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MONROVIA, Liberia - Security forces acting on the president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people inside their crowded slum Wednesday in an attempt to contain the Ebola outbreak, which has killed 1,350 people and counting.
Hundreds of slum residents clashed with the police and soldiers, furious that their West Point peninsula is being blamed and isolated by a government that has failed to quickly collect dead bodies from the streets of the capital.
The World Health Organization raised the total death toll to 1,350, and said deaths are mounting fastest in Liberia, which now accounts for at least 576. The U.N. health agency also warned that "countries are beginning to experience supply shortages, including fuel, food, and basic supplies."
This comes after a number of airlines and shipping services have halted transport to population centres in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. And if the situation in these capitals is bad, it's much worse inside West Point, a huge slum that occupies a narrow spit of land in Liberia's capital of Monrovia.
Hundreds of residents of the seaside slum threw rocks and challenged the riot police and soldiers who installed the barricades Wednesday, but were soon suppressed. A coast guard boat patrolled sewage-strewn waters offshore, and the president imposed a nighttime curfew.
With many families divided by the barricades, people were particularly angry when the local government representative, who had not slept at home, returned to get her family out under an armed escort. Hundreds surrounded her house until security forces packed the family into a car and hustled them away, firing into the air to disperse the crowd.
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Fear and tension have been building in Monrovia for days, and West Point has been one of the flash points. West Point residents raided an Ebola screening centre over the weekend, accusing officials of bringing sick people from all over Monrovia into their neighbourhood.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ordered the barricades and the curfew.
"We have been unable to control the spread" of Ebola, Sirleaf said in an address to the nation Tuesday night. She blamed the rising case toll on denial, defiance of authorities and cultural burial practices, in which bodies are handled. But many feel the government has not done enough to protect them, leaving bodies in the streets for hours or even days.
West Point occupies a half-mile-long (kilometre-long) peninsula where the Mesurado River meets the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the capital's poorest and most densely populated neighbourhoods, with poor sanitation even in the best of times. Open defecation is a major problem. Mistrust of authorities is rampant, and many live without electricity or access to clean water.
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The virus is spreading fastest in Liberia and Sierra Leone, but the U.N. health agency reported encouraging signs in Guinea that the outbreak is slowing, and there is hope that Nigeria has managed to contain the disease to about a dozen cases.
Nigeria's health minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, said Tuesday that a fifth person had died of Ebola, but all of Nigeria's reported cases have been people who had direct contact with a Liberian-American man who was already infected when he arrived in the country on an airliner.
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Despite the fact that its subsidiary Warner Bros. routinely distributes blockbuster movies that are replete with gratuitous gun violence, Time Warner Cable has issued a company-wide ban on television ads that show "guns pointed at people," another illustration of how firearms ownership is being made taboo to coincide with the Obama administration's gun control agenda.
"We no longer accept ads showing semiautomatic weapons and guns pointed at people," Time Warner Cable said in a statement. "We stand by this policy. If it's essential to a business owner to show this kind of imagery in their commercials, there are other advertising options in the marketplace."
However, this new found conscience on reducing violent gun imagery will not be embraced by movie productions funded by Time Warner itself and distributed by Warner Bros., such as the upcoming Sylvester Stallone film Bullet to the Head, the trailer for which features a plethora of gun violence, with the poster for the movie being riddled with illustrative bullet holes.
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As we previously reported, other major media companies such as the Discovery Channel acted aggressively to demonize guns in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, canceling two successful shows about firearms, American Guns and Sons of Guns, despite both enjoying good ratings.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Kanaan had one more lap, one anticlimactic last lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500.
He flipped up his visor to wipe away tears as the crowd roared its approval, and then in victory lane gave his bride of two months a long kiss and poured the celebratory winner's milk over his head.
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"I have to say, the last lap was the longest lap of my life," Kanaan said.
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"When I saw who was leading, it cheered me up a little bit," said Franchitti, last year's winner. "He's a very, very deserving winner."
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CARSON, Calif. – Deshorn Brown capitalized on an early penalty-kick opportunity, while Chivas USA squandered one of their own, and the Colorado Rapids upended their hosts, 1-0 Saturday night at the Home Depot Center.
The Rapids continued their recent mastery of Chivas USA, earning their seventh win in nine matches against their Western Conference rivals.
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Chivas USA (3-2-1), who had been riding a four-game unbeaten streak and sat near the top of the conference standings, defeated Colorado, 3-0, in a February preseason match in Las Vegas. Yet the Rapids (2-3-2), coming off their first win of the season, held strong Saturday thanks to goalkeeper Clint Irwin, who posted his second consecutive shutout.
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Chivas USA midfielder Daniel Antunez, making his first career MLS start, was carried off in the 30th minute with an apparent left knee injury. It was the latest incident for a squad that has been hit with the injury bug lately. Forward Juan Agudelo (hamstring) was not in the starting lineup Saturday but entered as a substitute in the 58th minute wearing a visible white bandage over his left thigh.
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Replace the RAM in your MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010.
Originally, the maximum possible RAM configuration was 8 GB. However, systems running OS X 10.7.5 (or higher), updated with the latest EFI, and equipped with proper specification memory modules can support up to 16 GB of RAM. —Source
Remove the following 10 screws securing the lower case to the MacBook Pro 13" Unibody:
Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
It looks like you need a Phillips #000 screwdriver for the 10 bottom screws. I tried the #00 and it's too big. Good thing I bought a 23 piece precision screwdriver set or else I would have been screwed.
The 10 screws that hold tha bottom case take a #00 Phillips driver, if yours doesnt fit it's probably because it's cheaply made & not precise enough. The only thing that I needed a #000 driver for was the keyboard screws. They're so small they look like specks of dirt or sand. I stripped out 4 of them & now will need to grind the heads off with a Dremel/rotary tool. The other thing that sucks is iFixit doesn't have a tutorial for keyboard replacement!
