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What Is D.E.?
Cool music for big kids—not little kids
Forged out of thousands of children´s concerts, Dancing English was created to teach English and language skills to primary-age children through music and movement. Kind of like Super Simple Songs, only for older children. Because big kids have big energy, and they need songs to match. Take a look at our intro video and you´ll see kids performing a meaningful movement for every line of every song. Combine this with songs kids really love, real-world lyrics they can relate to, and our free worksheets—and you´ve got a powerful teaching tool.
We admit it, we love fooling kids. We write fun, cool, rocking songs that to primary-age kids don´t sound like “educational” music at all. But teaching English is what we´re all about. And we know older kids love these songs because all of our songs are kid-tested. They´re easy to teach, easy to learn—and they don´t sound like children´s music! Maybe that´s because our music is recorded by Grammy-level musicians who record and tour internationally.
How good are the songs? Oxford University Press called on founder Daniel Griffin to write all the music for one of its primary English methods. And he tours the world with one of Latin rock´s biggest artists, so he knows how to get a crowd dancing and shaking! But don´t take our word for it—take a listen here.
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Home » No room for tolerance?
No room for tolerance?
Conn, Joseph L.
Church & State;July/Aug96, Vol. 49 Issue 7, p9
Reports that Religious Rights leaders are angry over an announcement by Republican Bob Dole to apply a tolerance language to abortions only. Comments from Dole; Views of Religious Rights leaders; Opposition of other Republicans to Dole's announcement.
The challenger. Meyer, Harris // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;10/05/96, Vol. 70 Issue 19, p37
Explores the health care plans and views of Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole. Cautiousness toward government action in social policy; Tax cut plan; Passion for reducing budget deficit.
Dueling economic agendas. Boston, Thomas D.; Smith, Eric L. // Black Enterprise;Nov96, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p22
Compares the economic platforms of Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton. Dole's advocacy of supply-side economics; Tax cut package; Clinton's philosophy for economic growth.
Campaign '96: Race for the presidency. // Nation's Health;Oct96, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p8
Presents President Bill Clinton and Republican Party presidential candidate Bob Dole's stance on various public health issues in the United States. Includes abortion; Crime; Gun control; Economy and balanced budget.
Two men, no vision. McGeary, Johanna // Time International (South Pacific Edition);11/04/96, Issue 45, p38
Compares presidential candidates President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in terms of their approach to foreign policy. The various reasons foreign policy has not been a big issue in the 1996 presidential campaign; The disasters that have happened under President Clinton's watch; The lack of real...
Memo to Dole: It's not 1980. Samuelson, Robert J. // Newsweek;8/19/1996, Vol. 128 Issue 8, p54
Opinion. Warns Bob Dole to consider the difference between 1980 and 1996. Americans voting against Jimmy Carter's double digit inflation and his handling of the Iranian hostage crisis; Not voting for Reagan's promised tax cuts; Why Dole should refresh his memory; Pinning his hopes on an...
What Dole won't cut. Dickerson, John F. // Time International (South Pacific Edition);9/23/96, Issue 39, p32
Speculates as to what presidential candidate Bob Dole will need to do in order to keep his promise to balance the budget and cut taxes. What is off the table; Where the ax might fall; New pork that has been promised.
Bob Dole vs. Bill Clinton. Tan, Pamela // Science World;10/4/96, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p8
Presents views of President Bill Clinton and Republican Bob Dole on major science issues in the United States as a guide for voters in the 1996 elections. Support of the Ryan White Act; Use of the Internet by students; Proposal for handling toxic wastes.
Dole's tax plan doesn't grab you. McDonald, Duff // Money;Oct96, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p24
Looks at how Bob Dole's 15 percent tax-cut proposal is unappealing to Americans. The poll of voters taken by `Money' magazine before and after the Republican convention; Results; The Money/ABC New Consumer Comfort index.
Measuring the candidates on the issues. // NEA Today;Oct96, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p6
Presents a comparison between Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, and Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential candidate, on their views on education issues in the United States. Clinton and Dole's stance on school lunches; Their views about Medicaid, which provides health...
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The Case for Geriatric Prison Facilities
By Jan Jolly, BSDH
He looks like your grandpa—the stooped, gray-haired man in the jumpsuit, shuffling down the concrete hall with his walker. She looks like your grandma—the shriveled woman, hunched in her wheelchair, waiting for her chow tray, her mind years away. But they are not your grandparents. They are felons—convicted of crimes committed while in their 20s—over 50 years ago. No longer a threat to society and having already served decades behind bars for their crimes, they are the fastest growing, most expensive, and least likely to reoffend of all the inmates in prison today.
With Baby Boomers entering nursing homes in record numbers, the same generation of men and women serving prison sentences suffer from similar age-related maladies: dementia, incontinence, broken hips, diabetes, heart failure, strokes.
Society builds prisons for community protection and incapacitation—to house the young and the strong, not the weak and infirm. Prisons were never meant to be nursing homes, yet they are rapidly becoming just that.
Defining “elderly”
Researchers into the problem of elderly inmates have many points of agreement. One is the definition of “elderly” when speaking of inmates. Researchers agree that chronological age of 50–55 years old represents the age when inmates should be classified as elderly. Why so young? Researchers agree that an inmate’s physiologic age ranges from ten to fifteen years older than their chronological age. Inmates who are 60 years old display physical and mental infirmities more common for a 75-year-old; those age 70 function as though they were 95. This is due to poor medical care and nutrition prior to incarceration, substance abuse, smoking, and the stress and rigor of prison life (Bagaric 968).
Inmates, including the elderly ones, under the care of the state and federal prison systems have a legal right to medical care that meets community standards.
In 1976, the United States Supreme court guaranteed the right of incarcerated persons to have access to medically necessary care. Most states have their own policies and administrative directives that require the delivery of necessary health care to all inmates in their custody.
Prisons struggle to accommodate these necessary health care needs in several ways. Elderly inmates cannot climb into an upper bunk; restrooms and many doorways are not wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs or walkers; chow halls are located long distances from barracks. They suffer from the same maladies as their free-world counterparts: heart disease, dementia, diabetes. They are unable to complete activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, dressing, and feeding themselves. Correctional officers do they have the time or training to assist with ADLs.
Nationwide, elderly inmates are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population.
Bagaric reports that a “2015 report by the Office of the Inspector General notes that ‘inmates age 50 and older were the fastest growing segment of its [federal] inmate population’” (971). Bedard et. al report that, from 1990 to 2009, the national prison population doubled while the number of inmates aged 55 or older increased by 300% (918). Most state systems mirror this trend.
Solutions to the looming problem of caring for elderly inmates range from compassionate release programs, to reforms of the sentencing guidelines, to establishing privately-owned prison nursing homes, to remodeling current prison facilities to accommodate the needs of this population. Each solution has its advocates and detractors.
Compassionate release programs affect a limited number of inmates due to the nature of their crimes and a lack of family or friends willing to take custody of them. Reforming the criminal justice system’s sentencing guidelines involves multiple layers of legislative and judicial reform. Establishing private nursing homes, while certainly possible, would require investments of money and time by private citizens and would be a hard sell for communities and investors. The most practical solution is the retrofitting of one facility to house most, if not all, geriatric inmates. This solution provides many positive outcomes.
The cost of remodeling an existing building would require minimal investment by correctional departments. Installing handrails, grab bars, shower chairs, improved lighting, and handicap-accessible cells and beds will be far cheaper than building an entirely new facility. Housing the elderly inmates in one facility will keep costs manageable and allow specially trained officers, nurses, and physicians to focus on eldercare without the distractions of the day-to-day care needed by a younger population. Many states already have successful geriatric prison units that could be used as models for others.
For most administrators and legislators, the cost of remodeling a current prison facility would be the biggest drawback. Certainly, there are costs involved in making a prison handicap accessible, removing top bunks, and providing special training for officers and medical staff. These costs will pale in comparison to that of remodeling every state and federal prison to accommodate the growing population of inmates over 55 years of age.
Some administrators argue that the older inmates have a calming effect on the younger ones and that removing them from their younger peers could have a detrimental effect on the elder’s mental stability. If this is true, certainly each inmate should have the choice of staying in their current housing assignment or moving to the geriatric unit. Administrators should respect those wishes as long as remaining in the general population does not affect the elderly inmate’s safety. Many elderly inmates become victims of the younger ones— assault, rape, harassment, extortion, theft, and humiliation are common (Bagaric 1012). Moving them to a secure, smaller facility would be a safer option than keeping them with the general population.
Proponents of geriatric prisons argue that “centralizing aging populations enhances prisoner safety and make providing care easier and less costly (Williams et al., 1478).” While taxpayers provide funds to run state prisons and expect wise use of their dollars, prison physicians and nurses have ethical and legal obligations to provide necessary care, regardless of the cost. Retrofitting a prison to accommodate the elder care needs is an idea whose time is now.
Jan Jolly retired as the Director of Quality Improvement and Training with Correct Care Solutions, the medical contractor for the Arkansas Department of Correction, in 2017 after serving in that capacity for over ten years. She is now a freelance writer for the dental and correctional industries.
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Pleasure Boy
The gist Second album from Hannah Cohen mixes classic songwriting with modern production, and gets things just right The music Pleasure Boy is a lean eight tracks in length, which harks back to the heyday of the LP, when artists weren't slaves to padding out their records to 50, 60, 70 minutes at the behest of the CD. And there's actually quite an old fashioned vibe to this whole record. Not in a sub-Amy Winehouse kind of way, but some of these songs, despite their modern productions sound like woozy Twin Peaks ballads or bond themes from a different timeline. Cohen's vocals have a classic feel and the song structures are often quite grand, albeit with odd/complex arrangements. The results could be put down to a curious collaboration between Cohen and producer Thomas Bartlett (or Doveman, best known for his collaborations with The National, Antony & The Johnsons and The Gloaming). This unusual, but cohesive pairing is the glue that sticks the Pleasure Boy collage together. Cohen's lyrical narratives and experimental sounds are presumably brought down to earth by Bartlett's more traditional piano stylings. Sometimes the results are a bit freaky, none more so than "Queen of Ice" which schizophrenically creeps around a whole host of genres and still manages to come out as a proper tune. Radiohead/PJ Harvey/Postishead would be proud. Essentially, this is a claustrophobic breakup record which uses classic pop hooks to lift itself out of the gloom and into the light. All in the space of a spectacular 35 minutes. Listen to "Lilacs" - Vince Clarke would be proud of this synth led track which manages to be thoroughly theatrical and clinically poppy at the same time. "Baby" - one of those songs which, on paper, is a bit depressing but after a few listens it kind of transcends that and becomes something much more uplifting. The intro is almost drone-like, a monotonous guitar strum and Cohen's airy vocal doing the legwork, just wait for that first snare drum and let it gradually sweep you up in its shimmering glory.
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When a group of BCI scientists and volunteers recently visited Fiji, they came equipped with more than enthusiasm
Part of the Fijian Bat Conservation Initiative team makes
the trek up to Nakanacagi Cave
Courtesy of Heather Kaaraka
Fiji’s beaches are legendary tourist destinations, and justifiably so; with sugar-sand beaches, crystalline water and lush greenery, the nation’s coasts abound in natural beauty.
But what most may not realize is that the islands’ rugged volcanic interiors, where few tourists stray during their tropical sojourns, are the real backbone of the country’s economy. Forestry and agriculture account for a greater share of the nation’s gross domestic product than even tourism. Covering around 50 percent of the nation’s landmass, trees in Fiji’s jungles and cloud forests are harvested for timber, and cleared for sugarcane plantations and mining operations.
As much as the thousands of plant, bird and insect species feel the impacts of these human activities, none may be more affected than Fiji’s six native species of land mammal—all bats. One species is found nowhere else in the world, and the majority are currently threatened or endangered.
BCI's Jason Corbett instructs NatureFiji-Mareqeti's Siteri Tokoca and Semi,
a local guide and farmer from Nakanacagi Village, in how to properly
operate radio telemetry equipment and track a radio-tagged bat.
BCI recently deployed a team of experts to assist one of Fiji’s only conservation non-profits, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti, build on their work to craft a comprehensive, science-based plan for protecting bats on the islands. For the first time, the science team also included several BCI members who volunteered their bat-related technical expertise.
For BCI, involving members with specialized research or technical skills and a desire to volunteer those skills holds great potential for the impact of future, similar research missions.
“We have a lot of skilled people, both within and outside our membership, that we can draw on as volunteers to really up the ante with our conservation initiatives and projects around the world. The force multiplier effect is incredible,” said Jason Corbett, director, Subterranean Program for BCI.
The research trip is part of an ongoing initiative with partners including the National Trust of Fiji, Birdlife International and the University of the South Pacific.
In Fiji in January 2017, the crew of volunteers included Mike Warner and Emily Davis, professional cavers with decades of combined experience in mapping and charting caves; Jeff Huebschman, a professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Heather Kaarakka, a conservation biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; and Paul Heady, an environmental consultant specializing in bat conservation.
Light sticks (very temporarily) are attached to the Fijian free-tailed bats.
Upon release, the bats can be visually followed while acoustic
calls are recorded to create the first library of identifying calls
for the species.
Glowing bat bags await the showy release
Courtesy of Mike Warner
Together with Winifred Frick, BCI senior director of Conservation Science, Dave Waldien, BCI’s past director of Global Conservation, and Corbett, the team targeted Nakanacagi Cave and its environs. Located on Fiji’s second-largest island, Vanua Levu, the cave is the only known roost and maternity colony of Fijian free-tailed bats (Chaerephon bregullae) in the country.
Though the team focused primarily on the Fijian free-tailed bat on this visit, their work with local partners will ultimately play into species management plans for the free-tailed bat as well as the Fijian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) and the Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta).
Huebschmann and Kaarakka used their expertise in telemetry to help local partners learn how to use the equipment and conduct the radio tracking of bats. Difficult in the best of circumstances, the job was made even tougher by the steep terrain, lack of roads, patchy cell service and spotty radio communications.
They found, somewhat surprisingly, that the bats seemed to head mostly for the forested mountains above the cave instead of foraging in the sugarcane and rice fields below, which will help identify areas in need of greater protection.
And in the cave itself, Warner and Davis coped with challenges that included dodging resident white-rumped swiftlets, birds that share the cave with the bats, and noise from rushing water that drowned out speech, requiring researchers to constantly run back and forth to share measurements. Together with the biologists, the team discovered the presence of breeding males, indicating it was also a mating site for the bat species.
Though the practice has declined over the last decade, Nakanacagi’s bats have long been hunted by locals for food. Siteri Tikoca, endangered species program manager for NatureFiji, said that knowledge of mating and breeding habits is exactly the kind of critical information her organization needs in order to involve local communities in the bats’ conservation—they can’t approach those communities empty-handed.
The Fijian way is, if you come into my house, I won’t chase you out; I’ll listen to you,” Tikoca said. “So we encourage discussions and try to answer questions as best as we can. Awareness helps communicate what conservation really is, what protection is. And all of this new knowledge will help us mold our next moves.”
A Fijian free-tailed bat
Chaerephon bregullae
The close collaboration between the BCI scientists and skilled volunteers, Tikoca added, will be a boost to local partners’ efforts into the future. Though she and others are trained scientists, often what’s lacking to gather real data, and lots of it, is modern equipment and training in how to use it. The organization will continue telemetry work over the next year with antennas and receivers left behind for their use.
One common theme of the Fiji volunteers’ experience: delight in the chance for cross-cultural communication and collaboration, beyond being able to use their specialized skills outside of their usual scope.
“There is no getting around having a local perspective on their environment,” Huebschman said. “There was a fair bit of pride from the people at Nakanacagi Village, realizing people were coming from across the world to their cave, to work with their bats. They really embraced the significance of what they have there with that population in that cave.”
“Getting to be in the field, and seeing the real Fiji away from the resorts was everything we could have imagined, and more,” said Warner.
“We’re committed to working with our partners to analyze these data and think about how to incorporate it into conservation planning for the protection of the species,” said Frick. “It was a great expedition, but the work doesn’t end at the end of the trip—it’s just one piece of a larger vision and project.”
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XXXTentacion To Reportedly Be Featured On Lil Wayne’s “Carter V”
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According to a report, XXXTentacion will be featured on "Tha Carter V."
We’re just 24 hours before receiving Lil Wayne’s Carter V album, but while we stare at the clock and patiently for wait its arrival, some new information has surfaced ahead of time. According to an exclusive report from OnSmash, the late XXXTentacion will be featured on a track off the upcoming Carter V album, which is arguably one of the stand outs off the album.
There was no listing of X on the rumored tracklist that’s been circulating online the past couple weeks, but then again that’s why it was rumored. Unfortunately, there’s no other information about the possible collab, like what the song is called or who produced it, but we’ll find all that out in a matter of hours. For what its worth, there was a leak from Wayne & XXXTentacion called “Roll Up” that surfaced over the Summer, which could maybe be the title of the record, but it’s completely unknown if that’s true or real even.
This news comes just a couple days after hearing a report that Nivea & Drake will be featured on a track off Carter V as well, but all of these rumors will be finalized come midnight tonight or maybe even ahead of time if Wayne drops the tracklist early.
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'New Girl' fan recap: The seduction of a musical fable
by Lincee Ray, Community Featured Contributor @Lincee
Season 4 | Episode 18 | “Walk of Shame” | Aired Mar 3, 2015
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Any New Girl episode featuring Josh Gad as the unforgettable Bearclaw is going to be good. The same goes for Justin Long’s lovable Genzlinger. Put one on either side of Zooey Deschanel performing an original musical, and you have an episode of epic proportions. Take a bow, New Girl!
Our story begins at the bar with Jess and Cece primping their new hairstyles. Schmidt warns the women that a fresh blowout can give a girl too much confidence. It turns out Schmidt is right. Bearclaw approaches and invites Jess and “Sessy” to a party at his place. His roommate, the hot ex-football player standing behind him, will be there too. Knowing that you can’t waste a good blowout, Jess challenges Cece to see where this journey may lead!
Sadly, it leads to Jess waking up in Bearclaw’s bed with her head on the pillow he usually reserves for between his legs at bedtime. Jess manages to escape Bearclaw’s clutches long enough to find Cece in the hallway. Touch up that smudged mascara, ladies. It’s time for the walk of shame.
Unfortunately, Jess’ car was towed in the middle of the night. With no transportation, no money, and dead phones, they turn to two young girls for help. Cece can offer them a condom and some cheese in exchange for a few minutes of cell service. Jess calls everyone’s number she knows by heart. No one answers. Trudge on, ladies.
After a failed attempt to secure a pair of tennis shoes hanging from a telephone wire, the girls notice a water guy delivering a huge bottle to a house. Dehydration can make a person think that rolling the water down the sidewalk is a good idea. That is, until a swarm of elementary-school children screams out of the house to celebrate a birthday party. Can we get a Capri Sun pouch over here?
Cece and Jess hide in the bushes, held captive by the birthday boy’s inability to unwrap presents in a timely manner. Jess admits that she didn’t sleep with Bearclaw the night before. They made up a musical about woodland creatures. Her walk of shame is a scam. Cece also comes clean. While making out with Football Ken, she called him Schmidt four times. She’s in love with her ex-boyfriend who currently has a girlfriend. Who’s the bigger loser now?
All signs point to Jess when Ginzlinger walks up. BEST TIMING EVER! Jess kisses him on the forehead in a moment of sheer panic. She touts her vice principal status, praises her adventurous, single-girl hair, applauds her musical fable abilities, and finally owns her walk of shame.
Poor Ginz is shell-shocked. This is neither his house nor his daddy diaper bag. He doesn’t have an adorable half-Asian kid, because Jen left him. He’s there as a party clown. Of all the shaming going on, he deserves the blue-ribbon prize. Jess refuses to let him wallow and convinces him to own his squeaky clown shoes. Take back the morning, Ginz!
Meanwhile, Coach is working really hard to impress May. Especially when Schmidt seems to get all her smart jokes. When May invites the boys to a musical event, Coach and Schmidt worry that Winston and Nick will embarrass them. They have every reason to be concerned, especially when Nick duct-tapes the sole of his shoe back together.
Coach produces a two-for-one coupon to the water park. He pretends that he doesn’t want to go to the stupid music thing, but he has to go to impress May. Schmidt agrees to take one for the team as Coach’s wingman. Nick knows a serpent when he sees one, even though he can’t officially hiss like one.
At the party, Schmidt walks Coach through the motions of being a refined person, including placing the toothpick from the passed hors d’oeuvres in his pocket. When Coach spies Nick and Winston chatting up a fancy man and drinking champagne, he tries to intervene. After crashing into a a guy playing the flute, he limps to the bathroom with a toothpick protruding from his thigh. Stupid pigs in a blanket.
The guys rally around Coach, convincing him that he doesn’t need to pretend to be someone else other than a sexy, sweats-wearing man. Coach strolls up to May and tells her that he hates classical music. Then they kiss after she plays the Monday Night Football opening riff on her cello. If this isn’t love, I don’t know what is.
As the guys drive away from the museum, they discover Cece, Jess, and Ginzlinger clocking in the last steps of their walk of shame. When they finally make it to the loft, Bearclaw is waiting. The next thing you know, Bearclaw, Jess, and a ukulele-toting Ginzlinger are performing the original musical, with May accompanying on the cello.
Josh Gad may be famous for being a snowman, but he’s certainly talented as a gay wolf, too. It may not take off like Frozen, but there’s definitely a market for a woodland creature musical, don’t you think?
New Girl Notables
Jess: What did Charisma say when he was washing your hair?
Cece: He said he was worried about Taylor Swift living in New York all alone.
Jess: Yeah, we all are.
“Why are you talking like I’m your dad and you’re high?” —Nick, wondering why Coach is speaking like a fancy man
“If that South African runner who killed his girlfriend can run with no legs, we can walk in heels.” —Jess, encouraging Cece to suck it up on their walk of shame
“My eyes react poorly to children’s urine. Don’t ask me how I know that. Come on, Coach! Let’s go put on our most scrotum-crushing trousers.” —Schmidt, convincing Nick and Winston that the party will be dull
“We run in different circles. My circle is more of a swirling mass of idiots.” —Coach, explaining to May how they are different
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A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country
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He talks a lot about his past, and what got him to where he is. So, in my opinion, read it and enjoy the This book was OK.
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I was particularly interested in his time as NATO Commander in the Balkans as well as his part in the Dayton Accords which negotiated the end of the fighting in Bosnia. Aug 04, Tlow rated it it was ok. Reads more like a long winded resume than a book about leadership, duty and honor.
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Read on the pitching Richard With in the North Sea. Jun 28, Frances Johnson rated it it was amazing. Very interesting book, both as a story about the man as well as the events in which he was a part. I was particularly interested in his time as NATO Commander in the Balkans as well as his part in the Dayton Accords which negotiated the end of the fighting in Bosnia. Aug 04, Tlow rated it it was ok. Reads more like a long winded resume than a book about leadership, duty and honor.
Kim Baxter rated it liked it Apr 15, Four-star General Wesley K. Clark became a major figure on the political scene when he was drafted by popular demand to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in But this was just one of many exceptional accomplishments of a long and extraordinary career.
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Forms of n-3 (ALA, C18:3n-3 or DHA, C22:6n-3) fatty acids affect carcass yield, blood lipids, muscle n-3 fatty acids and liver gene expression in lambs
Ponnampalam, Eric N., Lewandowski, Paul A., Fahri, Fahri T., Burnett, Viv F., Dunshea, Frank R., Plozza, Tim and Jacobs, Joe L. 2015, Forms of n-3 (ALA, C18:3n-3 or DHA, C22:6n-3) fatty acids affect carcass yield, blood lipids, muscle n-3 fatty acids and liver gene expression in lambs, Lipids, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1133-1143, doi: 10.1007/s11745-015-4070-4.
Ponnampalam, Eric N.
Lewandowski, Paul A.
Fahri, Fahri T.
Burnett, Viv F.
Dunshea, Frank R.
Plozza, Tim
Jacobs, Joe L.
Blood insulin
Blood lipids
Carcass yield
Liver gene expression
Muscle fatty acids
INSULIN-RESISTANCE
ENERGY-BALANCE
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OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACIDS
The effects of supplementing diets with n-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on plasma metabolites, carcass yield, muscle n-3 fatty acids and liver messenger RNA (mRNA) in lambs were investigated. Lambs (n = 120) were stratified to 12 groups based on body weight (35 ± 3.1 kg), and within groups randomly allocated to four dietary treatments: basal diet (BAS), BAS with 10.7 % flaxseed supplement (Flax), BAS with 1.8 % algae supplement (DHA), BAS with Flax and DHA (FlaxDHA). Lambs were fed for 56 days. Blood samples were collected on day 0 and day 56, and plasma analysed for insulin and lipids. Lambs were slaughtered, and carcass traits measured. At 30 min and 24 h, liver and muscle samples, respectively, were collected for determination of mRNA (FADS1, FADS2, CPT1A, ACOX1) and fatty acid composition. Lambs fed Flax had higher plasma triacylglycerol, body weight, body fat and carcass yield compared with the BAS group (P < 0.001). DHA supplementation increased carcass yield and muscle DHA while lowering plasma insulin compared with the BAS diet (P < 0.01). Flax treatment increased (P < 0.001) muscle ALA concentration, while DHA treatment increased (P < 0.001) muscle DHA concentration. Liver mRNA FADS2 was higher and CPT1A lower in the DHA group (P < 0.05). The FlaxDHA diet had additive effects, including higher FADS1 and ACOX1 mRNA than for the Flax or DHA diet. In summary, supplementation with ALA or DHA modulated plasma metabolites, muscle DHA, body fat and liver gene expression differently.
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The Heresy Within by Rob J. Hayes (Reviewed by Mihir Wanchoo)
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AUTHOR INFORMATION: Rob J. Hayes was born and brought up in Basingstoke, UK. As a child he was fascinated with Lego, Star Wars and Transformers that fueled his imagination and he spent quite a bit of his growing up years playing around with such. He began writing at the age of fourteen however soon discovered the fallacies of his work. After four years at University studying Zoology and three years working for a string of high street banks as a desk jockey/keyboard monkey Rob lived on a desert island in Fiji for three months. It was there he re-discovered his love of writing and, more specifically, of writing fantasy.
OFFICIAL BLURB: Jezzet Vel'urn is a trained swordswoman. She has rightfully earned the title Blademaster, and she knows that for a woman like her there are generally just two ways out of most hostile situations; fight or fornicate. All too often for Jezzet's liking, it comes down to some gods-be-damned combination of the two.
In The Heresy Within Jezzet is chased into the Wild by a vengeful warlord until she finally makes it to the sovereign city-state of Chade. But instead of sanctuary, she finds only more opportunistic bastards waiting to turn her over to her enemies.
Also figuring majorly in the story is Thanquil Darkheart, a sorcerer hunter called an Arbiter, tasked with hunting down and purging heretics for the Inquisition. Thanquil is given a task by the God Emperor of Sarth from which he has no escape. Lastly there’s the brutal outlaw called Black Thorn, best known perhaps for the killing of several Arbiters and possibly being one of the biggest names in the Wild for his proclivities.
All three of their fates seem to be converging on the Free City of Chade and, before long, Jezzet, Thanquil, and the Black Thorn will have to confront each other as they find themselves facing The Heresy Within.
FORMAT/INFO: The Heresy Within is divided into four sections with sixty POV chapters. The narration is in third person via Thanquil Darkheart, Jezzet Vel’urn and Betrim Thorn aka The Black Thorn. This is the first book of the Ties That Bind trilogy.
November 10, 2014 marks the American e-book publication of The Heresy Within via Ragnarok Publications. Cover illustration is provided by Alex Raspad.
CLASSIFICATION: The Heresy Within is a dark fantasy debut with terrific characterization and a twisted plotline that is very reminiscent of the works by Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Scott Lynch.
ANALYSIS: This book was originally self-published by the author last year and it completely blew my mind. When I first read it, I had no clue about this book but the blurb suggested a dark story and the excerpt that I read had me salivating as soon as I finished it. The story safe to say was far from a disappointment.
The story begins with Arbiter Thanquil Darkheart who is a member of the Inquisition that seeks to root out demons and those who practice the dark arts in the lands in and around the holy city of Sarth. They are an organization who based on the teachings of Volmar, and have dedicated their lives trying to burn heretics and forever stamp out the dark arts. Such dedication has given them the street title of “witch hunters” and it’s one that is actively discouraged as well. Thanquil is however not a typical arbiter and is just returning from a distant mission before he gets shanghaied into an even more dangerous one.
Jezzet Vel’urn is a blademaster, she’s also a person who thinks more of day-to-day survival than anything else. Her troubles stem from a past friendship gone sour and before long she has to decide whether she will “fight or fuck her way” out of the shit headed her way. Lastly there’s Betrim the Black Thorn, mercenary, rogue and all round deadly murderer. His name echoes throughout the wilds as a name to be feared. Having lost a few digits on his hands and feet have made the Black Thorn extremely cautious in trusting folk even those among his crew but come long he will have to decide whether he wants to remembered as just a vile mercenary or something more.
That’s the basic gist of all the POV characters however there are more and all of them crazier and scarier than these POV ones. If I had to pinpoint the one single strength of this book, I would say it’s the characterization. Very few authors manage to write such terrific characters in their debut, only a few such as Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie and Anthony Ryan come to mind but now I believe we have another addition to this list. Rob J. Hayes who writes about lowlifes and scum but writes with such wonderful application that these very characters seem fascinating gems and before long have you hooked onto their antics. This is the best part of the story, and very reminiscent of Blake Crouch and J. A. Konrath’s serial killer thrillers wherein they explored the darker side of human depravity and power.
Similarly the author herein focuses on people who frankly would be villains in most books however gives them three dimensional personas for the readers to enjoy reading about. Betrim, Thanquil and Jezzet are the main characters and they shine brightly through their chapters but it's also the side character cast such as Henry, Bones, Swift, etc that make the story so much more intriguing. The POV characters Thanquil, Jezzet and Betrim are all psychologically broken people however the way they cope with their problems is fascinating to read. Plus amid all the savagery, their semi-honorable actions seem even brighter as compared to the muck around them. Sure enough some of them are still scum, act crazy, commit violence in a wild manner upon each other and normal folk, however many of them become so interesting that the readers will be forced to turn the pages to get to know them better as well as their sides of the story. This was what I loved so much about this debut, the terrific characterization, the unpredictable plot-line with all the action and bleakness.
There are plot twists galore as the story hardly moves in the direction that the readers would expect and in the end the author makes sure that the rules of the world are obeyed in the sense that no character is truly safe. The author also subverts several fantasy tropes by not following conventional storylines Case in point the God Emperor of Sarth was a farm boy who was revealed to be a human incarnation of Volmar. However the author doesn't focus on this and mentions it and moves on to the juicy parts. There are quite a few deaths and so I would recommend that readers not read the blurb of the next books to not spoil their reads. The ending is very Abercrombie-like wherein situations are resolved but the characters are put through a psychological and physical grinder of sorts. All in all this is a kind of debut that you definitely don’t want to miss because as soon as you finish this book, you’ll want to start the next one and then the one after that. The great news is that the next couple will be released soon and therefore ready to be devoured.
Now moving onto the parts of the book that seem to be a bit deficient, namely the worldbuilding front. Sure enough there is enough history and geography provided to make it seem three dimensional but because the story focuses so much on characters and action, some readers who might want to know more of the surrounding world might not be satisfied. This book is without a map and so for cartophiles it’s a bit of a negative. Lastly those who don’t like dark fantasy or grey characters please, please avoid this book at all costs as you definitely will not be able to stomach it for all its brutality, gore and graphic nature. There's also quite a few situations and characters that come on to the main stage without any explanation and so I hope their status and back-stories will be explained in the succeeding volumes.
CONCLUSION: Who is Rob J. Hayes, I don’t know entirely but I’m willing to bet that before the year ends, many readers will have heard his name and also become fans of his. The Heresy Within is a debut and like 2012’s Blood Song is an absolute gem. If you like Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch or Mark Lawrence, make sure this is your next book. If you want a dark journey filled with action, betrayals and truly magnificent bastards of characters then The Heresy Within is the book that you should seek. DO NOT MISS IT!
Good to hear! I just got offered a review copy of this earlier in the week, and despite my towering pile of reads, I couldn't say no to this. Glad you enjoyed it so much, and that I made a good choice in finding room for it.
@Bob
RJB's debut has been a fantastic read for me. The best part the sequel is even better (it was my fav. book last year) & the trilogy is complete so no waiting for longer than 2-3 months between the titles.
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Less than twenty-four hours after Tony Romo committed one of the most embarrassing, costly blunders in football history, not much else will be talked about after the Eagles defended Lincoln Financial Field in a 23-20 Wild Card Weekend triumph. The final 137 yards of Tiki Barber’s career—now overshadowed. Brian Westbrook’s leadership, not to mention his forty-nine-yard touchdown dash despite stomach cramps—no longer headline making. Jeff Garcia continuing to lead the Eagles to an improbable six-game winning streak—already an old story.
The snap. The hold. The kick. Flawless.
Dorenbos to Detmer to Akers to the back of the netting.
The pigskin spun end-over-end, cutting through the light drizzle covering Philadelphia, thirty-eight yards straight through the uprights. Routine and expected—just like it’s supposed to be.
But after watching Dallas’ Pro Bowl quarterback botch a potentially game-winning snap replayed repeatedly on every news and sports network, Eagles fans could not help but be a little more anxious than normal.
While both teams hail from the NFC East, the division rivals could not have had two more opposite resumes entering Sunday’s game. After opening their season 6-0, Eli Manning and the injury riddled Giants floundered their way into the postseason, salvaging a .500 record with an ugly win at Washington last weekend. The Eagles, meanwhile, looked no better than average under All Pro quarterback Donovan McNabb. Then, in a completely counterintuitive twist, McNabb suffered a season-ending ACL injury, and the Eagles surged to a division title.
Those that orchestrated the Eagles resurgence were the usual suspects all over again on Sunday. Garcia managed the game beautifully, throwing for 153 yards, a touchdown, and no interceptions. Westbrook complemented the even balanced offensive attack with 141 yards on the ground and one explosive touchdown run. And Akers was as reliable as ever, booting three field goals from 18, 48 (a team record in the postseason), and the eventual 38-yard game-winner.
Eli Manning-to-Plaxico Burress seemed to be the only thing offensively working for the Giants, as the tandem posted two touchdowns on the afternoon. But the Eagles lowly 26th-ranked rush defense came up strong, spoiling Barber’s bid to extend his career one more game.
The Eagles will next travel to the Bayou to bout with the unlikely NFC South champion New Orleans Saints.
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From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 09:54:04 MST
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Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> Brian,
> Thank you very much. I have also traveled abroad and listened
> closely to foreign sources explain "America."
> Have you ever noticed that most of the criticism comes down to
> "Why won't you Americans look out for our interests not your own?" For
> that we get called "unsophisticated."
> Ron h.
This sounds like a perfectly legitimate criticism to me. We're a big
honkin' superpower with the world's most powerful economy (still), not to
mention nuclear weapons. How much looking after do American interests
need?
America has decided to play global policeman. A police officer may
receive a salary for services rendered, but the job is to look out for the
community's interests, hopefully as defined by the just laws of a
democratic government. If America is projecting all this military force
abroad to look out for her own interests, then America is playing global
bully, not global policeman, and the other countries should band together
to oppose her, as villagers once banded together to oppose roving bandits.
Well, America isn't projecting all this force to look out for her own
interests. America has decided to play global policeman, and more or less
lived up to it. But we have to go on living up to our own declared
principles - whether or not anyone else gives us credit for it, if it
comes down to that. So if someone claims that America is abusing her
position as global policeman to promote America's interest at the expense
of the global community, it's a real accusation; if correct, it's a real
problem. Personally I think that America has been doing astonishingly
well for a global police officer with no global police supervisor, no
global police chief, no global office of internal affairs, and no global
legislature. But that isn't an excuse for tolerating the remaining flaws.
Above all, I think that America's choice to play global policeman, and
success in doing so more or less ethically, is a glorious triumph - a
precious, fragile, and potentially transient triumph, like democracy or
civil liberties. So I am perturbed when I hear someone say that we should
just throw that away and start looking out after our own interests.
America *has* managed to look out for everyone else's interests and we
need to go on doing so.
Besides, this isn't the 19th century. This is the age of nuclear
weapons. America's primary, overshadowing global interest is the
continuing stability of the world and the nonuse of weapons of mass
destruction. If shortsighted opportunism interferes with this, America's
*real* global interest, then shortsighted opportunism can take a hike.
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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AngelWing Can Prevent Side Underride
Aftermarket technology that attaches to the sides of trucks can make underride crashes more survivable.
Jason ZaskyMay 08, 2018
The AngelWing side underride guard, installed for a crash safety test at the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. Photo courtesy of Perry Ponder.
In August 2017, a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu was observed plowing into the side of a 53-foot-long dry van trailer at 40 mph. If this side underride truck accident had occurred in the real-world, the occupants of the Chevrolet would have suffered catastrophic injuries or death. But the Malibu was equipped with an aftermarket device called the AngelWing side guard, which prevented the car from going underneath the truck trailer during the crash test in question.
Moreover, “the car’s airbags and safety belt properly restrained the dummy in the driver seat,” noted the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in a press release. “Our tests of the AngelWing show that measures to reduce the side underride problem are within reach,” added David Zuby, IIHS executive vice president and chief research officer. “Broader use of devices like this one, combined with continued improvements to rear underride guards, would go a long way toward reducing deaths in large truck crashes.”
That’s what safety advocates like Marianne Karth and Lois Durso are hoping. (Karth was the victim of a rear underride crash, one which took the lives of two of her daughters; Durso lost her daughter in a side underride accident in 2004.) Today both are working to raise awareness about the dangers of truck underride—side underride accidents, rear underride accidents and front underride accidents—and advocating for the passage of the bipartisan Stop Underrides Act of 2017.
Meanwhile, independent developers and truck trailer manufacturers alike are working on technologies designed to minimize the injuries and deaths suffered in underride accidents. Perry Ponder is one of these developers, whose AngelWing side guard is available via Air Flow Detector.
In the following interview, we talked with Ponder about his AngelWing and why he believes legislators haven’t yet mandated side underride guards on big trucks, despite the known risks of underride.
What inspired you to start working on the AngelWing side underride guard?
My first job out of college I went to work for a small trailer manufacturer called Terminal Service Company, and one of the first things I worked on was the rear underride guard for the trailers because that was a new standard at that time. Shortly after that I took a job for an accident reconstruction and forensic engineering firm. Those two things have dovetailed together to bring me to where I am developing AngelWing. I have gone from my work as a trailer expert, to expert witness work, to doing development work.
What is a side underride accident?
Underride can happen anywhere on the perimeter of a longer truck and it’s just a matter of height difference. The height of the perimeter of a truck, whether it be the rear or side, creates a situation where the areas of a car that are designed to take an impact are bypassed and the collision occurs with parts of the car that are not designed to take the collision, like the windshield.
When the bumpers are bypassed and the windshield and roof are crushed-in the airbag doesn’t work, the seat belts don’t work for you, and it compromises what is known as the occupant survival space. Of course, it’s important to keep the “safety cage” around you intact.
Tell me about AngelWing side guards.
AngelWing is designed to be retrofittable to your typical box van or box trailer—refrigerated or dry freight—that you see rolling down the road. It’s three different parts and you can put it together in about two hours. We’ve tested it at speeds up to 40 mph, but it will prevent a car from riding underneath a truck at speeds higher than that.
What materials does AngelWing utilize?
It’s just plain steel, though we’re experimenting with working in at least some aluminum to make it lighter.
What have crash tests of the AngelWing side guards revealed?
In the videos you see the difference between what happens in a crash with a side underride guard and without. The difference is you have a bumper-level collision out in the front of the vehicle that keeps the heads and torsos of occupants away from the edge of the trailer. If the underride guard is not there the edge of the trailer is essentially a guard rail and the first impact occurs with the windshield and roof of the vehicle. In that situation it allows direct contact between the trailer and the heads of occupants.
Did the IIHS sponsor the testing?
They had a trailer that was left over from some of the rear underride guard testing that they had done, so they provided the trailer and I provided the guard. It was at their request that we did the testing, first at 35 mph and then a subsequent test was done at 40 mph.
Requiring side underride guards is an idea that has been around a long time. Why do you think they haven’t been mandated yet?
It’s industry resistance.
What are the concerns among trailer manufacturers in regards to side underride guards being mandated?
There are particular concerns that have been voiced and they are related to weight and technological feasibility, but as somebody who has designed trailers and understands mechanical engineering and understands the structural engineering behind it, there’s no reason for technological concerns.
The extra twenty or so inches it [the guard] protrudes from the bottom of the trailer is not a hazard for hanging up or impeding operations. As for weight, most tractor-trailers cube out or use up all their space before they ever get close to reaching the 80,000 pound weight limit for the combination of tractor and trailer.
How does one purchase AngelWing side underride guards?
They are being sold through Air Flow Deflector, which is manufacturing and selling [the guards]. It was a natural fit for me to join up with them as they also sell fuel-saving, aerodynamic air deflectors. They have also been in the business of underride guards for cyclists and pedestrians.
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[www.keralites.net] DRAWING THE DAY
DRAWING THE DAY
Do not let it end without having fed your dreams.
Do not be overcome by discouragement. Do not let anyone take away the right to express that it is almost a must.
Do not forsake your cravings make your life extraordinary
Do not stop believing that words and poetry itself can change the world.
Because it matter what our essence is intact
We are human beings full of roads
Life is desert and oasis trips teaches us hurts us makes us protagonists of our own history
Although the wind blows against the powerful ongoing work
You can contribute a verse.
Never stop dreaming because dreams are free man
Do not fall into the worst mistake is silence.
Most live in a dreadful silence
Do not resign. Flee!
Cast Your healthy scream overhead in this world
Rate the beauty of simple things and the simplicity of beauty
Do not betray your beliefs all need acceptance but we can not row against ourselves that transforms life into hell
Enjoy causing panic have life ahead
Live it intensely without mediocrity is.
Think you're the future of you and facing the task with pride and without fear
Learn from those who can teach
There is none so wise that I can not learn something new and not so poor man who has something to teach.
Learn! But most of all learn to live
Show! Do not let life pass you without the living.
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[www.keralites.net] love
There are times when we are shy to express our love for fear of embarrassing the other person or embarrass ourselves hesitate to say "I love you" and try to communicate the idea in other words.
We say, "Take care" "Do not drive fast," "Be good" "No fumes". But these really are different ways to say "I love you" "You're important to me" "I care what happens to you" "I want you to be wrong." We are sometimes very strange. The only thing I want to say and the only thing to say is the only thing to say NO NO dare to say it. And yet because the feeling is real and the need to say is so strong we use other words and signs to say what we really mean. And many times the meaning never communicated at all and the other person feels ignored and unloved. So we must LISTEN TO LOVE in the words that other people tell us. Sometimes the explicit words are necessary, but more often the way of saying things is even more important. A nickname that lovingly carries more affection and love that the feelings are expressed so insincere An impulsive kiss hug or say "I LOVE YOU" even though the words say something different. Any expression of a person's concern for another says "I love you". Sometimes the expression is vulgar sometimes even cruel. Sometimes we must look and listen very carefully to the love they contain. But very often it is there under the surface. A mother may nag her son constantly about his grades or for not cleaning his room. The son may hear only the nagging, but if you listen carefully you will hear the love underneath the nagging. His mother wants him to do the right thing to be successful. Unfortunately their concern and love for his son emerge in his scolding. But it is also love. A daughter returns home late after his father's permission and confronted with bitter words. The daughter may hear only the anger, but if you listen carefully if you really listen you will hear the love under the anger. "I was worried about you," says the father "because I care and because I love you.'re Important to me." We say "I love you" in many ways: With birthday gifts with little notes and drawn with smiles and sometimes with tears. Sometimes we show our love when we remain silent without a word and sometimes even talking abruptly. Many times we have to show love by forgiving someone who has not listened to the love we have tried to express, and we still only understand and expect to hear ... The situation is that love does not always understand the language of love that the other person is using. A girl may use tears or emotions to say what you mean and her boyfriend may not understand her because he expects her to speak the language of it. We must therefore strive Play Love Actually The truth is that people in our world we rarely hear each other. We heard the words but did not hear in the actions that accompany those words or other factions. People just listen rejection or misunderstanding. They see the love that is there under the surface even when the words sound bitter. We love to listen to those around us. If we listen carefully we will discover that we are much more loved than we think. Listen to love and discover that after all the world is a loving place.
LOVE is happy.
It makes us laugh.
It makes us sing.
It makes us look for a reason.
It makes us mourn.
It makes us ask.
It makes us give.
But above all things.
It makes us LIVE.
Not the presence or absence of people that makes the difference because a person can not be lonely even when alone. Sometimes it is good to be alone. But that does not make us lonely.
It is not a matter of being present WITH someone. The matter is to be present TO someone.
So remember: If you love someone tell them. Remember to always say what you feel. Never be afraid to express yourself.
Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to you. Seize the day and have no qualms. And the most important thing. Stay close to your real friends and your family because it helped you become the person you are today and that's the most important. You can pass this message to your friends in my particular case I wish to convey my love and express it in the same language of you my friends. I really love you and hear your love for me. The difference between expressing love and the bitterness is the bitterness that sometimes last longer.
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[www.keralites.net] Points to ponder :-
Points to ponder :-
Live life in full but remembering we are all MUSAFIR ( Travelers ) in this world.
When we are in heaven our money is still in the bank.
When we are alive we don't have enough money to spend.
When we are gone there is still a lot of money not spent.
One tycoon in China passed away.
His widow, left with $1.9 billion in the bank, remarried his chauffeur
His chauffeur said, "All the while I thought I was working for my
boss. Now only did I realize that my boss was all the time working for
me !!! "
The cruel reality is:
It is more important to live longer than to have more wealth.
So we must strive to have a strong and healthy body, it doesn't matter
who is working for who.
A high end hand phone, 70% of the functions are useless.
An expensive car, 70% of the speed is not needed.
A luxurious villa, 70% of the space is not occupied.
A whole wardrobe of clothes, 70% of it is not worn.
A whole life of earning, 70% is for other people to use.
So we must protect and make full use of our 30%.
Go for medical exam even if not sick.
Drink more water even if not thirsty.
Let go even if faced with grave problems.
Give in even if you are in the right.
Be humble even if you are very powerful.
Be contented even if you are not rich.
Exercise even if you are very busy.
Never disconnect with your blood relation. and if need be they deserve
more of yr help before you give any charity outside.
Lastly live life in full and when u r gone people crave/ cry for yr
absence n that is true meaning of life u have achieved in this
materialistic world.
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Koyikkal Palace
Situated 18 km away from Thiruvananthapuram city, the palace stands between Ponmudi hill station and Kuttalam waterfalls. It was built for Umayamma Rani of the Venad royal family who ruled here between 1677 and 1684. The palace is a double storeyed traditional nalukettu with slanting gabled roofs and an inner courtyard.
It now houses a Folklore Museum as well as Numismatics Museum set up by the Department of Archaeology in 1992.
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Assessment of Microvascular Function in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes and Obesity
Elna Kochummen 1 , Vatcharapan Umpaichitra 1 , Albara Marwa 2 , Krittika Joshi 2 , Vivian L. Chin 1 , Sheila Perez-Colon 1 , *
1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinolology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, United States
2 Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, United States
* Corresponding Author: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinolology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 445 Lenox Rd., Box 49, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States. Tel: +1-7186138605, Email: [email protected]
How to Cite: Kochummen E, Umpaichitra V, Marwa A, Joshi K, Chin V L, et al. Assessment of Microvascular Function in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes and Obesity, Int J Endocrinol Metab. Online ahead of Print ; 18(1):e90094. doi: 10.5812/ijem.90094.
International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism: 18 (1); e90094
Published Online: December 29, 2019
Received: January 31, 2019
Revised: August 6, 2019
Accepted: October 30, 2019
DOI : 10.5812/ijem.90094
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Background: Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is a marker of vascular damage. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) predicts vascular complications. The EndoPAT (peripheral arterial tonometry) device calculates the reactive hyperemic index (RHI), a measure of endothelial function. The greater the vasodilation, the higher the RHI. We hypothesized that children with poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-diabetes mellitus (NDM) obese children have ED.
Methods: A cross-sectional study using the EndoPAT device was performed on children with poorly-controlled DM and NDM children. ANOVA, t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, multiple linear regression and Spearman correlation were used.
Results: Of 58 children that completed the study (aged 13.1 ± 3.42 years), 33 with type 1 diabetes (T1DM), 8 with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and 17 were NDM obese children. Eighty-five percent were African-American, 60% were female and 79% entered puberty. The RHI of children with DM (1.42 ± 0.48) versus NDM obese group (1.40 ± 0.34) was not different (P = 0.86) regardless of the type of DM or body mass index. In the DM group, for every 1% increase in latest A1C, the RHI decreased by 0.097 (P = 0.01) after adjusting for age, gender, and type of DM. The RHI of DM patients with latest A1C of < 10% (1.70 ± 0.58) versus those with A1C ≥10% (1.21 ± 0.19) was statistically different (P = 0.02). In the total study population, males had significantly lower RHI (1.28 ± 0.36) when compared to females (1.51 ± 0.46), P = 0.04 but this difference disappeared when considering pubertal status and type of diabetes.
Conclusions: Our data showed that patients with poorly-controlled DM as reflected by latest A1C of ≥ 10% had worse endothelial function as reflected by lower RHI score.
Endothelial Dysfunction Reactive Hyperemic Index Children Diabetes Obese
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Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is an early sign of vascular compromise (1) and likely to be present prior to the development of atherosclerosis as it precludes cardiovascular disease (CVD). The major risk factors for CVD are obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia and elevated blood pressure among others (2). Although CVD is rare in children (3), the risk factors are sometime present since childhood. Moreover, ED was noted in asymptomatic children and young adolescents who had risk factors to develop atherosclerosis without having CVD (4).
Currently, measured glycated hemoglobin (A1C) is the most commonly used and best evaluated marker for glycemic control and vascular complications prediction in diabetic patients (5). The Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT) Research Group 2000 states that strict glycemic control delays the onset and slows down the progression of diabetic vascular complications (6), which include microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy) and macrovascular (cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke) diseases (3). Different treatment modalities (4), some aiming for better diabetes control, have shown to reverse the ED. Endothelial function is likely to be reversible in the early process of atherogenesis in children and young adults (4). Through the years, techniques to assess the function of the endothelium have been used clinically and routinely to monitor for CVD in adults, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, as of today, the use of these techniques continues to be part of research studies within the pediatric population. The EndoPAT (peripheral arterial tonometry) is a non-invasive device that measures endothelial function calculated as reactive hyperemic index (RHI). The greater the vasodilation, the higher the RHI (7). A Mayo clinic study (8) which compared the EndoPAT results to coronary injection of acetylcholine via cardiac catheterization, concluded that the normal RHI should be > 1.67. Studies of endothelial function using the EndoPAT device are sparse within the pediatric population and within those, different norms for children have been described. We used an RHI of 1.67 as the cutoff for normal within the pediatric population as other studies have also used (9, 10). There are other devices used to evaluate the endothelial function, for example, flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) measured by ultrasound of the brachial artery, pulse wave velocity (PWV), radial artery tonometry (RAT) and ultrasonographic measurement of common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) (11).
In this study, we aimed to assess the endothelial function in children and adolescents with diabetes type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) and in obese non-diabetics (NDM) using the EndoPAT device. We hypothesized that children and adolescents with poorly-controlled T1DM and T2DM as well as NDM obese children have ED reflected by lower RHI.
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved cross sectional study using the EndoPAT device was performed in children/adolescents with T1DM and T2DM who were poorly-controlled along with overweight/obese children. We enrolled subjects in the age range of 7 - 21 years from the pediatric endocrinology clinics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY. Written informed consent and assent were obtained from subjects and parents as appropriate. We enrolled 33 T1DM subjects, 8 T2DM subjects and 17 NDM obese subjects. Poorly-controlled DM was defined as A1C ≥ 7.5% more than 6 months after diagnosis. Subjects with TIDM were treated with insulin and T2DM with metformin alone or combination of metformin and insulin. All NDM overweight/obese subjects were normotensive, (systolic blood pressure [SBP] and diastolic blood pressure [DBP] < 90th % based on age, sex, and height as per National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines (12), had normal fasting blood glucose concentrations (< 100 mg/dL), normal A1C (< 5.7%) and normal fasting lipid profile (total cholesterol < 170 mg/dL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) < 110 mg/dL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) > 45 mg/dL and triglyceride (TG) < 90 mg/dL) (13). A positive family history of diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia or cardiovascular disease was not an exclusion criteria. Mean A1C represents the average value of A1C within the last year, while latest A1C is the last A1C value obtained. This value was obtained within 3 months before the EndoPAT measurements. The following subjects were excluded: T1DM and T2DM with most recent A1C < 7.5%, abnormal renal function (micro-, or macro-albuminuria), retinopathy or neuropathy, presence of hyperlipidemia, pre-hypertension or hypertension, smoking, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular diseases, inflammatory or infectious process within the last 3 months, using medications that would affect endothelial function such as oral contraceptive pills or malignancy. Endothelial function was assessed by the same physician with the EndoPAT 2000 after subjects had an overnight fast and within 2 months of the laboratory testing. The EndoPAT device allows non-invasive measurement of endothelial function without the disadvantages of conventional ultrasound measurement. It detects plethysmographic pressure changes in the fingertips caused by the arterial pulse and translates this into a peripheral arterial tone. It is an integrated software program that calculates the RHI automatically between the flow in the arm with reactive hyperemia and the control arm. The subjects lay on a reclining chair with arms supported and hands adjusted at heart level so fingers can freely hang for a minimum of 20 minutes in a quiet, temperature-controlled (72 - 75 degree F) room with dim light.
All statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 16 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) and SAS version 9.4 (Cary, NC, USA). Data are reported as mean and standard deviation (mean ± SD) unless otherwise specify. Statistical procedures used included ANOVA, t-test, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman correlation. To estimate RHI predictors, multiple linear regressions with stepwise (backward) elimination for selection of variables were used. A P value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Sixty-nine participants were assessed for enrollment in the study, 11 patients were excluded from the analysis (3 patients with A1C less than 7.5%, 3 patients with no EndoPAT device reading obtained, 1 patient with TIDM who developed nephropathy, and 4 patients who developed pre-diabetes). A total of 58 patients were included for data analysis. Different parameters are described in Table 1 while the statistical analysis of groups based on different factors is shown in Table 2.
Table 1. Parameters Among the Study Groups
T1DM
NDM
Age, y 12.7 ± 3.8 15 ± 2.20 12.8 ± 2.7 0.07
BMI, kg/m2 20.8 ± 4.5 31.6 ± 8.3 34.1 ± 6.7 0.02
BMI Z-score 0.4 ± 0.9 1.7 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 0.3 0.02
SBP, mmHg 108.6 ± 9.7 116.8 ± 9.8 112.1 ± 10 0.87
DBP, mmHg 63.9 ± 8.2 69.1 ± 6.9 65 ± 7.5 0.92
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 157.6 ± 33.3 150.1 ± 43.2 149.4 ± 18.2 < 0.01
TG, mg/dL 91.1 ± 42.4 90.6 ± 44.2 82.5 ± 36.4 0.82
HDL, mg/dL 55.9 ± 12.6 47 ± 13.8 43.3 ± 10.5 0.32
LDL, mg/dL 82 ± 26.1 85.2 ± 31.1 89.5 ± 18.8 0.03
Years diagnosed 5.74 ± 4.40 2.53 ± 1.91 N/A 0.05
Mean A1C, % 10.5 ± 1.9 9.7 ± 1.8 5.3 ± 0.3 < 0.01
Latest A1C, % 10.8 ± 2.0 9.9 ± 1.7 5.2 ± 0.3 < 0.01
RHI 1.4 ± 0.5 1.5 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.3 0.79
Abbreviations: A1C, glycated hemoglobin; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; NDM, non-diabetes mellitus, obese; RHI, reactive hyperemia index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; T1DM, diabetes mellitus type 1; T2DM, diabetes mellitus type 2; TG, triglyceride; y, years.
Table 2. Statistical Analyses of RHI Based on Different Factors
RHI (Mean ± SD)
DM 0.86
T1 and T2 41 1.42 ± 0.48
NDM 17 1.40 ± 0.34
Ethnicity 0.08
African American 49 1.45 ± 0.46
Hispanics 7 1.16 ± 0.15
Not reported 2
Among all subjects 0.04
Males 23 1.28 ± 0.36
Females 34 1.51 ± 0.46
Among NDM group < 0.01
Males 8 1.17 ± 0.19
Females 9 1.61 ± 0.30
Among DM group 0.36
Puberty status 0.08
Non-pubertal 12 1.25 ± 0.34
Pubertal 45 1.46 ± 0.46
Latest A1C < 0.01
A1C < 10 18 1.70 ± 0.58
A1C ≥ 10 23 1.21 ± 0.19
Mean A1C 0.09
Abbreviations: A1C, glycated hemoglobin; DM, diabetes mellitus; NDM, non-diabetes mellitus (obese); RHI, reactive hyperemia index
Among the 58 subjects (33 T1DM, 8 T2DM and 17 NDM obese children), 85% were African American, 60% female (F) and 79% pubertal. Mean (± SD) age of all participants was 13.1 years (± 3.42). Age, SBP, DBP, TG, HDL, pubertal status (PS) and RHI were not significantly different among them. There was no statistically significant difference in RHI among subjects in T1DM, T2DM, and NDM obese groups (P = 0.79). Within the T1DM group, the RHI was not statistically different between those who were obese and those with normal weight (P = 0.40). The RHI between T1DM and T2DM groups were 1.4 ± 0.5 and 1.5 ± 0.5 (P = 0.50), respectively. The RHI between T2DM and NDM obese group were 1.5 ± 0.5 and 1.4 ± 0.3 (P = 0.47), respectively. There was no difference between latest A1C among T1DM and T2DM groups, P = 0.29, and between the mean A1C amongst T1DM and T2DM, P = 0.27.
The mean RHI of the DM group (n: 41, 1.42 ± 0.48) versus the NDM obese group (n: 17, 1.40 ± 0.34) was similar (P: 0.86) regardless of type of diabetes or body mass index (BMI). No statistical difference in RHI was noted between African American and Hispanic subjects (1.45 ± 0.46 vs. 1.16 ± 0.15, P = 0.08). Males (M) had statistically significant lower RHI (1.28 ± 0.36) compared to F (1.51 ± 0.46), P: 0.04 but after adjusting for PS, the difference was not seen (P: 0.11). Subgroup analysis after adjusting for PS showed the difference persisted in the NDM group (P < 0.01) and no difference in RHI was seen between M and F within the DM group (P: 0.36). There was no statistically significant difference in RHI between pre-pubertal and pubertal children overall (P = 0.08). There was a statistically significant difference in RHI of the DM (T1 and T2) group with latest A1C < 10 (n: 18, 1.70 ± 0.58) compared to those with A1C ≥ 10 (n: 23, 1.21 ± 0.19), P: < 0.01. For every 1% increase in latest A1C, the RHI decreased by 0.097 (P: 0.01) adjusted for age, sex, and type of DM. No statistically significant difference was noted in mean A1C for those with A1C < 10 vs. those with A1C ≥ 10, P: 0.09. There was negative correlation between RHI and latest A1C in the diabetic group, r = -0.932, P: 0.01, while no correlation was noted with the mean A1C and RHI, r = -0.1, P: 0.34. Amongst patients with diabetes, there was no significant correlation between years of diabetes since diagnosis and RHI (r = - 0.74, P = 0.64)). After controlling for pubertal status, no statistically significant association was noted between RHI and age, P = 0.30).
Our study used the Endopat device to evaluate the endothelial function in T1DM, T2DM and NDM obese children and adolescents. Previous studies done in children and adolescents with diabetes are mainly in T1DM patients (7, 10, 14-17). Prospective studies with the EndoPAT on T1DM adolescents revealed the presence of endothelial dysfunction in 76.7% (7), and a negative correlation between endothelial function and A1C (10). In our study, latest A1C (within 3 months prior to the use of the EndoPat) was an important predictor of endothelial function. Those who had higher A1C had worse endothelial function. Furthermore, diabetic patients with A1C values of 10% or above had statistically significant lower RHI in comparison to those with A1C values below 10%. Well-established norms for RHI in children and adolescents as well as long-term studies identifying the cut off A1C values where ED would develop or would be reversed are definitely needed.
Studies have shown that children with T1DM had significant ED when compared with non-diabetics (16, 17). Another study using the EndoPat demonstrated significantly lower RHI scores in obese adolescents when compared to lean controls (18). Krantz et al. demonstrated that the mean CIMT was greater in adolescents with T1DM when compared with controls (19). Bruzzi et al. demonstrated impaired FMD in T1DM children when compared with healthy controls (14). Ciftel et al. compared children with T1DM without complications and healthy children (15). Their study demonstrated ED (using FMD and CIMT methods) and increased arterial stiffness (using PWV) in the T1DM group (15). The SEARCH study compared the endothelial function in young patients with T1DM and T2DM using FMD, PWV and RAT, and concluded that youth with T2DM have worse arterial stiffness when compared with T1DM (P < 0.01) (20). In our study, we included T1DM and T2DM patients to assess if the type of diabetes influences endothelial dysfunction. Surprisingly, the arterial stiffness assessed by EndoPAT among patients with T1DM and T2DM were not significantly different. While the T1DM group had slightly higher A1C levels, there were not statistically different. Subjects with T1DM had more years of disease compared to those with T2DM although not able to reach statistical significance. Despite this, the endothelial dysfunction among these groups was similar. These findings are likely to the fact that in patients with T2DM, ED precedes overt hyperglycemia (21) by several years (2, 22), rather than caused by it. Hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance and obesity are all factors affecting the endothelium in T2DM patients even before the disease is diagnosed. Conversely, ED in patients with T1DM develops after period of hyperglycemia.
In the Framingham Heart Study in adults, a significant inverse relation was demonstrated between endothelial function (determined by EndoPAT) and multiple cardiovascular risk factors such as male sex, BMI, total/HDL cholesterol, DM, smoking, and lipid-lowering treatment (23). Bruzzi et al. (14) did not find significant correlation between diabetes duration and FMD. Similarly, we did not find significant correlation of diabetes duration with RHI using the EndoPAT device. Of note, the EndoPAT device evaluates endothelial function in the microvasculature while the FMD evaluates such function in larger vessels. Selamet Tierney et al. (24) tested prospectively the reproducibility and feasibility of the EndoPAT and concluded that in healthy adolescents, EndoPAT is feasible, has excellent reproducibility, and provides an easy and reliable means of assessing endothelial function in the pediatric population.
In our study, the endothelial function as reflected by RHI was not statistically different when comparing diabetic patients (T1 and T2) with the NDM obese patients, even when taking type of diabetes and BMI into account. Both groups had a lower RHI score below 1.67 suggesting that each risk factor (diabetes or obesity) have a negative effect on the endothelium. A previous study done by Wadwa et al. (20) suggested that the difference in arterial stiffness between patients with T1DM and T2DM could have been due to elevated blood pressure and central adiposity. In our study, all subjects involved were normotensive at the time of the test though central adiposity was not measured.
As reported by Bhangoo et al., RHI increases during puberty in males as well as females. Endothelial function appears to improve during puberty as a result of hormonal changes, estrogen and DHEAS (25). Bruzzi et al. (14) reported that females had better endothelial function when compared to males in children and adolescents with T1DM. In our study, females had higher RHI score implicating better endothelial function when compared to males in the NDM obese group despite controlling for pubertal status. However, the difference was not sustained within the diabetes groups, T1DM and T2DM.
There have been conflicting data in regards to endothelial function in obese children. Landgraf et al. (26) and Mahmud et al. (27), reported lower RHI in obese children when compared with lean children. However, Tryggestad et al. (28) did not find such difference. In our study, no significant changes in the RHI were noted when the obese and T2DM patients were compared while controlling for BMI or glycemic control.
Our study has limitations. Despite being representative of our population, our sample size was small and unevenly distributed. Our study did not include non-diabetic lean subjects due to difficulty recruiting. Therefore, the findings should be interpreted with caution and further larger studies are needed. Nevertheless, our study provided relevant preliminary information for further studies regarding endothelial function in children.
5.1. Conclusions
Our data showed that patients with poorly-controlled DM as reflected by latest A1C of 10% or more had worse endothelial function as reflected by lower RHI score. Longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate the significance and implications, if any, of these findings. Assessment of endothelial function using EndoPAT device may be useful as part of routine care for DM and NDM obese children and adolescents.
We are grateful to Dr. Madu Rao, Dr. Stephen Wadowski and Dr. Simon Rabinowitz, Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY for their support.
Authors' Contribution: All authors are responsible for reported research. All authors have participated in the concept and designs; analysis and interpretation of data; drafting or revising the manuscript, and they have approved the manuscript as submitted.
Conflict of Interests: All authors report no conflict of interest.
Ethical Approval: This study was approved by the IRB at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Institutional Review Board. SUNY Downstate Medical Center IRB Office, project #868043-5.
Funding/Support: Funding for this study was provided in part by the Madu Rao Foundation and by the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Informed Consent: Written informed consent and assent were obtained from subjects and parents as appropriate.
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In An Absent Dream By Seanan McGuire Review
December 3, 2018 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
Title: In an Absent Dream
Author: Seanan McGuire
Reviewer: Carey Gibbons
Genre: Fantasy, Portal Fiction
Suggested Age: Adults, Teens
What is this book about? This is the fourth installment in McGuire’s Wayward Children series of novellas. The beauty of this series though is that you can read the books out of order. While they all connect, it doesn’t matter which order you read them in – with the exception of Beneath the Sugar Sky (read that one after Every Heart a Doorway). This book is the story of Lundy, who we meet as an adult in Every Heart a Doorway. This is the story of how she stumbles through a door into the Goblin Market and learns to ask for nothing because everything has a price – even the answers to questions. And little girls and boys who don’t learn that lesson, well, they might just fly away.
Review: I am completely in love with this series. This fourth installment (out in January of 2019) is not a disappointment. The story of Lundy’s Goblin Market fits with the rest of the series – the stories of children who fall into worlds other than our own and for one reason or another are kicked out. The Goblin Market is like the other worlds we have so far encountered – charming and wondrous at the outset but more complicated and full of traps as the story goes on. McGuire is a master storyteller and with this volume continues a series that is the perfect mix of fairy story and horror story.
Three words that describe this book: Bittersweet, Coming of age, Logical
Give this a try if you like… The original Willy Wonka movie, Labyrinth, Alice in Wonderland
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The Midnight Drive-In: Watchers & Whispers
It’s time for some Dean Koontz movies! While there aren’t as many to choose from as much as Stephen King movies we were able to track a couple down. First up is the Corey Haim film Watchers! Next up we watch Chris Sarandon have awkward sex in Whispers. Noah talk about the new episodes of MST3K, we ponder about the cancellation of Daredevil, and Doug tells us all about Creed II.
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Alice Isn’t Dead By Joseph Fink Review
November 27, 2018 Carey Gibbons Leave a comment
Title: Alice Isn’t Dead
Author: Joseph Fink
Suggested Age: Adults
What is this book about? Keisha’s wife Alice goes missing. She’s been missing so long that Keisha has her declared dead. But then Keisha starts seeing Alice in the background of national news reports. She takes on a job with a cross country trucking company in order to find Alice. She ends up finding a lot of things that aren’t Alice, and ends up a pawn in a shadow war being waged across the country. She ends up finding out what goes on in all of the little nooks and crannies of America, places that people drive past every day without a thought. And the title of the book is completely true. Alice isn’t dead. But she’s also not the person Keisha thought she knew.
Review: This book is based on a podcast of the same name, which I admit to not having heard because I’m not super awesome at listening to podcasts. But the premise intrigued me and I bought this book the day it came out. I wasn’t disappointed. Alice Isn’t Dead was written by one half of the Welcome to Night Vale creative team. It’s a lot creepier and less funny than WTNV and very good. It also features a character, Keisha, who suffers from crippling anxiety, and that was presented in a very realistic way (even if the circumstances are supernatural). Some of the ideology behind the shadow war in this book is a little heavy handed, but it’s overall a fun, creepy read. I will never look at truckers, police officers, or road trips the same way again.
Three words that describe this book: Creepy, Hopeful, Free
Give this a try if you like… American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Welcome to Night Vale, The X-Files conspiracy episodes
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Providence By Caroline Kepnes Review
Title: Providence
Author: Caroline Kepnes
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Love Story
What is this book about? Jon and Chloe are 8th graders who really understand each other. They’re best friends and Chloe doesn’t care that Jon’s a little weird. But one day Jon is kidnapped. He’s missing for four years. But one day he wakes up in the basement of the local mall surrounded by plants, with a heavily annotated copy of The Dunwich Horror on his bedside table. He escapes from the mall and his only thoughts are of Chloe. But life has moved on and Jon is changed somehow. People who get near him get sick. Jon is afraid to see Chloe. Before he can hurt her in any way, he runs. But Chloe isn’t going to let him go so easy.
Review: This book kind of pulls a bait and switch. It hints at Lovecraftian horror, and Lovecraft definitely plays a big part. But the bulk of the book is dedicated to Jon and Chloe pining away for each other. A bit later in the book, we’re introduced to Eggs, a detective trying to solve a series of bizarre deaths several years after the initial events of the book. He starts out as interesting but also gets wrapped up in this weird love story. This book reads like Nicholas Sparks has discovered Lovecraft and also vaguely remembers “Rappaccini’s Daughter” from high school. It was unique, but maybe not for horror purists.
Three words that describe this book: Supernatural, Noir, Mushy
Give this a try if you like… Unbreakable (movie), Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Rogue and Gambit as the ultimate couple
We Sold Our Souls By Grady Hendrix Review
October 23, 2018 Carey Gibbons Leave a comment
Title: We Sold Our Souls
Author: Grady Hendrix
What is this book about? Kris is a struggling former member of the band Durt Work. Right before the band was about to make it big, their lead singer, Terry Hunt, broke up with the rest of the band and went on to mega-stardom, leaving Durt Wurk in well… the dirt. It’s been 20 years since Kris’s metal career died, but something about Terry’s rise to fame and fortune has never seemed right. Not just wrong in the sense of screwing over friends, but wrong in the Faustian pact with the Devil wrong. Kris sets out on a road trip to confront Terry, or The Blind King, as he is known to his fans. She’s going to find out just what happened the night Durt Wurk broke up or die trying.
Review: The book as a whole is an exciting premise with an okay delivery. At times, it reminded me of all the drama with Tobias Forge and Ghost that went down in 2016. The ending was a little hard to visualize though as it was so audio-oriented – writing effectively about music is really freaking hard. I liked Kris and think horror in general could use more female characters like her. No matter what happened to her, she was never a victim. This is a road trip book, a book about music, and a book about what goes into creating art and it makes you think about exactly what you would give up to make it big. Also, there’s some Satan \m/
Three words that describe this book: Brutal, Metal AF, Nostalgic
Give this a try if you like… Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle, the band Ghost, Tenacious D
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Books, Horror, Movies
Halloween Scavenger Hunt – John Borowski
October 23, 2017 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
Today’s list comes from the awesome filmmaker John Borowski! John taps into something I’ve been obsessed with for years. Serial Killers. What makes them do it? Why? When? John covers all this. He probably won’t remember but I met John the first time at a horror convention years ago. I saw he made HH Holmes and Albert Fish movies. I was big on the Albert Fish story at the time so I immediately bought them up. Since then when I see him at a convention I try to at least stop by and say hi. Everyone should check out his work and also check out the movies on his list this week.
The horror movies on my list are from the 70’s and 80’s, which is a time period of cinema that reached its crescendo of exceptionally made films which pushed the cinematic boundaries of the groundwork laid by their predecessors.
10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971) – An exceptional movie based on the true story of the U.K. serial killer John Christie. Having made films on serial killers, I can appreciate a great serial killer movie and this is my favorite. The atmosphere of this movie really places you inside the building where Christie murdered his victims. I find this movie absolutely terrified especially because it was based on a true story. John Hurt gives a great performance as the victim who inadvertently caused the abolishment of the death penalty in the U.K.
SISTERS (1972) – An early Brian De Palma movie, Sisters is one of my favorites of his works. Taking nods from Freaks and Psycho, De Palma creates a terrifying masterpiece of suspense with shock with Sisters.
THE CHANGELING (1980) – The Changeling starring George C. Scott is my favorite ghost story movie ever. Everything about this movie is compelling. Best of all, it is the best made ghost movie ever. It doesn’t resort to cheap thrills, but rather exceptional storytelling. The use of sound is fantastic. The story unravels slowly and effectively. Creepy as hell!
IN A GLASS CAGE (1986) – When I first watched In A Glass Cage, I was so shocked and horrified that I did not pause the movie or get up from the couch for the entire time. Frightening and shocking in a true-life way, this movie is one a viewer will never forget.
RAWHEAD REX (1986) – From the genius imagination of author Clive Barker, Rawhead Rex is one of my favorite monster movies. Brutal and terrifying, this movie also has great makeup effects.
John Borowski is an award winning independent filmmaker and author whose film works have garnered international acclaim and are distributed internationally on dvd, television, and streaming. Borowski’s “historical horror” trilogy of documentary films focus on late nineteenth and early twentieth century serial killers. His latest book, Dahmer’s Confession, is available for pre-order.
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Film Sites:
H.H. HOLMES
ALBERT FISH
CARL PANZRAM
SERIAL KILLER CULTURE & TV
The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes
Albert Fish: In His Own Words
The Ed Gein File
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A King’s Journey
September 26, 2017 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
Just about everyone that knows me knows how obsessed with Stephen King I am. It’s not just that I enjoy his work but I obsess over it. It probably came from the 4th Dark Tower book where we find out that everything he’s ever written is connected some how.
My mom was a big King fan back in the day. She had a bookcase full of King books. I’d pull them out and look at the covers. I knew I’d always be too scared to read them, but they sat there and I’d stare at them.
It finally happened when I was 10. The IT miniseries was on TV and even though it looked scary I still watched it. I’m sure my parents regret that. I couldn’t sleep without nightmares for awhile. Then suddenly the urge came over me. I had to read IT. I needed to know more about this evil clown. How I convinced anyone to let me buy a copy of IT I’ll never know but they let me.
I read it within 6 months. I know but it’s over a thousand pages and I was 11. Give me some slack. From that point on I pretty much devoured every King book I could get my hands on. My mom seemed encouraged by my interest and even let me borrow books from her collection. Now the very books I used to get scared just looking at just the covers I was reading one after the other.
I give King credit for a lot of things with me. I feel there is a point in every person’s life where they make the decision “do I keep reading for fun or do I just read because I have to for school and I move on to other things for fun?” He kept me reading. I would keep up to date on his current books. Getting them for Christmas and Birthday presents from family members. I read other authors as well but nothing could bring me to a screaming halt like King.
Then I discovered within this collection of books The Dark Tower. I had avoided it because I’m not really into fantasy novels. But decided to give the first one a shot. I enjoyed it enough I wanted to see where it would go so I got the second book. Then the third. After that the 4th book would change everything.
I was used to seeing references to other King works in his books. Castle Rock of course was a big nexus point but things like The Stand and some of his other short stories like The Mist (yes more a novella), The Jaunt, The Long Walk, etc. took place in worlds that there was no way could be in the same reality as Castle Rock.
In the 4th Dark Tower book a character whom I thought was a stand alone character told another character that he was trying to win over to his side “I once had a man that would pledge ‘My Life For You!'” Everything changed. Suddenly this quest for the Dark Tower now had resonance across every word King had every put to paper. It all mattered.
I continued on the journey to the tower and was sad to say goodbye to the friends I had made in that world but never stopped making friends with his new characters. Some books are better than others as that is with any story. I never quit. King has kept me reading and dreaming. Most importantly King has kept me writing.
I had dreams of being a big novelist. I also had dreams of being a big filmmakers. Age has let me look at the realities of this world and I let myself be content to just write and make movies because I want to with no goal of hitting it big. I’d actually like to avoid that if possible. I just want to enjoy doing it.
This Friday I finally close a circle as I’ll be heading up to the Chicago area to see King and his son Owen talk about their new book Sleeping Beauties. I’ve been holding out going to one of these because I always hoped there would be a chance to meet him at a signing so I could extend my hand and say “Thank you for everything you’ve given me.” It doesn’t look like he does many straight up signings anymore so this may be the only chance I’ll have to at least be in an event with him. I’m going to take it and enjoy every minute I can of him and his son sitting on stage telling stories and talking about weaving stories together. There are worse ways to spend a Friday.
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Geek Nerdery: IT (2017)
When IT was first announced as being up on the remake slot (or re-adaptation if you want to approach it that way) I was not really that thrilled with the idea. I once met the director of the 1990 TV miniseries version of IT. I straight up told him that I blamed him for the reason I didn’t like clowns. Anyone in my age range will tell you that Tim Curry pretty much ruined the ever enjoying a clown again. For me there was no way anyone could ever do Pennywise justice. Tim Curry had terrified a whole generation with some grease paint and a wicked smile.
The longer it went on I hoped more and more that IT would be put in the old development hell section of Hollywood where things like Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash or such gems as a sequel to Bubba Ho-Tep seemed to live. I wouldn’t get my wish. I began my crusade of denying this movie. Hell no we won’t go . . . . to the cinema to see a new IT! The chant was awkward so I dropped it but I kept saying there was no way a new IT would be good. Then the first trailer hit. Suddenly a slight crack in my facade began to show. I was still adamant that Pennywise wouldn’t be nearly as good as Tim Curry’s but damn did the footage look pretty good.
Trailer 2 hit. The cracks were really showing now. IT actually looked scary. As much as I love the 1990 TV movie version because it scared my 10 year old self senseless it has lost some of the scary luster it once held and now I just appreciate it for how it USED to scare me. These trailers had made it look actually scary again. Yeah but still he was no Tim Curry. What I learned this weekend is that he didn’t need to be.
I’d been waiting to hate on this movie since it was first announced and now here I sit opening weekend telling you I can’t. Don’t get me wrong, it still has some quibbles with me, but I actually can say I really enjoyed it. They took a story I’ve loved all my life and gave it a loving tribute to it’s source material. The time frame is updated to 1989. Making the kids pretty much the same age I was when I saw IT for the first time. Suddenly I’m caught in a nostalgia loop. I’m reliving my childhood through these characters and they were also about to get the piss scared out of them by a killer clown.
The casting is about spot on perfect for me. I have no complaints what so ever. Bill is great as an awkward leader consumed by his brother’s disappearance. Eddie is one sneeze away from being put into an iron lung by his over bearing mother. Richie is the foul mouthed class clown we all wished we could have been. And there’s Bev. Poor poor Bevie. I worry about her a lot.
These kids feel like friends. It’s no stretch of the imagination to see these kids hanging out. The chemistry on screen is near perfect. Henry Bowers has traded in his duck tail hair cut and leather jacket for a mullet and sleeveless t-shirts fitting right into the 1989 setting. Pennywise. Oh let me tell you about this Dancing Clown. Bill Skarsgard brings a new twist onto King’s terrifying shape shifter. He doesn’t try to do what Tim Curry did. He didn’t do an impression. He creates something new. Which is exactly what you need in a remake like this. Something new. This evil clown doesn’t lure you in with his innocent clown tricks. No. This clown lures you in with his smile and then keeps right on smiling as he rips your guts out. If Tim Curry gave 10 year old me nightmares then Skarsgard is going to give the almost 40 year old me some sleepless nights for the next few days.
I am pleading with you if you have been on the fence to give the new IT a try. And this is from a fan who denounced it from the start. Give it a chance. You might just get a few night terrors of your own.
I actually have seen IT twice this weekend. First with a few friends I had made plans with a few months ago and then just today I got a chance to go see IT with an invitation for free passes to try the 4DX version. A new 4DX theater had opened in Illinois and I was curious to check it out so I gladly accepted. With 4DX you get an immersive experience. Your seat will move and vibrate along with the movie. You’ll get fans blowing when the characters are riding their bikes so you can feel the wind rushing past your head. New smells will enter the theater during every scene. There was strobe lights to help accentuate the lightning. Mist and air from the seats in front of you to bring you into the wet and surprising scenes. Seems like a great idea . . .
. . .unless you’re trying to watch an atmospheric horror film. Sadly it didn’t help with this movie. The audience also didn’t help. Lots of talking and people checking phones. Part of me thinks the 4DX didn’t help with this. When you have air blasting in your face and your friends are laughing it seemed to open up the idea that you could just talk about it at full volume. Many times during the film my seat was shaking and moving all over the place and making it hard to pay attention to what was going on on screen. I looked over at my friend Scott who came with me to see him almost a foot higher than me because our seats were moving at such a weird pace.
Also I didn’t smell anything. Nothing seemed to change during the movie. I felt bad as this was Scott’s first time seeing the film and what was supposed to be an immersive experience seemed to be distracting him from actually enjoying the movie. I don’t think it’s a bad idea overall. If I saw Jurassic World in this theater I probably would have enjoyed every second of it but for a movie like this it seemed to make it harder to enjoy the film. I say YES to 4DX but not for something like this.
Outside of that GO SEE IT! From the box office it would seem like a lot of you did which means we will probably see more R rated horror films and more Stephen King in the theater. Both of which can be good things.
On the way home from the theater me and Scott decided to break out the recorder and talk about our experience. There was a lot of road noise so I did best I could to get rid of it but you may hear some bleeps and bloops. Sorry.
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Music provided by The Fantastic Plastics.
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Sorry, Wrong Country – A Book Review
April 8, 2017 Mike Mitchell 1 Comment
One of the biggest regrets that I have had in my 37 short years on earth is that I have never been in a financial situation to travel abroad, and having spent my life mainly in the Midwest (Indiana to be exact with the exception of a 6 month stint in Texas) there is so much of humanity that I have yet to be exposed to.
Thankfully, we have Facebook these days that can connect you, at least virtually, to all walks of humanity and some of my best online friends are from different countries. That however still only leads to a passing knowledge of what life is like in another country. Recently, however, I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of a new book called Sorry, Wrong Country by Greek author Konstantine Paradias.
The book is a work of what I will call Non-Fiction Fiction. What the hell does that mean, you ask? Well, it is plainly obvious, straight from the opening dedication, that short stories that populate the book are at least partially based on the peoples of Greece that Paradias’ has spent his life among. The lost, the interesting, the uninteresting, the sad, the crazy, the kooky and the downright mentally insane. But most of all it is a painting of the humanity that flows through a country that, in Paradias’ own words is “slowly but surely slipping off the edge of the First World. A country haunted by the American dream but caught in the net of Eastern values.”
The stories in Sorry, Wrong Country vary in size, but all are a very smooth read. It was an absolute blast getting to know these strangers in their quick vignettes, and with what little time the reader gets to spend with each of them, Paradias deftly paints and precise picture of who these people are and where they place in the tapestry of human existence. The stories range from joyous to heart wrenching and every emotion in between and whoever the reader is, no matter who you are, you are likely to find at least one story that you can take a look and find at least a small piece of yourself in.
My one complaint, however, is that there are several stories in the book that seem far too similar to each other that at one time I had to go back and make sure it wasn’t an accidental copying of a previous story, though that, I consider a very minor gripe.
Sorry, Wrong Country is a great read for people interested in people and with the size of the stories they can be taken in bite size chunks if you only have a few minutes to kill with a good book.
Sorry, Wrong Country is published by Rooster Republic Press. Click the link to pick up the book or check out their other publications.
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New Poster And Trailer For Upcoming IT Remake
March 29, 2017 Bryan Wolford 1 Comment
I’m a huge King nerd. That’s not a secret. I’ve been on record that I just don’t know about this IT remake. Not that I don’t think they could improve on it with a higher budget and less restrictions but the big point of contention with me is Pennywise. I mean how do you even come close to living up to Tim Curry’s performance?
Well we got our fist look at the new trailer and while everything looks good and it has a creepiness to it there is still no real look at the Pennywise performance. We see some flashes of him and such but no dialogue and no real interaction with the characters. But I know I’ll still be there opening weekend as since I’m a constant reader I have to. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
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Books, TV
Hulu Brings The King With Castle Rock Series
February 21, 2017 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
WHAT IS GOING ON!!?!??!? As a certified King nerd imagine my mind exploding on Friday when the below teaser trailer was dropped online by J.J. Abrams company Bad Robot. Anyone who has listened to me babble about King for years knows I’ve always wished that a cinematic Stephen King universe was a thing but with the rights to his books being spread across multiple big name film studios it was never going to happen. Well maybe I’m wrong. Maybe.
They haven’t come right out and said what this is other than it’s a 10 episode series on Hulu that will cover multiple stories across King’s works. No word on which stories or novels. The fictional town of Castle Rock was first shown to us constant readers in The Dead Zone and would then go on to be the setting for many of King’s biggest stories. The Body (Stand By Me), Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and multiple short stories take place there. Also such books as Christine, IT, and The Tommyknockers make reference to the town. So it’s connections are vast. Until we know more about what this is going to be all we have is the all too short teaser below. I am beyond excited.
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R.L. Stine Confirms Upcoming Fear Street Movie
It really should be no surprise after the Goosebumps movie did so well that some production companies are looking into what other R.L. Stine properties they may be able to get their hands on. Now it looks like Fear Street is going to be getting a movie of it’s own.
The Fear Street movie is in production. Yaaay. Now we are waiting for a good script. Watch for it next year, I think. https://t.co/jZ5jyZp61m
— R.L. Stine (@RL_Stine) February 8, 2017
Fear Street was a teenage horrorish series Stine wrote in the late 80s all the way up to 1999. I never read them as they seemed like girl books to me but looking back at how much I like 80s slashers I probably would have gotten a kick out of them. I’m wondering if it’s too late to go back. It’s cool to see a 37 year old guy reading a Fear Street book right?
Are you guys excited for a Fear Street movie? For me it seems like a series would do better with the teenage horror series seeming to be an in thing right now. But I guess we’ll see.
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Interview With Author Libbi Duncan On The Scorching
January 25, 2017 Doiner Leave a comment
I recently spoke with author Libbi Duncan about getting her first novel The Scorching published. And this what she had to say…
What inspired you to write your first novel and what was the writing process like?
First of all, thanks for inviting me to answer some questions for GeekNerdery. I’m a huge fan of all things sci-fi and fantasy so I’m excited to get involved. You’re going to laugh when I tell you what inspired me… I watched a documentary called Wild China during the fall of 2013-my junior year of college-and the incredible variety of landscapes and animal evolution just blew me away. Weird, right? I was also studying Mandarin Chinese and taking comparative literature and film analysis classes, and in my free time I played a lot of Fallout: New Vegas. All of that combined with my love for adventurous stories like The Hobbit and young adult sci-fi novels like The Hunger Games and somehow this story began to unfold in my mind. It took me three years to get from an idea to a polished novel. Writing the first draft was the easy part. You have to sit down and write every day, set reasonable goals, and never give up. It was a huge challenge, but it was a wonderful, fulfilling experience.
Here’s a brief(ish) look at my writing timeline:
Fall 2013 – I found inspiration, did research, created character notes, and made an outline.
Spring 2014 – I wrote the rough draft during Camp NaNoWriMo (the spring version of National Novel Writing Month, which is held during November).
Fall 2014 – I printed the draft and read it, highlighting and making notes on what was garbage and what was decent.
Spring 2015 – I rewrote the entire novel during Camp NaNoWriMo with a new beginning, new ending, and big-picture plot changes throughout.
Summer 2015 – I sent the manuscript to my beta readers, submitted a chapter to reddit for critique, and cried a lot (haha).
Fall 2015 – I revised again; this time I focused more on scene-level changes to characters, dialogue, thoughts, and style.
Spring 2016 – I sent the manuscript and a query letter to agents. There was some interest, a few requests, but no offers.
Summer 2016 – I polished the manuscript again, tightened up the dialogue and formatting, and tried again. This time I got an offer from my publisher, Black Rose Writing. I signed a two-year contract and began the publishing process.
Fall 2016 – I received editing notes from my publisher and got rid of a few thousand words of repetitive or redundant words and phrases, and I added some more figurative language and imagery. Then I worked with them and a proofreader to catch all of the little mistakes and do final copy edits. I also teamed up with a cover artist and approved all final formatting and changes in early December.
From what I read, The Scorching takes place in space, how much research was there to get everything accurate when it came to spacecraft, gravity generators, and how they all worked?
I don’t want to include any spoilers, but only part of the story takes place in space, and there is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. I did tons of research on the concept of a lunar colony, the main engine for the Madi’s “flyer”, and one type of technology in particular that I can’t talk about because it would give away too much. It’s something currently being researched and developed, but I took it to the furthest extreme of its potential as a way to really connect the realms of science fiction and fantasy.
Your target audience is young adults, why is that the age group you chose to write for?
“Write what you know,” or so goes the saying. I have four younger siblings, I’m a middle school English teacher, and I’ve always enjoyed reading young adult books, so I feel pretty confident in saying that I know young adults and young adult literature. However, I didn’t really set out to write YA specifically. I knew the story I wanted to tell, and I knew the setting, but the characters, style, and voice sort of developed along the way. It didn’t take long for me to realize the book I was writing was meant for the young adult category, but that doesn’t mean adults won’t enjoy reading it as well. I still read YA books for fun. I just recently finished the Across the Universe trilogy by Beth Revis; I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy my book.
Now that you got your first book published, what’s next for Libbi Duncan? Another book, maybe?
The Scorching already has a sequel and a prequel in the works. I’m about halfway through the first draft of the sequel and I have a rough outline for the prequel. I’m even toying with the idea of a standalone companion book that follows a different character that stays on the lunar colony during the timeline of the main series. I think there’s a story there. Beyond that, I have ideas for new stories ranging from dystopian sci-fi to urban fantasy. I get new ideas from dreams, daydreaming, movies, books, TV, or even from witnessing an event in real life that inspires me. If all goes well, I’ll be writing for the rest of my very happy days.
How can readers stay in touch or watch for updates on future books?
I’m on all major social media sites, Goodreads, Pinterest, Instagram, and Reddit. Here are the ones I use most: Facebook, Twitter.
Where is your book available to purchase?
You can order the paperback version of my book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or directly from my publisher’s website. The e-book will be available on Amazon sometime in early February. It will be available in select bookstores as soon as possible.
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Dark Tower Tie In Charlie The Choo-Choo Now Available
December 14, 2016 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
I’m a huge Stephen King nerd. To anyone that knows me this is not a surprise. In the sub-set of this I am a big Dark Tower fan as well. Reading through his books and finding the connections was a giant thrill. Even before getting into the Dark Tower set of books knowing that in Needful Things we revisit the farm from Cujo made me excited. Reading and seeing that the monster that Tad is afraid lives in his closet in Cujo is Frank Dodd from The Dead Zone blew my mind.
While today shared universes are abundant in films and even some in books back when these books were coming out it wasn’t nearly as common. So getting a reference to another book you had read was like a new experience.
Later I got into the Dark Tower books and found out that everything King has written is connected to this one set of stories. Every character and every plot can be traced back to the Tower through any amount of small to large references.
When it was announced that at Comicon that they were actually printing up versions of the childrens book Charlie The Choo-Choo as exclusive items I tried to get anyone I knew that was there to grab me one. Sadly it was not meant to be. Luckily Simon and Schuster saw there was a demand for this so they decided to make it a mass market book.
I was lucky enough to get sent a review copy and I was jumping up and down with glee when it came in the mail. It serves as a basic meta prop from the Dark Tower book. Jake finds a copy of Charlie The Choo-Choo in a book store in the Tower books and now there is a real version you can hold in your hands.
With the movie coming up it’s a fun item to have. I read through it and it is presented with great artwork from Ned Dameron as it tells the tale of old Charlie as he is seen as obsolete next to the more modern diesel engine, who looks like I imagine Blaine The Mono looks from The Wastelands. It’s a fun thing to own if you’re a big King fan like I am. I have it sitting on my shelf with the Dark Tower books.
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Creepy Christmas Coloring With Mister Sam Shearon
I like coloring. It’s relaxing to just sort of sit and grab the colored pencils for a little while. And if you’re like me then you like things of more of the creepy persuasion.
