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This blog has touched on social and political issues before and on some serious matters for the solemn type of reader. However, my take on politics in particular was more like soft porn, an allusive phrase here, a slightly explicit sentence there but it always lacked penetration. I carefully picked my words, avoiding confrontation and possible retaliation. In real life I'm mostly like that to tell you the truth. When I don't enjoy my surroundings I leave. If a conversation upsets me I stop listening. I'm too Syrian to engage in a gentlemanly debate with an adversary. We would both lose our temper and a true dialogue becomes impossible. On a few occasions I butted heads with fellow bloggers because of our divergent opinions on religion, social mores and traditions and their proper roles in our lives, if any. Had I been living in Iran or Saudi Arabia I would've probably not dared made my voice heard so loud and clear on those subjects. I was safe in the knowledge that I didn't cross any red lines as far as my habitat is concerned.
Perhaps it's worth noting that I hadn't put an effort into hiding my true identity in the same way that I didn't work hard to become as "known" as I am. Writing is a pleasurable pursuit and I didn't want to have to look back over my shoulder to keep enjoying it. Besides there's an upside to revealing my identity to many of my readers. I've become best of friends with some of them and this friendship I cherish more than most things in life. I don't feel like posting recipes for now so you would all excuse me for remaining silent. After all this is my only way, for the time being, to express myself. Fortunately, nothing lasts forever. I have no idea how long it will take but I can only hope that we can get out of this dark tunnel with minimum pain and loss for everyone.
May the voices of wisdom, of mercy, compassion, kinship, unity, accord and ultimately freedom prevail and guide us all to the future we aspire for.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence*
* The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkle), written by Paul Simon 1964.

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Address: 2417 Holkham DriveNeighborhood: Lewis HillsAsking: $547,000Assessment: $493,500Year Built: 1985Size: 2,558 fin. sq. ft., 576 unfin.Land: 5.17 acresCurb Appeal: 8 out of 10Listing Agent: Kristin Cummings Streed, Loring Woodriff Real Estate Associates, 434-409-5619
The first portion of Holkham Drive is a state-maintained road winding among houses set on two-acre lots near Ivy in Western Albemarle. The second portion, branching off a cul-de-sac almost as an afterthought, wends its way among parcels set a little farther back and spaced a little farther apart on five-acre lots.
The second-to-last house on this final stretch, 2417 Holkham Drive is set on a level lot that includes a playhouse, an in-ground pool, a screened porch, and an expansive deck– testaments to a love of outdoor living.
The current owners were in the process of renovating the house when their progress was halted by a move out of state. Fortunately, the house was in good condition when they undertook the renovations so there's no obvious demarcation between before and after. And since getting the home LEAP certified was part of the process, some of the improvements aren't readily apparent.
LEAP (Local Energy Alliance Program) is a resource for area residents and property owners who want to create healthier– and potentially more affordable– houses. Based on recommendations from the LEAP, the homeowners insulated and floored both the attic and the bonus space above the oversized garage, effectively increasing the climate-conditioned square footage.This also helped reduce energy leakage by 45 percent and decreased utility costs dramatically.
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But the most dramatic enhancement lies upstairs, where the previously unfinished bonus room has been transformed into a spacious master. Accessed by French doors, the room is airy and well-lit with a large walk-in closet and several knee-wall storage areas (all newly insulated). Three additional bedrooms and two full baths provide plenty of space for family and guests.
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Petra Ecclestone Net Worth
Petra Ecclestone Estates and Homes (2)
Spelling Manor
Petra Ecclestone owns an $85 million house in the Holmby Hills, which is reported to be the most expensive house in America. The lavish mansion was built in the 1980s by the late TV producer "Aaron Spelling".
Location: The plush home is located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, USA.
Accommodation: Ecclestone's extraordinarily extravagant home sits on five acres of land and features a "French chateau" style of construction. The 57,000 sq ft U.S. mansion includes parking for 100 cars, a tennis court, gardens, a citrus orchard, a swimming pool and an imposing circular driveway on the outside. The home interiors feature the finest in class luxury which includes a "Prince Charles Suite", a screening room with a giant home cinema for incredible entertainment, a beauty salon, a barbershop, a wine cellar/tasting room, a magnificent dining room, a specially built unique doll museum, a flower-cutting room, a mammoth entrance lobby adorned with marvelous chandeliers and a double staircase similar to the one featured in the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Marvelous Interiors
French chateau construction
Chelsea home
The younger daughter of Formula One Tycoon "Bernie Ecclestone" Petra Ecclestone is known for her extravagant lifestyle. Along with being an owner of some of the most luxurious cars she also owns the most expensive home in US and the house costs $85 million. Petra also owns a lavish home in Chelsea and costs something around £56 million.
Location: The extremely big house stands in the west side of Chelsea, London.
Accommodation: the house is spread in the area of 6,892 sq ft and is situated next to Sloane House in London. The house is built in a Georgian style façade and stands 3 floors above ground with 3 more below. Last year just before her marriage she has spend some million dollars for the renovation of this grand mansion. The house is a 19th-century property.
Three floor house
Petra Ecclestone Autos and Cars (4)
Range Rover
The Formula One heiress owns a classy "Range Rover" which she often uses for her daily rides. Petra is often spotted rushing her plush car through the streets of Hollywood. Powered by a 5.0 liter V8 engine delivering 375hp, the majestic car features world class suspension offering superb handling capability and the most sophisticated technology ensuring optimum safety and security. The car's exteriors feature an iconic design creating a commanding on road presence while its comfy interiors comprising heated rear seats, luxury mats and electric windows make it an ideal for long rides.
Ultimate design
Petra's Range Rover
Sophisticated technology
Rolls Royce Ghost
Petra owns a "Rolls Royce Ghost", received as a post wedding gift from her husband "James Stunt", who stationed the beautiful white car topped with a bow, outside her hotel. Estimated at $408, 278, the plush car features a seductively simple design and naturally styled interiors. Equipped with a new twin turbo 6.6-litre V12 engine, the classy car attains acceleration from 0-62 mph in mere 4.9 seconds and features a top speed of 155 mph. The car's stunning satin bonnet finish and exquisite design creates an authoritative presence on the road.
Rolls Royce Ghost
Comfy interiors
Petra Ecclestone is usually in news for her extravagant life style. Last year when she got married she arrived with her father in her vintage Rolls Royce with former Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi at the wheel. Not only Rolls Royce but she also owns a luxurious Lamborghini in ravishing carbon color. she bought the car for $393,700 and is often spotted driving it.
Pink Rolls Royce Ghost
Billionaire heiress Petra Ecclestone owns a Rolls Royce Ghost as a post wedding gift from her husband, but the heiress prefers to roll around in her pink colored Rolls Royce Ghost which she had bought in 2012. Petra was spotted driving her pink Rolls Royce in Beverly Hills, back In August. The car costs a staggering $280,000 and is powered by a 6.6 liter V12 engine that delivers 563 HP of output and 575 lb-ft of torque. The Gost can sprint to 100 km/hour from start in 4.8 seconds. The interiors have been luxuriously stylized with an irresistible combination of exotic wooden veneer and expensive leather finishing. The floors are covered with genuine lambswool carpets. Other luxury features include the twin rear DVD monitors, keyless ignition, auto-dimming mirrors, four-zone automatic climate control, 10-way power and massaging front seats, 16-speaker sound system, iPod port and Bluetooth integration.
Petra Ecclestone Holiday Destinations(Getaways) (1)
St Tropez
The Formula One heiress was spotted spending vacations with her sister Tamara and Tamara's boyfriend in St Tropez which features a rich cultural history, marvelous beaches, spectacular views and world class resorts.
Location: St Tropez is located in French Riviera in France.
Accommodation: St Tropez has earned the repute of featuring hotel and resorts which not only bear a marvelous design and structure but also offer charming and tolerant service to the incoming people. The resorts provide an ultimate place for luxurious accommodation with their large size rooms equipped with superb furnishings, bedding and the best entertainment devices. Some of the prominent magnificent hotels in St Tropez include Hotel Le Mouillage, Pastis Hotel and Hotel La Ponche.
