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Markets Insider | Aemerge RedPak Opens First-of-Its-Kind Medical Waste Treatment Center, in Hesperia, California
December 6, 2017 /in News /by Aemerge RedPak
You can read the article from Markets Insider by clicking here.
Aemerge RedPak Opens First-of-Its-Kind Medical Waste Treatment Center, in Hesperia, California
Dec 6, 2017 | Markets Insider
HESPERIA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Aemerge RedPak, a pioneer in technology resulting in cleaner, smarter and more renewable approaches for handling waste and producing energy, yesterday announced the opening of their revolutionary medical waste treatment facility that destroys and sterilizes medical waste, converts it to clean energy and diverts up to 95 percent of treated waste from landfills. The new $55 million facility will create 30 mortgage-paying jobs.
To commemorate this unprecedented step forward, RedPak was joined by California’s Business Incentives Gateway (CBIG), the City of Hesperia and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) for a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house at the facility.
“With no previous alternatives, California currently disposes much of its infectious medical waste by hauling it to incinerators across the country, which is not only inefficient, but also has significant negative impacts on the environment and surrounding communities,” said Adam Seger, President of Aemerge RedPak. “We are thrilled to offer RedPak as a safer, cleaner and more responsible solution for treating and disposing of medical waste.”
Since 2001, when California’s last medical waste incinerator was shut down in Oakland, approximately 720 million pounds of medical waste have been hauled long distances to be treated in other states as far as Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, North Dakota, Oregon, and Utah. Certain categories of medical waste, such as, pharmaceuticals, trace chemo, pathological, and anatomical require high heat treatment and incineration out of the State’s borders was the only option, until now.
Aemerge RedPak operates the only fully permitted “high heat” treatment facility in California for all categories of medical waste, including pharmaceutical, pathological, trace chemo, sharps and biohazardous materials. It treats all these forms of waste through a first-of-its-kind advanced patented technology system called the Carbonizer.
The Carbonizer system works by processing organic waste in a negative pressure, no oxygen environment with high heat. The result of waste treatment is three simple, sterile co-products: synthesis gas (syngas) which is captured and converted to clean energy, treated glass and metals which are recycled, and carbon char which is repurposed as alternative fuel. As a result of this process, 95 percent of waste treated is diverted from landfills.
“Aemerge RedPak is going to revolutionize the way medical waste is treated in this country,” said Mayor Paul Russ. “We look forward to having that revolution start here in Hesperia.”
“The opening of the new Aemerge Redpak facility in Hesperia is great news for our region and for California. New and innovative businesses like this one have a home here in the High Desert, and it’s a positive sign for our local economy,” said Congressman Paul Cook.
“As the Chair of two state financing authorities that have been integrally involved in the development of the Aemerge Redpak project, I am pleased to offer my endorsement of the groundbreaking technology that will help dispose of California generated medical waste without diverting such waste to our landfills,” said California State Treasurer John Chiang. “The partnership between Aemerge and the Treasurer’s Office is a prime example of how the public and private sector can work together to achieve beneficial outcomes.”
For more information about RedPak, please visit www.aemergeredpak.com.
About Aemerge RedPak:
Aemerge RedPak is revolutionizing medical waste treatment. Approved by the California
Department of Public Health and the governing Mojave Desert air quality management district, we operate the only fully-permitted “High Heat” treatment facility in California for all categories of medical waste, including pharmaceutical, pathological, trace chemo, sharps, and biohazardous. We provide services for California-based medical waste generators, as well as generators from across the country.
Aemerge RedPak’s medical waste treatment:
sterilizes, carbonizes and renders all waste unrecognizable
diverts 95 percent of treated medical waste away from landfills
recycles metals
generates clean energy
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Forget the Spice Girls, says tattooed monster of rock Joe Pop. Forget The Donnas. Forget Kittie, or Girlschool, or any other girl group ever. The Runaways were the original, and they will always be the best.
Spring 1977. I'm 14, and entering the wilderness of adolescence - a world of mood swings, raging hormones and experimental dress sense. I feel the need for a new soundtrack to my life, something to replace the random Xmas gifts of Abba and Elton John. I'm just beginning to realise that there is a whole world of music out there. It's quite hard to know what to do, as I have no older siblings or cool friends to guide me. I just about get up the courage to enter my local record shop, a hippie hovel reeking of patchouli and Hawkwind. I have no idea what I'm looking for.
I'm cruising the racks looking at album covers. Nearly everything has some swirly Roger Dean cover, and even I, with my limited knowledge, know that's something to avoid. Eventually I come across something that catches my eye. The cover is of a girl with white blonde hair, a sequin shirt, and way too much eye makeup to be respectable. I have to have it. I pay my £1.99, and leave.
, I pore over the gatefold sleeve of this group called The Runaways. The rest of the girls in the band were pictured brandishing their guitars, shag hairdos, and powder blue eye shadow with attitude. They looked like a surly gang of teen dyke shoplifters in their polyester tank tops. They reminded me of the tough girls at school who I both admired and was scared of. One in particular was Donna Kirkpatrick.
At 15, she had already broken off 4 engagements, had 2 inches of brown root showing through blonde hair, no eyebrows, too much mascara, a wraparound Starsky and Hutch cardigan, laddered black tights and battered cream peep toe high heels, a love bite, and an ankle chain. Every day she would come in late to class, reeking of cigarette smoke and boredom, to sit at the back of the class, disliked by everyone who thought her a 'slag'. Then at home time, her 23-year-old boyfriend would pick her up in his car, to whisk her off to drink Bacardi and Coke in pubs. Through my shy, inhibited eyes, she was a goddess. She lived a life totally removed from homework, parents and cleaning out rabbit hutches.
For those of you who do not know, The Runaways were an American girl group who released their first album in 1976. They were all aged about 16. The band was assembled by a manager/ Svengali, and legend has it the member were recruited in the car park of an L.A. glam rock disco's car park. I'd like to imagine this is true, that the girls were found sitting on car bonnets, drinking underage, and popping pills. The fact that The Runaways were a 'manufactured' group doesn't bother me that much. Some great groups - Public Enemy, The Supremes, Sex Pistols, Spice Girls - were put together this way. All that matters to me is the end result. And to me, both then and now, The Runaways are as authentic and valid as I need.
If you haven't heard them, The Runaways records sort of mixed a Suzy Quatroesque Glam thump with a pre-punk, almost Ramones type minimalism. The songs were snotty, bratty, and full of bravado, underlined with the vulnerability of being an adolescent. Key words in the song titles and lyrics were 'night', 'streets', 'wild', 'bomb', 'fire', 'wasted', and 'neon angels on the road to ruin'. At 14, this was a world I wanted in on.
to me about this Runaways album was that it was the first music I ever mimed to a mirror to. I don't know where I got the idea from; no one ever told me what to do. I just instinctively picked up a dead light bulb to use as a mike, and pouted and posed as I felt a 'rock star'would. I did sort of realise that this was something you did alone, behind closed doors: a guilty secret. The fact that I, a boy, was mouthing the voice of a girl didn't seem strange either. In retrospect, I now see this as a milestone passed on my queer journey.
Well, The Runaways made a couple of albums before splitting up on New Year's Eve 1979. I often wonder what being an ex-Runaway is like. I do, however, know what became of them.
Cherie Currie, the singer, went off to become a solo star and actress. I did see one film she did, 'Little Foxes'. In it she basically played herself, a no good, too fast to live pill popping wild girl who was born to lose. The film was pretty crappy. In real life, she did become a junkie, and after many years she kicked the habit, and now works as a drug counsellor. Cherie wrote her biography a few years ago, and I have spent much time trying to track it down, to no avail.
The guitarist, Lita Ford, worked for years as a beautician, before launching herself as a sleek, catsuited, heavy metal goddess. Her records were rubbish. She also married some tattooed Neanderthal from heavy metal grizzles W.A.S.P, and then I don't know what happened to her.
, attempted suicide while the band were on tour in Japan, then left to study law. Her replacement was called something like Vikkkkiii Blue.
I have no idea what happened to Sandy, the drummer.
And of course, Joan Jett went on to be Joan Jett, Queen of RockÕn'Roll. I believe Joan to be (now bear with me on this one), in her purity and minimalism, as true an artist as John Cage or Yoko Ono, and in her tomboy leathers, to be as queer as Dennis Cooper or Kathy Acker. Her dedication to loud guitar music, hand claps and shouty choruses is so great, I think that if you were to saw Joan Jett in half, the words 'I love rock and roll' would run through her like a stick of seaside rock.
When people write about the birth of punk, they always talk about the same old stuff: The Velvets, The Stooges, The Dolls, etc. Well, for my money, The Runaways were just as radical, just as nihilistic, and just as suburbanly trashy. I feel they should be remembered.
So, these days, I don't play Runaways records that much, preferring the soothing tones of some ambient Talvin Singh experimental doodle or other. But now and again, when I'm feeling a bit petulant, I'll play an imaginary guitar to 'Queens of Noise', and pretend that I'm still a bad girl.
And Donna Kirkpatrick, wherever you are, I hope you are not living in some grotty flat, on your fifth kid and third marriage. I hope you are driving fast down a motorway, drinking Bacardi from a bottle, with a lover half your age by your side.
Joe Pop (joepopmag@hotmail.com) edits the fab queer free zine Pop! Send cheap sulphate and nude photos of yourself to BCM 5524, London WC1 3XX, and he might just send you a copy.
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Live: CHUCK BERRY in Bradford, 2004
‘I LOOKED AT MY WATCH…
IT WAS 1957…!
at ‘The Town & Country’
Bradford (29 June 2004)
A guitar string, or that of any stringed instrument
for that matter, vibrates in transverse waves
along its length, creating longitudinal ripples in
the surrounding air that receptive ears pick up
and interpret as sound. The waves created by different
string tensions produce different notes, so the
sound from the plucked string can be modified,
altered and changed as its tightened or loosened.
This pretty-much explains the physics of the
Rock ‘n’ Roll guitar. From Chuck Berry to
Hank Marvin, from Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain.
But within those simple audial mechanics
lie multiverses of creativity...
Chuck Berry is a Rock ‘n’ Roll poet. There are those amongst us who’ve known this since… um, 1957. Tonight he proves it beyond doubt. First, he breaks a string on his cherry-red guitar. An eager road-crew spirits it away for restorative surgery. So Chuck faces down the crowd… and recites a long poem. At first they don’t know what’s going on and there’s some restless uncertainty, he’s doing this rhyming jive about ‘flipping jazz and lullabies’ in a gilded fantasy-palace hung with elaborate rugs and paintings on the wall, an ‘impressionist blur’, a ‘nude on a zebra-skin’, an ocean-scape so real it ‘makes you feel the sea on your face’. And more. On the one occasion he stumbles a line he chides himself ‘oh shit!’, when someone in the audience yells for “Maybelline” he tells them ‘SHUDDUP!’ Until they listen rapt, and he wide-grins back at his bassist ‘you know, I think they’re enjoying this.’ Then the guitar returns, and he ends ‘that’s the way I feel about sin. I’ll finish it next time I’m in Bradford.’ I still don’t know what the poem was, or where it came from. But I’d be intrigued to find out…
I look at my watch… it’s 10:05, and it’s 2004. Elvis, Beatles, the Stones, Sex Pistols – they’ve all done Chuck Berry. No-one else can claim that. No-one. And, it’s no exaggeration to say the 1960’s Brit Beat-Boom wouldn’t have happened without his style-template, or his highly coverable back-catalogue. We all know this. But it needs restating. Now he’s seventy-seven years old. ‘People said that Rock will fade, it’s forty years since that remark was made’ – more like fifty years, but who’s counting as he energetically duck-walks across the stage under a storm of digital cameras and imaging-phones. And he’s still springing changes. He lyric-chops “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” and “Roll Over Beethoven” Dylan-style to derail potential sing-alongs. You join in with Chuck only when CHUCK invites you to – for example, on the declamatory ‘Hail Hail Rock ‘n’ Roll’, even though it now less ‘delivers us from’ as sucks us back into those ‘days of old’. But he ad-libs changes too, ‘while I’m still kickin, I’m gonna keep pickin’. And a ‘Carry On’-style insert to an epic “Reeling And A Rocking” goes ‘I looked at my watch, it was quarter-to-three, she said wait a minute Chuck I gotta go to the WC’ – toilet humour given added frisson by Chuck’s alleged innovations with a closed-circuit hidden camera in just such a closet-situation.
But while Elvis was hauling Rock towards R&B, Chuck was shrewdly nudging black music towards Top 40 playlists into its enduring focus on guitars, cars and girls, where it’s lodged ever since. Chances are audiences this side of the Atlantic – no videos, no MTV way back then, first saw him doing “Sweet Little Sixteen” as part of the festival-movie ‘Jazz On A Summer Day’ (1960, but filmed in 1958). And tonight, in a garish 3000-capacity Manningham Lane Club, he takes it back, beneath the hits, to where it all came from, by playing generous slabs of Chicago Blues, deep with Chess resonances. ‘When I say Blues I don’t mean ‘blues’ (pronounced with camply effeminate exaggeration), I mean the BLUUURGHS!!!!’, and “Ev’ry Day I Have The Blues” comes with a searingly dirty guitar-sound, then “It Hurts Me Too” playing guitar at shoulder-level, joining the pianist to pick out runs on the shared keyboard, one called “As Long As I’ve Got My Guitar” and then “Honest I Do”, authentic despite improvising ‘no other audience as lively as you’ and ‘when I come to Bradford, it’s the best time I ever had’. I bet he tells that to all the audiences. Sometimes I do, then again I think I don’t.
