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Gary's UK booking agency.
Contact at Krila Sounds to book Gary (solo) or Gary Miller & The Volunteers for UK gigs.
Tel: +44 (0)20 8568 0509 / Skype: +44 (0)20 8144 0654
The Whisky Priests (MySpace Page)
The band Gary founded with his twin brother Glenn in 1985.
Keith Armstrong (MySpace Page)
Poet, author and lyricist from North East England.
Gary's regulator collaborator on various projects.
Accordion player from Germany.
Collaborated with Gary on 'Stand Fast, Stand Steady' album and tour in 2005.
Iain Petrie (MySpace Page)
Musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in the Scottish Borders.
Gary's musical collaborator since 2009, produced 'Reflections on War' album.
Iain Petrie's Awake! music provides a number of services to the music industry both locally and internationally.
The Gypsy Soul Experience (MySpace Page)
Iain Petrie's band.
The Bloody Irish Boys
A great band from the USA fronted by Gary's good friend Shayne. Gary sings guest vocals on the track 'Catch Me If I Fall' from the band's 2011 album 'Auld St. Patrick'.
Singer-songwriter from County Durham.
A fabulous young talent embarking on what will hopefully be a long and successful career and who just happens to be my first cousin once removed - got to keep it in the family!
Hayley and I plan to work together on some songwriting collaborations in the not-too-distant future.
Think Make Grow
A company which develops exciting community arts projects in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. Gary is a TMG facilitator and management committee member.
The Western Front Association
Dedicated to the study of the Great War.
A number of members of the York branch of the Western Front Association participated in the workshops Gary facilitated for the 'Reflections on War' project.
Thomas Spence Trust
Dedicated to that great free spirit, utopian writer, land reformer and courageous pioneering campaigner for the rights of men and women, Thomas Spence. Gary performed a series of Spencean songs at the official unveiling of a plaque in honour of Spence and celebratory events on 21st & 22nd June 2010.
Listen Up North!
The Spoken Word and Audiodrama Website of Rachel Cochrane.
The films of BBC Blast award winning filmmaker Ethan Race who made the promotional video for 'Bold as Brass'.
Australian singer songwriter.
Gary performed some shows with Mick in the UK in August 2010.
The Men They Couldn't Hang
A great band who celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2009
As contemporaries of The Whisky Priests throughout the mid '80's & '90's Gary's association with them goes back a long way.
R2 (formerly 'Rock 'N' Reel')
Superb and highly successful UK magazine founded and edited by Gary's friend Sean McGhee
(The Whisky Priests featured in Issue 1 back in summer 1988!).
Folk and Roots
"The online guide to the Folk, Roots and Acoustic Scene around the UK, providing information on events, festivals, workshops, venues, reviews and artists."
German-based "celtic rock & punk fanzine and internet radio station."
(Further links to be added)
“A fine songwriter, offering skilfully drawn portraits of characters and life.”


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And whatever people say about the idea of golden brown, the goal is less golden, more brown. You strike the gold when you bite.
At The Parish, the new Cajun outpost in the Pearl, that kind of chicken lands with a dramatic flutter, accompanied by a crumbly biscuit base and a creamy gravy that sets off the chicken but can't diminish the crunch.
It may be as close to down-home as the Pearl gets.The Parish is the uptown version of North Portland's indubitably down-home EaT: An Oyster Bar, adding another dollar or two to its prices -- which are still moderate in Pearl terms -- while sharing its belief in bivalves and gumbo. Yet the most striking offerings at The Parish didn't come from across the river, but surfaced here for the first time.
Along with the fried chicken, that includes a pungent grilled quail, hacked into nearly bite-size pieces -- and no, there aren't that many bites in a quail -- retaining a gamy richness beneath a sweet skin. Pieces of gently cooked wild albacore tuna absorb both the liveliness of a Creole mustard sauce and the urgent sweetness of tiny cubes of beet and radish.
Much of the menu looks more familiar, and many dishes arrive from North Portland triumphantly. Duck gumbo, featuring an inviting leg of duck confit, is rich and vibrant, spiked with bits of smoked duck breast. Oysters baked, Bienville and Rockefeller are fat and soft, like an ocean (or a gulf) dissolving on your tongue. It's always reassuring to see the EaT oyster po' boy, with the accurately named comeback sauce; here it's escorted by a soft-shell crab version.
Semi-incendiary barbecued shrimp, in an assertive New Orleans butter-based sauce, keeps the sweetness of the shrimp while leaving a clear mark on it.
Some other dishes raised questions, though. Chicken and sausage jambalaya seemed dry, especially the chicken shreds, resembling less a pulsing jambalaya than a Cajun fried rice. And diners ordering the seafood gumbo might be surprised to encounter two oysters and a single shrimp.
Hoppin' John, a traditional Southern arrangement of rice and Cajun vegetables, allows for a vegetarian option, and is tasty on its own.
Desserts are often draped in a caramel sauce that can cover a lot of problems. It helps an otherwise ordinary bread pudding, and made one evening's special of two chocolate bouchons, little cocoa-intense brownies, even better.
Pecan pie drew a mixed verdict; the pecans and a buttery crust made a strong case, but the filling lacked the ideal gooey molasses snap.
Everything is eased by an array of house cocktails, including the New Orleans classic the Hurricane -- a rum concoction that is endearing, although without the New Orleans option of getting it in a to-go cup. There's a small wine list, and always the option of a Dixie beer.
The Parish offers gentle New Orleans pricing, with just a couple of dishes over $20, and most in the mid-teens. Portions may be small, but in some cases the spicing makes up for it.
The Parish may not be wildly imaginative, but it generally hit its marks -- and marks involving Gulf shrimp and oysters are eminently worth hitting. It dresses up its EaT ancestor, while retaining its charm. The ambience, especially on a warm summer evening, is Crescent City hospitable, bolstered by warm and cheerful service.
In fact, it's almost as welcoming as the fried chicken -- although that would take some doing.

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The ACCC has warned that new cartel and bid-rigging provisions could be undermined if the full Federal Court accepts arguments put by
In court submissions, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission says it wants to intervene in the case, in which Bradken chairman
“The scope of the provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act could be ‘significantly restricted’ if Bradken’s appeal arguments were accepted," the ACCC contends, the report said.
Competition law is confined to Australia while the dispute, around Bradken’s purchase of the mining services group Norcast Wear Solutions, occurred offshore, the company says.
The ACCC says “the extent to which the cartel provisions operate outside Australia is ‘of central importance’ to its effective operation", the report said. The Bradken case is the “first opportunity for the Full Federal Court to adjudicate on the extra-territorial application of the cartel provisions," it said.
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Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter
Dubai Criminal Court prosecuted three Arab men on robbery charges and sentenced them to 3 months in jail and fined Dhs700 each.
All three will be deported after serving their sentence.
During last July, the three-men gang planned to rob a truck of two batteries, using their friend’s borrowed car.
The manager of the company that owns the truck had discovered the robbery and reported the incident to police.
Police investigations revealed that the robbery was done by three defendants who used a Lexus car to transport the stolen batteries.
When the Lexus owner was identified and asked about the robbery incident, he denied being a part of it and claimed that his three friends, the defendants, had borrowed his vehicle on the day of the robbery.
One of the defendants who is a runaway, had asked to borrow the Lexus when he was at a hotel party with the owner.
When the car was returned, the owner noticed the stolen batteries in the trunk, but automatically thought they belong to one of the defendants who deals in selling car spare parts.
Two of the defendants were arrested, while the third is still a runaway, and they were all prosecuted on robbery charges.
One of the defendants confessed to stealing the batteries and using his friend’s vehicle to transport and sell them in another Emirate’s industrial areas.
The Dubai Criminal has sentenced an Asian man to 3 months in jail, followed by deportation, for attempting to steal a money box placed inside a labor camp’s laundry
An Asian gang of 9 members were sentenced to a year in jail and a Dhs35,000 fine for 7 of them, after committing robbery in Dubai.
The security teams at Naif Police Station arrested a gang of seven Africans involved in a robbery at a tobacco and cigarettes store.
In October 1976, a South Indian star, Rani Chandra, and others had gone to the UAE to take part in one such event. While flying back from Abu Dhabi to Madras, via Bombay, Thangal decided not to go with the troupe.
The Pakistan Consulate in Dubai and Northern Emirates has announced that they were planning to get a toll-free number to add to its recently installed ‘multi-telephone-line calling centre’ with the aim of serving the community more professionally.
Social media users documented cars partially submerged in southwest London, with more heavy rain falling, as thunderstorms made their way across southeast Britain.
The police produced the accused in the court to seek extension in his physical remand. Magistrate Suhaib Bilal Ranjha extended the remand for two days. Jaffer is accused of killing the daughter of former ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam.


