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Wheelchair video released
Albemarle County Police released the dash-cam video tape shot from the front of Officer Gregory C. Davis' patrol car when he struck wheelchair pedestrian Gerry Mitchell in a West Main Street crosswalk on November 5. In a brief press conference preceding the release, Albemarle County Police Lieutenant John Teixeira expressed the department's regret over the incident. "We're very sorry," he said, in what may be the only official apology Mitchell will receive. As shown in the video, Davis turns left on a green light and strikes Mitchell's chair, throwing the chair forward and Mitchell onto the street. A red "don't walk" symbol is visible. Within seconds, Davis and witness Ben Gathright rush to Mitchell's side, and quickly hoist him back into his chair. Mitchell, who is wheelchair bound because medication he takes to control AIDS has rendered his leg bones too brittle to support him, says he suffered a torn rotator cuff and possible fractures in his shoulder from being lifted. He was treated and released from UVA hospital the day of the accident, but was readmitted the following day in renal failure. On New Year's Day, he reentered UVA hospital in "terrible pain" and with swollen joints. Today, says Mitchell, doctors informed him he will soon be
transferred to a nursing home for at least three weeks while his medical team works to get his pain and swelling under control and regain movement in his arms and legs. While it was an Albemarle County Police officer who struck him, what happened after the accident added insult to injury. Charlottesville police, who investigated the accident, ticketed Mitchell while he was being treated in the UVA ER for failing to obey a pedestrian signal. Although the charges were eventually dropped, Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman refused to issue an apology and cited a technicality as the basis for the dismissal. Teixeira says the Albemarle County Police Department has learned a lesson from the incident– "to respond empathetically as soon as you can." Police policy prohibits officers from commenting on internal or external investigations, which Teixeira believes contributed to the community's feeling that the department was engaging in a cover-up or simply didn't care. "That's not the case," he said. Albemarle County's internal investigation into the incident will wrap in a couple of weeks, said Teixeira, who doesn't know whether any results will be made public. The release of the video, he said, is an effort to help people understand how the accident happened. "We're hoping by putting the video out," he said, "that people can make their own minds up." NOTE: Audio is original to the official police video. #
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Personally I think Kevin Cox should call Debbie Wyatt and see if she will come out of retirement long enough to handle this case for Mr. Mitchell. It's a win-win case for Mitchell and Wyatt.
hoo haa.. The bottom line is not the accident itself... it is the ticket and the circling of the wagons by the local PD. This is what is wrong with the system. No accountability to the people.
If the county had simply owned up to the FACT that Mr. Mitchell was in plain sight and had the Officer been 100% paying attention he would not have hit him then all of this hoopla could have been avoided. I avoid deer all of the time on Garth road even though I have the right of way and it is because I pay attention.
The county should have turned over it's insurance info like anybody else and let it play out. Thats what insurance is for.
The Officer should have stood up and admitted liability and if his superiors ordered him to shut up then he should have filed a complaint with his union.
The Police are losing the respect of the people because of their inability to accept responsibility for their mistakes.
The prosecuter needs to go also. I forget his name...Napoleon or something I think...
It's Karl Mansoor, not Monsoor. What was his beef?
The Albemarle County Police has a union?
quote "... circling of the wagons by the local PD.... The Police are losing the respect of the people because of their inability to accept responsibility for their mistakes."
I sure am glad to see I am not the only person who can clearly see this. Although The Hook has always taken the lead in reporting these less than favorbale police vs citizen incidents, the other media outlets have picked up on and started reporting them now. With the anonymous informants the media has within the police departments maybe the days of sweeping this stuff under the rug will finally come to an end.
Mark my words, it's just a matter of time before something like this happens in Charlottesville or Albemarle County:
2 Killed in Officer-Involved Crash in Maryland
Updated: January 9th, 2008 11:52 AM EDT
LARGO, Maryland -- Police are investigating a fatal multiple-vehicle crash involving a Mount Rainier police officer in Largo.
The crash happened just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Route 202 and Technology Way.
Witnesses said the crash was extremely violent. They said the Mount Rainier police cruiser was headed southbound on Route 202 at a high rate of speed when it tried to go around a stopped car in a right turn-only lane.
The cruiser then collided with a PT Cruiser that was headed northbound on Route 202 and was turning left onto Technology Way, News4's Tracee Wilkins reported.
Witnesses said the vehicles hit with such force that both went airborne upon impact.
Prince George's County police said that two women that were in the PT Cruiser were killed in the crash. The officer was injured. He is expected to be OK.
I read via Goolge that he voiced some complaints about management, they told him to shut up, and then it became a free speech issue. The appeals court ruled in his favor. I just wonder what the original beef was, but it's probably too inside & complicated to understand anyway. One of the court decisions even says "now, if this had been a racial issue, his speech would be protected, so..." Something like management deficiencies is harder for an outsider to get a handle on unless you know the people involved.
OK, if you insist on discussing it, this is what I have found on Google.
Albemarle County police officer Karl Mansoor has settled his lawsuit against Albemarle County, which alleged that his freedom of speech was violated. Mansoor filed the suit in 2000, claiming that Police Chief John Miller, then-Captain Doug Rhoads and deputy County Attorney Mark Trank violated his right to free speech by demanding that Mansoor refrain from criticizing the county in order to retain his job as a police officer. Mansoor, who had sought $633,000 in damages, has settled for an undisclosed sum. Mansoor claims that the county contines to bar him from speaking freely, and has filed another lawsuit for $250,000. Claudia Pinto has the story in today's Progress.
RICHMOND, Va. ¢Ã¢â??¬" Officials in Albemarle County were not protected by government immunity when they barred a county police officer from speaking against the county in 1998, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
A federal judge in Charlottesville ruled in favor of Officer Karl Mansoor in February 2002, calling a gag order imposed by county police after Mansoor criticized the county and police "excessive" and unconstitutional.
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the ruling, rejecting the county's arguments that Police Chief John Miller, former Capt. Richard Douglas Rhoads and Mark Trank, a county attorney, enjoyed qualified immunity that allowed them to implement the Plan of Assistance, which restricted Mansoor's speech pertaining to his job.
"But, in fact, matters 'relating to your employment' clearly can encompass matters of public concern. For example, the Plan apparently would restrict Mansoor's right to speak about perceived racial problems within the department, a right we have explicitly held to be of public concern," the three-judge appeals panel ruled.
U.S. District Judge James H. Michael Jr. has not determined the amount of damages to be awarded to Mansoor for violation of his First Amendment rights, the appeals court noted.
Mansoor's dispute with the police department began in 1997 when he started complaining about various police policies and publicly criticized the county executive and a proposed police pay plan at a Board of Supervisors meeting.
Mansoor said police began targeting him by denying him overtime work and training and ultimately helping to bring about a panic disorder. The officer took a 40-day medical leave and returned to work but was put on administrative duty because of his "impaired judgment and related behavior," the appeals court stated.
Following a department-requested psychological evaluation, Mansoor was allowed to return to work if he agreed to a plan that barred him from communicating with any "third parties" about anything "critical or negative towards the county executive, the chief of police ... or any other county official or employee."
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ¢Ã¢â??¬" Albemarle County police violated an officer's First Amendment rights when they barred him from criticizing the county, a federal judge ruled.
Police Chief John Miller and other officials had barred Officer Karl Mansoor from speaking out while on administrative leave.
But U.S. District Judge James H. Michael Jr. said in an opinion filed Feb. 5 that the gag order was excessive and "could potentially prohibit the plaintiff from telling his spouse about his day."
Mansoor's dispute with the department began in April 1997 when he criticized a proposed pay plan for the police department at a county Board of Supervisors meeting. He also accused County Executive Robert W. Tucker Jr. of making derogatory remarks about the police, which Tucker denied.
Mansoor said police targeted him after the meeting, denying him overtime work and training.
Mansoor began having panic attacks, which he said stemmed from work-related stress. Later that spring, Mansoor gave Miller a letter listing complaints and criticisms dating back to Mansoor's hiring in 1994.
Mark D. Obenshain, the attorney for Albemarle, said the county is considering appealing. He declined to say if Mansoor is still bound by the gag order.
"This case is not over," Obenshain said.
Former Officer Alleges Corruption in Albemarle County Police Department
February 27, 2006
Albemarle County, Virginia -- In a special in-depth report we reveal the story of one former Albemarle County police officer who says he was so distraught by the corruption in the department that he sued them, and won. He settled his most recent lawsuit this past December.
It sounds like something from a movie: taped conversations, plenty of courtroom drama and one officer blowing the whistle to fight for what he thought was right.
Karl Mansoor joined the Albemarle County Police Department in 1994. He was a patrol officer from Norfolk looking to settle down with his wife and seven children. He thought it was his dream job--but that soon became short-lived.