Well I was excited to get this Creepy Christmas Coloring Book in the mail. Flipping throught it I could see it was right up my alley. Awesome pictures just waiting for me to color of Krampus, reindeer, and all sorts of Christmas themed horror. The atwork of Mister Sam Shearon is just great. Each image represents the folklore of different regions around the world and is even accompanied by a poem with each one. Dive into the folklore history of Christmas and help get into the spirit.
Of course what I picked was Santa Claws. This is the type of Santa I would have wanted to send after my brother when he was annoying me when I was little.
if you have someone in your life who would appreciate this stocking stuffer in your life you can grab one over at CreepyChristmasColoringBook.Com. Get them ready for the horror of next Christmas and learn about monsters and folklore from all over the world.
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events New Trailer
November 17, 2016 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
We just got our first look at Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events a few weeks ago but they have dropped a new longer trailer that shows us what the scope of the series is going to be. We get a lot more of Neil Patrick Harris and his zany dress up schemes as Count Olaf, a look at the look of the world in general, and some of the other characters that we can expect. Can’t wait to check this out. What about you?
Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events Gets A Trailer
November 3, 2016 Bryan Wolford Leave a comment
Before now we’ve only gotten a quick peek of Patrick Warburton’s Lemony Snicket giving us a tour of the set of the new Netflix adaptation of A Series Of Unfortunate Events. Now we’ve got a full trailer of not only the kids but of Neil Patrick Harris in his full Count Olaf make up. I think it’s perfect casting as he seems like he’ll fully embrace every scene chewing moment.
These books were adapted before for the big screen but never had a follow up. Doing it as a Netflix series seems like the perfect way to adapt a book series like this. Check out the trailer below.
Stephen King Bringing Us Charlie The Choo-Choo
I’m a huge Stephen King nerd. Like really huge. So when I heard that Simon & Schuster were putting out a book based on the in book childrens book Charlie the Choo-Choo I was excited. It is a childrens book that Jake finds in a book store in the Dark Tower series that has a connection to Mid-World.
Coming at the end of November King will once again don a pseudonym to fit in the Dark Tower meta continuity. As Beryl Evans he’ll be bringing the book to life along with illustrations from Ned Dameron. From the Press Release:
Engineer Bob has a secret: His train engine, Charlie the Choo-Choo, is alive…and also his best friend. From celebrated author Beryl Evans (a pseudonym for Stephen King) and illustrator Ned Dameron comes a story about friendship, loyalty, and hard work.
Fans of Stephen King’s acclaimed Dark Tower series will recognize Charlie the Choo-Choo as the picture book that shows up in Book Three, The Waste Lands, written by the character Beryl Evans. An Easter egg for devoted fans, a mock-up of the book was recently distributed at San Diego Comic Con, where over 500 fans gathered to claim one of 150 copies available. Now in its completion, fans across the country can bring Charlie the Choo-Choo to their home libraries.
Are you picking this up? Are you excited for the movie? Let us know!
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There is a history of asbestos use that dates back to the Roman Empire. In the Industrial Age that began in the nineteenth century, asbestos products were first developed by HW Johns, who went on to found the asbestos corporate giant Johns Manville. Mr. Johns first developed asbestos products just prior to the Civil War and went on to introduce the first range of industrial uses.
Early Uses of Asbestos
Early asbestos exposure for workers occurred in railroad yards and shipyards, where the material was used for insulation and gaskets on steam engine boilers and fittings. Product development expanded steadily as new uses developed for this seemingly perfect insulation material that was impervious to fire, flexible and fibrous to the point that it can be woven into fabric.
During the early years of the twentieth century textile mills were turning out asbestos fire curtains for theaters; asbestos gloves and aprons for workers such as blacksmiths and steel mill employees that worked around high heat; and for an increasing range of residential products including roofing material and insulation for pipes.
Early Health Warnings of Asbestos Exposure
The awareness of health dangers to asbestos workers also developed steadily during the first half of the twentieth century. During the 1930s Johns Manville was involved in several efforts to suppress information regarding health danger to asbestos company employees. One such instance involved a settlement of a case filed by eleven asbestosis sufferers and former Johns Manville employees. Another such instance involved suppression of internal research that showed the health problems facing Johns Manville employees.
Thousands of Asbestos Products
The strongest era for asbestos product development was probably roughly 1940 through 1972. The United States Navy had asbestos insulation throughout every navy vessel they commissioned during that period. Products included asbestos gaskets, insulation for boilers and pipe systems, and uses in fire containment designs that used asbestos as a fire shield in doors and walls.
Asbestos shingles and home insulation were standard products, as were asbestos joint compound, asbestos floor tiles and ceiling tiles, vinyl flooring and asbestos mastics that were used to install flooring and roofing. Home appliances such as irons, toasters and kitchen potholders were manufactured with asbestos components.
On the industrial front, spray-on asbestos insulation was used for steel beams used in the construction of commercial buildings. Asbestos was found to be a great contribution to cement – asbestos-cement binds easily, is tougher and more resilient than pure cement, and provides an element of insulation not found in cement. Asbestos-cement compounds were used for thousands of miles of public works pipes, for building heating installations and for foundations of uncounted structures.
Asbestos Products Pulled off the Market
As the health issues associated with asbestos exposure became undeniable, government agencies (in the United States) began to take notice. In the early 1970s asbestos use was banned for a steadily increasing range of products. At the same time, lawsuits were accumulating against asbestos companies whose employees were finding their health ruined by working around asbestos. In 1982 Johns Manville filed the first of dozens of corporate bankruptcies meant to protect the firm from an overwhelming liability expense due to health related asbestos lawsuits from former employees and individuals who used their products.
Hundreds of Thousands of Asbestos Lawsuits
In its heyday, asbestos could be found in anywhere from three thousand to five thousand industrial and consumer products. It was used in millions of structures, thousands of businesses and affected tens of thousands of lives. We have listed a sampling of asbestos products that represents a cross-section of the business and consumer market niches where asbestos products were, in many cases, dominant.
Asbestos related diseases share an uncommon trait in that the most serious have long latency periods. Asbestosis will typically show symptoms ten to fifteen years after the asbestos exposure that caused it occurred. Mesothelioma cancer, an asbestos-caused malignancy, has an average latency period in excess of thirty years.
The latency factor is a major reason that thousands of Americans are still developing asbestos-related diseases, decades after most products were removed from the market. Asbestos removal from older structures or industrial sites remains a dangerous source of contamination. If you are having respiratory problems and worked with any of the products listed in our products section, you should raise the issue immediately with your physician. You should also consult an experienced asbestos attorney about possible compensation.
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British Columbia - 2009
We had decided that since Linda had seen the water and country between South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands many times, there was no need to have her do it again. My good friend, Doug Redford, had retired in December 2008 and was available for a few days of slow travel north. Doug and I left Breakwater at 8:15 Tuesday morning, June 16th. The wind was calm, maybe gusting to 2 or 3 knots, so we used the motors all the way to Port Ludlow. We anchored in the back part of bay had dinner, put on movie and then off to bed. We wanted an early start on Wednesday to avail ourselves of a little current help. The wind was forecast from the southwest, so it came from the east. We managed to sail for about an hour, until the wind dropped below five and our boat speed was below 2 knots. We fired up the motors and headed up Rosario Strait and Thatcher Pass. We anchored in Hunter Bay, using Lopez Island as our wind break from the winds coming down the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the normal late afternoon "Hurricane". The next day was a slow day as we had a short distance to cover, traveling to Deer Harbor on Orcas Island. When we arrived there were already two boats taking up the outstation space, so we went to Garrison Bay on San Juan Island. We got the anchor set and then lowered the dinghy and took a trip over to English Camp and a walking tour. The next day was off to Friday Harbor and we were lucky enough to find reciprocal moorage for 24 hours on an end tie, with only $6 for electricity.
The original plan was for our friend Dave to fly Linda from Tacoma to the Friday Harbor airport on Friday afternoon, but the weather would not cooperate. Linda and Doug's wife, Nyla, drove up to Anacortes and Linda walked on the ferry there while Doug walked on the ferry in Friday Harbor. Linda got to Friday Harbor around seven and we walked over to The Place for dinner and then down to Helios.
We were up at six ready to start the day, which was to clear Canadian Customs in Bedwell Harbour (Canadian Spelling) and then on to Montague Harbour to drop anchor. The clearing through Canadian Customs was done over the telephone and we were on our way in 20 minutes. Montague is an easy anchorage with a good holding mud bottom and plenty of room. We took the dinghy over to the marina to treat ourselves to dessert before dinner, ice cream, and then circumnavigated the harbour looking at other boats. There was a little rain falling from time to time during the night, but no wind to notice. I got up and turned on the heater and then got back under the covers until the boat warmed up, the next morning. We had coffee and a late breakfast since it was only about three hours to Dodd Narrows and we didn't plan on going through until 2:30 PM or later. We tried sailing, but not enough wind. We got to Dodd Narrows at quarter to three and were helped through with an assist of 3.2 knots. We set the anchor in Nanaimo and monitored it for about an hour, as there was a 10 knot wind coming through the anchorage. We put the dinghy in the water and motored over to the Dinghy Dock Pub for dinner, as we do every time we anchor at Nanaimo, meeting our friends, Wayne and Janine, as we were leaving. They had just finished the VanIsle 360 a couple days prior. We got back to Helios and put Jaws 2 on to watch and were in bed before ten. The pictures show the view of the Nanaimo Harbour and waterfront and the Dinghy Dock Pub. The eagles were waiting for fish to come to the surface, in Montague Harbour, so mom or dad could instruct the children on technique.
We were up at six hoping for good sailing conditions to cross over the Strait of Georgia to the mainland side. The winds were forecast 10 to 15 knots from the northwest, which meant almost beam reach. The problem was that "Area Whiskey Gulf" was open, which means boats "STAY OUT'', $10,000 fine. We motored into the wind to the Ballenas Islands and then set the sails and headed towards the mainland. The wind kept reducing and by the time we were approaching the southern end of Texada Island, it was time to put away the sails and motor over to Musket Cove Provincial Park to anchor. This is a fairly new park across from the popular anchorage in Ballet Bay. Musket Cove is on Hardy Island, while Ballet Bay is on Nelson Island. We found the furthermost northeast inlet empty and anchored at the head, with a stern tie. After we were settled in, down came the dinghy and we went on a tour of the Park. There is an abandoned quarry that is shown in the pictures below that is part of the Provincial Park. The inlet was well protected and we would have to wait until we were out on the Strait of Georgia to see if there was enough wind to sail, when we left tomorrow.
Strait of Georgia Crossing (128 MB takes a couple minutes to loan)
Helios heading to Hardy Island and Musket Cove (265 MB takes 2-3 minutes to load)
We were up at 6:30 and planned on a late breakfast while traveling. The weather report from the Canadian Coast Guard on VHF, predicted winds 10-15 knots from the southwest. They predict the worst case scenario, so we were hoping to see winds of at least 10 knots. Linda was able to get from the dinghy and up the rocks to release the stern tie without getting wet or cutting herself on the barnacles. We will need a longer line, 300+ feet, for the next trip, so we can release from the boat. The wind was from the southwest at 12 knots so the sails were put up and we sailed for 22 miles with our best speed being a little over 8 knots and the average between 6 - 6.5 knots. We dropped the sails a little past Powell River as the wind was less than 5 knots, and very soon we would need to motor through Thulin Passage because it is very narrow.
Helios sailing from Musket Cove towards Desolation Sound (40 MB takes a minute to loan)
We had changed our mind while sailing as to our destination and instead of Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island, we decided to try Melanie Cove in the Prideaux Haven area. The reason being the winds were supposed to pick up from the south overnight and Squirrel Cove entrance is open to southerly winds. Melanie Cove was full of boats and we decided to check out other options before trying to stern tie in Melanie Cove. There was room in the main area of Prideaux Haven, but we decided to check Laura Cove out. This is Linda's favorite anchorage in the Desolation Sound area and when we got there the head of the cove was open. There were two sailboats stern tied by the opening. We dropped anchor, got the sail covers on and everything buttoned up as it had started to rain. The next day was a rainy one, but we put on our foulweather gear and headed out in the dinghy to tour Prideaux Haven. We talked with some students from the U of B.C. who were mapping out areas used by First Nation Tribes for their habit. We talked with some of the other cruisers and asked what they had heard about a weather forecast. We were tucked back in an area that blocked VHF. The other cruisers anchored in Melanie Cove were able to get the forecast and it was one that said things would be improving. We spent two nights in Laura Cove and then raised anchor and headed over to Gorge Harbour on Cortes Island. To our surprise a complete remodel was almost done on the marina. There were new wider docks, new gas dock and amenities on shore. The Floathouse restaurant was still there as was the store and laundry. We met Bill Lane and Ellen Kaiser, who belong to the Seattle Yacht Club, and live in Anacortes. They have been out for seven weeks and are working their way south. Bill is a retired Seattle newspaperman and now writes for Passagemaker. They have a 30 year old 42' Grand Banks, Quadra, that looks new.
The pictures above are of Laura Cove and if you look at the pictures from our trip in 2003, you can see how much the fir tree has grown in the rock. Three pictures below are of Gorge Harbour, including one that shows our new friends Bill and Ellen's 42' Grand Banks, Quadra.
We left Gorge Harbour around 9 AM headed for the Octopus Islands via Beazley Pass. We went around Shark Spit and up Hoskyn Channel to the Surge Narrows and Beazley Pass. We were a little early and motored along the shore finally going through around 1 PM with no problems and a 3 knot assist. We had waited until the white water had disappeared before transiting. It is a little less than an hour to Octopus Islands Provincial Park from the Surge Narrows. We checked out the anchorages between the islands, but seemed fairly crowded, so we went towards the head of Waiatt Bay and anchored in the soft mud bottom. There are more boats than the last time, but there is still a football field between the closest two. We took the dinghy out for a tour of the bay and between the islands. It was a gorgeous day with the temperature in the mid 70's. It was early to bed, which meant it was still light out, but we wanted to be up and going early to time the Upper and Lower Rapids.
We were up around six, had coffee and got things ready to head out. What a difference a day makes; yesterday bright sun, temperature in the 70's and today cloudy and light rain. We were through both sets of rapids about 1/2 hour before slack. We got to Chatham Point and changed our minds on the day's destination. We had planned on Cordero Lodge, but Johnstone Strait was ebbing northward with a light southerly wind and even though it was raining lightly you couldn't ask for much better conditions to transit Johnstone. The current was with us until around 2:00 PM, but by then the wind had built from the south and behind us. We put up the headsail and with it and the motors made excellent time. We got to the other end of Johnstone by Hanson Island and saw a couple of whale watching boats in the area, and saw a female orca at a distance, to far for a good photo opportunity. We cut behind Hanson Island into Blackfish Sound and headed towards the Broughtons. We were anchored in Cullen Harbour by six with four other boats.
We had a lazy morning after the long day yesterday. I checked all the fluids in the engines and saildrives and everything was fine. We left around 10:30 AM and were tied up to the dock at Sullivan Bay by 1:30 PM. This will be a farthest point north on this trip. The Sullivan Bay marina is all on floats as are the houses that are here. We met a couple who have had their house for 16 years. They graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma and currently live in Federal Way. We used the laundry to get two loads done, which would have taken four or five loads on our washer/dryer. We made reservations for dinner and took the camera to walk the docks. We each had halibut, but prepared differently. We talked with other cruisers that were waiting for the ocean swell to drop close to one meter at Cape Caution, so they could make it around and head further up the British Columbia coast. The Ocean Falls area near Bella Bella seemed to be where everyone wanted to go to see bears, otters, etc. We actually stayed up late enough that it was dark outside when we went to bed, since we were not leaving at the crack of dawn tomorrow.
We had a late start leaving Sullivan Bay, since it was foggy when we got up. We decided to have breakfast at the restaurant and we were on our way around ten. We had planned on anchoring in Wahkana Bay, but when we arrived we found another boat anchored in the best spot and the wind funneling through at 13 - 15 knots. We decided to push on to Lagoon Cove. Tribune Channel was empty and we had it all to ourselves, as the wind built. When we arrived at the junction with Knight Inlet the current and the wind were against us as we cut diagonally across to reach the west side of Minstrel Island. At times we were less than 4 knots SOG, but once we turned down towards Lagoon Cove the wind was almost calm and the waves were six inches high. The managers, (Pat and Bob), were there to meet us and help us tie up to the last spot. We walked the docks and meet another couple from the Tacoma Yacht Club, Margaret and Ted Reyhner, on their 43' Tollycraft, Enchantment. We decided to spend two nights in Lagoon Cove, before continuing on south. The next day we were there for the 5 o'clock cocktail/potluck hour with the marina providing mounds of shrimp and some great stories. We decided to make our decision to leave upon the 4:00 AM weather forecast.
I was up at 5:00 and made the decision we were going. We untied from the dock and motored towards Blow Hole Passage at six and went through Chatham Channel at 6:30 with a half knot help from the current. You have to pay attention traveling down Chatham Channel because it is quite shallow in spots and there are range markers to use as a guide. We went down Havanah Channel to the Broken Islands and into Johnstone Strait, which was flooding; i.e. going our direction as was the wind. The wind was only at 15 knots when we started out but by the time we got to Kelsey Point we saw gusts of 32 knots and a lot of white water. We stayed in the strait until after Current Passage then we ducked up Chancellor Channel to Cordero and the Cordero Lodge. We were tied up by 12:30. They brought us out menus since we were the only boat and wanted to have our meal ready at 6:30 when we wanted to eat. We walked around the docks and a trail up in the woods taking a lot of pictures. We went to dinner and the three other Canadian couples were there about the same time. It was like a family dinner with the conversation shifting from one table to another. After dessert and coffee, Mrs. Kupper served everyone a small shot of schnapps served in chilled pewter shot sized containers. Linda got two since I don’t partake. Then we settled into their living room for conversation until around nine when it broke up so the Kuppers could have their home back for the evening. We were back and read for a little while and then to bed.
We were lazy this morning and did not get up until quarter after eight. One couple had left early and we helped the other two untie and head out on their way. We needed to arrive at the Dent Rapids around 2:00 PM and it was a two hour trip, but we got there early because of the flood current help. We went through the Dent Rapids a little after two with a little over 2 knots helping us along. We had an escort between Dent Rapids and Gillard Passage, Pacific White sided Dolphins. The passage through Gillard and the Yucultas went smoothly with a little flood current help. Our anchorage was Von Donop Inlet, which is another Provincial Park. When we turned the corner to come into the head of the inlet, it was like looking in a mirror. A sistership was anchored in the inlet already. Our friends Barry and Shelly Young and Shelly's sister Sharon were traveling in the Desolation Sound area. Barry came over in the dinghy and took the tour to see what was different with our Manta, since it was a year newer. We had toured Speakeasy in Bradenton when they were going through the commissioning process. They keep her moored in Canoe Cove in Sydney on Vancouver Island. After dinner Linda and I went over to see the changes and we traded ideas and procedures that had worked for each of us. We finally let them go to bed, since they were heading to Campbell River the next day and we got back to Helios at 11:30 PM. We decided to spend another day before heading out to Pender Harbour. We worked on small projects and then took time to read a little before dropping the dinghy into the water. We wanted to check out the lagoon and got sucked in by the filling water from the flood tide. We motored around the lagoon for an hour and then tried to get out. Linda got out and walked up to the narrow rapids area and said we should be able to make it. I adjusted the angle of the motor to put it as close to the surface as possible. Linda sat in the bow guiding me around rocks and with the motor at full speed we made our way slowly out of the lagoon. I put the motor back in a vertical alignment and we toured the rest of the Provincial Park.
We left Von Donop Inlet Provincial Park around seven in the morning. We were hoping to get some sailing in since we had some wind coming in from the north at 8 - 10 knots. We got the sails up for about 2 1/2 hours before the boat speed dropped below 3 knots, when the sails were furled, the motors were started. We arrived at Fisherman's Marina in Pender Harbour at 5:30 PM. We walked over to John Henry’s Store, a 7-11 on steroids, to pick up a few items. We paid for two bags of garbage and decided to pass on the power, since the batteries were well charged and the solar would be charging until 9. We walked over to the Garden Bay Restaurant for dinner and found that Bob and Ellen off Quadra, who we had dinner with in Gorge Harbour, were just finishing their dinner. They are hoping to cross over to Nanaimo tomorrow if the winds are light enough. We walked the docks after dinner both Garden Bay and Fisherman’s talking with other cruisers. The boat across from us a Hunter 33 is a charter boat and the couple is from Germany, and another couple was trailer sailors from Calgary. He was from New Zealand and she Ireland. He was an engineer in the oil industry taking a summer holiday. We watched another episode of NCIS and went to bed around 10:30.
We slept in had a late breakfast then backed up 300 yards to the gas docks to fill up the fuel tank. We were off to Nanaimo having to motor the whole way as the wind never went above 5 knots. We spent a little time finding the right place to anchor where we had enough swinging room from other boats and shore. We took the dinghy over to the dinghy dock for dinner and then back for some cookies and a movie. We decided to stay another night and went into town to walk around and do some window shopping, we also took a picture of our friends' trimaran, Redshift, shown below. We were up the following and moving towards the Dodd Narrows. We had planned on making it to Ganges on Saltspring Island, but the weather was ugly and we decided to duck into Montague Harbour. There were fewer boats than the last time we anchored and we were able to anchor in the same spot. We decided that, since we were a little ahead of schedule and the weather forecast was for wind and rain the next day, it would be nice to spend two nights and then crossover into the San Juans and the U.S. We did some small projects, read and napped. We left Montague and headed down through Navy Channel to cross Boundary Passage. We decided to go through Customs at Roche Harbor, since we were going to anchor in Garrison Bay, so Linda could tour English Camp. It is amazing how one boat can cause so much disruption to the check in process. The Customs Dock was full so there was one other boat drifting waiting to tie up and then it was our turn. We were approaching the dock and had reached the committed point when this guy on a 38' powerboat decides to just jump in without waiting for the other boat to finish tying up, or for us to tie up. We were able to drift in and fend off and not hit anyone, but the fellow in a rush hit the other boat's bow pulpit and cause his wife a great deal of grief. She tried to stop their boat by holding the mooring line and finally used a cleat after the collision. Linda asked what they were thinking and wife replied that this was their first time out and she didn't know what to do while docking, and she went back aboard and let her husband deal with everyone on the dock and the Customs Officials. After clearing Customs it was a short trip to Garrison Bay and there was only two boats anchored, so there was plenty of room. We dropped the dinghy and motored over to the dinghy dock for English Camp and took the walking tour. They also had a telescope set up to monitor an Osprey nest, so you could see the parents flying in with food for the youngsters. We were hoping for some wind so that we could sail across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, but it was a powerboater's day, with winds gusting to 3 knots and flat water. We motored down to Port Ludlow and set anchor in the back part of the bay. We planned on going all the way back to Breakwater the next day and we were able to sail downwind from Foulweather Bluff to Alki Point, before having to furl the sails with the dying wind. We were moored back at our home slip Saturday evening and home by 7:00 PM. It was a wonderful first major trip for Helios in the Pacific Northwest and we are already thinking about next summer's trip.
To read the logbook of the trip click on - ACTUAL LOG
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Henry Botham
Henry Botham is one of the UK’s leading Stride, Blues and New Orleans pianists, most noted for his work with 52 Skidoo, No Good Beatniks and The Nightcreatures.
Henry Botham is a professional pianist based in Manchester, UK. He specialises in Harlem Stride Piano, New Orleans music and playing vintage and analogue keyboards, organs and electric pianos.
When he graduated from Salford University with a first class degree in music he had already been working for several years with his first band the HB3, a jazz trio that performed gigs around the Manchester jazz circuit. At around this time he also toured and recorded with RSL, where he developed his love of vintage and analogue instruments that led to the formation of No Good Beatniks, an originals project with a stellar line up of UK jazz talent.
In an unusual departure from the work he had been doing Henry then turned his focus on learning 1920’s Harlem Stride piano by studying the great pianists Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, Luckey Roberts and Dick Wellstood. He found that there weren’t many gigs going around for stride pianists in modern day Manchester so he formed 52 Skidoo. They have since gone on to become one of the leading 1920/30’s bands in the UK and beyond.
Having developed a taste for vintage piano and ‘old time music’ he discovered New Orleans piano, which draws from a wide range of influences including Blues, Jazz, Funk, R&B, Rhumba, Ragtime and even Classical music and Rock, all epitomized by the recognised master of the genre, James Booker. Through studying his recordings, as well as those by Dr John, Professor Longhair and Jelly Roll Morton, plus visiting New Orleans to meet and study with Tom McDermott, Josh Paxton and Jon Cleary, Henry has emerged with an intricate knowledge of this little known approach to piano. He puts this to good use as pianist for New Orleans R&B band The Nightcreatures.
As well as regularly playing with all three projects he runs a New Orleans jam at Matt and Phred’s, Manchester (3rd Monday of the month), plays trombone in Mr Wilsons Second Liners and is a keen flautist.
Henry performs solo piano (a mix of everything described above) and enjoys accompanying singers and soloists whenever he can. He has done session work in a wide variety of situations and continues to do so. You can hear a variety of recordings on the player below. He also runs his own private teaching practice.
So there you have it, a curious mix of Harlem Stride, New Orleans piano and analogue keyboards to keep him occupied. You can find info on all these bands by navigating through this website.
Manchester Jazz Festival
I’ve managed to get myself 3 jazz festival gigs this year. I’m on the following:
21st July – Nightcreatures jam – Matt and Phreds
23rd July – Rioghnach Connolly
26th July – Mr Wilson’s Second Liners (on Trombone!) – Matt and Phreds
For full details go to
http://www.mattandphreds.com/
http://www.manchesterjazz.com/festival-programme-2014/
Website Launch!
So I’ve finally got this website up and running. More music and videos will be added in due course. In the meantime please have a look around and think of me next time you need some vintage piano, New Orleans vibes or funky analogue keys!
Gigs will be added soon!
The Nightcreatures
No Good Beatniks
52 Skidoo
I’ve always loved vintage and analogue instruments and as time passes my collection gets ever more impressive and I still hope to add to it. Mellotrons and Odnes Martenots may be pipe dreams but I keep looking. Almost all these instruments get used regularly, mostly thanks to No Good Beatniks, I don’t have any digital keyboards with loads of sounds on them as I’m a bit of a stickler for the real thing (with the exception of the ‘necessary evil’ digital piano). Each instrument just makes it’s own sound. They’re harder to transport but feel much better to play.
Home Made Washboard and Leslie 147
Yamaha C2 grand piano
Hammond C3
Fender Rhodes stage 72, Hohner Clavinet/Pianet duo, Selmer Clavioline Concert, Theramin, Fender Super 60
Moog Rogue
Various Effects Pedals
Portable Harmonium
Kawai MP10 Digital piano, Hohner Melodica, Hohner Bass 3 synth, Hohner Pianet T, Stella Accordion, QSC K12 1000w powered speaker Various effects pedals, Thumb pianos, Stylophone, Benjolin Synth, Toy Piano, Rath Trombone, Yamaha Flute
Henry runs his own private piano tuition practice from his home in Edenfield, Lancashire. He has been teaching for over 10 years and has had over 100 students in that time.
He teaches beginners to advanced, children to adults, classical to jazz
For more info please get in touch
You can contact me by filling in the form below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
© Henry Botham 2020
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Preview: “BRINK” Charity Group Show at Antler Gallery
Juan Travieso
It’s frightening how many species of wildlife have gone extinct in our lifetimes. To raise awareness for this issue and support a good cause, Antler Gallery in Portland will debut the group show “BRINK” on January 30. The show features the work of Josh Keyes, Josie Morway, Annie Owens (Hi-Fructose co-editor-in-chief), Brin Levinson, Neil M. Perry, Ashley Mackenzie, Susannah Kelly, Brett Superstar, Lisa Ericson, J. Shea, Jon MacNair, Kevin Sloan, Heidi Elise Wirz, Vanessa Foley and Juan Travieso. Each artist was invited to create a work of art that depicted an extinct or endangered species. A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to the Audubon Society of Portland, which works to protect native birds and their habitats, and the gallery will be doing print releases for charitable causes throughout the month.
Kevin Sloan
Vanessa Foley
Heidi Elise Wirz
Annie Owens
Brin Levinson
Brett Superstar
Neil M. Perry
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Home / About IHEP
IHEP History
In 1993, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) was established to provide policy-relevant research to promote college access and success for underserved students. The genesis of the organization grew out of a desire to explore questions of access to postsecondary education from an independent perspective, building on the previous experience of founders Jamie P. Merisotis and Colleen T. O’Brien at The National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education.
At that time, IHEP’s agenda was groundbreaking and transformative. Since then, IHEP has become one of the most effective voices for educating policymakers and postsecondary leaders on strategies for and solutions to our nation’s most pressing education challenges. IHEP has leveraged its research, policy expertise, innovative initiatives, and high-profile convenings to improve the condition of access and success for all college students. IHEP has partnered with close to 400 postsecondary institutions to foster and support on-the-ground efforts to increase student success. IHEP has also collaborated with many organizations inside and outside higher education to build broad-based support for our work on behalf of underserved students.
IHEP has led the field in identifying the access and success challenges facing our nation and offering innovative policy solutions for federal, state, and institutional decision-makers positioned to enact change. Our contributions to the postsecondary community are significant, and we proudly acknowledge our imprint on issues of college access and success.
25 Years of Equity-Driven Research and Action
The Institute for Higher Education Policy is celebrating its 25th anniversary. For 25 years, IHEP has been a leading voice in expanding college access and success for all students, and particularly those who are underrepresented. To continue our year-long celebration, we are highlighting our history of equity-driven research, initiatives, and impact through the years.
1993 – The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is founded as an independent voice on issues of postsecondary access and success.
1994 – The inaugural issue of our early newsletter, Policy Steps(link is external), begins our longstanding research interest in expanding access and opportunity for incarcerated students.
1995 – IHEP’s first publication, The Impact of Federal Financial Aid Policy Changes on Community College Students(link is external), highlights the relationship between financial aid and transfer and completion for community college students. Our second publication, The Next Step: Student Aid for Student Success(link is external), provides recommendations that link federal aid to both access and completion.
1996 – Life After 40: A New Portrait of Today’s -and Tomorrow’s -Postsecondary Students(link is external) looks at adult learners’ access to and success in higher education.
1997 – Taxing Matters: College Aid, Tax Policy, and Equal Opportunity(link is external) looks at the impact of higher education tax policies, and how they impact both access and affordability. Missed Opportunities: A New Look at Disadvantaged College Aspirants(link is external) analyzes the challenges that often prevent students from enrolling in college.
1998 – Do Grants Matter? Student Grant Aid and College Affordability(link is external) shows that the capacity of grant aid to keep college accessible has been diminished by rising prices and static funding. Reaping the Benefits: Defining the Public and Private Value of Going to College(link is external) introduces a multidimensional representation of the public and private economic and social benefits of higher education.
1999 – The Tuition Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together raises alarm over the crisis of rising tuition and encourages states and institutions to curb future price escalation. Cost, Price, and Public Policy: Peering into the Higher Education Black Box(link is external) puts forth a conceptual framework for analyzing costs and prices.
2000 – Creating Role Models for Change: A Survey of Tribal College Graduates looks at the success of Tribal Colleges and Universities in delivering strong outcomes for their students. Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education(link is external) establishes a set of research-driven quality standards for distance learning.
2001 – A Classification System for 2-Year Postsecondary Institutions(link is external) offers a new approach to classifying two-year colleges that better accounts for their diversity, size, and purpose. Building Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges as Engaged Institutions(link is external) explores the expanding role of Tribal Colleges and Universities in serving local communities.
2002 – State Policy and Community College: Baccalaureate Transfer(link is external) examines the role of state policy in influencing 2-year to 4-year transfer performance. Accounting for State Student Aid: How State Policy and Student Aid Connect(link is external) focuses on state funding for need-based aid and examines emergency policy strategies.
2003 – Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Issues and Options(link is external) offers analysis of 10 critical HEA policy issues that faced the 108th Congress.
2004 – Investing in America’s Future: Why Student Aid Pays Off for Society and Individuals(link is external) analyzes the benefits of an affordable college education for individuals and communities. Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities: A Primer for Policymakers(link is external) examines the challenges facing policymakers to best provide for students with disabilities.
2005 – The Investment Payoff: A 50-State Analysis of the Public and Private Benefits of Higher Education(link is external) builds on our 2004 work by articulating the benefits of higher education on a 50-state basis. Learning to Reduce Recidivism: A 50-State Analysis of Postsecondary Correctional Education Policy(link is external) is a national survey to better understand what postsecondary correctional education programs exist and how these programs are funded and implemented.
2006 – Convergence: Trends Threatening to Narrow College Opportunity in America(link is external) tracks a diverse array of higher education factors at the federal, state, and institutional levels that could make college inaccessible and unaffordable in the future. The IHEP-led Global Policy Fellows(link is external) program convened international higher education professionals to explore policies to improve educational opportunity for underrepresented students.
2007 – Opening the Door to the American Dream: Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants(link is external) advocates for the removal of policy barriers encountered by immigrants seeking access to higher education. College Access for the Working Poor: Overcoming Burdens to Succeed in Higher Education(link is external) examines the barriers that working, low-income students face in accessing and succeeding in higher education.
2008 – Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students with the Lowest Incomes explores options to strengthen the Pell Grant to best meet the financial needs of low-income students. Increasing Student Success at Minority-Serving Institutions: Findings from the BEAMS Project(link is external) details the process Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) institutions used to craft data-driven action plans to improve student success.
2009 – The Role and Relevance of Rankings in Higher Education Policymaking provides an overview of national postsecondary assessment efforts. IHEP assumed leadership of the Pathways to College Network, an alliance of national organizations committed to advance college opportunity.
2010 – Cost Perceptions and College-Going for Low-Income Students explores the factors that contribute to the enrollment behavior of low-income students. IHEP joins the National Coalition for College Completion (NCCC), a partnership organization that includes the voice of stakeholders to add critical voices to the national dialogue on degree completion.
2011 – Unlocking Potential: Results of a National Survey of Postsecondary Education in State Prisons(link is external) offers data and recommendations aiming to increase the policy attention paid to postsecondary opportunities for incarcerated students. Crossing the Finish Line: A National Effort to Address Near Completion lays out a framework through which policymakers and institutions can address near completion as part of national and state attainment goals.
2012 – The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the College Access and Success Movement(link is external) focuses on the role of CBOs in helping students access and succeed in higher education. Supporting First-Generation College Students Through Classroom-Based Practices(link is external) captures how 30 minority-serving institutions developed a multipronged approach to support first-generation students.
2013 – Degrees of Hope: Redefining Access for 21st-Century Students -IHEP’s first-ever video documentary -humanizes critical college access issues. Project Win-Win at the Finish Line details the result of a national effort to reengage students with some college, but no degree.
2014 – Minority-Serving Institutions: Doing More with Less makes a case for investing more in MSIs, given their important leadership in improving the outcomes of their students, despite financial challenges. With the Lumina Foundation, IHEP launched the film series Looking Back to Move Forward: A History of Federal Student Aid to help policymakers navigate roadblocks to new policy innovation.
2015 – Serving Their Share: Some Colleges Could Be Doing a Much Better Job Enrolling and Graduating Low-Income Students outlines ways that higher education institutions can improve access and completion for underrepresented students. Access to Attainment: An Access Agenda for 21st Century Students examines the challenges facing 21st century students and presents strategies for addressing these challenges.
2016 – Towards Convergence: A Technical Guide for the Postsecondary Metrics Framework provides foundational details that enumerate the construction of a robust metrics framework. Leading with Data: How Senior Institutions and System Leaders Use Postsecondary Data to Promote Student Success profiles the role that data play in developing impactful institutional policies and practices.
2017 – Limited Means, Limited Options: College Remains Unaffordable for Many Americans asserts that the college affordability problem in America is not only real, but is largely one of inequity. The Potential of Degree Reclamation offers a new vision for scaling degree reclamation, a transformative completion strategy that can help millions of college students achieve their dream of earning a degree.
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SALVESTROL® PLATINUM (510 mg capsules) contains concentrated natural fruit extracts with an enhanced blend of four Salvestrols. Each bottle contains 75 Salvestrol (1000 point).
Salvestrols are plant derived compounds (phytonutrients) essential for well-being that cannot be produced by our bodies and can only be supplied through one's diet. Cells in the body use Salvestrols to help correct themselves when things go wrong. They act upon a particular enzyme that is present only in malfunctioning cells -- when it encounters a salvestrol, it converts it to a form which is toxic to the sick cell. Because the enzyme is not present in healthy cells, Salvestrols exert no ill effects on them.
Salvestrols work beyond antioxidants by eliminating damaged cells, and only the damaged cells.
Suggested for Immune Health and Onco Nutrition
$75.00 / bottle (75 capsules)
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Salvestrol® Platinum Performance Complex is a patented, revolutionary food supplement made from a unique formulation of fruit extracts derived from natural sources. It contains no artificial flavors or preservatives and is suitable for diabetics.
INGREDIENTS: Rice Flour, Pullulan Polysaccharide (veg capsule), Freeze Dried Blackcurrant, Blueberry & Strawberry Powder, Tangerine Peels (100:1 extract) 15mg (equivalent to 1500mg of tangerine peels), Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate. Made from 100% natural ingredients, including: extracts of blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, and tangerine. None of the fruit used has been genetically modified or treated with pesticides or anti-fungal agents, and all products are encased in vegetable capsules.
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Contraindications, Adverse or Other Reactions: There are no known issues with Salvestrol Platinum 1000. Salvestrols are a food supplement and should not interfere with drug therapies unless such therapies restrict the intake of the fruit sources listed on the product label. Please note that savestrol products do not contain naringenin, a compound commonly found in grapefruit, which may interact with several CYP enzymes and could therefore interfere with some drug therapies. If you or your physician are uncertain, stop using salvestrols several days prior to treatment and do not continue their use until several days after treatment has finished.
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DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this web site has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease. Material on the Imupharm web site is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health program.
Salvestrols are plant derived compounds (phytonutrients) that are traditionally (naturally) high in many red or green plants, including fruits, berries, and herbs. However, modern agriculture has minimized the levels of salvestrols through a combination of the development of modern plant varieties, use of antifungal sprays and the selective processing of harvested fruit. Most Salvestrols also have a sharp or bitter taste and are processed to be removed to suit modern preference for sweet foods.
Salvestrols were discovered by UK scientists led by Gerry Potter (Professor of Medicinal Chemistry) and Dan Burke (Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutical Metabolism and former head of the School of Pharmacy). They are a new class of natural chemicals that can be safely eaten in the diet. Salvestrols were found to undergo a process of molecular activation inside cancer cells -- and only in cancer cells -- by a special enzyme protein, CYP1B1, that causes the cells to cease growth or die. In the early 1990's Professor Burke's research group found that CYP1B1 was expressed at a high frequency in a wide range of human cancers of different histogenetic types, including cancers of the breast, colon, lung, esophagus, skin, lymph node, brain, and testis, but undetectable in normal cells in corresponding healthy tissues.(Reference 1) Therefore, salvestrol, a natural dietary cancer preventative agent, can be converted into a compound with known anticancer activity by an enzyme that is found in human tumors. (Reference 2)
The levels of Salvestrols in a typical "5 portion a day" basket of non-organic fruit and vegetables from a supermarket have been measured and found to contain only 10% of the estimated daily dietary requirement. So eating adequate amounts of commercially available fruit and vegetables will not provide the essential nutrients the body needs.
(1) Murray GI, Taylor MC, McFadyen MC, McKay JA, Greenlee WF, Burke MD, Melvin WT. Tumor-specific expression of cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. Cancer Res. 1997 Jul 15;57(14):3026-31.
(2) Potter GA, Patterson LH, Wanogho E, Perry PJ, Butler PC, Ijaz T, Ruparelia KC, Lamb JH, Farmer PB, Stanley LA, Burke MD. The cancer preventative agent resveratrol is converted to the anticancer agent piceatannol by the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP1B1. Br J Cancer. 2002 Mar 4;86(5):774-8.
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4 April, 2015 7:28 AM The good and bad side of fear
With anxiety on the rise among urban Indians, Dr Lissa Rankin discusses fighting the fear of uncertainty -the subject of her new book Think about the last time you were scared. Horror movies, where you pay to get your adrenaline pumping, don't count. In the adult world, we often associate being afraid with children. It's because, culturally, we tend to dress 36
4 April, 2015 5:34 AM Top WHO official in Thailand denies maid slavery claims
Bangkok: The World Health Organisation`s top official in Thailand on Saturday denied beating his Ethiopian domestic helper and treating her like a modern day slave. The 25-year-old unnamed maid filed a complaint with police last month accusing Dr Yonas Tegegn, the WHO`s representative in Thailand, and his wife of abusing her and forcing her to work without 66
4 April, 2015 4:59 AM Symptoms of depression, insomnia are risk factors for frequent nightmares, study suggests
Published on April 3, 2015 at 3:42 AM A new study suggests that symptoms of depression and insomnia are the strongest predictors of having frequent nightmares. Results show that 3.9 percent of participants reported having frequent nightmares during the previous 30 days, including 4.8 percent of women and 2.9 percent of men. Frequent nightmares were reported 45 2
4 April, 2015 4:49 AM Yemen crisis: Rescued Indians recount nightmare, hundreds of nurses still trapped
As many as 190 Indian evacuees from Yemen arrive at the international airport in Mumbai on Friday.They had lost all hopes of returning home, but on Thursday 190 Indian nationals were overjoyed when they reached Mumbai from Aden in Yemen. Stepping out of the huge C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force, these Indians shared their difficult experiences 35
4 April, 2015 3:17 AM Hospital patient, 6-year-old attacked by dogs
Hyderabad: There were two incidents on Friday of people being attacked by stray dogs. A person who had come to Gandhi hospital for treatment from Malkajgiri was attacked by a stray dog while he was waiting for his check up. The dog took a chunk out of his calf. In the second incident, six-year-old girl A. Swathi, a student of Alpha School at Sagar Ring Road, was attacked 759
4 April, 2015 1:58 AM Maharashtra: Tribal students fight for right to study
After years of struggling to get to school, a journey that would take two-and-a-half hours each way, the move to a hostel was like giving his dream of becoming an engineer the chance of coming true. But Class 9 student Jivan Chaudhari can once again feel academics slipping away – and this time thanks to an inept administration that has pushed him and 191 others 39
4 April, 2015 12:14 AM 13 entry points to Central station to be shut at night
This will improve security, reduce congestion Following the increase in platform ticket prices, the next step in decongesting Chennai Central station and beefing up security will be the closing of certain exit and entry points at night. The Railway Protection Force (RPF), Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railways officials will form a three-tier security 111
4 April, 2015 12:06 AM Tirupur man completes 1,000-km cycle rally
R. Karthikeyan (31), a businessman from Tirupur, has become the first person from the knit city to complete 1,000-km cycle rally, one of the Paris-based international body for cycling- Audax Club Parisen, under the stipulated 75 hours. He completed the 1,000-km rally from Chennai to Vijayawada and back in 74 hours and 30 minutes. Mr. Karthikeyan was also the first 25
3 April, 2015 9:19 PM 5 Essential Oils to Help You Relax and Unwind
The power of scent cannot be discounted. We all know how scent can bring back the trail of nostalgia and instantly lift up your spirits. You must have noticed how the fragrance of a certain perfume reminds you of the first you met your partner, or just a whiff of your favorite food while walking in the mall reminds you of a drive-in you frequently visited 185
3 April, 2015 9:05 PM Dogs maul patient inside Hyderabad hospital
Hyderabad: A man came to a hospital in Hyderabad for treatment of injuries sustained in a road accident but even as he was recovering, two dogs attacked and severely wounded him on Friday. The incident occurred in Gandhi Hospital, one of the biggest government-run hospitals in Hyderabad. Highlighting the state of affairs in government-run healthcare 55
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Tiny housing solution studies, San Mateo County
The Daily Journal (San Mateo County), Bill Silverfarb, 1/28/16. "County funds tiny house study: San Mateo County Board of Supervisors OKs $500K to explore innovation affordable housing strategies."
Small, but living with that certain Bay Area style.
Beats being homeless or moving to Fresno.
"The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a $500,000 expenditure Tuesday to fund 'innovative' affordable housing solutions as rents continue to soar in the area.
One grant to Samaritan House, Mental Health Association and MidPen Housing for $75,500 will fund a best practices analysis to produce a model for a tiny house community for homeless people in transition. .... MidPen Housing and Hello Housing were also awarded a $200,000 grant to help buy single-family homes and preserve them as affordable housing.
.... The Center of Community Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley was awarded $66,620 to find parcels in unincorporated county lands that may be suitable to construct accessory dwelling units. .... The Housing Leadership Council was awarded $32,880 to explore whether new or more frequent bus routes along key corridors would affect the eligibility for Housing Tax Credits or “cap and trade” funds for certain parcels.
.... The other grant awarded was to Forsyth Street and Enterprise for $125,000 to produce a feasibility and options report for finding a dedicated funding source to build more affordable housing. One proposal the group will study is whether a housing bond is feasible. .... The $500,000 comes from the county’s Housing Innovation Fund." Read article.
Reference, accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Investopedia, "A legal and regulatory term for a secondary house or apartment with its own kitchen, living area and separate entrance that shares the building lot of a larger, primary house. The ADU may be attached to an existing house or garage, or it may be built as a stand-alone unit, but it usually uses the water and energy connections of the primary house and may be rented separately." Related, example design. Good home design Interior Design and Architecture,"...small apartment in Manhattan."
Note photograph from New Hd template images/best small apartment interior design.
Planning Commission meeting Monday, February 1, 2016
Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or, view on local television or live feed Pacificcoast.TV, (formerly pct26.com). If you miss civic meetings, view on PCT 26 You Tube! The planning commission meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. Planning Commission updates, archives are available on the City website/Planning Commission.
Item 1. 500 San Pedro Avenue is located
west of 560 San Pedro Avenue, Ace Hardware.
Planning Commission Agenda, 2/1/16, pdf pages 98.
Govt. code 54956.9 (d)(2), significant exposure to litigation, 1 case.
Open Session, 7:00 p.m. Administrative. Public Oral Communications. Consent items, none.
1. SP-154-15, PSC-800-15. Construct a new 3,469 sq. ft. 3-story single-family residence on a 5,216 sq. ft. vacant lot, 325 Beaumont Boulevard (APN 009-037-460). Low density residential, zoned planned development. Filed by Brian Pung, agent for property owners Elaine and Alina Woo.
2. PSD-792-15, CDP-349-15, SUB-225-15, S-113-15. 4-detached motel rooms on 1-lot subdivision, vacant lot, 500 San Pedro Avenue (APN 023-073-190). Coastal Zone, recommend CEQA exemption section 15303 and 15315. Filed by David Blackman, agent for property owner David Colt.
Planning Commission communications. Staff communications. Adjourn.
Note photograph by Rolo A. from Yelp/Ace Hardware.
San Mateo County sea level rise meeting, tomorrow Saturday, January 30, 2016
The Almanac/Kate Bradshaw, 1/28/16. "Saturday: San Mateo County holds event on sea level rise."
Living on the edge in Pacifica.
"A public event on sea level rise, hosted by the San Mateo County office of Sustainability, will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Genentech Conference Center at 1531 Grandview Drive in South San Francisco (Building 31).
San Mateo County supervisors Dave Pine and Don Horsley, plus California State Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, are scheduled to attend.
Organizers says the event will be family-friendly, featuring interactive activities and "eco-friendly prizes."
Topics for discussion include:
● What does sea level rise mean for me?
● How can I prepare for flooding this winter?
● What is the county doing to prepare for sea level rise?
ID is required for attendees, and adult supervision is required for kids under 18.
Register for the free event here, or go to the county's web page on sea level rise for more information."
Reference, San Mateo County. Office of Sustainability, Sea Change.
Related, news article, ABC 7 News/Sergio Quintana, 1/24/16, "Massive waves hit already battered Pacifica coastline," includes a Pacifica coastal damage assessment video, 1:43 minutes.
The Climate Snow Job?
A blizzard! The hottest year ever! More signs that global warming and its extreme effects are beyond debate, right? Not even close.
Patrick J. Michaels
Jan. 24, 2016 2:45 p.m. ET
An East Coast blizzard howling, global temperatures peaking, the desert Southwest flooding, drought-stricken California drying up—surely there’s a common thread tying together this “extreme” weather. There is. But it has little to do with what recent headlines have been saying about the hottest year ever. It is called business as usual.
Surface temperatures are indeed increasing slightly: They’ve been going up, in fits and starts, for more than 150 years, or since a miserably cold and pestilential period known as the Little Ice Age.
Before carbon dioxide from economic activity could have warmed us up, temperatures rose three-quarters of a degree Fahrenheit between 1910 and World War II. They then cooled down a bit, only to warm again from the mid-1970s to the late ’90s, about the same amount as earlier in the century.
Whether temperatures have warmed much since then depends on what you look at. Until last June, most scientists acknowledged that warming reached a peak in the late 1990s, and since then had plateaued in a “hiatus.” There are about 60 different explanations for this in the refereed literature.
That changed last summer, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided to overhaul its data, throwing out satellite-sensed sea-surface temperatures since the late 1970s and instead relying on, among other sources, readings taken from the cooling-water-intake tubes of oceangoing vessels. The scientific literature is replete with articles about the large measurement errors that accrue in this data owing to the fact that a ship’s infrastructure conducts heat, absorbs a tremendous amount of the sun’s energy, and vessels’ intake tubes are at different ocean depths. See, for instance, John J. Kennedy’s “A review of uncertainty in in situ measurements and data sets of sea surface temperature,” published Jan. 24, 2014, by the journal Reviews of Geophysics.
NOAA’s alteration of its measurement standard and other changes produced a result that could have been predicted: a marginally significant warming trend in the data over the past several years, erasing the temperature plateau that vexed climate alarmists have found difficult to explain. Yet the increase remains far below what had been expected.
It is nonetheless true that 2015 shows the highest average surface temperature in the 160-year global history since reliable records started being available, with or without the “hiatus.” But that is also not very surprising. Early in 2015, a massive El Niño broke out. These quasiperiodic reversals of Pacific trade winds and deep-ocean currents are well-documented but poorly understood. They suppress the normally massive upwelling of cold water off South America that spreads across the ocean (and is the reason that Lima may be the most pleasant equatorial city on the planet). The Pacific reversal releases massive amounts of heat, and therefore surface temperature spikes. El Niño years in a warm plateau usually set a global-temperature record. What happened this year also happened with the last big one, in 1998.
Global average surface temperature in 2015 popped up by a bit more than a quarter of a degree Fahrenheit compared with the previous year. In 1998 the temperature rose by slightly less than a quarter-degree from 1997.
When the Pacific circulation returns to its more customary mode, all that suppressed cold water will surge to the surface with a vengeance, and global temperatures will drop. Temperatures in 1999 were nearly three-tenths of a degree lower than in 1998, and a similar change should occur this time around, though it might not fit so neatly into a calendar year. Often the compensatory cooling, known as La Niña, is larger than the El Niño warming.
There are two real concerns about warming, neither of which has anything to do with the El Niño-enhanced recent peak. How much more is the world likely to warm as civilization continues to exhale carbon dioxide, and does warming make the weather more “extreme,” which means more costly?
Instead of relying on debatable surface-temperature information, consider instead readings in the free atmosphere (technically, the lower troposphere) taken by two independent sensors: satellite sounders and weather balloons. As has been shown repeatedly by University of Alabama climate scientist John Christy, since late 1978 (when the satellite record begins), the rate of warming in the satellite-sensed data is barely a third of what it was supposed to have been, according to the large family of global climate models now in existence. Balloon data, averaged over the four extant data sets, shows the same.
It is therefore probably prudent to cut by 50% the modeled temperature forecasts for the rest of this century. Doing so would mean that the world—without any political effort at all—won’t warm by the dreaded 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 that the United Nations regards as the climate apocalypse.
The notion that world-wide weather is becoming more extreme is just that: a notion, or a testable hypothesis. As data from the world’s biggest reinsurer, Munich Re, MURGY 0.03 % and University of Colorado environmental-studies professor Roger Pielke Jr. have shown, weather-related losses haven’t increased at all over the past quarter-century. In fact, the trend, while not statistically significant, is downward. Last year showed the second-smallest weather-related loss of Global World Productivity, or GWP, in the entire record.
Without El Niño, temperatures in 2015 would have been typical of the post-1998 regime. And, even with El Niño, the effect those temperatures had on the global economy was de minimis.
Mr. Michaels, a climatologist, is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute.
First Pacifica baby born in 2016, Linda Mar
Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop, Staff writer/1/20/16. "Pacifica's first newborn of 2016."
Welcome to the world baby Luca!
"The first Pacifica baby of the New Year is a boy, the second child for Anthony and Nicole Fisicaro.
Born Jan. 6 at 1:31 p.m. at Mills-Peninsula Hospital, Luca James Fisicaro weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces and stretched out to 20.5 inches. He joins big sister, Gianna, two and a half, at the family’s Linda Mar home.
.... Nicole and Anthony said they want what all parents want for their children, to find success, and to be happy and healthy. " Read more (about his parents).
Note photograph by Jane Northrop. The article and photograph were posted on Facebook 1/22/16.
Plans to build affordable housing, South San Francisco
The Daily Journal (San Mateo County), Austin Walsh, 1/25/16. "South City moves to create affordable housing: Officials pursuing workforce project on city property."
Affordable "Home Sweet Home",
City of San Mateo example.
"To address the struggle of some middle class families to afford the increasingly expensive cost of living, South San Francisco officials initiated an effort to build an affordable housing development near downtown. .... City officials recognize the significant need to build affordable housing as soon as possible, said City Manager Mike Futrell, and the council has expressed a desire to pursue that initiative. 'We are looking for every possible opportunity to bring affordable housing to South San Francisco,” he said. “And we are looking at every parcel of city-owned property.'.... To help subsidize the project, Futrell said officials are interested in pursuing available grant funding which could pay toward construction of some of the affordable units.
Despite the challenges that can be associated with financing the projects, Futrell said South San Francisco officials remain committed to ensuring the city remains livable for all residents. 'These projects are incredibly difficult to put together because financially they don’t pencil out very easily,' he said. 'To us, that is balanced against the acute need in the community to provide housing at an affordable cost.'
Couples making in the range of $60,000 to $90,000 annually would likely be eligible to live in the workforce housing project, said Futrell. It is yet to be determined whether the units will be available to all South San Francisco residents, or just those who are employed by public agencies such as the city or local school district, said Futrell." Read article.
Reference, City of South San Francisco: Affordable Housing, and Low Income Housing.
Note photograph from MidPen Housing, "San Mateo welcomes much needed, affordable workforce housing on the former site of the San Mateo Police Station." Caption: Delaware Pacific, a transit-orientated development with 60 affordable apartments for families in San Mateo."
City rental housing market "Best Practices Advisory" to be formed
City Council meeting, Monday 1/25/16.
Item 9, direction on rent stabilization.
San Mateo County Association of Realtors (SAMCAR), Gina Zari, Government Affairs Director, 1/26/16.
"On "Monday, January 25, before a packed chamber, on a 3-2 vote, the City Council voted to oppose Rent Control in Pacifica.
After 4 hours of public comment and well after midnight, the Council wrapped-up a long debate over Rent Control with a motion from Councilman John Keener and a Second from Mayor Sue Digre to support rent control; voting against rent control were Mayor Pro Tem Mike O'Neill and Councilmembers Karen Ervin and Mary Ann Nihart.
A second vote was taken supporting the creation of an advisory committee to help draft a 'Best Practices Advisory' that would provide guidelines for the rental housing market. The idea of an advisory came from a model used in Healdsburg, California. Councilman John Keener was the only member to oppose the Advisory."
Note photograph of our 1/25/16 packed house City Council meeting by Gina Zari from the SAMCAR article above.
Missing Person - Enrique Chicas
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Cliff erosion, yellow tagged apartments
San Francisco Chronicle/Peter Fimrite, 1/25/16. "More evacuations in Pacifica as cliffs give way to the sea"
Failing cliffs, yellow-tagged
apartments, 1/25/16
"Massive chunks of dirt seen crashing into the roiling surf this past weekend persuaded Pacifica officials Monday to evacuate cliffside apartments that everyone agrees are inching closer to a catastrophic collapse into the sea. Dozens of residents living in 20 apartments at 310 Esplanade Ave. were ordered out by city officials, who declared the dwellings unsafe. The city will allow the residents to remove their belongings, but they will not be allowed into the apartments for anything other than that, said Mike Cully, Pacifica’s chief building official.
"Recent bluff failures have resulted in unsafe conditions for living space at 310 Esplanade Ave.,” Cully said. “Cavities in the bluff are forming to the south, west and north of the building, and these critically over-steepened slopes are anticipated to fall back ... in the next several days.” Read article.
Related, national news, Pacifica, CA. CNN/Tony Marco, 1/26/16, "Homes, apartments teetering on cliff's edge in California." .... "El Niño is hitting the city's coastline very hard and creating almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private property," Pacifica City Manager Lorie Tinfow said. "We need state and federal assistance to respond to the growing list of failing public infrastructure including the Beach Blvd. sea wall failure." .... Police Chief Dan Steidle said the city had arranged with the American Red Cross and the Pacifica Resource Center to offer assistance to residents. .... Since December, city officials say storms have damaged the pier, the Milagra Watershed Outfall and caused a sea wall to fail.
Related, State and local news. Los Angeles Times/Veronica Rocha, Contact Reporter, 1/26/16, "El Niño storms erode Pacifica bluff as homes teeter on the edge."City Manager Lorie Tinfow declared a local emergency after the storms not only wreaked havoc on the cliffside, but also caused damage to Pacifica Pier and the Milagra Watershed. Rains also triggered the failure of a seawall along Beach Boulevard and Santa Maria Avenue in the coastal Bay Area city, about 15 miles south of San Francisco.“El Niño is hitting the city’s coastline very hard and creating almost daily reports of impacts to both public and private property,” Lorie Tinfow said in a statement." Local news. NBC/Bay Area/El Niño/Staff, 1/26/16, "Pacifica City Council Approved Emergency declaration after El Niño storms slam coastline." ... Eroding cliffs along Esplanade Avenue have already led the city to declare apartment buildings at 320 and 330 Esplanade Ave. uninhabitable, and neighboring 310 Esplanade Ave. joined them today, city officials said in a statement. .... The building was "yellow-tagged," meaning residents can go inside to get belongings out but can no longer stay there. The neighboring buildings at 320 and 330 Esplanade will need to be demolished, city officials said." City tracked Esplanade Avenue cliff erosion photographs of Esplanade Avenue by Chris Dant 4/3/12 - 9/24/10, see Adequate Bird.
Note: photograph: Cliff erosion, Yellow tagged apartments, 310 Esplanade Avenue from CBS Local, 1/25/16.
Reminder City Council meeting, tonight, Monday, January 25, 2016
Consent, Item 6. "Confirming
Existence of a Local Emergency."
Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or, view on local television or live feed Pacificcoast.TV, (formerly pct26.com). If you miss civic meetings, view on PCT 26 You Tube! The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City council updates and archives are available on the City website.
Fix Pacifica article, City Council meeting, 1/25/16. Interactive City Council Agenda, 1/25/16.
7. AT&T wireless communications use permits, 11: Vallemar.
8. Appeal AT&T wireless communication, use permit, 1: Vallemar.
Recommendation continue item to City Council meeting, 2/8/16.
9. Direction on rent stabilization.
Note photograph from Associated Press/Capital Bay News/Mathias Dillon, 1/23/16, "El Nino batters the West Coast as Pacifica declares state of emergency."
Redeveloping infill to accommodate housing (mixed-use), Belmont
Updated use of land, 490 El Camino Real, Belmont
The Daily Journal (San Mateo County), Samantha Weigel, 1/22/16. "New housing development proposed for Belmont 7-Eleven site."
"Belmont could become home to some new residents if the City Council approves a proposal to redevelop a 7-Eleven and bank building into a new housing complex along El Camino Real.
The Planning Commission met Tuesday and recommended the council approve Sares Regis’ proposal to create 73 apartments and a separate single-story 4,909-square-foot commercial building at the 1.83-acre site at 490 El Camino Real.
The one-, two- and three-bedroom units range in size from 749 to 1,516 square feet and would be spread throughout two four-story buildings. The proposal also includes an underground parking garage with 138 spaces for residents, 29 at-grade parking spaces, a residential management office, fitness room and small landscaped area." Read article.
Reference, City of Belmont, Community Development Department, "Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, 490 El Camino Real Mixed Use Project, 4/20/15," prepared by M-Group, pdf 108 pages. Note the apartment complex rendering, figure 1, "East perspective from El Camino Real" is from this M-Group reference, 12/16/14, page 16.
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Typhoons Lekima and Krosa Threaten Japanese Islands
Typhoons Lekima and Krosa threatened Japanese islands on Wednesday. Typhoon Lekima posed a serious threat to the southern Ryukyu Islands and Typhoon Krosa was headed for Iwo To. At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Typhoon Lekima was located at latitude 22.4°N and longitude 126.0°E which put it about 190 miles (305 km) southeast of Ishigaki, Japan. Lekmia was moving toward the northwest at 8 m.p.h. (13 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 125 m.p.h. (200 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 155 m.p.h. (250 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 925 mb.
Typhoon Lekima rapidly intensified into the equivalent of a major hurricane on Wednesday. A small distinct eye was at the center of circulation. The eye was surrounded by a ring of strong thunderstorms and the strongest winds were occurring in that ring of storms. Several bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the core of the circulation. Storms near the core were generating strong upper level divergence which was pumping mass away from the typhoon in all directions.
Typhoon Lekima had a large circulation. Winds to typhoon force extended out about 60 miles (95 km) from the center of circulation. Winds to tropical storm force extended out about 210 miles (335 km) from the center. The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Typhoon Lekima was 23.6. The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) was 21.6 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) was 44.7. Those indices indicated that Typhoon Lekima was capable of causing widespread major damage.
Typhoon Lekima will move through an environment favorable for intensification during the next 24 hours. Lekima will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 30°C. It will move through a region where the upper level winds are weak and there will not be a lot of vertical wind shear. Typhoon Lekima could intensify further during the next day or so. It is possible that a rainband could wrap around the existing eye and eyewall. If a rainband wraps around the core of Lekima then an eyewall replacement cycle could cause weakening.
Typhoon Lekima will move around the western end of a subtropical ridge over the Western North Pacific Ocean. The ridge will steer Lekima toward the northwest on Thursday. On its anticipated track Typhoon Lekima will reach Ishigaki and the southern Ryukyu Islands in less than 24 hours. Lekima will be capable of causing major damage to the southern Ryukyu Islands. Typhoon Lekima will move more toward the north when it moves around the end of the subtropical ridge. The center of Lekima could be northeast of Taiwan within 36 hours. Typhoon Lekima could reach the east coast of China in less than three days.
At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Typhoon Krosa was located at latitude 22.1°N and longitude 140.8°E which put it about 210 miles (340 km) south of Iwo To. Krosa was moving toward the north-northwest at 5 m.p.h. (8 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 80 m.p.h. (130 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 100 m.p.h. (160 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 970 mb.
Former Tropical Storm Krosa strengthened into a typhoon on Wednesday. The inner portion of a rainband wrapped around the center of circulation and an eye formed. The inner part of the rainband closed around the eye and a circular ring of thunderstorms formed a closed eyewall. The strongest winds were occurring in the eyewall. Several bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the core of Typhoon Krosa. Storms near the center were pumping mass away to the east of the typhoon.
The circulation around Typhoon Krosa was also large. Winds to typhoon force extended out about 60 miles (95 km) from the center of circulation. Winds to tropical storm force extended out about 225 miles (360 km) from the center. The Hurricane Intensity Index for Typhoon Krosa was 11.5. The Hurricane Size Index was 22.5 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index was 34.0.
Typhoon Krosa will move through an environment mostly favorable for intensification. Krosa will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 29°C. Upper level divergence from Typhoon Lekima which is to the west of Typhoon Krosa could cause some vertical wind shear. The wind shear will not be great enough to prevent intensification, but it could slow the rate at which Typhoon Krosa strengthens.
Typhoon Krose will move into a region where the steering winds are weaker. Typhoon Krosa is forecast to move slowly toward the north during the next two or three days. On its anticipated track the center of Typhoon Krosa could be near Iwo To in about 48 hours.
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At this time of the year e-mail updates are about as welcome as mince pies. Puffed up and full of additives. Mince pies, just to explain, are an essential part of Christmas in the UK, just as ‘end of the year’ e-mails tend to make their first appearance about now.
Nevertheless I want to tell you quickly what I have been doing in 2014, and I want to thank everyone who has helped me to navigate my first year of working as an independent trainer/facilitator/coach.
Good company is the only kind to keep
Aesop says we are judged by the company we keep, and Google Analytics seems to agree. Month after month, Google tells me that one of the most visited pages at kellowlearning.com is the network page.
I am very thankful that I keep such good company. I strongly believe in the ‘strength of weak ties’, and experience tells me that good company is the only kind to keep.
The strength of weak ties
Thanks to LEAD Fellow Tristram Lewis at Oak Foundation, I had my first experience of working with the fishing sector. Then thanks to Britt Groosman at EDF I tendered successfully to facilitate a groundbreaking workshop for French and English scallop fishermen. Thanks to Chris Grieve, I found the perfect French co-facilitator, and fisheries expert, Sophie Desclers.
Thanks to LEAD Fellow Valli Murthy at British Glass, I got the opportunity to work with Parsons Brinckerhoff delivering workshops on decarbonisation and energy efficiency for the glass, chemicals, ceramics and cement industries.
How to build a sustainable learning network
I’m proud to teach on the MSC on Urban Sustainable Development in Oxford, or the MSUD as it is known. Led by David Howard and his team, the MSUD programme creates opportunities for current students, graduates and teachers to network informally. It’s a relational approach to learning that tells me the programme values its students and its teachers. For me the MSUD is a textbook example of how to build a sustainable learning community.
One of the highlights of 2014 was co-delivering a train the trainer programme for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal with yet another LEAD Fellow, Matias Linder. Prior to the training workshops, we spent a blissful few days with Hugh Maynard and his wife Neva who live in an old farmhouse surrounded by wheat fields. Hugh is a mover and shaker in LEAD Canada, and a long-term friend and colleague. Hugh and Neva looked after us so well we didn’t want to leave. When we saw our hotel in St Catherine Street, we knew we shouldn’t have.
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
I’ve also been working with sustainability ambassadors in China, and I was name-checked in UNESCO report on education for sustainable development. But now I’m boasting.
Team Blogging
Lastly I want to thank Del Redvers, Martin Gilbraith, John Lewis, Chris Grieve, Titi Tade, Capucine Carrier, Giles Bartlett and Jane Kirton who crafted outstanding blogs for Kellow Learning about leadership, strategic ignorance, resilience, the value of digressing, learning from Minecraft, scallop fishing, and youth education system. What a fabulous feast of ideas, and what a wonderfully diverse learning network.
Thank you, and see you in 2015!
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McCallom
(given name not known) d. before Jun, 1900
Leila b. Dec, 1869
McCane
Margaret b. 1727
Anne b. 1780
Ida Louise b. Mar 8, 1915, d. Jun 22, 1986
John (Dr)
Margaret Rosemary b. Oct 3, 1926, d. Dec 3, 1998
Mary Olive b. 1893, d. 1962
Millard Clarence b. Aug 15, 1917, d. Aug 13, 1989
McCanse
(given name not known)
McCarl
Mae b. Sep 22, 1896, d. Jul 1, 1972
McCarter
Blanche d. before 1956
Charles b. Dec 13, 1868
Christina E b. Mar 1, 1903, d. Apr 25, 1903
David New b. about 1868, d. 1949
Ethel P b. Jun 16, 1901
Grace A b. Mar 9, 1897
Moses b. Apr 1, 1889
Nettie B b. Aug 29, 1870
Nola b. Sep 28, 1893, d. before 1956
Sylvia Mae b. Sep 6, 1892, d. 1953
Zella M b. Nov 2, 1868, d. between 1956 and 1957
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Elizabeth Katherine
Ethel Marie b. Jan 31, 1898, d. Jan 9, 1971
Frances Zelia b. 1906
James Domonic
John Athanatius b. May 2, 1927, d. Mar 6, 1969
Josephine Catherine b. Nov 13, 1904, d. Apr 17, 1999
Mary Agnes b. Jan 4, 1890, d. Dec 25, 1988
Mary Florence
Millie Ann b. Oct 18, 1931
Minnie b. 1871
William Patrick Jr
William Patrick Sr b. May 9, 1894
Dorothy Marie b. Jul 23, 1930, d. Nov 11, 2000
McCarty (cont.)
Ada P b. Sep 1, 1898, d. May 26, 1978
Agnita b. Apr 25, 1918, d. Sep 5, 1955
Alex b. Feb 13, 1897, d. Dec 21, 1988
Bobbie Jean
Celestine Joseph
David b. Jan 15, 1837, d. Sep 11, 1910
Elizabeth Jane
Ignatius Paul b. Apr 14, 1885, d. May 4, 1958
James Richard b. Apr 13, 1869, d. Sep 6, 1949
Keller b. 1892, d. Apr 7, 1972
Laura b. Oct 5, 1914, d. Dec 6, 1990
Ludelia Margaret b. Mar 20, 1864, d. Mar 10, 1904
Mary Elizabeth b. 1843, d. 1928
Mary Helen
Melissa b. 1892, d. May 28, 1981
Nettie Rose b. Feb 15, 1896, d. Feb 28, 1973
Paul b. Apr 14, 1885, d. May 4, 1958
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The Planning Commission’s Center of Excellence (COE) for Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) has estimated that China’s total contribution for Pakistan’s development would cross $100 billion up to 2030 as more development projects would be made part of the CPEC in years to come.
“The total cost of CPEC projects has already gone up from $46 billion to $62 billion and it is hoped that the total cost will further go up to $100 billion by 2030 with inclusion of more projects into list of CPEC,” Executive Director to Center of Excellence (COE) for CPEC Dr. Shahid Rashid told journalists in press briefing here at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Thursday.
When a journalist inquired whether his own appointment was made on merit and how many economists are affiliated with Center of Excellence for CPEC, he defended his appointment on this lucrative but important position, stating that he possessed a Ph.D. degree in Supply Chain Management from a reputable international university.
He further said that he remained affiliated with NESCOM and possessed experience of 15 years and claimed that he was appointed on merit and in accordance with the eligibility criteria for hiring as ED to COE for CPEC. Earlier, he said that Dr. Safdar Sohail was brought into COE for CPEC on deputation.
He said that COE for CPEC was the nascent entity which came into being on March 27, 2017, with the formal inauguration and they were undertaking research in six thematic areas. Our total strength of workforce stands at 37 including 24 core researchers and 12 supporting staff.
The COE for CPEC, he said, possessed 6 PhDs for different areas including 2 PhDs in Economics.
The COE for CPEC, he said, was assigned for undertaking evidence-based research on different aspects of the CPEC and they also unveiled the plan to provide grant money for 107 researchers from all over Pakistan.
However, there has been criticism that the COE for CPEC, which was envisioned to become a think tank for this game changer initiative, would have to prove itself relevant to latest researches by giving leading role ahead of policymakers instead of creating another outfit to give jobs to liked ones with the policy of pick and choose on wish and whims of political masters.
But Dr. Shahid Rashid claimed that they would become independent think tank by conducting relevant research in important areas of the CPEC for establishing right kind of synergies for maximizing benefits for Pakistan.
To another query about the impact of CPEC on Pakistan’s increasing trade and current account deficits, he said that they were conducting studies for improving trade balance with China but reminded that the CPEC could not provide solutions to all economic ills being faced by the country.
Dwelling upon CPEC details, he said that there were 39 ongoing projects financed under CPEC and $29 billion projects were at the advanced stage of construction under early harvest programme.
He said Pakistan could benefit from China’s plan to relocate some of its industries but Islamabad would have to grab this opportunity as Beijing was looking for shifting its industry in all 68 countries where they were undertaking projects under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
“We can relocate industry of light engineering and other sectors from China,” he said and added that they were actively working along with Board of Investment (BoI) to come up with an effective strategy instead of adopting hooch pooch approach.
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World Cup Unforgettables – India v Pakistan 1996
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There was seldom a world cup match as eagerly anticipated, watched and rejoiced by every Indian as this encounter. For me even our world cup winning 1983 final will have to take a second place to this one. There are a couple of reasons for this. For one I was too young to even care about cricket in 1983. For another, it was the first time Pakistan was coming to play in India in 7 years. This was an aftermath of the frosty political relationship between the two nations spilling over on to the arena of sports.
The world cup of 1996 was held once again in the subcontinent and is remembered for a lot of things. It was in this world cup that a certain gentleman called Sanath Jayasurya announced his arrival as an explosive batsman at the top of the order. He started the trend of pinch hitting in ODI cricket. This aided by the shrewd and astute captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga ensured that Sri Lanka upset the form book and odds, and went on to win the world cup. It was a world cup where the minnows Kenya scored an upset victory on the West Indies. However nothing matched the drama, the emotion and the sheer intensity of this match.
1996 was the first and only world cup to have had the group matches followed by knockout matches leading up to the final. Thus India and Pakistan (the reigning world champions) came to meet each other in a quarter final at Bangalore. The stage was set and the ingredients could not have been spicier. Pakistan’s long absence from Indian soil, the tensions between the nations, the traditional history and rivalry between the two nations all contributed to the hype surrounding the match. But none of these reasons were more important than the fact that the two teams were meeting each other for the first time in a winner takes all stage at the world cup.
Pakistan suffered a major blow on the morning of the match when their captain and best bowler, Wasim Akram, declared himself unfit for the match due to a ruptured side muscle. So it was Amir Sohail who led Pakistan with Mohammed Azharuddin being his Indian counterpart. Azhar won the toss and elected to bat.
India started off with Tendulkar, so far one of the stars of the tournament, being strangely off color. However Siddhu was in his elements in this game and played a marvelous innings of 93 and took the Indian score to 168 for 2 before he departed, Even though the score sounded impressive India was meandering on at a rate of barely 4.5 runs per over.
By the time Ajay Jadeja came in India were running along to a respectable and competitive total. But Jadeja changed all that and plundered 96 runs from the last 10 overs off which 51 came of the last 3. Waqar Younis, Pakistan’s main weapon was left without a clue as to what hit him when Jadeja along with the tail hit 24 runs off his 48th over and 18 off his 50th. Jadeja hit younis for 3 fours and a six in the 48th over. It was among the most brilliant exhibition of hitting ever seen and Ajay Jadeja turned into superstar in that match. He propelled the Indian score to 287 for 8.
Pakistan was docked one over for slow over rater and had to reach the target in 49 overs. They started off in an explosive manner with Sohail and Saeed Anwar scoring at around 8 an over. Even after Anwar left for 48 off 32 balls, Sohail continued in the same vein and took the score to 113.
Then came the pivotal moment in the match, which is now part of world cup folklore. Venkatesh Prasad, an unknown bowler at the time, was hit for a four by Sohail. For some reason Sohail decided to indulge in some arrogant gamesmanship. Sohail after hitting the shot pointed his bat at the area where the bowl had disappeared and then towards Prasad apparently gesturing where he will send the next one. It was irresponsible from a captain and maybe even caused him to lose his focus.
There was a hush in the stadium and I, watching that on TV, was seething. It was a feeling shared by the millions of other Indians watching that match. Prasad bowled the next ball slightly wide. Sohail attempted the same shot again with utmost contempt. But his feet were not moving and he only managed to drag it back to his stumps. The entire country must have erupted at that second, and I was screaming my head off at the TV and pumping my fits at it. What made the moment even sweeter was Prasad returning the favor by showing the way to the pavilion to Sohail accompanied with a slew of profanities.
The entire mood of the Indian team changed after that. They were revitalized and had a spring in their step. They went on to apply pressure and wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. But despite some late charge by Rashid Latif, the match was as good as over when Miandad was run out with the score at 239.
The celebrations that occurred later on were unbelievable. The entire country seemed to have gone bonkers and there was spontaneous revelry all around. Perhaps we should have grasped their true feelings when a banner was shown in the stadium stating ‘This is the World Cup final’. And it really was for every Indian cricket fan.
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Surf Industry Riding the Digital Wave
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, Posted in: Inspiration, Author: nleavitt (July 25, 2012)
Way back in the summer of 2000, I wrote a story for Digitrends, a now defunct tech publication, which focused on how the surf industry was utilizing the Internet for branding, marketing, and sales purposes.
Fast forward 12 years later to July 2012 – which probably equates to about 200 years in tech time — and not surprisingly, there’s been a sea change (pun intended) in the industry. SurferToday.com , an international surfing news center, estimates annual revenues – about $15 billion in 2000 – now top $20 billion.
Not surprisingly with that much ka-ching at stake, surf associations, non-profits, surf shops large and small – have not only embraced the Internet, but are using every available social media tool to create and generate both buzz and revenue.
Gnarly.
So how has the industry evolved and grown online in just over a decade? Last April, the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA), which bills itself as ‘the official working trade association of more than 300 surf industry suppliers,’ held their annual Visual Merchandising and Retail Marketing Boot Camp in Dana Point, CA. Attendees and presenters talked about their digital experiences in surf retail shops.
A creative director for an interactive marketing company made a particularly cogent remark at the boot camp:
“The youth are consumers of tomorrow, not knowing a world without digital interaction.”
With this in mind, here are three brief examples of how some companies, to use some surfing slang, are ‘cranking and cooking’:
Green Lightning Surfboards
Mike Emery co-founded New Hampshire-based Green Lightning Surfboards . The company constructs boards only with recycled foam, bio-epoxy resin and hemp fabric to significantly reduce the use of fiberglass. Emery currently derives about 30% of his business from online sales.
Emery constantly scours the web for the latest in surfboard craftsmanship, and connects directly with shapers to glean the latest techniques.
“The comments and suggestions we get from some of the world’s best are right at our fingertips – it’s R&D gold,” said Emery.
Emery added that Green Lightning Surfboards regularly uses major social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to communicate with fans and followers.
“They provide us with a global reach to help prove that performance and sustainability are not mutually exclusive,” said Emery.
Wegener Surfboards
Jon Wegener, principal of Wegener Surfboards has been churning out surfboards in Southern California ‘for decades.’ He now regularly uses social media to get some traction on new projects and said about half of his sales are generated through people finding him and his company online via Facebook or his blog.
One example is his ‘greener product’ surfboards. To generate some buzz, Wegener constantly posted visuals and info about the new boards on his company’s site, emphasizing the environmentally-friendly materials used.
Most recently, the company has developed a paipo (a Hawaiian word designating a short or small board; in short, it’s a belly board). To help generate sales, one of Wegener’s friends launched a website, The Paipo Society. The site’s online mission statement reads: “We are a collective of waterborne individuals who enjoy riding finless, Hawaiian-style wood paipos. Our mission is to get every surfer to add a paipo to their quiver.”
Within a short time span the online chatter intensified and a ‘Paipo Stokefest’ is now slated for July 29 at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla, CA.
Ed Lewis Design
Ed Lewis and his partner, Kipp Denslow, are “a couple of Southern California guys who love surfing and making things.” In the past, noted Lewis, “we would never have had an audience as we lacked the budget for magazine ads and had no connections in the mainstream surf media.”
But armed with a blog, Enjoy Handplanes , the company built an audience and let the world discover what they were doing.
“Over a short time we built a business out of having fun in the garage and sharing with others online,” said Lewis.
Lewis also launched a surf blog aggregator called The Daily Shaka that puts all the people he follows into one space so others can discover and find them.
“It was really just for me so I could have a place to consolidate my favorite places, but now people worldwide use it to get stoked and the blogs on the site reap the benefits from the extra traffic – a win win,” he said.
Surprisingly, added Lewis, the bulk of his business still doesn’t come from online sales – the surf shop is the hub for closing the sale. But Lewis said their online presence helps drive customers to the shop.
Virtually every surf industry company has a website these days and most avail themselves of commonly available social media tools to augment their business.
But Lewis succinctly summed up what gets people amped (more surfer slang):
“If you can genuinely have fun at what you do, inspire the surf community with authentic material and share that through your online channels, you’ll get the most eyeballs, gather a following, and be successful.”
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Losurdo Doubles-Up on Titles as O’Connor & Duphily Earn Wins
On Saturday night, Oswego’s own Anthony Losurdo successfully defended his 2018 SBS track title while also putting himself in the history books as Oswego Speedway’s inaugural 350 supermodified track champion. The twin crowns coming in the same season were a first by an Oswego driver to do so since Jim Shampine captured the modified and supermodified track titles in 1972.
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In the SBS regular season finale Greg O’Connor nabbed the early lead away from teammate, Tony Pisa and held the point for all 30 laps en route to career-win No. 3. After a trio of laps, O’Connor led Josh Sokolic, Dave LaTulip, Andrew Schartner and Brad Haynes. Sokolic would lose the runner-up spot to LaTulip on the 13th lap.
LaTulip could hang with O’Connor, but the race leader’s No. 90 raced a solid line. Schartner would fall pitside with mechanical woes on the 21st lap. A few trips later, Haynes would sneak under Sokolic’s No. 26 for third. That opened the door for Losurdo and Mike Bruce to follow, knocking Sokolic out of the top five.
LaTulip would find more heat from behind than he was able to apply on O’Connor’s No. 90. However, he would end up holding off Haynes for second, behind race winner, O’Connor. Losurdo and Bruce rounded out the top five.
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In the 350 division, Losurdo would end up earning the championship, but it would be Stephen Duphily taking the checkered flag in his No. 11. The New Hampshire invader would take the lead away from Barry Kingsley on the seventh lap and disappear from the rest of the field.
Anthony Losurdo successfully defended his SBS track title - Robert Clark Photo
Greg O'Connor poses in victory lane after winning his third SBS feature event - Robert Clark Photo
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New Englander, Stephen Duphily, poses in victory lane after winning this fourth 350 supermodified feature at Oswego in as many visits - Robert Clark Photo
Losurdo would take the heat win over Duphily, but Duphily would get his revenge on lap three of their feature event. After sailing around Losurdo, the No. 11 would patiently wait for the right moment to make his move on Kingsley. Perched for a trio of laps on the tail of the No. 06, he would suddenly roll up the high side between turns one and two on the seventh lap. Racing by Kingsley as the duo made their way out of the second turn, Duphily would take command for good.
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Undefeated on the season, Duphily has now gone a perfect four for four in trips to the Port City.
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Bouncing back from a bone-jarring wreck in turn No. 1 just one week ago, Kingsley scored his best finish of the season, finishing in second.
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Artist Mone and Vanxay Saenphimmachak
Mone and Vanxay Saenphimmachak
Asian, Laotian
Artisan, Needleworker, Weaver
Mone Saenphimmachak was raised in Mahasai, a small village in central Laos. As a child, Mone observed her mother's skill at many forms of needlework. When she was 12, Mone began in earnest to learn the techniques of weaving and embroidery at which she was to become so skilled. "When I start weaving, it makes me sad," she said. "I remember when my mother teach me. I keep the weaving all the time because I am Lao people."
Many of the weavings Mone watched her mother make were decorated with traditional Lao embroidery, using one or two techniques: the tiny counted cross-stitch or the counted surface satin stitch. Both are accomplished on the closely woven grid of cotton aida cloth. The satin stitch is used primarily to embellish the solid-colored sarong worn by Lao women on special occasions. The cross-stitch, though sometimes used to make a border on a sarong, is traditionally applied in the decoration of bags, pillows, and other household items.
When Mone married her husband, Vanxay Saenphimmachak, he discovered that his own skills were lacking. "Usually a man learns how to make a loom from his father, but my father had a cargo boat, and he traveled a lot. I never learned from him," he said. "When I got married to Mone, her father laughed at me and said, 'Why did you get married if you don't even know how to make a loom?' I was embarrassed and studied with him very hard. After one year, I was able to make a pretty good loom for Mone. Then she could weave clothes for our family and sell some to make a little money."
The area in which the couple grew up was influenced strongly by Indian civilization. Part of this cultural legacy was a tradition of fine, highly decorative weaving and precisely executed embroidery marked by intricate geometrical designs and motifs of everyday life, such as elephants, deer and roosters.
After the Communist takeover of Laos in 1975, the couple left the country. They and their four children were eventually resettled in St. Louis, Missouri. The culture shock was severe. But Mone soon found that her skills at weaving and embroidery could help to translate Lao culture to succeeding generations in her new homeland. She weaves, she says, "so Lao people love one another.... And we may recognize ourselves by those patterns."
Vanxay has made several looms, allowing his wife to teach others or to work on several pieces at once. His looms became more elaborately decorated works of art in their own right. "Only women weave, but they cannot weave unless men make looms for them. Men build the wood part and women tie the threads together to make a new warp. Then men and women work together to put the warp threads onto the frame he has built. Only men or only women is no good. You have to both finish the loom."
Traditional Arts in Missouri. St. Louis: Cultural Heritage Center, 1990.
Mone's Skirt: The Lao Weaver's Art. Videotape, 10 minutes. St. Louis: International Institute, 1992.
Vanxay and Mone Saenphimmachak, 1993 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
Mone Saenphimmachak answers the question 'How old were you when you started weaving?' Interview by Roger Welsch, National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
Vanxay Saenphimmachak answers the question 'How many looms have you made?' Interview by Roger Welsch, National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
Vanxay Saenphimmachak answers the question 'What is the importance of weaving?' Interview by Roger Welsch, 1993 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
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Artist Molly Neptune Parker
Molly Neptune Parker
Native American, Passamaquoddy
Artisan, Basketmaker
The matriarch of four generations of Passamaquoddy basketweavers, Molly Neptune Parker began weaving baskets at a young age, using the scraps of ash wood that fell to the floor as her mother worked. Today, Parker leads efforts to share this tradition with young people, encouraging the continuance of this art form for generations to come.
Parker was born in Indian Township, Maine, into a family of basketmakers; her mother, grandmother and aunts all made baskets. While the men would harvest and pound the ash used for basketmaking, the women in her family would strip the ash and split it into the correct thickness: fine ash for fancy baskets and thicker ash for work baskets. In the Passamaquoddy tradition, families would have signature designs that were passed down. Parker continues to make baskets with ash flowers fashioned on the top, a design her mother and grandmother used.
Parker is known for her fancy baskets featuring intricate weaving techniques, such as her signature creation, the acorn-shaped basket. Basketmaking has allowed her to buy a home and help pay for the education of her grandchildren, who are also carrying on this craft. A true tradition bearer, Parker continues to preserve basketmaking in her tribal community, including mentoring her grandson George Neptune.
"Basketmaking for me is about innovation and creativity within the context of a traditional art form," says Parker. "The functionality, the materials and the shapes have been a legacy for each generation. I honor that legacy and believe I have a responsibility to continue it, basing it always on our traditions and knowledge of literally thousands of years. Basketmaking is an art that I believe I was born to do, much as my ancestors have done for thousands of years."
Parker has served as president of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance and as a master teacher in the Maine Arts Commission's traditional arts apprenticeship program. She has demonstrated her craft at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at local festivals and schools. She is a recipient of the Maine Arts Commission Fellowship Award for Traditional Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts' Native Arts Award and the First People's Fund's Community Spirit Award.
Molly Neptune Parker and her grandson George Neptune interviewed by Nicholas R. Spitzer, 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
Molly Neptune Parker interviewed by Nicholas R. Spitzer, 2012 National Heritage Fellowship Concert, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Endowment for the Arts
Molly Neptune Parker talks about her background and her history with basketmaking, Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'How have things changed on the reservation?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'How did you get started making baskets?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker talks about making scale baskets, Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'What are the materials that you use?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question "What kinds of baskets do you make at the moment?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'How many generations of basketmakers are there in your family?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'What kind of day job did you have?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'What is the biggest challenge facing your tribe?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker discusses the worst thing about basketmaking, Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'What does tradition mean to you?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'How do you teach basketmaking?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
Molly Neptune Parker answers the question 'What do you hope will happen as a result of your receiving the National Heritage Award?' Washington, D.C., 2012, interview by Alan Govenar
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Relational Aesthetics
Relational form
Artistic activity is a game, whose forms, patterns and functions develop and evolve according to periods and social contexts; it is not an immutable essence. It is the critic’s task to study this activity in the present. A certain aspect of the programme of modernity has been fairly and squarely wound up (and not, let us hasten to emphasise in these bourgeois times, the spirit informing it). This completion has drained the criteria of aesthetic judgement we are heir to of their substance, but we go on applying them to present-day artistic practices. The new is no longer a criterion, except among latter-day detractors of modern art who, where the much-execrated present is concerned, cling solely to the things that their traditionalist culture has taught them to loathe in yesterday’s art. In order to invent more effective tools and more valid viewpoints, it behoves us to understand the changes nowadays occurring in the social arena, and grasp what has already changed and what is still changing. How are we to understand the types of artistic behaviour shown in exhibitions held in the 1990s, and the lines of thinking behind them, if we do not start out from the same situation as the artists?
Contemporary artistic practice and its cultural plan
The modern political era, which came into being with the Enlightenment, was based on the desire to emancipate individuals and people. The advances of technologies and freedoms, the decline of ignorance, and improved working conditions were all billed to free humankind and help to usher in a better society. There are several versions of modernity, however. The 20th century was thus the arena for a struggle between two visions of the world: a modest, rationalist conception, hailing from the 18th century, and a philosophy of spontaneity and libera-tion through the irrational (Dada, Surrealism, the Situationists), both of which were opposed to authoritarian and utilitarian forces eager to gauge human relations and subjugate people. Instead of culminating in hoped-for emancipation, the advances of technologies and “Reason” made it hat much easier to exploit the South of planet earth, blindly replace human labour by machines, and set up more and more sophisticated subjugation techniq-ues, all through a general rationalisation of the production process. So the modern emancipation plan has been substituted by countless forms of melancholy.
Twentieth century avant-garde, from Dadaism to the Situationist Inter- national, fell within the tradition of this modern project (changing culture, attitudes and mentalities, and individual and social living conditions), but it is as well to bear in mind that this project was already there before them, differing from their plan in many ways. For modernity cannot be reduced to a rationalist teleology, any more than it can to political messianism. Is it possible to disparage the desire to improve living and working conditions, on the pretext of the bankruptcy of tangible attempts to do as much-shored up by totalitarian ideologies and naive visions of history? What used to be called the avant-garde has, needless to say, developed from the ideological swing of things offered by modern rationalism; but it is now re-formed on the basis of quite different philosophical, cultural and social presuppositions. It is evident that today’s art is carrying on this fight, by coming up with perceptive, experimental, critical and participatory models, veering m the direction indicated by Enlightenment philosophers, Proudhon, Marx, the Dadaists and Mondriaan. If opinion is striving to acknowledge the legitimacy and interest of these experiments, this is because they are no longer presented like the precursory phenomena of an inevitable historical evolution. Quite to the contrary, they appear fragmentary and isolated, like orphans of an overall view of the world bolstering them with the clout of an ideology.
It is not modernity that is dead, but its idealistic and teleological version.
Today’s tight for modernity is being waged in the same terms as yesterday’s, barring the fact that the avant-garde has stopped patrolling like some scout, the troop having come to a cautious standstill around a bivouac of certainties. Art was intended to prepare and announce a future world: today it is modelling possible universes.
