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The Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) Initiative is a technology-based economic development initiative that connects entrepreneurs, innovators, industry, education, and the financial community with equipment and human capital assets of the regional universities. USTAR's vision is that Utah will lead the nation as the best-performing economy, and be recognized as a premier global destination.
ustar.org
USTAR felt that their website wasn't representing them appropriately – both in personality as well as information. While they are closely partnered with government agencies in the state – both the Governor's Office of Economic Development and the Governor's Office of Energy Development – USTAR wanted their site to look more innovative and colorful. Also, the content and taxonomy of the current site was confusing and heavy, and information was buried or redundant in places. A lot of processes, such as updating solicitations, were manual and time-consuming.
We worked closely with USTAR to identify the crucial information that the site required, and distilled that into a sitemap and taxonomy that was easy to navigate, putting the most critical navigation on roll-over cards on the homepage. We also made sure to develop processes that made updating less manual, such as building a database for projects, creating easy uploads for solicitations, and pulling in events and Twitter posts automatically. Finally, using a bold color palette, clean testimonial videos and USTAR photos, interesting site navigation, and graphics, we brought USTAR's innovative and forward-thinking personality to life.
Supporting Visual Language
To aid in telling USTAR's story in a visual manner, we created infographic-esque styles and iconography sets for the website that made complex content easy to understand.
85% Increase in Individual Users, Month One
Newsletter Subscribers Increased by 110% Since Launch
USTAR has had the wonderful opportunity over the past year of rebranding and refocusing as an agency. Part of this included a new website to be the public face of our efforts to assist the technology startup community statewide. When we began the process, we had a site that was confusing and hard to navigate. It was very governmental in look and tone. We began working with the Redirect team to infuse our agency with a modern, current, forward thinking website. What we have today captures all of those ideals and provides the community a means to accessing a list of services and resources. Redirect has been easy to work with, responsive to needs or concerns and willing to have open discussions about the best way to achieve the desired functionality.
Justin Berry Public Affairs Officer, USTAR
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Sunrun commits to 100 MW of solar power on affordable housing
California’s Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program has a 2030 goal of installing 300 MW of solar power, and Sunrun’s 100 MW commitment aims to satisfy one-third of that by 2028.
September 12, 2018 John Weaver
Image: Sunrun
Getting solar power to work for the low and moderate income families of the United States is probably some of the most challenging project finance work in the industry. And it should be done – not only because it’s the right thing to do in a civilized society, but because in a society where 43% of households are defined as low to moderate income and they represent 42% of solar potential, it is smart business.
Sunrun has made a 100 MW commitment to this market in California, to be deployed by 2028.
Sunrun’s plans mesh with state policy. The California Public Utilities Commission’s Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) program to date has deployed 39 MW of solar power in affordable multi-family dwellings. The successor program, Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH), has a 2030 goal of installing 300 MW of solar power. Sunrun’s commitment aims to satisfy one-third of SOMAH’s goal.
BREAKING: Sunrun to install 100 MW of #solar on affordable housing in #California, kickstarting a major expansion of Sunrun's low and moderate-income solar initiatives. Read the release at: https://t.co/VDhnEs915F#GCAS2018 #ClimateChange #StepUp2018 #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy pic.twitter.com/0ewDOXyCVP
— Sunrun Solar (@Sunrun) September 11, 2018
Sunrun notes that this 100 MW will directly benefit at least 50,000 families, an average of 2 kW per household. That system sizing lines up closely with the California solar power mandate system requirements, meaning its possible these systems will be built at time of new home construction. It was also noted that the installations will be done through building owners at no cost to renters.
Under the SOMAH program, affordable multi-family housing areas are defined as where 80% of tenants fall below 60% of the area median income.
The NREL report referenced in the opening paragraph, Rooftop Solar Technical Potential for Low-to-Moderate Income Households in the United States, suggests a generation potential of 1,000 terawatts per year from all residential rooftops in the United states. This would meet 75% of this segment’s electricity needs.
Note in the below map from the report the rooftop potential for this market in California.
John Weaver
John Fitzgerald Weaver is a solar developer; known digitally as the 'Commercial Solar Guy'. His shop focuses on land and rooftop owners - helping them gain solar revenue through site origination, project development, finance, and project management.
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Canada’s First 5G Wireless Network for Open Innovation is Open For Business
Jul 3, 2019 | News
Testbeds in Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal and Quebec City Now Operational
TORONTO, July 3, 2019 — Canada’s first pre-commercial 5G wireless testbed is up and running, creating the backbone of Canada’s digital economy and drawing interest from small- and medium-sized companies (SME) to develop and test new products and services. Yesterday Vic Fedeli,
Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Pierre Fitzgibbon, Quebec’s Minister of Economy and Innovation, received a progress update on the Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor in Quebec and Ontario for Research and Innovation known as ENCQOR 5G.
ENCQOR 5G includes the first pre-commercial fifth-generation wireless network for open innovation in Canada housed at five hub locations in Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) and Quebec (Montreal and Quebec City). The update hails the start of business collaboration in key areas such as transportation including connected and autonomous vehicles, remote healthcare, virtual/augmented reality, smart cities, fintech, industry 4.0, energy, cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (IoT).
“Technology is changing the way we live, work and do business — building our digital infrastructure is key to supporting an innovation economy and the next generation of jobs for Ontarians,” said Minister Fedeli. “Through this partnership, we are leveraging Ontario’s strengths in information and communications technologies and paving the way for future innovation and growth across sectors. 5G access shows Ontario is open for business.”
“Thanks to ENCQOR, to date, nearly 150 Quebec companies and organizations are carrying out or planning tests at the Montréal and Québec innovation sites to prepare for receiving 5G technology and to measure its benefits for their products and services, ” said Germain Lamonde, Chairman of the Board of Innovation ENCQOR. “These facilities offer high connectivity, high capacity, low latency and all the promises of the 5G revolution. Many entrepreneurs, employees and managers of SMEs are now aware of these new capacities and can lean on them to innovate and become leaders of this revolution. And we are very proud of it.”
ENCQOR 5G brings together SMEs, industry, government, researchers and academia in both Quebec and Ontario to collaborate on the commercialization of disruptive products, processes, and services, providing a first-to-market advantage and to improve the ability of SMEs to scale.
“I am excited at the progress we are seeing through this innovative collaboration positioning Canada as a leader in development of 5G technologies.” said the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. “From enabling doctors to perform surgeries-at-a-distance and unclogging our congested streets through AI-enhanced city planning, 5G technology will change the way we live, work and engage with one another. To prepare for the future, we must be bold, visionary and decisive.”
Applications are now being accepted in both provinces for entrepreneurs to submit their project proposals to help accelerate the development and adoption of digital technologies.
ENCQOR 5G includes five digital technology leaders (Ericsson, Ciena Canada Inc., Thales Canada Inc., IBM Canada, and CGI) as well as provincial coordinators INNOVATION ENCQOR, Prompt and CEFRIO in Quebec and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) in Ontario. The five-year ENCQOR 5G project is made possible in part by funding from the Canadian government and the provincial governments of Quebec and Ontario and is expected to create 4,000 jobs including 1,800 specialized 5G jobs.
Ericsson Canada
“Ericsson is a global leader with 22 publicly announced 5G contracts around the world. 5G mobile networks will provide new critical capabilities such as ultra-high capacity, super-high reliability and low latency, which will allow businesses to develop creative new solutions to unlock use cases that are simply not possible with 4G networks today,” said Graham Osborne, Head of Ericsson Canada. “Ericsson has provided the 5G mobile infrastructure in both Ontario and Quebec for the ENCQOR network. The ENCQOR program will enable early access by enterprises to a pre-commercial 5G infrastructure to develop and demonstrate a new wave of solutions for the economy of the future. Ericsson believes this initiative will enable Ontario and Quebec to develop a leadership position in the 5G market that will drive jobs and economic growth.”
“ENCQOR paves the way for organizations to get a realistic view of how 5G will improve the way we communicate and interact,” said Scott McFeely, Senior Vice President, Ciena. “ENCQOR’s 5G wireless testbed platform, equipped with Ciena’s packet-optical technology, gives open access to small- and medium-sized enterprises to develop and test new 5G applications and use cases, which will push us even closer to experiencing the next generation of mobile digital communication.”
Thales Canada Inc.
“ENCQOR reflects Thales’ commitment to ensuring Canada is a leader in the global 5G digital transformation,” said Mark Halinaty, President & CEO, Thales Canada Inc. “Thales builds and develops its digital expertise around four major digital technologies which play a key role in critical decision-making chains: connectivity and mobility, big data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. We are proud that our expertise and technology powers key Canadian R&D activities and supports the engagement of SMEs across Ontario and Quebec, enabling rapid access to global business opportunities. Today’s announcement further demonstrates the importance of ENCQOR to the development and commercialization of Canadian 5G technologies which will support all aspects of our society, from safer commutes and smarter cities, to access to new economies.”
IBM Canada
“Our development initiatives in silicon photonics interconnections have been an integral part of IBM’s innovation efforts to respond to our clients’ growing needs in AI and high performance computing, including quantum and big data management,” said Louis Labelle, the Director in Chief of the IBM Canada Bromont plant. “The support we have received thus far through the ENCQOR consortium has been essential in accelerating our efforts to transform industries through the assembly and testing of key components in high bandwidth networks. We look forward to continued success and collaboration with our partners.”
CGI Canada
“ENCQOR hubs in Quebec and Ontario will fuel innovation and collaboration between CGI, academia and small/medium business,” explained Mark Boyajian, President of CGI’s Canada operations. “CGI’s expertise in Smart Grid solutions will support ENCQOR participants as we build a new generation of services and solutions for utilities, municipalities and other industries that exploit the clear benefits of 5G.”
Ontario Centres of Excellence
“Access to cutting edge technology like the ENCQOR pre-commercial 5G wireless testbed is key to the success of SMEs as they test and develop new products in Ontario,” said Claudia Krywiak, Interim President and CEO, OCE. “The ENCQOR 5G platform gives companies in many sectors of the economy a first-to-market advantage that can translate into jobs, national and global growth and an increased ability to scale.”
BluWave-ai (ENCQOR Program Participant)
“5G technologies are key for many of the emerging applications in the digital economy where machines are connected through these high-speed connections. At BluWave-ai, we are leveraging IoT sensors from renewable energy-oriented equipment like solar panels and batteries in electricity utility networks to aggressively displace fossil fuels with real time controls. To do this we need to have distributed AI prediction, optimization and subsequent management of utility networks leveraging high speed communications between the cloud and those IoT sensors,” said Devashish Paul, CEO, BluWave-ai. “Programs such as ENCQOR provide us with real world venues to test these technologies before deploying in complex utility networks and we’re proud to be a partner with OCE on this”.
Mnubo (ENCQOR Program Participant)
“The ENQCOR project is an exceptional opportunity for our SMEs. The Montréal and Québec Innovation Sites provide companies with resources and infrastructure to enable them to experiment with 5G products and services. And soon, practical workshops will aim to help those who do not yet have projects in development or who want to better understand 5G,” said Frédéric Bastien, President and CEO, Mnubo. “ENQCOR will offer them access to software and prototype equipment in order to carry out integration activities that will ultimately improve the competitiveness of Quebec businesses here and abroad.”
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Watch videos, slideshows and images that explain the role Australia played in wars and peacekeeping operations around the world, and how this shaped the country we have become.
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RSL Education provides detailed teaching resources that will assist in lesson planning, augment learning with engaging multimedia content, and link classroom activities with lived experience through the thousands of veterans who make up RSL Queensland’s membership.
All materials have been developed by curriculum specialists to ensure they are accurate, reliable and aligned with the Queensland curriculum.
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The Rice Paper Makers of Thuận Hưng
Part of the six-hour boat tour we’d taken in Can Tho had been a visit to a tourist-oriented rice paper “factory”. That was fine, but we wanted to see the real thing. About forty kilometers north of Can Tho lies Thuận Hưng, which is locally known as a rice paper village. We took the bus there, to hunt down a few of the factories.
If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a celebrity without the hassle of “getting famous”, then climb on a local Vietnamese bus and visit a far-flung village like Thuận Hưng. Within minutes of boarding, we had shaken the hand of every passenger, and taken selfies with half of them. And by displaying passable Vietnamese while paying the fare, we nearly sent the bus into a state of hysteria.
And if our reception in Thuận Hưng was any indication, it’s safe to say that not many tourists find their way here. Every person we passed broke into a smile and most greeted us with a hearty “Hello”. We walked by a dozen mesmerized schoolgirls in a cafe, and by simply waving at them, unleashed a Beatlemania-worthy torrent of squealing. Kids on bikes followed us for blocks, not wanting anything other than the chance to stare.
(The attention is fun, but it might be going to our heads. At least a couple times, we heard someone say “Hello”, and spun around to dazzle them with our beaming smiles… only to realize that they don’t even know we’re there. It turns out, “Hello” is a standard telephone greeting in Vietnam, as well.)
There’s a reason that not many tourists make it to Thuận Hưng: it’s really difficult to reach. The bus ride was about an hour and a half, and then we had to slog our way down four kilometers of asphalt, under the burning sun. And we weren’t even sure that we’d find rice paper makers. Maybe it wasn’t the right time of year, or perhaps they take a break during the day. This was a shot in the dark.
But after passing through the main square of town, we started to see the house-factories, unmistakable for the dozens of tall bamboo racks upon which the rice paper dries. At each of the homes, the same process was unfolding: one person pouring and spreading a thin layer of dough onto a flat pan, and another lifting the dough with a type of wand and placing it onto the drying racks.
We stopped at three houses, each in a slightly different area: in town, along the river, and deeper into a forest. And at each one, we were encouraged to try the goods… these rice papers look thin, but they’re surprisingly hearty, especially when eaten steaming hot, right off the pan. We were stuffed by the time we reached the last house but, as fate would have it, this family was the most generous of them all. It would have been impossible to say no, so we crammed sheet after sheet into our mouths, protesting in vain as they peeled yet another off the wand for us.
It’s hard to recommend a visit to Thuận Hưng as an absolute must-do. The village is small and difficult to reach without independent transport. And while the paper-making families are cool and welcoming, they’re not set up to receive visitors, and you won’t need to spend more than a couple minutes watching them work. But we still enjoyed this excursion a lot, because of the chance to see regular life in a small Vietnamese town. Or maybe we just liked being celebrities for a day.
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Judge Dredd Megazine 402
All along the watchtower...
Released 21st Nov 2018
Digital Edition $3.99 Print Edition $7.49
Alan Grant, Dan Abnett, David Hine, John Wagner, Pat Mills, Tharg The Mighty, T.C. Eglington, Leah Moore, John Reppion & Alex De Campi
Boo Cook, Carlos Ezquerra, Nick Percival, Jimmy Broxton, Phil Winslade & Mack Chater
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Annie Parkhouse, Ellie De Ville, Peter Knight, Simon Bowland, Tom Frame & Kid Robson
Episodes include:
Judge Dredd » Riot in ISO-Block 9 (part 1)
Mega-City One, 2140 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 100 million citizens. Unemployment is rife, boredom universal, and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
Lawless » Ashes to Ashes (part 3)
Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega-corporation that funds Badrock. Now, Munce is planning to dispose of Badrock once and for all...
Storm Warning » Over My Dead Body (part 3)
Brit-Cit, 2140 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various departments, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi-Division, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, a psychically powerful Judge with the ability to talk to the dead, and is often accompanied by her ghostly helpers...
Blunt » Blunt II (part 3)
The Mega-City One colony Getri-1, 2138 AD. On this remote outpost, Earth colonists have been attempting to make a new home on the planet, cataloguing and exploring its unusual flora and fauna. But a shuttle crash led to a desperate rescue mission, headed by the halfape Blunt, and upon their return they found the colonists had been kidnapped...
The Dark Judges » The Torture Garden (part 3)
After the events on the Mayflower, the cargo ship the Solips discovered the Dark Judges Death, Fire and Mortis floating in space, and the alien superfiends murdered the crew. Landing on a remote Mega-City colony world called Dominion, Death and co used their powers to decimate the population and create an army of zombies. Few survivors remain...
Supplement episodes include:
Judge Dredd » Bank Raid (part 1)
Mega-City One, 2130 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to 400 million citizens, every one a potential criminal. With lawlessness rife, only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These future lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - he is the law! Inspired by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry; the film poster for Death Race 2000. The name Judge Dredd came from Pat Mills who was originally going to use it for a different character. The first Judge Dredd story published was drawn by Mike McMahon, not co-creator Carlos Ezquerra. Ezquerra was so upset that he didn't draw Dredd for five years afterwards, only returning for the Apocalypse War mega-epic.
Judge Dredd » Halloween (part 1)
Judge Dredd Annual 1984
Strontium Dog » Incident on Zeta (part 1)
Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars of 2150, many survivors were warped by the Strontium 90 fallout. These 'mutants' became a vicitmised underclass, and the only job open to them was bounty hunting. One such STRONTIUM DOG is Johnny Alpha, partnered with his Viking buddy Wulf Sternhammer.
Tharg's Future Shocks » A Close Encounter of the Fatal Kind! (part 1)
Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. From chronicles of the lowliest swamp denizens in backwater galaxies to the rise and fall of rulers of entire star systems, anything is possible in these twisted tales. Abandon your preconceptions, expect the unexpected and take a trip beyond the edges of the imagination…
Judge Dredd » By private contract (part 1)
What if...? » Max Bubba hadn't killed Wulf? (part 1)
Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars, many survivors were warped by Strontium 90 fallout. These ‘mutants’ became a victimised underclass, forced to take the only job available: bounty hunting. One such Search/Destroy agent, or STRONTIUM DOG, is Johnny Alpha, who used to be partnered with the Viking Wulf Sternhammer. But what if Wulf didn’t die at Max Bubba’s hands...?
Tharg The Mighty » A Day in the Life of the Mighty Tharg (part 1)
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Elvis Costello & the Imposters Release Two New Songs From Upcoming Album ‘Look Now’
By Riot Fest / July 27, 2018 July 27, 2018 / New Music
Don’t look now, but Elvis Costello and his longtime backing band the Imposters have new music. They just released two new songs from their upcoming album, Look Now, scheduled for release on October 12 via Concord. It’s the first album Costello’s made with the Imposters since 2008’s Momofuku, and his first effort since collaborating with the Roots in 2013 on Wise Up Ghost.
“I knew if we could make an album with the scope of Imperial Bedroom and some of the beauty and emotion of Painted From Memory, we would really have something,” said the Bespectacled One.
Preorders for Look Now can be made here (including some cool deluxe bundles), and you can stream “Under Lime” and “Unwanted Number” below. Best yet, hear it live when see Elvis Costello and the Imposters play at Riot Fest this September.
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LOOK, NOW YOU CAN BUY THE RECORD!
01. Under Lime
02. Don’t Look Now
03. Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter
04. Stripping Paper
05. Unwanted Number
06. I Let the Sun Go Down
07. Mr. & Mrs. Hush
08. Photographs Can Lie
09. Dishonor the Stars
10. Suspect My Tears
11. Why Won’t Heaven Help Me?
12. He’s Given Me Things
13. Isabelle In Tears
14. Adieu Paris (L’Envie Des Étoiles)
15. The Final Mrs. Curtain
16. You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way
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IBM Delivers Watson for Cyber Security
IBM Security has announced Watson for Cyber Security, an augmented intelligence technology designed to power cognitive security operations centers (SOCs). Over the past year, Watson has been trained on the language of cybersecurity, ingesting over 1 million security documents. Watson can now help security analysts parse thousands of natural language research reports that have never before been accessible to modern security tools.
According to IBM research, security teams sift through more than 200,000 security events per day on average, leading to over 20,000 hours per year wasted chasing false positives. The need to introduce cognitive technologies into security operations centers will be critical to keep up with the anticipated doubling of security incidents over the next five years and increased regulation globally.
Security analysts at IBM X-Force Command Center are using Watson to augment their investigations into cybersecurity incidents. The company debuted Watson for Cyber Security, tapping a corpus of over 1 million security documents, to bring cognitive capabilities into security operations centers. IBM analysts are also experimenting with a new Watson-powered virtual assistant which uses voice response technology to better manage cybersecurity events.
Watson for Cyber Security will be integrated into IBM's new Cognitive SOC platform, bringing together advanced cognitive technologies with security operations and providing the ability to respond to threats across endpoints, networks, users and cloud. The centerpiece of this platform is IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson, the first tool that taps into Watson's corpus of cybersecurity insights.
IBM has also invested in research to bring cognitive tools into its global X-Force Command Center network, including a Watson-powered chatbot currently being used to interact with IBM Managed Security Services customers. IBM also revealed a new research project, code-named Havyn, pioneering a voice-powered security assistant that leverages Watson conversation technology to respond to verbal commands and natural language from security analysts.
"Today's sophisticated cybersecurity threats attack on multiple fronts to conceal their activities, and our security analysts face the difficult task of pinpointing these attacks amongst a massive sea of security-related data," said Sean Valcamp, Chief Information Security Officer at Avnet. "Watson makes concealment efforts more difficult by quickly analyzing multiple streams of data and comparing them with the latest security attack intelligence to provide a more complete picture of the threat. Watson also generates reports on these threats in a matter of minutes, which greatly speeds the time between detecting a potential event and my security team's ability to respond accordingly."
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RBN In: RB2 | RB3 | Blitz
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Song Selection: All Songs ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Apprentice Songs ------------------------------ "Rise Above This" by Seether "Walls" by All Time Low ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Solid Songs ------------------------------ "Angels and Demons" by Melissa Otero "Better Off This Way" by A Day to Remember "Blow at High Dough" by The Tragically Hip "Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)" by Taproot "From the Ground Up" by Trial By Fire "Have Faith In Me" by A Day to Remember "If It Means a Lot to You" by A Day to Remember "Ikea" by Jonathan Coulton "It's Complicated" by A Day to Remember "Jumper '09" by Third Eye Blind "Let The Games Begin" by Anarbor "No More Excuses" by Kill the Alarm "The Price" by Dappled Cities "Top Back" by Alias Unknown "Watch It All Go Down" by Foreword ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Moderate Songs ------------------------------ "2nd Sucks" by A Day to Remember "2nd Sucks (2x Bass Pedal)" by A Day to Remember "Against the Wall" by Ill Niño "All I Want (A Day to Remember)" by A Day to Remember "All Signs Point to Lauderdale" by A Day to Remember "All Signs Point to Lauderdale (2x Bass Pedal)" by A Day to Remember "Apology Rejected" by These Hearts "Break Free From Your Life" by Design the Skyline "Buried Cold" by Rose of Jericho "Buried Cold (RB3 version)" by Rose of Jericho "Control" by BulletProof Messenger "Do Yourself a Favor" by Comeback Kid "Endless Sky" by I See Stars "England Rock Anthems" by Richard Campbell "Eternity Below" by Quartered "Fire Away" by Kill the Alarm "Flesh and Blood" by Edge "Genius" by The B.O.L.T. "Half Cab" by Quartered "Higher (Creed)" by Creed "Hysteria" by Aiden "Inside" by Cold Steel "No Surrender" by Taproot "Persistence of Vision" by Matter in the Medium "Slander" by Dr. Acula "Song for the Broken" by Close Your Eyes "Sticks & Bricks" by A Day to Remember "Survive" by Lacuna Coil "The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel)" by Asking Alexandria "The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" by A Day to Remember "This Fantasy" by BulletProof Messenger "To the Stage" by Asking Alexandria "Under Water I Drown" by Edge "Walks Like A Ghost" by Quartered "Whatever Is Wrong With You" by Marillion "Wish I Was Dead" by Harbour Grace ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Challenging Songs ------------------------------ "A Drug Against War" by KMFDM "A Prophecy" by Asking Alexandria "A Prophecy (RB3 version)" by Asking Alexandria "Broken Bones" by Aiden "Chelsea" by The Summer Set "Cross Over Attack" by Emmure "Dance With Me" by Stewart "Dear Insanity" by Asking Alexandria "Demons With Ryu" by Emmure "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" by The Devil Wears Prada "For the Kids of the Multiculture" by Sonic Boom Six "Gamers Unite" by Dante's Dream "Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami" by Dir En Grey "Hard To See" by Five Finger Death Punch "Indiscriminate Murder is Counter-Productive" by Machinae Supremacy "Je Collectionne des Canards (Vivants)" by Ultra Vomit "Juke Joint Jezebel" by KMFDM "Keep the Lights On" by Close Your Eyes "Lonely" by The Bunny the Bear "Love and the Triumph Of" by Broadcast "Morte et Dabo" by Asking Alexandria "Morte et Dabo (2x Bass Pedal)" by Asking Alexandria "Ocean Floor" by The Bunny the Bear "Pendulum" by After the Burial "Pirats 'Til We Die" by Halfbrick Studios "Reckless & Relentless" by Asking Alexandria "Rocket Dragon" by Machinae Supremacy "Rx" by Wounded Soul "Selkies: The Endless Obsession" by Between the Buried and Me "Talk About" by Dear and the Headlights "The Body" by Close Your Eyes "The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel) (RB3 version)" by Asking Alexandria "The Great Plains" by Scale the Summit "Valleys" by Close Your Eyes ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Nightmare Songs ------------------------------ "10 Signs You Should Leave" by Emmure "A Blinding Light" by Blackguard "Absolute" by Gatling "Africa" by Quartered "Africa (RB3 version)" by Quartered "Alaska" by Between the Buried and Me "Alaska (2x Bass Pedal)" by Between the Buried and Me "All Bodies" by Between the Buried and Me "Allegiance" by Blackguard "Antman" by The Red Chord "Approach the Podium" by Winds of Plague "Arm Yourself" by BulletProof Messenger "Controller" by Within the Ruins "Cursing Akhenaten" by After the Burial "Destructive Device" by Mindflow "Don't Tell Me What to Dream" by God Forbid "Dozing Green" by Dir En Grey "Fight to Kill" by Holy Grail "Fists Fall" by Otep "Force Feedback" by Machinae Supremacy "Frankenstein Teaser Trailer" by Richard Campbell "Hey There Mr. Brooks" by Asking Alexandria "Hey There Mr. Brooks (RB3 version)" by Asking Alexandria "Icarus Lives" by Periphery "Jumping Ship" by Counterparts "Let Us Slay" by GWAR "Life Unworthy of Life" by Warpath "Namaste" by Veil of Maya "Nugget Man" by Paul and Storm "Obfuscation" by Between the Buried and Me "Parhelia" by Heaven Ablaze "Rip'er" by Lead the Dead "Rock the Halls" by Richard Campbell "Starlight Speedway" by Rocket Ship Resort "The Grinder's Tale" by Wrong Side of Dawn "Until I Feel Nothing" by Carnifex ------------------------------ Rhythm Authors - Impossible Songs ------------------------------ "A Christmas Rock Medley" by Richard Campbell "Act of War" by Lich King "Another Step" by Andromeda "Battle Royale" by The Word Alive "Berzerker" by After the Burial "Bleed" by Meshuggah "Buttersnips" by Periphery "Chameleon Carneval" by Andromeda "Cimmerian Shamballa" by Wretched "Death Quota for Purification" by The Myriad Burial "Feast or Famine" by Within the Ruins "Firefight" by Blackguard "In Memory" by Excruciating Thoughts "Modern Mathematics" by Terrorhorse "My Frailty" by After the Burial "My Star" by Andromeda "Packet Flier" by Terrorhorse "This Round's On Me" by Blackguard "Thou Shall Not Fear" by Lazarus A.D. "Unfurling A Darkened Gospel" by Job For A Cowboy "Veil of Illumination (Part 1)" by Andromeda "Veil of Illumination (Part 2)" by Andromeda "We Are The Nightmare" by Arsis "XenoChrist" by The Faceless "Your Troubles Will Cease and Fortune Will Smile Upon You" by After the Burial "Your Troubles Will Cease and Fortune Will Smile Upon You (2x Bass Pedal)" by After the Burial "The Duel (Rusty Cooley)" by Rusty Cooley ------------------------------ Community-Enabled Songs ------------------------------ "28 Days" by Mafia Track Suit "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" by The Guild feat. Felicia Day "BEER!" by Psychostick "California (Winds Of Plague)" by Winds of Plague "A Bullet in the Head" by Anarchy Club "Action/Adventure" by Memphis May Fire "All I Want Is You" by Jerry Naylor "Animal" by Kink Ador "Anubis" by Septicflesh "Anybody Else" by Audible Mainframe "Ashes" by Strikken "Be Right Here" by Mind At Risk "Beat Fly" by Tiny Danza "Betrayed" by Musica Diablo "Better Life" by Conditions "Bigger Than Kiss" by Teenage Bottlerocket "Bland Street Bloom" by SikTh "Boy" by Ra Ra Riot "Brains Out" by RIBS "Any Other Heart" by Go Radio "Anything (AES)" by An Endless Sporadic "(I'm the One That's) Cool" by The Guild feat. Felicia Day "(pin)Ballz" by Insomniac Games "1348" by Umphrey's McGee "30 Lives" by The Motion Sick "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" by Clutch "77345_018" by The Minotaur Project "A Bridge That Will Burn" by Moving Picture Show "A Death" by an Unkindness "A Grim Struggle" by Nightrage "A Little Faster" by There For Tomorrow "A Pure Evil" by All Shall Perish "A Single Drop of Red (The Gentleman)" by Anarchy Club "Abigail" by Motionless In White "Adonaï" by ETHS "The Way You Move (The Audition)" by The Audition "The Way You Move (Since October)" by Since October "Airbrushed" by Anamanaguchi "Alive and Kicking" by Nonpoint "Alone at Home" by Jonathan Coulton "Amazing Horse" by Weebl's Stuff "America Underwater" by LoveHateHero "American Dream" by Silverstein "Andromeda" by Bluefusion "Angel Lust" by Fake Shark-Real Zombie! "Angela Surf City" by The Walkmen "Appetite" by The Gracious Few "Arcaedion" by Children of Nova "Arctica" by Amberian Dawn "At the Edge of the World" by Kataklysm "Can You Tell" by Ra Ra Riot "Caraphernelia" by Pierce the Veil "City of Corruption (2x Bass Pedal)" by Amberian Dawn "Cody" by We Set The Sun "Coming Undone" by Shatterglass "Conquer Me" by Damone "Corporate Control" by Sunny Side Up "Dawn of Spring" by Christopher J. "Dead Again" by Possible Oscar "Death of a Dream" by Halcyon Way "Deny" by Betrayed by Sorrow "Dodgin Bullets" by Steve Fister "End of My Rope" by Spinning Chain "Entertain" by Sleater-Kinney "Examination" by I Am Abomination "Fallen Into You" by Kings Queens & Fairytales "Familiar" by CyLeW "Far Away from Heaven (RB3 version)" by Free Spirit "Farewell to Good Days" by Seven Day Sonnet "Fight The Rain" by Scratching The Itch "Forbidden City" by Tina Guo "Forever in Lies" by Strikken "Fox Hunt" by Larkspur "Fragments" by Serianna "Frontier Factory: Remanufactured" by Freen in Green "Fuzzy Man (Fuzzy Nation)" by Paul and Storm "Galileo" by We Are The Storm "Give It Up! Give It Up!" by His Statue Falls "Go" by Kari Kimmel "Go North" by The Pauses "Gordon Freeman Saved My Life" by Miracle Of Sound "Grace Kelly" by The Motion Sick "Hail Destroyer" by Cancer Bats "Hapless" by Seven Day Sonnet "Happy People" by Big Kenny "Heaven's Calling" by Black Veil Brides "Hey Baby, Here's That Song You Wanted" by Blessthefall "Hey I" by Blackberry Wednesday "Hitman Blues" by The Blue News "Hold Me In Your Arms" by The Trews "Hope & Ruin" by The Trews "How Do You Do It?" by Quiet Company "Hurricane" by The Cold Goodnight "I" by Before Nine "Ice Cold" by Audible Mainframe "In A Hurricane" by Blame Ringo "In Division" by Underoath "Inheritors" by Serianna "Into the Black Light" by Ghost Brigade "Into Your Hands" by Kandia "Jamie All Over" by Mayday Parade "Jasmin W. Knows How to Mosh" by His Statue Falls "Just a Game" by The Blue News "Keep on Running from My Love" by Danny and the Lost Souls "Last Call" by Sworn To Oath "Last Chance" by Tetrafusion "Leave Me Be" by Kylie D. Hart "Let's Write a Song" by Una Jensen "Lethean Tears" by Solution .45 "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot With a Monkey Face)" by Chiodos "Magnolia" by Texas in July "Moonlight Ride" by Free Spirit "Mouth Without a Head" by Halcyon Way "N.A.T.G.O.D." by Daath "N9" by Devin Townsend "Never Trust the Hazel Eyed" by Hopes Die Last "New Solution" by SHIROCK "Nightfall" by Nachtmystium "No Ghost" by The Haunted "On Parole" by Sister Sin "On the Run" by Emerald "Pain I Feel" by Spinning Chain "People of the Deer" by The Trews "Planet Smasher" by Devin Townsend "Pray For You" by Jaron and the Long Road to Love "Queendom" by B.et.a and The Neon Panthers "Radioland" by Audible Mainframe "Rage and Pain" by Francisco Meza "Reaching Down" by Order of Voices "Reap (Radio Edit)" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Reaping Tide" by Mile Marker Zero "Reson-8-R (Pts. I & II)" by Christopher J. "Revenants" by The Cold Goodnight "Riptide Resort" by Freen in Green "Say" by The Asbestos "Say Sayonara (Japanese version)" by JOANovARC "Scissorlips" by Rishloo "Scissors" by Emery "Shattered Satellites and Brutal Gods" by The Minotaur Project "Skinny Seventeen" by Jeremy Manjorin "Still Young" by SHIROCK "Superföhn Bananendate" by We Butter The Bread With Butter "Sweet Rain" by Weeping Buddhas "The Age of Betrayal" by Halcyon Way "The Brave / Agony Applause (RB3 version)" by Deadlock "The Devil's in the Details" by Aesthetic Perfection "The Elevator" by I Am Empire "The Final Act" by Strikken "The Hounds of Anubis" by The Word Alive "The Monster Stroll" by Jocko of Sha Na Na "The Omen" by Heaven Shall Burn "The Ravenous" by I, Omega "Preacher Man" by Free Spirit "The Window (Raven Quinn)" by Raven Quinn "Break Away" by Memory of a Melody "Bullet" by Drugstore Fanatics "Color Your World" by Devin Townsend "Gravitational Lensing" by Solution .45 "Impossible Landscape" by Children of Nova "IndoctriNation" by Halcyon Way "Keyhole in the Sky" by Rishloo "Make the Sauce" by Vegan Black Metal Chef "Naughty Naughty" by John Parr "Not Fade Away" by Jerry Naylor "The Final Battle" by Freen in Green "The Greys" by Devin Townsend "These Voices" by Deception of a Ghost "Things That Make You Scream" by Memory of a Melody "Those in Glass Houses" by Of Mice & Men "Til All Are One" by Stan Bush "Time Bomb (Powerman 5000)" by Powerman 5000 "Audience and Audio" by Twin Atlantic "Australia" by The Shins "Back Through Time" by Alestorm "Bagatelle No. 25 - Für Elise (Beethoven)" by Thomas Walker "Bang Camaro" by Bang Camaro "Battles and Brotherhood" by 3 Inches of Blood "Be Careful What You Wish For" by Memphis May Fire "Bed Intruder Song (feat. Kelly Dodson)" by Antoine Dodson & The Gregory Brothers "Beer, Metal, Trolls and Vomit!" by Nordheim "Being Here" by The Stills "Best I Never Had" by The Downtown Fiction "Betty and Me" by Jonathan Coulton "Betus Blues (Retro Remix)" by dB soundworks "Black Rose" by Icon & the Black Roses "Blackbird" by Amberian Dawn "Bled To Be Free (The Operation)" by RX Bandits "Blood Red Rock" by Bang Camaro "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 "Bodies" by Drowning Pool "Break Me" by The Irresponsibles "BRODYQUEST" by Lemon Demon "Broke Down on the Brazos" by Gov't Mule "Built to Grind" by Anarchy Club "Bullet With a Name" by Nonpoint "Burn it Down" by Five Finger Death Punch "Burning Hearts" by Silverstein "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords "Buster Voodoo" by Rodrigo y Gabriela "By the Grace of the Grill" by Graveyard BBQ "By Your Command" by Devin Townsend "Cali Girl" by Ballyhoo! "Can I Stay" by Stephanie Hatfield and Hot Mess "Can o' Salt (Remix)" by dB soundworks "Car Windows" by The Main Drag "Caves" by Chiodos "Charnel's Ball" by Amberian Dawn "Chasing the Light" by Nautiluz "Cheat on the Church" by Graveyard BBQ "Cheesy Pop Song" by A Talking Fish "Chiasm" by Chaotrope "Children of December" by The Slip "Children Surrender" by Black Veil Brides "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton "Circus Black" by Amberian Dawn "City of Corruption" by Amberian Dawn "Clawmaster" by Ghost Brigade "Code Monkey" by Jonathan Coulton "Cold" by Christina Marie Magenta "Cold Kiss" by Amberian Dawn "Collapsing" by Demon Hunter "Collide" by Anarchy Club "Come Now Follow" by Amberian Dawn "Country Song" by Seether "Courage" by Alien Ant Farm "Crash Years" by The New Pornographers "Crazy" by Nonpoint "Creatures ov Deception (RB3 version)" by Rainbowdragoneyes "Creepy Doll" by Jonathan Coulton "Crooked Strings" by Kiev "Crushed Beyond Dust" by Skeletonwitch "Cry of an Eagle" by Free Spirit "Curse of the Werewolf" by Timeless Miracle "Curse You All Men! (Live)" by Emperor "Dark Horse" by Converge "Dash" by Bumblefoot "Dawn of a Million Souls (Rock Band Mix)" by Ayreon "Dawn of the Condoms" by Ultra Saturday "Day of Mourning" by Despised Icon "Days Without" by All That Remains "Death in the Garden" by Dance for the Dying "Death Metal Guys" by Reverend Horton Heat "Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two" by TesseracT "Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two (2x Bass Pedal)" by TesseracT "Deliver Us" by Andy Timmons "Demon Woman" by Flight of the Conchords "Descend Into the Eternal Pits of Possession" by The Project Hate MCMXCIX "Desconocido" by Leche de Tigre "Desecration Day" by Halcyon Way "Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)" by Kataklysm "Dethroned" by Death Angel "Devoid of Thought" by Evile "Diachylon" by Chaotrope "Diamond Eyes" by Rishloo "Discord (EuroChaos Mix)" by Eurobeat Brony ft. Odyssey "Discord (The Living Tombstone Remix)" by Eurobeat Brony "Disengage" by Suicide Silence "Do Not Disturb (Tell Me How Bad)" by Let's Get It "Do the Donkey Kong" by Buckner & Garcia "Do Your Thing" by Powerman 5000 "Don't Ever Change" by Jerry Naylor "Don't Feel Like That Anymore" by Johnny Cooper "Don't Let Me Down (Slowly)" by The Main Drag "Doppelgänger" by Freezepop "Dove Nets" by The Main Drag "Downhill" by Rishloo "Dr. Doom" by The Acacia Strain "Dragonfly (Symbion Project Remix)" by Universal Hall Pass "Drained" by Vangough "Dreamchaser" by Amberian Dawn "Drunken Lullabies (Live)" by Flogging Molly "Dystopia" by Chaotrope "Easy Days" by Free Spirit "Echo" by Dance for the Dying "Eden" by TesseracT "El Monstro" by Dance for the Dying "Elements" by Texas in July "Empire" by Jukebox the Ghost "Endzeit" by Heaven Shall Burn "Energy" by the Apples in Stereo "Engine" by Wargasm "Entropy/Extropy" by Chaotrope "Epic Symphony in A Flat Minor, Third Movement: Zero Hour" by Van Friscia "Estranger" by Vangough "Even Rats" by The Slip "Even Seconds" by The Main Drag "Everything I Hate About Myself" by Death of the Cool "Evil Inside Me" by Amberian Dawn "Evolutionary Sleeper" by Cynic "Expert Mode" by LeetStreet Boys "Exploited & Exposed" by Symbion Project "Fading Sacrifice" by Chaotrope "Fake It" by Seether "Far Away from Heaven" by Free Spirit "Farewell, Mona Lisa" by The Dillinger Escape Plan "Fate of the Maiden" by Amberian Dawn "Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun" by Rishloo "Field of Serpents" by Amberian Dawn "Fight For Greatness" by Bloom "Find Beauty" by Rose of Jericho "First We Feast, Then We Felony" by Circus Circus "Flag in the Ground" by Sonata Arctica "Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Version)" by Thomas Walker "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine "For the Love of God (Live)" by Steve Vai "For We Are Many" by All That Remains "Forever In Your Hands" by All That Remains "Found Me the Bomb" by Buckner & Garcia "Foundation" by an Unkindness "Fragments (an Unkindness)" by an Unkindness "Freakshow" by HourCast "Froggy's Lament" by Buckner & Garcia "From the Blue/Point of No Return" by An Endless Sporadic "Für Elise (Beethoven)" by Magnefora "Für Immer Verloren" by Anarchy Club "Gabrielle" by Ween "Gasoline" by The Bouncing Souls "Gemini" by Brian Kahanek "Genocide" by Evile "Get the Hell Out of Here" by Steve Vai "Ghostly Echoes" by Amberian Dawn "Giant Bombstep: Reloaded" by The Hamster Alliance (ft. The Giant Bomb Crew) "Glow" by Alien Ant Farm "Going Under" by Evanescence "Gold Teeth on a Bum" by The Dillinger Escape Plan "Good Morning Tucson" by Jonathan Coulton "Goodbye, Mr. Personality" by Less Than Jake "Goodnight Technologist" by The Main Drag "Goth Girls" by MC Frontalot "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis "Guitar Sound" by Ronald Jenkees "Gymnopédie No. 1 (Satie)" by Thomas Walker "Hair Trigger" by The Acro-Brats "Half Crazy" by Jukebox the Ghost "Hangman" by Drugstore Fanatics "Hanuman" by Rodrigo y Gabriela "He Sleeps in a Grove" by Amberian Dawn "Head Up High" by Firewind "Heads or Tails? Real or Not" by Emarosa "Heart Of A Child" by A Plea For Purging "Heartless" by Pythia "Heat Seeking Ghost of Sex" by Dance Gavin Dance "Heavy Weather - The Storm ov The Undead" by Rainbowdragoneyes "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" by of Montreal "Hello Fascination" by Breathe Carolina "Henchmen Ride" by Testament "Heroes Don't Cry" by Free Spirit "Heroism" by Mystakin "Hey" by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives "Hold On" by All That Remains "Homosuperior" by The Main Drag "Hook, Line, and Sinner" by Texas in July "How We Roll" by Plushgun "How We'd Look On Paper" by The Main Drag "HTML Rulez D00d" by The Devil Wears Prada "Hyperdrive" by Devin Townsend "Hyperspace" by Buckner & Garcia "I am S/H(im)e[r] as You am S/H(im)e[r] as You are Me and We am I and I are All Our Together" by Giraffes? Giraffes! "I Can Swing My Sword (ft. Terabrite)" by Toby Turner "I Don't Want to Hear About Your Crappy Boyfriend" by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives "I Just Wanna Run" by The Downtown Fiction "I Know What I Am" by Band of Skulls "I Like Trains" by Lil Deuce Deuce "I Still Feel Her, Part III" by Jonny Craig "I'm Amazed" by My Morning Jacket "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?" by A Day To Remember "Icarus' Song" by Furly "If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn" by Sleeping with Sirens "If You Can't Hang" by Sleeping with Sirens "Impulse" by An Endless Sporadic "In Circles" by Sunny Day Real Estate "In the Wake of Evolution" by Kaipa "Incubus" by Amberian Dawn "Indigo Friends" by Reverend Horton Heat "Infected Nation" by Evile "Inno A Satana (Live)" by Emperor "Internal Cannon" by August Burns Red "Internal Cannon (2x Bass Pedal)" by August Burns Red "Inversion" by Halcyon Way "Is There a Ghost" by Band of Horses "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" by Ween "Jumpers" by Sleater-Kinney "Just a Lie" by Pythia "Katsushika" by Rishloo "Kick Some Ass '09" by Stroke 9 "King of Everything" by Anarchy Club "King of Those Who Know" by Cynic "Kitty Fight Song" by Dance for the Dying "Kokko - Eagle of Fire" by Amberian Dawn "Lady in a Blue Dress" by Senses Fail "Last Breath" by Attack Attack! "Last Breath (2x Bass Pedal)" by Attack Attack! "Last Train To Awesometown" by Parry Gripp "Leaderless and Self Enlisted" by Norma Jean "Learn to Live" by Architects "Lemon Meringue Tie" by Dance Gavin Dance "Lionheart" by Amberian Dawn "Little Black Backpack '09" by Stroke 9 "Living in a Whirlwind" by Warbringer "Lost Soul" by Amberian Dawn "Love During Wartime" by The Main Drag "Madness" by Myrath "Majesty" by Ava Inferi "Mandelbrot Set" by Jonathan Coulton "Mannequin" by Dance for the Dying "Martyr to Science" by Deadlock "Mechanical Love" by In This Moment "Megalodon" by Mastodon "Megatron" by The Main Drag "Midnight Eyes (RB3 version)" by Rose of Jericho "Midnight Ride" by Midnight Riders "Miracle" by Nonpoint "Model Ships" by Rosaline "Moments of Clarity" by Children of Nova "Monday Night Football" by John Parr "Montana" by The Main Drag "Mordecai" by Between the Buried and Me "More" by Down June "Mousetrap" by Buckner & Garcia "Move Your Body" by Eiffel 65 "Movies" by Alien Ant Farm "My Little Girl" by Jerry Naylor "My Only Star" by Amberian Dawn "Mystery Train" by Jerry Naylor "Need Strange" by Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats "Nemeses" by Jonathan Coulton ft. John Roderick "Nemesis" by Arch Enemy "Never Let You Go '09" by Third Eye Blind "Never... Again" by All Shall Perish "Nightlife Commando" by Bang Camaro "No Direction" by Longwave "No Holy Man" by Eden's Curse ft. James LaBrie "No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom" by Parry Gripp "Nosophoros" by Evile "Now Demolition" by Evile "Now or Never" by Stagehands "Numb & Intoxicated" by Kataklysm "Oceans Between Us" by The Downtown Fiction "Ode to a Centipede" by Buckner & Garcia "On Black Wings" by Halcyon Way "One Bad Man" by Midnight Riders "Ordinary Objects" by Dance for the Dying "Our Finest Hour" by Halcyon Way "Our Time" by The Buffalo Joe Band "Over the Top" by White Wizzard "Oye Vaya" by Earl Greyhound "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner & Garcia "Paced Energy" by Magnus 'SoulEye' Pålsson "Pale Sister of Light (RB3 version)" by Free Spirit "Paper Dolls" by Ballyhoo! "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven "Parasitic Twins" by The Dillinger Escape Plan "Passing Bells" by Amberian Dawn "Pearls; The Frailty of Matter" by The Burial "Perfect Weapon" by Black Veil Brides "Phantom Limb" by The Shins "Piano Sonata No. 11 - Ronda Alla Turca (Mozart)" by Thomas Walker "Piano Sonata No. 14 - Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)" by Thomas Walker "Piranha" by Pretty & Nice "Plague to End All Plagues" by Evile "Political Bum" by Psychostick "Positive Force" by Magnus 'SoulEye' Pålsson "Potential for Anything" by Magnus 'SoulEye' Pålsson "Pray for Plagues" by Bring Me the Horizon "Pressure Cooker" by Magnus 'SoulEye' Pålsson "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" by Bang Camaro "Queen Bee" by Tina Guo "Radiant Light" by Free Spirit "Radiator" by Family Force 5 "Rampage of Kronos" by The Minotaur Project "Real Wild Child" by Jerry Naylor "Redemption" by Andy Timmons "Relentless Chaos" by Miss May I "Remedy (Seether)" by Seether "Requiem for a Dying Song" by Flogging Molly "Revolution" by Bang Camaro "Riddle Me This" by Anarchy Club "Riot Act" by Exodus "Rise Above" by Van Friscia "Rise and Shine (Anarchy Club)" by Anarchy Club "River of Glass" by Rishloo "River of Tuoni" by Amberian Dawn "Robots" by Sweethammer "Roll the Dice" by Damone "Rollercoaster" by Sleater-Kinney "Romancing the Ordinary" by Rose of Jericho "Saga" by Amberian Dawn "Saint Simon" by The Shins "Sampo" by Amberian Dawn "Scarred" by Chaotrope "Scavengers of the Damned" by Aiden "Schizophrenia" by Jukebox the Ghost "Second & Sebring" by Of Mice & Men "Second Sight Blackout" by Children of Nova "Semi-Charmed Life '09" by Third Eye Blind "Sending Signals" by Evergreen Terrace "Sequestered in Memphis" by The Hold Steady "Serial Killer" by Damone "Seven (Sunny Day Real Estate)" by Sunny Day Real Estate "Sexual Man Chocolate" by Attack Attack! "Shadow of a Man" by Free Spirit "Shallow Waters" by Amberian Dawn "Ship With No Sails" by Neonfly "Shipwrecked" by Alestorm "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton "Show Me What You've Got" by Powerman 5000 "Sick" by Bif Naked "Sick, Sick, Sick" by Bayside "Slaves to Substance" by Suicide Silence "Smash the Control Machine" by Otep "Smokahontas" by Attack Attack! "Snowmaiden" by Amberian Dawn "So High" by Lee-Leet "So Let Us Create" by Jukebox the Ghost "So Says I" by The Shins "Solar Winds" by Devin Townsend "Song About an Angel" by Sunny Day Real Estate "Soy Bomb" by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives "Space Unicorn" by Parry Gripp "Spaghetti Cat (I Weep For You)" by Parry Gripp "Spin" by We the Kings "Spineless" by All Shall Perish "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr "Stabbing the Drama" by Soilwork "Stabbing to Purge Dissimulation" by All Shall Perish "Stand for Something" by Skindred "Stay Here Forever" by The Material "Step Up (I'm On It)" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster "Steppin' Lightly" by Gov't Mule "Stick Stickly" by Attack Attack! "Stick Tight" by Terror "Still Alive (Jonathan Coulton)" by Jonathan Coulton ft. 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Archive for Liz Winstead
Parody vid shows Planned Parenthood supporter telling pro-life politician: “Merry F-ing Christmas”
Posted in Pro-choice mocking, Pro-choice People with tags Abortion, APP, Center for Medical Progress, Lady Parts Justice, Liz Winstead, Planned Parenthod, Politician, pro-choice mocking, Pro-Life, Reproductive Choice, stalking, video on December 28, 2015 by saynsumthn
What is comedian Liz Winstead’s obsession with pro-life people? I mean, first the creator of the Daily Show who runs the Lady Parts Justice blog created an App to “track” those who oppose abortion and now she has published a video showing an abortion “Caroler” harassing a pro-life politician.
In her most recent “production” of online propaganda called “Lies Actually” the faux Christmas Caroler shows up at the door of an alleged pro-life politician to “harass” him about what they call his “lies” that Planned Parenthood sells aborted baby parts.
“Lies?” Hmmm…let’s see… High ranking staffers at Planned Parenthood negotiated the price for the parts of preborn babies on video – and – when the Center for Medical Progress made them public, those staffers seemed to “disappear” so they could not be questioned further. Instead their very savvy and well paid I might add, president Cecile Richards issued a swift “apology” for their gruesome operation.
But, why look at facts when you believe that preborn babies are not human and Planned Parenthood is a saint, right? Back to Winstead’s new video.
In the footage, which mocks a politician who later admits to being gay, the Planned Parenthood supporting “Caroler” arrives playing “Silent Night” and flashing a series of hateful messages at the person (allegedly a pro-life politician) who answers the door. After leading him to believe she was there for Caroling, she quickly waves a message at him reading, “A**hole.”
We could pause right here to imagine the outrage from the media if this had been a video created by a pro-life comedian who went “Caroling” to the home of an abortion politician and then waved hate-filled messages in his face- but- let’s just move on.
In Winstead’s video, the messages go from bad to worse and read as follows:
And- it gets even worse as the alleged Planned Parenthood supporting “Caroler” delivers the message “Merry F-ing Christmas” to the faux pro-life politician.
As she readies to leave, the Planned Parenthood supporter shoots the politician the proverbial “bird.” You can view the video here, but I warn you there is graphic language and it isn’t funny. Personally, I wouldn’t waste any valuable time on it if I were you.
There is a bright light hidden in this twisted pro-abortion parody though.
That is that while Winstead uses vulgarity, hatred, and deception to slander pro-life politicians, a beautiful song like “Silent Night” is playing in the background announcing the arrival of the newborn baby who was lovingly sent to save the world from their sin. A baby, that those who support abortion would say could have been killed in the womb if Mary wanted to. But, she didn’t.
How Ironic! Merry Christmas Liz.
Abortion app profiles and tracks pro-life advocates: can you say stalking?
Posted in Pro-choice mocking with tags Abortion, abortion reversal, Anti-abortion, APP, Eric Scheidler, Hinder, Lady Parts Justice, Liz Winstead, pro-choice, Pro-Life, stalking, track on December 14, 2015 by saynsumthn
The concept of reproductive rights advocates tracking pro-lifers is now out in the open with a new App from the pro-abortion founder of the Daily Show. Abortion supporters are often critical of pro-life websites that expose the horrific things they do. So, an App which alleges to “track” or “profile” pro-lifers should receive criticism from the media, correct? Wrong!
This summer, radically pro-abortion comedian Liz Winstead launched a Tinder parody App to “track” abortion opponents. Winstead operates the website Lady Parts Justice and her disrespectful anti-Christian and pro-abortion views make her a favorite speaker for Planned Parenthood.
“It’s like a hook-up app, but it focuses on all the sexist a–holes tirelessly fighting to crawl up in your vagina,” Winstead said when she introduced the game in a Steve Jobs-like presentation this fall, according to the NY Daily News.
Later adding, “It’s simple: Uterus begins with you.”
“You can just type up your state and Boom! Hinder will pull up all the orgs that are in your area, your town or your vagina,” she says in the video which the abortion blog Reality Check described as “fake” writing:
“Of course, this is all satire. Winstead’s impersonation of Steve Jobs is just that: fake. The video is merely poking fun of the way presenters reveal new technology or ideas among a large audience of curious onlookers. The crowd was edited to whoop and holler at the most opportune moments.
“But the app is real.”
Winstead spoke to Mother Jones about the “Hinder vision” explaining how she came up with the name, “It’s about people who are hindering access to reproductive justice. And since it’s birth control- and reproductive rights-centric, we thought, “Why not ape a traditional hookup app?” she said.
A description of the App on the Lady Parts Justice website says it will expose “anti-choice douchebags with a swipe” and emphasizes that it “tracks” opponents of abortion so they can be “exposed.”
“Tired of searching for Mr. or Ms. Right, only to find Mr. or Ms. Right-wing nutbag? Hinder is an exciting new app that helps you keep track of all the unhinged anti-abortion zealots right in the palm of your hand! Just read, swipe and share! Letting people know about craptastic extremists has never been easier! Left or right, any way you swipe it, these creeps need to be exposed and with Hinder now you can!” it states.
According to the “Daily Show” founder, Apple initially rejected the pro-abortion APP, claiming it violated the company’s prohibition on defamatory, offensive, or mean-spirited content. She said they had a change of heart after the Huffington Post published this article about the APP and pointed out the the same rule Apple cited in rejecting the app also states that “professional political satirists and humorists are exempt from the ban on offensive or mean-spirited commentary.”
The App allows users to swipe Left where they are taken to a “donate” button or to swipe Right where they can share the information they read. Listed among Hinder’s profiles is a doctor who is truly giving women a choice by allowing them the option to reverse their abortions. Dr. George Delgado has successfully reversed several abortions, but, that appears to be something Winstead and Lady Parts Justice abhors – making his profile a favorite:
Click on Illinois and the profile for Pro-life Action League executive director, Eric Scheidler pops up:
Hinder profiles also include 2016 presidential candidates like Senator Rick Santorium, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Governor Bobby Jindal, and Governor Scott Walker among many other politicians. However, it would have been more shocking if Winstead had profiled the dangerous abortion and Planned Parenthood doctors or clinic staffers who injure, kill, rape, or commit despicable acts of violence on children instead. But that would require that she take an honest look at abortion which she has no intention of doing. Such a list was published in a recent Saynsumthn post feel free to share!
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Watch: Suspended BJP leader Pranav Singh is in the news again, this time for flaunting guns
The Uttarakhand MLA was suspended from primary membership of the party on June 22 on charges of threatening a journalist.
BJP MLA Pranav Champion who was recently suspended from the party for threatening a journalist, seen in a viral video brandishing guns. Police says, "will look into the matter and also verify if the weapons are licensed or not." (Note: Abusive language) pic.twitter.com/AbsApoYR2g
— ANI (@ANI) July 10, 2019
A video of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion is attracting attention – because it shows him brandishing four guns while dancing to a Bollywood song. Singh is an MLA in the Uttarakhand legislative assembly.
The video also features a few of Singh’s aides dancing around him. According to a report by India Today, the celebration was to mark his “homecoming after a leg operation”.
“Only you can pull this off in all of Uttarakhand,” one supporter is heard telling Singh, to which the MLA replies, “Entire India, not just Uttarakhand.”
Singh was in the news in June 2019 as well for allegedly threatening to shoot a journalist who ran a news story against the MLA. The journalist had filed a complaint against Singh at a police station in Delhi, following which he was suspended from the primary membership of BJP for three months starting June 22, India Today reported.
बीजेपी MLA कुंवर प्रणव चैम्पियन ने न्यूज़18 संवाददाता को दी गोली मारने की धमकी pic.twitter.com/Ne53tLvdpx
— News18 Uttar Pradesh (@News18UP) June 13, 2019
Watch: This young Muslim immigrant is aiming to unseat UK prime ministerial-hopeful Boris Johnson
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Sabba Curran
August 8, 2018 by HillenSean
Journalism: a funny thing, sometimes
Sometimes it’s not writing about political showmanship and skullduggery or economic booms and busts that create good journalism.
Sometimes, it’s the simple quirks of everyday life that make for a good story.
You can imagine my delight in unearthing these two tales of near disaster in Donegal that end happily.
They give new meaning to the term ‘missing people.’
Missing boy (5) found safe – in a hot press on Gola Island
He almost ‘missed the boat’
Posted in Donegal | Tagged boat to Gola, Bunbeg, cultural tourism, Donegal, Donegal County Council, Donegal Gaeltacht, Donegal News, eddie joe gola island, Failte Ireland, Falcarragh, Gaeilge, Gaeltacht, Gaoth Dobhair, Gola Ferry, Gola Ferry service, Gola Island Festival, Gortahork, Gweedore, Ireland, Ireland Writing Retreat, Irish, King of gola island, loveandromanceireland, Sabba Curran, The Cricket boat Gola, tourism, Udaras, Udaras na Gaeltachta, walking tours on Gola island, wild atlantic way | Leave a comment
July 21, 2018 by HillenSean
Irish officials designate Donegal’s Gola Island nation’s first nudist holiday resort
Irish officials are soon to designate one of Ireland’s prettiest islands, Gola Island off the northwest coast of Donegal, as location for the nation’s first official nudist holiday resort.
The announcement comes after an exclusive article in one of the county’s leading newspapers.
“Nudism, or naturism as it is often termed, is one of the fastest growing niche segments in the tourism market worldwide and we consider Gola Island a suitable place for such development,” said a spokesperson for the newly-formed Irish Ministry, Roinn na nDaoine Nochta. “This innovative initiative is a creative extension of our highly-successful ‘Oscar Wilde Atlantic Way’ programme, one that will boost tourism revenues over the coming years for the northwest, an economically marginalized region that has not benefited as much as other areas such as Galway, Dublin and Kerry from the rising tide of visitors.”
She added, “With top foreign guests to Ireland being from the US, France and Germany where naturism is well developed, we expect rapid economic benefits. Stripped to its bare essentials, this is extremely positive news for the island.”
According to respected international magazine, ‘Tourism Review,’ (https://www.tourism-review.com/nudism-now-amp-then-news980) nudist tourism is a 440-million-dollar a year industry in the US alone, with the International Naturist Federation having over 2.5 million card-carrying members.
Funding for this naturist initiative will be substantial, added a spokesperson for Government Agency, An Roinn um Fhorbairt Mhíchéillí. “With the support of the World Bank and the IMF, an emergency budget of 666 million euro is being aside immediately for a wide range of substructure and superstructure works supporting this island project. We consider this a bare minimum to fully cover cost of materials and manpower necessary for upgrade of facilities. This project will provide gainful employment for construction workers including carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, not to mention masseuses. It will also help redress the unfair balance in island funding nationwide. Under the present system, Donegal islands receive much less than islands in other parts of the country such as Galway.”
The spokesperson added, “Depending on the number of nudist visitors that descend upon Gola, we’ll consider further funding. If numbers rise as quickly as we expect, we may invite experts from Holland to advise on best methods for reclaiming submerged land and extend Gola out to the Three Sisters. That’s if they don’t mind, of course. Naturally, we’d seek their views before beginning such works. As Pagans, at One with Nature, I don’t foresee there’ll be any protest.”
Views from Gola Island in the future?
Officials from An Roinn um Fhorbairt Mhíchéillí, Roinn na nDaoine Nochta and Aire na Forbartha Craiceáilte are also seeking private investors for the project.
Four officials, two men and two women, visited Gola last weekend for final inspections, including the evaluation of existing accommodation, the cleanliness of offshore water and the suitability of beaches as nude bathing sites.
Could cruise liners such as this soon be anchoring off Gola Island?
A horticultural expert from the Irish Parks and Recreation Association and another from the Irish Bird Life Society have been recruited as consultants on the project.
“We are particularly worried about clegs, or horse-flies, which can leave severe red welts on the bodies of unwary victims,” said a government inspector with the newly-formed An Roinn Turasóireachta do Dhaoine Lomnochta. “If they are found to be in abundance on the island, absolute mayhem could result. Quite frankly, it could be a bloody unholy mess.”
The inspector added, “We’re also very concerned about corncrakes, an endangered species. They’re shy birds and we’ll be monitoring their reaction to flocks of naked people. Such trauma could cause their mass migration from Irish shores forever.”
Island households as well as boat owners, especially passenger-carrying ones, are being asked to convert all wooden furnishings to metal. “When it comes to people without clothes, we have to be careful about the dangers from wooden splinters, especially in certain sensitive areas of the body,” said a health and environmental specialist. “Splinteritis is a very dangerous condition, one that can be handed down from generation to generation.”
Could such facilities soon be common on Gola Island?
Gola, spelled ‘Gabhla’ in the Gaeilge language, lies about a mile off the northwest coast of Ireland, a region considered by many to be one of the most picturesque and attractive in the country. It may have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, ‘Treasure Island.’
Electricity connection to the island was installed some years ago but officials are now renovating an underwater cable supplying water as part of a general upgrading of facilities in advance of the naturist initiative taking effect.
Government officials said factors leading to their decision included Gola Island’s close offshore position, easy and convenient access by ferry, its many quiet coves and discreet beaches providing an acceptable level of privacy for both clothed and non-clothed people and, of course, its hot tropical micro-climate.
Other islands under consideration for the major economic boost included Inis Mór in Galway, Rathlin Island in Antrim, Clare Island in Mayo and even the Skellig Islands in Kerry, which gained famed recently as a location for the latest ‘Star Wars’ movie.
Naturism: now a popular practice in urban and rural areas.
While realizing the obvious economic benefits locally from the substantial cash injection, elected representatives are assessing the views of Gola islanders on the surprise initiative before making official statements, either for or against.
That’s when I woke from my dream. And into the bright light of reality.
It’s Saturday. It’s the first day of the annual Gola Island Festival. A committee led by Máirín Ui Fhearraigh has put together a wide range of enjoyable activities for both children and adults. Hard-working Sabba Curran, captain of ‘The Cricket,’ is busy ferrying passengers over.
Alas, Irish officials haven’t given the island 666 million euro for a ‘natural development’ or indeed development of any kind. Donegal still remains poor cousin to Galway, Kerry and Dublin when it comes to public funding.
Ah well, at least there’ll be a good bit of craic going on at King Eddie’s wee café.
I urge you. Go along and support this worthy community initiative.
For information on this weekend’s Gola Island festival, contact Máirín at 087 413 4244.
Posted in Donegal, Musings | Tagged dalkey nudist beach, eddie joe gola island, gola festival, Gola Island, Gola Island ferry, Gola Island Festival, King of gola island, naturism in donegal, naturism on gola island, nudism ireland, nudist beaches gola island, nudist beaches in donegal, Sabba Curran, The Cricket Donegal | Leave a comment
May 28, 2017 by HillenSean
Love Boat to Gola Island
Shouts of celebration leaped from Donegal’s Gola Island ferry, ‘The Cricket,’ Sunday afternoon as holiday-makers from places as diverse as Cambridge, Brighton, London, Letterkenny and Belfast raised a warm cheer for newly-engaged couple, Donal McGee (29) from Falcarragh and Rosie O’Brien (28) from Dunfanaghy.
Being an incurable romantic, Donal decided an island was the best place to propose marriage to the woman he loves. But his good intentions almost fell asunder, giving the term ‘missing the boat’ a new meaning.
Having carefully planned his surprise and with beautiful engagement ring safely stowed away in his pocket, Donal – understandably somewhat nervous – called Sabba around 11 in the morning to ask if he was going to Gola.
“I replied I would be within the hour, and looked forward to seeing him,” said Sabba from Dore. “When he didn’t turn up at Magheragallon Pier, I was surprised and headed off with the other people waiting there. An hour later, I got another call from Donal saying he must have missed me. Again, I said I’d be leaving in an hour but again there was no sign of him when I set off. Then I got a third call from him saying he had been waiting for me at the pier but couldn’t see me. Puzzled, I asked where he was. That’s when the riddle was solved. He had been waiting all this time with his girlfriend at the wrong pier, the one in Bunbeg.”
A happy Rosie shows off her engagement ring as husband-to-be Donal smiles with contentment.
But love is strong. It conquers all, including time.
Within the hour, Donal arrived at the right place with his fiancée-to-be, poised and ready to carry out his heartfelt wish and make his life-changing decision. The cheers that went up as ‘The Cricket’ plied the waters showed his request was warmly accepted by a contented Rosie.
While it was the first time Donal and Rosie had been to Gola Island, it’s a place they’re never likely to forget.
This was also a first for Captain Sabba and ‘The Cricket.’ Never before have they brought anyone across the waters to be engaged.
“I’m delighted and thrilled and wish Donal and Rosie a long and happy life together,” said the generous captain, granting the young couple free passage – to the shores of happiness.
Now word around the Gaeltacht is that ‘The Cricket’ may soon be renamed – ‘The Love Boat.’
Gola Island is one of the locations chosen as an inspiration for participants at the annual international ‘Ireland Writing Retreat.’ It is also a place that features in recently-published novel, ‘Pretty Ugly,’ linking this area of Donegal with the United States.
Posted in Donegal | Tagged Donegal Love Boat, Gola Ferry, Gola Ferry service, Gola Island ferry, Love Boat Donegal, northwest donegal islands, Sabba Curran, visit Gola island | 4 Comments
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August 24, 2012 by BothEyesShut
San Diego Pop Punk Band Madison Falls Releases First LP, “Something To Show For”
Madison Falls, a pop punk ensemble from San Diego, CA, has released their first full-length record, “Something To Show For.”
Madison Falls, a pop punk ensemble from San Diego, CA, has released their first full-length record, “Something To Show For.” The music is extremely upbeat, melodic, and reminiscent of early Green Day, Blink 182, and longtime indie-music favorite, Lifetime. The vocals are bright and clarion, the guitar work charged and uncluttered, the drums snappy, crashy, and at a double time pace – just the way fans of pop punk like it. With this expertly practiced set recorded via crisp, masterful engineering, Madison Falls is ready to take music fans on a ride through the myriad experiences of suburban living.
The record sports nine full-length tracks; seven of these are whimsical, positive, and full of youth and verve, while the remaining two are pensive acoustic tracks providing pause. Lyrically speaking, lead vocalist Joey Cortijo concerns himself with many themes Southern Californian punk rock singers have been singing about for thirty years including: the nice-guys-finish-last maxim; a wistful she’s-out-of-my-league confession; the technology-is-no-substitute-for-nature principle; and admiration for a character-over-material-possessions philosophy. Naturally, these are fairly involved topics for conversation, yet Madison Falls captures and relates the simple truths with high energy, discoursing passionately and having a great time doing so. Like many good artists, Madison Falls also open their hearts sharing more personal dialogue, and even when they’re dishing on the death of a close friend, or the difficulties involved with breaking old habits for new adventures, their impetuous, uplifting surges of optimism never fail to encourage.
22-year-old California native Cortijo honed his craft in various Arizona and California bands over the last five years, but is now teamed with MAXIOM LLC label owner Tony Steele. With the combination showing obvious talent, chemistry and a penchant for fun, it’s safe to say that “Something To Show For” will only be the first of many Madison Falls productions.
-Sean McCauley
MondoTunes Staff Writer
The LP “Something To Show For” is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com) and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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2 Language and Credibility
3 Southern Poverty Law Center Report
4 Possible host for Malware via Drive By
5 Bizarre Classification
BoNs refuse to comment on talk pages, film at 11[edit]
This gist of this entire section is untrue. I just browsed through the headlines, and every single one of them was based on European news. Furthermore, I believe that news relating to The US greatly affects Europe. For instance, do you honestly believe that Greece could have been bailed out, were the central bank in the US not to have bailed out Europe?
Liberals should be more rational... — Unsigned, by: 99.74.34.52 / talk / contribs
Language and Credibility[edit]
I was told to look at this site to prove that a news site had no credibility. But upon seeing the language used in this page I was instantly turned off. I found the use of "teabag" to be damaging to the credibility of the site as a whole. My friend convinced me to change the page and give this site another chance. I find foul language to also damage the credibility of a site that purports to be rational, logical, and analytical. — Unsigned, by: 68.2.128.97 / talk / contribs
Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate when people take the time to enjoy our articles. Godot Chúc mừng năm mới 06:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Drink!! Ochotonaprincepsnot a pokémon 07:01, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Southern Poverty Law Center Report[edit]
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/12/16/racist-skinheads-wife-behind-european-news-website/
Which is already in the references ;-) - David Gerard (talk) 13:27, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Possible host for Malware via Drive By[edit]
I have reported to the site that SOPHOS had blocked one of the ads on the page due to MAL/HTML-A infection. I was so glad to be on the receiving end of abuse, and being called retarded. Clearly an unprofessional outfit who have no regard for their visitors. So just another reason to steer clear of this site.— Unsigned, by: Hogmansden / talk / contribs 10:24, 16 July 2014 (UTC) --Hogmansden (talk) 13:38, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Bizarre Classification[edit]
What the flatulence is a "Libertarian Tea Party"? — Unsigned, by: 77.218.241.128 / talk 19:30, 10 June 2015
What some Tea Partyers claim to be, much to the chagrin of (other?) libertarians. ScepticWombat (talk) 20:22, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
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Build Your Business, One Win at a Time
The responsibility to give back - Our charitable giving in 2014
Amy Hoy
The way I see it, some people are meant to do charitable work. And it’s up to the rest of us to ensure they have what they need. That’s what I wrote last year, and I believe it more than ever.
To that end — cuz anonymous donations are bullshit — here’s a breakdown of our charitable giving in 2014:
Our traditional giving…
DonorsChoose: $11,889.98
Philabundance: $1,500…or 3,000 meals
Project Night Night: $250…or 10 care packages for homeless children
Heifer International: $240 for 12 flocks of chicks
EFF: $100
Wikipedia: $10 (but continuing at $10/mo)
We also offered each of our 3 employees $250 to donate and they chose:
Heifer International: $250 for 1 water buffalo (Thomas C.)
Fresh Artists: $250 (Amber) to help local kids help their schools create & preserve art education
Philabundance: $250 (Devon)
Total: $14,739
But wait, there’s more… nearly $6,000 more…keep reading!
Charitable investment, also known as the power of leverage
Obviously I’m a proponent of recurring revenue in my business, and therefore monthly donations… and charities must love them, too. But charities don’t offer a recurring monthly product; the product they produce goes to the people who cannot afford to pay. That’s the whole point.
There’s still a huge amount of “begging” involved, however one dresses it up.
So when I heard about the Rooster Soup Co, I got really excited. Except that it took me 15 minutes to figure out wtf they were doing and why it was so amazing. And their Kickstarter wasn’t doing so hot either. Probably because it was written in PR speak, and not the powerful & immediate language of need.
I helped them transform their message into a powerful call to action that everyone could understand. (Here’s a video I made on what was wrong, and why, and how we fixed it.)
Their Kickstarter succeeded (and then some). They got their matching from an anonymous benefactor. It’s gonna happen.
They will take high-quality chicken bones from their fried chicken business and turn it into a recurring revenue stream for a local 503(c), that gives not just food but comfort and dignity to the people who need it most. And they’ll be able to do that year after year after year.
Recurring revenue for good. Amazeballs.
I donated several hours of my time to help them with their copywriting, and Alex and I also provided a reward package worth $750 (and lots of promotion) to help put the Kickstarter over the edge.
Total value of our in-kind donations: $5,000 (including 4 backer packages)
Sadly, your time as a professional is not tax deductible. But it’s well worth it to me and Alex. The value of our time will multiply and grow for each year the Rooster Soup Co helps provide meals & shelter for our needy neighbors.
That’s not just a donation, it’s an investment.
And I only recently learned that my husband keeps $350 circulating as micro-loans in Kiva, which has cycled through 100s of people.
So I’m counting Rooster Soup Co and Kiva in our charitable giving tally as well.
What’s the grand total?
Drumroll, please…
Grand total: $20,089
I don’t have our final revenue numbers for 2014 just yet, but based on a solid estimate, this equals 2.9% of our gross revenue. Gross, not net…not profit. Yes, really.
How we give:
We prioritize local over remote, high impact over low impact, opportunities over niceties.
That’s why $10,845.98 of our donation dollars went to local classrooms and local kids, and $1,750 went to local bellies directly.
And that’s why Thomas held a fundraiser/sale of his book, Retinafy, and donated 100% of the sales ($1,044) to Ferguson, MO schools, too. An urgent need.
Ours Donors Choose donations are typically for books, science equipment, and cultural experiences… because those are the things that help kids transcend shitty circumstances. You probably know I’m not a fan of schooling in general, but the fact remains that these kids need a safe place with books and paper and markers and food so they can transcend shitty circumstances, a mere accident of birth.
There’s no way to grow up believing in the power of learning if your schools can’t even give you anything to read, and nothing to write on.
Actual local kids with the actual books our actual donations bought them, plus a scary but identity protecting face blur.
Heifer International helps give a leg up to people who can then help themselves. And so does Fresh Artists, a local charity that helps kids use the power of their own art to raise money for schools’ art programs.
Project Night Night is “non-urgent” — it doesn’t save a life or support education, but my hope is that they help vulnerable kids feel a little bit of hope and dignity.
That’s a lot of money. But I had planned for it to be more.
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be more systematic and strategic with our giving. I wanted to double our percentage of giving. We didn’t hit that mark.
I’ll be frank: This year blew for me, health-wise, and I didn’t achieve almost anything I wanted to. I’ve been extra tired all year. I spent August to mid-November with, essentially, a concussion. We also had large unexpected expenses and chaos (having to SURPRISE! move offices and start a construction project on a bare space, for example).
But we did up our monthly subscription to Donors Choose; we did donate all the profits from BaconBiz to Donors Choose, and we did do a little “fund drive” at the conference (which was a flop, but next year we’ll do better), and Thomas did do a sale specifically to raise money for Ferguson schoolkids, and I did donate quite a bit of my time to help build a recurring revenue stream for a local charity.
We did do better than last year. By a fair amount:
We went from donating $11,182 (2013) to $20,089 (2014)
We went from ~1.9% of our gross to ~2.9% (est)
Plus some of our donations of time and money will keep producing results for years (Kiva and Rooster Soup Co).
This January, we will set up the processes to do even better in 2015.
Simply by being born into a country, a state, a city, a family where we can learn, in a place where we were not cut down as children by endless war, where we can advance based on skills and not parentage, where we can have books and computers and internet… we are lucky.
Time to spread it around.
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The now superseded appearance of Jim Morris as Orn Free Taa's aide in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
Jim Morris was the President of Lucas Digital during the production of The Phantom Menace.
He had a small cameo in the theatrical release of The Phantom Menace, as a Human member of Orn Free Taa's delegation in the Galactic Senate. However, the character was replaced with a Twi'lek aide for the DVD release.
He also had a cameo in the non-canon Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars comic.
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6 Things The Steelers Need To Do In Order To Beat The 49ers
By Dave Bryan
Posted on September 20, 2015 at 8:45 am
The Pittsburgh Steelers will play their 2015 regular season home opener Sunday at Heinz Field and below are six things that they’ll likely need to accomplish in order to win the game.
Hyde and Seek – 49ers running back Carlos Hyde had a great 2015 debut against the Minnesota Vikings as he rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries. Hyde can run effectively both inside and outside and most of his success was outside of the left guard. Additionally, Hyde gained 101 of his 168 after first contact against the Vikings so solid tackling by the Steelers defense will be a must in this game. The 49ers will likely try to bully the Steelers defensive front with two and three tight end sets so linebackers Lawrence Timmons and Ryan Shazier will both have to be active Sunday in helping to shut down their running attack. Expect the Steelers to play a lot of base early on the game in addition to bringing a safety down into the box in an attempt to force 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to throw the ball down the field.
Pocket Kaepernick – The 49ers signal caller isnt afraid to tuck the football and run on passing downs if he doesn’t like his first look and he feels pressure. He ran seven times against the Vikings Monday night for 41 yards and six of those were scrambles. The Steelers front has to stay in their rush lanes and make sure that they contain and squeeze from the outside. Kaepernick doesn’t like to throw under pressure from within the pocket as that’s when he is susceptible to mistakes with the football.
Make 49ers Go To 11 – The 49ers used very little 11 personnel against the Vikings because of the success they had running the football out of their aforementioned two and three tight end sets. It also helped that the game was close through three quarters. If the Steelers offense can jump on the 49ers early with a few scores, San Francisco will have to alter their offensive identity and that will result in more three wide receiver sets and Kaepernick having to throw down the field from the pocket. That’s not his game.
Dink and Dunk – I expect the 49ers to play a lot of cover-2 Sunday against the Steelers offense in an effort to keep everything underneath a shell to prevent the explosive plays. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger needs to take what is given him during the game and that could result in him throwing underneath to wide receivers Antonio Brown and Markus Wheaton quite a bit. Additionally, running back DeAngelo Williams, an accomplished pass catcher out of the backfield, could see a lot of dump offs his direction. Roethlisberger needs to pick his deep shots carefully in this game.
Give the 49ers Blitz Fits – Against the Vikings Monday night, the 49ers defense blitzed on 14 of 40 dropbacks and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater finished 6-of-9 for 53 yards with an interception and four sacks on those plays when facing five or more pass rushers. Roethlisberger is three times the quarterback that Bridgewater is so he must make the 49ers pay when they send numbers at him.
No Special Hayne – During the preseason, Australian rugby star Jarryd Hayne returned nine punts for 163 yards. In his NFL debut, however, he fumbled his one opportunity and wide receiver Bruce Ellington replaced him. With Ellington questionable for Sunday’s game, Hayne figures to get an opportunity to redeem himself so the Steelers coverage unit needs to make sure that they keep his return average low and prevent him from flipping the field.
Prediction – Steelers 30 49ers 17
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Business 104: Information Systems and Computer Applications / Business Courses
Geographic Information System (GIS): Using Maps & Locations to Make DecisionsNext Lesson
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS): Improving the Group-Decision-Making Environment
Chapter 7 / Lesson 8 Transcript
Quiz & Worksheet - Features of Group Decision Support Systems Quiz
Coming up next: Geographic Information System (GIS): Using Maps & Locations to Make Decisions
0:06 Group Decision Making
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A Group Decision Support System, or GDSS, consists of interactive software that allows for making decisions by a group of participants. Learn about some of the tools used in a GDSS.
Group Decision Making
Many decisions in an organization require the collaboration and participation of multiple individuals. For example, consider a company manufacturing electronic consumer products, such as TVs, DVD players, MP3 players, car stereos, etc. The company is losing market share to the competition. The company needs to decide whether to keep selling its existing range of products, focus only on its best-selling products or add new types of products.
This decision requires the input from a number of different units within the organization, such as marketing, engineering, manufacturing, etc. Let's say the CEO of the company has set up a task force to develop a recommendation. Each unit in the organization is represented by one of its managers. How is the task force going to work together to come up with the best decision?
There are a number of ways for the group members to collaborate. They can have meetings to share information and discuss the decisions that need to be made. If meeting face-to-face is not practical, they can use a technology, like videoconferencing. They can also communicate with each other by e-mail to share ideas and provide updates.
In-person meetings allow group members to collaborate, but are not always feasible.
While these approaches can be productive, many decisions in today's world are very complex and require a lot of different considerations. Having access to the same information can contribute to better decision making. However, this can quickly become overwhelming, and not all participants may have the time, skill or interest to analyze all this information. Imagine having to read through hundreds of pages of a document just to prepare for a meeting.
One strategy to not get bogged down by complexity and information overload is to use computer-based tools for group decision making. A Group Decision Support System, or GDSS, consists of interactive software that allows for making decisions by a group of participants. The goal of a GDSS is to improve the productivity of a group to come to a decision. A GDSS is sometimes also referred to as a 'computerized collaborative work system.'
Characteristics of a GDSS
A GDSS has a number of unique characteristics to support a group of participants in their decision-making process:
Special design to support creative thinking, effective communications and decision-making techniques
Easy to use so participants from different backgrounds can all participate effectively
Flexible so it can incorporate the different perspectives and decision-making styles of the different participants
Automated record keeping for future review and analysis
Parallel communication to allow multiple participants to contribute simultaneously
The most important characteristic, however, is that it provides support for a group to come to a decision. A number of different approaches can be used.
The Delphi approach is a structured communication technique in which experts answer questionnaires in several rounds. Participants get to see each other's input after each round and are encouraged to revise their earlier answers based on replies by others. The underlying assumption is that this type of communication will lead to a convergence toward a final answer. This approach is often used when conditions are highly uncertain and the opinion of experts is weighed heavily. A good example of this would be trying to predict the sales of a particular new product. If there are no similar products on the market, there may not be a lot of data for analysis.
The group consensus approach forces members to come to a unanimous decision. This is sort of like locking a team up in a room, and they can't leave before a decision is reached - but the room could be virtual, and the communications could all be electronic.
The nominal group technique gives each participant an equal voice, and the final decision is reached by voting. Contrary to regular voting, however, the group comes up with a number of different solutions, and these are ranked by using a voting process. Whatever the specific decision-making strategy employed, a GDSS is designed to facilitate this process.
GDSS Tools
A GDSS uses a number of different tools to encourage collaboration and group decisions. These can include:
Videoconferencing - making it possible for multiple participants to see and talk to each other in real-time
Group scheduling - allowing participants to share schedules and plan joint activities
Project management software - providing a way to plan for and keep track of group activities
Collaborative electronic workspace - making it possible for participants to work on the same documents
Networked computers allow group members to work with documents at the same time.
While these tools can facilitate the decision-making process, many decisions still benefit greatly from face-to-face meetings. Personal interactions remain an important part of group collaboration.
One approach to make face-to-face meetings more productive is to use a decision room. This is a type of room that combines face-to-face interactions with technology. Using networked computers and projectors, multiple participants can interact with the same information. For example, documents can be shown on the screen and various participants can enter their feedback at the same time. Specific collaborative software makes it possible to process this feedback into meaningful information.
A Group Decision Support System, or GDSS, consists of interactive software that allows for making decisions by a group of participants. A number of different approaches can be used to come to a decision, such as the Delphi approach, the group consensus approach and the nominal group technique. A GDSS uses a number of different tools to encourage collaboration and group decisions, including videoconferencing, group scheduling, project management software and collaborative electronic workspaces.
Upon completing this lesson, you'll be able to:
Define Group Decision Support System (GDSS) and describe the problems that it solves
Summarize the characteristics of a GDSS
Explain the different approaches that can be used within a GDSS to help groups reach a decision
List the tools that a GDSS uses to encourage collaboration
Recall what a decision room is and understand how it can make face-to-face meetings more productive
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When the 11th annual Billboard Women In Music event hits New York City this winter, royalty will be present.
Following a year where she extended her record as the highest-grossing female touring artist of all time, Madonna will receive Billboard’s 2016 Woman of the Year award.
“Madonna is one of a miniscule number of super-artists whose influence and career transcend music,” said Janice Min, president and chief creative officer of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group. “With her creative vision, relentless innovation, and dedication to philanthropic causes, she is an inspiration to hundreds of millions of people around the world, all while shattering every career record out there. She is an important feminist on top of that, a one-of-a-kind artist who’s used her influence to change the conversation around women, sexuality and equal rights.”
From her Prince tribute alongside Stevie Wonder at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards to her political Met Gala appearance to her indelible commentary on the 2016 election, Madonna has remained a constant force in pop culture and source of cultural conversation over the past year.
Her Rebel Heart Tour, which wrapped in March, solidified her status as one of the biggest touring acts of all time. Madonna sold more than 1 million tickets and walked away with $170 million. That makes her the highest grossing solo touring artist in Billboard Boxscore history (the archives go back to 1990) with a staggering $1.31 billion in total concert grosses.
In addition to being the first female pop star with true control of her career and image, Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time. She’s earned 8 No. 1 albums (and 21 top 10 albums) on the Billboard 200 and 12 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With her 46th No. 1 on the Dance Club Songs chart in 2015, she extended her own record for the most No. 1s on a single Billboard chart. She also holds the record for the most top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with 38.
In addition to her ongoing chart dominance, her philanthropic efforts are effecting real change in the world. Madonna’s Raising Malawi organization is currently constructing Malawi’s first pediatric surgery and intensive care unit, which will double the number of life-saving surgeries performed on children each year, provide intensive care after critical surgeries, and train specialized Malawian medical staff. The Mercy James Institute of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care facility will open in 2017.
The seven-time Grammy winner will receive the honor at the 11th annual Women in Music event, held Dec. 9 in New York City and airing nationally on Lifetime on Dec.12. The star-studded event is held in conjunction with the publication of Billboard’s Women in Music list, which identifies the 50 most powerful female executives in the industry each year.
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"Talking Transportation"
Commentary on transportation in Connecticut and the Northeast by JIM CAMERON, for 19 years a member of the CT Rail Commuter Council. Jim is also the founder of a new advocacy effort: www.CommuterActionGroup.org Disclaimer: his comments are only his own. All contents of this blog are (c) Cameron Communications Inc
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"Getting There" - Why Metro-North's Quiet Cars Aren't Quiet
What happens when a good idea goes bad? Consider Metro-North’s “Quiet Car” initiative.
Sixteen years ago a group of regular commuters on Amtrak’s early morning train to DC had an idea: why not designate one car on the train as a “Quiet Car”, free from cell phone chatter and loud conversations. The railroad agreed and the experiment proved a great success. Now all Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor have a Quiet Car. They are a major selling point for taking the train… the chance to nap or read in a quiet environment.
But as early as 2006 when I suggested the same idea to Metro-North it was rejected outright. Then serving on the CT Rail Commuter Council, I persisted and finally, in 2011 the railroad agreed to a trial with one car on each rush hour train dedicated to what it called a “Quiet CALMmute”.
Almost immediately the plan ran into trouble. Not because it wasn’t wanted but because it wasn’t enforced.
There were no signs designating which were the “quiet” cars and only occasional PA announcements before departure reminding folks who sat there of the quiet, library-like environment that was expected. Most of all, many conductors refused to enforce the new rules. But why?
Conductors seem to have no trouble reminding passengers to keep their feet off the seats, put luggage in the overhead racks or refrain from smoking. But all that the railroad gave conductors to enforce the Quiet Car rules were bilingual “Shhh cards” to give to gabby violators.
It seemed left to passengers to remind fellow riders what a Quiet Car was for and confrontations resulted.
This spring the railroad surprised even me by announcing an expansion of the program: every weekday train, peak and off-peak, would now have two Quiet Cars! Two Quiet Cars on a ten car train gives everyone a choice. That sounds great, but still without signage, education or enforcement, the battles continued.
A commuter recently emailed me about an evening train from Grand Central with a group of rowdy drunks in the Quiet Car. When commuters asked the offending passengers to chill out or move their seat the tipsy group told the complainer, “screw you”. The quiet-seeking commuters then asked the conductor for help but he simply declared the train was too crowded and the Quiet Car was being eliminated on that run. “Have fun” he told the drunks. Really?
On Amtrak trains those violating Quiet Car rules have been thrown off the train and arrested. Even NJ Governor Chris Christie had to move his seat on an Acela once for yabbering with his staff in the wrong car.
Nobody wants these kinds of altercations on Metro-North. So why initiate and then expand such a passenger amenity as Quiet CALMmute without proper education and enforcement? A few signs and friendly reminders from conductors should make passengers aware that “train time may be your own time” (as the railroad’s old marketing slogan used to say), but it’s also shared time.
Commuters want Quiet Cars. The railroad gave them to us, but until they can get their staff to enforce the rules, consistently, they might as well not exist.
If you’re in a Quiet Car and the rules are not enforced, report it to Metro-North on their website complaint form. If we all raise our voices, we can get some peace a quiet.
Reprinted with permission from Hearst CT Media
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Monday, December 26, 2016 No comments:
"Getting There" - Winter Prep for Transportation
With the arrival of winter, now is the time to be sure you’re ready to stay mobile, whatever Mother Nature may throw at us. Here are a few tips…
1) Get your car’s battery checked. If it is weak or the terminals are corroded you won’t be able to start your car, especially in cold conditions. New batteries are worth the investment, if only for the peace of mind.
2) Check your tires. Colder weather means the pressure in your tires will go down so check your car’s manual and re-inflate if necessary.
3) Got antifreeze? It should be replaced every two years to a 50-50 mixture with water.
4) Oil change: as with your tires, lower temperatures will affect your engine’s “blood”, thickening it as it gets colder. Your mechanic or oil-change shop will know what’s right for your car. And forget that old myth of oil changes every 3000 miles: 5000 to 7500 miles between changes is now OK according to experts.
5) Windshield wipers should be replaced annually, an easy do-it-yourself project at any auto store. And don’t forget to fill the wiper fluid reservoir with something freeze resistant.
6) Be a Boy Scout and check your trunk for an inflated spare tire and all the emergency gear you might need: flares, jumper cables, first aid kit, thermal blanket, etc.
FOR THE TRAIN
Except in the worst blizzard conditions, the train will usually keep running (though sometimes at a reduced frequency). Though dependable, riding Metro-North and Amtrak in the winter is not without its challenges
1) Never assume it’s “business as usual” and that trains will be running on time in bad weather. Listen to the radio and consult apps like the MTA’s “TrainTime” and my favorite, “Clever Commute” for updates on service.
2) Give yourself extra time to get to the station and watch those icy platforms!
3) Dress for the bad weather. If your station’s waiting room isn’t open, call town hall or the police dept. In sub-zero weather that’s not just an inconvenience, it could be a safety hazard.
4) If you find a railcar that’s lacking heat, ask the conductor to write it up. Or use the www.MTA.info website to file a report yourself.
5) Most of all, give yourself extra travel time. Don’t stress about delays. At least you’re not driving on an icy parkway!
IF YOU’RE FLYING
1) When booking your flight consider your options. If you can’t find a non-stop, avoid connections in weather-plagued hubs like Chicago or Denver. Charlotte or Dallas have less chance of being snowed in.
2) Watch the weather and anticipate delays. If the airlines know a storm is coming they often waive re-booking fees if you want to fly before the weather hits or have to delay until after the airport re-opens and schedules get back to normal.
3) If the highways are a mess, try taking the train to the airport. LaGuardia and Newark are accessible by Metro-North and Amtrak, respectively, but Kennedy airport is a challenge.
Whatever your mode of travel, a little prep time now will help you get through winter unscathed.
Reprinted with permission of Hearst CT Media
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Sunday, December 18, 2016 No comments:
"Getting There" - More Railcars, More Passengers
Riders on Metro-North just got an early holiday gift from the railroad and CDOT: a bright, shiny new train set… not toy, but real! We’ve been promised 94 more M8 rail cars! And just in time…(though they won’t start arriving until 2019).
We’ve been enjoying the new M8 cars since their introduction in 2011 and they have proven highly reliable. Unlike the old M2 cars, many of which were older than the passengers who rode in them and were prone to breakdowns each winter, the new M8 cars are champions. They go over 460,000 miles between mechanical breakdowns which is 53% better than the railroad’s own goals for the Kawasaki designed and built cars.
Work on the M8’s started in 2006 with an initial order of 300 cars. Another 80 cars were optioned in 2011 and 25 more single, unpowered cars were then added to the fleet, bringing us to the 405 cars we have today. (When the newest cars start arriving in three years the last of the old M2 cars will finally be scrapped).
Because of their unique design, operating on three different power systems, the M8 cars were not cheap. The first cars cost $2.326 million but Kawasaki is now commanding $3.83 million for the 60 now on order and $3.71 million for another 34 cars on option. Part of the price hike is attributed to improved design and addition of the long-awaited PTC (Positive Train Control) and CCTV (closed circuit TV) safety equipment.
The costs will be born 65% / 35% by Connecticut and MTA, respectively. Our share will probably be paid for through bonding. Ten planned “Café Cars”, to be fabricated from older, original M8 cars, will be 100% paid for by Connecticut.
Why is the railroad going to all of this expense? Because they became victims of their own success: ridership has been soaring in recent years.
When the first M8 cars were ordered, Metro-North thought they’d have enough cars to handle ridership until 2020. But we blew through those numbers years early. That meant more passengers than seats and crowded, often times SRO (standing room only) conditions at rush hour.
Why the surge in ridership? A stronger economy, which means more jobs in NYC. Worsening traffic on I95, which means the train is an attractive alternative. Reliability, even in the winter. And yes, people really like the new cars with their power plugs at every row, redundant HVAC and pleasing design.
All of those attractions have seemed stronger than the negatives to train-taking: lower gas prices, higher rail fares and insufficient station parking.
So the question now is, are we ordering enough new cars to keep up with demand? Given the three year lag-time between ordering and delivery, will a 499-car fleet be enough if ridership keeps growing as fast, if not faster?
As new cars start arriving in 2019 they’ll first be used to add capacity to existing trains to deal with rush-hour crowding. As more cars arrive, 24 of our M8’s will be shifted over to Shore Line East service between New London and New Haven. And maybe, if we’re lucky, by 2020 we’ll have enough cars to actually increase service, adding more trains to the timetable.
If we don’t want to waste billions of dollars on Governor Malloy’s idea to “widen I-95”, let’s instead invest in our railroad and order more cars now.
"Getting There" - Slow Down In Town
You’ve seen the signs in many neighborhoods… “Drive like your kids lived here” or “Slow down in town”. They’re probably as effective as bumper stickers that say “Drive now, Text later”, i.e., not very.
In our own neighborhoods we want everyone to chill behind the wheel. But when we are driving in someone else’s area, it’s pedal to the metal, the kids be damned. When the major roads are jammed, quicker short-cuts through the back roads seem attractive, often at higher speeds than may be safe.
First of all, why is it that kids are playing in the streets anyway when they have perfectly good lawns and nearby parks? Do they think they’re living on the Lower East Side, playing stickball? C’mon parents! Get your kids off of the streets!
Recognizing that persuasion doesn’t seem to help, traffic engineers are finding newer ways to get folks to stay safe using what’s called “traffic calming”, forcing them to drive slower. And believe it or not, one of the first US cities to develop a master plan for traffic calming was Hartford. Stamford isn’t far behind.
You’ve probably seen these calming devices, but cursed their presence that physically forces you to slow down or risk damage to your car’s suspension.
SPEED BUMPS: You can’t drive around them, so you better slow down driving over them.
SPEED TABLES: Like speed bumps on steroids, these have a six foot long ramp up onto a ten foot flat table and down another six foot ramp.
ROUNDABOUTS: The guys at Mythbusters have proven that these traffic circles can move more cars through an intersection than a four-way stop, but they’re confusing enough that you’re going to slow down and keep wondering “Who has the right of way? (Answer: the car in the traffic circle). If it’s me, does that other guy know it? Will he slow down and let me in?”
CHICANES: Usually seen only on private streets in ritzy neighborhoods, these stubby looking sections of gates placed alternately on the right and left hand sides of the street make drivers slow down to zigzag down the street. Really annoying, but effective.
BULB-OUTS or NECK-DOWNS: These are when the sidewalk extends into car parking areas at corner crossings. That way folks who want to cross a street are more visible and already closer to the other side.
CROSSWALKS: Nothing empowers a pedestrian like stepping up to a crosswalk and stopping all oncoming traffic as they saunter across the road. This assumes, of course, that the drivers know they must yield and that there is sufficient signage to tell them so. Otherwise, it’s a messy scene.
But believe it or not, one of the most effective safety devices is also the most common…
SIDEWALKS: Still, it’s amazing how many suburban towns don’t offer sidewalks, leaving nervous pedestrians walking on the same roadways as cars. You’d think that would encourage motorists to slow down, but it doesn’t. Getting the walkers (and joggers) off the road and onto the sidewalks may not stop speeding but it does save lives.
None of these physical solutions to traffic safety is cheap, but they have proven effective in saving us from our own worst instincts to rush to our destination. So, slow down in town, and in the ‘burbs. What’s your hurry?
Republished with permission of Hearst CT Media.
"Getting There" - All Tickets Please !
Imagine you’re in a store and you see somebody shoplifting. You’re embarrassed to say anything or to make a scene, but inside you’re pissed-off. You pay for your merchandise, so why should that guy get it for free? And if he’s ripping off the store, doesn’t the merchant actually make you pay more to make up for that loss?
It’s morally wrong and it’s just not fair.
Yet this is what happens every single day on Metro-North when conductors don’t collect all riders’ tickets.
Here’s a typical scene: your train leaves Grand Central and the conductor makes his way through the train collecting tickets. Sometimes he leaves a colored seat check, punched to show your destination, but not always. Why?
Your train makes some intermediate stop (New Rochelle, Greenwich or Stamford) to discharge some passengers and take on new ones. You know who the new riders are, but does the conductor?
So when the conductor comes through again saying “All Stamford tickets, please” and you see that new rider not responding, you know the railroad got ripped off and that cheater just got a free ride.
