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Libyan Army to Leave Misrata?; Unrest in Syria
Aired April 22, 2011 - 22:00 ET
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening. We begin "Keeping Them Honest" with blood on the streets in Syria and blood on the hands of a dictator who promises reform but continues to kill his own people. Watch. Local human rights organizations put the death toll today upwards of 75. That number appears to be rising. Peaceful protesters fired upon. It's impossible to independently confirm the number of people killed. One protester whom you will hear from shortly tells us it was like hell today. There were protests throughout Syria. Watch as one person tried to retrieve the body of a dead protester driven back by more gunfire. The violent response to the protests comes just one day after the Syrian regime lifted its state of emergency which has been in effect since 1963. Syria now claiming people have the right to protest peacefully, but that claim is clearly false. Under the new guidelines, the Syrian dictatorship must approve any demonstration. This is, of course, the same dictatorship that says the protesters are part of a conspiracy of Islamic militants and foreign forces. So who would apply for a permit to protest and risk being labeled a conspirator? As for those government gunmen who fire into crowds, security forces in Syria still have legal immunity, so they can do whatever they want and not be prosecuted. That's how Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, rules, through fear and his security services. Nevertheless, what we are all witnessing is extraordinary, that so many are still demonstrating, even though the government continues to crack down. Here's what one protester told me earlier today. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two months ago, it was like a dream that Syrians have the courage to go to the streets and protest. You know, more than 48 years under the emergency law, it was no way to protest. And I thought that the Syrians will never protest. What I see now in those day is like a miracle. It's unbelievable. (END VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like a miracle, unbelievable he says. This evening the White House issued a statement condemning Syria's crackdown. "The Syrian government's moves yesterday to repeal Syria's decades old emergency law and allow for peaceful demonstrations were not serious, given the continued violent repression against protesters today." They went on to say, "The Syrian people have called for the freedoms that all individuals around the world should enjoy. President Assad and the Syrian authorities have repeatedly rejected their calls and chosen the path of repression." In a moment, I will talk with a former U.S. ambassador to Syria, but first another protester I talked with earlier today, he says two protesters next to him were shot dead in Syria's third largest city, Homs, today. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: What have you seen today? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had a peaceful demonstration. We were protesting against the government. They were about 200 or 300 meters away from us. And when we started to move to catch or to connect with other demonstration, they start to shoot toward us. COOPER: How many people did you see getting hit? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two, two. They get shot in the head by snipers, because they open live bullets against us. They were shooting and aiming to our heads and chests. They weren't aiming at our legs or in the air. COOPER: I see a video that I think is video you shot of a person who looks like they're dressed in black laying down on the ground. Is that the person you saw being shot, one of the people? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, yes, that one got shot in the head. COOPER: And what happened to that person? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't know. Really we don't know, because people it in the car and then we don't know where they took it, to hospital or to house. Really we don't know. I even don't know his name. COOPER: I see another video also where I believe taken by you where it's your perspective just running down the street. What is that? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. They were shooting and people were running like hell. Everyone was screaming and they were holding the injured one and put it in a car. And everyone was running because they are shooting everywhere. It was really like hell. COOPER: So there's an injured person in that car? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. COOPER: Are you frightened? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, of course. Everyone is frightened. Today it is a ghost city. No one ever went out. No one gets out to the streets. All the city is closed, all the city restaurants, everything. Every kind of shop is closed today. Earlier I was frightened, because I was running, bullets everywhere. People were in the house, children were crying. It was like hell today. COOPER: You're frightened and yet you're speaking out and you're demonstrating. Why is that so important for you now? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because the world needs to know of our cause, our rights for demands. I am 25 years old and I never lived in freedom. I'm afraid now to speak by my real name, speak to you through my phone. The only way is to protest. We need our rights. We need our peaceful, rightful demands, like our brothers in Egypt and Tunis and everywhere. COOPER: Do you think freedom will come? Do you think it's possible? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope so. After all this blood, I hope so. Really, I hope so. Because they didn't leave us any way just to protest. To tell you something it's better to die than to live without freedom. That's what every Syrian people say today. I prefer to die than to live without freedom. COOPER: It was said to be the bloodiest day so far in Syria. Do you think the protests will stop? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no, of course, not. Today, 88 people died. People are angry, all this blood, the government is lying to us. They say they took off the emergency law. They got it off yesterday and they are killing all these people today? So everybody, I assure you, is going out tomorrow. We have funerals. We have dead people. We can't betray this blood. COOPER: You can't betray the blood of those who have died? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. That's right. COOPER: Thank you for your bravery. Please be careful. Be well. Thank you. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you very much. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: I want to bring in someone now with deep knowledge of Syria just Assad regime. Ted Kattouf served as American ambassador to Syria as Bashar al-Assad was consolidating power. Ambassador Kattouf, do these people stand a chance against such brutal violence? THEODORE KATTOUF, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA: Well, first of all, you have to admire their courage. I can't tell you how much I respect what they're trying to do. But at the same time, unfortunately repression, if used repeatedly, ruthlessly, brutally, can work. We saw that in Iran and I'm afraid we could see it in Syria. COOPER: And yet, we're still seeing demonstrators pour into the street. Has it not reached a critical mass that could really create cracks in the regime? KATTOUF: Well, as you know all too well, Anderson, we don't have a foreign press, a free press in there covering the events. So it's hard to know. But what I do know is that we have not really seen massive demonstrations in Damascus and Aleppo. Many of the people demonstrating in Damascus have come in from the countryside or the surrounding villages, like Duma and Harasta. And there are millions of people in Damascus, most of them Sunni Arabs, another couple million in Aleppo, again most of them Sunni Arab. And we have not seen them yet cast their vote, if you will. COOPER: And the free press is another thing this regime lies about. I talked to a Syrian, a employee of the British Embassy, a spokesperson for the British Embassy a couple of weeks ago, the only Syrian government official we have been able to get on the program, and he claims, look, we're just processing foreign journalists' paperwork. We're just understaffed. Clearly they have had time to let foreign reporters in. And even those who are there, they won't let them leave Damascus. It's just another lie coming out of this regime. Assad has talked about reform through the years. He talked about it when he came into power 11 years ago. He talked about back in 2005, I think around the time of the Baath Party conference, and he's still promising it. It doesn't take 11 years to actually make some kind of reform, though, does it? KATTOUF: Of course it doesn't. He looks to the Chinese model as his guide. He thought, well, I can bring some prosperity to Syria, I can ease things economically, create a stock market, some private banks, more licenses for business and the like. But he still wanted to keep an iron grip on the politics of Syria. And that's the way things have played out over these 11 years. COOPER: What would it take for protesters to be able to really make some sort of crack in the regime? Because they have now, as you well know, when they started this they weren't calling for, you know, the downfall of the regime, they weren't calling for Assad to be out of power. Now you see them we're looking at them right now, breaking statues of him, of his dad, actively calling for that. KATTOUF: Yes. It's tragic, but the fact of the matter is that Syria is not a homogeneous population. About 70 percent of the country is Sunni Arab, but you have Kurds, you have Christians, and you have heterodox Islamic groups, offshoots of Shiaism, like the Druze and of course the Alawis, who were at one time the most downtrodden group in Syria, but now a clique of Alawis, a large clique, controls the security services, key positions in the military. And they have plenty of allies. I don't mean to suggest it's all Alawis. Indeed many Alawis have never benefited from this regime and many urban Sunnis have. So there's a coalition of interests here. And the demonstrations would have to get much, much larger and stretch the capacity of the regime's security services to the point where some people thought about maybe making their own deals and abandoning Assad. COOPER: Ted Kattouf, appreciate your expertise, Ambassador. Thank you. KATTOUF: Thanks. COOPER: Let us know what you think. We're on Facebook. You can follow me on Twitter @AndersonCooper. Breaking news next, out of Libya as more airstrikes hit Tripoli tonight. The question is, was Gadhafi targeted tonight? Getting late word of a strike near his compound. The Libyan regime says there were fatalities. We're trying to find out the details on that. Also, will Gadhafi's troops actually pull out of Misrata? They say they're going to. The opposition forces there are said to be celebrating. We have live reports on both after the break. And later, Sebastian Junger and I remember photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington killed this week in Libya. Tim and Sebastian worked together in Afghanistan, documenting the humanity amid the inhumanity of war. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What just happened? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We (EXPLETIVE DELETED) walking down the hill. TIM HETHERINGTON, PHOTOJOURNALIST/FILMMAKER: I think we were their target (INAUDIBLE) very close over our head incoming, like a kind of sniper or something. It was like five rounds or so. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: That's Tim Hetherington. Hard to believe he's gone. My conversation with Sebastian Junger shortly. Also tonight, we will have an update on the royal wedding. Isha Sesay is following that -- Isha. ISHA SESAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, just ahead, a preview of the royal wedding and a closer look at how the soon-to-be royal couple fell in love, how their love survived a few bumps along the road to Westminster Abbey. That's coming right up. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: We have breaking news tonight out of Libya. New airstrikes on Tripoli just a short time ago and a very interesting item about one of the earlier strikes tonight. No confirmation from NATO but the Libyan government says three people were killed near Moammar Gadhafi's compound. They say a parking lot was hit. Now, in Misrata, there's smiles and victory signs after Libya's foreign minister said that government forces, Gadhafi forces will withdraw from the city. He says it's to let local tribes finish off the opposition. Of course, you can remember now for weeks the Gadhafi regime has been saying they control all of Misrata. So yet again another not true statement from the Gadhafi regime. An opposition spokesman saying the regime is simply trying to save safe by saying they're going to leave it up to the tribes. Meantime, Senator John McCain made a surprise visit to Benghazi, meeting with opposition leaders and calling for greater commitment from the White House. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: We have prevented the worst outcome in Libya. Now we need to increase our support so that the Libyan people can achieve the only satisfactory outcome to this mass protest for universal rights: the end of Gadhafi's rule and the beginning of a peaceful and inclusive transition to democracy that will benefit all Libyans. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: Well, Senator McCain says the international community needs to speed the flow of weapons and training to the opposition, but doesn't favor putting American troops in Libya. More now on the breaking news. Fred Pleitgen is in Tripoli, where the airstrikes have been happening and in Benghazi Reza Sayah. Fred, are you still hearing planes in the skies? FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. We're absolutely still hearing planes in the sky. And it looks as though those air raids seem to still be going on here over Tripoli. The last very big explosion that we had was less than a minute ago. So it does appear as though those explosions are still going on. I would say we have heard close to a dozen pretty big explosions in and around the Tripoli area tonight. One of those, of course, apparently coming the government here says from the Bab Al Aziziya compound, which is Gadhafi's compound. And you mentioned they said that there were fatalities in that airstrike, the government saying that three people killed when a bomb or rocket hit a parking lot. And I can tell you we go into that parking lot sometimes when we enter that compound and there are anti-aircraft guns in the direct vicinity of that parking lot. So we're not exactly sure what happened, whether it's true that people were actually killed in that airstrike. However, there are airstrikes going on and it does appear as though there were some in central Tripoli tonight. We are still trying to get more information on whether or not people were killed, though, Anderson. COOPER: Fred, and what do you make of this the Libyan government saying they're pulling out of Misrata? They say they're leaving the fight to the tribes. The spokesman for the rebel military command is saying now that if Gadhafi leaves Misrata, that the game is over, that it's a significant move. What do you make of it? Does it make sense that they would leave this up to the tribes, is this just face-saving? PLEITGEN: Well, we can tell you... (CROSSTALK) PLEITGEN: ... could be face-saving. It does look like a lot like that is exactly what it could be. It comes at an interesting time. It comes on a day when the rebels say that they have essentially taken over most of central Misrata, that they have ousted Gadhafi's forces from there, that they have ousted the snipers who were causing a lot of havoc for the people there. And now today comes a statement that the army is withdrawing and the tribes are taking over. Essentially what the deputy Libyan foreign minister told me is that he said the tribes had approached the Libyan military and told them that clearly they weren't making headway, and therefore the tribes which he says are loyal to Moammar Gadhafi would have to take over, they would hold negotiations with the rebels and if the rebels didn't respond to those negotiations, then they would move in and use violence. The big trouble with that is that the deputy foreign minister always seems to make a differentiation between the rebels as he called them and the people of Misrata. But clearly, many of the folks that I met in Misrata said that it is all the people who are actually doing this uprising. And so therefore, they say, as you said, that this is clearly a fact that Moammar Gadhafi's army has lost the battle inside central Misrata. They have been forced to withdraw from that area and are now trying to make that retreat look as though it's a responsible withdrawal and some sort of negotiation, Anderson. COOPER: Reza, what do you make of Libyan forces pulling out of Misrata, if in fact they do this, and obviously it remains to be seen whether or not they're going to do it? REZA SAYAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We can tell you the reaction of the rebel leaders were. They actually laughed at this. They're extremely skeptical at this news, they're skeptical that it's true. They suspect it could be yet another ploy by the Gadhafi regime and trap them in some sort of way. They do believe that they're making significant progress in Misrata capturing, securing, holding on to key spots. But as far as the regime forces pulling out and handing over the reins to the tribes for them to take over, they're extremely skeptical. And as far as the tribes go, they continue to say the tribes are one of us. They are with us. They would never fight us. They're on our side. So they're happy with the progress that they're making, but they're not celebrating as of yet. They say Misrata is in their control, that they don't believe that this is a retreat by the regime forces and then handing over responsibilities to the tribes. COOPER: Reza, how was McCain greeted in Benghazi today? SAYAH: Well, they liked him before, but I think they're going to like him more than ever, because he came in here and he really energized the opposition. Don't be surprised if you see American flags waving here in the next few days in the capital of Benghazi. Because he came here and essentially told the opposition everything that they wanted to hear. He praised the uprising. He said it was a powerful example of what freedom can be. He said he was here to find out what the opposition wanted and he was going to go back and press the Obama administration to do more. Of course, Mr. McCain wasn't here as a representative of the White House and the administration. Everything that he said should be done will not automatically be heeded by the Obama administration certainly. But he said the U.S. should finally recognize the opposition officially as the legitimate authority of the people, that NATO should step up air attacks and he said the U.S. should facilitate the delivery of weapons to the opposition. And when we pressed him on exactly what he meant by the facilitating of weapons, he drew a link to the 1980s and how the U.S. spent a lot of money in helping the jihadists during the Afghan jihad against the Soviets get weapons,. He said something similar like that could happen here. But it's not clear if the administration is thinking about that or how close they are to getting something like that done here on the ground. COOPER: Right. Obviously some of those weapons that were given to what were then called the mujahedeen ended up in the wrong hands down the broad. Fred, appreciate the reporting, Reza as well. Still ahead tonight, British photojournalist Tim Hetherington died in Misrata this week. Anyone who saw Tim at work knew he was an extraordinary photographer, a remarkable human being. Sebastian Junger spent months with Tim in Afghanistan making an Oscar-nominated film. I will talk to Sebastian coming up in a little bit about moments like this one he spent with Tim. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come down, solo down, 50 meters. (GUNFIRE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right 20 meters, solo. Good shot, good shot. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Well, it's impossible to know how many people have died in Libya since February. There's so much we can't confirm firsthand. We do know though two more journalists were killed this week and one of them was a friend. Tim Hetherington on the left in this picture, and Chris Hondros on the right died from shrapnel wounds while covering the story. Both were extraordinary photographers, fearless and deeply talented. I didn't know Chris personally, but I had spent a week with Tim with the Marines in Afghanistan and I had seen him just a few months ago as well. In a few moments, we will talk with Sebastian Junger, who was very close with Tim, a friendship forged in a lot of very dangerous places over the years. For many who knew him, it is incredibly hard to believe that Tim is gone. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER (voice-over): Of all the places Tim Hetherington had been, the wars others had forgotten, turned away from, of all the risks he had taken and luck he had tested, it's hard to believe his life ended this week in Misrata. This is the last known photograph of Tim before he died, climbing a ladder with rebel forces. A famous war photographer, Chris Hondros was with Tim and the rebels and took these pictures. He died as well. In places like this, there are no rules, no clear lines. Death is near. Life pulses through your veins. That is where Tim wanted to be. Tim Hetherington was the kind of person you felt lucky to be around. He was smart, funny, quick to laugh, even though he had seen things few people can imagine. He wasn't just a photographer. He was an artist. In still photos and videos, he took you into the action to the front line of a conflict. But he wasn't just there to capture the fighting. He wanted to learn about people and his pictures are intensely personal. In "Restrepo," the movie he made with Sebastian Junger, the movie nominated for an Academy Award, he spent months living at a U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan under constant attack. TIM HETHERINGTON, PHOTOJOURNALIST/FILMMAKER: I think we were their target. (INAUDIBLE) very close over our head incoming. COOPER: It's a film about the war in Afghanistan, but it's really a film about young men in combat and the bonds that exist between them. Tim lived and worked in Liberia for years during and after the civil war. This is him there. I like this photo because you really see how he worked. There he is, this tall dashing white guy and yet in a weird way he totally blends in. He would immerse himself in a place, with a group of people, he would lose himself, and his subjects would let down their guard. Peeking out from their rifles, they would allow Tim to see who they really were. HETHERINGTON: I make pictures to try to understand what is happening there for myself. COOPER: A few months ago, Tim put together a short film called "Diary," weaving together images he had taken over the last 10 years. In it, you see the disparate strands that tugged at Tim's heart, his fascination with conflict, his desire to document and wit it, but also the disconnect, distance and danger can make you feel for your own life back home. I saw Tim a few months ago. We joked about a photograph he had taken of me in Afghanistan that I have never shown anyone. This is it. I really like the photo, but I have always worried people would think it was somehow posed or that the helicopter had been Photoshopped in. It wasn't, of course. Tim had just been a few steps ahead of me and seen something I hadn't. Tim was always a few steps ahead of everyone. All good photographers are. They see the possibility of the picture before it even happens. Tim saw things others didn't. And he was willing to risk everything to make some semblance of sense out of it all for himself and all of us. Tim was just 40 years old. I told myself he died doing what he loved, but that doesn't really help. Tim is dead. He shouldn't be. I hope he didn't suffer. I hope he didn't feel alone at the end. He died in a faraway place. I hope, soon, he will finally return home. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Well, "Restrepo," the documentary that he made with Sebastian Junger is an amazing film. If you haven't seen it, you should. Also, the film "Diary 2010" that he made is also available. It's on YouTube. I urge you to watch it. Tim and Sebastian spent months in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley filming a platoon of U.S. soldiers. It was one of the most dangerous places in Afghanistan at the time. They didn't win an Oscar, but they gave the world a vivid view of war and the people who fight it. I talked to Sebastian Junger earlier today. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Where were you when you heard about Tim? SEBASTIAN JUNGER, WORKED WITH HETHERINGTON ON "RESTREPO": I was at my home, in my apartment in New York City. And -- and I got a phone call that Tim might have been injured. I knew he was in -- he was in Misrata, and I was very worried about him in Misrata. And I've never done this before, but I searched for his name on Twitter, and immediately it came up, Tim Hetherington, killed in Misrata. COOPER: That's how you found out about it? JUNGER: I didn't know it was true yet, but that's how I found out. COOPER: What do you think -- what was different about Tim? What made you work with him for so long? JUNGER: God, what was different about Tim? He -- you know, he was interested in human dignity. I mean, you know, he was a war photographer, and you know, he and I made a movie together, and you know, he did a lot of very amazing things. But ultimately, he was interested in human dignity around the word. And that was true in the, you know, the destroyed streets of Monrovia in Liberia, where he lived for years after the war. I mean, who covers a war and then lives in that country for a few years just as a resident? You know? And in on the streets of New York. I mean, he just carried this with him everywhere. And it affected his work profoundly, and it just made people want to be around him. COOPER: It's interesting. I mean, in "Restrepo," in -- in his still photographs, even though he is covering conflict, and "Restrepo" is a film about the war in Afghanistan, it's really a film about people. And it's a film about the bonds that develop between brothers in arms. And a lot of his work seems intensely -- it's focusing on individuals. You really get a sense of the people behind the rifles in a way that you don't in a lot of -- a lot of other war photographers are covering, like, the bang-bang stuff. And Tim was there in the midst of it, but his pictures are intensely personal. JUNGER: You know, we realized when we were out there that the actual combat was pretty repetitive. I mean, guys shooting guns look pretty much the same everywhere, you know. It's falsely -- I mean, it's dramatic, but it's only dramatic for a certain amount of time. And then what really is interesting out there is how people connect with each other in that situation. And he had this idea, I think it's true, that war is one of the few situations where men are free to really express their affection for each other. I mean, not just the like of each other, but physically, like hugging each other, touching each other. And a lot of his work showed that. It showed soldiers with their arms around each other, young men who were lonely or scared and just wanted to grab somebody for a moment and give them a hug, you know. You see that in his work. And suddenly, you understand his work wasn't about war. It was about young men and how they relate to each other. How they relate to the world. COOPER: Tim wrote and said in interviews that, I mean, his work was very personal, that it wasn't just about being an objective reporter, that it was a search for finding his own place in kind of the order of things. JUNGER: Yes. He -- I think Tim was a bit of a mystery to himself at times. I mean, he was so incredibly functional. I mean, he -- he multitasked at a higher RPM than anyone I've ever met. I mean, I don't know how he did it actually. And I think in all of that brilliant activity, he sometimes would kind of lose himself a bit. And I think in his work, he was trying -- I mean, he was trying to get at the humanity of these stories. And personally, as his friend, I feel like he was also trying to sort of get at his own humanity. I mean, what -- the heart that was in there, inside this incredibly sort of functional machine that he was as a reporter. COOPER: I was saying that, at least in the brief time we spent together in Afghanistan, I felt lucky to be in his company, because he -- I mean, he had this great laugh, this -- you know, this great smile, and you felt like you were in the right place when you were around him. JUNGER: Yes. Everyone that I know who knows him felt lucky to know him. And I -- when I started working with him, I mean, I hope, I think the feeling was mutual, but I just thought, this is -- this is the guy. Like we were trying to do something very difficult with this movie "Restrepo," and I don't think there are many people I could have worked with where it would have worked. You know? And I met Tim and instantly I was like, he's thinking differently. He's very -- he's incredibly brave. COOPER: I want to play just some of Tim talking in an interview I think he did with Becky Anderson at CNN about -- about his work and how he worked. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TIM HETHERINGTON, FILMMAKER: Often when I'm working in a very pressured situation, I can almost flip the off switch and go into a default of filming. And later on I come to, and it shocks me what I've done. And that's just something I've been able to do, and that's perhaps why I continue -- why I realize that I'm good at what I do. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fire! HETHERINGTON: But it does have a side that it is very dangerous. I remember being in the Congo and firefights and realizing -- a guy said to me -- I was filming at close range, and he said, "Did you see the tracers pass between our heads?" And I hadn't. And you know, later on, I saw the trees behind me all shot up, and I realized we were very exposed. And I'm in default, and that can be a funny thing later to understand. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: What was he like to work with? He and I worked together just briefly in Afghanistan. And to me he always seemed a few steps ahead and kind of visualizing photographs before they -- before they actually occurred, he was sort of in the spot to capture the action once it got to that photograph. JUNGER: It was very reassuring working with Tim. Because on the one hand you knew he was this big, strong, capable, courageous guy and just physically, he would get the job done. And -- but he was also -- he had this mind -- I don't know what -- what he ate as a kid, but his mind was incredible. And he could sort of track -- he was like a brilliant chess player, except he was playing chess with reality. He was playing chess with the story. And he could kind of track visually what was happening and what was going to happen and where we all needed to be to shoot a scene or to -- he just had it all going on in his headway way before it was even happening. And he would kind of orchestrate it. I mean, I know how to turn on a video camera and point it at someone shooting a gun. A monkey could do that. But Tim had the whole thing played out ten minutes in advance, and, you know, without that, there's no art, there's no -- there would be no "Restrepo." You know, he really was understanding the world in a very, very profound way. COOPER: Sebastian, thanks. JUNGER: Thank you. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Well, as you may have heard by now -- maybe you haven't -- this time next week, Prince William and Kate Middleton will be husband and wife. They'll be married next Friday morning at historic Westminster Abbey in London. The wedding will probably be pretty much of a lavish royal affair watched by people all over the world. And despite the extravagance that's expected of the wedding, it seems that everybody who knows the couple say they're pretty down-to- earth people. One correspondent for a British newspaper says that William doesn't even like to be addressed as "His Royal Highness" or "Prince," that he simply likes people to call him William. The bride and groom met as friends in college and found romance, which hit the skids at one point before they got back together. Tom Foreman tonight with a look at their relationship. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana drew one of the biggest global TV audiences ever. And now their first son's engagement appears to be setting the stage for much the same. William is just behind his father to become king of England. And his engagement to a woman who grew up in the middle class is a sensation. KATE MIDDLETON, ENGAGED TO PRINCE WILLIAM: It's quite daunting (ph). But I take it in stride. William is a great teacher. So hopefully, he'll get to help me along the way. FOREMAN: Kate Middleton grew up just outside of London. Her parents, self-made millionaires from selling children's party supplies, raised Kate and her two younger siblings in a modest household. William met Kate when they were university students at St. Andrew's in Scotland. It's rumored that he caught his attention in this see-through dress at a charity fashion show. They were friends first, sharing an apartment with two other students for a year before dating. She was studying art history. He was, too. But she is widely credited with convincing him to change to geography when he seemed ready to drop out altogether. They were first seen as a couple at the end of 2004, skiing in Switzerland. First broke up about four years ago. PRINCE WILLIAM, UNITED KINGDOM: We were both very young. It was at university, and we were sort of both defining ourselves as such and being, you know, different characters and stuff. FOREMAN: It led to a summer of on again, of again dating. MIDDLETON: At the time, I wasn't very happy about it. But actually, it made me a stronger person. You find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn't realized. Or I think you can get consumed by a relationship when you're younger. And I really -- I really valued that time, for me, as well. Although I didn't think it at the time. FOREMAN: The two were seen during the split at a concert honoring the late Princess Diana, but sitting rows apart from each other. Then, months later, this video surfaced of them leaving a nightclub in London. William proposed to Kate in October of last year, while on vacation in Kenya. Since their engagement, the couple has been spotted at various public events, including a boat naming and dedication. Now they live with one another on the island of Anglesey, off the coast of Wales. William is 28, and Kate is 29. Both still speak of life goals like any 20-somethings. He has his military career and several charities. She's shown past interest in photography. So why the long wait for engagement? The gulf between his royal life and her regular upbringing is at least part of it. PRINCE WILLIAM: I wanted to give her a chance to see and to back out if she needed to before it got too much, because you know, I'm not trying to learn from lessons in the past and I just wanted to give her the best chance to try and settle in and see what -- you know, what happens the other side. FOREMAN: As for children in their plans? PRINCE WILLIAM: I think we'll take it one step at a time. We'll sort of get over the marriage thing first and then maybe look at the kids. FOREMAN: For now, the next big step is down the aisle. Tom Foreman, CNN. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Then... ISHA SESAY: The tale of two loves. COOPER: Yes. I must say, Isha, I'm getting kind of excited about the wedding. SESAY: You are? COOPER: Yes, it's just a week away. But I'm going to be going there. I'm looking forward to helping in our coverage, and it's going to be exciting. SESAY: I think it's going to be really, really exciting. I think that everyone is really looking forward to just seeing this happen. It will be a great moment. It will be a moment that is just full of joy away from a lot of the things that have been in the news cycle. COOPER: They also seem like two nice people who one could actually talk to. They seem very down to earth, you know, especially given his background and, you know, how he could have turned out. He's like a very much a genuine person. SESAY: And the thing with Kate is, I mean, the comments made by her close friends really do paint the picture of a very level headed, hardworking, diligent young woman. You know, Anderson, some people are saying that they're a little bit boring. I think that's unfair. COOPER: Well, as a boring person, I'm fine with people being boring. They're not boring. I mean, the whole world is interested in them. They're not looking to make news, which I think is a wise thing. SESAY: And how is your -- how is your prep going? You've been away from us for a week. I assume that's because you've been... COOPER: Actually, I was of for a couple days, but I actually brought my binder of royal information and read it a lot. So I'm much more up to date, though I still am having trouble with how you -- what you call the queen on the second reference. SESAY: Anderson, because you claim to have made progress, I'd like to remind our viewers or show our viewers the state you were in, just a couple of days ago. Let's roll the tape, guys. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SESAY: Here's the thing. COOPER: OK. SESAY: You know the royal wedding is coming. COOPER: Right. SESAY: It's just days away, and I'm kind of worried about your preparation. COOPER: OK. SESAY: You see, the last time you covered a royal wedding... COOPER: Right. SESAY: ... it didn't go so well. COOPER: What do you mean just go well? It went very well. SESAY: Remind me. Remind me exactly of what happened the last time. COOPER: I don't really recall. But first of all, it wasn't a royal wedding, it was Prince Charles marrying Camilla Parker. Yes, but it was sort of, you know, it wasn't quite like -- like the second wedding. So they rode shuttle mini buses to and from the church. It wasn't like they rode in a big carriage. SESAY: OK. So I'm going to take you through today's lesson of royal protocol 101. Put it down. Put it down. COOPER: I like this. SESAY: You can have to afterwards, if you're a kid student. The first thing is this is just in case you meet her majesty the queen. COOPER: That's not going to happen, but go on. SESAY: I'm just making sure you're prepared. And you need to write down the no-touch rule. COOPER: The no-touch rule? SESAY: Yes. Don't touch the queen, OK? And that means no fist bumps. COOPER: OK. SESAY: No kissing on the cheek. COOPER: Right. SESAY: No touches on the shoulder. And you know what... COOPER: You don't offer your hand unless she offers her marinade. SESAY: Correct. COOPER: And apparently she gives a little kind of push which means you're done. SESAY: If you meet Queen Elizabeth II, you say, "Your majesty." COOPER: Your majesty. SESAY: On second reference, you say mom. COOPER: You say ma'am? SESAY: Mom. COOPER: Mom. Not ma'am like ma'am? SESAY: There's a difference. There's not ma'am like ham. It's ma'am. There's a difference. It's not ma'am like ham, it's mom. Attire. Can we talk clothes quickly for this one? COOPER: I am tired. SESAY: Not "are you tired?" Attire. COOPER: Attire. Like what I'm wearing? Yes. SESAY: You're going to be with other.... COOPER: Yes. SESAY: Is Piers Morgan wearing one of those morning suits? COOPER: Morning suits? SESAY: I don't know. COOPER: I wouldn't put it past him. I bet he is. SESAY: Would you wear a morning suit? COOPER: No. SESAY: Why not? COOPER: I don't see the point. First of all, I'm not going to spend money buying a morning suit. First of all, I don't know what a morning suit is. SESAY: This is what it says on the invitation for this wedding. It says, "Uniform, morning coat or lounge suit." COOPER: Right. OK, first of all, we're not invited to the wedding. None of us are invited. We can all pretend we're... SESAY: Technicality. You should wear a morning suit, because I... COOPER: That's like a leprechaun hat you bought at some -- some Halloween costume store. SESAY: Be quiet and put it on. COOPER: This is not a real top hat. SESAY: Put it on. COOPER: You didn't take the tag off, because you're going to return it. And it's 100 percent polyester. Like you really -- CNN went all out. SESAY: Put it on. COOPER: I have a big head. It doesn't fit. See? I could wear it at a rakish angle like this. Top of the morning to you, ma'am -- mom. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: So it is -- mom? You say "ma'am," it sounds like you're saying mom, like M-O-M. SESAY: No, it sounds nothing like that. COOPER: Say it again. SESAY: It's mom. You just have to be... COOPER: Say it again. SESAY: Ma'am. COOPER: You're saying "Mom." SESAY: I'm not saying "Mom." Look, I tell you what, we're going to be in London. COOPER: Say "Mom" like "Mom" and say what would you say to the queen. Seriously. SESAY: I would say "Ma'am." COOPER: I really cannot tell the difference. People on Twitter, please respond to me. Can anyone understand what the difference Isha is saying? Ma'am -- say "Mom" like you'd say to your mom and then say what you'd say to the queen. SESAY: I don't say "Mom." I say "Mummy." COOPER: Well, just for the point of argument... SESAY: OK. COOPER: ... say "Mom" and then say -- say what you would say to the queen. SESAY: I would say "Mum." And then I'd say "ma'am." You see, it's too long "A's." "Ma'am." You'll get it. We'll be in London in a couple days. COOPER: I'm not going to meet the queen, so it doesn't matter. It's not going to happen. SESAY: You know what? I really want... COOPER: I might scream at her from, like, far away, "Mom"! I think when you're yelling, it doesn't really matter. SESAY: Will you understand anything anyone else is saying? COOPER: Will I what? I have a hard time with British accents. So you've just got to say things twice. SESAY: All right. I'll work on that. COOPER: All right. You can actually see the entire -- there was more to that etiquette lesson. You can see it online. The new, improved AC 360 Web site. Check it out. Stay with 360 for our special coverage. We're live next week in London with all the magic and flourish of the royal wedding. "The Marriage of William and Kate," I guess we've officially titled it. Ten p.m. Eastern, 7 Pacific right here on CNN. Of course, we'll be doing live wedding coverage, as well. Serious stuff ahead. We've got breaking news. A tornado touching down, doing damage at the St. Louis Airport. Video information just coming in. We'll bring that to you next. And a judge throwing the book at Lindsay Lohan, orders her to jail. What happens with that? Also tonight, the very specific tattoo. This is a bizarre story. A tattoo that got a gang member convicted of murder. May it's not such a good idea to have the crime scene inked on one's chest. Note to self. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Following a number of other stories tonight. Let's check in with Isha with the "360 News & Business Bulletin" -- Isha. SESAY: Anderson, more breaking news. A tornado touched down a short time ago at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, causing considerable damage. With all, a roof, or part of it has come off one terminal. The windows have been blown out, leaving glass everywhere, and there are power outages at the airport. And some people were injured. The FBI has released three photos of a man they call a possible suspect in what appears to be an attempt to bomb a shopping mall in Colorado. These surveillance photos were captured on a bus leaving the shopping center on Wednesday. Turns out that day was the 12th anniversary of the massacre at nearby Columbine High School. Lindsay Lohan was taken into custody today in L.A. and ordered to spend four months in jail. A judge said she violated probation in connection with her necklace theft case. But the judge reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. Bail was set at $75,000 on the probation violation, and the actress is expected to post it and be released. A California gang member was convicted of murder, thanks to his tattoos. KTLA reports that Anthony Garcia's body art predicts a man being shot by a helicopter under the heading "Rivera killed." That very crime happened in 2004. The helicopter image, his gang name is chopper. Drivers are facing gas prices hitting $5. But get this, a gas station in Florida is charging $5.69 for a gallon of regular, and $5.79 for premium, said to be the highest prices in the nation. And last week we reported that Farouk Abed (ph), who was sentenced to 23 years for plotting to blow up train stations in Washington, D.C. Now, during this report, we showed video of this man, who is not Farouk Ahmed. Nor was he a defendant in the case. We apologize for this error -- Anderson. COOPER: Isha, thanks very much. We'll have you -- well, have a great weekend. I forgot. It's Friday already. Not sure why I just came back for one day, but I'm glad I did. SESAY: We've been working a full week. COOPER: I'll see you Monday. A lot more at the top of the hour, starting with a Syrian dictatorship promising reform but killing its own people today. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)


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Rooms were very clean and had all that was necessary / expected Food was very good and at a reasonable price. Good choice of menu which is not expensive. Only surprise was £5 for parking next to the pub (council car park). This would not put me off using the Globe again.Staff were efficient, pleasant and helpful. As far as a pub with rooms goes this is a very good one
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Fantastic home cooked meals
Great friendly service.
highly recommend using and will visit again
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Lovely pub with very helpful staff, the room was basic but clean and good value for money.
The photos of the pub don't do it justice, it must have been renovated since they were taken as it is much nicer, bar staff were great and the food was fantastic I would definitely recommend the braising steak. Only negative was if there is a function on it can be loud upstairs but it's a pub so you should expect some noise.
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We cannot fault the staff at this hotel , so polite and will do anything for you.
The food is well priced and very good , can't fault that either. However , our room was not so clean , and the handle was missing off the window , so we could not close this . We stayed on a Friday and Saturday nights , there was a disco / party on Saturday night in the bar downstairs which went on till eleven o clock , it was very difficult trying to sleep , then the staff went to take the empty drink bottles from the bar into the rubbish bin outside , they did not care that people were trying to sleep upstairs , with a window they could not close , they just tipped the empty bottles into the skip , what a noise that was . Also the internet connection is very very poor . However , it is a budget hotel , you get what you pay for .
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Great stay couldn't fault it food was spot on would defiantly stay again
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First time to tamworth town really enjoyed the different pubs and real ale establishments.
Would definitely return to the globe, was great. staff very pleasant and helpful and the food was lovely.
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Nice Pub / Hotel
This is the second time I have stayed here and it is very easy on all levels.
The staff are friendly and welcoming the pub is nice, good choice of beers and food, car park right next to it. The rooms are clean, tidy and well thought out. Also this is in a great spot and close to lots of other pubs and restaurants.
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The orbital outpost, which will have room for seven guests in four cabins, will also serve as a hub for scientific research as well as commercial activity — like viewing the solar system with binoculars and cameras from little hotel room pods.
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Robot soccer teams kick off in Maynooth
The Euro 2012 championships begin this weekend but one of the best soccer teams in Europe will instead be showing off their talents in the Hamilton Institute at NUI Maynooth.
From 2pm -- 4pm this Friday, Robot Soccer team RoboEireann will show off the skills that resulted in them finishing runners-up at the 2012 German Open, the annual European Robot Soccer competition.
RoboEireann competes in the Standard Platform League, where all teams use identical humanoid robot hardware but must develop software that enables the robots to understand their surroundings, make decisions and coordinate their behaviour without human intervention or remote control.
The team comprises students and staff from the Department of Electronic Engineering and Department of Computer Science at NUI Maynooth.
Team coach and lecturer in Electronic Engineering Rudi Villing said: "The event is free to attend and anybody who has an interest in robotics, engineering or even just soccer might find it interesting. There is a huge amount of work and expertise designed into each move the robots make. Like standard soccer, we have referees, fouls, sendings off and penalties – so each game can be very eventful."
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1916 trolley disaster: The 46 who perished
By Eric Moskowitz | Globe Staff
Name: Donato Acerbo
Age: Mid-20s
Occupation: Laborer/construction
Lived in: North End
Acerbo grew up in the Abruzzo region of central Italy and arrived in Boston in the spring of 1914. When he died, he was wearing a blue fancy-weave serge suit with a green pencil stripe.
He was one of the last accident victims to be identified.
Name: Vincenzo Bellante
Age: 28
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: North End
Relatively little is known about Bellante, a native of Riesi, in the Sicilian province of Caltanissetta. He found work as a machinist in Boston and was one of 17 employees of the Walworth Manufacturing Co. that were killed in the accident.