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won’t. One Dozen Berries. A drummer, a bassist, a keyboard, and a blue-sequin shirt. “Schooldays”, “Oh Carol / Little Queenie”, then ‘are you saying you want ‘Johnny B Goode’? I can’t hear ya, are you saying you want ‘Johnny B Goode’? You got it.’ A big mauve towel mopping up sweat. Rock ‘n’ Roll poetry. I look at my watch… it’s 10:55, but as long as we got a dime the music will never stop…
Featured on the website:
www.song-book.co.uk/extra
(UK – May 2004)
Posted by Andrew Darlington at 17:26
I was at this gig, amazing night and I had the honour of dancing on stage with the great man, unfortunately we didn't take a camera so no record to show my children :(
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Nirvana: The Original Rainbow Chasers
Science Fiction: THE WORLDS OF BOB SHAW
Classic Album: CHUCK BERRY 'GREATEST HITS'
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Arthur C. Clarke Award goes to ‘classic’ novel exploring the limits of pregnancy.
Anne Charnock’s novel Dreams Before the Start of Time, which focuses on changing reproductive science, hailed as ‘rich but unshowy’ by judges.
Rupture and Complicity — The Arthur C Clarke Shortlist, Part 2
“The fascist dystopia creeps in on little cat feet.” Analysis of Dreams Before the Start of Time by Vajra Chandrasekera.
Time to cut the cord with the Stone Age?
In which I speculate about the future of reproduction and how scientific advances could affect women’s rights.
The Spider’s House
Dreams Before the Start of Time: “One for next year’s shortlist, that’s for sure…” says Nina Allan, an award winning science fiction author herself, and shadow juror for the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award.
“With Dreams Before the Start of Time already on my Best SF of 2017 list, Anne Charnock is now solidified as one of my favorite SF authors.” Megan AM is a shadow juror for the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award.
“The novel I enjoyed most this year was Dreams Before the Start of Time (2017) by Anne Charnock, a novel-of-ideas which is also beautifully written.” Duncan Lawrie
Dr Glyn Morgan interviews me at the BSFA in November 2017. This report by Andrew Wallace.
Ada Lovelace Conversation #5
Tom Hunter, director of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, interviews me as part of a collaboration between the award and the Ada Lovelace Day, which aims to encourage women working in STEM subjects.
How Writers Write
I invite you into my workspace, reveal my work habits — on author Tony Ballantyne’s blog.
Dreams Before the Start of Time: “a unique ability to combine linguistic and narrative precision, relevant science-fictional ideas and a trademark slow-working emotional impact”
By Adam Roberts:
“Anne Charnock’s Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind (47North) is an expert braiding together of past, present and future that puts a 15th-century Italian female artist centre stage to say penetrating things about womanhood, creativity and history.“
Speculiction
Jesse Hudson writes an in-depth review with this wonderful conclusion: “Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind is certainly one of 2015’s tip-top releases in science fiction.”
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Nina Allan reviews Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind: “this quiet, lovely and exquisitely crafted novel is itself a masterclass in composition…As in her debut novel A Calculated Life, the clarity and refined elegance of Charnock’s prose is a significant achievement.”
I’m delighted with this in-depth review by Megan AM, which concludes: “The feminist elements of Sleeping Embers of the Ordinary Mind are elusively contradictory, so much like life!, making this one of those thinking books—the kind with embers smoldering until a second visit.”
“I’m a stay-at-home writer who taps away in a cosy lair, inventing daredevil strategies for writing projects. My new novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, is a case in point.”
Award-winning author Tricia Sullivan writes about science and SFF with quotes from yours truly, Emma Newman, Karen Lord and Stephanie Saulter.
“Charnock brings a background in environmental science, journalism, and fine art to her subtle and original novels.”
Gollancz Blog
Fantastic questions! Award-winning author Tricia Sullivan quizzes me about Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind as part of Gollancz’s blog series, “She Blinded Me With Science Fiction”. This is the full interview—extracts appear in The Independent article above.
Historical Novel Society
Juliet Waldron quizzes me for the Historical Novel Society to find out if readers of historical fiction will be tempted to pick up Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, a novel set in past, present and future. I point out that history is a theme in all three storylines.
An edited transcript of New Visions of Manchester—a discussion between Matt Hill and Anne Charnock at Mancunicon, the 67th British National Science Fiction Convention.
Golden Apples of the West
Jonathan Thornton: Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind is a wonderfully understated and meditative book about family, loss and the creative process. It is a deeply feminist work that looks at the inequalities faced by women in the past, present, and how this may change in the future.
Astounding Yarns
Caroline Mersey: “It would be easy to see Sleeping Embers as ‘just’ a feminist novel… But Sleeping Embers is a much more nuanced novel than this. It deals compellingly with the consequences of those absent from our lives: the gaps they create and how people’s actions are shaped by loss and the missing.”
Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind is featured in ‘December 2015’s Best Books’ by Melissa Ragsdale: “This month, a slue of acclaimed international and translated voices have come stateside, ready to spin you imaginative tales of their distant homes. ”
Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind: Real Life Isn’t Like the Neatly Rounded Narratives of Fiction
Why I Don’t Count Words
Five Books with Fictitious Works of Art.
Writer’s DIgest
How long does it take to write a novel?
“That’s the question I asked myself when I started to outline my second novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind.
I hear you say: Surely, you already knew!
But I didn’t.”
Getting My Movie-Obsessed Friend Back Into Books
Emergency! My friend has stopped reading…
A close friend admitted to me this week that she has fallen out with reading. This is a disaster, obviously. How can I tempt my friend to pick up a book, or two?
I know she loves cinema so here’s my strategy:
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Nina Allan reviews A Calculated Life: “I found Charnock’s writing about mathematics, and pattern recognition especially to be – well, the only words that come close for me, paradoxically, are moving and beautiful.”
Sibilant Fricative
Adam Roberts, winner of the 2012 BSFA Best Novel Award 2012 for Jack Glass:
“What (Charnock) shares with Philip K. Dick is the ability to write unease.”
Alix E. Harrow reviews A Calculated Life: “a smart, subtle exploration of human emotion and intelligence.”
We Ask 7 Sci-Fi Authors to Write Blade Runner 2.
“More than 30 years later, the beloved sci-fi classic is getting its long-awaited sequel. Some of the best sci-fi writers in the world tell us what they’d do with Deckard and the replicants in a second movie.”
Women Destroy Science Fiction
“As a writer of science fiction I had a slow and, initially, rocky start. I spent the best part of a decade writing my first novel, A Calculated Life. It seemed that every other year I was too busy to look at the manuscript—”
SF Signal’s Kristin Centorcelli fired some great questions at me, and I finally admit in this interview that I always aspired to being Girl Tintin.
SF Signal — My Dystopian Influences
(starting with my early encounter with Animal Farm).
More Fiction Than Science
Spanish author Cristina Jurado interviews me about my influences on her blog More Fiction Than Science.
And an English version appears on Elías Combarro’s blog Sense of Wonder.
“Charnock an astute observer…what results is an inquiry into feminism and society that will make the reader truly pause to compare their own experiences and perceptions.
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OSA Publishing > JOSA > Volume 37 > Issue 1 > Page 10
Spectral and Modulation Characteristics of the Concentrated-Arc
W. S. Huxford and J. R. Platt
W. S. Huxford and J. R. Platt**
1Department of Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
**Now at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
W Huxford
J Platt
W. S. Huxford and J. R. Platt, "Spectral and Modulation Characteristics of the Concentrated-Arc*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 37, 10-15 (1947)
Near infrared radiation
Surface layers
Original Manuscript: October 24, 1946
Measurements of the times of decay of light emitted in various spectral regions by the concentrated-arc indicate that the principal part of the visible and infra-red radiation is a continuum having its origin in a thin solid or liquid surface film on the arc cathode.
Modulation of the Resonance Lines in a Cesium Arc*
J. M. Frank, W. S. Huxford, and W. R. Wilson
The Concentrated-Arc Lamp
W. D. Buckingham and C. R. Deibert
Anode Temperatures and Characteristics of the dc Arc in Noble Gases*†
Bert L. Vallee and Milton R. Baker
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 46(2) 77-82 (1956)
Characteristics of Mercury Vapor–Metallic Iodide Arc Lamps
Gilbert H. Reiling
Vacuum ultraviolet radiometry. 3: The argon mini-arc as a new secondary standard of spectral radiance
J. M. Bridges and W. R. Ott
Computed and measured values of the angle of lag, ϕ, of light wave behind current wave.
Frequency c.p.s.
250 12.5° 13° 10° 23°
500 22° 14° 17.5° 27°
1,000 28° 17° 23.1° 28°
2,000 24° 21° 21° 30°
5,000 13° (31°)* 11° (52°)*
10,000 7° (42°)* 6° (100°)*
* Measurements are subject to larger errors at the higher frequencies.
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Instagram: Baro's Message to Puerto Rico Bana
This is my secret message for Mexico and Puerto Rico BANAs!! #BANAsenMéxico #BANAsenPuertoRico #B1A4ADVENTURE2015
A video posted by #BARO (@baroganatanatda) on Oct 17, 2015 at 8:43pm PDT
B1A4 has become stronger
B1A4 has created an opportunity for themselves to become an even stronger group through SWEET GIRL.
Recently B1A4 concluded their SWEET GIRL album promotions with a concert on the 12th and 13th. B1A4′s Jinyoung and CNU involved themselves in the composition and songwriting for the entire SWEET GIRL album, and member Baro contributed in the rap-making, allowing the entire album to be made perfectly by B1A4′s own touch. B1A4 has continued to insert their own compositions into each of their albums, but this time they attempted to upgrade their music with the use of Real Session (instrumentation).
Through this album, B1A4 portrayed their unique colours to the fullest. With songs like Tried To Walk, What’s Going On,Lonely, and Solo Day, B1A4′s title tracks did not prioritize excitement or intensity. Rather, they contained B1A4′s unique softness and emotionality. Sometimes these emotions were fun, and sometimes they contained a subtle innocence. They were filled with B1A4′s bright and refreshing energy. With the concepts of boy, flower, and butterfly in SWEET GIRL, the members amplified their soft and innocent emotions. This has been possible because the members have continuously contributed in painting their own colours.
B1A4 has also set new challenges and opportunities for growth through events like the Guerilla Concert and their outdoor concert. Prior to their comeback, B1A4 opened a surprise Guerilla Concert on August 6th. With only two hours of promotion time, the members were able to attract many people, causing crowding at Gangnam. On this day, the members shed tears as they stated, “having come back after one year and one month, we were afraid that the group B1A4 might have been forgotten by our fans.” However, fans never forgot B1A4, and they were able to tighten their relationship even further.
(B1A4′s guerilla concert)
(B1A4′s outdoor concert)
During this promotion period, B1A4 continued to work on their communication with fans. The youngest member Gongchan opened his own mini exhibition with photographs he took as a part of his hobby. Gongchan even made a surprise visit to his own exhibition and explained his photographs personally, allowing for a nice time to connect with his fans.
On the 12th~13th, B1A4 even had a concert at the Seoul Yonsei University Open-Air Theatre, where the members and their fans confirmed the reliance they have with each other. By putting on the first idol outdoor concert, they created a festival-like atmosphere, and connected with their fans. They sang as they made eye contact with fans in the theatre, and they enjoyed their moment together.
Through their SWEET GIRL promotions, the B1A4 members felt the great importance of their fans. With TenAsia, Sandeul mentioned, “We were coming back after one year so I feel like we tightened the relationship with our BANAs, and because the entire album was filled with our compositions many people have said that ‘B1A4 is a team that performs their own music’, which I think has been really meaningful.” Additionally he mentioned, “The Guerilla Concert is fixed strongly in my memory. I worried if many people would even come, but the place was filled so I felt incredibly thankful. And with that I believe we gained the strength to conclude our SWEET GIRL promotions successfully.”
Leader Jinyoung also left caring words. As stated by Jinyoung, “It’s been a while since we last had a comeback, but I feel like we’ve received so much love from our fans so that makes me happy. Also, it has been meaningful to be able to present our fans with songs that we made ourselves.” Additionally he stated, “I’ll never forget the memories we built with our fans while on stage, as well as our first-ever Guerilla Concert experience.”
From creating their own music to forming tighter connections with their fans, B1A4 has built unforgettable memories through SWEET GIRL. B1A4 did not find success from the beginning; rather, they are a group who stacked their bricks one at a time, and built themselves a staircase to find that success. SWEET GIRL is another brick that they have firmly stacked for themselves.
Source: TenAsia Trans: roz @ bethe1all4one Please remove all translations with full credits to source and translator.