"I started noticing double standards within the department, and I started finding out and learning about cover-ups of inappropriate or criminal activity in the department," said Mansoor.
What first caught Mansoor's attention were rumors of a high-ranking female officer fondling teen-aged girls in the student explorers program. Concerned, Mansoor says he alerted Police Chief John Miller to other related incidents of sexual harassment. He promised an investigation, but Mansoor alleges that never happened.
"It seemed like he just didn't want to hear that information," said Mansoor.
That was only the beginning. Over the next few years, Mansoor claims he observed shooting cover-ups, witnessed suspect beatings and watched as the same officers involved were promoted. When he spoke up he says a superior officer threatened him.
"He said if I continued to associate with certain people, that was other people that were also speaking up about problems in the department, that I wasn't going to get anywhere in the department," explained Mansoor.
Mansoor wasn't ready to back down. In 1997, three years after he began, Mansoor took another route. He secretly began recording hours of conversations with Chief Miller and other high-ranking officers. In one conversation Mansoor confronts his then sergeant about being written up for not changing the oil in his police car, although he says no one else was.
(Audio Tape)
Karl: "I just wish that policies would be adhered to the same for everybody in the department.
Sergeant: "It's difficult for me to comment on that."
Karl: "I know."
"There was nothing that I couldn't do that I wouldn't get reprimanded for, even petty, petty things," said Mansoor.
Eventually though, the burden of knowing too much took its toll on Mansoor.
"I did tell the Chief that it was adversely affecting my health what I had been through and I felt that it was a work related concern. They took that opportunity to have me see a shrink," said Mansoor.
When Mansoor returned to work, he was forbidden to talk about anything negative concerning the police department. Mansoor says it was a violation of his first amendment rights, so he sued.
In 2002, he made headlines when a Federal Appeals court agreed with Mansoor. He won $180,000 dollars on behalf of the Albemarle County Police Department. During that suit, the chief never denied Mansoor's strong performance.
"I have never questioned Karl's service on the street,"said Chief Miller in one video deposition.
"He's a good officer?," asked Karl's attorney.
"I would say yes, he is," he replied.
Even after the suit, Mansoor continued working, but his problems only got worse.
"I guess lines were drawn and those that felt the same way that I did continued to be associated with me and supportive, where as those who decided they didn't want to speak up would limit their interaction with me," said Mansoor.
It got so bad, Mansoor says at times he was left without backup on calls. At this point he had enough. Feeling ousted by the same officers he once trusted, in 2004 Mansoor resigned and sued them once again--this time for forcing him out. This past December, they settled out of court for $200,000 dollars.
"Is it possible that some of the things that you've spoken about, maybe you exaggerated them a little bit?" asked reporter Sarah Batista.
"No I don't think I exaggerated them, if anything I...understated them. I was constantly trying to give people or incidents the benefit of the doubt," replied Mansoor.
Today, Mansoor is trying hard to move on with his family. He's working with a private security company. He's even considering writing a book about all of this and while the money he won in his lawsuit helped him financially, he says in the end it's not about the money. By telling his story he hopes the Albemarle County Police Department will, as he says, "clean up their act."
Mansoor stated, "I'd like to see officers treated fairly, and in terms citizens treated fairly, that's what I'd like to see."
The police department declined all requests for interviews, but in a statement released Monday Albemarle County Spokesperson Lee Catlin stated: "Mr. Karl Mansoor is a former county employee who has been involved in a number of matters of litigation against the county which have all been resolved. We don't have any additional comments on Mr. Mansoor's employment tenure or litigation issues at this time."
Now, SOTLR, after you win the Mitchell case, you'll be able to afford to be a cop. I'm sure Gary O'Connell would let you paint your police car any colors you like, as long as you pay for it. He might even promote you to the new assistant city manager's position so you can sit around all day trying to do exactly the same thing that Jim Tolbert is doing and has been doing for years, work with neigbhorhoods. And, unlike a police officer, you won't have to retire at 60. Beginning salary is advertised somewhere between $75K and $125K. Sounds good?
Come on CvilleEye, you're old enough to know many attorneys still take win-win cases on a contingency basis. The attorney's take of the damages awarded is usually 33% to 40%. If a jury awards Mitchell $2 million dollars, the attorney would get anywhere from $660,000 to $800,000. Mitchell would get the rest. And considering his injuries I don't think $2 million dollars is out of the question. Even when Mitchell gets out of the nursing home he will probably need home health care the rest of his natural life. Look how well the Gray murder by cop case paid the attorney. While the Gray family probably paid assorted costs and fees along the way, I suspect the case was pretty much on a contingency basis. The Mansoor cases were pretty much win-win cases and probably on a contingency basis from the very beginning too. Albemarle County probably thought they could put Mansoor and his family in the poor house before he could obtain any justice. The the police impersonation case was a win-win from the very beginning too. Had some rookie Albemarle cop arrest a Greene County deputy one evening. Sheriff Morris identified the deputy before warrants were even sought and sworn to in front of the magistate. This is why the 911 tapes were destroyed after a subpoena was issued for them. The county settled the lawsuits as soon as the judge set a jury trial date for the deputy's claims against Albemarle County. These lawsuits were on a contingency basis too. The list just goes on and on. It appears as if Albemarle County simply fights no-win lawsuits in hopes of the plaintiffs running out of money. That's my opinion. Of course the city does the same thing as well.
And SOTLR is starting a new, more-lucrative career.
Karl, sorry, forgot to put your secret code name, Sick Of The Local Rambos, that is better. I think you have outted yourself. Nice work on Camblos by the way
I guess I didn't mean SUE exactly. I mean, I hope you keep up pressure on this case and see it to the end even if this poor man is unable to due to his medical issues. He may need to drop it merely because he is otherwise overwhelmed by the consequences of this, not to mention his previous medical condition. I can see how the stress of it could be way too much to add. I hope someone else who is knowlegable in this area will carry the flag for him. I don't mean that you will sue and want $$ for yourself!
WTF? If the chief will give me one of the new black and white patrol cars when they get here (were suppose to be here in November of 2007), why would I need to pay to have one painted the color of my choice?
But hey, if I were to become the assistant city manger, could I fire the city manager? I will work for $10,00 a year if so.
No, you couldn't fire him, but you could document his sitting around doing nothing and give it to Council so that they could fire him and give Aubrey Watts his job. The City doesn't pay $10.00, you'll have to take the $100k.
By the way, I still can't believe a sworn law enforcement officer runs up and grabs the victim and manhandles him like this cop did. What the hell are they teaching in the police academies nowadays. I know they use to teach better than this. Has the quality of training gone down that far? WTF? :confused
They should be sorry. I am afraid this is the beginning of the end for Mr. Mitchell. I heard earlier today that he's going to end up in a nursing home now because he can't properly take car of himself after this crash? I don't think his prognosis looks good at all right now.
Yeah, the video helped me make up my mind. Any person who can't see a large wheelchair bound man in front of their bumper has no business driving a 4,500+ pound vehicle on the public highways. DMV needs to suspend this cop's driver's license until he can get in and have his peripheral vision checked. At worst, Albemarle County needs to take him out from behind the steering wheel until his peripheral vision is checked.
On another thread on this blog someone wrote that the mic in police cars comes on when the lights goes on so that may explain why the music suddenly becomes audible. Still, I want to know where it was coming from.
I want to know where the music was coming from. The music isn't audible on the video until just before the officer gets out of the car. Is this because the music was coming out of headphones and the mic in the car couldn't pick it up until he removed the headphones just before he got out of the car? Was he fooling around with his music instead of paying attention to his driving? Was he looking down at the gadget in his lap instead of watching where he was going? The police have said that he wasn't using a cell phone or laptop. Did they say anything about an iPod?
I wonder where was the bus?
The music gets louds when the officer turns his lights on. The mic inside the car comes on when the lights are activated. Don't trust what Sick Of The Local Rambos says about anything. If he is who I think he is then he just holds a grudge because he falsely thinks he was treated improperly by the local police. He thinks it is pathetic that local police only arrested one person on new years for DUI but I bet he didn't think that the local understaffed departments were to busy answering calls for service to even think about enforcing traffic laws. He is the one that is pathetic. Sick Of The Local Rambos GET A LIFE!!!!!
CVille, setting the significance of the origin of the music aside, the music itself sure proves the cop has bad taste. :)
Who the hell rides around in a cop car listening to "My Humps" on the radio? Damn good thing the radio station wasn't playing the explicit version of "My Humps".
JohnJ, there are no more Frank Serpicos out there. Officers are scared to death to expose anything to the public. They know it will cost them their jobs. Karl Monsoor was the closest thing we have ever had to a Frank Serpico in this area. And you saw what they did to him in return for trying to expose internal problems at the Albemarle County Police Department to the public. He was tossed out of the profession like last night's trash. At least the courts ruled in the lawsuits in Monsoor's favor and awarded him some compensation though. I hope he was awarded enough money to take care of his family and 6 or 7 children.