Now, if the conductor had issued a seat check he’d know who got off, who got on and who owes him a new ticket. Simple enough, but not for Metro-North which for years has not enforced their use. Conductors who are too busy or too lazy, don’t use seat checks and we all end up paying more.
Metro-North acknowledges this problem and admits it loses millions of dollars a year to uncollected tickets. But they’ve crunched the numbers and say that staffing trains with more conductors to be sure all tickets are collected would cost even more.
Hey! Here’s a concept: make the existing conductors do their jobs instead of hiding out in their little compartments. From Grand Central to Stamford you’ve got 45 minutes without stops to collect everyone’s ticket, give ‘em a seat check, say “thank you” and still have time for a cat-nap. And there’s still time to ask people to keep their feet off the seats and to stop yapping in the designated Quiet Cars.
Back in the good ol’ days before the TVM’s (Ticket Vending Machines) came along, conductors collected cash fares to the tune of $50 million a year. They had a money room at Grand Central that looked like a casino. Now most fares are bought from the machines or on your smart-phone. That means conductors should have a lot more time to make sure all tickets are collected.
Conductors on Metro-North make good money. And they do a very important job keeping passengers safe, operating the doors, answering questions. They’re the face of the railroad and most passengers give them high marks.
So what can you do if you see someone getting a free ride due to uncollected tickets? Try this, which always work for me:
When I see a conductor miss a passenger’s ticket, I’ll wait until the conductor comes back and say something like “Excuse me conductor. I think you missed collecting that gentleman’s ticket”, and then smile innocently at the conductor and the chagrined would-be thief.
If I see the same conductor always missing ticket collections, day after day, I report it on the Metro-North website complaints page, detailing the incident by name, date, train number, etc. That allows the railroad to “re-train” the offending staffer.
So if you’re tired of all these fare increases, let’s stop the shoplifters. Make sure everybody pays for their ride by having conductors collect all tickets. Please!
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Wednesday, November 30, 2016 No comments:
"Getting There": Should we widen I-95 ?
Governor Malloy wants to widen I-95 to alleviate traffic congestion and has commissioned a $1.2 million study to support the idea. But I found a similar study from 2004 that looked at the idea and rejected it for a number of reasons.
Trust me, it wasn’t easy to get hold of the earlier study. I knew it existed but somehow it had disappeared from the CDOT website. And despite numerous requests, nobody at CDOT could ever tell me what they paid for this study!
Why are the Governor and CDOT re-studying the same issue and spending valuable tax dollars to do so? Because the first study rejected their widening idea completely and they don’t like that answer.
Here’s the background:
When I-95 was built in the 1950’s it was designed to handle up to 90,000 vehicles a day. Today, CDOT says it handles 150,000 and congestion is almost constant from 6 am – 7 pm, especially in southwest Connecticut. In most sections the road is three lanes wide with a “breakdown lane” on both sides.
So, rather than widen the entire highway with a decade of massive and messy construction, why not use one of the lanes… probably the right shoulder… as a travel lane? Wouldn’t that help reduce congestion?
No. And here’s why…
NARROW LANES: The right shoulder is only 10 feet wide so it could only be used by cars. But the other three lanes are now 12 feet wide and would have to be permanently narrowed to 11 feet width, even outside of commuting-congested hours.
I feel nervous enough driving next to big-rigs and tandem trailers. Do I want them a foot closer to me hurtling along at 70 mph? Narrower lanes are not safe.
ACCIDENTS: The 2004 study looked at other states that had tried using shoulders as travel lanes and found a 60% increase in traffic accidents, most of them rear-end collisions.
EMERGENCY RESCUES: First responders hated this widening idea and said so at numerous public hearings (I was there and heard them). They didn’t see the right shoulder as a “breakdown lane” but as an “emergency rescue lane” necessary to reach accident sites. If that lane is filled with bumper-to-bumper commuters, people will die.
MORE TRAFFIC, NOT LESS: The study said that allowing driving on the shoulder would actually attract 1050 additional vehicles per hour. If you build it, they will come.
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS: More traffic means more noise and more air pollution.
SPEED IMPROVEMENTS: The biggest argument for driving on the shoulder is that it would speed up traffic, right? Wrong. This 2004 study said that with an additional lane the average speed on I-95 would go from 27 mph to 31 mph, just a 15% improvement. Is that tiny speed increase worth all the safety and environmental costs?
So clearly, the idea of widening I-95 doesn’t make sense. And we’ve already paid the expert consultants to study the idea and tell us so.
So why is the Malloy administration and CDOT paying for yet another study on a topic already examined and rejected? Because they didn’t remember the other study had been done? Or they couldn’t find it? Or is it because this consultant will give them the answer they want to hear?
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Monday, November 21, 2016 No comments:
"Getting There": The Billion Dollar Bridge
This commentary was originally published in October 2016 in our blog "GettingThereCT"
Could it really cost $1 billion to replace the 562 foot Walk railroad bridge in South Norwalk? Or is there a cheaper alternative that CDOT is hiding from us.
We all know the woes of this 120 year old swing bridge that sometimes refuses to close, stranding thousands of Metro-North and Amtrak riders. But the plan to replace it (using $161 million in Federal Sandy relief money) has ballooned from $600 million to $1 billion thanks to added rail yards and such.
Many in Norwalk are opposed because of the cost, others because they will lose their land by eminent domain. And everyone’s concerned about the years of construction and mess. The Norwalk Hour’s ace reporter Robert Koch even discovered that the Maritime Aquarium IMAX Theater may have to be demolished!
The CDOT has considered all sorts of new bridge designs… truss, lift, bascule, counter-weight and even an elevated fly-over. But I think I’ve found one design conspicuously missing that might be cheaper.
First, the good news. The CDOT is doing a great job of making this project open and inclusive. They have a website, they Tweet updates (@WalkBridgeCT), and host public meetings galore. They even have translated all their plans into Haitian Creole.
Unlike the horrendous Stamford rail station garage project, mired for three years in secrecy and rumors of political payoffs, the Walk Bridge project is certainly more transparent than the murky waters that flow under its tracks.
But that doesn’t mean people are having any luck slowing this juggernaut down. Until now. Because now we find that CDOT has been hiding a simpler solution.
WHY NOT A FIXED BRIDGE ?
Why not just “close the river” and replace the old bridge with a new, fixed bridge?
That option is not even discussed in the voluminous Environmental Assessment Report. Why? I think I’ve found the answer… or at least an excuse.
Blame the US Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers. They want to keep the mighty Norwalk River, all two miles of it, open and navigable. But do they really have that much power? Isn’t it possible to force those Federal agencies to, in effect, close the river to boat and barge traffic by edict or a bill put through Congress?
Couldn’t the few companies still on the river… a concrete company, an idle asphalt plant and a small marina… be bought-out with money saved by building a cheaper fixed bridge that doesn’t raise or lower?
And most telling of all… why isn’t this alternative even discussed in the crucial Environmental Impact Study (still open to public comment, now extended until November). Why?
A CHAT WITH THE COMMISSIONER
At the recent Metro-North fare increase hearings I cornered CDOT Commissioner Jim Redeker and asked him. (Spoiler alert: critics of the bridge plan won’t like his answers.)
The Commissioner says that CDOT did ask the USG and ACE about a fixed bridge that would close the river and were told “no way”… though critics say such concessions have precedents.
More telling, Commissioner Redeker says whether fixed bridge or movable, construction will still disrupt the neighbors just as much and for just as long. And, says the Commissioner, the cost savings for going to a smaller, simpler fixed bridge would only be 10 – 12%. Really? Hard to believe.
But I know Commissioner Redeker and trust his word… though many Norwalkers and environmental activists do not. There is only one way to resolve this debate, get the bridge fixed and keep the trains rolling and that’s face-to-face talks.
‘Til then, it’s all just rumor, speculation and misinformation feeding on itself. And the old bridge just keeps getting older.
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Thursday, November 10, 2016 No comments:
"Getting There": CDOT Fare Hearings are just political theater
This commentary was originally posted in September 2016 in our "GettingThereCT" blog:
The CDOT is holding the last in a series of public hearings on proposed 5% fare hikes this week (Wednesday 9/14 in Stamford and Thursday 9/15 in New Haven). This will be your last chance to be heard if you support or oppose the plan.
Not that these hearings will really matter. It’s pretty much a done deal and the way past hearings have been conducted mean they won’t make much difference. I think of them as so much “political theater”: lots of drama with a sad outcome.
If you chose to attend, here’s what to expect:
The CDOT will make a brief presentation on the need for the fare hikes, then members of the public will be allowed to speak in the order that they signed up. Each will be given about three minutes.
People will rant and rave about how expensive our trains and buses are, about how service has again been deteriorating. They’ll threaten to abandon mass transit and start driving again. They’ll call this the final straw and promise to move out of state.
The CDOT folks will listen and take notes. But after all is said and done, the fares will go up. Their only alternative is to save money by cutting service, and nobody wants that.
I’d expect a lot of State Representatives and Senators to also speak in opposition to the proposals. It is an election year, after all. But that’s kind of ironic, as their budget votes made this hike necessary. This is their fare hike, not Governor Malloy’s.
The legislature left a $192 million hole in the state’s budget and said to Governor Malloy “you fix it”. And he did, with budget cuts and layoffs in many departments. Now it’s the CDOT’s turn to share the pain. Or commuters’.
Fares on Metro-North are the highest for any commuter railroad in the US because theirs is a captive audience. People going to jobs in New York City from their leafy suburban homes really have no alternative to taking the train.
Yet, those fares only cover 69% of the costs of each ride. On Shore Line East the fares cover only 7% and on CT Transit buses 21%. The balance is made up by state (taxpayers’) subsidy. By comparison, fares on the Long Island Railroad cover only 51% of operating costs, meaning that NY state is offering a much higher subsidy for LIRR riders than CT does.
Why? Because NY State, like most others in the nation, wants to keep fares low to encourage people to use mass transit. While lawmakers in Hartford pay lip-service to the same theory, their actions (and votes) prove otherwise.
And yet, every time there is a fare hike, ridership goes up. Go figure. Even in a time of cheap gasoline prices, Metro-North has seen an almost 2% ridership increase in the past year. That means trains are, once again, crowded.
But wait. Didn’t we just order new rail cars increasing the size of our fleet? Yes, but we didn’t increase it enough. The M8 cars we ordered (at $2.5 million apiece) were insufficient to handle the increase in passengers. We should have ordered more.
Now is the time for CDOT to order more railcars, either M8’s or to start designing the M10’s. It takes about five years from such a decision ‘til new cars are delivered, so now is the time to say “go”. We know ridership will increase, so what is being done to plan for the future?
But in the short term, fare hikes on our railroads and buses are pretty much a done deal.
"Getting There" Politicians & Promises
This commentary was published in October 2016 in our blog "GettingThereCT"
I don’t trust politicians. They tend to over-promise and sometimes just plain lie, telling you what you want to hear and then doing the opposite.
I’m not talking about Clinton and Trump. I mean right here in Connecticut where our State Representatives and State Senators are all up for election next month. They’re all talking about “fixing transportation”, but I don’t trust them.
Case in point: the upcoming fare hike which, amazingly, will take effect after the election. Metro-North fares will jump 6% and CTtransit bus fares by 17%. Nice timing, eh? If they needed the money so bad, why not raise the fares before we go to the polls?
As I’ve been explaining for months, that fare hike was not created by the Governor, the CDOT or Metro-North, but necessitated by the majority Democrats’ budget passed last spring in the legislature. They didn’t fully fund mass transit and left the Governor to raise the fares.
But what really galls me is to hear those same budget-writers come out in their campaigns and say they opposed the fare hike. They created it, and now oppose it? I think that’s called hypocrisy.
Or do you remember when Dannel Malloy was running for Governor in 2010 and he promised he would never, ever raid the Special Transportation Fund to balance the budget? I do, and I admired him for that pledge. So imagine how I felt when he did what every predecessor, Republican or Democrat, had done… turn the Special Transportation Fund into a petty cash box, raidable at will to fix his budget. Was that a lie, a broken promise or a necessity?
Governor Malloy redeemed himself in his second term when he embraced transportation as his keynote agenda. He didn’t just embrace it, he mated with it and produced an amorphous, amoeba-like off-spring: a 30-year, $100 billion “plan” to rebuild transportation state-wide.
Well, it really wasn’t a “plan” as much as a laundry list, maybe a wish-list, with something for everyone… trains, planes, roads, rails, you name it. It wasn’t just ambitious, it was unaffordable. So he did what any good politician would do who had an unfunded dream: he appointed a task force to figure out how to pay for it.
He wanted the credit for this amazing, Robert Moses-like plan. But he didn’t want his fingerprints on the stone tablets detailing how to pay for it. I understand that. “Love my vision but don’t blame me for the painful taxes required to build it.”
His task force came up with a lot of great funding ideas, all of them practical, none of them popular. But what did legislators in both parties do? They rejected them all, out of hand.
Even the Governor’s BFF Senator Bob Duff, the Senate Majority leader, said the Task Force’s idea of a vehicle miles tax was dead on arrival and would never be considered. And you can imagine the glee of Republicans in attacking the idea, a concept which nobody ever had a chance to explain let alone study before it was snuffed out.
To a man (and woman) every candidate will say they support transportation, but they will reject all of the necessary means of paying for it. Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
So be an informed voter. Ask for specifics, not generalities. Ask exactly how your candidates will pay for their plans. And compare those promises against past votes on things like the CDOT budget.
PS: Lest you should think I have ambitions for higher office, I can reassure you I don’t want any job in Hartford. The only thing I’m running for is the train.
"Talking Transportation" becomes "Getting There"
After ten years, "Talking Transportation" is closing up shop.
But a new, weekly commentary on the same topics is now appearing in the Hearst CT newspapers!
We're calling it "Getting There", which says it all. We'll be writing about trains, trucks, aviation and shipping. This time we'll have an even bigger readership.
Look for "Getting There" each Monday in The Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, Norwalk Hour, Danbury News-Times and CT Post. It will also appear in Hearst's six weekly newspapers.
A new blog-site "GettingThereCT" is coming where we will archive these commentaries.
Posted by JIM CAMERON at Monday, September 12, 2016 No comments:
Bikes on the Train
Days before the CDOT opens public hearings on proposed 5% fare increase on Metro-North, Governor Malloy held a media event to promote good news about “improved service” on our highest-fares-in-the-nation railroad.
What? A return of the bar cars? More seats on crowded trains? No, nothing that monumental: just a new e-ticketing app and word that bike racks have been installed on our trains.
Now the new MTA eTix smart-phone app is a big deal, but not anything that CDOT or our Governor had a hand in. It was designed and built by the MTA, parent of Metro-North. So far it’s functioning well.
But the other piece of news was more concerning. The Governor said that “as a result of listening to our customers” 190 new bike racks (hooks, actually) have been installed on the new M8 rail-cars. Great!
But in the next breath he said “now this is not for prime commutation periods”, i.e. no bikes at rush hour. Not so great.
The reason is that trains are too crowded at peak times. The seats are full and there’s often standing room only. Trying to bring a bike onto such a train wouldn’t be possible, partly because these new bike-hooks sit over the handicapped passenger area meant for wheelchairs. If there’s no wheelchair, a fold-down seat can be used, and on crowded trains, always is.
I’ve written for years about restricting bikes on trains until every ticketed passenger has a seat, a utopian dream we have yet to fulfill. But for off-peak riders, where there is less crowding, bring your bike and hang it up. (Folding bikes are always allowed if they can be stored in the luggage rack).
I also remain skeptical of any pent-up demand for bikes on Metro-North. Sure, lots of commuters bike to their train station. Others may even take advantage of the Citi Bike service on arrival in Manhattan. But how many people really want to take their bike on the train into Grand Central?
Connecticut’s buses have offered bike racks for almost a decade and are widely used. But that’s for shorter trips where the first / last mile of commuting by bike makes sense.
So, let’s see how popular these new bike racks (hooks) on Metro-North prove to be. Maybe I’m wrong. It won’t be the first time.
On a personal note: this is my last “Talking Transportation” column. After a ten year run, I’m taking my commentary to new channels.
I’d like to thank all of you for your feedback over the years, especially your words of encouragement. I’ll see you on the train.
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Joined by Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on the album are recent recruits David Readman (Pink Cream 69) on vocals and Randy Van Der Elsen on bass. Long time TANK member and former Sodom drummer Bobby Schottkowski occupies the drum throne.
David Readman replaced former TANK vocalist and one time Dragonforce frontman ZP Theart after he was approached by Skid Row to join them on a permanent basis.
ZP recorded one album during his time with TANK (Valley of Tears) which became their best selling album since 1984’s Honour and Blood.
Prior to ZP the vocalist position was taken by former Rainbow frontman Doogie White who is now a permanent member of The Michael Schenker Experience. His contribution to TANK includes the albums War Machine and War Nation plus the bands first ever live DVD (War Machine Live!).
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The Trouble with Spokeo: Standing, Privacy Harms, and Biometric Information
A recent case involving the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Rivera v Google (N.D. Ill. No. 16 C 02714, Dec. 28, 2018), puts the ills of Spokeo Inc. v. Robins on full display. In Rivera, plaintiffs sued Google under BIPA, which prohibits companies from collecting and storing specific types of biometric data without people’s consent. The plaintiffs alleged that Google collected and used their face-geometry scans through Google Photos without their consent. Google’s face recognition feature is defaulted to being on unless users opt out. Instead of addressing the merits of the plaintiffs’ lawsuit under BIPA, the court dismissed the case for lack of standing based on Spokeo, a fairly recent U.S. Supreme Court case on standing.
Spokeo is a terrible decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It purports to be an attempt to clarify the test for standing to sue in federal court, but it flunks on clarity and coherence. I previously wrote an extensive critique of Spokeo when the decision came out in 2016.
Beyond Spokeo‘s incoherent mess, there is another part of the opinion that is far worse — Spokeo authorizes courts to override legislatures in determining whether there’s a cognizable privacy harm under a legislature’s own statute. This part of Spokeo is a major usurpation of legislative power — it undermines a legislature’s determination about the proper remedies for violations of its own laws.
A 7th Circuit case from 2016, Gubala v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., 846 F.3d 909 (7th Cir. 2016), held that a cable subscriber lacked standing to sue for a violation of the Cable Communications Policy Act when Time Warner Cable unlawfully retained his personal data (date of birth, address, phone number, and Social Security Number). The 7th Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Posner, used Spokeo to dismiss the case on standing grounds. According to the 7th Circuit, there would be “a risk of harm” if Time Warner had “given away or leaked or lost any of his personal information or . . . ha[d] the information stolen from it,” but there was no disclosure or data loss.
The problem with Grubala is that the Cable Act and other privacy laws use private rights of action as an enforcement mechanism. The case strips from the law a major element that Congress had put into it to ensure that it would be followed — using a private right of action to enforce the law. The perverse result of Grubala is that companies can just ignore many provisions of the Cable Act and leave people without remedies. Rights without remedies are often quite meaningless.
In Rivera, the court follows Spokeo and Grubala to reach a similar conclusion:
Plaintiffs have not offered evidence about the retention of their face templates that overcomes the obstacle in Gubala. Plaintiffs do not dispute that: their face templates have not been shared with other Google Photos users or with anyone outside of Google itself; there has not been any unauthorized access to the accounts or data associated with their face templates or face groups; and hackers have not obtained their data.
There are several problems with this conclusion. First, the Grubala and Rivera courts both have a very narrow and constrained view of privacy harm, which they view as a harm of disclosure. But privacy can be harmed in many other ways than revealing personal data to others. One of these ways is when organizations retain people’s data without their consent, failing to give them a way to reassert control over their personal data, even when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. This is not a concern only of a few overly-anxious people. It’s not a concern merely concocted by plaintiffs and not felt widely by society. Instead, it is a harm that many privacy laws recognize. Many laws include a right to deletion of data (or a right to erasure or a right to be forgotten). These include the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among others. The FTC has required companies to purge data improperly collected. And the Cable Act in Gubala and BIPA in Rivera can also be included on the list.
If there’s no harm in retaining personal data, then why do so many privacy laws give people rights not to have the data retained? What’s the point if there’s no harm? Why are legislatures wasting their time by including these provisions in so many laws? Perhaps the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, and the EU Parliament are all just crazy. Or, perhaps these legislatures recognize that privacy involves more than the mere protection against the disclosure of personal data — it involves many things such as being properly informed, having data collected and used with consent, having data used responsibly, requiring organizations to minimize data collection, use, and retention, and many more things. In my book, Understanding Privacy, I argued that privacy isn’t just one narrow thing but is a web of many different yet interrelated things. In the book, I critiqued Judge Posner for his very narrow view of privacy — as a mere desire to hide discreditable information. This narrow view has informed many of his writings and judicial decisions about privacy.
Second, the holdings in Grubala, Rivera, and Spokeo represent tremendous judicial arrogance. Countless legislatures have deemed something sufficiently harmful to warrant a remedy in the law, yet courts are ignoring this because they apparently know better. With more humility, courts might express reluctance to override legislative determinations about privacy harm. Legislatures don’t give out private rights of action loosely. Private rights of action are one of the most contested elements of laws, and when legislatures deem that violations of a law are worthy of being redressed by a private right of action, judges ought to show a lot more respect for the legislature’s determination.
Third, Spokeo is a very ill-advised invitation for courts to undermine legislatures. It is the job of the legislatures to write the laws. When laws run afoul of the Constitution, it’s fine for courts to strike them down. But Spokeo allows courts to undermine a law by nullifying its enforcement. Spokeo invites courts to substitute their own judgments about what is a privacy harm for that of legislatures. This is a usurpation of legislative power. Courts can define harm under common law or where a legislature has specifically allowed a court to define harm under a law. But otherwise, courts shouldn’t be messing with the way that legislatures craft their laws. In Spokeo, Congress chose to recognize certain violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act as justifying a remedy. Likewise, Congress for the Cable Act and the Illinois legislature for BIPA decided which violations were worthy of redress. They chose to use a private right of action as one of the enforcement tools. Nullifying this enforcement component of the law can throw a wrench into the structure of a law, thwarting the way the law is supposed to work.
A legislature can provide statutory damages for violations of a law. Statutory damages often involve situations where harm is difficult to prove, and the legislature, in its judgment, still wants plaintiffs to pursue litigation for violations. This is why so many laws have statutory damages provisions. I’m not sure what becomes of statutory damages provisions in laws after Spokeo. Courts can just reject them. This is tremendously wrong. It is brazen judicial overreaching.
It should not matter what the Rivera court thought about the privacy harms in Rivera. I think that there were such harms. But even if I didn’t, the Illinois legislature made the determination that a violation of the BIPA is actionable. That should end the debate, at least with regard to standing. Legislatures have every right to define what is harmful in their laws and how their laws are to be enforced. Courts should enforce the laws passed by the legislature, not pick and choose which parts of laws they like the best based upon whether they think there’s a harm or not.
Spokeo is a very ambiguous opinion and can readily be distinguished in nearly any case. Courts don’t need to accept Spokeo’s invitation to override legislative judgments of privacy harms and statutory enforcement. The Spokeo decision itself was uneasy about this and provided ample ways for courts to decline its invitation. Instead of using Spokeo as a tool to wield mischief, courts could readily find bases in Spokeo to push it aside. Spokeo is a rabbit hole that leads not to wonderland, but to a far more miserable and crazy place. Thus, my advice to courts on Spokeo is to brush it aside and move along.
This post was authored by Professor Daniel J. Solove, who through TeachPrivacy develops computer-based privacy and data security training. He also posts at his blog at LinkedIn, which has more than 1 million followers.
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Once Upon A Time should always just stick with Rumple
"I'm the best character on the show!" (Photo: ABC)
Once Upon A TimeSeason 6
"Ill-Boding Patterns"
Because The A.V. Club knows that TV shows keep going even if we’re not writing at length about them, we’re experimenting with discussion posts. For certain shows, one of our TV writers will publish some brief thoughts about the latest episode, and open the comments for readers to share theirs.
It is palpable how much better this show is when it focuses on Robert Carlyle almost exclusively. Not that anyone was really dying to get back to the Ogre Wars, but they offered a valuable flashback to Rumple and young Bae. Rumple has already lost one son, and has seen how dark magic can corrupt. Goody-two shoes Rumple is boring as dirt, but a Rumple that takes one as the Dark One to save his son from black magic? That we can get behind. They even threw a nice bullying parable in there. Well done, show.
Ha, Hook has to confide in Jiminy Cricket because pretty much everyone else he knows is related to Emma somehow.
Oh god, Belle and Rumple are going to get together again, aren’t they.
Regina’s decision to bring back nü-Robin seems even dumber this week than it did last week (but not as dumb as that beige hat). Doubt the show would let this happen, but I think it would be fun to have him hook up with Zelena and/or The Evil Queen to have it backfire on her.
Just taking the baby and pet snake out for a walk, like you do.
Emma and her “no secrets, no walls” relationship credo is going to come to a crashing disaster when Hook finally reveals his secret. Unfortunately, they’ll probably drag this on for weeks, and we have a while to go until the end of the season. But I really hate plots that just hinge on “keeping a secret/the secret is revealed!”
Recent from Gwen Ihnat
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited onstage in L.A. on Sunday
Big Little Lies shelled out $30,000 for Gordon’s fancy train set
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CNN host Van Jones finalizes divorce from estranged wife Jana Carter
June 14, 2019 | 3:38pm
They separated last May.
Van Jones claps back at Wendy Williams for bringing up his divorce
He's divorcing estranged wife Jana Carter.
Meek Mill and Jay-Z team up for criminal justice reform
January 23, 2019 | 8:50pm
The group has pledged $50 million.
Van Jones and wife Jana Carter are divorcing
September 7, 2018 | 8:06pm
The couple got married in 2005.
Kim Kardashian denies being a political pawn for Donald Trump
June 8, 2018 | 10:14am
"I was working on this before. I don't think I would be used. At the end of the day, he heard me out. We got the job done. What could...
Jay-Z to appear on premiere of CNN's 'Van Jones Show'
Jay-Z will discuss the themes behind "4:44" in the inaugural episode.
Prince was once an anonymous donor to Van Jones' initiative
"‘I can’t cash the check because I’m going to frame it!’” he recalled.
Van Jones wants to bridge gap between hip-hop and politics
May 16, 2017 | 9:25pm
“I have been consistently trying to bring geek culture, comic-book and hip-hop culture to the news."
Ava DuVernay: Trump 'represents violence'
She made the remarks Sunday during a discussion about "13th," her documentary about the prison industrial complex and the disproportionately high number of black men behind bars.
Court holds off determining Prince’s legal heirs
January 13, 2017 | 8:24am
The judge said he would not definitively name the heirs to his vast fortune yet, but indicated that the late musician’s siblings would be among them.
1 Charlie Sheen's ex Brooke Mueller spotted with 'bags of drugs' in the Hamptons 2 Remains believed to be missing 'Seinfeld mohel' Charles Levin 3 Meghan Markle, Prince Harry meet Beyoncé and Jay-Z at 'Lion King' premiere
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US20050068013A1 - Apparatus and methods for power regulation of electrical loads to provide reduction in power consumption with reversing contactors - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods for power regulation of electrical loads to provide reduction in power consumption with reversing contactors Download PDF
Robert Scoggins
Scoggins Robert L.
2003-09-30 Application filed by Scoggins Robert L. filed Critical Scoggins Robert L.
G05F—SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
G05F1/00—Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
G05F1/10—Regulating voltage or current
G05F1/12—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac
G05F1/14—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac using tap transformers or tap changing inductors as final control devices
G05F1/16—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is ac using tap transformers or tap changing inductors as final control devices combined with discharge tubes or semiconductor devices
A power regulation system with reversing contactors is coupled to an AC power source outputting an input voltage. The system has a first transformer to receive the input voltage and generate a control voltage. The system also has a second transformer that has a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer is applied to the primary coil, an output voltage is generated between a first end and a second end of the secondary coil, wherein the output voltage is substantially 180® out of phase from the input voltage so as to generate an effective voltage applied to a load, and wherein the effective voltage is less than the input voltage and substantially equals to the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage, resulting a reduction in power consumption of the load. The system further has a series contactor electrically coupled in series to the input node of the first transformer, and a shunt contactor electrically coupled in parallel across the primary coil of the second transformer. The series contactor and the shunt contactor are configured such that the system outputs the effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in a normal condition, and isolates the first transformer and returns a line voltage in an alarm condition.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/261,388, filed Sep. 30, 2002 entitled “Apparatus and methods for power regulation of electrical loads to provide reduction in power consumption by the electrical loads” by Robert L. Scoggins, Anthony D. Sheaffer, Michael A. Fulton, and James O. Crompton, Jr., the disclosure for which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference, which status is allowed and is a divisional application of, and claims benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/871,838, filed Jun. 1, 2001, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,486,641, entitled “Power regulation of electrical loads to provide reduction in power consumption”, and which itself claims the benefit, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(e), of provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/208,606, filed Jun. 1, 2000 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF POWER CONSUMPTION OF LIGHTING CIRCUITS,” and provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/218,915, filed Jul. 18, 2000 entitled “IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF POWER CONSUMPTION OF LIGHTING CIRCUITS.”
This invention relates to a system for control of electrical power consumption. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for control and regulation of electrical power and reduction of energy consumption of a load such as lights.
2. The Background
A variety of AC power regulating circuits are known in the art in which AC power to a load (e.g., fluorescent lamps, motors, etc.) is regulated. For example, a proper circuit can be used to dim lights by reducing amperage used by the lights, which reduces the power consumed and saves energy.
One type of prior art uses an autotransformer for changing the voltage on the load. In one application, the primary winding of the autotransformer has some parallel shunt resistors and proper combination of switches to allow that the power supplied to the load is discretely changed. One problem related to this application is that the load is subjected to a series of stresses, which can cause damage to the load. In another application, autotransformers with moving wiper contact arrangement are utilized. However, in the prior art, autotransformers are often directly coupled to the load, which subjects autotransformers to constant stresses.
Another type prior art uses relays in conjunction with an autotransformer for changing the voltage on the load. PCT Publication WO 98/53648 by Reverberi discloses a centralized power reducing device using an autotransformer and means of relays controlled by a logic unit.
Additionally, a common problem associated with the prior art is lacking of flexibility for a user to regulate power consumption according to location of the load and changing demand with time. For example, lighting demand in office area depends on whether it is a working day (normally Monday to Friday) or an off day (weekends and holidays). For any given day, the demand also depends on whether it is open hours or closed hours (e.g., night).
Furthermore, transformers including variable transformers and buck transformers may be subjected to stress and therefore have shortened lifetime.
Thus, there is still a need in the art for a new and improved power regulation system.
The above-noted disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by the present invention, which in one aspect is a power regulation system coupled to an AC power source providing an input voltage between a first node and a second node. In a single phase system, the first node can be connected to a power path, and the second node can be connected to neutral or ground. Included in the system is a first transformer having a winding having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the input voltage from the AC power source, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to the second node, and a movable wiper arm having a wiper, an output node and a body therebetween, wherein the movable wiper arm is movable continuously between the first end and the second end of the winding so that a control voltage is generated between the output node and the second end within a range of from 0 volts to at least the input voltage. The system also has a second transformer that has a primary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the control voltage from the first transformer, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to the second node, and a secondary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for outputting an output voltage, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first node.
Furthermore, the system has a series contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first node, and a shunt contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer and the second end is electrically coupled to the second end of the primary coil of the second transformer, respectively. Moreover, the system includes a first circuit breaker electrically coupled between the first end of the winding of the first transformer and the second end of the series contactor, and a second circuit breaker electrically coupled between the output node of the first transformer and the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer.
The system can be used in connection with a load having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the second end of the second coil of the second transformer and the second terminal is electrically coupled to the second node.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the primary coil and secondary coil of the second transformer are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer is applied to the first end and the second end of the primary coil of the second transformer, an output voltage is generated between the first end and the second end of the secondary coil of the second transformer, wherein the output voltage is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to generate an effective voltage applied to the load, and wherein the effective voltage is less than the input voltage and substantially equal to the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage, resulting a reduction in power consumption of the load.
Furthermore, the series contactor having an open state and a closed state and the shunt contactor having an open state and a closed state are arranged in the system such that when the series contactor is in the open state, the shunt contactor will be in the closed state, and vice versa. Moreover, the series contactor is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor is a normally closed contactor. The series contactor and the shunt contactor are further configured such that during operation the series contactor is in the closed state and the shunt contactor is in the open state in a normal condition, and the series contactor is in the open state and the shunt contactor is in the closed state in an alarm condition, so that the system can output an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in the normal condition, and isolate the first transformer and return a line voltage in the alarm condition, so as to provide control and protection of the first transformer.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the system further includes a driver engaging the movable wiper arm through the body of the movable wiper arm, and a controller, in control communication with the driver, that causes the driver to move the movable wiper arm to a selected position between the first end and the second end of the winding of the first transformer, so that a control voltage with a selected value is generated between the output node and the second end of the winding of the first transformer.
In another aspect, the invention includes a power regulation system coupled to an AC power source being a three-phase or multi-phase system, each phase providing an input voltage related to neutral, respectively. On each phase of the AC power source, the system includes a first transformer having a winding having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the input voltage from the phase, and a movable wiper arm having a wiper, an output node and a body therebetween, wherein the movable wiper arm is movable continuously between the first end and the second end of the winding so that a control voltage is generated between the output node and the second end within a range of from 0 volts to at least the input voltage. The system also includes, on each phase, a second transformer having a primary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the control voltage from the first transformer, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to neutral, and a secondary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for outputting an output voltage, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the phase. The primary coil and secondary coil are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer is applied to the first end and the second end of the primary coil, an output voltage is generated between the first end and the second end of the secondary coil, and wherein the output voltage is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to generate an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage and substantially equal to the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage.
Additionally, the system further includes, on each phase, a series contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first node, and a shunt contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer and the second end is electrically coupled to the second end of the primary coil of the second transformer, respectively. Moreover, the system includes a first circuit breaker electrically coupled between the first end of the winding of the first transformer and the second end of the series contactor and a second circuit breaker electrically coupled between the output node of the first transformer and the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer on each phase.
In one embodiment of the present invention, on each phase, the series contactor having an open state and a closed state and the shunt contactor having an open state and a closed state are arranged in the system such that when the series contactor is in the open state, the shunt contactor will be in the closed state, and vice versa. Furthermore, the series contactor is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor is a normally closed contactor on each phase. The series contactor and the shunt contactor on each phase are further configured such that during operation the series contactor is in the closed state and the shunt contactor is in the open state in a normal condition, and the series contactor is in the open state and the shunt contactor is in the closed state in an alarm condition, so that the system can output an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in the normal condition, and isolate the first transformer and return a line voltage in the alarm condition.
In yet another aspect, the invention includes a power regulation system coupled to an input node for receiving an input voltage and coupled to an output node for outputting an output voltage different from the input voltage. The system has a first power path electrically coupling the input node and the output node to allow a current to flow therethrough. The system also has a power block, a control block and a safety block.
In one embodiment of the invention, the power block is on the first power path and electrically coupled to between the input node and the output node for regulating the current to flow therethrough and establishing the extent of the output voltage at the output node, the power block includes a first transformer electrically coupled in parallel with the first power path, the first transformer having an input node and an output node, and a second transformer electrically coupled in series with the first power path, the second transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil with reversed polarities. The input node of the first transformer is electrically coupled with the first power path for receiving the input voltage, and the output node of the first transformer is electrically coupled with the primary coil of the second transformer for providing a control voltage to cause the secondary coil of the second transformer to generate an output voltage that can be different from the input voltage.
The control block is electrically coupled to the first power path and in control communication with the power block for providing operating current and setting a control voltage for the power block. The control block has a controller in control communication with the first transformer of the power block for setting the control voltage at a selected voltage.
Moreover, the safety block is electrically coupled to the first power path, the power block and the control block for providing surge protection. The safety block has a transient voltage suppression system electrically connected to the input node and positioned between the input node and the power block, a series contactor electrically coupled in series with the first transformer, a shunt contactor electrically coupled in parallel between the primary coil of the second transformer of the power block, a first circuit breaker electrically coupled between the input node of the first transformer and the second end of the series contactor, and a second circuit breaker electrically coupled between the output node of the first transformer and the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer. Each of the power block, control block and safety block may include one or more additional components.
These and other aspects will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings, although variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
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FIG. 1 is block diagram of one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIGS. 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3 are partial circuit diagrams of a safety circuit used in one embodiment of the power regulation system as shown in FIG. 1, respectively: 1A1, a partial circuit diagram for controlling operations of the power regulation system; 1A2, a partial circuit diagram for controlling the operations of the power regulation system; and 1A3, a partial circuit diagram for monitoring the operations of the power regulation system.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of yet another embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a detailed circuit diagram illustrating one embodiment of the power regulation system as shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a logic diagram of one embodiment of each of the power regulation systems as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a display illustrating a Logo screen_setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a display illustrating a Main Menu screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a display illustrating a System Setup screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a display illustrating a System Control screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a display illustrating a Monitor screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a display illustrating an Alarm History screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a display illustrating a Weekly Setup screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a display illustrating a Daily Setup screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a display illustrating a Gauges screen setting for one embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a power regulation system in accordance with the present invention.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a”, “an” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
Referring first to FIGS. 1, 2 and 15, FIG. 1 is a block diagram that shows a power regulation system 100 coupled to an input node 101 for receiving an input voltage and coupled to an output node 103 for outputting an output voltage, FIG. 2 is a block diagram that shows in principle how such a power regulation system according to one embodiment operates, and FIG. 15 is a block diagram that shows in principle how such a power regulation system according to another embodiment operates. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “voltage” is the electrical potential difference between a measurement point and a reference point. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, neutral is chosen as the reference point throughout the specification even if neutral is not shown in the drawings or explicitly identified. For example, an input voltage applied to the input node 101 should be understood as “an input voltage applied to the input node 101 and neutral,” as known to people skilled in the art. Sometimes, ground can be chosen as neutral. The system 100 may be used in association with a single phase power system, a three-phase power system, or a multi-phase power system, although the power regulation system as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 15 is in association with a single phase power system.
Referring now to FIG. 2, in one embodiment, the present invention relates to a power regulation system 200 coupled to an AC power source 210 providing an input voltage between a first node 212 and a second node 214. The first node 212 is connected to a power path 205 and the second node 214 is chosen as neutral. The system 200 has a first transformer 216 and a second transformer 232 electrically coupled to each other. The first transformer 216 has a winding 218 having a first end 220 and a second end 222, wherein the first end 220 is electrically coupled to the first node 212 through the power path 205 and the second end 222 is electrically coupled to the second node 214 (i.e. neutral) to receive the input voltage. The first transformer 216 also has a movable wiper arm 224 having a wiper 226, an output node 230 and a body 228 therebetween, wherein the movable wiper arm 224 is movable continuously between the first end 220 and the second end 222 of the winding 218 so that a control voltage can be generated between the output node 230 and the second end 222 within a range of from 0 volts to at least the input voltage. For example, if the first transformer 216 is chosen to have a capacity of output voltage rated at approximately 117% of the input voltage and the input voltage is 277 volts to neutral (a typical value as used in the industry), the first transformer 216 can output a control voltage in the range of 0 to 323 volts. The zero volts control voltage corresponds to where the movable wiper arm 224 is positioned at the second end 222 of the winding 218, and the 323 volts control voltage corresponds to where the movable wiper arm 224 is positioned at the first end 220 of the winding 218.
The second transformer 232 has a primary coil 234 having a first end 236 and a second end 238, wherein the first end 236 is electrically coupled to the output node 230 and the second end 238 is electrically coupled to the second node 214 to receive the control voltage from the first transformer 216. The second transformer 232 also has a secondary coil 240 having a first end 242 and a second end 244, wherein the first end 242 is electrically coupled to the first node 212 through the power path 205. The primary coil 234 and secondary coil 240 have reversed polarities and are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer 216 is applied to the first end 236 and the second end 238 of the primary coil 234, an output voltage is generated between the first end 242 and the second end 244 of the secondary coil 240. Thus, in one embodiment as shown in FIG. 2, if the primary coil 234 has a polarity N at the first end 236 and S at the second end 238, the secondary coil 240 will have a polarity S at the first end 242 and N at the second end 244. Likewise, if the primary coil 234 has a polarity S at the first end 236 and N at the second end 238, the secondary coil 240 will have a polarity N at the first end 242 and S at the second end 244. The output voltage (Vo) is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to generate between the first end 242 of the secondary coil 240 and the second node 214 an effective voltage (Ve) that is less than the input voltage (Vi) and substantially equals to the difference between the input voltage Vi and the output voltage Vo:
V e =V i −V o.
Thus, if the system 200 is utilized in conjunction with a load 246, where the load 246 has a first terminal 248 being electrically coupled to the second end 244 of the second transformer 232 and a second terminal 250 being electrically coupled to neutral to receive the effective voltage. The power consumption of the load 246 is proportional to Ve 2=(Vi−Vo)2, which is less than the original power consumption of the load 246 that is proportional to Vi 2. The energy saved is proportional to: 1−(Ve 2)/(Vi 2). The range of the output voltage Vo depends on the control voltage applied to the primary coil 234 of the second transformer 232 and the ratio of the winding of the primary coil 234 to the secondary coil 240 of the second transformer 232. In one embodiment, the ratio of the winding of the primary coil 234 to the secondary coil 240 of the second transformer 232 is chosen as 4:1. Therefore, a maximum power reduction by the system 200 is achieved when a control voltage of 323 volts from the first transformer 216 results an output voltage of approximately 80 volts (=323/4 volts) at the secondary coil 240 of the second transformer 232, which will be defined as a 100% power reduction because the capacity of the winding 218 of the first transformer 216 is fully utilized. Conversely, a minimum power reduction by the system 200 is achieved when a control voltage of 0 volts from the first transformer 216 results an output voltage of 0 volts (=0/4 volts) at the secondary coil 240 of the second transformer 232, which will be defined as a 0% power reduction because the capacity of the winding 218 of the first transformer 216 is not utilized at all. Thus, the power reduction by the system 200 can be adjusted in a range of 0 to 100% of maximum power reduction. One feature of the invention as shown in FIG. 2 is to use the first transformer 216 to raise the input voltage so as to generate a large voltage drop across the secondary coil 240 of the second transformer 232, which can result an effective voltage significantly less than the input voltage.
The system 200 further includes a driver 252 mechanically engaging the movable wiper arm 224 through the body 228 of the movable wiper arm 224, and a controller 204, in control communication with the driver 252, causing the driver 252 to move the movable wiper arm 224 to a selected position between the second end 222 and the first end 220 of the winding 218, so that a control voltage with a selected value is generated between the output node 230 and the second end 222 of the winding 218. The driver 252 can be a motor, a mechanical device or a combination of them. Alternatively, a user may just manually move the movable wiper arm 224 to a selected position. The controller 204 is used to control the movement of the driver 252 to move the movable wiper arm 224 to a selected position between the second end 222 and the first end 220 of the winding 218. The controller 204 can be a digital processor or an analog processor. The controller 204 may be programmable. In one embodiment, the driver 252 is a motor, and the controller 204 is a programmable logic controller (“PLC”), which combination allows precise control of the movement of the movable wiper arm 224. There are various types of PLC available in the market, one example is an Allen Bradley programmable control logic processor which can be used to practice the present invention.
Additionally, the system 200 may also include a user interface 202 in communication with the controller 204. The user interface 202 is adapted to receive an input from a user and generate a control signal in response that is communicated to the controller 256 to cause the driver 252 to move the movable wiper arm 224 to a selected position and to display to the user information associated with the operation of the system 200. The user interface 202 can be a keyboard, a mouse, a graphic user interface, or any combination of them. The user interface 202 can be in communication with the controller 204 over a cable, a wireless network, a computer network such as the Internet or an intranet, or direct communication links. In one embodiment, the user interface 202 includes a touch screen panel. There are various types of touch screen available in the market, one example is an Allen Bradley, Panelview 550, which can be used to practice the present invention.
Referring now to FIG. 15, in one embodiment, the present invention relates to a power regulation system 1500 coupled to an AC power source 1510 providing an input voltage between a first node 1512 and a second node 1514. The first node 1512 is connected to a power path 1505 and the second node 1514 is chosen as neutral. The system 1500 includes a first transformer 1516, a second transformer 1532, a series contactor 1554, a shunt contactor 1560, a first circuit breaker 1570 and a second circuit breaker 1580.
The first transformer 1516 has a winding 1518 having a first end 1520 and a second end 1522 adapted for receiving the input voltage from the AC power source 1510, wherein the second end 1522 is electrically coupled to the second node 1514 (i.e. neutral). The first transformer 1516 also has a movable wiper arm 1524 having a wiper 1526, an output node 1530 and a body 1528 therebetween, wherein the movable wiper arm 1524 is movable continuously between the first end 1520 and the second end 1522 of the winding 1518 so that a control voltage can be generated between the output node 1530 and the second end 1522 within a range of from 0 volts to at least the input voltage. For example, if the first transformer 1516 is chosen to have a capacity of output voltage rated at approximately 117% of the input voltage and the input voltage is 277 volts to neutral (a typical value as used in the industry), the first transformer 1516 can output a control voltage in the range of 0 to 323 volts. The zero volts control voltage corresponds to where the movable wiper arm 1524 is positioned at the second end 1522 of the winding 1518, and the 323 volts control voltage corresponds to where the movable wiper arm 1524 is positioned at the first end 1520 of the winding 1518.
The second transformer 1532 has a primary coil 1534 having a first end 1536 and a second end 1538 adapted for receiving the control voltage from the first transformer 1516, wherein the second end 1538 is electrically coupled to the second node 1514. The second transformer 1532 also has a secondary coil 1540 having a first end 1542 and a second end 1544 adapted for outputting an output voltage, wherein the first end 1542 is electrically coupled to the first node 1512 through the power path 1505. The primary coil 1534 and secondary coil 1540 have reversed polarities and are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer 1516 is applied to the first end 1536 and the second end 1538 of the primary coil 1534, the output voltage is generated between the first end 1542 and the second end 1544 of the secondary coil 1540. Thus, in one embodiment as shown in FIG. 15, if the primary coil 1534 has a polarity N at the first end 1536 and S at the second end 1538, the secondary coil 1540 then has a polarity S at the first end 1542 and N at the second end 1544. Likewise, if the primary coil 1534 has a polarity S at the first end 1536 and N at the second end 1538, the secondary coil 1540 then has a polarity N at the first end 1542 and S at the second end 1544. The output voltage (Vo) is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to generate between the first end 1542 of the secondary coil 1540 and the second node 1514 an effective voltage (Ve) that is less than the input voltage (Vi) and substantially equals to the difference between the input voltage Vi and the output voltage Vo:
Thus, if the system 1500 is utilized in conjunction with a load 1546, where the load 1546 has a first terminal 1548 being electrically coupled to the second end 1544 of the second transformer 1532 and a second terminal 1550 being electrically coupled to neutral to receive the effective voltage. The power consumption of the load 1546 is proportional to Ve 2=(Vi−Vo)2, which is less than the original power consumption of the load 1546 that is proportional to Vi 2. The energy saved is proportional to: 1−(Ve 2)/(Vi 2). The range of the output voltage Vo depends on the control voltage applied to the primary coil 1534 of the second transformer 1532 and the ratio of the winding of the primary coil 1534 to the secondary coil 1540 of the second transformer 1532. In one embodiment, the ratio of the winding of the primary coil 1534 to the secondary coil 1540 of the second transformer 1532 is chosen as 4:1. Therefore, a maximum power reduction by the system 1500 is achieved when a control voltage of 323 volts from the first transformer 1516 results an output voltage of approximately 80 volts (=323/4 volts) at the secondary coil 1540 of the second transformer 1532, which will be defined as a 100% power reduction because the capacity of the winding 1518 of the first transformer 1516 is fully utilized. Conversely, a minimum power reduction by the system 1500 is achieved when a control voltage of 0 volts from the first transformer 1516 results an output voltage of 0 volts (=0/4 volts) at the secondary coil 1540 of the second transformer 1532, which will be defined as a 0% power reduction because the capacity of the winding 1518 of the first transformer 1516 is not utilized at all. Thus, the power reduction by the system 1500 can be adjusted in a range of 0 to 100% of maximum power reduction. One feature of the invention as shown in FIG. 15 is to use the first transformer 1516 to raise the input voltage so as to generate a large voltage drop across the secondary coil 1540 of the second transformer 1532, which can result an effective voltage significantly less than the input voltage.
The series contactor 1554 has a first end 1556 and a second end 1558, wherein the first end 1556 is electrically coupled to the first node 1512. The shunt contactor 1560 has a first end 1562 and a second end 1564, wherein the first end 1562 is electrically coupled to the first end 1536 of the primary coil 1534 and the second end 1564 is electrically coupled to the second end 1538 of the primary coil 1534, respectively. In one embodiment of the present invention, the series contactor 1554 in operation can stay in one of an open state and a closed state and change from one to another. When the series contactor 1554 is in the open state in operation, the series contactor 1554 allows no electric current to pass through. When the series contactor 1554 is in the closed state in operation, the series contactor 1554 allows electric current to pass through. The shunt contactor 1560 in operation also can stay in one of an open state and a closed state and change from one to another. When the shunt contactor 1560 is in the open state in operation, the shunt contactor 1560 allows no electric current to pass through. When the shunt contactor 1560 is in the closed state in operation, the shunt contactor 1560 allows electric current to pass through. The series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 are arranged in the system 1500 such that when the series contactor 1554 is in the open state, the shunt contactor 1560 will be in the closed state, and vice versa. Furthermore, the series contactor 1554 is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor 1560 is a normally closed contactor. Moreover, the series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 are configured such that during operation the series contactor 1554 is in the closed state and the shunt contactor 1560 is in the open state in a normal condition, and the series contactor 1554 is in the open state and the shunt contactor 1560 is in the closed state in an alarm condition, so that the system 1500 outputs an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in the normal condition, and isolates the first transformer 1516 and returns a line voltage in the alarm condition.
In addition, the first circuit breaker 1570 is electrically coupled between the first end 1520 of the winding 1518 and the second end 1558 of the series contactor 1554 and provides overcurrent protection for the input of the first transformer 1516. For example, the first circuit breaker 1570 can be chosen to have a rate at 125% of the input current of the first transformer 1516. The second circuit breaker 1580 is electrically coupled between the output node 1530 of the first transformer 1516 and the first end 1536 of the primary coil 1534 of the second transformer 1532 and provides overcurrent protection for the output of the first transformer 1516. The second circuit breaker 1580 can be chosen to have a rate at 125% of the output current of the first transformer 1516 in one embodiment.
Still referring to FIG. 15, the series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 have been incorporated into the system 1500 to provide safety and protection for the system 1500. A large voltage (1000 volts dc) may develop across the primary coil 1534 of the second transformer 1532 and the first end 1520 and the second end 1522 of the first transformer 1516, for example, if the first circuit breaker 1570 or the second circuit breaker 1580 trips. The series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 can prevent the voltage from being induced in this condition. In one embodiment of the present invention, the series contactor 1554 is configured in the closed state and the shunt contactor 1560 is configured in the open state in the normal operation condition. Thus, tripping of the first circuit breaker 1570 or the second circuit breaker 1580 will cause the series contactor 1554 to change from the closed state to the open state and the shunt contactor 1560 to change from the open state to the closed state so that no voltage is applied to the first transformer 1516 at this situation. Accordingly, the first transformer 1516 is isolated, a current loop is established across the primary coil 1534 of the second transformer 1532 through the shunt contactor 1560, and a line voltage is returned to the load 1546. The system 1500 therefore is fully protected according to the present invention.
The system 1500 is also protected during powering up or starting. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, the series contactor 1554 is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor 1560 is a normally closed contactor. Thus, on powering up or starting of the system 1500, the series contactor 1554 is in the open state and the shunt contactor 1560 is in the closed state so that the first transformer 1516 is isolated. After a certain period of time such as 300 seconds in one embodiment, the series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 change their states, that is, the series contactor 1554 is in the close state, which energizes the first transformer 1516, and the shunt contactor 1560 is in the open state. The series contactor 1554 and the shunt contactor 1560 will stay in this configuration for the normal operation.
Furthermore, the system 1500 further includes a driver 1552 mechanically engaging the movable wiper arm 1524 through the body 1528 of the movable wiper arm 1524, and a controller 1504, in control communication with the driver 1552, causing the driver 1552 to move the movable wiper arm 1524 to a selected position between the second end 1522 and the first end 1520 of the winding 1518, so that a control voltage with a selected value is generated between the output node 1530 and the second end 1522 of the winding 1518. The driver 1552 can be a motor, a mechanical device or a combination of them. Alternatively, a user may just manually move the movable wiper arm 1524 to a selected position. The controller 1504 is used to control the movement of the driver 1552 to move the movable wiper arm 1524 to a selected position between the second end 1522 and the first end 1520 of the winding 1518. The controller 1504 can be a digital processor or an analog processor. The controller 1504 may be programmable. In one embodiment, the driver 1552 is a motor, and the controller 1504 is a programmable logic controller (“PLC”), which combination allows precise control of the movement of the movable wiper arm 1524. There are various types of PLC available in the market, one example is an Allen Bradley programmable control logic processor which can be used to practice the present invention.
Additionally, the system 1500 may also include a user interface 1502 in communication with the controller 1504. The user interface 1502 is adapted to receive an input from a user and generate a control signal in response that is communicated to the controller 1556 to cause the driver 1552 to move the movable wiper arm 1524 to a selected position and to display to the user information associated with the operation of the system 1500. The user interface 1502 can be a keyboard, a mouse, a graphic user interface, or any combination of them. The user interface 1502 can be in communication with the controller 1504 over a cable, a wireless network, a computer network such as the Internet or an intranet, or direct communication links. In one embodiment, the user interface 1502 includes a touch screen panel. There are various types of touch screen available in the market, one example is an Allen Bradley, Panelview 550, which can be used to practice the present invention.
Now referring back to FIG. 1, and also referring to FIGS. 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3, the power regulation system 100 is shown to have several hardware elements to implement the invention as shown in FIGS. 2 and 15 and discussed above. The power regulation system 100 includes a first power path 105 electrically coupling the input node 101 and the output node 103 to allow a current to flow therethrough, and several hardware components that are discussed in detail below. An input line voltage is applied to the input node 101 and neutral (not shown).
Variable Autotransformer 120
The power regulation system 100 includes a first transformer 120 and a second transformer 118 which are electrically coupled to each other and to the first power path 105 as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 15 and discussed above. In one embodiment, the first transformer 120 is a variable autotransformer and the second transformer 118 is a buck transformer (discussed in detail below). The variable autotransformer 120 has an autotransformer with a wiper arm that can move across the windings of the autotransformer, and a motor engaging the wiper arm. The variable autotransformer 120 outputs a variable voltage to the primary coil of the buck transformer 118. The output voltage of the variable autotransformer 120 is adjusted by the motor moving the wiper arm across the windings of the autotransformer. The motor movement is in turn controlled by a PLC 104 (discussed in detail below) that is in control communication with the motor and sends control signals to the motor. The control signals are based upon settings entered by a user for the desired output voltage through, for example, a user interface 102 (discussed in detail below).
The input of the variable autotransformer 120 is connected to incoming line voltage along the power path 105. The incoming line voltage is typically 480 volts phase to phase or 277 volts phase to neutral. For a single phase system, the incoming line voltage normally is 240V, although other voltages can be chosen as well. A circuit breaker 122 (“CB2”) (discussed in detail below) provides overcurrent protection on input side of the variable autotransformer 120. A series contactor 123 (discussed in detail below) electrically coupled between CB2 and the power path 105, together with a shunt contactor 124 (discussed in detail below), provides further protection on the variable autotransformer 120 in an alarm condition.
The output voltage of the variable autotransformer 120 is rated at approximately 117% of the input line voltage, which is 323 volts if the incoming line voltage is 277 volts to neutral. The output voltage of the variable autotransformer 120 is the input voltage for the buck transformer 118. Thus, the variable autotransformer 120 is providing a control voltage in a range of 0 (at zero voltage reduction) to 323 volts (at full voltage reduction) to the primary coil of the buck transformer 118. A circuit breaker 126 (“CB3”) (discussed in detail below) provides overcurrent protection on the output side of the variable autotransformer 120.
Buck Transformer 118
In one embodiment, the buck transformer 118 is a toroidal transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil, which have reversed polarities. The primary coil is rated at 323 volts. The primary coil is connected between the output of the variable autotransformer 120 and neutral (See primary coil 234 in FIG. 2 and primary coil 1534 in FIG. 15, respectively). Thus, the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 is controlled by the output of the variable autotransformer 120. In addition, the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 and the shunt contactor 124 are in parallel.
In one embodiment, the ratio of the winding of the primary coil to the secondary coil of the buck transformer 118 is chosen as 4:1. Thus, the 0 to 323 volts potential from the variable autotransformer 120 applied on the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 produces a 0 to 80 volts potential on the secondary coil of the buck transformer 118 due to the 4:1 ratio of the windings. Because the buck transformer 118 is a reverse polarity or buck, the voltage generated on the secondary coil of the buck transformer 118 is substantially 180° out of phase with the incoming line voltage. This phase difference produces a voltage drop up to 80 volts in line voltage, which results in a reduced voltage output to a load such as lights. The secondary coil of the buck transformer 118 is in line, or in series, with the power flow out to the load. Temperature switches (not shown) mounted in the transformers 118 and 120 provide a signal to the PLC 104 if temperature associated with any of the transformers 118, 120 exceeds the design rating.
The buck transformer 118 and the variable autotransformer 120 constitute a power block that is electrically coupled to the first power path 105 and between the input node 101 and the output node 103 for regulating the current to flow therethrough. The power block may include additional components.
Power Supply 114
The system 100 has a first power supply device 114 electrically coupled to the first power path 105 for changing the input voltage to an AC voltage with a predetermined amplitude. In one embodiment, the first power supply device 114 is a transformer (not shown) having a primary coil and a secondary coil, the primary coil being electrically coupled to the first power path 105 for receiving the input voltage and the secondary coil outputting an AC voltage with a predetermined amplitude of substantially around 120 volts. In particular, the first power supply device 114 is a 277 to 120 volts transformer that supplies single phase 120 volts AC power for the system 100. The primary coil of the first power supply device 114 is fed from a line voltage, is fused at 7 amps and is rated for 500 VA. The first power supply device 114 provides single phase 120 volts AC power to other components of the system 100 such as the motor(s) associated with the variable autotransformer 120, fan(s), TVSS, and other components that operate or use 120 volts AC power as discussed below.
The system 100 has a second power supply device 116 electrically coupled to the secondary coil of the first power supply device 114 for changing the AC voltage with a predetermined amplitude of substantially around 120 volts to a DC voltage with a predetermined amplitude. In one embodiment, the second power supply device 116 has a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil, the primary coil being electrically coupled to the secondary coil of the first power supply device 114 for receiving an AC voltage with a predetermined amplitude of substantially around 120 volts and the secondary coil outputting a DC voltage with a predetermined amplitude of substantially around 24 DC volts. In particular, the second power supply device 116 is a 120 Vac to 24 Vdc power supply that provides power to other components of the system 100 such as the PLC 104, user interface 102, indicating lights, etc. The power supply device 116 is fused at 7 amps.
Input Voltage Transducer 110
The system 100 has an input voltage transducer 110 electrically coupled between the first power path 105 and the PLC 104 and positioned between the input node 101 and the buck transformer 118 for feeding input voltage signal to the PLC 104 for monitoring the input line voltage. In one embodiment, the input voltage transducer 110 includes a channel voltage transducer that is connected to the incoming line voltage for a single phase such as phase A. It provides an analog signal (0 to 10 volts) to the PLC 104 representing phase A input voltage scaled 0 to 300 volts.
Output Voltage Transducer 132
The system 100 has an output voltage transducer 132 electrically coupled between the first power path 105 and the PLC 104 and positioned between a switch 130 (discussed in detail below) and the output node 103 for feeding output voltage signal to the PLC 104 for monitoring the output voltage Vout at the output node 103. The output voltage transducer 132 is a multi-channel output voltage transducer, each channel being capable of monitoring voltage in a phase independently. In one embodiment, the output voltage transducer 132 is a three channel voltage transducer in which each channel is connected to a corresponding phase of the output voltage Vout. The output voltage transducer 132 provides an analog signal (0 to 10 volts) to the PLC 104 based on Vout of each phase (scaled 0 to 300 volts).
Current Transducer 112
The system 100 has a current transducer 112 electrically coupled between the first power path 105 and the PLC 104 for feeding current signal to the PLC 104 for monitoring the current passing through the first power path 105. In one embodiment, the current transducer 112 is a combination of a current transducer and a transformer. The current transducer 112 can be a multi-channel current transducer, each channel being capable of monitoring current in a phase independently. In one embodiment, the current transducer 112 includes a three channel current transducer that monitors each phase current independently. Alternatively, it can be used to monitor a single phase current as shown in FIG. 1. The current transducer 112 provides a 1 to 5 volts signal to the PLC 104 for each phase's current.
The system 100 has a user interface 102 that allows a user, among other things, to control, program, and observe the operation of the system 100. In one embodiment, the user interface 102 includes a touchscreen menu that provides access to several different screens. Each screen provides a setting that include icons, each corresponding to a control signal that is communicated to the PLC 104 to cause the system 100 to perform a predetermined operation, and displays, each displaying information associated with the operation of the system 100. The user interface 102 provides choices of auto mode or manual mode to a user. The user can enter daily or weekly settings in the auto mode or can manipulate the system 100 in the manual mode. The user interface 102 communicates with the PLC 104.
The system 100 has a controller 104 in control communication at least with the first transformer 120 for setting the control voltage at a selected voltage. In fact, the controller 104 controls almost all operations of the system 100, whether in manual or auto mode. In one embodiment, the controller 104 is a PLC. In manual mode, a user enters a desired setting into the PLC 104 through the user interface 102 and then the PLC 104 initiates the voltage change. The output voltage can be lowered/raised from 0 to 100% in term of voltage reduction setting on any one phase or all three phases if the system 100 is used in conjunction with a three-phase power source. The voltage output to the load will remain there until the user manually changes it or the system 100 is changed back to auto mode. In auto mode, operation of the system 100 is based on predetermined values entered into the system 100 by the user. The settings can be entered based on Daily or Weekly settings. When the Daily selection is made, up to seven different settings can be programmed into the system 100 for each day, where each day can have different settings. When the Weekly selection is made, seven different settings can be entered for each day, where the settings are the same for every day of the week. More functions of the PLC 104 will be discussed below.
The PLC 104, user interface 102, current transducer 112, input voltage transducer 110, output voltage transducer 132, second power supply device 116, and first power supply device 114 constitute a control block that is electrically coupled to the first power path 105 and in control communication with the power block for providing operating current and setting a control voltage for the power block at a selected voltage. However, one or more optional control devices or elements can be added into the control block.
Bypass Power Path 107
The system 100 has a second power path, or a bypass power path, 107 that is electrically coupling the input node 101 and the output node 103, wherein the second power path 107 is in parallel with the first power path 105 to provide an alternative path for the current passing through.
Relay Device 128
The system 100 has a relay device 128 that is electrically coupled between the variable autotransformer 120 and the PLC 104 for receiving a DC signal from the PLC 104 during a normal operation of the system and providing an AC voltage to the variable autotransformer 120 during an abnormal operation of the system. In one embodiment of the present invention, the relay device 128 includes an All Home Relay. In any alarm condition, i.e., an abnormal operation, the All Home Relay provides 120 Vac signal to motors of the variable autotransformer 120 through normally closed contacts. The PLC 104 provides a 24 Vdc signal to the relay coil during normal operation of the system 100, which prevents 120 Vac signal from being applied to the motors. Upon an alarm condition or controller failure, the 24 Vdc signal is dropped and the relay 128 is de-energized and normally closed contacts provide 120 Vac signal to motors of the variable autotransformer 120 to drive them to the home position (a non-conducting, safe state). Once the alarm condition is cleared, and the variable autotransformer(s) 120 go home, the relay 128 is energized again and power is removed from the motors. In an alarm condition, the variable autotransformer(s) 120 are sent home to minimize the potential of hazardous voltages developing across the terminals of the variable autotransformer 120 resulting in equipment failure or fire.
The alarm capability of the system 100 will be discussed in detail below.
Series Contactor 123
The system 100 has a series contactor or coil 123 electrically coupled between a first circuit breaker 122 (“CB2”) and the power path 105, where CB2 is connected to the variable transformer 120 in series. The series contactor 123 is a normally open contactor and may have a plurality of auxiliary contacts for making electrical couplings to corresponding components of the system 100. Among them, a normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a, as shown in FIG. 1A 2, is connected to a shunt contactor 124. The normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a has an open state and a closed state. When the normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a is in the open state in operation, the normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a allows no electric current to pass through. When the normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a is in the closed state in operation, the normally closed auxiliary contact 123 a allows electric current to pass through.
Shunt Contactor 124
The system 100 has a shunt contactor or coil 124 electrically coupled between the two ends of the primary coil of the buck transformer 118. The shunt contactor 124 is also connected to a second circuit breaker 126 (“CB3”) in series, where CB3 is connected to the variable autotransformer 120 in parallel. A large voltage (1000 volts dc) may develop across the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 and the terminals of the variable autotransformer 120 if CB2 or CB3 trips. The shunt contactor 124 prevents the voltage from being induced and minimizes the potential of equipment failure or fire. The shunt contactor 124 in turn connects to neutral. The shunt contactor 124 provides a shunt across the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 if either CB2 or CB3 trips. A current loop is established across the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 through the shunt contactor 124. Each circuit breaker, CB2 or CB3, has an auxiliary trip which energizes the shunt contactor 124 when the circuit breaker trips. The shunt contactor 124 is a normally closed contactor and may have a plurality of auxiliary contacts for making electrical couplings to corresponding components of the system 100. Among them, a normally closed auxiliary contactor 124 a, as shown in FIG. 1A 2, is connected to the series contactor 123. The normally closed auxiliary contact 124 a has an open state and a closed state. When the normally closed auxiliary contact 124 a is in the open state in operation, the normally closed auxiliary contact 124 a allows no electric current to pass through. When the normally closed auxiliary contact 124 a is in the closed state in operation, the normally closed auxiliary contact 124 a allows electric current to pass through.
Circuit Breaker 122
As set forth above, the system 100 has a first circuit breaker 122 (“CB2”) that is electrically coupled between the input node of the variable autotransformer 120 and the series contactor 123 that in turn is electrically coupled in parallel the first power path 105. CB2 provides overcurrent protection for the input of the variable autotransformer 120 and is rated at 125% of the input current of the variable autotransformer 120. In one embodiment, CB2 may have a plurality of auxiliary contacts for making electrical couplings to corresponding components of the system 100. Among them, as shown in FIG. 1A 3, an auxiliary contact 122 a is provided such that if CB2 trips, the auxiliary contact 122 a energizes the shunt contactor 124, which then shorts the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 and the output of the variable autotransformer 120. The auxiliary contact 122 a has an open state and a closed state. When the auxiliary contact 122 a is in the open state in operation, the auxiliary contact 122 a allows no electric current to pass through. When the auxiliary contact 122 a is in the closed state in operation, the auxiliary contact 122 a allows electric current to pass through.
As set forth above, the system 100 includes a second circuit breaker 126 (“CB3”) electrically coupled between the output node of the variable autotransformer 120 and the primary coil of the buck transformer 118. CB3 provides overcurrent protection for the output of the variable autotransformer 120 and is rated at 125% of the output current of the variable autotransformer 120. In one embodiment, CB3 may have a plurality of auxiliary contacts for making electrical couplings to corresponding components of the system 100. Among them, as shown in FIG. 1A 3, an auxiliary contact 126 a is provided such that if CB3 trips, the auxiliary contact 126 a energizes the shunt contactor 124, which shorts the primary coil of the buck transformer 118 and the output of the variable autotransformer 120. The auxiliary contact 126 a has an open state and a closed state. When the auxiliary contact 126 a is in the open state in operation, the auxiliary contact 126 a allows no electric current to pass through. When the auxiliary contact 126 a is in the closed state in operation, the auxiliary contact 126 a allows electric current to pass through.
The series contactor 123, the shunt contactor 124, the circuit break 122 (“CB2”) and the circuit break 126 (“CB3”) together provide a safety and reliability protection for the power regulation system 100. Referring to FIGS. 1A1-1A3 now, the system 100 further includes a shunt/series relay 125 that has a shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a and a shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b. Each of the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a and the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b has an open state and a closed state. When the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a or the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b is in the open state in operation, the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a or the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b allows no electric current to pass through. When the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a or the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b is in the closed state in operation, the shunt/series relay contact 125 a or the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b allows electric current to pass through.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1A1 and 1A2, the shunt/series relay 125 is coupled between the PLC 104 and neutral. Furthermore, the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a is connected between the power path 105 and the series auxiliary contact 123 a which is in turn connected to the shunt coil 124 in series, and the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b is connected between the power path 105 and the shunt auxiliary contact 124 a which is in turn connected to the series coil 123 in series. The PLC 104 provides a low voltage (0 Vac) output or a high voltage (120 Vac) output to the shunt/series relay 125. The shunt/series relay 125 is configured such that when the PLC 104 outputs the high voltage (120 Vac) signal to the shunt/series relay 125, the shunt/series relay 125 is energized such that the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a is in the open state and the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b is in the closed state, respectively. Now the current passes through 125 b but not 125 a. As a result, the shunt coil 124 is de-energized, which sets the shunt auxiliary contact 124 a in the closed state. The series coil 123 is then energized, which allows for a normal operation of the power regulation system 100. When the PLC 104 outputs the low voltage (0 Vac) signal to the shunt/series relay 125, the shunt/series relay 125 is de-energized such that the shunt/series relay normally closed contact 125 a is in the closed state and the shunt/series relay normally open contact 125 b is in the open state, respectively. Now the current passes through 125 a but not 125 b. As a result, the series coil 123 is de-energized, which sets the series auxiliary contact 123 a in the closed state. Then the shunt coil 124 is energized, and now the system 100 operates in powering up/starting or an alarm condition.
As shown in FIG. 1A 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, the circuit breaker auxiliary contact 126 a is connected between a 120 Vac source, for example, the power supply 114, and the circuit breaker auxiliary contacts 122 a which is in turn connected to an input of the PLC 104 for feeding input voltage signal to the PLC 104 for monitoring operations of the system 100. When a 120 Vac voltage signal is supplied through the circuit breaker auxiliary contacts 126 a and the circuit breaker auxiliary contacts 122 a to the PLC input, the PLC 104 outputs the high voltage (120 Vac) to the shunt/series relay 125, the shunt/series relay 125 is then energized. Consequently, the shunt contactor 124 is de-energized, and the system 100 operates in the normal condition. In any one or combination of the following situations: powering up/starting, alarm, CB3 trip, or CB2 trip, either the circuit breaker auxiliary contact 126 a or the circuit breaker auxiliary contact 122 a changes its state from the closed state to the open state. As a result, the 120 Vac voltage signal is no longer supplied through the circuit breaker auxiliary contacts 126 a and 122 a to the PLC input so that the PLC outputs a low voltage (0 Vac) to the shunt/series relay 125. Consequently, the shunt/series relay 125 is de-energized, and the shunt contactor 124 is energized.
Operate/Bypass Switch 130
The system 100 has a switch 130 operatively coupled to the first power path 105 and the second power path 107 for selectively allowing the current to flow therethrough one of the first power path 105 and the second power path 107. In one embodiment, the switch 130 is a switch that has a first, a second and a third operative positions corresponding to an auto, bypass, or off mode, respectively and allows operation of the system 100 in only one mode at a time.
When the switch 130 is selected to be on the first operative position corresponding to the auto mode, the switch 130 allows the current to flow therethrough the first power path 105, the power block and the switch 130 so that an output voltage different from the input voltage is generated between the output node 103 and neutral.
When the switch 130 is selected to be on the second operative position corresponding to the bypass mode of the system, the switch 130 allows the current to flow therethrough the second power path 107 and the switch 130 so that an output voltage substantially identical to the input voltage is generated between the output node 103 and neutral.
When the switch 130 is selected to be on the third operative position corresponding to the off mode, the switch 130 disallows the current to flow therethrough either of the first power path 105 and the second power path 107 so that no output voltage is generated between the output node 103 and neutral. However, the system 100 may be energized up to the switch 130.
Switch 130 allows operation of the system 100 in only one mode at a time. Interlocks (not shown) of the switch 130 prevent hazardous conditions which could arise if certain modes of operation were operated simultaneously.
Protective Device 108
The system 100 has a protective device 108 such as a main breaker (“CB1”) or a fusing device positioned on the first power path 105 between the input node 101 and the power block, the protective device 108 having a threshold of current at which the protective device 108 disconnects the system 100 from the input node 101. In one embodiment, the protective device 108 is a fused disconnect switch that provides primary overcurrent protection to the system 100. The fused disconnect switch is sized at 125% of the rated current of the system 100. The fused disconnect switch has an enclosure door handle (not shown) that is attached to the protective device 108 and can be used to turn the system 100 on or off. The door handle is also equipped with a mechanical interlock that must be defeated to open the enclosure when the system 100 is in operation.
TVSS 106
The system 100 has a transient voltage suppression system (“TVSS”) 106 that is electrically connected to the input node 101 and the input side of the protective device 108. Incoming voltage spikes caused by lightning, utility problems, etc., will be suppressed by TVSS 106 to prevent damage to the PLC 104 and other components of the system 100 as well as to the load.
Bypass Power Path 107, TVSS 106, Protective Device 108, Operate/Bypass Switch 130, Circuit Breaker 126, Circuit Breaker 122, Shunt Contactor 124, and Relay Device 128 constitute a safety block that is electrically coupled to the first power path 105, the power block and the control block for providing surge protection and preventing system failure. Again, additional safety devices or elements can be optionally introduced into the safety block.
While the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 15 in conjunction with a single phase power system, the invention can be used as well in a multi-phase system such as a three phase system. Referring now to FIG. 3, there is shown a block diagram of a power regulation system 300 in conjunction with a three phase power source. Three phases A, B, and C each provides an input voltage relative to neutral (not shown) through an input node 301, respectively, to a power path 305. For each phase, a buck transformer 318 and a variable autotransformer 320 are paired to each other (as shown in FIG. 15 and discussed above) and electrically coupled to the power path 305 for regulating the current to flow therethrough and providing at an output node 303 an output voltage. A PLC 304 is in control communication with the variable autotransformer 320. A user interface 302 communicates with the PLC 304 to allow a user, among other things, to control, program and observe the operation of the system 300. TVSS 306 is connected to the input side of a protective device 308 such as a main breaker (“CB1”) to suppress unwanted incoming voltage spikes. The protective device 308 is in series with the buck transformer 318 and positioned between the input nodes 301 and the buck transformer 318 to provide primary overcurrent protection to the system 300. A first power supply device 314 is electrically coupled to the power path 305 and provides single phase 120 volts AC power to other components of the system 300 that operate or use 120 volts AC power. A second power supply device 316 is electrically coupled to the first power supply device 314 and provides 24 volts DC power to other components of the system 300 that operate or use 24 volts DC power. An input voltage transducer 310 is electrically coupled between the power path 305 and the PLC 304 and positioned between the input nodes 301 and the buck transformers 318 for feeding input voltage signal to the PLC 304 for monitoring the input line voltage for a single phase. A current transducer 312 is electrically coupled between the power path 305 and the PLC 304 for feeding current signal to the PLC 304 for monitoring the current passing through the power path 305. The current transducer 312 is a three channel current transducer that monitors each phase current independently. Second power paths, or bypass power paths, 307 are electrically coupling the input nodes 301 and the output nodes 303 and in parallel with the power paths 305 to provide an alternative path for the current passing through for each phase, respectively. A switch 330 is operatively coupled to the power paths 305 and the bypass power paths 307 for in each phase selectively allowing the current to flow therethrough one of the power paths 305 and the bypass power paths 307. The switch 330 is a switch that has a first, a second and a third operative positions corresponding to an auto, bypass, or off mode, respectively and allows operation in only one mode at a time. An output voltage transducer 332 is electrically coupled between the power paths 305 and the PLC 304 and positioned between the switch 330 and the output nodes 303 for feeding output voltage signal to the PLC 304 for monitoring the output voltage in each phase independently. A relay device 328 is electrically coupled between the variable autotransformers 320 and the PLC 304 for receiving a DC signal from the PLC 104 during a normal operation of the system 300 and providing an AC voltage to all of the variable autotransformers 320 during an abnormal operation of the system 300. In one embodiment of the present invention, the relay device 328 includes an All Home Relay that can send all of the variable autotransformers 320 home during any alarm or abnormal condition. A series contactor 323 is electrically coupled to the power paths 305 in parallel and a shunt contactor 324 is electrically coupled across the primary coil of each buck transformer 318 to prevent the voltage from being induced and minimizes the potential of equipment failure or fire. A first circuit breaker 322 (“CB2”) is electrically coupled between the series contactor 323 and the inputs of the variable transformers 320 to provide overcurrent protection for the input of the variable autotransformers 320. A second circuit breaker 226 (“CB3”) is electrically coupled between outputs of the variable autotransformers 320 and the primary coils of the buck transformers 318, respectively, to provide overcurrent protection for the outputs of the variable autotransformers 320. In one embodiment of the present invention, each component of the system 300 has a counterpart in the system 100 shown in FIG. 1. Details including functionality and structure for each component of the system 300 thus can be found in above discussion related to the system 100.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is shown a detailed circuit diagram illustrating a power regulation system 400 similar to the power regulation system 300 of FIG. 3. Three phases A, B, and C each provides an input voltage related to neutral or neutral line 409 through an input node 401, respectively, to a power path 405. For each phase, a buck transformer 418 and the variable autotransformer 420 are paired to each other and electrically coupled to the power path 405 for regulating the current to flow therethrough and providing at an output node 403 an output voltage. Each phase can be regulated independently, and the output voltage for one phase can be different from that of the other phases, which allows a user to regulate the power consumption according to the location of a load, in addition to the capability of regulating the power consumption according to time. For example, if phase A provides power to a load in area one such as hallway, phase B provides power to a load in area two such as storage room, and phase C provides power to a load in area three such as office, areas one, two and three would require different lighting intensities. Area two can afford more power reduction, area one can afford some power reduction, and area three would like to have normal power supply during office hours but can afford power reduction when office is closed. The system 400 allows a user to meet these needs because each of phases A, B, and C can be regulated independently.
A PLC (not shown) is in control communication with the variable autotransformers 420. A user interface (not shown) communicates with the PLC to allow a user, among other things, to control, program and observe the operation of the system 400. TVSS 406 is connected to the input side of a protective device 408 such as a main disconnect or main breaker (“CB1”) to suppress unwanted incoming voltage spikes. The protective device 408 is in series with the buck transformers 418 and positioned between the input nodes 401 and the buck transformers 418 to provide primary overcurrent protection to the system 400. A first power supply device 414 is electrically coupled to the power path 405 and provides single phase 120 volts AC power to other components of the system 400 that operate or use 120 volts AC power. A second power supply device 416 is electrically coupled to the first power supply device 414 and provides 24 volts DC power to other components of the system 400 that operate or use 24 volts DC power. An input voltage transducer 410 is electrically coupled between the power path 405 and the PLC and positioned between the input nodes 401 and the buck transformers 418 for feeding input voltage signal to the PLC for monitoring the input line voltage for a single phase, such as phase A as shown in FIG. 4. A current transducer 412 is electrically coupled between the power paths 405 and the PLC for feeding current signal to the PLC for monitoring the current passing through each of the power paths 405. Second power paths, or bypass power paths, 407 are electrically coupling the input nodes 401 and the output nodes 403 and in parallel with the power paths 405 to provide an alternative path for the current passing through for each phase, respectively. A switch 430 is operatively coupled to the power paths 405 and the bypass power paths 407 for in each phase selectively allowing the current to flow therethrough one of the power paths 405 and the bypass power paths 407. The switch 430 is a switch that has a first, a second and a third operative positions corresponding to an auto, bypass, or off mode, respectively and allows operation in only one mode at a time. An output voltage transducer 432 is electrically coupled between the power paths 405 and the PLC and positioned between the switch 430 and the buck transformers 418 for feeding output voltage signal to the PLC for monitoring the output voltage in each phase independently. A relay device (not shown) is electrically coupled between the variable autotransformers 420 and the PLC for receiving a DC signal from the PLC during a normal operation of the system 400 and providing an AC voltage to at least one of the variable autotransformers 420 during an abnormal operation of the system 400. A series contactor 423 is electrically coupled to each of the power paths 405 in parallel and a shunt contactor 424 is electrically coupled across the primary coil of each buck transformer 418 to prevent the voltage from being induced and minimizes the potential of equipment failure or fire. A first circuit breaker 422 (“CB2”) is electrically coupled between the series contactor 423 and the inputs of the variable autotransformers 420 to provide overcurrent protection for the input of the variable autotransformers 420, respectively. A second circuit breaker 426 (“CB3”) is electrically coupled between each of outputs of the variable autotransformers 420 and each of the primary coils of the buck transformers 418, respectively, to provide overcurrent protection for the outputs of the variable autotransformers 420. In one embodiment of the present invention, each component of the system 400 has a counterpart in the system 300 shown in FIG. 3. Details including functionality and structure for each component of the system 400 thus can be found in above discussion related to the system 300.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is shown a logic diagram 500 illustrating how a power regulation system of the present invention such as system 100 in FIG. 1, system 200 in FIG. 2, system 300 in FIG. 3, system 400 in FIG. 4 and/or system 1500 in FIG. 15 operates. For certainty, system 100 as shown in FIG. 1 will be used in conjunction with FIG. 5 as an example. At step 501, incoming power or voltage comes into system 100 through input node 101 and neutral (not shown). Incoming power passes protective device 108 at step 502 to a first power supply device 114 for changing the incoming voltage to a single phase 120 volts AC power to power other components of the system. At step 506, a second power supply device 116 receives 120 volts AC power from the first power supply device 114 and changes it into a 24 volts DC power to power other components of the system.
At step 505, a user decides whether to operate the system 100 by utilizing the switch 130. If no, i.e. the user chooses bypass mode, the incoming power directly goes to the output node 103 at step 503 and then out to a load such as lighting circuits or panel(s). If yes, incoming voltage is applied to the input of a variable autotransformer 120 at step 509. The output of the variable autotransformer 120 is applied to the primary coil of a buck transformer 118 at step 507, which generates a voltage drop across the secondary coil (buck mode) of the transformer that decreases the output voltage to a load, resulting a reduced power consumption by the load when the reduced line voltage is applied to the load at step 503. A PLC 104 controls the variable autotransformer movement depending on the desired voltage output to the load at step 511. The user uses an operator or user interface 102 to communicate with the PLC 104 and provide inputs to the PLC 104 at step 513.
In one embodiment, the user interface 102 includes a touch screen panel 600 as shown in FIGS. 6-14 that allows for local control while remote control can be accomplished using many different communication links. The state of the system 100, Auto or Manual, is controlled from the user interface 102. In Auto, the system 100 operates off of daily or weekly settings pre-programmed via the user interface 102. In Manual, the user enters the desired settings and then initiates the changes via the user interface 102.
Additionally, the user interface 102 provides a platform for monitoring the state of the system. Current transformers and transducers, and voltage transducers provide monitoring and feedback capabilities to the PLC 104 for individual phase control. For each individual phase, the voltage out to the lights at the output node 103, Vout, is constantly monitored by the voltage transducer(s) 132. The voltage transducer(s) 132 provide an input to the PLC 104. The desired percentage of voltage reduction entered by the user, whether in Manual or a daily or weekly setting, results in a voltage setpoint for Vout. When Vout is not equal to the voltage setpoint within a specified deadband, the PLC 104 provides a signal to the motor of the variable autotransformer 120 to increase or decrease Vout to meet the setpoint. In Auto, the system 100 will maintain Vout within the specified setpoint limits, usually +/−2 volts. In Manual, the user enters the desired reduction setpoint, initiates the change, and the system 100 will move to and then maintain Vout within the setpoint limits.
In Auto, the system 100 automatically goes to the desired Vout, or energy reduction, when the time and date match that entered by the user. In one embodiment, the PLC is programmed to have a Restrike feature that is active when the system 100 is in Auto mode. The Restrike feature prevents the starting of a load such as lights at an inappropriate voltage. The Restrike feature senses a sudden increase in current, such as a bank of lights being turned on, and increases Vout to a preset value. There are three user-entered values in the System Control screen associated with Restrike. The delta, or change in current which enables Restrike is the Restrike current. The Restrike voltage is the level to which Vout will increase to. Restrike time is the time, in seconds that Vout will stay at the Restrike voltage before returning to the already programmed daily or weekly setting.
The PLC 104 continually monitors and controls the operation of the system 100. The user interface 102 allows the user to enter parameters that setup the control boundaries for the system 100. Panel 600 provides a plurality of settings for a user to choose and set proper parameters, which are discussed in detail below.
Referring now to FIG. 6, panel 600 shows a display 601. The display 601 includes a content 603 to provide information associated with the display 601, here as a logo screen for PowerTec International, the assignee of the invention, and an icon 605. The display 601 is displayed when the system 100 is initialized, and any time it is selected from the main menu (discussed below). Each display may contain one or more icons. When an icon is selected by a user, a new display will appear. For the embodiment shown here, each icon is a softkey. Selecting the icon 605 presents a new display 701, Main Menu, as shown in FIG. 7.
Referring now to FIG. 7, panel 600 shows a display 701 as a Main Menu screen or display. The display 701 includes a content 703 to provide information associated with the display 701 as follows:
Provides the date, time and day of the week in the upper right corner of the panel 600.
The UP and DOWN arrow, i.e., icon 7 and icon 9, allow a user to scroll through the following screen choices:
SYSTEM CONTROL
WEEKLY SETUP
DAILY SETUP
LIGHTLOGIX LOGO
Once a screen choice is made, selecting the icon 705 will select that highlighted screen choice. Each screen choice is discussed below.
Referring now to FIG. 8, panel 600 shows a display 801 as a System Setup display. The display 801 includes icons 805, 807, and 809 and a content 803 to provide information associated with the display 801 as follows:
Provides the date, time and day of the week in the upper right-hand corner of the display 801;
Allows an operator to enter site specific data;
Maximum voltage setpoint is usually set 3 volts higher than the highest phase reading;
Minimum voltage setpoint is usually set 80 volts below the Maximum setpoint;
Power factor would be measured and entered by user, usually >90%;
Restrike time in seconds is entered to control how long system stays in restrike mode;
Voltage reduction % (percentage) determines the voltage level the lightings restrike at;
Current rise is the amount of increase in current that must be exceeded to enter the restrike mode;
While in Auto mode, operation is based on Daily or Weekly settings. Selection is made by selecting icon 809.
Selecting the icon 807, i.e., “Sys Cont” icon, allows operator to enter date, time and year. And selecting the icon 805 allows operator back to main menu display.
Referring now to FIG. 9, panel 600 shows a display 901 as a System Control display. The display 901 includes icon 905, a content 903 and indications 907, 909 and 911 (showing Manual, Initiate Manual and Manual Stopped, respectively) to provide information associated with the display 901 as follows:
Displays the current state of operation: Manual or Auto, and the current state can be changed by pressing the other state's softkey, i.e., at indication 907;
Displays current “IN” for each phase;
Displays volts out and voltage setpoint for each phase;
Auto refers to daily or weekly settings whichever is selected on system setup screen. Manual refers to voltage reduction percent setpoint at bottom of screen;
Controls the system settings when the unit is in Manual. Whenever manual mode is selected, manual setpoints can be entered. Initiate manual must be selected to make unit go to setpoints. Stop manual will halt the manual adjustments.
Selecting the icon 905 allows operator back to main menu display.
Referring now to FIG. 10, panel 600 shows a display 1001 as a Monitor display. The display 1001 includes icon 1005 and a content 1003 to provide information associated with the display 1001 as follows:
Displays voltage out, current and kilowatts for each phase;
Time, date and day of the week is displayed in upper right corner; and
No changes can be made from this display.
Selecting the icon 1005 allows operator back to main menu display.
Referring now to FIG. 11, panel 600 shows a display 1101 as an Alarm History display. The display 1101 includes icons 1105, 1107, 1109, 1111 and 1113, and a content 1103 to provide information associated with the display 1101 as follows:
Displays chronological list of all alarms, date, time and type of alarm. For example, content 1103 indicates that at Oct. 15, 2002, 33 minutes after 3 P.M., the system had an alarm condition identified as “LOSS of 120 VAC.”; and
Softkeys or icons at bottom allow a user to clear (selecting icon 1107), acknowledge (selecting icon 1109) or scroll (selecting icons 1111, 1113) through alarms.
An alarm indicates an abnormal condition of the system 100, which needs to be addressed by a user. The system 100 has a variety of alarm capabilities. The following are some of them:
LOSS OF DC—The system 100 will return to full voltage out to the lights. Problem area may be a blown DC fuse or a faulted DC power supply. The PLC 104 and user interface 102 will not operate because they operate off DC power. In one embodiment, the panel 600 has a green light (not shown), a red light (not shown), and an amber light (not shown) indicating Auto mode, Alarm condition, and Bypass mode, respectively. In this alarm condition, the green Auto light, the red Alarm light, and the amber Bypass light will all be off.
LOSS OF 120 VAC—The user interface 102 will display the message “Loss of 120 VAC” and the alarm light will blink. Problem area may be a blown AC fuse, a faulted AC power supply, an analog input card fault, or a loss of phase A (provides 120 Vac through a transformer) or its 150 amp fuse.
SHUNT TRIP—CB2 or CB3 has tripped which causes the shunt contactor 124 to energize. The alarm light will be blinking and the display 600 will display the message “Shunt Trip”. The system 100 is sending full voltage out to the lights.
TXFMR A (B, C) TEMP—Message will be displayed on the display 600 and the red Alarm light will blink. Need to check the current loading on the appropriate phase against the machine rating. Need to check the internal temp of the enclosure, check operation of the fan, check air intake, and lower fan thermal switch setting.
PHASE B (C) LOSS—The display 600 will display the alarm message and the red Alarm light will be blinking. The protective device fuses could be blown.
TVSS Alarm—Transient Voltage Suppression System 106 is for lightning or voltage spike suppression.
Variable Autotransformer 120 Overtravel Limit Switches:
PH A VAR RED TO
PH A VAR INC TO
PH B VAR RED TO
PH B VAR INC TO
PH C VAR RED TO
PH C VAR INC TO
Setpoint Timers
PH A INCR T.O.
PH A DEC T.O.
PH B INCR T.O.
PH B DEC T.O.
PH C DEC T.O.
PH C INCR T.O.
The overtravel limit switches prevent the variable autotransformer 120 from traveling beyond its range. The timeout alarm occurs when an output voltage Vout in a phase does not reach the voltage setpoint within a specified time period.
Referring now to FIG. 12, panel 600 shows a display 1201 as a Weekly Setup display. The display 1201 includes icons 1205 and 1207, and a content 1203 to provide information associated with the display 1201 as follows:
When selected, each day of the week will have the same seven settings; and
System setup display can be accessed from here by selecting icon 1207, but password has to be entered.
Referring now to FIG. 13, panel 600 shows a display 1301 as a Daily Setup display. The display 1301 includes icons 1305, 1307 and 1309, and a content 1303 to provide information associated with the display 1301 as follows:
Allows seven daily settings to be entered;
Hour, minute and setting for each phase can be customized;
Time, date and day of week is provided in upper right corner of the display 1301;
The programmed day is shown below the current day and time; and
From each daily screen, the preceding day and next day can be selected. For example, display 1301 shows that the programmed day is Sunday. Thus, the preceding day (Saturday) and next day (Monday) can be selected by selecting icons 1309 and 1307, respectively.
Referring now to FIG. 14, panel 600 shows a display 1401 as a Gauges display. The display 1401 includes icons 1405, 1407 and 1409, and a content 1403 to provide information associated with the display 1401 as follows:
Displays volts out, kW and current for phase indicated on right of the display 1401, which is Phase A as shown;
Volts out and current are also displayed by analog gauges 1411 and 1413, respectively;
Phase A also displays volts in; and
Similar gauge displays for other two phases, here Phase B and Phase C, can be selected by selecting icons 1407 and 1409, respectively. Selecting the icon 1405 allows operator back to main menu display.
The present invention has been applied to different lighting circuits. Table I displays results of application of a power regulating system according to the present invention as shown in FIG. 1 to some metal halide/high pressure sodium lights with input voltage at 286 volts. In Table I, column 1 shows desired voltage reduction setting, where 0% indicates no voltage reduction and 100% indicates full voltage reduction as discussed above. Column 2 gives the output voltage from the system 100 to the lights for each voltage reduction setting. Column 3 gives the corresponding current for each voltage reduction setting. Column 4 gives the voltage total harmonic distortion for each voltage reduction setting. Column 5 gives the corresponding current total harmonic distortion for each voltage reduction setting. Column 6 gives the power factor for each voltage reduction setting. Column 7 gives the power consumption of the lights for each voltage reduction setting. And column 8 gives the power consumption of the lights for each voltage reduction setting in term of percentage in comparison with no power reduction setting. It shows that at 100% voltage reduction setting, the power consumption of the lights is reduced by 29.7%.
Power Consumption of Metal Halide/High Pressure Sodium Lights
with Input Voltage at 286 V (First Test)
Reduction % V- % I- Reduction
Setting % V-OUT I-IN THD THD PF KW % KW
0 284 34.1 2.1 21.2 93 9.1 0
10 278 33.4 2 20 93 8.9 2.2
20 270 32.6 2 18.9 93 8.7 4.4
40 253 30.2 2 17.2 93 8.1 11
50 245 29 2 16.7 94 7.8 14.3
60 236 27.8 2 16.2 94 7.5 17.6
80 219 25.5 2 15.3 95 7 23.1
100 202 23.1 2 14.3 96 6.4 29.7
Likewise, Table II displays results of application of a power regulating system according to the present invention as shown in FIG. 1 to some metal halide/high pressure sodium lights with input voltage at 286 volts. The data in Table II and Table I were collected independently. Again, as shown in Table II, by utilizing the present invention, at 100% voltage reduction setting, the power consumption of the lights is reduced by 29.6%, which is consistent with the findings shown in Table I.
Power Consumption of Metal Halide/High Pressure Sodium Lightswith
Input Voltage at 286 V (Second Test)
0 278 48.4 1.4 16.7 93 13.2 0
10 273 47.6 1.4 16.1 93 12.9 2.3
30 258 44.6 1.5 15 93 12.1 8.4
40 250 43.1 1.5 14.5 93 11.7 11.4
70 226 38.2 1.55 13.6 94 10.4 21.2
80 221 37 1.6 13.3 95 10.1 23.5
90 213 35.4 1.55 12.9 95 9.7 26.6
100 205 33.9 1.55 12.8 96 9.3 29.6
The present invention further includes a computer program product in a computer readable medium of instructions. Referring now back to FIG. 1, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for operating a controller 104 that is in communication with a user interface 102 and a first transformer 120 coupled to a power path 105 for receiving an input voltage at an input node 101 of the first transformer 120. Additionally, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for permitting input to the controller 104 by a user to generate a control signal responsive to the input. Moreover, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for applying the control signal to the first transformer 120 so that the first transformer 120 generates a control voltage corresponding to the input at an output node of the first transformer 120, wherein the first transformer 120 is electrically coupled with a second transformer 118 coupled to the powder path 105 and having a primary coil coupled to the output node of the first transformer 120 and a secondary coil so that when the control voltage is applied to the primary coil of the second transformer 118, the secondary coil of the second transformer 118 generates an output voltage that is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage.
Additionally, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for programming the controller 118 responsive to user inputs.
Moreover, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for monitoring operation along the power path 105 and generating operation data in the controller 118.
Furthermore, the computer program product has instructions within the computer readable medium for displaying the operation data in the user interface 102.
As those skilled in the art will appreciate, while the present invention has been described in the context of a fully functional power management system having a controller, the mechanism of the present invention is capable of being distributed in the form of a computer readable medium of instructions in a variety of forms to control other types of power regulation devices, and the present invention applies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearing media used to actually carry out the distribution. Examples of computer readable media include: memory devices, chips, recordable type media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs and transmission type media such as digital and analog communication links.
The above described embodiments are given as an illustrative examples only. It will be readily appreciated that many deviations may be made from the specific embodiment disclosed in this specification without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be determined by the claims below rather than being limited to the specifically described embodiment above.
1. A power regulation system coupled to an AC power source providing an input voltage between a first node and a second node, comprising:
a. a first transformer, comprising:
i. a winding having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the input voltage from the AC power source, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to the second node; and
ii. a movable wiper arm having a wiper, an output node and a body therebetween, wherein the movable wiper arm is movable continuously between the first end and the second end of the winding so that a control voltage is generated between the output node and the second end;
b. a second transformer, comprising:
i. a primary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the control voltage from the first transformer, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to the second node; and
ii. a secondary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for outputting an output voltage, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first node,
wherein the primary coil and secondary coil are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer is applied to the first end and the second end of the primary coil, the output voltage is generated between the first end and the second end of the secondary coil;
wherein the output voltage is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to continuously generate between the first end of the secondary coil and the second node an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage;
c. a series contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first node;
d. a shunt contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first end of the primary coil and the second end is electrically coupled to the second end of the primary coil, respectively;
e. a first circuit breaker electrically coupled between the first end of the winding of the first transformer and the second end of the series contactor; and
f. a second circuit breaker electrically coupled between the output node of the first transformer and the first end of the primary coil of the second transformer.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a. a driver engaging the movable wiper arm through the body of the movable wiper arm; and
b. a controller, in control communication with the driver, causing the driver to move the movable wiper arm to a selected position between the second end and the first end of the winding, so that a control voltage with a selected value is generated between the output node and the second end of the winding.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first transformer is a variable autotransformer having a capacity of output voltage ranging from 0 volts to approximately 220% of the input voltage.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second transformer is a buck transformer.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the primary coil and secondary coil of the buck transformer each has a polarity, and the polarity of the primary coil being reversed from the polarity of the secondary coil.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the buck transformer is a toroidal transformer.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the toroidal transformer has a ratio of 4:1 between the winding of the primary coil to the winding of the secondary coil.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the series contactor has an open state and a closed state, the shunt contactor has an open state and a closed state, and the series contactor and the shunt contactor are arranged in the system such that when the series contactor is in the open state, the shunt contactor will be in the closed state, and vice versa.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the series contactor is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor is a normally closed contactor.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the series contactor and the shunt contactor are configured such that the series contactor is in the closed state and the shunt contactor is in the open state in a normal condition, and the series contactor is in the open state and the shunt contactor is in the closed state in an alarm condition, so that the system outputs an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in the normal condition, and isolates the first transformer and returns a line voltage in the alarm condition.