With the recent influx and increasing hype of fuzz-caked, femme-fronted garage pop (Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, etc.), it’s easy to forget that bands like The Raveonettes have already been taking that sound in several different directions for the past ten years. They started working with ‘My Boyfriend’s Back‘ songwriter Richard Gottehrer on 2003’s ‘Chain Gang Of Love‘, had Ronnie Spector herself provide guest vocals on 2005’s ‘Pretty In Black‘, and pushed the dreamy surf rock shtick to ear-splitting levels with the wall of noise that was 2007’s ‘Lust, Lust, Lust‘. A decade after their inception, it’s interesting to see a band that has always worn its influences on its sleeves slowly become a badge of honour in their own right for a new crop of young up-and-comers.
Lou Reed has just announced that he will release a live DVD of his historic performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2009. The forthcoming European tour in July features virtually the same band as showcased on the live DVD. The Lollapalooza DVD will be released worldwide in July 2011 by Sister Ray Enterprises. Songs performed on the DVD include Sweet Jane, Senselessly Cruel, Waves of Fear, Paranoia Key of E, and Walk on the Wild Side.
Leeds band the Kaiser Chiefs have announced two low-key UK dates for next month as they begin their return following a prolonged break since the release of 2008 album ‘Off With Their Heads‘.
One of rock and folk music’s iconic singer/songwriters, Paul Simon has released a delicious concoction of blues, gospel and bluegrass inspired tunes on his latest album ‘So Beautiful or So What‘ (Hear Music). This is his first album since the wonderful but under-appreciated ‘Surprise‘ in 2006, and his twelfth solo recording.
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Verizon Center, March 1
We won’t know the fate of Khaleesi and company for a few months, but this performance of the HBO series’ score should tide you over. Composer Ramin Djawadi leads an orchestra in all the familiar Stark and Lannister motifs, alongside graphics designed to transport you to the realm of Westeros. And yes, it’s okay to get worried if you start to hear “The Rains of Castamere.” $39.50 to $99.50.
2. The Seldoms
Dance Place, March 4–5
The Chicago company brings Power Goes—a multimedia dance piece about Lyndon B. Johnson—to the city where its action takes place. Seeking to explore the nature of power and progress through the domineering President, the dancers draw out lessons of the 1960s through the present day, reflecting on political gridlock, equal rights, and social change. $15 to $30.
Sixth & I, March 6–7
Equal parts talk, trivia, and game show, this podcast—coproduced by the New York Times and Stephen Dubner of Freakonomicsfame—is recording a live episode complete with intriguing intellectual and historical curiosities. Contestants present little-known factoids to a celebrity panel, who vote on which is the most interesting. Think Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! but weirder. $22.50 to $27.50.
Studio Theatre, March 8–April 23/March 16–April 23
Chekhov’s Three Sisters (above) runs concurrently with Aaron Posner’s adaptation, No Sisters, but the two productions share more than that. Half the cast dashes back and forth between stages each night to appear in both productions, illuminating minor characters and hidden stories within each work. $20 to $96 and $20 to $55.
5. Ali Wong
Warner Theatre, March 10–11
This standup comic grabbed the world’s attention last Mother’s Day weekend after releasing a Netflix special she filmed while seven months pregnant. Her profane, unrepentant humor garnered her major props, a profile in the New Yorker, and secure status as the next big thing. Fittingly, she’s playing four shows in two days here (although this time, don’t expect a baby bump). $37.50 to $65.
Kreeger Museum, March 10–July 29
The Kreeger is one of Washington’s little-known gems, and not just for its art by such masters as Monet, Picasso, Chagall, and Miró. The building itself is a modern masterwork by famed architect Philip Johnson, and this year his creation turns 50. To mark the anniversary, the museum is displaying works by six art photographers inspired by Johnson’s architecture. $10.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park, March 11–12
Celebrate the abolitionist’s legacy on the same site where she first escaped slavery. The venue, in the 17-acre Eastern Shore park named for her, has a research library and a permanent exhibit about her early life in Maryland and the Underground Railroad. The two-day opening features lectures and poetry readings. Free.
Various Venues, March 14–26
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this festival screens more than 150 eco-conscious films at theaters across the city. Topics run the gamut—climate change, agriculture, energy—so we chose three random categories to give you our pick in each. Free to $30.
What to See at the Environmental Film Festival
(1) Water / Tidewater
Straddling Virginia and North Carolina, the Hampton Roads region is home to more than a million residents, more than a dozen government agencies, and the world’s largest naval station. But as this doc shows, it’s also highly vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels, threatening national security.
(2) Forests / Yasuni Man
Traversing the Yasuni Biosphere of Amazonian Ecuador, local filmmaker Ryan Patrick Killackey explores the world’s most biodiverse forest and tells the story of the Waorani, an indigenous tribe in the midst of a struggle with the encroaching industrialized world.
(3) Animals / Born in China
For those still upset by Bao Bao’s departure from the National Zoo, this documentary follows families of pandas, golden monkeys, snow leopards, and red-crowned cranes from the mountains to the bamboo forests of China, with narration by John Krasinski.
Kennedy Center, March 16–18
Canada’s Ex Machina presents a new version of company director Lepage’s 1991 Needles and Opium, a fictional play about French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau and jazz great Miles Davis visiting each other’s cities—Paris and New York—in 1949. As the title suggests, the play focuses on drug addiction, creatively interpreted by a company known for its acrobatic performances. $29 to $69.
Lisner Auditorium, March 18
Part silent film, part live-action puppet show, DJ Kid Koala’s somber love story starring an obsolescent robot is told via some crafty technical tricks. Puppeteers project the action of their ten-inch-tall characters onto a screen in real time, creating the effect of a live Pixar animation. “It’s lo-fi meets very hi-fi,” says technical director Olivier Gaudet-Savard. Here, he shows how the creators and performers pull off such a novel show. $25 to $45.
(1) “Some people are gonna just look at the screen and forget everything underneath—and that’s fine,” says Gaudet-Savard, discussing the show’s meta-presentation. “But for others, it’s interesting to see what you’re looking at made live. That’s why you left your house—to see something live, not watch it on Netflix.”
(2) The soundtrack is performed by four string players and Kid Koala, who uses a mixture of turntables, keyboards, samples, and more. A monitor in front of them shows the onscreen action, allowing the musicians to react to and riff on what the characters are doing.
(3) Previous versions of the play had three small puppet stages: As the camera focused on one, the others were hastily prepared for the next scene. Now there are six stages, lightening the load of on-the-fly changes. Puppeteers crouch underneath, moving the characters.
(4) “The lighting was a big challenge,” says Gaudet-Savard. The team needed something bright enough to show the audience the process but dim enough not to detract from the screen. Director K.K. Barrett, a longtime Spike Jonze collaborator, went with small LED lights that make the footage feel like a feature film.
Lincoln Theatre, March 18–19
Singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt’s latest album features a song for each year of his life, from 1965 (“Wonder Where I’m From”) through his 50th birthday in 2015 (“Somebody’s Fetish”). His band performs them all with a roster of 49 instruments and a stage strewn with five decades of musical and miscellaneous artifacts. $40 to $55.
GALA Hispanic Theatre, March 18–26
This English-language adaptation of the Italian comic opera reimagines the titular stodgy old scrooge as an aging rock star. Terry Eberhardt—music coordinator for the Howard County school system who was a semifinalist for a Grammy Award in music education—plays the washed-up rocker searching for a young wife to spite his heir out of an inheritance, only to be duped himself. $46.
13. At the Drive-In
9:30 Club, March 20
This hardcore band’s 2000 album, Relationship of Command, was a perfect punk document for the Bush era, winning unlikely mainstream fame until a surprising breakup a year later. In December, the reunited group released its first song in 16 years, “Governed by Contagions,” which confronts a similar political moment and proves that frontmen Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala can still swing their Afros as if the fate of the world depends on it. $45.
National Building Museum, March 25–January 15
Just east of the Anacostia River, St. Elizabeths was one of the first psychiatric facilities to institute humane landscape-architecture features such as panoramic views of Washington and generous outdoor space for patients. Today the 350-acre site is undergoing a huge revitalization, including a $55-million entertainment complex and a new Department of Homeland Security HQ. This exhibit displays artifacts and photos to tell the story of the hospital’s evolution. $10.
Politics and Prose, March 26
White House memoirs are usually sterile ledgers of a staffer’s chores at 1600 Penn. President Obama’s former deputy chief of staff delivers the opposite—a ribald chronicle of her time as the youngest woman ever to have that job, navigating the highest halls of power in between her own awkward moments, such as an IBS attack during a diplomatic trip to the Vatican. Now chief operating officer at Vice, she’ll tell more TMI stories at this appearance. Free.
Fillmore Silver Spring, March 26
Harry Potter has never been just for kids. Grown-ups who like to day-drink while discussing quidditch will feel at home at PotterCon, where Rowling fanatics can participate in a sorting ceremony to find out if they’re a Gryffindor or a Slytherin, don their Ravenclaw robes for the costume contest, and, of course, enjoy a few Butterbeers. $15.50.
This article appears in the March 2017 issue of Washingtonian.