Main Attraction: The marvelous beaches spread along its five-kilometer shore offer numerous fun outdoor activities like windsurfing, scuba diving, sailing, water skiing, and motorized water sports. The area's ancient museums and churches reveal the history of modern art for the art lovers. The gorgeous restaurants at St Tropez serve delicious cuisine and almost all food varieties, offering the visitors ample options to choose from.
Petra with a friend in St. Tropez
Petra aboard a yacht
Petra Ecclestone Cause (1)
Meniginitis Trust
Petra supports the Meningitis Trust, a foundation aimed to offer support to every individual affected by meningitis. As a child, Petra also suffered viral meningitis and after conquering the disease serves as an ambassador and fundraiser for the foundation. The noble charity provides its quality care and support services to the meningitis patients and also runs various programs to create awareness in all communities' about the signs and symptoms of the disease and its hazardous threat and impact.
Petra Ecclestone Pets (1)
A real pet lover, Petra Ecclestone owns five pet dogs that include a Rottweiler and a Bulldog. Petra's pooches enjoy a luxurious living in the newly bought LA mansion, which Petra got for £52 million. In fact she has revealed that one of the reasons she got the outrageous property was to have more space for her pooches. 'I didn't want a modern kind of house,' she said. 'It was a great investment at the end of the day'. She added with real concern for her pets in her voice, "It's important for them to be able to have space,". The gorgeous pooches are spotted everywhere in Petra's home wherever she goes, whether it's in the study room, media room or having outdoor fun on the pool's side.
Petra with her Rottwieler
Petra Ecclestone Brands (6)
Alexander McQueen Frayed Celtic Skull Scarf
Petra has been spotted wearing "Alexander McQueen Frayed Celtic Skull Scarf", which reveals her like for the reputed brand. Founded by designer "Alexander McQueen" in 1992, the brand's designer collections have been a hot selling commodity for the rich and eminent.
The Croatian-English fashion designer has been spotted a number of times wearing the "Ray-Ban" 3025 Aviator sunglasses, while going outside or even while driving her plush car. Developed by "Bausch & Lomb" and identified as Ray-Ban, the sunglasses feature large size dark reflective lenses, to cover the entire human eye to prevent any light from entering the eye. The sun glasses feature a marvelous metal frame with bayonet earpieces to hook easily behind the ears.
Balenciaga City Bag
Bag crazy Petra is spotted a number of times carrying the "Balenciaga City" Bag offering her the ultra chic look. Manufactured from naturally distressed goat leather, Petra's pricy bag features a unique silky and shiny appearance, which every female celebrity loves and adores.
Hermes Kelly Bag
The Formula One heiress has been spotted taking a "Hermes Kelly" Bag a number of times, while going for celebrity events or casual outing. The French fashion brand is yet another favorite of Petra to load her adorable bag collection. Manufactured by extensive labor techniques including 18 hours of work by a single artisan, Kelly bags feature a distinctive design and style, making them an ideal style statement.
Rolex Daytona Everose Watch
Accessories lover Petra has been spotted a number of times wearing the classy "Rolex Daytona Everose" watch making a perfect luxury statement. Manufactured from the Rolex developed special "Everose gold" alloy, comprising of gold, copper and platinum, the elegant watch features a black dial and an eighteen karat "Everose gold" bracelet marked with polished Everose gold links. The luxury watch also features the typical "Daytona chronograph movement" minimizing effects of any shocks and magnetic fields, and comes in an Everose gold case.
Free city brand
The Formula One heiress wears "Free city" apparels, a brand of clothing producing extremely comfortable and stylish designer pieces. Free city clothing offers full range of designer clothes in various attractive colors, making them a worth buy for everyone, including the wealthy and eminent. Petra adores the brand's clothes on account of their unique appearance and grand feel.


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cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues.
cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
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Road traffic generates costs that can be split into those directly borne by road users and those imposed on others and the public (so-called external costs, e.g. air pollution, noise pollution, loss of time due to congestion). According to a Commission's Proposal Member States are to be authorised to include the external costs of road freight transport into road tolls levied on HGV (so-called internalisation). The European Parliament and the Council have not yet reached any agreement on said Proposal. To this end, the Council asked the Commission to have an analysis drawn up exploring the impacts of a possible internalisation.
The strategy "Europe 2020" replaces the failed strategy of Lisbon and is to "turn" the EU into a "smart, sustainable and inclusive economy" delivering "high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion". The Commission is setting five headline targets to be attained by 2020 with the highest priority being smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The European Council has approved three of the five key targets, but strongly mitigated the other two. Moreover, the Commission is putting forward seven flagship initiatives which are to "commit both the EU and the Member States" and to be pursued by the Commission and the Member States. The Commission intends to monitor progress of target achievement by reports to be provided by the Member States.
With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon the legal basis for the comitology system- the procedure according to which the EU Commission may adopt acts - was revoked. In future, the delegation of legislative powers to the Commission will be subjected to Art. 290 and 291 TFEU. However, detailed rules regarding the delegation and scrutiny of how these are exercised are not provided for in the new Treaty. These will have to be the objective of an agreement to be concluded between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. However, the interests of these parties differ considerably in parts. In its Communication (COM(2009) 673 the Commission has presented its vision of how the new procedure should be shaped.
The amendment of the Prospectus Directive is part of a simplification programme by the Commission to cut administrative burdens. Against this background, the Commission wants to make it easier to issue securities in the EU. Also, it aims at increasing legal certainty and lowering costs.
The Commission intends to promote the use of public private partnerships in order to mobilise private funds for public investment projects. To this end, it wishes to remove obstacles to the implementation of PPPs in Member States and the EU and to support PPPs through EU funding.
The Commission aims to eliminate "health inequalities" between Member States, different population groups and between men and women. To this end, it plans to have the data base on health inequalities in the EU extended, to promote the exchange of best practices and to fund these actions through the framework of cohesion policy.
According to the Commission key enabling technologies are of "systemic relevance" for the European economy and provide the basis for process, goods and service innovation. Therefore, a process is to be launched whose purpose is to identify and promote the key enabling technologies in the EU. The research base for the development of key enabling technologies in the EU is to be strengthened through "the right framework conditions and support instruments".Synergy effects created by a better coordination of research promotion and joint action by Member States are assumed to be beneficial to European companies. The Commission promotes the establishment of an EU patent and a unified patent litigation system in Europe.
The food supply chain comprises agricultural enterprises producing commodities, commodity exchange traders, food processing companies, (producers) and food retailers. The Commission criticises the lacking "resilience" to boosting commodity prices ("shocks in agricultural prices").It deems a "better functioning food supply chain" as "urgently" needed to avoid an "escalation" in prices as the economic recovery sets in. In its Communication it presents measures to achieve these objectives. Amongst other things, it intends to prepare sets of standard contracts, whose use would be voluntary for the market players.


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Monday, 21 May 2007
Czech Absinth
Let's look at those developments one-by-one:
Blog published May 18th, 2007
An excellent post from Oxygénées' blog.
Which closes: "In short, I've no problem with Czech absinthe. I've a problem with the dishonest way much of it is marketed."
I'd like to look in more detail at some the issues raised by Oxy. I've commented earlier about the thujone/hallucination issue: so who is making these claims and who is not?
Many of the thujone/hallucination claims seem to be made by those promoting King of Spirits (KOS)and King of Spirits Gold (KOSG), discussed previously here. Some of the sites involved appear to be run in America, probably by Americans (so called "affiliate marketing" where the site takes a percentage of the click-through sales). It may well be that it is Americans who are responsible for this marketing, but normally brand owners would want to control what advertising their affiliates and overseas partners operate.
In fact the main Hill's Absinth site takes a very responsible attitude and seems to have only passing reference to thujone. It also states, "One scientist trying to work out what absinthe did to the French, who by 1910 were drinking 36 million litres a year, calculates that the amount of thujone per glass was, and is, so small, you would likely fall off your chair before hallucinating."