11. A power regulation system coupled to a three-phase AC power source, each phase providing an input voltage related to neutral, respectively, comprising:
on each phase,
i. a winding having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the input voltage from the phase, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to neutral; and
i. a primary coil having a first end and a second end adapted for receiving the control voltage from the first transformer, wherein the second end is electrically coupled to neutral; and
ii. a secondary coil having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the phase;
wherein the primary coil and secondary coil are electromagnetically coupled to each other and so arranged that when the control voltage from the first transformer is applied to the first end and the second end of the primary coil, an output voltage is generated between the first end and the second end of the secondary coil;
wherein the output voltage is substantially 180° out of phase from the input voltage so as to continuously generate between the first end of the secondary coil and neutral an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage;
c. a series contactor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the phase;
e. a first circuit breaker electrically coupled between to the first end of the winding of the first transformer and the second end of the series contactor; and
12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:
a. a driver engaging the movable wiper arm through the body of the movable wiper arm of the first transformer on the phase; and
b. a controller, in control communication with the driver, causing the driver to move the movable wiper arm to a selected position between the second end and the first end of the winding, so that a control voltage with a selected value is generated between the output node and the second end of the winding of the first transformer on the phase.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller is in control communication with each driver.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first transformer on each phase is a variable autotransformer having a capacity of output voltage ranging from 0 volts to approximately 220% of the input voltage.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the second transformer on each phase is a buck transformer.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the primary coil and secondary coil of the buck transformer each has a polarity, and the polarity of the primary coil being reversed from the polarity of the secondary coil.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the buck transformer is a toroidal transformer.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the toroidal transformer has a ratio of 4:1 for the winding of the primary coil to the winding of the secondary coil.
19. The system of claim 11, wherein, on each phase, the series contactor has an open state and a closed state, the shunt contactor has an open state and a closed state, and the series contactor and the shunt contactor are arranged in the system such that when the series contactor is in the open state, the shunt contactor will be in the closed state, and vice versa.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the series contactor is a normally open contactor and the shunt contractor is a normally closed contactor on each phase.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein the series contactor and the shunt contactor on each phase are configured such that the series contactor is in the closed state and the shunt contactor is in the open state in a normal condition, and the series contactor is in the open state and the shunt contactor is in the closed state in an alarm condition, so that the system outputs an effective voltage that is less than the input voltage in the normal condition, and isolates the first transformer and returns a line voltage in the alarm condition.
22. A power regulation system coupled to a multi-phase AC power source, each phase providing an input voltage related to neutral, respectively, comprising:
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Allomet
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A method of consolidating particulate materials into articles having combinations of properties not available by conventional processes by liquid phase sintering. These particulate materials are comprised of core particles individually coated with layers of a metal compound having a relatively higher fracture toughness than the core, such as WC or TaC. These coated particles include an outer layer comprised a metal, such as Co or Ni. The particles with these coatings are pressed to form an article and the article densified at pressures and temperatures where full density is achieved without the degradation of the material forming the core particle.
A method of consolidating Tough-Coated Hard Powders (TCHP) to essentially full density at low or no pressure, and articles consolidated using this method, is disclosed. The method is a cost-effective method of making sintered bodies of TCHP materials based on liquid phase sintering that provides increased value over conventional hard articles and tool materials known presently in the art.
Sintering may be defined as the thermal treatment of a powder or compact for the purpose of bonding the particles together to create a solid article.
In certain applications where the powder is comprised of a mixture of powders of at least two distinct materials with different melting points, the powder mixture is compacted into a porous (“green”) body. This body is heated above the melting point of the lowest melting constituent and a portion of the compacted loose powder mixture is liquified. After maintaining the body at the sintering temperature for a predetermined time, the material is allowed to cool and the liquid solidifies and “cements” the body into a densified useful structure. Examples of such systems are copper/tin, iron/copper, and tungsten carbide/cobalt.
In such processes, the densification of the compacted body takes place in the presence of a liquid phase, and such sintering processes are termed “liquid phase sintering” (LPS). In some systems, particularly the consolidation of “hard metals” such as tungsten carbide and other ceramic particles, LPS is sometimes called conventional sintering. In LPS processes it is beneficial to have a certain minimum amount of liquid phase present at sintering temperature to assure transport of the binder phase to accomplish uniform distribution and densification. It is also generally beneficial to restrict the amount of liquid phase present in order to avoid part shape deformation and grain growth.
This liquefaction enables, for instance, increased mass transport, particle rearrangement, development of a skeletal structure, and densification. It is generally thought that this is accomplished by rounding of the particles as the external irregularities are liquefied, and by the migration of this liquid to fill the voids. Upon cooling, recrystallization and often grain growth occur. Porosity, as a percentage of the whole volume, may decrease due to densification of the structure. The rate of densification may be influenced by, for example, sintering temperature, sintering time, sintering pressure, sintering atmosphere, and weight fraction of the binder constituent present.
Liquid phase sintering of conventional hardmetals such as tungsten carbide—cobalt (WC—Co) compacts is generally performed at sintering temperatures that range from 1325° C. to 1475° C.
As the WC—Co compact is heated during sintering of WC—Co hardmetals, the cobalt will start to behave like a very viscous liquid at about 700° C. and diffusion will increase with increasing temperature as Co viscosity correspondingly decreases. The grease-like behavior and viscosity of Co metal is believed to create capillary attractor forces resulting from the strong propensity of Co to wet as much WC surface as possible. This results in a rearrangement of WC particles and the composite begins to shrink even before the first liquid phase has formed.
At 1275° C., the Co binder metal begins to dissolve the WC particles and a ternary eutectic reaction begins to form a Co—W—C alloy. As temperature continues to increase, the increased surface wetting, liquefication, and capillary forces cause continued particle rearrangement and shrinkage of the powder mass into the shape of desired articles as grain boundaries move through the interface between the WC grains and Co binder phase.
High density, uniformity, and WC stoichiometry in the sintered part are basic requirements for WC—Co microstructural integrity and strength. Ensuring proper local carbon balance during liquid phase sintering, which eliminates the formation of the brittle carbon-deficient CO3W3C eta phase and carbon porosity caused by too much carbon is also important in providing the fracture toughness of WC—Co materials. Eliminating strength-robbing porosity and grain growth in the microstructure can be accomplished through selection of an appropriate sintering temperature and pressure. For example, the temperature must be high enough to liquefy an adequate amount of material to accomplish the mass transfer necessary to fill the pores between particles while maintaining the temperature low enough to avoid WC overdissolution that causes grain growth. To the extent that capillary forces are insufficient to provide densification to close to theoretical density, external pressure may be applied.
In conventional sintering, typically small percentages (3-18 wt %) of cobalt are mixed with WC. The cobalt binder plays a role in densification and its uniform distribution is desired in order to achieve uniformity in WC—Co microstructures. Microstructural defects are commonly found in sintered WC—Co parts. A general cause is inherently imperfect blending (even for long periods of time) of WC and Co powders that are of approximately equal diameters. It is desired that this process will encapsulate (or at least associate) each WC particle with just the right amount of Co such that the Co-to-WC ratio is essentially uniform throughout the mix. Statistically, it is highly unlikely that this result can be achieved because cobalt is not available in small enough nanoparticles to blend uniformly with the WC particles. Cobalt oxygenation, explosive pyrophoric reactions, and particle agglomeration are among the barriers to their availability.
The consequence is a WC—Co mixture with Co-rich and Co-poor areas. The liquid phase occurs first in the Co-rich zones, and the cobalt, unsaturated with WC, seeks thermodynamic equilibrium by (a) consuming nearby smaller WC crystals (the smallest ones may be totally consumed) and (b) by mobilizing unsaturated Co over long distances toward Co-poor zones to dissolve more and more WC until saturation is reached. Thus, a higher temperature than that necessary to create the liquid phase is needed to liquefy and transport the cobalt to Co-poor zones where it is required for equilibrium and for sufficient Co liquid to wet the WC particles.
Combating the effects of this uneven Co distribution is typically done using (a) very long ball-milling times, (b) higher sintering temperatures, and (c) longer sintering times. The ball milling tends to reduce many of the WC particles into fines, which are preferentially dissolved by Co during heating. The latter two measures do help spread the binder phase and normalize the distribution of the liquid Cobalt during sintering, but they also increase the dissolution of WC. In addition, some of the Co will penetrate the WC particles along their grain boundaries because of the WC/WC interface energy is higher (more positive) than the interface energy of WC/Co, at least as long as grain boundaries are present with interface angles nearly perpendicular to the surface. Upon cooling, the saturated WC—Co solution precipitates WC, preferentially nucleating and recrystallizing WC onto the adjacent remaining larger undissolved WC crystals, creating the undesirable Ostwald ripening (grain growth) phenomenon as solidification takes place. This grain growth proceeds until the temperature is decreased to below the 1275° C. ternary eutectic of the Co—W—C system. FIG. 1 shows the pseudobinary WC—Co phase diagram. Sintered densities of nearly 100% are commonplace for WC—Co materials.
Increasing sintering temperatures thus aids binder mobility but also causes excessive WC dissolution, resulting in unwanted grain growth. There is a tradeoff between sintering temperature and sintering time that must be carefully balanced. The maximum temperature must be high enough to liquefy enough material to accomplish the mass transfer necessary to fill the pores between particles (compromises structural strength) while trying to avoid too high a temperature for too long a time to avoid grain growth (which also reduces structural strength).
Since control of sintering temperature is one major aspect for high quality hardmetal microstructures, alternative sintering techniques have been employed. These techniques include the investigation of shortened sintering times (e.g. microwave sintering) and use of gas pressures (e.g. hot pressing, hot isostatic pressing [HiP], and the Ceracon and Roc-Tec sinter-forging methods) to achieve consolidation at lower temperatures.
Another approach used in consolidating conventional hardmetals is to increase the weight fraction of the binder such as cobalt. This can be in the range of 18-25 wt %. This not only increases the amount of liquid present but can have the beneficial effect of increasing the toughness of the structure. However, this approach has two significant drawbacks and is therefore generally avoided. First, increasing the weight percent of binder diminishes the weight percent of WC (the wear-resistant phase) in the structure and diminishes wear resistance accordingly. Second, increasing the amount of binder also dissolves more WC, contributing significantly to grain growth during cooling.
Further, the only means to improve the wear resistance of conventional carbides (while retaining the high fracture toughness of the WC—Co substrate) for the past seventy years has been to (a) continuously refine and improve conventional powder and consolidation processing methods, (b) to add thin wear-resistant coatings, and (c) to laminate harder materials onto a WC—Co substrate. Improving conventional WC—Co microstructures is a delicate balance of time, temperature, grainsize, and other product and process parameters. Incremental improvements in conventional carbides have been achieved over the past fifty years through better sintering temperature control and the use of higher purity, highly uniform WC and Co starting powders. Since the introduction of external coatings over thirty years ago, improvements in wear resistance of materials with the toughness of WC—Co has been slowed almost to a halt.
While these techniques have reduced the problems that occur in liquid phase sintering of conventional hardmetals, there nevertheless remains an unmet need for a method of producing particles with properties that allow for uniform properties throughout the WC and binder powders upon sintering and articles formed from such particles.
To avoid the previously described drawbacks, the invention provides a method of consolidating by liquid phase sintering a new class of designed-microstructure particulate materials with unprecedented combinations of property extremes called Tough-Coated Hard Powders (TCHPs, or EternAloy®). This novel family of sintered particulate materials is comprised of one or more types of superhard Geldart Class C or larger ceramic or refractory alloy core particles having extreme wear resistance, lubricity, and other properties which are (1) individually coated with nanolayers of a metal compound having a relatively higher fracture toughness, such as WC or TaC, and (2) coated again with a second layer comprising a binder metal, such as Co or Ni. The combination of multiproperty alloys within the TCHP sintered structure allows the combination of normally conflicting performance extremes, including, but not limited to toughness, abrasiveness, chemical wear resistance, and light weight, at levels heretofore to provide materials with superior properties unavailable from the sintered homogeneous powders. TCHP materials are disclosed in U.S. Pat. 6,372,346 to Toth, which is incorporated by reference herein.
The process of the present invention allows the integration of thermodynamically incompatible material phases and property extremes in a single material. Thus, TCHP materials can be engineered to combine hardness approaching that of diamond with fracture toughness greater than that of tungsten carbide, and weight approximately that of titanium. As a result, TCHPs can significantly exceed the wear resistance of conventional metal cutting and forming tools; abrasives; friction and wear products and thermal coatings; and automotive, aerospace, heavy industrial, and defense components.
In view of the foregoing, there are provided methods of forming an article from particulate material. The method comprises providing a plurality of core particles comprised of one core particle material, or a plurality of different core particle materials chosen from metal and metalloid nitrides, metal and metalloid carbides, metal and metalloid carbonitrides, metal and metalloid borides, metal and metalloid oxides, metal and metalloid sulfides, metal and metalloid silicides, and diamond.
An intermediate layer is provided on a majority of the core particles. The intermediate layer comprises a second compound, different in composition from the core particle material and having a higher relative fracture toughness. The second compound is capable of bonding with the core particle material and capable of bonding with a metal chosen from iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, lithium, beryllium, silver, gold, platinum and their mixtures. The combination of the core particle and the intermediate layer forms coated particles.
An outer layer is applied to the coated particles. The outer layer comprises a metal chosen from iron, cobalt, nickel, and their mixtures and forms a substantially continuous outer layer on the intermediate layer. The combination of the coated particles and the outer layer forms component particles.
A plurality of the component particles are shaped into an article.
The article is sintered to substantially full density without significant external consolidation pressure at a temperature sufficient to liquefy at least a portion of the outer layer, and for a time sufficient to dissolve a portion of the intermediate layer in the liquid formed from the outer layer.
Liquids formed from the outer layer and the intermediate layer are solidified prior to significant detrimental interaction of the liquids with the core particles.
In one embodiment, the core particle material has the formula MaXb, where M is a metal chosen from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, magnesium, copper, and silicon; X is an element chosen from nitrogen, carbon, boron, sulfur, and oxygen; and a and b are numbers greater than zero up to and including fourteen.
In another embodiment, the core particle material is selected from TiN, TiCN, TiC, TiB2, ZrC, ZrN, ZrB2, HfC, HfN, HfB2, TaB2, VC, VN, cBN, hBN, Al2O3, Si3N4, SiB6, SiAlCB, B4C, B2O3, W2B5, WB2, WS2, AlN, AlMgB14, MoS2, MoSi2, Mo2B5, and MoB2.
Metalloid elements are those elements located along the line between the metals and nonmetals in the periodic table. Metalloids generally include boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium. Polonium is often considered a metalloid, too. Non-limiting examples of nitride metalloids are cubic boron nitride (cBN) and Si3N4. An example of a carbide metalloid is B4C. An example of a bimetalloid compound is SiB6.
Also disclosed herein is a method forming an article from particulate material that comprises providing a plurality of core particles comprised of one core particle material, or a plurality of different core particle materials, such as those selected from TiN, TiCN, TiC, TiB2, ZrC, ZrN, ZrB2, HfC, HfN, HfB2, TaB2, VC, VN, cBN, hBN, Al2O3, Si3N4, SiB6, SiAlCB, B4C, B2O3, W2B5, WB2, WS2, AlN, AlMgB14, MoS2, MoSi2, Mo2B5, MoB2, and diamond; and
providing an intermediate layer on a majority of these core particles in an amount ranging from 10% to 80% by weight of the article. The intermediate layer generally comprises a second compound, different in composition from the core particle material and has a higher relative fracture toughness, wherein the second compound is selected from WC, TaC, W2C, and a mixture of WC and W2C, thereby forming coated particles.
The coated particles are typically treated as previously described, which includes applying an outer layer to the coated particles, the outer layer comprising a metal chosen from iron, cobalt, nickel, and their mixtures to form a substantially continuous outer layer on the intermediate layer, thereby forming component particles;
shaping a plurality of the component particles into an article;
sintering the article at a temperature sufficient to liquefy at least a portion of the outer layer, and for a time sufficient to dissolve from 5 to 90 volume % of the intermediate layer in the liquid formed from the outer layer to provide an effective amount of liquid to achieve substantially full density without significant external consolidation pressure, the solid portion of said intermediate layer preventing chemical interaction of the liquid with the core particles; and
solidifying liquids formed from the outer layer and the intermediate layer prior to significant detrimental interaction of the liquids with the core particles.
The sintering temperature and time are such that they do not result in complete dissolution of the intermediate layer, but at most, lead to the dissolution of some part of the intermediate layer, such as 5-50% dissolution or 50-99% dissolution of the intermediate layer. Indeed, it is the solid portion of the intermediate layer that prevents chemical interaction of the liquid with said core particles.
FIG. 1 is the pseudo-binary WC—Co phase diagram.
FIG. 2 represents a typical TCHP sintered article.
FIG. 3 is an SEM photograph showing that the TCHP structure is intact even when excessive Co is included.
FIG. 4 is an SEM photograph showing effective prevention of WC layer dissolution during and after sintering.
FIG. 5 represents a model of different TCHP materials at various sintering temperatures. This compares particle dissolution under various liquid phase sintering conditions.
FIG. 6 is a table of calculated WC—Co solid and liquid phase compositions at various temperatures and cobalt contents.
FIG. 7 are microstructural photographs of liquid phase sintered TCHP.
The present disclosure describes methods of encapsulating and sintering fine particles having desired sets of properties with grain boundary modifiers having other properties, thus allowing for the design of previously impossible material-property combinations. The TCHP “building block” particle contains elements, such as hardness+wear resistance+toughness+binder metal+other designer properties, and gives the materials engineer thousands of new material grades with engineered properties simultaneously optimized at the nano-, micro-, macro- and functional levels.
This merging of nanoencapsulation with the sintering of fine particles creates pseudoalloy structures integrating thermodynamically incompatible material phases and properties. Such integration allows these phases and properties to operate, for example, at working surfaces and edges of tools, as complex components, and as thermally-applied coatings. Combination of multiple properties, such as, for example, low weight, low coefficient of friction, high/low thermal conductivity, lubricity, and lubrication, is accomplished without the traditional limitations imposed by alloys, laminations, mechanical property enhancement, and heat treatment.
The methods described herein comprise the formation of an article from particulate material. For example, the particulate material, or TCHPs, comprises a plurality of core particles, an intermediate coating on a majority of the particles, and an outer coating on the particles.
In their powdered embodiments, the core particles can be a unique composite particulate material class that is comprised, for example, of one core particle material, or a plurality of different core particles materials chosen from metals or metalloids of nitrides, carbides, carbonitrides, borides, oxides, sulfides, and silicides, or diamond. The core particle materials is often a metal compound, having the formula MaXb, where M is chosen from at least one element chosen from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, magnesium, copper, boron, and silicon, while X is chosen from at least one element chosen from nitrogen, carbon, boron, sulfur, silicon, and oxygen.
The letters a and b in the formula MaXb are numbers that range from greater than zero to fourteen. Non-limiting examples of such compounds include, TiN, TiCN, TiC, ZrC, ZrN, VC, VN, Al2O3, Si3N4, SiB6, SiAlCB, W2B5, AlN, AlMgB14, MoS2, MoSi2, Mo2B5, and MO2B. In another embodiment, the plurality of core particles comprise at least one particle selected from diamond, cubic boron nitride, and hexagonal boron nitride, and their mixtures with each other or any of the above-described materials.
“Chosen from” or “selected from” as used herein refers to selection of individual components or the combination of two (or more) components. For example, X may comprise only one of nitrogen, carbon, boron, sulfur, silicon, and oxygen, or it may comprise a mixture of any or all of these components.
In other embodiments, a majority of the particles contain an intermediate layer comprising WC, W2C, tool steel, glassy and devitrified nanosteel alloys, silicon nitride, or tantalum carbide. Such materials have a fracture toughness greater than that of cubic boron nitride. It is to be understood, however, that the material of the intermediate layer only need to have a higher relative fracture toughness than that of the material comprising the core particles, as well as being capable of bonding with the metal compound(s) or materials forming the core particles and is also capable of bonding with a metal chosen from iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, lithium, beryllium, silver, gold, and platinum.
In one non-limiting embodiment, the coated particles have an average particle size less than about 1000 microns. In another embodiment, the coated particles may have an average particle size of less than 100 microns, for example, less than about 50 microns, even less than 2 microns and, further, for example, of less than about 1 micron. In yet another embodiment, the coated particles may have an average particle size in the range of 100-1000 nanometers.
In another non-limiting embodiment, the intermediate layer may have a thickness, after sintering, in the range of from 5% to 50% of the diameter of the core particles. The thickness of the intermediate layer has an effect on the mechanical properties of the articles made therefrom. In one embodiment, when the coated particles (the core with an intermediate layer thereon) have an average particle diameter as measured graphically in a photomicrograph of a cross-section using the mean free path method of less than about 2 microns, the resistance to dislocation movement within adjacent sintered particles is enhanced, improving the mechanical properties of the sintered article. Even using a classic mechanical approach, using finite element analysis, it is apparent that increasing the thickness of a spherical shell WC surrounding a TiN sphere from about 0.1 micron to about 0.4 micron can increase the theoretical toughness over 40%. As the WC, TaC, W2C, or WC and W2C coatings are decreased below from about 150 nanometers, it is believed that image stresses begin to progressively increase fracture toughness well above that predicted by a finite element analysis. As discussed by N. Louat, Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 33, No. 1, p. 59-69 (1985), “image stresses” are defined as intrinsic Newtonian resistance to microstructural dislocation glide.
Such an intermediate layer may be deposited by at least one method chosen from chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma deposition, laser cladding or deposition process, plasma cladding, magnetic plasma deposition, electrochemical plating, electroless plating, sputtering, solid phase synthesis, solution chemistry deposition processes, and combinations of such processes.
In certain embodiments depending on the compound or compounds being deposited, the various precursors used for a given compound deposited, the layer deposition method used from the previous paragraph, the core particle chemistry, the intermediate layer thickness, and the desired properties of the coating, the intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature that may range from 20° C. to about 8000° C., such as, for example, from 20° C. to 125° C. In other embodiments, the intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature that may range from 125° C. to 1800° C., from 1800° C. to about 80000C and further, for example, from 200° C. to 800° C.
Additionally; in certain embodiments, the intermediate layer comprises a material selected from, for example, WC, TaC, W2C, or WC and W2C in an amount that may range from, for example, 60% to 98% by weight of the article. In another embodiment, the intermediate layer comprises WC, TaC, W2C, or WC and W2C in an amount that may range from, for example, 10% to 60% by weight of the article. In yet another embodiment, the intermediate layer comprises WC, TaC, W2C, or WC and W2C in an amount that may range from, for example, 5% to 10% by weight of the article.
In certain embodiments, the majority of coated TCHP particles can then encapsulated by an outer binder layer that may, for example, be continuous. This layer may comprise cobalt, nickel, iron, their mixtures, their alloys, or their intermetallic compounds deposited on the outer surface of the second metal compound layer. The outer layer typically has a thickness after sintering in the range of from 3% to 12% of the diameter of the coated particles. Such outer layer may further comprise at least one layer chosen from other metals, or ceramic, binder, sintering aid, and polymeric material.
The outer layer may be deposited by at least one of the following methods: chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma deposition, laser cladding or deposition process, plasma cladding, magnetic plasma deposition, electrochemical plating, electroless plating, sputtering, solid phase synthesis, or solution chemistry deposition process, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment of TCHP, the previously mentioned outer layer comprises at least one compound selected from metal, ceramic, binder, sintering aid, waxes, or polymeric materials. In the case of binders, sintering aids, waxes, or polymeric materials, coating may be accomplished by means of mixing or blending, with or without the addition of heat in the range of 50 to 150° C.
TCHP coating layers may be deposited throughout a wide range of temperatures, using many different processes, with CVD being the most common. The most common temperature range for CVD coating deposition is 200° C. to 800° C. However, much higher temperatures (1800° C. to about 8000° C.) are typical for processes such as plasma deposition, magnetic plasma deposition, pulsed laser deposition and electric arc discharge. Furthermore, much lower temperatures (20° C. to 200° C.) are typical for processes such as sol-gel solution chemistry, electrochemical and electroless depositions.
As with the intermediate layer, the various outer layer embodiments are deposited at different temperatures depending on the compound or compounds being deposited, the various precursors used for a given compound deposited, the layer deposition method used from the previous paragraph, the core particle chemistry, the intermediate layer thickness, and the desired properties of the coating, the outer layer may be deposited at temperatures ranging from 20° C. to 650° C. In one embodiment, the outer layer is deposited at a temperature ranging from, for example, 20° C. to 125° C. In another embodiment, the outer layer is deposited at a temperature ranging from, for example, 125° C. to 650° C. In another embodiment, the outer layer is deposited at a temperature that may range from, for example, 200° C. to 550° C.
As stated, the outer layer of the particle generally has a thickness after sintering in the range of from 3% to 12% of the diameter of the coated particles. The thickness of the outer layer may allow strain fields associated with dislocations in one coated particle to be transmitted through the outer binder layer to the immediately adjacent intermediate layer.
In one embodiment, the outer layer comprises an amount, for example, up to 45% by weight of the article and further, for example, from about 0.5% to 3.0% by weight of the article. In another embodiment, the outer layer comprises an amount ranging from greater than 3.0% to 18% by weight of the article, and in yet another the outer layer comprises an amount ranging from greater than 18% to 45% by weight of the article.
The combination of the core particles, intermediate layer, and outer layer may form a coated particle, having an average particle size of, for example, less than about 1 micron.
By using the above-described powders, a sintered TCHP embodiment comprising a plurality of sintered TCHP coated composite particle variants having a plurality of core particle compounds or elements as described above can be engineered to simultaneously reside in a common contiguous microstructure of high fracture toughness comprised of the particle intermediate coatings and binder layers. It is these combinations and permutations of over 30 different core particle compounds and elements that gives the TCHP family such a profound diversity of property variance each with unique property combinations.
Generally, TCHPs are fabricated for eventual consolidatation into or clad onto articles. Consolidated TCHP articles are designed for numerous applications, such as those demanding both extreme wear resistance and high toughness. In their consolidated embodiments, TCHPs are a unique material class essentially comprised of plural composite TCHP coated particles sintered into a unified whole. In certain embodiments, the TCHP-coated particles are sintered into articles utilizing liquid phase sintering. In one embodiment, the articles are liquid phase sintered utilizing cobalt as the binder phase. In other embodiments, nickel or iron or alloys of cobalt, nickel, and iron bay be used as binders. Consolidation during this sintering process may occur primarily from capillary forces.
Liquid phase sintering of TCHPs may be facilitated by several factors. One factor is a substantially uniform distribution of the material comprising the outer layer throughout the powder. For purposes of describing the distribution of this material, “uniform”means that the outer layer on the surface of the intermediate layer of the particles is such that the material of the outer layer is evenly distributed throughout the body of the unsintered compacted powder. This may be achieved, in certain embodiments, by adding cobalt (or other material comprising the outer layer on the particle) atom-by-atom during coating, to encapsulate the surface of the highly contiguously WC-coated TCHP particle with the targeted Co:WC ratio. This continues until the desired Co:WC ratio is uniformly distributed on the TCHP particles and throughout the powder. This feature of TCHP allows the conditions to be adapted to suit many different targeted TCHP compositions, such as, for example, by (a) protecting the core particles from dissolution by the binder and (b) providing a contiguous tough support structure. The result is higher sintering temperatures than those used for conventional WC—Co materials, while reducing the requirement for high external pressure, without risking WC grain growth and loss of strength. More uniform Co distribution also results in far better microstructural consistency and a homogeneous distribution of wear-resistant phase core particles. This resulting TCHP homogeneous microstructure has superior microstructural integrity. This leads to fewer structural defects and further translates into better, more consistent material properties, with a concomitant increase in performance.
In certain embodiments, sintering may occur at conditions, such as temperature, and/or consolidation pressure, for a time sufficient to obtain a liquid phase in the outer layer, the intermediate layer, or both in an amount up to, for example, 99.5%, such as 70% by volume of the layers, not including the core particle volume and further, for example, up to 45% by volume of the layers, not including the core particle volume.
In certain embodiments, sintering temperatures may range, for example, from 600° C. to about 8000° C. In one embodiment, the sintering temperature may range from 600° C. to 1700° C., such as, for example, from 1250° C. to 1700° C. In another embodiment, the sintering temperature may range, for example, from 1700° C. to about 8000° C.
In one non-limiting embodiment, the sintering temperature may range, for example, from 600° C. to 1700° C. and the amount of the liquid phase may range, for example, from 6 to 44% by volume of the layers, not including the core particle volume.
Generally, TCHP consolidation takes place at some pressure higher than absolute zero pressure, such as in the range from zero absolute pressure to atmospheric pressure.
Typically “vacuum” sintering pressures take place in the range of 1-760 torr (760 torr=1 atmosphere), and this is commonly referred to as “pressureless” sintering. In this instance, the use of lower-than-atmospheric pressure is generally for two purposes: control of chemical reaction rates and control of physical processes during the various temperature ranges employed during the sintering process. The gases may include but are not limited to nitrogen, argon, helium, hydrogen, neon, krypton, xenon, methane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and their mixtures and related compounds.
It is to be understood that “pressureless” sintering only refers to the sintering or consolidation at sintering temperatures, not the forming of pre-fired (or “green”) articles during cold or warm compacting processes, such as cold isostatic pressing (CIP). During compacting procedures, external consolidation pressure is generally applied in an amount sufficient to form a “green” article. It would be clear to one of ordinary skill in the art that sintering does not occur during warm or cold compacting processes.
Binders typically used to add green strength to articles formed from the TCHP described herein, include, but are not limited to, paraffin waxes, stearic acid, ethylene bis-stearamide (EBS), plasticizers (such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, or synthetic resins), and similar related organic compounds.
Certain TCHP core powders, such as nitrides, including but not limited to TiN, ZrN, and HfN, react to high sintering temperatures by off-gassing nitrogen. The liberation of N2 frees Ti atoms, which can deplete the WC coating of carbon, creating an, off-stoichiometric condition that is harmful to TCHP mechanical properties. Examples of chemical TCHP reactions that can be prevented or promoted through use of lower-than-atmospheric pressures include oxidation and reduction reactions (such as decarburization, deoxidation, denitrification, offgassing, or chemical decomposition of various constituents in the core powder or coatings). Control of these oxidation and reduction reactions is desired for consistency in sintered parts and for stabilizing processes that further aid in densification.
Some TCHP core particles are very irregularly shaped and may require the addition of lubricants to aid in their consolidation since they are not rounded off by dissolution. In addition, the thin WC and Co TCHP coatings require protection from airborne oxygen and moisture, and this may require an additional polymeric protective coating. Examples of physical TCHP processes that can be controlled through use of lower-than-atmospheric pressures include transport of polymeric materials (e.g. debinding or delubing rates), volatilization rates, heat transfer rates, and possible thermal decomposition of constituent materials.
Polymeric materials are used in these TCHP applications as fugitive binders and lubricants, for protective encapsulation, and for shelf-life enhancement, for example, include those previously mentioned, e.g., paraffin waxes, stearic acid, ethylene bis-stearamide (EBS), plasticizers (such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, or synthetic resins), and similar related organic compounds.
Pressures below atmospheric pressure are typically not used for consolidation purposes. One purpose of absolute pressures above atmospheric is to consolidate the PM part. However, gas pressures above atmospheric may also address control of the chemical reactions listed above.
It is understood that the volume of the liquid phase in the outer layer or the intermediate layer may be increased by increasing at least one parameter chosen, for example, from the sintering temperature, the sintering pressure, and the binder material content. A non-limiting example of the binder material is cobalt.
The very uniform distribution of Co, both locally and throughout the entire TCHP body, reduces the requirement for high external pressure by permitting an increase in the sintering temperature up to that needed above the 1275° C. eutectic point to obtain the amount of liquid phase necessary for mass transport and TCHP densification.
In sintering TCHP, even at sub-eutectic temperatures, the wetting angle of the cobalt layer on the WC coating may, for example, be small and, further, for example, may be zero. In one embodiment, the cobalt in TCHP, coated directly on the WC layers, need only travel extremely short distances to wet and cover the WC coatings. During heating of TCHP, the outer layers of atoms in each WC layer first diffuse and then dissolve into the outer Co layer. The WC layer is uniformly dissolved from the outside inwards. In TCHP, these layers achieve thermodynamic equilibrium and liquid phase with greatly reduced cobalt mobility needed.
In certain embodiments, cobalt does not penetrate the coatings to the core particle. For example, a highly contiguous WC(1-x) coating surface structure typical of the contiguity of CVD coatings on tool inserts and other articles may be present. The CVD-deposited WC(1-x) polycrystals at deposition temperatures can be up to two orders of magnitude smaller and more tightly packed than those found in conventional milled WC—Co particles. During carburization of the WC(1-x) coating to stoichiometry, there is grain growth within the coating polycrystals (depending on carburization temperature). However, the intimate proximity of cobalt to these polycrystals is such that the coating polycrystals will be dissolved uniformly around the WC coating and the equilibrium may limit grain growth. In FIGS. 3 and 4, it can be seen in the WC coating structures after sintering that the polycrystals may be one order of magnitude smaller than conventional milled WC—Co polycrystals. In another embodiment, grain growth up to about 1 micron may occur in zones where significant Co-pooling occurs.
The imperviousness of the TCHP WC coatings to Co attack may be due at least partly to the following explanation. It is axiomatic that the WC and Co in TCHP will behave chemically essentially like the WC and Co in conventional hardmetal blends. By evaluating the WC—Co phase diagram (see FIG. 5), it can be determined (see FIG. 6) that while sintering a typical TCHP target matrix consisting of 50v % of the particle (75 wt %) WC coating with a coating composition of 94 wt % WC−6 wt % Co at 1500° C., 87.1 wt % of the WC coating (or 92.7% of the original 50 v % WC coating) remains as protective solid WC in the TCHP coating on the TCHP core particles. Since the WC coating dissolves from the outside in, the remaining solid WC can only be present as the targeted core-protective and structural coating.
As the cobalt softens and approaches liquid phase, some particle rearrangement would be expected, but rearrangement alone will be insufficient to provide full densification, so additional WC must be liquefied. Densification can be obtained even with very low volumes of liquid phase. Since the liquid phase Co is uniformly distributed in TCHP, almost completely along all WC surfaces, without pooling or gradients, a very low volume of liquid Co binder may at provide a major part of liquid phase sintering. It is believed that dissolution of WC must provide the remaining part of the liquid phase sintering.
As stated, the WC coatings of TCHP particles generally dissolve from the outside in leaving an undissolved protective and structural layer around the core particles, and re-precipitate and nucleate to reinforce the existing particle coatings or as kinetically-transported pore and interstitial filler material. As used herein “interstitial filler” means a material that fills the interstices (small spaces) between adjacent particles. Only partial dissolution of the WC coating layer in the Co binder is necessary for densification, WC re-precipitation/recrystallization, and creation of contiguous TCHP microstructural matrix integrity. The only Co and WC mobility required is that needed to transport material to fill the diminishing nearby interstitices between coated core particles.
In theory, there are at least three avenues for increasing the dissolution of a solute in a solvent: (1) increasing the amount of solvent present (in one embodiment the Co:WC wt % ratio), (2) increasing the temperature of the solvent and solute, and (3) reducing the pressure on the solvent and solute. In reality, there are only two avenues to increasing the amount of liquid phase present during sintering TCHPs. The first two avenues are discussed.
A certain number of core particles, for example, a transition metal carbides and nitrides, will interact chemically with cobalt, nickel and other binders. These core particles are referred to as the “soluble core” group particles. With respect to increasing the temperature, even if the TCHP sintering temperature were to be considerably increased to an amount sufficient to provide the necessary amount of liquid-phase for LPS—a thick WC layer will still be present to protect the “soluble core” group particles from attack by cobalt. It should be possible to increase the temperature as high as required to get any additional liquid phase (“lubricant+interstitial filler+capillary attractor material”) needed for full density with minimal concern about grain growth.
For example, in one embodiment, such as a 1 micron core TCHP, TiN particle, with the WC and TiN v % being equal, the initial WC coating (spherical model) will be almost 129 nm thick, and will comprise about 75 wt % of the total particle. Dissolution of the WC at 1500° C. will remove only 7.9 nm, or about 6% of the coating thickness, leaving about 121 nm, or about 94% of the original coating thickness for core particle protection, inter-core particle distance uniformity, and structural toughness.
Because of this feature of TCHP, increasing the amount of binder phase solvent present, by for example, increasing the cobalt layer thickness is another feasible sintering method that can be used according to the methods described herein. For example, increasing cobalt weight percentages higher than are customary in WC—Co sintering become feasible as a means of providing the needed dissolution, capillarity, WC kinetics, and densification for TCHP. It is to be remembered that in TCHP, the WC is primarily present as a tough matrix material because the real wear resistance is being provided by the core particles. Added cobalt will therefore add to the amount of liquid phase during sintering while at the same time increasing fracture toughness after cooling.
Sintering may occur in a process chosen from sintering press, vacuum, powder injection molding, plastified extrusion, hot press, hot isostatic press (HIP), sinter-HIP, sintering furnace, laser cladding process, plasma cladding, high velocity oxygen-fueled (HVOF), spark plasma sintering, pressure plasma sintering, pressure-transmission medium, dynamic/explosive compaction, sinter forge, rapid prototyping, electron beam, and electric arc.
In TCHP, the WC coating protects the core particles. First, during sintering, especially in the “soluble core” group, the WC coating can protect the core particles from dissolution by the binder metal and can also protect the matrix from harmful pollution such as, for example, by TiN, ZrN, NbC. During use, the highly wear resistant TCHP core particles can protect the WC—Co support matrix from wear after sintering while the support matrix protects the brittle phases from fracture and pullout. FIG. 2 depicts the sintered microstructure of a typical TCHP material.
The TCHP structure with small hard core particle size and tough, nanoscale shells separated by thin cobalt ligaments below one micrometer between grains, improves, for example, elasticity, hardness, fracture toughness, and strength. In one non-limiting embodiment, even with a low hardness material (such as cobalt) the image stresses from dislocations near the surface (and all are near surfaces with submicrometer grains), the composite properties are higher than possible in abrasive composites.
According to the methods described herein, TCHP provides sinterable metal particulate materials that can be engineered to afford an optimum balance of properties, such as, for example, toughness, strength, low frictional coefficient, and hardness. In one non-limiting embodiment, operating improvements that can be observed in dies and other tooling fabricated from TCHP's are, for example: (a) a lower friction coefficient at the interface between the work piece and tool, yielding reduced heat, wear, and cratering, and requiring less processing power and auxiliary use of external lubricants, ultimately resulting in longer tool life and better process control; (b) a low reactivity with iron, reducing sticking and diffusion, flank, or die wear, and in turn extending the service life of the drawing die; and (c) a sintered tool microstructure in which the tough, strong coating material (e.g., WC) on the particles forms a cellular support macrostructure for the tool while, at the same time, providing a surface conforming and tightly-bound protective layer for the hard particulate cores (of, for example, TiN), holding them in position and permitting optimal exposure and hard phase retention at the wear-resistant tool surface. This is in contrast to articles produced by conventional methods wherein Ti—Co—WC alloying drastically lowers binder strength that exists between the particles and the binder itself lowers the level of toughness and bending strength, or in which a sintered article is wholly coated to impart hardness, wherein the thin coating has limited life or cracks.
Placing the hard-phase alloys inside, as the core particle instead of at the outside, distributes hard-phase alloys (exposed at the external surfaces after finish grinding) throughout the sintered microstructure in much greater proportions or thicknesses than is possible in any known conventional material. This in itself can, for example, increase wear resistance, reduce chemical interaction with the work piece, and lower coefficient of friction significantly. Tool life may be enhanced by the constant renewal of surface grains that wear or are pulled away by the opposing sliding surface.
Also, the wear resistance and adhesion characteristics of many of the possible core materials are known from their performance in conventional materials, so their performance as core particle materials is, in light of the present disclosure, predictable. Since, in certain non-limiting embodiments, the core particles are coated with known materials (e.g., WC) blending and sintering together coated particles having several different core materials will facilitate enhancement of multiple characteristics. Accordingly, the cost of development and testing are reduced while providing a final material with unique properties. Thus, designing a sintered microstructure where each particle has a tough shell (the intermediate layer) that can adhere very strongly to its neighbor particles to form a tough cellular support system throughout the sintered article substrate, produces a sintered article with a high combination of strength, high elastic modulus, fracture toughness, and hard alloy content.
In certain embodiments, resultant article macrostructure is a cellular microstructure framework composed of tough, strong, tightly interbonded coated particle shells, each containing and supporting at least one material chosen from mechanically and chemically-bonded core particles, crystals, fibers, and whiskers, exposed in cross-section at the external surfaces during finish grinding and polishing. This principle of optimizing the combination of different materials for the core particles and the surrounding intermediate layer allows the combination of normally conflicting article performance characteristics, such as, for example, strength and hardness, at levels not achievable with conventional materials.
This concept can give a material designer multiple tools that may be used singly or in combination and a straightforward method providing easy and total control in adapting the TCHP particle structure (intermediate layer thickness, size, and core materials) and mix (integrating different powders into tool and article zones) to meet many different unique, combined, and specialty demand conditions with a single article or tool.
Moreover, using a standard strong material (such as WC, for example) as a tough outer particle shell dramatically reduces the research, development and industrialization effort because only one material reaction precursor gas (for example, tungsten carbide) will have to be used to coat the powder particles, instead of the many dozens of complicated precursor and reactant gases used in multiple external substrate coatings. Such particulate materials will sinter as if made of tungsten carbide particles, for example, which are already known to bond very strongly to neighboring tungsten carbide particles with a binder such as cobalt. The tungsten carbide coating thickness on the particle may be increased, for example, to meet more challenging strength applications or may be decreased, for example, in more critical wear applications to solve most design challenges. For instance, the core particle size can readily be increased to meet more severe requirements for wear resistance or decreased for higher strength applications. Using different core particle materials with characteristics such as, for example, hardness and coefficient of friction, known or found to perform better in specific applications, such as, for example, for flank wear or crater wear, may also be accomplished by selection of the core material. It is also possible to blend the above thickness, diameter, and core material powder parameters to solve most multiple criteria applications.
Articles made from TCHP particles combine the best mechanical properties of strength, hardness, high elastic modulus, fracture toughness, low interaction with the work piece, and low coefficient of friction that exist separately in conventional materials into an article of unmatched combined properties. TCHPs have virtually unlimited uses in the manufacture, surface modification, or repair of components, assemblies, and machines. One component group includes cutting, forming, grinding, measuring, petroleum, and mining and construction tools. Nontool components include biomedical, military, electronic, sports, thermal management, and cosmetic applications. Extensive industrial applications will be found in the agricultural, civil, lumber and paper, petrochemical, rubber and plastic, transportation, aircraft/aerospace, maritime, architectural, and energy sectors. Thus this material is well-suited for use in a broad array of articles including, for example:
tooling, such as wire drawing dies, extrusion dies, forging dies, cutting and stamping dies, forms, forming rollers, injection molds, shears, drills, milling and lathe cutters, saws, hobs, broaches, reamers, taps and dies;
individual mechanical parts, such as gears, cams, journals, nozzles, seals, valve seats, pump impellers, capstans, sheaves, bearing and wear surfaces;
integrated co-sintered components to replace mating parts internal combustion engine connecting rods, bearings and/or to provide hard surface zones in powdered metal (P/M) mechanical parts substituted for forged or machined steel parts with heat treated zones, such as camshafts, transmission parts, printer/copier parts;
heavy industrial articles such as deep well drilling bits, teeth for mining and earthmoving equipment, hot rolls for steel mills; and
electromechanical components such as memory drive reading heads, specialized magnets.
The fact that consolidated TCHP articles are macroscopically homogeneous, rather than externally coated, can offer users or suppliers the opportunity of economically regrinding and reusing the initially worn articles. This is especially important for tools such as wire drawing dies, twist drills, milling cutters, and water jet nozzles.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover modifications which are within the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, reaction conditions, and so forth used in the specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about,” which intended to mean±5% of the number expressed. Accordingly, unless indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the following specification and attached claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by the present invention.
1. A method of forming an article, said method comprising:
providing a plurality of core particles comprised of one core particle material, or a plurality of different core particle materials, said core particle material being selected from the group consisting of: metal and metalloid nitrides, metal and metalloid carbides, metal and metalloid carbonitrides, metal and metalloid borides, metal and metalloid oxides, metal and metalloid sulfides, metal and metalloid silicides, and diamond;
providing an intermediate layer on a majority of said core particles, said intermediate layer comprising a second compound, different in composition from said core particle material and having a higher relative fracture toughness, said second compound being capable of bonding with said core particle material and being capable of bonding with a metal selected from the group consisting of: iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, titanium, aluminum, magnesium, lithium, beryllium, silver, gold, platinum and their mixtures, thereby forming coated particles;
applying an outer layer to said coated particles, said outer layer comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of: iron, cobalt, nickel, and their mixtures to form a substantially continuous outer layer on said intermediate layer, thereby forming component particles;
shaping a plurality of said component particles into an article;
sintering said article at a temperature sufficient to liquefy at least a portion of said outer layer, and for a time sufficient to dissolve a portion of said intermediate layer in the liquid formed from said outer layer to provide an effective amount of liquid to achieve substantially full density without significant external consolidation pressure; and
solidifying liquids formed from said outer layer and said intermediate layer prior to significant detrimental interaction of said liquids with said core particles.
2. The method of claim 1, said core particle material having the formula MaXb where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of: titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, magnesium, copper, and silicon; X is an element chosen from nitrogen, carbon, boron, sulfur, and oxygen; and a and b are numbers greater than zero up to and including fourteen.
3. The method of claim 1, said core particle material being selected from the group consisting of: TiN, TiCN, TiC, TiB2, ZrC, ZrN, ZrB2, HfC, HfN, HfB2, TaB2, VC, VN, cBN, hBN, Al2O3, Si3N4, SiB6, SiAlCB, B4C, B2O3, W2B5, WB2, WS2, AlN, AlMgB14, MoS2, MoSi2, MO2B5, MoB2, and mixtures thereof.
providing a plurality of core particles comprised of one core particle material, or a plurality of different core particle materials, said core particle material being selected from the group consisting of: TiN, TiCN, TiC, TiB2, ZrC, ZrN, ZrB2, HfC, HfN, HfB2, TaB2, VC, VN, cBN, hBN, Al2O3, Si3N4, SiB6, SiAlCB, B4C, B2O3, W2B5, WB2, WS2, AlN, AlMgB14, MoS2, MoSi2, MO2B5, MoB2, and diamond;
providing an intermediate layer on a majority of said core particles in an amount in the range of from 10% to 80% by weight of said article, said intermediate layer comprising a second compound, different in composition from said core particle material and having a higher relative fracture toughness, said second compound being selected from the group consisting of: WC, TaC, W2C, and a mixture of WC and W2C, thereby forming coated particles;
sintering said article at a temperature sufficient to liquefy at least a portion of said outer layer, and for a time sufficient to dissolve from 5 to 90 volume % of said intermediate layer in the liquid formed from said outer layer to provide an effective amount of liquid to achieve substantially full density without significant external consolidation pressure, the solid portion of said intermediate layer preventing chemical interaction of said liquid with said core particles; and
5. The method of claims 1, 2, or 3, wherein said sintering temperature and time do not result in complete dissolution of said intermediate layer.
6. The method of claims 1, 2, or 3, wherein said sintering temperature and time result in 5-50% dissolution of said intermediate layer.
7. The method of claims 1, 2, or 3, wherein said sintering temperature and time result in 50-99% dissolution of said intermediate layer.
8. The method of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein the solid portion of said intermediate layer prevents chemical interaction of said liquid with said core particles.
9. The method of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein said intermediate layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: WC, W2C, tool steel, glassy and devitrified nanosteel alloys, silicon nitride, and tantalum carbide.
10. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size less than about 1000 microns.
11. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size less than about 100 microns.
12. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size less than about 50 microns.
13. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size less than about 2 microns.
14. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size less than about 1 micron.
15. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said coated particles have an average particle size in the range of 100-1000 nanometers.
16. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer has a thickness, after sintering, in the range of from 5% to 50% of the diameter of said core particles.
17. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer has a thickness after sintering in the range of from 3% to 12% of the diameter of said coated particles.
18. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer further comprises one or more layers of material selected from the group consisting of: metal, ceramic, binder, sintering aid, and polymeric material.
19. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer is deposited by at least one method selected from chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma deposition, laser cladding or deposition process, plasma cladding, magnetic plasma deposition, electrochemical plating, electroless plating, sputtering, solid phase synthesis, solution chemistry deposition processes and combinations of such processes.
20. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer is deposited by at least one method selected from chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma deposition, laser cladding or deposition process, plasma cladding, magnetic plasma deposition, electrochemical, electroless, sputtering; solid phase synthesis, and solution chemistry deposition process.
21. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 125° C. to 1800° C.
22. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 20° C. to 125° C.
23. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 1800° C. to 8000° C.
24. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said intermediate layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 200° C. to 800° C.
25. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 20° C. to 125° C.
26. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer is deposited at a temperature in the range of from 125° C. to 650° C.
28. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said sintering temperature is in the range of from 600° C. to 1700° C.
29. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said sintering temperature is in the range of from 1700° C. to 8000° C.
30. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer comprises an amount in the range of from 0.5% to 3% by weight of said article.
31. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer comprises an amount in the range of from 3% to 18% by weight of said article.
32. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said outer layer comprises an amount in the range of from 18% to 45% by weight of said article.
33. The method of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein said intermediate layer comprises a material selected from WC, TaC, W2C, WC and W2C in an amount in the range of from 60% to 98% by weight of said article.
34. The method of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein said intermediate layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: WC, TaC, W2C, WC and W2C in an amount in the range of from 10% to 60% by weight of said article.
35. The method of claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein said intermediate layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: WC, TaC, W2C, WC and W2C in an amount in the range of from 5% to 10% by weight of said article.
36. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein sintering occurs at a consolidation pressure and a temperature sufficient to obtain a liquid phase comprised of the outer layer, the intermediate layer, or both in an amount up to 45% by volume of the volume of component particles, not including the core particle volume.
37. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein sintering occurs at a consolidation pressure and a temperature sufficient to obtain a liquid phase in the outer layer, the intermediate layer, or both in an amount up to 99.5% by volume of the volume of component particles, not including the core particle volume.
38. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein sintering consolidation occurs primarily from capillary forces.
39. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the sintering temperature is in the range of from 600° C. to 1700° C. and the amount of the liquid phase is in the range of from 6 to 44% by volume of the volume of component particles, not including the core particle volume.
40. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the volume of the liquid phase is increased by increasing at least one parameter chosen from sintering temperature and cobalt content.
41. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein consolidation occurs in a gas atmosphere selected from nitrogen, argon, helium, hydrogen, neon, krypton, xenon, methane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and their mixtures and compounds.
42. The method of claim 40, wherein said process gases are provided in the range from zero absolute pressure to atmospheric pressure.
43. The method of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising mixing at least one additive chosen from paraffin waxes, stearic acid, ethylene bis-stearamide (EBS), polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol, with a plurality of said component particles prior to or simultaneous with said shaping.
44. An article formed by the process of claims 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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US8741317B2 - Slow-degrading polymers comprising salicylic acid for undelayed and sustained drug delivery - Google Patents
Slow-degrading polymers comprising salicylic acid for undelayed and sustained drug delivery Download PDF
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Kathryn E. Uhrich
Roselin Rosario-Meléndez
Rutgers State University of New Jersey
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The invention provides polymers and methods for their use. Specifically, certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer that comprises a plurality of salicylic acid-adipic (SA-Adipic) units of the following formula
and a plurality of salicylic acid-diethylmalonic (SA-DEM) units of the following formula
Certain embodiments of the invention also provide slow degrading microspheres comprising polymers described herein for undelayed and sustained drug delivery. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods for treating a chronic eye disease or arthritis in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer or microsphere as described herein.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This patent application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. application Ser. No. 61/375,216, filed Aug. 19, 2010, which application is herein incorporated by reference.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The invention described herein was made with government support under Grant Number DE 13204 awarded by the NIH. The United States Government has certain rights in the invention.
Salicylic acid (SA), the major metabolite of aspirin, has been used for centuries for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic effects (Wu, Circulation 2000, 102, (17), 2022-3). Recently, SA has been found to be beneficial for many other applications such as wound healing, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer treatment (Roseborough et al., J Natl Med Assoc 2004, 96, (1), 108-16; Rumore et al., Ann Pharmacother 2010, 44, (7-8), 1207-21; Yamazaki et al., J Pharm Pharmacol 2002, 54, (12), 1675-9; Perugini et al., J Gastrointest Surg 2000, 4, (1), 24-32, discussion 32-3; and Spitz et al., Biochem Pharmacol 2009, 77, (1), 46-53). As with all pharmaceutical treatments, best results are obtained when SA is maintained at therapeutic levels in the desired area for as long as it is needed (Uhrich et al., Chem Rev 1999, 99, (11), 3181-98). This presents an issue as oral delivery of SA results in systemic delivery and potential gastrointestinal problems, while not maintaining steady SA concentrations (Amann et al., Eur J Pharmacol 2002, 447, (1), 1-9). Localized delivery from polymers can help overcome these problems while also allowing higher localized SA levels than with systemic delivery.
To better control SA release, salicylic acid-based poly(anhydride-esters) (SA-PAEs) were developed in which SA is chemically incorporated into the polymer backbone via a biocompatible linker molecule. The chemical incorporation of SA enables inherent drug loading capacities up to 90% (w/w), with the capacity to physically admix additional drug to obtain even higher loading (Johnson et al., J Biomed Mater Res A 2009, 91, (3), 671-8). SA-PAEs have been designed to fully degrade over a matter of days to many months. These polymers hydrolytically degrade to exhibit near zero-order SA release after an initial lag period, where minimal to no drug is released. The length of the lag period and the subsequent rate of release can be controlled by changing the linker molecule (Prudencio et al., Macromolecules 2005, 38, (16), 6895-6901).
While the SA-PAE release rate can be changed for different applications, the lag period is should be considered for certain applications. For example, a lag period may be beneficial for applications such as bone regeneration where an initial inflammatory response is desired, but localized reduced inflammation is beneficial at a later time point (Mountziaris et al., Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews 2008, 14, (2), 179-186; and Simon et al., The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2007, 89, (3), 500-511). On the other hand, the lag period could be considered a disadvantage if SA was desired immediately following implantation, as it would be in applications where inflammation is already present (i.e., arthritis and diabetes).
Accordingly, there is a need for sustained release formulations of SA. In particular, there is a need for sustained release formulations of SA which eliminate the lag period.
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
Applicant has found slow degrading polymers for undelayed and sustained drug delivery. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer that comprises a plurality of SA-Adipic units of the following formula
and a plurality of SA-DEM units of the following formula
As used herein, a plurality of SA-Adipic units, means more than one unit of SA-Adipic. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 5 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 10 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 25 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 50 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 75 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 100 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-Adipic units is at least about 150 units.
As used herein, a plurality of SA-DEM units means more than one unit of SA-DEM. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 5 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 10 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 25 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 50 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 75 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 100 units. In certain embodiments, a plurality of SA-DEM units is at least about 150 units.
In certain embodiments, a polymer as described herein and prepared in accordance with the present invention has an average molecular weight of about 20,000 daltons to about 50,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 20,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 25,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 30,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 35,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 40,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 45,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 50,000 daltons.
In certain embodiments, a polymer as described herein and prepared in accordance with the present invention has an average molecular weight of about 10,000 daltons to about 25,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 10,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 15,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 20,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is at least about 25,000 daltons.
In certain embodiments, a polymer as described herein and prepared in accordance with the present invention has an average molecular weight of less than about 60,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is less than about 50,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the average molecular weight is less than about 40,000 daltons.
In certain embodiments, the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 50:50.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer of the following formula:
In certain embodiments, “n” is an integer between about 5 and about 75. In certain embodiments, “n” is an integer between about 5 and about 150. In certain embodiments “n” is an integer between about 20 and about 75. In certain embodiments, “m” is an integer between about 5 and about 75. In certain embodiments, “m” is an integer between about 5 and about 150. In certain embodiments “m” is an integer between about 20 and about 75.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polymer as described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for delivering salicylic acid to a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described herein.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treating a chronic eye disease in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described herein.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treating arthritis in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described herein. In certain embodiments, the polymer is injected intra-articularly.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer as described herein for use in medical treatment or diagnosis.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer as described herein for use in therapy.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer as described herein for use in treating a chronic eye disease.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer as described herein for use in treating arthritis. In certain embodiments, the polymer is injected intra-articularly.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a therapeutic method for treating a disease in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need of such therapy, an effective amount of a polymer of the invention.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of delivering a therapeutically active compound to a host comprising administering to the host a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer of the invention, which degrades into the biologically active compound.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a polymer of the invention for use in medical therapy, as well as the use of a polymer of the invention for the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of a disease in a mammal, such as a human.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a microsphere comprising a polymer as described herein. In certain embodiments, the polymer has an average molecular weight of about 20,000 daltons to about 50,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the polymer has an average molecular weight of about 10,000 daltons to about 25,000 daltons. In certain embodiments, the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 50:50. In certain embodiments, the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 75:25. The polymers as described herein may be processed into microspheres using known methods and procedures commonly employed in the field of synthetic polymers, for example, as described in Example 1. In certain embodiments, the diameter of the microsphere is between about 10 μm to about 30 μm.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a microsphere as described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for delivering salicylic acid to a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described herein.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treating a chronic eye disease in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described herein.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treating arthritis in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described herein. In certain embodiments, the microsphere is injected intra-articularly.
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide processes and intermediates disclosed herein that are useful for preparing a polymer of the invention and are described herein (e.g. Example 1).
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide polymers and diacids described herein.
FIG. 1. (A) Structure of moderate-degrading 1a (SA-adipic), fast-degrading 1b (SA-diglycolic), and slow-degrading 1c (SA-diethylmalonic (SA-DEM)) salicylate-based PAEs.
FIG. 2. Synthesis of salicylate-based PAEs. As the polymer degrades, SA is released together with the biocompatible “linker molecule”.
FIG. 3. SEM images of (A) SA-adipic microspheres (i.e. 1a microspheres) at 1000× (left) and 1500× magnification (right) (B) SA-DEM microspheres (i.e. 1c microspheres) at 1000× (left) and 1500× magnification (right) (C) SA-Adipic-co-SA-DEM 50:50 microspheres at 1500× magnification and (D) SA-DEM+10% SA at 1000× magnification.
FIG. 4. In vitro hydrolytic degradation profiles of SA-adipic (1a) and SA-DEM (1c) microspheres.
FIG. 5. In vitro hydrolytic degradation profiles of microspheres with physical admixtures.
FIG. 6. (A) Structure of SA-adipic:SA-DEM copolymer. (B) In vitro hydrolytic degradation profiles of SA-adipic and SA-DEM copolymer microspheres with varying ratios.
Chemical incorporation of salicylic acid (SA) into the structure of a poly(anhydride-ester) (PAE) allows for a higher percent of drug loading (i.e. 60-90%) (Schmeltzer, R. C. et. al. Poly. Bull. 2003, 49, 441) compared to physical incorporation into poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (i.e. 20%) (Tang, Y. et. al. Int. J. Pharm. 2008, 357, 119). The drug incorporated into the salicylate-based PAE backbone is available as the polymer degrades and SA is released together with the biocompatible “linker molecule” (shown as “R”) (Schmeltzer, R. C. et. al. Poly. Bull. 2003, 49, 441).
Previous studies using PAE disks have shown that the degradation properties of the polymer can be altered by varying the structure of the “linker molecule”. (Prudencio, A. et. al. Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895; Carbone, A. L. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2009, 30, 1021). In this work, the goal was to create microspheres (i.e. an injectable drug delivery system) that would release SA in a controlled fashion, at all times for several months for drug delivery applications where long-term release is needed (e.g. to treat chronic eye disease).
Salicylate-based PAEs featuring a diethylmalonic (DEM) linker were successfully formulated into microspheres with smooth surface and narrow size distribution (10-30 μm diameter). The SA release period from the SA-DEM microspheres was significantly longer, compared to SA-adipic microspheres. However, a 10-day lag time in SA release was observed for the slower degrading microspheres.
In an attempt to obtain drug release at all times using the slow degrading microspheres, additives were physically incorporated into the SA-DEM polymer. Surprisingly, the physical incorporation of 10% SA-adipic polymer to the SA-DEM during the formulation gave the best results in terms of approaching the goal to have drug release at all times. One way to overcome the lag time is to formulate copolymers of 50:50 and 75:25 SA-adipic:SA-DEM.
The polymers and microspheres of the invention can be formulated as compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, and administered to a mammalian host, such as a human patient in a variety of forms adapted to the chosen route of administration, e.g., orally or parenterally, by intravenous, intramuscular, topical or subcutaneous routes.
Thus, the present polymers and microspheres may be systemically administered, e.g., orally, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle such as an inert diluent, excipient or an assimilable edible carrier. They may be enclosed in hard or soft shell gelatin capsules, may be compressed into tablets, or may be incorporated directly with the food of the patient's diet. For oral therapeutic administration, the polymers and microspheres may be combined with one or more excipients and used in the form of ingestible tablets, buccal tablets, troches, capsules, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, wafers, and the like. Such compositions and preparations should contain at least 0.1% of the polymers or microspheres. The percentage of the compositions and preparations may, of course, be varied and may conveniently be between about 2 to about 90% of the weight of a given unit dosage form. The amount of the polymers or microspheres in such therapeutically useful compositions is such that an effective dosage level will be obtained.
The tablets, troches, pills, capsules, and the like may also contain the following: binders such as gum tragacanth, acacia, corn starch or gelatin; excipients such as dicalcium phosphate; a disintegrating agent such as corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid and the like; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate; and a sweetening agent such as sucrose, fructose, lactose or aspartame or a flavoring agent such as peppermint, oil of wintergreen, or cherry flavoring may be added. When the unit dosage form is a capsule, it may contain, in addition to materials of the above type, a liquid carrier, such as a vegetable oil or a poly(ethylene glycol). Various other materials may be present as coatings or to otherwise modify the physical form of the solid unit dosage form. For instance, tablets, pills, or capsules may be coated with gelatin, wax, shellac or sugar and the like. A syrup or elixir may contain the polymers or microspheres, sucrose or fructose as a sweetening agent, methyl and propylparabens as preservatives, a dye and flavoring such as cherry or orange flavor. Of course, any material used in preparing any unit dosage form should be pharmaceutically acceptable and substantially non-toxic in the amounts employed. In addition, the polymers or microspheres may be incorporated into sustained-release preparations, particles, and devices.
The present polymers or microspheres may also be administered intravenously or intramuscularly by infusion or injection. Solutions of the polymer or microspheres can be prepared in water, optionally mixed with a nontoxic surfactant. Dispersions can also be prepared in glycerol, liquid poly(ethylene glycols), triacetin, and mixtures thereof and in oils. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms.
The pharmaceutical dosage forms suitable for injection or infusion can include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions or sterile powders comprising the active ingredient which are adapted for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable or infusible solutions or dispersions, optionally encapsulated in liposomes. The ultimate dosage form should be sterile, fluid and stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage. The liquid carrier or vehicle can be a solvent or liquid dispersion medium comprising, for example, water, ethanol, a polyol (for example, glycerol, propylene glycol, liquid poly(ethylene glycols), and the like), vegetable oils, nontoxic glyceryl esters, and suitable mixtures thereof. The proper fluidity can be maintained, for example, by the formation of liposomes, by the maintenance of the required particle size in the case of dispersions or by the use of surfactants. The prevention of the action of microorganisms can be brought about by various antibacterial and antifungal agents, for example, parabens, chlorobutanol, phenol, sorbic acid, thimerosal, and the like. In many cases, it will be preferable to include isotonic agents, for example, sugars, buffers or sodium chloride. Prolonged absorption of the injectable compositions can be brought about by the use in the compositions of agents delaying absorption, for example, aluminum monostearate and gelatin.
Sterile injectable solutions are prepared by incorporating the present polymers or microspheres in the required amount in the appropriate solvent with various of the other ingredients enumerated above, as required, followed by filter sterilization. In the case of sterile powders for the preparation of sterile injectable solutions, the preferred methods of preparation are vacuum drying and the freeze drying techniques, which yield a powder of the active ingredient plus any additional desired ingredient present in the previously sterile-filtered solutions.
For topical administration, the present polymers or microspheres may be applied in pure form, e.g., when they are liquids. However, it will generally be desirable to administer them to the skin as compositions or formulations, in combination with a dermatologically acceptable carrier, which may be a solid or a liquid.
Useful solid carriers include finely divided solids such as talc, clay, microcrystalline cellulose, silica, alumina, nanoparticles, and the like. Useful liquid carriers include water, alcohols or glycols or water-alcohol/glycol blends, in which the polymers or microspheres can be dissolved or dispersed at effective levels, optionally with the aid of non-toxic surfactants. Adjuvants such as fragrances and additional antimicrobial agents can be added to optimize the properties for a given use. The resultant liquid compositions can be applied from absorbent pads, used to impregnate bandages and other dressings, or sprayed onto the affected area using pump-type or aerosol sprayers.
Thickeners such as synthetic polymers, fatty acids, fatty acid salts and esters, fatty alcohols, modified celluloses or modified mineral materials can also be employed with liquid carriers to form spreadable pastes, gels, ointments, soaps, and the like, for application directly to the skin of the user.
Useful dosages of the polymers or microspheres of the invention can be determined by comparing their in vitro activity, and in vivo activity in animal models. Methods for the extrapolation of effective dosages in mice, and other animals, to humans are known to the art; for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 4,938,949.
The amount of the polymers or microspheres of the invention, required for use in treatment will vary with the route of administration, the nature of the condition being treated and the age and condition of the patient and will be ultimately at the discretion of the attendant physician or clinician.
The polymers or microspheres of the invention can be conveniently formulated in unit dosage form. In one embodiment, the invention provides a composition comprising the polymers or microspheres of the invention formulated in such a unit dosage form.
The desired dose may conveniently be presented in a single dose or as divided doses administered at appropriate intervals, for example, as two, three, four or more sub-doses per day. The sub-dose itself may be further divided, e.g., into a number of discrete loosely spaced administrations.
Certain embodiments of the invention will now be illustrated by the following non-limiting Example.
Polymer microspheres are systems widely used as delivery devices that are used for delivery of drugs, DNA and proteins (Vasir et al., Int. J. Pharm. 2003, 255, 13). Microspheres composed of drug molecules physically encapsulated within a biodegradable polymer matrix offer several advantages over other drug delivery devices (Freitas et al., J. Cont. Rel. 2005, 102, 313). As the microspheres can be injected into the body, there is no need for their surgical implantation (Kipper et al., Biomaterials 2002, 23, 4405). Also, as the microspheres will completely degrade over time, there is no need for their surgical removal (Kipper et al., Biomaterials 2002, 23, 4405).
Typically, drug-releasing microspheres are fabricated from polymer systems in which the specific drug molecules are physically incorporated into a polymer matrix (Vasir et al., Int. J. Pharm. 2003, 255, 13; Feriberg, et al., Int. J. Pharm. 2004, 282, 1; Freitas et al., J. Cont. Rel. 2005, 102, 313). However, the microspheres to be described in the following studies are unique in that they are produced from a polymer in which a bioactive compound, namely salicylic acid (SA), is chemically incorporated into the structure of a biodegradable poly(anhydride ester)s (PAEs) (Erdmann et al., Biomaterials 2000, 21, 1941; Prudencio et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895). This polymeric prodrug allows for a higher percentage of drug loaded in the structure, which will ultimately be available when the polymer degrades (Erdmann et al., Biomaterials 2000, 21, 1941).
Previous studies have shown that altering the structural component that binds the SA molecules within the polymer (i.e. the “linker molecule”; shown as “R” in FIG. 1) changes the degradation properties of the resulting polymer (Prudencio et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895). For example, using a linear aliphatic linker derived from adipic acid (i.e. an “adipic linker” or polymer 1a) produces a polymer fully degrading in one week (FIG. 1) (Prudencio et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895). Using an oxygen-containing aliphatic linker derived from diglycolic acid (polymer 1b) significantly decreases the polymer degradation time to days (FIG. 1) (Carbone, A. L. et al., Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2009, 30, 1021). In further contrast, the use of a branched aliphatic linker derived from diethylmalonic acid (i.e. “diethylmalonic linker” or polymer 1c) significantly increases the polymer degradation time, with only 20% cumulative SA release in three weeks (FIG. 1) (Prudencio et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895).
In addition to the decreased SA-release rate of the diethylmalonic-linked polymer, it was found that SA release is not immediate, and that a lag time of 10 days occurs in the degradation profile. As this lag time is undesirable for certain drug delivery applications, methods to shorten and, eventually, eliminate it are needed. Therefore, a series of polymer admixtures were produced by physically mixing polymer 1c with other SA-containing compounds that are expected to produce the necessary immediate release of SA to overcome the observed lag time. The specific admixtures evaluated were as follows: polymer 1c physically mixed with free SA; polymer 1c mixed with its diacid; and polymer 1c mixed with the faster degrading adipic-linked polymer 1a. SA-release from microspheres of these admixtures was monitored for 21 days and was compared to SA-release of microspheres that were solely of polymer 1c.
General Methods
All reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. and used without further purification.
Polymer Synthesis.
Polymers were synthesized and characterized using previously published methods (Prudencio et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895; Carbone et al., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2009, 30, 1021). FIG. 2 summarizes the synthesis. Polymer precursors and polymers were characterized using proton nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (to determine melting points and glass transitions temperatures, respectively), and gel permeation chromatography (to determine molecular weight of polymers).
Microsphere Preparation.
Polymers were formulated into microspheres using a modification of previously published oil in water single emulsion solvent evaporation technique (Yeagy et al., J. Microencap. 2006, 23, 643). In general, salicylate-based polymer (0.50 g) was dissolved in 3 mL dichloromethane (physical admixtures were prepared by dissolving the polymer together with free SA, diacid or polymer, Table 1) and slowly added to 80 mL of 1% aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solution at room temperature. The emulsion was homogenized for 2 min using an IKA ultra-turrax T8 homogenizer at speed 3 (approx. 10,000 rpm). The homogenized solution was left stirring for 2 h to allow microsphere formation by solvent evaporation. Microspheres were washed twice with acidic water (pH 1) and isolated by centrifugation at 3,000 rpm for 10 min. They were frozen in a dry ice/acetone bath and lyophilized for 24 h (LABCONO Freeze Dry System/Freezon 4.5 at −40° C. and 133×10−3 mBar).
Physical admixtures used.
% Admixture
Polymer Admixture Used
Admixture 2 SA-DEM (1c) SA 10
Admixture 3 SA-DEM (1c) SA-DEM Diacid (1c) 10
Admixture 4 SA-DEM (1c) SA-adipic polymer (la) 10
In Vitro Release Study.
SA release from polymer microspheres was studied at 37° C. in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) at pH 7.4. Microspheres (20.0 mg) were suspended in 20 mL of PBS. Every day, 15 mL of PBS were collected for analysis and replaced with 15 mL of fresh PBS. The amount of SA released was monitored using ultraviolet/visible (UV/vis) spectroscopy. Measurements were taken at 303 nm (wavelength at which SA absorbs and is not overlapped by the absorbance of the linkers) using a Perkin Elmer Lambda XLS spectrophotometer. The data was taken in triplicate and calibrated against SA solutions of known concentrations.
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
SEM images were taken in an AMRAY-1830I microscope (AMRAY Inc.) after coating the samples with Au/Pd using a sputter coater (SCD 004, Blazers Union Limited).
As shown in FIG. 3, salicylate-based PAEs 1a (FIG. 3 a) and 1c (FIG. 3 b) were successfully formulated into microspheres. The yields were approximately 85% in both cases. This study documents the first successful fabrication of microspheres from polymer 1c. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were taken to clarify shape, porosity/smoothness, size and size distribution. As shown in FIG. 3, well shaped spherical microparticles with a smooth surface were obtained. These microspheres have a narrow size distribution (10-30 μm diameter), a property that will ensure even degradation/drug release profiles.
In Vitro SA Release: Homopolymers
FIG. 4 compares the SA release profile from microspheres of polymer 1a (SA-adipic) and polymer 1c (SE-DEM). As shown, the polymer 1a microspheres released 70% of SA in 21 days. From this data, 100% cumulative release would be expected to occur within a month. In comparison, microspheres of polymer 1c exhibited a significantly slower degradation rate, releasing approximately 20% of SA in 21 days. In addition, a lag time of 10 days (FIG. 4) was observed. The lag time observed in this experiment is consistent with previous accounts (Prudencio, A., et al., Macromol. 2005, 38, 6895). For drug delivery applications where drug release is needed at all times, a lag time is not desired.
In Vitro SA Release: Additives
In an attempt to obtain drug release at all times using the slow degrading microspheres and overcome the lag time, additives (shown in the Table 1) were physically incorporated into the SA-DEM polymer. The release profiles of SA from microspheres of admixtures 2, 3 and 4 were studied. As shown in FIG. 5, none of the admixtures used were successful in overcoming the 10-day lag time previously observed with SA-DEM polymer 1c. This result suggests that the additives within the admixtures were encapsulated by a layer of polymer 1c, that must degrade before the SA-containing additives can be released. Surprisingly, the physical incorporation of 10% SA-adipic polymer to the SA-DEM during the formulation (Admixture 4), gave the best results in terms of approaching the goal to have drug release at all times.
In Vitro SA Release: Copolymers
Preliminary results on the degradation of a 50:50 copolymer of SA-adipic:SA-DEM indicated the lag time may be decreased by several days. Accordingly, the effect of combining SA-adipic and the SA-DEM polymers on the SA release profile was investigated by synthesizing random copolymers using different ratios (Table 2 and FIG. 6). The 50:50 and 75:25 (SA-adipic:SA-DEM) ratios overcame the lag time, however the long term release was shortened compared to the SA-DEM.
Theoretical Experimental
Adipic:DEM Adipic:DEM MwDa (PDI) Tg (° C.)
100:0 100:0 14400 (1.9) 48
75:25 75:25 13400 (1.3) 52
0:100 0:100 11200 (1.9) 66
Salicylate-based PAEs featuring a diethylmalonic-linker were successfully formulated into microspheres with smooth surface and narrow size distribution (10-30 μm diameter). The SA release from these microspheres, as compared to adipic-linked microspheres, was significantly slower. In addition, a 10-day lag time in SA release was observed for the slower degrading microspheres. The best way to overcome the lag time is to formulate copolymers of 50:50 and 75:25 SA-adipic:SA-DEM.
All documents cited herein are incorporated by reference. While certain embodiments of invention are described, and many details have been set forth for purposes of illustration, certain of the details can be varied without departing from the basic principles of the invention.
The use of the terms “a” and “an” and “the” and similar terms in the context of describing embodiments of invention are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural, unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by context. The terms “comprising,” “having,” “including,” and “containing” are to be construed as open-ended terms (i.e., meaning “including, but not limited to”) unless otherwise noted. Recitation of ranges of values herein are merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range, unless otherwise indicated herein, and each separate value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. In addition to the order detailed herein, the methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”) provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate embodiments of invention and does not necessarily impose a limitation on the scope of the invention unless otherwise specifically recited in the claims. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating that any non-claimed element is essential to the practice of the invention.
1. A polymer that comprises a plurality of salicylic acid-adipic (SA-Adipic) units of the following formula
and a plurality of salicylic acid-diethylmalonic
(SA-DEM) units of the following formula
2. The polymer of claim 1 that has an average molecular weight of about 20,000 daltons to about 50,000 daltons.
4. The polymer of claim 1, wherein the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 50:50.
6. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a polymer as described in claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
7. A method for delivering salicylic acid to a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described in claim 1.
8. A method for treating a chronic eye disease in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described in claim 1.
9. A method for treating arthritis in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer as described in claim 1.
10. A microsphere comprising the polymer of claim 1.
11. The microsphere of claim 10, wherein the polymer has an average molecular weight of about 20,000 daltons to about 50,000 daltons.
13. The microsphere of claim 10, wherein the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 50:50.
15. The microsphere of claim 10, wherein the diameter of the microsphere is between about 10 μm to about 30 μm.
16. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a microsphere as described in claim 10 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
17. A method for delivering salicylic acid to a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described in claim 10.
18. A method for treating a chronic eye disease in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described in claim 10.
19. A method for treating arthritis in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a microsphere as described in claim 10.
20. The polymer of claim 1, wherein the ratio of SA-Adipic units to SA-DEM units in the polymer is about 25:75.
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WO2016046800A1 - Floor panel for forming a floor covering and method for manufacturing a floor panel. - Google Patents
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WO2016046800A1 PCT/IB2015/057389 IB2015057389W WO2016046800A1 WO 2016046800 A1 WO2016046800 A1 WO 2016046800A1 IB 2015057389 W IB2015057389 W IB 2015057389W WO 2016046800 A1 WO2016046800 A1 WO 2016046800A1
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PCT/IB2015/057389
Mark Cappelle
Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl
2015-09-25 Application filed by Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl filed Critical Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl
E04—BUILDING
E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
E04F15/00—Flooring
E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
E04F15/02038—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements characterised by tongue and groove connections between neighbouring flooring elements
E04F15/10—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials
E04F15/105—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials
E04F15/107—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials composed of several layers, e.g. sandwich panels
E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
E04F2201/01—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
E04F2201/0138—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane
E04F2201/0146—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane with snap action of the edge connectors
E04F2201/0184—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is perpendicular to the abutting edges and perpendicular to the main plane, possibly combined with a sliding movement
E04F2201/04—Other details of tongues or grooves
E04F2201/041—Tongues or grooves with slits or cuts for expansion or flexibility
Floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate (2) preferably is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1).
Floor panel for forming a floor covering and method for manufacturing a floor panel.
This invention relates to a floor panel for forming a floor covering, as well as to a method for manufacturing a floor panel.
More particularly, the invention relates to a floor panel of the type wherein the floor panel comprises a substrate, which substrate preferably is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts, which coupling parts allow that two such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel; wherein these coupling parts allow a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panel; wherein these coupling parts substantially are formed of the material of said substrate and are made in one piece therewith; wherein these coupling parts consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part, which is situated on the one edge of said pair of opposite edges, as well as of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part, which is situated on the other, opposite edge of said pair of opposite edges, which hook-shaped parts can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement; and wherein the upper hook-shaped part consists of a lip which is provided with a downward-directed locking element, whereas the lower hook-shaped part consists of a lip which is provided with an upward-directed locking element. Such floor panels are known, for example, from EP 2 339 092 A1 and WO 2010/023042.
A general problem with such floor panels is that the locking in vertical direction can be weak. As a result of this weak locking, it is possible that, under the influence of temperature, the individual floor panels set up and the coupling parts separate from each other or the floor panels move out of each other, whereby gaps may be created. This is due to shrinkage and expansion, or even warping, of the floor panels under the influence of temperature. The features of the floor panels of the state of the art are such that problems may occur already with heating by incident sunlight, for example, at a window in a room. The invention primarily aims at alternative floor panels of the above-mentioned type, wherein an improved locking is provided, wherein according to various preferred embodiments a solution can be obtained for the problems with the floor panels of the state of the art. More particularly, the invention does not only aim at providing an improved locking, but also at allowing a smooth installation of the floor panels.
To this aim, the invention relates to a floor panel as described in the independent claims 1 to 4, which respectively relate to four independent aspects of the invention. All characteristics of these independent claims or aspect can be combined at choice, as far as they are not contradictory.
Preferred, as well as deviating embodiments of these floor panels are described in the dependent claims 5 to 48.
According to the first independent aspect, the invention relates to a floor panel of the above-mentioned type, with the characteristic that the locking elements are provided with locking surfaces which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels, which locking surfaces comprise a first and second locking surface, which first locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the downward-directed locking element and which second locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the upward-directed locking element; that said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, define a tangent line forming an angle with the plane of the floor panel, which angle is smaller than 30 degrees and is larger than 0 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface defines such angle; and that said locking surfaces extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges.
As the locking surfaces form a rather small angle with the plane of the floor panel, the advantage is obtained that the vertical locking between the coupled floor panels can be made extremely strong. Moreover, this strong locking can be provided over the major part of the edges, as the locking surfaces extend continuously over the major part of the length of the edges. It is also noted that by the "major part" of the length of the edges at least 50%, preferably at least 75% and still more preferably at least 90% of the length of the respective edges is intended. The strong locking allows minimizing the risk of the occurrence of gaps, for example, as a result of the setting up of the floor panels under the influence of temperature.
That the locking surfaces which at least partially provide for the vertical locking are situated on said proximal sides of the locking elements, offers the advantage that the floor panels can be coupled in a smooth manner. This location in fact allows a smooth deformation of the coupling parts during coupling of the floor panels. That the coupling parts can deform, can be effected by manufacturing the substrate on the basis of synthetic material. Synthetic material namely allows a certain elastic deformation, such as bending and/or compressing actions, in particular when this is the synthetic material of the supple type.
According to the second independent aspect, the invention relates to a floor panel of the above-mentioned type, with the characteristic that the locking elements are provided with locking surfaces which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels, which locking surfaces comprise a first and second locking surface, which first locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the downward-directed locking element and which second locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the upward-directed locking element; that said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, define a tangent line forming an angle with the plane of the floor panel, which angle is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface defines such angle; and that said coupling parts are configured such that, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, at least in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel a tensioning force is present at the location of the locking surfaces, and/or that at least in said second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panel a tensioning force is present at the location of a vertical closing surface formed between the two floor panels. As already mentioned in respect to the first aspect, the location of the locking surfaces offers the advantage that the floor panels can be installed in a smooth manner. In fact, the location allows a smooth deformation of the coupling parts during the coupling of the floor panels. That the coupling parts can deform, can be effected by manufacturing the substrate on the basis of synthetic material. To wit, synthetic material allows a certain elastic deformation, such as bending and/or compressing actions, in particular when the synthetic material is of the supple type. The strong locking is effected here in that the locking surfaces can define an undercut, as well as also in that the mentioned tensioning force is present. The synergy between both results in a particularly close connection between the mutually coupled floor panels, by which a possible gap formation can be counteracted. Moreover, the mentioned tensioning force allows to at least partially accommodate tolerances which occur, for example, by means of milling treatments, during manufacturing of the coupling parts.
According to the third independent aspect, the invention relates to a floor panel of the above-mentioned type, with the characteristic that the locking elements are provided with locking surfaces which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels, which locking surfaces comprise a first and second locking surface, which first locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the downward-directed locking element and which second locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the upward-directed locking element; that said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, define a tangent line forming an angle with the plane of the floor panel, which angle is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface defines such angle; that the floor panel, on distal sides of the locking elements, is free from locking parts which, partially or entirely, allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction; that said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, seen in cross-section, are situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel; and that said locking surfaces extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges.
As already mentioned in respect to the first and the second aspect, the location of the locking surfaces offers the advantage that the floor panels can be installed in a smooth manner. The location, to wit, allows a smooth deformation of the coupling parts during coupling of the floor panels. That the coupling parts can deform, can be effected by manufacturing the substrate on the basis of synthetic material. To wit, synthetic material allows a certain elastic deformation, such as bending and/or compressing actions, in particular when that synthetic material is of the supple type. Moreover, the smooth installation of the floor panels is also effected in that the distal sides of the locking elements are free from locking parts which contribute to the vertical locking. The installation ease is still increased in that the locking surfaces are situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel. In this way, these locking surfaces can be realized relatively compact. Moreover, such rather low location in the floor panel allows making the lip of the lower hook-shaped part at the position of the locking surfaces relatively thin. Thus, this lip can be provided with the necessary flexibility in order to allow a certain elastic deformation.
Notwithstanding that the herein above-mentioned distal sides are free from vertical locking parts, still a strong locking can be provided in that the locking surfaces define the described angle, as well as in that they extend continuously over the major part of the length of the edges.
According to the fourth independent aspect, the invention relates to a floor panel of the above-mentioned type, with the characteristic that the locking elements are provided with locking surfaces which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels, which locking surfaces comprise a first and second locking surface, which first locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the downward-directed locking element and which second locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the upward-directed locking element; that said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, define a tangent line forming an angle with the plane of the floor panel, which angle is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface defines such angle; that the downward -directed locking element comprises a protrusion, whereof, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, at least a portion is situated beyond a vertical tangent line, which vertical tangent line touches the upward-directed locking element in a most proximally situated point of this upward- directed locking element; that the maximum height of said portion is at least 1/5 of the maximum thickness of the downward-directed locking element and maximum 1/4 of this maximum thickness; that the horizontal distance between said most proximally situated point of the upward-directed locking element and the edge of the floor panel is larger than the vertical distance between the upper side of the floor panel and the most downward-situated point of the lip of the lower hook- shaped part, and that said locking surfaces extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges of the floor panel. As already stated in respect to the first, the second and the third aspect, the location of the locking surfaces offers the advantage that the floor panels can be installed in a smooth manner. The location, to wit, allows a smooth deformation of the coupling parts during coupling of the floor panels. That the coupling parts can deform, can be effected by manufacturing the substrate on the basis of synthetic material. To wit, synthetic material allows a certain elastic deformation, such as bending and/or compressing actions, in particular when that synthetic material is of the supple type. In that the locking surfaces define the described angle, as well as in that they extend continuously over the major part of the edges, the advantage is obtained that a strong vertical locking can be effected. This strong vertical locking can also be effected by the deliberately chosen height of the mentioned protrusion, which is of sufficient thickness to provide for the desired locking, however, is made such that the floor panels may be coupled in a smooth manner. That the horizontal distance between the aforementioned most proximally situated point of the upward-directed locking element and the edge of the floor panel is larger than the vertical distance between the upper side of the floor panel and the most downward-directed point of the lip of the lower hook-shaped part, contributes to the strength of the locking, in view of the fact that this characteristic allows to make the downward-directed locking element extremely stable. As this downward -directed locking element can be made stable, also the advantage is created that the risk of breaking, for example, during coupling of the floor panels, can be minimized, thus, contributing to the smooth installation of the floor panels.
Said tangent line and/or the straight line through said second locking surface preferably is directed upward in the direction of a vertical, formed by a vertical closing surface, between two such floor panels in coupled condition. Still more preferably, said tangent line and/or the straight line through said second locking surface closes off said vertical through the vertical closing surface in such a manner that the intersection with this vertical is situated at maximum 2 mm, and preferably maximum 1 mm, above the upper side of the floor panel. In particular, said intersection is situated underneath the upper side of the floor panel. Such configuration of the tangent line and/or the straight line through the second locking surface allows a particularly strong vertical locking between the coupled floor panels, whereas the floor panels still can be coupled to each other in a smooth manner. On a distal side of the downward-directed locking element, the floor panel can be free from locking parts which partially or entirely allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction. This increases the installation ease of the floor panels. With the same aim, the floor panel, on a distal side of the upward-directed locking element, can be free from locking parts which partially or entirely allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction.
The coupling parts preferably are configured such that in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, the downward-directed locking element is clamped between a vertical closing surface, which is formed between the two floor panels and the proximal side of the upward-directed locking element. Such clamping offers the advantage that possible gap formation, for example, as a consequence of the setting up of the floor panels under the influence of temperature, can be counteracted. By such clamping, the floor panels also can be coupled in a smooth manner, in view of the fact that the clamping can provide for that a clicking effect is clearly perceptible during coupling of the floor panels.
The thickness of the floor panel preferably is smaller than 6 mm. Still more preferably, this thickness is smaller than 5 mm, and most preferably the thickness is smaller than 4 mm. Such thickness offers the advantage that the floor panels can be made sufficiently strong, but still are sufficiently thin, which can result in material economization. Moreover, the coupling parts of the invention are particularly suitable for being applied in floor panels with such thickness.
In the coupled condition of two such floor panels, the aforementioned locking surfaces, seen in cross-section, may be situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel. Due to this characteristic, the locking surfaces can be made rather compact, however, still sufficiently strong. This characteristic also allows to make the floor panels relatively thin, preferably with a thickness as described herein above.
The aforementioned angle preferably is smaller than 60 degrees. Still more preferably, the angle is smaller than 45 degrees. Most preferably, the angle is smaller than 30 degrees. Hereby, a particularly strong vertical locking can be provided while still guaranteeing the installation ease of the floor panels. Preferably, the lip of the lower hook-shaped part comprises an incision on an underside of this lip, which incision extends in horizontal direction starting from a distal side of the upward-directed locking element and at least up to said locking surfaces. Such incision contributes to the installation ease of the floor panels. In fact, it provides for that the lip of the lower hook-shaped part can bend during coupling of the floor panels, such that sufficient space can be created for the mutual engagement of the hook-shaped parts. In particular, the incision extends in horizontal direction to beyond said locking surfaces. In the coupled condition of two such floor panels, an interspace is provided in the entire intermediary space between a distal side of the upward-directed locking element of the one floor panel and the edge of the other floor panel. Such interspace contributes to the installation ease of the floor panels. In particular in combination with the herein above-mentioned incision, the interspace offers the possibility of creating sufficient space for the herein above-mentioned bending of the lip of the lower hook-shaped part during coupling of the floor panels. In particular, the interspace extends up to below the lip of the upper hook-shaped part. Preferably, an interspace is present between a vertical closing surface, which is formed between two such floor panels in the coupled condition and a support surface, which belongs to the lip of the lower hook-shaped part and serves for supporting the downward-directed locking element. Such interspace contributes to the smooth installation of the floor panels. In fact, the interspace allows that sufficient space is created for pressing down the downward-directed locking element in order to achieve the coupled condition. In particular, the lip of the lower hook-shaped part also comprises a floating support surface for the downward- directed locking element, wherein preferably an interspace is present between the floating support surface and the downward-directed locking element. Such floating support surface offers the advantage that a boundary is set for the possibility of pressing down the downward-directed locking element. This offers the possibility of minimizing possibly obtained height differences, for example, when walking on the installed floor panels. To this aim, said interspace has a thickness of maximum 2 mm and still more preferably has a thickness of maximum 1 mm. However, still more preferably, the interspace between the floating support surface and the downward-directed locking element has a thickness of maximum 0.2 mm and most preferably of maximum 0.1 mm. The interspace between the floating support surface and the downward -directed locking element also allows to accommodate tolerances which occur, for example, by means of milling treatments, during manufacturing of the coupling parts. Preferably, said support surface is situated more closely to the upward-directed locking element than said floating support surface. Preferably, the support surface is situated lower than said floating support surface. Preferably, the interspace between the vertical closing surface and the support surface extends continuously from the vertical closing surface to said support surface. Such measures all contribute to the installation ease of the floor panels.
The downward-directed locking element preferably comprises a protrusion, which is clamped between the second locking surface and said support surface. Hereby, a particularly strong vertical locking can be provided and it can be prevented that the protrusion will come out of the locked condition, for example, under the influence of external forces.
The lip of the lower hook-shaped part preferably shows a minimum thickness which is larger than 1/4 of the overall thickness of the floor panel. Hereby, the lip of the lower hook-shaped part can be made stable. With the same aim, the lip of the lower hook-shaped part can show a minimum thickness which is larger than 1/3, and preferably is larger than 5/12, of the maximum thickness of the upward- directed locking element. The lip of the lower hook-shaped part can show a varying thickness. This offers the possibility of providing the lip, on the one hand, with sufficient stability and providing the lip, on the other hand, with other features, such as flexibility. To this aim, the lip can be made relatively thick there, where stability is desired, whereas the lip can be made relatively thin there, where flexibility is desired. In particularly, the lip of the lower hook-shaped part becomes thicker in a direction away from the upward-directed locking element. Hereby, the lip can be connected to the core of the floor panel in a stable manner and can be provided with the necessary flexibility next to the upward -directed locking element. Such flexibility allows possibly bending the lip during coupling of the floor panels, such that this coupling may be performed in a smooth manner. The lip of the lower hook-shaped part preferably has a minimum thickness which is larger than 1/3 of the overall thickness of the floor panel. Hereby, the lip of the upper hook-shaped part can be made stable. With the same aim, the lip of the upper hook-shaped part can show a minimum thickness which is larger than 1/2 of the maximum thickness of the downward-directed locking element.
The lip of the upper hook-shaped part can show a varying thickness. This offers the possibility of providing the lip with sufficient stability, on the one hand, and providing the lip with other features, such as flexibility, on the other hand. To this aim, the lip can be made relatively thick there, where stability is desired, whereas the lip can be made relatively thin there, where flexibility is desired. In particular, the lip of the upper hook-shaped part becomes thicker in a direction away from the downward-directed locking element. Hereby, the lip can be connected to the core of the floor panel in a stable manner and can be provided with the necessary flexibility next to the downward-directed locking element. Such flexibility allows possibly bending the lip during coupling of the floor panels, such that this coupling may be performed in a smooth manner
Preferably, the coupling parts substantially are made massive. This means that, although weakened portions and/or recesses may be provided in the coupling parts, these are restricted such that they do not substantially determine the deformation of the coupling parts during coupling. Most preferably, the coupling parts are made massive and the coupling parts thus are free from weakened parts and/or recesses which allow deformations of the coupling parts.
Preferably, the floor panel is oblong, wherein the aforementioned pair of opposite edges is situated on the short sides of the floor panel and wherein the pair of opposite edges on the long sides of the floor panel also comprises coupling parts which allow a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to said edges on the long sides and in the plane of the floor panel.
The coupling parts on the opposite pair of edges on the long sides of the floor panel preferably are configured such that two such floor panels can be coupled at these edges by means of a turning movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel, in such a manner that a plurality of such floor panels can be coupled by means of the so-called "fold-down" technique. The coupling parts on the opposite pair of edges on the long sides can be configured such that two such floor panels can be coupled at these edges by means of a horizontal snap movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel.
It is also noted that the herein above-mentioned preferred and alternative features of the invention can be combined at choice with each of the independent aspects, as far as these do not create any contradictions, or as far as they are not already mentioned as a feature in the respective aspect.
The present invention also relates to a method as described in the independent claim 49 and 52. Preferred, as well as deviating embodiments of this method are described in the dependent claims 50 to 51 and 53 to 58.
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a substrate, which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material and comprises filling means; wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts; and wherein these coupling parts allow a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panel; with the characteristic that at least a portion of said coupling parts is manufactured from the material of said substrate by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments. Such planing and/or scraping treatments offer the advantage that the coupling parts can be made very precisely. In particular, they can be advantageously employed for precise manufacturing of finer portions of the coupling parts, such as an undercut or the like. Moreover, the inventor rather unexpectedly has found that such treatments can be successfully applied in substrates which comprise fillers.
The filling means can consist of plasticizers and/or fillers, such as chalk and/or limestone. Such filling means allow giving new features to the synthetic substrate, for example, in the field of strength or flexibility. At the same time, fillers such as chalk and/or limestone offer economic advantages. According to an alternative, whether or not combined with the herein above-mentioned filling means, the filling means may consist of wood fibers.
The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a substrate, which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts, which coupling parts allow that two such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel; wherein these coupling parts allow a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panel; with the characteristic that least a portion of said coupling parts is manufactured from the material of said substrate by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments. In that such planing and/or scraping treatments are employed, the advantage is created that the coupling parts can be manufactured in a precise manner.
Preferably, the method also shows the characteristic that said coupling parts consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part, which is situated on the one edge of said pair of opposite edges, as well as of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part, which is situated on the other, opposite edge of said pair of opposite edges, which hook-shaped parts can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement; that the upper hook-shaped part consists of a lip which is provided with a downward-directed locking element, whereas the lower hook-shaped part consists of a lip which is provided with an upward-directed locking element; that the locking elements are provided with locking surfaces which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels; and that at least said locking surfaces are manufactured from the material of said substrate by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments. The inventor has found that such planing treatments are particularly advantageous when manufacturing the mentioned locking surfaces, which at least partially provide for the vertical locking.
In particular, the locking surfaces comprise a first and second locking surface, which first locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the downward-directed locking element, and which second locking surface belongs to a proximal side of the upward-directed locking element.
Still more particularly, said locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels, define a tangent line forming an angle with the plane of the floor panel, which angle is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or said second locking surface defines such angle. Such locking surfaces may define an undercut, which is difficult to manufacture by means of traditional milling treatments. However, the inventor has found that such undercuts in fact can be manufactured easily and precisely by means of the mentioned planing treatments.
The remainder of the coupling parts can be manufactured substantially from the material of said substrate substantially by means of milling treatments. The methods, such as described herein above, can be applied for manufacturing a floor panel according to the herein above-described aspects of the invention, as well as for manufacturing a floor panel according to their preferred and alternative embodiments. The invention also relates to a floor panel as obtained according to the method according to any of the claims 49 to 58.
With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, herein below, as an example without any limitative character, some preferred embodiments are described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 represents a floor panel according to the invention;
Figures 2 and 3, at a larger scale, represent a cross-section according to the lines ll-ll and Ill-Ill, respectively, shown in figure 1 ;
Figures 4 to 7 represent how two floor panels can be coupled to each other at the edges from figure 2;
Figure 8 for clearness' sake represents the coupling parts from figure 2 in completely coupled condition;
Figure 9, at a larger scale, represents a view of the part indicated by F10 in figure 8;
Figures 10 to 14 represent variants of the invention; Figures 15 and 16 represent in perspective how the long and short edges of the floor panel from figure 1 can be coupled to similar floor panels, wherein figure 16 at a larger scale provides a view on the area indicated by F1 in figure 15;
Figure 17 represents a variant of the embodiment in figure 3; and
Figures 18 and 19 represent how two floor panels can be coupled to each other at the edges from figure 3.
Figure 1 represents a floor panel 1 according to the invention, which can be applied for forming a floor covering. The floor panel 1 is oblong and comprises a pair of opposite edges 5-6 on the short sides of the floor panel 1 and a pair of opposite edges 30-31 on the long sides of the floor panel 1. The pair of opposite edges 5-6 comprises coupling parts 7-8, whereas the pair of opposite edges 30-31 comprises coupling parts 32-33.
