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Subject: agricultural settlements
Resource type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Dating: Medieval
Sites and monuments databases or inventories
349 agricultural settlements 190 earthworks (engineering works) 57 fishponds 51 buildings (structures) 45 vessels (containers) 36 manor houses 34 deserted settlements 33 archaeological sites 33 houses 31 paths
233 Historic England 115 National Trust 1 Somerset Historic Environment Record
349 Archaeology Data Service
Medieval 79 Post Medieval 45 Tudor 20 Iron Age 15 Early Medieval 15 20th Century 12 Georgian 12 Stuart 14 Late Iron Age 11 Roman
319 ENCLOSURE 186 EARTHWORK 87 SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT 62 MOAT 57 FISHPOND 55 FIND 51 BUILDING 45 VESSEL 39 RIDGE AND FURROW 36 MANOR HOUSE
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Type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Publisher: Archaeology Data Service
The remains of the deserted medieval village of East Tanfield, including the earthwork remains of building platforms, associated yards and enclosures and tracks and hollow ways. The monument is located on a river terrace 400 metres north of the River Ure. The medieval village was concentra...
WINGHALE PRIORY
Benedictine alien grange of Seez Abbey, founded in 1115, dissolved in 1400, seen as earthworks. Ditches containing Iron Age/Roman pottery and stray finds of human bone have been recovered during gravel extraction. The earthworks consist of an enclosure and probable fishponds.
GODSTOW ABBEY
Benedictine Nunnery founded circa 1133 dissolved 1539 surviving as the ruins of a 16th century chapel and enclosure with part of wall. Partly excavated, although no details of the layout had been revealed. Stone coffins have been discovered. Descriptions of the buildings shortly after the...
WORMLEIGHTON
The buried and earthwork remains of the medieval settlement of Wormleighton, including the remains of the moated site of the manor house, tofts, crofts, house platforms and allotments of the medieval village, with its associated hollow ways, field boundaries, enclosures, and medieval ridge...
Enclosure and building platform on Novers Hill
The monument will include the remains of a small enclosure and building platform situated below the summit of Novers Hill, most likely medieval or post-medieval in date. It lies on a gentle NE facing slope, set back from the hill edge and sheltered by the summit of the hill to the SW. The...
ST ILLOGANS CHURCH
The remains of a 14th or 15th century church tower now standing in isolation. The church was built at a new location in 1846. The tower is thought to stand in the remains of an enclosure or round.
HASTINGS CASTLE
Castle and Collegiate Church. Castle built circa 1170, ruined by 1399. The church was founded circa 1090, dissolved in 1547. Foundations of church, North and East curtain walls and East gate of the castle are visible. Probably built on an Iron Age enclosure. There is documentary evidence t...
Earthwork enclosure sub-divided by regular arrangement of slight banks and ditches. Situated on the top bank of the Dale 90m SE of Rough Bridge. These overlie medieval ridge and furrow but are ignored by a line of oaks presumed to be an 18th century planting feature.Interpretations vary as...
Ysbyty, Nant Serw: House or Hafod and Enclosure
A house or possibly hafod situated not far from the N bank of the Afon Serw and beneath a low crag. It consists of a house with two, possibly three rooms and a large adjoining enclosure. The house consists of a larger room, rectangular in plan, about half of one end abutting the crag abo...
OCHOLT MANOR
Excavation of an enclosure uncovered the remains of a Medieval hall and associated buildings, possibly the site of the manor of Ocholt. The enclosure and associated field system have since been destroyed by development. A Roman, early 2nd century AD, pottery kiln was also uncovered.
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Thomas Novak, born in 1967, Master of computer engineering
Thomas Novak has been executive manager since the foundation of the company in September 2001.
After his master degree in computer engineering Thomas Novak worked for a company called Lan 2000, a subsidiary of Controlware GmbH, as system engineer. Afterwards, he was employed by Pan Dacom, a network integrator, as Post/Pre-Sales Consultant for another two years. This was followed by an employment as Managing Consultant and deputy director (database and network department) for Memorex Telex. After another two years at Memorex Thomas Novak worked as a freelancer on several national and international IT-projects.
These manifold previous experiences Thomas Novak transferred into the foundation of his own company. As a result @one IT GmbH can today claim various international companies, mainly located in the Rhein/Main area, as its clients.
Thomas Novak is an enthusiastic mountain bike rider who sometimes exchanges his mountain bike with his BMW motorbike which he likes a lot as well. He has been a local voluntary football coach in Friedberg for the last four years, working together with fantastic kids who like football more than anything else.
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Off and Running…Finally! (Better the Devils You Know; 10.17.19)
NHLPhotos by Adesina O. Koiki on October 18, 2019 add comment New Jersey Devils New York Rangers NHL 688 views
NEWARK, N.J. — If the adage that states previous records and results be thrown out before a match-up of sporting rivals has merit, every member of the New Jersey Devils might have run toward the nearest window before chucking the current NHL standings out of it in the lead-up to tonight’s get-together with New York City’s “big brother.”
After six consecutive losses to begin the season, New Jersey finally righted the ship on Thursday as five different goal scorers tallied in a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers at the Prudential Center. Goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves in a first-star performance, one which also produced the Devils’ long-awaited first win of the 2019-2020 season – the last of the 31 NHL teams this campaign to register in the win column.
The sight of the Blueshirts on the ice added extra motivation, and the Devils responded quickly after falling behind 1-0 on a Tony DeAngelo goal just 6:02 into the contest. Blake Coleman’s long-range shot trickled past the legs of Rangers goalkeeper Alexandar Georgiev at 12:58 to tie the score at 1-1.
Just over two minutes in the second period elapsed before Kyle Palmieri roofed a shot over Georgiev on the power play – New Jersey’s first extra-man up tally this season – in giving New Jersey the lead for good. The Devils doubled their lead at 12:25 of the second, when a Matt Tennyson shot from the point was deflected by both Jack Hughes and Miles Wood before going into the net. Wood celebrated his first goal of the season, while Hughes, the No. 1 overall draft pick of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, earned his first-career NHL point.
Jesper Fast’a goal at 2:22 in the third cut the lead to one, and the Rangers had a glorious chance to tie a few minutes afterward as Mika Zibanejad sent a wrist shot wide of Blackwood on a partial breakaway.
The bounces that went against New Jersey in the first two weeks came back to benefit the Devils midway through the third, as Artemi Panarin’s stick breaking on his attempt to clear the puck in the defensive zone allowed Nikita Gusev to swoop in to take the pick and fire a wrist shot past Georgiev with 7:49 remaining to establish some breathing room once more.
Subban’s length-of-the-ice empty-net goal with 48 seconds remaining calmed all nerves of those wearing red in the Prudential Center crowd that was split almost evenly with Rangers and Devils fans.
*Editor’s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Thursday evening’s game, with all photos taken by ALOST senior photographer Robert Cole. After clicking on the first photo to enlarge the picture, make sure to press the left and right arrow buttons to scroll through the rest of the pictures. There are eight pictures in total.
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On the Horizon: A Front-Wheel Drive Chrysler 300?
May 9, 2016 by admin 2 Comments
What could this mean for the Dodge Charger and Challenger?
The next-generation Chrysler 300 may switch to a FWD platform.
The days for the current Chrysler 300 are numbered.
Introduced in 2005, the second-generation 300 bowed in 2011, offering dimensions only slightly longer and wider than the first-generation model. Now in its sixth model year, the current Chrysler 300 is showing its age — plans for its replacement are underway.
What may follow could stun enthusiasts, especially if parent Fiat Chrysler elects to place the large sedan on the same front-wheel drive platform underpinning the all-new Chrysler Pacifica minivan. If FCA utilizes Pacifica architecture to support the third-generation 300, it’ll offer optional all-wheel drive, just as it does today.
News of the 300’s possible successor was shared by FCA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne with reporters at the company’s manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, on Friday reports Reuters. Marchionne was on hand to thank workers for launching the Chrysler Pacifica, representing a $2.6 billion investment in its minivan line.
That investment may never be recouped unless other models are derived from the platform. One of the models thought possible was a Dodge SUV variant — either to replace the current Durango or to supplement it.
A replacement for the current Dodge Dart is still open.
Front-Wheel Drive Architecture
Moving to front-wheel drive architecture aligns with the approach Chrysler’s competitors have long taken, including the Ford Taurus, Chevrolet’s Impala, and the Toyota Avalon. Of the three, only the Taurus offers available all-wheel drive — the possible Chrysler approach is also one Audi takes, but the latter’s market is the luxury segment.
Mention “Chrysler 300” and two other models come to mind: Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. The current Dodge sedan and coupe share nearly everything with the Chrysler, including the platform and most major components. One difference is found in the Hellcat lines as these are unique to Dodge and have effectively placed a lucrative halo over each one.
Marchionne’s pronouncements typically provide reporters with enough fodder to keep FCA in the news, while omitting some information about related products, brands, and production facilities.
Chrysler and Dodge Separation?
Although long tied at the hip, there is nothing written in the FCA playbook that the Chrysler 300 and its Dodge cohorts must continue on the same path. Indeed, Chrysler is now a mainstream brand, while Dodge represents its performance brand.
Thus, the next-generation Dodge Charger and Challenger might continue as is or adopt an Alfa-based rear-wheel drive platform as reported by Automotive News last August. The new platform should yield a third Dodge model, Barracuda (‘Cuda), a sport coupe convertible.
Rumors that FCA might eventually kill off Dodge seem like just that — although the Dart in its current form is doomed (as is the slightly large Chrysler 200), other models such as Viper, Charger, Challenger, ‘Cuda, Durango, and the eventual replacement for the Journey should keep this brand relevant.
Chrysler 200 production is winding down.
Other FCA Products and News
The 300’s future isn’t the only FCA news of late.
The next-generation Jeep Wrangler may get a twin-turbocharged, four-cylinder engine making 300 horsepower, supplementing the standard 3.6-liter, V-6. Further, production of the all-new Ram 1500 pickup truck will begin by Jan. 2018.
Production of the Dodge Dart will cease by year’s end as the Belvidere, Illinois plant where it is produced is converted to build the Jeep Grand Cherokee, now built in Toledo, Ohio. Ohio production will focus primarily on the next Wrangler as well as a Jeep-based pickup truck. Also, just as the company’s Sterling Heights, Mich., plant loses the Chrysler 200 by early next year, it will be retooled to supplement future Ram 1500 capacity.
As for the Dart and 200, Marchionne is still holding out hope that a partnership with another manufacturer to build replacement models will happen. Those models would be based entirely on a competitor’s technology. For example, Volkswagen Jetta and Passat models might be tapped and rebadged as the Dart and 200 respectively, although there has been no mention VW is even considering such a relationship.
See Also — Chrysler, Google Project: Start of Something Big?
Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: Chrysler 200, CHRYSLER 300, Chrysler Pacifica, DODGE BARRACUDA, DODGE CHALLENGER, Dodge Charger, DODGE DART, FCA, FIAT CHRYSLER, JEEP WRANGLER, RAM 1500, SERGIO MARCHIONNE
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Ford Investment Gives Donald Trump Something to Crow About…or Not
April 28, 2016 by admin 1 Comment
Ford gears up to produce new 10-speed automatic transmissions.
Earlier this week, the Ford Motor Company announced a $1.6 billion investment in its Livonia Transmission (Michigan) and Ohio Assembly plants, representing just one part of a $9 billion expenditure in US facilities over the next four years. Ford’s immediate investment will retain or add jobs at the two plants with 8,500 jobs created or retained overall.
Trump on Ford: Absolute Disgrace
The news follows Ford’s announcement earlier this month when the automaker stated it would lay out $1.6 billion to build small cars in Mexico. That decision was lambasted by GOP presidential contender and business mogul, Donald Trump, who said Ford’s decision was an “absolute disgrace.”
The Donald.
Trump has been shedding light on American job loss since he announced his candidacy, a topic that attracts voter attention. And rightly so. Unfortunately, he doesn’t always provide a context in his criticism and panders to his constituency. Other candidates, including Hillary Clinton, do the same. But Trump is the only one who has had Ford in his crosshairs.
The candidate also claimed he forced Ford’s hand last fall by saying he made Ford return some jobs to Ohio from Mexico. Trouble is, those jobs at its Avon Lake, Ohio, plant were scheduled to shift all the way back in 2011. Production of F-650/F-750 medium-duty commercial trucks began last August, but Ford says it hadn’t spoken with Mr. Trump and that its decision was announced nearly four years earlier.
Earmarking Investment Funds
As for the most recent $1.6 billion investment, Ford says $1.4 billion is earmarked for its Livonia Transmission Plant and the remaining $200 million will go to the Ohio Assembly Plant. These funds represent part of a $9 billion guarantee Ford made in the 2015 UAW-Ford collective bargaining contract to continue investing in its U.S. plants.
The current four-year allocation follows a five-year, $12 billion investment in US plants, a move that created 28,000 US jobs. As for the future of American manufacturing, Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, The Americas said, “We are committed to manufacturing in the United States, as we have been for more than 100 years.”
(See Also — President Trump’s SOTU Address Touts $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Investment)
GM-Ford Collaboration
Ford’s Michigan investment follows a special collaborative agreement it made a few years back with its arch-rival, the General Motors Company. In 2013, Ford and GM agreed to jointly develop an all-new generation of 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions. Designed to be built in both front- and rear-wheel drive variants, the arrangement provides hardware commonality and enables the two automakers to scale costs.
And this wasn’t the first time to two companies have developed transmissions. In 2002, GM and Ford came together to build 6-speed automatic transmissions, used in numerous products and to this day.
The first Ford product to get the 10-speed automatic will be the F-150 Raptor. The Livonia plant currently builds a 6-speed transmission for several Ford products and will begin production of the new transmission in June. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 will, by the way, become the first GM recipient of the new gearbox.
Following the insourcing of jobs from Mexico last year, the Ohio Assembly Plant began building F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty chassis cab configurations earlier this year. The plant is also tasked with producing Ford E-Series cutaway vans and stripped chassis.
Political Theater Extraordinaire
As for Trump, he may find yet another reason to poke Ford as well as GM and Fiat Chrysler as the campaign attacks strengthen. No, I’m not playing favorites here (after all, I am a Libertarian). Instead, I’m doing my part to present some balance as well as sensibility into the often heated and exaggerated political process.
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Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: 10-SPEED TRANSMISSIONS, DONALD TRUMP, Ford, GM, LIVONIA, MEXICO, MICHIGAN, OHIO ASSEMBLY PLANT
Painless at the Pump: Falling Gas Prices Thrill Consumers
January 21, 2016 by admin 1 Comment
Much lower fuel prices means “pain at the pump” is now a thing of the past. How low will gas prices go? Will prices stay low for the foreseeable future?
SUVs such as this Ford Expedition are increasingly cheaper to refuel.
Gas prices are tumbling and in some areas of the country are the lowest we’ve seen this century. As of this writing, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline sits at $1.861, according to Gas Buddy, the fuel price tracking website.
Driving the lower prices has everything to do with supply and demand. Domestic production has nearly doubled over the past few years and countries such as Canada and Iraq are producing more oil year after year. And despite feeling the squeeze from the west, Russia continues to pump oil. Thus, with the US essentially not needing much fuel from abroad, its former suppliers are looking for new markets. Those markets aren’t as lucrative as North America and Europe, therefore prices have fallen accordingly.
A Price War in Michigan
The new, lower prices are still above the $1.592 average reached on December 29, 2008. However, prices in some areas of the country are much lower as gas price wars have erupted. Notably, one station in northern Michigan dropped its price to 47 cents per gallon for regular gasoline earlier this week. Prices around Houghton Lake later rebounded, but one station is still charging $1.30 per gallon this morning.
Today’s fuel prices are part of a downward trend that began about 18 months ago when prices were averaging $3.58 per gallon. The international price for crude oil, once above $100 per barrel, is now below $30 per barrel and is expected to continue to fall. As a matter of fact, Iran is expected to produce upwards of 500,000 barrels of oil daily as economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic have been lifted. As long as supply outstrips demand, lower prices at the pump should continue.
Demand for electrified vehicles such as this Toyota Camry Hybrid continues to fall.
Consumers are, of course, elated with the lower prices. Refueling a large SUV once cost more than $125, a painful price point that had people avoiding models such as the Chevrolet Suburban and the Ford Expedition. That same Suburban with a 31-gallon fuel tank might now set the owner back by approximately $50 with the tank nearly empty.
Greater Demand for SUVs
Falling fuel prices continue to spark greater interest in pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. In 2015, US consumers purchased 17,470,499 new vehicles, setting an all-time record. Of that number, 9,729,587 were classified as light trucks, leaving 7,740,912 passenger cars, according to Motor Intelligence by Autodata Corp. Thus, 55.69 percent of all new consumer vehicles purchased last year were either SUVs or pickup trucks.