"I would never be eligible for jury duty then. Because I have already formed an opinion of any testimony offered by police officers."
If Frank Serpico were to testify in court in which you were on the jury, would you not believe him simply because he is a police officer?
He is the number one reason you cannot lump all in the same category
quote > "Keep making weak excuses and defending the indefensible and you'll get more of the same."
Trust me, it's hard for most people to care until something like this affects a family member or close friend. If this had been one of Golfer's parents in the wheelchair he would be screaming very loudly for somebody's head to roll too. Especially since this seems to appear as if it's the beginning of the end for Mr. Mitchell.
I've said it once before, I will say it again. What goes around comes around. The best recent example in law enforcement was when that county cop Gluba shot his neighbor's dog for trespassing. He beat the animal cruelty charge because nobody read him his rights. You would think a sown cop would already know his rights. Just another case where the cops were protected. Wasn't long after that Gluba's dog was shot and killed. What goes around comes around.
Those of you who want to be on the jury, you won't be. You've already formed an opinion.
I will say it again, the court will decided how much the County, the City and Mr. Mitchell is at fault. The rest is just hot air. That is, if there isn't some prior settlement.
Officer Gregory C. Davis is clearly negligent in striking Gerry Mitchell.
It won't help Gerry in the short term, but please vote for Ron Paul in the Virginia primary on February 12th. Lets begin the long journey to make our public servants answerable to the people.
quote "Those of you who want to be on the jury, you won't be. You've already formed an opinion."
I would never be eligible for jury duty then. Because I have already formed an opinion of any testimony offered by police officers. :)
"An unforseen event that occurs without anyone's fault or negligence" according to Kevin that is the definition of an accident............
Now, I normally don't post in these things and I feel that what happened to Mr. Mitchell is terrible but the crosswalk light was red. He should not of been crossing in the cross walk. If it we're me and I had the Green Light to turn, I would have gone. Let's be honest, can you really say that you look behind you to confirm that someone is not using the crosswalk, especially when they shouldn't be.
What I hope comes of this is the County's and Resident's awareness of pedestrians and the need for safer walking places. I would love to be able to walk/run or ride my bike to work everyday but the sad fact is I do not feel safe on the roads. Fixing that problem is what everyone should be working on.
colfer, while most of what I know is hearsay from his fellow officers that were extremely upset at the way Mansoor was treated, I don't think it needs to be rehashed here. Let's just leave it that the courts ruled in Mansoor's favor in several lawsuits. And awarded him damages in all. In other words, his beefs were legitimate. Unless you feel he's another O J Simpson and got by with murder. :)
(ps - For the record, and since I brought the subject up in a comical sort of way, the jury said O J was not guilty. I stand behind their decision because we supposedly have the best criminal justice system in the world.)
I agree with Debbie Wyatt, as quoted earlier, there is ZERO chance that that accident would not have been ticketed to the driver if he was not a police officer. ZERO chance. I am quite sure that he didn't MEAN to do it, and his actions to help, while medically unsound and surprisingly cavalier, were surely well-intentioned as well. That is NOT the point. He was at fault and should be ticketed, so that claims can be filed against Albemarle county for medical expenses and etc. Without that ticket, AC has said I believe it will not accept responsibility and will not assume medical costs. I hope they are taken to court. It looks to me like he was 3/4 of the way across the intersection when he was hit. You are completely and utterly RECKLESS if you turn through an intersection without checking first that it is clear. He didn't come out of nowhere! When you are turning, you look where you are GOING, not straight ahead like the webcam does. He was moving slowly across the intersection, a big man in a big wheelchair. This was reckless driving, very clearly. Albemarle and Charlottesville need to both take their lumps and fix this.
Kevin, I hope you sue somehow if this poor man is unable to.
What a PR nightmare. Between this and that Charlottesville cop assaulting and arresting that couple on the mall. For shame!
I'm not suing anyone!
I can't speak for others, butI wouldn't be surprised if City and County governments look back some day and wish they had settled early.
I really would like to know the real reason that the city ticketed Gerry Mitchell and Debbie Hamlin. What both of them are "alleged" to have done, ignore a pedestrian signal, happens countless times daily and people aren't ticketed. The police witness these incidents and don't do anything. Yet when two people, both disabled and in wheelchairs, get hurt, our police write them tickets. I see a complete lack of compassion or reason. It's as if they were both punished by the police for getting hurt. Both people have suffered in these accidents and then had their suffering and anxiety pointlessly increased by the police. No good will come of the ticketing of these two people. It shouldn't have ever happened.
If Kevin can sue, I want to be in on it, too. I don't see why he should be the only one to get the money. I believe, if the court awards medical expenses, the award would go to Medicaid for reimbursement.
Actually, I think I am going to apply to be a city cop. I would like to sport about in one of the new paint scheme patrol cars the city police has on order.... black & white.
It's not bad enough our taxes are already so high. Now we have to pay the extra bucks per car to have the two color scheme on our local city police cars so the rookies can look cool while running over pedestrians with 'em!
And who's going to pay her, Kevin Cox or Mr. Mitchell?
I do not know who you are but please be aware that if I have something to say, and if I believe it should be stated in any type of public forum or if my statement is a matter of public concern, I will not speak or write anonymously. If I have something to say, people will know that it comes from me. That has been my practice and it will continue to be as well. You will not find me making random, or relevant, anonymous statements of any kind.
Thank you,
Karl Mansoor
WTF? Kathy thinks I am Karl Mansoor? It's times like this I feel like identifying myself, but the cops caution us to never submit personal information on the web.
And as far as the Camblos thing... Chief Miller, Rhodes and all the rest of the little band of (whatever) couldn't tell Karl to shut up or penalize him in any manner during the election. I love it!
quote "I agree with Debbie Wyatt, as quoted earlier, there is ZERO chance that that accident would not have been ticketed to the driver if he was not a police officer. ZERO chance."
Debbie has practiced law in this area for a very long time. Ans she was extremely good at what she did. I agree you can take anything she says to the bank! For example, had it been Mr. Gathright that hit Mr. Mitchell, there's no doubt in my mind he would find himself hiring an attorney and going to court on reckless driving charges.
Accidents happen, I could have made the same mistake. I also would give a pass for helping him back into the wheelchair. If he was ok with the help then it was best to trust his judgement about his own well being.
Where I have a problem is how it was handled. Hopefully the Police will realize that their "policy" of not commenting needs to be suspendable when nessasary to keep the confidence of the people.
....and I hope chapman,an gets voted out of office for his bad attitude.
What is the significance of the origin of the music?
The origin of the music may be of no significance but then again it may be relevant. He could have been distracted while selecting the tune on the device that was providing the music. He must have been doing something because he sure wasn't paying attention to his driving. If he had been paying attention this inexcusable "accident" wouldn't have happened.
Oh by the way, a number of Freedom of Information requests for the video were sent to the police. I don't think the video would have been released if those requests had not been sent. They didn't release the video because they wanted to, they released it because they had to. Once the charges were dropped on January 3rd they could no longer keep it and they had to release it. Even then though, they waited and had to be prodded again.
Hey Sick- Obviously you are familiar with the song and its name so don't rush to judgment. You are freaking pitiful. I look at the times that you post on here and cvillenews and obviously you don't have a life because you are so eaten up with this story and others that involve law enforcement. You have a hard-on for law enforcement and that is clear. Someone mentioned on here awhile back that you used to work for the city police and got canned and have an axe to grind. I am starting to believe this statement. Maybe that explains all the free time?? Oh, and I will post with my real name.
Eric Mitchell
Cville, VA
If my memory is correct the previous reports were that the officer jerked him back into this chair, but in the video it appears the officer and witness placed him back into the pretty gently considering his size. Mr. Mitchell also did not show movements objecting being put back into the chair and they immediately moved him out of traffic into a safer location. I agree that medical precautions would call for immobilization in lieu of moving a victim, but I did not see anything outrageous and the officer's actions appeared to be in an effort to protect Mr. Mitchell from further potential injury.
I am glad the Police Department released the video and believe that the release will paint a more positive picture regarding the accident and officer's actions and dispel a lot of misinformation and conjecture that has been published in the local media.
Sick of The Local Rambos, get a life...and maybe a job to occupy your time?
Kevin Cox, as usual you reach long and hard to find fault with the local police departments. Have you ever considered this unfortunate circumstance as being simply a traffic accident? I haven't seen you charge with such veracity regarding the many other accidents in our community.
