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In April-May 1994, 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis were massacred by their Hutu fellow citizens--about 10,000 a day, mostly being hacked to death by machete. In Machete Season, the veteran foreign correspondent Jean Hatzfeld reports on the results of his interviews with nine of the Hutu killers. They were all friends who came from a single region where they helped to kill 50,000 out of their 59,000 Tutsi neighbors, and all of them are now in prison, some awaiting execution. It is usually presumed that killers will not tell the truth about their brutal actions, but Hatzfeld elicited extraordinary testimony from these men about the genocide they had perpetrated. He rightly sees that their account raises as many questions as it answers.
Adabert, Alphonse, Ignace, and the others (most of them farmers) told Hatzfeld how the work was given to them, what they thought about it, how they did it, and what their responses were to the bloodbath. "Killing is easier than farming," one says. "I got into it, no problem," says another. Each describes what it was like the first time he killed someone, what he felt like when he killed a mother and child, how he reacted when he killed a cordial acquaintance, how 'cutting' a person with a machete differed from 'cutting' a calf or a sugarcane. And they had plenty of time to tell Hatzfeld, too, about whether and why they had reconsidered their motives, their moral responsibility, their guilt, remorse, or indifference to the crimes.
Hatzfeld's meditation on the banal, horrific testimony of the genocidaires and what it means is lucid, humane, and wise: he relates the Rwanda horror to war crimes and to other genocidal episodes in human history. Especially since the Holocaust, it has been conventional to presume that only depraved and monstrous evil incarnate could perpetrate such crimes, but it may be, he suggests, that such actions are within the realm of ordinary human conduct. To read this disturbing, enlightening and very brave book is to consider in a new light the foundation of human morality and ethics.
This book features the testimony of 10 friends from the same village who spent day after day together, fulfilling orders to kill any Tutsi within their territory during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. While their anecdotes are shocking at first, they detail how an ordinary person with an everyday life in a farming village can be transformed into a killer. As one man explains, "if you must obey the orders of authorities, if you have been properly prepared, if you see yourself pushed and pulled, if you see the killing will be total and without disastrous consequences for yourself, you feel soothed and reassured." A reporter for Paris's Lib ration, Hatzfeld has a remarkable ability to pry into the killer's memory and conscience. One Hutu tells how "a pain pinched his heart" when confronted with an old Tutsi soccer teammate he was obligated to kill. Others describe the regrets or nightmares they have now that the genocide is over (and they are in prison). But for the most part, the interviews reveal the killers' na ve expectations for forgiveness and reconciliation once they are released. Hatzfeld offers an analysis of the psychology of the perpetrators and how the Rwandan genocide differs from other genocides in history. Steering clear of politics, this important book succeeds in offering the reader some grasp of how such unspeakable acts unfolded.


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Three Masses Cascade Down the Sloping Land of Cascading House
The project is designed as the second home from the client’s main house in Jakarta. The client requests for a simple house with four bedrooms, living area, and service area that embodies a functional and comfortable living.
The house concept is derived from the condition that the project sits on a sloping land with three-metre difference. The site is divided into three levels in which the three main programs are placed: service and garage on the highest level of the site, the living area on the middle, and the private spaces on the lowest. The three masses cascade down the site, thus giving the term Cascading House.
Two courtyards are inserted between three masses to provide light and air inside. These courtyards become essential features for the house as they create transitional spaces between masses and levels. The skylights on entry area, stairs, and various rooms are provided to invite natural sunlight inside spaces lacking openings. The feature later creates varying rays and shadows as the day passes, naturally telling the passage of time inside the house.
A reflecting pool is added adjacent to the living room to bring cooler air into the house. This utilises the sloping characteristic of the site to make the water flows down and create a waterfall, constantly creates splashing sound of water throughout the house.
As the house follows the topography of the site, it does not alter the form of the land. Thus, it gives birth an architecture that respects the existing condition. The house uses concrete and wood as the main materials. Through simplicity, the continuity of materials creates a harmonious spatial experience throughout the building.
The house is characterised with 1.1×2.2 metres concrete pattern that envelopes the whole building inside out. The pattern drives the way the masses are arranged vertically throughout the site. The concrete is also placed so that it continuously wraps the building from the first mass all the way to the third mass. As the concrete pattern should be casted on site by wrapping the wall inside out, it became the most challenging part during the construction process. Later, this was sorted out through rigorous approach by drawing every wall elevations and constant communication between the architect and contractor.