Oliva Absinth is a new absinth from the Czech Republic that states on its site, "Yes, we make the best Czech absinth (actually, the ONLY authentic Absinthe from the Czech Republic).... Bohemian Absinth has gotten a bad reputation, and rightly so. Almost every absinthe buyer's guide recommends avoiding all absinthe that is spelled without the "e" (absinth) to buy absinth. It seems like the Green Fairy left Bohemia generations ago. In fact, she was only hiding!" And the representative of Oliva has been very happy to come to the main absinthe forums, to talk to and to listen to what absinthe lovers say. As a result, there is far more emphasis on quality and far less emphasis on thujone on this site. On another issue, however, why does Oliva's label state "absinthe suisse," when it is clearly not from Switzerland?
Another point about the thujone/hallucination marketing: as far as I know (based on two trips to Prague), this is not used in their marketing in the Czech Republic, but only in the unregulated world of the internet. Maybe someone from the Czech Republic could confirm if this is the case.
I have another issue with the the marketing of Czech absinthe that is mentioned briefly by Oxygénée and that is its alleged aphrodisiac side, seen in the "ultimate panty remover" style of advertising that has been used by at least two Czech absinth companies (or their affiliates).
In major drinks markets, advertising is tightly controlled or at least partially self-regulated by industry associations (Discus in the USA, Portman in the UK). The panty remover ads would never get past these industry associations due to their hints of sexual success. For absinthe to take its place as a major drink, it does need to conform to drinks industry standards. To condone such advertising is to restrict absinthe's role to that of a niche drink that will never gain broad public acceptance. It also demeans women everywhere, and I am sure a Czech woman would find it as offensive as an American woman.
Again I doubt that such advertising is used in the Czech Republic: it is used on the internet because the companies can get away with it. It's reminiscent of cigarette companies who can't advertise in the West, and thus head to Asia and promote there with campaigns that would not be allowed in countries where there are, rightly, much stricter controls.
And of course, in all this, it is worth noting that absinthes that focus on product quality have no need to hype thujone or to hint at sexual success.
Signs of Change
A forum friend sent me this evidence of a Czech absinth site changing its message recently. Before:-
And after:-
Mmm. Not totally convinced. Drug innuendoes replaced by aphrodisiac claims!
Is it coincidence that there is heated debate on various blogs, that the launch of Lucid is imminent, and that these subtle changes are happening?
A heated forum debate from May 19th onwards
Tom Hill comes to the Wormwood Society!
The debate is still ongoing at the time of writing, but we're still all talking to each other! Will this have a happy ending? Read the debate to find out ...
5 comments:
Tommy Hill don't work for Hills. does Claude Alain know what you are doing? You are printing words in his company name, or for you?
- 22 May 2007 at 13:39
- Alan said...
Thank you for letting me know that "Tommy Hill don't work for Hill's."
- 22 May 2007 at 18:32
how long are you working in absinthe? you are going to make troubles for Claude Alaine I think.
The peoples that u mention are around the old Sebor problem, a distller who know more about it than you ALAN! I also say that much of the markets is made by not Czech people but people in the UK from other countries. You don't know this? u are a big fool as they watch everyday
if you know the law OK. i think you are making problem for your boss in the court.
- 27 May 2007 at 21:17
I think you crazy to do this as apeople who sell it are not Czehhs! American and some Russian man. I tell Claude that he dont have buyers soon
You dont know this busines Alan
- 27 May 2007 at 22:05
- Alan said...
Thanks for the two new anonymous comments.
If you believe in what you say, why do you need to be anonymous? Tell me and my readers who you are, or email me directly at alan.mossATgmail.com if you prefer to have a confidential discussion.
There is a note on the blog that says, "The opinions expressed here are purely personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of absinthe-suisse.com or associated companies."
I have worked in the drinks business for more than 15 years and my views are based on that. I do not make negative comments here on the merits or taste of Czech absinth: in fact I recognise the very responsible attitude of Hill's and the moves made by Oliva absinthe.
So what specifically do you object to in this particular blog entry?
1. I have re-quoted another blog.
2. I have quoted from Hill's and Oliva's websites.
3. I have commented as many others have done before me on the marketing done, maybe by others, for Czech absinth. Absinthe is not a drug, nor is it a "panty remover." I am delighted that some Czech absinths recognise this and talk much more about quality nowadays.
If the marketing is done by people who are not Czech, can't you stop them doing it?
Thank you for telling Claude-Alain that he won't have buyers soon. Why don't you tell him or me who you are, so that we can have a real direct conversation about this.
Tell me what is incorrect in this blog article and I am quite ready to change anything that is wrong.
- 28 May 2007 at 06:10


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Heartbroken: Bam Margera returns to the spot where his best friend and Jackass co-star lost his life in a horrific car smash in the early hours of Monday morning in Philadelphia
Autopsy results reveal the crash was so violent it's impossible to determine if Dunn and passenger died from impact or from the fire that resulted
Photo emerges showing stuntman in high spirits whilst he partied at a bar shortly before crash
Co-star and best friend Bam Margera overcome with emotion as he visits crash scene
Ryan Dunn's Jackass co-star Bam Margera broke down into floods of tears as he visited the spot where his best friend lost his life in a horror 130mph car smash.
An inconsolable Bam spoke to a local news station and was so distraught he could barely put his loss into words.
'It was the worst phone call I ever got in my life waking up to that,' the 31-year-old wept.
Raw grief: Bam could barely hold it together as he gave an interview to a local news station
Margera, who was in Arizona at the time of the crash, visited the crash scene in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.
He was visibly overcome with emotion, rocking back and forth in agony at the guardrail that the car crashed through.
'I've never lost anybody that I cared about. It's my best friend,' he told local TV station WPXI, weeping.
'Worst phone call of my life': He paid tribute to his childhood friend and asked how he would cope with the loss he wept: 'I can't, I can't'
'He was the happiest person ever, the smartest guy. He had so much talent, and he had so many things going for him. This is not right, not right.'
Margera stood at the guardrail that Dunn pierced with his Porsche Monday morning with such force that the car slammed through about 40 feet of trees before exploding into flames.
When asked how he'd get through this ordeal, Bam replied: 'I can't. I can't.'
Dunn's brother, Eric Dunn, said in an emailed statement to the AP that his family was 'devastated'.
Memories: The cast of Bam's show Viva La Bam, a spin-off from Jackass, featuring Bam, front centre, his father Phil, far left, mother April and Dunn, back centre which ran for five seasons between 2003 and 2005
Emotional: Close friends of Dunn visited the spot where his car smashed into a guardrail before careering off the road and into woodland and exploding into flames
In good spirits: A new picture shows Jackass star Ryan Dunn in high spirits as he parties at a bar with friends and fans shortly before he crashed his Porsche yesterday morning, killing himself and another passenger
Childhood friends: Ryan and Bam, pictured back in November 2003
Wreckage: The charred remains of the Porsche 911 GT3 is towed away as police survey the scene
Investigation: Dunn's Porsche was found engulfed in flames in woods beside the road
Margera, who appeared in her son's MTV show 'Viva La Bam' with Dunn, says he was not the type of person to get behind the wheel while drunk.
'He is going to be missed by everyone,' April tearfully told the NBC Today Show.
'I have yelled at him for lots of things but he was not a big drinker and he was always responsible as far as I know, so I cannot believe he would do that.
'I am sick because it is a waste, sick because I loved him, sick because he was talented and sick because he is gone.'
Meanwhile the passenger killed in Dunn's fatal car crash has been identified.
Police have confirmed Zachary Hartwell, 30, perished in a fireball car crash in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Hartwell, from West Chester, Philadelphia, had been with Dunn at Barnaby's and appeared in one of the last photographs to be taken of the daredevil before the accident.
The two were drinking with a third unidentified male in a Twitter picture, which was posted hours before the accident.
Speaking out: Bam Margera's mother April says she does not believe Dunn was driving drunk at the time of his death
While Hartwell was not a member of the Jackass crew, he is listed as a production assistant on the second Jackass movie.
He is also credited on IMDb as a 'car stunt driver' in Bam Margera's film Minghags.
He was reportedly a recently married Iraq war veteran
Dunn who was famous for his vulgar stunts in the multimillion-dollar TV and movie franchise Jackass, was driving his 2007 Porsche on a highway when it left the road, flipped over a guardrail and crashed into woods before bursting into flames.
Speed may have been a factor in the crash, West Goshen Township police said.
