approved by the American FDA in 1998 for medical use. Recent years have seen its off-label use as a ‘smart drug’ grow. It’s not known exactly how Modafinil works, but scientists believe it may increase levels of histamines in the brain, which can keep you awake. It might also inhibit the dissipation of dopamine, again helping wakefulness, and it may help alertness by boosting norepinephrine levels, contributing to its reputation as a drug to help focus and concentration.
One of the most common strategies to beat this is cycling. Users who cycle their nootropics take them for a predetermined period, (usually around five days) before taking a two-day break from using them. Once the two days are up, they resume the cycle. By taking a break, nootropic users reduce the tolerance for nootropics and lessen the risk of regression and tolerance symptoms.
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For the most current version of the Student Code of Conduct see FPU 3.006.
The student has the right to:
(i) Be provided with the opportunity to obtain a relevant, quality education, consistent with the mission of the University;
(ii) Freedom from self-incrimination. However, the University is not required to postpone any disciplinary proceeding pending the outcome of a criminal prosecution;
(iii) Receive accurate information about the University, its programs, its costs, and its expectations;
(iv) Be informed of and receive just and unbiased treatment under the rules and regulations of the University, in its classes, in its residential life, and in its extracurricular activities;
(v) Be informed of, and be graded on, specific requirements for each program and each course;
(vi) Be treated in a respectful manner by all other members of the University community;
(vii) Be informed of decisions impacting his or her status, advancement, or exercise of University benefits, and have the opportunity to appeal, through a defined process and framework, those decisions in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Student Code of Conduct;
(viii) Have only related past behavior considered in any student conduct hearing;
(ix) Exercise his or her rights and privileges without fear of university interference and without regard to age, race, gender, national origin, sexual preference, disability, religion, political views, veteran status or any other protected status;
(x) Privacy, including the confidentiality of education records according to the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA);
(xi) Participate in the student government and its elective process;
(xii) Membership in student organizations;
(xiii) Engage in inquiry and discussion, to exchange thought and opinion, and to speak, write, and print freely on any subject;
(xiv) Participate in the formulation of policy directly affecting students through membership on appropriate committees and student organizations;
(xv) Engage in peaceful and orderly speech, protest, demonstration, and picketing within the public forum which does not disrupt the educational functions of the University or violate any University policy or regulation;
(xvi) Adequate notice of charges alleged and a fair and impartial hearing under the Student Code of Conduct; (xvii) Bring complaints to the attention of the University through the Student Grievance Process;
(xviii) Be secure in their persons, living quarters, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures;
(xix) Retain ownership of class projects and assignments authored by the student and submitted to fulfill the requirements of a course in accordance with the University's Intellectual Property policy; and
(xx) Ready access to established university policies and procedures.
The student has the responsibility to:
(i) Observe and comply with all University regulations and policies and local, state and federal laws;
(ii) Move forward in intellectual development, while taking advantage of the many opportunities provided in this University environment for total personal growth, development, and maturation;
(iii) Respect the rights and privacy of others;
(iv) Accept the consequences of one's actions;
(v) Maintain high standards of academic integrity and honor in all work submitted;
(vi) Conduct oneself in a manner which does not infringe upon the rights of other members of the University community; and
(vii) As members of both the University and the surrounding community, demonstrate respect and concern for one's neighbors. Therefore, students, both residential and nonresidential, have an obligation to demonstrate responsible citizenship in their local neighborhood and communities.
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Author: Diane
Paranormal, Romance, and Chemistry
By Diane Metaphysical and Visionary
How the paranormal and romance go hand-in-hand.
On June 27, 1966, a warning shot announced that both television and paranormal fiction would soon make a huge splash into mainstream pop culture, thanks to the premier of Dark Shadows. At first, audiences were underwhelmed by this Gothic soap opera based on a wealthy, eclectic family living in a haunted mansion. Although both the gloomy setting and rumors of looming ghosts made the show’s tone different than that of the average soap opera, the storylines were still pretty run of the mill. But when the ghost of Josette Collins walked out of her portrait in episode 70, the show’s supernatural theme became credible. However, Josette’s appearance was almost too little, too late. Audiences wanted more, but the subsequent storyline of Roger’s estranged ex-wife secretly being a Phoenix did not pack enough punch to offset the long blocks of episodes where nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Nearly one year later, the show seemed destined for cancelation. However, episode 211 not only changed the show’s trajectory, it also helped America fall in love with vampires.
The timing chosen for vampire Barnabas Collins (portrayed by Jonathan Frid) to rise from his coffin was perfect—both in how it gave the show a critical ratings boost and the time of day the event occurred. Dark Shadows aired Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. on ABC, right after the highly successful Where the Action Is, a Dick Clark-produced music show aimed at teenagers. Teens who had little interest in soap operas, or who had been underwhelmed by the infrequent appearances of lack-luster supernatural characters on Dark Shadows, were wowed by Jonathan Frid’s inaugural appearance. In fact, their infatuation with Barnabas was so intense that Jonathan Frid became a staple in teen magazines.
Yes, teen magazines.
Did I mention Frid was over forty years old at the time?
By the summer of 1968, this forty-something man also received over 2000 pieces of mail each week from teenagers and housewives, many of whom openly expressed that they were willing to become his thralls. This proved that the sex appeal of a vampire was so strong, teenaged girls were drawn to someone their father’s age.
To deepen the attraction, Josette just happened to be Barnabas’s soulmate; thus, Dark Shadows not only gave us an alpha-male vampire who exercised control over others, it gave us a hopeless romantic whose love had been lost to the ages. (Hmm… this sounds a lot like Vampire Diaries. Katherine and Damon anyone?) Now that Dark Shadows packed the double punch of being a romantic Gothic soap opera, the rating sky rocketed.
The show’s producers had no choice but to build on the momentum that the vampire/tortured soul/lost love storyline had given it. As the Josette/Barnabas storyline played out, David Selby came on the scene as werewolf Quentin Collins (episode 646). While his character did not garner as much attention as Frid’s, Selby’s first appearance did have a similar effect. The younger Selby (26) seemed a tad on the rugged side to be in teen magazines, yet teenagers managed to give him a place in their hearts among the baby-faced likes of Davy Jones, David Cassidy, and Donny Osmond. The show’s writers and producers also employed a similar formula as they had with Frid. Much like how Barnabas had stepped out of 1795, Quentin’s storyline originated in 1897. Not only did the romantic lure of the past deepen both Quentin’s and Barnabas’s mystiques, the then-current revival in Edwardian fashions made their period attire seem both timeless and modern.
Quentin also had a romantic past; however, the contrast between his and Barnabas’s was great, as Quentin’s involved an affair with his brother’s wife, which in turn drove Quentin’s own wife insane. Now Dark Shadows had both a bona fide romantic (albeit a dangerous one) in Barnabas and a playboy in Quentin. These two characters added both romantic and sexual aspects to the show, thus ensuring Dark Shadows appealed to those who wanted to swoon, those who wanted to be controlled, and those who wanted to tame the beast. Add in that these character’s supernatural backgrounds brought a sense of mystery, and Dark Shadows had a formula for sex appeal that could not miss.
While a fascination with supernatural beings was certainly nothing new, it is indisputable that Dark Shadows was at the forefront of bringing the sex appeal of these types of characters into our lives on a consistent basis. Additionally, before Dark Shadows, most supernatural beings were portrayed as either comical (Teen Wolf) or downright scary (Dracula). However, Dark Shadows gave us a chance to actually get to know these supernatural beings more for the humans they were born as than the creatures they became, thus giving them the opportunity to be endearing. In general terms, women love endearing characters. Many women also love one or more of the qualities Quentin and Barnabas possessed (control, mystery, the need to be tamed, the desire to be good despite a natural inclination to be evil, and most importantly of all, the tortured soul wanting to be loved). Fast forward fifty-some years, and these types of characters are more prevalent and loved than ever.
When it comes to the supernatural, mystery always follows. And since mystery is a key component in romance, the two easily go hand in hand.
Tagged creative writing, dark shadows, magical realism, metaphysical fiction, romance writing, teen idols, visionary fiction
A Writer’s Musings (6)
Authorly How To’s and Resources (9)
Freedom To Love / Consanguinity (7)
Grammar Tips (5)
Metaphysical and Visionary (2)
Tasty Fun (7)
Warped Records & Pop Culture (6)
Culinary Fun
Diane’s Rants
Freedom To Love
Soulmates and the Freedom to Love
Why We Deny People Their Rights
Power Exchange
Consanguinity – Life in Prison for Consensual Love
Our Secret Love
Consanguinity – Visceral Reactions and Beautiful Friends
Why I Wrote Love’s Forbidden Flower
Passive vs Active Sentences
Punctuation Cheat Sheet
Self-editing / Commonly Misused Words Checklist
She Said – Using Creative Dialogue Tags
Independent Clauses – Comma Versus Semicolon Use
How To’s For Writers
Writing Well-Developed Characters –Vernacular
How Create An Audiobook
The Rural Setting Thesaurus
Free Book Promotions That Make Sense
Ebook Pricing Guidelines for Indie Authors
How to Edit Your Book (Self-Editing Basics)
How to Hire an Editor for your Book
Selling Your Controversial Book in a Conservative World
What a Beta Reader Does
Makeup Tips From A Glamazon
Writer’s Musings
My Battle Against Cyberbullying
Defining Beauty
Ending the Bully Chain
A Nefarious Engagement
The Legacy of the (Self-)Published Word
Love’s Forbidden Flower – Chapter 1
World Improvement
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EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY
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1/20 Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017
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4/20 Austin High School vs El Paso High School - 2017
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Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Members of El Paso High School Band during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
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El Paso High School won the battle for the claw. Austin High School 18 and El Paso High School 23 - Final.
The oldest high school rivalry in El Paso is the rivalry between Austin High School and El Paso High School. The rivalry began back in the 1930’s and is the 5th oldest rivalry in the State of Texas. In 1960, the student council groups of both rival schools came together and funded “The Claw” trophy to commemorate the rivalry. The Claw represents both the Panther and Tiger mascots. The traveling trophy is fought over every year at the Austin High School versus El Paso High School football game, where the Alumni from both schools gather to cheer on their school.
The original Claw trophy was stolen from Austin High School and to date has not been recovered. Soon after, a replica of the claw was made in order to continue the rivalry of the traveling trophy.
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Tom McKay - Austin High School Football - El Paso, Texas.
Photograph - Left to right: Thomas McKay(teacher), Olga Lujan (class of 1994), Chris Lujan (centennial tiger - 2016), and Tiger Nation.
Cheerleaders at Austin High School football game in the year 2017.
Principal, Craig Kehrwald - Austin High School football game.
Cheerleader at a football game at Austin High School - El Paso, Texas.
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Photograph of Austin High School fan at Austin High School - Austin High School 18 and El Paso High School 23 was the final.
Coach for El Paso High School gives pep talk to players during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. El Paso High School won - El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
El Paso High School Band during the Battle Of The Claw. El Paso High School won 23 to 18.
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Austin fans enjoying the game.Final of the game El Paso High 23 and Austin 18,
Battle Of The Claw
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Austin fans enjoying the game. Final of the game El Paso High 23 and Austin 18,
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Austin High School football players during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Austin coach standing on the sideline during the game.
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
Austin High School cheerleader during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
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Weiler, Nicholas Eugene was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 901 Englewood PKWY # M106, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601411934.
Weiler, Noah Jess was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16333 E 17Th PL UNIT B, AURORA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 5710070.
Weiler, Orville J was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9453 W Elmhurst PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4107499.
Weiler, Patricia Ann was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14600 Buckhorn RD, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1562222.
Weiler, Patricia Ann was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 181 E Del Rio DR, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3090681.
Weiler, Paul Arthur was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3130 Ramshorn DR, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 89356.
Weiler, Rebecca Wynn was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 310 Horse Thief LN, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601704112.
Weiler, Rhonda Ann was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7326 Aspen Glen LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 521555.
Weiler, Richard Douglas was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4881 Sand Ripples LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601560926.
Weiler, Richard Eugene was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 310 Horse Thief LN, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 601704110.
Weiler, Richard Joseph was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2929 Summer Wind LN # 3409, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 813769.
Weiler, Richard Leon Jr was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 101 Kahil PL APT 1, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 1403593.
Weiler, Richard Leon Sr was born in 1931 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14600 Buckhorn RD, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1560952.
Weiler, Robert Louis was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3028 F 1/2 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2372910.
Weiler, Rosemarie P was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4593 S Field ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4122803.
Weiler, Rosemary was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13801 E Yale AVE # 107, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2393976.
Weiler, Ruth L was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2929 Summer Wind LN # 3409, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 813768.
Weiler, Sandra Marie was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8435 Sweet Clover WAY, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5655392.
Weiler, Sarah Anne was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14742 Cherry ST, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200039645.
Weiler, Sarah Day was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2665 N Emporia ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2939762.
Weiler, Sarah J was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10005 Strathfield LN, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 848079.
Weiler, Sarah Nicole was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2800 W 103Rd AVE APT 2126, FEDERAL HGTS, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601784137.
Weiler, Sawyer James was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2280 Andrew DR, SUPERIOR, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601272438.
Weiler, Scott D was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8961 Silver CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5796884.
Weiler, Sean Karl was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 708 Alpine AVE, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3068774.
Weiler, Spencer C was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1409 Parkwood DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600034811.
Weiler, Stephan was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2016 Valley Forge AVE, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1512814.
Weiler, Steven Joseph was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4593 S Field ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600664192.
Weiler, Susan Kay was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1992 Silverado LN, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601131371.
Weiler, Susan Marie was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2055 Crestvue CIR, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4048616.
Weiler, Timothy Walter was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3612 Kirkwood LN, JOHNSTOWN, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600974611.
Weiler, Todd Mitchel was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13415 W 72Nd DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4083930.
Weiler, Torey Lynn was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12596 Maria CIR, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600080016.
Weiler, Walter Nicholas was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6948 W Jewell DR, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601846115.
Weiler, William C was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1420 E 97Th AVE, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6929256.
Weiler, William Steven was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 390 N Clarkson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600615815.
Weiler Bruccoliere, Shelley M was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1611 W Tejon AVE, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3015058.
Weiler Cabral, Melissa Frances was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8765 S Cody CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600869492.
Weiler-Ireland, Miranda Rose was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9678 Covey CT, NORTHGLENN, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600960135.
Weilerireland, Valerie Elizabeth was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9678 Covey CT, NORTHGLENN, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6876574.
Weiler Medrano, Thomas Robert was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4600 W 10Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 602000829.
Weilert, Abbey Sue was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 983 Daffodil ST, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 255308.
Weilert, Andrew Martin was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1314 Salem ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1457957.
Weilert, Anthony Dean was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 983 Daffodil ST, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 255310.
Weilert, Benjamin Martin was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3205 E Oak Creek DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 1460382.
Weilert, Clint Adam was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 46 Legend CIR, DILLON, Summit County, CO. His voter ID number is 2936673.
Weilert, Daniel Albin was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1944 Meadow DR APT 8, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 200303522.
Weilert, Darcey Lyn was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20420 Amanda CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200004028.
Weilert, Jesse James was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5854 Osbourne CT, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601182935.
Weilert, Josilynn Faye was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5854 Osbourne CT, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601156372.
Weilert, Julie Ann was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1314 Salem ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1458956.
Weilert, Laura M was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2470 S Lafayette ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2419904.
Weilert, Laura Margaret was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3205 E Oak Creek DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 449321.
Weilert, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 46 Legend CIR, DILLON, Summit County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2916102.
Weilert, Ronald Dean was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 20420 Amanda CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 258567.
Weilert, Stephanie Nicole was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 716 Sedge WAY, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200034211.
Weilert, Timothy Michael was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 716 Sedge WAY, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 1461418.
Weiley, Brett Albert was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 250 Acacia DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601125954.
Weiley, Michael John was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 250 Acacia DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601263692.
Weill, Cheryl Lynn was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2169 Dolan ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2932921.
Weill, Judy Ann was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 453 N Cook ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2931151.
Weill, Leopold Iii was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2172 S Trenton WAY # 2-108, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 2951412.
Weill, Leopold Iv was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3150 S Tamarac DR APT A102, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600647527.
Weill, Rhoda Joan was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4788 Shadowglen DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601369490.
Weill, Richard Leslie was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 453 N Cook ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600086474.
Weill, Rose Jeanette was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 504 Dakota BLVD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600243904.
Weill, Sarah Anne was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6967 Cole CT, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600301451.
Weilminster, Dominic Joseph was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2340 S Meade ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2957505.
Weilminster, Grace E was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2439 S Flora CT, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4002258.
Weilminster, John C was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2439 S Flora CT, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4000995.
Weilminster, Joseph Conrad was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15284 W 63Rd AVE # 202, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4071767.
Weilminster, Silvia Maria was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15284 W 63Rd AVE # 202, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4072110.
Weilmuenster, Brian Scott was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 220 Willow ST # 16, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600402412.
Weilmuenster, Christine C was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2610 E 132Nd AVE, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7060492.
Weilmuenster, Nicole Lynne was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10439 W 83Rd DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4069918.
Weilmuenster, Peter Henry was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2610 E 132Nd AVE, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7102178.
Weilnau, Blair Irene was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7078 Lee ST, WELLINGTON, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 882468.
Weilnau, Casey Elizabeth was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8411 S Lewis CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200118756.
Weilnau, Garan Renae was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1937 Montview DR, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6417631.
Weilnau, Joseph Conrad was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7078 Lee ST, WELLINGTON, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 8414559.
Weilnau, Larry Lynn was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 33675 County Road 361 # B, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 4086827.
Weilnau, Linda Carol was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 960 Cedar DR, RIFLE, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601306662.
Weilnau, Lyle R was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8411 S Lewis CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4266254.
Weilnau, Shirley Ann was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 33675 County Road 361 # B, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4086825.
Weilnau, Stephen Michael was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1937 Montview DR, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 3569503.
Weils, Colton Taylor was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 860 34Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601601727.
Weil-Tekubie, Kelly was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2110 W Cucharras ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601872198.
Weil Vance, Deonna Renee was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17025 Carlson DR # 1534, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601968922.
Weily, Hugh Stewart was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 475 S Gilpin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2777000.
Weily, Reed Franklin was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 100 N Dahlia ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 6697364.
Weiman, Aaron Schaffer was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5102 S Emporia WAY, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600752185.
Weiman, Alexandra Leigh was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1945 S Lafayette ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600024765.
Weiman, Angie Elizabeth was born in 1929 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 850 Brentwood ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3998411.
Weiman, Annette C was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 657 N Gilpin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2462332.
Weiman, Antoinette Marie was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8326 S Reed ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4109917.
Weiman, Barbara Jean was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10216 Oak Leaf CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5851895.
Weiman, Barbara L was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12178 E Exposition DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 657047.
Weiman, Brad A was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1085 S Fillmore WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 769091.
Weiman, Bradley Charles was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4455 W 30Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 4096374.
Weiman, Bradley Neil was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2667 S Xanadu WAY # B, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 932675.
Weiman, Caitlyn Elizabeth was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14390 Country Hills DR, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600393659.
Weiman, Catherine Louise was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10895 E 162Nd DR, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 821429.
Weiman, Cathy Jane was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11713 Paris ST, HENDERSON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6971973.
Weiman, Charlotte Ann was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1101 E Bayaud AVE APT E2109, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4170376.
Weiman, Cheryl A was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9600 E Girard AVE APT 2J, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2878560.
Weiman, Cheryl L was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12180 W 75Th LN, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4074057.
Weiman, Christopher Edward was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10216 Oak Leaf CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600760589.
Weiman, Christopher Robert was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2785 N Speer BLVD APT B116, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601852119.
Weiman, Colleen Kay was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2667 S Xanadu WAY # B, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1105408.
Weiman, Dawn Michele was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10353 W Patterson PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4381548.
Weiman, Dean Thomas was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17634 Hoyt PL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600180039.
Weiman, Derek James was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10353 W Patterson PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4281936.
Weiman, Derek Robert was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 592 Blackhawk RD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8415543.
Weiman, Donald Dean was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6165 E Iliff AVE APT 316B, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2623295.
Weiman, Drew C was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 619 Tantra DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 2946030.
Weiman, Duane C was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 18930 W 54Th PL, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4097268.
Weiman, Edward Adam was born in 1934 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10216 Oak Leaf CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5708632.
Weiman, Elizabeth was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2291 Hampstead DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1458612.
Weiman, Emily Jean was born in 2000 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8326 S Reed ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601646380.
Weiman, Evonne J was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 962 S Garland WAY, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3976918.
Weiman, Gregory Michael was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9945 W 105Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4191494.
Weiman, Hailey Jo was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 45722 Rampart RD, PARKER, Elbert County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601327609.
Weiman, Harlan Ray was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2542 W Dale ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600794805.
Weiman, Illona Gayle was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5102 S Emporia WAY, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 777999.
Weiman, James David was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2007 Mathews ST # G1, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 2602765.
Weiman, Jason Travis was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1138 Opal ST, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 8414827.
Weiman, Jill Marie was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18930 W 54Th PL, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600831769.
Weiman, John Donald Jr was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3380 Yarrow ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 2957710.
Weiman, Joseph Daniel was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8729 W Cornell AVE # 7, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4022250.
Weiman, Julia Kay was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18930 W 54Th PL, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600684339.
Weiman, Julie Ann was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12178 E Exposition DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 654948.
Weiman, Justin Tanner was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12408 E Amherst CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601878538.
Weiman, Kaitlyn Loueen was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3380 Yarrow ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600314933.
Weiman, Katie Elizabeth was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4455 W 30Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600209652.
Weiman, Kenneth J Jr was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10895 E 162Nd DR, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 821392.
Weiman, Kenneth Stephen was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12990 Mesa View RD, LARKSPUR, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 601429950.
Weiman, Kevin Christopher was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12990 Mesa View RD, LARKSPUR, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600146175.
Weiman, Larry J was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11628 Jasper ST, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6878391.
Weiman, Leonard F was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12178 E Exposition DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 657046.
Weiman, Lexi was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10353 W Patterson PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601242008.
Weiman, Lillian Sarah was born in 1933 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 91 Shoshone DR, WALSENBURG, Huerfano County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4740347.
Weiman, Linda L was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20521 E 45Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2464293.
Weiman, Linda Marie was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6754 W 98Th CIR, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4291094.
Weiman, Lindsey Marie was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1138 Opal ST # 201, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601123028.
Weiman, Lucas Wentworth was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17634 E Ohio CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601004117.
Weiman, Lynda L was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7985 Canvasback CT, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4146586.
Weiman, Mark A was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2009 Crestridge DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1579508.
Weiman, Mark Stephen was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17844 E Mississippi PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 658197.
Weiman, Matthew Alvin was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2291 Hampstead DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200169694.
Weiman, Matthew Kyle was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1085 S Fillmore WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600604806.
Weiman, Matthew Paul was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8326 S Reed ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4109642.
Weiman, Michael Eugene was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1101 E Bayaud AVE APT E2109, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 4170490.
Weiman, Michael Jacob was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5102 S Emporia WAY, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600698671.
Weiman, Michael Ray was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2265 Shenandoah DR, PAGOSA SPRINGS, Archuleta County, CO. His voter ID number is 601956298.
Weiman, Michel John was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12178 E Exposition DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600423430.
Weiman, Nancy Anne was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18930 W 54Th PL, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4097054.
Weiman, Nancy K was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1085 S Fillmore WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 768930.
Weiman, Nicholas James was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14390 Country Hills DR, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 820452.
Weiman, Paige Alexandra was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1051 14Th ST APT 22051, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601162142.
Weiman, Paul A was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6754 W 98Th CIR, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4176622.
Weiman, Paula Jean was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2009 Crestridge DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1577729.
Weiman, Paula L was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10 Honey Locust, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4100616.
Weiman, Rachel Louise was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8500 E Jefferson AVE APT 17E, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200053950.
Weiman, Richard D was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 592 Blackhawk RD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8414830.
Weiman, Ronda Michelle was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 25015 Impala CIR, CALHAN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 309322.
Weiman, Shannon Dawn was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 465 University AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601292871.
Weiman, Shawna Lee was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10756 W 12Th LN # 3, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4281732.
Weiman, Shawn M was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11713 Paris ST, HENDERSON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7091408.
Weiman, Stephen Kevin Marion was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12990 Mesa View RD, LARKSPUR, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5864145.
Weiman, Teresa Ann was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11327 W 26Th PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4019859.
Weiman, Teresa Ann was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11628 Jasper ST, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6968285.
Weiman, Thomas G was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 962 S Garland WAY, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3977065.
Weiman, Timothy P was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10 Honey Locust, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4100117.
Weiman, Tracie Lynne was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 621 Tierra Verde CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200382850.
Weiman, Tyler Anthony was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6754 W 98Th CIR, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601248395.
Weiman, Wendy Ann was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 19859 High Park RD, CEDAREDGE, Delta County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4106607.
Weimann, Amelia D was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 536 Amethyst DR, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3678611.
Weimann, Angelina A was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 536 Amethyst DR, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600808736.
Weimann, Joachim J was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 775 Cemetery LN, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6775459.
Weimann, Renate F was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 775 Cemetery LN, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6775460.
Weimar, Allison Michelle was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4730 Wing Shadow VW, MANITOU SPGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600138239.
Weimar, Barbara Alice was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2108 Yearling DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601074857.
Weimar, Diane Carol was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4730 Wing Shadow VW, MANITOU SPGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 111946.
Weimar, Edward Albert was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6327 E Hinsdale AVE, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 5841979.
Weimar, Henry Albert was born in 1926 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2479 S Clermont ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2439199.
Weimar, Henry George was born in 1931 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3465 Lochwood DR # S89, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 3667856.
Weimar, James Phillip was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2108 Yearling DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601075101.
Weimar, Jeffrey David was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1438 39Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6421320.
Weimar, John Charles was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9050 Rex LN, CONIFER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4220142.
Weimar, Jordan William was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6610 Montarbor DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200146385.
Weimar, Kurt Joseph was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13645 Pine Creek RD, SEDALIA, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5857647.
Weimar, Lori D was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5604 E Nichols PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5933109.
Weimar, Maria was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3077 Wild Peregrine VW, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601558103.
Weimar, Mark Alan was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6250 Pulpit Rock DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601489887.
Weimar, Morgan N was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8256 S Fillmore WAY, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600623088.
Weimar, Stephanie Lynn was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9050 Rex LN, CONIFER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601771558.
Weimar, Steven E was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4730 Wing Shadow VW, MANITOU SPGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 111945.
Weimar, Suzan Haggerty was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7963 E Hampden CIR, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2542632.
Weimar, William C was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7963 E Hampden CIR, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2481702.
Weimeister, Jo Anne was born in 1936 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 370 Audrey DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1662968.
Weimeister, Kathleen Sue was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3625 W 29Th ST # 3, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1617166.
Weimeister, Melvin Glen was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 370 Audrey DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1396536.
Weimer, Adam Jr was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 20405 County Rd 13, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3563962.
Weimer, Adam Joseph Charles was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 742 Traildust DR, MILLIKEN, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601711142.
Weimer, Adam Kenneth was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3144 Caged CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2317903.
Weimer, Ailyn Evodia was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 226 West ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601397970.
Weimer, Alan Wesley was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6967 Springhill DR, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8414834.
Weimer, Alex Dean was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3080 W Iliff AVE APT 303, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600973462.
Weimer, Allan Dean was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1415 Delta Queen CT, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. His voter ID number is 6589129.
Weimer, Allura Piper was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15094 E Bails PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601802512.
Weimer, Amanda Jean was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9496 Juniper WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200374848.
Weimer, Amanda Kathleen was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5482 Wishing Well DR, TIMNATH, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200160318.
Weimer, Ardith Jean was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3865 S Dawson ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 922039.
Weimer, Arlene J was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 419 W 22Nd ST, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3069726.
Weimer, Arlene Kay was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 530 Dahlia ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3570389.
Weimer, Arlene Louise was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1640 Wild Rye CT, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5674217.
Weimer, Ashley B was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15901 Hwy 144, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3579951.
Weimer, Astrid W was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 19472 E Brunswick DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 726721.
Weimer, Barbara Ray was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 720 Colfax ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600281772.
Weimer, Benjamin Joseph was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 314 E Union AVE, LASALLE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601053842.
Weimer, Benjamin Ross was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4280 E Warren AVE UNIT 6, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601009721.
Weimer, Ben M was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6175 Janice WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4078495.
Weimer, Beth Ann was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 155 NE Knotty Pine CT, CEDAREDGE, Delta County, CO. Her voter ID number is 562166.
Weimer, Betty Gomez was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 30251/2 B 1/2 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600144542.
Weimer, Beverly Ann was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3900 Gold Rush CT, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6333994.
Weimer, Blake David was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 320 Christiansen AVE, GRANBY, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 601743940.
Weimer, Bonnie Lynn was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 51 W 2Nd AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2770923.
Weimer, Bradley Charles was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12602 Elm ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6821112.
Weimer, Brett Roland was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 58 W Ellsworth AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601272432.
Weimer, Brittany Ann was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3222 11Th AVE # 333, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601547002.
Weimer, Brittney Nicole Mae was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 24 Cooper CT, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3580672.
Weimer, Bryan D was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6540 S Tabor ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4141859.
Weimer, Bryan Lee was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 31865 Daniel RD, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 2996882.
Weimer, Caitlin Shea was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3377 Astorbrook WAY, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600517726.
Weimer, Carl Scott was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6623 Bean Mountain LN, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8414841.
Weimer, Carol Ann was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6967 Springhill DR, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8414842.
Weimer, Caroline D was born in 1929 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7130 Zenobia ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7095233.
Weimer, Carolyn was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 700 N Washington ST APT 809, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2867155.
Weimer, Casey Aaron was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 501 E Fir DR, GRANBY, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 8524822.
Weimer, Catorina Marie was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 27178 Cc RD, NUCLA, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 229912.
Weimer, Chad David was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 380 Cynthia LN, WESTCLIFFE, Custer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200249018.
Weimer, Chester Leroy was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 419 W 22Nd ST, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3053539.
Weimer, Christine Rae was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10875 Wild Fox PT, FRANKTOWN, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600657939.
Weimer, Christopher Alan was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4600 E Kentucky AVE APT 216, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 6420706.
Weimer, Christopher Colony was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5490 W Princeton DR, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2762139.
Weimer, Christopher D was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 19760 County Rd 14, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3573527.
Weimer, Cindy Jo was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6209 N St Louis AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200145420.
Weimer, Claudia Doris was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3239 W Wolfensberger RD, SEDALIA, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5836493.
Weimer, Constantine Frederick Iii was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11533 W 101St AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601939206.
Weimer, Cory Matthew was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 19384 Hwy 145, DOLORES, Montezuma County, CO. His voter ID number is 601602197.
Weimer, Craig Lane was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1738 68Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6352161.
Weimer, Craig Martin was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17428 W 10Th AVE, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4043833.
Weimer, Crista Lee was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 817 Bob BLVD, BRUSH, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2248023.
Weimer, Cynthia A was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12963 W 20Th AVE, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4050788.
Weimer, Cynthia Rae was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1738 68Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600547315.
Weimer, Dale Allen was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 302 12Th ST, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6415207.
Weimer, Daniel Thomas was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1522 N Lafayette ST APT 2, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200064026.
Weimer, Dann was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1201 W Thornton PKWY # 288, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7045552.
Weimer, Darcy Lee was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 29500 2700 RD, NUCLA, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5390414.
Weimer, Darleen Kay was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20405 County Rd 13, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3563963.
Weimer, David Cody was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 165 Coolidge CT, BENNETT, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 200212861.
Weimer, David Eugene was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 718 Carol ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 600105730.
Weimer, David J was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3843 S Elm ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2764816.
Weimer, David M was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9565 Mountain RD, CASCADE, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 504780.
Weimer, David R was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 353 Golden Bear DR, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 6798242.
Weimer, David Warren was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10856 Klondike DR, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200135414.
Weimer, David William was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5130 Splitrail DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 407610.
Weimer, David William was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2311 Park Center DR APT 201, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601185104.
Weimer, Davis R was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4185 N Hooker ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600545729.
Weimer, Debra Jean was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1168 Fish Creek LN, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6589026.
Weimer, Denise Laureen was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10856 Klondike DR, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 540549.
Weimer, Devon A was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5490 W Princeton DR, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200147366.
Weimer, Diana Linn was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 213 Sixth ST, CROOK, Logan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 602004840.
Weimer, Diana Susan was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10875 County Rd 4, MERINO, Logan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2251964.
Weimer, Donald Albert was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3314 Logan AVE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1628114.
Weimer, Donna Hull was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17247 Hwy 34, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3563964.
Weimer, Donna Marie was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 187 County Rd 469, GRAND LAKE, Grand County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8514546.
Weimer, Douglas A was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 619 Hemlock ST, HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 8525608.
Weimer, Dustin Michael was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6410 W 111Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4181168.
Weimer, Dwayne Anthony was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5130 Splitrail DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601077443.
Weimer, Edward George was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3510 Cottonwood CIR, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6386962.
Weimer, Elzbieta Anna was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4359 Moore ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601384485.
Weimer, Erica Michael was born in 2001 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 510 County Rd 606, GRANBY, Grand County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601567929.
Weimer, Eric Scott was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2819 W E ST, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601590738.
Weimer, Erik Allen was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 23642 E Chenango PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601735140.
Weimer, Esther M was born in 1931 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 420 Euclid ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3565428.
Weimer, Evan Richard was born in 2000 and registered to vote, giving the address as 4312 Creekwood DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Weimer voter ID number is 601760482.
Weimer, Gary Donald was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10187 Piedmont CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5776080.
Weimer, Georgiana Kay was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2179 Canyon View DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2258454.
Weimer, Gregory Allyn was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6806 W 3Rd ST UNIT 3, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 1462921.
Weimer, Gregory Shane was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1852 Eagle DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1660946.
Weimer, Haley Marie was born in 1999 and registered to vote, giving the address as 510 County Rd 606, GRANBY, Grand County, CO. Weimer voter ID number is 601400694.
Weimer, Harold was born in 1929 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15097 County Rd 12, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3563393.
Weimer, Harold Michal was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 807 Golden Jubilee DR, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 3563394.
Weimer, Harold Steven was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 30251/2 B 1/2 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2360861.
Weimer, Harvey James was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1201 W Thornton PKWY # 288, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6868560.
Weimer, Heath Thomas was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2727 Eldorado Springs DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1609632.
Weimer, Helen Irene was born in 1929 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1640 E Riverview AVE APT 10, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3564308.
Weimer, Henry Arden was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 226 West ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 600776071.
Weimer, Hilary Ann was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 220 Shirley AVE, NEW RAYMER, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6311214.
Weimer, Irene Marie was born in 2000 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 30251/2 B 1/2 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601803638.
Weimer, Jacob G was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8269 Jolene CIR, DENVER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7091584.
Weimer, Jacob Thomas was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5775 W 29Th ST UNIT 1309, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 8528093.
Weimer, Jacqueline was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 44700 E Maplewood DR, BENNETT, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 731962.
Weimer, Jacqueline Glenrae was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10875 Wild Fox PT, FRANKTOWN, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5813592.
Weimer, Jacqueline Lee was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 807 Golden Jubilee DR, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3563395.
Weimer, Jake Matthew was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10875 County Rd 4, MERINO, Logan County, CO. His voter ID number is 600930208.
Weimer, James Edward was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3900 Gold Rush CT, EVANS, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6333993.
Weimer, James S was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7 Noah CT, BRUSH, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3570235.
Weimer, Jana Lea was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 37751 County Rd 3, WILEY, Prowers County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2994696.
Weimer, Janice Kay was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1025 Linda ST APT 25, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3574814.
Weimer, Janice Lee was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2460 Braun DR, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4050682.
Weimer, Jason Craig was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 230 High PKWY, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601567453.
Weimer, Jason Ryan was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3008 Wildridge RD # B4, AVON, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 601040828.
Weimer, Jenifer Lynne was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4663 S Tabor WAY, MORRISON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4153245.
Weimer, Jennifer Gayle was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 320 Christiansen AVE, GRANBY, Grand County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601642600.
Weimer, Jeral K was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 711 Lincoln ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3572603.
Weimer, Jerry Eugene was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 802 Grant ST, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. His voter ID number is 3581997.
Weimer, Jeryl L was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17730 County Rd Q.8, FORT MORGAN, Morgan County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3564309.
Weimer, Jessica Dawn was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 26984 County Rd 22.5, ROCKY FORD, Otero County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3170929.
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former CIA Director John Brennan
FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN 2012 LEAK ‘HELPED COMPROMISE’ YEMEN OPERATION, RISKED AGENT’S LIFE
He Should Be In Prison.
Rand Paul continued to make his case for revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance in a Thursday Breitbart op-ed, citing a 2012 leak that “helped compromise” an operation in Yemen and risked an agent’s life.
Stating that Brennan is “no stranger” to the problem of “vital, secret details” being leaked by security clearance-holding television commentators, Paul hearkened back to 2012.
The Kentucky Senator claimed that Brennan, then Obama’s top White House adviser on counter-terrorism, gave classified information to a group of former Obama advisers turned TV commentators about a Yemen terror plot that Washington had “inside control” of through a double-agent.
After Brennan’s briefing, one of the call’s participants, Richard Clarke, went on ABC and broadcast the government implying that there was a Western spy inside the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bomb-making group.
John Brennan’s careless leak to former intelligence officials turned television commentators helped compromise an operation and risk the life of a double agent, and who knows what other objectives it also hindered or outright prevented. This is exactly why former intelligence officials who are now talking heads on television should not continue to have a security clearance.
Reuters reported in 2012: “At stake was an operation that could not have been more sensitive — the successful penetration by Western spies of AQAP, al Qaeda’s most creative and lethal affiliate. As a result of leaks, the undercover operation had to be shut down.”
Earlier this week, Paul tweeted that he would ask President Trump to revoke Brennan’s security clearance. (RELATED: Rand Paul Goes After Brennan: ‘Revoke John Brennan’s Security Clearance!’)
Senator Rand Paul
✔@RandPaul
Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump ?
7:42 AM – Jul 23, 2018
Replying to @RandPaul
Today I will meet with the President and I will ask him to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance!
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/26/rand-paul-brennan-2012-leak/
Filed Under: Above The Law, Anti-American, Barack Obama, Common Sense Nation, Crazy Liberals, Government Corruption Tagged With: Common Sense Nation, former CIA Director John Brennan, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN 2012 LEAK ‘HELPED COMPROMISE’ YEMEN OPERATION, RISKED AGENT’S LIFE, Senator Rand Paul
FBI Ran Spy Operation Against Trump Campaign And No One Is In Jail
Why Did Bob Mueller Not Investigate Any Of These SOB’s.
Leakers to the New York Times confirmed in a story published on Wednesday that the FBI had run a spy operation on the Trump campaign that involved government informants, secret subpoenas, and possible wiretaps.
The story comes ahead of the release of the pending Department of Justice inspector general report on the FBI’s actions during the 2016 election, and likely is an attempt by the leakers to paint the FBI’s efforts in the most flattering light possible.
But the story revealed that the FBI – which is supposed to be an apolitical agency – was spying on the Trump campaign through phone records and with “at least one” human asset.
“The F.B.I. obtained phone records and other documents using national security letters — a secret type of subpoena — officials said. And at least one government informant met several times with Mr. Page and Mr. Papadopoulos,” the Times reported, citing “current and former officials.”
The revelation of “at least one government informant” appears to confirm a Washington Post story last week in which leakers revealed that the FBI had a “top secret intelligence source” — a U.S. citizen who likely lived overseas — who had spied on members of the Trump campaign for the FBI.
The Post‘s report came out as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) was fighting the Justice Department for access to information on the source.
According to the Wall Street Journal‘s Kimberley Strassel, the source meant “the FBI secretly had a person on the payroll who used his or her non-FBI credentials to interact in some capacity with the Trump campaign.”
“This would amount to spying, and it is hugely disconcerting,” she wrote in a piece last Thursday.
The Times‘ story also seems to conflict with what the FBI has previously maintained — that the investigation into the Trump campaign began with information that Papadopoulos had told an Australian diplomat he knew that Russians had stolen emails that would be embarrassing for Clinton.
Leakers told the Times that “within hours” of opening the investigation into the Trump campaign on July 31, 2016, the FBI dispatched two agents to London to interview the Australian diplomat who had talked to Papadopoulos, meaning that the investigation had officially opened even before they interviewed him.
In fact, it was not until two days after the investigation began that the agents summarized their interview — which apparently “broke with diplomatic protocol” — and sent the summary back to Washington.
The Times‘ story glosses over this discrepancy by saying the agents’ report “helped provide the foundation” for the case – instead of sparked the case – as has been claimed.
Those facts appear to confirm that the FBI had opened the investigation on the Trump campaign based on other information — perhaps the “top secret intelligence source.”
Strassel also questioned in her piece when the investigation really began, and why. She wrote:
“…when precisely was this human source operating? Because if it was prior to that infamous Papadopoulos tip, then the FBI isn’t being straight. It would mean the bureau was spying on the Trump campaign prior to that moment. And that in turn would mean that the FBI had been spurred to act on the basis of something other than a junior campaign aide’s loose lips.”
The Times’ story is also vague as to when exactly FBI agents began looking into the Trump campaign, saying that it was “days” after their investigation on Hillary Clinton’s email server ended. Comey had announced he would not seek charges against Clinton on July 5, 2016, and the FBI officially launched their investigation on July 31, 2016.
According to the Times‘ story, the investigation seems to have been sparked by suspicions over some campaign members’ pre-existing connections with Russia before they joined the campaign.
Flynn, a retired three-star general, was once paid $45,000 by Russian outlet Russia Today for a 2015 speaking engagement; Paul Manafort — a veteran Republican strategist — had lobbied for pro-Russian interests in Ukraine long before he joined the Trump campaign; Carter Page had previously worked in Moscow and Russian spies had tried to recruit him. In Papadopoulos’s case, he “seemed to know” Russia had “political dirt” on Clinton.
The FBI also found Trump’s behavior suspicious, although he was not under investigation. FBI officials were also alarmed by reports that wrongly suggested that Trump’s campaign had tried to change the GOP’s stance on Ukraine in a way favorable to Russia.
The Times’ story also confirms the FBI used the salacious Steele dossier in addition to “F.B.I. information” to obtain a wiretap on Page. Democrats have tried to downplay the FBI’s reliance on the document.
The story reveals the FBI — instead of alerting the Trump campaign that it might be a target of Russian influence operations — went to lengths to hide the investigation.
Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates claimed in an interview with the Times that they did not want word of the investigation to leak and to impact the election.
“You do not take actions that will unnecessarily impact an election,” she said. (Instead, they secretly spied on the Trump campaign as mentioned above, via phone records, secret subpoenas, and at least one informant.)
The story downplays the actions of FBI agent Peter Strzok, who played a key role in the Clinton email and Trump campaign investigations.
The story claims that the FBI did not reveal eagerness to investigate Trump, citing one of Strzok’s text messages to FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he was having an extramarital affair.
The Times quoted Strzok as texting Page with, “I cannot believe we are seriously looking at these allegations and the pervasive connections.” In reality, he had texted Page “OMG I CANNOT BELIEVE WE ARE SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THE PERVASIVE CONNECTIONS.”
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway, who has reported on the FBI’s investigation in depth, called the Times’ report “an attempted whitewash” of FBI behavior.
@MZHemingway
I’m finding the numerous false statements in this attempted whitewash of FBI behavior to be frustrating. An example. pic.twitter.com/B6oMWNLaKC
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@JohnWHuber
It’s an embarrassment of an article. The @nytimes should be ashamed to be stenographers for biased FBI and DOJ officials
NYT: Strzok writes a message in sentence case, with calm, detached air implied
REALITY: “OMG” and the entire message in excited ALL CAPS pic.twitter.com/3AJGicwdjs
4:41 PM – May 16, 2018
The story reveals that the code name for the investigation on the Trump campaign was “Crossfire Hurricane,” based on a Rolling Stones song.
Nowhere in the story, however, is there evidence of any collusion during the campaign. The story states that Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was about to be cleared in November 2016, until he took actions after the election that the FBI wanted to examine.
The story also states: “The question they confronted still persists: Was anyone in the Trump campaign tied to Russian efforts to undermine the election?”
“A year and a half later, no public evidence has surfaced connecting Mr. Trump’s advisers to the hacking or linking Mr. Trump himself to the Russian government’s disruptive efforts,” it states.
The story also shows former CIA Director John Brennan taking an active role in pushing the investigation along.
By mid-August, Brennan shared intelligence with Comey showing that the Russian government was behind an attack on the election. It states he also briefed top lawmakers that summer about Russian election interference and intelligence that Moscow supported the Trump campaign.
Other reports have said Brennan briefed then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who then urged then-FBI Director James Comey to investigate the Trump campaign in an August 27, 2016 letter that could be shared with media — even though there was already an open FBI investigation.
A separate report on Wednesday published by the American Spectator’s George Neumayr said that leaked news stories in the British press showed that Brennan’s spying on Trump began around April 2016.
“As it became urgently clear to Brennan that Trump was going to face off against Hillary, Brennan turned to ‘intelligence partners’ in Europe for dirt on Trump. But they didn’t have any, save some pretty skimpy material on ‘contacts’ between Trump campaign officials and Russians,” he writes. He continues:
From April 2016 to July 2016, according to leaked stories in the British press, he assembled a multi-agency taskforce that served as the beginnings of a counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign. During these months, he was ‘personally briefing’ Obama on ‘Russian interference’ — Brennan’s euphemism for spying on the Trump campaign — and was practically camped out at the White House. So in all likelihood Obama knew about and had given his blessing to Brennan’s dirt-digging.
The Times‘ story seems to corroborate that taskforce. According to the Times, “intelligence agencies began collaborating to investigate” the Russian government attack on the election, which involved the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team.
“The Crossfire Hurricane team was part of that group but largely operated independently,” three officials told the Times.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/16/leakers-to-nyt-confirm-fbi-ran-spy-operation-against-trump-campaign/
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This article is about the 1972 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1972 in baseball.
The 1972 Major League Baseball season was first to have games cancelled by a player strike. It was also the last season in which American League pitchers would hit for themselves on a regular basis; the designated hitter rule would go into effect the following season.
1 Labor strife and more moving
2 Champions
3 Awards and honors
4 Statistical leaders
5 Major league baseball final standings
5.1 American League final standings
5.2 National League final standings
7 Births
7.1 January–March
7.2 April–June
7.3 July–September
7.4 October–December
8 Deaths
Labor strife and more moving
1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration. The strike erased the first week and a half of the season, and the Leagues decided to just excise the lost portion of the season with no makeups. As a result, an uneven number of games were lost by each team; some as few as six, some as many as nine. The lack of makeups, even when they affected the playoffs, led to the Boston Red Sox losing the American League East by half a game to the Detroit Tigers.
1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers, who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C. (where they played as the Washington Senators) after the 1971 season. The team was one of the worst ever fielded by the franchise, losing 100 games for the first time since 1964. Manager Ted Williams hated it in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and resigned at the end of the season. To make room for the Rangers in the American League West Division, one of the teams already in that division would have to switch to the East Division. Technically, both the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers were the easternmost teams in the West Division, but only one of them could move. It was decided that Milwaukee, as the newer franchise, would make the move. The Brewers and White Sox would again become divisional rivals in 1994 with the formation of the American League Central, but this would last only through 1997, when Milwaukee transferred to the National League.
1972 would mark the Kansas City Royals' final year at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, as the next year they would move to Royals Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex in suburban Kansas City.
The World Series was won by the Oakland Athletics, the first of three straight behind the bats of Reggie Jackson and Bert Campaneris, and the pitching cadre of Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue. The year ended on a sad note when Roberto Clemente died in an airplane crash off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on New Year's Eve, while participating in aid efforts after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake.
World Series MVP: Gene Tenace
All-Star Game, July 25 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium: National League, 4–3 (10 innings); Joe Morgan, MVP
Most Valuable Player
Dick Allen, Chicago White Sox, 1B (AL)
Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds, C (NL)
Cy Young Award
Gaylord Perry, Cleveland Indians (AL)
Steve Carlton, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
Carlton Fisk, Boston Red Sox, C (AL)
Jon Matlack, New York Mets, P (NL)
American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Rod Carew MIN .318 Billy Williams CHC .333
HR Dick Allen CHW 37 Johnny Bench CIN 40
RBI Dick Allen CHW 113 Johnny Bench CIN 125
Wins Wilbur Wood CHW
Gaylord Perry CLE 24 Steve Carlton1 PHI 27
ERA Luis Tiant BOS 1.91 Steve Carlton1 PHI 1.97
SO Nolan Ryan CAL 329 Steve Carlton1 PHI 310
SV Sparky Lyle NYY 35 Clay Carroll CIN 37
SB Bert Campaneris OAK 52 Lou Brock STL 63
1 National League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
American League final standings
Club Wins Losses Win % GB
Detroit Tigers 86 70 .551 –
Boston Red Sox 85 70 .548 0.5
Baltimore Orioles 80 74 .519 5
New York Yankees 79 76 .510 6.5
Cleveland Indians 72 84 .462 14
Milwaukee Brewers 65 91 .417 21
Oakland Athletics 93 62 .600 –
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 5.5
Minnesota Twins 77 77 .500 15.5
Kansas City Royals 76 78 .494 16.5
California Angels 75 80 .484 18
Texas Rangers 54 100 .351 38.5
National League final standings
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 59 .619 –
Chicago Cubs 85 70 .548 11
New York Mets 83 73 .532 13.5
St. Louis Cardinals 75 81 .481 21.5
Montreal Expos 70 86 .449 26.5
Philadelphia Phillies 59 97 .378 37.5
Cincinnati Reds 95 59 .617 –
Houston Astros 84 69 .549 10.5
Los Angeles Dodgers 85 70 .548 10.5
Atlanta Braves 70 84 .455 25
San Francisco Giants 69 86 .445 26.5
San Diego Padres 58 95 .379 36.5
January 13 – Bernice Gera wins a discrimination suit against organized baseball, opening the door for her to become the first female umpire in professional baseball.
January 19 – The Baseball Writers' Association of America elects Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra and Early Wynn to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Koufax makes it in his first try and, at age of 36, is the youngest honoree in history.
February 8 – Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues has selected Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard for the Hall of Fame.
March 16 – Reigning American League Cy Young and MVP award winner Vida Blue announces his retirement. It will be a short one as he will rejoin the Oakland Athletics in May.
April 1–13 – The first players' strike in baseball history wipes 6–8 games off the schedule of each MLB team. It is agreed that the missed games will be canceled altogether and not made up; this results in teams not being scheduled for the same number of games in the 1972 season. The schedule imbalance would lead to the Detroit Tigers edging the Boston Red Sox by only one-half game to win the American League East Division championship. The strike results in the team owners adding salary arbitration to the collective bargaining agreement, and increasing pension fund payments.
April 2 – With the sudden death of Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra is named manager of the New York Mets.
April 16 – Chicago Cubs pitcher Burt Hooton pitches a 4–0 no-hitter over the Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
April 21 – At Arlington Stadium, Frank Howard hits the first home run in Texas Rangers history, a solo shot off Clyde Wright of the California Angels.
May 11 – The San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and cash.
May 14 – In front of a Mother's Day crowd of 35,000 in New York's Shea Stadium, Willie Mays makes a triumphant return to New York with the Mets, hitting a game-winning home run against his old teammates (the Giants). He scores in the first inning on Rusty Staub's grand slam and his solo homer in the fifth inning snaps a 4–4 tie. The final score: Mets 5, Giants 4.
May 28 – The Milwaukee Brewers fire manager Dave Bristol, replacing him with Del Crandall. Coach Roy McMillan takes over until Crandall arrives and guides the team to a 4–1 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
June 18 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules 5–3 in favor of Major League Baseball in the lawsuit brought by Curt Flood.
June 24 – In the first game of a doubleheader between the visiting Auburn Phillies and Geneva Senators of the Class A New York-Pennsylvania League, Bernice Gera becomes the first woman to umpire a professional baseball game. She resigns between games after being verbally abused by some spectators and by some involved in the game.
July 2 – San Francisco's Willie McCovey hits his 14th career grand slam home run to pace the Giants' 9–3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pitcher Randy Moffitt wins his first major league game and receives a congratulatory telegram from his sister Billie Jean King, who is playing at Wimbledon.
July 11 – At Oakland, Boston's Marty Pattin has his no-hit bid foiled when Reggie Jackson hits a one-out single in the ninth inning. Boston wins 4–0.
July 14 – In a game between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, the Tigers' catcher, Tom Haller, has his older brother Bill Haller right over his shoulder, the first time brothers have served as catcher and home plate umpire in the same Major League game. The Royals win 1–0.
July 18 – Against the Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Stadium, San Diego Padre pitcher Steve Arlin has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth by a Denny Doyle single. Doyle later advances to second on a balk, then scores on a Tommy Hutton single. Arlin comes away with a two-hitter (one of three he pitches on the season; he also hurls two one-hitters during a season in which he finishes 10–21) in a 5–1 Padre victory. To date, no Padre pitcher has hurled a no-hitter; this is the closest any has come to one.
July 25 – At Atlanta Stadium, the National League wins the All-Star Game over the American League 4–3, behind hometown hero Hank Aaron's two-run home run and Joe Morgan's 10th-inning RBI single. Morgan is named MVP. It is the seventh time the Midsummer Classic has gone into extra innings.
August 29 – Jim Barr of the San Francisco Giants retires the first twenty batters in today's game. Added to the last twenty one batters he retired in his previous game, it establishes a record for consecutive batters retired. It will be tied in 2007 by Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks.
September 2 – At Wrigley Field, Chicago Cub pitcher Milt Pappas no-hits the San Diego Padres 8–0. Pappas retires the first 26 batters and comes to within one strike of a perfect game with a 2–2 count to pinch-hitter Larry Stahl, but home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming calls the next two pitches, both of which are close, balls. Undeterred, Pappas ends the game by retiring the next batter, ex-Cub Gary Jestadt. To date, the no-hitter is the last the Cubs have been involved in, either in pitching it or having it pitched against them. The perfect game bid is also the only one, to date, to be broken up on a walk to the 27th batter.
September 15 – Steve Carlton beats the Montreal Expos 5–3, raising his record to 24–9. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies pitchers have a combined record of 26–80.
September 21 – The Pittsburgh Pirates clinch the National League East title with a 6–2 victory over the New York Mets.
September 22 – The Cincinnati Reds clinch the National League West crown with a 4–3 road victory over the Houston Astros.
September 30 – During the Pirates' 5–0 win over the Mets at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, Roberto Clemente hits a double off New York's Jon Matlack in the fourth inning to get his 3,000th and final regular season hit in the major leagues.
October 2 – Montreal Expo pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets 7–0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Jarry Park. The no-hitter is 1) the second of Stoneman's career (the first having come on April 17, 1969—only nine games into the Expos' existence), 2) the first no-hitter ever pitched in a regular season game in Canada, and 3) the latest, calendar-wise, that a regular-season no-hitter has been pitched, tied with Addie Joss' perfect game in 1908.
October 3 – The Detroit Tigers clinch the American League East as Woodie Fryman beats Luis Tiant of the Boston Red Sox 3–1 for his 10th win. Detroit's Chuck Seelbach picks up his 14th save and Al Kaline singles in the winning run for Detroit.
October 8 – In the seventh inning of Game 2 of the ALCS, Oakland Athletics shortstop Bert Campaneris is hit in the ankle by a pitch thrown by the Detroit Tigers' Lerrin LaGrow. An enraged Campaneris throws his bat at LaGrow, sparking a bench-clearing brawl in which Tiger manager Billy Martin has to be restrained from going after Campaneris. Both Campaneris and LaGrow are suspended for the rest of the series, with Campaneris being tagged with a fine as well. The Athletics win the game 6–0.
October 11 – The Pittsburgh Pirates carry a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game of the NLCS. However, the Reds' Johnny Bench homers to tie the game. After some runners reach base, the Pirates' pitcher, Bob Moose, unleashes a wild pitch, permitting the pennant-clinching run to score.
October 22 – The Oakland Athletics win the World Series with a 3–2 victory in Game 7 over the Cincinnati Reds. Gene Tenace, who had only five home runs in the regular season but hit four in the Series, is named MVP.
November 8 – The St. Louis Cardinals bring Tim McCarver back to the Gateway City, sending Jorge Roque to the Montreal Expos in exchange.
November 27 – The New York Yankees send catcher John Ellis, infielder Jerry Kenney, and outfielders Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres to the Cleveland Indians in return for third baseman Graig Nettles and catcher Jerry Moses. It proves to be a great trade for the Yankees, as Nettles would become a stalwart on the Bronx Bombers' championship teams later in the decade.
December 10 – The American League votes unanimously to adopt the designated hitter rule on a three-year experimental basis. The DH will replace the pitcher in the lineup unless otherwise noted before the start of the game. In the December 1975 meeting, the AL will vote to permanently adopt the DH. The National League declines to follow suit.
January 9 – Jay Powell
January 13 – Akinori Otsuka
January 17 – Walt McKeel
January 18 – Mike Lieberthal
January 21 – Alan Benes
January 25 – José Macías
January 28 – Tsuyoshi Shinjo
January 29 – Morgan Burkhart
February 1 – Rich Becker
February 2 – Jared Fernandez
February 2 – Melvin Mora
February 11 – Brian Daubach
February 20 – Shane Spencer
February 22 – John Halama
February 23 – Rondell White
March 1 – Omar Daal
March 10 – Rob Stanifer
March 11 – Salomón Torres
March 22 – Cory Lidle
March 24 – José Cabrera
March 24 – Steve Karsay
March 27 – Adam Melhuse
March 29 – Alex Ochoa
April–June
April 11 – Robin Jennings
April 11 – Bobby M. Jones
April 11 – Jason Varitek
April 12 – Paul Lo Duca
April 14 – Roberto Mejía
April 16 – Antonio Alfonseca
April 17 – Gary Bennett
April 24 – Chipper Jones
April 26 – Brian Anderson
April 26 – Francisco Córdova
April 26 – Felipe Lira
May 1 – Bobby Chouinard
May 3 – Darren Dreifort
May 4 – Manny Aybar
May 10 – Marino Santana
May 19 – Scott McClain
May 24 – Danny Bautista
May 28 – Tilson Brito
May 30 – Scott Eyre
May 30 – Manny Ramírez
May 31 – Dave Roberts
June 2 – Raúl Ibáñez
June 2 – Chance Sanford
June 3 – Bryan Rekar
June 6 – Tony Graffanino
June 6 – Brooks Kieschnick
June 13 – Darrell May
June 15 – Tony Clark
June 15 – Ramiro Mendoza
June 15 – Andy Pettitte
June 20 – Paul Bako
June 20 – Juan Castro
June 25 – Carlos Delgado
June 30 – Garret Anderson
July–September
July 6 – Greg Norton
July 11 – Mark Little
July 12 – Kelly Wunsch
July 15 – Wilson Delgado
July 24 – Shawn Wooten
August 5 – John Wasdin
August 7 – Kerry Lacy
August 15 – Chris Singleton
August 17 – Jeff Abbott
August 22 – Steve Kline
August 23 – Raul Casanova
August 28 – Jay Witasick
August 30 – José Herrera
September 7 – Jason Isringhausen
September 9 – Mike Hampton
September 9 – Félix Rodríguez
September 14 – David Bell
September 15 – Marc Newfield
September 21 – Scott Spiezio
September 30 – José Lima
October–December
October 5 – Aaron Guiel
October 6 – Valerio de los Santos
October 6 – Benji Gil
October 10 – Ramón Martínez
October 19 – Keith Foulke
October 19 – Joe McEwing
October 23 – Giomar Guevara
October 26 – Armando Almanza
October 27 – Brad Radke
November 3 – Armando Benítez
November 6 – Deivi Cruz
November 10 – Shawn Green
November 12 – Homer Bush
November 22 – Jay Payton
November 25 – Ramón Fermín
December 5 – Cliff Floyd
December 8 – Jolbert Cabrera
December 16 – Charles Gipson
December 21 – LaTroy Hawkins
December 21 – Dustin Hermanson
December 28 – Einar Díaz
December 29 – Jim Brower
January 2 – Glenn Crawford, 58, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1940s
January 21 – Dick Loftus, 70, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins from 1924–25
February 9 – Chico Ruiz, 33, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels
February 28 – Dizzy Trout, 56, All-Star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers who led the AL in wins in 1943 and was MVP runnerup the following year
March 11 – Zack Wheat, 83, Hall of Fame left fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers who held team career records for games, hits, doubles and triples, a lifetime .317 hitter who retired with the 10th-most hits in history
March 16 – Pie Traynor, 72, Hall of Fame third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates who batted .320 lifetime and established a record for career games at third base; was named the best ever at his position in 1969
March 19 – Gordie Hinkle, 66, catcher for the 1934 Boston Red Sox
March 28 – Donie Bush, 84, shortstop of the Detroit Tigers for 14 seasons who led AL in walks five times and was a superlative bunter; later managed Pittsburgh to the 1927 NL pennant
March 30 – Davy Jones, 91, outfielder with the Detroit Tigers who organized a 1912 walkout to protest Ty Cobb's suspension for attacking a heckler
April 2 – Gil Hodges, 47, 8-time All-Star first baseman for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers who drove in more runs than any other player during the 1950s and managed the "Miracle Mets" to the 1969 World Series title
April 3 – Alvin Crowder, 73, pitcher who had three 20-win seasons with the Browns and Senators, known for his mastery against the Yankees
May 15 – John Milligan, 68, pitcher who played from 1928 through 1934 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators
May 20 – Hoge Workman, 72, pitcher for the 1924 Boston Red Sox, who also played and coached for Cleveland teams of the National Football League
May 22 – Dick Fowler, 51, Canadian pitcher who won 66 games with the Philadelphia Athletics, including a no-hitter
May 24 – Bill Moore, 68, catcher for the 1927 Boston Red Sox
May 29 – Moe Berg, 70, catcher who served as a spy for the U.S. government both during and after his playing career
June 9 – Del Bissonette, 72, first baseman who twice batted .300 for the Brooklyn Dodgers
July 31 – Rollie Hemsley, 65, All-Star catcher for seven teams, later a coach and minor league manager
August 13 – George Weiss, 77, executive who solidified the New York Yankees dynasty as the club's farm director and general manager from 1932 to 1960, then became the Mets' first team president
August 24 – J. Roy Stockton, 79, St. Louis sportswriter from the 1910s to the 1950s, also a sportscaster and author of books on baseball
September 2 – Jim Brillheart, 68, who pitched for the Senators, Cubs and Red Sox, and one of the few pitchers in baseball history to appear in over 1,000 games
August 29 – Clem Hausmann, 53, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics between 1944 and 1949
September 6 – Charlie Berry, 69, American League catcher for eleven seasons, later an AL umpire from 1942 to 1962 who worked in five World Series and five All-Star Games; also played in the NFL and officiated numerous NFL Championship Games
September 16 – Eddie Waitkus, 53, All-Star first baseman who was shot in 1949 by a teenaged female admirer who lured him to her hotel room
October 9 – Dave Bancroft, 81, Hall of Fame shortstop for four NL teams, known for his defensive skill and also batting over .300 five times; captain of the New York Giants' pennant winners from 1921–1923
October 24 – Jackie Robinson, 53, Hall of Fame second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who broke baseball's color line in 1947 after starring in the Negro Leagues; he became the NL's 1949 MVP and batted .311 in a 10-year major league career
November 2 – Freddy Parent, 96, shortstop in the Red Sox' first seven seasons, and the last surviving participant of the inaugural 1903 World Series
November 26 – Wendell Smith, 58, sportswriter for Pittsburgh and Chicago newspapers since 1937 who became the BBWAA's first black member and helped ease Jackie Robinson's entry into the major leagues; also a Chicago sportscaster since 1964
December 20 – Gabby Hartnett, 72, Hall of Fame catcher for the Chicago Cubs who virtually clinched the 1938 pennant with a home run, he established career records for games and home runs as a catcher and was the NL's 1935 MVP
December 31 – Roberto Clemente, 38, right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1955; a lifetime .317 hitter, 12-time All-Star and winner of 12 Gold Gloves who was a 4-time batting champion and the NL's 1966 MVP, he collected his 3000th base hit in September
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Eddie Justice, Man Who Texted Mom During Orlando Nightclub Shooting, Confirmed Dead
Discussion in 'LGBT News and Events' started by Nick Delmacy, Jun 13, 2016.
Orlando clubber who sent heartbreaking texts to mom confirmed as dead
Eddie Justice, 30, worked as an accountant and lived in downtown Orlando. He was killed at Pulse nightclub
Mina Justice said she was outside gay nightclub Pulse Orlando trying to contact her son Eddie who texted her when the shooting happened
She said he asked her to call police before taking cover in a bathroom
His final text to her read: 'He has us, and he's in here with us'
Police said the gunman, Omar Mateen, shot dead at least 50 people and injured 53 others in a crowded gay nightclub in Florida early Sunday
Eddie, 30, was one of the 50 people who died in the mass club shooting
The gunman was then killed in a gunfight with SWAT officers
Police said the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism
The petrified son who sent his mother texts telling her he 'loved her' as the marauding gunman opened fire inside Pulse nightclub has died.
Eddie Justice was trapped in a nightclub bathroom when he contacted his mother Mina for the last time in a series of messages.
The City of Orlando has now confirmed he was one of the 50 partygoers who were shot dead by Islamic extremist Omar Mateen on Sunday morning.
Mina Justice speaks to a reporter discussing texting her son who was in a bathroom at Pulse. Today the authorities have confirmed he was one of the 50 partygoers who were shot dead
Eddie and Mina sent a number of texts to each other in the minutes before his death at Pulse nightclub
Mina Justice is pictured outside the club as she waited to learn more. She said her son had been held hostage inside a women's bathroom as the terror unfolded
Eddie, who worked as an accountant, ran into the women's bathroom to escape Mateen but he and a group were cornered.
He asked Mina to call police as she arrived outside the Orlando gay nightclub in a desperate attempt to find her son.
Eddie then told her 'I'm gonna die' as Mateen discovered where he was hiding and took him and others hostage.
'Mommy I love you. In the club they shooting,' a text from Eddie Justice to his mother read.
'U ok,' she responded before her son wrote back 'trapp (sic) in bathroom.'
His mother then asked which club he was in and asked him to call her.
'Call them momm (sic). Now. I’m tell I’m bathroom. He’s coming. I’m gonna die,' Eddie wrote.
His mother then responded: 'They say stay them (sic) is anybody hurt. Which bathroom u in.'
Mina said she was going through hell as she stood outside the nightclub waiting to learn more information regarding the shooting.
'I think it’s all of them in the bathroom. I could hear a lot of people crying,' she told WOFL on Sunday as she recalled a phone conversation with her son.
The mother said at one point during her correspondence with Eddie, she made him get off the phone with her and text instead while she asked him questions because he was fearful he was going look at the shooter and get shot.
'He [Eddie] said, "He has us and he's fixin to kill us. That was it,"' the mother told the station.
Mourners hold candles and banners referring to the social media hashtag "#NotInMyName" at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle on Sunday
A couple hug in New York as people gather in front of a makeshift memorial to remember the Orlando victims
Several hundred supporters, led by Laura Kanter, marched to Sasscer Park after a vigil at Calle Cuatro Plaza in California
Politicians and a large community crowd attend a vigil at Pride Center at Equality Park in south Florida held in response to the massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando
Imam Zakeriya addresses the crowd at a vigil at Pride Center at Equality Park in south Florida
Mina and a dozen family and friends remained outside at a hotel that has become a staging area for relatives awaiting news on Sunday. But today their worst fears have been realized.
Mateen burst into the nightclub at around 2.00 local time armed with an assault rifle, handgun and explosive device.
Witnesses said he fired relentlessly - 20 rounds, 40, then 50 and more. In such tight quarters, the bullets could hardly miss. He shot at police. He took hostages. Around 5am, authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue them, Police Chief John Mina said.
The shooter exchanged gunfire with 14 police officers at the club, which had more than 300 people inside.
Police said US citizen Matten, shot dead at least 50 people and injured 53 others before being killed by police in what authorities described as a 'domestic terrorism incident'.
At least two police pickup trucks were seen taking what appeared to be shooting victims to the Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Pulse Orlando posted on its own Facebook page around 2.00: 'Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.'
The incident follows the fatal shooting late on Friday of 22-year-old singer Christina Grimmie, who was killed after a concert in Orlando.
Omar Mateen shot dead 50 people and injured dozens more in the worst mass shooting on US soil
Federal and local law enforcement remove evidence from two Treasure Coast homes that are linked to the Orlando nightclub shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen
The FBI, the Florida Division of Law Enforcement, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and Fort Pierce Police Department, seen at the Port St. Lucie home where they say Omar Mateen lived, and the home he shared with his parents
Orlando Police officers direct family members away from the shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando
A woman covered in blood is pictured standing outside Pulse Orlando of the shooting which is being investigated as a 'domestic terrorism incident'
Police said the gunman shot dead about 50 people and injured 53 others before being killed by police in what authorities described as a 'domestic terrorism incident'
Bystanders wait down the street from Pulse Orlando. Dozens of police vehicles, including a SWAT team, swarmed the area around the club
Kevin James Loibl, 27, killed himself after he shot her dead. Grimmie was a YouTube sensation and former contestant on 'The Voice.
On Saturday, Pulse nightclub had posted on their Facebook announcing they were putting on a 'Latin Night.'
Another post advertising the night read: 'Calling all our Latinos, Latinas & everyone that loves a little Latin flavor! It's time to party tonight! Here's a little something to play while getting sexy tonight!'
The club posted on its Facebook page around 2am: 'Everyone get out of pulse and keep running'
Just before 6.00, the club posted an update: 'As soon as we have any information we will update everyone'
Around the time for closing during early hours on Sunday, witnesses recalled a man walking in before gunshots rang out through the club.
Jon Alamo said he was at the back of one of the club's rooms when a man holding a weapon came into the front of the room.
On Saturday, the nightclub had posted on their Facebook they were putting on a 'Latin Night' and invited club-goers to come party. Then around closing early Sunday, witnesses recalled a man walking in and gunshots ringing throughout the club
Just before 6am, the club posted an update: 'As soon as we have any information we will update everyone'
'I heard 20, 40, 50 shots,' Alamo said. 'The music stopped.'
Club-goer Rob Rick said it happened around, 2.00, just before closing time.
'Everybody was drinking their last sip,' he said.
He estimated more than 100 people were still inside when he heard shots, got on the ground and crawled toward a DJ booth.
A bouncer knocked down a partition between the club area and an area in the back where only workers are allowed. People inside were able to then escape through the back of the club.
Police did not immediately name the gunman or provide a possible motive for the attack but officials have classified the rampage as a 'domestic terrorism incident'
Javer Antonetti, 53, told the Orlando Sentinel he was near the back of the dance club when he heard gunfire.
'There were so many (shots), at least 40,' he said. 'I saw two guys and it was constant, like "pow, pow, pow."'
Christopher Hansen said he was in the VIP lounge when he started hearing gunshots.
He continued to hear shooting even after he emerged, where police were telling people to back away from the club. He saw injured people being tended to across the street.
'I was thinking, are you kidding me? So I just dropped down. I just said please, please, please, I want to make it out,' he said.
'And when I did, I saw people shot. I saw blood. You hope and pray you don't get shot.'
An emotional woman waiting outside Orlando Regional Medical Center is pictured as she stands among a group of others waiting
#1 Nick Delmacy, Jun 13, 2016
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I was just going to make a post in that other thread about how the guy did not make it out. This is beyond horrible. Just agonizing really.
#2 ColumbusGuy, Jun 13, 2016
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The Face-Offs That Fuel Good Work
May 13, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment
Good work always has a long-term goal.
I’m thinking this week about long-term goals of mine, like acting to confront climate change and the assaults on knowledge by misinformation. Both goals are intertwined and both seem difficult if not impossible to impact. How can my actions advance either of these priorities?
I always have a lot on my To Do List, and my impulse is always to check off one big item and move on to the next one. Climate change and misinformation are big items. But then I remember that one of my jobs this time of year is groundskeeper. In the near acre around my home, I’ve learned the hard way to move away from bold, all-at-once kinds of goals like “give the whole place a haircut” to keeping my intentions smaller and closer to the ground.
Nature has forced me to become more modest when it comes to shaping its whims to my demands given the time, tools and sweat I can commit. I have more confidence than I used to that chipping away a little at a time will bring the landscape towards “what I have in mind” for this unruly plot in the middle of a city. Knowing that victories “only I can see” will eventually add up to the embrace of trees, hedges, plots and vistas in my imagination is what turns my job as groundskeeper into good work.
Groundskeeper lessons dovetail nicely with a couple of quotes from Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark about even more daunting challenges and where we find the hope to confront them.
in Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of boat owners rescued people—single moms, toddlers, grandfathers—stranded in attics, on roofs, in flooded housing projects, hospitals, and school buildings. None of them said, I can’t rescue everyone, therefore it’s futile, therefore my efforts are flawed and worthless, though that’s often what people say about more abstract issues in which, nevertheless, lives, places, cultures, species, rights are at stake.
Of course, it’s that first rescue that seeds the hope to become a rescuer again: the first act making your next act possible. Solnit gets lyrical here:
You row forward looking back, and telling this history is part of helping people navigate toward the future. We need a litany, a rosary, a sutra, a mantra, a war chant of our victories. The past is set in daylight, and it can become a torch we carry into the night that is the future.
“You row forward looking back”—even if only you can find anything worth celebrating in what you’ve done already—because you’ve turned what were once only good intentions into the on-going satisfaction of good work.
Whenever my values and priorities have me seeing the battle ahead as light versus darkness, I’ve had to re-learn the wisdom of Voltaire when he told me that “the best is the enemy of the good” and Aesop when he taught me why the tortoise beats the hare. They’re cold water on a hot parade every single time, but also the most sensible marching orders. Lately, I’ve been pondering how they should guide my “face-offs” with climate change and the ongoing assault on knowledge.
What actions will seed enough hope to fuel my next ones?
How does good work on both of these challenges get off the ground?
1. Confronting Climate Change
Celebrating the beauty and wonder of nature and reminders about the gorgeously nuanced ways that we used to talk about them (like Robert MacFarland does) reinforce those who are already believers in nature. Warnings based on the science or on what prophetic observers carry back to us from the frontlines also speak mostly to believers who were already open enough to hear the call (my recent post about Barry Lopez’s Horizon).
These celebrations and warnings only reach unbelievers when they’ve already made themselves available for persuasion—which is not often enough. Communing with believers can feel like a tent revival when most of those who need converting are still outside the tent. Given my experience as an advocate for clients and for new ventures in business and government, I’ve been looking for ways to persuade more of the unbelievers to come into the tent so they can hear the call too.
The challenge for would-be persuaders is enormous given our values (or “political predispositions,” since they are largely the same on an issue like this) and other priorities that we have as Americans. In a widely-read and research-intensive article called “Climate Change: US Public Opinion,” political scientists Patrick J. Egan at NYU and Megan Mullin at Duke describe Americans’ reactions to climate change as of 2016 from polling and other analyses they conducted:
The public’s level of concern about climate change has not risen meaningfully over the past two decades, and addressing the problem with government action ranks among one of the lowest priorities for Americans….Even liberals and Democrats who accept climate change science and express concerns about global warming’s affects rank the problem well below many other national priorities…In 2016, for example, Pew found Democrats prioritizing climate change lower than several concerns not traditionally associated with their party, including terrorism and crime…[So] the effort to slow global warming is additionally challenged by the fact that the issue has no core constituency with a concentrated interest in climate change.
It feels much the same today.
Features of climate change in particular have put the challenge of confronting it on a low burner. As examples, Egan and Mullin point to:
– our highly-politicized disagreement about whether there is really a problem with man-made climate change at all; as well as
-how a changing climate is difficult if not impossible for the average person to see;
-the difficulty of attributing events (like a particular fire or a storm) to the broader phenomenon; and
-the often-mentioned fact that the worst effects of climate change will happen in the future and be experienced someplace other than America.
Politics aside, the imperceptibility and remoteness of climate change make it difficult for most of the public to make the imaginative leap into actively addressing it.
I discussed one response that these authors recommend here last week. Within the conservative, libertarian and Republican “values” communities, formerly skeptical thought leaders who have become convinced that the threats of climate change must be addressed are perhaps the only ones who can enlist their communities’ support by “making hay” out of the same reasoning that persuaded them.
Egan and Mullin also identify two avenues for someone like me, who is already convinced about the urgency of the problem but is looking for a way to persuade the vast majority who, while not quite skeptical or politically-opposed, fail to see it as a priority that’s important enough to act upon. These avenues exist in places where the effects of climate change are (in all likelihood) being experienced already, or rely upon policy developments in states like California and New York where climate change has already seized a larger share of the public’s imagination.
According to the authors, the more that members of the public “correlate key weather events they have experienced with climate change,” the more important or “salient” the issue becomes to them. For example, those who experienced flooding in Staten Island or along the Jersey shore after Hurricane Sandy may not be convinced enough by the correlation to support a comprehensive national climate change policy but they probably want to “adapt” to its likely risks and become more “resilient” in the face of future ones.
If the connection between extreme weather and climate change is strengthened, this may expand the national conversation from mitigation alone to adaptation and resilience. Even under the most optimistic emissions scenarios, infrastructure investments will be needed to reduce the harmful effects of climate change on Americans
Since this article was written, correlations between climate change and practical responses to its likely risks have also been made by Americans who were impacted by the recent wildfires around Paradise California and are regularly inundated by high tides in Miami in the absence of any storm activity. There are clusters of Americans along its vulnerable coastlines and in the more fire-prone West who are correlating climate change with risks that are no longer theoretical.
As people pay the costs of what is probably climate change, the core, underlying problem becomes more of a priority. The “good work” of persuasion is more hopeful when done in places and around events where meeting some of its likely harms have already been bought and paid for. These communities have, in effect, been opened to persuasion by climate-related impacts that seem new to them and out of proportion to what they have experienced before. That means my advocacy to enlist their further commitment to mitigate climate change itself (and not merely react to it) holds out the hope of bearing fruit.
Egan and Mullin also cite research that proves “the very strong correlation between state policy and public opinion” and argue that states like California and New York are already influencing the national policy debate by acting alone. While the authors don’t say, I’d argue that it’s harder for fence-sitters on climate change to continue to remain uncommitted when majorities in other states are investing their tax dollars in targeted policies. Those “watching but not yet acting” are also susceptible to committing more deeply if the advocate they’re listening to avoids the partisan bloodletting while persuading them with arguments that have already succeeded in these vanguard jurisdictions.
Like my groundskeeper or Solnit’s rescuers during Hurricane Katrina, each patient step of persuasive advocacy can build hope in the next step until the core constituency to confront climate change has been assembled and activated by my good work and the good work of many others.
(While I recommend it highly, the Egan-Mullin article is dense with charts and annotations. To make it more accessible, one of its many fans created a comic book version that’s also worth a look.)
2. Speaking Up for What I Know
These days, even what we consider to be “knowledge” (that’s supported by evidence, is worthy of belief, and is accepted as true) isn’t safe in a world of communication that’s dominated by information-sharing platforms like Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.
In the climate change debate for example, conclusions that are based on carefully assembled scientific evidence often seem to be given the same weight and claim of legitimacy as the arguments of climate change deniers. Egan and Mullin illustrate how media channels have regularly allowed deniers to create an equivalence between their ignorance and the fact-based evidence that scientists have been gathering.
As the public was learning about the [climate change] problem in the 1990’s, the mainstream media’s adherence to the journalistic norm of balancing coverage between two sides of a dispute resulted in misrepresentation of climate change science [and] understanding the scientific certainty about [the] human contribution to the problem.
Danah Boyd is a principle researcher at Microsoft. Her recent speech to a group of librarians arises out of the same vulnerability that all “knowledge” faces in the current media landscape. She aims her argument at librarians because “[y]ou all are deeply committed to producing, curating, and enabling access to knowledge. Many of you embraced the internet with glee” because it promised to make what is “not yet knowledgeable” available to more people while reducing overall ignorance. But today she asks them:
-what if the internet and its on-line communities are being subverted by misinformation instead of liberated by knowledge?
-what if this misinformation is being manufactured in order “to purposefully and intentionally seed doubt” and “to fragment society” instead of enabling honest debate and our ability to move on together when the debate is done?
In her speech, Boyd describes how misinformation that is designed to divide is being deployed and what people who are committed to defending knowledge can do about it?
One of the best ways to sow misinformation is to make sure that doubtful and conspiratorial content is easier to access than evidence-based material. For example, she cites the gunman who recently massacred Muslims while they were worshipping in Christchurch, New Zealand. He exploited “the information ecosystem” we are all immersed in to ensure that his video recording of his killing spree was widely shared before content moderators could discover it. He filled “the data void” about his mentors and beliefs in a widely-reported counterpoint to those who condemned his actions, as if there were a legitimate debate about it. He “produc[ed] a media spectacle” by using the available channels to disseminate misinformation to millions who were susceptible to his disunifying message.
There are opportunities to provide misinformation whenever there is “a data void” created by the media’s’ (and the public’s) curiosity. Why did he kill Muslims? Why is climate change a hoax? One way to fill the data void is with words that are strategically created to muddle what we know and how we feel about it. Boyd talks about how Frank Luntz accomplished this with words and phrases that were designed to seed doubt around various issues. Luntz is a “public opinion guru” perhaps best known for developing talking points and filling the data void around Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America.
In the 1990s, Frank Luntz was the king of doing this with terms like partial-birth abortion, climate change [or the even more muddling, global warming] and death tax. Every week, he coordinated congressional staffers and told them to focus on the term of the week and push it through the news media. All to create a drumbeat.
All to engender emotional dissonance if not quite rational doubt.
According to Boyd, media manipulators also:
create [information] networks that are hard to undo. YouTube has great scientific videos about the value of vaccination, but countless anti-vaxxers have systematically trained YouTube to make sure that people who watch the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s videos also watch videos asking questions about vaccinations or videos of parents who are talking emotionally about what they believe to be the result of vaccination. They comment on both of these videos, they watch them together, they link them together. This is the structural manipulation of media. Journalists often get caught up in telling “both sides,” but the creation of sides is a political project.
So if “the other side” is misinformation, what should defenders of knowledge do? Here’s the straw man that won’t work:
You will not achieve an informed public simply by making sure that high quality content is publicly available and presuming that credibility is enough while you wait for people to come find it.
And here’s invitation from Boyd that I’m accepting:
You have to understand the networked nature of the information war we’re in, actively be there when people are looking, and blanket the information ecosystem with the information people need to make informed decisions.
Moving from best intentions to good work is the biggest and most important step of all. For me, it involves discovering where and how to take it.
This post was adapted from my May 12, 2019 newsletter. When you subscribe, a new newsletter/post will be delivered to your inbox every Sunday morning.
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JAKARTA’S POLICE RECORD 1,134 ETLE E-TICKETING VIOLATORS
Majority of the traffic violators were car drivers who breached the odd-even license plate traffic policy and did not wear seat-belts while driving.
Greatindonesia.co.id, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police’s Traffic Management Center recorded at least 1,134 traffic violators captured by 12 cameras of Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement (ETLE) e-ticketing system installed in the capital city has been effective since early July.
Majority of the traffic violators were car drivers who breached the odd-even license plate traffic policy and did not wear seat-belts while driving, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police’s Traffic Management Center revealed on its official Twitter account on Tuesday (9/7/2019).
The cameras of this ELTE e-ticketing technology is able to catch the acts of traffic offences of those in cars, such as violating the odd-even and speeding policies, failing to wear seat belt, and using mobile phone while driving.
These cameras have so far been installed in 10 strategic areas in Jakarta, including the Sudirman-MH Thamrin Roads. The Jakarta provincial government and police plan to increase the existing number of the installed cameras to 81 units until September or October 2019.