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Reading Rainbow. There’s probably not a better show in the whole world! How can you go wrong with a host like LeVar Burton? He always seemed so cool and just hung out and taught kids interesting things, like how bowling balls are made, or what happens in a city at night. Not to mention that the Reading Rainbow theme song was a bop!
The format of the show was simple: first, a book was read, often by a celebrity, and their voice and camera movement made the still illustrations come to life. This was followed by a field trip that corresponded with the theme of the book. The ending segment of the show included real book reviews by children, each with their own little personality showing boldly, recommending books to find at your local library.
The series premiered on June 6th, 1983, and it was created to counter the ‘summer loss phenomena’ where children read fewer books over the summer and lost some of their reading skills. It became very popular and is still the most-watched PBS program in the classroom.
The half-hour children’s television show ran from 1983 until 2006, with 155 episodes over 21 seasons. It is the third-longest-running show on PBS behind Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Burton, the executive producer, may be best known for his roles in the series Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but at least one generation of kids only knows him as the guy from Reading Rainbow!
Below are some of the best books featured on Reading Rainbow over the years …but don’t take our word for it:
Notable Reading Rainbow Books:
Miss Nelson is Back
Season 1, Episode 2, June 13, 1983. Narrated by Ruth Buzzi.
Written and illustrated by Henry Allard, Miss Nelson is Back was first published in 1982 by Houghton Mifflin. The kids in room 207 plan to act up when they find out their teacher, Miss Nelson, will be away for a week. Unfortunately for them, in comes Miss Viola Swamp, the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world!
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
Season 1, Episode 14, July 28, 1983. Narrated by Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks.
Written by Trinka Hakes Noble and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash was first published by Dial Press, New York in 1980. Jimmy’s pet Boa constrictor gets loose on the class trip to a farm.
Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport
Season 1, Episode 8, July 20, 1983. Narrated by Douglas Parvin. This was the original pilot episode but was shown as the eighth episode of the series.
Written by Marjorie W. Sharmat and illustrated by Byron Barton, Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport was first published by MacMillan New York in 1980. In this tale, a young boy who grew up in New York City imagines the new life that waits for him out West as his family prepares to move.
Season 2, Episode 3, July 18, 1984. Narrated by Lorne Greene.
First published in 1979 by Viking Press, Ox-Cart Man was written by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. It was awarded the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished children’s book of 1980. Originally published as a poem in the Oct 3, 1977 edition of the New Yorker, the book tells of an early 19th-century farming family in New Hampshire taking their goods to market in an ox-cart.
Season 4, Episode 10, August 8, 1986. Narrated by Pete Seeger. Also featuring a guest appearance by Run DMC rapping about books!
Published by Simon and Schuster in 1986, folksinger Pete Seeger had been sharing the story of Abiyoyo for 20 years before it became a picture book Illustrated by Michael Hayes. Based on a South African bedtime tale, this story is about a father and son who are outcast by their community until they save everyone from a fearsome giant. There is a hardcover edition with an audio CD published by Simon and Schuster, a mass-market softcover edition, a Books-on-the-go mini-edition, and a Scholastic School edition with an audio recording by James Earl Jones that has sold over a million copies.
Knots on a Counting Rope
Season 6, Episode 8, March 29, 1989. Narrated by musicians J. Ruben Silverbird and Kenneth Blank.
Written by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault, this story was first published in 1966 by Henry Holt and Co. In 1987, Knots on a Counting Rope was re-released by the same publisher with illustrations by Ted Rand. The counting rope in this story shows the passage of time and a boy’s emerging confidence in dealing with his blindness as he and his grandfather share stories of his birth and life around the campfire.
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Season 6, Episode 10, March 31, 1989. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad.
Written and illustrated by John Steptoe, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters is about two beautiful daughters – one who is selfish and vain, and the other kind and charitable. When the king announces he is looking for a bride, the daughters set out in hopes to become his queen, not realizing the king has disguised himself along their path in order to learn the true nature of his prospects.
Florence and Eric Take the Cake
Season 8, Episode 4 March 31, 1989. Narrated by Julia Child.
First published in 1987 by Dial Books, Florence and Eric Take the Cake by Jocelyn Wild tells the story of two lambs that mistake a beautiful hat for a delicious cake.
Season 9, Episode 4, September 19, 1991. Narrated by Hattie Winston.
Written by Karen Lynn Williams and illustrated by Catherine Stock, Galimoto was first published in 1990 by HarperCollins. Kondi is determined to make his own galimoto – a toy vehicle made of wires, and he spends the day collecting the needed supplies with unwavering determination.
Season 10, Episode 1, October 5, 1992. Narrated by Ruby Dee.
First published in 1991 by Knopf Books for Young Readers, Tar Beach was written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold. The story tells of a young girl’s dream of flying above her apartment building in 1939 Harlem.
Season 11, Episode 1, October 11, 1993. Narrated by Tyne Daly.
Written by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch, Amazing Grace was published in 1991. Grace loves stories and longs to be the lead in her school’s production of Peter Pan, even though her classmates point out that Peter was a boy and wasn’t black like Grace. But she doesn’t let that stop her dreams!
Season 12, Episode 8, October 11, 1994. Narrated by Anne Jackson.
Written by Janell Cannon, Stellaluna was first published in 1993 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A young fruit bat is separated from her mother and adopted by birds who have very different habits than her own.
The Wonderful Tower of Watts
Season 13, Episode 1, October 2, 1995. Narrated by Angela Davis.
First published in 1994 by HarperCollins, this story was written by Patricia Zelver and illustrated by Frané Lessac. The Wonderful Tower of Watts is the true story of an Italian immigrant with no formal training building an artistic masterpiece called the Watts Towers in an impoverished neighborhood in LA, using discarded materials like broken bottles and pieces of mirrors and tiles.
On the Day You Were Born
Season 16, Episode 1, April 7, 1997. Narrated by Patrick Stewart. This was the only episode of Reading Rainbow that wasn’t aired in certain markets, like South Carolina and Manhattan (because it involved a live birth).
Written and illustrated by Debra Frasier, On the Day You Were Born was first published in 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Children. This book explores the miracles of birth, and the world, in simple words and bright collage pictures.
Season 20, Episode 1, December 15, 2004. Narrated by Alfre Woodward.
Published in 2001 by Scholastic Press, Visiting Day is by Jacqueline Woodson, who has won numerous awards for her literature for young people. The book is illustrated by the award-winning artist James Ransome. A young girl and her grandmother prepare to visit her father in prison, and her father prepares for the special day in anticipation of seeing his little girl as well.
After five episodes in Season 21, Reading Rainbow ended on November 10, 2006, and reruns ceased on PBS on August 28, 2009. If you’re interested in hearing more bookish bits from LeVar Burton, you can listen to his podcast, LeVar Burton Reads.
Thanks for joining us!
We’ll see you next time.
Amy C. Manikowski is a writer living in Asheville, NC.
They need to bring this great show back.

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Track Listing: DVD: 1. Intro / 2. Greed / 3. Pttee / 4. One 8 / 5. Pointless Child / 6. Red / 7. Half Way Home / 8. One Day / 9. 7 Nights Bonus video: The Journey Home
More information: The first DVD of very promising prog rockers from the UK! This talented band has so far released only one studio album, but with their superb performance at the first edition of Prog Rock Festival at the Wyspianski Katowice, Poland, the band show that they do have much to say on the prog rock scene. DeeExpuss music constitutes a modern approach to the genre, more rock-oriented and catchy, yet formed with undeniable finesse and attention to sound and musical nuances. Their sound is as eclectic as their influences, drawn from years of listening to such groups and artists as Joe Jackson, Iron Maiden, It Bites, Crash Test Dummies, Rush, Nik Kershaw, Marillion and recently - Porcupine Tree and Spocks Beard. If you happen to think that prog rock is an old and stagnant genre, DeeExpus are surely going to prove you wrong!
The DVD also features a documentary The Journey Home, an interview with Andy Ditchfield and Tony Wright, photo gallery, desktop images, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound and more!


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Do you really want to know the top New World Order ‘facts’? Well, actually the NWO is one of the most popular conspiracy theories, which has been mediated and rumored intensively, so that it’s hard to tell what facts are true, and which are just some figments of the collective imagination. Aside from the NWO, there are several other conspiracy theories. Earlier we have discussed the most popular conspiracy theories.
But let’s get back to the New World Order. The New World Order has a motto “Novus Ordo Seclorum” and it is considered to be an organization which consists of some of the richest and elite families in the world, who have an agenda to cabal against the sovereignty of states while installing a single authoritarian world government. In this way, it has become a convenient way to accuse political rivals of involvement in the NWO, or linking various events like wars or major terrorist attacks as being set up by this order.
We should also mention that the New World Order has not been the only conspiracy theory involving the control of the world by a relatively small group of people. Some of the most famous are: the Illuminati, Freemansory, or the Fourth Reich.
The Illuminati, founded in the 18th century in Germany, is an organization which promotes secularism, liberalism, republicanism, freedom of thought and gender equality. Freemansory is a fraternity which was set up in Britain in the 16th-17th century, which has spread all around the world in different forms and currently is considered to have over six million members. The Fourth Reich is sometimes used a synonym for the NWO in order to create a parallel between it and the Third Reich in Germany, and to point out that the NWO’s ideology is similar to the Nazi-ruled Third Reich.
However, it is hard to say whether the New World Order really exists, but to provide you with more knowledge on the subject, we have gathered some interesting facts about it.
No. 5 Aliens and the NWO
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There is a consideration that Aliens have actually been around us for years, and maybe even longer, but the “reason” no one knows about the invasion is because they are collaborating with the New World Order and secretly running the world together with them. Even though it sounds ridiculous, this fact is worth mentioning, at least to cheer you up.
See the rest of the most important New World Order ‘facts’:

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While drug companies have paid doctors in neighboring towns tens of thousands of dollars since 2009, Hopkins physicians have received comparatively little money from pharmaceuticals’ effort to spread the word about their products, according to a ProPublica database updated last week.
The “Dollars for Docs” database represents $2 billion in disclosed payments from a total of 15 companies who cumulatively hold 47 percent of the industry’s market share.
The payments cover:
- Speaking fees
- Consulting fees
- Travel fees
- Educational items or gifts
- Royalty or license fees
Pharmaceutical payments to physicians are not illegal, but critics say these payments turn doctors into sales reps, influence physicians’ prescription decisions and undermine trust in the health care system.
Backers counter that they provide important education on new drugs that benefits doctors and patients alike.
The ProPublica database likely understates the amount that doctors receive. Dozens of companies don’t publicize their payments to specific doctors. Most companies in the database are required to report because of legal settlements with the federal government.
Minnesota physicians received $26,502,825 of the total. The state also had one of the 22 doctors nationwide who have earned at least $500,000 from pharmaceuticals since 2009—Dr. Todd Hess, director of United Pain Center in St. Paul. ProPublica found 32 payments worth $542,900 from Eli Lilly, Forest, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
But the database has only three records of payments to Hopkins doctors, two of which were meals from Irvine, CA-based Allergan. Suzette Elisabeth Sutherland was the only doctor who received anything from pharmaceuticals besides meals. Pfizer paid her $4,000 in speaking fees in 2009. The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice does not currently have a record of a doctor by that name.
Use the widget above to find out what payments your doctor received. Then share your thoughts on what you find in the comments below.

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Friday, November 9, 2012
GOOD GOOD LINKS FOR THE WEEKEND
Ahh short weeks. Gotta love 'em. Have a good weekend!
take me in
Sounds like hallelujah
Spiked maple apple cider
. Yes please.
The presidents of the United States as drawn by a
Make the universe
Smoke and colours
My fridge needs a facelift and I think
will do the trick.
I might have to conquer my fear of giant pots of boiling oil so that I can try
Rachel's lemon ricotta doughnuts
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A European Nitrogen Expert Panel recently suggested using a NUE
indicator in a two-dimensional framework of N output over N input that combines the different indicators (EU Nitrogen Expert Panel 2015; Fig.
The use of slow release urea fertilizer such as POCU could maintain high grain yield and grower's income, increase NUE
and decrease N losses in such rice-rice cropping systems in southern China.
These results led towards the conclusion that N application @50 kg ha-1under moisture stress either in July or September causes higher root:shoot ratio in cotton genotypes and highest NUE
in these genotypes can be achieved by imposing moisture stress at vegetative growth stage in September (by skipping one irrigation)coupled with 50 kg N ha-1.
This vision is driving Audience's development of NUE
technology, delivered in the form of Multisensory processors and software," said Peter Santos, President and CEO, Audience.
Arcadia also noted that rice is a "compelling crop for NUE
technology because of its importance as a staple food crop for a large percentage of the global population.
Several studies showed improved NUE
in modern wheat cultivars (Austin et al.
4+] form for extended periods and reduces the risks of reduced NUE
through enhanced N uptake and yield (Parr et al.
We collected literature data (Appendix) on NUE
and other selected components, on litter decomposition (using the negative exponential decomposition model of Olson ), and on nutrient mineralization.
For each cropping system the NUE
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and WUE technologies aim to increase yields while reducing resource inputs and their associated environmental consequences.
The mechanisms regulating these processes are complex, but it is vital that they should be well understood to improve NUE
in plants (Kant et al.
Satellite Broadcasting, NUE
TV's chairman and CEO, Robert Townsend, former head of Bell Atlantic's video-on-demand "Stargazer" project, and entertainment mogul Quincy Jones are all board members of NUE

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WHO praises Ireland following Phil Hogan’s resignation
The World Health Organisation’s special envoy on Covid-19 Dr David Nabarro has said that he was very impressed with the fact that Ireland had shown that the same rules applied to everyone in the fight against the virus.
“There is something extraordinary about what is happening in Ireland,” he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.
Ireland was showing that the same rules apply to everyone, even an EU Commissioner. “That’s a beautiful thing, but what a terrible price to pay.”
Dr Nabarro said that he knew Mr Hogan and admired him. “This guy has done so many fabulous things. People think he’s one of the best.”
Mr Hogan’s departure was sad, he said, but it was important as it indicated that the rules applied to everybody. “So congratulations and commiserations to Ireland in the one breath.”
Phil Hogan’s resignation came after significant political pressure from the government and the opposition in Ireland calling on him to consider his position.
Today, EU President Ursula von der Leyen called on the Irish government to present two names, one male and one female, as candidates to replace Phil Hogan as EU Commissioner.
Government sources have indicated to the Irish Examiner that Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is “willing and able” to serve should it be agreed between the government parties and is approved by Ms von der Leyen’s office.

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Submission Number: 00103
Received: 12/3/2010 2:01:12 AM
Commenter: murray katz
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: A Preliminary FTC Staff Report on "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers"
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A do not track law is absoltely necessary. Any tracking is an invasion of privacy and personal information should not be bought and sold by third parties.

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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is preparing to hold an emergency session on Ukraine amid worries about a renewal of full-scale conflict in the rebel-held east.
Officials with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will brief the council Wednesday afternoon.
The main city in the east, Donetsk, has seen its heaviest shelling in recent weeks despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists.
The cease-fire called on Sept. 5 has been violated almost daily.
The Security Council has met well over a dozen times on Ukraine since the crisis began early this year, but little action can be taken as permanent member Russia has veto power.