The force of impact shattered the vehicle into several twisted and blackened pieces, leaving the Porsche 911 GT3 unrecognisable except for a door that was thrown from the crash and not incinerated. A 100-foot-long tyre skid marked where the car left the road.
Police said they were able to identify Dunn through his tattoos and hair.
Dunn appeared on MTV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam and the three Jackass big-screen adaptations. He also was the star of his own MTV show, Homewrecker, and hosted Proving Ground on the G4 cable network.
G4 spokesman Dave Welch said Proving Ground, which premiered on June 11 with the second episode due to air today, was being shelved until the network could discuss its future.
Dunn's long-time friend and fellow Jackass daredevil Johnny Knoxville tweeted last night: 'Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy.'
Passenger: Zachery Hartwell (right) was killed in Dunn's fatal car crash yesterday. The pair were at a bar with an unidentified friend in Philadelphia before the accident
Dunn also starred in the yet-to-be-released film Living Will. The film's website describes Dunn's character as a 'party bum slacker (who) returns from the dead as a mischievous and perverted ghost'.
MTV praised Dunn's tireless humour and enthusiasm and said he would be missed.
'We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn - a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade,' said Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Films Group. 'The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same.'
Dunn was born in Ohio and moved at 15 to Pennsylvania, where he met Bam Margera on his first day of high school, according to a biography on his website.
Dunn, Margera, Christopher Raab (known as Raab Himself) and Brandon DiCamillo, under the moniker CKY for 'Camp Kill Yourself', started making videos that featured them skateboarding and performing stunts.
Where the night started: Dunn and Hartwell were both at Barnaby's in West Chester hours before the accident
Dunn was working as a welder and petrol station worker when Knoxville, a friend of Margera's through the skateboarding circuit, asked the crew to allow their videos to be part of the series Jackass, which became a hit on MTV and ran from 2000 to 2002.
Perhaps his most famous stunt, in 2002's Jackass: The Movie, involved inserting a toy car into his bottom and going to a hospital casualty unit, where he made up a story that he was in mysterious pain after passing out at a fraternity party. Dunn's X-ray from the hospital became a popular T-shirt for Jackass fans.
In a 2000 stunt, he dived into a tank at a raw sewage plant wearing flippers, a mask and a snorkel.
Crash scene: Black marks on the road show where Dunn's car skidded out of control
Devastation: Dunn's car span off the road, through a guardrail and into the woods
Bam Margera Breaks Down After Hearing About Ryan Dunns Death
source: dailymail
VIA Raw grief of Jackass star's best friend: Heartbreaking video shows inconsolable Bam Margera as he visits spot where Ryan Dunn died in fiery crash


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Progress: An Honest Criminal Turns Himself In After Learning He's Wanted Via Vanity Google Search
from the baby-steps dept
You know, we talk a great deal at Techdirt about dumb criminals and how often they are nabbed by the intersection of their own stupidity and technology. It is, frankly, enough to make you wonder about the future of our species, watching these would-be criminal masterminds fumble about social media, YouTube, and the like. I remember the days when criminals had a certain sense of honor. Sure, they did wrong, but they had a certain something to them.
Well, perhaps that breed of criminal isn't dead yet, judging by Christopher Viatafa, the Palo Alto man who did a vanity Google search for his own name, saw that he was a wanted man, and promptly turned himself in.
Google Christopher Viatafa and with no digging at all you'll find he's wanted by San Leandro police. That's exactly what the 27-year-old Palo Alto man discovered this month. The first result of his search led to the Northern California's Most Wanted website, where his picture appeared along with the charges he's facing, authorities said Friday. Accused of doing wrong, authorities said Viatafa then did what was right: He turned himself in to police.In a world filled with criminals who brazenly use technology to act like jackasses, this is apparently what passes for a breath of fresh air. Viatafa appears to be no saint, having allegedly peeled off a couple of caps after an argument at a party (no injuries/deaths reported), but at least he went to face his charges after finding out just how badly the state wanted him.
So fear not for our future, because some bad guys who shoot guns will apparently use the internet to turn themselves in. Or something. Actually, I'm not sure any of this is really making me feel much better.
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July 2004 Meeting Minutes
From Brad DeKanick, President:
Hi IYHA players, parents and coaches. It is finally starting to feel and be summer in Minnesota. The weather has sure taken its time getting here to do all of the exciting summer fun activities and vacations. I hope to this point that your summer plans not been a total wash out. Also, with what is left of the summer I hope your plans go as planned. It is hard to believe that in just one month that we will be doing registration. Keep your eyes open for the dates. I am looking to see another excellent registration for the 2004-05 season.
We have 3 parades that we will be participating in this summer. They are Villagefest in St. Anthony on Friday August 6, Stockyard Days Parade on Thursday August 12, and Festival in the Park in Mounds View is Sunday August 22. At these parades we will be passing out candy and we will need IYHA members to rollerblade, walk, and drive in these parades. I am hoping that we can have players, coaches and parents getting involved in them.
Dryland opportunity
I will be conducting dryland opportunity for all IYHA players in August and September. It will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays nights starting at 6:30-7:30 at Freedom Park (Pike Lake School). We will not have dryland on the night of the Stockyard parade. Looking for volunteers to help with the stations (volunteers—please arrive early for the first dryland). The number of stations depends on the numbers of participants. You do not have to come to them all. But I am looking to having between 10-20 players as a minimum. Some of the stations will be leap frog, jump roping, sprints, piggy back races, obstacle course, shooting pucks, etc, and the last 5-10 minutes we will be stretching. Players should come with stick, tennis shoes and a water bottle.
Apparel- I will not be selling or coordinating any apparel this year. If there is someone who would like to pick up this area, contact me at 651-639-9110. If nobody steps forward, all the apparel that I have accumulated will be sold at discount at registration. Thank You for all of the players, teams and families that have shown there Irondale spirit over the past 5 years.
The Association is still looking for an Initiation Coordinator. This is a 3 year position that has 2 years left to be served. Needs to be filled ASAP. Interested people please contact any board member.
From Tom Welty, District Representative
Officials of Minnesota Hockey met with TC District and Association board members to introduce the new Hockey Education Program (HEP). A little background to the program is as follows:
The HEP program has been in the works for many years. This program was the brainchild of the late Ted Brill and Herb Brooks. Through meeting with Minnesota Hockey members (you and I), Minnesota Hockey determined that the main concerns of its members were parents' aggressiveness, lack of skill development and coaching expertise. The results of these problems contributed to attrition of players, coaches and officials as well as an overall culture of aggression. To answer these concerns, Minnesota Hockey joined forces with the Mayo Sports Medicine Center, and the HEP program was launched. It is their hope that HEP will:
Promote fun and skill development (more practices, fewer games).
Educate coaches, parents, and officials in a consistent manner so players learn values.
Promote sportsmanship of players, coaches, parents, and officials.
Decrease attrition of players, coaches and officials from a great game.
HEP's mission is to create an environment in Minnesota for all involved in hockey to succeed to their fullest potential and have fun doing so.
More detailed information will be available in the near future, but basically, there are three components to HEP: Education, Accountability and Skill Development. To hear more about the HEP program, all parents, coaches and board members are invited and ENCOURAGED to attend the official launching of the HEP program, the "HEP Face-Off" on September 25, 2004 at the Excel Energy Center. The Minnesota Wild has donated the use o their facility and Minnesota Hockey hopes to fill the arena will parents, coaches, officials and administrators from all over the state to learn more about ways we can all work to improve hockey in our state. Please mark the date on your calendar and plan to attend. Registration information is not yet available, but will be shortly. Watch this IYHA newsletter for more information or check online through the Minnesota Hockey website http://www.minnesotahockey.org/
Remember the parades!!! Mark the dates on your calendar!
August 6 - Villagefest Parade, St. Anthony
August 12 - Stockyard Days Parade, New Brighton
August 22 - Festival in the Park, Mounds View
Registration forms are available on the Website!
Use the Web to download the forms you will need for registration, and then mail them in.
In-person dates for registration will be announced in the August newsletter.
The Board of the Lake Region Hockey Association meets on the third Tuesday of every month at various locations. If you are interested in attending the next meeting, please call Niki Gjere and she will connect you with Lake Region.
All IYHA Board Meetings are open meetings.