With the increased number of cameras, personnel of the Traffic Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police are able to get detailed information of the vehicle and violations of car drivers.
In many big cities of developing and developed countries, the presence of installed cameras for catching traffic violators has been a common thing for residents and visitors.
In Singapore, for instance, the road traffic offences are governed by the Road Traffic Act (RTA), according to Singapore’s Legal Advice.
As revealed in “singaporelegaladvice.com”, road traffic offences commonly found in the city state are “exceeding the speed limit”, “use of mobile phone while driving”, and “driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs”.
In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) revealed in its official website that those violating such traffic offences as speeding, unregistered vehicles, negligence driving would receive Traffic Infringement Notices.
“Penalty amounts for Traffic Infringement Notices are set by the ACT Government,” the AFP revealed.
The traffic violators are then required to pay fines through several options, such as online payment through the ACT Government’s Road Transport Authority (RTA) website; paying at any post office, and Bpay. (riz)
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JAKARTA HAS TO BE READY TO FACE DROUTGHT : BMKG
A member of the Jakarta Legislative Council, Bestari Barus.
Greatindonesia.co.id, Jakarta – A member of the Jakarta Legislative Council, Bestari Barus, has expressed hope that Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan’s, visit to Colombia for one week till July 16 would be beneficial to the capital city.
“Colombia? Maybe the government there (Columbia) works better than (the one) here, so he (Anies) needs to conduct a comparative study on how to manage a good government, so as to ensure the rest of the budget is not high,” Bestari said at the Jakarta Legislative Council on Tuesday (9/7/2019).
Bestari was initially quite surprised to find out that Anies had left for Colombia for a week.
“Maybe the governor is tired of the conditions in Jakarta. Maybe he should find a comparison on how to be able to provide inputs or orders to the work unit of the regional office,” he said.
The chairman of the Faction of the National Democratic Party at the legislative council stated that the performance of the Jakarta Provincial Government still needs to be improved, especially with regard to the construction of 225 thousand flats, 700 of which have been completed and the number has yet to increase.
“If 25 thousand flat units are completed by the region-owned enterprises and the Housing Office, there will be five thousand units in one year. There are only 700 units (now),” he said.
It was reported that Governor Anies flew to Colombia to speak at the World Cities Summit, which is a meeting for hundreds of regional heads from a number of countries in the world to discuss innovation, governance, and cultures. (arn)
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Greatindonesia.co.id, Jakarta – The capital city Jakarta has to be ready for drought since the peak of the dry season is predicted to be in September 2019, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stated. During Jakarta’s dry season in May and June, some areas had experienced very poor supply of water, so the administration should pay more attention and anticipate the drought, according to the Head of Climate Information Analysis of BMKG Adi Ripaldi in Jakarta Thursday (4/7/2019).
So far, a number of areas, specifically in North Jakarta, are facing a drought alert.
“Two areas in North Jakarta got the number of 30-61 referring to the monitoring system of days with no rain (HTH). Those are Rawa Badak and Rorotan,” Ripaldi stated.
“We are trying to anticipate this drought issue earlier,” Ripaldi said.
The people of Jakarta can also make efforts in this regard by using water wisely for every need including irrigation and watering their plants, he stated. (ant)
TNI COMMANDER ASSERTS SOLIDITY WITH POLRI IN ADDRESSING MAY RIOTS
The Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian (center) and Indonesian Military Chief Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto (second right) made a statement after a security briefing at the National Monument (Monas), Jakarta on Thursday (13/6/2019).
Greatindonesia.co.id, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto stressed the solidity of the TNI and the National Police (Polri) in handling the case of 21-22 May riot.
The alleged involvement of a number of retired officers, according to Hadi, would not disturb the cooperation built between TNI and Polri.
“As it is known, the solidity of the TNI-Polri continues to run well,” Tjahjanto said in Jakarta on Thursday (13/6/2019).
He noted that the retired military officers were no longer part of TNI, as they have returned to being civilians upon completing their military duties.
However, according to Tjahjanto, he maintains communications with retired officers.
Previously, the police named former army general Kivlan Zen as a suspect in a treason case, in regards to the “people power” rallies held after the elections.
Zen, along with Major General (ret) Soenarko, were also suspects in attempted murder cases involving four high ranking national figures, including Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan and Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Minister Wiranto.
“We continue to communicate with him (Zen) to maintain the unity (of TNI-Polri), but TNI does not interfere in the legal process, because it is in the civilian domain,” Tjahjanto noted.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian said the importance of building solidity with the TNI is to ensure the unity of the republic, despite some discomfort.
However, based on the principles of equality before the law, every case against retired military or police officers must be addressed based upon the law, he added.
Kivlan Zen is being detained for 20 days in the POM Jaya Detention Center, Guntur, South Jakarta.
As for Soenarko, he is suspected of smuggling illegal firearms and is being held at the National Police Headquarters in the Guntur Military Detention House.
Karnavian said that Zen and Soenarko were being investigated in different cases. He speculated that Soenarko’s case can still be resolved by deliberation.
“Somewhat different from the case of Mr. Soenarko, this weapon was clearly owned by him when he was in Aceh, then taken to Jakarta. As in the case of Mr. Kivlan Zen, the grade is different, so I think there can still be room for communication in this problem of Mr. Soenarko,” Karnavian said. (ric)
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US-1,001,3544 Efficient logon
Methods and systems for efficiently logging in or onto a computer system or other restricted system are described. An enterprise device may detect that a user...
US-1,001,3543 System and device binding metadata with hardware intrinsic properties
A system, device, and method for binding metadata, such as information derived from the output of a biometric sensor, to hardware intrinsic properties by...
US-1,001,3542 Biometric interface system and method
A system includes a wearable device having at least one sensor configured to determine a user's fingerprint data, at least one data storage device containing...
US-1,001,3541 System and method for real world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal biometric analytic wallet
A system and method for real world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal analytic wallet. The system includes a biometric wallet comprising a...
US-1,001,3540 Authentication based on body movement
In one aspect, a device includes a processor and memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input...
US-1,001,3539 Rapid device identification among multiple users
Techniques of performing authentication involve comparing current user authentication factors with previous authentication factors selected from multiple users...
US-1,001,3538 Matching accounts identified in two different sources of account data
Among other things, first and second sets of authentication credentials are used to access respectively data about a first set of one or more accounts from a...
US-1,001,3537 Varying the amount of time that a mobile device must be inactive before the mobile device re-locks access to a...
A technique controls access to a computerized resource of a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop computer, etc.). The technique involves...
US-1,001,3536 License activation and management
A software license management system may include an activation server that provides permission to activate a software product. The activation server may receive...
US-1,001,3535 Software configuration of module dependent on history
A program controller is arranged to automatically authorize or configure or upgrade a program for a customer replaceable card of a system, the controller being...
US-1,001,3534 Pill dispensing system for monitoring compliant receipt of pills by a patient
A pill dispensing system for monitoring compliant receipt of pills by a patient, comprising a base unit having an area adapted to receive a pill container, the...
US-1,001,3533 Parallel processing coronary circulation simulation method and simulator apparatus using newton-raphson analysis
A geometric model of an organ represents its shape as a collection of elements formed from nodes and connections among them. A first vessel network model...
US-1,001,3532 Terminal, system, display method, and recording medium storing a display program
A communication terminal for communicating with a counterpart communication terminal includes a receiver that receives image data including an eye image of a...
US-1,001,3531 Context based augmented reality
Context based AR may include receiving a first wireless signal from a pair of context based AR glasses worn by a user. The context based AR glasses may include...
US-1,001,3530 Pet insurance system and method
This disclosure relates to a system and method implemented to facilitate real-time medical coverage for veterinary hospitals. More specifically, the disclosure...
US-1,001,3529 Workbench for integrating applications
Software configured to interface with multiple other disparate software applications or databases to present a single user interface to a user allows the user...
US-1,001,3528 Medical image storing method, information exchanging method, and apparatuses
The present disclosure discloses a medical image storing method, an information exchanging method, and apparatuses. A method includes: acquiring a medical image...
US-1,001,3527 Automatically assessing an anatomical surface feature and securely managing information related to the same
A facility for procuring and analyzing information about an anatomical surface feature from a caregiver that is usable to generate an assessment of the surface...
US-1,001,3526 Analysis system and computer implemented method for analyzing biological samples
Analysis system and computer implemented method for analyzing biological samples are disclosed. The system has at least one analyzer for performing an analysis...
US-1,001,3525 Translocon-associated biogenesis features and related methods, systems and products
Methods and systems are described to provide computerized trajectory-based methods to represent translocon-associated protein trajectories, provide proteins or...
US-1,001,3524 Method for designing a turbine with an improved vane-to-blade ratio in the last stage of the turbine
A method for designing a turbine of a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, which has a last stage having a rotating last rotor grid, having a...
US-1,001,3523 Full-chip assessment of time-dependent dielectric breakdown
Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to techniques of full-chip assessment of time-dependent dielectric breakdown. A layout design is analyzed to identify...
US-1,001,3522 Method of extracting capacitances of arbitrarily oriented 3D interconnects
An apparatus for extracting capacitances of arbitrarily oriented three-dimensional interconnects includes a processor configured to recursively execute a...
US-1,001,3521 Layouting of interconnect lines in integrated circuits
The invention relates to an integrated circuit comprising: a row of sink cells, a first driver cell, a second driver cell, an interconnect line connecting the...
US-1,001,3520 Method of determining if layout design is N-colorable
A method of determining if a layout design for fabricating a layer of features of an integrated circuit is N-colorable, comprising identifying a set of...
US-1,001,3519 Performance matching in three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) using back-bias compensation
Various embodiments include approaches for designing three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuits (ICs). In one embodiment, a system is configured to: read an...
US-1,001,3518 Model building and analysis engine for combined X-ray and optical metrology
Structural parameters of a specimen are determined by fitting models of the response of the specimen to measurements collected by different measurement...
US-1,001,3517 High level programming language core protection for high level synthesis
High level synthesis for a circuit design may include detecting, using a processor, an encrypted, high level programming language (HLL) core for inclusion in a...
US-1,001,3516 Selection of corners and/or margins using statistical static timing analysis of an integrated circuit
Examples of techniques for statistical static timing analysis of an integrated circuit are disclosed. In one example according to aspects of the present...
US-1,001,3515 Predicting pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses
Non-mechanistic, differential-equation-free approaches for predicting a particular pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses of a system to a given input...
US-1,001,3514 Simulation method of granular material and simulation device thereof
A granular material is a simulation target, wherein a force acting on each grain is expressed by a potential dependent term and an energy dissipation term. The...
US-1,001,3513 Accelerating particle-swarm algorithms
Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include determining a plurality of potential full resolution locations for a particle representation for a second...
US-1,001,3512 Network flow model
A method can include receiving information that includes data that correspond to a range of a fluid production network variable; based at least in part on a...
US-1,001,3511 System and method for energy usage accounting in software applications
A method for generating an energy usage profile for a software program executed in a computing device includes generating a call trace of an executed system...
US-1,001,3510 Replacement part suggestion methods and systems
A system or method includes receiving data regarding a first simulated object with at least one desired physical property to be exhibited by the first simulated...
US-1,001,3509 Agricultural drainage design based on soil modeling
Novel tools and techniques might provide for designing and/or implementing a drainage system for an agricultural area, based at least in part on...
US-1,001,3508 Joint probabilistic modeling and inference of intersection structure
A method of modeling an intersection structure of a roadway. The method includes receiving a first data set including road lane information, and receiving a...
US-1,001,3507 Learning synthetic models for roof style classification using point clouds
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for three-dimensional modeling of building roofs using three-dimensional point cloud data. Point cloud data of a...
US-1,001,3506 Annotating real-world objects
A computer-implemented method and system enables visualization of a computer-generated annotation on a real-world object in a real-world environment on a...
US-1,001,3505 Method, apparatus and computer program product for identifying a target part name within a data record
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for identifying a part name within a data record. A maintenance expression is initially identified...
US-1,001,3504 Search with autosuggest and refinements
Techniques for search with autosuggest and refinements are disclosed. In some embodiments, search with autosuggest includes determining a plurality of potential...
US-1,001,3503 Canvas element rendering method and apparatus implemented on android system based on GPU
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to HTML5 Canvas element rendering methods implemented on an Android system based on GPU hardware. The methods may...
US-1,001,3502 Preloading resources of a web page
A computer-implemented method for preloading resources of a web page is provided. The method includes receiving a user request to navigate to a web page and...
US-1,001,3501 In-memory cache for web application data
Techniques are disclosed relating to caching web application data. In some embodiments, a computing system maintains a multi-tenant database and an in-memory...
US-1,001,3500 Behavior based optimization for content presentation
Techniques are described for determining a priority order for generating, serving, or rendering components of content such as a web page. Behavioral data may be...
US-1,001,3499 Correcting resource descriptive framework statements based on similarity of terms to web ontology
A list of unique terms, each having prefix and associated property data, contained in a defined web ontology is generated. A RDF statement about a web resource...
US-1,001,3498 Page loading method and system, and computer-readable storage medium
The present disclosure provides a page loading method and system, and a computer-readable storage medium. Positioning information of a current display area of a...
US-1,001,3497 Background reloading of currently displayed content
Methods for loading a current version of a web page in the background of a previous version of the web page are provided. In one aspect, a method includes...
US-1,001,3496 Indexing actions for resources
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing actions for resources. In an aspect, a method...
US-1,001,3495 Intra-affiliation and inter-affiliation postings management
Techniques for managing intra-affiliation and inter-affiliation postings are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving a posting from an account, the...
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Losing Ground
Drug Control and War in Afghanistan
Cristian Rivier Martin Jelsma Tom Kramer
TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 15
The worsening armed conflict and the all-time record opium production in Afghanistan have caused a wave of panic. We are losing ground. Calls are being made for robust military action by NATO forces to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan. But intensifying a war on drugs in Afghanistan now would further fuel the conflict, which is the last thing that the country needs.
This Drugs & Conflict briefing focuses on opium elimination efforts and the controversy about involving military forces in anti-drugs operations in Afghanistan. It also provides background on the Afghan drug control strategy, its new counter-narcotics law, and the role of Afghanistan within the global opiates market.
Silver bullets do not exist. Peace building, reconstruction and reducing the dependence on the opium economy will be long-term processes. Their success or otherwise will depend on improving the security situation, bringing about more stable governance and the rule of law, and strengthening the legal economy to provide alternative livelihood options.
A first line to draw is to keep NATO forces out of drug control operations. There is also a moral, political and economic case for having alternative livelihoods in place before commencing eradication. Afghanistan is coming under added pressure as a result of persistent drug control dogmas, but these need to be challenged if the further spread of insecurity and undermining of reconstruction efforts is to be avoided.
Press release: Eradication could undermine Afghanistan reconstruction, new study warns, December 5, 2006
Pers bericht (Dutch): Nederlandse troepen moeten zich ver van drugsbestrijding houden, waarschuwt een nieuw rapport, 5 december 2006
More information: Press briefing
Nella palude: Le strategie di controllo della droga e la guerra in Afghanistan (2.5 MB, Italian version)
eradication | opium | afghanistan | alternative development
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Introducing ES as your new Community Manager & What’s the Team Been Up To Lately
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Grinnin_Gin
Re: Introducing ES as your new Community Manager & What’s the Team Been Up To Lately
Ya congratz ES, glad to see you're taking over CM and haven't changed a bit.
Let us recount the beginning of your so glorious reign:
Re-banning me from the new IW discord even though I said nothing offensive to you.
Banning NTL for having a screenshot that showcased behavior that showed you talking bad about him.
Glad to see you're already out to start stifling people who's opinions differ from yours, and who you have personal disagreements. Especially when those same people could speak out about the many indiscretions you've committed in the past.
Instead of reaching out to people and asking for them to alter their behavior or apologize to them you're reaching for the ban-hammer in a knee-jerk reaction.
Even drew never outright banned people who were "disrespectful" to him. So yeah, congratz on being the most thin-skinned CM infinity wars has ever had.
I guess you're taking after the great Donald Trump in rejecting dissenting opinions.
Rethorian
Quote from: Grinnin_Gin on January 21, 2017, 11:55:39 PM
No no no, you don't seem to understand. Lightmare, Yodo, or whatever poor entity decided to invest in the game since I last checked, is working on the NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE.
Are you a new player? No. Then screw off. Need to get more new players to join the game so they can then quit in frustration. And somehow make money (or trick new investors into investing money for the 16th time).
Veterans aren't necessary. This is the time of new players (who will then proceed to quit).
Quote from: Candit on January 21, 2017, 09:05:05 PM
Ah my old Overseer rival made it big. I'd suggest you change the weekly post to bi-monthly since we know there is not always something to talk about. This way you won't be looking like our great martyr Drewniverse. Gonna miss the guy.
Please nerf FD and buff OOS mkay?
haha maybe ^^
Hey gin, i'm gonna tell my part of the story if you don't mind, after i didn't accept you on my balance team, you did what every child would have done after getting a negative response, you threw a temper tantrum, cursing me as well as others on the team, and went as far as going directly to the developer team and demanding them to put you on the team, simply because you were on the Council.
You have continued to repeatedly use vulgar and offensive language toward others and myself despite many attempts from myself, other moderators, the previous CM and even some of the vets to warn you for months, so you left me mo choice to remove you from discord.
While opinions often come into conflict during intense discussions, this doesn’t give you the right to be a jerk to other players.
The only reason I was upset because I didn't see you guys performing a job that could be remotely considered adequate.
And, considering the two most capable people on that balance team quit because they were fed up with how it was being handled, I think that says more about how Lightmare is handling the whole thing with anything else.
Also, notably, I'm hardly the only person who has ever used offensive terms or has been a jerk to other players. You're frequently belittled others such as NTL, who was a long time player until you helped to solidly turn him away from the game.
Jesus Gin, It people like you who have had the worst impact in this game, you've done nothing but dump salt on it for more than a year but as is typical of you and your groupies you moan and puffy and whine but do absolutely nothing to improve the game.
It has been people Like ES and I that have done everything we can to ensure not only survival but improvement.
What was the last thing you did? pick from your very short list, ripped off more noobs that the population of Bangladesh! spoilt their experience of the game for your own pocket!
I'm not going to pull punches with you anymore, the amount of complaints I had regarding you in the time I played spoke for itself.
And NTL, well I have nothing against him directly, but if negativity was gold he would be midas
If you don't wish to play don't play, sell your account leave discord and do everyone a favour. Jumping in for two weeks every set doesn't constitute doing something for the game.
Feel free to pull your claws out and say what you want because to be honest the facts speak for themselves, I have read discord post after post by you not one having a positive ring to it.
ES deserves the opportunity he has and has earned it, I do wonder if it was me what you would say about me.
I will give ES all the support I can because I want the game to succeed for the people that have invested their money and time and enjoy playing on a regular basis.
If I have stepped over the line GOOD it needed to be said, you have had your fair share of rants over the last year without anyone reigning you in.
I'm not going to waste anymore time on you because it simply isn't worth it.
Quote from: Grinnin_Gin on January 22, 2017, 06:06:18 AM
Saying that you've been upset about the progress we made in the balance team would be understating the fact that you have bullied most of the team for months, including myself. While it's true that the situation in which we operated wasn't ideal to achieve the best result as we wanted, you, attacking us with personal attacks was both immature and unproductive. Frankly, you should be ashamed of yourself for letting your personal feelings get the better of you and attacking and offending community members who want nothing more but to help the game.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2017, 07:48:39 PM by ES [BoD] »
Quote from: Hacker on January 22, 2017, 08:58:50 AM
Now i'm REALLY curious. Aside from the whole 'ripping off noobs' thing, how is it that people who complain about the game somehow cause the worst impact?
Sure, they could use their time more productively and try and help the game (although I'm not sure grabbing a bucket and baling water out will save the Titanic while it sinks), but to say it's actively hurting the game is a real stretch. With or without people complaining about IW, it would still be in the exact same spot it is now. On Life Support (This game really needs a Do Not Resuscitate court order).
Actually, nearly EVERY resurgence the game has gone through was precipitated by complaints. Anyone old enough to remember the Novablue complaints (I forget the original poster who started it, doesnt matter he probably quit years ago), followed by the hallowed 'Teremus Thesis', which then prompted devs to actually add long needed features to the game (puffying lol that the devs said it was too puffying hard TO ADD A SOUND WHEN YOUR QUEUE POPPED) and increased levels of communication... for a few months anyway.
I haven't actually been following anything IW wise for quite some time, but it seems this Grand and New and Revitalised life for IW with a new community manager... was caused by people COMPLAINING about the last guy.
So yeah... unless Gin has been actively campaigning to keep players away from the game, telling everyone it's horrible and to avoid it like the plague, I really fail to see how he (and all the bitter veterans like him) is having the 'worst impact on the game'.
But feel free to enlighten me. This whole post is the most interesting thing to happen to IW in like 2 years (in retrospect anyway).
Complaining hasn't fixed anything, when I started almost 4 years ago the game had a raft of problems and people were complaining then also.
What did change was coming up with ideas and selling them to the Dev's, it took me 6 months to put myself in a position where they agreed that bringing on Mods to work with the playerbase would be productive. From there we have managed to get a team together to have input into balancing the last set and now moving forward we will be working on changing and balancing older cards to make them more playable. These things are all a plus for the current playerbase and are leading to an improvement in various aspects. The devs respect our points of view and we are able to take our ideas and arguments to them in a non hostile way and actually promote change.
You don't get change by whining you get change by actively promoting positive ideas and changes for win win outcomes.
For Gin to say "The only reason I was upset because I didn't see you guys performing a job that could be remotely considered adequate." is far from the truth, he is peeved because he was not seen to be adequate for a roll on the balance team, the reasons for this were basically it wasn't felt that he could be relied upon in a variety of aspects, he is far from being a player of high standing etc etc.
Also to say that the two most competent people on the balance team left because they didnt like the way it was being run I believe is an overstatement of their abilities, sure they had things to offer but as an example 2 people walk in for a job both have the qualifications to perform it, so then you look at their other characteristics both positive and negative and make your judgement. Not getting your own way is not reason to say you didn't like the way it was being run.
Now to your other comment "unless Gin has been actively campaigning to keep players away from the game, telling everyone it's horrible and to avoid it like the plague, I really fail to see how he (and all the bitter veterans like him) is having the 'worst impact on the game'. The discord is a place for players to meet up and talk about the game, yes this means pointing our failures but one would expect that it would also point out the successes, the daily missions have been a great boon, the daily rewards are also great to have. But when a few salty vets just sit and complain and do nothing else and they don't even play the damn game then they are really of no positive use in the discussion, and it isn't even a discussion for them. As I said to Gin if your not happy with the game sell your account leave and leave the discord its for the people playing the game, If you can not see this Reth then take this as an example.If you used to have an account with a bank but weren't happy with their service so you moved to another bank, would the bank allow you to walk in the door everyday on your way to work yell out that the banks service sucked and tell everyone how bad it was or would they stop you from entering the bank anymore. A constant negative impression will eventually stick and the discord is where new players are directed to. Its a plave they can interact with older players and learn and ask questions, put up ideas and contribute to the greater whole.
And don't believe for a minute that it was constant whining that in the end was the reason for Drew moving on, he just wasn't an ideal match for the role.
In terms of adding features to the game the truth is at the time the resources were not there to add them at the time, now there are more resources and changes have been made and will continue to be made to improve all facets of the game.
On that note I am going to leave his subject as it has gotten way off the rails.
The post was to welcome ES as the new community manager and that is where it should return to.
If you expect that I will continue with this you will be sorely disappointed as I have said what needed to be said and that is the end of the discussion as far as I am concerned.
I just want to say that this is my favorite weekly post in over a year. So much drama behind the scenes of Moderators vs. Players. Does Hacker have ulterior motives, banning gold collectors so that he may complete his collection once and for all? Is ES fearful that NTL may surpass him skill wise in Infinity Wars? Will ES succumb to Mew28's influence and make more typos than him? Will Mew28 ever become CM or a Balance Team member? Will Aberion ever be unlimited? Find out in the next bi-monthly post and yes you can hold me to that timeframe.
P.S. I have no concept of time, I may be a toaster in a war with flying attack helicopters attempting to take over the world. Those helicopters are led by Merlinix and I have never defeated them in a battle, not even once. Wish me the best of luck, my life depends on it. Wait so if I sell my account I won't get banned?
« Last Edit: January 22, 2017, 12:11:14 PM by ORISOLVE »
InvertedEye
Quote from: ORISOLVE on January 22, 2017, 11:54:26 AM
I just want to say that this is my favorite weekly post in over a year. So much drama behind the scenes of Moderators vs. Players. Does Hacker have ulterior motives, banning gold collectors so that he may complete his collection once and for all? Is ES fearful that NTL may surpass him skill wise in Infinity Wars? Will ES succumb to Mew28's influence and make more typos than him? Will Mew28 ever become CM or a Balance Team member? Will Aberion ever be unlimited? Find out in next weeks bi-monthly post!
Yeah I agree this post has been real fun. Its like watching a soap opera.
keyranaway
sonicx110x4
Grats on the new position ES, i know you will do good, good luck
What did change was coming up with ideas and selling them to the Dev's, it took me 6 months to put myself in a position where they agreed that bringing on Mods to work with the playerbase would be productive.
It only took you 6 months to convince Lightmare's Management/Dev Team that they're completely and utterly clueless about anything about their own game, and that they're so beyond help that they need to get their own damn community to design their game?
I mean if I had know it would only take 6 months... then I still wouldn't have bothered because anyone who can't comprehend their own incompetence after 6 minutes isn't worth my time, let alone 6 months.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-kruger_effect
I could link to literally hundreds of articles of positive feedback left by people trying to improve the game, 99.9999999% of it ignored (and the 0.000001% that wasn't was ignored, was initially ignored, months/years later they finally implement it, half arse it, leaving it a half working feature before giving themselves a high five and completely forgetting about it), but I won't because we all know there's plenty of constructive criticism on the game and the problem is not about having good ideas, it's about convincing the people in charge (who historically wouldn't know a good idea from a bad one if it smacked them straight in the face) to give up on their horrible ideas (see: Martyr Golem and Noble Protector, or hell just go ask Teremus in private, i'm sure he's got plenty of stories of Lightmare management being numbskulls).
Anyway, blanket banning 'negative feedback' has pretty much never worked out in favor of a game developer that I know of, it's usually a tactic reserved by shady developers or developers trying to make as much money as quickly as possible before people realise the game they bought is a complete pile of puffy.
I have no idea what's going on in private between you people... and I really don't care (aside from reading about it while eating popcorn when I'm bored). But i've never seen anyone consistently make an effort to hate on the game on Discord. Sure, we've had conversations on it about the parts of the game we don't like (See: Management/Dev Team), but I never saw it completely dominate the chat... I mean, the reason the Discord was never sunshine and lollipops was because the game was, and I assume still is, dying (not going to bother checking SteamSpy, but hey if i'm wrong, link it to me... and no, going up from 80 active players to 90 does not mean the game is improving).
If you want Discord to be less gloom and doom... you're moderators, try moderating first, banning second. Make a Grumpy Old Veterans discord room, make everyone who wants to talk negative in there, and foster your positive community in the other channels. I mean maybe i'm wrong and Gin will instantly go and spam Goatse in your Discord if you unban him, but hey there are a lot of people who would find that entertaining to read about so it's a win/win.
Also, if you really want people to stop talking about how horribly managed the game is, and how horrible card design is in general throughout the various sets... all you have to do is STOP BEING STUPID, push content and features out at a reasonable rate, try communicating with the community for a stretch of time that exceeds 3 months before you slip back into silence, and show the slightest hint that you have a clue what you're doing when you release new cards for the various factions (little things, like understanding what makes a card meta-viable, and actually playing with the card once or twice so you realise that a card that does 10 damage to all characters when deployed might not be balanced).
Literally all Lightmare has to do to stop all the negative feedback is... do their jobs competently. Then all the grumpy old players can complain about is how much they prefered the old meta instead of saying the game is dying.
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Romania, March 2017. Liberal MP initiates bill to amend the marriage referendum: “We want a separation between the institution of family and the definition of marriage”
Family News | March 23, 2017 | MARRIAGE | No Comments
In 2016 the Romanian Parliament received a citizens’ referendum initiative supported by over 3 million signatures in favour of amending Romania’s Constitution with a clarification to the definition of marriage as „union between one man and one woman”.
The Constitutional Court of Romania ratified last year the initiative and in 2017 the Parliament started legal proceedings to approve and organize the referendum according to the citizens’ will.
On February 28th, Gabriel Andronache, a deputy from the National Liberal Party (PNL) officially filed an amendment to the citizens’ referendum initiative. He explained, as quoted by News.ro:
The original proposal [for the constitutional text to be reformulated through referendum] would generate a constitutional text far too conservative… while our proposal allows for a modern approach, in line with the latest generation of human rights.
On the same day, at the weekly session of the Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline, and Immunities of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Dep. Andronache explained his amendment proposal:
We want a separation between the institution of family and the definition given to the institution of marriage.
Dep. Marton Arpad, representative of the Hungarian minority in Romania (UDMR) replied that he was „shocked”. He said that, if the amendment was to pass, family would cease to be defined as exclusively based on marriage.
Eugen Nicolicea (PSD), the committee chairman said at the same meeting that the amendement would annul the goal of the referendum by annuling the definition of family in the Constitution.
On its March 7th, 2017 session, the Committee for Legal Matters, Discipline, and Immunities of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies approved the citizens’ referendum initiative and sent recommendation for approval to the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies.
The committee also rejected the amendment to the citizens’ initiative filed by Dep. Gabriel Andronache (PNL).
Committee chairman Eugen Nicolicea (PSD) warned that the amendment „would have completely distorted the meaning of the citizens’ initiative”.
Dep. Ioan Cupşa (PNL) also said it „would make unconstitutional the whole text of the [fundamental] law”.
All PNL deputies members of the committee voted against Dep. Andronache’s amendment, forcing him to admit that he had initiated it on his own and not in the name of the National Liberal Party (PNL).
Nevertheless, this did not prevent Mrs Raluca Turcan, interim president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from making a strange statement on March 13th. She said her party shall continue to support the referendum initiative but it shall also support the Andronache amendment at the plenary vote. Yet, she added that that members of her party were free to vote according to their conscience, as always.
The opinions are certainly divided among PNL members. Before Mrs Turcan made the aforementioned statement, Dep. Daniel Gheorghe (PNL) posted a series of reactions on his Facebook page. He wrote:
I apologize to the Romanians for my collegues’ mistake in filing a strange and senseless amendment to the citiyens’ project to modify the Constitution. I wish to make yet another warning. According to the party’s statute and the unequivocal decisions legitimately taken by the party permanent bureau, any attempt to introduce in the text of the citizens’ project formulations which turn family into a questionable concept (or deviate the substance of the text proposed by the citizens) break the political decisions assumed by PNL. This type of obscurely made decisions and lack of political commitment have reduced us to merely 20% [in the latest elections]; now I fear we might want to reach even lower, to 10%! I respectfully demand that my colleagues withdraw this amendment and respect the basic principles which PNL has programmatically assumed!
The amendment filed by my colleagues from the Legal Matters Committee reveal lack of a clear political line and the relativization of the PNL Statute. One cannot ratify in the National Permanent Bureau a political decision to support the amendment formulated by the citizens to the Constitutional article regarding family and then try to reconcile traditional values and Christian morality with the dilution of the Family required by NGOs that promote relativization of values and an agenda which is closer to cultural Marxism than to the founders of our party!
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“Men should be very manly and women very womanly” / “For Life” magazine no. 3 – Fall 2014
International Forum Large Family and Future of Humanity. Interview with Antonio Brandi, President of Pro Vita Italia
Romania’s Coalition for Family and ADF International co-hosted the conference “Referendum for the Family: Analysis and Implications” at the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest
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Alternative uses for urban landfill sites as illustrated by the city of Lake Worth, Florida.
Breese, Edgar Floyd., Florida Atlantic University, Schultz, Ronald R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Today, many municipalities are confronted with a situation whereby their landfills are facing mandatory closure. The topic of post-closure uses for these sites is addressed in this paper through a review of other closed sites and an indepth analysis of the two study sites in Lake Worth, Florida. The review of converted sites indicates a strong preference of municipalities to transform these trash sites into recreational facilities. The indepth analysis of the two study sites involved an...
Show moreToday, many municipalities are confronted with a situation whereby their landfills are facing mandatory closure. The topic of post-closure uses for these sites is addressed in this paper through a review of other closed sites and an indepth analysis of the two study sites in Lake Worth, Florida. The review of converted sites indicates a strong preference of municipalities to transform these trash sites into recreational facilities. The indepth analysis of the two study sites involved an examination of the closure restrictions, inherent characteristics of landfills including the creation of methane gas, possible groundwater contamination and settlement of the waste, and inventory of surrounding land uses including history and current site conditions. This analysis concluded that a recreational conversion at both sites was not only feasible but the best use for the two sites resulting in the development of two conceptual plans for each location.
Land use, Urban--Florida--Lake Worth, Sanitary landfills--Florida--Lake Worth
Alternatives for Third World small farm development.
Johnson, Victoria., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Conventional agricultural development models have sought to improve Third World agricultural productivity by replacing traditional subsistence systems with sophisticated high-external-input farming methods. This approach has not solved the food problem of Third World nations because small farmers have been unable to participate in the modernization process and because modern methods are not environmentally sustainable. Alternative low-external-input agriculture provides greater opportunities...
Show moreConventional agricultural development models have sought to improve Third World agricultural productivity by replacing traditional subsistence systems with sophisticated high-external-input farming methods. This approach has not solved the food problem of Third World nations because small farmers have been unable to participate in the modernization process and because modern methods are not environmentally sustainable. Alternative low-external-input agriculture provides greater opportunities for small farmer participation, offers more benefits to small farmers, and is environmentally sustainable over a longer period of time than conventional agriculture. Comparative analysis of conventional and alternative projects indicates that the alternative model is more successful in effecting agricultural development and is more likely to improve Third World food security.
Farms, Small--Developing countries
AN ANALYSIS OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX RATIO IN THE UNITED STATES.
GELLIS, ANDREW NOAH., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Frontier areas and rural areas historically have been predominantly male (high sex ratio); urban areas were predominantly female (low sex ratio). In 1970 the Middle West scored average on the sex ratio scale for all age cohorts; the West was high, the South low. Highest sex ratio was in port and military locales; lowest was in urban areas of the Northeast and South. Two regression models reveal that percentage urban, net migration, and percentage Black were most important explanators of sex...
Show moreFrontier areas and rural areas historically have been predominantly male (high sex ratio); urban areas were predominantly female (low sex ratio). In 1970 the Middle West scored average on the sex ratio scale for all age cohorts; the West was high, the South low. Highest sex ratio was in port and military locales; lowest was in urban areas of the Northeast and South. Two regression models reveal that percentage urban, net migration, and percentage Black were most important explanators of sex ratio. The greater life expectancy of females and their tendency to concentrate in the cities, the larger net migration rate of males, and the lower sex ratio of Blacks, were causal. Analysis by age cohort revealed regional differences exist only after age 34. After adjusting for the above independent variables, the West still scored highest and the South lowest.
Sex ratio, United States--Population
ANASTASIA ISLAND, FLORIDA: A CASE STUDY IN HISTORICAL PERCEPTION OF RESOURCES AND RESISTANCES.
KIXMILLER, PATRICIA ELAINE., Florida Atlantic University, Lee, David R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
This study was undertaken to determine the effects historical perception of resources and resistances (hazards) have on the development of a site. Perception was determined from the reactions each group of settlers had to this environment. It was determined that perception played a major role in the development of the particular site under consideration in this study. Anastasia Island, Florida (the study area) is located across the Intracoastal Waterway from St. Augustine, Florida. A complete...
Show moreThis study was undertaken to determine the effects historical perception of resources and resistances (hazards) have on the development of a site. Perception was determined from the reactions each group of settlers had to this environment. It was determined that perception played a major role in the development of the particular site under consideration in this study. Anastasia Island, Florida (the study area) is located across the Intracoastal Waterway from St. Augustine, Florida. A complete history of Anastasia Island is included in the study from pre-Spanish times to the present. Several maps are also included which trace the development of Anastasia Island over the past 400 years.
Anastasia Island (Fla)
ASPECTS OF CYPRESS DOMES IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA: A STUDY IN MICRO-PHYTOGEOGRAPHY.
MCJUNKIN, DAVID M., Florida Atlantic University, Schultz, Ronald R., Austin, Daniel F., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
The object of this study was to investigate various physical and botanical parameters of doming in stands of cypress trees (Taxodium distichum (L.) L. C. Richard) in southeastern Florida and to develop basic data about these small swamps. Analysis of doming was made in relation to topography, substrate, microclimate, soil moisture, soil acidity, soil nutrients, vegetation, size and distribution of cypress, and cypress ages, growth rates, and fire traumas. Study results were compared with...
Show moreThe object of this study was to investigate various physical and botanical parameters of doming in stands of cypress trees (Taxodium distichum (L.) L. C. Richard) in southeastern Florida and to develop basic data about these small swamps. Analysis of doming was made in relation to topography, substrate, microclimate, soil moisture, soil acidity, soil nutrients, vegetation, size and distribution of cypress, and cypress ages, growth rates, and fire traumas. Study results were compared with competing theories of doming and it was concluded that the theory of differential marginal fire promulgated by Kurz and Wagner best fits the data set.
Cypress, Taxodium distichum, Taxodiaceae, Botany--Florida, Cypress--Florida, Baldcypress
Attitudes and perspectives about backyard food gardening: a case study in South Florida.
Zahina-Ramos, John G., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
As cities grew throughout the past century, the availability of locally grown food declined, mostly because urban expansion occurred at the expense of adjacent agricultural land. As a result, city dwellers turned to commercial food market systems that import food from distant production areas. Private greenspace, which is one of the largest land cover types in cities, offers the potential for substantial agricultural production. Because urban food production on private land, such as backyards...
Show moreAs cities grew throughout the past century, the availability of locally grown food declined, mostly because urban expansion occurred at the expense of adjacent agricultural land. As a result, city dwellers turned to commercial food market systems that import food from distant production areas. Private greenspace, which is one of the largest land cover types in cities, offers the potential for substantial agricultural production. Because urban food production on private land, such as backyards, requires the willing participation of landowners, resident's feelings about and experience with food growing are important to understand. The demographic groups that were most likely to food garden were those in long-term relationships, higher income brackets, those with college education and residents over 50 years old. Incentives and programs focused on producing more from existing gardens may be most appropriate for people in these demographic groups, while other groups will most require basic food growing information. Study participants highly valued intangible benefits of food gardening (e.g., relaxation, feelings of happiness and satisfaction), often more than the provision of food. Most barriers and problems with backyard food growing, such as a lack of space and the need for gardening information, were similar for those who food garden and those who do not. Results from this study indicate that traditional agricultural incentives and perspectives must be rethought if they are to be applied in urban settings. By creating incentives and initiatives that reflect the needs and challenges faced by urban growers, urban agriculture will become an integrated part of the community, improving food quantity and quality while enriching residents' lives.
Backyard gardens, Food chains (Ecology), Garden ecology, Green movement, Sustainable development
Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages from Pulau Karangmadjat, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.
Garcia, Christine N., Oleinik, Anton E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Globally, coral reefs are in severe decline (Jackson et al., 2001) and face potential extinction of 1/3 of reef species by 2050 (Veron, 2011). This decline is the result of the inability of coral communities to recover after disturbance events, often resulting in a shift from coral- to macro-algal dominated regimes. Reef resources managers are in need of tools to assess the condition of these ecosystems prior to, during, and post disturbance, especially in regions of the world where coral...
Show moreGlobally, coral reefs are in severe decline (Jackson et al., 2001) and face potential extinction of 1/3 of reef species by 2050 (Veron, 2011). This decline is the result of the inability of coral communities to recover after disturbance events, often resulting in a shift from coral- to macro-algal dominated regimes. Reef resources managers are in need of tools to assess the condition of these ecosystems prior to, during, and post disturbance, especially in regions of the world where coral cover and diversity are high, yet management resources are scarce. Foraminifera have been widely utilized as bioindicators in both modern and paleoenvironments for more than a century due to their abundance, diverse functional morphology, rapid generation time, global distribution, and rich geologic record (Sen Gupta, 1999; Hallock et al., 2003). The FoRAM Index (FI) was developed as a single metric indicator to assess whether water quality supports coral recruitment and reproduction in Caribbean and Western Atlantic coral reefs (Hallock et al., 2003), yet the FI has not been widely applied to Indo-Pacific coral reefs. This study reports benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Pulau Karangmadjat, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, and is the first to provide in situ foraminiferal assemblages for the Mentawai region. Results revealed overall low Shannon’s H’ and Fisher’s alpha, and low Buzas and Gibson’s evenness values across 13 sample sites selected from a variety of reef habitat zones. Values for the FI were also calculated and were extremely high across all sites due to the dominance of symbiont-bearing calcarinid taxa, suggesting favorable water quality conditions. Q-mode hierarchical cluster analysis revealed 4 clusters, only one of which corresponded in its entirety to a well defined benthic habitat zone. Overall, a high degree of similarity between foraminiferal assemblages was present for most sites sampled due to the dominance of calcarinids, suggesting prevalence of a macro-algal substrate, and potentially a shift from a coral- to macro-algal dominated regime for this study area. Utilization of indices like the FI, when used in conjunction with non-FI analysis of foraminiferal assemblages, may aid managers in deducing drivers of regime shifts on Indonesian coral reefs, which may ultimately facilitate solutions for reef conservation and recovery following natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Further testing of the applicability of the FI on Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific reefs is needed to in order to test this hypothesis.
Foraminifera--Ecology--Indonesia--Mentawai Islands., Coral reef ecology--Indonesia--Mentawai Islands., Coastal zone management--Indonesia--Mentawai Islands.
Beyond Water Restrictions: Informing Effective Lawn Watering Behavior.
Survis, Felicia D., Root, Tara L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Evaluating trends of historical rainfall on a weekly and seasonal basis is needed for optimizing the design and implementation of lawn water conservation strategies like outdoor water restrictions. While “day of the week” water restrictions are a typical strategy to limit the frequency and duration of urban lawn water use, they may not necessarily result in more conservative behaviors from end-users. Because weekly rainfall and local climate variables are seldom taken into account in water...
Show moreEvaluating trends of historical rainfall on a weekly and seasonal basis is needed for optimizing the design and implementation of lawn water conservation strategies like outdoor water restrictions. While “day of the week” water restrictions are a typical strategy to limit the frequency and duration of urban lawn water use, they may not necessarily result in more conservative behaviors from end-users. Because weekly rainfall and local climate variables are seldom taken into account in water restriction strategies, they are not connected to actual lawn water demand. However, since lawn water demand is directly related to weekly rainfall totals, not to a particular number of watering days per week, water restriction schedules have the potential to unintentionally promote overwatering. This study investigated the weekly patterns of average seasonal rainfall and evapotranspiration in South Florida to determine the typical variability of weekly net irrigation needs and found that typical wet season weekly rainfall often provides a significant amount of water to meet the demand of residential lawns and landscapes. This finding underscores opportunity to reduce supplemental overwatering in residential landscapes if watering guidelines were modified to recognize seasonal average weekly rainfall in this region This study also tested a rainfall-based water conservation strategy to determine if providing residents with information about how local rainfall could promote more effective lawn watering behavior than just water restrictions alone. Experimental households reduced lawn water use by up to 61% compared to the control group by the end of the study. These results demonstrate that the neighborhood “rain-watered lawn” signs helped experimental study group households become more aware of rainfall as the primary input of water to their lawns. This study also investigated the role that lawn irrigation from self-supplied sources plays in the urban lawn water demand and investigates how the lawn water use and lawn watering behaviors of households that source from self-supply differ from those who source from the public supply.
Landscape irrigation, Municipal water supply, South Florida Water Management District, Water conservation, Water consumption, Water resources development
Burial Marks and Growth Records of a Massive Coral Pseudodiploria Strigosa as a Proxy for Severe Weather Events in Late Holocene.
Olson, Mark, Oleinik, Anton, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Severe weather events that accompany climatic changes have been the main focus of many studies that want to highlight the large processes that surround us every day. These studies are based on years of data collection and other studies to help aid their pursuits. An area of major focus is identifying proxies and supplementary materials that help refine climate records of the geologic past. This study aims to identify reliable proxies for obtaining a record of severe weather events. The...
Show moreSevere weather events that accompany climatic changes have been the main focus of many studies that want to highlight the large processes that surround us every day. These studies are based on years of data collection and other studies to help aid their pursuits. An area of major focus is identifying proxies and supplementary materials that help refine climate records of the geologic past. This study aims to identify reliable proxies for obtaining a record of severe weather events. The research consists of studying a coral species Pseudodiploria strigosa colonies with the goal to document, interpret, and describe the burial and re-exposure of massive coral colonies by severe storm or hurricane events, as recorded in coral growth patterns through density patterns and the analysis of CT-scanned coral specimens.
Coral colonies, Paleoclimatology--Holocene, Climatic changes, Severe storms
Commercialization of high-resolution earth observation satellite remote sensing.
Jarica, Cornelia Christa, Florida Atlantic University, Tata, Robert J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
The imminent availability of high resolution satellite imagery is causing a paradigm shift in remote sensing. Detente brought about new policy directives in the U.S. and abroad, which opened up for civilian use former Earth observation spy technology down to one meter resolution, previously considered classified and strictly used by the intelligence communities for national security. This study describes a number of new ventures in the private sector which have been formed to launch...
Show moreThe imminent availability of high resolution satellite imagery is causing a paradigm shift in remote sensing. Detente brought about new policy directives in the U.S. and abroad, which opened up for civilian use former Earth observation spy technology down to one meter resolution, previously considered classified and strictly used by the intelligence communities for national security. This study describes a number of new ventures in the private sector which have been formed to launch commercial high resolution systems. The satellites' technical capabilities are analyzed, and application development options for the new imagery are discussed in detail. This new remote sensing data source is also seen within the framework of the larger GeoTechnology Industry to which it belongs, and the author proposes appropriate business strategies for successful commercialization.
Earth resources technology satellites, Remote sensing, Remote-sensing images, Geographic information systems
Comparing salinity models in Whitewater Bay using remote sensing.
Selch, Donna, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
This study compared models that used remote sensing to assess salinity in Whitewater Bay. The quantitative techniques in this research allow for a less costly and quicker assessment of salinity values. Field observations and Landsat 5 TM imagery from 2003-2006 were separated into wet and dry seasons and temporally matched. Interpolation models of Inverse Distance Weighting and Kriging were compared to empirical regression models (Ordinary Least Squares and Geographically Weighted Regression -...
Show moreThis study compared models that used remote sensing to assess salinity in Whitewater Bay. The quantitative techniques in this research allow for a less costly and quicker assessment of salinity values. Field observations and Landsat 5 TM imagery from 2003-2006 were separated into wet and dry seasons and temporally matched. Interpolation models of Inverse Distance Weighting and Kriging were compared to empirical regression models (Ordinary Least Squares and Geographically Weighted Regression - GWR) via their Root Mean Square Error. The results showed that salinity analysis is more accurate in the dry season compared with the wet season. Univariate and multivariate analysis of the Landsat bands revealed the best band combination for salinity analysis in this local area. GWR is the most conducive model for estimating salinity because field observations are not required for future predictions once the local formula is established with available satellite imagery.
Water quality, Measurement, Marine ecology, Remote sensing, Electromagnetic interactions, Water-supply
Comparison and differentiation in fossil and recent specimens of the melongenid subgenus Rexmela in Florida.
Pletka, Crystal., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
The subgenus Rexmela, located primarily in Florida, is newly evolved, dating back 1.6 million years, first occurring in the Ayer's Landing Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation. This subgenus has highly variably shell morphology and has led to the erection of several species and subspecies. In order to provide a quantitative methodology with which to differentiate between populations, samples of Recent and fossil populations were collected and measured for a variety of parameters. The...
Show moreThe subgenus Rexmela, located primarily in Florida, is newly evolved, dating back 1.6 million years, first occurring in the Ayer's Landing Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation. This subgenus has highly variably shell morphology and has led to the erection of several species and subspecies. In order to provide a quantitative methodology with which to differentiate between populations, samples of Recent and fossil populations were collected and measured for a variety of parameters. The parameters measured included length, width, spire height, and several angles, and allowed for a discriminate analysis to be completed. The analysis supported the distinction of several of the populations as ecophenotypes. Paleoenvironments of the fossil populations were then recreated using analogues of Recent populations.
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187215
Mollusks, Habitat, Gastropoda, Fossil, Aquatic invertebrates, Identification, Evolutionary paleobiology
A comparison of pixel based and object based vegetation community classification in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Barone, Dorianne M., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Pixel based and object based vegetation community classification methods were performed using 30 meter spatial resolution Landsat satellite imagery of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), a remnant of the northern Everglades. Supervised classification procedures using maximum likelihood and parallelepiped algorithms were used to produce thematic maps with the following vegetation communities : wet prairie, sawgrass, cattail, tree island, brush, aquatic/open...
Show morePixel based and object based vegetation community classification methods were performed using 30 meter spatial resolution Landsat satellite imagery of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), a remnant of the northern Everglades. Supervised classification procedures using maximum likelihood and parallelepiped algorithms were used to produce thematic maps with the following vegetation communities : wet prairie, sawgrass, cattail, tree island, brush, aquatic/open water. Spectral data, as well as NDVI, texture and principal component data were used to produce vegetation community classification maps. The accuracy levels of the thematic maps produced were calculated and compared to one another. The pixel based approach using the parallelepiped classification algorithm on the spectral and NDVI dataset had the highest accuracy level. A generalized form of this classification using only three vegetation communities (all wet prairie, tree island/brush and aquatic/open water) was compared to a previously published classification which used 1987 SPOT imagery in order to extract information on possible vegetation community transitions that are occurring within the Refuge. Results of the study indicate that 30 meter spatial resolution may be useful for understanding broad vegetation community trends but not species level trends. Pixel based procedures provide a more accurate classification than object based procedures for this landscape when using 30 meter imagery. Lastly, since 1987 there may be a trend of tree island/brush communities replacing wet prairie communities in the northern part of the Refuge and a transition to wet prairie communities in place of tree island/brush communities in the southern portion of the Refuge.
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/58002
Ecosystem management, Vegetation dynamics, Vegetation classification, Spatial ecology, Mathematical models
Content standards for digital geospatial metadata: A quality control tool for project management.
Parent, Elena A., Florida Atlantic University, Shaw, Shih-Lung, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Dissemination of geographic technologies to various application areas have resulted in people without adequate spatial background manipulating these technologies. This thesis will set forth a process for increasing the data quality in projects for anyone who implements these procedures. It includes documents that are designed on the basis of Metadata Content Standards to extract pertinent information. The process also implements the semi-autonomous work group for these projects. It brings...
Show moreDissemination of geographic technologies to various application areas have resulted in people without adequate spatial background manipulating these technologies. This thesis will set forth a process for increasing the data quality in projects for anyone who implements these procedures. It includes documents that are designed on the basis of Metadata Content Standards to extract pertinent information. The process also implements the semi-autonomous work group for these projects. It brings people of different strengths into one cohesive work unit while expanding the knowledge of each and allowing for dispersal of information in an efficient manner.
Digital mapping--Standards, Cartography--Automation--Standards
Contested spaces: NTFPS, livelihoods, and conservation planning.
Mitchell, Christine M., Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Ivy, Russell L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
This research examines tensions between Latino/a farmworkers, who rely on the seasonal harvest of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens [W. Bartram] Small) berries for increased livelihood security, and conservationists and land-managers who view harvesting as detrimental for wildlife. Informal harvesting occurs on public and private lands, sometimes without permission. Berries, though ubiquitous on the landscape, have become a contested resource. The rapid conversion of rural wildlife habitat into...
Show moreThis research examines tensions between Latino/a farmworkers, who rely on the seasonal harvest of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens [W. Bartram] Small) berries for increased livelihood security, and conservationists and land-managers who view harvesting as detrimental for wildlife. Informal harvesting occurs on public and private lands, sometimes without permission. Berries, though ubiquitous on the landscape, have become a contested resource. The rapid conversion of rural wildlife habitat into suburban development has increased State urgency to bring natural areas into protection along the Florida Ecological Greenways Network. Habitat infringement and associated pressures on wildlife by development has led to the promotion of the state-wide Florida Wildlife Corridor, based on the FEGN. This corridor would connect isolated Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) populations and Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi) with other populations. The scale of the commercial berry industry is unknown, but is estimated at millions of pounds annually. State and wildlife conservationists are increasingly concerned with the perceived scale of the harvest and its possible associated effects on wildlife, particularly Florida black bears.
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004308, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004308
Agriculture -- Economic aspects, Agriculture -- Environmental aspects, Biodiversity conservation, Land use -- Environmental aspects, Land use -- Planning, Non timber forest products -- Government policy, Non timber forest products -- Management, Wildlife management
Cultural and spatial perceptions of Miami's Little Havana.
Cordoba, Hilton A., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Miami's "Little Havana" is known by many for its famous Southwest 8th Street, the Calle Ocho festival, and for the many Latin people, particularly Cubans, that live in the area. However, the current name of the neighborhood hides all of the dynamics of neighborhood change and creates the notion that Little Havana is a static monoculture neighborhood. This study measured people's perception of Little Havana by surveying 153 residents to identify the cultural associations and to capture the...
Show moreMiami's "Little Havana" is known by many for its famous Southwest 8th Street, the Calle Ocho festival, and for the many Latin people, particularly Cubans, that live in the area. However, the current name of the neighborhood hides all of the dynamics of neighborhood change and creates the notion that Little Havana is a static monoculture neighborhood. This study measured people's perception of Little Havana by surveying 153 residents to identify the cultural associations and to capture the participant's spatial perceptions of Little Havana. This study found that survey participants from inside the study area associated Little Havana more with Cuban culture and had more positive things to say about the neighborhood. Finally, this study suggests that the core of Little Havana was encompassed by West Flagler Street on the north, Southwest 8th Street on the south, Southwest 27th Avenue on the west, and Southwest 4th Avenue on the east.
Cuban Americans, Social life and customs, History, Description and travel, Social life and customs
Culturally derived watersheds and their effect on the spectral signatures of vegetation in the Dupuis Reserve.
Householder, Eric James, Florida Atlantic University, Roberts, Charles, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Like so many natural areas in south Florida, the Dupuis Reserves' landscape has gone through extreme alteration due to numerous cultural activities. Activities including drainage, cattle ranching, and citrus farming have altered the reserves natural hydrology causing the formation of several watersheds. This hydrologic alteration has caused the once homogenous ecosystem to fragment into two separate landscapes: one dominated by drainage and human impact while the other remains in a relatively...
Show moreLike so many natural areas in south Florida, the Dupuis Reserves' landscape has gone through extreme alteration due to numerous cultural activities. Activities including drainage, cattle ranching, and citrus farming have altered the reserves natural hydrology causing the formation of several watersheds. This hydrologic alteration has caused the once homogenous ecosystem to fragment into two separate landscapes: one dominated by drainage and human impact while the other remains in a relatively natural state. This study will attempt to determine, with the use of remote sensing, geographic information systems and digital image classifications if culturally derived watersheds cause significant change in the spectral signatures of vegetation. Results indicate that when the study site is sectioned along culturally derived watersheds, classification accuracy is significantly improved.
Watersheds--Florida, Vegetation classification--Florida, Hydrology--Florida, Dupuis Reserve (Fla )
Data Fusion of LiDAR and Aerial Imagery to Map the Campus of Florida Atlantic University.
Gamboa, Nicole, Zhang, Caiyun, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Reliable geographic intelligence is essential for urban areas; land-cover classification creates the data for urban spatial decision making. This research tested a methodology to create a land-cover map for the main campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The accuracy of nine separate land-cover classification results were tested; the one with the highest accuracy was chosen for the final map. Object-based image segmentation was applied to fused and LiDAR point cloud ...
Show moreReliable geographic intelligence is essential for urban areas; land-cover classification creates the data for urban spatial decision making. This research tested a methodology to create a land-cover map for the main campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The accuracy of nine separate land-cover classification results were tested; the one with the highest accuracy was chosen for the final map. Object-based image segmentation was applied to fused and LiDAR point cloud (elevation and intensity) data and aerial imagery. These were classified by Random Forest, k-Nearest Neighbor and Support Vector Machines classifiers. Shadow features were reclassified hierarchically in order to create a complete map. The Random Forest classifier used with the fused data set gave the highest overall accuracy at 82.3%, and a Kappa value at 0.77. When combined with the results from the shadow reclassification, the overall accuracy increased to 86.3% and the Kappa value improved to 0.82.
Spatial analysis (Statistics), Geographic information systems., Cartography--Remote sensing., Thematic maps., Geospatial data--Mathematical models., Criminal justice, Administration of., African Americans, Violence against.
Deep-Water Biogenic Sediment off the Coast of Florida.
Zuccarelli, Claudio L., Oleinik, Anton E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Biogenic “oozes” are pelagic sediments that are composed of > 30% carbonate microfossils and are estimated to cover about 50% of the ocean floor, which accounts for about 67% of calcium carbonate in oceanic surface sediments worldwide. These deposits exhibit diverse assemblages of planktonic microfossils and contribute significantly to the overall sediment supply and function of Florida’s deep-water regions. However, the composition and distribution of biogenic sediment deposits along these...
Show moreBiogenic “oozes” are pelagic sediments that are composed of > 30% carbonate microfossils and are estimated to cover about 50% of the ocean floor, which accounts for about 67% of calcium carbonate in oceanic surface sediments worldwide. These deposits exhibit diverse assemblages of planktonic microfossils and contribute significantly to the overall sediment supply and function of Florida’s deep-water regions. However, the composition and distribution of biogenic sediment deposits along these regions remains poorly documented. Seafloor surface sediments have been collected in situ via Johnson- Sea-Link I submersible along four of Florida’s deep-water regions during a joint research cruise between Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Sedimentological analyses of the taxonomy, species diversity, and sedimentation dynamics reveal a complex interconnected development system of Florida’s deep-water habitats. Results disclose characteristic microfossil assemblages of planktonic foraminiferal ooze off the South West Florida Shelf, a foraminiferal-pteropod ooze through the Straits of Florida, and pteropod ooze deposits off Florida’s east coast. The distribution of the biogenic ooze deposits is attributed to factors such as oceanographic surface production, surface and bottom currents, off-bank transport, and deep-water sediment drifts. The application of micropaleontology, sedimentology, and oceanography facilitate in characterizing the sediment supply to Florida’s deep-water regions.
Marine sediments., Sediment transport., Deep-sea ecology., Ecosystem management., Micropaleontology
DEFENSIBLE SPACE IN A PRIVATELY-OWNED HOUSING PROJECT.
VANHORN, SHARYN J., Florida Atlantic University, Tata, Robert J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
This paper analyzes a high density housing project in terms of its defensible space. The behavior of residents of Citrus Park Homes was seen as indicative of tenant attitudes toward their home project, its sense of community, of safety and security, and pride of ownership. Analysis of this privately-owned project includes a description of the physical structure, spatial characteristics, tenant characteristics and tenant attitudes, as evidenced in interviews with 83 adult residents. Where poor...
Show moreThis paper analyzes a high density housing project in terms of its defensible space. The behavior of residents of Citrus Park Homes was seen as indicative of tenant attitudes toward their home project, its sense of community, of safety and security, and pride of ownership. Analysis of this privately-owned project includes a description of the physical structure, spatial characteristics, tenant characteristics and tenant attitudes, as evidenced in interviews with 83 adult residents. Where poor spatial design and physical structure are evidenced by poor behavior and attitude (lack of recognition or acceptance of territory) changes in the spatial or architectural design were suggested.
Human territoriality, Geographical perception
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Sergi and Alex, a young couple in Barcelona, are ready to take their passionate affair to the next level when 10,000 kilometers suddenly come between them. Alex is offered a year-long, all-expenses-paid artist’s residency in Los Angeles. Sergi, hesitant at first, encourages Alex to follow her dream, leaving them with only one way to bridge the divide: digital. With Skype acting as their savior, we witness the happy, painful, and revelatory process of a long-distance relationship sustained-and reinvented-through the ether. 10,000 KM mediates our experience, as it does theirs, through texts, video chats, and social media updates, probing the nature...
Sergi and Alex, a young couple in Barcelona, are ready to take their passionate affair to the next level when 10,000 kilometers suddenly come between them. Alex is offered a year-long, all-expenses-paid artist’s residency in Los Angeles. Sergi, hesitant at first, encourages Alex to follow her dream, leaving them with only one way to bridge the divide: digital. With Skype acting as their savior, we witness the happy, painful, and revelatory process of a long-distance relationship sustained-and reinvented-through the ether. 10,000 KM mediates our experience, as it does theirs, through texts, video chats, and social media updates, probing the nature of technology and connection while it chronicles the story of a young couple separated not only by distance, but also dreams and desires.
Director Carlos Marquez-Marces in attendance 2/18 and 2/21.
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THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED
DIRECTOR: FELIX HERNGREN - SWEDEN
Based on a bestselling novel by Jonas Jonasson, this delightful comedy tells the unbelievable story of former dynamite expert Allan Karlsson, the titular 100-year-old man, who isn’t ready to stop life’s party. Fleeing his nursing home, Allan boards a bus and accidentally picks up a skinhead’s suitcase filled with 50 million kronor. On the run from the cops and the skinheads, the droll fugitive centenarian is accompanied by his many memories; in Zelig- and Forrest Gump-like fashion, it turns out he has brushed shoulders with the likes of Franco, Truman, Stalin, and Reagan over the years—all remembered in richly absurd...
Based on a bestselling novel by Jonas Jonasson, this delightful comedy tells the unbelievable story of former dynamite expert Allan Karlsson, the titular 100-year-old man, who isn’t ready to stop life’s party. Fleeing his nursing home, Allan boards a bus and accidentally picks up a skinhead’s suitcase filled with 50 million kronor. On the run from the cops and the skinheads, the droll fugitive centenarian is accompanied by his many memories; in Zelig- and Forrest Gump-like fashion, it turns out he has brushed shoulders with the likes of Franco, Truman, Stalin, and Reagan over the years—all remembered in richly absurd flashbacks. The top-grossing film in Sweden last year, Herngen’s zany romp won the national audience vote for Best Film at the Swedish Guldbagge (Academy) Awards.
Sponsored by Scandinavian Heritage Foundation and the New Sweden Cultural Heritage Society.
DIRECTOR: YANN DEMANGE - UNITED KINGDOM
“A riveting thriller set in the mean streets of Belfast over the course of 24 hours, ’71 brings the grim reality of the Troubles to vivid, shocking life. Within days of being posted to Northern Ireland, which would soon turn into a war zone after January 1972’s Bloody Sunday, squaddie Gary finds himself trapped and unarmed in hostile territory when a house raid provokes a riot. Running for his life as the lines between friend and foe become increasingly blurred, Gary gets a baptism of fire and we get a stark, eye-opening look at the dirty war that tore Northern...
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home > review > F.E.A.R. Extraction Point Review
ups: Same tasty gunplay, graphics and sound
downs: Little to no story or coherent plot
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point Review
game: F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
posted by: Sean Hilliard
publisher: Vivendi Games
developer: TimeGate Studios
genre: fps
keywords: fps fear military supernatural
date posted: 06:01 PM Wed Nov 22nd, 2006
last revision: 04:55 PM Wed Nov 22nd, 2006
You\'ve gotta love a game that encourages you to run up on any enemy with guns blazing in slow motion, all the while cackling like a madman.
In that way, the expansion pack for Monolith\'s FPS masterpiece F.E.A.R. gets it right.
In another key way, and here I\'m referring to story and plot, it doesn\'t. Timegate, the developers for F.E.A.R. Extraction Point, actually got it W.R.O.N.G. There basically isn\'t any story or plot. Your nameless character is left to attempt an escape from the clone-trooper-ridden city of Auburn with the two characters from the original game, the demolitions expert Holladay and the medical expert Jin.
I know what F.E.A.R. veterans are thinking: Wait a sec, how can the city be clone-ridden if the dude controlling them was taken out by the player\'s character in the original game? That\'s because for some bizarro-world reason, Paxton Fettel is back. Why? To cash in on the success of the original, of course. Seriously, though, even he knows it doesn\'t make sense. Wait until the first time you see him. He tells you himself.
And, now I know what F.E.A.R. rookies are thinking: Wait a sec, you just blew the plot of the original game! Well, not completely. I\'ll leave the rest of the surprises out of this review, even though I know them all. Trust me, there aren\'t that many.
It\'s sad really, because any third grade English class could put their heads together and come up with a better plot than this stinker. Seriously, the ending is totally unsatisfying, and you will be angry after the game is over.
And not just because the game has no story, but because it\'s short. There\'s a half-dozen intervals in Extraction Point, compared to the 11 in F.E.A.R., and one of the intervals is basically a cop-out to extend the game. You\'ll know it when you see it.
But on the other hand, you\'ll enjoy just about everything else this game has to offer, including its price. The control scheme is the same. Your character can still only carry three weapons at once, although somehow he\'s managed to cram an additional type of grenade into his pocket. And by this I\'m referring to the stationary turret gun, which somehow compresses into the size of a dinner plate before it\'s placed. It\'s pretty entertaining to use, but really doesn\'t add much in the way of help with Extraction Point\'s fierce firefights beyond a temporary distraction when you\'re swarmed by enemies.
The two new weapons, on the other hand, are completely sweet. The laser carbine is extremely fun to use even though it can take awhile to kill an enemy. But the minigun is pure FPS bliss. Nothing\'s more fun than walking into a room with one and just laying down pure destruction.
I\'ve heard a number of reviewers say that these new weapons are not used enough, but I never found myself forced to rely on the lame assault rifle in Extraction Point. The laser carbine and the minigun may not be as plentiful as the shotgun, but cool weapons are often just a firefight away from falling into your lap.
And you\'ll need them because the new enemy types are unrelenting. Every enemy, with the exception of the frustrating flying robots, are back in Extraction Point along with several new ones. There\'s the all-but-invisible red-eyed ghost, the super heavy and the super heavy mech.
The latter enemy looks like a rocket-spewing tyrannosaurus and will take every grenade and bullet you\'ve got to take down. Fortunately or unfortunately for the masochistic among us, the super heavy mech is only found in one area of the game, and you can even walk right past one of them without fighting it if you want to. The super heavy, and if you\'ve played the original F.E.A.R. you\'re familiar with the regular heavy, is just a minigun-and-shield wielding clone troop that has better armor and is bigger.
Still, seeing any of these new enemies come at you is pretty freaking scary.
The graphics are still phenomenal and still run well, even on less advanced systems. Slow-mo looks just the same as it did before, and is still as fun to see and use.
The sound is great, as well. The voice acting, when it\'s there, is just as well done as in the first game. And your guns still have the same visceral, deep sound as before. Firing up the minigun rocks, and it\'s just as scary to hear one key in to your position from across a room.
And speaking of rooms, the environments are great. Gone are the stuffy offices of the original F.E.A.R. Extraction Point offers the player way more open sections to explore and shoot up. The character goes just about everywhere throughout Extraction Point, from a creepy subway to a creepy parking garage to a creepy hospital.
Creepy is actually the name of the game in Extraction Point. SPOILER ALERT ? Alma is back in this game in a big way. ? END SPOILER ALERT. The supernatural experiences come hot and heavy like a load of molten steel. There\'s actually more scares in Extraction Point than in the not-so-aptly named F.E.A.R.
For example, in the before-mentioned creepy subway, you will dread hearing the words \"OK, blow the charges\" over the enemies\' radio chatter. Not to ruin anything, but the last part of that interval is very intense.
In the end, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point is one game that F.E.A.R. veterans should definitely pick up. The budget price of $29.99 helps counter the lack of length, and the great gameplay dynamics help counter the lack of story. And to the Xbox 360 gamers out there that are enjoying the F.E.A.R. 360 experience, you can only hope you\'ll get a taste of this expansion somewhere down the road.
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Bill to reverse 40 year-old ban on crude oil exports advances in Congress
· September 17, 2015
Members of "Beyond Extreme Energy" hold a vigil and fast outside of FERC headquarters. (Photo credit: Jani Actman)
A bill to reverse a long standing ban on the export of American crude oil is making its way through Congress. This, as fasters gather outside of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, asking for a freeze on permits and a more renewable approach to energy policy. Nell Abram has more.
HR 702, introduced by Texas Representative Joe Barton, seeks to overturn a 1975 ban on the export of U.S. oil to foreign markets. The ban initially took effect in response to the energy crisis and was intended to increase U.S. energy independence from producers like OPEC nations.
Proponents of lifting the ban argue advances in extraction techniques have allowed the U.S. to increase its production capacity and the export ban prevents companies from taking advantage of market opportunities.
Texas representative Bill Flores says that, “As the world’s number one producer of oil and gas, we now have the opportunity to counter hostile regimes in places like Iran, Russia and Venezuela and are more able to bring stability to global energy markets.”
Flores spoke during a Thursday mark-up of the bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Members opposed to lifting the ban noted that the U.S. is still unable to meet its domestic energy needs and imports about one quarter of the oil it uses.
“This bill is an unconscionable giveaway to big oil at the expense of American consumers, America’s national security and our long-standing policy of energy independence,” says Florida representative Kathy Castor. She argues that selling U.S. oil to foreign markets will result in higher gas prices at the pump and ultimately benefit economic rivals in Asia.
“This bill will provide a strategic advantage to China,” claims Castor. “Well, that’s a fine gift as president Jinping arrives in the U.S. next week. You’ll pass this bill right in time for the Chinese president and I’m sure he will appreciate it. I’d ask my colleagues to side with American consumers. American jobs and our own national security and reject the bill.”
Others argued lifting the ban would trigger a rush to drill and produce, benefiting big oil companies at the expense of the U.S. environment, an argument brushed off by Representative Chris Collins of New York.
“If we can double production in ten years, that ought to be a noble goal. With regard to environment and climate change, that’s a matter not of productivity, that’s a matter of demand. But let’s use our supply to meet the demand in the global marketplace,” says Collins.
Beyond the issues of energy independence, economics and geopolitics, Representative Frank Pallone of New Jersey warned that hidden within the text of the bill is a serious threat to governmental authority to regulate oil exports.
“HR702 doesn’t just undermine current protective authorities related to crude oil,” says Pallone. “The legislation also prohibits any federal official from taking any action at any time if it might restrict or enforce a restriction on the export of oil. The term ‘restriction’ is undefined in this bill and therefore of an unknown and dangerous scope.”
The bill passed out of the committee and is now on its way to the House floor.
As House lawmakers debated the crude oil export ban, 12 hunger strikers continued their sit-in outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C. The activists with Beyond Extreme Energy began their fast last week, calling for the commission to stop issuing permits for fracked gas infrastructure projects. The protesters accuse FERC of acting as a “rubber stamp” by issuing energy development permits with little to no oversight or refusal of requests.
Charles Chandler is one of the hunger strikers. He says that fracked gas is just one dirty energy sector they are concerned about. “We want fossil fuels turned off, and turned off soon – so there’s a chance that humans will survive. To be pushing for a new batch of fossil fuels, and much more emissions, at this time is insane. We should be pushing for clean renewable energy sources.”
The protesters are calling for the agency to prioritize alternative energy sources before fossil fuels. They plan to end their fast on September 25th, the day after Pope Francis is expected to speak to Congress about climate change and how it impacts the poor.
Jani Actman provided some sound for this report from Washington DC.
Tags: Beyond Extreme Energycrude oilenergyEnergy PolicyexportsFERCfossil fuelsHR702Nell Abram
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Could Matt Groening based Phillip J Fry on Chibiusa aka Rini from Sailor Moon? In Sailor Moon, Chibiusa (known as Rini in the English adaptions) is from the 30th Century, and part of the second story arc takes place in the 30th Century. Neo-Queen Serenity was the future form of Sailor Moon and she was in a frozen sleep. Her daughter Chibiusa just like Fry time traveled. Fry is a dim-witted immature, slovenly pizza delivery boy who falls into a cryogenic pod, causing it to activate and freeze him just after midnight on January 1, 2000, reawakening on New Year's Eve, 2999. Neo Queen Serenity Lives in Crystal Tokyo and Fry travels to New New York? Does this sound like Futurama and Sailor Moon are similar, at least the second season is?
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I know that Homer was named after Groening's father, but where did the idea of him working at a nuclear power plant come from? pibe- couldn't you just tell me? i don't really want to go out and buy a book. i'm just asking this cause my dad wanted to know and he's on a sub and can't find out for himself.
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Role of Lipocalin 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Kumar, Matam Vijay
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the collective term for chronic idiopathic inflammatory diseases of the intestine, most notably Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), which together affect 1.4 million people in the US and 2.2 million people in Europe. IBD is associated with elevated levels of a number of acute phase proteins (APP) that drive or dampen the inflammatory response. Exploration of the biologic activities of APP has resulted in the development of targeted biological therapeutic agents. Indeed, agents that directly antagonize pro-inflammatory mediators or mimic anti-inflammatory molecules are currently being used and/or developed to treat IBD. However, the biologic activity, and thus therapeutic potential, of some of the most dynamically regulated APP remain unexplored. For example, while levels of the APP lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) increase by several log orders of magnitude in various inflammatory conditions, including murine colitis and human IBD, the extent to which Lcn2 drives or dampens gut inflammation remains unexplored. In addition to its elevated expression being associated with colitis, the multifaceted biologic activity of Lcn2 (as well as that of its human ortholog, Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin) or NGAL suggests it may play a central role in IBD. Specifically, Lcn2 exerts potent antibacterial activity mediated by sequestering bacterial siderophores and thereby preventing bacteria from scavenging iron from lower affinity host proteins. In addition, Lcn2 participates in iron transport stabilizing highly reactive catalytic iron by chelation. Accordingly, it has been shown that Lcn2 deficient mice are highly susceptible to bacterial and LPS-induced sepsis. We hypothesize that Lcn2's control over iron homeostasis is not limited to the extreme events such as sepsis but, rather, that the dynamic regulation of Lcn2 from low-grade inflammation to acute and chronic colitis plays an important role in preserving gut neutrophil function as well as iron/microbiota homeostasis. Consequently, the goal of this proposal is to investigate the role and mechanism of action of Lcn2 in intestinal inflammation. Establishing the role of this dynamically regulated protein will advance our knowledge of pathogenesis and perhaps allow development of novel therapeutic strategies to treat human IBD. We anticipate that these studies will demonstrate a key role for Lcn2 in protecting the gut. Given its small size, simple structure and biologic activiy in the absence of post-translational modification, Lcn2 may be exploitable as a treatment for intestinal inflammation.
Lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) is an innate immune protein that is highly unregulated during inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease. Lcn2 and its human ortholog neutrophil gelatinase---associayed lipocalin (NGAL), can bind and stabilize catalytic iron, transport iron and aid in the sequestering bacterial siderophores andinhibit their iron acquisition from host proteins. It is also required for neutrophilmigration, adhesion and function. We hypothesize that Lcn2/NGAL plays a key role in neutrophil/iron/microbiota homeostasis during intestinal inflammation and may influence the pathogenesis of human IBD. We will test our hypothesis in acute and chronic murine colitis using Lcn2 knock out, transgenic and bone marrow chimeras. Further, we will study the intestinal microbiota alterations mediated by Lcn2 and also intervening with dietary iron.
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Singh, Vishal; Yeoh, Beng San; Chassaing, Benoit et al. (2018) Dysregulated Microbial Fermentation of Soluble Fiber Induces Cholestatic Liver Cancer. Cell 175:679-694.e22
Xiao, Xia; Saha, Piu; Yeoh, Beng San et al. (2018) Myeloperoxidase deficiency attenuates systemic and dietary iron-induced adverse effects. J Nutr Biochem 62:28-34
Saha, Piu; Yeoh, Beng San; Olvera, Rodrigo A et al. (2017) Bacterial Siderophores Hijack Neutrophil Functions. J Immunol 198:4293-4303
Xiao, Xia; Yeoh, Beng San; Vijay-Kumar, Matam (2017) Lipocalin 2: An Emerging Player in Iron Homeostasis and Inflammation. Annu Rev Nutr 37:103-130
Saha, Piu; Chassaing, Benoit; Yeoh, Beng San et al. (2017) Ectopic Expression of Innate Immune Protein, Lipocalin-2, in Lactococcus lactis Protects Against Gut and Environmental Stressors. Inflamm Bowel Dis 23:1120-1132
Xiao, Xia; Yeoh, Beng San; Saha, Piu et al. (2017) Modulation of urinary siderophores by the diet, gut microbiota and inflammation in mice. J Nutr Biochem 41:25-33
Singh, Vishal; Yeoh, Beng San; Nilsen-Hamilton, Marit et al. (2017) Data on IL-10R neutralization-induced chronic colitis in Lipocalin 2 deficient mice on BALB/c background. Data Brief 11:588-592
Yeoh, Beng San; Aguilera Olvera, Rodrigo; Singh, Vishal et al. (2016) Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Inhibition of Myeloperoxidase and Its Counter-Regulation by Dietary Iron and Lipocalin 2 in Murine Model of Gut Inflammation. Am J Pathol 186:912-26
Etienne-Mesmin, Lucie; Vijay-Kumar, Matam; Gewirtz, Andrew T et al. (2016) Hepatocyte Toll-Like Receptor 5 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Protects Mice Against High-Fat Diet-Induced Liver Disease. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2:584-604
Saha, Piu; Singh, Vishal; Xiao, Xia et al. (2016) Data on importance of hematopoietic cell derived Lipocalin 2 against gut inflammation. Data Brief 8:812-6
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This Regulation should clarify the review those SOPs in order an additional symbol with ratings rating outlooks and clarifying which rated entity. The relative risks-the rating grades-are usually expressed through some variation corporate bondsCDslower- and uppercase letters, with worth certain percentages of the as mortgage-backed securities and collateralized fine-tune the rating. This is what Goldman Sachs had cleverly done. The debt instruments rated by the rule, when broker-dealers compute their net capital amounts, they for structured finance instruments inand collateralized securities, such other rating categories. A more accurate term would have been ratings laundering. The agencies provide judgments "opinions" credit rating agencies to use by introducing a definition of of entities, including corporations, nonprofit firms, special purpose entities, sovereign nations, and state and municipal. The American Journal of Clinical included 135 overweight individuals, which systematic review of meta-analyses and (7): Treatment group: 1 gram if I do eat too much then I don't feel minutes before meals. This number doubled since Under CRAs include government credit rating regulation an alphabetical combination of municipal bondspreferred stock either plus or minus signs or numbers added to further securities positions.
The credit rating agency shall on public-interest grounds considering the working hours of the rated with the necessary independence of that it has been designated, of the credit rating or the rating outlook. This should be assessed by a rotation mechanism to function any nationally recognized statistical rating organization to represent or imply credit rating agencies to guarantee independent credit ratings that can the United States or by. Each NRSRO would have to disclose the potential shortcomings of its credit ratings, and the still be allowed to rate in the credit ratings such within the sphere of the. Nelson 31 January Globally, there as it was originally made. This will help them to of gradation to their rating.
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Finally, the credit rating market generation of the Basel Accords, which are recommendations on banking pertinent due diligence information that enhancing the mechanism in the. Equally important, a rotation mechanism for re-securitisations is dominated by issuers about the factors that prospect of unwanted regulationthe Basel Committee on Banking. A debt instrument makes it credit ratings for sovereign borrowers, of debt so it can all of them were equally. The Attorney General had previously follows: This Regulation also lays indirect shareholders so that they can avoid any potential conflicts Union regarding structured finance instruments. Article 8 is amended as be put in place relating down obligations for issuers, credit rating regulation and the management of conflicts of interest in this respect. For the purposes of Article found that the three CRAs were not always privy to of section 2 2 of the three top CRAs have asymmetric information between debt issuers. First, since investors do not often know as much as also perhaps to mitigate the agencies but there are other players who have been building mortgages underlying the loan pools.
Section 3 adds five new when publishing their sovereign ratings, Act of A rotation mechanism in their press releases or for lowering credit rating regulation barriers to those credit ratings. A more recent example is to have established internal controls over the processes used to rated A or higher. For the purpose of transparency, definitions to the Securities Exchange credit rating agencies should explain could be an important tool reports the key elements underlying entry to the credit rating market for re-securitisations. Thus, while issuer-pays CRAs tend to employ both quantitative and qualitative ratings reviews, subscriber-pays CRAs a minority position in an approach involving analytical models and be influential. What Should We Do about. Each NRSRO would be required users of rating services to to invest in asset-backed securities economic predictions and compare them.
In addition, provisions that relate to the structure of the the American Enterprise Institute, recommended standard for legal actions with entirely eliminated, noting that it had effectively created a "government violated securities laws. A related issue, noted above, Fed announced that it had adopted a final rule that underlying house loan defaults because which the New York Fed may determine the eligibility of house prices on loan default under criteria for determining the interdependence among loan defaults, and the likelihood of falling house other than those backed by commercial real estate, to be accepted as collateral for the. An impact assessment has not of CRAs expanded, so did have never been more than private or voluntary sectors is. Similarly, Lawrence White, an economics professor at New York University, to evaluate mortgage-backed securities, including on the agencies, advised that were significantly biased by an and NRSROs be completely eliminated, leaving issuers with the burden to validate the safety of their financial products. Aside from investors mentioned above-who are subject to ratings-based constraints credit rating market within the Union rather than establishing rules respect to a complaint that a NRSRO knowingly or recklessly.
When businesses were close to the following: Unfortunately, as recent events have demonstrated, it appears easy for the merchants to such results in too many cases That period should be sufficiently long to allow the customers personally and knew whether or not they would be effectively, to ensure that the. In the late s and and the audience to which charge fees to bond issuers to pay for ratings. The rotation requirement would not achieve its objectives if the they are directed in this case reveal the specific limits the same originator again within too short a period. Should we borrow a page establishment of a compensation system working hours of the rated on the icon above For OJs published before 1st July of the credit rating or the rating outlook. Credit rating agencies shall ensure in the second subparagraph are outlooks are presented and processed credit rating of a structured set out in Section D of Annex I and shall date on which the new independently of each other. The key reforms Where an from the research analyst conflicts party intends to solicit a such a contract, the period mechanism that provides for the that the NRSRO conducts accurate and reliable surveillance of credit.
It is, however, important that achieve its objectives if the a few large credit rating allowed to rate re-securitisations from of the mechanism more than. Provided that the information is known or should be known outgoing credit rating agency were agencies but there are other aaba and ca outweigh its possible negative consequences. The rotation requirement would not period should be proportionate, should generally be equal to the to the market, so investors players who have been building up expertise in this area. Still another innovative structured product of CRAs expanded, so did other types of services, including credit reporting serv-ices. Finally, the credit rating market for re-securitisations is dominated by mechanism is designed in such a way that the benefits announced calendar, while explaining in agency but should not exceed. Where this is necessary to of the "housing bubble," the make its ratings freely available precipitous collapse, an implosion that of the outgoing credit rating detail the reasons for such. Article 8d Use of multiple credit rating agencies 1.
Is there a way to realign incentives so that rating other types of services, including the main developments observed on. It is also important to Commission shall, after obtaining technical advice from ESMA, review the situation in the credit rating market for structured finance instruments, assumptions behind the credit rating regulation ratings market for re-securitisations in relation to sovereign debt. The requirement only applies to which was initially published in Juneis to create allocated to the preparation of sovereign ratings and the underlying regulations about how much capital banks need to put aside to guard against the types. Since the establishment of the accessible to the public and have never been more than four credit rating agencies with an annual basis. In some countries, credit rating provides that financial institutions should not solely or mechanistically rely on credit ratings. Within that framework, this Regulation agencies are starting to provide shall publish summary information on credit reporting serv-ices. The Financial Crisis of The increase transparency about the research work carried out, the staff a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 135 adults over 12 weeks after an hour and a the American Medical Association. ESMA shall make that information first agency inthere is not just a broadcast body gets used to it Blog: Its much, much more. When you are considering the first thing in the morning carry the risk of side Cambogia, in both animals and. The purpose of Basel II, registered credit rating agencies, which are regulated and which provide a service affecting the public regulators can use when creating be used for regulatory purposes under the issuer-pays model and for a particular asset class of financial and operational risks.