Figure 2 represents a cross-section according to line 11-11 in figure 1. The floor panel 1 comprises a substrate 2, which preferably is manufactured on the basis of synthetic or thermoplastic material, such as polyvinyl chloride. The floor panel 1 comprises a top layer 28, which comprises at least a decor and a transparent or translucent wear layer situated on the decor.
The coupling parts 7-8 are entirely formed from the material of the substrate 2 and are made in one piece therewith. Moreover, substantially they are made massive. The coupling parts 7-8 consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part 9, which is situated on the one edge 5 of said pair of opposite edges 5-6, as well as an upward -directed lower hook-shaped part 10, which is situated on the other, opposite edge 6 of the aforementioned pair of opposite edges 5-6. The upper hook-shaped part 9 consists of a lip 11 which is provided with a downward-directed locking element 12, whereas the lower hook-shaped part 10 consists of a lip 13 which is provided with an upward-directed locking element 14.
The locking elements 12 and 14 are provided with locking surfaces 15-16, which at least partially, and here entirely, allow the locking in said first direction V perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels 1. The locking surfaces 15-16 comprise a first locking surface 15 and a second locking surface 16. The first locking surface 15 belongs to a proximal side 17 of the downward-directed locking element 12, and the second locking surface 16 belongs to a proximal side 18 of the upward-directed locking element 14. That the locking surfaces 15-16 belong to the mentioned proximal sides 17-18, offers the advantage that the floor panels 1 can be coupled in a smooth manner.
On a distal side 19 of the downward-directed locking element 12, the floor panel 1 is free from locking parts, which partially or entirely allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction V. Also, the floor panel 1 , on a distal side 19 of the upward-directed locking element, is free from locking parts which, partially or entirely, allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction V. The absence of such locking parts on the mentioned distal sides 19-20 contributes to the possibility of smoothly coupling the floor panels 1. Figure 3 represents a cross-sectional view according to line Ill-Ill in figure 1. The coupling parts 32-33 are realized in the form of a tongue and a groove, respectively.
Figure 4 to 7 represent how two floor panels 1 can be coupled to each other at the edges 5-6. The coupling parts 7-8 allow that two such floor panels 1 can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement M of one floor panel 1 in respect to the other floor panel 1.
Figure 5 represents that the coupling parts 7-8 do not just like that drop into each other during the downward movement M. As a result of the presence of the locking surfaces 15-19, a resistance has to be overcome, such that the hook-shaped parts 9-10 will engage in each other. The elasticity of the synthetic material of the substrate 2 helps to overcome this resistance in view of the fact that it allows deformations of the coupling parts 7-8. Thus, it provides, together with the specific configuration of the coupling parts 7-8, for a smooth coupling of the coupling parts 1 at the edges 5-6.
Hereby, it is also noted that a resistance as mentioned herein above, which is the consequence of the presence of the locking surfaces 15-16 on the proximal sides 17-18, can be overcome more simply than a possible resistance which is created by locking parts present on the distal sides 19-20. Such last-mentioned resistance, to wit, less easily allows an elastic deformation of the coupling parts, such as, for example, a downward bending of the lip of the lower hook-shaped part.
Figure 6 represents an example of a deformation of the coupling parts 7-8, wherein the lip 13 of the lower hook-shaped part 10 is bent downward when performing the downward movement M, such as represented by the dotted line. Such elastic bending of the lip 13 increases the available space for the locking element 12, such that this locking element 12 simply can be pressed down. In an analogous way, it is possible that the lip 11 of the upper hook-shaped part 9 is bent upward when performing the downward movement M. Such upward bending of the lip 11 , however, is not represented here.
Another example of a possible deformation, which is not represented here, relates to an elastic compression of the locking element 12 and/or the locking element 14, more particularly an elastic compression of the portion of the locking element 12 to which the locking surface 15 belongs and/or the portion of the locking element 14 to which the locking surface 16 belongs. It is also noted that two or more of the herein above-described deformations may occur together when performing the coupling movement between the floor panels 1.
Figure 7 represents the floor panels 1 in coupled condition. In this coupled condition, the coupling parts 7-8 allow a locking in a first direction V perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels 1 , as well as in a second direction H perpendicular to the edges 5-6 and in the plane of the floor panels 1.
Figure 8, at a larger scale, represents the coupled condition from figure 7.
The floor panel 1 shows a thickness T which is smaller than 6 mm and preferably is smaller than 5 mm, and still more preferably is smaller than 4 mm.
In the coupled condition of two such floor panels 1 , the locking surfaces 15-16 define a tangent line R forming an angle A with the plane of the floor panel 1. The angle A is smaller than 30 degrees and larger than 0 degrees. More particularly, the angle A is equal to 25 degrees. Such rather minor angle offers the advantage that a very strong vertical locking is allowed, by which the risk of height differences or gap formation between the coupled floor panels can be minimized.
The inventor has found that for realizing such locking surfaces 15-16, planing and/or scraping treatments, or breach and/or breaching treatments, can be applied in an advantageous matter. Such treatments allow to manufacture the locking surfaces 15-16 precisely as well as efficient. The remaining portions of the coupling part 7-8 can be realized by means of milling treatments. The tangent line R is directed upward in the direction of the vertical V3 through the vertical closing surface V1 formed between the coupled floor panels 1. More particularly, the tangent line R intersects the vertical V3 in such a manner that the intersection point is situated underneath the upper side 3 of the floor panels 1. That the mentioned intersection point is situated underneath the upper side 3 of the floor panels, is also caused by the relatively small angle A, as well as by the relatively low position of the locking surfaces 15-16 in the floor panel. It offers as an advantage that a particularly strong vertical locking can be effected between the floor panels, whereas the floor panels still can be installed in a smooth manner. The locking surfaces 15-16 extend continuously over the major part of the length of the edges 5-6. Hereby, a strong vertical locking can be effected over the major part of the edges.
In the coupled condition of the floor panels 1 , the locking surfaces 15-16, seen in cross-section, are situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel 1. So, the locking surfaces 15-16 can be realized relatively compact, such that a smooth installation of the floor panels 1 remains possible. The resistance, as described herein above, then is sufficiently small. Such relatively low position of the locking surfaces 15-16 also offers as an advantage that the lip 13 can be made relatively thin at the position of the locking surfaces 15-16, and that the lip 13 as such can undergo elastic deformations relatively easy.
The downward-directed locking element 12 comprises a protrusion 21 , of which, in the coupled condition of the floor panels 1 , at least a portion 22 is situated past beyond the vertical tangent line V2. The vertical tangent line V2 touches the upward-directed locking element 14 in a most proximally situated point of this upward-directed locking element 14. The maximum height H1 of the part 22 is at least 1/5 of the maximum thickness H2 of the downward-directed locking element 12 and maximum 1/4 of this maximum thickness H2. That the part 22 shows such height H1 , offers the advantage that the portion can be realized relatively compact, which is beneficial for the smoothness of installation, however, can also be provided with sufficient strength in order to provide a strong vertical locking. In that the part 22 has the height H1 , this part 22 also is extremely suitable for being applied in relatively thin floor panels 1.
The horizontal distance W1 between said most proximally situated point of the upward-directed locking element 14 and the edge 6 of the floor panel 1 is larger than the vertical distance H3 between the upper side 3 of the floor panel 1 and the most downward-situated point of the lip 3 of the lower hook-shaped part 10. That the opening for the locking element 12 is realized this wide, offers the advantage that the locking element 12 can be made very stable, such that the risk of breaking, for example, during coupling of the floor panels 1 , can be minimized.
In the coupled condition of the floor panels 1 , an interspace 25 is provided in the entire intermediary space between the distal side 20 of the upward-directed locking element 14 of the one floor panel 1 and the edge 5 of the other floor panel 1. The interspace 25 extends up to below the lip 11 of the upper hook-shaped part 9. Such interspace 25 contributes to the installation ease of the floor panels 1 , in view of the fact that the interspace 25, for example, creates space for a possible bending of the lip 13 during the coupling movement. The lip 13 of the lower hook-shaped part 10 shows a minimum thickness T1, which is larger than 1/4 of the overall thickness T of the floor panel 1. This offers the advantage that the lip 13 can be realized sufficiently strong and stable, such that the lip 13 does not break off, for example, during the herein above-described bending. For this same purpose, the minimum thickness T1 of the lip 13 is larger than 1/3 and preferably larger than 5/12 of the maximum thickness T2 of the locking element 4.
Moreover, the lip 13 has a varying thickness. In this manner, the lip 13 can be provided with sufficient strength and stability, on the one hand, and obtain sufficient flexible features, on the other hand. More particularly, the lip 13 becomes thicker in a direction away from the upward-directed locking element 14. In this manner, a strong connection with the core of the floor panel 1 can be guaranteed. With the purpose of providing the lip 1 1 with sufficient strength and stability, this lip 1 1 shows a minimum thickness T3 which is larger than 1/3 of the overall thickness T of the floor panel. More particularly, the minimum thickness T3 is larger than 1/2 of the maximum thickness H2 of the downward-directed locking element.
The lip 1 1 of the upper hook-shaped part 9 has a varying thickness. In this manner, the lip 1 1 can be provided with sufficient strength and stability, on the one hand, and obtain sufficient flexible features, on the other hand. More particularly, the lip 1 1 becomes thicker in a direction away from the downward-directed locking element 12. In this manner, a strong connection with the core of the floor panel 1 can be guaranteed.
Figure 9, at a larger scale, represents the part indicated by F10 in figure 8. The contours of the coupling parts 7-8, which are represented here, correspond to the contours of the coupling parts in the uncoupled condition of the floor panels 1. As represented, the coupling parts 7-8 are configured such that their contours overlap. Due to the overlapping contours, in the coupled condition one or more tensioning forces are created, which have a positive influence on the locking between the floor panels 1. Such tensioning forces allow minimizing the risk of gap formation and height differences in the installed condition of the floor panels 1.
Figure 9 represents a first tensioning force F1 , which is present at the location of the locking surfaces 15-16. This tensioning force F1 provides for that the locking surfaces 15-16 are pressed towards each other and thus can effect a particularly strong locking. Moreover, a second tensioning force F2 is present at the location of the vertical closing surface V1. Hereby, the edges 5-6 present at the closing surface V1 are pressed towards each other, such that gap formation can be counteracted in the installed condition of the floor panels.
Figure 9 also shows that as a result of the overlapping contours, the locking element 12 is clamped between the closing surface V1 and the proximal side 18 of the locking element 18. Herein, also the protrusion 21 is sitting clamped between the locking surface 16 and the support surface S1.
Figure 9 represents that the lip 13 comprises a support surface S1 for supporting the locking element 12. Between this support surface S1 and the vertical closing surface V1 , an interspace 26 is present. This interspace 26 helps with the smooth coupling of the floor panels 1.
The lip 13 also comprises a floating support surface S2, wherein an interspace 27 is present between this support surface S2 and the locking element 12. The interspace 27 has a thickness of maximum 2 mm and preferably of maximum 1 mm. Such interspace 2 provides for the necessary space for pressing down the downward-directed locking element 12. Also, the floating support surface S2 provides for the at least partial taking up of tolerances which occur during the manufacture of the coupling parts 7-8.
The support surface S1 is situated closer to the locking element 14 than the floating support surface S2 and is situated lower than the support surface S2. The herein above-mentioned interspace 26 extends continuously from said vertical closing surface (V2) up to said support surface (S1 ).
Figure 10 represents another variant of the invention, wherein the lip 13 comprises an incision 23 on the lower side 24 of the lip 13. The incision 23 extends in horizontal direction from the distal side 20 of the upward -directed locking element 14 and at least up to said locking surfaces 15-16. Such incision facilitates the possible downward bending of the lip 13 during the coupling movement. Here, the incision 23 extends to beyond the locking surfaces 15-16. Figures 1 1 to 14 represent more variants of the invention, wherein the floor panel 1 is provided with one or more reinforcement layers 29.
Figure 15 represents how the floor panels 1 can be coupled to each other by means of the so-called fold-down technique. Herein, the floor panel 1 C to be coupled is coupled at one of its long sides to the floor panels 1A of a preceding row, whereas the floor panel 1A simultaneously, i.e. with the same turning movement W, is coupled on one of its short sides to a floor panel 1 B from the same row. To this aim, the long sides of the floor panels 1 are provided with coupling parts 32-33, which allow the coupling by means of the turning movement W, and the short sides are provided with coupling parts 7-8, which allow a coupling by means of a downward movement as a result of the turning movement W. The herein above-described coupling parts 7-8 can be applied particularly advantageous in such so-called fold-down floor panels 1. In fact, they provide for a smooth installation, as well as for a strong locking in the coupled condition.
Figure 16 represents in an enlarged manner what is indicated by F1 1 in figure 15.
Figure 17 represents coupling parts 32-33, which allow that the floor panels can be coupled by means of a turning movement W and which can be applied in the herein above-mentioned fold-down movement. The coupling parts 32-33 allow a locking in a first direction V perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel 1 , as well as in a second direction H perpendicular to the aforementioned edges 30-31 and in the plane of the floor panel 1.
Figure 18 represents an alternative of the coupling parts 32-33 of figure 17, which allow that the floor panels can be coupled by means of a turning movement, and can be applied with the herein above-described fold-down technique.
Moreover, the coupling parts 32-33 of figure 18 are configured such that they also allow a horizontal snap movement S of one floor panel 1 in respect to the other floor panel 1 in order to couple the floor panels 1. Such horizontal snap movement S is represented in figure 19.
It is clear that in figure 9 the shape of the coupling parts is represented such as it is in the free condition of these coupling parts. The coupling parts show an overlapping shape, such that the floor panels in coupled condition are seated in each other with a so-called "pretension".
It is clear that this primarily relates to decorative floor panels, thus, with a decorative upper side, for forming a floor covering on an existing supporting floor, and more particularly for forming a floating floor covering.
In particular, the invention is intended for floor panels which substantially consist of synthetic material, and still more for floor panels of the supple type. More particularly, the invention shows its advantages best with vinyl floor panels, in particular so-called vinyl tiles, and in particular with floor panels of the so-called LVT type ("Luxury Vinyl Tile") or VCT type ("Vinyl Composite Tile", also called "Vinyl Composition Tile"). Such synthetic material floor panel, and in particular supple synthetic material floor panel, and more particularly such vinyl tile, preferably shows any of the following characteristics:
- the floor panel is substantially composed of a substrate of one or more basic layers and at least a top layer, wherein the top layer as such may or may not be composed of a plurality of layers;
herein, the top layer comprises at least a decorative layer, preferably in the form of a print, preferably provided on a foil or film;
the top layer comprises at least a translucent or transparent wear layer; - the floor panel substantially is composed of a thermoplastic material, preferably a soft thermoplastic material;
- the floor panel, or at least the substrate, substantially is composed of polyvinyl chloride, more particularly of soft polyvinyl chloride, more particularly provided with plasticizers or the like; a composition "substantially" on the basis of PVC must be interpreted broadly in view of the fact that a large number of additives, for example, fillers, can be used in PVC floors;
- the floor panel comprises at least one reinforcement layer, preferably formed of fibers, more particularly reinforcement fibers, such as glass fibers; preferably, the reinforcement layer is situated halfway the thickness of the floor panel; preferably, the reinforcement layer is not interrupted across the floor panel, which results in an increased stability of the floor panel in comparison with an interrupted reinforcement layer; preferably, the reinforcement layer is situated at the height of the protrusion (21) and/or at the height of the locking surfaces (15-16), with the advantage that the strength of this protrusion and/or these locking surfaces, and consequently the strength of the vertical locking between the floor panels, is increased;
It is noted that "soft PVC" is a term expressing that this relates to supple PVC, in other words, PVC which is relatively readily bendable. The term soft PVC is generally known in the technique. Such soft PVC consists of PVC which is softened, preferably by means of a plasticizer added during the production process. Depending on the added amount of plasticizer, of course various degrees of suppleness can be obtained. By a plasticizer, any material is to be understood which, by being added, results in a more supple PVC. Typical examples are phthalate plasticizers and isosorbide plasticizers. By PVC which has been softened, of course also PVC can be understood, or a composition on the basis of PVC can be understood, which, for example, as it has been modified, as such has the feature of being supple.
The same is also valid for other "soft synthetic materials", and the above is not restricted to PVC.
As already mentioned herein above, the present invention shows its advantages beset when it is applied with floor panels which substantially are manufactured of supple or soft synthetic material, or in other words with supple floor panels.
By supple floor panels, floor panels are meant which, when they, in the case of a rectangular floor panel, for example, having a width of less than 50 centimeters, are clamped on one or both short sides of the floor panel and herein protrude over a length of 100 centimeters and are not supported, the floor panels will bend under the influence of their own weight, wherein this bending at the height of the free extremity in respect to the clamped extremity is minimum 10 centimeters. For this bending, a bending time of 10 seconds is taken into account, and wherein the floor panel starts from a flat horizontal position. Also, the invention primarily shows its advantages best when being applied in floor panels of the WPC type ("Wood Plastics Composite").
It is clear that the coupling parts in free condition preferably show a somewhat overlapping shape, such that the floor panels in coupled condition are seated in each other with a so-called "pretension".
The present invention is in no way restricted to the embodiment described herein above and represented in the figures, on the contrary may such floor panel be realized in various forms and dimensions, without leaving the scope of the invention. So, for example, it is noted that, although in figure 1 an oblong floor panel is represented, the invention may also be applied to square floor panels.
It is also noted that by an "upward-directed" locking element not only a locking element is understood which extends in height in respect to the lip of the lower hook-shaped part. By this, also a locking element is understood which extends in the height in respect to a recess which is provided in this lip and which thus does not necessarily extend higher than the lip, with the exception of this recess. It is noted that by a "downward movement" not only a movement is understood having only a downward component. By this, also a so-called fold-down movement is understood, as well as a movement which, besides a substantially downward component, for example, also comprises a lateral component. It is noted that by "locking surfaces" not only surfaces are understood which, in the coupled condition of two floor panels, in fact come into contact. By this, also surfaces are understood which only make contact when the one floor panel is moving upward in respect to the other floor panel, for example, under the influence of external forces, and which consequently also allow at least a locking in vertical direction.
It is noted that "planing and/or scraping treatments" have to be interpreted broadly as linear cutting movements by which a thin layer can be removed from a surface. More particularly, by "planing and/or scraping treatments", broach and/or broaching treatments have to be understood.
1. - Floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate (2) preferably is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1 ) in respect to the other floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) substantially are formed of the material of said substrate (2) and are made in one piece therewith; wherein these coupling parts (7-8) consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part (9), which is situated on the one edge (5) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), as well as of an upward- directed lower hook-shaped part (10), which is situated on the other, opposite edge (6) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), which hook-shaped parts (9-10) can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement (M); and wherein the upper hook-shaped part (9) consists of a lip (1 1) which is provided with a downward-directed locking element (12), whereas the lower hook-shaped part (10) consists of a lip (13) which is provided with an upward-directed locking element (14); characterized in that the locking elements (12-14) are provided with locking surfaces (15-16) which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels (1), which locking surfaces (15-16) comprise a first (15) and second locking surface (16), which first locking surface (15) belongs to a proximal side (17) of the downward-directed locking element (12) and which second locking surface (16) belongs to a proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14); that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), define a tangent line (R) forming an angle (A) with the plane of the floor panel (1), which angle (A) is smaller than 30 degrees and larger than 0 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface (16) defines such angle (A); and that said locking surfaces (15-16) extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges (5-6).
2. - Floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate (2) preferably is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction
(H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) substantially are formed of the material of said substrate (2) and are made in one piece therewith; wherein these coupling parts (7-8) consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part (9), which is situated on the one edge (5) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), as well as of an upward- directed lower hook-shaped part (10), which is situated on the other, opposite edge (6) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), which hook-shaped parts (9-10) can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement (M); and wherein the upper hook-shaped part (9) consists of a lip (11) which is provided with a downward-directed locking element (12), whereas the lower hook-shaped part (10) consists of a lip (13) which is provided with an upward-directed locking element (14); characterized in that the locking elements (12-14) are provided with locking surfaces (15-16) which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels (1), which locking surfaces (15-16) comprise a first (15) and second locking surface (16), which first locking surface (15) belongs to a proximal side (17) of the downward-directed locking element (12) and which second locking surface (16) belongs to a proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14); that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), define a tangent line (R) forming an angle (A) with the plane of the floor panel (1), which angle (A) is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface (16) defines such angle (A); and that said coupling parts (7-8) are configured such that, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), at least in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), a tensioning force (F1) is present at the location of the locking surfaces (15-16), and/or that at least in said second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel
(I) , a tensioning force (F2) is present at the location of a vertical closing surface (V1) formed between the two floor panels (1).
3.- Floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate (2) is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material and preferably has a thickness (T) which is smaller than 5 mm; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) substantially are formed of the material of said substrate (2) and are made in one piece therewith; wherein these coupling parts (7-8) consist of a downward-directed upper hook- shaped part (9), which is situated on the one edge (5) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), as well as of an upward -directed lower hook-shaped part (10), which is situated on the other, opposite edge (6) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), which hook-shaped parts (9-10) can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement (M); and wherein the upper hook-shaped part (9) consists of a lip (11) which is provided with a downward-directed locking element (12), whereas the lower hook-shaped part (10) consists of a lip (13) which is provided with an upward-directed locking element (14); characterized in that the locking elements (12-14) are provided with locking surfaces (15-16) which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels (1), which locking surfaces (15-16) comprise a first (15) and second locking surface (16), which first locking surface (15) belongs to a proximal side (17) of the downward-directed locking element (12) and which second locking surface (16) belongs to a proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14); that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), define a tangent line (R) forming an angle (A) with the plane of the floor panel (1), which angle (A) is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface (16) defines such angle (A); that the floor panel (1), on distal sides (19-20) of the locking elements (12-14), is free from locking parts which, partially or entirely, allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction (V); that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), seen in cross-section, are situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel (1); and that said locking surfaces (15-16) extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges (5-6).
4.- Floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), an upper side (3) and a lower side (4), which substrate (2) is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material and preferably has a thickness (T) which is smaller than 5 mm; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1 ), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) substantially are formed of the material of said substrate (2) and are made in one piece therewith; wherein these coupling parts (7-8) consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part (9), which is situated on the one edge (5) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), as well as of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part (10), which is situated on the other, opposite edge (6) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), which hook-shaped parts (9- 10) can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement (M); and wherein the upper hook-shaped part (9) consists of a lip (11) which is provided with a downward-directed locking element (12), whereas the lower hook- shaped part (10) consists of a lip (13) which is provided with an upward-directed locking element (14); characterized in that the locking elements (12-14) are provided with locking surfaces (15-16) which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels (1), which locking surfaces (15-16) comprise a first (15) and second locking surface (16), which first locking surface (15) belongs to a proximal side (17) of the downward- directed locking element (12) and which second locking surface (16) belongs to a proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14); that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), define a tangent line (R) forming an angle (A) with the plane of the floor panel (1), which angle (A) is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface (16) defines such angle (A); that the downward-directed locking element ( 2) comprises a protrusion (21), whereof, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), at least a portion (22) is situated beyond a vertical tangent line (V2), which vertical tangent line (V2) touches the upward-directed locking element (14) in a most proximally situated point of this upward-directed locking element; that the maximum height (H1) of said portion (22) is at least 1/5 of the maximum thickness (H2) of the downward-directed locking element (12) and maximum 1/4 of this maximum thickness (H2); that the horizontal distance (W1) between said most proximally situated point of the upward-directed locking element (14) and the edge (6) of the floor panel (1 ) is larger than the vertical distance (H3) between the upper side (3) of the floor panel (1) and the most downward-situated point of the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10), and that said locking surfaces (15-16) extend continuously over the major part of the length of the respective edges (5-6) of the floor panel (1).
5. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said tangent line (R) and/or the straight line through said second locking surface (16) is directed upward in the direction of a vertical (V3) through a vertical closing surface (V1) formed between two such floor panels (1) in coupled condition.
6. - Floor panel according to claim 5, characterized in that said tangent line (R) and/or the straight line through said second locking surface (16) intersects said vertical (V3) through the vertical closing surface (V1), such that the point of intersection with this vertical (V3) is situated maximum 2 mm, and preferably maximum 1 mm above the upper side (3) of the floor panel (1 ).
7. - Floor panel according to claim 6, characterized in that said point of intersection is situated below the upper side (3) of the floor panel (1).
8. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floor panel (1), on a distal side (19) of the downward-directed locking element (12), is free from locking parts which, partially or entirely, allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction (V).
9. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floor panel (1), on a distal side (20) of the upward-directed locking element (14), is free from locking parts which, partially or entirely, allow a locking in an aforementioned first direction (V).
10. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the coupling parts (7-8) are configured such that, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), the downward-directed locking element (12) is clamped between a vertical closing surface (V1), which is formed between the two floor panels (1), and the proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14).
11.- Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floor panel (1) has a thickness (T) which is smaller than 6 mm, and preferably is smaller than 5 mm, and still more preferably is smaller than 4 mm. 12.- Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), seen in cross-section, are situated entirely in the lower half of the floor panel (1).
13. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said angle (A) is smaller than 60 degrees, and preferably smaller than 45 degrees, and still more preferably smaller than 30 degrees.
14. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) comprises an incision (23) on an underside (24) of this lip (13), which incision (23) extends in horizontal direction starting from a distal side (20) of the upward-directed locking element and at least up to said locking surfaces (15-16). 5. - Floor panel according to claim 14, characterized in that said incision (23) extends in horizontal direction to beyond said locking surfaces (15-16).
16. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), an interspace (25) is provided in the entire intermediary space between a distal side (20) of the upward-directed locking element (14) of the one floor panel (1) and the edge (5) of the other floor panel (1).
17. - Floor panel according to claim 16, characterized in that said interspace (25) extends up to below the lip (1 ) of the upper hook-shaped part (9).
18. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a vertical closing surface (V1) is formed between two such floor panels (1) in the coupled condition; that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) comprises a support surface (S1) for supporting the downward-directed locking element (12); and that an interspace (26) is present between said vertical closing surface (V1) and the aforementioned support surface (S1).
19.- Floor panel according to claim 18, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) comprises a floating support surface (S2) for the downward-directed locking element (12). 20.- Floor panel according to claim 19, characterized in that an interspace (27) is present between said floating support surface (S2) and said downward-directed locking element (12).
21. - Floor panel according to claim 20, characterized in that said interspace (27) has a thickness of maximum 2 mm and preferably has a thickness of maximum 1 mm.
22. - Floor panel according to any of the claims 19 to 21 , characterized in that said support surface (S1) is situated closer to the upward-directed locking element (14) than said support surface (S2).
23. - Floor panel according to any of the claims 19 to 22, characterized in that said support surface (S1) is situated lower than said floating support surface (S2). 24.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 18 to 23, characterized in that said interspace (26) extends continuously from said vertical closing surface (V2) up to said support surface (S1).
25. - Floor panel according to any of the claims 18 to 24, characterized in that the downward-directed locking element (12) comprises a protrusion (21), which is clamped between said second locking surface (16) and said support surface (S1).
26. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) has a minimum thickness (T1) which is larger than 1/4 of the overall thickness (T) of the floor panel (1).
27. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) has a minimum thickness (T1) which is larger than 1/3, and preferably is larger than 5/12, of the maximum thickness (T2) of the upward-directed locking element (14).
28.- Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped part (10) has a varying thickness.
29. - Floor panel according to claim 28, characterized in that the lip (13) of the lower hook-shaped portion (10) becomes thicker in a direction away from the upward-directed locking element (14).
30. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (11) of the lower hook-shaped part (9) has a minimum thickness (T3) which is larger than 1/3 of the overall thickness (T) of the floor panel (1).
31. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (11) of the upper hook-shaped part (9) has a minimum thickness (T3) which is larger than 1/2 of the maximum thickness (T2) of the downward-directed locking element (12).
32. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lip (1 ) of the upper hook-shaped part (9) has a varying thickness. 33.- Floor panel according to claim 32, characterized in that the lip (11) of the upper hook-shaped part (9) becomes thicker in a direction away from the downward-directed locking element (12).
34. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said coupling parts (7-8) substantially are made massive.
35. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the substrate (2) substantially is made of synthetic material. 36.- Floor panel according to claim 35, characterized in that the floor panel (1) is of the supple type.
37.- Floor panel according to claim 35 or 36, characterized in that the floor panel (1) substantially is composed of a thermoplastic material, preferably a soft thermoplastic material, or that at least the substrate (2) of the floor panel (1) consist of such material.
38.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 37, characterized in that the floor panel (1) substantially is composed of said substrate (2), which comprises one or more basic layers, and at least one top layer (28). 39.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 38, characterized in that the floor panel (1) substantially is made on the basis of polyvinyl chloride, more particularly on the basis of soft polyvinyl chloride, or at least the substrate (2) is made on the basis of polyvinyl chloride, more particularly soft polyvinyl chloride. 40.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 39, characterized in that the floor panel (1) is a vinyl panel, more particularly a so-called vinyl tile, and in particular a floor panel (1) of the so-called LVT type ("Luxury Vinyl Tile") or VCT type ("Vinyl Composite Tile", also called "Vinyl Composition Tile"). 41.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 38, characterized in that the floor panel (1), or at least the substrate (2) thereof, substantially is formed on the basis of polyurethane or polypropylene.
42. - Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 41 , characterized in that the substrate (2) comprises one or more plasticizers, wherein these plasticizers, in the case that the substrate consists of several layers, are situated in one or more layers thereof, in particular basic layers thereof.
43. - Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 42, characterized in that the substrate (2) comprises at least one filler material, such as chalk and/or limestone, wherein this filler, in the case that the substrate (2) consists of a plurality of layers, is situated in one or more layers thereof, in particular, basis layers thereof. 44.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 35 to 43, characterized in that the floor panel (1) is provided with at least one reinforcing layer (29), preferably of glass fiber or the like.
45.- Floor panel according to any of the claims 1 to 34, characterized in that the floor panel is of the WPC type ("Wood Plastic Composite").
46. - Floor panel according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floor panel (1) is oblong and that said pair of opposite edges (5-6) is situated at the short sides of the floor panel; and that the pair of opposite edges (30-31) on the long sides of the floor panel (1) also comprise coupling parts (32-33), which coupling parts (32-33) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to said edges (30-31) and in the plane of the floor panel (1).
47. - Floor panel according to claim 46, characterized in that the coupling parts (32-33) on the opposite pair of edges (30-31) on the long sides of the floor panel
(1) are configured such that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled at these edges (30-31) by means of a turning movement (W) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1), in such a manner that a plurality of such floor panels (1) can be coupled by means of the so-called "fold-down" technique.
48. - Floor panel according to claim 46 or 47, characterized in that the coupling parts (32-33) on the opposite pair of edges (30-31) on the long sides of the floor panel (1) are configured such that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled at these edges (30-31) by means of a horizontal snap movement of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1).
49. - Method for manufacturing a floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material and comprises fillers; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8); and wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); characterized in that at least a portion of said coupling parts (7-8) is manufactured from the material of said substrate (2) by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments.
50. - Method according to claim 49, characterized in that the fillers consist of plasticizers and/or chalk and/or limestone.
51. - Method according to claim 49, characterized in that the fillers consist of wood fibers.
52.- Method for manufacturing a floor panel (1) for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel (1) comprises a substrate (2), which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel (1), on at least one pair of opposite edges (5-6), comprises coupling parts (7-8), which coupling parts (7-8) allow that two such floor panels (1) can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement (M) of one floor panel (1) in respect to the other floor panel (1); wherein these coupling parts (7-8) allow a locking in a first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel (1), as well as in a second direction (H) perpendicular to the edges (5-6) and in the plane of the floor panel (1); characterized in that least a portion of said coupling parts (7-8) is manufactured from the material of said substrate (2) by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments. 53.- Method according to claim 52, characterized in that said coupling parts (7- 8) consist of a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part (9), which is situated on the one edge (5) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), as well as an upward- directed lower hook-shaped part (10), which is situated on the other, opposite edge (6) of said pair of opposite edges (5-6), which hook-shaped parts (9-10) can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement (M); that the upper hook-shaped part (9) consists of a lip (11) which is provided with a downward-directed locking element (12), whereas the lower hook-shaped part (10) consists of a lip (13) which is provided with an upward-directed locking element (14); that the locking elements (12-14) are provided with locking surfaces (15-16) which at least partially allow the locking in said first direction (V) perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels (1); and that at least said locking surfaces (15-16) are manufactured from the material of said substrate (2) by means of planing and/or scraping treatments, preferably broach and/ or broaching treatments. 54.- Method according to claim 53, characterized in that said locking surfaces (15-16) comprise a first (15) and second locking surface (16), which first locking surface (15) belongs to a proximal side (17) of the downward-directed locking element (12) and which second locking surface (16) belongs to a proximal side (18) of the upward-directed locking element (14).
55.- Method according to claim 54, characterized in that said locking surfaces (15-16), in the coupled condition of two such floor panels (1), define a tangent line (R) forming an angle (A) with the plane of the floor panel (1), which angle (A) is smaller than 90 degrees, and/or that said second locking surface (16) defines such angle (A). 56.- Method according to any of the claims 49 to 55, characterized in that the remainder of the coupling parts (7-8) is manufactured of the material of said substrate (2) substantially by means of milling treatments.
57. - Method according to any of the preceding claims 49 to 56, characterized in that it is applied for manufacturing a floor panel according to any of the claims 1 to
58. - Method according to any of the preceding claims 49 to 57, characterized in that it is applied to a floor panel having characteristics such as defined as such in any of the claims 11 or 35 to 48.
59. - Floor panel, such as obtained according to the method according to any of the claims 49 to 58.
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Who said: “I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.”
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A discovery in science, or a new theory, even when it appears most unitary and most all-embracing, deals with some immediate element of novelty or paradox within the framework of far vaster, unanalysed, unarticulated reserves of knowledge, experience, faith, and presupposition. Our progress is narrow; it takes a vast world unchallenged and for granted. This is one reason why, however great the novelty or scope of new discovery, we neither can, nor need, rebuild the house of the mind very rapidly. This is one reason why science, for all its revolutions, is conservative. This is why we will have to accept the fact that no one of us really will ever know very much. This is why we shall have to find comfort in the fact that, taken together, we know more and more.
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
Science and the Common Understanding (1954), 53-4.
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A sick man talks obsessively about his illness; a healthy man never talks about his health; for as Pirandello points out, we take happiness for granted, and only begin to question life when we are unhappy.
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Science is like society and trade, in resting at bottom upon a basis of faith. There are some things here, too, that we can not prove, otherwise there would be nothing we can prove. Science is busy with the hither-end of things, not the thither-end. It is a mistake to contrast religion and science in this respect, and to think of religion as taking everything for granted, and science as doing only clean work, and having all the loose ends gathered up and tucked in. We never reach the roots of things in science more than in religion.
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From 'Walking by Faith', The Pattern in the Mount: And Other Sermons (1885), 49. The sentence “Science is busy with the hither-end of things, not the thither-end” is quoted alone in collections such as James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources (1893), 382:35.
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Driver arrested after plowing into Saanich home
‘It’s frustrating’: First anniversary of double murder near Ucluelet comes with no answers for family
Dan Archbald, left, and Ryan Daley, right, were last seen leaving Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour on May 16, 2018 and found dead more than a month later. (RCMP Handout)
Scott Cunningham, Journalist, CTV Vancouver Island
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Published Wednesday, June 19, 2019 11:13AM PDT
Last Updated Wednesday, June 19, 2019 2:50PM PDT
Father's Day for Terry Daley was not only spent without a card or even a call from his son this year, it also passed without any indication his boy's killer will face justice.
Last June, the remains of two men were discovered just outside the western Vancouver Island town of Ucluelet.
Police identified one man as Daniel Archbald and the other as Ryan Daley, and immediately said the discovery was being treated as a double homicide.
Ryan was Terry Daley’s son. One year since the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crimes Unit began their investigation, Daley says he has received no update on the case.
“It is disappointing, it’s frustrating, it’s anger, its everything,” Daley told CTV News.
'We fear the worst': Search launched for missing men last seen in Ucluelet
The case of the two men began long before the discovery of their bodies.
Police reached out to the public and their families for information after they disappeared following a voyage at sea.
Archbald, who lived in Squamish, and Daley, who called Jordan River home, were returning from a sailing trip to Panama when they were caught on surveillance footage at Ucluelet’s Small Craft Harbour.
The images of the two bearded men laden with large duffle bags would be the last snapshots investigators or family would see. Roughly a month later on June 16, 2018, police announced the bodies of the men had been found.
One year later, at least one family remains in a gut-churning limbo of the unknown.
Terry Daley, who lives in southern Ontario, says he has heard nothing from B.C. investigators.
Daley says he isn’t completely surprised.
“I think we presumed or knew at the time that it would never get solved, or would take a really long time,” he said.
When asked why he thought his child’s killer might never come to justice, he said he has little faith there is enough being done to unearth the true story behind the double homicide.
“There is not enough police, RCMP, money or resources to solve problems like this.”
At the time of the disappearance there was a fervent rumour mill swirling around what happened to the men.
The officer in charge of Vancouver Island’s Major Crimes Unit went so far as to ask the public to refrain from posting false information on social media platforms.
“The widespread use of social media and the internet as sources of information risks drawing linkages that do not exist,” said Inspector Dave Hall in late June 2018.
Ryan Daley, Dan Archbald homicide case being investigated by U.S. DEA
As RCMP investigators offered little information surrounding the initial steps of their investigation, word did trickle out that U.S. agencies were poking around the case.
It was eventually confirmed that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was aiding the RCMP. Officials would not give any details as to what the DEA was interested in, but according to the organization's mandate, it works on cases involving the suspected trafficking of controlled substances in the United States.
Fast forward one year and the lockdown on information remains in place.
When asked for an update on the double homicide, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said that “the investigation remains active and ongoing with nothing new to provide by way of an update.”
When the inquiry began 12 months ago, the Mounties said it should not be conducted in the public arena. But for Terry Daley, those months, weeks and days of silence have taken a toll.
CTV News reached out to the family of Daniel Archbald for a comment, but did not receive a reply before deadline.
Surveillance image taken at the Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour on May 16 shows Ryan Daley and Dan Archbald before they went missing. (RCMP)
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How Much Does Juul Actually Cost? (A Month)
Everyone knows that vaping a Juul can be expensive. But how much will your Juul cost each month? This article will reveal you the REAL costs of choosing to vape a Juul device. The actual cost is much higher than the price of a Juul starter kit.
Sure, a regular device kit might retail for a mere $34.99 USD online, but that’s not enough if you wish to start Juuling. There’s a lot of extra hidden costs over time, such as purchasing additional pods and shipping those pods to your home.
How Much Does Juul Cost?
An official Juul pod system retails for $34.99 USD on popular vape websites. Device kits include a charging dock, and the Juul device itself (silver or black). The price for a Juul starter kit is $49.99 USD. Starter kits are similar to device kits, but will include 4 additional Juul pod flavors.
Juul pods flavors can also be purchased separately. A single pack of four Juul pods will usually retail for $15.99 USD. These official replacement pod packages can be purchased in the following flavor options:
Virginia Tobacco
Cool Cucumber
Fruit Medley
Classic Tobacco
The replacement pod flavors for Juul are available with either a 3% nicotine or 5% nicotine content. Please note that the flavor options Classic Tobacco and Menthol are only available in the 5% nicotine variation.
How Much Does Juul Cost A Month?
Now that we have an idea of the product pricing, the next thing we should discuss is the usage cost over time. This will depend on how much you use your Juul in any given time period. Let’s check out what the real costs are for an average user over the course of a single month.
ANSWER: On average, a Juul will cost you $171 USD a month when using 1ml of e-juice a day. These costs should be added on top of the initial costs of the Juul device kit ($34.99 USD), as well as potential shipping costs of the products.
These monthly costs are based on the average retail price of Juul pods in the United States. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in the state of California, prices are likely to be higher (about $25 USD for a four-pack of pods). The average Californian using 1ml of e-juice a day should expect a monthly cost of about $267 USD.
Check out the informative YouTube video below (from our friends over at Elevated Vaping), to immediately get a better understanding of the REAL costs of Juuling:
Juul Costs vs. Smoking Costs
Now that we have an understanding of the costs per month, we can use that data to take note of the costs per year. All we need to do is take the average monthly costs and multiply this number by 12 months.
Considering that the average retail cost of a Juul per month is $171 USD, the average retail cost of using a Juul per year would be $2052 USD. This excludes the purchase of the initial device kit (or starter kit).
This might sound rather expensive. But consider the following: A cigarette smoker using a single pack of cigarettes a day ($6.38 USD a pack on average in the USA) will spend about $2,292 USD a year on their smoking habits. That equates to about $188 USD a month for a regular smoker.
Obviously, choosing a Juul will be a relatively healthier choice. So if you’re a smoker considering making the change to vaping, a Juul might very well be a good financial ánd health choice. If you want to read a more comprehensive comparison, I did write an article about Juul vs. cigarettes on this blog. However, there are even cheaper pod system options out there, such as Juul compatible refillable pods. Let’s take a look at the options.
A Cheaper Juul Alternative
Think the price of Juul is still too high? No worries, I’ll help you find a cheaper solution. There are a few things you can do to reduce the overall cost of using a pod system like Juul:
Use third-party compatible pods in your official Juul device (such as Ziip pods);
Go for alternative pod systems, such as the ones in the overview selection below;
Go for a regular vape setup instead of a pod system (check components in this overview).
Doing a cost comparison between the Juul and other pod systems, you’ll quickly find that alternatives are almost always cheaper. This means it might be worthwhile to dive into the wide range of available pod system alternatives out there.
While alternative pod systems are considerably cheaper, they do have cartridges that need to be replaced. The cost for cartridge replacement is about $15 USD, while the overall average e-juice use comes down to $20 USD a month. So adding up the usage costs per month, we get a price tag of only $35 USD a month. That’s considerably cheaper!
I’ve already written a comprehensive overview of pod system alternatives a while back. Check it out by clicking the article link below.
Also read: The 10 Best Vape Pod Systems For Flavor That Outperform Juul
In case you’re too lazy to click through to that vape pod article, here’s the super-short breakdown:
Open vs. closed: Open pod systems allow you to choose your own e-liquid (making them refillable), while closed pod systems can’t be refilled and already have e-liquid inside;
Benefits: Overall, pod systems are highly portable, easy to use and have rather cheap cartridges;
Vapor production: We’re huge fans of the Innokin EQ, Lost Vape Orion DNA GO, Kandypens Ruby, and the Suorin Air;
Flavor: Try the Vladdin RE, Nexus AIO, or Rubi if you’re all about that flavor chasing;
So go out there and explore the world of Juul alternatives! There’s plenty of options for all types of vapers. It doesn’t matter if you’re a flavor chaser, cloud chaser or simply want a casual vape for on the road. There are great alternatives out there for everyone.
Third-Party Pods For Juul
Separate from the whole alternative pod system story are the Juul-compatible third-party pods. We’ve mentioned Ziip pods briefly, but there are a lot of brands that produce these types of ‘cheaper’ pods.
These third-party Juul pods aren’t all poor quality.
Most of them even enhance your experience! That’s because of the limited flavor range choices for the official Juul.
Want some strawberry pods? Nope, doesn’t exist. Except it does, if you’re going for a third-party compatible pod. That’s why these are so popular! And it’s not just because of the flavor enhancement. Third-party pods can also contain more e-juice per pod, making them longer lasting. Let’s see what the best options are:
Benefits compared to Juul
EON Pods - Insane flavor
- Best bang for your buck
- 35 or 50mg strength
- Bigger pods (1ml) Check current price here
Fuma Pods - Very cheap
- Lots of fruity flavors
- Up to 6% nic salt Check current price here
Ziip Pods - Very trustworthy alternative
- Bigger pods (1ml)
- Many flavors Check current price here
The Real Cost Of A Juul
As you can see, it’s pretty simple to decrease the cost of your Juul usage. Simply choosing to use third-party pods will already save you a considerable amount of money. But if you’re loyal to the Juul brand (I’m not sure why, but there are people that only want official stuff), you’ll still be off cheaper than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.
While Juuling might be one of the more expensive ways to vape, it’s also the most popular. Even after the crackdown by the FDA. The legal battle is still ongoing guys! It’s like it will never end for those guys, the poor bastards.
But as users, we don’t really care about Juuls struggles with the law. We just want to vape some delicious e-juice and enjoy our lives! If you’re a smoker trying to quit, I will guarantee you you’ll feel better using a Juul (at least, compared to those nasty cigs).
And like we always do on the Vaping Junkie blog, I’d like to also recommend people to check out the vape gear overview page right here. It’s where you find the latest categories and products in the world of vaping. All of them hand-picked! So go check that out. And as always, vape on!
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A state law signed Monday represents a victory for small business, particularly restaurateurs, and for fairness.
The new law signed by Gov. Jay Nixon specifies business owners are not responsible to pay taxes owed by tipped employees who fail to report cash tips as income.
Business groups — including the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Missouri Restaurant Association — sought the new law in response to a Missouri Department of Revenue requirement that business owners make up for the lost revenue when workers failed to report total income from tips.
According to the state chamber, the revenue department “was calculating the tip percentage on credit card receipts and comparing that to the cash tips employees were reporting as income. When the percentages showed a discrepancy, the department went after restaurants to make up the difference.”
Daniel P. Mehan, the chamber’s president and CEO, characterized the revenue agency’s actions as “nonsensical and as hostile to small business.” He added: “Missouri business leaders understand the importance of paying taxes and contributing to state revenue, but it’s way over the line to expect businesses to pay their employees’ personal tax bills.”
Greg Hunsucker, chairman of the restaurant association’s government relations and public policy committee and president of V’s Italiano Ristorante, was more charitable toward the state agency. He praised Revenue Director Nia Ray and her staff, “who worked with us toward an equitable resolution.”
And he characterized the new law as “sound and balanced public policy.”
The bill was sponsored by Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit, and state Reps. Galen Higdon, R-St. Joseph, and Ron Hicks, R-St. Charles County.
Owning and operating a small business, particularly a restaurant, can be an uphill battle.
Requiring owners to pay a calculated amount of taxation not reported by tipped employees is an onerous and unfair burden.
We’re pleased business interests and state officials were able to work together toward a reasonable solution.
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Jiles, Paulette
Audiobook on MP3 CD - 2016
"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence.In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows.Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember--strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become--in the eyes of the law--a kidnapper himself"--
Publisher: Grand Haven, Michigan : BrillianceAudio, ©2016.
Edition: Unabridged MP3 edition.
Characteristics: 1 compact discs (5:59 hours) :,digital, MP3 format ;,12 cm.
Additional Contributors: Gardner, Grover - Narrator
Read more reviews of News of the World at iDreamBooks.com
Voyages and Travels — Fiction.
Widowers — Fiction.
Orphans — Fiction.
Kiowa Indians — Fiction.
Audiobook.
United States — History — 19th Century — Fiction
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Coordinated bombings kill at least 140 in Sri Lanka
Kamala Harris is introducing the first-ever bill of rights for domestic workers
Joe Biden once warned that without 'orderly integration,' his children would 'grow up in a racial jungle'
Trump says congresswomen 'hate our country' as House plans vote on resolution condemning his tweets
Will Hurd and Pat Toomey are among the first GOP lawmakers to condemn Trump's 'racist and xenophobic' tweets
GOP Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley demand FTC look into social media companies' content curation methods
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Sri Lanka bombings
LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images
An ongoing series of bombings targeted churches and luxury hotels in what is believed to be a coordinated terror attack in Sri Lanka on Sunday. At least 140 people have reportedly been killed and 560 injured.
The Sri Lankan government has declared a curfew, blocked access to most major social media sites, and deployed the military in response. The first wave of attacks reportedly occurred during three Easter services at Christian churches throughout the country, including in the capital Colombo. Christians are a minority in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka and Christian groups say they have faced increasing intimidation from some extremist Buddhist monks in recent years, per Reuters.
Three more bombs then went off at hotels, one near a zoo, and one at a private residence.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena both condemned the attacks.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. Sri Lanka has been at "relative peace" for the past decade after the end of a 25-year civil war when terrorist bombings were common. Tim O'Donnell
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) wants to shake up the current state of U.S. labor law, which often overlooks a crucial part of the country's workforce.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate announced on Monday that she is introducing the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation that, if passed, would provide legal protections and benefits to millions of people who work as nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers, who are often immigrants and women of color. Currently, these professions have few federal protections and benefit guarantees.
It's time we changed the way we value domestic work in America. Today I'm introducing the first ever National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to guarantee domestic workers across our country the dignity, benefits, and legal protections they deserve.
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) July 15, 2019
"The courageous working-class women, women of color, and immigrant women who are demanding their rights today are unwilling to be excluded any longer," Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who is co-sponsoring the bill, said. "When domestic workers win everyone wins."
The protections and benefits — such as sick days and fair scheduling — would reportedly be enforced through grants to organizations that represent domestic workers. Additionally, the bill would address issues like health care, retirement, and workplace sexual harassment and discrimination.
However, the bill's ultimate fate might be to serve as method of changing the debate around labor laws. The National Domestic Workers Alliance reportedly does not expect it to pass on the first try because of the majority-Republican Senate.
The bill reportedly received input from domestic workers for the last two years. Read more at Fast Company. Tim O'Donnell
biden on the record
Joe Biden's anti-busing stance was a lot harsher than he's previously been willing to admit.
The former vice president's opposition to federally mandated busing to integrate schools during his early senatorial career hit the mainstream in last month's Democratic primary debates, when Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) revealed how she'd benefited from busing as a child. That sparked the The New York Times' deep dive into "how Joe Biden became the Democrats' anti-busing crusader," which, published Monday, digs up a slew of anti-busing quotes from Biden's long political record.
Biden has tied his long civil rights record into his presidential campaign, and some black leaders in Wilmington, Delaware praised Biden for it. Yet he also "promoted nearly a dozen pieces of legislation" aimed at limiting federal busing programs, and despite his claims otherwise, outright said "I oppose busing" in 1975, the Times reports. And in 1977, Biden made a particularly questionable argument against using busing to achieve integration.
NEW: @USCGouldLaw prof @droithmayr spotted this 1977 Biden quote. He warns that unless there is "orderly integration" (he favored housing, not busing) "My children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle . . " w/@AsteadWesley https://t.co/yQpjw0V2bN pic.twitter.com/7xPdtqjehB
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) July 15, 2019
The quote comes from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the "busing of schoolchildren," during which Biden vehemently argued for a bill that would remove a U.S. court's power to "issue school transportation orders based on race, color, or national origin," per a congressional summary. Biden said part of the bill's goal was to ensure "orderly integration" with agreement between Congress and federal courts.
Biden at the June Democratic debate forcefully said he opposed federal busing but supported its use in individual school districts. That contradicts Biden's June assurance that he has "always been in favor of using federal authority to overcome state-initiated segregation." Read more about Biden's anti-busing record at The New York Times. Kathryn Krawczyk
quadrupling down
President Trump on Monday continued to defend his tweets telling four minority congresswomen to "go back" to where they came from as the House of Representatives planned to vote on a resolution condemning the remarks.
Trump during an event on Monday said that the congresswomen he targeted in the tweet, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), "in my opinion hate our country" and that "if they're not happy here, they can leave." Trump also said that the congresswomen "have to love our country." Asked if he's concerned about his tweets being seen as racist, including by white supremacists, Trump said he's not.
"It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me," Trump said.
Trump spoke shortly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that the House will consider a resolution condemning Trump's tweets, encouraging Republicans to join with Democrats in voting for it.
"The House cannot allow the president's characterization of immigrants to our country to stand," Pelosi said, The Hill reports. "Our Republican colleagues must join us in condemning the President's xenophobic tweets." Some GOP lawmakers have begun to push back on Trump's remarks, the latest being Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who in a statement on Monday afternoon said Trump's comments were "way out of line" and "he should take that down." Brendan Morrow
TRUMP: "I mean I look at the one, I look at Omar -- I don't know, I never met her -- I hear the way she talks about Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda has killed many Americans ... these are people that in my opinion hate our country ... they can leave ... they have to love our country." pic.twitter.com/ldQhkWJoC8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2019
After President Trump over the weekend tweeted that several minority congresswomen should "go back" to where they came from, some Republican lawmakers are beginning to criticize his remarks.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Twitter late on Sunday said that Trump's comments were "wrong," while Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) on Monday called them "really uncalled for" and "very disappointing," also speculating that "a good number of my Republican colleagues don't appreciate the comments as well," The Washington Post reports.
Roy and Upton were soon joined by their Republican colleague Rep. Paul Mitchell (D-Mich.), who tweeted that "we must be better than comments" like Trump's, which are "beneath leaders."
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) also blasted Trump's tweets as "racist" and "xenophobic" on Monday while adding that the president's behavior is "unbecoming of the leader of the free world," CNN reports. Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) said the tweet is "not reflective" of his district's values and called on Trump to "immediately disavow his comments." And Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Trump "was wrong" to say what he did because "three of the four were born in America," encouraging the president to critique the congresswomen for their ideas, CNN reports.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is the latest Republican to speak out, saying that Trump's comments were "divisive, unnecessary and wrong," reports NBC News' Frank Thorp.
Outside of Congress, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich also condemned Trump's tweets as "deplorable and beneath the dignity of the office," reports NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell, while former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake called the remarks "vile and offensive."
These comments come after earlier silence from most Republicans and after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Fox & Friends recommended that Trump "aim higher" but did not condemn the tweets, suggesting the spirit of Trump's remarks was correct because the lawmakers he was attacking "hate our own country." Trump on Monday denied that his tweets were racist. Brendan Morrow
still in the woods
Immigrants across the U.S. buckled down in preparation for promised deportation raids over the weekend. They never came.
Several news reports had indicated Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were headed to at least 10 major cities this weekend for deportation raids, with President Trump later confirming they were supposed to be a deterrent for prospective migrants. Instead, immigrant-heavy neighborhoods turned "eerily quiet" and pro-immigrant protesters took to the streets, but very few ICE agents actually came knocking, NPR reports.
ICE agents were reportedly set to single out about 2,000 migrants with deportation orders on Sunday, and Mexican officials said they were ready for the influx, per The Associated Press. Yet ICE agents were only reported at three residences in New York City, and the people there didn't open their doors, The New York Times reports. Democrats and advocates had warned immigrants not to open their doors to law enforcement without signed judicial warrants ahead of the reported operations — though the Times notes that agents sometimes devise tricky tactics to lure people outside.
Every word of this feels like you're reading some darkly absurdist dystopian novel, but it's a real government agency. https://t.co/A0mii8nerg pic.twitter.com/QlddbDoBIH
— Taniel (@Taniel) July 15, 2019
Promised raids in Miami similarly "never got underway" even though some families hid in "secret shelters," the Miami Herald reports. That's because, as the Times reports, "plans for the operation were changed at the last minute" after news reports "tipped off immigrant communities about what to expect." Current and former Homeland Security officials now say that instead of one large-scale sweep, ICE will conduct smaller raids over the span of a week. That week of crackdowns reportedly started Sunday, though "individual ICE field offices were given the discretion to decide when to begin," the Times continues. Kathryn Krawczyk
things that make you say hmmm
The Jeffrey Epstein case just keeps getting stranger.
During Epstein's bail hearing on Monday, federal prosecutors disclosed the contents of Epstein's safe after the FBI raided his Manhattan residences last week. Sure, they found "piles of cash." And some diamonds, too. That's to be expected.
But Alex Rossmiller, one of the prosecutors, reportedly revealed a more startling discovery.
NEW: Federal prosecutor Alex Rossmiller says that invesitgators found in his house a locked safe with cash, diamonds, and a now expired passport from another country which shows Jeffrey Epstein's picture but has a different name and says his residence is Saudi Arabia.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) July 15, 2019
One can only speculate about why Epstein has the passport and if he ever used it, but the enigma grows. No one can pinpoint how Epstein accrued his wealth, there are reports of a steel safe in a secretive room on his private island, and there are longstanding rumors, which may have been substantiated, that he has compiled blackmail to use against his powerful associates. Add the passport to the list.
Of course, these mysteries should not overshadow the actual reason Epstein is in the news — he has been charged with sex trafficking minors for years and accused of sexual abuse. But perhaps as investigators been to unravel this sprawling tale, some of the weirder components will begin to shed light on Epstein's alleged criminal history. Tim O'Donnell
Why did Jeffrey Epstein hold a foreign passport with someone else's name on it?
There can't be any really good explanations for this, but it could lead to a good amount of real explanations of how this sex predator got away with it forever.#MondayThoughts https://t.co/SgSnKsw7OL
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) July 15, 2019
hear us out
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who have made no secret of their disdain for the industry, are continuing to go after tech companies.
The two lawmakers on Monday sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission demanding the agency investigate how Facebook, Google, and Twitter decide what content appears on their social media platforms, Bloomberg reports.
"They control the ads we see, the news we read, and the information we digest," the Republicans wrote in the letter. "And they actively censor some content and amplify other content based on algorithms and intentional decisions that are completely nontransparent."
The request is reportedly significant, but not earth-shattering.
A 6b study gives the FTC power to force companies to turn over documents, but it's not the same as a Section 5 deception probe or an antitrust probe. So it's meaningful but not in a "drop the legal hammer" sort of way
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) July 15, 2019
Still, the two senators are feeling the heat, especially from libertarians, for the letter, as Cruz has in the past. The senators' stance remains caught in what feels like a strange middle ground for the Republican party, as they're choosing between increasing regulations on business and championing free speech for conservatives — though its clear Cruz and Hawley prioritize the latter, especially at a crucial political moment.
As we get closer to 2020, it appears Republicans are ramping up allegations of social media bias against conservatives. Advocates say this is an attempt to game the refs. Tech companies dispute the allegations all together.
— Tonya Riley (@TonyaJoRiley) July 15, 2019
A Senate panel will hold a hearing on social media bias on Tuesday that will feature testimony from a top Google executive. Tim O'Donnell
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October 9, 2017 October 9, 2017 Bryan Roth5 Comments on GABF by the Numbers: Coffee, ‘Session’ Beer and Winner Geography
GABF by the Numbers: Coffee, ‘Session’ Beer and Winner Geography
Over the weekend, the Brewers Association announced their annual list of winners from judging at the Great American Beer Festival, offering the best of American beer out of 7,923 entries across 98 categories.
Among the joy of all the winners, there was also some confusion. With 105 entries, Fruited American-Style Sour Ale was decided to not have one good enough for a gold. Session IPA awarded its top medal to a beer with 5.8% ABV. The first-place finisher for American-style IPA went to a beer its brewery does and does not list as a pale ale. Whoops.
Even if there are some confusing aspects of what was decided, there are still worthy numbers to crunch (and overanalyze).
To start, I pulled 10 of the most-entered categories from 2017. These were selected for having the highest number of entries but also being the most consistent in category description itself, as the BA has gone from 84 to 98 style categories in the last five years, dividing up and switching how some style categories are classified.
Entries by Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
American-Style IPA 252 279 336 312 408
Imperial IPA 149 135 208 211 221
Coffee Beer* 92 116 149 168 203
American-style Pale Ale 124 145 160 157 199
American-style Strong Pale Ale 120 134 134 169 182
Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer 117 107 179 175 175
Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Stout 89 109 128 131 154
German-style Kolsch 60 84 111 111 154
Herb and Spice Beer 134 150 142 114 145
German-style Pilsner 56 75 100 115 145
A note on the coffee beer category, of which I’ve previously covered extensively: this year it was split into two categories for the first time with “Coffee Beer” and “Coffee Stout or Porter.” Like the quirkiness of other categories mentioned above, this had a strange effect in that it didn’t really change anything. Of the six medals awarded between the two, five were milk stouts, with the lone holdout Alaskan’s Heritage Coffee Brown Ale, which won gold in the broader “Coffee Beer” category. The silver and bronze finishers in that section were both “golden” milk stouts.
Given that, I lumped all the coffee beer entries into one category, even though I realize not all beers entered were likely stouts or porters, however it does pique my interest how many entries were some version of those styles. Overall, the category of Coffee Beer is fascinating to me because it’s one of the most popular at GABF while always staying rather niche commercially. It’s easy to see when taking those 10 categories above and ranking them based on five-year growth trends:
2013-2017 Growth
German-style Pilsner 158.9%
German-style Kolsch 156.7%
Coffee Beer 120.7%
Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Stout 73%
American-Style India Pale Ale 61.9%
American-style Pale Ale 60.5%
American-style Strong Pale Ale 51.7%
Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer 49.6%
Imperial IPA 48.3%
Herb and Spice Beer 8.2%
Probably didn’t expect those top-three? The coffee beer selection may seem a bit out there, but for those of us who think a little too much about beer, the rapid growth of entries in the pilsner and kolsch categories aren’t a surprise as more enthusiasts talk about “sessionable” beers and the growth of lagers. But before we start declaring for the umpteenth time these beers are the “next IPA” (nothing is the “next IPA”), let’s please note that it can be part of the overall growth of the industry given the number of new breweries coming online, the number of those breweries who are creating beers to attract new (read: macro) drinkers, and act as a result of established breweries creating and entering judging. Not included here is Golden or Blonde Ale, which has gone from 69 to 126 entries over the 2013-2017 timespan.
Sessionable Styles
In early 2016, BA economist Bart Watson noted: “Differentation is important in any niche, value-added market, because you need to give consumers a reason to pay more for your good than for a lower-priced good produced with greater scale.
All that said, there is also plenty to point at that the increase in GABF entries is also part of the overall growing trend of growth in these styles.
At the end of last year, Watson pointed out that golden, blonde, pilsner and pale lager categories represented just over 33% of BA-defined craft incremental growth in IRI-scanned data for the year. In 2016, craft pilsners grew 19.3% in dollar sales in IRI-tracked dollar sales, while golden ales (48.2%) and pale lagers (9.8%) also increased.
So while there are larger trends at play in relation to the potential popularity and creation of these styles/brands, it’s worth considering what details we may be able to take away from winning entries over the years.
For example, here are the top finishers in the German Kolsch category over the past five years:
Gold: Leinenkugel’s Canoe Paddler, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI
Silver: Tailgater Kölsch, Flat Tail Brewing Co., Corvallis, OR
Bronze: Potential Blonde, Kinetic Brewing Co., Lancaster, CA
Gold: Laimas Kolsch, FATE Brewing Co., Boulder, CO
Silver: Sun Dazed, Old Town Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Bronze: Canoe Paddler, Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI
Gold: Chuckanut Kolsch Style, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Silver: Colorado Kölsch, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO
Bronze: Friar Chuck, Black Bottle Brewery, Fort Collins, CO
Gold: Light of Cologne, Ornery Beer Co., Woodbridge, VA
Silver: Vacation, Daredevil Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN
Bronze: Lü, Solemn Oath Brewery, Naperville, IL
Silver: Seafarer, Three Weavers Brewing Co., Inglewood, CA
Bronze: Downhill Kölsch, Elk Mountain Brewing Co., Parker, CO
For those familiar with the history and pedigree of Leinenkugel Brewing when it comes to German beers, its wins in 2013 and 2014 could be expected. What catches my eye, in a very basic way, is how the size and focus of winning breweries have changed. Geographically, 2016 shows that Colorado and the West Coast don’t have a stranglehold on the style, but there’s also a collection of breweries that specialize in lager (or in this case, lager-ish) beers as well as breweries who are more known for making big ales, like Solemn Oath. Perhaps this can connect with the above guess about breweries expanding their offerings by sake of growing as well as seeking broader customer interest.
In a minimal way, this also shows in recent history of the German Pilsner category.
Gold: Pivo, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA
Silver: STS Pils, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Tiny Bomb, Wiseacre Brewing Co., Memphis, TN
Silver: Pilsner, pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR
Bronze: Pilsner, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO
Gold: Industry, The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Silver: Bosque Lager, Bosque Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Lokahi Pilsner, Kohola Brewery, Lahaina, HI
Gold: Zoigl-Pils, Zoiglhaus Brewing Co., Portland, OR
Silver: Pilsner, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – South Dock, Aurora, CO
Bronze: Pivo, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Pivo’s Place
Looking past Firestone Walker’s vice grip on medals, I see something like Austin Beer Garden’s win in 2016 as a good anecdote for the changing geography of success with styles, as well as a bit of evidence for the (subjective) claim of Austin as the “Pilsner Capital of America.” Austin Beer Garden also won gold this year in the American-Style Pilsener or International-Style Pilsener category, for what it’s worth.
But let’s talk about Firestone’s Pivo. Since its debut in 2013, it’s placed in four out of five years, including three gold medals and this year’s bronze. That’s a hell of an accomplishment that caused me to (foolishly) ask on Twitter as I considered what that meant, is it the best beer in America? Everyone @’d me.
The reason behind asking the question, aside for the fact I enjoy the discussion, is that kind of success isn’t really seen outside of something like the American-style light lager category, where macro brands dominated for years. So of course it’s a fun excuse to pose the question, if only due to its success in GABF and inclusion in my 2014 normalization analysis of that year’s “best beer” by writers from around the country, which showed Pivo to be one of the most beloved beers among those that cover the industry that year.
A second tier of reasoning behind asking the question is its connection to things inherently popular (but not rooted) in American beer drinking culture, where the pilsner or something close to it has long been the go-to choice for the vast majority of Americans. Plus, you know, hops, thanks to its “West Coast dry-hopping twist.” A light, sessionable beer with some distinctive hop flavor? Sounds pretty spot on to what a large collection of Americans might seek out, beer geek or not.
Before you take to social media to tell me what an idiot I am for asking a question about a “best” beer, please take a look at all the other writing I’ve done on why calling a beer “best” is foolish. I don’t think Pivo Pils is the best beer in America and never said as much there or here – beer is an experiential good that can’t be quantified in this fashion, no matter what RateBeer, Beer Advocate or Untappd users tell us. However, in terms of award success and its place within America’s flavor preferences, I simply think it’s a fun discussion to have regarding Pivo’s place among our beer zeitgeist. Nothing more than that.
Geography of Winners
Kudos to Carla Jean Lauter for this handy map:
% of each state's total breweries pouring at #GABF: pic.twitter.com/h0UXMWmJyV
— Carla Jean Lauter (@beerbabe) October 5, 2017
As a post-GABF look, here’s a heatmap of winners (click to enlarge):
In all, nine states won 10 or more awards and the top-10 states won 203 of 296, or 68.6%. Twenty-eight other states accounted for the remaining 93 awards.
At the top, California (57) and Colorado (38) accounted for nearly a third of all medals awarded in this year’s festival. Here’s how the rest of the top-10 looked:
Percent of Total Medals
California 57 19.3
Colorado 38 12.8
Texas 21 7.1
Oregon 17 5.7
Pennsylvania 16 5.4
North Carolina* 15 5.1
Illinois 10 3.4
Indiana 10 3.4
Washington 10 3.4
Ohio 9 3
Of note, I shifted one medal – a gold for Appalachian Mountain Brewery – from New Hampshire to the brewery’s home state of North Carolina. AMB has brewing partnerships with Craft Brew Alliance/AB to produce some of their brands.
Part of the discrepancy between the states listed above and everyone else can be seen in the context of Carla’s map. It costs money to send beer to GABF, let alone a desire to do so, and there are many that choose to not take part for a variety of reasons. States like California and Colorado benefit from two clear advantages: California has more than 600 breweries and Colorado, with about 350, benefits from both number of potential entries aided by close proximity of bringing or sending beer to Denver.
For beer travelers, the above heat map certainly gives you an idea of where to travel, but if you’re in either California or Colorado, you’ve got 38 different cities with a GABF award-winning brewery in the Golden State and 18 from the Centennial State.
Bryan Roth
“Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.” — Jack Kerouac
Categories beer ratingsTags beer, beer rating, best beer, craft beer, GABF
5 thoughts on “GABF by the Numbers: Coffee, ‘Session’ Beer and Winner Geography”
Pats Pints October 9, 2017 — 8:41 am
Interesting analysis as always, particularly the observation about the growth of kolsch and pilsner. Do you think it will be harder within those somewhat narrowly defined styles for breweries to differentiate their product from the competition, and if so how do you think that will influence their proliferation?
I’m also curious if you know how the category Strong Pale Ale is differentiated from Pale Ale and IPA? I’ve tried the gold medal winning Hubert by Melvin Brewing and I don’t recall it being noticeably different from an IPA.
Bryan Roth October 9, 2017 — 8:47 am
As luck would have it, I actually had Hubert last week at a Melvin brewpub in Bellingham, WA. It was great, but also agree that its difference from an IPA is minimal, aside from what an expected ABV would be, I suppose. But the experience was most certainly parallel.
The golden/kolsch/pilsner/etc. area is an interesting one, as differentiation really is based on brand awareness and identity, when put into context of flavor profile and creating new consumers. Standing out at that point could then be based on other aspects of familiarity, whether a person is geographically close to the brewery, knows of the brewery, etc. In layman’s terms, we’re talking about a “beer tasting beer,” so these things, along with something like price point, likely matter. At least, that’s how I’d guess.
Sure geography and brand identity are powerful differentiators in terms of craft beer in general, but in many markets there’s plenty of competition with similar geography, back stories, etc. With IPAs brewers have gotten quite a bit of mileage out of using new hop varieties, blending in fruits, changing the yeast attributes or the color of the malts. It all goes under the umbrella of IPA because the central feature is a big new world hop profile.
Now if you take a kolsch and make it with Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic hops isn’t just an American Pale Ale? If you take that approach to a Pilsner it starts to look like an IPL to me. On the other hand if you stick to European hops then you can start to imagine how pilsners and kolschs could be differentiated from each other and from APA/IPL/IPA. Victory’s Prima Pils is one such beer that comes to mind.
William Helzlsouer (@BearcatOnBeer) October 9, 2017 — 9:31 pm
“The reason behind asking the question, aside for the fact I enjoy the discussion, is that kind of success isn’t really seen outside of something like the American-style light lager category…”
Quietly Iron Hill Brewery (a chair no less) has had a ton of success with their RIS at GABF and all over. It is a stunningly well regarded beer in a style that is loved by many a beer geek.
Thomas Cizauskas October 10, 2017 — 8:43 am
Colorado’s “38th” actually belongs to Washington, D.C.: the Hefeweizen of the talented, longtime DC-area brewer, Travis Tedrow, who brews in the shadow of Nats Park, at the Navy Yard Gordon Biersch.
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Book #13 of 2017: Sucked into an RPG / 2017 books: Earning My Spots, CHEATC0DE
Sucked into an RPG by Dee J. Stone
Rating: Liked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
I have so many LitRPG books on my Kindle, and almost all the ones I've read so far have been bad. With the title of this one, I was ready to write it off before I even started it.
It did have some issues, including that I didn't believe the main character was male. The story was written in first person, and I guessed off the bat that the author was female. The character's voice pinged strongly female to me. Turns out I was right -- Dee J Stone (ugh, what a name -- DJ Stone? Going to spin us some tunes?) is a pen name for two sisters who write together.
That being said, all my previous issues with the LitRPG genre? That the main character is always male, seriously overpowered, and gets everything and more just handed to him through the story? This story had none of those issues! (Well, except the male main character part, but I kept picturing him as female through the whole story...) It did exactly what I had written that I wished LitRPG books would do!
I ended up enjoying this book quite a bit! It enters a very small category of books: Self-published books I enjoyed.
Earning My Spots by Mark Eastburn
While it's great when a YA or middle grade reader book is enjoyable to adult readers as well, I can't fault one when it's not. This was a book aimed at middle grades (one step younger than YA). I loved (LOVED!) the world it was set in: "shifters" (were-creatures) populate our world. "No tails" (humans, non-shifters) don't know they exist, so the shifters have to be careful about it. A were-hyena family was living in an area of the country populated by only werewolves, so the werehyena boy got teased and bullied a lot. When Something Bad happens and his family is stolen away, he goes on a cross-country trip to try to get them back.
There was so so so much I liked about this book. The author really did his research on hyenas. I loved how he used the animals' traits to form the shifters' communities. His shifters were realistic, and perfectly believable.
But unfortunately the author took shortcuts that young readers wouldn't notice. Things like, after someone's vehicle was stole, the police just gave them a new one. I almost stuck with the book through that, but it was making me grumpy, and I have 200+ other books on my Kindle. I stopped reading at exactly the 50% mark.
CHEATC0DE (The Downlode Heroes Book 1) by Mikey Campling
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
This book just was not for me. Instead of the usual "sucked into a video game" or "sucked into a MMORPG", this one was "sucked into a first-person shooter". I do not like first-person shooters.
The plot was something about a war vet father (with PTSD, I assumed) and his son. Typical plot that dates all the way back to 80s movies. "You beat this level of the game, so the armed forces want you!" I gave up at 8%.
Running tally of unfinished books (the math of keeping track of this is going to doom me):
Point reached in these books: 50% + 8% = 58%
Previous abandoned book total: 36%
New total: 58% + 36% = 94% (running total of three book total + 94% towards the next)
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Tzi Ma and Mary Lynn Rajskub in London
Tzi Ma returns as Cheng Zhi in 24: Live Another Day
By 24 Spoilers , June 11th, 2014 · 67 comments
A fan snapped this picture of actor Tzi Ma with Mary Lynn Rajskub at The Bedford Comedy Club in Balham on June 10th. Mary Lynn was doing standup and her fellow 24 cast members (including Tate Donovan and Gbenga Akinnagbe) came out to support her. But wait a second, why was Tzi Ma there?
Tzi Ma and Mary Lynn Rajskub in London, via @herbsk007
24 fans might remember Tzi Ma as the villainous Cheng Zhi in the fourth, fifth, and sixth season of the show (as well as the 24 Season 6 Prequel). Cheng was last seen in the sixth season finale telling Bill Buchanan “My people will not abandon me like you abandoned Jack Bauer” after being taken into custody.
In the first episode of 24: Live Another Day it was stated that Kate Morgan’s husband Adam sold secrets to the Chinese government. We recently found out that it was actually Steve Navarro and Adrian Cross responsible for selling the secrets, with Navarro framing Adam Morgan for the deed. In the seventh episode of Live Another Day, Cross told Navarro that he was simply a middle man. Could they be working for Cheng?
Cheng returning could be what made Kim Raver “gasp out loud” when she read the script for the eleventh episode. In the sixth season we learned that Audrey was held captive and tortured in China for over a year – the season ended with her in a catatonic state and it took years of psychiatric care for Audrey to recover.
Of course Tzi Ma appearing at Mary Lynn’s standup event could simply be a coincidence – we have no evidence of him being on set just yet. But when you think about it, a Cheng return makes perfect sense with the current storyline. It would tie together all of the plots and make things personal for most of the lead characters.
Source herbsk007 on Twitter
Related Topics · 24: Live Another Day, 9x10, Cheng Zhi, Tzi Ma
24: Live Another Day Episode 10 Press Release
Jack pursues final leads at all costs and Kate Morgan learns the truth about her husband in 24: Live Another Day Episode 10.
24: Live Another Day Episode 10 Sneak Peeks
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What did you think of 24: Live Another Day Episode 10?
By 24 Spoilers , June 30th, 2014 · 424 comments
What did you think of 24: Live Another Day Episode 10? Vote in the polls below and leave your thoughts in the comments.
Rebel2477
I wonder if the us traded him back in a prisoner swap, otherwise Cheng should be in prison forever, of course, the writers are acting like Suvarov having Omar Hassan killed never happened.
Since Daniels was the president when Cheng was taken into custody, I’m sure he was let go, like, fifteen minutes later…
Worst president ever.
The only time I liked Daniels was in Redemption. All of a sudden, he was a ton of fun. If he had been a snarky drunk all along, I think he would have been my favorite 24 President :)
Gerry Mander
Heller, Audrey, and now (possibly) Cheng Zhi… say what you will but ‘Live Another Day’ is shaping up to be the season that Season 6 should have been!
JackBauerFan1977
I really hope that Tzi Ma does reprise his role as Cheng Zhi in the final two episodes of “24: Live Another Day”. Cheng Zhi was such an amazing and convincing villain and it makes perfect sense to bring back that character later this season due to this season’s storyline about secrets being sold to the Chinese. I really hope that Adrian Cross and Steve Navarro are both working for Cheng Zhi. I also truly hope that the characters Kim Bauer and Tony Almeida return later this season too.
LAD Fan
chinese might kidnap audrey again that now jack surfaced and asked prisoner swap with chang for audrey. how jack rescue her while at the same time killing chang may be the final ending. ?? this season already resemble alot to season 6 so yeah
I wanted it to be was Tony :(
24marathonman
I knew it, I knew it. I hate to say this but on this site I speculated way before 24LAD premiered the we had not seen the last of Cheng.
Kiki Vanderway
Wouldn’t it be awesome if they just flew him over to pose for a Twitter pic to screw with us?
*laughs* If that’s what they’re doing, then let this be the only time in my life I hope for no pictures of Carlos Bernard.
Chlojack
Damn, the photo showed up on my timeline this morning! Would have been a great surprise!
Also, it looks like they’re filming exterior shots in London today, making Jack’s return to US soil less likely:
http://instagram.com/p/pJIEmwRV9J/
When I first saw that picture, I was thinking that could actually pose for a LA scene, especially with the sunshine and all. Only one problem, If they did the 11 hour airplane back to LA time jump, it would still be night/dark when they arrived there.
However, If Jack and or someone else did flew back to LA, it would make perfect sense if we saw parallel daylight scenes from UK with some of the remaining cast. We still have the CIA, the PM, maybe even the president back on UK soil.
Yeah they could definitely have some daylight scenes in London and night scenes in LA, if they are doing it. I really hope Jack gets back to the US in those final scenes. Would they be able to assemble a crew to film scenes in the US though? Or would the scenes all have to be faked with a green screen in London?
It shouldn’t be any problem to assemble a filmcrew in US. They would have known this for months. And the crew they use in UK are mostly a UK crew anyway, meaning they only need to fly over the actor(s) some PA’s and Jon Cassar, (and use one of the other directors for the UK set) and they would be ready to film within a day.
By the way, that picture actually looks a plane or drone crash. The debris area seems to be rather long and narrow, with a pile at the end.
Yeah, it does look like it could be a crash site. Good observation! If they did/do go back to film in the US, they’ll probably have to keep it under lock and key. I really hope we do get some footage filmed in the US. Fingers crossed.
Fans: bring back Tony! Bring back Tony! Bring back Tony! X1000000
24: here, have Cheng instead yer cunts!
If Cheng is returning, I can’t believe they wouldn’t keep his return under lock and key. Wouldn’t MLR have to get permission before retweeting the photo of him?
Cheng could be a surprise they don’t care as much about which is a good thing for people waiting for surprises with bigger impact. Cheng’s kind of an obvious character to return with the Chinese and Audrey in the plot. On Day 4, we knew Mike Novick was back two weeks ahead of time because Fox put Jude Ciccolella’s name in the guest cast list of the press release and that was way more of an out-of-left-field shock than Cheng.
Again Audrey will not be who you think she would be. She is one of the core character lust like chole or Jack. cant wait to see your face with full of frustration kicking the floor in anger after the finale. you know why ? coz i am 100% it’s not the case. dont ask how . :-)
Dude, I won’t care if I’m right or wrong about Audrey. You’re the one all freaked out about it. I’d recommend finding a new way to take out your pent-up aggression. I hear pottery is really relaxing. Maybe some yoga?
And you might notice that in the post above here I just said that Audrey and the Chinese are both in the story right now. I said nothing about her maybe working for them. It’s kind of an undeniable fact that we have Audrey in the story and the Chinese in the story, no matter what the end results are. Go find a paper bag to breathe into.
**Admin edit: comment removed as personal attacks are not allowed here. Everyone should take a few seconds to re-read the comment policy (link is just above the comment form). Thanks!
AgentRez
If this is true, it kind of makes me think your theory about Audrey could be right. That said, I really really hope not. And there are a thousand other possibilities that don’t involve Audrey being a mole for the Chinese. But I suppose it is possible that Cheng did something to brainwash or control her when she was in his custody. It just seems implausible because it has been so long and she was catatonic for so long after China.
The timeline though gets way too strung out. We had Cheng in custody end of day 6 and Audrey is catatonic or drugged out and not responsive.
Heller wouldn’t even let Jack near her let alone Cheng. Who was in prison and whom Heller would have wanted to rip to shreds…. so how could Audrey’s utility as a sleeper agent be sustained over such a long time when her main handler was in prison even if she was functional? Assuming she has been a real sleeper and gets activated now seven years after the fact….
She is in a bad way at least two or three years after the return to tte US and she is somewhat functional by day 8 or else she wouldn’t have told Jack she should have defended him more when she heard what happened because defending him to anyone only makes sense within the first few months of his fleeing the country after that no one is paying attention.
Is Mark then an agent of the Chinese — arguably the one with enough access to her within a time period that makes sense in terms of re-enforcing her “loyalty” to the Chinese but then we have to buy the fact that the Chinese have two agents so highly placed — makes Heller seem more out of it than his actions and diagnosis suggest
— I m having a hard time buying it
Kiki~~ Even though your reasons for why it’s kind of a wack idea are my same doubts as well, some devil’s advocate:
-We have no idea what happened to Cheng Zhi after he was seen under arrest on Day 6. The fact that he could be coming back now would mean that he probably wasn’t in prison. He may well have been right when he told Bill that his people wouldn’t abandon him the way the U.S. abandoned Jack. (Pretty sure it was Bill, Day 6 is not one I’ve rewatched past Graem’s death maybe, uh, ever. Heh.)
-Audrey could have been activated a lot sooner than seven years after Day 6. It’s been about two years since Heller won the Presidential election and if he was Taylor’s VP on Day 8 as could possibly have been the case, he’s been the President for four and a half years.
-Evil psychiatrists exist on 24. Martha Logan’s disturbing doctor comes to mind. I doubt it was directly Cheng influencing her recovery, if this is even what happened to her in the first place. He’d be maintaining from a distance. It’d be kind of like Marie and Syed Ali. Marie managed a whole other life while funneling money from her father’s company to Second Wave and was honored when Ali trusted her to perform a critical task for the group. These? Are the same people who brainwashed her when she ran away for a month after her mother died and she saw her Middle Eastern friend raped by American soldiers. She came back, Bob Warner was just so happy to have her back that he didn’t question anything, and when she met a new guy (who worked for her dad) and seemed so *normal*, the more time passed, the more no one thought to wonder what happened during the time she was away. Meanwhile, Marie was getting ready to marry Reza and setting it up so that when CTU got involved, it was either Reza or Bob who looked guilty. But to look at her until you knew this? Marie was a spoiled ex-sorority Barbie bridezilla who blamed any conflict on everyone else around her. The point is, Marie lived for years doing comparatively small things for Second Wave (moving money, arranging meetings) through Warner International before she was called upon to help detonate a nuke. Audrey has even more power and influence. She’d be kind of the most perfect spy ever, if you were the Chinese– high-ranking, personal connections to the other high-ranking players so that there’s really nothing that doesn’t pass her by, and with an image of the perfect heroine– the well-spoken, well-educated, lady-like First Lady.
-re: assuming she would have defended Jack if she were functional on Day 8… are you sure she would? She hears her ex-lover has snapped and killed foreign diplomats and her dad is now back in politics. That’s a pretty big choice to make, even if she isn’t a spy. And if she is a spy? She definitely wouldn’t defend Jack. Not just because it wouldn’t be politically a smart idea but because it would blow her cover. If she’s manipulating Mark, she’d need him to believe in Big Bad Psychopath and Traitor Jack Bauer, or else she can’t try to convince him she’s moved on from Jack. If she were to defend Jack, it would raise red flags– just the way it is today.
-I don’t think Mark is an agent for the Chinese. Again, could be totally wrong here on any or all of this but Mark strikes me as pretty much who he seems to be. Doesn’t mean Mark hasn’t done some shady stuff today but he’s done it to try to protect his family. I don’t see him as having any motivation for helping the very country who did this to his wife. It also doesn’t work with his reaction to Heller wanting to talk to Parliament. If Mark was a Chinese agent, he would have tried to make it so that Heller did do the speech, so they’d have a better chance of losing the base. Mark argues vehemently against Heller doing it.
Brainwashing is one of those plots, I think, that no matter how it’s done, always sounds totally insane when you’re discussing it. I kind of winced when first purposing it but I’m talking the interesting, Sgt. Brody kind of brainwashed, not like hypnotist-like handlers saying a codeword and temporarily turning Audrey into a killing machine. More of a shift of her political beliefs after everything she has experienced, aided by a plot of pharmaceuticals at one point early on. The fact that it’s been such a long time makes it even worse because she could have done an awful lot of damage over that time since she’s gotten better, if this is the case.
For what it’s worth, I think this is something they actually wanted to explore with Jack on Day 6. They basically had to create Phillip Bauer’s involvement with the Chinese to come up with a plausible reason for why the Chinese bothered keeping Jack alive for twenty months. At some point, they would have had to break him or realize that he was never going to talk, so it’s understandable why all the other characters are wary of him when he returns after so long. It’s like, okay, why did they bother keeping you alive? The writers came up with the BXJ family drama to explain why no one put a bullet in Jack’s head after a month of him not talking. There’s not really a reason for Audrey, sadly, other than to think that they might have turned her.
Like you say, though, there are a lot of other options. Regardless of anything to do with Audrey, the Chinese are mixed up in this and to make it Cheng who is the face of that plot would just be fun and make for good drama with his history with Jack and Audrey.
i think jack is the real mole who is working for Mr Chang. i think he surfaced after longtime to gain trust of Mr heller and CIA by using drone attack as a drum card. actually it’s jack who is behind the drone attack as well. maha al harazi is working for him. he used this as a reason to gain access to white house. so he can work for CIA again and gain access to the Prison where chang being held. and then help his leader mr Chang’s escape. in the end of day he will kidnap audrey and take her to china and put her in prison and torcher her by him self. so she can go back to her coma again.
Mary, the ’24’ writers didn’t create Philip Bauer or BXJ Technologies to justify why the Chinese didn’t kill Jack during his ‘stay’ with them over 20 months, they didn’t have the broad strokes of the season planned in advance, so Bauer Sr’s involvement with the Chinese wasn’t plotted out until very late in the game when the writers suddenly discovered the suitcase nuke storyline petered out and they still had six episodes left to fill, that’s when the microchip storyline was plotted and not any sooner… writer David Fury even commented at the time (and in the aftermath of the backlash against that troubled season) that the season arc was poorly plotted and planned, and that they ran out of road with regards the Abu Fayed storyline and had to race to think of a whole new plotline to finish the season.
I would give Season 6 another whirl if I were you, yes it has serious problems, but they are in the overall plotting (the whole Bauer family melodrama is what derailed that season, and HoGo has stated as much) not the production values, which are second to none. The first eight episodes are gangbusters good, as is the frankly awesome later episode where Jack finally tracks Fayed back to his lair and ends his reign of terror as only Jack can, plus the final episode is seriously good with a brilliant oil rig sequence and the SINGLE BEST ending of any ’24’ season to date… the entire final episode has a hauntingly emotional resonance to it that sticks with you afterwards.
Just my own two cents for what it’s worth…
Gerry Mander– I don’t know how much they did or didn’t have planned ahead of time but I’m saying that after the fact, they had to come up with a reason why Jack was in China for that long and combining it with BXJ was probably as good as any. It’s even possible they wanted to do a plot where something like this had happened to Jack and then decided that wouldn’t work or they couldn’t make it happen. I can’t remember where now but I thought I remembered reading that they wanted to do something about Jack maybe having been compromised but then something happened– which might have been why (or part of why) Day 6 starts to flail around a bit.
I have the feeling they might have known where they wanted to go if Jack went darker in the later seasons but they probably had a lot of resistance at the time to doing that from Fox. They then had to kind of feel around for something of a plot because they had to fill seasons but couldn’t push Jack in too different of a direction. If you notice, a lot of Day 6 came around again on Day 8. Suddenly, Logan (who had been put on hold with that stab wound out of nowhere on Day 6) comes back and there’s a peace treaty, a President who falls from grace because of him… this could easily have been Wayne Palmer’s plot on Day 6 but it doesn’t work unless it happens at the same time as Jack goes over the edge. Somewhere on Day 6, what starts out epically winds up with seventeen hundred hours illustrating all the ways they could give an actor like Powers Boothe absolutely nothing to do in Daniels while half the episodes focused on his aide. It was a lot of driving in circles, as if they kept staving off plots for stuff you started to see towards the end. Tony almost came back on Day 6, Cheng Zhi gets spared death so that Jack can get some revenge as part of the final chapters of his character, Audrey gets left in a coma with the writers saying for years afterwards that they left her out there so they could bring back her and her defense contractor husband… well, here’s Audrey and her husband on Day 9, along with a darker Jack, Cheng Zhi, the Russians in the mix, a high probability of Tony, etc..
I think the first four episodes of Day 6 are some of my favorite of the series ever. I absolutely loved the Jack & Logan at the Russian embassy arc and Graem and the Assad story. When it was airing, I was liking it more than I think a lot of people probably. (I don’t want to generalize but it seems to be the most hated season from what I’ve read.) I’ll probably get around to rewatching it at some point but despite having some of my favorite characters in the series, it wound up feeling like a lot of waiting around for nothing to happen for most of it.
Dammit (Chloe), I plum forgot about Logan and the Russian consulate episode, that was just plain awesome too… the whole Logan-Martha episode was priceless, them two have dynamite chemistry!
Can’t believe I forgot that, muchos gracias for that…
When the ’24’ writers started work on Season 6, they initially had the idea of Jack being a broken and altogether darker person, much closer to Tony in Season 7, and with Jack being the hunted rather than the hunter (Kiefer even alluded to this in an interview with The Guardian newspaper in the summer of 2006), but after having written a couple of scripts with this development, it was clear that it wasn’t working, it wasn’t convincing having Jack undergo a dark turn without proper motivation, so they had to re-write the scripts at quite a late stage, which is why production on Season 6 finally commenced a month later than usual (late August as opposed to the usual late July start).
One of the problems with Season 6 was not only were they writing the season on the fly as it went along, they were also working at the same time on the movie script, they really should have kept their full and undivided attention on that season instead of faffing around on side projects, but that’s just my opinion…
Gerry Mander~~ Thank you! That’s exactly the article that I was trying to remember.
Season 6 is like a mass of wonderful ingredients.
and Steak
All mixed together into one disgusting paste to make a final product which is quite revolting.
The production values of 6 though are quite incredible I concur.
This is the best analogy ever. :)
I think the worst problem with it is that stuff that wasn’t the most interesting of plots went on for way too long and stuff that was gripping disappeared in the blink of an eye.
That said, it’s also one of the darkly funniest seasons. Vampire!Jack, Morris and Chloe’s every interaction, Milo Grew Up To Be A Douche plot, everything that ever came out of Graem’s mouth, a nuclear bomb goes off so Aaron Pierce goes to the farmer’s market to get Martha some fresh kiwi… My personal favorite is the appearance of the guy who runs the convenience store behind CTU: LA who doesn’t bat an eyelash at a bloody Morris needing booze. This should have been 24’s spinoff right here– “Open 24 Hours”, the story of the guy who sees it all.
Yes. it was a cold mess and a hot mess!
I LOVE this rumor. Cheng is one of only two (2) major antagonists to have survived the series, the other being Mandy. I’ve been dying to have been back because he was such a strong, awesome villain.
Please be true.
WouldntYouLikeToKnow
Actually, there are others, such as Fake Martin Belkin (he was never heard of again after he almost killed Palmer in Day 1) and Alan Wilson (who Renee tortured but survived). Sergei Bazhaev is also alive, but probably sharing a cell with Tony & Marie Warner (who didn’t appear in the 24 Game on PlayStation 2).
I think he might have meant multi-season antagonists. Your mention of Fake Martin Belkin reminds me that I always wanted him to come back but then remembered that he probably has and we never knew it. *giggles*
I’m talking major antagonists.
New West Virginian
Yuri Suvarov, Tony Almeida (these two became antagonists in later seasons), Mandy, Alan Wilson are all still alive. We don’t know that Mitch Anderson or Behrooz Araz lived or died. And yes Marie Warner is also still alive.
Alexander Trepkos, one of the conspirators in Season 2, was also left alive and might have even gotten away.
You can argue that Yuri Suvarov was an antagonist all along. Helping Jack and Logan on Day 6 actually benefits Suvarov and his overall end game so it’s entirely possible that Logan’s pal was really a skeezebucket from the start. Behrooz wasn’t really an antagonist. He did more to stop the day than most of the CTU agents.
Take this with a huge grain of salt, since it’s the IMDB, but they are listing the finale as 10:00PM to 11:00PM. I think it’s more likely going to be 10:00AM to 11:00AM, or 10:00PM to 11:00AM with a time jump during the episode:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2916074/?ref_=ttep_ep12
If they give us essentially 12 hours of story with no real time jump, I feel like we should get a Day 10 that begins the next day. :)
Well they seem to be filming some exterior daylight scenes today, so I think we will b seeing at least part of the finale taking place in the 10:00AM-11:00AM hour.
Jonathan G
I loved the character during his brief stints in seasons 4 and 5. I thought his arc in Season 6 was extremely cartoonish, but I’d still be excited to see him reprise his role considering the history he has with both Jack and Audrey. Should be interesting!
Thought they’re going to bring back Tony Almeida but why Cheng? Wonder if he’s out for revenge against Jack. They should’ve killed him off in the Season Six finale.
If Cheng is coming back, what about Papa Bauer. He had plenty of time to get on the boat and make it to the sub in Season 6 before the missles hit.
If I remember right, the actor was less-than-impressed with his stint on 24. I doubt he’d agree to return.
I doubt anyone would WANT him to return. Besides, if you look at Jack’s on-screen dossier in episode 1, Phil Bauer is listed as deceased.
Could I have Graem(e?) back instead?
Kya Garwood confirmed that Yvonne wrapped today:
@kyagarwood
So sad more cast wrapped today. @Y_Strahovski @24LAD it’s been a great pleasure working with you. See you at the wrap
Twitter has been rather silent of late from most cast and crew. Wonder whether they filmed alternate endings or not or how tight a lid they can keep on it. I guess Kate makes it through the day. The fact that Ross McCall had Celtic jerseys made for Kim Raver, Bill Devane, Tate Donovan recently and thus they were still in the UK maybe indicates they also make it to the end as well…..
They certainly have been pretty quiet during the past couple weeks. Hopefully we’ll get to see some behind the scenes photos from the finale after it airs.
Liveanotherdayseason2
Reading recent quotes of Sutherland say he may be getting too old for the pace of more shows seems shot sighted for the character. Jack doesn’t always need to be in a chase and jumping away from bombs. Bauer can be as psychologically intimidating as he is physical. There are many characters to carry strong action and plots for future episodes especially if the producers want to transition the show for a long term run. The show 24 not Jack Bauer. I would rather have balance of Sutherland playing Jack with other characters than not have the show or Jack at all! I just hope Fox makes a smart offer for renewal producers and Sutherland can’t refuse!
Called it since they first mentioned the chinese
Same here. I knew they brought Audrey back for a reason and when they kept mentioning the Chinese I figured it was related. Not sure how, but now I am thinking that the fact that Mark’s explanation of how he “brought her back” didn’t add up is more than just the producers doing a rush job of explaining the back story.
uncle carol
Don’t forget that China released Jack in exchange for something we don’t know. China coming back to get Jack would be pointless and probably violate some laws. The whole point of the last eps of S6 was to prevent China from gaining Russian defense codes. This may come back into play since Russian is a story arc in this season.
THEORY!
The mastermind of LADs events is: Jack Bauer.
Think about it, Jack probably worked in the shadows to setup the days events to get all his old enemies together in one place. He was behind Adam’s framing and the selling of classified shit to the Chinese to bring Cheng out into the open.
No other explanation would be acceptable. If Cheng JUST HAPPENS to be involved by sheer coincidence… *sigh* then the writers have truly learned nothing from Day 6.
I don’t think Jack set up Adam but I definitely, definitely think he has something up his sleeve here. There are way too many plot points that seem convenient as all hell if Jack doesn’t have a personal end game.
Well I just tweeted this herbsk007 person and they replied “We checked [about tweeting the photo] first…told it was okay”
Well…told by who?
http://tvline.com/2014/06/13/24-live-another-day-time-jump-kate-replace-jack/
fuck… may I add… that!
All I know is we will find out whether 24 will be renewed for season 10 possibly by the summer press tour next month or if not sometime by May 2015. Fox has said if another event series came along, it would air in 18-24 months after season 9 ended which would mean January-July 2016! A decision would have to be made before May 2015 so writers have a lot of time to craft the season.
WELCOME BACK MISTAH BOWAH!!!
I’ll be extremely disappointed if he’s back and we don’t hear him say consul at least half a dozen times. #24DrinkingGame
Haha yes he did say that a lot. I just really hope that Mike Novick is president, and Aaron Pierce as his advisor. It makes a lot of sense since we will have to see the American implications of Heller’s probable death and Heller himself mentioned the vice president. It would also be so fun to see them again and to have Jack reunite with them, even if it is over the phone.
I am a bit annoyed about the lack of explanation regarding the outcome of President Taylor’s resignation and President Suvarov’s legal status. Hopefully this will be revealed by the end of the season, since they are apparently going for closure.
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Trump issues statement of praise after ignoring McCain questions
Posted 5:34 PM, August 27, 2018, by CNN Wire
President Donald Trump offered brief plaudits for the recently passed Sen. John McCain in a statement on Monday after responding only with silence to questions about the Vietnam War veteran.
“Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country,” Trump wrote in the four-paragraph statement, which dealt mainly in the logistical details he’d approved for the week-long remembrance ceremonies.
After facing criticism for raising the flags at the White House to full-staff after lowering them on Saturday, Trump said he’d approved them lowered again.
He also wrote that he asked Vice President Mike Pence to deliver remarks at a ceremony celebrating McCain’s life in the US Capitol on Friday.
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And he listed the officials — including chief of staff John Kelly, Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser John Bolton — he had tasked with representing the administration at funeral services.
Asked what had changed and why the proclamation was issued Monday, press secretary Sarah Sanders would only say this was the “President’s decision to do and the statement speaks for itself.”
It was a more robust effort at commemorating the late lawmaker than Trump offered on Sunday and for most of Monday. During a string of appearances before reporters, the President maintained his silence, choosing to ignore questions about the late Arizona Republican.
Questioned whether he believed McCain — a former Navy pilot who was shot down over Vietnam — was a hero, Trump remained stone-faced behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after announcing a trade breakthrough with Mexico.
Later, walking along the Rose Garden toward the Oval Office with his Kenyan counterpart, he stared straight ahead when asked for any thoughts on the late lawmaker.
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Once inside, he ignored questions again while White House press aides shouted over reporters who were inquiring about McCain.
Moments later in the Cabinet Room, a similar scene played out.