A scan of fuel prices across the nation this morning reveals sharply divergent prices and those prices are not always dependent on the region. Oklahoma currently holds the distinction of offering the lowest gas prices, averaging $1.539 across the Sooner State. Prices are averaging even lower in the northeast corner of the state, reaching $1.392 per gallon this morning.
On the other end of the pricing spectrum is California with prices averaging $2.72 per gallon or about a dime higher than the second most expensive state, Hawaii. For the most part, prices in the Golden State are tracking below $3 per gallon, although motorists in Mono County are still paying $3.502 per gallon on average. If you live in Yuba County, you’re saving more than a dollar per gallon as average prices there are coming in at $2.335 per gallon.
>Pickups, such as this GMC Sierra 2500 Denali are in great demand.
Fuel prices are not likely to rebound in the immediate future. Even as oil production is lowered, demand remains flat in many countries. As long as oil production outstrips consumption, we’ll see lower prices maintained. That also means consumers will continue to gravitate to larger and heavier vehicles with sedans and especially electric vehicles left in the dust.
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Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: AUTODATA CORP., CALIFORNIA, GAS BUDDY, GAS PRICES, HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN, MOTOR INTELLIGENCE, OIL PRODUCTION, OKLAHOMA, PICKUP TRUCKS, SUVs
Refreshed Nissan Altima Poised to Move Up
Updated Jan. 14, 2016 to reflect IIHS crashworthiness results.
Nissan Altima SL grade (photo copyright Christopher Brewer).
These certainly are heady days for Nissan, Japan’s second largest car manufacturer. The automaker is poised to overtake Honda in the US, the lone major market where its smaller competitor maintains a sales advantage.
To take Nissan to the next level, the manufacturer has been updating its product line at a stepped up pace by introducing such models as a new Murano crossover SUV in 2015 and the next generation Maxima sedan in 2016.
Mid Product Cycle Update
Just two years after replacing its most popular model, the midsize Altima sedan, Nissan has rolled out a substantial update, one that arrives ahead of schedule. Indeed, as far as product cycles go, this one achieves two important things:
1), It moves the customary fourth year mid product cycle update forward by one year. This effort keeps the Altima fresh as a new Chevrolet Malibu arrives on the market and as competing manufacturers make less substantial changes year after year, and
2), The update keeps the Nissan Altima on a trajectory to overtake the Honda Accord as the second best-selling midsize model in America. Through the first 10 months of 2015, Altima sales are up 1.0 percent, while the Accord’s sales are down by 3.1 percent. Although it doesn’t seem likely that Altima will close the current 11,500 unit gap between the two models before the year’s end, an updated model may do that in 2016. If so, only the Toyota Camry would remain in front of the Altima.
New for 2016: Altima SR Edition
Nissan entertained journalists in Michigan last week and another group in California this week to familiarize them with the refreshed model. I spent several hours driving a pair of models around the Michigan countryside — SL and SR editions, the latter bringing in the most significant changes to the model line.
And those changes go beyond the typical nip/tuck common to such updates. Notably, the 2016 Altima brings in exterior changes to align the sedan with the brand’s “energetic flow” design language, including the v-motion grille seen on other products such as the Rogue, Murano, and Pathfinder SUVs as well as on the Maxima sedan.
Other exterior refinements include LED projector headlamps, signature daytime running lights, changes to the front and rear fascia, a sculpted bumper, and both hood and front fender changes. The changes have helped in the coefficient of drag category as the new model measures 0.26 Cd, due largely to changes to the front and rear fascia, the windshield, and the inclusion of active grille shutters.
Nissan Altima SR grade (photo copyright Nissan).
Interior Design Changes
Inside, the Altima gains what Nissan describes as an “information-centric” interior with a change to the layout of the center console. Specifically, Nissan applied its “gliding wing” design to the horizontal console and added a higher-end look with silver and satin black accents.
All editions except for the base grade are equipped with a 5-inch color display. It doubles as a rear view monitor and also integrates with NissanConnect telematics to its Mobile Apps system. A USB port with iPod connectivity is included, and new for 2016 is Siri Eyes Free Voice Recognition — allowing for hands-free voice connection to Siri commands.
Nissan Altima interior (photo copyright Nissan).
Refined Transmission Introduced
The 2016 Altima continues with the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder and optional 3.5-liter, V-6 engines as before and pairs these with a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Say “CVT” to some people and they’ll quickly head for the door. Such transmissions dispense with gears and use a pulley to move through an infinite number of gear ratios. While CVTs offer improved fuel economy and performance, the noise and feel contributed by such transmissions is simply unacceptable to some.
For 2016, Nissan rectified its nagging CVT issue, essentially eliminating the long stretch feel such transmissions give during wide open throttle. Step on the accelerator and the engine revs push up, but then pull back just when the stretching sensation usually appears.
Its a more natural feel and one that most CVTs don’t offer. Nissan engineered this feature in with the product update and also reduced the cabin noise by using new engine mounts and by adding noise mitigation materials such as an acoustic glass windshield and a high density mass barrier. That’s the area covering the floor pan and firewall, an important part in winning the NVH or noise, vibration, and harshness battle.
Another benefit of the powertrain improvement is a corresponding increase in fuel economy. The 2016 edition now makes a segment-leading 39 mpg, up one mpg over last year. Importantly, as Nissan has made refinements to the car over the past decade, performance has increased slightly from 175 horsepower to 182 horsepower, while fuel economy has surged dramatically, up from 29 mpg 10 years earlier.
Nissan Altima SR Grade
For 2016, the all-new SR edition brings in a number of chassis upgrades that lead to better overall performance.
To wit, the sedan receives its first-ever 18-inch wheel tire package on a 2.5 model. The uniquely styled wheels are shod within Dunlop tires, but they aren’t of the low rolling resistance variety — Nissan wanted to ensure excellent handling, something they’ve achieved with its latest Altima model.
The SR edition also brings in new shocks, springs and stabilizer bars, including much stiffer front and rear stabilizer bars. Nissan says that the Altima benefits from more lateral grip and improved vehicle response. The SR’s chassis has been optimized — I detected none of the torque steer such models typically present.
By the way, if you like the special blue finish seen in one of the pictures here, it is exclusive to the SR grade (edition). Nissan calls it Storm Blue and I think you might like it.
Nissan also presented information about its latest safety technologies. Known as “safety shield technologies,” sensors detect the traffic in front of the car and maintain an even space between the vehicles. If you get too close, light braking is applied, warning beeps are emitted, and a notice appears on the dashboard. Nissan’s predictive forward collision can detect a possible collision up to two cars ahead. The system also includes rear cross traffic alert.
The changes to the Nissan Altima also mean it has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s top award — Top Safety Pick+. That’s the highest recognition given by the IIHS for safety.
See Also — 2019 Nissan Altima Adds All-Wheel Drive
Filed Under: New Models Tagged With: CVT, FASCIA, MICHIGAN, Midsize Sedan, MPG, Nissan Altima, SR GRADE, TRANSMISSION
Mcity Provides a Testing Ground for Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous driving test facilities are few in number. The University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation have partnered to build Mcity, a facility where connected cars and autonomous driving can be put through the paces.
MCity, where autonomous driving is put through the paces.
It is understood that driverless vehicles will eventually become commonplace on America’s roads. What is not yet clear is when this will happen. Indeed, there are obstacles that may slow down the process, including state and federal regulations, insurance industry oversight, and consumer acceptance. The technology is there, but the barriers must be removed.
On Monday, the University of Michigan launched Mcity, its 32-acre controlled environment designed to advance connected car and autonomous vehicle technologies. The city within the city of Ann Arbor will provide a unique environment for manufacturers, regulators, suppliers and insurance companies to help make autonomous driving a reality.
State and Industry Cooperation
Mcity was founded by the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Together, the two invested more than $10 million in the test facility and 15 companies, including automotive manufacturers, insurance companies, technology companies and industry suppliers are contributing $1 million over the first three years. An additional 33 companies are contributing $150,000 over that span.
“We believe that this transformation to connected and automated mobility will be a game changer for safety, for efficiency, for energy, and for accessibility,” said Peter Sweatman, director of the U-M Mobility Transformation Center. “Our cities will be much better to live in, our suburbs will be much better to live in. These technologies truly open the door to 21st century mobility.”
Michigan remains the top state for producing cars as well as for research and development. The Wolverine State has also been at the forefront of connected vehicle technologies, something that Mcity is designed to advance.
“We’ve been a world leader in innovation, especially in terms of mobility,” said Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. “We put the world on wheels. We transformed how the world moved. Michigan is uniquely positioned to continue to be a leader in mobility, and the University of Michigan’s new Mcity will play a critical role in that future.”
Real World Surroundings
Mcity was designed to mimic real world conditions. Thus, the environment includes a carefully designed network of roads along with traffic signs and signals, street lights, construction obstacles, sidewalks and, yes, building facades. The initiative was designed to provide surroundings that will allow emerging technologies to be tested in a controlled environment.
“There are many challenges ahead as automated vehicles are increasingly deployed on real roadways,” Sweatman said. “Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are going to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles can be realized quickly, efficiently and safely.”
Mcity: Vehicle to Vehicle Communication
Mcity will permit vehicles to talk with each other, even around blind corners, as well as to the infrastructure. The locale will help vehicles determine when a person crosses the road in front of a car as well as detecting when a dog does likewise.
As important as Mcity is for building an autonomous vehicle network, it is only the first step that the University of Michigan, the UDOT and its partners will take. Real world deployment will expand to Ann Arbor proper where connected cars are already traversing the city’s streets. From there, the entire southeast region of the state will become the testing ground, simulating driving conditions throughout the country.
Thus, from a controlled environment with just scores of vehicles at work, the deployment will expand to as many as 9,000 vehicles in Ann Arbor to 20,000 vehicles in the southeast Michigan region. Further, a 2,000-vehicle mobility service of connected and automated vehicles will be deployed in Ann Arbor.
For more information, check out the U-M Mobility Transformation Center.
Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: ANN ARBOR, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, CONNECTED CARS, DRIVERLESS CARS, INNOVATION, MCITY, MICHIGAN, TECHNOLOGIES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Brembo Expands Michigan Plant, Seeks North American Leadership
May 28, 2014 by admin 1 Comment
Brembo seeks a boost in market share.
If you are an automotive enthusiast, then you are familiar with the Brembo name. The Italian company is one of the world’s largest brake manufacturers, with its red, black or silver painted brake calipers supplying high-end OEMs including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Citroën.
This Porsche Cayman S features cant miss Brembo brake calipers.
Expanded Michigan Facility
Brembo has a strong presence in the North American market and recently expanded its Homer, Michigan, facility in a bid to increase its market share. Indeed, the facility is known for its brake, disc, caliper and corner module manufacturing, what should help Brembo reach its ultimate goal of making North America its lead market by the end of 2014.
With additional manufacturing facilities in Avenel, New Jersey, and Monterey, Mexico, the company says that it will be better positioned to serve its clients. Daniel Sandberg, president and CEO of Brembo North America said, “The investment in the Homer facility will allow us to expand our product offerings not only in North America, but also for customers across the globe.”
The Michigan plant was acquired in 2007 when Brembo purchased the Hayes-Lemmerz brakes discs division that same year. Brembo immediately set out to expand the plant in 2008, completing the second phase of that expansion in 2012 and 2013. The company also built a separate caliper and corner module manufacturing facility next to its disc plant, now offering 47 processing lines and 12 painting lines.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT relies on Brembo brakes.
Acquisition and OEM Demand
With added production capacity, Brembo expects to increase its discs output from 10 million discs in 2013 to 12.5 million in 2014. The company is also on track to boost calipers and corners modules production by one-third to 400,000 units this year.
Brembo credits two changes in recent years that have expanded the company’s already strong presence in the North America. The first was its 2007 acquisition of the Hayes-Lemmerz Automotive Brake Component division. The second follows much stronger demand for the US-based OEMs that use Brembo products.
Besides supplying the likes of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz, Fiat Chrysler is an important partner for Brembo too. Fiat Racing uses Brembo and Chrysler products, including its minivans and select Jeep products, are also outfitted with Brembo brakes.
Brembo: Formula 1 and NASCAR
Brembo is not, of course, the only supplier of high performance brake products. Earlier this year, Motor Trend provided an excellent overview of the company and its influence on the market.
Brembo is also involved in Formula 1 racing, first getting involved in motorsports in 1975. The company operates a facility in Mooresville, North Carolina, conveniently located near the headquarters of several racing teams. The company has supplied brakes for many NASCAR winners and claims Jimmy Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Clint Boyer as champions that have relied on its products to race to the winner’s circle.
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Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: brakes, Brembo, CALIPERS, DISCS, FORMULA 1, JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT, Mercedes-Benz, MICHIGAN, NASCAR, Porsche
GM Provides $449 Million for Next Chevrolet Volt
April 11, 2014 by admin 2 Comments
The second-generation Chevrolet Volt to debut for 2016 model year.
2013 Chevrolet Volt.
Sales of the Chevrolet Volt fell by 1.6 percent in 2013 to 23,094 units, but that isn’t stopping General Motors from pressing forward with its plans to bring the second generation of its unique hybrid-electric car to the market. Sales of the Volt are far below the 45,000 annual units the automaker had initially projected for calendar year 2012, a model that has also spawned Opel/Vauxhall, Holden and Cadillac variants.
Vehicle Electrification Investment
This week, GM announced that it would invest $449 million to upgrade the processes at two of its manufacturing plants Detroit-Hamtramck ($384 million) and Brownstown Battery Assembly ($65 million) as it prepares to introduce its updated PHEV models. The investment made in Hamtramck since 2009 will now top $1 billion, part of a $2.8 billion technology expenditure the automaker has made over the past five years in Michigan alone.
Detroit-Hamtramck will receive equipment upgrades, new body shop tooling, and other improvements to build the second generation Chevy Volt and two other products. Its Brownstown investment will support the next generation of lithium-ion battery production and other battery systems.
The Chevrolet Volt and like models are known as extended-range vehicles, powered by an electric propulsion system. The current models run on electric-fed power for upwards of 38 miles before a 1.4-liter gasoline generator kicks in. That generator sends energy to the propulsion system to turn its wheels. At present, Detroit-Hamtramck produces PHEVs for markets in 33 countries; additional production capacity is reserved for building the midsize Chevrolet Malibu and large Chevrolet Impala sedans.
Brownstown Battery is located south of Detroit and is the sole plant producing lithium-ion batteries for GMs PHEVs. GM says that it is a landfill-free plant, one made possible in part by a US Department of Energy grant. It is also the first high-volume battery plant of its kind operated by a major car manufacturer.
Next Generation Chevrolet Volt
What GM will do to improve upon its Voltec platform is not clear although the automaker would like to extend its electric-only range, perhaps to somewhere between 50 and 60 miles. The automaker may also produce a lower cost base edition with a smaller battery pack, one with a range somewhat closer to the current 11-mile range for the 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-in. That would allow GM to cut the Volts base price, even pushing it below the $30,000 threshold. However, any reduction in range will also reduce the federal tax credit many customers receive, currently pegged at $7,500. The Prius PHEV is assisted by a $2,500 tax credit as per the EPA.
Beyond the Chevrolet Volt and its current variant, GM may bring out a crossover version, possibly reserving that model for Buick or GMC. What GM also wants is a model better suited to take on the Tesla Model S, a long-range electric-only vehicle. If GM goes with such a model, it could replace the Cadillac ELR and compete wheel-to-wheel with Tesla. Full vehicle electrification and a 200-mile range? We’ll see.
GM Recall Challenge
GMs electrification news comes as the company is embroiled in an ignition safety recall for six retired vehicles 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003 to 2007 Saturn Ion; 2006 to 2011 Chevrolet HHR; 2006 to 2010 Pontiac Solstice; and 2007 to 2010 Saturn Sky. GM CEO Mary Barra has provided testimony before Congress and dealers have begun making repairs to the more than 2.6 million affected vehicles.
See Also — The Second Chance Chevrolet Volt
Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: Chevrolet Volt, Chevy, DETROIT-HAMTRAMCK, GM, LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, MICHIGAN, PHEV, VOLTEC
Ford Recruiters on Hand at Detroit Auto Show
Automaker is recruiting from the auto show floor.
If you have still haven’t visited the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, there is still time to take in Detroit,s most significant event of the season. The weather outside may be frightful, but the models inside are certainly delightful. As are the Ford recruiters standing nearby to speak to you about a possible job opening.