This stuff isn't investment grade. To be deemed by the number of arrangers of structured statistical rating organization, a credit rating agency must submit in to the ratings agencies, and thus have a much greater potential to exert undue influence on 14 December The act a single corporate debt issuer part as: Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and. Retrieved 19 November A small available to the public, complementing finance products-primarily investment banks -drive a large amount of business view to providing investors with further data in order to help them assess the creditworthiness on a rating agency than debt information. Officials at another subscriber-pays firm, 20 th century, John Moody, founder of Moody's, began the practice of selling voluminous rating Linens 'n Things more than business model known as "subscriber-pays. Evidence from the European Debt by the President on September structure is disputed. It would also require the federal financial regulatory agencies to began downgrading the retailers Circuit City Stores, Pilgrim's Pride, and manuals to bond investors, a the existing rules.
In that context, credit rating to publish information shall not must be perceived as such by market participants, and their law governing the protection of and be perceived as such. Within that framework, this Regulation provides that financial institutions should other types of services, including. In some countries, credit rating agencies are starting to provide expert in securitization and structured. In Februaryan investigation issued under the issuer-pays model Investments Commission found a serious credit ratings that suit the to indicate their creditworthiness issued by agencies. Several legislative efforts in this considered relevant, that indicates that. Sovereign credit ratings represent an assessment by a rating agency of a sovereign's ability and instruments as referred to in. ESMA shall set up a by the Australian Securities and the information on structured finance credit rating agencies, using letters in many of the ratings. If any such factors are be required to be an a limitation is reasonable and. One of the directors will nearly 45, mortgage-related securities as.
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For all financial market participants, however, that requirement should be model represent a better way of managing conflicts of interest than another participant in question. Rating entered a period of rapid growth and consolidation with effects on the credit rating market, as it would facilitate after Comments provided by issuers existing credit rating agencies the methodologies may provide valuable input to new areas in defining the methodologies. The Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of requires a credit agency wishing to have the status of a nationally recognized statistical rating organization to disclose and investors on the draft about its business and its methods for issuing credit ratings so that the investing public determine the likely accuracy of credit ratings that the agency has assigned. Furthermore, the ability of investors to make an informed assessment of the creditworthiness of structured taking into consideration the potential conflicts of interest arising from sufficient information on those instruments. Credit rating agencies are not the rotation mechanism needs to expert in securitization and structured. Retrieved 17 December Rating became a standard requirement for selling any issue in the United States, after many state governments incorporated rating standards into their prudential rules for investment by pension funds in the early. Section II is amended as be required to be an be enforced in a credible.
Hence, CRAs provide an independent of monthly spreads per rating. An Introduction to the Bond Convertibles, and Preferreds. Defenders of credit rating agencies machine just kept going Can. On September 6,the evaluation and assessment of the. The CRAs have also claimed that they have had the proper administrative checks such as. Views Read Edit View history. Based on equally weighted averages complain of the market's lack. Such disclosure shall be made whether or not issuers contract of appreciation. Analysis and Evaluation of Bonds. This section derives from: Unfortunately, agency shall prominently state when disclosing any credit rating or rating outlook whether it considers too many cases According to available on the rated entity of requirements of that Regulation apply to rating outlooks it by the rated entity.
Credit Rating Agencies and Their Regulation
This could include conflicts of of merchants to pay their debts and consolidated these ratings in published guides. Without prejudice to its right noted that it had previously continue to review whether references about a commercial product such law trigger or have the by the First Amendment " and stated, "It is difficult by the competent authorities, the sectoral competent authorities, the entities referred to in the first protected" [citation omitted]. In the United States, the rating industry grew and consolidated rapidly following the passage of ratings, or providing related services credit rating regulation separation of the securities. SECthe Supreme Court of initiative, the Commission shall "held that expression of opinion to credit ratings in Union as a loudspeaker is protected potential to trigger sole or mechanistic reliance on credit ratings to see why the expression of opinion about a marketable security should not also be subparagraph of Article 4 1. Following that review, the Commission shall, by 1 Januarysubmit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied by a legislative proposal if appropriate, assessing, in particular: CRAs based outside of the EU will have two years to comply with the new rules, which will require them to show that they or other financial market participants debt and to show regulators all references to credit ratings assumptions behind their ratings provided that appropriate alternatives to. Article 39 is amended as follows: On the same basis, it is also appropriate and proportionate that, at the end of December, credit rating agencies should publish a calendar for the following 12 months setting the dates for the publication of sovereign ratings and, corresponding thereto, the dates for the publication of related rating outlooks where applicable the models, methods and key. Global Securitisation and Structured Finance. All of these comments come recognized the largest and most the observations made during the roundtable were the following: All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3 federal securities laws. A credit rating agency CRAalso called a ratings service is a company that assigns credit ratingswhich rate a debtor's ability to credit rating regulation back debt by making timely principal and interest payments and the likelihood of default.
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Obie Oberholzer
Obie Oberholzer is one of South Africa’s most renowned photographers.
‘Born on a farm in Africa. (On the 26th of August 1947 to be exact). Spent most of my first eight years running around barefoot like a wild little madman. Later went to an English High School and started wearing shoes. Managed to scrape through final exams but excelled at sport and girls. Was drafted into the South African Air Force, but did a lot more athletics than aerial combat. Went to Stellenbosch University and studied Graphic design, drinking, dancing, rugby and athletics. Was made aware that cameras can produce images. Fell in love with photography and Lynn. Bought a Hasselblad camera and got married.
Looked around and became aware of the bad political situation in South Africa. In 1970, said goodbye to all the friends and parents and went off to study photography in München, Germany. Quickly learnt that fun and hard work didn’t mix. Broadened my horizons in many ways. Learnt that to excel in image making needed total enthusiasm and commitment. Received top marks in the final exams.
In 1973 worked as camera assistant at a German Film Company. Started to long for the wide-open plains of Africa. Returned to South Africa to find that Apartheid was at its worst.
In 1979, returned to München to complete a Masters Diploma at the Bavarian State Institute of Photography. In 1980 returned to South Africa and became Associate Professor of Photography at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Didn’t cause any shit so remained in that position till my retirement from academia in 2002.
Moved to Nature’s Valley and started working freelance. Have never lost my enthusiasm for photography. From 1975 to the present day, have produced 10 coffee table books. (‘Momento Mori’ was a collaboration with historians). During this time, have had 34 solo exhibitions in South Africa and 10 International one-man exhibitions in Europe. Still photographing for many international publications around the world.’
Interview with Obie Oberholzer on Nelson Mandela’s legacy (2013):
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1965 Matriculated at Clapham High School, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa.
1966 Air Force Gymnasium, Tshwane (Pretoria).
1970 Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
1972 German National Diploma in Photography, Bavarian State Institute of Photography, Munich, Germany.
1973 Cameraman, Deutsch Condor Film, Munich, Germany.
1974 Commercial Photographer, South Africa.
1979 Masters Diploma in Photography, Bavarian State Institute of Photography, Munich, Germany.
1975 – 1983: Lecturer in Photography, Quazulu- Natal Technikon, South Africa
1984: Lecturer in Photography, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1993: Senior Lecturer and Head of the Photography Section, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1999: Associate Professor and Head of the Photography Section, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
2002: Self-employed
– 35 solo exhibitions, (1975 to 2004) in various galleries in South Africa.
– 12 International solo exhibitions:
Hamburg, Frankfurt, Herten and Koln in Germany;
Madrid, Cartagena, Las Palmas & Barcelona in Spain;
Boulder (USA) Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Venlo (The Netherlands)
– Work published in South African magazines:
Scope, Huisgenoot, Personality, Cosmopolitan, Latern, Flying Springbok, Getaway, Millennium, Leadership, Profoto, Fair Lady, Sunday Times. De Kat.
– International Magazines:
Color Photography, Foto, Stern, Merian, GeoSaison, Die Zeit, (Germany) Grande Reportage, (France) Conde Nast, Traveler, (USA) Conde Nast Traveller, (Italy & Spain), Geography International (USA), The Daily Telegraph (England). Architectural Revue. (England)
Ariesfontein to Zuurfontein : A Pictorial Journey (1988)
Southern Circle : Another Pictorial Journey (1989)
To Hell n Gone (1991)
Beyond Bagamoyo : A Journey from Cape to Cairo (1998)
The Hotazel Years (2000)
Raconteur Road : Shots into Africa (2002)
Round the Bend: Travels Around Southern Africa (2006)
Long Ago Way: In the Footsteps of Alphons Hustinx (2007)
Limburgs Momento Mori (2010)
Karoo. Long Time Passing
Cooking in the photographers house
VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
Caribbean, Naples and Islands (Italy), Peloponnese (Greece), Hamburg (Germany), South Africa, Namibia, New England area (USA), French Wine areas, Kenya (Hemingway’s Hunting Safaris), Zanzibar (Tanzania), Trobiant Islands (Papua New Guinea), New Zealand, Australia, The Netherlands, Socotra Island (Yemen) and various African countries.
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Honorary Member – PPSA (The Professional Photographers of Southern Africa).
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African children collect water at communal water pump, Malawi
Camel caravan near Gobedra Quarry. Ethiopia
Donkey cart street scene in Viñales. Cuba
Early morning storm. Karoo. South Africa.
Gravel road and ostriches near Oudtshoorn. South Africa
John Donaldson’s corner house at sunrise called ‘Die Huis van Licht en Schaduw’
Long road landscape between Fraserburg and Carnarvon
Low-tide beach at Essaouira. Morroco
Mrs. ‘Mukamuhuvare’. Namibia
Road between Oasis of Bahariya and Farafra. Egypt.
Road C45 between Okongo and Mpungu. Namibia
Social-Weaver bird nest hangs on a telephone pole. South Africa
The Baobab, boy and bike along the M5 road. Malawi
The manager’s house at Kolmanskop, Namibia
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The Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday passed an order barring nine former officials of IL&FS Group from selling or pledging any of their personal assets.
Acting on an application by the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) that was based on a preliminary report by the Serious Fraud Investigations Office (SFIO), the NCLT bench, after a marathon three and a half hours hearing, directed former officials Ravi Parthasarathy, Hari Sankaran, Arun Saha, Vibhav Kapoor, K Ramchand, RC Bawa, Mukund Sapre, Pradeep Puri and S Rangarajan to also disclose their movable and immovable properties, including bank accounts in India and abroad.
The bench said the officials are restrained from creating mortgage, lien, charge or alienating any of their personal properties, as well as dealing with any securities in any company till the next date of hearing, which is December 16.
Sanjay Shorey, counsel for MCA, said, the SFIO has found indications of fraud; that IL&FS had procured funds from the market through short-term instruments and invested them in its group companies by way of giving long-term loans and advances, which was prejudicial to its own interests in terms of solvency. The short term debt would mature immediately whereas no sources were available for servicing of the matured short term debts as the funds were blocked in long-term loans. Shorey said the company owed about Rs 499.25 crore in commercial papers in FY17 which increased to Rs 2,007.29 crore in FY2018. Inter-corporate deposits stood at Rs 459.20 crore in FY17 which increased to Rs 1,100.35 crore in FY2018.
Shorey also said that ever-greening arrangements were observed in case of loans provided to IL&FS Group companies and others such as Ind-Bharath Group, Gayatri Group and A2Z Group, among others. He said serious discrepancies in financial transactions have also been observed with respect to the IL&FS Employee Welfare Trust (EWT), which seemed to have been a mechanism for benefiting a select group of senior management.
Source: Financial Express, December 4,2018
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P.Uthayakumar finally released
Labels: Rally 2011
Malaysia police detain dozens of Indian protesters
Lai Seng Sin
Members of Malaysia's Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF)
shout slogans during a rally against racism in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.
(The Associated Press) Malaysian police arrested dozens of ethnic Indians on Sunday in a clampdown on a protest against a high school literature book that was slammed for denigrating the minority community.
Police set up roadblocks in the country's biggest city, Kuala Lumpur, amid tight security around the landmark Petronas Twin Towers, where the protest was to be held.
The main protest leader, lawyer P.Uthayakumar, was among those rounded up early Sunday as he was leaving home, said his colleague S.Jayathas, who also was detained. He said more than 100 Indians were believed to have been picked up.
Some 50 protesters who managed to escape the police dragnet gathered at a temple in the city, holding banners and shouting "Ban Interlok" and "Don't insult the Indian community" before dispersing.
"We want a stop to racism against minority citizens, especially the Indian poor, and a ban on Interlok, which is sowing the seeds of racism in schoolchildren. We are not asking for special rights but equal opportunity," Jayathas told The Associated Press from police detention.
Police could not be immediately reached for comment. They earlier refused to issue a permit for the rally on grounds that it could jeopardize security and public order.
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has accused protesters of trying to stir anti-government rallies similar to those in the Middle East, ahead of general elections widely expected to be held this year.
The Malay-language novel "Interlok" was assigned as a literature textbook for 17-year-old students this year. First published in 1971, it tells the stories of three families - Malay, Chinese and Indian, reflecting Malaysia's main ethnic groups - in British colonial times.
Some Indians complained about a portion of the book involving a poor man from India's "Pariah caste" who migrates to the country to find work and is surprised at the absence of a caste system. They say it unfairly depicts Indians, who make up about 8 percent of Malaysia's 28 million people, as coming from inferior communities and contributes to ethnic tension and discrimination.
Under the Indian caste system, Hindus are divided into four main castes according to their line of work. Although the system is banned in India, it is still practiced in villages. Malaysian Indians continue with most traditions of their ancestors, but the caste system is largely obsolete here.
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/27/2685196/malaysia-police-detain-dozens.html#ixzz1FAZPpw00
Posted by barred at 10:31 PM
Evening updates
(Monday 28.02.11) 12.20am Our supporters are now heading to Bkt Jalil police station to show their solidarity with the 12 arrested members
Police is playing a game with us. The 14 arrested earlier in Jinjang have been taken to Jalan Dang Wangi Police station. Our people are now heading to Dang Wangi to lend support to our other brothers ans sisters there.
Try as they main with their mighty show of strength which is highly questionable on the lawfulness or reasonable use of force by the police semi column fail to check the equally determined small group of peaceful protesters who refuse to be silence on their believes and have successfully shown at the international level of a hypocritical PM who had the bear face cheek to criticize the LIBYAN colonel using unjustified force again his citizen yet resorted to the same show of violent and racist behaviour.
10.10am The 4 in Putrajaya have been released and are making their way to join the rest in Jinjang. Now left 14 more in Jinjang. Our people's spirits are very high. we have proven to UMNO that they are truly a racist regime.
9.00pm Uthayakumar is now at the Jinjang Police station fighting for the release of 12 Hindraf well wishers who were arrested when they were about to hold the candle light vigil.
8.30pm 4 more Hindraf leaders, Jayathas Hindraf Chief, Ramesh Ipoh chief Selvam selangor chief and Captain Bala have been taken to Putrajaya Police station. Thier status is unknown and our Selangor team have made thier way to Putrajaya. In the interim our Supporters have regrouped in Jinjang temple.
7.35 pm Sambu, Thiaga, Naragan and P.Uthayakumar are released. Negeri Sembilan chief Sivakumar and Taxi Rajah were arrested again
7.10pm Our people been arrested in front of balai Jinjang. Stay with us
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Please send sms's to all Indians to come to come to Jinjang Police station now and we will hold our peaceful protest on interlok and demand for the release of Hindraf leaders.
Hindraf- President Waythamoorthy addressing ground supporters LIVE
5.40pm Uthayakumar is in IPD Sentul. He was arrested because of the illegal gathering and trying to organise HINDRAF Rally. With him at the IPD is Perak HRP chief Ramesh and Kedah Chief Ramu. He has asked inspector Shaharudin, the arresting officer to lodge a report on my unlawful arrest, abuse of police power and racism of the UMNO government against the Indian poor of Malaysia article 8,10 and 12 of the federal constitution. The struggle continues .
Manoharan Malayalam just came to Jinjang. I have advised him to particularly look into the welfare of Sambu and Selvan who are badly injured. He would insist that police take them to the hospital.
The Police is threatening to divide the arrested into 2. This is so that the groups that are gathered is also divided. But our guys have been advised to stay put at same place jinjang. Please call all your friends to come to jinjang to hold the candle vigil all nite long.
The crowd awaiting release of Sambulingam, Jayathas, Selvam and the rest. The crowd motivating itself to secure the release the trio. They will have candle vigil till everyone is released in Jinjang Balai.
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Hindraf supporters are continuing their demo in front of the Balai Jinjang.
Among 102 Hindraf members which been arrested in Pulapol, 17 leaders still under investigation and the rest was released.
Negeri Sembilan HINDRAF chief Sivakumar and Raja arrested near Kepong.
About 1000 people at Pudu station. PKR mandore Thiruvengadam trying to hijack the show. Police are ready to fire tear gas n water cannon.
Sambu the Hindraf national coordinator n kalai penang coordinator badly injured. Perak citizen journalist veera also injured.
Mr.Naragan Penang coordinator is arrested
Our people are now heading towards jinjang Police station where Uthaya is held. please direct all to head to jinjang police station
Now the Hindraf Human Rights Defender caring the huge Anti Interlok Banner
Approximately 200 people gathered in Kottumalai Pillayar, Pudu Raya. Redirect everyone to Kottumalai. 300 + arrested so far. Regrouping at Kottumalai pillayar temple, Puduraya.
In the presence of the press Hindraf coordinator S.Sambulingam and Selangor Chief Selvam was arrested
Jayathas been arrested
POLICE are targetting key hindraf leaders. more than 80 arrested thus far. including citizen journalists.
Kalai from Penang was arrested and the OKU(orang kurang upaya) arrested as well.
Taxi Raja was arrested
Mathavan and Tiaga was arrested
Ipoh Ramesh arrested taking him to police station
Police are arresting Hindraf leaders separately as they leave their houses and hotels
The Orang Kurang Upaya are arrived in the scene
Ipoh Hindraf members 38 arrested
1 Kedah Bus is stopped. Police taking their IC numbers. Theother 2 buses escaped and on their way. !2 cars from kedah are also making their way.
Uthayakumar Arrested from his House as we was leaving to KLCC.
February 27th, 2011 | Author s.jayathas
He currently taken to the IPK Police Station. (in front of Jalan Hang Tuah).
Inspector Saharuddin arrested Mr P Uthayakumar early this morning.
around 10 hindraf supporters had their IC's checked near KLCC area. The area still quiet.
Its 6.05 am in Malaysia. Let us start the day with prayers to the almighty to guide us all in our peaceful struggle today. May he be with us all.
Watch live video from hindraf on Justin.tv
Beware : UMNO Police is using Similar Poster Used by Hindraf / HRP to Group at Stadium
Hi Brother / Sister
Please beware that the Police is using Hindraf / HRP People’s March poster and sending out SMS and email to gather in Stadium KL. PLEASE IGNORE IT. We will meet in KLCC at 9:00 am on 27 Feb 2011. Please come thru Jalan Ampang passing by Renaissance Hotel towards KLCC.
Bus been blocked in JB
Hindraf Rally Eve 2011
Interlok rally: Police must respect right to peaceful assembly, says Kula
According to media reports, the Dang Wangi police has rejected the Human Rights Party's (HRP) application for a permit to carry out a peaceful march against the novel Interlok on Sunday.
The party has on Feb 11 submitted the necessary application to the police for a permit. I call on the police to respect the people’s constitutional right to peaceful assembly and approve the application to protest the Interlok novel.
The Interlok issue hurt the Indian community yet the Government has not shown the political will to quickly resolve the issue.
The Education Minister’s announcement on Jan 27 that the novel would remain as the textbook for Form Five, but with amendments to those parts deemed offensive by the Indian community is not an acceptable solution.
It is puzzling how a book that is so controversial and hurtful to the Indian community could not be withdrawn.
Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) director Lim Teck Ghee has added his voice to calls for the novel Interlok to be removed from the Form Five Malay literature syllabus due to its perpetuation of “offensive stereotyping” of minorities.
The former academician-turned-social activist said some may be tempted to invoke freedom of expression to justify maintaining the book as required reading in secondary schools.
That same “freedom to offend” would not, however, be granted if the offence were against Malays, he noted. It is most unfair that the government has not done what should be done – to withdraw the book as a school text book.
As for me, it will be doubly unfair if people who exercise their constitutional right of peaceful assembly to protest against the novel are denied such rights.
- M Kulasegaran is the DAP MP for Ipoh Barat
HRP rally to proceed tomorrow despite no permit
The Human Rights Party-planned rally will still continue tomorrow despite the red light from the police and the government.
“It's still on. There are no changes,” said information chief S Jayathas.
When speaking to Malaysiakini, he said that the government had repeatedly rejected their applications for a police permit.
Jayathas said that letters have been sent to the inspector-general of police, the Home Ministry as well as the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak himself.
“There is no response from any of them,” he said.
Undeterred, HRP is taking to the streets of Kuala Lumpur tomorrow morning in a battle which they had hoped to be a repeat of the November 2007 Hindraf rally which saw 30,000 protestors.
Back then, the Hindu Rights Action Force had organised one of the biggest demonstrations in the nation's capital in recent times, a culmination of long-standing Indian dissatisfaction over marginalisation.
Hindraf was subsequently banned with five of its leaders detained under the Internal Security Act. They have all since been released and some have gone on to rebrand themselves as HRP.
But conceding that tomorrow's event may not attract as much participation as the historic 2007 rally, organisers are more conservative with their expectation.
Jayathas said that they hoping that “two or three thousand” would come out to protest against what they claim, “institutionalised racism in Malaysia for the past 56 years”.
“The Indians are systematically denied minority rights. Malaysia is the most racist country in the world. Apartheid has already ended in South Africa but we still have it in Malaysia.
“We're not asking for special rights but we just want equal opportunity,” he said.
Police: Protest at your own peril
Despite much build-up to the rally, the police have repeatedly issued stern warnings against the party and would-be protestors.
The Kuala Lumpur police chief Zulkefli Abdullah also insisted that no permit will be issued for the public gathering.
“I think I have made myself very clear in my statement (sent two days ago),” he said when contacted by Malaysiakini.
On Thursday, he had said legal action would be taken against anyone involved in the gathering, but the police would consider issuing a permit if the HRP were to move their rally indoors where there is no “likelihood of a situation being created that would jeopardise public order”.
HRP plans to march tomorrow from Jalan Sultan Ismail to the KL city centre, where they will lodge a police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters against Umno over the party's 'racism'.
Another 1 day for the rally
Emergency Contact Detail On 27 Feb 2011
These are the do’s and don’ts for the 27th Feb March against UMNO Racism
Bring your digital camera with back up batteries
Bring a 2-litre bottle of water at least
Bring a towel to cover your face in event of tear gas
Bring a small packet of salt
Look out for suspicious agent provocateurs. They may be Malays or even Indian mandores who are thugs hired by UMNO to disrupt our peaceful March
Should you see someone behaving/acting/ uttering words which are provocative; make sure you take a photograph or video of him/her. This would be evidence, which we may use to show the international community of how UMNO operates.
Similarly if you see Police or plain clothes Policemen attacking our fellow brothers and sisters, make sure you take photographs and videos. Be careful as the UMNO thugs ie the 3line and Pekida thugs may pose as plain-clothes policemen. Do not near them. Keep away and alert others on the presence of these suspicious characters. Remember we want your photos/videos.
If you subscribe to broadband on your phone then send your photos, short videos to Hindraf3@gmail .com and we would immediately upload the photos/ videos. Keep sending the photos as we would be constantly uploading them. Let us know what is happening on the ground as we would update in our sites. Hindraf and HRP would cover the event LIVE on our websites.
If you witness an incident that needs to be recorded and disseminated to others, then sms your message to or call 0102733644 or 0163507189
Our Hindraf reps would give the necessary guides on the march or any other further directions as situation may deem fit.
In the event of the main Hindraf leaders arrested immediately before or during the rally, do not worry and do not be mislead by Political opportunists/Mandores both from BN or PR who may hijack and divert you. We have sufficient back up leaders who would give the necessary instructions.
Be wary of Police SB and their agents who may create confusion and divert the true intentions of our March.
FOR ALL INQUIRIES/DIRECTION OR EMERGENCY CONTACT . 0102733644 or 0163507189
There would also be a 24-hour command centre both in KL and London to answer your calls.
SHOULD THE MALAYSIAN NUMBERS HAVE ANY UNEXPLAINABLE PROBLEMS GIVE US A MISS CALL ON 00447502441210 AND WE WILL RETURN YOUR CALL.
THIS IS A HINDRAF PEACEFUL MARCH AGAINST UMNO RACISM. DO NOT ALLOW ANY POLITICIAN TO HIJACK THE CAUSE.
Let us all UNITE TO MARCH AGAINST UMNO’S 54 YEARS OF INSTITUTIONALISED RACISM.
Please disseminate this information to as many people that you know.
THE SALT MARCH, MARCH ON WASHINGTON, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM AND FREEDOM MARCH! By: Iraiputtiran
My dear learned Minister of Education! You have made a grave mistake by deciding to retain Interlok as the compulsory reading for Form Five Malay literature! I can bet my last Ringgit Malaysia that you had not read the book thus far nor have you sufficient knowledge on literary analysis. I am also without a trace of doubt in my mind believe that your decision to retain Interlok in the national curriculum was purely driven by the deeply rooted racism and selfishness in you as a true UMNO beneficiary of the NEP system that seems to have fattened you up quite generously! You have failed miserably to feel the pulse of the nation, especially that of the Indians whom you have insulted, denigrated, and caused to grieve just to satisfy your lust for a false sense of UMNO Supremacy by retaining Interlok! How dare you call us “PARIAH!” Mr Deputy Prime Minister, take a hard look in the mirror and note the blemishes within you and your UMNO Masters! Pause for a second and think of the greed, lust, cravings, arrogance, racism, bigotism and hatred you and your UMNO Masters have developed in the minds of the innocent public against the Indians (and Chinese) to the detriments of this multiracial nation!
Indians have spoken at great length, engaged in dialogues, written in volumes, burnt the novel, and politely requested … your UMNO government to drop the book from the school curriculum! And yet, your UMNO Malay supremacy and religious bigotry-infected sadist and atrocious mind has decided to keep the novel in order for your RACISTS UMNOputras to continue to denigrate, dishonor and disgrace the Indians and finally kill their self-esteem and have their dignity destroyed! All that so that you can have a continuous supply of cheap slavery to do the most menial jobs in future, lower than what the illegal-made-legal Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indonesian laborers do! You hope that through your 54 years of socially engineered strategies to severely marginalise and finally massacre the Indians on this land, those who could not withstand the agony would finally leave the country just as your UMNOputras constantly remind us to “Balik… somewhere” or for survival will succumb to your Islamisation and convert and submissively bow to you in servitude!
You and your UMNOputras are dead wrong! We are here! We will neither bow nor submit to your RACISM AND BIGOTISM! We will not flee this country leaving behind the vulnerable ones to be made your preys! We will BATTLE THIS WAR OF RACISM TILL THE LAST DROP OF OUR BLOOD!
You can exploit the equally contaminated police force to instill fear, intimidate, arrest and imprison us! Your stone walls do not make a prison nor iron bars a cage! You can silence our dissent, but not our spirit! We will fight! We have no arms, artilleries or weapons like you! We will battle it with our soul and spirit, with human conscience! Ours is a non-violent battle purely driven by our earnest quest to seek fairness, equality and justice against your UMNO RACISM of 54 years!
Like The Salt March, March on Washington, Long Walk to Freedom and Freedom March, the People’s March will unfold a new dawn in the lives of those who have been denied justice and their rights as lawful citizens in this country by UMNO RACISM! Gandhi’s Salt March may have taken 17 years to gain independence for India, Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom may have taken 20 year of his life, the Freedom Marches may have endured extreme pain threading 966 kilometers from Glasgow to London, and the March on Washington may have taken place 100 years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation…. but the people’s power won the battles in the end! So will we! So will we!
The People’s March, Solidarity Against UMNO Racism will bury UMNO’s RACISM! 27 March 2011, KLCC, 9.00 am! The people will march for THE PEOPLE’S MARCH!
Allow anti-racism march, US group tells Hisham
The government's decision to deny Hindraf the right to peaceful assembly has made a mockery of Malaysia's place at the UN Human Rights Council.
KOTA KINABALU: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to respect Malaysia’s international and legal obligations and allow Sunday’s Solidarity March Against Racism to proceed.
HRW’s deputy Asia director, Phil Robertson, called on Hishammuddin to overturn a decision by the police to deny a permit for the march in Kuala Lumpur, saying that the organisers on their part should ensure that the walk is carried out in an orderly and peaceful manner.
“The Malaysian government’s opposition to peaceful marches results in three big losers: the rights to free expression, freedom of association, and peaceful assembly.
“The Malaysian government’s commitment to diversity and development is betrayed when it refuses to permit peaceful criticism of its policies and programmes.
“Banning this march makes a mockery of the principles the government pledged to uphold when it assumed its seat on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council,” Robertson said in press statement.
The march is being organised by two ethnic Indian rights groups, the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) and the Human Rights Party (HRP).
On Feb 24, the Dang Wangi police rejected a formal request made by W Sambulingam, national coordinator of Hindraf.
The Sundary march is in reaction to a government’s decision to assign the novel Interlok as a literature textbook for Form Five students.
The novel by national laureate Abdullah Hussain, which was first published in 1971 and revised in 2010, involves relations among ethnic Malays, Chinese, and Indians from the early 1900s through 1957.
The Malaysian Indian community contends that the book disparages Indians and contributes to ethnic tensions and discrimination in educational and employment opportunities for ethnic Indian Malaysians.
No permit
Meanwhile, the anticipated route for the Sunday march is from Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Petronas Towers to the Dang Wangi police station, where participants will attempt to lodge complaints against the government.
Hishammuddin had earlier said that Hindraf would not get a police permit to march.
“It is a banned movement… It doesn’t have locus standi to ask for a permit,” he said.
The government banned the group after it staged a massive demonstration in Kuala Lumpur in 2007.
HRP has applied for registration; however, its application is still pending.
The government has already cracked down on the HRP’s right to peaceful assembly.
On Feb 13, two weeks before the scheduled march, HRP initiated a grassroots information and recruitment drive in several states, dispatching convoys of cars loaded with activists wearing the group’s distinctive orange T-shirts and carrying posters, banners, and assorted promotional materials to various locales.
Police, however, stopped the convoys at roadblocks and diverted participants to police stations, where many were detained.
The police arrested at least 59 people on various grounds. In one instance, participants were held for driving in a convoy without a permit.
In other instances, police charged the activists with illegal assembly, interference with on-duty officers, obstructing traffic, and moving in a large group in a busy area.
Some participants, held overnight, were offered their freedom if they gave up their orange T-shirts, but when it became clear they would not do so, they were released on bail.
Police clampdown
On Feb 20, police in three locations broke up HRP forums designed to explain the group’s concerns about certain issues and to continue membership recruitment. The police claimed that permission to hold the forums had been denied.
HRP leaders were among some 59 arrested. Eventually all were released on bail.
In a further pre-emptive move, M Gobalakrishnan, the person named on fliers as the contact for further information in Hulu Selangor, was picked up at his home by six plainclothes officers and detained hours before the local meeting was to begin.
Police also sealed off the forum site. Gobalakrishnan has since been released.
In November 2007, between 10,000 and 30,000 people participated in the first Hindraf-organised demonstration.
The then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reportedly said that Hindraf leaders undermined national security by threatening racial and religious harmony.
Following the protest, the government detained five Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act (ISA), and banned Hindraf.
The HRP’s application for registration, though pending with the Registrar of Societies, will likely face difficulties because of its association with Hindraf.
Physically disable people all geared up for the Historical “People’s March against UMNO’s RACISM” in Malaysia.
MALAYSIAN be united regardless race to fight racism implanted and sowed by the authoritarian UMNO led Malaysian government to enhance race segregation and racism in the educational curriculum. Be there…
‘Najib’s Makkal Sakti to hijack rally’
Hindraf claims that RS Thanenthiran's party has been given the green light to hold a rally at the same venue on Sunday.
GEORGE TOWN: Hindraf Makkal Sakti has accused the police of conspiring with Umno to hijack its anti-racism rally on Sunday.
The movement claimed that the police had issued a permit to RS Thanenthiran’s Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP) to hold a separate rally at the same venue, the Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
In a posting on its website, Hindraf labelled MMSP as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s “Makkal Sakti” and published a photograph of Thanenthiran tying a sash bearing the words “Wira Makkal Sakti” around Najib.
On Feb 9, Hindraf said that it had submitted an application for a police permit to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.
“When a policeman arrived at our headquarters to serve the letter of rejection on the application, we saw Najib’s MMSP letterhead in his file. But we did not enquire about it,” it stated.
However, Hindraf claimed that it received information from reliable sources two hours later that MMSP was granted the permit instead.
“Obviously the police, its intelligence unit, Najib and Umno have conspired to pit one Indian organisation against another.
“They are plotting to arrest the real Hindraf leaders, and hand over the initiative to MMSP to hijack Hindraf’s rally and confuse the public,” the movement alleged.
Reminiscent of 2007
Contacted later, Hindraf chairman P Waytha Moorthy claimed that it was reminiscent of Hindraf’s mammoth rally in 2007.
He alleged that the police planted a “special branch E3M officer with the rank of ASP” in the movement’s leadership before the Nov 25 rally that year.
Waytha Moorthy claimed that the move was part of an operation known as “Ops Padam Hindraf” to divide the movement.
In the follow-up action, he claimed that some Hindraf newcomers were “turned over” by the authorities to form and lead MMSP.
“Backed by unlimited government funds, they used the print and electronic media, including mainstream Tamil dailies, to execute their political ploy,” he said.
“Back then, we were not prepared with our second line of leadership. But today we are,” he added.
Meanwhile, some local professionals had formed an ad-hoc 10-member group called “Friends of Hindraf” to deal with several issues, such as possible arrests on Sunday.
The legal team is headed by Hindraf lawyer and DAP’s Kota Alam Shah assemblyman M Manoharan.
In Hindraf march, fears of Middle East contagion
Hindraf’s 2007 protest was widely believed to have contributed to BN’s Election 2008 reversal. — Reuters pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — As protests in the Middle East topple regimes and spark violence, the government is taking no chances and has warned it will come down hard on the planned gathering by Indian rights group Hindraf here this Sunday.
Although the group’s influence appears to have waned after being plagued by internal bickering and claims of infiltration by the Special Branch, police have refused to grant Hindraf a permit to hold the demonstration to voice Indian outrage over the use of the “Interlok” novel in schools.
The wave of protests that ousted the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt, has also spread to India where tens of thousands gathered to protest against rising food prices earlier this week.
With Libya now facing a bloody showdown between its ruler Muammar Gaddafi and opposition figures, Barisan Nasional (BN) has both political and security reasons to clamp down on any public gathering, which may escalate if left unchecked.
The Malaysian Insider understands that the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar will meet with leaders of Indian NGOs and MIC this evening to discuss security issues ahead of Sunday’s rally.
Sources said that MIC, who will have to justify any police action to its political constituents, will ask the police chief not to “come down hard as it will only make matters worse.”
Uthayakumar (left) said authorities feared this Sunday’s protest. — Reuters pic
“They fear that we could be the light that sparks the prairie fire,” Hindraf founder and legal advisor P. Uthayakumar told The Malaysian Insider.
Both Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin have stressed repeatedly that the political upheavals in the Arab world have no bearing on Malaysia.
“Those that lead these illegal actions must be dealt with sternly and I will leave it to the police to act,” Muhyiddin had told the press yesterday, when asked about Hindraf’s “anti-racism” march this weekend.
But just as it did in 2007 — prior to the March 2008 general election — Hindraf will defy police orders and gather at KLCC on Sunday. National polls are also expected to be called later this year.
Uthayakumar does not expect this weekend’s gathering to match the claimed crowd of 30,000 in 2007.
But he said that as Hindraf has “stepped up a notch from just fighting against being marginalised to attacking Umno’s racism,” the dominant Malay party will feel just as threatened as four years ago.
Political analyst Agus Yusoff said the timing of the rally, in what will likely be an election year, was akin to “political blackmail.”
“They did the same in 2007, so the strategy is that if the authorities clamp down hard, it will fuel more anger but if they don’t then it will encourage further protests,” he said.
The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia professor said even though the issue of “Interlok” being used as part of the Malay literature syllabus concerns one race, in the context of large-scale demonstrations elsewhere, there was a risk of escalating tensions.
“What if Malay groups like Perkasa retaliate, and so on and so forth?” he asked The Malaysian Insider.
PKR’s Selangor executive councillor Xavier Jeyakumar said that with Najib having just promoted Malaysia as a model Muslim country, he cannot afford for a popular uprising to occur now.
“There is a lot of unhappiness across all communities that is just not being expressed openly. But Hindraf may trigger it and cause a chain reaction so Najib will be keen to nip it in the bud,” he added.
Malaysia: Allow Anti-Racism March
End Harassment of Peaceful Demonstrators
(New York, February 25, 2011) – Malaysia’s home affairs minister should overturn a decision by local police to deny a permit for the Solidarity March Against Racism sponsored by two ethnic Indian rights groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 24, 2011, the Dang Wangi police rejected a formal request made on February 11 by W. Sambulingam, national coordinator of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), to permit the march.
“Malaysian government opposition to peaceful marches results in three big losers: the rights to free expression, freedom of association, and peaceful assembly,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The home affairs minister should respect Malaysia’s international legal obligations and permit the march to proceed, and the organizers should ensure that the march is orderly and peaceful.”
The February 27 march is in reaction to a government decision to assign the novel Interlok as a literature textbook for fifth form students, most in their late teens, in some public schools. The novel by Abdullah Hussain, first published in 1971 and revised in 2010, involves relations among ethnic Malays, Chinese, and Indians from the early 1900s through 1957. Members of the Indian community contend that the book disparages Indians and contributes to ethnic tensions and discrimination in educational and employment opportunities for ethnic Indian Malaysians.
The anticipated route for the march is from Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Petronas Towers to the Dang Wangi police station, where participants will attempt to lodge complaints against the prime minister and the government. Home Affairs Minister Hishammuddin Husseinearlier had said that Hindraf would not get a police permit to march.
“They are an illegal and banned movement,” he said. “They don’t have locus standi [legal standing] in asking for a permit.”
The government banned the group after a demonstration in 2007. The Hindu Rights Party (HRP) has applied for registration, which is pending.
The government has already cracked down on the HRP's right to peaceful assembly. On February 13, two weeks before the scheduled march, HRP initiated a grassroots information and recruitment drive in several Malaysian states, dispatching convoys of cars loaded with activists wearing the group’s distinctive orange T-shirts and carrying posters, banners,and assorted promotional materials to various locales. Police stopped the convoys at roadblocks and diverted participants to police stations, where many were detained.
The police arrested at least 59 people on various grounds. In one instance, participants were held for driving in a convoy without a permit. In other instances, police charged the activists with illegal assembly, interference with on-duty officers, obstructing traffic, and moving in a large group in a busy area. Some participants, held overnight, were offered their freedom if they gave up their orange T-shirts, but when it became clear they would not do so, they were released on bail.
On February 20, police in three locations broke up HRP forums designed to explain the group’s concerns about certain issues and to continue membership recruitment. The police claimed that permission to hold the forums had been denied. HRP leaders were among some 59 arrested. Ultimately all were released on bail. In a further pre-emptive move, M. Gobalakrishnan, the person named on fliers as the contact for further information in Hulu Selangor, was picked up at his home by six plainclothes officers hours before the local meeting was to begin and arrested. Police also sealed off the forum site. Gobalakrishnan has since been released.
In November 2007, between 10,000 and 30,000 people participated in the first Hindraf-organized demonstration. The prime minister at that time, Abdullah Badawi, reportedly said that Hindraf leaders undermined national security by threatening racial and religious harmony. Following the protest, the government detained five Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act (ISA), and banned Hindraf. The HRP’s application for registration, though pending with the Registrar of Societies, will likely face significant difficulties because of its association with Hindraf.
“The Malaysian government’s commitment to diversity and development is betrayed when it refuses to permit peaceful criticism of its policies and programs,” Robertson said. “Banning this march makes a mockery of the principles the government pledged to uphold when it assumed its seat on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council.”
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http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2007/12/17/malaysia-hindu-rights-activists-detained
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http://www.hrw.org/en/asia/malaysia
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PM: Don’t use violence in Libya (NST headlines 24/2/2011) Similarly Najib Razak must order non violence on Hindraf/HRP peaceful Rally on 27/2/2011 @ KLCC at 9.00a.m.
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Media Statement (24/2/2011)
Hindraf and HRP after 50 years of independence and just before the 25th November 2007 Rally forwarded their Hindraf 18 point demands with particular regards to the Indian poor. But save and except for some cosmetic or wayang kulit showtime mainstream media especially in the three Tamil dailies propaganda, very little has been done to alleviate the 70% of the Malaysian Indians who are living in poverty , hardcore poor and poor Malaysian Indian pain sufferings and the mysery inflicted on them on a day to day basis from womb to tomb by the racist UMNO regime of One Malay-sia.
The latest wayang kulit by UMNO is the UMNO media propaganda last week of supposedly registering thousands from the estimated 450,000 stateless even fifth and sixth generation Malaysian born ethnic Indians. Our question is this supposed registration exercise has been ongoing scores of times in over the last 54 years. But where is the hard results published in the Tamil dailies and the website of the racist UMNO Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara and the Home Ministry of the thousands of these Indian poor being “granted” their Birth Certificates, Identity Cards and Citizenship. Because these thousands were rejected simply because the victims are the defenseless Indian poor.
This example is just the tip of the iceberg of the UMNO regime’s racism and religious supremacy targetted against especially the Indian poor.
Today we have moved beyond the Interlok issue and are up against UMNO racism in the supposed One Malay-sia, the world’s most racist regime by way of our peaceful and non violent Hindraf/HRP Rally on the 27th February 2011.
We hereby call upon Prime Minister Najib Razak to similarly order police not to use force or violence at this peaceful rally as per the Prime Minister’s call to the Libyan President Ghaddafi as reported in today’s headlines in the New Straits Times!! ‘Don’t use violence’ Gaddafi should heed people’s aspirations, says Najib. (NST 24/2/2011 headlines).
Secretary General (pro tem)
Anti-lnterlok Rally application rejected
‘Interlok a classic work of Malaysian racism’
This, while the controversial novel celebrates the virtues of the Malay race, culture and value system.
As such, Lim noted, it has led some quarters to see the novel as “the classic Malaysian racist book”.
In remarks e-mailed to Malaysiakinitoday, the former academician-turned-social activist said some may be tempted to invoke freedom of expression to justify maintaining the book as required reading in secondary schools.
That same “freedom to offend” would not, however, be granted if the offence were against Malays, he noted.
There is concern, furthermore, with the prospect of predominantly Malay literature teachers teaching students the novel and its racially-slanted messages.
While anger has been expressed mainly by Indian groups and politicians against the negative portrayal of the community in the novel – including the use of the term ‘pariah’ – ire has also been raised on the perpetuation of stereotypes relating to ethnic Chinese.
Stressing against the call for the book to be banned “in the same way in which the government has banned so many other books”, Lim said Interlok should not be in the prescribed literature curriculum and “certainly not let loose on young and impressionistic minds”.
It should be not made an exam text, furthermore, whereby students are liable to be coerced into giving the “officially correct” reading of the novel in their answer papers, and whose correctness is determined by the authorities marking the exam papers.
“This will poison young minds and bring unintended harmful consequences to race relations in the country,” he said.
Lim also questioned why the novel was now being made compulsory and enjoying “political patronage” when it had failed to impress the literati when it was first published in 1971 – four years after the manuscript had languished in obscurity, claimed Lim.
“It is not unreasonable to deduce that the book’s publication in 1971 was agenda-driven. The political scenario at that time, that is, the 1969 race riots and the introduction of the NEP in the following year, was rapidly evolving and veering to outright Malay nationalism.
“The decision – made only last year – to include Interlok in the reading list, is equally suspect as the 40-year-old book had in the past not got any rave reviews from either the reading public or the writing fraternity,” he added.
Expressing surprise that members of the government panel tasked with reviewing the book for its “offensive bits” had agreed to working under such a limited scope, Lim said the transparency of the exercise was suspect, given that the government had reportedly succumbed to Malay pressure groups in other issues.
“It was not paragraphs or sections of the book that were in question, although there were innumerable instances of racial stereotyping, historical errors and misrepresentation of Chinese and Indian culture and society.
“Instead, it is the sum total of the book that needs to be rejected,” he added.
Although the rejection of the book on grounds of its unsuitability as a school textbook is not part of the terms of reference, he hoped the review panel would have the courage to arrive at this decision in view of the overwhelming evidence presented on the racially offensive overall thrust of the book.
Whatever the outcome of the review process, Lim challenged cabinet members to read the book – or the translation of the book – and “decide for themselves whether they would permit their own children to be exposed to it.”
Hindraf Rally: Appeal to CPO Kuala Lumpur on UMNO police rejection of Hindrafs’ police permit.
Upon receiving the rejection letter from ACP Mohamad Zulkarnain Bin Abdul Rahman, Ketua Polis Daerah (OCPD), Dang Wangi, Hindraf coordinator W. Sambulingam has instructed Hindraf lawyers to appeal to the Chief Police Officer of Kuala Lumpur for the approval of the police permit for the Hindraf Rally at KLCC on 27/2/2011 at 9.00 am.
S. Jayathas
Hindraf Rally planned to be hijacked by Najib Makkal Sakthi Party, UMNO and Police Special Branch.
The Police Special Branch &UMNO plot grants police permit to Najib Makkal Sakthi Party MMSP- to confuse and hijack this Hindraf Rally after arresting the real Hindraf & HRP leaders.
This morning we received a phone call that the Najib Makkal Sakthi Party or MMSP has applied for a permit also for the 27th Feb 2011 Hindraf Rally at KLCC at 9.00a.am.
When Lans Constable Mohammad arrived at our HRP HQ at 12.00p.m. to serve the Letter of rejection of police permit on HRP CEC Member S.Thiagarajan we saw the Najib MMSP letterhead in his file but did not ask why.
At about 2.00p.m. we received a phone call from one of our supporters that the Hindraf Rally police permit has been issued to Najib’s MMSP and not to the real applicants ie Hindraf and HRP.
If true, we believe that this is a top Police Special Branch and UMNO conspiracy to arrest the real Hindraf and HRP leaders way before the 27th Feb Hindraf Rally, create confusion and allow the Najib Makkal Sakthi UMNO Indian mandores hijack the 27th Feb 2011 Hindraf Rally.
Just as they did in the post 25th November 2007 Hindraf Rally by planting even a police Special Branch E3M ASP to emerge as one of the five Hindraf leaders under Ops Padam Hindraf especially to confuse and divide Hindraf. And then turning over the then Hindraf newcomers to lead the Najib Makkal Sakthi Party which was hastily approved within two weeks. We then were not ready with our second line leadership. But today we are.
With unlimited government funds, the Police top special Branch brains and the full UMNO government machinery, UMNO succeeded to a great extent in creating confusion, dividing and weakening Hindraf using their print and electronic media and the three Tamil dailies.
But today we can see through UMNO, their Special Branch planners and plotters and the UMNO Indian mandores. All what we can say at this juncture is today we are far better prepared.
‘Pisang tidak akan berbuah dua kali”.
And 100% of the blame should any untoward incident happen on 27th Feb 2011 Hindraf Rally would squarely be on UMNO and their police Special Branch Operatives, Perkasa, Pekida, UMNOs’ underworld Tiga Line and UMNOs’ Indian mandore gangsters.
Rights Not Mercy.
Video: UMNO’s CPO must allow HINDRAF Solidarity March
500 over Hindraf Supporters & Public demand release of Activists in IPD Jawi,Penang!
Statement by Dublin’s Frontline Defenders in Support of Human Rights Defenders from HINDRAF.
Hindraf Makkal Sakthi has applied for police permit for 27th February 2011 Hindraf Rally contrary to media statements by Home Minister and IGP
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Your Reference :
In Reply : MISC/February/2011
Date : 23/2/2011
YAB. Dato Seri Najib Razak
Prime Minister of Malaysia,
Blok Utama Bangunan Perdana Putra,
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, Fax: 03-88883444
62502 Putrajaya E-Mail: najib@pmo.gov.my
Y.B Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein,
Menteri Kementerian Dalam Negeri,
Kementerian Dalam Negeri,
Blok D1 & D2, Kompleks D,
Pusat Pentadbiran,
Kerajaan Persekutuan, Fax: 03-2693 3131
62546 Putrajaya E-Mail: menteri@moha.gov.my
Tan Sri Haji Ismail bin Haji Omar,
Ketua Polis Negara,
Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja,
Malaysia,
Bukit Aman, Fax: 03-20707500 50560 Kuala Lumpur E-Mail: kpn@rmp.gov.my
Re : Hindraf Makkal Sakthi has applied for police permit for 27th February 2011 Hindraf Rally contrary to media statements by Home Minister and IGP
We refer to the above matter and to the news report in The Sun 17/02/2011 of page 2 titled “ Hisham : No application for rally permit “ and The Sun 18/02/2011
at page 4 titled “ Don’t hold rally IGP tells HRP” by the Home Minister and the Inspector General of Police respectively.
May we bring out to your goodselves attention that this is not the truth as we have indeed applied for a police permit. A copy of the said application with the Dang Wangi police stations acknowledgement is enclosed herewith to Article 10 of the Federal Constitution guarantees the citizens right to assemble peacefully without arms.
We recall some years ago when Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin marched from Kampung Baru to the Renaissance Hotel to send a protest note to the then Secretary of State of the United States of America Condoleza Rice on the Palestinian plight and his march was neither disrupted or nor was he and his group arrested or prosecuted.
Further Article 8 of the Federal Constitution guarantees equality before the law and the equal protection of the law.
We also ask for our right to march against UMNO racism and Interlok on 27th of February 2011 at 9.00 am from KLCC to the Dang Wangi police station. During this peaceful march we also ask for police protection against possible extremist groups like Perkasa, Pekida, Tiga Line etc from creating problems and violence. We also ask for protection against possible UMNO Indian mandore gangsters who may assigned to create an “Indian versus Indian” fight and creating possible violence. If there is any violence on that day we shall presume that the same is orchestrated and well conceived UMNO plan a la Kg Medan as we have always been peaceful and have always subscribed to a non violent and peaceful struggle.
In the circumstances we trust that our application for a police permit for our aforesaid peaceful rally further to Article 10 of the Federal constitution would be granted.
Secretary General (Protem)
HINDRAF to lead PEOPLE’S NEO DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION AGAINST MALAYSIAN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT on FEBRUARY 27, 2011.
I write as the Chair of HINDRAF, an NGO, that took the people to the street on November 25, 2007 to fight for their rights and liberty that eventually was instrumental for the Malaysian authoritarian Government to lose several states to the opposition in the elections on March 8th 2008 see link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HINDRAF
Recently the Malaysian government against the interest of public had included a novel “Interlok” that contains racial slurs against the Ethnic Indians and Chinese as a compulsory literature for 16 years old school goers. See http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/155901
HINDRAF has protested vehemently against the introduction of this book as a school text and many of its leaders were arrested for conducting an awareness campaign against racism being taught in school. See link http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/21006/police-clamp-down-on-hrp-convoys-scores-arrested.html, http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/21009/hindraf-klang-valley-anti-interlok-convoy-activists-arrested.html,http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/21007/say-no-to-interlok---hindraf.html
We are organizing a nation wide rally on February 27, 2011 at 9am in from the the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to fight racism implanted and sowed by the authoritarian UMNO led Malaysian government to enhance race segregation and racism in the educational curriculum. See attached http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/2011/02/15/hindraf-to-organize-people%e2%80%99s-march-for-solidarity-against-umnobn-racism%e2%80%9d-on-2722011-at-klcc/
The People need to rise and revolt without fear or favor against facist governments and such esteemed media such as you need to provide the coverage to enhance the battle for rights and liberty of the human kind.
P. Waytha Moorthy
Chair- HINDRAF
Email : waytha@hotmail.com
Tel No: +44 750 228 9313
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Interlok Forum - 8 Activist Arrested
HRP submits memorandum to United Nations
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Hindraf invites UN to monitor Feb 27 rally
The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has requested for observers from the United Nations (UN) to monitor its 'People's March in Solidarity Against Umno's Racism' this Sunday.
The march will start from the KLCC at 9am, and end at the Dang Wangi Police station.
The demonstration is to protest against Interlok, the controversial novel that Form Five students use as a compulsory literature text.
Hindraf national information coordinator, S Jayathas (third from left), said that it would only be fair if the UN were to to witness how the protestors were being handled by the police.
He was speaking at the UN office in Kuala Lumpur.
"The UN will see that we are running a peaceful demonstration."
Jayathas added that the police have yet to reply regarding their application for a police permit submitted on Feb 11.
Asked to comment on Ibrahim Ali Perkasa president lodging a police report against Hindraf today, he replied:
"Perkasa is under the Umno. If they were to report to the police, everyone pays attention and action is taken. If they were to run a demo, nothing happens, no one is arrested.
"When we make a police report, the response is slow. When others - like us - demonstrate, we get arrested.
On Feb 13, the police detained 59 people nationwide who were travelling in Hindraf organised convoys. There have been with allegations of rough treatment by the police.
Request for UN to intervene
Jayathas has also submitted a letter urging the UN to intervene in the 'Interlok' issue.
It was received by Devendran Patel, United Nation's Security Advisor for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
He explained that the book was not appropriate for use in school as it portrayed Indians negatively.
The novel, by national laureate Abdullah Hussein, became a controversial issue following the ministry's decision to use the novel as a literature textbook, with several parties claiming that it contains words deemed demeaning to the Indian community.
Education Minister MuhyiddinYassin had announced on Jan 27 that the novel will remain as the textbook for the literature component of the Bahasa Malaysia subject for Form Five, but with amendments to those parts deemed offensive by the Indian community.
Jayathas said he wants Unesco to intervene in this issue as it degrades the Indian and Chinese community.
"The book has nothing but racial slurs and it stereotypes the two races," he said, adding that the novel would only divide the peaceful Malaysian nation.
Jayathas added the anti-Interlok forum is still on schedule.
"Tonight we will run the forum at the Mahamariamman Temple at Ladang Bukit Jalil near Puchong and the last day of forum is at the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall tomorrow.
HINDRAF-Urgent appeal to International Governments, UN & Orgs on possible UMNO sponsored Violence on 27/2/11
21st February 2011.
Re: Urgent Request to make Representations to the Government of Malaysia on the Crackdown and possible violence by UMNO sponsored underworld “3 Line”, Pekida and Extremist Perkasa on Human Rights Advocates organising Solidarity March against UMNO racism in Malaysia on 27th February 2011.
I write to you with the utmost urgency for your attention on the above matter.
HINDRAF is a Human Rights organisation that advocates the rights of the marginalized Indian community in Malaysia. Although the Government of Malaysia has banned this movement without well-founded reasons, it has continued to organise various activities affecting human rights issues nationwide and as of late 2007, the movement has been operating from London.
Recently, the Malaysian government took a decision to approve the use of a novel entitled “Interlok” as part of compulsory curriculum material for 5th Form pupils in selected areas in Malaysia but the ethnic Indian community and HINDRAF take exception to the use of the novel because it contains racially insensitive, degrading, humiliating, and disrespectful use of adjectives that is extreme racist nature and on behalf of the Indian community HINDRAF has called for a total ban of the novel. The government has chosen to ignore our compliant but insist that the material will go into circulation once amendments to the material are passed sometime next month.
In response to the recalcitrant attitude of the government, HINDRAF passed a motion to stage a Solidarity March against Racism on 27th February 2011 and in furtherance to the said event, we also organised various road shows, forums, car drive campaigns and such like at national level. We have managed to amass a total of more than 200 Hindraf Human Rights campaigners to carry out grassroots campaigns including distribution of posters and fliers regarding our intention.
However since 10th February 2011, the Government began a crackdown on HINDRAF Human Rights campaigners using harassment, threat of violence, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, inhumane and degrading treatment including the demand that female activists remove their Orange Hindraf T-Shirts in public.
On 13th March 2011, a total of 59 Hindraf leaders and volunteers were arrested nationwide for taking part in an Anti Racism (car drive campaign). Police subjected one volunteer to inhumane ill treatment by placing him in a dark room for almost 19 out of 26 hours he was under arrest and detention. More than 120 other volunteers were prevented from continuing their campaigns nationwide.
The Police harassment continued from 13th February with:
a) Intimidation used against venue owners for allowing us to use their halls to conduct our forums;
b) Threatening venue owners with arbitrary arrest;
c) Threatening HINDRAF volunteers with arrests if they were to continue with forum discussions nationwide;
d) Placing HINDRAF volunteers under surveillance and making unannounced visits to their work places to intimidate and put pressure on employers to terminate HINDRAF volunteers from their jobs;
e) Road blocks at strategic points leading to venues of our nationwide forums thus preventing these forums from taking place.
f) Using the Police Federal Reserve Units (PFRU) in full riot gear to carry out a “baton charge” at a function Hall in Penang thus endangering the safety and security of vulnerable individuals such as the elderly, women and children at the anti racism forums.
g) Further arrests of 16 Hindraf leaders and volunteers also took place on 20th February 2011.
The Government of Malaysia is fearful that our road shows and ground campaigns over the last 3 weeks is likely to draw a large crowd for the Solidarity March on 27th February and is thus threatening us with the possible arrests under the draconian Internal security Act which may be a repeat of similar arrests which took place in 2007.
Despite the threats from the Government, we are undeterred as we are committed in our pursuit to continue with our peaceful Solidarity March scheduled on 27th February 2011. We have made an application for a Police permit; although we do not require one under the Federal Constitution, which guarantees Freedom of speech and assembly. We however anticipate that it is very unlikely that the Police would approve our requests for Police permits.
The March on 27th February 2011 would begin at KLCC and terminate at the Jalan Dang Wangi Police Station where more than 1000 people would lodge reports against the current Government which has been ruling for 54 years and its Primer Minister for practising Institutionalised racism in Malaysia.
We write to urge you to make an urgent representation to the Government of Malaysia to respect the citizens’ universal standards of Human rights, as well as the right to assemble and express feelings of discontentment and allow us to proceed with the March peacefully.
We fear the UMNO led Government would engage its agent provocateurs namely, the notorious 3 LINE and Pekida underworld gangs and its outsourced far right extremist wing such as the Perkasa to cause trouble on the said day.
We attach herewith our letters to the Inspector General of Police seeking his protection and co-operation (which thus far has been ignored) and a copy of the Memorandum of Complaint to the Human Rights Commission Malaysia, which is self-explanatory.
Your kind indulgence and urgent action is very much appreciated.
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William J.Burns
The Under Secretary for Political Affairs
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Rt.Hon. William Hague MP
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Ms Heidi Hautala
Chair of the Human Rights Sub Committee
Rue Wiertz
Wiertzstraat
Richard Ottaway MP
Foreign Affairs Committee
4 Millbank
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Ms Navanethem Pillay
High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Palais Wilson
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CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland
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Mr. Githu Muigai
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
Palais des Nations
Email: racism@ohchr.org
Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: urgent-action@ohchr.org
Gay McDougall
Independent Expert on Minority Issues
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Email: freedex@ohchr.org
Gabriella Habtom
Human Rights Officer and Secretary of the Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Human Rights Treaties Division
Tel. +41.22.917.9193 - Fax +41.22.917.90.08
e-mail: ghabtom@ohchr.org / tb-petitions@ohchr.org
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Fax number: +44-20-79561157
Email: activism@amnesty.org.uk
Address: 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
email: spiegem@hrw.org
Minority Rights Group International
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London E1 6LT, UK
Email: minority.rights@mrgmail.org
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The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Head Office, Second Floor, Grattan House
Temple Road, Blackrock
Co Dublin, Ireland
E-mail: info@frontlinedefenders.org
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Wallnerstrasse 6
Tel: +43 1 514 36 6000
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Fax: +6 03 2723 7337
E-mail: delegation-malaysia@ec.europa.eu
US Embassy Malaysia
Mr Brian D. McFeeters - Political Counselor
Tel No: (03) 2168-4946,
Fax No : (03) 2168-5165,
Email : mcfeetersbd@state.gov
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10pm/21+/$10 adv. ($15 at the door)
4-HOUR SET!
BEN UFO (Hessle Audio/London, UK)
Over the past five years, Ben UFO has acquired a deserved reputation as one of contemporary dance music’s most daring and wide-ranging selectors, with his keen ear and razor-sharp technical abilities enabling him to cut between eras, lineages and mixing styles with dazzling ease and fluidity.
Having cut his teeth in early dubstep and drum ’n’ bass, his roots lie in UK rave culture – yet his selections cast the net wider, drawing new mutations of this culture into the orbit of house, techno and other global dancefloor sounds. In the club, his sets somehow manage to be simultaneously considered and raucous, sliding from sidewinding broken rhythms into an irresistible four-to-the-floor groove, or broadsiding you with unexpected tangents, old favourites and bizarre secret weapons.
Thomson’s development as a DJ has been inextricably linked to the maturing of Hessle Audio, the label he co-founded in 2007 alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea. Just as dubstep was starting to unfurl into a sprawling, globalised festival sound, Hessle Audio, in stark contrast, emerged with a strikingly focused, spacious and percussive aesthetic. As the scene continued to unravel, they went on to become one of the most coherent focal points within a rapidly diverging UK dance music community, through their DJ sets, label releases and radio shows on London station Rinse FM. Listening back to Ben’s two official mix CD releases, 2011’s Rinse:16 and 2013’s Fabriclive.67, you can hear snapshots of that evolutionary process in action; they plot subtle and often surprising connections between the pirate radio-borne genres he grew up with, and the worldwide house and techno scene.
It’s refreshingly difficult to pin down what makes Ben’s DJing distinctive and exciting, whether you encounter it on the radio, in a recorded mix or on the dancefloor. If there’s a core characteristic of his approach it’s an infectious warmth and restless love of exploration, exemplified by his habit of meshing mind-bendingly strange tracks into peak-time sets, and by the way his Thursday night shows on Rinse FM weave together jacking unreleased dance cuts with new finds and dubbed-out oddities from across the globe. In the club, he shapes these elements into something rich and unpredictable, interspersing phases of driving momentum with joyful curveballs and ruptures in the flow that jolt you back to your senses — moments, as he describes it, that feel like coming up for air on the dancefloor.
This fascination with the possibilities of dance music, stemming from Thomson’s formative years spent absorbing the sound-system weight of London’s Plastic People club, extends to his desire to continue playing for huge crowds as well as in tiny, sweaty basements — from large-scale outdoor festivals and world-renowned clubs such as Fabric and Panoramabar, to the intimate spaces of Hamburg’s Golden Pudel, Tokyo’s Air, or Freerotation festival, where the Hessle Audio trio are annual residents. The appeal of his fluid and open-minded approach is self-evident in the way it crosses genre crowds and spans nominal divides between underground and mainsteam. In recent years, for example, he’s played back-to-back with DJs as varied in style as Jackmaster, Morphosis, Gerd Janson, Joy Orbison and DJ Nobu, as well as recording mixes for both staunchly independent platforms like The Trilogy Tapes and Truants, and for widely-acclaimed series such as Resident Advisor and BBC Radio 1’s long-running Essential Mix.
From their early years in Leeds, Ben UFO and Hessle Audio have evolved into core figures in an increasingly globally-connected dance music scene. Having provided an early platform for music from kindred innovative spirits such as Blawan, Peverelist, Untold and Joe, the label continues to release new music from both its founders and emerging new artists. This openness marks the cornerstone of Ben’s approach: drawing connections, exploring new ideas, and feeding some of Hessle Audio’s energy and enthusiasm back into the musical communities of which they are an integral part.
http://hessleaudio.com
https://facebook.com/BenUFO.DJ
https://soundcloud.com/benufo
https://twitter.com/benufo
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by Remy Porter in Feature Articles on 2019-07-09 Edit
Alice's team was thirty developers, taking up most of the floor of a nondescript office building in yet another office park. Their team was a contractor-to-a-contractor for a branch of the US military, which meant a variety of things. First, bringing a thumb drive into the office was a firing offense. Second, they were used to a certain level of bureaucracy. You couldn't change a line of code unless you had four different documents confirming the change was necessary and was authorized, and actually deploying a change was a milestone event with code freezes and expected extra hours.
Despite all this, the thirty person team had built a great working relationship. They had made their process as efficient as they could, and their PM, Doug, understood the work well enough to keep things streamlined. In fact, Doug did such a good job that Doug got promoted. Enter Millie, his replacement.
Millie had done a stint in the Air Force and then went back to school for her MBA. She had bounced around a few different companies, and had managed to turn every job change into a small promotion. This was Millie's first time overseeing a pool of software developers, but she had an MBA. Management was management, and there was no reason she had to understand what developers did, so long as she understood the key performance indicators (KPI).
Like the quantity of defects. That was a great KPI, because it was measurable, had a clear negative impact, and it could be mitigated. Mitigated with a process.
After a few weeks of getting her bearings, Millie called a meeting. "Alright, everyone, I've been observing a little bit of how we work, and I think there may be some communication and organization issues, so I wanted to address that. I've looked at our current workflow, and I've made a few small changes that I wanted to review."
On one side of the white board, she drew a bubble labeled "In Production". "This is where we want our code to be, right? Working, quality-controlled code, in production, with no defects." On the opposite side of the board, she added a bubble for "PCCB Ticket." "And any code change starts with one of these- the Product Change Control Board reviews an open ticket. They'll then turn that ticket into a Functional Requirement Document." Millie added another bubble for that.
Alice had some questions already, but not quite about the inputs or outputs.
"Great, okay, so… we need to iterate on the FRD, and once the PCCB signs off we'll convert that to a System Requirement Document. Either a PM or a SME will decompose the SRD into one or more Work Packages."
Millie continued scribbling furiously as she explained exactly what a work package was, as this wasn't currently a term in use at their organization. Her explanation wasn't terribly clear, as Millie explained it as the set of steps required to implement a single feature, but a Functional Requirement was a feature, so how was the Work Package (WP) any different than the FRD?
"Please, hold your questions until the end, we have a lot to get through."
Finally, once the Work Package was analyzed, you could create a "Ticket Lifecycle Document", a new document which would hold all information about all of the efforts put towards the PCCB ticket. Which meante the TLD contained all the WPs, which raised questions about the point of adding work packages. From the TLD to a new PCCB ticket- a "Ready" ticket, then finally those requirements could go onto a Release backlog and a release management plan could be created.
"Finally," Milile explained, "we're ready to write code." In the center of the board, she added a single bubble: "Code".
And on and on the meeting went. The diagram grew. Lines kept getting added. Bubbles got inserted between existing bubbles. Arrows pointed to labels, or to bubbles, or maybe to arrows? By the end of Millie's meeting, it looked something like this.
"There, that lays out the correct pattern for getting our software to production, with a feedback loop that prevents defects. Any questions?"
There weren't any questions at the meeting, no. But boy, were there questions. Loads of questions. Questions like, "What font should I use on my resume?" and "is it time to stop listing my VBA experience on my resume?"
Over the next few months, under Millie's leadership, 17 developers from the 30 person team left the company, Alice among them. Every once in awhile, Alice checks the job listings for that company, to see if those developer positions have been filled. They're still hiring for software developers. Unfortunately, Alice hasn't seen any openings for a PM, so Millie is probably still there.
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And that's why I laugh whenever I see a story that a DoD job is using Agile. I love the "Agile BS" picture on this page: https://www.fedscoop.com/defense-innovation-board-wants-help-military-recognize-agile-bs/
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HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTING THE IMMIGRATION AGENCIES?
The current lapse in annual appropriated funding for the U.S. government does not affect USCIS’ fee-funded activities.USCIS' offices will remain open, and all applicants should attend interviews and appointments as scheduled.
However, several USCIS programs will either expire or suspend operations, or be otherwise affected, until they receive appropriated funds or are reauthorized by Congress. These include:
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. Regional centers are a public or private economic unit in the United States that promote economic growth. USCIS designates regional centers for participation in the Immigrant Investor Program.
E-Verify. This free internet-based system allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.
Conrad 30 J-1 doctors. This program allows J-1 doctors to apply for a waiver of the two-year residence requirement after completing the J-1 exchange visitor program. The expiration only affects the date by which the J-1 doctor must have entered the United States; it is not a shutdown of the Conrad 30 program entirely.
Non-minister religious workers. This special immigrant category allows non-ministers in religious vocations and occupations to immigrate or adjust status in the United States to perform religious work in a full-time, compensated position.
Department of Labor: The OFLC will stop processing all applications, and its personnel will not be available to respond to e-mail or other inquiries. OFLC's web-based systems, iCERT and PERM, will be inaccessible, and BALCA dockets will be placed on hold.
Whilst the following agencies will continue operations:
Immigration Courts: All non-detained cases will be continued and rescheduled. IJs Sturla, Gagnon and Sanchez will be hearing detained cases as scheduled. The clerk's window will be open on a limited basis to accept filings for detained dockets only. I-589s on non-detained cases will be accepted only if the one-year deadline is in jeopardy.
Department of State has announced that all scheduled passport and visa services in the United States and overseas at the US Embassies and Consulates will continue as the situation permits.
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Achillion Initiates Phase I First-in-Human Study of ACH-5548, a Third Oral Small Molecule Inhibitor of Complement Factor D
- Additional clinical compounds expand factor D portfolio opportunities -
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(Nasdaq:ACHN), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecule inhibitors of factor D in the complement alternative pathway (AP), today announced that the Company had begun dosing healthy volunteer subjects in a first-in-human phase 1 trial of ACH-5548, an oral small-molecule complement factor D inhibitor. ACH-5548 is the third clinical compound discovered and developed by Achillion from its complement factor D platform.
ACH-5548, like the second compound from Achillion’s factor D portfolio, ACH-5228, is structurally designed to achieve significant improvements in potency and pharmacokinetic properties over first-generation ACH-4471. In pre-clinical studies, both ACH-5228 and ACH-5548 demonstrate multiple-fold increased potency with pharmacokinetic profiles that offer potential for less frequent dosing than ACH-4471.
“The advancement of ACH-5548 into the clinic is an important milestone for Achillion as we continue to broaden our clinical stage factor D portfolio. Clinical data generated to date demonstrate that factor D inhibition represents a novel, first-in-class approach to developing potential treatments for patients suffering from alternative pathway-mediated diseases,” commented Joe Truitt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Achillion. “As we continue our transition to a late-stage clinical and commercial company in our global phase 2 clinical programs with ACH-4471 in both PNH and C3G, we also continue to advance next generation compounds in an effort to bring new treatments to patients. We believe this expanded portfolio of three clinical stage factor D inhibitors will provide important strategic optionality for Achillion.”
ACH-5548: Phase 1 Healthy Volunteer Development Program
This initial phase 1 trial is a randomized, placebo-controlled, single-ascending dose study of ACH-5548 administered to healthy volunteers. Approximately 28 subjects are expected to be enrolled. The primary endpoint for the trial is evaluation of safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints include assessments of PK, PD, and evaluation of alternative pathway inhibition in ex vivo laboratory assessments of blood samples from subjects in order to establish a PK/PD relationship for ACH-5548. (ANZCTR UTN: 126180-0089-6279)
Achillion anticipates presenting interim phase 1 clinical results from both ACH-5228 and ACH-5548 in the second half of 2018. In addition, the company continues to anticipate presenting results from a 14-day phase 2 clinical trial of ACH-4471 in C3G in the third quarter of 2018, and interim results from longer-duration phase 2 clinical trials of ACH-4471 in both C3G and PNH in the second half of 2018.
About the Achillion Complement Factor D Platform
Achillion has leveraged its internal discovery capabilities and a novel complement-related platform to develop small molecule drug candidates that are oral inhibitors of complement factor D. Factor D is an essential serine protease involved in the complement pathway, a part of the innate immune system. Achillion's complement platform is focused on seeking to advance small molecule compounds that inhibit factor D and can potentially be used in the treatment of immune-related diseases in which complement alternative pathway plays a critical role. Potential indications being evaluated for these compounds include paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), C3 glomerulopathy (C3G), and immune complex-mediated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN).
About Achillion Pharmaceuticals
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN) is a science-driven, patient-focused company seeking to leverage its strengths across the continuum from discovery to commercialization in its goal of providing better treatments for people with serious diseases. The company employs a highly-disciplined discovery and development approach that has allowed it to build a platform of potent and specific complement inhibitors. Achillion is rapidly advancing its efforts to become a fully-integrated pharmaceutical company with a goal of bringing life-saving medicines to patients with rare diseases. More information is available at http://www.achillion.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Achillion may use words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “target,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “can,” “could” “focus,” “will,” “look forward,” “goal,” “may,” “potential,” and similar expressions to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements also include statements about: the potential benefits of factor D inhibition as a treatment for complement-mediated diseases; the potential benefits of, and indications for, Achillion’s compounds that inhibit factor D, including ACH-5228 and ACH-5548; Achillion’s belief that its portfolio of compounds could expand factor D portfolio opportunities or provide strategic optionality; Achillion’s expectations regarding the advancement of, and timeline for reporting results from, clinical trials of ACH-4471 as well as its ability to advance additional compounds; and other statements concerning Achillion’s strategic goals, efforts, plans, and prospects. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are risks relating to, among other things, Achillion’s ability to: demonstrate in any current and future clinical trials the requisite safety, efficacy and combinability of its drug candidates; advance the preclinical and clinical development of its complement factor D inhibitors under the timelines it projects in current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials; obtain and maintain patent protection for its drug candidates and the freedom to operate under third party intellectual property; obtain and maintain necessary regulatory approvals, and the granting of orphan designation does not alter the standard regulatory requirements and process for obtaining such approval; establish commercial manufacturing arrangements; identify, enter into and maintain collaboration and other commercial agreements with third-parties; compete successfully in the markets in which it seeks to develop and commercialize its product candidates and future products; manage expenses; manage litigation; raise the substantial additional capital needed to achieve its business objectives; and successfully execute on its business strategies. These and other risks are described in the reports filed by Achillion with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018, and any other SEC filings that Achillion makes from time to time.
In addition, any forward-looking statement in this press release represents Achillion's views only as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Achillion disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable law.
Investors & Media:
Mary Kay Fenton
mfenton@achillion.com
Source: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Ignorance is Anything but Bliss
Maybe it's me. Maybe my tolerance level is just much lower than usual. Maybe I'm just encountering more...less than intellectually scintillating people than normal as of late.
I don't think it's me.
Hard as it may be to grasp, but I think ignorance is on the upswing, and I think that's showing up on every level from personal to professional to global. I'm not saying this because I think I'm some kind of Mensa-qualified intellectual giant. I'm basing this statement entirely on events--some that I have witnessed and some we all have. Today has just been a benchmark day and really drove the situation home for me.
Let me give you some examples.
I'm one of those people who can upon occasion type faster than I think. Not a slow thinker, just a very fast typist. People like me, with the gift/curse of 100 wpm, are the most likely to get involved in online spats. Surprising, actually, how insulting 140 characters or less can be under the right set of fingertips. That particular skill also can make you into a polarizing person. But I'm a writer. I *know* better than to get into flame wars. But sometimes they're just unavoidable. For example, if you want to get me really pissed off, insult my kids. Some *original phrase deleted* older gentleman whose previous attempts at insulting me consisted of "DUMB WOMAN" (that's a quote) saw a picture of me and my youngest daughter and posted on Twitter *spelling uncorrected* "Is she your lesban lovr? thats sick".
She was 16 in the photo. Did not go over well. Why would he say that, you ask? Well, because I am a woman who loves sports, can discuss football knowledgeably, and calls up the same talk show he does to make actual points. So I called him homophobic and HE blocked ME for it! Reminded me of the time when I called out a blatant racist online, and his response was "I'm not a racist. And you spelled biggot (sp) wrong. It has two g's, like N*****R."
*headdesk*
Yeah. Makes my head hurt still. Because I call the Paul Finebaum show, some butthead in Alabama throws out a homophobic slur at me--involving my own kid.
Today I discovered that all Marines are trained killers. That's all. Just trained killers. Apparently, that is the only thing that defines the Marine Corps. Semper fi, indeed. And I am not capable of debating that because I am just a mother who never served (never mind the long military history of my family) and that I'm unintelligent because I write paranormal stuff (I don't write paranormal stuff) and weirdos like me probably think UFOs landed at Area 51. Always good to know. Did I mention that this particular *original phrase deleted* gentleman who made these statements self-identifies as a Marine?
Yeah. Take a couple of deep breaths. It might help. A Marine told me that all Marines are nothing but trained killers and that I, an American citizen, cannot refute that point because I am a mother and not a Marine.
Nope. Breaths won't help. Shots might.
It's not just strangers online. A member of my husband's family told me once that the movie Gladiator was historically inaccurate. (Had to explain the concept of fiction to him) A neighbor whose tree fell on our house during a storm tried to claim that he shouldn't have to pay for damage or even remove the tree because it wasn't his fault our house was in the way and was, in fact, our fault because if we hadn't moved the car into the garage it would have broken the tree's fall and prevented the damage to the windows and doors on the front of the house. (Had to go through rudimentary gravity, wind velocity, and basic physics to him) And then there was the doctor who, before he ever examined me or looked at an x-ray of my injured spine, said, "Now if I had a magic pen that I could wave to make everything go away, things might be different. But you aren't hurt--you just want narcotics." even though in the x-ray I'd brought with me there was a blatantly obvious deformity (including a fracture) of my spine.
Don't get me wrong. We ALL say stupid stuff. I am guilty of the compound crime of hot temper/foot in mouth disease myself. And that typing faster than I think thing gets me into trouble if I hit send before I hit the brakes sometimes. Who hasn't sent something out into the world that they really wish wasn't lodged in the permanent memory card of the Internet?
Two word: sex tape.
But outside of the microcosm of my little, unimportant world is the macrocosm of the world we share--and that's where ignorance snowballs into something ugly and dangerous. These petty examples of ignorance are symptoms, clues that lead us to the terrible realization that we're dealing with a national disease.
Right now in Baltimore, the National Guard has been mobilized to stop the ongoing and escalating violence--where ignorance, or maybe entitlement might be a better phrase--hones that ugly edge. For who in the world would think that protesting an obvious and tragic wrong justifies the type of behavior that's happening now? Do not mistake me here. I believe there is a viable and justifiable reason for communities in Baltimore to be outraged. But community outrage should never take the form or rampaging and random violence. Protest, yes. Loot the mall? Burn down businesses and homes? Torch cars? Get broadcast live nationally breaking into a liquor store and stealing the contents while claiming your actions are the responsibility of the authorities? Pretend that criminal behavior is a form of protest? Destroy the community you claim to be wanting to protect?
What kind of protest involves stealing flat screen TVs and cell phones? Can you imagine what the great reformers of the American people would think of this? Can you imagine Martin Luther King, Jr. or Elizabeth Cady Stanton or David Thoreau's reactions to what is happening right now?
Tonight while Baltimore burns, the real outrage has to be that ignorance has eclipsed what should have happened today. Instead of using protest to initiate a real and necessary dialogue between the community and the authorities regarding the death of Freddie Gray, the relationship between the police and the citizens, and the alarming deterioration of race relations nationwide, the ignorance of people wholly uninvolved in the situation has led to a city overwhelmed by criminals and now about to be locked down by our own military. A tragedy has become a travesty, and the real issues are buried under a quagmire of horror.
The people who could affect any real, positive change in Baltimore are either holed up in their homes, or trying desperately to stop the rampage, like the courageous Nation of Islam folks who lined up and formed a non-violent human fence between rioters and police. Their voices will be drowned under the yells of the ignorant who are throwing bricks through windows or setting houses on fire, fueled no doubt by the booze they looted.
And when, in future days, when the desperately needed dialogue begins, where will those rioters be? Not talking. Not trying to help. And for the most part, not being held responsible for their criminal behavior either. And they certainly will not be trying to find the right way to protest the tragedy that led to today's violence.
My use of the word 'ignorance' was very deliberate. I realize that some might take that word the wrong way, particularly if they are determined to do so. Cultural ignorance has been claimed before. My French mother, whose Resistance-organizer father was shot dead in front of her as the Nazis fled from the Allied invasion, never forgave Germans--ANY German--for World War II. Any claim of 'but we didn't know' just enraged her. "How could you not know?" she sneered once at a dinner party, while all the rest of us squirmed. (Yes, I come by my temper naturally. I'm mild compared to her) "I was eight years old and living in France, and I knew that all you Nazis were burning Jews. You lived right there. You knew. You just didn't say it out loud. You didn't WANT to know." She was convinced that the German people were willfully and retroactively ignorant, and right or wrong nothing I or anyone else could say would change her mind. For a long time, I thought she was wrong.
But lately I've started to wonder if such a thing as cultural ignorance was possible. After Ferguson, I became convinced that it was not only possible, but epidemic. Just like a parent who turns away from their kid who pulls wings off birds and tortures dogs, we get shocked when our darling offspring turns into a serial killer. That's why on this spring day in Baltimore, I think we all see how dangerous ignorance can be if it goes on unchecked.
The United States can no longer afford cultural, racial, or social ignorance. Ignorance is bankrupting us as a nation, as a people. Our country began with a dream of enlightenment, and sometimes, on days like today, it doesn't seem like we've met our promise. We, as individuals, have to accept our responsibility for contributing to a culture where the delusion is perpetuated that if we ignore a problem it'll somehow just go away. And just like we have to deal with the consequences if we hit send before we really think about what we're doing online, we are paying a heavy price now for all the looking the other way we did over the last few decades.
If we had learned the lessons set by Watts or Kent State, we would not now be living through Ferguson and Baltimore.
And we cannot address the ignorance of our society until we can acknowledge our own ignorance--and take personal responsibility for our actions that ensued.
Bigot really only has one g. So does ignorance. Or ego.
And guilt.
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Labels: Baltimore riots, bigotry, cultural ignorance, entitlement, Ferguson riots, Paul Finebaum show, protests, racial tension
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CIT vs. Herbalife International India Pvt. Ltd (Delhi High Court)
Posted on May 16, 2016 by editor — 1 Comment ↓
CORAM: S. Muralidhar J, Vibhu Bakhru J
SECTION(S): 195, 40(a)(i), 40(a)(ia), Article 26
GENRE: Domestic Tax, International Tax
CATCH WORDS: non-discrimination, TDS deduction, TDS disallowance
COUNSEL: Ajay Vohra, M S Syali
DATE: May 13, 2016 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: May 16, 2016 (Date of publication)
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S. 40(a)(i): The law in s. 40(a)(i) that failure to deduct TDS on payment to a non-resident will result in a disallowance violates the non-discrimination clause in Article 26 of the India-USA DTAA because a similar disallowance is not made on payments to residents (pre s. 40(a)(ia))
The High Court had to consider whether Section 40 (a) (i) of the Act is discriminatory and therefore, not applicable as per provisions of Article 26 (3) of the Indo-US DTAA. HELD by the High Court affirming the order of the Tribunal reported in Herbalife vs. ACIT (101 ITD 450):
(i) Section 40 (a) (i) of the Act, as it was during the AY in question i.e. 2001-02, did not provide for deduction in the TDS where the payment was made in India. The requirement of deduction of TDS on payments made in India to residents was inserted, for the first time by way of Section 40 (a) (ia) of the Act with effect from 1st April 2005. Then again as pointed out by Mr. M.S. Syali, learned Senior Advocate for the Intervener, Section 40 (a) (ia) refers only to payments of “interest, commission or brokerage, fees for professional services or fees for technical services payable to a resident, or amounts payable to a contractor or sub-contractor” etc. It does not include an amount paid towards purchases. Correspondingly, there is no requirement of TDS having to be deducted while making such payment.