The ambition of artists who include their practice within the slipstream of historical modernity is to repeat neither its forms nor its claims, and even less assign to art the same functions as it. Their task is akin to the one that Jean-François Lyotard allocated to post-modern architecture, which “is condemned to create a series of minor modifications in a space whose modernity it inherits, and abandon an overall reconstruction of the space inhabited by humankind.”1 What is more, Lyotard seems to half-bemoan this state of affairs: he defines it negatively, by using the term “condemned.” And what, on the other hand, if this “condemnation” represented the historical chance whereby most of the art worlds known to us managed to spread their wings, over the past ten years or so? This “chance” can be summed up in just a few words: learning to inhabit the world in a better way, instead of trying to construct it based on a preconceived idea of historical evolution. Otherwise put, the role of artworks is no longer to form imaginary and utopian realties, but to actually be ways of living and models of action within the existing real, whatever the scale chosen by the artist. Althusser said that one always catches the world’s train on the move; Deleuze, that “grass grows from the middle” and not the bottom or the top. The artist dwells in the circumstances the present offers him, so as to turn the setting of his life (his links with the physical and conceptual world) into a lasting world. He catches the world on the move: he is a tenant of culture, to borrow Michel de Certeau’s expression.2 Nowadays, modernity extends into the practices of cultural do-it-yourself and recycling, into the invention of the everyday and the development of time lived, which are not objects less deserving of attention and examination than Messianistic utopias and the formal “novelties” that typified modernity yesterday. There is nothing more absurd either than the assertion that contemporary art does not involve any political project, or than the claim that its subversive aspects are not based on any theoretical terrain. Its plan, which has just as much to do with working conditions and the conditions in which cultural objects are produced, as with the changing forms of social life, may nevertheless seem dull to minds formed in the mould of cultural Darwinism. Here, then, is the time of the “dolce utopia,” to use Maurizio Cattelan’s phrase…
Artwork as social interstice
The possibility of a relational art (an art taking as its theoretical horizon the realm of human interactions and its social context, rather than the assertion of an independent and private symbolic space), points to a radical upheaval of the aesthetic, cultural and political goals introduced by modern art. To sketch a sociology of this, this evolution stems essentially from the birth of a world-wide urban culture, and from the extension of this city model to more or less all cultural phenomena. The general growth of towns and cities, which took off at the end of the Second World War, gave rise not only to an extraordinary upsurge of social exchanges, but also to much greater individual mobility (through the development of networks and roads, and telecommunications, and the gradual freeing-up of isolated places, going with the opening-up of attitudes). Because of the crampedness of dwelling spaces in this urban world, there was, in tandem, a scaling-down of furniture and objects, now emphasising a greater manoeuvrability. If, for a long period of time, the artwork has managed to come across as a luxury, lordly item in this urban setting (the dimensions of the work, as well as those of the apartment, helping to distinguish between their owner and the crowd), the development of the function of artworks and the way they arc shown attest to a growing urbanisation of the artistic experiment. What is collapsing before our very eyes is nothing other than this falsely aristocratic conception of the arrangement of works of art, associated with the feeling of territorial acquisition. In other words, it is no longer possible to regard the contemporary work as it space to be walked through (the “owner’s tour” is akin to the collector’s). It is henceforth presented as a period of time to be lived through, like an opening to unlimited discussion. The city has ushered in and spread the hands-on experience: it is the tangible symbol and historical setting of the state of society, that “state of encounter imposed on people,” to use Althusser’s expression,3 contrasting with that dense and “trouble-free” jungle which the natural state once was, according to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a jungle hampering any lasting encounter. Once raised to the power of an absolute rule of civilisation, this system of intensive encounters has ended up producing linked artistic practices: an art form where the substrate is formed by inter-subjectivity, and which takes being-together as a central theme, the “encounter” between beholder and picture, and the collective elaboration of meaning. Let us leave the matter of the historicity of this phenomenon on one side: art has always been relational in varying degrees, i.e. a factor of sociability and a founding principle of dialogue. One of the virtual properties of the image is its power of linkage (Fr. reliance), to borrow Michel Maffesoli’s term: flags, logos, icons, signs, all produce empathy and sharing, and all generate boncd.4 Art (practices stemming from painting and sculpture which come across in the form of an exhibition) turns out to be particularly suitable when it comes to expressing this hands-on civilisation, because it tightens the space of relations, unlike TV and literature which refer each individual person to his or her space of private consumption, and also unlike theatre and cinema which bring small groups together before specific, unmistakable images. Actually, there is no live comment made about what is seen (the discussion time is put off until after the show). At an exhibition, on the other hand, even when inert forms are involved, there is the possibility of an immediate discussion, in both senses of the term. I see and perceive, I comment, and I evolve in a unique space and time. Art is the place that produces a specific sociability. It remains to be seen what the status of this is in the set of “states of encounter” proposed by the City. How is an art focused on the production of such forms of conviviality capable of re-launching the modern emancipation plan, by complementing it? How does it permit the development of new political and cultural designs?
Before giving concrete examples, it is well worth reconsidering the place of artworks in the overall economic system, be it symbolic or material, which governs contemporary society. Over and above its mercantile nature and its semantic value, the work of art represents a social interstice. This interstice term was used by Karl Marx to describe trading communities that elude the capitalist economic context by being removed from the law of profit: barter, merchandising, autarkic types of production, etc. The interstice is a space in human relations which fits more or less harmoniously and openly into the overall system, but suggests other trading possibilities than those in effect within this system. This is the precise nature of the contemporary art exhibition in the arena of representational commerce: it creates free areas, and time spans whose rhythm contrasts with those structuring everyday life, and it encourages an inter-human commerce that differs from the “communication zones” that are imposed upon us. The present-day social context restricts the possibilities of inter-human relations all the more because it creates spaces planned to this end. Automatic public toilets were invented to keep streets clean. The same spirit underpins the development of communication tools, while city streets are swept clean of all manners of relational dross, and neighbourhood relationships fizzle. The general mechanisation of social functions gradually reduces the relational space. Just a few years ago, the telephone wake-up call service employed human beings, but now we are woken up by a synthesised voice… The automatic cash machine has become the transit model for the most elementary of social functions, and professional behaviour patterns are modelled on the efficiency of the machines replacing them, these machines carrying out tasks which once represented so many opportunities for exchanges, pleasure and squabbling. Contemporary art is definitely developing a political project when it endeavours to move into the relational realm by turning it into an issue.
When Gabriel Orozco puts an orange on the stalls of a deserted Brazilian market (Crazy Tourist, 1991), or slings a hammock in the MoMA garden in New York (Hamoc en la moma, 1993), he is operating at the hub of “social infra-thinness” (l’inframince social), that minute space of daily gestures determined by the superstructure made up of “big” exchanges, and defined by it. Without any wording, Orozco’s photographs are a documentary record of tiny revolutions in the common urban and semi-urban life (a sleeping bag on the grass, an empty shoebox, etc.). They record this silent, still life nowadays formed by relationships with the other. When Jens Haaning broadcasts funny stories in Turkish through a loudspeaker in a Copenhagen square (Turkish Jokes, 1994), he produces in that split second a micro-community, one made up of immigrants brought together by collective laughter which upsets their exile situation, formed in relation to the work and in it. The exhibition is the special place where such momentary groupings may occur, governed as they are by differing principles. And depending on the degree of participation required of the onlooker by the artist, along with the nature of the works and models of sociability proposed and represented, an exhibition will give rise to a specific “arena of exchange.” And this “arena of exchange,” must be judged on the basis of aesthetic criteria, in other words, by analysing the coherence of its form, and then the symbolic value of the “world” it suggests to us, and of the image of human relations reflected by it. Within this social interstice, the artist must assume the symbolic models he shows. All representation (though contemporary art models more than it represents, and fits into the social fabric more than it draws inspiration therefrom) refers to values that can be transposed into society. As a human activity based on commerce, art is at once the object and the subject of an ethic. And this all the more so because, unlike other activities, its sole function is to be exposed to this commerce.
Art is a state of encounter.
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茄枝视频LONDON — A major British retailer is in hot water just days before Christmas after a customer reportedly found a desperate message inside one of its holiday cards claiming to be from prisoners in China forced to work against their will.
茄枝视频The company, Tesco, said Sunday that it had suspended the factory where the cards are produced and launched an immediate investigation.
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茄枝视频"We were shocked by these allegations and immediately suspended the factory where these cards are produced and launched an investigation.”
茄枝视频The Sunday Times newspaper that a six-year-old girl from London found the plea for help inside a box of Tesco charity Christmas cards she was hoping to send to friends.
The newspaper reported that the card, featuring a kitten in a Santa hat, also contained a message in capital letters: “We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China. Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organisation.”
茄枝视频NBC News has not been able to independently verify the existence of the message.
The card reportedly also urged the person opening it to contact "Mr. Peter Humphrey," without providing an explanation.
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The newspaper said the girl's father googled the name and found a story about a former British journalist who had spent two years in jail in China — at the same Qingpu prison.
Humphrey then went on to break the story about the message for The Times.
The family of the girl who found the message that they initially thought the message was a prank.
茄枝视频Her father, Ben Widdicombe, said he was unsure of the veracity of the message but contacted Humphrey anyway.
"After some reflection, we thought that if someone was genuinely desperate enough to write that card we should take it seriously," he told Sky News.
NBC News has reached out to Zheijiang Yunguang Printing, the company that Tesco said produced the card, for further comment, but had not heard back at the time of publication.
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While the investigation into the incident is ongoing, Tesco has stopped selling the cards from the factory.
“We have a comprehensive auditing system in place and this supplier was independently audited as recently as last month and no evidence was found to suggest they had broken our rule banning the use of prison labor,” the spokesperson added.
“If a supplier breaches these rules, we will immediately and permanently de-list them.”
茄枝视频The grocery chain told NBC News they have not received any other complaints from customers regarding messages inside Christmas cards.
茄枝视频Tesco donates about $390,000 a year from the sale of the cards to British health charities.
茄枝视频A similar incident , when a woman in Oregon found a plea for help from a Chinese prisoner hidden in a box of Halloween decorations.
, a Christmas card sold by another major British retailer came under scrutiny after a shopper found a handwritten note ostensibly from a Chinese prisoner inside.
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Scouting the Dark Territory
Michael Signorelli
The arm rests in what looks like a child’s casket. The casket rests atop Dean’s coffee table in the living room of his one-bedroom apartment. Dean stands beside the table, his eyes roaming over the remains. A navy blue silk handkerchief covers the severed end. A pile of gray Velveteen fabric, previously employed as a curtain, lines the pine box. Richard opens and closes cabinets in the kitchen, looking for glassware and finding a set of crystal tumblers. From the living room he hears the liquid bloop of a Bluetooth connection. He fills the tumblers with ice and pours the bug juice.
The inevitability of these circumstances could perhaps be traced back three months. Dean had accepted a job as registrar at a gallery in Chelsea, leaving a job as registrar at another gallery not in Chelsea. This was no seismic thing. People moved jobs. And in the new position, as in the old, he moved modern and contemporary artwork wherever it needed to be.
Soon Dean began to socialize with his new colleagues. He met the gallery’s artists and clients. He attended expensive dinner parties when shows ended and began. At one dinner, because of the promise of his future good work or more likely as an afterthought, Dean was seated across from one of the gallery’s most illustrious buyers, the comedian, actor, and musician, Steve Martin. They had been introduced when everyone was taking their seats, but now, mere minutes into the bread, Dean had somehow drifted out of conversational range. He felt he should speak up, join whatever was being said on Mr. Martin’s side of the table. It felt like a rare opportunity, sharing a meal with someone famous, someone talented and beloved, to converse with him. And why shouldn’t Steve Martin want to speak with him? Dean had manners. He wasn’t dull or crazy. In fact, he had an air about him, one that had played well to the patrician parents of his college roommates. Furthermore, and most importantly, Dean was thoughtful-looking and handsome, a man of mind and muscle, no beautiful idiot. He once read a Hallmark card with the phrase, “Wishing you everything you could ever want,” accompanied by an illustration of a heroically built man reading a book of poetry in one hand and curling a dumbbell in the other. Dean had been put through the academic paces all the way to graduate school; and yet, his ideal for living was defined by a $2.99 Hallmark card meant for single women on their birthdays. The card teaches that balance of mind and body pays out in sex with women who are getting all they could ever want. Dean aspires to the balance every morning during calisthenics, every evening in his reading, at every organic, ethically-sourced meal, and every day at his job that calls upon his sensibility as well as his strength. He was sure Mr. Martin could bear a little polite conversation.
He was not aware, however, that during this deliberation he had fixed an utterly vacant stare on Mr. Martin, who took notice of the strange, empty gaze pouring out of the strange, unknown person seated across from him. Dean snapped to attention and found Mr. Martin peering quizzically into his face, as if he might find a malignant lump moldering where his brain should be. But one moment before a verdict was reached, Dean cooed,
“Forgive me. I forgot I was here.”
Mr. Martin laughed first. Then everyone who had witnessed the exchange laughed. They all laughed, relieved by the amiable absurdity, the spontaneous truth that had passed between them. Conversation came easily to Dean after that. He had endeared himself to those gathered—and, as became clear later on, to Mr. Martin in particular.
Two Saturdays later, Steve, as he insisted Dean call him, visited the gallery to view a new show of large-scale, oil on linen, landscape paintings. The gallery assistant fetched Steve some water. He had come on his bike and was dressed like an avid cyclist. He walked from painting to painting, speaking quietly with the gallery’s owner. Dean was behind the front desk, searching for an old show catalog, when Steve completed his viewing circuit and suggested that he and Dean grab lunch that Wednesday. They could meet at The Red Cat on Tenth Avenue and then swing by a performance piece Steve was interested in seeing. A young artist from Indiana had been provoking small audiences, appearing nude and in blackface, apologizing to a live goat for an hour.
This was one of several goings-on that Dean and Steve attended together over the next month. It was too soon to call their dynamic a true friendship. Dean sensed that he was still being vetted. How well could he ever expect to know Steve, whose life could swallow up his own a hundred times over?
One night at dinner, after the check came, Dean offered to pay. Steve, as he often did, thanked Dean but insisted that that wasn’t necessary. “What’s the point if you can’t take your friends to dinner?” They smiled at one another. Steve became quiet. He looked down at the table, pushed the coffee spoon around with his finger, and then raised his eyes to meet Dean’s. “Hey,” he said, “would you like to come back to my place tonight?” Dean warmed. He struggled to keep a response from showing on his face. Steve waited with interest. Dean smoothed himself to answer sweetly and with care.
Minutes later, on the sidewalk outside the restaurant, Dean said something like, “Of course not. I am beyond flattered. I am sorry that can’t work out. If you’d rather not to continue to see me, that’s fine. I understand. But I hope we’ll talk again soon.” Steve didn’t say much. They shook hands firmly. Dean wore a pained, apologetic expression. Steve kept his mouth a flat line, his eyes steady. Dean would come to feel that in this moment he had snubbed exactly what he’d been asking for, the recognition that his innate fame had the power to enthrall even the already famous. Then a light beamed down from a rooftop across the street, catching them in spotlight. The light quickly extinguished to the sound of popping glass. The light had come from the top of an object, one now hidden in darkness, its vague outline pasted against the deep-blue sky. There was the groan of metal, the snapping of wires, and the object began to fall. At first this occurrence seemed separate, a scene to be watched, but then the object tumbled over the building’s edge, somersaulting toward them. Its base hit the ground. The rest came crashing forward in an exploding metal wave. Dean shoved Steve out of the way. They were beyond the object’s zone of impact; but a protrusion, an unseen steel thread whipping from its top, sliced Dean’s arm right off. The cut was immaculate, a pure stroke, as if the protrusion had parted one cell from another. His right arm, toned, tan, well-formed, from fingertips to high bicep appeared to be waving hello from the sidewalk. He felt no pain. His heart broke.
“My beautiful arm!”
He removed his belt to tourniquet the squirting stump. Steve enunciated their location into his cell phone. The object, no longer lit, had been a water tower. How or why the object fell, how or why there was a light, whether or not some meddling god avatar had decided to make an ambiguous point, did not matter. It was already over for Dean. He knelt to his arm, blood, vital hydraulic, bloomed around it. He cradled his arm to himself.
Steve called Richard to let him know what had happened. Richard arrived at the hospital just as the ambulance carrying Dean pulled up to the emergency room entrance. Dean held the severed arm against his chest as they stretchered him into the building. The paramedics had been unable to pry the part away. The patient was conscious and alert, his blood pressure was stable, and there was surprisingly little blood, so they made this temporary allowance. Richard followed as they wheeled Dean to a curtained space. A nurse prepared an IV and untangled the tubing. Dean saw Richard standing at the foot of his gurney. He had never felt so grateful for the sight of a friend. Richard moved forward.
“Take this and go,” Dean said
He was passing the arm to Richard.
“They’ll grind this up.”
Again, Dean, in the distracted bustle of the emergency room, pushed over the arm, hustling the limb like a swaddled babe escaping the camps.
“For the love of God,” he hissed, “Go!”
Richard left the hospital with the arm tucked beneath his jacket.
Dean swooned in grief for himself. A core string of him was pulled to the verge of snapping, and he felt as if he might tip over in an effort to lessen the tug. But he steadied and sunk down into the numb murk of himself, his eyes just above the surface of consciousness. This happened, he thought.
“If you would like us to try to reattach your arm” said a lean-faced doctor, peering over him, “you need to tell us where it is.”
“Was that an option?”
“Well, if we can’t find your arm in the next few minutes, then, yes, that was an option.”
Dean figured the arm was packed with ice in the trunk of Richard’s car, speeding up Ninth Avenue.
“My arm won’t be back in a few minutes. I’m sorry.”
The doctor stood back.
“I’m sorry,” he said, “for you.”
The doctor walked off. Dean pretended to hope for Richard’s return. He wanted to feign compliance with what the doctor knew was best. He knew also the measure of acceptance necessary to make this ordeal bearable. He endured the present. Hospital business blurred around him. A nurse would look him over, give him pills, adjust the angle of his bed. A doctor would arrive, mumble into the chart, check his pupils, murmur to the nurse, say, “You’re there. You’re okay. Do you feel awake?” The next afternoon a vase with white flowers, Amaryllis, Dean was told, arrived with a note that read, “You saved me. I will be forever grateful. Yours, Steve.” Very nice, Dean thought. Enjoy.
In his apartment, his ridiculous apartment—only so because of the private spectacle being indulged—Dean and Richard stand side by side, facing the coffin, a glass of Richard’s bug juice, his Southern family’s elixir, held by each. From the speakers triangulated around Dean’s living room, the theme from The Last of the Mohicans, on a track called “The Kiss,” plays on repeat. Those people are never coming back. Dean’s arm will never return. His body can no longer enchant. As grander dreams dissolve, his self-regard has only one truth to contemplate. This noble warrior of loosed flesh, Dean pretends, this severed part of what I once was, should fly with its portion of spirit. His arm, an advance scout into the dark territory.
Michael Signorelli’s writing has appeared in Cousin Corinne’s Reminder, Howler, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. He works as a senior editor at Henry Holt. Find him on Twitter at @EditorSig
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Wednesday, April 28, 1999 Published at 21:46 GMT 22:46 UK
Zoe crowned queen of radio
Zoe Ball celebrates with fiance Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook
BBC Radio 1 DJ Zoe Ball has carried off the top prize at the Sony Radio Awards, in her first year as a solo radio presenter.
BBC's Declan Wilson: Radio is still a force to be reckoned with
Veteran broadcaster John Peel also carried off a hat-trick of prizes for his Radio 4 programme Home Truths.
Judges gave Ball the Gold Award for her "high-profile contribution to the public image of UK radio over the past 12 months".
Accepting her award from 1960s pop legend Marianne Faithfull she said: "I am afraid I am going to do a bit of a Gwyneth (Paltrow).
"I am not going to cry, but I am going to list lots of people I want to thank."
Among them were former Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister and current Radio 1 chief Andy Parfitt "for keeping me when the ratings went a bit wobbly"'.
Missed out on breakfast award
John Peel: Alternative music icon - but a winner for his Radio 4 show
She succeeded Virgin Radio rival Chris Evans, who won the Gold Award last year - but, like Evans, missed out on the breakfast music award.
That went to Adam Cole of Manchester commercial station Galaxy 102, who pushed Ball into second place, and was praised for a "deep understanding" of his audience.
Although best known for his work on Radio 1, John Peel's Radio 4 Home Truths programme carried off awards in the magazine, short form and weekend talk categories.
Entertainment journalist Mark Ecclestone: "Home Truths is a great piece of radio"
Judges said: "Home Truths takes what could be a banal programme brief and turns it into highly memorable and compelling radio.
"John Peel is the star of the show because of his very self-deprecating manner."
Home Truths beat BBC News Online's own programme on the World Service, Newstalk, in the weekend talk category. The programme, now called Talking Point ON AIR, won a silver award. It gives listeners worldwide the chance to quiz correspondents and experts on the issues of the day.
At the start of the ceremony, the chairman of the Sony Radio Awards committee Tim Blackmore called for the thousands of guests to remember murdered BBC presenter Jill Dando, who used to work at BBC Radio Devon.
He said: "I think it is right and proper that her name should be in our thoughts at this celebration of the skills of broadcasting."
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The ceremony, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, was hosted by Paul Gambaccini and Kirsty Young.
Last year's Sony Gold winner, BBC Radio 2, beat BBC Radio 1 and Classic FM to be named UK Station of the Year.
Judges praised its "broad and distinctive programming" and said: "Radio 2 shows a confident and mature ability to serve an audience across the nation."
Radio 2's new image has been credited to new presenters like Mark Lamarr, who was named music broadcaster of the year. His Radio 2 rock 'n' roll show Shake, Rattle and Roll also won the special interest music programme category.
Inverness-based commercial station Moray Firth Radio won the small station of the year award for the fourth year running.
The regional winner for stations with potential audiences up to 12 million was Glasgow-based easy listening station Clyde 2.
Zoe Ball's breakfast show predecessor, Mark Radcliffe, won his second gold award for the afternoon show he hosts with Marc 'Lard' Riley, while Radio 1 colleague Pete Tong also scooped gold for his Essential Selection dance show.
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FAA inspector's memo details maintenance concerns at NWA
by Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector raised serious concerns about maintenance errors in the first days of the mechanics strike at Northwest Airlines. (MPR File Photo)
Minnesota Public Radio News has obtained a Federal Aviation Administration inspector's memorandum detailing safety concerns about Northwest Airlines in the first few days of the strike by the airline's mechanics. The Twin Cities-based inspector has since been reassigned following the airline's complaint that he acted unprofessionally. Federal authorities are investigating the situation.
St. Paul, Minn. — The inspector's memo cites numerous examples of mistakes on the part of replacement workers and Northwest managers, who have been taking care of the airline's fleet in place of union mechanics. Northwest and federal officials say the company's fleet is safe.
The document dated Aug. 22, three days into the mechanics' strike, raises serious concerns about Northwest Airlines' ability to maintain its aircraft. It states that replacement workers and reassigned Northwest managers were making maintenance errors.
The memo doesn't address conditions at the airline since Aug. 22. There are indications the airline has overcome some early struggles. Northwest's on-time performance, for example, has improved significantly since the early days of the strike.
But on the third day of the strike the author of the memo, Twin Cities-based FAA inspector Mark Lund, wrote the situation at Northwest "jeopardizes life or property."
Minnesota Public Radio News obtained the memorandum from a source close to the situation.
The FAA's chief spokesman, Greg Martin, confirmed the document's authenticity. Martin called the specific allegations as yet unsubstantiated and would not comment on them.
Martin says it's important to note just one inspector has come forward with criticism.
Martin says the situation is complicated by Lund's own union ties. Lund is active in the union that represents FAA inspectors, even though he is not affiliated with Northwest's striking mechanics union.
We want to be able to very carefully sort through those charges, and make sure that we establish the merits and substance, whether it be Northwest's charges or this inspector's charges.
- FAA spokesman Greg Martin
"This is all in the context of a very contentious labor-management situation. So an expected byproduct of that is, from time to time you will get these sorts of charges and countercharges. Certainly in this case an individual ... happens to be a union official with the FAA inspectors," says Martin. "So we want to be able to very carefully sort through those charges, and again make sure that we establish the merits and substance, whether it be Northwest's charges or this inspector's charges."
Lund's memo recommends increased FAA oversight of Northwest and a reduced flight schedule.
The memo cites several examples of errors in aircraft maintenance operations FAA inspectors have observed.
In one instance, a line maintenance manager couldn't find the right switches to conduct an engine check on an Airbus A320. The manager, according to the inspector, acknowledged he had never performed an engine run on a live A320, and had only recently been trained on a simulator.
A replacement mechanic was unsure how to close the passenger entry door on a Boeing 757. Another failed to set the brakes on a plane, as required, to assess the condition of brake wear pins.
Lund also details an incident in which human waste spilled into the electrical equipment bay of a DC-10 because of a broken lavatory duct. The bay houses flight and navigational equipment.
In that case, according to the inspector's memo, a Northwest manager wanted to clear the aircraft for a flight to Hawaii, but the FAA stepped in to ensure the plane was properly cleaned and checked.
Lund is not speaking with reporters. Officials with his union say Lund felt sending his memo to FAA management, not going public, was the most appropriate way to raise his concerns.
FAA spokesman Greg Martin says the document triggered what he's calling two extensive investigations by both the FAA and the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General.
"The first and foremost [is] the investigation into the safe operations of Northwest," says Martin. "That's always our primary focus -- the safety of the traveling public and an airline's operating safely."
Martin says the second investigation is focused on the inspector who wrote the memo.
"We had received complaints that the inspector was intimidating Northwest replacement workers, was unprofessional in his conduct and exceeded his authority," says Martin, "so we are also investigating those charges."
Martin says Lund has been temporarily reassigned to administrative duties. Martin says the FAA nearly doubled the number of full-time inspectors watching over Northwest when the strike began, increasing their numbers from 50 to 80. He says the FAA has made no changes to its oversight of Northwest since receiving the memo.
Minnesota Public Radio News furnished Northwest Airlines with a copy of the memo. The airline declined to respond, but reissued a statement that "safety is of paramount importance to every employee at Northwest Airlines." The airline also noted that it is under increased surveillance by the FAA.
Linda Goodrich, the national vice president for flight standards at the union that represents FAA inspectors, says Northwest has no basis to question Lund's professionalism.
Goodrich says it's unfortunate the inspector has been removed from his normal duties where his skills are urgently needed.
"He's always been a professional," says Goodrich. "He's been doing this probably close to 15 years. And I don't know of anybody that's ever seen him in anything other than the capacity of doing his job as a professional at all times."
Goodrich says since the investigation became public, other FAA inspectors have raised similar concerns within their union.
U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, DFL-Minn., received the memo and wrote to the FAA and the Department of Transportation asking for an investigation of the allegations.
Dayton's letter says in addition to the memo, his office has received allegations that from Aug. 20 to Aug. 31, nearly 500 FAA inspector reports filed at the Twin Cities office were not entered into an electronic database.
Dayton says those reports cited defects at a dramatically higher rate than before the strike -- a rate that would normally trigger an internal FAA alert.
Still, Dayton says the head of the FAA assures him Northwest's operations are safe. Dayton say he's avoiding Northwest because he does not want to cross the mechanics' picket line, not because of safety concerns.
"I would not at this point advise anyone to not fly Northwest, based entirely upon the assurance that I've been given by the FAA," says Dayton. "I'm not qualified to advise anybody about safety matters other than rely on the expertise of those that have been established carrying out those responsibilities. But again, I've been given that assurance by the highest person responsible for those reviews and decisions, the FAA administrator."
Minnesota Public Radio News also furnished the memo to aviation consultant Jim Hall, the former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Hall called the memo well-documented. He says the concerns it raises are serious, and warrant a high level of attention from the FAA.
"It raises questions about the training that these individuals received before they were put in line responsibilities," says Hall.
Even though the FAA is investigating Northwest's allegations that the inspector acted unprofessionally, Hall says any time an inspector raises concerns like these, they deserve serious consideration.
"When I was in government I always paid close attention to whistleblowers. While sometimes people consider them a thorn in the side, many times they're very conscientious individuals who are trying to do their job," says Hall.
The FAA says it hopes to have a clearer picture of the investigation by later this week or early next week.
'Miraculous': Two Harbors teen survives crash with moose
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Downs Syndrome Museum
A museum about Downs Syndrome has been opened in Teddington.
Normansfield hospital on Normansfield Avenue was the home to Dr John Langdon-Down’s revolutionary work which established how patients were treated.
Ian Jones-Healey is the archivist at the Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability and he welcomed Richmond mayor to officially open the new centre.
More information can be seen at http://langdondownmuseum.org.uk
Full Time at The Stoop in Twickenham
Harlequins returned to the field after the half-time break trailing Leicester Tigers 3 - 7.
The home side were determined to make amends following their first-half performance. After 10 minutes the Quins secured another 3 points from a penalty.
Although the Tigers were gifted their own chance at 3 points just a few minutes later after Quins failed to release a tackled player, the visitors did not capitalize and the ball was struck wide of the posts.
Leicester looked threatening and it was not long before they scored their second try of the game after they chased down the ball. The conversion again sent wide.
Although Harlequins scored from another penalty, the Tigers were determined to keep their own momentum going. A long throw from a Quins line-out reached opposition hands which was then run in for their third try. This time they added the conversion.
In a bizarre turn of events in the dying minutes, Quins threw away a great chance of crossing the try line and knocked-on. The teams, however, were called back. A yellow card reduced the Tigers by one in the last 30 seconds and Quins were given a penalty, which was sent wide.
A disappointing performance from the home side, clearly missing their elite.
Full time in the Anglo-Welsh Cup: Harlequins 9 - 19 Leicester Tigers
Half-Time at The Stoop in Twickenham
Harlequins started strong in their attack but were weak in defense.
Within 5 minutes poor tackling by the home side allowed Leicester Tigers an easy try. A successful conversion gave the visitors a 7 point lead.
Quick ball from the Quins allowed them to gain a strong attacking position and score a penalty kicked in front of the posts.
The first-half continued with pressure from both sides but neither were able to get the upper hand.
Half time: Harlequins 3 - 7 Leicester Tigers.
Anglo-Welsh Cup action from The Stoop in Twickenham
Rugby Union side Harlequins are in action this afternoon. They face Leicester Tigers in the LV=Cup.
Both teams are currently second in their respective pools and both are in the hunt for semi-final paces in this Anglo-Welsh Cup.
The Quins have several changes to their side with players involved in England and England Saxons training.
This is set to be a tough game, kicking off at 3pm.
Woman jailed for stabbing in Battersea
A woman's been jailed for 12 years after a vicious robbery in Battersea.
Andrei Vidasinhas was convicted of GBH and attempted robbery at Kingston Crown Court.
She attacked the victim in Bramlands Close last July stabbing her 4 times while trying to steal her handbag.
PSG sign Chelsea defender Alex
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of Chelsea defender Alex.
The Brazilian's moved to the French club after spending 8 years at Stamford Bridge.
PSG are managed by former Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti.
Hampton re-sign Powell
Hampton and Richmond have re-signed Darren Powell.
The 35 year old made his first steps in senior football with the Beavers in the 1997-98 season before a move to Brentford kick started his career.
During his career, he played at the highest levels, spending time at Crystal Palace and will be available for tomorrow’s game at Havant & Waterlooville.
Fulham in cup action
Fulham travel to Everton in the FA Cup fourth round tonight looking for their first away win since last October.
The west Londoners will be looking to Clint Dempsey to continue his impressive scoring form, after his hat-trick against Newcastle last weekend.
Manager Martin Jol says the American could play a vital part this evening.
Ferdinand to get police escort
Anton Ferdinand will be escorted by police to and from Loftus Road for tomorrow's cup clash with Chelsea.
The Sun says the Rangers defender has forked out 30 thousand pounds on extra personal security.
It's the first meeting between the two clubs since Chelsea skipper John Terry allegedly racially abused Ferdinand last October.
Terry will appear in court next week to face charges.
Police search for man missing in Surbiton
Police are concerned about the welfare of man who’s gone missing from his home in Surbiton
55 year old Phillip Ian Melham was last seen by his partner on Tuesday at their home in Catherine Road.
He's white, 6ft 1in tall with blue eyes, and short
receding grey hair.
He usually carries a white England rucksack with him.
He’s known to use public transport and ride a black mountain
bike.
Eight arrested on suspicion of drug offences
Police have arrested eight people on suspicion of conspiracy to supply approximately 11 kilos of cocaine.
The haul has an estimated street vale of over £1.5million.
Three arrests were made in Northampton with the remaining five people arrested in Kingston, Southwark and Bexley.
Approximately £30,000 cash was also recovered after officers carried out extensive searches.
23 charged with drug offences after raids
Twenty three people have been charged with a variety of offences in connection with the supply of Class A drugs.
They are all due to appear before magistrates at Guildford today.
Police carried out a series of raids across Surrey yesterday.
Surrey wants Olympic volunteers
Surrey County Council is issuing a call for volunteers to help make Olympic history.
People have until the end of the month to apply to be Surrey Ambassadors on the days the Olympic cycle events and torch relay take place in the county.
Ambassadors need to be 18 or over and be able to commit to at least two days.
Kingston to get first "zero carbon" home
A couple have been given the 'green light' to build Kingston's first “zero carbon” home.
Last month Kingston Council approved plans submitted by architect Andrew Tetlow and his wife to construct a new eco home in Surbiton.
Most of the three bedroom house will be built from wood timber and will feature emission technologies to reduce carbon.
Homes are one of the biggest sources of carbon and it has been proposed that the zero carbon standard should apply to all new homes from 2016.
Hoops boost their defence
QPR have signed Nedum Onuoha from Manchester City.
The defender's joined the club on a four-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Onuoha becomes Mark Hughes' second signing since he took over as Rangers new manager earlier this month.
Fisher off the pace in Abu Dhabi
The biggest names in golf are in the Middle East for the Abu Dhabi Championship.
Rory McIlroy and Sweden's Robert Karlsen are joint leaders on five under after the first round.
Cheam's Ross Fisher is on 1 over.
Police in Surrey carry out drug raids
25 people are in custody following a series of dawn raids aimed at tackling the supply of Class A drugs.
A six-month intelligence-led operation by Surrey Police led to searches this morning across Surrey, and at properties in London and East Sussex.
Officers say they also seized a significant amount of drugs and cash.
Boris thinks about Hammersmith tunnel
London’s Mayor is persisting with his idea of removing the Hammersmith flyover altogether.
Boris Johnson says the best thing would be to replace the ailing structure with a tunnel.
Only one lane in each direction has reopened since it was closed amid safety fears on December 23rd.
Engineers have promised it will be open fully in time for the Olympics but Boris says repairs may only make it last 15 years more.
Kingston Council rubbishes traders' claims
Kingston Council has denied a part of Tolworth is a health hazard.
A number of complaints have been made about Broad Oaks behind Tolworth Broadway after weeks of rubbish were allowed to build up over Christmas.
Although it is the traders’ responsibility to keep the area clean, it is constantly plagued by fly tippers, so hard to keep control of.
A spokesman for the council says an Environmental Health inspector visited the site and found no hazardous substances or waste.
The rubbish, which consisted of two mattresses, has now been cleared.
Wandsworth may get employ new powers to tackle drinkers
Wandsworth council is set to employ new legal powers that give additional support to the police’s efforts in tackling problem street drinkers.
Councillors are expected to approve the use of Designated Public Place Orders to tackle specific problems in clearly defined areas at a meeting tonight.
A DPPO is designed to tackle nuisance, annoyance and disorder caused by the consumption of alcohol in public places.
It gives police additional powers to prevent street drinkers from disturbing residents and engaging in anti-social behaviour.
Fire and Ambulance services discuss sharing stations
Discussions are underway looking at the possibility of some London Fire and Ambulance crews sharing stations.
In its response to a GLA report into the future of the London Ambulance Service which was published late last year.
The Fire Authority report suggests that more joint stations and headquarters and collaboration between control rooms could deliver a better service to Londoners and save money.
Big Lottery Fund to Help Vulnerable Children in Croydon
Croydon Family Power has been awarded money from the Big Lottery Fund which helps the UK’s most vulnerable children.
The project supports children aged five to ten years old, growing up in families experiencing complex problems such as unemployment, homelessness, poverty, health problems and domestic violence.
Jackie spoke to Mark McGann whose Director of the Big Lottery Fund. He says this programme is focused on supporting the children within these troubled families.
The money will be used to fund professionals who offer families the support they need.
Drug Swoop Across Surrey
Seventeen properties including addresses in Epsom, Ewell and Spelthorne were searched in a drugs raid early this morning.
Surrey Police says the aim’s to remove those supplying Class A drugs from the streets.
It’s the largest co-ordinated activity in the borough since 2006 and has taken six months of under cover investigation to achieve.
Eight Out of Ten Benefit Claimants ARE Fit to Work
New sickness benefit checks have revealed eight out of ten claimants are fit to work.
Since the new assessment system, thousands have stopped claiming hand outs, however there are still over nine hundred thousand people who have been on incapacity benefit for over a decade.
Employment Minister and MP for Epsom and Ewell Chris Grayling says the majority of new claimants are able to work.
Hounslow's in the Middle of an Educational Surge
Children from low income families in Hounslow are more likely to get significantly better GCSE results than those in other boroughs nationwide.
Think Tank Centre Forum has ranked Hounslow 8th out of one hundred and forty eight councils with forty seven per cent of pupils achieveing five or more GCSEs grade A* to C.
Hounslow received its best ever GCSE results last year despite having over eight hundred pupils classed as poor.
However, in nearby Hammersmith and Fulham, only fifty one percent of students gained the same grades despite the authority having significantly less children classed as poor in its schools.
Children's Trust Tadworth
A petition's been started to improve road safety by the friends and family of a child who's been left critically injured after a hit and run.
Eleven year old Miles Rogers is still in rehab at the children's Trust in Tadworth after being knocked down in October.
The accident happened outside the Sheppey Rugby Club.
Streatham Fire
A man's had a lucky escape after a fire tore through a house in Streatham.
Four fire engines and around twenty firefighters attended the blaze on Abercairn Road yesterday evening.
It turns out no fire alarms were fitted and an investigation is now underway.
Star Trek Croydon
A man from Croydon has taken himself off Job Seekers Allowance, because he's started building Star Trek props.
36 Stefan Blakemore was diagnosed with Aspergers as a child and wasn't able to get a job.
He made replicas of items seen in the sci-fi programme in his garage, and started selling them at conventions.
He's now looking for a bigger workshop to bodly expand his business.
Number of spectators has increased for Surrey Olympic Cycle Race
The amount of people allowed to view the Surrey Olympic Cycle has been increased following a surge in demand.
The number has gone from 3,500 to 15 thousand on the zig zag stretch on Box Hill.
The move comes after months of negotiations between the London Organising Committee and the National Trust.
The rest of the route through the Surrey countryside and 6 London boroughs remains free for spectators.
Two jailed for money laundering
Two men have been jailed for a total of 17 years for laundering 20 million pounds of criminal cash through a foreign exchange counter.
45 year old Andrew Barnett from Twickenham and 41 year old Daniel Keenan from Egham Hill pleaded guilty.
They sparked suspicion after they made 22 separate cash transactions of more than £400,000 in a 10-month period.
Detectives arrested Barnett after he changed half a million Euros in cash at a money service bureau in Marble Arch.
Keenan was jailed for 11 years and Barnett for six years.
People asked for opinions on Mitcham leisure centre
People living near a leisure centre in Mitcham are being asked for their views on its redevelopment.
Canons wants to upgrade its site which includes tennis courts and a multi use games area, as well as erect a number of flood lights.
Two pre - planning meetings are taking place where residents can see maps and drawings of the site.
They’re taking place on Friday 27th and Sunday 29th between 12 noon and 4pm at the centre on Madeira Road.
Praise for Surrey police
Surrey Police has been recognised for the way it handles sensitive crime data.
Inspectors visited the force last year as part of a national audit.
They found that staff working in the control room and contact centre were well equipped and informed to deal with emergency calls.
They also noted that victims of crime and non emergency calls were treated in a knowledgeable way.
More people in Surrey could watch Olympic cycle race
An extra 11,500 spectators could be allowed to watch the 2012 Olympic cycling race when it comes to Surrey in the summer.
Box Hill is being described as the "best vantage point" for the road race.
Concerns have been raised about the amount of spectators and the damage they may do to surrounding wildlife.
However, the National Trust says it will work to accommodate the crowds and also improve the habitat in the long run.
Chelsea could sign Genk midfielder
Chelsea are in talks to sign teenager Kevin de Bruyne from Genk.
A spokesman for the Belgian club says its director has flown into London to discuss the deal.
It is believed the midfielder could sign by the end of the week, but be loaned back to Genk for the rest of the season.
North Cheam fire update
About 50 people have been evacuated from an area of North Cheam after a fire.
30 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a range of garages behind Evans Autos on London Road.
An evacuation zone has been set up because there's propane gas cyclinders in the garages.
Around 50 people living nearby have been moved away.
Crews expect to be on the scene for the next few hours.
Staines street shut off after collision.
South Street in Staines was closed for more than three hours after a collision between a pedestrian and a black BMW.
A man in his seventies was taken by ambulance to St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey.
The pensioner was treated at the scene first but there are no reports of any serious injuries.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or who has any information about the incident should call Surrey Police on 101 - quoting reference P12024460 - or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Driver advised to avoid M25 at Wisley
Motorists are being advised to avoid the clockwise carriageway of the M25 close to junction 10 at Wisley.
It follows a single vehicle collision this afternoon.
Emergency services were called after a lorry collided with a barrier on the hard shoulder just after 1.
The driver's been taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting.
Two lanes of the clockwise carriageway have now been reopened but motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Fire fighters fight blaze in North Cheam
Fire fighters are at the scene of a blaze at Evans Autos in North Cheam.
They were called just before 3pm to 673 London Road.
We'll keep you fully updated with travel throughout the afternoon.
New moves on daylight
There's new moves to give us more daylight later in the day.
The Daylight Saving Bill ran out of time to be voted on last week but could now be given a new lease of life.
Twickenham MP Vince Cable says he’s in talks with Kingston and Surbiton MP, Ed Davey on another attempt to get the bill heard.
The move could see an hour of light shift from morning to evening to help cut carbon emissions.
Apprenticeship boost in South West London
Youngsters across South West London looking for an apprenticeship are to benefit from 1.25 million pound handout.
Sutton, Wandsworth, Merton, Croydon, Kingston and Richmond councils made a bid for the cash from the European Social Fund.
It means over next two years around 700 people will be given opportunities through various programmes.
Surrey fights for its library plan
Surrey County Council is asking the High Court to reverse a temporary order blocking plans for its libraries.
It's idea is for communities to take over the day to day running of ten libraries in Surrey including Ewell Court and Stoneleigh.
Surrey says it understands some people don't agree with the plan but its also received a lot of support.
Offenders set to work in Sutton
Criminals ordered to complete a stint of community service have been set to work on sprucing up a scout hut in Sutton.
2nd Cheam Scout Hut will have its gutters cleared, ceiling painted and its overgrown trees cut down.
The work continues over the next 6 months.
Woman bitten in dog attack in Epsom
Surrey Police are appealing for information after a woman and her dog were attacked by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in Epsom.
The incident took place at Epsom Park on London Road on Saturday afternoon.
The woman was bitten on the hand while she was trying to free her dog while the Labrador needed veterinary treatment.
Police investigate hit and run in Epsom
Police are searching for a young woman with blonde hair, who may have been involved in a suspected hit and run in Epsom.
A cyclist was left with chest injuries after being in a collision with a black ford fiesta or focus on Kiln Lane 3 weeks ago.
Police say the car would have been damaged and would like anyone with information to come forward.
Man Charged with Boxing Day Murder
A man’s been charged with murdering a teenager in London’s Oxford Street on Boxing Day.
18-year-old Seydou Diarrassouba from Mitcham, was stabbed to death outside a sports shop.
Thulani Khumalo is due to appear before magistrates in Hendon tomorrow.
Seven other men are still on bail.
Merge meets criteria
Two NHS trusts seeking to merge with Epsom and St Helier hospitals in Surrey and South London have met the criteria for the move.
That's according to health chiefs.
Epsom and St Helier NHS is seeking to demerge its hospitals, under the move.
Ashford and St Peter's is bidding to merge with Epsom Hospital and St George's in London is bidding to merge with St Helier.
Both bids still have to go before the boards and the health authority.
Hampton and Richmond game is off
Hampton and Richmond's cup game tonight has been postponed due to a water logged pitch.
The second round replay in the FA Trophy against East Thurrock will now be played on the 31st.
Oscar Nomination List
List of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announced today:
1. Best Picture: "The Artist," 'The Descendants," 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," 'The Help," 'Hugo," 'Midnight in Paris," 'Moneyball," 'The Tree of Life," 'War Horse."
2. Actor: Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"; George Clooney, "The Descendants"; Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"; Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."
3. Actress: Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"; Viola Davis, "The Help"; Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"; Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"; Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn."
4. Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"; Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"; Nick Nolte, "Warrior"; Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"; Max von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close."
5. Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"; Jessica Chastain, "The Help"; Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"; Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"; Octavia Spencer, "The Help."
6. Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"; Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"; Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life."
Prison administrator convicted of misconduct in a public office
A prison administrator who had an affair with an inmate has walked free from court.
Claire Steers who worked at High Down in Sutton was convicted of misconduct in a public office.
However she was let off after the female Judge sympathised with her situation.
Susan Matthews told Steers she wasn’t the first or last to make a fool of herself in the name of love.
Police release details of car damage suspect in Walton
Police have released CCTV images of a suspect attacking a car in Walton.
It took place in the early hours of New Years Eve.
The grey Audi Q5 was on display outside a dealership and was scratched up to 40 times.
The suspect’s a white man wearing a dark jacket and trousers and white trainers, and carrying a rucksack.
Police re-appeal over car jacking in Sunbury
Detectives are re-appealing for information after a car jacking in Sunbury.
It took place in the grounds of Groveley Recreation Ground last Monday afternoon.
Two men threatened a 30-year-old woman from Sunbury and demanded her car.
The first suspect is a white man in his mid twenties, slim and around 6ft.
The second is also as a white man in his mid twenties, stocky build, 5ft 8 and was wearing dark clothing.
The stolen vehicle was found abandoned in Sunbury several hours after the robbery.
Police investigate after girl approached by man in Epsom
Police are investigating after a nine-year-old girl was approached by a stranger in Epsom.
It took place on Sunday January 8th when the girl was walking in the Downland Way / Upland Way area with her family.
Police say the man left in a grey or silver small hatchback or MPV style vehicle.
He's white, around 40 to 50-years-old, with short grey hair, spoke with a southern accent and smelt of cigarettes.
Police says they are increasing patrols and are sending letters to parents who have children in local schools.
Palace take advantage into second leg
Crystal Palace take a narrow one-goal advantage into the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at Cardiff tonight.
Palace have rested a number of players in the league in anticipation of reaching the final at Wembley.
Tonight they welcome back Dean Moxey and Alex Marrow from injury – while Sean Scannell returns after a ban.
It’s been a fairytale run in the competition so far knocking out Manchester United at Old Trafford on the way.
All this after the club nearly went out of business eighteen months ago, to be saved by a fan’s consortium.
Their last and only cup final win was back in 1991 – when they won the now defunct Zenith Data Systems Cup.
But the omens for tonight are good – Palace have never lost to Cardiff in six previous cup clashes.
A third of streetlights replaced in Surrey
Surrey County Council’s project to reduce light pollution by installing new streetlights is a third of the way to completion.
Countryside campaigners are the latest group to back the plans to replace nearly 90-thousand orange lights with white lamps.
It’s thought they will save 12-million pounds and reduce carbon emissions by 60-thousand tonnes over the next 25 years.
The majority of the streetlight replacement work has been carried out in Elmbridge, Spelthorne and Guildford.
Landlord in Mitcham fined
A landlord in Mitcham has been fined around 13-thousand pounds for a string of offences.
Vipinchandra Malkan managed a number of properties on London Road.
Last January, an inspection found one house to be in multiple occupation, as well as a neighbouring property.
Both were found to have inadequate fire safety and shared facilities were dirty.
Tremlett out of second Test match
England bowler Chris Tremlett looks unlikely to be fit for the second Test against Pakistan on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Surrey paceman who bowled only 21 overs in the first Test, taking no wickets, did not take part in training today due to a sore back and side.
England are looking to bounce back from last week's 10-wicket defeat.
Plans turned down in Wandsworth
Plans to redevelop part of the Prices Candles Factory on York Road in Wandsworth have been rejected.
Wandsworth's planning committee said they wouldn't provide enough affordable housing.
The proposal was to demolish most of the site's existing buildings to create 116 new homes, of which 17 would have been available through shared ownership.
Funding blues for Richmond
It’s bad news for Richmond Council today as it missed out on a second phase of grants from the Mayor’s Outer London Fund.
It means that projects which needed this round two funding will have to be reviewed.
Richmond received £1.2m from the fund last year, which went towards ‘street scene’ projects in Twickenham, Whitton and Barnes
Smash and grab in Staines
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a smash and grab burglary in Staines yesterday.
A group of men smashed the window of H. Samuel in the Elmsleigh centre at about 5.40am.
They stole several thousand pounds worth of jewellery before making off in the direction of Staines Bridge.
Anyone with information should contact Surrey Police.
Sutton officer retires after 30 years service
A superintendent from Sutton Police Station is retiring after 30 years in the service.
Chas Bailey has worked in the borough for the last 7 years, and prides himself on the part he's played in reducing crime.
He says the introduction of technology in the past 30 years has helped police officers to do their job more efficiently.
More details released on hacking investigation
More details have been released about how the News of the World managed to hack Milly Dowler's mobile phone in the days after she went missing.
A journalist told police that they got the murdered Walton schoolgirl's number and pin from other children.
Chairman of the Culture Committee John Whittingdale says journalists then impeded the police investigation into Milly's death by insisting she was alive - based on what they'd heard.
Reeves family speak of re-building Croydon store
The family who own the House of Reeves furniture store that was burned down during the summer riots have spoken out about the rebuild.
They say they will not build an exact replica of the previous building because it was so old.
Croydon Council will hold a meeting this week to discuss a ‘planning brief’ for the redevelopment.
But a draft brief drawn up by officials indicates they would accept ‘the reconstruction of a facsimile’.
Man jailed for sex offences
A former racing driver has been jailed at Isleworth Crown Court today
for child sex abuse offences committed in Hounslow in the 1970's.
67 year old Christopher Skeaping was sentenced to
seven and a half years in prison.
Detectives are also taking this opportunity to appeal for further
possible victims of Skeaping's to come forward and speak to police.
It's known that he lived in Hounslow in the 1970's and Bracknell in the
1980's.
Taarabt wants to stay at Rangers
QPR midfielder Adel Taarabt says he wants to stay at the club.
He’s revealed he would have left the club if Mark Hughes hadn’t succeeded Neil Warnock as manager.
The Moroccan is currently on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations.
New development approved at Nine Elms
A planning application to create 456 new homes in the Nine Elms regeneration zone has been approved.
The new development would also provide commercial space for new shops, cafes, restaurants and offices.
The site is located on Queenstown Road to the east of Battersea Park and is currently occupied by an office building.
As part of a legal agreement the developer will pay more than 12 million pounds towards local infrastructure upgrades.
These include two new Northern Line stations and an expansion of the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme.
Asda opens 25 new stores
Asda has announced they’re to open 25 new stores this year – including one in Mitcham.
It’s hoped it’ll help create 5-thousand new jobs across the UK.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called the news ‘a boost for the economy and for people seeking jobs’.
Missed appointments cost Epsom and St Helier
Missed appointments at Epsom and St Helier NHS trust have cost their hospitals over 5-and-a-half million pounds.
They say that the funds lost between 2010 and 11 could have paid for 226 nurses.
The trust is urging people to let staff know as soon as possible if they have to reschedule.
Lewis Hamilton expected to testify
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is expected to be called to testify in the trial of former Force India driver Adrian Sutil.
The German is charged with causing grievous bodily harm in an incident involving Eric Lux, an executive of the Renault team.
Hamilton, a close friend of Sutil, was in the nightclub at the time.
London has the most complained about Councils
New figures reveal London is home to half of England's most-complained about councils.
Birmingham topped the list with 257 complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman, it was followed by Southwark with 198 and Lambeth with 186.
Croydon had 121 and Hammersmith and Fulham 115.
Conservatives in Surrey accused of making secret decisions
Surrey County Council's Liberal Democrats have accused the council's Conservative administration of making important decisions in secrecy.
The charge comes following the announcement that a 2.99 percent rise in Council Tax is to be proposed.
The Lib Dems claim that at Friday's Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting they were denied papers to properly examine the proposals for the County's 2012/13 Budget.
They also say that a “Draft Budget Book" should have been published already giving Surrey's residents and businesses one month to examine the detailed plans and comment on them.
Police investigate arson attack in Ashford
Police in Spelthorne are appealing for information following an arson attack on a property in Ashford.
The incident at an address in Metcalf Road happened just after 2am yesterday morning.
Two men were in the building at the time but both escaped uninjured.
Police are reviewing CCTV footage and are keen to get any information about a dark coloured estate vehicle which was seen in the area around the time of the incident.
Court injunction stops Surrey library volunteers plan
A High Court injunction has prevented Surrey County Council from replacing paid staff at libraries in the county with volunteers.
Surrey Libraries Action Movement (SLAM) had issued court proceedings on Tuesday to block the action.
The council has been ordered not to take any steps to implement the plan, affecting ten libraries, until a further order from the court.
The libraries which the Conservative run council wants volunteers to run include Byfleet, Ewell Court, New Haw and Stoneleigh.
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To Be Russian, or Not to Be Russian? Crimea Residents to Decide on Citizenship
By Natalya Krainova
Mar. 20 2014 00:00
Kremlin.ruCrimea’s Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov and Sevastopol Mayor Alexei Chaly at the celebrations to mark the signing of the annexation treaty between Russian and Crimea on Tuesday.
Among the many thorny issues facing Crimea's residents following Russia's annexation of the region this week is whether or not to become citizens of their new country.
Residents of Crimea and the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, who voted overwhelmingly on Sunday in favor of seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, will have a month to choose between Russian and Ukrainian citizenships starting Thursday.
Ukrainian nationals and stateless persons permanently living in Crimea and Sevastopol will be considered Russian nationals after the treaty on Russia's annexation of the territories takes effect Thursday after its ratification in the Russian parliament, the Kremlin said in a statement.
To turn down Russian citizenship, local residents will have to officially apply to authorities within a month after the treaty comes into force. Local residents will apparently not be able to keep dual citizenship since the Ukrainian government does not recognize it, although the Russian constitution does.
Under Ukrainian law, dual citizenship is an administrative offense punishable by a fine of up to 1,700 hryvnas ($170), which effectively means that Crimeans who accept Russian citizenship will face financial penalties unless they hand in their Ukrainian passports.
In February, following the ouster of pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, a group of lawmakers submitted a bill to the Ukrainian parliament that would make dual citizenship a criminal offense with a similar fine for ordinary citizens, and introduce prison terms of up to 10 years for state officials holding two passports.
Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavel Petrenko, speaking late Tuesday, called on Crimean residents not to hand in their Ukrainian passports. "You are Ukrainian citizens and have actually been taken hostage by invaders," Petrenko said on Ukrainian television.
But Sevastopol Mayor Alexei Chaly said Wednesday that the issuance of passports was "of secondary importance" in the annexed territories. He said the issues of pensions and salaries to civil servants would be prioritized, as well as securing energy and water supplies given that Kiev may halt financing of the region and cut off supplies of utilities following the referendum to split from Ukraine.
It remained unclear Wednesday what the legal status of local residents who want to keep their Ukrainian passports will be or whether they will have to leave the region. A spokesman at the Russian Foreign Ministry redirected the inquiry to the Federal Migration Service, where a spokeswoman said she had no information on the subject yet.
Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov said last week that although regional authorities would not oblige Crimean residents to hand in their Ukrainian passports, "everybody will have to obtain Russian passports anyway," he said. Those who refuse Russian citizenship will not be eligible for Russian pensions, salaries and social benefits, Aksyonov said a few days later.
But Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Yarema said Monday that Crimean residents who keep their Ukrainian passports would be entitled to Ukrainian government pensions and salaries, while Ukrainian servicemen in Crimea would remain in their bases.
Moscow-based political analyst Alexander Kynev predicted that 15 to 20 percent of the almost 2 million residents of Crimea may refuse Russian citizenship, and that authorities would not be able to deport them, which would make them similar to non-citizens in Latvia, Kommersant reported Monday.
Contact the author at n.krainova@imedia.ru
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Bridge Linking Crimea to Russia Pushed Back Another Year
First American Company to Return to Crimea Since Russia Sanctions
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Being a daily summary based upon my reading of the Wall Street Journal from the corresponding day in 1930.
Saturday, July 19, 1930: Dow 240.57 +1.50 (0.6%)
Assorted historical stuff:
White House says expenditures for fiscal year starting July 1 will be $4.203B, up $209M, or 5%, over previous year. Main increases are to speed up public works and for increased veterans relief. Cabinet directed to find cost savings to reduce expenditures below these estimates.
Pres. Von Hindenburg dissolves Reichstag and installs Chancellor Breuning as temporary dictator; new elections within 60 days, new Reichstag to meet within 30 days afterward. Action taken to enable economic reform program, after Reichstag continued opposition by revoking "tax reform dictatorship" given to Breuning. Fin. Min. Deitrich says high unemployment must be solved to avoid social breakdown, defends program: "A German able to consume so much beer and tobacco can stand higher taxes."
French Fin. Min. P. Reynaud calls for world cooperation, says high tariffs are outdated and futile.
Editorial against proposal for Farmer's Grain Corp. to support wheat prices by cutting production and effectively cornering the domestic wheat supply, then using the $0.42/bushel tariff on foreign wheat to raise domestic prices by the same amount.
AFL President W. Green says priority is to maintain current wages; points out current depression is first in which wage scale “has not been assaulted.”
United Mine Workers and anthracite coal mine operators agree to continue present wage scales until April 1936, and to settle all disputes by committee.
Over 75% of employees vote to join GE company-sponsored unemployment insurance plan; equal contributions by company and employees.
Market commentary:
Main trading stocks continued up; traders and banking interests buying. Some resistance to bad news, particularly in copper stocks. U.S. Steel, Westinghouse, GE, Consol. Gas strong, some trading favorites (Radio, J.I.Case) had action reminiscent of the Coolidge market. Oils and utilities strong. Banks and trusts down.
Increased public participation in the market is seen by the larger numbers of shareholders and smaller floating supply for major companies. This buying is for long-run investment; “It is a well informed public now, informed because the well managed corporations are liberal in dispensing information to their shareholders,” unlike the case 25 years ago when “many big industries believed secrecy was the better business policy.”
Some short covering and increase in brokers' loans; conservative observers advise taking some profits and waiting for technical reactions to buy.
E.J. Taber of National Grange says farm commodities close to bottom: "Just as soon as we can get business and financial America to realize that farm prices are at the bottom, there will be an upturn." Cooperation with Farm Board urged by Taber and E.H. Cunningham of Federal Reserve Board, although Cunningham has "no assurance as to what they have in mind as a solution of the farm problem."
Large department store sales said holding up well, particularly in New York area. Said to have adjusted to competition from chain stores. Most successful stores include R.H. Macy (now expanding to remainder of 34th St. block), May Dept. Stores, Best&Co.; more speculative stores include Federated, Bloomingdale, Filene, Gimbel Bros, Hahn. Trend is to decentralized management of local stores.
Bradstreet's Journal and Dun's review report slightly more cheerful opinion in many lines of trade, though "not translated as yet into much apparent activity."
Economic news and individual company reports:
May auto financing was $146.2M on 346,515 autos vs. $183.6M on 398,561 autos in 1929.
Wheat farmers in most of grain belt estimated to have production cost of $1.24/bushel, will get about $.68/bushel when sold.
Standard Oil of Calif. says it will no longer sell gasoline to price cutters; calls on refiners and marketers to cooperate with producers to maintain reasonable prices.
Sears, Roebuck sales for 4 weeks ended July 16 were $26M, down 14.9% from 1929; largest decrease this year.
GM shipments of cars and trucks in June were 87,595. This was 10,000 below sales, 35% below May, and 46% below June 1929.
West Rutland, Vermont Trust Co. closed following run started when director W.A. Thrall was found dead in barn from bullet wound.
A judge was reproving a man for deserting his wife. “Wife desertion is something that I must deal with severely, and I feel very strongly on this subject.” “But judge, you don't know that woman. I'm no deserter, I'm a refugee.”
+ The Boring Stuff:
Editorial: Opponents of London Naval Treaty are trying all means, including the pretense of improving it by introducing various amendments that would make it unworkable. Senator Johnson more honestly argues the treaty would make the US unable to protect foreign commerce, but rejecting it would lead to "the old race for armed supremacy."
Agriculture Dept. says cutting wheat production will result in higher prices; admits effect might be offset by increasing production elsewhere. Worldwide production of wheat has increased almost 60% in last 30 years; average annual increase in 1920's excluding Russia and China was 72M bushels. Suggests switching some wheat acreage to other crops or livestock where feasible.
Commodities mixed; grains generally higher, cotton up, but copper down to postwar low. Treasury bonds down, foreign bonds and convertibles up.
E.B. Reeser, pres. American Petroleum Institute, says oil oversupply situation is improving thanks to production and refining curtailment, although distributors continue to sell retail gasoline at unsustainably low prices.
Technical analysis: market is close to reclaiming half of ground lost in June break. A further advance (above 245 on the Dow) would be a strong indication the upswing is due to fundamental factors, not a technical rally.
S.W. Straus reports building permits in 578 main cities and towns were $1.039B in first half, down 49% from 1929; June was $181M, down 33%. Sees this as positive, in that previous excessive building is being absorbed. [Note this disagrees with increase reported July 14 - maybe doesn't include public construction?]
Polished plate glass production in June was 9.128M square feet vs. 12.278 in 1929.
New England Tel. & Tel. first half net $4.40/share vs. $5.34 in 1929.
Houston Oil and Pipe Line Q2 net $1.43/share vs. $1.20 in 1929.
US Pipe & Foundry first half earnings estimated over $1.75/share vs. $.59/share in 1929. Benefitting from low money rates stimulating public works, and somewhat from 5% tariff increase on imported pipe.
Hudson Motor Q2 net $.65/share vs. $1.45 a share in Q1. First-half 1929 net was $6.65/share. Car shipments in the first half 90,000 vs. 225,000 in 1929. Inventories now about five cars per dealer.
Motor Products Corp. first half net $3.05/share vs. $8.55/share in 1929.
Lehigh Valley Coal first half net loss $288,414 vs. profit of $305,049 in 1929.
J.I. Case (tractors) business said slowing after good start to year; June down 20% from 1929; first half up 13%.
Chesapeake Corp. (paper) net for first half $1.65/share vs. $2.08 in 1929.
Kendall Co. (hospital supplies) net for first half $148,640 vs. $554,070 in 1929.
Detroit Steel Products first half net loss $145,828 vs. profit of $469,425 in 1929.
General Baking net for 27 weeks ended July 5 was $2.6M vs. $4.1M in 1929.
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Friday, July 18, 1930: Dow 239.07 +3.44 (1.5%)
Editorial: Constantly increasing taxation is a burden on "every form of enterprise". It diverts money from productive uses to government functions which "though mostly indispensable, do not always require the scale of expenditure to which our public servants have become accustomed." Total taxation (including local) has risen from under $3B in 1913 to about $9B now; recently rising about $500M/year. This aggravates the current depression.
Fiat and GM negotiating for alliance, manufacture of GM cars in Italy.
New York Gov. Roosevelt says depression is increasing number of insane wards of the state; 1,700-1,900 increase now expected vs. estimated 1,000-1,200.
Shanghai put under martial law as precaution against "further outbreaks by Communists."
German Pres. Von Hindenburg decrees new taxes as part of financial reform. Budget to be balanced with combination of spending cuts, new “bachelor and spinster” tax, 5% across the board tax increase, and special “sacrifice levy” on income of civil servants.
Western Elec., RCA meet with German reps to negotiate talkie patent truce; W.E. now contracted to wire French studios at Billancourt for sound filming.
Movie house operator in Tehran fined for faking talking film by using phonograph manually operated to match silent film's speed.
Market maintained uptrend, defying expectations of a technical pullback. After brief hesitation at open, strong buying began and uptrend persisted through day; most highs in the last hour. New rally highs for majors including Steel, American Can, Standard Oil NJ, AT&T. Some speculative issues had good rallies, attributed to bull pools (Vanadium, Wrigley, Auburn). Utilities and insurance strong. Banks and trusts mixed.
Federal Reserve faces tough problem in how long to continue easy money policy, since in time “this has always stimulated speculation to dangerous proportions.”
The "younger element in Wall Street" who think this is a bad depression haven't seen a serious industrial depression. Looking back at the Wall St. Journal from 1914, we see steel companies operating at 35% of capacity, all making losses, and equipment companies at 25%. It's a pretty mild depression when companies can still earn their dividends vs. making losses in the past, and when major stocks have increased their number of holders by 10%-50%.
P. Tomlinson in the Elks Magazine: "Now ... is the time when the wise and conservative investor can place his money in American industry at the greatest possible advantage. Not for many years have stocks and bonds been in a position where the average man can estimate their true worth as he can today."
Brokers getting many more inquiries about stocks. Conservative observers still don't advise buying on a large scale, but buying standard stocks on reactions (dips). Buying on dips is in evidence now and seems to be supporting the market.
Lammot du Pont, pres. E.I. du Pont de Nemours, sees fundamental conditions still sound and foundation for upturn secure in low commodity prices and interest rates. A.G. Baumbogger, first VP Montgomery Ward, sees general industrial business on the rise and all indications are that low point of the depression has passed.
Investment trusts [similar to mutual funds] quieter these days. In year-end reports, trusts described devastation caused by the Oct.-Nov. panic; "some of these remarks were rather apologetic in tone, while others [implied] that the showings of their companies, after all, were not so bad as some others." Midyear reports were mostly silent on the June mini-crash.
Wholesale prices in June down 2.3% from May, down 9.6% from June 1929.
Radio Corp. reported earning small profit for first half after large inventory loss in Q1. Broadcasting division now out of the red; "National Broadcasting Co. is probably going to be made into an important money maker in the future." RCA Photophone also doing well.
30 main NYSE-listed rails dividends up 9.2% in first half vs. 1929.
Wrigley selling for about $75, earned $2.82 in first half, dividend of $4. Expected to benefit from removal of tariff on chicle.
A.G. Spalding (sports equipment) earnings for first five months about 5% above 1929; selling for less than 8 times earnings, yielding 5.2%.
"'You have not printed any of my poems,' said the literary genius. 'No, not yet," replied the editor. 'Well, some of them have been printed in weekly papers," exclaimed the genius, "and I want you to understand that they will be read long after Shakespeare's are forgotten.' 'Quite so, but not before,' said the editor."
First contracts awarded for 1,000 mile 24-inch diameter nat. gas pipeline from Texas Panhandle through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois to Chicago.
Commodities mixed; wheat, corn slightly lower, cotton up slightly, copper steady. Brokers' loans up $40M to $3.243B. Bonds trading quiet, prices steady. General uptrend in bond market seen in July; most of demand from bank and insurance companies, not individual investors.
Credit likely to remain easy for some time, but extremely low current rates seen unlikely to last (call money at 1.5%-2.5%). Rates for credit in the 3-6-month range have already begun to move up. This month seen as a low point for industrial activity; demand for credit anticipated to increase seasonally in August.
Better feeling seen in both trading and business circles, although business upturn not yet evident.
Midwest steel manufacturers see better outlook; prices have turned stable, consumer stocks are low, and higher automotive production anticipated.
C.M. Colby, pres. General Foods, discussed outlook while sailing on "Bremen" liner for two-month vacation abroad. Confident years results will be satisfactory; first half net about $2/share, equal to 1929 level. Bullish on Birdseye quick-freezing process. Based on talks with company field reps, sees gradual recovery under way, looks for marked improvement in public sentiment in fall.
First half total corp. financing was $4.4B, of which $3.87B was new (expansion, not refinancing); vs. $5.8B, $4.96B in 1929; $5.01B, $3.47B in 1928.
Livestock prices generally rose steadily from 1924 to 1929; average price paid per 100-pound rose from $7.36 to $11.24 [prices plunged in 1930 - see 7/11].
Western Union (telegraph) Q2 net $2.77/share vs. $3.81 in 1929, but up from $1.45 in Q1. Q2 improvement due to expense cuts more than improved business.
NY Railways and NY State Railways (street rails) business down from 1929, suffering operating losses.
S.S. Kresge Q2 net $0.70/share vs. $0.69 in 1929.
Sun Oil first half net $2.42/share vs. $2.68/share in 1929.
People's Gas, Light & Coke Co. Q2 net $2.96/share vs. $3.18 in 1929.
Cream of Wheat first half net $1.48/share vs. $1.43 in 1929.
Chesebrough Mfg. (Vaseline) stock traded after long period of inactivity; up 10 to 158.25. Earnings $13.22 in 1929 (up from $8.36 in 1925), dividend $6.50.
GM June dealer sales 97,440 units vs. 200,754 in 1929; first half 764,219 vs. 1,171,868. Auburn Auto shipped 1,116 cars in June vs. 1,800 in May and 3,144 in June 1929.
Ward Baking net for 15 weeks ended July 5 was $709,823 vs. $1,207,164 in 1929.
Waldorf Systems (restaurants) first half net $1.23/share vs. $1.13 in 1929.
Indiana Limestone first half sales $5.438M vs. $5.121M in 1929.
Thursday, July 17, 1930: Dow 235.63 +1.84 (0.8%)
France proposes "United States of Europe" federation. Britain cool to the idea, but it's probably workable without them. However, German participation would be essential. German response "conciliatory in tone," but raises some big obstacles, indicating desire for revision of the World War peace treaties, "including, presumably, alteration of certain of her new boundaries and removal of the treaty restriction upon her military establishment."
German Pres. Von Hindenburg grants Chancellor Breuning dictatorial powers to enact economic program and to dissolve the Reichstag (parliament) if it attempts to obstruct. Legal experts question constitutionality of the last part.
World registration of automobiles was 35.1M at start of 1930, about 76% in the US (about two cars for every nine people in the US). This suggests a large market to be developed in the rest of the world since desire for cars is almost universal. "Even in Arabia, where the love for the horse is almost worship, the automobile is making its way and finding friends."
Construction begins on Boulder [later Hoover] Dam; Interior Sec. Wilbur predicts this will enable homes and industries for millions of people in Southwest.
New York City has 26 new hotels being built with 16,324 rooms, bringing total rooms to 123,607.
Trend to longer skirts apparent even in sports outfits.
Eddie Cantor to write a farce about investing for Universal, Selling at the Top.
Some early continuation of downtrend late Tuesday; volume again dried up on declines. This encouraged bulls, and many sectors advanced in the afternoon. US Steel, nature industrials, and popular trading stocks rebounded well. Auto and oil stocks especially strong; banks, trusts, and insurance companies also higher.
Some traders believe uptrend established, are buying leading shares on dips. Others still cautious until "return of public buying on a larger and confident scale."
Editor: "We can feel for a certainty that business is scraping along the bottom along with most commodity prices, which should begin to firm up due to the marginal producers finding the going difficult and finally being eliminated ... The great American public is not so badly off as some people would like to have us believe."
GE target of much bearish propaganda, large amount of short-selling. First-half earnings were only 5% off peak level of 1929, and well above 1927-28.
Farm Board plans no further price stabilization operations, will keep previous purchases of 60M bushels wheat and 1M bales cotton off the market. Advises reducing production to domestic demand. Meeting of Kansas farmers not receptive to the advice - Governor Reed calls it “gospel of despair.”
Positive economic stats: dividend payments, new life insurance, and savings bank deposits are all up in the first half vs. 1929. Since the November panic big corporations have increased shareholders of record by 10% to 50%.
Some hopeful news seen from steel (some recovery in order levels, seasonal upturn anticipated), rail freight (percentage decline was smaller vs. 1929, though both were holiday weeks), and oil (drop in gasoline stocks).
France doing best of European countries; economy worsening in UK, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Austria.
Nitrogen producing nations reach agreement to lower ammonium sulphate production by 50%, control production of all nitrogen products.
IBM sales seen up this year, doing better than other office equipment makers. Big fluctuations in stock price due to lack of sponsorship.
Bank earnings generally lower than last year, but better than expected. Capital positions seen generally good. New source of increased revenue is loans on securities (replacing brokers' loans), on which they can get 5.5%-6%. Average price/book for 25 leading local banks was 2.38 on June 30; average P/E was 23.03.
A&P files trademark suit alleging J. Henry Koenig "Eight Bells" coffee infringes on their "Eight O'clock" coffee brand.
Madison Square Garden sees better year; business normally slow until hockey and 6-day bicycle races late in year, but this year has a couple of big fights.
Montgomery Ward announces price reductions fully reflect lower commodity prices; also mails 100 million announcements of new easy installment plan.
"' How's public sentiment out there?' asked the candidate who was campaigning through a rural community. 'Still going strong.' answered the native. 'There was 16 cars parked in my lane last night.'"
Golf booming in the North- and Mid-West; Minnesota had 200 courses in 1929 and will add 30 this year; many cities maintain municipal courses.
Orlando 1930 population was 27,241, up from 9,283 in 1920.
US Bureau of Chemistry experimenting with paper made from corn stalk waste.
Colorado plant begins production of first self-service gasoline pump with coin slot and automated pump dispensing correct amount.
Commodities mostly lower with trading in narrow range; grains generally lower, cotton unchanged. Copper down to new post-1921 low; zinc up. Credit continued easy with call rates at 2%. Bonds generally dull, little changed.
Dow has now recovered almost 30 points from a low of 207.74 reached on June 25; this is almost 50% of the loss from May 29 to June 24, and many major stocks have already passed the halfway recovery. Technical market students now look for a period of correction to consolidate the gains.
Demand for stocks may be increased by lack of new issues since last fall.
US agricultural exports in May were lower than any month since August 1914; attributed to worsening unemployment and industrial depression abroad. No recovery seen so far in June.
US electric output for week ended July 12 was 1.565 GWHr, down 2.5% from 1929; largest weekly decrease so far this year. Households use up strongly but industrial use down. Output had been running ahead of 1929 until end of April.
National Retail Credit Assoc. reports bad debt losses for 24,000 retail stores doing total business of $5B was 3%.
World output of copper averaged 4,852 tons daily in June vs. 5,853 daily in all of 1929.
British unemployed July 7 were 1.934M, highest total since 1921.
Pennsylvania factory employment down 2.3% in June from May, and 6.1% from 1929; wage payments down 6% from May and almost 15% from 1929.
Machine tool orders down 7% in June from May; likely improvement seen in July.
Oil field operators in Texas recommend drastic production cut of 126,000 barrels/day from current 863,450 level.
New York building contracts for first half were $506M, down 14% from 1929. However, planned projects at end of June are up 21% from 1929.
Chase now includes seven separate large organizations, including Chase National Bank, Chase Securities Corp., Equitable Trust, and American Express.
Bethlehem Steel Q2 net $1.75-$2.00/share vs. $2.60 in Q1 and $4.17 in 1929. Current business slow; hopes for seasonal improvement in the fall.
Timken Roller Bearing first half net $2.54/share vs. $3.51 in 1929.
Mathieson Alkali Q2 net $0.81/share vs. $0.96 in 1929.
Alpha Portland Cement net for year ended June 30 was $1.78/share vs. $3.11 previous year.
Wrigley Q2 net $1.50/share vs. $1.49 in 1929. Canada Dry Q2 net $2.29/share vs. $.88 in Q1 and $2.18 in Q2 1929.
Congress Cigar Q2 net $1.11/share vs. $2.34 in 1929.
Sutherland Paper first half net $0.60 vs. $0.51 in 1929.
Duplan Silk (silk and rayon fabrics) reports net profit for year ended May 31 almost same as previous year in spite of plunge in raw silk prices.
Purity Bakeries net for 12 weeks ended July 12 was $1.45/share vs. $1.75/share in 1929.
Wednesday, July 16, 1930: Dow 233.79 -0.42 (0.2%)
American Museum of Natural History produces The Bottom of the World, a film about expedition to the Antarctic; "The penguins, to which a large part of the film are devoted, are excellent camera subjects, and provide a natural humor in their likeness to human beings."
About 4.7 million people owe their living to the auto industry, 3.96M directly employed. Industry has gone from being insignificant 25 years ago to now essential to prosperity. Other important industries developed in that period: telephone, radio, electricity, electric refrigerator, airplane [true, but we've produced twitter!].
GE to build world's largest electric generator for Hudson Avenue station of Brooklyn Edison. To be rated at 160 MWatt, 16,500 Volts, 7,000 Amps.
Number of German mark-millionaires was 15,547 before the World War, decreased to 3,917 after the [hyper-]inflation period, but has since doubled.
Molly Picon, Yiddish comedienne from Second Ave.Theater, appears at the Palace with "a program of character studies and incidental songs." Result is disappointing; "work she does so successfully on the Yiddish stage cannot be adapted well to the English vaudeville circuit."
World registration of motorcycles 2.625M in 1929 vs. 2.506M in 1928.
Major industrials hit new rally highs on increasing volume. Some setbacks in last hour, thought technical, due to "temporarily overbought position." Utilities and oils strong. Banks lower on profit taking.
Sentiment helped by some recovery in industrial activity from holiday shutdowns. "Important banking interests" encouraged in belief early July was low point of trade recession. Auto recovery now expected to lead to larger improvement as summer progresses.
Hopeful sign seen in low inventories carried by industry and retail; about as low as ever compared to volume of business. Retailers have been buying "hand to mouth" for months. This differs from the 1921 depression, when inventories were at record highs. This should add a large boost when the economy turns.
More bullish factors: Dow yield, allowing for probable dividend cuts, is 4.75% vs. 3.25% for commercial paper; a spread over 1% has been a reliable buying indicator. Also, generally low interest rates, and the passing of a year since business began to turn down.
Dresser & Escher say "American industry is in the healthiest condition it has been in years; inventories low, the cash position strong, operating efficiency everywhere developed as it has seldom been developed before." They note that stocks recently almost hit the panic low from last November; "What a chance for the man who hasn't lost his head to lay the foundation of an everlasting fortune."
US ship building one of few industries showing improvement; busiest since 1921; attributed to Jones-White bill granting ocean mail contracts based on construction of new vessels; government has granted low-interest loans to finance construction. Worldwide shipbuilding is declining.
Zenith trying to produce lower-priced radio than current line selling for $185-$495, not including tubes.
General Foods expects first-half earnings about $2/share, roughly the same as 1929. Now sells almost 80 products; Jell-O subsidiary introducing new lime flavor; also introducing Post's Whole Bran. Investigating quick freezing to ship food overseas.
United Aircraft [later became Boeing, United Technologies, and United Airlines] expects Q2 earnings substantially improved over Q1's $.39/share, but well below $1.52/share in Q2 1929. Boeing subsidiary doing well; recently developed the Monomail commercial plane, able to carry 6 passengers and 750 lbs.mail at 140mph.
Paramount Film rental revenue in US for quarter ended June 28 were 7% ahead of 1929; foreign 21% ahead.
American Chicle Co. (chewing gum) Q2 earnings $1.21/share vs. $0.95 in Q1 and $1.31 in Q2 1929.
"'Will you have a drink?' asked Sandy, noted for his thrift, of his guest, Angus McLean. 'Yuss,' said Angus, who tossed it off and set the glass down thoughtfully. ''That whuskey,' he observed, 'is just right.' 'Just right? What do you mean?' 'Well, if it were any better you wouldna give it to me and if it were any worse I couldna drink it.'"
Editorial: Farm Board must announce its plans regarding upcoming cotton crop. Last year was disastrous, with fluctuating prices leading to one broker cornering the market (in spite of a decline in consumption); price spike was followed by a plunge, with many ruined along the way; probably also led to more decline in cotton use. As Coolidge put it, "Business can stand anything better than uncertainty."
Commodities generally higher, including wheat and cotton. Bond market quiet with some profit taking, strength in some convertibles.
Technical observers highly encouraged by industrials ability to repeatedly hit new rally highs; expect possible small corrections due to "technical reaction," but see further uptrend to 240-250 on the Dow. Increased rumors of "bull pools" organized for particular stocks (Radio-Keith, Hahn Dept. Stores), drawing in traders who have been absent for some time or have been on the bear side.
Col. L.P. Ayres of Cleveland Trust sees recovery starting in August; good factors include plans to increase auto and steel production, strength in bond market. Disputes idea that deflation prevents recovery, noting 1925-27 prosperity in spite of deflation. Sees deflation caused by artificially stimulated overproduction and tight credit; situation should correct itself. Compares current to previous depressions: "what we are now going through is no unprecedented phenomenon. Recovery has always followed in the past rather promptly after the development of conditions very similar to those now prevailing."
Rally has so far been stronger in major issues; many low-priced stocks have not moved much.
Italy unemployed at end of June 322,287 vs. 367,183 end of May.
Rail freight loadings for week ended July 5 were 792,141 cars, down 144,707 from previous week due to July 4/5 holiday. Down 119,002 from 1929.
May revenues for 172 class 1 rails $463.1 vs. $538.6M in 1929; operating income $69.2M vs.$103.6M.
May US electric output 8,006 GWHr, 1% below May 1929.
Farm wage index down 2% in Q2 vs. usual 6% seasonal rise. Supply of farm labor 103.4% of normal July 1 vs. 92.3% in 1929.
Life insurance purchased in June was $1.144B, up 4.1% from 1929; first half was $6.657B, up 1.8% from 1929.
May US tire shipments 5.564M, up 2.5% from April but down 22.5% from 1929.
A&P annual sales are running at over a $1B annual rate, approaching level of US Steel.
US Steel ingot production at 63% vs.55% previous week and 99% year ago; independents at 52% vs. 42% and 91%; Total industry 57% vs. 48% and 64%.
North Amer. Aviation first half net $0.47/share vs. $0.58 in1929.
IT&T expects 1930 earnings a little over dividend requirement of $2; business suffering because of depression.
Western Electric sales for first-half $201.6M compared to $194.7M in 1929. Commonwealth Edison Q2 net $2.66/share vs. $2.79 in 1929.
White Sewing Machine earnings severely affected by poor collection on installment credit accounts, increased repossessions.
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet first half net $1.66/share vs. $1.36 in 1929. Kimberly-Clark Q2 net $1.66/share vs. $1.62 in 1929.
Campbell Wyant Foundry first half net $1.65/share vs. $3.05 in 1929. Bohn Aluminum & Brass first half net $1.95/share vs. $5.08 in 1929.
Grand Union first half sales $18.1M, up 14.5% from 1929; no increase in store count.
Tueday, July 15, 1930: Dow 234.21 +4.98 (2.2%)
Association Against Prohibition Amendment estimates last year's cost at $959.9M; about 90% is lost Federal revenue, remainder lost local revenue and costs of enforcement. Finnish Education Min. P. Virkkunen calls prohibition in Finland "chief source of intemperance, as well as failure on economic grounds."
Survey of 100 Detroit drivers held for violating traffic rules finds "42 were classified as of inferior intelligence, 12 as definitely feeble-minded, one as insane, and three as physically handicapped." Also, 46 were impaired by alcoholism, and only 13 were completely clean.
Building and loans plan to raise $1B new assets in next year; released for home-buying, this should raise US percentage of homeowners.
Next Congressional session in December will, among several big items, include a major inquiry by Senator Glass concerning banking in general and the role of Federal Reserve credit in speculation; also, regulation of wire and wireless communication, railroads, and power companies.
Navy completion of aircraft program in next two years will leave it with 1,000 planes vs. 354 in 1926.
Reichstag rejects most of Fin. Min. Dietrich's proposed taxation program.
New York State plans to finance future road construction from current revenues rather than public borrowing.
Central Park horse riders are supplied by 20 stables with average of 50 horses each; charge $2-$4/hour per horse. Midnight rides after theater are popular. Probably only place in the country that stables are still doing well.
International phone service to Lithuania now available; 3-minute call is $35.25, each additional minute $11.75.
New York State paid $928.5M of Federal taxes for year ended June 30, of a total of $3.038B from all states.
Bulls encouraged by recent rally and technical indicators of strength. Buy orders accumulated over the weekend, leading to an opening rally with new rally highs for many major stocks. Speculative issues were particularly active. Oils, food, amusement, communication, utilities, banks strong. Most stocks closed at daily highs.
Good signs seen in rise in life insurance sales and bank deposits vs. 1929.
Leading traders seen buying; "They are picking out stocks strong in intrinsic value, with potentialities of a quick comeback when business returns to normal."
J.C. Stone, member of Farm Board, believes wheat prices have bottomed, says Board has no plans for stabilizing this year's crop.
Netherlands Trading Society report on Holland: "The curve of the business cycle is still tending downward, without, however, having so far assumed severe proportions."
Auto industry successful in reducing inventories by drastically cutting production. Current stock is well under 400,000 units compared to 559,000 in April of 1929. This amounts to less than eight cars a dealer. Production in June estimated at 343,000 cars and trucks vs. 567,424 in June 1929; half of production was by Ford.
New cartels being formed to control zinc and bottle production.
Australian trade awful; in 9 months ended March 31, imports down $6.2M from 1929; exports down $166.8M; trade deficit now $177M. Total debt is $5.6B [vs. $2.3B GNP].
May freight traffic on class 1 rails was 36.6B net ton miles, down 12.8% from 1929 and down 6.8% from 1928.
95 public utilities total May revenues $195M vs. $198M in April and $189.8M in May 1929; earnings $86M vs. $89M and $82M.
GE first-half earnings $1.01/share vs. $1.07/share in 1929.
A&P first-half sales $548M, up 8% from 1929; June sales also up 8% from 1929. Remodeling stores to attract "that part of the public that patronizes better shopping districts and demands unusual varieties and costly delicacies."
“Applicant ... 'I may say I'm pretty smart. I won several prizes in cross-word and word-picture competitions lately.' Employer: 'Yes, but I want someone who can be smart during office hours.' Applicant: 'This was during office hours.'”
Editorial criticizing plan to relieve unemployment by reducing working hours, putting more people to work to produce the same amount of goods. This would increase costs of production, so ultimately decreasing wealth and increasing joblessness. Tries to get "something out of nothing, and no attempt to do that has ever yet been successful.
Editorial: Measuring the current state of business compared to 1929 may be too pessimistic since the first half of 1929 was "abnormally" active. However those who say production is only 4% behind the prosperous year of 1928 are being too optimistic, since they ignore increases in operating expenses and capital investment in the past two years. This causes earnings to decline more than revenue. Finally, price reductions are also taking a toll on earnings, but these are ultimately "the great corrective for depression" since they reduce production and increase consumption.
Commodities mixed; cotton slightly lower, wheat down early but rallied to close higher. Bonds started moderately active and stronger but slowed down later.
Editor: It's a good market for traders: “Isn't it safer to buy on the breaks and sell on the bulges now than it was last year when stocks were a great deal higher?”
Oil companies boosted by new hydrogenation process developed by Standard Oil NJ and IG Farben and to be shared with other oil companies.
New NYSE securities listed in June $784M vs. $1.140B in May and $1.862M in 1929; bonds $122M, $441M, and $304M; stocks $662M, $699M, and $1.557B.
Canada May business failures 166 with liabilities $2.601M vs. 194 with $5.025M in April and 183 with $2.295M in May 1929. Bell Canada reports telephone revenues down substantially so far in 1930, but notes recent improvement; outlook much more encouraging than a few months ago.
US and Canada newsprint shipments for first half were 1.938M tons vs. 2.015M tons in 1929.
June crude rubber consumption by US manufacturers 34,463 tons vs. 39,902 tons in May and 43,228 in June 1929.
Tin producers' announced actions, including production curtailment, unsuccessful so far in supporting prices.
American Rayon industry has curtailed production from predicted 162M pounds to under 80M. This should be well under American demand. However European overproduction is still possible, and silk is now so cheap it's competing with higher-grade Rayon.
Land O'Lakes Creameries, a large butter cooperative, announces new action to support butter prices.
AT&T first-half earnings $5.71/share versus $6.15/share in 1929. W.S. Gifford, president, says business activity for first half was below record level of 1929 but compared favorably with 1928; company plans to spend a record $700M on additional plant facilities in 1930.
Pennsylvania Railroad first 5 months revenues $242.9M, down 10.9%; operating income $38.2M, down 27.7%.
Western Union first-half net $4.22/share vs $7.44/share in 1929.
National Biscuit reports Q2 earnings $.80/share vs. $.68/share Q1 and $.81/share in 1929. United Biscuit Q2 $.98/share vs. $.89/share in 1929.
Federal Water Service net for year ended May 31 was $3.01/share vs. $2.85 in 1929. Detroit Edison net for year ended June 30 was $10.02/share vs. $11.02 in 1929.
Oklahoma Nat. Gas profit for year ended May 31 was $4.77M vs. $4.43 in 1929.
L.A. Young Spring & Wire first half earnings $2.62/share vs. $3.69/share in 1929.
Worthington Pump expects first half net about equal to 1929; helped by operating efficiency, pipeline demand.
Emil Klein (cigars) first half net $1.22/share vs. $1.21 in 1929.
Monday, July 14, 1930: Dow 229.23 +4.37 (1.9%)
Editorial: Opinions differ on seriousness of the American Communist threat, but it's clear that Kremlin at least has ambitions in that direction. Stalin himself pronounced the American Party of decisive importance, probably because US society may offer a more attractive option for mass prosperity. We must tolerate American Communists “so long as they refrain from criminal acts or clearly treasonable utterances,” and rely on truth as a “mental antiseptic.”
World auto registrations total 35.127M, of which 26.653M are in the US.
Industrial cities in Ruhr region of Germany suffering from slag heaps (artificial hills of industrial waste) that can smolder for decades. At Essen, slag heap of Krupp's works has been burning continuously since 1914.
Italian taxpayers complaining about number of government employees under Mussolini; currently 514,878 and rapidly rising.
Australian total production in 1928-29 fiscal year was $2.275B, total govt. expenditures including local $1.190B. Govt. currently having severe problems with budget. Large meeting of business leaders protests government plan to “borrow enough to balance the budget, making repayments from future revenue.”
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment reports prohibition cost the US govt. $869.5M in lost revenue in 1929.
Luther Burbank invents "prunasimmonia", cross between prune and persimmon. Delectable fruit with tomato-like skin and "rich, golden yellow meat."
Prominent bookmaker John Walters dies, leaving estate of $2.6M.
Postmaster General recommends increase in first-class postage to 2.5 cents/ounce to balance budget.
Bulls encouraged by drop in volume late Friday and first half hour Saturday (lack of forced liquidation). Buying picked up over remainder of two hour session. Strong gains in oil (major oil companies settled California price war), food (low commodity prices). New rally highs in major industrials, market generally positive. Banks, trusts and insurance cos. higher. Bond trading moderate; speculative issues fractionally lower, US Govt. slightly higher.
Important economists strongly believe current seasonal lull is low point of the industrial depression; some good news in week-over week freight increase and June rise in construction contracts. Drop in steel backlog not as bad as feared; oil curtailment making progress; increase in rail freight rates.
Conservative observers still advise remaining on sidelines until market has demonstrated ability to resist bears. Forecast another test this week; market ability to move through last June 30 highs on volume would be positive signal. Also cautious about second-quarter earnings reports.
$11B decline in NYSE stock values in June was sizeable, but only represented 3% of total estimated US wealth.
Some say business recovery won't come until fall so market won't move much until then; but the market "is a rather impatient sort of creature and isn't going to wait for things to get better before it acts."
Total US Internal Revenue for fiscal year ended June 30 was $3.038B vs. $2.939B in 1929; corp. income tax $1.264B, individual $1.147B, misc. $628M.
Industries with good first-half earnings include cigarettes, sulfur, can, baking/biscuit, oil, and chain stores.
Total dividend payments in first half are up vs. 1929, in spite of generally worse earnings and many individual dividend cuts. Total for a large, representative group of companies was $944.9M in H1 1930 vs. $906.2M in H1 1929.
50 of 52 major rails reported declines in loading for week ended June 28 vs. 1929.
June contracts for new construction in 37 states east of Rockies totalled $601M vs. $457M in May and $530M in June 1929. Of total, $251.9M was public works & utilities, $96.8M residential. Permits for 20 cities on the Pacific Coast were $16.3M vs. $19.3M in May and $22.3M in June 1929.
Cling Peach Control Committee announces plan to restrict production to 13M cases, “and thus prevent a catastrophe to the industry.”
Surprisingly Political Joke:
"Teacher - Johnny, what's the difference between a battle and a massacre? Johnny - a battle is where whole lot of whites kill a few Indians, and a massacre is where a lot of Indians kill a few whites."
Editorial: Senator Capper's proposal to support the wheat market by having the Farm Board buy 100M bushels will be very expensive ($25M-$30M annually for storage alone), and won't work. “There is only one way to cure inflation whether in commodity or security markets, and that is by deflation.” Agriculture will eventually be more stable if we stop all intervention in the market and allow a complete adjustment to take place.