A true Phillips head screw's slots are rounded at their inner corners, to allow the screwdriver to "cam out" (pop out) of the screw head before you apply too much torque and strip the threads in the part that you're torqueing the screw into. However, the screws used in the Macbook don't have those rounded inner corners, so they're not Phillips. Instead, they may be a Japanese standard known as JIS B 1012, or a Frearson (also known as a Reed & Prince), but that's a less common design. Maybe technically these non-Phillips screws should be used with a screwdriver that was specifically designed for them, but they can be properly removed and reinstalled using a truly precision-made Phillips #00 (some people find a #000 sometimes works even better) whose tip comes to a sharp point--not the lousy fake "precision" screwdrivers that are sold in too many places. See my next comment for more.
Many screwdriver manufacturers get away with marketing fake "precision" screwdrivers because, in the words of the Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sc...: "Most heads come in a range of sizes, typically distinguished by a number, such as "Phillips #00" or "Torx T5." These sizes do not necessarily describe a particular dimension of the drive shape, but are often arbitrary designations in the same sense as a "Size 8" dress."
In other words, the quality of many "precision" screwdrivers is poor. In my experience, one of the biggest problems with many fake "precision" Phillips screwdrivers is that the four blades at the tip are often too wide, and their width may even vary on the same screwdriver (they're not supposed to). So just because a screwdriver is marketed as a "precision screwdriver", it may not be, and many that are labeled as #00, or even #000, will not work for a Macbook's screws. See my next comment for still more.
One of the best manufacturers of precision screwdrivers is Wiha (http://www.wihatools.com/tech-tools/prec... cost more, but they're worth it. Or buy screwdrivers from iFixit, who seem to be selling JIS screwdrivers.
Another article with some good info on screw and screwdriver types:
Also keep in mind that some screws are tougher to remove and reinstall because they have a thread-locking compound on them, which is usually blue.
Phillips #00 is the correct screwdriver for the lower case. Maybe the one you have is worn or badly made.
Compare the short screws carefully before reinstalling them. The shouldered screws go in the holes on the front edge.
thanks twisk, I wish i would have read your tip before I finished putting the bottom of my laptop back together. I managed to get all screws in somehow, but one was in fact too-tight.
BTW, big big thanks to the Author: Andrew Bookholt. Just used this guide and my trackpad now works again.
xitxit2 -
Before I started removing any screws I took a piece of paper and drew the bottom of the laptop and put a piece of double-sided tape in the spot where each screw goes. That way when I took out the screws, I could put them on the tape so I knew exactly which screw went in which spot. I did the same thing for dismantling the inside on another sheet of paper, then a third sheet for the screen after getting the front glass off.
I use a similar technique: I print out the iFixit manual for the job, and Scotch-tape down the screws/brackets/cables I remove at each step next to the component descriptions. That way, when I'm reassembling, the bits are taped right next to the photo of where they came from.
adlerpe -
That's exactly what I do for all my repairs! It's the best way to keep track of all of the parts ' original location and to make sure that you don't miss any parts during reassembly.
Great idea and one I use often
Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing it here.
The colours you used for these circles are indistinguishable for colour-blind people. Please consider using something like the palette suggested by visibone: http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
Squares, Circles, Triangles (you get the idea) would work as well to distinguish the different screws.
I'd use a Phillips #000 screwdriver also. The #00 can work, but if the screws are in really tight, it doesn't get far enough down into the screws to get purchase, so it will start to strip (and I agree that the screws are pretty soft). On mine, the screws for the fan were really tight, started to strip with #00, needed a #000 and quite a bit of pressure to get them to move.
The Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" does support 16 GB RAM, but it is very picky about the type of RAM. OWC sells a 16 GB kit (2x 8 GB). I think it's got to be 1066 (aka 1067) MHz RAM. A lot of 8 GB modules on the market now are faster than 1066 MHz, and reports I've read say people start getting kernel panics if they use the wrong RAM.
Some info here:
"1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM"
"*Originally, both the official and actual maximum RAM was 8 GB. However, as confirmed by site sponsor OWC, if running OS X 10.7.5 or higher, updated with the latest EFI, and equipped with proper specification memory modules, this model can support up to 16 GB of RAM."
Our Mid 2010 already had "the latest EFI" (i.e. Boot ROM version in System Profiler), so the reference to updating it may not be relevant.
Winston -
I used a 00 that fit but the screws were very tight so I used a tiny paintbrush with some wd40 on it and put it around the edges of the screws. Worked like a charm
I had the same problem. The #00 screwdriver worked for some of the screws but some others were too tight and I had to use a #000. Maybe it was because the cover had slightly bent because the battery inside had basically doubled its width, but I still found that the #000 was a much better fit for these screws. Even the ones that came out with the #00 came out much easier with the #000. I would suggest updating this guide to suggest using a #000.
If you are running OS X 10.11.2 or newer, battery provided by iFixIt will not work. I've already tried 2 batteries from iFixIt and neither worked. iFixIt needs to come clean on this unfortunate situation. I've already put 8 hours into this futile effort when it should have taken me 45 minutes.
What was your solution? I'm using 10.11.3 OS X. I may need a battery replacement very soon too.
John Doe -
The 10 screws that hold that bottom case take a #00 Phillips driver, if yours doesn't fit it's probably because it's cheaply made & not precise enough.