text: There are approximately 1700 state prisons in the United States. Texas has the most state prisons with 105. Texas had more inmates in its jurisdiction than any other state, with nearly 158,000 inmates as of 2012. No state had a higher incarceration rate than Louisiana, with 893 people behind bars for every 100,000 residents. Many state prisons are extremely overcrowded. The Federal courts have confronted California and Gov. Jerry Brown over its overcrowded prisons. California’s state prisons are operating at 40 percent above capacity.

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Seventeen-year-old Olivia Rodrigo released her new hit song “Driver’s License” on Jan. 8 and since then has skyrocketed the charts, broken numerous records and added to the many theories regarding her relationship status.
Star of Disney+’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” Rodrigo has been rumored on numerous occasions to have written her song about co-star Joshua Bassett. With lyrics detailing emotions of an intense breakup, many suspect it is the newfound romance between Bassett and pop-singer Sabrina Carpenter that inspired “Driver’s License.”
The number of listeners continues to grow each day and has been a massive hit for the new artist.
The song broke Spotify records on Jan. 11 by earning the highest number of streams in a day that the platform has ever seen. The single then beat its own record the very next day on Jan. 12 with even higher numbers. The weekly streaming debut was the highest in U.S. Spotify history, earning over 30.433 million streams.
“Driver’s License” was also announced to have broken the record for most requested song in one day on the Amazon Alexa Device, as well as becoming the largest streaming debut ever seen globally on Amazon Music.
Rodrigo has been participating in a number of interviews to comment on her songwriting success with top publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine. She also recently performed “Driver’s License” live for The GRAMMY Museum and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Rodrigo has been very vocal about her gratitude in response to all of the attention.
On Twitter, Rodrigo said, “thank u guys so much for listening omg I cannot comprehend this.”
Many students at Sacred Heart University have enjoyed watching Rodrigo’s rise to stardom and are impressed with her growing numerics.
“At the start of her career, Olivia Rodrigo is already breaking charts and records that artists, such as Ariana Grande, were only capable of hitting years into their career,” said sophomore Annie Wunsch.
The single has become a favorite among a large audience and many Sacred Heart students have been listening to it frequently.
“I thought the message behind the song was really there and you could tell just how powerful it was,” said junior Patrick Coyne. “I thought it had a good flow and it’s definitely one of those songs you could sit in the car and chill to. Basically, it’s a banger.”
Additionally, a lot of attention has been garnered around the music video for “Driver’s License,” which was directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen. The video currently has over 100 million views on YouTube and is continuing to climb every day.
“It’s a gorgeously shot video to match the exquisite production of the music. It’s got a nice dramatic sweep to it on both counts,” said Prof. Gregory Golda, multimedia production instructor at Sacred Heart.
Fans of Rodrigo are excited to see what new and creative ventures she will take on within her career.
“I will be watching her career now with interest to see how she follows it up. It’s difficult to keep a career going in a field that’s so crowded but hopefully she’ll be one of the outliers with a long string of hits,” said Golda.
“With her emotionally charged lyrics, she’s connected so many people and will easily become one of the most influential people of this decade,” said Wunsch.


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The film Rang De Basanti is a story that showcases the pursuit of freedom and the value of friendship, and teaches the youth that they have a voice. The plot begins as an apprehensive, British filmmaker, Sue, comes to India to shoot a film based on her grandfather’s diary The diary tells the narrative of five revolutionaries fighting for Indian independence. Sue struggles to find her cast, but when she meets a group of rebellious students she decides to convince them to act the pans.
Daljit “DJ” Singh, Karan Singhania, Aslam Khan and Sukhi Ram are the first members to join the crew, but Sue still must find her fifth freedom fighter. The last character, Laxman Pandey, ends up finding her and joins the cast after much dispute, The film carries on between the college students playing the parts and the historical events (shown in black and white) As Sue begins to film the students seem unaffected and bemused by the plotline and believe that they have nothing in common with the characters in the journal.
They quickly realize that they have much more in common than they first thought, The first instant of this that 1 saw was between Aslam and Pandey. Pandey is a Hindu conservative and anti-Muslim. He struggles to work with Aslam due to his heritage, but as they begin to fall into their roles (who share a similar religious background) they figure out that they too, are not so different and become friends as the plotline begins to heat up.
Aslam’s role in the film is different than that of other popular Bollywood films because unlike typical Muslim characters he takes on a modern and western performance, Their characters are also altered because instead of the Muslim being the more pretentious personality, Pandey takes that role and is also less tolerant, The story intensifies with the death of their good friend Ajay sparking a revolution of their own. Their good friend, and Sonia’s fiance’, is a pilot and crashes his plane due to “pilot error”, as reported by the government.
The friends are unable to believe this and after some investigation find out that the plane crash was due to illegal exchange of deficient parts by a government minister and, even more alarmingly, the deal was made by Karan’s fatheri In a quite unbelievably bold move, the friends take matters into their own hands and kill the corrupt ministeri Sue seems to be forgotten in the background despite being somewhat responsible for their actions and the film reaches the Climax without her, Goodbye Sue! The five friends take over the All India Radio station and Karan informs the country of the circumstances of their friend’s death and admit to the murder of the minister and (in an even bigger surprise) his father, who were both corrupt people In the end, the radio station is bombarded by police and all five friends are killed. Although all of the “freedom fighters” end up dying, the movie ends on an uplifting note by revealing that their work was successful.
Their deaths create a domino effect of uprising from Indian youth who urge the media that corruption will end and justice will be served I felt that Rang De Basanti was a refreshing way to end the course, I loved that it showed a more modern depiction of India in which there was less of a focus on social hierarchy and gender roles, although the females were not shown on the fighting side This was annoying considering Sue was the reason why “DJ”, Karan, Aslam, Sukhi, and Pandey became so passionate about political issues in the first place, Highlighting corruption in India was a key plot theme because it remains a prominent issue today and I liked that the film motivated the younger generation to take matters into their own hands and do something about it Kumar, Sanjeev.