Msgr Lito Cortes: big job ahead
After such a grandiose celebration of installing the 4th bishop of the diocese of Dumaguete last Thursday, the meat of the matter begins with mounting challenges facing the new shepherd Msgr Julito Cortes, 57.
Msgr Cortes in his message of acceptance thanked all visiting church dignitaries and the attending laity for their support to his assumption.
Provincial dignitaries led by Gov Roel Degamo , Gov Zaldy Villa of Siquijor and Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria led local leaders in welcoming the new prelate.
His jurisdiction which has close to a million catholic members from Negros Oriental and Siquijor (bigger than that of a governor) may not be rocked with major controversies as it was well handled by his predecessors, but big challenges mount ahead such as:
The restoration of three big municipal church damaged by the last earthquake of 2012 ; the equitable reassignment of priests in the towns and cities; the dwindling enrolment of various catholic schools in the towns; the frequent “travel and solicitations” of priests going out of the country; the lack of priests to “cathecize” the laity; and the unsolved robbery of close to half a millon pesos inside the sacristy of the cathedral two new years eve ago, among others.
However, his two predecessors did a good job according to the papal nuncio His Grace Giuseppe Pinto , archbishop and head of the diplomatic corp who officiated at Cortes’ installation.


Defense Minister says German armed forces will act under new strategy from 2016, marking a formal end to its post-WWII pacifist policy.
Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced in Berlin on Tuesday that Germany, which has been traditionally hesitant in taking part in international military operations mainly because of its Nazi past, would act “without any taboos”. Continue reading
German public opinion of Israel is slumping ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit there. There is growing public and political disillusionment over Israel’s treatment of its Palestinian neighbors.
Merkel and her 15 cabinet ministers will participate in the largest-ever bilateral consultations on Monday and will kick off official preparations for next year’s celebrations commemorating 50 years since diplomatic relations between the two countries were established.
However, the visit has been overshadowed by reports of the worst crisis in diplomatic ties since Merkel took office almost 10 years ago. A recent BBC poll showed that only 14 percent of Germans today had a positive view of Israel.
“I think German public opinion is actually worse than what’s shown in the polls because Germans don’t publicly state their opinion, they play it down,” said Israel’s former ambassador to Germany and the European Union, Avi Primor. Continue reading
Berlin exported 111 tons of chemicals to Damascus between 2002-2006; German gov’t: Chemicals were sold for civilian use.
BERLIN – Germany exported 111 tons of chemicals to Syria between 2002 and 2006 that could be used in the production of sarin gas, according to a government document published on Wednesday.
But the government rejected a suggestion from an opposition lawmaker that Germany might thereby have inadvertently contributed to the August 21 sarin attack in Syria, which the West blames on President Bashar Assad.
The chemicals – sodium fluoride, hydrofluoric acid and ammonium hydrogen fluoride – are classified as “dual use” under European Union law, meaning they can be used for either civil or military purposes. They require special export permits. Continue reading


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Fairmount Cemetery as such was founded in 1890, but was in use well before that as the City Cemetery, founded in 1858 and incorporating yet another cemetery, Mount Prospect. Its first burial was James (Jack) O'Neil, who died in 1859 in unfortunate circumstances, shot to death in a gambling argument. This was the Wild West, after all. Note that his gravestone, below, proclaims that he was MURDERED.
A German landscape architect, Reinhard Scheutze, was hired to design it and created a vast, rolling park that now has some 3,800 trees and thousands of markers and monuments. The style in 19th and early 20th century Denver, oddly, was very French influenced, and many of the mausoleums and markers of the prosperous reflect this or display a Classical theme. Anybody who was anybody in Denver is buried here, and the names - Bonfils, Cheesman, Boetcher, among others, can be seen on the streets and important buildings of Denver.
Burials from the 1920's and 30's are often Art Nouveau in style, while some adopted the "Egyptian" style made popular after the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922.
And then there was the mausoleum, with its hundreds of niches and vaults - and the largest collection of stained glass in Denver! An interesting fact was that in recent times, people had decorated the niches of their deceased with little personal items, such as eyeglasses or some other favorite or typical thing. These are called "grave goods" by scholars, and now appear even in niches holding cremated remains.
There were a couple of "markers" of truly monumental simplicity: huge boulders of rough pink granite from the Rockies, such as you see below:
However, one of the most interesting things was the marker and monument of J.A. Falkenburg, founder of the Western branch of that famous insurance and burial society, Woodmen of the World. You may know them from their tree-trunk shaped markers, which can be found in virtually any cemetery in the country.
You can read the rather complicated history of the Woodmen here at the blog A Grave Interest, but suffice it to say that none of it would have happened without Falkenburg, shown below. But no tree trunk! It looked as if the front of his granite plinth may once have had a tree-trunk fastened to it, or at least a plaque featuring their slogan, Dum Tacet Clamat, "Though silent, he speaks," but it was obviously lost at some point in the past and only a few bolt-holes remain.
But all throughout the cemetery, trunks of varying sizes, styles and materials appeared, reflecting the many forms this enduring symbol has taken over the years. In addition, there were more graceful markers with the symbol of a bird and a trunk - for the women's branch, the Women of Woodcraft. Perhaps these form the best monument to J.A. Falkenburg.

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New Year’s Gift: Eric Nam to Finally Hold First Solo Concert in Indonesia
The multi-talented singer-songwriter, Eric Nam is back with a new album and he is ready to rock the stage in Jakarta. Eric Nam was also the only Korean act to perform in We The Fest 2017, sharing the stage with Lorde and James Bay to name a few. The name might not be unfamiliar to people as he has been to Jakarta a couple of times but this will be the first solo concert he would be holding in Indonesia.
‘Before We Begin’ is an all English album recently released in which Eric will for sure sing (with brand new choreography, might we add) for his short but hopefully memorable stop in Jakarta. With the records ‘Cave Me In’ and ‘Float’ under his belt, his performance on stage is something you would want to look forward to his concerts because we know we would.
Make sure to catch him live on 13th January 2020 (yes start off the year with Eric!) in Soehanna Hall, Jakarta. Tickets are available here or go to http://ericnam.com for more information. Let’s all jam out together with Eric Nam!
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I will be on tomorrow afternoon at 4 pm Eastern time with Brian Wilson, one of the fastest thinking, quickest-witted talk show hosts in the business. The show will be broadcast on Toledo’s WSPD radio station. You can listen live at http://www.wspd.com/pages/listenlive.html
The hour long interview with Joy Cardin is also already on her archive page. You can listen by clicking in at http://www.wpr.org/webcasting/ideas_audioarchives.cfm?Code=jca A listener to the program told me that it would also be re-broadcast over the web later this evening but I am not sure about that.
I will be Wisconsin Public Radio for an hour on Wednesday morning, 9 a.m. Eastern time. Listen live at http://www.wpr.org/webcasting/live.cfm
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my article on the Supreme Court ruling on medical marijuana. The articles begins – Earlier this year , the Supreme Court, acting again like a gang that smoked too much bad weed, ruled that the federal government has the right to prohibit people from growing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The […]
In response to the Jack Abramoff influence-buying scandal, Republican leaders are racing to impose new restrictions on the handouts that lobbyists can give to congressmen. Americans are being assured that the new rules will assure that their representatives are dutiful, high-minded, and devoted to nothing but the public good. This makes about as much sense […]
I will be speaking at the Manhattan Libertarian Convention on Saturday evening, January 21. This is part of the LP’s annual conference – being held at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant at 140 Second Ave. Should be lots of fun. I have never seen libertarians eat Ukrainian cuisine before.
Trover Book store on Capitol Hill (221 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington) will be holding a book signing for my new book, Attention Deficit Democracy, on Thursday at 12:30 pm. The latest odds from Vegas are 37-to-1 against a Standing Room Only crowd.