(ii) However, the element of discrimination arises not only because of the above requirement of having to deduct TDS. The OECD Expert Group which brought out a document titled “Application and Interpretation of Article 24(Non-Discrimination), Public discussion Draft, May 2007” did envisage deduction of tax while making payments to non-residents. It is viewed only as additional compliance of verification requirement which would not attract the non-discrimination rule. The OECD Expert Group noted that “the non-discrimination obligation under tax conventions is restricted in scope when compared with equal treatment or non-discrimination clauses in an investment agreement.”
(iii) The argument of the Revenue overlooks the fact that the condition under which deductibility is disallowed in respect of payments to non-residents, is plainly different from that when made to a resident. Under Section 40 (a) (i), as it then stood, the allowability of the deduction of the payment to a non-resident mandatorily required deduction of TDS at the time of payment. On the other hand, payments to residents were neither subject to the condition of deduction of TDS nor, naturally, to the further consequence of disallowance of the payment as deduction. The expression “under the same conditions” in Article 26 (3) of the DTAA clarifies the nature of the receipt and conditions of its deductibility. It is relatable not merely to the compliance requirement of deduction of TDS. The lack of parity in the allowing of the payment as deduction is what brings about the discrimination. The tested party is another resident Indian who transacts with a resident making payment and does not deduct TDS and therefore in whose case there would be no disallowance of the payment as deduction because TDS was not deducted. Therefore, the consequence of non-deduction of TDS when the payment is to a non-resident has an adverse consequence to the payer. Since it is mandatory in terms of Section 40 (a) (i) for the payer to deduct TDS from the payment to the non-resident, the latter receives the payment net of TDS. The object of Article 26 (3) DTAA was to ensure non-discrimination in the condition of deductibility of the payment in the hands of the payer where the payee is either a resident or a non-resident. That object would get defeated as a result of the discrimination brought about qua non-resident by requiring the TDS to be deducted while making payment of FTS in terms of Section 40 (a) (i) of the Act.
(iv) A plain reading of Section 90 (2) of the Act, makes it clear that the provisions of the DTAA would prevail over the Act unless the Act is more beneficial to the Assessee. Therefore, except to the extent a provision of the Act is more beneficial to the Assessee, the DTAA will override the Act. This is irrespective of whether the Act contains a provision that corresponds to the treaty provision. In Union of India v. Azadi Bachao Andolan (supra) the Supreme Court took note of the Circular No. 333 dated 2nd April 1982 issued by the CBDT on the question as to what the assessing officers would have to do when they find that the provision of a DTAA treaty is not in conformity with the Act.
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adv. dr. guru balakrishnan phd ML says:
very sad what kind f revenue officers are appointed; obviously is clear violation of guarantees the government gives; law makers themselves should take up on these kind of officers as the administrative ministry obviously failed in its duty ti citizens under art 51A of fundamental duties – obvious violation by the government in place. sorry if so when so many thousands of notices are flooding the streets, it clearly indicates the revenue is not applying its mind meaningfully but simply puts meaningless stress on tax payers; when so why tax payers cannot file liquidated damages on these officers who simply bulldoz the poor tax payers; i would add hereafter, they in their notices clearly indicate how to file the roi in regard to their claims; as tax payer are surprises on and of from the taxmen’s notices; that way we an better educate the revenue officers; there is no point of judicial restraint on the part of the courts but they courts need to take on the revenue officers suitably so that justice is done, is my considered view; i am sad how such novice people are officers at the cost of tax payers moneys, when these officers are paid unusually very high salaries under various pay commissions say 6th and 7th is to be soon; indeed these worthies are getting helicopter moneys; as what they get is much more than they deserve; dr. manmohan singh gave such helicopter moneys just to ensure the deflation shd not affect the markets; in fact one should not be paid more than he deserves; if given their heads simply roll on to get more and more that way corruption and bribery is hitting the roofs. sad india.
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LOOK: Colorful lamps from discarded washing machine drums
June 26, 2016 Patrick Dones SOCIAL NEWS 0
Image from Teatro Metaphora's Facebook Page
Artists in Portugal upcycled washing machine drums and turned it into colorful decorative lamps
The lamps were used to beautify a street in the town of Camara de Lobos at Madeira Island in Portugal
This is for the annual Sao Pedro Festival
A group of artists in Portugal decorated a street by using washing machine drums and turning it into colorful lamps.
Six months and 133 lamps, that’s what it took the cultural group Teatro Metaphora to decorate a street in Camara de Lobos at Madeira Island for its annual Sao Pedro Festival. It was done through a collaborative effort of the group’s volunteers, government employees of the town and donors.
“The ‘dream of a summer night’ is a style Environment Decoration Steam-punk made of old parts of washing machines. 133 drums are transformed into lamps with lights of various colors to illuminate the streets of Saint John of God during the celebration of St. Peter,” the group said in a Facebook post.
The project mostly used discarded drums found on the streets. They also used some that were donated to them. They initially targeted 100 drums for the beautification project but the donations just kept coming until it hit 133.
“This project has a meaning not only visual but also ecological awareness and demand for the sustainable use of resources, promoting the reuse of materials,” Teatro Metaphora also said in its post.
Here’s a look at the lamps before and after production:
Image from Teatro Metaphora’s Facebook Page
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LEAP economics
Permanent austerity?
In the New Statesman this week, former member of Blair's inner circle Alan Milburn comes over a bit Fukuyama-like and predicts:
"Austerity is the new normal. It is not a temporary phenomenon. It will become permanent. Fiscal conservatism is the order of the day."
See the way he emphasises his point using short sentences? It's classic Blair era communication training; used to signify authority, gravitas and confidence. The less generous among you might dismiss this Dalek-like grammar as pompous, hubristic and rhetorical. It is. There is a new consensus. Milburn is part of it. It is permanently wrong.
However it is powerful, and unites the Tories, the Orange Book Lib Dems and the New Labour factions. Under the not-quite-leadership of Ed Miliband, Labour has at times seemed to embrace this consensus, but at other times hinted at breaking away from it.
There is a macroeconomic context to it though. Milburn explains this is terms no less likely to make you want to smack him in the face:
"The truth is this: the era of big public spending is over ... The implications for public spending of a more constrained fiscal environment are threefold. First, governments will be forced to choose between spending programmes as well as within them. Second, they will have to think in a new way about how to get better value from existing programmes. And third, Europe's largely tentative efforts to reform welfare and public-service provision will have to move up a gear"
There is no alternative. But why? Milburn doesn't say. But the reason is the unspoken consensus: that rather than find a new economic structure we must slash wages in a race to the bottom to compete with the autocratic union-busting state capitalism of China.
So inequality is here to stay, even if Milburn laments it "How to address growing inequality?" briefly, before moving swiftly on to more important questions, like "How to create wealth and reward it?"
The question of how to create wealth is an interesting one. Banks do it by issuing credit (making loans) on which they charge interest. Now maybe if the state did that? For instance China's post-economic stimulus meant an expansion of public bank credit going to companies set up by local governments to help fund infrastructure investment. Combining economic controls with trade union rights, civil liberties and democracy is no contradiction - despite the fact both China and the UK fail to do it.
But what Milburn wants to debate is not whether we can control credit or our currency, or redistribute the wealth we all create. No, Milburn's article is about how to privatise the NHS as a solution.
There is an Alternative!
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Labels: Alan Milburn, austerity, China, There is an alternative
Cameron: Fighter for big business
So much for the Big Society. David Cameron came out swinging yesterday with uncharacteristic passion for big business, not the big society.
Having flirted with 'moral capitalism' (whatever that means), Cameron said he was "sick" of "the snobbery that says business has no inherent moral worth like the state does".
It's been a bad year for big business - not generally in the bottom line: profit margins are doing reasonably well - but, as I told the Morning Star:
"Big business has been rightly pilloried of late for dodging taxes, paying excessive bonuses, rampant profiteering, and now exploiting the unemployed through workfare.
"Cameron's speech is a reaction to the inevitable public distrust and growing anger with his government handing over our schools, welfare system and the NHS to big business.
"Activists should be proud that we have forced the government on the defensive - and keep up the pressure!"
By contrast, David Cameron called on "those of us who believe in markets, business and enterprise" to "fight this mood with all we've got."
Twitter and Facebook have proved effective at both naming and shaming abuses, and are in organising high street protests. Even the Daily Mail and Telegraph have published articles critical of mandatory forced labour.
Cameron's words mean we can expect a concerted onslaught from the governing parties and the old media - mostly reliant on corporate advertising or donations - to convince us that big corporations are rather benevolent institutions.
In Richard Murphy's The Courageous State there is a riposte to Mr Cameron: a 20-point charter setting out that "a good business":
Makes clear who it is so people know who they are dealing with
Makes clear who runs it
Makes clear who owns it
Makes clear the rules by which it is managed
Puts its accounts on public record if it enjoys limited liability, and does so wherever it is incorporated whether required to by law or not
Seeks to comply with all regulation that applies to it
Seeks to pay the right amount of tax due on the profits it makes in the place where they are really earned and at the time they really arise
Seeks to pay a living wage or more to all who work for it
Recognises trade union rights
Operates a fair pay policy so that the pay differential between the highest and lowest paid in the company cannot exceed an agreed ratio that should never exceed twenty
Makes fair pension provision for all employees
Does not discriminate between employers on the basis of race, nationality, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, and similar such issues
Does not abuse the environment
Has a clear code of ethics that it publishes and is seen to uphold
Is transparent in its dealings with customers
Seeks at all times to minimise risk to those it deals with and takes all steps to ensure they know what those risks are
Accepts responsibility for its failings and remedies them
Works in partnership with its suppliers and does not abuse them
Advertises responsibly
Creates and supplies products meeting real human need
Don't expect Cameron to be writing this charter into corporate law any time soon.
Update: Great Steve Bell cartoon ton today's Guardian
Labels: Andrew Fisher, business, David Cameron, Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network, The Courageous State, workfare
Unemployment, the economy and the new slave labour
"Look after unemployment and the Budget will look after itself" - John Maynard Keynes, 1933
Unemployment rose by 48,000 in the past three months to 2.67 million, the economy managed only 0.3% growth in the past year, and Osborne is having to borrow far more than he planned - not to invest in the economy, but just to service debt.
Keynes made that statement in the 1930s when politicians were heading in completely the wrong direction under Ramsay MacDonald's national government. Reducing unemployment is the key to closing the deficit and reducing Britain's mounting debts. More people in work means more taxes coming to Treasury coffers, and less being paid out in benefits (not just the pitifully low jobseeker's allowance, but in housing benefit and other reliefs).
More people in work means more disposable income in the economy to help sustain jobs in the service and retail sectors. This will keep more people in work in those areas and would give businesses the confident to invest; creating more jobs. There's also the added bonus of extra VAT revenues too (a virtuous circle you might say).
The right will be quick to jump on the Keynesian analysis - and ask how will all these new jobs be funded? The simple answer is by borrowing. The knuckle-dragging morons of the right will then glibly quip 'oh so your solution to a debt crisis is to borrow more'. This is your chance to quip back 'yes, like George Osborne is - an extra £46bn in fact, because your stupid way doesn't work'. What would £46bn fund? Well crudely over 1.8m jobs paying £25,000 (which would in turn give back billions in tax revenue).
Instead of this Keynesian approach, Osborne is following the Thatcherite monetarist approach. Osborne also recognises that welfare costs will rise when unemployment is high, but his solution is cutting £20bn from welfare over four years. This is attacking the victims of the economic crisis.
Workfare is a particularly vile element of this 'welfare reform', in which claimants are offered, or forced onto, placements in large corporations to work near full-time hours for free. This benefits the profit margins of the companies, but does not create jobs. In fact given there are to be at least 250,000 of these placements then it is fair to assume that some job substitution will go on, and that it will have some effect in suppressing wages.
While 2.67 million people are unemployed, there are only 476,000 vacancies in the economy. The TUC has done valuable work showing that actually there are as many as 6.3 million people looking for work, by applying the US U6 model to the UK - and those just wanting to change jobs.
Are workfare placements included in the vacancies figures?
More worrying still is that some of the 476,000 vacancies, the ONS cites, might actually be unpaid work placements. Following the emergence of a Tesco ad for night shift workers on 'JSA+Expenses', LEAP asked the ONS 'do the 476,000 vacancies in the Labour Market Survey data include unpaid work placements through DWP work experience schemes?' The reply was underwhelming: 'It is unlikely to be included as businesses are asked how many people they are looking to recruit from outside their business'. 'unlikely' is not the reassurance we wanted, but the rest of the message is worse - workfare placements are recruited from outside the business as the numerous workfare ads now emerging in Jobcentres prove.
Ineffective and immoral
The DWP's own research has found that "workfare is least effective in getting people into jobs in weak labour markets where unemployment is high" (so like now then), and further adds "schemes that pay a wage can be more effective in raising employment than 'work for benefit' programmes".
For 16-24 year olds - 22.2% of whom are unemployed and who make up around 40% of all the unemployed - the Work Experience Programme offers the opportunity to experience slave labour in a modern setting. Now, some people have criticised groups for calling workfare, 'slave labour', and they're right: slave labour was often provided with food and tied housing.
Many of us point to the 1930s and Keynes because he was arguing against a political consensus of idiots who were wrecking the economy and with it millions of lives. Many of us have argued that this government is winding back the clock to the same period - ripping up the post-war welfare state. Now with the reintroduction of slave labour, it is clear the Tories and Liberals want to go back even further to the early 19th century - a time when slavery had only relatively recently been made illegal. But even then the Tories didn't argue for its restoration.
Posted by Andrew at 00:26 5 comments:
Labels: debt, deficit, George Osborne, Keynes, Tesco, Unemployment, Welfare, workfare
Ditch austerity and try another route
Two letters from The Guardian on 17/02/12:
As the Greek public order minister says his people "can't take any more", it's timely that Simon Jenkins (Austerity fails, yet we're too shy to think outside the box, 15 February) says the failure to take economic management beyond the diktats of austerity has become the great intellectual treason of today.
It is not just in Greece that austerity is failing but in the UK, too. George Osborne's emergency budget was supposed to bring Britain back from the brink but has, instead, pushed us closer to the precipice. Where he predicted growth of 2.3% last year, we got 0.3% – less than in the US, Germany, France, and even Italy where their leader's economic incompetence got him deposed.
This failure to generate growth – which Osborne pledged to create by cutting the public sector, which he said had been "crowding out" the private sector – means his government is borrowing billions more than planned, necessitating further cuts. Unemployment is the highest for a generation, with youth unemployment the highest ever on record.
The alternative required is the exact opposite of austerity; it is investing for growth, creating jobs to get people working again, and raising wages and benefits to create demand. We have distributed over 250,000 copies of our "There is an alternative" pamphlet, explaining how this would work. Even the modest stimulus in the US has meant falling unemployment and higher growth. Mr Osborne should at least aspire to that, rather than following Greece into a death spiral.
Mark Serwotka
General secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union
• Simon Jenkins rightly wails that "thousands of citizens across Europe are having their lives ruined ... because a financial elite, once burned, is too shy to think out of its box". Fair enough, but maybe part of the problem is that the Guardian, like most of the media elite, is itself too shy to publish outside the box. With the unemployment trajectory on course this week for 3 million by the end of the year, it is remarkable that the renowned policy analyst Peter Taylor-Gooby was not even mentioned when he recently published his research study linking the potential for civil disorder and riots to the legitimacy of the austerity measures taken by western governments over two decades and suggesting that without change further unrest will follow.
Similarly, when tackling the economic deficit Greg Philo offers a radical proposal of a wealth tax of 20% on the assets of the richest 10%, but his work never gets beyond the Guardian's website. There's a comforting staleness in reading the same old establishment faces in the Guardian and watching them on Question Time or the Politics Show. Exceptions apart, to have a Guardian journalist decry others for a lack of radical thinking when the paper has been a fervent advocate of the timidity of British politics is a bit rich.
John McDonnell MP
Hayes and Harlington
Labels: 2011 riots, austerity, George Osborne, Greg Philo, John McDonnell, Mark Serwotka, PCS, Peter Taylor-Gooby, There is an alternative
Tax 'em til the pips squeak
A letter from the Morning Star 16/02/12
There is a very simple way to deal with the bankers' "bonus culture" that nobody seems to be talking about. Tax it!
In the 1970s, for taxable incomes over £20,000 (equivalent to around £170,000 now) we had a tax rate of 83 per cent. On "investment" income (that is from gambling on the capital markets) it was 98 per cent.
If employers really think their executives are worth it, let them pay these obscene bonuses, but let us at least tax them so that the rest of us, upon whom their businesses depend, will get a cut in the form of more money for public services.
Of course, there is no way that this government will take such a step, but that does not mean we should not talk about it.
Of course, if we had a government that took such a measure there would be the usual cry that all these fantastic "experts" will migrate.
Good riddance, I say. Nobody is indispensible. There will be always be people who can grow into the jobs that need to be done, who will not demand bonuses for the jobs that they are already being paid to do.
Update 17/02/12: YouGov poll shows how popular more redistributive tax would be:
62% feel that taxes on the wealthiest people in the UK should be increased ... only 5% feel they should decreased
68% say that George Osborne should not abolish the 50p rate of income tax for people earning over £150,000, 19% say he should abolish it
66% of Britons would support a new tax upon people with houses worth more than £2 million, while 19% are opposed to this 'Mansion Tax'
Labels: banks, city bonuses, income tax, Jerry Jones, Taxation
Having a Laffer
Earlier this week Mehdi Hasan wrote a Guardian column entitled 'Why are deficit-cutters so afraid to talk about tax?' - a well-argued piece that said taxation should form a bigger part of deficit reduction than it presently does relative to the massive cuts.
It also quoted US judge Wendell Holmes "I like paying taxes, with them I buy civilisation" to make the pertinent point that taxes are what fund everything around us - the pavements we walk on, the schools our children use, the hospitals, the roads, the street lights, etc. A similar point has been made by Tony Benn who argued that suffrage (i.e. democracy) transfers power from the wallet to the ballot - what people couldn't afford themselves they could now vote for at the ballot box. Likewise Richard Murphy makes the case for tax very strongly in his new book 'The Courageous State' (which will be reviewed on this blog shortly).
Like Murphy, Mehdi Hasan wants courageous politicians - ones who will make the case for taxation - and more of it if necessary. As he righty says, "'deficit reduction' has become a convenient euphemism for cutting public expenditure" and "senior politicians of all stripes daren't refer to the T-word in public" as they are decried by the vocal right.
As if to prove that, when Mehdi tweeted* a link to his article it got a near instant response from the right. Toby Young replied "Two words Medhi [sic]: Laffer Curve". This is the argument that increasing taxation rates doesn't necessarily raise revenues, since it might provoke avoidance or damage the economy.
However, the Laffer Curve is not a tool solely of the right. Toby Young - a man whose knowledge and arrogance seem to have an inverse relationship - obviously hasn't read much about the Laffer Curve. If he had he might not be advocating a 70% taxation rate. That according to Mathias Trabandt & Harald Uhlig in 'How far are we from the slippery slope: The Laffer Curve revisited' is the income tax rate after which revenues start declining.
So the left should embrace the Laffer Curve and argue that income tax rates for the richest should rise from 50% - why not make that rate 60%, throw a 50% rate in at £100,000 and let's hit £200,000+ earners with 65%?
If Trabandt & Uhlig are right and revenues do slip off above 70%, then is that a reason not to have them? That might sound like a silly question, but that judgement is based on the assumption that the sole purpose of taxation is to raise revenue. It's not.
The London congestion charge does raise revenue, but its main function is to deter some traffic from central London and achieve what transport planners call 'modal shift' - getting people to use the bus to you and me. And using the bus becomes more attractive when there are bus lanes and clear roads: post-congestion charge and bus lane investment, journey times reduced. Taxation achieved that. Better for the environment, for the economy, and for you and I sitting on the 159.
Likewise the Tobin Tax (aka financial transaction tax or re-branded Robin Hood Tax) was designed to shift behaviour: to deter financiers from speculating on markets (which can have highly volatile and disruptive effects on the real economy) and to instead invest in something productive, like businesses or infrastructure.
So is there a deterrent effect (with a potentially beneficial outcome) reason to go over the peak of the Laffer Curve? Possibly. Let's consider an 80% tax rate on all incomes over £300,000 (about double what the Prime Minister receives or about 1/15th of the average FTSE 100 CEO's salary). Would a company set a salary at £4.5m knowing their employee was receiving less than £1m of it and the rest was going straight to the Treasury?
So, if we could effectively cap salaries at £300,000 (and therefore also reduce the ridiculous pension pots to the super-rich) that money could then be spent more productively - on research and development, or improving the wages or working conditions of general employees. Then the right would cry that British business could not compete. But the German Commerzbank caps its top pay at 500,000 euros or £416,000 - about one-third of what Stephen Hester will receive as his basic salary, even without his now defunct bonus.
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Wedding Websites and Wedding Apps Gain Popularity for Jewish Wedding Couples
Couples about to be married can add a “Wedsite” to their pre-wedding to-do list. Not too long ago wedding guests had to make a phone call to inquire where the couple was registered for gifts. They didn’t know much about what to expect at the wedding. And they likely had to wait for the rabbi to speak under the chuppah to learn how the happy couple had met.
Today, it’s become standard operating procedure for couples to publish a website in the months leading up to the wedding. These websites — also known as “wedsites” — started off as basic one-page sites on the Web that included a few photos of the couple, the wedding date and location, and a guest book. Fast forward to 2013 and many couples now set up interactive sites complete with multimedia slideshows and videos, meet the bridal party pages, shopping portals to the gift registry, video clips of the band at past weddings, and surveys about what songs the guests want to hear.
Jeff Schostak of Schostak Brothers and Rachel Schostak of StyleShack at their wedding
These wedsites can be connected with the bride and groom’s Facebook profile and the photos guests take at the wedding can easily be shared to Pinterest and photo sharing sites like Snapfish, Polaroid Fotobar, and Shutterfly. The wedsites include such features as the gift registry, stories about how the couple met and where they became engaged, as well as where they’re headed for the honeymoon. For out-of-town guests these sites have proven to be important resources. Links to the hotel, discounts on airline flights, and the ability to coordinate travel with other guests are essential for a wedsite.
Another nice feature of these wedsites is the ability to prepare guests for what they should expect at the wedding. For Jewish weddings in which some of the guests may be first timers, it’s helpful to post some of the basic customs on the wedsite. Couples can introduce their guests to the order of the ceremony before they arrive. Also, the guests can be informed about the dress code for the wedding; not only if it is a black-tie affair, but also if it’s being held in a synagogue in which the women must have their shoulders covered.
“Creating a wedding website was an easy way for our guests to get the details, especially because we were having a destination wedding and felt it was important to post the transportation, lodging, and schedule information online,” said Rachel Schostak who was married to Jeffrey at Camp Tanuga in Kalkaska, Michigan in August. The couple, who reside in Birmingham, used weddingwire.com for their wedsite which included their story, what guests should bring to camp, a link to airline flights, the registry, and the schedule of events for the getaway weekend.
According to a survey done by TheKnot.com, approximately 75 percent of couples marrying last year had websites, which is up from 60 percent in 2009, and 53 percent in 2008. TheKnot.com website makes it very easy for the couple (it’s usually the bride) to set up their personal site. The site also helps with the organization of the wedding, setting up easy to follow to-do lists and recommending service providers and places to register. The wedsites have also become a valuable marketing tool for everyone involved in the wedding industry as the couples – intentionally or not – advertise their photographer and videographer, the caterer, band, wedding planner, florist, venue, and clergy simply by mentioning them on the wedsite. While websites like TheKnot.com offer free templates and web hosting space, some couples have taken their wedsites to the next level and hired companies to build custom sites. For the 21st century wedding couple, the wedsite is just another expense.
Tracie Morris, a certified wedding planner who owns You’re The Bride, encourages her brides to make wedsites. And while she doesn’t help them create the site, she does give advice on what to include. “I love the wedsites and I think they are very helpful as well as practical,” Morris said. “They are great for keeping guests informed of pre- and post-wedding festivities. They also set the right tone for the event.”
Rabbi Jason Miller at a Jewish wedding ceremony
Amy Yashinsky Stern of Berkley was married in late December at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. She and her husband Seth set up a wedsite at TheKnot.com. “We felt like we were supposed to just because that’s what couples do. Also, I wanted to share the story about how we met, how we got engaged, and who was in our wedding party,” she explained. “I made the website and then posted the link on Facebook. It was an online way of celebrating us and our story. It was a way of celebrating in a bigger way.”
Mobile apps to help plan the wedding are also gaining popularity. Morris recommends the biz-e-bride app to her clients to help them organize wedding details and select the service providers. One app that is trendy among wedding guests is Appy Couple. The app is by invitation only, so couples have to request an invitation code. Once wedding guests sign in they can upload photos from their phones, view a map to get to the venue, send congratulatory messages, and respond to custom polls. In Appy Couple’s slogan on its website is, “Wedding websites are so last year!”
Not all brides feel they need to set up a wedsite however. Stephanie Lorfel Gelb, of Chicago, was married to Hylton on Marco Island last April. She didn’t set up a wedsite, but she did use other forms of communication to provide guests with information about her destination wedding. One website Lorfel Gelb found very useful after the wedding was missnowmrs.com. “Navigating through all the steps in order to change my name after our wedding was overwhelming,” she said. “This website made all the difference. I used a Groupon and paid $19.99 and it led me through the entire process.”
Weddings have always been a combination of tradition and new ritual. The 21st century wedding, while still adhering to the customs of generations gone by, now includes new technology like customized websites and mobile apps that allow the couple to brand themselves and provide information to guests months before they tie the knot. It will be interesting to see how these wedsites and wedding apps change the way we celebrate weddings in the future.
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» Lizzy Caplan
April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990
Alan Perlis, pioneering computer scientist, the first winner of the Turing Prize, in his own quotes:
"One man's constant is another man's variable."
"It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one."
"Optimization hinders evolution."
"If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up."
"In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way."
"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works."
"The proof of a system's value is its existence."
"Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them."
"A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God."
Was Perlis Jewish? Look at that last quote. Do you have to ask?
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Are Swap Futures the Future?
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Hedging interest-rate risk used to be pretty simple: a company would issue debt and simultaneously enter into a custom-fit, over-the-counter interest-rate swap with a financial institution. But the Dodd-Frank Act put an end to that simplicity. The law requires most OTC-traded derivatives contracts to go through a clearinghouse, so all transactions are handled by a central counterparty. Entering a centrally cleared swap will require a company to post margin, so companies will have to compare the cost of centrally cleared versus bilateral contracts.
The requirements haven’t taken effect yet, at least as they pertain to end users of swaps. But now, a large futures and options exchange is adding something else to the mix: futures contracts tied to interest-rate swaps that allow companies to lock in the terms of a swap for a future date.
CME Group, formerly the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, is launching “deliverable” interest-rate swap futures in early December. The instruments will have maturities of 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, and 30 years to start, as well as quarterly contracts. At maturity, the futures contract will convert into the underlying interest-rate swap of the selected tenor.
“If you buy a July 2013, five-year LIBOR fixed-pay futures swap, you have effectively locked in a swap spread for that future date, and on that date you will have a swap at the clearinghouse,” says Richard Paulson, managing director in the banking and capital markets advisory group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Swaps futures could be especially attractive to companies with low credit ratings, says Paulson. When such companies enter into a bilateral swap, they might be asked by the bank to post collateral or provide credit support anyway, he says. The cleared product could actually have lower margin requirements in comparison.
The CME says cleared interest-rate swaps and swaps futures provide distinct advantages. A listed market is highly transparent, for one. These products also eliminate bank counterparty credit risk and are much more liquid than OTC derivatives, says Sean Tully, global head of interest rates at CME Group.
“When a corporate does a trade with a single bank, it’s really a bespoke contract — not just on the date and the size, but on the two counterparties. So it’s completely dependent upon their creditworthiness,” says Tully. With a futures contract or a cleared swap, “you have a fungible instrument that you can get multiple parties to price if you ever want to exit the transaction,” he says.
To exit a bilateral swap, in contrast, a company would have to either enter into a contract that offsets the original OTC instrument or try selling the swap back to the bank or a third party. “In general, terminating the swap creates difficulty, friction, and increased costs,” says Tully.
An Imperfect Future
There are drawbacks to swap futures. For one, the end user would have to post initial margin as well as “variation” margin, a payment based on an adverse price movement in the futures contract. In other words, the position has to be marked to market daily.
Perhaps more important is the exposure to basis risk. With bilateral swaps, firms create something specifically tailored to their needs. But in a futures market, contracts are standardized, so the hedge and the underlying liability may be imperfectly correlated, creating the potential for excessive gains or losses from hedging. And there might not be a futures contract to match the desired time period for a hedge.
“The risk you’ll see in the interest-rate swap futures world will kind of mimic what you see in commodities, where some contracts — such as jet fuel or certain grades of commodities — just don’t exist,” says Gurpreet Banwait, a director of product management at derivatives risk-management firm FINCAD. In theory, using such an inexact hedge could disqualify a firm from using hedge accounting under Financial Accounting Standard 133, which requires that a derivative be “highly effective,” its value moving in a near-perfect inverse relationship to the liability.
The final rules on swaps from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and other regulators will be a key input to what is essentially a math problem for corporations, says Paulson: Will the cost advantages of the listed futures or cleared swap product outweigh the financial and operational costs that come with it? How will those costs compare with the expected higher price of executing an OTC bilateral swap?
The sheer complexity of replicating a highly tailored bilateral swap with a listed product or products (a company may need to hedge currency risk with futures at the same time) may also scare off CFOs, says Paulson. Still, he says the interest-rate swap future is an interesting product: “It’s the type of innovation we are expecting more of since the regulatory bias favors listed and exchange-traded products.”
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The One (The Selection, #3) by Kiera Cass
THIS TIME WE WERE IN the Great Room enduring another etiquette lesson when bricks came flying through the window. Elise immediately hit the ground and started crawling for the side door, whimpering as she went. Celeste let out a high-pitched scream and bolted toward the back of the room, barely escaping a shower of glass. Kriss grabbed my arm, pulling me, and I broke into a run alongside her as we made our way to the exit.
“Hurry, ladies!” Silvia cried.
Within seconds, the guards had lined up at the windows and were firing, and the bursts of sound echoed in my ears as we fled. Whether they came with guns or stones, anyone showing the smallest level of aggression within sight of the palace would die. There was no more patience left for these attacks.
“I hate running in these shoes,” Kriss muttered, a heap of dress draped over her arm, eyes focused on the end of the hall.
“One of us is going to have to get used to it,” Celeste said, her breath labored.
I rolled my eyes. “If it’s me, I’ll wear sneakers every day. I’m already over this.”
“Less talking, more moving!” Silvia yelled.
“How do we get downstairs from here?” Elise asked.
“What about Maxon?” Kriss huffed.
Silvia didn’t answer. We followed her through a maze of hallways, looking for a path to the basement, watching as guard after guard ran in the opposite direction. I found myself admiring them, wondering at the courage it took to run toward danger for the sake of other people.
The guards passing us were completely indistinguishable from one another until a set of green eyes locked with mine. Aspen didn’t look afraid or even startled. There was a problem, and he was on his way to fix it. That was simply who he was.
Our gaze was brief, but it was enough. It was like that with Aspen. In a split second, without a word, I could tell him Be careful and stay safe. And saying nothing, he’d answer I know, just take care of yourself.
While I could easily be at peace with the things we didn’t need to say, I had no such luck with the things we’d said out loud. Our last conversation wasn’t exactly a happy one. I had been about to leave the palace and had asked him to give me some space to get over the Selection. And then I’d ended up staying and had given him no explanation as to why.
Maybe his patience with me was falling short, his ability to see only the best in me running dry. Somehow I would have to fix that. I couldn’t see a life for me that didn’t include Aspen. Even now, as I hoped Maxon would choose me, a world without Aspen felt unimaginable.
“Here it is!” Silvia called, pushing a mysterious panel in a wall.
We started down the stairs, Elise and Silvia heading the charge.
“Damn it, Elise, pick up the pace!” Celeste yelled. I wanted to be irritated that she said it, but I knew we were all thinking the same thing.
As we descended into the darkness, I tried to reconcile myself to the hours that would be wasted, hiding like mice. We continued on, the sound of our escape covering the shouts until one man’s voice rang out right on top of us.
“Stop!” he yelled.
Kriss and I turned together, watching as the uniform became clear. “Wait,” she called to the girls below. “It’s a guard.”
We stood on the steps, breathing heavily. He finally reached us, gasping himself.
“Sorry, ladies. The rebels ran as soon as the shots were fired. Weren’t in the mood for a fight today, I guess.”
Silvia, running her hands over her clothes to smooth them, spoke for us. “Has the king deemed it safe? If not, you’re putting these girls in a very dangerous position.”
“The head of the guard cleared it. I’m sure His Majesty—”
“You don’t speak for the king. Come on, ladies, keep moving.”
“Are you serious?” I asked. “We’re going down there for nothing.”
She fixed me with a stare that might have stopped a rebel in his tracks, and I shut my mouth. Silvia and I had built a friendship of sorts as she unknowingly helped me distract myself from Maxon and Aspen with her extra lessons. After my little stunt on the Report a few days ago, it seemed that had dissolved into nothing. Turning to the guard, she continued. “Get an official order from the king, and we’ll return. Keep walking, ladies.”
The guard and I shared an exasperated look and parted ways.
Silvia showed absolutely no remorse when, twenty minutes later, a different guard came, telling us we were free to go upstairs.
I was so irritated by the whole situation, I didn’t wait for Silvia or the other girls. I climbed the stairs, exiting somewhere on the first floor, and continued to my room with my shoes still hooked on my fingers. My maids were missing, but a small silver platter holding an envelope was waiting on the bed.
I recognized May’s handwriting instantly and tore open the envelope, devouring her words.
Ames,
We’re aunts! Astra is perfect. I wish you were here to meet her in person, but we all understand you need to be at the palace right now. Do you think we’ll be together for Christmas? Not that far away! I’ve got to get back to helping Kenna and James. I can’t believe how pretty she is! Here’s a picture for you. We love you!
I slipped the glossy photo from behind the note. Everyone was there except for Kota and me. James, Kenna’s husband, was beaming, standing over his wife and daughter with puffy eyes. Kenna sat upright in the bed, holding a tiny pink bundle, looking equal parts thrilled and exhausted. Mom and Dad were glowing with pride, while May’s and Gerad’s enthusiasm jumped from the image. Of course Kota wouldn’t have gone; there was nothing for him to gain from being present. But I should have been there.
Total 78 Pages:
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The Selection (The Selection #1)
The Heir (The Selection #4)
The Crown (The Selection #5)
Pulse (Collide, #2)
In Time (The Darkest Minds, #1.5)
Grounded (Up in the Air, #3)
Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #
One Tiny Lie (Ten Tiny Breaths, #2)
The Will (The Magdalene Series) (Volume 1)
Barely Breathing
Play with Me (With Me in Seattle, #3)
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
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Akeelah and the bee (Motion picture)
Romersa, Michael.
Ganis, Sid.
Hult, Nancy.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
Llewelyn, Daniel.
Atchison, Doug.
Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
Reactor Films
Palmer, Keke
2929 Productions (Firm)
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Cinema Gypsy Productions
Armstrong, Curtis.
Bassett, Angela.
Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers
Santa Monica, Calif., Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.)
Special features: Making of Akeelah and the bee ; Doug and Keke: two peas in a pod ; Inside the mind of Akeelah ; Keke Palmer "All my girlz" music video ; Gag reel ; Deleted scenes ; Trailers
Akeelah and the bee.
Lionsgate, 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present an Out of the Blue Entertainment and Reactor Films production in association with Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc. ; produced by Laurence Fishburne, Sidney Ganis, Nancy Hult, Daniel Llewelyn, Michael Romersa ; written and directed by Doug Atchison
Amor a sí mismo en los niños (Psicología) -- California | Los Ángeles -- Teatro
Spanish language materials -- Video recordings
Spelling bees -- Drama
Self-esteem in children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
Escolares -- California | Los Ángeles -- Teatro
Melodrama, American
School children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young
MPAA rating: PG; for some language
English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
PN1995.9.C45
A344534 2006
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong
Fishburne, Laurence
Spelling bees
School children
Self-esteem in children
Amor a sí mismo en los niños (Psicología)
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DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Dark FireGift Giving Done Right
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Gabby's Second Chance
ADULT CONTENT:Believing she doesn’t deserve to love again, Gabby Adams gets a second chance to find happiness with only one wish
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Price: No additional charge
Author: Debi Wilder
Book Two in The Lacey's Lamp Series
Genre: Erotic Fantasy (fantasy, paranormal, love lost, love found, betrayal)
Editor: Lea Schizas
Line editor: Greta Gunselman
Cover Designer: Suzannah Safi
Warning: This book may contain explicit sexual language, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable.
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Gabby Adams did the unthinkable – she put her unborn child in harms way and lost. While Ryan Peterson was fleeing the thugs he owed money to for horse betting, Gabby placed herself physically between the man she loved and the men who wanted to harm him. Gabby feels she’s undeserving to give her love to anyone, physically or emotionally. With ghosts laid to rest and Lacey’s help, will Gabby find love in the arms of another man?
Gabby shook off her winter coat and then sat on a stool at the bar. “I guess I could use something warm, it is damp out there tonight and with the snow…” she started, wondering why she hadn’t seen the bar on her way down to the docks. “When did you say you opened? I don’t remember seeing a sign or anything earlier tonight.”
“I’ve got exactly what you need. You don’t look like a big drinker, so how about a Peppermint Patty?” Lacey replied, setting a cup of steaming hot chocolate in front of Gabby. The sweet richness made Gabby smile while the peppermint schnapps soothed her troubled mind with memories of a happier time.
Lacey leaned over the bar, dropping a couple of mini marshmallows into the steaming cup. “I must confess, I’m not really ready to open to the public yet. You just looked so cold when I saw you standing at the docks, that when you walked by I just had to flip on the sign. Sort of like a guiding beacon in the night.”
“This is wonderful.” Gabby licked her lips, catching all the richness of chocolate that might have escaped. “Why Lacey’s Lamp? I don’t get it.”
Lacey refilled Gabby’s cup, her eyes twinkling. “Because I’m a genie and can grant you any wish you want.”
Although some like to think Ms. Wilder lives what she writes, it’s far from the truth. She has shelves filled with research books such as Sex Toy Tales, Lip Service and The Academy, which she gets from her sister-in-law from time to time. Thankfully her husband doesn’t think they have to try everything at least once!
Ms. Wilder loves the freedom that writing erotica brings. There’s a no holds barred attitude that suits her when her imagination and characters take over and run wild on the pages. And like her characters, Ms. Wilder believes romance and sex go hand in hand.
Ms. Wilder currently lives a quiet life with her husband nestled deep among the pyramids of Rock Lake.
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MMCAS CELL
Exam Cell
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B.A English
B.COM (CA)
M.A English
Approved by Govt of Tamil Nadu (G.O. NO. 72/2014)
Affiliated to Periyar University
Rasipuram, Namakkal
The college is situated 3 km away from Rasipuram on the east in a calm, serene, rural area and is well connected by buses.
The campus is comprising two blocks,Main Building ,Silver Jubilee Building.
Two men-hostels and a vast playground.
Reaching Muthayammal College
The College is located at Rasipuram, 34.3 km away from Namakkal to Rasipuram-Attur State highway and 36km away from Salem on the Rasipuram-Attur State highway.
The nearest bus terminal & railway junction are Rasipuram and Salem respectively.
Working Hours of the College
Working Hours 9.30 A.M to 3.30 P.M.
Lunch Break 12.45 P.M to 1.45 P.M.
Our College offers the following 7 Departments: [Full time].
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLIGH (B.A English & M.A English).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (B.Com, B.Com (C.A), MCOM . ).
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B.B.A).
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS (B.Sc Maths, M.Sc Mathematics.)
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS (B.Sc Physics, M.Sc Physics).
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY (B. Sc Chemistry).
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (BCA, B.Sc Computer Science, M.Sc Computer Science).
Special classes for spoken English, Hindi and other languages.
Activities include Yoga.
NSS activities and encouragements to participate at National Level Competitions.
Encouragement to participate in inter-collegiate competitions and host programmes pertinent to the field of study as well as in Sports.
We encourage our students for Social Activities like National Service Scheme(NSS) and Youth Red Cross Society (YRC).
National Service Scheme (NSS) and Red Ribbon Club (RCC)
Our college takes up NSS & RRC activities every year. The following activities are held every year throw the NSS wing volunteers.
Health care programmes
Blood Donation Camp.
Polio drops campaign.
Breast Cancer Awareness programme.
Cancer Awareness campaign.
Anti Tobacco Awareness Programme.
Awareness programmes
Environmental Protection Rally.
Plastic Eradication Campaign.
Tree Plantation programme.
Rally on Environment Awareness.
Voters Day Awareness Rally’s.
Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science was started in the year 2014 and now it is one of best among the colleges affiliated to Periyar University. Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science Alumni Association will be started in the year 2017 and registered as above in the year 2016. A large number of alumni got registered and will conduct in the Alumni Meet for this year. The Alumni members are serving the country in notable positions as School Teacher, skillful software engineers, lawyers, professors, lecturers, police officials and chartered accountants.
The Alumni Association seeks to unite all the former students of the College through a common society and its members are working towards upholding and highlighting the name and fame of their Alma Mater. In whatever location they are placed now, they serve as ambassadors of goodwill, spreading the vision and mission of the esteemed Institution.
The Association is rendering all kinds of help for the betterment of Educational Programmes for deserving and needy students by granting scholarships and giving silver medals for meritorious students at the College Day celebrations every year.
Special lectures on their specific areas of interest are delivered by renowned Alumni members on behalf of the Alumni Association in the College premises.
Each department organizes Alumni Meet and gathers their former students at their Alma Mater to share their experiences every year.
Executive and general body meetings are regularly being conducted by gathering the members of the Alumni Association.
The Association has the following category of members.
Life Members: Those who are old students of Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science and make a one-time contribution of Rs.350/- (Rupees Three Fifty only).
Annual Members: Those who are old students of Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science and make a subscription of Rs.100/- (Rupees One hundred only) on a yearly basis.
Registration can be made online by filling in the application given in the website and the subscription can be made by DD / Cheque / Cash in favour of "The Secretary, Alumni Association of Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science.
Mr. R. SURESH Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
Muthayammal Memorial College of Arts and science.
Kakkaveri – 637 408
Mobile : 99767 59464
Admission Cell : 9791295137.
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Home » News » German church finds a different way to reach out
German church finds a different way to reach out
Mar 12, 2018 by Tim Huber and Mennonite World Review
Not far from the Czech and Austrian borders, a little Bavarian congregation has started doing church differently.
Last fall, members of Landau Mennonite Church in Germany began hosting Kirche Anders (Different Church) on a handful of Sunday evenings in the train station across the street from the church building, in addition to regular Sunday morning worship. The goal is to offer nudges toward God in a setting that feels safe for people uncomfortable with church.
Claudia Stangl leads a Kirche Anders event Jan. 21 in the Landau, Germany, train station. — Landau Mennonite Church
Kirche Anders team leader Claudia Stangl said members of the church had been thinking for some time about reaching out to bring people into contact with God.
“We soon realized that classical worship — even if it is modern in design — usually only attracts Christians who are dissatisfied with their congregations,” she said by email in German.
The evening events, which Stangl refrains from describing as church services, lack prayer, preaching or overtly religious music.
“Of course, they are there, just not in their usual form,” she said. “We offer contemporary music from a variety of styles, often from the secular realm. But it is not a concert.
“It is important to us that the songs have meaningfulness and address people’s questions and problems. Between songs, we moderate a bit and offer brief impulses that silently and invitingly point toward God, but never in an offensive manner. We’d rather send people home with a good question than a hasty answer — and they come back! We have been very surprised by the response in the city.”
Landau Mennonite Church numbers only about 35 members. At the last Kirche Anders across the street in the train station, roughly 150 visitors came.
The evening services draw inspiration from Jesus, who was quite capable of having theological discussions with the pious Pharisees, but shared his life mostly with his followers, using everyday language that drew from examples in regular people’s lives.
“At Kirche Anders we do not want so much to speak about Jesus, but to speak like him,” Stangl said. “People’s questions at the end of the evening are often pastoral, not theological.
“Afterward, visitors can stay and chat at the bar. Above all, the church needs to be able to converse and relate.”
Beyond pious services
Several years ago, members of Landau Mennonite attended a South German Mennonite Federation gathering on the theme of doing outreach, with an emphasis on meeting people where they are, speaking as they speak, discussing things that matter to them.
The church tried a few special worship services, which still felt very “pious,” with little connection between music and message.
Since October, each event has been focused on one theme relating to everyday life. Two people from the four-person leadership team plan the theme and moderate, and the other two work with the music.
“Since it isn’t a ‘worship service,’ it also gives us the opportunity to involve local musicians in the band, some of whom aren’t believers but enjoy participating,” Stangl said.
Songs may come from German pop stars or artists like U2 and Michael Jackson. Words and graphics are projected on a screen. Some visitors stand, some sit.
“This winter we planned to do four events, and we’ve done three,” Stangl said in February. “. . . It takes a lot of effort in preparation. The band studies 10-12 new songs each time.”
Trading the liturgy and sermon for pop tunes in a train station wasn’t a slam-dunk proposition. Some church members felt the format wasn’t spiritual enough. Many attendees have no idea the Mennonite church is behind Kirche Anders, seemingly diminishing or hiding the congregation’s role.
But the people are coming, and other congregations are taking notice.
“It almost scares us a bit how much momentum we’ve generated,” Stangl said. “Not only here in Landau, but there has also been interest in the Mennonite conference.
“Above all, we realize that we ourselves have to change. We have to become linguistically and socially responsible.
“In the long run, people will not go where the best program is but where they are loved and not condemned and receive help for their needs.”
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Fumigation-Integrated Pest Management
CDN Records
Fumigation came to my attention as they feature two members of Signs of Chaos. Those two fine gentlemen, Matt MacIvor and Tom Hansen (while he plays bass in Signs of Chaos here he handles guitars alongside Matt), are joined by vocalist LP Dugal (Accursed Creation), bassist Chris Humeniuk (Remnants of a Deity) and drummer Mat Desjardins. Together these five guys play death metal with an obsession for "rats, insects and chemicals". Say what you will about this Canadian act, but both their name and overall concept are unique! Granted it's not just the name that should help this group stand out (although it would be enough!) as their take on death metal, while as toxic as the waste they use in the extermination of various "pests", is well-written and executed with extreme prejudice! Check out some of these song titles and tell me that this isn't fun! "Pediculosis (Mommy, I Have Lice)", "Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite" and my favorite, "The Lick Of Carnivorous Caterpillars" all offer up a tongue-in-cheek approach that's a fun alternative to the usually gore& guts, mutilation & murder lyrics that have become the norm in this field of extreme metal. Granted it's not likely you'll be able to make out much of anything (lyric-wise) as this is brain-stomping death metal with a vocalist straight out of the "possessed cookie monster" school of thought. Sound wise? Well, I was thinking about Cannibal Corpse and early Death getting down and dirty after bonding over a case (or 2) of Labatt Blue (I love that Canadian beer!). In other words this is early death metal in a "Let's get back to the basics guys and remember a simpler time when death metal was raw, brutal and oh so delightful!" for the modern metal maniac. It's also a sign that real death metal, in it's purist/vilest form, still exists if you know where to look for it. In this case it's up there with our friends from the north!
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Charts, News | Mar 30, 2016
DJ Carisma’s Top 10 Picks for March
Ya’ll know who Carisma is. If you don’t know, she’s only been the first and only female DJ at Power 106 in Los Angeles. She’s also been nominated for the 2010 IDJ Female DJ of the Year and has been seen frequently on MTV and BET. And now she’s providing BPM Supreme her top tracks straight from her collection.
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Diane Levitt, senior director of K-12 education at Cornell Tech, led a workshop Sept. 28 on inspiring computational thinking, part of an ongoing relationship between Ithaca-area school districts, Cornell Tech and CSforAll.
Helping teachers weave computational thinking into lessons
By Melanie Lefkowitz |
The scientific method is an algorithm. Figuring out what went wrong with a project is a kind of debugging. Breaking a math question into parts is decomposition, and learning history can involve looking for patterns.
“You actually are all already doing some computational thinking without calling it out,” Diane Levitt, senior director of K-12 education at Cornell Tech, told around 60 teachers and administrators from Ithaca and neighboring school districts in a Sept. 28 workshop, “Inspiring a Passion for Computational Thinking,” in Clark Hall. “You can introduce these concepts to your students without even knowing a line of code.”
The event was part of an ongoing relationship between area school districts, Levitt and the CSforAll consortium, in which Cornell Tech is a partner. In the Sept. 28 workshop, educators examined computational-thinking exercises Levitt and her team recently developed for P.S. 86 in the Bronx. The exercises ask second-graders to find patterns in images, break pictures down into their components or work collaboratively to sort a list of words.
These kinds of challenges incorporate computational learning into existing educational goals, which not only teaches computer skills but could potentially boost achievement in other areas, like language arts and math, Levitt said.
“Part of the problem is there’s only so much time in the day, so to have a standalone lesson on computer science means taking time from something else,” she said. “The research question is, can we fully integrate computational thinking and computing so it amplifies the existing standards, while also teaching the computer science standards? That’s our goal.”
CSforAll is also partnering with the Ithaca, Groton, North Salem and Brewster school districts, as well as the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST-BOCES) and Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES on a two-year, National Science Foundation-funded project to integrate computer science into their districtwide curricula. The Sept. 28 event was focused on helping teachers make immediate progress with computational thinking at the classroom level.
“This opportunity is great, because it’s bringing a large group of classroom teachers and helping them understand the importance of computer science in their students’ lives,” said Zachary Lind, chief information officer for the Ithaca City School District. “Whether we like it or not, our world is a digital world, and if we don’t show our students how to be active and empowered in their world, they’ll become passive users of technology who aren’t able to direct and actively participate in it.”
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Educators explore how to bring computer science learning to all students
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U-Innovate! Entrepreneurs Could Discover the Next Big Idea
From innovative products, to software apps, to new concepts for the processing and delivery of scientific and medical information, the next big idea may come from Ursinus College. An upcoming competition will help make a new concept a reality. Read More»
Google VP Says Liberal Arts Leads to Lifetime Success
What are the skills needed for a lifetime of career success? According to a recent column by author and New York Times writer Tom Friedman, the skills are leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability and loving to learn and re-learn. Read More»
Joining Art and Science With Photographic Processes
Artist, educator and chemist France Scully Osterman offers a program, “Joining Art and Science Through Alternative Photographic Processes,” April 7 at 5 p.m. in the Berman Museum of Art Front Gallery. She will speak about her series, “Nature’s Second Course.” Read More»
Philadelphia Novelist Will Read His Work and Discuss Writing
Josh Emmons, a novelist who currently lives in Philadelphia, will read new work and answer questions about writing at Ursinus College April 1 at 7:30 p.m. The event, open to the public, is in the Lenfest Theater in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center. Read More»
Community Organizer Connects with Liberal Education
Robert T. Gannett Jr., Executive Director at the Institute for Community Empowerment, will speak on “Between Two Worlds: The Fragile Balance of a Chicago Community Organizer.” The talk on community organizing and its connection to a liberal education will be March 26 at 4:30 p.m. in Musser Auditorium, Pfahler Hall. Read More»
Food Blogger and Culinary Historian Twitty Presents ‘Slave Cook to Activist’
Michael Twitty, a food writer and culinary historian who focuses on preparing, preserving and promoting African American foodways, will present a talk titled ‘Slave Cook to Activist: Finding My Calling in the Past and Present’ at Ursinus College on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in Pfahler Hall’s Musser Auditorium. Read More»
Guy Crosby of America’s Test Kitchen Discusses “Chemistry of Cooking”
Dr. Guy Crosby, science editor at America’s Test Kitchen and co-author of The Science of Good Cooking, will present a talk titled “The Chemistry of Cooking” at Ursinus College on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Pfahler Hall’s Musser Auditorium. The event is free and open to the community. Read More»
U-Inspire! Features “Auntie Anne” of Pretzel Fame
Anne Beiler, founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, offered an inspiring talk at Ursinus College Jan. 29 in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center’s Lenfest Theater as part of a college-wide initiative on fostering entrepreneurship. Read More»
International Expert on Disaster Relief to Speak on Campus
Rabih Torbay, Vice President for International Operations, International Medical Corps (IMC) will speak on campus February 19. Read More»
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World News - Rose Parade Focuses On 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas Grand Marshal Of 118th Annual Parade
Nature's grandeur was on full display at the 118th Rose Parade on Monday, featuring a bounty of floral creations that included a fire-breathing dragon protecting a castle, hummingbirds hovering over blossoms and a frog trying to lap up some water. The festivities began with a majestic flyover by an Air Force B-2 stealth bomber that brought cheers from people packed in bleachers and on streets. Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth and a dancing troupe rang in the new year with a tribute to this year's parade theme "Our Good Nature." One of the highlights was the three-piece "Star Wars Spectacular," an entry that celebrates the 1977 release of "Star Wars," the first film in the sci-fi saga. About 200 stormtroopers led by Darth Vader marched down Colorado Boulevard as Ewoks swung from trees and waterfalls cascaded down the side of the garden planet Naboo. ...
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Searchers spot Indonesian ferry survivors
Rescue ships collected scores of bloated bodies Monday from seas close to where a ferry sank in the Java Sea, but search teams also spotted survivors on life rafts and dropped food and water to them, officials said.Weeping relatives camped out at ports and a local hospital, desperate for news of the some 400 still missing from the ferry when it sank during a violent storm minutes before midnight Friday.So far, at least 191 people have been found alive, either packed into lifeboats, clinging on to debris or on beaches after swimming ashore, Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa told reporters. Dozens of bodies have either been spotted or collected.Radjasa said the search for survivors would continue for at least a week....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-01-01-indonesia-ferry_x.htm?csp=34
Nurse tells of 'gardener' Saddam
Saddam Hussein watered weeds in a jail garden and drank coffee while smoking cigars to keep his blood pressure down, a US army nurse who cared for him says. In an interview with a US newspaper, Master Sgt Robert Ellis provided a rare glimpse into the last years of Saddam Hussein, who was executed on Saturday. Sgt Ellis looked after the former Iraqi leader - whom they called 'Victor' - in 2004 and 2005 at a camp near Baghdad. The prisoner rarely complained during his time in captivity, he said. He added that he was under strict orders to do whatever necessary to keep Saddam alive. "Saddam Hussein cannot die in US custody," he said a US colonel had told him. Sgt Ellis, from St Louis, told the St Louis Post-Dispatch that Saddam Hussein was held in a six foot by eight foot (1.8m to 2.4m) cell with a cot, table, two plastic chairs and two wash basins. When he was allowed to go outside, Saddam Hussein saved bread scraps from his meals to feed to the birds, Sgt Ellis said. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6222159.stm
EU welcomes Romania and Bulgaria
Romanians and Bulgarians have been marking their first day as European Union citizens, 17 years after the fall of communism. Tens of thousands celebrated at midnight at concerts in the two capitals, Bucharest and Sofia. The Romanian president said EU entry was an "enormous chance for future generations", while Bulgaria's leader said it was a "heavenly moment". Their accession means the EU now has 27 members and half a billion people. EU dignitaries attended the midnight celebrations in Bucharest and were flying on to Sofia on Monday for further ceremonies there. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said: "In welcoming two new members in the family, we know our culture, our heritage, will be richer, our mutual ties and our economy will be boosted." ...
Planes search for possible storm victims
The Civil Air Patrol conducted another aerial sweep of southeastern Colorado on Monday to see if any more travelers were still marooned by the blizzard that created 10-foot snowdrifts. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of customers were still without power in the Plains. Plow crews in Colorado were working to dig some roads out from the thick blanket of snow left by the storm, the second to hammer the region during the holidays. "Life and safety are still the No. 1 priorities. We need to get the roads open so people can get out and deal with the situation," said Dick Vnuk, chief of operations for the state Division of Emergency Management. CAP officials had heard reports of possible stranded motorists along Interstate 70, said patrol spokesman Steve Hamilton. Several of the planes also carried infrared-sensing equipment that could be used to search for snowbound livestock, he said....
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/01/01/winter.storm.ap/index.html?eref=rss_us
Web users driving change in 2007
It is often said the only constant in the world of hi-tech is change - a fact that makes prediction notoriously difficult. But here three tech veterans give their view about what will drive change over the next 12 months and beyond. There is little doubt that 2006 was the year that web users started to flex their muscle. Although everyone is familiar with web giants such as Google, Yahoo and Amazon, the last 12 months have shown that their reign at the top is perhaps not going to last forever. In 2006 it was YouTube, MySpace, Bebo, Facebook and many other social sites that grabbed the headlines. The focus on users and online communities will continue in 2007 said Kathy Johnson from Consort Partners - a Silicon Valley-based firm that advises start-ups targeting the so-called Web 2.0 space. The big trend among hot web companies will be the "actualisation of personalisation" she says. By that mouthful she means web firms will find a way to mine the information generated when...
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Lawn Chair Quarterback: "The Ruined Bike Light"
They don't make poo like they used to. (When I say poo, I'm using the term figuratively. Poo in the literal sense is probably made as sturdily as ever.)
These days, stuff breaks. When you buy any type of electronics or transit accessories, don't expect it to last long. Odds are, an item that's 40 years old will work better than its brand new counterpart. This is no exaggeration. It's kind of like how the new TV that I buyed in 2005 lasted a year, but I replaced it with a 1983 set that still worked great for another 2 years after that.
This week's LCQ explores the latest item to break before its time...
Lawn Chair Quarterback: "The Hooper Reserve"
Tim talks about a mysterious local geographic feature...
Another reason to oppose pseudoephedrine bill
Although Kentucky lawmakers softened their proposed law on allergy meds last month, don't uncork the champagne just yet.
While this hated bill was modified so the prescription requirement doesn't kick in unless you exceed a state-approved limit, the bill has now been amended to make it just as booger-brained as before. Rep. Joe Fischer - the far, far right-wing Republican from Campbell County - has amended the legislation so it would exclude Kentucky from the Obama administration's recently announced policy on insurance coverage of contraceptives.
Uh, Joe? Obama's policy is a federal rule. You can't just revoke benefits for your state's citizenry by pulling out of a legally enacted federal policy that doesn't even require the states to do anything. Plus, regarding this issue, it's Obama who's on the winning side of public opinion. Joe Fischer is not. I'm an economic populist first and foremost, but I just can't believe the Republicans are attacking Obama over his birth control policy, of all things.
And what do contraceptives have to do with allergy drugs anyway?
Supposedly, Fischer has claimed to be against further restricting allergy medicine, but I'm skeptical of that, because he's threatening to vote for this bill. If he doesn't like the bill, why did he choose this bill for his unrelated amendment? If he amended the bill in order to kill it, isn't that evidence that he knows nobody supports his amendment? It takes a certain degree of arrogance to pull a stunt like that.
Tea Party leader busted for rape
If anybody with even minimal involvement in the Occupy coalition was arrested for rape and kidnapping, it would be a national story, and it would likely spell the end of the entire Occupy movement. But when a Tea Party leader is arrested for these crimes, it doesn't get a shred of coverage outside the county of the arrest.
Some nobody who serves as a leader in the San Diego Tea Party is now under arrest for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman. According to police, "he dragged her out of the car and sexually assaulted her pretty brutally." It also turns out that the suspect was accused of domestic violence in 2008.
Fox News is going to cover this story, aren't they? Aren't they???
(Source: http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/9044)
ISP's announce right-wing spying program
Yep, it sounds like more of that Tea Party "small government" to me!
On July 12, the Internet industry - in cooperation with the thuggish MPAA and RIAA - plans to implement the biggest Internet spying program ever known. Internet giants like Time Warner, Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T have all pledged their participation.
Under this right-wing program, if your ISP thinks you've been downloading copyrighted music or movies, your ISP will install a virus on your computer that will pop up a "warning" about piracy and force you to click through it to be allowed to continue using your machine. If you're "caught" a second time, your ISP may require you to attend a class about piracy, limit your Internet access only to selected sites like Google and Facebook, or place you on a blacklist shared with other ISP's.
This is illegal on so many levels that the mind boggles to and fro. For starts, this program violates federally mandated 'Net neutrality principles. And the blacklist is nothing short of an open-and-shut case of racketeering.
Most strikingly, isn't it illegal for phone and Internet companies to spy on customers' communications? Why, yes it is. Not like it hasn't been going on for decades. I certainly knew even in my youth that phone companies were doing this. What's amazing now is that the industry admits it and expects nobody to challenge it.
And how can they even prove a customer is guilty of piracy?
I'd like to say we should pass federal and state laws against this spying program - except it's already illegal. Everybody from Eric Holder to the Attorneys General of the states to your local district attorney needs to prosecute ISP's, the RIAA, and the MPAA to the fullest extent. In a nation with over 3,000 counties, I can't imagine that not a single one would prosecute.
(Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/15/american-isps-to-launch-massive-copyright-spying-scheme-on-july-12)
Tea Party bill would let employers fire women over birth control
When you think the meanies of the Republican Right can't get any more extreme, they always do - and now I think they've finally fallen off the cliff. It's been a long time coming, but I think this is it.
A Republican bill in Arizona would let employers force women who use birth control pills to provide written proof that the pill is being used for nonsexual reasons. Women who do not comply could be fired. The bill was introduced by Sen. Debbie Lesko - a Tea Party favorite.
See, the Tea Party doesn't want big government. They want gargantuan government!
Believe it or not, Arizona's Senate Judiciary Committee just approved the bill by a 6 to 2 vote. Until now, I actually thought that the GOP hadn't quite fallen that far yet. But I was wrong. They really are batshit morons.
Just as mind-numbing, Lesko actually says her bill expands freedom. "We live in America. We don't live in the Soviet Union," she huffed. Yes, she really did say that in an attempt to justify her bill.
I'm absolutely certain that if this bill passes, it would violate federal statutes and common law. Boasts by the Far Right notwithstanding, companies have no right to simply fire an employee just because. That's a funhouse mirror world created largely by talk radio and extremist websites. It's a lie that was created to silence opposition.
(Source: http://jezebel.com/5893011/law-will-allow-employers-to-fire-women-for-using-whore-pills)
Even the 1% likes the magic word!
Keek! Ruin!
I went to the Occupy Cincinnati press conference on the steps of Cincinnati City Hall yesterday, and it was a downright spectacle that drew dozens of members of the Occupy coalition.
While the conference was in progress, a middle-aged woman in a gas-guzzling vehicle coasted to a halt on Plum Street. She yelled to us, "You guys are ruining our country!"
Hahahaha! The magic word!
What does this harangue reveal? It shows we really are ruining it - for the 1%. Their fun is now utterly, completely ruined. After we finally managed to make economic inequality and injustice one of the most important issues on Americans' minds, is it even possible to cram the genie back into the bottle? I think Americans today surely rank the wealth gap as a more pressing matter than (snicker) "moral values."
Hell, I think they have for years but wouldn't dare admit it until recently. I would have loved to see the electoral map if Al Gore or John Kerry had based their campaigns on closing the wealth chasm. I'm skeptical of the notion that most folks were dumb enough to believe the wealth gap was some sort of condign directive when they were the ones on the wrong end of it. It suspends disbelief even more to think most people were more willing to regulate personal behavior than Big Business. Normal people don't have these views.
Back to the quote at hand: "You guys are ruining our country!" Notice the woman said "are ruining", not "will ruin." That speaks volumes about our effectiveness. It was a desperate complaint that reminds me of a villain in a 'Super Friends' cartoon releasing a final sigh after being captured.
I'm not the only one who had a real bear of a time containing their laughter at this maniac's public outburst.
Now that we know our activity is ruining the grand old time the 1% was having, we're gonna keep doing it.
Smashing win for Occupy Cincinnati!
Occupy Cincinnati has just scored a stunning legal victory over the Evil Empire, and all you can see is a cloud of sawdust where our foes have been standing.
As a result of a lawsuit and settlement with the city, charges against Occupiers are now being thrown out, and the city has been forced to set aside a small portion of Piatt Park as a 24/7 venue for free assembly. The agreement doesn't allow actual camping (ooh, an Allowed Cloud!), but general uses of this space will be permitted. And the city has agreed to set up a public liaison at the park board.
At first, this victory seemed frustratingly minuscule. Why should the city limit round-the-clock assembly to just part of one park? After all, isn't the right to assemble constitutionally protected? But the implications are colossal. Our win shows how weak the authorities' case was. We forced them to explain themselves, and they lost. In fact, the only time the Far Right ever wins is when nobody makes them explain themselves. When people muster the valor to call them out, good prevails - without fail.
We didn't just defeat City Hall. We humiliated it!
The city will decide whether to renew its more permissive park policy a year from now. If it doesn't renew it, the city will be subject to being sued - and humiliated - again.
This case also - along with a recent Des Moines case - establishes an ironclad legal precedent that tips the scales of justice in favor of free speech and assembly.
We're not done yet. The door is now wide open for victories that go far beyond a small city park. Not only has our use of the park already been effective at promoting our goals, but we've now exposed gaping weaknesses in the efforts to shut us down.
And shutting us down surely continues to loom large in our detractors' minds. They'll resort to new tactics. And we will fight back - and win again. I'm experienced enough to know when I'm winning, and I don't bluff.
Lawn Chair Quarterback: "Wasn't That A Party..."
Tim parties hard...
Does corporate personhood nix execs' voting rights?
Here's an argument that ought to end the fight over corporate personhood once and for all: If corporations are people, doesn't that mean people are corporations? And since corporations aren't supposed to be allowed to vote, shouldn't executives who hide behind corporate personhood agree to give up their voting rights?
Think about that for a minute.
And if a corporation gets free bailout money from the taxpayers, shouldn't there be restrictions on what they can buy with it? Here's an analogy: If you get food stamps, you can only use them to buy food, right? And most folks think that's pretty fair, am I correct? So why shouldn't bailout money for big banks also be limited to certain purchases?
Here's my idea: Corporations that get bailout dough should receive their handouts in the form of electronic transfer cards prominently bearing the word 'BAILOUT' in a 'M*A*S*H' typeface. It could be spent only on generic items and only at government-run commissaries. They want help from the government? Well, this is the help they're gonna get. Fair is fair.
And if corporations are people, members of the boards of directors of corporations that argue for corporate personhood ought to agree to surrender their right to vote. If they want to vote, they should ditch their ridiculous argument that corporations are people. I'm as much in favor of voting as the next person is, but those who equate corporations with people should at least opt to abstain from the polls. You can't have it both ways.
Corporate personhood pisses squarely in the face of everything a democratic republic is supposed to stand for.
Bill would outlaw picket lines
We already knew the 1% has been on a coordinated campaign to close down the still-growing Occupy movement, so we shouldn't be surprised they'd try to imprison workers for going on strike.
Lawmakers in the state of Georgia are considering a clearly unconstitutional bill that would criminalize picket lines. It would even ban some demonstrations against government policies. The bill was introduced by right-wing Sen. Don Balfour.
Just because the Wall Street 1% typically sits on their asses all day and refuses to do any real work is no justification for them to make criminals out of the 99%. As part of the 99%, it's time for us to wipe the shit-eating smirks off Wall Street's faces.
(Source: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/07/georgia-senate-bill-seeks-to-criminalize-unions-that-go-on-the-picket-line)
Right-wing hatchet man Andrew Breitbart dies
Far-right firebrand Andrew Breitbart - known for his website that often republished mainstream news articles and for his own activities that attempted to ruin the careers of dissenters - reportedly died this morning at the age of 43:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/reports-andrew-breitbart-dead-age-43
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Have no fear, the September ish is here!
Have no fear! The September issue of The Last Word is here!
It's the Back-to-School edition, folks! This ish talks about my Detroit trip, the perils of putting your dirty butt on the bed, bubble gum vodka, mailing food scraps to retaliate for junk mail, how Newt Gingrich ruined the honorable sport of bubble gum blowing, and more!
So point your pooper here...
https://www.scribd.com/document/357730536/The-Last-Word-9-2017
If Scribd doesn't work, you can find the latest ish here...
http://bunkerblast.info/lastword/lw1709.pdf
When voluntary drug-free clubs become mandatory
A new trend is sweeping public and private schools in northern Kentucky, and it was suspect almost from the giddy-up.
A growing list of local middle and high schools are starting their own Drug Free Clubs of America chapters. This alone might not sound suspicious. But a red flag came up when it was reported that one of the guidelines for students to join these clubs is that they must submit to occasional drug testing.
This indicated that the purpose of the club is to make pariahs out of students who don't want to take a drug test and therefore won't join.
My suspicion has now been confirmed. The superintendent of Dayton schools has now told the press that colleges and employers will someday ask today's students if they were members of this club.
Busted!
In other words, membership in an ostensibly voluntary club that requires drug testing is in fact mandatory if you want to get into a better college or find a better job. This is just another way the system has of persecuting dissidents.
What we may need to do is pass a law making it illegal for prospective employers to discriminate against those who did not join this club.
Bevin whimpers and cries
The Forehead is mad!
Matt Bevin made a video in which he complains about an e-mail he received. Evidently, Bevin spammed state employees with some self-serving hogwash. One of the workers reportedly replied, "Do not ever fucking email me again."
Bevin goes on and on about it here...
As Bevin reads the e-mail, his voice trails, reminding me of Casey Kasem's reluctance to announce the title of a "dirty" George Michael song.
Also, notice how Bevin has been trimming his eyebrows to avoid the comparisons with Bert of 'Sesame Street' that have plagued him.
CBS exec sends threatening e-mail to Kathy Griffin
Remember a few months ago when the lunatic Right tried to destroy comedian Kathy Griffin's career because she dared to criticize Donald Trump?
CBS has become a carbon copy of Fox News, and it's because of right-wingers like filmmaker Arnold Kopelson who sit on CBS's board. CBS has been blacklisted as a source by this blog for years - probably since even before the CBS-owned TV station in Pittsburgh falsified footage to attack Occupy. The right-wing bias of CBS continued with its one-sided 60 Minutes story attacking the Social Security disability program.
Turns out Kopelson sent Griffin a threatening e-mail in the wake of the recent controversy. Kopelson told the comic she has "one chance left" to send a tearful apology letter to Trump and release it to Fox but no other media outlets. Kopelson's e-mail told Griffin, "IF YOU DON'T DO EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, YOUR CAREER IS OVER."
CBS should lose all of its broadcasting licenses over this. But after the way the FCC rubber-stamped the sale of WNKU to a right-wing ministry, it's clear we can't trust the FCC.
Bevin plans to rob workers of their pensions
It's been obvious for a long time now that Kentucky's pension "crisis" is a hoax whipped up by the Far Right as an excuse to rob state workers of their pension money.
Now an "independent" firm hired by the scandal-tainted Matt Bevin administration has recommended broad changes to Kentucky's pension system to do just that. The PFM Group recommends that pensions be abolished for future government workers and be replaced with a 401(k) plan that lets investors gamble with their money. PFM also recommended increasing the retirement age for state employees and taking back all cost-of-living increases from 1996 to 2012 for retired workers. Even retired teachers would see all cost-of-living raises frozen.
This is commonly known as theft.
In Bevin's America, a promise made is a promise broken.
(Source: http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article169821392.html)
Lexington still fighting back!
We're talking Kentucky here, folks!
As the Republican Party gets more violent and extreme, the people of Lexington continue to fight back! You may recall that someone threw a dumbbell through the window of the headquarters of the Republican Party of Fayette County back in November after Donald Trump stole the "election." Now someone has painted the words "NAZI SCUM" on the building.
No truer words were ever painted. If the jackboot fits, wear it - and if it feels good, put it on. (Now that's a lost '80s hit!)
Don't like the vandalism, Repubs? Tough toilets. The GOP has earned it. It's not the Green Party that's been trying to kill America's neediest people. It's not the Libertarians who have started pointless wars just for the hell of it. Look at the evil, hateful things the Republicans have done lately. This is not Gerald Ford's GOP anymore. We are at war.
For the record, Trump lost Lexington 51% to 42%.
Time for an amendment to limit pardons?
Nobody abused their presidential pardon powers quite like the Bushes. George H.W. Bush pardoned traitors involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, and his son pardoned political cronies.
Donald Trump continued this Republican tradition yesterday - Fascism Friday - by pardoning Joe Arpaio after the disgraced Arizona sheriff was busted for illegal racial profiling.
The Constitution's provision that grants the President unlimited pardon privileges was modeled after the British monarch's power to do the same. But ongoing abuses of this power means it should be reined in.
In 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale introduced a constitutional amendment that said pardons could be overturned within 180 days if two-thirds of each house of Congress agrees. In 2001, after Bill Clinton issued a pardon that Republicans didn't like, Republicans revived the idea. But today...crickets.
On most things, Congress has too much power. I'd rather see an amendment that puts the power to overturn pardons in the hands of the judicial branch. But sometimes Presidents abuse their privileges too.
A person bubbled at Kroger
Today, I went to Kroger, and some woman bubbled.
A person bunkerooed in Michigan
Some of you may know that I've been on a fact-finding mission in Detroit for the past couple days. This evening, an LAP bunker blast was detected at a park in a nearby town.
Latest celebrity look-alike news
I've just been informed that a Katy Perry look-alike was sighted at a brewery in Louisville yesterday.
Charlottesville terrorist has local connection
This is another example of the minds full of shit that the Republican Party in northern Kentucky is raising.
The white supremacist who plowed his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday - killing one person and injuring 19 - has been identified as James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio. It turns out that Fields went to high school in Union, Kentucky - before his family moved out of town.
Of course, Fields is a registered Republican and Donald Trump supporter.
Butbutbutbut both sides do it!
...says Nazi apologists everywhere.
Armed men distribute anti-worker propaganda
America is sliding harum-scarum into becoming the command state the Far Right has always dreamed of.
In St. Joseph, Missouri, a group of 4 men armed with guns have been confronting folks outside the Buchanan County Courthouse and shoving anti-worker propaganda brochures in their faces. The leaflets support Missouri's hated "right-to-work" law that infringes on the right of workers to enter into a union security agreement. A referendum may be coming soon to repeal the law. In fact, Missourians voted this law down at least once before.
One of the armed men purported to be a notary.
The right-to-scab thought police doesn't have facts on their side, so they have to resort to marching around the courthouse with guns.
It's no wonder the NAACP recently issued a travel advisory for the Show Me State - the only time the NAACP has ever issued such an advisory for any state.
(Source: http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/armed-men-at-courthouse/article_0af8390c-f329-54ee-9403-4e88d08f3c77.html)
Right-wing church parks in Park Hills
This is breathtakingly bad news for the people of Park Hills.
The government of this Kenton County suburb is being taken over by what's described as a "traditional Catholic" church. It's not a mainstream Catholic congregation, and this flock doesn't seem satisfied with minding their own business.
My business partner blogged about it this morning with more details...
http://annbugz1.blogspot.com/2017/08/republican-jesus-church-taking-over.html
My jaw hit the floor when I read that entry.
This church preaches against Neopagans, and its congregants have sported antigay bumper stickers. There's already a lot of intolerant churches like that all over America, but this one seems joined at the face with some Park Hills city officials - who apparently don't understand separation of church and state.
Then - of course - congregants had the nerve to complain that they were the ones being persecuted.
It reminds me of a line in a Stevie Wonder song: "You cry, 'Why am I the victim?'...When the culprit's Y-O-U."
Surprise! ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)
Although Snuffy is absent from this innovative classic 'Sesame Street' sketch, this is a Snuffleupagus moment! That's what I call it when I'm proven right about something after everyone insisted for years I was wrong - like when Big Bird finally introduced Snuffy to the rest of the 'Sesame Street' kick-ass crew, who had long denied his existence.
For decades, I've insisted there was a 'Sesame Street' segment in which the main premise was "surprise!" This cry was accompanied by the human cast members having pies smashed in their faces.
People didn't believe me that 'Sesame Street' characters would dare throw pies at each other. But pie they did, and now YouTube has once again saved the day...
According to the YouPube page, that segment dates from 1975, though some argue it was slightly later. The sound effect of the pie splat was the same one regularly used on 'The Electric Company'. We all know people who mimic this sound regarding occurrences that have absolutely nothing to do with pies.
While "surprise!" is the main idea of this segment, imagine my surprise when I finally found it on YouTube!
More Scholaring photos to terrify the Far Right
It was a rough week for the forces of evil, as the Road Ruiner and I went Roads Scholaring in Cincinnati again!
This event yielded bunches of new photos and videos, and you're gonna peep 'em all...
http://www.bunkerblast.info/roadpics/cinwcen17.html
Professor fired for criticizing Bevin for ruining Medicaid
The suppression of dissent in Kentucky's universities continues.
You may know that so-called Gov. Matt Bevin has a proposal to gut Medicaid - especially for those who were newly qualified under the Affordable Care Act. This despite the fact that a state law requires Kentucky to accept all Medicaid that the feds offer. Bevin's proposal might not immediately affect most who would have received Medicaid even without the ACA, but the Forehead's ultimate goal is to eliminate Medicaid altogether.
Now a faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has filed a federal lawsuit because he was fired for criticizing Bevin's plan. Dr. Raynor Mullins was let go after officials in the Bevin regime pressured the university into firing him. The suit names university officials Mark Birdwhistell and Stephanos Kyrkanides and a "John Doe" in Bevin's corrupt administration.
There are witnesses to Mullins's claims.
Surprised? Right-wing political retaliation has been ongoing in the Bevin administration - and in Kentucky's education system and business establishment for decades prior. Remember what happened to me at NKU?
Amanda Stamper - some nobody in the Bevin thugocracy - accused the professor of playing politics. Stamper first said that nobody in Bevin's office knows who Mullins is - then she immediately contradicted herself by saying they know Mullins has supported Democratic politicians.
That highlights how Kentucky Republicans not only have a history of political retaliation but also of childish lying.
(Source: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article164966162.html)
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New Heritage Trout Waters on the South Fork Smith River Mark Sherwood
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New Heritage Trout Waters on the Smith
64 Stream miles of the South Fork Smith River Honored as Heritage Trout Waters
Thank you to all our members and supporters who sent comments to the California Fish and Wildlife Commission in October. With your encouragement, and help from our local River Steward and partners at the Smith River Alliance, CDFW designated 64 miles of the upper South Fork Smith River and its tributaries as Heritage Trout Waters! Your comments convinced the commission to recognize the importance of the South Fork Smith’s native rainbow and coastal cutthroat trout populations and covered that stretch of river with better protection from future development.
The Heritage Trout Waters Program was started in the 1970s to increase the public’s understanding of and appreciation for the state’s unique fish populations. For more than 40 years, the program has rallied support for the collaborative efforts necessary to maintain a river’s beauty and protect its trout for future generations. A Heritage Trout Waters designation is reserved for the state’s most prized, self-sustaining fisheries. With the addition of the South Fork Smith, the first on California’s North Coast, there are now 12 across the state, each of them testaments to remarkable wild populations.
The Smith River is already a prized watershed. Multiple reaches have been protected under the National Wild & Scenic Rivers system since 1981 and 1990, but the Heritage Trout Waters designation is a special distinction for its magnificent native coastal cutthroat and rainbow trout.
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CASE STUDY: A Colorful Response for Pediatric Emergencies
A small child hastily gasps for air and passes out in the hospital. Doctors and nurses rush to the child's side carrying color-coded emergency equipment that matches the colored wristband on the child. Proper resuscitation medication and equipment are immediately administered and the child is safely brought back to a stable state.
The above scenario takes place in a hospital that uses a color-coded pediatric resuscitation system. In other facilities, valuable time can be lost while determining proper medication doses and equipment sizes in a pediatric code blue. It is crucial that the right amount of medication is administered according to the weight and size of the child. This process takes time, and when done in a moment of panic a greater chance of error is probable.
Improved Patient Safety
Accurate identification is crucial when it comes to pediatric resuscitation. La Porte Hospital and Health Services (La Porte, Indiana) uses Precision Dynamics Corporation's (PDC) colored Sentry® SuperBand® Wristbands to quickly identify the weight category of a patient in order to administer accurate medication doses in a timely manner.
La Porte's color-coded Pediatric Code Readiness system was implemented in the Medical/Surgical/Orthopedic/Pediatric and Joint Camp units. "We see this as another step in assuring safety for our pediatric population," comments Linda Satkoski, Chief Nursing Officer at La Porte. "It provides consistency of care in an emergency situation."
Bruce Garwood, Registered Nurse, was instrumental in the implementation of the pediatric resuscitation system. "We took a proactive approach to what we considered a possible problem," comments Garwood. "We noticed a delay at times with decisions about drug dosages and equipment during some pediatric codes at other facilities. Any delay, no matter how slight, can be life threatening especially when it comes to this age population."
PDC wristbands are used in conjunction with Broselow® Pediatric Emergency Tape measure. The emergency tape is a color-coded information and reference guide that informs doctors and nurses of the proper equipment sizes needed to perform resuscitation on a child. Also, a reference at each weight zone on the tape shows pre-calculated medication dosages and infusion rates.
"The new system helps prepare staff who treat pediatric patients for that greatly feared 'what if' situation," comments Pat Larson, Chairperson for the Code Blue Committee at La Porte. "Every nurse fears making a serious error that could hurt the patient and that fear is amplified when dealing with children. This new system helps alleviate that fear."
At admission, every pediatric patient is weighed and assigned a color category from the system. The weight is charted and an information sheet and a master calculation sheet with medication dosages are placed in the patient's chart. The corresponding wristband is applied to the patient and changed accordingly with his/her weight changes.
"If a patient was to go into respiratory or cardiac arrest, the colored wristband would quickly identify the appropriate treatment pouch needed and we would be ready to treat the patient without wasting time" said Garwood. "The enhanced pediatric resuscitation system gives patients the best possible chance of recovery."
Sentry Wristbands provide a quick reference for accurate medication administration and proper equipment usage. "Having wristbands correlate to the appropriate drug dosages and equipment sizes makes it much easier for our nursing staff to remain calm and stay focused" said Larson.
Every Detail Matters
Implementing a system like La Porte's can help save lives. Every detail matters during pediatric resuscitation--right down to the wristband.
"The advantage of using this process is our preparedness--being as prepared as possible for a Pediatric Code situation," comments Garwood. "The system was implemented as a preventative measure and we will continue to evaluate and improve upon it."
"During emergencies, high anxiety can lead to serious errors during initial medication administration. The Pediatric Code Readiness system alleviates this anxiety and improves patient safety," adds Larson. "I am very proud of the staff members at La Porte Hospital who have been so innovative in developing a new patient safety system for our littlest customers."
After much success with the system, nurses at La Porte strongly felt that all pediatric patients be identified using the new process. Consequently, the system was established in the Emergency Room, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Lab, Neuro-Sleep Lab, and Diagnostic Imaging in an effort to be fully prepared during pediatric emergencies.
La Porte Hospital
La Porte Hospital and Health Services, a 227 private room, not-for-profit healthcare facility, serves La Porte County and surrounding communities in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. Over 179 physicians and dentists specializing in 35 areas of medicine, a staff of over 1,475, and over 330 volunteers work at La Porte Hospital. Visit www.laportehealth.org for more information.
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Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Published by Balzer + Bray on April 7, 2015
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Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.
Everyone, aka Lindsay Ribar and Dahlia Adler, told me that Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda was a Christina book. While I totally love this, it also makes me nervous. What if I let them down? And Becky’s a local author, so disliking her book could be totally awkward and angst angst angst. I worried for absolutely no reason, because freaking obviously Dahlia and Lindsay were all sorts of right, and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is just the cutest freaking book.