I will say this before you go and rush out to find smaller rear
sprockets for any machine you might own.
of modifactions to a Shineray 125
is just a general guide.
If you are about to do your
own maintenance, using these pages,
I take no responsibility
if you get things wrong / if parts wear out faster or break!
I don't think this would have worked for a Honda, Suzuki or similar.
I certainly wouldn't try to do this to my RX1000, maybe a tooth
smaller, but we went down by 9 teeth in this machine.
I was asked to make this machine run a little faster.
When I first time I used the mechine I was getting 50mph (according
to this speedo) while the rev counter just under the red line, it was almost
impossable to make the thing go faster (down hill maybe or with a good
tail wind.... or both maybe).
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|The replacement sprocket, sat on top of the old one.
| I had to open the centre hole by 5mm to let the sprocket
sit peoperly on the wheel hub.
I knew it had to be central too. Otherwise the sprocket would
wobble when the wheel was turning.
Grinding 2.5mm out all around opens the diameter of the hole by 5mm
|The centre hole was perfect, but I still had to drill the four holes
for the bolt holes.
Finaly I shortened the chain by two full links.
| Then I used a centrepunch to mark the future holes, making
sure that when the holes are drilled the new holes lign up with the threaded
holes in the hub. I used a pillar drill to make the holes
Then fitted the sprocket
Tested it, now it got 60mph at the same revs.
I then decided to try to modify the main jet too.
I'd never tried doing this sort of thing, but I thought I'd try it
and if it didn't work.....
I would have just reverted it back to standard. I dropped the needle
circlip down by two notches.
It seemed to have worked
Now we get it over the red line both on speedo, and rev counter.


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Perhaps you’re a dim sum disciple of the venerable Yank Sing located in downtown San Francisco, but there’s plenty of other places in the Bay Area to snack on this delightful Chinese fare.
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Food banks are in the business of combating hunger — and they want to nourish their clients too. Sarah Henry reports on a new initiative designed to help places like the Alameda County Community Food Bank better serve people in need of a good feed.
Get inspired to eat well, cook better, and give back to your communities with our New Year’s guide to foodie resolutions.
The economic crisis is creating increased demand at the nation’s food pantries and soup kitchens. At the same time, food banks are suffering from a falloff in donations. How are non-profit food distributors in Northern California dealing with the crisis?


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The statistics are in for the 2017-18 Broadway season, and according to The Broadway League (Broadway.org) – the national trade association for the Broadway industry, founded in 1930 – it’s been a record-breaking year for theater. Running from May 22, 2017 to May 27, 2018, the 53-week season saw the opening of 33 productions, comprising ten musicals (seven original and three revivals), 20 plays (equally split between originals and revivals), and three special engagements. Gross income reached a whopping $1,687,458,795, up 17.1% from the preceding year, and annual attendance was up 3.9%, to a total of 13,792,614, making it the highest-grossing and best-attended season in Broadway’s recorded history.
Generally comprising a 52-week period, the Broadway season consists of 364 days; but in order to remain consistent with the 365-day calendar year, during every seventh year a week must be added, akin to a leap year. Even accounting for the extra week in the 2017-18 season, both gross income and attendance exceeded those of the all past years by week 52, showing a growth of 1.6% and 14.4% respectively over the 2016-17 season, while also surpassing the combined attendance of the ten professional sports teams in New York and New Jersey by more than 3.5 million.
If you missed some of the shows from this past season, can’t decide which to see next, or want to revisit your favorites, among the key offerings of The Broadway League is Stars in the Alley®, a free outdoor concert presented in Shubert Alley, with performances by cast members from more than 20 current Broadway productions, accompanied by a live twelve-piece orchestra. This year’s rain-or-shine event, held on Friday, June 1, beginning at 1:00 pm, is sponsored by United Airlines, and features Once on This Island’s Alex Newell as host. Scheduled performers include 2018 Tony Award nominees Anthony Boyle (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Part One and Two), Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls), and Hailey Kilgore (Once on This Island), along with numbers from nominated musicals Frozen, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, and more, all in celebration of the end of the season and the upcoming Tony Awards® on June 10 (a co-presentation of The Broadway League).
Kudos to all of the shows and theater artists who made 2017-18 Broadway’s most successful season to date!
Stars in the Alley® plays Friday, June 1, 2018, performing at Shubert Alley – west of 7th Avenue, between 44th and 45th Streets, NYC. For more information, visit http://www.broadwayleague.com/ and http://www.broadway.org/.

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How do you analyze popular music?
Many scholars investigate the meaning of popular music by analyzing lyrics, examining race and society, and considering political climate. Popular music is often considered too simplistic for musical analysis. However, melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure in popular music reveal vital cultural information related to the creative process, and bring to light music's relationship to technology and commerce.
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Song Means : Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song by Allan F. Moore presents a study of recorded popular song, from the recordings of the 1920s through to the present day. Analysis and interpretation are treated as separable but interdependent approaches to song. Analytical theory is revisited, covering conventional domains such as harmony, melody and rhythm, but does not privilege these at the expense of domains such as texture, the soundbox, vocal tone, and lyrics.
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Analyzing Popular Music by Contains essays on textual and musical analysis.
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Reading Pop by This collection of essays, all previously published in the leading journal Popular Music, brings together key studies by many of the leading scholars studying pop music today. Together they add up to the first substantial anthology to focus on musical "texts."
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Expression in Pop-Rock Music by Politics and musical expression -- Style studies in progressive rock and jazz-rock fusion -- Frank Zappa's recompositions -- Rock music and linear analysis.
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Impact Of Taxation On The Performance Of The Automobile Industry Of Pakistan
Economic development of the country is coined with industrial development. The historical records of Pakistan portray that the industrial state of the country was static at the time of independence. However, proliferation was developed in the infant industry under government support, but the performance of the automotive sector has not been commanding for most of the years. The market trends do not only influence the structural development of the industry in developing economies like Pakistan, but other factors such as government intervention, taxation, and incentives are other crucial elements in determining the structure of the industry. This research intends to investigate the relationship between taxation and the performance of the automotive industry. The focus of this research is to identify the key factors that determine the success and failure of the automotive industry. The study utilizes secondary data sources as well as qualitative assessments. Secondary data explores firm-level annual and balance sheets of three automobile companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange for the period 2000 to 2to 019 with a particular focus on the performance indicators of the companies. ARDL approach is carried out to analyze the performance of the automobile industry in Pakistan. The qualitative analysis involves open-ended semi-structured questionnaires from experts in different institutions. The findings of the study suggest that tax revenue promotes the automobile industry‟s performance. Therefore, it is recommended that for the development of industry public infrastructure financing and a well-structured policy framework is essential. Further, a complex tax structure should be replaced with clear and a uniform tax mechanism. Centralized investment planning and industrial management are direly needed.