The holiday season is here again. The days are growing short, the nights long, and somehow darker than those of summer, and we’re about to settle in for a hibernating season. But something is lurking in the shadows of this holiday. And I confess it has possessed me on more than a few occasions. It’s the spirit of bad cheer. It’s the Scrooginess that can seep into all of us as we get older, carry more responsibilities, and scoff at how commercialized this time of year has become.
Then I started researching the history of this holiday and I found salvation, in the most unlikely of places: a ghost story.
First, I learned that our Nordic ancestors noticed something about the winter. It. Kills. Everything. Winter kills the grass, the flowers, and even the trees who lose all of their leaves when the temperatures turn frigid. But our ancestors also noticed there was one tree that didn’t lose its color or leaves: the mighty evergreen. Clearly this tree has some magical power that enables it to stand up to winter.
Plus, that sound... That shrieking sound ripping through the trees outside. Is it the wind whistling through naked branches, or is the cries of spirits in agony? The Nordic people wanted to protect themselves, so they would cut down boughs of evergreens and place them over their doors and windows hoping those green, prickly needles would ward off evil spirits.
When I hang my wreath on my front door now, I think about the same thing. Not that I’m afraid of the wind, but I do hope to ward off the dark spirits that can kill my mood and good cheer this time of year.
The roots of this holiday also include monsters. Almost too many to count. But, I do want to invite you to check out my Facebook and Twitter. Each day I’ve been posting an image of a Yule Lad from Iceland. There are 13 in all. These pranksters invade your home during the Christmas season. If you saw my “Creepy Christmas” program this fall, you already know about the Yule Lads. If not, I invite you to watch each day. My wife drew them, and I’m posting them so you can print them out and color them. People have been posting their masterpieces to my page. Check ‘em out!
That ghost story? The one that saved me? And not just me, but untold millions of others? It’s a simple story about a tight-fisted old miser named Scrooge who finds redemption after being haunted by his former business partner, then visited by three spirits: the ghost of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. When Charles Dickens published this masterpiece in December of 1843, it was a time when nobody cared much about this holiday. It was a day for drinking and making merry, sure, but little else.
A Christmas Carol and its spirits transformed this holiday. It took me to adulthood to realize what the book was really about. Scrooge is me. He’s you. He’s all of us. He’s the dark, selfish, self-absorbed side that resides in all of us. The dark presence that needs reminding that we’re all fellow passengers to the grave, and that mankind is our business. This story propelled charitable giving, it reminded people to make merry if they wish, but also to look out for one another, which is at the heart of this holiday’s roots.
A ghost story changed everything.
A ghost experience changes everything for those who go through it. It reminds us there are bigger forces in the universe than we can even comprehend. It reminds us to consider the legacy we wish to leave behind. Ghosts remind us that the story may still be written, even after the last chapter is closed.
I welcome all of it. I wish you all to get possessed by the best possible spirit of the holidays. And may you keep out those darker forces that bring us all down. I hope you also look out for each other. There’s always someone you can help. And helping one person can change the world.
So with that, thank you for all of the support and sharing in 2018. I can’t wait to see what the new year brings!


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Plese Note: How to find all my letters titled: Letters from the Isle of I .. proceed as follows: They all are tagged with “Ideas/Thoughts” and”Letters from the Isle of I”
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1.) our Blog Illuminations Now
2.) Evamaria’s Bilinguals (on Top left. 2nd line)
3. English : Ideas/Thoughts, Letters from the Isle of I,
My beloved sister Mary,
So much has been taking place within me the past few days. Your letters seem to have opened up a fountain of inspiration. I don’t seem to have anything specific to comment about your last two letters, but instead found myself writing to all people in a way that I believe is consistent with your sharings. Though the words are different, I feel that the spirit the essence is the same. Here then is what I have written from the depths of my spirit and with the love of my heart.
Blessings and love always.


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Crescentina : What is it?
Crescentina, is another delicacy from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. It is one of Italy’s most famous and appreciate recipe.
Crescentina is a really simple recipe: it is some bread dough fried that you can have with any sort of sliced cured meat (salame, mortadella, prosciutto, etc.) or soft cheese (gorgonzola, stracchino, mozzarella, etc.). But it is also delicious on its own.
Even though the recipe is unique, it is a dish that can have many different names depending on the province: it is called crescentina in Bologna but in Parma, for example, it is called torta fritta, in the Reggio Emilia e Modena province it is called il gnocco fritto while in the province of Piacenza it is called chisulèn.
It is simple and delicious. You can even make it home thanks to this recipe in English.

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The Control Data Corporation 160 Computer
The CDC 160 computer, introduced in 1960 was the first truly small computer to hit the market. This machine and the DEC PDP-1 may both fairly claim to be the first transistorized computers to come to market, but the DEC machine was hardly small; A PDP-1 filled approximately 3 EIA standard 19 inch relay racks, while the CDC-160 was packaged to look like a standard double-pedestal office desk.
The CDC 160 was sufficiently successful that CDC followed with the 160A and the 8092. The base configuration for a CDC 160A cost $110,000 (as remembered by George R. Gonzalez); this gave you the CPU, minimal memory, high-speed paper-tape reader, medium speed punch, and a flexowriter. An assembler and a 4K FORTRAN compiler were available, but not much else.
Photos of some of these machines are available.
While the CDC-160 computer is not widely studied, it was one of the most important predecessors of the DEC PDP-8 computer, and the latter is generally recognized as the most important small computer of the 1960's.
A modern manual (under construction):
A Programmer's Reference Manual for the CDC-160
From Gordon Bell's talk on Cray's computers
From George Michael's history of computing at Livermore