I purchased the IFixIt 54 bit Driver Kit and their Phillips #00 are NOT the appropriate size for the bottom screws on this MacBook Pro. This manual needs to have the tools changed to Phillips #000 Screwdriver. Until then I shall not click the "Give the author +30 points" button. Apart from that, the rest of the manual is very good. It would also be an idea to make a comment about making sure the battery connector is in the correct position when plugging the battery back in. One poster commented that their battery will not charge anymore. My guess is a pin(s) was/were bent due to the connection not being in the vertical orientation when being pressed back together. :-)
THANK YOU for writing and generously supplying this guide for our use. It is much appreciated. +30 point coming when the Phillips #000 size is changed or added.
j'ai remarqué que le 4 vis philips courtes sur le bord avant ont une courte entretoise
celles des cotés n'en ont pas et sont courtes
la dernière sur le bord qui comporte les 3 longues, est un poil plus longue
si l'on ne fait pas attention, les vis des cotés ne peuvent pas se visser à fond et dépassent un peu
parfait pour le reste ! Merci
I am pretty sure that one of the tools listed as needed has changed from when I looked it up last week and placed the order, and is a mistake. Here is a screen shot of the first step to replacing the fan on my Mac unibody. Doesn't a 3mm Phillips call for a #1 PH screwdriver? Is the mistake in the size of the screw or the screwdriver designation? And I am sure the last time I looked it did not say I needed to remove 13.5 mm Phillips screws. Maybe I can figure it out, but I once ruined a laptop by dropping a back screw from the screwdriver into the innards. I never found it - until it rattled around and ruined the computer! Should I guess? What does everyone think?
Slightly lift the lower case and push it toward the rear of the computer to free the mounting tabs.
In the introduction you should link fixers to this excellent doc: https://www.ifixit.com/Misc/HD_Software_...
It is really critical, super easy, and free(!) to clone your existing drive onto the new one you will install. I ran into one error, but SuperDuper! support replied immediately on how to fix it...Thanks ifixit and SuperDuper! (I ponied up the $28 for the software anyway, I was so impressed!)
Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the battery connector up out of its socket on the logic board.
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why is step 3 necessary?
Removes the possibility of any current flow. This is especially important if you are trying to mitigate the damage to the circuitry due to a spill on a keyboard.
$@$@. Don't use an non-isolated screwdriver for this. I just shorted-out my battery :(
You are absolutely right, never use a screwdriver on the logic board or any connector! Delicate use of fingernails or a credit card will get you through most situations if you lack a spudger.
How do you get that battery connector back on? Do you just press it in back in place after you're done?
yes. I usually plug it in before I screw it down so I can lift the battery a bit and have enough slack to be able to go straight down on the connector, otherwise it comes in on a bit of an angle, which can't be good (though not necessarily bad).
Would it not be advisable to drain the battery completely before attempting to repair, if you want to be sure you don't get a spark when removing the battery connector?
Disconnecting the battery connector is not that different from simply unplugging a battery from an older model MacBook with a removable battery. You're not trying to protect yourself from a "spark", but the internal circuitry when taking the MacBook apart.
I neglected step 3 and now my computer won't turn on. Could I have shorted out my logic board?
I had the same problem , my macbook doesn't switch on working
A very easy and fast update indeed! Using this guide and the tools indicated on top I replaced the two RAM cards (2GB each) with two 8GB RAM cards from OWC for a total of 16GB RAM in my MBP Middle 2010 Core 2 Duo (Officially not supported according to Apple).
Make sure you select RAM with these specs: 16GB DDR3 PC8500 1066MHz Kit (8GBx2)
Apps open much faster and I can run a virtual machine at a decent speed.
Removing the battery is not required, but in some instances can make installing ram much easier. If you plan on upgrading from 4GB (2X 2GB) to 8GB (2X 4GB) Removing the battery would be better. There are two levels of ram. If you are replacing both levels, then remove the battery. If you are just replacing the top, dont bother. Removing the battery for very long or even at all (depending on the CMOS battery age and health) could possibly reset settings, the clock, saved wifi passwords, and more.
This step almost finished me, and I did extensive damage to the battery plug. Fortunately, I later replaced the battery, and the replacement came with a new plug! :) Newbies need to know - 1. The battery plug is like a thin lip on a thicker lip, so you need to pry BETWEEN 2 thin lips to get it off, else you are trying to yank out the socket. 2. Mine was initially VERY tight, and trying to get it out broke the plastic on all sides of plug, even though I was as careful as possible. Luckily, this didn't hurt functionality and I later replaced the battery. AFTER disconnecting once, it was never so tight again,
Guys I just used my index finger nail. It's the most useful nail to let grow a little bit for this type of procedure. Came off pretty easy when using both my right hand index and left hand index together to lift the plug up out. Found some plastic folded it and place it right over the socket so the plug would go back in and now the plug holds the plastic in place so I can focus on the main work.
Release the tabs on each side of the chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.
After the RAM chip has popped up, pull it straight out of its socket.
Do this step slowly! Depending on the age of the components, both ram and the system board, removing and inserting RAM can actually break threads on the board that read and write info to the ram sticks. It should be very easy to remove the ram. If it seems hard to remove, stop and make sure you have followed all the steps correctly!
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hey, I put 16Gb RAM in my MacBook Pro Mid 2010. I bought in another store because iFixit doesn't have.
Thanks Walter Galan to more this tutorial!!
Please answer this question. Today i purchase Macbook Pro core2duo model: A1278 year: 2010 Laptop and i found the ram is 2gb DDR3 1333mhz bus speed.
So will 1333mhz bus speed support my macbook or it will crash randomly ? or i should buy another ram of 1066mhz bus speed.
The front side buss speed is 1066mhz so that the speed the board talks to everything including memory, it can't talk any faster so putting 1333mhz will run at 1066mhz. So I would go with 1066mhz and save your money. If you also make sure you firmware for the board is up-to-date and you are running latest OS it can take you should've able to run 16GB ram, even if apple say it only supports 8GB. If you get the correct ram you can run 16GB that's what I have in mine running high Sierra. In have same system as you. You may also want to think about adding a solid state drive in place of the drive that's in with will probably be a mechanical drive. Believe me you will seen the difference in speed when the system starts up etc.
Gordon -
My macbook has somewhat of a week bottom ram stick holders. The stick pops right out when being mounted into it's slot.