Investment buying has come in to support stocks over past 10 days in spite of little good business news, determined bear attacks, and lack of bank support for stocks. This investment buying is encouraging, as is strength in the bond market. Many experts also expect an early fall improvement in trade. Q2 earnings reports expected to be unfavorable, but this is largely discounted already in stock prices.
Technical chartists are more bullish based on recent Dow action. Considered encouraging that in the June break Dow held above five-year trendine at 208. Also encouraging that Dow is now able to rise above previous rally highs.
Short covering in recent sessions has substantially reduced the short interest.
Commodities generally lower over past week. Wheat broke to record low Friday about $.86/bushel; Farm Board announced no further price support operations. Record lows also seen in silk and sugar. Cotton fluctuated. Most bond prices moved higher in week, including rails, municipals, foreigns, and convertibles. Foreign markets past week: London stronger, Berlin weak, Paris dull.
Cost of proposed “express highway” between Brooklyn and Queens estimated at $40M.
Otis Elevator net for first half $1.49/share vs. $1.78 in 1929.
Eaton Spring & Axle first half net was $1.386M vs. $2.060M in 1929.
First National Stores (New England chain store) sales for 5 weeks ended June 28 up 10.1% over 1929; 13 weeks up 10.7%; about half of gain from new stores. Q2 earnings about $1.28/share vs. $1.42 in 1929. Annual sales about $120M.
American Toll Bridge first half revenues were $668,600 vs. $592,100 in 1929; operating expenses down substantially from 1929.
Continental Baking net for 10 weeks ended June 21 was $1.314M vs. $1.588M in 1929.
International Cement net for Q2 was $1.91/share vs. $1.34/share Q1 and $1.86/share Q2 1929.
Liquid Carbonic (carbonated drinks, industrial carbon dioxide) expects earnings for year ended Sept. 30 about $6.50/share vs. $5.67/share in 1929.
BMT (NY city mass transit) earnings improve ($7.60 for year ended June 30 vs. $6.52 in 1929), but future is clouded by structure of contracts with city and negotiations for possible unification with the city's new Eighth Ave. subway.
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The Weekly Blather July 13, 1930
July 13, 1930 was a Sunday with no Journal, so again a little editorial commentary.
Inflation vs. Deflation II - This Time It's Personal
One of the more interesting current economic debates concerns whether the future holds inflation or deflation. On the inflation side we have a vast array of Orthodox Economists; arguing for deflation we have a few Lone Crackpots blogging feverishly from their wood-paneled basements. (Note: I'm exaggerating for comic effect here - quite a few O.E.'s now say deflation is a concern, although a couple of years ago the last statement would have been pretty accurate). Normally, I'd just set the odds at about 60-40 in favor of the L.C.'s and move on, but there are a couple of complicating factors. One one hand, we have the inconvenient truth that for the past couple of years the Lone Crackpots have been absolutely nailing things, whereas the Orthodox Economists have been lost at sea even more than usual. On the other, we have no less a personage than Buffett coming firmly down on the inflation side:
Well, I don't worry about deflation at all. We won't see deflation in any significant amount in your lifetime, which is more relevant than my lifetime.
So, I was driven to think about this issue using my own brain, and summarize some of the issues based on my extremely rudimentary understanding of economics. To begin with, we clearly have a number of conflicting events of titanic scale going on at the same time.
On the deflationary side:
Reverse Wealth Effect: Equity and real estate markets have taken drastic haircuts, on the order of 40%-50% off the peak in many places. This represents a huge amount of wealth that many people thought they had a couple of years ago and is now gone. This must affect future spending by those people.
Demographics: A big bulge of the population is approaching retirement years; this should increase effect of the above, since many have fallen below what they calculated as a requirement for retirement, so will be saving to catch up.
Un- and under-employment and fears of same: This likely will reduce ability and readiness to spend.
Credit Crunch: Availability of credit to entities not backed by governments remains tight; this reverses the previous pattern of borrowing for consumption; both credit card and home equity availability has been cut back.
Reduction of the Bezzle: A smaller effect, but worth mentioning - times like these tend to expose financial scams (Madoff, Stanford); as Keynes observed, embezzlement is inflationary until discovered because both the criminal and victim think they have the money. Discovery of the crime is therefore deflationary.
And on the inflationary side:
Massive rescues and backstops of financial institutions: In some quarters this may be thought of as the biggest inflationary factor because of the eye-popping number of trillions involved. I'm more with the L.C. crowd in thinking this will have little inflationary effect - given the huge amounts of rotting assets still owned by the banks, and the public crucifixion they know they're in for if they return for more money, the most likely fate of those trillions is to wind up in virtual Scrooge McDuck-sized piles in the banks' electronic vaults.
Other deficit spending: This should have some effect on demand, but not as large as generally thought. Infrastructure spending takes time to happen, while tax cuts will probably mostly be saved for the reasons above.
Demand by countries moving up the living-standard ladder: I think this is the most significant current inflationary effect, though not as much discussed. Unlike in 1930, we currently have a big population in countries that have built up large reserves and savings (ex. the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China). This population would probably be desirous of moving up the living-standard ladder, and their governments would have the means to kickstart this if they choose to. I believe this is the largest current source of potential demand.
Sadly, my conclusion from looking at all this is that given the large element of chaos in the economic system, there is simply no possible way to know which of these massive effects will dominate. So, I wouldn't be shocked if we got deflation, high inflation, or one followed by the other. While this may be disappointingly indecisive, it does lead to a practical conclusion - that I shouldn't be investing in things that get killed either under high inflation (ex. the long bond), or under deflation (ex. the typical leveraged commodity producer). (Your mileage may vary and do your own due diligence, of course).
Why, then, does the consensus seem to be for inflation? I think people may be affected by two biases:
Recent experience bias: Recent, meaning “last 60-70 years” - for that period, the thing to worry about almost universally has been inflation, which seemingly could be ignited with the greatest of ease. The disturbing recent counterexample of Japan, which has been unsuccessful in igniting inflation in spite of trying for the past 20 years, doesn't yet seem to have affected this bias.
Convincing thought experiment bias: It can easily be seen that a really determined government can ignite inflation at will; for example, Congress could pass a law making Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes checks into legal tender. So, it's easy to conclude that the government will simply do whatever it takes to avoid deflation.
However, isn't there a practical problem here? The Publisher's Clearinghouse Act would certainly create high inflation, the only problem being the currency would shortly afterward turn into confetti. What if it turns out that a really massive stimulus beyond that already enacted is necessary to counter the huge deflationary factors above? Wouldn't even the serious contemplation of such an action cause a firestorm both politically and in the bond market, due to fears of the currency becoming worthless, with really painful immediate consequences?
I think the idea of the US igniting inflation in this way might turn out to be analogous to gradually amputating your own finger with a cheese grater - it's certainly possible in theory, but the immediate agony resulting from starting the operation would as a practical matter prevent its completion. Or, as Yogi Berra profoundly put it, “in theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they're different.”
Favorites of the week July 7-12, 1930
No Journal was published July 13, 1930. Once again, a collection of my favorite items of the week. These aren't a representative selection but just the ones that made me smile or take notice.
July 12:
[Note: I'm starting to see how the overcapacity problem might have developed.] In spite of current overcapacity in steel (production at 60% of capacity), the industry leaders including US Steel, Bethlehem, etc. are still investing in expansion. “It would be a poor country if the big industrial leaders threw up their hands and quit on every little depression”
[Note: Strangely familiar department 1.] Investment trusts [similar to mutual funds] faced with some hard questions after being heavily invested before the market breaks both in October and June. Now developing “more thorough appreciation of the task of handling the large amounts of money entrusted to them” and realizing “the essentiality of constant study of conditions, general as well as particular.”
[Note: Strangely familiar department 2.] A subscriber suggests one cause of the current downturn may be a bubble in construction; level is 100%-150% above prewar vs. 50%-60% for general business.
[Note: If only t'were so department.] F.H. Medart points out that depression years of 1921 and 1930 both added up to unlucky 13; therefore, after 1930 there should be clear sailing until 2029.
Japan discussing ways to build a domestic auto industry - may help lighten impact of London Naval Treaty on shipyards. Current Japanese auto market is almost insignificant; domestic production is about 400 cars/year.
[Note: Theater was much more interesting then department.] Who Cares, a revue by the Satirists, Inc. Numbers include “The Hunting Ballet,” in which a troupe of 12 “grinning and prancing” men impersonate ballet girls; “While good-naturedly funny, it [acknowledges] the excellence of the original.” Also “Thisishota,” a parody of Lysistrata, and “So This Is Television.”
P.K. Schuyler, pres. Federal Bridge Co., says automotive demand for roads and bridges has far exceeded capacity of government construction. "Traffic moves along the existing highways at a good speed for some five or 10 miles, then when the highway enters a congested area there is a considerable delay encountered, particularly on Sundays and holidays." Cars are now dependably capable of 60 to 80 miles per hour, "yet these speeds can be used only at infrequent intervals." Calls for more private construction, particularly of toll bridges.
[Note: Movies were much more interesting then department.] Cecille B. DeMille to make his first comedy with music, Madam Satan. Production features “a masked ball aboard a Zeppelin, and the breakup in mid-air of the giant airship, with the descent to earth of the passengers via parachutes.”
July 9:
[A brief note: The next item is one of my favorites. A common observation by people who like the blog is that lots of it could have been written today. Well, here's a review in the 1930 Journal ... of an 1830 book ... about events in 1720 ... and it still could have been written today! Addendum: Thanks to Eldon for finding this story online - the text is here; or download in a variety of reader formats here.] Washington Irving's book “The Great Mississipi Bubble” republished by Random House. "The story was written about a hundred years ago and the actual event occurred more than two hundred years ago, but the narrative ... will interest many who witnessed the recent debacle of stock prices." A couple of quotes from the book: The boom - "Every now and then the world is visited by one of those delusive seasons when the 'credit system,' as it is called, expands to full luxuriance; the broad way to certain and sudden wealth lies plain and open ... "; The bust - "a panic succeeds, and the whole superstructure built upon credit and reared by speculation crumbles to the ground, leaving scarce a wreck behind."
[Note: Sheer genius department.]
“In stocks of wood no longer should one bear incarceration,
but hand and foot are many put 'in stocks' for long duration.
At each 'new low' as the markets go locked up in stocks securely -
for a long time yet some folks will sweat bound hand and foot most surely. - Gordon Price”
[Note: Amazingly high number considering US has about 250M registered cars and trucks now vs 27M then - US 2006 number was 42,642.] US car accident deaths in 1929 hit a new high of 33,060, including 81 on Independence Day.
[Note: Am I the only one who thought of C. Montgomery Burns when reading this?] John D. Rockefeller celebrates 91st birthday. Plans to breakfast, work for about an hour, then play nine holes of golf with a few neighbors. After lunch and rest, plans usual afternoon drive through Westchester hills. "I am in the best of health, surrounded by dear friends and have naught but good will toward all."
[Note: How is it that modern machinery makes things take twice as long to build?] Col. W.A. Starrett, President of Starrett Corp. (construction), travels to England as delegate of President Hoover, presents film of construction of Bank of Manhattan building in less than a year [70 story, 927 foot skyscraper at 40 Wall St].
[Note: Hopefully not soon to be strangely familiar department.] At least 45 Florida towns and cities in default on bonds; committee recommends austerity, state sales tax on nonessentials.
[Note: This company is still around as Conwood; one of their brands is the oldest US trademark in use, having been registered on Oct. 25, 1870, the first day the USPTO granted trademarks.] American Snuff has one brand that's been a leader for 148 years.
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An interesting oddity from Elstree Calling, a British Revue film from 1930. This is a number by the Charlot Girls, hand-colored(!) using the Pathecolor process - if you've ever wondered what a high-end British music hall act looked like ... Click here for larger version.
"I would get these newspapers from 1929. I couldn't get enough of it. I read everything - not just the business and stock-market stories. History is interesting, and there is something about history in a newspaper, just seeing a place, the stories, even the ads, everything. It takes you into a different world, told by someone who was an eyewitness, and you are really living in that time." - Warren Buffett
The Snowball, A. Schroeder (Bantam), p 148
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Seasonal variation in multiple sclerosis relapse
Harding, Katharine, Tilling, Kate, MacIver, Claire, Willis, Mark, Joseph, Fady, Ingram, Gillian, Hirst, Claire, Wardle, Mark, Pickersgill, Trevor, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav and Robertson, Neil 2017. Seasonal variation in multiple sclerosis relapse. Journal of Neurology 264 (6) , pp. 1059-1067. 10.1007/s00415-017-8485-0
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8485-0
Relapses are a characteristic clinical feature of multiple sclerosis (MS), but an appreciation of factors that cause them remains elusive. In this study, we have examined seasonal variation of relapse in a large population-based MS cohort and correlated observed patterns with age, sex, disease course, and climatic factors. Relapse data were recorded prospectively in 2076 patients between 2005 and 2014. 3902 events were recorded in 1158 patients (range 0–24). There was significant seasonal variation in relapse rates (p < 0.0001) and this was associated with monthly hours of sunshine (odds ratio OR 1.08, p = 0.02). Relapse rates were highest in patients under the age of 30 (OR 1.42, p = 0.0005) and decreased with age. There was no evidence of different relapse rates for males compared to females (OR 0.90, p = 0.19). Identification of potentially modifiable environmental factors associated with temporal variation in relapse rates may allow alteration of risk on a population basis and alteration of outcome of established disease once established. Future epidemiological studies should examine dynamic environmental factors with serial prospective measurements and biological sampling. Significant seasonal differences in relapse rates highlight the importance of environmental factors in disease expression and should be taken into account when planning clinical trials in which relapse frequency is an outcome. In addition, identification of potentially modifiable factors associated with this variation may offer unique opportunities for alteration of risk of relapse and long-term outcome on a population level, and suggest putative biological mechanisms for relapse initiation.
Multiple sclerosis, Epidemiology, Relapses, Seasonal
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An Epic Romance Retold in Rhyme
He wandered streets with other wayward souls,
each blind to one another’s inner plights.
Together, but alone they walked below
the heartless throbbing glare of city lights.
The bum sought out his friend, the millionaire,
and told him of the girl and of her need.
“I owe my life to you,” the miser said,
“and I would be most glad to intercede.”
He gave the bum a stunning wad of cash,
“And now, I want to paint the town!” he said.
“I never truly thanked you for my life,
let’s you and I go out and paint it red!”
The two went out carousing on the town,
and money flowed like water from their hand,
and for a time, the two forgot the world,
just shared a drink, and listened to the band.
The wee hours found them stumbling through the street.
In alley dark, a thief came with a gun,
the millionaire fell in a pool of blood.
The bum could think of nothing but to run.
The morning found him by the lady’s side.
She tried to speak; found nothing she could say.
He handed her the cash, and then he said
“I’m sorry, Dear, I have to go away.”
Her tears of joy turned sorry, and she said
“But you’ll come back to see me, when you can?”
His lips said “yes,” but sirens down the street
forced him to leave her side, he turned and ran.
© Kenneth Henry, 2014
Based on Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent film classic, “City Lights.” Click the Introduction link above for more information about the movie. In this section, I took considerable liberty with the details of the plot. In the movie, the relationship with the millionaire was more complicated, and he was not shot in an alley. I chose to simplify. The impact to the storyline of the bum and the girl is unchanged.
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Helicosporidium
G2-like Family
G2-like Family Introduction
KDD72573.1 G2-like family protein
The GLK proteins are members of the recently categorized GARP superfamily of transcription factors (Riechmann et al., 2000) defined by G2 in maize; the Arabidopsis RESPONSE REGULATOR-B (ARR-B) proteins (Imamura et al., 1999); and the PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE1 (PSR1) protein of Chlamydomonas (Wykoff et al., 1999). In the case of G2, three of the four defining features of most transcription factors have been verified experimentally in heterologous systems. G2 is nuclearlocalized (Hall et al., 1998), is able to transactivate reporter gene expression, and can both homo-dimerize and heterodimerize with ZmGLK1 (Rossini et al., 2001). DNA-binding activity of GLK proteins has yet to be demonstrated,however, the putative DNA-binding domain is highly conserved with domains in other GARP proteins such as ARR1 and ARR2 (Riechmann et al., 2000). Notably, ARR1 and ARR2 have been shown to bind DNA (Sakai et al.,2000), thus it is likely that GLK proteins act as transcriptional regulators of chloroplast development.
The GLK proteins are members of the GARP superfamily of transcription factors, and phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that the maize, rice and Arabidopsis GLK gene pairs comprise a distinct group within the GARP superfamily. Further phylogenetic analysis suggests that the gene pairs arose through separate duplication events in the monocot and dicot lineages. As in rice, AtGLK1 and AtGLK2 are expressed in partially overlapping domains in photosynthetic tissue. GLK genes therefore regulate chloroplast development in diverse plant species.
Fitter DW, Martin DJ, Copley MJ, Scotland RW, Langdale JA.
GLK gene pairs regulate chloroplast development in diverse plant species.
Plant J. 2002 Sep;31(6):713-27.
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Colonial Revival: 1880-1955
By the end of the 19th century a return to the classical forms based on the early English and Dutch houses in America had already taken hold as a building style. These were seen in the architect inspired designs of the late Victorian houses built for wealthy clients. This same period also saw a resurgence in classical design fueled by the 1893 Colombian Exposition.
During the 1920's and 30's 'modern' architects flirted briefly with Prairie and Craftsman styles but eventually American architecture, interrupted first by World War I and then the Depression, succumbed to the classical style reflective of its Old World beginnings. As the century progressed, Colonial Revival came to dominate home building styles and remains a popular house design to this day. Fairport is fortunate to have all of these eclectic styles: Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, Tudor Revival and French Eclectic represented in its housing stock.
The entrance at 52 Potter Place has the center door with sidelights and fanlight and the pediment/column detail is on the face of the structure. It has the original shingle siding and wood shutters with cut-outs in the top panel.
As in the house forms we have just left mechanical developments greatly influenced this eclectic period. We have already seen the impact of the scroll saw and the availability of precut house trims on the development of earlier vernacular styles. We will see this again in the development of inexpensive masonry veneer on the next three housing styles.
This home at 69 W. Church Street has a center entrance with leaded glass sidelights, and pedimented porch roof with columns. There are modillions under the eaves and corner pilasters. The windows are grouped in threes on the first floor and above the entrance. There are three dormers and an enclosed side wing.
Characteristic Details
Prior to 1910 early Colonial Revival forms were asymmetrical (not balanced). Eventually a side gabled centered symmetrical frame became the common form. Constructed of solid masonry in the early days and limited to more expensive homes the development of artificial masonry (veneer) allowed homeowners to add a thin veneer of brick to the exterior of their modest wood frame home. Brick veneer applied to the front facade of the first floor and paired with a second story overhang is a common detail of the Revival style.
Roofs and Cornices
In the early days of the style, hipped and gambrel (Dutch Colonial) roofs with dormers and overhangs were prevalent. Cornices continued to be important features with dentil and decorative block molding.
As with their Georgian and Adam predecessors it is all about the door. Elaborate front doors accentuated with a decorative crown or pilasters or columns that extend forward to form an entry porch that supports a broken pediment. A porch with a curved underside is a favored Colonial Revival detail.
The center entrance door with sidelights is common in the Colonial Revival style home. 110 West Church Street, built in 1910, also has two story pilasters at the corners and there is an open side wing to the right.
Double hung with six, eight or nine panes; when bay, paired or triple windows are present they clearly indicate a Colonial Revival house.
This brick example at 60 Potter Place with a center entrance door with a fanlight and sidelights. The porch has a curved underside and columns that extend forward to form an entry porch.
This home at 140 W. Church St. has more features of the original Colonial and Georgian homes - the windows are double hung with 8 over 12 panes. The windows are evenly spaced and much larger than most in the area.
This home at 136 Potter Place is a Dutch Colonial Revival with a center entrance and roof across the front. The exposed roof beams are a feature of the Craftsman style.
3 Galusha Street in the Faircroft Subdivision shows a second story overhang.
This Cape Cod at 19 James Street is a sub-type of the Colonial Revival style. These houses are based on the wooden folk houses of eastern Massachusetts but with the addition of Georgian or Adam inspired doorways. They were popular during the 1920's to the 40's.
The dormer at 198 South Main spans almost the full length of the front to form a second story. The roof overhang has very large column supports.
32 Ridgeway in the Forest Hills neighborhood is an outstanding example of this style; dentil detailing under the eaves, 6 or 6 double hung windows, portico with pillars, balustrade and sidelights beside the door.
For an index of other styles that can be found in the Perinton area go to the Architectural Styles page in the History section.
The center entrance at 54 Potter Place has sidelights, a curved portico supported by columns and an urn centered above the door.
The Dutch Colonial Revival is a sub-type of Colonial Revival. The side gabled version was most frequently built between 1920 - 1930. This home at 5 Galusha Street has a first story roof overhang, and an oval roof held with brackets that mirrors the fanlight over the front entrance.
This image is from an advertisement for L. E. Rowell, Builder, that appeared in the "Souvenir of Fairport, NY Old Home Week" book, published in 1908.
A very similar house, just around the corner on 49 Nelson Street, but with the entrance on the left and a bank of windows in the front.
Detail of fanlight windows on a home at 71 Dewey. Often homes of this era have full fanlight windows lighting the attic space.
The home at 71 Dewey has a center entrance and a one story side wing. Note that the roof-line of the wing comes across the front of the house similar to, but, less dominant an architectural feature than those on the Dutch Colonial Revivals pictured above.
This door at 19 Fifth Avenue has a beautiful broken pediment with an urn in the center.
Other Colonials:
8 Fifth Avenue
(See this home for some inside features and an eyebrow window)
5 Clifford Street
4 Lake Crescent Drive
(An example with a second story overhang)
21 Fair Oaks Drive
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(Note: After I wrote the following piece making light of "breaking news," news in fact did emerge from FOX about Sarah Palin receiving a major speaking role on the second night of the Republican convention (see end of this column). Kristofer and I are mulling over what exactly this means, and we don't believe it signifies that Sarah isn't the nominee. More later.)
Dear Friends, this will be my last day doing guest posts on Adam's blog, one devoted to a thoroughly remarkable woman, Sarah Heath Palin, Governor of Alaska. All highly successful blogs -- and this is surely one of them -- are devoted in part to "breaking news." Frankly, at this point in the process, however, most of the "news" actually consists of "breaking rumors."
Let me reminisce some about why I came on board when Adam asked me -- about 18 months ago -- to support someone whose name was barely familiar to me: Gov. Palin. Like so many of you, I had to learn how to pronounce Sarah's name correctly: PALE -in.
One reason "Sarah for VP" had appeal to me so long ago was that I believed the conventional wisdom then about the person the Democrats would nominate for President. Of course (silly us), it would be Hillary Rodham Clinton, right? Nope! The Democrats have made a truly bizarre choice, an inexperienced, unqualified, untrustworthy, and dangerous (as in "invade Pakistan") man named Barack Hussein Obama.
Would a McCain-Palin ticket beat an Obama-anybody ticket? They would beat them, as an old Pittsburgh-area sportscaster put it, "like a rented mule." The most recent Zogby poll had McCain leading nationally by five points (while Gallup and Rasmussen have the right roughly even). I believe Zogby is correct. As The Economist put it recently, the nation is suffering from "Obama fatigue." We've found that our golden-tongued orator is just a young windbag, a guy who does a great job reading a speech (that someone else wrote) off a TelePrompter.
Since April (around the time of the PA Primary), I've been working with Supporters of Hillary Clinton, people who are very angry at the fraud and strong-arm tactics that took place in the Democratic caucuses. The NoBama Movement is large, and it is growing. On two of my blogs, I'm printing letter-after-letter from former Democrats, men and women who are leaving the Party they once thought was theirs. The MSM being the MSM, you probably haven't heard about that important development.
In all probability, John McCain is going to be the next President. For him to choose Sarah as his running mate would be both bold and wise.
Of course, we Republicans aren't exactly noted for boldness. Like Claude Rains in "Casablanca," our tendency is to "round up the usual suspects." At this time in history, the usual suspects -- say, a Mitt Romney or a Mike Huckabee or a Tom Ridge -- are not good enough. Such people are the "Ghosts of the GOP Past." They do not represent the future of the Republican Party or or of the country.
Sarah Palin does represent that future. To be fair, there are other potential candidates, such as Bobby Jindal, Mark Sanford, and Eric Cantor, who will be part of that future. But McCain can't do better than Sarah, an individual synonymous with toughness, courage, integrity, and consistency. Sarah Palin is the quintessential Amrican.
Let me end by saluting those of you who have embraced this remarkable young woman. You're doing a service to your country -- as she's doing for hers.
(Note: I hope some of you who've visited my blogs -- and many have -- will continue doing so. Two of them are: the national one (featuring Bill Clinton's complicity in 9/11) and the Hillary Supporters one (featuring Democrats leaving their Party). My best to all of you.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/20/list-of-rnc-speakers-offers-clues-to-mccains-vp-pick/
"With seven of the most-named running mates listed to speak at the Republican National Convention, the veepstakes over John McCain’s vice presidential running mate is anyone’s guess.
"The convention line-up, which will be held in St. Paul, Minn., from Sept. 1-4, features Connecticut Independent Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman on the first night; former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the scond night; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on the third night; and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on the last night.
"The third night is the night the vice presidential nominee will give his acceptance speech. Other speakers that night include Cindy McCain, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
"Jindal has said he is not interested in the job but Romney has clearly indicated he would accept the nod. FOX News learned this week that Ridge is no longer under consideration because of his support for abortion rights.
"McCain is expected to announce his choice for running mate at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 29. The date is his 72nd birthday and the day after the Democratic National Convention ends."
Note that Mark Sanford, SC Governor, is NOT on the list.
Posted by Stephen R. Maloney at 8/20/2008 09:52:00 AM
Labels: Eric Cantor, Hillary Supporters, Mike Hucabee, Mitt Romeny, Sarah Palin for V-P, Tom Ridge, Zogby Poll
of course the first question is can't the schedule be subjet to change?
With Romney speaking the same night the VP nominee is chosen, I just wonder if that means they put him on that night because he is actually the VP nominee. It seems weird they would have Sarah speak the night before, and then have her come back the next night to do a VP acceptance speech. After all, everyone will know who the pick is by then. I am heartbroken to say this, but it seems like maybe she won't be chosen. Let's hope my analysis is wrong and that they have her set to speak Tuesday as a diversion until the pick is announced.Then they could remove her from Tuesday's lineup. Is that possible? I'm grasping at straws here....
I hope to God that John McCain doesn't pick Romney. He can't be trusted. Don't listen to the beltway Republicans. Listen to the people. We want Sarah! I am a moderate-conservative Republican, but if McCain picks Romney to be his running mate, pulling the lever for McCain will become that much more difficult. I want Sarah to be the nominee, but I'll take Jindal, Huckabee, ANYBODY but Romney.
This schedule will almost certainly be shuffled, as almost all of the potential veeps have speeches scheduled. The only persona who I think is written off is Giuliani, who recieved the keynote, and he didn't seem that high up. My guess it that they have another primetime speaker selected and ready to be inserted once a VP is chosen. Leaving a high-level veep prospect off the speakers list would set off an unwanted media frenzy.
Greetings from DC, by the way.
Palin beats Romney in virtually all the Veep polls, though Romney is far better known.
Many moderates/women/former Dems-hillary types would move to McCain with Palin, but absolutely NOT with Romney.
ROMNEY IS THE PICK THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA AND THE DEMS WANT THE MOST FOR MCCAIN!
PALIN IS THE PICK THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA AND THE DEMS FEAR THE MOST!
And with Romney, Bob Barr is alive and well to eat into GOP votes; with Palin, Barr is out of the picture.
I simply can't believe McCain would go with Romney -- but then again, the only explanation would/could be mental incapacity or hatred of the GOP on the part of McCain (after all McCain's best friend and ally in the Senate is Goober Lindsay Graham, who sabotages the GOP every chance he gets).
Well... I for one am very disappointed that it really appears as though Sarah hasn't been chosen. I've got a theory about who may be selected over at PalinforAmerica.com
Of course I'm not giving up on Palin and I for one will continue my support.
Palin for America, I'll tell you one thing. If it isn't Sarah Palin, it BETTER be Marsha Blackburn or I will seriously consider staying home.
Go here for a quick study on Marsha Blackburn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn
If it is not to be Sarah then Marsh Blackburn looks very promising! Anyone know her drawbacks as a VP for McCain?
The unequivocal positive news is that, despite such minimal media publicity, Palin will be at the RNC night - wow!
That's awesome. This will garner her short term and long term name recognition and support from Republicans, females, Independents etc..
It would be absolutely astonishing, and the crowd would go wild - IF McCain did pull a hail marry and brought her back for the acceptance speech.
I believe it's still possible.
I'm continuing to urge everyone to call the offices, send emails every avenue possible.....
Untill we get a annoyed mail saying to stop.
1. Kudos to the Mike Lange reference, Stephen.
2. I'm not sure that Jindal will be speaking on Wednesday evening. If prime time is an hour and Cindy McCain speaks first for about 10-15 minutes, then I'm not sure that it works with Jindal and the VP. If anything, he seems a likely candidate in my mind to swap with someone else already scheduled to speak in prime time.
3. If I'm wrong about that (being able to fit Cindy McCain, Jindal, and the VP nominee into an hour), then Romney or Pawlenty, neither of whom is speaking in prime time makes sense from a logistical perspective. If I'm right about that-- Jindal being switched with another prime time person-- then a prime time speaker is a likely choice for McCain. That's just a statement about the logistics.
4. I've gone back and forth about this, trying to think about this from McCain's perspective (and from a quote unquote true independent voter's perspective) rather than from the perspective of someone who wants to see Palin picked. It's tough to detact yourself like that, but here it goes:
-- Forget about 80-85% of the voters out there. They've made up their minds to vote for McCain or Obama, and nothing is going to change their perspective.
-- Where a VP pick may matter is in terms of appeal to swing voters. This group has a lot of Reagan Democrats (people from placed like Michigan, Ohio, western PA with conservative instincts who aren't married to either party by doctrine and who place high emphasis on wanting to know that a candidate and VP candidate "speak their language" to borrow Glenn Beck's words) and the over 50 Clinton women's group. Palin appeals to both groups more than any other prospective candidate while, at the same time, creating heavy enthusiasm in the GOP base.
-- Now, it's time to be honest: Palin has two drawbacks. The first drawback is experience. That's not her fault, but McCain's "is he ready to lead" attack against Obama loses its luster with a pick like Palin. On the other hand, it's pretty hard to attack her, as a VP pick, for being inexperienced when the Democratic presidential nominee is less experienced. So, Palin doesn't hurt you in this regard, but she may blunt a specific line of attack for McCain. The second item is the whole investigation in Alaska. We know that it's BS. And, 30% of the nuts out there will make it into the second coming of Watergate. But, for the 15-20% of swing voters out there, with few exceptions, I think that most people will take a "what's the big deal" attitude and be a lot more interested in who Palin is and what she has to say.
-- Now, turn to the timing of the announcement. Obama gives his speech. McCain is ready to go with his rally in Ohio the next day. The VP choice will be the highlight. A pro-choice candidate means a riot. A Romney or a Pawlenty gets a "meh" response from swing voters. But, picking Palin and announcing her there completely quashes the Obama story and, as an announcement when people, including swing voters, are paying attention, gets people to sit up straight and ask "who is this person". Now, the beauty of all of this is that, before the MSM and Dems get to spin the investigation or anything else, swing voters get to here Palin speak. Her words, when everyone is paying attention, will define the first impressions of her. This is why I (and I suspect several others) have liked this timing for the VP announcement.
So, let's take a simple look: 80-85% of the people have made up their minds, and a VP pick won't matter. Swing voters in the big swing states are the key.
Approach one is to do no harm, to make a "meh" pick who registers a 0.5 in the minds of independent voters. And, a McCain who sees this election trending his way very well may do that.
Approach two is to find a pick who registers a 10.0 in terms of impact while, at the same time, uniting the base. Palin does that.
What are the rewards of introducing her on August 29?
1. You pick someone who has a personality and story that will appeal to swing voters.
2. You change the story from Obama in a way that other picks cannot.
3. You give Palin a forum to create the first impression with her words, not MSM spin.
What is the down side?
1. You risk turning off voters with the investigation, but for every one swing voter you lose that way, I think that you get atleast 10 more favorably disposed towards McCain because of what Palin brings to the table in terms of communicating with swing voters.
2. Picking a governor with 2 years of experience mutes to a degree McCain's "is he ready to lead" approach. It's a risk that some swing voters might see it as hypocritical, but it's not as if they're going to rush to Obama as a result and, again, it's how Palin communicates with independent voters that will matter far more.
Look, I don't think that it's going to happen. It's just my gut feeling. But, there's a highly compelling case to be made to pick her. Where a Romney or a Pawlenty won't make a difference, Palin is the type where the rewards to be realized with swing voters far outweighs the drawbacks (which an honest person should admit are there).
Plus, there's one more thing to consider: For me, a presidential candidacy is about a story. One of the reasons that Obama was so appealing is that his story is "change". That resonated at first glance. But, his problem is that he's the Wizard of Oz candidate. He talks about change. And, it sounds good until you pull back the curtain.
With McCain, the story is the maverick you know who will keep you safe. Palin supports the maverick part of the story. She'd complement the message that is "I'll fight the Democrats, and I'll even fight my own party, because I'm here to do your business. I don't just talk about change. I deliver change".
Anon - I agree with you on a lot, but disagree with you on a few major points.
1.) McCain is concerned about his "Conservative" base, the people Rush Limbaugh and Mike Huckabee keep screaming about. He's vetted, probably seriously, Leiberman and Ridge and ha a wildly negative response.
2.)If he doesn't pick someoen that will continue to appease the Christian conservatives, they WILL stay home and he will lose. Something like 15+ million is a lot more than the "INdependent" an Democrat support he might have, imho.
3.) Marsha Blackburn, who PFA suggests as a Palin alternative appears to be a good choice on the cover. She is a woman... However, she is ignificantly more Right than Palin or McCain. Look here up at ontheissues.com.
-This would appease Limbaugh, Cristians Coalation etc...
-But it would just peg the team as really being Bush/Cheney/Right wing wackos.
3.) He'd lose the INdependents and a lot of the Hillary supporters...
Marsha Blackburn may be a "safe" pick, but I think it's too safe.
I'm still fighting for Palin.
Who here has contacted their offices and sent emails? I have..
Ask yourself this, if the Convention has Palin speaking -- who, let's face it, is the most exciting WOW of the whole bunch -- and then is NOT the VEEP (while she meets all the criteria and fitness and is most logical/maximum politically for Veep) this merely highlights the blahness of any other Veep possibility -- so I'd say, things are looking up for Palin as Veep!
Guys, I think it just might be Palin. Here's why:
1. Wednesday night, when she is scheduled to speak, is the only other night other than vp night where there are 3 speakers in primetime. That allows them to move Jindal to Wednesday night to speak in her place.
2. Cindy McCain is speaking before and likely introducing the VP nominee. I think that makes it more likely that it's a woman.
3. Why would they have someone speak after the VP? Wouldn't that take away from him/her? I think Jindal IS the filler speaker.
I'm going to say it now. If it ISN'T Palin, then I don't know who else it could be.
I still want Sarah Palin as much as anyone else, but the murky quick sand of Alaskan politics is just pulling her down too much. This is just a selection of her headlines:
*Palin's aide put on leave in firing flap - Anchorage Daily News
*Trooper union asks for Palin e-mails - KTUU
*Palin says staffer pressed trooper firing - San Diego Union Tribune
Not only that, but I strongly believe that Wooten is being held as an insurance policy to make sure she doesn't get selected.
I have a feeling that Halcro paid for Wooten's extended vacation and wanted this trashy trooper to stay in the shadows. Halcro and Palin's enemies in Alaska would go nuts if if she was selected as a VP and I think they would do whatever possible to keep that from happening.
Now, why would Halcro want Wooten to stay hidden until a key moment? Halcro must have known about the tasering and the drunk driving and the fact that these proven allegations would torpedo any of his abuse of power claims against Palin. Further, if Wooten himself started speaking to the media, he would most likely say something terribly stupid and again, halt any attempt at pegging Palin for abuse of power.
So what Halcro could do is keep Wooten hidden and keep the press away from this wildcard thereby ensuring that the trooper remains an unknown variable. This unknown variable could have enough of an impact on McCain's advisers to stay away from Palin. Or, in the event that Palin is chosen, Trooper Wooten magically appears and begins playing the victim and files breach of privacy lawsuits against the Governor-turned-VP nominee.
As much as I love and support Palin, McCain can't afford a VP who would be dogged by such nonsense.
I think our next step is get Palin on the national stage. Get her to take Steven's Senate seat and go for a 2012 or 2016 run for President.
The point about Cindy McCain is very interesting, T.C. It would make more sense for Cindy to introduce the female V.P running mate. Good point.
Paul, as far as the Conservative base, they would have no problem with Palin. Rush likes her, Hannity likes her, Beck likes her, most of the hardcore right would like her so Blackburn isn't any more or less "safe" than Palin. They are pretty much equal. The only difference is Marsha Blackburn doesn't have any EXECUTIVE experience as far as I'm aware of.
Also, I just got off of CNNPolitics.com and there are rumors going around that Obama may pick Caroline Kennedy as his running mate. I don't want to be doubtful, but if he does that, then we ALL have a pretty big problem. Although she has less political experience than Obama, it makes sense for him to double down on "change". If you weren't voting for him based on experience anyway, it doesn't matter who he picks for V.P. Pray to God in Heaven that he does NOT pick Caroline Kennedy. If he does then it definitely does not look good for John McCain. He should've announced Palin sooner. If the rumors get stronger about this, then McCain has to announce either Palin or Blackburn IMMEDIATELY in order to prevent Obama from nominating Kennedy.
palin for america:--
with all due respect, I think you're going way too deep -- Wooten the victim ???!!!
The only outcome of the troopergate thing is showing Palin to be politically attacked by the Dems/Obama Campaign/Alaska State Sen Hollis French/Troopers Union --
and Palin comes out looking even better and tougher -- showing she operates in a politically tough environment.
And PFA, no one really gives a crap about her "troopergate". It's so stupid and irrelevant, don't let that cloud up your mind. We have bigger problems, like Caroline Kennedy.
If BO takes Kennedy, we COULD be in trouble..
But - does she have any political experience?
Could she really be (and want to be) CIF?...
She seems like a lot of risk/responsibility to run the country in the event of Obama having a stroke or something.
Wherease Palin could easily take McCain's spot...
Despite what Michal Moore has said, I doubt he'll pick her.
Obama would double down on "inabilities"
Ted, as I said, I'm right there with you. But, you know, we are members of the advanced class when it comes to the "abuse of power" issue. We know details that CNN itself can't be bothered to research and report on (when it was ready to lump Palin in with Stevens, back several weeks ago.)
There is something called the "Magoo Effect" whereby in today's society people are drowning in information and they have difficulty discerning details, much like Magoo had difficulty seeing. So although the trooper scandal really does make Palin look stronger to those of us who know the details, to others who just read headlines it will look very different.
All people will see is "Palin in currently under investigation for abuse of power" and they won't see beyond this. Believe me, it pains me to say this, but we have to be realistic.
If he picks Carolina Kennedy the election is over, Mccain will win. She has zero experience and it will look like he's trying to pander to those who loved JFK. He's not that stupid.
I'm surprised Jindal didn't get the keynote.
Mccain is up 5 now. Does this open the door for Hillary at the convention?
"The third night is the night the vice presidential nominee will give HIS acceptance speech."
By the way, it looks like the VP will speak after Jindal, not Cindy McCain. The Politico article left out a lot of detail.
RNC Convention Details
A Kennedy pick is a pick of more of the same. Would Obama go for that?
Kennedy= Same
Clinton= Same
Even though Obama himself is more of the same, tired old poltics, he doesn't want it to look that way.
BTW - Somethign remarkable on the NRO poll which is worth remembering,
790 votes for Palin!!!
I'm sure some of this included some overzealous users here using multiple email accts ;) but still.
McCain - you listening buddy!?
PFA, a comment about this whole investigation:
85% of people have made up their minds. Those disposed to vote for Obama will see it as the second coming of Watergate. Those disposed to vote for McCain won't give two flying farts. The ones who matter are the swing voters.
How will they perceive this investigation? I suspect that most will see it as much ado about a lot of BS. Yes, some people could be influenced by it in a negative way. But, that group will be heavily outnumbered by the swing voters who will react quite positively to Palin being chosen (instead of the "meh" reaction among swing voters that a Romney is far more likely to get).
It's a simple cost benefit analysis in the end. The investigation isn't the impediment. Frankly, it might actually help. You only get so much time to whine about your opponent, and focusing on the investigation will strike a lot of swing voters as petty BS. Plus, there's the added benefit: the Hillary group among the swing voters very well might perceive this line of attack as a Hillary style hatchet job redux.
As for the timing, I'll repeat again what I wrote earlier: The biggest concern is that you want everyone to be paying attention when McCain announces his pick. It's especially important for someone like Palin, who isn't a household name. What this allows for is that Palin's own words will be the basis for a first impression, before the media gets to start its spin routine.
As for Caroline Kennedy, her selection would not help the Palin cause. On the other hand, it most assuredly would help the McCain cause. Where the argument for Cheney was gravitas for GWB, what exactly would the argument be for Kennedy, no experience to go the Obama's 143 days in the Senate? She is not happening.
Obama will go first. My hope is that he does not choose Hillary. He'll pick one of the named names. And, then one of two things happens after his convention:
1. McCain chooses what political pundits call a "do no harm" pick, a guy like Romney or Pawlenty. I can't agree with it, but I see why it could happen.
2. McCain plays the fighter pilot and goes outside of the box. Among those outside of the box picks, Palin is the best. Think about how it would play on August 29 (and how it would look in hindsight): Obama is on his high. Everyone is talking about him. And, then, with all of the cameras rolling, McCain trots out Palin . . .
I still see #1 being a lot more likely. It's not a question of what I want, just what I see. But, you really can't read anything into the fact that few people have been talking about Palin. If McCain goes another direction, it means in hindsight that she was a dark horse when McCain always was going with the quote unquote safe pick. If he picks Palin, then it means that the lack of mentions or meetings were part of a plan to roll Palin out after the DNC convention when she would get an honest chance to make a first impression with her words (do you see McCain being that smart?).
And, make no mistake about one thing: No matter who McCain picks, it's going to be hatchet job time. Romney will have Bain thrown in his face. Pawlenty will catch blame for the bridge. A guy like Jindal would get the exorcism jokes. Frankly, those are the spin arguments that will be a lot more persuasive with swing voters than some conspiratorial theory about Palin that, in the end, is much ado about what at most qualifies as very little.
This news of McCain's lead is of concern to me personally, as far as this movement is concerned. I would LOVE to see Sarah get the nod. I've convinced family and friends that she's the best choice, and I'm still recruiting. However, with a lead over Obama, it makes sense to me that McCain would go ahead and "play it safe" with a ho-hum pick rather that swing at a homerun and potentially miss. Of course I don't want him to, but this has me concerned.
At any rate, I cannot wait to hear her speech on the second night. Perhaps this is what she needs to bring her to the national spotlight like Obama four years ago. I believe McCain will be a one term president if he wins, and she would be set up nicely to make a run if she doesn't get the nod this year.
PFA, this article explicitly says Jindal will speak after the VP.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/20/politics/horserace/entry4366357.shtml
Other Anon, the points that you bring up about Caroline Kennedy are valid. However, all voters who are not voting for Obama on the basis of experience probably don't care who his V.P is. No one will say "I don't like Obama because of his lack of experience, but if he picks Joe Biden then he's my guy!" Caroline Kennedy helps Obama double down on his message of "change". Yes she is a Kennedy, but she has not been involved in politics. She would have the best (or in our case, worst) of both worlds by having a familiar name and STILL being seen as outside the beltway.
Some of Hillary's base, especially the older ones, would have fond memories of J.F.K and R.F.K and want to put another Kennedy in the white house. People already compare Obama to J.F.K. Caroline Kennedy just gives him more legitimacy as he attempts to reincarnate himself as John Kennedy. Do not take this lightly. Make no mistake about it. If Caroline Kennedy is Obama's running mate, we are in DEEP trouble.
"A guy like Jindal would get the exorcism jokes."
Talk about the Dems losing the Catholic vote. There is no way they would say that. Catholics are leaning Republican as it is (big lead among white Catholics) with Obama's faith based initiative. An anti-Catholic stance would kill them.
Keep your fingers crossed, everyone. It's looking like Bayh may be the guy...
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2008/8/20/obama_team_to_hold_major_event_saturday_in_bayhs_indiana
Kennedy? A vp with 0 experience? Obama is inexperienced, smug and dangerous, but he's not stupid.
I hate it when links don't work right...
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/
/obama_team_to_hold_major_event_sat
urday_in_bayhs_indiana
First, despite having raised the possibility of Caroline Kennedy as Senator Obama's running mate almost two weeks ago, I wish to disassociate myself completely from anything urged by Michael Moore.
Second, Senator McCain refused to rule out a pro-choice running mate on Laura Ingraham this morning, and Mayor Guiliani pretty much discounted the life issue as a deal breaker during his telephone conference for the campaign this afternoon, suggesting that the Party faithful will get behind Senator McCain's choice no matter what their displeasure on a single issue.
Either Senator McCain is seriously considering a pro-choice VP, or this is one incredible head fake to steer the media and the Obama campaign away from a choice such as Governor Palin. Unfortunately, given Senator McCain's history with social conservatives, I think he really is considering Senator Lieberman or Governor Ridge or, possibly, Mayor Guiliani.
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
McCain can not be stupid enough to pick a pro-choice running mate. Until I see it for myself, I refuse to believe that he's that dumb. If the Presidential nominee was someone that had more credibility with conservatives, then he could get away with picking a pro-choice running mate, but not McCain. He can't do it. He won't do it. I refuse to believe that he's stupid enough to do it.
And to the other Anon, Obama's running mate doesn't HAVE to be experienced because he already isn't. No one who won't vote for Obama based on inexperience will change their minds because he picks someone with more experience. If anything, picking someone with MORE experience than Obama HURTS him, not helps him. It just fully reinforces the fact that he has very little experience. For example, if the ticket is Obama/Biden, many people will feel that that ticket should be flipped around. Therefore, if Obama wants to double down on "change" Caroline Kennedy having 0 experience is irrelevant. It will hurt the country in the long run, but not his campaign.
I'd vote for Ridge, Lieberman, or Guiliani as VP. I would not even hesitate.
I think Palin helps with social conservatives (who aren't the base of the Republican party, since there really is no base- just different factions). I want all factions to feel like they can support the VP. Everyone proposing Romney has no idea how many people will not vote for McCain, because of it.
I like McCain a lot, because he is not too socially conservative, although he is a little bit. That said, I will not vote for him, if Romney is VP. He is corrupt, and you cannot bet on where he is on social stances. I will not vote for Obama, either. I ruled out Obama early in the race.
Caroline Kennedy doesn't help Obama in any way. All that does in enrage Hillar supporters who would be outraged at the fact that he picked a woman so unqualified to be the President of the United States.
There's no way it's Kennedy, especially since Michael Moore said it.
If he picks her he'll be creamed, regardless of who Mccain's pick is. With Russia continuing to ruffle its feathers, the country will not vote for a ticket with so little experience. He needs someone to help with foreign policy.
MK: No reason to worry! There is now a 60% chance that it WILL be Palin. The Mccain Camp has has been avoiding mentioning her name until now! Of course all of you must know that the schedule for the speakers can be changed. Besides Pawlenty - the only other (semi)viable option is also mentioned on the same list -(sheduled to speak on the last day of the convention).
Even as late as yesterday we did not even know that she would be attending the convention, let alone be one of the speakers. She may be scheduled for Tuesday, but I think her values/energy speech will take place on the third day of the convetion.
This is a high stakes game - both campaigns are trying to outsmart each other; the schedule of speeches at the convention just released by RNC is just part of this game.
But it is good to know that Palin will be at the convention - and will actually give her inspirational speech - on the third day of the convetion. And from that moment on her brand will become the republican brand - assuring victory in November. MK.
Steven M Nielson said...
should we consider the second night as an introduction of the nominee? This leaves Ridge and Palin. Ridge has already come under increased attacks by the conservatives, fueled by Limbaugh, basically eliminating him from the nomination. That would leave Palin as the spotlight speaker, introducing herself to the nation as the new face of the conservative movement - ready to retake the stage the following night to thunderous applause.
I just found this blog post on American Solutions, Newt's website. It is officially posted as a pen by -HawaiiArchitect- but the style of prose has Newt's penmanship written all over it.
Am I the only one seeing this? Why would Newt not just come out and say this rather than let one of his bloggers disguise it?
Is Newt afraid that liberals will attack Palin if she is seen as closely tied to Newt? If Palin is seen as closely tied to Newt will that drive away disaffected Hillary supporters from Palin.
I get the same impression from Limbaugh and Hannity-they both be seeming to burst trying to conceal their enthusiasm for Palin---maybe the word is out-don't tip off Obama
Whoever said politics is like an iceberg-90 percent is below the surface knew what they were talking about it-I wish someone could get to the bottom of this blog post-there may be a pot of gold (newsworthy inside information) there.
New Energy for America
By HawaiiArchitect
.SolutionSolves
John McCain needs to seriously consider selecting Alaska Gov Sarah Palin as his choice for the Vice Presidency.
.SolutionOverview
I believe that first and foremost Americans will vote their pocketbooks in the upcoming general election. The central issue for the American pocketbook is energy. The objections of Obama, Pelosi, and Reed notwithstanding, solid majorities of Americans now favor drilling for oil offshore and in ANWR. No VP option in either party is more poised to seize on that issue than Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
I will spell out the case for Palin below. My only reservation against Palin is that she does not engender McCain to repeat the mistake made by Bush 41 in 1988 by selecting Quayle as his VEEP. Quayle clearly demonstrated a deer in the headlight look during tough interviews thus making him an easy target for the press, pundits, and late night comedians.
Just this week Palin has been making the rounds on the cable news networks
and I have to say, given her background as a television news reporter, she is better at conducting one on one interviews than Obama is at reading a teleprompter or posing for a coin. When I watch her on TV I am reminded of a Reagan campaign rally I attended in 1984 where the Gipper said "One day America is going to elect a woman as its president and she's going to be a Republican".
I will hold this one reservation until I see Palin on the Sunday morning shows. I trust and encourage Brokaw to hold the Russert standard in place by grilling her on Meet The Press. If she does perform well on this and further venues then I will arrive at the conclusion that there is for certain presidential timber in Alaska.
The case for Palin is very strong. On background, college degreed as a journalist, she was a high school basketball star and beauty queen that participated in the Miss Alaska Pageant. She has an incredibly photogenic family including five children. Her oldest son is active duty military and her youngest son, an infant, was born with Down's Syndrome. The inspirational manner Palin and her husband publicly dealt with the challenge of a Down's child has truly solidified her pro-life credentials in a day and age where so many Down's Syndrome children are never carried to term.
She had a successful tenure in the city of Wasilla, an Anchorage suburb, as a council member and then Mayor going on the become president of the Alaska Council of Mayors. This led to an appointment to a state agency by the former governor of Alaska. The good old boy system did not play well with her. We might say Palin is more of a maverick than McCain. She resigned the appointment in protest over corruption in the agency's dishonest handling of Alaska's valuable energy reserves. When the governor did not respond to her complaints she ran against him in 2006 and defeated him in the Republican primary election.
In the 2006 Alaska general election for governor Sarah Palin really began to shine. There were plenty of reasons for her not to have won this election. She was running against a former two-term governor in a very tough year for Republicans. She adopted a campaign theme of "New Energy for Alaska" that encouraged a more responsible development of the state's tremendous natural resources. She was elected.
Since 2006, Governor Palin's popularity has gone nowhere but up-way up-into the 80 plus percentile range of approval ratings by Alaskans. This has in part been achieved by continuing to fight against government corruption and pork barrel spending in the state legislature. Today she is the most popular governor in America.
There are many hollow arguments against her. One is that she is from a small isolated state. With energy being the most important election issue and its elements including ANWR and OCS, Alaska is however at ground zero and center stage in this election with tremendous resources of energy reserves ready willing and able to contribute relief to the American people.
What about the argument that Palin does not have enough elective office experience to be on the ticket with McCain? Granted she is younger than Obama, but she is now in her 15th year of elective office, giving her at least two more years of service than Obama. Unlike Obama, the majority of Palin's experience has been executive as opposed to voting present in the Illinois legislature or running for president while not present in the U.S. Senate. Palin is clearly more qualified than Obama to be Vice President.
No foreign policy experience? Watching Palin challenging Congress on offshore drilling on the cable networks flies in the face of this charge. She is clearly the expert with the solution for achieving energy independence while Congress and Obama are the do-nothing idiots "living in la-la land" without a plan to end our dependence on the oil of third world dictators not concerned with America's best national interests. Perhaps its Congress and Obama that don't have sufficient foreign policy experience.
Alaska is the only state bordered by two foreign countries and additionally shares no common border with another state. Palin has actively negotiated and achieved intergovernmental accords for cooperation with Canadian provinces and territories and is at the forefront of negotiations to construct the TransCanada natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the contiguous 48 states. The new pipeline will economically deliver billions of cubic feet of safe, clean, and efficient natural gas to hungry American energy markets.
At the heart of energy independence ergo national security is keeping oil dollars out of the hands of terrorists sympathizing Saudi Arabian madrasahs. Elmendorf USAFB commander Brig. Gen. Tom Tinsley has called Gov. Sarah Palin "one of the greatest military supporters we've ever had." While Obama conducts an internal self identity debate over whether to wear a US flag lapel pin each day depending on what constituency he is attempting to appeal to, Palin proudly and rightfully displays the US Service Star flag on her lapel in honor of her son's active military service in the War on Terror. There will be no accusatory Quaylesque questions from the liberal media inquiring what general was called by what Palin family member seeking to avoid service in the military.
So if Palin has what it takes to be Vice President how should McCain proceed? Obama is certain to go to Iraq (clearly now a fading election issue) to answer charges from McCain about being misinformed on the war issue. About the time Obama is leaving, Palin should issue a challenge to McCain and Obama to visit ANWR with her so she can make the case to them in person.
Obama would never go but McCain should. McCain should clearly proclaim while at ANWR that Palin has changed his mind on this issue and that now only Obama and Congress stand between the American people and energy independence. In light of the emerging central importance of new energy for America in the election McCain should say he has asked Gov Palin to serve as America's new Vice President with a special assignment. During her tenure in office her central responsibility will be to lead an initiative rivaling the Manhatten project and the Apollo space program to aggressively make America totally independent of foreign energy resources by 2016.
In doing this the GOP campaign theme should be McCain-Palin "New Energy for America".
What other VEEP choice brings more potential than this to the table???? I am at a loss to understand what the downside of having Palin on the Republican ticket would be. What other Republican would have more appeal and excitement to bring about a McCain victory? How on Earth will the liberal press attack her?
I ask all of you.....where is this argument off base?????
HawaiiArchitect is not Newt. I know who it is though, and it's heartening to see him write this.
From the media archives----
Reagan did make the quote below in Cumberland, Georgia on Monday September 17th, 1984 and on stage beside him were Florida Sen. Paula Hawkins, Georgia Sen. Mack Mattingly, and Georgia Congressman Newt Gingrich
I watch her on TV I am reminded of a Reagan campaign rally I attended in 1984 where the Gipper said "One day America is going to elect a woman as its president and she's going to be a Republican".
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO THIS THEORY
Who is HawaiiArchitect?
Talk about take no prisoners....
Unlike Obama, the majority of Palin's experience has been executive as opposed to voting present in the Illinois legislature or running for president while not present in the U.S. Senate. Palin is clearly more qualified than Obama to be Vice President.
Nicely done posting, friend, but I would have underscored the most salient points.
- A proven reformer, never a business-as-usual executive.
- Demonstrated prowess in multi-national deals involving energy which pays the bill for Alaska's government (the budget of which she slashed).
- And the only governor whose territory extends just 2.3 miles from Russia, a nation that challenges her state daily over fishing and drilling rights (witness the Russian "scientific exploration" near Alaska's (and America's) Chukchi Cap -- what I have called "the keel of Alaska," and America -- the nation which last year planted not far from Chukchi a titanium pole, a pole waving a Russian flag in the frozen, resource-rich ocean floor.
No one can dispute that Sarah Palin sees Russia the same way as 49 other governors or untold thousands of state legislators -- or, for that matter, the hundreds of Congressmen in Washington who don't quite get the "new old Russia" in the last few days.
She deals with the new, old bear daily.
But I haven't mentioned the most extraordinary things about Sarah Palin for Vice President:
She is not well known. And the media scramble to November can only reveal one thing.
She is a chief executive of grace, sparkle and substance -- the chief part of which is being happily married to her high school sweetheart with a passel of wonderful kids.
This November, I am voting for Sarah Palin.
For my kids.
Sorry, edit:
I meant to say, "No one can dispute that Sarah Palin sees Russia a different way than 49 other governors or untold thousands of state legislators..."
Will be more careful next time.
Random thoughts from a well-rested man:
*Adam's right. Releasing the schedule now would absolutely give away the VP, just like travel plans or anything else. They don't want anyone to know until the 29th.
*If Palin's not the pick, she should remain Governor. That's her best chance going into the 2012 primaries.
*Hawaii Architect is an architect who live in Hawaii.
*The phrase "his acceptance speech" means nothing. The masculine form is always the default. Saying "she" would set off wild speculation.
Bottom line: I still predict Palin. Why on earth would McCain release this schedule that supposedly gives away the choice, then go ahead and make the boring pick that the media expected all along? That would deflate the big rally. Political campaigns want to create excitement, not squash it.
There are conflicting reports about when Jindal speaks at the convention. The likely reason is that Jindal will simply slide into the VP nominee's spot on the schedule. So they've given nothing away yet.
I checked the NRO poll, and Mitt has pulled slightly ahead. Palin made a great showing considering her lack of publicity, and I don't condone cheating. But if y'all haven't voted, or know someone who hasn't, please help.
Posting links usually doesn't work here, but it's on National Review's front page.
Nearly every potential vp is on that list, with the exception of just a few might be's. But, hey there's only so many slots. My guess is someone on that list will get tapped and moved to the vp slot.
One thing I find interesting is how strongly women are featured on the vp night. And why wouldn't Palin be on the "women's" night. Just seemed a little curious to me. I think there's still a chance. Don't you suppose everybody else that likes someone on list is feeling the same.
Jindall's too young.
That's a great blog/article.
To all - do more than vote on NRO site.. and you know what I mean.
Check this link out:
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/20/vp-questions-hound-mccain/
He says, "he or she..." casts the vote. Could be read as:
-he already had a "he" in mind (eg Romney)
-he wanted to be pc so added "he or she"
-...it's a she and he mentioned she..
Thinkig about this some more, I think Palin's stock is going up.
He's being really pushign back and saying "no hints" - where Obama is doing the exact opposite.
Quesiton is, why?
Obamabi's strategy is working by creating media buzz.. and they would to if they dropped more names.
It seems they are hiding something.
BTW... I don't think it's Biden anymore :)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGRhNzJlMWY5NjdiNzhjMTRkYjMzNjYwOGJmYzNjMTY=
Great posts and interesting theories.Glad to see most are still optimistic, as I am.. Couple of things though...McCain said he "should" talk to Sarah about ANWR, then said he "WILL"..(when asked about drilling there) ..the fact that he hasn't yet, gives me pause...the other thing I wonder about is why hasn't she been making the rounds, as someone said?(other than comments about drilling) Jindal, Romney etc are out there campaigning for McCain, which gives them exposure and demonstrates their skill/ability in a national arena.Would the presidential nominee select a VP without seeing how they perform first?..it just makes me nervous.
I'm hoping she gives a thrilling speech at the convention--I've been a supporter for a long time and would love to see this happen.I have consistently sent emails to McCain, as have some friends for quite awhile now. Let's hope he does the right thing.But....no matter who he chooses--IMO they are all FAR BETTER than an Obama presidency would be, and I do not want to let that happen...Hey Adam, how's DC??
I think this is very interesting. As you may know, Obama has been in the news for his vote on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. He claimed he voted against the first version because it didn't not contain a neutraility clause that could keep it from being used to prevent abortion, but then voted for it once it did. He then accused Nat'l Right to Life for "lying" (yes, he used the word lying) about his record. Well, Right to Life researched his vote and he opposed the bill in BOTH versions. Now they've found a recording of him opposing the bill on the senate floor. This is starting to get some air time.
BUT, HERE"S THE KICKER
The lady that started this whole thing was a nurse who found a little down syndrome boy in the hospital rubbish room in a medical waste bin, still alive, and sat and cradled him for the 45 minutes or so until he died. She was interviewed tonight on H and C.
WHAT A CONTRAST! Can you imagine the contrast between Palin who celebrated the birth of her DS son and Obama, who condoned this kind of treatment of handicapped babies!
Pretty stark.
Check out this link about the BAIPA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=KxQiIzS49D8&feature=related
I was really surprised that so many people didn't know about this. I've followed this for months. I assumed this ALONE would sink Obama during the primaries. And if McCain picks Palin, the mother of the little baby with downs syndrome who is a wonderful gift, Obama is 100% finished, and I do mean finished.
Can you imagine how McCain will run away with this election as the mother of Trig by just being alive will be the embodiment of the opposite of the cold articulate, thinking O-man.
I would not be surprised if McCain picks her now with everything aligning. If he doesn't, he has himself to blame if he loses this election with another boring white guy.
You all act like as if McCain has already decided. I don't think he knows yet. He wants to pick Lieberman, but politically he can't. With the current set up of the convention, he can decide right before August 29th.
Re: BAIPA
This is a very good angle having Palin on the ticket over the Down's issue.
This shifts the debate from pro-choice v. pro-life to being in favor of killing living newborn babies or not.
Obama will be hard pressed to find even a small single digit percentage of the country to support his 2002 BAIPA stance-hence why he is lying about how he voted now.
Imagine Palin in a VEEP debate against any Catholic Obama VEEP nominee-Kaine, Sebelius, whomever.
There is no way on Earth they can defend Obama's stance-especially against Palin.
Senator McCain is going to pick Governor Sarah for his Vice President. Remember we didn't know that Trig was going to make his appearance into this world until Governor Sarah was already 6-7 months pregnant.The other speakers are going to be his cabinet/advisors.
Todd Palin's,the First Gentleman of Alaska, bio is on the Governor's Official Site. Also, quite impressive and a handsome gentleman.
People know that Alaska has always had a history of corrupt politicians. And, for this fantastic young woman, Governor Sarah Palin, to take on cleaning up the place WOW!!!
I am so looking forward to the McCain and Palin Families as our role models, leading our country.
Next month, she will address convention delegates at the four-day event in St. Paul, Minn., the same night as keynote speaker Rudy Giuliani.
"I hadn't even envisioned being governor back then," Palin said. "And I hadn't envisioned being a speaker until about a month ago."
Palin received confirmation about one week ago.
Palin said she was told she will be an evening speaker, perhaps closely ahead of Giuliani's keynote address, which caps the evening.
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/20/alaska-governor-speak-gop-convention/
What does Obama's potential VP being Catholic have to do with anything? Catholics are split on abortion, nationally.
I should know. I am one.
Senator Obama's opposition to BAIPA is political kryptonite for him and political gold for Senator McCain, if handled appropriately.
First, there is simply no constituency for infanticide. The image of a premature baby, gasping for breath with underdeveloped lungs, in a hospital closet full of soiled linen just feet away from a neonatal ICU capable of saving its life is just gruesome, whether you are pro-choice or pro-life.
NARAL originally opposed the federal BAIPA, but caught so much blowback from Congressional Democrats, including FemiNazis like Senator Boxer, that they simply could not go on record supporting infanticide, that NARAL went neutral and released them to vote their consciences, i.e., their political interests. The addition of a neutrality clause to that legislation -- disavowing any impact on Roe -- was enough of a fig leaf to permit its passage 98-0 in the Senate.
Now, recall Pastor Warren's question: "When is a baby entitled to human rights?" Not an unborn child, but a baby. And Senator Obama gives his "above my pay grade" answer.
Because he couldn't answer the question one way or the other. If he said what every other American listening would have said, i.e., that human rights accrue at least when an infant is born alive, he would have immediately been slammed for his opposition to BAIPA. If he gave his more "nuanced" reasoning that contemplates a baby born alive without human rights, he would not have been able to finish the forum in that church. He then gives his CBN interview, gets asked about it anyway, and immediately calls the National Right to Life Committee a bunch of liars.
So, second, not only is he Senator Infanticide, he is a lying Senator Infanticide who in the course of one forum invokes Matthew 15's "as you do unto the least of these" to support the moral failures of this country, then refuses to so "do" when confronted with the human rights of a baby born alive. What a hypocrite.
I agree with those who have posted before that this enhances Governor Palin's chances if the McCain campaign intends to drive a truck through this hole in Senator Obama's resume. But that's a big "if" since Senator McCain is notoriously antsy about talking about such things and may be convinced that the blowback from Hillery supporters will undermine his chances at the PUMA vote.
If Senator Obama doubles down on abortion and selects Governor Sebelius, then not only do I think Governor Palin is the right choice, I think she becomes the only choice.
It would be a lot easier to deal with abortion, if McCain is president. That is something the SCOTUS can change.
No one here cares about those silly trooper allegations.
The role of the VP varies between presidents.
Good evening Syrin.
Regarding Palin reducing abortions, she is the governor and abortion is controlled by the Supreme Court of the United States via the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973. As a governor, one cannot do much to stop abortion.
However, one must not underestimate the power of setting a good example.
In the case of abortion, Palin shows us that you can use your choice to choose life. That is for the most part what we can expect and appreciate from a governor.
Ask yourself this:
What have you done to prevent abortions?
You're right. Actions speak louder than words, like letting your baby with downs syndrome live and be loved and be appreciated as the gift they are.
Now, if you have little ones, go tuck those little ones into bed and be glad you didn't abort them. I'm sure they'll be glad you didn't some day. Love first, Love second, Love third.
I'm divorced and marrying my ex was the worst decision in my life. But the interesting thing is I don't regret and have never regretted us having our child, Johnny, alias Littlebear (he loves salmon at an early age). It was absolutely incredible the day he was born, and they showed me how to wrap him up into a 'burrito bear' to keep warm.
Yes, a good example sometimes is our best way to reach out to others to make the right choice.
I believe Sarah, if POTUS, would pick interpretationists for the court that would have a bigger respect especially for life and the 10th Amendment.
First, statistics reveal that, more than any other group, it's Hillary supporters whom McCain must persuade to vote for him; the other 80-85% of probably voters have already made up their minds.
Thankfully, many Hillary supporters have vowed, if Hillary isn't on the ticket, to vote for McCain, not Obama. And Hillary supporters want McCain to select a VP who is a woman, or is pro-choice. Palin would satisfy the first standard very well!
Second, the abortion issue is being re-focused upon the problem of what to do if a fetus survives an abortion. It's horribly gruesome that Obama has voted against protection for these tiny preemies----and many pro-choice people are now upset that Obama voted as he did. So now, this transformed abortion issue helps McCain's pro-life ticket. And given her prophetic stance of celebrating (not preventing) Trig's birth, Palin would immeasurably enhance McCain's ticket!
The only remaining issues re. Palin's possible VP candidacy are her relative inexperience re. foreign policy, and Troopergate. Here, think again about Hillary supporters: they'll vote for the woman, giving her credit for her having enough experience anyway, and they'll stick by Palin re. Troopergate, certainly0----and they're likely to read about the mess in-depth enough to know the liberal-press headlines are skewing everything, and Palin is actually innocent of any wrong-doing.
So, the only problem is if Obama picks Hillary herself. It will be difficult for McCain to beat a Hillary/Barak or Barak/Hillary ticket----UNLESS McCain picks Palin. C'mon: who are most people going to like and relate to well: Hillary, or Sarah? SARAH PALIN, absolutely.
My bet is that, if Hillary knows she isn't on the ticket as VP, then she WILL allow, even encourage her supporters to turn against Obama during the Dems' convention, and vote her in as the presidential candidate! She'd absolutely overcome most criticism of this by pointing out the truth: she was beating him by the end of the primaries, when people were finally coming to their senses and noticing what an empty suit he is----and he's losing ground lately in the polls, having done such a poor job in the Rick Warren interview. Hillary will also KEEP the people-of-color vote by keeping Obama on the ticket as HER vice-presidential candidate.
(I'm counting on it...... Hillary WILL be on this ticket, one way or another.)
Anyway, whether Hillary is or is not on the Dems' ticket, McCain should pick Palin because she either pulls in disaffected Hillary supporters, or Palin counters the otherwise strong Hillary/Barak ticket....
http://www.nohussein.com/
Hey Syrin is back!
She's like our own in-blog prodigal daughter.
Syrin, we should slaughter the fatted calf for you. We thought you were gone, but you have returned.
I take it hubby is back on the north slope and you are back on the computer blogging away about the serial killer governor and the born-again monk Brother Wooten Ignatius.
Now enough partisan stuff.
This is a respectable website for Sarah Palin for Veep.
This infanticide thing is really spreading like a California fire all over the place.
Picking Palin for Veep who has a baby with DS will be an incredibly strong power for McCain / Palin to counter Obama / ?. Wow! This makes picking Palin an even smarter move by McCain. His campaign will take the initiative and never let it go to election day. Unfortunately for Palin fans though is that this may eventually finish off Obama without Palin's help. Let's hope not. Let's hope Mac picks Sarah and goes for running up the score rather than squeeking by without her.
I'm gonna see if we've got some old baby clothes for Trig in case Sarah and Todd need handmedowns due to her not getting any oil money under the table like that other Republican guy.
Sarah is giving a rebate of oil royalties to Alaskans so they can share in the state's share of revenue during hard times.
Is there still NO income tax in Alaska?
And, if so, do they have a sales tax?
Maybe I can move up there to avoid taxes and run my consulting remote.
Damn, you hafta love a state with low/no taxes and a freekin tax rebate from oil. Fantasyland.
Alaska doesn't have a state tax because the oil industry pays for 90% of the state's budget!
The royalty is 12.5% and is what funds the permanent fund dividend.
The Palin/Parnell "energy rebate" check for $1,200.00 is from the 400% surplus tax increase on the oil industry.
Get informed.
The "hard times" is where you are.
Did ANYONE call the Alaska State Troopers and find out where Wooten is?
He looked like he was having fun at the Governor's picnic in Wasilla last month!
Re: Parental Consent
Every state in the Union MUST, as a matter of constitutional law, provide a process by which a 12-year old who becomes pregnant can obtain an abortion without parental consent. It's called a judicial bypass and usually requires some minimal finding by the trial court that the pregnant girl cannot risk obtaining her parents' consent due to fear of some form of retribution or punishment. States can pass all the parental consent laws they want, but they must have a judicial bypass to pass constitutional muster.
Alaska passed a parental consent statute in 1997, but the Alaska Supreme Court struck it down in 2007, much to the chagrin of Governor Palin, who accused the majority of legislating from the bench.
http://www.sitnews.us/1107news/110507/110507_court_decision.html
Trooper Wooten is in the field.
Representatives Call for McCain ANWR Visit
The left is already attacking Blackburn's comments on ANWR. It was exactly what you'd expect:
"It won't yield oil for 500 years!"
"If we'd started drilling there 10 years ago, it would be dry now!"
"It's a pristine wildlife sanctuary!"
"Why don't we just shut our economy down for 50 years or so until we have alternative energy?!"
"We need high gas prices to force selfish Americans to drive less!"
"Iraq! Bush! Cheney! Big Oil! Hitler!"
They're terrified of this issue. I would pay to see a nationally televised debate on Alaskan oil between Gov. Palin and whoever had the guts to show up.
All McCain has to do is choose Palin for VP and support ANWR drilling. He'll win by double-digits.
The third night is the night the vice presidential nominee will give his acceptance speech. Other speakers that night include Cindy McCain, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
...HIS acceptance speech. HIS.
Do you really expect it to say HER if it was a female?
Yeah, I do.
How many women do you hear being referred to as "his"?
I'm with Adam on this. I think the speaking schedule will be changed and was put out purposely with all the VP choices to throw the media off. McCain has stated just yesterday his pick will be someone he can agree with in principle and policy. Who better than Sarah???
Maybe I'm just optimistic by nature, but I think McCain will do EXACTLY the right thing by naming Sarah the day AFTER the Dem convention ends! What a WHOPPER of a story to pop the "bubble" of Obama's bounce from the convention.
Just about 1 week to go!!
I'm glad it is cleared up that Wooten is back to work, according to posts above. I wish this had been stated long ago, to squelsh the rumors. The entire issue is a shame and does not make anyone look good. We Palin supporters don't help the situation by adding rumors and accusations without facts.
I'm a huge Palin supporter, but do not condone false or poorly supported statements against Wooten, or anyone else for that matter.
Has any media outlet whatsoever reported that Wooten is back to work?
Where is there confirmation that Wooten is back to work?
Anybody? Anywhere?
Just found another reason why I think, if Obama picks Biden, that Palin would be the best VP. Biden's son has just been shipped off to Iraq. For sure he will use that as reason to bad-mouth the war. If McCain picks Palin, she can shoot right back at him as her son is also in Iraq.
****Just a reminder to contact McCain and Palin to kindly suggest to them a McCain/Palin ticket.
Also get on the msm forums and post comments etc...
I did my rounds today and I expect I'll get a "STOP EMAILING US" email or my IP already banned...
Untill then, let's continue to fight the good fight folks!!
"original" Ted - What made you assume Wooten wasn't at work?
You lied about Wooten. What else do you lie about?
On Biden - I see a lot of liabilty now. Haha.
I think I read all the comments and I don't see where it says Wooten is back at work? Someone point me in the right direction, please
What connection to boot legged liquor does Monegan have that he wouldn't want to accept the job of cleaning up the problem?
"You should be asking: 'Who started the rumor that Wooten wasn't at work?' "
The Anchorage Daily News and the Alaskan TV news all reported that Wooten left for an out-of-country vacation, after the he appeared at the Governor's picnic. I believe that the head of the Trooper's Union even said that in a press conference.
I took that to mean that he wasn't currently at work.
So- is he back now?
Is this a slow news day, or what? The calm before the VP storm?
hmmmm ..... Wooten out of the country on a Democratic Party paid extended vacation at a secret undicslosed location.
Boy, this certainly confirms the potency of Palin being on the GOP ticket! (Too bad -- for Team Obama -- that Sen Hollis French-Troopers Union launched "operation troopergate" is backfiring, or at the least, going nowhere.)
troopergate "grow" -- are you kidding??? it's a fizzle.
And it's pretty pathetic for Team Romney to try an exploit this -- very telling about Romney supporters!
Both sides of this increasingly boring Trooper debate are ridiculous. One side is so pro Palin as to be blind to ANY criticism whatsoever of the governor, as though she is a biblical character. This makes any of your arguments agains Wooten, et. al., sound paranoid and over the top.
There also is this other group of anti-Palin folks on this blog now who are so seething with hatred that you obviously have a very personal grudge against her that makes your arguments equally without any credibility.
Unfortunately, blogs like this one get taken over by the extremes, get increasingly tedious and downright not useful for good political debate.
Actually, promoting Romney in lieu of Palin MAY mean you are on Team Obama, not Team Romney.
After all the Dems and the MSM are praying for McCain to pick Romney, while deathly afraid of McCain picking Palin.
Palin a RINO -- well that proves you don't know a thing bout Sarah
THE CONSERVATIVE BASE LOVES PALIN!!!
If anything, the recently-more conservative Romney from Mass. is the RINO.
man-o-man and sheeeeeezzzzz
What's a RINO?
I am now thinking that you are not a McCain supporter but an Obama supporter.
Why would a McCain supporter want to isolate PUMAs, moderates, and libertarians by going with Romney?
Even some conservatives do not like him. It's lose-lose.
Even Pawlenty is better than Romney.
Palin’s windfall-profits tax looks similar in concept to Barack Obama’s plan. On September 12th, Alaskans will receive $1200 checks from oil revenues as a one-time bonus to pay for increased fuel prices, a move Palin pushed. That echoes the Obama plan to send one-time rebates to taxpayers, funded by similar levies on oil companies.
However, the results in Alaska should warn the rest of the country about pursuing this policy. Already oil companies have stopped drilling on state lands, thanks to the tax burden Alaska imposes. It should be cheaper to drill and extract from these areas, but the oil companies have decided to focus their investment instead on the Gulf, where the costs and risks would normally be higher. In Alaska, the government takes 75% of the price on a barrel of oil at current prices, which gives them no incentive to work there.
If this plan gets pushed across the country in an Obama administration, then we can expect similar disincentives to curtail domestic production all across the nation. Oil companies will explore other parts of the world, but American oil companies will not have the access they enjoy here. Our own companies will be weakened in international competition, and we will have to both buy more oil from abroad, and more from state-owned companies, while American investors lose significant ground.
Palin has been a strong voice for opening ANWR to reasonable and planned development. Perhaps she needs to rethink her approach to overtaxing oil companies for their work on state lands while encouraging the use of federal lands, too.
Alaska's rebate situation is nothing like Obama has proposed nationally.
Alaska, which has so many natural resources (oil and gas) on state-owned land, yet Alaskans pay the very highest price for oil and gas in the nation -- because it's currently all shipped away to refineries elsewhere, or piped elsewhere first. So, this is returning some of that state-owned resource wealth to the citizens of the state to help offest the very highest fuel costs.
Whereas, this is totally different than Obama's just giving money to all people and increasing the national debt to cover it.
Do you really want Obama to be President?
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/New_group_plans_Ayers_attack_on_Obama.html?showall
For the person firing from the far right, what other candidate meets your qualifications for conservatism, of the ones in contention? In fact, other than yourself, is there anyone conservative enough for you?
By the way, do you consider Kudlow, Hannity, and Gingrich to be left wing pinko communists?
Clearly you have no credibility. None.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/
bensmith/0808/New_group_plans_Ayers_
attack_on_Obama.html?showall
After reading these negative comments, I can see why I got a letter from my dentist stating that he was leaving Alaska as he missed the educational scene.
Now legalizing marijuana was voted down in the 2004 election. That group came in from out of state and spent $860,000.00 trying to legalize marijuana. They wanted Alaska to be the poster child so it would trickle down to the other states.
May be it is the boot legged liquor that affects. Monegan wouldn't accept the job of cleaning up this problem.
http://news1.newsmax.com/mccainvp2/?s=al&promo_code=684A-1
VOTE, PEOPLE!!!
This is ridiculous. The far left and far right nutjobs have taken over this blog. I am so sick of this. I have been supporting this blog from the beginning almost, but these fools are making this increasingly less fun. All of these uninformed, arrogant, ignorant, extremely partisan, can only talk tough online, internet gangsters are ruining the experience for the rest of us. This is "Draft Sarah Palin for Vice President". Not Draft Romney, or Support Obama, or "Troopergate", or anything else. If you are not a supporter of Sarah Palin, a curious person who is undecided, or a rational PUMA, get the hell off of this site. Go internet gang bang somewhere else because we have no tolerance for your arrogant stupidity.
And that includes all of you cowards who have so much to say without having your facts straight. You are incapable of having an intelligent conversation or a respectable debate. You give bloggers, conservatives, liberals, Republicans, Democrats and Independents a bad name. Smoke some more pot and go back to the basement of your parents house where you come from. The rest of us are trying to have an intelligent discussion.
We already know the facts.
This is not a debate forum. It is a support blog. If you want to make baseless accusaions, either find a debate forum or Obama's campaign team.
Per rumors tonight, it is Romney.
What a disappointment. Talk about "another boring White Guy".
If true, what a poor, poor choice. I think McCain's surging in the polls in recent weeks will be his peak, never to reach this level again. Here comes the Obama landslide.
If the Romney rumors are true: Sarah, please continue your hard work in Alaska. Continue your reform agenda, continue your energy security agenda. Take care of Trig. We'll be ready for you in 2012.
What rumors? I haven't seen anything.
Please provide references.
Sorry. http://thepage.time.com/
It ain't over 'till it's over and there are eight more days to go.
If in fact it is a real leak, those leaks are going to be hurting hard. McCain puts a lot of faith in trust, and if you break that with him, I'm sure they're a done deal.
It may very well be Romney, but that's been the "rumor" for 6 months now..... it's nothing new.
On the other hand, given how leak proof the VP process has been thus far, it is entirely likely that this is just a fake out or a trial balloon. Why would they leak now? Especially when this boring pick does nothing to somehow offset Obama's impending news, and impending media frenzy?
Could be a head fake.
We've seen the McCain camp do it before (Novak) and I think the Senator enjoys releasing counter-intelligence. In this case, possibly to make Obama feel comfortable with a "dull white guy" choice and not the "dream ticket."
This is a perfectly timed release. Or maybe I think about this stuff way too much.
Anyway, I agree with Paul, we have to keep pushing!
Picking Romney would make no sense whatsoever. He brings nothing, or at least more negatives than positives. I can see the Dem's anti-McCain/Romney ads right now.
With Palin, there is absoultely NO WAY the Dems could attack her.
McCain wouldn't wait this long, all the anticipation, etc., and then go with a Romney, no way -- and if it were true, that is, Romney over Palin, I would question McCain's political acuteness and fitness to be President.
I say this as a former Romney for Pres supporter during the primaries. The two, McCain and Palin, are more than a perfect fit; whereas at this stage and vs. Obama, the two, McCain and Romney are zip, zero, nada, nothing, awkward, vulnerable, boaring and ick.
Bottom line, the Dems and the MSM are praying for Romney while they are petrified of Palin!
AND, OF COURSE NOW THAT THE NUMBER OF HOMES EACH CANDIDATE HAS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE, WITH THE DEMS PLAYING THE CLASS WARFARE CARD, THAT SHOULD BE THE FINAL NAIL IN ROMNEY'S COFFIN!!!!!
The Palin's are a working class family (husband Todd is a fisherman).
The Romney's come from wealth, and Mitt has of course greatly increased his wealth -- and I'm sure has many homes.
So fair or not that this has become an issue, it MOST CERTAINLY puts an end to Romney talk -- and further vaults Sarah Palin front and center.
Also, if Obama picks Biden and Biden uses his son who is in the army in Iraq to denounce the war, Palin's son being in service in Afghanistan or Iraq certainly will be very very important politically.
Palin YES --- Romney NO
Case closed!
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut remains "very much in the mix" of potential running mates for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, the Politico, a top political website, reported today.
Mark Halperin of Time says that "2 GOP sources" claim it's Romney.
Byron York of NRO says it's down to Pawlenty and Lieberman. He said the choice is "Gamble" (Liebs) vs. "Safe" (TP).
The NYT says that it's "crucial" for McCain's pick to be pro-life, and lists Romney and Pawlenty. So apparently the Times has come to terms w/ the fact that it won't be a pro-abortion guy. (Insert Romney joke here).
This makes probably the 5th leak about Romney in recent weeks, and at least 2 or 3 for Pawlenty and Leiberman. So if any of them are picked, the big rally on the 29th will be anti-climactic, and the media will virtually ignore it.
Until McCain proves me wrong, I will continue to believe that his strategy is for Palin to "hide in plain sight". It would give him maximum media buzz, and yet at the end of the day he'd have the best running mate.
I am right with you on the favoring of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate. She is awesome and would be such an asset to the Republican ticket.
Petraeus' name is being leaked more to the MSM.
I'm a new poster here. But, just a recommendation on ways to get McCain's attention...
I got a call from the RNC last night asking for a donation. I told them, call me after McCain makes his VP pick. If he picks Palin, I'll be happy to give.
If they see we won't give unless he makes a wise pick, they might pay attention.
BTW: I can't find the page on the Romney leak anymore. The specific link is blank now and I wasn't able to locate it from the main site.
So either the author got slapped down or he realied he read somethign somewhere and it was some kind of revalation.
BTW: I called the McCain campaign today, clicked on the press button and spoke with someone.
I basically told them this (also emailed them..)
IRT: McCain houses attack.
John - You should hit back with the fact that Obama's have made millions off books while giving 1% of their income to charity.
From what I know, you and your wife have given consistently about 20% + the charity organization set up which Cindy is active in.
Also, I think your tax return says that you particularly gave 50% or so. Emphasize that whil Obama's selling books and attacking you because you happened to be blessed with Cindy's financial success, you were in the Senate working on solving America's problems and not focused on the personal wealth, which the Obama's are so focused on.
Do this. People should expect politicians to have income. 1 million or 30 million doesn't make a difference.
PS: Pick Palin,
http://mccainpalin2008.blogspot.com
BTW: Check out how many Palin supporters there are here:
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/08/22/opinion/reader_forum/doc48aafb5a72b7a184592898.txt
If only McCain would listen to what the voters think!
I'm sure he's lured by Romney's money and fundraising capability, but people would be donating left and right for a McCain/Palin ticket.
"A convention spokeswoman said the order of speakers has not been determined."
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/262412.html
BTW: Looking at the GOP's site, how does Palin NOT fit into these themes.
Their remarks will echo the themes that have been selected for each of the convention’s four days: service, reform, prosperity and peace.
Service? McCain & Palin serving and respected
Reform? Both ahve record.
Prosperity = Energy independence.
Peace = Balance, national security etc..
fab40ies said...
There are press releases that spout how great it is that Palin was back at work, as Governor, the day after delivering her youngest child... but, that child is severely disabled! Seems she's more interested in the photo op than her responsibilities. As a special ed. teacher, I'm appalled that she is leaving her youngest child, an infant with special needs, to a nanny to raise while she romps around the country to become VP. VP is not a 'job' it is your entire life... these are the "Family Values" she espouses?!? Having the income to hire a household staff is not the same as being a 'working mom;' it is simply managing a business. In addition, she is under investigation for an Ethics violation (abuse of power); she was for the "Bridge to Nowhere," in a 2006 interview; then when it became a political liability she flip-flopped over to voice opposition for the project, and she owns three houses, but doesn't apparently count two of them as they're only vacation homes... whose the elitist? Every move she's ever made has been to attain 'fame,' not to be in politics for service to the country, (beauty pageants, journalism, sports announcing, politics). No wonder McCain likes her - it's someone just like him. I look at her and see "Handmaid's Tale."
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Why closing the gender pay gap isn’t just a women’s issue
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Forty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act women in the UK still earn on average 18.1% less than men.
Today, new regulations come into place that make it mandatory for firms employing over 250 people to disclose their gender pay gap – that’s over 9,000 companies and will affect about half of the workforce.
It’s a significant milestone in the amble towards gender equality. (Well, it’s hardly been a march, has it?!) But is it enough?
Many firms are unaware of the full extent of their gender pay discrepancies – having never audited their salaries through a gender lens.
The hope is once they become aware of any differences they will seek to remedy matters, especially given that their gender pay gap will be publicly available for all to see.
The smartest companies realise that there is a diversity dividend beyond the aversion of bad publicity.
Companies are more likely to be able to attract the best employees if they are seen to be sensitive to gender pay differences.
For Generation K – the generation just entering the work force – gender equality matters a lot.
Meanwhile for consumer-facing brands, especially those targeting younger people, there is a potential gain for being seen to be truly gender equal and a potential loss if they are seen to be not.
There’s also a vast body of academic research that it makes clear that bringing more women into senior management pays off.
In a recent study of 22,000 companies in 91 countries it was found that companies with over 30% female senior executives make on average 6% more profit than those with fewer women at the top. And the more women you have in senior management, the smaller your gender pay gap will be.
I asked FTSE 100 CEO Peter Harrison whether he thought there was a business case for more diversity at senior levels of his business. His answer was unambiguous: he sees it as “mission critical”.
Schroders, which he runs, was one of the first FTSE 100 companies to publish their gender pay gap ahead of today’s regulations coming into effect. Whilst theirs is big – 33% – this is actually less than the industry norm and Harrison is committed to shrinking it.
The danger is that not all businesses or sectors will see the value in closing the gap and that the market on its own will not modify the practices of those that don’t.
Today’s regulatory changes have no enforcement mechanisms, which means that companies can just ignore the findings.
Should the government come down harder on businesses? Many think it should.
The Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy cross-party committee of MPs recommended this week that 50% of senior executives of listed companies should have to be female by 2020.
I support the ambition of the goal, but worry about this time frame. In some sectors such as finance and tech there arguably isn’t the pipeline of female talent yet in place.
A 33% target by 2020 seems more achievable. But a 50% target by 2025? Hell yes, with penalties imposed on non-performers.
Of course, solving the gender pay gap isn’t only about more women getting to the top of organisations. It’s also about ensuring that women and men are paid equally for equal jobs.
It’s illegal not to do so – but in practice companies persist in undervaluing women.
Discrimination lawyers I spoke to this week had a vast number of examples to share. Providing legal aid for women to take employers to court in such instances could be another welcome step.
Alternatively, the UK might want to take a leaf out of Iceland’s book.
It is currently contemplating legislation that would make employers have to prove they offer equal pay to employees, thereby shifting the onus onto business to deliver.
Properly funded incentives for fathers to take up parental leave – at present too many fathers simply can’t afford to take time off work instead of their partners because they earn more – would also make a difference.
Alongside that we need corporate cultures to change so that men feel they can take time off to care without being penalised in terms of future promotions.
Fixing the gender pay gap isn’t just the responsibility of employers and governments. Women also need to get better at arguing the case for being paid more. If you don’t ask you’ll never get.
But I don’t underestimate how hard this is if one’s bargaining position is weak – not everyone can “lean in” and expect a positive outcome.
For anyone reading this who thinks that the gender pay gap is a women’s issue and so not relevant to them, let me be clear – it’s not.
PwC has estimated that the UK would be £85 billion better off if the gap was no more.
We’d all benefit from that – whatever our gender.
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Antibiotic-impregnated Cement Spacer Used for Salvage of Diabetic Osteomyelitis
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The Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation announced it will receive a donation of $75,000 from Grapes for Humanity/US. The money will be used by the Foundation to continue its charitable efforts at its prosthetic clinic in Haiti. “On the 6-month…
Otto Bock HealthCare Opens Innovation Center
Otto Bock HealthCare recently marked the opening of its new Innovation Center. At the facility, Otto Bock clinical specialists partner with providers to deliver hands-on support, direct from the manufacturer, to those with limb loss and mobility challenges. Performing the…
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Robert A. West, CHMM, CEI, REM
Master of Science, 1979 (pending) - Analytical Chemistry, Rutgers University
Bachelor of Science, 1977 - Chemistry, University of Cincinnati
Mr. West has more than eighteen (18) years experience managing, operating, and developing businesses for several national and international corporations. The services offered by these companies include waste handling, storage, treatment, and disposal and remedial, engineering and evaluation services for contaminated sites. During this time, Mr. West has also been involved in the development, marketing, and implementation of ten (10) new techniques/technologies in the environmental services field. These techniques/ technologies include solvent extraction, rotary kiln and fluidized bed incineration, soil vapor extraction, stabilization, and bioremediation. Several multi-million dollar projects have been successfully bid and managed by Mr. West and the staff of the companies for which he has worked.
Mr. West has also estimated, written, budgeted, reviewed, presented and managed projects in the environmental services field. These include site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility and treatability studies, remedial design, remedial action and closure phases of various projects. A representative cross-section of clients for whom Mr. West has performed services would include Fortune 100 industrial and commercial companies; PRP groups; and federal, state, and local agencies. Many of Mr. West's projects have required qualification submissions/presentations and a variety of studies and post project reports which he has authored.
Mr. West has also interfaced with federal, state, and local agencies and their environmental programs including the Army Corps of Engineers. He has demonstrated the compliance and effectiveness of companies and technologies to private clients, PRP groups, and associations including the Hazard Waste Treatment Council, the American Electroplater's Society, and the Institute of Hazardous Material Management of New Jersey. Mr. West has spoken nationally to regulators, peer groups, and clients regarding regulations, markets, and specific technologies and their applications. He is also a member of many trade organizations.
Mr. West has developed a broad understanding of and a strong working knowledge in the environmental regulations in 29, 40, and 49 CFR through more than a decade of experience in their application. Mr. West has lectured on various sections of these regulations in seminars throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Currently Mr. West is President of R.A. West Associates, Inc., a consulting firm in the environmental services field specializing in property and liability insurance claims.