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"Have learned that even the wellest meaning can't be in crisis mode 24/7...even if you are. Sucks to know that. It's a harsh reality. But when no one else can that's when I've had to remember that God can. Sometimes He uses people. Sometimes it's just gonna be me and Him."
Yes, sometimes it is just going to be Him and me, and frankly, sometimes those seem to be the absolute hardest times. You would think He could send someone at the absolute hardest times, wouldn’t you?
Except, sometimes in the absolute hardest times what I really need is just Him.
There is a level of honesty I can reach with Him when it is just the two of us that I don’t reach when people are around. I can say what I want to and not have to wrap it in acceptable language. I can feel whatever I really feel and not have to worry that others are uncomfortable. I can be core-honest with Him when I can’t with others.
You know how sometimes when it’s just you and God and you hurt worse than you could ever imagine and it feels like your heart is being ripped out of your chest? Well, that is pretty accurate for what is going on.
When I’m alone with God, it gives Him the chance to reach deep, way deep, deeper than my human consciousness may want to go to touch the thing that is hurting me the most. He doesn’t waste time with symptoms. He doesn’t play hide and seek. He goes right to the heart of the wound.
The Bible says the Spirit leads me into all truth (John 16:13). It also says I will know the truth and the truth will set me free (John 8:32). I will never be healed without the truth of what happened and my interpretation of it. I have to acknowledge what happened first. Then I have to acknowledge how I feel about it and how it defined me mentally and emotionally. Then I have to let God redefine me and live in HIS definition.
There is no person who can do that for me.
Plus, for those of us who stand strong no matter what slams them, for those who have learned to perform, for those who have learned to breathe anyway, for those who have become experts at keeping the stuff that might weaken us locked away…we need someone to find us. We need someone to walk into the soul-cellar and find the Pandora’s box that we keep hidden so no one else sees it. That is what being alone just God and me allows.
I often refer to the things that keep us imprisoned as ‘monsters’. When I’m alone with God, He pulls me to a place of honesty about the monsters that I cannot reach with a person.
And, yes, it does feel like the absolute worst I’ve gone through because at that moment I am at monster pain ground zero. This is the epicenter of the anguish.
The Bible says the Jesus is the Mighty Counselor and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). No counselor is going to have a soul deep session with a patient in a food court in the mall. There is no way a person can be honest about deep soul hurts in that setting. Instead, the counselor offers a private place that is safe and serves as a refuge. Jesus does the same thing.
He gets me alone in a place where I feel safe, usually my bedroom, and He listens to me cry and scream and talk and hurt. While I'm pouring all this out, because remember out of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34), the Lord digs out the deep things of the heart, the stuff in my soul-cellar that I had either hidden so well I had forgotten about it or I didn’t realize how much or in what way it affected me.
As I said, these are excruciating times. I always hated that worst-pain-ever –and-God-is-the-only-one-who-showed-up times, but they are necessary for healing.
And I am learning instead of screaming about how much it hurts and how bad I hate it, what honestly helps is to ask, “What do you need me to see? What do you want to expose? How do I work with you for the healing?”
It still hurts like hell, but by asking Him to show me the “monster”, I’m opening the door for Him to show me how to defeat it, and that allows me to get beyond it. As horribly nightmarish as it may feel, facing the monster is part of getting through the pain. Until I am willing to face the monster, I’m not going through, I’m stuck in, and the pain never gets better.
I thank God for every person He has sent into my life who has helped with the healing in the last 2 ½ years. They have been valiant warriors who have fought with me and over me, and I don’t know how we would have come through without them. Honestly, I think we couldn’t have. I believe they were essential, which is why God put them there.
However, some monsters can’t be fought by even the fiercest warrior friend. In fact, those warrior friends can actually try so hard to protect me and make me feel better, they actually hinder the healing because they don’t let me fight the monsters I need to fight or I’m afraid to be really honest about the monsters that are out there. Sometimes it is necessary for those friends to step off the battlefield and let me face the real monsters that are keeping me in prison.
Those "just God and me" moments aren't God's carelessness or His thoughtlessly not providing someone to be there with me. It is part of His necessary plan to get me alone so He can deal with monsters I can't deal with any other way. I'm learning to consciously know when God is all I have, it isn't just that He is all I need. It's that I specifically need Him only.