Name: Sigrid Benson
Age: 35
Occupation: Electrician
Lived in: Cambridge
A native of Sweden and an electrician at Condit Electrical Manufacturing Co., Benson was the "sole supporter of his aged mother," as the Boston Herald put it. Though the official death record listed his first name as Sigrid and his age as 35, multiple papers identified him as Sigfried and listed his age as a few years older.
Name: Wawyik Bodnar
Age: 49
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: West End
Bodnar lived in a tenement just a few doors down from fellow victim George Wencus. Less is known about Bodnar than almost any other victim; the newspapers wrote nothing about him other than to list him among the dead, and even then they spelled his first and last name several different ways. His official death record called him Wawyik Bodnar and identified him as a native of Austria.
Name: Daniel Buckley
Age: 59
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Newton Upper Falls
A machinist at Walworth, Buckley was a lifelong Newton resident and son of Irish immigrants. Active in Democratic politics, he had once run for alderman. Before leaving for work in the morning on the day of the accident, he told his wife he planned to stay out late that night watching the election returns come in.
Name: Antonio Campagnoni
Age: 51
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: North End
Another of the victims from Walworth Manufacturing, Campagnoni had come to Boston from central Italy in his mid-30s, with a wife and five young children. At the time of his death, property maps showed that Campagnoni owned the three-story tenement building where he lived, on a narrow street near Old North Church. His obituary called him "one of the unfortunates in the Summer Street accident."
Name: James R. Carey
Age: Mid-40s
Occupation: Wireworker
Lived in: North Cambridge
Carey, who had four young children, was on his way home to celebrate his birthday with his family, according to newspaper accounts, though they differed as to whether it was his 44th or 45th. His 20th wedding anniversary was also coming up the following week. Just before the accident, Carey was standing inside the car, chatting with friend and colleague Iver Anderson, a father of five. Anderson sustained a bad gash to his head and temporarily blacked out, but survived.
Name: Dugald B. Carruthers
Age: 70
Occupation: Woodworker
Lived in: Everett
The oldest victim, Carruthers was a widower with two grown daughters. A native of Scotland, he worked at J.W. Moore Machine Co. and had lived for more than two decades in Everett, where he was active in several fraternal organizations and was "very well known and highly respected. News of his death cast a shadow of gloom over the entire city," a Globe account said.
Name: George R. Clark
Age: 58
Occupation: Mechanic/mechanical engineer
Lived in: Dorchester
A native of Walpole, N.H., Clark had a successful railroad career in the Midwest. He designed the country's first big "mogul" engine and was chief mechanic for the Wabash Railroad and deputy superintendent for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway — known as the Big Four — before coming back home to New England, where he had a high-ranking mechanical position at J.W. Moore Machine. The Dorchester Beacon called Clark "one of our best-known neighbors and residents." His wife was president of the Dorchester Women's Club. Because of a letter in his pocket, Clark was initially misidentified in the press as his son Joshua, an insurance executive.
Name: William S. Coggin
Age: 21
Occupation: Clerk
Lived in: Salem
The son of a late Salem physician, Coggin had graduated from Harvard the previous winter, in 3½ years, and was a clerk in the wool trade that dominated Summer Street near Fort Point Channel, though he dreamed of running a farm. He was still living at home, commuting to Salem to care for his widowed mother. Boyish, with wire-rimmed glasses, he was described in a Harvard class memorial as widely popular and "the life of the party," with "sterling qualities of character, warm-heartedness, general kindness and a merry nature." He spent his final summer at a civilian military preparedness camp, anticipating joining the military if the country entered the war. "This service was not required of him, as he met the great call which ended his life in a terrible accident," his classmates wrote.
Name: James W. Crossland
Age: 53
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: Medford
Crossland, who worked for the Commonwealth Ice and Cold Storage Co., was one of 10 Fish Pier employees to die in the accident. Originally from Leeds, England, he lived in Everett before moving to Medford shortly before his death. Multiple accounts said he and his wife, Mary, had a nephew who lived with them; the Globe said he was survived by "a wife and several adopted children."
Name: Norris B. Curtis
Age: About 30
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Somerville
A native of Maine, Curtis was working as a machinist at J.W. Moore and living with his aunt, Mrs. L.A. Gammon in Somerville. He "was like a son to her," according to the Somerville Journal. Curtis was planning a wedding to Pauline Loelle of Jamaica Plain. His father, also named Norris, traveled to Boston from Maine to identify the body. His death record said he was 30, but the press identified him as 28 to 32. His 26-year-old fiancee would not marry for another 17 years.
Name: Antonio Della Pelle
Age: 23
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: North End
Della Pelle's body was the second to be recovered. Medical examiner George Magrath initially identified him through a bill receipt in his pocket and the initials on his belt buckle. He worked at Walworth Manufacturing and was riding home with friend, coworker, and fellow lodger Joseph Caranzio, who was rescued from the water. Caranzio was near the rear platform, and he called out to Della Pelle inside the car as the trolley went over. Originally from Penne, a town in Abruzzo known for beautiful historic brickwork, Della Pelle came to Boston via New York in 1913.
Name: Orrin Fish
Age: Mid-40s
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Newtonville
Employed at R&S Machine Co., Fish was a father of six children, the youngest an infant. He grew up on an Andover farm but spent his adult life in Newton, where he worked previously as a streetcar conductor for the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Co., "and had many friends gained in that work," according to the Boston Journal.
Name: Thomas W. Gannon
Age: About 40
Occupation: Gardener
Lived in: Jamaica Plain
Gannon surfaced in the water just seconds after the accident. He was brought ashore and rushed to the Relief Hospital at Haymarket Square, where he was declared dead. He was the last of the 45 initial victims to be identified at the morgue, through an engraved watch case, and his death certificate was the only one that lacked both a place of birth and an occupation. However, newspaper accounts indicated that he had worked as a gardener at a Jamaica Plain estate while living nearby.
Name: William G. Higgins
Age: 32
Occupation: Salesman
Lived in: Roslindale
The son of Irish immigrants, Higgins was born in Brookline. He had run his own fish market in West Roxbury until earlier that year, when he left to join the Storey-Simmons Co. at Boston's gleaming new Fish Pier. Higgins had been married three years earlier and left his wife, Margaret, and a 2-year-old daughter.
Name: Horatio Jackson
Age: 46
Occupation: Cutter/"floor man," Fish Pier
Lived in: Revere
The son of a sailor from Nova Scotia and a homemaker from England, Jackson — who went by Harry —- was born in Wales but came to the Boston area in infancy. He was working as a clerk when he married his wife, Catherine, a milliner, in Boston in 1895. He became a meat cutter but switched to fish, and at the time of the accident was working for F.J. O'Hara & Co. at the new Fish Pier. In addition to his wife, he left a 13-year-old daughter, Madolyn. "Mrs. Jackson is prostrated over her husband's sudden death and is in the care of a physician," the Globe reported.
Name: Edward J. Livingston
Age: 49
Occupation: Foreman, Fish Pier
Lived in: Brighton
Of the 10 Fish Pier workers killed in the accident, Livingston was the best known in the industry, according to press accounts. A Gloucester native, he was manager of Gloucester Fresh Fish Co. before moving to Boston shortly before the accident to work as a foreman for Freeman & Cobb at the Fish Pier. He was also well known in fraternal circles in both cities as a member of the Elks, Odd Fellows, and Ancient Order of United Workmen. Though Livingston's death record said he was 50, multiple public records indicate he was born in April 1867. He left two grown children and a wife of 29 years.
Name: Biagio "Biggi" Macaluso
Age: 19
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: East Boston
Name: Vincenzo "Jimmie" Macaluso
Age: 18
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: East Boston
The Macaluso brothers were two of the youngest victims, as well as one of two sets of brothers killed in the accident, along with the Riggios. A third brother, Rosario Macaluso, was supposed to ride home with them from Walworth Manufacturing but got caught in the back of the crowd boarding the trolley and had to wait for the next car. The Macalusos came from a small town in the mountains of Sicily. Their father, Francesco, came over about 1902 to save money and sent for his wife, Vincenza, and three boys in 1905. In Boston, they would go by John, Biggi, and Jimmie; they lived with their parents and two Boston-born younger sisters at 61 Charter St. in the North End, crowding into an apartment with several other relatives, before moving to East Boston. They lived in the same tenement building as Pasquale Iannessa, who would become a dear friend and survive the 1916 accident while riding home beside them.
Name: Francesco Martella
Age: 37
Occupation: Mechanic
Lived in: North End
Martella, another Walworth employee, lived in a five-story walk-up across from St. Stephen's Church. Relatively little is known about Martella, whose name was spelled half a dozen ways in news accounts. The 1910 Census indicates that he came from Italy in 1908; before he worked at Walworth, he was a street-crew laborer and was one of six boarders with a family of three in an apartment on Salem Street, all nine of them Italian. Martella and four of the other boarders had all left wives back home, common in that period, to earn money and establish a foothold in America.
Name: Charles McCaffrey
Age: 43
Occupation: Fish handler
Lived in: Brighton
McCaffrey, who was born in Charlestown to a Canadian father and Irish mother, had worked as a milkman before becoming a fish cutter. He married Mary Bernard in 1897 and had a son 10 months later. At the time of his death, he was working for Storey-Simmons Co. at the Fish Pier. The Globe reported that he was a member of Carroll Court of the MCOF — the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, a fraternal organization — and the Holy Name Society of St. Aidan's Church in Brookline.
Name: Stanislaw Palewski
Age: 26
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: West End
Palewski was another Walworth employee. None of the daily newspapers in Boston noted anything about him. His death certificate listed his birthplace with the vague entry "Russia Poland." His story remains largely unknown, though the 1914 city directory in Lawrence included a Stanislaw Palewski, spelled the same way, working as a factory "operative." In Boston, Palewski lived near the elevated tracks along Causeway Street.