As a county resident, I find that the police departments do a pretty good job regarding accidents, considering the number of hours that they are on the highways and streets of our community, keeping us safe. They are human and traffic accidents will happen as a result. Have you not ever been involved in an accident where you were deemed at fault..cited or not? I find your postings to be very presumptuous and prejudiced.
Sorry, just my opinion and that's what great about being an American. We can exchange ideas and agree to disagree.
"Accident" is a weak excuse that I wouldn't make for myself if I had been the driver. It was a stupid thing to let happen and he and the county should do what's right and take responsibility for what happened. Instead they play games with some one elses life. As another police officer said to me, "He should have been charged with reckless driving." Anybody else would have been charged.
We have a right and a need to hold our police to a high standard. This whole thing stinks and is of the lowest order. Keep making weak excuses and defending the indefensible and you'll get more of the same.
The legal definiton of accident: "An unforsreen event that occurs without anyone's fault or negligence." This incident could have been pervented but the driver was not paying attention and so he was negligent. It was not an accident. It was the result of inattention and negligence. He should have been charged.
quote "Someone mentioned on here awhile back that you used to work for the city police and got canned and have an axe to grind. I am starting to believe this statement."
Once again, I have never worked for the police department. Some people here sit back and laugh at people like you, because they know who I am while you guys guess at motives. Have fun. :)
quote "Let's be honest, can you really say that you look behind you to confirm that someone is not using the crosswalk, especially when they shouldn't be."
What are you talking about? Mr. Mitchell was in front of the cop car in clear peripheral view, not behind the car. The cop wasn't backing up.
What is all this "Get A Life, Get A Job" foolishness? I am on the clock right now. Riding down the street and surfing the Internet. There's wireless Internet all over this city.
The only difference between myself and cops seems to be I can chew bubble gum and drive at the same time without running over pedestrians and wheelchair bound individuals in crosswalks.
I do want everybody to know though, I can get off from work long enough to do jury duty when Mr. Mitchell sues the cops. I won't even really need any notice, just call me up. :)


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Funny you should say that..... I had been thinking 70-200 mm but going off the idea.So I'm wondering, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM or (for the flexibility) 100-400mm EF f4.5-5.6 L IS USM.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=124270\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I have a 70-200 Nikkor on a D200 and even with the crop frame, I'm frequently wishing for more reach. The 5D is full-frame, right? If you can afford it, the 100-400 would be a powerful tool. I often find a long lens more useful for landscapes than a short one, but that's just me.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=124459\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Copy that! I had a Nikkor 70-200 on my late lamented Nikon F3 back in the 80s. Before I bought it, I thought it would be the Nirvana of reach, but in practice it wasn't. So the Canon 100-400 looks like the front runner at the moment. It has had mixed reviews but MR likes it and reading round, there are enough people who rate it to reassure me it's a worthwhile choice.Bag-wise, I think I'd be able to get my kit into a Lowepro trecker 300 AW, so that's me done. Thank you.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=124482\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I'd go for the 100-400. It doesn't compare IQ-wise to Canon's big 400 f/2.8 or 500 f/4 but it's versatile, easy to travel with (since you come from UK). A 70-200 will be a bit short for wildlife.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=124493\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
and also be sure to get a beanbag for shooting from the car window or roof. www.toulme.net[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=124578\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

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Givat Shmuel, Israel – June 22, 2011 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT) announced today that its reseller Saeilo Japan will demonstrate the latest CimatronE CAD/CAM suite at the Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo (DMS), highlighting new capabilities including background calculations, motion simulation and PMI enhancements.
CimatronE is a CAD/CAM software solution for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts that covers the entire manufacturing process from quoting to delivery.
The newest version of CimatronE (version 10) introduces powerful enhancements for mold makers, die makers, and manufacturers, providing exceptional value for current customers as well as extensive competitive benefits for new customers in a single integrated solution. The new version delivers new functionality and improvements across the entire CimatronE suite, in the areas of quoting, tool design, drawing, and NC programming.
The release of CimatronE 10 will introduce background calculations. This means that there will be no need to wait for toolpath processing to finish, as users will be able to continue normal work on a project while the computer calculates procedures in the background.
As a result of this capability, users will experience an immediate increase in productivity. While a rough calculation for an area is being calculated, users will be able to start work on a second rough, or on a procedure for a different area of the part. Users will also be able to verify, simulate and generate G-code for existing procedures and make changes to geometry in the CAD environment. Users will also be able, as before, to open several different sessions of CimatronE simultaneously.
The new version also includes built in motion simulation and analysis. Identifying errors before any machining or tryouts take place is one of the ways in which CimatronE's 3D solution shortens delivery times and reduces costs. The new motion simulator will allow CimatronE tool designers to test the efficacy of their tool design, isolating collisions and other problems at an early stage.
Product Manufacturing Information capabilities were introduced in an earlier version of CimatronE, allowing users to store Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) annotations including dimensions and other details. In this version, users will also be able to read PMI information from a larger selection of CAD systems and will be able to store a larger range of information as PMI annotations.
The DMS tradeshow will take place in Tokyo, Japan, starting June 22nd. CimatronE will be showcased in Saeilo Japan's booth, which is located in hall 2, booth 8-20.
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With over 28 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
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David's Victories. 1a After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its towns away from the Philistines. 2He also defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's subjects, paying tribute.
3David then defeated Hadadezer, king of Zobah, toward Hamath, who was on his way to set up his victory stele at the river Euphrates. 4David captured from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left one hundred for his chariots.b 5The Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, but David also defeated twenty-two thousand of their men in Aram. 6Then David set up garrisons in the Damascus region of Aram, and the Arameans became David's subjects, paying tribute. Thus the LORD made David victorious in all his campaigns.
7David took the golden shields that were carried by Hadadezer's attendants and brought them to Jerusalem. 8David likewise took away from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, large quantities of bronze; Solomon later used it to make the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.c
9When Tou, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, 10he sent his son Hadoram to wish King David well and to congratulate him on having waged a victorious war against Hadadezer; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. He also brought gold, silver and bronze articles of every sort.d 11These also King David consecrated to the LORD along with all the silver and gold that he had taken from the nations: from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
12Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, also defeated eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.e 13He set up garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. Thus the LORD brought David victory in all his undertakings.
David's Officials. 14f David was king over all Israel; he dispensed justice and right to all his people. 15Joab, son of Zeruiah, was in command of the army; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was chancellor;g 16Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests;* Shavsha was scribe;h 17Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were the chief assistants to the king.* i
* [18:16] Zadok…and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests: emendation—the Masoretic text here reads "Abimelech," not "Ahimelech"; but 2 Sm 8:17, the Chronicler's source, has "Ahimelech." See note there.
* [18:17] Chief assistants to the king: according to 2 Sm 8:18, the Chronicler's source here, David's sons were priests. The Chronicler's modification reflects his conviction that only Aaron's descendants could be priests.
b. [18:4] 2 Sm 8:14; Jos 11:6, 9.
c. [18:8] 2 Sm 8:8; 1 Kgs 7:15, 23, 27.
e. [18:12] 2 Sm 8:13; 2 Kgs 14:7.
g. [18:15] 1 Chr 11:6; 2 Sm 8:16; 1 Kgs 4:3.
h. [18:16] 1 Chr 24:3, 6, 31; 2 Sm 8:17.
i. [18:17] 1 Chr 11:22; 2 Sm 8:18; 1 Kgs 1:38, 44.
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In colloquial German, you can say something to the effect of
Would it be an idea to move the bike shed a bit to the left?
and it is immediately understood that "an idea" is supposed to mean "a good idea".
I tend to use this "an idea" in my English conversations as well, but I am unsure about its validity. Sure, it's never a problem to understand what is meant, but is it commonly used and good style?
Googling seems to suggest that it indeed is valid and relatively broadly used. Is this true? Is it, like in German, a more colloquial thing?
Edit: Note that I am specifically asking about the use of "an idea" instead of "a good idea".


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Diving & Marine Conservation Volunteering in Thailand - Monthly Updates
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Conservation in Thailand - Monthly Update May 2008
May has been a strange month for the project here in Krabi in that for one week in the middle of the month we had no volunteers. In my two years here we have not had this situation, although there was a time in September last year when we only had one volunteer for three days. The gap, however, has given Marie, Knot and myself the chance to develop certain parts of the project further and plan for the busy summer months, as well as taking a welcome couple of days holiday. So, I'll write this update in two halves, beginning with a description of the live-aboard that Marie mentioned in April's update, and ending with the arrival of the new volunteers and what they have been up to in their first few days here.
May began with 3 days aboard the Navada over at Phi Phi, with a national TV crew from Channel 9 making a documentary about our conservation activities with the aim of raising awareness about the marine environment. This was obviously a cause for excitement and a certain apprehension as most of us had never been on television before. We had planned to show as many activities as possible for the camera to get a broad view of what the project is all about.