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MegaSquirt 2 Extra and LC1 Wideband Parallel/Boomslang Install on a 97
I realize it's generally frowned upon to do a parallel install, but I have a '97 and it's a daily driver so I wanted to be able to pass the NC inspection with my turbo'd Miata. Before making any changes to the stock motor, I wanted to get my Megasquirt up and running. After a huge amount of reading, a lot of soldering and a few hiccups along the way, I got the car running nicely on my MS2 Extra and thought I'd share my experiences.
I split the project into a few steps:
1) Get the wideband O2 sensor wired in (Innovate LC-1)
2) Build the MS2 Extra and harness
3) Get it running!
Step 1: Fit the wideband
My plan was to fit the WBO2 sensor first so I could get some idea of the stock AFR at full throttle and during a cold start. I also wanted to check the stock ECU was happy with the signal from the wideband sensor.
I went for the Innovate LC-1 as it has 2 analog outputs and was cheap. I was a little worried about comments of poor reliability, but I had no problems and would recommend it.
Iíve attached a schematic of the wiring harness I made for this, which worked really well. The idea was to wire in the LC-1ís second analog output to the stock ECU, configured as a narrowband output (as it is as supplied). I then used the first output connected to a voltmeter to monitor the real AFR (too tight to buy a gauge at this stage!). To stop the stock ECU throwing a code due to the stock O2 sensor heater not being connected (which it would), the harness allows the stock O2 sensor to be connected to the heater circuit. I just strapped the old O2 sensor in the engine bay, but long term a high wattage resistor would probably suffice and keep the CEL at bay.
You might think I've gone a bit overboard on the grounding, but in my book that's the right side to be! Grounding issues are a PITA. Also, I attached the 12V supply to the wiper fuse, as it's live only when ignition is on (not cranking), which was recommended by a few people on this forum.
So, a few observations: full throttle AFR was around 12.7 to 13.0 and from a cold start it was as low as 10.0, quickly rising to stoich as the motor warmed up. Nothing surprising there, but worth checking.
Thanks for your support 18psi! My decision to go parallel was purely based on wanting to pass inspection without having to put the stock ECU back in. Obviously not a problem for pre-96 cars, but a very real issue for those of us with an OBD2 port.
There were several other advantages too:
1) If you're only controlling spark and fuel using your MS, it's only a minor harness wiring change to switch these outputs back to the stock ECU while still having the MS2 fully wired in to all the sensors. I actually wired mine like this initially, so I got several hours of data logging from the Megasquirt to make sure my crank sync was stable up to the limiter, I had sensible sensor inputs and it was demanding sensible fuel and timing. All with no risk to the motor!
2) Initial startup is easier if you only have to worry about spark and fuel. The stock ECU controls airflow and idle speed. Much less daunting for the first-timer.
3) The stock ECU still gives OBD2 diagnostics that you can trust. I had an OBD2 logger plugged in as well as my MS2 when first starting, just to make sure it was happy.
4) A very minor thing, but the MS build is probably marginally easier as you don't have to worry about the fuel pump, A/C idle up, dash outputs etc. I know they're easy, but you still have to do them with a standalone.
The main disadvantage as far as I could see it was a more complex harness. Not difficult, just (quite a lot) more work. I haven't got as far as modifying the engine yet and I'm sure that'll bring a few headaches such as giving the stock ECU a MAF and IAT signal, but for me as a first-time Megasquirt builder, the parallel route has worked out really nicely so far.
The MS2 build was actually quite straightforward, once Iíd decided on the features I wanted and done the necessary research. I built the MS2 to Extra specification with the aim of controlling fuel, spark and idle, although I'm not planning on using the idle control unless I do some crazy stuff to my engine that requires a change in idle speed. My spec was as follows:
- Basic build according to MS2 Extra documentation (link)
- 4 injector drivers on a separate board (link)
- Joe Perezís modified ignition outputs (link), to avoid startup pops and negate the need to unplug the coils when updating firmware.
- Additional opto-isolator for the second CAS input (link)
- MAF input circuit (link)
I also built a JimStim, which I would recommend to everyone attempting a MS build, if only to check your trigger inputs before you get it on a real car.
In case youíre attempting a similar installation yourself, Iíve attached the build document I put together for my MS2. I hope it helps!
A couple of photos of my finished Megasquirt. Not tidy, but functional!
The 4 injector drivers are on the smaller board in the lid of the Megasquirt case. There's provision for 4 ignition drivers too in case I want to go COP at any time. I left the two on-board injector drivers on the main Megasquirt board but they're not used.
The next step is the harness, which is quite a serious undertaking for a parallel install. Hereís a pic of mine as well as the wiring scheme for the DB37 connector. All the pins from the stock ECU are carried through to the harness apart from the 4 injectors and 2 ignition outputs.
The DB15 connector is for the four injector drivers and the 6 wires taped up to the top left of the photo are for the ignition and injector outputs from the stock ECU, which were initially wired through to the big yellow connector instead of the wires from the Megasquirt. I taped them up and left them there, just in case I need to use them again in the future.
If you're making any Megasquirt harness (standalone or parallel) then I'd recommend using DIYAutoTune's wiring bundle as it's good quality and it's very helpful to have the individual wires properly labelled.
Also, thanks to Braineack's all-encompassing Megasquirt build thread (here) for all the connector details and some good tips (clearly his aversion to parallel installs was formed since writing that post!).
Fair enough. I'm certainly not going to argue, as I'm on my first Megasquirt install and it sounds like you've done a few!
Annoyingly I'm not going to be able to find out how good my parallel install is, as my project has been cut short by an imminent move overseas. Frustrating, but I'm glad I got it running smoothly, if not finely tuned.
Could be, Joshua. However, that would require me standing on my head in the footwell getting a nosebleed once a year. In my dreams, I see a switch on the dash labeled "boost" and "inspection". Solder and wire are cheap.


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That was the weight finally coming off the shoulders of boosters and supporters of a $94.5 million funding package that Orange County leaders approved Tuesday evening for Orlando's major projects such as the downtown Orlando soccer stadium, Florida Citrus Bowl renovation and Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts. The vote passed 5-2.
- Orlando City Soccer getting $20 million in tourist development taxes to help build an $81 million soccer stadium in downtown Orlando that eventually will house a future Major League Soccer franchise.
- Florida Citrus Sports receives an additional $12 million that will help fund a nearly $200 million upgrade to the football stadium needed to add 5,000 club seats and more.
- The Dr. Phillips center secures $25 million to help build its 1,700-seat multi-form hall.
"It's rare to be able to make a decision that can transform a community," said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs.
The approval now opens the road for each project to begin design work and negotiation phases such as Orlando City Soccer beginning talks with Major League Soccer to become a franchise.
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RELATED: Dayton microbrewery to open 2nd location in Springboro
The drawings also provide a clearer picture of some of the roads at Wright Station.
Wright Station Way is to run along Warped Wing’s east side, intersecting with Jonathan Drive within the city’s 6.2-acre redevelopment. Founders Drive would run northeast to southwest between the new Warped Wing at Wright Station and the Springboro Performing Arts Center.
The performing arts center opened this week.
Wright Station is a 6.2-acre acre redevelopment by the city and Mills Development.
The development is at the center of a 62-acre urban village the city has begun planning.
RELATED: Springboro unveils 62-acre urban village plan
The Wright Station development plan and agreement require the city council to approve all building plans. The council meets in work session at 6 p.m. and formal session at 7 p.m. Thursday at Springboro City Hall, 320 W. Central Ave.
According to renderings, the brewery’s winged trademark will fill most of the wall facing Central Avenue, with a patio on the eastern corner. An entrance and two tall doors for deliveries will dominate the north side, across from the performing arts center.
On the west side, two windows and signs for Warped Wing Wright Station will fill most of the wall. The east side will offer more outdoor seating next to Wright Station Way, according to the elevation drawings.
“They expect to start building within a month or two, once all necessary building permits have been filed and approved,” Pozzuto added in email responses.
In July, the Dayton-based brewery announced plans to expand into the Cincinnati area through a partnership with Ohio Eagle Distributing in West Chester Twp.
RELATED: Springboro Performing Arts Center opening this week
Warped Wing self-distributes its beers in the Dayton and Columbus areas, and has entered into agreements with other distributors in the Toledo, Findlay and Bowling Green markets to make its brews available in northwest Ohio.
In June, Warped Wing unveiled plans for a large taproom, outdoor biergarten, 400-barrel aging space, taproom, eatery, “test-pilot” brewery, as well as special-event space, canning, packaging and distribution at its next location in Springboro.
The $3 million, 20,000-square-foot building is also be the company’s main distribution point.
“All our raw materials and finished goods will be rolling out of the Springboro location,” John Haggerty, partner and brew master, said at the time.
Warped Wing Wright Station could open as early as next spring, Mills Development president Jerad Barnett said in June.
RELATED: Best of Dayton: Warped Wing famous for its beer selection, Dayton flavors
Despite the investment in Springboro, Nick Bowman, Warped Wing co-founder and vice president of sales and marketing, said the owners “are absolutely committed to our production brewery and taproom” in downtown Dayton.
“We love being a part of the downtown Dayton community,” Bowman said. “Springboro gives us the opportunity to expand our barrel-aged program and incorporate a pilot system to experiment.”
Bowman and Barnett could not be reached on Tuesday.
Wright Station is also expected to include restaurants, retail shops and office space in a “pedestrian-friendly setting.”