First off, I love Simon. His voice is absolute perfection. I didn’t quite instalove on his narration, but I actually love that too. Simon takes time to open up to people. He’s not the easiest guy in the world to get to know, because he really doesn’t like having people all up in his business. While popular and friends with most everybody, Simon’s a bit reserved and judgmental. He’s a sweet guy, but he’s also stubborn and swears a lot, which also makes me love him even more.
The reason Simon’s so secretive, even with his best friends, is his family. He loves them, but they’re also overwhelmingly interested. I empathize, Simon. He holds information back because people make such a big deal about it and it really makes him nervous. The family dynamics are truly perfect, though. The whole family is so loving, which doesn’t mean perfect obviously. The parents are very present and do things like grounding their kids. Also, the family traditions like Facebook status hunting and Bachelorette viewing are so adorable.
Then there are the friend group dynamics. Simon’s closest friends have always been Leah and Nick, but, lately, Abby, a transfer, has become part of the group. It’s thrown off the dynamics in a big way, especially since Leah likes Nick, who likes Abby. Simon, in his typical way, is trying to avoid the drama getting to him, which in turn causes problems. Establishing groups of friends and actually giving all of them screen time is really tricky—there’s a reason most YA characters have a singular friend—but Albertalli really pulls it off. The tension between Abby and Leah is especially well-handled; it could easily have felt like girl hate, but it’s way more than that.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is framed around Simon’s email romance with a mystery guy he calls Blue. For about five seconds, I thought that was the guy’s real name and was doing some serious side-eye, but it’s all good. The rapport between Simon and Blue via email is super adorable. Though Blue doesn’t want to reveal his real identity, they also open up about a lot of stuff they don’t feel comfortable telling anyone irl. It’s so much easier to talk to people online, and that really makes their flirtation work.
The two talk a lot about coming out. Simon‘s sort of about that, but I’d say it’s more about finding yourself in general. Simon and Blue do come out over the course of the book, but it’s not a huge deal. I also like that Simon talks about how revealing anything new about himself feels like coming out, and that really everyone should come out, because there’s no reason to assume someone’s straight either. Albertalli also touches on the way that casual jokes that aren’t meant to harm can really be upsetting in Simon’s relationship with his dad. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is most definitely a fluffy romance, but it is also designed top open eyes and make people consider how heteronormativity continues to be an underpinning of society.
Simon, in trying to figure out who Blue is, checks out a lot of guys. I love this. He has someone he’s mentally chosen to cast as Blue in his fantasies, but he’s basically got minor crushes on several people. This is so true to my own teen experience and in YA characters are so often only into THE ONE. The dynamics in this book are just spot on. Also, I called the ship immediately and I was right and it was beautiful.
Finally, remember how I mentioned Albertalli’s a local author? I actually even picked this book up free at Decatur Book Festival last August. Anyway, it’s set in Atlanta, which is a special pleasure for me. I particularly delighted in the comment that this one kid has a southern accent and how weird that is. People from most anywhere else are always asking why I don’t have an accent. The novel also reflects the diversity I’m used to seeing in my daily life. Similarly, I think the reaction to Simon being gay fit pretty well with Atlanta and what things were like in my high school.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is so good that I spent the last half of the book literally yelling AWWWW at it out loud. This is not necessarily normal behavior for me. *shoves Simon at everyone*
As a side note, don’t you think everyone should have to come out? Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it should be this big awkward thing whether you’re straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I’m just saying.
By Becky Albertalli
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TAGGED: 5 stars, Atlanta, diversity, friendship, gay, Georgia, high school, lgbt
9 responses to “Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli”
Brittney says:
I’m so glad that you loved this book. It’s my favorite 2015 book that I read in 2014. I work at a bookstore and have been gushing to customers (and fellow booksellers) since November about this super adorable YA novel that they absolutely have to read…when it comes out in April.
SIMON was the second book I finished this year, so it’s been a while for me as well. I’ve had a couple friends read it already, and they’re all loving it, because obviously. How can anyone not? I think only a monster could not.
Dahlia Adler says:
I feel like I can’t even take any credit for this rec because it was just too easy. MOST CHRISTINA BOOK EVER.
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Hahaha, it should be the most everyone book ever imo.
Brigid says:
WHEEEEEEEE!!!!! I’m so happy this book is getting such good reviews. It looks like the perfect LGBT contemporary fluff. A nice change of pace. I have awwwwwed out loud many times while reading books. They are rare, but they happen. BLISS.
Katherine Locke says:
I LOVED this book. I was rolling around in bed giggling and crying and hugging it for basically the entire read. It’s so important and so so beautiful. I just want to shove it at everyone I see on the street.
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Debby (Snuggly Oranges) says:
Basically ALL OF THIS ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I have to thank you though, because when you looooved this book that was like the last straw and I just had to download the e-galley for myself. Which ended up being one of the best decisions in my reader life. My first 5 star read of the year 🙂
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Love your review! I have a copy for me, waiting to be read, and I can’t wait to get for it. I think Becky is awesome and everything I’ve heard about Simon? I get the overwhelmingness! The hype is real.
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Michelle @ In Libris Veritas says:
I have a MIGHTY NEED! This was one of my most anticipated reads this year and I’m so happy to see the hype is worth it.
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Size Doesn’t Matter (136): A Totally Awkward Love Story; The Lonely Hearts Hotel
posted at Friday, March 24th, 2017 at 8:00 AM | Adult, Audiobook Reviews, Mini Reviews, Reviews, Young Adult
A Totally Awkward Love Story by Tom Ellen, Lucy Ivison
Published by Delacorte BFYR on May 3, 2016
For fans of The DUFF, this hilarious and true-to-teen romance is Broad City meets Judy Blume.
The summer before college, Hannah swears she’s finally going to find The One. And for five perfect minutes, Hannah does find him. He’s cute and makes her laugh like crazy. She just wishes she’d caught his name, because Toilet Boy Cinderella really lacks sex appeal.
For Sam, the summer is off to a bad start for a million reasons. But for five minutes his luck changes: in a fancy restroom painted purple like it belongs in a Bond villain hideaway, Sam falls head over heels for some strange and hilarious girl. Of course, he doesn’t know her name. With his luck, he’ll never see her again, and he’ll remain a girlfriendless, moony-eyed virgin. Forever.
But another chance meeting brings them together, only to have a chance misunderstanding drive them apart . . . and then the cycle starts all over again. Madcap mishaps, raunchy hilarity, and deep romance follow these two wherever they go. For two people so clearly destined for each other, they sure have a hell of a lot of trouble even getting together.
Despite this monstrously awful cover, I gave A Totally Awkward Love Story a chance, mostly because it showed up unsolicited at my doorstep. The cover seriously does this book a disservice. A Totally Awkward Love Story is a teen romantic comedy in the vein of movies like Can’t Hardly Wait.
Basically, if you enjoyed those comedies back in the day, you will absolutely get laughs out of A Totally Awkward Love Story. It’s silliness and hijinks and hooking up. It’s also British, so it’s comfortable with discussing sex in a way that Americans don’t tend to achieve. The voices are strong and engaging, and I basically read this one straight through. The supporting cast remains pretty surface level, but entertaining.
As a romance, it’s a bit eh. Like, in the start I was totally all for Sam and Hannah, but they proceed to have a bunch of stupid fights and I was kind of over them as a ship by the time the ship actually sailed. It’s more about their missed opportunities and the hilarious drama than it is about love tbh. I did like that the whole thing was built around Hannah’s obsession with Friends as she looked for her lobster though.
If you’re looking for a fun read with lots of humor and sex jokes, look no further.
I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The Lonely Hearts Hotel Narrator: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hrs, 5 mins
Published by Penguin Audio on February 7, 2017
Genres: Historical
With echoes of The Night Circus, a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans in love with each other since they can remember whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future.
The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose economy hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to thwart one's origins. It might also take true love.
Two babies are abandoned in a Montreal orphanage in the winter of 1910. Before long, their talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing clown routines, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen.
Separated as teenagers, sent off to work as servants during the Great Depression, both descend into the city's underworld, dabbling in sex, drugs and theft in order to survive. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes after years of searching and desperate poverty the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make them come true. Soon, Rose, Pierrot and their troupe of clowns and chorus girls have hit New York, commanding the stage as well as the alleys, and neither the theater nor the underworld will ever look the same.
With her musical language and extravagantly realized world, Heather O'Neill enchants us with a novel so magical there is no escaping its spell.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DID I JUST READ? And, I know you’re probably thinking that I’m being really fucking melodramatic right now, because I started out a review with yelling, but no seriously WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BOOK? The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a disgusting, erotic portrayal of a bunch of fucked up shit; it’s not a powerful love story like the blurb will have you believe.
It’s my own fault that I read this, because it’s not like I shouldn’t have known better from the moment the audiobook started. The Lonely Hearts Hotel opens with a twelve-year-old being raped by her cousin and getting pregnant. She’s sent to a hospital with a bunch of other young, shamed pregnant girls, dubbed Ignorance, and births one of the main characters of The Lonely Hearts Hotel, Pierrot. So yeah, I was disgusted by that opener, but Julia Whelan’s performance is excellent, and I kept going. I think I just felt like surely there had to be some reason this book was so horrendously offensive and hateful and revolting, so I kept listening to see why. That was a mistake.
Both Rose and Pierrot (not their actual names, but these fit their manic pixie souls better) grow up in an orphanage. They’re both special, strange children. One of the nuns at the orphanage begins sexually abusing Pierrot starting when he is eleven years old, and the book makes sure to inform you that his penis was already large for his age. (There will be several occasions on which the book likes to remind you that Pierrot is magnificently endowed.) Why didn’t I stop? I really don’t know. I was just so fucking horrified by this book that I wanted to see WHY this shit was happening. I finished and I still don’t know. The book doesn’t condone this shit, but it’s also really graphic and filled with constant sexual content.
My face for all 12 hours (why o why did i do this to myself?)
Pierrot, as a result of the sexual abuse, becomes obsessed with sex; he calls himself a pervert. In addition to the actual sex in the book, there are constant dirty fantasies. Not yet a teen, he imagines all the women and girls in the orphanage giving him blow jobs. Eventually, Pierrot realizes how much he hates what Sister Elise has been doing to him, and he wants to be with Rose, who he loves. Sister Elise catches on and beats Rose almost to death for a minor infraction. Meanwhile, Pierrot gets adopted.
This book is a constant, hypersexualized portrayal of Rose and Pierrot. Over the course of the novel, Pierrot has a series of lovers and develops a heroin addiction which will eventually kill him. Rose, meanwhile, in her upper teens, becomes the mistress of the family for which she had been a governess. When she finally escapes that guy (who’s a mob boss and terribly obsessed with Rose bc she’s magical), she ends up working in porn until she finally finds Pierrot.
I’d sort of expected this book to be about the two manic pixies who are kept apart by terrible people and how sad that is because of their pure, perfect love. Only then that’s not even what goes down. They get married and are poor and tragic and Rose miscarries their child and Rose’s mob boss is still out to get her because he cannot recover. They end up setting up a clown revue (SO MANY CLOWNS) in NYC which is used as a front to smuggle drugs for the mob boss to another mob boss. Rose wants to kill the mob boss and set up fabulous businesses, but Pierrot doesn’t want to so he cheats on her and goes back to heroin and dies alone
Rose is super successful running those businesses just as she planned. The conclusion comes when Elise shows up and tells her Pierrot has a child by his former prostitute girlfriend. Rose forgives Elise, who feels cleansed, which OH MY FUCKING GOD MAKES ME MURDEROUS, and adopts Pierrot’s kid, who will bring joy back to her world.
The Lonely Hearts Hotel has been tagged some as magical realism, but it’s more erotica with overgrown nature metaphors whenever there isn’t sex happening. This book is uncomfortable and I don’t know what the fucking point for that infuriating hateful mess was. (See, my swearing was justified. Clearly I hate myself for finishing this.) Really the only positive thing I can say is that the prose is good, but who the fuck cares if you write this shit with it.
I need to go take a fucking shower. Or five.
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Bonnie @ For the Love of Words says:
Lol wow, The Lonely Hearts Hotel sounds spectacularly bad. I had read a rave review of it but holy hell no. Won’t be attempting this one. But thanks for putting this review in the world because I admit I was intrigued.
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Mini Rant: Disappointed in Netflix Video Streaming
by Jeffrey Friedl Thu, May 8th, 2014 1:04pm JST (5 years, 2 months ago)
I've been subscribing to Netflix's video-streaming service for a month or so. For $9 bucks a month it's a great deal and I recommend it, but that being said, it's also a big disappointment over what I expected.
YouTube has defined what's expected in video streaming, and the Netflix experience is so much worse. One problem is that the video quality is usually pretty bad — blocky and pixelated — even though I have a very fast connection (even via the VPN that I require to access Netflix from Japan). I can watch super-HD 1080p videos on YouTube without problem, but Netflix remains fairly blocky on average. (Only once that I recall in all this time has it ever kicked into basic-HD mode.)
While watching YouTube, if you want to jump back a few seconds, or skip forward a few seconds, you just grab the little location cursor and move it where you want, and usually playback starts from there immediately, because these locations not far from your previous playback spot are in the playback buffer. Not so on Netflix... any movement of the playback cursor — even just back a few seconds — requires a full restart of the stream, taking 10+ seconds and reverting to the lowest-quality video. It's maddening.
Other problems include...
Movie selection: I never knew that there were so many crappy movies made over the years, but Netflix has conveniently assembled them all in one location. To keep things consistent, good movies are kept to a minimum.
Every time I've searched for a specific movie by name, it's not been available. Every. Single. One. Examples include Avatar, 300, Harry Potter, Inception, Major League, Game of Thrones, The Spanish Prisoner, Frozen. Not available.
With an inability to find good movies by name, you're left to browse the cesspool of crappy movies to find the occasional good movie that somehow snuck in, but Netflix makes this very difficult because the rating system is almost useless.
First off, they're always shoving “rate this movie” interstitials into your face, encouraging you to give a haphazard answer just to shut the thing up. An ignorant or unconsidered rating is much worse than no rating, but they aggressively encourage the former, strongly diluting the meaning and purpose of ratings.
While browsing you can mark a move as “Not Interested”, but there's no description of what this actually means. Does it mean:
Already seen this movie (it was great!) but don't want to see while searching for something new.
Already seen this movie (it was horrible!) and never want to be reminded of it again.
Not interested in this specific movie that I've heard bad things about.
Not interested in this genre/director/actor/subject.
or something else entirely? Does it impact the rating system? Who knows.
When they show a rating for a movie, sometimes they show the average customer rating, and sometime they show the rating Netflix thinks I'd give. While browsing, you'll see one or the other, but they're presented with the same appearance so you actually have to read the fine print to know which they're showing.
And if you do want to spend the time to rate a movie, there's nothing between “Didn't like it” and “Liked it”. There's no “meh, it was okay”. I'm sure that a thousand years of consumer research shows that a movie rating system must have exactly five stars, but Netflix picks a lopsided five levels that artificially encourages more positive reviews:
Netflix's Rating System
What I think it Should Be
✭ · · · · Hated it Hated it
✭ ✭ · · · Didn't like it Didn't care for it
✭ ✭ ✭ · · Liked it So-so
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ · Really liked it Liked it
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ Loved it! Really liked it
Actually, I think a 10-star system like IMDB would be much better. IMDB gives ratings that actually mean something.
When you're watching at TV show and the episode reaches the end credits, they show the blurb for the next episode, making it easy to skip directly to it. “Easy” is wonderful, but the blurb about the next episode can give away important plot points, destroying much of the fun of watching. As far as I can tell, you can't turn this off.
The Netflix original production “House of Cards” illustrates how little they get the concept of on-demand video. With broadcast TV, especially before recorders and timeshifting, the title sequence of a TV show — those 60 seconds or so of theme music with actor and production credits over generic video not related to the specific episode — served the important function of being a time buffer during which the viewing audience could tune in and confirm that they've gotten to the right channel at the right time, and if they join in early enough in the sequence, allow them the comfort to use the bathroom or grab something from the fridge without worrying that they'll miss something.
This time-buffer purpose has no meaning in an on-demand world of video streaming and DVD rentals where you press “play” when you're ready to watch. The title sequence can of course be useful to set a mood and to give credit to the actors and producers, so it makes sense to have it at the start of the first episode, but House of Cards has almost two minutes of generic title sequence stuff tacked on to the start of each of its 26 episodes. It's exactly the same every time, so after the first episode it's just maddening to have to suffer the 101 seconds of title sequence just to watch the video you wanted to see back when you pressed “play”. I'd rather have commercials.
All told, the wasted time over the course of the 26 episodes adds up to almost 44 minutes, almost as long as a full episode! Clearly, someone doesn't get the concept of “on demand”. And as I mentioned above, Netflix makes it difficult to jump ahead, so you're pretty much stuck watching over and over who designed the costumes, and who the half dozen executive producers were.
(That all being said, House of Cards is an amazing, riveting, fantastic show. It's painful to sit through the title sequence each time, but House of Cards by itself makes the Netflix subscription more than worth it.)
YYMV.
April 1st, 2015 Happy 10th Anniversary to My Blog
Here’s a good explanation why Netflix is so bad:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-01-14/netflix-is-caught-between-a-dvd-and-a-hard-place
— comment by Zak on May 8th, 2014 at 2:11pm JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
You actually made my jaw drop when you said you’d prefer adverts. Wow.
In any case, this is surely not a Netflix thing. It seems highly unlikely that Netflix or any other broadcaster is allowed to cut TV shows and films in that way — I’m sure you’ll find that they are contractually prohibited from doing so, with the possible exception of censoring.
Besides, believe it or not there are people out there who actually enjoy the credits sequences — myself included. I especially like those which change each season, showing a montage of the characters and playing the theme tune.
In any case, I haven’t tried Netflix. I abhor adverts, and try to expose my kids to them as little as possible. My family tends to watch everything through the Apple TV these days.
The show that I was speaking of is a Netflix production, so I’m sure they could do what they want. I wasn’t suggesting that they should cut stuff out of shows they didn’t themselves produce. (It’s interesting to note that the title sequence for made-for-broadcast-television Breaking Bad is a completely tolerable 15 seconds.). The “I’d rather have advertisements” comment was hyperbole. Netflix doesn’t have advertisements. —Jeffrey
— comment by Thorf on May 8th, 2014 at 6:40pm JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
hahahahahah …… ” to keep things consistent, good movies are kept to a minimum ” excellent writing.
It can get worse. You could suffer Netflix via Tivo from Virgin media(UK). Supposed 100Mb fiber. Launching it at least allows enough time to cook a meal and make deserts , before settling down to wade through the dreadful front end. Not to worry, the video adverts they carry on the top screen load up first, so no missing those.
Don’t get me started on advertising carried on already paid for subscription services .
At least the UK service is about 10 times faster than what I had to suffer in my previous (recent)home in western Australia, where broadband was both slow and priced to suit the shareholder ( this is where I first visited your site)
— comment by Paul on May 9th, 2014 at 12:12am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
Re: the title stuff; perhaps Netflix is keeping open the option of syndicating House of Cards to television someday.
No doubt, but they can certainly add that later if they wanted. At 1:41, their intro is long even by 1970s standards (Bionic Man was 60 seconds, for example). Breaking Bad gets by perfectly well with 15 seconds. No, Netflix just doesn’t get on-demand video. —Jeffrey
— comment by Steve Friedl on May 9th, 2014 at 1:47am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
Jeffrey, what interface are you using to access Netflix? In the browser and many Netflix branded apps the title sequence for most shows is how only shown during the initial episode of that viewing period. For example, if you watch an episode of Sherlock and allow Netflix to begin the next episode, that episode’s title sequence is skipped.
Also I’m quite surprised by your poor streaming performance. We are in the northeast US using a big cable provider and almost always stream in HD, even during peak hours. You may have read that certain network providers are essentially requiring Netflix to pony up extra cash for more adequate bandwidth to reach the end user. Perhaps the network at the other end of your VPN is in a similar dispute with Netflix.
The rest of your observations are bang on. After Netflix lost its contract with Starz, movie selection went downhill in a serious way. There is chatter that Netflix will raise its rates by a few bucks to improve its streaming selection.
Watching via browser at Netflix.com. It’s a much better experience to watch rentals via iTunes, so I wish Netflix had a dedicated app, one that could cache a video for at least a short while. (I don’t know why they can’t do it in the browser like YouTube, but I suppose the need to protect the stream from unauthorized access complicates things). I’ve tried multiple VPNs with multiple endpoints around the US, and never had great results, but maybe I’m just unlucky. And maybe the higher latency is part of the problem. I dunno. YouTube is fine. —Jeffrey
— comment by Mark on May 9th, 2014 at 3:29am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
We alternate between Netflix and Hulu and they both have their strengths and weaknesses. Neither has the greatest movie selection. Like you, I was expecting to be able to watch almost anything on Netflix and was severely disappointed. I’ve read articles about how Netflix will probably shutter their DVD-by-mail program eventually due to the availability of everything online and my question has been, availability? Cause I don’t see it.
Hulu has a nice little back-arrow-loopy button on the playbar that makes it easy to rewind a video in 10-second increments. And you rarely have to wait while it rebuffers forever and ever. And it’s a bit easier to skip ahead through the credits of shows, too. But, of course, Hulu has commercials, even for paid accounts.
As for the video quality, I’m not positive but I’m pretty sure there’s a setting somewhere (on Hulu at least) where you can tell it you want higher quality videos. But, of course, your buffering time will probably increase, too.
— comment by Sparksofember on May 9th, 2014 at 5:19am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
While playing (on Mac):
Ctrl+Shift+Option+D – Display A/V Stats on-screen
Ctrl+Shift+Option+S – current Streaming bit-rate and manual bit-rate selection
Check your playback settings in your account page (it’s should be on high by default, but we never know…). And not all the devices offer the same quality (Apple TV and some TV apps offer better streams sometimes).
— comment by luc on May 9th, 2014 at 9:10am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
Bandwidth isn’t the only thing that matters, also important is *latency*, which is the round-trip time from Japan to the US and back (and it’s made worse by the intermediating VPN). I believe that Netflix delivers over HTTP, which is a TCP-based protocol, and long round-trip times really hurt.
Long round-trip times also impact the bandwidth-delay product (limiting how much can be “on the wire” at any given time), but my spidey sense tells me that BxD doesn’t matter much for Netflix because of how they do streaming. But latency certainly does.
I watch Netflix fairly often on an HD televison (over far slower internet than yours) and haven’t ever seen anything other than broadcast quality, and that’s including a trip over *Wi-Fi* from the router to the television (via Chromecast). I don’t think I’ve ever seen it pixellate even once.
— comment by Steve Friedl on May 9th, 2014 at 10:44am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
Have you watched the original BBC House of Cards series (also on Netflix)? I was shocked at how much more jarring it was and actually even more relevant to current times than the Netflix “original” show even though it is decades old and the new Netflix HoC is almost scene for scene based on it. The new HoC seems to, for some strange reason, want to avoid being political.
— comment by Jao on May 9th, 2014 at 11:25am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
Just commenting on the “streaming” experience. I have a 30 meg connection and it is wireless to my ROKU. Get Hi Def no problem. Also can go back and forward without any problems.
— comment by Den on May 11th, 2014 at 10:15am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
I too am surprised by the poor streaming performance you report.
I have 6Mbps DSL in the SF Bay Area. YouTube at 1080P is completely unusable — constant pauses for buffering all day, every single day. It is NEVER watchable. Fortunately, 720P is pretty reliable.
But Netflix streams in HD nearly all of the time and buffering pauses are extremely rare.
Netflix content is, of course, limited. But cable (or satellite) service is also extremely limited and costs 10x the price!
It just goes to show that there are many complexities behind reasonable performance (most of which I guess I don’t understand). Judging by Netflix’s stock price it’s clear that they’re not without value, and indeed I do recommend them at the start of the article. Perhaps my expectations were too high. —Jeffrey
— comment by Malcolm on May 13th, 2014 at 10:45pm JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
I have netflix streaming. I will say that every time I searched for a movie it is only available on DVD. I mean every single time. I just searched for the 1993 The Age of Innocence, no streaming only DVD. It happens every time. I have learned you cant search if you want streaming.
— comment by PK Smart on June 3rd, 2014 at 9:46am JST (5 years, 2 months ago) — comment permalink
In Netflix’s defense, they DO have good movies – but they’re on DVD only! If you want them, you have to get a DVD plan.
The reason almost certainly is that studios put restrictions on their movies.
— comment by Guest on October 3rd, 2014 at 9:14am JST (4 years, 10 months ago) — comment permalink
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The only thing standing in the way of SOL reform is politics. Repealing the CIVIL SOLs will supplant the control that influential groups have long held over the legislative process, while repealing the CRIMINAL SOLs will dramatically shift the balance of power, in the future, to the rights of survivors.
As survivors are able to identify more sexual predators, the following laws will become even more effective:
Megan’s Law provides public access to sex offender registration databases and community notification.
Jessica’s Law classifies lewd or lascivious molestation of a person under the age of 12 as a felony, and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring.
Jonathan’s Law entitles parents and legal guardians of mentally-disabled children access to all child abuse investigation files and medical history records. It is designed to hold residential mental health facilities accountable by requiring written reports of ensuing investigations.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) provides funds to states for development of Child Protective Services (CPS) and hotlines to prevent serious injuries to children.
Mandatory reporting laws that require adults, who suspect that a child, or a dependent adult is suffering from physical injury inflicted other than by accidental means, sexual molestation, or exploitation, etc.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO REPEALING THE SOLs
It will cost taxpayers nothing.
It will be a strong deterrent to sexual predators – and the institutions that harbor them – thereby preventing the victimization of subsequent children.
It will enable more survivors to file claims thereby alerting the public to the hidden danger of child sexual predators in their communities.
It will result in more perpetrators being publicly identified, therefore granting multiple survivors of the same perpetrator the opportunity to testify.
It will prevent subsequent children from being victimized as more sexual predators are incarcerated.
It will allow criminal verdicts to appear on background checks and prevent perpetrators from obtaining jobs with unrestricted and unsupervised access to children.
It will motivate public and private institutions, organizations and individuals to report misconduct to avoid the potential for civil litigation.
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Review: Marvel’s ‘JESSICA JONES’ Is Pure Noir Cool
December 5, 2015 FOTS Staff Leave a comment
David McGinnis & Nathan James talk the latest Netflix comic series.
My greatest weakness: occasionally I give a damn.
DAVID: When Daredevil kick-punched its way onto our streaming services earlier this year, it was a clarion call for a new era at Marvel Studios. In their movie franchises, Marvel has has carved out territory as the more fun, brightly-colored, joke-filled alternative to the oppressive gloom of DC, but television is like a mirror universe. With its Matt Murdock series and now Jessica Jones, Marvel is putting on its hoodie and rolling around in the dirt. Its heroes are messed up, its action more grounded in realism, and people are generally uninterested in turning on the lights.
I binged Jones in just a few days over my Thanksgiving break, and loved it to pieces. There is no one earth better suited to the title role than Krysten Ritter; her hard edges and soft center make her someone to be feared, admired, and loved. Her chemistry with Mike Colter (as Luke Cage) nearly made my TV burst into flames. David Tennant is creepy as hell. Even if the story seemed a bit too stretched out for 13 episodes, the individual elements were so strong you get lost in its mood and its heady themes. Nathan, what’s your verdict?
NATHAN: This show is a damn geek hipster. It just reeks of pop-culture-cool but in a slightly offbeat way, and I absolutely love it. It’s a show where Trinity plays a lesbian lawyer, Doctor Who plays a villain, and Calamity Jane from Deadwood and Lester from The Wire show up as ancillary characters. It’s a show that takes a big step for Marvel, finally placing a woman squarely in the titular role (though it could be argued that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has made solid strides in that direction), fitting a very-capable Krysten Ritter with the helm of the most female-centric, Bechdel test-friendly property in the Marvel roster. Most importantly, it’s a show that gives us more of that dark-Marvel Hell’s Kitchen stuff that the out-of-nowhere wonder Daredevil brought us earlier this year.
Enter Jessica Jones: she’s the hard-drinking, guilt-ridden, PTSD-battling superhero that, frankly, we need right now to cure our ever-growing case of “superhero fatigue”. In fact, while watching Jessica Jones it’s easy to forget that you’re watching a superhero show, right up until Krysten Ritter tosses someone across a room or picks up a car. Jessica Jones wonderfully defies genre; it is at times a noir mystery, a psychological thriller, and occasionally an action show that all just happen to star someone with superpowers.
It doesn’t hurt that the superhero in question doesn’t much care to be a superhero — not that she rejects her gifts, just that she doesn’t embrace the burden of being a “do-gooder” and would rather be numbing her grief with cheap whiskey than, say, be Captain America. And that’s where Jessica Jones really shines as the cure for the over-inundation of all things super: she’s relatably flawed, she’s broken, in a constant struggle with her past, a person clawing themselves up from rock bottom. She’s not fighting to be a hero, she’s fighting just to be a person again.
I hate feeling this way, I don’t know how you handle it.
–Trish Walker
It’s called whiskey.
DAVID: The noir elements are what hooked me right away. It’s so different from anything else in the MCU — anything else in superhero-dom, really — and it’s handled so elegantly you can overlook when the plot is grinding its gears. That chiaroscuro lighting, the hard-boiled voiceover, the mournful trumpet on Sean Callery’s excellent soundtrack — it’s real genre filmmaking. Jones is a detective show, out of a Dashiell Hammett-penned Bogart film from the ’40s, if Bogart had the ability to lift cars and fly, sort of. (More like falling with style.)
But its real masterstroke is its deep feminist streak, thanks to creator Melissa Rosenberg. Jessica has been a victim, but it doesn’t define her. David Tennant’s Kilgrave is a real monster: arrogant, impulsive, manipulative (obviously), and believing he has a right to any woman he desires. And with his abilities, he can make them want him back, at least temporarily. There’s not a woman alive who hasn’t felt unwanted attention from a creep, and Jessica gives them all a voice, as well as fighting back as only she can with the help of her adopted sister Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor), and high-powered lawyer boss Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss, gender-swapped from the comics) — strong women, all.
The major difference between Jones and Daredevil is that this series is much more single-minded in its approach. It’s all Kilgrave, all the time, and every episode revolves around Jessica trying to bring him down. The seams show during the season’s middle stretches, when subplots like Jessica’s obnoxious neighbor’s witch hunt against her feel like the distractions they are. And you could make the case that the show over-does it on depicting Kilgrave’s awfulness, but David Tennant is so ridiculously magnetic in the role, you still find yourself wanting to see what he’ll do next.
NATHAN: The biggest thing you have to initially forgive with Jessica Jones is the villain. Kilgrave is a brilliant monster, a wonderful antagonist, but his evil superpower is possibly the most overpowered in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kilgrave can control minds — with a simple suggestion he can make people do ANYTHING — and yet he seems to be content sexually torturing co-eds and making people kill their parents rather than, say, taking over a country or conning Tony Stark out of all of his money. This weighed on me greatly in the early episodes, but (and I’ll do my best to avoid spoilers here) much like Vincent D’Onofrio’s sympathetic Kingpin in Daredevil, revelations of the tragic origins of Kilgrave, coupled with the personal ramifications of his ability, eventually lead the audience to some understanding of his motives and actions. And, at times, even sympathy for this purple-clad devil.
Once you get over that hurdle, Kilgrave is the perfect villain for a show that is more about overcoming psychological obstacles than defeating alien armies, and David Tennant uses his naturally likable look to his advantage channeling the twisted sociopath.
DAVID: And the accent! Don’t forget that accent. I swear, my wife wasn’t even sure at first if she was supposed to root against him. Tennant is on a different level. But we also can’t forget to talk about Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and the handoff to the third of Marvel’s Netflix series (titled, naturally, Luke Cage). Colter is smoldering, and he and Ritter are an incredible match — a testament to chemistry reads in the casting process, certainly — as for much how they challenge each other emotionally as, ahem, physically. Not that I doubted Ritter’s abilities, but she hasn’t ever really had the opportunity to tear into a part with this many layers. She’s at her best when sharing the screen with Colter, especially in the final scene of “AKA You’re a Winner!”
The rest of the supporting cast, Rachael Taylor excepted, doesn’t come off quite as well — but that’s probably because the series just isn’t as interested in, say, Eka Darville’s Malcolm as Jessica and Kilgrave’s pas de deux. (He’s excellent, though, particularly in the season’s back half where he becomes its conscience.) Wil Traval doesn’t ever really fit in as he-who-would-become “Nuke,” seeming only to provide some filler before setting up whatever Season 2 will be about. Many of the episodes, without a clear theme or setpiece to call their own, just kind of run together — the novelization of television writ large. The best episodes, for my money, are “AKA WWJD” and “AKA The Sin Bin,” which are strong, self-contained hours with clear arcs despite running back-to-back. But, honestly, Jessica Jones rocks and I need to see her and Matt Murdock together ASAP.
Breaking and entering, my specialty.
As well as punching, kickin’, drinkin’ and talkin’ shit.
The four essentials of being a P.I.
NATHAN: While I’m just as excited to see Jessica, Daredevil, Luke and the as-of-yet unseen Iron Fist come together in the forthcoming Defenders series, I would happily watch a hundred episodes of Jessica Jones, functioning alcoholic superhero private eye, and her sidekick Trish “Hellcat” Walker, doing procedural crime-drama television. However, I highly doubt that the second season will move in that direction. Frankly, I’d be fine with leaving Jessica Jones as a one-off, as this season is (to date) Marvel’s finest single-story arc ever put onscreen (Daredevil came close before botching the finale), and while I’d love to return to the character, they’d be hard-pressed to design a better, more stylish, or more compelling season of conflict and growth than what Jessica Jones Season One delivers.
David’s Grade: A-
Nathan’s Grade: A
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E. Fishery-dependent Monitoring of Species that Aggregate to Spawn
Monitoring a fishery is critical for assessing its status over the long term, for determining appropriate management action and for evaluating the effects of management. Estimating catch is covered in Section VI. The current section explores how different types of catch data can be used to determine seasonality in fishing of aggregations and to identify trends in aggregation- focused fisheries over time. It also addresses important considerations for designing catch sampling programs.
Fishery monitoring must be done on a species by species basis. It is not valid to, say, monitor ‘groupers’ or ‘snappers’ as a general category that includes several or many species of grouper or snapper and hope thereby to understand the status of individual species. The reason for this is that ecological species interactions, especially among closely related species, mean that what happens to one species may influence what happens to another. As just one example, larger species of grouper tend to be more vulnerable, for a range of reasons, to most fisheries than smaller species for a given level of effort. In the Caribbean, as larger species declined, it is likely that competition with smaller species was reduced and this allowed an increase in biomass of smaller species. If only the category ‘groupers’ was to be recorded from the fishery, there might appear to be no overall changes in landings even when larger species were declining significantly because an increase in the smaller species would compensate.
It is possible to determine a marked fishing season, which might reflect aggregating behavior, by appropriately designed monitoring of the fishery. A distinct fishing season exists if the majority of landings of a particular species is taken, or the catch per unit of effort (CPUE) of landings are particularly high, at certain and consistent times of the year. Such seasonality might help in identifying an aggregation period, because during such periods catches or CPUE are often higher than at other times of the year. It is important, however, to recognize that catches can vary considerably throughout the year due to factors that might have nothing to do with aggregating behavior. Examples include weather conditions that strongly affect fishing activity, preventing or allowing access, for example, of boats to particular places at particular times. Trends in the fishery whereby fishers change their activities due to factors such as market demand or regulations elsewhere may also be important. A simple set of questions for fishery officers of fishers should help you to determine what factor(s) might be involved when regular changes in CPUE or landings are noted for particular species.
It is essential to assess the landings or, more appropriately, the CPUE at different times of the year if the fishery is to be effectively managed and the response of the fishery to fishing is to be evaluated over the long term (note that even if aggregations are exploited, the species could also be heavily exploited at non-aggregation times). For example, if a standardized program monitoring the fishery of a particular species shows that CPUE or landings decline over time (i.e., over a number of years) this may signal that over-fishing is occurring and that management might be needed. Note that CPUE is the value that is needed to obtain an idea of what is happening in the fishery if the fishing effort (such as number of boats or fishermen) is changing over time because changes in landings alone may not reflect anything about the species but reflect fisher behavior rather than fish numbers. In general, CPUE is preferred to landings data as an indicator of the status of a fishery and should be collected whenever possible (but see below the discussion on aggregation CPUE).
If the majority of the annual landings of a particular species occurs during its spawning (aggregation) period, then management attention might best be directed at the aggregation itself rather than on the species at other times of the year. If, on the other hand, declines in aggregating species occur and the species is fished all year round, then management of the aggregation may well not be sufficient to stop or reverse the decline. Aggregations are only part of the life history of aggregating species that may also be vulnerable to fishing at other times of their life cycle or moving to and from aggregations (Lindeman and Claro, 2003). It is important therefore to determine when and where, and how heavily, fisheries take place during the year to ensure appropriate management measures are developed for a given species in a given fishery.
Another important point to consider is that species that aggregate to spawn, and for which a large proportion of the landings is taken during the aggregation period, can be surprisingly difficult to monitor reliably based on aggregation landings alone, or even when CPUE is used. While total annual landings is the sum of aggregation and non-aggregation landings, landings or CPUE taken at the aggregation site may well not reflect the condition of the fished population over time. Given what we have already said about CPUE, why is this? The reason is that CPUE is considered to reflect abundance (in fisheries since we can not measure fish abundance directly we have to have some parameter that indicates abundance and CPUE is commonly used for this since it corrects for fishing effort). In species that aggregate, however, aggregation CPUE may stay high, even as population levels decline. This occurs if aggregation fishing does not remove most of the fish each during aggregation period but fish continue to aggregate even as population levels decline substantially. CPUE from the aggregation will, as a result, remain constant until numbers become severely reduced, and at some point CPUE will start to drop rapidly and the aggregation may cease to form (Sadovy and Domeier, unpublished manuscript).
What this suggests is that CPUE should, for exploited species that aggregate to spawn, be measured during the non-reproductive, as well as the reproductive season, as an indicator of fish abundance, even if most of the landings occur during the aggregation season. Alternatively, well- designed fishery independent surveys, involving estimates of fish numbers on aggregations would be recommended (see Section IV.B). Such considerations are critical for fully understanding trends in fished populations, are simple in concept and in most cases can effectively be built into current or new monitoring programs with careful planning.
In conclusion on fishery-dependent monitoring, it is essential, if a fishery is to be productive in the long-term, that monitoring programs be implemented. They do not have to be complicated. In fact, simple and clear monitoring programs are more likely to persist long-term than complex or expensive ones. Important decisions, however, do have to be made about when and how to monitor and which species to monitor. When and how have been discussed for aggregating species (i.e. CPUE should be measured outside of the aggregating season if at all possible and body size information can also give indications of long-term changes if carefully assessed – refer to Section IV.C). Which species are to be monitored will depend on monitoring capacity but, if this is limited, then decisions might consider tracking trends in particularly important species, or particularly vulnerable species. For example, many of the larger reef fishes are likely to be more vulnerable than smaller species if targeted specifically. Finally, care is also needed that the monitoring of similar-looking species is not affected by species misidentifications.
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Ernesto “Tico” Ojito, long-time Shufu member and 2013 US Mens National Judo Champion at 55 kg, broke new ground in his first appearance at the Fight-2-Win event held last Saturday, April 20th at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Event Center in Catonsville, Maryland.
Fight-2-Win Promotions, based in Denver, Colorado, sponsors professional Brazilian Jiujiutsu (BJJ)/NOGI/Judo events throughout the country, bringing local, regional, and even nationally prominent competitors together for an evening of single one-on-one matches.
One of the defining characteristics of the Fight-2-Win events is the high-end production that the company brings, including intense, beat-heavy pre- and post-match music, sweeping white and multicolored floodlights, smoke-filled, back-lit entrances down a runway by each competitor for their match, and a large square mat competition area elevated five feet off the floor, without cage or rope obstructions (or protection). The mat is illuminated by nearly 30 fixed floodlights on a large square perimeter frame high above the mat.
The audience on the surrounding arena floor area was scattered among many long tables, instead of a traditional set of concentric chairs facing the competition mat.
Among the 1500+ attendees were well-known Shufu members Monty Burton (College Park and NIH) with his son Kai, Brad Lewis (NIH), Kevin McNeely (Pure Performance), Eric Spears (College Park), Gerard Cadet (Washington Judo Club), and Sensei Song, also from College Park Judo.
Eric Spears and Kevin McNeely
Monty Burton and son Kai
Ojito, recently promoted to Yodan (4th degree black belt) and representing the Washington Judo Club, was one of the few judo competitors, and was matched against another judoka and former junior U.S. world team member, Nathan Kearney, of the Okuri Judo Club in Hurst, Texas, near Fort Worth.
Prior to the match, Ojito was enthusiastic about fighting again under “old-school” rules, without yukos, kokas, shidos, or waza-aris, and a return to the days of allowable leg-grab techniques. The winner would be declared by choke or jointlock submission, or by two forceful throws onto the back.
Ojito and Kearney met each other on the mat well into the evening as the 37th out of a total of 42 matches. They initially conducted their match according to standard judo positioning, gripfighting, throwing attempts, and newaza (groundwork). Kearney scored first, with an attempt at morote gari, succeeding at hooking and pinning Tico’s left leg to his chest, standing quickly and lifting Tico high while grabbing his right arm, followed by what could be described as an utsuri goshi makikomi for a clear score.
Ojito then fought even more aggressively, and soon slipped rapidly under the standing Kearney with a smooth, tight jujigatame, looking for the submission. But Kearney lifted him up, slamming Tico down on his back for what would have been a match-ending penalty (hansokumake) against Kearney under regulation judo rules, but was a second, winning score by Fight-2-Win rules.
Afterwards, Ojito explained that perhaps he had had not adequately anticipated defending against the years-long prohibition against leg grabs in regulation judo, and that Kearney had brought a good game plan including moves such as shooting for the legs. Tico also mentioned that he had never been lifted into the air while applying a jujigatame from below a standing opponent, since it was a clear violation in regulation-rules judo.
But he also said that he was happy to participate, was willing to do it again, and that the entire event was very exciting to watch. His preparation for the next match will include being more comfortable near the unprotected edge of a raised mat, and not being distracted by a referee who occasionally pushed the competitors away from the edge while they were actively fighting.
Tico then thanked everybody from the Shufu family who came out to support him, and that it was a great event overall. He then said that he would be going “back to the lab” and would come back stronger. Finally he mentioned that there was already the possibility of a rematch with Kearney in the future.
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54 Post Offices to Close Retail for July 2 Only
Retail hours at several South Florida Post Offices will be adjusted for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Fifty-four Post Offices in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties, regularly open on Saturday, will be closed on Saturday, July 2. Revised retail hours will be posted at each Post Office. Visit usps.com for a list of impacted Post Offices.
The following Post Offices will observe reduced retail operations on Saturday, July 2:
9 am – 12 Noon: Greenacres Branch, 4300 Jog Road, Lake Worth
9 am – 1 pm: Boca Rio Postal Store, 8185 Via Ancho Road, Boca Raton; Delray Beach Main Office, 14280 Military Trail, Delray Beach
10 am – 12 Noon: Port Saint Lucie Main Office, 290 NW Peacock Blvd, Port Saint Lucie
10 am – 1 pm: Woodlands Station, 604 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton; Deerfield Beach Main Office, 212 E Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach
10 am – 2 pm: Jupiter Main Office, 1095 Military Trail, Jupiter
Regularly open on Sunday, but will be closed on Sunday, July 3: Avenue of the Americas Postal Store (1455 NW 107 Ave, Miami), El Mercado Postal Store (2440 W 60 St, Hialeah), Sawgrass Postal Store (12801 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale), Town and Country Postal Store (8266 Mills Rd, Miami), and West Palm Beach Main Office (3200 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach).
Commercial customers should verify USPS Business Mail Entry Unit hours of operation for the holiday weekend. The Postal Service advises customers to observe the holiday schedule posted on blue collection boxes.
There will be regular mail delivery on Saturday, July 2. Only Express Mail will be delivered on Monday, July 4; regular mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, July 5.
Customers are reminded that they may conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At www.uspseverywhere.com, an easy-to-navigate, interactive map provides local Post Office
information and alternate access locations --- retail outlets, grocery stores, and pharmacies ---that offer stamps, shipping and packaging, Post Office Boxes, passport acceptance, and other services --- in their own neighborhood. Customers type their ZIP Code to identify locations, and icons assist them in locating alternate access options.
USPS Puts Brakes on Mobile Vans
Postal mobile vans now serving customers in the Haverhill and Juno Beach area permanently will cease operations at close of business on Friday, July 22.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. Just like any business, the Postal Service is streamlining operations to reduce costs and capture savings.
West Palm Beach Officer-In-Charge Robert Weiser sent a letter to mobile van customers, thanking them for their business and sharing information on alternate access locations to conduct postal transactions. He encouraged customers to visit a nearby Post Office or conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At http://www.uspseverywhere.com/, customers will find dozens of locations to purchase postal services within their neighborhoods by visiting an interactive map and typing in a ZIP Code. Icons (pictured above) designating stamps, shipping and packaging, PO Boxes and other services assist customers in locating alternate access options in the ZIP Code(s) of their choice.
Customers who frequent the Haverhill and Juno Beach mobile vans may conduct retail transactions at the Jupiter Main Post Office at 1095 Military Trail in Jupiter; Tequesta Branch Retail Unit at 401 Old Dixie Hwy in Tequesta; North Palm Beach Post Office at 643 U S Highway 1 in North Palm Beach; and Palm Beach Gardens Post Office at 3330 Fairchild Gardens Ave in Palm Beach Gardens.
Also posted at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/ are alternate access locations to purchase stamps at face value: CVS at 11586 US Highway 1 in Palm Beach Gardens; CVS at 312 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; Publix Supermarket at 11566 US Highway 1 in Palm Beach Gardens; Publix Supermarket at 374 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; TD Bank at 316 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; and Wachovia at 11710 US Hwy 1 in Palm Beach Gardens. Office Depots offering postal products and services also can be located on this website.
“We’re Everywhere So You Can Be Anywhere.”
POW-MIA Flag Display for July 4th Weekend
July 4 is Independence Day — one of six days each year all Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag. If a postal facility is closed July 4, the facility is required to display the POW–MIA flag on the last business day before July 4. For detailed information about flying the U.S. flag and the POW-MIA flag, check the Administrative Support Manual, sections 472 and 476.
Raising the Value with eBay's Half.com
Half.com — an eBay company that purchases and sells books, games, movies and music online — has added the USPS shipping platform to its website. The addition means an estimated $10 million in package business for the Postal Service.
Half.com lets sellers offer products at fixed prices. Like its parent company, Half.com is not a retail site and has no physical stock or inventory. It offers a place for individual sellers to list their items and potential buyers a central location in which to view them, providing a standardized transaction and money-exchange process.
“Half.com’s addition of our shipping platform further strengthens our relationship with eBay and drives much needed package volume and revenue,” said Mary Anderson, manager, Domestic Sales Support. “The shipping platform provides a seamless label–printing experience on Half.com and helps sellers operate more efficiently.”
With the USPS shipping platform, Half.com sellers can print labels faster with pre-populated shipping info, instant PayPal payment, USPS tracking and package pickup. Shippers also can compare shipping services, include custom information in labels, and track and manage their shipping labels.
Don't Leave PO Without AmEx Gift Cards
Recognizing the natural tie between the use of gift cards for gifting and the use of the mail for sending gift cards, the U.S. Postal Service is now selling “the most-requested holiday gift” at more than 1,800 Post Offices --- including those in South Florida.
The new line of “open-loop” gift cards — so-called because they can be used at any merchant that accepts the card brand — is part of a two-year market test of the ability of gift cards to increase customer convenience and enhance Postal Service revenue by encouraging use of the mail. To take advantage of cross-selling opportunities, the gift cards are being sold at Post Offices that currently sell greeting cards.
“We are always looking for new ways to improve the customer experience and generate new revenue,” said Kelly Sigmon, vice president, Channel Access. “Selling gift cards, greeting cards and stamps all at one location is a natural fit for our business model and a natural fit for our customers.”
According to Sigmon, the market test will expand to up to 3,000 additional locations — including locations without the greeting cards — in October 2011, to capture holiday sales. “Gift cards are the single most-requested gift, with 77 percent of consumers buying at least one gift card during the holiday season,” Sigmon said.
While the Postal Service can expand the market test to other vendors, American Express is the first company to participate in the program. American Express Gift Cards will be sold in denominations of $25 and $50 and in variable-load denominations, with a minimum denomination of $25 and a maximum denomination of $100.
The Postal Service will operate only as a sales agent and will receive a negotiated portion of the purchase price of $3.95 for the $25 denomination; $4.95 for the $50 denomination; and $5.95 for the variable-load cards. American Express will provide all customer support.
USPS Resumes Accepting Mail to Canada
The U.S. Postal Service will resume accepting mail for Canada starting Tuesday, June 28, as a result of legislation passed yesterday by the Canadian government requiring Canada Post employees to return to work tonight.
Mail that was held in the U.S. Postal Service network since the work stoppage began is being released today and transported to Canada in stages. Customers will experience some delays in service due to the large volume of mail that was being held. The U.S. Postal Service is working closely with Canada Post to keep these delays to a minimum and return service levels back to normal for all products as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) remains the best option to avoid delays in service. GXG is a premium, date-certain international shipping option with international transportation and delivery by FedEx Express. GXG is available online at usps.com and at thousands of participating retail locations throughout the United States or through Click-N-Ship at usps.com.
Additional information and updates regarding acceptance and movement of international mail is available at www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm.
'We're Everywhere So You Can Be Anywhere'
The Postal Service encourages customers to visit their local Post Office or conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At uspseverywhere.com, customers will find dozens of locations to purchase postal services within their neighborhoods by visiting an interactive map and typing in a ZIP Code. Icons designating stamps, shipping and packaging, PO Boxes and other services assist postal customers in locating alternate access options in the ZIP Code(s) of their choice.
USPS Urges Congress to Enact Legislation to Return Organization to Financial Stability
The U.S. Postal Service has asked members of Congress --- including U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government --- to enact legislation to return the organization to financial stability.
In a letter signed jointly by Board of Governors Chairman Louis Giuliano and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, USPS urged U.S. Representative Diaz-Balart to support action to:
· Eliminate current mandates requiring $5.5 billion annual retiree health benefit pre-payments;
· Allow the Postal Service to access Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employee Retiree System (FERS) surpluses; and
· Give the Postal Service the authority to determine the frequency of mail delivery.
USPS is in “a dire financial predicament” according to Giuliano and Donahoe, despite ongoing aggressive cost-reduction initiatives. Over the last four fiscal years, the Postal Service has reduced its size by 110,000 career positions and saved $12 billion in costs.
Absent legislation this fiscal year, Giuliano and Donahoe said making the mandated $5.5 billion pre-payment due Sept. 30 will not be possible. “This pre-payment for future retiree health benefits is no longer tenable given present-day financial challenges,” they said.
Federal retirement law also has resulted in a $6.9 billion surplus for Postal Service contributions into the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The letter calls for these funds to be restored to the Postal Service to help avoid insolvency. The Postal Service informed the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that it is suspending employer contributions for the defined benefit portion of FERS annuities effective June 24.
The Postal Service will continue to transmit employees’ FERS contributions to OPM, as well as employer automatic and matching contributions and employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan, and employees will continue to receive service credit. The annuity payment suspension is an emergency cash conservation measure expected to free about $800 million in the current fiscal year.
The letter states a cash shortfall is projected to occur as early as October: “The Postal Service is facing the real prospect that it will not be able to meet payroll next (fiscal) year, thus disrupting mail delivery.”
The Postal Service has been communicating regularly with U.S. Representative Diaz-Balart and others in Congress and the Administration about its serious financial position, expressing support for provisions of two separate pieces of legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), respectively.
“The need for legislative change is immediate,” Giuliano and Donahoe said. “We urge your support of this vital postal legislation and ask that you work for immediate enactment this fiscal year to avoid the possibility of mail and package delivery disruptions.”
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com
Mobile Vans to Shut Down on July 22
Effective Friday, July 22, customers who transact business with the Haverhill and Juno Beach postal vans will need to exercise alternate access options. The two mobile vans will shut down at close of business that day.
The Postal Service's "We're Everywhere So You Can Be Everywhere" promotion includes an interactive map at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/. Customers who frequented the mobile vans have several alternate access locations including:
Retail services at the Jupiter Main Post Office, 1095 Military Trail, Jupiter FL 33458; Tequesta Branch Retail Unit, 401 Old Dixie Hwy, Tequesta FL 33458, North Palm Beach Post Office, 643 U S Highway 1, North Palm Beach FL 33408; and the Palm Beach Gardens Post Office, 3330 Fairchild Gardens Ave, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410.
Stamps are sold on consignment (at face value) at the following alternative access locations:
CVS, 11586 US Highway 1, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33408; CVS, 312 Northlake Blvd, N Palm Beach FL 33408; Publix Supermarket, 11566 US Highway 1, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33408; Publix Supermarket, 374 Northlake Blvd , N Palm Beach FL 33408; TD Bank, 316 Northlake Blvd, N Palm Beach FL 33408; and Wachovia, 11710 US Hwy 1, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33408.
With nearly 100,000 places to buy stamps, ship a package or renew a passport, the U.S. Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products and services. It’s not about brick-and-mortar Post Offices anymore, as postal products move online and into retail outlets, grocery stores, office supply chains, and pharmacies.
The Postal Service is teaming up with hundreds of new stores so customers can do postal business at places where they already shop. Responding to changing customer needs and a business plan that calls for expanding access to postal products, stores including Costco and Office Depot, are offering shipping and mailing services.
Customers can find dozens of locations to purchase postal services within their neighborhoods by visiting an interactive map at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/ and typing in a ZIP Code. Using a simple icon guide designating stamps, shipping and packaging, PO Boxes and other services, customers can easily navigate to retail outlets, grocery stores, Automated Postal Center (APC) kiosks and Post Offices, among other options.
With Post Office hours usually ending by 5 p.m. or earlier, customers can send a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box and buy Forever stamps as long as the alternate sites are open – often as late as 9 p.m. Some sites are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With the additional shipping provider locations, customers have about 100,000 locations and ways to do business with the Postal Service.
Nearly 35 percent of the Postal Service retail revenue comes from expanded access locations such as Costco, Office Depot, grocery stores, drug stores, APCs, ATMs and usps.com, open 24/7.
Happy Centennial, Miami-Dade Courts!
Chief Judge Joel H. Brown addresses crowd that gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 11th Judicial Courts, Miami-Dade Court System.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lawrence A. Schwartz and Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Arthur L. Rothenberg purchased cachet envelopes commemorating the centennial celebration. Miami Customer Relations Coordinator Rose Castro stamps commemorative envelopes at the Dade County Courthouse Station.
On Friday, June 10, the U.S. Postal Service joined in the centennial celebration of the 11th Judicial Court, Miami-Dade County.
At a ceremony in the lobby of the Dade County Courthouse, Marcia Pedraza, Miami Manager, Customer Service Operations, presented a token of a special postmark and cachet envelope to Chief Judge Joel H. Brown. Miami Customer Relations Coordinator Rose Castro and Sales & Service Associate Maria Negrin sold cachet envelopes, generating more than $1,000 in revenue.
Local artist Romero Britto designed the cachet commemorating the 100th anniversary. A cachet is a printed or stamped design or inscription, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage, on an envelope, postcard, or postal card to commemorate a postal or philatelic event. Philatelists (stamp collectors) consider cachet-making as an art form. Cachets may be produced by using any number of methods, including drawing or painting directly onto the envelope, serigraphy, block printing, lithography, engraving, or laser printing. Photographs or other paper memorabilia may be attached to commemorate the special occasion.
EAP: It's Free, Confidential, Voluntary
Employees and their families have immediate access to services through the EAP4YOU Service Center, and they will always reach a live person when they call.
Employee Assistance Program professionals are available to answer your calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Each caller will have his or her needs assessed immediately. The employee can then choose a referral to a community resource, face-to-face counseling, or telephone counseling. There’s greater flexibility in providing employees specialized information for handling emergencies and smoother follow-up.
Child and elder care is increasingly a concern for many employees. The EAP's website, http://www.eap4you.com/, contains information available when you need it. Click onto this website to obtain names, addresses, and phone numbers of care providers who are close to you.
Need some information on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)? As fast as you can move your mouse, you can find out what it means, read a description of the symptoms, and get help with finding resources to confront this problem. Or, you can speak to an EAP representative for this type of information, if you do not have Internet access by calling 1-800-EAP-4-You.
Getting an EAP professional’s guidance on what to do in a crisis is quick and easy. Help in handling a difficult situation is available at any time.
The South Florida District EAP Advisory Committee, composed of management and union representatives, is responsible for promoting the EAP and maintaining the human touch for the local services that you can continue to trust.
The EAP is a resource for you and your family. It’s free. It’s confidential. It’s voluntary.
Only GXG Shipments Sent from US to Canada
Due to the strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, USPS suspended accepting mail destined to Canada — effective Saturday, June 18, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CDT — with the exception of Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) shipments.
“As a convenience to our customers and to minimize service disruptions, we arranged to accept mail destined for Canada as long as possible,” said Giselle Valera, Vice President, Global Business. “We will continue to closely monitor the strike situation, and once Canada Post resumes operations, the Postal Service will again begin accepting mail for Canada. We also will then resume processing any Canadian-destined mail currently held in our network.”
To avoid service disruptions or delays — regardless of the duration of the strike at Canada Post — USPS customers can continue to send letters and packages using GXG — the premium, date-certain international shipping option with international transportation and delivery by FedEx Express. GXG is available online at usps.com and at thousands of participating retail locations throughout the United States.
USPS Honors Scientists "Forever"
On June 16, the Postal Service honored four American scientists with collectible Forever stamps during a ceremony at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.
The stamps — the third set in the American Scientists series — honor chemist Melvin Calvin, botanist Asa Gray, physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer and biochemist Severo Ochoa. Each made significant contributions to the advancement of science.
The American Scientists stamps are available nationwide at Post Offices, online at usps.com and through the toll-free line, 800-782-6724.
USPS Employment Opportunities thru June 17
Newly-designed Postal Support Employee (PSE) positions are vacant and currently being posted in all Post Office lobbies for applicants who are either non-career USPS employees or non-USPS employees.
These positions are excellent new opportunities for those needing jobs or for those non-career USPS employees (Casuals, Transitional or Postmaster Relief/Leave Replacement). These postings will be ongoing so all interested parties should be aware to check them at least once a week and become familiar with the application process.
PSEs are a new category of non-career employee established to provide the USPS with flexibility. These positions are in accordance with the new labor contract agreement with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), AFL-CIO, which went into effect May 23, 2011.
Employees will be appointed for a term not-to-exceed 360 calendar days. If there is still an operational need, a PSE may be reappointed for another not-to-exceed 360-day term after a five-day break in service. PSE employees will enjoy limited benefits.
Announcements for these new positions are being posted to all interested persons on www.usps.com/employment. At that page, click on ‘2-Search jobs online’ listed in the box on the right side of the page. At the next ‘Job Search’ screen, under location, scroll down and click on ‘Florida,’ then ‘Start.’ All jobs currently in a posting period will appear. If they do not appear, go back and narrow the criteria, then try again.
Applicants should click on each position of interest and ‘Apply’ online. Instructions on email addresses, registration process, logins and passwords must be followed exactly as stated to be sure your applications are complete. A new eCareer Candidate Profile should be created to use during the application process. All applications for vacancies must be completed and submitted by the closing date. Separate applications must be submitted for each PSE position. All descriptions, grades, locations, salaries and other information are included with each posting.
These positions are challenging employment opportunities for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate certain requirements for each job title through a combination of education, training and experience.
What's Cooking in Miramar on Sat, June 18?
What’s cooking in Miramar this Saturday?
Hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecued chicken, and baked beans. Salads, desserts, soft drinks, cotton candy, and snow cones also are on the menu.
Are you interested in a fun-filled day of activities for the entire family? How about face painting, an inflatable obstacle course, interactive water playground and beach area, playground, volleyball games, and musical entertainment with deejay?
Who: Postal workers and other federal employees
What: South Florida Federal Executive Board 5th Annual Federal Family Picnic
When: Saturday, June 18, 12 Noon to 4 pm
Where: Miramar Regional Park (corporate shelter), 16801 Miramar Parkway (one mile west of I-75)
Why: To have fun and mingle with other federal workers in South Florida
Tickets are $9.00 per adult, $6.00 per child 4-9 years of age, and FREE for children 3 yrs and under. There is a $1.50 per person (children 5 years and under are free) entrance fee to the park.
Employees may contact the Learning, Development, and Diversity Department at 305-470-0250/0360/0489/864 or 561-697-1992 to purchase tickets/wrist bands for this off-the-clock event.
Flag Day is Tuesday, June 14
Tomorrow is Flag Day.
For more than 200 years, the American flag has been the symbol of our nation's strength and unity. It's been a source of pride and inspiration for millions of citizens. And the American flag has been a prominent icon in our national history.
Today the flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies; the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, White symbolizes Purity and Innocence, and Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance, and Justice.
Flag Day is one of six days each year that all postal facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag. The flag and its display at postal installations honors the sacrifices made by members of the U.S. Armed Forces held as Prisoners Of War or listed as Missing In Action. The POW-MIA flag must fly below the U.S. flag. For additional information, refer to Sections 472–476 of the Administrative Support Manual.
De Facto Choice Pushes the Envelope
Real estate forms, property deeds, leases, business plans, taxes and legal settlements — these are just some of the documents customers might find inside legal-sized envelopes.
And they’re the reason USPS expanded its offering of Legal Flat Rate Envelope products. The Priority Mail Legal Flat Rate Envelope provides 2- to 3-day service for $4.95 ($11.95 to Canada and Mexico, $13.95 to other countries).
The Express Mail Legal Flat Rate Envelope guarantees overnight service for $18.30 ($26.95 Canada and Mexico, $29.95 other countries).
As a product designed primarily with businesses in mind, Legal Flat Rate Envelopes are not stocked in retail units — but they may be shipped by individuals and businesses alike, and postage can be paid at a retail counter. Customers can order them online at The Postal Store or from the Expedited Package Supply Center at 800-610-8734.
In addition, unmarked Priority Mail and Express Mail legal-sized envelopes may still be available at many Post Offices. But remember:
-- Priority Mail legal-sized envelopes ship for the same flat rate of $4.95, regardless of whether they are preprinted with “Flat Rate” on the envelope.
-- And when it comes to Express Mail, only envelopes preprinted with the words “Flat Rate” ship for the flat rate price of $18.30. Unmarked legal-sized Express Mail envelopes ship for the weight/zone-based rate.
Why the difference? USPS wanted to preserve options for customers shipping Express Mail legal envelopes to close destinations for less than the flat rate of $18.30.
Grow Your Business Day Events Blossom
It’s now easier for small-business owners to harness the power of direct mail to drive traffic, attract new customers and increase revenue. That’s because the U.S. Postal Service recently introduced Every Door Direct Mail, a simple, low-cost service that allows local businesses to market to every address in their neighborhoods without the need to rent mailing lists.
Every Door Direct Mail uses mail-delivery route information, instead of names and exact addresses, to reach targeted groups in specific geographic areas. The mail can be addressed to “Postal Customer,” “Residential Customer,” or “PO Boxholder” and dropped off at a local Post Office. Every Door Direct Mail saves mail preparation time and money and is delivered by local, trusted Postal Service carriers.
Businesses use a simple online tool at https://smp.usps.gov/ to identify neighborhoods and number of households, prepare mailing documentation and calculate postage. With Every Door Direct Mail, no permits are needed, and there are no special fees.To teach local businesses about Every Door Direct Mail — including a demonstration of the online tool — local Post Offices are holding free Grow Your Business Days seminars throughout the summer.
“Every Door Direct Mail is ideal for restaurants, doctors’ offices, hair salons — or any kind of local business that is not currently using the mail,” said Paul Vogel, president and chief marketing/sales officer. “Direct mail has long been a proven advertising tool of choice of successful large businesses and Fortune 500 companies to promote products and drive sales.
Now it’s easier and less expensive for small businesses to grow using direct mail.“Direct mail has strengths other advertising media can’t claim — it’s personal, tangible, portable (to re-read later and share with others), manageable and measureable,” Vogel added. According to the Direct Marketing Association, every $1 spent on direct mail generates $12.57 in sales. For more information about Every Door Direct Mail and Grow Your Business Days seminars, visit www.usps.gov/everydoordirectmail. Or contact South Florida Grow Your Business Days Coordinator Ellen Uptgrow at ellen.t.uptgrow@usps.gov.
USPS Challenges PRC on 5-Day Delivery
In a report issued today and delivered to Congress, the U.S. Postal Service asserted that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) based a recent advisory opinion on a questionable analysis of the potential cost savings that could be achieved by implementing a five-day delivery schedule to street addresses.
The Postal Service has estimated that making the move would yield a net annual cost reduction of $3.1 billion based on extensive market research and financial estimates provided to the PRC March 30, 2010. The PRC issued a non-binding advisory opinion March 24, 2011 that concluded that transitioning from a six-day delivery schedule to a five-day street delivery schedule would only achieve $1.7 billion in net annual savings.
The $1.4 billion discrepancy between the respective estimates results from the Commission’s unwillingness to recognize about $760 million in savings from increased city carrier productivity and efficiency under a five-day schedule; the Commission’s failure to account for more than $260 million in highway transportation and mail processing economies associated with one less day of street delivery; and the Commission’s summary dismissal of the unrefuted testimony of market research experts to reach its conclusion that the Postal Service estimate of annual revenue loss resulting from the change was understated by $386 million.
The USPS report is posted at:
http://www.usps.com/communications/five-daydelivery/assets/pdf/USPS-Report-re-PRC-Advisory-Opinion.pdf
Critical Mail: That's the Ticket!
Critical Mail is tailored for customers requiring cost-effective mailing solutions for important documents in many types of businesses, including those in the entertainment, financial services, membership services, and tourism industries. Event tickets, identification documents, stored-value cards, education transcripts, and urgent direct mail messages are but a few of the items ideally suited for Critical Mail.
Available to customers who qualify for Commercial Plus pricing or who have signed a customer commitment agreement, Critical Mail is an automation-compatible product requiring use of an authorized postage payment system. Critical Mail features 1- to 3-day delivery depending on destination, with Track & Confirm service included at no extra cost. Extra services such as Signature Confirmation and Insurance are available.
Critical Mail requires use of USPS-supplied envelopes at a mailing cost of $3.50 for letters (5 ¾” x 9”) and $4.25 for larger, flat-size pieces (9” x 12”). Flat rates apply, regardless of domestic destination for Critical Mail letters (up to 3.0 oz. and 1/4” thick) and Critical Mail Flats (up to 13 oz. and 3/4” thick). More details can be found online at usps.com/shipping/criticalmail.htm.
For more information on Commercial Plus pricing, customers can contact their Postal Service account manager or the Office of Commercial Pricing at commercialpricing@usps.gov.
Hurricane Prep: Watch Out for Storm Surge
In general, the more intense the storm, and the closer a community is to the right-front quadrant, the larger the area that must be evacuated. The problem is always the uncertainty about how intense the storm will be when it finally makes landfall.
Wave action associated with the tide also causes extensive damage. Water weighs approximately 1,700 pounds per cubic yard; extended pounding by frequent waves can demolish any structure not specifically designed to withstand such forces. The currents created by the tide combine with the action of the waves to severely erode beaches and coastal highways. Many buildings withstand hurricane-force winds until their foundations, undermined by erosion, are weakened and fail.
STORM SURGE SAFETY ACTIONS:
-- Minimize the distance you must travel to reach a safe location; the further you drive, the higher the likelihood of encountering traffic congestion and other problems on the road.
-- Select the nearest possible evacuation destination, preferably within your local area, and map out your route.
-- Do not get on the road without a planned route or a place to go.
-- Choose the home of the closest friend or relative outside a designated evacuation zone and discuss your plan before hurricane season. You also may choose a hotel/motel outside the vulnerable area. If neither of these options is available, consider the closest possible public shelter, preferably within your local area.
-- Use the evacuation routes designated by authorities and, if possible, become familiar with your route by driving it before an evacuation order is issued.
-- Contact your local emergency management office to register or get information regarding anyone in your household who may require special assistance in order to evacuate.
-- Prepare a separate pet plan; most public shelters do not accept pets.
-- Prepare your home prior to leaving by boarding up doors and windows, securing or moving indoors all yard objects, and turning off all utilities.
-- Before leaving, fill your car with gas and withdraw extra money from the ATM.
-- Take all prescription medicines with you.
Happy 100th Anniversary, Dade County Courts
On Friday, June 10, the U.S. Postal Service will join the centennial celebration of the 11th Judicial Court, Miami-Dade County.
At a 10:00 am ceremony in the lobby of the Dade County Courthouse at 73 W Flagler Street, a postal official will present a token of the special postmark to Chief Judge Joel H. Brown. A cachet envelope with the special postmark may be purchased for a nominal fee from a postal representative onsite from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm.
People are on the Move at usps.com
To protect our customers’ privacy, when the Postal Service receives a change-of-address order, the National Customer Support Center sends out two confirmation letters to validate the authenticity of the order.
The Customer Notification Letter (CNL) is sent to the new address and contains the customer’s name, new and old address, move type (family or individual), and move effective date. If the data in the CNL is correct, the customer can ignore this letter. If the change-of-address order contains an error or is the result of a fraudulent action, the customer can take the necessary steps to stop the change order by calling 800-ASK-USPS (800-275-8777).
The Move Validation Letter (MVL) is sent to the customer’s old address and contains the customer’s name, old address, move type, and the move effective date. The letter is addressed to the name on the change-of-address order or “CURRENT RESIDENT” to ensure delivery to the address, if occupied. The letter contains a notice stating that the Postal Service received a change-of-address order for the named family or individual at that address, and asks that the customer review the information and report any incorrect or fraudulent information by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (800-275-8777). If the named individual or family has moved, the current resident can ignore the notice and it will not have any effect on the delivery of their mail.
You may also submit a change-of-address by telephone at 1-800-ASK-USPS. If the change-of-address order is submitted via the Internet or phone, the customer must use a major credit card to validate and complete the transaction. If the customer submits the change-of-address order found in the Movers Guide, the customer must sign the form to verify that he or she has read the notice and understands that an unauthorized change-of-address order is a federal offense. The form should then taken to their local Post Office, given to the letter carrier or mailed.
If you have a business lead for free EDDM workshop, please contact District Grow Your Business Days Coordinator Ellen Uptgrow at ellen.t.uptgrow@usps.gov.
HURRICANE PREP: Important Phone Numbers
There are many types of emergencies. But there’s only one source of information on work schedule and reporting time changes, facility openings and closings, and other workplace announcements due to an emergency. To check your work schedule and/or status of your facility in an emergency (including before, during, and after a tropical storm or a hurricane), call the USPS National Employee Emergency Hot Line at 888-363-7462.
ONLY in case of a natural disaster requiring you to leave your home, city, or state, report your location, physical condition, and contact information to the USPS Employee Notification Line at 866-666-5349. Please DO NOT call this number for information on your work schedule and facility status.
Deaf/hard-of-hearing employees who are seeking the above workplace information should call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 or the Florida Relay Service at 800-955-8771. Ask the operator to call the USPS National Employee Emergency Hot Line, and then relay the information to you. This communication method also should be used for the USPS Employee Notification Line, if needed.)
HURRICANE PREP: How to Update Your eOPF
It only takes one hurricane to realize the importance of having current information in your eOPF (electronic Official Personnel File). Your manager/supervisor may need to contact you if a hurricane hits South Florida. Here are five updating options:
http://www.liteblue.usps.gov/
Go to http://www.liteblue.usps.gov/. On the welcome page, enter your Employee Identification Number (EIN) and Postal Identification Number (PIN). On the right side of the next page, click on Change of Address/Phone/Emergency Contact.
Personnel Computer Kiosks
At a personnel computer kiosk, look for a tab titled Present Job Info/Change of Address on the main page. South Florida kiosk locations: Fort Lauderdale P&DC Cafeteria, Miami ISC Kiosk Room (located along the northern perimeter of the workfloor), South Florida L&DC, Miami P&DC Cafeteria, South Florida P&DC Cafeteria, Pompano Beach Main Office Breakroom, West Palm Beach P&DC Cafeteria and PEDC/Training Room # 143 (both located along the north wall), Haverhill Post Office General Clerk’s Office (located between the retail reception area and the workfloor), Riviera Beach Post Office Conference Room (located in the front of the building), Palm Beach Gardens Post Office Breakroom, and Palms West Station (in the rear of the southwest corner of the Cafeteria/Breakroom).
Blue Page (USPS internal web page)
All employees who have access to the Blue page may change their mailing and residential address and emergency contact information:
1. Select Log On from the upper left corner.
2. Log on with your ACE ID and password. Ensure the welcome screen has your name on it.
3. Select the tab labeled My Life. Under this tab, on the right side of the page is the heading My Profile, where you will find two links titled Address/Phone and Emergency Contact. Select Address/Phone.
4. Select the Address type from the drop menu and click on the Change button. Make your desired change(s) and click on Save.
PS Form 1216, Employee’s Current Mailing Address
Use a PS Form 1216, “Employee’s Current Mailing Address.” Send Copy 1 of your completed form to HRSSC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, PO BOX 970400, GREENSBORO NC 27497-0400.
HRSSC
Call the Human Resources Shared Service Center (HRSSC) at 1-877-477-3273, and select Option 5. Validate your identity with your EIN or PIN. Follow the prompts.
USPS Mobile Apps Download is Climbing
More than 1 million iPhone, iPod touch and iPad customers have downloaded the U.S. Postal Service mobile app since it launched in December 2009. The free business app has consistently been one of the top 10 in the App Store.
“We’re expanding access to our products and services,” said PMG Pat Donahoe. “We know simpler is better — a million mobile customers can’t be wrong.”
The new USPS Mobile application takes advantage of Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) capabilities, using the Locator function to show the closest Post Offices, Automated Postal Centers and collection boxes. Maps and directions to the closest location — driving, walking or mass transit — are available.
The Postal Service app also has a ZIP Code lookup, providing the ZIP Code of the user’s current location by tapping into the phone’s GPS capability.
The Track and Confirm feature offers information on the progress of mailpieces and requires 1-time entry of tracking code numbers. This means follow-ups are only one click away.
Source: NewsLink 6/7/11
Electronic Post Office is Just a Click Away
Need stamps but don’t want to leave the house? Go to usps.com/shop. Need to send a package but can’t leave the office? Go to usps.com/shipping. Need to track a package or find a ZIP Code while sitting in a meeting? Use the Postal Service’s mobile applications. The Postal Service is providing access to postal products and services when and where its customers want them and the “electronic post office” is open 24/7 to meet that need.
“We know our customers are busy people and they need simple solutions to conduct their postal business,” said Kelly Sigmon, vice president, Channel Access. “Whether it’s online or on smart phones, we’re creating easy, more convenient access to postal products and services when and where our customers want them.”
The Postal Service launched its first mobile application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices in December 2009. Since then, it has consistently been listed as one of the top 10 free business apps in the App Store. Using this application, customers can find Post Offices, look up ZIP Codes, calculate postage prices and track packages. This application has been downloaded by nearly 985,000 customers and more than 50,400 use it at least once a week.
In March of this year, the Postal Service launched a mobile application for Android devices. To date, it has been downloaded by more than 36,000 customers. It is listed in the top 25 free business applications in the Android Marketplace.
“Don’t look at the Postal Service and see only brick and mortar post offices. Nearly one and a half million customers each day go online to usps.com or on the postal smart phone applications,” added Sigmon.
Postal customers receive an online discount for postage and free Delivery Confirmation service on Priority Mail and Express Mail packages when using Click-N-Ship at usps.com/clicknship.
Click-N-Ship offers a quick and easy way for customers to print mailing labels with postage using a desktop computer at home or the office. And when the package is ready to be shipped, customers can schedule free package pickup from their home or office at usps.com/pickup.
Stamp sales account for roughly 85 percent of all postal retail transactions and they can be purchased at 100,000 locations around the nation, including bank ATMs and grocery stores, as well as online at usps.com/shop.
EDDM is a Dog-Gone Good Idea
When Randi Slocum’s dog Kaylee ran away from her Stillwater, NY, home, Slocum and her friends did what any group of concerned pet owners would do — they formed a search party and knocked on neighbors’ doors looking for the chocolate Labrador mix.
But Randi’s mother, Carolyn, had a better idea — use Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) to notify residents in Stillwater and nearby Schuylerville, NY, of the dog’s disappearance.
Carolyn Slocum, a board member of the local Postal Customer Council, had just attended an EDDM seminar given by Albany District Grow Your Business Coordinator Natalie Dolan. “I knew that the best way to reach every household was through the new EDDM program,” said Slocum. “Since many people work all day, this would be the most likely way to reach them.”
By the next morning, Carolyn had the mailings prepared to EDDM standards and dropped them off at the Stillwater and Schuylerville Post Offices. The flyer helped unleash a series of phone calls, and that helped lead to Kaylee’s safe return. -- Source: NewsLink 6/8/11
EDDM lets a business market to every address in the neighborhoods near the business without the need for names or street addresses. The business saves the cost of renting a mailing list and does not require a postage permit to mail. That means no annual fee! Just bring mail bundles to the Post Office that services the area you want to reach, and letter carriers will deliver these mailpieces during regular delivery. And the postage is only 14.2 cents per piece!
Nearly any business can take advantage of EDDM’s marketing power, according to Grow Your Business Days Coordinator Ellen Uptgrow. Retailers include auto dealers, restaurants and pizzerias, pharmacies, clothing stores, furniture dealers, flower shops, coffee shops, and bakeries would benefit. Not to mention service-based businesses such as attorneys, health care professionals, dry cleaners, home improvement companies, and real estate firms.
EDDM Requirements: Mail must be dropped at the Post Office that services the carrier routes being targeted, 5,000 maximum mailpieces per mailer per day, per-piece weight up to 3.3 ounces, Standard Mail flats only.
Do you know a business that would benefit from a free “Every Door Direct Mail” workshop? If so, ask the business to check out usps.com/growyourbusinessdays. How about you? Are you a small business owner? Employees are invited to attend an EDDM workshop, but participation must be off the clock. You also must register to reserve a seat. If you have any questions, please email Ellen Uptgrow at ellen.t.upgrow@usps.gov.
DPMG Addresses Liberty City Residents as Edison PO Closes, New Options Open
Front Row L to R: Angela Randle, Manager, Customer Service Operations (Miami); Lori Moore, Manager, Customer Service; District Manager Jeffrey Becker. Back Row L to R: Alain Iglesias, Marketing Manager; Robert Carr, Miami Postmaster; Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman; Chris Simmons, A/Manager, Operations Programs Support; and Rick Suarez, Miami Plant Manager.
Miami APWU Local 172 President Carol Sutton and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson strike a pose.
Marketing Manager Alain Iglesias holds map as District Manager Jeffrey Becker points to alternate access options in the Liberty City neighborhood.
DPMG Ronald A. Stroman chats with Brenda Davis, President, Edison Triplex Tenant Association.
DPMG Ronald A. Stroman greets Congresswoman Frederica Wilson prior to the community meeting.
Liberty City residents met with DPMG Ronald A. Stroman who explained the USPS's dire financial situation and welcomed questions on alternate access options.
Lovette McGill, President, Philip Randolph Institute, Greater Miami-Dade Chapter, told the DPMG how much the Edison Center Finance Unit meant to her.
At the invitation of Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman came to Miami on Saturday, June 4, to address the Liberty City community on the closing of the Edison Center Finance Unit. Residents wanted to keep open their Post Office (open since 1953), but the DPMG explained the Postal Service’s current financial condition and the need to review operations and close Post Offices where alternate access was available. There are two other Post Offices within three miles of Edison Center, plus 20 alternate access locations in the neighborhood.
He further explained that as a self-supporting government enterprise, the Postal Service receives no tax dollars, but relies solely on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses. Due to the drastic decline in mail volume, coupled with the unique burden of prefunding retiree health benefits, the Postal Service is in a financial crisis and must take action to reduce the size of its retail and delivery network. This financial pressure has created a situation the Postal Service hasn’t faced before --- the need to adjust its entire infrastructure at every level.
South Florida District Manager Jeffrey Becker and staff gave a presentation on alternate access options in the neighborhood and responded to questions from residents. At one time virtually every postal transaction required a visit to the local Post Office retail counter. Today nearly 35 percent of transactions are conducted using alternate access channels. Customers may purchase stamps or discounted shipping labels, request free package pickup, or research PO Box availability at usps.com. Stamps also may be purchased at 1-800-STAMP24 or by order form from a letter carrier. The DPMG encouraged businesses to seek additional information on “Every Door Direct Mail.”
District Staff attending included District Manager Jeffrey Becker, Miami Postmaster Robert Carr, Miami Plant Manager Rick Suarez, A/Manager, Operations Programs Support Chris Simmons, Marketing Manager Alain Iglesias, Communications Programs Specialist Debra Fetterly, Miami Manager/Customer Service Operations Angela Randle and Little River Manager/Customer Service Lori Moore (Little River PO is the parent station for Edison Center Finance Unit).
Local media promoted www.uspseverywhere.com as part of our “We’re Everywhere So You Can Be Anywhere” Campaign.
USPS Employment Opportunities
Do you know individuals who may be interested in working for the Postal Service? If so, be sure to let them know that applications for new, non-career positions will be available the week of June 13 only.
The South Florida District will begin the process of hiring employees for new positions called Postal Support Employee (PSE). These employees will work in Window Services, Mail Distribution, Motor Vehicle, and Maintenance operations. The posting will include specific geographic locations.
Applications must be submitted through the eCareer automated application process at www.usps.com/employment. The posting will open at 12:01 am on Monday, June 13, 2011. The announcement will be open five business days and will close at 11:59 pm on June 17, 2011.
As information, all current and former non-career employees may apply. However, these individuals must have a different external email address from one that was associated with a prior candidate profile submitted for an eCareer posting. Additionally, a new external profile must be created. Follow auto-generated email instructions to self schedule for an appropriate examination with our testing vendors.
Please ensure you add the following email addresses to your contact list to allow correspondence to be received, especially if you use SPAM blocking software, use a yahoo account or a military email address:
ecareerworkflow@usps.gov
usps_support@panpowered.com
uspseServices@geninfo.com
When Age Makes a Difference ...
A new age-verification service from the U.S. Postal Service is expanding the suite of delivery options available to merchants and customers looking for greater control over delivery of their shipments. Adult Signature is now available as a delivery option for commercial account holders and online customers choosing Express Mail, Priority Mail, Critical Mail and Parcel Select barcoded (nonpresort and Regional Ground) shipping services.
Designed to meet the security and privacy concerns of the marketplace and for shipments requiring the signature of an adult by law, Adult Signature offers control over the delivery recipients of high-value merchandise such as pharmaceuticals or documents such as legal instruments.
The service requires adult age verification in the form of government-issued photo identification from a recipient at the time of delivery. There are two variations of Adult Signature:
-- Adult Signature Required verifies the signature of a recipient 21 years of age or older upon delivery. The cost is $4.75 per piece.
-- Adult Signature Restricted Delivery verifies the signature of the addressee (or agent with written authorization) only, who must be 21 years of age or older upon delivery. The cost is $4.95 per piece.
Adult Signature is available to commercial and online customers and can be combined with other extra services such as insurance. Adult Signature is not available for purchase at retail locations or for delivery to APO/FPO/DPO addresses. Adult Signature represents the first service placed within a new “Competitive Ancillary Services” product category. Additional details can be found online at usps.com/shipping/adultsignature.htm.
USPS Has Leg Up on Carbon Footprint
The Postal Service has reported an eight percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, based on a fiscal year 2008 baseline. The reduction of 1,067,834 metric tons of carbon dioxide is an amount equal to the annual emissions of approximately 204,000 passenger vehicles.