The first day started by loading huge quantities of food and all sorts of equipment on to the bus, then on to two longtail boats and lastly on to the Navada, which was quite a feat in itself. We also swung by the fisheries department in Ao Nam Mao to collect 600 Yellowtail damselfish (Pomacentrus auriventris), 900 Bengal sergeants (Abudefduf bengalensis) and 50 seahorses (Hippocampus spp.). Our first destination was Viking Cave on Phi Phi Lei where we released half of the fish on to parts of the reef, and half the seahorses on to Gorgonian sea fans which are their preferred habitats. Whilst moving to our second release site at Losama Bay in the south of the island, we spotted a pod of dolphins which stayed near the boat for a good ten minutes, elegantly surfacing and allowing the camera man excellent opportunity to get some good footage.
At Losama Bay we took the remaining fish and seahorses down with us, and released them in the underwater canyon of the island in the bay. We also spotted several Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS) but did not have the right equipment to remove them, so we planned to return on the third day to collect them. Unfortunately, the wind had picked up by then preventing us making it down to Losama Bay again; we are aware of their presence so when we get a chance, we will make it a mission to do a COTS clean-up there in the near future. We stayed in the bay for another hour whilst some of us jumped into the sea again to collect large amounts of floating litter from the surface, mainly plastic and polystyrene; all very lightweight but we collected so much it amounted to 10kg.
We ended the first day by a night dive at Monkey Bay, where we had anchored for the night. It was the volunteers' first night dive, and quite a good one as night dives go; we saw a Giant barracuda (Sphyraena jello) hunting, a couple of hermit crabs, a lionfish (Pterios spp.) and a small ribbon eel swimming in midwater, beautifully illuminated by our torches, though we were not able to work out what species.
After a thankfully dry night either in hammocks or on mats under the stars, we woke with the sunrise, jumped off the boat for a morning swim and got started on the day's diving. The plan for the second day was to show the TV crew the artificial reef and coral nursery that Phuket Marine Biological Centre has developed over the last three years. We are helping PMBC maintain the nursery by cleaning the trays on which the corals are growing, and by measuring the coral fragments every two months, so we carried out some of this work on the first dive. The second dive was a salvage dive, again at Viking Cave, with the mission of raising three large collapsed fish traps that Ban Gao had spotted on previous dives. We went down with the plastic bags we had released the fish from, split into three teams and swam to our allocated fish trap where we tied on the bags and inflated them with air, sending them to the surface where a couple of snorkelers pulled them back to the boat. The last dive of the day was at Hin Dot, a submerged rock between Phi Phi Don and Lei. Though it was essentially a fun dive, we did remove bits of fishing net and line whenever we came across some. We saw a couple of leopard sharks and Mon spotted five leopard shark eggs (mermaid's pouches) attached by fibrous strands to corals. This is obviously a very encouraging sign in terms of marine conservation, and for the leopard shark population in the area.
The third day started by some divers going down again at Hin Dot to remove an anchor spotted the day before. This time a BCD was attached and inflated to lift it to the surface as it weighed around 60kg. We then went back to Monkey Bay for a very shallow dive collecting vast quantities of rubbish that had collected there over the last few months. There was so much we had to use dive kit bags instead of the usual net salvage bags; there were large numbers of glass bottles and all sorts of other items of debris including a motorbike helmet and a large sheet of fiberglass. After bagging and weighing it all we went straight to the boat responsible for collecting the rubbish from Phi Phi and transporting it back to the mainland, and unloaded it all far more easily than taking it back to shore ourselves as it weighed 130kg. This brought the total amount salvaged over the three days to 280kg, which is higher than any previous month since we began keeping records; the previous record was 243kg in December 2007 so it was clearly a fantastic cleaning effort by everyone on the live-aboard.
Our last dive of the trip was at Koh Yung, where I was training the volunteers in marine animal identification. After the TV crew had filmed the underwater fish family signals being demonstrated, they then swam off to look for sea wasps which can sometimes be found in the sand at this site. I have never seen one before, but they were lucky enough to find one and film it crawling along the seabed; footage they showed us all with great pride as seamoths are quite bizarre-looking benthic fish that 'walk' on their pelvic fins with their large pectoral fins spread like wings. The first half of the documentary was aired on the 1st June and the second is showing next Sunday, though at 6.30am; we have been promised a copy of it on dvd so I am really looking forward to watching it when it arrives.
That we had no volunteers in the middle of May was very fortunate as this was the exact time that the monsoon changed direction and the low season kicked in. For ten days the winds and rains picked up and there was no way that we could have gone diving, even by longtail. Marie and I took the opportunity to visit Koh Jum, a very undeveloped island in the south of Krabi province that has no mains electricity nor cars, only dusty roads with motorbikes. I had been contacted by a Canadian who is building some beach villas there and has developed a scheme whereby after every sale of a villa, he invests a certain percentage into the local island community. He had read an article in the Krabi magazine about our school conservation camps, and wanted to establish an environmental awareness-raising programme on the island. We went across to plan a three day trip there with the volunteers in early July to do a workshop with two schools and a big beach clean on the third day; it's taking shape to be a fun and productive three days.
The first activity which the new volunteers took part in was to walk around Ao Nang, distributing the reef awareness posters that volunteers designed in March and April. We split into two groups and visited hotels asking them to put the posters up in prominent places. The poster was generally received very positively with many managers saying that it was good that we were doing this kind of thing. We are planning to laminate the remainder of the posters and give them to the big dive boats to pin up for the tourists to read on their way to dive and snorkel sites.
We've had four diving days in the second half of May, which have been taken up by fish and coral identification training. Marie and I have also finished the reef monitoring training manual, so the volunteers here now are the guinea pigs for this. They are reading this and learning survey and identification techniques, whilst at the same time making notes of minor improvements we can make to the manual before producing the final laminated version. They are also the first volunteers to take the slide show identification tests that Marie and I have developed to ensure accuracy of data collection during surveys. Daan and Robyn took two of the tests recently and, though finding them quite hard, they scored impressively, which is very encouraging as it shows our training methods work well. During the dives we've spotted both juvenile phases of the Many spotted sweetlips, a school of Yellowtail barracuda, a Khul's stingray gracefully 'flying' through the water, a shy Tigertail seahorse, a Globe sea urchin, two Banded seasnakes, a Raggy scorpionfish, a Black and white jorunna (nudibranch species), and a Comet. This last fish was one that I have never seen before, and after looking it up in the book we established that it was a male guarding its eggs in a small cave.
We have not had any more salvage dives since the live-aboard at the beginning of the month, but after beating the monthly weight record in three days, I think this is fair enough. We will get out again sometime in June once the volunteers are trained past advanced diver level. Also, due to the unusual schedule this month we have only had one beach clean-up at Andaman beach where we collected 68.5kg of rubbish, including a wide variety of unusual items such as a urine sample bottle, a plastic toy squid, ten toothpaste tubes, a regulator mouthpiece, a rusty knife, and a wine glass and champagne bottle (unfortunately empty!).
We've also had two days in the mangroves where the volunteers have been helping the community at Baan Thung Prasan to build a nursery for the mangrove seeds collected in April. The first day involved clearing and flattening land, then constructing a wooden frame to keep the soil bags in place. The following day, the volunteers helped the villagers move all the soil-filled bags from the community learning centre and other locations to the newly-built nursery. The village leader, Khun Phairot, also invited us to join him and a group of villagers and students in planting mangrove saplings on World Environment Day on 5th June, so we will definitely be going along to that event.
So, that's the round up of May's activities and achievements, and we head into June with volunteer numbers beginning to pick up again though staying at around five until the onset on the first 2 week summer programme which starts in mid July. I, however, will not be around for this as I finish my contract as Conservation Director on 20th June, and return to the UK for whatever life has in store for me there. This means that this is my last monthly update for the project and Marie will be taking over from me as Director. I wish her all the best and have confidence in her abilities to develop the project further in the future.
Click here and see our graphs of the amount of rubbish the volunteers have collected from the reefs and beaches here in Ao Nang in May 2008 - impressive work.
Click here and see our graphs of the amount of rubbish the volunteers have collected from the reefs and beaches here in Ao Nang over 2007 - impressive work.
Marten Meynell
3rd June 2008
Director for Thailand Conservation
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Being a Pivot means pair programming 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. If you've never paired before that might sound crazy, but ask any Pivot and they will tell you how incredibly awesome it is! If you can't find a Pivot nearby to buy a beer and pick their brain on how full-time pairing works, check out this video of John Foley talking at RubyKaigi 2013 about his experiences pairing at Pivotal Labs.
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Pair programming shares a similar philosophy with Ruby- the focus is on people solving problems for other people, not the machine. I want to share my experiences with pair programming and how it helped me become a better engineer, enjoy coding more, and maybe even grow as a person.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices will scale back on purchases from manufacturing partner GlobalFoundries Inc in 2013, helping the struggling microprocessor company conserve cash as the personal computer market continues to decelerate.