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Commercial Boiler Explosion Asbestos Cleanup in a High-Rise Office Building
A 60,000 square foot, New York office building experienced an over firing of its boiler system. As a result the mag-block insulation of the boiler was blown off the boiler surface and into the surrounding area. Pipe lagging containing asbestos was also damaged by the shrapnel from the explosion. Mr. West provided contamination investigation and definition service, abatement design assistance, and project oversight for this two hundred thousand-dollar restoration.
Post-Fire Asbestos Fireproofing Contamination Evaluation of a High-Rise Office Building
A seven story, 120,000 square foot, office building in New York was the subject of a small, sooty, plastics fire confined to a kitchenette. Investigation of potential soot contamination revealed a troweled-on asbestos coating on the under side of the suspended ceiling of the fifth floor and a plenum space above the ceiling with asbestos containing spray applied fireproofing. Mr. West provided inspection, ACM sampling, remedial design and specification, bidding documents and cost analysis of the cleanup.
Commercial Parking Garage Renovation with Removal of Asbestos Containing Materials
An in ground parking garage serving a complex of commercial and residential space in a Philadelphia high-rise building underwent a renovation including the removal of an asbestos containing membrane which separated the concrete parking structure from the above ground improvements. Mr. West provided removal design consultation, health and safety monitoring during the project and closure reporting for this phased restoration project valved in excess of 750,000 dollars.
Asbestos Removal Project Dispute Support
The management for a residential apartment complex hired a contractor to remove asbestos containing roofing tiles from tenant-occupied buildings in the complex. The project was reviewed by the state and regional environmental protection offices while it was in progress. As a result of the review, the state ordered the project to be shut down and fined the property Owner and the contractor. This raised several issues with the tenants as some of the waste materials had fallen in or near their living spaces. The Owner contracted for the cleanup of the affected areas and for consulting services in an effort to continue the removal work. At the Owner's attorneys' request, Mr. West reviewed the Owner's consultant's work and reviewed the project. Mr. West suggested changes in the approach to the proposed removal which provided a safe workplace and brought the project in compliance with local state and federal regulations while being cost-effective. Mr. West also coordinated the use of a toxicologist in this case. The toxicologist provided expert information at an owner/tenant meeting which lead to resolution of many of the tenant concerns. In addition, Mr. West performed sampling, analysis, and reporting services to verify the cleanliness of certain apartments and identify other suspected asbestos materials.
City Housing Authority Lead Inspections and Litigation Support
A major city housing authority has employed Mr. West in the inspection of city-owned properties which were the subject of personal injury litigation relating to the Lead-Based Coatings used to paint the interior and exterior of these residences. Mr. West has provided XRF and bulk sample testing and inspection services on many multi-family building throughout the city. In addition, Mr. West has written expert reports which were used in the litigation of such matters.
Housing and Development Commission Renovations
Mr. West has provided asbestos and lead inspection services for a city housing and development commission prior to renovation of these properties. The services he has provided include the inspection, sampling, testing and analysis of bulk and surface wipe samples from these masonry, frame, and concrete structures.
City-Owned Incineration Facility Phase I Inspection
A large municipal incineration disposal facility was inspected for asbestos, lead, motor fuel and lubricants contamination as well as other environmental hazards prior to the disposition of the property. Mr. West provided inspection, sample analyses review, and reporting of all finding regarding this multimillion dollar facility.
Lender Liability Inspection Prior to Demolition
A property containing several turn-of-the-century clapboard structures used for commercial and residential purposes were inspected for asbestos and lead containing materials prior to their demolition. Mr. West provided inspection, sampling, analysis, and reporting of all known lead and asbestos hazards as well as cost of cleanup estimates for a large lending institution.
Post-Fire Evaluation and Cleanup of 38 Story High-Rise Office Building
This East coast property experienced a fire which released PCBs and dioxins from building construction materials and electrical lighting ballasts into the structure. The fire destroyed eight floors of the 800,000 square foot high-rise. Evaluation of surface and bulk concentrations of contaminants was conducted for these and other suspected residues released from the fire. Mr. West prepared preliminary estimates of environmental repair which were used in creating reserves for the restoration work. Mr. West performed oversight of other contractors during the investigation, evaluation, remedial design, restoration specification development, and repair contract bidding process. Mr. West reviewed sampling plans for contamination characterization and monitored their implementation. Mr. West also developed and implemented certain specific contaminant and media characterization sampling plans. Thousands of sample points were collected and analyzed in the characterization of residues from this event. Most data was handled through the Statistical Analysis System (SAS). West Associates, Mr. West's firm, provided statistical treatment of data from the characterization of the contamination and management of Health and Safety related issues resulting from the restoration project. Mr. West also reviewed all data derived from this process and developed and coordinated (with other repair specifications) an environmental specification for restoration of the building. Mr. West assisted in the preparation of the restoration schedule using the Critical Path Method (CPM). Mr. West evaluated potential contractors for the decontamination of surfaces and the removal and disposal of contaminated wastes. Mr. West also assisted in the selection of bidders for the restoration specification. This work was completed for the property's insurer.
Army Corps of Engineers - Bridgeport Rental and Oil Services
Mr. West was responsible for proposal and implementation team coordination with EBASCO's Environmental Services Division, the prime contractor on this 52.7 million-dollar PCB incineration project. This state lead Superfund project was designed for on-site incineration technology which was provided by ENSCO Environmental Services Inc. to EBASCO. ENSCO is responsible for all thermal treatment of the oily waste found at this Superfund site in southern New Jersey. EBASCO is responsible for project management and sludge removal, delivery to the incinerator feed system and replacement of treated soils. The incineration subcontract was 23 million dollars. The uniquely designed incineration system employs a first-of-its-kind oxygen enriched portable 80 million BTU/hour rotary kiln unit.
Morton-Thiokol Inc. - Plumsted Township, New Jersey
Under Mr. West's leadership this project was designed and the proposal was written, budgeted, reviewed, and presented to the client and the state agency. Mr. West was also involved in the implementation of this six million-dollar contract for this private party lead Superfund site cleanup. The scope of work included the removal, transportation, and disposal of more than 30 thousand tons of PCB contaminated soil and debris from two sites in central New Jersey. Mr. West's group received expanded work scopes at these two sites.
Dupont - Lonoke, Arkansas
Mr. West managed the contractor/client interface and participated in the operations necessary to complete the lagoon waste removal, dewatering, solidification, placement, and capping at this munitions manufacturing facility. Mr. West interfaced with Dupont's contracting and engineering departments in Wilmington, DE. The total project value was approximately 700,000 dollars.
AMOCO Oil Company - Sugar Creek, Missouri
Mr. West provided the qualifications and experience materials and presentation for his employer to AMOCO personnel and AMOCO's engineer, Foster Wheeler of Livingston, NJ for the incineration of approximately 400,000 tons of refinery wastes at this closed refining facility. After several stages of qualifying presentations Mr. West's employer, ENSCO Environmental Services Inc. was one of a few contractors selected to bid on this 90 million-dollar opportunity. Mr. West was involved in the proposal development and cost estimation phases of the production of this proposal to AMOCO. The scope included the erection and operation of a ten ton per hour hazardous waste incineration operation including civil engineering and soils/sludge movement. After some consideration the client decided to approach the state agency with an alternate scope of work which substituted bioremediation of these wastes for incineration.
With his subsequent employer, Envirosafe Technologies Group Inc., Mr. West was instrumental in the design and execution of an 800,000 dollar construction project for the erection of aeration basins needed for bioremediation at this same AMOCO site.
AMTRAK - Wilmington, Delaware
Mr. West completed the estimating, budgeting, writing, and submission of this subcontract bid to a general construction contractor for work at the AMTRAK yard in Wilmington. Mr. West coordinated the implementation and removal with the general construction contractor. Mr. West and his staff managed the implementation of the transportation and disposal of the PCB contaminated solids from this project. The value of this portion of the project was approximately 2.0 million dollars.
NJDEP - Burnt Fly Bog Site
Mr. West designed and prepared the bid for this state-funded contract by coordinating the projects remedial design with the state's engineering contractor, EBASCO Services Inc. of Lyndhurst, NJ. Mr. West estimated, wrote, and was instrumental in the state's review process for this 13 million-dollar project. The scope of work included the removal, transportation, and disposal of approximately 56,000 tons of coal tar contaminated soil from this central New Jersey Superfund site.
CIBA-GEIGY Inc. - Toms River, New Jersey
Mr. West lead the team of managers responsible for the remedial design and presentation of same to the client and its consultants and attorneys. The scope of work was completed at this operating chemical manufacturing facility during the time in which it was being heavily investigated by the state of New Jersey for violations of RCRA. By coordinating the efforts of CIBA's subcontracted engineer, and its internal and external attorneys, Mr. West's employer was able to execute this 2.3 million-dollar contract in six (6) months. Following the initial phase of work, Mr. West's group completed several additional projects at the site in order to bring the operation into compliance. The scope of the base contract included the removal, characterization, packaging, treatment and/or disposal of approximately 15,000 drums of hazardous production waste materials from the on-site landfill at this facility.
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Environmental Assessment Association
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists
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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (Senior Level) # 3757
Certified Environmental Inspector # 9085
Registered Environmental Manager # 5613
OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER training - 40 hour course
AHERA Asbestos Inspector - PA license # 011421
City of Philadelphia - Asbestos Investigator # 3632-000125
New York State Asbestos Inspector # 141476
New Jersey DEP UST - Closure and Subsurface Evaluator - License # 0014668 - Reg. # 001466
PADEP Radiation Source License - Registration Number PA-0743
Certified Niton XRF Operator
Pennsylvania Lead Inspector License (pending)
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Libecco Wins by a Nose in Formula Enterprises Finale
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – Mark Snyder, of Southlake, Texas, and James Libecco, of Solon, Ohio, put an exclamation point on Friday’s Formula Enterprise Runoffs finale at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), with Libecco...Read more
Barkau Breaks Through for First Runoffs® Win in FE2
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – In a wild race with a wild finish, Rhett Barkau from Freeport, Illinois drove the Barkau Automotive/JH Barkau & Sons SCCA FE2 Mazda to the Formula Enterprises 2 (FE2) SCCA Championship...Read more
Dernehl Survives Wild GT-3 Race for First Runoffs Title at VIR
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – Jeff Dernehl, of Roswell, Georgia, sped past and outlasted the GT-3 field on Friday at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) to claim a first hard-fought victory at the SCCA National...Read more
Eaton Aces American Sedan Field at VIR Runoffs
ALTON, Va. (Oct. 11, 2019) -- Over the years, American Sedan (AS) has produced some unexpected occurrences and amazing moments during SCCA’s National Championship. Tire Rack Pole Award winner Gregory Eaton, of Woodbridge,...Read more
Danny S. Spins and Wins STL at SCCA Runoffs
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – Danny Steyn spun but still led every lap of his 2019 SCCA Championship Runoffs® race to win his second consecutive Super Touring Lite national title, and a 2019 Super Sweep. This is the second...Read more
McMahan Inch Perfect For Formula 500 Win
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – Clint McMahan, of Covington, Georgia, drove away from the Formula 500 field on Friday at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on his way to a 30.163-second SCCA National Championship Runoffs...Read more
Fight to Finish Decides SRF3 Runoffs Champion
ALTON, Va. (Oct. 11, 2019) – In arguably the most competitive class at the 56th SCCA National Championship Runoffs with the second-largest field size of any class made up of 54 qualifiers from all around the country, the Spec...Read more
Slusher Slays Field for VIR Runoffs Prototype 1 Win
ALTON, Va. (Oct. 11, 2019) -- One of the fastest car classes in Sports Car Club of America® competition, the Prototype 1 (P1) field was led to the start Friday morning by Tire Rack Pole Award winner Todd Slusher, of Las...Read more
Van Steenburg Wins Second Runoffs in E Production at VIR
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) - Kip Van Steenburg, from New Smyrna, Florida, captured his second E Production SCCA Championship Runoffs® win at the wheel of the No. 4 German Excellence Porsche 944 by holding off podium...Read more
Leverone Opens 56th Runoffs with Maiden Championship in Touring 4
ALTON, Va. (October 11, 2019) – Nick Leverone, of Mednon, Massachusetts, opened the 56th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on Friday with a Touring 4 (T4) victory, the first of his...Read more
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80,” is a quote attributed to Henry Ford. And while the Sports Car Club of America® is now 75 years old, the SCCA® certainly hasn’t stopped learning, especially when you...Read more
SCCA Convention: Trains, Cruises, Conga, Vegas
In 2019, Sports Car Club of America® noted its 75th Diamond Anniversary, the 56th National Championship Runoffs® and 47th Tire Rack Solo® Nationals. The 2020 SCCA National Convention begins tonight, kicked off with the Annual...Read more
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Friday, April 8th, 2016, 12:38pm
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Usually it’s the Supreme Court justices who get to ask the tough questions. But every so often, prominent public figures come to Georgetown, and undergraduates glean the rare opportunity to ask questions in return.
Last Wednesday, those who attended Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s lecture received an index card where they could write one question for Sotomayor to answer during the standard post-lecture question-and-answer session — a Gaston Hall standard that usually fosters a candid discussion and enriches university programming. In Wednesday’s case, however, the questions were screened and posed by a university official, rather than the student or event attendee who originally wanted an answer.
Sotomayor received a multitude of questions about her status as a female and Hispanic leader but hardly anything else. While these represent points of legitimate and important inquiry, the purpose of a question-and-answer session is to open the direction of the conversation to the audience. It seems highly unlikely that no one in the audience had a question for Sotomayor about her judicial decisions, yet no questions on this topic were asked of the justice.
It is disconcerting that university administrators felt the need to screen student questions. We understand that Sotomayor might have been unable or unwilling to answer questions of substantive policy, but an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court surely does not need the help of a Georgetown administrator when fielding questions from students.
Georgetown lauds its credentials when it comes to fostering dialogue. In the future, the university ought to be able to tout this commitment when it comes to events featuring high-profile speakers.
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"Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves."
We are a club of about 70 members who have been business leaders and activists working together in fellowship and partnership engaging the community and enriching lives by having fun while making a positive impact on those we serve. In addition to fighting polio and aiding school children, Hollywood Rotary supports numerous charitable endeavors including the Hollywood Family YMCA; a Cub Scout Troop; Interact – a leadership program with clubs in three of our high schools; Harvest Food Drive; Pac-a-Sac lunch program; Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital; water and sanitation programs in Guatemala; and Love Our Nation, an organic gardening project for underprivileged children.
Become a Rotarian
Be part of one of the largest service organizations that fights polio, helps local communities, and provide opportunities to the next generation. Today is the best time to be the best you. Email us directly at info@rotaryhollywood.org.
The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
INCREASE OUR IMPACT
Rotary strives to change the lives of others for the better. Our members invest volunteer and financial resources in a broad range of service activities, but we will do a better job of measuring the results and outcomes of our work. So that Rotary can continue to attract members, partners, and donors, we’ll focus our programs and produce evidence of lasting impact.
Enhance participant engagement
Because we recognize the challenges our clubs face in today’s changing world, Rotary will support our clubs’ efforts to deliver an experience that engages and retains members. When we help clubs focus on the experience and value they give their members, we give Rotarians and other participants the opportunity to serve together, connect with one another, and have a more satisfying experience with Rotary.
Expand our reach
People are seeking ways to make a difference in the world and connect with others. How do we help them find what they’re looking for in Rotary? By creating unique opportunities for more people and organizations to get involved. Clubs will always be important. But to extend our global reach, we’ll expand our current structure with innovative models that welcome more participants into Rotary and give them meaningful ways to unite and take action.
Increase our ability to adapt
To achieve our vision and keep pace with changing global trends, our structure and culture must evolve. We’ll ensure that our operating and governance structures are efficient, flexible, and effective in delivering services to all of our participants.
In 1926, 30 Hollywood businessmen decided to band together and organized the city’s first service club. It was April of 1926 that these 30 men received the charter from Rotary International for the Rotary Club of Hollywood, Florida.
Our Current Leadership
Herbert Fishler
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Club Director
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August 10, 2008 Cape Town, Fiction, South AfricaRozena Maart
Rozena Maart, signing books at the first South African book launch of The Writing Circle, Wordsworth Bookstore, Waterfront, Cape Town, May 2008. Bridgette Dreyer, a friend from Steenberg High School, sitting close by…at the three-in-one launch of The Writing Circle, Mix It! Voices of the Bo-Kaap, and African Gold: The Story of Africa’s Nobel Laureates.
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Cape Town Book fair
June 20, 2008 Edition 1
A RECORD 50 494 people attended the third Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) last weekend. The four-day Fair, with the theme Words Create Worlds came to an end on Monday, having had 7 194 children through its doors at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
The fair, run in partnership with the Frankfurt Book Fair and under the auspices of the Publisher’s Association of South Africa (Pasa), was opened amid a buzz of activity by Professor Kader Asmal on Saturday, as people rushed to collect tickets for the first events of the day.
Speaking at the opening press conference of the CTBF, Dudley Schroeder, executive director of Pasa, said: “The United Nations has released figures showing that publishing is the largest creative industry in the world. The book industry is 20 times bigger than the entire international film industry.”
Members of the public flooded the more than 400 events, entertained with Michael Poliza’s breathtaking slide presentation from his book Eyes Over Africa, inspired by Riaan Manser’s account of his circumnavigation of Africa from Around Africa on my Bicycle, reflecting on the TRC process with Alex Boraine in discussion on his book A Life in Transition with Mac Maharaj and Max du Preez and faced with the reality of violence against women in Rozena Maart’s The Writing Circle. There was something for everyone.
Boraine, deputy chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said on Saturday: “This kind of gathering today is so important. It’s seldom that people have an opportunity to discuss these things.”
Robin Malan said of the panel discussion he chaired with Rozena Maart, Wendy Clark, and Anne Mayne on how violence against women is portrayed, perpetuated and/ or exposed in contemporary writing: “The three very different personalities of the panellists gave us the diverse aspects of the social activist, the legal prosecutor and the psychoanalyst in their nonetheless unified response that writing back about abuse and violence against women was both a necessary social response and an affirmation of dignity, achievable as much through the novel as through autobiography.”
Vanessa Badroodien, director of the Fair, said: “The intention to excite the public about reading was certainly achieved.” She said the link between reader and writer, which was central to the fair, came through strongly.
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Using rotating perspectives, Maart shows how the women in a South African writing group react when one of them is raped. As they help her cope, they’re forced past boundaries of friendship to confront apartheid and class.
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‘Dance Nation’ at Steppenwolf Theatre Captures the Whimsical Terror of Tween Angst
Dance Nation, written by Clare Barron and directed by Lee Sunday Evans, captures the sweet, strange and uncomfortable aspects of growing up in and surviving the world of competitive tween dance, as we follow the adventures of six young girls preparing for a national tournament. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize, the play received its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 2018 and ran at the Almeida Theatre in London before coming to Steppenwolf for its regional premiere.
Armed with a multi-generational cast and a healthy dose of whimsy, this production succeeds in telling this story in a way that required the magic of a theatre. It invokes imagination, is anything but expected, and in this way subverts the classic coming of age story into something as weird, messy, and wonderful as actual puberty. The dances are less literal and more figurative, capturing each character’s essence. One that stood out in particular perfectly captures the importance of ‘dance face’, and puts it up front and center with the assistance of some impeccable tech. Transformative lighting by Heather Gilbert moves us seamlessly through time and space, guiding the audience along a non-linear plot. Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel perfectly underscores each dance, monologue, and transition; movement and sound feel intertwined into a well choreographed dance piece.
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Rescripted Recognized – 2019 Edition
2019 was by no means an easy year, and yet so much progress was made in our artistic community both on and offstage. The Rightlynd Saga reached completion in the same year Lori Lightfoot was elected. Abuse was unearthed and community solutions provided, systemic changes are underway on many levels, as the energy of organizations like Not in Our House and ChiTac drive our individual work. As Editor for Rescripted, I laid out my Visions for 2020. This article is about looking back, and celebrating where we came from one last time. Below you will find the 10 Rescripted Recognized shows selected by our critics, and a new addition for this year – Rescripted Raves. There is too much great work in the city to limit it to ten shows, and there you will find the other projects that brought us joy or moved the conversation forward. Happy 2020!
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Red Rex at Steep Theatre. Directed by Jonathan Berry, written by Ike Holter. “Ike Holter’s Red Rex takes a deep dive into the underbelly of making theatre in Chicago, and a brave ensemble of people at Steep Theatre rose to the challenge. The sixth play in the Rightlynd Saga directed by Jonathan Berry gets its name from the fictional theatre company at the center of the narrative, Red Rex Theatre Company. After almost a decade of relatively mediocre production, Red Rex has recently taken up residence in the abandoned former home of the Three Lord Gang – one of many easter eggs from the rest of the Rightlynd Universe (the RU, you know, like MCU).” – Regina Victor, Editor In Chief Continue reading “Rescripted Recognized – 2019 Edition”
Letter From the Editor: Artistic Visions for 2020
Hello, Chicago.
We are at the precipice. Everything in our society could change tomorrow, simply because it cannot sustain its way of being any longer. How are we envisioning that future, in the arts and beyond? Here at Rescripted we are envisioning an empathetic future, driven by advocacy and dialogue, rather than this present cycle of trauma and fear. My vision for Rescripted was simple: train and uplift voices that will make the industry a hospitable place for everyone to work. The impact of that vision, that intention, has been unbelievable. We have now trained critics in the double digits who are writing professionally, we are creating transparency and accountability in our work that established publications are beginning to echo. We highlighted communities and theatres that were habitually overlooked, causing other publications to pick up their stories as well. Ever so slightly, I see the viewpoints and the values of other critical institutions changing in response to the energy this group of artists has brought to the city through our writing. Therefore, I want to end 2019 by offering visions for our artistic future. Continue reading “Letter From the Editor: Artistic Visions for 2020”
‘Grace and the Hanukkah Miracle’ at Chicago Immersive is a Kid-Friendly, Time-Traveling Romp Through Jewish History
Grace and the Hanukkah Miracle is an immersive theatre piece in which an unnamed, protagonist in a cowboy hat (Anderson Lawfer) asks the audience to go on a wild time-traveling adventure so as to retrieve his wife Grace’s (Nicole Bloomsmith) family menorah and present it to her as a Hanukkah gift. The rest of the show unfolds almost like a video game, as you and your fellow audience members progress through different rooms in the basement of Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston — collecting clues, solving basic puzzles, and interacting with characters from various points in Jewish history. Continue reading “‘Grace and the Hanukkah Miracle’ at Chicago Immersive is a Kid-Friendly, Time-Traveling Romp Through Jewish History”
‘Cold Town/ Hotline: A Chicago Holiday Story’ at Raven Theatre
The bitter cold and the holiday season are both barreling into Chicago, and no one is immune from the overwhelming combination. In an effort to combat this special brand of wintry blues, Raven Theatre’s Cold Town/ Hotline: A Chicago Holiday Story takes it back to 1983, where a ragtag group of Chicagoans volunteer their time at a holiday hotline called the Yule Connection. Folks are invited to call in and chat about their seasonal stressors, but when one young caller makes an in-person visit, the team bands together to find a little connection of their own. Like a lot of holiday memories, this world premiere, written and directed by Eli Newell, has bursts of heartwarming holiday sentiment that break through a series of meandering moments.
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Key Reviews: ‘Hoodoo Love’ at Raven Theatre
The Key: Young Critics Mentorship Program is back with our fifth set of reviews, and this set is all about Hoodoo Love at Raven Theatre! This year’s cohort: Ada Alozie, Alisa Boland, Anyah Royale Akanni, Hannah Antman, Mariah Schultz, and Yiwen Wu. Read selections from each critic below, and click through to their author profiles to read the full critique and learn more about them! The Key is co-facilitated by Regina Victor and Oliver Sava.
Alisa Boland: “Hoodoo Love, directed by Wardell Julius Clark at Raven Theatre, adds a bit of extra enchantment to Katori Hall’s debut script, a cocktail of blues singing, conjure, and inevitable tragedy. Set in Memphis, Katori Hall’s play follows Toulou an aspiring singer, played with spirit and tenderness by Martasia Jones. The young country girl turns to the supernatural help of her friendly, grandmotherly neighbor and hoodoo practitioner Candylady (played by the audience favourite, Shariba Rivers) to hold down her lover Ace (Matthew James Elam), a restless blues artist. The situation is further complicated by the arrival of Toulou’s older brother Jib (Christopher Wayland Jones), a preacher with a wolfish eye and an appetite for unholy, distilled spirits.” – Read Alisa Boland’s full critique and learn more about the author! Continue reading “Key Reviews: ‘Hoodoo Love’ at Raven Theatre”
Prop Thtr’s ‘I Am Going To Die Alone, and I Am Not Afraid’ Shares Stories of Love, Loss, and Resistance
I Am Going To Die Alone, and I Am Not Afraid: A Furious History of the Holocaust, Prop Thtr’s newest devised play, crafts tales of the Holocaust with scenes, songs, and lectures. The Ensemble, directed by Anna Gelman, weaves these stories in and out of each other toward an inevitable collision. Some sections of this vignette-style performance are stronger than others, but the overarching consistency is found in the community on stage. The Ensemble reminds us that there is power in togetherness. When misused, that power is distorted and destructive. When cared, for that power is revolutionary.
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Key Reviews: Multimedia Edition
The Key: Young Critics Mentorship Program is back with this year’s Multimedia Edition. After a class session with Vulture staff writer Angelica Jade Bastien, we encouraged our students to write about any piece of art that was not live theatre. The topics chosen range from the legacy of Breaking Bad in media, to the Joffrey Ballet’s Jane Eyre, to William Tyler’s album cover art. Finding your passion is a key component of a sustainable career in arts journalism! This year’s cohort: Ada Alozie, Alisa Boland, Anyah Royale Akanni, Hannah Antman, Mariah Schultz, and Yiwen Wu. The viewpoints of the authors are entirely their own. The Key is co-facilitated by Oliver Sava and Regina Victor.
Ada Alozie, Breaking Bad: “When Breaking Bad was airing, it was hard to escape the personification of Walter White as an anti-hero: the word critics used to describe a white man with nebulous ethics, involved in shady (albeit) criminal activity. The anti-hero felt like it was everywhere in the early 2010s. I accepted the anti-hero label without thought when I was younger. As I was rewatching the series now, I couldn’t help thinking why the word anti-hero had been used to describe this character when it was so clear to me that Walter White was a straight-up villain.” – Read Ada Alozie’s full critique and learn more about the author! Continue reading “Key Reviews: Multimedia Edition”
Firebrand Theatre Pays Tribute with Always… Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline is comfort, love, and heartbreak. Her music charms you, wraps you in a blanket and slips you a little whiskey. In Firebrand Theatre’s production of Always… Patsy Cline, Houstonite Loiuse Seger knows this experience all too well. Louise is drawn to Patsy Cline, and on one fateful night, the two meet and forge a friendship that lasts the rest of Patsy Cline’s life. This is the story of a single incredible night when two women found a bit of themselves in each other and director Brigitte Ditmars invites the audience to find themselves in a country song.
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‘Packing’ at About Face Theatre is an Enthralling Queer Autobiography
Packing at About Face Theatre is a solo piece written and performed by Scott Bradley, and directed by Chay Yew. It is mostly autobiographical, as Scott tells his personal story of growing up in rural Iowa, discovering he was gay, dealing with bullying and abuse, living through the AIDS crisis of the 80’s, and continuing to struggle with depression, anxiety, and addiction, until present day. Despite the many dark moments, “Packing” is an empowering story: Scott writes with a deft and clever voice, and an eye towards themes of strength, persistence, and overcoming hardship.
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Albus soon meets the son of his father's old school foe Draco Malfoy, Scorpius, and the pair strike up a friendship. This friendship, forged in part by the pair wanting to escape the shadow of their famous parents, is played out against the backdrop of magic and mystery we have all come to love - with a refreshing twist of time travel thrown in for good measure.
Harry Potter's son, Albus, wants to right one of Harry's failures by going back in time to save Cedric Diggory from being murdered by the evil Lord Voldemort, played out in the fourth Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But in doing so, Albus and Scorpius trigger a sequence of calamitous alternate realities which puts the lives of everyone they know and love in jeopardy.
If you're not familiar with the original books, or at least the characters from the Harry Potter films, you might struggle reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. There are no recaps at all, so we definitely recommend you read all the stories before you embark on the Boy Who Lived's next adventure.
If you are familiar with the Harry Potter stories already, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a delightful combination of witty dialogue and pacy storytelling which really feels as though it's not only following on from but resurrecting J.
Rowling's Harry Potter stories. The most successful thing about it, apart from bringing the Harry Potter stories to the stage, is the spellbinding stage effects. And seeing these effects in the flesh will better prepare readers for envisioning how the spells looks and what transforming objects look like: Though, like we said, Jack Thorne's stage directions are no ordinary stage directions While it might not satisfy all fans the time travel element in particular is a huge departure from the mythology of the original Harry Potter books , the climax of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is as touching, brutal and crushing, yet all the while thoroughly moving and ultimately tender as J.
Rowling's original Harry Potter novels. We definitely recommend reading it; there is no magic like the magic of Harry Potter! Shopping in Ukraine? When they part ways, she says "For Voldemort and Valour" while putting her hand on her heart and her wrists together. Scorpius finds he is a very popular student at Hogwarts and everyone wants to do his homework for him.
He is known as "the Scorpion King" and the girls hope they will get to be his date to the Blood Ball. Scorpius decides he has to change time again. He visits his father who is now the Head of Magical Law Enforcement. He is no help so he finds Professor Snape who is still alive and teaching at Hogwarts even though he is still secretly a member of what remains of Dumbledore's Army.
They go to the headquarters and find Ron and Hermione who have been in hiding for several years. They are surprised to hear they are together in the original timeline.
Snape tells Scorpius they have to go back in time and stop his other self intervening with a Shield Charm. However, when they have done so, Hermione, Ron and Snape get attacked by Dementors. As Scorpius leaves, Snape tells Scorpius to tell Albus he is proud that he has his name.
The plan works and the original timeline returns. Professor McGonagall is very upset with them and the world they had created. Their parents aren't quite as angry and McGonagall reminds them of the great danger the children created. Harry later visits Albus in his dormitory and they begin to reconcile.
Scorpius wakes Albus up in the middle of the night and shows him the time-turner and suggests that they destroy it. It is revealed that he lied to everyone, saying that they lost the time-turner at the bottom of the Black Lake. They go to the Owlery , where they had agreed to meet Delphi. She agrees to help destroy it until she reveals her Augurey tattoo.
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Scorpius remembers the right hand witch of Voldemort had this sign in the second alternate timeline and finds it strange when Delphi says her guardian was Euphemia Rowle , since the Rowles were known Death Eaters. Delphi then reveals her true self. She does not wish to destroy the time-turner. Her plan is to travel to the past and stop Voldemort from ever dying.
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She wants to create a Dark age. She breaks their wands and kills a prefect named Craig who was sent to look for them. Delphi then makes Albus and Scorpius travel in time with her to the third task.
Albus and Scorpius remember the time-turner only keeps them in the past for five minutes. They try to stall her and end up meeting Cedric Diggory.
Cedric helps Albus and Scorpius get the time-turner back, believing it to be an obstacle for the tournament. When he leaves, Albus and Scorpius tell him that his father loves him. When he is gone, Delphi manages to get the time-turner back. Delphi then decides to go back in time further and once she gets there, she destroys the time-turner and she leaves Albus and Scorpius to go on alone. Act IV Harry, Ginny and Draco find out their children have gone missing again and that they were last sighted with Delphi.
They also find out Amos sent the children owls and go to talk to him. Amos denies sending the owls although when they mention his niece, Delphi, Amos says he really does not have a niece. They go through Delphi's room and find out she believes she is the daughter of Voldemort.
However, since they don't know where the children went, they can only wait until they find more clues.
Albus and Scorpius find out they have travelled to 30 October - the day before James and Lily Potter were murdered. They think Delphi wants to kill Harry herself so the spell doesn't rebound on Voldemort. They decide they need to tell everyone in the future what is happening and use Harry's blanket to write a message It works and Harry and Ginny decipher the message, gather Hermione, Ron and Draco and try to find a way to help.
Draco tells them his parents have a secret time-turner far more advanced than the prototype their children had. They go back in time and find their children. Ginny realises Delphi only means to stop Voldemort going into the house and killing the Potters, so the downfall never happens. She thinks Delphi believes Voldemort could love her so they decide to make Harry look like Voldemort and apprehend her the next day.
It works for a moment. Harry pretends to accept her although the spell making him look like Voldemort fades and she gets upset. Delphi and Harry duel until his friends and Albus help him.
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Rather than killing Delphi, it is decided that she will be brought to Azkaban Prison. But when something is this conveniently timed after the fact, it destroys all evidence to realism to me.
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It's that time again. Wictory Wednesday. I want everyone who reads this blog to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign. If you would like to help George W. Bush lead this country to greater things, click the button below and find out how you too can become a part of Wictory Wednesday. See that butt load of blogs to the right labeled Wicktory Wednesday? Well, look around and you'll see them. By signing up for Wictory Wednesday, you get to have your blog added to that list. That list is posted on everyone of those sites. Just think of all the readers you could get then. The Only Thing Necessary For Evil To Triumph
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PROOF OF LIFE
That's not a human. It's a "thing". At least according to Liberal baby killers.
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doc·u·men·ta·ry - Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.
prop·a·gan·da - the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
Gee, which one does F911 fall under?
ANOTHER F911 LIE
Damn, these things just keep coming. Anyway, this new one come from the scene were Moore shows Bush on the golf course talking about stopping terrorists then saying "Now, watch this swing". Here's something I didn't know about this scene. Did you know Bush wasn't talking about al-Queda? He was talking about a recent Palestinian terror attack on Israel. It had nothing to do with Sept. 11. Moore makes it seem that Bush really didn't care about the 9/11 attacks, knowing full well that no one in the theater at the time would know the truth about what Bush was talking about. Good use of the cutting room, Michael.
Categories: 9/11, War On Terror
NEW "ARTWORK": DEATH PROFITEER
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That picture below of Moore and Cpl. Henderson was posted on Moore's site, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Has news of people finding this lie out already hit the Moore camp? Me thinks so.
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CAUGHT IN TWO MOORE LIE
My last post was about how I think Moore coached that poor woman in what to say to make the U.S. military seem like nothing but a bunch of heartless monsters. Well, it seems Moore has been caught in yet two more lie in F911. Look at the picture below. Now, in the movie this guy is identified as Sgt. Abdul Henderson. But look at the two Chevrons on his uniform. Doesn't that signify a Corporal?
There's lie number one. Here's lie number two. As I've stated before, I haven't seen F911, nor do I plan to, but I have seen this scene during interviews with Moore. In this scene, I believe Cpl. Henderson says that he will not let the military send him back to fight in either Iraq or Afghanistan. I don't remember which. But look at his chest. Does anyone see either of these?
Those medals signify that you have fought in the War On Terror in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Cpl. Henderson has neither. That means he did see action in either country.
I wish I could say I was shock about this, but that would be a lie.
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Categories: Afghanistan, Iraq, War On Terror
THIS IS GOOD
From Brian about Farenheit 9/11.
"- The woman who lost her son in Iraq was a very sympathetic person. Who doesn't feel for a mother who has lost her son? I cannot be the only person who caught this, but I think others have and are afraid to mention it for fear of seeming insensitive. (I myself have wavered over writing this, and I only get 150 hits a day.) The woman who lost her son said that when she was told, "she dropped the phone." I thought I heard that wrong, but a moment later she said she was all alone and had "no one to hold her up." I was outraged. The United States military informs next of kin directly, without exception, no matter where they are. For example, they went deep into the mountains in Mexico to inform a lost soldier's mother directly. I am not calling the woman a liar, but I am sure that Moore intended to leave the impression that our military is completely insensitive."
Is anyone else thinking what I was thinking while reading this? Moore coached her into saying it was a phone call instead of a face to face meeting. There's correction number one for Truthenheit 9-11.com. Like the name? Good work, Brian.
Categories: 9/11, Iraq, War On Terror
America handed over power to the interim Iraqi government today. Two days early. You know al-Zarqawi and other al-Queda members are steaming over this. They were probably planning some big show on the 30th, but us evil Americans had to go and spoil it. Anyway, this is another giant step towards Iraqi being a free and independent nation. Here's where I need the help. Why do some people not want the Iraqi people to be free and independent? People like Michael Moore, Martin Sheen and others. Why do/did they want to continue to see them under the iron thumb of Saddam? Don't they believe every human on the planet deserves to be free? I just can't understand their mentality.
KISS THEM GOODBYE
Turkey has rejected the demands of the al-Qaida terrorists to pull out of Iraq and to end their support of America. Which, quite frankly, surprised me. Just like Daniel Pearl, Nick Berg, Paul Johnson and Kim Sun-Il, the families of these three hostages need to get ready for what's about to happen. One last thing. Steve Of Norway asked this question. Why is it so hard for Big Media to call these people what they are? Terrorist. The opening line from the Reuters story,
"Turkey rejected Sunday the demands of militants threatening to behead three Turks ..."
Militants? Like Steve said,
"Ah, sounds like a militia even Michael Moore could sing the praises of"
That's why I like Fox News. They call them what they are. Just like "Suicide Bombers". No, Homicide Bombers. They're killing innocent men, women and children. When you kill someone else, you commit homicide, not suicide. Sorry, got off on a rant there.
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THE NEW DOI
I love Mallard Filmore. That's got to be the best comic out there. I have one strip hanging on my wall that I've had for awhile. It's the Declaration Of Independence were written today. Enjoy.
"WE hold these truths opinions to be self evident part of just one of many equally valid belief systems, that all Men things are created(sounds waaay too "religious") equal, that they are endowed by their creator(puhleeez!) with certain unalienable( too absolutist) Rights, that among these are Life Choice, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness(Now We're Talking), Or whatever."
You gotta love Liberal PC. I've just always liked that strip. And let me tell you, that wasn't easy to type. The damned comics behind me, so I had to pull my neck muscles to be able to see it.
CAN KERRY EVEN RUN FOR OFFICE?
Get a load of this. Candidate waffles may not even be able to run for president. Hell, according to this, he never should have been senator. According to AMENDMENT XIV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability"
Basically it says that if you support the enemy, you can't run for office. Wouldn't Kerry's post-war actions be considered insurrection or rebellion against the U.S.? Wouldn't his calling U.S. troops killers and rapists be considered giving aid or comfort to the enemy? I also don't remember a vote by Congress or the Senate allowing Kerry to run for office. Kind of interesting, don't you think? Why doesn't someone stand up and bring this to the attention of the American people?
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NEW "ARTWORK": A-HA
I heard on Fox News that Fahrenheit 911 made somewhere around $4 million yesterday. I don't know, is that good for a mockumentry? But anyway, I think I found out how Moore got so many people to see this piece of crap.
I haven't seen Fahrenheit 911, nor do I have any plans on seeing it. But from listening to Moore in interviews, one of the things I can gather that Fahrenheit's about is the Bush family's ties to the bin Laden family. Now both are oil families, so I guess there could be ties there. Business and maybe even personal ties. But is Moore trying to tell us that bin Laden's family, who live in America and have disowned Osama, are guilty of the attacks on 9/11 just because they are his family? And even more, that because W has business, and maybe even personal, ties to them, that he's even somewhat responsible for 9/11? That's what I gather from listening to his rants. I thought the good, open minded Liberals didn't believe in guilt by association. Is Tito Jackson guilty of child molestation because Michael did it? Is Moore into bestiality because his father got a hippo pregnant? Not necessarily. Can someone please explain this to me, because I just don't get it.
By now we all know about VP Cheney telling Sen. Patrick Leahy "Go fuck yourself". Good for you Dick. Don't hold back. That's what's wrong with people today. We hold back our true feelings not wanting to hurt or offend someone. Now some may be saying, "Chris, what's the difference between Cheney saying it and Kerry?". One big difference. Cheney said it in the heat of the moment. To express his feelings. Candidate waffles, on the other hand, said it to a Rolling Stone reporter to try and show how "edgy and cool" he could be. Plus Kerry curses everyone and thing that crosses his path. Bush, secret service, his bike, it doesn't matter. One last thing about this. Why do so many people have trouble typing this word. Blogs I've read that talk about this keep using "the f-word" or "f-bomb". Fuck. Just type it. It's just a word.
NEW "ARTWORK": HIDDEN TRUTH
In light of Al Gore's latest rantings, I went looking for the truth on him. I think I've found it.
HOW I SPENT MY TWO HOURS, OR, WHAT I WOULD RATHER DO
Well, tomorrow Michael Moore's newest lie filled mockumentry comes out. Here, as promised, are some things I would rather do than waste my money on it.
1. Take one part hammer, two parts testicles and mix.
2. Make a dinner of fresh dog crap with a hairball salad on the side.
3. Listen to an 8 hour marathon of The Eagles, The Beatles and rap music. I hate all three.
4. Watch every episode of Friends back to back.
5. Lick a wall socket.
6. Put a 9v battery to my tongue every 20 seconds for 2 hours.
7. Babysit for five three-year-olds. The horror... the horror.
8. Walk into a KKK meeting wearing a Black Power shirt and tell them I'm mixed race.
9. Walk into a Black Panther meeting and shout "White Power".
10. Take said hammer, turn handle side up, and as Ralph Malph use to say, Sit On It.
11. Listen to a candidate waffles speech. That's bad.
12. Miss an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. I love that show.
13. Give up my computer.
14. Sex change. Well, I guess number 1 would be the same thing.
15. Watch Friday After Next. That's a bad movie. 1 and 2 were good, but 3 sucks.
16. And finally, I would rather watch CNN for 24 hours than waste my money on Fahrenheit 911.
Now, it's your turn. What would you all rather do than see this movie?
NEW "ARTWORK": ANOTHER SEQUEL
Dumb And Dumber 3: When Waffles Met Babyface
DAMN FOX NEWS
How dare they refuse to show the commercial for Moore's Fahrenheit 911. That right-wing biased "news" channel is promoting censorship by not sh... Oh, wait a minute. I must be thinking of someone else. Because yesterday and today I saw the ads for Fahrenheit 911 no less than 10 times. With Fox News showing the ads for this hate-filled Bush bash, it kind of throws the lefties argument that Fox is a puppet of the Bush Administration out the window. As they say, Fair & Balanced and We Report, You Decide.
NEW "ARTWORK": NEW GAME
We've all played the Wack-A-Mole game I'm sure. Well, it looks like W has put his own spin on the game. Here we see Bush playing his version called Wack-A-Rat. Looks like fun. I play winner.
TERRORIST SUPPORT MOORE & VISE-VISA
We all know that Hezbollah has given Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, a resounding 5 homicide bombers, but it seems that Moore and his distribution company are pleased with their support. The manager of Front Row, the distribution company, Gianluca Chacra, is quoted as saying,
"We can't go against these organizations as they could strongly boycott the film in Lebanon and Syria"
Oh, we can't offend the terrorists. They may boycott the movie. How does all this lend to my theory that Moore supports terrorist? Has anyone heard Moore come out against this? I didn't think so. He's sitting in his Upper West Side apartment counting the money Hezbollah and al-Qaeda will be stuffing down his pockets. Hey, as longs as this movie makes people hate Bush and America even more, then Moore has done his job. Damn the consequences. Just like Clinton's impeachment is his badge of honor, so must this be Moore's.
Credit: World Net Daily via Something to Cry About
al-Qaeda has beheaded Kim Sun-il. Sadly, I can't say I'm shocked or surprised. I don't have much to say about this except read my post about the death of Paul Johnson for my feelings. One last thing. Does anyone else see a resemblance between these cowards and the KKK? They both claim what they're doing is good and right, yet they're too scared to show their faces. Off on a tangent, I know, but I had to bring it up.
NOW I'VE HEARD IT ALL
You've got to love defense attorneys. They can come up with some pretty creative excuses for crimes. Randall Vogt, a lawyer in Beaverton, OR, is saying that his client beat his 2-year-old son to death because of the white man. It seems his client is suffering from Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder. Because his ancestors were beaten by their white slavemasters, he's justified in the beating death of his son. But this theory doesn't belong to Vogt, it's the work of assistant professor in the Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work, Joy DeGruy-Leary. DeGruy-Leary testified in Washington County Circuit Court that African Americans today are affected by past centuries of U.S. slavery because the original slaves were never treated for the trauma of losing their homes; seeing relatives whipped, raped and killed; and being subjugated by whites.
You know, they may have something here. Because the white man stole my peoples land and identity, I'm going to steal my white neighbor's stereo. I'm justified in it, aren't I? It's payback. Come on, what the hell. This guy was never a slave. His parents weren't slaves. His grandparents weren't slaves. How can anyone justify anything by something that ended almost 150 years ago? That's what's wrong with this country today. No personal responsibility by anyone. It's always someone else's fault. The Government, society, t.v., music, video games, and now the past. When are people going to stand up and take the blame for their own actions?
Credit: Oregon Live
I have a new blog for you all to enjoy. Something to Cry About. Nice blog, Aaron. Great layout. Probably the best looking Blogger blog I've seen. I like the flash animation. Always glad to add another Right Minded person to our blogosphere. Look around, you find some more blogs you like.
Today marks what could be a very historic day in the history of the world. A civilian flew to the outer reaches of the planet and returned. Pilot Mike Melvill flew up to 62.2 miles above the Earth and saw what only a handful of men ever have. Could you imagine one day being able to fly into space, looking back and seeing How amazing would that be? If it weren't for my fear of heights, speed and the $100,000 price tag, you could bet your ass I'd go.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE
Michael Moore's heroes have kidnapped yet another innocent man, Kim Sun-il, and are threatening to behead him unless South Korea pulls their troops out of Iraq. Unlike the Spaniards, the South Korean government has told these fucks a resounding "no". I don't mean to sound callus or uncaring, but this guys family needs to use to the idea of never seeing him alive again. Terrorists aren't known for they're compassion. Don't look for them to let this Kim Sun-il go alive. Let's see, the threat on Nick Berg's life didn't work. The threat on Paul Johnson's life didn't work. And the threat on Kim Sun-il's life isn't working. When are these slow-witted assholes going to wake up and realize they're not going to win?
Categories: Iraq
HELL HAS FROZEN OVER
The New York Slimes has panned "Bubba's" book My Lies, I mean My Life. Said the Slimes,
"The book, which weighs in at more than 950 pages, is sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull — the sound of one man prattling away, not for the reader, but for himself and some distant recording angel of history.
My Life reads like a messy pastiche of everything that Mr. Clinton ever remembered and wanted to set down in print; he even describes the time he got up at 4 a.m. to watch the inaugural ceremonies for Nigeria's new president on TV. There are endless litanies of meals eaten, speeches delivered, voters greeted and turkeys pardoned."
In other words, a real page turner. This is only a small, small sample of what the Slimes had to say. Go read the article for more.
This really surprised me. I figured the Slimes would hail this as the second coming of War And Peace or The Dark Tower, Stephen King's masterpiece. Go read them, it's an awesome story. But that's for another post. But this Michiko Kakutani just didn't like the book.
Credit: New York Slimes
NEW "ARTWORK": IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
Here we see two pictures of candidate waffles' great-grandfather during the Civil War. A little know fact, Kerry's great-grandfather was a senator during Lincoln's presidency. As you can see, taking both sides of an issue is in Kerry's blood. Historic fact, these pictures were taking just after Al Gore's great-grandfather invented the electric microphone. I guess inventing revolutionary things is in his blood as well.
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
It seems that Moore not only prays on tragedy in peoples lives, he also steals. Author Ray Bradbury is pissed off at Moore for stealing the name of Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451. Said Bradbury,
"He didn't ask my permission. That's not his novel, that's not his title, so he shouldn't have done it."
Bradbury hasn't seen the movie, but did contact Moore's company six months ago and was told Moore would call back. Moore called back, two weeks ago. Moore told Bradbury that he suddenly realized that he had let too much time go forward. One last thing in the article. They had to mention the part where Disney refused to release the film. They can't leave that part out. And one last thing that may be good news for some. Bradbury says that there are plans for a remake of Fahrenheit 451 directed by Frank Darabont. Darabont makes some good movies.
My take on this. All who believe Moore on this one, raise your hands. What, no one. That's shocking. Just more proof that Michael Moore is a, cover your eyes and hide the kiddies, piece of used toilet paper wrapped around an old tampon stuffed in a sticky condom. In other words, sick. Moore uses people to his own advantage. He doesn't care who he hurts as long as he gets his skewed point of view out. And the people who support him are no better.
Credit: Yahoo! News via DeoDuce
26 years ago today, the greatest comic was created. I love Garfield. Just like me, he hates Mondays, loves to lounge and love lasagna. My kind of cat.
MORE LEFT SPIN
In today's edition of my local Liberal Lies, or Tulsa World, newspaper, there's piece in the editorial section titled No Link. It's about the Kangaroo Commissions findings. The piece starts off with
"That thud you heard Wednesday came from the White House. The reason was that the 9/11 commission reported that there was never any link between Iraq and al-Qaida or between Saddam Hussein and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001"
1. The reports actually doesn't say there wasn't a link between Saddam and al-Qaida. It's been proven that there was
2. Bush NEVER said that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11. He never made a connection or used it as a reason to go into Iraq.
It went on to say
"That link was, in fact, one of the main selling points in President Bush's pitch to invade Iraq in the first place."
I believe I've already covered this.
"No doubt, Saddam was a tyrant and a mass murderer, but those were not the main reasons given for the invasion. It is doubtful that the American public would have approved the invasion based solely on removing Saddam because he was a bad guy."
Actually, I think they would have.
"It was the threat of weapons of mass destruction and the possible connection with the terrorist of 9/11 - although 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia - that rallied the support of most America for the invasion.
There have been no WMD's found yet and now the 9/11 connection has been debunked."
No WMD's? What was that sarin filled bomb? What about the Useless Nations report that said Saddam did have WMD's and shipped them to other countries before and during the war?
"The attempt to tie 9/11 to Saddam was a mistake."
Ahh...Never mind.
"It's time to tell the truth. The American people can handle it."
I agree. Right minded Americans can handle the truth. It's the American Left that have trouble with the truth.
Categories: 9/11, Democrats/Liberals, Iraq, War On Terror
HAPPENED AGAIN
The religion of peace has beheaded another American. The al-Qaeda members who kidnapped Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia are claiming to have beheaded him. There's an Islamic website that's showing pictures of the beheading. This doesn't shock or surprise me in the least. Islam is a breeding ground for terrorists. This just helps prove it. If this statement offends you, too bad. You can bet this won't be the last time this happens either. The Saudis can pretend to be a friend of America all they want, but they're nothing more than an open bank account and a safe haven for terrorists.
Categories: Islam
HIGHER EDUMICATION
The following is from a New York American History Regents test given to juniors in the state. Tell me what's missing.
"Question 41:
In 1991, one of the reasons President George H. W. Bush committed United States troops to the Persian Gulf War was to
"(1) maintain the flow of trade through the Suez Canal
"(2) fulfill military obligations as a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
"(3) contain the spread of communism in the Middle East
"(4) assure the flow of Middle East oil to the United States and its allies"
If you said (5) help the Kuwaitis from an invading Iraq, you would be correct. Funny how the right answer didn't make it on the test. I guess the Republican loving educators in NY just made a simple mistake. Didn't they? There's the slam to H.W., now here's the slam to W.
"Question 4:
A major criticism of the electoral college system has been that
"(1) party loyalty is weakened after a presidential election
"(2) electors frequently fail to vote for a candidate
"(3) members of the electoral college are appointed for life terms
"(4) a president may be elected without receiving the majority of the popular vote"
But maybe they're talking about "Bubba" in that one, because Clinton failed to receive a majority of the popular vote in 92 and 96. Yeah, that's it. The Republican loving NY educators must have been talking about Clinton and not Bush. Just another reason why our schools are so screwed up.
Categories: Iraq, Republicans
COOL SITE
If I still had my butt load of links still up, the one would be on it. Where's George. If you've never heard of it, it's a site you can enter your money into and it will track it for you. You can find out where it's been. It's pretty cool. They'll send you an email when ever your bill has been registered by someone else. If you sign up, make sure you write the address on all you bills so it'll work.
NEW "ARTWORK"
Recently, Howie D said that he believes his campaign stated going downhill when Al Gore officially endorsed him. I couldn't agree more, and I think I may have found the reason why.
This is posted on GlennBeck.com. I was going to do one like this, but now I don't have to. In case you don't know, it's Michael Moore as Fat Bastard from the Austin Powers movie. Like the title says, Damn.
I'm listening to Bush giving his speech to the U.S. military right now on 1170 KFAQ, our talk radio network, and I get a kick out of how much the American soldiers love Bush. If you listen to the Left, the military hate the man. But facts and truth have no place with the American Left.
It's that time again. Wictory Wednesday. I want everyone who reads this blog to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign. If you would like to help George W. Bush lead this country to greater things, click the button below and find out how you too can become a part of Wictory Wednesday. See that butt load of blogs to the right labeled Wicktory Wednesday? Well, look around and you'll see them. By signing up for Wictory Wednesday, you get to have your blog added to that list. That list is posted on everyone of those sites. Just think of all the readers you could get then.
Here we see the original cover "Bubba's" upcoming book. But for some reason it didn't work out.
I got my mother to register. She hasn't been register since the 70's, and as a Democrat at that. But this time she register as a Republican. One more for the club. I don't think she's ready for the conspiracy yet, but it's a step in the right, no pun intended, direction. How did I get her to register? It's not because of the presidential election, congressional or any political reasons. It's because come this November, the great state of Oklahoma will have a vote for a state lottery on the ballot. She wants a lottery, so after I reminded her about it she registered.
Categories: Artwork, Democrats/Liberals, Republicans
WE DID IT AGAIN
The VR-WC has struck another blow to the left-wing. We were successfully able to get the MPAA to slap an R rating on Michael Moore's new used diaper of a movie, Fahrenheit 9/11. Hollywood may be a extreme left-wing town, but never underestimate the power of the conspiracy. We have fingers everywhere. I only wish I had been a part of this one, but alas, I wasn't. We tried for an X rating, for X-treamly full of crap, but that didn't pan out. Our next project is getting Michael Wilson's Michael Moore Hates America to open in over 2,500 theaters. That's about 1,500 more than Fahrenheit. It's hard, but we're trying.
BEEN A LONG TIME, BEEN A LONG TIME...
Been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
I was watching a movie last night on the cable channel FX. It was called Meltdown and it was about terrorists who take over a nuclear power plant in America and plan to blow it up. Sounds scary, right? But I had to stop watching it because of the terrorists. They weren't Arab Muslims, that would racist. They were, get this, United States soldiers. That's right, G.I. Joes. From what I could get from the story, these soldiers had UBL cornered and were about to get him when the State Department ordered them to leave so a convoy could pass through. In doing so, they lost bin Laden. They got angry at the U.S. Government and so they planned to blow up a nuclear power plant. Sounds reasonable, doesn't it? I can't tell you how many terrorist out there are U.S. soldiers. I'll list them for you.
1. Timothy McVeigh
There he is. One, that's all I could come up with. Remember awhile back I posted the rules for making a Hollywood movie? Well, here's an example of rule number 6.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying all Muslims are terrorists, because they're not. But most terrorists are Muslim. But hey, when we can't show the truth about terrorism, then let's go to the next best thing. The American soldier, because everyone knows the U.S. soldier is the most evil force on the planet.
NOPE, NOPE, NOPE
For his 80th birthday today, former President Bush made, I believe, his sixth jump. This was to be his first solo jump, but weather conditions put a stop to that. Maybe next time. After landing, Mr. Bush said
"For me, I like speed. I like the thrill of it. But the jump also sets an example for older people, here and abroad, that just because you're 80 years old, it doesn't mean you're out of it."
Good for him. Show 'em you're not ready for the walker and Geritol just yet. Why the title some may be saying. Because there is no way in hell you would ever get me jump from a plane. I'm scared to death of heights and speed. And jumping from some 10,000 feet and falling at over 100 MPH isn't something that's on my "to do" list.
"ARTWORK"
No, this isn't a John Kerry holding up waffles or Michael Moore eating. These are some wallpapers that I've made for myself. I just thought I would post them so you all could enjoy them. They're not the best looking things, but what can you expect from a $20 photo editor. I had to shrink them down so Photobucket would take them, but trust me at 1024x768 they look a lot better. So, let me know what you think of them if you want. You won't hurt my feelings.
Powerage1 The worst one, I think.
Powerage2 A little better, but not great.
Powerage3 My favorite.
I've commissioned Matt Ashby to do one for me. A multicolored metallic. Matt, I think I gave you the wrong number. I think I said look at number 1, if so, I meant number 3.
JUSTICE WASN'T SERVED
Terry Nichols will not die for helping in the murder of 168 innocent men, women and children. All because one stupid juror believed the crap the defense attorney told them about Nichols being a changed man because he "found religion" in prison. Funny how he found it just after he was told he may get death. When the jury is deadlocked, the judge must bring a sentence. But under Oklahoma law, the judge isn't allowed to issue a death sentence. They're only allowed life with parole or without parole. I swear, if this judge gives him parole I'm going to be the first one there calling for him to step down from the bench. Even before O'Reilly can call for it. 168. He gets to live while 168 people are dead.
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Let's say that each of of those I's is a human life Nichols help take. That's a lot of people. Those little red i's, those are the 19 children that were killed. This one juror that couldn't bring themselves to give Nichols the death penalty, I guess they either couldn't or wouldn't allow his/her mind to hear them scream for help. Crying for their mommies or daddies. Couldn't see their bodies crushed under 4 ton pieces of concrete and steel. I don't know, it's not too hard for me to picture it.
REASON 2,354,998 REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS
We don't protest peoples funerals.
Credit: Brian
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look.
FINAL TRIBUTE
President Reagan will finally be layed to rest today back in California. Did you see the procession today? It was kind of poetic. During Reagan's inaugural address, the clouds parted and the sun began to shine. And today, as his body was being taken to the cathedral, the clouds opened and it began to rain. It's as if even mother nature knew the kind of man Ronald Reagan was. Bright sunshine for the beginning and sad rain for the end. I made a final tribute to Reagan. It's not a spectacular piece of work. The cut is bad and it's very simple and basic. But I like it. I wanted a picture that I felt portrayed the real Ronald Reagan. I want to thank Jeff Stark for hosting it for me. It's too big to post here, it's 1024x768 and almost 500K, so I'll just post the link. I hope you like it. All you fellow 56K'ers, I'm sorry about the load time.
Goodbye Mr. President
CHOCOLATE'S GOOD FOR YOU
To get away from the politics for awhile, there's a study out that shows dark chocolate may be good for your heart. Research shows that small amounts of dark chocolate improve blood vessel function, which in turn improves circulation and therefore benefits the heart. Scientists gave 11 people 46 grams of dark, flavonoid-rich chocolate every day for a fortnight, however long that is, and the arteries in the subjects given the chocolate with the higher flavonoid content had a greater capacity to expand. If this is true, then my heart must be as healthy as a horse. See ladies, when we men give you chocolate, that's just our way of wanting you to live longer and be healthier.
Credit: Sky News
I have yet another new blog for you. Michelle Malkin has started her own blog. As much as I like all of your blogs, I think I like hers the most. Michelle Malkin is the total package. She's smart, hot and a Republican. You can't ask for more in a woman. MichelleMalkin.com
REAGAN IN WASHINGTON
I was just watching the procession to the Capital Building and I just wanted to post on something. I'm usually able to keep my emotions in check, for the most part. Side story. A few years ago a wrestler, Owen Hart, died in the ring. I had never met the man, didn't know a thing about him. But the next night, his fellow wrestlers were all gathered around the ring to honor him. When they showed his picture on the screen and started to ring the bell 10 times, I lost it. That almost what happened here. It wasn't the flag draped casket, the riderless horse or even Nancy looking so lost and alone. It was the 21 ship flyover the USAF did. I have no idea why that almost made me cry. Maybe it was because it was an overwhelming site seeing the planes fly overhead. Maybe it was distance between the groups, or maybe it was the lone plane ahead of the groups. I don't know, but at that moment I almost lost it. It happened yesterday as well. When the band started playing taps. Taps always gets to me. Just that one bugle playing by itself, it's such a sad sound. I'm actually starting to well up now just thinking about it. Friday when they finally lay President Reagan to rest, if they play taps, and I'm sure they will, I more than likely will break down.
Sort of on the same subject. I was thinking earlier how life is so unfair. How it's not right that we should have to feel such great pain when we loose someone. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were married for 52 years. They were each other's lives. Now that Nancy doesn't have her husband by her side anymore after 52 years, I can't even imagine the hole that's been left in her heart. I wish I knew why we have to feel pain like this. I'm sure everyone reading this has lost someone in their lives, but loosing someone after 52 years. It's just unimaginable to me. I wanted to end this with some great line. Something that would wrap it up in a nicely, but I honestly can't think of anything that would end it right. So I'll just end it by saying something that may seem a little cheesy. If I could take Nancy Reagan's pain away and replace it with joy and happiness, I would. No one deserves to suffer though something like this. Especially someone like her.
BUBBA MORE POPULAR THAN THE GIPPER?
Dems have flipped their lids now. Some are claiming that Bill Clinton was more popular than Reagan. I wish you all could have heard my laughter as I read this. Their using some Zogby poll as proof. I guess Reagan winning 49 states in 1984 and Clinton never winning more than 49% in either election wasn't what they wanted to hear. Do they really thing this country would show so much emotion if it were "Bubba" who died instead of Reagan? I think not. We also wouldn't have people saying "good deal" either like we do now.
Can someone please explain these things to me? In a recent Zogby poll, they asked only 950 people who they would vote for. How is this a representation of the wants of the American people. Oh, by the way, this poll says that Kerry's lead is shrinking over W.
I promised you this picture earlier, but something more important happend Saturday and posting it then it didn't seem the right thing to do. But here it is. Enjoy.
WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS
Steve Of Norway makes a great point. What are the chances of Republicans turning Reagans death into a political rally, ala Paul Wellstone? I make a comment in my last post about the difference between Dems and Republicans. Well, here's another one. At Paul Wellstone's memorial service, they turned that into a Right-Wing hate fest. We Republicans just have more descentcy than that. President Reagan's memorial service will be what it should be. Friends and family honoring a great man, not a Left-Wing bash fest with people screaming at the top of their lungs disgracing the man.
MORE REASONS REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER THAN DEMS
Read. Christopher Hitchens & Ted Rall. It seems that our buddy Ted Rall's website is down at this time with DNS attacks. I wouldn't doubt it with a headline like this
"I'm sure he's turning crispy brown right about now..."
I've added a new blog to enjoy. RadioBS. He ran across my posts about Reagan. He's done a post about bloggers honoring Reagan and he added me to it. He's added me to his blogroll, so I've returned the favor. Anyway, welcome to our neighborhood, Brian. That makes two or three Brian's who read my blog. Look around, you may find something you like.
PIECE OF SHIT
Read this. Read what this piece of shit had to say about Reagan's death. Here's the headline
"KILLER, COWARD, CON-MAN
GOOD RIDDANCE, GIPPER ...
MORE PROOF ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG"
Wait till you read the last two lines. See, that's what separates Conservatives from Liberals. No matter how much we hate Clinton, if he were to die tomorrow not one Conservative columnist would say anything like this. This Greg Palast is full of nothing but pure hate.
I wanted to make this quick post. They announced the funeral plans for President Reagan today. All I have to say is I hope they don't actually show him at any time during this period on any of the news channels. Not because I think it's disrespectful or anything like that, but because I want to remember him the way he was before Alzheimer's got him. I personally wouldn't want to see him like that. That's why I'm glad I don't live anywhere near California or D.C. The temptation to go to one of the public viewings would be too great. I'm surprised his family agreed to a public viewing of his body. No, I want to remember him strong and full of life.
Today is the 60th anniversary of D-Day. I won't go into the history of D-Day. I'm sure we all know what D-Day is. So, to all the brave men who were there that day to storm the beaches of Normandy, this world owes a huge debt of gratitude to you. To be on those boats, knowing what was ahead of you, knowing that there was a good chance you wouldn't see the tomorrow and still standing steadfast. You showed what America was all about. You spent some three years fighting through out Europe to make it to Berlin to stop Hitler and the Nazi Party. Three years away from your family and everything that you knew. Thank You. Yours truly was the Greatest Generation.
NEW BLOG TO ENJOY
I have a new blog for you all to enjoy. I love added new readers to the list. La Shawn Barber's Corner. It's a bit of a different voice in our little blogosphere. She's a Black Conservative. Who says that the Republican party is for rich white men only? With DeoDuce, La Shawn and your humble blogmaster here we're running the gamut of races and sexes. The GOP is branching out. Anyway, welcome to our neighborhood La Shawn. Have a look around the other blogs, you may find a few you like.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes,
They Just Don't Know Where To Look. - Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENT REAGAN DIES
As you should have heard, Ronald Reagan has finally lost his 10 year battle with Alzheimers. This post won't be a long drawn out post. I don't think that's needed. Just short and sweet. Ronald Reagan was the first president that I really took notice of. I was only a year old when he was first elected, but I was 9 when he left office. He's actually one of the first memories that I have as a child. Reagan will always be the model for every Republican politician to aspire to be like. The thing that made Ronald Reagan the greatest president of the 20th century was his unwillingness to compromise to what others thought he should be. When he said he would do something, he did it. A man of his word.
"Wisps of distant memories,
Are dancing in my soul;
The sweetness and the sadness,
Will follow wherever I go.
For I will take you with me,
My heart will hold you near;
While wisps of distant memories,
Will mingle with my tears.
Arms that held me with such strength,
Will hold me still, at night;
In dreams of you, my comfort comes,
Until the morning light.
Then in the dawn of each new day,
I'll look there for your face;
In wisps of distant memories,
Time never can erase.
I'll see you in the evening,
In the setting of the day;
Your memory will hold me near,
You'll never be far away.
When I am standing on the shore,
And waves come crashing in;
I will hear your voice as it whispers,
Upon the ocean wind.
Deep within my shattered heart,
Amid the bittersweet pain;
Your love will still remain.
Until I take my final breath..."
Allison Chambers Coxsey
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
I LOVE JOHN KERRY
Remember when Kerry blurted out that leaders around the world have secretly told him that they want him to live? Okay, that's a dumb question. But he's at it again. His new line is that many in the U.S. military are privately telling him that they would prefer him as commander in chief over W.
"You'd be amazed at the number of active duty personnel who are coming up at events around the country, greeting me in ropelines or coming to rallies and telling me how important it is for us to stand up and fight for those who are not able to speak out for themselves right now for obvious reasons."
I guess candidate waffles hasn't received the new CBS poll that says vets prefer Bush over Kerry 54% to 40%. Boy, everything Kerry hears is in private. Kind of convenient, isn't it? No one around to hear it. No one to prove him wrong.
Credit: My Way News
MORE MOORE'S SPIN
In Moore's newest colostomy bag of a film, he ambushes members of Congress and the Senate and asks them if they would be willing to send their family to Iraq to fight. Well, it seems that Moore asked Rep. Mark Kennedy that question and Kennedy told Moore that he had two nephews in the military and that one of them had just be deployed to Iraq. Somehow, that didn't make it into Moore's mockumentry. Gee, how could that happen. Moore doesn't like to spin things to fit his view, does he? Speaking of Moore. I have a new "artwork" that I'll post tomorrow.
Categories: Artwork, Iraq
RANDOM THOUGHTS PART 6: THOUGHTS LIVE
Yes dear readers. It's time for everyone's favorite post once again. Random Thoughts. In case you're a new reader and don't what's going on. Random Thoughts is a post I do every once and awhile where I do what the title says. I post Random Thoughts and nonsense. Let's get started shall we?
I'll go ahead and get this part over with. Me + Hummer x Gas Prices = I still want one
Okay people. My birthday's coming up in August. So start thinking about gifts now. Here's a hint. Gift cards from Barns & Noble, CompUSA and Best Buy.
How old are Bush and Cheney? I mean for them to cause the first ice age and this new one that's coming any day now, they must OLD.
WARNING: The following text deals with scat. If you don't want to read it, then don't highlight it.
"Does anyone else like it when Jazz singers scat? What did you think this was about? Were you thinking of the other kind of scat? Shame on you."
I put a bird feeder in my yard. No one told me about the downside of the feeder. The area around it is the birds damn bathroom. But they seem to love the food.
If you listened to Glen Beck this morning, do you want to see Geyser as much as I do?
Bon Scott said it best,
"One Of These Days, I'm Going To Change My Evil Ways"
And one of these days I will.
Alienware have a new computer coming out with two video cards. You geeks out there may be saying "So what." Well, each card will render half of the screen. Imagine the quality of the picture while playing Doom 3 or Half-Life 2. Sweet. Anyone have about $5,000 for it?
I want everyone to go out and find a song called Midnight Rambling Man or Low Down Dirty Blues by Omar & The Howlers. Listen to it and it should turn you all onto the blues. The more right kind of listeners of the blues can only be a good thing.
Anyone one remember Al Gore's "fuzzy math" or his "lock box"?
Well friends, that's all for today. But please stay tuned for Random Thoughts 7 coming to a webpage near you.
Categories: Random Thoughts
BUSH AND THE AF GRADUATES, OR, JOHN KERRY'S PIPE DREAM
Did you all see W with the Air Force graduates yesterday handing out the diplomas? These people were ecstatic to have him there. High fives and hugs were flowing like wine. You know candidate waffles was sitting at home crying in his Häagen-Dazs wishing the military would show that kind of love for him. He fought in Vietnam don't you know.
MORE ON KERRY'S BIRD
It now appears that there may be photos of Kerry flipping the bird in front of a group of school children. Ted Sampley, webmaster over at Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, told WTN-Nashville radio host Steve Gill that there were people around the wall taking pictures and that the incident may have been captured. And an update to part of my post yesterday. I said I wondered how many Big Media outlets would cover this story. This happened Monday and here it is Wednesday and I haven't seen one story about it on any news channel. No surprise there. Let's see. First we had Dean's scream heard 'round the world. Then we had two insane rants by Al Gore. And now we have candidate waffles flipping people off in front of kids. I'd say the Democratic party is on meltdown. Sadly, the only sane, normal one left is "Bubba". How pathetic is that?
Categories: Big Media
WHA, WHA, WHA, WHAT
Not an endorsement of Islam my ass. Those San Francisco looney Left judges are out of wack. Read
Here we see John Kerry holding up the newest contributor to his campaign.
Categories: Artwork, Islam
FUNNY SITE
I'm sure we've all seen the BushorChimp website. Well, I have an even better one for you. MooreorPig. Here's an example
Go check it out.
OH SWEET JESUS
Starting Friday, Sweden will role out a new ambulance service. A condom ambulance service. Randy Swedes will be able to call the number 696969, what's that mean, and the service will roll out to their home with a pack of 10 condoms for their use for 50 crowns or $6.72.
"We need to increase the usage of condoms. It is 50 percent about pregnancy and 50 percent about sexually transmitted diseases."
Said Carl Osvald, marketing manager for the Swedish Organization for Sex Education. I guess teaching abstinence is against the law in Sweden. I know the Left would like it to be illegal here in the states. Thankfully this stupid program will only run until the 25th of June. And this is the health care some want in this country? Socialist Health Care, it's easier to get a pack of condoms from emergency services than it is to get help for a heart attack.
Credit: Yahoo!
KERRY GIVE FINGER TO VIETNAM VET
Let's see how many Big Media outlets cover this story. We all know Ted Sampley. Former Green Beret, and webmaster over at Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry. Well, yesterday at the Vietnam Memorial Wall, candidate waffles flipped him off in front of a bunch of school children. It seems that Sampley noticed Kerry at the wall surrounded by his Secret Service. He then went over to Kerry and said
"Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here."
Secrete Service then told Sampley to back away from waffles. Sampley then moved back 6 feet away. And opened his shirt to reveal his Hanoi John T-shirt he was wearing underneath. Kerry then began to talk to the group of school children. Sampley then showed his T-shirt to the children and said
"Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam."
That's when Kerry, in front of the children, Secrete Service and other visitors flipped Sampley off and yelled
"Sampley is a felon!"
referring to 12 years ago when Sampley broke the nose of John McCain's chief aide, Mark Salter, in a Senate stairwell after McCain repeatedly offended POW families at a Senate POW hearing. But that's your Democratic candidate for president. That's who some want in the White House? If he flips the bird in front of school children when confronted by something he doesn't like, what's he going to do during debates with Bush? Just more proof that Kerry doesn't care for the American soldier.
JOHN KERRY, THE TRAITOR
Take a look at this and see just how candidate waffles turned his back on the troops and this country.
Credit: Troy Sheer
DON'T COUNT HIM OUT JUST YET
With Bush's poll numbers slipping to their lowest point ever, it doesn't look too good for him in Nov. But like the title says, don't count him out just yet. A lot of people are still to this day underestimating him. If you'll remember back to the 2000 election, everyone underestimated him. Calling him an idiot who didn't know what he was doing. But I think he's proved them wrong. He would flub words all the time. But can you remember the last time he's done that since he's been president? I think it was all a ruse. He's not a dumb as some want to portray him. He may not be the smartest person on Earth, but he's crafty. People will continue to underestimate him. Saying that this election is Kerry's to loose. I hope I'm right in saying this, but watch what happens around August, September, October. I think Bush may surprise us all and regain the lead in the polls. Some are saying that this election will be a landslide victory for one of the two rather than the close call everyone believes it will be. I don't know about that though. I think this will be just as close, if not closer, than the 2000 election.
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Forest Conservation A Climate Solution
Climate Change, Deforestation, Forest Conservation
Indigenous Communities Can Conserve Forests
Forests are emerging from the environmental ghetto of concerns where they were left to die. For years, forest conservation languished in the shadow of fossil fuels in the climate change debate. But there’s now a rising awareness that their loss as habitats is driving the current mass extinction of animal species, and they were center stage at the recent UN climate summit in New York with their own new declaration.
Coinciding with the summit, the UK pledged money to help end illegal timber entering Europe and promote ‘public private partnerships’ to ‘manage forests sustainably.’
However well intended, the New York forest declaration foresees the logging of natural forests continuing for another 16 years, which in terms of business and political horizons is effectively forever. It is also too late to halt critical climate feedbacks. Take away the cloak of good intentions and it could easily become a business as usual initiative.
Where the UK government is concerned it is already obliged under the EU timber regulations to ban illegal timber, and it needs to be careful with the language of sustainable forest management. As forest experts such as Professor Brendan Mackey argue, where intact tropical forests are concerned, ‘sustainable management’ is an oxymoron if large scale commercial enterprise is involved and fundamentally new approaches to protection are needed.
Yet, away from summits something very interesting is happening at forest floor level. Putting communities in charge of their forests is having a transformative effect, as a new collection of stories on the struggles of forest peoples from Africa to Latin America reveals.
Community management of forests has already been shown to be better generally for forest protection and the climate. But now, action at the local level is pointing toward hows community initiatives can better marry development and respect for ecosystems.
For example, Ecuador is rich in tropical forests which cover a third of the country. Every square kilometer of forest supports around 150 people. But Ecuadorians have limited rights and only half of the indigenous groups and smallholder farmers that customarily own their forests have legal title to them.
One of the biggest problems at the local level was lack of access to information. So, local groups organized and trained communities to use a law obliging the government to make available information considered in the public interest. They now find themselves in a better position to protect their rights and the forests.
In Ghana, the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) worked with local chiefs to change a pattern of forest destruction and the loss of economic benefits, to agree a charter based on a combination of traditional and modern natural resource management practices.
“The kingdom is bigger than the most powerful chief,” said Osahene Aterkyi II, resident of a Regional House of Chiefs, who trialled the charter in his community and sees it as a vital step to improve local accountability. The experience provided important lessons on bringing communities and traditional leaders into the debate on forest protection.
Improving rights, access to information and accountability are vital. But local groups are also taking action to stop abuse of the laws meant to control forest management.
Emmanuel Belashayi, who works for Réseau Ressources Naturelles (RRN, the Natural Resources Network) in Bateke Plateau, on the east bank of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo explains: “In this area, if a Congolese person has an artisanal logging permit, there is usually a Chinese company hiding behind him.”
Such permits are meant to allow communities to make a living from small scale extraction of timber. But Emmanuel found that companies were buying up the permits and using them to log anywhere. He worked to bring the abuse to the attention of the government which led to a ministerial clampdown.
Other, similar stories to these can be found from Liberia to Peru and beyond.
We need governments to make big decisions to steer humanity to operate within planetary boundaries. Action at that level can reallocate resources from destructive to constructive activities, and globally from those with more than enough to those who have too little.
But something else governments have to do is give power to communities who can make things happen at the ground level, and recognize their role in finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems. That might be making renewable energy a success in Britain or, in this case, finding a way for humanity as a whole to live with, rather than cut down, forests that are intrinsically valuable, vital for local livelihoods and, in an age of climatic upheaval, something upon which we all depend for our collective survival.
Sacred Seedlings is a global initiative to support forest conservation, reforestation, urban forestry, carbon capture, sustainable agriculture and wildlife conservation. Sustainable land management is critical to the survival of entire ecosystems.
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The original recording of Hound Dog was by Big Mama Thornton and it was definitely a blues. For years I’ve played it as a good-time blues rumba, and on Friday, after we finished “Yes Indeed,” we had time for another, so we took a crack at Hound Dog.
For this one I play my old Yamaha acoustic through a Fender 30 amp that Nik stuck in the bathroom! The Yamaha is in a dedicated high G tuning (G on the top and bottom) and it really bites when I dig in.
I’m not a fan of rock blues, so in order to keep this from descending into a loud wank-fest, I had Jesse play upright acoustic bass on it to keep the whole thing woody. Nik also mic’d the guitar acoustically to have that sound available in the mix.
Adam played drums with towels on the drumheads and clothespins on the cymbals for that down-in-the-gutter trashcan sound.
Another unusual thing about this arrangement is that it’s gospel-style three-part harmony throughout, with Tannis and Jane swooping along with me. This was really fun to lay down—the perfect antidote for an intense recording day.
Jesse on upright—the wood is good.
We plugged that old amp in and let the tubes heat up for a while to get some nice, crunchy, old-school distortion. Cozy on the ‘loo, too!
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Yes Indeed instrumentation
The ethic of “At Home” simplicity carries over to the arrangements. I believe that a good song can even stand with just the vocal.
It was a revelation to me when I heard classic gospel by the Staples Singers that kicked ass with just four vocalists, one electric guitar, and sometimes a drummer with brushes. When I got the Beatles remastered set, it amazed me how simple some of their arrangements were. The haunting song, “Julia,” is just Lennon's vocal and guitar. Even “Fool On The Hill,” only has lead vocal, piano, 12-string acoustic guitar, two recorders, two harmonicas, and a hi-hat cymbal.
I also find that when you leave sonic space, the listener can actually hear the cool things that each player is doing. I think too many performers and producers don’t have the courage to let the song and basic performance stand on its own. They feel compelled to fill it up with a wall of homogenous sound. How many times have you listened to an artist live—especially roots and folk musicians—bought the CD and felt let down when the recording didn’t really sound or feel like what you experienced? It’s often too smooth, too perfect, too produced. In contrast, I want “At Home” to be honest, and that means if my music is simple, the recording is going to be simple.
“Yes Indeed” has one acoustic guitar, one little accordion, drums/percussion, bass, lead vocal, and three harmony vocals. To me that’s lots! The little Zydeco bands I’ve seen in New Orleans can fill a whole room with that line-up, so our arrangement is following trusted tradition.
Adam laying down the freight train groove while Jane plays those fantastic Cajun licks. Note to self—it's time to put handles on our kitchen cupboards.
It's a smilin' groove, for sure. The back of my head is my best side.
Adam is definitely loving the huge sound Nik has captured. "This is your big hit, man!"
Yes Indeed vocals
For “Yes Indeed,” I invited the stellar talents of Katherine Wheatley, Laura Bird, and Tannis Slimmon for the harmony vocals. Talented singer-songwriters in their own right, I am honoured to have them as both friends and musical compatriots.
Katherine, Laura, and Tannis checking their parts. Adam is mesmerized by Katherine's mastery of harmonic theory. The thought balloon over his head reads, "Damn. I thought that was the extension of the multi-polyphonic thirteen suspended over the modulated mixolydian flat five!"
Getting the blend while trying to ignore the pungent aroma emanating from the covered crock on the window box that's full of fermenting sauerkraut. I kid you not!
Wait until you hear their harmonies. Katherine is pumping her fist, thinking, "Yes! Adam almost fell on his ass when I hit that ghost flat seven!"
More preproduction
It’s five to twelve and I just realized I haven’t posted today! I’ve been working like crazy on the final vocal arrangements for the songs we’ll record at the end of June. At first it seemed easy—just do the parts the way we’ve always done them. And then I get ideas . . .
The next song we recorded on Friday was “Yes Indeed,” a piece that formed while I was driving from my daughter’s farm in Campbellford. Since I’ve been little I have been able to hear music in my head, as if it’s a radio receiver. I just tune into that “station” and the thing plays—from who knows where! So I let the music roll around and around until it was fairly complete.
I prefer writing the basics of a song without an instrument. I connect to the melody and basic phrases, and afterwards set the rest of the lyrics to it, sometimes with Jane’s poetic input.
With “Yes Indeed,” the entire song had formed by the time I got home and picked up a guitar. The main theme was the chorus—“love, love, love is what we need now, yes indeed,” along with a chugging zydeco backing that I heard very clearly.
I had a sense of the lines as frames in a kaleidoscopic documentary. Each image was a flash of a person having some kind of challenge that genuine love and attention would heal. To me, love is a word that indicates deep connection. When we feel connected in this way, it’s not possible to abuse or neglect ourselves, others, or the world at large. I believe that most personal and societal suffering can be tracked to the original abuse or neglect of the people behaving in this way. If their original needs had been cared for—which is what connected, loving caretakers do—most of this suffering could have been avoided. And even after the fact, environments of genuine love, understanding, and caring would help the issues resolve.
© 2007 Sam Turton
For the baby in the belly
Junkie in the alley
Farmer on a combine
Daddy in a coal mine
Mama on the highway
Teenage runaway
Daughter of a drunkard
Beggar on the boulevard
I say love, love
Love is what we need now
Love, love
For the urchin on the curbstone
Grandma all alone
Toddler by the TV
Schoolyard misery
Armchair romeo
Sister with the rosary
And the dancer with the left feet
For the orphan in a war zone
Stranger in the unknown
A Muslim in Texas
The vet with the flashbacks
Native on main street
Alcoholic MD
Family on a flood plain
Refugee freight train
Jane preparing to lead the zydeco train. Love, love, love . . .
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Recording Next Time
“Next Time” is the type of full-belt song that could easily be played by the Rolling Stones. My idea was to do it without amplification and prove that you can still rock it out with acoustic instruments!
Adam was on drums, Jesse on upright bass, I was on National resonator, Jane on duet vocal, with Tannis and Katherine on harmonies for the big ending. Adam was in the dining room, I was in the living room, Jesse in the front hallway and Jane, Tannis and Katherine were in the upstairs hall.
As always, it takes a few passes to get warmed up and in the groove, and everything was rolling like my arrangement. At one point, the girls began suggesting adjustments to the vocal dynamics, and started singing the ending with more punch. Then they considered building their part from a more staccato, “next time!” at the beginning, to a longer, “next t-i-i-i-ime!” in the finale. We did a hell of a lot of takes, but it was worth it! Sometimes you can’t know these things until you’re in it.
Adam "thwacking" with his bundles. "Drumsticks? I don' need no stinkin' drumsticks!"
Jesse thumpin' on the upright. "Amp? I don' need no stinkin' amp!"
Me getting nasty with the slide. "Happy songs? I don' need no stinkin' happy songs!"
Jane happily singing a miserable song while air knitting. "Needles? I don' need no stinkin' needles!"
Tannis singing "next time" a million times while Katherine does her best Joe Cocker impression. "Help from my friends? I don' need no stinkin' help from my friends!"
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On Friday, the first song we recorded was “Next Time,” a reflection on my family. The tough gospel/blues arrangement automatically implies a rough, abusive situation, when in fact, our family troubles were more about neglect and serious dysfunction. You don’t have get hit to get hurt. Hmmm—that sounds like another song!
My father was a full-blown narcissist. This disorder has a way of undermining a family without anyone overtly noticing it. The wounding he carried from his family wreaked serious emotional damage on the rest of us.
My Mom was an embattled sweetheart. Her art was my creative inspiration, but she was held down by my father. She was also emotionally fragile and had a breakdown when I was three months old, and had to leave for a period. Abandonment feelings? You bet!
My response to all of this was to be the good boy—the hardworking one who brightened up the family darkness. When I perform or take on projects now, I have to be sure that it’s for me and not for those old reasons. It took a lot of personal work to release that burden.
The phrase, “My mama died too early and my daddy lived too long,” simply appeared to me one day. I knew I had a blues song!
I’m not a Christian, but I often refer to Jesus because that character has such powerful, iconic meaning in our culture. In this song, “Oh Jesus” can be felt as both a curse and a call. I also think it’s amusing that I’m calling on Jesus to have me reincarnated!
The graveyard image is from the burial of my father’s ashes. There were only four of us, like the lines of a song, the corners of a box, the seasons of the year—the Cemetery director, the gravedigger, Jane, and me. I felt I couldn’t just hand over the urn and leave. I had to watch the gravedigger put it in the ground, fill the hole, and pack it down with his boot. It reminded me of Dylan’s “Masters of War” -
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead
Then I felt that something had finished. Some chain of pain had been broken for good. But no longer having parents can be a strange mixture of relief, loss, and strange spaciousness.
I’m on an empty road tonight
My mama died too early
My daddy lived too long
My mama got some things right
My daddy got ‘em wrong
Oh Jesus, next time make it easy
Give me a cold, cold heart of stone
Or Mama, next time
Don’t you leave me on my own
My mama had her demons
And Daddy made it hell
And none of us escaped it
As far as I can tell
Dig the grave and fill it
Pack the dirt down tight
Lock the gate behind me
The next time - Mama, I need ya to stay
The next time - Daddy, don’t block my way
The next time - Mama, please turn around
The next time - Daddy, don’t drag me down
The next time - Mama, don’t die so soon
The next time - Daddy, don’t be a fool
The next time - Mama, take me by the hand
The next time - Daddy, gotta be a man
The next time
I completed that painting in 1972. My mother loved her cup of tea, and I did this one for her. When she died, I had the pot and cup carved into the gravestone.
Photos from Friday
I’m crazy busy doing more preproduction recordings for the final songs, so I can’t get to reporting on the last sessions yet. But here are some shots, taken by our good friend, singer, and imminent naturopath, Heather MacRae.
Yummies! Fruit, homemade cookies and brownies, roasted almonds, organic nachos and salsa, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, and celery. Out of the frame: potato-leek soup, homemade bread, and hummous.
Jesse, Jane, and Adam in the Eat & Record Kitchen!
Apparently my chart has blown Adam's mind. The one, white, fingerless glove is not an attempt to mimic Michael Jackson, or Donald Duck—it's to keep my sweaty hands from sticking to the bridge cover of my National. And the bare feet are not an attempt to mimic McCartney on Abbey Road, either.
Katherine in our upstairs hallway vocal "booth." We're running through a part.
Tannis enjoying the scent of Spring microphone. Jane is setting up the video tripod in front of her home office.
Jane with her giant coffee mug—an Iris Dorton creation! No, I'm not looking down a manhole. That's a cool little sound baffle (not yet in proper position), and I'm staring at my tuner. The blinding light is from the Mothership hovering over our front window—they like my slide playing.
Accordion is cool
In the last sessions, Jane played accordion on two songs. One was “Yes Indeed,” a Zydeco-influenced number where the accordion is featured, and the other was “Walk With Me,” where she played meditative chordal drones.
Nik decided that the kitchen was the best place to do it!
That’s one cute accordion player!
Whew . . .
Another great recording day—will tell the story tomorrow after I get some sleep.
Here’s another of Jane’s photographic masterpieces. Since bathrooms and showers are good for vocals, apparently they’re also good for amplified slide guitar!
Three more songs down
Holy Hannah—what a day. A whole lot of great music, great suggestions, great tweaks, and a whole lot of takes! I’m happy, but too tired to post any . . . more . . . now . . .
We are ridiculously ready. The house is clean, the food is made, and my office organized the way Nik needs it. Adam dropped by and set up his drums with a different bass head. It has a hole in it for a more focused sound, since the next songs are a bit more dynamic.
Nik spent the day swinging by the homes of all our great musical friends, acquiring necessary gear. He just dropped by and set a bunch of it up.
I ran through the tunes once for good measure, and cleaned my strings. I’ll be using my National Estralita Deluxe resonator for “Next Time,” and "Walk With Me,” my Garrison G20 for “Yes Indeed,” and my Yamaha FG-300 for “Hound Dog.”
In retrospect, I realize that I carried a certain level of nervousness last time that I’m not feeling now. Last time I was facing quite a few unknowns. Now the whole process seems familiar and the nervousness has been replaced by an expectant internal hum. It’s a good feeling.
The day before the day before
Tomorrow we set up the house for the next round of recording. Nik emailed his schedule and Adam dropped by after a gig with Jesse and confirmed his arrival with drums, percussion items, mics, headphones, and who knows what else!
Jane and her mom Janet were busy preparing food today—potato leek soup, sushi rolls (smoked salmon and veggie), hummous, hardboiled eggs, toasted almonds, fruit and nut mix, biscotti, Jane’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and Janet’s famous ginger snaps. I have been told by the boss (guess who) to keep my hands off!
I feel very settled with the songs and ran through them a few times today—I don’t want to overdo it. My fingers were starting to feel a little worn last night, so I need to take it easy.
We’re ready!
Critical listening, recording, and practice
There is a level of critical listening that many musicians only “turn on” when they are in the studio control room listening to a playback. They take note of the areas that need improvement, go back in the studio and try again. This is much easier if you’re laying down one track at a time—there isn’t the pressure of making other musicians play their parts again while you get it right.
If you’re recording live off the floor like we’re doing, the ideal is for all players to peak at around the same time, which is more likely if everyone is well rehearsed and can get to that point fairly quickly. For me, that means applying the studio level of critical listening to my personal rehearsals.
I take each song and follow the same pattern: warm up vocally; sing and play to the preproduction track a few times; stop and take note of certain areas that need work; replay the song again with that in mind; record my vocal and guitar on an empty track; listen and assess; replay; repeat.
Today I spent about four to five hours doing this. Recording myself raw was an objective reality check that had a synergistic benefit. I would hear the weaknesses transform, and feel satisfaction that intrinsically moved me to better performance. It was an upward spiral that came from compassionately applying high-level critical listening in advance of the recording. I have the sense that this will allow me to be even more relaxed and open when we roll on Friday.
Practice tracks
Practicing with a metronome or click is very helpful in laying down a solid groove and getting things tight in the studio. Sometimes playing along with a drum track or loop works even better for many players, as the groove is more natural sounding.
To practice playing guitar with the Zydeco rhythm of “Yes Indeed,” I felt it would be better to play with a drum track, but when I originally created the track for the song, I did it at a tempo slightly slower than we play it at now. To correct that, I made a copy of the Garageband file, removed the guitar and vocal tracks, left the digital drum track, changed the tempo numeric, and the program automatically made the adjustment to the drums. Now I had something I could sing and play to.
Jane also wanted a rhythm track to practice accordion to, but with basic instrumentation and lead vocal. I created an empty digital track for bass and manually created a simple bass line. Then I created another blank track, sat at the computer with my guitar and sang the song. Viola! Jane had a rough track at the right tempo that she could use for her own rehearsal.
Modern technology is not always at odds with traditional roots music!
More practice
Today I set myself up with my favourite chair, my guitars, a mic, a music stand, lyrics, my laptop, a metronome, and headphones. It was time to do some structured practice for next week’s recording.
I created an environment similar to the one I’ll be in when I’m recording and began to run through the four tunes. I practice with headphones on, listening to either the preproduction recordings or a metronome. When playing with the recordings, I mute the lead vocal and guitar tracks.