“Thank you very much,” Trump said after the questions continued coming.
As he bid farewell to President Uhuru Kenyatta at the West Wing, the President again declined to answer when pitched a question on McCain.
White House drafted a statement on John McCain, but never released it
It amounted to a deafening silence for a President who openly feuded with McCain, even as the senator was dying from brain cancer. Trump sent a cursory tweet on Saturday — “My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!” — but did not offer any words about the man himself.
A more fulsome statement had been prepared for Trump, but it was never released. And a presidential proclamation that would require flags on federal buildings lowered to half-staff was sent on Monday afternoon, almost two days after McCain’s death.
That’s left Trump the odd man out in a capital city overflowing with remembrances of the onetime Republican standard-bearer.
Even Trump’s own daughter, now acting as his White House senior adviser, was more effusive in her description of McCain.
“The nation is united in its grief and the world mourns the loss of a true hero and a great statesman,” she said during remarks in Washington.
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Police: 7-year-old Georgia boy was shot in stomach as he and 8-year-old played with a handgun
Posted 9:22 AM, April 16, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 09:21AM, April 16, 2019
GRIFFIN, Ga. – A 7-year-old Georgia boy was shot in the stomach Monday as he and an 8-year-old played with a handgun, police said.
The two children found a .45-caliber handgun while they were alone in an apartment, Griffin police said. The accidental shooting happened as the children mishandled the weapon, authorities said.
The 7-year-old victim was rushed to a hospital, where he was undergoing surgery, police said.
Police in Griffin, about 38 miles south of Atlanta, did not say if the two children are related.
Monday’s shooting follows another child-involved shooting in Georgia last week.
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Summerhill’s Halfway Crooks Brewing To Open July 6
Lagers and Belgian-style ales, and meat pies and fries from Heaps ATL, will be available during Saturday's grand opening.
Halfway Crooks Brewing will debut in Summerhill this weekend, at 60 Georgia Avenue SE.
Co-owners Shawn Bainbridge, Joran Van Ginderachter, and Tim Kilic are hosting a grand opening for Halfway Cooks on Saturday, July 6, according to an announcement Friday.
The all-day event will start at 11:30 a.m. and will continue until midnight.
Lagers and Belgian-style ales made in Halfway Crooks’ 10-barrel brewhouse, and meat pies and fries from Heaps ATL, will be available during Saturday’s grand opening.
“A few people have been speculating about whether or not it was time,” Halfway Crooks this week posted to its Instagram profile teasing the grand opening.
“We have come to assure you: It is, most assuredly, time! How do we know? ‘You can just tell,’ he said when I asked how he decides when it’s time. ‘Just when you thought it might not be time, it’s almost as if someone whispers in your ear, ‘it is time.’”
Following the grand opening, Halfway Crooks hours of operation will be 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, and closed Tuesday.
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Stephen And NASA Hawking Working On A Spacecraft That Can Reach Proxima Centauri Traveling At One-Fifth The Speed Of Light
NASA has announced that it is participating in an effort initiated by British astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking and venture capitalist Yuri Milner to build a very small spacecraft or nanocraft that may reach Alpha Centauri — the closest star system to Earth — in 20 years, traveling roughly one-fifth the speed of light.
Breakthrough Starshot, a plan to construct a fleet of self-repairing spacecraft to discover a new habitable planet for humanity, was initiated by a group of scientists, such as Stephen Hawking.
The group of scientists hopes to have the ability to launch a tiny “StarChip” to world Proxima b, a rocky Earth-like exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of our Sun’s closest stellar neighbor, the dwarf star Proxima Centauri, about 4.22 light years away.
Proxima b was discovered in August by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) using NASA’s Kepler Telescope. Its parent star, the dwarf star Proxima Centauri, is a part of this star system Alpha Centauri, consisting of two other stars, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, about 4.22 light years away.
Although Proxima b is nearer to its parent star Proxima Centauri than the Earth is to the Sun, it lies at the “Goldilocks” or “habitable zone” of its star, where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for life-supporting liquid water and other conditions necessary for life as we know it on Earth to thrive.
The group of scientists involved in Breakthrough Starshot plan to reach the Proxima Centauri system within 20 years by accelerating their tiny “StarChip” to one-fifth (20 percent) of the speed of light. They plan to achieve the unbelievable speed by shooting lasers in the nanocraft from beamers located on Earth.
The scientists hope that successful launch of a very small probe to our closest star system would pave the way for the launch of a fleet of spacecraft to seek for habitable planets in other star systems that are nearby. They hope that the fleet of spacecraft will find an atmosphere capable of supporting settlers on Proxima elsewhere or b.
“If further research concludes that the terms of its [Proxima b] atmosphere are suitable to support life, this is possibly among the most important scientific discoveries we will ever make,” commented Dr John Barnes at a study printed from the journal Nature.
NASA’s participation in Breakthrough Starshot is to help solve one of the significant problems facing the job: how to protect the spacecraft from the intense cosmic radiation it will encounter during interstellar flight.
According to scientists, an ordinary spacecraft could not survive damaging cosmic radiation during a 4.37 light-year travel (25 trillion kilometers) that could take up to 30 years.
The apparent solution to the dilemma is to provide adequate radiation shielding for the sensitive components of the spacecraft. The approach is not feasible because the plan to accelerate the spacecraft means that it needs to be a nanocraft.
Radiation shielding slow down the speed of the craft and would entail using materials that add to the size and weight of the craft.
Among many presented at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco last week, another suggestion, would entail charting a course to Alpha Centauri that avoids distance areas that are high-radiation. But experts rejected the proposal, pointing out that the best path would still not decrease radiation exposure. It would just add to the voyage.
NASA and researchers in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) eventually suggested equipping the spacecraft with “self-healing” transistors or silicon chips, according into Engadget.
After researchers in KAIST conducted preliminary evaluations using lightweight nanowire transistors with the capability to radiation damage, they advocated the proposal as a possible way to overcome the problem of interstellar radiation that was damaging.
However, a lot of development and research is still needed to demonstrate the feasibly of this plan. But scientists are optimistic that it is the very best and most promising alternative.
“The limitation that confronts us now is the great void between us and the stars. But now we can surpass it,” Hawking said when job Breakthrough StarShot was first announced in April. “With light beams, light emitting, and the lightest spacecraft ever built, we could launch a mission to Alpha Centauri within a generation.”
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Tours, home-stays and “taiken” – the Japanese word for short trial experiences – are increasing in number and variety as foreign travellers flood through the gates of Narita and KIX.
From cooking classes and food tours through Kyoto; to making miso soup in a farm-house, followed by a bicycle jaunt through the countryside; to staying overnight in a Buddhist temple entrepreneurial agencies are getting inventive as they appeal not only to first time Japan visitors, but the many who feel drawn to return over and over again.
StayJapan is one such company, competing against traditional hoteliers, and individual Airbnb hosts in Japan’s booming travel accommodation sector. Their slogan is “More than just a stay”, and along with self-contained, inner city apartments, they manage an assortment of home-stay options: from farms in Okinawa to fishermans’ shacks in northern Japan. Increasingly, feedback from guests indicated that the experiences were popular, and that people wanted to delve even deeper into Japan’s culture.
A new StayJapan tour, slated to start in June 2017, aims to address this desire. Over two days, participants become acquainted with the ways of Japanese tea ceremony. I joined their trial in May, along with a French woman, and three Chinese women, to give feedback on the tour, now in its final stages before launch.
The tour provides a range of traditional, cultural experiences from flower arranging, to origami however, the main theme of the tour is tea-ceremony. The flowers we arranged are a special kind of ikebana, called cha-bana, or tea flowers, and would sit in a little nook of the tea-house. We spent two hours on the first day, dressed in kimono, learning how to perform tea ceremony, both as a guest and as a host.
The second day, we were taken to an actual tea-house in Sakai, where Japan’s founder of tea, Sen-no-rikyu, was born. There we took turns performing tea-ceremony, with the support of our teacher.
First, we learned the intricate, and sometimes frustrating, forms of the tea flower arrangement. By the end, we were all proud of our creations, and experienced a deep feeling of satisfation.
I prefered creating the simpler style. With a cute vase, and a sense of less is more, we were encouraged to enjoy the shape of a leaf, or a bend of a single flower stem.
After putting on kimono, we spent several hours practising the intricate motions, and ritual words used in tea ceremony.
In the evening, an origami teacher taught us how to make butterflies and Mt Fuji.
After performing tea-ceremony in a beautiful tea house, we relaxed, and took some shots of ourselves in kimono.
A professional photographer came along to take some media shots of us in preparation for the tour beginning in June, 2017.
StayJapan is hoping with tours like this to give travellers a greater understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture. Even as someone who has lived in Japan for many years, and has taken taiken lessons of tea-ceremony, and wearing kimono, I enjoyed the chance to spend more time perfecting the skills, and the chance to go a bit deeper.
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MaraExploresJapan says:
Beautiful photography. Those stays look so much fun.
The Chinese girls were great at cool poses – and everyone was photogenic 😉 these things help!
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13 Feb 2015 . GARMSER, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province.
Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic: If I hadn't already been pointing the camera at the Marine when the bullet hit the wall, there is no way I would have been able to react quickly enough to take those pictures.
Moments earlier I had been lazing around in Afghanistan's blistering desert heat, fending off waves of giant ants, wondering when I might get to test my new 24 mm lens.
Gunshots rang out from beyond the perimeter of the compound the U.S. Marines were guarding in the district of Garmser, a Taliban stronghold in Helmand province, the biggest opium-producing region on the planet.
I grabbed my boots and cameras and ran to look. The Marines had spotted some Taliban moving around the compound some 200 meters away. I took a quick look over the wall but couldn't see any Taliban. Then the gunfire began again. The Marines opened up with heavy machine guns. The Taliban answered back with single shots.
I thought I'd better go back and put some trousers on. I also grabbed my flak jacket, helmet and some water. As soon as I got outside the firing erupted again.
Sergeant William Bee was there with his M-16 rifle. He stood up and aimed his rifle over the wall. Suddenly it seemed to explode from an incoming round and Bee was down.
I dropped my cameras and jumped towards him. I felt his head and neck expecting to find blood, but there was none. He was breathing, but unconscious.
I picked up my cameras and shot a few more pictures, then went back to see how Bee was doing. When I found him, he was grinning from ear to ear. It was his lucky day. He hadn't been hit or seriously hurt.
13 Feb 2015 . GORI, Georgia. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A man cries as he holds the body of his brother after a bombardment in Gori, 80 km from Tbilisi.
Reuters photographer Gleb Garanich: I was about to head off on a fishing holiday when my boss called proposing that I cover the unfolding conflict between Georgia and Russia. In a matter of hours, I was on my way to the airport and around midnight I landed in Tbilisi.
Early the next day, I went off to the Georgian town of Gori together with colleagues from Reuters TV. We took some pictures then decided to head out of town towards Tskhinvali, capital of the separatist region of South Ossetia.
But within ten minutes our Tbilisi photographer Dato - using a walkie-talkie I had brought to make up for poor telephone communications - was shouting down the line that a bombardment was under way on the outskirts of Gori.
Five minutes later, a series of bombs began exploding in another district on the road heading back to Tbilisi. I informed Dato of events on the walkie-talkie. Within minutes, Dato arrived at the spot and reported considerable destruction and victims and within five minutes we, too, were at the site.
In the street, Georgian soldiers were taking the wounded out of apartment buildings or carrying away bodies covered in blankets. I then saw a man in a neighbouring courtyard weeping over the body of his brother. Georgian servicemen tried to help him and cover the corpse but he did not let them, hurled his mobile telephone at them and allowed no one to approach the body. He tore off his t-shirt and tried to cover his brother's body with it before sitting on the ground and embracing his brother's corpse. Ten minutes later, he was calmed down by neighbours and soldiers took away the body.
13 Feb 2015 . LONDON, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Staff members stand in a meeting room at Lehman Brothers offices in London.
Reuters photographer Kevin Coombs: This is a very simple story. This photo was shot from the fourth floor newsroom at our offices in Canary Wharf, the heart of London's financial district. I was working on the pictures desk when I noticed three or four journalists looking out of the window.
This is a busy newsroom and people don't hang around staring out the window so I immediately grabbed my camera and ran across to see what was happening and spotted the Lehman employees.
I knew Lehman was struggling and I knew that was the Lehman Brothers building. As I was shooting the picture I was really thinking about how best to stop the reflections as I was shooting through thick glass.
The people lining up is what struck me first but I did not realise the significance of it until I walked back over to the desk and checked our systems which showed the Lehman share price dipping. It became obvious that this was a crisis meeting and at that point I knew this was an important picture.
The picture has been used over and over to illustrate the beginning of the global financial crash. For me to shoot one of my most used pictures from our newsroom window is quite bizarre, but it proves you only see good pictures when you look around and have your camera ready at all times.
13 Feb 2015 . BEERSHEBA, Israel. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of their comrade Alex Mashavisky at a cemetery in Beersheba.
Reuters photographer Eric Gaillard: I was in Israel to help out the Reuters Jerusalem office during the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in January 2009.
They asked me to go to Beersheba to cover the funeral of an Israeli soldier, Alex Mashavisky, who was killed in an operation in Gaza.
There was so much emotion at this funeral to begin with, and within minutes a rocket exploded near the cemetery and everybody had to fall to the ground. It was a really surreal and emotionally charged moment.
The place was so narrow and there were so many photographers. The challenge was to hold a spot where I would be able to see the ceremony.
I shot this picture with a Canon Mark III and a zoom 16-35 lens. A 14 mm would have been much better because the place was very narrow and I was really close from the soldiers. I sent the picture from the cemetery with a MIFI which was at this time a novelty.
13 Feb 2015 . EYJAFJALLAJOKULL, Iceland. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson: The ash cloud brought the greatest disruption to European air travel since World War Two, and the only way to get to Iceland was to fly from North America. I travelled overnight, arriving at Keflavik airport at 6:30 a.m. on April 17.
In a rented car I drove east towards the ash plume on the horizon. The scale of the assignment had begun to sink in, and I realized it would require careful thinking, rather than instant reaction.
For images of the eruption itself I was dependent on the weather.
The plume would be invisible if it was overcast, and if the wind died the ash would turn to a haze. For a photograph of lightning flashing inside the ash cloud I had to wait for several hours on a washed-out road, and physically hold my shutter open for more than two minutes.
To show vehicle-size chunks of lava exploding out of the volcano I had to drive through eight different rivers and up a mountain to angle a 300 mm lens at the crater. On my last evening I was blessed with a show from the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) while lava illuminated the ash plume from below.
I will always remember this assignment fondly. I feel lucky to have been able to document the eruption so others could share in the amazement - watching Mother Nature negate centuries of human technology and progress with one of the most beautiful sights on earth.
13 Feb 2015 . DAUPHIN ISLAND, United States. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Beach goers sunbathe behind a wall of hay bales, used to absorb any oil that might come ashore on Dauphin Island, Alabama.
Reuters photographer Brian Snyder: I was in Alabama and Mississippi covering the BP oil spill and took this image while in a helicopter with the Alabama Army National Guard.
We had been flying for a while, surveying the protective booms installed around the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi coast, and were making our way back to the base.
It's always challenging photographing from a helicopter - apart from making sure the images are sharp despite the helicopter moving and bouncing around, images pass by fairly quickly so you have to be fast.
To me, this image shows an important aspect of the oil spill story: the impact on the daily lives of the residents and the significant, negative impact on tourism which is an important part of the region's economy.
It also shows some of the effective and extremely low-tech ways to protect beaches from oil washing ashore - in this case simple hay bales. It was a challenge, when shooting this story, to have images that put the oil spill in context, and I think this image does that.
13 Feb 2015 . CAIRO, Egypt. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
An opposition supporter holds up a laptop showing images of celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
Reuters photographer Dylan Martinez: I was lucky enough to be sent to Egypt in 2011 for what became known as the “Facebook Revolution.” Thousands of Egyptians had taken to the streets to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
When I arrived in Egypt, customs officials at the airport confiscated almost all of my kit but after over four hours of discussions, one customs official took pity on me. He let me keep a Nikon D700 and a 50mm lens.
There are some days that stay with you forever. The day I took this picture was one of those. After two weeks of almost no sleep, one arrest and even a beating by opponents of the revolution, I was happy to be in Tahrir Square the moment the news broke that Mubarak had stepped down.
The problem for me was that the news broke at after dusk. As the euphoria rolled around the square, some jumped in jubilation while others shed tears of joy. The scene was incredible but I was frustrated: It was so dark that I could not capture much of the action. I was seeing history but unable to get the picture.
Then I spotted this man holding a laptop and chanting "Facebook! Facebook!" like a football supporter. Nice moment. I was just relieved he did it in a pool of light.
13 Feb 2015 . ISTANBUL, Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest in Taksim Square in Istanbul.
Reuters photographer Osman Orsal: I was covering protests in Istanbul which began as a demonstration against government plans to demolish a small park in central Taksim Square but evolved into one the biggest anti-government protests in over a decade.
I was standing between the protesters and the police as the police began firing tear gas at a close distance. The crowd started to run in different directions, causing chaos. I started shooting and the lady in the red dress was standing right at the front.
The picture depicts the somewhat unequal struggle between the police and the protesters by showing a police officer firing tear gas from such a close distance towards a woman who had little room to defend herself.
How popular this image became has actually made me proud. It was described as "iconic" by politicians, artists, writers and ordinary citizens. I have won around a dozen awards and I was and still am humbled by people's appreciation of my work over this picture.
13 Feb 2015 . PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
An injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The 7.0 magnitude quake rocked Haiti, killing thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike.
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Marooned flood victims try to grab onto the side bars of a hovering army helicopter which arrived to distribute food supplies in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Rebel fighters jump away from shrapnel during heavy shelling by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Bin Jawad.
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A picture of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung decorates a building in the capital Pyongyang.
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Lesleigh Coyer, 25, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
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Bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region are seen in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town in Iraq, walk towards the Syrian border.
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Category: The Lost Missile 1958
The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon 2016! 🚀 “Keep watching the skies!” Science Fiction cinema of the 1950s
“I bring you a warning. Every one of you listening to my voice. Tell the world… Tell this to everybody wherever they are. Watch the Skies! Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!–
Ned ‘Scotty’ Scott — The Thing From Another World (1951)
It’s that time of year once again when Movies Silently, Silver Screenings & One Upon a Screen host a momentous event…. The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon 2016 which will begin August 5th -10th, 2016.
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a “literature of ideas. –Wikipedia definition of Science Fiction
This event always promises to be an epic endeavor as there are so many interesting themes and subjects to cover. I am excited to be participating once again with these fabulous hosts who make it possible for all of us to contribute to a wealth of classic film history goodies to devour. Now listen folks, don’t get frightened off! You cast of exciting unknown readers… This has become a real project for me, a work in progress that will unfold over the next several weeks. For the purpose of The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon 2016, I offer an overview that will be a lead in for the entire decade of 1950s science fiction cinema conquering it year by year in separate articles. As I started delving into this project, it began to grow larger and larger as if Jack Arnold and Bert I. Gordon themselves compelled me to GO BIG!
In order to review an entire genre of such an influential decade and do the treatment it so rightly deserves, I realized that I needed to spread it out as a series. Re-visiting these beloved movies that inspired my childhood with wonder and sometimes tapped into my own authentic fears, I fell in love all over again. And though I tend to gravitate towards the classical Gothic horrors that are steeped in mythology, the supernatural and the uncanny, I can’t help but feel my mind expanding by the iconic themes that emerged from 1950s science fiction! So I’ll be publishing each year as individual posts or chapters from 1952 on… over the next several week or so instead of all at once. Talking about all the films I mentioned here and so many more films & things to come!
It’s a collection–a decade of the sci-fi genre, sub-genres and it’s hybrids– some eternally satisfying because of their remarkable ability to continuously shine a light on fascinating & mesmerizing fantasy stories. Well written and adapted as visual narratives and surreal stories by beloved visionaries who set out to reach inward and outward through all of us dreamers and thinkers.
There are also those lovable Sci-fi films that are charming and wonderfully kitsch. And some… are just downright so, so, soooo awful their… awesome!
That’s what makes so many of these diverging films cut through the cross-sections to become cinematic jewels & memorable cult favorites!
There are many films that I’ll cover more in depth, some are the more highly polished masterpieces that have lingered for decades with us as adult children who grew up watching them on a rainy afternoon on televisions with knobs that only had 9 channels and if you were lucky you didn’t snap the knob off every 6 months! Growing up in New York I had Chiller Theater, on local channel 11 or Creature Features on Channel 5, or Fright Night on Channel 9. That’s how I fell in love, and got my fill of the treasures of films & television anthology series that was lurking out there destined to leave long lasting impressions on so many of us!
Chiller Theater
Fright Night WOR
Or back in the day, you went to the Drive-In theater to explore in the back seat of your pop’s Chevy Impala any double feature, and it was an invigorating and entertaining experience and you didn’t even have to get out of your pajamas.
You could spend all day in a musty theater festooned with captivating promotional lobby cards and colorful posters. Too bad, I wasn’t of the age to witness William Castle’s ballyhoo he strategically placed at certain theaters for that interactive live experience , EMERGO, PERCEPTO! You could take in a bunch of the latest scary films, sometimes double & triple features, while sitting on sticky red velvet seats that smelled like hot buttered popcorn and week old spilled Pepsi. A box of Milk Duds in hand and the faint wiff of air conditioner freon at your back. You’d enter the movie theater in the bright light of a sunny Saturday afternoon only to exit into the dark of night, tired and filled with wonder, awe and okay maybe looking over your shoulder a few times. Some films were big budget productions, that contained serious acting by studio contract players, terrific writing that blended deep thoughts and simple escapism pulled from some of the best science fiction, fantasy & horror literature and adapted screenplays, scares and witty dialogue besides and cinematography that still captivates us to this day.
Well… sure some were B movies that have now sustained that Cult film charm and cheesiness, and some… are just downright pitiful, laughable guilty pleasures… and a bunch even came with really neat 3D glasses!
SOME ICONIC GEMS FOR THE AGES THAT I’LL BE COVERING!
THEM! (1954)*INVADERS FROM MARS (1953) *DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)*FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) *THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)*EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956) *THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) *INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) *WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) * CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) * IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953)* IT, THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) *EARTH VS THE SPIDER (1958) *THE CRAWLING EYE (1958) *THE GIANT BEHEMOTH (1959) *IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955) *TARANTULA (1955) *FIEND WITHOUT A FACE (1958) *THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957)* THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957) * THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959)*KRONOS (1957)* THE CREEPING UNKNOWN (1956)*X-THE UNKNOWN (1956
I’LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME GUILTY PLEASURES!
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Paul Birch is the alien vampire Paul Johnson in Roger Corman’s Not of This Earth 1957
The Brain from Planet Arous 1957* Attack of the Crab Monsters 1957* The Killer Shrews 1959* The Giant Claw 1957 *Beast From Haunted Cave 1959 *The Monster from Piedras Blancas 1959 *Invasion of the Saucer Men 1957 *The Monster that Challenged the World 1957 *Not of this Earth 1957* The She-Creature 1956* The Man Who Turned to Stone 1958* Invisible Invaders 1959* Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958* The Hideous Sun Demon (1959) * Monster on the Campus 1958* The Unknown Terror 1957* Creature with The Atom Brain 1955 * The Unearthly 1955 * From Hell it Came 1957,
It’s also important to mention some of the ubiquitous actors who graced both the great & guilty pleasure flicks, you’ll be seeing a lot of in the following chapters like John Carradine * Ed Nelson *Allison Hayes *Paul Birch *John Agar *Hugh Marlowe*Peter Graves *Richard Denning *Richard Carlson *Faith Domergue *Mara Corday *Les Tremayne *Marie Windsor *Morris Ankrum * Arthur Franz *Kenneth Tobey* John Hoyt * Whit Bissell and of course Beverly (kicks-ass!) Garland!
One thing is for certain, each film is relevant and all have a place in the 50s decade of Sci-fi / Horror & Fantasy!
So come back and read a little at a time and get some thrills even while you’re sitting under the hair dryer… Do people still do that today? I need to get out more…
This 1955 hair dryer is just begging to be a space-age helmet!
It all started with Georges Méliès 1903 fantasy A Trip to the Moon
Le Voyage Dans La Lune 1902 – Georges Méliès
As early as 1920 there was the German expressionist film dealing with the arrival of a menacing alien visitor from the planet Algol giveing actor Emil Jannings a machine that awards him unlimited powers. ALGOL aka POWER 1920 directed by Hans Werckmeister —
“That which you believe becomes your world.”
–Richard Matheson from ‘What Dreams May Come’
Science Fiction emerged out of the “Age of Reason” literature reflected a merging of myth and historical fact. Stories filled with an imagination that had no boundaries. While Science Fiction is a literary movement that can be a separate study all it’s own, story tellers who grasped the concepts of science fiction who questioned the endless possibilities, the far reaching machinations of brilliant minds, this project if focused on the history of 1950s science fiction cinematic and all it reveals. Science Fiction cinema flirted blatantly with ideas and images of a world that reached beyond the known, and contemplated aloud, fantastic stories as early as the silent era. Consider Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, re-envisioned time and time again.
John Barrymore lifts the dark conflicting tale of the inward monsters off the pages of Stevenson’s book. Barrymore so fluently moved through the silent stage, reveals that we all just might be harboring in our sub-conscious hidden dark and primal desires. Unleashed by a concoction, a seduction of science creates a fiend! Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920)
The odd yet visually stunning Russian spectacle Aelita Queen of Mars (1924) aka Revolt of the Robots.e
There were a few early visions of fantasy, magic & Science Fiction films from all around the world- At 3:25 aka The Crazy Ray (1924) Directed by Rene Clair-a scientist invents a ray that makes people fall asleep where they stand! The German film Master of the World (1934) (Der Herr der Welt) where a German scientist wants to create an army of Robots to do the dangerous work of laborers so, when he is told it’s too risky he goes mad and it’s too late the machine has a mind of it’s own. It features really cool electronic chambers and more!
And Transatlantic Tunnel (1935) Scientists construct a tunnel under the ocean-stars Richard Dix, Leslie Banks and C. Aubrey Smith.
Metropolis 1927 the dystopian masterpiece by director Fritz Lang was the beginning of the fascination with exploring the fantastic and our unbounded imaginations on film, it’s remarkable set design, imagery and narrative sparked the Science Fiction genre in a big way— spanning decade upon decade, in particular revived in the 1950s!
The first influential science fiction film by Fritz Lang created a dystopian societ in Metropolis 1927. It’s influence has maintained it’s powerful thrust for decades. An inspiration for Ridley Scott’s neo-noir sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner (1982)
“Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him”-H.G.Wells
Charles Laughton is superb as H.G. Wells‘ Dr. Moreau a sociopathic sadist/scientist with a god complex whose profane experiments on animals and humans tortures them in the ‘house of pain’ trying to create a hybrid race he can hold sway over on his private island hell! Science has never been more evil! Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Then there was the 1936 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ Things To Come (1936) directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Raymond Massey as Oswald Cabal, Ralph Richardson as The Boss, Margaretta Scott as Roxanna/Rowena and Cedric Hardwicke as Theotocopulos.
“What is this progress? Progress is not living. It should only be the preparation for living.”
Flash Gordon and similar serials provided super heroes for generations of young people in the 30s & 40s, planting the seeds for the future that would give us the Star Wars legacy.
Audiences between the World Wars preferred horrors of a Gothic nature– James Whale’s Frankenstein 1931 & Bride of Frankenstein 1935, as they helped exercise demons conjured up from the 19th & early 20th century.
The electrical secrets of heaven, the lighting, the elaborate sets designed by genius Kenneth Strickfaden with his lights throbbing gizmos flashing and zapping, the creepy atmosphere of murky tones. The consummate Universal monster movie with iconic scenes introducing a new face, Boris Karloff who would become the great father of terror stories …
What’s on that slab?, “It’s Alive, It’s Alive!…” those monumental words that remain ingrained in our consciousness. Colin Clive becomes hysterical as he has creates life from death, but that life would become a whole new ethical, moral and imposing dilemma for Dr.Frankenstein. A horror film with strong science fiction/fantasy tropes. And the laboratory as gorgeous set pieces would become a staple of the science fiction realm.
The 1950s Science Fiction genre took root with it’s profouns contribution to our collective consciousness AS a genre its vision & breadth possessed quintessential & ever-lasting sociological and psychological metaphors, iconic tropes and striking imagery.
The splitting of the atom, ushering in the atomic age and the collective anxiety most definitely was the catalyst for the many of the movie fantasy stories known as the 1950s Sci-Fi film.
“But no matter what else it might be, what makes a science fiction film science fiction is the fact that it is, in some sense, about science—and not only science but futuristic science. By that I mean that science fiction movies deal with scientific possibilities and technologies that do not exist yet but that might exist someday. Science fiction is the realm of the not-yet.” — “Cult Science Fiction Films” by Welch Everman
Ridley Scott – (Alien 1979, Blade Runner 1982) “When you come to the second World War You’ve got a very specific enemy. You know what that enemy is, It’s there for all the wrong reasons and it should be prevented…. Then you got the next phase which is The Cold War again which is to do with paranoia . But I think real, it’s real. Movies started to dip into that.”
“The Splitting of the atom…. forces that can only be explained to us by these guys in white coats… All of a sudden the guys in white coats became these simultaneously kind of rock stars and the most evil thing you could imagine.”
In a scene from The Atomic City 1952– The mother’s child sitting at the kitchen table with his breakfast “If I grow up do you know what I’m gonna do?” The mother turns to him, leaving her scrambled eggs on the stove and corrects him nervously, “It’s when you grow up, not if…”
The Atomic City 1952 trailer
Duck & Cover 1951 classic propaganda film
From the short instructional film Duck and Cover “But no matter where they go or what they do they always try to remember what to do if the atom bomb explodes right then!” (the kids suddenly fall into the brick wall. The narrator says ) It’s a bomb DUCK & COVER!
James Cameron – “All of our fate as human beings, our destiny seems bound up in our technology and our technology is frightening. It’s Terrifying!”
Steven Spielberg- “So there was a great deal of anxiety in the air. It was not just fear of being beaten up by the local bully. But the fear was being NUKED!… But we almost pushed a button on each other during The Cuban Missile Crisis…… I was absolutely prepared for Armageddon and these movies from the 1950s and early 60s played on those fears. And these movies were all metaphors for those fears. ”
George Lucas- “I would say that there was a certain amount of anxiety about that I mean I grew up right in the very heat of that. DUCK & COVER drills all the time… We were always hearing about the fall out shelter. About the end of the world, issues that were always going on about how many bombs were being built. The Cold War was always in the media.”
From The Twilight Zone “The Shelter” season 3 episode 3
1950s Sci-Fi films represented a conservatism or ‘reactionary wing’ that seems consumed by a motive to emphasize the values of 1950s America post WWII, in the midst of a McCarthy era witch hunt that prevailed fueling our fears that seeped into many of the Sci-Fi narratives on screen and in literature. Reflecting the growing internal struggles within American society and the developing mistrust about Soviet aggression and anyone and anything perceived as subversive.
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?”
Some films that reflected the paranoia of the period were well regaled by a Hollywood studio system that was itself at the center of the controversial House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) targeting screenwriters and actors as ‘communist sympathizers’ and no one could be trusted. -Just like Invaders from Mars 1953, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, X the Unknown 1956, The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957, and I Married a Monster From Outer Space 1958.
In 1947, in Roswell New Mexico the military reports that they have a UFO in their possession. The phenomena of sightings of UFOs would continue throughout the 1950s, though agencies were fully prepared to explain away the reports. Yet the public had a hunger to and fascination with the possibility of extra-terrestrials.
As Phil Hardy’s insightful take on the genre, all this manifested in a way that the Science Fiction films of the 1950s ‘supplanted horror as the genre that dealt with fear and paranoia.” The films expressed a very realistic look at science within the atomic age, and shed the shadows and expressionism of the earlier Gothic horrors and while not all scientific fact, tried to embrace a world of possibility.
The Flying Saucer 1950 begins the momentum for the decade of Science Fiction cinema’s love affair with unidentified objects and begins to round the edges of space crafts from other worlds that aren’t our American sharp and phallus shaped rockets!
DESTINATION MOON 1950 was featured in COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR. Being hailed the 2001, Space Odyssey of it’s time, it attempts to portray a realism trip to the moon. Phil Hardy calls Destination Moon 1950 ‘a sober celebration of man’s imminent conquest of space that dominated the decade.’
Destination Moon did attempt to accurately portray a trip to the moon given the technology and knowledge that was stuck in 1950.
Then we shot past the moon in cinema and went straight to the red planet with Flight to Mars 1951!
Themes and metaphors that emerged from anxiety about the atom bomb, radiation fallout, the advent of modernity, the space race and the wanderlust to conquer outer space, interplanetary warfare, military vs. science hubris, science meddling with nature, fear of science and technology, invasion anxiety, continued fear of otherness, deviant (in terms of counter-culture not exclusively moral judgement) subversion and xenophobic nightmares.
Sometimes we were even married to a monster from outer space and didn’t even notice much of a difference except for the lack of small talk! Here’s Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott in I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958.
Director Howard Hawk and screenplay by Charles Lederer, created a striking science fiction masterpiece of film noir ambience with it’s chilling back lit set pieces- The Thing From Another World 1951, adapted from John W. Campbell’s story ‘Who Goes There?’, other films that followed the path of paranoia — Invaders from Mars 1953, War of the Worlds 1953, It Came from Outer Space 1953, It Conquered the World 1956 & Invasion of the body snatchers 1956.
There were also science fiction films that rang the warning bell about cosmic calamity and catastrophic world coming to an end, annihilation fantasies like When Worlds Collide 1951.
War of the Worlds 1953 and When Worlds Collide 1951 had as Phil Hardy states, ‘religious dimensions’ that accused us of bringing about catastrophic punishment because of our misdeeds and transgressions.
H.G. Well’s view of Martian invaders created for the public consciousness the idea of destructive beings from another world. It was a great reflexive move for those science fiction films to portray aliens that were sympathetic, yet non-humanoid in appearance. Most Sci-Fi films show aliens as menacing, not only destructive but dangerous because they also wanted to keep us as captives, zap our resources and colonize our planet, sometimes even take our women, oh god no unhand Faith Domergue you pants wearing Mutant!
“Is that a fireball or something?”
Hollywood saw a trend later on in the 50s with Destination Moon 1950 when they came upon a story written by Harry Bates called The Return of the Master this became Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 which has remained one of the best regarded science fiction films of all time. This is one of the rare occasions when the alien Klaatu played beautifully like an intricate clock by the chiseled face, tranquil speaking Michael Rennie is benevolent, bringing with him a sincere and dire warning about earth people’s course and the future of their civilization if they don’t relent about the proliferation of atomic weapons. There were several well intended alien visitors who were met with hostilities as with, Klaatu (Michael Rennie ) in Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, and The Man From Planet X 1951.
Many films, even the low budget excursions dealt with our primal fears of alienation, estrangement & loss of identity i.e.,(communism at it’s core, the ramifications of otherness) nothing hits home more than Invaders from Mars 1953, and the quintessential loss of self and individualism in Don Siegels’ Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
“They would change into people who hate you!”
Steven Spielberg talks about the impact of Invaders from Mars 1953, “It certainly touched a nerve among all the young kids like myself who saw that movie at a very young age. That you would come home and that you would not recognize your mom and dad they would have changed into people who hate you!”
I can attest to the persuasion these films could have over the burgeoning imagination of a child, especially one like me who felt very much like an outsider as a kid. One night, as sure as my name is MonsterGirl, I went home, looked at my parents, decided they had been switched by aliens and ran out of the house, walking around the block for at least an hour before I convinced myself that I was being ridiculous. Or was I? These themes did have a not so subtle impact on a young impressionable mind who could easily question the world around them. Who could you trust? Would would believe you anyway?
There is the outsider narrative, diminishing human forms as in Bert I. Gordon’s Attack of the Puppet People 1958 where obsessed and lonely puppet maker John Hoyt loses his marbles. Although mad -bad science has shrunk down people before the 1950s in The Devil Doll 1936 and in the hands of crazed Albert Dekker in Dr. Cyclops 1940.
There is the quintessential existential crisis, the beautifully thought provoking film by director Jack Arnold starring the eternally transcending man Grant Williams in, The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957.
And of course there is the matter of GIGANTISM!
Giant insects, sea creatures and people who ran around half crazed and scantily dressed were a by-product of the atomic age!
George Lucas —“Out of that fear came I think a lot the monsters which you mess around with stuff and you’re gonna unleash this unknown monster!… it’s making tangible the unknown… A lot of that has to do with the mystery of this silent death that comes along with it that nobody knows exactly what it is or where it came from or can’t see it, can’t touch it. Well let’s make it easier to deal with by making it a giant monster.”
Some films show the ascension from violence & hyper-masculinity, Women as professionals & bold heroines who didn’t shrink as hysterical victims. Female dominated civilizations (Cat- Women of the Moon 1953, Queen of Outer Space 1958, Missile to the Moon 1958, Fire Maidens from Outer Space 1956, that threatened to maniacally seduce & subsume male voyagers, dressed by 5th avenue they are outré chic. Wanton warriors & nubile space maidens who often never saw the male species before or wanted to destroy them altogether!
A tagline reads “SEE-Astounding she-beasts of Venus!”
In Queen of Outer Space 1958 the masked disfigured Queen Yilana (Zsa Zsa Gabor) imprisons the men who crash land on her planet, intending to annihilate the earth with her beta disintegrator, though her beautiful subjects revolt in the name of love.
Mark Hamill –“We sometimes imagined other planets as paradises…. with girls!!! they looked more Hollywood starlets than space aliens, anyway they were eager to please. Their dancing their music their leotards were so Moderne! like Greenwich Village in outer space.” referring to Cat-Women of the Moon 1953.
“May we serve you earth men?”
“You’re the first man I’ve ever seen!” Carol Brewster as Alpha is mesmerized
“Step on it, and don’t spare the atoms!” from Abbott & Costello Go to Mars (1953)
“Their dance, their music, their leotards were so Moderne!”
Missile to the Moon 1958
There’s nothing worse than a space Queen–The Lido (K.T. Stevens ) and one of her maidens in distress…
Mark Hamill who narrates the wonderful documentary written and directed by Richard Schickel Watch the Skies! Sci-Fi , the 1950s and Us presented by Turner Classic Movies also reminds us that “50s science fiction may have shot at the stars but the dialogue often remained earth bound tied up with the battle of the sexes.” Many prevailing sub-texts were also love stories, soap operas involving relationships between men and women.They would create love stories in space!
Project Moonbase 1953 Donna Martell as Colonel Briteis (bright eyes?)
Rocketship X-M (1950) starring Lloyd Bridges and Ossa Massen
Cameron Mitchell plays Steve Abbott in Flight to Mars 1953, who tells Marguerite Chapman as Alita a fellow scientist/astronaut, “I think you’re a prize package and very feminine.”
There is always time for romance in outer space!
There were menaces from without, menaces from within. The ordinary world transformed into the monstrous. There were warnings from benevolent aliens and aggressive attacks by aliens who wanted to colonize our planet.
Sometimes the warnings or threats came from disembodied heads and brains, like Donovan’s Brain 1953, Fiend Without a Face 1958 and The Brain from Planet Arous 1957.
The indie filmmakers introducing teenagers as both heroes & monsters. Many films were horror/sci-fi hybridizations. And by the end of the decade we were left a legacy of impressive productions that remain timeless masterpieces, the cult grade- B Sci-Fi picture with their indelible charm and kitsch emblems, and the true stinkers that are so bad there too good not to appreciate. Sublime, thrilling, provocative & yes campy!
There were collections of stylized works by Jack Arnold, Bert I. Gordon, Edward L. Cahn and one indie auteur who showed us how to make a memorable movie on a shoe string budget who also launched many a career, the inimitable and grand Roger Corman. And of course those guys at American International Pictures (AIP)
Within the 50s decade shedding the Gothic themes of the 30s & 40s, the poetic shadow plays of Val Lewton,1950s Sci-Fi films had a pre-occupation with the modern world and mostly all the central menaces were transformed into non-human threats that we not only couldn’t empathize with but were revolted against as dangerous, vicious, insidious and potentially nihilistic in vision, they were seen as only a threat to our humanity and ultimately would lead to our destruction.
Within Sci-Fi there are so many films which are complex hybridizations of horror/science fiction /fantasy and have become too insurmountable to dissect or decipher all the nuances between the various free-floating genres. Writer critic historian Robin Wood in his Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan.—wagers that “the horror film’s radical potential lies in the fact that ‘the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses or oppresses’ Jancovich states that the monster “must therefor be seen as a profoundly ambiguous figures which challenges social norms and so reveals society’s repressive monstrosity.”
Killers from Space 1954
This theme is attached to McCarthyism that showed up as coded narratives in the more highly produced Sci-Fi films- “the myth of Communism as total dehumanization—accounts for the prevalence of this kind of monster in that period” -Mark Jancovich -Rational Fears- American Horror in the 1950s.
We can’t forget contributions made by the maestros in the visual effects department, direction, art direction and cinematography from George Pal, William Cameron Menzies and Ray Harryhausen.
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) Ray Harryhausen’s Ymir from Venus
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Ray Harryhausen’s The Kraken
Cinematographers who brought these visual narratives & landscapes to life- just to name a few!
Clifford Stine (It Came from Outer Space 1953,This Island Earth 1955, Imitation of Life 1959,Spartacus 1960) Sidney Hickox (Them! 1954, The Big Sleep 1946,Dark Passage 1947,White Heat 1949), John F. Seitz (Invaders from Mars 1953, Sullivan’s Travel’s 1941m Double Indemnity 1944, Sunset Boulevard 1950), Russell Harlan ( The Thing from Another World 1951, Red River 1948, Witness for the Prosecution 1959 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962) George Barnes (War of the Worlds 1953, Rebecca 1940, Spellbound 1945) Leo Tover (The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, Hold Back the Dawn 1941,The Snake Pit 1948, The Woman on the Beach 1947,The Heiress 1949, Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959) Ellsworth Fredericks (Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, Hold Back the Night 1956,The Stripper 1963, Mister Buddwing 1966)
And just as key to the atmosphere and attitude of the films were the musical contributions which defined that certain feel of chills and excitement, screwball antics and off-beat perscussion that filled up your head with pulsing visions of laser beams and other-worldly noises that ran up your spine like a finely coiled wire resonating the confluent sounds of the cosmos! Geesh that was a mouthful!
There were composers who masterfully underscored some of the BEST films and even the worst!, Dimitri Tiomkin * Bronislau Kaper * Bernard Herrmann *Hans J. Salter and Henry Mancini to name a few.
Instrumentalist Clara Rockmore mastered the Theremin which had a cosmic, universal vibe that was, well out of this world!
The Theremin is an electronic musical instrument created by Russian inventor , Léon Theremin controlled by the performing thereminist who makes the dulcet eerie tones by manipulating the two metal antennas that respond to the hand movements which influence the oscillations or frequency with one hand and effecting the volume with the other hand.
Popular were the films that dealt with the hubris of science that ultimately manifested monsters. There were even pants monsters, yes! pants monsters…! The burning sun turned him into a hideous fiend, but he still had time to put on those Haggars casual men’s trousers!
THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON, Robert Clarke (in doorway), Patricia Manning (second from right), 1959
There was a running sentiment —the notion of us against them, and even at times when not working together to fight a common enemy- you’d see the military vs science… And sometimes, though almost always male hero driven, there emerged some anti-damsels, all-powerful women who broke the cliched mold of the helpless hysterical female and arose as smart, intellectual (a socially constructed gendered male quality), mindful and fearlessly driven woman with guts and composure even if it was to hold off from laughing at Paul Blaisdell inside that cucumber monster from Venus.
Roger Corman’s It Conquered the World (1956) The Venusian cucumber
Just look at Julie Adams as Kay Lawrence in Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954, Joan Weldon as Dr. Patricia Medford in Them! 1954, Beverly Garland as Dr. Andrea Romar in Curucu, Beast of the Amazon 1956 & and her gutsy Clair Anderson in It Conquered the World 1956, Tina Carver as Dr. Terry Mason in From Hell It Came 1957 and Faith Domergue as Dr. Ruth Adams in This Island Earth 1955 & Prof. Lesley Joyce in It Came from Beneath the Sea 1955, and Lola Albright as Cathy Barrett in The Monolith Monsters 1957 .
Some sci-fi films were visually surreal landscapes or existential masterpiece such as William Cameron Menzies Invaders From Mars 1953 or Ib Melchior’s The Angry Red Planet 1959 and Jack Arnold’s magnificent adaptation of Richard Matheson’s The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957.
The Angry Red Planet (1959) The Rat Bat Spider puppet monster!
Grant Williams sails into the radioactive mist in The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957
Invaders from Mars (1953) Jimmy Hunt awakens to a UFO crashing into the sand dunes
“To sleep perchance to dream”-Hamlet-William Shakespeare
This dream-scape is a visual masterpiece, with the appearance of the sublimely brilliant Finnish painter Hugo Simberg, ( I happen to get permission from The National Museum of Finland to use Simberg’s ‘At The Crossroads’ as the cover of my album Fools & Orphans) thanks to the art design by visionary William Cameron Menzies!
A scene from Invaders from Mars (1953)
It is absolutely true about one thing— that it’s wholly complex to begin dissecting what makes a film solely and definitively Science Fiction and what constitutes it being a hybridization of horror & fantasy. There are way too many that fall right on the gray line that either exists in the middle or transects both themes at once.
Vincent Price can’t get that pesky Tingler off his arm in William Castle’s terrific horror/sci-fi extravaganza equip with buzzing chairs-The Tingler (1959)
For example, I am covering William Castle’s The Tingler 1959, because, while the central terror surrounds a monstrous ‘horror movie themed monster’ a creeping fiend that lives inside us all and grips our spines the moment we are in abject fear, it is discovered by scientific and medical research. One could say the film is also a crime drama. There are too many nuances and parameters that intersect. James Whale’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1931 is called a Monster movie by Universal and by fans of all generations. But it falls into the deep well of hybridization as so much of it focuses on the very philosophical questions around scientific hubris, the creation of human life and the question of god, ownership of one’s identity, and what is monstrous?
“A lot of science fiction films are also horror films in which monsters are spawned by scientific experiments, but not all horror films are science fiction, because science fiction does not deal in the supernatural. Science fiction takes place in the realm of the not-yet; supernatural horror films operate in the realm of the impossible.” — “Cult Science Fiction Films” by Welch Everman
The enormous influence that Science Fiction cinema had long-lasting effects on the advent of television. Just look at Rod Serling’s Fantasy/Sci-Fi anthology series which aired on CBS from 1959-1964. The show came in on the end of the decade. Stories that were infused by the themes of the 50s and set the tone for future decades to come. The Twilight Zone was groundbreaking and thought-provoking, dealing with issues of war, class, race, it was a socially conscious program that constantly tried to remind us of our humanity. The decade of 1950s Science Fiction also bled into the mindfulness of my favorite early 60s science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits.
The Zanti Misfits-one of the many fabulous Outer Limits monsters!
—There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Orwellian Control Voice from The Outer Limits anthology television series aired from 1963-1965.
Mark Jancovich writes “Again and again, the threats which distinguish 1950s horror
do not come from the past or even from the actions of a lone individual , but are associated with the processes of social development and modernization. In this period, it is the process of rationalization which is the threat, and in this way horror texts were at least as concerned with developments within American society as they were with threats from without… Here rationalization is understood as the process through which scientific – technical rationality is applied to the management of social, economic and cultural life…
… this new system of organization was seen by many as inherently totalitarian system which both created conformity and repressed dissent.”
Vincent Price fights off zombies from a plague that wiped out most of the human race in Richard Matheson’s adapted screenplay from his story I Am Legen- The Last Man on Earth (1964)
The outsider narratives– were illustrated as contrasting and conflicting to accepted norms, we see this with Richard Matheson’s writing (I Am Legend which became Vincent Price’s agonizing journey as The Last Man on Earth 1964, and later The Omega Man 1971 and Jack Arnold’s films involving “the reoccurring preoccupation with alienation, isolation and estrangement” -Jancovich- seen in Creature From the Black Lagoon 1954 and The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957.
Grant Williams protagonist Scott Carey becomes engulfed in a glittery mist of atomic dust particles in The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 the film exudes anxiety of his diminishing masculinity by not only losing his literal size, his physical height but he loses his maleness as a husband and as a regular man. This estrangement become a journey of his eternal soul and it’s place in the vast unknown other-world.
Grant Williams is feeling ‘literally’ like such a small man.
There would be films that embrace the dystopia narratives, and curiosity with technical advancements like robots!
Fritz Lang’s iconic robot in Metropolis (1927)
Robby the Robot and Walter Pidgeon as Morbius in George Pal’s take on William Shakespeare’s The Tempest as Forbidden Planet 1956
These Science Fiction/Fantasy films have left a deep and abiding impression on so many of us. Whether you grew up actually seeing them for the very first time, or becoming a new fan who is excited to embrace the heart and soul of a genre that made you think beyond what if? Either way, Science Fiction is an exploration of our imaginations, both glorious and often terrifying but it’s a genre that is here to stay, and the 1950s in particular truly rang the alarm bell that is still reverberating today!
Added to the mix in many of these film favorites was the essential mechanism of ‘not being believed’ added to the fear and paranoia of the moment!
The Face of Paranoia
Invasion Anxiety
FEAR OF THE ATOMIC BOMB! The Atomic City 1952 trailer
I see you with my million eyes!
Hey big fella got a light!
The theremin ‘the dulcet tones’ that wavered throughout sci-fi and beyond!
‘The modern world’
It’s intermission time! Head out to the snack bar for some 50s refreshments!
LOST WORLDS AND SPACE TRAVEL
Destination Moon
Directed by Irving Pichel and producer George Pal along with a screenplay by Robert Heinlein took a very documentary approach to the narrative and the landscapes. The film stars John Archer as Jim Barnes, Warner Anderson as Dr. Charles Cargraves, with Tom Powers and Dick Wesson. The film was a critical success an revived the Sci-Fi genre.
Destination Moon 1950 was an attempt to show a serious technical side to space travel. based on what science actually knew at the time. Actually it was in response to a spread that ran in Collier’s Magazine of series of paintings done by artist Chesley Bonastell of gleaming space craft.
Steven Spielberg had said of the picture, “DESTINATION MOON is a scientific attempt to create suspense based on no bad guys no villains and no aliens.
Similar to almost Apollo 13 (1995) or Marooned 1969)
George Lucas says “At the time it was a very provocative idea because nobody had ever seen anyone go to the moon.”
Though it’s been called the precursor to 2001 Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick never admitted to having seen the movie. Which is highly possible, and given his genius we’ll take his word for it.
In the midst of the Cold War, the film reflects America’s desire to conquer, and according to the generals in Destination Moon, the moon would be the ideal location for a strategic military base of operations. And thus the race for America to get there first. There’s also a conflict seen as there were those who would embrace the new technologies and those who saw the impending modernity as a threat or a ‘bad thing’.
Pichel and Pal wanted to situate this film farther away from the fantastical science fiction ‘soap opera’ serials of the 1930s. Physicists and astronomers were consulted in order to stay true to the realistic view Heinlein, Pichel and Pal desired as their vision of the future. They also used striking paintings by Chesley Bonestell to imagine the gorgeous lunar landscapes along with designer Ernest Fegte who create the realistic cratered look of the Moon.
The film features the first lunar landing that was envisioned as realistic and not melodramatic or surreal. The crew led by actor John Archer manage to land on the Moon but they run out of fuel, that they seem doomed to be stranded. They lose all the excess weight in order to get the ship space worthy again, but till they are over the weight limit. In a noble act of courage and sacrifice Dick Wesson (Tom Powers) figures that he can remove his cumbersome pressure suit and re-enter the ship a lighter and better man in order to save the rest of the crew…
Dr. Charles Cargraves: You can’t buck public opinion; I’ve tried. Have you seen this?
[Newspaper headline: MASS MEETING PROTESTS RADIOACTIVE ROCKET]
General Thayer: That isn’t public opinion – it’s a job of propaganda!
Jim Barnes: You’re almighty right it is. Manufactured and organized – with money and brains. Somebody’s out to get us.
The Flying Saucer
Directed by Mikel Conrad, stars Mikel Conrad as Mike Trent, Pat Garrison as Vee Langley, Hantz von Teuffen as Hans, Lester Sharpeas Col. Marikoff Roy Engel as Dr. Carl Lawton and Denver Pile as Turner! Because we feared the Russians in the early 1950s much of the paranoia around UFO sightings were connected to those pesky Reds! When CIA secret agent Mike Trent tracks a flying saucer to Alaska he finds out that it is a ship built by scientist Dr. Carl Lawton who hopes to sell it to the Americans!
Pat Garrison and Mikel Conrad-50s cool!
Col. Marikoff: Mr. Trent, you’re giving us a great deal of trouble. Why didn’t you stay in New York with your drunken friends of the night club?
Mike Trent: I sobered up.
Prehistoric Women
Laurette Luez as Tigri
Prehistoric Women would find a resurgence in the 60s! Here’s British actress Martine Beswick in the 1966 movie with the same title!
Prehistoric Women (1950)
Directed by Gregg C. Tallas
Shown from left: Jo Carroll Dennison, Joan Shawlee, Laurette Luez, Kerry Vaughn, Mara Lynn
(bending over), Judy Landon
Directed by Gregg C. Tallas, (Siren of Atlantas 1949) offers an adventure sci-fi fantasy film. Prehistoric Women stars Laurette Luez as Tigri, Allan Nixon as (Mesa of Lost Women 1953, Pickup 1951) Engor, Joan Shawlee as Lotee, Judy Landon as Eras, Mary Lynn as Arva, Jo Carroll Dennison as Nika, Kerry Vaughn as Tulie, Tony Devlin as Rulg, James Summers as Adh, Jeanne Sorel as Tana, and Janet Scott as Wise Old Lady.
As Bill Warren puts it in his wonderful series Keep Watching the Skies published by the awesome McFarland Press-Prehistoric Women “Were this picture not so naive, it would seem more sleazy than it does. It’s not good in any way, but has a certain daffy charm because of it’s unsophisticated unbelieveability.”
The Commentator: “And Engor called it Firee, which was his word for Fire.”
The film is narrated documentary style because the cast are primitives who Amazonian cave-women and had little to no dialogue, it just adds to the laughable style and god awful Cinecolor production. I’d like to know how they got a turkey vulture to wear a mask poor thing, the film is so blurring it’s hard to tell what the hell is flying up in the prehistoric blue sky… scourge of the skies indeed! Still, prehistoric films, though considered mostly adventure stories seems to be included in books on the Sci-Fi genre. Though it could also easily be branded as a very cheap sexist exploitation romp!
Look it’s a flying dragon the scourge of the skies!
Bill Warren cites a review from the Monthly Film Bulletin: “They assert feminine superiority ruthlessly, setting their captives to hard labour, clubbing them intermittently and cutting off their escape… {Engor-} (the intelligent troglodyte who invents fire) uses a flaming torch to destroy a giant winged dragon (a disguised turkey vulture they must have tortured off set by putting fake ears and beak on it) that threatens their encampment {and}the girls are stunned with fear and admiration and surrender unconditionally.”
Tigri and her clan hate men but realize that they are sort of needed for some things, so they capture a bunch of fellas and try to force them to become their mates. But when Engor, escapes and discovers fire gets re-captured and not only slays the “flying dragon the scourge of the skies” but uses the fire to fight off the ugly brute who threatens their lives Tigri has a change of heart and all is right with the primitive world again. The women start running around panicked and screaming hysterically and the men are once again in charge… it’s ludicrous.
This giant is a real 9 foot giant… named Guadi in the film is Johann Petursson The Viking Giant was the Tallest Man From Iceland and traveled with Ringling Bros. Circus!
The Commentator: “Strangely enough, the swan dive was invented before the swan.“
Rocketship-X-M
GASP AT THE DARING COURAGE… AS THEY THUNDER BETWEEN PLANETS ON A RUNAWAY ROCKET!
Directed by science fiction story aficionado Kurt Neumann ( Secret of the Blue Room 1933, Half a Sinner 1934, Island of Lost Men 1939, a slew of Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan pictures, She Devil 1957, the outstanding Kronos 1957, and The Fly 1958 ) Rocketship X-M stars Lloyd Bridges as Col. Floyd Graham, Osa Massen as Dr. Lisa Van Horn, John Emory as Dr. Karl Eckstrom, Noah Beery Jr. as Maj. William Corrigan, Hugh O’ Brian as Harry Chamberlain, Morris Ankrum as Dr. Ralph Fleming, and Sherry Morland as the Martian girl.
Cinematographer Karl Struss (Sunrise 1927, The Great Dictator, 1940, Limelight 1952, The Fly 1958) and art direction by Theobold Holsopple create at times a sublime and beautifully desolate landscape using matte paintings, miniatures among the technical effects. For all the scenes on Mars, the film is tinted a pinkish sepia tone (filmed partly in The Mojave desert). Struss lenses an landscape that is eerie and atmospheric.
Rocketship X-M was a B picture designed to beat DESTINATION MOON in the movie theaters, and even with it’s grim ending, it actually did better at the box office. Director James Cameron called it an ‘Anodyne answer to Destination Moon 1950.’ It was a cautionary tale about how we will not be able to control this new technology. It’s a warning about too much hubris surrounding this powerful technology that sometimes ‘precedes a tragic fall’-Mark Hamill.
The crew finds the remnants of a Martian Civilization that was destroyed by it’s own technology much like the revelation in Ridley Scott’s Alien 1979.
The film though with it’s bleak message is quite a surprisingly interesting science fiction tale about a trip to the moon, by way of Mars that is interesting because of it’s earnestness and visual style. And to be honest a lot more interesting and characters more full of life than with it’s predecessor in 1950 Destination Moon.
Rocketship XM
Staffing Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Berry Jr.
You heard this year’s Oscar Winner for Best Actor credit his father for his acting career. Well here he is folks. Third from the left: Lloyd Bridges.
German director Neumann came to Hollywood in 1925 and became best known for his work on The Fly. (1958) Rocketship X-M is a sober and beautifully filmed piece of science fiction realism blended with romance and crisis. Like Destination Moon ,it features the first manned rocket-ship to the Moon that winds up knocked off course winding up on Mars, stranded on the bleak landscape where the crew led by Dr. Karl Eckstrom stumble upon a dome-shaped structure and an odd metallic mask. They deduce from all the radioactivity that there must have been a superior race of intelligent beings who had once inhabited the planet but fell victim to some kind of atomic catastrophe, leaving only a few mutant savages to forage the bones of the now desolate planet.
These crazy looking bald Martians sort of remind me of Pluto in The Hills Have Eyes 1977
The crew is eventually besieged upon by the remains of that once thriving Martian race, which in a shocking reveal shows Sherry Moreland the Martian girl to have a lifeless stare as she is blind. The Martian trogldyte attackers kill Dr.Eckstrom, and Maj. Corrigan, wounding Chamberlain. Col. Floyd Graham and Dr. Lisa Van Horn make it back to the ship, but don’t have enough fuel to get back home. In a very intense and poignant scene as the two hold each other and embrace their inevitable fate with a transcendent fatalistic sense of hope, much like Grant Williams at the end of The Incredible Shrinking Man, the lovers watch through the view finder as they plunge toward Earth to their deaths, in a darker film ending– as they crash. Rocketship X-M seems to have brought the warning not to earth in the form of Klaatu the benevolent, but has placed us on a hostile planet much like Planet of the Apes that gravely warns us that our future could very well wind up the same way if we pursue atomic weapons.
Lloyd Bridges holds Osa Massen It ends badly for everyone. As they look out the porthole “it’s only seconds now, try not to be afraid” She clings to him-Suddenly she is not afraid anymore. She feels like something is lifting them up and holding them right before they crash…
Osa Massen sees her tragic end as a new beginning she sheds her fears and finds a courageous way to embrace their impending death. It’s a rather poetic scene when they hold each other and look out at the view finder and watch as life rapidly escapes them. It’s a very dark ending.
Doomed to crash and burn Floyd and Lisa cannot control the technology. There is a conflict with the machines and mechanisms we build that can either annihilate us or set us free to explore and thrive.
‘Their last desperate hope is for transcendence”
ROCKETSHIP X-M — Director John Cameron calls it a ‘dualistic dance’ with technology -referring to the end being so nihilistic potentially– then the head of the program says they’ll start construction tomorrow.
Already on Earth they are planning another mission called Rocketship X-M2!
PROGRESS MARCHES ON-“No gentlemen the X-M was not a failure tomorrow we start on the construction of the X-M2”
Floyd: I’ve been wondering, how did a girl like you get mixed up in a thing like this in the first place.
Dr. Lisa Van Horn: I suppose you think that women should only cook and sew and bear children.
Floyd: Isn’t that enough?
[Floyd and Lisa comfort Eckstrom, who was mortally wounded by a Martian’s axe]
Floyd: Murdering savages!
Dr. Eckstrom: No Floyd. Poor fear-crazed despairing wretches. Pity them. Pity them!
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Why YAH/YHWH
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, 4/14/2004
Dear Chevra,
First, I am glad to enter this discussion of the Name of God — AND, I hope it will not distract people from what I originally wrote about: the intergenerational/ ecological role of the Prophet Elijah, turning the hearts of parents and children to each other lest the earth be utterly destroyed.
I suggested ways of drawing on this passage of the Prophets, which we read yesterday on Shabbat Hagadol, and might use in our Pesach sedarim as part of the meaning of Elijah's Cup, and might use between the generations for every B'Mitzvah celebration and also for every Brit ceremony when we set aside the Kisei Eliyahu, Elijah's Chair.
For a fuller description of the emergence of "Yahh" as a substitute way of "saying" "YHWH," a different substitute from the conventional "Adonai" as a substitute, please see my book GODWRESTLING — ROUND 2 and a number of the discussions in the "Prayer" section of our Website.
What follows is a brief summary of my approach on the question of pronouncing the "Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei" Name of God that in transliteration comes out "YHWH":
1) It is unpronounceable in my view not because we are forbidden to pronounce it — that understanding is in my view a way of avoiding the deeper truth — but because if one tries to do so, pronouncing these four strange letters (semi-vowels, semi-consonants; linguists call them aspirate consonants) WITHOUT any vowels, one simply breathes.
You might pause to try this yourself: try to say "YHWH" with no vowels. Not "Yahweh" or "Yahovah," but with no vowels at all.
Over the years I have invited thousands of people at synagogues, retreat centers, Hillels, and conferences to explore what happens if they try to do this, and almost everyone who does this experiences either a breath or the wind.
The real Name is BEYOND pronunciation, unless you consider breathing pronunciation.
As the Siddur (prayer-book) says, "Nishmat kol chai tivarech et SHIMCHA." ("The breathing of all life praises your Name.") For the Breathing of all life IS Your Name.
2) The notion of YHWH as "the Breath of Life" accords with a deep sense of God as intimate and transcendent at once. If we have no breath in us, we die. If there is no breath beyond us, we die.
3) Moreover, it makes profound sense for at least one of the real Names of the real God to be not a Hebrew word, nor a word in Egyptian, or Latin, or Greek, or Arabic, or Sanskrit, or English - not in any single language but in all of them, or in some form of expression that both underlies and transcends language: just breathing, which all humans of all peoples do.
4) Still more, Breathing encompasses not only all humans but all life-forms. What the trees breathe out is what we breathe in; what we breathe out is what the trees breathe in. So YHWH as a breathing sound evokes "kol ha'neshama," all breathing beings, and "nefesh chaya," all those in which is the life-breath.
It includes not only specific life-forms but the interwoven life-process, in which all earth - even aspects that we often think of as not alive, like rocks and the ozone layer - take part in a planetary breathing.
And one metaphor for the universe itself, since the Big Bang, is that it is experiencing a great out-breath, in which all the galaxies are continuing to expand into and shape the space-time that is the Universal Breath.
5) So we could just pause at "YHWH" and breathe. Or we could, as has been the Jewish convention, substitute some word. That word has traditionally been "Adonai," meaning Lord, which in Christian tradition became Kyrie, Dominus, Lord.
But this substitute takes us away from the experience of God as Breath of Life, and — in the thoughts and feelings of many people in our generation —names God in an untruthful way. For powers that once were beyond all human ken, such as destroying all life on earth or creating new and literally "inconceivable" species like the spider-goat created by mixing DNA, are now in human hands.
For many, therefore, God no longer seems a totally transcendent Lord, King, Judge — but the interwovenness of all, for which the Breath is a somewhat more accurate metaphor.
6. For all these reasons, it is attractive to many people to use "YAH" as a different substitute for this unpronounceable Name, instead of using "Adonai," "Lord," the conventional substitute. "Yah," if pronounced with a strong out-breath, gives the feel of the Breath of Life.
This practice simply uses the same Divine Name as is used in many of the Psalms, as in "HalleluYAH," "Let us praise YAH, the Breath of Life." It is itself one of the traditional Names.
7) In brachot. blessings, this then comes out: "Baruch attah Yah, elohenu . . . " or, using the feminine pronoun and verb, "Brucha aht Yah, eloheynu. . . " and in translation, either "Blessed are You, Yah," or "Blessed are You, Breath of Life."
In accord with this change, many of us also change "melech," "king," in the conventional bracha to "ruach," "breath/wind/ spirit." "Ruach" also has the extremely unusual characteristic of being a Hebrew word that can take either a masculine or feminine verb. Again, appropriate for God.
Thus the bracha becomes, "Baruch attah [or, "brucha aht"] Yah, eloheynu ruach ha'olam. . ." - "Blessed are You, Breath of Life, Spirit of the Universe. . . "
8. Perhaps one of the defining characteristics of Jewish renewal is that what — at least in public — only the High Priest did during Temple days — address the deep meanings of "YHWH" directly, at noon on Yom Kippur — and what no one at all did in Rabbinic Judaism — we are now calling forth as a process for the whole Jewish people to explore.
The mind-set that says only the High Priest — therefore no one — can do this is the same mind-set that says only married men over forty who have studied all of Talmud are permitted to study Kabbalah. Most people in Jewish renewal have gone beyond this view.
9. In my own practice when leading prayer, I invite people to experience "YHWH" in this way and then make clear that "for God's sake," they should choose a way of addressing God that brings them close to God. If they continue to feel closer by using the more familiar "Adonai," that is what they should do.
Shalom, Arthur
------------------------------ From: David B Siff
Hevre,
I have recently seen two interesting interpretations of the divine name.
In Sha'ar HaNikud, Reb Josef Gikatilla points out that all of the letters involved in God's name are vowels. Vav in hebrew can be used for oo and oh, heh can be used for ah, and yud can be used for eh, ay, and ey (as in, e.g., mosadai). The vowels move the consonants— they make the other words audible (because consonants cannot be pronounced without vowles). Hence, underlying every consonant and word of both divine and human speech is the energy of the vowels, which are God's name/ruah hakodesh. So God's name is what pronounces everything.
There is also a magical interpretation, in Brit Menuhah, according to which the divine name has many different pronunciations, and each one is a different emanation of the divine with different powers. So the tetragrameton is pronounced differently when used for different purposes. Each pronunciatioin is its own world of powers, with its own angels, and names for each of the vowel-dots. (For example, in the first vocalization he gives, there is a kamatz under the yud, which is composed of one horizontal 'firmament' and the dot underneath. The firmament's name is ytsayitsiyahtsiyatsiyo, and the dot's name is tovyahuts'i) It's a weird system, but there is something nice about not simplifying it— yagdil torah v'ya'adir. It makes for a very interesting davenning experience when you not only try to pronounce the tetragrameton in this way while davenning, but also think of the name of each vowel dot involved in that pronunciation.
Terrible segue, but it's hard integrating spirituality and social action:
They say God's name is truth, so you could also say that we can speak God's name by speaking truth. There is a petition, which I do not believe has been mentioned on this list, for the U.N. to consider suicide bombings as war crimes. Please consider signing; this petition is a powerful prayer.
May we all remember that the first step to getting out of Mitzrayim is discovering the nature of the Mitzrayim we are in.
A Zisn Pesah.
David Siff
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Maria Sharapova tests positive for..
Maria Sharapova tests positive for drug Meldonium at Australian Open
World tennis superstar Maria Sharapova has failed a drug test.
The former world No.1 has revealed she tested positive for Meldonium at this year’s Australian Open.
The substance was banned from January 1.
It’s said to increase the endurance performance of athletes and improve their rehabilitation capacity.
The Russian tennis ace said she’d been taking the drug since 2006.
The five-time Grand Slam champion, 28, says she takes full responsibility for what happened and says she doesn’t want this to end her career.
Leading sports doctor Peter Brukner, who works with the Australian cricket team, told Ross and John he expected Sharapova to be banned.
‘I think she’ll be rubbed out ? she more or less has to be ? and probably for two years, I would have thought,’ Brukner said on 3AW Breakfast.
‘In the last 18 months or so there were rumours it was being used as a performance enhancing drug (and) when WADA hears that, they’re duty bound to investigate and they started specifically testing for this drug.
‘Most of these drugs get out of your system within two or three days.’
Click PLAY below to hear Dr Peter Brukner explain more on 3AW Breakfast
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We're Responsible for Letting Them Off the Hook.
When it comes to Canada and climate change, who can fault the Americans for seeing us as almost schizoid. We acknowledge the reality and danger of climate change, we worry about it, and yet we tolerate, even support, politicians who will do nothing about it. From Bloomberg View:
Last week's announcement that Canada won't match U.S. emission-reduction targets offers a fresh look at Canadians' enduring bipolarity on climate change: They're far more likely than Americans to say the problem is real, yet keep voting for a government that does nothing about it. Therein lies a cautionary tale for the rest of the world.
In a narrow sense, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement marks a reversal. He has long used the absence of a U.S. climate policy to justify his government's failure to introduce oil and gas regulations he first promised almost a decade ago, on the logic that the two countries are too economically integrated to pursue different approaches. Now that U.S. President Barack Obama has set an official target -- a 26 percent to 28 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2025 -- Harper is saying the American policy is too aggressive to match.
But the Canadian decision is really the culmination of years of hostility toward the idea of fighting climate change. Harper's government pulled out of the Kyoto protocol in 2011, dismissed environmental groups as foreign pawns and gave its version of the Internal Revenue Service a new mandate and extra funding to target them. It closed climate research programs, laid off scientists and prohibited those who remain from speaking to the news media. And the latest data show that unless something changes, the country won't come close to its 2009 Copenhagen pledge to cut emissions 17 percent by 2020.
Here's what makes the Conservative government's resistance to climate policy puzzling: In poll after poll, Canadians say they support such a policy. Eighty-one percent say there is "solid evidence" of global warming, compared with just 61 percent of Americans. (Even among Conservative Party supporters, 68 percent agree -- roughly the same share as Democrats in the U.S.) And 54 percent say their country "can and should do more to reduce emissions," compared with 29 percent who favor the status quo and just 5 percent who say Canada is doing more than it should. More than two-thirds said they support "a financial incentive" to cut emissions, including 56 percent of Conservatives. Almost 2 in 3 support using taxes to do so.
That's a level of support U.S. climate advocates can only dream of. So why haven't Canadians' views translated into federal policy? The answer is that climate action is drowned out by other issues: Just 18 percent of Canadians ranked the environment among their top three priorities in a survey last week, according to David Coletto, chief executive officer of Abacus Data, an Ottawa polling firm.
That's down from 23 percent in a similar survey last year - - behind health care, job creation, taxes, debts/deficits, and "accountability and trust," and tied with middle-class incomes and retirement security. In both surveys, just 5 percent of respondents ranked the environment their top concern.
"Canadian public support for climate change action has been stable, but it is not an election issue at any level," Keith Neuman, executive director of the Toronto-based Environics Institute for Survey Research, told me in an e-mail. "So most parties can get away with saying it is important without committing to any policies."
...A corollary of the importance of individual leaders is that progress on climate isn't teleological: The endpoint isn't assured, and there are no grounds for assuming that countries will keep getting better, because voter support isn't sticky enough to hold their successors to the same policies -- something Australia's repeal of its carbon tax last year demonstrated.
The lesson from Canada will only bring more anxiety to environmentalists: Beating climate change (or, at this point, averting its most devastating effects) depends to an uncomfortable degree on whether national leaders want to. That arrangement may have the trappings of responsive government. Underneath, it looks a lot more like luck.
In other words there is no answer for Canada, no answer for our children and theirs, in continuing to back mainstream Canadian politics - Conservative, Liberal or New Democrat. They're all neoliberal and none of them has the sand to deal with this. If there's going to be an answer it'll depend on the prospects of a Green revolution.
So, know this. A vote for Trudeau or a vote for Mulcair is a vote against Canada and our kids' future. With these mainstream parties there'll be no meaningful, effective action until something cataclysmic happens and, by then, it'll be too late. I am repulsed by Andean Fatalism and its rejection of posterity. It's why I finally walked out on the Liberal Party.
To me, this is not political leadership I can support. What's your excuse?
Labels: climate change, Harper., Mulcair, Trudeau
Northern PoV said...
I have lower standards Mound. I am supporting Justin in 2015 and I think anyone living in a Con-held riding should too.
They all suck, but show me a gov't, anywhere, (or a political party with a chance at gov't) that has a serious position on climate change... if you can.
Right now I'd take the old PC/Lib type gov't over the current dog's breakfast any day. Mulcair scares Lib/Con swing voters cause his label is NDP but as James Laxer and other have pointed out, today's power-hungry, compromised NDP is almost indistinguishable from the Libs.
So, If Rachel wins on May 5 I may change my mind but I'll take the more (electorally palatable) Libs over their orange ciphers in 2015.
No one will act soon enough to prevent catastrophic climate change. The struggle we are having now is about two things:
1) Blockadia - where we try to save local places and mitigate global harm. (No more pipelines/no oil by rail, keep it in the ground)
2) When the crap hits the fan in 20 or 30 years (or sooner or later) do we want a democratic-socialist-sharing response or a fascist response to govern us.
I see a "progressive" win as a plus to both of these concerns.
Oh and as for:
"In a narrow sense, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement marks a reversal."
If this was Justin or Tom there would be 3 inch headlines: FLIP/FLOP.
I understand your point, N PoV. I've been through this many times with you fellow Liberals such as Scotian.
That said, I won't support nihilistic politics. We owe our kids and our grandkids a lot better, a lot more than what Trudeau or Mulcair have on offer and they'll pay dearly for our perfidy and self-interest. A pox on them both and their feckless parties. All they offer is a slightly slower arrival at the same point Harper is taking us.
Anyong said...
What is happening to the birds return on the east coast of Canada? They are arriving in a starved condition. Sick birds are proof positive that the environment is no longer healthy. I wonder if Mr. Harper owns a budgie or allows birds in his garden.
Yeah, but the birds are for the cats. Especially the songbirds apparently. It's said he especially likes the songs they sing as their throats are crushed.
Purple library guy said...
"I am supporting Justin in 2015 and I think anyone living in a Con-held riding should too."
So, you're hoping for the Cons to win? Because if you were hoping for the Cons to lose, presumably you would advise people to check what party came closest to defeating them last time in their riding, maybe what local polls look like currently if there are any, and vote for whichever non-Con party is most likely to defeat them in that riding. Rather than trying to get people to re-elect Cons in ridings where the NDP is competitive but the Libs are not.
I can respect Mound's position (vote your conscience no matter what). I can respect a genuine anyone-but-Cons position. I can respect a position that the NDP or the Libs are genuinely the best party so you should vote for them. But I can't respect the position you just put forward. This is so old-Lib-hat, trying to manipulate people into assuming Liberals are the only electable party in all ridings. I'm hoping that's not what you really meant.
Purple:
I've worked and voted for both the Orange and the Red banners - always a frustrating experience. And I did Catch 22 last time - they tried what Leadnow (and you) propose.
We have a common enemy. We just disagree w tactics and strategy.
I believe the anti-Harper vote will coalesce around Tom or Justin.
If its Tom, I see a repeat of 2011, alas. Hence I am in the bag for Justin this time. You call that manipulation, I call it politics.
And to repeat myself: if Rachel wins on May 5 I may change my mind.
Hey Mound - while Purple and I throw mud at each other .... who you going to vote for or support?
N PoV, I'll be voting Green. I believe in the party, its leader and the party platform. I trust neither of the main opposition parties. They're not even proposing to break out of Canada's neoliberal political and economic models without which our grandkids are so screwed.
I take inspiration from the Occupy movement, Syrzia and Podemos. There's going to be a movement to oust mainstream neoliberalism because we have no other choice except to yield to a form of neo-feudalism in a compromised, corrupted environment.
Ask yourself which party would you want to govern in the context of Canada in 2030 or 2050? It can't be just about getting rid of Harper this year although that's unquestionably needed.
Here's where I stand. If, on the morning after the election, we wind up with Mulcair or Trudeau in Sussex Drive, there'd be no ceasefire from me. I'd simply turn my criticism in their direction.
When I talk about 2030 or 2050, I'm speaking of monumental decisions, most of which have to be taken within the next 10-years. You won't be getting those decisions from this current leadership, you won't.
If Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau would all have us become 21st century Easter Islanders what's the point of supporting any of them? I can't see any.
Anyong says....What are we supposed to do, those of us who are not able to vote green due to lack of a candidate...can-di-date, not can-di-dit as so many people say. I definitely would vote green if I could. perhaps I ought to move to B.C.
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The Mississippi Burning – The Self-Inflicted Investigative Challenges Of The Jessica Lane Chambers Murder…
By now most people are aware of our decision to stop analyzing and researching the Jessica Chambers murder. If not, well now you are. That said, and because of the exhaustive previous research by all of you genuinely good truth-seekers, an explanation is warranted and deserved.
My apologies in advance for any length of explanation – And prior to explaining, allow me to assert a belief that investigators probably know who did it.
The problem is proving it.
From day #1, when we became aware of this incident on December 7th,2014, we immediately noticed that not only did this story hold a series of various agenda items which might lead to a buried lede story (FTP and BLM protests); but also the entire construct of the media reports themselves were indicating a very troubling beginning to what should normally be a serious murder investigation.
When you understand why, you understand the current dilemma.
On December 6th the crime scene itself, and all of the evidence therein, was horridly handled. Many speculated in the days and weeks that followed the Panola County Sheriff’s department might have done that intentionally. We can’t speak to why, indeed we don’t ever think anyone will admit why, but we can explain the outcome thereof.
Within an hour of the first responders arriving on the scene (8:13pm), a decision was made by someone (no-one will admit who – and no media has asked who) to remove the critical evidence, the vehicle Jessica was driving.
That vehicle was towed from the crime scene and showed up at M&M First Stop gas station at approximately 9:30pm.
At 9:30pm, according to his own admissions, Ali Alsanai (aka: Ali Fadhel, Basem Alsanai) had unrestricted access to the burned vehicle and took pictures of it. Ali uploaded pictures to his Facebook page showing his followers (see above and below).
The vehicle was towed without police escort, left unattended, and transported without a chain of custody for it to be considered evidence.
After the tow truck driver stopped at the gas station, purchased cigarettes or a soda and allowed Ali access, he dropped it off in the Panola Sheriff outdoor impound lot.
Any evidentiary value held by the vehicle was lost as soon as it became compromised by a lack of security.
In essence, any value within it would be dismissed prior to a courtroom because of the sloppy handling. Any decent defense attorney could get it thrown out because there was no specific and protected chain of custody.
Anyone could have engaged the emergency brake, anyone could have opened the doors, anyone could have put the transmission in park etc.
Similarly the same can be said of the actual crime scene itself which was also left unprotected within hours of the event.
There were no access restrictions put on the crime scene, no-one securing it from compromise, and no effort made to protect it from the external elements of man, weather or nature. No tarp was placed as ground cover, no physical security was in place, nothing. It was left completely unguarded.
Again, like the vehicle, this essentially removes any crime scene value from follow-up investigative inquiry. It didn’t matter if investigators returned sometime after sunrise for pictures or further review, because no-one secured the scene. It was stomped all over by first responders, media, and anyone who might be a curious onlooker.
Three days after the incident the media were even reporting about visibly seeing investigators returning to the scene to “pick stuff up” and “place in paper bags”.
Sometime around Tuesday 12/9/14 the scene was secured with perimeter tape, but that was about the extent of the effort. Just like the vehicle disposition, by 12/9 any courtroom value was again lost. Heck, we even captured pictures of vehicle parts left laying in the mud a week later.
So you have to approach this case from District Attorney John Champion’s position of prosecutorial value. When you take that approach you begin to realize how and why John Champion is the lead investigator.
You also realize why Champion drove to Panola on Sunday 12/7/14 for the first media brief.
DA John Champion is not stupid. He might be annoying to listen to in repetition, and he might be covering for the botched prior decision making, but he’s not completely incompetent as a DA.
Champion had to know by the time he was involved, if the goal was a prosecution of a felonious murder, he was already in a weak position regarding the evidence.
If you remove physical evidence from the vehicle and you remove physical evidence from the crime scene from prosecutorial value, what is he left with?
Hopeful of forensics (via DNA or similar) from the victim? Hopeful that cell phone “ping logs” might provide circumstantial evidence? Or, hopeful that someone would either a.) admit to it, or, b.) admit to specific first-hand knowledge of who did it.
Social media might provide some clues of where to focus attention, but social media is useless in court for Capital Crime rules of evidence. Even if anyone admitted on social media to murdering Jessica they would also have to admit it in person. The social media value -in a capital crime- is nothing without a person admitting, in person, they did what is claimed to have been done.
There’s almost no way to prove a person wrote something just because it was written in their name. Anyone can claim a hacked or non-secure social media account and non-authorship. So social media might be useful as a mapping tool, but not much else.
Again, thinking in terms of prosecutorial value, if you remove 90% of the physical evidence due to probable inadmissibility, and forensic evidence is scarce to non-existent, where does that leave the investigation?
Yep, essentially walking around asking people to admit they did it, or know who did. The proverbial “word on the street“, which is, not coincidentally, exactly what John Champion keeps talking about in every interview.
How does Champion or Darby put themselves in a better position to get an admission by a witness? Yep, a reward – currently at $43,000.
Repeating, they (Champion/Darby) probably have a good idea who did it – but proving that is another process entirely, and they are not going to initiate an arrest without a foundation to be able to prove it.
And in the Darby/Champion collective quest to stretch out the process, and simultaneously cover their butt, they’ve even lied about their process of collecting evidence with regard to the CCTV recordings at Ali’s Gas Station.
There’s plenty of “botch blame” to go around.
As if a proverbial cherry on the botched cake, there is also a severely dysfunctional family dynamic. Both Lisa Chambers/Daugherty (mom), and Ben Chambers (dad), have stated their unequivocal trust in the local investigators, that would be Sheriff Dennis Darby and self-appointed lead investigator, DA John Champion.
Obviously such trust would appear misplaced. However, when you accept at face value what has already been outlined in the town of Courtland – it becomes, well, apropos.
Strongly Recommend – PLEASE WATCH VIDEO AGAIN and pay attention at 06:35 as Darby speaks – this interview was recorded 12/11/14.
In addition, both Lisa Daugherty and Ben Chambers continue to try and position themselves in the best possible light; the key word is “themselves“.
The past three media interviews with Lisa Daugherty have focused intensely on this effort, and apparently she plans to continue tonight.
#JessicaChambers mom Lisa will be on Tricia @websleuths 'radio show tonight. cc: @TheLastRefuge2 http://t.co/cTCkQvWL01
— YancyFaith (@YancyFaith) January 15, 2015
We will continue to follow the case, and we’ll post any new information or insight found as a result of the media waking up and potentially asking real questions, but in the interim the daily discussion threads will discontinue.
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961 Responses to The Mississippi Burning – The Self-Inflicted Investigative Challenges Of The Jessica Lane Chambers Murder…
whippet1 says:
CTH exposed the truth about Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown. You have done the best with what little information you had to find justice for Jessica. No one, not the residents of Courtland, the media, or the investigators have dug as deeply as the CTH. They have probably been using CTH as unpaid investigators to do the work for them and in the end you gave the world the face of a tragic victim, Jessica. No matter how the investigation ends, CTH can stand proud for the work they have done and rest assured that regardless of the result there will certainly be a special place in hell for those that brutally killed her. Those who have their faith know there is always justice though we may never see it, but we know it’s coming. What mortals can’t do, God can.
Casper says:
Looks to me if they have an eye witness and it is two of the last people she was seen with. I know who it is …why don’t the cops arrest them.. Maybe if we blow this story all over the internet the FBI or somebody will step in.
ShepherdDawg says:
QUOTE: “Those who have their faith know there is always justice though we may never see it, but we know it’s coming. What mortals can’t do, God can.”
vin1vid1vic1 says:
It’s not all black and white. It’s not all “black” and “white”. It’s the gray area that is so difficult to steer through. As I happened on to this lively place some 30 something days ago, I discovered Alice might have been here along with the Queen and rabbit and some caterpillars. Through the looking glass things appear quite imaginative. “What ifs” and “I thinks” and” my opinions” were nourishing rabbit food to keep the bunnies nibbling away at fantasy food. (mine included)
The imagination apple fell from the tree of Fantasy Land and rolled right down the hill to stop at a dead end sign. But was that sign too a fantasy painted with disappearing ink paint? Strangely me thinks Alice has not left the building nor the fair grounds.
But there was no sign with wording “Leave Your Ego Outside” or “Hookah Special” and sliding down all those rabbit trails was quite a ride.
Just remember what the dormouse said : Feed your head!
Jessica’s story will be told ..in all it’s different versions. It will be a reminder of a spot on the side of a highway where a young and fair child of wonder exited in phoenix-like fire and ash to soar among stars and celestial infinity into unimaginable peace and unconditional love. Pure love, as pure as gold refined from fire of trials and tribulations of this fleeting life.
Commendations to all the good and caring souls who put heart and minds into this rubik’s cube in search of “Truth” and “justice” and lucky are those who found personal truths in the process.
It was a great pleasure and mind expanding adventure having been among so many invisible warriors! God be with everyone. Including the imperfect “gray” people swept into the aftermath of the free bird’s ashes.
There’s a story in the Treehouse somewhere about a beautiful girl who was shot and killed over a road rage incident. I loved that girl, watched her and her sisters grow up. It broke my heart. She was the kindest girl, not a mean bone in her body, and very intelligent. She lived a good life, had some things thrown at her that she dealt with gracefully, and always remained faithful to her beliefs. I can still see her blue, blue eyes and freckles. They caught the “person” who shot her. They charged the “person” with malice murder, aggravated murder, aggravated assault, and gun charges. I didn’t feel any triumph.
There really isn’t justice when you do something horrible to another person. I’d like to see the monsters who murdered Jessica taken off the streets for good and hear them explain why they would do such a thing, but they did it nonetheless. There is no fate on Earth the monsters can suffer that will ever come near to the pain they inflicted on Jessica. There isn’t going to be any satisfaction in this case. There can’t be.
They better have the death penalty on the table when they finally get around to charging someone.
It only takes a second to end a life but a lifetime of accumulated events and caring, sharing invested in a human being. A split second and all that investment evaporates, leaving residual anguish and an invisible niche etched by the memories that cling like cotton candy. “life is but a vapor”.
Charging someone will not return the life that was taken. Prison will not return the life that was extinguished. The greatest prison is in the mind of a guilty person. All the prisons in the world will not change a mind or a depraved spiritual condition. Prisons for profit will make great strides in accommodating the convicted but will not bring back a life nor will it change one who is not ready or willing to change.
In this day and time we are all being made into prisoners of one kind or another. Taking a human life is like taking a walk to many with no conscience or remorse. As a society we are spiraling down a dark, mindless vortex. In wishing a “death” penalty, do we not become a part of the mind set of a killer?
The statements made by Jessica Chambers’ grandmother Willie Beardain no doubt struck many as strange when she wished not to see an eye for an eye “justice” for whoever took Jessica’s life. She didn’t want to have that hate in her heart. She was correct.
Jessica or the blue eyed, freckled girl will not be brought back,nor any who have crossed
over to the greater life. I remember when the Pope was shot by an assailant. What an example he was in showing public forgiveness to that person.
There are many lessons to be gleaned from Jessica’s life and death. In the history of mankind violence is a common theme. Until, if ever, we reach spiritual enlightenment, there will always be evil and evil seeks destruction. What seems senseless is in fact, evil. Evil wears many faces and hides in darkness.
Truth Seeker says:
Yes evil is that took the life of this dear young girl whom God had found. A lost sheep who had stayed from the fold and the Good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus looked down from heaven and shined His holy light in her heart while she was at Leah’s House and saved her soul.
you presuppose that whoever did this act has enough intelligence and enough conscience to actually feel bad about it……I assure you, in the mind of such inhumanness and evil there is no angst, no worry, no second thoughts….infact, that heathen has already settled on “it was her fault” ala Simpson……who claims that he was actually the battered victim of his petite ex wife…
which leads to the other major point in putting this evil monster behind bars……..to prevent him from doing it again, and again…
we do live in a world full of evil……ultimately, love can overcome hate, but love and those that love need the chance to survive and thrive and they can not withstand whole scale slaughter… thinking the slaughtered victims of BokoHarum if they could talk, would agree.
we MUST resist…..
fire/medic says:
Just read that someone walked in and robbed a Drury Inn in Missouri last night. Shot the night manager in the head. What can you say to that? There can be no justice for that man, he’s not coming back. He wasn’t hanging with the wrong crowd, wasn’t looking to get high, was just trying to earn a living. Now’s he’s just dead, and tonight, like this case the murderer still roams free. That happens way to often, the media gives them a two minute blip on the local news and it’s over. Just isn’t right.
Where, other than here and a couple of other blogs…is the outrage for this? Did the Greatest Generation pull themselves out of the Great Depression, died by the millions fighting WWII ….only to have a sick American society.
I am so glad most of that generation is not around to witness what their sacrifices for this country has come to.
something to be said for my parents, both WW2 vets being with Jesus right now….how this culture, this govt would sadden them so much..
cajunkelly says:
YES, THIS ^^^^ While my Mom’s passing still grieves me 5 years later, I am thankful that she is not here to see the free fall our country and society is now engaged in.
smiley says:
ditto re my Dad…WW2 Navy pilot…hated FDR. I got banned from the dinner table in(in highschool) if I mentioned that name.
FDR and LBJ were the worst American presidents ever.
and I can think of a few others.
Keep this thread going, we dont have another source to read and study. Please let it continue in some manner. Please
Both of these guys were two of the first ones they interviewed and I bet a bunch of them around town know.
People die every day, some at the hands of others. Justice would be for that person to fall down a large sink hole. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Life is not always fair and it’s not just..it is life..which ends with death. The good, the bad, and the in between all have to take the journey. Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Death is a transition.
Mudbug says:
Sundance, there are several posters besides me that live in MS. I can only speak for myself, but anything I hear from the Clarion-Liar, er – Ledger or other souces I’ll use the email addy you provide. I still think Gov. Bryant will inform folks of progress or what the problem might be in the coming days/weeks.
Southern_Belle says:
Donald Joy just posted an article that had my eyebrows up into my hairline. But it will not let me post the link to it here. Must be sending it to spam. This is the title. JESSICA CHAMBERS UPDATE: Told Mother Before Murder, “The Bitches Think I’m Snitching”
Thanks, Southern_Belle.
flyonthewall1 says:
I’ve said numerous times on here that I thought when Jessica wasn’t prosecuted for assault & went to Leah’s House that they probably thought she snitched to get out of the assault charges. They probably thought it was due to Ben working for the sheriff’s department.
But, I don’t understand why Sundance had Donald to write about the witness rather than post it on here. Some legal reason I suppose.
jakeandcrew says:
Wow! You aren’t kidding about the eyebrows – mine are going up, too!
Oops – I forgot I was going to post the link:
http://clashdaily.com/2015/01/jessica-chambers-update-told-mother-murder-bitches-think-im-snitching/#
that is really amazing….hotel rooms are paid for…..they keep lists….they have video…..here’s your chance Champion….here’s your big fat chance….
Eskie Mom says:
And here is the biggest tell of all, imho.
Now that we know (to some extent) the details of what Sundance’s witness had to say, it was practically giving the Panola County LE the perps on a silver platter.
Think of how many others will go to jail for not telling the truth and lying to investigators.
lastConservinIllinois? says:
hopefully dozens
goodoldboy66 says:
Remember MB’s cigar buddy got a government job not jail for his perjury. With PC justice amok anymore don’t hold your breath.
QUOTE: “Now that we know (to some extent) the details of what Sundance’s witness had to say, it was practically giving the Panola County LE the perps on a silver platter.”
Exactly, Eskie Mom.
I don’t understand why the four men who raped Jessica at the motel haven’t been arrested yet.
We can only hope that LE is dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s and tying off loose ends, and that arrests are on the horizon.
For some reason, I don’t have a whole lot of confidence in the local LE though.
I am optimistic that Sundance’s witness contacting the FBI will lead to more pressure from the feds on the locals to arrest the perps.
The fact that the FBI added 25K to the reward money is a good sign.
Tempets says:
http://www.yellowpages.com/batesville-ms/motels
Of all the overnight stay places in the Batesville area, only one calls itself a motel.
lou is correct. There is a real chance for video footage here.
Well, looks like that one girl told the truth the other day when she told that guy on face book he was about to get 25. Looks like she is another witness. Can’t remember her name.
Shelia Morris said it to Kedrick Turner.
waltherppk says:
Hmmmm….now what kind of “lure” would have successfully tempted Jessica to go to that motel where misfortune awaited her? Could it have been perhaps an opportunity for a lucrative “party” as in a quick and easy high rolling trick ? I don’t want to be “insulting of the legacy” of the dead girl but this was absolutely my FIRST thought about part of the scheme of what could have happened, and I have explicitly said that overlooking this prostitution related possibility as a scenario could prevent finding a killer. Hate to say I told you so if it turns out to be just that way, and certainly I don’t “relish” the idea of it being like that if that is what occurred.
JohnP says:
Waltherppk, you really aren’t going to be happy until somebody has to pull one of the ladies off of you. Yes, it is entirely possible that Sha Sha could have tempted Jessica with a “fake” party for cash. There are also several other other enticements. Drugs, a real party, hanging out with people she thought were her friends. How about the opportunity to explain to the “bitches” that she wasn’t a snitch?
After looking at a recent image of the Skyline Motel on Google Maps and not the 1960’s picture on the internet I can only respond with, “Poor little mixed up Jessica, with hell did you go there”.
Ladies all love me can’t you tell? 🙂 I sure stepped in it huh?
You remind me a lot of my genius son. He also has a brilliant analytical mind and the uncanny ability to say the socially unacceptable yet indisputable truth.
woohoowee says:
LOL! (((hugs)))
She sure wasn’t dressed for it, but I did have an afterthought. Bryan Rudd. If he was in town unexpectedly & she felt some kind of need/ desire/ whatever (not “old times sake”) to make her peace with him because she was moving forward with her life & foolishly believed that she safely could.
That relationship had to be “serious” on some level (as serious as those kind of relationships & at that age, get) because it lasted so long & he does have her name tattooed up his arm in hardly a subtle or unobtrusive place. You know every girl he hits on asks him “Who’s Jessica?”.
waiting1979 says:
A prostitution party in sweatpants? Unusual. I don’t think that’s what a young petite female wear to clean out her car either. I don’t think it’s what she wears for any kind of impersonal social engagement. That’s what you wear to the gas station and the Sonic drive thru. I can build a timeline with ALi or with Lisa, not both.
wanthetruth says:
Funny, I don’t get the impression these four were high rollers.
I didn’t have one thought she was knowing who she was going to meet there, but it was a special surprise just for her.
Waylon Jennings lyric – those who don’t know me don’t like me and those that do sometimes don’t know how to take me. Or some Tom Perry -Damn the Torpedoes. keep it coming brother.
Skyline Motel
200 Highway 51 South
Batesville, MS 38606 –
Short Description 43 rooms
Main room type Single Room
A privately held company in Batesville, MS
Our records show it was established in 1992 and incorporated in Mississippi. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of less than $500,000 and employs a staff of approximately 1 to 4.
Fudge Management Inc
Categorized under Candy. Our records show it was established in 2001 and incorporated in Mississippi. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of 82000 and employs a staff of approximately 2.
Fudge Management, Inc is a Mississippi Domestic Business Corporation filed on January 3, 1995. The company’s filing status is listed as Good Standing and its File Number is 613771.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Michael W Fudge and is located at 200 Hwy 51s Batesville, MS 38606. The company’s principal address is 200 Hwy 51 S Batesville, MS 38606.
(THIS IS THE ADDRESS OF THE SKYLINE MOTEL)
The company has 2 principals on record. The principals are Michael Wayne Fudge from Batesville MS and Mike Fudge from Batesville MS.
Paolian: 2010 police report article … BPD
5/25/2010 Just before noon Sunday Patrolman Maples reported investigating a call concerning an open door at Discount Tobacco and Liquor Store.
“The owner (Mike Fudge) checked the building and did not see anything that was out of place,” Maples’ report stated.
Patrolman Lott’s report timed at 8:23 p.m. revealed he answered a call to Skyline Motel in reference to someone trying to run over a subject with a car. Shortly after 9 p.m., a suspect was arrested for DUI-first and switched tag
Batesville Mother Charged With Child Neglect
Posted 6:22 pm, May 31, 2012
A Batesville, MS, mother was arrested and charged with Child Neglect after she allegedly left her six-month-old daughter in the car while she went in to get groceries.
Luckily, the six-month-old child in this case was not injured, but the mother, Maria Fudge, was arrested and charged with child neglect. This incident allegedly happened at Piggly Wiggly in Batesville, MS.
Maria was unavailable to talk to News Channel 3 on Thursday, but her husband, Mike, said he believes his wife never should have been arrested
Fudge said his wife is not from this country. He says she’s been here for two years and is still learning the laws.
Panola County Arrest Log 01-04-11
Michael Wayne Fudge, 598 East Lee St., Sardis, was arrested and charged with simple assault. The case will be heard in Sardis Municipal Court.
I wonder if Fudge is either running, or turning a blind eye to, a prostitution ring operating out of his motel.
Mike dinndu nuffins wrong…he be fine slumlord bidnezzmans
Sundance, the Clash gave out way too much information about the witness in their story. Is the witness protected?.
Sure they are.
Even Teapot could identify the witness from the Clash story.
BTW probably old news but Teapoop was arrested in mid Nov 14 on “disturbance of a family” charges what ever that is.
Catch her baby daddy plowing the wrong field?
It depends. If the witness is within the gangbanger circle, that should be a concern (Hopefully, they are, very much, protected- regardless.)