A distant runner-up to Intel Corp, AMD is trying to raise capital and arrest steep declines in revenue alongside the declining PC market, on which it depends for the lions' share of its revenue.
It divulged plans last month to sell and lease back its campus in Austin, Texas, to raise cash and fund its chipmaking business.
On Thursday, AMD said it had struck a deal with GlobalFoundries to amend its existing wafer supply agreement with the foundry, which was created mainly by spinning off AMD's manufacturing operation.
Under a third amendment to the agreement, AMD will lower wafer purchase commitments for the fourth quarter of 2012 to about $115 million, and for fiscal 2013 to $1.15 billion.
Along with lowered payments for research and development, the agreement with the foundry partner should allow AMD to return to free cash flow generation by the second half of 2013, the company said in a statement.
Chief Executive Rory Read has said he does not expect the PC market, which accounts for about 85 percent of AMD's business, to recover for several quarters.
The growing popularity of Apple's iPad and Google Inc Android devices have sapped demand for PCs. With Chinese and European economic growth slowing and the U.S. recovery tepid, global PC shipments are expected to decline slightly this year - the first annual drop since 2001.
AMD, one of Silicon Valley's oldest chipmakers, has been laying off engineers while looking for new markets and trying to slow the pace at which it burns through cash. Its cash declined by $279 million in the third quarter to $1.48 billion, and the company has reduced its "optimal" cash target to $1.1 billion from $1.5 billion.
AMD's shares held steady at $2.34 in after-hours trade.
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Baltic states
Baltic states are three countries in Northern Europe at the eastern side of the Baltic Sea and at the southern side of Gulf of Finland. Baltic countries are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Lithuanian and Latvian people speak Baltic languages and Estonian people speak Finnic language.
By their culture and history Baltic countries are close to Nordic countries. The biggest difference in the history was that Baltic countries were occupied by Soviet Union while Nordic countries (with the exception of Karelia, a part of Finland) were not occupied. Baltic countries had their freedom back when the Soviet Union came to an end. Today the Baltic countries are some of the richest and most advanced of those countries that were part of Soviet Union.
Paganism was the religion of Baltic people before most of them took Christianity long, long ago. Baltic paganism never died out and some people are still pagans.
All three Baltic states became members of the European Union and NATO in 2004, joined Schengen Area in 2007.


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Robert K. Massie, whose "Peter the Great" won a Pulitzer Prize 30 years ago, is about as comfortable a biographer as I know.
He never seems flustered or tied down to academic details. He's got his sympathies in place and a story to tell. His simple and straightforward thesis? "[Catherine] and Peter the Great tower in ability and achievement over the other fourteen tsars and empresses of the 300-year Romanov dynasty." Elizabeth I of England, meanwhile, was "the only woman to equal [Catherine] on a European throne."
While Massie is smitten with Catherine (1729-1796), who "beneath her title and her diamonds ... was only a little German girl brought to Russia for the sole purpose of providing the son of the house with an heir," the reader, sympathetic or not with some of the grown-up empress's pragmatic inaction and actions, will always be fascinated. That she wrested the crown of all Russia from her husband, Peter III, and with the help of her lover placed it on her own head, and then tried to keep it from her son's head and place it on her grandson's, is forgivable – or at least, understandable – in the context of the Sopranos-style skullduggery and double-crosses and murders that characterize royal history.
Maybe all idealized politicians, from Peter the Great to Lincoln to Lenin to Obama, disappoint when we realize that they're playing the dirty game of politics. And then we humbly resign ourselves to witnessing the exciting and fateful contests.
Massie is so familiar with the figures of the Russian court that he (and consequently we) never feel lost. Among the personalities he presents, the Empress Elizabeth, Peter the Great's daughter, is especially engaging. She had been placed on the throne through a coup that imprisoned the "rightful" tsar, the infant Ivan VI, and for the next 20 years indulged herself in privilege, a couple of wars, and fitful slackness (she habitually put off governmental business). She proved a positively queenly ruler, but was childless, so she coerced one of Peter's grandsons, Peter III, to leave his beloved German state of Holstein and come to Russia and marry and impregnate the German princess Sophia (renamed Catherine by Elizabeth). Contrary to the amusing and kitschy Josef von Sternberg movie of Catherine's life, "The Scarlett Empress," starring Marlene Dietrich, Peter III was not a half-wit. Peculiar, yes, but he had plenty of marbles and being Lutheran and culturally German, his distaste for Russian customs and religion are understandable.
From girlhood to power-player, Catherine is ever interesting and intelligent; she's usually likable though not necessarily admirable. The basis of the first half of Massie's biography is Catherine's own memoir. She wrote lucidly and remarkably candidly about her miserable life as the wife of Peter III, who it seems never once slept with her: "Never did two minds resemble each other less. We had nothing in common in our tastes or ways of thinking.... I was constantly left to myself and suspicions surrounded me on all sides."
Bookworms, however, always have some consolation, as Catherine would observe in her self-penned epitaph: "Eighteen years of boredom and loneliness gave her the opportunity to read many books." Peter, an adolescent himself when he arrived in Russia and perhaps the victim of a penile condition that made sex painful, preferred playing toy-soldiers in bed: "The absurdity of what they were doing, often until two in the morning, sometimes made Catherine laugh, but usually she simply endured." Eventually, with impatient foster-grandma Elizabeth's knowledge or indifference, Catherine took a court chamberlain as a lover and became pregnant with Paul, who was legally regarded as Peter the Great's great-grandson.
Once Catherine gave birth, she was treated as if she had lost her use and was only rarely allowed to see her son: "For ten years [Elizabeth] had been keeping [Catherine and Peter] at the expense of the state. Thus, the child, required for reasons of state, created by her command, was now, in effect, the property of the state – that is, of the empress."
It's important to remember that Catherine herself had no legal or blood-relation claim on the throne – but when has fact ever hindered political ambition? Upon Elizabeth's death, Peter III made one botch after another, the main one being that he never stopped thinking of himself as German and the disciple of Frederick the Great of Prussia, with whom the Russians were at war. Peter III immediately tried to refashion the army in the Prussian military image and boldly challenged the privileges and abuses of the Orthodox church.
Catherine, meanwhile, had in the eyes of the Russian court been doing almost everything right. She had learned Russian and, though an Enlightenment freethinker, had converted to Russian Orthodoxy and become Russian enough so that after only six months of her husband's rule the people and the church supported a coup by the army, led by the warrior family of Orlovs (Catherine would have a son by one of them), and forced Peter to abdicate. Frederick the Great, shaking his head in disgust at Peter's behavior, remarked, "He allowed himself to be dethroned like a child being sent to bed."
Peter begged his wife to let him and his girlfriend return to Holstein; instead, Catherine kept him locked up until one of the Orlov brothers "accidentally" killed him. Catherine got herself crowned Empress, despite the fact that her son had been designated the heir-apparent by Empress Elizabeth. Once Ivan VI was also murdered in a failed rescue attempt, Catherine felt relatively secure, notwithstanding her nervousness about her son's eagerness to rule. (Yes, more crime-family flashbacks.)
After becoming empress, Catherine was too busy working to spare much time for her serial lovers, whom she disposed of as nicely and comfortably as a fond aunt would. Her three children were fathered by three impressive beloveds. Only later, when she was older and less attractive and had less need to be secretive, did she raise eyebrows by her happy flings with army officers. Massie refutes the rumors of Catherine's wanton sexuality. (She was only indulgent, he argues – perhaps like Elizabeth Taylor).
Catherine had big ambitions for Russia's enlightenment but – to the disappointment of those expecting her to be heroic – she turned out to be a shrewd and practical politician. "It is not as easy as you think," she told an aide. "In the first place, my orders would not be carried out unless they were the kind of orders which could be carried out... I examine the circumstances, I take advice, I consult the enlightened part of the people, and in this way I find out what sort of effect my laws will have."
Though "intellectually opposed" to serfdom, she sold out any kind of reform for half of Russia's population. When the illiterate peasant Pugachev inspired a bloody uprising by the serfs in the Urals, she clamped down in a fashion that would have made dictators ever since proud: "There would be no further talk of eliminating serfdom. Landowners were encouraged to treat their serfs and peasants humanely, but the empress now was convinced that enlightenment could not be bestowed on a nation of illiterates until the people had been prepared with education." She did not fund any education initiatives.