I play rhythm differently with or without a drummer. Since I usually play solo, or with Jane on keyboards, I lay down the groove in a very physical, percussive way. With a drummer, however, not only is that unnecessary, it could clutter Adam’s groove. Today I worked at playing without filling that percussive role. It takes some getting used to!
The song that surprised me the most was Next Time, which I though I had mastered. As I played with the metronome, I realized how much I push the time in certain transitions where the energy increases. It was good to practice getting fired up and not speeding up!
The garden of music
The “At Home” recording project is about recognizing that what we have right here is what is. We can allow ourselves to get lost in thoughts of the illusory “out there,” of shoulds and maybes, or we can just be with this moment.
When this perspective is expressed as a perceptual/spiritual view, it could be called Zen, Taoism, or some other mysticism. When it’s expressed as a lifestyle, it’s called living locally. When I express it as an art form, I call it singing at home, and recording “At Home.” These are just different facets of one way of life.
So today, “At Home” was about gardening.
The last few days Jesse and I have been working on our family kitchen garden. Between it and our 2000 sq. ft. community garden at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre, we grow as much of our own food as possible. We’ve been turning the soil, sifting, and adding compost. Yesterday evening Jesse was in his house next door rehearsing with Rich Burnett, and Geordie Gordon while I happily raked away outside. Music and gardening—can’t beat it.
Today I had intended to focus on music because the forecast called for rain. When I saw that the sky was fairly clear this morning, I shifted over to gardening.
I like to grow plants fairly close together in beds with walking paths between, which is more space efficient and creates an environment where my plants ouch each other and crowd out the weeds. So I started shaping the beds in hopes that I could plant the chard, onions, and various lettuce varieties I have growing in trays.
Jesse had his music playing in a constant rotation of great styles: R&B, Funk, Reggae, African, Jazz, Country, Folk, and Classical. Jane had the new Paul Simon CD playing in our house, so as I worked away and went in and out for odds and ends, it was a world of music. Such is our wee home community.
I managed to get all the plants in, and put a row cover over the chard, which saves them from leaf miner moths. In the next couple weeks, I’ll be transplanting kale, and planting peas, carrots, beans, and a variety of greens.
Whew! Time to take a shower and get ready for our singalong gig tonight!
Accordion arrangement
I intended to post this last night, but the site was down!
On two of the songs to be recorded next week, Jane will be playing accordion. “Yes Indeed,” is a Zydeco-style song in which the accordion is featured, and “Walk With Me,” is a chant-like composition in which the accordion plays drone chords, not unlike a harmonium or a shruti box.
Jane already has parts worked out for our live shows, but I wanted to have another listen to make sure they are the ideal lines for the recorded versions. This evening we got together and focused on that.
Jane pulled out her brand new red pearl, two octave Hohner accordion! We got it on Friday, before the Paul Simon show from Musical Instruments of Canada, an accordion specialty shop on Eglinton. It’s a one-floor walk-up shop run by Rudy De Florio, a real sweetheart of a guy. The walls were covered in vintage photos and the racks were filled with accordions of all sizes and styles. The instruments Jane has at home are older and inconsistent in tone and tuning, so she decided to bite the bullet (what does that mean?) and buy a new one. We are not disappointed.
I opened up the Garageband preproduction recording of “Yes Indeed,” and created a new track for the accordion part. I popped headphones on Jane, set the levels and let her play. Tomorrow I’ll give a critical listen and see if there are any changes I’d like to make.
Then we moved on to “Walk With Me,” and after an initial listen, I asked her to shift her fingering inversion to play lower drones. On the older accordion, this part sounded a bit light and warbly, but on the Hohner, the part was perfect. We tightened up the ending and called it a night. Jesse dropped by and Jane showed him what the 48 side buttons do—they play bass, octave bass, major chords, minor chords, dominant seventh and diminished chords! Realizing that the big accordions have 120 buttons as well as 41 keys, I’m beginning to develop a greater appreciation for the great accordion players—like Walter Ostanek, who is a real character and a St. Catharines native like us.
Vocal rehearsal
Next Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, we’ll be recording the next four songs for the album. I prefer that the performers know their parts in advance so that during the sessions, all attention and energy can be devoted to the performance—and having fun. To assist with preparation, I sent out lyrics, charts, preproduction mp3s, and for each singer, special mp3s with their vocal part louder in the mix.
Regardless of all that preparation, I still prefer to have quick rehearsals to listen, solve problems, and get feedback. So today we had a vocal rehearsal with Jane, Tannis Slimmon, and Katherine Wheatley. Laura Bird will be singing on one song, but I saw no need for her to travel from Orangeville just for that. She’ll be more than fine on the day.
After pouring tea and sharing the latest personal and community news, we got to work on the first song, “Next Time.” It’s an acoustic roots-blues rocker with Jane singing on the chorus and Tannis and Katherine joining in on the rave-up ending. We sat in a circle in the empty living room, with my laptop at the ready.
We quickly listened to the parts from the preproduction recording and ran through the ending. Once we were solid, Jane asked if I wanted some ad-libbing, and I agreed we should try it out. After one pass, Katherine noticed inconsistencies and suggested structuring the variations. They analyzed the section and came up with a vocal arrangement that was more interesting that what I had written. That’s why I like to be open to the stellar brains of my colleagues!
We moved on to the Zydeco tune, “Yes Indeed,” that has a continuous call-and-response vocal arrangement. Jane’s accordion is the main instrumental voice on this one, so I’m giving the harmony vocal duties to Laura, Katherine, and Tannis. For this rehearsal, however, Jane filled in Laura’s part.
We went through the same steps as the last song, and when we came to the final double chorus, Katherine “heard” something—that they should all rise up as my lead vocal intensifies. She suggested that they all flip their harmonies up—third to fifth, fifth to upper melody, upper melody to upper third. We tried it and voila—it worked! Thanks, Katherine.
We moved on to “Walk With Me,” where Jane will be laying down an eastern-sounding accordion drone. When we play as a duo, Jane sings with me, but for this arrangement we developed a three-part vocal, with Tannis singing an octave above me with variations, and Katherine singing a fifth with variations. This creates a vocal sound that is intense and mysterious.
The last of the four songs to cover for next week was my rumba blues version of “Hound Dog” that Tannis sings with Jane and I. We quickly decided that we knew it well enough—the job was done!
"Walk With Me" solo composition
“Walk With Me” is a song with a very deliberate, chant-like melody and a very simple structure. There are only four verses—a chorus or bridge would have interfered with its mesmeric nature. To keep it from become boring, however, I decide to place an instrumental verse between verses three and four.
In blues and jazz, instrumental solo sections are opportunities for the soloist to improvise and create new melodic variations—they are flights of invention. In songs like “Walk With Me,” the instrumental is an extension of the melody and an opportunity for me to create a rising dynamic crescendo leading toward an even higher intensity ending. I needed to write the solo, just as I had written the melody,
As I mentioned in the last entry, the guitar part is both acoustic and electric, so I needed to hear that sound in order to compose the right phrasing. I set up my early 80s, black-faced Fender 30 in our workshop space, got the tubes heated up and spend a good 45 minutes getting the correct tone and distortion. Then I turned to the Garageband preproduction recording of the song, and created a loop over the instrumental section. I stuck my headphones on, muted the guitar track and played over that section, trying numerous variations.
After about 15 minutes, I paused the loop and pieced together some of these ideas. When the composition had melodic shape, I started the loop and played this “first draft” over it. I then repeated the process, adjusting elements, until the solo was finished.
I will now play that solo composition—allowing for spontaneous variations, of course—as part of my rehearsal every day until we record it, Saturday, May 21.
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Walk with me down this Road of Tears
Halle-lu, Halle-lah
Touch the face of your deepest fears
Halle-halle, Halle-lu
Walk with me down this Road of Earth
Plant our feet in the dust and dirt
Walk with me down this Road of Life
The burning days and the breathless nights
Walk with me down this Road of Love
The salted kiss and the sacred touch
Acoustic and electric
Today I worked on the song, “Walk With Me,” a heavy but melodic chant-like tune. The main form and words came to me in a dream last summer.
A week after I wrote the first draft of the song, I was on a workshop stage at the Home County Folk Festival in London with Don Ross on one side of me and the Sultans of String on the other. They were an inspiration, and as the set moved along, I decided to play “Walk With Me” and see what these giants could do with it.
I started it up and realized that my tubes were cooking in the summer heat and the amp rumbled with a rich distortion. At this point I’d only played the song acoustically on my National resonator, so this was something completely different.
Fortunately, the big distortion and the great players around me turned an already ominous tune into something immense. As soon as we finished, I knew I had a keeper—and a direction to take the arrangement.
What I loved about that live version was the acoustic sound of the resonator from the guitar itself, and the big distortion coming from the amp. To record it, I’ve decided to mic the guitar and an amp as well. The amp will be mic’d in a separate room so I can mic the resonator acoustically. At the mixing stage, we can balance these different inputs and create a rare, acoustic/electric mix. In fact, since the song starts gently and builds, we’ll probably bring the amplified signal in more as the song moves along.
It should be interesting!
The solo—improvise or compose?
In the next session we’ll be recording a rumba blues version of Hound Dog that I’ve played for years. Whenever that swampy groove starts up, people smile. It’s a good-time break from all the heavy subject matter I tend to write!
Whenever I play it, I usually solo on slide for a few verses and just go nuts. These solos can descend into hilarious sloppiness or rise to profound levels of slide Nirvana—and it’s always a blast.
I am aware, however, that playing this live is one thing and having a permanent recording of fun-but-sloppy crap is another! I decided that instead of doing take after take and wearing the band out, I’d look for another way.
Some famous solos have been written in advance and are an integral part of the entire composition. Examples are, “When My Guitar Gently Weeps,” by the Beatles, solo by Eric Clapton; the finale of “Hotel California” by the Eagles, solo by Don Felder and Joe Walsh; “Something,” by the Beatles, solo by George Harrison; “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, solo by Jimmy Page. I will often do this if the song calls for it, but Hound Dog is different. It needs to be free—but with form.
As an experiment, I created a verse-long drums and bass loop and soloed over it for about an hour. As I played, a dynamic structure emerged that carried the solo cohesively from beginning to end. My playing became more inventive and some really interesting ideas started to pop up.
I intend to do this every day, and when the session arrives, I sense that the solo will have organically found shape in the midst of freedom.
Deeper listening
After a general listening of “Hard Task,” there was no obvious “best take,” because the performances were so consistent. So the next step was to listen with greater focus and attention to detail.
I started by printing out some customized blank charts. At the top of each column, I scribbled “INST’ for instrumental section, “CH” for chorus, “V” for verse, etc. The rows were used for assessing each line. In this song, each section had 4 lines, 2 bars each.
As I listened to a take, I would fill in the boxes with either small checks (“okay”) big checks (“great”), question marks (doubtful, requiring more scrutiny), or X’s (errors). I went through all six takes this way.
My initial instincts were correct, and the last three takes were still the best under closer assessment. I focused again on the last three and listened even more carefully. Some “question marks” were actually fine—perhaps different than what I expected, and some errors were either not bad, or unexpected improvements. There was one phrase where I did an upsweep with my index finger and struck the “wrong” string. At the time I mentally registered it as a mistake (slightly annoyed!) but in playback it adds a unique brightness that I think is interesting.
The next task was marking the times for each section on the chart, which allowed me to compare certain crucial lines by bouncing back and forth between the three takes. This way I could appreciate subtle differences in delivery.
I narrowed my selection to the last two takes and sent mp4s to Jesse and Adam. They are likely to hear elements of the bass, drums, and overall rhythm that I may not.
Jane and I listened to the two tracks on another system and shared our perspectives. Enough for one day!
Notes on a work-in-progress
For my latest CD, "AT HOME," we returned to the traditions of community music and recorded live at our house. You can read my blog here about the process, and feel free to peruse the links above for my regular web stuff.
The 81 year-old magic carpet
VOTE! Our music depends on it.
The Blues: oppression and expression
Am I good enough?
Levels of listening
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Lost: SUB-question...
Spoilers for "Lost" coming up just as soon as I finish my list of the top five musical crimes perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the '80s and '90s...
They're on a nice little roll right now, this show. Even when I get frustrated by it -- say, any time Jack is on screen and not getting repeatedly punched in the face -- I'm engaged on a level the show hasn't reached for me since late last season. (Just as most "Lost" episodes are structured so that all the interesting stuff happens in the final minutes, so is a "Lost" season constructed to put all the interesting stuff in the May sweeps episodes. Hopefully, only doing 16 a year from now on will fix that.)
I hate Charlie. You hate Charlie. We all hate Charlie and would like to see him dead. And yet the show did a good job of making me care about his planned sacrifice. The Top 5 flashbacks didn't erase all the bad and/or annoying crap he's done over the last three seasons (especially but not limited to the Darth Hoodie phase from last year). But the idea of one of the show's more selfish, obnoxious characters willingly going to his death to save people he cares about (even if he really only cares about Claire, Turnip-Head and maybe Hurley) was a good one, and I found myself caring more and more as the episode went on...
...even as I suspected that Charlie would survive. I'm hopeful he still gets killed in the finale, both because he's my second-least favorite character after Jack, and because it would cheapen a lot of what happened last night for him to live. (Maybe they go for some Gift of the Magi irony and Claire dies instead.) Last night, though, they got me. I was expecting one of three outcomes: 1)Desmond's vision comes true to the letter, with Charlie saving the day and dying; 2)Charlie dies in failure, because the show is just that bleak sometimes; 3)Charlie succeeds and yet somehow manages to make it back up in time. I sure as hell wasn't predicting that he'd be besieged by some underwater commandos. Are they Others/Hostiles? Dharma? Something else entirely?
The rest of the episode had its moments as well -- the triumphant "Oh, they've been here all along" return of the wonderful Rose and Bernard being a particular highlight (though I fear they brought Bernard back just to kill him, because, again, the show is just that bleak) -- but I continue to hate Jack the idiot douche. There's still no good reason for why he was acting so mysterious with everybody for the last few episodes. (As Charlie put it -- and when Charlie's making more sense than you, you know you're a complete imbecile -- "Why does everything have to be a secret? Why not some openness for a change?") Also, Jack's obsession with killing The Others -- especially at the expense of a rescue plan -- doesn't really track with his willingness to make nice with Ben and Tom and everybody in exchange for a submarine ride back the mainland. Sometimes, Jack is an obstinate jackass because it fits his character, but lately, it's been just to serve the plot, and that makes me dislike him even more.
I'm hopeful the finale's good, as Lindelof and Cuse often do their best work in finales. (Even the first season finale was pretty great until the bone-headed decision to not go inside the hatch, and they learned their lesson on that score.) What did everybody else think?
I think the flashbacks themselves failed to make me like Charlie because they were even more heavy handed than the flashbacks usually are. I only really cared when he tried to hand Desmond the note.
As for the underwater people, I'm counting on one of them turning out to be Annie, hiding from/or protected by Ben.
Perhaps the season finale's flashbacks will show Jack getting punched in the face?
The expression on Jack's face in the closeup when he responds to Sayid made me want to jump through the screen with a baseball bat and smash his head. And guys, I'm normally a mild mannered old woman. I'm also the only person left who loves Charlie, so I was teary during much of last night's episode.
Do you think the spoiler that was the preview may contribute to tanking ratings?
The hobbit and the lost ring. How meta was that?
We're still playing "Six Degrees of Oceanic" apparently, what with Nadia's cameo in Charlie's flashback.
I have to wonder whether Desmond's flashes are on the fritz, or whether Desmond knew what fate befelled Charlie and just lied to him. Either way, how will everyone else know whether or not Looking Glass has been de-activated?
Whatever the case, can't wait for next week.
Boy, people really hate Jack and Charlie, huh? They're not my favorite characters on the show, but I don't hate them, or Kate, either. The one character I truly loathed, Shannon, was mercifully killed off long ago.
And that brings me to the element of Lost that bothers me most: what's with all of these people falling in love? Sayid said he loved Shannon after they'd been on the island for what, twenty days? Why? She could understand a little French and she had great legs -- good reasons to lust after her, maybe, but "falling in love" is a little preposterous under the circumstances. And if I were on that island, I wouldn't turn down some alone time in a cage with Kate, but I think I'd have enough on my mind that I wouldn't be making puppy dog eyes at her all the time, or getting jealous when other guy looked at her. But hey, maybe that's just me.
Anyway, I enjoyed the episode. My feeling is that Desmond's vision will prove to be correct, but Claire's departure on a helicopter might not be a good thing.
Like so many other things in this second part of season three, I think that at least part of Jacks obliqueness is because he knows something that we don't know yet that he knows. And it's big and it's bad. His flashbacks show he fixates on things, and his letting Sayid stay behind, I thought was actually a sign of a slight growing self-awareness. What has been great about the build up to the May sweeps is they took the time to set things up to really establish characters and situations. If Jack, Sawyer and Kate had not spent so much time on Alcatraz we wouldn't have as much invested in Juliet, Karl and Alex's role now would seem to have come out of nowhere and Ben and the other Others dissension in the rank would just feel contrived. You have to take the journey to get to the end and with Lost the journey seems to have odd segues and pit-stops that we only find out the relevance of at a later date.
K J Gillenwater said...
I go back to the idea that Ben is purposefully killing the pregnant women. There were 2 women that appeared in the Lookingglass Station...I think they either are or were pregnant and hid here to get away from Ben.
I think Desmond lied to Charlie about Claire being rescued. I think Desmond saw something in the future that would benefit himself if Charlie died. He changed his mind at the last minute, but Charlie knocked him in the head.
Desmond was 'weak' last time by not allowing Charlie to die and Penny to be the one coming down in the parachute. This time, he was more determined to follow through...little did he know the carrot of saving Claire was more than enough to make Charlie do anything to be the one who went underwater.
We've seen parts of some of Desmond's visions, but not the Charlie/Yellow Switch one. Maybe Desmond sees himself getting on the copter, not Claire. But Desmond knows that Claire is the key to getting Charlie to do anything.
I think Charlie will be enchanted by the gun-toting fembots underwater and forget the switch, deciding to live on the other side of the Looking Glass.
The show has rebounded. With two hours next week, I don't worry about the previews showing too much. I wouldn't be surprised if the attack happens in the first half of the night with the second half setting the stage for next season.
I'd be happier with a cliffhanger centered on "now how to the Losties/Others get along" rather than "who's dead?"
I want Ben and Jack and Sayid and Kate and Sawyer to have to face tomorrow together.
Oh, and I want Locke to come back from the dead.
It's some underwater commandos in a box!
Sara Anne said...
I've always loved Sayid but I loved him the most when he got in Jack's face last night...I haven't hated Jack until recently but now he's just being really ridiculous.
I also liked them using pretty much all of their tricks (the flashbacks, suspense, the 'six hours ago') in one epsideo because they pack that much more punch when one is not totally exhausted.
Is it Wednesday yet??
TL said...
...even as I suspected that Charlie would survive.
The minute he started to dive in with his clothes on, I knew he would make it. There's no rational reason for someone who's going to swim a long way while holding his breath to leave his jeans on. But someone who couldn't spend the season finale running around naked....
Does anyone else feel the knowledge that the show is definitely going to be around for three more years cut into the suspense for these last episodes of the season? I mean, you know they're going to Gilligan it up somehow. There's obviously always that distinct possibility, but now it's a sure thing. So you end up watching the finale saying, "How are they going to screw it up?" instead of "Ooh, what's going to happen!?"
Did no one else notice how casually Alex tossed out "IS he really my father??" to Karl????
I don't care much about Charlie one way or the other and I thought yesterday's episode was just fluff. I mean Cmon - if the Others are coming, why is everyon on the beach so placid??? This is not another trek - you're fighting to survive .... didn't seem like it!!!
AndyW said...
There are rules on this here island:
1.Ben is lying.
2. Sayid is always right.
3. Don't mess with the Honolulu police.
4. Your father? He sucks.
and, for God's sake Charlie,
#5 - THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY IN THE HATCH!
And yet Charlie's father, in the brief snippet we saw, seemed to be pretty decent. So we're now up to three positive paternal figures: Kate's stepdad (who she thought was her bio-dad), Jin's fisherman papa (where the only problems are coming from Jin, not him), and now Charlie's dad. Unless I'm forgetting something from an earlier Charlie episode.
Not always. The Pearl was usually empty when one of the Lostaways visited it (save that time Paulo bumped into Ben and Juliet), and that crap-ass bunker the Tailies found was empty, too.
lisabeth said...
@ AndyW
HA! You are so right!
...in a funny way AndyW. Cause you are right too Alan!
You know, for your basic deserted island this place supports more rogues, recluses, and renegade factions than an Afghan mountain cave. I suspect the missing russian from 'Pine Barrens' will show up next sipping champagne and eating cavier in a cabin next to Jacob.
Anyway, leave it to the end of the season for the show to get interesting. I for one enjoy Charlie for all his ego, primping and self-obsession. His struggles to do the right thing deserve some props and I think the island would be the worse without him. He bridges the good and bad the island profers to its inhabitants, offering it up like a drug to a user, testing their resolve.
Did anyone consider just cutting the cable first to see if they could stop power to the station and frequency jamming and get a call out??
Many interesting possiblities so I'm imagining a number of outcomes with a few shockers thrown in to leave us all hanging until next season.
Man, finally the return of Rose and Bernard. Even though I don't like the idea of just bringing them back to kill one of them off.
Also, I have to wonder about Charlies flashback to plaing guitar in the rain. Was that the same moment where, in Desmond's flashback/forward, he bumped into Charlie? If so, pretty odd I-can't-quite-get-my-head-around-it issues being played with in Desmond's timeline problems.
That occurred to me as well. Over at The House Next Door, Andrew Dignan is suggesting this may be evidence that Desmond didn't really travel back in time after the hatch explosion, but I don't think that's it. Maybe Desmond is visiting and/or seeing alternate timelines, and that's why his predictions aren't always completely accurate? (See also his belief that Penny would be the parachutist.)
Ol' Patch was "in" the Pearl, so I'm sticking by #5.
For #4, I'm assuming the reason Charlie remembers Pa's kind-hearted swimming lesson is that he beat the children mercilessly the rest of the time. (I got nothing for Jin's dad, though. The man's a saint. A smelly, fishy saint).
You're thinking of The Flame, the place with the cows and the satellite dish. The Pearl was the underground bunker with the TV sets and the toilet where Paulo hid the diamonds.
Alan, the Lost Easter Eggs blog has comparison pics of Charlie in the rain during last night's episode and the Desmond-centric one with Charlie in the rain.
Charlie is wearing different clothes, et cetera, and it's enough to make you think he was just doing the same gig on the street on a different day.
Also, if Nadia was the victim of the robbery, WHO WAS THE ROBBER?
I have to rewatch, but I don't believe anything Desmond claims to have seen this time around has failed to happen. IIRC, he said he saw Charlie flipping the switch and then drowning. He didn't see this all happening right after Charlie swam into the hatch -- they just (I think) presumed as much. So, I think this prediction could still be on track.
Interesting point, Boz. Maybe we all assumed this to be the case because Juliet told them that Ben had claimed The Looking Glass was flooded. Maybe Charlie's misadventures with the fembots (good on ya, Joe in Haddonfield) next week will result in the station getting flooded for real, and Charlie flipping the switch at the last possible minute.
I just have a simple question that may lead towards a very scifi-ish final three seasons.
Since when do record companies move fast enough to put out Greatest Hits albums for failed bands within a 90-100 day time period???
Time off the island is NOT synched to time on the island.
No, they turned on the TV at the Pearl and saw Patch at the Flame. He was teleconferenced in. Totally counts.
Grr... you may have won this round, AndyW, but I'll win the war!
Timothy, I think the _Greatest Hits_ CD that the parachutist referenced may be something of a joke. How many albums did Driveshaft have? Maybe two, right? I don't think it would take the record company all that long to get the best off those two and put them onto one.
Finísima Persona said...
I just want a good answer to the following: why was it necessary for Jack to make everyone walk all the way up to the clearing just to show Rousseau blowing a tree with dynamite? Why not save the dynamite for when it's actually needed? Why?
Brain hurts...
WHO WAS THE ROBBER?
Uh ... Brian, Michael's ex's Fiance? Why the hell not?
Just re-watched the last scene. Neither of the women on the Benthic Explorer looked pregnant.
Kat Coble said...
A few questions from folks over at my blog.
1. Why is Jack needing to parade the beach gang to the woods to show them an exploding tree? How non-stealthy and extra busy-worky is that?
2. Instead of the whole swim-for-many-minutes thing,why didn't they just use some of the dynamite to blow the power cable to the Looking Glass station?
Why?!?
"Benthic Explorer", lol, my wife said the same thing, although the Comic Book Guy in me says "Alec, Alec, wasn't the Benthc Explorer the name of the ship, and NOT the underwater drilling station?" I don't know if he's right, but he is persistent.
OK, Alan, fellow bloggers, will you all please acknowledge the Locke/Rousseau connection that I've been flogging for weeks and maybe look into it? That'd be great.
I hated Charlie for a long time, but last night's ep reminded me of why I had such affection for the character following the moth/coccoon ep. I think he is the embodiment of human weakness, and his character arc will mirror that of the caterpillar that Locke spoke about. I think Desmond's vision will come true.
Actually, I have a vague recollection of someone having that vision before, the yellow light flashing, the drowning. Unfortunately, I am not obsessive enough to really remember it. Does anyone else remember this?
Finally, I know I am a broken record, but we want the story to move, not to end. Try to relax and trust the show. If I told you today that this show would continue for 10 years, but remain this good, and going deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole, would you stop watching?
Speaking of rabbits, what's with Alex skinning Ben's rabbit?
Alex was going to bring it to Karl. When she went to him he said "I thought you were bringing rabbit."
Line of the night, Rose to Bernard, "We'd better get you into something dark."
Jack rules and so does Charlie. Those who don't think so, do not rule.
Taleena said...
No, no not Benthic Explorer it's Deep Core One. Was I the only one hoping the Dharma Shark would get Charlie?
homertojeebus, the Locke/Rousseau connection has been explored plenty in the past. A quick Google search should yield you plenty of results.
Did the actress who plays Rose lose weight? Either way, she looked good. I'm so happy she & Bernard are back! Now don't let them be wearing red shirts next week....
My inner Comic Book Guy wins again! Curses!
The cable to the Looking Glass station was not its power supply...it just kept it connected to land, from how they described it. A land anchor of some kind. I don't think cutting the cable would have done anything about cutting off the signal.
Also, Russian knew that Sayid stole the plans. Could it be that Juliet lied about the Looking Glass station blocking signals? They want the Losties to get to that station for some reason or be busied with it. The Others (or Ben) knew they had the plans so they could find it. Remember how surprised Ben was when he found out the parachute lady brought along a sat radio (or whatever the heck it is)? If signals were being blocked, it wouldn't matter.
I don't trust Juliet or Jack at all. I really don't. Either one or both of them is not telling the truth.
Even though Mikhail knew Sayid had the plans, he didn't communicate with Ben until after Juliet had gone to the beach. I suppose Ben & Juliet could have had another way of communicating besides the tapes, but that would really seem like a stretch.
Rose: "I like you better since you came back, Jack. You're ALMOST an optimist." Rose rules.
"...I continue to hate Jack the idiot douche."
See, this is why you're the reviewer and we're just the fans.
I didn't notice it until last night, but they're finally letting Matthew Fox grow out his hair a little. Jack's had the same burr cut for 3 years, I mean 3 months. (Has anybody figured out what the exact date is? I'm figuring sometime in Dec. '04.)
I totally did not get that it was Nadia in Charlie's flashback. I didn't spot her when Locke met her either.
"what's with all of these people falling in love? Sayid said he loved Shannon after they'd been on the island for what, twenty days? Why?"
It's not the time, it's the mileage. These people have survived a plane crash, wild boars, smoke monsters, Tom Cruise's cousin, and countless other perils. They've bonded in a way most of us never will. Or at least the ones with their names in the main credits have.
"I suspect the missing russian from 'Pine Barrens' will show up next sipping champagne and eating cavier in a cabin next to Jacob."
Along with Richie Cunnigham's older brother!
RebeccaH said...
All that heroic buildup, and they let Charlie live? Cheat, cheat, cheat! I hate this show.
BTW, a look at the Lost Easter Eggs blog and then IMDb confirms it: The blonde in the Looking Glass station is Tracy Middendorf, who's been on Angel, 24, and a bunch of other shows. She usually plays "woman in trouble" roles, so it's nice to see her kick a little ass. Especially if it's Charlie's!
Tonight there was a LOST recap show after Grey's. It actually helped me remember a lot of interesting stuff that apparently will be important later. They also confirmed a bunch of things we have already learned but could still use some confirmation.
I won't say anything about it just in case it turns out to be a spoiler. But it was sort of cool.
Thought this was a big steaming turd of an episode.
It was a given that Charlie's Last Ep was going to be treacly and heroic and have warm fuzzy flashbacks (or at least life lesson-y ones). But to give us all that and not off the stinking hobbit? Though the surprise at the end was a good one, sometimes it's better to fulfill, rather than subvert, expectations.
barefootjim said...
"Jack the Idiot Douche"
Was that a Kinks reference? If so, extra extra extra points!!
Battlestar Galactica: The end is near
Because I would feel totally left out if I didn't....
Kidnapped: A look back
Letters link
Attack of the Apatow
House: A man stands alone
The Shield: The man with no brain
Reilly out, Silverman in
Pilot Watch 2007: CBS
Bombs and 'Palms'
What do you want? (2007)
Lost & Heroes: The ol' switcheroo
Studio 60: Addition by subtraction
Pilot Watch 2007: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Pilot Watch 2007: Fox dramas (mostly)
Lost: Beware of the beard
The talk about the American Idol winner thread
The spoiler policy. Again.
Pilot Watch 2007: Fox comedies
The Shield: Franka goes to Farmington
Veronica Mars: Rob Thomas is a whore
American Idol: Top 2
Pilot Watch 2007: CW
American Idol: Who are these people
Heroes: Fly me to the boom
Pilot Watch 2007: NBC
Sopranos Rewind: The Second Coming
Scrubs: Will they or won't they stop with the will...
The Office: Girls' day out (aka Paint it black)
Upfront Watch: CW, take two
Upfront Watch: Fox
Upfront Watch: No CW yet, but 'Veronica Mars seems...
American Idol: Top 3 results
Upfront Watch: CBS
The Shield: Writing is fundamental
Gilmore Girls: So long, farewell, amen
Help me write a column, part 924
Heroes: Let me pick your brain
HIMYM: Tell people what?
Upfront Watch: ABC
Upfront Watch: NBC
Sopranos Rewind: Kennedy and Heidi
L&O mothership question
The Office: Fire, walk with me
Don't just stand there...
Lost: He seems to have an invisible touch
The Shield: It hits the fan
Veronica Mars: The Dando Warhols?
American Idol open thread 5/8
Heroes open thread 5/7
HIMYM: It's for the bride
Sopranos Rewind: Walk Like a Man
Entourage: Hungry like a Jew
Grey's Anatomy: Tongue sandwich
My Name Is Earl: Who's the wild man now?
'Live' link
The Office: Pervert alert
'Gilmore Girls,' R.I.P.
Lost: Hello. My name is James Ford. You killed my ...
Gilmore Girls: She made it her own, dawg!
American Idol: Top 6 results, take two
The Shield: How do you like your ribs?
Veronica Mars: You give love quadrangles a bad nam...
American Idol: Top 6, take two (Bon Jovi Night
HIMYM: Come on down!
Veronica Mars, FBI? take two
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PAINTED BEARS
by Larry Lynch
A knee-high fog clung tentatively to the fairway. 6:45 AM. Cool, still air. A hazy sun. New spikes piercing the ground with disconcerting loudness. Warren panted through dimpled cheeks and his jacket rode up, exposing his hairy back every time he bent over to replace his ball on a tee he stuck crookedly in the ground. Take a coat, his mother told him. Go early and practice, his father said. Warren tucked in his shirt, and looked to see if anyone was watching him. An awkward swing drove the ball twenty yards through the wet grass. The ball made a soggy, hissing noise as it threw up a rooster tail of mist before it stopped. One.
Warren had risen at 5:00 AM to drive forty-five minutes to the course so he could play nine holes before the staff scramble was to start an event he habitually skirted. He looked at his feet as he walked to his ball. Golfer's feet, he thought. The wheels of his cart and his in-turned feet left a meandering and unsure seam on the glinting dew. His cuffs were damp. Green pants. Too much green, he worried. Green jacket. Green shirt. Tuck your pants into your socks if the grass is wet, his mother advised. No one counts the first shot unless it is a good one, his father told him. His second shot was marginally better. One again.
The vice-president, his wife, Warren, and Julie from the mail room that was to be the foursome. That was why he was going.
Tissue bulged from the pockets of the sweaters Julie wore at work; a pink one and a blue one, sweaters with long sleeves and fuzz balls and white pearl-like buttons. Long sleeves to cover an unusual hairy birthmark on her forearm. He noticed it the first time she brought mail to his desk, when her sleeve rode up her forearm, when he was trying not to make eye contact. Allegiance in peculiarity. Shot two in the rough. She pushed her glasses up her nose when she bent over to get mail from her cart. Three across the fairway into the rough on the other side. She turned to find him watching her once. Four into the woods, under a small, dripping tree. He flushed. She flushed. A half-smile, he imagined. Five back on the fairway. Water from the dripping tree trickling down his neck. He could feel himself inching closer to speech. Six in the bunker. Closer to asking. Seven still in the bunker. A date, perhaps. Eight on the green. Intimacy. Four putts for a twelve.
Warren's mother had a key to his apartment. The day before the scramble, he arrived home to find her ironing his green pants. His father was putting balls into a tipped over Styrofoam cup in the living room. His mother had already washed his dishes, sorted his laundry. She had hung a painting in the living room above the sofa. As long as Warren could remember, the painting moved from closet to closet, from shelf to shelf at his parents house never thrown away or hung on a wall. Flea market art. Clouds billowed in a too blue sky above a savage river that traced the base of a mountain. A painted bear and its cub waited to swipe an oil-on-canvas fish.
"Your walls were too bare. I thought it would look nice. Your father brought his clubs for you," his mother said.
"Watch this," his father called from down the hall. A ball rolled past the cup and thudded against the stereo. "I made one from the bedroom a while ago, didn't I, Agnes?"
"I didn't see it, Henry," she answered. "I was doing the dishes."
"Sure you did. I said, Hey, look! and it went right in. All the way from the bedroom. You saw it."
"I heard it, Henry. It sounded like a great shot. He made one all the way from the bedroom," she said to Warren. "Try these on, will you, dear?" She held up the pants. Huge. Green. His father hit the stereo again.
"I already know they fit," Warren told her.
"You'd better try them on," she said, and pulled at his snug waistband. "You're getting as big as your father."
"Your floor is crooked," his father called as golf balls colliding around the cup and against furniture.
Warren took the pants to his room. His father was bent over a putt in the doorway. "The key is to keep your head down," and he launched another ball across the carpet. "See. Right there by the couch. The floor is crooked."
"Try that shirt on too," his mother called from the kitchen. A golf shirt lay on the bed; green, the price tag still in the sleeve. Two Xs on the tag.
"How do they fit?" she called. Warren dressed quickly. He knew she wouldn't knock and would soon be in his room tugging at his clothes, examining and smoothing creases.
"It's too big," he answered, and instantly she appeared.
"Keep your head down," his father said to no one. Thump.
"It looks great," she said. "The pants are a little tight," she said, plucking puckered pleats. "But the shirt is very nice. Come see, Henry."
"Yessss! Another one! Did you see that, Agnes?"
"The collar is too big," Warren told her. He tried to arrange the shirt so that not so much dark hair from his shoulders and back sprang above the collar.
The sun grew crisp and round and concentrated on the back of Warren's neck. A breeze with just enough impetus blew Warren's comb-over into his eyes. He removed his jacket and stuffed it into his bag. A sweat-painted V extended from his collar to between his shoulder blades. His shirt came untucked on every swing. No time to go home and change. Getting too warm for a blue sweater. Or a pink one.
"Take a hat with you, dear," his mother told him.
"Use the yellow balls," his father said, "they’re easier to see."
"Do you have sun screen?" his mother asked.
"Is that girl from the office going?" his father asked. "What's her name? Juliet?"
"Henry!"
"What? There's a girl from the office Warren's got his eye on. Janice or something."
"Julie," Warren mumbled.
"Just go and have fun, dear."
"Show her how to hold your putter...."
"Henry! Don't listen to your father, dear"
"What? I was only saying..."
"I know you. The way that mind works..."
The conversation spilled from his apartment, echoed in the hall, reddened his face, until the elevator took them away. The refrigerator hummed. His head throbbed. Golf balls littered the carpet. Bears waited patiently by the painted river.
On the next hole there was a small pond. Very small. And not at all close to the fairway. Warren hit one of his father's yellow, highly visible, easy-to-find balls into the pond. A shallow pond. A few lily pads. Frogs. But no yellow ball. Only his green reflection that disappeared in a swirl of muddy ripples when he fished along the edge with his club.
Two older men played their balls up to a point on the fairway near to where Warren looked for his ball in the pond.
"Found the water, did ya?" said one.
"Yes," said Warren.
"Hit another one from the fairway and play along with us. You'll never find that one."
"You go ahead of me," Warren insisted, and put his head down and continued to stir the pond. He hiked up his pants. His underwear was sticking where it shouldn’t. Before long the men were out of sight and Warren stopped searching. Debated quitting.
Warren's next shot, from the fairway with a new ball, veered deep into the woods. He bulled his way into the brush. His golf bag snagged on branches. Pitch from the fir trees matted in the hair on his arms. A limb sprang back and struck him across the bridge of his nose, watering his eyes. In a small opening, he thought he spotted his ball. Then another, and another. All highly visible, easy-to-find, yellow balls. But he found only small apples speckling the ground.. Golf ball size, greenish-yellow apples. Hundreds of them scattered under crooked and maimed trees.
A tree shook fiercely, and more apples bounced to the ground. On the other side of the tree, Warren met with the hoarse and panicked bleating of a bear cub. The cub ran. Warren tried.
The scramble started without Warren--without Julie. She canceled without explanation. The vice-president found Warren with an errant shot. Four parallel gashes from Warren’s forehead to his chin had removed one of his eyelids, part of his top lip. His forearms were mutilated. His shirt was vermilion threads. Protective incisors had punctured Warren’s hands, neck, back, and scalp. Rotting yellow-green apples, pitch, blood and grass hardened to a paste paint on a hairy, bloating canvas.
Additional work by Larry Lynch can be found here http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/202/300/inditer/2000/10-10/lynch/lynch.htm
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Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections at Rs 19.45 cr
Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections at Rs 19.45 cr; row boost fails
Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections are refusing to climb over the self-imposed Rs 7-cr barrier on a daily basis. While the William Shakespeare scripted 'Hamlet' has refused to die through the centuries in the imagination of the people who love to tell and re-tell stories, going to the theatre to watch 'Haider' is at the moment not on the top-of-the-mind recall list of most movie-going people.
What is clear, is that ambition was never the top intent when the film was made as is clear from the fact that it was made on a relatively modest budget of Rs 37 cr and on top of it, it openned on a very small number of screens, just 1,250 – if you compare it to Hrithik Roshan's 'Bang Bang', then the same figures are Rs 140 cr and over 4,500 screens respectively.
Here are the daily India box office collections of 'Haider':
Day 1: Rs 6.14 cr
'Haider 'has also received a setback in terms of its worldwide box office collections as the film has not been screened in Pakistan due to a ban imposed on it for its Kashmir-centric plot.
Right now, while its India collections total Rs 19.45 cr, if you add worldwide take, then the figure climbs to Rs 21.45 cr.
This has been disappointing as the film even had a controversy going as there was a backlash which blamed the movie-makers for being anti-Muslim while others tagged it as anti-Hindu or India. But aside from the social media, that did not get much play in the mainstream media.
So, as far as 'Haider' is concerned, controversy does not always translate into collections.
news by financialexpress
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Shahid Kapoor: Lesser Known Facts
He's the chocolate boy of B-town and dances like a dream. A heartthrob with a body to die for, there's no one quite like Shahid Kapoor in the film industry. A skinny kid who started his career with commercials went on to build an envious physique and make a name for himself. With some marvelous performances, Shahid has managed to impress and woo the audience and critics alike. With the release of his latest film, Vishal Bharadwaj's Haider, in which he is paired opposite Shraddha, we take a look at some lesser known facts about the Kapoor lad.
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U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)
Posted by stacia on March 14, 2014 September 14, 2015
U Want Me 2 Kill Him?
Dir: Andrew Douglas
Tribeca Films
Released in select theaters March 14, 2014. VOD available on February 25, 2014.
U Want Me 2 Kill Him? opens with a date: June 29, 2003. This date is not merely an indicator of the real life events that inspired it, but to anchor the film to a certain moment in culture, a time when society was still in the early stages of learning to live with a constant, low-level fear after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the kind of paranoia many had hoped would be shaken off permanently at the end of the Cold War. This paranoia is heightened by both the spectre of constant surveillance and its actuality, namely in the CCTV cameras that clutter the London landscape, recording every move. That 16-year-old Mark chooses to stay home is no surprise; what is a surprise is Mark’s willingness to leave his own webcam on constantly, allowing all those he chats with online to watch him as he just walks around his room or does a few sit-ups. Mark never notices that he’s the only one in his online conversations with a webcam on.
Even though Mark (Jamie Blackley) has his share of hook-ups, the dames in the world of U Want Me 2 Kill Him? are nothing but trouble, and his true affections are saved for the lovely Rachel, a young blonde he only knows through an internet chat room. Night after night, Rachel talks dirty to Mark, then tells him her troubles, frantic over her violent boyfriend and her escape into the witness protection program. In her final chat with Mark, she begs him to look after her young brother, John (Toby Regbo), who gets picked on at school.
Based on the 2005 Vanity Fair article by Judy Bachrach, U Want Me 2 Kill Him? traces this odd friendship between the handsome, tousled Mark and his bullied schoolmate John. That Mark is being manipulated by someone online is obvious from very early on, but the pacing of the film is exceptional, as is the performance by Jamie Blackley as the gullible teen, and the why of the manipulation becomes more important than who is behind it.
As the tales spun in the chat room become more outrageous, Mark’s dependence on that manufactured reality becomes stronger. Meanwhile, the adults around him suffer from a vague, ill-defined malaise they try to tamp down with sword collecting and lottery tickets. These glimpses of uncomfortable family lives add depth to John’s and Mark’s decisions, though so much of what they do makes no sense at all; yet that, in a way, makes all the sense in the world. Both are young men caught in that awkward space where hormones, imagination and impatience for adulthood mix, to potent and often illogical results.
Somewhat strangely, the details of the actual crime are even more compelling than the cinematic version. Reality lacks clean lines and tight metaphors, however, and the real-world crimes play out in a manner that seems almost deliberately designed to frustrate the cinephiles amongst us who would undoubtedly recognize bits of films, everything from Heavenly Creatures to Rage in Heaven, in the recounting of the crimes. Director Andrew Douglas does well in sorting what really happened into an organized narrative, but in doing so, relies far too heavily on a reveal the audience saw coming moments into the film. It’s not the reveal that matters, anyway; the inevitability of U Want Me 2 Kill Him? is the real attraction here, a slow burn that culminates in a flash of violence and truly terrifying psychological aftermath.
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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
Matthieu Ricard educated as a molecular biologist, operating within the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but if he learn a few Buddhist philosophy, he grew to become interested in Buddhism. ultimately he left his lifestyles in technology to review with Tibetan academics, and he's now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, residing within the Shechen monastery close to Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan used to be born right into a Buddhist family members in Vietnam yet turned intrigued by way of the explosion of discoveries in astronomy through the Sixties. He made his method to the distinguished California Institute of expertise to review with a few of the largest names within the box and is now an acclaimed astrophysicist and professional on how the galaxies shaped.
When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an educational convention in the summertime of 1997, they begun discussing the numerous extraordinary connections among the lessons of Buddhism and the findings of contemporary technology. That dialog grew into an spectacular correspondence exploring a chain of attention-grabbing questions. Did the universe have a starting? Or is our universe one in a chain of limitless universes with out finish and no starting? Is the concept that of a starting of time essentially incorrect? could our notion of time in truth be an phantasm, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no final truth? Is the lovely fine-tuning of the universe, which has produced simply the suitable stipulations for all times to conform, an indication “principle of construction” is at paintings in our global? If any such precept of construction undergirds the workings of the universe, what does that let us know approximately even if there's a divine author? How does the unconventional interpretation of fact provided by means of quantum physics agree to and but fluctuate from the Buddhist notion of truth? what's recognition and the way did it evolve? Can realization exist except a mind producing it?
The stimulating trip of discovery the authors traveled of their discussions is re-created superbly in The Quantum and the Lotus, written within the kind of a full of life discussion among associates. either the basic teachings of Buddhism and the discoveries of latest technology are brought with nice readability, and the reader might be profoundly inspired through the various correspondences among the 2 streams of idea and revelation. throughout the process their discussion, the authors achieve a extraordinary assembly of minds, eventually supplying a necessary new knowing of the various ways that technology and Buddhism be certain and supplement one another and of the ways that, as Matthieu Ricard writes, “knowledge of our spirits and data of the realm are at the same time enlightening and empowering.”
“The Quantum and the Lotus is a mind-expanding, eye-opening exploration of the intriguing parallels among state-of-the-art considering in physics and Buddhism–a scintillating dialog any pondering individual might relish overhearing.” —Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence
“The Quantum and the Lotus is the wealthy and encouraging results of a deeply fascinating discussion among Western technological know-how and Buddhist philosophy. This awesome publication will give a contribution significantly to a greater figuring out of the genuine nature of our international and how we are living our lives.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama
inevitably suggest that the equations are effortless, yet that the underlying principles are. Copernicus's heliocentric universe, with the planets revolving round the sunlight, is easier than Ptolemy's geocentric model, within which the Earth held the significant position, whereas the planets moved alongside circles (called “epicycles”) whose facilities themselves moved round but different circles. The Copernican version is gorgeous since it describes the motions of the planets even more easily. a gorgeous conception has no.
Is fascinating. merely after technological know-how had given up all wish of having the ability to grasp every thing approximately every little thing did it make its maximum leaps ahead. by means of focusing on ordinary phenomena, it has stumbled on effective how one can observe, degree, and describe them, after which to behave on them. there's now quite a bit wisdom of this kind that its vastness occasionally makes us overlook that technological know-how is incapable of answering simple questions on life. yet this must never be visible as a failing, provided that technology has.
truth, ”which we'd now name “material realism.” In his unique argument, the instance of a chariot is used; i'll change that with the instance of an electron. the full argument is extremely detailed,4 however the gist of the argument is to give an explanation for that the electron does not relatively exist as a separate entity simply because (1) an electron isn't its homes, for those are a number of and the entity “electron” may hence develop into a number of; (2) it isn't anything intrinsically various from its.
include cognizance, he responded that it used to be plausible, yet he did not see why a recognition would select to affiliate itself with a laptop, or what kind of karma might take it there. as well as their failure to understand the genuine nature of cognizance, reductionist neurobiologists have didn't grapple with the problem of loose will. The “man as computer” version claims that once we've got the impact that we are considering and identifying, we are quite simply perceiving the aftereffects of.
inspiration of “fractional dimensions”— the size of an abnormal item are not any longer represented via complete numbers corresponding to one, , and 3, yet through fractions. those are “fractal” gadgets. There, too, Mandelbrot figured out that the belief of fractional dimensions had already been instructed by way of the mathematician Felix Hausdorff in 1919.5 Why are summary options, which spring out of mathematicians’ minds, and are quite often dead in daily phrases, so frequently in contract with average phenomena?.
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“ Bletchley Park, the codebreaking centre that helped to win the Second World War and launch the modern computer, is in danger of irreparable decay unless the Government steps in to save it. ” » read more
Welcome to the saving Bletchley Park website. Thousands of people worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two to decode messages that the German forces transmitted, most notably by Hitler to the German high command. The cracking of the codes used, the use of the intelligence gained and the subsequent related actions of the Allies is said to have shortened World War Two by two years possibly saving 22 million lives. The critical importance of Bletchley Park in world history cannot be denied.
Bletchley Park is also the birthplace of the computer. The world's first programmable, digital, electronic computer: Colossus was invented and built at Bletchley Park during World War Two to speed the reading of encrypted German messages.
Bletchley Park is unique. It combines a key role in modern history along with being the birthplace of the computer. I cannot think of a place more worthy of our interest, our support and our government's support. Please join me in raising awareness of the fundamental importance of Bletchley Park and in saving Bletchley Park so that it will still be there for future generations to visit, appreciate and understand.
Dr. Sue Black
Head of Department of Information and Software Systems,
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Saving Bletchley Park: The Book!
I've just finished writing a book about the campaign to save Bletchley Park assisted by my great friend Stevyn Colgan.
It will be out in Spring 2015, You can get a copy of the special first edition which includes your name printed in the back and a special first edition cover on the Unbound website Saving Bletchley Park. I write about the campaign starting in 2008, with highlights like getting on the BBC news and Stephen Fry involved all the way through to the visit in 2014 by the Duchess of Cambridge.
You can also sign up to come to the fabulous launch party and all manner of other interesting goodies on the Unbound website.
All updates from me are now on my blog "The Adventures of a Cheeky Geek" come and chat to me there or on Twitter: @Dr_Black.
Thanks very much for your support.
Bletchley Park is saved!!
IT IS OFFICIAL! BLETCHLEY PARK IS SAVED!!
Details below. I now blog at blackse.wordpress.com/, please join me there for updates. Thanks very much for supporting the campaign :)
I had a chat with Director of Bletchley Park Simon Greenish and Google External Relations Director Peter Barron recently about my three year campaign to save Bletchley Park and the position the Park is in now compared to the beginning of the campaign.
Three years ago I met Simon at the launch of the Women of Station X project which I had raised funding for, having found out that over 5000 women had worked at Bletchley Park I wanted to make sure that they had some recognition of their contribution. I gave a talk about the project saying why I thought it was important. Simon gave a talk after me about the current (2008) position Bletchley Park was in. He said that it may have to shut if funding were not found quite quickly to help with the upkeep. Huts were falling down, the mansion roof leaking, and much more, and the main income of Bletchley Park was the entrance fee from visitors to the park. Simon was worried that should visitor numbers drop at all for any reason the museum would have to shut:
"We are just about surviving. Money — or lack of it — is our big problem here. I think we have two to three more years of survival, but we need this time to find a solution to this," said Simon Greenish, the Trust's director.
I was horrified!
A few weeks later I was at a reception at Bletchley Park and did the obligatory (and highly recommended) group tour with one of the marvellous veterans. We stood outside the iconic Hut 6 and he described the major achievements of WW2 that had happened because of codebreaking that took place in that hut. I was astounded, and as he carried on talking became more and more upset thinking "If such amazing things had happened in this hut, why is it falling down?" I went away that evening determined to do something about the situation. Bletchley Park would not close if I had anything to do with it.
On the way home I spoke to my work colleague John Turner and anyone else that would listen, telling them that it was a disgrace. When I got home I emailed all the Heads and Professors of Computing (CPHC) in the UK (I was then a Head of Department) asking them to sign the No. 10 Downing Street petition to save Bletchley Park. Several hours later, a great many of them had done so :) I wasn't alone in my opinion. That gave me the confidence, with help from John Turner to write a letter to the Times newspaper, asking for the same. 97 Heads and Profs signed it in a couple of days.
Thinking that we needed more publicity I emailed all the journalists I knew telling them I thought I had a story. 20 minutes later Rory Cellan-Jones phoned me to discuss the story. The next week I went up to Bletchley Park again to be filmed with Rory for BBC News and the Radio 4 Today program. The interviews went out on 24th July 2008, I got a call asking me to go live on BBC News 24 that day and was interviewed for the World Service and several other stations. I received over 100 emails of support within hours and a campaign was born which has taken over my life for the last three years.
I could write a book about all the things that I and many others have done over the last three years to raise the profile of and show support to Bletchley Park. Maybe one day I will ;)) but until then most of the highlights are on my campaign blog savingbletchleypark.org and my general blogdrblack.posterous.com, also just try stopping me from Tweeting about it ;)
I’ve met some absolutely wonderful people, too many to mention who have shown the campaign their wholehearted love and support. The campaign has changed my life.
So, back to my recent chat with Simon Greenish from Bletchley Park and Peter Barron from Google. We were discussing Google’s generous donation of $100,000 to Bletchley Park towards the purchase of the Turing papers and their wish to do more to help the Park.
I have long wanted to approach tech companies asking for ongoing corporate sponsorship for Bletchley Park. I’m always on the lookout for possibilities for help for Bletchley, from government, general public, media, anywhere and over the last year or so, especially since coming back from a trip to Denver to present the paper “Can Twitter save Bletchley Park?” and a visit to Washington DC, I’ve thought that companies, and especially tech companies may be interested in helping out. Of course, the fact that Google have already helped out has given me extra confidence that this will be the case.
Google and UCL are now going to support me to raise funds for Bletchley Park. I think this will take my campaign to a whole new level. We talked about the Turing papers and Google’s very generous offer to support me in fundraising for Bletchley Park. I will outline more of what I will be doing and hopefully blog about the successes that I have in future posts. What this means is that I will be looking to talk to and hopefully persuade companies that in supporting Bletchley Park they are supporting our heritage. Bletchley Park is the “Geek mecca” after all, the birthplace of the computer and the digital age.
So finally I get to the point of this post: I mentioned “Saving Bletchley Park” as part of this conversation and Simon said “…hold on, Bletchley Park is saved, there is no way we are going to shut now with all the support that we have. What we need to talk about now is Building Bletchley Park for the future”. I sat there with a big smile on my face :)
Bletchley Park is Saved Woohoo!!!
So, it is no longer about *Saving* Bletchley Park but about *Building* Bletchley Park. Hurray!!
Let's start Building Bletchley Park
BCS Wiltshire
Last week I gave a talk about my campaign to a great audience in Swindon from BCS Wiltshire. Nick Miers was also there talking about the Enigma machine. A great evening was had by all and it was very heartwarming to receive such support from people for my campaign and for Bletchley Park. Thank you to the organisors and to everyone who came :))
Information Pioneers
Several weeks ago I was part of a panel which chose five great people for the BCS Information Pioneers campaign. Click the image below to see what we say about who we chose and why.
We debated long and hard about who should be included and in the end the final pioneers chosen were: Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Hedy Lamarr, Sir Clive Sinclair and Sir Tim Berners Lee. It was a tough choice. Some of us really wanted Tommy Flowers to be included, but after long debate we all agreed on the final five.
Last night I attended the preview of the films of the pioneers that have been made by Red Kingdom. Ortis Deley, Kate Russell, Miranda Raison, Phil Tufnell and Dom Joly each present their pioneer in a three minute film. They are really cool. Have a look for yourself, decide who you think was/is the most important and cast your vote.
Above: with Kelsey Griffin, Bletchley Park Director of Operations
Above: with Ortis Deley from the Gadget Show and Sarah Blow from GirlGeekDinners
Kate Russell has written a great blog post about the evening
The campaign has been featured in several online newspapers:
Female IT pioneers celebrated
Here is what I said about Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr being chosen:
I am delighted that BCS is highlighting and celebrating key Information Pioneers and am particularly glad that these two great women Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr have been chosen. These great films show us that women have made really fundamental contributions throughout history, let's make sure that we encourage and support women to continue playing a key role in this exciting area.
Turing film which launches Chartered Institute for IT campaign
This is what I said about Alan Turing:
“Not only did Turing play a key role in the code breaking work carried out at Bletchley Park during World War Two, he also made fundamental and insightful contributions to computer science and elsewhere. Last year’s very welcome,government apology highlighted his lasting contribution and acknowledged his persecution and abhorrent treatment as a consequence of being gay, at a time when homosexuality was illegal. Honouring Turing as an Information Pioneer gives us a chance to celebrate Turing’s life and legacy and promote him as a role model for information pioneers of the future.”
It has been an absolute pleasure being involved with the project, the subject matter is, of course, very dear to my heart. I really hope that the campaign gets people thinking about the technology all around them and the fundamental contribution that it now makes to our lives.
Can Twitter save Bletchley Park?
Today was an amazing day!!
Thanks to the amazing supporters that Bletchley Park and the campaign have Kelsey and I came to Denver, Colorado to present our paper "Can Twitter save Bletchley Park?" at the Museums and the Web conference 2010. The presentation went down really well with lots of support from the great people at the conference. The story of how we got here is well told by MSN's Matt Ball on the MSN Tech and Gadgets page today :))
Thank you so much to these amazing people for donating the money to allow us to present today raising awareness of Bletchley Park across the museum community:
PJBryant
Andy Layton
Alexandra Gradosielska
Jas Dhaliwal
Mark O'Neill
georgiawonder
Kailua09
unclewilco
Richard Rixham
Michael Burek
Martyn Davies
Maggie Berry
Melanie Campbell
Matthew Sylvester (@mssres)
Richard Gough
Rory Cellan-Jones
Alan Burkitt-Gray
John Poole
@spudbrain
@Eingang, OU/UniSussex Serious Gaming EduTech
@sammachin
Gideon Williams
Nicholas Creswell
@drmcewan
Mr Grasshead, Comandante Monkey, and dude
jimjar
Bradley Martin
Sarah Pearson
Christine Arrowsmith
@INFOSEC_Maven
Britt Warg
@patroclus
Karohemd
@pickwick
@NoLimitsAsia
Elrik Merlin
Karlin Lillington
Astrid Byro
Chris Foote (Spike)
Darryl Skeard
Sarah Winmill
@parsingphase
@nmeth
@jasew
Marie Kinsey
Miki Burgess
@3djamie
J David Morgan
Gregory Collins
Andrew Back
Sue Houghton
Alan Nolan-Davies
Eli Ezeugoh
Paul Thomson
Chris Hart
Kerrin Mansfield
Pat Galea
All of you have really helped to save Bletchley Park!!
Government Funding for Bletchley Park!!!
Well. It has finally happened!!!
£250k government funding announced today for Bletchley Park. Hooray!!!!!!! Yippee!!!! Woohoo!!!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the campaign. There have been so many people involved that they are too numerous to mention, read my previous blog posts for details of some of those who have given their support to save Bletchley Park. Thanks to everyone on Twitter who has supported the campaign. Power to the people! Look what we did guys!!! :)))
Of course, it is not completely over...we do need to get this amount of money coming in each year for another four years while Bletchley Park get everything there sorted out from the potholes in the car park to the restoration of the fabulous codebreaking huts.But, this is a milestone, and a big one.
Thank you DCMS.
Details below:
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw will visit Bletchley Park on Thursday to announce the allocation of £250,000 DCMS funding for urgent repairs at the neglected WW2 Codebreaking Centre. The grant, which comes from the reallocation of under-spends elsewhere in the DCMS budget for 2009-2010, will allow the Bletchley Park Trust to tackle a variety of badly needed works on the ageing site including resurfacing pot-holed roads and car-parks and new roofs for iconic, at-risk, codebreaking buildings.
Simon Greenish, CEO of the Bletchley Park Trust, welcomed today's announcement as hugely significant, saying:
"This enormously-appreciated funding boost will not only enable vital repair and maintenance of this WW2 site for the benefit of our rapidly growing number of visitors, but it also represents endorsement by the DCMS that Bletchley Park is a place of national importance which deserves Government support.”
Ben Bradshaw commended the work of the Bletchley Park Trust, saying:
“The work carried out at Bletchley Park had a huge impact on the course of the war, and the museum does a brilliant job in bringing this alive for people of all ages. But, having doubled its visitor numbers over the last three years, it urgently needs funds to keep it in good condition. I am delighted to announce this grant which will help renovate the buildings and ensure that future visitors enjoy a really high quality experience when they come here.”
The announcement comes after a previous landmark was reached by the Trust in October 2009 when the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a first round pass for the Bletchley Park Trust application for museum development funding and awarded £460,000 to work up detailed plans. These will be submitted early to mid 2011 in a bid to secure the £4.1 million needed to realize the plans and subject to the Trust raising the £1 million needed for match-funding the bid. The Trust will then work on raising a further £5 million to complete the development.
Ada Lovelace Day 2010
Well it's already Ada Lovelace day 2010!! That year went quickly :)
Thanks to a brilliant idea last year by the wonderful Suw Charman-Anderson people all over the world have pledged to blog about a Woman in Technology that they are inspired by. Just have a look at the fabulous map of #ALD10 contributors from all over the world.
Well, I've finally, after much prevarication, decided who to blog about: BCSWomen. There are more than one thousand women in tech who are members of BCSWomen and they inspire me individually and as a group, every day, to get out there and do my job. No matter whether we are facing problems at work or at home, the sort of things that we all have to face at one time or another, BCSWomen are there for each other. We support each other, encourage each other, share successes and failures together, and are growing older together. My heroines. The women who just get out there every day and make a difference. Thank you all for the support and encouragement you have given me over the last nine years. I couldn't have done what I have without you.
#ALD10 @findingada
Following on from a campaign on Twitter to raise money via a JustGiving page, enough money has now been raised to send Kelsey Griffin and Sue Black to the Museums and the Web conference to present their joint paper: Can Twitter save Bletchley Park? The paper was co-authored with Professor Jonathan Bowen of Museophile, a friend of Sue's.
Kelsey and Sue are pictured above with Simon Greenish, Bletchley Park Director and Stephen Fry on Stephen's visit to Bletchley Park last year.
The trip will give them the opportunity to promote Bletchley Park to a US and international audience in April in Denver, Colorado.
APPG for Bletchley Park
I heard last week that following a promise from MP Tom Watson last year an All Party Parliamentary Group on Bletchley Park will be set up this month. This is good news as it will provide a focal point for government ministers from any party to meet, hear about and discuss issues related to Bletchley Park.
Watch this space for more news :)
“Victory at Bletchley Park Day� - Fab funding announcement!!
Fabulous announcement this morning that the Heritage Lottery Fund have approved the proposal submitted by Bletchley Park a few months ago to upgrade the site :)))
Thanks *so* much to everyone that has helped and supported the campaign.
BUT please remember that this is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning.......
Bletchley Park still needs your help. On top of the HLF money it still needs £250k per annum operational funding for the next 5 years plus another £6 million funding. We must save Bletchley Park!!
Here is the official announcement:
Bletchley Park are to receive a Heritage Lottery Fund development grant
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to the Bletchley Park Trust to work up plans to help transform Bletchley Park into a world class heritage and educational centre it was announced today. Development funding of £460,500 was awarded to help progress their plans.
More details at:
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/592098
An apology from Gordon Brown
Friday 11th September 2009 was a red letter day for the Saving Bletchley Park campaign. Gordon Brown issued a public apology: he said that he is sorry for the "appalling" way World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was treated for being gay. More details are on the No. 10 Downing Street petitions website and the BBC report PM apology after Turing petition
I spoke on BBC Breakfast time, BBC Radio London and the Radio 4 Today program about the apology and the current plight of Bletchley Park. There was a lot of press and media coverage which was fabulous for the Park. Hopefully we are getting closer to a solution to Bletchley Park's financial problems.
The National Portrait Gallery invited me to view their portrait of Turing which has been selected by Chris Smith MP as part of the Gay Icons exhibition. It is an excellent and very moving exhibition, and very highly recommended viewing.
The next notable event on the landscape is finding out around the end of September whether the Heritage Lottery Fund have approved Bletchley Park's recent proposal for funding. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for some more good news.....
Government response a disgrace
10 Downing Street’s response – or lack of response – to the Save Bletchley Petition, signed by almost 22,000 people, is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the thousands of people that worked there. Bletchley Park not only saved countless British lives and shortened the war by two years, but it is also the birthplace of modern computing and a vital site in the UK’s 20th Century wartime and scientific heritage. If the Government truly acknowledge the contribution made as significant why are they failing to help secure its future?
The funds already allocated to the park will go some small way to fixing a tiny number of problems, but the whole site, and particularly the huts where the most important work was done, are in a dire state of repair. This setback will not stop us campaigning – despite this response, we still believe that investment in saving Bletchley Park would be hugely beneficial to the UK, in terms of saving incredibly important history, knowledge and fantastic stories for the nation.
The Women of Bletchley Park
Last week I went to Bletchley Park to speak at a great event entitled 'Women of Bletchley Park', organised by Suw Charman-Anderson as a follow up to Ada Lovelace day.
It was a fabulous day with the star of the show being the amazing Jean Valentine, Bletchley Park WW2 veteran as our guide.
There is a video of Jean explaining the Bombes which she worked on on YouTube which gives you an idea of how interesting it was. But don't just take my word for it, here are some really great blog posts about the day which will give you a good idea of what it was like:
“The geese that laid the golden eggs – but never cackled.” by @liliaceous
"Finding Ada at Bletchley Park" by @LaurieJ
"Finding Ada - The Women of Bletchley Park" by @pernickety
The film that we watched in the Bletchley Park cinema on the day is "The Women of Station X" which was produced by BCSWomen. There is much more information available about the Women of Station X also on the BCS website and a report from ZDNet "Recognizing Bletchley's unsung heroines" at the official launch in March 2008.
It was a great day, and many thanks to all involved, but, on a sobering note, I took a photo of Hut 6, the hut that I stood outside last year when I was interviewed by the BBC at the beginning of my campaign one year ago. It looks a lot worse than it did last year. Time is running out! We must save Bletchley Park!!! Please donate, talk to everyone you know, write to your MP, support the campaign in any way you can. Thank you.
#BFPA #BPARK #FINDINGADA #BCSWOMEN
More Campaign Success!
More good news....following my meeting with Phil Willis MP recently he has tabled an Early Day Motion on Bletchley Park :) Please encourage your MP to sign it.
You can email your MP though the WriteToThem website, it only takes two minutes of your time, so please if you are a UK resident do it now.
If enough of us email we will make a difference.
Campaign success!
I've got lots to report....last month Chris Lee from New Media Knowledge recorded "Twittering Bletchley Park"a podcast of me talking about using social media in the Saving Bletchley Park campaign. I also talk in general about Bletchley Park and why it should be saved, do give it a listen.
I had an interesting meeting with Professor Barry Cooper who is Chair of the 2012 Alan Turing Year Centenary Committee where we discussed possible events for 2012. Mind you there is an impressive line of events already lined up.
The Director of Bletchley Park, Simon Greenish and I were invited to the Europython 2009 conference in Birmingham to give a keynote talk about Bletchley Park on July 1st. We were given a very warm welcome from a great group of people. It was my first talk to such a big crowd, about 450 in the audience! But I think it went well :)
Click on the photo of me above to go to a video of the talk, Simon Greenish talks first about the history and plans for Bletchley Park. My sections starts at around 15 minutes. At the end we unveil an Enigma machine on stage....the audience loved it and were asking questions for about an hour afterwards :)))
Last weekend I gave an invited talk at the Opentech conference in London, this time about women in tech. I had a nice surprise when I introduced myself. I said as part of my intro that I campaign for Bletchley Park and got a round of applause and some cheers. Popular support for Bletchley Park and the camapign is growing :)
I spoke to some very interesting people at the conference, both speakers and audience. During one of the breaks I had a lovely chat with Tom Watson MP. I asked him what he could do to help save Bletchley Park. To my astonishment he said that he would set up a cross party parliamentary group on Bletchley Park. Go Tom! What a great guy :)
This week I had a long standing appointment to see Phil Willis MP to talk to him about Bletchley Park and the campaign. He proved to be another great guy, because after talking to him for just 5 or 10 minutes he said that he will table an Early Day Motion on Bletchley Park! What a result!
Tom Watson and Phil Willis, two guys in government who really are doing a great job :)
Finally: great news announced today! All surviving Bletchley Park veterans are to be given medals for their service. Great that the recognition of the contribution made by these fine people is finally being recognised :)
Why I'm ashamed to be British!
It is a bad day for the Save Bletchley Park campaign today :(
I recently wrote a short comment piece for the Telegraph newspaper which I encourage you to read, on "Why I'm ashamed to be British".
Today, having just listened to the Lords' questions I am also embarrassed. The wonderful Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall asked Lord Davies of Oldham "...what support the UK government will give to the restoration and development of Bletchley Park." Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall was joined by Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Eden of Winton, Baroness Trumpington, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Lord Selkirk of Douglas and Lord Lea of Crondall in asking for substantial funding to support Bletchley Park.
In a nutshell the reply from Lord Davies of Oldham was that the government are already doing enough. What utter rubbish! You can see the discussion on the UK Parliament TV channel here starting at around 5.50 minutes. It is also in text form here on Hansard. There is fantastic support from the Lords, with several saying that they have strong connections to Bletchley Park, but the government position is clear: some money has been given to Bletchley Park by English Heritage and Milton Keynes council and that is it. What a disgrace! I am absolutely and utterly disgusted. What is the point of us having a House of Lords if their opinions are brushed aside like this?
If you are similarly annoyed and based in the UK, please write to your MP. Here is a draft letter.
If you have the time, a letter in your own words is more effective, it takes a little longer, but has a much bigger impact. Letters don't need to be long, one paragraph is enough. If you could add a short paragraph about what Bletchley Park means to you, that would be great! Send your letter to your MP at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
You can find out who your local MP is here
If you are not in the UK please sign the international petition and talk to anyone you know who may be able to help put pressure on the UK government.
Thank you so much! We must save Bletchley Park!
Stephen Fry visits Bletchley Park
Today was an absolute Red Letter Day for me and for Bletchley Park :) On February 4th I blogged about Stephen Fry very kindly tweeting:
#bpark You might want to sign the Save Bletchley Park petition. Read @Dr_Black 's reasons why on http://is.gd/ikEh - BP won us the war! 2:11 AM Feb 4th from web
stephenfry
and today took that one step further. Stephen Fry visited Bletchley Park and tweeted the highlights to his almost half a million followers on Twitter!
After Stephen had agreed to visit Bletchley Park for the day I had, as instructed, (but only just) managed to keep it a secret, that's not bad considering a) it was probably two months of me keeping my mouth shut and b) it was going to be an exciting day that I, frankly, had only dreamed of truly happening. I had managed not to tweet or anything about Stephen's visit to make sure that he could have a relaxing day
walking around BP and getting the real Bletchley Park experience: it kind of grows on you as you wander around the site, meeting the remarkable people and hearing the incredible stories, sometimes from people who actually worked there during WW2!
So, this morning I got up said goodbye to my lovely family and started the journey up to BP. When I was on the train to London I noticed a disturbing tweet from Rory Cellan Jones aka @ruskin147 saying that he was on his way to Bletchley Park! I was outraged and made sure I told him so when we met up (sorry Rory!) Once we got to BP I told Christian aka @documentally off as well for tweeting about Stephen's visit. It turned out that he was just winding me up, nothing new there ;) Then, as we were waiting for Stephen to arrive, and after me telling everyone off, Stephen sent a tweet saying that he had just arrived at Bletchley Park! Needless to say I managed not to tell Stephen off! ;)
Over lunch we all had a chat about everything and Simon showed Stephen an Enigma machine. You can see a video of that here.
After lunch Stephen unveiled the new griffins at the front of the mansion house and we then we had a great time touring BP and talking to many of the fabulous people that work there, like Tony Sale seen above demonstrating Colossus. 75% of the fantastic staff at Bletchley Park work there as volunteers.
We also met a lovely lady, Dorothy Richards nee Blake, seen below and talking to Stephen Fry here, who worked at BP during WW2 and was on her first trip back since the 40s. There are still over 1000 BP veterans alive, remarkable people who we could, if funds were available, record their fascinating memories. Wouldn't that be great? I've heard many interesting and exciting stories since I've been involved and I've only met a few of these amazing people.
If you search on Twitter for #bpark you will find a trail of the day's happenings, Stephen Fry so obviously enjoyed himself and was of course extremely knowledgeable and very quick to pick up everything that he had not known beforehand. A genuinely lovely person and now a great supporter of Bletchley Park.
Thank you so much @stephenfry you made my day and that of everyone at Bletchley Park. I think Bletchley Park will hopefully be safe now that you are involved. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.
Ada Lovelace Day
Today is Ada Lovelace day. Thanks to a brilliant idea by the wonderful Suw Charman-Anderson people all over the world have pledged to blog about a Woman in Technology that they are inspired by. I've been thinking long and hard since the challenge was laid down and have finally decided who to blog about. There were so many to choose from, famous women like Steve Shirley and Wendy Hall both of whom are fabulous role models and truly wonderful people. I've been very fortunate to know both of them. I have met so many women through my work setting up and running LondonBCSWomen and then BCSWomen who are absolutely fabulous and much as I'd like to, I can't mention them all because it would just take so long. But in a way, isn't that great....there are *so many* fabulous women in technology, that I know, that I don't have time to write about them all. But you know who you are girlfiends....and you all inspire me every day, even now eleven years after setting up the first group. How time flies :)
One great woman that I would like to mention quickly is Aliza Sherman, I met her in Brussels in 1998 and she inspired me to eventually set up BCSWomen. Thanks Aliza :)
I also must mention that I have also been inspired by female colleagues and students at both London South Bank University and my current workplace, the University of Westminster. There are many great female computer scientists around......but we need more.
The woman in technology that I am blogging about today is someone that I found out about at Bletchley Park. She was born Aldrina Nia Vaughan, latterly known as Dina St Johnston.
Dina set up the UK's first software house in Brickendon, Hertfordshire in February 1959. She left school at 16 (like me ;)) and got a job working with the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association in London. At the same time she studied four nights a week at Croydon Polyechnic. She passed her exams and wanted to go to Royal Holloway and Bedford College but because most places at that university were reserved for ex-service people and the remaining places went to men she was unable to gain a place. She therefore went to Sir John Cass College and took and external University of London degree in mathematics.
In 1953 she moved to Elliot Brothers and was sent to attend the Cambridge summer school on Programming in 1954. Her programming skills soon drew her to the attention of the computing division. She worked there for a further five years before setting up her own company: Vaughan Programming Services (VPS). Please read 'An appreciation of Dina St Johnston (1930-2007) Founder of the UK's first Software House' by Simon Lavington for more details of her life and achievements. She sounds like a feisty woman, she remained an active programmer until 1996, I really wish I had met her.
I would like to know more about Dina St Johnston, do let me know if you have any information you can share about her, I haven't found much in a brief web search.
Many thanks to Lin Jones @linjones on Twitter, volunteer guide at Bletchley Park for giving me the journal paper mentioned above after a discussion about Dina St Johnston last Saturday. I must remember to blog about the rest of our very interesting conversation sometime soon.
So, Happy Ada Lovelace Day everyone! Let's celebrate women in technology, do please consider blogging about a women in technology that you know.I would love to read it :)
Ada Lovelace Day tags: AdaLovelaceDay09, #ALD09
Pixelh8, Imogen Heap and the Bombe
Last Saturday I finally took my family to Bletchley Park on the occasion of my wonderful twin sons, Sam and Ollys' 23rd birthday. We had a fabulous day with a special surprise champagne party in Station X organised by two great people: my daughter Emma and Kelsey Griffin from Bletchley Park. Here are Sam and Olly in Station X:
We went up to Bletchley Park as part of the London Flickr group's trip there which was organised by Billy Abbott or @cowfish as he is known on Twitter, a cool dude :)
In the evening we went to Pixelh8's Obsolete? gig which was really cool :) Pixelh8 is an up and coming talent who I'm sure we are going to hear a lot more from. He uses sounds from old computers to make some fab music. We also got to meet Imogen Heap, an extremely talented musicial genius who was there for the evening too. Here's a pic of us after the gig:
The gig was featured on the BBC's Look East programme, you can see quite a few of the London Flickr group front left in the audience :) We were further back on the right.
Last week was a great week for Bletchley Park with the lovely John Harper and the Bombe rebuild team winning an award from The Institute of Mechanical Engineers for their fabulous work. It is highlighted in the coverage today by the Mail on Sunday: The Wider View: Nazi codebreaker which shortened the Second World War by two years and in the local press the MKNews War veterans gather to see Bombe machine honoured
Oh and I almost forgot! I was interviewed live on BBC News 24 on 24th March (quite a nerve racking experience!) about women in computing for Ada Lovelace Day #ALD09. A day to celebrate women's contribution to tech, the fantastic idea of Suw Charman-Anderson. My blog post for the day can be seen below. Before I started campaigning for Bletchley Park last year I was a campaigning to improve the situation for, and increase the amount of women in, computing. I set up an online network for women in computing in 1998 called London BCSWomen and an international version in 2001 called BCSWomen. I chaired BCSWomen until last June.
I was also amazed to find that ITPRO magazine had suggested their Top Ten IT Women Role Models and included me at number 8! Wow!
Finally....thanks to Kelsey for this reminder: also this week BCS President Alan Pollard opened the new and exciting 3D theatre which shows in pictures how the famous German Enigma machine worked and how Alan Turing’s Bombe machine was used to crack the code. It also shows how the museum's fully operational replica of the Bombe was built.
TNMOC receives £100k!!
Great news this week as the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park receives it's biggest ever donation :)
Fabulous news!!
Lovely pic of the wonderful Tony Sale showing Stepehn Fry (also wonderful of course ;)) the rebuilt Colossus housed in TNMOC.
Bletchley Park wins Building with Pride!
Fabulous news: Bletchley Park has won Wickes Builing with Pride competition!
People have been voting for the last two months for the builing that they are most proud of in the UK, the fact that Bletchley Park has won means that people all over the country care about Bletchley Park, that's such great news :)
More on the story from the local newspaper The Milton Keynes Citizen.
Also today a great blog post from Rory Cellan Jones, the BBC technology correspondent on our use of social media to engage everyone with the plight of Bletchley Park. It's entitled Bletchley Park's Social Media War.
3 Counties Radio, Building with Pride and Station X
A great week for Bletchley Park! Milton Keynes residents voted to match the funding that English Heritage promised last December. this is great news because it means another £600 000 for Bletchley Park. There's a full write up on the BBC news website and in the Independent Neighbours give Bletchley a cash lifeline.
Also last week I went to a talk at UCL by the wonderful Captain Jerry Roberts. Jerry worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WW2 and had some very interesting stories to tell. One thing that he emphasized was the fact that the three key people that worked at Bletchley Park that made fundamental advances, namely Alan Turing, Bill Tutte and Tommy Flowers have recieved little recognition for what they did. Most of us have heard of Alan Turing, but very few of us have heard of Tommy Flowers or Bill Tutte, and considering what they did in terms of enabling WW2 to end they got very little thanks. Jerry told us in no uncertain terms that he thought it was not too late to do something about this. Here's my tweet. I agree. What do you think?
Also...last week all of us Bletchley Park aka #bpark Twitterers voted for Bletchley Park as the Building we are most proud of on the Building with Pride website. It was neck and neck with The Needles on the Isle of Wight and the Cavern in Liverpool. I'm hoping that we did enough to win, but The Needles put up very stiff competition. The results will be announced this week,so keep an eye ion Twitter for the results, I'll tweet as soon as I hear anything.
Today was a busy and exciting day too. An interview for me on BBC Three Counties Radio (listen from about 35 minutes) and My first StationX social media cafe experience at Bletchley Park. To get to Bletchley Park in time I had to get up at 6.30am! Easy for some, but not the easiest thing for me to do:) Anyway, due probably to being excited about today, I had no problem getting up in the middle of the night ;) and got to Bletchley at about 9am with plenty of time to spare before my interview. I was only slightly stressed before the interview, so am obviously getting used to it now. A far cry from my first live radio interview, last year I think, when I thought I was going to die from heart failure beforehand. Amazing how you can get used to anything really :) In fact listening to my interview for the first time this evening, I really enjoyed it...hey! I'm becoming a dab hand at this stuff!
Thanks very much again to Clive Flint for the photos. see his Flickr set for more.
StationX was wonderful. Organised by the fabulous Christian Payne: @documentally on Twitter, it was great to meet up with so many other geeky people. We all had a good chat, some of us were interviewed by Christian and we had a fantastic geeked out tour of Bletchley Park and the National Museum of Computing. @panavision was our guide along with @linjones, both of whom are volunteer guides at BP. @Loudmouthman astounded with his deep geekness, @sizemore was cool and composed as always, good to see @steaders and @cliveflint again and of course @bletchleypark :) Great also to meet @PaulDJohnston and @TowcesterNews who has written a great blog about it here. Another great day at Bletchley Park, I'm sure there will be more to come.
BTW: If you haven't signed the petition to save Bletchley Park yet, please do it now, we need to get to number 1!
Please write a letter to your MP
Thanks very much to Chris Campbell who has produced a draft letter that we can all use in the UK to send to our MPs.
If you have the time, a letter in your own words is more effective, it takes a little longer, but has a much bigger impact. Letters don't need to be long, one paragraph is enough. If you could add a short paragraph about what Bletchley Park means to you, that would be great!
Send your letter to your MP at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
Is Twitter saving Bletchley Park?
Things are really starting to take off now, it's getting very exciting! I've been speaking to people about Bletchley Park since last July when I went on a tour there, and if you read all my blog posts below, you will see how, gradually, the campaign has picked up. There are so many things going on and offers from so many people to do things that what I write about here is only the tip of the iceberg :)
In the last couple of weeks I have had a piece in the Telegraph entitled "Save Bletchley Park: Why I am ashamed to be British" which has had 135 comments from the public added, really great to see so much public support :) I have carried on sending the occasional tweet on Twitter to raise awareness and ask people to sign the petition, which is climbing higher and higher on the number 10 website. Will it reach number one? I hope so.
People on Twitter have been absolutely fabulous and extremely supportive of the campaign, I actually think that Twitter in a way will save Bletchley Park. If you would like to follow Bletchley Park themselves on Twitter you can do that here: http://twitter.com/bletchleypark
Since starting to campaign on Twitter in January many wonderful people are spreading the word by retweeting and getting involved themselves. See below for my blog post about the visit to Bletchley Park with Mike Atherton, Christian Payne and Jamillah Knowles, three great people who have really helped take the campaign forward. Some tweeters are happy to carry forward the campaign message on their own, for example Lewis Shepherd CTO at the Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments at Microsoft who very kindly said that he would talk about the campaign to save Bletchley Park at last month's Microsoft's Techfest. How cool is that?!
In the last few weeks I've spoken about Bletchley Park at events and conferences like Amplified09, Extreme Tuesday, the Tuttle Club, Twestival and Software Craftsmanship 2009 where Jason Gorman the conference organiser implored everyone to help save Bletchley Park. Thanks Jason!
Amplified09 #40 Bletchley Park - Dr Sue Black will be with us to chat around the Save Bletchley Park campaign. Something close to the heart of all geeks.
Thanks very much to Clive Flint for the photo, another great supporter of Bletchley Park from Twitter :)
I've also had meetings with some great guys from BT that I met on Twitter, I'm hoping to hear from them again soon ;)
Captain Jerry Roberts is giving a talk about his experiences at Bletchley Park at UCL next week. After sending a tweet out about, it all seats were booked and the waiting list filled up too. I'm really looking forward to that, it is great that Jerry is getting the recognition that he deserves, he is a great man :) He in turn is very keen to get recognition for Tommy Flowers and Bill Tutte who worked at Bletchley Park. I'm sure he will be talking about them next week.
Ooh, just remembered: I also set up a Save Bletchley Park group on Linkedin three weeks ago and invited all of my 560 Linkedin contacts to join! So far there are 217 members and several people contributing to some interesting discussion.
So, you see, things are really happening....even PR people have started to notice the campaign! ;) Here is Steve Taylor, Director of Media and Marketing at Sue Ryder Care guest blogging about engaging an audience and online marketing:
Does it work? Just take a look at the trail of excellent support generated on Twitter by Bletchley Park for instance to see how you can engage a large group for no cost. That’s another ‘code’ they’ve cracked.
Hehe, very good.
Thanks so much to the hundreds or maybe thousands (now :)) of people who are talking to their friends, relatives and colleagues about Bletchley Park and coming up with their own ideas for projects that will help with the campaign. Please encourage everyone you know to join the campaign by: signing the petition, writing to their MP (draft letter for you to use coming soon), joining twitter and following @Dr_Black and @BletchleyPark for updates and talking to everyone about it. It is a crucial/significant/fundamental part of our heritage. Have I forgotten anything? Oh yes:
BLETCHLEY PARK MUST BE SAVED!
Please do what you can. Thanks :)
Stephen Fry Tweets "Save Bletchley Park"
On the evening of 3rd February I decided to send a tweet or two to Stephen Fry asking him if he would tweet about saving Bletchley Park, I went to bed afterwards and forgot all about it.
At 10am the next morning I got an email saying that I had received a direct message from Stephen Fry. He said that he had sent out a tweet to all his followers! I checked Twitter to find this:
This may not seem like a big thing for the campaign, but believe me, it's massive! Stephen then had about 116 000 followers on Twitter, he now has 222 690. Twitter has been incredibly powerful in terms of spreading the word.
Well, guess what happened? Everything went crazy! I had people emailing me from all over the world, and many people retweeted Stephen's original tweet which meant that even more people got to hear about the situation that Bletchley Park finds itself in. I had 8000 hits on my blog and the petition to save Bletchley Park on the No. 10 Downing Street site went up by over 1000 signatures. A very unusual day :)
I went to most retweeted person of the day, with Stephen Fry in second place. See these screen shots taken on the day, to see what happened :)
and Bletchley Park started trending seriously.
Thank you so much Stephen Fry and thank you so much Twitterers, you are really helping to save Bletchley Park.
Bletchley Park Goldmine
Met up with a fabulous person yesterday, his name is Brian Oakley. Brian is a CBE, was BCS President in 1988 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex. He is best known as the Chairman of the committee that was responsible for implementing the government program of fifth generation computing research that followed the Alvey report in the 1980s.
I first met Brian when he showed Fran Allen, Caroline Wardle, Phyllis Starkey MP and me around Bletchley Park last September. Brian was an absolutely fantastic guide, his knowledge of BP is absolutely immense and he is completely committed to saving Bletchley Park and has been for some time.
Brian has an equally amazing wife, Marion, who made us the best cake I have ever tasted in my life, no joke , it really was (please don't tell my friend Ilaria, because up until now, her cakes were the best ;-))
I had been meaning to get in touch with Brian since last September and embarassingly have only just got around to it. Anyway, we had a really wonderful afternoon together discussing Bletchley Park amongst many other things, Brian and Marion have four children and ten grandchildren who sound absolutely wonderful too!
Brian has produced many documents relating to Bletchley Park over the years including a database of people who worked there and a month by month account of what happened at BP during WW2. I'm hoping that we may be able to get some of the amazing information that he has spent many years compiling online. Watch this space for details......
BTW: I found this interesting link whilst Googling Brian: The 360/195 is dead
Blogging 4 Bletchley
Had a really enjoyable evening this evening talking to the Extreme Tuesday club about being a geek and saving Bletchley Park. Many thanks to the wonderful Jason Gorman for coming up with the Blogging 4 Bletchley idea and then organising it. I hadn't really thought that much about being a geek before, but the signs were there for me from an early age: not many friends and used to spend all my pocket money on maths textbooks ;-) Hmmm.
Anyway, as I was saying, there were some great people in the audience with some good questions and ideas and a really interesting discussion afterwards. I'm looking forward to many great things from the blogging/tweeting community in terms of Bletchley Park. They are a force to be reckoned with.
If you have a blog, please do start Blogging 4 Bletchley: read all about Bletchley Park and start telling people why you think it should be saved, and of course do get in touch if you want any more information.
Remember Tommy Flowers
BBC Pods and Blogs aka Jamillah Knowles came along with us last week when we visited Bletchley Park. Jamillah has produced a fabulous podcast from Captain Jerry Roberts talk at UCL and those of us who were at BP last week. Listen to it from the BBC Pods and Blogs page
One of the students who was at Captain Jerry Roberts talk last week has blogged about it, which led me to find many others who have blogged about Bletchley Park. Many people really care about the place and for good reason.
If you haven't signed the 10 Downing Street petition to save BP already, please do so now.
New Hope for Bletchley Park
What a fabulous day! I went to Bletchley Park last Wednesday with Mike Atherton, Jamillah Knowles and Christian Payne. They are better known to those who use Twitter as @Sizemore, @Jemimah_Knight and @Documentally.
First we had a meeting with Simon Greenish: Director of Bletchley Park and Kelsey Griffin: Director of Operations at BP.
L to R Christian, Mike, Kelsey, Sue
A video clip shot by Christian, shows us introducing ourselves and Simon talking about BP. We then had a grand tour led by Kelsey, taking in the Mansion House, Station X (well almost, it was locked, but we stood outside ;-)). We then went to the BP Post Office and Toy Museum. I was amazed to see a book that I read when I was six years old in the Toy Museum...made me feel rather old! Apart from that it was fabulous ;-) very evocative with something there for everyone to have a look at. That's the first time I've been in there and actually, I can't wait to go back and have a better look. We met the people who set up and run the Toy Museum who were really lovely and also I was introduced by them to the Director of the Bethnal Park Toy Museum as she just happened to be visiting.
Next we had a look at the vintage cars and the boat museum, and then moved on to the cottages where some of the top code breakers worked. Next was the National Museum of Computing (NMOC) which is of course Mecca for a geek like me. I could spend all day in there. Do have a look at the photographs taken by Mike, Christian and Jamillah in the new Flickr group of all of these parts of BP, they must have taken about 1000 photographs between them! Bletchley Park have set up a Flickr group so that anyone with photos of BP can put them online for all to enjoy, another great idea from the group :-) BP also now have a prescence on Twitter: you can follow updates about what they are doing by following @bletchleypark.
From the NMOC we went to have a look at the furnace where all of the paper used for writing down the codes/decrypts etc. was burnt every day, as Christian said "like the forerunner of the modern day shredder". It felt like a very symbolic place to me because I can just imagine the people working there assigned to the job walking down there every night with the paper used that day, burning it in the furnace (on land unfortunately no longer owned by BP) and there already being messages coming through which needed to be deciphered for the next day. The position of the wheels on the Enigma or Lorenz machines was changed every day and the code cracked afresh each day.
Next was the Bombe rebuild, and the exhibits in that block, finishing up in the BP shop which has many interesting and varied products for sale, better than your average gift shop. We ended with Jemimah interviewing us for her BBC Pods and Blogs spot. As she interviewed Mike and Christian I walked over to the lake and spent 10 minutes thinking about all of the people that worked at BP, most sadly no longer with us :-( The 10 minutes reflection really made me think that BP should become a living museum, just imagine if when you visit you really get a sense of what it was like there during WWII. You arrive at the entrance and are questioned by a sentry and not allowed in until you show the correct ID, there are people sitting by the lake who will talk to you about their jobs running the Bombe and Colossus machines, someone in the role of Alan Turing walking or riding aorund on his bicycle, happy to answer questions about his involvement and life there. How cool would that be for kids visiting? Well, and adults too of course.
It was an absolutely fabulous day, and very exciting to see and hear about all of the things that Mike, Christian and Jemimah know that BP can use to help get a whole new audience involved with BP. As I had hoped, it's not because people don't care that BP is not properly funded, although of course that is true for some. I think it is because not enough of the people that care know the reality of the situation. I left with a real sense of hope that we had taken a massive step forward with the campaign. Mike and Christian are fantastic, they are wonderful people that really care about the important things in life, I feel very honoured to have met them and spent a day with them. The same goes for Jemimah. None of them had to be there, they very kindly came along to see what was going on and to see if they could help out. I believe that their input will over the next few months make a dramatic difference to Bletchley Park, and look forward to see how their influence and input plays out.
Do keep checking back here to see what progress has been made and do have a look at www.twitter.com and follow @bletchleypark, you'll be glad that you did.
Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer
Attended an absolutely fascinating talk today by Captain Jerry Roberts at University College London. I was accompanied by Mike Sizemore, Jemimah Knight and my lovely friend Judy Corbalis.
Captain Jerry Roberts shows us one of the valves used by Tommy Flowers when building Colossus
Jerry is an amazing speaker. He told us many stories about his time at Bletchley Park including the time when he deciphered and translated a message that ended with the signature: 'Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer'. How incredible must that have been? Amazing. Jerry told us the story of Tommy Flowers who invented the first computer at Bletchley Park: Colossus, Bill Tutte who cracked Tunny and of course Alan Turing. It was a fabulous afternoon shared by German and History students from UCL who sat quietly with their mouths open throughout the whole talk. We were all hanging on Jerry's every word....with good reason. I'm looking forward to the next talk Jerry gives in March, again at UCL. Many thanks to Professor Suzanne Kord from UCL for organising the talk for her students and very kindly allowing us to attend.