Is this a known problem? is there a good mechanical solution for this other than taping the ram stick down? maybe bending in the holders or something?
Hallo Walter,
ich habe das gleiche Model und habe mir vor 1,5 Jahren eine 256 SSD Platte und 2x 8 GB 1066 GHz RAM Erweiterung einbauen lassen.Leider hatte ich dann immer Abstürze bzw "Kernel panics". Bis wir einfach die neuen RAM´s raus und die alten 2x2 GB Ram wieder eingesetzt haben und siehe da, seit dem läuft das MBP ohne Murren.
Nur ist die Performance bißchen dürftig und auf el Capitan geht auch alles gut. Aber ich möchte gerne auf Sierra umstellen und deshalb würde ich gerne wissen, ob eine Erweiterung auf 16 GB tatsächlich geht und ob es an der Marke der RAM liegen kann? Mit welchen 2x8 GB hast Du gute Erfahrung gemacht oder soll ich sicherheitshalber doch nur auf 2x4 GB gehen?
Herzlichen Dank für Deinen Rat.
Translation of furby_luzzie's comment:
Hello Walter,
I have the same model and 1.5 years ago I installed a 256 SSD disk and 2x 8 GB 1066 GHz RAM extension. Unfortunately I always had crashes or "kernel panics". Until we just put out the new RAM's and used the old 2x2 GB Ram again and lo and behold, since then the MBP is running without a grunt.
Only the performance is a bit poor and everything goes well on El Capitan. But I would like to switch to Sierra and therefore I would like to know if an extension to 16 GB is actually possible and if it can be due to the brand of RAM? With which 2x8 GB did you have good experience or should I just go to 2x4 GB for safety?
Thank you for your advice.
Be careful ! according to different other customers experience (read ifixit forum) and my own, it might be a hit or a miss.
I tried the upgrade to 16gb, no matter where or which one of the 8gb ram module is place, the Mac doesn't want to recognize more than one module at a time, so I ended with 8+2=10gb , which is still an upgrade but deceiving money wise.
Which MHz speed do your 8 GB modules have? If both are faster then 1333 then the Mac will not startup. I can combine a original 2 GB 1066MHz module with a 8GB 1600MHz to 10GB then the older module decides the speed and it works. But if both are the 1600MHz then the bios will not boot and I get an error signal. Will see if it could be cheaper to just get one 8GB module with 1066 or 1333 that forces the 1600 to work at lower speed.
Claes -
Hi Sebastien,
My machine had similar symptoms. See my comment below. GL!
bprima -
I also had an issue upgrading to 16gb. I purchased two 1066MHz 8GB RAM cards from ifixit, and when both are installed the MacBook won't boot. It's a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, the only specification for this change I haven't been able to confirm is the EFI version, but I'm assuming with High Sierra it's probably up to date (Boot ROM Version: 22.214.171.124.0, SMC Version: 1.62f7). Tried to run an update to 2.5, but that fails (again assuming it's because it's already up to date).
My final solution was the same as above, a combination of an 8GB and a 2GB card.
Has anyone found an answer to this? Has anyone yet tried an 8GB and 4GB combination?
Today I did my first repairs on my MacBook Pro 2010. I replaced feet, battery and upgraded both RAM chips from 2GB each to 8GB each. The only issue was that it wouldn't turn on. :( After a little bit of panic and self doubt as to why I would ever consider doing this, I back tracked a bit. I uninstalled both Rams and put my old back in. My computer worked fine. Then I just tried each new and old, in combination, to find the culprit. Turns out that one of the new chips must be defective.
I am a happy girl! I sincerely thank you all for posting your videos ,comments and especially your mistakes. They give me courage and inspiration to forge ahead on this wonderful road of repair! Thank you iFixit and Right to Repair!
I recently purchased the 16gb upgrade, followed the instructions for installation, but my MacBook Pro will only work with one 8gb stick and the original 2gb stick it came with. It doesn't matter which slot I put them in. I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro, with 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running High Sierra 10.13.6. Any ideas why it won't accept the second stick of memory?
I had a similar issue others have described wherein the machine (MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010) would recognize either of the new IFixIt sticks in either position when paired with either of the OEM sticks (8 permutations tested, LOL), but not both new sticks paired together. OSX, SMC, EFI and associated firmware appeared up-to-date. Purchased a different set of 2x8GB sticks from a competitor and they worked like a charm. Noticeable performance increase from factory 4GB and from 10GB hybrid. To their credit, IFixIt accepted my return without question despite being well past their standard 30-day policy. Very happy with them, and will continue to give them my business.
FWIW, new (working) RAM appears identical, spec-wise: 2x8GB PC3-8500 1066MHz. Timings are printed 7-7-7-20. Couldn't find timing noted on IFixIt RAM. I wouldn't think a difference would matter… maybe the IFixIt memory wasn't compatible with the controller in some way. Anyway, a potential solution to try.
I bought 2 8gb ddr3 pc3-8500 1066mhz 204 pin ram sticks. My mac is the mid 2010 core duo version with updated 10.13 os highsierra so i would expect the ram to load and the mac to boot, but it didn't. It beeped 3 times. I reset the pram and reloaded the original ram and it works like it did. I'm wondering if something is wrong with the new ram or if it might be necessary to reset the scm(?) too? There seems to be small differences in the new ram versus the old aswell, worthy of note.
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Courtesy of Ray (rude-ass yankee), the latest pics of the cuttlefish emblem in the wild. After the jump, in deference to those who have them there RSS feeds or whatever. (Ok, the truth is I don't even know what an RSS feeder is, or even if that is what it is called, and I really don't know if keeping pics below the jump is helpful to them, but my poor memory tells me that I heard, once upon a time, that it's the right thing to do. If anyone knows, please let me know, and I will try to do the right thing.) Anyway…
That's right–cuttlefish biker! I've seen lots of messages on helmets, but (full disclosure: I'm biased) this is by far the coolest of them all.