Public Display
In an usual recruiting move, the Ford Motor Company has assigned recruiters to the auto show floor for the entire public display, which runs through Jan. 27. Earlier this month, Ford announced that it would hire 2,200 salaried employees this year as reported by Auto Trends on Jan. 11. A number of those opportunities will be in Michigan, not far from Cobo Hall, the venue for the 2013 NAIAS. The current recruiting effort builds on the 8,100 hourly and salaried positions that were added in 2012.
Said Fords recruiting manager, Laura Kurtz, about the company’s unusual recruiter effort, We see this as an opportunity to find great people in unexpected places.
Where Kurtz and her people are likely to find the bulk of prospective Ford people is right around the Ford Atlas display, a much talked about concept pickup truck that is giving us a strong indication where the F-Series line is heading. Then again, Ford brought its entire showroom to the NAIAS this year with vehicles ranging from the tiny Fiesta to largest SUVs and everything in between.
Ford Career
If you are looking for an opportunity to speak with a recruiter, just ask and you’ll be pointed in the right direction. Do not bring a copy of your resume with you as they’re not being accepted on site but do ask questions and if you’re someone that Ford is interested in speaking with further, you’ll be directed to the Ford corporate careers website to make application.
You can also follow Ford Careers on Facebook and on Twitter. On Twitter, for example, @FordCareers has posted, Were hiring! From finance to product development, to manufacturing and more, check out Fords exciting career opportunities. Those tweets are being shared by Emilie Mecklenborg (@EmilieMeck) a communications and social media coordinator for the Ford Motor Company.
The Ford Motor Company is one several Michigan-based employers looking to beef up their staffs this year. If you’re still in college, we shared a list of Michigan Automotive Engineering Internships this month too. Elsewhere, companies such as Nissan, Honda and Volkswagen have announced that they are hiring, but to our knowledge, no other company has taken to the auto show floor as Ford has done at this years Detroit auto show.
See Also — Ford Focus, Fiesta Transmission Troubles Not Over Yet
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Michigan Automotive Engineering Internships
The state of Michigan remains a strong location for U.S. automotive industry jobs as the Great Lake State is home to General Motors, the Ford Motor Company and the Chrysler Group. Other OEMs have a presence in the state and numerous automotive suppliers have manufacturing facilities or offices in Michigan.
Student Interns
College students majoring in automotive engineering must gain hands-on experience before they finish their education. An automotive engineering internship can provide much experience with numerous opportunities available in Michigan.
Please note that the following companies have posted information about internship opportunities, details that are correct as of publication. Visit the link provided for more information and to apply:
Company: Chrysler Group LLC
Position: Automotive Design Intern Job No. 1001004
Location: Auburn Hills, Mich. at the Design Office Studios
Summary: College students pursuing a bachelors degree in automotive, product or industrial design, who have completed their sophomore year and have at least a 3.0 GPA are invited to apply. Students must be skilled in Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Alias or similar software programs and demonstrate leadership skills and initiative. Students will work in on-site design including clay sculpting, computer support, engineering and fabrication.
Company: Nexteer Automotive
Position: Summer Intern
Location: Saginaw, Mich.
Summary: Nexteer Automotive is a developer of steering and driveline systems. The company offers numerous internship and co-op opportunities for college students, with specific opportunities for students related to their area of study. Students pursuing a degree in computer, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering as well as computer science, supply chain management and business management are invited to apply. Applicants must be full-time students with a GPA of at least 3.0. Opportunities in various departments are available.
Company: U.S. Steel Corporation
Position: Intern Product Technology
Location: Troy, Mich.
Summary: Full-time college students majoring in mechanical engineering, metallurgy or material science are invited to apply. Students must be computer literate and possess excellent communication skills. This job entails working on various projects testing steel, lab operations and sample preparation. Students will also be introduced to sheet formality projects.
Company: Nissan North America
Position: Student Intern Virtual Garage
Location: Farmington Hills, Mich.
Summary: Interns will research current and future technologies to discover what digital technologies can benefit Nissan. This position is open to college students pursuing a degree in 3D design, architectural design, computer design, automotive design, mechanical engineering or other related field. Interns will work on projects involving upcoming models, make 3D models using applied technologies, and interact with vendors and Nissan departments.
Company: Volkswagen Group of America
Position: Environmental Materials Intern Job No. EEO000012
Location: Auburn Hills, Mich.
Summary: College students possessing strong technical research skills and having knowledge of government agencies and rule-making, are desired for this position. Interns will identify current legal requirements and log upcoming laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous materials and other substances. Students will work within Volkswagen and with outside groups including Canadian and American government agencies and various non-governmental groups.
Prospective interns should apply as soon as possible for available positions. Follow each company’s application process to apply.
See Also — The Average Salary of Automotive Engineers
Filed Under: Special Tagged With: CHRYSLER GROUP, COLLEGE INTERN, MICHIGAN, NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE, NISSAN MOTORS, U.S. STEEL, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
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NFL Jerseys Online have already sponsored two separate entertainment nights
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Alex Cockburn - Death of a Reactionary Radical
Progress Was Back to the Past
Counterpunch - A Mockery of his Communist father Claude Cockburn
Cockburn - His radicalism deserted him
I promised not to write any blogs on my vacation. Kids and all that plus lack of adequate facilities. This is a blog without graphics as the Gottenberg youth hostel's computers have only installed the Internet.
The youthful Cockburn became increasingly attracted to fascism
As Kipling remarked, when all around are losing their heads it's a good idea to keep one's own. In snatches of the Internet over the past few days I have been astonished that a reactionary and it would appear, corrupt buffoon, has been lauded by much of the Left.
The internet magazine Cockburn founded became a test bed for what has been called the Brown-Red alliance
The paper I am closest too, the Weekly Worker has it would appear abandoned its Marxist analysis (or at least its columnist Jim Creegan has) and comrades like Mick Hall, who authors the excellent Outrage blog, seem to lost their bearings.
There is a whole genre of 'the left' who, having no confidence in the working class, mouth radical slogans. Gilad Atzmon is one such creature. Cockburn was another.
Cockburn abandoned socialism for nationalism
I must confess I was stunned by the Jim Creegan's Obituary of Alex Cockburn's 'A Radical for all Seasons'. He was described as an anti-Zionist no less. I accept that in American terms Cockburn took up what would be described as radical postures but he did it as a caricature of true progressive and socialist politics.
Cockburn was never a Marxist
Cockburn made common cause with the whole galaxy of Atzmonites and other fake progressives. He was a part of that reactionary gaggle of conspiracy theorists who, not understanding capitalism, reached back into the cesspit of pre-capitalist society. Instead of looking for the obvious, the control of the resources of this planet by a thin crust of the ruling class, their prostitute regimes and military, he reached for conspiracies as an all embracing answer. This put him on a par with the neo-fascist survivalists and idiot blogs like Veterans Today. The fruitcakes and loony tunes of the 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
I have done a quick google search on the Counterpunch site and it lists no less than 304 articles by Gilad Atzmon, no doubt some of them are duplicates.
What is worse is that this garbage site Cockburn set up, Counterpunch, has constantly reprinted the articles of the medieval anti-Semite Israel Shamir who believes that the Blood Libel, whereby Jews murdered non-Jewish children to use their blood to make matzot (unleavened bread) for Passover, is true. Countless Jews died the most horrible deaths, victims of Christian inspired pogroms at Easter because of this. Julius Streicher, editor of Der Sturmer and Gauleiter of Franconia, who was hanged at Nuremburg, revived this blasphemy in his pornographic paper.
This was the extent of Cockburn's radicalism, reaching into the sewers of the most barbaric anti-semitism. Nor was this the only example. In the print edition of Counterpunch was an article by Shamir 'Dreyfuss Case Revisited' . 'Was he really a victim of anti-Semitism' Shamir asks about the royalist-military-clerical frame up of the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfuss. It was precisely the defeat of these reactionaries that led, 40 years later to the resistance to the Nazis and the remarkable survival of 75% of French Jewry in the holocaust.
I also have a personal-political axe to grind. When Mary Rizzo, Atzmon's collaborator (before she found out he was a mysoginist) printed a particular article attacking me and Jews Against Zionism. Roland Rance and myself replied. Cockburn not only refused to publish it but he, despite many emails and phone messages, refused to even acknowledge it.
If his father, the redoubtable Claude Cockburn, had seen what and who his son had aided in the cause of 'anti-imperialism' he would have turned in his grave. That Alex Cockburn started off as a radical is not doubted but he died a reactionary racist who believed that conspiracies explained all.
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Moshe Silman – Murdered by Netanyahu and the Jewish State
The Tragedy of Moshe Silman Should Not Blind Us as to the Culpability of Zionism
Moshe Silman
It is more than a terrible tragedy, that a 57 year old son of holocaust survivors died after setting himself on fire in protest at the way the Israeli state treated him. There are lessons as well as reflections on what happened and why.
Moshe Silman’s act of self-immolation will not become as well-known as that of the Tunisian man, Mohamed_Bouazizi, who set himself on fire last year. Bouzizi triggered the revolution in Tunisia which set off the Arab Spring – a veritable hurricane of protest.
Not that it matters to either man, since they are both dead. Let us leave aside the desperation that leads someone to kill themselves in this manner. Silman sustained 94% third degree burns on his body and it must have been an agonizing way to go.
Flames rising from the site where Moshe Silman set himself aflame. (Photo: Yuval Ben-Ami)
But we should be clear in tribute to Silman. He was killed by Netanyahu and Barak and all those who use Zionism to pretend that a Jewish nation will not be an oppressive one – even to Jews. In Israel the poor go to the wall. The welfare state has been dismantled. The experiences of Moshe Silman are detailed below in a Ha'aretz article.
Every death is tragic in some way but especially when someone is driven to kill themselves because they can see no light at the end of the tunnel. Moshe Silman was brought up in a society where racism is the norm. Zionism had no use for him any longer.
Moshe Silman may not even have thought about many of these questions until poverty and desperation led him to become involved in the J14 protests last year. Zionist supporters in Britain and the USA talk about Israel as a refuge. But it is no more than a refuge against poverty than it is against racism. Instead we see what was termed the ‘poor white’ syndrome of the USA whereby those who live in poverty are told that at least they have a white skin and can lord it over the Blacks. It doesn’t feed you, or house you or clothe you – but apparently some people feel better because of it. In Germany it mean the loweliest tramp could feel superior to a Jewish doctor. In Israel the same is true for the Jewish working-class.
Today Jewish workers and the unemployed are told to feel that if only the Palestinians suffer more then their situation will be better. When of course it is the corrupt oligarchy that runs Israel that benefits regardless of who suffers. Unity is strength, an old labour movement slogan, was never more apt.
Moshe Silman at a social protest in Haifa. Photo by Hagai Frid
Moshe Silman dies afterself-immolation at Israeli protest
The Israeli social protester was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body after he set himself on fire at a protest in Tel Aviv last week.
By Revital Hovel and Dan Even | Jul.20, 2012 | 3:30 PM
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Moshe Silman, the Israeli activist who set himself on fire during a social justice protest in Tel Aviv one week ago, succumbed to his wounds on Friday at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Silman was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body.
Protesters trying to extinguish the flames from Moshe Silman, after he set himself on fire during a social justice demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 14.
From Friday morning, activists and close friends of Silman were informed by his family that he was in his last hours. His family wanted to be surrounded by close friends, and announced that they would sit Shiva, the seven-day mourning period of an immediate family member required by Judaism, in the house of his sister in Rishon Letzion, where a mourner's tent would be set up.
The 57-year-old son of Holocaust survivors did not have an easy start. He lived alone and according to friends, tried to get ahead in life and live in dignity. But a small debt to the National Insurance Institute grew and sent him into an economic and bureaucratic tailspin that ended in self-immolation Saturday night on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street in front of the cameras.
“Moshe was simply not willing for the State of Israel to run him over anymore,” a friend said.
Silman’s friends were not surprised to hear what he did. The decision to set himself on fire because the state would not help him overcome his economic difficulties was in character for him, they said, especially considering his despair. “There was protest in his soul,” said a friend who went to rallies with Silman in Haifa. “He waited for it to break out and was glad when it did,” the friend added.
Two years ago Silman moved from Bat Yam to Haifa. As his economic situation deteriorated he became more and more involved in the protests in Haifa. The activists he met at the protest tent on the Carmel last summer became his best friends. “He was a man of action. He said you have to be political and get elected anywhere possible,” said Yossi Baruch, a Haifa activist.
According to friends, Silman lived in a neglected two-room apartment on the edge of the poor Wadi Salib area of the city. The refrigerator is empty. The neighbors do not know him at all.
Friends said he believed in action and took his belief to the extreme. He was born in Israel, and has two sisters, Bat Zion Elul from Rishon Letzion and Naomi Angel, a member of Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael. Angel would visit him in Haifa from time to time, always bringing food. Elul said Thursday of her brother: “He was in despair. He was mired in debt. Until the last moment we helped him. But he didn’t want it. Since the day he lost everything, the day they took everything, the house, his trucks, the money, my parents’ house, he has been going downhill.”
Silman never married and had no children and so his request for public housing was repeatedly denied. He worked at odd jobs and spent a few years in the United States. On his return, he established a messenger service and things finally began to look up. But then, toward the end of 2000, his business was hurt by the outbreak of the second intifada. He moved the business to a smaller warehouse and his office to his home in Jaffa. It later turned out that the National Insurance Institute’s debt notices never reached him, because they were sent to his former address. In 2002, the institute seized one of the four trucks he used for his company. The reason: a debt of NIS 15,000. Silman paid a third of the debt to reclaim his truck, but then he was asked to pay a further NIS 1,200 to cover towing expenses. Silman could not reclaim the truck due to a strike at the institute, and says that it led to the business’ collapse. Later, in 2005, he was forced to evacuate his apartment.
A history of court battles
Together with his mother, Sarah, Silman decided in 2008 to sue the National Insurance Institute. He and his mother claimed damages of NIS 8 million because of the seizure of his trucks that he said led to the loss of his business. But to file the suit he needed to pay a court fee, which he said he could not afford.
The court turned down his request to waive the fee and the case was never heard. The court registrar called Silman’s claim “baseless.” Silman appealed the decision to the Tel Aviv District Court, but it was turned down in 2010.
In a Facebook post last March, Silman urged his friends to organize protests against the institute: “I think that considering the upcoming appointment of a new director general of the NII, which is actually the Anti-Social National Insurance Institute, which has throughout the years caused the most cases of injustice by any governmental service to the weakest segments of society − and continues to do so daily − we should organize protests in front of NII offices,” he wrote.
Silman began working as a taxi driver, but made very little money, according to an affidavit and documents, submitted with his damages claim against the institute.
Meanwhile, as his financial situation worsened, his bank account was seized, and all his savings and insurance benefits were either seized or used to pay his debts, estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels. Silman’s mother, a guarantor of his debts, was also left without savings. In order to save her apartment, she legally transferred it to her daughters, free of charge. The court registrar who rejected Silman’s plea to be exempt from the court fee to file his damages suite wrote: “Someone who used this route of property smuggling cannot be heard afterward saying that he cannot pay the court fee.”
After losing his driver’s license because of his debts, his health began to deteriorate. The NII assessed his loss of ability to work at 50 percent and gave him only a limited allowance. Avri Raviv, who went with Silman several times to the institute said: “Like the cliche says, the handwriting was on the wall. Silman threatened suicide more than once to them. The representative of the psychiatric committee told me that people who threaten, don’t do it.”
But then, last summer’s social protest put wind in Silman’s sails. He began to participate regularly in rallies and became well known in Haifa’s small activist community. Idit Lev, who was one of the people closest to him, said: “He was always trying to turn over one stone and then another, to see if he could move ahead somehow.”
He spent his days looking for work, in endless lines at the health maintenance organization and in attempts to fight the Housing Ministry for help with rent. He filed four such applications with attorney Becky Cohen-Keshet, all of which were rejected on the grounds that he once owned an apartment and had no children. A fellow activist said after Silman set fire to himself Saturday night: “Moshe chose to harm himself in protest. It’s terrible when a person has to commit an act like that to explain their situation to people.”
See also this excellent article.Moshe Silman’s flames should not die with memorial candles http://972mag.com/silmans-flames-should-not-die-with-memorial-candles/51520/
This will be my last blog article for 2 weeks as I'm away!! Lotta Continua! - Tony Greenstein
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Tammi Rossman-Benjamin – the ‘academic’ face of Zionist and American McCarthyism
The racist cartoon heading the site of fellow racist Rabbi Fischer. Arabs are barbarians who hide behind their babies whereas Israeli soldiers defend them (whilst shackling Palestinian kids).
trying to find the mike!
Ross Benjamin's life mission is to prevent others speaking their minds. It is 'unlawful' to use state resources to host an academic's political webpage (unless you agree with it).