It is possible (however remotely) that this person is not known to them (White) & that there are several people in their vantage point who could be the witness. Are they going to just take out every possible one? I guess they could.
Nycgal says:
This article is shocking. The eyewitness credits this very forum with its in depth analysis as the reason for coming forward. Which is exactly why Jessica’s story must continue here. I implore you to re-think this Sundance. The information you have been able to unearth with your exhaustive commitment was doing its job. You inspired others to research and question and take action. I have never seen anything like it.
It appears that this case might just break wide open and I pray that you change your mind to see it through. But if not, thank you for all that you have done.
WAYNE HANSEN says:
no eyebrow raising here. Donald’s article fits hard into Scenario Two for me and looking to see positive ID of individuals from the Gas station video and the Motel if that is legit. that should be enough to get some folks behind bars…it does not matter what you have Sheriff Darby, it matters what they think you have…Get someone besides who you think committed the murder and step on them until they crow…This would be worth my job in a heartbeat. And if you want Jessica’s life to mean something then go get the guns, drugs, and human traffickers. What no one to vote for you after that. Too bad, why did you sign on to this gig in the first place? Sheriff Darby, your career will be summed up in the next five minutes, how do you want the storyline to go? Time to make lemonade and squeeze away!
I woke today thinking of a case study from my nursing classes that didn’t deal with healing per se, but with ethical and legal choices in health care. This was in the 70’s and before the time of living wills.
There is no intended message to you from what I am sharing here. It’s just a story of a burn victim, not from a crime but from a propane accident. Take what you will from it. Perhaps you’ve heard of it before.
I am technically challenged and can’t post links but simply search for
“dax burn victim “. Grrrr – auto correct – that is D ax, (not FAX). If it does it again when posting.
God in His infinite wisdom has Jessica safe and loved – Home, in His arms.
All of my posts are being sent to spam apparently.
Sean Williams says:
Amazing column on Clash…Wow!!
tweet it and spray it all over the place
reconcharlie76 says:
Saved here to
https://nimbus.everhelper.me/client/notes/share/148140/14g7nA7l4aEQ1souZ89h5kKSITxe1886/
perhaps this new information is one reason the investigation threads have ceased. The witness situation must be handled very delicately. I always thought the black women were perhaps jealous of jessica and urged their men to do her harm….what better way than encourage paranoia than mention the book jessica wanted to write.
2+2 says:
Referring to Rev. Green’s statements in the article. IMO it’s odd, too much of a coincidence, that Rev. Green should come forward with this now after Lisa’s latest interview and TCH and other posters evident (and justified) distrust of the family and friends. Rev. Greens statements about what Lisa told him contradict nearly everything Lisa and the other family and friends have put out on social media and the interviews up to now. They said Jessica wasn’t scared, he says Lisa told him she was; Lisa avoided all mention of Jessicas gang involvement but admitted she dated blacks but “wasn’t in no gangs”; he says Lisa told him Jessica talked to her about it and being scared. Lisa says Jessica had anger issues etc. and she had a problem with her smart mouth and the way she acted (to the point of calling the cops as we now know), now she says Jessica confided her fears to her. I’m sure Lisa and the rest of the family and friends have read all the comments, doubts and questions about everything in all the social media, now they are trying to backtrack, cover up, make it all jive and look like they knew about and were involved in Jessica’s life. I’m remembering that Lisa is a minister(of what?) so Rev Green cooperating with them on this propaganda party is no surprise. Lies and coverups. If I had the slightest inkling my child was dating known gang members I would take action. If that child confided her fears to me, I would get her the heck out of dodge and away from it immediately. Jessicas family could have sent her to her sister in TX. This all stinks.
and if Jessica had been that fearful, why would she have gone (willingly?) to the “party” that night ?
wondering who, if anyone, is now trying to cover their tracks.
not just the party…why would she have gone to M&M where she knows they hang out? It might be the closest gas station, but if she was fearful, she would have gone someplace else – or if i was the mother, I would have taken care of it myself.
exactly 2+2.
If her spunky attitude is to be believed (I can see it- “Im not afraid of you.”), M&M isn’t that big a reach. This “party”, she did not go to willingly. How they got her there, IDK, but it wasn’t to party.
Remember: “they lured you out”, “something went wrong”.
it’s just that in earlier comments and interviews, everyone said she hadn’t talked to anyone about being afraid of anything etc. Now all of a sudden, they say the exact opposite.
I’m not sure I believe that Miss Chambers did say that to her mother.
People who prevaricate never (or seldom) consider that the person they’re speaking to will actually think about what they’ve said or put it together with anything they’ve said previously & say “What?”. They expect (or assume that) the listener will just take it as “new information” & accept it at face value.
I don’t trust anything Lisa Chambers says.
I also don’t understand why Lisa would want Jessica to leave Leah’s House.
She was not a positive influence on Jessica, and I don’t believe her stories about Jessica having a “smart mouth” or “needing to act more like a lady.”
frangelica1 says:
I agree with you – Jessica did not go willingly.
All they had to do is get her car stopped somewhere. Block her in. It would be a tough to decide in the few seconds before it was too late to try to tough it out, or to make a dramatic escape attempt. I think if she did speak of being killed to her mom, it would be on some level hard to accept it could actually happen. She grew up with these people. Hard to accept that this would be a moment of life or death I would imagine.
If the blocked her in with their vehicles, it could explain the damage to the back of her Kia.
Once in high school, I was on a gang’s radar. I was scared, but I thought it important then to act like a ‘tough’ guy and carry on with my normal after school routine. I didn’t want to show them that they had somehow got the better of me by altering my normal activities and staying away from my usual after-school haunts.
My family knew NONE of what was going to transpire…it never even occurred to me to stay away from the usual places where some of the members might show up after I heard a member was going to ‘cut’ me. I WAS scared, however.
The day I got confronted/jumped …a person far tougher than me had my back. After that day, not only did the gang leave me alone, the main perp actually started to treat me like a human being.
Maybe Jessica was scared of the “bitches” but socially, didn’t want to show that.
I’m not sure if I’m getting my point across that her family is once again contradicting themselves, perhaps to put themselves in a better light. Up to now they have said she hadn’t talked to anyone about being afraid of anything. Now they say she DID, on several occasions.
The family is changing their story all of a sudden, maybe even as much as 180 degrees.
Why are they doing that?
and Jessica’s not here anymore to confirm anything she said/didn’t say..including what she supposedly uttered/whispered just before she died.
I am thinking that Jessica’s mother finally found her backbone! I believe her coming forward on the talk radio program was her first step and she heard from the person hosting the talk: Have you talked with this person? Have the sheriff’s office given you any updates on the case? She said no and the host of the show said, “Maybe you should go to them and ask them”.
I think this finally sunk in that you cannot place all your faith in the Sheriff’s office and wait for the answers. I think this may have helped open the communication between the family members and some of the people that knew Jessica. At least I am hopeful of that!
Isn’t it true that in some cases family members are told not to talk to or ask questions of any persons of interest or the media so as not to jeopardize the investigation? They might inadvertently say something to tip off a perp. It seems that suddenly after the reward has been increased by the FBI, the gag is off.
Actually, Lisa appeared not in the know at all or pretended not to be in the know during her talk radio interview. It sure seems that people like the minister and Jessica’s friends decided to stop the silence after the radio interview with Lisa’s blessing.
This info, along with the info from the witness that came forward, finally is providing some more direction to help flesh out more details of Jessica’s life in the last few months and help narrow the scenarios of what transpired before Jessica’s murder that night,
I can think of a few reasons, but these are the top two. One, to make it seem that they were more involved in her life. Two, to keep the suspicion on black gangs. Jessica’s involvement with them is known, but there has been some recent social media speculation/talk about the family being connected to white gangs. There was an article about LE suspecting white gang rather than black gang members being the perps.
Regarding Roscoe, IF Roscoe proposed I don’t think he proposed marriage, not as we know it anyway. Jessica was unclaimed property, and he most likely wanted her to be his “bitch” or babymama. At 19 she’s still childless, unusual for one of their girls. She refused. I’m so glad she’s out of that and at peace. Sad and horrified at how, and at the loss of a life that was on a better path, but thankful she’s in the best possible company now.
its looking like Jessica might have been leading a double life.
which could create VERY conflicted emotions (denial/guilt/anger/confusion/twisted loyalties etc ) w/in her immediate family.
Oh…point taken re: Lisa and backtracking.
who knows, really, if she actually did say all that ?
it just seems odd that a statement as seemingly significant as that comes out now, six weeks after this incident.
+1000 😉 exactly!
rhobin8301 says:
According to the interview with crime radio, she was buying cigarettes for her mom….I don’t know how to post links, sorry. But in listening to that, Lisa said she gave her money to buy HER cigarettes, she was gonna eat and clean the car while she was out.
What if someone other than the woman who asked to bum a smoke was standing in that area off camera and simply asked for a ride to that mythical party? A person she trusted? What would be the harm (in her mind) in just dropping a friend off at the party? And it’s possible she was headed in that direction anyway to the carwash that is out that way?
This is a very plausible scenario. Real plausible.
“Come in & say hi, just for a minute. You don’t want them to think…”
closerlook41 says:
this makes so much sense. I will say one thing I have said before, and that is this… Jessica on camera was not all lovey dovey with the thugs.. and they were apparently all over that surveillance video. She was totally keeping to herself. Some kind of party girl as she has been made out by some to be would surely not have been as reticent about making her presence known. It seems to me that she didn’t want anything to DO with those there. Surely she knew Kedrick Turner.. she apparently made no overtures nor acknowledgement of him. Don’t you know that when she pulled in, she at various times either knew or was made aware of Brejuan, Teapooh, Sandy Rudd, et al. She did not make any apparent overtures or even glances in their directions until she was apparently brought up short by the people out of camera range: even then, she seemed not really all that thrilled at having to go over there. She was not an unrestrained partier with these people. Maybe she HAD been… but no more.
What we have seen is a bunch of people more interested in whitewashing Jessica’s “memory” than in catching her killer.
the cast of characters with her @ motel might not have been with her in the car/at the road/burn site,.
depends on how ironclad the alibies are for the 2-4 “guys” at motel & who supposedly left with her/she drove home etc.
maybe she really did drive them home…?
if so, then …who killed her ?
if not, then….why no arrests?
JMO.
Good questions. I think the police already have enough for making some or all 4 arrests if this is good information, and they are probably gathering more information for a successful prosecution or narrowing the murder aspect to only 2, unless there are others they need to put in the net.
especially if there was a rape and there is DNA evidence. But they would still have to place the rapists at the scene of the burn, not just at a rape. And that crime scene evidence is compromised.
The continuity of events in the time frame would implicitly connect the rape and murder. Nobody would believe there is any reasonable doubt a girl endures a gang rape and just by chance less than an hour later is murdered by different actors.
Don’t count on DNA evidence from the Skyline Motel. If they luminol that room it’s going to look like a Pollack painting.
Whole lot of “afterglow” at that real estate huh.
Ewww, ewww,x 100000000000
How can I unsee this image? LOL
(no reply link for you, Angie) Focus on the Pollack painting ONLY. Not how it got that way. If that doesn’t work think about squeezing paint between a canvas & a sheet of plastic.
(Suppressing a gag, too. I had already thought “well, we’re never staying there, that’s for sure!” way back.)
Starkey Morgan says:
Thank you for making me laugh..I needed that:)
I wouldn’t think there should be that much blood on the walls “and as that is all luminol would show – although I guess it will show bleach cleaned places to. Sometimes that can pick up the light so it almost looks like blood I’ve heard.
ok….unless it wasn’t “just by chance “.
this “White Gang” theory/ suspicion put out by LE (we’ve all read about that, here & elsewhere)..has that now been debunked, or is it still a possibility here?
if its a possibility, HOW would that/they enter into this ?
as “different actors”?
IOW..Jessica was somehow set-up?
IMO that “white perpetrator” story was CRS disinformation, and they knew all along blacks did this crime. It never needed debunking because it was so lame. If there was any “snitching” involved then law enforcement already knows who would have arranged any “set up” and they may be investigating such a conspiracy. But I still think the obvious “lure” was a “party” that nver was any party except a going away party for Jessica.
Who arranged the “party” invitation for Jessica? Ask Auntie Sha Sha.
Wppk, I agree. But would they be able to prove that it was rape and not consensual, since they could say she went to the party willingly? You know how they tear victims to pieces at rape trials, make it the victims fault and that they were “asking for it.”
If it was not a case where the alleged willing participant in “consensual sex” with hopefully DNA of 4 men had not been murdered as part of the “proceedings” then a rape charge might be a stretch for any white girl with a history of “promiscuity”, unless of course she was a black girl stripper / prostitute entertaining white Duke La Crosse players then her innocence would be a given and she would have doubtlessly been raped, even though the statistical chance for that is zero. See how that works.
QUOTE: “IMO that “white perpetrator” story was CRS disinformation, and they knew all along blacks did this crime. It never needed debunking because it was so lame.”
This. I am having a hard time seeing how the existence of the CRS is remotely constitutional.
The mission of the CRS (pushing a politically correct Marxist narrative) is mutually exclusive with the mission of “justice” that the Department of Justice is supposed to stand for.
very good, concise reply, thank you…I might venture a guess : you are an attorney, yes?
I’ve been following your posts..you put things together as if from a legal perspective.IMHO.:)
correction…as if from an evidentiary perspective.
whitewashing her memory or destroying her memory?…….we have no way of knowing what was in that girls mind…that girl of the dysfunctional family, of the meth cooking daddy and the multiple married parents, and living in that hole that is infested with black gangsters, drugs, funny little Yemen creeps….yep, lets jump on Jessica…..
we do know that she thought of God….”with God all things are possible”….really hateful creature….NOT!
People keep going way further than what I have said trying to extrapolate and put more into what I have said than is there while missing the entire point of what I did say. Read whatever more into it that pleases you. I give up trying to get through this wall of stupid excessive “sensitivity”. What do we know for sure…really? All that goodie goodie stuff people want to believe ….good for them. None of it is relevant to solving a murder if it rules out the first thing that should be eliminated as a possibility.
If after catching a murderer there needs to be a rehabilitation of the legacy later, fine, take care of that then, not let it stonewall and roadblock a murder investigation.
wppk I agree about the oversensitivity, it doesn’t help. You have to consider everything, good and bad. I tried to say the same thing about Jessicas family and friends posts. At first it was all “good angel jessica” and they got a lot of flack about whitewashing. The past few days they have been more forthcoming with Jessicas negative aspects such as the assault and anger issues, and they got flack about that too “you don’t speak ill of the dead.” So they’re damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
I take everything that family says with a grain of salt, there is probably some truth to it. Jessica wasn’t all good or all bad, she came from a dysfunctional family. She had an older brother she adored who was her protector. When he died, she lost her anchor. That doesn’t excuse poor parenting, or the choices she made for herself. She could have reached out to her older sister, an aunt, a teacher, a minister, anyone but gang members. Yes she is the victim, but she didn’t have to be.
Yeah I think her death gave them all a big “Oh shit” kind of moment because of realizing late there probably were things could have been done to prevent this, and hindsight is always 20-20. That is a tough pill to swallow and easier to be in denial and say it’s all a big mystery, and ask how could this happen, when really the truth is they already know. It takes awhile to sink in and it can’t be easy dealing with that.
FYI there are quite few men in this world who have dearly loved quite a few women who may have been less than ideal ladies, and I’m one of those men.
QUOTE: “we do know that she thought of God….”with God all things are possible”!”
Yep. Jessica was born again, and is completely pure and untainted in God’s sight. She has washed herself in the Blood of the Lamb.
So true! And we know that she did finally find someone she could reach out to on this earth, albeit too late. Linda Oliver. I do hope she has some protection, because those thugs know Jessica talked to her.
MsSmallTown2 says:
You have a lot of opinions… based on those, who do you think did it?
I’m hesitant to say at this point. I’ve been rewatching the videos, cars and people coming and going and the activities. I don’t have enough info to point fingers, especially as I just found out about the rumor of a JC-Mista hookup.
Treepers, I’m new to blogging, so if I’m posting too much again please tell me and I’ll go back to lurking. I don’t want to be disruptive. 🙂
2+2, sorry, that was suppose to be a reply to Shepard Dawg, Not sure why it ended under yours 🙂
oh i see! It actually is in line with mine not indented, my bad for reading as a response to my post. mea culpa…I’ll learn how this blogging works soon! 🙂
Yours (MsSmallTown2) was the second reply to ShepardDawg’s comment:check the indentation. Both of the comments in reply to him are indented the same.
This has to kick them into action, doesn’t it? I can’t help but believe they had some idea of exactly what went down before they destroyed that crime scene.
They may not have known who exactly, but they knew what they were dealing with. I don’t doubt mom is in fear also. I hope those monsters are watching for the justice that is looking for them, and I don’t mean Darby.
pspinach says:
Officials already KNOW who did it, thus they speak and act with impunity. Barry’s got their back. The perps will drop like flies one day, but unfortunately new ones will take their place. Barry will be swatting the perps like flies just to keep a lid on it all. 2 years. That’s a lot of flies. Americans like Jessica need to really get their act together to not become a victim. Perhaps then, the perps can just turn on each other.
I wonder if the number of single car accident fatalities are going to go drastically down with the sunlight focusing around that area.
Drug or alcohol abuse notwithstanding, for population vs the number of occurrences it seems oddly skewed. /
Maybe just the opposite.
IF it is true that escorts are being run out of the Skyline Motel.
IF Darby &/ or Champion, or some person(s) they do serve are frequenters of said escort service, would it be so far fetched to wonder if Darby &/ or Champion are trying to keep a lid on this so that it isn’t disturbed & certain people exposed?
People are funny. It may be common knowledge in a community that illegal/ immoral activity is taking place- & it may be a common pastime for certain “respectable citizens” to indulge in that activity at any given time, but nobody says it out loud. Ever. That is a greater social faux pas than the illegal/ immoral activity, itself. Prostitutes & drug use.
Personal motivation (literally or for social status) can trump everything.
Why would Darby/ Champion protect gangbangers when it’s in their power to haul em in & have them put away for a long time? The law is on their side. It would make their job & their life easier if they did. And yet. they don’t. Nobody’s that lazy.
Gangbangers aren’t who they’re “protecting” (if they’re protecting anyone at all.)
What would tie Ali, gangbangers, their White wigger molls, & Panola County LE together? Was this “the bonding” that was referred to in Darby/ Champion’s press conference? Is the answer to that question “chickens”?
(I’m not going to bring Lisa Chambers/ Hudson/ Daugherty’s motivation into this, but think about her angle. Why give an interview now? And say the things she did in that interview? “Jessica was afraid & thought she would be killed.” And she did nothing?
Is it because the money is drying up? Mods, feel free to delete this if it is too much off color.)
well….the money-making “ventures” that supported the gangs ? the money-making, gang-related subculture there ?
wild guess.
QUOTE: “IF Darby &/ or Champion, or some person(s) they do serve are frequenters of said escort service, would it be so far fetched to wonder if Darby &/ or Champion are trying to keep a lid on this so that it isn’t disturbed & certain people exposed.”
Yep, I definitely think Darby and/or Champion and/or other influential people in Panola County have something to hide. Maybe the gangs have footage of them consorting with the “escorts”?
That’s a good point ShepherdDawg, doing anything illegal actually, but if they got someone with underage prostitutes that would be a huge threat.
Makes me think of Jessica’s MySpace page and her big change in personality at 13 or 14.
Well, they’d definitely know about it (IF, of course, it exists & if it exists, they’ll be ones running the enterprise.). Lou made a great point about a security camera. In that secluded a location, they are bound to have one or several. (You know? Another thing that speaks to a gang presence at the Skyline is that you’d think they’d be getting robbed pretty frequently. Interesting if they aren’t. Esp if not at all, ever.)
Lisa now says it may have been 5 or 5:30 pm when Jessica left the house. The Sky Hotel is back in play. SMH. No wonder we were stymied. 4 black males. Witness discredited by investigators . No wonder SD had to end the thread and had us review the Darby video. Upping the $43K reward is just a ruse to make us believe authorities are serious and committed, after our petition to the governor. No one will ever collect until long after the evil residing in the WH is gone. Two more years and 4 days counting. God help us. Pray like you have never before and pull others in to do so. Then act with His Guidance and safety with boots on the ground.
jewelsc6 says:
I wonder how many local authorities stayed at the skyline motel??
!! Indeed
Exactly. 😉 I think you might mean “stayed”. (My post about this is, hopefully, in moderation or spam. Dunno if it will make it out.)
yes thanks 🙂
how many cockroaches in Panola Office hold office as local authorities?
he’s never leaving….
Please don’t even say that, lou. Don’t even think it.
he SAID that Abe Lincoln WAS his inspiration and that he wished to be a President LIKE Lincoln….maybe…….
It seems clear to me that there is a prostitution ring in the Panola County / North Mississippi area targetting vulnerable white girls.
I really hope that as a result of the sunlight shined on this area due to Jessica’s death, this prostitution ring will be smashed, the perps arrested, and the victimized and exploited white girls freed.
Maybe Jessica’s legacy will be that numerous women and girls are rescued from prostitution and exploitation.
Please LORD Jesus, free the girls and women who are victims of prostitution and give them a new and renewed sense of self worth and value and dignity in You.
J.Friday says:
I was brought to the Refuge a number of months ago because of my outrage of what is going on in our country. I stayed because of the views of the people here. As I drove the 45 minutes to work yesterday morning, I listened to the same radio talk show (metro area talk show, but I live in rural area a state away) that I have listened to for the last 14 years. Although I don’t “know” the radio personalities I listen to, they have become part of my life and it feels like I know everything about them and have become “friends” of mine. I have even called in and emailed a couple of times on certain topics I felt compelled to add to.
When Jessica’s story was brought to light on your site, it was a very similar thing. The more I read, the more it drew me in. It became all consuming. I found myself reading and re-reading every post. Sitting and reading every new observation until all hours of the night and then checking in again when I woke up. The more I read, the more it felt like listening to my radio show. You start to get a feel for personalities simply from reading hundreds of their posts and they become part of your life. The more you do it, the more you feel that way.
My degree is in mechanical engineering. We are taught logical problem solving and to think differently. What you don’t know, you research until you do. This made my “trip” in your threads even more consuming. The regular treepers seem to be a very well rounded group of people, bringing different aspects from different walks of life. I admired that and sat back and watched you do your work, trying to absorb and follow the directions given by your crew. Like listening to my radio station and calling in a couple of times, I decided to do the same on 2 separate occasions on your threads. On my last posting, I got my “hands slapped by the ruler” of a regular for “muddying the water or changing direction.” I apologized because that certainly was not my intent and went back to simply reading.
This morning on my drive, I shut my radio off and thought about this site. It dawned on me what has happened in the past 38 days. A young life was lost and she inadvertently has become a beacon of light for many Americans. I have been drawn into 2 communities in the past 38 days that I never thought I would. The strange thing is the two communities have many similarities. They each are tight. They each have their own vocabulary. They each have “law enforcement” which have become overwhelmed in the past 38 days. They each have leaders that give them direction. And they each get annoyed by having outsiders coming in and messing with their tight community. Which end of a spectrum you choose to compare these communities, is of personal and moral choice.
Much like listening to the radio every day and feeling part of that family, I read every day here and “feel” like a part of this community. I now will go back to my reading chair and hope you will jump back in at some point. Good luck for Jessica’s sake.
The regulars on the Jessica thread are not the regulars of the site. When the regulars arrive, which is not every day, it’s mighty powerful. As for moderators, unless you’ve been here for years, yes you will get your hands slapped because the standards are high. Think of it as growth. After 3 years if you make it, one should get an exam and if pass, an honorary degree. But then, it wouldn’t be fun anymore. TCTH is addictive for the learning, not just this thread.
mscynlynn says:
I remember when the threads were short and Sundance was a cracker. LOL I’m a rare commentor on hear except for the Zimmerman case and the Jessica murder. I might ping in on the other threads but not near as much as the “regulars”. They have a great banter. I hope that others that have viewed these threads think that the regulars act like some of these recent posters.
I recognize your name from the past but not sure when I first saw it. I’ve changed my name once since the Zimmerman case. I obtained a “stalker” who would find my posts and always have to contradict me. Made it no fun!
I’ll see you in the branches.
errrr I’m a regular, and I’ve participated here as well as other threads. The daily open thread is a HOOT! 😛
We’re all OWLS there, yes, lol!!
If you expect to soar with the eagles during the day, you can’t hoot with the owls at night.
“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird?”
“The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.”
“A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.”
The thread was irregular more than regular. The weird vibe was not the norm for obvo reasons. How can it be, right? It did have its normal -Oh look, I’m a bird again! sane moments too :>
🙂 Don’t take it too hard. Everybody is a “newbie” once & everybody has to figure out where the boundaries are. Every place is a little different.
How will you know if no one tells you?
On any given day, a moderator (or even just a fellow poster) has had a great day or had to put up with a lot of stuff. They’re human. These last few days have really been lulus.
twoeyes1947 says:
I really feel sorry for these young white girls who get caught up in the gang lifestyle in rebellion of their parents or whomever. It may be done on a whim or weak moment but ends up with the loss of a good life. Also, the world is becoming more and more dangerous, which will require more closeness and bonding within families just to survive. BHO, along with his henchmen, is taking us down this path and only by the grace of God will we overcome what we are soon to endure. IMO.
Hopefully these guys get picked up soon so they don’t skip town like Denise did.
oldiadguy says:
Yes, if these guys are known, they will go down, I’ve seen it before. Bad guys will always be bad guys and will continue to commit crimes. There are still a lot of old school federal agents and prosecutors out there. These suspects may not be charged with Jessica’s murder because of evidentiary problems, but they will be hunted down, lawfully and legitimately charged for other crimes and convicted. When the judge pronounces their long prison sentences, these agents and prosecutors will silently say, ‘ This is for you Jessica.”
By splitting up they gave LE a major hammer during questioning. The two who didn’t leave the motel with Jessica have about 20 years worth of reasons to roll on their friends.
Yeah they could play ’em against each other.
Not a wise move on their part. Bros are bros but the difference between a sentence for rape and sentence murder one is huge. I believe your prediction about Sha Sha is going to come true. She is the one person who would know exactly what would entice Jessica to go to the motel.
She was made within days of the murder.
She did it to herself but she did put the first cracks in the wall of silence. I don’t think she had an inkling that Jessica was going to die. She felt betrayed, she was OK with a little gang “correction”, but didn’t sign up for murder. If she’s lucky and cuts a deal maybe she’ll get off lightly.
Party? What party? How you know about a party?
OK smarty pants, who do you think tricked, conned, or convinced Sha Sha into setting up Jessica? It wasn’t the brain trust that raped and killed her, collectively they don’t have the IQ to set up a tent. That leaves us the Misters, the Rudds, or ?????
I expect the request likely came through the existing “escort service” hotline or text messaging, as request for service provider to supply services for client with possibly a specific working name girl requested, and Sha Sha may have just passed along the usual message not really knowing anything out of the ordinary was in play. Or she may have been part of the setup. Who knows?
“That leaves us the Misters, the Rudds, or ?????”
Maybe both.
Ask Sha Sha how it went down. She’s already told half the story. Now ask her for the rest of it.
Waltherppk, I don’t think Jessica had any interest in working as a prostitute, especially after Leah’s House.
She was born again there (she created a new Facebook account with the date she was born again as her birthday).
The photo of her at Leah’s House shows a girl who had been through a lot, but had a new sense of worth, confidence, value, and faith.
GREAT post, oldiadguy!
Not my posts but one or some of the Treepers research found on FB: “Charlotte Wilkerson used to work at a place called the Skyline Motel located at 200 Highway #51, Batesville, MS.
– Jessica was “raped by 4 males” at this party. The names given were: Eric, Roscoe, Bryan, Robert. Two of the four are rumored to have left “the party” with Jessica: “Eric and Roscoe”.
Yep you got it and Eric was the name she told authorities. Roscoe had asked her to marry him and she flat turned him down. I guess the other two are Bryan Rudd and Robert Reco Holmes Jr from Waterloo, Iowa. What a tangled web we weave……
They all put everything on Face Book. Eric and Roscoe told authorities she gave them a ride home so now that we know this they are toast. Bryan and Robert are from Waterloo Iowa and one guy got shot by a guy that was in a car from Iowa over Christmas so their story of being in Iowa will not hold water. Need to arrest the thugs and send them to solitary confinement.
If you’re looking at FB again, y’all might want to go back and look at Denise Tutor’s Dec 7. It’s said at least twice by different people that they have the perp in custody and Pat Mista even comments on it. Names are given of who else they are looking for. At that point Denise seems to care about Jessica, and she and Rebecca seem to be friends. Now Rebecca says Denise is the “questionable person,” and she and Charlotte were Jessicas “guardians” (for lack of a better word). I thought Charlotte was the one Denise was mad at about sleeping with her man months ago. This is the first time I’ve heard anyone say that it was Jessica. It’s all too confusing and IMHO most of what’s posted after they became aware that their social media postings were being watched is for entertainment/shock value. The initial postings during the first 24 hours might have been of value but most have been scrubbed. I do remember seeing on Denise’s page that she was leaving town (went to Houston MO in Oct I think) but I also think I saw that she came back before Christmas. I haven’t looked for that again.
in 2014 i seen she went to Mo.
almostHOME says:
eric and roscoe told authorties she gave them a ride home?
where is this proof? link?
I still haven’t found the Skyline Motel on google maps, but there is a carwash at 236 Hwy 51 (if google maps is to be believed. They’ve been really wonky for me lately).
Nevermind. Found it. (hidden behind trees/ small green belt) There is a strip center across the street with 10 signs on it, indicating separate businesses. A couple of these may be vacant. Can’t tell. It looks like a veterinary office next door. (highly doubtful the witness came from there. No vantage point & it looks like the motel office is the closest thing to the vet.)
(Looks like the perfect place for a tryst. Maybe it’s just Texas, but our motels are usually right on the highway & highly visible.)
I have never before seen a motel that is trying not to get drive in customers. Their sign is broken and hidden by trees and the berm in front of the motel is so over grown it can’t be seen from the road. I’m guessing most of their rooms are rented by the hour.
I wouldn’t bet against you.
Yeah, I’m guessing the main source of income for that “motel” is prostitution.
The FBI / USMS need to raid that motel, and the owner (Mike Fudge) should be taken in for questioning. Running a prostitution ring is a felony.
hes probably not the man in charge, just gets a cut of the action. Another one LE could turn for evidence.
SKYLINE MOTEL OWNED BY MIKE FUDGE OF BATESVILLE.
Patrolman Lott’s report timed at 8:23 p.m. revealed he answered a call to Skyline Motel in reference to someone trying to run over a subject with a car. Shortly after 9 p.m., a suspect was arrested for DUI-first and switched tag.
I just typed in “Skyline Motel” Courtland Ms. and it came up on Google Earth. There are trees in front of it so you really can not see it.
so if she was taken after the assault to the crime scene near Boone Mister’s house (as per an early facebook or twitter post by a local), was that a signal to the Mister family of “mission accomplished”?
or was it that Jessica was served up on a silver platter to Denise Tutor – who was/is with Boone, correct? so Denise would have only had to walk over to the murder scene, then walk home again?
brrr that’s a gruesome thought. (walking over)
Boone is George Mista JR. Denise’s man is Pat Mista (Mister), his brother or uncle. She is pictured in one of the interviews with George Sr according to the caption. I gave up trying do trees on all these people.
There is also a white guy nicknamed Boone, but I can’t remember his real name. It’s been mentioned on the FB’s and Jessica threads. Hard to keep all these names straight, and they keep making up new ones! Sandy Rudd aka Cassandra Market…I think she did that to protect herself AND to get back at the real Cassandra Market. Which is suspicious itself, why give someone else’s name if you dindu nuffin, unless you DID and want that person to get blamed?
“White Boone” is a fireman who’s house was mistakenly thought to be where something happened – this was confirmed not true per his wife. Denise T is married to a Mista, I believe Pat Mista who is (George JR/Boone Mista’s) brother. She still is married to him and her friend admonished her on her own FB string for cheating. Also believe that Sha Sha got with Boone Mista in the past resulting in Sha Sha and DT ending their friendship. More recently it has been rumored that JC and Boone Mista were together. As a result, DT tuned up JC a week prior to the final incident.
Correction per Rebecca’s FB post – DT assulted JC in the Fall before DT went North and stated ‘this isn’t over’. Not a week prior to Dec 6/ My apologies.
I’m not sure if I believe Rebecca Wright’s Facebook posts.
Ibelieve Wright was a last name thrown out there for Roscoe at one time. Don’t remember if much came up for him.
Jakeandcrew, mentioned that Rebecca Wright new friended Denise earlier in the day on December 6. Coincidence?
yeah she asked her for a ride to the service.
thank you for the clarification about white Boone gob66. IIRC Pat cheated on DT with Sha Sha, so DT cheated on him with Boone Mista in retaliation. Her friends admonished her 2 wrongs dont make a right especially with your bro-in-law. I still had not heard the rumors about JC and a Mista until today. I don’t know why DT would be on JC about Boone though, Pat is DT’s husband. Unless she’s proprietary about both of them. ewww
Cassandra and Sandra are derivative names. She did it for welfare scamming purposes coupled with an address change – IMHO.
There’s a Cynthia Market in Batesville and there was a Cassandra Market on her friends list, gone now. I think Sandy Rudd might have an axe to grind with Cassandra Market so gave her name just in case any blame was coming.
I think she couldn’t make it on her own, she is an emotional one, just look at her FB , its all feely feely stuff, deep depressing stuff. Money, no husband, bad choices, makes one run home
coeurdaleneman says:
How did the witness know all of what was written, if only a detached bystander? Grain of salt, imo.
However, there have been other developments are more settled truth, now. Yes, Jessica was spending a great deal of time over at CWilk’s place. That alone meant that she had not left her old life behind. In addition, there is no indication that Mom was averse to it happening.
Once that more hard information about the inner working of that trio becomes exposed, then there will be a clearer picture of who JLC was (and what she likely was doing) on the night of the murder. Imo, her initial activity was voluntary–no sign of a 9-1-1 call from her about a kidnap in progress. No, it suggests that she likely met with shady people on purpose.
sundance says:
Important to remember it was Jessica committing “simple assault” on Lisa Daugherty on June 2nd 2014, which led to the forced attendance at Leah’s House in order to avoid prosecution at the mom’s command.
Though they (the family) are trying to cloud over this simple truth – it will not annoyingly go away. It is, what it is.
The new FB page on 8/25/14 and the first friending of “Black Randy” reflects the proposition that what Jessica felt, prior to entering Leah’s House, was still present upon exit.
So would a disconnected Daughter be truthful about her plans for the night in question?
Leaves home at 5:00 to 5:30 to gas up, clean car, and grab a bite to eat, as mom says “grab me a pack of smokes at the store” while you’re out – and then at 6:48pm a 20 minute phone call FROM Lisa to Jessica. Think it through.
That call was more than likely a “where the fuck are you”? conversation…. Jessica had been gone for 2 hours…. Again, think it through.
And Lisa doesn’t know Charlotte aka “Auntie Sha-Sha” well enough to knock on her door? And doesn’t know her phone number? And she lives two doors down?… Again, think it through.
It is more prudent to believe little to nothing from Lisa that describes Jessica because for all intents and purposes Lisa didn’t really know what Jessica was all about. Not out of some nefarious agenda to lie, but just out of a prideful embarrassment that people would grow a larger understanding of exactly what the nature of their dysfunctional relationship was all about.
Can so see this playing out, makes the most sense out of this whole fiasco
1.So would a disconnected Daughter be truthful about her plans for the night in question?
2.That call was more than likely a “where the fuck are you”? conversation…. Jessica had been gone for 2 hours…. Again, think it through.
out of a prideful embarrassment that people would grow a larger understanding of exactly what the nature of their dysfunctional relationship was all about.
What makes it feel off about this being Jessica going out to “party ” in whatever shape or form, is her obvious disconnect from everybody inside and outside the M&m. She didn’t look like “hippy skippy, I’m out of the house. “She seemed uncommunicative and just getting business done.
I noticed the same thing. IMO she threw a coat on to run out and do errands, didn’t even bother to change into jeans. She was surprised by the person who called her off camera, looked up, waved, and walked over – reluctantly it seemed to me, just being polite – to whoever beckoned. Finished w/e there, went in the store and ignored and was ignored by everyone, took care of business and left. It did seem to me that Ali called her back to the counter a couple of times when she was leaving…an attempt to delay her, or did she forget her change? Someone asked days ago why isn’t a camera focused on the register? I find this odd. EVERY store I’ve been in has cameras on the registers. If there usually is one focused on the register at M&M, why not that night? Did Ali turn it off when she walked in? So many unanswered questions about that store!
justfactsplz says:
Ali probably did turn off the camera on the register if he indeed did sell a blunt to Jessica.
yes but she could of felt like she could not separate out of retaliation, and fear. Parties could of been her lure, not actual party.
thatcatdownthestreet says:
Maybe Jessica was surprised and curious as to why the notorious Black Randy was friending her only to find out he was accusing her of snitching. The timing fits.
Pastor Green says another person whom Jessica trusted (and with whom Jessica discussed having been gang-raped) also told him that about three months ago, Jessica was showing severe emotional distress, and expressed fear that certain people might be planning to kill her.
so why has the good pastor waited until NOW to come forward with this information? Or maybe he told LE about it weeks ago and they gagged everyone until now to shield potential witnesses and not tip off the perps? Or maybe it’s just so much propaganda.
I have a problem with that too. You would think a pastor would take that kind of information to the police.
If she wasn’t serious about leaving the life, Sundance, why did they kill her. Just Roscoe being po’d. That she turned his “proposal ” down? If she wasn’t separating from them then why would they think she’d snitch? Or was Bryan the instigator in revenge payback if we can’t trust the snitch info from mom.
Not knowing if mom can be trusted kind of leaves you flailing – don’t know which trail to go down.
I think she was trying to preserve her life by keeping the channel open with Black Randy. He was probably the only one who could keep the boys under control.
I agree, Sundance. As I said earlier in the thread, I have thought all along the trip to Leah’s house was to avoid the second simple assault charge.
I can see her crowd thinking she was snitching. I can see her mother calling wanting to know where she was and wanting her to come home.
If they thought she was a snitch, then all the FB comments about “they went to far” come into context.
According to all the stories told, Jessica has been raped by four guys three times in the last three years or so. I’m not buying that. However, the story of four guys raping Jessica has an origin. I don’t think Bryan Rudd was the originator. I think he just repeated and embellished on the story. So….where did the story originate? Did this tale begin immediately after Jessica’s death?
I still can’t get completely on board with Jessica going willingly to the “Bates Motel”, or whatever it is for a party. Nor can I quite believe anyone took her to Batesville to a motel. Why take her that far & bring her back to Main St. (Herron Rd) Courtland to kill her? That rushes the timeline. They would have had to hurry with their rapes. If she was raped, that doesn’t make sense.
I hate to make this generalization. But, I guess I will. From what I have seen young guys of that ilk never hurry, unless they are running with someone’s purse. They would have been drinking & smoking “blunts” taking their time to enjoy themselves.
I still tend to think she was lured by one or two people to smoke a joint or something similar. Then whatever else happened.
What if she WAS an informer? I wonder if she was wearing a “wire”? It gets used a lot around here, and one boy I know very well was charged in a drug bust with several other people, all because of a conversation to an informant wearing a microphone. He was eventually set free after being in jail for several weeks because it was determined that of all those involved in the transaction, he had not actually spoken on the recording. He was guilty, and I heard it from his own mouth. He was just gloating because they had to let him go. As a disclaimer, I did not hang out with this punk by choice. A family member brought him into proximity for a time.
i don’t necessarily accept that theory – what were they (LE) going toffy to get them on – but… if she was planning a buy, being wired, and they were planning a discipline by rape, once a wire was exposed that would be the end of her.
Good point. I don’t think anyone has discussed that possibility. I hadn’t thought of it. Loose clothing to hide a wire. If she was and someone found it that could explain some things.
On a tangent – Lisa would definitely not have been a happy camper after reading Jessica’s book/ journal account of her ‘maternal’ capabilities.
I believe she was “lured out and killed”..
Totally Domestic says:
Another question: It has been stated that Ben wanted Jessica to stay at Leah’s house.
By everyone’s account, Jessica was doing very well there. A changed person etc.
But, Lisa wanted her to come home and stay there with her. Lisa admitted that she made arrangements with the police to drop the charges when she came home. If true, why on earth would you want a girl fearful for her life to come back into the shark tank?
QUOTE: “But, Lisa wanted her to come home and stay there with her. Lisa admitted that she made arrangements with the police to drop the charges when she came home. If true, why on earth would you want a girl fearful for her life to come back into the shark tank?”
Yeah, I don’t understand why Lisa wanted Jessica to leave Leah’s House?
Unless Lisa needed someone to do errands and chores for her, and if Jessica left Leah’s House, she’d be dependent on Lisa for somewhere to stay (since the dad is in jail), so Lisa would have essentially a servant?
Just speculation.
dad in jail? im lost
Ben’s not in jail, he’s a mechanic for local LE. He was busted for meth years ago. Did his time.
i know but shepard dog stated dad in jail, so i was questioning SDogs post. ty tho
yw, I know, I was responding to his but did it wrong. I don’t quite have the hang of “reply” yet and I’m tired. 🙂
lol, long nights over here too
People have gone back and forth over – did Ben get his time served? Is he doing mechanic work during the day as a convict trustee and having to sleep in jail?
Darby made some comments that people took to mean he was not yet free of whatever deal was made re his meth bust.
Nothing was truly settled as to true facts so that’s where that came from.
He does have this last marriage and kids from it, I believe. -and, that’s all I know.
If Dad served in the Work Center than he would have one day off sentence for one day worked. His charges were a long time ago… how many years would he have had to serve?
I believe this was a long time ago, and his penance was done.
Knowing, now, that it was her mom who called the cops on her, I think this was a set up. A ploy for control or dominance. If it had come to blows, I can see it- but it doesn’t sound like that’s what happened. (Wasn’t the original story that it was her step brother- by Lisa, Chris Hudson IIRC, who had called LE?)
It’s been said that Leah’s House wasn’t Lisa’s idea & that it was Lisa who wanted Jessica’s stay cut short/ for her to come home. Considering that her paternal grandmother (if I have this correct) is a minister & her dad wanted her to stay, was Leah’s House his intervention between Jessica & her mother? Now, she’s trying to give the impression that she was the one who arranged it? (I suspect those letters about coming home were going in the opposite direction, not as Lisa has claimed.)
Why, if Jessica was afraid & thought the gangbangers were going to kill her, would Lisa want her home, instead of staying at Leah’s House, where she would be safe?
I have to wonder: did Jessica represent some sort of income for Lisa? When the assault call happened, did Lisa think that Jessica was about to leave home; run off with one of the guys she dated, move in with Sha Sha, or whatever?
Was Jessica hiding from her mother all day- “sleeping”, until her mother asked (or told) her to go get a pack of cigarettes for her? Had she planned to go out at all? I’ve never been vain, but at 19, I wouldn’t have gone out like that- not even to the ice house. Esp if she had no boyfriend. If Lisa was out of cigs (or close), I imagine it was a ‘WTF are you?’ call. (See also what wanthetruth said below. I agree. That M&M video doesn’t match the “bubbly” Jessica everybody talks about.)
WRT to Charlotte Wilkerson, putting Denise Wright’s FB post 2 & 2 together with Lisa not wanting to go ask her about what she knew, Sha Sha was Jessica’s “ship in the storm” when things got hairy at home with Mom. (she was on foot until recently). So Sha Sha knew things that, probably, Lisa didn’t want her to know. If Sha Sha is the type to call it as she sees it, Lisa might know that she wouldn’t get much sympathy there & would probably get an earful of stuff she didn’t want to hear.
Black Randy, IDK. IIRC, he came down hard on church & his faith on his FB profile. Maybe that took Jessica in. I don’t remember who “friended” whom (made the request). I really don’t think, though, that things had not changed for her. That is, I don’t see any reason to suspect that she intended to just pick up right where she left off. I could be wrong. But that’s my gut feeling.
QUOTE: “Knowing, now, that it was her mom who called the cops on her, I think this was a set up. A ploy for control or dominance. ”
QUOTE: “I have to wonder: did Jessica represent some sort of income for Lisa?”
I wonder this, too. Did Lisa get government money because Jessica was a dependent?
Did Jessica have to share her Goody’s salary with Lisa?
Did Lisa simply want someone to boss around and give errands to (“get me cigarettes”)?
That is a good point. How does dependant child government aid go? I am sure Ben must pay support but maybe she gets further aid. Maybe mom was put on notice that with Jessica out of the house, benefits would be cut.
Not that this really figures into the murder, I guess, but you never know.
It is a real question why she didn’t stay longer -.
Sundance had posed the question about whether or not Lisa works. I posted yesterday about MS welfare requirements and the possibility that Lisa needed Jessica home for a source of income. Either welfare or to pay room and board, do chores and errands, etc. Something more nefarious? Anything is possible.
what if she was afraid NOT to communicate with black Randy? If there was sentiment in those circles that she was snitching, maybe she was just playing it off to him, I.E., “yeah, my family sent me to this rehab etc etc yada yada”. I think she might have been scared NOT to accept communications from him, knowing that she was going to have to eventually go back to Courtland/Batesville.
Closerlook41, I’m inclined to agree. I think Jessica may have been afraid of Black Randy, and that is why she communicated with him.
I definitely don’t think Randy was a good person, or trying to help Jessica.
He may have contacted her to find out what she was doing at Leah’s House. Maybe he was scared that she would “snitch” on him. Maybe Randy had been one of Jessica’s abusers.
lorac says:
But we don’t know that Jessica is the person who made that most recent facebook page – the one which appears to have been created while she was at Leah’s, and the one which friends that guy, but has nothing else on it….
I don’t think she was, maybe he(randy) was a protector of some sort, had connections
QUOTE: “It is more prudent to believe little to nothing from Lisa that describes Jessica because for all intents and purposes Lisa didn’t really know what Jessica was all about. Not out of some nefarious agenda to lie, but just out of a prideful embarrassment that people would grow a larger understanding of exactly what the nature of their dysfunctional relationship was all about.”
This. I think Lisa was completely disinterested in Jessica’s life and wellbeing.
Lisa’s phone call was probably motivated by irritation that her cigarettes hadn’t arrived back at the house yet, and not out of concern for Jessica’s safety.
QUOTE from couerdaleneman: “Imo, her initial activity was voluntary–no sign of a 9-1-1 call from her about a kidnap in progress. No, it suggests that she likely met with shady people on purpose.”
Your posts suggest that you are determined (for some perverse reason) to convince everyone that Jessica was willingly engaging in prostitution the night she was killed.
Is it possible? Yes.
But the evidence points against that, at least in my opinion.
If she was planning on “working” that night, she would have been glammed up, wearing nicer clothes, etc.
There is really nothing to suggest that “she likely met with shady people on purpose.”
It seems like baseless speculation to me.
She could have her work uniform in her glove compartment and changed into it and otherwise primped in about five minutes in the car or a bathroom. And no it isn’t “baseless speculation” but it is a scenario that goes against the grain of what you want to believe because the image of a hoped for sweet redeemed born again Jessica doesn’t fit the seedy scenario and you don’t want to believe she may have been backsliding or may have a double life.
Fully do I understand that nobody wants to believe this kind of scenario may be involved, but it has to be checked out and ruled out not simply dismissed because some people would prefer not to look at this angle as a possibility.
If it is true that a witness has put Jessica at a motel and you would prefer to believe she was not there as a prostitute, then okay she went there to sell girl scout cookies and was mugged. You can see the problem. You just don’t have the heart to look at it for what it is.
Agreed, Wppk, all possibilities must be considered. I have a theory that maybe she was followed from M&M to wherever she got food, perhaps at the Maccas or other food place just up the road from Bates motel (there are several on the map), and THAT is where the perp got in the car with her. Could have asked for a ride home or forced their way in. Everything proceeded from there. Possibility of additional witnesses?
The DA said they have additional video that is from time beyond the video at the M&M so that would likely be video at businesses, one of which is likely to be the motel.
oh another thought! The witness works across the street from the motel. There are several businesses there. Even if the motel doesn’t have video of the parking lot, I bet at least one of those businesses across the street does! So if the witness could see the abduction from there, it’s on video from at least one of those businesses.
Correct it is possible that the cops have pictures of the perpetrators and an eyewitness. Yeah I know, then why no arrests?
waiting on forensics, autopsy and more phone records?
I think they already have all that.
maybe the mother called her to find out where she was.
maybe Rosco’s proposal was more of a employer/employee relationship?
also, this fact keeps bugging me. in Ben Chambers’ arrest article it says the LE arrived at 5PM or 530PM but the scene wasn’t cleared until 330AM.
why was this scene cleared so quickly? why did DA say that no arrest was coming?
I think the LE and the parents are extremely scared of these boys.
if we have the 4 boys in the hotel, two leaving….what are we waiting for? arrest!!
I think nancy Pelosi said it best, we need to pass the bill to see what’s in it.
let’s arrest and build the case further. just getting these animals off the street will make people feel more safe and allow them more freedom to talk.
Lock Ben in a room with the coward that did this to his daughter and see who’s scared. I don’t think Ben is scared for a second.
Like I said before if Ben Chambers was a racist this would have been solved in the first week and Ben would now be facing murder charges. I think the man is showing buckets of restraint.
I think Ben is showing exemplary restraint, too.
QUOTE “I think the LE and the parents are extremely scared of these boys.”
If LE is scared of a bunch of ghetto thugs, that is pathetic.
LE is paid to put criminals behind bars, not to be scared.
Denise is back.
dizzymissl says:
What is the “right” she should be “proud ” of?
Almost sounds like she’s the witness. Where is she? Or more to the point is she with husband Pat or brother inlaw Georgia (Boone) . I’d be quite nervous if I were her too.
I bet the whole gang is having serious trust issues right n now – nobody must trust anybody. Jail time + money in the reward, plus Ben waiting to get you – before jail or he’ll arrange it in jail.
Ben already spoke to that.
I think by her “rights” she is referring to the “right” things she has done in her life, as opposed to the “wrong” things.
Maybe I’m just soft-hearted, but I feel sorry for Denise. She has probably been through a lot of abuse and trauma in her life.
LORD Jesus, please deliver Denise from the gang lifestyle and the abusive relationships and domestic violence she is ensnared in. Please help her to find a new life in You, and please heal her and give her strength and faith in You as her Savior. LORD Jesus, please save Denise Tutor, please turn her heart to you, tonight. Amen.
Denise definitely seems perpetually conflicted… I know from several of her early posts on Facebook that she seems to come from a background of at least SOME religious/moral framework. Lots of people from good homes wind up eating dirt:. I’ve eaten a boatload of it in my youth, being son of a good and godly man and minister notwithstanding. God is indeed good, and thankfully I never wandered so far that I forgot my way back. I think there is a part of Denise that would really like to leave all that gangbanger crap behind and help kids make plaster of paris crosses in Sunday School, but she seems to maybe have forgotten the way back.
QUOTE: “I think there is a part of Denise that would really like to leave all that gangbanger crap behind and help kids make plaster of paris crosses in Sunday School, but she seems to maybe have forgotten the way back.”
I think Denise wants out of the gangster lifestyle too.
Even if she has forgotten the way back, we are lucky that we have a Savior who cares about the single sheep who strays from the flock and goes searching for that stray sheep, to rescue them and bring them back safely.
Just as in the prodigal son parable in the Bible the Father (God) rushed to welcome his son as soon as he saw him way off down the road coming back, I know that the LORD will welcome Denise back with open arms, if only she turns her heart to Him.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15%3A11-32
Please, Denise! Jesus wants to free you from all the chains and pain and sorrow of this life. Please come back to Him.
I think she is referring to making things right, correcting wrongs she had done.
I don’t do FB but why would she post something like this on FB? do people typically post prayers like this on FB?
yes smiley they do. Frequently. It’s always seemed odd to me that a lot of the gangbangers women attend church regularly and post religious things on FB, right along with all the violence and smut they post.
Yes, there’s a real disconnect there that I just don’t understand.
yes, 2+2…..beyond odd. TY
I don’t have a clue about why people post what they do. I don’t do facebook either and I don’t do twitter.
Sounds like it’s gettin’ awful hot in that kitchen.
Perhaps the authorities are leaning hard on the Misters and their friends/associates and Denise is being offered up?
How ya feelin now, Denise?
Like a completely unappreciated pincushion, maybe?
Like a useful idiot?
Calling Denise names is not going to encourage her to talk to the authorities.
Keep praying Denise you xxxxx,
You’re going to need every bit of help you are able to muster.
The only question: who were your boys who teed Jess up for you?
Take the namecalling to your own blog. Thank you. -Admin
I don’t think they tied her up. They might have knocked her in the head, threw her in the car and dowsed her in gas though. Who lit the match?
I think lastConserv means set her up (like golf). I also think Denise is in this up to her scrawny neck.
Definitely looks like she’s carrying a guilty conscious for something.
StuckInMS says:
Good. I’ve spent hours in prayer that those who are responsible become sick and miserable until they confess. And I don’t plan on letting up.
I hope her prayer is sincere and she gets her answer, and she does the right thing.
Denise Tutor / Rachael, if you are reading this and you know who killed Jessica and are feeling guilty, it’s not too late.
Please, go to the FBI or US Marshals. Ask them for protection and tell them what you know.
FBI, Jackson Mississippi Contact Information:
FBI Jackson Field Office
1220 Echelon Parkway
E-mail: fbijn@leo.gov
US Marshals Service, Oxford Mississippi Contact Information:
911 Jackson Avenue East # 399, Oxford, MS 38655
You will get the reward money, a new identity if you want one, and a fresh start in a new town. You will get to start over!
Most importantly of all, you will have done what is right, and redeemed yourself for whatever guilt you carry. The LORD Jesus is looking down on you, Denise, and so is Jessica. They are counting on you to do the right thing.
Please Denise. I know that deep down, underneath all the gangster stuff, you are a good person, who loves the LORD.
God is looking down on you, and He is hoping you will do the right thing!
Please do the right thing. If you know who killed Jessica, please contact the FBI or US Marshals. They will keep you safe, and they will make sure that the people who killed Jessica never hurt anyone ever again.
Please don’t carry the burden of guilt around with you for the rest of your life.
Please contact the FBI or Marshals and tell them what you know.
God bless you, Denise Tutor!
Trust in Jesus’ Name. He keeps His promises, and He always will.
@DONALDJOY Great Job on your article outline !! #JessicaChambers The circle is closing. Gnat to FBI Confirmed: pic.twitter.com/IxjgyA73E0
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) January 16, 2015
Donald Joys article was great. No one can possibly ignore that info, even if they wanted to.
Is it special that they put “or to the nearest American embassy or consulate “, or do they add that to all cases of info wanted.? Anybody know?
Yes. Thank God for Donald Joy and his investigative abilities!
Yes, it was an excellent article by Don – I was so excited reading it in the morning, thinking this info is the break we need to help make it more uncomfortable for the people that may be involved in this horrendous crime.
sundance i can read some but not all of your posts, like the one at 6:25pm just under the screenshot of Denise Tutor’s status. Is it because I’m a visitor? This is my first experience with blogging so I don’t know how they work.
starrdustt says:
Sundance’s original post here showed a Twitter copy of the FBI’s Reward and Wanted poster for info on Jessica’s murder. Perhaps the original tweeter removed the tweet, and thus it wouldn’t display here any longer.
You can see another copy of it by going to Teresa Aple’s FB page at
https://m.facebook.com/ThereseApel.news?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FzzTnNqKzYV&refid=9&rdr#=_
thank you very much starrdustt!!! So DA saying they are treating it as an arson is another lie. Those local LE just can’t keep their stories straight. Arson/homicide is more accurate. Soon to be arson/homicide/rape if the evidence is there.
I’m really encouraged by this FBI commitment. If you just get one Special Agent involved in this case who has as mush passion about it as most of us do, it’s going to get solved. They’ll beat enough heads, and make enough people sweat that someone will spill the beans. Can’t help but wonder if Denise Tutor’s prayer above isn’t hinting that she finally decided to do what’s right – and talk.
I’ve believed that the FBI have had the case solved ever since they put up the $25K, and that they just need witnesses to place the perps at the scene because the physical evidence is useless. But the perps don’t know that, and they’re running scared now. The cell phone has been mentioned often, and someone’s prints are on that and the battery too, as well as whatever is found in the phone records. THEIR phone records can be subpoenaed too. Get that you twits out there? Ali? You reading this? NUNU who asked how did she get out the car? How did you know that? You can run but you can’t hide.
QUOTE: “If you just get one Special Agent involved in this case who has as mush passion about it as most of us do, it’s going to get solved.”
Yes. The FBI are very, very good at what they do.
I know FBI agents, and they are superb LEOs, VERY squared away.
The FBI is America’s premier law enforcement agency for a reason. The same goes for the US Marshals. I have a LOT of confidence in these two agencies, despite possible interference from Holder and the CRS.
There’s probably a lot of chafing going on. The CRS doesn’t just put the kibosh on the press they also control what law enforcement can put into the public forum when they go “fishing” for information. Nobody likes to look inept, especially professionals.
Terry in GA says:
Great job both of you guys. Hopefully FBI will take new info and put pieces with the rest of the puzzle. Who knows, this could tie in other open issues, taking away even more of society’s menaces.
firefly says:
Lisa and friends did clean up the memorial. My attempt to post screen cap.
Yes she really has a hard on for CTH, and keeps the BS brewing
Never mind it was the UNTRUTHS ONLY, not the taking of 1 single petal.
if I am out of line, please remove. TY
I did not know until the last thread that she had put TheLastRefuge through all that baloney. Maybe one day she will realize how much she hurt herself and apologize,
but I won`t hold my breath.
Ya did good. You did it!
This board is like a drug… We’ve been told to stop posting or risk being banned. I have stayed away and then I keep getting emails where others keep dibbling in the addiction… and here I am. Regardless of the potential harm, I am back because I can’t resist the feeling I get when I partake.
Lisa is her own drug, she satisfies herself and out of ignorance tries to raise a child. She will teach Jessica to be a lady when she doesn’t have a clue what a lady is like (she should look at the toothless woman in the mirror… there is no lady there)
Jessica is drawn to those who may be looked down on but they love her and accept her. She gets something that she isn’t given at home. The ladies at Leah’s loved her but wanted to change her, her parent’s loved her but wanted to change her…. Drugs and sex loved her and they wanted her exactly like she was. She could escape the reality of home by escaping with drugs and or sex. She controlled her body and made her choices based on that control. She controlled her being until one night in December when she couldn’t stop death.
Was she raped or did she go willingly after a 20 minute phone blasting with her mom. Truth? I know what I would have done…
Now… I’ve had my fix for the moment. I think I’ll go back to rehab now.
They said only a ban if you post on the open thread:)
LOL I’m obviously reading things that aren’t there…
yes, I need intervention!
MsST2, I am so grateful to read your post. You really came from Jessica’s point of view as far as I’m concerned. This case is so close for me, it’s very hard to keep quiet.
I am also so grateful to Sundance for leaving this open as long as he has. I feel like I am reliving a nightmare, but with a good, very good prosecutor, this case can get convictions on Jess’s words alone if need be.
Somebody go to DT fb and screenshot now. I can’t do it
Lord..I come to u now to ask for forgiveness for all my wrongs…I pray I made u proud with my rights..I ask for ur hand in this time of need ….and I beg of u lord to take me out the struggle.. times so hard I can’t even breathe…I’m sorry God..ur the only one I need and you are my Lord…please help me.
Don’t do twitter or Facebook so I’m not sure, but it looks like your personal information might be in this post. If so, the mods can help you out.
Yes I saw that thanks but at least I figured out how to do a screenshot. So proud of myself 🙂 Sorry did not see that someone else beat me to it….Looks like Denise is starting to crack.
mods, jewelsc6 personal info is on the bottom of the FB screenie she posted. Can you fix, or does she have to ask herself?
It’s been awhile & FB changes things around so often, I never know WTH is going on, but I think that’s someone on jewel’s contact list, not her.
click the name it takes you to that fb page.
Sammy Spicer says:
I don’t understand why DT would post that, especially after Donald’s article came out.
As dizzymissl said “What is the “right” she should be “proud ” of?”
I would be afraid that a paranoid heinous murderer would take that as “maybe she snitched”
And the tweet at the bottom of information poster was “The circle is closing. Gnat to FBI Confirmed:” Not sure what that means but it is very interesting.
Would like to say you are all a great team ! God forbid if anything happened to my family, I would certainly want you all on the case. Hope for Justice.
jewelsc6 .. I think your screenshot has your name and facebook profile on it. Might need a mod to delete it?
How do I go about that do I email someone?
I’ve seen people just bring it to mod’s attention in the thread and request removal/fix. There’s a contact addy up top right if you want to try that.
Thanks will try that 🙂
If you email them put your handle name here on the subject line so they won’t think it’s spam and toss it out. When they see your name they will read your email.
distracted2 says:
Okay, Sundance, I finally had an “aha moment” regarding your reference to the video included above, at 6:35 in particular. I thought that Darby’s wording was odd, to say the least, regarding “the white ones and the black ones”. I have thought since the beginning that he was referring to people in general, which was an odd choice of words, if not racist. It occurred to me this evening that he was referring to the “white” gangs and the “black” gangs. He was saying that both gangs are working together with the police, that everyone is cooperating.
A lot of time has passed since that presser but, at least in the beginning, they thought it was gang related, which begs the question “Why Jessica?” And the only thing I can come up with is that she was the common denominator.
I haven’t really paid attention to whether there has been unrest in the community between the gangs but if this is the case, Jessica could have simply been caught in the middle.
Upthread, I expressed reluctance to accept the whole Donald Joy story because of a seeming implausibility of the compatibility between two certain parts of it. It was not a rejection of it, only severe skepticism.
Now, after doing some sleuthing, the “seeming implausibilty” no longer exists. It actually makes a lot of sense, given what was offered about the witness. Some details contained in the story (plus what was offered elsewhere by sundance) match up with a factual nuance or two that others have not yet considered/posted here. Hence, barring some proof of a lie, I accept the witness as credible.
Sorry to be vague, but I don’t want to expose what I am talking about.
And because I tend to accept the witness as credible, I also tend to accept that the person is a responsible citizen.
Ergo, the lack of mention of any parking lot coercion leads me to believe that activities of the parties leaving the scene were voluntary. No mention of dragging or forcible anything. Otherwise, I believe that the witness would have made a phone call.
Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering why they didn’t call the police. Still, that’s perplexing.
I think that the witness likely was privy to the scuttlebutt about the motel, because of being in a position to do so.
D m, to expand on the the non-coercion, we don’t know what went down in the room was willing. When leaving she might not have known they were going to kill her,maybe she thought she was done paying for the night. Of course she would not struggle then if she thought she was goig back to her car.
Not that your theory is wrong, but it is not necessarily all right either.C
My impression is that he is not a researcher, but that he writes up articles based on knowledge gleaned from SDC, his essays, and the comment sections…. In the 2-3 I’ve seen I haven’t read anything I hadn’t already learned here….
Ziiggii says:
I’m sorry, REALY sorry! I can’t help it I have to say my spidey senses are through the roof! (and my sense is not at all as refined as the seasoned Treepers) I spent the entire afternoon going over every thread, every comment and my own 15+ pages of notes since day 1. And watched this thing explode for the last 13 hours. At some point during that time a thought occured to me….
I have the weirdest feeling that this is THE most amazing and ingenious checkmate I have ever seen!
BRAVO SD, Donald and the CTH inner circle if this is in fact true!
I agree. If why the person contacted the treehouse is as stated, its says the world about its position as a fair arbiter.
I believe that Mr. Breitbart would tip a hat if it is as I sense! There is a deffenite crumb trail for all to see through out ALL the threads. That includes the aparent clean house of todays final thread!!!
I’m not positive about where this might lead as far as a resolution. But if this witness turns out to be the key, then future perps should keep in mind to pray for luck that the CTH never gets on their a—s. 🙂
Hi, Bernie! I couldn’t resist.
I have to work tomorrow so I’ve got to get to bed….hope,that tomorrow the proverbial ship hits the fan.
Another thing for certain readers to keep in mind: JLC’s most direct path on Friday night going home from work would have taken her past 5 gas stations in Batesville; ones that would have been more convenient and logical for a supposed spendthrift operating a vehicle on fumes. I’ll rattle them off if anyone cares to know.
Maybe it was Alis world famous chicken that kept her coming back for more.
dark meat. oh wait. you meant the special deliveries. 😉
had to be the special sauce
Maybe instead of buying there she was being paid.
My God, that’s sick.
if you look at his FB he’s posted a couple of things about white girls. Earlier it was a video take a look and read the comments. Just another example how the muslims are fostering the hatred and violence of blacks on whites, exploiting them to further their own agenda of white genocide. Now that he’s out of the area he feels safe resuming his normal social media activities.
Distancing the exchange of cash away from the delivery of services makes prosecuting a crime much harder. Laundering a payment through a third party makes it even harder. I’m not saying this is what happened here, but if it is, this it could take months to tie up the loose ends.
Absolutely correct. When you take the whole transaction out of the picture where a John hands the money directly to a “service provider” at a motel then you have encountered a very real obstacle in prosecuting a crime. It could be like renting a car at the airport. You transact the business involving the car at a desk away from where is the car and then you got the keys to the car with a full tank of gas waiting for you at another location. And of course it is paid in advance or you don’t get the keys to the car. The same kind of transaction remote “banking” arrangement can be applied to drug transactions and weapons sales and other business where at no time are money and drugs or other items on the same table at the same place at the same time. Criminal enterprises becoming sophisticated makes it tough to prosecute and of course that is the whole idea.
I’ll have to got back and look at the video from the M&M again but it seemed like after entering there to “pay for her gas” then she was almost doing a happy dance just swinging her purse around and getting along so good even hip bumping a fellow customer there and it just seemed kind of “off” when I saw that. Anybody else notice that?
Please share the link and the time mark on the video you’re watching, because I’ve not seen anything even close to that.
I’ll have to back and watch them again and get back, it was the inside camera clip and she had her purse behind her at one point and then moved to the right as if she was making contact with a man wearing a jacket blue I think.
Yes, I think you need a refresher 😉
There were several videos so give me awhile. I’ll find it again. The purse has been an issue before so this will be at least the third review.
I’m open for a change of opinion, but I’ve looked at those videos many, many times and never got the impression you’re portraying. It’s always interesting to see all the different interpretations from one specific scene.
Look again. I just gave the specifics.
White ball cap and blue coat watch closely
Blue Coat guy looks very happy, so does the other two guys but Jessica does her business, turns and leaves… I don’t see anything resembling her interacting, happy dancing or hip bumping with anyone inside the store
The video is here now. I have drawn you a picture so I don’t know what else to do.
Yes, I see the clip… no exchange between Jessica and Blue Coat guy.
LOL We could continue arguing but I guess it would do no good. I admit I’m willing to change my mind about what’s on the videos, but unless you can screenshot he anywhere close enough to even touch the blue coat guy, there is no way I’m wrong.
Times stamp 2:30 is their hands together. Are you looking with your eyes open?
LOL ok this is crazy… YES my eyes are open. I think what we have here is a failure to communicate. Are you talking about Jessica or the Fur Hat guy? FurHat & BlueCoat are very happy and Fur swings a bag but no purse. I’m watching Jessica at the counter in the black coat and zebra pants.
What we have is a bunch of folks who can’t narrow their focus to a point and see what is there. Among other things I am a sniper.
Fur = Jessica
No, Fur is not Jessica
Yeah, Got it now. Sorry, my confusion on the players. Terrible image quality.
Okay then that explains the issue I have been thinking Fur was Jessica not Zebra pants at counter was Jessica. Image quality is bad, Fur looked like hair out of hoodie, but I see the hat flaps now. Guy with a handbag? Go figure.
Thank you, I thought I was losing my mind there for a minute. Now, on to our mission at hand…..
Yeah well that part is sorted out. But it is odd what is going on there and it doesn’t look like typical male interaction. Strange.
refresh the page will ya?
Clip #1 at about time stamp 2:30 and then at 3:15 and that area look at the physical interactions. “happy dance and hugs” is not far off is it?
Do you have a link to Clip #1? There are so many out there that the time stamp won’t matter if I’m looking at a different vid.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/12/30/raw-media-cctv-footage-from-gas-station-jessica-lane-chambers/
Watch the interactions with the white ball cap and blue coat guy that runs for quite awhile and see the hand off at 2:30. If that isn’t a happy dance then what is?
I didn’t see it that way. Imo she went in, kept to herself and was ignored, handled her business at the counter and was heading out the store but Ali called her back a couple of times then handed her something, then she left. I didn’t see any interaction between JLC and the others there. Still wondering why no camera focused on the register. Very strange. On the other hand, they aren’t worried about being robbed or about what the clerk is doing are they, and certainly wouldn’t want that on tape.
looks to me like she didn’t want to talk to anyone outside or inside the station, just wanted to get her business done and leave, but Sandy Rudd and Ali both delayed her. Why?
Understand what I am saying is that all this time seeing Jessica as only a customer at the M&M may be a distraction from her real purpose for being there. Suppose there was more significant reason for Jessica’s visit to M&M than any purchases which she made of gas or tobacco.
I have looked and looked and I cannot see anything even remotely like what you described…. not even a little bit. Has anyone besides Waltherppk seen what he is describing? “Happy dance? Hip bump? I am totally lost here……
I can clock 5 rounds through the same hole at 200 meters in under ten seconds.
but what does being a good shot with a rifle have to do with this video in question? If anyone else can see Jessica swinging her purse and interacting with anyone in the store besides Ali, who we surmise is behind the counter, please tell me. I have seen nothing like that. Is that what you are saying? I saw one of the black men do a happy dance/stagger, but it really looked like a Wayans brothers caricature to me. I didn’t see Jessica interact with them in the least. I’m not being disrespectful: I just want to see it if indeed it is there. Someone else please weigh in here….
Correct. I was confusing what is the “fur hat guy” with Jessica who is far left at the edge of the image, and the handbag is what caused the confusion. The image is not clear.
my grandma was that slow too, but she was really OLD.
She was probably really aware of her own heartbeat and how to time the shots between them. When your pulse is fast from excitement work goes more quickly.
In this video? God Love it, Walther, I think you’re seeing things. I watched it. DH watched it. Miss Chambers is at least a foot away from these guys.
Yeah I see the cursor over to the left on her and the blonde hair. Thought that was a kid. She is little, petite.
I see the knit cap guy closest to the door might have said hi to her and she maybe smiled and half-waved at him then walked to the counter. Other than that no interaction with anyone except Ali. Same with whoever beckoned to her in the parking lot. Jess was heading into the store when someone called to her, she stopped, looked over and waved then reluctantly went off camera to whoever beckoned to her. IMHO she didn’t want anything to do with anyone there besides Ali. We know that she knew all of the characters on the scene, but she ignored them.
I also don’t think she was picking up a penny on the other vid as one of her family said. Looks to me like she took a cig out of her mouth, bent over and put it out, then put the half-smoked stub in her pocket. That’s irrelevant to solving the crime though, so sorry for the tangent.
alkikila says:
The time line should be down to a minute if they have her leaving the motel, the fire call and the battery out of the phone.
yep this is what I was thinking. LE is just tying everything into a tidy bundle. Once the case is made, I think all those on TCH who live in MS should petition the governor for a special prosecutor. Can’t trust the locals.
I wonder if the motel had CCTV?
I doubt it, hourly customers value their anonymity. I’m wondering if they bother with formal room registrations or just do cash for keys.
probably not, they weren’t worried about being robbed. But I bet the businesses across the street do.
oops…CTH. Sorry y’all.
Timeline …
In a case where everything has been fuzzied by sketchy participants, one now would have to lean to the acceptance that JLC was at the M&M just before 5:30 on the evening in question. Not that the scenario at the Skyline couldn’t have been achieved using either a 5:30 or 6:30 appearance parameter. But only that Ali seems to have been more accurate about innocuous details (not threatening to him) than Mom.
Again, certainty about anything is still up in the air because of the negative trustworthy quotient. But the picture is becoming less fuzzy.
There is something else bugging me about the account of the “secret witness” described in the ClashDaily article where Jessica is placed at the motel.
The witness seems to know a lot more than simply what would be known from having their attention caught by something they observe across the street and offers a story that has more “information content” than would be the expectation. So I don’t know what to make of that.
credit to Donald Joy article excerpted and quoted:
“According to the witness, about four days before her death Jessica had received some sort of relationship proposal from a black male, and she had rebuked and rejected him. The witness said that on the night of December 6th, in the hour or so just before her death, the male in question and three other black males grabbed Jessica, took her to a motel in nearby Batesville, and sexually assaulted her there, followed by two of them taking Jessica away to some unknown location. This person said they observed the event from across the street from the motel, being employed near there and having witnessed some “similar sordid activity” there before, but “never seen it result in murder.” Jessica was found shortly after that, about 6 miles South, burned and barely alive near her completely torched 2005 Kia Rio alongside Herron Road.”
How could this witness know that Jessica was “grabbed” and subsequently taken to a motel if the thing actually witnessed is a scenario that begins at the motel? The witness gives account of an event of “grabbing of Jessica” that occurs before the time of the arrival at the motel where the event being witnessed is first observed, unless the witness was following and spying on these 4 perpetrators to observe the course of events leading to the motel, since their vantage point for witnessing was across the street from the motel. This is sort of a confused account or the witness is offering only part of the story how they know what they say they know.
For those who are curious or just need a visual, here is a pic of the Skyline
Judging by the cars outside, you’d probably need to add about 40 years of deteriation to the surroundings.
spyderlady says:
Somebody suggested looking at the motel on Google Maps. It does look deteriorated.
its your typical room by the hour hooker dump.
Scyth Altai says:
that picture is not even CLOSE to the appearance TODAY…you need to go on google earth to look at it today…that pic is from the 1950s ! This will get you to the google map area and you can look around at the motel, and what is nearby for a witness to be located at to see what went on….so much woods today, very limited visability.
http://www.trulia.com/homes/Mississippi/Batesville/sold/1000791551-200-Highway-51-S-Batesville-MS-38606
Joshua, thanks. The shrubbery is intentionally there for a reason then. 😦
The street is well populated with small businesses or offices across the street. It’s not too speculative to think an employee tying up loose ends after a day of work on a Sat, walks to his car parked across from the Skyline drives out to the street and catches a glimpse of odd activity. Something odd more than the usual prostitute customers arriving must have caught his attention for him. It happens to me all the time that I recall in exact detail what I’ve seen, puzzled for an instant and forgotten, when brought forward for some reason, those are aha moments. The chances the witness knows them would be odd in a big city. But in Courtland, everyone knows everyone, apparently.
The photo on Google Maps is from June 2014, a very more accurate photo. The hotel is very hidden by the large shrubbery in front, but if you walk down the street view a step or two or can really zoom in and see the hotel and lot. It is also next to a pretty run down area 51 thing that has a large privacy fence around it. Address if you want to check it is out 200 Highway 51 South Batesville, Ms.
lol “area 51” ALIENS! run for your lives! 😉
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.308842,-89.94488,3a,75y,138.81h,74.45t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sesYVFItFn746l-QwNnC4pg!2e0
Also saw city complaints on Michael fudge properties. He was told to clean them up.
That parking lot is pretty secluded by trees. I wonder that the perps were stupid enough to park out in the open driveways where they could be seen from the street, or from across the street. Now wondering about the witness testimony.
I wonder if Michael Fudge is the actual owner or just a front name for a Muslim owner. Fudge is kind of funny tbh, another black word.
judging strictly by the google maps views from all angles and zooms, imo the witness would have to be at the motel to have seen any action in the parking lot. The only two open areas that can be seen from across the street are the driveways.
I know the Fudge family.. not THIS Fudge, but they are white…. the ones i know from that area.
Not that it would preclude Michael Fudge being black or other ethnicity, but as was mentioned, Fudge is a fairly uncommon surname, and I DO know family members from that area that are white. Not a definitive answer, I know….
thank you. I wasn’t thinking that Michael Fudge is black. My thoughts were about the reason for the big “american owned” sign out front, and the possibility that it’s actually muslim owned. Fudge is sometimes used to refer to blacks, and it was just a thought that it could be an “ironic” front name. Some of those radicals do have a sense of humor, however warped.
Mike Fudge, Batesville is white. His father Wayne Fudge is also white. They together own businesses in Batesville. Mike Fudge the son married a woman in 2010 from Indonesia. They have a daughter together in Batesville. She was arrested for leaving the child in her car while shopping in the local Piggly Wiggly store.
12/9/2011 Michelle Karolina Fudge
Mike and Maria Fudge of Batesville announce the birth of their daughter, Michelle Karolina Fudge, born November 17. She weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces.
Grandparents are Wayne and Marilyn Fudge of Foley, Ala. and Karolina Sinuligga of Jakarta, Indonesia and the late Natsir Sembiring of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Also welcoming the new baby is her brother, Michael, 17 months.
Wayne the father has ties to Foley Alabama. The father had a Home Inspection business in Alabama, and had some partnership arrangement with a person named
Mohamad Ghazi
Businesses Owned by Mohamad Ghazi
HABITAT INSPECTION SERVICES, INC • Alpharetta, Ga
The father seems to have joined his son in Batesville, who has been doing business there since at least 1995 or so. Mike Fudge is in his 50s. He owns a liquor, tobacco and candy business there. just down the road from the Motel…103 Highway 51 S
Batesville, Mississippi 38606 ..I wonder if it is a distributor or wholesaler to the M & M Gas Station.
The father seems to have gotten into at least one alteration resulting in charges:
There have been issues at the Tobacco Business and the Motel itself in the past. Here is one report.
All of Mike Fudge’s corporations are registered at the Motel Location Address as company headquarters.
so there is a muslim connection to the motel as well as M&M. Drugs, prostitution, white slavery, money laundering, terrorist funding by exploiting black gang members as the worker bees while the jihadis keep a low profile. Any reports of young white girls disappearing from the area?
Why am I seeing a pattern here?
wonder where he did his banking ?
at which bank(s).
money trail.
..and the types of transactions.
ditto M&M.
if you are looking at a map of an image taken in July. might not the leaves/foliage on the trees there be gone in December?
I don’t know what winter weather is like in NW MS or if trees loose foliage in winter but, if so, that might afford a better view.
depends on the trees/bushes. Some are evergreen and keep leaves year round.
I was thinking that also, but was having a hard time seeing if they were pine trees..My eyes are not so good…
What a dump !
did you notice the signs? AMERICAN OWNED. I wonder why that’s necessary? And the new specials – weekly, monthly. That might be due to the order to clean it up. Back home, Airline Hwy was notorious for those hooker dumps. The city decided to crack down on the sex trade and passed an ordinance forbidding hourly rates and streetwalkers. Daily, weekly, monthly only. It’s not much better, the handlers and pimps just rent the rooms by the day and the girls sit outside the doors instead of walking the street.
The order was not to clean up the SKYLINE Motel. Wrong narrative: It was a “rental house property” Here is the article:
Batesville Board Meeting
Property owner to face weekly inspections after cleanup hearing
By Jason C. Mattox
A cleanup hearing ended with a Batesville businessman being told his property would be inspected once a week for a month.
A rental property on Perkins Lane owned by Mike Fudge was discussed with the property owner during the hearing.
“He has cut the grass and is working to get the inside and outside of the property painted,” Code enforcement officer John McCollum said.
Ward 3 Alderman Stan Harrison examined a photo of Fudge’s property and claimed there was still cleanup to be done.
“Those hedges need to be cut back and the trash needs to be picked up,” Harrison said.
“I want this house to be a five star house that’s nice enough for anyone to live in.”
Fudge said he was not planning to rent the property in its present condition.
“I evicted the last tenants, and I am remodeling the inside of the property and doing my best to clean up the outside,” he said. “I have someone who comes by and cuts the grass once a week, and I haven’t seen any trash in the yard.”
Harrison asked if it would be possible to impose conditions on the cleanup if the city did not move forward with adjudicating the property.
“You can, but if you are going to do this for one person, we need to make sure we are doing it for everyone else and being consistent,” Ward 1 Alderman Bill Dugger said.
Harrison suggested that, for a period of at least one month, McCollum go by the property to make sure it is being properly maintained.
“If he is not doing what he has told us he would do, John can report back to us and let us know what is going on,” Mayor Jerry Autrey said.
Aldermen voted unanimously to impose the suggested conditions to Fudge’s cleanup.
I believe ALL the signage of the Motel pre date the current owners anyway. The main sign is clearly damaged and has not been repaired. Next door property is run down and been for sale for several years and unkempt. There is even a sign on the Skyline Motel that talks about A NEW WING being constucted and completed….Mike Fudge would NEVER have spent that kind of money recently on a place that has 43 room only in a place dominated by much better quality motels in the town. The “american owned” likely was in relationship to the large amount of foreign owned motels and hotels that were going on in the 1980s and were irritants to Southern citizens at the time.
you’re probably right josh. Looking at the 50’s pic and the google one, it’s clear that it was renovated at some point. Bricked up the front, added columns and a new roof for a porch across the front, but you can see the old gable behind and above that.
THINKING about the WITNESS story, who reported seeing all the events of Jessica’s abduction, and the Skyline Motel actions and Jessica being taken away by two guys….all of this on a Saturday evening, after 6 PM or LATER…now What Business on Highway 51, ACROSS the street from the Skyline Motel, actually has employees or customers actually THERE at that time of day on the weekend…who have time and interest to WATCH for an hour or longer all the EVENTS going on at the motel…and could ACTUALLY SEE it.
More likely a DESK CLERK or somesuch at the Motel, IMO….something does not jibe with this narrative of the “witness” and the time of day and day of the week.
I agree. Witness had to be at the motel. It’s 5:30-6:30 at the store and dark, the events happened at the motel after that so it would be darker. That motel parking lot doesn’t have any lights that I can see. I seriously doubt anyone could see anything going on there from across the street at that time.
The dots don’t really connect well for the secret witness story, who is a witness describing a scenario beyond what they would have known from being just a witness from across the street from the motel. How would that witness know about Jessica being grabbed somewhere else? I mean it could have been a reasonable conclusion if they saw the arrival at the motel and the 4 men were obviously coercing Jessica or physically carrying her inside. But the way the witness is describing events is like the witness actually saw Jessica being grabbed at another location and followed these people to see what they were doing.
Mods. Do not post my above, January 17, 2015 at 1:14 pm, post. I need to verify, I believe my source, The Panolian may have got his address wrong. Thanks.
Opps. Too late, lol. I’m trying to verify this, I think The Panolian got the address wrong in their arrest log. Double checking now.
ytz4mee says:
I deleted it, as it had already posted.
This is a classic example of why no one should post ANYTHING unless they are 100% sure the info is correct.
I wish people would slow down, take a breath, THINK and then hit the keyboard.
The mob mentality/rush to post something, anything, on this thread, I personally find very disturbing.
This is OT, but seems to speak to “burning White babies”. A newborn was set on fire in the middle of a road in Pemberton, New Jersey by a woman in her 20s. Apparently, people saw it happen, but the race of the perpetrator isn’t given.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/17/woman-allegedly-sets-baby-on-fire-in-pemberton-new-jersey/
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#TBT Throwback Thursday
#TBT: The Mark of Zorro
On this date in 1920, Douglas Fairbanks’ The Mark of Zorro hit the theaters.
Zorro, masked champion of the people, who appears out of nowhere with flashing sword and an athletic sense of humor, scars the faces of evildoers with his trademark “Z”. Meanwhile, beautiful Lolita is courted by villainous Captain Ramon, rich but effete Don Diego… and dashing Zorro, who is never seen at the same time as Don Diego. As Zorro continues to evade pursuit, Ramon puts the damsel in distress.
Zorro solidified the “swashbuckler” rep that Fairbanks would be known for the rest of his career blazing an open trail for others to follow in his footsteps like Antonio Banderas and Sir Anthony Hopkins in a 1998 reboot for the silver screen. This was also the first time we were introduced to Catherine Zeta-Jones, who would go on to win an Academy Award for Velma Kelly in the screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Chicago.
A full length version of the 1920’s film is available online and here it is courtesy of YouTube.com and Cinema Libre
Also…here is the trailer from the 1998 version…
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Tag Archives: Ready Jet Go
There’s never been a better time to be a PBS Kid (or Parent!)
Did you watch PBS when you were a kid?
I did. I certainly can’t remember all of my viewing habits, but I can tell you unequivocally how comfortable, safe, and accepting it felt even as a toddler to be joined by furry friends on Sesame Street every afternoon. Or how I would run to grab my sneakers to tie and sweater to zip up when Mister Rogers would come walking through his door to open up windows to the world around us and remind us what it mean to be a kind, caring person throughout this thing called life.
I remember when Big Bird and I both needed clarity about Mr Hooper not being on Sesame Street anymore and how it’s okay to feel sad about someone leaving our lives, that grieving is a natural part of our emotions when someone dies. To this day I can’t see that scene where the grown-ups tell Big Bird that Mr Hooper isn’t coming back without feeling the same thing I did all those years ago. The handling of the topic, from producers to writers, to cast and crew, remains incredible.
Goodbye, Mr Hooper.
Beyond those shows, I can’t recall too much else that I watched. Maybe Romper Room, and when I was older a show called Square One, mostly because of a series within the series called Mathnet, a Dragnet spoof where math problems were used to solve mysteries.
And now 30+ years later, I can say with certainty that there’s never been a better time to be a PBS parent.
We still get new editions of classics like Sesame Street, going strong at almost 50 years old and still teaching not only basic skills like shapes, numbers, and letters that prepare a child for school, but lessons to hold onto our entire lives, such as kindness, acceptance, and staying true to yourself. And my wife can attest to the childlike glee I get when we see familiar faces like Bob or Gordon pop into even some of the newer episodes.
Likewise, the values, compassion, and wisdom of Fred Rogers live on in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood as the residents of the Neighborhood of Make Believe, previously known in puppet form on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, spring to life in full-color animation. From sharing, to helping, to dealing with feelings like sadness, jealousy or anger, the lessons of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood are essential not just to a child, but to all of us. Our daughter is only starting to speak, but one thing she’s almost guaranteed to utter is the musical tones that accompany the songs in Daniel Tiger when it’s on.
Of course, there’s so much new and exciting on PBS too. While my son enjoys the derring-do and superheroics, I laugh at all the hilarious situations and jokes as WordGirl tries to put villains, bad grammar and misused words to rest.
Ready, Jet, Go has not only kindled a fascination with space exploration in our son, but it has captured the attention and awe of our not quite two year old daughter as well. And, I for one, feel I’ve learned so much as an adult about our universe and the vast possibilities that await us beyond the stars thanks to Jet, his parents and friends, and Astronomer and Host Amy Mainzer.
Nature Cat revels in its silliness while showcasing how much fun can be had and how much can be learned simply by heading out to one’s own backyard, along with a little help from our imagination. It also features, I’m convinced, at least half of the cast of SNL.
Chris and Martin Kratt leap from live action exploration of the animal kingdom into an animated world that stresses the valuable balance of our ecosystem and the role that each animal plays within it. Along with that, of course, comes with the threats to that delicate ecosystem by human kind and those who wish to prey upon the animal and natural world for their own greedy gain. The Kratt Brothers have not only transformed our son into a walking animal encyclopedia of habits and interaction, but have made him aware at such a young age to think about his actions or the actions of others, affect the world around us.
And of course, there’s my favorite, Odd Squad, which I’ve gushed over many a time before, about an agency run by kids that uses math skills to solve problems of oddness in the world. If it’s a man with a fireplace in his stomach, a person with a laugh track following them around, or dog-obsessed villain looking to take over the world, Odd Squad is on the case. With it’s clever writing, excellent acting, and delicious sense of humor, any adult should be watching this show, regardless if there’s a kid in the room with them.
Then, there’s PBS Kids Family Night, which, in our household at least, has become the modern day equivalent of The Wonderful World of Disney that my wife and I enjoyed watching each week as kids. Family-friendly specials, movies, or marathons every Friday night (and rerun Saturday and Sunday night if you miss it) on the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel that have become ritual viewing for us. I pull out the air popper I bought almost 15 years ago, make a bowl of popcorn and we all gather in the living room for anything from Tiger Family Trip to Odd Squad the Movie, or Wild Kratts: Hero’s Journey. Our kids are already chomping at the bit to see the upcoming Ready Jet Go: Return to Bortron 7 coming up on a Family Night edition soon.
We have basic cable, and when we downsized (long before we had kids), we never looked back, finding all we needed in our television viewing right there on that handful of stations. And when we did have kids, PBS (and now PBS Kids, their 24/7 accompanying channel) became the default for children’s programming.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
PBS matters. It offers a gateway to the world for anyone with a television set. No premium channels and the associated pay along with it. Whether it’s arts and culture, or math, science, and reading – knowledge never goes out of style. It’s what allows us to understand one another, to find new ways to think, to move our world forward. And I can’t think of a greater way to use the power of broadcasting than to by empowering our children and future generations with the tools to keep our world, our society, ever moving.
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Greek Teams in UEFA
AEK make around 10 million from Europa League
It was a close run thing against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Europa League, as AEK Athens bowed out on the away goals rule at the Last 32 stage. Nevertheless, despite the loss, the Enosis earned a tasty sum of money.
Watch the all-important Greek SuperLeague derby between the leaders PAOK & third placed Olympiacos LIVE from AGONAsport.com on Sunday, Feb. 25th!
AEK began their memorable European campaign last August, falling to Russians CSKA Moscow 0:3 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The Athenians made around 420,000 euros from the largest club competition on the continent, then taking the standard 2.6 million as a result of qualifying for the Europa League group stage.
The Enosis drew five of six group matches against Rijeka, Austria Vienna and AC Milan, making 120,000 for every draw. However, for the one win over Croatian outfit Rijeka, AEK were gifted a further 360,00 euros, meaning that 720,000 was generated from the six matches. An extra figure of 300,000 was given for finishing second in Group D, while a bonus of 500,000 came after making the Last 32.
That’s without taking into account ticket sales at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. The most attended match in AEK’s dramatic European season was the headline fixture against Italian giants AC Milan, when 40,000 passionate Kitrinomavri fans packed out the OAKA. Over 1.5 million euros were brought in from tickets alone, a very tasty figure indeed.
Following the two Europa League Last 32 battles against Dynamo Kyiv, the Greeks have earned around 10 million euros from the 2017/2018 European season! Yes, the defeat may take some time to fully get over, but precious money has been drawn in.
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Facebook|Year in Review 2017: Baahubali, Jallikattu top buzz in India
Facebook takes a look back at the year 2017 and highlights the top moments where people came together and discussed various events both internationally and in the Indian context.
Below is the note released by Facebook, of all the things that kept India busy during the last year:
INDIA Note:
In India, the top ten things that people were talking about and reacting to in 2017 were:
Bahubali- The Conclusion: The Indian epic fantasy action film, that broke several records for Indian films.
Jallikattu: A traditional bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as part of the Pongal harvest festival
India vs Pakistan Final, ICC Champions Trophy 2017: The cricketing world awaits the high-voltage encounters of India and Pakistan, the ICC Champions Trophy finals was no different. The match drove conversations on key moments from the match and on the results
Superfast/Mail Trains in India:With few key announcements from the railway ministry in 2017, there was a lot of conversations around passenger experience in India
Vinod Khanna’s demise: Vinod Khanna was an Indian actor and producer of Bollywood films who passed away on 27th April 2017. There were a lot of eulogies and conversations around his life onFacebook
Chester Bennington's demise: The lead singer of Linkin Park passed away unexpectedly on July 20th, 2017, generating more than 8 million posts that day and an outpouring of support from fans around the world.
Lava Kusa: Lava Kusa an Indian Telugu-language action-drama film released in 2017, generated a lot of interest and conversations from fans
Yogi Adityanath: Yogi Adityanath was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh this year
Miss World in India:Manushi Chillar became the sixth Indian to win the coveted crown bringing an end to India’s dry spell of 17 years at the top pageant contest
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva
WitnessLA on Spectrum News Tuesday A.M. Talking About Newly Sworn In Sheriff Alex Villanueva
As you may or may not know, Spectrum Networks, the hyper-local cable news operation of Charter Communications, launched a much-praised Southern California news operation last month.
I’ll be on their morning news show on Tuesday at around 8 a.m. discussing what we know and don’t know about Los Angeles County’s brand new sheriff, Alex Villanueva.
Soon after, WitnessLA will publish our own coverage of Monday’s energetic and intriguing swearing in ceremony, plus a rundown of the concerns and the hopes that have been swirling around the launch of Sheriff Villanueva’s newly-birthed term as sheriff.
So watch this space.
Ronda Hampton says:
Celeste – I do hope that the media will get to know Alex Villanueva before predicting his failure and being over critical before he has even taken office. So much about the race for sheriff this term was biased in favor of McDonnell and many in the media I spoke to were not present for debates and straight out stated it was a waste of time to interview Alex Villanueva as essentially McDonnell was a shoe in. Of course there has been more interest after the primary but even that was biased. The Los Angeles Times, who sued McDonnell for lack of transparency, turned around and supported him. Behind the scenes, many of us ordinary citizens who were at the business end his lack of transparency needed McDonnell out of office as it was clear his efforts were only focused on presenting a pretty picture when all along his house continued to be dirty. Change is necessary and I hope Villanueva cleans house.
Very good points. However, those who lost will be bitter regardless. I will post again that the Never Villanuevas will carry their hate unto death. If your name was Hillary C or Jim McD we have elections and there can be only one winner.
Good Luck Alex
Exactly…. media portrayed a landslide of support of McDonnell. Voters spoke otherwise.
McD was an outsider that did fastrack organization reforms, yet still met resistance. Villanueva and team, all the best.
Just because says:
Good luck with that, looks like he has east la wearing their 10-30 pins again . He’s wearing it too! Welcome back clicks. Look in to that celeste.
(Boot and helmet pin) look in to it.
Don’t hate on pride and hard working deputies. You really are a hater, but no worries you may benefit from a sheriff that is one of us.
BADGECOLLECTOR says:
Just because your a loser! Get a life nothing wrong with a little station morale. Now step aside and let the line (worker bees)get back too work. Idiot!
Joe Nobuckles says:
This dude is a division chief who just got demoted to Lieutenant, I love Alex Villanueva now destroying the sharks eating the little fish….Now you crooked executives, taste a little of what hundred of little deputies felt under the reign of terror created by the McBuckles/Terán regime….the demoted executives should take a constitutional class along with Terán, son they don’t violate it again for political reasons…
Daniel Apolinar says:
Who are you? Pins were never 10-30 until the outsider entered my house. Does the military have insignias for individual units. Of course it does. The Boot and Helmet represent something that was earned at a price that you cannot comprehend.
steve mcqueen says:
OMG not a boot and helmet, the humanity. While she is at it she should look into other menacing logos such as the Marine Corps emblem or even better the US Army seal. After all it contains scary things such as a musket, bayonet, cannon, cannonballs, mortar, and mortar bombs. Oh my sounds like its a clique that glorifies violence!! You my freind are a panty waste and definately got stuffed in a trash can in grade school.
There is nothing menacing about a boot and helmet that represented the lack of Deputy Sheriffs’ during a very chaotic time during the East La Riots. It was a very tumultuous time in our history during the Chicano movement. On a personal note I am also Chicano. This represents the sacrafice that was made my my fellow Deputies to protect our community at all costs. This is what it means to persevere and protect the community which we serve. Those of us that chose to work at this”The oldest Station in our Department” understand the commitment and sacrafice that we made. But we also acknowledge the sacrafices that are made daily by our brothers and sisters throught our beloved Department. You made reference to scary logos and embles but what is scary is not knowing if you will return home at the end of your shift. Something you apparently know nothing about. May God Bless you and keep you well.
Ban the TUB says:
You should look into getting beyond someone who takes names, when the teacher isn’t looking…..
My comment was for “just because”,…
McBucklesEqualsWeak says:
Station pride. Morale. Horrible things, right?
Trek says:
VillaObama
Code 1M says:
Just because- that’s topic is dead already. I could argue all day on stations pins. I hope you never wear any jersey, college sweater, hat with logo, or any brand name for that matter.
Pin is workplace and accomplishment pride period!
He trained and worked there. Let him show that pride. It’s called Esprit De Corps
Mutual Assured Destruction says:
We should put the safety of the public first, do our jobs and stop worrying about who is working where, what uniforms we’ll be wearing, who was promoted and who was sent packing.
Cowboy says:
Bandido#1 says:
The Bandidos survive the purge. Viva Los Bandidos.
Bandifo#1….they need u at the gas pumps trustee
2kin says:
Hey Bandwagon please laugh at high school loser/poser bandido. He got off training at East Los and finally found a family to accept himt. He never made the football team, all the girls laughed at him and ignored him until he hot a badge a gun and a pension. Now he’s got the entire East Los Corrupt family behing him so he really feels like he’s apart of something. Its hilariously f’n pathetic. Jus laugh at him and move on…
Brass...........buckles? says:
What color was Alex’s buckle and snaps?
And real tough guys ARE NOT on political/social blog’s trying to act hard and show muscle. They’re pretty good at letting their presence and there reputation do the talking…go back to ur east los family spook.
And you are? East Los!!!!!! Finally a Sheriff acknowledging the Fort. Hey South La, Cen, Toma Putos!!!
Asesino de Gallos says:
This is childish… grow up… we are all tan and green. I do believe in station pride but this type of behavior is unnecessary. Grow up.
Timeforchange says:
You’re exactly the reason pins and logos become unwarranted. Probably the most you’ve ever done on your careeer is run your mouth!
Caveman says:
@Bandido….spoken like a true idiota (cholo). Ponte trucha ese.
ELA2 says:
@Bandido#1: Go back to Bev/Mar with rest of your fat lazy inked brothers! only thing you guys do well, is talk shit and call cups! Have you started a collection for the fellas yet?? They’ll need it for the legal fees and boxing lessons so they don’t have to sucker punch! MAKE EAST LOS GREAT AGAIN! VIVA VILLANUEVA!
Go hide in Commerce or Cudahy pinche mucoso!!!!
You’re a joke! Hide behind social media.