Please feel free to come to the meetings, which are held at the Mounds View City Hall in Conference Room C. Also, if you wish to have a copy of any information which is distributed at the meeting, please email or call Niki and it will be mailed to you. Upcoming dates for Board meetings (all Wednesdays):
August 18, 2004
September 22, 2004
October 20, 2004
November 17, 2004
December 15, 2004.
If you wish to be on the agenda, please contact Brad DeKanick.
There have been several teams that have sponsors for their teams. These are listed below. This part of the newsletter will continue throughout the rest of the IYHA season. Please notify Niki Gjere of any additions or corrections. (Please forward information about websites and addresses, etc.) Many thanks to our sponsors!
Pee Wee B Team:
**John Bailey—our goalie Beau's Dad**
**Victor Kretsch, Quality Post Service (Zach Ewing's Grandpa)**
**Mike Bridgeman**
Girls 10U Maroon Team:
**Champp's New Brighton**
**Real Estate Appraisers (the Slipka's)**
**Fuji-Ya Restaurant (the Hanson's**)
Girls 10U Gold Team:
**Razor's Edge, New Brighton**
**New Brighton Sportsmen's Club**
**Lake Region Hockey Association**
Once again, many, many thanks to our sponsors!
Please support them! When you see them, please tell them you are from Irondale Youth Hockey!
Present: Brad DeKanick, Tom Welty, Chris Tahti, Brian Johnson, Niki Gjere, Randy Bortot, Dan Marcouiller, Jeanne Falconer, Pat O'Connor.
Absent: Becky Ewing.
Guests: Jimmy Gjere, John Donovan, and John Dalnes.
Meeting called to order by President Brad DeKanick at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes reviewed, motion to approve (DM) (CT), motion carried.
Old Business:
1. Update about HEP meeting: Chris, Brian and Tom were at the HEP meeting on Monday night. Minnesota Hockey presented the HEP information for the Twin Cities District groups. This is a program that works with Education, accountability and skill development. Program developed out of Ted Brill and Herb Brooks beliefs about areas where there were needs for significant improvement: parent's aggressiveness, lack of skill development, and a need for developing coaching expertise. The area in which there has been most discussion is the sportsmanship component. Teams can receive a fair play point when meeting specific criteria. Tom wrote a summary for the newsletter (see article by Tom Welty). The roll-out is on September 25th for parents, coaches and Board members (no kids). This will be held at the Xcel Energy Center—more details will follow. There are several implementation points that need to be finalized.
2. ACE Coordinator position: Reviewed the original resolution. There is no language that exclusive links the Irondale High School Head Hockey Coach and the Ace Coordinator roles. Motion: It has come to the Board's attention that there is a perception from our IYHA membership that the Irondale High School Head Hockey Coach position and the Ace Coordinator positions were tied together. The Board has reviewed the resolution as published in the newsletter dated December 19, 2001. After the review, it was determined that the resolution was specific to John Bazzachini, and did not carry over to John Donovan, or any future ACE Coordinator or Irondale High School Head Hockey Coach (CT) (RB). Discussion. Motion Carried. The Program Coordinators, President, Vice President and ACE Coordinator will pull a draft of the position description for presentation at the next meeting.
3. Volunteering Ideas: will make revisions and send out draft for next meeting.
New Business: Board Roundtable:
President: Brad DeKanick. Nothing to report. Chris is doing a nice job with the 14 U issues.
Vice President: Brian Johnson. Have entered IYHA into 3 parades. Dates were posted in the newsletter.
Treasurer: Jeanne Falconer. Distributed Consolidated Balance Sheet dated 06-23-2004. Distributed budget format. Need to have information in at the July meeting. Have received information about players that did not pay last year, they need to pay before registration this year.
Question: Can we develop a checking school for kids that are moving to PeeWee's? John Donovan worked with the kids in the Fall warm-ups last year.
Secretary: Niki Gjere. Newsletter deadline is July 1st.
Registration: Pat O'Connor. Registration dates have been set. Will be in the newsletter. Late fee information will be included in the form. Will email the forms and have them on the website. Will add a section to request permission to release information to vendors. This will be yes/no. We may want to look at if we would want to charge for this list at some point.
District Representative: Tom Welty. No report.
Ice Commissioner: Becky Ewing. Absent, no report.
Initiation Coordinator: Open position.
Girls Coordinator: Chris Tahti. Nothing new at this time. The whole second page of the newsletter was dedicated to 14U. Nothing new since the newsletter article. At some point, Chris would like to have discussion about having an all girl Initiation program.
Boys Coordinator: Dan Marcouiller.
· Becky is going to schedule an initiate the tournament scheduling for the teams. Given her knowledge of scheduling and ice availability, this will be helpful. She will do the initial work and will run the tournament ideas by Dan and some of the coaches.
· Coach selection: Have received responses from some of the people that are interested. Will proceed with a selection process.
· Have met the new Boys High School Head Coach. Was an assistant from White Bear. Has a lot of energy. Will do what he can to help us out, he will coordinate with John Donovan. Is already on the ice with the kids during John's camp.
Equipment Manager: Randy Bortot. We have a few sets of initiation jerseys. They are blue, orange and green jerseys. Should we use them? Dan will poll the coaches about what they want to do. There are extra sets of socks, will sell those at registration as practice socks.
· Discussion about having the IYHA logo on the pucks. Can have this done for $2.00 per puck. Can use these for home games, and give them out to the kids for special occasions. Motion: To purchase Irondale logo on pucks, not to exceed a total of $200 (DM) (TW). Discussion. Motion carried.
Lake Region: Randy Bortot. There was a question about if there was a contract binding Lake Region to Irondale and Mounds View. Randy reports there is no official contract that binds the groups.
Additional: Brian asked—have we heard anything about the interest that Mounds View had? We have not heard anything back from Mounds View.
Motion to adjourn (NG) (CT), motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
Next meeting is on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mounds View City Hall Conference Room.
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Josh Hamilton, eh? Merry Christmas Angels Fans, Indeed!
Hello all. Rumors of my blogging demise have been greatly exaggerated! …Well, just exaggerated at any rate. But it was seriously touch and go there for a while. We're talking nearly Brazil, Tuttle eaten by great cascades of paperwork, here. And I'm the one that created all of the paperwork! But I digress…
So the Angels went out and signed Josh Hamilton! And just how busy was I with my months' long hell project for work in the middle of all of this delicious Hot Stove madness? Busy enough that I didn't find out until Seth called me that morning on a break — Seth does not generally have to break Angels news to me. Busy enough that the ensuing conversation went something like this:Seth: So did you hear the news about Josh Hamilton? Me: *typing* No. Did he sign today or something? That's early. Seth: Yeah, he'll be wearing red in 2013. Me: *still typing* Red? *pause in thought while still typing* So is he staying with the Rangers after all, then? Or did the Red Sox nab him? Seth: *laughing* Noooo. He'll be wearing our red. The Angels signed him. Me: *abruptly stops typing* *begins making largely unintelligible noises that it's safe to assume denote shock and excitement* Seth: *affectionately laughs at me*
So, the Angels went out and signed Josh Hamilton!!! *happy dance*
…and I had no clue until about an hour after it happened. Yeah, so what does that make me? Exactly. A big damn dork, sir. Well, since Thursday I have completed my hell project, caught back up on holiday obligations and vacillated emotions on the Hamilton signing between variations on elated, excited and giddy, and cautious, concerned and nervous. But you know what, I've settled on giddy. I think excitement is the way to go. So, why the conundrum in the first place? After all, he is a five-five time All Star, former MVP, regular play of the week making, routine topper of one or more AL batting stat charts.
*pauses happy dance for discussion and logic* Well, I'm not particularly bothered by the contract. It's less than the ridiculous from any team's perspective 7 to 10 years he was supposedly originally seeking and the Angels were planning on spending serious money one way (Zack Greinke) or another (any of the other high priced names bandied about in Halos news circles) this offseason. Spending it on a 31-year-old whose name is regularly listed among the best players in the game and who hits .285 with 43 homers in a year where his team is mad at him for sloughing it? Well, let's just say that if colossal sums of money are going to be spent anyway, I think there are far worse ways they can be spent.