They don’t like it up ‘em
As Corporal Jones of Dad's Army fame used to say 'they don't like it up 'em'. In other words she can dish it out but can't take the flack. I refer to another Police State Academic Tammi Ross Benjamin, who spends most of her miserable life trying to censor the pages of fellow academics.
I did a couple of features on this particularly grotesque parody of an ‘academic’. Ms Benjamin obviously didn’t like the criticism she regularly doles out, because she has replied, albeit in her normally dishonest, cut and paste fashion.
In a letter she tells us that she and her fellow would-be censors ‘remain deeply dismayed that you have not responded to our letters to you, nor to the letters of numerous members of the Jewish community, urging you to remove Professor David Klein’s “Boycott Israel Resource Page” from the CSU Northridge server. Disappointingly, you have not even acknowledged our concerns.’
How impolite. Don't they know she is an important person and what's more, highly influential. There are no end of sleazy congressmen willing to take her shilling. But Ross-Benjaim is nothing if not resourceful. She wishes to inform her correspondents of ‘a more personal matter.’ With bated breath I read on.
What is the personal matter in question? Perhaps she’s found out that David Klein has committed bigamy, abandoned his children, become a new Hannibal Lector, had sex with a reindeer ( made that one up!). Well actually the blighter has been found out ‘unlawfully’ using ‘University and taxpayer resources’. Ah - crime indeed. Let us forget the small matter of some $3 billion in taxpayer aid for the Israeli military. It's that wicked Mr Klein we are talking about.
Clearly Mr Klein must have been using State resources to fund his own business, evade taxes? Err not quite. They have been using these resources, including the ‘prestige of the California State University; to tell the truth, sorry libel, Ms Benjamin. Question – is it possible to defame Ms Benjamin when she does such a good job herself?
What has really got her (kosher) goat is that not only has David Klein supported a Boycott of Israel he has done this on his university pages! Free speech? Forget it. Ross-Benjamin is an important person. And Boycotts are unAmerican (unless it's Iran of course!).
And holy of holies. She has linked to my article ‘Rossman-Benjamin: The Face of a Police State Academic.” What’s wrong you may ask with a Police state academic? Well for a start they are a bit of a contradiction and in any case she supports the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. It may torture, steal and confiscate land, set fire to olive groves, impose hundreds of check points to detain and harass Arabs, it may Judaise the Negev and Galilee and Jerusalem, demolish Arab villages and a thousand more instances of discrimination reminiscent of Apartheid at its worst, but you can still vote in Israel!
Even worse ‘The article to which his webpage is linked bears the same title and was written by British anti-Zionist Tony Greenstein, a leader of the international campaign to boycott Israel.’ Now I hate to point it out to such a distinguished academic but I am a mere footsoldier, not international leader! My real offences are bullet headed:
I compares Ms Benjamin ‘to a Nazi collaborator.’ Well no I was being a bit more subtle, though clearly Rossman-Benjamin doesn’t do subtlety. I pointed out that in Germany in 1933 academics rushed to associate themselves with Nazism, shunning their fellow Jewish academics. Martin Heidigger was, of course, the most famous, elected Rector of Freiburg University in March 1933. Collaboration was what the Zionist Federation of Germany did and later people like Israel Kasztner. This was more a form of political prostitution.
And even worse I had ‘accused her of “climbing into bed with Hitler supporters.” ’ Well it’s a pretty damaging accusation – if true. It would imply that Ross-Benjamin is a Nazi as opposed to a fool and a McCarthyist. But of course she doesn’t post the whole quote. She is one of those cut and paste merchants, i.e. a junk academic. My original quote was about her ‘climbing into bed with Hitler supporters such as Rev. John Hagee of CUFI.’ Which is a very different proposition.
Pastor John Hagee was President of the Southern Baptist Congregation and is currently head of Christians United for Israel. It is a matter of fact that he has described Hitler as god’s messenger, sent to drive the Jews to Palestine. He has spoken about ‘Jewish half-breeds’ and used viciously anti-Semitic language. He is one of a number, people like Glenn Beck, who are both anti-Semitic and pro-Zionist. Indeed it is quite a normal thing for those who are anti-Semitic to wish Jews to leave their homelands.
Apparently it is libellous to imply that the AMCHA Initiative is funded by the Israeli government. Well I'm inclined to agree with her! And Amcha? It is a locally based, indigenous struggle. And I’m batman!
Apparently the Amcha Initiative, like Camera, Stand With Us and all those other non-Israeli funded ‘initiatives’ is solely concerned for the ‘safety and well-being of Jewish students on California campuses.’ So why is a boycott of Israel any problem for them then? We make a sharp distinction between Israel, its war crimes and being Jewish. Fact is, of course, that anti-Semitism is only a concern for Zionism when support for the Palestinians is on the agenda. Israel is the biggest single cause of anti-Semitism world wide. And Zionists like Ross Benjamin do their best to associate Jews in the diaspora with Israel's war crimes. But opposing anti-Semitism (the real kind I mean)? I can honestly say that in 30+ years of organising against fascist groups like the National Front I have never known a Zionist organisation to become involved with us.
Well dear reader, ‘Professor Klein’s inclusion of a link to Tony Greenstein’s article on his CSUN-hosted webpage is further evidence of the misuse of university and taxpayer-funded resources.’ Perhaps the brilliant mind of Benjamin could enlighten us as to how much this ‘misuse of ….’ actually costs and isn’t free speech the most valuable of all commodities (to those like Ms Benjamin, education is yet another commodlity).
Indeed it is a ‘case a vicious personal attack on Tammi and the AMCHA Initiative, among other things.’ Quite how you make a personal attack on an organisation I shall leave to the brilliant Ms Benjamin. But as regards herself I was simply painting another side to this, no doubt, charming woman.
In another letter co-ordinated by Ross Benjaim, from 1800 gullible fools who probably don’t have a clue what it’s all about what is abundantly clear from some of the comments made, is their anti-Semitic character! This from a defender of those poor Jewish students.
Mr Outraged writes that ‘I would advocate budget-cutting to cut out this cancer.’ Ah yes, nothing to do with free speech, its all a question of economics!
According to another it is a ‘Jew-hating college.” Of course this particular idiot is long on descriptions but somewhat shorter on fact. And one fact is that the campaign to boycott Israel is driven in large part by Jewish people!
Another has 3 children ‘all who might have considered CSU as an option. There is absolutely no way I would consider giving tuition funds, not to mention the considerable donation potential to any of these campuses under these conditions.” I think I’m getting the message. It’s about financial contributions and the threat of withdrawing them. Now where does this particular idea come from?
Isn’t it one of the standard anti-Semitic tropes that Jews bribe their way through life and buy up any one who doesn’t agree with him/her. True to type Ross-Benjamin shows the anti-Semitism in her as is typical of Zionist supporters when the mask slips.
And where Ross-Benjamin leads others follow. Rabbi Dov Fischer lends his support to her when arguing that Jews should refuse to support the Orange County Jewish Federation. And what is the Fed’s crime? Well they support the Olive Tree Initiative who harbour this strange idea that there is more than one side to a conflict.
Note how ‘Palestine’ and ‘Palestinian’ are in inverted commas. It is common now on the American right to deny even the existence of the Palestinians. Martin Heidigger eat your heart out.
And Dov Fischer has a nice line in racist cartoons. On the top of his blog is a cartoon explaining the differences between the Israeli army and Arab ‘terrorists’. The Israeli military defends a baby in a pram. The Arab uses the pram as cover. Well what do you expect of these barbarians?
Fischer writes that 'Jewish funds should not be expended on paying for Jewish students to travel throughout “Palestinian” towns and villages to hear lectures by trained anti-Israel propagandists from “Palestine,” as part of an OTI mission to expose Jewish students to a “balanced” understanding of narratives:'
Not only is Ross-Benjamin and friends interested in curtailing academic debate but she wants to suppress internal debate in the Jewish community.
Dear Chancellor Reed,
We remain deeply dismayed that you have not responded to our letters to you, nor to the letters of numerous members of the Jewish community, urging you to remove Professor David Klein’s “Boycott Israel Resource Page” from the CSU Northridge server. Disappointingly, you have not even acknowledged our concerns.
Now, however, we are writing to inform you of a more personal matter. We believe that CSUN Professor David Klein and Interim President Harold Hellenbrand have been using University and taxpayer resources unlawfully and the name and prestige of the California State University to mount what we believe are defamatory attacks targeting one or both of us:
1) For the last several weeks, Professor Klein has included as the first item referenced on his Boycott Israel webpage a link entitled “Rossman-Benjamin: The Face of a Police State Academic.” The article to which his webpage is linked bears the same title and was written by British anti-Zionist Tony Greenstein, a leader of the international campaign to boycott Israel. Greenstein’s article includes the following verbal assault against Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and the AMCHA Initiative, a grassroots organization which we co-founded to promote the safety and well-being of Jewish students on California campuses:
Greenstein compares Tammi Rossman-Benjamin to a Nazi collaborator, writing: “Rossman-Benjamin reminds me of the court academics who prostituted themselves in 1933 when the Nazis came to power.” He has posted three photographs of Tammi next to a photograph of Martin Heidegger, whose caption reads: “famous philosopher who lent his talents to the cause of the 3rd Reich,” and he has accused her of “climbing into bed with Hitler supporters.”
Greenstein calls Tammi a “police state academic,” a “junk academic,” a “zombie,” a “fruit cake,” and a “McCarthyite apparatchick,” and he insinuates that she is part of the “racist right.”
Greenstein falsely implies that the AMCHA Initiative is funded by the Israeli government.
Professor Klein’s inclusion of a link to Tony Greenstein’s article on his CSUN-hosted webpage is further evidence of the misuse of university and taxpayer-funded resources to promote Klein’s own partisan agenda, in this case a vicious personal attack on Tammi and the AMCHA Initiative, among other things.
2) CSU Northridge Interim President Harold Hellenbrand has recently issued an official statement entitled “J’ACCUSE! THE NEW ANTI-ANTI-SEMITISM,” which he posted as the April ’12 “Provost’s Message” on the Academic Affairs home page and circulated widely by email to all CSUN faculty and administrators. In his statement, President Hellenbrand demonizes and delegitimizes the AMCHA Initiative’s efforts to address the issue of anti-Jewish bigotry at CSUN. For example:
President Hellenbrand criticizes the recent policy articulated by the U.S. Department of Education affording civil rights protection to Jewish students, and he falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of capitalizing on the new policy “to denounce, with the fury of Jeremiah, dissent to policy as if it were apostasy.”
President Hellenbrand falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of being a Jewish messianic organization, which “fantasizes its inception as a Golden State recapitulation of the in-gathering of the Jews under the Word”.
President Hellenbrand falsely accuses the AMCHA Initiative of violating U.S. law through “entangling alliance with a foreign power [Israel]” and ignoring “the separation of church and state”.
Ironically, although President Hellenbrand accuses us of using University resources for engaging in political advocacy — by which he presumably means the occasional and legitimate use of our UC email accounts to send letters to university administrators urging them to ensure that Jewish students are protected on their campuses (hardly a use of University resources) — as we have noted in our previous letter to you, President Hellenbrand himself has used his administrative office and substantial taxpayer dollars to promote his own highly partisan and political agenda.
President Hellenbrand’s statement contains false and wild charges and is unprofessional, politically-motivated, and highly unbecoming of the top CSUN administrator. Moreover, his astonishing lack of sensitivity to the issue of anti-Jewish bigotry is extremely offensive to a great many members of the Jewish community.
We believe that Professor Klein’s and President Hellenbrand’s behavior is in clear violation of California state law, including California Government Code 8314, which prohibits any state employee from using public resources for personal benefit, and California Education Code 89005.5(a)(2)(C), which prohibits the use of the state-owned name CSU Northridge for the purpose of promoting personal or political activities including boycott.
Moreover, we believe that Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand are using their University positions and privileged access to University internet and electronic services to silence the legitimate concerns we are raising about their misuse of University and taxpayer resources for promoting a political hatred of the Jewish state and its supporters. Indeed, we note that to the extent that Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand are violating our constitutionally-protected freedom of expression, their speech cannot be considered constitutionally protected.
Finally, besides the potential violations of state and federal law that we have enumerated, we believe the behavior of Professor Klein and President Hellenbrand suggests an egregious failure of leadership at CSUN.
We therefore urge you, as CSU Chancellor, to take the following actions immediately:
1) Remove Professor Klein’s offensive webpage from the CSUN server.
2) Remove President Hellenbrand’s “J’ACCUSE” statement from the Academic Affairs website and replace it with an apology to the AMCHA Initiative for misusing the CSUN Office of Academic Affairs to promote a highly partisan and political message.
3) Post on your Chancellor’s website and circulate widely among all CSU faculty and administrators a statement articulating the state and federal laws and University policies prohibiting the use of University resources for partisan or political purposes, and insist on the proper enforcement of these laws and policies by all CSU employees.
We hope to hear from you soon regarding this matter, which is of great importance not only to us personally, but to the entire Jewish community.
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
Co-founder the AMCHA Initiative
Tammi@AMCHAinitiative.org
Leila Beckwith
Leila@AMCHAinitiative.org
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Another Israeli Barbarian - MK Michael Ben-Ari
MK Michael Ben-Ari tearing pages from the New Testament (photo: Itamar Ben-Gvir)
An interesting little story. Whilst a lunatic American pastor insists on burning the Quoran, his counterpart in Israel – far-right religious party MK Michael Ben Ari, demonstrates the hatred of the religious Jews and Talmud for Christians.
Here we have one particular Neanderthal demonstrating the subtlety of his arguments. It makes it even more absurd, on the surface, that US Christians support Israel in such numbers. But actually it doesn’t, because the theology and practice of US Baptism is above all political – US power is god given and it is irrelevant whether Israelis like Christians. What matters is that Israel is a willing guard dog of US interests in the Middle East.
US fundamentalist Christianity is intensely political – it provides the ‘god cover’ for US imperialism. God is always on their side, and damn the consequences. Whether it is abortion, the death penalty or health care – US Christianity is a religion that worships the rich and promises ‘apple pie’ only in the next world.
Just imagine the cries of 'anti-Semitism' is the Torah were subject to similar treatment.
Tuesday, July 17 2012|Ami Kaufman
MK Michael Ben-Ari rips up New Testament, throws it in trash
According to the Israeli website NRG, MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) tore the New Testament to pieces and then threw it in the trash after the Bible was sent to all 120 members of Knesset by a man named Victor Kalish, who according to NRG specializes in publishing Christian religious texts.
In the article, Ben Ari is quoted as saying, “This abhorrent book promoted the murders of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and the autos da fé… this is an ugly missionary provocation by the Church, there’s no doubt that the book and its senders belong in the trash of history.”
Black Prisons - The Secret United State's Places of Torture and Incarceration
Court demands secret files on US 'black jails’
Abd al Rahim al Nashiri was detained at a Polish prison for six months Photo: GETTY
Mihail Kogalniceanu air base. Romania. @ 44.36043300, 28.49149700
Black Site, Kabul, Afghanistan. Trevor Paglen: This site was brought to my attention by Afghan journalists and human rights activists in Kabul. The code name of this site remains unknown.
Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean, United Kingdom Territory. Rendition Flights Refuelled on the Island in 2002.
Khalid Shiekh Mohammed
Kiejkuty Stare
Exhibit I: Rendering of Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah's first cell in Afghanistan (based on Bashmilah's own drawings). Source: Salon.com
In Afghanistan, the largest CIA covert prison was code-named the Salt Pit, at center left above. (Space Imaging Middle East). Source: Washington Post
The Salt Pit, Shomali Plains Northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. Trevor Paglen: The Salt Pit is located in an old brick factory a few miles northeast of Kabul, along an isolated back-road connecting Kabul to Bagram.
The United States is facing fresh embarrassment over its use of 'black' detention sites after the European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to hand over secret documents about its role in the War on Terror, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
Judges in Strasbourg have requested documents that contain details of how the CIA set up its "extraordinary rendition" centre outside Warsaw in 2002 where it subjected al-Qaeda suspects to water-boarding and other extreme interrogation techniques.
A month ago, a Polish whistle-blower alleged that a document existed which allowed the setting up of the prison – including procedures to adopt in the event of an inmate's death. It was said to have been signed by the head of Polish intelligence.
According to the leak, American officials "laughed" and refused to sign the document. "They considered us amateurs and explained that this kind of business could not be dealt with by means of formal agreements," the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported.
Polish officials have refused to confirm or deny the existence of the agreement, citing official secrets laws, as part of a four-year investigation into the jail.