Name: Salvatore Pellizotto
Age: 26
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: North End
Pelliizotto came over from Sicily in his late teens, joining his father, Benedetto. By 1910 the whole family had reunited, living on Unity Terrace in the North End. Salvatore was working as a carpenter, and his sisters, 15 and 16, both worked in a candy factory. By 1916, Pellizotto was working for Walworth Manufacturing; in his pocket on the night of his death, he carried a card for the East Boston Court of Foresters, a fraternal organization. His father identified him at the morgue.
Name: Francis E. Perkins
Age: 28
Occupation: Yacht builder
Lived in: Quincy
Perkins had the most rarefied background of anyone in the crowded streetcar, a Mayflower descendant raised in proper Philadelphia society. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Perkins moved to Boston to study at Harvard Law School, but dropped out for the romance of building boats on the South Boston waterfront. He was married and had no children. An older brother living in Cambridge identified his body and wired the news to their mother.
Name: John W. Pickering
Age: 49
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Revere
A native of Prince Edward Island, he came to Massachusetts as a teenager in the 1880s and married in 1889. Early records list his occupation as pile driver and carpenter. By the time of the 1910 Census he and his wife, Eliza, owned a home in Revere and had four sons and a daughter, ranging in age from 3 to 21; they had also buried a child.
Name: Thomas H. Price
Age: Early 50s
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: South End
One of two African-American victims of the accident, Price was born in Kentucky during the Civil War. The 1880 Census showed Price to be 18 and working as a laborer in Lexington, Ky. By 1900 he was boarding in Boston's West End and working as a porter. In 1905, he married Emmaline Parker, a domestic worker who had also come up from the South; at the time, Price was working as a messenger. By 1916, Price was a window washer and handyman on the new Fish Pier, where he was popular up and down the pier, multiple newspapers noted.
Name: Louis J. Richard
Age: 52
Occupation: Foreman
Lived in: Medford
Richard, a native of New Brunswick, was a veteran of the leather and shoe business who was working as a "boss carpenter" for Commonwealth Ice and Cold Storage Co. on the new Fish Pier, according to the Globe. Even before the accident, Richard and his wife, Justine, had suffered much tragedy. The 1910 Census showed that four of their seven children had died in childhood.
Name: Angelo Riggio
Age: 20
Occupation: Carpenter
Lived in: North End
Name: Diego Riggio
Age: 28
Occupation: Mason
Lived in: North End
The Riggio brothers came from Sicily. Diego arrived via New York in 1912, and his younger brother Angelo a year later. Records show that by 1916 they were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Anna and Giuseppe Vassallo, at the far end of Hanover Street. On the night of the accident, the recovered bodies were first taken to the North End waterfront, then carried in hearses down Hanover Street to Scollay Square, then on to the morgue in the West End. Many newspapers carried the poignant tale of how Anna had been waiting anxiously for her brothers to come home, and learned of their deaths from a police officer as the hearses passed by.
Name: Vincenzo Rusci
Age: 27
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: East Boston
Like fellow victim Antonio Della Pelle, Rusci came from Penne, a town in Abruzzo, and worked in South Boston at the Walworth Manufacturing plant. Passenger records show that he sailed to New York from Naples at least three times — twice as a teenager with his father, Raffaele, in 1906 and 1908, and then again on the SS Duca Degli Abruzzi just five months before his death. His older brother Antonio also worked at Walworth and spent decades there.
Name: Joseph Scribner
Age: 18
Occupation: Clerk
Lived in: Malden
At 18 years, 10 months, and 2 days old, Scribner was the second youngest victim, four months older than Vincenzo Macaluso. He worked at Condit Electrical Manufacturing, where the Globe identified him as an electrician, though his death record called him a clerk. He was the son of a police officer who worked for the parks system.
Name: William J. Shannon
Age: 24
Occupation: Fish merchant
Lived in: East Boston
Shannon, one of 10 victims from the Fish Pier, was talking to friends Arthur Smith and Edward Livingston when the car went over; only Smith survived. One of the few Boston-born passengers on the trolley, Shannon grew up in East Boston and South Boston, the older of two boys born to a teamster from Nova Scotia and a clerk-turned-homemaker from Lowell. News accounts called him a fish packer, but his death certificate called him a fish merchant. He left a wife, Elizabeth.
Name: Kempton Singer
Age: 24
Occupation: Fireman (stoking fires)
Lived in: Winchester
Kempton Singer was a fireman for the electric company, meaning he stoked fires at a power plant, not that he put them out. After two straight weeks of working overtime, the 24-year-old Nova Scotia native was eager to get home in time for supper in Winchester, where he had fallen in love with the daughter of the family he boarded with, and was engaged to be married. "Singer was a talented violinist, and it was with swollen and reddened eyes his fiancee eyed the instrument in the parlor of her home yesterday," the Herald reported.
Name: Ira Steadman
Age: 36
Occupation: Teamster
Lived in: Dorchester
Steadman and his wife, Jessie, both came from Nova Scotia and married in Boston in 1902. He was a teamster — driving horse-drawn trucks — who got a job as an iceman at Commonwealth Ice and Cold Storage Co. at the Fish Pier, which opened in 1914. At the time of the accident, the Steadmans had five young children — two others had died in infancy — and one more on the way. When she gave birth to a boy the following week, Jessie Steadman named him Ira, after the father he would never know. Another son, Walter, grew up to become a Boston firefighter, rising to lieutenant.
Name: Henry F. Thomas
Age: 44
Occupation: Clerk
Lived in: Wellesley
The dapper, mustachioed Thomas grew up in an affluent part of Fall River, where his father's occupation was listed in the 1900 Census as "capitalist." A coal dealer with Stetson Coal, Thomas and his wife, Helen, had just built a new home in Wellesley Farms a few months before the accident, moving from Dorchester. On the night of his death, she had just undergone surgery for appendicitis. "His wife is so ill in the Forest Hills hospital that she has not been told of his death," the Boston Journal reported, two days after the accident.
Name: Heronim Tyszsko
Age: 26
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Chelsea
Scant details are available about Tyszsko, an unmarried immigrant whose death certificate is vague, listing his place of birth as "Russia Poland." He appeared in two Boston-area city directories, boarding on Billerica Street in the West End in 1914 and living in Chelsea in 1916. An emigrant whose name appeared to be Heronim "Tisko" and would have been the right age (16) sailed from Bremen, Germany, to New York City in 1906 aboard the SS Trave, with $4 in his pocket.
Name: Austin E. Verge
Age: 23
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Somerville
A native of Nova Scotia, Verge was coming home from his first day on the job at Walworth Manufacturing when he was killed in the accident. Like many other young men and women from the Maritimes in that era, Verge went back and forth to New England in search of economic opportunity. He had previously worked a stint for the Boston Elevated, apparently as a security guard. Earlier in the year, Verge had befriended a Mainer named Carl Kenney in a lumber camp; after Kenney found work at Walworth and lodging in Somerville, he secured a job for his friend and a room in the same house. They were standing together inside the car, near the front, when it went over; Verge died and Kenney survived. In his pocket, Verge carried an ID card from an accident insurance company in Maine.
Name: William H. Wallace
Age: 19
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: Cambridge
Just 19, Wallace was the second oldest of seven children, raised in Cambridge, Somerville, and Quincy. His father was a lead glazier who came from Alabama; his mother was a Cambridge native. When Wallace was 14, he lost a 2-year-old sister to diphtheria. He was one of at least five employees of J.W. Moore Machine to perish.
Name: George M. Walton
Age: 36
Occupation: Fish business
Lived in: Jamaica Plain
Born in Dublin, Walton spent the first 30 years of his life there, working as a grocer. He sailed to Boston in January 1911, listing Frank O'Hara of Winchester as his contact in the Boston area — proprietor of F.J. O'Hara & Co., one of the most prominent firms in the Boston fish business. O'Hara would lose two employees in the accident, Walton and Horatio Jackson. Walton left a wife and three young children, according to the Globe.
Name: Roy A. Watt
Age: 25
Occupation: Pattern maker
Lived in: Cambridge
A native of Nova Scotia and the son of a sea captain, Watt was a pattern maker for J.W. Moore Machine Co., an East First Street workshop that manufactured special-order machinery for industrial businesses. He was still living with his parents in Cape Breton during the 1911 Canadian Census. His body was claimed by his older brother.
Name: George Wencus
Age: About 25
Occupation: Machinist
Lived in: West End
Much was written about Wencus's physical description — as the first body to surface — and about his pocket watch, the hands of which froze at the time of the accident, 5:26. Less is known about his life. He came from what is today Lithuania but was part of the Russian Empire during his childhood. According to the Boston Post, he lived with his brother, his sister, and her husband in the West End.
Name: Luther Williams
Age: 46
Occupation: Janitor
Lived in: South End/Roxbury
The Virginia native was one of two African-American victims of the streetcar accident. In the 1880 Census, he was listed as Luke Williams, one of seven children of Andrew and Clarissa Williams, in a Southeastern Virginia county that no longer exists. Little is known about Williams in adulthood except that he was single and worked as a janitor, though the medical examiner found three receipts in his pockets for classified ads in the Globe, as well as an old letter with a Hampton, Va., address.
Name: Elsie H. Wood
Age: 19
Occupation: Stenographer
Lived in: Roxbury
Wood was both the only woman killed in the accident and the only victim whose body was not recovered within hours. Her boss at Condit Electrical Manufacturing posted a $100 reward for whoever found her body. In the language of the day, Wood was "a beautiful girl of the blonde type" in "a dark blue coat with a fur neck piece" (Boston Journal) and the "pretty girl with the fur collar" (Boston American). Wood's childhood had a whiff of Victorian controversy. Her 1897 Boston birth record listed no father — only a mother, Annie, a Scottish immigrant. The 1900 Census labeled 3-year-old Elsie "illegitimate"; records indicate that her mother, a widow in her 40s with three older children, may not have expected to become pregnant with Elsie.