Sympathy for the Gleanable says:
(@Bandidos#1, Civil Service Commission, and County Supervisors–here is one argument you might consider)
Alex’s push toward meritocracy and the end of patronage corruption within the LASD obviously makes good sense and is empirically supported by this handy study from UC Berkeley’s Guo Xu. A similar, smaller scale study might be performed of the LASD covering the last 20 years—though costs would need to be defined differently. Alex himself and other talented people were casualties of the LASD patronage system. So was the public. What professor Xu doesn’t account for is bi-directional patronage (the nature of the study didn’t permit it), where, say, well-organized deputies at a particular patrol station or custody floor, can capture management functions and prerogatives. A patronage distortion and cost can exist in the upward direction too, unnecessarily weakening line supervision and station management. Good leadership and equilibrium prevents the distortion and is the key to the successful organization serving the public. Seems Alex would prefer the equilibrium model, but time will tell. Xu’s piece is worth a quick read, especially since it gives a nod to the historical functions of civil service.
The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British Empire
Guo Xu
VOL. 108, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2018
(pp. 3170-98)
Abstract: I combine newly digitized personnel and public finance data from the British colonial administration for the period 1854-1966 to study how patronage affects the promotion and incentives of governors. Governors are more likely to be promoted to higher salaried colonies when connected to their superior during the period of patronage. Once allocated, they provide more tax exemptions, raise less revenue, and invest less. The promotion and performance gaps disappear after the abolition of patronage appointments. Patronage therefore distorts the allocation of public sector positions and reduces the incentives of favored bureaucrats to perform.
Such is The Way..... says:
Isn’t this the story of most, if not all federal, state, local, public, private and mom and pop agencies. Those in power promote and favor those who they like, are related to, have common interests with or share other common bond with at the expense of the talented or truly qualified.
Nepotism, cronyism, favoritism, racism, sexism and whatever other “isms” are all alive, active and well and not going anywhere.
Human Nature….
McBuckles says:
Haha. Those moron Banditos don’t understand. He will just get mad and try to fight u. Many good dudes over there. But the ones commenting up there hide their true person to get places, but they always mess up at some point. Morons, like the CJ party, ELA party/fight, will always end up the same. That’s why those dudes cry and talk shit. Really Banditos. U idiots still can’t see having a mascot like that is bad. Hey world, my mascot is hitler a Mexican version. Lol. Changing it to PENDEJO would be more accurate.
Ya Ya, confirm
SERVICES says:
Deputies will soon be allowed to join PPOA. Don’t like your union join PPOA. We offer insurance, notary services, immediate sr-22 filing, haircuts, water, immigration services , USPS, Fed-ex, copies & fax, water, we make keys, amusement park tickets, give small business advice, free pop corn and kool aid while you wait. We’re a one stop shop.
A TWERKING DEPUTY says:
@ services do you know if they offer tattoo removal ? I have some hideous tatts on my arms that I totally regret! You know peer pressure from your fellow co workers. I wanted to fit like the rest of them but now that I’m getting older and wiser ugh! P. S. Do you offer palm readings????
Micah M says:
Not sure if this is true regarding PPOA, but if it is you are a PATHETIC UNION! You need to provide and look out for your union members. They keep you in business. SHAME ON YOU!!!!
20/20 says:
Nothing trumps a choice. For many, PPOA is more diplomatic and transparent than ALADS. Even though PPOA did not endorse Villanueva in which he’ll never forget, also know that Alex will never forget ALADS’s cloak of deceit and failure to allow members to know where, who and how finances were being dispersed. That was over 20 years ago and alas nothing has changed.
So did anyone else attending the meeting today feel that our new Sheriff may not have thought his game plan completely through. Who is advising him? Oscar Meyer?
All is Lost says:
Excuse me why I pour another drink. Attended the most surreal meeting I have ever had in my career. The emperor said we had no brass. All ordered to take off rank as he said there is one Sheriff and your all deputies.
He gave guidelines if you want to make Captain. This from a guy who was about to make a Lt into an A/S until Bob and Ray throttled him this weekend.
No one still knows who thier Chiefs are.
He even called out a well respected Commander a few times asking him when he is retiring. There goes an age discrimination suit.
He was telling people they have to demote to gain his guidelines to promote by working Custody or a WC spot etc. AV, if it is not from DHR on the bulletin it doesn’t disqualify. Of course you could keep those requirements secret and judge on that but you aren’t that smart.
Afterwords I heard many many people talking litigation and lawsuits. For every Million paid out that will be 6 less deps on the street. My god he will bankrupt the Department.
Bob and Ray, you have street Cred. But the longer you go along with this insane management you will lose all your reputation.
But that’s only because no one ever mans/women’s up. People feel entitled, when they truly are not. It’s true. There is only 1 Sheriff. That should resinate in your mind. Bring you down from your cloud. Everyone else is a deputy, so stop fucking everyone over. The truth hurts. I’ve seen fake ass law suits on this dept. That’s not going to stop. But for once someone is going to run a merit based promotional system. People that don’t deserve shit are always the ones that cry the loudest. The humble people of the world just keep their heads down and keep working.
He told us not to wear our rank and basickly humiliated us all day today. This is hostile work environment. Many of us plan to file a lawsuit. Don’t even feel like going to work anymore.
M.E.G. says:
It brings me great pleasure and happiness to hear that the new Sheriff did that. What did you expect a hug? A party? Or a thank you because you are “doing the lords work”?. Sorry only Medical Doctors do the LORDS work. Some of you have lost focus and have become self -serving individuals acting for your own benefit and at the expense of deputies. Not all, but most you and you know who you are. All of a sudden the tables have turned and it’s time for the fire to be lit under your A$$ (Karma). Most of you are Self-righteous A/H’s displaying that holier-than-thou attitude. There is a new Sheriff in town and it seems that he is trying to make you see that you don’t have to burn your personnel in order to get that promotion. McBuckles led by fear and intimidation and you dupes followed in his footsteps.
Pinche crybabies.
Pareces vieja .. man up … The Sheriff Department doesn’t tolarete weakness
Oh cry me a river. How about you just harden the F*** up?
HAS BEEN says:
Dude, just retire already. Maybe it’s time. The truth hurts and sometimes a little difficult to absorb. It’s ok you can buy a Dodge Charger with your own money they’re always on sale. However, make sure you get the 3.5 liter because the Hemi 5.7 liter does use a lot of gas, and you know the saying “County gas is the best gas”. Yes you can also buy some aftermarket police package to make you feel like you haven’t lost it or that power you think you have in your pathetic little mind. Geeez get a life you poser.
You must be one of those who like to bully little people, and know you feel bullied and crying the loudest, classic…
Generalhuthut says:
A few people spoke about the moment he had you pull your rank off your collars. The ones who had nothing to worry about, laughed a bit, shrugged it off and went with the flow and understood the meaning. Some of you who like to hide behind the brass on your collars straight bitched up and looked panicked. My guess is you did the latter…
Sexy me says:
Sue him asap ,he can’t do that. This is crazy coming from a guy you never saw capt or commander
@Sexy me ….Relax you punk, you rat, you bum, you mooch! Sue sue sue sue get back to your EBI nonsense.
@All is Lost….Evidently, you are 390 already, based on your spelling (i.e., why s/b while, thier s/b their).
Shocked says:
Wow Calvary Chapel man, you just didn’t drink the Kool-Aid, you guzzled it.
A county citizen says:
@ all is lost! Stfu and stop acting like a labor law attorney! You wouldn’t even survive a year in law school if your life depended on it! You wouldn’t know the difference between a tort or a tortilla if your life depended on it! And no you cannot earn a law degree online in cyberspace… so keep getting thoes bs diplomas in supervisory management , baffoonery supervisory school! Guess what All thoes peon degrees are useless in the real world!
You're forgetting someone says:
Meanwhile back at the Ranch, the little people who push your paper, are sitting ducks without any foundation..
It’s ok, loss of confidence and trust are going to hurt most where everyone is ignoring…
Pay attention, because we are.
Josh Rodriguez says:
I do not agree with all the comments and pity cries from some of these folks. You should absolutely do your time on patrol before you start climbing. After all, we are Policemen and patrol is the fundamental duty of an agency. I remember seeing people stamp their ghetto ticket and begin climbing the ladder while the rest of us stayed in the trenches for years because we wanted to. It would really get under Ratviles’ skin.
Superduty says:
Bandito #1 #2 # 3 Real ELA “Cavemen” would meet at the ER, parking lot between the station and SEB or sometimes Belvedere park for “sodas”. Our gathering’s were at Kennedy or Tequilas, with no fights between deputies. I guess times have changed. If you are legit act your age, you only wish you could really work patrol!
Gottem says:
Esssoooo.. bandito #1 straight menso… already starting shit with other stations.. dude needs to stfu and realize we are all one team.. we all wear the tan and green.. AV knows what he needs to do and will get it done!!
I jus swish to Geico and saved a sheeet load of dinero!!!!
Born Again says:
I was in that meeting today and had to hold back my tears of joy. Finally someone with a military mind that understands true leadership and compassion for the workabees. I have to admit, I underestimated AV. After today, he in my eyes is the only Sheriff (I’ve worked for 3) GETS IT! Keep moving along with your plan Alex and you will have the support from those of us that have paid our dues doing the right thing. The only ones I heard complaining were the well known suck asses who jumped from under the desk to behind the desk their entire career and fucked over deputies on their way to the top. The only stats they have is the stats of deputy write ups and punishments. Keep talking shit and my next post will be listing of the names of those bitching, complaining and crying all day long. The list of course won’t surprise anyone. Good job AV, you made me a believer today and I will pull my retirement just to help you bring the shine back on the star.
What the... says:
@BORN AGAIN: You’ve worked only for 3 sheriffs (including AV?) and are talking about pulling your retirement? Some of us in the room have worked for 5 (including interim Scott and now AV), dude!
I don’t count Scott as a Sheriff tough guy. I can only guess who you are, but with this blog being coward friendly, it can be any one of the chief’s aids that were bitching. Your days are numbered and let’s see how you deal with wearing a gun belt finally. This is great.
MATH says:
@ what the….. doing the math.
Block 1982-1998
Baca 1998 1 2014
McDonnell 2014 -2018
Scott (Faux)
Let’s just say “Bornagain”started in 1982. Three sheriffs ago until now. Wouldn’t that be approximately 35 years of service ?
Do we need to explain simple math like we would a child. That’s the problem with you people. You guys need to retire. There’s life after the LASD. There is no reason for you to stay. We don’t want your negative influence. Go fishing, help with the grandkids, just leave and enjoy life we’re not on this earth forever.
Haha Airforce lol that’s not military bro. Weak ass foo shut up with that. His time and service don’t count in my book.
Amen, brother!
@ Born Again ….Please disclose those names. I want to confirm what most of us already know. Thank You
Brother the guy was airforce not even a real one. Not a warrior so don’t give me that. A war a ranger and no need to brag about it.
“Brother the guy was airfare not even a real one.”
He served in a Troop Carrier squadron and as an ex-Army paratrooper (187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division; the 187th can be Googled if you don’t know who they are) I know full well what USAF Troop Carrier units do.
Tip-of-the-spear-stuff.
Amen born again, I would work with you any time of the day….god bless you…be a leader and tell your peers to man up….
Jimmy Graciano says:
Post the names
I was a ranger and real one no need to brag about that loser so don’t give me that.
Uggs says:
He came in like a dictator today. He demeaned and humiliated good people. He didn’t have to do it this way. It’s all about revenge. So he wants everyvody to prove their worthiness to him?? So he is the one that failed the lieutenant’s test four times! He brings back people who have been gone for years. He is promoting people and skipping ranks. But to strip these people of bars and stars that they worked hard for and were proud to wear was disgusting. He looks like a bully and when the cities hear they are not being included just watch out. This could have been done so differently. This is a revenge act.
La Quifa says:
Sounds like you need a hug sugarlips.
AV is the sheriff you are a deputy, you are not getting fired just placed in the right spot, so why are you crying? What about all the little deputies you fabricated cases against to get your rank? They are not getting paid…
@uggs It may not be the management style you want, but he IS right. There is one sheriff. If you’re not him, you are a deputy, albeit with some rank.
For the past 4 long years we have heard a word thrown about and used as an excuse to justify destroying lives and ruining careers. It was used as a punch line as the unworthy rose to positions they achieved on the backs of the hard-working men and women that form the backbone of this department. That word is how being applied to us all, and it will be embraced by those who are truly worthy while it will be balked at by those who know they are lacking. ACCOUNTABILITY.
This whining and bellyaching about the new boss being mean and hurting the feelings of the weaklings who also wear brass adornments is embarrassing to those of us who understand what it truly means to be a leader. This talk of lawsuits and complaining to DHR is beneath us. Those who are complaining the loudest are the same ones who sat by quietly so long as it wasn’t happening to them. The shoe is now on the other foot.
I can confidently look myself in the mirror with the knowledge I have worked for and earned the respect of those I have been privileged to lead. I have never taken part in railroading a deputy. I have held those below me to the same standard I hold for myself. Throughout my time on the department, I have never thought I had a “right” to lead. I have always thought it was a privilege to serve and to look out for my subordinates.
I have learned my lessons along the way and have tried to never lose sight of the fact my badge reads “deputy sheriff” first and foremost regardless of what is engraved under it.
Never mind the whiners. They are the reason this was a necessary move.
Amen sir….
Uggs:
“So he is the one that failed the Lieutenant’s test four times.”
My information is that he passed it four times but didn’t get promoted, which is one reason why he’s so pissed off.”
Conquistador says:
Yet I bet you were the first in line after you were demeaned & humiliated to shake his hand and say “Congrats Sir”……..save it
Very enlightening discussions but reality will eventually have to set in. We want Alex to succeed but he is handing everyone opportunities to sue, because he set a standard in public that cant be followed. When one of his besties gets promoted without touching all the bases he told us today, everyone else has open game to sue. Again, just like Baca and McDonnell, Alex doesn’t have anyone teaching him the important aspects of Sheriff. Unfortunately if nobody steps up he will fail. The Federal Court will be back for failure to follow the agreed upon consent decree. The Grand Jury will go after him for changing the DEPARTMENT’S agreement. And social groups, cities and citizens will bombard the Board of Supervisors for a fix that will be impossible to correct. Someone please step up and tell Alex not only how to lead but how our bureaucracy works.
Wow, you are to upset, come on you are getting paid, there is no loss of anything…,pain and suffering is not enough lol
I see all the legal experts are jumping on board the AV bashing bandwagon. They may want to reread the MOU and Title VII, and let us all know what protected category is the display of metal on your collar. Maybe the bootlickers with little law enforcement experience can lobby to become a new protected class?
I’d say the tide is turning the other way towards merit, not cronyism. The only “loss” people can identify is the loss of privilege, nothing more.
The law says:
It doesn’t matter what your mou says !! You just can’t treat people that way, or discriminate people base on color age or gender. Read your California labor laws crazy. I heard he told several commanders to retire because they are to old to perform their duties, so yes we have a case sir. Oh yeah and no I’m not a deputy sheriff. We have a few other things , but can’t really Talk about this case .
I heard Elvis is still alive, but that doesn’t make it true. You really need to educate yourself on what constitutes discrimination and adverse employment actions.
@CONCERNED: You reminded me of what my mentors taught me after each promotion: take it slow, take time to learn and get to know your people and who the players are. It is not happening here. Nevertheless, I’m more concerned about Sheriff AV’s plans to change policies and procedures that have been tried and true and survived legal challenges. Has he even consulted with county counsel on any of his plans? Then there are the contract cities which believe it or not, and whether we like it or not, have a lot of influence on how our Department as a whole will provide L/E services to them. If they don’t like the changes, they will undoubtedly bail out of our contracts to co-op with other PDs or venture out on their own, then what… loss of personnel positions.. loss of revenue…?! For the time being, the contract cities will undoubtedly continue to receive top notch services by our station personnel, but I venture the unincorporated areas will suffer because of the benefits that illegal immigrants will reap from the reigns coming loose (as per his support for the sanctuary city law) regarding enforcement of 14601’s and 12500’s and our Department’s tow/storage policies and cite-outs, etc., and not to mention the street vendors which comes with the territory. I, took exert that today’s stripping of the ranks was degrading and humiliating. I must compare it to the shaving of the hair off the military recruits and stripping them of all their personal belongings to remove all identities, life accomplishments. This is the ritual that Marxist, socialist, and dictators do to exert their authority, frankly. We all are grown men and women, with children and grandchildren, and so it was uncalled for, and very unnecessary. I realize the Sheriff has some axes to grind from the past, and they are understandable, but what I saw today was alarmingly akin to someone with so much potential morphing into that which he hated.
Truth and reconciliation says:
Alex, if you’re reading this, we the majority agree and respect your vision and plan. We the majority who have paid our dues will be good soldiers and execute your plan of action. The whinny bitches on this thread only represent about 25-30 donkies who are in cush admin spots and predominantly aides on the 8th floor. Rid these clowns and roll em up to patrol. If you don’t they will be a cancer and will leak information to their former bosses. It shouldn’t be hard to roll them up since hardly any of them did any time in a radio car. Drain the swamp Alex. Don’t leave any of the old corrupt regime behind. They need to be back wearing Sam brown and a vest. Trust me on this one. These clowns were already talking about pushing back.
Roll them up Alex, get all the rats out of the Hall of Justice and send the pest control to make sure they are gone. All little deputies support you and are extremely happy about the sanitation operation you have undertaken…you are really the little people hero when it was most needed….
Badge Collector says:
I concur with the above comments roll these pos up! But I would even go lower too the Sgt level. You have a lot of weiners in that group also who take advantage of their subordinates while they sit behind the desk all shift polishing the seats! Total waste of skin…
Anthony Brown says:
I wasn’t there yesterday but from what I have heard, AV made the case that you have to work in Patrol and Custody for a certain number of years to gain “legitimacy” and a well rounded base for future promotion(s). Also sounds like he asked people to take a step back if they have not earned their promotion or can’t handle it because they aren’t ready.
This is the fifth Sheriff I have worked for and the first who seems to be messaging, in mixed company, about pushing up through the ranks and earning each step of the way. I mean for a guy bringing back two retired commanders, who have been gone for years and making them U/S and A/S as well as having one Captain jump to A/S and two Captains jump to Chief is rich…do as I say, not as I do seems to be the example put forth.
NoMoreBrassBuckles says:
Are you dumb or just deliberately being obtuse? Executive appointments are different than promotions. There is no need to promote only from the next lower rank for those positions. They serve at the will of the Sheriff. He could make his mom A/S if he wanted to. Did you really expect that he wouldn’t simply select who he wanted?? If you have a problem with that, I suggest you run against him in 4 years. I, for one, think he’s off to a strong start. I am excited for what it will bring our department. It is a much-needed and welcome change.
Apparently I am annoyingly slow to you but I know this….all that talking he supposedly did about doing a number of years and having time to gain experiences to learn the next step, be it a promotion to an Executive position (Capt and Commander included) or an appointment to Chief or above means a lot less to all as a result of his moves. There is a lot to learn for everyone. Hopefully, the baptism by fire works out okay. We need it to.
Burrito#1. Tell me more about your great leader on AM shift. I think you call him the “godfather” or “grandfather”. I can’t tell if u have to kiss his ring or his ass. If it’s the guy Im thinking about…..he was always on the patch, yet never had anyone in his backseat. Once in awhile you youngsters need to get out of the car and chase somebody…..
There is NO lawsuit if the employee’s pay is not reduced. The Sheriff can order a Commander to work 162B on earlies if he wants to. The Commander would have ABSOLUTELY NO recourse.
A reduction of pay is the only thing that would give that Commander a grievance case.
Word is, the Sheriff is going to put some Lts and above in their “experience appropriate” positions while keeping their current pay grade. I think it’s Fucking awesome!!
Moving forward, he’s laying a blueprint for promotion. Again, Fucking awesome!!! What a concept. Experience based promotions!!
well it’s also consider harassment ………. the sheriff needs to learn California law. This is crazy coming from a guy who couldn’t pass his Lt test, took him 4 times to passed and yes the guy who only had 200 stats during his entire career, what does that tell you????? do your research guys. How can he implement leadership when he didn’t have any at all. He’s also claiming military background lolol what background he was Airforce! which consist of playing video games all day ………..
sue him asap, you guys have a case trust me especially the age discrimination part . ( hostile work environment)
“Who couldn’t pass his Lt test, took him 4 times….’
He passed all four times but didn’t get promoted, which is why he’s so pissed off.
S918 says:
YEP YEP I HEARD HE WANTS ALL THE OLD FOLKS OUT!!!, I GUESS HE TOLD SOMEONE OUT THERE HE WANTS A NEW GENERATION FOR THE DEPATMENT. HE ALSO ENCOURAGE NUMEROUS DEPUTIES FROM ELA TO START GETTING READY BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO START PROMOTING SOME OF US. HE WANTS OUR LEADERSHIP TO SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTY. DOES’T LOOK LIKE HE TRUSTS OTHER STATIONS AND I DON’T BLAME HIM FOR THAT. LET’S BE REAL YOU CAN’T COMPARE NO OTHER STATION OUT THERE TO ELA…WE ARE THE BEST AND HIS NUMBER ONES . SO SO SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM WEARING OUR PIN AGAIN. PURO PURO ELA.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too Much.... says:
WOW! So devoid of reality, not even remotely believable. No one station or facility stands above others or can stand alone no matter how much huffing, puffing and flexing is done to try and make it so. If one station or facility badass, just as the state of California floated secession, present a proposal to the citizens of the community you serve and BOS to become your own independent badass PD. That way, you can separate off from the thousands of “lesser than cops” that patrol the “cotton candy lined” easy streets of the south land.
Bandido #1 says:
Ju got that right. Can’t wait to be a Sargente!!!!!!
B. Moore says:
Just curious why all you tough guy know it alls hide behind a made up name, especially all the so wannabe gangster Banditos
Bandito #2 says:
Chale Holmes….
Getalife says:
Holy cow, what a bunch of morons. You finally get to brag about your station (ELA) but you fail to realize that you sound like uneducated, insecure pre-teens trying to fit into the cool crowd. No other station can compare to ELA? You know, you’re right, no other station issues cool moustaches when you get off training. Grow up children. Regardless of who our boss is, shouldn’t we just worry about hard work and personal responsibility?
You’re right you can’t compare no other station to ours culera or culero. East Los East Los and what eyy.
I see you!!! says:
Your sentence structure in your post is written just like your 3rd grade level 49s. You are an embarrassment.
@Bandido # 3….no mames guey!
Chale puto!
East Los East Los and what ese, the sheriff gots our back and what jotos. Century Compton Carson Norwalk Lennox valen madre and ill say it to your cara anytime jotos culeros.
Bandido #3 = Baboso says:
@ Bandido 3. Ya callate pendejo estupido ignorante. You sound like a fool when you speak like a gangster. Second thought I’m sure you are a Deputy Gangster (Cholo) that slipped through the cracks. You are pathetic and it embarrassing that you work for the LASD. Loser!
Hola y adios says:
I have a question, where were these critics before AV became sheriff, where were they when MCD was terminating deputies left and right with made Up charges, were they commenting on that no, or how deputies were losing their jobs, wives, homes, and put through hell by they department. Did the department ever say we are sorry, no. So I ask why now, why do you come out when Sheriff Villanueva. Is doing what he promised he was going to do during his campaign. So they dont have bars on their collars, did they lose anything, mo. Paycheck still coming. Same pay and everything. They still have their spots, so what’s the problem? Or was it ok because the last name was McDonnell and this new sheriff is villaneva, please explain it to me, no deputy or supervisor has lost their job. What is the problem.
Cut that out villanaka we know this is you talking. It’s harassment you big dummy you don’t want these folks because they are old and you feel like they can’t do the job anymore.
Simon ese…..
Been There, Seen That says:
Alex, I know you read these crazy posts, so this one is for you. I’ve gleaned from what I read here, that you have said you are not going to consult the Contract Cities on the appointment of their station Captains. If not true, disregard this. If true, you might want to reconsider. First, I disagreed with the notion of ever letting the cities have a say in this regard. As an area Commander I have been involved in this process and sat in on interviews of potential station commanders by the local city managers. Occasionally, they would ask me my opinion. Sometimes not. Seldom, in my judgement, did they pick the right person. We, the LASD, know these individuals much better than any city manager can glean from a 30 minute interview and a review of a resume. It is a ridiculous process and far from what is best for all concerned. BUT, they have come to expect that privilege. To take that away at this time is not in the best interests of the LASD in the long run. We NEED a strong network of Contract Cities. And the last thing the LASD, and you, need is for the cities to start looking around for alternatives. Let that one sit until you feel very comfortable with broaching the subject with the cities at a future date, if ever. Just make sure that potential candidates are 100% can’t misses. Unfortunately, from my experiences, that has not always been the case, especially when executive cronies and favorites have been inserted in to the process.
My take on this says:
Need college degree to apply
Max out with two stripes at custody without patrol experience
Custody Sergeants must go to patrol to keep stripes
3000 new patrol deps
New force policy coming
So I hear…sure there is more.
My take on this:
“Need college degree to apply.”
The college degree is the Associate’s, which is the degree awarded by the Community Colleges.
This requirement is doable because, by State law, there must be access to a Community College in every High school District in the State, so that even in the most remote parts of the State there’ll be access to a nearby Community College.
I remember traveling through Quincy some time ago.
Quincy is a small town ‘way up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, reachable only by winding, mountainous two-lane state highway.
The biggest, most modern building in the town is the Community College–Feather River College.
Real Talk says:
Military service especially Marine Corps and Army beats out required degrees for many starting out in the law enforcement. To move up the ranks in administration positions with a degree is another story which would apply once you’re in.
AA, I been to AA ese. Now I can be un Sargente tambien!!!!!!
Cognistator:
Do-able for anyone who really wants to get in this field. I was told Associates degree minimum but others said BA/BS.
For the L.A. area the BA/BS requirement is probably doable because, off the top of my head, I can think of four CSU campuses within about thirty miles of downtown L.A. In the CSU system a student can just take a few units at a time towards the Baccalaureate whereas in the U.C. system a student must carry a full load–twelve units.
Our new Sheriff, let us not forget, has a Master’s from CSU-Northridge.
Good luck with that as an LASD requirement. The pay scale will have to be much more than what it currently is along with perks. Most people who get degrees will not put up with the known shenanigans in LASD. After LASD is cleaned up a bit more with incentives and clear promotional guidelines for having degrees, then recruitment will see an upward movement.
Side Lines says:
This is what I found, not CSU-Northridge
“earning an Associate of Arts, a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Public Administration, and culminating with a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of La Verne in 2005.”
Didn’t Baca have fancy degrees from USC, etc? A degree does not impress me, although spending years correcting deputy reports, education couldn’t hurt.
Having a degree and writing reports as a young deputy, the sergeant always said we had to dummy up the reports with simple language and words so the attorneys and jurors would be able to understand them.
Side Lines:
Alex Villanueva’s educational trajectory:
1. Associate’s degree, Community College in San Bernardino
2. Baccalaureate: State University of New York
3. Master’s: CSU-Northridge
4. Doctorate: University of La Verne
Only the Doctorate came from the University of La Verne.
My bad. Thanks
Celeste Fremon says:
Dear “EL APACHE LOCO,”
I deleted both of your comments because they include serious accusations against someone you refer to by name, and that is not permitted in this forum.
Anti Banditos says:
Hey Banditos, has your sheriff taken care of your punk leaders who like to jump trainees? You guys should be ashamed of yourselves, trying to come across as tough guys and eses…Viva La Raza…bunch of PUNKS!!!
Chingas su puta madre
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Ravens seize first place in AFC North, aiming for first division title since 2012
After securing their biggest December victory in a long time on Saturday, the Ravens finally got some help in their quest for the postseason.
With Pittsburgh falling at New Orleans on Sunday, Baltimore took over first place in the AFC North and will secure its first division championship since 2012 with a win over Cleveland next Sunday. The Ravens (9-6) would also clinch a division title if the Steelers (8-6-1) lose to Cincinnati, but John Harbaugh’s team would be eliminated from postseason contention with a loss to the Browns and a Pittsburgh victory over the Bengals. In the unlikely event of a Ravens tie and a Steelers win — leaving both teams with the same record — Pittsburgh would win the division because of a better division record.
Baltimore is seeking its first trip to the playoffs since 2014.
The start of next Sunday’s tilt against Baker Mayfield and the Browns at M&T Bank Stadium was moved to 4:25 p.m. as part of the NFL’s Week 17 flexible scheduling to feature the matchups with playoff implications more prominently. The Steelers-Bengals game will also kick off at 4:25 at Heinz Field.
The Ravens currently hold the No. 4 seed in the AFC and would have a home rematch with the Los Angeles Chargers if the playoffs were to begin today, but an unlikely path to a first-round bye — and the No. 2 seed — still exists if New England were to fall at home to the New York Jets and Houston were to lose at home to Jacksonville in Week 17. Baltimore would rise to the No. 3 spot with a win and a single loss by the Patriots or Texans.
According to the New York Times playoff simulator, the Ravens currently hold a 77-percent chance of winning the AFC North and a seven-percent chance of earning a first-round bye.
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With biggest December win in years, Ravens can now be called contenders
The plot points were there for the same old story to play out for the Ravens on Saturday night.
They had dominated the Los Angeles Chargers in the first half, but an offense that had produced 223 yards — 119 on the ground — netted only six points by halftime after going 0-for-3 inside the red zone.
Lamar Jackson’s 68-yard touchdown pass to fellow rookie Mark Andrews and Justin Tucker’s 56-yard field goal created a 16-10 lead with just over 20 minutes to play, but the Ravens would go three-and-out on their next three possessions, gaining a total of eight yards. That newfound formula of running the ball and controlling the clock was nowhere to be found as the first 10 rushes of the second half produced only 21 yards and the Ravens possessed the ball for less than 12 minutes.
When Sam Koch’s punt from his own end zone was returned 24 yards by Desmond King to the Baltimore 39, the stage was set for eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers on a short field with three minutes to go. A defense that had dominated throughout the night would need one more stop to keep the Ravens’ playoff hopes alive.
We knew how this movie ended in Pittsburgh on Christmas two years ago and against Cincinnati last New Year’s Eve, not to mention other late-game failures that have factored into the Ravens missing the playoffs in four of the last five years. Only two weeks ago, a fourth-and-9 miracle from Patrick Mahomes to Tyreek Hill with under two minutes to go thwarted an upset bid in Kansas City.
Another commendable effort with a “yeah, but…” attached.
“We’ve had our backs to the wall all year,” head coach John Harbaugh told his team in the post-game locker room in Carson, California. “For whatever reason, we’ve been fighting our ass off, but we haven’t been able to punch through.”
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— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 23, 2018
Those words came after linebacker Patrick Onwuasor punched the ball out from future Hall of Fame tight end Antonio Gates and slot cornerback Tavon Young returned the fumble 62 yards for a touchdown to give the Ravens a 22-10 lead. Several plays later, top corner Marlon Humphrey sealed Baltimore’s biggest December win in years with an end-zone interception.
The rookie Jackson and a unique run-heavy offense have understandably dominated the headlines since the bye week, but a top-ranked defense pressured Rivers relentlessly with four sacks and eight quarterback hits, held Pro Bowl running back Melvin Gordon to 54 total yards, and bottled up Keenan Allen and other Chargers receivers in coverage. It was as dominant as a Ravens defense had looked in a critical game — for a full 60 minutes — in a long, long time.
And with that victory, the Ravens can now be considered contenders — while understanding they still need to take care of business next week. It was nearly 10 years ago to the day that the Ravens and a rookie quarterback visited the favorite Dallas Cowboys needing a Week 16 win to keep their playoff hopes alive. That team won and was playing in the AFC Championship four weeks later. The Ravens will hardly be Super Bowl favorites if they do qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2014, but taking the mighty Chiefs to overtime in Kansas City and dominating the Chargers — considered the latest darling in the AFC — will force teams to take notice.
What perhaps made the win more impressive was how far from perfect the Ravens were. Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn deemed it a “miracle” that his team even had a chance at the end after being “outcoached” and “outplayed” on Saturday night. The Ravens never got into their second-half formula that’s worked so well while winning five of the last six games, but Jackson’s beautiful touchdown strike came moments after the game appeared to be slipping away with Kenneth Dixon’s fumble and a quick Los Angeles touchdown to start the second half.
Yes, the offense should have done much more in that first half, making for a glass half-empty or half-full proposition. But the defense did it all, flashing a championship quality that’s been absent from the good statistical units of recent years by slamming the door on the Chargers’ final opportunity.
It’s a group composed of notable names still productive but past their prime, a Pro Bowl inside linebacker whose greatness is still debated, a potential future star in Humphrey, and a number of solid-to-good players who complement each other well. Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has deployed that depth so effectively as Rivers — a future Hall of Famer arguably having his best season — became Baltimore’s latest victim on Saturday.
How far might the Ravens be able to go in January?
That question should wait another week, but their biggest victory in years spoke for itself on Saturday night. Anything is possible after changing the ending for which we all were bracing as Onwuasor stripped the ball and Young scooped and scored.
“We’re still not punched through,” added Harbaugh in his post-game speech, referring to next week’s tricky contest with Baker Mayfield and a much-improved Cleveland team. “We’ve still got one more win to get punched through.”
The difference is you now expect the Ravens to do it.
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Ravens-Chargers: Inactives and pre-game notes
The Ravens’ path to an AFC wild card took another hit Saturday before their critical contest against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With Tennessee beating Washington earlier in the day, Baltimore needs a win to remain in wild-card contention. A loss would leave the Ravens needing Pittsburgh to lose its last two games to give them the opportunity to still win the AFC North with a Week 17 win over Cleveland. In other words, John Harbaugh’s team needs a win.
The biggest surprise among the Ravens’ inactives was running back Buck Allen being a healthy scratch for the first time this season. Versatile running back Ty Montgomery was deactivated last week, but he is active for Week 16, joining starter Gus Edwards and Kenneth Dixon in the backfield rotation.
Guard Alex Lewis (shoulder) is officially inactive and will miss his third straight game, meaning veteran James Hurst or rookie Bradley Bozeman will start at left guard. The pair rotated at the position in last week’s win over Tampa Bay.
In bigger news, Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen is active after being listed as questionable on the final injury report. The Pro Bowl wideout suffered a hip pointer in a Week 15 Thursday game, but the extra rest helped in his recovery as he was able to practice on a limited basis by the end of the week.
Los Angeles also welcomes back Pro Bowl running back Melvin Gordon after a three-game absence due to a knee injury. Backup running back Austin Ekeler (neck) is inactive after being listed as doubtful.
The referee for Saturday’s game is Clete Blakeman.
According to Weather.com, the Saturday night forecast in Carson, California calls for clear skies and temperatures in the low 60s with winds five to 10 miles per hour and no chance of precipitation.
The Ravens are wearing white jerseys with white pants while Los Angeles dons navy blue jerseys and navy blue pants for Week 16.
Saturday marks the 12th all-time regular-season meeting between these teams with the Ravens holding a 6-5 advantage. The Chargers were 4-3 against Baltimore in San Diego, but this marks the first game between these teams since the former’s move to Carson.
Below are Saturday’s inactives:
QB Robert Griffin III
WR Jordan Lasley
LB Tim Williams
DL Zach Sieler
FB/DL Patrick Ricard
RB Austin Ekeler
TE Sean Culkin
WR Dylan Cantrell
DE Anthony Lanier
DT T.Y. McGill
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Ravens-Chargers: Five predictions for Saturday night
Anything short of a win over the Los Angeles Chargers will leave the Ravens needing something close to a Christmas miracle to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
A victory won’t come easy as Baltimore will be playing the most balanced team in the conference that still has much to play for itself with the AFC West and home-field advantage still up for grabs. The Chargers certainly present the biggest defensive test the Ravens’ revamped offense will have encountered since the bye week.
Frankly, this is the kind of game John Harbaugh’s team just hasn’t won in December in the post-Super Bowl XLVII era with several commendable efforts ending in heartbreak.
It’s time to go on the record as these AFC teams meet for the 12th time in the all-time regular-season series with the Ravens holding a 6-5 advantage. The Chargers were 4-3 playing Baltimore in San Diego, but the Ravens are 3-2 against them in the John Harbaugh era with the last meeting being a 29-26 Ravens win at M&T Bank Stadium in 2015.
Below are five predictions for Saturday:
1. John Brown will catch a long touchdown. Lamar Jackson is a limited passer right now despite his electrifying mobility that’s helped the Ravens to this point. However, the one area of the field where Jackson has had success is the short middle (under 15 yards through the air) where he’s posted a 98 passer rating and completed 77 percent of his attempts, per SharpFootballStats.com. The problem is the Chargers defense has been very effective in that area, ranking first in Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric against short passes and first against tight ends. However, the Chargers rank last in DVOA against deep passes over 15 yards in the air. Jackson is due to connect on a long one, and opportunities will be there.
2. Chargers running back Melvin Gordon will collect 125 total yards and a touchdown with much damage coming on passes. Los Angeles went 3-0 without the Pro Bowl running back, which speaks to how deep this offense is. The returning Gordon is averaging 5.2 yards per carry, but the biggest challenge he presents against a superb run defense is his ability to make plays as a receiver out of the backfield. Two weeks ago, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes completed 10 passes to running backs in an effort to offset Baltimore’s pass rush, and I expect Philip Rivers to do the same. The difference is Gordon is more dangerous in the open field than any of the Chiefs’ current backs.
3. The Ravens will be held under 160 rushing yards for the first time since Week 9. This ground game is too good to be completely shut down at this point, especially with Greg Roman’s reputation for consistently adding new wrinkles. However, the Chargers do possess the best run defense the Ravens have seen since before the bye, and rookie safety Derwin James is the type of player who just might be able to bottle up Jackson more than previous teams could. The Chiefs held Baltimore to an ordinary 3.6 yards per carry after being gashed in the first quarter, which is why it’s critical for the Ravens to grab an early lead while the Chargers adjust to the shock of Jackson’s speed and this run game.
4. Los Angeles edge rushers Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram will combine for three sacks. Bosa and Ingram will give Ronnie Stanley and Orlando Brown Jr. problems, but how they hold the edge will be crucial this week with Jackson’s ability to run. Meanwhile, Terrell Suggs and Matt Judon will try to get to Rivers, but the veteran has the ninth-fastest average time to throw from snap to release in the NFL and will use quick passes to Keenan Allen, who poses a challenge in the slot. The short week is also a factor as Judon has nursed a minor knee injury and Suggs was already quiet against Tampa Bay after playing a season-high 70 snaps in Kansas City. The Ravens need pressure from Za’Darius Smith inside.
5. More balance and extra rest will be the difference for the Chargers as the Ravens fall 26-17. I don’t believe this is a bad matchup for Baltimore as Marlon Humphrey and Jimmy Smith have enough size to combat the tall Los Angeles receivers, but I’m not confident enough in a one-dimensional offense producing enough points to offset the times when the Ravens defense is unable to get stops like we saw in the fourth quarter and overtime in Kansas City. The Chargers haven’t been held under 20 points in a game all season, and the revamped Ravens haven’t shown the ability to score into the high 20s without at least one touchdown from the defense or special teams. A cross-country trip on a short week also does veterans and a rookie quarterback no favors. It will be a close one throughout, but a late fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Rivers to Allen will put the game away for the Chargers and leave the Ravens scoreboard watching for the rest of the weekend.
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Ravens list four players as questionable for Chargers game
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens are as healthy as they could reasonably hope to be going into Week 16 and their biggest game of the season.
Outside linebacker Matt Judon (knee), tight end Nick Boyle (concussion), defensive back Anthony Levine (toe/ankle), and guard Alex Lewis (shoulder) are all listed as questionable for Saturday’s contest against the Los Angeles Chargers, but Lewis was the only player not to practice fully on Thursday. After being cleared from the concussion protocol, Boyle appears likely to play, which is a positive development with his significant blocking role in Baltimore’s rush-heavy offense.
“He’s progressing well, and we’ll just have to see,” head coach John Harbaugh said. “I think it’ll be a little bit of a decision on Saturday — maybe today — to see how he gets through the practice and everything [and] see how he feels.”
Levine was a full participant after missing practice on Tuesday and Wednesday as he’s nursed a nagging ankle issue for several weeks.
The Chargers are also getting healthy at the right time as Pro Bowl running back Melvin Gordon (knee) wasn’t included in the final game status report after practicing fully all week. Gordon will be making his return after a three-game absence and could present a matchup problem as a receiver out of the backfield as he’s caught 44 passes for 453 yards and four touchdowns in 10 games this season. The fourth-year back has rushed for nine touchdowns and has averaged 5.2 yards per carry in 2018.
Los Angeles hopes to have Pro Bowl wide receiver Keenan Allen back on the field, another significant development for Saturday’s game. The 6-foot-2 target suffered a hip pointer in last week’s win at Kansas City, but he was able to practice on a limited basis on Wednesday and Thursday and was designated as questionable. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Allen is expected to play and has caught 88 passes for 1,074 yards and six touchdowns once again serving as Philip Rivers’ favorite target.
According to Weather.com, the Saturday night forecast in Carson, California calls for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 60s with winds five to 10 miles per hour and only a slight chance of precipitation.
QUESTIONABLE: TE Nick Boyle (concussion), LB Matthew Judon (knee), DB Anthony Levine (toe/ankle), G Alex Lewis (shoulder)
OUT: TE Sean Culkin (back)
DOUBTFUL: RB Austin Ekeler (neck)
QUESTIONABLE: WR Keenan Allen (hip)
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Ravens looking healthy while Chargers receiver Allen returns to practice
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Only one Ravens player missed Wednesday’s practice for a health-related reason, but a significant injury-related development came on the other side of their Week 16 showdown.
Just a day after Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said wide receiver Keenan Allen could be a game-time decision on Saturday, the Pro Bowl selection returned to the practice field. Allen suffered a hip pointer in the Week 15 win over Kansas City, but his limited participation in the middle of the week would indicate him having a good chance to play against Baltimore. The 26-year-old has caught 88 passes for 1,074 yards and six touchdowns this season.
Chargers running back Melvin Gordon (knee) practiced fully for the second straight day as he prepares to return to action for the first time since Week 12. Meanwhile, backup running back Austin Ekeler remains sidelined with a neck injury and concussion.
Ravens defensive back Anthony Levine missed practice for the second straight day with toe and ankle ailments, but the veteran was spotted running and doing agility work on the side field with a member of the training staff during the portion of practice open to media. Outside linebacker Matt Judon (knee) and tight end Nick Boyle (concussion) returned to practice on a limited basis on Wednesday.
Guard Alex Lewis (shoulder) was a limited participant for the second straight day.
Below is Wednesday’s injury report:
DID NOT PARTICIPATE: DB Anthony Levine (toe/ankle), G Marshal Yanda (non-injury)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION: TE Nick Boyle (concussion), LB Matthew Judon (knee), G Alex Lewis (shoulder)
FULL PARTICIPATION: CB Jimmy Smith (non-injury), LB Terrell Suggs (non-injury), S Eric Weddle (non-injury)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE: TE Sean Culkin (back), RB Austin Ekeler (neck)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION: WR Keenan Allen (hip)
FULL PARTICIPATION: RB Melvin Gordon (knee), NT Brandon Mebane (non-injury)
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Judon, Boyle absent from Ravens practice on Tuesday
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens were without two starters as they returned to the practice field ahead of Saturday night’s critical tilt with the red-hot Los Angeles Chargers.
Outside linebacker Matt Judon (left knee) and tight end Nick Boyle (concussion) did not participate in Tuesday’s indoor walk-through session. Both players sustained their injuries during Sunday’s win over Tampa Bay, but Judon was able to return to action.
It remains unclear when exactly Boyle sustained the concussion, but he didn’t play in the second half as fellow third-year tight end Maxx Williams and rookies Mark Andrews and Hayden Hurst picked up the slack. Boyle is regarded as a key cog in Baltimore’s run-blocking schemes that have helped produce 190 or more rushing yards in five straight games, the first time an NFL team has done that since 1976.
“I can’t give Maxx enough credit,” head coach John Harbaugh said on Monday. “For Maxx to step in and not have any drop-off, and then Hayden and Mark came in and blocked really well. You obviously saw that. To me, it’s one of those unsung things that people don’t see. Those two guys stepped it up; they really did. We have a lot of depth.”
Defensive back Anthony Levine was also absent from Tuesday’s walk-through as he is now nursing a toe ailment in addition to the ankle issue that’s limited him in practices for several weeks.
Left guard Alex Lewis (shoulder) returned to practice on a limited basis and is trying to avoid missing a third consecutive game.
The Chargers don’t yet know whether Pro Bowl wide receiver Keenan Allen will play on Saturday after he suffered a hip pointer in the Week 15 win over Kansas City last Thursday. However, Pro Bowl running back Melvin Gordon was a full participant on Tuesday and is expected to return after a three-game absence with a knee injury.
“Keenan could be a game-time decision,” Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said in a conference call with Baltimore reporters. “It just depends on how sore his hip is.”
Below is Tuesday’s injury report:
DID NOT PARTICIPATE: TE Nick Boyle (concussion), LB Matthew Judon (knee), DB Anthony Levine (toe/ankle), CB Jimmy Smith (non-injury), LB Terrell Suggs (non-injury), S Eric Weddle (non-injury)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION: G Alex Lewis (shoulder)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE: WR Keenan Allen (hip), TE Sean Culkin (back), RB Austin Ekeler (neck)
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Even with win, Ravens see playoff margin for error shrink in Week 15
The Ravens handled their business with a 20-12 win over Tampa Bay to maintain control of the No. 6 spot in the AFC playoff race on Sunday.
The problem was no other results falling favorably in their quest to return to the postseason for the first time since 2014, making Saturday’s trip to Los Angeles to take on the red-hot Chargers close to a must-win affair. You can thank losing efforts by New England, Dallas, and the New York Giants for Baltimore’s margin for error all but evaporating in Week 15.
Players in the post-game locker room were split on whether they’d watch Pittsburgh’s late-afternoon clash with the Patriots as a Steelers loss would have given the Ravens the lead in the AFC North. However, Mike Tomlin’s team snapped its three-game losing streak to remain in first place and broke a five-game slide against New England with a 17-10 win. With the Steelers traveling to New Orleans in Week 16 and hosting last-place Cincinnati in the season finale, the Ravens need to win their final two games at the Chargers and at home against Cleveland to have any realistic hope of winning their first division title since 2012.
While many were focused on the happenings at Heinz Field, Indianapolis and Tennessee both registered wins to improve to 8-6, decreasing Baltimore’s chances of securing a wild-card spot with a 9-7 record. With the Colts hosting the 5-9 Giants and the Titans hosting a 7-7 Washington team down to its third-string quarterback next weekend before meeting each other in Week 17, one of those AFC South teams appears likely to finish 10-6.
The Ravens could desperately use their first victory over a team with a winning record since Week 6 when they take on Philip Rivers and the Chargers. Barring an unlikely sequence of events, there will be no backing into the playoffs for John Harbaugh’s team, which is probably fair since Baltimore currently owns the worst strength of victory (.415) among the remaining AFC playoff contenders. If the Ravens can’t beat a playoff-caliber team in December, do they really deserve to play into January?
The good news is the Ravens are almost guaranteed to make the playoffs with a 10-6 record as either the division winner or the second wild card.
“I think the thing that plays in our favor is all we have to do is win and we should be in,” said cornerback Marlon Humphrey, who shined in Sunday’s win with an interception and four pass breakups. “It definitely feels good, and I feel like the team, we all were on board to get this one. Next, we have the Chargers.”
Below are the Ravens’ playoff scenarios entering Week 16:
* Baltimore is eliminated from the AFC North race with a loss to the Chargers and a Pittsburgh win.
* Baltimore is eliminated from AFC wild-card contention with a loss and wins by Indianapolis and Tennessee.
* Baltimore is eliminated from postseason contention with a loss to the Chargers and wins by Pittsburgh, Tennessee, and Indianapolis.
* Baltimore cannot clinch a playoff berth in Week 16.
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Sunday off proves fruitful for Ravens’ playoff hopes
Posted on 12 November 2018 by Luke Jones
The status of injured quarterback Joe Flacco may have dominated the weekend conversation, but a Sunday off still proved fruitful for the Ravens and their playoff hopes as they return to work this week.
Losses by Cincinnati and Miami left Baltimore only one game out of the final AFC wild-card spot, an encouraging development as John Harbaugh’s team tries to rebound from its current three-game losing streak after a week of rest. The Bengals were particularly miserable in their 51-14 home defeat to New Orleans and will travel to M&T Bank Stadium in Week 11 after allowing an NFL-record 2,117 yards over their last four games — three of them losses. The Ravens learned firsthand a few weeks ago how impressive the Saints are, but Cincinnati playing so poorly coming off its bye should serve as a morale boost for other AFC teams vying for the No. 6 spot the Bengals are currently occupying.
After falling at Green Bay, the Dolphins enter their bye week having lost five of their last seven to erase the good vibes of a 3-0 start. And despite advancing to last year’s AFC Championship and still being considered dangerous on paper, Jacksonville may have seen its fate all but sealed Sunday after sustaining a fifth consecutive loss in a 29-26 final at Indianapolis to fall to 3-6.
The news wasn’t all positive, however, as Tennessee pulled off a surprising 34-10 blowout win over New England to move a full game ahead of Baltimore. Of course, the Ravens own a head-to-head tiebreaker with the 5-4 Titans, who will now play back-to-back road games against the Colts and AFC South-leading Houston.
Their 29-26 win over the Jaguars gave the Colts a third straight victory and officially made them a team of interest in the wild-card race. Indianapolis plays its next two games at home against the Titans and Dolphins, but the Ravens have the superior conference record at the moment to keep them ahead in the wild-card standings.
Of course, none of this means much if the Ravens don’t win their next two home games against the defense-challenged Bengals and hapless Oakland to get themselves back above .500 ahead of a daunting December featuring road games at Atlanta, Kansas City, and the Los Angeles Chargers. A loss in either of these next two games will shift all focus to the organization’s future and anticipated changes.
Below is a look at the AFC wild-card standings at the end of Week 10:
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Chapter 13: The Legend of 4th and 29
Posted on 24 January 2018 by Nestor Aparicio
“It’s the greatest play I have ever seen.”
– John Harbaugh (November 25, 2012)
FIVE DAYS AWAY FROM FOOTBALL was just what the doctor ordered as far as everyone in the building was concerned. The bye week couldn’t have come at a better time, almost exactly in the middle of the season. As much as the players use the down time to get away, see their families, go “home” – wherever that might be in 53 directions – the coaches used the final three weekdays of the week without a game to do what they call “self scouting.”
The NFL schedule is meat grinder, where the games happen Sunday; Monday and Tuesday are game-planning installment days; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are practices days; and Saturday means walk-through and a plane ride every other weekend. There are no off days for NFL coaches once training camp begins in late July. The fan in Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti always marvels at the level of commitment of football coaches, who he’s said work more than any other category of business he’s ever seen.
And although the Ravens began the season 5-2, there was plenty of “self scouting” to be done and bad habits that they’d like to see their team break especially in light of the meltdown in Houston.
Cam Cameron’s offense had been sputtering week to week, depending on location and opponent. What worked so flawlessly against Cincinnati, New England, and Dallas – the “sugar huddle” tempo, spreading the ball around, creating holes for Rice and time for Flacco to throw – seemed like a distant memory in light of the poor Kansas City and Houston footage. After five years of trying to find more consistency, the Ravens still didn’t know what they were getting on any given Sunday, especially on the road when Mr. Hyde showed up far too often.
On defense, Pees was trying to evaluate combinations and schemes that would serve the personnel he currently had at his disposal, which was far different than the unit that stifled the Bengals eight, long weeks ago. Frankly, the Ravens didn’t have much to be proud of in regard to defensive statistics or categories. They weren’t stopping the run at all. They weren’t rushing the passer. They weren’t tacking particularly well. And without a pass rush and with Webb out and Reed gambling and guessing even more than usual, Romo and Schaub – a pair of legitimate top-shelf NFL quarterbacks – picked the secondary apart, especially running across the middle of the field where the Ravens’ linebackers were sub-par in coverage.
As the Ravens prepared to convene on Monday, October 29th, a monster storm was threatening the East Coast, which would impact millions of people over the next few days and weeks. Hurricane Sandy also took its toll on the organization that week as players scrambled to get back to Baltimore amidst altered flights, long drives, and chaos. Special teamer Sean Considine got stuck at the Chicago airport with his four small children. He and his wife had triplets who were toddlers and a 4-year old. Arthur Jones got stranded in Dallas. Terrell Suggs re-routed a flight into Raleigh and drove seven hours on Sunday night in the driving rain to make it back to Monday’s practice. Harbaugh was giving the team the usual Tuesday off in preparation for the game in Cleveland on Sunday, and the brunt of the storm spared most of Maryland, but created a state of emergency just 150 miles away as parts of New Jersey and New York were devastated and destroyed. The storm that eventually helped elect a President was wreaking havoc.
By Wednesday, it became a normal week and once again the Ravens had the thankless task of trying to find a way to sneak in and out of Cleveland with their 10th straight victory over the AFC North-rival Browns. The history of the Ravens and Browns and Art Modell was all written two decades ago. Now, it was simply a matter of a great franchise coming to a city with a poor franchise and continuing to rub more purple salt in the festering wounds. The fans of Cleveland still have incredible disdain for anything related to Art Modell’s Baltimore Ravens and probably always will.
“Everything we’ve done since our last game is geared towards going to Cleveland and being the best team we can be,” said Harbaugh, the sting of the Houston beating now in the rearview mirror. “We have everything we need – players and schemes – to play well. We have to organize it in a way that gives our players the opportunity to play their fastest and best under pressure, on the road and at home. We’ve had the chance with the bye to go into deep study and into the laboratory to figure out what we do best, and we want to take that into this game – and the other eight after that. We think we’ve learned a lot, and we’ll continue to push the envelope to be the best we can be. Our players are definitely good enough to get the job done.”
“There were some very real concerns. There are things that we need to do a lot better, not just from [Houston], but through the whole seven-game period that we felt like we needed to take a hard look at and we did, and I did feel good about it. I felt like our coaches, our players, the communication, we really went to work, and we really had some great conversations. We had some great discussions. We had some great study watching the tape. Guys did some great studies looking at numbers and things like that. In the end, what you try to do is make good counsel then make wise solid judgments about what makes us our best as we move forward. I am really excited about that – I really am. The proof will be in the pudding. So, if I say I am excited about it
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Learning from South Africa ‘s Emerging Arc of Political Renewal
February 16, 2018 By brianlevy387 in Cyril Ramaphosa; South Africa;, democracy, governance, institutions Leave a comment
Jacob Zuma has now announced his resignation! In coming weeks I intend to write more about how, remarkably, South Africa has begun to break the momentum of state capture – a necessary condition for moving forward with the next generation of challenges of building a genuinely inclusive, thriving society. For now there are four aspects of South Africa’s success which I want to highlight (and use to contrast with the parallel challenges confronting the USA….. ).
The first is straightforward: the South Africa experience provides a powerful affirmation of the strengths of having in place the checks and balances which underpin constitutional democracy – including an independent judiciary; determined, high quality investigative journalism; and a robust civil society. These are, of course, also American strengths.
Second, the process demonstrates the strengths of South Africa’s political discourse — ongoing engagement across the spectrum, debate, mutual learning, and (to a striking degree) convergence around a sense of both truth and of the broader national interest. I worry deeply that none of this seems to be evident in the USA.
Third, the process has been underpinned in recent years by strong, principled leadership, committed to values forged in political struggle, and sustained courageously by officeholders in government and outside in the face of pressures to conform. (Pravin Gordhan and Nhlanhla Nene are just two of the many who have played such a role.) Such leadership has been key to enabling a process of renewal to (hopefully) take root within the ruling African National Congress. I worry deeply that, with a few honorable exceptions, very few such leaders are evident in the United States – with the gap especially stark (indeed, perhaps terrifyingly so….) among the representatives of the majority Republican Party in Congress.
Fourth is strategic patience – a sense of the ‘long game’. Certainly, there has been no shortage of expressions of outrage, and attacks on political leaders for their purported cowardice in failing to condemn the ‘latest’ outrage. But South Africa’s success has been built on a careful reading of the logic and rules of power which govern leadership selection, especially within the ruling ANC. (I note especially, without going into the details, the strategic patience of Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe.) In the end, the time for confronting predatory forces arrived – on the right terrain, and with the right preparation. The result is the potential for a renewal of hope.
In the South African case the relevant terrain was the contestation over the next generation of ANC leadership. In the USA, with the Republican Party seemingly hopelessly compromised, the relevant terrain will be the mid-term elections of 2018. Is the ground being equally well laid? Are the coalitions converging around what is true, around common values, a shared commitment to America’s ‘civil religion’ — around a center that can hold, that can decisively repudiate populist, predatory threats? Or are we witnessing a mutually reinforcing embrace of the politics of outrage? South Africa offers a potent, hopeful example of the power of patience.
Civic Enterprise
November 13, 2015 By brianlevy387 in democracy Tags: Anne-Marie Slaughter, civic enteprise, Progressive Era, think tanks Leave a comment
YES!!! A fresh, extraordinarily promising approach to closing the gap between the world of technocracy and the places where American democracy actually happens. Anne-Marie Slaughter’s landmark new contribution offers a vision for transforming think tanks into civic enterprises. The piece is long; the extracts below highlight its main points. The full article is very much worth reading. (Here is a link).
“We need a new process of public problem solving that can reconnect government to citizens by getting outside the Beltway, engaging with the problems of communities in those communities, and working to develop ideas together and turn them into action.
“We propose a new model of civic enterprise. ‘Civic’ because it engages citizens as change makers—conscious members of a self-governing polity that expects government to be at least part of the solution to problems that individuals cannot solve on their own. And ‘enterprise’ because of the energy and innovation involved in actually making change on the ground….. The Progressive Era model of think tanks as extensions of technocratic governance is no longer sufficient to make meaningful, large-scale progress in resolving public policy problems….
“We find that in today’s America, a great deal of the most meaningful change is happening far outside Washington, in cities and towns across the country. It is happening in places that are tackling the deeper problem of democratic distrust and disaffection by re-forging the links between citizen demand and government response. It is this spirit that animates the new forms of public work and institution building that we characterize as civic enterprise…..
“Civic enterprise does not replace independent policy research—on the contrary, it is an incubator to engage community stakeholders to refine the ideas and turn them into action….. Three hallmarks will distinguish the work:
The first is the engagement and amplification of new voices….. The problem is evident across the Washington policy ecosystem: the people most engaged in thinking, regulating, and legislating do not actually represent the citizenry……Connecting government to citizens requires filling the political stage with a more inclusive cast: ethnically, racially, geographically, and economically…..
The second is the collaborative development of ideas….. We must create opportunities for participation, knowledge exchange, and learning that find citizens thorugh a decentralized network….the civic enterprise policy development process will be intentionally iterative….
The third is dedication to broad public debate and education…. In our traditional model, we public specialized reports aimed at decisionmakers. For a civic enterprise, content is a tool to help people move from being informed to being active….to expand beyond the language of politics and policy.“
It is an ambitious project—nothing short of rethinking the relationship between the people who make public policy and the people for whom they make it. At our most optimistic, we can see a bipartisan civic movement emerging with the same reach and impact the Progressive Movement once had. We cannot see all the ways that civic enterprise will evolve. But we are certain that thinking alone is not enough.” (And here is another link to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece.)
Reframing democratic development — vision, strategy and process
April 7, 2015 By brianlevy387 in democracy, development, governance, inclusion, institutions, Uncategorized, Working with the Grain Tags: Albert Hirschman, democratic development, good governance, incrementalism, strategy, Thich Nhat Hanh 14 Comments
How, in today’s complex and uncertain times, can those of us working at the interface between governance and development sustain what the great twentieth century development economist, Albert Hirschman, called “a bias for hope”?
In two recent blog posts (click HERE and HERE) I took stock of the evidence as to the extent of governance improvement between 1998 and 2013 among 65 democratic countries (the large majority of which made their initial transition to democracy subsequent to 1990). The results left me feeling even more skeptical than when I wrote Working with the Grain as to the practical relevance of maximalist “good governance” agendas. We need an alternative approach.
To tease out an alternative, it is useful to begin with the classic three-part tripod for orchestrating change – clarifying the vision, developing a strategy for moving towards the realization of that vision, and delineating step-by-step processes for facilitating implementation. Using this lens, the classic ‘good governance’ discourse turns out to be all vision, empty of strategic content, and counterproductive vis-à-vis process.
‘Good governance’ generally directs attention to the destination, to how a well-functioning democratic society is supposed to work — and seeks to motivate by cultivating dissatisfaction with the gap between the destination and the way things are. Yes – electoral accountability, a strong rule of law, a capable public sector, robust control of corruption, and a ‘level playing field’ business environment are all desirable. But the institutional underpinnings for many of these are demanding – and advocates generally stop short of laying out any practical program for getting from here to there. With no proactive agenda for action, the all-too-common result is to end up fuelling disillusion and despair, rather than cultivating hope.
There is, though, an even deeper problem with maximalist advocacy: it sells democracy short. In its essence, what democracy offers – and authoritarian alternatives do not – is an invitation to citizens to work to shape their own lives and to participate peacefully in the shaping of their societies, according to their distinctive visions of freedom and justice. This journey is a challenging one – with much democratic ‘messiness’, and corresponding disappointment along the way. But no matter how challenging the journey, once the invitation to engage has been embraced, the personal dignity it offers cannot be taken away. This invitation, not empty guarantees of success, is at the core of the democratic vision — its inspiration, its source of sustainability.
This brings us to process — the second pillar of the change tripod. In the later stages of his career, Albert Hirschman turned his attention from trying to understand strategies for economic development, to trying to understand how we thought and spoke about them. His purpose, he asserted, was: “…. to move public discourse beyond extreme, intransigent postures of either kind, with the hope that in the process….participants engage in meaningful discussion, ready to modify initially held opinions in the light of other arguments and new information..”
The renowned Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, points to why the quality of discourse matters greatly. “Peace”, he suggested “is every step: “Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves…. here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see…. (in) every breath we take, every step we take….. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.” Insofar as democracy is an affirmation of dignity, its promise is not accessible only when some distant destination is reached. Its potential is also here and now — realizable through a process that, in and of itself, is an affirmation of that dignity.
Dignity also is central to the third leg of the tripod for the orchestration of change –a strategy for democratic development which has the affirmation of human dignity at its heart. As an alternative to what one might call ‘Big-G’ reforms of governance systems, Working with the Grain (Oxford, 2014) lays out a ‘small-g governance’ strategy for deepening democracy among countries which have formally embraced democratic forms, but whose practices fall far, far short of a normative ideal. A ‘small-g’ strategy focuses on a search for concrete gains vis-à-vis specific problems – and emphasizes the pursuit of these gains through active citizenship, through participation and engagement among equals.
The immediate goal of a ‘small-g’ strategy is to nurture “islands of effectiveness” — to identify entry points for focused engagement among a variety of stakeholders with high-powered incentives to see the outcomes achieved. Working with the Grain explores in depth a variety of potential entry points:
Public entrepreneurs at multiple layers of government can foster ‘islands of effectiveness’ even within a broadly dysfunctional public service — focusing on achievement of a very specific public purpose (better schools, better infrastructure, less stifling regulation), and endeavoring to build within their domain both a team with the skills and commitment to achieve that purpose, and the network of external alliances needed to fend off opposition.
Civil society groups can forge a middle path of engagement — neither locking-in to confrontational action, nor surrendering principle in search of the next donor- or government-funded contract, but rather focusing on the quality of service provision, both partnering with providers and holding them accountable for how public resources are used.
Northern activists can seek eyes-wide-open partnerships with globalized firms – anchored in collectively designed and transparent, mutually monitored commitments to, say, rein in bribe-giving, or to target exploitative practices vis-à-vis environmental protection, labor standards, and the extraction of natural resources.
Scholars and practitioners can monitor governance in ways that encourage a long view – foreswearing overheated rhetoric in the face of year-to-year changes in indicators of corruption, the rule of law, or government effectiveness, and using monitoring to provide a platform for nurturing constructive dialogue on trends, identifying lagging areas, and exploring how they might be addressed.
Gains from any individual initiative might initially seem small, but individual islands can pull a wide variety of related activities in their wake, adding up over time into far-reaching economic , social and political change – while affirming, at each step along the way, the positive promise of democratic development.
Vision, process and strategy become a mutually reinforcing pathway of democratic development. The vision brings the promise of dignity to center stage; the process is one that systematically affirms that dignity; and the ‘small-g’ strategy offers ample opportunity for the practice of ‘active citizenship’ for engagement among equals. Taken together, these elements perhaps indeed offer a new basis for sustaining Albert Hirschman’s ‘bias for hope’ — but in a different intonation from that usually evoked by democracy’s advocates.
The usual intonation of democracy advocacy is a drumbeat of exhortation, of a world on the march to some more perfect destination on the horizon. But, as per Albert Hirschman and Thich Nhat Hanh, hope can also come in a quieter pitch: softer voices, calming rather than raising the temperature, searching, encouraging deliberation, reflection, co-operation. Over the past two decades, democracy advocates have been sobered by the messy complexity of what it takes to get from here to there. Perhaps going forward, it is not in the drumbeat of exhortation but in hope’s softer, quieter intonations that we will find our inspiration – and our staying power.
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How to effectively and realistically blockade a star system?
Many Scify movies, games, and books depict massive space fleets blockading entire star systems during times of war. This is always depicted as forming a straight line across traveled space. While this is an efficient way to establish a blockade on Earth using naval forces, it is inefficient to do this in space, where the enemy fleets and relief forces can simply go around your blockade in any of many different possible entrance and exit points.
I have two questions:
What is the minimum number of ships that would be required to create an effective blockade of a star system the size of our a solar system?
How would an opposing fleet have to position these ships to block (or at least monitor) all possible entrances and exits?
For this assume that inter-system travel can take a year because FTL is by the very laws of physics impossible. Also assume that anti-matter has been successfully mass-produced and can be used as fuel.
Assume also the star system of the attacking force has a similar amount of metals as our system-----meaning the number of ships would be similar to what our solar system can build.
Technology- the technology level of the participating species is similar. They have invented warp technology that allows the participants to go faster than light to a certain point (e.g. Earth/Alpha Centuri travel time would take a month.
If it helps to clarify, I am mainly trying to prevent external intervention, rather than the escape of the defense forces. The reason for the whole system being blockaded rather than blockading a single planet is native military forces are present on all rocky planets in the system and some moons. Native "navy" is also a pain, although it isn't very strong it is using guerrilla tactics in asteroid belts.
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$\begingroup$ Closest system to us is Alpha Centauri at 4.3 light years away....inter-system travel takes far longer than a year without FTL travel. Heh, it takes 4.3 years at light speed as is. Does the attacker have any speed advantage, or shall we assume both can travel at nearly the same speeds? $\endgroup$ – Twelfth Mar 9 '15 at 16:25
$\begingroup$ @Twelfth it may take less in more dense area of a galaxy. $\endgroup$ – Anixx Mar 9 '15 at 16:28
$\begingroup$ Systems aren't directly blockaded - when every point of interest in a system is blockaded, the system is said to be effectively blockaded. The minimum number of ships required would be based on the distribution of these points and the interception effectiveness of the ship who are blockading. However two ships should effectively be able to blockade a planet - each monitoring a hemisphere, covering the other's blindspot - assuming excellent interception capability. $\endgroup$ – Scott Downey Mar 9 '15 at 16:31
$\begingroup$ @anixx - not really, our solar system and Alpha Centauri are actually quite close on a cosmic scale. And even then...at 1% the speed of light, we're looking at 7 to 8 years before you hit the Oort cloud and about 150 years before you come out of the oort cloud and out of our solar system. Space is stupid huge. $\endgroup$ – Twelfth Mar 9 '15 at 16:39
$\begingroup$ Historically, the way to effectively blockade a wide open space has been to not even bother trying; instead, create a more narrow choke point (gate, bridge, harbor, etc.) and blockade that. If you have no FTL, your logical choke point is whatever planet or space station you don't want people reaching. In a different sci-fi setting, a "jump gate" would be an ideal choke poiont. $\endgroup$ – Mason Wheeler Mar 9 '15 at 19:59
Well, at least 6 would be needed. One on each of the ordinal points. After that it would really come down to effective sensor scanning. How effective are the sensors looking for the ships. And how effective are the techniques the blockade runners use to hide from the scanners. How far out can the ships be detected. And how far away do they need to be interdicted to be considered 'effective'.
Spotting them will be easier than intercepting them, so having spotters and then a few fleets that reside inside the system and can be moved around to intercept anyone that is coming in system would be better. You should have at least 3 fleets for intercept, and how many in each would depend on the expected size of the threat.
Need one to intercept, a back up for an attack from the opposite side of a feint and a 3rd to protect the inner system, should the other two fail, or just be drawn away.
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$\begingroup$ I believe this is the best answer, for a too broad question. $\endgroup$ – Jorge Aldo Mar 9 '15 at 19:03
$\begingroup$ If your only argument for 6 is full "sensor coverage" of the system, why 6 instead of 4 at the points of a tetrahedron formation? $\endgroup$ – Sparr Mar 9 '15 at 21:13
$\begingroup$ Two would be sufficient, if we're worried about escapees trying to hide behind the star or any other object. $\endgroup$ – Aurast Mar 9 '15 at 21:26
$\begingroup$ Your answers all seem to ignore orbital mechanics. Parking on the 4 points of a tetrahedron would necessitate constant fuel burn (which is inefficient for long term, the definition of a blockade). A more realistic option would be to park at L3 L4 L5 of a planet/moon system. Depending on how sensors work, the pole should be covered by all of them. $\endgroup$ – Aron Mar 11 '15 at 1:58
$\begingroup$ If your fleet could respond quickly enough at that range...then the correct answer would be 1 ship. $\endgroup$ – Aron Mar 11 '15 at 2:06
Points, not area
You can't blockade the 3d "perimeter" of a solar system in any meaningful way. The immense distances involved, as well as the fact that the area you need to protect grows as the square of the blockaded sphere makes it completely, utterly futile.
Almost all of space is empty. It would be more practical to blockade the few actual important points that matter - all the planets - rather than a whole system. This is in the exact opposite to the 2D situation, where maintaining a single perimeter takes less units than multiple smaller encirclements and thus the opposite choice is reasonable.
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$\begingroup$ Actually, also in 2D many very small circles have smaller circumference than one really big one. $\endgroup$ – Paŭlo Ebermann Mar 9 '15 at 21:50
Not Possible.
Think about the purpose of a blockade - you're trying to cut off your target from outside relief and supplies. On Earth that usually means trade goods, food, and medical supplies.
The problem is that none of those really apply to interstellar travel. Food is right out - there's no way to transfer enough in bulk to be significant. And given the expense of interstellar freight, you aren't going to have trade goods or supplies like on Earth. Interstellar trade will be in knowledge, and small tech samples - instead of shipping tons of drugs or metals, you'll instead trade the knowledge of how to make that drug, along with the necessary support (schematics for machines to produce it, for example).
And the problem there is that no blockade is 100% effective. Blockades are meant to stop bulk shipping, and there's no such thing as bulk shipping between stars. Effectively, all interstellar trade is closer to being smuggling in terms of how difficult it is to stop - space is big, ships are small. A blockade can slow things down because ships will need to run cold and use ballistic trajectories to avoid detection - but there's no way they can stop it entirely, assuming approximately equal technology.
Dan SmolinskeDan Smolinske
$\begingroup$ I am just looking for a way to prevent enough supplies getting through to support the native inhabitants' army. As max brooks said, an army needs bullets, beans and bandages... $\endgroup$ – JDSweetBeat Mar 9 '15 at 17:06
$\begingroup$ Interesting points-- if you've reached the technological point to even consider a blockade, wouldn't there be far more effective ways to achieve the same end? $\endgroup$ – David Schwartz Mar 9 '15 at 23:33
$\begingroup$ I disagree with the idea that shipping goods won't be important in a space-faring society. Plausibly, there will be very high-quality goods that aren't needed in great quantities but can only be manufactured on particular planets with rare resources, such as machine parts made out of metals with unusual properties that make them essential for their uses. A single ship could transport enough of these parts to make quite a profit off the trip, and you can't simply transport a few parts to show a planet without the right materials how to make them. $\endgroup$ – Kevin Mar 10 '15 at 21:05
$\begingroup$ @Kevin: that's partially my point. You'll see small, rare goods traded, but that's closer to "smuggling" than bulk shipping if you're comparing to earth scenarios (not that it's illegal, I'm just using smuggling as an analogy of difficulty of detection and stopping). Blockades are fine vs bulk shipping, but they're going to have a hard time stopping low-quantity, high value goods. $\endgroup$ – Dan Smolinske Mar 10 '15 at 21:14
$\begingroup$ @HostileFork: I don't mean it in a utopian way whatsoever. I just don't think it will be cost effective to transport significant goods between stars, which leaves knowledge/tech samples. Nothing to do with software, just how rough interstellar travel will be. $\endgroup$ – Dan Smolinske Mar 12 '15 at 6:19
This answer really depends on technology level. If the race being blockaded was capable of obtaining high speeds in any direction from the blockaded planet...then it's pretty much impossible to enforce a full blockade. At 1 % the speed of light, it takes well over 100-150 years to get to what we'd consider out of our solar system. By the time a ship is detected and caught by the blockade, odds are 2 or 3 generations have came and gone...will the blockade still be in effect?
If the race being blockaded is more at our tech level...the only way we can really get to speeds that could reasonably exit our solar system over the course of 1 life time is by using other planets gravity to sling shot you through the solar system. This really limits the number of points the solar system can be exited through and keeps us to a 2-D plane bound by the positions of the planets in the solar system. These routes could quite easily be blockaded by a smaller number of ships...calculate all the feasible sling shot routes out of the system and blockade each route (at this point, you are basically setting up a blockade at every planet. The key thing the blockading force will need is a really good scanner / detection method so that ships attempting to leave the system can be intercepted.
SO the answer really depends on tech level. If the race being blockaded has somewhat advanced propulsion and could launch ship in any direction from their planet and still get to where they wanted...then no, this isn't feasible. If they are lower tech, then there is a relatively limited number of points we could leave the solar system and making the blockade feasible as only a few points (pending planetary positioning) would really need to be blockaded.
Though I must ask the question...what exactly are they blockading? The only thing I can think of this being an effective tactic for a blockade on this scale is preventing the blockaded planet/system from colonizing elsewhere.
TwelfthTwelfth
$\begingroup$ @BenVoigt - not true...planets momentum changes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist : This explanation might seem to violate the conservation of energy and momentum, but the spacecraft's effects on the planet have not been considered. The linear momentum gained by the spaceship is equal in magnitude to that lost by the planet, though the planet's enormous mass compared to the spacecraft makes the resulting change in its speed negligibly small. These effects on the planet are so slight (..) that they can be ignored in the calculation. $\endgroup$ – Twelfth Mar 10 '15 at 0:40
$\begingroup$ You mean "planet's kinetic energy changes". My earlier comment said nothing whatsoever about momentum (for good reason). $\endgroup$ – Ben Voigt Mar 10 '15 at 0:47
$\begingroup$ @BenVoigt ah yes, you are correct there. In any case, the speed of the planet adds to the speed of whatever is doing the sling shot maneuver and apparently reduces the planets kinetic energy in doing so. The formual is kinda simplistic, initial speed of the spacecraft = v and planet velocity = U. The spacecraft starts at V prior to the sling shot, and v + 2U after the sling shot. Atleast thats what I gathered from the link. $\endgroup$ – Twelfth Mar 11 '15 at 0:50
$\begingroup$ @Twelfth Only by a completely insignificant amount, though. I actually asked about this on Space Exploration as What is the effect of gravity slingshots around Earth on Earth's rotation and orbit time, and is this effect worth considering? $\endgroup$ – a CVn♦ Apr 13 '16 at 18:43
It depends on several things.
What are you actually blockading, and why? Do you really need to blockade the empty space in the system? Why? It is likely to be more efficient and effective to blockade or protect all the relevant planets, space stations, and heavily escort any regular spaceship traffic, than to try to deny entry to the entire system.
If you do need/want to blockade the entire system, and you say you have FTL warp drive, then it becomes very material what the speed of your ships is, and what the range and speed of your detection and communication technology is. If your ships have sufficient speed and maneuverability and they can detect ships at great distance (and especially, if they can identify ships at great distance, and/or communicate at great distance quickly), then you only need as many ships to cover the area you want to cover, spaced out by the effective interception distance this provides. Of course, you'll also have tactical details to consider, such as how big a force you want to meet each type of intrusion, and if the detecting ships are doing interception as well as detection, how much redundancy/replacements do you need to fill in the detection net when a detecting ship moves to intercept something. Also, what is your plan for reacting to attacks as opposed to just intercepting trespassers. How well you can use weapons while moving at warp speed is also important for details of how you operate. So would any details of warp travel itself - whether it requires time to start and stop, and so on.
How effective a blockade do you need? If you're a control freak who must stop everything, then clearly you need a lot more than if you just want to discourage most trespassers. Even a few armed ships may be plenty to discourage people from attempting trespass, if they have options that don't risk being attacked at all, and if warp drive is available, they may have many other options, and so choose not to test your blockade. You might even be able to just declare a system blockaded, but devote zero ships to actually doing it, because scanning to prove a blockade is there might be something that few or no people might even attempt, and it might be difficult to detect an actual blockade anyway without testing it in a risky or expensive way.
In the original Star Trek, for instance, one starship could effectively blockade a planet (or an entire system, if there was no determined attempt by multiple simultaneous trespassers), because it could go to warp speed very quickly, travel hundreds of times the speed of light, had no real fuel/energy constraints, IIRC it could detect ships across an entire system, could fight and maneuver at warp speed, and was far more powerful than most interlopers. Even so, a single ship could be baited away from a target by a decoy.
This is a similar problem to a naval blockade, but in three dimensions. If you naively considered blockading an enemy coastline you might think you can't do it, there's thousands of miles of coastline, they can launch from anywhere. But in reality there are only a few discrete points on the coast that vessels worth blockading will launch from: ports. Areas with the combination of a good harbor and the facilities to load and unload large cargo and fuel and maintain ships. In reality, you only need to blockade a few points along the coast.
Similarly for space flight, you only have to blockade the major launch and cargo facilities. Depending on the technology maybe it's space elevators, maybe it's space ports, maybe they're just conveniently close to industrial and trade centers.
The other reality is there are only so many places major cargo ships will go. If you know their major trading partners, you can position ships along their route to them. If they go around you, you have still succeeded in slowing down their trade. One cargo ship making two 10 day trips carries as much as two ships taking 20 days.
Finally, what is the point of your blockade? If it's a commerce war, rather than blockading all cargo vessels you may wish to simply destroy the enemy's commercial fleet. This was the strategy of the German U-Boat campaigns of WWI and WWII. It doesn't matter how much cargo you have if you don't have the ships to move it. Once the enemy's commerce fleet is destroyed, your military vessels can move on to doing something more important.
What about a blockade of the military? During the Napoleonic Wars, the British bottled up the French Fleet keeping it divided. This allowed the British to freely use the seas without having to protect convoys with large military escorts. Individual vessels which slipped by were annoying, but not a threat to the war effort. This was only possible because the British fleet was measurably more powerful than the French, each blockading British fleet could overpower the French fleet coming out to fight it. The French fleets could not unify to destroy the scattered blockading British fleets.
However, the fact that the French Fleet existed caused the British to devote far larger numbers of ships to the blockade than they may have lost simply fighting them. This is known as a Fleet In Being. It means the blockading force is better off destroying the opposing fleet than blockading it. Much of the naval strategy of WWI was devoted to each side trying to divide and destroy the other's fleet. In reality, they mostly sat and watched each other. The inferior German fleet, merely by continuing to exist, prevented the British from mounting a major invasion of Northern Europe to outflank the trench lines.
So generally you want to destroy the fleet rather than spend the war blockading it.
Which you are doing depends on whether it's going to be a close, distant or loose blockade. Each has their advantages and disadvantages. Close blockades take a lot of ships, and you asked for the minimum number of ships, so it will have to be a distant or loose blockade.
A distant blockade would use smaller, cheaper means to watch for cargo vessels (spies, small ships, long range sensors, satellites) and send military vessels after them. Since cargo ships tend to be slower than military vessels (for fuel and cost efficiency) this tactic can work.
A loose blockade would feature your blockading ships hiding nearby and outside of sensor range to lull the enemy into a false sense of security. They come out, and are detected and destroyed.
The minimum number of vessels to implement a loose or distance blockade of a solar system with the goal of dividing and destroying the enemy fleet (military or commercial) depends on...
The number of enemy ports
The number of their trading partners
The relative speed of their vessels vs yours
The relative size and quality of their military vs yours
The quality of your sensors
Can't give a specific number.
SchwernSchwern
$\begingroup$ Problem with distant blocade: I use a gravity assist to deflect out of the star's orbital plane. Now you need far more delta-v to intercept than I needed to escape in the first place. You might well be able to catch me, but now your military vessel's in the wrong plane and very low on fuel, and I can always launch another. $\endgroup$ – Joshua Mar 10 '15 at 2:45
$\begingroup$ @Joshua We don't have the technological parameters defined to know whether your scenario is plausible, but distant blockades will let ships through. That's ok. In your scenario, the clever blockade runner cannot change course without consuming a lot of fuel. A well run distant blockade will guess their destination based on the trajectory and send a ship along that route or near that destination to intercept. $\endgroup$ – Schwern Mar 10 '15 at 3:05
So if you are talking about a planet then blockading the planet doesn't really require much in the way of ships; it just requires preventing supplies from reaching the planet surface; which can be accomplished by filling low planetary orbit with debris large enough and dense enough to be dangerous to pass through.
With the existence of antimatter, using some decent sized rocky asteroids as the base material to create the cloud would be good; it would be challenging for the defenders to prevent without turning the attackers converted asteroid into a kinetic kill weapon; which would be a very bad thing for them. Added anti-matter missiles in slightly higher orbits than the cloud itself could help make things slightly more challenging, as well as taking down the cloud harder for the defenders (as attempts to do so could create EMP bombs).
Of course, No FTL means no interstellar warfare for anything remotely like us (see John C. Wright's sci-fi novels); Even interstellar trade in anything but information becomes, challenging. The easiest way to have interstellar warfare and blockades is to have limited FTL via stable wormholes or jumpgates, something of that sort. Which given your edit seems to be a possibility, if that is the case then only those particular points need to be defended. Or in the case of needing a clear exit from FTL, mining the established FTL exit points would also work, which could be (Star Wars IV) putting debris in the exit point, to actual missiles, depending on the magic of FTL being used.
John_HJohn_H
$\begingroup$ There's an issue with filling low planetary orbit with rocky debris: those rocks will encounter air resistance and then fall to the ground since they are without the ability to make course corrections. Depending on the size of the individual pieces of rock used in the cloud, those falling debris could then turn into missiles and those that survive re-entry could potentially have a devastating impact on the local area where they land. $\endgroup$ – Ellesedil Mar 10 '15 at 17:21
$\begingroup$ That does depend on the size of the rocks used, which would depend on the ability of ships to shield themselves from such impacts, which would also impact how well planets and cities could shield themselves from such impacts; I mean currently to prevent space travel from earth the cloud could be made up of solely things that would burn up well before reaching the surface. $\endgroup$ – John_H Mar 10 '15 at 17:34
I believe I disagree with all answers so far on how one would go about this: let's assume that interstellar trade is a thriving business because hey, if you have unlimited free energy (some dark matter engine-contraption) then there isn't really a barrier to supply and demand - there will always be a buck to be made by taking ore from a mineral rich world and giving the inhabitents some tasty food in return.
Given the above parameters, the difficultly of hitting anything which can travel at 40c (speed of light) and the relativistic physics nightmare that would be, and the sheer volume of space you are trying to cast a net over, I see only two solutions, one very much realistic and the other imaginative but within the boundaries of the universe you have created:
imaginative solution: using four or more ships, encapsulate the system in a shape (in the case of four ships, a triangular based pyramid) and distort all space in the plane of the four triangular faces of the shape. If the space-time distortion in these faces could be large enough, anything travelling through them should be ripped to pieces and any distress signal should become static garbage. Think of it as a planar black hole. How the four ships producing these distortions survive their creations is beyond me, and the rate of energy production to sustain the distortions would have to be truely phenomenal, but were this to be effectively implimented the four corner ships would become like border crossings.
the realistic solution: the blockading race/species disincentivises any attempt or desire to break the blockage through unimaginable brutality and a fearful reputation. Something along the lines of "should any individual attempt to leave the system, or any goods from another system be accepted by the system, we'll kill every newborne in the system for the next 25 Earth years". Then follow through with your threat if required, but always allow enough to survive that the stories of your race/species travel between the stars as nightmare/legend amongst all races. Think The Dark Knight Rises, only much, much worse. In this way you needn't actually blockage anything at all, the local government will be obliged to police all ships leaving their planet surface for you for fear of the reprisal, and you need only observe, which shouldn't be difficult given the distortion any ship leaving the system at or near to warp would create.
thepowerofnonethepowerofnone
Another way to blockade a system would be to let the enormity of space do the blockading for you. As @Twelfth mentioned, if you have to rely entirely on slower-than-light engines it's going to take a long time to get anywhere. Additionally, if the civilization is accustomed to using FTL engines, they probably won't have many ships with strong sub-light engines.
So how do we force them to use sub-light engines instead of their FTL engines? Use something like the interdiction field from the Star Wars EU. If space travel is common (and the existence of FTL drives makes that likely), then it's reasonable to assume that one of focuses of military research will be to impede FTL travel. A way to block FTL travel would make for a very effective blockade, especially if their interdiction range is pretty large (on the scale of 1 AU), and even more so if this is the first time that the interdiction technology is used.
How it would play out:
Enough ships show up in the system to blanket the system in interdiction fields. Each ship would have some escorts, but they wouldn't need too many. The ships would be designed to be self-sufficient for years at a time, and for the most part the escorts would be docked with it. In short, they'd be functioning like space stations for the duration of the blockade.
If the interdiction technology was previously unknown, the blockade would have quite a while before they'd need to worry about any threats whatsoever. As I said earlier, existing ships would be set up to rely heavily on FTL engines. It would be reasonable to expect that the civilization being blockaded wouldn't even have ships capable of easily reaching the interdiction ships, so if they wanted to take down the blockade they'd have to build a new fleet designed to be able to reach them using only sub-light engines.
Even a fleet able to reach an interdiction ship would be at a severe disadvantage. If the fleet is small enough to avoid detection, the escorts would be able to handle it. A large fleet would be at a severe tactical disadvantage - the interdiction ship will know well in advance that they are coming and be able to have a fleet of their own come in to counter them. The blockade's fleet would enter at some point through the interdiction blanket, having the interdiction ships temporarily turn off the fields while the fleet passed. The fields would also be arranged with overlaps in such a way that there would be a way to block the incoming enemy fleet while still allowing the friendly fleet to arrive unimpeded. So after months (and months) of slow travel to get to an interdiction ship, the enemy fleet will find that the friendly fleet has already arrived. Additionally, that friendly fleet will be fresh and will have been put together with a knowledge of what they'd be up against (so they could bring ships that would be most effective against the enemy fleet).
What would they do about ships trying to take the slow route through the system? Not much.
Thanks to the blockade, it will be much more costly for ships to enter or leave the system. It will be a long trip and any ship that attempts it knows that they will be watched the entire way. They have no way to know whether or not they'll make it through. In order to make it risky for people to attempt such runs, the blockaders need to catch some of them. A fleet could either be waiting for them near the edge of the interdiction blanket, or use the strategy I mentioned in order to show up deep inside the blanket. There is plenty of time for either strategy because of how long the trip will take without FTL. When they get caught, there are a number of things that could happen - if they resist capture they would probably be blown to smithereens, but if they don't resist they may have their ship seized for the duration of the blockade or just have their goods taken.
Any fleet traveling through the interdiction blanket could count on a blockade fleet meeting them at some point during their journey. This goes for both incoming and outgoing fleets.
To answer your two specific questions, the interdiction ships would be spread fairly evenly throughout the solar system to form a nice blanket. The number needed depends on the range of the interdiction fields. A sphere that extends to the orbit of Pluto (40 AU) has a volume of 64,000 AU^3, so if the interdiction field covers a 1 AU radius (resulting in a little over 4 AU^3 volume) you'd need about 16,000 ships to fully cover that sphere. However, without FTL you'd need gravity assists to leave the sphere, and you can only get those in the plane of the solar system. That gives an area of ~5026.55 AU^2 to cover, with each ship able to cover ~3.14 AU^2, giving full coverage with 1600 ships. I'd bump that up to 5000 to explain overlap and having some above and below the plane to ensure that they can't easily escape that way. If the coverage of a single field is a radius of 10 AU you get a 100x improvement in area coverage, allowing you to do it with 50 ships.
Rob WattsRob Watts
If the species is sufficiently advanced then a "time dilation device" ala what the Asgard did to the Replicators in the Stargate TV series.
However, this was only part of the Asgard's plan. They used a Time dilation device to slow down time within a radius of 0.16 light years by 10^4 power.
EDIT: You end up making the species contained within the time dilation expend so much resources to escape that it simply becomes uneconomic to do so; or it takes them so long to escape that your own species has time to complete their own goals.
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There is little or nothing to be gained by blockading empty space itself. With the massive difficulties involved it may be infeasible to establish a blockade around an entire star system. However, any reasonable military objective that could be achieved by blockade could be achieved by blockading the inhabited planets in the star system.
I think this is the only way to do it: establish blockade in low orbit around planet. It is not possible to hide during boost phase without effectively magical technology. Anything that tries to boost out of the atmosphere is immediately declared a target and shot down. Of course, you're now within target range of planetary surface defenses.
JoshuaJoshua
It comes down to what your weapons' performance is like and what the blockade-runner drives are like.
If you have very long range missiles that majorly outclass ship drives then a single ship can impose a blockade. A blockade runner shows up on infrared, launch a missile at it. It doesn't matter that it's a tail chase, the missile will run it down eventually. There's no hiding your heat in space, they're sure to spot you.
On the other hand, if you're limited to beam weapons (quite possible in a world where point defense is a far easier mission than long range attack, or a world where drives are acceleration-limited to low values--a missile isn't much good if it can't overtake) and the blockade runners have drives as good as yours it's going to take an awful lot of ships (too many to be feasible) if you're actually trying to blockade a star system and not merely a planet in it.
Thus you need to set some weapons performance parameters for this to be at all answerable.
Loren PechtelLoren Pechtel
Its impossible because FTL
So earth to Alpha Centuri is about 1 light year so to cover it in a month you would be going at 12 * c where c is the speed of light. This is ignoring all the very interesting relativistic problems that occur at near speed of light and keep you from going over the speed of light.
To make a blockade work you need to reliably detect blockade runners and then get between them and their destination or at least within firing range before the reach the safety of their destination.
How do you detect something? You bounce something off it usually photons. Photons are bound by the speed of light often so they move slower than FTL.
If an blockade runner comes barreling in a 12 *c then the photons coming off it won't reach a defender until after the runner has passed, even if the runner passes within feet of the defender. It is impossible to detect the approach of an FTL ship until it has already passed. Worse still the defender can't stop him because any projectile, laser or signal is slower than the speed of light.
sdrawkcabdearsdrawkcabdear
You can't. You really really Can't, well not without creating a Dyson Sphere out of battle ships, what you blockade is strategic targets, how many vessels you need to do that depends on relative sensors, acceleration, Delta V and numbers.
AshAsh
You would have two robot cannon ships orbiting the sun in a tight orbit. Each has a hemispheric viewpoint with the sun at its back. You need two, not 1 because otherwise a ship could sneak in keeping the sun between itself and the patrolling cannon ship.
I assume with the future tech possessed by this crew that the cannon ships can fire FTL projectiles or beam weapons such that any ship spotted entering the system can be rapidly fired upon and destroyed.
In the story I imagine, the blockade runner learns that the 2 cannon ships have hemispheric viewpoints but only hemispheric. They are not back to back: there is the sun and a little space between them - which means there is a (rotating with the orbit) blade thin path between the rotating hemispheres thru which a ship can sneak, and get right behind one of the robot cannon ships and board it. Then they turn it around and shoot the other robot cannon ship through the star.
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How would one crash a world sized game? [closed]
First question here so don't hesitate to pinpoint me if need be.
I was wondering: If there was a very convincing, advanced simulation of the real world or a fantasy world how would one go about crashing it?
The only examples I have are kind of weak but here goes: If you were trapped in a "sword art online" type game about the size and complexity of World of Warcraft, could you manage to crash it by exploiting a glitch like for example duplicating an item infinitely, by using a plate to traverse space (as in Skyrim for example)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOTL6qLf_1k
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DemiurgoDemiurgo
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$\begingroup$ Run it under Windows? $\endgroup$ – jamesqf Sep 2 '17 at 17:11
Read Anton Golov's answer to if our universe was a simulation what could a bug look like?
To crash it you need a bug in the simulation to exploit; and very few such bugs are actually going to crash a simulation; most will appear to be some sort of anomalous or inconsistent physics.
For example, in simulating movement of objects, I once had a bug in which my simulation let one type of object pass right through other objects, instead of colliding with them.
A simulation could fail to translate physical position under movement: To us that would look like a moving object suddenly jumped in space or just disappeared. Or perhaps the bug looked up the wrong physical characteristics, and an object (as small as an atom, big as a world) suddenly turned to solid uranium or hydrogen.
Most bugs do not crash programs; they just make the program do something unexpected. Inside the simulation, this would look like a new law of physics, or just something we never can explain. (Think of mysteries of the universe we have now, like Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the lack of monopoles, and several other anomalies in physics). It would be something that does not seem to add up or comply with the physical laws we have discovered about how the world and universe and all its systems work (including biological, chemical, physics and particle physics).
To Crash It, you'd need a runaway bug; and from inside the system this would be either unnoticeable (like time comes to a stop) or some kind of exponentially growing "infection" of the universe that destroys everything (e.g. a black hole that is unexplainably growing fast and will swallow everything.
The manifestation of a crash of a simulation is always a halt of the simulation; the program stops running. Now the computer I am running on may be processing instructions at full tilt; but if I am in an infinite loop the simulation isn't going anywhere: It is halted.
Most crashes are a result of bugs that accidentally over-consume resources, like computer memory or storage space, so the machine doing the computations for the simulation (which obviously is not IN the simulation) does not have the resources to continue. Or, giving such a machine orders it cannot complete; like to decide on a course of action using a variable that has accidentally been left 'undefined' in the code.
You might not ever see it.
IRL, many simulations take very long for us to run (Last year I read Military researchers required about a week of calendar time to accurately simulate air flow for thirty seconds worth of flight for a new kind of multi-rotor drone supply platform).
Because of that, many such simulations take check-points, where they store a 'snapshot' of the entire system every so often (like every 15 minutes), both to help them track down bugs and crashes, and if they are confident the problem did not affect the simulation up to some previous checkpoint, they will restart the simulation from that checkpoint.
From inside the simulation, we would not ever see the crash:
Suppose a simulation crash in our 2015 leads to the destruction of the universe. Our simulation programmers, trace this back to a bug that first manifested itself in our 1987: When Fleischmann and Pons first recorded cold fusion. But unlike our history, that turned out to be real, due to a bug in the simulation's treatment of interactions between palladium and deuterium. Once this interaction starts producing free energy, a runaway reaction causes a black hole that consumes the universe. Bummer.
The simulation programmers investigate this, and being clever, they figure out a way that Fleischmann and Pons might have seen what they saw, but with their results being due to some sort of intermittent equipment problem (and their experiments were intermittently 'successful' and not) localized to their lab.
They have a checkpoint from 1972, with a slight modification they can introduce this equipment flaw, and also correct the interaction bug. They restore the universe to that state: Things work out ever so slightly differently. Palladium and Deuterium interactions produce zero free energy; the bug is corrected. The equipment flaw trick Fleischmann and Pons, but their experiments cannot be replicated and they are discredited. Nothing at all happens in our 2015, and the simulation continues: But the simulation programmers have saved 13.7 billion of our years in simulation time, and perhaps that makes a difference to them.
You are speaking about a "glitch", which is a specific bug in programming allowing you to do things you shouldn't be able to do.
If this can crash the game it is dependent on the specifics of the glitch itself. It's not something that can be seen "a priori", you play and you (possibly) use bugs and exploit them in "creative" ways.
This is completely different from logic inconsistencies (eventually) present in the simulation (e.g.: magic system allowing you to create arbitrary amount of matter), which you may be able to exploit or not.
Example: with a magic system like the one above you could create a mass greater than that of the whole planet some kilometer over your head and literally "crash" the game under its weight; otherwise You can spawn continuously rabbits till the game crashes trying to keep track of them all.
Other types of inconsistency would leas to different paradoxes with which the system may or may not be able to cope (a system might overflow simply failing to spawn more rabbits, instead than crashing).
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Usually games only crash on the client side, meaning that the game crashes on the console/computer of an individual player, which would only affect that player. An MMO would need to have a serious design flaw in order to crash the entire server for everyone. Usually such a bug would involve either database corruption or a runaway process using up all of the server's RAM or CPU power.
One possible idea would be to build a machine in the game so complex that the server would become overwhelmed trying to process all of the physics calculations for it. If the server has to devote all of its resources to the calculations, players will start getting dropped as the server becomes too busy to handle them. This would obviously require the physics to be calculated server-side
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Crazy Things Pesticides Are Doing To Your Body
Pesticides are designed to kill, although the mode of action they use to put the stranglehold on pests varies. Whether it’s nerve gas–like neurological disruption, the unbalancing of key hormones, or the stunting of a plant’s ability to absorb life-sustaining trace minerals from the soil, none of the chemical interventions seems all that appetizing, especially considering that chemical residues routinely wind up on and even inside of the food we eat everyday. Pesticides are also blamed for diminishing mineral levels in foods.
Agrochemical supporters tend to fall back on a “the dose makes the poison” theory, assuming that small exposures aren’t harmful. Increasingly, though, independent scientists are debunking that belief, even proving that incredibly tiny doses could set a person up for health problems later in life. Luckily, eating organic, less processed foods can cut back on your pesticide exposure.
Here are 9 health problems associated with pesticide-based agrochemicals.
#1: Food Allergies. In one of the strangest links to pesticides to date, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City found an association between food allergies and the levels of a pesticide breakdown product in urine. People with high levels of dichlorophenol, a breakdown product of the herbicide 2,4-D and of chlorine used to disinfect tap water, were more likely to suffer allergies to milk, eggs, seafood, and peanuts. It’s not clear what could be happening, says Elina Jerschow, MD, MSc, lead author of the study, but she says it may have something to do with the “hygiene hypothesis.” Dichlorophenol acts like an antimicrobial and could interfere with healthy bacterial levels in the gut, which, in turn, could upset the body’s natural immune reactions to certain allergens in food.