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Claire Kennedy was appointed to the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors in December 2012. She is currently the Board’s Lead Director. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Ms. Kennedy received her BASc in Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry from the University of Toronto in 1989 and her LL.B from Queen’s University in 1994. Called to the bar in Ontario in 1996, Ms. Kennedy was law clerk to the late Honourable Mr. Justice Charles D. Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Following a career as a senior tax partner at Bennett Jones LLP, Ms. Kennedy is now Senior Advisor, Clients and Industries, supporting the firm's strategic growth initiatives.
Ms. Kennedy served on the University of Toronto’s Governing Council from 2012-2021, including four years as Chair. She is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Rotman School of Management. Ms. Kennedy is a director of Alamos Gold Inc. and Constellation Software Inc. and currently serves as Chair of the Board at Neo Performance Materials Inc.
Ms. Kennedy has an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and has completed the Making Corporate Boards More Effective program at Harvard Business School, the Financial Literacy Program for Directors and Executives at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the Advanced Management Program at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

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In order to understand george orwell’s novel 1984 we must clearly define the term “dystopia” or “anti-utopia” if utopia represents the best of all worlds, definitive freedom, the place where the dreams of men come true, then dystopia is the worst of all worlds, the loss of definitive and absolute freedom, and the submission to power. The novel's protagonist winston is a quiet 39-year-old man living in oceania in the year 1984 a party member, winston works at the ministry of truth correcting errors in past publications. Essay 1984: government's attempt to control the mind and bodies of its citizens the novel nineteen eighty-four by george orwell is an american classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power, corruption, control, and the ultimate utopian society. This party slogan appears twice in the novel, once in book one, chapter iii, when winston is thinking about the party's control of history and memory, and once in book three, chapter ii, when winston, now a prisoner in the ministry of love, talks to o'brien about the nature of the past.
Orwell’s novel paints a nightmarish picture of a totalitarian system gone to the absolute extreme, but it is a novel that is fundamentally about psychological control of the public of course, the party does employ torture as part of its control regimen, but the psychological control tactics are the dominant ones in the novel. The novel nineteen eighty-four by george orwell is an american classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power, corruption, control, and the ultimate utopian society. Animal farm / 1984 quotes (showing 1-30 of 82) “in that case the current orthodoxy happens to be challenged, and so the principle of free speech lapses now, when one demands liberty of speech and of the press, one is not demanding absolute liberty.
1984 by george orwell as well as an excerpt from michael anderson’s film adaption of the novel this text is considered to be worthy of students’ the absolute control that big brother had on the lives of the people c the poverty that surrounds winston d. With the rise of global totalitarian governments and a narrowing gap between personal freedoms and vices , bob dylan's quote “no one is free even the birds are chained to the sky” reflects the growing reality of increasing state power , nowhere is this more hyperbolized than in george orwell's fictional dystopian novel 1984. In 1984, orwell portrays the perfect totalitarian society, the most extreme realization imaginable of a modern-day government with absolute powerthe title of the novel was meant to indicate to its readers in 1949 that the story represented a real possibility for the near future: if totalitarianism were not opposed, the title suggested, some variation of the world described in the novel could.
Winston smith is a member of the outer party he works in the records department in the ministry of truth, rewriting and distorting history to escape big brother's tyranny, at least inside his own mind, winston begins a diary — an act punishable by death winston is determined to remain human under inhuman circumstances. \n 1984 (nineteen eighty-four) is a novel written in 1948-49 by george orwell for its time it was futuristic it was set in england and showed the world as a very depressing place. In 1984, george orwell presents his vision of dystopia, a world consisting of three massive totalitarian states constantly at war with each other and using technological advancements to keep their respective party members and masses under careful observation and control written in 1948 and published in 1949, this novel is often touted as one of the greatest novels written in the english language. The novel 1984 has had a surprisingly large impact on the english language many of its concepts, such as “big brother”, “room 101”, “thought police”, “doublethink” and “newspeak”, have entered common usage in describing totalitarian frameworks.
You could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick it up winston's workstation winston smith, orwell's protagonist, is a sort of copy editor. A 1956 tv production of george orwell's novel 1984 a story about government surveillance and mind control where independent thinking and individualism is forbidden. The themetracker below shows where, and to what degree, the theme of reality control appears in each chapter of 1984 click or tap on any chapter to read its summary & analysis click or tap on any chapter to read its summary & analysis. 1984 part 3, chapter 3 3 you have read the book, goldstein's book, or parts of it, at least did it tell you anything that you did not know already' power over matter -- external reality, as you would call it -- is not important already our control over matter is absolute' for a moment winston ignored the dial he made a violent.
1984 is a novel about using power to control society george orwell's novel was published in 1948 and this is significant because world war ii had recently ended and the nazi dictatorship of adolph hitler in germany had been defeated. In conclusion, totalitarianism is a dangerous form of government that uses physical control, control of information and history, and mind control to keep the citizens under full control george orwell displays these techniques in his novel 1984. The book is set in year 1984 in oceania with totalitarian govt in control 1984 is a novel written by george orwell published in 1949 the book is set in year 1984 in oceania with totalitarian govt in control latest: best gadgets under $25 on amazon “1984” george orwell’s view on politics.

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The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put Lorraine Bartlett’s pen name Lorna Barrett on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it’s her talent -- whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett -- that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series, and now the Tales of Telenia fantasy saga, and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s). Check out the descriptions and links to all her works, and sign up for her emailed newsletter on her website or blog.
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I liked Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. It was a very good first outing that only raised my expectations for their 2017 title, Call of Duty: WW2. The return to World War II was not an automatic win for me as someone who played through the many World War II first person shooters of the early 2000’s. Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the original Call of Duty and its subsequent sequels. I was skeptical. I didn’t have confidence that this game would bring anything that I haven’t seen before. As a result, I put it on the back burner.
It turns out the only way to get me to play this game was to give it away via PlayStation Plus’ Instant Game Collection. Unsurprisingly, I didn’t find it very entertaining. It was trite.
Telling an original WW2 story isn’t easy. There have been countless stories from that tragic war spanning all sorts of mediums including books, TV shows, movies, and other video games. Call of Duty: WW2 opted to tell a Band of Brothers styled story that followed the a group of soldiers throughout the major events of the war on the Western front. All the hallmarks were there including the Normandy beach landing, the liberation of France, the brutal winters in the forests of Belgium, and then culminating with the horrible camps in Germany.
The game unfolded like a soulless knock off. I see what they’re trying to do, but I wasn’t onboard with any of it. I played through four missions and wanted to bail out, but kept going in hopes of something redeeming. There were interesting missions such as the liberation of Paris, but everything else fell short.
The sense of scale and bombast was something that I was especially disappointed with. I’m replaying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 again and it’s surprising how off WW2 felt in this area. Call of Duty: WW2 felt claustrophobic and cramped compared to Infinity Ward’s 11 year old game. I recall having to drag a soldier to safety in the middle of a raging gunfight. I thought I was dragging them to cover, but it was actually a nearby triage area with medics. I could have spat and hit the Nazis from this triage area. It made more sense for me to clear off the enemy and have a medic walk over to save him.
I reacted similarly throughout countless outdoor firefights. It felt like they were trying to portray epic moments without the appropriate scale. Imagine trying to portray Ronald Speirs epic run down the road in Band of Brothers, but instead of him running for three blocks, it was him just running across a two lane road. It just didn’t work.
I got to know the characters in Call of Duty: WW2 through their mechanical uses and not their stories. There was the ammo guy, the health pack guy, and grenades guy. I cannot tell you their names a week removed from finishing the game, but I remember their functions very well. The problem with tying mechanics to characters is that I never felt any of them were in any real danger. The existence of certain Trophies ensured some of them would be sticking around for the long haul.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Call of Duty came at a time where Saving Private Ryan served as the benchmark. Call of Duty: WW2 arrived where countless games, movies, and shows have already saturated the market. The crux of the game needed to be more than World War II story told through the lens of a brotherhood of soldiers. This story was told better elsewhere. What I felt they should have done was to update the approach those classic WWII shooters of the early 2000s did. Try to recreate the magnitude and scale of that horrific war for a new generation.
I didn’t like it