B1A4 to be in nation’s first 3D 360° VR music drama
B1A4 will be in the nation’s first ever ‘3D 360° VR music drama’! (T/N: VR means virtual reality)
The 5-member group B1A4 who gained lots of love through their sixth mini album ‘SWEET GIRL’ will appear in the music drama titled ‘Gift of December’.
In addition to Jinyoung and Baro whose acting skills have been recognized through dramas and movies, the rest of the members who have challenged and built on their skills through web dramas and musicals will also display their steady acting through this music drama. ‘Gift of December’, which will feature all of the members, will be the nation’s first 3D 360° VR music drama.
In ‘Gift of December’, the B1A4 members who, after a long time of working hard, finally earn a gift-like day off. But they use that day off as a gift towards an exam-writing high school student and their mother. ‘Gift of December’ will be released for the public at the ‘SBS Awards Festival’ (SAF), which will have its opening day on December 25th.
Source: Donga.com Trans: roz @ bethe1all4one Please remove all translations with full credits to source and translator.
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Union Accuses China of Illegal Clean Energy Subsidies
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/business/energy-environment/10steel.html?th&emc=th
By KEITH BRADSHER
HONG KONG — A broad trade case filed on Thursday by an American labor union, accusing China of unfairly subsidizing its clean energy industry, pressed a hot-button jobs issue in the United States during a Congressional election season.
But even if the Obama administration agrees to pursue the case, it could prove hard to resolve, as both countries consider their industries crucial to energy security and future economic growth.
The filing, by the 850,000-member United Steelworkers union, accuses China of violating the World Trade Organization’s free-trade rules by subsidizing exports of clean energy equipment like solar panels and wind turbines. Through its policies, fair or otherwise, China has helped turn its makers of that equipment into the global leaders, while manufacturers in the United States and Europe have struggled financially, cut jobs and in some cases moved operations to China.
President Obama has cited clean energy manufacture as a priority on economic and environmental grounds, and in a speech this week, he called for “a homegrown clean energy industry.”
Mr. Obama has shown a willingness to confront China before, imposing steep tariffs a year ago on Chinese tire imports — a decision that China is itself challenging before a W.T.O. panel in Geneva, which is expected to give an initial ruling this month.
Whether or not the administration wants to risk escalating trade tensions with China right now, the timing of the union’s petition has thrust the issue into the Congressional election season. The union filed under a law that requires the Obama administration to make a decision on whether to pursue the case within 45 days, which would be Oct. 24 — a week and a half before the elections.
“Once we file the case, we’re going to take it to the rest of the public,” Leo W. Gerard, president of the union, said before formally submitting the case. “We’re going to mobilize around this.”
If the administration does take up the case, the first step would be to ask China for bilateral consultations, which in a few months might lead to the formation of a W.T.O. dispute resolution panel in Geneva, unless either side backed down first.
A succession of mostly Democratic members of the House and Senate issued statements through the day on Thursday, endorsing the steelworkers’ case. That support, together with public anxiety about unemployment and the rise of China, could make it hard for the administration to refuse the union’s request.
Nefeterius A. McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, said that the office had accepted the union’s petition and would reach a decision on whether to open an investigation of Chinese trade practices within the designated 45 days, even though the administration has the option of extending that deadline.
The filing of the trade case comes as trade and currency frictions with China are mounting. On Friday morning in Beijing (late Thursday night in New York), China announced that it ran another large trade surplus in August of $20.03 billion.
The Chinese mission to the W.T.O. in Geneva declined to comment on the steelworkers’ filing on Thursday, on the grounds that no case had been filed yet at the W.T.O. and that any initial consultations between the United States and China would be bilateral.
Wang Baodong, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, urged cooperation instead of confrontation: “Great potential exists between China and the U.S. in developing clean energy. And both the Chinese and the U.S. governments support their enterprises in collaborating in this promising sector, with the aim of creating a win-win situation commercially and helping combat the climate change effect.”
The issues go beyond jobs and exports, having real implications for efforts to curb global warming. Increasing China’s use of renewable energy for its own electricity needs would help slow the rise in China’s emissions of greenhouse gases. China passed the United States in total emissions in 2006, although emissions per person remain three times as high in the United States as in China.
Chinese energy policy makers have said in the past that developing a strong energy industry is a national priority that contributes to Chinese energy security. They say that China is helping to address global warming by rapidly increasing its output of renewable energy equipment and that the rest of the world should appreciate its heavy investment in clean energy, which has steeply pushed down the price of solar and wind energy in the past three years.
Many trade experts, though, say that China has made itself vulnerable to a W.T.O. case because much of its support for clean energy, often in the form of cheap land grants and low-cost loans from state-run banks, has benefited its export industries, rather than focusing on the domestic adoption of solar power and wind energy.
Trade lawyers in Washington have been saying for months that China’s export subsidies for clean energy were so extensive that sooner or later, they expected someone to file a trade case. But multinational companies and trade associations in the clean energy business, as in many other industries, have been wary of filing such cases, fearing Chinese officials’ reputation for retaliating against joint ventures in their country and potentially denying market access to any company that takes sides against China.
Besides Mr. Obama’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese tires, the Commerce Department has separately granted dozens of requests to impose tariffs on narrow categories of imports from China, like steel wire strands for prestressed concrete, after finding evidence that they have been subsidized or dumped in the American market.
But special tariffs and other import restrictions still cover less than 3 percent of American imports from China. Unions and many Congressional Democrats have contended that the administration should be more assertive in forcing China to honor previous free trade commitments. But the United States government has long depended on companies to gather commercial information for trade cases, and companies have been hesitant to do so.
China could greatly weaken the case against it, or even settle the matter entirely, by shifting more of its subsidies toward encouraging Chinese consumers to use clean energy, said Alan W. Wolff, a former deputy United States trade representative who has been one of Washington’s best-known trade litigators since the 1980s.
Government subsidies primarily for domestic manufacture and consumption are less likely to violate international trade rules.
“It is time for China to vastly increase its share of world consumption of solar and wind equipment,” Mr. Wolff said. “It needs to do so for its own environmental objectives and for peaceful trade relations with the other leading economies.”
In the 1980s, many big American companies like Kodak and industrial groups like the semiconductor industry were willing to give legal backing and financial support for trade cases against Japan, when it was still an ascending industrial power. But these days, when facing China, multinationals have been reluctant to file similar cases.
The difference is that China, unlike Japan in the ’80s, has encouraged the opening of many foreign-owned factories, making multinationals loath to file trade cases that could alienate Chinese officials and make it harder to do business there.
Section 301, the trade law provision being used by the steelworkers’ union, gives legal standing to unions as well as corporations to file trade cases. The law provided the legal basis for threats of unilateral American trade restrictions in many confrontations with Japan and South Korea through the ’80s and early 1990s.
Currently, the steelworkers’ union is one of the few with the legal resources to challenge China. And it has nothing to fear but the further loss of jobs in the United States.
The United Steelworkers union represents employees in a wide range of energy-related jobs, including manufacturers who make the steel for wind turbine towers and nuclear reactors and glassworkers who make solar panels and various kinds of incandescent and halogen light bulbs. The union also represents workers involved in the assembly of wind turbine towers and those who make gears, valves, engines and other components of clean energy equipment. All of those job categories have faced increased competition from China and other countries in recent years.
Stewart & Stewart, a Washington law firm known for filing antidumping cases at the Commerce Department, prepared the legal brief for the union. The union’s trade strategist for the case is Michael R. Wessel, best known as the trade adviser for many years to former House Democratic leader Richard A. Gephardt, who ran for president in 1988 on a platform calling for a more assertive American trade strategy.
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Opinion Column: “Two Nuggets & Three Issues”
[Opinion column written by Larry Burchall] If, as I wrote last week, Bermuda’s recession ends with GDP rising as much as 15% – 16%, and Bermuda gets back to providing 38,000 jobs with every currently unemployed Bermudian re-absorbed into the economy; then Bermuda will have resolved the first of three issues currently bedevilling Bermuda’s present and near future.
Bermuda will, or can, fix its ‘unemployed Bermudian’ problem.
But without any serious – 20% to 25% – reduction in Government’s Personnel Costs, the overall problem remains unchanged. So the second issue is that still, Government’s total Personnel Costs must soon and eventually get down to an overall $450 million level.
That can happen in two ways.
First, reduce the number of Government employees by 1,000/1,200. Second, cut the overall costs for the near 6,000 persons who draw their pay directly or largely from Government.
Since the first action has never been recommended or suggested – by me – as a viable option, the second action is the only option.
With the America’s Cup coming, with the anticipated aggregate construction works at the Airport, Ariel Sands, Club Med, Morgan’s Point, Pink Beach, and possible renovations for, and start-up of, Casino gaming; there will be a demand for workers in those sections. This fresh demand should ramp up the general economy. A ramping up economy can – I hope will – absorb all said-to-be 3,000 unemployed Bermudians.
The ramp-up could go even further and actually require 4,000 workers filling jobs. Should this happen – and I hope that it will – then the private sector economy will be able to draw this additional 1,000 workers from those Government workers who ‘jump ship’ from Government into the private sector.
Jumping ship achieves two objectives. One, Government painlessly downsizes. Two, the private sector – and tax base – adds an additional 1,000 workers and grows larger. However, this still means that Bermuda’s National Workforce [NWF] only ever rises to 38,000. [Bernews: 9 December 2014.]
At 2013’s NWF level of 34,277, the NWF was close to the 34,633 level of 1996. Nor will 4,000 new private sector jobs replace the 5,936 jobs lost since 2008. So filling 38,000 jobs still means only getting back to the ten years ago 2004 level when there were 38,363 in the NWF. It still means that GDP will likely settle around $6.5bn/$6.6bn.
That’s the first nugget.
The second nugget? If as many as 1,000 current Government workers jump ship to the private sector, then the possibility of Government finances ‘breaking even’ in 2017 shifts to probability.
If Government’s spending can match Government revenue in FY 2017/18, then in that Financial Year, Government will not need to borrow. That means that after thirteen consecutive years, Government finances will finally begin to look healthy.
Healthy enough, that is, for the credit rating agencies [Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, Fitch] not to slide Bermuda’s sovereign credit rating down into their generic ‘B’ territory – as has already happened with Italy. [Moody’s May 2014 Report assigned an A1 rating to Bermuda– that’s only two levels [A2, A3] above Moody’s ‘B’ territory.]
So jumping ship is the second nugget.
At this point, it is vitally important to note that between December 2014 and December 2017, there will be an election. Whenever the election and whatever the outcome, a new political administration will be in place for FY 2018/19. That new political administration will either be OBA with some faces changed, or PLP with some faces changed.
Though faces and parties may change, the arithmetic will not. It will still be balance – or borrow!
Achieving a balanced Budget by or in FY 2017/18 means that any future Government-of-that-day must not overspend, because overspending will force more borrowing in FY 2017/18
In May and November 2019 the newly elected administration must repay a total $180 million. The newly elected administration can only get that $180 million through fresh BORROWING prior to May 2019, or by paying off that $180 million out of surpluses built up in FY’s 2017/18 and 2018/19.
If, in 2018, the newly elected administration borrows in order to have the $180 million repayment in hand for 2019, then Bermuda will face a ‘Barbados Drop’. If the borrow includes funds to cover two more deficits in FY’s 2017/18 and 2018/19, then the ‘Barbados Drop’ will be bigger.
What is the ‘Barbados Drop’? In September 2013, the Barbados Government sought to borrow a large tranche. The global market was quite willing to lend, but demanded a much higher interest rate. Facing this fact and arithmetic of Debt, the Barbados Government temporarily withdrew its loan request and re-assessed. The Barbados Government then decided that it had to lay off up to 3,000 of its Government workers [Bernews: 16 December 2013]. Those layoffs were first notified to those workers just two weeks before Christmas 2013.
If Bermuda returns to the global market before 2019, then, as with Barbados, it will be the global market – not us Bermudians – that will decide what rate of interest Bermuda pays on whatever Bermuda borrows.
In Bernews [August 19th 2014], I described this cut or borrow decision of 2017 or 2018 as the ‘hurdle’ before the ‘wall’. Even with GDP ramping up 15% – 16% by 2017, the ‘wall’ will still appear.
On 20th July 2020, Bermuda is obligated to repay the $500 million borrowed in 2010. On 20th July 2020, Bermuda will not be able to repay that $500 million bundle. That’s the ‘wall’.
The global investor community will acknowledge that Bermuda cannot repay. In July 2020, when that $500 million gets rolled over, the global investor community will demand a new and higher rate of interest.
If Bermuda borrowed in 2017 or 2018 to cover $180 million as well as two or three more deficits, then Bermuda can expect a huge upwards surge in the rate of interest demanded for re-loaning the $500 million.
And after that $500 million ‘wall’ of July 2020, there is the $140 million of December 2022, then the $475 million due March 2023. None of this total $1,115 million [or $1.115 billion] can be repaid. All of this $1.115 billion will have to be rolled over.
However, if the newly elected administration acts sensibly and responsibly in FY 2017/18, then Bermuda stands the best chance of getting the best interest rates for this series of unavoidable rollovers. This means that – in FY 2017/18 and 2018/19 – the newly elected administration must demonstrate that it can balance a budget and not overspend.