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On occasion, I like to create threads that are off the usual topics we discuss. In this thread I will give some attention to the Brooklyn organization known as the Hoodstars.
As a result of killing a bystander on Friday 10/21/2011, the Hoodstarz (and to a lesser degree their rival group, which seem to go by either "Flyguys" or "Waves") were mentioned throughout the media over the weekend.
Friday's after-school gunfire -- which also left a sixth-grade student and a parent wounded -- stemmed from an ongoing beef between two warring factions, the Hoodstars and the Waves.
Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/brownsville_gangland_battle_zone_rUUiyBE3vr0YrsbB9uTbrJ#ixzz1bhs2wXDK
But, they have been around a very longtime. Here are two pretty notable incidents that happened over the summer. On June 27
Tyquan Spann, 16, who police say was tied to the BFG, was among the first victims. Sources said Culture Bermudez, 16, a member of the Hood Starz, shot Spann in the arm around 2:30 a.m. on June 27.
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/11/11/2010-11-11_two_brownsville_teens_dead_in_gang_war_and_police_fear_more_violence_it_has_to_s.html#ixzz1bhsZWgfg
On August 12th,
Sahiah "Uzi" Davis, a new member of the Wave Gang, was ordered to kill someone in her former crew, the Hood Starz, police told the Daily News.
source: http://www.allmediany.com/details_news_article.php?news_artid=1573
Needless to say, the Hoodstarz didn't just pop up this summer. They have been around for a longtime and have a lot of entries on the internet's largest message board for gangs http://thehoodup.com
Folks are welcome to add info to this thread as a result of personal knowledge or internet searches. In the event that we don't understand some of the terms used on Hoodup, we should utilize boards like this one: http://www.mrwiggles.biz/ghetto_slang.htm
My reading of the various media is that the Hoodstarz members claim an affinity for The Bloods. However, like most crews, they are largely autonomous fans.
The present violence seems to be unrelated to their loose alliance with The Bloods, because their present opponents [the Waves/Fly Guys] also claim a similar affinity.
...the Hoodstarz and the Waves/Fly Guys are reportedly warring over the usual low-income teenage male nonsense: money, girls, and drugs.
Such non-sense seems to cross racial and geographical lines.
Brownsville's battling street gangs have been invited to a beef-squashing powwow later this month aimed at stopping the ongoing turf war and rising homicide count.
source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/battling-brownsville-street-gangs-plan-talk-peace-secret-meeting-article-1.974054#ixzz1d7MegQ80
A study was recently done on NYC youth gangs in East Harlem,
I suspect if a similar study was done on youth gangs in Brooklyn, similar results would be found....
While no one is The Authority on any neighborhood, I perceive this description of Brownsville and ENY as being pretty spot on:
Until a new youth gang rises to terrorize the streets of Brownsville and ENY, the local residents and I will breath a sigh of relief.
l'll even hope that (against all odds) these kids somehow learn different ways to live while in prison or OCFS.
....anyone got a magic wand, and some rehabilitative services funding I could borrow? I'm gonna need both.
Upcoming discussion on attempts to quell crime "hotspots" before they reach the "Hoodstar" level:
whynot_31 said:
An article in the NYT discusses the reactions of people who live in communities, such as Brownsville, to Brooklyn's rapid Change/Gentrification.
I find it interesting that they do not discuss the crime rates that some of these communities have, and then link it to the "lack of gentrification".
I found parts of that article quite amusing as most of Emmons Ave in Sheepshead Bay / Gerritsen Beach has outdoor dining. Even the Applebee's has it. As for Brownsville not getting their fair share, well, many of the gangs "own" the housing projects on Linden Blvd. and the whole of Brownsville gets a bad rap for that. Back in the late 70s I lived in Starrett City and it was fantastic. Now, from what I hear, not so much. But, there were plenty of new housing units built near there and they weren't all for lower income families.
yes, the writer seemed unable to differentiate between more than two categories:
"Wealthy Park Slope" and "Struggling Brownsville"
They seemed unable to articulate the various degrees of wealth, education, safety, etc.
...surely those things relate to how one views neighborhoods like Park Slope that have undergone massive changes.
Perhaps it was too big of a topic to attempt in 2000 words?
Personally I think any neighborhood can be turned around. But, it's the people who live there now that have to be the ones that want to do it. They can't always wait for outsiders to come in and spur the growth. I think the program (S.O.S.) that you work with is a fine example of that. The people who live here in Crown Heights and PLG want their neighborhood to be the best it can be. I think the people in Brownsville-ENY are still a little too apathetic. It's not just relatives of victims who have to be outraged, it's everyone.
Apathy plays a role, but there also needs to be some resources to build off. To build anything, tools are needed...
...we can't just expect people who are at the bottom of the social and financial hierarchy to be able to get organized and fix stuff: A strong non-profit, politician, or something needs to lead the way.
Many of the strong non-profits fled Brownsville long ago.... the communities experience brain drain because folks who get an education often move away.
As for the smarter folks leaving, that's a pity. It shows they don't care enough to better the neighborhood that they grew up in. And as for the people being in the bottom of the financial food chain, so to speak, I always found it funny that where ever I go, those same people always have money for cigarettes and spray paint for graffiti.
PragmaticGuy said:
As for the smarter folks leaving, that's a pity. It shows they don't care enough to better the neighborhood that they grew up in. And as for the people being in the bottom of the financial food chain, so to speak, I always found it funny that where ever I go, those same people always have money for cigarettes and spray paint for graffiti.
PragmaticCuy, that's an awful harsh judgment. And I don't quite understand why its the responsibility of any individual to make return to a neighborhood simply because they grew up there.