Name: Veckenty Zabrocke
Age: 35-40
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: Roxbury
Zabrocke was one of at least 17 victims who worked at the sprawling Walworth Manufacturing plant. That Zabrocke's death certificate did not include his parents' names and put a range for his age indicates that the spelling of his name may have been a phonetic guess. He was likely the same person as the "Vincenty Zabrocki" listed as a shoemaker in the 1912 Lynn City Directory and the "Vincently Zabrocki" who sailed to Boston from Liverpool in 1911, at age 29. That Zabrocki was an ethnic Pole who had a vision problem in his right eye, and planned to stay initially with a cousin in South Boston.
Name: Giuseppe Zuffante
Age: 26-27
Occupation: Laborer
Lived in: North End
Zuffante was a slender young man from Sicily, 5 foot 6 and barely 130 pounds, who was in the process of becoming a United States citizen. He was previously listed as a grocer in some documents, though his death certificate identified him generically as a laborer. A Boston American reporter witnessed Zuffante's adolescent cousin, Salvatore, pleading amid the crowd outside the morgue to be admitted to identify Giuseppe. "Joseph, he didn't come home. He has a wife and she has a little baby, and so she couldn't come," said Salvatore, eyes rimmed with tears. "But we tell her Joseph is sick. And all the time we see in the paper that he is dead. He must be in there."


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About me
Hi, and welcome to Murat Akdeniz's place!
I'm Murat, and you've somehow ended up in my little place of the web.
I was born in 1982, in
Kayseri ,Turkey… and I'm still pretty much stuck here.
I enjoy various activities like drawing cartoon, writing, web design, and playing flute (Turkish:Ney).
Since I enjoy cartoons more than anything else, I have been working on my own cartoon gallery for a number of years now.
I've been maintaining a website under the name of
- www.makdeniz.com My personel web site.
- www.isanalisti.net Source for business analysts.
Anything I do that I decide is worthy of showing to others ends up here (or on one of the two websites I just linked).
I hope you enjoy my work!
My Resume
You can take look at my resume by
My personal computing history
My first computer programming experience was on 1994 at one of my rich friend's computer. The very first code i wrote in BASIC was this:
10 Input "What do you want to eat",A$ 20 Print "I would like to eat",A$,"too"
It was very difficult to understand the idea of variable "A$".
Then i got my first computer, in 1996, was a Commodore 64 , and could be programmed in a BASIC.
Then three years later got a AIDATA brand Pentium II 350 PC with 512 MB RAM . After the earlier machines that really only had BASIC, now I started learning Pascal and Borland Delphi, Photoshop 5.0 ,3dStudio Max and many more…
After a few years, I've discovered the internet and realized importance of web development. Therefore i started to learn PHP, HTML, MySQL.
Nowadays i am specially concentrated on project and vendor management.


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Within the last couple of years Vinyl fencing has become more popular than ever. vinyl fences make a great choice for your garden. With the popularity, the different styles and colors of vinyl fences has also gained momentum in recent times.
We have done the research and through many years of experience in the fence construction industry we have discovered that vinyl fences is superior to all other type fence. You can get all types of colors including Black, White, Gray, Almond and Clay. In addition, there are close to 50 designs and styles available at any given time. vinyl fences make a great choice for your garden.
If you want to build a fence for your garden, I suggest you choose vinyl fences. When you take into consideration all of the great features and benefits that the vinyl fences offers the reasons for its new found fame become very evident. The great thing about vinyl fences is that it is so much easier to put together. vinyl fences is maintenance-free and durable. and vinyl fences is easy to clean.
Owing to such great advantages, vinyl fence has become the hottest product. The other great thing about vinyl fences is that it is easy to installation. Most people who decide to go with wooden fences have to call in contractors to install them, and this can often cost more than the materials themselves. Vinyl fencing comes with easy to understand instructions that most people will be able to deal with. If you can put flat pack furniture together then you will find putting these types of fences together a breeze.
Vinyl fences make a great choice for your garden. If you have need or have any questions, you can ask our customer service online, or leave your contact information in the message board. We will reply immediately.


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Chicago Cubs (Jason Marquis) at St. Louis Cardinals (Todd Wellemeyer)
Injuries to starters Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder – two former All-Stars – and Matt Clement put a major dent in the St. Louis rotation. This was a dent that was expected to give the Cardinals two straight losing seasons for the first time since the 1994-95 seasons. Sunday night starter Todd Wellemeyer, along with Braden Looper and Kyle Lohse, has done an excellent job of not only keeping St. Louis afloat but propelling them to first place in the National League Central Division.
Following a midseason trade from Kansas City to St. Louis last year, Wellemeyer bounced back and forth from the rotation to the bullpen. The aforementioned injuries provided him with a consistent spot in the starting rotation and he has responded. He has gone 2-1 in six starts with 36 punchouts in just 37 innings. Wellemeyer has been especially tough at home with a 3.00 ERA and .231 batting average against.
Wellemeyer will no doubt have his work cut out for himself against Chicago's league-leading offense. The Cubs are hitting well from top of the order to the bottom, leading baseball in runs per game, team batting average and team OPS. They have scored five or more runs in 17 of their 28 games and are a threat to light up the scoreboard on a daily basis. They'll need to continue to score runs in support of starter Jason Marquis.
Marquis has been this season what Marquis will always be: a back -of-the-rotation hurler with an ERA hovering around 4.50. His career ERA is 4.55 and he seems destined to remain around that number for the rest of his career. That doesn't mean he can't win this game, though. His two best outings this year have come on the road, limiting Colorado to two runs over seven innings and Philadelphia to two runs over five innings. Marquis had solid outings against his former Cardinal teammates last year, going 3-1 with a 3.60 ERA.
Like its starting rotation, St. Louis has benefited from surprisingly strong efforts from a relatively unknown lineup. With well-known names Scott Rolen, Jim Edmonds and David Eckstein playing elsewhere, the Cardinals came into this season with question marks around the diamond. A majority of those questions have been answered with Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, Adam Kennedy and Skip Schumaker providing support for the always unpitchable Albert Pujols.
The difference-maker in this game could be home-field advantage. Both St. Louis and Chicago have benefited from a home-heavy schedule to open the season and both have taken advantage. The Cardinals have gone 12-6 at home this season while Chicago has gone 11-6 at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. The Cubbies haven't fared nearly as well away from home, going just 6-5 and averaging three fewer runs per game.
Chicago has enjoyed some success at Busch Stadium recently, though, going 7-2 in St. Louis last year. Additionally, the Cards and Cubs heavily favored the under in St. Louis last year, going 6-2-1 with the under. Those nine contests averaged just 7.8 runs per game with only one game reaching double digits.
NL Central battles are almost heated affairs, especially when it features the Cubs and Cardinals. With two games of the series already in the books, tempers could flare between the division rivals. Don't miss out on the action as this game promises to bring entertaining television and even better betting.


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The Jefferson City Public Schools want patrons to get answers to their questions quickly and easily. We will continue to add to the FAQ page as other questions arise. Please email Amy Berendzen with suggestions or call (573) 659-3018.Questions
2) My family is new to the district. How do I register my child?
3) I want to know more about the A+ Schools program.
4) When is graduation at Jefferson City High School?
5) Where can I find breakfast and lunch menus?
6) I need information about which school my child will attend. Is there a District map?
7) Where can I find the District Report Card and other important data about the schools?
8) Where can I find Board of Education policies and other Board Information?
9) I have general questions about the Jefferson City Public Schools and would like to speak to someone. Please direct me.
10) I would like contact information for all of the schools and their principals.
11) I am interested in funding and budget information for the Jefferson City Public Schools.
12) Where can I find the starting and dismissal times for all schools?
13) Where may I find information about Early Childhood Education and the Parents as Teachers Program?
14) I would like special updates of school issues and emergency information.
15) Where can I find school-required immunization information?
16) I would like to view the student handbook for my child's school. Where is it located?
17) I am looking for maps of the district.
18) I am interested in tracking my child's progress in school, does the district provide a "parent portal" to student grades, attendance, etc.?
19) I would like weekly news and emergency updates on school news.
AnswersA: You will find most of the answers to your calendar questions at calendar icon in the upper right of this page. To view the printable calendar of the entire school year, go to our Calendars.If it's a calendar question specific to your child's school or teacher, please visit the schools' link (choose the school in the "Select a School" drop down menu in the top left of the page.
If it is a date that is not included on either of these sites, please call us at 659-3018 or email Amy Berendzen. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
A JCPS Welcome Center (573) 659-3043
3) Q I want to know more about the A+ Schools program.
A Visit the A+ Schools link.
A Information about high school dates including graduation may be found at the JCHS Calendar. For more information, call 659-3059.
A Food Service breakfast and lunch menus can be downloaded at the Menu link. For more information about the Food Service Department, visit this link.
A District maps are located at our About/Maps link. We always recommend that patrons speak to our Director of Transportation for very specific transportation and school area questions. Please call (573) 659-3017.
A You will find important data including the District Report Card and links to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education "School Reports" here:
District Report Card/Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
A Please visit the Board of Education link. Should you need additional information about the Board or Board policies, call the Secretary of the Board, 659-3012.
A Please call the Office of School-Community Relations at (573) 659-3018.
Visit the School-Community Relations Office link.
A You will find contact information for all schools and principals at the Contact Us link.
A You will find the District Budget Information page here. If you have further questions, please call the Business Office at (573) 659-3023.
A Visit our school starting and dismissal times link.
A Please visit the Early Childhood link or the Parents as Teachers link.
A Please sign up for the district's weekly newsletter, the Key Communicator.
To receive text message updates, please sign up for TextJCPS
The Jefferson City Public Schools provide phone alerts to all families and staff through the SchoolMessenger calling system. Phone numbers for these calls are taken from the district's databases. If you are a parent and you believe you did not receiver a call from either your child's school or the district, please contact your child's school and double-check to make sure your phone number is correctly entered into the district database.