If balanced budgets are not happening by FY 2018/19, then Bermuda can anticipate that investor demands for a higher interest rate will push Nanci well past the $200 million level. Nanci will be sniffing at $230 million by March 2023. With $750 million of Bob’s ‘borrow’ to be dealt with in February 2024, Nanci will float past $250 million. This means that Bermuda could see a series of ‘Barbados Drops’ – commencing as early as 2017.
Bermuda’s overall and only solution?
Grow Bermuda’s National Workforce [NWF] way past the possible 38,000 of 2017. Get Bermuda’s NWF through and past the 40,213 of 2008. Get Bermuda’s NWF up to at least 44,000 and get GDP up to and past $8.0bn.
The third issue? Bermuda must grow ResPop!
The absolute financial arithmetic of FY 2017/18 stalks towards us. But between December 2014 and December 2017, Bermudians, Bermuda, and the Bermuda Government have now got a thirty-six month ‘breathing spell’. Remember though, during these thirty-six months, Nanci will and must get three annual payments of $190 million.
- Larry Burchall
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Cleancut says:
Interesting to hear Larry say the words “I hope will” “I hope”
Those words show that Larry is optimistic.
Late says:
Very very sad indeed. But who is paying attention? Bermudians are asleep on the arithmetic because they are now well fed with so many “homeless” programmes and give to the needy> Why would the 3.000 even bother to consider going to work when their needs are met by Financial Assistance and Salvation army etc. ? I am paying attention because I do the Maths with you. The country is asleep and will just put on its marching boots like always. But this time they will march off a cliff. Thanks for keeping us in the loop. You will be able to say “I told you so”.
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Explore this year’s exciting Special Presentations!
Celebrate 35 Years of CAAMFest!
While every birthday is special, turning 35 is a proud moment for CAAMFest. This year, we celebrate 35 years of advancing Asian American media and evolving our platform for Asian and Asian American voices. As a special treat, join us as we revisit three powerful films from the CAAMFests of yesterday.
Pacific Islanders in Communications: Pacific Showcase
Let Maori anthems fill your ears and the legacy of civil rights activists fill your hearts in this year’s Pacific Showcase. From New Zealand to Hawaii and back again, CAAMFest celebrates the resilience, resistance, wisdom and creativity of the Pacific Islander community.
Featuring the new Web series BROWN GIRLS and Interactive performance, BLASIAN NARRATIVES, this year we’re excited to showcase the breadth of Asian Americans in Media.
Japanese American Community & The Legacy of Internment
Marking the 75th anniversary of the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, CAAMFest presents a slate of bold new documentaries that explore this painful moment in America’s history and urges others to defend those under threat of similar injustice.
Spotlight: Emiko Omori
Documentarian Emiko Omori’s award-winning career spans decades, including CAAM’s very first Festival in 1981. From directing and writing to cinematography and producing, Omori uncovers fascinating stories and perspectives on film and television.
Spotlight: Ham Tran
A Vietnamese American leader in the new Vietnamese film industry, filmmaker Ham Tran has honed his storytelling craft through a diverse collection of films, garnering awards, international praise and mainstream success.
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Cardwell can really make money grow on trees!
Home » Cardwell can really make money grow on trees!
By Website Admin
Posted 1st April 2019
In Events, News
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A TOP-SECRET experiment at a Scots garden centre has proven that money does grow on trees.
Horticulturists at Cardwell Garden Centre, near Gourock have been asked to help develop a tree that produces leaves that can be used to make banknotes instead of plastic, or the old-fashioned mix of cotton and linen.
The unusual move comes after Governments across Europe are abandoning the use of plastic polymers to make banknotes – like the new £5 and £10 notes in the UK – after concerns over the environmental damage caused by plastics.
Cardwell has won a multi-million pound contract to work with the Italian Ministero Delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry) to cross-pollinate different species of trees that will produce broad leaves suitable for printing.
When harvested, the leaves from the hybrid of the Albero Di Denaro and Pesce D’Aprile species of trees – currently being grown by Cardwell on a secure part of the garden centre – will then be used as the material for new environmentally-friendly bank notes to be printed on.
Italian scientist, Olly Di Farsapo explained: “This experiment with the Pesce D’Aprile tree has been going on for months at Cardwell and we’ve successfully made banknotes from the leaves of the tree.
“We chose the garden centre to work with my country’s forestry ministry on this important project as Cardwell staff’s horticultural expertise is well known throughout Europe. And the hillside behind the main garden centre was ideal for the covert planting of trees.
“We are very concerned with the effect plastics have on the environment and throughout Europe there are plans to cease production of the plastic polymer banknotes. That’s why we have to find an alternative.
”We have been looking for a more natural source of material on which to print banknotes and we now believe Cardwell has found the answer. Tree planting on an industrial scale will start as soon as possible.”
Paul Carmichael, retail general manager at Cardwell said: “We’d been told to keep very quiet about these experiments with various trees, but now it seems everything is out in the open after someone twigged what we were up to.
“It sounds strange to disprove the old adage, but at Cardwell money does grow on trees.”
Members of the public can see the Pesce D’Aprile tree and some of the banknotes made from its leaves at a special exhibition in the garden centre up until noon today, April 1.
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Why are Amtrak trains delayed by freight trains?
Many of us have been there before. The train slows, and we hear the Conductor announce: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are being delayed by freight train traffic ahead.”
Freight trains delayed Amtrak passengers 1.2 million minutes last year. That’s 139 trips to the moon and back. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it?
Delays occur for a variety of reasons, but the leading cause outside the Northeast Corridor (DC to Boston) is “freight train interference.” This is when our trains, traveling on freight railroad tracks, are delayed by their slower freight trains. While Federal law says that passenger trains have preference over freight, this is often ignored by the freight railroads, and that’s not right. Imagine driving your car and arriving hours late because trucking companies made you pull over for their 18-wheelers!
This report card is not going on the fridge
We created the Host Railroad Report Card to grade each of the largest freight railroads based on delays caused to Amtrak trains. There’s only one equation you need to know: average or poor grades = late passengers.
Only one host railroad on the 2018 Host Railroad Report Card received an A, and the average grade was a C. This is surprising because our schedules are “open book” and we’re grading on a curve! Shouldn’t we expect straight A’s?
By the way, Amtrak pays these freight railroads millions of dollars a year to use their tracks.
(Check out the full Host Railroad Report Card for Frequently Asked Questions and more details regarding calculations and definitions.)
Amtrak owns only 3% of the 21,400 route-miles traveled by Amtrak trains, primarily on the Northeast Corridor. The rest are mostly owned by freight railroads. Prior to Amtrak’s creation in 1971, railroads provided both freight and passenger services. However, because the railroads were losing money on their passenger trains, Congress created Amtrak to relieve the private railroads of their obligation to operate passenger trains while retaining an efficient way to transport large numbers of people in areas all across the country.
In return for relieving freight railroads of this obligation, two very important conditions were ultimately put into law: Amtrak would have access to the rail lines to operate passenger trains and – now this is where it gets interesting – those passenger trains would have preference over freight.
What happens when freight trains go first?
Right now, essentially nothing. By law, only the Department of Justice can enforce Amtrak’s right to preference over freight, and it has brought only one enforcement action against a freight company in Amtrak’s history – 40 years ago! As a result, freight railroads suffer no significant consequences for prioritizing their freight over our rail passengers.
We’re going to continue doing everything we can to put people before freight, but we need your help.
Contact your Members of Congress and tell them:
Freight railroads are ignoring the law, and
Amtrak needs legislation so they can enforce the law for you and put people before freight.
Amtrak x National Police Week 2019
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India-China Relations: A Reality Check
Lt Gen (Retd) Gautam Banerjee,
Executive Council, VIF
The Elephant’s Dilemma
New Delhi’s purportedly ‘meek submission’ to what is seen as arbitrary, at times blatant, affront to India’s national dignity that is regularly inflicted by Beijing, often comes in for sharp criticism by our strategic community. Common citizens too are dismayed when they find New Delhi bending-backwards to reconcile to Beijing’s highhandedness, sometimes after lodging meek protest and sometimes allowing the arrogation to pass1. Many a times, as in the matter of the muscle flexing by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), either the incidents are left unreported, or when that is unfeasible, down-playing explanations are advanced to soothe public consternation - a case of the victim holding brief for the tormentor2!
In more disconcerting vein, there comes grave provocations from China that amount to a sort of ‘hostility’ against our nationhood. Besides, the mind boggling nonsense of staking claim over the state of Arunachal Pradesh, occupation of the Shaksgam Valley in Ladakh, pumping up Pakistan with military, nuclear and missile capabilities – a brazen recourse to destabilize India - and negation of New Delhi’s stance on terrorism go to exemplify Beijing’s obsessive antipathy towards India3. In all such cases, New Delhi suffers these inimical policies in stoic resignation. Thus, the criticism that our strategic community heaps upon the government of the day is not unjustified.
Governance in contemporary India is driven by economic considerations, as indeed it should be. However, there are signs emanating from policy-making confabulations which indicate that the other fundamentals of national security may be consigned to the sidelines in favour of the ‘interests’ of the commercial conglomerate. Obviously, when tested under eternal political wisdom, it is a trend dangerous for the future of our nationhood. Even if the undertakings of national defence are suspended as a temporary trade-off in favour of economic-industrial take-off, as China did during the 1980’s and 1990’s, the governing establishment may not be absolved from its primary charter that mandates, not the promotion of business interests per se, but the provision of secure and sovereign environment for the people to flourish.
The purpose here is, firstly, to suggest that notwithstanding the enchanting dream of ending geo-political rivalry through commercial connections, the Sino-Indian relationship may remain contentious in the foreseeable future; and secondly, to argue that articulation of military power-backed diplomacy would be a hopeful option for India to live in peace with an overwhelmingly powerful and pugnacious neighbour4.
Contentions Ever-Interminable
One comes across many theories to explain Beijing’s compulsive hostility towards India. Experts opine that the root causes of China’s aversion is the power-play of regional leadership – of the kind of that usually comes up between the largest and the second largest neighbours. Then of course, there is India’s repudiation of China’s territorial claims and China’s piqué of Indians’ solidarity with the Tibetan people. In economic terms, competition for energy, water and mining rights for strategic minerals, and China’s efforts to secure her sea lines of communication are also identified as the points of contention. No doubt, all these irritants add up to reinforce the already existing mutual suspicion. However, with the kind of sabre-rattling that China is frequently at, there is no doubt that a powerful majority in the Chinese establishment is afflicted with a sense of apprehension vis-à-vis India. But then what might these apprehensions be, and what can India do about it?
The answer may lie in the weight of the contentious issues that cast a shadow of unease upon Sino-Indo relations.
Regional Leadership?
In the question of rivalry for leadership in the region, the verdict is clear. To state the obvious, China encompasses a vast geographical area and unlimited range of resources. Traditionally, she cradles an extraordinary level of socio-political as well as practical intellect, and has developed sublime forms of civic and military wisdom in equal measure. It is her cultural strength that allowed her to preserve her sovereignty through the periodical shrinkages of political authority, never giving up her claims to rule over what she considered her domain and staking her ‘rightful’ status as a superior race of the “Middle Kingdom”.
China’s fortune is again on an up-curve; she is a rising power of mind boggling potential. Her grip over all segments of her society is pervasive and her technological, economic and military clout is galloping sure and fast. While lining up to do business with China so as to keep their domestic economies on track, even powerful nations are compelled to be wary of the inevitability of security challenges emanating from the fire-breathing dragon. Indeed, there is little doubt regarding China’s global ascendancy in the days to come; political thinkers are already articulating the idea of her role as a ‘pro-active superpower’. In bilateral context, her lead over India on every aspect - political authority, structural stability, economy, science and technology and military power - is so overwhelming, and continuously increasing, that even a fleeting thought of closing the gap may be discarded outright.
In contrast, India, though an equally ancient civilisation, has not articulated a proportionate balance between spiritualism, socio-political wisdom and nationalism. All through her history, there have been short periods of powerful centralisation followed by long periods of political disintegration that invited cyclic invasions and foreign rule. Presently, even as her economy improves and she emerges as an accommodative member of the global polity, she is yet unable to articulate her state-power to disperse such anti-national tendencies that emanate from within or without5. Thus, notwithstanding a vibrant democracy in play, armed rebellion has displaced the state in nearly one-fifth of the country. One third of her people remain malnourished while numerous groups of ethnic, linguistic, casteist, religious, business and political manipulators assail each other, and by default, harm national ideals. Meanwhile, inimical neighbours continue to sabotage her national interests, with impunity.
To be realistic, there is no way India can stake claim for regional leadership in the foreseeable future. Even if Beijing views India’s growing strategic relationships with US, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Central Asian States and Myanmar as ‘ganging up’ to contain her, she may seek remedy not in targeting India, but in controlling her own brusque and over-bearing manner of conducting regional diplomacy. Indeed, China need not slip into a banal belief that India could pose a challenge to her ascendency in any manner6.
But that ‘ghost’ of apprehension may be exorcised by the Chinese themselves; India can do little to clear that perception.