Supposedly what's going on in Brooklyn now is all about young people being able to move to new neighborhoods that they have no prior relationship to and bring their energy and perspective to building a better community. Why is this okay for young white kids, but black folks who have moved away to go to school must come back home and "fix" everything or they are somehow bad, uncaring, heartless people?
Why can't they have the same motivations as others, i.e they move away to go to school and stay there, they move to where they can get a job, they move to where their boyfriend/girlfriend is, or they move to the place where they "always wanted to live"? I'd suggest that a lot of people that come from Brownsville and move to other parts of the city don't go back because its not convenient to live there if you work in anywhere in the city other than a portion of Queens, LI, or Brownsville/ENY.
I totally agree: People should be able to live wherever they can afford, and want.
Which leads me to think that the folks you mention may also be able to move from Brownsville/ENY because their credit scores are better than those that live there.
It never ceases to amaze me how similar rents are in "ok" vs "bad" parts of the city. No matter how much one earns, credit scores seem to be a big influence on whether one can move to a "more desirable area".
More Desirable Area: An areas with better transportation, neighbors, food options, less crime, and better public services (fire, sanitation, police, schools, libraries etc).
Of course one should be able to live anywhere they want. And why would you think that "young, white kids" would make a neighborhood better when "young, minority kids" can't do the same. And maybe as the eastern end of Brooklyn grows, and there are some very nice blocks there, the people with better credit scores and higher incomes will start moving there. Just like I did when I lived in Starrett City back in the late 70s.
I think we would all love for young minority kids who are seemingly lost to be as interested in neighborhood and self improvement as these .
...but, even with lots more resources, I make no promises.
Part of accepting that many at-risk youth can be reached, is that many can not be.
whynot_31 said:
Until a new youth gang rises to terrorize the streets of Brownsville and ENY, the local residents and I will breath a sigh of relief.
I'll even hope that (against all odds) these kids somehow learn different ways to live while in prison or OCFS.
....anyone got a magic wand, and some rehabilitative services funding I could borrow? I'm gonna need both.
As feared, those arrests didn't do much.
Arrests are only part of addressing a problem, especially when the underlying social conditions remain the same.
The NY Post obtained a copy of the NYPD's list of youth gangs.
Here is said list:
Here is article about said list:
NYT wrote: A 17-year-old from Brooklyn who was wanted in the murder of a 13-year-old boy was arrested on Friday, the police said.
The suspect, Akbar Johns, of Brownsville, was one of a group of about 20 youths who confronted a smaller group that included the 13-year-old, Ronald Wallace, just after midnight on Aug. 24, the police have said. The groups got into a dispute that the police said was gang-related and Ronald was shot in the back.
Mr. Johns was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and weapons possession, the police said.
NYNP wrote: The Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP) has launched a new awareness-raising campaign that highlights the myriad causes, and far-reaching consequences, of youth poverty. The campaign – What Really Causes Youth Poverty? - features two videos, which depict a young boy and a young girl each expressing their deepest thoughts about why they are poor. RAP, a youth advocacy organization working to empower youth to break cycles of poverty, drew the idea for the content of the videos from years of working with youth from the poorest communities in New York.
Click here to see the video.
"So many young people internalize what they see around them, and it makes them think they are flawed somehow," says Brooke Richie-Babbage, founder and Executive Director of RAP. "We know that that's not true. We know that poverty is perpetuated by failing schools, funding cuts for after school programs, a fragmented job training system, ineffective sexual education… But because we never have frank conversations about the link between these and poverty, young people are left to come to their own conclusions."
Youth poverty statistics are increasingly alarming. The 2010 Census found more young people in poverty now than at any point since the Census began its tracking, and in certain pockets of New York City – like the South Bronx and Central Brooklyn – close to 50% of children and teens are living in poverty. Over 250,000 teens in NYC are "disconnected" from school and work; Approximately 1 in 6 NYC teens is a teen parent, and almost 4 in 5 will be arrested before their 18th birthday. Only 21% of NYC 8th graders can read proficiently, and only 26% can do math proficiently.
"We are largely silent as a society about the real causes of youth poverty," says Meghan DiPerna, RAP's Board Chair. "But how can we figure out real strategies to end poverty if we don't really talk about its causes? RAP aims to figure out real strategies – this campaign is part of that effort. "
As the city heads into the final two months before the election, RAP aims to tap into the political and social conversations that are occurring more frequently concerning our country's leadership and values. The ultimate aim of the campaign is to make the issue of youth poverty part of those conversations. The videos challenge viewers to ask themselves: What do I think are the real causes and consequences of youth poverty, and what role do I play in ending it? RAP will be collecting all of the comments and responses to the videos, and sending them – along with the videos – to the Obama and Romney campaign directors on October 6th – exactly one month before the election.
"Now is the time to spark a real conversation about what we can do to end youth poverty," says Richie-Babbage. "We have to start by helping young people see just how much power they have to shape their own destinies, and by creating a society that provides real support for their efforts to move out of poverty."
What we can do to end youth poverty.....uhh, how about the parents having a job instead of sitting around doing nothing. How about the parents making sure kids are in school and doing their homework so they can help themselves to get out of poverty. Throwing money at poor people doesn't break the cycle. What helps the most is parents giving a shit. Kids are poor because they're born into it or something happens to the family that changes financial matters. Kids are not poor because of genetics. So, ending youth poverty doesn't start with the kids, it starts with the parents.
While I think we (i.e. not their parents) can do a lot of constructive things to reduce the cycle of poverty, I think this statistic is exaggerated in the above article:
almost 4 in 5 will be arrested before their 18th birthday
Surely this statistic does not apply to NYC teenagers as a whole.
Funny thing, or maybe it's not so funny, years ago I got held up in my office at gunpoint. Three teens. Cops took me for a drive around to see if I could spot them. We passed a schoolyard where a bunch of kids were playing B-ball. Cop says to me..."pick any one of them. They'll all end up in jail anyhow." That was 1997. Maybe they knew something we don't.