She also cynically placed her second lover, Stanislaus Poniatowski, on the throne of Poland, whose territory over the next few decades she cut up like a roast chicken for Prussia, Austria, and herself. "Afterward Catherine repeated that she had annexed 'not a single Pole,' and that she had simply taken back ancient Russian and Lithuanian lands with Orthodox inhabitants who were 'now reunited with the Russian motherland.' " So, thanks to Catherine, for the next 126 years "the people and culture of Poland did not possess a nation." No love lost there or to the south, where her ambitions for access to the Mediterranean led to war with Turkey.
She probably secretly married the savvy and irascible Gregory Potemkin, whom she called "one of the greatest, most bizarre, and most entertaining eccentrics of the iron age." The hot-tempered and capable Potemkin became and, even after their love affair extinguished itself, remained her right-hand man: he helped her extend Russia's vast boundaries, which in the grand scheme of world history has benefited and gratified Russia and no one else.
Catherine was brilliant and always fascinating and may have been educationally enlightened (though her French philosopher friends Diderot and Voltaire watched sadly as during her 34-year reign she tightened her authoritarian grip and implemented stupefying censorship). She was certainly cultured (her art collection became the basis for the marvelous Hermitage Museum), but she saw fit to keep herself in power by any means possible, even at her son's expense, not to mention at the expense of the freedom of millions of serfs. She kept Paul out of the way and sitting on his hands until she died of natural causes in 1796, at which time Paul the First asserted a new law of primogeniture that ensured there would never again be a woman on Russia's throne.
In spite of her queenly power-plays, her selfishness, her self-justifications, her criminality, she was a major player in the 18th century and, if we have to take what we get, she at least wasn't as bad as any of the tsars before or after her. In the absence of real democracy in 21st-century Russia, it's probably about time for a female counterweight to Putin.
Bob Blaisdell edited "The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Documents and Selected Federalist Papers."


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The difference between lining up over left tackle and the left shoulder of the left guard may not seem vast, but Haloti Ngata admits he felt lost in space when asked to play the five-technique defensive end position in 2012.
"Playing defensive end, it's too much space for me," Ngata said Tuesday evening. "I like the guys around me."
That's why Ngata got downright giddy, at least by his standards, when asked about the free-agent signings of defensive linemen Chris Canty and Marcus Spears and the draft selection of big nose tackle Brandon Williams.
"That's huge," the 340-pound tackle quickly said. "That is huge."
Besides giving Ngata, 29, an opportunity to get more rest during games, the additions should allow him to remain inside at nose tackle or at three-technique defensive tackle, letting him line up against the center or a guard. That's his preference.
"Just because of my body type, the way I play. I'm explosive, quick inside," he said. "Outside, tackles are vacating the line of scrimmage. I'm not fast enough to catch up. Inside, I'm just able to get my hands on guards and centers and do what I want with them pretty much if I can get to where I need to be."
Ngata battled injuries the past two years and his weight has been a topic of conversation the past two offseasons. But when he is healthy and fresh, he remains one of the most dominant defensive tackles in the NFL.
In 2012, the Pro Bowler made 51 tackles during the regular season and reached five sacks for the third straight season.
In the Super Bowl, he helped short-circuit the high-powered running attack of the San Francisco 49ers. But when Ngata left the game with a sprained knee, an injury he is still recovering from, the 49ers suddenly became nearly unstoppable.
Ngata watched team drills during the final week of voluntary workouts and the first day of mandatory minicamp from the sideline because of his knee. But when he returns to the practice field, he will be surrounded by new faces in the huddle.
The Ravens drafted Williams to compete with fourth-year disappointment Terrence Cody. Canty and Spears have been added to a suddenly deep rotation that includes Arthur Jones, DeAngelo Tyson and Pernell McPhee, though McPhee could be moved to rush linebacker, according to the coaching staff.
"What we tried to do is build around Haloti upfront. In the front seven, we made a little bit of an overhaul with our front seven," coach John Harbaugh said, listing all of his linemen. "We feel like we have a lot of really good depth up front, which is going to make Haloti better and in turn make our defense better."
The biggest addition might be Canty, and I'm not just saying that because he towers over his fellow linemen at 6-foot-7.
Canty battled knee injuries with the New York Giants, but if he can avoid the training room here in Baltimore, he figures to be their starting five-technique defensive end. If he can provide pass-rushing prowess, he will help keep offenses honest and free up Ngata to play on the inside.
That would be ideal for Ngata, who made it clear that he doesn't want to get lost in space again in 2013.
"They should leave me in one spot instead of moving me around, basically," he said, the massive man mountain's voice remaining soft and monotone. "Just leave me in the middle, and I'll be fine."


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This months Daring Bakers challenge was a flourless chocolate cake, paired with our choice of ice cream. The cake recipe only had three ingredients. Butter, chocolate, and eggs. Easy peasy. I kicked mine up a bit with the addition of some coffee, which worked well with the ice cream I made. Last month when I was in NYC with my sister, we stopped in some place that had cardamom coffee. It was delicious, sweetened probably with condensed milk and tasted a lot like chai, but it was coffee. I've been thinking about it a lot. I decided on coffee ice cream immediately after reading what the challenge was, but didn't decide on cardamom coffee until later. I stumbled upon David Lebovitz's (who else) recipe for Vietnamese coffee ice cream, and it was decided.
We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. I'm not posting the vanilla ice cream recipes because I didn't make them, check out the hosts blogs or any of the many other participants blogs here.
16 ounces (1 pound) (454 grams) of semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped
½ cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons (146 grams total) of unsalted butter (I only used 1 stick)
1. Preheat oven to 375. Put chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of simmering water (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water) and melt, stirring often. I melted mine in the microwave, stirring ever 20 seconds until smooth. Stir in the coffee at this point if using.
4. Whip the egg whites in a medium/large grease free bowl until stiff peaks are formed (do not over-whip or the cake will be dry).
5. With the same beater beat the egg yolks together. I just whisked mine briskly for a minute or two with a fork.
7. Fold in 1/3 of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture and follow with remaining 2/3rds. Fold until no white remains without deflating the batter.
9. Bake for 25 minutes until an instant read thermometer reads 140F/60C.
10. Cool cake on a rack for 10 minutes then unmold. My cake fell a bit, but was still fine.
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UC Workers Take Over Regent's Office to Demand Pay Raise
More than 60 UC service workers belonging to AFSCME Local 3299 took their fight for higher wages and contract renewals to the office of the chair of the UC Board of Regents, Richard Blum, in downtown San Francisco last week, leading to the arrest of at least 19 workers.
The group, angry about the lack of progress by UC executives to end poverty wages for 8,500 UC service workers after what they said was more than a year and half of negotiations, occupied Blum Capital—a San Francisco-based investment management firm headed by Blum—at 909 Montgomery Street around 9 a.m. on Jan. 16, and announced their intention not to leave until he and UC President Mark Yudof talked to the workers about raising their wages.
After parking themselves inside the office for more than 90 minutes, a small group of workers refused to leave without meeting Blum—who was not present at that point—and were arrested by the San Francisco Police Department and taken to the nearby Central Police Station. Calls to Blum at his office for comment were not returned.
Kathryn Lybarger, a gardener at UC Berkeley who took part in the demonstration, was released from police custody around 11 a.m.
"Cooks, custodians, gardeners—we have all been fighting for wages that will put us out of poverty," she said, cheering her co-workers as they walked out from the police station after being freed. "As the economy is getting worse, it is affecting us ever harder. Ninety-six percent of the service workers are eligible for some kind of welfare, even if we work full-time. The university is paying poverty wages, even as they have given bonuses to chief executives over the last year. There's no reason they can't settle a contract today, and Blum has the power to make it happen."
Lybarger, who has worked at UC Berkeley for seven years, said that although the mediator recommended by UC had made a recommendation to the university that would settle their contract, nothing had moved forward yet.
She said that the average custodian at UC Berkeley was taking home $24,000, forcing them to work two or three jobs to support their families and take care of rising grocery bills and the increasing risk of home foreclosures.
Rosa Martinez, a food service worker from UC San Diego who flew to Oakland last night with Angela Velquez, a custodian at the same university, said their low salaries were becoming a challenge for them to survive.
"The money we get is not enough to cover everything," she said, explaining that she had to live with her son to cover her expenses. "That's the only way I can go on."
Velquez said that in order to provide for her two children, she had taken up another job at the Marriott Hotel in San Diego, sacrificing her weekends and holidays.
"We got a raise last year, but it's not enough," she said. "It continues to be a struggle."


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No one plans to get sick, and it always seems like a cold or flu hits at your busiest times. While you can't completely avoid germs (unless you want to avoid public places altogether), there are many ways to amp up your immune system so your body is ready to fight back. Taking care of yourself by sleeping 7-8 hours per night, managing your stress, regularly exercising, and eating a well-balanced diet will set you up for success. But if you're looking for a little extra boost, fIll your fridge with these foods (and drinks) instead of reaching in your medicine cabinet.