Now to tomorrow, I'm so excited as I'm off to Bletchley Park again. This time with Mike and Jemimah and also Christian, all better known to those on Twitter as @Sizemore, @Jemimah_Knight and @Documentally.
Mike got in touch with me last week after following a link from my Twitter profile to this blog and then reading about the campaign to get Bletchley Park properly funded. He told me that both he and Christian who are both social media gurus, really want to do something about the lack of funding for Bletchley Park. They have done an amazing job already over the last couple of days of promoting the cause, and I think that what they are going to do tomorrow when we are at BP is going to make a massive difference. I can't wait to see how tomorrow goes.....watch this space....
Mavis Batey on CBS news
Fabulous coverage of Bletchley Park on US TV Channel CBS news today:
WWII Code Breaking Compound Crumbles
Mavis Batey is interviewed by CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar about codebreaking, and Simon Greenish the Director of Bletchley Park shows us the inside of one of the huts, something I have not seen before.
Simon Greenish says that it has been a record year for visitors this year with 70 000 regular visitors plus 5 000 schoolchildren. With all the publicity that Bletchley Park is getting I'm sure that numbers will keep increasing :-)
A great lunch and plans for the future
Was invited to Jerry and Mei Roberts' place for lunch and to meet Jack Copeland author of the book 'Colossus'. Although I haven't read the whole book (I'm ashamed to say) I have dipped in and out of it, it is an absolutely fascinating read and highly recommended. Jack and Jerry very kindly signed my copy :-)
After introductions were over we had a good chat about BP. Jerry is absolutely amazing, he led one of the shifts in the testery at BP during WWII and at 80+ is still going strong. Jack has amazing knowledge of what happened at BP and codebreaking from both a theoretical and historical point of view. We had a very enjoyable conversation and then started thinking up ideas for ways to raise funding and awareness for/of BP. I wrote up a list of exciting ideas and actions. Watch this space for progress.......
Exciting news this morning, Bletchley Park have received a £330 000 grant from English Heritage which will be used to undertake urgent repairs to the roof of the mansion house. Discussions are also in progress regarding a further £600 000 from English Heritage over the next three years.
This is fabulous news and exactly the type of funding for which we have been campaigning.
Simon Greenish, Director of Bletchley Park says 'I think this has come out of the publicity this year with your contribution being a major factor.' :-)
More details are on the BBC website this morning:
New lifeline for Bletchley Park
and in today's Times newspaper where our letter appeared last July:
Government grant to save Bletchley Park
The news is starting to be picked up across the media:
Bletchley Park recieves £330 000 English Heritage grant Bucks Free Press 6th November 2008
Bletchley Park gets £330k lifeline The Register 6th November 2008
Thanks everyone so much for your support, this is great news, and hopefully just the beginning of substantial funding for BP.
Simon Greenish, Director of Bletchley Park with Sir Francis and Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage at Bletchley Park this morning
The story is linked from the BBC homepage, showing how important they think it is:
and it is front of the BBC Technology page today:
Received a call from Jerry Roberts to say that the BBC are coming back to interview today him along with Jack Copeland, author of the book Colossus. This is great news as the more stories from BP that are broadcast the more people in general will realise what a massive role it played in the shortening and winning of WWII. Hopefully then more people will realise the importance of BP and join the campaign to save it for posterity.
Jerry said that the BBC are going to run a program about Tommy Flowers, the man who designed Colossus.
The campaign and awareness of BP seem to be gaining critical mass, as time goes on more and more people seem to be coming on board :-)
Fran Allen visits Bletchley Park
Another exciting day. Fran Allen: the only female Turing award winner is in the UK to speak at a conference and wants to go to see Bletchley Park. Professor Caroline Wardle from Queen Mary College and I have organised a trip for today. Joining us at BP are Phyllis Starkey the local MP for Bletchley and Mavis Batey one of the few surviving codebreakers.
Mavis (L) tells Fran (R) and the group all about her experience working at Bletchley Park.
We had a fabulous day guided around by Brian Oakley whose knowledge of BP was amazing.
From L to R: Brian Oakley, Caroline Wardle, Fran Allen, Phyllis Starkey MP, Sue Black, Frank Carter
From L to R: Caroline Wardle, John Harper, Phyllis Starkey MP, Fran Allen, Sue Black, Brian Oakley, Frank Carter.
John Harper and his team have rebuilt the Bombe.
Money for Bletchley Park
Great news! IBM and PGP corporation have donated money to The National Museum of Computing at BP :-)
Was invited to the press event at BP along with some of the Professors of Computing who signed our letter to the Times. Hopefully other companies will now follow suit...
Captain Jerry Roberts
Was invited to see Captain Jerry Roberts and his wife Mei for a chat about BP. They made me and my daughter Leah extremely welcome, and we talked for at least two hours about BP and Jerry's involvement there. Jerry was a shift leader, linguist and senior codebreaker in the testery at BP, an extremely important position.
Jerry said that he had decided to dedicate the rest of his life to highlighting the importance of BP and the people that worked there. I resolved to help find someone to help him to write about his experiences at BP and to try to get some media interest in him and the story he has to tell.
After only having met 2 hours before we parted firm friends. I am so lucky to have met or talked to some really incredible people through my campaign.
Bletchley Park hits the news
Wow! What a day. I woke up at 4.30am stressed with the thought that I was going to be interviewed live on BBC News 24 later that day. I did an interview with Radio Five live at about 7.50am and then made my way up to Westminster to the BBC studios.
On arrival I did my first ever studio radio interview with the BBC World Service and then got myself ready for a live TV interview. I sat waiting to go on opposite Feargal Sharkey from the Undertones. He sang one of the greatest songs of my teenage years: Teenage Kicks, I still feel excited by it every time I hear it, even now. I wanted to tell him that but was so nervous that I couldn't remember the name of the song! Feargal was then called to go on and I actually started calming down a bit. After about 10 minutes it was my turn and I went through and did the interview. I decided when miked up and sitting in the chair that I was going to enjoy it, because if I was stressed I would look stressed on TV. I think it worked, although when I came out I had no idea what I had said.
I had lunch with Andy Clark who is Chair of Trustees of The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park. We had a really interesting discussion and I found out more about the recent history of Bletchley Park and why it is in the state that it is now.
In the afternoon I did another Radio interview with BBC Radio Wales. This time they had a female veteran being interviewed with me, she was really interesting and great fun. I am really humbled when I talk to those that worked there. Their work, which was very hard work over several years, sometimes seven days per week, contributed to the freedom that I and my family and friends enjoy today.
A letter in the Times
Saving the heritage of Bletchley Park
We cannot let Bletchley go to rack and ruin
Sir, The work undertaken at Bletchley Park during the Second World War in breaking German wartime codes played a significant part in winning that war and securing our future. The work included the decryption of messages enciphered on the German Enigma machines and the breaking of the German “Fish” High Command teleprinter ciphers. Bletchley Park also played a significant role 65 years ago in the design and development of Colossus, one of the world’s first programmable electronic computers. It is therefore fitting that the world’s first purpose-built computer centre should be home to the National Museum of Computing.
Over the years, Bletchley Park has survived building redevelopment (1938), an air raid (1940), the destruction of sensitive material and information (post-1945) and more recently (1991), a second attempt at demolition and redevelopment. That Bletchley Park has survived to the present day is due to the foresight of Milton Keynes Borough Council, which declared the park a conservation area in February 1992, and the formation of the Bletchley Park Trust just three days later.
The trust currently runs this gem charitably, receiving no external funding. Although there has recently been some progress in generating income, without fundamental support Bletchley Park is still under threat, this time from the ravages of age and a lack of investment. Many of the huts where the codebreaking occurred are in a terrible state of disrepair.
As a nation, we cannot allow this crucial and unique piece of both British and world heritage to be neglected in this way. The future of the site, buildings, resources and equipment at Bletchley Park must be preserved for future generations by providing secure long-term financial backing. Is it too much to ask that Bletchley Park be provided with the same financial stability as some of our other great museums such as the Imperial War Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum?
The letter along with signatories is on the Times website
A busy and exciting week
Here is my email to CPHC:
It has been a very busy and exciting week :-)
I was interviewed at Bletchley Park on Monday by Rory Cellan Jones, the interview will be on the Today Programme on Radio 4 tomorrow morning and possibly on BBC 1pm and 6pm news depending on what else happens tomorrow. I am also going to be on Radio Five Live at 6.50am tomorrow morning (ouch!) and BBC news 24 at 11.30am.
The letter that my colleague John Turner very kindly wrote will be in the Times tomorrow and is already on their website. I was asked to choose 5-6 names from the 97 to put in the newspaper so have chosen those that I am hoping will have most resonance with the general public, many thanks to those six people. All signatories names are included on the Times website, but unfortunately, apart from the six aforementioned, they are there without titles or affilations, apologies for that, I have asked the Times to rectify this, so maybe they will change it.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article4385384.ece
I really hope that we have included everyone that emailed us in the list, if not my apologies, it has been really hectic over the last few days. Also apologies to Professor Lawrence Paulson, for some reason the 'Professor' has disappeared from your 'signature'.
Thank you all so much for your support for the campaign, it has been absolutely overwhelming, and I think that because of your support we may now actually get somewhere with this....and something fundamental may happen. I'm really becoming quite confident that we do now have a good chance of getting some serious funding :-)
Please talk to everyone you know who may be interested in the campaign, I'm hoping to appeal to the general public tomorrow to raise awareness amongst those that know very little about Bletchley Park, to get them onboard, to help them to realise that this is part of our heritage, all of us. We need to preserve Bletchley Park so that our children and grandchildren know and understand about the massive effort put into cracking the codes and winning WW2 and also the history of computing in this country.
I hope that I can get the message over well tomorrow, thanks again so much for your support everyone, you have really made a difference.
An exciting phone call
Was working at home planning to meet up with Professor Caroline Wardle from Queen Mary College for a working lunch to discuss a trip to Bletchley Park for Fran Allan: the only female Turing award winner who had taught Caroline at University in the States.
Got a call from Rory Cellan-Jones saying that he was going up to BP to shoot some film and record something for the radio, would I be interested in being interviewed at BP for radio and possibly a piece for TV too? Was I interested?! Called Caroline who kindly agreed to meet me earlier than planned and then got the train up to BP.
Was interviewed there by Rory for TV and radio. I had thought I would be nervous, but actually I wasn't. As I stood looking at the huts I just felt really annoyed that nothing was being done to save them.
The BBC are interested!
To my great surprise got a call from Rory Cellan-Jones and Mark Ward at the BBC. Had a good chat with them, they were both lovely and really interested in doing a piece about BP. Fabulous!
They suggested that the Letter to the Times from CPHC should go in next Thursday, they could not tell me why it had to be next Thursday.....if they did they would have to shoot me ;-) Exciting stuff. I agree that the letter can go in next Thursday.
Talk to the BBC
After getting such a great response from the Council for Professors and Heads of Computing to the letter which will appear in the Times sometime soon I decided to email my contacts in the media to see if they were interested in picking up the story. I emailed Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC amongst others and amazingly he got back to me almost straight away!
I chatted to Rory about BP and why we had to do something now to save it, I didn't feel that he was that interested...
The Council for Professors and Heads of Computing
Emailed the The Council for Professors and Heads of Computing:
From: Dr Sue Black
To: CPHC
Subject: Saving Bletchley Park
Many thanks to the very many of you who along with me signed the Bletchley Park petition recently. As Simon Greenish, the Director of Bletchley Park pointed out to me, the Bletchley Park petition now ranks higher on the popularity list than the petition asking for a knighthood for Bruce Forsyth. Excellent news, well done everyone ;-)
This email is a bid to take the campaign one step further. I went to Bletchley Park this month taking in a wonderful guided tour of the site. Whilst absolutely amazed by the history and the interesting and exciting stories of the fabulous work that went on there during WWII I was horrified to see the state of some of the huts where the codebreaking took place. One hut in particular is falling apart and has a blue tarpaulin nailed over one end (small photo attached), to be honest I found it quite distressing.
I came home determined to do more. So, I am appealing to you again to help me continue with the campaign to save Bletchley Park.
Pasted below this email is a letter drafted by John Turner, a colleague of mine at the University of Westminster, which I would like you to read and 'sign' if you agree by replying to this email with your name and affiliation. We will send the letter along with signatories to the Times newspaper in approximately ten days time. If you know of any computing pioneers or others whose signatures you think may add weight to the campaign please do feel free to forward this request.
Apologies for taking up your time with another email on this subject, but I believe that, not only is this a cause worth fighting for, but also that time is of the essence, a hut from the 1940s covered in a tarpaulin is not going to last for ever.
Bletchley Park visit
Went to a reception at Bletchley Park with my colleague from the University of Westminster John Turner who is also a passionate supporter. We had an interesting tour of the site. Although delighted to have a good look around the site I was quite shocked at the state of some of the huts which appeared to be almost falling down. One in particular was covered at one end by a blue tarpaulin to keep out the rain. I took a few photographs.
We saw the Colossus and Bombe machines which have been rebuilt over the last few years by two remarkable men: Tony Sales and John Harper supported by teams of enthusiasts, their dedication is amazing and an example to us all. We also got to see an Enigma machine and had a talk from the artist who has created a marvellous sculpture of Alan Turing.
John Harper, Alan Turing and Sue Black
Sue Black and the Enigma machine
We had a really interesting and educational visit to Bletchley Park, but on the way home I could not get the picture of the hut with the blue tarpaulin out of my head. I have to do something to ensure that it and the other huts along with the rest of the site are saved .....
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(Like per Charles Nove below), my mother was a BP girl, working in an RAF 'hut'. My father was in RAF Intelligence seconded to the War Office and co-operated with Prof. Reggie Jones on various scientific projects to defeat the Nazis. He visited BP a few times and may have first met Mum there. Certainly, they married in 1942, and the rest, as they say, is history. ( Well, mine anyway! )
Giles Daubney, on Sun June 05, 2011, 00:17
As part of a multinational group, we were given a tour of the Park, its huts and a lovely chat but one of the staff who helped build Colossus. This is a page in history that must be preserved by the British people as one of the finest hous for you and the Commonweaslth and the world. Good Luck Sue.
Ron Belanger, on Mon November 15, 2010, 15:51
Well done, Sue, for getting this publicity going. As everyone else is no doubt saying, this is the most incredibly disgrace. I dont do Twitter, so I was wondering about Face Book? Have you started an area, or shall I do one to link back here?
Dr Nina Baker, on Tue April 06, 2010, 11:31
The fact that those who have died have not been honoured is purely symptomatic of a government that is only doing what they have because they have been embarrassed into it! The veterans don't need a badge - they deserve a MEDAL for what they did!!!
Fraser, on Thu November 12, 2009, 19:21
I just booked my tickets for the comedy benefit in aid of Bletchley Park on Nov 3rd. Only a few seats left, by the looks of it. www.boffoonery.com
Joe Beck, on Tue September 01, 2009, 16:07
The Foreign Office recently announced an award for those who have worked at BP. However it only applies to those still alive not to those who have died! This discrimination is unjust. Should you agree with me suggest you write to:
GCHQ, Hubble Rd. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0EX.
I understand they are open to suggestions such as a certificate for all exBPs.
Derek Wilkins, on Sat August 08, 2009, 23:34
Does there exist any kind of roster of who worked there in WW2 ?
A relative was there but in what capacity I don't know.
Stan, now-expat, on Thu July 23, 2009, 18:16
Bletchley Park was unknown to me unitl some friends in the Lewis Carroll Society invited us there for a Bank Holiday event in August 2007. We were visiting from California; WWII was fought by our parents.
To discover the history of the place, its great significance in the war, the exhibits of the Enigma machines, the Bombe, and to watch the Colossus operating while Tony Sale described the rebuilding from surplus obsolete telecom equipment based on a few wiring diagrams and photographs, and to walk where Alan Turing walked was thrilling.
I hope that the National Codes Center can be saved and prosper. Everyone with an interest in cryptography and computing should join me in donating to this cause whatever amount you can. Our personal contributions wont save Bletchley Park but they will demonstrate public interest and this is significant to politicians and patrons as they weigh the many claims for assistance.
Richard Carpenter, on Thu March 12, 2009, 02:23
Following a vote by local residents, Milton Keynes Council has agreed to pay £100,000 a year for three years, matching a pledge by English Heritage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7937155.stm
Huma, on Wed March 11, 2009, 17:54
During the Second World war a secret base was setup in Canada, nestled on the north shore of Lake Ontario called Camp X which was a secret agent training site which included the " Man Named Intrepid"
The site was largely ignored for years and what remains today is a couple of flag poles and a plaque. The buildings, tunnels, equipment etc etc are all gone, vanished.
People regret the decision but it is too late.
Bletchley Park and the work by Alan Turing should not be ignored. and it would be sad to see the location be abused by the establishment as Alan Turing was in the 1950's
Glenn McKnight, on Mon February 23, 2009, 14:51
My mother, Marguerite Frances Harris was a W.R.E.N. and worked at BP during WWII and kept the secret well...I was so proud of her and know that those were some of the most exciting and "alive" times of her life. I'd love to hear if anyone remembers her...sadly Mum died in Tucson, Arizona in 1995 and I didn't have a chance to talk to her very deeply about those days
Paul Harris, on Tue February 17, 2009, 20:25
As a Chicago-based journalist and historian, ten years ago I visited and then publish in several magazines the amazing story of the greatest intelligence breakthrough in history. Here is both an outdoor and indoor museum that is being shamefully ignored. Soon, it will be gone.
Saving BP is saving history, British history. To view the published features go to WWW.Historyarticles.com and click on the two features,
1) BLETCHLEY PARk, 2)ENIGMA (describing Alan Turing.) Jerome M. O'Connor
jeromeoconnor@aol.com WWW.Historyarticles.com
Jerome M. O'Connor, on Tue February 17, 2009, 15:51
Bletchley is a site of international importance and as such should receive any funding necessary to restore and maintain it. It is no less important than any prisoner of war camp or other WW2 interest site.
The National Heritage and indeed the European Community equivalent must donate to ensure it's survival.
Russell Phillips, on Tue February 17, 2009, 11:30
Happy to sign. My Aunt worked throughout her war at Bletchley Park. Could never tell her parents or her brother and sisters what she did. A lonely war I suspect.
Pondlife, on Tue February 17, 2009, 06:52
I lived in Bletchley for over 30 years and spent 3 years at Bletchley Park when it was breing used as a Teachers Training College, I am fully behind your campaign to save a unique part of British history.
Ron Middleton, on Tue February 17, 2009, 03:53
Just saw the piece in the onlineTelegraph, and immediately signed up. Here in Boston MA, the Museum of Science has a small display dedicated to BP...it's of such international importance. Good luck !
Richard, on Mon February 16, 2009, 22:12
Is there any way for those of us in America to help? I could send money, but is there a more tangible way to help? I noticed the petition is only available to British Citizens...As a former student of World War II, and as a current employee of a technology company - I've long known of Bletchley Park. In fact, in my last working visit to London, I specifically took an afternoon to visit Bletchley -even bought a souviner mug with "enigma" on it!
Let us know....
A.J. Murray, FSA Scot
A.J. Murray, on Mon February 16, 2009, 19:57
I absolutely and entirely agree with you Sue, but you are dealing with a government who lack integrity and have only a superficial interest in anything 'British'. We are witnessing the destruction of our national heritage and culture, we're on a downhill spin and I doubt that any amount of protests and petitions by genuine, caring British people will make any difference.
David Mills, on Mon February 16, 2009, 19:08
Spent time at BP training at the CAA 20 years ago. Wasn't until over 10 years later that I got to realise the simprtance of all those derelict wooden huts! I hope the powers that be and the public have the sense to save what is a very important part of our heritage.
Nick B., on Fri February 06, 2009, 14:01
My mother was a Bletchley Park girl during the War. Good luck with all you are doing. Keep that history alive!
Charles Nove, on Wed February 04, 2009, 23:56
Given that last year, we are trying to raise public awareness of WW1 & WW2 and through different displays and exhibitions with the 'speak to and learn from the veterans' I think that it is an important part of our history that has got to be kept. Also, it may make the gov't re-think where our money goes and actually put it into something useful for a change.
BabsnRay, on Wed February 04, 2009, 17:15
Flabbergasted is right, I can't believe a site like BP isn't already protected. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. I've signed of course and will be passing the details on.
Sheryl La Bouchardiere, on Wed February 04, 2009, 15:07
My mother worked in a related military-support role, just down the road and "knew _something_ was there" (at Bletchley) - so cool. I feel BP's place in our world today is terribly underrated and the UK Gov should recognise BP as much as it does other key wartime monuments. I dropped into BP in 2002 to visit someone who rented an office there and was awestruck by it's modest presence. Good luck to all involved. -AB
Alan Bristow, on Wed February 04, 2009, 12:45
Has Britain no respect for its history? This is single most significant undertaking of any armed conflict. This IS history. For heavens sake Gordon, forget slipping the sly fiver to the investment bankers and invest in Britains (and the free worlds) heritage. This is something all Britons and allied countries should be immensely proud of!
David Goll, on Wed February 04, 2009, 12:06
Flabbergasted this is happening - all the millions being handed out to greedy/inept bankers, and something that epitomises what is actually great about this country left to rot.
Vince, on Wed February 04, 2009, 10:43
Bletchley Park is so important for so many reasons. What a travesty it would be if it were allowed to rot away.
Chris Dick, on Wed February 04, 2009, 10:17
It is a pity that the international community cannot participate in the petition!
David Link, on Wed February 04, 2009, 09:17
I dread to think what our children's children will say about the generation who allowed THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE COMPUTER to disappear!
Mary Mendoza, on Tue February 03, 2009, 06:33
Bletchley Park was a key in the defeat of Nazis efforts to invade this country and dominate the world, it is the least that this country can do to preserve what little remains of that invaluable establishment for future generations to see just what happend in this country during WWII
johnmcleod, on Wed January 28, 2009, 21:35
I have the honour to work at BP as a Tour Guide and it is enough to make any sane person weep to think of the hundreds of millions the Government wastes in useless Quangos and buerocracy and for a fraction of that BP could be saved for posterity!!!
Linden Stead, on Sun January 25, 2009, 20:56
I went to see Bletchley Park a few years ago when I was visiting a friend in Milton Keynes. It was a great experience. This park should be preserved for its role in computing, cryptography, and of course in WWII. I hope that its role will become better known to the public and it will come to be seen as something to preserve. I live in the Netherlands, and I think the park is important to everyone in Europe, not just the UK.
Ann, on Sat January 24, 2009, 12:11
On behalf of Bletchley Park Trust - many thanks to Sue Black et al for this tremendous support. Can I please encourage you all to visit BP for a wonderful day out. Visitors account for 50% of our income and is only £10 for an annual season ticket.
Kelsey Griffin, on Sat January 24, 2009, 12:07
Dear Sue, Your blog is excellent! we enjoyed reading it. Many thanks for that. Many thanks too for your hard work for B.P. Well done!
May, on Fri January 23, 2009, 10:45
With all due grace, I implore all who make a living in IT to forget a small luxury today (that Ice Cream, or Latte) to send via PayPal 5 Pounds (currently less than $8. USD) . Your contribution will help people understand your work.
Tcat Houser, on Mon December 08, 2008, 15:27
In 2004, as President of the IEEE, we recognized Bletchley Park as an historical milestone and provided a plaque to celebrate the event. Worth saving. Couldn't sign petition since not UK.
Arthur Winston
Arthur Winston, on Sat December 06, 2008, 00:51
I don't know what the politics of this might be, but in campaigning, I would lay equal stress on the historical aspects of Bletchley, and the potential of the Computer Museum part. I think it might help emphasise both the educational and entertainment aspects of the site. Just my 2p.
Conrad Taylor, on Mon December 01, 2008, 10:54
It is terrific that English Heritage have recognised the value of Bletchley Park. I hope that this investment will trigger a plan to bring Bletchley Park back to life so that future generations can learn about the extraordinary events that took place in and around the mansion.
Simon Singh, on Tue November 25, 2008, 16:49
So pleased to hear of the English Heritage grant - at least the roof of the main building will be sound. Shameful, though,that Bletchley Park still not deemed worthy of direct Government aid. Well done, Sue Black, for achieving so much media attention.
Angela Shepherd, on Sat November 15, 2008, 17:18
My father, Professor Donald Michie, worked at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing and others cracking codes and developing the first computer. He would have been delighted by the progress made in saving this historic site, as am I. I hope this is only the beginning of the support that its role deserves.
Professor Susan Michie, on Thu November 13, 2008, 10:03
Congratulations! Dr Black's efforts have not been in vain.
Bletchley Park can be the inspiration for the coming generations as the seat of technology creation that is British.....Where all good things begin.
Patricia Miller, on Thu November 06, 2008, 13:41
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7710966.stm - great news!
Trish Fraser, on Thu November 06, 2008, 10:28
I think its wonderful that people are finally starting to recognise the value of this place..... Its a national treasure and should be preserved along with all the other important parts of our history. I have over 150 students visiting Bletchley Park this week and they would all like to add their support as well :)
Gavin Peake, on Thu November 06, 2008, 00:57
I cannot think that there is another country on this planet which would take the view that somewhere as important as BP does not merit public funds!
WHAT DOES IT TAKE to get
Governments to grasp reality?
James E. Siddelley, on Wed November 05, 2008, 15:03
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Candis felt suddenly very small, a lost girl with skinny scabbed knees and a plastic camera thumping on her bony chest. She thought of the trouble she’d be in if she ate at a stranger’s house. Then she thought of Flora’s yellow skirt and Orrin’s cologne. She nodded.
The woman smiled, wry and white. “Then come eat with us.”
She brought Candis into the house, sat her down at a long wooden table and left. Candis was wondering where her husband was, and if she had any children, and why they didn’t go to Greenup County public school with her, when the five women came light-footed into the room.
Their faces were very different from each other, in five different shades of deerhide and slate and cream, and their clothes had the mismatched look that came from Church giveaway bags. They passed around six bowls of red beans and sat in silence, watching her.
The woman in the green dress tilted her head again, and said, “My name’s Vira.”
The woman to her left—heavy, slope-shouldered, black—was Ursa. Odil was the doe-skinned woman from the kitchen, seated beside the lithe and tawny Lyna. Vivan ran pale fingers through hair the color of a winter fox. Candis stirred her beans with a silver spoon and looked at the table.
“What’s your name?” asked Lyna.
She felt the sound of her own name growing tangled in her head. She looked up at Vivian, the only white lady in this strange, dark house, and said it quickly before it got too lost. “Candy. Candis. Candy.”
“I didn’t ask your name, child,” drawled Vivian. Some of the women laughed, and it sounded like wildcats yowling and herons kuk-kukking. Candis thought maybe she shouldn’t have gone into this house of five women and eaten their food.
Then Vira seemed to take pity on her and asked to see the picture she’d taken through the window. Candis took the little black square out of her pocket and laid it on the table. She peeled the film off the top and stared down at the milky surface. She felt them all watching her and waiting with the special patience of animals and old people. A picture began to bloom through the glossy mist: the blurred shadow of a woman in black and white, distorted by the dimness. Even wavering, you could see the strangeness of the woman’s long neck and the overlarge gleam of her eyes in the sunset. She was a doe in the long moments before she flips her white tail in fear.
Odil leaned over to look at herself. She smiled. “It’s very good, Candis.” No one had ever looked at one of Candis’s pictures and thought it was good; they only wanted to see their own faces printed out in gray and white, and marvel at the little whirrs and clicks of the Polaroid.
Vira said, “It’s time for you to head home, Candis. But you’re welcome to return.” Candis wanted very badly to ask them why she could come back, and who they were, and why Odil liked her picture, but the words howled just out of reach.
“Are you wondering why?” Candis nodded. “Perhaps because it’s lonely out here. And perhaps because we were all like you, once.”
“Y-young?” Candis asked.
“Voiceless,” Vira answered.
And then they gave her a dripping chunk of honeycomb and a musty jacket. They pointed her out along their dirt drive to the main road. She walked home with Orion and the Pleiades wheeling overhead and the taste of wild honey on her tongue.
Candis returned to visit the animal women many times after that.
It was several weeks later, as the redbuds were blushing and all the mothers were collecting dogwood branches to ward off the spring fleas, that a black man was shot and killed in his hotel room in Tennessee. Candis listened to the news with Flora beside her on the sagging couch. They knew from the urgency of the newscasters that it was an event that had weight in the world, but they also knew that weighty events did not mean much to them in their white clapboard house with its leaky roof and broken windows covered over with floral sheets. They turned the radio off and Flora condescended to cut out pictures from her fashion magazine and let Candis order and re-order them on the floor.
The next morning she heard nothing of the news but a low hum in the town. Neighbor ladies and their bare-footed children stood along the wet roads as they always did, shaking their heads at each other and saying, Well, these things did happen, didn’t they. When a person like that grew too tall, when their voices boomed out from the big cities of the nation and echoed into every hollow and hilled place—when a person did things too quickly, when they upset the order and peace of the world and ripped at the nation’s half-rotted roots—well, didn’t these things just happen. It wasn’t right, but still. It was bound to happen. Candis imagined that it was. The president had declared a national day of mourning, but the town’s flags still hung in damp folds at the tops of their poles.
On Friday after school Candis found her father leaning on the cedar railing of their porch, waiting. “Candy. Where you headed in such a hurry, child?” He wasn’t working much this spring. He was often home early, complaining that the people out West were hogging the timber market and worrying at his bad knee. Candis shrugged, the tiny points of her shoulders poking through her wide-necked blouse.
“Are you going out to that house full of Negro women, past Little Sandy?”
She looked at his fat knuckles around the rail, crushed and flattened by a hundred logs. She wanted to tell him they weren’t all Negro ladies—there was the fox-haired lady and Odil who looked like Sacagawea—but she didn’t think he’d like it much. She nodded.
“Well, not this evening you’re not. Not for a good while.”
“Yes I am,” she said, so fast and loud that the words came out all in the right order.
Her father threw his newspaper down on the dirty porch boards and leaned toward her. The front page had a picture of some great city filled with smoke and glass and black men with hate in their jaws.
“They’re all run mad, Candy, all of them. They’re killing little blonde girls like you and burning their homes down around them. They’re turning into animals.” He attempted a consoling look. “I’m sure they treat you just like a little princess right now, but the truth is even the women can’t be trusted these days. All run mad.”
She smiled at her father and touched his hand to let him know that she loved him and would do as he said. If she didn’t say it out loud, it wasn’t really a lie.
Before dawn the next morning she packed her camera and stolen corn muffins into a coffee can and slipped away with her flannel night dress flapping around her boots. When she turned down the long drive through the meadow, dawn was seeping over the high edge of the hill. The windows of the cabin were dark and no smoke rose from their kitchen, so Candis waited on the porch and pointed her camera in aimless arcs. She tilted the lens down to the horizon and saw dim, lithe things moving at the edge of the woods. She held her breath.
They came, five of them, from the deepest black places in the woods. They were too far away for Candis to see them clearly, but she thought their flesh roiled strangely and their hair ran roughly down their backs. They moved crouched and muscled, light and fluttering, neat-footed. They were the shape of teeth and fur and wild things slinking at the ragged margins of the world.
Real sunlight emerged and the frosted grasses breathed steam. The figures in the woods stepped into the light and then they were only five women after all. They stood in a rough line, naked, their eyes fixed on Candis and her plastic camera. She pushed the button.
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The women came toward her over the long grass as though they were relearning the terrible falling-and-balancing motions of human legs. Candis pulled the black film away and set the picture delicately on her knee. When she looked up the women were flowing around her like a dark wave into the house. The reemerged with robes and coats pulled awkwardly around their bodies.
Candis had been practicing syllables to herself. “My daddy told me not to come. Because of those colored people, in the cities. That. They run mad, like animals.” She smiled staunchly up at them. “But I came. Anyhow. Y-you’re not like that.” She stuttered at the end, as the faces around her went still.
Mild Odil had hot coals for eyes. “We’ve been called animals for a long time, little white girl, and been used as such. But I’d be more careful who you call an animal.”
“I—didn’t—Why?” Candis asked.
“Because very rarely, you might be right,” answered Lyna, smiling to reveal teeth much too numerous and sharp.
Candis looked away, found Vivian’s eyes. “If you think I’m on your side, sweetheart, you haven’t been paying attention,” said Vivian. She leaned against Vira’s bent back and slipped a pale arm around her waist.
“We have never been the animals, Candis,” said Vira. Her eyes were old and tired and, Candis thought, hurt. “Go home.”
Candis scrambled up and away. When she was safely around the bend of their long road, snuffling with self-pity, she took the curling picture out of the coffee tin and looked at it. The picture showed five women standing naked and feral with dawn mist coiling around them. Their bodies were right-shaped but still somehow eerie, as though the edges of them might blur back into the woods and the night. It was the most beautiful picture Candis had ever taken. She tucked it into her coat above her heart.
Candis’s life shrank back down to its former dimensions of schoolwork and biscuits and molasses. Her father wore a pleased, well-that’s-the-end-of-that expression, but her mother watched her more cannily. Spring was expiring in its final hot bloom, and the luna moths were fluttering at the screens with ghost wings, but Candis had retreated upstairs
She flipped page by page through her father’s discarded Lexington Heralds and Courier-Journals. She cut out every picture of the madness in the cities. Young white people sitting in the middle of the street wearing raggedy blue jeans, black men with their fists in the air, pretty young ladies with venomous eyes and poster-boards. She studied their grainy faces as though they held clues to unsolved crimes, and thought: who are the animals?
By the end of May she had stopped looking. Mrs. Whittson had grown beady-eyed, like a sergeant sensing insubordination in her troops. On the very last day of school, she hauled Candis to the front and said that, seeing as how she’d had three months to practice it, her Shakespeare was probably coming along fine, and why didn’t she share it? Candis didn’t know if standing hate-filled and sweaty was supposed to teach her how to straighten her words out, but it didn’t. The vill-ai-ny you teach me, I will ex-e-cute. Everyone laughed fondly at the old joke of her silence.
But then it was over and June stretched out gold and green before her, even if she couldn’t return to the house in the meadow, where beautiful and strange things happened in the quiet, where her Polaroid could capture something like magic.
An empty lumber truck was sitting in the drive when Candis got home. Orrin and her father sat on the porch, wide-kneed, while Samuel Bell stood politely on the steps and nodded. Sam drove the company truck and picked their father up for work some days. Candis had avoided him for months because Flora had asked her to name the handsomest boy in Greenup County and she’d said “Samuel Bell” faster than a Jeopardy! contestant. Flora had found this information most profitable.
Orrin said something to her father about how we wouldn’t truck with that kind of shit in Kentucky, waving a newspaper. Her father agreed that we sure wouldn’t. Sam looked at the ground.
Candis was almost in view when her father said, “Like those unnatural women up the road, trying to get at Candy I swear they are. We don’t need any of that around here. Need more like our Sam-bo here, right?” Candis slipped behind the truck, out of sight.
She heard Sam say, “Yes, sir. Well, I’ve got to get home. Evening.” His boots crunched towards her.
He rounded the corner to find Candis half-crouched and round-eyed. She wondered if people could spontaneously combust from embarrassment.
“Hello, Candis,” he said, as if feral girls hid behind his wheel well every day and it was a nuisance but he was a tolerant man. He hefted himself into the driver’s seat and gave her a little nod.
“W-wait.” Sam waited, while Candis drowned in her own heaving, rushing words. “The women. D-d-do—”
Sam looked at the sawdust-strewn dashboard. “I don’t know much about those ladies on the other side of the Little Sandy, if that’s what you’re asking.” Candis nodded. “My Granny says the first of ‘em showed up when she was a girl, but Granny remembers a lot of things aren’t true.”
He looked down at her. “She used to tell me to stay away from them, that those ladies didn’t know what was good for them. She said we each have to take the trials the Lord sets us and not try to change them or run away.” He turned the key and the diesel rumbled to life. He smiled a crooked smile with something reckless tucked in the corners. “But can I tell you a secret? I don’t know if I believe that anymore.”
The truck glugged up the drive and Candis attempted a casual, I-just-got-here stroll towards the house. Orrin leered as she slid the rumpled newspaper off the railing and stole upstairs with it.
The words in their neat columns said more of the same things they always said, except it was about West Louisville instead of Detroit or Chicago or D.C. Dangerous mob of colored people—senseless violence—attacked officers of the law—subdued by morning. But the picture this time was different. There were no young black men with white teeth and bare shoulders. There were only white men with rifles and heavy boots and helmets, walking in a line down an empty street. Their eyes gleamed gray and mad, like wolves on tight leashes.
And Candis knew then she’d been looking into the wrong faces in the newspapers.
She clawed all her cut-out pictures from under her bed and stuffed them into her coffee can. She added the very last picture she had taken, of the women in the meadow at dawn, and braided her greasy hair. She ran, bare feet slapping down the stairs.
“What’s your hurry, Candy?” Orrin sat alone in the kitchen, now. The line of dark grime circled his shirt collar like a rope. She kept walking.
“Candy, it’s been awful nice having you here with the family in the evenings. Where you headed to?”
He said her name again and clamped his sweaty hand around her wrist. The cologne-and-shit smell of him covered her and the coffee can clanged to the floor. All her pictures, her clues, spilled out onto the floorboards. She yanked herself away and scraped the clippings towards her, looking for the only one that mattered—and then she saw it, in Orrin’s hand.
Orrin’s lazing expression left him. Something hard and hot-edged moved under the muscles of his face. It was the same way he looked at Candis’s sister when she wore her yellow skirt. It was the terrible, avaricious needing of a hound on a scent, pulling until the collar digs into his throat.
Candis grabbed the picture and ran, listening over the sound of her own pulse for the whine of hinges behind her. There was nothing.
She didn’t run all the way to the meadow, but her heart thump-thumped in her chest and sweat ran down her back. She knocked at the low door and it opened, a warm smell of nests and animal dens coming out at her.
Odil stood very still, a queen regarding a supplicant. All of Candis’s careful words ran wild in her throat. The syllables jumped and clawed at each other. I’m so so-rry, so-rry, I don’t know what you are but there are sides and I am on yours. I know now what skin an an-i-mal wears and it is not your skin.
“I—I’m. Didn’t—please,” she said. The other women had gathered around Odil’s back. But they were not Mrs. Whittson. They didn’t need it all said in straight black and white lines. They opened the door wider and let her inside.
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© Copyright 2015 Alix E. Harrow
About Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow recently resettled in her old Kentucky home, where she teaches African and African American history, reviews speculative fiction, and tinkers with fiction. She and her partner spend their time rescuing their gloriously dilapidated home from imminent collapse, and accumulating books and animals.
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2008-09-02: New York Times: For Singh, Record Total and Another Victory:
Always one of golf's most rhythmic swingers of the club, Singh said that he started using the device two months ago, and that it had made his rhythm more consistent with every club.
2008-09-02: Physorg.com: Physicist's gadget lets you hear the sound of a perfect golf swing:
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Sonic Golf, Inc. may have found golf's Holy Grail. The Woodbridge, Conn.-based company has developed a technology for perfecting tempo in a golf swing that none other than Vijay Singh claims is one of the reasons he has won three of the last five PGA Tour events.
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News video produced by BBC Scotland to accompany the 11/02/07 print article.
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The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Excerpted from The World's Religions by Huston Smith, Copyright © 1991 by Huston Smith. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. HTML and web pages copyright © by SpiritSite.com.
Although the individuals that I name are now only memories for me, I begin this second edition of this book with the four paragraphs that launched the first edition.
I write these opening lines on a day widely celebrated throughout Christendom as World-Wide Communion Sunday. The sermon in the service I attended this morning dwelt on Christianity as a world phenomenon. From mud huts in Africa to the Canadian tundra, Christians are kneeling today to receive the elements of the Holy Eucharist. It is an impressive picture.
Still, as I listened with half my mind, the other half wandered to the wider company of God-seekers. I thought of the Yemenite Jews I watched six months ago in their synagogues in Jerusalem: dark-skinned men sitting shoeless and cross-legged on the floor, wrapped in the prayer shawls their ancestors wore in the desert. They are there today, at least a quorum of ten, morning and evening, swaying backwards and forwards like camel riders as they recite their Torah, following a form they inherit unconsciously from the centuries when their fathers were forbidden to ride the desert horse and developed this pretense in compensation. Yalcin, the Muslim architect who guided me through the blue Mosque in Istanbul, has completed his month’s Ramadan fast, which was beginning while we were together; but he too is praying today, five times as he prostrates himself toward Mecca. Swami Ramakrishna, in his tiny house by the Ganges at the foot of the Himalayas, will not speak today. He will continue the devotional silence that, with the exception of three days each year, he has kept for five years. By this hour U Nu is probably facing the delegations, crises, and cabinet meetings that are the lot of a prime minister, but from four to six this morning, before the world broke over him, he too was alone with the eternal in the privacy of the Buddhist shrine that adjoins his home in Rangoon. Dai Jo and Lai San, Zen monks in Kyoto, were ahead of him by an hour. They have been up since three this morning, and until eleven tonight will spend most of the day sitting immovable in the lotus position as they seek with intense absorption to plumb the Buddha-nature that lies at the center of their being.
What a strange fellowship this is, the God-seekers in every land, lifting their voices in the most disparate ways imaginable to the God of all life. How does is sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? Does one faith carry the lead, or do the parts share in counterpoint and antiphony where not in full-throated chorus?
We cannot know. All we can do is try to listen carefully and with full attention to each voice in turn as it addresses the divine.
Such listening defines the purpose of this book. It may be wondered if the purpose is not too broad. The religions we propose to consider belt the world. Their histories stretch back thousands of years, and they are motivating more people today than ever before. Is it possible to listen seriously to them within the compass of a single book?
The answer is that it is, because we shall be listening for well-defined themes. These must be listed at the outset or the pictures that emerge from these pages will be distorted.
1. This is not a textbook in the history of religions. This explains the scarcity of names, dates, and social influences in what follows. There are useful books that focus on such material. This one too could have been swollen with their facts and figures, but it is not its intent to do their job in addition to its own. Historical facts are limited here to the minimum that is needed to locate in space and time the ideas the book focuses on. Every attempt has been made to keep scholarship out of sight — in foundations that must be sturdy, but not as scaffolding that would obscure the structures being examined.
2. Even in the realm of meanings the book does not attempt to give a rounded view of the religions considered, for each hosts differences that are too numerous to be delineated in a single chapter. One need only think of Christendom. Eastern Orthodox Christians worship in ornate cathedrals, while Quakers consider even steeples desecrations. There are Christian mystics and Christians who reject mysticism. There are Christian Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christian Unitarians. How is it possible to say in a manageable chapter what Christianity means to all Christians?
The answer, of course, is that it is not possible — selection is unavoidable. The question facing an author is not whether to select among points of view; the questions are how many to present, and which ones. In this book the first question is answered economically; I try to do reasonable justice to several perspectives instead of attempting to catalogue them all. In the case of Islam, this has meant ignoring Sunni/Shi’ite and traditional/modernist divisions, while noting different attitudes toward Sufism. In Buddhism I distinguish its Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana traditions, but the major schools within Mahayana are bypasses. The subdivisions never exceed three lest trees obscure the woods. Put the matter in this way: If you were trying to describe Christianity to an intelligent and interested but busy Thailander, how many denominations would you include? It would be difficult to ignore the differences between Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant, but you would probably not get into what separates Baptists from Presbyterians.
When we turn to which views to present, the guideline has been relevance to the interests of the intended reader. Three considerations have figured in determining this relevance. First, there is the simple matter of numbers. There are some faiths that every citizen should be acquainted with, simply because hundreds of millions of people live by them. The second consideration has been relevance to the modern mind.
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February 25th, 2017:
Expert warns on dangers of tobacco farming
by Editor.
An expert on tobacco-induced diseases, Akin Adebiyi, has warned tobacco farmers of the harmful effects of cultivating the crop.
Mr. Adebiyi, a medical doctor at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, said tobacco farmers should form a co-operative and engage the government for alternative means of sustenance in farming.
Tobacco cultivation is an intensive process that involves several stages and exposes farmers to tobacco dust.
For example there is the Green Leaf syndrome that is well documented that the tobacco farmer is prone to have, said Mr. Adebiyi.
“But more importantly is when they harvest the tobacco product and they are trying to make it suitable for the tobacco industry to buy from them. During the Curing process, they have to do a lot of work which is highly intensive, and they have to use firewood so they are exposed also to smoke, they are exposed to the tobacco dust that is generated when you are trying to put the products together.
“And they are not the only ones that are exposed, they also bring in their children to make sure that these are packed well. Sometimes it gets mouldy and they are exposed to mould.
“So all these are situations where the farmer can actually be exposed to deleterious effects of tobacco, so it’s not only about smoking,” he said.
Mr. Adebiyi spoke with journalists during a tour of tobacco farms in Iwere-Ile, Oyo State, on Wednesday.
He said the efforts tobacco farmers put into the cultivation of the plant is not commensurate with the financial gains they receive through sales of the finished products.
“I would say is that if you look at the efforts that tobacco farmers put into the farming, in terms of when the product is at the nursery stage and they have to wet morning and night, spend a lot of time in the farm and you look at what they eventually get at the end of the process, you realise that it’s not that profitable,” he said.
“And then along the line they are exposed to some deleterious effects of tobacco dust and of the firewood they use during the curing process.
“Government needs to engage the farmers. They need to know that tobacco farmers have to earn a living. And because they have to earn a living, we must as a matter of necessity look for alternative to tobacco farming.
“Animals shy away from tobacco, they don’t eat tobacco. But man is…it’s so funny that animals that are supposed to be at the lower level than man understand the dangerous effects of tobacco, but man is the one that is cultivating it and eating it. And man is supposed to be at a higher level than animals.
The farmers need to be educated and they need to group themselves into a cooperative to approach the government.”
A tobacco farmer in the community, Michael Falana, said they grow the plant twice a year – between March and June and then July and August.
“I stay at the farm from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the planting season,” said Mr. Falana, the head of tobacco growers in the community.
Mr. Falana said they receive loans from tobacco companies at the start of every planting season – about N400,000 – and make a profit of about N150,000 after repaying the loan.
“I plant cassava in between the planting seasons to support my income,” he added.
Akinbode Oluwafemi, an environmental activist, said tobacco farmers do not receive adequate protection from government in terms if policy formulation.
“If my memory serves me right, this is my fifth tour of tobacco farms and, sadly, nothing has changed,” said Mr. Oluwafemi, Director of Corporate Accountability at Environemntal Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria.
“The farms remain a territory for modern slavery. The tobacco farmers are in a cycle of debt with the tobacco companies who treat them like slaves. They farm the crop, they take it to the collection centre and they come and dictate the price. The farmers are still exposed to all manner of risks as a result of chemicals that are used in tobacco farming. There is not enough protection in terms of policy on the side of government.
“Most importantly, you all saw what it took to even locate one tobacco farm. So you begin to ask yourself ‘where are the tobacco farms?’
“The reality on ground is the same question we have been asking the government to unravel. How many acreage of tobacco farms are in Nigeria? How many tobacco farmers are in Nigeria? How much of tobacco leaves do Philip Morris, BAT import into their factories in Ibadan or Ilorin to produce the volumes that we have?
“Because from what you’ve seen today, certainly those leaves are not coming from these farms. What we basically have in Nigeria are farmers that the tobacco companies are using for public relations and for their political agenda. And we are saying that narrative must change. Government must take interest in this, work with civil society, stakeholders, and the farmers to find a way out of this problem.”
Letter: Government must stop brand expropriation
While the federal government moves ahead with the legalization of marijuana, it continues to seek stricter tobacco industry regulation by banning menthol cigarettes and introducing plain packaging. These tobacco regulations are an easy political win meant to generate headlines and appease a vocal, well-funded tobacco control lobby, but do nothing to further reduce smoking rates.
http://www.thetelegram.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor/2017/2/25/letter–government-must-stop-brand-expropriation.html
Meanwhile, millions of Canadians purchase marijuana. In fact, most surveys show marijuana use higher than smoking. According to Health Canada’s own data, the youth usage rate for marijuana is almost six times that of tobacco, which is remarkable since marijuana is presently illegal. This is interesting since as an illegal product, marijuana is already effectively sold in a plain pack.
The federal government’s stated objective with marijuana legalization is to get people to switch over from the illegal and unregulated market to the regulated market. The government’s task force on marijuana legalization recommended plain packaging for that product.
Licensed producers of marijuana are now arguing that branding and marketing are necessary to attract consumers from the black market to the legal industry and cite the liquor sector as an example to follow. Branding justifies why it makes sense for consumers to go through the legal system instead of going to somebody they know in the neighbourhood.
The tobacco industry also needs brands to differentiate its products from illegal traffickers. It makes no sense to allow marijuana producers to display their brands to bring consumers through legal channels while taking away branding from the tobacco industry. The only result is sending consumers to the illegal market.
The unlawful production, distribution and sale of cigarettes in Canada has reached unprecedented levels in recent years, with illicit products making up more than 20 per cent of tobacco products. This is creating challenges for public health officials, law enforcement, tax authorities, policy makers and the public. Governments suffer significant revenue shortfalls in tobacco taxes. Efforts on the part of government and other organizations to protect the health of Canadians of all ages are undermined.
Small business owners are losing sales.
Plain and standardized packaging will lead to an increase in Canada’s already rampant illicit tobacco and thereby actually undermine public health objectives.
Unsurprisingly, evidence from Australia shows plain packaging has not achieved any of its stated objectives. Canada will be no different.
Nobody disagrees with the virtues of regulating tobacco and yes, even the tobacco industry believes young people should not smoke. But there are proven means to ensure that young people do not smoke, such as education programs and interventions targeted at at-risk populations. Yet, the government continues to concede to a small but vocal group of anti-tobacco lobbyists who are more anti-industry than pro-health.
With products already hidden from view in stores and 75 per cent of the pack covered with health warnings, nobody starts smoking because of the pack. Plain packaging will only make it easier for counterfeit tobacco manufacturers to copy legitimate products.
No other industry would accept this requirement, as the lobbying from marijuana producers now makes clear. However, all industries should be fearful of this abuse of government power. In the U.K., which passed tobacco plain packaging legislation in 2015, there is a growing chorus of health groups and academics calling for alcohol to suffer the same fate. While it may be tobacco and marijuana facing plain packaging in Canada today, it will be another industry shortly thereafter.
Companies making a legal product have a right to their brands and those need to be protected to ensure consumers have the confidence in the source and quality of the product.
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Globalization and the ‘Neighborhood Effect’ Two Steps Back: Surburbanizing the Urban Core
LRTP 2035
By Gabrielle Redfern On August 4, 2008 · 16 Comments
I recently attended one the public involvement sessions on the Long Range Transportation Plan at the Collins Park Public Library on Miami Beach. 17 members of the community, flanked by an equal number of consultants and staff, played with Lego blocks and ribbons to help formulate the plan for future transportation improvements and enhancements to the year 2030.
You see, the Miami Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning has forecast growth to be 323,000 households and 615,000 jobs by the year 2035. To show this, the room was set with tables of identical county maps, and the two maps on the center tables had “buildings” made of striped Lego blocks: one that represented jobs and households today and one in 2035. The concentration of growth around the Costal Communities and Bay Shore was shocking: as was the growth projected beyond the UEA (Urban Expansion Area). It was hard not to see the difference between now and then, based on these projections.
After a beautiful lite dinner of sandwiches and cookies, the focus group officially kicked off with a lightening speed definition of the MPO, its guiding mandate and geographical composition. The program kept it’s fast pace through the opinion gathering portion of the evening: a survey of statements about “feelings” of transit…”Do you agree it is safe to ride transit?” “Do you agree the possibility of global warming should affect transit programming decisions?” “Do you think building more roads will make traveling better?” The responses were recorded through hand held gizmos, and zapped to a data collection point, where in real time, the responses would be projected on the screen in numerical and graphical form, a la Who wants to be a Millionaire?
For those whose true feeling about transit could not be measured in lifeline questions, a longer comment/suggestion sheet of proposed goals and objectives of the LRTP was presented for feedback and filling out. This two-page work-product, from the firm Gannett Fleming, featured eight categories and no less than 49 lofty concepts, ranging from “Reducing congestion” to “Enhancing mobility for people and freight.”
Each table of participants was given bags of Lego’s; purple and orange ribbons; stickum; scissors; a tape measure and markers. They were told to work together, to make group decisions, by the table facilitator, who explained the exercise and recorded the results. Groups were instructed how to “Build Out” the County, with the “Large-Scale Growth Scenario Base Map”. The households were represented with 253 yellow Lego’s and 160 red Lego’s stood for employment, with one yellow piece representing 1, 280 households; The red, 3840 jobs. (These Lego’s represented new growth only) The intensity of growth was portrayed by vertically stacking the Lego’s within each one-mile square grid on the six-foot map. Next, folks were instructed to add purple for more roads and orange for transit improvements that would be needed. The participants were encouraged to add as much as they thought was required. As playtime came to a close, the groups were told to go on a diet, measure the length of orange and purple on the map and use no more than the allotted amount.
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16 Responses to LRTP 2035
Are there any pictures of these creations? It sounds like fun to see what people imagined.
Emperor Tomato says:
I went to the one in the Gables about a month ago. It was very interesting, and I was the only person to ask a question during the question comment portion. My question was not understood by the hosts and that was frustrating.
The way they set up the legos and the maps is based on estimated growth, but it leaves out current density. So when determining where to place lines one may be placing it based on planned growth not density.
I asked that the next time they do this exercise it be based on future density rather than future growth. The cookies were really good.
Wild Style says:
Have they said anything about getting business into central locations like the city core (downtown miami)? Did they talk about any plans to lure companies that are already in Miami to the business district in downtown Miami?
Also have they spoken about what plans they may have for getting the existing population to move closer in to the city core?
I follow the blog in my feed reader, first time poster.
If possible, you should publish a calendar on here with upcoming events of interest to the transit-intrigued community.
That way instead of 17 members of the community, perhaps there could be a phalanx of foot-powered activists!
- Cyclist, pedestrian, motorcyclist
mike lydon says:
Wild Style…all great ideas, although not the purview of the transit folks in the age of bureaucratic specialization.
Richard, thanks for posting! I believe we are indeed working on a calendar. Look for it in the near future.
I just figured the two sort of went hand and hand. Seeing as how it becomes easier to move people once population density and shared points of interest are located in central areas.
My wife’s co worker’s husband is one of the city planners in Hollywood Fl. He said they are working on mass transit solutions. He said the biggest problem is figuring out how to get people from far out west to the city center. He said their first challenge is getting people to pack in closer.
Anyway, look forward to seeing the fruits of this labor.
You are nothing but correct!
Tony Garcia says:
That is always the ‘chicken vs. egg’ question about transit and density: which comes first. My guess is that they develop concurrently over time out of necessity. The big missing ingredient in our current situation is not lack of density, but a dysfunctional zoning code that creates anemic 20 story parking structures with 60 story buildings on top of that. The codes for most incorporated and unincorporated areas in the county are ruled by use-based zoning designations that separate work centers from housing centers. Miami 21, the Coral Gables code, & the Miami Beach code are a few exceptions.
Even if we got all the transit lines that we wanted tomorrow, we would still have to deal with a really unfriendly pedestrian realm in most places around town. The density that planners forecast can be accommodated within some of our existing downtowns, but there will have to be new downtowns that spring up as well. Their long term success will depend as much on their form as their transit accessibility.
Here is my thing though. I have been researching Downtown Development Authority. It seems they have done f. all to get large corporations to relocate to downtown Miami. To me, it seems like they are building tons and tons of condos and retail down there and not luring large corporations. I guess me being a New Yorker, I expect cities to do better than this.
In my discussions with my wife about moving back to NYC or remaining in S. Florida, I tell her the outlook for Miami is MUCH brighter than the rest of S. Florida. I mean, they already have a skeleton of a mass transit system i.e. metromover, metro rail and tri rail. Expanding the train system INTELLIGENTLY is doable. Until I started doing research, I didn’t realize the large number of corporations they have in Miami. They also have great waters and ports for which they could easily develop a first class fishing industry. Why not throw a Pike’s Market (ala Seattle) sort of place in Downtown Miami?
Tons of promise but then I look at whats being done, and its a joke. They are not giving people the slightest reason to want to live close to the urban cores. Heck, if they invested all their money in building first class mass transit from Miami shores down to Coral Gables (all east of I-95) AND centered their corporations in the downtown areas, you don’t think the masses would get the picture? They would definitely move in closer, their wallets would tell them too.
To me, Miami’s problem is. The powers that be want it to be some top notch play ground for the rich and famous and tourist. Lets throw up TONS of condos, bring in little to no jobs except those that service the wealthy. Problem with that is, you still need to have people who work and create goods and generate sizable incomes. Not these low wage service jobs either, I mean highly skilled jobs. But then you have the problem of to many unskilled low wage workers in Miami. You have to diversify your economy. This way, during downturns you can weather storms better. Reason being is your economy is diverse enough to have industries that will not be affected as much. Heck, they should even be promoting local farming (peak oil anyone).
I can go on for days about what Miami should be doing!
I think the chicken/egg issue boils down to voting out commissioners and mayors who do not have the head for business. Man, when Bloomberg finishes up in NYC people should beg him to move here and run lol.
Sorry for veering off topic a bit, its the economist in me. It really disgust me to see such untapped potential go to waste because of corruption and ignorance.
Wild Style,
I agree…especially about local farming!
The funny thing is that when Bloomberg came into power everyone was expecting him to tank in comparison to Rudy, and look at the job he has done. As a former New Yorker you should see the decentralized nature of NY’s workforce. Economic centers are spread throughout the Tri-state area (Hoboken, Stamford, Brooklyn, Long Island..etc), and were created using tax breaks, as you suggest. The same has happened here in Dade County. Doral is a city built out of sweet tax incentives for businesses (not to mention cheap land). We do need more corporations and businesses to move downtown, no question.
I am not sure what you meant by decentralized, could you clarify? The city is still very centralized as far as its business districts go. Now, they did lose some corporations from Manhattan post 9/11 but that was because of the economic impact of that 9/11 tragedy. The biggest recepient of that mess was Charlotte N.C. Check out PLANYC if you have time. The smart growth in that city is unparalleled in the U.S. and it must be if mass transit is to be effective. I mean, the way S. FLorida is sprawled out, I dont really see a sensible solution to its current mass transit problems. You are going to have tons of inefficiencies and tons of half empty buses. The population trends need to change and clear and easily accisble business districts need to be developed. Not just in downtown Miami but even say a downtown coral gables or where ever else would be prudent.
I could be wrong but I don’t think all of the present neighborhoods in South Florida are going to make it back from this economic downturn (which I predict will take a decade to over come). So I think, who ever comes to power needs to be strong willed and forward thinking enough to make the tough decisions. By this I mean they need to get corporations out of sprawlsville and into the urban core.
As for Guliana, take it from someone born and breed in that city. People hated that so and so until 9/11. It was after 9/11 when he was some how transformed into a hero. Before then that, this guys policies were some of the most hated. He really crapped on the little guy in that city. One example is how he attacked and dismantled many community gardens. Another instance is when he was pushing the policy departments to hand out citations for the craziest and antiquated crap. One pregnant lady was given a ticket because she was taking up to much space on a public bench. Another guy was given a citation for sitting on a milk crate in front of HIS bodega. I remember this cop took out a ad in the NYTs that said “don’t blame us for these crack down, blame city hall” lol. This one artist painted caricature of rudy giuliani as Hitler. He did pave the way though. He came in and cleaned up a lot of crime and Bloomberg came in and made the city a bit better financially. I also appreciate his honesty (bloomberg). A year ago he came out and said NYC was facing one of the toughest periods it has faced since the 70s because of the economy.
Either way, Miami needs a new approach. From what I have seen, the current mayor has done a lot but Miami needs a rudy giuliani to come in, clean up corruption, then they need a business man to guide that city toward prosperity.
Again sorry for going a bit off topic. But this is one of my favorite subjects. Appreciate the discourse!
When I talk about decentralization, I am talking about cities that are large enough to support several ‘downtown’ areas. In NY, even prior to 9/11, but certainly after that, you saw industries from the financial sector disperse all around the tri-state area (and mostly because of the lure of tax incentives). Similarly, here we have developed multiple downtown locations that support most of the workforce. In the case of New York, the PATH train, LIRR, and other commuter rail lines connect this large Mega-polis, whereas here we are lacking with just Tri-Rail.
I happened to have lived under both Rudy and Bloomberg, so I know what you are talking about. I was thinking more about the business interests in the city more than the civic ones. He was not at all interested, as Bloomberg is, with making sure that NY is livable from a smart growth perspective. I think his positive influence (if any can be attributed to him) have to do with drops in crime and improving the business atmosphere of the city, and even these might have happened in spite of him and not because of him.
Ahh okay, I see what you mean now. I thought when you said decentralization, you meant a bunch of business all over the place with out any form of centralization. I agree with you and I am not implying that Miami can’t have a FEW downtown areas with centralized business areas. However, this isn’t the case now but something that most be done as I think you said in your first post.
Have you seen ANY seen of business district centralization in Miami? I don’t mean just words but policies to really make this happen?
Semi says:
Los Angeles is decentralized, assisted by geographical valleys. That city’s transportation system simply does not work. People believe you can recreate all services in one “community” and thus reducing the need to commute over long distances. It’s a theory that doesn’t work. Most companies are laid out across cities in random order. And these commercial locations are not always adjacent to an adequate residential community. LA’s inter-valley arterials are always congested.
A centralized city like New York City has commercial and [formerly] industrial zones adjacent to residential zones (many of these residential/commercial mixed sites). The suburbs are mainly bedroom communities with barely no destination points to lure most city traffic.
This creates routes, in and out of town, that are established and reliable for permanent placement of bus/rail lines. And it makes the dense core of the city open to mass transit treatments of any configuration. Which means you can place a rail or bus line virtually anywhere and it will get good ridership numbers.
Miami-Dade is not doing this. County government pushes the outer boundaries then can’t figure out where rail and bus lines should go. It proposes a north corridor or a south Dade rail line but doesn’t have the density in those areas to support the line. The government then ignores its urban core where there density (even if it’s currently based on weekday business activities).
Most people believe the urban core design to be obsolete. However, businesses continue to thrive downtown for 100 years. Proof that the traditional city layout is the only one that works consistently.
Semi, I think you remain tied to the fallacy that the city is an aggregate of different ‘zones’ where people live, work, play, etc. Traditional cities don’t differentiate between these zones, and are based on neighborhoods and smaller commuting distances (no one assumes that all work will take place close to home, but close enough that you don’t commute for hours on end). It isn’t a theory as you put it, but a model based on a thousand years of traditional urban planning. A model that still works in traditional cities around the world.
New York city, to be accurate, is all about mixed uses. Unfortunately, the surrounding centers (in New Jersey and Conn.) were designed using post-war dysfunctional Euclidean zoning. The same has happened here. It is a question of adopting codes that create walkable communities, not continue to separate uses.
Wild style, I don’t really know of any policies to draw companies to any one specific area within Dade County. If you want to talk about the tri-county area, that’s a different story. Broward, West Palm and Dade are always competing for businesses with creative tax incentives and perks to retain or attract new companies.
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Privacy Controls in Vista 10 Are Decorative, Not Intended to Help Guard Privacy
Posted in Microsoft, Vista 10, Windows at 7:00 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: More people realise that even with configuration to fit one’s preferences, Vista 10 remains an Orwellian piece of spyware
VERY counter-intuitively, Vista 10 should be scary to its users, but not to GNU/Linux users. Vista 10 poses plenty of dangers to people who are using it (i.e. used by it) and it is not gaining market share because a lot of people quickly realise that adopting Vista 10 means becoming a product for Microsoft to sell. Microsoft always brags about ‘sales’/number of useds [sic], but not this time. Vista 10 is demonstrably a huge failure, despite the low initial advertised cost (gratis ‘upgrade’).
Last week we reminded readers that settings in proprietary software from Microsoft are often decorative, meaning that they serve no function other than give users the illusion of control. With proprietary software, especially from Microsoft, the software controls the user. Microsoft has been ignoring user settings (regarding privacy and other critical things such as automatic updates) for at least 14 years. This isn’t a shocking new development as it has been done since Windows XP, if not beforehand as well.
British media made it top news today that Vista 10 “contacts OneDrive, MSN and other services even if a user has activated privacy-protecting options” (i.e. Microsoft ignores these).
“Microsoft has been ignoring user settings (regarding privacy and other critical things such as automatic updates) for at least 14 years.”Almost all the articles are linking to Microsoft Peter (a British Microsoft booster), but some, such as Phil Muncaster, frame Microsoft’s attack on privacy based on the company’s own words. “The offending clause was spotted by eagle-eyed journalists who waded through the new 12,000 word terms of use,” Muncaster wrote and other British journalists, along with US counterparts, focused on Microsoft Peter (some have explained why forced automatic updates that cannot be disabled are a “Dangerous New Direction”).
“Microsoft’s claims that it makes great software are open to dispute,” said this article the other day and The New American, a reasonably high profile site, went with the headline “Windows 10 Is Spyware”. There is a trend here. Vista 10 is quickly becoming synonymous with spyware and there is finally a Wikipedia page titled “Microsoft Spyware”. It’s actually a Wikipedia article on Microsoft Spyware, providing some preliminary examples.
iophk reminded us this morning that “Slashdot used to tag articles ‘vista failure’ for a few weeks.” Having just checked Techrights traffic again, for the past 4 days (since Sunday), Vista 10 market share is up to just 1.1%. Still pathetic given that the ‘upgrade’ is advertised as gratis.
FOSS Force published this article this morning, reminding us that Vista 10 AstroTurfing, like a lot of Microsoft AstroTurfing in general, relies on trying to “create stories that find the positive within the negative” because “a story that simply states that “Windows 10 is great!” might not make the cut as a news story, even with the always lowering standards on what passes as news sites these days.”
“The job for the Mad ad men,” explains Christine, “is to create stories that find the positive within the negative — which they’re doing with great abundance, mainly because Windows never fails to offer a surfeit of negative.” It’s drowning the signal with noise, turning negatives into positives. It’s a classic PR strategy which we wrote about in past years. █
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Microsoft Peter Writes About Malicious Microsoft Antifeatures, Tries to Blame Lenovo and Succeeds
Posted in GNU/Linux, Lenovo, Microsoft at 6:37 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: Malice from Microsoft is being framed as malice from Lenovo, owing to some shrewd spin from a longtime Microsoft booster
Peter is a brave man. Despite his love for Microsoft, he has been hanging out in our main IRC channel for a number of years. He probably joined after we had criticised many of his articles and pointed out the gross bias, which sometimes got a lot more severe and clearly upset a lot of readers, even employees of companies like Opera. Factual inaccuracies, outright errors, semi-truths, spin etc. are a standard routine.
Today we wish to discuss this article because it helps raise awareness of malicious things that Microsoft has been doing. What Microsoft Peter calls “anti-theft feature” is neither “anti-theft” nor a feature but an antifeature. It is part of Wintel’s attack on general-purpose computers or home PCs, tying these to Microsoft software at the hardware level (like OS signatures to be accepted or rejected at the motherboard level).
Microsoft Peter uses a cleverly-crafted argument of diversion; “Lenovo used Windows anti-theft feature to install persistent crapware” is the headline, but it might as well have said that Microsoft had turned many computers against their users and Lenovo merely borrowed this facility from Microsoft.
“The criticism is going to Lenovo for using this when it should be going to Microsoft for even allowing it.”
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In our IRC channel, Ryan Farmer, a former Microsoft MVP (albeit no longer loyal to them), wrote: “Turns out there’s a Windows 8/10 “feature” that runs Windows programs that OEMs can put in the EFI firmware. But it works in Windows 7 as well because of a Microsoft extension to ACPI that lets the firmware pass Windows executables to Windows, which it executes even if they’re not related to power management. Seems like the last version of Windows that wouldn’t do this was maybe Vista. The criticism is going to Lenovo for using this when it should be going to Microsoft for even allowing it. In theory, it’s there to make it impossible for laptop thieves to remove anti-theft software, but since there’s no limitation on how it can be used…”
This article is debated right now by people without an understanding of the technical details. It’s talked about in some other sites and forums, even corporate media like Time. Microsoft Peter managed to get people angry at Lenovo rather than Microsoft (the culprit). Cory Doctorow fell for it and everyone else is directing the anger only at Lenovo (just take a glimpse at those headlines while they last in Google’s index, there at least two dozen of them at the moment).
We wish to remind readers to properly research before buying a PC without GNU/Linux already installed. Microsoft has been setting up artificial obstacles, culminating in Vista 10 with the latest/newest dual-boot complications, set aside UEFI ‘secure’ boot barriers (Microsoft now allows for no “off” switch to be present). Yesterday, a site specialising in this area reported =”GRUB-Install errors while attempting to dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux distributions” (check out the screenshots). █
Cisco: When a Patent Troll (by Some Criteria) Claims to be Against Patent Trolls, Has Much Left to Prove
Posted in Deception, Patents at 5:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Analysis of Cisco’s claims that it is making a new video codec ‘royalty-free’ in an effort to fight trolls (probably MPEG-LA et al.)
Cisco, itself somewhat of a troll these days (reversal of a previous stance and previous actions), is trying very hard to paint itself ‘anti-trolls’ right now (picked by LWN by now), leading to misleading press coverage like “Cisco hands license-busting troll-hammer to THOR”. To quote:
Cisco is sick of the state of patent licensing for video codecs, so has decided to set a royalty-free of its own loose on the world.
The Borg’s problem is twofold: on the one hand, the licensing pools for H.264 fail to represent many of the participants in the industry; on the other, the successor, H.265, can be vastly more expensive.
Is Cisco ever going to stand up to MPEG-LA? Cisco enters a space already populated by Google’s WebM/VP9 and Ogg Theora/Vorbis (here is Monty Montgomery’s initial response to Cisco making its codec free, but not Free software like his own ‘baby’). It would be nice to see Cisco throwing its weight against MPEG-LA, and by extension MPEG-LA backers such as Apple and Microsoft. Some sites frame Cisco’s software as “H.264 and H.265 alternative”. Let’s see how they cope with the patent troll, MPEG-LA. Sooner or later we are bound to find out.
It is no secret that Techrights distrusts Cisco, even for reasons other than patents. Today in the news there are damaging allegations about (and also from) Cisco. Cisco claims that its gear can be hijacked (Cisco’s very own back door must not have helped and instead contributed to it). Perhaps Cisco found out that letting only the “Good Guys” get into everything from Cisco rarely works in practice. Cisco is a back doors industry leader, with public attempt to even standardise the practice and Web pages that boast about it (Cisco may have removed or watered down these pages since the Snowden-provided leaks). Does anyone wish to actually use Cisco products, irrespective of the codecs used, to transmit audio and video inside a private business? Sensitive data is being passed around, making it an attractive target for espionage. Cisco gear is a bug waiting to be remotely accessed (or its communications intercepted) by Cisco’s partners in high places, such as the NSA. Remember that Cisco’s stacks are almost entirely proprietary, no matter how much openwashing the company habitually resorts to. █
Geographical Scope of Broadening Scope of Patents is Expanding With 1%-Centric ‘Globalisation’ and ‘Trade’ Deals
Posted in America, Australia, Europe, Patents at 5:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The plot to monopolise more of what is public (e.g. public domain, common knowledge) gradually unravels as people secretly (dodging public participation) congregate to centralise power structures, opportunistic predation, costly litigation, and enforcement of demands from corporations (like I.S.D.S.)
IT IS saddening to see that despite some patent progress which is being made in the US, owing for the most to SCOTUS*, other countries/islands/continents regress and essentially derail their own economy. It’s a class war waged between multinational corporations, i.e. plutocrats without borders, and everyone else, irrespective of nationality. It’s a large-scale heist cleverly disguised as harmonisation of national and international laws.
Not too long ago we explained how the software patents debate in New Zealand was being bypassed or worked around in secret. Some vigilant people caught this secretive ploy and alerted the media, calling for action while fighting back against software patents. Now there is a press release and resultant/accompanying media coverage from the local/national media, even ZDNet outside the country [1, 2, 3, 4]. Will this be enough? Well, it’s only the beginning of what could become a very long struggle. New Zealand has already devised the same loophole that Europe is sneakily using in order to allow software patenting, provided it’s tied to some unspecified device.
Speaking of Europe, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) ‘harmonisation’ ploy is well under way as here in Britain, without public consent (no referendum, no polling, not even a Parliamentary debate), the London division of the UPC [is surprisingly] announced”. Yes, the patent parasites (practitioners) just jump the gun and according to this report, “UK Intellectual Property Office has announced the new location of the London section of the Unified Patent Court.”
So UK-IPO basically ignores the standard authorities and procedures, just like the EPO‘s management. One might say that they virtually operate outside the law, much like the Mafia. They know what’s good for them and they don’t bother consulting the public. According to IP Kat, a blog of patent maximalists from London, the Enlarged Board (tackling EPO disputes) finally has something to reveal.
Just like these secret (and now notorious) ‘trade’ deals which we rarely write about (even though more is known about them now), these patent conspiracies (or collusions) serve to just enrich a meta-industry of people who profit from taxation of real practitioners — people whose practice is producing stuff like software and machines. █
* According to Patent Buddy, the SCOTUS ruling in Alice keeps squashing software patents. “New PTO eMod system,” allegedly (no link to the source), “seamlessly generates automated § 101 rejection on every appl’n, saving the PTO millions of $$ a year in exam costs.”
Links 13/8/2015: KDE Frameworks 5.13.0, Red Hat Satellite 6.1
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Linux Never Had a Better Chance to Beat Windows
Windows 10 is out, and everyone is talking about it. It’s clear that Microsoft did something right for a change and that the latest version of the OS is better than the previous releases. This is actually a good thing.
Windows 10 privacy concerns may help Linux
Libreboot Ported To A Sub-$200 ARM Chromebook
Libreboot support makes the C201 a fairly free-software-friendly device plus that it uses Google’s embedded controller that’s backed by free software. One hairy part about this device is the Broadcom BCM4354 for WiFi and Bluetooth does require a proprietary firmware module in its open-source driver.
Has Chrome OS become ugly?
Chromebooks and Chromeboxes have done very well in terms of sales at Amazon and other retailers. But what about Chrome OS itself? Google has made some changes to it over the years and one redditor is wondering if Chrome OS has become ugly.
Lenovo Announces New ThinkPad P50, P70 ‘Mobile Workstation’
The $64,000 question is the operating system. The ThinkPad P Series comes with Windows 10, of course, but Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are also available.
Linux 4.2 Inching Closer To Landing In Ubuntu 15.10
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is still preparing to land Linux 4.2 within Ubuntu 15.10 “Wily Werewolf” for its release in October.
There are many new features to Linux 4.2 and the Ubuntu Kernel Team has been working to get their packages into shape so it can be incorporated into Ubuntu 15.10.
Alibaba Shows Open Source Support by Joining The Linux Foundation and Xen Advisory Board
Online retailer and cloud computing provider Alibaba has joined the Linux Foundation as a silver member, and its cloud computing subsidiary, Aliyun, is a new Advisory Board member of the open-source Xen hypervisor, which is hosted at the Linux Foundation.
Xen Project Announces Alibaba Joins Advisory Board
Alibaba, DCHQ, MediaTek, PayPal and Wuhan Deepin Technology Join Linux Foundation
Linux Vendor Firmware Service: We Need Your Help
I spend a lot of my day working on framework software for other programs to use. I enjoy this plumbing, and Red Hat gives me all the time I need to properly design and build these tricky infrastructure-type projects. Sometimes, just one person isn’t enough.
Gradle 2.6 Cames With Changes
Experimental conversion tool for GeoDCAT-AP available online now
Bounce Around IRC with ZNC
In my discussion on IRC with “bkidwell” (see the Non-Linux FOSS article for more on our talk), we were discussing how we connect to IRC. My main method is to SSH in to my co-located Raspberry Pi in Austria and connect to a screen session I have running that is constantly connected to IRC with Irssi. This works really well for me, and I never miss messages when I’m away. The big problem I have is occasionally I’m away from a laptop, and so I can’t efficiently use the terminal to chat. It might be technically possible to IRC chat via an SSH app on my phone, but it would mean super-tiny text and awkward keyboard shortcuts.
Docker 1.8 Improves Container Security With Content Trust
The open-source container technology now benefits from technology that can digitally sign and verify application containers.
Docker 1.8 adds serious container security
Server and cloud developers love Docker and containers, but they’re also more than a little worried about container security. Now, in its latest release, Docker 1.8, Docker is tackling the problem head on with Docker Content Trust (DCT).
Docker Delivers Content Trust to Lock Down Container Security
How To Install Kibana In Ubuntu 14.04
Introducing ‘Aptly’, A Debian Repository Management Tool
Hamachi Linux GUI `Haguichi` 1.3.0 Released With New UI
c3video for debconf #3
How to count the number of threads in a process on Linux
10 YaST2 Command Examples in SUSE Linux
How To Install Wine Staging 1.7.49 On Ubuntu And Derivative Systems
Download Torrents And YouTube Videos With FrostWire
Power Management Tool `TLP` 0.8 Released
How to Install Chromium 44 on Fedora 22, Fedora 21 and CentOS 7
How to Install Atom 1.0.6 on Fedora 22, Fedora 21 and CentOS 7
How To Install KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 6 (Open-Source Password Manager) On Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04 And Ubuntu 14.04
Atom 1.0.6 Brings Changes. Install It On Your Ubuntu System Now
Automating Processes with Chef
Reading LWN.net with Pocket
I’ve started to use Pocket a few months ago to store my backlog of things to read. It’s especially useful as I can use it to read content offline since we still don’t have any Internet access in places such as airplanes or the Paris metro. It’s only 2015 after all.
Yesterday, I thought about that and decided to start hacking on it. LWN provides a feature called “Subscriber Link” that allows you to share an article with a friend. I managed to use that feature to share the articles with my friend… Pocket!
As doing that every week is tedious, I wrote a small Python program called lwn2pocket that I published on GitHub. Feel free to use it, hack it and send pull requests.
How To Find My Public IP Address From Command Line On a Linux
KDE Plasma 5.3 Released – Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, Fedora and OpenSUSE
Linux and Unix Test Disk I/O Performance With dd Command
Tricks to play with vim
Hydrogen: A software drum machine for Linux
The basics of inline assembly for Linux on z Systems
How to disable IPv6 in Linux?
Terraria is now available for Mac and Linux users with PC cross-buy and cross-saving
Terraria hits Mac and Linux at long last
Terraria hits Linux and Mac, with PC cross-save
Terraria now available on Mac and Linux
Terraria Now Available DRM Free For Linux On GOG & Out Of Beta
Terraria is Finally Available for Mac and Linux
While the game came out back in May of 2011 on PC, it has since been ported to almost every other platform imaginable, including Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and finally iOS and Android.
GOL Survey Results: July
Hacking Simulator Hacknet Released, Eventually Coming To Linux
Founder Of Larian Studios Teases Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition For Linux
HTC Vive Plans Linux/SteamOS Support For Day 1
Good news VR fans, it seems the HTC Vive plans to have Linux/SteamOS support included for day 1 at release.
KDE Frameworks 5.13.0 Officially Released with Lots of Fixes
KDE Frameworks 5.13.0 has just been released by the KDE Community, and developers have made a large number of changes and improvements.
Qt Input Method – Virtual Keyboard
Qt and KDAB at CppCon 2015
Pointing devices KCM: status report
High DPI in Plasma 5.4
As retrofitting high DPI support into such a large range of both KDE and third party applications is risky to do without breakage, progress is deliberately slow and gradual in order to do this right.
August Update
KSnapshot-Next
It’s actually a little more complicated than that. I started to work on the KF5 port of KSnapshot (EDIT: no, contrary to what Phoronix claims this port is not my work; I simply wanted to fix anything that needed fixing) sometime in early March this year, before I realised that the codebase, while perfectly in order for being a X11-only screenshot taker for KDE (yes, KSnapshot actually has a complete and fairly decent KF5 port in its frameworks branch on KDE Git), was in need of a major overhaul if we were going to get proper Wayland support in.
Google Summer of Code:Update
It has been one month exactly, since my previous update. This was due to opening fall semester of my college on mid-July, then went to participate at hackIndia, where we developed Corazon, Corazon-backend and at last conducted Mozilla Marketplace Day.
Incubating Snorenotify
Now you might say we already have KNotifications, that’s right. KNotifications is awesome if you are a KDE application and running in a Plasma setup. Snorenotify aims at providing less features than KNotifications but also at being standalone and being directly integrated in an application.
Opening up computers to millions of individuals with disabilities
I was lucky enough to get a chance to interview Colin and find out more about his upcoming LinuxCon talk, what he hopes his audience will gain from attending, and his fresh, diverse viewpoint on disability—as well as why accessibility is actually an integral part of the open source community.
Part of accomplishing this is about having a good design, but it would be silly to have to implement text to speech conversion, alternative controls, screen magnification, etc. in every application you build. Luckily there are accessibility APIs that can facilitate communication between your application and assistive technologies that provide those additional functions. The people working on GNOME created open accessibility APIs (ATK and AT-SPI) to facilitate that communication and to give an open source friendly alternative to the APIs created by Microsoft and Apple. Though you can implement the calls to and from those APIs yourself, QT and GTK+ both implement them with all the widgets they provide, so if you are working within one of those frameworks a lot of work has been done for you.
Gnome can get drunk, legally, as it turns 18
This Saturday the GNOME Project celebrates its 18th birthday, over the years it has gone from being the top dog in desktop environment land to seeing a slump in usage after launching GNOME 3 (although this has somewhat recovered now), its usage share has also not been helped with the two most popular Linux distros, Ubuntu and Linux Mint, shifting to Unity and Cinnamon respectively.
GNOME Turns 18 this Saturday
This is a great chance to tell the world why you love GNOME, inspire others to give it a try, give back to the community, and just wish GNOME a happy birthday.
Playing with antiX 15
The antiX distribution is a lightweight operating system based on Debian. The latest release was put together using packages from Debian 8 “Jessie” and ships with SysV init software instead of systemd. The latest release, antiX 15, is available in three editions: Core-libre (233MB), Base (582MB) and Full (686MB). There are 32-bit and 64-bit x86 builds of each edition. The antiX wiki tells us that the Core edition ships with virtually no software pre-selected for us, allowing us to customize the operating system to our needs. The Base edition is for older computers, like Pentium II and Pentium III machines, while the Full edition is for more modern computers and people who want a complete desktop experience. I opted to download antiX’s Full edition.
REVIEW : First Impression on Kali Linux 2.0
Kali Linux 2.0 is released on today (August 11, 2014 EST). I downloaded 64-bit full version and installed it on VirtualBox 5.0. The host computer has Intel Celeron(R) CPU N2930 @ 1.83GHz × 4 and 8 GB RAM. I assigned 5 GB RAM to Kali Linux 2.0. It is quite slow for it to run with 5GB RAM on my VirtualBox 5.0. Meanwhile, the sound always mute on every start up even you have set it before.
Kali Linux 2.0 Screencast and Screenshots
Kali Linux 2.0 Screenshot Tour
Linux Top 3: Tails 1.5, Kali Linux 2.0 and LibreOffice 5
Kali, formerly known as BackTrack Linux, has long been one of the most popular security focused Linux distributions. Kali Linux is Debian based and now with Kali LInux 2.0 it’s moving to Debian Jessie as a base for a rolling distribution.
Tails 1.5 Screenshot Tour
Alpine Linux 3.2.3 released
The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.2.3 of its Alpine Linux operating system.
This is a bugfix release of the v3.2 musl based branch. This release is based on the 3.18.20 kernel which has some critical security fixes.
Arch Family
Manjaro GNOME 0.8.13.1 Gets GNOME 3.16.2 and systemd 222
Manjaro GNOME, a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and fully compatible with the Arch repositories, has been finally upgraded to version 0.8.13.1 and is now ready for download.
Ballnux/SUSE
SUSE brings its management software to the cloud
SUSE may not get the headlines, but it’s still a major Linux server power. That’s why the news that SUSE is enabling its customers to use its SUSE Manager in the public cloud via SUSE’s “bring-your-own-subscription” program is a big deal.
LinuxCon Preview: Q&A with SUSE’s Michael Miller
As a preview of next week’s LinuxCon in Seattle, we asked keynote speaker Michael Miller of SUSE to answer some questions about openness in IT infrastructure and what it means for Linux and SUSE.
For more from Michael Miller, check out his keynote presentation at LinuxCon, “Open Source Code: It’s in our DNA,” in which he will talk about open source, the progress that has been made, and why now is the perfect time to be building the future of open source together.
Red Hat Satellite 6.1 finally arrives
Red Hat Satellite 6.1 is Red Hat’s systems management solution for managing Red Hat servers and services. It’s not been that long since Red Hat Satellite 6.0 appeared — in September 2014. But, Red Hat’s push into the cloud, DevOps, and containers combined to make the need for an update urgent.
Red Hat Expands Collaboration with Tesora, OpenStack Database as a Service Company
Red Hat Invests in OpenStack Cloud Database as a Service Vendor Tesora
The CEO of Tesora, whose new round of funding totals $5.8 million, explains where containers will play a role in the future of cloud databases.
Cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) vendor Tesora today announced that it has completed a new round of funding, bringing in $5.8 million. The new round included the participation of Red Hat, Rho Canada Ventures, and existing investors General Catalyst and Point Judith Capital. Total funding to date for Tesora now stands at $14.5 million.
Red Hat targets containers in systems management overhaul
Coming almost a year after the original product’s launch, Satellite 6.1 will extend the service’s core capabilities to container deployments, which isolates software to maintain performance across different environments and to protect data.
Goodbye Henry Ford, hello open organization
Thinking about all the current and future employees who join Red Hat directly out of school is exciting. By starting their careers at Red Hat, they will hopefully avoid some of the corporate frustrations I experienced throughout my 20s. They will understand the power of intentional corporate culture, transparency, and open communication. Their careers will be rooted in a non-traditional understanding of corporate organization. As they become the future leaders at Red Hat and elsewhere they will bring this perspective with them. The Henry Ford era of management philosophy may finally begin to change.
Growth Stock in Focus: Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT)
FSF’s 30th, GNOME’s 18th, Kali 2.0, and Fedora 23a
The Free Software Foundation today announced their 30th birthday party to take place in Boston, Massachusetts in October. Also celebrating is GNOME, who turns 18 this Saturday, August 15. Elsewhere, Kali Linux 2.0 was announced, but one early review says it’s not ready. Fedora 23 Alpha arrived yesterday as well bringing “wide changes” and Italo Vignoli looks at the numbers from LibreOffice 5.0 a week after its announcement.
The Fedora Developers Are Discussing Whether To Add Chromium To The Default Repos Or Not
For now, Chromium is not added to the default Fedora repositories because it does not respect the distro’s policy about bundling of system libraries, but some developers are already working towards achieving this. The issue is caused by the fact that Chromium depends on its own libraries and FFmpeg, which is also absent from the repos.
Fedora 23 NetworkManager test day: August 20ᵗʰ
Fedora 23 is scheduled for a release at the end of the October. Among many other improvements, this release will include new version of NetworkManager, the service that manages network connectivity.
Fedora 23 Alpha released, includes better security and Cinnamon spin
Fedora 23 final is not due until the end of October but today the project released the Alpha build for early adopters and developers to test out. This release will be succeeded by a Beta release next month which will ship with patches for bugs found in the Alpha, the Beta will also be code complete and resemble what a user will find in the final release.
Dotclear 2.8
Make Fedora 23 Beautiful – Contribute Your Wallpaper
Fedora 23 development is moving on and the time to release is not long anymore, so it is time to open the submission phase for Fedora 23 Supplemental Wallpapers.
Fedora 23 Alpha Screenshot Tour
Ubufox Package Updated for All Supported Ubuntu OSes
The Ubufox package has been upgraded by Canonical for the Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating systems.
Ubuntu phones now available in South Africa
BQ has created an Ubuntu global store where people from around the world can buy an Aquaris Ubuntu Edition handset.
This follows the successful European launches of the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition and it’s slightly larger brother, the BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition.
Ubuntu Developers Set Up Dedicated Repository for the Latest Nvidia Drivers
The Ubuntu developers have set up a dedicated PPA for proprietary drivers, and for now, only the Nvidia video cards are supported. This is a great step forward made by Canonical, but a lot more work needs to be done.
Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) Is Now Based on Linux Kernel 4.2 RC6
The Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) development cycle is powering on and it looks like Canonical is determined to have Linux kernel 4.2 available as soon as possible.
The Ubuntu Guys Have Already Worked Out A More Official PPA For Nvidia Driver Updates
New Official Proprietary GPU Drivers Ubuntu PPA Released
BQ’s Ubuntu Bows on World Stage
Flavours and Variants
Bodhi Linux 3.1.0 Now Uses Moksha Desktop (Enlightenment E17 Fork) By Default
Bodhi Linux has had some hard times a period, when the main developer has dropped the project, but he came back and things got returned to normal.
Bodhi 3.1.0 Screenshot Tour
Bodhi Linux 3.1.0 Is the First OS with the Moksha Desktop Environment – Screenshot Tour
Bodhi is an operating system based on Linux that uses a new desktop environment named Moksha. Bodhi Linux 3.1.0 is the first release in the series to use Moksha.
Raspberry Pi To Get Firmware Driver In Linux 4.3, Closer To DRM Driver Support
The Raspberry Pi crew is looking to add a firmware driver for their hardware to the Linux 4.3 kernel.
The Raspberry Pi firmware driver is needed for communicating with the VPU, which in turn has exclusive control of some peripherals. It was Eric Anholt that sent out this RPi firmware driver per this mailing list post.
Raspberry Pi KMS-Only, No-3D Driver Under Review
This Raspberry Pi DRM/KMS driver makes use of the RPi firmware driver and why hours ago it looked like the new driver was on approach, and now it’s panned out with the latest mailing list activity. However, for easing review, Eric posted just the basic VC4 DRM driver support that brings up frame-buffer console support over KMS and utilizes the xf86-video-modesetting driver on X.Org.
Mycroft is the first ever open source artificial intelligence platform for everyone
As we continue to see how Artificial Intelligence can make our lives easier including everything from natural language processing to self-driving cars, it was only a matter of time before the technology broke out of the private domain of large companies and into the world of open source.
Mycroft launches Kickstarter to create ‘artificial intelligence for everyone’
Six-port net appliance runs Yocto on Braswell
Aaeon’s rugged “FWS-2260″ network appliance runs Yocto Linux on a 14nm Intel “Braswell” SoC and has six GbE ports, SATA and CFast, and dual mini-PCIe slots.
Hardkernel tweaks its popular Odroid-C1 Pi clone
Hardkernel’s Odroid project is shipping a replacement for its community-backed Odroid-C1 single-board computer, which debuted last December, and came in fourth place in this June’s LinuxGizmos/Linux.com Linux/Android SBC reader survey out of a field of 53. According to the project, the $37 C1+ “replaced” the original $35 C1 as of July, and the original cases and heatsink will not work with the C1+. Otherwise, processor, memory, and other details are the same, including the 40-pin GPIO connector, which is said to be compatible with later generation Raspberry Pi SBCs.
Google unveils Android Experiments – a showcase of inspiring projects on Android
Google launches Android Experiments to showcase your most creative apps
Android Experiments: A celebration of creativity and code
Android was created as an open and flexible platform, giving people more ways to come together to imagine and create. This spirit of invention has allowed developers to push the boundaries of mobile development and has helped make Android the go-to platform for creative projects in more places—from phones, to tablets, to watches, and beyond. We set out to find a way to celebrate the creative, experimental Android work of developers everywhere and inspire more developers to get creative with technology and code.
Google Android Experiments to Showcase Innovative Open Source Apps
Google launches Android Experiments website, shows off open source Android and Android Wear apps
Google’s Android Experiments show what your devices can do
Google’s Helpful Spying Now Feeding Android Users Info From Favorite Mobile Apps
Here’s what’s next for Google Android Wear watches
Android Wear owners will gain several new features in a future firmware update, including interactive watch faces, an updated Weather app and a way to share information with others who have an Android Wear watch.
