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Agenda Item No. 4
|Finance-Auditing Committee/Committee of the Whole
Meeting of October 10, 2002
|Celia G. Kupersmith, General Manager
The Finance-Auditing Committee recommends that the Board of Directors approve a revised and updated version of the Strategic Plan for Achieving Long Term Financial Stability.
This matter will be presented to the Board of Directors at its October 11, 2002, meeting for appropriate action.
At the June 28, 2002 Board meeting, the Board of Directors adopted a first version of the Strategic Plan for Achieving Long-Term Financial Stability (Strategic Plan). After working with the plan for several months and based on further decisions and directions from the Board and its Committees, staff has prepared a revised version that reflects the updated condition of the Strategic Plan.
The significant revisions to the Strategic Plan include the following:
- The timing and approach to transit service reductions has been amended in response to public and Board member concerns that the incremental approach does not adequately allow for design of a new approach to transit services and makes it harder for transit users to know what is happening to their service over time. The Strategic Plan now calls for an initial round of service reduction consistent with what is currently being discussed through the public process and a second, larger round of reductions that will be developed with public involvement in the process over the next several months. Implementation of potential reductions is now scheduled for March 2003 and either September 2003 or March 2004.
- A voluntary donation program for Bridge sidewalk and facility visitors will be developed and implemented in Spring 2003 with a comprehensive review of the program's effectiveness after one year.
- Miscellaneous strategies under investigation by staff for raising revenue or reducing costs are referenced in the document. An example would be the focus on reviewing Human Resources policies to determine if small improvements could be made that reduce current or future costs with minimal impact to employees.
- Broad timelines for activities in the Strategic Plan have been incorporated to assist in monitoring progress.
Fiscal Impact
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with approval of the revised version of the Strategic Plan for Achieving Long-Term Financial Stability.
Attachment Revised Strategic Plan for Achieving Long-Term Financial Stability
(October 2002)
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District faces a serious financial crisis in the next few years. To increase our major revenue sources, the Board has approved a toll increase and transit fare increase, both to be implemented in Fiscal Year 2003. Future bus and ferry fare increases have also been approved for study by staff. It has become clear, however, that toll and fare increases alone will not raise enough revenue to meet our financial needs over the next five years. Additionally, we do not have enough money in our reserves to carry us through this time period. We find ourselves needing to slow down spending in order to balance our budgets.
Facing this magnitude of problem, the Board directed staff to begin work on several pathways to achieve long-term financial viability. This Strategic Plan for Achieving Long-Term Financial Stability (Strategic Plan), revised in October 2002, reflects further direction provided to staff regarding the elements of the Strategic Plan and incorporates general timelines for the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
Staff is looking at new revenue sources such as Bridge sidewalk access fees, further bus and ferry fare increases, additional grant funds, and ideas that focus on making money through non-traditional means:
- A voluntary donation program for users of the Golden Gate Bridge Sidewalks will be implemented in Spring 2003, following the rainy season. At the end of one year, the program will be evaluated to determine its success. This evaluation may result in a desire to consider a required fee collection program.
- A continuation of the program of annual bus and ferry fare increases will be brought to the Board in the next few months for initial implementation on July 1, 2003 and then on July 1 of each of the following four years.
- Staff is also investigating the feasibility of a supplemental ferry fare increase in March/April 2003 to make a substantial adjustment to the ferry fares to bring them into parity with those of our private sector partners. This strategy is now being examined by the Bus and Ferry Services Advisory Committee.
- Work is underway on development of a strategy for collecting parking fees at Larkspur Ferry Terminal. This will proceed in coordination with the ferry fare increase analysis due to the direct inter-relationship between parking fees and ferry service fares.
- Staff is implementing an expansion to the parking meter program at the Bridge. The program is being designed so that visitor revenue is increased while
- continuing to allow staff to park at their worksite. Staff will also explore the possibility of charging a parking/access fee for tour buses at the Bridge.
- Staff is examining ways to maximize revenues from visitor-related services through reduced operating costs for the Bridge Gift Center and Bridge Café and through increased revenue generation. The Fiscal Year 2003 budget includes funds for marketing of the gift shop to local residents in addition to visitors. Staff will also explore the possibility of establishing a jointly operated gift center at Vista Point with the State of California, Department of Transportation.
- Staff is investigating opportunities to expand concession opportunities at the Bridge. Initial ideas have included bike rentals and audio tours. In both cases, the revenue-generating potential was much smaller than expected and the staff support necessary to implement and monitor the programs was significant. We are continuing to examine other concepts, including Bridge access tours, which may have more significant revenue generation potential.
- Staff will work with the local jurisdictions to seek their help in subsidizing specific bus routes that the District may seek to discontinue but that the local community may be desirous of maintaining.
- Staff will explore the possibility of creating a non-profit support organization to solicit, accept and grant monies for specific District projects and activities. Legal counsel is currently working on this strategy.
- Staff will explore the benefit of instituting a Golden Gate Bridge credit card and/or license plate program.
- Staff believes that providing extra staff resources within the Grants Department would enable the District to more aggressively pursue both traditional and non-traditional grant funds. We are reviewing the potential impacts of transferring an existing employee into the grants area. It is likely that additional training for this individual would be necessary and there may be an offsetting decrease in staff level elsewhere in the organization. We anticipate having a proposal for Board consideration in early Spring 2003.
- Staff will pursue federal Homeland Security funds that may become available for use in District projects. Conversations with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and other national and state partner agencies are under way.
- Staff will participate in any region-wide discussion and study of congestion pricing and will seek funds from the Federal Highway Administration and Bay Area Air Quality Management District to cover any costs associated with such study and any implementation that may occur.