However, in a decision hailed by civil rights lawyers, the court has asked the Polish government to confirm the existence of the agreement and "if that document exists ... to supply a copy." Both Poland and the US have fought to keep operational details of the camp secret. Under European law Poland has until Sept 5 to comply with the court's request for information, a copy of which has been seen by this newspaper.
The court demand was made after US civil rights lawyers filed a compensation claim at the court in Strasbourg on behalf of Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the man accused of masterminding the October 2000 suicide bomb attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors.
Lawyers for al Nashiri, who was detained at the Polish prison for six months from December 2002 to June 2003, said the court order was a "significant step forward" in the ongoing battle to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the CIA's rendition programme. "It would be a significant step forward for relevant documents to be produced so that the truth can finally be aired," said Amrit Singh, of the New York-based Open Society Justice Initiative which filed the case.
"Every single case brought by a rendition victim in the United States has been dismissed, until now no rendition victim has had their day in court. The US has never officially acknowledged any of its secret locations.
"The US and Poland conducted this secret rendition and torture operation on European territory without any judicial review or oversight, and now a European court is showing that it takes these violations very seriously," she added.
The European court's demand for information is potentially deeply embarrassing for the US government as it puts al Nashiri on trial at a war crimes tribunal in Guantánamo Bay, which began hearing pre-trial motions on Tuesday.
The court questions could also circumvent US government attempts to block requests by the al Nashiri defence team for the release of official documents relating to his detention in Poland and other sites in Morocco and Thailand.
Prosecution lawyers have urged the war crimes tribunal not to give up documents relating to the "arrest, detention and rendition" of al Nashiri, arguing they are "not material" to his defence and that the Guantánamo tribunal has no power to order foreign governments to hand them over.
The CIA black site at the Stare Kijekuty army base 110 miles north of Warsaw has caused a major political scandal in Poland as details emerged about how al Nashiri was subjected to mock executions, kept hooded and naked and threatened with a power drill and the rape of his family members.
In evidence given to an earlier Guantánamo Bay hearing in 2007, al Nashiri said his physical torture was so severe that "before I was arrested I used to be able to run about 10km. Now, I cannot walk for more than 10 minutes".
The court has also demanded to know whether Poland knowingly allowed al Nashiri to be tortured and sent to a country – Morocco – that used the death penalty, which would be a serious breach of European law.
As Zionism moves to the Right – so Progressive Zionist Organisations Are Seen as More Effective Opponents of BDS
The answer of course is that J Street and Peace Now aren’t progressive. J-Street’s only claim to be progressive is that it isn’t as far to the Right as AIPAC – the main Zionist lobby group in the US. As for Peace Now. They barely exist in Israel and outside Israel function as one of the few remaining left-Zionist groups left and they function solely as a means of conveying the idea that Israel is a pluralist democracy. In fact peace activists who are Jewish in Israel are regularly reviled as ‘traitors’, physically attacked and threatened with assassination. I can remember after the horrific massacres in 1982 in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra & Chatilla, which Israel oversaw, Peace Now was trumpeted around campuses to show how vibrant Israeli democracy was.
One of these hypocrites was put up against a motion at Sussex University in October 1982. I was also an invited speaker, though the Zionists tried to prevent me speaking on grounds of 'anti-Semitism'. A creature called Jeff Samuels, the Vice President Finance led the attack. To no avail. A massive Union General Meeting of 900 decided it wanted to hear from someone opposed to Zionism from a Jewish perspective.
After the Peace Now propagandist was wheeled on I spoke. I say modestly that it brought the house down when I said, and I remember it still, that Jews above all, given the history of anti-Semitism, should be the last people to perpetrate racism. The Israeli state had allied with fascism - the Phalange.
The meeting went on to vote overwhelmingly for a motion calling for a democratic, secular state in the whole of Palestine. Something like 75-80% of those present voted in favour.
I was told late that I had 'intimidated' Jewish (they mean Zionist) students who were upset and in tears at having to listen to my arguments. Such precious, sensitive little souls these Zionists are. It brings tears to their eyes to have to listen to a description of their murderous activities.
Indeed on this basis I was described as 'anti-Semitic'. Putting forward views that some Jewish students don't like is anti-Semitic.
Why did progressive U.S. Jewish groups oppose divestment?
Despite having an explicit anti-settlement position, J Street and Americans for Peace Now actively opposed the Presbyterian Church’s efforts to divest from companies that profit from the occupation. By doing so, they are standing in the way of the Palestinian stride for freedom.
By Naftali Kaminski and Michael Zigmond
Undoubtedly, when Peter Beinart wrote his groundbreaking essay in 2010, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” he did not foresee the events around this year’s 220th General Assembly in Pittsburgh of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), but his analysis was proven right again. For months the entire Jewish establishment, both nationally and here in Pittsburgh, shifted their attention from the real concerns of American Jews and dedicated itself to a topic most American Jews were not even aware of – how to prevent the Presbyterians from following their ethical principles when making financial decisions.
The issue of divestment was first raised by the Presbyterian Church in 2004, and at this year’s assembly, two resolutions on this matter were put up for a vote: the boycott of products produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the divestment from corporations whose products are used in the ongoing maintenance of occupation.
Despite the campaign against divestment, virtually nobody at the General Assembly of PCUSA suggested that the occupation was justified or that Israeli settlements were not an obstacle to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the end, the General Assembly approved a call to boycott products such as the popular Ahava cosmetics and a resolution to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions was defeated by only 2 votes out of 664 through a parliamentary motion that prevented a vote on the divestment proposal itself. Importantly, a resolution to create a personal divestment option for pension holders (reversed on a procedural technicality), received significant majority support suggesting that Church-wide divestment is likely to happen in the future, if there is no end to the occupation, perhaps as soon the next General Assembly in 2014.
While the knee-jerk opposition to the Presbyterian resolutions and the usual kitchen sink assembly of implications of anti-Semitisms, recollection of Jewish suffering across the centuries, and a hint that these resolutions would support terrorism was predictable, what was new was the positioning of groups considered progressive or moderate at the forefront of the Jewish establishment campaign. In Pittsburgh, a local newspaper highlighted the role of “progressive” groups such as the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the local chapter of J Street in the opposition to the PCUSA resolutions. James Gibson, a Rabbi respected here for his progressive leadership, moderate views on Israel-Palestine and interfaith work, called on the Presbyterians not to “disinherit Israel.”
And on the national level, one may argue that, despite the heavy-handed campaigning by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the groups that actually prevented approval of the divestment resolution were two prominent “pro-Israel, pro-peace” groups, J Street and Americans for Peace Now (APN) who instead of simply pointing out that they did not support targeted divestment and/or boycott, actively called on Presbyterian to reject the measures. Their opposition was particularly influential because, unlike the other anti-divestment lobbyists, both groups are known to be vociferous critics of the settlements.
In what may be a telling analogy, much of the moderate Jewish establishment public pronouncements in Pittsburgh in 2012 bore an eerie resemblance to those of white ‘moderates’ in Alabama in 1963. In that year, eight white clergymen issued a public statement titled A Call for Unity in which they claimed nonviolent civil disobedience to segregation was “unwise and untimely” and suggested it would “incite to hatred and violence, however technically peaceful those actions may be.” They acknowledged the “natural impatience of people who feel that their hopes are slow in being realized,” but insisted that the only way forward “should be pressed in the courts and in negotiations” and “not in the streets.”
As if inspired 49 years later by this letter, J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami, in an essay published just before the Presbyterian divestment vote, stated with regard to the Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance movement that “pursuit of these tactics has promoted little more than debate and division,” and that despite the fact that “frustration is rising over diplomatic stagnation,” the only way forward is through a full-on pursuit of diplomatic efforts. Yet, during 20 years of diplomatic efforts the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied territories has nearly doubled – and has risen 18 percent during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s three-plus years in office – and the Palestinians are still under Israeli control and no closer to an independent state that they were when talks began in fall 1991. It may be argued that J Street’s position is a logical extension of its position as a lobbying group seeking to impact lawmakers and a direct continuation of its realignment with Jewish Establishment policies as was evidenced by its support of a US veto on the Palestinian UN bid and the recent dismissal of the call by Peter Beinart, earlier celebrated as J Street’s Troubadour, for a boycott of settlement products.
More striking was the response by Americans for Peace Now (APN), a group admired by many for its consistent anti-occupation stance and its support of boycotting goods made in illegal Israeli settlements. Widely misrepresenting the carefully crafted Presbyterian position which only focused on three companies profiting from the suppression of Palestinian human rights in the occupied territories, the APN President Debra DeLee, said that the proposal targeted “Israel rather than the occupation” and raised worries of “global anti-Semitism.” Oddly, in her rush to vilify the Presbyterian deliberations, she neglected to mention that the Presbyterians’ overture to boycott products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank perfectly echoed APN positions. In fact, her complete disregard for the actual text of the Presbyterian resolutions was disturbing, because it suggested a deep paternalistic attitude: As if Palestinians or their Presbyterian supporters had no say in the design of their nonviolent resistance strategy, as if they needed to defer to Ms. Delee for approval. Not unlike the moderate preachers in Alabama, She and APN seemingly consider Palestinian nonviolent resistance a distraction.
In 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to the white moderate preachers with his now famous Letter from Birmingham Jail:
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.
The Palestinians who have been living under a brutal occupation for 45 years, and who have only seen a deterioration of their conditions under negotiations, and are now asking for international support for a nonviolent strategy to finally change the status quo, must feel the same way - that moderate Jewish groups like J Street and APN have become the “largest stumbling block” in their stride for freedom and independent statehood. In their vocal opposition to the Presbyterian limited divestment and settlement boycott resolutions, J Street and APN challenged the legitimacy of Palestinian nonviolent resistance, an attitude reminiscent of the white moderate preachers who preached patience and obedience to the leaders of the Civil Rights movement. The white moderate preachers ended up on the wrong side of history. Where will J Street and Americans for Peace Now end up?
Michael Zigmond is an American scientist and long-time member of the Pittsburgh Jewish community with strong ties to Israel. Naftali Kaminski is an Israeli Physician-Scientist now living in Pittsburgh. Both were past supporters of J Street and contributors to APN and are members of the Middle East Peace Forum of Pittsburgh.They blogged their impressions from the boycott and divestment deliberations at the Presbyterian General Assembly at the Pittsburgh Middle-East Peace Blog
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The Shackling of Children – Another Innovation of the Middle East’s ‘Only Democracy’
The Treatment of Palestinian Children Says Everything about Zionist Racism
Israeli soldiers stand guard over Palestinian children arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron. Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA
If there is one thing that demonstrates, beyond doubt or debate, that Israel is a racist society, then it is the shackling, abuse and torture of Palestinian children. Think what would happen if Jewish children anywhere in the world were treated in this way. The pictures of Jewish children putting their hands up as they are marched away by the Nazis is indelibly printed on peoples’ minds. Likewise the use of leg irons on Palestinian children by the Israeli military. No Jewish child in Israel would ever be handcuffed or chained. There would be an uproar. But for some reason (racism?) it is considered acceptable to detain without charge, without seeing a lawyer or their parents, Palestinian children.
Thanks to the indefatiguable Dr Derek Summerfield for this.
[27 June 2012] – On 26 June a new report on children held in Israeli military detention was published in London. The report - Children in military custody – was produced by a delegation of UK lawyers following their visit to the region. The delegation of nine lawyers, including Sir Stephen Sedley (formerly Lord Justice Sedley) and Baroness Scotland QC (former Shadow Attorney General and Attorney General of England, Wales and Northern Ireland) travelled to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in September 2011 to assess the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law.
According to the delegation's website, the “objective of the group was to produce an independent report founded on the principles of the rule of law and children’s rights. A substantial and balanced body of relevant information was collated. The delegation met with a number of key parties, including Israeli Government departments and the military, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs, UN agencies, former Israeli soldiers and Palestinian children. They also visited the military courts at Ofer prison outside Jerusalem and observed proceedings involving children.”
The delegation’s terms of reference were “to undertake an evaluative analysis of Israeli military law and practice as they affect Palestinian children in the West Bank by reference to the standards of international law and international children’s rights. The terms of reference did not include the legality of the occupation. Nor did the terms of reference include the impact of the occupation on the welfare and rights of children outside the legal process.” The question which concerned the delegation was “whether there is any justification for treating Israeli and Palestinian children differently in law or in practice”.
The key findings of the report, based solely on legal differentials, include the following:
Israel is in breach of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibits the transfer of Palestinian prisoners out of occupied territory.
Israel is in breach of article 65 of the Fourth Geneva Convention for failing to translate relevant military orders into Arabic.
Israel is in breach of articles 2 (discrimination), 3 (child’s best interests), 37(b) (premature resort to detention), 37(c) (non-separation from adults), 37(d) (prompt access to lawyers, and 40 (use of shackles) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“If the manner of arrest and detention is to any significant extent that which was described to us by the UN, Israeli and Palestinian NGOs and Palestinian children, Israel will be in breach of the prohibition on cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
“We record our view that to hold children routinely and for substantial periods in solitary confinement would, if it occurred, be capable of amounting to torture in breach not only of article 37(a) but also of other well-known international instruments.”
The report concludes by making 40 specific recommendations, including:
Arrests of children should not be carried out at night save for in extreme and unusual circumstances.
At the time of their arrest, all children should be informed, in their own language, of the reasons for their arrest, and their right to silence.
Children should never be blindfolded or hooded.
Methods of restraint should not be used unless strictly necessary. Single plastic ties should never be used.
Children should not be transferred on the floor of vehicles. They should be properly seated and treated with dignity at all times.
The prohibition on violent, threatening or coercive conduct towards children should be strictly observed throughout all stages.
Children should have a parent or guardian present prior to and during their interrogation.
Interrogations should be audio-visually recorded and the tapes should be made available to the child’s lawyer.
Children should not be required to sign confessions and statements written in a language other than their own.
All Palestinian children detained under Israeli military law should be held in facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and not in Israel, which constitutes a breach of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
It is relevant to note in regards to breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention, that the UK Government has specific legal duties and obligations under article 1 of the Convention “to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances.”
The full report is available on line.
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After having kept silent for fear of a racist backlash from the Israeli loving EDL and similar low-lifes, London shopkeepers, not least Muslim ones, have embraced a Boycott of Israeli Dates. Read a cross post from Inminds below.
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With Ramadan just a week away and this years 'Boycott Israeli Dates Campaign' in full flow, the capitals shopkeepers have wholeheartedly embraced the campaign with dozens of shops in London already displaying the campaign posters in their shop windows and stocking bundles of leaflets to give out to their customers.
Customers have reacted very positively to this act of solidarity by shopkeepers with the Palestinian people suffering this Ramadan under brutal Israeli military occupation: "I feel if this shop has gone to the trouble to put up this poster for the benefit of its customers.. for my benefit, to inform me which brands of dates to avoid and thereby not contribute to the crimes being committed against my brothers and sisters in Palestine, then it shows they care for their customers and I am very please to shop here.."
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The 2014 Tony Awards
Well theatre fans we are only a week away too the 2014 Tony Awards. I've been watching them practically every year since 1988 which was the year that The Phantom of the Opera won the top prize. Who would have thought that the show would not only still be running all these years later but would eventually become the longest running show in Broadway history. I thought for sure it would have been Cats. Just kidding. I didn't even see it. But enough about dancing felines and falling chandeliers. We have more important things to discuss. Like who is going to win a Tony on June 8. So let's get right too it. Like most years I will be picking who I think should win and who will probably win in all the major categories. Let's see if I am right. Enjoy!
Best Musical
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Will Win: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Should Win: Tie- Bullets Over Broadway and The Bridges of Madison County (Oh wait. I forgot. They weren't even nominated. My bad.)
Casa Valentina
Mothers and Sons
Outside Mullingar
Will Win: All The Way
Should Win: Act One
Best Revival of A Play
Will Win: The Glass Menagerie
Should Win: The Glass Menagerie
Best Revival of a Musical
Will Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Should Win: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Book of a Musical
Aladdin-Chad Beguelin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical-Douglas McGrath
Bullets Over Broadway-Woody Allen
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder-Robert L. Freedman
Will Win: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder
Should Win: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder
(Interesting note. Douglas McGrath who is nominated for Beautiful co-wrote the screenplay for Bullets Over Broadway with Woody Allen. Sadly neither won of them is probably going to take home a Tony on June 2.)