And, no, I'm not concerned about the "obvious" thing. Yes, Hamilton's past issues with drugs and alcohol are well documented along with his two public relapses as a Texas Ranger. To my eye, Hamilton has his life well under control in this area. Look, there's a reason the proper term for people who deal with addiction issues is recovering not recovered. There is always the potential for relapse, even for those who are far further removed from their addictive behaviors than Hamilton and have attained decades of sobriety. But the fact that Hamilton has kept his relapses to one evening in each instance of behavior that would only qualify as a kind-of-wild Saturday night for a lot of single baseball players who don't have issues with addiction, before climbing right back up on the wagon with renewed dedication to his sobriety tells me that no team should worry about ramifications from drug or alcohol use. Yes, there are temptations aplenty in Los Angeles but those temptations are present in every city fielding a Major League Baseball team, including Arlington, along with most towns that do not. I don't think this is a legitimate concern.
I do, however, have a small concern about Hamilton's playing time, namely that he has only played in more than 133 games two seasons in his Major League career. Now the fact that the primary reason for Hamilton's numerous DL stints is because he plays hard does balance this drawback heavily in my opinion, but it's still there. I also have concerns about Hamilton's attitude, but only on occasion. Look, by all accounts, Hamilton is a great clubhouse guy. In interviews he comes across as affable, warmly chatty, humorous and caring. He's an unselfish fielder, no matter where he's moved in the outfield during a game. And his charitable activities are impressive. I believe him to be a genuinely nice guy. But there are times…strange Monster induced eye ailments keeping him out of games…throwing a coach under the bus after breaking an arm attempting to slide home…seeming to give up those last few weeks in Texas…when this big, talented, joyful kid of a baseball player seems more like a pouty brat. This isn't a deal breaking concern from my perspective. I don't expect it to come up very often in Hamilton's relationship with the Angels as it didn't in his relationship with the Rangers and, as mentioned before, his overall stats are still a plus during such times. However, it is clear to me that when Hamilton is unhappy there are repercussions on the job. Just something for Angels fans to keep in mind, along with the whiffing slumps that can and do come with such a free swinging style, while we're doing our happy dances.
So, there you have it. There are a few drawbacks to this deal to keep in mind and the Angels still need to do something more with the starting rotation – Please Santa Jerry, please!! But the prospect of Hamilton's bat in the lineup protecting Albert Pujols, or protected by Pujols (and, all things being Scioscia, probably both before season's end) coming soon on the heels of Mike Trout turning a hard hit single into a triple, a bunt into a double or some other feat of amazement, makes me positively gleeful. Unexpectedly having too many outfielders is a potentially useful problem for the Angels to have depending on how it's handled. And this was the first weekend in forever that I didn't bring any work home with me. On the whole, I'd say it's all rather giddy making. *resumes happy dance with exuberance*


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Attacks by the biggest hornets you will ever see have killed more than 40 people in China in the last three months, and hundreds more have been injured. The stings leave what look like gunshot wounds.
These giant hornets are the largest stinging insects - as much as two inches in length for the queen - and are a shocking orange color. The hornets are on a rampage, of sorts, and have been dubbed the "giant killer hornets" by the press.
Justin Schmidt, an entomologist at the Southwestern Biological Institute and the University of Arizona, suspects the stings are among the most painful. Schmidt devised a way to measure the pain associated with stings. And he did it the hard way - by letting himself be stung.
Schmidt has endured the stings of more than 150 different species since first publishing the Schmidt Sting Pain Index in 1984. While he's never been stung by this particular hornet, he says his experience leads him to believe they'd be a solid three or four on a scale of four.
He says the worst sting he has encountered — a four — is the sting of the bullet ant.
"It's a throbbing, piercing, deep pain causing numbing for up to twelve hours, and sometimes even more than that," he recalls.
He admits he's not looking to be stung by the giant hornets to get another data point. He hopes to avoid the insects, which have the scientific name Vespa mandarinia.
China has cut down on the risk of attacks in recent weeks through an extermination campaign. Happily, Schmidt says there's little risk of the killer hornets making it to the Americas, let alone surviving here.


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By Tim Lister, CNN
It seems they are everywhere, from the foothills of the Himalayas to the vast tracts of the Sahara, searching the terrain and seas below like glinting birds of prey. Drones have become the emblem of war and intelligence-gathering in the 21st century.
And for the first time, Iran has tried to bring down a U.S. drone as it flew off the Iranian coastline in the northern Persian Gulf.
The United States says Iranian jets fired on an unarmed MQ-1 Predator on November 1 while it was on a routine surveillance mission above international waters. The Defense Department said the drone was 16 miles from the Iranian coast.
"The internationally recognized territorial limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast, and we never entered the 12 nautical-mile limit," said George Little, Pentagon spokesman, on Thursday.
Given the tensions between the two governments, the Predator's exact position will not have deterred the Iranians. Maj. Gen. Seyed Masoud Jazaeri told the semi-official Fars news agency Friday that "The Iranian armed forces will respond decisively to any act of transgression. ... If any foreign planes try to enter our country's [air]space, our armed forces will confront it."
Despite two passes, the pair of Iranian Sukhoi-25 jets were unable to hit the Predator, which safely returned to base - possibly in Qatar or Kuwait (but U.S. officials remain tight-lipped about its home base). Freedom of navigation in the Gulf - through which one-fifth of the world's crude output travels - is a vital interest to the U.S. and its regional allies.
So why did Iranian jets try to bring the drone down?
"First, and most probable, senior Iranian leadership intended to fire a shot across the bow of the next U.S. administration and gain political momentum in the run-up to talks" on Iran's nuclear program, says Cliff Kupchan of the Eurasia Group.
"This drone affair confirms Iran's risk-acceptant posture," Kupchan adds.
He also notes that the planes involved were not those of the Iranian air force but belonged to the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), which is very often more aggressive toward the U.S. presence in the Gulf. Its small patrol boats have been known to harass U.S. naval vessels in the region. It may be that the IRGC was acting unilaterally, but Kupchan believes that unlikely because of the risk of escalation.
Tensions in the Gulf are never far away. This week the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations wrote to the U.N. secretary general to complain about Iranian harassment against Saudi oil facilities, alleging that an Iranian helicopter had approached rigs in the offshore Hasba oilfield several times.
At sea, U.S. military commanders worry about a mistake, when harassment leads to something more and a quick escalation.
Cost and benefit
U.S. drones operate over Yemen and Afghanistan with the host government's agreement. They operate over Pakistan unimpeded but against the wishes of the Pakistani authorities. They fly above Somalia in the absence of any effective authority there.
But Iran sees them as an affront to its sovereignty. And if captured or shot down they can be a trove of valuable technology (though some of the crown jewels can be destroyed remotely) as well as a propaganda trophy.
Iran has already garnered one propaganda victory in the last year. In December 2011 a high-altitude RQ-170 Sentinel crashed in the Iranian desert after leaving an airbase in Afghanistan. The unarmed UAV was on a mission to monitor Iranian nuclear facilities, according to U.S. officials who would not speak on the record.
The Iranians recovered the Sentinel in good shape (judging from video of its exterior appearance) and paraded it to the media. Tehran subsequently boasted that technicians had been able to reverse-engineer its capabilities, though experts doubt that. There was even a market in toy drones, complete with slogans such as "We will crush Amrican hegemony" [sic] and "Captured by the IRanian Muslim Youth" (the IR is capitalized on the box.) The Farsi text on the box describes it as "the most advanced American spy unmanned aircraft." Move over, Lego.
There is another risk in the widespread use of drones. Sometimes the victims are not those targeted, but civilians. This has happened in Pakistan and Yemen and helped fuel an anti-American backlash. This week, Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tawakul Karman, told the Financial Times that the Yemeni people rejected drones, whether they were American or Yemeni, and argued they helped terrorist groups to recruit. That is a view shared by Gregory Johnsen, an expert on Yemen and author of "The Last Refuge: Yemen, al Qaeda and America's War in Arabia."
Unmanned aerial vehicles, to give drones their formal description, are vulnerable in some environments. They are slow: the Predator has a maximum speed of 135 mph. Flown remotely, often from thousands of miles away, and relying on satellite links for instructions, there are more things that can go wrong than if a pilot had control.