Prevent it: Go GMO free. The USDA is about to approve a genetically modified (GMO) corn resistant to 2,4-D, one of the main sources of dichlorophenol in our food supply. If approved, the nonprofit Center for Food Safety estimates that the use of 2,4-D would quadruple, exposing millions more people to potentially food-allergy-inducing pesticide by-products. Buy certified-organic foods and download theTrue Food Shoppers Guide to avoid nonorganic foods that might contain GMOs.
#2: Memory Loss. Another review from University College London recently concluded that low levels of pesticides, such as those considered safe for farmworkers who are exposed on a daily basis, cause significant damage to cognitive function—your memory, the speed at which you process information, and your ability to plan for the long term. The review used data from 14 different studies and looked at organophosphate pesticides, which are some of the most harmful chemicals used in agriculture.
Prevent it: Opt for organic produce. Not only will you be avoiding memory-killing pesticides, but also eating a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables will ward off memory loss, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
#3: Diabetes. Scientists have been noticing a link between pesticides and diabetes for years. The latest evidence comes out of the Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting, where Robert Sargis, MD, PhD, released the results of a study that suggest tolyfluanid, a fungicide used on farm crops, creates insulin resistance in fat cells. A 2011 study published in Diabetes Care found that overweight people with higher levels of organochlorine pesticides in their bodies also faced a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Prevent it: To save money on organic fare raised without pesticides, cook with organic dried beans. In the home, avoid using chemical air fresheners and artificially scented products—these things are also blamed for inducing type 2 diabetes.
#4: Cancer. More than 260 studies link pesticides to various cancers, including lymphoma, leukemia, soft tissue sarcoma, and brain, breast, prostate, bone, bladder, thyroid, colon, liver, and lung cancers, among others.
Prevent it: The President’s Cancer Panel suggests eating organic and avoiding plastic to lower your risk of environmentally triggered cancers.
#5: Autism & Other Developmental Diseases. How do you get autism? The world’s leading autism researchers believe the condition develops from a mix of genes and the pollutants encountered in the mother’s womb and early in life. Many insecticides effectively kill bugs by throwing off normal neurological functioning. That same thing appears to be happening in some children. A 2010 Harvard study found that children with organophosphate pesticide breakdown materials in their urine were far more likely to live with ADHD than kids without the trace pesticide residues.
Prevent it: Switching to an organic diet rapidly eliminates pesticide residues in the body.
#6: Obesity. Some agrochemical pesticides act as hormone disruptors, meaning they act like a fake version of a naturally occurring hormone in your body, they block important hormone communication pathways in the body, or they interfere with your body’s ability to regulate the healthy release of hormones. More than 50 pesticides are classified as hormone disruptors, and some of them promote metabolic syndrome and obesity as they accumulate in your cells, according to 2012 study appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Prevent it: Food isn’t the only place where these obesogenic chemicals could be lurking. Avoid canned foods and other foods packaged in plastic. Studies have shown that chemicals, such as BPA and phthalates, in food packaging could play a role in obesity as well.
#7: Parkinson’s Disease. More than 60 studies show a connection between pesticides and the neurological disease Parkinson’s, a condition characterized by uncontrolled trembling. The association is strongest for weed- and bug-killing chemical exposures over a long period of time, meaning it’s important to keep these toxic compounds out of your household routine.
Prevent it: Don’t turn to chemical interventions to kill bugs in your home or garden. Instead, use natural pest control measures.
#8: Infertility. Pesticides spell trouble in the baby-making department, thanks to their bad habit of not staying put. For instance, atrazine, a common chemical weed killer used heavily in the Midwest, on Southern sugar cane farms, and on golf courses, has been detected in tap water. Doctors and scientists point to published evidence tying atrazine to increased miscarriage and infertility rates. Other pesticides cause a plunge in male testosterone levels. A 2006 study found chlorpyrifos, a chemical used in nonorganic apple and sweet pepper farming, and carbaryl, a go-to pesticide in strawberry fields and peach orchards, caused abnormally low testosterone levels.
Prevent it: Avoid the worst summer fruit, the kinds most likely to be laced with toxic pesticides. Instead, choose organic grapes, strawberries, and imported plums.
#9: Birth Defects. Babies conceived during the spring and summer months—a time of year when pesticide use is in full swing—face the highest risk of birth defects. During these months, higher pesticide levels turn up in surface waters, increasing a mother’s risk of exposure. Spina bifida, cleft lip, clubfoot, and Down syndrome rates are higher when moms become pregnant during high season for pesticides.
Prevent it: To protect yourself, use a water filter that is certified by NSF International to meet American National Standards Institute Standard 53 for VOC (volatile organic compound) reduction. This will significantly reduce levels of atrazine and other pesticides in your tap water.
#10: Alzheimer’s Disease. A recent study published in the journal JAMA Neurology found a link between pesticides and alzheimer’s.
Researchers specifically found that higher levels of the breakdown product of the nasty insecticide DDT (DDE) in the blood of people seemed to fuel the disease. People with higher levels in their bodies were more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s compared to older people with lower levels.
This research by no means uncovered a definitive cause of Alzheimer’s, but it’s a groundbreaking study that could inspire more research into the possible environmental factors—specifically chemical pesticides—that trigger Alzheimer’s, a brain disease that currently affects about 5 million people in the United States.
If the findings pan out through further research, it could mean that testing for DDE levels in the body could lead to earlier diagnosis, which has been shown to help ease symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
Prevent It: Eat organic as much as possible. Although banned in the U.S., DDT could still contaminate some imported foods. And to keep your brain strong, exercise regularly and avoid processed foods as much as possible.
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Goree Family History
Goree Name Meaning
Americanized form of a French name, probably Gorré, from Old French goré ‘deceived’, ‘betrayed’. variant spelling of Scottish and Irish Gorey.
Similar surnames: Gorey, Loree, Gore, Borne, Gorse, Foree, Porte, Gobel, Gorley, Corte
Goree Family Origin
Where is the Goree family from?
You can see how Goree families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Goree family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Goree families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 3 Goree families living in Quebec. This was 100% of all the recorded Goree's in Canada. Quebec had the highest population of Goree families in 1911.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Goree surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
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Goree Family Occupations
What did your Goree ancestors do for a living?
In 1880, a less common occupation for the Goree family was Farm Hand. The most common Goree occupation in the USA was Farmer. 54% of Goree's were Farmers. Farmer, Keeping House and Laborer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Goree.
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Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Goree ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.
Goree Historical Records
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There are 7,000 census records available for the last name Goree. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Goree census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.
Search 1881 Canadian census records for Goree
There are 618 immigration records available for the last name Goree. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
View all Goree immigration records
There are 2,000 military records available for the last name Goree. For the veterans among your Goree ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.
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You've only scratched the surface of Goree family history.
Goree Life Expectancy
What is the average Goree lifespan?
Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Goree life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1948, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Goree in 1946 was 55, and 72 in 2004.
View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Goree
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Goree ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 trio of slates gets DLNA certified, spec sheets are still full of holes
Anyone remember the alleged third-gen Samsung Galaxy Tabs that were furiously making the rumor rounds a while back? They’ve really fallen off the radar lately, making us think they were never real to begin with.
Only they have to be real, don’t they? After all, it’s been almost a year since Samsung unveiled the second-gen Galaxy Tabs and it’s not like the Koreans to completely abandon a line of products just like that. Even if they’ve never been huge hits and even if the Galaxy Note family has a lot more potential.
But if you needed additional proof several new Galaxy Tabs are in fact in the works, here it is – three devices, each with three different variations, have been spotted getting their DLNA certifications.
The trio carries the GT-P32xx, GT-P52xx and GT-P82xx model numbers, where xx is replaced by 00, 10 and 20 for 3G, Wi-Fi only and 4G LTE-enabled versions. The tabs are to be called Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 3 Plus, if our sources are to be trusted (and we think they are).
The DLNA listings only confirm the gadgets exist and they’re close to entering production, while the spec sheets remain big fat mysteries. However, chances are the Tab 3 Plus will resemble the Nexus 10 and be the leader of this pack, while the other two will be focused more towards the budget niche.
That means we can expect the 10-inch Tab 3 Plus to come with a 2,560 x 1,600 pixels resolution panel, Android 4.2 and a quad-core Exynos processor (even if a dual-core Exynos 5 is also in contention). The Tab 3 7.0 will probably pack a 1,280 x 800 pix res display and a dual-core 1.5 GHz CPU, while as far as the Tab 3 10.1 goes we’d rather not speculate.
No trusted source has provided us with even the smallest nugget of info relating to this 10-incher, and, to be frank, we don’t understand the point of releasing another big tab next to the Nexus 10, GNote 10.1 and Tab 3 Plus.
Do you? How about the other two, do they sound like something you would be interested in, say, two months from now? Should Samsung just focus on phones and Galaxy Note tablets?
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times on Jun 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES -- California prosecutors on Tuesday announced that a top leader of the La Luz Del Mundo religious organization based in Mexico was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, production of child pornography, forcible rape of a minor and other felonies.
Naason Joaquin Garcia, a leader of the organization that claims more than 1 million followers worldwide, and co-defendants Alondra Ocampo, Azalea Rangel Melendez and Susana Medina Oaxaca -- all of whom are affiliated with La Luz Del Mundo -- are alleged to have committed 26 felonies in Southern California between 2015 and 2018.
"Crimes like those alleged in this complaint have no place in our society. Period," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. "We must not turn a blind eye to sexual violence and trafficking in our state. At the California Department of Justice, we will do everything we can to prevent and combat these heinous crimes so that our communities are safe. If you see something, report it and we will vigorously pursue justice."
Prosecutors say Garcia and his co-defendants committed the crimes while leading La Luz Del Mundo, an international religious organization headquartered in Mexico.
"Garcia and his co-defendants allegedly coerced victims into performing sexual acts by telling them that if they went against any of his desires or wishes as 'the Apostle,' that they were going against God," the attorney general said in a statement.
The organization -- formed in Mexico in 1926 -- has been the subject of controversy for years, as it has spread from Mexico into California and other places.
In the past, critics have compared it to a cult that preys on the poor.
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What to know for this week's cold weather
As South Dakota faces possibly historic cold temperatures this week, here are some things you should keep in mind as you prepare.
What to know for this week's cold weather As South Dakota faces possibly historic cold temperatures this week, here are some things you should keep in mind as you prepare. Check out this story on argusleader.com: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/28/what-know-weeks-cold-weather/2699636002/
Katie Nelson, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Published 2:07 p.m. CT Jan. 28, 2019 | Updated 2:52 p.m. CT Jan. 28, 2019
Sara Crosby walks through downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (Photo: Loren Townsley / Argus Leader)
How cold could it get?
The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls said air temperatures on Wednesday could drop to as low as -29 degrees, two degrees lower than the previous Jan. 30 record set in 1899. While Sioux Falls may break the daily record for lowest temperature, it is unlikely to break the all-time cold record of -42 degrees, also set in 1899.
The last time it reached -29 degrees in Sioux Falls was Feb. 2, 1996, although temperatures dipped to -30 degrees on Jan. 2, 2010, meteorologist Andrew Kalin said. He cautioned that temperatures could change between now and Wednesday.
"It's tough to say a couple days out," Kalin said.
Humans are not the only ones at risk during the cold snap: Animals can develop frostbite extremely quickly, even to the point of losing ears or feet, Sioux Falls Humane Society executive director Kori Baade said.
"Animals should take very, very short walks," Baade said, adding that dressing your dog in a coat is also advised.
Animals that can be kept inside should be, Baade said, while creatures that live in barns or other outdoor areas should be kept warm and well-supplied with food and water. Trips to the dog park are out of the question.
"Just limit any exposure outside," Baade said. "Make sure they're out of the wind and cold."
If anyone comes across a stray pet in below-freezing temperatures, Baade said the humane society has a 24-hour receiving area with heated kennels where they can be taken.
More: Local homeless shelters prep for 'life-threatening' cold
A blast of super-cold arctic air is bringing dangerous sub-zero cold to the U.S. Midwest and Northeast Wochit, Detroit Free Press
Driving in plummeting temperatures can be dangerous, and it helps to be prepared. One of the most important thing drivers can do is to check their cars before the cold arrives, said AAA South Dakota spokeswoman Marilyn Buskohl.
"We really recommend ... that you have a good working battery," she said, adding that extreme temperatures are the most likely time for cars to quit working correctly.
Buskohl also recommended keeping a winter driving kit with items like a flashlight, booster cables, an ice scraper, a shovel, a warm blanket, food and water and first aid materials, just in case drivers get stranded.
More: It's going to be so cold, Taco John's is changing its hours
Photos: Record-setting cold in Sioux Falls
Sean Maher waits for his bus to arrive in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Nelson Freeman, 16, rides the bus in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
People get off the bus in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
James Coleman rides the bus in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Lee Wentzel and April Roberts wait for their bus to arrive in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Falls park, Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Sioux Falls. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Luke Valeika gathers shopping carts at Walmart in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
The Falls freeze in Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Terrin Haggerty, counselor at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, is on crosswalk duty for early dismissal Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Sioux Falls. Area schools had early dismissal Tuesday because of severe weather. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Joe Merriman picks up his nephew Ira Hanson at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Sioux Falls. Area schools had early dismissal Tuesday because of severe weather. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Amy Lawrence walks around the The Bus Stop downtown terminal handing out hand warmers to passengers, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Sioux Falls. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Amy Lawrence fixes a bus passengers hat and then hands them a hand warmer at the The Bus Stop downtown terminal, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Sioux Falls. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Carson Nickles runs down the sidewalk after early dismissal at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Sioux Falls. Area schools had early dismissal Tuesday because of severe weather. Briana Sanchez / Argus Leader
Austin Mielke takes a smoke break outside of Coffea in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Luke Tatge waits at a cross walk in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Megan Beacom poses in her cold weather clothes in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Jordan Hawks plows the sidewalk in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Aaron Canfield walks through downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Sara Crosby walks through downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Loren Townsley / Argus Leader
Home and health safety
Staying warm and safe inside is one of the best ways to ride out the bitter cold. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that homeowners check roofs for leaks and ensure heating systems are working properly before the cold sets in, as well as make sure they have a safe alternative heat source and fuel.
The CDC also recommends dressing in layers, including a wind-resistant coat, mittens, waterproof boots, scarf and a hat. This can help prevent hypothermia and frostbite, both of which are real concerns during this week's cold snap: The National Weather Service says frostbite could affect exposed skin in as little as five minutes on Wednesday.
Hypothermia can be marked by confusion, shivering, fumbling hands or drowsiness, the CDC said. Symptoms of frostbite include white or grayish-yellow skin or numbness. Anyone showing symptoms of either hypothermia or frostbite should seek immediate medical attention.
There's cold, and then there's COLD! Extreme and dangerous COLD! is forecast this week from the Northern Plains through the Great Lakes with lows in the -30s and -40s and wind chills as low as the -60s Wed-Thu! If you can't stay cozy inside, be sure to cover any exposed skin! pic.twitter.com/dJNpT0qGHs
— NWS (@NWS) January 28, 2019
Closures and delays
The Sioux Falls School District has not yet decided whether it will close any time this week, spokeswoman Carly Uthe said.
"Right now, (we're) just monitoring the situation," Uthe said.
The Great Plains Zoo announced it is closed until 10 a.m. Thursday, while Great Bear Ski Park is also shuttering until Thursday. Taco John's locations in Sioux Falls and Mitchell say they are closing early and opening late this week in order to keep their employees safe in the frigid temperatures.
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The Latest: Hamas buries, vows revenge for slain engineer
Members of Hamas' honor guard surround the coffin of Palestinian scientist Fadi al-Batsh after his body crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt at the Rafah crossing border, Thursday, April 26, 2018. The body of the Hamas scientist who was gunned down in Malaysia last week was returned to the Gaza Strip on Thursday for burial. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on developments surrounding the killing of a Palestinian in Malaysia (all times local):
Thousands of people, led by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, are taking part in the funeral of Hamas engineer Fadi al-Batsh in northern Gaza.
Haniyeh led the funeral prayers at a mosque in Jabaliya, the town where al-Batsh grew up. He accused Israel of killing al-Batsh, who was gunned down in Malaysia last week, and vowed revenge.
Haniyeh said “the hand that assassinated the scientist will be severed.” He also thanked Malaysia and Egypt for allowing the body to be repatriated to Gaza “against the will of” Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Lieberman had said the body should not be returned until Hamas releases captive Israeli civilians and the remains of Israeli soldiers it is holding.
Mourners interrupted Haniyeh several times in applause, chanting “God is Great.”
The body of a Hamas scientist gunned down in Malaysia last week has arrived in his native Gaza for burial.
Relatives and Palestinian faction leaders gathered in a show of respect to greet the body of Fadi al-Batsh as it entered Gaza through the Egyptian border. Hamas has scheduled a funeral for Friday.
Al-Batsh, who was working as a university researcher in Malaysia, was killed by a pair of assailants on motorcycles early Saturday as he was on his way to pray at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.
Hamas has identified him as commander in its military wing and accused Israel of killing him.
But on Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel did not do it.
Israeli media have reported that al-Batsh was involved in Hamas’ military drone program.
Israel’s defense minister is denying that his country killed a Hamas-affiliated scientist who was gunned down last week in Malaysia.
Avigdor Lieberman told the Arabic news site Elaph that “we did not assassinate him.”
When asked in the interview on Thursday who killed Palestinian engineer Fadi al-Batsh, the minister said: “Ask James Bond ... maybe James Bond killed him like in the movies.”
Al-Batsh, an electrical engineering lecturer at a Malaysian university, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle as he was on his way to a mosque on Saturday.
In Gaza, Hamas leaders and relatives are waiting at the Egyptian border for his body.
Hamas, the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza, accuses Israel of assassinating al-Batsh. He is to be buried Friday at a ceremony led by Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top leader.
Hundreds of Palestinians have participated in the funeral of a Gaza journalist who died after being shot by Israeli troops while covering a border protest.
Ahmed Abu Hussein, 24, died Wednesday at an Israeli hospital, nearly two weeks after he was shot on April 13.
Abu Hussein was covering the weekly massive protests organized by Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.
Hamas leaders and family members were waiting Thursday at the Egyptian border for the body of a Hamas-affiliated scientist gunned down last week in Malaysia. The body of Fadi al-Batsh, an engineering lecturer in a Kuala Lumpur university, was expected to arrive later Thursday.
Hamas, which accuses Israel of assassinating al-Batsh, is to bury him on Friday at a ceremony led by Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s top leader.
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How to overhaul the dismal trade of strategy
9 Sep 2016|Peter Layton
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There’s no shortage of dark, pessimistic visions out there, including a revisionist Russia, an assertive China, the end of globalisation, a declining America and an endless war on terrorism. A strategist might tell you that today is the worst of times, but will add ‘don’t worry it’ll get worse’! Andrew Carr recently put forth some sound counterarguments that things aren’t really that bad in the world, but I’d like suggest that we might all gain from reimagining this assumed ‘dismal’ trade.
Strategists often like to think of themselves as realists, which is actually a complex international relations school of thought that encompasses many, often conflicting, perspectives. Fundamentally though, strategists cherry pick from realism the idea that they see things as they truly are—perceiving that conflict is endemic in human affairs. Strategists don’t dream of endless peace but instead have nightmares of forever wars. In its simplicity it has an appealing clarity—and for academics and think-tanks, it’s one that attracts outside attention and (most importantly) external funding.
The oft-quoted realist E.H.Carr was however alarmed at the intrinsic barrenness of the concept. He decided that international relations ‘…is the science not only of what is, but of what ought to be.’ In this view, strategists should aim to provide visions of preferred futures derived from an understanding of current realities.
Art Lykke famously described (PDF) strategy as being about ends, ways and means. Strategy is the ‘way’ that the ‘means’ are used to achieve desired ‘ends’. Strategists however often focus on the ‘means’, particularly, due to a sometimes narrow focus on making war, on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of military forces. That’s an understandable trap; “boys’ toys” exert a magnetic attraction, including for this author, but that view is far too limited.
One of the major lessons of the post-9/11 wars of Iraq and Afghanistan was that military power alone was insufficient to achieve desired outcomes. Great means—and American military power is massive—don’t necessarily produce great ends. Strategists today need to consider employing not just military means but the full suite of capabilities of the state.
Accordingly, strategists need to think about desirable ends and diverse means but recall that strategy is actually the ‘way’. The key outcome of strategists should be an explanation of how the ‘means’ available can be best used to most effectively achieve desired ‘ends’. In this, as Lawrence Freedman observes, strategy is ‘about getting more out of a situation than the starting balance of power would suggest’. In language a strategist might approve of, good strategy is a force multiplier, a shrewd ‘way’ that magnifies the impact of the ‘means’.
A concentration on nightmare visions of failed world orders is therefore at its core a failure of strategic thinking. A focus on one’s fears isn’t the task of a strategist (though it might make for a good novel). Instead, the trade of the strategist is to focus on how to make better futures rather than map the descent routes into bad ones.
In this it should be admitted that strategists, and the academic discipline of strategic studies more generally, today often try to avoid discussing ‘ways’. For example, there has been little debate about how Iraq and Afghanistan might have been ‘won’ (depending on how ‘won’ is defined). What comment there has been tends to equate ends with means; if greater means had been used greater ends would have naturally resulted, allowing discussions of alternative strategies to be avoided.
It must be noted of course that my critique is in many respects only a criticism of Western strategists. Chinese strategists have been diligently making themselves a better future in the South China Sea. Russian strategists have been making a better Russian future, too. Western strategists haven’t been able to produce a strategy as successful as those of Chinese and Russian strategists, but that’s a failing of Western strategists, not of the trade itself.
It’s long been observed that the victors rest on their laurels but losers redouble their efforts. Now well after the Cold War ended in victory for Western strategy, this is what is happening in the inherently competitive world of strategists. Chinese and Russian strategists are perhaps as Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar observed of Cassius: he ‘has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous’.
So the dark visions rampant in the minds of contemporary strategists shouldn’t be the final word. Strategists need to work out how to favourably shape future events. Our strategists shouldn’t be pessimistic or optimistic, rather they should be focused on making better tomorrows. A noble calling surely.
Peter Layton is a visiting fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University.
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Research article 05 Aug 2013
Research article | 05 Aug 2013
The effect of using limited scene-dependent averaging kernels approximations for the implementation of fast observing system simulation experiments targeted on lower tropospheric ozone
P. Sellitto1, G. Dufour1, M. Eremenko1, J. Cuesta1, V.-H. Peuch2, A. Eldering3, D. P. Edwards4, and J.-M. Flaud1 P. Sellitto et al. P. Sellitto1, G. Dufour1, M. Eremenko1, J. Cuesta1, V.-H. Peuch2, A. Eldering3, D. P. Edwards4, and J.-M. Flaud1
1Laboratoire Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, CNRS – UMR7583, Universités Paris-Est et Paris Diderot, CNRS, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil, France
2European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Research Department, Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9AX, UK
3Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
4National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Received: 15 Feb 2013 – Discussion started: 08 Mar 2013 – Revised: 19 Jun 2013 – Accepted: 29 Jun 2013 – Published: 05 Aug 2013
Abstract. Practical implementations of chemical OSSEs (Observing System Simulation Experiments) usually rely on approximations of the pseudo-observations by means of a predefined parametrization of the averaging kernels, which describe the sensitivity of the observing system to the target atmospheric species. This is intended to avoid the use of a computationally expensive pseudo-observations simulator, that relies on full radiative transfer calculations. Here we present an investigation on how no, or limited, scene dependent averaging kernels parametrizations may misrepresent the sensitivity of an observing system. We carried out the full radiative transfer calculation for a three-days period over Europe, to produce reference pseudo-observations of lower tropospheric ozone, as they would be observed by a concept geostationary observing system called MAGEAQ (Monitoring the Atmosphere from Geostationary orbit for European Air Quality). The selected spatio-temporal interval is characterised by an ozone pollution event. We then compared our reference with approximated pseudo-observations, following existing simulation exercises made for both the MAGEAQ and GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) missions. We found that approximated averaging kernels may fail to replicate the variability of the full radiative transfer calculations. In addition, we found that the approximations substantially overestimate the capability of MAGEAQ to follow the spatio-temporal variations of the lower tropospheric ozone in selected areas, during the mentioned pollution event. We conclude that such approximations may lead to false conclusions if used in an OSSE. Thus, we recommend to use comprehensive scene-dependent approximations of the averaging kernels, in cases where the full radiative transfer is computationally too costly for the OSSE being investigated.
How to cite: Sellitto, P., Dufour, G., Eremenko, M., Cuesta, J., Peuch, V.-H., Eldering, A., Edwards, D. P., and Flaud, J.-M.: The effect of using limited scene-dependent averaging kernels approximations for the implementation of fast observing system simulation experiments targeted on lower tropospheric ozone, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 1869-1881, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-1869-2013, 2013.
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New App Helps Parents Understand Crying Baby
0.1. Look who’s talking now.
One of the most stressful aspects of being a new parent is being subjugated to your baby’s crying and then finding yourself unable to figure out what the problem is. That all may be in the past though. Researchers in Taiwan have developed an app that may make it easier for parents to calm and provide for their crying babies.
The app, called Infant Cries Translator, tries to identify the baby’s needs based on its crying. The app references a thorough database of possible crying sounds, looking for small changes in the acoustics and frequency of the individual screams. Built over two years, this database contains over 200,000 crying sounds collected from 100 infants.
The app receives a soundbite of your baby’s cry, and returns its analysis within 15 seconds. According to IBN Live the app updates its database to a Cloud Drive on a constant basis. The algorithm of the app allows parents to modify the settings according to their infant.
According to a video put out by Rueters courtesy of Chang Chuan-Yu and Dr. Chen Si-da the Infant Cries Translator can differentiate four different statuses of sounds of baby crying, including hunger, the diaper getting wet, sleepy and pain. “So far, according to the feedback from users, the accuracy of the app we’ve tested can reach 92 percent for babies under two weeks old. As for the babies under one or two months, the accuracy of the app can also reach up to 84 or 85 percent. Even for the four month old baby, the accuracy can reach 77 percent.” The creators say there is little point past the age of six months because the baby has become more adapted to its environment.
Although it’s not yet perfect, the next generations of these apps may become an everyday sight with new parents, especially those unaccustomed to caring for an upset infant.
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Solskjaer won’t use 1999 triumph for motivation ahead of Nou Camp return
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not be talking to his players about the 1999 Champions League final (Nick Potts/PA)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not hark back to the 1999 Champions League final in his team-talks when Manchester United attempt to overturn their deficit in Barcelona on Tuesday.
The Nou Camp holds a special place in the hearts of United supporters as well as Solskjaer, whose last-gasp strike at the ground helped United to their second European Cup and an unforgettable treble haul.
What happened nearly 20 years ago is almost certain to be a point of reference ahead of the return leg of United’s quarter-final against the Spanish champions.
But Red Devils manager Solskjaer feels there are few parallels to draw from and will instead use the current crop’s wins at Juventus and Paris St Germain this season in an effort to motivate his side, who lost 1-0 at Old Trafford last Wednesday.
Manchester United won the Champions League in 1999 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Asked whether he will speak to his players about 1999, the Norwegian said: “No I won’t because it was against Bayern Munich, it was a final, it was different.
“We will use the PSG (match), we will use Juventus away, we have beaten some good teams away from home this year, and played against some great players.
“We had (Barcelona) flustered at times here as well. Yes, they controlled the game towards the end, they had the possession but they never really bothered us in our own half.”
United trailed by two goals at the halfway stage against PSG but rallied at the Parc des Princes to book their spot in the last eight and a showdown against Barca.
Another special night at the Nou Camp on Tuesday? @LukeShaw23 #MUFC #UCL pic.twitter.com/PTHVR83z6A
And Solskjaer is confident that, with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba at his disposal, there is enough quality within United’s ranks to spring another surprise.
He added: “You look at the quality of those players and that gives us a threat, we carry a goal threat.
“But of course what we did against PSG as a team must give everyone a huge confidence boost because that experience was probably the best they have had for many years, those players.
“They are probably dreaming about another one of them again at the Nou Camp.”
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Barking Road Runners tackle enduring Chingford Relays
PUBLISHED: 14:00 13 March 2019
Jacob Ranson
Barking Road Runners at the Chingford Relays (Pic: BRR)
Barking Road Runners sent three teams to the Chingford relays at Wanstead Flats at the weekend.
Paul Grange and Joseph Grange (Pic: BRR)
The A team made up of Diarmud Mac Donnell, Paul Grange, Ronald Viallis and Trevor Robinson finished 16th while the B team that included Andrew Gwilliam, Gary Harford, Jason Li and Les Jay finished 44th.
Alison Fryatt, Natalie Traylen and Paul Grange and Trevor Robinson made up the C team and finished 41st.
Paul Grange was unable to retain his title and was named senior runner-up in the series behind Euan Brown from East London Runners.
Son Joseph, however, was awarded first prize for the Chingford League under-13s winter series competition.
Barking Road Runners at York 10k (Pic: BRR)
The youngster won all six of the under-13s races to become the overall winner of the 2018/2019 winter season.
A total of 13 runners took part in the Vitality Big Half Marathon with Lee Ionita leading the way with a time of 1:15:59.
Dervish Bartlett (1:34), Rakesh Sandhu (1:51), Manish Sharman (1:52), Charlotte Owen (1:54), Mark Durrant (2:01), Richard Quye (2:04), Natalie Traylen (2:07), Charlotte Webster (2:08), Rachel Robinson (2:09), Anthony Maughan (2:18), Stephanie Keysworth (2:36), Greg Adams (2:53) also ran.
The club also saw Kresh Veerasamy, Tom and James Coughlin take part in the Resolution 10k in York.
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DC Graphic Novels: Buy 2, Get the 3rd Free
Mother Panic Vol. 1: A Work in Progress
by Jody Houser, Tommy Lee Edwards (Illustrator)Jody Houser
As part of the new DC’s Young Animal imprint, a bold new take on the world of the Batman comes from writer Jody Houser, artists Tommy Lee Edwards and Shawn Crystal and DC’s Young Animal mastermind Gerard Way—MOTHER PANIC VOL. 1: A WORK IN PROGRESS.
The shadow of the Bat falls over all of Gotham City, from its dark alleys to its glittering high-rises. But a new vigilante has just stepped away from that shadow, and she has her own brand of violent retribution to deal out to the city’s corrupt elites.
Meet Violet Paige, a rich young celebutante with a bad attitude and a worse reputation. No one would ever suspect that this tabloid-fodder wild child has a secret hidden beneath her spoiled heiress exterior—a secret that has driven her to become the terrifying force of vengeance against her privileged peers known as Mother Panic!
But even as Violet launches her all-out assault on the rich and twisted, her shaky allies threaten to betray her, and every one of Gotham’s guardians—from Batwoman to the Dark Knight himself—is hot on her trail. Will Mother Panic continue to strike terror into her enemies’ hearts? Or will her violent quest for justice reach an equally violent end?
Collects MOTHER PANIC VOL. 1: A WORK IN PROGRESS #1-6.
Young Animal Series
Jody Houser is the creator behind the webcomic Cupcake POW! Houser has written Faith for Valiant Comics, Max Ride: Ultimate Flight and Agent May for Marvel, and Orphan Black for IDW. She has been a contributing writer to numerous comics anthologies, including Avengers: No More Bullying, Vertigo CMYK: Magenta, and both Womanthology series. Houser contributed to Justice League of America: Road to Rebirth and is currently writing Mother Panic for DC.
Teens who love gritty Batman Stories will find plenty to like in this latest Gotham City Vigilante…Violet’s bitterness, long-buried secrets, and tightrope walk between bravery and recklessness make this a nice fit for fans of Greg Rucka’s Batwoman: Elegy.” —BOOKLIST
“Houser’s dialogue and characters are superb. Edwards is in top form; his pacing is wonderful and the action is fantastic.”—NERDIST
“While there is no shortage of women heroes, there is a major shortage of woman antiheroes and MOTHER PANIC looks to fill that gap.” —NEWSARAMA
“Mother Panic is a somewhat more traditional superhero story, but the psychedelic visual style and and surreal, fractured narrative give the book a flavor all its own.” —IGN
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Trickfish Amplification Welcomes Bass Legend Jeff Andrews to Their Artist Family
Trickfish Amplification welcomes bass legend and esteemed Jazz educator to the Trickfish family.
By BP Staff , Jul 11, 2016
Trickfish is honored to welcome Grammy Award winning bassist, composer, producer, and highly esteemed Educator/ Professor of Jazz and Contemporary music, Jeff Andrews to the Trickfish family. His credits include appearances or recordings with The Michael Brecker Band, Special EFX, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Mike Stern Trio, The Gil Evans Orchestra, Bob Mintzer’s Big Band, Vital Information, The New Standards Band, Bob Berg, Herbie Hancock, Dave Liebman, Jack DeJohnette, Larry Coryell Band, Dave Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Hiram Bullock, Dennis Chambers, Joe Zawinul, Lew Soloff, McCoy Tyner, Adam Nussbaum, Richie Morales, Airto Moreira, Kenny Kirkland, Omar Hakim, Tom Coster, Mike Mainieri, Peter Erskine, Robben Ford and countless others. At one point Jeff even played in a bass trio with Jaco Pastorius and Ricky Sebastian on drums.
Formally educated at Towson State University, Berklee College of Music and the Peabody Conservatory, Jeff has paid it forward with prestigious teaching assignments at SUNY Purchase, Mannes College of Music, The New School, Manhattan School of Music and City College in addition to holding educational clinics worldwide.
“I had been working on a new bass guitar concept with Jimmy Coppolo and in the back of my mind I knew I needed an amp that would reveal the nuance of the instrument.” says Jeff. “Through fate or just good fortune, one of my students, Ryan Owens, had purchased a Trickfish rig and extolled its virtues in such a compelling way that I had to get in touch with the company and give it a listen. This amp is everything Ryan conveyed – powerful yet warm, punchy, easy to run, portable… and it sounds fantastic with the new Coppolo bass. Since the initial contact I’ve spent hours on the phone with Richard talking about gear, about music, life and bad backs! Between Richard, Mike Pope and the rest of the team I know these guys love music, the bass and understand completely what it means to be a pro player. I just feel like I’m in good hands.”
“I’ve been aware of Jeff’s prodigious skills for years and have been astounded and inspired by his virtuosic soloing and ability to lay down a massive groove. He’s clearly a force of nature.” states Richard Ruse, Trickfish founder. “Jeff’s commitment to communicating through music goes back to the 80’s where he founded, promoted, booked (and basically lived) at the 55 Bar in NYC – a place that is as important to the modern jazz era as Birdland was to the be-bop and post-bop era. This where the new jazz royalty from Jaco, Mike Stern and the Brecker’s explored what is now become known as “Bop and Roll” (a smelting of Bebop improvisation with a Rock attitude and electric Instruments) and where Jeff was unleashed on the unsuspecting Jazz world.”
Ruse further states, “What may be more impressive is his compulsion to share his knowledge and experience with others as a teacher and clinician. Outside of just being a nice guy, his selflessness and desire to connect on a personal level with aspiring musicians is what community, family and Trickfish are really about. We are honored to have Jeff as part of the growing Trickfish family and will look to Jeff to be a major influence as we roll out new programs that are focused towards education and paying it forward. Welcome aboard Jeff Andrews!”
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What tech giants really do with your data
By Tom Calver and Joe Miller BBC News
Media captionChildren baffled by Instagram and YouTube terms
Tracking your phone's gyroscope, scanning your messages and giving your data to third-party companies.
These are just three of the things you agree to when signing up to some tech companies' apps and sites.
BBC research has found some of the language used in privacy policies and terms requires a university education to be understood.
But dig down beneath the jargon, and there are some surprising realities about how your data is used.
1. Your location is tracked - even if you don't allow it
Many apps ask permission to track your precise location through your phone's Global Positioning System (GPS), which users can refuse.
But even if you refuse the app permission, they can still see where you are.
Facebook, for example, collects location-related information aside from your phone's GPS. It still tracks where you are through IP addresses, "check-ins or events you attend".
Twitter also "requires" information about your current location, "which we get from signals such as your IP address or device settings". This is so it can "securely and reliably set up and maintain your account".
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2. Companies pass your data to affiliates...
When you agree to terms and conditions, you often don't just give your data to that specific app - there's a lot of intra-group data sharing.
For example, the data that dating app Tinder collects is shared with other members of the Match Group, which includes other dating sites OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and Match.com.
Tinder says it does so for "maintenance, customer care, marketing and targeted advertising", and to remove users who violate their terms of use.
Elsewhere, LinkedIn was bought by Microsoft in 2016, and according to its privacy policy, receives data "about you when you use some of the other services provided by us or our affiliates, including Microsoft."
3. ...and you're also bound by third-party terms
If having to read the tech giant's terms itself wasn't enough, you might also have to read those of other companies that deal with your data.
Amazon says they may share your information with third parties: as well as their own terms, users should "carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use".
Or, if you use Apple products, your personal data is shared with companies "who provide services such as information processing, extending credit [...] and assessing your interest in our products and services".
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May, does not order companies to list these third parties in their terms.
However, Ailidh Callander, legal officer at Privacy International, a charity, says this has worrying implications: "It means that companies like data brokers are able to use your location, your interests, your contacts and much more to profile you.
"Privacy policies can be overwhelming, but it is really important to take the time to look not only at what data is being collected and why, but also who it is being shared with (and for what purposes)", she adds.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, does not share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Their terms also make a point of saying how they "don't allow tracking by third-party websites you have not visited".
4. Tinder collects gyroscope data
Sometimes data collection goes beyond name, age and location.
Tinder says that the app collects data from your phone's accelerometers (for measuring movement), gyroscopes (which measure the angle you're holding your phone at), and compasses.
It doesn't, however, say exactly what that data is used for.
5. Facebook keeps your deleted searches...
Facebook offers the option to delete searches from their history, giving the user the impression that records of their searches are wiped clean.
The problem, however, is that they aren't.
Their data policy states that while search history can be deleted at any time, "the log of that search is deleted after 6 months".
6. ...and tracks you even if you're off the app
Facebook even tracks what you do when you're not signed in to it - or when you don't have an account.
According to its data policy, it works with "advertisers, app developers and publishers", who can send them information "about your activities off Facebook", through something called Facebook Business Tools.
These partners "provide information about your activities off Facebook - including information about your device, websites you visit, purchases you make, [and] the ads you see".
This happens "whether or not you have a Facebook account or are logged into Facebook".
7. LinkedIn scans your private messages
If you thought private messages were private, think again.
LinkedIn uses "automatic scanning technology on messages", according to its privacy policy.
The company says it does this in order to provide protection from malicious sites or spam, and to suggest automatic replies.
Twitter, meanwhile, stores and processes your messages.
It uses data about "whom you have communicated with and when (but not the content of those communications) to better understand the use of our services, to protect the safety and integrity of our platform."
8. And if you're under 18, your parents should have read this with you
Apple's terms say that "children under the age of majority should review this Agreement with their parent or guardian to ensure that the child and parent or legal guardian understand it."
Yet as BBC research found, to sit through and read their privacy policy and terms would take the average adult more than 40 minutes - let alone the average 13-year-old.
And if reading the privacy policy once wasn't enough, Amazon invites you back to check again: "Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Notice will change also. You should check our website frequently to see recent changes."
9. Don't use your iPhone to make nuclear weapons
Finally, Apple has a line in its UK terms of use telling customers not to use their products "for any purposes prohibited by United States law".
According to their definition, that includes "without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missile or chemical or biological weapons".
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The Impact of Instagram Audience on your Image
Instagram is among the largest social media platform. It is owned by Facebook and applies the same principles. It has incorporated the like button and the view option of every post or video. You can conveniently check the number of followers, likes, and views.
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Instagram Co-Founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger Are Leaving Facebook
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Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are both leaving the company.
CEO Kevin Systrom said they were departing to “explore our curiosity and creativity again”.
Instagram was purchased by Facebook in 2012 for $1 billion in cash and stock and has more than one billion users.
There had been reports of tension between the pair and Facebook, and the departures add to what has been a troubling year for the parent company.
Kevin Systrom, 34, and Mike Krieger, 32, the chief technical officer, started the image sharing site in 2010, and continued to run the service after it was acquired by Facebook.
They reportedly only told the Facebook leadership on September 24 so the departure appears pretty sudden.
Kevin Systrom said in a blog post: “We’re now ready for our next chapter.
“Building new things requires that we step back, understand what inspires us and match that with what the world needs; that’s what we plan to do.”
Facebook admits teenagers are becoming bored with the social network turning to Snapchat and Instagram
Instagram could sell users’ photos to advertisers without notification
There was no animosity in the blog post. Kevin Systrom said the pair both remained “excited for the future of Instagram and Facebook”.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that Instagram reflected the founders’ “combined creative talents”.
“I’ve learned a lot working with them for the past six years and have really enjoyed it,” he said. “I’m looking forward to seeing what they build next.”
There have been reports of tension with Facebook’s leadership. Instagram’s popularity has soared in a period where use of the core Facebook product has stagnated.
This has put increased pressure on Facebook to squeeze more and more money from its users by adding new features some felt went against the Instagram app’s original focus on simplicity.
The latest Instagram product, IGTV, which allows posting of longer videos, in part to compete with YouTube, has not had an auspicious start. It was criticized this month after suggestive videos of children were recommended to its users.
Facebook has also been under intense pressure this year over the issues of safeguarding customer data and the misuse of its platforms by those wishing to spread fake news, including for political ends.
This, along with increased pressure from competitor platforms, appears to have led Mark Zuckerberg and his core executives to exert more control.
It ran counter to the business model the pair had become used to. Kevin Systrom had earlier praised the “tremendous freedom” Mark Zuckerberg had allowed since the takeover.
Kanye West Deletes His Twitter and Instagram Accounts
Kanye West has deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts, which had tens of millions of followers.
The reasons why were unclear but last November the rapper ended a tour early.
Kanye West had accused fellow rapper Jay-Z of trying to kill him and walked off stage after announcing he would vote for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian, remains on Twitter and has 51 million followers.
She has been promoting her and her husband’s children’s clothing line.
Shortly after Kanye West’s accounts were deactivated, Kim Kardashian tweeted that he had hand drawn a logo for the clothing line.
Fans responded by pleading with her to persuade Kanye West to return.
The rapper had already adopted a quieter approach to social media earlier this year and reportedly deleted some of his previous pro-Trump tweets.
Kanye West’s breakdown also came after Kim Kardashian was robbed of jewellery worth an estimated €10 million ($10.5 million) in Paris in October 2016.
Pope Francis Gains 10,000 Followers within Hours after Joining Instagram
Pope Francis gained 10,000 followers within hours after joining Instagram on March 19.
The Pontiff has only posted two photos so far but there are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world.
Pope Francis is using the name @Franciscus, Latin for Francis.
The first photo wasn’t a selfie, it was a picture showing Pope Francis kneeling with his head bowed in prayer.
The accompanying caption reads “Pray for me” and is repeated in eight other languages.
The Instagram account won’t be maintained by Pope Francis himself – other people within the Vatican will be responsible for the content.
Pope Francis is no stranger to social media, he already has a Twitter account using the handle @Pontifex.
He used that to announce his presence on Instagram.
It’s thought the Vatican is trying to engage with younger Catholics through the use of social media.
According to Dario Viganò, from the Pope Francis’ communications team the account “will help recount the Papacy through images.”
He explained that it was “to enable all those who wish to accompany and know more about Pope Francis’ pontificate to encounter his gestures of tenderness and mercy”.
Instagram chief executive and co-founder Kevin Systrom met up with Pope Francis earlier this month.
Ramzan Kadyrov Lashes out at Instagram after Sniper Video Removal
Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Instagram of bowing to US pressure after the social network removed a video he posted showing Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov in a sniper’s gunsights.
Instagram said the video posted by the Chechen leader had “violated the requirement to respect other members” of the social network.
In a new Instagram post, Ramzan Kadyrov said he had been punished for saying “a few words about the USA’s guard dogs”.
Ramzan Kadyrov’s video showed former Russian PM Mikhail Kasyanov as a sniper’s target.
Mikhail Kasyanov is a high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the opposition RPR-Parnas party.
Ramzan Kadyrov has recently called Vladimir Putin’s critics “enemies” and “traitors”.
In his latest post on Instagram, Ramazan Kadyrov said: “Here it is, the much-acclaimed freedom of speech, American style!
“You can write anything you want, but do not touch America’s dogs, friends of the Department of State and Congress. You know very well whom I am talking about!”
Mikhail Kasyanov and other Russian opposition politicians described the sniper video as a murder threat.
In March 2015, Ramzan Kadyrov spoke out on Instagram about the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, defending one of the Chechens charged over the shooting.
A day later, President Vladimir Putin gave the Chechen leader a top award.
Boris Nemtsov is among several well-known opponents of Vladimir Putin who have been murdered in the past decade.
Ramzan Kadyrov runs Chechnya with an iron fist – his private militia has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and assassination.
He has close ties to Vladimir Putin, who encouraged him to stamp out a separatist insurgency in Chechnya.
Thousands of civilians died in the North Caucasus republic when Russian troops fought the rebels there in the 1990s.
Royal Baby #2 Birth Announcement to Be Made via Twitter and Instagram
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s baby No 2’s birth announcement will be made via Twitter, People magazine reported.
Once the second royal baby is born at St. Mary’s hospital in London, the news will be announced via an official email and Kensington Palace will update its social media accounts, including Twitter and Instagram.
The royal baby tweets and Instagram posts will announce the baby’s gender, time of birth, and weight.
In January 2015, Kate Middleton, Prince William, and Prince Harry officially joined Twitter and Instagram under the handle @KensingtonRoyal.
As with Prince George’s birth in 2013, a birth notice will be placed on an easel outside of Buckingham Palace that will include the baby’s gender, weight and time of birth.
For the first time, a royal announcement will be a mix of tradition and technology.
Prince William and Kate Middleton will make the traditional appearance on the steps of the hospital when they leave.
Weeks ago, parking restrictions were put in place outside of that legendary brown door where Prince Will and Kate Middleton will present their baby to the world, much like they did when Prince George was born.
A sign outside of the hospital says the restrictions are in place for a “special event”.
Kate Middleton’s pregnancy with the second royal baby is overdue, but according to a new report, a birth should be expected within days.
Gayle King’s wardrobe malfunction revealed on Instagram
Oprah Winfrey’s best friend – CBS’s This Morning co-anchor Gayle King – discovered on Friday, March 13, that her beautiful Zac Posen dress split right down the middle.
Gayle King was cracking up at her booty-baring moment, even Instagramming before and after pics of the incident.
The first picture shows Gayle King, facing forward, modeling her seemingly intact dress.
“Stay with me this is going somewhere,” she promised her followers.
In the second picture, Gayle King has a hand held up to her mouth in mock astonishment, and her seam-splitting snafu in the back is clearly visible.
The “wardrobe malfunction,” Gayle King explained, happened while she was “getting out of a car at Hearst Tower [in New York City] and felt cold air on my bottom!”.
“Thank goodness for black Spanx,” she added.
“[This] could have been (really) embarrassing!”
“Sooo,” Gayle King asked her followers, was the Zac Posen “dress too small or [was] my butt too big???”
Zac Posen himself commented on the pictures: “Replacement on its way or send to the studio and we will fix!! I’m really sorry about the seam ripping. Love Zp.”
Terrence Howard accuses ex-wife Michelle Ghent of sending death threats via Instagram
Terrence Howard accused his ex-wife Michelle Ghent of sending him death threats via Instagram last year using a fictitious account, court documents revealed.
Terrence Howard and Michelle Ghent divorced in May 2013.
The actor alleged in a May 2014 criminal threat complaint obtained by E! News that, a month prior Terrence Howard and his current wife Mira Pak received multiple written threats.
“The victim and Mira H. fear for their life since the suspect knows where they live,” the complaint stated.
“Mira H. believes the suspect is more than capable of following through her threats.”
Terrence Howard married wife Miranda, his third wife, in late 2013 and they’re currently expecting their first child together, the actor’s fourth kid.
A search warrant was issued for Michelle Ghent’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as the necessary log-ins, IP addresses, etc., to look into her digital footprint.
Per court documents, investigators seized an email from Facebook’s law enforcement response team informing the LAPD that they found Michie_Gent but could not locate the users of the three other account names from which the other threats allegedly came from, as well as 138 pages of subscriber information and copies of posts from April 1, 2014, to July 1, 2014.
The search warrant file alleges that Instagram user ROSEKIM1988 posted a photo from Terrence Howard and Mira Pak’s wedding day with a rude message. The same photo was also sent from the account jchang768 with the same message.
Terrence Howard and Miranda Pak also were targeted in an Instagram post from Michie_Ghent with a photo of a pill bottle with the caption: “oh dear look what I found. Do hope you refilled it’s one of your things you can’t leave home with out.”
The complaint continues: “The victim said that this harassment has been going on for over a year. Now he is receiving threats. He and his wife are afraid that the suspect is going to follow through with the threats. To the victim, the harassment appears to be escalating.”
According to TMZ, Michelle Ghent said that she did not send these messages and that she has talked to police and is no longer considered a suspect.
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George W. Bush responds on Instagram to Bill Clinton’s Twitter challenge
President George W. Bush sent an incredible reply after President Bill Clinton asked why he wasn’t on Twitter on November 12.
Bill Clinton questioned George W. Bush with a tweet saying he received his copy of 41: A Portrait of My Father, the biography of former President George H.W. Bush written by his son.
In the message, Bill Clinton asked why George W. Bush had not joined Twitter.
George Bush responded on another social media site, Instagram. He asked why Bill Clinton didn’t have an Instagram account. His message included the hashtag “#BrotherFromAnotherMother”.
“Thanks, 42! Hope you like the book about your pal, #41. #HowAreYouSTILLNotOnInstagram #PresidentialGrammers?”
This is almost certainly the first time two former presidents have referred to themselves as brothers from another mother.
Both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton could find themselves involved in the 2016 presidential race. Bill Clinton’s wife, Hillary Clinton, is widely considered the Democratic frontrunner and there is mounting speculation George Bush’s brother, former Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, could run on the Republican side.
Kim Kardashian posts gym selfie on Instagram
Kim Kardashian posted a gym selfie on Instagram on July 19.
Kim Kardashian shared gym selfie while daughter North West was napping (photo Instagram)
“Gym time while my baby is napping!” Kim Kardashian, 33, captioned the picture.
Kim Kardashian recently hit more than 16 million Instagram followers, prompting her to post several bikini shots of her toned body.
“#NoFlexZone,” Kim Kardashian captioned one full-body image.
Instagram to start placing ads in US users photo streams
Instagram announced it will start placing ads in US users photo streams in a posting on its website.
“We have big ideas for the future, and part of making them happen is building Instagram into a sustainable business,” the photo sharing service said.
Ads will appear in a few months and involve just a handful of firms.
Instagram was bought by Facebook for $1 billion, but has never made a profit.
Instagram announced it will start placing ads in US users photo streams
The company, which now has 150 million users, has been a favorite among consumers but has long left analysts wondering how it could turn enthusiasm among photographers into a business model.
Early efforts by Instagram to generate revenue were met with user backlash, such as when the company changed the terms of service to seemingly indicate that it would own user images and could sell those images to advertisers.
The failure of this move was acknowledged in the company’s posting.
“As always, you own your own photos and videos. The introduction of advertising won’t change this,” it said.
Social media advertising is a booming business in the US.
According to research firm eMarketer, advertisers will spend $9.5 billion on social network ads worldwide this year.
Facebook has boosted its efforts to gain a larger share of this ad spending.
This year, the company’s share of global mobile ad revenues will rise to 15.8% from 5.35% last year.
Facebook has admitted that teenagers are becoming bored with the social networking giant.
Facing competition from younger, more agile and “cooler” apps such as Snapchat and Instagram, Facebook fears its long-term business could be harmed.
And as Facebook approaches its tenth anniversary the firm published its annual 10-K report last month revealing that its younger users are increasingly turning away from the multi-billion dollar business.
Published last month, Facebook annual report states: “We believe that some of our users, particularly our younger users, are aware of and actively engaging with other products and services similar to, or as a substitute for, Facebook.
“For example, we believe that some of our users have reduced their engagement with Facebook in favor of increased engagement with other products and services such as Instagram.
“In the event that our users increasingly engage with other products and services, we may experience a decline in user engagement and our business could be harmed.”
The sobering admission that they need to sharpen their public image comes as Facebook Director of Product Blake Ross announced in scathing terms why he was leaving the social networking powerhouse.
“I’m leaving because a Forbes writer asked his son’s best friend Todd if Facebook was still cool and the friend said no, and plus none of HIS friends think so either even Leila who used to love it, and this journalism made me reconsider the long-term viability of the company.”
Facing competition from younger, more agile and “cooler” apps such as Snapchat and Instagram, Facebook fears its long-term business could be harmed
Maybe because of the seriousness of his jesting post, Blake Ross pulled the message from his Facebook page.
However, it did not divert from the fact that teenagers are very often a plausible, but non-scientific barometer for trends – especially what is cool and what is not.
Indeed, the founder and of new social networking site Branch, Josh Miller, asked his 15-year-old sister for her opinion on Facebook.
Her verdict was damning.
“She tries to visit Facebook as infrequently as possible,” Josh Miller wrote, because it’s addictive, and because it’s not as fun as Instagram.
“Facebook may have an irreversibly bad brand,” Josh Miller concluded.
Web-expert, Laura Portwood-Stacer was more concise in her opinion of how Facebook relates to today’s teenagers.
“I think it has less to do with kids consciously looking for <<the next big thing>> than Facebook just no longer being a space that serves them,” said Laura Portwood-Stacer.
“I think kids are less self-conscious about trying to be cool than marketers would like to think,” she added.
Teenagers are turning to sites like Tumblr and apps like Snapchat and Instagram as their preferred methods of communication.
“Tumblr is mainly my obsession as of now,” said 15-year-old Collin Wisniewski to The Verge.
“It just seems more intimate and it’s not really a place of bragging, but more of a place of sharing.”
Apps such as Snapchat give power to younger users who do not like the idea of their images existing forever and tagged on Facebook,
“I would say that this app really is one of my major communicating devices more than really a social network,” said Collin Wisniewski.
However, this does not mean that teens are leaving Facebook similar in manner to the demise of MySpace.
They are simply using the service less and other newer products more.
And, of course, monetarily, Facebook owns Instagram and is still at the forefront of mobile device apps.
Instagram, Facebook’s photo-sharing website, has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users’ photos to advertisers without notification.
Unless users delete their Instagram accounts by a deadline of January 16th, they cannot opt out.
The changes also mean Instagram can share information about its users with Facebook, its parent company, as well as other affiliates and advertisers.
The move riled social media users, with one likening it to a “suicide note”.
The new policies follow Facebook’s record $1 billion (758 million euro) acquisition of Instagram in April.
Facebook’s vice-president of global marketing solutions Carolyn Everson earlier this month had said: “Eventually we’ll figure out a way to monetize Instagram.”
A notice updating the privacy policy on the Instagram site said: “We may share your information as well as information from tools like cookies, log files, and device identifiers and location data with organizations that help us provide the service to you… (and) third-party advertising partners.”
“To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you,” it said in its terms of use.
But Instagram said that its aim was to make it easier to work with Facebook.
Instagram has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users’ photos to advertisers without notification
“This means we can do things like fight spam more effectively, detect system and reliability problems more quickly, and build better features for everyone by understanding how Instagram is used,” it said in a statement.
However, the updated policy will not change how it handles photo ownership or who is able to see a user’s pictures, it added.
But the new policy has triggered a backlash among social media users, with some threatening to quit.
One user tweeted: “Good bye #instagram. Your new terms of service are totally stupid and nonsense. Good luck playing with the big boys.”
New York-based photographer Clayton Cubbit wrote on his account that the new policy was “Instagram’s suicide note”.
Analysts said that the new policies could deal a blow to Facebook’s reputation and alienate some users.
Richard Holway, chairman of TechMarketView, said: “Every time Facebook has altered their privacy policy it has led to a backlash and they’ve been forced to retreat. They tamper with people’s privacy at a cost. People are very upset.”
Alan Pelz-Sharpe, research director at 451 Research, added: “It’s a barefaced tactic that Facebook and Instagram have taken, and one that will likely meet with many challenges, legally and ethically.
“The fact is that Facebook has critical mass, and is quite confident that such moves may cause uproar, but not a flight of business.
“Larger firms like Facebook are essentially trailblazing before specific regulations can catch up with them, and as we have seen with Google in the past, regulations and laws have limited real impact on their business operations – so they tend to move forward regardless of opposition.”
Facebook launches Camera photo sharing app that mirrors Instagram
Facebook has launched a new photo sharing smartphone app called Camera.
The software allows users to take multiple pictures and share them at once rather than having to upload them one at a time.
Camera also features a feed of friends’ photos.
The launch is unexpected as the program offers users similar tools to Instagram which the social network is in the process of taking over.
Both apps allow users to add filters and make other tweaks to photographs.
Facebook’s Camera photo sharing app offers users similar tools to Instagram which the social network is in the process of taking over
Facebook has agreed to pay $1 billion for Instagram, but the acquisition has not been completed.
Brian Blau, research director at the technology analysts Gartner, said the move may surprise some, but thought it made sense.
“Facebook has to move its business forward,” he said.
“It said earlier that it would keep Instagram as a separate business, but you need to bear in mind that it is buying a unique social network with a specific demographic.
“By doing this Facebook allows Instagram to remain intact while adopting some of its features to ensure its core service maintains its lead as the internet’s most used photo sharing site.”
At present Camera only works on Apple’s smartphones and tablets.
A news release from Facebook did not mention when it might be released for Android or other systems.
Facebook will buy Instagram for $1 billion in the most expensive business deal in history
Facebook announces its decision to buy Instagram, one of the most popular photo-sharing smartphone app.
Facebook is paying $1 billion in cash and stock for the takeover.
Instagram was only launched in October 2010 – initially just for the iPhone before being offered as an Android app last week.
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to continue to develop Instagram as a separate brand, allowing it to post to rival networks.
The app is free and allows users to apply 17 filters to the pictures they take – changing the color balance to give the images a different feel – before they are uploaded.
It has proven hugely popular. The company says that it has more than 30 million users uploading more than 5 million new pictures every day.
It was reported that Instagram has 13 employees, meaning that at $77 million a head makes it the most expensive business deal in history.
Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page: “We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience.
“We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.”
He added: “This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all.”
Instagram’s FAQ says it had previously raised $7.5 million in funding from three venture capital firms and “a small group of angel investors”.
The deal marks the second time in four months that Facebook has taken on staff from another social network.
In December, it announced it was hiring the co-founders of the location-based check-in service Gowalla. The network closed down shortly afterwards.
The moves come ahead of Facebook’s planned flotation later this year. The firm reportedly plans to issue $5 billion worth of stock on the New York-based Nasdaq exchange in May or June. The deal could value the firm as being worth as much as $100 billion.
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Premium iron ore demand opens door for mid-tier companies
June 18, 2019 FeaturesBen Creagh Alex Gluyas
Mining in Main Pit at Koolan Island. Image: Mount Gibson Iron.
Mining giants turn to Loadscan volume scanners
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Australian research paying off for Bolivia’s biggest mine
Fly north: Northern Australian prospects attract mining’s biggest names
An increase in global demand for high quality iron ore coupled with a supply shortage has some of Australia’s lesser known mining companies optimistic.
When you think about iron ore, the first companies that come to many minds are the giants of the industry like BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group.
For years, the big guns have dominated the industry in Australia, churning out tonnes of iron ore to be shipped to steel mills across the globe.
That was until last year, when the demand for premium grade ore accelerated, giving opportunity to a raft of junior and mid-tier mining companies to capitalise on the vast market on offer.
This gap in the market occurred for a number of reasons, according to CRU global iron market analyst Andrew Gadd.
“Demand for high grade iron was exceptionally high in 2018, driven particularly by restrictions imposed on operations in the last two China winter heating seasons to control pollution, as well as strong steel demand,” he says.
The result of this combination of factors was that steel margins surged globally, as China reduced its steel exports.
One of the major benefits of premium ore is that it can be used to create pellets, which are typically used as raw material for blast furnaces.
In such an environment, mills were willing to pay higher premiums for high-grade ore to maximise blast furnace productivity – leading to pellet and lump premiums reaching record levels.
This demand outbalanced the global supply of high-grade ore and subsequently pellets due to interruptions stemming from Brazil.
“There were significant disruptions to seaborne high-grade supply last year, most notably Anglo’s Minas Rio in Brazil, while this year the pellet market is heavily impacted by the Vale Brumadinho tailings accident in Brazil,” Gadd says.
While the iron ore market remains volatile, high-grade ore producer Mount Gibson is emblematic of a mid-tier mining company that has pounced on a gap in the market.
The restart of production and sales from its Koolan Island mine in April is already paying dividends, after the site was closed down in 2014 due to extensive flood damage.
Its Main Pit consistently returns a high-grade iron ore product of 65.5 per cent iron, capable of delivering significant profits for the company.
S&P Global Platts, which provides commodities benchmark price assessments, reported that iron of 62 per cent Fe sells for $US93 ($133) per tonne, 65 per cent Fe for $108 per tonne and 70 per cent Fe and above for in excess of $US120 per tonne (at the time of writing).
For Mount Gibson chief executive officer Peter Kerr, the reopening of Koolan Island symbolises an opportunity to capitalise on the new demand for premium ore.
“The unique high-grade nature and premium quality of ore from the Koolan Main Pit means it is significantly more valuable than the material we have produced from the Mid West, which is why (Koolan Island) is such a compelling value creation opportunity,” he says.
“Its high iron grade and very low levels of alumina and phosphorous are very attractive for customers compared with hematite deposits in Australia and virtually anywhere else in the world.”
Kerr has also noticed increased interest from Chinese steel mills, which require the quality product to reduce environmental impact and meet tougher regulations.
“Higher grade ores enable steel mills to be both more productive and reduce their emissions intensity per tonne of steel produced, which has been a fundamental contributor to this trend,” he says.
It seems the reopening of Koolan Island couldn’t have come at a better time for Mount Gibson.
A similar visionary story applies to Havilah Resources, whose diverse portfolio of assets in Australia has become more focused on iron ore after it received a $100 million funding package from GFG Alliance in May.
The deal was the culmination of years of patience, as Havilah slowly acquired land in the iron rich Grants Basin in South Australia despite the collapse of the commodity in 2015.
For Havilah’s technical director Dr Chris Giles the acquisition of Grants Basin and the GFG Alliance funding is due to some longer term strategic thinking and then “the stars aligning” at the right time.
“When the price of iron ore collapsed, many shareholders and brokers said ‘don’t even mention the word iron ore, but we had the view that there was a huge area of potential iron ore in Grants Basin that had gone unrecognised,” he says.
“We drilled at the very western end of the basin in 2012 and got encouraging results, but the problem was we didn’t initially hold the key ground. Over the next four to five years from 2013-2018, while iron ore was in the doldrums, we acquired tenement holdings over the entire Grants Basin, but never had the funds to drill it.”
Drilling at Grants Basin. Image: Havilah Resources.
Luckily for Havilah, GFG Alliance believed its story and provided drill funding, which pointed to a 3.4 billion tonne plus exploration target.
Down the railway line from Grants Basin at Whyalla steelworks, the small town of 21,000 people was on the verge of collapse after the steelworks’ owner Arrium had gone into voluntary submission due to $4 billion of debt.
The move was set to affect up to 3000 employees, many of whom took a 10 per cent pay cut to entice new buyers.
This grabbed the attention of GFG Alliance chief executive officer Sanjeev Gupta, the saviour of the small industrial town, who saw the potential of combining low transportation and production costs from the iron ore in Grants Basin as an unmissable opportunity.
“In the Whyalla Transformation plan, that includes the Next Gen Steel Plant, GFG Alliance is planning to make Whyalla a large-scale steel producing centre, with at least 10 times its present capacity and produced largely with renewable energy at a lower cost base than competitor steel mills,” Giles says.
“Havilah fits into this plan because Grants Basin is shaping as a very large iron ore deposit that could potentially supply the Whyalla steelworks for a very long period at the capacities they are requiring plus have ample surplus for export.”
Ultimately, the plan is that Whyalla is supplied iron ore from Havilah’s prospective mines, produces the steel and then sends it to GFG Alliance’s global steelworks to manufacture into finished products for local markets.
Havilah hadn’t initially planned for iron ore to be the company’s priority, but the opportunity was too good to refuse.
Perhaps the biggest potential, however, lies with Carpentaria Resources, which has started to capitalise on the wealth of iron ore caches at its flagship Hawsons Iron project near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
At 70 per cent Fe, its Hawson’s supergrade is said to be the purest iron products in the world.
With access to established rail, road, port and power infrastructure, managing director Quentin Hill sees massive upside given the state of the market.
“Even before the Vale disaster there was still a supply gap in the pellet feed market and high quality pellet feed, but the incident exacerbated it,” he says.
“(Vale) supplied half the world’s pellet feed which is our market and there’s always been a looming supply gap because of increased demand.”
The company expects the pellet feed usage in China to grow from its current 14 per cent use to 18 per cent with a market supply gap of up to 50 million tonnes per annum by 2022, according to CRU.
The result has been spikes in share prices for the major miners in 2019, with BHP up 18 per cent, Rio Tinto 31 per cent and Fortescue 75 per cent (at the time of writing).
While these junior mining companies might not have the ability to compete with the major iron producers globally, the potential for growth still remains high.
This article also appears in the June edition of Australian Mining.
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The food capital of Malaysia
The island of Penang has it all: Venerable history, a potpourri of multicultural influences, pristine beaches, and of course fantastic food. Penang cuisine is a flavorful mixture of traditional Malay cuisine, with a side of Chinese, a dash of Indian, and a sprinkling of fusion cuisine like Baba Nyonya and Peranakan. And the best way to experience this world of flavors is to hit the streets and follow your nose.
Discover the bustling capital city of Georgetown and marvel at the colonial architecture, old-fashioned shops, Chinese and Indian temples, and the Penang Museum. The inner city of Georgetown is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and consists of a mixture of colonial architecture—a reminder of this city’s British past—and the ideal spot for a stroll to get a feel for the city’s history, cultures, and festivals.
Great day excursions include a visit to the underwater world of the Palau Payar Marine Park, a round of golf at Bukit Jambul Country Club, or a tour of Southeast Asia’s largest Buddhist temple, Kek Lok Si, and the Penang Botanical Gardens, located at the base of Penang Hill.
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Take in the natural, cultural, and religious highlights of Penang on this tour, including a delicious local lunch. Explore the Kek Lok Si Temple, the largest Chinese temple in South East Asia and the Thai Buddhist Tenoke, with the fourth largest reclining Buddha in the world, before taking in the Penang Butterfly Farm and tranquil Malay Villages and the Penang Bridge.
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Ruben is the Chief Diversity Officer at Bethel University, but has long been a faculty of the history department and continues to teach one course each semester at the college and one in the summer at the graduate school. As Chief Diversity Officer, Ruben is engaged in numerous strategic initiatives across all our schools, including the Shalom seminar, developing institutional capacity in cultural intelligence and intergroup dialogue, racial and other forms of bias mitigation, hiring for inclusive excellence, the Act Six Urban Leadership Scholarship Program, Cultural Connection Center, growing a thriving diverse student body, and more. Ruben's vision is for Bethel to be a place of belonging and shalom across the wide human diversity built upon biblical values and promising researched practices. This is essential to fulfill our strategic mission to "become the Christ-centered university of choice for this century," nurturing people "who can engage the world's most challenging problems to God's glory and for our neighbors' good." Ruben brings many of the trainings given at Bethel to leaders of Converge Worldwide and other churches and schools in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and the Twin Cities.
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2018 Irish Gold Cup Preview
Posted January 25, 2018 | By Tim @ Betting Gods
The Irish Gold Cup (Sunday 4 February) was first run in 1987, but for the first time in 2018 it is being incorporated into the Dublin Festival along with the Irish Champion Hurdle and many other prestigious races.
The race will take place over 3-miles at Leopardstown, and previous renewals have been won by legends of both Irish and English National Hunt Racing such as Carvill’s Hill, Jodami, Danoli, Beef or Salmon, and Florida Pearl. Last year’s winner Sizing John, who is not defending his crown after a poor run at Christmas, went on to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Punchestown Gold Cup.
10-Year-Trends
Winners have been aged 7 to 10
Winners have been rated from 150 to 164
Only 1 of the last 7 favourites have won
SP’s have ranged from 8/13 to 20/1
Willie Mullins has trained 3 of the last 7 winners
John Kiely has trained 2 of the last 3 winners
Main Contenders
Our Duke
Rated 167 after an impressive win in last year’s Irish Grand National, and is fancied by many to go close in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Drop back to 3-miles shouldn’t be a problem though, as he’s won 2 of his 3 races here at Leopardstown. He also beat the high-class Coney Island and Disko in winning a Grade 1 Novice Chase over course and distance in 2016. Disappointed on his seasonal debut in November but, though he’ been absent since, he’s won after a break before.
Road To Respect
Won 4 of his last 5 chases, beaten by Outlander in between, but took his revenge on that rival in the Lexus Chase in December. Clearly going the right way, and could easily win this on route to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but it’s worth noting that his trainer Noel Meade has never won the race before.
Killultagh Vic
Beat Thistlecrack at the 2015 Punchestwon Festival in a 3-mile hurdle race, and won again there over hurdles over 20-furlongs after a 23-month absence in December. That absence came after he won a remarkable race in which sprawled on landing after the last only to get back up. Has a serious engine and, if he jumps better than he usually does, he could yet become a top-class chaser.
Anibale Fly
Had some good form as a novice chaser, but his handicap-win last time off a mark of 148 still leaves him with a bit to find with a few of these.
Beat Anibale Fly as a novice chaser and, and was only just second to Our Duke over course and distance. Had to take a year off after that, but bounced back with a decent victory at Ascot in December. Entitled to go well.
Has two ways of running, but has never run a bad race at Leopardstown, including winning the 2016 Lexus Chase over course and distance. His third in the 2017 Lexus Chase was also commendable as Rachael Blackmore, who was a late replacement for Jack Kennedy, had never ridden him before. Gordon Elliott has yet to train a winner of the Irish Gold Cup.
There’s a slight doubt about most of the runners. Our Duke flopped last time, Road To Respect is trained by a trainer who’s yet to win the race, and Killultagh Vic is prone to jumping problems. Therefore, as Anibale Fly and Coney Island have been beaten by some of the other runners, it could be worth chancing that Jack Kennedy makes the difference to Outlander, who would be winning his fifth race in six runs at the track.
2018 Irish Gold Cup Tip
Outlander @ 14/1 Ladbrokes, Coral
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Majestyx12 from I used a coupon from buying CE's and now I like it When I did the trial for the CE of this game I thought too many puzzles and it does have a lot of puzzles but from Feb 18 to now June 18, (that's how long between I played it again) I found that it's a nice game well worth a coupon. It has pretty hops. I liked a few puzzles. I liked my companion dog Sheriff. I found my way around with the map. I was happy to see characters from the other games in this series because it all ties them together, like the pirate, miner and goblin. Missed the stone rooster. My favorites from this series are The Lord of Statues, Queen of Shadows (graphic very old) and Borrowed Life in that order. I wasn't big on Legend of the Golem. Try it for yourself.
Rated 4 out of 5 by deddu from STONE STATUES The graphics were excellent. I enjoyed the mini-puzzles (some were rather hard) and, of course the hidden objects had good variety. I would have given it 5 stars but for all the back and forth, although the hint key does let you transport. I wish the developers would make the game in a more linear fashion. I did like the maze with the stone dog.
Rated 4 out of 5 by biscuitsmama from PRINCESS IS BACK AND SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP! The Princess Returns is the fifth game in Royal Detective series and of course you play the game as the “Royal Detective”. You are surprised when you answer your door to find a small stone dog carrying a letter to you from your old friend Princess who asks for your help. Princess is now in the abandoned quarter of a town called Stone Peaks and she tells you that her little dog Sheriff will take you to her. Of course you immediately head off to Stone Peaks to meet Princess but when you arrive you find she is missing. Will you be able to find Princess and save her from a kidnapper whose desire is to steal her magical powers? The graphics are excellent and even though sometimes they appear a bit cartoonish they are for the most part quite good. The voiceovers are very good even though the accents are not correct for the game setting. We do have Sheriff tag along with us throughout the game to fetch and perform other tasks as needed but I didn’t find him too objectionable but that being said, I would have preferred him to be a bit softer. I did happen to find some of his antics to be cute and because he is fairly silent I didn’t notice them right away. When I tried the demo of The Princess Returns I wasn’t sure that I wanted to add this game to my collection but as I continued to play I became wrapped up in the game and couldn’t resist that “buy” button. The storyline is really nothing new but I loved the puzzles in the game. One of the first puzzles is a challenge and I think I must have spent a good twenty minutes solving it. That puzzle was one of the reasons I purchased the game. Some of the puzzles are nothing new but I haven’t seen them in quite some time so it was fun to refresh my solving skills. There is not too much to say about the HOPS except that I did find them well-designed and fairly creative with some variety in style. I enjoyed the list type HOPS since they are my favorite and I was happy to see that there are quite a few of those. Since I have been playing the game off and on most of the day I can say that I have truly enjoyed it. The game isn’t the best one I’ve played recently but it is still very good. As I noted above, the puzzles have been the best part of the game for me. I think this will be a game that will have mixed reviews as we don’t all have the same taste in games. However, I do recommend that you try the demo and give the game a fair chance because it might surprise you. Happy Gaming!
Rated 3 out of 5 by cathybobcat from COMPLETED GAME Did not like this when I played the CE demo, but decided to us a pcc on this SE. My opinion has not changed very much. There were way too many puzzles and what was worse is the constant going back and forth collecting and using inventory. It was excessive and exhausting taking away from the enjoyment of the gameplay. The stone dog helper with the glowing green eyes, Sheriff, would have been ok, if he hadn't been chasing his tail so much. I found him very annoying and distracting as well as the jumpy pirate hint. It was driving me crazy. Players don't need to have this kind of distraction when trying to concentrate on a game. The graphics were excellent and a few HOS were exceptionally artistic and beautiful...even in the story book type. There was a beautiful mosaic that I completed so fast because the items were so visible....a disappointment, as it was therapeutic to view. It was the same situation with a FROG (fragmented object). They put a great deal of effort into their attractiveness, but not the challenge. Other than that, there were mini hos with just a few items to find...nothing to them. The puzzles far outweighed the hos as usual. I would have definitely bought this in a CE had there been as many large HOS as there were puzzles just for the artwork and replay. The length of the game was decent even though I skipped most of the puzzles. The story was ok, but sad at times. I couldn't wait to get it over with though, because of all the wasteful running around and puzzles. All in all, it isn't bad for a sale or pcc. It is not the best game, but far from being the worst.
Rated 3 out of 5 by campingramps from This one kept me interested This is one of those games that is not that action packed but you want to see what happens. It's a tedious game and could lean toward the boring side but it has just enough differences to keep me playing. Graphics are nice and pleasant to look at and, for once, are not dark. I'm glad to see someone has some color in their palette. The only big problem I have is with the villain. He is dressed in black but he is far from scary. He's more of a nuisance than a baddy. All in all, I enjoyed playing the demo but to the point of buying? I don't think so. Needs a little more action for me. Still, I will recommend it because it has some redeeming features.
Rated 3 out of 5 by theswede from i just don't know ? I really couldn't get into the game it was okay I think the other games in the series where better
Rated 3 out of 5 by karenmusik from Please do not call your child Princess I'm sorry, but a character named Princess who falls in love with someone named Prince just turns me off. Add the fairly boring puzzles and I'm just not that into it. I enjoyed these games before, but not today.
Rated 3 out of 5 by pennmom36 from IT'S NOT AS BAD AS I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT I've been playing The Princess Returns for a couple of hours today, and I've changed my opinion. My initial response to the demo, was that it was a boring game, but it's not really, it's just an easy game. I knew exactly what to do and where to go, and there is a lot of back and forthing, but typically just between two scenes. I'm not crazy about the storyline, but there aren't too many original storyline's offered nowadays anyway. I enjoyed several mini games after the demo, which I found to be unique, and even a few HOP's were nicely done. I personally prefer the Morphs and Collectibles offered in the CE version, over the SE. Here's a recap of my review to help you decide which version, if either, is right for you: Once upon a time, there was a girl named Princess, which in itself isn't all that bad, but Princess meets a boy named Prince, what are the odds of that? Princess has a unique gift, a magical gift, a gift that allows her to turn any statue to life! Stone statues that can walk, talk, think, reason, and yes, they can even fly! These statues are so grateful (implying that they knew about their existence and their circumstance before being brought to life) that they become loyal servants to Princess, who isn't a Princess! One day Princess receives a letter from her secret lover Prince, who isn't a Prince, asking her to meet him in an abandoned part of town called Stone Peaks which we can only assume isn't a Stone Peak. Princess begins to suspect foul play because she has had dreams about Stone Peaks, which gives her an uneasy feeling of doom and gloom. So Princess writes a letter to her good friend Detective, who does indeed appear to be a Detective, asking for help, just in case this rendezvous has dire consequences. Princess doesn't expect you to fly solo, so she has sent along Sheriff, which isn't a Sheriff, the stone dog (shouldn't Sheriff be called Dog?) Together the Detective and the Sheriff begin sniffing out stone clues and chasing stone breadcrumbs, to find the person responsible for the nefarious no good plans, otherwise known as Villain! I'm usually a huge Elephant Games fan, because in my opinion they have some of the most amazing graphics, and they almost always have Morphing Objects which is my favorite feature in a HOPA game. The Lord of Statues was an amazing game, Queen of Shadows wasn't a bad follow-up, but the last 3 games have really flatlined! I know a lot of people hate helpers, and I will admit that Sheriff becomes annoying and distracting when he starts twirling around in place. However, if he didn't twirl, I think it wouldn't be a bad addition, because he is rather adorable, and I would much rather have Sheriff as a helper, than to have to make potions in a Healer's kit, like the last game offered! The Collector's Edition version has 14 Collectible Dog Statues to find as well as a Morphing Object in each scene. The Hidden Object Scenes are decent, although a couple of them had objects that stuck out like a sore thumb. There are Interactive List finds, Keywords in Sentence finds, and Silhouetted Shape finds. There are also several smaller Zoom Zone HOP's, but no alternate game is offered. The Mini Games are okay, nothing new, and there are a lot of them, so if you don't like games that are heavy Puzzle games, you're definitely not going to enjoy this game. Below are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter during the demo: 1) Swap tiles correctly based on their images. 2) Swap two crown sections along clock hands to match. 3) Rotate arrow in the right direction to the correct number. 4) Arrange the runes to complete the symbols shown. 5) Move all 4 keys to the slots in the middle of the board. 6) Drag chains to matching squares. 7) Rotate triangles to their matching colored slots. 8) Move tokens to its associated picture. 9) Place bridle sections onto the correct highlighted slots. 10) Repeat the sequence. 11) Rotate and change the size of the images. The Collector's Edition version has 3 Screensavers, 14 Wallpapers, 14 Concept Art pictures, 5 Music Soundtracks (does anyone ever download this music?) 13 re-playable Hidden Object Scenes, 13 re-playable Mini Games, 20 Achievements to earn, 14 Collectible Dog Statues, 30 Morphing Objects, 5 Main Chapters + Bonus Chapter and a built in Strategy Guide. ROYAL DETECTIVE GAMES AVAILABLE Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating 1-The Lord of Statues (June 14-2012) 4.7 2-Queen of Shadows (May 1-2014) 3.8 3-Legend of The Golem (February 4-2016) 4.2 4-Borrowed Life (February 11-2017) 3.7 5-The Princess Returns (February 24-2018) 3.2 by: Elephant Games Elephant Games Available: Royal Detective*Grim Tales*Christmas Stories*Surface*Chimeras*Halloween Stories*Haunted Hotel*Midnight Calling*MCF (Dire Grove, Sacred Grove & Fate's Carnival)*Riddles of Fate*Hallowed Legends*Death Pages*Unfinished Tales*Detective Quest*Found*Urban Legends*Lost In The City*Super Granny Run*Quark Attack*Up Balloon Up*Ball Craft*Wise Gal*Love Is*Real Stories*Bloom*RIP Trilogy*Road Rush*Jungle Heart*Avalon*Just Bones*Sir Match A-Lot*Ship of Bones*Masquerade Mysteries*
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Roger Kay at CES
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Fastest way to get around Vegas at CES? Bicycle
By Gene Bisbee in Bicycle Advocacy, Bicycle Fitness, Main Page
While the big suits of the electronics industry waited in traffic in their limos, taxis and rented cars last week, analyst Roger Kay found the easiest way to get around Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show was by bike.
The first thing Kay did when he landed in Las Vegas was rent a Cannondale mountain bike, which he used to speed from his hotel to meetings or to the convention floor.
CES is spread out between two convention sites (including the Sands Expo Center, home of Interbike) and dozens of hotels where industry gurus take meetings. Instead of spending up to an hour waiting for buses, taxies or just plain walking, Kay made the rounds on his bicycle.
Kay is the president of Endpoint Technologies Associates in Wayland, Mass. Five years ago he discovered he could rent the bicycle and get around town much quicker than other folks.
Writing about his unconventional convention transport, the LA Times says:
“The bike shortens most of his commutes to less than 15 minutes, which lets him pack into one day more than a dozen 50-minute meetings — many of them miles apart. … This year, Kay kept 39 appointments between Monday and Wednesday.”
You can see from the picture in the LA Times, above, that all Kay has to do is lose the helmet, shades and gloves and he looks like any other casually dressed participant at CES.
Use a bike?
It sounds like Kay chose this set of wheels not only because it makes for good exercise and doesn't burn gasoline, but because it's the most efficient way to get around town and use his time most effectively. That's a good question for anyone on a business trip — Would it be easier to get around on a bike?
He told the Times that he used to use rent a car, but it got expensive and he could never find a place to park. Now he locks his bicycle at the employees' entrance or tips a hotel doorman to keep an eye on it.
It's no surprise that Kay hit up on the bike solution. The Times says he quit his job at Motorola in his mid-20s, sold his house and bicycled around Europe.
If you're thinking you might to try this mode of transport next year, the LA Times has a video posted on the story that shows Kay winding through traffic.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/01/13/fastest-way-to-get-around-vegas-at-ces-bicycle/
Alex on January 29, 2014 at 1:49 am
The video link to “latimes” is dead… ?
James on February 6, 2014 at 1:55 pm
This was probably the LA Times article:
“Analyst sees more of future with technology from past”
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/12/business/fi-bike12
Mateusz on February 26, 2014 at 2:02 pm
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Uneasy-Rider-Radfahren-in-Las-Vegas-2087813.html
oryginal article – in German of course, and film:
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Spalding family in fresh fight to save Glenfields
TEAM GLENFIELD: Sofia Larsson (six) of Spalding who was treated at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, shortly after birth in February 2010.
Standards reached by ‘clear consensus’, says NHS England
Families in Spalding and south Lincolnshire are renewing their fight to save heart surgeries at an East Midlands hospital.
A new campaign has been launched to stop the Government from moving congenital heart disease (CHD) services from Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, as soon as April 2017.
NHS England, in a report published on Friday, claimed the hospital failed to meet “new commissioning standards” for CHD services and was “extremely unlikely to be able to do so” by 2021.
But Francesca Larsson (35) of Spalding, whose daughter Sofia (six) spent three months in hospital at Glenfield after she was born with a rare heart condition, said: “If we were facing surgery with Sofia now, we would be very concerned about NHS England’s decision.
“Hearing that the centre where your child is due to have surgery is to close in less than a year increases the worry and uncertainty felt by parents at what is an already stressful time.
“Whilst Sofia could have surgery at another centre, such as the one at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, our next closest centre after Leicester, this would bring a whole host of issues from a family point of view.”
If we were facing surgery with Sofia now, we would be very concerned about NHS England’s decision
Francesca Larsson (35), of Spalding
Meanwhie, Chantilly Milverton (21) of Boston is still under the care of a heart consultant at Glenfield after surgery there for an irregular heart beat six years ago.
Chantilly said: “Once again, services at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital are being cut and for me it’s heart-breaking.
“I don’t think NHS England realises what it’s doing as Glenfield is actually a top performing cardiac centre which saved my life.
“Therefore, I have every reason to want to keep it open for the benefit of others.
“Time is so precious for children with heart defects or problems and they need specialist care there and then, not at a hospital that is a three-hour drive away.”
In announcing the decision to move congenital heart disease services away from Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, NHS England did raise the prospect of keeping “specialist medical services” there.
Dr Jonathan Fielden, NHS England director of specialised commissioning, said: “Patients, families and staff need to be assured of sustainable, high quality services now and into the future.
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“There has been a great deal of uncertainty over the future of congenital heart disease services over the past 15 years and we owe it to patients, families and staff to end that uncertainty by providing clear direction for the safety and quality of this specialist area of medicine going forward.
“A great deal of work has gone into achieving consensus across the board on the standards that providers should meet and we are determined to take all actions necessary to ensure that those standards are met.”
To support a petition backing Glenfield, visit www.change.org/p/jeremy-hunt-mp-save-the-east-midlands-congenital-heart-centre
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Supermarket worker arrested after she punched police car's wing mirror
'She tried to wrestle with the officers'
An 18-year-old was arrested (Image: pstonier)
A supermarket employee twice punched a police car’s wing mirror after she was stopped for speeding.
Lauren Ford flailed her arms and tried to wrestle with officers after being stopped while driving on Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare, on March 15.
The 19-year-old, of Copper Close in Cheddar, admitted criminal damage in a hearing at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court on May 15.
She was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £105.
Prosecutor Nicole Miebai said: “She was stopped by police because she was travelling at an excessive speed.
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“She was described as obstructive and non-compliant when officers asked for her details.
“The defendant got out of the vehicle and attempted to walk off, flailing her arms as she did so. She tried to wrestle with the officers.
“She kicked out her legs and struggled. She became very angry at the decision to report her for speeding.”
Locking Road in Weston-super-Mare (Image: Google)
Ford walked past the police car’s wing mirror, punched it and ran away, Ms Miebai added.
Shortly afterwards, the officers were inside the car when they saw Ford approaching again in the rear-view mirror.
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“They saw her aim another hard punch at the wing mirror, resulting in it bending backwards,” Ms Miebai continued.
“She said she hit it because she was angry.”
Will Rose, mitigating, told the court the incident was the result of Ford’s life being “turned upside down” on August 22.
He said: “She lost her mother to cancer and ever since then she has not been stable or coping.
“She has found this whole ordeal very stressful.”
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Mr Rose added that his client has been holding down a job in a supermarket.
Presiding Justice Erica Imison told Ford: “People can help you with your situation.
“You can go to the GP. There are bereavement groups that would help you.”
The defendant must pay £85 in court costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
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Prospect Park Cancels Plans to Put Soaps Online
Firm hoped to keep 'One Life to Life,' 'All My Children' alive on the Web
By Paige Albiniak
One Life to Live and All My Children won't be living on online after all.
According to a statement from Prospect Park, an independent production company founded by Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz, the details couldn't be worked out.
"After five months of negotiations with various guilds, hundreds of presentations to potential financial and technology partners, and a hope that we could pioneer a new network for the future, it is with great disappointment that we are suspending our aspirations to revive One Life to Live and All My Children via online distribution," the two said.
"It is now becoming clear that mounting issues make our ability to meet our deadlines to get OLTL on the air in a reasonable time period following its Jan. 13, 2012, ABC finale impossible."
ABC's All My Children ended its run in September, while One Life to Live goes off the air in January. Those cancellations follow those of CBS' Guiding Light and As the World Turns. Soap operas were once a mainstay of daytime television, but by next fall, only four will remain: CBS' The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, NBC's Days of Our Lives and ABC's General Hospital.
Even the fate of General Hospital, once one of daytime's most popular shows, is unclear as ABC rearranges its daytime schedule, pruning expensive and unrepeatable soap operas in favor of more economical talk shows.
In September, ABC introduced The Chew, featuring celebrity chefs cooking and discussing food, and it will bring on The Revolution, which will take on such topics as weight-loss, fitness and lifestyle, in January.
This fall, the ABC owned stations will air Katie Couric's talk show in the afternoon. To launch that show, ABC gave an hour back to its affiliates, and the return of that hour means that ABC won't have room for The Chew, The Revolution and General Hospital come next fall.
Prospect Park appears to have run up against some of the same financial obstacles that forced the broadcast networks to cancel soaps.
"We believed the timing was right to launch an online TV network anchored by these two iconic soap operas, but we always knew it would be an uphill battle to create something historical, and unfortunately we couldn't ultimately secure the backing and clear all the hurdles in time," stated Frank and Kwatinetz. "We believe we exhausted all reasonable options apparent to us, but despite enormous personal, as well as financial, cost to ourselves, we failed to find a solution."
"While we narrowed in on a financial infrastructure, the contractual demands of the guilds, which regulate our industry, coupled with the program's inherent economic challenges, ultimately led to this final decision. In the end, the constraints of the current marketplace, including the evolution and impact of new media on our industry simply proved too great a match for even our passion."
At least one of the guilds -- the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists -- stated that it learned of Prospect Park's decision in the press.
"AFTRA was deeply disappointed to read that the executives at Prospect Park have decided to suspend their efforts to produce the long-running and popular daytime serials, One Life to Live and All My Children, via online distribution," said the union in a statement. "Despite initial progress in our negotiations with Prospect Park toward resolving a fair agreement to cover the performers appearing on these programs, we were perplexed and disappointed that for the past month Prospect Park has not responded to our repeated inquiries to resume those discussions. We now conclude from the press reports that Prospect Park faced other challenges unrelated to our negotiations, which prevented continuation of those discussions."
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Prospect Park to Debut 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' on April 29
Will be available on Hulu, iTunes
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The magnificent new 'Legend of Zelda' game has 2 hidden characters — here's how to get them
Ben Gilbert
Mar. 3, 2017, 10:16 AM
There's a lot to love about the new "Legend of Zelda" game — "Breath of the Wild" — for Nintendo's new Switch console.
It's beautiful, for starters.
With the "Pro" HUD turned on, the user interface is ultra-minimalist (and extra pretty).
But looks are fleeting, and the real joy of "Breath of the Wild" is its incredible sense of wonder and discovery. Simply put, it's an easy game to fall in love with. Spending hours exploring the genuinely dangerous, delightfully varied, hauntingly beautiful regions of Hyrule is a true pleasure.
And it's an even greater pleasure with some old friends by your side.
Picture me rollin'.
That's right! Both Wolf Link from "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" and Epona from "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" are in "Breath of the Wild." But where are they? How do you get them?
We've got answers.
First up, let's start with the obvious one: Wolf Link.
The first thing you might notice is that he's adorable. That's because he's adorable.
Look at his little wolfy face! Ahhhh!
But more importantly, you'll notice that Wolf Link has hearts — a life meter — on the left side of the screen:
That's because he's your partner, ready to fight by your side — which is genuinely helpful given how difficult "Breath of the Wild" can be.
Having an animal posse in "Breath of the Wild" is really, really helpful.
You don't "find" Wolf Link in "Breath of the Wild." Instead, you summon him to your side by using his amiibo with the Nintendo Switch!
Amiibo, by the way, are small figurines that store data and communicate with Nintendo's various consoles to give you special items in certain games, for instance.
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The first thing you need to do is activate the amiibo functionality in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," which is turned off by default. You can find that toggle in the game's main menu, in the Option section:
Or you can click the "amiibo" option in the main menu, which also lets you turn on the functionality:
Your next step is to activate the Wolf Link amiibo in-game, which is handled through the rune system in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."
Push and hold the up button on the left Joy-Con's D-pad to reveal the rune selection menu, then select the "amiibo" option on the far left.
The game will prompt you to place your Wolf Link amiibo over the NFC spot on your Joy-Con or Pro controller (or Wii U gamepad if you're playing on Wii U):
After you place the Wolf Link amiibo over the NFC spot, he'll appear in-game! Just like that! If he dies in battle, you can bring him back to life the next day. You get one Wolf Link "spawn" every 24 hours.
So that's Wolf Link. How about Epona, Link's trusty steed? That's a bit more tricky.
Like Wolf Link, Epona is "spawned" in-game by using an amiibo to summon her. Except, unlike Wolf Link, there is no Epona amiibo. So what gives?
Turns out that Epona is a reward for the most serious of Zelda fans — she's unlocked by using the Link amiibo that came out with "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U":
Nintendo hasn't actually announced this — it's a bit of an Easter Egg for fans:
You can ride — and even tame — wild horses in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild." But Epona requires no training, and can run faster for longer than any horse I've encountered in "Breath of the Wild." It's also just a delight seeing an old friend — another subtle touch of nostalgia in a game full of throwbacks.
I snuck up and mounted this wild horse. She wasn't having it, and refused to obey almost all of my commands. Epona, however, was down to clown right from the jump.
But wait, there's more! If you use the "Breath of the Wild" Link amiibo — pictured below — you also get some stuff: resources! When I put this Link on the NFC spot, I was given a bunch of in-game food, arrows, and other supplies. Like the other amiibo functions, this can be used once every 24 hours.
That's all we've discovered thus far in terms of amiibo in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild." Go forth and gallop the plains of Hyrule Field with Epona and Wolf Link by your side!
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Haddie's New Girlfriend on 'Parenthood' Is Already Famous Because She's Tavi Gevinson
By Jodi Walker
One of my all-time favorite recaps of Parenthood (Oh, you don’t read multiple recaps of Parenthood?) has had a running feature for most of Season 5 called “Did anybody mention Haddie Braverman… Even Tangentially?” Once the beloved eldest Braverman grandchild went to college, and Sara Ramos officially left her recurring role, there seemed to be a curse put upon Haddie’s name, never to be spoke on of again. Not on holidays. Not while her mother was running for office. NEVER! Until now: Haddie has come out of hiding, the curse has been lifted, and the Bravermans are welcoming her back from a long, holiday-less sophomore year at college with open arms. And they better open them a little wider, because she’s bringing her new girlfriend, and that girlfriend is being played by Tavi Gevinson, who's a rather formidable presence herself.
If you’re one of those people who has a hard time liking Lena Dunham because she became successful at such a young age, then you might want to turn tail out of here right about now. While scoring a guest spot on Parenthood would be a huge leap for most 17-year-olds from small town Illinois, it hardly even makes the Top 10 Things I Did in High School for Gavinson.
In 2008, when Gevinson was 11-years-old she started a blog from her suburban Illinois town called Style Rookie. She wrote about fashion – a combination of an expansive couture knowledge and imaginative thrifting reality – with the kind of writer’s voice most bloggers never find, adding to her dream-like posts, self-styled self-portraits fit for the artsy fashion pages of Wonderland or Nylon.
As her blog began to catch the voice-hungry eyes of fashion magazine readers, and buzz reached the ears of fashion editors and journalists, many began to wonder if any pre-teen could write with such assuredness and creativity, and further, once the invites to Fashion Weeks began rolling in, if any 12-year-old with a computer and a camera deserved so much attention. This was, after all, before every fashion blogger began expecting six seasons, a movie, and a book just from posting their OOTD (that's outfit of the day, to those not in the know). But Gevinson just kept writing. With Style Rookie readers came Gevinson profiles and meet-and-greets with Anna Wintour, but as with most teenage girls, Gevinson’s interests began to stray outside of the confines of New York Fashion Week.
In 2011, at the age of 15, Gevinson founded Rookie Magazine as a joint venture with Jane Pratt and alongside appointed managing editor, Anaheed Alani, formerly of The New York Times. Rookie is a website for teenage girls, inspired by Style Rookie’s fashionable beginnings, and even more so by the flower crown-adoring, The Virgin Suicides dream-board-making, teenage loving, high school hating, art promoting, feminist e-zine it became. Gevinson now oversees a staff of over 80, writes essays, pens a monthly editor’s note, interviews the hero likes of Mindy Kaling and Amy Poehler and attends high school, all on a $25/week allowance — her parents, bless them, still try to keep her life “full of normal teenage stuff.”
Among that normal teenage stuff is an interest in acting, which Gevinson first explored in a role alongside Julia Louise-Dreyfus in James Gandolfini’s last film, Enough Said. A successful run there led to her casting in the Broadway debut of This Is Our Youth with Michael Cera in August. So why not tack on a Parenthood guest star spot? And why not on the season finale, and during Haddie Braverman’s long-awaited return home? And why not as her new lesbian college lover? As you may have noticed, whether intentional or not, Gevinson doesn’t do many things without making a splash.
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Organized crime has existed for years, and legislators throughout the nation have passed numerous laws to directly address the threat criminal organizations pose to the public and enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to more easily arrest and charge individuals involved in these organizations. The federal government also enforces laws intended to charge and convict gang members.
Aside from federal laws targeting organized crime, the state of California also enforces laws that directly address gang crimes and gang members. If you or someone you love has been charged with crime in connection to alleged gang involvement, it is of critical important that you work with a criminal defense attorney capable of defending against the elevated penalties at stake. At The Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman, our Orange County criminal defense lawyer is prepared to help you learn more about any charges or enhancements you or your loved one is facing during a free and confidential case evaluation.
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California uses the state's "STEP Act," or Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act, when criminal cases involve defendants with ties to street gangs. Under PC 186.22, which is part of the STEP Act, California makes it a crime simply to participate in a gang. The penal code section also enforces a sentencing enhancement for defendants who commit felony crimes in connection to gang activity. The two parts of PC 186.22 are as follows:
PC 186.22(a) - Under California law, it is a crime to be a participant in a street gang and to assist gang members in any felony criminal conduct. Depending on the circumstances involved, you may be charged with a misdemeanor that poses a 1-year jail sentence, or a felony that poses terms of imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months, 24 months, or 3 years.
PC 186.22(b) - California's gang sentencing enhancement subjects defendant's to additional mandatory terms of imprisonment for committing a felony that benefits a street gang. This enhancement is in addition to any penalties for the felony crime that was committed. The sentence for the gang enhancement, which can range between 2 to 15 years or up to 25 to life, will run consecutively to the sentence for the underlying felony.
PC 186.22 enforces very tough penalties for gang members and for any individual who acts for the benefit of a gang, even if they are not a gang member themselves. These penalties can also be considerably enhanced if a defendant has a criminal history or prior convictions for street terrorism. It is important to remember that PC 186.22 is commonly charged in addition to other felony crimes, which can raise the stakes in a criminal case and subject defendants to even more time behind bars.
Because the gang sentencing enhancement requires proof that a person has gang ties, there is ample opportunity to effectively argue against the enhancement and have it dropped. This can include proving that someone is not an active participant of a gang or did not act for the benefit of a gang, among other defense strategies. Any case involving the gang sentencing enhancement should be treated as seriously as possible.
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