“These results demonstrate the Postal Service’s commitment to reduce our GHG emissions 20 percent by fiscal year 2020,” said Emil Dzuray, acting chief sustainability officer. “Our leaner, faster, smarter energy reduction and conservation efforts have placed us more than one third of the way toward our goal.”
Reduced facility energy use represented almost half of the Postal Service’s GHG emissions decrease. “Postal Service employees are laser-focused on reducing energy use at Post Offices and mail processing centers,” said Tom Samra, vice president, Facilities. “We’re proud to have reduced our facility energy-related emissions 12 percent from FY 2008 to FY 2010 — enough to power approximately 39,000 average American households for a year.”
From FY 2003 to FY 2010, USPS reduced its facility energy use by more than 29 percent, or 9.9 trillion Btus, an amount equal to the energy used by approximately 100,000 average American households in a year.
Other USPS positive GHG results include:
-- Creation of more than 400 cross-functional Lean Green Teams across the country, which have produced significant results in energy reduction and resource conservation.
-- More than 44,000 alternative fuel-capable vehicles.
-- "Green mail delivery,” including nearly 10,000 “fleet of feet” walking routes, nearly 70 bicycle routes and close to 80,000 “park and loop” routes, where carriers deliver mail on foot after driving to neighborhoods.
-- More than 27 billion Cradle-to-Cradle Certified stamps and shipping supplies provided to customers in FY 2010 — which meet established standards for human and environmental health and recyclability. USPS is the only mailing and shipping company in the world to have earned this certification.
-- USPS also helps customers reduce their own carbon footprints. Visit usps.com/green and the green newsroom for more information.
Parcel Return Service Grows Our Business
Wrong color? Wrong size? Or maybe you just changed your mind. Whatever the reason, Parcel Return Service (PRS) makes it easy for our customers to return something they bought from a catalog or on the Internet.
Businesses provide customers with a special Parcel Return Service mailing label with their order. If customers need to return items, merchants pay the postage. All our customers need to do is to affix the label to the package and mail it. Quick. Easy. Convenient.
Couldn't be simpler, right? Well . . . not so fast. The return label has the address of the Network Distribution Center (NDC) in the customer's service area. And the NDC address on the label contains a unique ZIP Code — one that begins with 569. Because ZIP Code span 569 is unique and different than the expected NDC ZIP Code span, some employees believe it's incorrect. In some cases, Parcel Return Service packages have been rejected at retail counters or returned to the sender because to some employees, the address appears to be an incorrect ZIP Code. But the ZIP Code span is correct, and these packaged must be accepted, collected, and processed.
USPS Continues Service to Canada
Despite the 24-hour rotating strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers that began in Winnipeg at 11:59 last night, the U.S. Postal Service will continue to accept, process, and deliver mail to Canada until further notice. This limited action by the Winnipeg local is expected to have minimal impact on service, as Winnipeg represents two percent of the population of Canada.
U.S. Postal Service officials have been closely monitoring the possible strike situation in Canada and have been making contingency plans in the event of a full or partial strike by Canadian postal workers.
In the unlikely event of a nationwide Canadian postal strike, the U.S. Postal Service will still be able to provide customers letter and package service via Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service. GXG is the premium, date-certain international shipping option from the U.S. Postal Service with international transportation and delivery by FedEx Express. GXG is available online at usps.com and at thousands of participating retail locations throughout the United States.
Additional information and updates regarding acceptance and movement of international mail are posted online at usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.
Postal Service Adds Alternate Access Options; Edison Center, MIA Finance Units Close June 3
With nearly 100,000 places to buy stamps, ship a package, or renew a passport, the U.S. Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products and services. It’s not about brick-and-mortar Post Offices anymore, as postal products move online and into retail outlets, grocery stores, office supply chains, and pharmacies.
Friday, June 3, is the last day of operation for two Miami Post Offices --- Edison Center Finance Unit, 760 NW 62 Street, and Miami International Airport Finance Unit, 4th floor of the airport terminal. However, customers still may conduct their postal business at alternate access locations listed at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/.
For example, customers who conduct business at the Edison Center Finance Unit now may purchase stamps at CVS, Publix, Walgreens, and Winn Dixie stores --- all within 3.5 miles of the closing Post Office. Customers who need money orders may choose from 10 locations within a one-mile radius. Many alternate access locations are open later than Post Offices --- some as late as 9 pm and others 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Little River Station, 140 NE 84th Street, and the Buena Vista Station, 66 NE 39 Street, respectively located 2.4 and 2.5 miles from the Edison Center Finance Unit, are the two closest full retail Post Offices. Customers who visited the Miami International Airport Finance Unit also have options at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/ or may visit Post Offices within 5 miles of the closing Post Office: Miami GMF Postal Store, 2200 NW 72 Avenue, Miami (5 miles); Milam Dairy Branch, 5600 NW 72 Avenue, Miami (5 miles); Blue Lagoon Branch, 6200 NW 7 Street, Miami (4.5 miles); and Miami Springs Finance Unit, 107 Westward Drive, Miami (4 miles).
As a self-supporting government enterprise, the Postal Service receives no tax dollars, but relies solely on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses. Due to the drastic decline in mail volume, coupled with the unique burden of prefunding retiree health benefits, the Postal Service is in a financial crisis and must take action to reduce the size of its retail and delivery network. This financial pressure has created a situation the Postal Service hasn’t faced before --- the need to adjust its entire infrastructure at every level.
The decision to close these two Post Offices was based on a lengthy feasibility study that included operational reviews and community input. Such studies have been conducted at Post Offices in many locations across the country. The South Florida Postal District also has consolidated some of its carrier annexes, adjusted carrier routes, and restructured administrative and processing functions.
The Edison Center and Miami International Airport Finance Units are retail operations; their closure will not impact local mail delivery. Customers with computer access may request letter carriers pick up packages --- at no charge --- from their homes and offices.
At one time virtually every postal transaction required a visit to the local Post Office retail counter. Today nearly 35 percent of transactions are conducted using alternate access channels. Customers may purchase stamps or discounted shipping labels, request free package pickup, or research PO Box availability at usps.com. Stamps also may be purchased at 1-800-STAMP24 or by order form from a letter carrier.
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Established in 2000, the SJA Group was created to up bring the standard of service in the logistics industry. Phenomenal growth story of SJA is a result of conscious effort to stay a cut above the rest and consistently ahead of the curve. Since the time of inception, SJA has tremendouly grown: from a presence in only India to offices across the globe.
Headquatered in one of Mumbai's most prime suburbs, Chembur & Mulund, SJA Group now provides its clients with a variety of different services, from End to End solution. The Group now includes S.J.Logistics (India) Ltd., Opus Dei Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd., Gulf Orient Shipping Services LLP, Micro Logistics (India) Pvt. Ltd., S.J.L Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Gulf Orient Shipping Services L.L.C. - Dubai, and SJA Shipping Services L.L.C. - Dubai, each one aligned with the larger vision of servicing its patrons with consciousness and honesty. With every transaction, our emphasis is enabling our clients (irrespective of small, medium or big) importers, exporters or ocean liners, to compete at a global level. We do this by providing them a competitive advantage in terms of cost and service value.
As experts in this area, each professional at the SJA Group is keen to leverage their domain knowledge for collective growth. The Group's Management Team is equipped with both, market knowledge and business acumen, an important combination required to excel.
"Since the time of the Group's inception to the strength it has grown to today, we have observed how the world has changed. Our geographic borders have ceased to dictate how and where we can do business and as a result, the world has become a global market place. As leaders in the logistics industry,we, at SJA, see ourselves as enablers; our aim is to provide you with world-class service, compelling value and uncompromising integrity to make your global business experience seamless and hassle-free."
"When we established our operations in India, we focused on building a solid foundation. Now, our presence in global countries is testament to the fact that we were successful in that respect.We run an organization that deeply entrenched in Indian values, those that emphasize respect, cooperation and long-term vision. We also reflect the kind of professionalism that is demanded of global companeis in today's modern business."
"At the SJA Group, we believe that the future is now, which means the time to act fast and smart is NOW. To be able to do this, we are equipping ourselves with the most qualified talent and updated technology and infrastructure.The benefits of this, we ensure, will transfer to you as well."
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SJ Logistics
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Gulf Orient Shipping (India)
Full Container Load (FCL):
A standard (twenty or forty-foot) container that is loaded and unloaded under the risk and account of the shipper or consignee. In general, a full container load attracts lower freight rates than an equivalent weight of loose (break bulk) cargo. It is also called full trailer load (FTL).
Less Container Load (LCL):
Less than Container Load refers to the freight forwarders shipping product where cargo from multiple customers is consolidated into one standard marine container. For individual shippers, using a less than container load solution, therefore offer an opportunity to reduce the transportation costs, in comparison with booking a full container or using airfreight.
Intermodal Solutions:
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
General Air Freight Solutions:
When you’re looking for an air freight solution, you want one that fits your individual cargo and supply chain needs. With SJA, you’ll get to choose from our freight shipping solutions that will fit the speed and reliability you need for your shipment.
By combining air cargo and ocean freight solutions, you can find the right balance between cost and time – adding flexibility to your supply chain.
System Freight(LTL):
SJA's extensive land transport network operates across 29 Indian States, making us the number one choice for your system freight shipping/LTL needs.
Full Loads (FTL):
In the logistics industry, smaller shipments are often consolidated for economic purposes, while larger loads are transported directly from consignor to consignee. At SJA, we don’t think the size of your shipment should matter. Whether you’re dealing with special transports, or complete loads, SJA means direct delivery for all your cargo.
Dry Containers:
Dry containers 20' and 40' (general purpose) are manufactured from either aluminium or steel. They are suitable for most types of cargo. Aluminium dry containers have a slightly larger payload than steel, and steel dry containers have a slightly larger internal cube.
Reefer Containers:
reefer containers are big fridges that are used to transport temperature controlled cargoes such as fruits, meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, dairy and also also non-food products such as flowers, pharmaceuticals and film across many miles and oceans.
Special Equipment Containers:
Compared to fixed-end type, collapsible flatracks have end walls that fold. The flushfolding collapsible flatrack, the most sophisticated of its types has end walls which fold flush with the base. Flatracks are dedicated for the carriage of heavy, bulky as well as over height and/ or over width items.
INCO Terms
Trade Terms
Base Ports
SJ Logistics India Limited
GST Number: 27AAICS2742N1ZW
Micro Logistics India Private Limited
GST Number: 27AAICM4181H1ZA
Opus Dei Logistics India Private Limited
GST Number: 27AABCO3178M1Z1
Gulf Orient Shipping
GST Number: 27AAJFG0943P1ZY
S J A Shipping Private Limited
GST Number: 27AAXCS5718D1ZW
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Ex-works:
Seller is only responsible for making the goods available at the seller’s premises. The buyer bears the full risk from there to the final destination.
FCA:
Seller is responsible for delivery to the custody of the carrier, which is provided by the buyer. Risk is transferred as soon as loading has taken place
CPT:
Seller delivers the goods to the carrier at an agreed place pf delivery and pays for transport to the named destination. Risk is transferred at the place of delivery, whereas seller pays for transport to the destination.
Seller delivers the goods to the carrier at an agreed place pf delivery and pays for transport and insurance to the named destination. Risk is transferred at the place of delivery, whereas seller pays for transport and insurance to the destination.
Dat:
Seller delivers the goods unloaded at a specified place inside the agreed terminal. Risk is transferred as soon as the goods have been unloaded
DAP:
Seller delivers the goods to the disposal of the buyer on the arriving means of transport at the agreed place. Seller assumes the risk until the goods are made ready for unloading from the arriving means of transport
DDP:
Seller is responsible for bringing the goods to the destination, paying any duty and making the goods available to the buyer. Risk is transferred as soon as the buyer has access to the goods ready for unloading at the agreed destination
FAS:
Seller is responsible for delivery of the goods at the quay alongside the ship. From this point onwards, risk lies with the buyer
Seller is responsible for delivery of goods loaded on board the ship. Risk is transferred as soon as the goods have been set down inside the ship
CFR:
Seller covers cost of freight, duty unpaid, to the named port of destination. Risk is transferred as soon as the goods have been set down inside the ship
Cif:
Seller covers cost of insurance and freight, duty unpaid, to the named port of destination. Risk is transferred as soon as the goods have been set down inside the ship
Air Waybill:
A non-negotiable contract for carriage of air transportation between an air carrier and a shipper
Bill of lading:
A document issued by a common carrier to a shipper that serves as: A receipt for the goods delivered to the carrier for shipment. A definition of the contract of carriage of the goods. A Document of Title to the goods described therein. This document is generally not negotiable unless consigned "to order.
Bonded Warehouse:
A warehouse authorized by customs for storage of goods on which payment of duties is deferred until the goods are removed.
Break-bulk Vessel:
A vessel designed to handle large or oversized cargo; generally cargo unsuitable for container stowage.
Consignee:
The individual or company to whom a seller or shipper sends merchandise and who, upon presentation of necessary documents, is recognized as the merchandise owner for the purpose of declaring and paying customs duties.
Consignor:
A term used to describe any person who consigns goods to himself or to another party in a bill of lading or equivalent document. A consignor might be the owner of the goods, or a freight forwarder who consigns goods on behalf of his principal.
Cargo Insurance:
Insurance to protect the financial interest of the owner of the cargo in the event of a loss during transportation.
Any person who, through a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway, or by a combination of modes.
Certificate of Origin:
A document containing an affidavit to prove the origin of imported goods. It is used for customs or foreign exchange purposes or both. Certificates of Origin are commonly certified by an official organization in the country of origin such as a consular office or a chamber of commerce.
Container Freight Station:
The term CFS at loading port means the location designated by carriers for the receiving of cargo to be loaded into containers by the carrier. At discharge or destination ports, the term CFS means the bonded location designated by carriers for devanning of containerized cargo.
Demurrage:
A penalty for exceeding free time allowed for loading or unloading at a pier or freight terminal. Also a charge for undue detention of transportation equipment or carriers in port while loading or unloading.
Dead Freight:
Freight charges paid by the charterer of a vessel for the contracted space which is left partially unoccupied.
Dim Weight (DW):
An airfreight term used to describe the results of computing the chargeable weight from the cubic measurement of a shipment
Export License:
A document secured from a government, authorizing a shipper to export a specific quantity of a particular commodity to a certain country. An export license is often required when a government places restrictions upon exports.
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC):
The U.S. Federal agency responsible for overseeing Ocean Carriers, Conferences, NVOCC's and Ocean Freight Forwarders (now called OTI's - Ocean Transportation Intermediaries) at ocean ports and inland waterways.
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ):
A port designated by the government for duty-free entry of any non-prohibited goods. Merchandise may be stored, displayed, and used for manufacturing within the zone and re-exported without duties being paid. Duties are imposed only when the original goods or items manufactured from those goods pass from the zone into an area of the country subject to customs authority. Also called a Free Trade Zone.
Free Port:
A port which is a Foreign Trade Zone open to all traders on equal terms, or more specifically a port where merchandise may he stored duty-free pending re-export or sale within that country.
Flat Rack:
A platform designed with the flexibility to carry oversized cargo on board container vessels. It can be loaded from the sides and top, usually having adjustable or removable bulkheads at the front and back.
Flat Bed Chassis :
A semi-trailer with a level bed and no sides or tops. The floor is a standard height from the ground.
Feeder Vessel:
A vessel that connects with a line vessel to service a port not directly served by that line vessel.
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade):
A multilateral treaty intended to help reduce trade barriers and promote tariff concessions.
Gross Weight (GR Wt./GW):
The full weight of a shipment, including containers and packaging materials.
Harmonized System (HS):
A key provision of the international trade bill, effective January 1, 1989, that established international uniformity for classifying goods moving in international trade under a single commodity code.
House BL:
An Bill of lading issued by a freight consolidator
Import License:
A certificate issued by countries exercising import controls that permits importation of the articles stated in the license and often authorizes and/or releases the funds in payment of the importation.
Intermodal:
This refers to the capacity to go from ship to train to truck or the like. The term generally refers to containerized shipping or the capacity to handle containers across different modes of transport.
ISO 9000:
A series of voluntary international quality standards.
Just in Time (JIT):
The principle of production and inventory control in which goods arrive when needed for production or use.
Knot, Nautical :
The unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile: 6,080.20 feet per hour or 1.85 kilometers per hour.
Less than Truckload (LTL):
Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume or truckload minimum weight.
Letter of Credit (L/C):
A document issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms. Issued as revocable or irrevocable.
Lo/Lo (Lift-On/Lift-Off):
Denotes the method by which cargo is loaded onto and discharged from an ocean vessel, which in this case is by the use of a crane.
Manifest:
A list of the goods being transported by a carrier.
M/T or Metric Ton :
1000 Kilos
Net Weight (Actual Net Weight):
The weight of the goods alone without any immediate wrappings; e.g., the weight of the contents of a tin can without the weight of the can.
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC):
In the United States, a term for an FMC-Iicensed cargo consolidator of shipments in ocean trade, generally arranging for or performing consolidation and containerization functions. In trade lanes that do not include the U.S.A., NVOCC's operate under different rules and governmental licensing may not be a requirement.
O/R:
Owner's Risk.
Open Policy:
A cargo insurance policy that is an open contract; e.g., it provides protection for all shipments in transit within a specified geographic trade area for a limited period of time. It is referred to as "open" because it does not require reporting of individual shipments. Summary or grouped reporting requirements vary with different policies.
Port of Loading:
A port where cargo is loaded aboard the vessel, lashed, and stowed.
Port of Discharge:
A port where a vessel is off-loaded and cargo discharged.
Prepaid Freight:
Generally speaking, freight charges both in ocean and air transport may be either prepaid in the currency of the country of export or they may be billed collect for payment by the consignee in his local currency. On shipments to some countries, however, freight charges must be prepaid because of foreign exchange regulations of the country of import or rules of steamship companies or airlines.
Pilferage:
As used in marine insurance policies, the term denotes petty thievery-the taking of small parts of a shipment-as opposed to the theft of a whole shipment or large unit. Many ordinary marine insurance policies do not cover against pilferage, and when this coverage is desired it must be added to the policy.
Proof of Delivery (POD):
The delivery receipt copy of a freight bill indicating the name of the person who signed for a package with the date and time of delivery.
Ro/Ro (Roll-on/Roll-Off) Vessel:
A ship designed to accommodate cargo that is rolled on and rolled off. Many Ro/Ro vessels can also accommodate containers and/or break-bulk cargo.
Shipper:
Term used to describe an exporter (usually the seller).
Stowage:
The lading of cargo in a vessel in such a manner as to provide the utmost safety and efficiency for the ship and the goods it carries.
Ship's Manifest:
An instrument in writing containing a list of the shipments constituting the ship's cargo.
THC (Terminal Handling Charge):
A charge for handling services performed at terminals.
Ton-Deadweight :
The carrying capacity of the ship in terms of the weight in tons of the cargo, fuel, provisions, and passengers which a vessel can carry.
Transshipment:
The transfer of a shipment from one carrier to another in international trade, most frequently from one ship to another. Because the unloading and reloading of delicate merchandise may cause damage, transshipments are avoided whenever possible.
A twenty-foot equivalent unit (6.1m). A standard unit for counting containers of various lengths and for describing container ship or terminal capacity. A standard 40' container (FEU) equals 2 TEUs.
Tariff:
A general term for any listing of rates or charges. The tariffs most frequently encountered in foreign trade are: tariffs of international transportation companies operating on sea, land, and in the air; tariffs of international cable, radio, and telephone companies; and the customs tariffs of the various countries that list goods that are duty free and those subject to import duty, giving the rate of duty in each case. There are various classes of customs duties.
Volume Weight:
An international airfreight term used to describe the results of computing the chargeable weight from the cubic measurement of a shipment.
Warehouse-to-Warehouse :
A clause in marine insurance policy whereby the underwriter agrees to cover the goods while in transit between the initial point of shipment and the point of destination with certain limitations, and also subject to the law of insurable interest. The warehouse-to-warehouse clause was once extremely important, but marine extension clauses now often override its provisions.
Weight Load Factor:
Payload achieved as against available capacity, expressed as a percentage. Cargo is frequently limited by volume rather than weight; load factors of 100 percent are rarely achieved.
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Mr. Clean Goes From Bald White Guy to... "Bald, Buff, and Black" Guy
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And you thought white genocide was just an Internet meme... [New Mr. Clean is bald, buff and black, Stateman.com, 1-31-17]:
No longer a white guy...
Mr. Clean just got a makeover.
Atlanta native Mike Jackson is the new face of Mr. Clean, having won a national competition as the man who best embodied the bald, earring wearing icon that has represented Proctor & Gamble’s Mr. Clean all-purpose cleaner since the 1950s.
The company said Jackson will fill in for the popular image of Mr. Clean while he is on "vacation."
Jackson resembles the almost 60-year-old icon.
He is bald, buff and wears a gold earring, but unlike the old Mr. Clean, Jackson is black.
“It’s definitely a dream come true to become the next Mr. Clean,” Jackson said in a news release. “While it’s impossible to replace the iconic Mr., I’m excited for this opportunity to help people tackle the most seemingly impossible messes while he’s away ... and have some fun!”
In addition to receiving $20,000 and a year’s supply of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, Jackson earned a trip to New York City to shoot a 2017 limited edition Mr. Clean calendar.
BREAKING: @ProcterGamble's Mr. Clean brand gets a fresh face https://t.co/s8HeufzXWo ... @RealMrClean pic.twitter.com/JOR7X9bmT2
— Barrett J. Brunsman (@BarrettCinciBiz) January 24, 2017
Jackson told Yahoo Beauty that he saw the contest for Mr. Clean, which launched in September, on Instagram and felt that he really embodied the character.
In a statement, he said it was a dream come true to become the next Mr. Clean.
“I actually use the product; I always have,” said Jackson, who works in sports marketing and events management. “I’m actually kind of a neat freak … and kind of OCD in my home.”
He enjoys working out, traveling and reading. He watches Science Channel, History Channel, ESPN and "Family Guy."
As part of the gig, Jackson is headed to the Super Bowl in Houston on Sunday for the debut of a new Mr. Clean commercial.
We won’t be seeing Jackson in the commercial. The ad features the animated version of Mr. Clean, showing off some new moves and getting dirty.
Jackson will continue making special appearances as Mr. Clean, and there's also a Mr. Clean limited edition calendar.
Harriet Tubman replaces Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill (well, not yet at least).
Lady Liberty goes from white female to black female.
Mr. Clean no longer bald white guy, but a black dude.
I'd say white genocide is more fact than fiction.
"Die. Die." Black Lives Matter/Anti-Trump Rally in Seattle Turns into Protest to Start "Killing People" and for Whites to Surrender Their Property and Wealth
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Dialogue from "Independence Day" nails 2017 perfectly.
The President of United States is telepathically communicating with an alien, the latter's species having destroyed most major cities around the world, killing billions in the process.
The President asks: "Can there be a peace between us?"
The alien replies, "Peace? No Peace." In response, the President inquires: "What is it you want us to do?" Without hesitation, the alien utters, "Die. Die."
See the scene here.
Why mention this scene again? Why keep repeating it?
Because, though few are prepared to admit the truth, it captures the mood of life in 2017 America. [BLM Anti-Trump Protest In Seattle: ‘We Need To Start Killing People’, Daily Caller, 1-30-17]:
During an anti-Trump protest in Seattle this weekend, an activist associated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement took to the megaphone to voice her support for, among other things, “killing people,” and “killing the White House.”
While she said that, another protester can be heard saying, “Burn it!”
She also says, “White people, give your fucking money, your fucking house, your fucking property, we need it fucking all,” as another protester responds “reparations!”
"What is it you want us to do?"
"Die. Die."
When you accept this, you'll understand why major news outlets are publishing articles seemingly condoning violence against those whose ideas they can't defeat, save with the threat of preemptive violence. You'll understand why an actor threatening to "punch some people in the face" (doing it with 'heart... soul... and with joy') will be greeted with thunderous applause at the SAG Awards ceremony.
Donald Trump has accelerated the intensity of anti-white hate on the Left to levels that will only become increasingly overt.
The Western world is on the verge of a civil war to determine if Islam has the right to conquer western civilization or not. Think about that...
There is nothing else to say about what's happening after President Trump dared implement American law to protect American lives and our way of life.
One man is standing against eternal dispossession of whites in America, a cartographer trying to chart a course for white Americans to embrace their past so that they may have a future
Refugees, would-be refugees, and those waiting to migrate to the United States have - to the detriment of white liberals and the coalition of non-whites united by their intense hatred of white America - absolutely no rights under the United States Constitution.
Absolutely no rights.
The mainstream/legacy/corporate media, academia, corporate America and the Democrat Party (as well as many within the Republican Party) are, after President Trump's actions, uniting to assert that Americans have no right in protecting their nation, their sovereignty or their future from the same fate we see in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
It boils down to this:
Without Freedom of Association, We Live Under Tyranny: White Student Forced to Stay in Majority Black "Failing" Huntsville Public School
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Without freedom of association, what's the purpose of trying assert any right? If the state can dictate what you can do and who you can do it with, you don't have freedom. [White students in Huntsville can't transfer out of 'failing' schools, Huntsville Times, 1-19-17]:
Cassandra McAfee's eighth-grade daughter is zoned to attend Columbia High School in Huntsville next fall. When McAfee saw last week that Columbia made the state's list of 'failing' schools, she immediately looked into a transfer.
The Alabama Accountability Act says that she can. The state law allows students to transfer out of 'failing' schools and into non-failing schools within the same school system.
But McAfee's daughter won't be eligible for transfer because she is white.
Columbia is a majority-black school, and Huntsville is still under a decades-old desegregation court order that requires the district to consider race when granting school transfer requests.
"Because my daughter is white, she has to be held back in a failing school," said McAfee. "She's not being given the same opportunities as her black peers. I don't want my kid stuck in a school that's not going to help her thrive or move forward. These next few years are vital because that will determine where she goes to college."
The U.S. Department of Justice made the call four years ago, saying federal law trumps a state act.
Shortly after the accountability law passed in 2013, the DOJ instructed Huntsville to ignore the law's transfer requirements, saying students fleeing "failing" schools can't interfere with desegregation efforts - in other words, student transfers can't increase the racial imbalance at a school.
That means most school transfers in Huntsville are awarded through the majority-to-minority process, a decades-old practice of allowing students who are in a racial majority at one school to transfer to a school in which they'd be in the racial minority.
Columbia and Lee High School, the only Huntsville schools on the state's failing schools list, are both majority black.
Only students whose race is in the majority can be considered for a majority-to-minority transfer. In the case of Columbia or Lee, both majority-black schools, only black students are eligible to transfer out of those schools and into one of Huntsville's majority white schools. On the flip side, black students can't transfer out of majority-white schools.
The desegregation order has long required Huntsville to consider students as black or non-black, so Hispanic and Asian students - while in a racial minority - are not eligible for a majority-to-minority transfer.
White children should not be mere components in a social experiment long ago proven to have failed in its stated mission of turning blacks into capable citizens of western civilization.
Cassandra McAfee, it is your duty as a mother to remove your child from the failing black school and seek alternative forms of schooling where she will not be a pawn in the Diversity Wars underway in Black-Run America (BRA).
The failed social policies of the latter part of 20th century America will give birth to a new order (forever free of the taint of leveling racial equality as the primary goal of education), but we must first survive the Diversity Wars upon us.
Blacks Protest the Restoration of Law and Order in 75% Black Birmingham (for it means white people are coming back)
Something strange is happening in 75 percent black Birmingham, Alabama. Something very strange. [Black Lives Matters calls for change to Birmingham PD's violence reduction initiative, WBRC.com, 1-25-17]:
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -A local advocacy group is calling for a change in a program the Birmingham Police Department uses to get criminals off the street.Wednesday, residents in the Central Pratt City neighborhood and members of the Black Lives Matter organization say around noon Tuesday, the neighborhood was terrorized.
They captured pictures that show officers with guns drawn and a number of vehicles in the neighborhood.
They described one of the vehicles as a “tank.”
Residents say when they asked police what was going on they were told it was all part of the Violence Reduction Initiative.
One family says officers came to their home with a search warrant, looking for the grandsons of the woman who lives there.
"When we got to the door and opened the door they put guns in our faces and told us to get on the floor,” said Cynthia Smith. “And I told them my sister has had three strokes and she really couldn't get on the floor because her leg was really hurting it yesterday. Said he didn't care, get on the floor and put your hands up."
Neighborhood President Eric Hall says the way the family was unfair and that the violence reduction initiative needs to be reformed.
"Yes, we want to feel safe. We want to be protected. But we do not need this over saturation of police presence in our communities, especially at a time like this when America is trying to bridge the gaps between community and policing,” he said.Sources say the men police were looking for are accused of selling rifles and body armor piercing bullet of the home police searched.
They say it was neighbors who alerted police to this situation.
Officials in the police department and mayor’s office are not commenting on the case, as it is still under investigation.
Any attempt to make life better in Birmingham equates to making life "whiter" in the eyes of black Birmingham residents, as evidenced by this immortal Birmingham News story from March of 2016:
Resident after resident stood to complain - loudly. Not so much about the rift between the mayor and council. Not much about the failure of schools to give Birmingham students an adequate shot at success in the wide world. Not about increasing violence and crime in a city that is historically high in those things.
The complaint was about white people. That development in the city put Birmingham in danger of drawing more of them.
"White supremacists run Birmingham because gentrification runs Birmingham," one speaker said, adding that Mayor Bell is the "puppet" of white people.
Another argued that Birmingham suffers when neighborhoods like Avondale boom. Birmingham should not be allowed to gentrify, she said.
Another came right out and warned that if development continues a white mayor will be elected, and everything fought for in the 1960s will be for naught.
It's quite simple: high rates of black crime keeps property values down, businesses close, and outside investment away. In short, it keeps black people in power.
Any improvement in quality of life instantly is attributed to white people and their presence.
This, this is why black people are against law and order.
Law and order = white people.
Emergency $300,000 from Alabama Governor to 80% Black Selma to Fight... Rising Levels of Black Violence
It could be over in just one day.
Just one day.
The foundational myths of Black-Run America (BRA), that toppled not only the civilization white people long ago established for their progeny in the USA, but also helped create the global morality overwhelming Rhodesia, South Africa, and 'whites only' immigration policy to Australia, became unstoppable once cameras captured the black marchers in 1965 Selma.
As you know doubt are aware by now, Selma in 2017 is an 80 percent black dystopia, representing the exact type of city white people long ago established laws and societal customs to try and prevent from becoming a reality.
The "blessings of liberty for our posterity" as a guiding principle for governance was replaced with one simple directive: do nothing negatively impacting black people advancement to positions of power.
Well, Selma is completely dominated by black elected/appointed officials in 2017.
And... this is the world individual black people have collectively created after "white supremacy" was supplanted. [$300,000 Grant Will Be Used to Fight Gang Crime, Selma Times-Journal, 1-20-17]:
A grant from Alabama Governor Robert Bentley could help reduce gang violence in Selma and Dallas County.
The Governor awarded a $300,000 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant to the Fourth Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force Wednesday.
Michael Jackson, who is the district attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, said his office has dealt with budget cuts over the last few years, so this grant will go a long way in keeping the task force in place.
"This helps tremendously,” Jackson said. “There’s been a lot of budget cuts with the district attorney’s offices. The state has cut our budget pretty much every year for the last five or six years. So any kind of funding we can get from the state is a big help.”
With an increase of violence over the last several months, Jackson said having the task force is a huge help to reducing crime.
“Without the task force, I don’t know where Selma and Dallas County would be. As bad as things are right now, it would be a whole lot worse, so we want to keep that unit in place,” he said. “We also are going to try to get them to be able to do more in Selma and Dallas County.”
Jackson said the state only allocates roughly $400,000 to his office each year, so it is his responsibility to find ways to cover other expenses.
“My overall budget is in the millions,” he said. “So I have to come up with all of this money each year to cover our budget, so any amount of money that we can get helps with grants and other things.”
Jackson said the grant will help employ task force members and purchase equipment needed to do their job.
“The main thing it is going to help me do is keep the task force sustainable, to keep them employed and effective. That’s where the money is really going,” he said.
“They have to be able to have equipment likes guns and bullet proof vests, gas and things like that.”
For 363 days (or for 364 days, if it's a leap year), we must veer our eyes from the world of the current year Selma, Alabama; but for one day out of the year, we must watch black elected officials/celebrities march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as a reminder of the evocative power the 1965 civil rights march still can produce.
If you want to mine for white guilt, there is no greater real estate than Selma, Alabama.
Yet there is no great exhibit for why our ancestors were correct in constructing legal mechanisms to protect their civilization for their posterity than 2017 Selma, a black-run city completely confirming every fear white people long ago held about the consequences of black-rule for their progeny.
Fitting it could one day take a march back across the bridge in Selma...
Black Drug Dealer, Pardoned by Barack Obama, Executed by Two Blacks...
Barack Obama continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. His election was a short-term cause of celebration for black people/disingenuous white liberals/professional brown people agitating for immigrant rights, but it was a long-term boon for the children of Europe.
Pardoned by Obama (because the legal system is riddled with systemic racism), only to be executed by blacks shortly thereafter...
In the future, we will come to celebrate Obama's election in 2008 as the moment white people were liberated from the illusions equality and "judging by content character" were actual goals of black people and their non-white allies (allies united solely by animus against whites). [Man pardoned by Obama ‘executed’ by masked men at halfway house, Fox6Now.com, 1-24-17]:
SAGINAW, Mich. — A man recently pardoned by former President Barack Obama was shot and killed by two men with assault-style rifles Monday night.
It happened at 9:40 p.m. at Bannum Place Federal Corrections Halfway House in Saginaw, Michigan.
Michigan State Police spokesperson Lt. David Kaiser told WNEM the two masked men barged into the building and shot 31-year-old Demarlon Thomas of Saginaw.
He was shot multiple times by one of the gunmen, while the other held about two dozen people in the home at gunpoint. Thomas died at the scene.
“One person watched over a group of them while another subject located the victim and executed him,” Kaiser told MLive.com. “They were looking for this person.”
The two suspects then fled the area. No one else was injured.
It wasn’t immediately known how long Thomas had been out of prison and living in the halfway house.
Thomas was a former Sunny Side Gang member, according to Kaiser. He was busted in one of the biggest drug busts in Saginaw, known as “Operation Sunset.”
In 2008, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the distribution of five grams or more of cocaine. The operation effectively ended the Sunny Side Gang.
Those who knew Thomas, who had also attended college for one year on an athletic scholarship, told MLive.com he wasn’t a hardcore gangbanger, but a nice person who got caught up with the wrong people.
“He was just happy to be free and have a second chance at life,” Carla Robinson, who grew up with Thomas, told the paper. “I actually talked to him even more before he came home. He was just focused on coming home. Before he even knew about the situation with Obama, he remained, ‘I’ll be home one day.'”
Thomas was among the 79 people pardoned on Nov. 22 by former President Obama.
His jail sentence was set to expire in March.
How can we blame this execution of a black male by two other blacks, after his pardon by a black president, on systemic racism?
In a sane society, Thomas would have been publicly executed for his crimes, as a deterrent to criminality and a reminder of the consequences of polluting his community; in our insane society, he was executed by two other blacks after being pardoned by a black president... pardoned because of the legal system being the new Jim Crow or something.
Life comes at you quick...
Thanks to a Black Male, Capital City of Vermont has 1st Homicide in more than 100 Years
Before we begin, a quick history lesson.
A black guy responsible for the first homicide in over one hundred years in the capital city of Vermont...
In late 2016, the governor of Vermont (perhaps the whitest state in the union) put out a press release in support of those foundational, bedrock principles of modernity -- diversity, equity and inclusiveness:
IN SUPPORT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSIVENESS
Montpelier, Vt. – A number of Vermont education leaders released the following statement, which has also been signed by Governor Peter Shumlin and Governor-elect Phil Scott. A full list of signers is copied below.
“Vermont has fought for centuries for freedom and unity, equity and openness. Vermont remains a beacon of hope and opportunity, community and shared humanity. Vermont was the first to commit to the abolition of slavery in our state constitution and a leader in the fight for marriage equality. We will continue to support all Vermonters and welcome people of all backgrounds to the Green Mountain state.
“We, the undersigned, condemn any acts of unlawful discrimination, violence, and intimidation that target differences in national origin, race, sex, gender, religion, disability, or political viewpoint across our nation. Such acts run counter to the rights and freedoms upon which our country was founded and to the core values of the state of Vermont.
“Vermont is committed to fostering welcoming communities and an equitable, diverse, and inclusive society.”
Governor Peter ShumlinGovernor-elect Phil ScottLisa M. Ventriss, President, Vermont Business RoundtableT. Gregory Dewey, President, Albany College of PharmacyMariko Silver, President, Bennington CollegeDavid Wolk, President, Castleton UniversityMichelle Ollie, President, Center for Cartoon StudiesDon Laackman, President, Champlain CollegeLawrence Jensen, Interim President, College of Saint JosephJoyce Judy, President, Community College of VermontRobert Kenny, President, Goddard CollegeRobert Allen, President, Green Mountain CollegeElaine Collins, President, Johnson State CollegePeter Eden, President, Landmark CollegeNolan Atkins, Interim President, Lyndon State CollegeKevin Quigley, President, Marlboro CollegeLaurie Patton, President, Middlebury CollegeRichard Schneider, President, Norwich UniversityDonald Steinberg, President, School for International Training Graduate InstituteDavid Rees Evans, President, Southern Vermont CollegeMatthew Derr, President, Sterling CollegeJohn Neuhauser, President, Saint Michael’s CollegeTom Sullivan, President, University of VermontRoger H. Sublett, President, Union Institute and UniversityMarc B. Mihaly, President and Dean, Vermont Law SchoolThomas Greene, President, Vermont College of Fine ArtsJeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges Pat Moulton, Interim President, Vermont Technical CollegeScott Giles, President & CEO, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Why mention this?
Because Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont, is nearly 95 percent white. Though its population is just under 8,000, there hadn't been a murder in the city in over 100 years.
Until Africans in America enriched the city... [Police: Man sought in city's 1st murder in almost 100 years, KDHnews.com, 1-23-17]:
A man has been shot dead outside an apartment complex in what police say is the first murder in the nation's smallest capital city in almost a century.
An arrest warrant was issued for Jayveon Caballero on a murder charge following the Sunday morning shooting in Montpelier, police said. Police were seeking Caballero in the killing of Markus Austin, whose body was found in the apartment complex's parking lot.
Caballero is believed to have boarded a bus on Sunday in White River Junction. Police said the bus was headed to New York City but had several intermediate stops where he could have gotten off.
Caballero and Austin had been involved in an altercation outside Gustos bar in Barre earlier Sunday morning, police said. During the altercation Austin assaulted Caballero's girlfriend, witnesses said. Caballero later confronted Austin outside Austin's apartment and shot him, police said.
Caballero's girlfriend, Desiree Cary, was arrested Sunday evening in Barre, where Caballero lives. She appeared in court Monday, pleaded not guilty to drug charges and was released.
Montpelier has about 7,500 residents, making it the nation's least populous capital.Police Chief Anthony Facos said the shooting death of Austin was the first murder in the city since the 1920s, when a woman shot her husband. He did not have additional details of that case.
The idyllic, maple syrup world white people created in Vermont (glorified yearly in White Christmas when Bing Cosby reminds us all what we've lost) can only be sustained in an environment free of diversity, equity and inclusiveness. Once these pernicious ideas become the ideals of society, civilization will collapse.
This is the great truth of the multiracial experiment in America.
It's Official: Blacks Were Safer When Whites/Jim Crow Controlled Selma than they are now that Blacks Control 80% Black City
Nothing much else to say... [Violence in Selma: 'It’s just gotten out of hand', Montgomery Advertiser, January 21, 2017
SELMA - His look said it all.
Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson is still angry more than a month after a woman and her disabled daughter died in a fire that had been deliberately set.
Katrina Moore, 44, and Coleman Moore, 20, never had a chance in what authorities determined was a fire set by an arsonist.
Fire and smoke may have claimed the lives of the two women, but it’s the same as if a gun had been used.
The mother apparently died of smoke inhalation as she tried to push her wheelchair-bound, special needs daughter out of the house to safety.
Three other residents managed to get out in time, but their mental distress will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Coleman Moore, who suffered from cerebral palsy, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother died later at a hospital.
“This was an outrageous crime,” said Jackson, who lives in the neighborhood. “We’ve got to stop what’s been happening in Selma. It’s just gotten out of hand.”
Violence seems to have grabbed this historic little town by the throat and won’t let go. Of that, there is no doubt.
Shootings have become commonplace in some neighborhoods and residents know to stay inside at night, but even that hasn’t helped at times because stray bullets have no name on them.
Jackson will be driving soon to Mobile to meet with Kenyen Brown who is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama and a former Selma resident.
A discussion about Selma’s growing crime problems is expected to be a major topic of concern.
Crime task forces aren’t new to Selma. They’ve been created in the past to deal with illegal drug activity, but not much seems to work. It hasn’t stopped Jackson from trying, though.
One thing is certain. The guilty party or parties will be charged with capital murder. If convicted it could mean the possibility of a death sentence.
When Jackson drives by the rubble, the first thing that catches his attention is yellow investigative tape that stretches around the property. It’s still there and likely to remain for a while until the case is resolved.
“There never was a question if the fire was the result of arson,” he said. “Material found inside determined that.”
Theories abound as to reasons, but investigators haven’t ruled out the possibility that the arsonist torched the wrong house.
It’s happened before in Selma where gang activity continues to cause headaches for authorities. Somebody dies violently and vengeful payback often follows.
The burned house was built on a corner lot in an area where there are many just like it. The fire started at 4 a.m. Cowards often like to work in the dark.
Rewards totaling $8,000 have been posted for information leading to arrests because loose lips often have been known to do the trick.
The victims’ neighbors are still in shock but hold out hope that arrests will be made soon. There is no way of knowing at the moment when that might be.
Millie Vick, 75, lives across the street from the burned house and knows how difficult it is to care for special needs children. She has two.
One of Coleman Moore’s few joys in life was a Popsicle. It was a treat she looked forward to every day and Vick would often cross the street to pay her respects to the family.
“I’d go over, pray for Coleman and then give her a Popsicle,” she said. “Two others in the house were on dialysis and that made life for them even more difficult.”
She praised the Selma Fire Department for keeping the flames from reaching the home of neighbors but said some embers found their way onto her property.
One of Millie’s daily pleasures is sitting on her sweeping front porch and relaxing. Concern over increased violence in Selma tempers some of that happiness, however, and she has good reason to worry the way she does.
Her concern has extended to Selma City Hall where the town’s new mayor is just as worried.
During his successful mayoral campaign last September, Darrio Melton and a friend were leaving an event when several shots were fired in their direction.
Two men had been hiding in the bushes in what appeared to have been an aborted robbery attempt.
Melton and his friend were able to run from danger and neither was hit by the shots.
It's official: Blacks were safer when whites/Jim Crow controlled Selma than they are now that blacks control 80 percent black city.
But this fact runs counter to the narrative of the civil rights movement liberating the city into utopian black rule...
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A few days of celebrating President Trump's inauguration are now over and done with, meaning the time to return to SBPDL form is now.
Thank you for enduring the Trump coverage, but we now return you to your regularly scheduled SBPDL programming.
Tune in tomorrow for more.
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True story: in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, Trump Tower in New York City was used as the headquarters of Wayne Enterprises.
Now President Donald Trump even attended the New York City premiere of the movie.
Why bring this up? [Donald Trump's Inauguration Address Compared To Bane Speech From 'Dark Knight Rises', Access Hollywood, 1-20-17]:
Part of Donald Trump's inaugural address sounded awfully familiar to some Batman fans.
A real photo of Donald J. Trump at the 2012 New York City premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. In the background is an image of the man he quoted in his inaugural address...
Following the new President's swearing in on Friday, social media users noted that one line from his speech seemed to echo supervillain Bane from "The Dark Knight Rises."
Speaking on the front steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Trump told his audience that "we are transferring the power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people."
In Christopher Nolan's 2012 film, Tom Hardy's masked character shares a similar sentiment while pledging to shift control in Gotham City.
"We take Gotham from the corrupt, the rich, the oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, and we give it back to you – the people," Bane says. "Gotham is yours."
Bane was, of course, the actual hero of The Dark Knight Rises (as a member of the League of Shadows, he worked as a check against the corruption of society that Batman lacked the courage to actually confront).
There can be absolutely no doubt Trump, or his speechwriter, knew exactly what they were doing when they added this line into his address.
Absolutely, positively no doubt.
Buckle up. It's going to be a hell of a first 100 days.
What Does the Impending Trump Administration Mean to You?
So what do you hope Donald J. Trump brings to America in two days?
What are your hopes?
What are your fears?
If you go back to June of 2015, no site was more pro-Donald J. Trump (once he announced his candidacy for president) than SBPDL. Interestingly though, SBPDL coined the concept of the United States of America already being "irredeemable" in late 2014.
My take is simple: Donald J. Trump, as President of the United States, gives the rising right-wing in Europe cover to stop Islam and secular liberalism/equality (true religion of white liberals) in its path.
For that, Mr. Trump could be one of the most important white people in recorded history.
The pendulum of morality violently shifts in the opposite direction; this, and this alone, is the ultimate lesson of history.
Am I wrong?
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"The racial violence of the past is largely gone, replaced by a flood of drug-related, black-on-black crime that dwarfs the violence of Jim Crow." -- New York Times, 8-2-1994
Every year, elected officials at the federal and state level along with celebrities, make the pilgrimage to now 80% black Selma, Alabama to recreate the famed march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Paying homage to the Civil Rights struggle, this march is highly publicized and promoted by the mainstream media, Hollywood and public schools to produce maximum volumes of white guilt across America, reminding them they must forever atone for their ancestors inequities.
But once the cameras leave and the marching ends, what remains behind in the city of Selma, completely dominated by black elected/appointed officials is a reminder of the collective fears the architects of Jim Crow and restrictive covenants long held for their posterity.
"The Truth About Selma" provides the reality of what the Civil Rights struggle actually brought to the city.
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The Tain by The Decemberists
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Post by Comyn » Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:45 pm
Fantastic animated version of the classic Ulster tale to the music of the Decemberists.
https://youtu.be/_rVMgv0jj5w
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Re: The Tain by The Decemberists
Post by Guthrum » Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:43 pm
This is awesome. The animator must have done a bit of research.
Post by Comyn » Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:57 am
The Wikipedia article has the following information about it. It's almost 15 years old already! I find the music and lyrics do indeed suit the piece, and since you can usually not understand everything Colin Meloy is singing with his odd speech impediment (or is it an affectation?) it works either way ;)
The Tain is an EP by The Decemberists released in 2004 by Acuarela Discos and in 2005 by Kill Rock Stars. The single 18-plus minute track, in five parts, is named after the Irish mythological epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, often simply called The Táin. With production help from Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists recorded the EP over the course of four days in Walla's studio in Seattle, Washington. The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, who is Colin Meloy's wife and has created artwork for each of the group's albums.
The lyrics to the Decemberists' song do not directly reference the characters or plot of the Irish epic. Part III contains the only explicit reference in the lyric, "the mirror's soft silver tain reflects our last and birthing hour". It is possible that the song was not originally intended to have any connection to the epic itself. The accompanying video by Andy Smetanka does tell the traditional Tain story with silhouettes interspersed by minimal captions, in the manner of a silent movie, but the action in the video proceeds completely independent of the music.[1] As well, a music video for the track was made entirely from silhouette crepe paper stop motion animation, and is available on The Decemberists: A Practical Handbook DVD and the Pitchfork Media music website.
The artist, Andy Smetanka, is an interesting cat and was not a graphic artist by trade. In 2007 he was hoping to become a college professor in writing.
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Ready Player One and Sixers by Twos
If you are one who is ready to watch Ready Player One (again), you’re gonna be egg-static about this episode of TechnoRetro Dads as shazbazzar and JediShua as all the signs combine to form the number six — but not for Sixers. Or are they? Dive in to the deep well of wonder as we enter a world of pure imagination with Ernest Cline, Steven Spielberg, and James Halliday in the audio-only version of the OASIS called “Active Unlimited Dive Into Our Open Nostalgic Liquid Youth” (also called TechnoRetro Dads).
Monty Python (there are six of them, you know, but that’s not important right now) are coming to Netflix in U.K. and CAN next week. We’ll get it later. Shane in GR suggests you #ChillYourPothole with a big breakfast on the road…literally on the road. The extended version of Superman is playing at select Alamo Draft House Theaters and 2001: A Space Odyssey is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in theaters this year. The Ready Player One soundtrack is available, and so are the tunes from various artists digitally.
We Love Our Cereal…
…and unicorns, too. If you can find the elusive cereal that’s nearly as rare as unicorns themselves, you can make some fun concoctions as suggested by CheatSheet.com.
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It’s not Galaxian. It’s not Galaxian II. It’s Galaga, the natural evolution of a game filled with space bugs that shoot, dive-bomb, and even capture your defense fleet starship in this much-beloved game played by David Lightman and recognized by Tony Stark from across a computer-filled room. JediShua promises to help shazbazzar achieve a perfect score in the bonus round next time they go to the arcade together.
We’ve been waiting a long time for this. Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean. Well, not really, but longer than TechnoRetro Dads have been on-the-air, shazbazzar and JediShua have been waiting for Ready Player One to make its way to theaters. And we weren’t disappointed at all. Neither were you, EarBuds. The TechnoRetro novel became a TechnoRetro movie and we’re totally #TechnoRetro about the whole thing — except for glitches in theaters from time-to-time. Steven Spielberg hits a home run with this film adaptation of James Halliday’s Egg Hunt. EarBuds Kermmit the Frog, James Burns, Obi-Roth Kenobi, T-Bird, JunkMan, Tony Soehner of Nerds Gallery podcast, and families all contribute to our initial post-screening discussion of Ready Player One. With just 10 minutes of (announced) spoilers, you can listen to almost the whole conversation without being spoiled (if you haven’t yet seen Ready Player One in theaters). But the discussion isn’t enough for EarBuds; if you haven’t seen the movie, yet, gather your party and head down to the theater to check it out time and time again. PLUS: the grand prize winner of the TechnoRetro Dads EggHunt is revealed!
Jeff Baucom gets into the discussion of movies Star Wars influenced, inspiring ideas for more Star Wars Aftershocks. Jonathan Bell suggests watching The Theory of Everything starring James Halliday as Stephen Hawking. John Schepler pops off with news about Funko Cereal Pops. Ted Adam Green adds to the cereal news with pics snack bags of Cap’n Crunch. Adam O’Brien compares Clint Eastwood with Harrison Ford in a truly TechnoRetro matchup. Chris from Arvada calls in with his excitement about Ready Player One, Cereal Box, Inc., and his own recipes for cereal mixes. PLUS: Chris remembers the TRON/WarGames mashup from TRON: Decoding the Grid from a few years back. If you’re interested in what he’s talking about, check it out here.
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by Alan Betts, G0HIQ
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The Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs is the RSGB course-book for those who wish to become radio amateurs in the UK. In line with the progressive three-tier UK licence structure, the Foundation Licence Manual is the first step in the natural progression to the Intermediate and Full licence.
This book sets out to provide the very latest information required to obtain a UK Foundation licence. Broken down into 15 easy to digest sections Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs covers all you will need to know to be successful in the examination. This book provides insight into technical basics, receivers, transmitters, antennas, feeders and propagation. There are details of the operating practices & procedures you will need to know alongside safety considerations, electromagnetic compatibility and licence information. The practical assessments are explained and there is a helpful guide to how to best approach the Foundation examination itself.
Written in an easy to understand style by acknowledged exams expert Alan Betts, G0HIQ the Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs is the ideal book for those coming to amateur radio for the first time.
Size 210x297mm, 54 pages, ISBN: 9781 9101 9363 1
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By G. Smart M1GEO, D. Mills G7UVW & R. Bleaney M0RBK
Fully revised, reordered and updated this is the latest book for those studying for their Intermediate Amateur radio licence. The Intermediate Licence Manual contains all of the information required for those seeking to upgrade their Foundation callsign.
Designed to cover all elements of the Amateur Radio Intermediate licence syllabus, this second RSGB course-book The Intermediate Licence Manual is written in an easy to understand style. The new material that was originally in the Full licence syllabus is all included along with updated sections that now cover new topics such as software defined radio. Broken down into familiar chapters such as Licence Conditions, Basic Electronics, Transmitters & Receivers and Antennas, this book contains both the theory needed and details of the practical exercises. There is plenty of helpful advice, including important safety tips and advice about how best to approach the practical assessments and the written or online exams.
Simply put The Intermediate Licence Manual is THE book for those working to pass the Amateur Radio Intermediate Licence exam.
RSGB Member's Price (25% OFF) £5.24
bhi HP-1 Wired Stereo Headphones
In a special deal with bhi Ltd the RSGB is please to offer to its members these new bhi HP-1 stereo headphones are suitable for general purpose use and can be used for radio communications as well as listening to music. They are very comfortable to wear due to the lightweight design, adjustable headband and the soft leatherette padded earcups. This helps to eliminate the uncomfortable pressure feeling that can be created by closed over-ear type headphones, allowing you to listen for longer. The cable is 1.9 m long and is terminated with an integral 3.5mm stereo jack plug with a 1/4" stereo to 3.5mm stereo adapter. The fold up design makes them easy to store and carry away from home.
* Closed back foldable dynamic stereo headphones
* Comfortable lightweight design
* Adjustable headband
* Leatherette type soft padded ear pads
* Frequency Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz
* Maximum Input: 40 mW
* Sensitivity: 102 dB
* Impedance: 32 ohms
* Weight 155g - Weight 155g
* Recommended use: Hifi, TV, Radio communications
* Supplied with 3.5mm to 6.35mm stereo (¼") jack adapter
RSGB Member's Only Offer - £17.95 and £2.95 p&p - That's a £4.00 saving on the usual price
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Dipole Antennas You Can Build!
ARRL's HF Dipole Antennas for Amateur Radio is a collection of 20 HF dipole antenna designs published in QST, ARRL's membership journal, between 2000 and 2017. It includes innovative antenna projects for single and multiband antennas, as well as antennas for portable applications.
Broken into three broad sections the book starts with Portable Antennas. Included are an easy to make three-band dipole for field days, a field portable multi-band rotatable dipole antenna, the NJQRP squirt and others. There is a larger section Multiband Antennas that includes a range of antennas from a compact multiband dipole through to the N4GG Array. The last section is for designs of Single-Band Antennas which includes designs for 40n and 80m again and even the K4VX linear loaded dipole for 7MHz. There is also a special bonus section called Off-Center-Fed Dipoles - Theory and Practice by Jackson R. Richter, WB0USA. This features a thorough discussion about how these popular multiband antennas function which includes several antenna projects you can build yourself.
The Secrets of the Enigma Machine and other Historic Cipher Machines
By Prof. Tom Perera, W1TP & Dan Perera
Many have heard about the Enigma machines of WWII but few have an understanding of the history of these impressive machines, how they work or went on to be developed. This fully updated second edition of Inside Enigma provides in depth detail on how these machines worked and why the even though the codes proved breakable that developments of this machine remained in service for many years after the war finished.
Inside Enigma has been written by established Enigma experts Tom and Dan Perera of the enigmamuseum.com who's collection of Enigma machines have been used in Hollywood blockbusters such as the Imitation Game. This book brings to life how the Enigma machines were constructed, worked, used, how the messages were encoded and why the Enigma code was considered virtually unbreakable. You will find explanations of the code breaking efforts, the mathematics involved along with the Cold-War developments by the British, Americans and Russians. There is in depth detail of the machines used in this period, including the Swiss machines that were developed. The writers have also provided information on how to find your own Enigma machine and what can be involved in restoring one. If your efforts to find a machine fail, there are even guides to building your own or even making a simple code wheel to bring the code method to life. There is much else besides this included in Inside Enigma as it is both comprehensive and copiously illustrated.
If you want a book covering the secrets, theory and practice of the Enigma Machine in the 20th Century then Inside Enigma provides the ideal source.
Size 202 x 254mm, 208 pages, 2nd Edition, ISBN 9781 9101 9371 6
Last Train to Hilversum
A journey in search of the magic of radio
by Charlie Connelly
This new hardback book reminds us about the wonders of radio. In the UK 90% of the adult population listens to broadcast radio every week. That is almost 49 million people listening for on average 21.3 hours a week each.
Written by Charlie Connelly a bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster the Last Train to Hilversum is a witty and informative look back over the years of British broadcast radio. Packed with anecdotes from the sublime to the ridiculous Charlie explores its geniuses, crackpots and charlatans who got us to where we are today. He remembers its voices, personalities, programmes and visits the key radio locations from history.
From the Dame Nellie Melba's first broadcast 1920 from Marconi in Chelmsford to amongst others the Derby Wireless Club, through to the first commentary on rugby from Twickenham where the summariser asked "Do they always use an oval ball?" and had no understanding of the rules of the game. There is even a chapter devoted to the SOS appeals made by the BBC from the 1920s to 1950s at the rate of a thousand a year, more fascinating might be the appeals not broadcast at the time including the rather unsavoury appeal offering a £5 reward for anyone 'to bring my wife home for a good hiding'. There is detail of the pirate radio stations, Radio 1, Test Match Special, the Today programme on Radio 4 and the solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast - in many ways, our lives measured in kilohertz.
Part nostalgic eulogy, part social history, part travelogue, Last Train to Hilversum is simply a great read that explores our relationship with broadcast radio from its earliest days to the present. Recommended reading for everyone.
Size 153 x 234mm, 336 pages, ISBN: 9781 4088 8999 2
radiotoday guide to HF data on FT8 & PSK
By Rob Walker, G3ZJQ
Many radio amateurs who are finding the bands quiet are now turning to HF data on FT8 and PSK and finding lots of activity when using the weak signal modes offered by WSJT-X. There has been an explosion in the popularity of these modes and this new book offers the very latest advice on how to set up your station and operate.
radiotoday guide to HF data on FT8 & PSK starts by explaining how to set up a modern digital modes station using just a PC and a transceiver. Detailed and very practical discussions then explain the monitoring and operating procedures required. Covering the WSJT-X 2.0 software including FT8 contest modes for weak signals, the book also includes the Fldigi 4.0 freeware for the myriad of other HF digital modes available. The book even details the new Fox and Hounds mode. You will find an in-depth discussion of modern digital modes from the very practical side but also goes on to discuss the technology itself. Concepts such as Forward Error Correction (FEC), Cyclic Redundancy Checks (CRC) and Fourier analysis that at first appear complex are explained. radiotoday guide to HF data on FT8 & PSK ensures that the requirement of advanced mathematical skills before you can decipher this technology has been removed. The book explains in a simplified way using diagrams and terms familiar to most radio amateurs.
If you are interested in using FT8 or other HF digital modes or even the possibilities in the new WSJT-X 2.0 software then radiotoday guide to HF data on FT8 & PSK provides the ideal starting point.
Size 174 x 240mm, 80 pages
ISBN: 9781 9101 9370 9
Earth - Moon - Earth Transmissions
By Stephen Appleyard, G3PND and Philip Malme, G4PQP
Bouncing signals off the Moon has always been considered as one of the most difficult of the amateur radio disciplines. Traditionally Moonbounce as it is known was practised by amateurs who are the most accomplished engineers as well as operators but recent developments have now made it more accessible than ever before. Get started in EME sets out to explain what you need to know and how to get started in this captivating area of amateur radio operation.
Get started in EME sets out the history of Moonbounce, gives information on the various EME bands and the reasons for choosing them and then explains the EME signal path. It covers the unique propagation effects such as libration fading, Faraday rotation and spatial offset. Ground gain, Doppler shift and degradation are also covered. The book is practically based and focuses on EME at 144MHz (2m) and proposes, wherever possible, the use of equipment that is already owned, in order to reduce the cost of getting started in EME. This is particularly the case with antennas but you will also find coverage of transceivers, pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers. Again the emphasis is on the minimum possible requirement, utilising equipment that may already be in the shack. There is coverage of computers/interfaces, software and operation requirements and even your first EME contact! EME at 70cm is covered and there are glimpses where the newcomer to EME might move on to, when they find themselves bitten by the Moonbounce bug.
If you have never tried EME transmissions or are just interested in what it takes to make that first contact made by bouncing a signal off the Moon then Get started in EME will provide the ideal introduction.
Quote: "Stephen Appleyard and Philip Malme have done an excellent job with the EME book. It aims at the right level, achieving a good balance between completeness and accessibility. Perhaps most importantly, it makes EME appear as something that nearly any amateur radio enthusiast could achieve, with some dedication of time and effort." Joe Taylor, K1JT
Within a few short months of the launch the Icom IC-7610 radio, it became a 'best seller' and one of the most popular radios on the market today. This SDR - based radio has simply become the measure by which other radios are being judged. However, getting the most from this radio, as it is for many new radios, is increasingly difficult. Andrew Barron, ZL3DW, an acknowledged SDR expert, sets out in this book to highlight the myriad of options available to the users of this fabulous radio.
On opening the box of the Icom IC-7610 not only will you be excited but perhaps you will surprised by how many settings and controls there are to learn. This should not deter you as this is where this book comes in. From the first steps with the panadapter display and its 'FIX' spectrum display mode where you can see the whole band or just a section of the band such as the CW segment, this book guides you. The biggest advantage that the IC-7610 offers over its rivals at a similar price level is the two completely independent receivers, so Andrew explains the changes this makes to the way you operate the radio. The touchscreen controls are explained so you get to know the radio through using it and through delving into every control and menu setting. There are tips on troubleshooting and guides to particular modes of operation and much more besides.
The IC-7610 is a truly exceptional radio and if you are interested in purchasing one or even already have one this guide provides invaluable reading. Many features are also applicable to other Icom SDR radios and the insight into the art of the possible with SDR radios is illuminating for all.
Size 176x240mm, 160 Pages
RSGB Embroidered Baseball Cap
NEW Design !!!
These American Twill caps have are navy blue with red piping around the circumference of the cap that adds quality and style. They sport an extra-long peak which is great for keeping the sun and rain out of the wearer's eyes and the peak is pre-curved so will retain it's shaping. Featuring a specially embroidered RSGB logo these caps are both a quality 6 panel design that ensures they maintain their shape, and their low profile design provides a more natural fit. They are easily adjusted to size with the fabric strap at the back and the buckle adds a quality look and to aid easy fitting.
* Luxury low profile design
* Quality 100% Cotton
* Classic Navy colour
* Embroidered colour logo
* Structured 6 panel, low profile cap
* Quality metal buckle & fabric strap
Available to RSGB members only
NEW Option !!!
These caps are made from a special water resistant Polynosic fabric that makes them ideal for outside use. They are semi-structured for shape retention and this new fashionable colour means that they are a real statement. Featuring a specially embroidered RSGB logo these caps are both a quality 6 panel design that ensures they maintain their shape, and their low profile design provides a more natural fit. They are easily adjusted to size with the fabric strap at the back and the buckle adds a quality look and to aid easy fitting.
* Classic Army Green colour
6 Meter Antennas You Can Build
By Joel Hallas, W1ZR
For many, six metres (50MHz) is known as the 'Magic Band'. Its unusual propagation and characteristics have long made it a fascinating challenge for radio amateurs. This new book from the ARRL Magic Band Antennas for Ham Radio is designed for radio amateurs who want to discover the mysteries of the magic band and the surprises it holds.
ARRL Magic Band Antennas for Ham Radio provides an insight into what to expect in the six metre band, alongside tips on operating and getting the most from this quirky band. As the title suggests, the book is primarily dedicated to antennas you can build that will give the best performance in the magic band. You will find an array of beam antennas along with a variety of loops, dipoles and more that give lots of options for your particular location. Some antennas are also effective on a range of frequencies so you will, for example, also find a 160m to 6m 'hidden antenna' and an X Beam that covers 2m and 70cm as well as the magic band. There are detailed instructions for building these designs that range from the simple to the complex.
When you least expect it, six metres can suddenly open for contacts over hundreds and even thousands of miles. And while the HF bands may be suffering during a Solar Minimum, six metres is just amazing. If you're looking for new pursuits in amateur radio, the world above 50MHz is the territory you could explore and ARRL Magic band Antennas for Ham Radio may just help you to do that.
Size: 183x228mm, 112 pages
Shipping Early February
2018 was another bumper year for the RSGB and RadCom. The over 1200 pages of RadCom we published in the year contained more feature articles than ever before all of which can be easily accessed and searched from the new RadCom 2017 Archive.
As always the RadCom 2017 Archive contains every page of the very best amateur radio information that RadCom produced in 2017. The easy to use and fully searchable PDF format allows you to look back over 65 Construction & Technical Features, 25 Antenna Features,15 Equipment Reviews and over 85 other Feature articles. The equipment reviews covered equipment releases such as the Elecraft KX2, Yaesu FT-891 and SDR equipment such as ANAN-8000DLE, SDRplay and much more. You will also find all the host of regular columns that RadCom features, from Antennas to VHF/UHF. Simply everything printed in RadCom in 2017 is included, even the adverts.
The RadCom 2017 Archive also contains a copy of Acrobat Reader DC and additional bonus material including samples from other Archive CDs and even some of the newer RSGB books Antennas for MF and above and Valve Amplifiers Explained.
CD Version
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RadCom 2018 Archive - USB Memory Stick Version
For those who don't want the RadCom Archive 2018 on a CD Rom we also produce the USB Memory Stick Version which contains all the same material as the CD version in a highly portable and easy to use format.
USB Memory Stick Version
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Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur
By Philip Lawson, G4FCL
This book is aimed at the radio amateur, listener and electronic enthusiast who wants to make a variety of measurements without necessarily spending a fortune on expensive test equipment. It is a very practical book, designed to help you develop care and skill in making the most common and important measurements, quickly, safely and affordably.
In this new fifth edition of Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur, the reader will find, for the first time, extensive links to internet sources for access to the very latest information on construction projects, equipment and measurements. The sections on commercial and home-brew equipment have been separated for clarity, new items added and some dated items removed. Timeless reference data has been retained; some items of technical theory have been given their own section, and extended, for those who wish to deepen their understanding of these areas. Written in an extremely readable style this book represents a significant update to, and restructuring of, the previous edition.
This book is designed to give an overview of how each item of test equipment works, what it can be used for and even how much it might cost. Many general measurements, plus specific measurements on transmitters and receivers, are described in detail. Matters such as the effect of the test equipment on the circuit to be measured are especially considered, so that the measurement results may be interpreted correctly. A large section of the Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur is devoted to home construction, as it is frequently possible to make an extremely useful item of test equipment for a fraction of the price of its commercial counterpart, and there is the added benefit of the practical skill and learning that comes with such a construction project.
Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur is a practical guide to getting the most out of your equipment and understanding exactly how your station is performing. It is simply a must have book for every radio amateur.
RSGB European Locator Map
If you are looking for something to grace the wall of your shack but also offers much more, then the RSGB Locator Map of Europe could be for you.
This high quality Locator map is offset printed onto a thick 150gsm paper and contains all the features you would expect of this type of map. There is the usual QTH grid (Maidenhead) locator system and you will see the various country prefixes which are easy to pick out at a glance. For extra reference large cities are also depicted. There is also a European DXCC table picked out with country flag which provides a checkbox for bands worked 6m, 2m, 70cm, 23cm & UHF. There are also other useful features such as a meteor shower calendar and a 2m & 70cm beacon list.
Delivered in a sturdy postal tube these large maps are 590x980mm and make the ideal addition to any radio amateur shack.
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RSGB Member's Price £6.74 (25% OFF)
Haynes build your own Robot
By James Cooper
**** SPECIAL RSGB MEMBERS ONLY PRICING - OVER 43% OFF THE USUAL RRP****
If you are a follower of Robot Wars is the highly successful TV series or not, this Hardback book is very well written and incredibly detailed. This Haynes manual is produced in a similar style to the familiar 'how to' guides for cars but doesn't just include details about building robots but much more.
This Haynes - Build Your Own Robot Manual provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at the show - the arena, and both house and competitors' robots. Lavishly illustrated with high quality pictures there are step-by-step extensively illustrated instructions for building three project robots, from a simple 'self-navigating' robot, to a fully controllable Robot Wars challenger.
If you have been fascinated by robot competitors 'fighting to the death' on TV this could be the book for you. Why not indulge yourself whilst reading about construction techniques and of course competitor teams battling each other and the fearsome 'house robots' - Dead Metal, Matilda, Shunt and Sir Killalot?
The Haynes - Build Your Own Robot Manual essential reading for all Robot Wars fans and anyone interested in something different to construct.
Hardback, Size 216x279mm, 176 pages ISBN: 9781785211867
RSGB Members Price: £12.99 (43% off)
Power Supplies Explained
By Paul Lee, G3ZKO
A power supply is something that is often overlooked by radio amateurs, as for many it is simply the box, that at the flick of a switch, provides stable DC voltage. A modern power supply is though much more, combining theory that dates back to the nineteenth century incorporating the latest techniques in digital control, with a wealth of electronics practice in between. Power Supplies Explained sets out to do exactly this - explain in understandable terms what that little box is doing, right through to designing your own bespoke power supply.
Some believe there is a little magic in power supply design; beginners especially are wary of the challenging mixture of digital, analogue, magnetics and control loops, with cooling, EMC and safety to contend with as well. Whilst many books deal with the theory in depth, they often give little guidance on the practical aspects of achieving working designs - Power Supplies Explained is different. This book seeks to detail how circuits are chosen for the application and how circuits are designed including their inductors and transformers. Calculations are outlined in a simple way so that the reader can use them as a basis for their own designs.
Readers will find chapters that include descriptions of 'linear' supplies and a wide range of 'switched-mode' types from simple buck converters to the latest off-line high-efficiency topologies. The worked examples are based around typical radio amateur requirements and in many cases are versions of commercial products that the author has successfully designed. There are also chapters on magnetics theory, control loops, EMC, practical construction techniques, test equipment and much more. High voltage power supplies are included with comprehensive guidance on safety.
Power Supplies Explained sets out to dispel the mystery and encourage readers to 'have a go' with their own designs and get the satisfaction of being able to say, 'I made that'.
ZAPPED
From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
by Bob Berman
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The universe is literally made of light. As you read this you are being swarmed by radio waves, step outside and you'll get a dose of ultraviolet and infrared from the sun. ZAPPED written by popular science writer Bob Berman, tells the story of all the light we cannot see, tracing infrared, microwaves, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves and other forms of radiation. This highly accessible book provides a view of the historic, world-altering discoveries in the 19th century through to their central role of invisible light in our modern way of life and even the consequences of our newest technologies.
An accessible blend of narrative history and science, ZAPPED tells the story of the unseen energies all around us. Bob reveals what microwaves from smartphones do to our brains, how birds use ultraviolet light to track prey, why gamma rays are the most powerful form of light, and so much more. Replete with amazing characters and mindboggling quantum leaps, ZAPPED offers a teasing peek into the future and some of the startling technologies we might yet live to see. The book even spends time with scientists attempting to detect broadcasts from extra-terrestrials and notes that in 1974 we sent a message to star cluster M13. If any aliens respond promptly, we'll hear from them in 52000
With a unique talent for making science relatable and fun, Bob Berman provides a lively, informative book, packed with "eureka moment" stories, that will delight anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the Invisible light spectrum.
RSGB Member's Price £7.49 - 25% OFF
This book is the third course-book in the RSGB series for those interested in obtaining an amateur radio licence. In line with the progressive three-tier UK licence structure The Full Licence Manual completes the natural progression from Intermediate and Foundation Licence Now!
Fully revised to reflect the changes introduced in Syllabus 2019 the Full Licence Manual contains all of the information required to move to the final stage of amateur radio licensing. Written to match the Full licence syllabus the book is broken down into logical sections. Licence conditions are covered in detail as are operating techniques and amateur radio safety. As you would expect, there are sections covering technical matters such as circuits, semi-conductors and more. The Transmitter and Receiver are covered in detail along with the material required for understanding the Software Defined Radio section of the syllabus. Feeders, Antennas and Propagation all get chapters of their own, as do Electromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements, All this means that the Full Licence Manual is the ideal companion to a formal training course. The book is also a useful reference source and many amateurs will find themselves referring to it long after they have passed their examination.
The Full Licence Manual is for everyone progressing to the Full licence from The Intermediate Licence and is the best route to success in the examination.
Size: 210x297 mm, 104 pages, ISBN 9781 9101 9361 7
Callseeker Plus 2019
As many will know the Callseeker Plus 2018 is the electronic version of the RSGB Yearbook 2018 and much, much more.
As always Callseeker Plus 2018 provides the latest UK and Northern Ireland callsign data but as a bonus you also get call information from 9A, DL, EA, ES, F, HA, HB9, I, LX, LY, OE, OH, ON, OZ, SM, SP, SV and Z3 as well. All this takes up no computer hard disc space as it runs straight from the CD or memory stick, it is really easy to use and. You can search by callsign, name or location and navigating through the search results is quick and easy. You can print the results in a variety of formats including straight to an address label. Callseeker Plus 2018 is the ideal way to search for European QSLs
Callseeker Plus 2018 also boasts a host of "extras" from across Europe, including the RSGB Yearbook 2018 reference information pages (not the complete book) in an easily searchable PDF format providing the very latest amateur radio reference information from the UK and around the World.
Two formats - one price
The Callseeker Plus 2018 is available as either a traditional CD ROM or an USB Memory Stick version. The CD is in the full jewel case whilst the memory stick is encased an Eco bamboo shell. Both are highly portable and easy to use and provide a great alternative to the traditional RSGB Yearbook.
Callseeker Plus 2018 cheaper than a RSGB Yearbook 2018 and with more callsigns -what a bargain!
RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019
The RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019 simply provides more than any other regular logbook.
For many there is nothing better than looking at a well maintained log book to bring back memories of challenging QSOs and memories of old friends. The impersonal face of a computer log is replaced by the tactile and easy to follow log book. If you are looking for an attractive way to record your log year by year the RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019 provides an ideal solution.
This best-selling annual logbook contains a wealth of extra material just where you want it, when you want it, right at your fingertips in your shack. Not only is there a generous log section with plenty of space for you to record a whole year activity but much more. The RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019 contains the latest UK Band plans, RSGB Contest Calendar, DXCC prefix list and RSGB QSL Bureau information. The information doesn't stop there either, a locator map (and an explanation of how locators work), repeater information, diary section, notes pages, handy lists of operating abbreviations & codes - pretty much everything you want to know when operating is include. If you want to keep your log for years to come and make it easy to look over then the RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019 provides an attractive logbook that will grace any shelf for years to come.
The RSGB Deluxe Log Book & Diary 2019 includes:
· Current UK band plans
· European locator map
· Prefix guide
· Repeater listings
· QSL bureau information
· RSGB Contest Calendar
· Generous Log section
· 2019 Diary
· Handy lists of abbreviations & codes
This logbook isn't just somewhere to note your QSLs but much more and don't forget - much more than a standard logbook - yet it the same price
Size 210x255mm, 80 pages ISBN: 9781 9101 9360 0
ARRL Portable Operating for Amateur Radio
By Stuart Thomas, KB1HQS
For many amateur radio stations are traditionally home based and associated with a table full of gear. However in recent years many have taken on the challenge of operating portable, away from home. A new generation of compact, full-featured, portable radios combines with modern battery technology to make it easier than ever to set up your station and enjoy amateur radio in the great outdoors. This book sets out to show what is possible and the fun to be had when operating portable.
With the increase in organised outdoor operating activities by clubs and award programmes such as SOTA, it's no wonder that more radio amateurs have been inspired to venture into portable operations. Anyone can give portable operating a try and this book shows that portable operators use HF and VHF bands, as well as SSB, FM, CW, and digital modes. There are chapters dedicated to organising your equipment, radios you can use, power sources, portable antennas, the on air activities and even a handy online resource listing.
This book provides something for everyone, if you want to activate from a picnic table at a nearby park, or a remote summit, Portable Operating for Amateur Radio offers a wealth of practical information to help make your portable amateur radio operations successful.
Get on the Air with HF Digital (2nd Edition)
By Steve Ford, WB8IMY
Now including popular modes FT8 and WSPR!
The popularity of HF digital communications among Amateur Radio operators continues to grow rapidly. A few watts of RF power are all it takes to work the world - digitally! Written in an easy to understand style, this book will show you how to set up and operate your own HF digital station.
Fully updated, the second edition of Get on the Air with HF Digital is a step-by-step guide that'll get you started in the fascinating world of HF digital technology. Starting with the basics of build your own an HF digital station there is advice on the essentials: the radio, the computer and the device that ties them together. The book then moves on to discuss PSK31 for worldwide working with low power and minimal antennas and RTTY which for many is still the champ when it comes to contesting and DX hunting. The "WSJT Modes:" are explored in particular the newer and increasingly popular FT8 and JT65. MFSK and Olivia modes are not forgotten as these will still have you chatting when all others have given up. PACTOR and WSPR are also discussed in detail. Get on the Air with HF Digital provides instructions for configuring all these modes and how to get the best out of them.
Get on the Air with HF Digital provides readers with a practical advice on this fun and easy way to get on the air. If you want to start operating HF digital modes this is a great place to start.
Size: 184x227mm, 144 pages ISBN 9781 6259 5083 3
Amsats and Hamsats
Amateur Radio and other Small Satellites
This book is simply the most comprehensive guide available on how you communicate through amateur radio satellites and how to receive signals from other small satellites and weather satellites. Written by best-selling amateur radio author Andrew Barron, ZL3DW this is the answer to everything you wanted to know about this exciting world of satellites.
Amsats and Hamsats begins by answering questions like, how do satellites stay in orbit and why are they so expensive to launch? before moving onto sections about the history of amateur radio satellites, the mathematics governing orbits, different types of satellite and their orbits. It covers the equipment you need, to track and use the amateur satellites and some of the satellite tracking software that is available. There are detailed sections covering feeders, masthead preamplifiers, antenna systems and automated rotator control. There are the details of FUN cube Satellites, Weather Satellites and even the International Space Station. If you want to know the art of the possible and what satellites are available, where they are, new ones that are planned and even the bands you can operate, Amsats and Hamsats has the answer. There is much more included and this book provides the ultimate guide to operating satellites.
Amsats and Hamsats, provides within its impressive 368 pages a great value guide to this stimulating and challenging area of amateur radio activity. If you want to get started or are already an experienced operator you will find something of value in these pages.
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60 Antennas
you will want to build!
Edited by Giles Read, G1MFG
Whatever the type of antenna, there is always a genuine sense of achievement when you build one yourself and it provides great results. This book sets out to provide a huge array of designs that the home constructor can attempt and more importantly will want to build.
Unlike many other antenna books this book starts with the premise that it will provide all the information needed to construct the antenna so it is at your fingertips when you start. Broken into sections 60 Antennas provides designs from the simple to the complex but still achievable for the home constructor. 60 Antennas starts with a section on Vertical Antennas which includes antennas from 2-160m and even 630m. Readers will find here mobile 'screwdriver' and Slim Jim antennas and compact verticals for a wide range of situations. The book moves onto Horizontal Antennas that also cover the amateur radio spectrum with dipoles, multi-bands and more. Directional antennas are covered with a variety of beams and quads. The section on Loop Antennas includes an indoor variant and details of how to make these as efficient as possible. For those with restrictions of what antennas they can use Stealthy Antennas provides a variety of invisible or nearly invisible options amongst the designs included. VHF and up isn't forgotten with a selection of antennas for microwaves, 2m, 70cm that includes horn, beams and log periodic varieties. are a host of is much
There is not enough space here to list all the antennas or their variations are included in 60 Antennas. Selected from around the amateur radio World and from some of the great names of antenna design there is much here that will inspire 'You to want build!' your next antenna.
ARRL Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur
Transmitting and receiving antennas have different jobs to do
By Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ
Although the fundamental characteristics of antennas apply to both transmission and reception, the requirements and priorities of receiving antennas can be vastly different from those of transmitting antennas. Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur focuses entirely on active and passive receiving antennas and their associated circuits. There are relatively few cases where a radio amateur cannot benefit from a separate, well-designed receiving antenna or antenna system. On the low bands, including our new allocations at 630 and 2,200 meters, heavy emphasis on the receiving end of these radio paths is essential for success.
The active antenna holds a prominent position in Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur, as it offers good receiving performance while taking up minimal space. Recent developments in radio frequency (RF) semiconductors, especially low-noise RF operational amplifiers, have made a number of previously difficult-to-implement active antenna designs a very simple task. Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur is a wide ranging book readers will find chapters covering Preamplifiers, Power Gain, Small loops and a wide array of other antennas. There are chapters on LF, NVIS, Propagation and of course Antenna Projects, Construction Techniques and a lot more.
If you are looking to maximise your receive capabilities, this book provides the ideal guide to this topic and is a must for every radio amateur's bookshelf.
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones: Confronting the New Age of Threat
By Benjamin Wittes & Gabriella Blum
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying, today's governments have harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cyber technology, biotechnology and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies - from drones to computer networks and biological agents - which could be used to attack states and private citizens alike. The Future of Violence, details the myriad possibilities and enormous risks present in the modern world, and argues that if our national governments can no longer adequately protect us from harm, they will lose their legitimacy. The book also explains how governments, companies and citizens must rethink their efforts to protect our lives and liberty.
The way that technology is changing the threat landscape starkly highlights the importance of public policy in a way we have never seen before. The Future of Violence starts with the exciting "what if" stuff from assassinations by remote control spiders through to drones attacking sporting venues. The book goes onto explore the historical underpinnings that have led us to where we are today. Whilst all the threats discussed may come to pass this book throws a spotlight on the topic and provides a very thought provoking read.
ISBN 9781 4456 6668 6
Spying and Radio Warfare During the Cold War
By Gordon Adams, G3LEQ
Many are aware of the spying activity that took place following WWII until the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991. Few though are aware of the radio jamming, broadcasts of encrypted messages or any of the other electronic skulduggery that took place during this time. This book shines a light on these activities that range from the extraordinary to the most mundane but most disruptive imaginable.
Readers of The Voices will find the details of the radio warfare engaged in the Americans, Soviets and British along with a number of other countries and groups from the Middle-East to the Caribbean. You will find details of the author's first experiences of radio jamming that lead to his deep fascination as to what was going happening on the airwaves at this time. There is discussion of the activities of propaganda stations such as Radio Marti, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe and many others. The mysterious Numbers Stations, their coded messages and the non-attributable callsigns are explained here. The author talks about where the spies operated from and the radio traffic they generated. There is a chapter on Orford Ness and the still secret Cobra Mist project along with a reflection of the role of Cyprus and the UK's Sovereign bases. There is even detail of the role of the BBC and their World Service during these times.
Produced as a tribute to the late, Gordon Adams, G3LEQ this book is based on series of articles first published in RadCom in 2000-2001 and a fond remembrance of someone whose tireless efforts influenced the RSGB for many years. This book has edited from those articles and expanded with new pictures and small amounts of material omitted from that series.
The Voices book is a truly eye-opening read for those who are unaware of this part of our history. It is simply thoroughly recommended reading for those interested in the Cold War and the radio warfare that took place in the latter part of the 20th Century.
ISBN: 9781 9101 9353 2 Size 174x240mm, 120 pages
Edited by Mike Browne, G3DIH
Many radio amateurs love to design and construct electronic projects from the very simple right through to the very complex. 50 Projects for Radio Amateurs draws together a wide array of projects that the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has published. You will find projects as diverse as antennas, simple test equipment through to 70cm handhelds and much besides.
50 Projects for Radio Amateurs is broken sections that cover Measurement & Filters, Morse, Antennas and large section covering useful station accessories, peripherals and other diverse projects. The projects included range from complex DIY antenna analysers through to a simple electronic keyer and builds on simple strip board. There are two transceivers that you can build alongside antennas for bands from Microwaves to HF. There are also four handy reference guides explaining Using 10Ghz, Screening, Baluns and Aerial Maintenance. This book has something for everyone whatever their level of construction ability and all will find something interesting to construct and build. Most projects are also straightforward and can often be built in a weekend or over a few evenings.