Weapon of choice
Even so, drones have become so effective as part of the modern military arsenal that everyone wants them. Besides the United States, China is developing its own line, Israel manufactures and exports them. The New America Foundation estimates that more than 70 countries have drones of some sort (though the vast majority are for surveillance.)
Iran has developed a series of drones -– the Ababil (Swallow) family - and in September unveiled what it claimed was a long-range drone capable of carrying missiles to a distance of more than 1,200 miles (2,000 kms.)
Rebels in Syria claim that Tehran has also supplied the al-Assad regime with surveillance drones and believe they are being used to guide air strikes against rebel units. They have even posted video of captured drones (though they look far from sophisticated) on YouTube.
Iran also appears to have supplied at least drone components to the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. Last month, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group had assembled an Iranian-designed drone and flown it 35 miles (50 kms) inside Israel before it was shot down by Israeli jets. It was not the first Hezbollah had launched into Israeli airspace, but none has been very advanced – and their drones lack the control afforded by satellite precision.
Iran is not the first U.S. adversary to try to bring down one of its drones. "Non-state" actors such as terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan border region, Yemen and Somalia, do not have planes nor the surface-to-air missiles capable of bringing down a drone. But in December 2002, when Saddam Hussein was still in power, an Iraqi fighter (another Sukhoi-25 to be precise) shot down a Predator with an air-to-air missile.
In those days, the U.S. had less than 100 Predators. By 2011, Predators had clocked up more than a million hours in flying time for the U.S. Air Force, according to the USAF website. And that's aside from the CIA's fleet.
It is almost exactly 10 years (November 3 to be exact) since the Predator made its first kill. The victim was Ali al-Harithi, a Yemeni allegedly involved in planning the bombing of the USS Cole. One Hellfire missile took out al-Harithi and several others as they traveled in a 4×4 close to Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia. Since then, according to data compiled by the New America Foundation, somewhere between 1,600 and 2,800 militants have been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan alone.
The use of armed drones against al Qaeda and associated groups in the Afghan-Pakistan border region has increased exponentially during President Barack Obama's tenure – and has also expanded in other theaters such as the Horn of Africa and Yemen. As al Qaeda and associated jihadist groups gravitate toward North Africa – especially Mali and Libya – French officials have said that it's possible drones will be sent to the region. Their role would be to assist a yet-to-be-deployed African force tasked with freeing northern Mali from the control of Islamist groups.
As drones have become indispensable to both the military and intelligence agencies (not to mention many other civilian applications), defense contractors have plowed money into research and development.
In the United States, San Diego is the hub of the industry. According to a study by the Institute for Policy Research in the National University System, drone production was worth $1.3 billion to the local economy last year, based on an analysis of Defense Department contracts. Production is forecast to double by the end of the decade – so the prospect of another brief encounter between a UAV and someone who doesn't want it around becomes ever more likely.


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The new skinning architecture in Flex 4 beta makes it easy to completely change the look and feel of an application. Follow Ryan Frishberg to learn about the new improvements by writing a basic skin for a button and then delving into skinnable components. Building on what you've learned there, Evtim Georgiev addresses a number of pain points in skinning, CSS, components, states, animation, text, and graphics tags. He also shows you how to create a custom layout in his article, Spark layouts with Flex 4 beta. Meanwhile, read Tim Buntel's article to learn how a brand new approach in Flash Builder beta can simplify the development of data-centric applications.
If you are working with web video, you'll want to learn how to customize the ActionScript 3 FLVPlayback component, the built-in solution in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for displaying video on the web. Also be sure to download two updated templates: spokesperson presentation with synchronized graphics and showcase website for personal video.
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FC Dallas 3, Colorado Rapids 2 | MLS Match Recap
FRISCO, Texas -- After what seemed like an eternal run of poor results for FC Dallas, the home side used an impressive individual effort from winger Fabian Castillo in the 62nd minute to break an even match and secure a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids Saturday night at Toyota Stadium.
Colorado had taken the initial lead after some strong runs at goal in the early moments of the game, scoring in the 25th minute when Deshorn Brown used his own moment of creativity to chip FC Dallas netminder Raul Fernandez.
Dallas had responded with a free-kick goal from Jair Benitez that had some help from a deflection off of Andres Escobar to beat Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin in the 33rd minute. Dallas took the lead for the first time in first half stoppage time when Zach Loyd forcefully put a rebound back into the area and another deflection aided the Texas club again. The lead was short-lived, though, as early in the second half, the Rapids used a strong push to earn the temporary equalizer with Jose Mari scored off a corner in the 52nd.
That set the stage for Castillo's brilliant run ten minutes later. The Colombian won the ball near the center circle, beat three Rapids defenders directly off the dribble and then took a quick shot from the left side of the penalty area for the match winner.
After the goal, FC Dallas was able to control much of the rest of the match to earn their first victory since a 2-1 win over Toronto FC on April 19.
It was a big win for the home side as they had been on an eight-game winless stretch, filled with a series of injuries, ejections and back-to-back road games complicating matters along the way.
The Rapids, on the other hand, came into the match on a good run of form. They also had some additional motivation in that Oscar Pareja, FC Dallas' head coach, worked his way out of the head coaching position with Colorado late in the off-season.
FC Dallas next head to Portland to take on the Timbers Wednesday night. Colorado return to action after the World Cup hiatus, taking on the Vancouver Whitecaps at home on June 28.
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|Deshorn Brown
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South Dakota Woman Dies from Crash Injuries
A Mitchell woman has died from injuries she sustained earlier this month in a two-vehicle crash near Plankinton, in Aurora County.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Shirley Marken , 78, was a passenger in a car driven by 79-year-old Richard Marken, also of Mitchell, on September 5.
The Markens were westbound on Old Highway 16 and approaching the intersection with U.S. Highway 281 east of Plankinton.
After stopping at a stop sign, troopers say Richard Marken drove into the intersection in front of a southbound semi-truck driven by 33-year-old Jacob Sawatzky of Rosenfield, Manitoba, Canada, and the vehicles crashed.
Shirley Marken received life-threatening injuries and was transported to a Mitchell hospital before being air lifted to a hospital in Sioux Falls.
She died from her injuries on September 16
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On Tuesday April 29, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-2 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate air pollution from power plants that cross state lines yet NBC and ABC failed to cover the story.
Despite the unprecedented ruling by the court, only CBS bothered to cover it, with Scott Pelley giving it a mere 22 seconds on the CBS Evening News on Tuesday night. Unlike the EPA ruling, all three networks provided extensive coverage of last week's Supreme Court ruling that voters could decide whether or not they want to limit the use affirmative action in their respective state. [See video of Fox News' coverage of the ruling below.]
In total, ABC, CBS and NBC provided more than 11 minutes of coverage for the affirmative action decision including four full reports across six broadcasts. NBC and CBS both featured the same teenage activist supporting affirmative action without mentioning that he was an activist. In fact CBS even highlighted Justice Sonya Sotomayor's "impassioned dissent" and ABC and NBC featured the same activist supporting affirmative action.
While CBS chose to highlight the dissent from a liberal justice it ignored Justice Antonin Scalia's blistering criticism of the EPA ruling in which he said "Too many important decisions of the Federal Government are made nowadays by unelected agency officials exercising broad lawmaking authority, rather than by the people's representatives in Congress.
While Pelley was the sole network anchor to mention the EPA ruling, unlike Fox News' Special Report, he failed to mention that the regulation is projected to cost power plant operators $800 million annually.
Here's how Pelley described the EPA ruling:
Today the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling in an environmental case. In a 6-2 decision, the justices upheld EPA rules that limit power plant pollution that blows downwind into neighboring states. Polluting states say the rules are an unfair economic burden but the EPA says they are necessary to protect health.


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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is often mischaracterized in the West as a moderate and force for change. While stylistically he may appear reasonable and forthcoming, he's a consummate insider who has been at the pinnacle of power most of his life, supporting extremist fundamentalist policies.
For 17 years Rouhani has been a member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the country's top decision-making panel that oversees defense and national security issues.
Rouhani was twice National Security Adviser to the President; Chief Nuclear Negotiator; Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Services; member of the Supreme Defense Council; Commander of the Air Defense Force; member of the Council of Experts; and five times an elected member of the Majlis, where he served as head of the Defense Committee.