Some teachers currently hold similar attitudes.
...at a certain point, such attitudes become deterministic.
Kids will mirror the behavior they see. If a child is being raised by someone who never 1)lived in a stable home; 2)was parented by a stable adult; 3)was taught that school and education were important; 4)understood that making a living is different than bringing money home you'll get kids that have screwed up morals and displaced values.
I heard the following two statistics from Rachel Lloyd, executive director of Girls Educational and Mentoring Service (GEMS), which is an organization devoted to helping teenages child sex workers get out of the life. These help frame how vast the problem is.
* The estimated median age of entry into the commercial sex industry in New York City occurs between the ages of 12 and 14.
* A 2007 study showed that 75 percent of sexually exploited and trafficked children in New York City were in foster care at some point.
We talk about parents working and getting a job in that "Duh" way - like its a common thing. But what we fail to understand is that for many kids, the values we take for granted - working, education, and stable relationships are not seen as being important in their families. So how do you deal with those kids? Can you reprogram their parents at 24, 25, 26 or are they simply lost causes?
Attempts to reprogram the parents are usually done only once a child is in danger of entering the foster care system.
Various preventive service (ie "home visits and mandated classes") programs are then implemented in order to keep the kids at home. Foster care is expensive. Foster care has miserable outcomes. Foster care is a political nightmare.
As a result, the bias is toward keeping kids home, and/or in their own neighborhoods.
....12 - 14 year old girls in the neighborhoods and situations we are describing are very susceptible to the older man who tells her she is beautiful and gives her some $.
...many boys are susceptible to proving their manhood and earning some extra $ by entering the local drug trade.
The folks behind Crown Heights SOS (the Center for Court Innovation) have just been awarded a federal grant to begin a similar project in ...you guessed it... Brownsville:
Bklyn Eagle wrote: Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Director Denise E. O'Donnell, speaking in Brooklyn on Tuesday, announced more than $11 million in awards to address neighborhood-level crime in 15 locations nationwide.
The awards, administered through the department's new Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) program, will target locations or neighborhoods with significant levels of crime.
The announcement includes a $600,000 award to the Center for Court Innovation (CCI) for the Brownsville Anti-Violence Project. In addition to the Center for Court Innovation, this partnership organization is supported by the Kings County District Attorney's Office, the New York City Police Department, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York, the New York State Department of Corrections, the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District and the Brownsville Partnership.
O'Donnell was joined by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.
BCJI is a part of the Obama Administration's larger Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI), which helps local and tribal communities develop community-oriented strategies to change neighborhoods of distress into neighborhoods of opportunity.
"While overall crime rates have continued to decline nationwide, some neighborhoods have experienced troubling increases in specific types of criminal activity, which is why the department and our partners are providing additional resources to communities that need them the most," said Attorney General Holder.
Earlier this year, BJA awarded, through an agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), $2 million in Public Safety Enhancement grants to HUD's Choice Neighborhood grantees in Boston, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco.
"In times of limited resources, community leaders need tools and information about crime trends in their jurisdiction and support to assess, plan and implement the most effective use of criminal justice resources to address priority crime issues," said O'Donnell.
Wow Im so sorry I wasn't part of this thread earlier. Thanks for the insight whynot_31
I view the effort as kind of going to the "big leagues".
Through SOS, CCI was able to prove it can engage high risk individuals in a pretty violent area (Eastern Crown Heights). Now, it has been awarded a similar contract for an even more violent area: Brownsville.
A while ago, CCI received funding to begin a program in Harlem, but with city (not federal) funds.
...While all money is good, Federal funds tend to last longer than City funds.
A new program for Brownsville school age females involved in the criminal justice system:
Bklyn DA Hynes Adds
New "Back on Track" Program
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced a new six-week program that will take place at his Back on Track center in Brownsville. FEMCHO is a health and educational program for girls, created in 2010 by Tina de Lemps, which helps boost body image and self-respect while maintaining physical fitness. FEMCHO will work with girls at the District Attorney's school program ReStart Academy at Back on Track.
FEMCHO's core principles are Feminine, Energetic, Mindful, Cool, Healthy, and Original. It is a program designed to develop health and confidence for girls, teens and women. FEMCHO will offer their six-week session at their Back on Track location, starting on January 8. This special version of FEMCHO, called Girls at Risk, is based on the core principles of Foundation, Education, Mentoring, Challenges, Hopefulness, and Opportunity.
"We are always looking for innovative ways to help our youth move forward, away from a life of crime," said Hynes. "It is important to reach these young girls at an early age. By providing them with a strong foundation, focusing on education and mentorship, these girls realize that they are not alone and learn how to cope. I am proud to collaborate with FEMCHO on such an influential program."
Tina de Lemps, Founder of FEMCHO said, "As I've worked with women, I began to notice that in spite of the enormous opportunities and options available to women today, they suffered from the same or worse self-esteem and body issues than I did 50 years ago. I believe that our program will be meaningful to the Project ReStart participants and I hope that the program will have a positive impact on their lives in some way. By the end of the program, the girls will learn how to overcome challenges and they will have the tools that they did not realize they had."
As part of the six-week session, the participants will dance, move and engage in fitness while discussing topics important to today's youth. Each week a facilitator will lead the girls through a particular aspect of the FEMCHO program, one of their core words. The facilitators will help to engage the girls in "Girl Talk". The focus of the program will be helping the girls create the "best version of you", asking them how can you be/do your best?
Some of the activities during these sessions can include t-shirt making, poster making, or original choreography. Every class ends with each participant extending a compliment to one another.