The Tibet Issue
The Tibet issue is a cause of concern that sets Beijing on the warpath. History records that the borders of successive Nanjing-Beijing empires have gone through many cycles of expansions and contractions. Thus in some periods, Beijing’s imperialistic control extended westwards right up to Turkmenistan, while at other times, revolt emanating from outlying provinces caused the empires to shrink into just the Han populated areas of the Hwang Ho and Yang Ze River Basins 7. Perhaps this ingrained memory makes the ruling communist regime extremely sensitive to situations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia. Chinese leadership’s avowed purpose being to perpetuate the stability of their autarchic rule, the simmering discontent in Tibet and world-wide solidarity with the Tibetan cause must be a cause of serious anxiety for them. Even her attempts to buy Tibetan people’s loyalty through accelerated economic development have failed to silence the skeptics who see it as a step to cascade Han settlements and so alter the demography of Tibet. Besides, economic prosperity stokes the urge for freedom, and therefore, the “Free Tibet” movement will remain a serious worry for the Chinese leadership in the foreseeable future. India, in sheltering a Tibetan Government-in-Exile, would continue to be viewed as an ‘upstart challenger’, a potential ‘destabiliser’, who needs to be ‘kept in place’8.
There is really nothing that India can do about successive Dalai Lamas and their followers taking shelter in her territory. May be China could do something about her ways of dealing with these unfortunate people so that they do not have to escape to India. She could reconcile to India’s compulsions in accommodating Tibetan refugees under the established international convention. May be New Delhi’s support of China’s causes in various forums even in absence of any reciprocal gesture would some day satiate Beijing’s complexes in this regard.
Here again there is little that India can do more than what she already does do to assuage China’s fears.
The Territorial Dispute
India’s repudiation of China’s occupation of the strategically sensitive Aksai Chin and Shaksgam Valley, and outright rejection of the unwarranted claim over Tawang/Arunachal Pradesh further adds to the latter’s consternation. Indeed, it is difficult to visualise India ceding territories to humour China’s expansionist agenda, just as it is naïve to expect China to rid herself of her deeply ingrained instincts of expansionistic philosophy9. India, therefore, will continue to be a target for Beijing to vent her frustrations upon.
The Tibetan Plateau is the major source of sweet water that sustains life in South and East Asia. No doubt, diversion of such waters to enliven her heartlands is an enticing prospect for China. But when considered in the light of international riparian laws and the Middle Kingdom’s compulsive urge to secure great power status, of which display of sense of responsibility is an essential ingredient, the dream may encounter major hurdles. China will have to contend with the fact that diversion of waters from the Bramhaputra, Sutluj and Indus rivers would affect many other neighbours, and that coalescence of a coalition of victims of her highhandedness, even if it is made up of smaller and weaker nations, would be detrimental to her interests10. Thus, even if technological complexities, enormity of investment, decades of construction and environmental consequences may not deter her, and if the global political equation continues to remain favourable to China during those decades, any arbitrary diversion of waters by China may not be beyond contest.
In the overall context therefore, China may not find India as the sole stumbling block on this issue; in India, it would continue to be a cause of discomfiture though.
Strategic Encirclement?
What is described as China’s ‘string of pearls’ strategy - that is, establishment of naval facilities surrounding the Indian Peninsula in alliance with littoral countries - would certainly strengthen her sea lines of communication as well as mining prospects in the India Ocean; it would also enhance her economic and diplomatic clout. Indeed, China is free to seek political arrangements to create this ‘string’ as she wants to, but there is much concern that this ‘string’ would lead to ‘encirclement’ of India. No doubt that ‘string’ would pinch, but only if India fails to invest in sea-power and take advantage of the strategic situation of the peninsular India that is best situated to control the Indian Ocean.
Rationally viewed, factoring facilities for naval replenishment located on foreign shores thousands of nautical miles away from mainland China as unassailable ‘military bases’, from where flotillas of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) would supposedly set about to impose adversities upon other users of the Indian Ocean, may cause less anxiety when tested in light of the scales of naval forces and logistics that would be necessary for that purpose. It may take China four to five decades of continuation of favourable internal and international order to realise that purported goal, howsoever delightful that ambition might be to a compulsive hegemonist11. Besides, it would be an entire lot of nations whose interests would be equally threatened by China’s dominance over the Indian Ocean.
This issue, therefore, would be a common concern among many nations, India included, that needs resolute preparations over time to manage.
Competition for Strategic Resources
There may be a case to view the issue of race for resources just as a business competition that is ever present in all deals at all times. Such rivalries may not lead to enmity per se12. Besides, securing global sources for supply of assured energy and strategic minerals for one country does not imply that the other may have to starve; the architecture of economic exploitation of natural resources is so intimately intertwined across the globe. The concern that India would jeopardise China’s energy hunt, or in securing her sources of energy China will cause India to be shunted out, may not, either way, be so overwhelming 13.
The trade race may, therefore, be allowed to gain momentum without acrimony.
Compelling Observations
Sino-Indian relationship is marred by such fundamental in-congruencies which cannot be resolved at India’s instance without compromising her core values. New Delhi has to wait and hope that Beijing will some day get rid of her anxiety over India taking what she believes to be her pie, but lot of water must flow out of Tsang Po before that.
Keeping the ‘Dragon’ at Bay
Beijing’s growing acts of diplomatic hostility, even to the extent that the understandings reached in the past - the peace and tranquility agreement 2005, for example - are sought to be repudiated through deliberate acts of negation, must remain a potential source of trouble for India 14. Therefore, stakes in geo-politics rise, China’s insidious muscle flexing along our entire Northern borders, across the Indian Ocean region and even on international waters, should be expected. We are also aware of the fact that, Pakistan would continue to serve as China’s proxy detractor against India. How does India deal with a bellicose and belligerent China is a strategic challenge. How to keep the ‘dragon’ off her back? How do we, as many strategic thinkers opine, keep China’s predatory instincts in check while concentrating on own economic progress?
Lure of Complacency
First, we may not take China’s rhetoric of “peaceful rise to power” on face value; firstly, because in geo-politics, power never comes peacefully, and secondly, the peace Beijing speaks of is but a peace on her terms.
Second, we may not be fixated to the view that integration of Taiwan is China’s sole focus. Presently, that goal remains farfetched, whereas Tibet is a ‘live’ issue in contention. Settlement of the Tibet issue will bring her a step closer to integration of Taiwan. Therefore, possibility of a situation when Beijing may bolster her politico-economic measures with military power to overwhelm the Tibetan refraction, is real. India will invariably be embroiled in that conflict in some manner or the other.
Third, growing bilateral trade may not be a harbinger of dispute resolution. History bears testimony to the fact that good business does not come in the way of politico-military confrontation.
Fourth, the claim over whole of the Arunachal Pradesh may not be seen just as a bargaining posture. Such rhetorical claims, when repeated over decades, tend to get crystallised into national aspirations. When that happens, even authoritarian regimes are unable to back out against popular pressure.
Lastly, we may not dismiss those experts who have recently expressed the possibility of another Chinese ‘attack’ on India. Of course, as expected, the manner of the offensive may differ. In any case, we have to do better than repeating our gullibility of the pre-1962, post-Kutch 1965 and pre-Kargil kinds if we do not wish to suffer another visitation of misfortune.
Thus in the context of China’s adversarial posture, New Delhi has to convince Beijing to limit her uncontrollable expansionist urge to nothing beyond a ritualistic war-dance.
Options Oft Articulated
Will a tit-for-tat exchange work? Asking Beijing either to move out the PLA from Occupied Kashmir or face the prospect of the Indian Army moving into Aksai Chin, for example? Or by sallying out to damage some huts and paint some boulders across the LAC? Can India indulge in such charade without poking Beijing to up the ante`? The obvious answer is that such a bizarre ‘game’ may make a subtle gesture, nothing more, but worse, it might invite a reaction that India would be hard put to absorb.
Can New Delhi impose such a regime of trade restrictions that it starts hurting China’s economy? By all accounts, such a step may cause some losses to China, but its counter-effect on Indian economic progress may be many times over. After all, the weaker gets trampled first.
Growing economic inter-dependency could be thought of to marginalise the hawks in Beijing, mainly the PLA and the rank communists. This may be a good option provided the economic benefits are equitably balanced, not biased against India. Besides, it needs to be appreciated that notwithstanding encouraging prophecies, economic bindings have seldom prevented one state from undermining the other. Conversely, in her efforts to keep the trade equation in her favour, China may find another cause to be nasty.
Strength of human resources bolsters national security. Can we bank upon that to stand up to Beijing’s arrogance? Well, that could be possible if we could maintain our lead in mathematical genius, English language, scientific temper and strong civil institutions that we had inherited at independence. Sadly, that lead has been lost, more or less; China catches up fast when she wishes to, while India tends to entangle herself in endless arguments and agitations, nepotism and mobocracy, divisive compromises and farcical politics. This option therefore is contingent upon India reinventing her societal strength – it is a far away option.
Possibly, India can leverage common cause with the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Indonesia, to name just a few, to blunt China’s predatory tendency. Can such a leverage be accomplished without provoking China, something that wisdom tells us to better avoid? Can we prevent such collaborations with the ‘like minded’ parties – no saints themselves - from undermining our interests in some other manner? Arguably, it may be possible to forge such a leverage, though it would be a tight-rope act, liable to misfire.
What about retaliatory measures in Tibet? Can India stoke Tibetan resistance in the same manner that China uses Pakistan to tie knots around her? That indeed would be a strong leverage to exercise. But what if China retaliates by promoting Maoist and North East insurgencies; she had been doing so earlier even without any provocation, after all? Obviously, this extreme option may be reserved as a recourse only in war, with due preparations to handle the consequences.
The preceding discussion leaves military deterrence as the sole practicable, and profitable, recourse to keep China on friendly terms.
Role of Military Power
We know that obduracy of an overwhelmingly powerful neighbour may not be contained by reconciliatory or collaborative diplomacy alone. Beijing’s arrogance will rise in step with her progress and power – this is already evident. Considering its ever-present roots as discussed above, Sino-Indian confrontation of some kind or the other is inevitable. Given China’s philosophy of using military might as a catalyst of political ambitions, it is imperative for India to wield such military power that would motivate Beijing to seek her goals through peaceful means. Indeed, that is what our political leadership have sought to do all these years since 1962. But with the military institution frozen in obsolescence and afflicted with debilitating ‘hollowness’, can India’s military power continue to pay its ‘deterrence-dividend’, or even dissuade our eastern neighbour’s innate urge to grab territories? The answer, as honest analysts aver, is ‘no’.
Further, given that our goal of socio-economic uplift precludes the practicality of competing with China’s military prowess, India may not hope to ever acquire that level of military power that could defeat a full-spectrum, all-front, total war that the PLA’s doctrine espouses, even if that strategy is sought to be camouflaged under the beguiling terminology of “limited war under conditions of informalisation”.
A ‘Smile and Gun’ Option
From the preceding discussion, it emerges that given the compulsions under which it has to carry the burden of statecraft, the courses adopted by New Delhi in keeping the overbearing ‘dragon’ at bay have to be double-nuanced. Indeed, it makes sense to promote political and economic engagement, sometimes reconciling affronts with petulance and showing occasional resolve15. However, since Beijing is no exception in respecting the power of gun, that stoicism needs to be backed up with an efficient military machine that could ‘bite’ painfully even when bound. India could work towards that level of military preparedness which, even if she may not prevail, would make a clash of force prohibitively dear to China. History tell us that it is possible to do so at a cost that is affordable and a pace that is adaptable. Indian strategists may therefore have to come to terms with the aforementioned restraining dispensations, and yet devise strategies that would deny free run to the PLA should Beijing decide to settle her pique with force.
But insight also tells us that the Indian system of administrating its military institution restricts, rather than sponsors such exceptional strategies. Our political culture remains in oblivion of the nuances of cost-efficient management of military organisation and development of strategic articulations, while the burden of defence policy making is consigned to a school of pretending strategists made up of bureaucrats, scientists and auditors - in exclusion of sanctified representation from the military intellectuals! As the show of smug satisfaction among the polity and the media over raising of two army divisions, or positioning some aircraft on the North-East frontier, or successful launches of missiles – all half-measures, titillating but overall lopsided - indicates, innocence of the profound nuances of war-fighting seems to pervade the entire state-apparatus. Consequently, even while maintaining the third largest army in the world, the nation remains bereft of the advantages expected and dividends accrued. That is a sad situation.
Engaging with China
Friendly engagement with China is a necessity that would work only if it is cemented with the backing of military strength. A comprehensive revamp – transformation, so to say – of the Indian defence establishment is therefore overdue. This, however, may be possible only if there is firm resolve in our politico-bureaucratic system to nurture military expertise, foster synergy between India’s numerous defence and quasi-defence establishments and respect the time-lines of force-modernisation.
This condition does not prevail today.
New Delhi’s reconciliation with issue of ‘stapled visa’ to the residents of J&K, blocking the Asian Development Bank loan for Arunachal Pradesh and whimsical response to the threat of deluge along Paree Chu in Himachal Pradesh are some examples. Diplomatic protests, when lodged, are disdainfully dismissed by Beijing, mostly so.