A Please visit the Immunizations page within our Health Services information.
Please call our Coordinator of Health Services at 632-3417 or 619-2984. You may also contact the Assistant Superintendent for Special Services at 659-3016 for more information.
A Most school's have their handbook in the "About Us" drop down menu on their building website. You can access school websites by choosing a building in the "Select a School" drop down menu in the top left of this page.
A You'll find maps of the entire district here.
A The district uses Infinite Campus as the parent portal to their child's grade, attendance and related data. Parents can sign up for Infinite Campus here.
A Sign up for the district's e-newsletter, the Key Communicator, here.


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Alila Ubud, Newsletter, Travel Tips | by admin | March 28th, 2017 | No Comments
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If you've been too mesmerised by celebrity weddings on cliffside resorts or staring too hard at gorgeous water villas, you may be missing out on an often-understated part of Bali that takes you back to nature – resorts nestled in the heart of the Balinese lush greenery.
Luxury at the top of the dramatic rainforest: Alila Ubud
Imagine taking in a panoramic view from a dramatic mountainside pool perched above the Ayung River valley.
If this doesn't take your breath away, we don't know what will.
At the airy Valley villa, you can immerse yourself in the lush valley views from the comfort of your bed, and enjoy the peaceful tunes of nature as you soak in the outdoor bathtub. For even better luxury, choose the elegant and spacious Terrace Tree Villa, which is perched on a lofty hillside where you can watch the sunrise every day. You'll also be able to see vast rice paddies and alang alang plantations on the banks of the valley.
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Two-thirds of big British businesses have been hit with cyberattacks over the past year, according to a new UK Government report.
And 25% of these companies get breached at least once a month.
On Sunday, the government put out the Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2016, a study written with research firm Ipsos Mori.
It examines to what extent British businesses have been affected by cybercrime in the last 12 months, and how. And it turns out a lot of them have been, a lot.
The full report is embedded below if you want to read it, but here are some of the key figures:
- 65% of large firms detected a breach/attack over the last year (when you include undetected attacks, that number will almost certainly be higher). 25% of these companies experienced breaches on a monthly basis.
- Only 51% of companies have taken the government's "recommended actions" to reduce risk.
- 68% of attacks are malware, spyware, and viruses — with 32% being more sophisticated impersonation-based attacks.
Larger companies are — perhaps predictably — targeted more often than smaller ones. Overall, 24% of British businesses have experienced "a cyber security breach or attack" in the last 12 months.
Here's a breakdown of the data showing the nature of the different attacks.
Conservative minister Ed Vaizey, writing the foreword for the report, said: "When I speak to businesses it is clear awareness of the cyber threat is now very high. Everyone I talk to agrees the threat is significant and needs to be tackled, but there is a gap between awareness and action, which is highlighted in this report. We see a steady stream of breaches and attacks on firms which assume they are on top of security, but still haven't got a good understanding of the possible impact on their business or what they should do about it."
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After Towneley was opened as a public park in 1902, three things were at the top of the Parks Committee's to-do list – cafe, toilets and seats. In 1904, there were complaints of insufficient benches and, on June 29th, the committee ordered 30 more at a cost of £39. This photograph, with Foldys Cross in the foreground, shows a large number of benches and dates from around 1905 to 1907. (The chimneys seen on the south tower and south buttress were removed in 1908.)
Over the years there has been a gradual replacement of old benches thanks to public gifts. One of the earliest such gifts came from the Burnley committee of the Women's Gas Federation in 1960 to mark the 21st anniversary of their organisation. The form was a solid structure of teak and was placed in the courtyard at Towneley Hall. Then in 1965, the British Dahlia Growers' Association offered a seat and plaque to mark the work of J F Barwise to improve the dahlia and this was followed by a similar donation from Burnley Horticultural Society the same year. In 1976, Towneley Tennis Club donated two 6 foot boulevard seats to celebrate 50 years of tennis at Causeway End.
It appears the first donation of a memorial seat from private individuals was in 1979, when according to the minutes of the Recreation and Leisure Committee "the Borough Recreation Officer reported that persons mentioned wish to donate a seat in memory of their son in one of the parks. The donation was gratefully received and the officers were authorised to deal with similar future donations on their merits and locate them on appropriate sites under control of this committee".
There have been so many of these memorial donations since 1979 that the Heritage Lottery Fund have suggested that the modern benches were not in keeping with the historic landscape. As a result, the offer of benches is now discouraged.


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Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning
Fifty years ago, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered a mysterious, pulsing radio signal – and the downsides of being a young woman in science
IN A way, it was the second signal that was the big one. The first signal I saw could have been a mistake. The second one meant this was something real. It took a while to realise what we had found: the very first pulsars, a new type of star. We're still working out the true significance of the discovery today.
It was 1967, and we were looking for quasars using a radio telescope designed by Tony Hewish, my supervisor at the University of Cambridge. Back then, we knew only that quasars were very distant objects, …


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The Tar Tunnel
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Shropshire TF8 7HZ
The Coalport Tar Tunnel is easily the smallest and most bizarre of the museums to be found at the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England. Even in the 18th century the tunnel was a great curiosity.
The Tar Tunnel is located on the north bank of the River Severn in the tiny village of Coalport, at the foot of the Hay Incline Plane.
In 1787 work began on digging a canal tunnel to link the Coalport Canal running beside the River Severn, with the lower underground galleries of the coal mines beneath Blists Hill.
The idea was to load the newly mined coal directly from the seams into a canal boat which would be 'legged' out through the narrow canal tunnel.
During construction, the tunnel-ers struck a gushing spring of natural bitumen, a black treacle-like substance. Natural bitumen or tar had a commercial value and was used to treat and weatherproof ropes and caulk wooden ships, but small amounts were also processed and bottled as a remedy for rheumatism.
After digging some 3,000 feet (914 metres) into the hill the canal project was abandoned in favour of bitumen extraction.
After the canal project was abandoned a new method of transporting the mined coal had to be found. The Hay Inclined Plane was built instead, its base being alongside the canal basin.
The Tunnel Today
Today, more than 200 years later, bitumen is still oozing through the walls and welling up in puddles. Visitors are provided with hard hats and may enter the first 300 feet of the brick-lined tunnel as far as an iron gate. Electric lighting is provided.
Seasonal opening
7 days a week: 10:30 – 16:00 hours.
Closed during winter.
For details go to Web: Ironbridge/ Tar Tunnel
There are two options – tickets for a single visit to a museum or the fantastic value Annual Passport Ticket which allows unlimited visits to all the sites. For more information and current prices go to Web: Ironbridge/ Tar Tunnel
- Don a hard hat and enter the eerie, underground brick-lined tunnel;
- Crouch down to peer inside miniature caverns and see the thick tranquil pools of liquid tar;
- Smell the tar oozing out of the rocks;
- Return outside and take a look at the extraordinary Hay Inclined Plane, a nifty invention designed in the early 1790s to move tub boats between the Shropshire canal at the top of the hill and the Coalport canal at the bottom. Well worth a look.
Disabled Access
For more detailed information go to .pdf document at Web: Ironbridge/ Access Guide/ Coalport China Museum & Tar Tunnel
Visit Duration
You should allow about 20 minutes for a visit.
Contact & Further Information
+44 (0)1952 433 424
Getting There
The Ironbridge Gorge is in Shropshire, 5 miles (8km) south of Telford Town Centre and is well signposted from the M54 motorway, Junction 4. When you leave M54 follow the brown and white tourism signs for Ironbridge Gorge.
As you get closer to the Museums follow the specific signs: For Blists Hill Victorian Town, Coalport China Museum and Tar Tunnel follow 'Blists Hill Museums'.
Car Parking
There is car parking at the Coalport China Museum near to the Tar Tunnel. Sat Nav for the car park is TF8 7HT. One ticket, costing around £2.00, is required to park at most of the Museum car parks.
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3030 El Cajon blvd
San Diego, Ca
Ph # 619-283-6596
Todd McElhinney
Head Instructor and Owner
Todd has become the Owner and Head Instructor at the very same school he started his martial arts training 20 years ago. Many Blackbelts have come and have gone their own way. But Mr. McElhinney has kept the school going, teaching 6 days a week 8 to 10 hrs a day and still finding the time to train and compete. Its very hard but some how Todd does it all. He's made place for a lot of the Older Blackbelts where they can come together and train on their Katas, Sparring, and Technique. As well as being a successful businessman Todd has been one of the top competitors in Karate Tournaments for some 15 years or more.
The Wild Bunch
Above are GrandMaster Dick Willett's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation Black Belts. I hope no one gets offended because I can't remember everyones name. But here are a few names that I do remember in the picture above. Joyce Libert, Terry Crook, Kimko,Scott Richardson, John "Big T", Turnage, Dave Hayes, Robert "Foots" Sumler, Dick Willett, Craig Swanson, Rey Leal, Cha Che Leal, Tony Crisotomo, Frank Mafnas, Doug Arcindino, Tidwale, Andy Selcer, "Breeze", Patty Mcklintock, Fred Pablo, Orned "Chicken" Gabriel, Donna Malloy, Todd Mc Elhinney, John Tran, and one the first BlackBelts under Dick Willet bottom right, "Big Brother" Mike Roberts.
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Todd McElhinney, Ervin Hoffman, World Champion Joe Lewis, GrandMaster Dick Willet, Dave Hays, Frank Mafnas.
"Chicken" Gabriel, Rey Leal, Steve "Nasty" Anderson, "Sweet Pete Salas"
Dave Hays, GrandMaster Dick Willet and Rey Leal
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Las Vegas Gathering of Eagles August 11, 2001
Links to Tracy Photo Gallery
"You're gonna Love this"
Chicken and Mick Leone
Jabbarwocky Club
photos of the "Wild Bunch"
"American Kenpo Karate San Diego Black Belts"
Long Beach International Karate Championships Photos