New Nexus 5 Android 5.1.1 Release: 5 Things to Know
Google is rolling out new Android 5.1.1 builds to its Nexus devices and the Nexus 5 is on the list. With an OTA underway, we want to take a look at the most important things to know about this new August Nexus 5 Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update and its release.
Nextbit: Daring upstart led by Android veterans to launch ‘awesome’ phone on 1 September
At a time when even a company the size of Microsoft cannot succeed in the smartphone market, a new company called Nextbit thinks it can join Apple and Samsung at the top table. Headed by former HTC and Google staff, it has a secret weapon in the form of a phone that it says will get better with age.
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update: Open Source Kernel for Motorola’s 2015 Moto E
HTC One M8 Android M Update Will Bring Sense 7 UI
What Google’s Alphabet means for Android
Make Presentations from Your Android Phone — Anywhere
3 Android apps that take the ‘mean mom’ out of monitoring screen time
Fallout Shelter Is Coming To Android Tomorrow
Samsung launches Samsung Pay, which might beat Android Pay to market
5 (more) apps Apple should bring to Android
Study: Android user loyalty has actually surpassed the iPhone
Google Wants Cheap Android Phones for Push Into India
This could be our first look at BlackBerry’s Android smartphone
The 2010s have not been so kind to BlackBerry, but the company could be close to readying a phone that could put it back on the map. BlackBerry’s first Android smartphone, codenamed “Venice,” might have just made its debut on Twitter.
Back in July, we got our first look at a BlackBerry handset running Android. Or, at least, an artist’s rendering of what it might look like. The phone we’re seeing today looks quite different, to say the least. It features a display that curves around its edges, much like Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge. The most notable difference is that the Venice is said to offer a slide-out keyboard in case you don’t want to type on the screen. It just wouldn’t be BlackBerry without some sort of physical keyboard.
You (Probably) Don’t Want an Android Console
The Ouya. The Nexus Player. The Fire TV. The Shield TV. The Forge TV. These devices run the gamut from “unmitigated disaster” to “pretty decent set-top box,” but each one raises the same question: What is the point of an Android console?
Making an old android phone useful again
I wish there were a more “official” way to go.
Motorola accidentally announced Moto X Pure Edition release date?
Motorola took to Twitter earlier where it said “On Sep 3, you’ll see what real love is like. Choose #MotoX for a more powerful connection.” It later then revoked the tweet for an unknown reason.
Is Bassel Nearer to Freedom?
Earlier, Bassel won the Index on Censorship Digital Freedom Award, which helped get him moved from a horrifically bad jail to a less hostile Adra Prison. Winning this award will further increase the spotlight on Bassel, which increases the pressure to release him, your fellow Free Software engineer and Creative Commons activist.
HashPlex Unveils Lightning Network Implementation
Lightning Network is a proposal for an off-blockchain network that would support super-fast transactions and boost Bitcoin scalability. Wednesday, miner hosting company HashPlex unveiled an alpha Lightning Network hub implementation, as developers continue to refine the layer (sometimes called layer-2) on testnets.
Google’s Open Source Project: Why They Did It and What’s Next
The word “Kubernetes” may not roll off the tongue as easily as the word “Google,” but it is nonetheless an important project many outside the software community have probably not ever heard of.
Goldman Sachs to Give Out ‘Secret Sauce’ on Trading
Goldman Sachs just pulled a Silicon Valley move
The investment bank is giving away some of its trading technology to clients through open source software, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Goldman Sachs to give clients more open-source access
Why Open-Source Middleware Will Rule the Internet of Things
Market researchers are predicting that by 2020, more than 20 billion devices will be connected to the Internet. These objects and devices will produce massive amounts of data 24-7, which will be a pain in the backbone to manage, unless tackled efficiently. To a great extent, the solution to the influx of IoT data rests in the effectiveness of the data infrastructure supporting cross-device communication—or, in other terms, in the effectiveness of IoT middleware. I firmly believe that in order to succeed in its purpose, this infrastructure should be founded on open-source platforms and technologies.
How Open Source Can Help the IoT Industry Reach Full Potential
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to be one of the most powerful technological innovations to date. In fact, its reach will be so extensive—encompassing billions of connected endpoints across the globe—that it will completely change the way companies and consumers connect with one another and share information.
Open sourcing Grid, the Guardian’s new image management service
For about a year, a small dedicated team has been building the Guardian’s new image management service.
From the beginning, the vision was to provide a universal and fast experience accessing media that is well organised and using it in an affordable way to produce high-quality content.
Go wide: Open source advocacy on Twitter
Effective open source advocacy on Twitter requires you to go wide. You need to find and participate in communities of people who are not focused on open source. Maybe people passionate about arts education. Public health advocates. Bicycling enthusiasts or bridge players or pet rescuers or Habitat for Humanity people or meditation people or Esperanto speakers or folk music singer/songwriters.
The changing face of open-source software
The increasing number of open-source initiatives in existence leads some to catch a dose of initiative-fatigue. What’s really going on here?
Open Source and Enterprise App Development
To open source or not to open source, that is the question for many IT teams that are struggling with deciding on the best approach to mobile application development. There is no doubt that today’s broad array of open source offerings appear to offer development nirvana – free, community driven, customizable software.
Bringing IoT to Fruition with Fully Open Source Software
Non-profit foundations can help encourage fully open source software (FOSS) collaboration across industry and community. A relative newcomer is the prpl Foundation, an open-source non-profit foundation focused on enabling next-generation datacenter-to-device portable software and virtualized architectures. One of prpl’s focus areas is OpenWrt, a Linux distribution for embedded devices. Industry and community collaboration on a common FOSS baseline software stack can help facilitate new IoE products, applications and technologies, and enable easier connectivity and data exchange across a variety of platforms in the market.
The Potential of the Blockchain: LinuxCon Keynote Preview
There are many similarities between Linux and the blockchain and so I was thrilled that Greg Maxwell, one of the core Bitcoin maintainers and a long term open source and cryptogrophy developer, accepted my invitation to keynote LinuxCon this year. I recently caught up with him to talk about his speech and the potential he sees for the Blockchain.
Open Source T-Shirt Contest
Firefox 41 Beta Greatly Improves AdBlock Plus Memory Consumption and Image Decoding
Mozilla has already announced the launch of Firefox 41 Beta and opened up the final cycle to the upcoming version of the famous web browser.
Mozilla flings glove at Microsoft’s feet: Firefox 40 will PWN Edge
Mozilla has released Firefox 40, featuring a new look for Windows 10, better protection against uncertified add-ons, and an attempt to resist Microsoft’s effort to make Edge the default browser.
SaaS/Big Data
Bright Computing Offers its Own OpenStack, Plus Educational “Vodcasts”
Oracle/Java/LibreOffice
LibreOffice community achievements
Saying LibreOffice or OpenOffice to people can lead to interesting reactions. For some people, LibreOffice is the darling of the open source world, and for others, it is a crappy Microsoft Office alternative that they look down on.
I believe that LibreOffice plays an important function in the world, and one that spans beyond the mere function of an office suite. Before we get to that though, I think looking back through the tremendous journey that led to the LibreOffice project we know today is important.
LibreOffice 5.0, one week later
Following the announcement, donations have doubled in comparison to the previous weeks. As a consequence, we have reached the threshold of 150,000 donations since May 2013, when we started keeping track of the numbers. A huge thanks to all donors! With their money, they make LibreOffice sustainable, supporting the costs of the entire organization.
LibreOffice 5 released with bug fixes, cloud and mobile aspirations
LibreOffice, the non-Microsoft and (to many) beloved office suite, has reached a new milestone with the release of version 5. It’s of particular interest to Linux mavens, but the rest of LibreOffice users will benefit as well, thanks to an impressive boost in performance through GPU hardware and some interesting new features.
Czech TV and radio switch websites to Drupal
The Czech government-owned public TV broadcaster Česká televize has switched to using the open source content management system Drupal for its CT 24 news website, it announced on 6 August. One month earlier, the government-owned Český rozhlas (Czech Radio) also began using Drupal.
App management startup WSO2 raises $20M to fuel global expansion
Open-source app management startup WSO2 raised $20 million in funding on Thursday to expand the company’s global operations.
Open Source Cloud and Middleware Company WSO2 Attracts $20 Million in Funding Led by Pacific Controls, Global Provider of Internet of Things Managed Solutions
We’re quickly approaching our two-year anniversary, which will be on episode 105. To celebrate, we’ve created a unique t-shirt design, available for purchase until the end of August. Shirts will be shipped out around September 1st. Most of the proceeds will support the show, and specifically allow us to buy additional equipment to record on-site interviews at conferences.
FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC
Richard Stallman to participate on IWEEE 2015
Richard Stallman, the father of the Free Software movement and president of the Free Software Foundation, will participate on the 8th edition of the International Workshop on eHealth in Emerging Economies,IWEEE 2015, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on September 26th.
The FSF’s 30th Birthday Party (Boston, MA)
The FSF’s 30th Birthday Party
Add your node to the FSF30 Party Network
FSF30: Get in on the party and User Freedom Summit, in Boston and worldwide!
Random Windows licensing facts
These facts brought to you by “let me just stick the GPL in an ACPI table so I can install the damn thing already”.
Love for Perl unites diverse community
I’ve used Perl for several years, beginning in 2002 on Solaris, then moving to Debian and working on Koha in 2008. Surprisingly (bafflingly, in retrospect), I had not connected with the larger Perl community at all in that time, choosing to stay within the smaller communities I was already embedded in.
Your “Infrastructure as Code” is still code!
Whether you’re a TDD zealot, or you just occasionally write a quick script to reproduce some bug, it’s a rare coder who doesn’t see value in some sort of automated testing. Yet, somehow, in all of the new-age “Infrastructure as Code” mania, we appear to have forgotten this, and the tools that are commonly used for implementing “Infrastructure as Code” have absolutely woeful support for developing your Infrastructure Code. I believe this has to change.
The making of ZeMarmot: planning
Assign Phabricator reviewers based on module ownership
Inspired by Quora’s Moving Fast With High Code Quality post, we are thus implementing a review routing system – the code is live on GitHub at phabricator-utils. It’s written in Python (hey, we’re a Java/JS/Python shop), though we do plan to contribute closer to the Phabricator codebase itself and that will be in PHP.
State spending $1.5m on computer science training for teachers
Vinter acknowledged that MassCAN’s campaign is driven in part by self-interest: Google and other companies are worried about a lack of programmers and developers, specialists that are highly in demand in the booming Massachusetts tech industry.
5-year plan for improving diversity in tech
I think we can all agree that open source is a good way to spread knowledge and empower people in many different ways, but it’s also true that competition, natural in a meritocracy, can and often does privilege those who can invest in the competition itself; minorities are being outspent and thus left aside by those who can afford to work, basically, for free.
Linux Concerns: Convenience vs. Security
Once upon a recent time, Linux was more secure than it is today. Only the root user could mount external device, and in many distributions new users were automatically assigned a few groups that limited the hardware they could access. Distributions followed the principle of least privilege (aka least access), under which users, applications, and devices receive only the access to the system that they absolutely require.
One Definition Of Lock-in: Running “2003” So Many Years Later
Why do they do it? Run “2003” in 2015! It’s not cost, because Debian GNU/Linux would cost $0. It’s lock-in whether by habit or by application. Lots of folks have invested heavily in applications that still work so they are willing to risk everything, perhaps by adding other layers of security. Why?
Imploding Barrels and Other Highlights From Hackfest DefCon
Visiting Las Vegas can feel a bit like being a metal sphere in a pinball machine—you’re tossed from bright lights to blaring shows and back again until you eventually (hopefully) emerge out a hole at your home airport. When you visit Vegas with a swarm of hackers and security researchers, the dizziness gets amped up tenfold and can be laced with a dose of dark mischief.
Cisco networking gear can be hijacked, warns company
An attacker can swap out the device’s firmware with altered, malicious software.
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It’s one thing to talk about security vulnerabilities in a product, but another to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration showing the device being hacked.
That’s what occurred last month when BlackBerry Chief Security Officer David Kleidermacher and security professional Graham Murphy showed how easy it is for hackers to take control of a hospital drug infusion pump by overwriting the device’s firmware with malicious software.
August ’15 security fixes for Adobe Flash
…Adobe released updated Flash player plugins which adddress many new vulnerabilities (as usual).
Defence/Police/Secrecy/Aggression
This Explosive Tony Blair Selfie Is Now On Display At The Imperial War Museum
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Alibaba’s shares slide to record low as revenue growth disappoints
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After Nokia Layoffs, Tech Workers in Finland Regroup and Refocus
Kimmo Kalliola knows the feeling that thousands of Finns have been dealing with over the last couple of years. He spent more than a decade working on geolocation positioning at Nokia, a highly technical job, but the Finnish tech giant hit hard times. In late 2012, Mr. Kalliola and 10,000 others at the company were laid off.
PR/AstroTurf/Lobbying
Donald is the captain now: How Fox News hijacked the Republican Party
Yes, Donald Trump, a Fox News political creation, was set to appear on Fox News to discuss his “relationship” with Fox News. But in the end, Fox hosts didn’t even ask Trump about his suddenly newsworthy relationship with Fox. Despite Doocy opening the interview by telling Trump, “glad we’re friends again” — to which Trump responded by assuring him, “we’ve always been friends” — there was no attempt to discuss Trump’s recent feud with Megyn Kelly and the network. Huh? Were they under orders from Fox chief Roger Ailes to ignore the friction?
Was Scott Walker Saved by John Doe Secrecy Order?
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GOP Field Gets $62 Million so far from Fossil Fuels
The 2016 presidential race is a bonanza of fossil fuel cash for Republican presidential candidates, even 15 months out from election day.
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They don’t count EDITORIAL 09/06/2010
They don’t count
Noticeable in the ongoing testimonies to the fact-finding body formed to make heads or tails of the botched hostage rescue that took away the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists and the hostage taker, are the many should haves and could haves coming from the police officials, all of which are usually given through the coaxing of the members of the probe body.
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Leocadio Santiago said had it had been his decision, the police assault on the bus where dismissed Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza held the hostages would have been carried out by the elite Special Action Force (SAF) instead of the ill-equipped Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) force of the Manila Police District. Also negotiator Chief Insp. Romeo Salvador said had he been allowed, he could have grabbed Mendoza and ended the crisis with likely less trouble.
The members of the fact-finding body were obviously taking the path of getting a crystal-clear view on who really was to blame for the ugly turnout of the incident. And from testimonies given thus far, it seems that the group supposedly managing the crisis unfortunately was a mixed bag of spineless police officials, a politician who seems to believe that the crisis was a movie production and a former police general who can’t get past the temptation of taking over ground command during crisis situations.
Santiago’s and Salvador’s statements were giveaway proof that most of the police involved in ground operations on the hostage-taking incident were either not consulted or largely ignored by the so-called crisis management committee (CMC) that appeared to have disintegrated when it was most needed..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/
Biggest ‘porker’ ever FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/06/2010
Biggest ‘porker’ ever
Guess who is the biggest “porker” in the government?
It’s Noynoy Aquino, President of the Republic, who spoke of the need for reforms and austerity, and slammed away at those officials in government-owned and controlled corporations, and government financial institutions for giving themselves tens of millions in allowances, fat pays and bonuses.
But hey, what’s a few hundred millions when compared to Noynoy’s increased pork barrel — amounting to a staggering P1 billion, just for himself — and unaccountable too, as these are confidential funds.
And this is apart from his presidential social fund, which also amounts in the billions yearly.
It has been pointed out by congressmen that the 2011 budget Congress is now reviewing, shows that not only has Noynoy bloated his pork barrel to P1 billion but also did not provide a single centavo to the National Food Authority (NFA) for rice subsidy in the proposed P1.64-trillion budget submitted to the House.
All for him and nothing for the poor people who have to buy cheap rice?
But not only did Noynoy give himself P1 billion for his pork barrel. He even retained his P500-million intelligence funds!.... MORE
Into the Atlantic — Liberian homes destroyed by sea erosion focus 09/06/2010
Into the Atlantic — Liberian homes destroyed by sea erosion
BUCHANAN — A home right on the beach has proved anything but a dream for Frances Kwessi, 35, who has watched sea erosion destroy her house room by room, as the Atlantic washed up on her doorstep.
“As you can see only one room has not yet been touched by the sea,” said Kwessi, who lives in Liberia’s port town of Buchanan.
Dressed in a dirty blue dress with a baby strapped to her back, she now sleeps there with her three children, after rising tides claimed three quarters of the brick house, with its cement floor and zinc roof.
Coastal erosion in the west African nation has eaten up many beaches, but more seriously has endangered the many unplanned and densely populated communities who built their houses too close to the shore.
“I don’t really know what to do now,” she said.
“This was the only shelter I had. I sleep here with my children because I have no choice.”... MORE
The buck stops where? C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 09/06/2010
The buck stops where?
So, who decided against giving in to hostage taker Rolando Mendoza’s demand that he be reinstated even temporarily in exchange for the release of the hostages that fateful Monday two weeks ago?
This question is being asked after the deputy negotiator, Chief Insp. Romeo Salvador, revealed on the second day of the clarificatory hearings of the five man investigating panel headed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima that Mendoza confided to him as much. On questioning by panel member IBP Governor Roan Libarios, Salvador narrated that as early as lunchtime that Monday Mendoza told him he just needed a temporary reinstatement order to release the hostages since he also realized that he would be charged and detained anyway for the hostage taking. Unfortunately, as Salvador sadly narrated, the “higher ups” failed to act on the information at that time only to find out that a reinstatement order was issued later on when the crisis has turned into a carnage.
So, why did the crisis committee not take the offer right there and then and resolved the crisis pronto? That is the sixty four dollar question which the panel is now obligated to prove to spare us all the wailing and self flagellation which have been attending this tragedy for sometime now. P-Noy need not own up to the mistakes of his bumbling and finger pointing subordinates and lesser officials who should know better than hide behind his back propping him up as their apologist instead of the other way around.
Who disregarded the Mendoza offer and why? This is the one question which needs to be answered now before the De Lima panel and, yes, the eager beaver Palace subordinates lead the public through another round of psycho-babbling and self flagellation. Was it Colonel Yebra, the chief negotiator? As a trained negotiator, did he think Mendoza’s offer a ploy to buy time and gain advantage? Or, did he keep the information to himself hoping that he can spring it and gain clearance for its implementation at a more appropriate time?.... MORE
PeNoy: P8B for the poor, P35B for bankers DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 09/06/2010
PeNoy: P8B for the poor, P35B for bankers
Dinky Soliman, PeNoy Aquino’s Social Welfare secretary, trumpets her P8-billion cash dole-out for the poor. That’s measly compared to the P35 billion Soliman’s CodeNGO is handing out to the bankers this year through the payback to her group’s so-called PeaceBonds.
Just think: The bankers are going to get four times more than the poor. And we don’t even know if all of this P8-billion dole-out will really go to the intended recipients, given the notoriety of the PeNoy administration’s utter lack of control. Stated simply, this is my way of telling Soliman to cut the crap about her and her government’s fictitious “pro-poor” claims. Her NGO work had always been masked subversion projects of the Western funding agencies — thus, explaining why her NGO comrades are so well taken care of by such bodies as the Kennedy School of Government and the Cory Aquino foundations of the oligarchs.
As we speak, PeNoy is already increasing the number of financial rip-offs to benefit Big Business through new projects such as the MRT and the new South Expressway extensions, water privatization, power privatization (which has given us the highest power rates in Asia), plus giving tollway operators more leeway to exact exorbitant fees. All these are being contracted under PeNoy’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, which will have P15 billion in funding cum dole-out for the big, favored corporations — again outstripping the dole-out for the poor.
Already, under this PPP arrangement, three new tollways are being planned, as well as, tourism infrastructure to be mapped out by Ayala man and Tourism Secretary Bertie Lim. In all, the P35-billion CodeNGO pay-off and the P15-billion PPP projects total to an astounding P50-billion “social welfare” for Big Business!
But even as PeNoy gives this P50-billion subsidy to the bankers and Big Business, his government’s pencil-pushers under Butch Abad, such as the Treasury boss, did not allocate a single centavo for the National Food Authority (NFA), under the Department of Agriculture’s budget. Without this, the NFA will not be able to purchase rice from our millions of farmers. In short, there will be no subsidy at all, which will place them at the mercy of unscrupulous traders and middle men, thus, drowning us in the deluge of imports from countries such as Vietnam, India, and China that subsidize their own farmers. I really wonder if NFA chief Lito Banayo will be able to stomach this as he claims to be pro-poor and a nationalist ever since his college and activist days.
In the meantime, behind the veneer of brooking “no corruption” is this reality: PeNoy now bloats the President’s pork barrel from P800 million to P1 billion and keeps his P500-million intelligence fund, which he earlier vowed to forego. PeNoy also did not reduce his travel budget as he said he would.
Following his lead, Malacañang has now increased its contingent fund under the new budget and listed this under the Special Purpose Fund which only the President can draw from. In turn, budgets for Environment and Health were reduced. Funds such as the P18.5 billion for water resources development and flood control and P40 billion for health services were slashed to P14.5 billion and P38.6 billion respectively.
Yet the palakasan in favor of the Ateneo-UP Student Catholic Action (UPSCA) club, nurtured by the Jesuits Delaney and Intengan, is ever present. Why, the Atenean Butch Abad has already allocated P34.3 billion (up from the previous year’s P15.4 billion) to UPSCAn Dinky Soliman.
All this should be lessons to the wide-eyed believers of PeNoy and the Yellow movement to snap out of their trance. This call is made to such Yellow supporters as Reyn Barnido, who has issued an open letter to PeNoy on the Internet that takes off from the hostage fiasco, saying in part: “This is not anymore about failing to handle the hostage-taking as much as this is about fulfilling the promises of your oath-taking… This is not about a singular madman shooting bullets up and down; this is about an orgy of fools shooting lies left and right... not anymore about the negotiators’ inefficiency to convince a police officer to surrender, but the government’s incapacity to comfort a nation… We don’t deserve this, Sir. This is not the covenant we entered into during your oath-taking… I grew up in the shadows of the Abads, Soliman, Deles… Do not take their analysis of society at face value for theirs is a construct designed to fuel a protest movement, not manage a large bureaucracy… Believe it or not, your cheerers may have become cynics, but they are still your companions in this journey. I, for one, will not abandon you Mr. President.”
Apparently, Barnido still thinks that the crisis bedeviling his former mentors and PeNoy himself is just a crisis of incompetence, where one is sentimentally loyal even to the failed and foolish, hoping they will learn. Well, he and his youngish ilk are the ones who have a lot to learn!
PeNoy’s budget and programs, foisted unto us by the evil powers that Barnido has been taught in the Ateneo not to see, are the best eye openers. These evil powers, the money masters to whom the Jesuits genuflect, are anti-poor and anti-human, on top of being pro-Big Business. Only when he awakens to how he was inveigled to help install a puppet that has brought us to the deepest nadir which the Yellow movement is capable of can he truly help this nation as a “Man for Others,” and not as a “Man for the Money Masters.”... MORE
A tired soul HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 09/06/2010
A tired soul
I’m a good two decades away from being called a senior citizen, if 60 years is the yardstick for age and possession of a senior’s citizen’s card’s confirmation. But at 40, I can already feel that I have lost my youthful immortality. I’m no longer invincible that I once thought I was.
It’s only rock and roll which keep me alive, but my songs, like those of my father’s, have grown old, too. Yet I learned to step back, catching up with the music of my pre-teen daughter, the eldest of three, who introduced me to B.O.B and Train and Jay Sean and Jay-Z.
If I stay away from radio quite a bit longer, I could take Justin Bieber for a time, but repetition has its cost, and the young singing sensation of good, ol’ America drives me back to New Wave, Blues and good, ol’ rock and roll.
Recently, my friends and I celebrated the 15th year of Back to the Edge, it’s the monthly series of gigs I’ve helped found with Sazi Cozino, owner of Sazi’s Bar, the former Mayric’s in front of UST where tired souls converged to refresh for the new day ahead. But our numbers have been overtaken by the younger souls, those who were once us, until gray hair and arthritis caught up with many of us.... MORE
Honoring the elderly SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 09/06/2010
Honoring the elderly
There may have been a time you thought 40 was ancient, but if you have reached this age “category” yourself, you would probably love to bandy the thought that it is “the new 20.”
Regardless of how you feel about age, aging and the so-called elderly, there is no denying that we will reach “that certain age” sometime in our lives — if we’re lucky.
Looking at the elderly in your family, are you filled with wonder at how they manage to remain so strong and healthy even after all these years? Are you proud of their active minds and dependable wisdom, or amused by their propensity to learn new things, such as the Internet and those gadgets that even you have yet to master? Do they inspire you to live as fully as they are living, or do you worry about them?
In the world, according to the United Nations (UN), “one of every 10 persons is now 60 years or older. By the year 2050, one of five will be 60 years or older; by 2150, it will be one of three persons.”
Recognizing the needs of the elderly in the world, the UN General Assembly in 1990 designated Oct. 1 as the International Day for the Elderly. This holiday encourages everyone to pay their respects to the older people in their families and communities and tend to their special needs..... MORE
Verzosa admits low morale in PNP By DEXTER SEE September 5, 2010, 5:00pm
Verzosa admits low morale in PNP
By DEXTER SEE
September 5, 2010, 5:00pm
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – No less than Director General Jesus A. Verzosa admitted over the weekend that a low morale pervades in the 120,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) organization, following the monumental blunders of the police in the Manila hostage-taking incident last August 23.
Speaking before Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets on Saturday afternoon, Verzosa acknowledged that the lapses of the police, which failed to avert a bloody end to the hostage drama, earned the ire of the international community.
The death of eight tourists from Hong Kong and hostage-taker, dismissed police Senior Inspector Rolando R. Mendoza, consequently portrayed a weak ability of the police to handle such sensitive incidents.
While Verzosa offered no concrete evidence of demoralization in the country’s police force, he said he can feel the low morale of the men and women in uniform..... MORE
Source: Mb.com.ph
URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/275719/verzosa-admits-low-morale-pnp
Joker: Palace moves ‘cheapen’ presidency By Angie M. Rosales 09/06/2010
AQUINO TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY ‘AMOUNTS TO NOTHING’
Joker: Palace moves ‘cheapen’ presidency
By Angie M. Rosales
President Aquino’s taking full responsibility for the botched hostage rescue operations amounts to nothing and the Palace efforts to drum it up cheapened the presidency, Sen. Joker Arroyo, a former executive secretary of Aquino’s mother former President Corazon Aquino, said yesterday.
“It cheapens the presidency,” Arroyo said in criticizing what he described as the apparent publicity stunt executed by Aquino’s advisers to defuse public outrage over the authorities’ mishandling of the Aug. 23 hostage incident.
Arroyo said Palace officials’ pronouncements that Aquino “is not resigning because he received a clear mandate” made matters worse.
“It’s a good sound bite. It’s good to the image of the President but it amounts to nothing,” Arroyo said adding that such statement made by Presidential Communications Sec. Herminio Coloma, was unnecessary.
“When he said that he’s accepting full responsibility, it doesn’t mean that those subject to investigation are already exonerated. The probe continues. So what’s the effect of that statement?” he asked.... MORE
Retiring Verzosa mimics Aquino in taking crisis rap By Mario J. Mallari and Marie A. Surbano 09/06/2010
Retiring Verzosa mimics Aquino in taking crisis rap
By Mario J. Mallari and Marie A. Surbano
Taking cue from his commander in chief, President Aquino who earlier had said he is assuming responsibility on the botched rescue operation during the Aug. 23 hostage-taking of more than 20 Hong Kongers at the Quirino Grandstand, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Jesus Verzosa, who is scheduled for retirement, also said he is taking responsibility for the tragic incident.
Verzosa, however, said his decision to retire ahead of schedule has nothing to do with the bungled police assault on Hong Thai bus, which was held by former Manila Police District (MPD) member Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza, that ended in the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists and the hostage-taker.
“My decision to render an early retirement has been announced more than a month ago. More than ever, it is imperative to take responsibility especially with regards to what has transpired in the past week,” Verzosa said.
It was gathered that Verzosa has already informed his superiors as early as July about his plan to retire on Sept. 14, or three months earlier than his scheduled retirement on Dec. 25 this year upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.... MORE
afp takes new tack on leftists By Mario J. Mallari 09/06/2010
AFP takes new tack on leftists
By Mario J. Mallari
The Armed Forces
of the Philippines (AFP) has opened its doors to militant organizations such as Bayan Muna and Karapatan that were previously linked by the military to the communist movement, in crafting a new anti-insurgency campaign plan to come up with one that is acceptable to all stakeholders.
During a recent forum in Fort Bonifacio, Army spokesman Col. Antonio Parlade said all major stakeholders — from the religious groups to the academe and even some militant groups – were invited by the military in crafting a new anti-insurgency campaign plan.
“We had a three-day symposium with other stakeholders in this insurgency campaign, from the interfaith, from the academe, the Commission on Human Rights and there were people also invited from Karapatan and even Bayan Muna, even these left organizations were invited to participate in the symposium in order to craft a campaign plan that’s really responsible, acceptable to all sectors,” he added.
With this move, Parlade said the military expects a new campaignplan that’s really responsible, acceptable to all sectors,” he added.
With this move, Parlade said the military expects a new campaign plan that is “non-traditional.”... MORE
Abu sub-leader, 2 others killed in Sulu clash 09/06/2010
Abu sub-leader, 2 others killed in Sulu clash
Government security forces clashed with al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province yesterday, killing at least three and wounding several others, a ranking police official said.
Acording to Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., Special Action Force (SAF) commandos caught up with an Abu Sayyaf unit believed to be aiding foreign militants from the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group in Maimbung town on Jolo Island, triggering the fighting.
He said intelligence reports suggested that the Abu Sayyaf gunmen were protecting Marwan, a Malaysian-born member of the JI believed to be responsible for honing the Abu Sayyaf’s bombing techniques.
“They were able to neutralize (kill) Gafur and two other unidentified (Abu Sayyaf) members,” Cruz said, referring to Gafur Jumdail..... MORE
US trip to proceed; Noy plans to meet China execs 09/06/2010
US trip to proceed; Noy plans to meet China execs
While President Aquino is bidding for a more “propitious time” to visit two Asean neighbors after the inter-national outrage from the botched hostage rescue attempt that resulted in the death of eight Hong Kong tourists, the Palace said yesterday Aquino’s US trip will proceed this month.
Aquino has started preparing for his working visit to the United States, Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma said.
Aquino has been scheduled to visit Indonesia and Vietnam which are both its co-members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ) group, in mid-September.
Coloma added Aquino is hoping to meet with Chinese leaders during the official visit where the President will join other world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 20..... MORE
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Economic interests behind push for greater US military presence in the region
If US military presence overseas is about ensuring peace and stability, why did it invade Afghanistan and Iraq, and why is it now provoking Iran? If the US is really serious about pushing for human rights and democracy, why is it constricting civil liberties through the Patriot Act and why is it cracking down on Occupy Wall street activists?
This is because promoting peace, stability, human rights and democracy are not the main reasons for US military presence abroad. It is to give muscle to the push for US economic interests.
This is summed up in an article written by US State Secretary Hillary Clinton with the title “American Pacific Century” in November 2011. She called those demanding for a downsizing of American engagement abroad (read: US military presence) as “misguided.” “From opening new markets for American businesses to curbing nuclear proliferation to keeping the sea lanes free for commerce and navigation, our work abroad holds the key to our prosperity and security at home.”
During the Bush Jr. administration, the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to secure oil and gas pipelines while it invaded Iraq in 2003 to corner the second largest oil reserves in the world. Also, the US intended to stimulate its economy through the production of war materials and reconstruction projects following the occupation. But these did not work and the US government came under pressure from the American public to pull out its troops in both countries.
Initially, the succeeding Obama administration tried to deflect these calls for US troop withdrawal by gradually reducing deployments in Iraq while increasing it in Afghanistan. But the costs of maintaining troops abroad and the pressure being exerted by the economic crisis, worsening unemployment, and the US debt burden forced the Obama administration to reduce government expenditures, including the Department of Defense. The Obama administration’s commitment to reduce expenditures was followed by its announcement that it would refocus its military presence from Iraq and Afghanistan to Asia and the Pacific..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/10/economic-interests-behind-push-for-greater-us-military-presence-in-the-region/
National depression TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 02/12/2012
National depression
This year could be one of the lowest in our history. There is a surfacing depression due to so much stress to the beleaguered Filipino people. We are known in the world as a pliant people and our resilience is exceptional. But until when can we keep on bending? We will definitely snap when depression and extreme stress break our already brittle spinals.
Depression in geology’s common parlance is a landform that is sunken due to several geological factors and mechanisms. Anything that is “pushed” below is a “depression.”
The impeachment proceedings are one source of national depression as it is becoming a national embarrassment rather than a process that positively asserts our global democratic face. The leadership of the lower house has already warned congressmen of their absences and disinterest in other parts of their job description as they sit uselessly in the Senate gallery gloating over their prosecutors..... MORE
New UN resolution unlikely to change Russia and China’s minds on Syria
A week after vetoes from Russia and China put an end to a UN resolution on Syria its supporters are coming back with another draft.
Saudi Arabia, backed by the West and the majority of Arab countries, is hoping the document will be presented before the UN General Assembly, Reuters reports. Unlike the UN Security Council, no country has the power of veto in the assembly, but its resolutions have no legal force.
Little in the text appears to have changed since the previous presentation. The resolution lays the blame for the Syrian violence, which has taken thousands of lives, at the door of President Bashar al-Assad. It also calls for him to step down before a transitional period to a democracy..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/syria-un-resolution-russia-097/
Pop legend Whitney Houston dies (PHOTOS)
US singer and actress Whitney Houston has passed away at the age of 48 in Los Angeles. Her publicist Kristen Foster informed the Associated Press of her demise. The cause of her death is as yet unclear.
“Unfortunately, it is true,” a spokeswoman for Houston’s family confirmed to Reuters.
The singer was found in a hotel room in Beverly Hills, police spokesman Mark Rosen told reporters. “At 3:55 pm Whitney Houston was pronounced dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.”.... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/star-whitney-houston-dies-101/
Euro-freeze zone: Extreme frost blankets Europe (PHOTOS)
Thick ice and heavy snow have locked the entire European continent, already claiming the lives of nearly 500 people. And while Europeans are struggling to warm themselves, frigid temperatures are showing no signs of rising in coming weeks.
Weather forecasts predict the cold snap, which started in late January, to continue until mid-February.
In some parts of Europe thermometers show temperatures lower than -39 Celsius. In the Czech Republic weather forecasters warned that night-time temperatures could reach as low as -40 Celsius in the mountains..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/europe-freeze-cold-death-079/
KMP charges Aquino envoy of inking anomalous $300M agri-deal with Bahrain
“This so-called joint venture smacks of land-grabbing and conflict of interest on the part of President Aquino’s political lieutenant in the Gulf.” – Danilo Ramos, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
The farmers group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is calling for official congressional inquiries into the a supposed $300-million land lease deal the Benigno Aquino III government entered with Bahrain. Last week, business reports had it that Bahrain’s Nadir and Ibrahim Sons of Hassan Group signed a $50 million agriculture investment deal with AMA Group Holdings of the Philippines.
KMP secretary general Danilo Ramos said the deal was actually part of a larger project worth $300 million. The project, he said, was originally launched two years ago and aims to ensure Bahrain’s food security and promote the agribusiness sector.”
Special Envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council Amable R. Aguiluz V with Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. In a statement, the Bahrain official hailed the growing bilateral relations, expressing his country’s “ keenness to further enhance joint cooperation with friendly countries’ officials in strengthening bilateral ties. “ (November 2010 Photo From the office of the SEGC / bulatlat.com)
Ramos said that it was “revolting” how Philippine lands are being devoted for the food security needs of other nations while Filipino farmers suffer worsening landlessness, hunger, and poverty. He criticized Dr. Amable R. Aguiluz V who serves as the Aquino government’s Special Envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council. Aguiluz’’ family owns the AMA Group Holdings that established a joint venture called “RP Harvest” with Bahrain’s Hassan Group, to cultivate bananas, rice and other crops on a 10,000-hectare land in the province of Davao Del Norte in Mindanao.
“This so-called joint venture smacks of land-grabbing and conflict of interest on the part of President Aquino’s political lieutenant in the Gulf,” Ramos said. “Ambassador Aguiluz, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Agrarian Reform have a lot of explaining to do on this massive sell-out of our lands. A no-holds-barred probe on Aguiluz is in order.”.... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/10/kmp-charges-aquino-envoy-of-inking-anomalous-300-agri-deal-with-bahrain/
CBCP head urges impeach court to heed SC ruling By Charlie V. Manalo 02/12/2012
COMPLYING WITH TRO ON CORONA DOLLAR ACCOUNTS ‘ACADEMIC’
CBCP head urges impeach court to heed SC ruling
As the nation awaits the decision of the Senate in its caucus tomorrow, on whether or not to compel Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) president Pascual Garcia to produce records of the alleged foreign currency deposits of impeached Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona, the head of a Catholic bishops’ group called on contending parties in the impeachment trial to respect the law and follow the SC temporary restraining order (TRO) on Corona’s dollar bank accounts.
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma issued the call for the Senate, Malacañang and the House prosecution panel to comply with the SC decision restraining the issuance of a subpoena on the dollar accounts of Corona.
The SC en banc, voting 8 to 5, favored a petition of the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) that baring details of Corona’s accounts will violate Republic Act 6426 or the Foreign Currency Deposits Act..... MORE
‘Stop sale of cosmetics laced with mercury’ 02/12/2012
‘Stop sale of cosmetics laced with mercury’
A Manila councilor has filed a resolution asking the city government to take action against unscrupulous retailers of cosmetics laced with mercury, an extremely toxic chemical, to protect public health.
District II Councilor Numero “Uno” Lim made the move in response to the continued proliferation of mercury-contaminated skin whitening creams as uncovered by the EcoWaste Coalition, a toxics watchdog.
The resolution called on the city government to undertake immediate enforcement operations, in collaboration with the EcoWaste Coalition and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to rid the local market of mercury-tainted cosmetics..... MORE
Noy apppointee to SC gets CJ impeach petition By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/12/2012
Noy apppointee to SC gets CJ impeach petition
Malacaangs latest appointee to the Supreme Court (SC) has been tasked to take up the petition filed by Chief Justice Renato Corona questioning the impeachment complaint against him.
The case has been reportedly raffled by the 15-man en banc to Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe after Senior Justice Presbitero Velasco inhibited from the proceedings.
Bernabe, who was appointed by President Aquino last September, filled the post of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, who retired from the SC on June 19, 2011..... MORE
Jardeleza formally assumes post as chief government lawyer By Fernan J. Angeles 02/12/2012
Jardeleza formally assumes post as chief government lawyer
Malacanang has formally announced the appointment of a new Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza replacing Jose Anselmo Cadiz, whom President Aquino claimed to have resigned and go back to private practice.
Jardeleza, who has been calling the shots at the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) even before the Palace announcement, has reportedly been in quandary and now faces the burden of having to choose between two bosses, the appointing authority or the real boss as referred to by his appointing authority.
Even before he can formally assume post today, appointing authority President Aquino has given Jardeleza a marching order to seek a reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling directing the government to infuse a whopping P 25 billion to the shuttered bank..... MORE
Developers urged to build communities for survivors 02/12/2012
Developers urged to build communities for survivors
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday urged real estate developers to help in building sustainable communities for survivors of the major earthquake in Negros Oriental and of tropicala storm “Sendong” in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.
“I ask you to contribute whatever resources you have to help our affected fellow citizens. The magnitude of the housing need is huge, but natural calamities can only challenge us to double our efforts,” Binay said in a speech during the Real Estate Developers Recognition and Appreciation Night.
“In CdO and Iligan, we need to build about 14,000 houses. There are designated areas which will serve as relocation sites for the affected families and we urge you to help us develop these areas into sustainable communities,” he added..... MORE
Mystery surrounds murder of former QC solon’s BF By Gina Peralta-Elorde 02/12/2012
Mystery surrounds murder of former QC solon’s BF
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) has started to dig deeper into the killing of long-time boyfriend of former QC Rep. Nanette Castelo Daza inside her residence in Quezon City before midnight last Friday.
The victim, who sustained five gunshot wounds and died on the spot was identified as Noel Orate Sr., 55, a district manager of United Laboratories. He was shot dead inside Daza’s home on Maninging Street, Barangay Teacher’s Village East, Quezon City.
The suspect, Daza’s son-in law, was identified as Romeo Allan Robes, provincial board member of Bulacan. He is the husband of Daza’s daughter, QC Councilor Jessica Castelo Daza..... MORE
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Anti-mining advocate in Bukidnon killed inside his own home
Jimmy Liguyon, in his capacity as barangay captain, consistently refused to sign agreements with mining companies , which would have allowed them access to operate on the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples; this made him the target of harassments by paramilitary groups and the 8th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
ILIGAN CITY–Human rights organizations and advocacy groups promoting the rights of indigenous peoples have condemned the March 5, 2012 killing of indigenous leader and human rights advocate Jimmy Liguyon in Purok 2, Barangay Dao, San Fernando, Bukidnon. Liguyon was shot dead inside his house allegedly by a leader of a paramilitary group. He was 36.
According to reports posted on the website of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), Liguyon was the vice chairman of Kaugalingong Sistema sa Igpasasindog to Lumadnong Ogpaan (KASILO), an organization of indigenous peoples from the southern municipalities of Bukidon. Kasilo advocates for the defense of land rights, and the the sustainable use of environmental resources. Liguyon was also the Dao barangay captain and a staunch opponent of mining companies as he campaigned against their operations in the region.
Around 6:00 p.m. last March 5, Liguyon was reportedly inside his house when he was approached and then shot at by a certain Aldy “Butsoy” Salusad. Witnesses said the killer’s father, Ben Salusad, is head of a paramilitary group connected to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the San Fernando Matigsalug Tribal Datus or SANMATRIDA. The paramilitary group is said to hold a certificate of ancestral domain and has been actively campaigning for the entry of mining companies in the region since 2009.
(Photo courtesy of FrontlineDefenders.org / bulatlat.com)
Based on accounts of witnesses, as reported to human rights groups, the killer arrived at Liguyon’s house with 15 other individuals. Liguyon was sitting on a bench with his two brothers when Salusad ordered him to move to another bench. When Liguyon got up, Salusad shot and killed him three times. Witnesses also said that Salusad then justified what he did by shouting that Liguyon had refused to sign an agreement with Sanmatrida. He also reportedly issued a threat that anyone else who went against Sanmatrida would also be killed.
Salusad is also reportedly a leader of the New Indigenous People’s Army for Reform (NIPAR), a paramilitary group directly under the AFP’s 8th Infantry Battalion. Salusad’s father had reportedly confiscated the taxes levied by the barangay government on small-scale mining operations in the area.
Resisted offers of mining corporations
In a report by the group FrontlineDefenders, it was said that Liguyon, in his capacity as barangay captain, consistently refused to sign agreements with mining companies , which would have allowed them access to operate on the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples. He also refused to recognize the ancestral domain claims made by Sanmatrida..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/16/anti-mining-advocate-in-bukidnon-killed-inside-his-own-home/
Groups declare ‘People’s Protest’ a success
Sidebar: Ordinary citizens express disgust over oil price hikes
MANILA – To jeepney driver Seth Delima Bagalacsa, president of a chapter of Piston in Quezon City, the March 15 peoples’ protest had already won a small victory since three days before, when the energy department and the oil firms announced there would be no oil price hike this week. It contradicted its previous announcements.
“They don’t want to admit that the Peoples’ Protest has anything to do with it but the people know better,” said George San Mateo, national chairman of Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide), during the first part of their program at the Elliptical Road in Quezon City.
Bagalacsa and other drivers from his route joined the March 15 peoples’ protest, because, as he explained to Bulatlat.com while driving his jeep with the caravan en route to the headquarters of the Big Three oil firms in Makati City, “conducting mass protests evidently brought results.”
Such initial victory is “proof that mass protests are indeed effective,” said George San Mateo, national chairman of nationwide drivers’ Piston, during the start of their program at Ayala Ave. in Makati.
Transport caravan is transport strike? (Photo by Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com)
March 15 was dubbed as Protestang Bayan (Peoples’ Protest) because it was a multi-sectoral protest held not just by drivers but also by workers, urban poor groups, youth-students, professionals, families of migrants, etc. Even though it was considered as the ‘peak’ of the campaign, so far, against skyrocketing oil prices, KMU chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog said the workers led by KMU will still launch “bigger protests in the coming months,” until some relief from increasing oil prices is achieved.
Multi-sectoral groups of protesters set up more than 30 protest centers in the National Capital Region, including those in Monumento, Batasan, Sta. Mesa, Delpan, Philcoa, and Araneta Avenue. Protests were also held across the country, from Baguio City to the urbanized towns in Southern Tagalog, from Aklan to Panay to Cagayan de Oro and Davao in the South. The drivers’ group Piston also held a protest caravan from Quezon City to Makati City, one of its biggest since it started doing protest caravans..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/16/groups-declare-%E2%80%98people%E2%80%99s-protest%E2%80%99-a-success/
Credible witnesses CROSSROADS Jonathan De la Cruz 03/17/2012
Credible witnesses
Despite efforts by the House prosecution panel and some senator-judges to bamboozle and, yes, trap the witnesses presented by the defense team in the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, they have stood their ground. More importantly, the public and most of the senator-judges have found them to be credible.
One observer advised that many of his friends who were known to be skeptical of Corona’s claims of innocence had a virtual change of mind when they heard the testimony of Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco. He found the youthful solon’s narration about the undue haste by which the complaint was outlined, voted upon and sent to the Senate, straightforward and credible. “He was just telling the truth,” was how this observer described what he saw and heard on the first day of the defense’s story.
What made Tiangco’s testimony even more compelling and, yes, convincing to this observer was the manner by which the House leadership reacted to his volunteering as a defense witness. He did not look kindly at the threats and bullying of House Majority Leader “Boyet” Gonzalez, a sentiment which seems to be universally shared even by those who continue to be imbued with the yellow color and aligned with P-Noy and his group..... MORE
Occupy Monsanto vs genetically modified Congress (w/ Photos)
Occupy Monsanto vs genetically modified Congress
America’s Congress has been contaminated, but don’t worry — someone is already on it. Members of Occupy Monsanto, a protest group opposed to the biotech giant, are dispatching aid to the nation’s capital.
Dressed in hazmat suits, members of Occupy Monsanto protested in Washington, DC on Friday over what they say are corrupt ties between American lawmakers and the country’s agriculture architect, Monsanto.
Based in the American Midwest, the Monsanto corporation is believed to be aiding in the bankrupting of small-time farms across the country by chemically engineering genetically modified seeds that are not just unnatural, but near impossible to compete with. Concerned over the toxic make-up of their man-made crops, as well as their corrupt connection with the US Congress, the Occupy Monsanto group is in Washington this weekend to make their voices heard.
"In the name of Wall Street profits, chemical corporations such as Monsanto genetically engineer crops to withstand high doses of their toxic weed killers that contaminate our food and water, and have not been proven safe,” explains Occupy Monsanto’s Ariel Vegosen in a statement made this week..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/occupy-monsanto-modified-congress-751/
Tales from the crypt: Bin Laden ‘ordered comrades to kill Obama’
Osama Bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama, documents found at the terrorist’s Pakistani hideout show. But though this portrays him as an even greater villain, the problem is that he could have been dead for years.
The plot involved killing the US President and General David Petraeus, who was at that time the commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan, by attacking their planes.
The Washington Post was given access to declassified documents that were picked up by US forces after killing Bin Laden last May. The newspaper reveals the details of an assassination plot conceived by Bin Laden and one of his top lieutenants..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/bin-laden-obama-assassination-791/
In America, TV watches you: CIA to spy on people through household items
With a growing number of ‘smart gadgets,’ spying on homes may start to become much easier. In fact, CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted that Americans were effectively bugging themselves and making it easy for spy agencies to peek in on their lives.
Speaking at a summit for In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, Petraeus noted that new devices that link ‘dumb’ home appliances such as refrigerators, ovens and lighting systems to the Internet could “change our notion of secrecy.”
“‘Transformational’ is an overused word, but I do believe it properly applies to these technologies, particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft,” Petraeus noted..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/cia-spy-people-petraeus-795/
Defense: Aquino’s men flout SALn rule By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/17/2012
ABAD ADMITS USING ASSESSED VALUE ON PROPERTIES
Defense: Aquino’s men flout SALn rule
The counsels fop Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday alleged members of the Aquino Cabinet regularly flout the law requiring disclosure of assets and liabilities despite the executive department’s insistence of using the same law to persecute the head magistrate.
Noting a recent published report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) uncovering shortcomings in the compliance with the disclosure law by Cabinet officials in filing their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALns), defense spokesman Ramon Esguerra said the report only proves that the Aquino administration is only interested in misusing the law to pin down Corona.
“The malice they are imputing is more imagined than real as the assets were declared in the pertinent SALns of the CJ,” Esguerra told the Tribune in a text message..... MORE
Studes slam Palace inaction on tuition, oil price hikes By Jason Faustino 03/17/2012
Studes slam Palace inaction on tuition, oil price hikes
Students from the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and different youth organizations slammed the Aquino government for being unresponsive to unrest fomented by tuition increases and overpricing of oil.
The NUSP said the Palace continues to discredit the people’s protests rather than addressing the demands of the youth to prevent the increase of tuition and to end the monopoly and overpricing on oil prices.
“We believe that Palace should avoid actions that divert us from meaningful discourse and cause inconvenience to the public. Stop ‘Noynoying’ on oil price increases and address the immediate calls of the Filipino people,” said Isabelle Baguisi, National Secretary General of NUSP..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120317nat12.html
House OKs nationwide cadastral survey By Charlie V. Manalo 03/17/2012
House OKs nationwide cadastral survey
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill authorizing the Land Management Bureau (LMB) to conduct a nationwide cadastral survey to curb the proliferation of fake land titles.
House Bill 5870 authored by San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito aims to restore the integrity of land titles by identifying bonafide landowners and claimants.
Ejercito said land owners must be protected against defective titles. The integrity of the Torrens Title System, as a foundation of ownership to real property must be enhanced, so that in the end, the faith and reliance of the people on the integrity of the land title will be restored.
Under the measure to be known as the “Cadastral Survey Act of 2012,” the LMB is authorized to conduct a survey of the entire country..... MORE
DepEd exam lets OSYs go back to school By Jason Faustino 03/17/2012
DepEd exam lets OSYs go back to school
Out of school children and youth may have the chance to go back to school by passing the 2012 Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT), Educatio Sec. Bro. Armin Luistro announced.
“Our modest contribution to nation-building is to give our youth a fighting chance to succeed in life through the placement test,” said Luistro.
The test result will determine the grade or year level appropriate for the test taker. PEPT covers all levels from Grade 1 to Fourth Year high school so that takers can have a chance to move to the next grade or year level or even complete basic education in just one examination. “That is possible if they are doing home schooling or if they have acquired enough knowledge and life skills,” Luistro explained..... MORE
P1.16-M ‘hot’ logs seized 03/17/2012
P1.16-M ‘hot’ logs seized
Members of the Anti-Logging Task Force (ALTF) backed up by operatives of the 67th Infantry Battalion have confiscated P1.16-million worth of lawaan logs measuring 242 cubic meters in a series of operations in Boston, Davao Oriental Wednesday.
Major Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, commanding officer of the 10th Civil-Military Operation Battalion, said the apprehension was made in Sitio Baybay, Barangay San San Jose and Sitio Baclinan, Barangay Cawanan, all of Boston, Davao Oriental.
He said the logs are now in the custody of the Boston Police Station..... MORE
‘JV’ denies rift with Navotas solon 03/17/2012
‘JV’ denies rift with Navotas solon
San Juan City Rep. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito yesterday denied there is an existing rift between him and friend Navotas Rep. Tobias “Toby” Tiangco as he scored those trying to sow intrigue between him and the Navotas solon.
In a statement, Ejercito stressed efforts to destroy his friendship with Tiangco are irrelevant as his friendship with the Navotas lawmaker goes beyond politics.
The other day, a national newspaper ran a story saying Ejercito contradicted Tiangco’s testimony at the Senate over the impeachment trial of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona saying no members of the House were coerced to sign the Articles of Impeachment..... MORE
Echiverri to shoulder graduating studes’ togas 03/17/2012
Echiverri to shoulder graduating studes’ togas
Aware of the difficulties most poor parents are experiencing nowadays, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri has decided to shoulder the rental cost of the togas to be used by all local public elementary and high school students this graduation season.
“It is only right for the local government to ease the burden on the graduating students’ parents who may otherwise have a difficult time with their children’s toga expenses,” according to the city chief executive.
The mayor said it is the local government’s responsibility to provide for the needs of the less fortunate among its constituents.
For this reason, Echiverri chose to “treat” the parents and graduating students with the togas that the latter will use..... MORE
DILG starts analyzing stories written by Tribune reporter Angeles By Gina Peralta-Elorde 03/17/2012
DILG starts analyzing stories written by Tribune reporter Angeles
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already started a content analysis of the stories written by Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles who was beaten up and shot near his house on Evangelista Street in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City last Sunday.
DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said Angeles’ news articles may provide clues to determine the motive behind the attack on him.
Robredo said they are scanning Angeles stories which were published in the paper such as criticisms against authorities or stories mentioning harassment, extortion and illegal drugs..... MORE
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T-50: Factory #174
The T-50 tank was meant to be a light tank for infantry support. It would replace the aging T-26 and the failed T-46 project. Here are the requirements given to factory #174:
"Tactical-technical Characteristics and Data on the Technical Project of the Order of the Labouring Red Banner Vorshilov Factory #174
Maximum mass: 13500 kg.
Turret: 1200 kg
Hull: 5590 kg
Suspension: 2644 kg
Transmission: 966 kg
Motor group: 760 kg
Equipment and armament: 1138 kg
Ammunition, fuel, grease, water, crew: 1200
Driver (hull front)
Gunner (turret left)
Loader (turret right)
Commander (turret rear)
Maximum speed (2000 RPM): 50 kph
At 1800 RPM:
4th gear: 45.4 kph
3rd gear: 30.15 kph
2nd gear: 17.92 kph
1st gear: 1.34 kph
Reverse gear: 6.08 kph
Maximum elevation angle: 44 degrees
Maximum downward slope: 45 degrees
Maximum tilt: 40 degrees
Fording depth: 1000 mm
Climbable vertical wall: 733 mm
Crossable trench: 2200 mm
Armament:
1 45 mm gun (150 shells) + 2 DT machine guns (4000 rounds)
Elevation: 25 degrees
Depression: 7 degrees
PT-1 sight
TOS sight
Flamethrower (optional)
Fuel: 150 liters
Range: 90 meters
1 PPD submachinegun (750 rounds)
24 F-1 grenades
3 ports for Nagant revolvers
Armour: homogeneous, manufactured by the Izhor factory, welded, sloped on all sides.
Turret side: 37 mm at 20 degrees (rear 15 degrees)
Upper front: 37 mm at 50 degrees
Lower front: 37 mm at 45 degrees
Lower side: 37 mm vertical
Upper side: 37 mm at 40 degrees
UFP: 37 mm at 56 degrees
Rear: 37 mm at 10 degrees
Bottom: 15 mm horizontal
Roof: 15 mm horizontal
Sloped roof: 30 mm at 63 degrees
KRSTB radio
Flare launcher (20 flares)
Internal telephone TPU-3M for 3 people
Commander-driver light signals
1 hatch in the turret for signals
1 gun position indicator (driver console)
Vision devices:
Commander: 7 prismatic devices in a cupola with a hatch.
Horizontal range: 360 degrees
Vertical range: -45 - +20 degrees
Driver: 1 prismatic vision device covering the front sector
Vertical range: +/- 23 degrees
One spare device for driving with a damaged main device.
One device for looking left.
One device for looking right.
Gunner: PT-1 sight
Range: 300 km, 10 hours off-road
hp/ton: 22.2 (20 while driving the fan)
Engine: diesel V-3 (based on V-5)
Positioning: linear
300 hp at 2000 RPM
250 hp at 1800 RPM"
There are a lot more very specific details if you need to know them, but the average reader should have a good idea of what the vehicle was like at this point.
The GABTU KA plans for 1941 expect factory #174 to have completed 220 radio-equipped T-50s, 230 regular T-50s, and 100 flamethrower-equipped T-50s, for a total of 550 brand new T-50 tanks by the end of 1941, to the tune of 163,900,000 rubles total. Additionally, they were also to produce 9,000,000 rubles worth of spare parts for the T-50.
Looking at it from the bureaucrat perspective, there's no simpler task: we give this tank factory money, the tank factory gives us tanks. Let's see what has to happen before even the first tank of the 550 comes off the assembly line.
"December 9th, 1940
We offer the T-50 project for examination and testing in factory and field conditions. Please return one confirmed copy to the factory for the management.
Factory director Markin."
The wheels of engineering start spinning. When comparing the Kirov factory prototype to their own, an engineer from #174 describes their superiority: their tank is shorter and narrower than the Kirov tank. The armour is heavily sloped: 40-50 degrees, providing immunity from 37-45 mm AT guns. Turret armour, sloped at 20 degrees, is only penetrable by 45 mm guns at 50 meters. Several gearboxes (5 gear, 8 gear, and an experimental planetary gear) were developed. While the tank only had two machine guns, the report describes the possibility of a third, with an optical sight (unless a larger radio was added, which #174 engineers were against).
Factory #174 built two prototypes, meant to travel 200 km in initial tests. The first traveled 121 km on January 13th, and had to be taken back to the factory to repair some defects. Meanwhile, the second prototype managed to travel 372 km. While the defects were being repaired, a problem arose.
"January 14th, 1941
The commission sent to test T-50 tanks at factory #174 reports that the requirements for placing observation and fire control devices in the turret were not met. The plant director, comrade Markin, states that new turrets will be ready in early February. This does not allow the commission to make a full report in times specified by your order from January 7th, 1941. I request that you order factory #174 to install new turrets with new armament as soon as possible.
Deputy GABTU Chief, Major-General of the Engineering Forces, Lebedev."
The vehicle traveled 36 more kilometers, and the commission waved their bureaucracy wand, and composed an act. The act, among many amazingly tedious things (as always, if you want the full record, just ask), contains the following:
"The tested tanks passed factory trials. Prototype #1 traveled 506 km. Prototype #2, 612 km. The director claims that all defects discovered during these trials have been removed.
Field trials have not been performed for the following reasons:
Periscopes are not installed.
PPD and their ammunition, flare launchers, flares, spare parts, tools, chemical and medical equipment are not installed.
Caps of the air intakes are absent.
The director claims that he will have the above deficiencies addressed by January 17th, 1941. "
The report also mentions the improved turret (to be ready by February 15th, 1941) and extra fuel tanks, along with friction clutch dust covers (to be ready by January 20th, 1941). Stamped tracks are to be developed by March 1st, 1941. Issues with the hull layout have been noted and entered in new blueprints. The commission accepts the two prototypes for field and armament testing.
On January 15th, the defects were repaired, and the first prototype traveled another 349 km with only one minor defect (the driver's hatch bracket cracked). To compensate for its stellar performance in the first round, the second prototype managed only 73 kilometers out of the 200 it was supposed to. The vehicle traveled another 18 km after repairs. On January 16th, the first vehicle traveled 80 more highway kilometers, and 51 km on a dirt road. The second traveled 101 km (out of 300). By January 17th, the first prototype had 601 km of field tests completed, and the second had 506.
The tests revealed a weakness in the tracks, and drive wheels. Reinforced ones were ordered. Both prototypes also exhibited a very hot gearbox (80-90 degrees).
On January 18th, testing continued. Prototype #1 traveled 222 km off-road, and 221 km the next day. Due to the high speed of travel, the tracks continued to crack.
At the same time, prototype #2 traveled 213 kilometers off-road on January 18th, and 243 on the 19th. The second prototype had better luck with cracked tracks, but was worse off when it came to overheating and various suspension defects.
At the end of January 19th, both vehicles stopped testing. The T-50-1 traveled 1059 kilometers since tests began. The T-50-2 traveled 1031 kilometers. From January 20th to January 25th, the vehicles were fixed up by factory #174.
Tests resumed on January 26th. A gas-oil leak was discovered in the first prototype, and the second developed a crack in a gearbox component. After being towed back to the factory, the second prototype was found to have a number of other defects. Meanwhile, the first prototype continued testing, and traveled 1115 km by the end of January 26th, while the second only traveled 1063.
Tests were suspended until January 29th. Malyshev approved Lebedev's request to increase the required test distance to 500 km. The new tanks, including the new turret, were to be ready by the February 15th deadline.
The documents remain silent about the next few days, but a document dated February 8th describes track failure then testing the friction clutch reliability by going up really steep slopes. Prototype #1 traveled 2571 km by this point (including factory tests). The T-50-2, meanwhile, was still suffering from overheating. After traveling 923 kilometers, its gearbox failed. The exact amount it traveled was unknown, but both vehicles reached over 2000 km of field tests by February 6th.
A February 21st, 1941, report claims that the gearboxes now last 1500-2000 km (out of the requested 3000), and tracks last 300-400 km.
Tests in March revealed that the T-50-1 also had heating problems. The gearbox temperature reached 105 degrees. By March 27th, the T-50-1 traveled 4027 kilometers. The T-50-2, by this point, traveled 3245 km.
From the end of March to the end of April, various new track types were tested on the new tanks. They proved compatible with T-26-5 tracks, but the tracks were not robust enough. On April 24th, 1941, a planetary transmission was ordered for the T-50-1 and T-50-2.
On May 5th, a list of new additions to the T-50 project was compiled.
Increased inter-repair distance of 7000 km.
2x23 mm MP-6 AA guns with an automatic AA sight
Smoke canister
Hydraulic gearbox
New 350 hp engine
Electrically controlled DT machine gun
Automatic engine starter, triggered by temperature dropping below acceptable levels
On May 19th, factory #174 was tasked with producing 5 pre-production samples of the T-50. The gearbox temperature of 115 degrees was still not resolved, but it seemed to work fine while running that hot. The track life requirement was 2000 km. On May 20th, the requirement for the amount of observation devices on the commander cupola was increased to 8. Many other minor changes were introduced into the blueprint of the mass produced vehicles. On May 22nd, a letter was sent recalling the T-50 tanks to factory #174. Solutions to existing problems (such as hot gearbox and engine) were found, and the factory wanted to perform tests on the actual tanks.
Due to setbacks at the Izhor factory, which was supposed to deliver 35 armoured hulls to factory #174 (but delivered zero), no T-50 tanks were built in May. Even if the Izhor factory had been on schedule, the order would not have been fulfilled. Instead of 25 V-4 engines that were to be delivered by factory #75, factory #174 received only 4. Next month, things did not get better. Instead of the 40 engines due in June, factory #75 delivered only one by June 13th.
In mid-June, the new reinforced tracks were tested. Between June 7th and June 12th, the new tracks traveled 657 km on both the T-50-1 and T-50-2. The track was deemed unsatisfactory. New "KV-style" tracks were in development. The temperature of the gearbox in the T-50-2 remained between 90 and 105 degrees during these tests.
On June 17th, there were not enough V-4 engines to begin production. Relations between factories #75 and #174 were rather tense. Factory #48 was assigned as a subordinate to factory #75 in an attempt to get production started, but, due to mismanagement, its resources were used very inefficiently.
On June 20th, the T-50-2 was undergoing long range tests. The T-50-1 was at ANIOP, testing the gun.
On June 27th, having familiarized themselves with Pz 38(t) tanks, the Red Army deemed it necessary to increase the armour of the T-50 tank to:
50 mm front armour
50 mm turret armour
30 mm roof armour
At the cost of the tank's weight increasing to 14.5 tons, it would become invincible to 37-45 mm guns. T-50 tanks with this new armour layout were expected to enter production by September 1st, 1941, at least according to Timoshenko. Marshal Kulik considered it feasible to begin production on January 1st, 1942.
Requirements for the new tank were given to factory #174. The prototype tank was due on November 1st, 1941. Both the upper and lower front plate, as well as all turret armour, was increased to 50 mm.
On June 30th, the new "KV-style" tracks arrived. They fared much better than the T-26-5 tracks. After traveling 406 km, only 9 track links showed signs of damage. Chrome-steel tracks traveled 600 km, and none of them showed any cracks. However, the chrome-steel track links showed more wear at the pin wells, so preference was given to KV tracks. More powerful fans were ordered to keep the engines cooler. The rear torsion bars finally showed their age: the right broke down after 3429 km, the left, after 3603 km. Subsequent torsion bars were made of higher quality steel.
By July 3rd, a number of improvements was made, such as making the optical devices more resistant to bullets and shrapnel, increasing the robustness of the driver's hatch, thickened gun mantlet, and a more robust turret ring.
On July 10th, another enumeration of resolved defects was performed. Among them was the overheating gearbox. It could now withstand a 2000 km march. The due date for final production vehicles was established to be August 1st, 1941.
By July 12th, only 10 V-4 engines were manufactured, out of 65 that were supposed to be. However, this was mostly due to the shifting priorities of wartime production. In total, out of 2150 requested engines, 2169 were built.
On August 9th, another series of defects was resolved.
By September 15th, 1941, out of the 620 scheduled T-50 tanks (the numbers were increased due to the start of the war), only 37 tanks were produced. Due to the evacuation of factory #174, the manufacturing of these tanks stopped completely. However, by this point, the tank seems to have started performing rather well:
"The first, however short, experience of using the T-50 in combat showed that its parameters match technical requirements. This tank needs to be the most numerous tank used by the Red Army. The GABTU KA requested that comrades Malenkov and Malyshev arrange for the beginning of mass production in 1941, and deliver 500 vehicles before the end of the year. Additionall, GABTU KA requests that 5000 T-50 tanks be produced in 1942, with increased 55 mm front, rear, and side armour, and a planetary transmission."
On October 14th, the Red Army is no longer satisfied with comparing the T-50 to the light Pz 38(t), and compares it to the medium PzIII. In this comparison, it is noted that the top speed of the T-50 grew to 52 kph.
Fedorenko later revised the request to a somewhat more reasonable 300 units. By December 24th, 1941, factory #174 (evacuated to Chkalov) completed 10. Out of the lofty goal for 620 T-50 tanks by the end of 1941, factory #174 completed only 47.
With the aid of other factories, 65 T-50 tanks were built by the end of January of 1942. The project was scrapped, and the resources used to produce the T-50 were redirected to the T-34. The T-50, despite all of its advantages, was almost as complicated to produce as a T-34, and not as versatile.
Labels: prototype, reliability, T-50, time and money
> There are a lot more very specific details if you need to know them
Can you provide that source? I need it :)
Peter 14 July 2013 at 14:52
The source is in this document pack: http://www.mediafire.com/download/6kaaqz2s83607c2/T-50.djvu
Sadly, there are no archive numbers on most of them.
rossmum 14 July 2013 at 23:23
Reading about the development of various German tanks (even the "successful" designs) yields similar tales of woe and inefficiency. National stereotypes do not hold up well under the mess of bureaucracy and wartime realities, it seems.
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Disruptive Power
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The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age
Anonymous. WikiLeaks. The Syrian Electronic Army. Edward Snowden. Bitcoin. The Arab Spring.
Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. In every aspect of international affairs, digitally enabled actors are changing the way the world works and disrupting the institutions that once held a monopoly on power. No area is immune: humanitarianism, war, diplomacy, finance, activism, or journalism. In each, the government departments, international organizations and corporations who for a century were in charge, are being challenged by a new breed of international actor. Online, networked and decentralized, these new actors are innovating, for both good and ill, in the austere world of foreign policy. They are representative of a wide range of 21st century global actors and a new form of 21st century power: disruptive power.
In Disruptive Power, Taylor Owen provides a sweeping look at the way that digital technologies are shaking up the workings of the institutions that have traditionally controlled international affairs. The nation state system and the subsequent multinational system were founded on and have long functioned through a concentration of power in the state. Owen looks at the tools that a wide range of new actors are using to increasingly control international affairs, and how their rise changes the way we understand and act in the world. He considers the bar for success in international digital action and the negative consequences of a radically decentralized international system. What new institutions will be needed to moderate the new power structures and ensure accountability? And how can governments and corporations act to promote positive behavior in a world of disruptive innovation? Owen takes on these questions and more in this probing and sober look at the frontier of international affairs, in a world enabled by information technology and increasingly led by disruptive innovators.
With cutting edge analysis of the fast-changing relationship between the declining state and increasingly powerful non-state actors, Disruptive Power is the essential road map for navigating a networked world.
“The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen’s analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century.”
–Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School
“Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations.”
–Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power
“In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse.”
–Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
“Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state’s ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions.”
–Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011
Media and Book Talks
The Violence of Algorithms, Foreign Affairs
Why the U.S. should but won’t partner with hactivists Anonymous, San Fransisco Chronicle
Why governments must embrace the new global digital reality, The Globe and Mail
The promise and peril of digital diplomacy, The Globe and Mail
Bitcoin Is Dead — Long Live Bitcoin, Vice
More Data, More Problems: Surveillance and the Information Economy, Review in Foreign Affairs
Rescuing Democracy in the Age of the Internet, Review in Ethics and International Affairs
CIGI Signature Lecture, Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age
World Affairs Council, San Fransisco: From Bitcoin to WikiLeaks: Shaping the World in the Digital Age
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, Plenary Session: Foreign policy in 140 Characters: How technology is redefining diplomacy
International Conference of Crisis Mappers: Historical Mapping and the US Bombardment of Cambodia
Highlights from a talk at USC Annenberg: Disruptive Power
Losing Control outlines how in a wide range of international areas of influence, the state is being challenged by new, digitally enabled actors. Grounded in the theory of disruption, this chapter explores the rise and power of the activist collective Anonymous, the paradox of dual use surveillance technologies, and the recent revelation on the extent of NSA surveillance. The chapter serves as an introduction to the book.
Disruptive Power traces the development of the modern state and drawing on disruption theory, explores how the introduction of digital technology presents a crisis to state power. The state began as a mechanism for centralizing and exercising power and over time became hierarchical, bureaucratic, and, in democratic states, accountable to the rule of law. In a networked world, however, groups like Anonymous wield power by being decentralized, collaborative, and resilient. These two models of power are fundamentally at odds and the resulting disruptive power threatens the institutions that have preserved the balance of power since the end of World War II.
Spaces of Dissent
Spaces of Dissent explores the rapidly evolving space of digital activism, or hacktivism, through the example of a group of hackers called Telecomix, who served as a form of tech support for the Arab Spring. Such cyber activists have taken on a role of social and cultural provocateurs; they are dissenting actors in a culture that is increasingly hostile to protest. What’s more, they see, observe, and quickly react in ways that boggle the state and corporations – all of this instrumentalized by digital technology. This argument is grounded in an exploration of hactivism as a form of civil disobedience, though one that looks markedly different, and is potential more powerful, than the placards and megaphones of old. The chapter details how the state has responded to the perceived threat of online civil disobedience through its prosecutions against Chelsea Manning and Anonymous, and argues that their excessiveness stems form a paranoia over losing control. Finally, it explores the costs to society when we eliminate social deviancy.
New Money details how the rise of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin represent a threat to the power the state derives from the control of currency. This chapter first outlines the history of the close connection between the control of currency and state power. It then details the rise of crypto-currencies, explain how they work, and their potential real-world benefits. Finally, it explores the potential challenge to state power posed by this decentralized and technologically enabled currency. I argue that if the use of Bitcoin were to proliferate, as it likely will, then the inability of the state to either collect revenue from, or regulate commercial activity, poses a threat to the control it currently holds over the international financial system.
Being There considers the evolution of international reporting news by juxtaposing the death of seasoned war corresponded Marie Colvin during the bombing of Homs, Syria with the new digital tools Syrian citizens used to document and stream the war to the world in real time. In an age of live-streaming, citizen journalism, drone journalism and coming advances in virtual reality, do we even need foreign correspondents? What’s more, do these technological advances result in new forms of knowing and understanding international events, do they shift how we understand the traditional power of the media and their capability to control information, and are they ultimately affecting how we see, and act in, the world?
Saving the Saviors
Saving the Saviors looks at the impact of collaborative mapping and advances in satellite technology on humanitarian and development agencies. The world of aid, humanitarianism and development have long been dominated by state-based agencies and large international organizations. For nearly a century, organizations like the World Food Program, The Red Cross, USAID and Oxfam have attempted to lead a transfer of expertise and resources from the developed world to the developing world. But new models are emerging. In the first week following the 2010 Haiti earthquake 14,000 citizens used their cell phones to upload emergency information to a live online crisis map. How do we know if the information uploaded to a crisis map is real? How do we hold these projects to account, without the oversight that states and institutions once provided? Using examples of disruptive humanitarian actors and recent academic work assessing their impact, this chapter explores how aid and humanitarianism are being transformed from the ground up.
Diplomacy Unbound
Diplomacy Unbound explores the emerging practice of digital diplomacy. First, it outlines how we valued the efficacy and power of diplomacy before Twitter and Facebook and mesh networks by tracing the notion of diplomatic power. It then argues that we need to view digital diplomacy initiatives in two categories, those that simply expand the practice of public diplomacy into a new medium, and those that seek to fundamentally engage in the digital space, using the tools and capabilities outlined throughout this book. I argue that when the bounds of diplomacy are extended into influencing not just states, but also digital actors, then they overlap fundamentally with other foreign policy programs and objectives. And this invariably leads to conflicting methods and outcomes. The undue negative costs associated with coercive digital diplomacy demonstrate the weakness of the state in a major realm of its foreign policy. And if the state can’t be effectively diplomatic in the digital space, then what does this tell us about the contemporary relevance of diplomacy itself?
The Violence of Algorithms
The Violence of Algorithms looks at how advances in computational power and automation have produced military weapons and surveillance tools that blur the boundaries of the battlefield and the lines between domestic and international. While much of this book focuses on diminishing state power in the face of empowered actors, here I look at how the state is fighting back. What does it mean when the state extends the use of military technologies and tactics far beyond the battlefield? How should we view advances in automated warfare, and the power that these new technologies embed in complex and secretive algorithms? And for how long can we expect the state to have a monopoly on these news forms of pervasive violence? Put another way, where is the line between war and peacetime behaviour with the deployment of computation and surveillance based weaponry?
The Crisis of the State
The Crisis of the State outlines four challenges that together threaten the state’s traditional mechanisms of power and control, but that also might provide models for 20th century international institutions seeking to adapt— if they are structurally capable of transformation or meaningful reform. This crisis of the state has at least four key components: democratic legitimacy, reversing the surveillance state, algorithmic accountability, and internet governance. Solving any one of them, will not prove a panacea to this crisis, nor is this list exhaustive; there are many more innovations being developed and important questions being addressed. But luckily in each, there are individuals and groups experimenting on new models and proposing potential solutions. This is the new landscape in which the state must constructively engage.
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Our Tweed Valley – Graham Adcock, Cleikum Mill Lodge
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Graham Adcock is in his second season of running the already award-winning Cleikum Mill Lodge – a wonderful old building in Innerleithen that offers self-catering accommodation for outdoorsy visitors. We caught up with Graham to find out more
This is your second season running Cleikum Mill Lodge. What’s the experience been like so far?
Feedback from guests has been really encouraging, and it’s been great meeting so many like-minded people from near and far. There’s a fantastic community spirit locally, with lots of small businesses working hard and all so proud of the area. The buzz in Innerleithen on a weekend is fantastic. It’s great to see so many visitors enjoying it too.
What did you do before?
I was a site engineer in the construction industry working locally on projects such as the Edinburgh trams, Borders Railway, and the Selkirk flood scheme. I come from a running, then triathlon background, and was known as the ‘cycling engineer’ when working in London as I cycled everywhere and did some crazy long commutes on the bike.
Why Innerleithen and the Tweed Valley?
It has a lot to do with mountain biking! Back in the day, I was in the top 50 for my age group in the UK … I remember entering a mountain bike event thinking it would be easy because I was pretty fit, but little did I know about the technical aspects of riding. I ran with my bike for most of the laps as I was so terrified of the course! Although I’ve never really mastered the technical side of mountain biking, I became hooked and we moved here a decade ago following lots of holidays in the Tweed Valley. Some good construction projects also coincided with the move, so it all worked out. But Cleikum Mill Lodge is now my job – it’s definitely not a retirement project, so I need to make it work!
It’s a wonderful old building. Can you give us some background on its rich history?
Yes, it has quite a local history. Built in 1877, the building was previously known as the Volunteer Hall or Drill Hall and was home to the Territorial Army. The regular army also billeted here during war-time. The clock on the font of the building was erected in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and still works today. Over the years, the building has been used as a dance hall, court room, a venue for roller skating, curling, and even had a shooting gallery in 1913. In the 1940s, it was converted into a cinema and bingo hall. It was latterly used as a mill until 2001 when it was converted into its current form. We now own the front section on the High Street, while behind us are houses that open onto Hall Street.
You took over the running of the building following its previous incarnation as The Bike Lodge. What changes have you made?
Not that many really. We have refreshed the decoration and now also rent out the apartment upstairs where the previous owner lived. The security in the bike store has been upgraded, while we have also created a brilliant drying room. Probably the main change is that the building is now more versatile in terms of rental options – people can rent a room, just downstairs, the upstairs apartment, or the whole building. So, lots of options depending on group size.
Typically, who stays with you and what brings them to the area?
We renamed the business to attract non-biking guests, but the majority of people tend to still be mountain biking groups. That said, we have families and non-biking groups staying with us too, and they love it. Bikers are drawn to the wide variety of trails available locally, while others love the area for walking, exploring, or just relaxing. A group of cross-country skiers also enjoyed this year’s snow!
What can guests expect from a stay at Cleikum Mill Lodge?
A warm welcome to a cosy, characterful building with facilities aimed at outdoorsy people. There’s no need to use a car if you don’t want to, as everything can be reached from the front door – including local cafes and restaurants.
What do you enjoy most about running the place?
Seeing people really enjoying this wonderful area – and returning for more. One set of guests got on so well with some American guests also staying with us that they went riding with them and ended up with a holiday invite to the US. That’s great to be a part of.
How’s the season looking for you … nice and busy?
Our weekend bookings are looking good well into the summer and beyond. I suggest people start planning!
What top three things would you suggest visitors do while in the area?
It’s very hard to choose just three, but I’d say definitely check out Robert Smail’s Printing Works here in Innerleithen, plus nearby Traquair House (the guided tour of the house is fascinating). But the top thing is to just get outside and explore the amazing countryside all around. With so many walks and trails to choose from, it’s a pleasure at any time of year.
Finally, you may not get too many of them, but what’s your favourite thing to do on a day off?
It has to be getting out on my bike … sometimes to challenge myself, other times just to pootle along enjoying the views. I’ve never returned from a bike ride having not enjoyed it.
Winner of the prestigious MTB Friendly Accommodation of the Year in the 2017 Scottish Mountain Bike Awards, Cleikum Mill Lodge can be found on the High Street in the heart of Innerleithen. It offers flexible, value for money, self-catering accommodation in an ideal location for exploring the wider area. For more details, including booking information, visit www.cleikum-mill-lodge.co.uk
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10/5/12 - Carrollton vs. West Central
10/5/12 - PHW vs. Greenfield
10/5/12 - PGP vs. West Hancock
9/14/12 - Greenfield vs. Calhoun
9/14/12 - PHW vs. West Central
9/15/12 - Carrollton vs. North Greene
9/15/12 - PGP vs. Bunker Hill
9/21/12 - Calhoun vs. Carrollton
10/13/12 - PGP vs. Orion
10/12/12 - PHW vs. Triopia
10/12/12 - Carrollton vs. Mendon Unity
10/12/12 - CSE vs. North Greene
9/21/12 - Greenfield vs. West Central
9/21/12 - PGP vs. Monmouth Roseville
9/21/12 - PHW vs. North Greene
9/28/12 - Carrollton vs. Greenfield
9/28/12 - PGP vs. Macomb
10/6/12 - Calhoun vs. North Greene
10/27/12 - CSE vs. Argenta-Oreana PLAYOFFS
10/20/12 - PGP vs. Sherrard
10/19/12 - Brown County vs. Carrollton
11/17/12 - CSE vs. Althoff PLAYOFFS
10/13/12 - West Central vs. Routt
10/27/12 - Brown County vs. Leroy PLAYOFFS
10/19/12 - Calhoun vs. CSE
10/19/12 - Greenfield vs. Routt
10/19/12 - PHW vs. ISD
10/27/12 - Carrollton vs. Toledo PLAYOFFS
11/3/12 - Carrollton vs. Salt Fork PLAYOFFS
10/27/12 - CSE vs. Argenta Oreana PLAYOFFS
11/10/12 - Carrollton vs. Maroa Forsyth PLAYOFFS
11/10/12 - CSE vs. DuQuoin PLAYOFFS
11/3/12 - CSE vs. Cerro Gordo PLAYOFFS
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Ep. #363 featuring MindMaze and RoSfest
In an alternate universe where great music gets priority to work we would have featured Resolve, the third album from Pennsylvania based band MindMaze three weeks ago when it was timely. But we’re rolling with the punches and finally giving the album its time to shine now. Mason and I did a split review of the album which you can read or listen to here, so I won’t go into much further details about our thoughts on the album in this post. What I will tell you is that the band is currently on tour, so if you find a city near you on the list here I’d definitely go out and see them. As an added bonus you will witness something that I have not, despite being local to the band and seeing them many times. For this tour they’re joined by Jonah from Pyramaze to add some keyboards to their live show. I am truly jealous to all the people who are getting to witness it, and hope those that do put on the proper pressure to make live keyboards a future necessity! You can buy the new album here and check out the latest video below.
We also took a lot of time this show to talk about my recent trip to RoSfest, which is always an excellent experience in beautiful Gettysburg, PA. This year the festival featured Kyros, Moon Safari, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Unified Past, Unit-DB, The Neal Morse Band, The Fierce & the Dead, Evership, Edensong, and Anglagard. As always the theater staff was friendly, the sound was great, everything ran on time, and the after parties were killer! You really can’t ask for more from a land-based festival these days. You can check out the festival and keep up to date on next years announced bands here.
We also played some new artists on the program tonight, some of which have their albums up in full on bandcamp. Those would be Cobalt Blue (here) and The Black Light (here). You can also grab the newest album from Elysium Theory from CDBaby here.
And of course, as always, there is plenty of new music to get to. Big Big Train have just released Grimspound (here), and Ayreon has released The Source (here). Voyager has Ghost Mile (here) coming out in a few days, as does Rikard Sjoblom’s Gungfly with On Her Journey to the Sun (here). And of course there are videos from each below.
MindMaze – Drown Me
L’Anima – My Dying Cell
Cobalt Blue – Bereaved
Rikard Sjolbom’s Gungfly – On Her Journey to the Sun
Edge of Reality – Moldy Banana Bread
Kyros – Persistence of Vision
Moon Safari – The World’s Best Dreamers
Elysium Theory – Long Count
Ayreon – The Source Will Flow
MindMaze – Abandon
The Aaron Clift Experiment – Fragments of Sleep
Unified Past – Erasure Principle
Unitopia – Artificial World
The Neal Morse Band – The Man in the Iron Cage
Nova Collective – State of Flux
The Black Light – Lost to Another
The Black Light – Hurricane/All That Remains
MindMaze – One More Moment
The Dear Hunter – Gloria
Coheed & Cambria – The Writing Writer
The Fierce & the Dead – Part 2
Evership – Evermore
Edensong – In the Longest of Days
Voyager – Ghost Mile
In the Presence of Wolves – Storm in a Red Dress
Big Big Train – As the Crow Flies
MindMaze – The Path to Perseverance
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Band: MindMaze
Album: Resolve
Available: April 28, 2017 via Inner Wound Recordings
Reviewer (Text): Mason
Reviewer (Audio): Nick
MindMaze Online
Buy Resolve
Five and a half years and a name change ago I pledged money on Kickstarter for the first MindMaze album, Mask of Lies, and honestly had no idea what to expect from an unsigned band that had what I thought was a modest funding goal. At worst I figured I would have a unique reminder of obscure metal history as this was my first ever backing on Kickstarter (feel free to follow me there, but be warned most of the projects I back are not music related). However, myself and the other backers were treated to an album that far exceeded expectations, and helped MindMaze attract enough attention from Inner Wound Recordings to sign them before the release of their second album Back From the Edge, which demonstrated growth as musicians, songwriters, and on the production front, as well as increasing the notoriety of the band as they were able to secure the guest services of Symphony X’s Mike LePond on bass. Heading into their third album, my expectations were high. Let’s see how it fares…
Resolve is the third album from Allentown based band, MindMaze. Unlike its predecessors, Resolve is a concept album and it is clear that the band’s message in this album comes from within and is more personal than their previous work.
The cornerstone of the band continues to be guitarist Jeff Teets and his sister, vocalist Sarah Teets. Jeff continues to showcase impressive solos and catchy riffs, and demonstrates a commitment to his craft, as this album is the most diverse musically for the band up to this point, exploring more subdued and softer tones as the story of the album requires. Sarah provides her talents again, and like Jeff continues to find new ground to explore, while sounding as powerful as ever and maintaining her unique qualities among female metal vocalists by rarely going to the soprano range where many of her female colleagues tend to reside. Rich Pasqualone returns as the bass player, resuming his duties from the first album. His talents are more evident this time around as the bass sound is more pronounced on this album than the debut album. The drumming is ably performed by a combination of new member Mark Bennett, as well as Jeff, and their work on the skins is a big reason the album comes together nicely.
While everyone individually performs well, this album is best described as gestalt, and is much greater than the sum of its parts. Where Resolve really separates itself from its predecessors is from the quality and sophistication of the production. Resolve is the richest, most polished sound the band has put out to this point. This album makes the most of layering tracks and creates the richest sound up to this point. The album sees have added notes of spice using production effects sparingly, but at appropriate times on Sarah’s vocals. Gang vocals are also used well for emphasis at times. Another strength of the album is that it is hard to pick standout tracks because the difference between my favorite track and least favorite track is quite small. The album engages the listener from start to finish, with no low point in to speak of in terms of overall enjoyment. As stated earlier, Resolve is also the most musically diverse and exploratory album; it features the band’s most notable ballad, the widest range of musical styles, and the most emotive lyrics the band has put forth to date.
The easy short review of this album is that is their best yet, and that’s not a small feat in of itself. If this album were released in any previous year, it would be a top five album for certain, and if it doesn’t end up in my top five this year then we will have experienced the greatest year of releases in recent memory. If you would have told me in 2011 that an unsigned band trying to release its first album would six years later be releasing an album on the same day as Ayreon, and legitimately be its equal, I would have been skeptical. After playing Resolve over 20 times, I would say Ayreon, along with several other bands, will be gunning to release an album this good on April 28th.
Mason’s grade: A
Disclaimer: Guitarist Jeff Teets of MindMaze is the former co-host of When Prog and Power Unite, however this review has not been influenced or altered due to this fact.
01. Reverie (Instrumental)
02. Fight the Future
03. In This Void (Instrumental)
04. Drown Me
05. Sign of Life
06. Abandon
07. Sanity’s Collapse (Instrumental)
08. One More Moment
09. Twisted Dream
10. True Reflection
11. Shattered Self
13. The Path to Perseverance
http://media.blubrry.com/wpapu/p/www.wpapu.com/sounds/NR089.mp3
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Another year, another new prog festival. Now in its second year I got to visit ProgStock in Rahway, NJ for the first time this past …
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World Science Festival
Time Crystals
Sonic Environments Performance
Sonic Environments Installations
84 Pianos
Hidden Sounds
100 WAYS TO LISTEN
PROJECT UPDATES & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Street Science, World science festival brisbane
Date: Saturday 25 March and Sunday 26 March
Venue: Cultural Forecourt, South Bank Parklands
100 Ways to Listen is a featured part of the Street Science program presented by Griffith University. The programs revolves around the theme of Science-on-the-GO! which features hands-on science exhibits, experiments, demonstrations, and games showcasing STEM-tastic activities. Griffith University will showcase the most incredible, cutting-edge ideas in science. The free 100 Ways to Listen program is hosted inside the Queensland Conservatorium exploring the art and science of sound with events including the Sonic Playground and 84 Pianos. The 100 Ways to Listen experiences stretch throughout South Bank with Augmented Reality Sound Walks that allow you to listen beneath the surface of global waterways and use GPS points along the Brisbane River to trigger audio based on location and movement.
The South Bank Parklands will turn into a science playground with dozens of FREE immersive events for families to enjoy. Come along and participate in hands-on activities and explore the science behind robots, fossils, bubbles, slime, spiders, solar energy, drones, augmented reality, experiments and even explosions!
Festival Lab will also host free live experiments and interactive demonstrations during Street Science! Sessions are free with limited capacity tickets allocated on event days. View the free activities on offer at the Festival Lab here. Also at the Showcasing Science Stage, catch more free quick fire demonstrations. See the full list of shows here.
And don’t forget to visit Queensland Museum for more fun and FREE Street Science activities.
See the Street Science! map below:
Where music meets science
The Queensland Conservatorium will play host to a series of weird and wonderful sonic experiments as part of the World Science Festival this month.
The series of free events are part of an exciting program called 100 Ways to Listen, which explores the crossroads where music meets science and celebrates the innovative music-making of the Conservatorium’s all-star faculty and students.
The science of sound will be unpacked through performances, installations and sound walks. From a new composition played on 84 pianos across the Conservatorium simultaneously, to music inspired by quantum physics and a large scale interactive music technology installation, there is something for science nerds and music buffs alike.
These sonic experiments will culminate in a publication launched in July to coincide with World Listening Day.
Associate Professor Vanessa Tomlinson and Dr Erik Griswold have teamed up to create a ‘choose-your-own musical adventure’, debuting a new piece that will be played by 84 pianists across the Conservatorium at the same time.
They will also perform Time Crystals, a composition inspired by the work of Nobel-winning physicist Frank Wilczek, who proposed the idea of perpetually moving, multi-dimensional structures. The piece transforms the principles of hard science into sound structures, performed on a prepared piano and a variety of percussion instruments.
“Much like scientists, we propose these experiments and try and find out what happens when we realise them,” Associate Professor Tomlinson said.
“The concept of a time crystal into sound is one experiment.
“Another experiment is what happens when we sound 84 pianos in the Conservatorium simultaneously.
“We are sonic investigators.”
Dr. John Ferguson has created a large scale music technology installation, Sonic Playground, which will take over the Queensland Conservatorium foyer during the World Science Festival.
“It’s going to be awesome,” he said.
“We’re using technology to ask questions about art and music, and what other forms of listening are there.”
Sonic Environments
Dr. Leah Barclay is running a series of interactive augmented reality sound walks across South Bank, as part of Sonic Environments, which allows people to listen to interactive soundscapes triggered by GPS.
“These interactive experiences are a balance between art and science, and they are designed to inspire people to listen at a time when it’s particularly important to listen to the environment,” she said.
WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE
Original post on the World Science Festival Brisbane website.
Held annually in New York since 2008, the World Science Festival celebrates the intersection between science and the arts through debate, theatre, interactive experiments and explorations, musical performances, bespoke events and major outdoor experiences.
The Queensland Museum Network holds exclusive license to host the World Science Festival in the Asia Pacific, reinforcing Australia’s position as a knowledge economy and igniting new and challenging discussions in and about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The inaugural World Science Festival Brisbane was held in 2016. It included a flagship event in Brisbane (9-13 March) and regional events in Chinchilla (12-13 February) and Townsville (19-20 February).
Highlights included:
120,367 attendances – double what was anticipated
247 participants and exhibitors from 10 countries including Emmy Award winning actor Alan Alda of M*A*S*H fame, World Science Festival co-founder Brian Greene, Laureate Fellow Brian Schmidt and ‘her deepness’ Sylvia Earle
124 performances of 90 individual events, including 66 sell-outs
1,439 media stories, reaching a cumulative audience of 28,641,975
35,420 event-related visitor nights, injecting more than $5 million into the Queensland economy via direct and incremental spending
The World Science Festival Brisbane will return in 2017 with a flagship event in Brisbane from 22-26 March 2017 and regional events in Gladstone (3-4 March), Toowoomba (17 March), Townsville (26-27 March) and Chinchilla (31 March -1 April).
Sound Walk
100 Ways to Listen is a curatorial project at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University
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