Instances of damaging Indian bunkers, shooing away bonafide graziers and preventing track construction work near the LAC to proceed are known. Besides, of course, there are ever increasing violations of the LAC. India’s attempts to explain away these violations to her citizens as “differing perceptions of the alignment of LAC between the two sides” does not really wash since the Chinese have consistently avoided specifying their ‘perception’ of the LAC and so settle this irritant till the border issue is resolved.
Since 2006, China ‘clarifies’ that the entire Arunachal Pradesh (“Outer Tibet” is the newly invented nomenclature!) is hers. Imagine an international boundary, running not along the watershed of massive Himalayan Ranges, but over and across its reverse foothills! That is a glimpse of ‘Chinese logic’! In the case of Shaksgam Valley, one squatter has gifted its trespass to another! The mischievous deal has gone a step further: Chinese Army is now operating in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
China and India have never been neighbours. Tibet has always occupied that place independent of the ever-changing Sino-Tibet political equations, till communist China completely subsumed Tibet nationalism in the 1950’s.
Arguably, the eulogistic chants of India being an “economic power” or even an “emerging super-power” notwithstanding, she is actually just a “business destination” for the developed nations to rake profit from. It is the lure of profit that causes the developed world to lip enchanting adulations over India’s supposed “success story”.
Of course, China too faces numerous problems. But she is in control and is prepared to keep it that way, notwithstanding from some China-watcher’s wishful predictions of a gathering trouble.
All this while, the vast belt of territory starting from Manchuria in the North, and covering what are called Inner Mongolia, Quinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang and Tibet regions in the West, had enjoyed freedom or subjugation – at varying degrees – at one time or the other. It was only during the early Manchu rule that the map of the empire appeared to be somewhat close to what China controls today, or lays claim upon.
Recently, the instinctive mindset was revealed when commenting on India’s ‘Agni V’ missile test, a Chinese mouthpiece accused India of ‘entertaining visions of imposing regional hegemony’, a status that was, by implication, considered to be reserved, by divine consensus, for China alone.
Ironically, the communist regime fully identifies with its much decried imperialist past. Thus, the communists claim the largest areas that were ever controlled, or even trod upon, by Beijing-based empires at any point of time. By this logic India could claim Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar etc, the Britain may claim half the world, and every other country may claim every other’s territory!
As political philosophers have contended, even the most powerful hegemons are consciousness of a virtual ‘red line’ which when crossed, invites self-doom. Beijing will ignore that ‘line’ at her peril.
A static international order is nearly impossible to imagine. Besides, ’encirclement’ of the Cold war era is invalid in today’s world. Granting a foothold for naval replenishment does not necessarily mean that hostile acts against another country will find auto-endorsement.
India opted to purchase fighter aircraft from the French stable, much to consternation in the US. And that did not lead to a duel.
Economic and societal survival of nations that export and import energy and other minerals is so inter-wound that any major disruption in the cycle will devastate societies of both categories. The effect will be global – it will lead to a kind of global chaos.
We may recount three cases of Beijing’s diplomatic duplicity. One, when asked as to why wasn’t her territorial claims raised before the late 1950’s, Zhou en Lai replied that “the time was not ripe”!; two, the volte-face on Beijing’s stance on Sikkim; three, claim over all of Arunachal Pradesh and invention of the term “Outer Tibet”. Indeed, it is hard to reconcile to a great nation indulging in such undignified tricks.
Instances of either versions of reactions are: one, ‘ignoring’ the recent episode of visa denial to an officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh and going ahead with a truncated delegation on military exchange; and two, petulant ‘reconciliation’ with PLA’s move into Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by simply stating that the matter was ‘being watched’. Conversely, ‘resolve’ was shown in going ahead with explorations in the South China Sea, rejecting Beijing’s ‘warning’.
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Colorado’s Darragh O’Neill prefers punting over tackling
By Tom Kensler
BOULDER — That sheepish grin spoke volumes. Colorado sophomore punter Darragh O’Neill was asked if he considered tackling among his skill set.
O’Neill became one of the few bright spots last weekend in the 69-14 loss at Fresno State by averaging 42.8 yards on 10 punts, including four that landed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.
He also helped force a fumble in the first quarter when Fresno State’s Isaiah Burse lost the ball on a 14-yard return from the Bulldogs’ 21-yard line. Colorado’s Christian Powell was officially credited with the forced fumble and tackle, and another CU freshman, cornerback Jeffrey Hall, recovered the fumble.
But O’Neill got in Burse’s way and was the first to slow the returner’s progress. The punter even reached for Burse’s arm and almost caused the fumble before Powell arrived.
O’Neill didn’t shy away from the contact. He didn’t hesitate or flinch before sticking his nose in the play.
“In my mind I think (tackling is) a strength of mine,” O’Neill said with a grin. “But I’ve never worked on it.
“And as (Burse) got closer, he looked a lot bigger. So, no, I don’t think that’s a strength of mine at all.
“Getting a turnover on special teams is a pretty big deal,” O’Neill added. “Seeing us get the ball was pretty exciting.”
My take: O’Neill, 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, was a standout in basketball and soccer at Fairview High School and this is an example why college coaches love athletic punters and place-kickers. On occasion, they may be called upon to make a regular football play.
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Colorado football’s top 5: true freshmen of influence
BOULDER — As Colorado’s Saturday afternoon season opener against Colorado State at Sports Authority Field at Mile High approaches, I’ll offer some top 5 lists, beginning with the top five CU true freshmen that will make an immediate impact.
Keep in mind, the media was kept out of practices, so these lists are developed after speaking to dozens of CU coaches and players during fall camp.
Colorado’s Top 5 true freshmen of influence:
1. Cornerback Kenneth Crawley — The 6-foot-1, 170-pounder from Washington D.C., didn’t come as highly regarded as Buffs teammate Yuri Wright, a national top-100 prospect. But Crawley, who was made some national top-300 lists, is the one who earned a starting job — at left corner. And it appears he will be CU’s top punt returner as well.
2. Safety Marques Mosley — A 6-1, 180-pounder from Upland, Calif., Mosley will return kickoffs for the Buffs and also is the top backup to senior Ray Polk at free safety. Coaches talk frequently about how Polk has mentored Mosley, and how quickly Mosley has caught on.
3. Defensive tackle Josh Tupou — At 6-3 and 325 pounds, the imposing Californian from Long Beach has the girth and natural strength that CU has been missing along the defensive interior. Will be in rotation for the two defensive tackle spots with senior Will Pericak (6-4, 285) and junior Nate Bonsu (6-1, 280). At 325, Tupou isn’t flabby, just big.
4. Wide receiver Gerald Thomas — Wednesday’s announcement that Paul Richardson (ACL surgery) will redshirt this season made it more imperative that Thomas (5-11, 175) make an immediate impact. CU has plenty of possession receivers, but Thomas, like Richardson, can be explosive in the open field. QB Jordan Webb raves about the skill set of Thomas, who played high school ball in the Dallas area but is originally from New Orleans.
5. Fullback Christian Powell — Like Tupou, Powell (6-foot, 235) arrived as a teenager that’s physically ready for major-college football. Powell, listed behind junior Alex Wood on the latest depth chart but sure to get snaps, will be counted upon to help open holes for tailback Tony Jones. But Powell can carry the ball and catch passes. It wouldn’t be a shock if CU shows Powell setting up along QB Jordan Webb in a one-back set on occasion.
Honorable mention: cornerback Yuri Wright, cornerback Jeffrey Hall, defensive end John Stuart, defensive tackle Justin Solis, offensive guard Jeromy Irwin, tight end Vincent Hobbs.
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CU Buffs position breakdown: Secondary gets influx of youth, talent
BOULDER — Considering that Colorado ranked last in pass-efficiency defense among Pac-12 teams in 2011, it came as no surprise that signing defensive backs was a priority during recruiting.
In February, the Buffs landed five high school DBs. Four of the five may help immediately, with John Walker of Washington D.C., having to wait until 2013 because a finger injury early in August camp required surgery and he likely will redshirt this season.
From speaking with coaches (practices are closed to the public, including the media), it appears the two most highly regarded of the signees, Yuri Wright and Kenneth Crawley, are living up to their billing.
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Colorado freshman cornerback John Walker to redshirt
BOULDER — Colorado freshman John Walker, one of five defensive backs signed by the Buffaloes in February, will sit out the 2012 season as a redshirt, CU coach Jon Embree announced Saturday.
Walker, 5-feet-10 and 170 pounds, injured a finger during the first week of August camp and will require surgery.
Walker earned all-metro honors by the Washington Post as a senior for H.D. Woodson High School in Washington D.C. A teammate, cornerback Kenneth Crawley, also signed with Colorado and is vying for playing time, Embree said.
Crawley, Yuri Wright, Marques Mosley and Jeffrey Hall have all been impressive as rookies in the secondary, Embree said.
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Colorado’s Embree: Incoming freshmen to help at several spots
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. — During interviews Tuesday at the Pac-12 football media day at Universal Studios, Colorado coach Jon Embree was asked which incoming freshmen figure to provide the most competition during August camp.
Embree’s response wasn’t a short answer. After all, Colorado lost 13 starters off last year’s team.
Embree began with defensive back, where the team has openings at free safety and a cornerback slot. Embree said CU signed “five very good players” for the secondary in February: cornerbacks Yuri Wright, Kenneth Crawley, John Walker, Jeffrey Hall and safety Marques Mosley.
Wright, from New Jersey powerhouse Don Bosco Prep, was regarded as a national top-100 player. Crawley, from CU’s new Washington D.C. pipeline of H.D. Woodson High School, made national top-250 lists.
“They all will have a chance to compete,” Embree said of the five DB signees.
Ranking next for freshman impact, Embree said, would be tight end, where converted defensive lineman Nick Kasa, a senior, ended spring drills with the first team. CU signed three tight ends in February: Vincent Hobbs (6-feet-3, 240 pounds) of Mesquite (Texas) Horn; Sean Irwin (6-4, 230) of Cypress (Texas) Fairbanks; and Austin Ray (6-6, 235) of Columbia (Mo.) Rock Bridge.
“A couple of young kids there (at tight end) have a chance to be good players for us,” Embree said. “(In the defensive secondary and at tight end) they will be difference-makers early.”
After those two areas, Embree said wide receiver and defensive line would be the next positions where a freshman could make an immediate impact.
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CU running back signees ranked No. 1 in Pac-12
Football recruiting analyst Adam Gorney, the West Coast-based evaluator for Rivals.com, has released his annual position-by-position rankings for the Pac-12’s recently signed classes.
Colorado fared well in many categories, especially at running back where the Buffs’ four-player haul was ranked by Gorney as best in the Pac-12.
Wrote Gorney: “After a 3-10 season in 2011, Colorado needs players that can make things happen all over the field, and the Buffaloes did a quality job of loading up at running back by signing four players. Three-star Davien Payne (5-11, 225, Perris, Calif., Citrus Hill) and Terrence Crowder (5-10, 210, Galen Park HS, Texas) are big, punishing backs, and Donta Abron (5-9, 190, Upland HS, Calif.) could be the sleeper in this class. Clay Norgard (6-1, 240, Highlands Ranch Mountain Vista) is expected to play fullback and he’s a tough, hard-nosed player.”
Colorado’s conference ranking at other positions:
*Tied for fourth at quarterback (Shane Dillon).
*Tied for eighth at wide receiver (Gerald Thomas, Jeffery Thomas, Peyton Williams).
*Fourth at tight end (Vincent Hobbs, Sean Irwin, Austin Ray)
*Twelfth at offensive line (Jeromy Irwin, Gerrad Kough, Alex Kelley)
*Fourth at defensive tackle (Tyler Henington, Kory Rasmussen, Justin Solis, Josh Tupou).
*Seventh at defensive end (Kisima Jagne, Samson Kafovalu, Derek McCartney, Johnny Stuart, De’Jon Wilson).
*Fourth at defensive back (Kenneth Crawley Jeffrey Hall, Marques Mosley, John Walker, Yuri Wright).
*Tied for sixth with players designated as athlete (Christian Powell, expected to play fullback).
*CU did not sign a linebacker to the class.
The positional leaders:
QB: Washington
RB: Colorado
WR: California
TE: Oregon
OL: Stanford
DT: UCLA
DE: Oregon
LB: USC
DB: Washington
ATH: UCLA
My take: Although Colorado signed just two 4-star players (cornerbacks Kenneth Crawley and Yuri Wright), recruiting analysts are impressed with the depth and talent of Jon Embree’s class, especially considering that the head coach and his staff had to sell the program while struggling through a 3-10 season. As for the conference, I like the fact that seven different schools led a position. That speaks well for the overall strength of the league — and its future.
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Buffs football commitment list swells to 26 as of 1:30 p.m.
UPDATE: CU football nabs touted QB Shane Dillon, bruising backs: a position-by-position breakdown.
According to CU, at least nine signatures of football recruits have been received by the school as of 8 a.m.:
CB Yuri Wright, 6-2, 180, Ramsey, N.J.