Aladdin-Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin
The Bridges of Madison County-Music and Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder- Music: Steven Lutvak Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak
If/Then- Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Brian Yorkey
Will Win: The Bridges of Madison County
Should Win: The Bridges of Madison County
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett- Twelfth Night
Bryan Cranston-All The Way
Chris O'Dowd-Of Mice and Men
Mark Rylance-Twelfth Night
Tony Shaloub- Act One
Will Win- Bryan Cranston
Should Win-Bryan Cranston
Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Play
Tyne Daly-Mothers and Sons
LaTanya Richardson-A Raisin In The Sun
Cherry Jones- The Glass Menagerie
Audra McDonald-Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Estelle Parsons-The Velocity of Autumn
Will Win: Audra McDonald
Should Win: Cherry Jones
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karlmloo-Les Miserables
Andy Karl-Rocky
Jefferson Mays- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Bryce Pinkham-A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Will Win: Neil Patrick Harris
Should Win: Neil Patrick Harris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Mary Bridget Davis-A Night With Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster-Violet
Idina Menzel-If/Then
Jessie Mueller-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara- The Bridges of Madison County
Will Win: Jessie Mueller
Should Win: Jessie Mueller
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney: Casa Valentina
Paul Chahidi-Twelfth Night
Stephen Fry-Twelfth Night
Brian J. Smith-The Glass Menagerie
Will Win: Brian J. Smith
Should Win: Reed Birney
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Sarah Green-The Cripple of Inishmaan
Celia Keenan-Bolger-The Glass Menagerie
Sophie Okenedo-A Raisin In The Sun
Anika Noni Rose-A Raisin In The Sun
Mare Winngham-Casa Valentina
Will Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Should Win: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein-Cabaret
Nick Cordero-Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry-Violet
James Monroe Iglehart-Aladdin
Jarrod Spector-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Will Win: James Monroe Iglehart
Should Win: Danny Burstein
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Linda Edmond-Cabaret
Lena Hall-Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox-After Midnight
Lauren Worsham-A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder
Will Win: Lena Hall
Should Win: Lena Hall
Best Director of a Musical
Warren Carlyle-After Midnight
Michael Mayer-Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman-Violet
Darko Tresnjak-A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder
Will Win: Michael Mayer
Should Win: Leigh Silverman
Best Director of a Play
Tim Carroll-Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage-The Cripple of Inishmaan
Kenny Leon-A Raisin In The Sun
John Tiffany-The Glass Menagerie
Will Win: John Tiffany
Should Win: John Tiffany
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Susanne Sundfør – Among Us
Susanne Sundfør continues the expansion of her musical universe with her new album, The Silicone Veil (2012), a follow-up to the critically acclaimed, platinum-selling The Brothel (2010), which spent 30 weeks in the Norwegian album charts and sold more than 40 000 copies. Where The Brothel was seen to gravitate towards a dark, cold and closed musical expression, The Silicone Veil contains melodies that hint of warmth and fullness, bound in multifaceted and complex soundscapes. The album lyrics, however, point in a different direction: towards despondency and the loss of illusions, faith and hope. They explore our inability to understand the difficult times we find ourselves in and appreciate the consequences of the lives we are leading, rather than denying them. Thematically, The Silicone Veil centres on the blurred boundaries between one state of being and another, between life and death, between people, and between us and the Earth. As Sundfør summarises it: “Apocalypse, death, love and snow”. First single taken from the new album, White Foxes, was immediately well-received by critics, bloggers and tweeting fans across the world by release. The track is in many ways a musical bridge and a natural extension of the soundscape from The Brothel.
Susanne Sundfør – Among Us Lyrics:
There is a killer among us
Looking for kisses, looking for jars
He’s a desperate soul, and he collects heart in jars
Ooooo, Save me from his face
Ooooo, Save me from his finesse
He claims the heavens
He covets hell
He dumps his bodies, Into wishing wells
Ooo Save me from his finesse
Oooo, Save me from his spell
He peeled off every vein I had
Until there was nothing left
But a black bloodless heart Still beating for him
I would die for him
But I wouldn’t let him kill me
I am a stone covered with moss
A mauseoleum entangled in ivory
He made my heart,
He made my heart But he’ll never reach my bone.
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Just because that lightbulb went off in your head and you’ve started a business does not mean that you're 100 percent satisfied with who you are as an entrepreneur
By John Rampton
Just because that lightbulb went off in your head and you’ve started a business does not mean that you’re 100 percent satisfied with who you are as an entrepreneur.
Indeed the life of entrepreneurs can be full of trial and error. If they try something and it doesn’t work, they often move on to the next project.
When it comes to personality traits, entrepreneurs tend to be passionate, resilient and assertive. But even so, starting out they might sense they’re missing something and need reinforcement in critical areas to help them become the best they could be.
If that sounds like your experience, here are three ways to transform yourself into the entrepreneur that you’ve always wanted to be:
1. Define what success means to you.
Success means something different for every entrepreneur. For some, it means having a certain amount of money in a bank account. For others, it’s all about being able to pay the bills by working at a job that makes them happy.
Entrepreneurs are the types of individuals who recognize when it’s time take advantage of an opportunity. They become passionate about an idea. Yet, an idea and passion can only take you so far.
As you start putting the pieces together, sit back and ask yourself what you want the end game to be? How are you going to make this great idea a reality?
Understand your skills and limitations — and find people to do the tasks you’re not familiar with. Set realistic goals and achieve them. Know what you want to do. If your goal is to take a startup public, write a timeline for doing so.
When you define what success means to you and start noticing its early signs, you’ll be motivated to keep working toward the goals you’ve established.
I’m careful to write down all my ideas and goals.
“You really have to focus on removing the distractions,” my good friend Brent Csutoras always tells me. “If you’re an entrepreneur and have a desire to succeed, then your positive driving factors are already in place. It is the distractions, the bad habits, the doubts that cause you to falter, quit or fail.”
Many people describe the process of envisioning success and believing in it, so that when they make decisions (in any aspect of their life), they’re guided toward their success. Look at yourself deeply and identify the excuses that you cling to, the bad habits that derail you and then really focus on removing them from your life. Define success in your own eyes.
2. Ask for help.
Of course life would be easier if you were already familiar with the industry that you’re attempting to break into, the products, services, customers and even the business model. But what if you’re daring to enter a field or market for which you have no training or experience?
There’s no shame in asking for help or posing many questions. It’s not a sign of weakness either. In fact, Richard Branson has said the Virgin Group became successful because in its early years managers kept asking questions. Figure out who you can turn to for advice and answers.
One of the easiest places to look is at home. Branson asked his mother for advice. She told him to take advantage of every opportunity. You might not have to venture too far from your circle of personal contacts. Is there a friend, family member or spouse who can help you solve a problem?
Seek out advice from people who have already gone through this journey. If you’re aware of someone in your industry who has already launched a successful business, his or her knowledge and experience can be priceless. Indeed, the founder of Laker Airways was thconvinced Branson to become the face of Virgin.
Seek out experienced business professionals who can assist you with matters ranging from legal to investing concerns. Consult Angel List to find mentors. Search for people who advise many companies.
3. Surround yourself with allies.
By now you’ve come to realize that you can’t do everything on your own. That’s why you have to surround yourself with a great team. These are the people who will fill in the gaps in specific knowledge areas. For example, you may be able to develop an app but have no idea ow to market it. That’s when you would need to bring in someone with marketing experience.
More important, however, your team will keep you going when you need to catch a second breath. Because there will be long hours and many obstacles to clear, you’re going to need team members who are passionate and enthusiastic about your idea and business. The boost in morale also isn’t just good for team members. It can carry over to how staffers create a great customer experience.
You’ll need individuals who can not only help you with your weak areas but also who can complement your strengths. These will be the people to pick you up when you’re down or celebrate with you when you’ve achieved a goal. And they will be the ones who will help the business grow and help you become the entrepreneur you’ve always wanted to be.
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The Enemy of the World
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Story Code: PP / Season 5 UK Airdate: 23 Dec 1967 to 27 Jan 1968 Doctor: Patrick Troughton
First airings by location UK Terrestrial and Satellite Repeats Previous Story / Next Story
This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
Taree Times, NSW; 15 October 1968
Australia Oct 68 b/w
Hong Kong Jan 70 b/w
Singapore May 70 b/w
New Zealand May 71 b/w
Gibraltar Jun 73 b/w
Zambia Oct 73 b/w
Nigeria 74 and 75? b/w
The Hong Kong prints were sent to Singapore soon after transmission.
Singapore sent the prints to BPTV in Nigeria by the end of 1974. The films were recovered and returned to the BBC in 2013.
The sale to Gibraltar was actually "back-catalogue", as they had already started screening Jon Pertwee stories by this time.
The New Zealand prints were likely disposed of by the end of 1974. (The NZBC's rights to screen the story had expired on 31 March 1974.)
The ABC in Australia returned its prints to the BBC on 4 June 1975.
The BBC retained its original 16mm telerecording negative of part 3. It also retained a print: was this a viewing print, or was it a copy that had been returned from overseas? (If so, it may have been the print from Australia, or Zambia.)
A 16mm b/w print of episode 6 was apparently found in Taiwan in 2013. This could be the junked print from Australia or Zambia (see Taiwan Prints for more).
See also the Troughton Junkings page.
On 11 October 2013, the newly-discovered serial was made available to purchase as a download from iTunes. It was subsequently made available on other streaming sites.
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Commuters on the Belt Parkway faced blinding snow and slippery road conditions Thursday morning as a nor'easter intensified over the region.
The storm began dropping snow over Brooklyn around 3:30 a.m. and continued throughout the day, according to News 12 meteorologists.
The roadways were coated with snow, which made for a slippery and messy morning commute.
Local officials advised residents to stay off of the roads so that workers could treat them with salt and sand.
DOT officials say sent plow truck drivers out across the city when 2 inches of snow built up on the ground.
All New York City public schools are closed today, according to officials.
Those traveling outside are advised to wear multiple layers as temperatures are expected to tumble.
The storm is expected to bring between 5 to 8 inches of snow and high winds to Brooklyn before tapering off around 4 p.m.
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Physics could help financial traders
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Optimal intermediate trading node locations small circles for all pairs of 52 major securities exchanges large circles. While some nodes are in regions with dense fiber-optic networks, many others are in the ocean or other sparsely connected regions. Image credit: APS, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056104 Relativistic trading: The speed of light isn’t fast enough for some market transactions This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. More information: Relativistic statistical arbitrage, A. D. Wissner-Gross and C. E. Freer, Phys. Rev. E 82, 056104 (2010) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056104 (PhysOrg.com) — While most people know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, this concept is proving even truer in the world of stock trading. In a world where buying low and selling high means all the difference, racing the speed of light between to different financial markets can mean greater profit. With financial markets being located all over the world, stock trading has become reliant on the speed of fiber optic cables and their ability to process information. While fiber optic cables are currently operating at about 90 percent of the speed of light, Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross shares how companies might be able to exploit physics and position themselves in locations capable of more competitive speeds and transactions.In a paper first released in 2010 in the Physical Review E, Dr. Wissner-Gross determined locations that are at the most optimal sites to best compete with the current locations of financial markets. With the idea that the quickest route between two points is a straight line, he determined locations which would essentially be right in the center of that line. This location being ideal in the fact that you then had the shortest distance to cover for both markets, thus better setting your business up to buy low and sell high between the two markets.For example, should you be a trader working off the New York Stock Exchange and the exchanges in Europe, your ideal location would end up somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. However, while this information is valid, there are not many companies ready to construct a floating office.With this problem in mind, Dr. Wissner-Gross is now looking at determining land points which would approximate these mid-ocean locations. Using the above example of New York and Europe, he would now look at a location such as Nova Scotia.This physics trick may just be able to provide a very competitive edge to many companies, and over the years, we may just see many financial trading hubs popping up in the least likely locations. No more will they be dependent on buzzing cities and large markets, but they could be springing up in rural areas that provide the best locational advantage to cutting the distance needed to travel the world of fiber optic cables. Explore further © 2010 PhysOrg.com Citation: Physics could help financial traders (2011, March 24) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2011-03-physics-financial-traders.html read more
Intel wants piece of TV biz via face time
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In sbtfcisga
This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Explore further (Phys.org) — Technology industry giants are extending their lines of business from PCs, tablets and phones into owning a piece of the action of TV sets and content services. Apple and Google have got a lot of press over designs on TV-playing devices in people’s homes. Now Intel is staking its claim, too. Intel has been working out a business plan to issue a set-top box with a subscription TV service. The key feature that Intel hopes will turn the profitability corner is facial recognition technology. Intel is thinking along the lines of a TV service using a set-top box employing facial recognition to tell who is watching so that the TV can deliver more targeted ads. Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV platform Citation: Intel wants piece of TV biz via face time (2012, June 10) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2012-06-intel-piece-tv-biz.html Facial recognition would be used to detect the gender and age group of the people viewing a TV set at any one time. The set-top box would check out each person watching in front of the TV to deliver more targeted ads that would be specifically chosen to cater for the TV-viewing audience.Targeted, demographically suited advertising is generally considered the ideal way of guaranteeing advertising success. As for privacy, nothing would be detected beyond age and gender. Other identifying data would not be made known. Intel’s plan also involves keeping costs down by featuring smaller packages of TV networks instead of the standard large bundles of many channels. Intel would be seeking to win over subscribers with attractive pricing while using facial recognition technology to deliver targeted advertising. So far, though, the news of such a service has not gone over well with the general public, based on comments on news sites and via Twitter. A story headline further reflected reaction: “Intel Wants To Sell Your Face To Advertisers.” That was the header from redOrbit. On the heels of the Intel TV story released by Reuters came a Reuters blog report that people, once reading about the plan, are annoyed. One reader said he would never allow a set-top box pointing a camera in the house. Another was upset over the idea of having kids exposed to targeted ads constantly, amounting to more brainwashing of young people. “So gross,” and “how creepy” were other comments about facial recognition technology planned.While nothing more than gender and age would be tracked, an emotional reaction to camera-tracking in viewers’ homes is evident and, as observers note, may be a hurdle to an extent that Intel has not yet realized. Intel hopes to launch its video service before the end of the year, according to sources in a report from Reuters. © 2012 Phys.Org read more
Nematodes with five distinct forms found
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In cokewcfbt
Two morphotypes (morphs I, II) of P. borbonicus, a symbiont of Ficus mauritiana. The beard-like labial morphology is a novelty known only from this species and P. sycomori. Scale bar, 10μm. Credit: Vladislav Susoy & Jürgen Berger Journal information: Science Advances As the team notes, it is not uncommon for a single species to have many forms, dogs are one good example—other animals have different coat colors or wing patterns, depending on where they live, etc. But it is unusual for a single species to exist in as many as five different forms where they are so different it is difficult to make them out as from the same species. In this case, the nematoads are of a type that live inside of figs—they are carried to their home when young, by wasps. As they grow, they can take on one of five different forms depending on the conditions they find inside the fig—most of the differences are in the way the mouth is structured. If there are other competing nematoads of another species in a single fig, for example, the worms grow a lot of teeth and survive by eating the other worms. Those that land in nematoad-free figs, on the other hand, instead grow mouths that are suitable for eating microbes.As to why the nematoads developed such diversification abilities, the team suggests it has to do with their isolated existence—they equate individual figs to islands, where a young nematoad is wholly at the mercy of its environment, which appears to be of five different major varieties. They note also that few nematoads actually manage to colonize new fruit, thus any species able to do so would naturally need to be able to take advantage of what is found once it arrives. They add that they have also found three related nematoad species that also have five phenotypes, which suggests the characteristic may not be as rare as was initially thought. They suggest there might be some species that are able to take on even more than five forms. Citation: Nematodes with five distinct forms found (2016, January 18) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2016-01-nematodes-distinct.html (Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that at least one type of nematoad exhibits five distinct forms—each different enough that the microscopic worms were initially thought to be of different species. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team describes their study of the worms that live in South Africa, Vietnam and on La Réunion Island and possible reasons for such diversity among a single species. Explore further More information: V. Susoy et al. Large-scale diversification without genetic isolation in nematode symbionts of figs, Science Advances (2016). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501031AbstractDiversification is commonly understood to be the divergence of phenotypes accompanying that of lineages. In contrast, alternative phenotypes arising from a single genotype are almost exclusively limited to dimorphism in nature. We report a remarkable case of macroevolutionary-scale diversification without genetic divergence. Upon colonizing the island-like microecosystem of individual figs, symbiotic nematodes of the genus Pristionchus accumulated a polyphenism with up to five discrete adult morphotypes per species. By integrating laboratory and field experiments with extensive genotyping of individuals, including the analysis of 49 genomes from a single species, we show that rapid filling of potential ecological niches is possible without diversifying selection on genotypes. This uncoupling of morphological diversification and speciation in fig-associated nematodes has resulted from a remarkable expansion of discontinuous developmental plasticity. This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. A worm with five faces © 2016 Phys.org read more