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Ratings based on 203 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.6 Room cleanliness
4.5 Service & staff
4.5 Room comfort
4.4 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Seekonk, MA
A OK!Posted Aug 18, 2014
Pros: The staff were super!
Cons: The showers need a facelift, but otherwise clean.
Location: Perfect for what we were there for. Lots of good restaurants, shopping and entertainment around.
My first impression was the welcoming staff. Super nice young ladies that were both pleasant and helpful. To me the greeting and experience of checking into a hotel can set the tone and they couldn't have been any nicer or more accomodating. They gave us directions, suggested a place for dinner (which was wonderful) and were downright friendly. The room was clean, the hotel was quiet and we truly enjoyed our stay. Our reception at checkout was just as good!
for Everyoneby Sam from Ottawa, ON
convenient location, nice hotelPosted Jul 1, 2014
Pros: off the highway, great location
Location: shopping, restaurants
The hotel is very conveniently located - across the highway from the Mall of New Hampshire. Numerous restaurants close by within walking distance. The hotel itself is very well maintained, reception staff is very friendly, pretty good breakfast included as well.
for Everyoneby Bill from Lamoine, ME
Manchester in MayPosted Jun 2, 2014
Pros: Location, easy access, proximity to Mall, breakfast buffet, friendly staff
Cons: No suggestions at this time
Location: Manchester Mall, tax-free shopping
Made online reservation through Expedia. Arrived in Manchester around 7pm; check in was a breeze. Staff was friendly and efficient. Facility was neat and clean; room was comfortable and quiet. Breakfast buffet was excellent, offering a variety of hot and cold options. Checkout was quick, and we were on our way. We have stayed in this facility numerous times when dropping off or meeting family at the Manchester Airport and have always been treated in a professional and personable way by all staff members we've encountered. This Holiday Inn Express will continue to be our choice hotel in the Manchester area.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Great timePosted Jun 1, 2014
My son loved staying at this hotel he loved the food and loved the pool he can't wait to go again
for Business Travelersby A verified traveler
Nice enough.Posted May 17, 2014 on Hotels.com
Hotel was clean. Continental breakfast was very well done. Location is convenient. Correct room was not available at check in, however the front desk supervisor fixed it very quickly.
for Overnight Stay Before Destinationby Guantanamo Buttress from Boston, MA
Put your izzy in the busyPosted May 7, 2014 on Hotels.com
Fine and the room met all of our needs and expectations. Checking in late, late, late at night, the night time front desk was comically surreal. I believe I learned that breakfast was served from 6-9a five different times in a 4 minute discussion, even though my first question was if the airport shuttle left as early as 4:30. The on-the-go snack bags were nice, though. Huge kerfluffle with the shuttle on the return at the end of the weekend. Britney at Front desk was very helpful in resolving, making up for rather irresponsible behavior of Shuttle Driver
Recommendedby TW from Maine
good but not great!Posted May 6, 2014 on Hotels.com
We have stayed at this hotel many times before and are always pleased with the hotel and staff. This time, I do have a couple of minor complaints regarding the breakfast. 1, the orange juice was extremely watered down... tasted more like orange-flavored water and orange juice. 2nd, the staff person watching over the breakfast was more interested in watching the morning news on TV than she was with refilling the coffee pots. A customer had to pull her away from the TV to re-fill the coffee pots for the customers. Neither of these have been an issue in the past, so hoping these are rectified for the next time we stay here.
Recommendedby Marg from MA
perfectPosted Apr 27, 2014 on Hotels.com
nice location to highway but not noisy
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Maine
short stayPosted Apr 24, 2014
Pros: see above
Location: The Mall was very close and we had a meeting and dinner plans scheduled in that area. The British Brew Pub is an excellent place to eat.
staff were very helpful, courteous, and friendly. location was convenient to the places we were accessing. Your rooms were comfortable and clean. Breakfast was decent, though not as good as I have experienced in other HI Express's in the past. Bananas were green for one. Not terrible, just not great. Otherwise, the experience was very positive. Again, kudos to the staff and management.
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Very clean room! That's all I look for in a hotel and we got it.

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Fabric? You didn't know they had that? Why, the store is PACKED with it. In fact, I reckon that cloth makes up the better part of the stuff they take in as donations.
You see, for small projects, those old shirts, pillowcases, tablecloths, and the like are just perfect. And, at $3.50 a pop, one Goodwill item can cost less than having to go to the fabric store. Of course, this isn't always the case, but it seems to work out for the better.
I found two quart mason jars with rings for .35 apiece, a blue and white floral scarf that will become a couple of kindle pillows, a yellow and white polka dot top that is begging to be sewn into a summer dress for Katie and a really cool multicolor throw with fringe for my living room. All in all, I spent $8, entertained my kids for the hour, and came home with two new sewing projects. Success!


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Bupa Fergusson is the first Retirement Village in New Zealand to receive a dementia-friendly award, by Alzheimers New Zealand. Judy Bain, Village Manager, shares her take on how Bupa is pushing the frontiers of delivering quality health and care, particularly in caring for those living with dementia.
The number of people living with dementia globally is set to soar over the next few decades, reaching 74.7 million in 2030 and almost doubling to 131.5 million by 2050.[i] Dementia is also ranked as the fourth leading cause of death among the over 65s in New Zealand[ii],and two in three people in New Zealand are affected by dementia in some way. So, while there is no cure currently available through drugs, there is a lot each one of us can do in helping those living with dementia to live fulfilling lives.
I believe that creating a dementia-friendly society is a step in the right direction in supporting people living with dementia to be part of the wider community, and so at Bupa Fergusson we did exactly that! The retirement village is one of 36 which Bupa runs in New Zealand. We worked to create a dementia-friendly village, and we’re delighted to have been recognised as the first dementia-friendly retirement village in the entire country.
So, what we did? Using our Person First approach to aged care and dementia, which puts the individual and their needs first, we’ve helped to tailor the experience of residents living at Fergusson Village, for those with dementia and not.
It’s the simple changes that make the biggest difference. From changing signage to the dementia awareness sessions run with residents, we’ve created a warm and friendly environment which supports residents to feel independent, and we’ve enhanced the knowledge and understanding of the wider community. We’ve done this by working closely with residents and our local Alzheimers organisation, which has resulted in improvements to our village, and most importantly, benefit our residents and their families.
While not everyone living in the retirement village has dementia, as a community there’s something each of us can do to help those who are. Looking out for one another is at the heart of building a dementia-friendly society.
The work at Fergusson Village is a first win in our wider aim to building a dementia-friendly New Zealand. We hope to encourage many more people and organisations to get on board!
Bupa is one of the biggest aged care providers in the world – with over 450 care homes in the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand (plus one in Poland). We also have over 60 retirement villages in New Zealand and the UK, as well as under construction in Australia. In New Zealand, two retirement villages in Rotorua will be looking to apply for the recognised dementia-friendly status as part of wider plans to make the region of Rotorua dementia-friendly society.