OL Jeromy Irwin, 6-5, 289, Cypress, Texas
TE Sean Irwin, 6-4, 220, Cypress, Texas
RB Kenneth Crowder, 5-10, 212, Galena Park, Texas
WR Peyton Williams, 6-1, 185, Southlake, Texas
TE Austin Ray, 6-6, 235, Columbia, Mo.
CB Jeffrey Hall, 5-11, 180, LaPlace, La.
TE Vincent Hobbs, 6-3, 230, Mesquite, Texas
WR Jeffrey Thomas, 6-3, 180, Duncanville, Texas
Here’s another batch of CU signees, as of 9:15 a.m.
CB Kenneth Crawley, 6-1, 170, Washington, D.C.
ATH Christian Powell, 5-11, 250, Upland, Calif.
DB John Walker, 6-0, 175, Washington D.C.
DE De’Jon Wilson, 6-3, 240, Washington, D.C.
DT Josh Tupou, 6-4, 302, Buena Park, Calif.
DE John Stuart, 6-4, 230, Westlake Village, Calif.
DT Justin Solis, 6-3, 287, Westlake Village, Calif.
WR Gerald Thomas, 5-10, 170, The Colony, Texas
DE Samson Kafovalu, 6-3, 253, Riverside, Calif.
QB Shane Dillon, 6-5, 185, El Cajon, Calif.
Here’s another group as of 11 a.m.
ATH Marques Mosley, 6-1, 174, Upland, Calif.
RB Donta Abron, 5-9, 187, Upland, Calif.
RB Davien Payne, 5-11, 213, Perris, Calif.
DE Kisima Jagne, 6-5, 235, Chandler, Ariz.
Three more by 1:30 p.m.
DE Derek McCartney, 6-4, 220, Faith Christian HS
DT Tyler Henington, 6-3, 265, Mullen HS
DT Kory Rasmussen, 6-3, 255, Honolulu
CU football signing list grows to 19
Still no surprises.
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CU football signees list up to 19 by 9:15 a.m.
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Colorado recruiting effort adds third cornerback within a week
Jeffrey Hall, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound cornerback at LaPlace (La.) St. Charles Catholic High School, made his commitment to Colorado official on Sunday, according to Rivals.com.
Rated a three-star prospect, Hall intercepted nine passes last fall in helping to lead St. Charles Catholic to the Louisiana Class 3A title in his first year as a cornerback. He told Rivals.com that he picked CU over Indiana and Arizona after receiving a home visit on Thursday from Buffs head coach Jon Embree.
Last week, Colorado landed oral commitments from four-star cornerbacks Kenneth Crawley of H.D. Woodson High School in Washington, D.C., and Yuri Wright, formerly of New Jersey power Don Bosco. Wright was expelled from Don Bosco for offensive posts on Twitter and must find another high school or avenue to complete his graduation requirements.
Hall told Rivals.com that he had second thoughts about Colorado because cornerback might be crowded with the commitments of Crawley and Wright but said he shown that cornerback is a position of need at CU and he may see early playing time.
“Colorado was on me the longest,” Hall told Rivals.com. “They are like family there. That’s what I was looking for in a college.”
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Will CU land its third cornerback prospect within a week?
It certainly sounds promising, if not a lock.
Jeffrey Hall, a 5-foot-11, 180-pounder from La Place (La.) St. Charles Catholic High School, told Rivals.com Tuesday night that he may be ready to offer a commitment on Friday.
Colorado appears to be in the driver’s seat.
“It’s down to Colorado and Indiana. But I will most likely commit to Colorado,” Hall told the CU-based Rivals site BuffStampede.com.
Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals, Hall visited Colorado on Jan. 13 and then made a trip to Indiana last weekend. According to Rivals, his offer list also includes Tulane, Kansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe and North Texas.
Hall recorded nine interceptions, 55 tackles, four-and-a-half tackles for a loss and four forced fumbles as a senior — his first year at cornerback. St. Charles Catholic won the Louisiana Class 3A championship.
Earlier this week, Colorado received oral commitments from two four-star corners: Kenneth Crawley of H.D. Woodson High School in Washington D.C., and Yuri Wright, who was recently expelled from New Jersey prep power Don Bosco for posting offensive tweets. Wright must transfer to another high school to complete graduation requirements.
The defensive backfield, and cornerback in particular, is a critical area of need for Colorado.
National signing day is Feb. 1.
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One of the best quotes I’ve ever seen from a recruit
“We actually ate so much I got tired of chewing.”
That comes from Jeffrey Hall, a cornerback from St. Charles Catholic High School in La Place, La., who visited Colorado during the weekend and then spoke to BuffStampede.com, the Colorado-based Rivals.com site.
A 5-foot-11, 176-pounder, Hall is being recruited by CU offensive coordinator and running backs Eric Bieniemy, who was born in New Orleans before his family moved to Los Angeles when he was young.
Hall told BuffStampede.com that his trip to Boulder “was real good. It is beautiful out there.”
Hall also talked at length with CU defensive coordinator Greg Brown, who also coaches the secondary.
“They said a lot of the same things in person that they had been telling me on the phone,” Hall told the recruiting-based website. “Coach Brown said I would have a chance at early playing time and could possibly be a starter my first year. Coach Brown said he is not scared to play a true freshman.”
Hall said he may take an official visit to Indiana before choosing a school.
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4-star Cope-Fitzpatrick to visit Colorado this weekend
By John Henderson
Tight end Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick, one of the four four-star recruits considering Colorado that I blogged about Monday, will make his official visit Friday, according to Buffscoop.com.
Out of Whitney High in Rocklin, Calif., Cope-Fitzpatrick is ranked as the No. 7 tight end in the nation by Rival.com. He committed to Southern California in June but has been in contact with Colorado, Oregon and UCLA. Second-year coach Jon Embree does not have a commitment from a four-star recruit yet.
Buffscoop.com listed three other players who will join Cope-Fitzpatrick on the visit. One is three-star cornerback Jeffrey Hall of St. Charles Catholic High in La Place, La. Colorado’s competition is Tulane, North Texas and Louisiana-Monroe but his stock is rising since intercepting nine passes his senior year.
Three-star safety Chris Solomon led West Covina (Calif.) High to the CIF title and is also considering Washington State, Oregon State, Washington and Boise State. The other is two-star running back Davien Payne of Citrus Hill High in Perris, Calif., who has already committed to the Buffaloes.
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Why people play social network games…
Yvette Wohn - April 8, 2010 @ 3:14 pm · Filed under Games, Social Networks
(cross-posted on Play As Life)
Why do people play games? A lot of scholars and market researchers have looked at game motivations and have pretty much come up with similar results. People play for several reasons, some of which include to be social, to engage in competition, to immerse in fantasy, etc. etc.
But why do people play games on Facebook? We would expect that a lot of motivations that apply to regular games would also apply to Facebook games. However, maybe Facebook games are different. Compared to MMOs, they are most definitely smaller in scale. Also, with Facebook games you are more likely to play with your existing friends (yes, you could play with your existing friends on MMOs and Xbox Live, but with those games you don’t necessarily need that friendship tie in order to play). The games are also mostly asynchronous, browser-based, and easier to learn/play.
So we set out to see why people were playing Facebook games– and especially, in the context of social network sites– if people were playing for social reasons.
A few colleagues and I did some empirical tests and turns out, yes and no. We focused on non-game-specific motivations (we didn’t look at competition or fantasy elements) and found four distinct motivations. People said they played games on Facebook because they:
-Wanted to achieve common ground (get topic of conversation to talk with other people)
-Wanted to engage in reciprocity (give gifts, get gifts, etc.)
-As a coping strategy (relieving stress, getting enjoyment, etc.)
-To relieve boredom
Because people could answer these from a 5-point scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree, although we found these four factors, we saw that the first two reasons had pretty low means. Which means that more people DON’T play social network games to achieve common ground or engage in reciprocity.
So that is the bad news. People aren’t playing because they expect to get social outcomes. A isn’t playing Farmville with B in order to improve social relationships with B. A just wants to relieve boredom or play for his or her own enjoyment.
BUT that isn’t the end of the story. Just because you don’t expect something doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t get it. Our next step is to see if playing social network games actually generates some positive (or negative) social outcome. And we strongly believe that it does, because gift-giving and reciprocity are very strong elements of the game play. Even if people are only giving gifts because the game forces them to, they may get some unexpected social outcome. We have anecdotal cases that support this– in the coming months we will be trying to get some empirical evidence of whether or not this is true.
I will be presenting our preiminary findings of social network game motivation and uses at CHI next week. Stay tuned for more interesting research on social network games!
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Guest Writer Believes Race Relations Near Tipping Point
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is a guest post by Paul R. Hollrah, a resident of Oklahoma who writes from the perspective of a veteran conservative politico who served two terms as a member of the Electoral College. Even if you disagree with him, this piece will make you think long and hard.
My eighty-first birthday earlier this week was to have been a happy occasion, featuring a great dinner with friends at Tulsa’s finest German restaurant and many cards and letters from far-flung children and grandchildren. But a late email printout detailing events in Geneva, Switzerland, took a bit of the luster off the day.
Click to view full document (PDF) submitted to UN Committee Against Torture.
The email I received was a copy of a 13-page document titled, United States Compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment. It was subtitled, Written Statement on the Police Shooting of Michael Brown and Ensuing Police Violence Against Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. The document was filed with the 53rd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from Nov. 3-28, 2014, after being delivered to Geneva by Michael Brown’s parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden.
The cover page of the complaint asserts that the complaint was submitted by the Brown family, who hand-delivered it to Geneva, as well as organizations called HandsUpUnited, Organization for Black Struggle, and Missourians Organized for Reform and Empowerment.
In a CNN interview, Brown’s mother insisted that, “We need the world to know what’s going on in Ferguson and we need justice… We need answers and we need action. And we have to bring it to the U.N. so they can expose it to the rest of the world, what’s going on in small town Ferguson.”
But, all emotion aside, what are the facts? We know that, on Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr. a 6 ft. 4 in. 292 lb. black teenager, was identified on videotape as the individual who engaged in the robbery of a convenience store in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. In the video, Brown is seen taking a box of Swisher Sweets cigars (valued at approximately $49) from the checkout counter of the convenience store, a 2nd degree theft under Missouri law.
As he and a friend prepared to exit the store, Brown is challenged by a store employee who attempted to lock the door before the two could leave the premises. However, Brown prevented the clerk from locking the door and as he and his accomplice walked out the door, he grabbed the store clerk by the lapels and shoved him backward into a display rack. And when the store clerk continued to protest, Brown turned and approached him in a threatening manner.
Minutes later, Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, a fugitive from justice on a theft charge from Jefferson City, Mo., were seen walking defiantly down the middle of a street near the convenience store they’d just robbed. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, on routine patrol, arrived on the scene and instructed Brown and Johnson to “get the [expletive] off the street.”
At that point, one must assume that Brown, having just robbed a convenience store and assaulted a store clerk, feared that he was about to be taken into custody in connection with the robbery he’d committed just minutes before. With that thought in mind, he decided that he would not allow himself to be arrested and taken into custody, with a potential jail term to follow. Instead, when Officer Wilson prepared to exit his police cruiser, Brown attacked him and forced him back into the vehicle. Having been physically assaulted by a young man, much younger and stronger than himself, Officer Wilson was then justified in the use of deadly force. However, as the officer prepared to unholster his sidearm while seated inside his vehicle, Brown reached through the open window and attempted to wrest the weapon from the officer’s hand. A struggle ensured during which two shots were fired, one of them striking Brown in the wrist.
According to Officer Wilson and several eye witnesses, Wilson then exited his vehicle and attempted to take Brown into custody. At which time Brown, who had been walking away from the scene, turned and charged the officer. Certain that he could not survive an attack by a man 6 ft. 4 in. tall and weighing nearly 300 lb., the officer fired four additional shots before Brown dropped to the pavement.
But this is not the story that Brown’s fugitive friend told police and the media. According to his version, Brown was walking toward the officer with his hands in the air, attempting to surrender. An autopsy showed that Brown had been shot six times in the front of his body. What is not clear is the source of the unsubstantiated charge that Brown was shot in the back.
Nor is it the story that Brown’s parents told in their testimony before the U.N. committee in Geneva. According to their account, “Midday on August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black male, was walking down a small street in the middle of an apartment complex with a friend when they were approached by a white police officer. According to his friend, the closest witness to the afternoon’s events, the officer approached them in his SUV police vehicle, told them to ‘get the [expletive] off the sidewalk,’ which then escalated into a confrontation. After a struggle, the officer began to shoot the teen. Brown ran away, as he was hit by the officer’s bullets. The officer chased the teen on foot, and according to multiple witnesses, even after Michael Brown raised his hands to surrender and begged the officer not to shoot, the officer continued to fire. No witness reported any orders given to Brown as these shots were fired.”
Nowhere in their testimony is there a hint that Brown and his friend had just committed a strong-arm robbery of a business establishment. Nowhere in their testimony do they speculate about their son’s state of mind… how he may have concluded that he and his friend were about to be arrested as suspects in a felony crime and, in an effort to avoid arrest, attacked and wounded a police officer. Nowhere in their testimony do they mention that their son was first shot in a struggle over the police officer’s handgun. Nowhere in their testimony do they mention that their son’s friend, Dorian Johnson, himself a fugitive from justice, may not be a credible witness. And nowhere in their testimony do they suggest that the officer told the boys to “get the [expletive] off the street.” Instead, they testified that the officer told the boys to “get the [expletive] off the sidewalk.”