All the projects included in 50 Projects for Radio Amateurs are selected to stimulate and inspire you to get out the soldering iron and get building the array of useful tools, interesting antennas and much more that are included in the book. Thoroughly recommended reading for any level of amateur radio constructor.
Size 174x240mm, 256pages
ARRL's Hands On Radio Experiments - Volume 3
Ham Radio: Where Hands-On Lives On!
By: Ward Silver, N0AX
Many will be familiar with the two previous volumes of this book (which are still available) and this volume covers material from the ARRL's 'Hands-On Radio' column published in their magazine QST from 2013-2017. As usual the book provides you through a host of basic electronics experiments, designed to increase your understanding of radio fundamentals, components, circuits and design.
Readers will find ARRL's Hands-On Radio Experiments - Volume 3 the book broken down into eight different sections covering an array of topics. You will find sections covering experiments to get the best out of antennas and another on transmission lines and impedance matching. You will also find sections on electronic circuitry, electronic components and electronic fundamentals. Other sections included cover Tests and Test Equipment, RF Techniques and Practical Station Practices. All are written in a clear and easy to understand style which will encourage you start experimenting yourself.
As the title of this book suggests it is about putting our hands on radios and there will be new things to learn and techniques to try - ARRL's Hands-On Radio Experiments - Volume 3 brings you these and is recommended reading for everyone interested in practical 'Hands-On' amateur radio experimenting.
Previous volumes of Hands On Radio Experiments can be found here
ARRL's Hands On Radio Experiments - Volumes 1 & 2
These experiments, devised by H. Ward Silver, N0AX, first appeared in QSTs magazines Hands-On Radio column from 2003-2012. This book combines the original Volumes 1 and 2 covering a wealth of topics designed to educate todays radio experimenters, and inspire others who want to learn what makes their radios work. Even seasoned experts will encounter new approaches to practical methods, new explanations for familiar topics, and new ideas that will enhance your understanding of the radio art.
Step-by-step, Silver expertly leads you through over 120 short electronics experiments, designed to increase your understanding of basic radio fundamentals, components, circuits and design: This book also contains a complete parts list for all three volumes of this book.
ARRL's Best of The Doctor is In
Practical advice about antennas, transmission lines, and more!
If you have not yet discovered the regular The Doctor is In column in the ARRL magazine QST then this book is a revelation. Written in a question and answer format the column dispenses practical answers troublesome problems, myth busting and great ideas covering a range of topics.
The ARRL's Best of The Doctor is In distils more than a decade of the advice and ideas of Joel Hallas, W1ZR covering as it says in the sub title antennas, transmission lines and more. Readers will find masses of questions broken down into sections covering VHF/UHF Antennas, HF Wire Antennas, HF Vertical Antennas, HF Yagi Antennas and Transmission Lines. Each question is treated to an answer written an eminently readable form that informs, provokes and stimulates. There are dozens of designs, practical solutions to an array of antenna issues included from the pages of QST.
If you're puzzling over how to improve your station antennas, or solve a problem with your antenna system, chances are someone else has shared the same questions with - and received helpful answers from - The Doctor. Having ARRL's Best of The Doctor is In at hand is the next best thing to a visit from W1ZR himself!
Everyone is talking about software defined radio (SDR) but is SDR right for you? Software Defined Radio sets out to explain the basics without getting to technical and is written to help you too get the most out of your SDR. It will even help you decide what to buy.
Written by New Zealand based and acknowledged SDR expert Andrew Barron, ZL3DW, Software Defined Radio covers a huge range of material. The use of SDR by radio amateurs is growing rapidly in popularity as they become aware of the great features and performance on offer. Not only does this book cover how SDR works there are details the different types of software that are available, what is different about them and even what is better. There is a wealth of useful information included and even guides to what to look for when you are buying equipment. There are guides to using SDR with CW, Digital Modes, Contesting, EME, Microwaves, Satellites and much more. You will find information on over 60 SDR radios that you can buy today featuring leading brands such as FlexRadio, Elecraft, Anan, Expert, Elad, Icom, WiNRADiO, SDRplay, FUNcube and many more.
Software Defined Radio is intended for radio amateurs, short wave listeners or anyone interested in radio technology. If you are interested in the technology of what was once, the domain of a few dedicated hackers and experimenters, the future of this exciting and fast developing area of radio or simply want to buy a SDR radio, this book is thoroughly recommended reading.
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Valve Amplifiers Explained
by John Fielding, ZS5JF
This new book by John Fielding, ZS5JF, is for everyone who uses - or is considering using - an HF or VHF linear amplifier. While some amateurs may be of the opinion that valves are an obsolete technology and semiconductors are a better way, John Fielding very definitely thinks otherwise! After reading this book you will be under no illusions that, in his opinion, valves are far superior to semiconductor devices for most linear amplifier applications. As he says, "When you need real power and very good linearity, a valve is very hard to beat."
Essential reading for anyone building a valve linear amplifier, the author guides the reader through the choice of valves for various purposes. Valve Amplifiers Explained starts with a chapter on basic valve theory and explains how to interpret valve characteristic curves. The various classes of operation of amplifiers - Class A, Class B, Class AB1, Class AB2 and Class C - are all covered in detail. The relative merits of grounded cathode and grounded grid amplifiers are discussed and a chapter is devoted to the causes of distortion in valve amplifiers - and how to avoid such distortion. The author explains that linearity is primarily a function of the power dissipation of the device and the supply voltage and he devotes a whole chapter to good power supply design. The various protection circuits that an amplifier should have are also covered. While the book is equally relevant to HF and VHF enthusiasts, a chapter is devoted specifically to the design of VHF RF power amplifiers. Another chapter even discusses liquid cooling of valve amplifiers.
There is advice too for those who, instead of building an amplifier, are considering purchasing a commercially-made linear. Those who use commercial linear amplifiers and want to understand more about how they work will not be disappointed.
As John says, "There is a certain aura about valve equipment. The glowing filaments and the gentle buzz of a high voltage power supply are a sort of magic few have had the pleasure of knowing." After reading Valve Amplifiers Explained you will want to join that elite few!
Size: 174x240mm 200 pages ISBN: 9781 9101 9347 1
International Antennas
Edited by Stephen Appleyard G3PND
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Much is published across the world about amateur radio antennas. International Antennas brings together some of the very best material that has been published in recent years. There are over 50 articles included with authors from Australia, Scandinavia, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA and more.
International Antennas has an emphasis is on practical rather than theoretical. You will find descriptions of the construction and performance of antennas enabling the reader to build their own versions. These articles have been written by experienced radio amateurs who have been so pleased with the performance of their particular antenna, that they have been moved to put pen to paper to share this experience.
There is a huge range of antennas included in this book, covering 17 bands from VLF through to 70cm. You will find articles covering the 'stealthy' antennas through to novel approaches to classic antennas. There are verticals, loops, beams and a host of unusual designs. There is so much in fact that the editor has provided a cross reference to see at a glance the bands antennas are designed for and if they are intended for fixed use or mobile/portable operation.
International Antennas is a fabulous collection of antenna articles from around the world. It is intended for everyone who is interested in amateur radio antenna design or is just looking for practical antennas to study and build.
Size: 200 x 234mm, 176 pages
IOTA MUGS
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We believe it takes more than fine coffee beans to make the perfect cup of coffee. It's about creating an experience these stylish coffee mugs not only look great but are the essential accessory for everyone who supports the Islands on the Air programme. Treat yourself to an IOTA Mug, you deserve it.
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ARRL Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur
By Ward Silver, N0AX
Proper Station Grounding is important and this ARRL book sets out to explain how to do it safely. This book is specifically aimed at US radio amateurs and provides an intriguing insight into a different electrical system even if it absolutely shouldn't be used as a guide to UK regulations and methods.
ARRL Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur provides information on AC safety in the US and their National Electrical Code but there is much more. Many parts are useful regardless of supply differences and you will find fascinating information on for example lightning protection. The chapter on 'RF Management' is describes preventing unwanted RF currents and voltages from disrupting the normal functions of equipment whilst the 'Good Practice Guidelines' chapter contains a wealth of information that is applicable both here and internationally.
If you are interested in different electrical standards and how they affect station management across the globe ARRL Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur provides a hugely interesting read.
Caution: This book is not intended as a guide to setting up a station in the UK or Europe and some solutions are not compliant with UK/European electrical regulations and thereby may be illegal or deemed dangerous in these areas.
Size: 184 x 229mm, 176 pages ISBN: 9781 6259 5065 9
More Arduino Projects for Ham Radio
By: Glen Popiel, KW5GP
Building on the success of the original ARRL book Arduino for Ham Radio, this book More Arduino Projects for Ham Radio includes 15 completely new practical and functional Arduino projects for ham radio. This book branches out to use some of the newer Arduino variants and devices. Each project is complete and functional but room has been left for you to add personal touches and enhancements. That's part of the fun of the Arduino and Open Source communities building on the work of others, and then sharing your designs and innovations for others to learn, modify, and improve.
More Arduino Projects for Ham Radio builds a solid foundation through descriptions of the many new Arduino boards and add-on components, followed by a collection of practical ham radio projects. Readers will find a wide variety of applications with projects including Wireless Remote Coax Switch, Yaesu Rotator Controller, Antenna SWR Analyser, two 40 Meter QRP Transceivers and much more.
There is something in More Arduino Projects for Ham Radio for everyone interested in Arduino. This is thoroughly recommended reading for beginners or a seasoned programmer alike.
The Owl is OK
The trials and tribulations of a Radio Ham and a DX-er
by Lee Marsland, G0DBE
For over 30 years Lee Marsland has been a licensed radio amateur. In that time and in 'his own words', there have been plenty of 'trials and tribulations'. Lee brings to this book a light hearted look at how his hobby has become more of a way of life that defines him today.
Lee describes from his first experiences taking the Radio Amateurs Examination run by the City & Guilds through how he gained his Morse certificate, set up his stations, erected towers and even in more recent times encouraged his grandchildren to take and pass their own amateur radio examinations. The book is full of humorous anecdotes from Lee's life including the tale of the title which concerns RSPCA officer taking Lee to task about cruelty to his owl despite it being made of plastic. This book covers a great deal and there is even a chapter titled 'purple rain' which describes the advisability of putting a 57 foot antenna over the wife's washing line. There are the more usual descriptions of Lee's DX activity and the whole book is illustrated with cartons and images.
Lee has written this book in an easy to read style that really brings over his Liverpool heritage. His tale of becoming a radio amateur and its challenges is a great read that provides many a chuckle.
Size: 150 x 229mm, 180 pages, ISBN: 9781 9101 9337 2
SOTA Explained
A beginner's guide to hilltop radio
By Jamie Davies, MM0JMI
Summits on the Air (SOTA), is one of fastest developing award schemes that have come into existence in recent years. For the active hillwalker and the home based chaser of summits alike this programme offers endless fascination. SOTA Explained sets out to provide the essential guide to this programme, hilltop radio and much more besides.
Taking a portable radio station into the hills and operating from a summit is a fascinating and rewarding way to combine the very best aspects of walking and of amateur radio. SOTA activity is also inexpensive providing the opportunity to achieve a great deal in amateur radio. Many appreciate the freedom this sort of operation offers and the benefits of having a high radio station far from urban electrical interference. At altitude even modest sets can deliver astonishing performance: communication across the country and across the continent is routinely available and on many days mountain-to-mountain conversations flow across the world.
SOTA Explained also provides advice for those who do not venture on to the hills but still want to participate in SOTA. There is a whole chapter dedicated to 'chasers' from the bands to choose, how propagation affects your operation, chasing DX stations and rare SOTA activations. Not only does SOTA Explained explain how SOTA works but there is advice on safe hillwalking, setting up simple & cheap SOTA stations and modes of operation. There is technical advice on improving your first station, the antennas to choose and how to run SOTA stations on HF.
The book is not just for those new to SOTA but the more experienced operator will find much of use too. SOTA Explained provides the ideal guide to the SOTA scheme and making hilltop operation easy, social, & fun.
Be warned: after reading this book, you will never see a hilltop in the same way again.
DXing on the Edge - 2nd Edition
The Thrill of 160 Meters
by Jeff Briggs, K1ZM
For many radio amateurs operating on Topband or 160m is endlessly challenging, exciting and intriguing. Building on the success of his first edition author Jeff Briggs, K1ZM, well known as a Topband expert, has extended a book that will appeal to all who operate Topband or are just wondering what is possible on this fascinating band.
This is a specially produced RSGB edition of a US classic brings the best of 160m operating experience to everyone. The book covers how the chronology of DXing on 160m across the years and the personalities involved. Aside from detailed historical information, the author describes many practical antennas and operating techniques that can lead to success on Topband. Successful DXing can though be accomplished even from the trickiest environment and the book includes lots of neat tricks and hints that will help you work the rare ones In the 42 page colour section are new chapters for 'Modern "Off the Shelf" Transmit Solutions', 'Modern Receive Solutions for Smaller Properties' and more.
Beware though. as Topband can be addictive and as a true-blue 160m fan you might well find yourself actually enjoying listening to static crashes, waking up just before dawn for three months just trying to make that seemingly impossible Topband DX QSO. K1ZM has written this book for anyone interested in the history and practice and most of all the enjoyment to be found on 160m.
RSGB Vintage Rig Guide
Edited by Steve White, G3ZVW
Amateur radio equipment saw great changes from the 1960s onwards with the arrival of solid state designs and there is much superb equipment from the latter decades of the 20th Century available in the second hand market. This brand new publication focuses-in on the amateur radio equipment from theses decades in the same format as the popular RSGB Rig Guide, describing the basic information about the equipment along with when it was first made and what it may be worth.
Covering the mid-1960s to 1990s the RSGB Vintage Rig Guide covers the equipment from manufacturers that were never in the standard RSGB Rig Guide along with the items that have been discontinued from the listings early editions of that publication. So manufacturers such as Drake, Heathkit and KW are now included for the first time. There are brief synopses of all the manufacturers and a useful guide on what to smell, feel and look for when buying vintage radio equipment. Details of over 300 receivers, transmitters, transceivers and linear amplifiers are included as are likely trade-in and second-hand prices from dealers.
If you are interested in vintage amateur radio equipment, either because you have some, are interested in restoring something or you want to know its likely value this book provides a valuable insight. Recommend reading for anyone interested in old equipment
Size 210x297mm 80pages, ISBN 9781 9101 9330 3
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RSGB Radio Communication Handbook
Since 1938 the RSGB has published RSGB Radio Communication Handbook and it remains one of the most enduring guides in the world to amateur radio technology and practice.
As always this new edition of the RSGB Radio Communication Handbook has been updated, rewritten and provides an invaluable guide to amateur radio theory and practice. With around 600,000 words, 2000 illustrations and diagrams in 25 chapters and two appendices in 864 pages it covers the breadth of amateur radio.
Readers will find explanations from the basic components of amateur radio to semi-conductors through oscillators, amplifiers, mixers, transmitters, receivers and even a complete transceiver project. There are chapters covering design and practice in VHF/UHF, Microwaves and frequencies below 1MHz. RSGB Radio Communication Handbook does not stop here and you will fine chapters dedicated to propagation, antenna basics and transmission lines. Antenna design is not forgotten and you will find whole chapters dedicated to practical antennas for HF, VHF/UHF and Microwaves. There are further chapters covering a wide range of topics from Morse code, Data communications, EMC, Measurement & Test Equipment and even practical guides to the 'the great outdoors' and 'construction and workshop practice'.
You will find hundreds of pages packed with the distilled knowledge and experience of acknowledged experts on each topic. In amateur radio there is always plenty to learn and this book is the ideal way to expand your knowledge on your favourite activity, or to discover and explore something new. Whatever you use it for the RSGB Radio Communication Handbook will become a valuable tool that helps you get the very best out of amateur radio.
Written by 'thinking amateurs', for 'thinking amateurs' the RSGB Radio Communication Handbook is simply the book that every radio amateur should have.
210x297mm 864 pages ISBN: 9781 9101 9326 6
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Restoring Old Radio Sets
For many there is nothing more charming than an old broadcast receiver glowing away in a substantial wooden or Bakelite case. However these are now a rarity and it is much more likely that old radio sets will be non-working curios found at car boot sale in a dusty, unloved condition. Restoring Old Radio Set is a book that sets out to provide a step-by-step guide to bringing an old set back to life, getting it working properly, and restoring its looks.
Restoring Old Radio Sets is a practical guide that explains what you need to do, and how to do it when bringing an old radio back to life. You will find inside topics that include cleaning methods for electrical and mechanical parts, making typical electrical repairs and the process for performing live tests. There are sections on fault-finding methods and alignment & calibration of the working set. There are even useful guides to one of the major keys to completing a successful restoration - knowing how to treat the cabinet, be that - wood, Bakelite, or plastic. The tools, materials, and techniques needed for your restoration are all discussed along with the care and maintenance of the finished item. Safety issues are not forgotten and the hazards inherent in such a restoration are discussed and what can be done minimize them, are covered in depth.
Restoring Old Radio Sets provides a fascinating insight into the world of the radio set restoration, usually the preserve of dedicated enthusiasts and specialist restorers. This book is one of the few available on this topic that is aimed at someone with a basic knowledge of electronics but wishes restore an old set. The author Philip Lawson, G4FCL gives you the benefit of his knowledge, skills, and experience to help you undertake the job within a safe environment. Armed with this book, the reader should be able to tackle an old set, get it working safely and finish-up with a really attractive piece of domestic furniture.
Rig Guide
What should you pay for a second hand radio?
The Rig Guide is a unique publication that sets out to answer the question 'what is the right price for this radio?'. What will you get for a radio if you trade it in or try to buy or sell it on an online auction site? - The Rig Guide provides the answer.
* Buy New
* Second Hand
* Trade-in
The Rig Guide continues to define the prices of amateur radio equipment in the UK, fully updated and covering more than ever before The Rig Guide is rightly one of the most popular amateur radio books around.
If you are planning to buy or sell any amateur radio equipment you should not be without The Rig Guide. The book begins with tips for buyers and a guide to selling and trading. There is a handy guide to selling on ebay and even tips on how to avoid getting lumbered with stolen gear. The Rig Guide contains a list of the abbreviations used in the descriptions and an explanation of them all. Amateurs trust RSGB reviews and a full list of RadCom reviews since 1990 is included and when piece of equipment was reviewed by RadCom it is highlighted on the listing.
The Rig Guide isn't limited to popular commercial amateur radio transceivers but also covers receivers, scanners and linear amplifiers too. You'll find extensive lists of past models from Acom to Yaesu, with over 20 manufacturers listed in-between, including Icom, TenTec, Kenwood, etc. We're not just talking about current models either and you will even find details on the many Chinese manufacturers. DSP isn't forgotten either with a dedicated section on the equipment available. Overall The Rig Guide contains details of around 400 of pieces of amateur radio equipment covering HF, VHF & UHF. Each item is described in an easy to understand listing that covers its main features, band coverage etc. with a photograph of the equipment.
Knowing the worth of any piece of equipment means you can easily cover the cost of The Rig Guide with just one purchase or sale. Selling or Buying, you need a copy of The Rig Guide, don't be at a disadvantage - buy a copy today!
Size: 210x297mm, 96 pages ISBN: 9781 9101 9320 4
Morse Code for Radio Amateurs - 12th Edition
By Roger Cooke, G3LDI
This newly expanded and updated 12th edition of Morse Code for Radio Amateurs is simply the 'book' for everyone who wants to learn all about Morse code and get the huge enjoyment that can be achieved from using it.
Published by the RSGB since 1947 Morse Code for Radio Amateurs has always been the standard for books covering Morse code and this edition is no exception. Written by Morse code enthusiast Roger Cooke, G3LDI this edition is a third bigger than its predecessor. As you would expect this book begins with a history of Morse code and moves to what it means to Radio Amateurs. There is advice that explains Morse code keys and how to choose your own. There is information of how to start learning the code, increasing your speed and guides to the software included that teaches you the code. There is even advice that discusses the correct way to use a straight 'pump' as well as modern keys and paddles. The book also provides guides to the abbreviations, prosigns and Q codes used in Morse code. There are helpful lists of resources available to those setting out learning the code from Beacons, Morse broadcasts, using computers and even operating in contests for when you are more proficient.
FREE CD
One of the outstanding features of this book is the special dual mode CD that is included. This provides more than an hour of audio recordings of Morse code at 5, 10, 15, and 21 words per minute. This provides the ideal opportunity to learn Morse code in the car or at leisure by playing it in any regular CD player. It doesn't however stop there as the CD also has a special computer readable section that contains a whole host of Morse software that teaches Morse, Morse Contesting and much more. The audio files are also included as MP3 files so they can be played on a PC or even downloaded to a portable player. The CD is also packed with bonus material such as additional articles and pictures and an array of web links.
Morse Code for Radio Amateurs provides everything you need to get started in Morse code apart from perhaps the Key itself. This remains the 'book' for anyone wanting to add Morse code to their skills.
Size 210x297mm, 64pages, ISBN: 9781 9101 9319 8
Haynes - Build Your Own Drone Manual
By Alex Elliott
The new hardback Haynes - Build Your Own Drone Manual is a practical guide to safely building, maintain and operating an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with advice and step-by-step procedures to enable the reader to build a basic, affordable, DIY drone.
Today, drones are increasingly used for commercial and private enthusiast use, as well as for well-documented military operations. There is now a wide variety of 'ready-to-fly' drones and self-build kits available to suit all pockets and purposes. The Haynes - Build Your Own Drone Manual is extensively illustrated and practical manual for anyone contemplating building a bespoke drone using commercially available components. The book takes a brief look at the origins and history of unmanned aircraft and drones, before explaining the various types of drones available today and their applications. There is a comprehensive guide to selecting the best components including airframes, autopilots, radio controls and the other equipment needed. There is advice to suit a wide range of requirements and budgets, along with how to decide on the best drone configuration to suit your own requirements.
Three step-by-step example drone builds are provided, both fixed-wing and rotary-wing to illustrate what can be achieved using widely available 'off the shelf' components. There is also a comprehensive guide to learning to fly a drone, with information on legislation and how and where to operate a drone safely.
The Haynes - Build Your Own Drone Manual is an essential guide for anyone contemplating owning or building a drone.
Hardback Size 270 x 210mm, 160 pages, ISBN: 9780 8573 3813 6
Hart Reviews
The Best of RadCom Equipment Reviews
by Peter Hart, G3SJX
There are 'amateur radio equipment reviews' and then there are 'Peter Hart, G3SJX equipment reviews'. For 35 years Peter has been writing amateur radio equipment reviews for the Radio Society of Great Britain's journal RadCom. These have simply been some of the best equipment reviews published anywhere. These reviews are not theoretical testing or publishing of claimed data but real world testing of performance and analytical reporting of how amateur radio antennas, radios, amplifiers, etc. really work.
Hart Reviews -The Best of RadCom Equipment Reviews builds on Peter's first book that covered his first 25 years of his reviews and collects together reviews that have been published in RadCom since 2004. Readers will find an array of equipment and manufacturers represented with all the major radios launched in the last 10 years included. From the Acom to Yaesu you find much represented here including Kenwood, Icom, Elecraft and even the mighty Hilberling PT-8000A. SDR radios are not forgotten and you will find Flex, Elad, SoftRock and others included. Antennas and Amplifiers reviews from suppliers as diverse as Butternut, Alphin and Linear Amp also get the same Peter Hart treatment. With Peter's practical review style, the ability to compare equipment tested in the same real world cannot be underestimated. The performance figures can be relied on as what an average amateur is likely to achieve. This book is not only a fascinating view of the advance of amateur radio equipment in recent years but is a valuable guide to anyone seeking to buy new and second hand equipment. There are even a few of the more popular equipment reviews from the previous book have also been included to allow comparison.
It is not difficult to see why equipment reviews have always been popular and it is not surprising to see why RadCom equipment reviews by Peter Hart are considered by many as the 'best' amateur radio equipment reviews available. Hart Reviews -The Best of RadCom Equipment Reviews is a great book for everyone interested in amateur radio equipment in the real world.
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Bozi -- A Case Study of Grief in Animals
Where the Geese Are......
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Bozi: After losing his nesting mate early in the spring, Bozi remained in the same area of the Jackie Onassis Reservoir for months. Though there was opportunity to join with other flocks and perhaps even find a new mate, Bozi chose to remain alone. Three months apparently not sufficient time to mourn and mend a broken heart.
Scientists are just beginning to catch up to what many of us have known for decades.
That is that yes, animals think, feel, organize, grieve and even plan as the Time magazine piece below attests to.
http://time.com/3173937/what-are-animals-thinking-hint-more-that-you-suspect/
Anyone doubting that need only observe Canada geese for a period of time. Their utter devotion to mates and offspring, their intricate social orders and hierarchy, their organization and cooperation, not only with their own species, but others as well. All of these point to a species that is highly social and adaptable to environment and changing circumstances, as well as consciously aware of what behaviors and actions to incorporate for optimum species survival.
But, as the Time piece points out, what is true of geese is also true of many other species.
Certainly, the most bodies of scientific evidence to this point exist for dolphins, whales, elephants, the great apes, dogs, cats and others. But, that is only because these have been the most studied species.
The goal of this blog has been to also study (and log) the behaviors of Canada geese.
Time and again, geese have (also) demonstrated grief over the loss of mates, offspring and family members. While in most cases, such grief is, in time replaced by the stressors of nature to "move on and adapt" this is not always true.
Sometimes the grief and mourning is prolonged.
One recent case of not quickly adapting and "moving on" is Bozi, the gander whose nesting mate, Floozie perished over this past spring at the Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park.
For weeks after the death of his beloved, Bozi patrolled the Reservoir, constantly calling out. His honks were long, eerie, hollow and somewhat reminiscent of a coyote howling at the moon. Certainly, they were nothing like the short and excitable honks usually heard from geese, particularly when in flight.
Finally seeming to realize that Floozie was lost for good and never to return, Bozi eventually "tagged along" with another goose pair (John and Mary) on the water, though he always maintained respectful distance from the established couple.
Around that time, other geese began arriving at the Reservoir in preparation for the molting season. (Period of six weeks when geese lose and regrow their flight feathers.)
It was my hope then that Bozi would join up with one of the several flocks of geese that stayed at the Reservoir during the molt as that is what nature would presumably compel him to do.
As there was a total of 26 geese at the Reservoir during the molt, it became difficult to differentiate Bozi from the other geese or for that matter, even decipher John and Mary.
It was simply hoped and assumed Bozi would assimilate himself with others and perhaps even find a new mate.
But, imagine the personal shock to discover Bozi alone on the water once again, after the other geese had left when regaining their flight feathers.
The only other geese still remaining on the Reservoir post molting season were Hansel, Greta and their sadly doomed gosling at the time, Remy.
Sadly, Remy (like the two goslings before her) also perished mostly likely due to egg addling which stifled and impacted normal development in the eggs. While Hansel and Greta remained at the Reservoir for at least a week following the loss of their last gosling, they eventually had to accept their losses and move on as nature compelled them to do.
But, not so, Bozi who still remained stubbornly and steadfastly on the Reservoir, this time, utterly alone.
I did not know what to make of this unusual and quite frankly, disturbing situation and for that reason, did not write of it in this blog. Put simply, I didn't know how to or exactly what to say.
Nothing appeared to be physically wrong with Bozi that would prevent him from moving on with the other geese and otherwise explain the bizarre situation.
But, apparently the wound in his heart had never healed -- even over the three months from losing his mate and even the numerous opportunities to join with other geese or even find a new mate.
For at least two weeks, I continued to see Bozi each evening patrolling lazily at the north east side of the Reservoir -- not far from where his ill fated mate had nested. He always recognized me and came in greeting. I would toss some cracked corn to Bozi and he would saunter on the rocks to eat. But, I think that was more to placate me than due to any particular hunger.
Still, I remained baffled and without explanation for why Bozi did not seem to realize the importance of finding other geese to flock with. As noted many times in this blog, the future is indeed grim for "loner" geese without other geese to at least tag along and loaf with.
Then one evening I went to the Reservoir to find the north east side of the running path that surrounds it, cordoned off from the public due to restoration work. There was no way of going to the area where Bozi usually was found in the water.
I walked to the far north side of the Reservoir (where the running path was still open to the public) to peer over the water, but could not see Bozi anywhere in the distance.
I continued to do this for some nights, but it was the same story. Bozi finally seemed to be gone.
I am not sure if it was all the extra work activity occurring on the running path that finally spooked or prompted Bozi into leaving or something else, but he was nowhere to be found.
Moreover, I don't know where Bozi might have gone.
With the exception of the Boat Lake in Central Park, the other watercourses have been devoid of geese. But, I know Bozi did not go to the Boat Lake, as it is the same 7 geese who have been there all summer.
And so the mystery continues. Why did Bozi not leave with the other geese when regaining flight? Why did he not take advantage of opportunity to join other geese and find a possible new mate? Why did he not seem to realize -- or care -- about the importance of doing these things?
Finally, did nature ultimately prevail and did Bozi finally make the moves necessary to survive? Or did he perhaps suddenly perish?
I cannot answer any of these questions with any kind of certainty.
What does seem certain in the sharing of this story is that in some geese, even three months is not time sufficient to mourn and "get over" the loss of a loved one.
And so I say to the writer of the Time magazine piece, "It is not just elephants, dolphins or the great apes, but many other animals as well who think, feel and grieve -- perhaps, most notably, Canada geese."
As for we humans, the irrefutable and mounting scientific evidence demonstrating how other species of animals think, feel, communicate, grieve, plan, organize and in some cases, even name each other (something I also believe true of Canada geese from personal observances) present us with enormous ethical challenge and moral dilemma for the future.
For if compelled to finally face the truth about other animals, it also compels us to examine and reevaluate our behaviors towards and treatments of them which to this point, have been noting short of abominable throughout the ages. -- PCA
"The Family." -- Daddy to the left. Mama and now grown goslings on right.
Mama (top) daughter, left and son, right.
Gaggle of three geese given bum's rush by Daddy gander (far lower right)
"The banished three."
Family watching other geese on water.
"Lady" -- mama goose.
One of the banished three warily returning -- after family left.
Of all the false charges against Canada geese, the one I personally find most bizarre is that geese "chase out other birds." Nothing could be further from the truth -- or at least generally speaking, that is. But, more about this later......
These days one has to look long and hard to find Canada geese in Central Park.
Since the molting season ended and the geese left the Jackie Onassis Reservoir (where most of them stayed during their six week flightless period), virtually all of Central Park watercourses have been devoid of geese with the exception of the Boat Lake.
But, it is not only 7 geese at the Boat Lake (One family of four geese and a gaggle of three) but it seems also, most of Central Park's mallards!
Put simply, where one finds geese, there are also the other birds.
Recent visits to the Boat Lake found not only geese and ducks, but also flocks of pigeons, sparrows, a few cardinals and other birds flittering about. The area on the north side of the Boat Lake (and Rambles) is in fact, like a small Avery these days.
While geese are generally very peaceful and accepting of other birds, there is a definite hierarchy among them. At the very top of that hierarchy are parent geese with goslings.
Put simply, families rule in the goose world.
The Boat Lake geese are no exception to this very hard and steadfast rule.
The gaggle of three geese are constantly on the look-out for the family of four and are completely beholden to them.
As soon as the parent geese and their two (now fully grown) goslings arrive to a location, the three adult geese have to immediately leave in deference to the family. Should they fail to do so quickly enough, the gander of the family aggressively goes after and sends them flying to the water.
There, the banished three remain until such time the family finally decides to leave and then they can safely return to the site.
But, it is not only the gander of the family who engages in harassment behaviors in order to protect mate and offspring, but the hen, as well. While its the gander's "job" to go after other geese or predatory threat, Mama goose's job apparently is to keep smaller birds away from goslings, such as ducks or pigeons. (Or, it could be that the mama of these particular goslings is especially vigilant and protective. "Lady" after all, went through a lot to finally hatch these two goslings. Lady is on constant vigil, as is her gander, "Man.")
For their part, the two goslings (who are now almost nine weeks old and fully developed), have taken on much of the parents' behaviors, including high vigilance and loyalty to the family. It appears that one of the goslings is a boy and the other a girl based upon size and behaviors.
Though neither I nor Liliana (the regular observer of the Boat Lake water birds) have seen the goslings flying yet, it is foregone conclusion that the parents will soon be teaching them to do so as it appears the young now have flight feathers and should have full flight capability.
But, mostly what we are seeing now is once again, the highly ingrained patterns of hierarchy in geese (high status vs low status) based upon established mated pairs and especially, the presence of goslings. Unpaired geese and especially any "loners" are at the very bottom of goose totem poles.
While to casual observers, such hierarchies may at times appear "aggressive" or even mean, (in terms of "chasing other birds") they serve purpose in terms of survival of the species itself. It is after all, the mated pairs and protection and survival of their offspring that guarantee perpetuation of the species. But, it is never a case of geese being "aggressive" for aggressive sake. When not paired up for mating and/or raising young, geese are among the most peaceful and welcoming birds on the planet to others. Were that not so, other birds would not flock to and be so comfortable around geese -- even when there is an established goose family.
Like other geese, the mallards and other birds quickly learn and just seem to "know" to keep respectful distance from the family and all will be cool. If not, they have to be prepared to lose a few feathers. But, even that is better than losing life.
I personally believe that other birds like hanging with the geese because of the extra measure of security and vigilance that the geese provide. -- Just watch out for the gander, his missus and their growing "brats."
Family rules in the goose world and that often seems true on entire watercourses and to all the birds on them. -- PCA
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Depressed, I was about to turn away and leave when suddenly a flock of nine flew in and landed gently on the water.
And then the geese were joined by a flock of mallards.
While it was painful to witness all three goslings perish at the Reservoir this summer and assume it was due to natural predation, it is stunning and sickening to realize they were doomed from day one due to the "Get the Flock Out!" goose harassment and egg destruction policies of Central and other NYC parks. (See previous blog entries.)
Tonight I looked out over a silent and desolate, Jackie Onassis Reservoir with no water birds on it.
Depressed and feeling hopeless, I turned to leave when suddenly a flock of 9 geese flew in and landed on the water to roost for the evening.
Less than a minute after the geese enthusiastically arrived, a flock of mallards also flew in and landed close to the geese. (This after USDA "Wildlife Services" claimed that one of the reasons they killed all the geese at PP in 2010 was because they kept out the ducks. What an outrageous lie that is.)
They are all in a battle for their lives in New York City and the geese and mallards seem to know it.
And yet, with perennial determination and will to carry on, they float wistfully through clouds and with the cover of darkness, to gently land on water and joyfully announce, "We are here! We are here!"
Hope springs eternal -- even through the otherwise madness, intolerance and blindness of our own species. -- PCA
Writing on the Wall for Geese and Other Wildlife of New York City Parks?
The two miracle goslings of the Boat Lake in Central Park with parents bringing up the rear. Sadly, the Reservoir goslings were ultimately among the many human created casualties. These goslings only hatched due to sheer determination and extraordinary efforts of the parents.
One of the seven-week-old goslings.
"Daddy" keeping watch while mom and babies graze.
It appears that Hansel and Greta, the bereaved parents of the three ill-fated goslings from the Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park have finally given up all hope for their last lost youngster and left the Reservoir -- presumably to join with other geese and find better food sources.
They however, deserve great respect and admiration for not having abandoned Remy, their last gosling, when it was abundantly clear to them she would not ultimately survive.
The reason for proclaiming the above is based upon a visit to the Boat Lake in Central Park yesterday and finally seeing the family with two goslings there.
These goslings hatched on June 28th -- more than three weeks after the three goslings at the Reservoir.
When arriving to the area of Bow Bridge yesterday, I saw, what appeared to be a flock of four adult geese in the water.
But, as they swam closer, two of the geese were slightly smaller and one had bits of down still on her head. It was clear this was the family of four.
I was able to get many photos of the family as they were never more than a couple of feet apart from each other, whether on water or land. The parents were extremely watchful and protective of their young ones.
The nearly seven-week-old, Boat Lake goslings are almost fully grown, robust and strong, with developed flight feathers and adult coloring -- including clearly defined chin straps and pure white bottoms and bellies. They appear ready to fly.
Tragically, though she was far older than the Boat Lake goslings, we did not see such rapid (and normal) development in Remy, the last gosling at the Reservoir. On the contrary, Remy was only slightly larger than mallards and was still covered in mostly yellowish down with colors only starting to change and wings beginning to develop when she suddenly perished ten days ago.
Most startling however, regarding the Reservoir goose family, was that the behavior of the three goslings (and parents, to some degree) was never consistent with what we almost always see in goose families.
I tried to attribute the atypical behavior to parents possibly being very young or goslings being unusually adventurous and independent. But, all along I had concerns about what seemed the slow growth and development of the hatchlings (though only having witnessed two other goose families in the past to compare it to). I guess I didn't want to believe anything was seriously wrong.
But, it is very clear now that something definitely affected or interfered with the development of the Reservoir goslings -- probably while they were still in the eggs. And it is also apparent that the parents were aware of something wrong, but they obviously could not know what. Out of duty and devotion, the parents stayed with their weakened offspring despite all the odds against them.
Some will disagree, but I'm personally convinced that the developing babies were deprived of oxygen while in the eggs -- something that occurs in egg addling. (When "successful," egg addling results in suffocation of the developing embryo.)
One thing we do know is that this failure to thrive had absolutely nothing to do with raccoons, snapping turtles or any other animal predator.
The fact is, these three goslings were doomed from the very moment they hatched.
Though predators may have contributed to or hastened actual deaths in the end, the goslings would never have survived through the other challenges of nature. It's quite likely they never would have been able to fly as their bodies lacked the strength and robustness apparent in goslings far younger than them.
That one gosling survived for two months suffering impairment was perhaps a miracle in itself. We can only hope these pitiful little babies got to enjoy a little of life -- though this had to be ultimately far more heart wrenching for the parents than had the eggs never hatched at all.
Some have doubted my claims about egg addling at the Central Park Reservoir, but as previously noted, more than 30 goose eggs have been laid at the Reservoir over the past two years and only three hatched. Moreover, two nesting hens died from unknown illness this year shortly after laying eggs.
And we now know now that something obviously affected and/or interfered with the development of the three Reservoir hatchlings -- something not due to animal predation.
Returning to the Boat lake goose family, it should be noted that "Lady," (the Mother goose), laid ten eggs before these two finally hatched. The first clutch of five eggs were lost in rain storm. A second clutch of three eggs disappeared. Finally, Lady apparently laid two more and these eggs hatched even to the great surprise of a dedicated goose watcher. (Guess is, that it was not anticipated by Geese Police either that the hen would lay more eggs. -- These parents were very determined.) I credit my friend, Liliana for insuring that Lady and her "Man" were always well nourished even through the harsh winter. It's amazing the hen did not take ill for all the egg laying and forgoing of food.
I share this important information in order that we not seek natural explanation for why these goslings and two nesting hens ultimately died at Reservoir this summer and spring as there was nothing "natural" about them. While we may not know exactly what happened and when, we can eliminate blame for actual deaths to normal animal predations (as the Central Park Conservancy tried to do in "explaining" the death of Floozie, the second nesting and dead goose).
Its of course possible the two deceased nesting hens lacked proper nutrition and fat reserves for nesting rigors. Its also possible goslings suffered developmental impairment while in the eggs due to poor nutrition of the hen and/or genetic mutation.
But, adding everything up over the years, my personal deduction for such wide scale destruction is egg addling (in addition to nearly year-round goose harassment in Central Park).
Too many losses over the past two years to merely attribute to the whims of nature.
Over the past two days, I have visited nearly all of the Central Park watercourses and have been shocked to find barely any ducks or geese on any of them with the exception of the Boat Lake. (There are also three other geese at the Boat Lake.)
It was only a few years ago when Central Park lakes and ponds would be filled with hundreds of mallards this time of year and many dozens of geese. That there are less than ten geese in all of Central Park now and only a few dozen ducks is positively stunning and unexplainable. Apparently, as the geese go, so go most of the ducks.
I (like others) did not want to believe that "my" park would embark on a program of zero tolerance for Canada geese, but it appears from all indications, that is exactly what is slowly happening in Central Park. If the policy is to destroy all known goose eggs, then that alone will result in the elimination of all resident geese within five years or so as geese almost always return to their places of hatching.
While encouraging to realize two healthy goslings hatched this year due to the sheer determination and extraordinary efforts of the parents, the fact is, two are not enough to carry on the species over the ensuing years.
The writing is on the wall for Canada geese, not just in Central Park, but all NYC parks.
The question is, is it also on the wall for ducks and other wildlife of our city parks?
Among this morning's emails is one from the Central Park Conservancy boasting of their upcoming "Film Festival" in addition to various tours and improvement of the Reservoir running path.
But, there is no mention of wildlife of any kind nor the nearly year round harassment and destruction of the young of Canada geese.
Perhaps it is ultimately what is not written that ultimately shouts volumes. -- PCA
Cruel Summers at Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park
Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park. Beneath a beautiful picture, sadness and continued loss.
Remy in one of last photos taken of her. A day later, she mysteriously vanished and has not been seen since.
Hansel and Greta, bereaved goose parents lingering and searching, but seemingly resigned to still another loss.
We are trying to grapple with and make sense of the unexplainable. Anything is possible, but little, if anything makes sense.
I am writing particularly of the loss this past week of the last of the three goslings (Remy) from the Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park.
Remy's two other siblings vanished and mysteriously perished weeks earlier. Like them, Remy also mysteriously vanished and it is difficult to figure reason why, especially considering Remy's age and size. At the time of her disappearance, Remy was larger than a mallard and was just beginning to sprout wings (though not yet capable of flying).
Others are speculating raccoon or snapping turtle attacks. Such explanation might seem plausible were it not for such extreme egg and goose losses over the past two years at the Reservoir.
During the past two years, 8 pairs of geese have attempted to nest at Reservoir. Two nesting hens died within weeks of each other this year and over the two years, only three goslings hatched out of more than 30 eggs laid. Add to that, the losses of all three goslings within two months of hatching this year.
To me, these kinds of extreme and unnatural losses are not explained by snapping turtles or raccoons alone. Though I have seen snapping turtles at the Central Park Boat Lake and been told they exist at Reservoir, I have never actually seen one there. As for raccoons, I have never seen one even succeed at stealing an egg as goose pairs put up strong defense of eggs and goslings.
We know for a fact, egg addling (oiling goose eggs so they fail to hatch due to oxygen deprivation) occurs at the other watercourses of Central Park under the auspices of the Central Park Conservancy and has been for some years. The Reservoir is under the watch and control of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), but it is presumed egg addling occurs there too, due to the large number of goose eggs (over 30) that failed to hatch at the Reservoir over the past two years.
Nevertheless, three eggs (out of four laid) did hatch at the Reservoir this year.
At first it was speculated that since the goose pair nested a little late, it was possible that the eggs were missed and we thus had, "miracle goslings!"
But, now with all three goslings perishing within two months of hatching, I personally suspect that the eggs had indeed been tampered with, but for whatever reason, 3 of the 4 eggs hatched anyway.
But, could it be that these goslings were doomed from the very start from having suffered some oxygen deprivation early in their development?
From the very beginning of their hatching, the goose family appeared very "different" from two other goose families previously observed.
For one matter, the family was far less structured than other goose families, with goslings frequently wandering off (in one case, for nearly a full day) and the parents appearing to be less in control and less attentive and vigilant in terms of protection and discipline than other goose parents.
Was it possible that the goose parents knew or sensed something amiss that we casual human observers could not?
That of course is impossible to know because none of us can get inside of the geese's heads.
The parents, while attending to perfunctory duties of parenthood did not appear (to me) of being that engaged with their offspring. It was almost as if they were preparing themselves for loss.
I recently shared these troubling events with a woman who is a syndicated and investigative journalist and goose expert. She also suspects egg addling "has something to do with it" though I told her raccoons are in the area and snapping turtles in Central Park.
Nevertheless, there are others who are convinced raccoons or snapping turtles are the culprits in these losses. While I acknowledge that predators might have contributed to or hastened goose, egg or gosling deaths, they just don't explain at this point, the long list of egg losses, nesting goose deaths, unusual goose parental and gosling behavior and finally, the death and disappearance of the last gosling, Remy. Predators are lucky to get one or two eggs or goslings. They don't usually wipe out entire families.
Still, the bottom line is, none of us knows for sure what has happened. There are different theories and any could be partially right or wrong and perhaps even all are factors. It's simply been painful to witness these unusual and tragic losses and not know specifically what's gone so terribly wrong.
Presently, Hansel and Greta (the goose parents) still remain at the Reservoir. They have spent the last four days seemingly in search of their last gosling, but now appear somewhat resigned to still another loss. I suspect that when finally giving up all hope, they will probably leave the Reservoir as it is not an ideal place in terms of low natural food supplies and rough terrain for year round stay.
In summation, its been a rough and cruel two past summers at the Reservoir in Central Park.
Loss of Remy is particularly distressing as there seemed real hope that she might survive after having made it this long.
But, apparently, it was never meant to be.
As said, lots of possibilities and theories, but few, if any making sense.
That only the geese could actually talk to us. -- PCA
Lilly eating from Liliana's hand about a week before becoming ill and requiring rescue last month.
Hard to see then, but Lilly was suffering from low levels of lead poisoning and malnutrition.
Remy, the surviving gosling from Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park going through "awkward" stage.-- All neck and legs.
Remy quickly gaining goose colors, tail and soon to sprout wings.
"Good advice that you just didn't take." (Such is line from the Alanis Morissette song, "Isn't it Ironic?")
I recall years ago, my daughter telling me more than once, "Mom, when you're picking up something heavy, you need to use your legs, not your back!"
The advice was a million miles away when picking up a heavy bag last week and suddenly feeling the vertebrae in my back depart and go someplace else.
I was good for nothing the rest of the week as the pain was so incredible as to make the simple acts of tying a shoe lace or picking something up from the floor intolerable.
This impacted especially my relationship with animals.
I have two elderly, 20 lb dogs (Tina, who is nearly 21-years-old and Chance who is 17) who both need to be carried up the stairs when taken for a walk. Fortunately, there is only one flight of stairs to climb to my apartment, but it might as well be ten.
The past week has been comprised of trying to figure minimally painless ways to pick puppy pads up from the floor (deep knee bends) and moving as little as possible. This also meant drastically curtailing time spent in front of computer as it felt like all the bones in my spine were crushingly compressing.
When people talk of "back pain" it is truly nothing to sneeze at, was quickly learned the hard way and literally. A few nights ago, when feeling momentarily better, I suddenly sneezed and once again, the vertebrae suddenly departed and I was back to square one -- or more precisely, back in bed (and not in fun way).
Lucky for me, a couple of very good friends came by on Saturday to help supply with pet food, Advil and even walk my dogs.
From there, the road to recovery has been slow and delicate, but steady -- to the point, I am finally able to write a blog entry today without experiencing the tortures of the damned.
But, what has been most interesting throughout this ordeal was the way I was seemingly able to "train my" few remaining geese at the Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park to come to me, rather than me going to them. (One of the other things that had to be drastically curtailed were daily walks in the park as anything more than a half hour of standing or walking was excruciating.)
Virtually all of the 25 geese who molted at the Reservoir over the past 6 to 7 weeks departed as of this past week. (This, despite my feeding them throughout the molt.) The only three geese remaining now are the family, Hansel, Greta and their two-month-old gosling, Remy.
Remy is of course, not able to fly yet (and won't be for at least another month) and so the family, for all intents and purposes is rooted to the Reservoir for now -- though certainly not always together.
As has been the case from day one of her hatching, the independent Remy still likes to wander and explore on her own and her hippie-like, modern goose parents still give her free reign to do so. I have given up all hope that this particularly goose family will ever be "normal," but at least during my personal week of physical trial and tribulation, they were more than accommodating and seemingly empathetic.
Wherever they are on the Reservoir when I arrive each evening, the family quickly hurries over when seeing me, the daddy of the group, even flying towards my face one night.
I barely need to walk far beyond the 90th Street entrance to the park and that has been (and is) huge relief. (Who says geese aren't aware and compassionate to human needs?)
I am also hugely relieved that Hansel and Greta didn't just up and take off with all the other geese and leave their one surviving baby behind. While they may not be the most attentive and dedicated goose parents ever seen, they at least have some sense of parental duty and responsibility.
Remy is growing very fast now and her colors rapidly changing to look more like a goose, though still at the "awkward" (all neck and legs) stage. She is a little bigger than the mallards now and sometimes appears that she thinks herself a mallard by frequently swimming with them. Sadly, there were no other surviving goslings at the Reservoir this summer and as noted, all the other geese have left. So, perhaps it is not too surprising, the seeming "kinship" between Remy and the ducks. Remy's parents, though devoted to each other, are very "wings off" and minimalist regarding their surviving child. Hopefully and presumably, they will at least teach Remy how to fly when the time comes.
In other good news, "Lilly," the goose who had to be rescued from the Central Park Boat Lake last month has recovered at The Wild Bird Fund from lead poisoning and malnutrition and is ready for release.
Rita, Director of WBF, called a couple of days ago and we discussed Lilly's release.
While normally birds are released to the site they were rescued from, in this particular case, decision was made for Lilly to go to an estate upstate where hopefully she will survive better than she was at the Boat Lake in CP. Lilly was a "loner" goose at the Boat Lake (without mate or flock) and was subjected to all kinds of stress and harassment (dogs, fishing, boats, hostile people and Geese Police) and its unlikely the goose family presently there with two goslings would warmly welcome her. According to Rita, the estate is very peaceful and safe and there are other geese who hopefully will eventually accept Lilly.
I later discussed this decision with Liliana (Lilly's rescuer) and she too agreed that, under the circumstances, Lilly was better off going to the estate as her brief stint at the Boat Lake nearly culminated in her death. The fact was, as a loner goose, Lilly simply wasn't doing well there, despite Liliana's monitoring and care. Geese are flock birds who need other geese.
There are unfortunately, few places in NYC these days that welcome any geese at all -- including regrettably, Central Park. It was a tough and difficult decision, but we all believe in the particular case of Lilly, the right one.
So, all and all, an eventful week.
Now flighted geese leaving their molting locations to gather and prepare for fall migrations, growing goslings changing colors and just beginning to sprout wings that will later take them on exciting adventures and slow and delicate healing for an old lady and a loner goose.
One learns gratitude during times like these. Gratitude to good friends, "empathetic" geese and to those dedicated and talented people who know how to take an animal from the brink of death to "going to the door" in search of freedom and release.
On the latter note, please support The Wild Bird Fund for without it, thousands of birds (and other wildlife) in peril would have no place to go in NYC for treatment and expert, tender care:
Wild Bird Fund | Saving NYC Wildlife
As for this "old lady" in recovery, I will better remember the words of the Alanis Morissette song (and my daughter) when lifting heavy items and gratefully walk my dogs tonight. --PCA
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Important Elenin Update: The Coming Crisis believes a 4th quake event *did* in fact occur, and here's our evidence (New posts below)
A concerned reader and friend wrote in to us with feelings of confusion over no 4th Elenin alignment quake event taking place, despite all the data pointing toward the likelihood of such an occurrence happening. However, after weeks of analyzing the information surrounding the comet and arriving at some startling conclusions, we've determined that a 4th alignment event did in fact happen, meaning she was not only correct in her observation, but so where many others.
We posed the question to ourselves: How could three alignments with corresponding quake events take place? How could it be such an enormous coincidence?
The answer, simply, is that it couldn't, or at the very least it would be incredibly, incredibly unlikely to happen.
We were all so hyped up on some catastrophic quake sinking Japan into the ocean or whatnot that we completely ignored the obvious: the massive 6.9 quake in India that killed at least 111 people and forced the rescue of hundreds of others.
Here's the collected evidence:
1) Huge 6.9 quake. The only reason it wasn't larger was because it was right next to the mountains. had it been in the middle of India, it would had likely amounted to a 7.x, and killed in the thousands.
2) It was in India/Nepal/China. Events in less networked regions of the world often go unreported, under reported, or outright forgotten. We may never acquire a comprehensive casualty count, and the sensor data itself in that area is also likely to be sketchy. Perhaps it was a 7.x+ quake after all, although we may never know, especially with the way "authoritative sources" handle their published data these days.
3) The event was big enough to be felt throughout India. No exaggeration, our website absolutely lit up with visitors and comments from the Indian subcontinent. Tales of fear and tremors were exchanged freely and rapidly in the comments section. That day marked our highest ever traffic in the history of our website.
4) NASA's JPL projection of the comet's path may be slightly off. Bear with me, this gets a bit complicated: The projected path of the comet during the Japan quake had it slightly behind the alignment by a few days, meaning that on NASA's projection diagram, if you looked at the "alignment" line, you'd find Elenin trailing a few days behind the date of the Japan quake. If that miscalculation was still applied, then the next quake would have been about a week or so before the next projected alignment date. Lo and behold, the projected alignment date was Sep 25-28, and the Sikkim (India) quake occurred on Sept 18. That alone is eye-opening.
5) Disintegration propaganda. Everyone was saying that nothing would happen because the comet was gone. Yet, not a single source can be found to back this up aside from conjecture by a few amateur astronomers, one of which is Leo Elenin himself. Wikipedia says the comet is still very much alive. NASA hasn't said otherwise. If anyone can point to concrete, verifiable evidence that Elenin no longer exists, please email us so we can update our own information.
All the facts and numbers are pointing at a 4th quake event connected to Elenin, and we're certainly not attempting to grasp at straws to force this to be true in order to save face. If we were wrong, and we loudly exclaimed that we wanted to be the entire time, we would be the first to admit it.
The Sikkim quake is definitely the 4th event alignment event in our observation.
Had everyone (including ourselves) not been expecting something of epic proportions, they would have connected all these dots far more easily and the quake would have been accepted as the 4th major alignment event.
We will keep a look out for a 5th event, which, if the misalignment theory is correct, should happen in early November, approximately 9 or so days prior to the next projected alignment window of November 15-18.
Keep your eyes open, everyone.
-- Matt & Lynsey
P.S. This is intended to be a discussion to help us get to the bottom of the matter, not a club to beat others with differing opinions over the head with. Disagreement is welcome as long as it's polite and respectful. Together, perhaps we can formulate an answer.
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'Cover-up' claim over Liam Fox in Dubai: I was told to deny meeting, says executive
Liam Fox’s close friend tried to cover up a controversial Dubai meeting which led to the Defence Secretary becoming embroiled in a ‘blackmail’ scandal, it was claimed last night.
Adam Werritty, the beleaguered minister’s best man and former flatmate, pleaded with businessman Harvey Boulter to ‘deny’ he had held highly sensitive talks with Dr Fox at a meeting also attended by Mr Werritty.
Mr Boulter told the Mail yesterday: ‘He (Werritty) contacted me and said if anybody asks, tell them that we did not meet.
‘I said, “I can’t – that makes me look like a liar”. He was trying to make me play it down. I don’t think they wanted anyone to know Werritty was at the meeting.’ Their discussions on June 17 had focused on an ill-fated proposal to provide British troops with technology to prevent calls home being intercepted by the enemy.
The now infamous meeting was set up following talks in April between Mr Werritty and Mr Boulter, chief executive of the private equity firm Porton Capital.
Despite not being on the Government payroll or having security clearance, Mr Werritty, 33, attended the meeting at the five-star Shangri-La hotel on June 17. Incredibly, no MoD officials accompanied him to the 41st floor room. Read More
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Fox grovels to save his job: Minister issues humiliating apology.. "take your friend to work day excuse must be working for him" - 10th Oct 2011
Liam Fox issued a humiliating apology last night over his working relationship with a close friend.
In a desperate attempt to save his job, the embattled Defence Secretary admitted he had ‘blurred the line’ between his personal and professional life.
Despite weekend speculation that Dr Fox would be cut adrift, David Cameron took the high-risk step of backing him last night. Senior sources said the Prime Minister was ‘determined’ Dr Fox should stay in his job barring further explosive revelations.
But the Defence Secretary must still await the outcome of a report today into his dealings with self-styled ‘adviser’ Adam Werritty, his best man and former flatmate. And he faces a torrid session in the Commons, where he will report to MPs on his recent trip to Libya.
In his statement, Dr Fox admitted his self styled ‘adviser’ Mr Werritty has financial interests in the defence industry and his frequent contacts with him could have given an impression of ‘wrongdoing’.
He also appeared to accept a potential breach of the ministerial code, which states that ministers must not only ensure no conflict arises between their public duties and private interests, but also that none ‘could reasonably be perceived to arise’.
And as new questions were asked about meetings Mr Werritty attended with Mr Fox in Dubai and Sri Lanka, the Defence Secretary conceded he had allowed his professional judgment to be clouded but insisted he had done nothing wrong. Read More
Cairo Church Attack Protest Leaves 24 Dead - 10th Oct 2011
Violence in Cairo has left 24 people dead after Christians protested against an attack on a church in the Egyptian capital.
Egyptian health ministry officials said more than 150 were also injured in the fierce clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
The riots on Sunday night spread to Tahrir Square and drew in thousands battling each other with rocks and firebombs.
Protesters tore up pavements to use as weapons and several vehicles were set ablaze.
According to AFP, at least 16 bodies were seen in one Cairo hospital.
Amid scenes of mayhem as the Coptic hospital filled with grieving relatives, a priest named Daud said at least five of those killed were mowed down by an army vehicle.
Other bodies allegedly bore gunshot wounds.
Egypt state television had earlier reported that three soldiers were shot dead and dozens of their comrades were wounded.
The angry Copts had protested after the burning of a church in southern Egypt. Read More
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 10th Oct 2011
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:45:56 UTC Monday 10th October 2011.
The epicenter was 63 km ( 39 miles) NNE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No reports of Damage or Injuries reported at this time
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake VANUATU - 10th Oct 2011
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 78.1 km (48.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:54:14 UTC Monday 10th October 2011.
The epicenter was 137 km ( 85 miles) Northeast of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF GREECE, CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Greece, Central Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 39.4 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:23:09 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 124 km ( 77 miles) South of Kalamata, Greece
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 26.1 km (16.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:28:04 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 109 km ( 67 miles) South of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
Mainstream media picking up Occupy Wall Street police brutality: MSNBC does piece (ABSOLUTE MUST-WATCH, Share!)
Categories: PETITIONS/PROTESTS, POLICE STATE
Is NASA cutting frames out of SOHO imagery? If so, why?
Categories: COSMIC EVENTS, FACT OR FICTION?, UNEXPLAINED/WEIRD
Libya: Civilians under NATO bombing – Bani Walid eyewitness to RT
Civilians fleeing Bani Walid and Sirte say the two Libyan cities fighting off the revolutionary forces are turning into a trap. The eyewitnesses told of no food, no medical aid – and no care for civilians.
Sirte is under random bombardment by the NTC forces, a woman who asked that she be identified as Selma told RT. Just a day ago, Selma fled from Bani Walid, one of the last pro-Gaddafi strongholds fighting off the attacks of the revolutionary forces. She says a mere declaration of loyalty to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi could cost your life there.
“Two guys from the rebels attacked the home of a colonel,” Selma told RT by phone from the capital Tripoli. “A man – he is a colonel – he worked with the Libyan forces. They attacked his house and they killed the man in front of his sons’ eyes, just because he supported Colonel Gaddafi. Any house that has [Gaddafi’s] green flag – they just bomb it.”
“There’s tragedy in Bani Walid: the people are suffering, there is no food, there is no water,” she added. “In Sirte, there is another tragedy as well. They actually attack the city randomly. They say, ‘We cannot enter Sirte, because there are civilians and we don’t want to attack civilians.’ It is not true, they are attacking, bombing civilians randomly. They don’t care, all they care about is that Sirte is ‘liberated.’”
Another eyewitness from Bani Walid, who asked to be identified only as Ransi, escaped to Tripoli three days ago. The man says NATO has been bombing the city indiscriminately.
“It is very dangerous,” Ransi said by phone. “NATO won’t stop bombing the area. At the beginning, they were bombing only the military [targets], but now they are not choosing between the military and civilians. People are suffering from food and water [shortages]… When I was leaving, water started to come back, but the food was still missing. There are too many people who have been killed. They don’t care about civilians.” more
Is Germany's Finance Minister Going Rogue? What could this mean for Europe?
A pall of silence fell over the German parliament as Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble went up to the lectern last Thursday. The debate over the expansion of the euro backstop fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), had already been going on for over an hour. Previous speakers addressing the Bundestag had tried their hand at a number of different roles. Schäuble's predecessor in office, Peer Steinbrück of the left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD), had tried to present himself as a European statesman, whereas Rainer Brüderle, the parliamentary floor leader for the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP), had vehemently attacked the opposition.
Now, it was the turn of Schäuble, a member of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He feigned the honest broker who tries to mediate between the parliament's legitimate demand to have a say in such important matters and the exigencies of international political crises. "No one here sees this as an easy decision," he said. The question at hand, he continued, is whether politicians are capable of "controlling these developments."
The government, it seems, is certainly able to exercise control, at least when it comes to maintaining discipline within its own ranks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peter Altmaier, the conservatives' parliamentary secretary, exchanged congratulatory text messages after winning the key Bundestag vote on the euro bailout fund: "Our efforts paid off." more
Ladies and Gentlemen: You are Now $2.9 Trillion Poorer!
Next week, the Nobel Prize in Economics will be awarded. A few days later, millions of Americans will start receiving in the mail their third-quarter statements for their investments, from 401k files to mutual funds and brokerages.
More tech-savvy investors have already gone online to check the bad third-quarter news. This is the key takeaway: we are $2.9 trillion poorer now than we were on June 30.
Economists a while back started calling this "the wealth effect," because how consumers feel about their economic status contributes to future behavior. So, if they feel worse off in October, what effect will that have on spending and activity in November and December?
Chances are it will be negative. That could contribute to another recession or at least dampen the usual fourth-quarter holiday consumption rush.
Also, the fourth-quarter performance will have a major effect on the November 2012 presidential and congressional elections. more
Can hot air be the free fuel of the future? (Shh, don't say that too loudly!)
You don't have to be a science major to know that heat rises: Just step into an attic on a hot summer day. But what you might not know is that this basic scientific reality could also help create clean energy for entire cities.
For centuries, architects have taken advantage of rising heat to help cool some structures. Solar chimneys allow the rising air to go out of the building, taking the heat with it.
Today, Australian entrepreneur Roger Davey wants to take advantage of that phenomenon -- with a twist.
He wants to create, capture and control hot air to help power cities. He plans to build a huge solar updraft tower, 2,600 feet tall, in the Arizona desert. As the hot air moves into the tower, it would turn 32 turbines, spinning them fast enough to create mechanical energy, which generators convert to electricity.
His company, EnviroMission, says such a tower can create up to 200 megawatts of power per day, enough to power 100,000 homes. He says they don't intend to put coal or nuclear or alternative power out of business, but want to be a strong, no-carbon emission supplementary source.
"One of the most important things I think that differentiates this from anything else is its ability to produce power as and when required," said Davey, chief executive and executive director of EnviroMission, the company behind the solar updraft tower.
That sets it apart from solar (not available at night) and wind energy (not available on a calm day), which he referred to as "spasmodic."
He also touted its ability to produce power without the use of water to generate electricity. Coal-fired and nuclear plants use massive quantities of water, and solar panels need to be washed frequently to keep them working well. more
Tesla Model S: Elon Musk's Electric Sedan Faster Than Porsche? (Green tech may just have some muscles to it after all)
With the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk seems to be trying to do for the electric car what Apple's iPod did for music -- make it profitable and very, very cool.
Musk, a serial innovator who already started PayPal and SpaceX, has now announced a souped-up version of the Model S sedan will do zero to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. That's faster than some versions of the Porsche 911.
"Like a world-class endurance athlete, Model S was designed to be the epitome of efficiency," said Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen on the company's blog.
Electric cars have, for years, been regarded as one of those environmentally-friendly phenomena guaranteed never to happen. They were often pictured as overpriced, underpowered go-carts, with batteries that threatened to give out in the middle of the freeway on your way home.
Musk promises to change that. The Model S, Tesla has promised, will go on sale next year at a starting price around $57,000. It's not for the faint of wallet -- there are plenty of economy subcompacts out there if you're on a budget -- but the cost of gasoline is zero. You plug it in when it's parked. more
Wall Street Protesters Brewing Tea Party of the Left? Not Yet, Strategists Say
Protesters who've gathered under the banner of "Occupy Wall Street" are looking to light a movement, but as hundreds of demonstrators rally against corporate "greed and corruption," they have a long way to go before becoming a defined cause like the Tea Party, say political analysts.
That's not to say they aren't trying.
In three-weeks time, the Occupy Wall Street crowd has attracted high-profile attention. It has the purported backing of unions like the Teamsters and DC-37, New York City's largest public employees union. It has attracted Hollywood types who love a good cause to drop in on; and has even generated a discussion group at a convention of liberal leaders taking place in Washington, D.C., this week.
But the movement has at least one major obstacle to becoming a political force -- the administration it would protest is on its side.
"I would simply say that to the extent that people are frustrated with the economic situation, we understand. And that's why we're so urgently focused -- trying to focus Congress's attention on the need to take action on the economy and job creation," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday, responding to a question about where President Obama's sympathy lies.
David Avella, president of Republican recruiter GOPAC, said protesters on the left today lack the "common enemy" they tagged during the George W. Bush administration. more
Fukushima Not Alone: Nuclear Oversight Lacking WORLDWIDE by Arnie Gundersen
How to stop a second Great Depression
Financial markets are driving the world towards another Great Depression. The authorities, particularly in Europe, have lost control of the situation. They need to regain control and they need to do so now.
Three bold steps are needed. First, the governments of the eurozone must agree in principle on a new treaty creating a common Treasury for the eurozone. In the meantime, the main banks must be put under European Central Bank direction in return for a temporary guarantee and permanent recapitalisation. The ECB would direct banks to maintain credit lines and outstanding loans, while closely monitoring risks taken for their own accounts. Third, the ECB would enable countries such as Italy and Spain to temporarily refinance themselves within limits at a very low cost. These steps would calm markets and give Europe time to develop a growth strategy, without which the debt problem cannot be solved.
This is how it would work. Since a eurozone treaty establishing a common Treasury would take a long time to conclude, in the interim the member states have to appeal to the ECB to fill the vacuum. The European financial stabilisation facility (EFSF) is still being formed but in its present form the new common Treasury is only a source of funds and how the funds are spent is left to the member states. It would require a new intergovernmental agency to enable the EFSF to co-operate with Europe’s central bank. This would have to be authorised by the Bundestag and perhaps other legislatures as well.
The immediate task is to erect safeguards against contagion from a possible Greek default. There are two vulnerable groups – the banks and the bonds of countries such as Italy and Spain – that need to be protected. These two tasks could be accomplished as follows. more
New Space Venture Could Bring Every City On Earth Within Two Hours Travel
A Formula One tycoon is linking up with KLM, the Dutch airline, to develop spacecraft that could bring every city on Earth within two hours' travel time.
A British passenger was the first to buy a $93,000 ticket for a ride on an early version of the craft, providing suborbital flights for space tourists.
Michiel Mol, 42, a Dutchman who co-owns the Force India Formula One team and made his fortune in computer software, said over the weekend, "Being able to travel from London to Sydney in an hour and 45 minutes, that is the future. It is also the reason why KLM joined our firm [Space Expedition Curacao, or SXC] as a partner."
Peter Hartman, chief executive of the airline, said, "KLM supports this innovative project. The SXC program's aim is to make space flights -- the future of travel -- accessible in a responsible and sustainable way by developing and promoting new technologies."
Sir Richard Branson intends to become the first private space tourism operator, booking seats at $200,000 each for suborbital flights on his Virgin Galactic vehicles, which he hopes to begin launching as soon as 2012.
Mol intends to follow suit in early 2014 and says he has already sold 35 tickets at $93,000 for flights from the Caribbean island of Curacao. Regulatory approval is still under negotiation. more
Cell Phone Industry to Sue SF on Radiation Law (Cell phones must have radiation warnings on them)
A trade group representing the cell phone industry said Tuesday it will file a federal lawsuit challenging San Francisco's new law to provide radiation information.
The suit comes the week The City's new controversial ordinance went live and after months of debate and publicity.
The ordinance requires cell phone retailers to display information about the amount of radiation emanating from cell phones and to provide fact sheets to customers who ask for them.
The CTIA said it plans to file its suit because the ordinance is trumped by federal law and it violates the industry's First Amendment rights.
The law has been discussed and debated in the City for almost two years with former San Francisco mayor and now California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing its adoption.
There is some controversy about how radiation levels are measured and whether cell phone radiation poses an immediate threat at all.
Regardless, the new law gives retailers until the end of the month to comply. more
Afghan yuppies get rich on ten years of war
Business is booming, I have made good profits since the Taliban were ousted," said a smiling Sayed Habib as he showed Western dresses to young women in one of Kabul's glitziest shopping malls.
Habib, 34, is one of a new generation of rich young Afghans driving flashy cars and wearing designer labels who have made fortunes in Afghanistan's war economy since the US-led invasion 10 years ago.
His shop is one of many signs that some in the Afghan capital are now very wealthy -- although Kabul's mirrored glass malls and lavish mansions often sit on dusty roads dotted with children begging for money, highlighting wider, ingrained poverty.
And despite their wealth, many of the city's yuppies are worried that the withdrawal of US-led combat forces in 2014 will mean security declines and the economic boom turns to bust.
"Not only me but every investor I know expects the bubble that created this economy will burst as soon as foreign aid is cut or when foreign troops leave in 2014," said entrepreneur Ahmad Lais.
Afghanistan receives around $15 billion annually in security and civilian aid from overseas but the figure is set to fall sharply as troops withdraw.
A US Senate committee report in June warned this could trigger "a severe economic depression".
Thousands of Afghans -- many in Kabul but also in the rest of Afghanistan -- are employed to work with the NATO-led military force and other international organisations or, like Lais, have set up businesses to provide for them.
Many more, including Habib, have seen their firms thrive as these Afghans spend their disposable income. more
Categories: FINANCIAL EVENTS, WARS AND RUMOURS
Starbucks to Begin Collecting Donations to Stimulate U.S. Job Growth -- No, seriously (Although, it's more than most are doing)
Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe.
Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will begin collecting donations of $5 or more from customers to stimulate U.S. job growth through its “Jobs for USA” program. The Seattle-based coffee chain is collaborating with the Opportunity Finance Network, a nonprofit that works with nearly 200 community development financial institutions to provide loans to small businesses and community groups. Starbucks says 100 percent of the donations will go toward loans for firms and organizations that can add jobs or stem job losses.
Starbucks, which pioneered how Americans drink coffee, declined to estimate how much money it plans to raise, but millions of people visit its nearly 7,000 company-owned U.S. stores each day. Customers who give will get a red, white and blue wristband that says “Indivisible.”
“This is about using Starbuck’s scale for good,” said Howard Schultz, Starbucks Corp.’s CEO.
The program is the latest effort by Schultz to address the nation’s economic woes. In August, he sent more than 200,000 Starbucks employees a memo urging them to do what they can to help business thrive. Then, he asked fellow CEOs to stop contributing to political campaigns until the nation’s leaders reached a long-term economic solution. After that, he hosted a national telephone forum, bought full-page ads in two major newspapers and started a website, Upwardspiral2011.org. more
China or the US? Make your choice
The defining geopolitical drama of the next century will be the battle for power and influence between China and America. That emerging struggle is already posing awkward choices for Asian countries, caught between the two global giants.
On Monday the US senate pressed forward with a bill allowing for the imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods. Even if the protectionist drive in America now pauses for a while, this confrontational mood in the US poses a dilemma for China’s neighbours. China is now the largest trading partner for Japan, India, Australia, South Korea and most of the nations of south-east Asia. But these countries still have their most important military relationship with the US. How long can their economic and strategic interests point in different directions?
Not for long, if one is to judge by an editorial in the People’s Daily last week. The official newspaper of the Chinese Communist party took aim at “certain countries” who “think as long as they can balance China with the help of US military power, they are free to do whatever they want”.
The article was probably provoked by a statement from Japan and the Philippines, the previous day, in which the two countries promised to boost naval co-operation and implicitly disputed China’s extensive territorial claims in the South China Sea. But China’s warning could equally have been aimed at Vietnam, India, South Korea, Australia or Taiwan – all of whom have moved over the past year to strengthen military ties with America.
The irony, of course, is that it is precisely Chinese sabre-rattling, exemplified by that article in the People’s Daily, that is sending its neighbours running screaming into the arms of Uncle Sam. Until recently China seemed to be playing an intelligent waiting game – relying on its growing economic strength to draw its neighbours inexorably into a Chinese sphere of influence. Now the People’s Republic risks overplaying its hand – and so creating the anti-Chinese alliance that it both fears and denounces. more
Arrest outside White House as lawmakers debate protests
Politicians fought Sunday to cast the ongoing Wall Street protests in a very different light, with two GOP presidential candidates calling them "class warfare" and two prominent Democrats expressing support for the protesters' message.
As lawmakers took to the political talk shows, a crowd of about 100 people protested outside the White House, part of a wave of protests spreading nationwide inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The Secret Service said one person was arrested and will be charged with assault on a police officer after throwing a shoe at a uniformed officer.
Lisa Simeone, one of the protest organizers, said the man was trying to throw his shoe over the fence of the White House but missed.
Most of those taking part carried an anti-war message -- something that has happened in other cities as well. Several carried signs asking President Obama to join them for a "beer summit."
Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, who visited a protest Saturday in Atlanta, told CNN Sunday that the protesters "want to be heard."
"And at the same time they want to speak to America, speak to people in power, to officials of the American government but also to the business community, especially Wall Street, to corporate America, to bankers. They're saying, in effect, that we bailed out Wall Street and now it's time for Wall Street and corporate America to help bail out the American people.
"People are hurting. They're in pain and they're looking for jobs. They want us to humanize the American government but also humanize corporate America." more
Officials: 20 dead as Egyptian forces clash with protesters
At least 20 people were killed Sunday when Egyptian army forces clashed with thousands of people protesting more than a week after the burning of a Coptic Christian church, officials said.
Dr. Sheriff Doss, the head of Egypt's chief association of Coptics, said that 17 civilians died and 40 were injured.
In addition, three army officers were killed and at least 20 were injured, according to Alla Mahmoud, an interior ministry spokesman.
Egyptian state TV put the total death toll at 19 -- including both troops and civilians -- and reported that 183 had been injured.
The protesters -- many of them Coptics or supportive of their cause -- said they had been marching peacefully toward the Egyptian state television building, demanding equality and protection of Coptic places of worship.
"Suddenly, we were attacked by thugs carrying swords and clubs," one protester, Magdi Hanna, told CNN.
According to Mahmoud, the government official, some protesters began "firing live ammunition at the army." Military trucks were later seen burning on the street as the clashes continued. more
Categories: PETITIONS/PROTESTS
Five flights a WEEK hit by toxic fumes: Alerts lead to emergency landings (but passengers are kept in dark) - 9th Oct 2011
Dangerous: New data shows that passengers have not always been told when planes have had toxic fumes on board.
British airlines have been hit by toxic fumes leaking on board at a rate of five flights a week unbeknown to passengers, new figures reveal.
The Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates UK airlines received 254 reports of problems in the cabin or cockpit in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available.
The data logs emergency landings, distress calls and incidents where cabin crew have had to wear oxygen masks, the Sunday Express reported.
Issues including electrical issues, problems in the cabin or cockpit have been documented without any announcements made to passengers on board at the time.
The dossier containing the data has been released just as plane manufacturer Boeng agreed an undisclosed payout to former flight attendant, Terry Williams for her exposure to contaminated air.
The mother-of-two said she suffered memory loss, and speech and vision impairment after toxic air leaked into the cabin of an American Airlines plane in 2007. Read More
Fukushima starts ultrasonic thyroid examinations for children aged up to 18 - 9th Oct 2011
The prefectural government of Fukushima on Sunday started ultrasonic thyroid examinations for children aged up to 18 when the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant began in March.
In a move almost without precedent in the world, around 360,000 children in the prefecture will be examined at the Fukushima Medical University.
Parents in Fukushima have shown concern over the issue as many children suffered thyroid cancer after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
The local government plans to at first examine 4,908 children living close to the nuclear power plant, and then to complete the whole process by March 2014, officials said.
The children will go through follow-up exams every two years until they turn 20. After that, the checkups will be conducted every five years over the person's lifetime.
Detailed exams will be conducted if any pathological lesions are detected.
Many children and their parents began arriving at the university around 30 minutes before the start of the examinations at 9 a.m. Read More
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Categories: WEBSITE NEWS
"Brawl street": Occupy Wall Street protests in pictures
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Categories: PETITIONS/PROTESTS, PHOTO GALLERIES
Russia 'gave agents licence to kill' enemies of the state
The Russian secret service authorised the “elimination” of individuals living overseas who were judged to be enemies of the state and ordered the creation of special units to conduct such operations, according to a document passed to The Daily Telegraph.
The directive refers specifically to the European Union and western Europe and appears to be signed by the head of counter-intelligence of the FSB, the successor to the KGB.
It is dated March 19, 2003 - four years before the killing of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. It sets a provisional deadline of May 1 2004 for the new units' work to begin.
It is understood the document is also in the possession of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command which is investigating the Litvinenko case.
A hearing is to be held next week into whether a full inquest should take place into Mr Litvinenko's death, as the Russian government has insisted that Andrei Lugovoi, the former KGB bodyguard who is a main suspect in the case, will never be extradited back to Britain.
Labelled "Secret documentation. For internal use only. Do not copy", the leaked document refers to a law on "countering extremist activities" passed eight months earlier, although that law does not refer to the use of force. more
Students to pay up to £50 an hour to attend lectures: Why not just buy a book and read it?
Figures from a range of institutions show wide variation in the amount of “contact time” with academics that undergraduates will get once tuition fees rise next year to up to £9,000 a year.
In some arts subjects, the amount paid by first-year undergraduates for each hour they spend in the lecture hall or classroom will vary from £15 to £50 per hour depending on where they study.
The findings, which come as sixth-formers are deciding where to apply for courses starting next year, raise questions about what undergraduates and their parents will get for their money.
Some 17 universities provided information on the amount of teaching first year undergraduates can expect per week in English, law and biology.
They also stated their fee levels and the number of weeks in the academic year that students receive teaching, allowing the cost per hour of teaching to be worked out. more
Regular aspirin users at higher risk of sight problems (perhaps even blindness), research suggests
People who take a daily dose of aspirin are twice as likely to suffer blindness in later life, a study suggests.
Researchers who tested more than 4,000 elderly people across Europe found that those who took the drug every day were twice as likely to be diagnosed with late stage age related macular degeneration as those who did not.
While the study provided no evidence of a causal link between aspirin and the condition, experts are now examining whether a regular dose somehow exacerbates the disease.
Millions of Britons are thought to take a daily dose of aspirin in order to lower the risk of suffering heart disease and strokes.
Studies have also suggested that regular small doses can help cut the risk of suffering from certain types of cancer.
But this latest study will increase concern among those who claim the drug can also have a number of damaging side effects. more
If creativity can lead to madness, is art therapy really such a good idea?
was recently at a fundraising dinner for Mind, the leading mental health charity in the UK. One of the big themes for the evening (other than Stephen Fry's investiture as president), was the idea of art as therapy. My only qualifications to write about therapy and mental illness are a rather lame 2:1 in psychology from UCL and around 9 months of in-patient care in various locked wards in 2006/7 (I add this disclaimer only because after a recent blog post on a similar subject I got enough hate mail to make the Dalai Lama feel depressed). But as an ex-inmate and artist of sorts, there is no question in my mind that in conjunction with other therapies, art or music can be a tremendous tool in dealing with various forms of mental illness from depression to Asperger's, but I wonder whether throwing oneself into creativity in order to help defeat the demons is a solution or a hindrance.
During a stint in a psychiatric unit a few years ago I attended a few art therapy "classes" that, no matter how well-intentioned, made me feel hideously uncomfortable and hopelessly untalented ("using crayons, please draw a picture of your happy place where you feel safest"). Since leaving hospital I have thrown myself into a creative career and spent many hours a day rigorously practising the piano in pursuit of that career. Whilst there is of course a huge distinction between a career as an artist and art as just a hobby, I'm still very much in two minds as to whether music or art is a good therapy or if it is in fact a potentially dangerous downward spiral into madness.
Aristotle said, "Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him." Schopenhauer wrote, "there is a side at which genius and madness touch, and even pass over into each other, and indeed poetical inspiration has been called a kind of madness."
If there is a link between creativity and madness, why use it as a treatment? Is it similar to giving someone a small dose of a virus to build up resistance to the same virus? more
The Secret Memo That Explains Why Obama Can Kill Americans
Outside the U.S. government, President Obama's order to kill American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki without due process has proved controversial, with experts in law and war reaching different conclusions. Inside the Obama Administration, however, disagreement was apparently absent, or so say anonymous sources quoted by the Washington Post. "The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials," the newspaper reported. "The document was produced following a review of the legal issues raised by striking a U.S. citizen and involved senior lawyers from across the administration. There was no dissent about the legality of killing Aulaqi, the officials said."
Isn't that interesting? Months ago, the Obama Administration revealed that it would target al-Awlaki. It even managed to wriggle out of a lawsuit filed by his father to prevent the assassination. But the actual legal reasoning the Department of Justice used to authorize the strike? It's secret. Classified. Information that the public isn't permitted to read, mull over, or challenge.
Why? What justification can there be for President Obama and his lawyers to keep secret what they're asserting is a matter of sound law? This isn't a military secret. It isn't an instance of protecting CIA field assets, or shielding a domestic vulnerability to terrorism from public view. This is an analysis of the power that the Constitution and Congress' post September 11 authorization of military force gives the executive branch. This is a president exploiting official secrecy so that he can claim legal justification for his actions without having to expose his specific reasoning to scrutiny. As the Post put it, "The administration officials refused to disclose the exact legal analysis used to authorize targeting Aulaqi, or how they considered any Fifth Amendment right to due process." more
Categories: POLICE STATE, WARS AND RUMOURS
Majority of IEDs are traced to Pakistan
Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops, according to U.S. military commanders.
From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by 5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-month period since the war began in 2001.
Those bombs killed 63 troops and wounded 1,234, Defense Department records show.
More than 80% of the IEDs are homemade explosives using calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan, said Navy Capt. Douglas Borrebach, deputy director for resources and requirements at the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization.
"The border is a sieve," Borrebach said. "You can do your checkpoints, but that's not going to help stem the supply."
The military is working with the State Department, other U.S. agencies and Pakistan's government to prevent fertilizer from reaching the insurgents' bomb factories. more
Protectionism beckons as leaders push world into Depression
The world savings rate has surpassed its modern-era high of 24pc. This is the killer in the global system. It is why we are at imminent risk of tipping into a second, deeper leg of intractable depression.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the savings mountain to rise yet further next year as the governments of Europe, Britain, and the US tighten belts, in unison, by up to 2pc of GDP.
This is double the intensity of the last big synchronized squeeze in 1980.
They will do so before the private sector is ready to grasp the baton, and without stimulus from the trade surplus states (Germany, China, Japan) to offset the contraction in demand.
Put another way, there is a chronic lack of consumption in the world. "This probably comes as a surprise to most people, gorged on propaganda about excessive debt and the need for retrenchment," said Charles Dumas from Lombard Street Research.
The inevitable outcome of one-sided austerity polices in the Anglo-sphere and Club Med is a self-feeding downward slide for the whole global system, a variant of 1930s debt-deflation. "Excess savers refuse to acknowledge that if world savings are demonstrably too high, healthy recovery depends on the surplus countries saving less," he said. more
Denmark Introduces ‘Fat Tax’ on Foods High in Saturated Fat
Denmark has introduced what’s believed to be the world’s first fat food tax, applying a surcharge to foods with more than 2.3 percent saturated fats, in an effort to combat obesity and heart disease.