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Commentary: Need for jailhouse snitch reform
One of the dirtiest secrets of the criminal justice system is that the government is permitted to compensate and reward a jailhouse witness, commonly known as a "snitch," if they testify that a fellow detainee has confessed to the alleged crime.
There are almost no safeguards to prevent false testimony by these compensated witnesses. High-profile public cases have caused law enforcement to use improper means to obtain a conviction. According to the Innocence Project, police and/or prosecutorial misconduct have also been responsible for wrongful convictions of innocent citizens.
One-hundred thirty Americans have been wrongfully convicted by the false testimony of compensated jailhouse witnesses before they were later proven innocent. According to the Innocence Project, compensated witness testimony is a leading cause of wrongful convictions.
Of the 185 people exonerated from death row since 1972, about 53% are Black. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 1,353 Black people have been exonerated since 1989, of the 2,725 exonerations during this time. Black Americans represent 13% of our population but are disproportionately targeted and punished by the criminal justice system. Race matters in our justice system.
In a murder case I worked, my Black client was forced to enter a manslaughter and assault plea using the Alford ruling, denying actual guilt, but admitting he’d likely be found guilty. This Alford plea was induced by three jailhouse witnesses who were compensated by the government to claim he had confessed to them in jail. One of these witnesses claimed that my client communicated to him via sign language his guilt about his dreams of having murdered the victim.
In the case, the police ignored an eyewitness to the crime identifying another suspect vehicle as the one containing the shooter, making no effort to locate it. The government lacked any physical evidence directly connecting my client to the crime. Further, DNA excluded my client from the direct evidence recovered by the police. All of this evidence balanced the scales of justice toward innocence.
This was counter-balanced by three government-compensated witnesses. One, for example, was facing the possibility of over 100 years of prison sentences and had prior convictions for rape and statutory rape, but was rewarded with probation for his testimony.
Some states like Illinois and Texas have a pretrial review process to determine if the jailhouse witnesses are sufficiently reliable to be permitted to testify at trial. Canada has implemented the Kaufman Commission recommendations on informants, and it stated that some of whom were “motivated by self-interest and unconstrained by morality.” The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice has made reform recommendations.
Kansas is currently considering legislation adding oversight to the use of compensated witnesses. Missouri has no review, which means the impact of non-credible witnesses may persuade a jury to find guilt, regardless of overwhelming facts and evidence to the contrary .
In the case of my client, the sole eyewitness — a former mechanic — identified the shooter’s vehicle, but the police made no effort to locate this vehicle and instead focused on a vehicle associated with my client. Safeguards are needed to limit the ability of prosecutors in high-profile cases to compensate witnesses in order to win the verdict.
A number of reforms need to be made to the process for admitting compensated jailhouse witness testimony at trial:
1. Pre-trial hearing for the court to find clear and convincing reliability, especially in murder, rape and arson cases, to permit a compensated witness to testify
2. Prosecutors must disclose to the defense the benefits provided in exchange for testimony (even uncharged crimes) and the witness’ complete criminal history
3. The witness’ previous history of providing compensated testimony for the government must be disclosed
4. A database must be maintained logging the witness’ activities as a compensated witness for the government that is universally available to law enforcement
5. Prosecutors must verify under oath that they have complied with this rule and know of no impeaching evidence about the witness that they have not disclosed to the defense in writing
6. No compensated jailhouse witness may be endorsed within 20 days of trial
7. A jury instruction that they shall consider the compensation given and/or future compensation that may be provided to this witness in determining credibility
Justice is not justice without the truth.
These proposed reforms will strengthen the use of truth in the justice system and prevent some of the abuses that have wrongfully convicted innocent citizens.
Stephen Wyse is a civil rights attorney in Columbia and former police officer.