The Browns testified that, “The teenager was hit by at least six shots, according to an autopsy performed by a pathologist not affiliated with the government. The autopsy further revealed that the final shots included one that entered his eye, and another at the top of the head, which may have indicated his head was lowered as he collapsed or kneeled to surrender. The intentional, arbitrary killing of Michael Brown, shot to death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, amounts to torture under Article I of the Convention.”
Was the pathologist “not affiliated with the government,” an expert hired by the Brown family, a credible witness? And is it even within the realm of possibility that an experienced police officer would “execute” a teenager, in cold-blood, in broad daylight, as he knelt to surrender? Is it not more reasonable to conclude that Brown was shot in the top of his head at close range as he lowered his head to charge the officer?
But now the nation is threatened with a massive outbreak of violence if the St. Louis County grand jury refuses to indict Officer Wilson. The demonstrations and rioting that have followed the shooting are a blot on the black community. And if the grand jury concludes that Officer Wilson acted in self-defense, which they likely will, we can expect unprecedented violence in the streets where the black community in and around St. Louis will loot neighborhood business establishments and burn many homes to the ground.
Brown’s mother told a CNN reporter in an interview, “We need the world to know what’s going on in Ferguson and we need justice… We need answers and we need action.”
Justice? Answers? Action? These are not what the professional race hustlers want. What they want is revenge, not justice. Nor are they going to like the answers they’re likely to get from the St. Louis County grand jury. And while the “action” they want is the indictment of Officer Wilson, the only “action” they will get is a lot of grief raining down on the heads of black people across the country as they loot and burn many of the businesses where they work, and burn their own neighborhoods to the ground.
And while we can all empathize with the Brown family for the loss of a son, Brown’s parents should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be so blatantly used and taken advantage of by professional race agitators, the attorney general of the United States included. But then, it’s not every day they’re treated to an all-expense-paid trip to Geneva.
If black people across the country are looking for something on which they can vent their anger and outrage, the killing of Michael Brown is a very poor choice. They would be better advised to take a closer look at Barack Obama’s Chicago, where black-on-black murders spiked to 516 in 2012, the second time homicides have surpassed 500 since 2003.
And they might want to take a closer look at white liberals and Democrats who have raised their expectations to the skies and then did nothing of substance to help them achieve the promised social and economic progress.
At this writing, the St. Louis County grand jury has not handed down either an indictment of Officer Wilson, or a finding of self-defense. And while it is understandable that members of the grand jury, whose names and home addresses are almost certainly known throughout the black community, are afraid to hand down a ruling that would exonerate Officer Wilson, the obvious jury nullification debacle of the O.J. Simpson trial and the violence that occurred in South Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King police beating is still far too fresh in the minds of the American people. We are at a tipping point in race relations and we should all be very afraid.
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New Telephone Scam ?
Actually I suppose it isn't new, but it is new to me.
It's essentially a different way of presenting an old trick that I nearly fell for it, and I'm blogging it to prevent you falling for it.
Last week I was phoned by a lassie with a very pleasant Scots accent - somewhere in the Central belt, I think, but not Glasgow or Edinburgh.
She said she was conducting a survey on behalf of Genealogy UK magazine to find out about the family historian audience in the UK.
That's believable, though I hadn't heard of the title, there are probably lots of magazines I don't know.
She said she would ask me several questions and she asked me to indicate the answers by pressing numbers on my telephone so that they could be captured automatically and stored in a database.
The first question was "How long have you been researching your family history ?"
0 for not yet started
1 for less than 1 year
2 for 1 to 3 years
4 for 5 to 10 years
5 for more than 10 years
I was just about to press 5, when it occurred to me that whatever number I pressed, I might be connected to a premium rate line, so I just put down the phone.
The BT 1471 service told me "We do not have the caller's number to return", which I think means that the call originated outside the UK.
I wouldn't have blogged this at all, had it not been a genealogical pretence, however, a friend who has not researched their family history, also had a similar call.
I've since discovered that there is no Genealogy UK magazine.
Have you had such a call ?
Posted by Peter Munro at 11:59 PM
Labels: Family History, Genealogy UK, Scam
Janice Sheller said...
Thanks for heads up! It's pretty scary. You can just receive a call and not know if you're getting charged for it. Scammers really have brilliant minds when it comes to stealing.
Got a call like that, though. But it was an automated message which asked me to call back a number and I did. I only got voice prompts and was asked to key in extensions. And I still did. I didn't know how long I stayed on the line pressing on the number buttons until I had to leave for work. The next thing I know, I got a $360 charge on my bill for the call. I had to dispute every cent of it since it was a scam.
Peter Munro said...
Janice,
In return, thanks for sharing your experience. I got home today and found a voicemail asking me to ring a Birmingham number during working hours but with no other details and no inkling of who they were.
So I think that's suspicious, and I won't ring them back.
Comments ?
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Thushara Priyamal Edirisinghe
Thushara Priyamal Edirisinghe is an engineer from Athurugiriya. According to a Sri Lanka Daily News report Thushara is powering a car by water, using an extremely low amount of electricity.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka pledged to provide bank loans and facilities to carry out the conversion of fuel-powered engines to water-powered ones.[2]
Water fuled car
The car, travelled from Christ King College, Pannipitiya, Thushara, to Anuradhapura and back on mere three litres of water.(80 km/l) Thushara claims the energy is produced by the splitting water into separate Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules using a current of barely 0.5 amperes then burning it in the engine.[2] According to the news report Thushara claims the technology existed for 60 years and that the generator could be fixed to any petrol or diesel vehicle with suitable adjustments.[2] Using "water" as opposed to oil that react with lubricating oil would also extend the life of the vehicle.[2]
Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka
Thushara explained the technology behind his creation to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka[7] at Temple Trees Wednesday, 15 July 2008[8] Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka (who also holds portfolios of Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defense) extended the Government’s fullest support to his efforts to introduce the water-powered car to the Sri Lankan market. The Premier also pledged to provide bank loans and facilities to carry out the conversion of fuel-powered engines to water-powered ones.[2]
Water-fuelled car
Energy crisis
^ TV coverage Water Car from Srilanka!!
^ a b c d e f Dailynews Sri Lanka: Groundbreaking invention from Athurugiriya youth
^ The nation Sri Lankan engineer M.A. Thushara Edirisinghe set to give motorists a shot in the arm with his invention that enables vehicles to run with water instead of fuel
^ Business intelligence Middle east:The water-powered car race heats up still further
^ Dailynews Sri Lanka: In search of creativity
^ Sinhalaya News Agency: Walter Jayawardhana:Sri Lankan inventor says he has made the car that runs on water
^ Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka also holds portfolios of Minister of Internal Administration and Deputy Minister of Defense.[1]
^ picture
Equinox: It Runs on Water 1995 film.
Thushara Priyamal Edirisinghe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Posts tagged with ‘Sunday Times’
RICHARD GRAY “owns his own teeth”
June 9, 2011 - by filep
Richard Gray of the Sunday Times and 1O & 1O MEN talks to Filep Motwary
Richard Gray is a Taurean – but don’t hold that against him. He studied modern languages at University but hasn’t spoken a word of it since. He loves fashion and carbs and not necessarily in that order.
He was recently followed into the men’s room at Claridges by Morrissey but nothing came of it. Richard owns his own teeth. He is not a virgin. He is however verging on the ridiculous. He writes lots of stuff on fashion for Sunday Times Style, 10 and 10 Men. He’s open to bribery.
Richard desperately tries to hide a hang over behind his shades in Barcelona at the opening of the W hotel.
Photograph by Alastair Jamieson
RICHARD GRAY: Here I am
FILEP MOTWARY: Oh hi there, how are you Richard?
I’m great thank you. And you? This damn London drizzle is doing nothing for my hair however. It looks like a damn (Prada) mohair jumper…
Hahah, I saw your video review on Prada’s summer 2011 collection a few minutes ago. I was impressed how you pointed out its references. Really it reminded you of menswear?
And there it is: look at my forehead – it’s fuking scrotal! Anyway, yes, Mrs Prada says she gets dressed from the ground up – so shoes first – it’s a starting point for her. The shoes, the multi-layered ‘platforms’ took their cue from menswear, no doubt about that. The clothes, of course, came from elsewhere. BUT this perverted conceit, that cotton is a luxury fabric, is odd (in a good way). It’s political. She’s political. The price of cotton is through the roof! Rice, oil, rubber: the world’s commodity prices are skewed. This was perhaps on Mrs Prada’s mind at the time. She has a lot on her mind.
It seems that you are quite fond of Prada, why?
I think she only finds peace in original thought. There aren’t many fashion designers who share the same mind-space: Rei, Junya, Marc, Raf – we all know who they are. I also think there is something ultimately divisive about a house that caters to the bourgeois – a collective marked by conformity – yet bastardises old ideas/ideals. This is sinister. *Shiver goes down author’s spine*
I completely agree with you! On the other hand, I wish to ask you about the new and upcoming designers-if there are any since everything is fading away so rapidly. How difficult is for someone new to become an establishment these days?
Interestingly my assistant Lizzie(Hi Lizzie) went to the St Martins BA fashion design show last week. She said you could feel a move away from classics of the past two seasons and far more adventurous designs one the catwalk now. Good. I suspect however, that young design graduates have more of an eye for business than those of, say, five years ago. They recognize there’s validity in getting your clothes produced and people wearing them. And, more importantly, St Martins and London College of Fashion, the Royal College of Art etc. are now focusing more on the business of fashion. It’s still not easy for a graduate, but they are more business minded on graduation than ever before. Galliano (Yikes! I said his name) argues that talent will always be recognized, despite the difficulties?
You mean sooner or later? But, should a young creator first get a job in a big house (as a major designer once told me) or it would be better to try the solo route for starters?
Yes. He uses himself as the ultimate argument that you can fail and fail again. And finally, finally, if you keep trying, incredible talent will be recognized. Not sure how this theory goes down with those who have ended up bankrupt and broken by fashion… The route to success depends on the opportunities that come the young designer’s way. You take somebody like Christopher Kane who did things the textbook way – managed cleverly by his sister Tammy. He’s proved you can do it. He’s a great message for London fashion. Then there’s somebody like Peter Copping, who, I think is on the brink of the global recognition he deserves. He served at Louis Vuitton with Marc but kept under the radar, yet produced some wonderful designs. Now he’s doing wonderful things at Nina Ricci. Both routes can work. Both routes have their own advantages and disadvantages. One thing: being a success in the fashion design world is damn hard. “You pay in sweat!” (See start of ’80s TV horror, Fame for more inspirational advice)
I wanted to ask you, if I may, about your opinion on John Galliano, since his name came up…?
The man is clearly not well. He needs, and I hope he’s getting, help. His comments were HORRIFIC and INEXCUSABLE.
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SCOTT WALKER – WHEN THE SUN SHONE ON A SUPER STAR
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SCOTT WALKER – WHEN THE SUN SHONE ON A SUPER STAR Chris Welch 2019-06-20T19:11:03+00:00
When three young Americans popped their heads around the door at the Melody Maker office in Fleet Street one morning in 1965, they were full of charm, humour and enthusiasm. Who were they? ‘We are the Walker Brothers!’
They’d just arrived in London from California and were ready to take the Swinging Sixties pop scene by storm. And they did. Within weeks they became British teenagers’ favourite singing sensations and the object of screaming adulation. Walker Brothers’ records like Make It Easy On Yourself, My Ship Is Coming In and The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore roared, or rather melodically cruised up the MM charts.
The ‘Brothers’ were Scott Engel, John Maus and drummer Gary Leeds and they all exuded charisma – especially Scott. It would be my pleasure to follow his career and interview the good looking, witty and ultra cool singer on many occasions during the heyday of the Walkers’ success. Sitting with Scott in his usually darkened London apartment, discussing his tastes in music was to reveal a sensitive, sometimes acerbic aesthete who loved jazz and Jacques Brel more than he did rock’n’roll.
Yet in the early days, he secretly enjoyed the madness of pop stardom. I remember standing backstage with Scott at the show when Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar, and him smiling at all the chaos that ensued. But when I next saw him, singing with the Ronnie Scott Band at the Stockton Fiesta Club in August 1967, I believed he had every chance to move onto a higher musical plane and perhaps become a new Frank Sinatra, with a career in movies and show business.
Alas, for his well wishers, it was not to be. The various Melody Maker interviews seen here reveal the tensions he underwent and feelings of self doubt. But Scott went his own way, stuck to his artistic guns, and continued making music, even if the public at large gradually withdrew their attention. He once told me he was a recluse who didn’t have any friends. Actually, a lot of people loved him. (RIP Scott Noel Engel. Born January 9, 1943 – died March 22, 2019).
Tubby Hayes at Jazz Jamboree, June 1965
The Magnificent Seven Drummers
Beatles ‘Help!’ Album Review, Melody Maker
Rolling Down The River Thames with The Stones
The Swinging Summer of ‘65
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