MONZA, September 5th, 2014 (F1Plus / Rosie Baillie) - On Thursday drivers revealed they had mixed reactions about changes to the run-off area at Parabolica.
Part of the gravel run-off area at the final corner of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza has been replaced with tarmac. The FIA said the changes were made on the grounds of safety.
Force India’s Sergio Perez was most critical of the changes. The Mexican didn’t think the corner was risky and felt it was a shame that they’d lost the gravel run-off area.
“Personally I am not really happy, because I think the opinion I have is that we were not at risk, the integrity of the driver was never at risk at Parabolica,” Perez said.
“It was more a driver error that you could do there – lock the wheels, get a moment on the way out, whatever – and then you are stuck in the gravel which I think is a nice thing. Obviously Parabolica was an iconic part of Monza so it is a shame we lost it. I don’t understand why we lost it.”
Valtteri Bottas felt the corner was now less exciting because it removed some of the risk.
“I really think last year it was maybe a bit more challenging in a way because on the exit we were always going with the outside wheels just on the white line and you knew that if you went a couple of centimetres too wide that that would be it, you would go off,” Bottas explained.
“but now it doesn't matter if you go a bit over the white line, you just need to keep at least two wheels on the track and that's it. It's still a good track. It's just that one corner is less exciting.”
Marussia’s Max Chilton echoed Bottas’ comments and said it felt like drivers could get away with making a mistake at the final corner.
“I'm not a huge fan of it. I think it's maybe allowed us to go for slightly more risky overtakes but I don't see why they needed to extend it so far around,” Chilton said.
“As Valtteri [Bottas] said, it was a bit of spice, the old circuit, where we used to run up against the white line and if you went slightly too far you would hit the gravel and you knew it was over.
“Now, to me, it looks like we can get away with it so I'm not a big fan of it but that's the way it is.”
Kevin Magnussen didn’t think that gravel didn’t pose any more of a risk than tarmac in that section.
“I think it adds to the experience of driving at circuits if there is a little bit of a bigger consequence of going off the circuit. I'm not saying we should compromise safety but in my opinion, I don't think we're making the track more unsafe by having gravel there,” Magnussen said.
Lewis Hamilton looked at both sides of the argument and said that while he prefers circuits where there’s no tarmac run-off, safety is paramount.
“I think the FIA are very very conscious of safety and I think that's nothing to shy away from,” Hamilton said.
“I think that's a very very important issue but I'm old school, so I like the old circuits, back in the nineties when there was no tarmac run-off areas, where it was grass, because even last year, here, when you went round that corner, I experienced it last year, I went wide through a mistake and you pay for the mistake.
“But what is really important is that of course if you do have an incident the tarmac does slow the car down better, so that is a good move but you can't win, both sides.”
Nico Rosberg appeared to be the driver most in favour of the changes saying that the corner was previously ‘risky’.
“It was one of the more risky corners that we still had in our calendar so it definitely makes things a lot safer and that is the right direction to go in,” said Rosberg.
Fernando Alonso added that he wasn’t aware that the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers’ Association) had discussed the changes to the corner.
“As far as I know, I don't think so,” Alonso said. “There have been some discussions in the past for the entry, probably in case you have a brake failure or something to have the possibility to not go straight, just into the gravel and hit the tyres but probably from mid- to exit of the corner, that was probably a surprise for us also.
“Which it still is I think. Artificial grass on mid- to exit which before probably we said that we can put two wheels out of the track and two inside and don't pay a big price but I don't agree.
“I think if you put two wheels now, you will go on that artificial grass and you have to back off because you have a snap on the car and you need to back off, so you still need to be a few centimetres from that artificial grass now to do a perfect corner.”


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Video: British Tar Heel Interviews Adam Lucas
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We’ve known the lineup for the latest installment in Beck’s cover album series, Record Club, for a week now (thanks to St. Vincent’s Twitter page), but the actual record that Annie Clark, Os Mutantes, and Liars put to tape remained a mystery. Until today…
Though it has yet to be posted on Beck.com, the Record Club’s cover of “Guns in the Sky,” the opening track off INXS’ 1987 classic, Kick, just hit the internets, and I, for one, did not see this coming.
After covering three albums from the late 1960s — Leonard Cohen’s debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground and Nico, and Skip Spence’s Oar — Beck and friends have jumped ahead two decades, taking on one of the most beloved records by a seminal 80s band. (Thanks for the tip, Melissa!)
**Update: this video is available to the public once again, and Beck has offered some background info. “The record was chosen by fellow Aussie, Angus from the Liars,” he said. “It was recorded in a little over 12 hours… It was an intense, hilarious, daunting and completely fun undertaking.”
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Director Venky Atluri, who achieved a blockbuster success with the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Vaathi/SIR starring Dhanush, is reportedly set to direct Malayalam star hero Dulquer Salmaan in his next project. According to social media buzz, Sithara Entertainments, the production company that bankrolled Vaathi/SIR, will also produce this upcoming film.
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Duff MacCallister is heir to a fierce family of fighting Scotsmen. In a new land, in the extraordinary new saga by best-selling authors William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone, Duff gives new meaning to the words without mercy.The Indians around Fort Laramie, Wyoming, are peaceful. Or so it has seemed — until killers ambush a detail of US soldiers and an officer's wife. One man, an ambitious cavalry officer, flees the carnage and lives to tell the story — his own story, an outright lie. When Duff MacCallister and a few brave men go after the attackers, they discover the officer's wife is very much alive and at the cold merciless hands of the sadistic warrior Yellow Hawk. To free the woman, Duff touches off a fierce battle. And when he finds himself surrounded by the blood-crazed renegades, MacCallister knows there is only one way out — by going after Yellow Hawk himself....


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Take an unforgettable, uniquely magical journey through director Tim Burton's deliciously delightful, whimsically wonderful world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the priceless golden ticket that will make him a winner. Thanks to his Grandpa Joe, Charlie gets the prize of his dreams! But a far more wonderful surprise than Charlie ever imagined awaits him. In a land of chocolate waterfalls, giant lollipops, edible flowers and, of course, Oompa Loompas, it's nonstop, mouth-watering fun in the timeless fantasy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Based on the children's classic by Roald Dahl.
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Critics Consensus: Closer to the source material than 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is for people who like their Chocolate visually appealing and dark.
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Bright, spirited, and edgy version of Willy Wonka.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a colorful kids' adventure that -- like the book -- includes some intense scenes. Obnoxious children are ridiculed visually and in words by the Oompa Loompas and dispatched. One girl blows up into a giant blueberry, another boy is sucked into a tube, the other girl is attacked and pinned down by squirrels who proceed to throw her down a garbage chute. In one early scene, dolls burn up and their eyeballs pop out. The movie is much closer in dark tone to the book than its cinematic predecessor. Willy Wonka himself seems to disdain families.
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The parents’ guide to what’s in this movie.
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- Genre:Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
- Release Date:July 15, 2005
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