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No Final Victories – Lessons from President Nixon’s Drug Abuse Initiatives
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Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Huawei P10: Battle Of 2017 Flagship Smartphones
Amidst the excitement on the Samsung Galaxy S8, it's easy to forget that the first successful flagship phone release this year was the Huawei P10. The Samsung flagship device is, indeed, beautiful and totally distinctive with everything on top-of-the-line. On the other hand, Huawei's flagship is said to be super fast and the cameras are feature-packed like a premium device. Here's a round down to the 2017 flagship smartphones.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Saturday it was not possible to ignore the fact that Syria had shot down a Turkish fighter jet and said everything that needed to be done following the incident would be done, Turkish media reported.
"It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will no doubt be done," Gul told reporters from the central Anatolian city of Kayseri.
The Turkish military said it had lost contact with one of its F-4 fighter jets off the southern Turkish coast near Syria on Friday morning and Damascus later acknowledged it had shot the plane down.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who had been returning from a summit in Brazil when the news broke, called an emergency security meeting on his arrival in Ankara and in a statement his office said Ankara would act "decisively" once all the details had emerged.
Syria has said the Turkish aircraft was flying low and well inside Syrian territorial waters when it was shot down. Gul said it was normal for jets to briefly cross into foreign airspace and said a probe into the incident would look at whether in fact it was downed while in Turkish airspace.
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|The main instrument panel was smashed - but it was all original!|
|The Canopy To cope with the cold at high altitude and the heat in a pressurised cockpit, the Ta 152 H had a 'double-glazed' canopy to prevent misting, the two perspex layers were held apart by 3 inserts on each side. The canopy was also damaged. On the sides there are clips which engage on lugs which hold the canopy firmly in place when closed, again a necessity for the pressurised cockpit.|
|The Tail Area and Rudder. The rudder was high on the wing, almost impossible to photograph. The wooden tail assembly used on some aircraft, which was in dire need of restoration, did away for the need for a 0.5m metal insert (as found on the D9) to lengthen the fuselage.|
|Rear Fuselage from the starboard side, the join between wooden tail and the metal fuselage is evident. The red and yellow paint was a remnant of the JG301 RVG bands. You can also see the remains of the US applied code T2-112 (originally the aircraft was FE-112, Foreign Equipment, later changed to T2, the Technical Intelligence section responsible for German aircraft evaluation).
The rectangular panel, which has had plate screwed over it, is where the identification signal flare chutes were located. Above that, to the right, the circular lifting hole.
|Rear Fuselage from the port side. The horizontal tailplane would have been mounted here. The structure of the wooden unit shows up clearly|
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The U.S. Travel Association has announced that its annual trade show, IPW, will next be held in Las Vegas May 10-14, 2021.
This year’s IPW, scheduled to convene in Las Vegas on May 30, was forced to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The previously scheduled 2021 host city, Chicago, agreed to step aside for next year and will assume the host mantle in 2025.
“This is incredibly welcome good news amid the serious challenges facing the travel industry, the country and the world,” said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow. “Cancelling this year’s IPW was a difficult though clearly necessary call, and our future host cities came together to achieve a win-win outcome for the future of the event.”
Dow continued: “As we look to recover from this health emergency and the resulting economic crisis, it is fitting that we will be able to hold IPW in Las Vegas, a city that epitomizes the economic power of travel and tourism. We are deeply grateful to Chicago, which had one of the most successful IPWs in recent memory as a first-time host in 2014, for their flexibility, generosity and collaborative spirit.”
Other future host sites—Orlando in 2022, San Antonio in 2023, and Los Angeles in 2024—remain unchanged.
IPW is the country’s leading international inbound travel trade show, driving $5.5 billion in future travel to the United States. At IPW, travel buyers (including international tour operators, wholesalers and receptive operators) meet face-to-face with sellers of U.S. travel product (representing accommodations, destinations, attractions, retail, transportation companies and more), transacting business that would otherwise be generated only through an exhaustive number of around-the-world trips.
Another serendipity from the reshuffling of dates: IPW 2021 will be held in the newly constructed West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“Thank you to the leadership at the U.S. Travel Association for inviting Las Vegas to host its IPW 2021 trade show,” said Steve Hill, CEO/President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “Like many of our industry colleagues, we are anxious to contribute to the travel and tourism recovery efforts, and know that IPW bringing travel trade decision makers from across the globe together is an important step in that process.”
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When I write about the Jewish state, I am forced to write about Jews. Although there is controversy among Jews themselves about Jewish identity, the fact remains that Israel manifests itself in Palestine as Jewish, both in the sense of “Jewish nationality”, an invention of political Zionism whose early leaders were atheists, as well as in the religious sense – in as much as any religion shapes its followers’ identity and culture, even those who call themselves secular, and in as much as Jewish Orthodox religious law is implemented in Israeli government policies.
To decry Israel’s Apartheid, i.e. Israel’s continued dispossession and oppression of Palestinians, is to point to complicity – in this case of Jews, those who identify with the Zionist Jewish state in one way or another.
The trademark of the left is to defend collectives (blacks, gays, women, etc.) and especially Jews, given their history. But as Corey Robin blogged recently about French collaboration with the Holocaust, “The left should defend collectives, yes, but for God’s sake, let them be collectives based on justice rather than purity, and let them be collectives other than the French—or any other—nation.”
Making collective references to Jews in connection with Palestine is problematic, because such references are largely unflattering. It is fine to say, for example, “Jewish voice for peace”, but to say “Jewish voice for mayhem” is forbidden. Israel and its apologists understand that very well and use it to their advantage. So-called liberal Zionists bandy about the term “Jewish and Democratic”, when “Jewish and Nazi”, jarring as this might sound, is more apt as a descriptor of the Jewish state. They cynically use the anti-Semitism card at every turn to stifle criticism.
Pro-Palestine activists, on the other hand, also use the anti-Semitism card to stifle speech, but out of genuine, and I believe, misguided fear that such collective or even individual references to Jews will cause the spread of anti-Semitism. To them, the word “Jew” is an epithet, and evokes nasty tropes. They deny that the Jewish state is Jewish and use some denotations as camouflage of sorts: Zionists, “settlers”, “right wing extremists”. And everybody buys into the lie that the problem is just a “tiny group” of Jewish extremists who “represent nobody but themselves,” as Israel’s minister of education Naftali Bennett once said.
Recently, head of Jewish Voice for Peace Rebecca Vilkomerson wrote in Haaretz: “Jewish communities, in both Israel and the U.S., can’t keep declaring prejudice and victimization when confronted with difficult truths.” Jews today all over the world, and especially in the United States, are in a position of strength, certainly one that is not threatened by anti-Semitism wherever it may rear its ugly head. In contrast, anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia are rampant and continue to be fueled by Jewish organizations.
The fear of a surge in anti-Semitism among Western pro-Palestine activists increases when Jewish supremacy in Jerusalem is on ugly display for the world to see. I believe driven by such fear, some are quick to analyze the return of Muslim worshipers to al-Aqsa mosque (erroneously in my view) as a result of effective “non-violent resistance” or “civil disobedience” on the part of Palestinians. They feel that, given the imbalance of in power, the use of violence by Palestinians is counterproductive. But the uprising would never have taken place had it not been for the Palestinians who bravely gave their lives in martyrdom for the cause, killing Jews in the process. The two -armed resistance and civil-disobedience – work hand in hand. And it is Palestinians, not Jews, who are being killed, tortured and incarcerated on a daily basis.
An ongoing strategy used by successive Israeli governments is to continue the transfer of Palestinian land and property as well as Palestinian heritage into Jewish – not evangelical Christian – hands. In the news we hear reports of the Greek Orthodox Church selling land and Ottoman-era artifacts to Jewish investors or of Israel moving archaeological relics from occupied East Jerusalem to the western part of Jerusalem in violation of international law. And this is done with worldwide Jewish support.
The goal is to consolidate, expand and preserve the Zionist Jewish state. Jerusalem plays a big role in ancient Hebrew myths – myths that the Zionist narrative uses to legitimize its political and religious grip on Palestine. But both Christianity and Islam are derived from Judaism and regard Palestine as the Holy Land.
Today, Jerusalem plays a polarizing function in the resolution of the problem of the Jewish colonization of Palestine. To get the picture, all one has to do is watch footage of Jews celebrating Jerusalem Day in the Old City, in which the underlying extreme racism of the Zionist Jewish state is on parade for the world to see.
We need to worry, not just because of potential fanaticism and anti-Semitism on the Palestinian side, but certainly because of fanaticism exhibited on the Jewish side – and by that I don’t mean just the government. The bottom line is that the Holy Land belongs, first and foremost, to its native Palestinian Arabs of all religions, and then spiritually to the whole world – not to Jews worldwide – colonizers and immigrants!
In watching the brave campaign by Rabbi Alissa Wise and Jewish Voice for Peace to protest Israel’s ban on BDS activists entering the country (with Rabbi Wise being the “first Jew” to be barred from entering the Jewish state because of the BDS ban), it is important to also be able to state bluntly that at the heart of the Palestinian problem is the continuing Jewish immigration and “settlement” of Palestine – Jews on Palestinian land and property, literally, replacing Palestinian Arabs. American Jews don’t have a birthright to Palestine, but many of them believe they do.
Palestinians not only do not have the “luxury of a non-politicized existence”; they don’t have the luxury of existence as equal citizens, in their own homeland, with Jews or the luxury of return to it, while Jews worldwide are offered “specialized aliyah absorption programs”.
Harry Clark, who has written about Zionism and Jewish identity “controversially”, says:
Today, American Jews, under the impetus of Zionism in Israel, have adopted the ‘Zionism of Jewish peoplehood,’ which exalts ‘the Jewish people’ without requiring aliyah… a Volkism palpable in anti-assimilationist efforts in Jewish education, the racialist alarm over the ‘threat’ of intermarriage, the insistence on difference, distinction and separation, and overt anti-gentilism..Zionism is [also] colonial settlerism in Palestine, of the sort that seeks to transform the indigenous society, replace it entirely with a different people and language and institutions.
When Jews acknowledge Jewish complicity in the tragedy of Palestinians, they are not being “self-hating Jews”, nor are they simply admitting “guilt” in order to be punished. Rather, as Vilkomerson titled her essay in Haaretz, “Own It to Fight It: Yes, We U.S. Jews Are Complicit in Violence against Palestinians and People of Color.” And as Rabbi Brant Rosen says, admitting complicity is for the purpose of controlling systems of oppression when they can still be controlled:
Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: When you write [in a lamentation for Jewish liturgy]: “I championed the cause of the oppressed yet benefited daily from their oppression.” Does this mean that you think we ought to feel guilt over systems of oppression that we can’t control?
Rabbi Brant Rosen: I’m not sure that feeling guilt ever accomplishes anything. I’d say it means we ought to admit our complicity in systems of oppression while they still can be controlled.
I do fervently hope and pray that the Jewish state can still be controlled. But who is to control it? Perhaps Jews can.
Rima Najjar is a Palestinian whose father’s side of the family comes from the forcibly depopulated village of Lifta on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. She is an activist, researcher and retired professor of English literature, Al-Quds University, occupied West Bank.