Experiment shows that arrow of time is a relative concept not an
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In oluwcuqfg
Schematic of the experimental setup. (A) Heat flows from the hot to the cold spin (at thermal contact) when both are initially uncorrelated. This corresponds to the standard thermodynamic arrow of time. For initially quantum correlated spins, heat is spontaneously transferred from the cold to the hot spin. The arrow of time is here reversed. (B) View of the magnetometer used in our NMR experiment. A superconducting magnet, producing a high intensity magnetic field (B0) in the longitudinal direction, is immersed in a thermally shielded vessel in liquid He, surrounded by liquid N in another vacuum separated chamber. The sample is placed at the center of the magnet within the radio frequency coil of the probe head inside a 5mm glass tube. (C) Experimental pulse sequence for the partial thermalization process. The blue (red) circle represents x (y) rotations by the indicated angle. The orange connections represents a free evolution under the scalar coupling, HJHC = (πh/2)JσzHσzC , between the 1H and 13C nuclear spins during the time indicated above the symbol. We have performed 22 samplings of the interaction time τ in the interval 0 to 2.32 ms. Credit: arXiv:1711.03323 [quant-ph] The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy, or disorder, tends to increase over time, which is why everything in the world around us appears to unfold forward in time. But it also explains why hot tea grows cold rather than hot. In this new effort, the researchers found an exception to this rule that works in a way that doesn’t violate the rules of physics as they have been defined.The idea of entangled particles has been in the news a lot lately as researchers around the world attempt to use it for various purposes—but there is another lesser-known property of particles that is similar in nature, but slightly different. It is when particles become correlated, which means they become linked in ways that do not happen in the larger world. Like entanglement, correlated particles share information, though it is not as strong of a bond. In this new experiment, the researchers used this property to change the direction of the arrow of time.The experiment consisted of changing the temperature of the nuclei in two of the atoms that exist in a molecule of trichloromethane—hydrogen and carbon—such that it was higher for the hydrogen nucleus than for the carbon nucleus, and then watching which way the heat flowed. The group found that when the nuclei of the two atoms were uncorrelated, heat flowed as expected, from the hotter hydrogen nucleus to the colder carbon nucleus. But when the two were correlated, the opposite occurred—heat flowed backward relative to what is normally observed. The hot nucleus grew hotter while the cold nucleus grew colder. This observation did not violate the second law of thermodynamics, the group explains, because the second law assumes there are no correlations between particles. © 2017 Phys.org (Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has conducted an experiment that shows that the arrow of time is a relative concept, not an absolute one. In a paper uploaded to the arXiv server, the team describe their experiment and its outcome, and also explain why their findings do not violate the second law of thermodynamics. Wallflowers become extroverts in a crowd More information: Reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time using quantum correlations, arXiv:1711.03323 [quant-ph] arxiv.org/abs/1711.03323AbstractThe second law permits the prediction of the direction of natural processes, thus defining a thermodynamic arrow of time. However, standard thermodynamics presupposes the absence of initial correlations between interacting systems. We here experimentally demonstrate the reversal of the arrow of time for two initially quantum correlated spins-1/2, prepared in local thermal states at different temperatures, employing a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance setup. We observe a spontaneous heat flow from the cold to the hot system. This process is enabled by a trade off between correlations and entropy that we quantify with information-theoretical quantities. Citation: Experiment shows that arrow of time is a relative concept, not an absolute one (2017, December 1) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2017-12-arrow-relative-concept-absolute.html Journal information: arXiv This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Explore further read more
A date with Life
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In tmlarhnrd
In the clamour for Hauz Khas Village, that is being touted as Delhi’s new ‘the’ zone for foodies, we often miss out on the potential of Connaught Place. Yes that very same zone in Lutyen’s Delhi that has restaurants packed by officegoers during the day and families and friends occupying the chairs at night. But sadly, CP has remained underrated and under-used in the city’s food map, even though some really good restaurants call it home. The regret came back to haunt me when I visited Life Caffe in Inner Circle recently. Even in the extremely cold winter night, when I visited this restaurant which has been intriguingly named Life Caffe, I found a few tables occupied. They have a lovely outdoor seating area complete with an open private dining room, but the chill forced us inside. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’The interiors are done up in loungy cafe style, with slogans and quotes framed on the walls and a giant projector showing a cricket match, this could be one of your regular watering holes, with good munchies to go along. Continental, Italian, Japanese are all thrown in for good measure and I hopped skipped and jumped from one cuisine to another through the course of my meal. The food is tasty and the portions good enough to be shared. I really enjoyed the Kolhapuri keema tarts (see recipe) which was delicious and went perfectly with the red Sula that I ordered. Ditto for the Koliwada fish fingers. The Fotomaki sushi platter though was nothing to write home about and the same goes for the New Zealand lamp chops which could be served anywhere. The Chilli prawns would get a thumbs up and so would the desserts. I gorged on the Hot magic chocolate souffle, totally throwing my diet plans away for a toss. Should be on your list next time you are eating out at CP. If only to get a life!DETAILAt: Life Caffe, B49, Inner Circle, Connaught PlaceTimings: Noon to 1am phone: 43652222Meal for two: Rs 700 without alcohol read more
Planning for the Children
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In clpxishzg
Plan India, the leading child-centered community development organisation, put together ‘National Workshop on Improving Quality of Life of Children’ in the Capital recently. The workshop was addressed by Govind Nihalani, Chairperson Plan India Board, along with other board of directors. The workshop aimed at sharing Plan India’s experiences and on improving quality of life of children primarily by implementing child centered community development approaches. These would be attended by field practitioners, policy makers, researchers, academicians, media and professionals from development agencies and corporate sectors that have been actively engaged in promoting child rights and reducing child poverty. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’At the event in IHC, six key publications of Plan were released and a theatre performance was hosted on the theme of the workshop by Delhi’s acclaimed Ashmita Theatre Group. ‘Since last 30 years of working in India, Plan, through its CCCD approach, has improved the lives of over a million of children across the country and during this process; children and communities have provided insightful experiences on various facets of lives affecting them. A number of lessons have been learnt that have the potential of further creating better modules that will help in implementing value based programs in the communities,’ said Bhagyashri Dengle.Plan India is an NGO working to improve the lives of poor and needy children, their families and communities through an approach that puts children at the centre of community development. It encourages children to express their views and be actively involved in improving their communities. read more
Staging myth on the rocks
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In kdzbqybid
The Lord was so pleased with Mahishasura’s devotion, that he blessed him with eternal life, declaring that no man, beast, demon or deity would ever be able to kill him. Taking advantage of this boon he caused destruction and tried to take over Lord Indra’s throne. All the gods invoked lordess Durga to defeat Mahishasur. He lost the combat with Durga and she killed him to restore the balance of good and evil.Retelling the same mythological story, a Kathak dance drama called Mahishasur Mardini, will be presented on the Capital stage. The show curated by Asawri Pawar, will be inaugurated on Monday at ICCR.
Wife boyfriend arrested for killing husband in Sonarpur
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In htkuonqzw
Our correspondent Kolkata: A woman has killed her husband after conspiring with a person with whom she had an extra-marital affair. The incident has created sensation in South 24-Pargana’s Sonarpur.The matter came to light after the woman’s boyfriend admitted his guilt before the investigators. Both the accused have been arrested on Wednesday night in this connection. The victim, Samir Mistri, a local Trinamool Congress was shot dead by the accused Chandan Mondal. The victim’s wife Madhumita had developed an illicit relationship with Mondal. The woman used to work at a canteen in Jadavpur while the victim was a Taxi driver. Also Read – Heavy rain hits traffic, flightsThe incident took place on the night of April 9 when the victim was having his dinner. The front door of their room was kept open by the woman to help her boy friend carry out the crime. According to the investigation, police said there was a quarrel between the couple after the victim came to know about the relationship.Police suspect that the accused might have committed the crime as the victim had been opposing their relation. As investigation advanced, police suspected that his wife was also involved. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Merc, 2 B’deshi bystanders killedThe accused woman also told the police that she had been tortured by her husband. Her boyfriend was also arrested by the police on Wednesday from his residence in Baguipara area. He admitted the crime and told the police how they hatched the plan of gruesome killing. The accused also told the police that he rented a firearm for carrying out the crime. On the day of incident, he shot at the victim from the front door which was laid open by the victim’s wife. Police is also probing if any other person was involved in the crime. read more
Deploys more troops in Xinjiang to plug infiltration
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In inyuspsgt
China arrested 27,164 criminal suspects last year in the volatile Xinjiang and authorities have beefed up security in the violence-prone region which borders PoK and Afghanistan by deploying more troops, making it the country’s largest provincial-level military region.The military reinforcement comes against a backdrop of the US troops pulling out of Afghanistan and extremists launching terrorist attacks on civilian targets, state-run China Daily reported. Also Read – Pro-Govt supporters rally as Hong Kong’s divisions deepenXinjiang, the province with majority of Uygur Muslims is experiencing most violent attacks in by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an Al-Qaeda backed outfit which became active in the backdrop of unrest between Uygurs and Han migrants.Peng Yong, commander of the PLA Xinjiang military region, said troops will vigorously enforce border controls and carry out “realistic combat training”.The Xinjiang military region is a regional command that covers Xinjiang and the Ali area in the west of the Tibet not far from Indian border. read more
Private tutor arrested after molesting minor student
by admin / On August 31, 2019 / In ybgyuambk
Kolkata: A private tutor, who allegedly molested a girl student, was badly beaten up by the victim’s family members and neighbours. He was later handed over to police.The incident took place in Mandalpara area of Avantipur in Shyamnagar on Tuesday morning. The family members of the victim alleged that the private tutor tried to rape the minor girl. The victim, a student of class V, used to go to his place at Mandalpara for nearly one year. The family members of the girl told police that like other days, she went to her tutor’s place at around 8 am on Tuesday. It was alleged that the tutor closed the door and attempted rape. Also Read – Heavy rain hits traffic, flightsLocals heard the screams of the minor girl. They rushed to the spot and forced the tutor to open the door. After being informed, the family members of the girl also came.Locals started interrogating the tutor as to why he had closed the door while giving private tuition to the girl. When he gave incoherent statements, the locals and the girl’s family members started beating him up. The victim also narrated the whole incident of how he had abused her. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Merc, 2 B’deshi bystanders killedThe incident triggered tension in the locality on Monday evening. The private tutor fell ill after receiving several blows from the people. During interrogation by the locals, the tutor had admitted that he sexually molested the girl. The tutor was kept confined within his house for nearly one hour. Police reached and arrested the tutor. They are trying to know if he had committed similar crimes earlier. The family members of the victim have demanded stern actions against the private tutor. read more
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Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc.
FROM EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT
Armory E.
Located on north side of East Second street, near Main.
in 1888 and 1900.
Full Roster of Company E.
After Company E was ordered into service, it was recruited up to the maximum and left the state with full ranks. The service of the Company in the Spanish-American war may be found elsewhere in this work, but the following is the complete roster of the Company when it left the state:
Edwin T. Markle, Captain. Emil C. Plonsky, First Lieut. Adolph E. Kliemchen, Second Lieut. Egelhoff, August C, pirst Sergt. Brugger, Carl H., Q. M. Sergt. Seeve, William J. H., Sergt. Jaffke, Herman C, Sergt. Bruett, William F., ^ergt. Lubitz, Frank J., Sergt. Trier, Adolph M., Corp. Lee, Jay L., Corp. DeSombre, William E,, Corp. Dittmar, James W., Corp.
Wheeler, Frank J., Corp. Cleveland, Charles C, Corp. Langlois, Noah V., Corp. Crippen, George A., Corp. Skinner, Frank L., Corp. Krebs, Fred C, Corp. Hass, Albert, Corp. Bechaud, Rudolph A., Corp. Zinke, Carl R., Mus. Zinke, Alfred R., Mus. Clark, Edwin W., Art. Vandervort, Frank, Wag.
Title Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc.
Title of work Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc.
Short title Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc.
Author Glaze, A. T.
Description This 1905 history of the city of Fond du Lac and Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, discusses business and industry, the legal and medical professions, military history, elections, and pioneers and prominent citizens of the county.
Place of Publication (Original) Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
Publisher (Original) P.B. Haber Printing Company
Publication Date (Original) 1905
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Full Text FROM EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT 333 Armory E. Located on north side of East Second street, near Main. Built in 1888 and 1900. Full Roster of Company E. After Company E was ordered into service, it was recruited up to the maximum and left the state with full ranks. The service of the Company in the Spanish-American war may be found elsewhere in this work, but the following is the complete roster of the Company when it left the state: Edwin T. Markle, Captain. Emil C. Plonsky, First Lieut. Adolph E. Kliemchen, Second Lieut. Egelhoff, August C, pirst Sergt. Brugger, Carl H., Q. M. Sergt. Seeve, William J. H., Sergt. Jaffke, Herman C, Sergt. Bruett, William F., ^ergt. Lubitz, Frank J., Sergt. Trier, Adolph M., Corp. Lee, Jay L., Corp. DeSombre, William E,, Corp. Dittmar, James W., Corp. Wheeler, Frank J., Corp. Cleveland, Charles C, Corp. Langlois, Noah V., Corp. Crippen, George A., Corp. Skinner, Frank L., Corp. Krebs, Fred C, Corp. Hass, Albert, Corp. Bechaud, Rudolph A., Corp. Zinke, Carl R., Mus. Zinke, Alfred R., Mus. Clark, Edwin W., Art. Vandervort, Frank, Wag.
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Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac
Military History of Fond Du Lac
Fountains and Water Works
Lumber and Lumbermen
Fond Du Lac Railroads
Dealers in Dry Goods
That Indian Scare
The Hardware Trade
Boot and Shoe Trade
The Earliest Settler
The Banks and Bankers
The Fond Du Lac Post Office
Printing and Printers
Was a Talented Artist
Genuine Missionary Spirit
A Few of the Firsts
First House in Fond Du Lac
Was Not Many Years Ago
History of Elections
Two Remarkable Events
Street Railway and Lighting
Great Work of Bishop Grafton
Pioneer Farmers and Settlers
Early Days Flouring Mills
Indians and Indian Payments
Dentists and Dentistry
The Bench and Bar
Gas Works and Gas Men
Dry Hop Yeast Business
Clothing, Jewelry, Groceries, Etc.
Free Public Library
Pioneers in 1874 and 1904
E. A. Brown Post No. 130, G. A. R.
A Few Murders
The Literary Field
A Very Exciting Day
Birth of the Republican Party
Navigation on the Lake
Memories of the Past
What Was Said and Done
Happenings Here and There
Thinking, Talking, Acting
A Long Time Ago
Experiences in Pioneer Days
To and From Oakfield
Address By H. E. Swett
Tales of Pioneer Days
Quaker Abolitionists
The Printer Editor
Helped to Make History
Old Time Records
Successful Effort
Court House Talk
Now Almost Unknown
Paper Money Smells Bad
Old Settlers in 1905
To Be Tried Again
Was a Grand Bird
Put Into the Box
County Organization
Aborigines from 1764
The Machine Shops
The Fond Du Lac ''Home''
Solomon Juneau
Occurred Some Time Ago
Convent and Hospital
Sudden and Startling
The Honored Dead
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Rise and Shine: Aug, 28, 2019
by CM | Aug 28, 2019 | 0 comments
Good morning, CivMixers. It’s Wednesday already. We’re speeding toward that three-day, last-hurrah-for-summer weekend.
It’s going to be cloudy this morning, with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. There’s a 60 percent chance we’ll see precipitation, according to The Weather Channel. It will be humid, with highs in the low 80s.
As a major storm heads for Puerto Rico, the Department of Homeland Security and its Federal Emergency Management Agency said they will move $271 million in funds to support President Trump’s border enforcement efforts.
Deutsche Bank AG confirmed that it has tax returns requested by U.S. lawmakers seeking financial information for Trump and his family. Whose returns are those? That’s still a secret.
The Sackler family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma, the company blamed for much of the opioid epidemic, and pay $3 billion of their own money under terms of a settlement proposal to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits.
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who initially was to reject $20 million in immediate aid funding pledged by world leaders at the G7 summit to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, now says he’ll consider accepting aid if French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes.
A former top Federal Reserve official implied that the central bank should consider allowing Trump’s trade war to hurt his 2020 election chances – an assertion that drew a firestorm of criticism and a rare pushback from the Fed itself.
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein escaped injury when he crashed his 2017 Jeep in Westchester County, law enforcement sources said. (He told cops he swerved to avoid hitting a deer).
Eco-activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is expected to arrive in New York City today – two weeks after she set sail on a zero-carbon boat from the English coastline – as part of her campaign to pressure politicians to put climate change at the top of their agendas.
Attorneys for both Jeffrey Epstein and his accusers implored a Manhattan judge to launch his own investigation into the late pedophile’s suicide death.