Back on Track is a juvenile justice initiative aimed at steering at-risk young people away from criminal activity. The program provides the help the wayward teens need to stay off the streets, stay out of jail and get Back On Track. It serves as a one-stop shop for Brownsville residents, ages seven to 21, who are chronically truant, involved with the criminal justice system, or considered at risk for dropping out of school. A full-time social worker works with the participants and their families to make sure they get the assistance they need. Services offered include parenting workshops, GED classes, computer and office skills training, vocational assistance, CDL and drivers' education, adult and continuing education, ESL, and access to medical, dental, and mental health services, and substance abuse treatment.
ReStart Academy is the educational component of Back on Track, for students ages 13 to 16, who are in need of a school setting that encourages and enhances attendance and the quality of education for youth. These students have been truant and have been held back one or more times. The program provides assistance to help the students successfully pass their middle school exam, so they can qualify to enroll in high school. Services include full-time social workers, guidance counselors and mentors, who are available daily to assist students to overcome those personal issues that may impede their learning.
This article states Brownsville is merely the 3rd worst place to be a kid in NYC:
NYPD vs Brownsville Youth Gangs in cyberspace:
When you have complete breakdown in community, people tend to stay in their homes:
-They are afraid of the crime, and plagued by all the problems that go hand in hand with poverty (drug use, diabetes, obesity, mental illness).
This, of course, simply makes the situation for crime to replicate itself. ...those engaged in criminal activity tend not to be afraid of criminals, so they rule the streets and hallways.
When too many people die and are injured by violence, the circumstances sometimes become "right". By this, I mean that the police are forced (or depending upon your perspective "finally given the resources and the go ahead by those in charge") to take action.
Given the obstacles faced in areas such as Brownsville, such actions create gains that are often temporary in nature. As a result, many people view the efforts as being futile and/or being too fraught with political risks.
In my view, a combination of "right circumstances" have led police to be very assertive over the two years, and contributed toward progress on street violence and crime.
Here's a video put out by a partnership of the various non-profits and gov agencies that are trying to figure out what to do in an area that has so many entrenched, generational social problems.
Their present strategy is:
Step 1: Get people to leave their homes, so the gains from all of the resources and efforts put in place by law enforcement over the last year are not quickly lost.
those engaged in criminal activity tend not to be afraid of criminals, so they rule the streets and hallways
The best deterrent to crime is the presence of police walking the beat. True, it may not be the most pleasant experience for the cops as it tends to be tiring. In fact, that's why cops were called "flat foot" or "gumshoes". But it does benefit society by keeping the hoods from making themselves visible.
In the 20 years that I lived in East New York (a portion of which is now said to be part of Brownsville), I well recall how police where no where to be found when trouble took place. One day a hood committed a crime and was cornered by several people. A woman made a frantic call to the cops. Nobody came. She made another call. Nobody came. Then she got wise, made a third call and said a cop had been injured. In only about a minute 10 police cars appeared with the cops having their guns drawn. The lady lied because she knew it was the only way to get the cops to the scene. Thankfully nobody was injured and the hood was taken away.
By contrast, I worked in Manhattan's down town area. Every where you went there were cops in every corner. Often they would be in groups chatting away about anything and everything under the sun. I often wondered, why the hell are they here when they should be patrolling the streets of ENY and Brownsville?? A friend of mine who was a cop said that while I was rightfully angry at this unjust employment of the police, they were only following orders. Therefore, the politicians should insure that police resources are properly distributed. Indeed, I don't blame the cops for their absence on the streets of Brooklyn. It is the pols who need to see to it that the communities get their share of protection and resources.
Put the cops back on the beat - that will significantly reduce the crime problem.
1. Policing downtown Manhattan has few political risks.
2. The FAILURE to police downtown Manhattan has great political risk.
Only under the right circumstances is EITHER statement true for Brownsville and ENY.
This article doesn't say that the police are using the initiatives described more as a result of the increased scrutiny on juvenille stop and frisk, but they report they are quite successful in modifying behavior:
Fear of teens, fear FOR teens.
1. Policing downtown Manhattan has few political risks.
2. The FAILURE to police downtown Manhattan has great political risk.
Only under the right circumstances is EITHER statement true for Brownsville and ENY.
Right you are. Cops kiss up to the politicians and the public be damned, sad to say.
Today, an article was published that depicts a few residents of NYCHA.
I post it here because usually only the crime in these places makes the news. A complex picture of the lives of the residents rarely makes it into the dialogue.
Great article - thanx for sharing.
Geographically, this shooting between young gang members took place in a different part of Brooklyn:
Socio-economically, it seems identical.
Clearly, this is not about geography...
Likewise, this article about gang violence (and preventing it) in LA is quite relevant to the struggles and efforts here in Brooklyn. It is also a good read....
One way to improve your neighborhood is to improve how it is depicted. This causes people to do business there and leave their homes, which in turn causes them to "own the streets" as opposed to cower in fear inside.
Here's a grassroots effort that is taking place on Pitkin Avenue, in Brownsville. In prior years, most of these businesses would have been closed on Halloween out of fear of crime:
In this article the police discuss a gang known as Addicted To Cash, and credit themselves with reducing the teenage murder rate:
It would not surprise me if lots of other factors deserved credit for the decline as well as the work of the NYPD.


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Katherine Jackson is suing AEG claiming the company failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter for her son's June 2009 death.
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AEG has denied wrongdoing and says it never hired former physician Conrad Murray to care for Jackson.
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Albuquerque police said three people broke into a home while a 10-year-old girl was there alone on Thursday.
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As I have long been a devoted fan, on behalf of all of the mods, I am remedying this immediately.The Real Aro wrote:I would like to request a thread for the appreciation of myself.
I have spent all morning looking for the "Team Aro" threads but sadly I have not found a place where your members can express their appreciation of me. Surely this has been an oversight.
I did find the delightful ladies play acting being members of my guard, I'm eager to make their aquaintence!
Oh yes and a thread devoted to meal suggestions for my brothers and i (although your suggestions have been rather unappetizing....)
We would never wish to insult Aro!
Please use this space tell us why you love Aro......because we know you do