Less well known is Rouhini's key role in supporting terrorism; his support for chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; how he duped the West when he was Iran's top nuclear negotiator; his early years as a fundamentalist activist and protege of Ayatollah Khomeini; and his hardline opposition to human rights, freedom, and democracy.
These issues and others are discussed on this website to provide a realistic appraisal of Rouhani and his true ambitions as President of Iran.


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It can be very tough for an entrepreneur to leave the work force and their baby behind in someone else's hands. For some their business might have been their occupation for decades and to make that transition over to the new lifestyle can be strange for some.
Planning an Entrepreneur's Retirement
This article is a reprint of Wise Bread's contribution to OPEN Forum from American Express -- where small business owners can get advice from experts and share tips with each other.
For many entrepreneurs, retirement is something to worry about down the road. Today, you've got enough on your plate; managing your business can easily occupy every spare moment you've got. But the sooner you can spend some time thinking about retirement, the better. Not only will you have more time to set aside savings for retirement, but you'll create more opportunities for yourself whether or not you actually retire on schedule.
Setting Aside Money for Retirement
While there are many ways running your own business differs from being an employee, the absence of a retirement plan can be a doozy. A 401(k) or similar retirement plan has become a fairly standard benefit for many employees. It makes the process of saving for retirement practically automatic — all an employee has to do is sign up for the program and a portion of their paycheck goes straight into the account. With payroll taxes and other deductions, some employees may not even notice. But the process is far more complex when you're on the other side of the equation. As a business owner, you have to take responsibility and actually do some retirement fund legwork if you want to have a retirement account.
There are a variety of tax-advantaged retirement savings plans available to business owners and the self-employed, which makes the process easier. Because of the tax advantages, it rarely makes more sense to invest money on your own for your retirement. However, every situation is different; you're going to have to do some research to find the solution that works for you. It can be tough to determine which plan helps you most in terms of taxes and which helps you most in terms of amassed retirement savings. Be sure to talk to a tax professional or a financial planner who can look at the specifics of your financial situation.
Your options include, but are not limited to:
- Simple IRA: If you employ fewer than 100 people per year, you can choose a Simple IRA. With this plan, you can save up to $11,500 per year. You can also make a Simple IRA plan available to your employees and contribute to their accounts as a benefit. However, if you use a Simple IRA, your options for additional retirement plans are limited.
- SEP IRA: Just like Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs are available to business owners and their employees. You can contribute up to 25 percent of an individual's compensation, provided that amount is under the cap of $49,000.
- Simple 401(k): In most ways, Simple 401(k) plans are identical to Simple IRAs. However, with a Simple 401(k), an account holder can take a loan against the account balance, which is not allowed under a Simple IRA plan.
- Single-participant 401(k): Provided that you don't have any employees, a single-participant 401(k) can be a good choice. It offers a higher limit for savings than a Simple IRA – up to $16,500 a year. You can also have your business make a tax-deductible contribution on your behalf of up to 25 percent of your compensation, with a ceiling of $49,000.
If you routinely work with an accountant or other financial professional to help you keep your business' affairs in order, that individual is likely the best starting point for determining what retirement plan is going to be the best choice for you and your business. After all, your business may wind up with additional financial and reporting obligations if you begin setting aside money in a retirement account. You don't want planning for the future to impact your company's present.
Making Your Business Your Retirement Account
Your business itself may provide for some or all of your retirement. When the time comes, you can sell the whole thing and use the proceeds to fund your ideal retirement. Or you can hire a manager to run the business while you continue to collect an income from it.
Or maybe you aren't excited about fully retiring from the company you've built over the years, but you recognize the fact that at some point you'll probably want to put in fewer hours each day. That means that you need to make sure that your business is ready for you to retire. Even if that day is a long time off, it's worth thinking about what your retirement is going to mean for your business. At the very least, consider what it's going to take for the business to run without you running it. No buyer will take on a business that absolutely requires the founder's presence — and most managers will be a little concerned about that prospect, too.
Even if you are considering this option, it's still a good idea to look at the formal retirement accounts discussed above. Having a retirement fund in place gives you more flexibility – your retirement does not depend solely on your ability to sell your business. By planning for your personal future as well as the future of your business, you'll simply have a little more security when retirement eventually does arrive.
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An earthquake (probably, though yesterday's killer quake's epicentre was far from this location; the local 'trigger' appears to have been associated seismic activity pushing up a 'mud volcano' with rock and associated methane) causes the formation of a new island in a day (there was a report on this on the BBC Six O'clock News, though I will need to watch it again on iplayer as I was very busy at the time, and it will also be on the ITV News at Ten). An earthquake - not a massive flood.
Yes - it must be another nail in the coffin of GRADUALISM (never mind the fact that this island will probably be - according to BBC TV News - just a temporary phenomenon).
They are already getting excited at the CMI Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/creationministries (where they are, apparently coincidentally, repeating their garbage about how geologists would wrongly assume Surtsey to be very old if they had not witnessed its formation)
This is how a fundamentalist 'know-it-all' bigot (initials PL) has approached the science behind either Surtsey or today's event or both:
"This news literally blows away evolution".
Proof positive that young earth creationists are ignorant, brainwashed, and deluded. Or simply liars.
According to an oceanographer quoted in the BBC News website article:
"The seabed near the Makran coast has vast deposits of gas hydrates, or frozen gas having a large methane content. These deposits lay compressed under a sediment bed that is 300m-800m thick. When the plates along the fault-lines move, they create heat and the expanding gas blasts through the fissures in the earth's crust, propelling the entire sea floor to the surface."


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Kalevala Jewelry's strong brand, enduring values and timeless tales are an excellent way of communicating the goals and image of your own company or organization. Kalevala Jewelry's own designers will design jewelry to order as business gifts or in honor of a special day. They will design individualized jewelry for the exclusive use by the customer, although many alternatives are also available from the existing collection.
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3 killed, 1 injured in crash with tractor-trailer
Police: Car collided with truck while going around curve
Three men died in a crash that closed roads in the Phoenix area for several hours Friday morning.
Baltimore County police said Daniel Kenneth Jagodzinski, 26, of Dundalk, lost control of the car he was driving shortly after 6 a.m. Friday in the 12600 block of Jarrettsville Pike. The car careened into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer hauling milk and turned over onto the driver's side.
Jagodzinski and a front-seat passenger, identified by police as Keith Sheldon Weimer Jr., 24, of Dundalk, were pronounced dead at the scene.
A back-seat passenger of the car, identified by police as Justin Christian Malone, 25, of Bel Air, was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 12:30 p.m.
The tractor came to a rest after colliding with a tree, and the tanker portion turned onto its left side, police said. The driver -- identified by police as Timothy Shawn Fitzgerald, 43, of Airville, Pa. -- was taken to Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. His condition was not immediately available.
A preliminary investigation revealed Jagodzinski was at fault, and that the road was wet in foggy conditions. Alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the incident, police said.
Officers closed several roads in that area to investigate, including parts of Jarrettsville Pike, Sunnybrook Road, Merrymans Mill Road and Blenheim Road.
|A prior version of this article based on a preliminary police report incorrectly stated the age of Mr. Jagodzinski, who is 26. This version is correct.


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Mortgage rates rise for third straight week
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose for a third straight week as new data showed a surprisingly strong pace of new-home sales last month. Rates still remain near historically low levels.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 4.37 percent from 4.33 percent last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage rose to 3.39 percent from 3.35 percent.
The report Wednesday from the Commerce Department boosted expectations that the spring home buying season will be solid enough to lift the overall economy.
Sales of new homes rebounded in January to the fastest rate in more than five years.
The strength in purchases followed a slowdown that had been linked to higher mortgage rates and severe winter weather.


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A market capitalization-weighted benchmark index made up of 400 securities with market values between $200 million and $5 billion.
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A stock index that tracks 400 publicly-traded companies with a medium amount of market capitalization. While not as well-known as the S&P 500 index, the S&P Midcap 400 is considered a leading index on mid-cap companies. Mid-cap SPDRs are depository receipts that track the S&P Midcap 400.