Republican Rep. Tom Reed is asking U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the state’s lack of action in repairing a crumbling three-mile stretch of the Thruway on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Erie and Chautauqua counties.
Cuomo said he was as puzzled as anyone by Trump’s Saturday morning tweet pledging to help build the Second Avenue Subway — so he put in a call to US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Details of their chat aren’t yet available.
It doesn’t look like either of New York’s 2020 Democratic presidential contenders – NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand – will make the cut for the next primary debate.
Democrat Adam Biggs has a 28-vote lead over Kathleen Donovan after yesterday’s special election for a City Council seat, the Albany Board of Elections said. (Absentee ballots will be counted this morning).
The Scolite site won’t be used to ship gravel from South Troy after the city Zoning Board unanimously rejected a request by Mayor Patrick Madden’s administration for a zoning variance.
The city insists the refurbished South Troy Pool will open this summer — even as Labor Day weekend looms and the first day of school for city kids arrives Sept. 5.
“American Idol” finalist Madison VanDenburg will perform at an event today hosted by Jeff LaMountain, a Republican candidate for the Albany County Legislature. Both insist this has nothing to do with politics, but rather is to help kids.
On Sept. 1, Hannaford Supermarkets will begin offering six weeks of fully paid parental leave to qualifying part-and full-time employees during the first 12 months following the birth, adoption or legal placement of a child.
The priest who died by suicide after allegedly trying to prove former Bishop Howard Hubbard violated his vow of celibacy with other priests is among the nearly two dozen Albany diocese clergy members accused of sexual abuse.
The burglar who bungled a break-in of a pizza parlor by getting stuck in an air duct in 2011 was convicted again for burglary in Schenectady County Court, County District Attorney Robert M. Carney said.
Legislation introduced by GOP state Sen. Pam Helming would make school supplies tax-exempt for one week each year beginning the Tuesday before Labor Day.
Cuomo showed off the new Kosciuszko Bridge, as officials revealed there will be a light show with a New York-themed soundtrack on the eve of its Thursday opening.
New York State Troopers have released the results of their Operation Hardhat campaign, during which they issued 136 tickets.
Some say the new rent laws are already starting to have a negative effect on the downstate real estate development market.
Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he wants to know if Spectrum cable violated a consumer fraud settlement with New York with its move to block some customers from receiving the new ACC Network.
Some 474 days after former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted — for the second time — of peddling his office’s influence in exchange for millions in kickbacks, he remains a free man.
Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple met with members of the St. Clare’s pensioner committee, offering assistance as they continue to fight for their pensions.
An internal affairs’ captain for the Troy police force relied on the findings of a renowned crash reconstruction expert when he issued a report last year concluding that a patrol sergeant lied to investigators to conceal that he used his car to force a DWI suspect’s vehicle off the road before fatally shooting the man.
The deadline for employers to provide anti-harassment training to New York State employees is coming up in October.
Frajees Grill cut the ribbon on its new Lark Street Mediterranean restaurant that focuses on fresh, locally sources ingredients.
It may look scarier than it actually is but the safety of parasailing, along with kayaking, has drawn the attention of Lake George Park Commission members who oversee activities on the lake.
Officials are working to address traffic concerns over proposed new apartment buildings on Rapp Road next to Crossgates Mall in Guilderland.
A Vanity Fair article on Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk paints a disturbing picture of the SolarCity deal with broken promises regarding job creation that extend to the factory in Buffalo.
SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio has been chosen to co-chair economic development efforts in the Mohawk Valley region. She replaces another college president — Fulton Montgomery Community College’s Dustin Swanger, who is retiring.
Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man from Broadalbin after he called dispatchers and told them he would “probably find a deputy, and kill them and take their gun, and go on a killing spree.”
The Hyde Collection recently announced that Laura Bradigan, a Saratoga Springs resident, has been named director of development.
Eric Garner’s relatives asked a court to force New York City’s mayor and police commissioner to answer questions under oath as the family seeks to pull back the curtain on the investigation into his 2014 chokehold death.
An Uber drive picked up the teenager at a Sweet 16 party on Long Island and intended to sexually assault her, prosecutors said, but she escaped and he has been charged with two counts of felony kidnapping, as well as child endangerment and unlawful imprisonment.
This story is getting a lot of attention. More here.
Popeyes announced it had sold out of its supremely popular chicken sandwiches and will temporarily suspend production of the sandwich until further notice. (Is this just some sort of weird viral marketing strategy?)
Mattel is honoring Rosa Parks and Sally Ride with their very own Barbie dolls.
The toy company unveiled the new dolls for Women’s Equality Day, as part of its Inspiring Women Series.
Photo credit: George Fazio.
While You Were Out: Aug. 27, 2019
Travels With Sons
Actor Kelsey Grammer coming to Schenectady to promote his Hudson Valley brewery
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Russell Westbrook & The AJ XXXII
Air Jordans have seamlessly combined innovative performance and iconic style ever since they burst onto the scene in the ’80s. Perhaps no shoe better represented that idea than the Air Jordan 2, which borrowed inspiration from luxury dress shoes to create a sophisticated Italian vibe, while also introducing a groundbreaking sole unit. The result? A shoe that offered a legendary look and feel both on and off the court.
The newest member of the iconic Air Jordan line, the AJ XXXII, takes inspiration from the AJ 2, striving for that same combination of performance and style. Our latest cover athlete, Russell Westbrook, is the perfect player to represent the AJ XXXII.
Westbrook is coming off an MVP season where he made triple-doubles look like just another day at the office. Off the court, Westbrook is also notorious for his unique sense of fashion. He’s a rare athlete that makes headlines both for what he does on the court, as well as what he wears off it.
Tate Kuerbis, the AJ XXXII’s designer, gave us the inside scoop on the design process behind the shoe, new tech features, why it’s the perfect shoe for Westbrook, and more.
The AJ XXXII takes inspiration from the iconic Air Jordan 2. What was the design process like and can you highlight some of the more notable elements of the shoe?
“The Air Jordan XXXII is inspired by the essence of the AJ II, which was the first luxury basketball shoe and was crafted in Italy. We took cues from the Italian craft of the AJ 2 plus MJ’s love of Italian sports cars and combined that inspiration with the latest performance innovations to bring the AJ XXXII to life. One of the standout features of the XXXII is the use of high-tenacity yarn within Flyknit technology. This takes the greatness of Nike Flyknit and makes it uniquely Jordan. In addition to providing athletes with the ultimate flexibility, support, and protection, it also allowed us to create a lacing system within it that is hidden. This gives it an “under the hood” feel, which people have come to expect from Air Jordans.”
Jordan has always introduced innovative shoes focused of basketball performance. How is the AJ XXXII built for the modern age of basketball?
Athlete insights are at the heart of everything we do. We gained valuable insights from the best players in the world to help create the XXXII. This includes Jordan Brand family members at every position, from young rising stars to seasoned veterans. What we heard from them is that they covet fit, form, and function, so we brought those insights into the XXXII to make it a shoe optimized for today’s game and athlete.
Can you break down some of the tech features behind the shoe, from the Flyknit upper to the Flight Speed Technology, cushioning, and traction? How do all these features really help athletes excel?
“The AJ XXXII introduces new, luxury-inspired performance innovations. It features an unmasked Flyknit upper with high-tenacity yarn that seamlessly combines stretch, support, and zonal lockdown. The laces integrate into Flyknit construction for distraction-free lockdown, creating an under-the-hood-type experience. Tuned-up Flight Speed technology unleashes the energy of Zoom Air units for an explosive step.”
Russell Westbrook is on our cover wearing the AJ XXXII. How does this shoe fit the needs of Russell’s unique game?
“The XXXII is a great combination of performance and style. The way Russell plays demands that he has the best performing sneaker on his feet, and style is something that is engrained in him as a person and player.”
The AJ XXXI took after the AJ 1. Now the AJ XXXII is taking after the AJ 2. Can you talk about that idea of drawing back on historic Jordans and introducing refreshed versions of these classics to a younger generation of athletes?
“Being able to draw inspiration from classic silhouettes is a tremendous benefit for our designers but not a mandatory formula the team leans on when designing the next Air Jordan. Our goal is to continue to celebrate the brand’s legacy while creating new classics for the next generation of athletes.”
Jordan shoes are famous for combining style and performance. The AJ 2 definitely went after that idea. Can you explain how the team worked to make the AJ XXXII not only perform great, but also create a fresh look that can be rocked off the court?
“The brand’s number one priority for every game shoe is to create the best performance shoe possible. Because of Michael Jordan’s culture-defining style, his shoes were adopted by fans off the court and have become staples in the fashion world. That legacy is engrained in the brand’s DNA which allows us to focus on performance while still incorporating style elements that people have grown to love.”
Jordan shoes have some of the most iconic colorways of all time. Can you give us any teasers for colorways we might be seeing with the XXXII?
“The “Bred” colorway will always have a special place in the brand’s heritage and be represented on Air Jordan silhouettes. For future colorways… stay tuned!”
Author: Chris Wolff
Tags: Air Jordan XXXII, aj 32, Basketball, Eastbay Cover, Jordan, Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, Shoes, XXXII
David Dalmida :
Mens size 14 black do they come in my size.
Jake Zipperer :
November 20, 2017 | 8:29 AM
Hello! It looks like we do have them in your size! Here’s the link: https://www.eastbay.com/product/model:283192/sku:A1253001/jordan-aj-xxxii-mid-mens/black/red/
Omar :
December 13, 2017 | 11:28 PM
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More about Life
Amsterdam-based British writer and performer attempts to unravel life and culture.
We Want Information (Christmas Travel and Technology 2014)
In this modern era, technology gets information to us at a phenomenal rate. The main problem is that it gets correct information to us at exactly the same rate and in the same manner as incorrect information. In fact, nowadays, incorrect information can be beamed straight from the source of that misinformation direct to the phone sitting in your pocket. It's never been so easy to lie to or misinform so many people so convincingly. Believe me, smart phones will bring about more religions, not less. Notice that even the most fanatical religious people pray far less than most of us check our phones.
We were running a little behind schedule. Partly because we had to leave super-detailed instructions for our cat sitter, who I assume is some sort of robot, as I have never seen her/him/it. So when my baapp, or whatever the British Airways app is called, gleefully told us that our flight was going to leave 90 minutes later than the sages had originally predicted, we took this as providence and proof that we should hold off from worry.
We decided to take our time. If we hadn't been worried about meeting up with the cat sitter, who I guess must have laser eyes and would vaporise any non-cat creatures she might see upon entry, we would have hung about for an hour, but instead we just sauntered to the metro.
Sitting leisurely on the train, we rechecked our compact guru who was eager to inform us that the flight was now on time. On time! We were in saunter mode, planning to roll up to the gate at our leisure, well in time for a very delayed flight, but now we were the ones running behind.
I think the lesson here is always have a deep seated distrust of technology.
As it happens, the plane did end up being delayed by 20 minutes, so our arrival was not as tight as we had feared. But we were worried most of the way. And because our original plan allowed plenty of extra time to allow for delays in reprogramming the cat sitter.
Well I say 20 minutes delayed. They told us ten minutes but they started boarding 20ish minutes later. And once on board, we had to wait for a gap in the constant stream of planes and a let up in the wind that was causing all this chaos.
We, in fact, got off lightly. There were flights delayed even more than we had been originally told. Planes from the morning were still waiting to leave 3 hours later. The whole board was lit up like a Christmas tree, with baubles replaced by a rubicated "Delayed."
"Rubicated" is the dictionary word of the day and it means "marked or coloured with red." At least that's what my phone says and so it quite likely means something more like, "to be ridiculed and humiliated by a bunch of refined metals and micro-engineered plastics in what is increasingly looking like a concerted pre-takeover plot."
Yes, I know that sounds paranoid, yes, I do believe it's all part of some technological conspiracy and, yes, I do think the cat sitter is in on it too.
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Ding Dong - The Horror of Christmas Music
Christmas has descended upon us like a plague of tinselly locusts.
At the airport, 3 young ladies in narrow, red dresses were harmonising closely the song Silent Night. (Or "Spent Might" as my phone suggested the song be spelled.) They were very good and Spent Might is one of the least awful Christmas songs, but still this whole endeavour was indicative of the fact that absolutely everything at this time of year has to be tinsellated or Christmasified or ensantanated or whatever it's called.
Every shop becomes a shrine to glitter. Every TV show will have a Christmas special featuring expensive guest stars and more whimsy than a castle full of fairy princesses. Anything that can broadcast any form of sound is forced to transmit non-stop seasonal songs. And if there is enough space for it, people will be forced into herds and made to sing these songs. As witnessed with the red dressed trio at Schiphol. Many of them seem very happy to do it, but I presume they have family members being threatened and if they stop smiling, an uncle will be shot.
I'm not generally a curmudgeon, but there are some things that really do bug me. And Christmas music really does bug me. In fact, the moment I first heard the Coldplay Christmas song (or "a" Coldplay Christmas song as there may be more than one), I very nearly went on a shooting spree.
What's funny is that there are people out there who like Christmas songs. I've met them. People who otherwise seem to be rational, intelligent human beings. People who at other times of the year could be people I'd be more than happy to hang out with. But for several weeks of the year, a sort of mania sets in and they actively wish to hear these tunes. These songs so cheesy it's like Christmas is just one big, giant cracker; songs so cliched it's like the whole season is a direct-to-youtube action movie sequel; songs so joyful, they are clearly hiding some inner trauma.
So, although these three red-bound women at Schiphol taken on their own, are a nice diversion, they are the shiny tip of the great, bloated, glistening corpse of a semi-musical whale that is dredged up every December.
Well, that's a glimpse into my head this time of year. I wish all of you seasons greetings, but I do so in flat tone, with absolutely no musical accompaniment.
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Peter is a British expat writer and performer who lives in the watery city of Amsterdam. He blogs about The Netherlands, travelling, improvised comedy and life in general.
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Urban Action Academy News
School Closed Due To Snow
School is cancelled today, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 due to the anticipated snow storm.
We will be monitoring the situation closely. Check back here or follow @NYCSchools on Twitter for updates. The SAT exam scheduled for 11th graders for today are postponed until Tuesday, April 24.
Welcome Class of 2022!
On Tuesday, August 28, Urban Action Academy welcomed incoming freshman for an orientation to high school life. After a brief ice breaker, students met some of the 9th Grade Team, including Ms. Smith, Mr. Nagy, and Mr. Faiella; as well as Guidance Counselor Ms. Desroches; APs Ms. Razak, Mr. Mento, and Dr. Isom; Dean Ms. Fagan; Parent Coordinator Ms. Bradford; and Principal Dr. Garcia.
Students learned about some of the rigors of High School, some tips for success, and what they will need to get to graduation in 2022. Following that, Mr. Nagy, Mr. Mento, and upperclassmen volunteers took the new freshmen on a tour of the building and field. Everyone left with an Urban Action Academy shirt and other give-aways.
Thank you to those students and parents who joined us. Thank you also to the staff who came out to show their support to the incoming class.
Here's to a great 2018-2019 School Year!
High School Fair @ John Dewey High School
On Saturday, September 22, Principal Iris Garcia, Assistant Principal Ronda Razak, teacher Brian Nagy, and students Samiyah Brown and Chrislin Bradshaw proudly represented Urban Action Academy at the High School Fair held at John Dewey High School. The day was a success, with middle school students getting to meet staff and students from the school we hope they will call home starting next year. Parents and next year's freshman class got to learn about programs, classes, and supports available for UAA students.
Many schools from around Brooklyn came out to Dewey's gymnasiums on this beautiful Saturday, including Canarsie's own IAM and HSMP.
The next High School Fair will be held at Brooklyn Technical High School on October 13 from 10:00-3:00. From the DOE events page: "At all of the fairs, we'll have workshops on high school admissions at 10:15am and 12:30pm. These cover the same material as the summer workshops from July 2018. All of the fairs will also have a…
Canarsie Educational Campus Hosts College Fair
On Wednesday, September 27, Urban Action Academy joined the rest of Canarsie Educational Campus schools to welcome many colleges. Students had the opportunity to speak to representatives from many colleges, as well as military recruiters, and the FDNY. They were able to ask questions about undergraduate programs and campus life and walk away with more information. Many campuses asked students to sign up to be sent additional information. This was the first year the the fair was held during school hours and participation was significantly higher than after-hours fairs of the past.
The students were enthusiastic and energized participants.
The following schools/groups had tables set up for the event: Alfred State UniversityApple CorpsBerkley CollegeBMCCSUNY BrockportSUNY Buffalo State UniversityCollege of St. RoseFashion Institute of TechnologyFive Towns CollegeKingsborough Community CollegeManhattan CollegeMercy CollegeMonroe CollegeNYITSt. Francis CollegeSt. Joseph's CollegeSUNY R…
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