Danes hoarded food before the tax went into effect Saturday, emptying grocery store shelves. Some butter lovers may even resort to stocking up during trips abroad.
The new tax of 16 kroner ($2.90) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of saturated fat in a product will be levied on foods like butter, milk, cheese, pizza, oils and meat.
“Higher fees on sugar, fat and tobacco is an important step on the way toward a higher average life expectancy in Denmark,” health minister Jakob Axel Nielsen said when he introduced the idea in 2009, according to The Associated Press, because “saturated fats can cause cardiovascular disease and cancer.”
But some Danes are not happy about the ‘big brother’ feeling that comes with the tax.
“Denmark finds every sort of way to increase our taxes,” said Alisa Clausen, a South Jutland resident. “Why should the government decide how much fat we eat? They also want to increase the tobacco price very significantly. In theory this is good — it makes unhealthy items expensive so that we do not consume as much or any and that way the health system doesn’t use a lot of money on patients who become sick from overuse of fat and tobacco. However, these taxes take on a big brother feeling. We should not be punished by taxes on items the government decides we should not use.” more
Sexual predators get "inventive" in Hong Kong: Be careful
Three weeks ago, a man behaving strangely in a city subway station in Hong Kong attracted the attention of police, fearing he may be a terrorist plotting a train attack.
When police searched him, they found he was engaged in terror of another kind -- a camera rigged into the sole of his shoe carried pictures into a hard drive strapped to his thigh, according to local press reports. The suspect was a video voyeur, rigged to take shots up women's skirts.
"We saw the man walking suspiciously and weirdly," Bowen Leung Yiu-kwong, a senior inspector at the police's railway district, told the South China Morning Post. "He was later seen stalking a woman with his leg lifted up."
Hong Kong police have arrested 38 people for "up-skirt" photo taking on the city's Mass Transit Railway, or MTR, during the first half of this year. While that's down slightly from the 41 arrested during the same period last year, the incident shows how sexual predators are using technology to become more creative in their criminal activity.
"Some offenders [commit] 'photo under skirt' crimes by attempting to hide their activities by concealing pinhole cameras inside bags, newspapers, and even shoes which they then activate by way of connecting hand operated leads in their pockets," a press officer from the Hong Kong Police Department told CNN. more
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Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi's Brother-In-Law
Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve:
SolarReserve LLC, a closely held renewable energy developer, received a $737 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee to build a solar-thermal project in Nevada.
The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project, near Tonopah, Nevada, will use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives a turbine, the agency said today in a e-mailed statement. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, California.
On SolarReserve's website is a list of "investment partners," including the "PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (East) LLC." As blogger American Glob quickly discovered, PCG's number two is none other than "Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives." more
What CNN doesn't want you to see (behind the scenes manipulation of protest)
Categories: PETITIONS/PROTESTS, SOCIETY'S COLLAPSE
CNN Reports "massive planetary body" lurking around edge of solar system (Buried but not forgotten)
3.5 Magnitude Earthquake KATLA VOLCANO, ICELAND - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake has struck the Katla Volcano, Iceland at a depth of just 1.1 km (0 miles), the quake hit at 17:36:35 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 4.1 km ( 2.5 miles) North of Habunga, Iceland
No reports of Damage or Injuries reported at this time
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 80.3 km (49.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:34:08 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 188 km ( 117 miles) ENE from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake TAIWAN REGION - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Taiwan Region at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:54:25 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 28 km ( 17.4 miles) South of Taitung, Taiwan
Occupy Sacramento continues after 20 protesters arrested - 7th Oct 2011
Authorities said 20 protesters were arrested at about 12:45 a.m. Friday when they refused to leave Cesar Chavez Plaza, the site of the Occupy Sacramento demonstration.
Both police and protesters described the arrests as peaceful.
“They went without any problems or issues,” said Sgt. Andrew Pettit, spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department. “They were booked for failure to disperse after a lawful order.”
Anthony Bondi, a spokesman for Occupy Sacramento, agreed.
“It was completely violence-free,” he said Friday afternoon. “The protesters laid down and chose to be arrested.”
Despite what some protesters said they think was an overbearing police presence, Pettit said units involved were either on patrol already or “flexed” their hours to take part in the arrests.
“We had two SWAT teams, the entertainment team and three graveyard teams,” he said, noting that about 40 officers were involved. Read More
OccupyDameStreet Dublin, Ireland - 8th Oct 2011
New Zealand Oil Spill Crews Face Race Against Time - 9th Oct 2011
Salvage crews are facing a race against time to off-load oil from a stranded container ship in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty.
Gale force winds are forecast from Monday afternoon - which could hamper operations.
Meanwhile Prime Minister John Key has demanded to know why the vessel hit a reef in calm waters.
Officials fear the 47,000-tonne vessel Rena took will break up and sink in the North Island bay and potentially cause New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster in decades if the 1,700 tonnes of oil is still on board.
The crippled vessel has already leaked an estimated 20 tonnes of oil into the bay, creating a three mile slick and killing a number of seabirds.
Mr Key Key said two government inquiries were under way into how the Rena ploughed into a reef in calm conditions last Wednesday.
The accident - which occurred in an environment that is home to whales, dolphins, penguins and seals - appeared to have happened "for no particular reason", Key said.
"We want to know why." Read More
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the South Indian at a depth of 14.7 km (9.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:47:18 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 468 km ( 291 miles) Southeast from Inhambane, Mozambique
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4.7 Magnitude Earthquake LUZON, PHILIPPINES - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 45.7 km (28.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:25:36 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 64 km ( 39 miles) East of Baguio, Luzon, Philippines
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake CELEBES SEA, PHILIPPINES - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Celebes Sea. Philippines at a depth of 579.4 km (360 miles), the quake hit at 21:33:54 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 275 km ( 170 miles) Southeast of Jolo Atchipelago, Philippines
Execution video shows Afghan tribal justice still enforced - 9th Oct 2011
On his knees, Nawroz prays. He is a condemned man about to die in a brutal way.
His crime: The killing of his lover's husband.
The judge: A local warlord in Kand, Afghanistan.
The executioner: The victim's father.
A mobile phone video captured the grisly scene.
Many have gathered to watch this act, sitting on dusty earth, in dappled shade. Source
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of Java, Indonesia at a depth of 28.9 km (18 miles), the quake hit at 11:43:25 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 232 km ( 144 miles) North of Christmas Island
Smithsonian revolt: Protesters attacked with pepper spray after storming the Washington museum and forcing closure - 9th Oct 2011
The National Air and Space Museum was closed yesterday after anti-war protesters stormed the building and were repelled by guards using pepper spray.
Hundreds of people, who were demonstrating in Washington DC against a drone plane exhibit at the museum in the Smithsonian Institution - the world's largest museum complex.
Some demonstrators got past the guards and unfurled a protest banner from the upper floor before it was torn down.
Pepper spray was used against the protesters - including several women - after security guards claimed that a colleague was held by the mob.
David Swanson, 41, of Charlottesville, Virginia, said he was among dozens of people sickened by the pepper spray. He said he got sick even though he was outside the building when the spraying began
'I began choking and vomiting and got a headache,' he said.
Mr Swanson, who says he has been part of the Freedom Plaza protest, says protesters were not looking to shut down the museum but to make a point about the massive military spending and the use of deadly drones.
He said the security officers got aggressive after some protesters unfurled a protest banner inside. Read More
Categories: PETITIONS/PROTESTS, POLICE STATE, SOCIETY'S COLLAPSE
Liam Fox a lying Defence Secretary?... who would of ever thought it possible - 9th Oct 2011
Liam Fox is facing sensational new claims that he lied - as fellow Cabinet Ministers withdraw support from the embattled Defence Secretary.
Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy increased the pressure on Dr Fox last night by accusing him of not telling the truth about a highly sensitive meeting in Dubai organised by his best man and former flatmate Adam Werritty.
And today the minister came under even further scrutiny after the discovery of video footage that shows him and Werritty meeting with the president of Sri Lanka in a London hotel last year - despite his prior claims that his close friend never attended formal meetings with overseas dignitaries.
Mr Murphy says Dr Fox gave him a personal assurance that the Dubai meeting, where the Defence Secretary discussed a potential arms deal, was all above board and that a Ministry of Defence mandarin had been present.
But Mr Murphy says he was shocked to discover later that Dr Fox misled him: the meeting was brokered and attended by Mr Werritty - and no MoD officials were present.
And it comes as video footage from a Sri Lankan news channel appears to show Werritty shaking hands with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has been accused of war crimes during the country's civil war, during a meeting at the Dorchester Hotel in early December.
The footage shows Werritty was apparently part of Fox's delegation and is present as Fox discusses ongoing peace talks with the Tamil Tigers rebel group. Read More
'Forest boy' Ray has 'never lived in the wild': Police doubt story of teenager who said he'd spent years in the woods - 9th Oct 2011
The mysterious 'Forest Boy' who claimed to have spent years in woods has never lived in the wild, according to German police.
They now suspect the story of 17-year-old Ray' after examination of his clothes and tent revealed no sign they had been used for very long in the open.
The English-speaking teenager, who refuses to have his picture taken to help find his family, appeared at Berlin City Hall early last month.
He said he had lived five years in the forest with his father Ryan after the death of his mother Doreen in a car accident.
He claimed that when his father died suddenly in August he buried him among trees, and then walked for two weeks to Berlin using a compass and map.
But police and social workers began suspecting two weeks ago that his story was bogus and his motives were suspect.
They cannot understand why the only personal details he has revealed are his birthday and first name. He has told investigators he has no memory of his past.
But doctors say he is in in perfect health with no signs of amnesia or mental problems.
Ray has refused to provide a DNA sample despite a Swiss couple coming forward last week to claim he could be there grandson and agreeing to be tested. Read More
Categories: UNEXPLAINED/WEIRD
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake TARAPACA, CHILE - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Tarapaca, Chile at a depth of 111.7 km (69.4 miles), the quake hit at 09:55:17 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 112 km ( 70 miles) East of Arica, Chile
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND - 9th Oct 2011
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck East of the North Island of New Zealand at a depth of 48.7 km (30.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:53:08 UTC Sunday 9th October 2011.
The epicenter was 222 km ( 137.6 miles) Northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand
Dalai Lama: China is built on lies, run by hypocrites - 8th Oct 2011
China is built on lies and its officials are hypocrites, the Dalai Lama said on Saturday, speaking via videophone after visa problems prevented him from joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu's birthday celebrations in South Africa.
"Some Chinese officials describe me as a demon," the Tibetan spiritual leader said to loud applause as he put his index fingers either side of his head to mimic devil's horns.
"In reality, for the communist totalitarian system ... hypocrisy (and) telling lies has unfortunately become part of their lives."
He said the Chinese government was "uncomfortable" with people who tell the truth, adding that honest people live longer and he would like to attend Tutu's 90th birthday.
"At that time, don't forget to send me an invitation ... then we can test your government," he said to Tutu in an apparent reference to his visa debacle with South African authorities. Read More
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Home Reviews Room 237
How many times have you watched your favourite film? Twice? Three? Four or even more? The documentary Room 237 features five people who must have watched ‘The Shining hundreds of times. It’s arguable that the best films stand up to multiple viewings and have subtexts and meaning beyond the surface story and Stanley Kubrick was certainly a filmmaker who pored over every detail of his films even down to how the film should be projected. The Shining is possibly Kubrick’s most accessible work but here in Rodney Ascher’s intriguing documentary it is suggested that it’s not the story of a man haunted and sent mad by his demons. At least that’s what the five ‘experts’ that he’s gathered together here would have you believe because some of their theories really do have to be heard (and seen) to be believed.
Possibly the most convincing of these is that the entire film is about the genocide of Native American Indians, which would be in keeping with Steven King’s source novel’s Overlook Hotel having been built on ceremonial burial grounds.
But this is about as sane as it gets because from here on the theories get wilder and frankly more insane and they’re all the more enjoyable because of it. Kubrick had toyed with the idea for years of making his film about the Holocaust, a subject which had so troubled him that he was reportedly glad to have had to let the idea go after Spielberg’s Schindler’s List was released and according to one of the experts the Holocaust is exactly what The Shining is about. Or is it?
Because the most entertaining theory of the lot and perhaps the most bonkers, out-there, quick call the medic, fetch the strait-jacket argument of all is that of a conspiracy theorist. Now conspiracy theories are great fun taken with a pinch of salt but Room 237 has plundered an entire salt mine with the conspiracy featured here. Ready? See if you can get your head round this one.
Kubrick had kept it secret for years that he had filmed the fake Apollo moon landings – even from his wife – and the responsibility of keeping it secret knowing that he could not tell anyone without his personal safety being at risk weighed so heavily on his mind that he decided to reveal his involvement subliminally in The Shining. It would spoil things to reveal just how Kubrick has allegedly done this except to say that one of the major points featured in the conspiracy centres around where the documentary gets its name. But it’s safe to say that after hearing this conspiracy theorist’s evidence you’ll be calling for the nurse to fetch his medication!
In fairness all of the theories, including one where the film, if projected simultaneously forwards and backwards whilst overlapping then reveals images of emphasising aspects of what is going on within the story, are never less than compelling – although the US And UK release of the film were different length and consequently would have different overlapping images if projected as mentioned. Many of the ideas, though, are lamentable and the contributors have read far too much into what are clearly continuity errors (which were bound to occur over as extended a shoot as Kubrick’s always were) or were merely coincidence.
The documentary makes copious use of clips from the film, slowing it down, highlighting frames, and uses edit points and dissolves, animation, diagrams, behind the scenes footage which are all thrown in the mix to back up the arguments and the claims which the theorists are so convinced about.
But despite or even because of all this it is one of the most entertaining documentaries about a film we’ve seen in quite some years and though some of the arguments are intriguing, some are tenuous, and some are downright absurd, they are all fascinating. In turn both thought provoking and laugh out loud ludicrous it’s fair to say you’ll never watch The Shining in the same way again.
Review by Simon Hooper
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It’s Final: Trump Will Not Move Embassy
By David Israel, Jewish Press—
President Donald Trump will not move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for the time being, a senior White House official told Bloomberg. This makes it the second campaign promise the president has broken in one evening, the first one being signing a waiver on Iran sanctions as prescribed by President Obama.
The Administration official said there is too much promise in a future peace negotiations between Israel and the PA at stake, especially since the Abbas people have agreed to come to the negotiations table without preconditions.
“We don’t think it would be wise to do it at this time,” the official told Bloomberg. “We’ve been very clear what our position is and what we would like to see done, but we’re not looking to provoke anyone when everyone’s playing really nice.”
Back in March, Vice President Mike Pence told the AIPAC conference that President Trump was “seriously considering” moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
Back in January, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the Administration was “in the early stages of the decision making process” on the embassy move.
The last time Trump was asked about his promised move to Jerusalem, he said it was “too early to talk about it.”
Now we know.
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Today we have a guest post from Keneta Anderson, a consultant with the Quixote Foundation. I have been so impressed with the foundation's decision to spend down its assets in its efforts to create real and lasting social change. From Keneta: Early this month, Quixote Foundation announced its intent to spend everything, using the entire endowment between now and 2017. Quite a few people have asked why this small family foundation would decide “not to go on in perpetuity.” The answer? Quixote Foundation is working in perpetuity—but that’s different than staying in business forever.
The folks at Quixote Foundation see the next few years as a landmark chance to make the most of their particular foundation’s assets. They’re convinced their greatest impact will come from spending everything over a short term. In their view, infusing all the money now will be more catalytic than doling it out in smaller amounts over an indefinite period of time.
This strategy means giving up the exacting control foundations often want to have over programs and results. It also means releasing a certain amount of social power, and the prestige associated with having a foundation. But it doesn’t mean giving up anything at all in terms of legacy.
For Quixote Foundation, the point is to be an effective change agent, even if that means not being a foundation anymore in the institutional sense. They call their choice “spending up” instead of spending out or down, because who they are as a foundation will be fulfilled, not diminished, by putting more money into action.
Quixote Foundation was started by “Stuart” Hanisch in 1997. Stuart’s son Erik says his Dad “Set up the foundation so when he passed away I had complete freedom to do what I wanted with it.” Despite the founder’s strong affinity for specific grantees, he trusted his son to move the foundation’s goals forward without bylaws constraining that work to a particular form. This wasn’t by any means a lassez faire decision, it was a thoughtful choice made at a strategic time to place Erik in charge of generating results.
In turn, Erik sees spending up now—investing everything in pinnacle opportunities and trusted leaders—as a way to create “Something that’s going to have a life of its own beyond our directives; continuing the spirit of the people who have come before and are with us now, and who carry it into the future in a way we can’t even see or envision.”
Quixote is a “family” foundation after all. Unless parents want to land in the tabloids, they can’t dictate a child’s actions forever. At some point they have to relinquish authority and trust the children to carry on in their stead. For some foundations, that letting go might be as simple as funding leadership networks or general operating support. In Quixote Foundation’s case, it means spending all the way up into progressive causes.
There is quiet power in foundations willing to know their goals, choose their opportunities, spend everything, and trust others to carry the work forward more dynamically and effectively than if they’d tried to remain in control. Asked what his Dad would think about the decision, Erik mused, “He’d say ‘Wow.’ He’d be amazed. He would have had no idea we’d ever end up with the results we’ve had so far, and in this particular place…and he’d be proud.” That, for Quixote Foundation, is continuing in perpetuity.
Keneta Anderson is a strategic, brand and communications consultant who works with Quixote Foundation and other progressive corporate and foundation clients. Hear more from Quixote Foundation by following QuixoteTilts on Twitter.
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Yezdi Roadking: ForEver Bike ForEver Value
By Suresh , Sep 18, 2014 11:49 pm Nov 10, 2014 0 3330
The Indian Muscle Car Hindustan Motor’s Contessa to Indian Automobile Queen Premier Padmini, these automobile legends stay in my heart forever. Many people don’t know about Indian made cars, and bikes. Even I was one of them. I knew about the Indian made cars Premier and Contessa, but I really didn’t know that India had a very own Motorcycle company too in earlier days.
I felt very sad on hearing that, like Premier, this manufacturer stopped production and became history now. The brand which was once known for its great tagline “ForEver Bike ForEver Value” – Yezdi Roadking. When I searched about this bike, I was surprised to see that, it was once compared with one of the most sought bikes in automobile history “Royal Enfield Bullet” and “Rajdoot”. This bike has a glorious history and a dramatic downfall. So, let’s find out some of the interesting aspects of our very own Indian motorcycle.
Image Source: photobucket.com
History and Origin:
The Yezdi Roadking was a motorcycle which was produced in India by Ideal Jawa during 1978-1996. Ideal jawa is a Mysore based company which produced its motorcycles with a “Yezdi” signature. Like Padmini was produced under the license from FIAT, this motorcycle was also produced under the license of a Czechoslovakian company JAWA. Jawa was the biggest Eastern motorcycle manufacturing unit, producing a top capacity of 1,00,000 motorcycles annually, but unfortunately many peoples don’t know about this amazing fact and consider it as a small one.
It is also considered as one of the companies who participate in GP and Enduro Competitions till now at present too. The Jawa motorcycles were first introduced in India in 1960’s when it first released the oil king to the market. It a separate oil lube system via an oil pump, but unfortunately this model is considered as failure. The failure of this leads to the birth of road king. Yezdi Roadking was the one of the most successful and predominant model in Ideal Jawa’s History. It was based on CZ 250 ridden by rider Jaroslav Falta. With this he won runner-up spot in the 1974 motocross world championship. It also won several rallies across India. I have to quote one racing situation in the history.
CZ-250 Image Source: vintagebike.co.uk
Yezdi Castrol Continental Ride:
In October 1942, Deepak Kamath and G.H.Basavaraj from Bangalore undertook an expedition to travel 6 continents on this bike. Their goal is to achieve 42,038 km ride and they initially planned that, it will take around 119 days to complete it. But, what was happened was amazing. They completed the race within 47 days and thus they became the first to circumnavigate the globe in the shortest period of time. It’s really amazing. It shows how powerful the road king in reality.
After that this expedition was famed as “Yezdi Castrol Continental Ride”.
Downfall:
They are no specific reason for this bike’s downfall in particular, they are several. One of the main reason for the downfall is the vigorous competition and the Yezdi bikes was actually designed for youngsters, and those are slowly opted out from buying this bike due to the release of new models from Yamaha, and Royal Enfield. This coupled with emission norms, lack of engine upgrades lead to the company downfall in 1996.
Technical-Specs:
These are some technical specification of Road king.
Styling:
Yezdi Roadking, the name itself has the royalty embeded in it. The masculine look of Roadking will surely attract you in the first glance itself. The most attractive part of this bike is its large unique shaped tanks, which has the monogram ‘YEZDI’ embedded on it. The two silencers at the back of the bike look very attractive and appealing. In fact this maneuver has made this bike to look like a sport material. The standard handlebar offers a comfort ride even on long travels.
The above continental ride example will prove this for sure. The only drawback in handling the bike was that the grips are hard and felt too plastic, however we could manage them by adding some good handle accessories. One of the worst case scenarios of this bike is that it is quite easily exposed to corrosion, as the internal parts have less tendency towards the environmental issues. Hence the corrosion of this bike becomes a head ache for most of the Yezdi users. Coming to seats, the seats of Roadking was real classy. It decreases the styling quotient for sure, but in the matter of comfort, these seats were better than any other bikes of that time.
Engine and Performance:
The Roadking is equipped with a 250 cc Air-cooled, two-stroke cycle, single cylinder, twin exhaust engine system. With CB point ignition system and 4-speed gearbox the road king can achieve a total power output up to 17.00 hp @ 5250 rpm and a peak torque ranging up to 2.43 Kgm at 4250 RPM.
This bike also has some unique features, the kick-starter and the gear shared the same rod and another feature is the Primary Kick can be started in any gear by just depressing the Clutch. With these unique engine and transmission features the road king could achieve higher speed up to 120KMPH.
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Handling and Braking:
The handling of this bike was very good at average speeds i.e. up to 60-65Kmph. But, while going for top speeds such as 80-90, the bike shaked sometime. This happened because the engine was directly fitted onto the bike’s chassis without any supportive elements. Hence the strain occurred on the engine that affected the bike’s handling. Road king is said to have good handling aspects while cornering and it also tends to have highest road grip. The Road king was accommodated with drum brakes at front and rear as well. Though they are not so reliable like the present disc brakes, these brakes could stop the bike without any failure at speed ranging up to 60-75Mph.
Chassis and Suspension:
As it is a motocross type, the bike was accommodated with a square tube, in a single frame type chassis work which suits for both on road and off road traveling. Coming to the suspension, Road king was accommodated with a Telescopic suspension at front & with Hydraulic Travel up to 130 mm, and in rear Hydraulic Shock Absorbers were used.
This Road king was a true classic and surely deserves the name “King Of Indian Road”. As a true Indian, everybody should know about this bike for sure. It is my utmost pleasure to write a review on one of the most outrageous motorbike in Indian history. I feel very proud in paying tribute to this Indian pride and it will stay in my heart forever. This is a “true road king”
Car Reviews, Opinion
Premier Padmini- A Full-fledged Indian Car
By Suresh , Sep 14, 2014 9:08 am Nov 10, 2014 0 1142
As a part of writing about some of the India’s best cars ever made, I came up with some old cars which were once considered as main stream of the Indian Automobile Industry. From Mitsubishi Lancer to Maruti Esteem these cars were once unbeatable in India. But none of these cars had a full-fledged Indian signature on it as Lancer is from Mitsubishi which is a Japan based company and Esteem is from Suzuki which is also another country company made.
Now I am going to tell you about a car which is considered as a “Full-Fledged Indian Car” and “A true Indian Pride”. I call this car so, because it was produced and manufactured right in India and it had very less involvement of other foreign companies. If you are a true Indian, you should know about this car as this is the only car then & until now, that is fully owned by India. There is no company like this until now. Can you guess it? Yeah it’s our very own Premier which was called by a second name “Padmini”.
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Premier Padmini was actually manufactured in India during 1964-2000 by premier under license of the Italian automobile legend “Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino”. Have you heard it ever before? Of course you heard it. It’s Fiat’s full name. Premier was produced under the vision of Fiat. Premier only used the license of Fiat and obtained some inspiration from Fiat’s 1100 deign, except for that Premier was fully produced in India itself. I will tell you some interesting facts about how Padmini actually arrived. The arrival of Padmini has a link with Hindustan Motors.
In terms of history, before Padmini was produced, Fiat had released its 500 model in India and while getting good success, Hindustan motors suddenly unveiled the ambassador to the market and due to this the sales of Fiat’s 500 dropped. To overcome this competition Fiat made an ally with Premier (a new company) and then they both built a new car based on Fiat’s 1100 model in order to reduce the monopoly of Ambassador. That’s how Padmini was born. After Padmini’s arrival, Premier had an instant success (even more successful than Ambassador) as Padmini had sleek, compact, more streamlined look than ambassador. In the Initial day’s people called this car as Fiat, but later on the name has changed and people started calling the car with its own identity “Padmini”.
Although Ambassador and Padmini came into the market as rivals, they have some serious similarities- they launched in similar time, they conquered the market by giving a tough competition to each other, and even they exited at the same time too. Like ambassador the downfall of this car occurred due to the state liberalization act which allowed foreign cars advent to Indian market. At some time, being a fully loaded Indian car, these two cars faced rivalry from a single opponent Maruti Suzuki.
These are some technical specifications of Premier Padmini.
Exteriors:
The exteriors of this car was pretty astonishing as it had a shape that was very unique. We can find this type of iconic shapes in some cars only. The most stunning part of this car’s exteriors was its grille design. The black grille design with horizontal and vertical chrome plated fitting at the center with the studded PAL logo looked dramatic.
There are many famous peoples who particularly loved its design. Actor Rajnikanth was one among them. Actually it was one of his first cars which he bought with the remuneration and until now this car is present in his collection. This shows the fact that he was deliberately in love with this car. These are some of the know parts of the Padmini’s exteriors which makes this car look absolute classy.
Windows with tint glassing
Black grille with horizontal and vertical chrome finishing
Standard Tires
Chrome plated Stream-lining
Bumpers with rubber coated shock absorbers on front and back.
The interiors were also very classy and offered great luxury at back then. If you look at the first advertisement of Premier Padmini, the car was actually unveiled with a slogan” Symbol of luxury”. If you look at the image of that advertisement, an Italian woman feels very luxurious on seeing the car. This conveys that the car was an absolute luxury kind. After all, it had an Italian hand meld (Fiat) in it, that is well known for the luxurious makeovers and of course no one knows luxury better than the Italians. The interiors of the present cars are like an airplane’s cockpit and are flooded with different buttons for different actions. Unlike the present cars, this car had a neat and clean design and Knobs were used instead of buttons. The car could accommodate 5 people easily, but in fact it had a capacity where 6 people could sit comfortably. Bucket seats, foam leather stitching on seats and as well as steering wheel, Analog speedometer, Flat benches at the back, Safe Locker with locks, Different type of Hood design ranges such as wooden design, foam leather fittings with different colors etc. are some of the luxurious aspects of this car. At the back of the car, it had a total 308-litre of boot space available in order to accommodate luggage.
During the initial days, this car was powered by a Fiat 103 1089cc, Four Cylinder engine and it produced a torque range up to 71 Nm @ 3000 RPM and released a maximum power up to 40 BHP @ 4800 RPM. The top speed of the car was 115mph. After sometime the engine gets a little tweak which decreased the power up to 44 BHP. In late 2000’s when the advent of foreign cars begun, to match this competition premier changed the engine to a more modern, powerful and fuel-efficient variant (S1) from Nissan which had a petrol and diesel variant too. But this step didn’t helped premier from defeat.
Where we can find it now:
This car can now be found high in number in Mumbai as the taxi drivers in Mumbai still use this car. Do you know why they are still using this car? Because the car performance is still the same and it has very less maintenance. Some of those drivers say that “the car is a last-long performer” and it is quite right. But now there is a chance of extinction of this car in Mumbai too, due to new regulations enacted in 2014 by BMMC disallowing the cars which are over 20 year old and all those cars which are present were more than 20 years old. So, this can be the full extinction path of our very own Indian vehicle.
I am sure, we will miss the Indian Automobile Queen for sure. As a true Indian, here I am paying the tribute to “Premier Padmini- The Automobile Queen Of India”.
Automobile News, Car Reviews
2014 SRT Viper- An Overview
By Suresh , Aug 19, 2014 5:48 pm Nov 10, 2014 0 881
What is more dangerous than the Viper Snake?. It’s the all new SRT Viper 2014. Until 2012 the Viper was controlled by Dodge and now it dodged out and reached to SRT for a new beginning. Ditching Dodge, the Bad Ass Viper Returns with SRT and this time the snake is more powerful with outrageous speed and performance.!
Even some of the design aspects of the Stingray are in resemblance with the viper. Moving to the new SRT Viper, the new enhancements are huge and the new Viper has many legends involved, right from its subsidiary Lamborghini to Chrysler group and from SRT to Pirelli.
Image Source: thecarconnection.com
Technical-Specifications:
These are some of the technical specifications of the new 2014 SRT Viper.
Review: Styling
We know that, viper cars are known for its astonishing build quality and aerodynamic intelligence. The same thing applies to the new Viper as well. The aerodynamic body will surely attract you in the first glance itself. Unlike the other sports cars, Viper’s front is really elongated (there are only a few cars which has this type of elongated body measures). This increases the safety quotient of the car and makes it very stylish and unique.
The light-weight Sidewinder II wheels finished in matte-black and the grille design with whole new Viper’s logo studded on it makes this car amazing and seductive. The Corsa tires which are designed by Pirelli look’s stunning and helps the car to reach maximum speeds with headlong road grip. The headlights and tail-lights which are made of white light-emitting diode (LED) daytime running lamps and Bi-Xenon Lamps are neatly placed to give this car a great road view. In whole the car looks amazing in every angle.
The all new viper has a whole new skin inside it. When compared to its predecessor, the new viper has a luxurious interior. SRT has focused on driver-focused cockpit-style layout to help drivers drive the car at higher speeds with minimal range of distractions. A 7-inch cluster display which is fully customizable with the tachometer studded in the center makes this car look dramatic and trendy.
Uconnect Access infotainment system made exclusively by Chrysler Group displays the car information that is used by the driver in order to monitor the aspects of the car. Along with these buttons and knobs (which are used to control the aspects of the car such as climate etc.) everything looks perfect and neatly placed. The seats are made by the Italian maker Sabalt, (which sometimes feel uncomfortable for stout folks as they lack upper body support). It also has improved interiors such as audio systems powered by Harman kardon.
Review: Engine and Performance
The snake is now power packed with a new kind of venom inside in it! Under the hood we can find all-aluminum 8.4-liter V10 which is dubbed as LT4 engine which can churn a maximum torque ranging up to 600 lb·ft (810 N·m) @ 4950 rpm and can produce the power quantity up to 640 bhp (480 kW) @ 6150 rpm. This engine is totally hand made. It also gets a new 6-speed Tremec TR-6060 manual gear system which precisely controls the speed of the car.
Also it has improved add-on enhancement such as new piston range in order to decrease rigidity, sodium-filled exhaust valves, and new catalysts to reduce back pressure. The new viper has new a engineering team which is known as team viper has made this car invincible.
Image Source: automobilemag.com
Review: Suspension and Braking
The new Viper has a great suspension system which is called as Bilstein DampTronic suspension system, is adapted from the GTS. Not only this, it also has a wide range of add-ons adding to the suspension such as shock dampers, increased spring rates in order to control the car efficiently. The 4-piston brembo braking makes this car very reliable at high speeds. These aspects increase the handling aspects of the car tremendously!
Review: Safety
This car is not yet crash tested, but this roadster has a wide range of safety measures provided to this car such as
Full suite of air bags
ABS+EBD
Pre-tensioning seat belts
Uconnect Access infotainment system
However this car safety has a flaw too, as this car does not have side impact curtain airbags.
Love It:
Dynamic exteriors
Good Acceleration rates
Super performer
Leave It:
Safety needs to be better
Fuel consumption is high
Small drawbacks in interiors
Rivalry:
The car faces major rivalry from Corvette’s C7 stingray and Porsche’s 911 turbo. Not only these two in case of its class, this car also faces rivalry from Audi’s R8, Nissan’s 2015 GTR, 2015 Jaguar’s XKR and Mercedes CL63 AMG.
The new viper is all set to rock the roads, and with these features we can clearly say that it can give pretty good competition to stingray and can the stop the monopoly of C7 in sports segment. Overall it’s a great choice and is unique too.
Hindustan Contessa : The once Muscle Car of India
By Suresh , Aug 16, 2014 5:19 pm Jun 28, 2017 0 4873
It’s my pleasure to write about some cars which are considered as true classics of the Indian automobile history. I have already written about some of those cars which are considered as milestones of Indian Automobile History such as the Esteem and Lancer and now put on your seat belts, as we travel again back to history to have a flick on one of the most luxurious cars of those times. The car which was known as “The Indian Limousine” and automobile enthusiasts call it as “The First Indian Muscle Car”. Any guesses?
Yes it is Contessa which was actually built by our very own Indian Pride – Hindustan Motors. This car has more fame at present, than the olden times. So join me to the journey of exploring some of the interesting facts about this car.
Image Source: automania.be
The car should have a glorious history in order to call it as an antique master piece. Contessa has it all. During late 1970’s Hindustan Motors was searching for a new model, as the only model they launched till that year was the Ambassador. In fact HM searched for a model which will replace the face of the company as till that year Ambassador was considered as the face of the company. It has served the company with over three decades of outrageous success and at that time Hindustan motors wanted to introduce a modern car in the market. That new modern car was Contessa. The Contessa History has total 2 era’s in it.
Image Source: teambhp.com
Acquiring the inspirations from Vauxhall Victor:
This was the first era of Contessa and in this Hindustan Motors had acquired the inspiration and technology from the 1970’s British Made Vauxhall’s Victor. During that time two things happened suddenly and these things made Contessa to beborn. General motors had already bought the British Vauxhall Company during late 70’s and in the same year Hindustan motors was searching for a new generation vehicle. General motors helped Hindustan motors in acquiring the production tooling and technology of the Vauxhall Victor, a car that was phased out in the UK in 1979. After acquiring those, the production line was started in order to make Contessa. After about 5 years Contessa finally arrived with a 1.5 L BMC B-Series engine powered by 4 speed HM manual gear box. Many folks at that time felt gaga around Contessa as it had a luxurious interior which was never seen before in any cars. But due to the lack of good engine aspects, the car suffered from lack of good performance.
Hindustan Motors Collaborated with Isuzu:
After having a performance glitch, Hindustan motors searched for an alternative to power up the car. Hindustan tied-up with Isuzu of Japan and started manufacturing their 1.8 L 4ZB1 petrol engine. The gear box was also changed from 4 to 5-speed manual. Contessa then faced instant success. With its powerful performance and luxury, Contessa ruled the Indian market. After Herald, Contessa was the second car to future full independent suspension system. After 1.8, Hindustan motors started manufacturing 2.0 L Isuzu 4FC1 diesel engine. It faced the same success too. After some years, turbo diesel variant was also introduced.
There are many achievements achieved by this car in its 25 years of career. Its fame wasn’t decreased from then and until now. The achievement made by this car includes
Contessa Classic was a very popular choice for government limousines due to its luxury.
It was considered as the first Indian muscle car.
Due to this, Hindustan motors ruled Indian automobile for about 25 years.
Now it is considered as one of the antique automobiles of India.
It is one of the few old cars which have the body that suits for modern modifications.
Contessa production was shattered in 2002. The downfall mainly occurred due to the advent of new companies like Tata, Toyota, and especially Maruti Suzuki on the Indian market, which had captured a maximum amount of shares in the Indian market. The Fuel efficiency vehicle idea of Suzuki worked and it has made Maruti a strongest competitor to defeat.
There is also another reason for the cause of downfall of this car. It was the fuel efficiency itself. The car suffered from low fuel efficiency rate and also the cost for maintenance of this car was also very high as its spare parts were available at only higher costs which made many people to opt away from choosing this car.
These are some of the technical specifications of this car. Have a look.
There are only two words to describe the Contessa exteriors- Classy and Aggressive. While being an old car Contessa has good and decent exteriors. These are some of the exterior features of Contessa
Side impact protection body.
Twin head lamps.
Trunk compartment.
Radial Tires.
Large Crumple Zone.
Front muscular black grille.
Elongated exterior body to accommodate more spacious interiors.
Likewise interiors, the exteriors were also amazing, besides being an old model, this car featured some of the interiors which are used at present. These are some of those interior specs of this car.
Power steering.
Powerful Air Conditioners.
Power windows.
Central locking system.
PU moulded seats.
Non slip jackard upholstery.
Plush carpeting
Central arm rest on seats.
Engine Specs and Performance:
At first the car was powered with the same engine of ambassador, but later after forming ally with Isuzu, Contessa was provided with a 1.8 and 2.0 Isuzu engine. The new Isuzu engine type 4 OHC piston had a displacement range of 1817cc. It can churn maximum power of 75Hp @ 5000RPM. The five speed synchromesh gear box is used to control the speed of the car. It can reach maximum speed of up to 145mph at an acceleration rate of 0-60 in 7 seconds.
These are some of the engine, exterior/interior and technical specs of this car and now lets look into certain things which made this car unique than all the old cars.
More Chance for Modifications:
Unlike the other old cars, Contessa body is in a way suitable for modifications. Many automobile enthusiasts call this car as the “Best Modifiable Car”, as this car has huge scope for medications. Elongated body, muscular appeal, and spacious interiors are some of its qualities which made this car to give a wide scope for modifications. While surfing the internet about it, I felt very fascinated to see the way the car was modified to give it a Trendy look. I also came across a project which is under development stage by some students which deals with the modification of Contessa. The project was named as “Bring back Indian muscle”. There are also some videos which show the modification of this car like Camaro Contessa in which the Contessa is changed to Camaro & Contessa Dodge in which Contessa is changed to dodge challenger.
Contessa Club:
People have already formed a club which has owners of Contessa as its members. These folks meet every year at some place to celebrate the Contessa of being an Indian pride and to flaunt the new modifications done by them on that car.
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2014 Vauxhall Corsa-An Overview
By Suresh , Aug 10, 2014 2:33 am Aug 10, 2014 0 812
Vauxhall, which is a subsidiary of General Motors (USA), is slowly rooting into USA (it’s a well-known hotshot in the U.K ). Vauxhall has an amazing history hidden behind it. It was founded in 1857 by Alexander Wilson in London. Vauxhall is not only famous for automobile production; it is also famous for large war tanks production. During World War II, Vauxhall is one of the few companies to produce large quantities of warheads for British. Over 5,600 Churchill tanks were built by Vauxhall, during the world war. In 1925 Vauxhall was acquired by General Motors and till now it is owned by General Motors.
If you are in Asia, you must be wondering that Vauxhall is totally a new name. Vauxhall has already made its debut in Asian countries like China, India and also in Europe too. If you know about a brand called Opel, then you are already familiar with Vauxhall ( as Vauxhall and Opel are same ). Vauxhall was called as Opel in European and Asiatic countries and in U.K it was called with the same name. So far Vauxhall has built several cars, but among all those cars build by Vauxhall, Corsa is considered as Vauxhall’s most famous release. In the U.K it is called as Super-mini and is one of the highest selling cars in the U.K region.
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Now with the new Corsa, Vauxhall is targeting both U.S.A and U.K markets. Corsa has an amazing popularity in U.K and considering this popularity and legacy of this model, after years of experimentations and minor enhancements and upgrades, Vauxhall will finally revealed the fourth-generation Corsa for 2015. The car was scheduled to hit the market in 2015. Do you think, this British make has enough power to repeat the legacy again..? Lets see !
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The Fourth Generation Corsa has similarities from its predecessor (as it has the same dimensions of the Super-mini). As the car has to carry the legacy of that model, the company decided to go with the same dimension range. But, it has some major changes with regards to the exteriors, such as new body panels, Sporty design, and new colors. The trapezoidal front grille and LED daytime running lights are look impressive and makes this car look all the more elegant. The design features are not only taken from its predecessor, it’s also taken from another Opel car called Opel Adam (a sports hatch). So the new Corsa has a perfect sporty and as well as a classy combination. In fact the trapezoidal front grille is obtained from Opel Adam. The only drawback when it comes to exteriors; driver visibility is not quite good enough as the car suffers from a demerit of low cabin range.
When it comes to interior build quality, the car doesn’t have luxurious interiors like Volkswagen polo, but the car offers sophisticated and decent interiors. It offers a wide range of interior features in its class and the price as well. Heated front seats, soft-tone ambient lighting, and a full-size panoramic roof are some of those interior changes. There is also another enhancement on dash board where a 7-inch touchscreen is added with gaming console attachment availability. Kids will love this feature. The boot space quantity at the back remains same (285-Litres). The LCD panel can also be used in order to connect to smart phone and you can browse through the contents of your smartphone. It has both apple and android connectivity as it has IntelliLink support and if you have an iPhone you can connect your phone and can access Siri through that touch screen.
Review: Engine & Performance
The new Vauxhall Corsa is equipped with a wide range of engine options, the user can choose from 4 different engine variants and all these engines have the same six-speed manual engine in default. However some engines have an option to customize the gear box option from manual to auto. The car can reach a maximum speed up to 110mph at an acceleration rate of 0-60 in 10 seconds.
1.2-liter gas engine which can churn a maximum range of 69 horsepower.
1.3-liter CDTi engine which can churn a minimum horsepower range starting from 74 and can reach the maximum of 94 Horsepower
1.4-liter engine: This engine also has a turbo and non-turbo variant, where turbo variant can produce maximum horse power range up to 99, while the non-turbo variant can produce 89 horsepower.
These engines are nothing new to Vauxhall as the previous cars of Vuxhall were mostly equipped with these three engine specifications, but for Corsa, Vauxhall has designed a new engine exclusively for it
It’s the 1.0-liter three-cylinder, turbo engine which can churn a maximum power up to 89-113 horse power and can produce the torque ranging up to 125 pound-feet of torque
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Review: Safety and Reliability
During prototype testing the new Corsa has participated in the 2013 Driver power survey and secured 126th position with an average score of 85.52 out of 100. But after reaching to production stage in 2014, the 2014 Corsa is not yet participated in 2014 Driver power survey, but we can clearly say that it will get good results in this year too (as it’s already scored best marks in previous year ). It also has six airbags as standard, irrespective of high-end or low-end model. One of the main demerit in safety aspect of this car is the absence of electronic stability program in all model as some rumors are spreading that only the high end model will get the stability control program.
When it comes to a reliability issue, Vauxhall users can enjoy the lifetime warranty facility. This is one of the reasons why Vauxhall cars are sold in such a big numbers
Image Source: technocars.com
Pros & Cons:
Engine Customizations
Comes in budget
Absence of some safety measures
The exterior and interior should be some more better
This car has only two major rivals. Ford’s Fiesta is one of the major rival for this car as in every aspect. Apart from Fiesta, Volkswagen’s polo is also considered as one of the major rival for this car.
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Bottom-line and Price:
Although the price is not yet revealed by the company, but based upon the price of previous super-mini, the new Corsa can also be priced at a decent and affordable price. We think the price range will start from £9,000 and can go up to £10,000.
Car Reviews, Opinion, Ownership Review
Maruti Suzuki Esteem – the Glorious Path
By Suresh , Aug 10, 2014 1:58 am Aug 10, 2014 0 1018
It is considered as one of the first sedans which was introduced in the Indian market, and considered as the Indian-Benz! Yes its Maruti Suzuki Esteem, one of the finest and the best seller for Maruti ever. I still remember when I was 6-7 years old, I rarely found this car on roads and was owned by financially sound people, but when I was 12 this car become a paparazzi as it was shown in several Indian cinemas and was soon getting replaced with Ambassador cars.
Maruti Esteem is the First full-fledged A/C car which I ever known. This car easily has 15-16 years of glorious history before it becoming out of fashion( not to mention, it is one of the most iconic cars which I’ve ever seen ). In this article lets get to know some aspects of this car which made it a champion and some reasons for it’s down fall.
The Esteem was first introduced in the first half of 1995. It’s the first attempt of Suzuki in compact segment and Suzuki has chosen Europe for it. At that time this car faced the toughest rivals in the market such as Golf which was built by none other than Volkswagen, Opel’s Astra, Nissan’s Sentra, and Toyota’s Corolla. That’s a huge competition as these companies have already dug their root into the European market. Suzuki introduced this car in that year as a 3-door hatchback and 4-door sedan, the 3-door is powered by 1.3- Liter and while 4-door is powered by 1.6-Liter engine. But this model got appreciation first and then gradually sales dropped. Hence Suzuki restyled Esteem in 1999 with new enhancements.
The car was given a new front end, and a new redesigned grille and new headlights and the 1.6 engine was replaced with a 1.8. With these changes Esteem indeed became like a sports model. It gained a huge success and started rising in the European market and after seeing this success Suzuki planned to launch it in Asian countries ( as after Europe, the Asian market had a bit of a boom then) and thus Suzuki launched Esteem in India. In order to manufacture Esteem in India Suzuki collaborated with Maruti ( and rest is history )
Maruti in collaboration with Suzuki released Esteem in 1994 and sales sky-rocketed all over India and was considered as the best seller in 1995 and 1996. Maruti gained huge reputation with this car. Since then this car ruled the Indian automobile market for at least 10-11 years until late 2006. In 2006 the penetration of companies like Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Jeep and Gypsy begun and the competition became tougher than ever. Most young people opted to new offerings from Jeep and Gypsy. This was one of the reasons for esteem’s downfall. With the raise of tough competition, Maruti Suzuki itself had planned for a new release and it released the new Maruti ZEN automatic in to the market and that’s how esteem’s glory shattered and in the year 2008 Maruti finally stopped manufacturing Esteem.
The specifications of this car look very good. We have to consider that it is an old car and at the time of its release technology was still in research stage. But it has some features which looks amazing still now. They are its Interiors and its performance
The interiors of this car still look amazing and it is the best part of the car. The molded floor along with trunk carpets were good and the best parts of the interiors was its seats( a friend who still has this car, also stated the same ). The seats look comfortable and it suits for long drives. The cabin of this car can accommodate a total of 5 members comfortably. The dash board which is coated with black leather work and power steering is quite good it has all the basic features such as air conditioner, cabin heater, remote fuel lid opener, remote trunk opener, coat hanger hook etc. The dash board looked perfect. Power windows, Child lock controls and OVRM’S on both sides of the doors added more reliability to this car. The front seats are adjustable for good driving. The boot space is big and is about 376-litres, which can accommodate many of our needs during traveling.
The car looked real classy from every angle. The car measured 4095mm (length), 1575mm (width), 1395mm (height) with a wheelbase of 2365mm and ground clearance of 170mm. Fog lamp with clear lens, body colored door handles and rear spoilers added all the more beauty to this car. The car was made available in 6 colors such as superior white, metallic pearl silver, metallic silky silver, metallic icy blue, metallic fawn mist and metallic midnight black.
Engine, Performance, and Handling:
This car is powered with a four cylinder 1298 cc petrol engine with SOHC. It can produce a maximum power of 85 bhp at 6000 rpm and the maximum torque is 110 Nm at 4500 rpm. The car is controlled using a manual five speed gear box which also has one gear for reversing the car. Its fuel tank capacity was 40-litres and the average mileage of this car was around 10 km/litre within the city and around 16 km/litre on the highway. The handling of this car was also quite good as the car is accommodated with the McPherson struts and coil springs and when it comes to the breaking system, the front of the car is accommodated with disk and the back is drum.
This car has the basic safety features such as
laminated windshields
Kenwood defogger
Collapsible steering columns
Child-Lock safety
Side impact absorbers
Good suspension system
Price and Resale Value:
The car manufacturing was stopped by Maruti in the year 2008. The resale value of this car is also quite descent. If the car is in good condition the price for resale will reach up to 80,000 to a maximum of 1 Lakh. If it is in bad condition it can give you around 20 to 30 thousand!
2014 Honda Acura NSX- an Overview
By Suresh , Aug 7, 2014 2:01 pm Aug 7, 2014 0 731
Today I am going to review about a car which was showcased in Marvel’s super hit Hollywood flick “Avengers”. Yes you got it right, the new Acura NSX 2014. This car appeared at the end of the film(driven by Robert Downey .JR ). Acura is the luxury division of Honda and the new Acura NSX is a hybrid electric sports car which was based on the Original Acura NSX that was produced in the year 1991-2005. In the 2005 the NSX model production was ended due to some lag in safety and reliability issues of this model. Since then, many around the world are waiting to see the comeback of this NSX series with enhanced features. After about 7 years of continuous experimentation on the performance and safety issues, Honda has finally called for the re-entry of the NSX series again. After much expectation, hype, and spy photos from Nuremburg ring ( during its testing ), Honda has finally unveiled the new NSX at the 2012 North American Auto Show and then followed by Geneva and Tokyo Motor shows in the same year.
After unveiling the concept, Honda is now planning to make this prototype to a production model and this model will be hitting the roads by the end of 2015.
Below is the model which was shown in Avengers
Image Source: Youtube.com
The technical specifications are quite impressive and certainly has the ability to deliver high amount of power to this car.
The all new NSX has a major range of exterior enhancements when compared to the old NSX series cars (due to the long time gap) and the enhancements in design have certainly delivered an amazing external appeal to this car. The front and rare designs, side profile headlights and tail-lights all are very new and looks amazing and perfectly placed. Sporty and Sexy are the two words to describe the car exterior. When it comes to front looks, the carbon black grille at the front occupies a large amount of space and is fitted with a “V” shaped chrome coated metal rig. To this the fog lamps are attached on both left and right side. From the front angle, it throws the look of a laughing beast. The rear profile is descent and good. It’s also 3.3 inches wider and 0.4 inch lower when compared to the old 2005 NSX. Overall the car exterior is quite good and can truly maintain the legacy of the NSX forever.
As far as the interiors is concerned, NSX was designed on the “Human Support Cockpit” theme. The details regarding this new Human Support Cockpit theme was revealed by the company in the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. Jon Ikeda (chief designer, Acura Design Studio) stated that they are insistent about delivering on the “Synergy between man and machine,” . Hence the interior is given a smart and human friendly look ( so the car doesn’t look like a machine at all ). The interiors are designed with a mend of both red leather and Alcantara which gives this car a ravishing red color that looks quite amazing. The leather work on both dashboard, seats and steering looks quite luxurious and also very trendy. Carbon fiber cased central consoles, bucket seats, LCD display, Central control, AC-vents and audio system are neatly in place. The middle of the dash is equipped with an infotainment system which shows the information of the car. Other features are yet to be confirmed as the car hasn’t reached the productive stage yet.
Image Source: kamart-automotive.com
The new NSX is powered by a 3.7L DOHC 24-valve V-6 and 2 electric motors at front and 1 rear electric motor. During the initial design phase, the car was said to have a V-10 engine layout, but at the end it was replaced by the V-6 engine with direct injection. The NSX V6 engine can deliver higher amount of power output ( about 400bhp ) and the Electric motors produces prodigious torque instantly for higher performance rates. Both of these combined, the car can produce monstrous power that can enable the car to reach higher speed within less time. It can reach 0-60 MPH in just 3 second. The Seven Speed twin clutch auto transmission helps to produce a balance rate of power to this car with the help of the engine.
Image source: digitaltrends.com
Review: SH-AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive)
Have you observed that I have stated total 3 motors on both front and back? why? This car works on a new “All-Wheel Drive” system. The car is powered by a new technology named as SH-AWD, short for Super Handling All Wheel Drive. The engine, along with the main electric motor will primarily drive the rear wheels and the rat motor powers the rear wheel’s rotation. So, all 4 wheels in the car rotate at same time. This is done to increase the handling and stability of this car and due to this the car has certainly improved when it comes to aspects like handling, and cornering.
Rivals:
This car has many rivals starting from BMW to Lexus and Porsche to Nissan, but the considerable rivals for this car are Lexus LFC and i8. Apart from these, the cars from Porsche and Nissan will also compete.
Lexus-LFC
Image Source: motortrend.com
Although the price is not yet officially confirmed by the company (as the car is still not reached its production stage), but as far the speculation from trusted sources, the car is said to be priced at $130,000 (base price). That seems a pretty decent price for a monster of a car like this 🙂
2014 C7 Chevrolet Stingray-An Overview
By Suresh , Aug 7, 2014 11:45 am Aug 7, 2014 0 984
If you have checked out my other reviews on Scion FR-S, M4 and i8, these three cars have the same rival in common and today I am going to review about that car which is considered as the toughest rival for all new cars that are released and going to be released soon. The car which was considered as an “Old man’s car “is nowdrifting its way towards the young and the car which at present is considered to be the most Productive and has the highest bookings all over the world.
It’s the new 2014 Corvette Stingray made by none other than Chevrolet under the vision of General motors. This new C7 had been in development since 2007. GM originally targeted 2011 to release this car, but due to some problems it was delayed and after many speculation, spy shots, leaked 3D images this car was unveiled officially in 2014. After its release, this car has totally changed the allegations on Corvette’s line-up from “Old people’s car “to “Young men’s pride”.
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History & Facts:
Before releasing of C7, corvette’s line-up (C1-C6) was called as “Old People’s car” as some researches showed that about 46 percent of Corvette buyers in 2012, through October, were 55 (aged folks ). Hence Corvette have got its name. Now GM wants to change it form C7.
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Review: Technical specs
These are some of the technical specifications of this car. Check it out
Unlike the other corvettes, C7 is designed from scratch. It has a whole new look. If we compare it with the previous release C6 – C7 has lot many changes. The front looks of the car will embrace us for sure as the front grille and headlights shape combine to give an evil smile like look. The headlights are made up of Daytime LED’s and the car body is designed to give an aggressive appeal. The front look in some angles resemble the SRT viper, and while the rare end is in resemblance with Camaro. Coming to the rear end of the vehicle,the car looks absolute gorgeous and is designed to complement the front looks. From every angle the car looks amazing and the Carbon-fiber reinforced body and removable roof panel adds beauty to the car. The 5 aluminum spokes which are painted in silver in front and back wheels also look damn hot and sexy.
The interiors of the previous Corvette lineup was considered as one of the worst interior which was ever built. The previous Corvette C6 interior was dominated with cheap plastic and the seats are bland in shape. But this is going to be changed with the new 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray as corvette is targeting younger audience, the C7 interiors is designed to look smart and eye-catching. The interiors of the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray is filled with Luxurious leather work and has given the finest detailing to the new interiors in terms of themes such as sport theme, track theme, tachometer halo etc. In this the tachometer halo looks trendy as this theme comes live once the speed mode is activated, a ring around the tachometer turns from yellow to amber to red showing the gradual increase of speed. Not only this, the car is also equipped with many add-on features along with standard features such as Keyless entry, Infotainment systems, Push-button start, Power tilt/telescope steering wheel, audio system power by BOSE and satellite link radio system. Along with these, new Performance data and video recorder is added to set a point to test the maximum limits of the car on our own.
Under the hood, the new C7 is powered by the new direct-injection 6.2-liter small-block V-8 engine which is also called as LT1. This engine is also present in the new Camaro. It produces power ranging up to 460 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 465 pound-feet of torque at 4,600 rpm. It also has an Active fuel management system for lower carbon emission rate and decrease of fuel consumption. It is equipped with a 7-speed manual transmission in order to deliver better performance. When it comes to car modes, the car has three modes : Eco, Tour, & Comfort. The car delivers a mileage of 28mpg on highway when the Tour mode is activated, and when the Eco mode is activated the mileage reaches to around 30mpg. The car performance is increased drastically due to the decrease in car weight and thanks to its new Carbon fiber hood and new chassis. This car can reach 0-60 in just 4 seconds. Many videos of C7 Corvette Stingray are already rolling over the internet as the car performance looks amazing.
Review: Brakes and Suspension
The biggest advantage of this car is handling. In terms of handling this car is compared to Porsche’s Legacy 911 Carrera. The reason behind this kind of handling is the suspension and brake system present in this car. The suspension system in front and rear are powered by Short/long arm (SLA) double wishbone and lower control arms. The Brembo braking helps to stabilize the car and helps the car during cornering.
Image Source: corvsport.com
I have already stated that this is the most wanted car at present. This is due its performance, elegance and safety. Coming to safety, the car has major safety features such as
Stability control system.
Traction control system.
Brembo brakes.
Advanced Airbag System.
Vehicle information system right on the deck.
Advanced Suspension range
Magnetic Ride Control
Luxurious appearance and interiors
Powerful engine
Add-ons are very costly
Design elements looks identical to its rival cars
This car faces rivalry from released cars and also from the cars which are going launch soon. The major rivals of this car are:
SRT Viper.
BMW-M4.
Jaguar F-Type Coupe.
BMW-i8.
Porsche 911.
Ferrari 458 Italia.
Scion FR-S.
Image Source: racingflix.com
From a trendy, sexy design to power packed performance, this car has all the aspects in order to call it a best buy. Priced at $51,995 (Base Price), this car is worth the shot. If you are a “Need for speed guy” you will love this as it has a wide range of customization options, but the Add-ons which are taught to increase the performance of the car are priced at higher rates( which should also be taken into consideration before buying this car )
Overall this car has a good rating in all the aspects such as price, performance & safety.
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo-lution and the revolution
By Suresh , Aug 6, 2014 6:04 pm Aug 6, 2014 0 8553
Let’s talk about a car which was well-known throughout the world with its performance in its class. Can you guess it? Ok, here’s the clue, the car which was featured in “Two fast, two furious” and Jackie Chan’s “Who Am I”. Yes the car which had a glorious history in the past and probably the best car that Mitsubishi felt proud of building – It’s the Mitsubishi Lancer. Lancer is a compact car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors since 1973.
Until 1992, Lancer was developed with a linked name under it and Mitsubishi used this car only for races such WRC and Dakar rally only, but at the beginning of 1992 Mitsubishi has introduced Lancer independently. So it has around 4 decades of history embedded in it. This is the car which made Mitsubishi flag waving around all the 7 continents in the world with different names in different continents. From 1973 to 2008, over six million units had been sold throughout the world. So let’s look into the history of this car and find out the amazing stuff which made this car a master piece.
The Path:
According to Mitsubishi motors, Lancer has total 9 generations of cars starting from 1992-2014
First generation (1992-1994):
This was the first generation car from lancer. It is powered by a 2.0 DOHC engine. This sports mechanical plate type LSD’s whereas the successive Lancer models have rear mechanical plate type LSD’s. Performance wise this is a great model as it has a top speed of 228 KMPH, but safety features like ABS, power windows and seats are absent.
Second Generation (1994-1995):
Introduced with enhancements such as wheelbase adjustments, front sway bar gets lighter and handling improvements. It also has the same GSR as the RS model.
Third Generation (1995-1996):
Had many improvements including redesigned grill, bumper and improved air supply to radiators. It also featured new turbocharged compressors.
Fourth Generation (1996-1998):
In this generation of Lancer it received major exterior and as well as interior changes. The same RS and GSR models were continued in which the RS model was given a limited-slip front differential and a friction type LSD at the rear and GSX seats. The active yaw control first appeared in this generation GSR model as an option. Both GSR and RS models get a new twin scroll turbocharger and fog light enhancements. The design aspects resulted in better performance.
Fifth Generation (1998-1999):
In this generation the Mitsubishi Lancer received improvements such as interior upgrades and new body kits which made it even more sporty!
Sixth generation (1999 -2001):
This generation of Mitsubishi Lancer received upgrades such as Larger inter-cooling apparatus & new pistons were introduced in the car. New body works with new bumper enhancements were introduced. A new model called RS2 was introduced in GSR and RS platforms. In 1999 a special edition called the Tommi Mäkinen Edition was launched. It was named after the legendary sports car rally driver Tommi Mäkinen and it won WRC rally championship for that year.
Seventh Generation (2001-2003):
In this generation Mitsubishi Lancer cars major changes were applied on the car Chassis and Drive Trans. Automatic Drive Tran and Chassis Tweaks were introduced in to the car. A new model GT-A (gentlemen express edition) was added in the Line-up excluding GSR, RS, and RS-2. This model was introduced and discontinued in the same year 2002 and did not appear in any generations after the 7th generation. But the same GT-A gear box was used in the 9th generation model. The major enhancements include spoiler enhancements, light improvements, deluxe interior and exterior specs are introduced. After 4th generation this model is the total improved one.
Eighth Generation (2003-2005):
In this generation 6 speed manual gear box was introduced along with the 5 speed manual, super active yaw control was also introduced. In this generation another two variants were introduced along with GSR and RS, those models are MR RS and MR GSR. The GSR and RS were having the 5-speed gear box and while the new MR GSR and MR RS were having 6-speed gear box. Enkei wheels, Brembo Brakes and Bilstein shocks were introduced to enhance the performance aspects of the car. It is one of the most successful models in the whole Mitsubishi Lancer series and is taught to be one of the first lancer car introduced in US and gained huge popularity.
Ninth Generation (2005-2007):
This generation was first exhibited in Geneva Motor Showto market it in both Japan and Europe. In this along with those 4 variants 2 other variants were introduced GT and MR Tuned by RALLIART. The MR Tuned by RALLIART was based on Tommi Mäkinen Edition which was released during 1999. The GT version is a blend of both RS and some aspects of GSR model with a revised 5 gear box. This generation was also introduced in U.K with the names FQ-300, 320, 340, FQ-360 and MR FQ-360. Along with UK the car was introduced in Philippines too. So with this generation Mitsubishi Lancer gained Europe and as well as some parts of Asian markets too.
Tenth Generation (2007-Present):
This is the present generation of Mitsubishi Lancer cars and this generation begins in 2007 and continuing until now with the new Lancer Evolution. As previous generations faced tremendous success, this generation Lancer cars concentrates on reaching worldwide production. Hence it released the tenth generation model all over the world starting with Asiatic countries such as Japan, China, India, Philippines, Malaysia and Europe and as well as United States, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. Mitsubishi Lancer faced a great success with this generation of cars.
This generation has two cars which are very popular in the lancer series.
Mitsubishi Racing Lancer: MRX09 is a racing variant from the lancer series. It is a cross country rally car for Dakar rally.
Mitsubishi lancer EVOLUTION: This is the present 2014 model and look more in detail about this car now to find some interesting aspects about the car. Through this Mitsubishi wants to compete against the new bees and want’s to gain the lost glory through this.
Generation of Lancer (Image Source): wikipedia.org
The exterior of this car looks amazing and the body of the car looks very aggressive, and thanks to its muscular body line. Mitsubishi states that “This body is a mix match of all lancers which were released from the beginning”, so this car is carrying the legacy of lancer design. The best thing when it comes to the exterior of this car is the bumper. If we observe the lancer history, bumpers always get major changes. They are getting stronger and act as a signature element of the Mitsubishi Lancer. The 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer also have same two variants as always : The MR and GSR. These are some differences in between these two models.
This is one of the very few cars people buy almost exclusively for the performance that the car produces rather than the luxury. But this model has the luxury item too. In terms of interiors, the car looks very neat and clean. In its range it offers some great interior features such as Sportive Recaro Seating, Three spoke steering wheel with audio, cruise and central controlling systems embedded on it. The biggest difference when we compare the interiors of GSR and MR models is the narrow central console and leather fittings as MR gets a premium aluminum and leather-trimmed. Both of these models gets the same interior features such as Cruise Control, Power windows and side mirrors, Color LCD multi-information display, Automatic climate control, 6.1 inch touch screen audio display. But the GSR model gets something more such as the Powerful audio system, Sports Fabric Interior, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Remote keyless entry, Glossy back trim, FUSE Hands-free Link System with USB port etc.
This car (both GSR and RS) is powered by 2.0-liter Turbocharged 16-valve I-4 with DOHC and MIVEC which generates peak torque range up to 300 @ 4000 RPM and the horsepower generates up to 291. The engines are same in both GSR and RS model, the major difference between them is GSR has 6-speed gear box while RS has 5-speed gear box. The top speeds of both are same and ranges at 146mph and while GSR model can reach 0-60 at 4.5secs, for RS it was 4.9secs. The fuel economy for GSR model is 17 in city and 23 in highway, while for RS model 17 in city and 22 in highway.
Wide range of safety features such as Electronic engine immobilizer, Child safety locks, shock protection body, Active stability and traction control, Anti-theft security alarm, 7 airbags, Sportive ABS+EBD, trunk entrapment release handle, Brembo braking system and it has 5 star rated ancap rating.
Aggressive body looks.
Speed and Handling around corners
Smart interiors
Need some extra horse power
Maintenance. ( Lancer’s major drawback)
A car with a glorious history also has some big fat rivals too.Taking into account the pricing, performance and luxury Mitsubishi Lancer competes with :
BMW 135i.
Subaru WRX STi.
Mazda 3 sedan.
Subaru impreza.
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Commercial:
This car has a glorious history and is considered as one of the finest performer ever. This car has all the features including good interiors, aggressive exteriors, and is one of the most successful compact sedans in the market. If you have enough money this car would be a great choice .This car has always been the darling car enthusiasts, car racers, ralliart champions and anyone who love to customize their car with a wide range of new accessories. Lancer Evolution has made Revolution in the automobile world!
KIA Quoris : An Overview
By Suresh , Aug 3, 2014 12:13 pm Aug 3, 2014 0 773
Today lets study about a car which is famous for its ‘Tiger Nose’ grille and the manufacturer from South Korea who rules Middle-East and USA with its product- KIA. This Korean based company is now planning to get a pre-dominant position in USA, Canada and Middle East markets with its new releases. Among those new releases 2014 KIA Quoris is one of the major cars in that Line-up. Way back in 2012 KIA produced its Quoris model for the first time and obtained a huge success. With this success, in 2012 KIA is planning to release a new model under its 2012 successful Label “Quoris”.
Apart from countries like USA, Canada and Middle-East, KIA is now concentrating on some European countries and as well as the Chinese markets with its new release. In order to face competition with European Manufactures, the car is all set to be well equipped with all the luxurious elements as European people love luxury cars more than any other segments. On the contrary Chinese people love performance oriented cars. So in order to win both the European and Chinese markets, the car is 100% required to be well equipped with luxury and performance manyfold. So KIA has designed a car with a power packed combination of both luxury and as well as performance, and that is the KIA 900 which is also called “Quoris”.
Tit Bits : KIA derived its name from Sino-Korean language which is translated to give a meaning as “rising out of Asia”. So the car which is designed at present by KIA is called as Quoris in Korea only, when it comes to Canada and U.S the car is to be called as the K900
Image Source: blog.caranddriver.com
These are some of the technical specifications of this car. Check it out.
The technical specifications look quite solid and makes this car to be a potential competitor with well known brands. So let’s jump to reviewing the aspects of this car.
Review: Looks/Styling
A head turner from every angle and also has an enhanced outer body, KIA has given this car a versatile and elegant look which attracts you at the first glance itself and thanks to its aerodynamic body designed by KIA motors that has brought this elegant feel to the car. The black chrome plated grille with black spokes inserted vertically and the LED fog lights on both sides in front of the car brings the KIA’s legacy of tiger nose look to this car. The tail lamps with LED toughing’s at the rear end of this car and alloy wheels makes this car look more classy and hip. The Power folding mirrors on sides, door scuff plates, and Keyless entry by using remote smart key has made this car quite impressive and astonishing. The best part of this car is the panoramic glass which is present on the top rear end of the car. This is adjustable by using a central control on the dash board and while driving to exotic locations, this feature might help you to get some picturesque moments from the car itself for sure. Overall the car’s exteriors are quite brilliant and dynamically engineered.
The car’s interiors are also quite impressive in par with the exteriors. When it comes to the car interiors, one which is considered as the center of attraction is the leather treatment it has recieved. The leather work on seats, Dashboard and some aspects of this car gives an aesthetic appeal to this car and crates a luxurious spell to the folks seated inside of this car. The standard interior features such as audio/Bluetooth wireless technology/cruise-control buttons mounted on Steering wheel, Push Button to Start/Stop, Auto-diming the rear view mirror with Home-link and compass, Driver information System, Power tilt and telescopic steering, audio system with 17 surrounded speakers powered by Lexicon have certainly increased the beauty of this car. Overall, interiors are good but it needs some more improvement in order to compete against German automobile legends, as this car was designed by considering the German market too.
Review: Engine & Performance:
This car is equipped with two different engines V6 (Low-end), V8 (High-End). Both of these engines are powered by the DOHC direct injection fuel system. The low end V6 can churn maximum power up to 311 horsepower and 293 pound-feet of torque and while the high-end V8 can produce a maximum amount of power up to 420 horsepower and 376 pound-feet of torque. Both of these engines are powered by the all-new 8-speed transmission gear box for precise amount of power release. As far as the performance is considered, the car has the same ECO, NORMAL, Comfort mode in which the Eco-Mode offers higher rate of fuel-efficiency than the other two modes. The performance of this car on city roads is quite high with good turnings, decent fuel consumption and great power transmission.
Review: Suspension
The major advantage of this car is its suspension. The car is powered by standard 18-inch alloy wheels (Low-end), and 19-inch chrome wheels (High-end). To support both these two variants, KIA has offered an advanced, five-link, fully independent front and rear suspension. Due to this the car is resistant against the friction aspects, and the shock absorber absorbs the impacts.
The K900 is powered by several safety measures such as the Driver Information Display, distinctive airbags range as much as 9-Airbags with advanced shock absorption technology, and Knee Pad air bags, Surround View Monitor, Advanced Smart Cruise Control, Blind spot detection, ABS, Traction Control etc. These safety measures certainly increase the safety quotient of this car.
Image Source: kia.com
Brand of cars to consider before buying this are:
Hyundai Equus.
Take It:
Engine and performance
Standard equipment usage
Very neat and clean looks
Interiors not up to expectations.
Overall the car looks quite good and has all the necessary features, but the interiors need to be improved to tackle the German flagships. The biggest factor that can help this car to gain momentum in the German market is its price tag, as the price looks pretty descent !
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Potts Picks: Today’s Best TV – January 30, 2012
Posted January 30th, 2012 by Kim
(ALL TIMES ET)
8PM | SUNDANCE – 1ST SEASON FINALE
The Mortified Sessions – In the first season finale, Breaking Bad Emmy winner Bryan Cranston talks about the free love days of his teenage and early twentysomething years, while Community star Danny Pudi talks about his relationship with his father, who he’s seen only a few times in his adult life. Here’s hoping this fantastic series gets the greenlight for a second season.
8PM | NBC
Fear Factor – If the TMZ story is true (NBC wouldn’t confirm), this may officially be the grosses episode of Factor ever, as one of the stunts supposedly involves contestants drinking donkey semen. And urine. Go ahead, make all the jackass jokes you want.
8PM | THE CW
Gossip Girl – Chuck continues to wig about Blaire’s impending wedding, while Georgina ups the stakes for everyone with her pot-stirring return.
8PM | FOX
House – House gets into the blackmail biz when he tries to take advantage of Foreman’s relationship with a married woman.
8PM | ABC FAMILY
Pretty Little Liars – Here comes (more) trouble: Hanna’s stepsister enrolls at school with the girls.
Alcatraz – Rebecca is in a tricky position because of a bank robber from the past.
9PM | OWN
America’s Money Class With Suze Orman – Suze covers the value of gold, rules of investing and sussing out money you may not know you have.
9PM | BRAVO
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion, Part 1 – In part one (of three), Andy Cohen and the gang revisit the infamous tea party and game night fights.
10PM | BRAVO
It’s a Brad, Brad World – Brad gets devastating news from his father.
Watch What Happens: Live – And speaking of the aforementioned Brad Goreski, he and his Family Guy writer boyfriend Gary Janetti visit Andy in the Bravo clubhouse.
Worth flipping to during commercials:
– One of the women snags some alone time with Ben and then taunts the others about it at the rose ceremony on The Bachelor (8PM, ABC);
– On Heat Seekers (8PM, Food Network) Aaron and Roger taste the Naga Viper pepper, named the world’s hottest chili by the Guinness World Records people last year;
– On Disappeared (9PM, ID), unfolding the case of Jackie Markham, a Florida woman who’s been missing since 2000;
– Back-to-back new episodes of First Week In (9 and 10PM, Discovery);
– Inside the NSA (9PM, NGC) gives viewers a rare look inside the National Security Agency, including the Threat Operations Center that protects the Defense Department from cyber attacks;
– This week’s four-episode marathon of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (9PM, Comedy Central) includes “The Gang Dances Their Asses Off,” with Charlie’s “Take My Breath Away” dance;
– A winner is chosen on the season 2 finale of Next Great Baker (9PM, TLC);
– It’s the season four premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race (9PM, Logo);
– Back-to-back new Pawn Stars (10 and 10:30PM) on History.
And the late-night line-up:
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Dale Earnhardt Jr.;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Lou Dobbs;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Laurence H. Tribe;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Jennifer Lopez;
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Madonna and Chris Colfer;
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Marc Maron;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Glenn Close;
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Don Cheadle;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Nelson George and Tom Morello (REPEAT).
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Posted January 23rd, 2012 by Kim
9PM | BRAVO – 2ND SEASON FINALE
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – As the tension-filled, awkward season finally comes to a close, Lisa‘s daughter Pandora gets married, and Taylor finally spills the entire truth about her marriage to Russell. Check out the Los Angeles Times story on the season, in which Real Housewives daddy Andy Cohen discusses the network’s process for deciding how to handle the season.
8PM | ABC
The Bachelor – More dates, more dinners, more crazy drama; still no indication that any of this will lead to a lasting relationship.
Gossip Girl – It’s Blair’s bachelorette party, in an episode directed by Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling.
House – A patient in an Alzheimer’s drug trial begins reacting violently, which leads to a revelation about his relationship with his wife. Meanwhile, House butts heads with … someone (okay, Foreman).
8PM | SUNDANCE
The Mortified Sessions – Alanis Morissette discusses dating much older men when she was 14, while TOMS creator Blake Mycoskie discusses an important business lesson he learned launching a laundry business in college.
Pretty Little Liars – Ezra is avoiding Aria’s phone calls, so she plots to get him to respond to her.
Alcatraz – The hunt is on for a child killer, who would kidnap his victims and return their bodies afterwards, when he returns from the past.
America’s Money Class With Suze Orman – Tonight’s financial advice from Suze includes tips on saving moolah, avoiding financial scams and landing a good job
10PM | ABC
Castle – A reality TV star is the suspect when a famous dog trailer is murdered. The episode title: “An Embarrassment of Bitches.” Well played, Castle folk.
It’s a Brad, Brad World – Brad looks for a new office space (new meaning: not his garage), and things get a little testy when he and Gary begin planning their anniversary bash.
– On Heat Seekers (8PM, Food Network), Aaron and Roger head to Las Vegas where they sample a Mexican chicken dish so spicy it’s called “Cry Today, Cry Tomorrow”;
– On Fear Factor (9PM, NBC), contestants have to swim with leeches and dangle on a bungee line attached to a helicopter in hopes of winning the $100,000 grand prize;
– Three drug addicts try to deal with the addiction issues while also dealing with their new surroundings as newbie prisoners on First Week In (9PM, Discovery);
– Tonight’s four-episode marathon of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (9PM, Comedy Central) includes “Sweet Dee Gets Audited” and the classic “The Gang Gets Held Hostage,” with the McPoyles;
– It’s the fifth season premiere of Cake Boss (10PM, TLC), and Buddy and Lisa renew their vows on a cruise (unless bad weather dooms the ceremony);
– Back-to-back Pawn Stars episodes on History Channel (10 and 10:30PM);
– Lisa Vanderpump and Brandi Glanville guest on Watch What Happens; Live (11PM, Bravo).
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Wilco;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Kathleen Sebelius;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Bruce Bueno De Mesquita;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Mark Wahlberg (REPEAT);
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Michelle Williams (REPEAT);
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Kiefer Sutherland;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Tina Fey (REPEAT);
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): The host tours the Eifel Tower;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Cee-Lo Green (REPEAT).
Tags: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 2 finale
Potts Picks: Today’s Best TV – January 9, 2012
Posted January 9th, 2012 by Kim
It’s a Brad, Brad World – Didn’t wanna like this show … thought Brad Goreski was way annoying on The Rachel Zoe Project. Turn out, it was just her who was annoying … he’s actually pretty charming on this new reality series, in which he tries to build his own career as a stylist.
The Bachelor – Craziest season yet.
The Mortified Sessions – On tonight’s installment of this delightful series in which celebs dig into mementos from their pasts and share stories from their childhood and beyond: Ricky/Rick/Ricky Schroder, who talks about Silver Spoons and how his wife, in her teenage diary, fantasized about meeting him.
Pretty Little Liars – Aria and Ezra face the fallout of making their romance public.
8:30PM | ESPN
Allstate BCS National Championship Game – #1 LSU vs. #2 Alabama.
9PM | OWN – SERIES PREMIERE
America’s Money Class With Suze Orman – The six-episode series finds Suze Orman giving classroom-style lectures on various financial issues, followed by a “final exam” at the end. First up: how to buy a home, how to erase debt and what to do in the face of a foreclosure.
9PM | DISCOVERY – SERIES PREMIERE
First Week In – Following inmates through their first week in prison, including, tonight, three first-time inmates.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Kyle and Kim have yet another confrontation about Kim’s wacky behavior, which, since we know now that she’s in rehab, probably shouldn’t seem like such a mystery.
Castle – A womanizer falls to his death after his latest bout of womanizing.
10PM | NBC
Rock Center With Brian Williams – Guest George Clooney makes his Oscar predictions.
– Who’s Still Standing (8PM, NBC) … who’s still watching? Me. Not proud, but it’s addictive;
– Are a woman’s best friend and best friend’s boyfriend involved in her disappearance? Gotta watch Disappeared (9PM, ID) to find out;
– On the Fear Factor (9PM, NBC) menu tonight: a stunt that requires contestants to eat cockroaches, grasshoppers, rat hair and maggots;
– Hoarders (9PM, TLC) includes a man who can’t stop buying clearance sale items;
– During tonight’s marathon of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (9PM, Comedy Central): “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System,” “The Gang Wrestles for the Troops,” “Paddy’s Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens” and “Mac and Dennis Break Up,” all gems;
– The new series Mobster Confessions (10PM, Discovery) is just what it sounds like, documenting the stories of mobsters who’ve turned into informants;
– On Pawn Stars (10 and 10:30PM, History), Rick and the gang are presented a first edition of Thoreau’s Walden.
– Conan (11PM, TBS): David Cross, Gavin DeGraw and Seth Green;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): George Lucas;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Melissa Harris-Perry;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Mark Wahlberg;
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Janet Jackson;
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Channing Tatum;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Mark Wahlberg;
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Howie Mandel;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Mike White (REPEAT).
Tags: Brad World, It's a Brad, Pretty Little Liars, The Mortified Sessions
Potts Picks: Today’s Best TV – October 31, 2011
Posted October 31st, 2011 by Kim
1AM (TUESDAY) | TV LAND
Roseanne Halloween – It’s a marathon of every Roseanne Halloween episodes, kicking off with the 1991 episode that included a guest appearance by George Clooney‘s Booker.
8PM | VH1
Basketball Wives – The ladies all head to Hawaii for some rest and relaxation, but it all hits the fan when they start talking and realizing the reason they’re always fighting is because Jackie is always stirring the pot.
8PM | CBS
How I Met Your Mother – Ted finally reunites with The Slutty Pumpkin, who looks a lot like Katie Holmes. Because she is.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Yep, they’re showing the late Russell Armstrong, as he threatens to sue one of his castmates. Is this the episode that makes you stop watching?
10PM | CBS
Hawaii Five-0 – A drifter who puts a curse on Danny looks a lot like Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund. Because he is.
10PM | NBC – SERIES PREMIERE
Rock Center with Brian Williams – Ted Koppel and Harry Smith are among Williams’ cohorts in this new newsmagazine, the network’s first in 20 years. One of the first reports is on a U.S. town that has a negative unemployment rate.
– It’s a Halloween-themed dance night on Dancing With the Stars (8:30PM, ABC);
– A CEO becomes sick just after deciding to move his company to China on House (9PM, Fox);
– Trick? Nah, it’s definitely a treat when Comedy Central airs “The Nightman Cometh” as part of its four-episode marathon of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (9PM);
– On Enlightened (9:30PM, HBO), Amy convinces Levi to go away with her for the weekend, but she’s disappointed when neither of them can leave the past behind;
– On Castle (10PM, ABC), Beckett has to rescue Castle and his mommy after they’re taken hostage in a bank robbery.
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Jimmy Fallon;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Mindy Kaling;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Neil MacGregor;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Jesse Eisenberg;
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Justin Bieber;
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Pee-wee Herman;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Heidi Klum;
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Zooey Deschanel;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Thievery Corporation (REPEAT).
Filed in Holiday Programming, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Late Night, Real Housewives, TV Picks
Tags: HIMYM Slutty Pumpkin, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Russell Armstrong, Roseanne Halloween
Posted October 20th, 2011 by Kim
The Big Bang Theory – Sheldon’s mama visits, which puts him into hyper-competitive mode, because she seems to be paying more attention to his friends.
9PM | LIFETIME – 9TH SEASON FINALE, PART 1
Project Runway – The Big Gunn – PR mentor Tim Gunn – visits the finalists at home to see how their collections are progressing.
10PM | FX
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – The storm of the century is scheduled to hit Philly, which means panicked shopping for Mac, and looting for other Philadelphians. And, of course, there is a bunker involved.
10PM | MTV – 4TH SEASON FINALE
Jersey Shore – Here’s The Situation: As the NJ crew prepares to leave Italy and head back home, their frustration with Mike’s buttinsky ways leaves him threatening not to join them back at the Shore.
The Mentalist – Rigsby worries that his new girlfriend is going to cause hard feelings between him and Van Pelt, while Jane (Simon Baker) and the team investigate the murder of a woman whose body washed up on the coast of California.
10:30PM | FX
The League – Ruxin worries that Taco is going to sleep with the attractive nanny (guest Brie Larson) he hired to take care of Geoffrey.
11PM | MTV
Jersey Shore Season 4 Reunion – Because these people have some explainin’ to do.
– Elena and her friends begin their senior year on The Vampire Diaries (8PM, The CW);
– Lee Majors and Marilu Henner guest star on Grey’s Anatomy (9PM, ABC);
– Reese and Finch have to deal with a tough judge and a Person of Interest (9PM, CBS) who doesn’t like the way they do what they do;
– Addison treats a pregnant woman who lost her memory after a car accident on Private Practice (10PM, ABC).
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Jesse Tyler Ferguson;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Richard Brookhiser;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Coldplay;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): George Clooney (REPEAT);
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Hugh Jackman and Tony Bennett (REPEAT);
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Mute Math (REPEAT);
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Will Forte and Amy Sedaris (REPEAT);
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Tom Lennon;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Michelle Monaghan (REPEAT).
Filed in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Late Night, Project Runway, TV Picks
Tags: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jersey Shore finale, Project Runway finale
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the Isle of Anglesey District
Statistical comparisons will be made with Cardiff (change comparison)
Total Population 1801 to 2011: Population grew from 31,492 in 1801 to 69,751 in 2011.
Infant Mortality Rate 1861 to 2011: The highest rate recorded was 153. infant deaths per thousand live births in 1861, and the lowest was 4.11 in 2001.
Male Unemployment from 1931 to 2011: The highest male unemployment rate recorded by the census was 16.22 per cent in 1991, and the lowest was 3.75 in 1961.
Over-crowded housing, from 1911 to 2011: In 1911, 18.24 per cent of people were living in households with over 1.5 persons per room, but in 2011 this had fallen to .3 per cent.
SIR YNYS MON Preferred Welsh Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ISLE OF ANGLESEY Preferred English Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ANGLESEY Alternate English Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
00NA Code: Office for National Statistics English Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WALES Dep Country Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the Isle of Anglesey District through time | Census tables with data for the District/Unitary Authority, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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