- Red pepper: It's well established that vitamin C plays an important role in your immune system. While the well-known citrus fruits provide plenty of this cold-fighting nutrient, red pepper has nearly three times the amount of vitamin C at 100 percent of the recommended daily value in only ⅓ of a cup. Plus, it offers 30 percent of the daily value of vitamin A, another key vitamin for keeping you healthy, compared to only 9 percent in a cup of orange. Some other foods that are an excellent source of vitamin C include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and dark leafy greens in the fall and winter. In the warmer months, papaya, strawberries, and pineapple are also good sources of vitamin C.
- Sweet potatoes: A good source of vitamin A, sweet potatoes — along with winter squash, carrots, and cantaloupe — provide your immune system with the tools to fight infection.
- Fermented foods: Kimchi, sauerkraut, kefir, kombucha, and other fermented foods contain probiotics — the good kind of bacteria for your gut. Since nearly 70 percent of your immune system lives in your gut, keeping a balance of good bacteria can help you fight the bad ones that come your way.
- Garlic, onion, and leeks: The sulfuric compounds in these alliums have been shown to increase immune function. Alliums also act as a powerful prebiotic — food for probiotics, which play a role in a healthy gut and immune system.
- Pumpkin seeds: Rich in zinc, a mineral that plays an important role in immune function, pumpkin seeds (or pepitas) are a great snack or salad topper. Zinc has also been shown to reduce the duration of the common cold if consumed at the first sign of symptoms. Other food sources of zinc include oysters, lentils, chickpeas, and cashews.
- Turmeric: Curcumin, the active compound found in turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory benefits and it may also have immune-boosting properties. Never cooked with turmeric before? Add it to soups or eggs, or sauté with your greens. Read here for a few more ideas.
- Water: Staying hydrated helps your body remove waste and toxins, which may help in fighting off infections. Enjoy a hot cup of tea or bowl of soup to warm you up and melt away a little stress, which can also help keep you healthy!
In addition to the above foods, filling your plate with an abundance of colorful fruits and vegetables is your best safeguard. They offer many immune-supporting nutrients, and the more variety you eat, the better defenses you will have.


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Your credit score is complex, but understanding more about how it works empowers you to improve your credit report. Take note of these six common money myths so that you can raise your credit score — and avoid hurting it.
Myth #1: It's impossible to improve credit score.
The truth: You can rebuild credit over time with patience and good debt management. As you consistently make prompt payments, lenders will notice the negative marks on your credit history less. Learn more from State Farm® about improving your credit score.
Myth #2: Checking your credit can hurt your credit score.
The truth: Pulling your own credit report, also known as a "soft inquiry," doesn't affect your credit score. In fact, regularly checking your credit report is a responsible financial practice. You are entitled by law to one free report from each of the three reporting bureaus every 12 months.
Keep in mind that if a lender pulls your score to approve a new line of credit, it is a "hard inquiry" and can lower your credit score. You typically have to authorize this process.
Myth #3: Closing old accounts can boost your credit score.
The truth: Closing an account lowers your available credit — which can raise your debt-to-credit ratio and therefore lower your score, especially if you carry balances on other cards.
Myth #4: Closing old accounts can shorten your credit history.
The truth: Accounts with no negative marks that are paid in full will remain on your report for 10 years after being closed.
Myth #5: Cosigning for a loan or credit card won't affect your credit score.
The truth: You are just as responsible if the borrower misses a payment or exceeds his or her limit — and your credit score will be penalized.
Myth #6: Paying cash is the best thing you can do for your credit score.
The truth: A good credit score means a solid credit history — which can't be built or maintained by paying for everything with cash.


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The same assumption is made about Giza and its amazing geometries. Instead of Pyramids being objects that naturally entrain with amazing math, like a sunflower or Nautilus shell, the mind and ego wants them to be familiar with math or be messages for minds like ours. I feel they are natural objects just like Krop Kircles and everything else that arises in KKonsciousness.
-Jake Kotze from post The Sacred Bleeding Oil/Blood Spill from the HEART/EARTH of the Kosmic Khrist
-Tyehimba Garvey Toure From post Climbing the SNowy mounTin
That we, even in our isolation and pain, are eternal points of light. All that shines, shines on. Such is the secret message of The Shining....
-The Wrong Way Wizard from post Killing Time
The allegorical crawling snake-god opened pandora's box giving eve that apple, shaping our path by giving us the "bad" [bad 214 meaning good]; we cannot define good without bad, so that sneaky forked-tongued bastard taught good through bad. what's more, the serpent sent this lesson via the Fall of the goddess, eve, our mother hEart, who spent the last aeon age shouldering the weight of our original sin serpent...
-Tyehimba Garvey Toure From post Climbing the SNowy mounTin
Now, it's quite apparent that the "religious experience" is a trick of the mind. But the way in which this "trick of the mind" works is interesting, and isn't our day to day life a trick of the mind? We are convinced we need things that are completely unnecessary. The image of our reality is flipped and interpreted through our mind. Who is to say that any individual's idea of reality isn't so? It could be anything after all the filtering and filing that our mind applies. Who writes these rules and guidelines everyone is so eager to follow? The duality at play here is this: One group thinks science is their path to the infinite. Another thinks religion and the concept of the soul is it. The other group is sitting in the corner, picking their nose. They don't count. The fact is, both (nay, all) groups are right.
-Tommy from post Some sort of quandary
All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense, real and meaningless in some sense, unreal and meaningless in some sense, and real and unreal and meaningless in some sense.-Robert Anton Wilson
Not soon after my first trip to Mayantuyacu I started to see brief glimpses of what seemed like foggy light. I noticed it as different and then tried to focus on it when it appeared. At first I had doubts that it was my eyes deteriorating or that I was making it up, but slowly overtime more stuff started to appear. Within just under a year I started to see with my eyes open a fluid like substance of tiny miniscule dots and an array of snake-like/worm-like, transparent things that would change their position. Sometimes they would be all bunched up; sometimes they would be stretched out. Theses forms themselves have circles in them. Almost bubble like. Over time I noticed one particular bunch of this worm stuff that was wrapped with other ones and almost created a sort of octopus object with tentacles. Now that it has been three years I feel like what I am seeing is fully formed and am I at a stage where I am learning to work with it or understand it better. The stuff I see is transparent with dark outline, and so it best seen outside with natural light, but more and more it is visible inside, especially with the light of my computer or TV. I describe this stuff as a projection. Because if I look up at the sky it is bigger, if I look at my hand it is smaller. It all depends on what I use as my "screen."
If we zoom in closer and look within the body then we find that the flooding is also taking place at the microcosmic level. Our DNA is being bathed in something 'new'. The so-called 'junk DNA' (Lead) is being transmuted into Gold as the dormant Codons within each of us begins to Awaken, and the Red Sea which flows in our veins is beginning to shift with the turning of the Kosmic tides. As Above (Macrocosm), So Below (Microcosm).
-Jim Sanders from An Ayahuasca Testimony
If we zoom in closer and look within the body then we find that the flooding is also taking place at the microcosmic level. Our DNA is being bathed in something 'new'. The so-called 'junk DNA' (Lead) is being transmuted into Gold as the dormant Codons within each of us begins to Awaken, and the Red Sea which flows in our veins is beginning to shift with the turning of the Kosmic tides. As Above (Macrocosm), So Below (Microcosm).
-Richard Arrowsmith from post RAW Eggs
-Leaf Phoenix from the movie Signs
I am tired of this prison and want to find a way out of it.-The Celtic Rebel from post Far Too Long In This Shit
Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their whole lives. They're like thirty now. They make up secret codes and analyze Greek mythology and make secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special.
-Leaf Phoenix from the movie Signs
Your focus determines your reality
-Liam Neeson from Episode 1 Phantom Menace


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Hand-dyed, pre-wound weaving warp, 10/3 cotton, 100 ends, 5 7/8 yards long, in shades of beige, pink, and green -86
This warp is wound and ready to go on the loom. I dyed the warp after winding it. The colors beige, light beige, tan, pale pink, light pink, terra cotta, light green, and pale green. With the way that I dye my warps the colors do not generally occur across the entire warp. You can get some of the appearance of a shifted warp without shifting. The placement of colors just happen where they will, there is no planning. Look at listings of my scarves for examples.
This warp is 10/3, with approximately 2750 yards per pound and 32 wraps per inch. This warp has 100 ends and is 5 7/8 yards long. The cross is tied and there is a choke tie near each end and a tie in the loops at each end. I try and catch all knots but since I might have missed one, I include at least two extra warp threads. I recommend saving them for repair threads as needed.
I use color-fast dyes and wash and rinse many times. Since there could still be some excess dye, especially with dark or bright colors, I recommend using a color catcher as needed.
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