- Staff will pursue opportunities for one-time and on-going revenue streams from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Caltrans. It is our intent to approach both organizations for assistance in funding on-going activities such as annual bridge maintenance, tow truck services, and transit operations. It is not possible to estimate the impact of this initiative but staff believes that funds can be made available in partnership with the District.
- Staff will work to ensure that the District's funding needs are included in any state-wide or county-level funding initiatives that may go to the voters for consideration.
- Staff will review arrangements and agreements with local agency partners, such as Marin and Sonoma Counties, to determine if the District's interests and needs are adequately and fairly addressed in light of our financial crisis. Negotiations with both Counties have begun and are expected to be wrapped up in the first half of 2003.
- Staff will investigate the feasibility of implementing, only in conjunction with Caltrans, electronic toll collection transponder charges.
- Additionally, staff will develop a program for public review and discussion of toll rates and the needs for changes to the toll rates on a regular basis, approximately every one to three years. In this way, the Board of Directors will be able to make a timely determination regarding the need for further toll or transit fare increases. This will be carried out as an integral part of the budget development and financial planning activities of the District.
The Board has also discussed several methods for attaining cost reductions and cost containment in addition to revenue enhancement. These discussions have included a wide range of ideas for further consideration and action.
- Staff is examining opportunities to reduce costs through increased efficiency and cost-sharing. Recent examples of this include partnering with MTC to reprint FasTrak brochures and materials to include TravInfo® information also. This saved the District $130,000 in this budget year. Administrative costs for the workers compensation program have also been reduced by $90,000 per year due to better management of cases and a reduced number of outstanding cases. Opportunities for staff restructuring and position elimination as vacancies appear will be also be an on-going activity.
- Staff intends to approach the Union Coalition in conjunction with the negotiations that will be underway during the second quarter of 2003 regarding a program of
- cost containment strategies. This will be followed by discussions with the Amalgamated Transit Union when their MOU is subject to renegotiation.
- Staff will prepare information for Board consideration regarding implementation of a two-year salary freeze for District employees, particularly for non-represented staff. Staff will also consider efforts to reduce health benefit costs through implementation of a cap on benefit levels. This analysis is underway and will be brought forward over the next several months.
- Staff is reviewing all current Human Resources policies to identify any opportunities for cost savings that can be secured early in the process so as to reduce the need for more drastic actions later.
- Staff is also working on developing proposals for some type of employee "early-out" program. Inducements will be examined with the goal being a financially sound approach to downsizing that minimizes the need for layoffs. It is important to understand that an "early-out" program applied across the Board may leave the District without employees in key positions. Our goal is not to end up needing to hire people as a result of any "early-out" program. Therefore, staff is taking a deliberative approach to development of such a program so that it works to the benefit of the organization and the employees who choose to take advantage of this potential window of opportunity. It is anticipated that such proposals will be forthcoming in 2003.
- A comprehensive staff suggestion program is being implemented that expands upon the success of such programs in some of our departments. Suggestion boxes are now in place throughout the District and an e-mail mailbox is available from work or home e-mail systems as well. District employees have received a letter from the General Manager outlining our financial problem and encouraging them as the front-line job experts to submit any idea they may have for reducing costs. These ideas will be reviewed first by the Employee Suggestion Program Committee to determine their potential for cost savings and to ensure that all ideas are looked at with fresh perspective.
- Staff will explore the financial advantages and disadvantages of being self-insured.
- A significant component of the District's effort to achieve a sustainable financial future will include development for Board consideration of a proposal to place a maximum limit on the amount of toll revenues that are used annually to subsidize transit services. This is expected to come before the Board for consideration in early 2003.
- Starting in late 2002, as directed by the Board and in response to our fiscal emergency, staff is developing a program for significant, system-wide service reductions that result in sustained savings over the long-term. Both bus and ferry
- service reductions are under consideration. Extensive public outreach throughout the process as well as a formal public hearing will be undertaken. System downsizing will be approached in two parts. The first part, impacting approximately 5% of our service hours and 3% of the passenger trips, is underway and decisions will be forthcoming in late November 2002. The first round of service reductions, if approved, would be implemented in March 2003.
- The process for developing a more significant downsizing and restructuring of the service will be undertaken beginning in late 2002 and will continue into the first half of 2003. The earliest date for implementation of any changes forthcoming from this effort would be September 2003. An alternative date for implementation would be March 2004.
- Other programs and services provided by the District will be undergoing review. Non-core programs and services will be subject to consideration for reduction or elimination. Staff will begin reviewing programs and services throughout the District that focuses on clearly identifying those services that must occur in order to carry out our primary mission (i.e., operate and maintain the Bridge so as to allow safe crossing of the Golden Gate Strait and provide bus and ferry services according the service priorities adopted by the Board). Programs and services that are extra will be identified and then examined to determine their value to the District in light of our financial emergency. This analysis will be conducted over the next several months.


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This is another attempt at doing lamb chops and vegetables all in one casserole dish at the same time. Click here to see my first effort.
Lamb shoulder chops
Potato slices, carrot rounds, pumpkin slices
Chicken stock
Sliced yams
Seasonings – salt & pepper
Pomegranate seeds for garnish
Oil your pot/dish and season it with salt and pepper.
Put in a layer of potato slices and season. Next a layer of carrots, season and finally your pumpkin.
Pour chicken stock in so that it just covers the vegetables.
Do a layer of the chops and sason with generously with pepper and lay the anchovies on top of them. Don't worry it won't taste fishy at all – just gives the lamb a deeper flavour.
Cook in a low oven for about 2 hours. Add a layer of sliced yams on top (they go mushy if they are overcooked)
When the yams are tender your dish is done. I sprinkled some pomegranate seeds on for a pop of colour.
This was a nice dish but I think my first effort was better.

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Music Interview with Indie Performer Koukie
Junior's Cave Magazine
The music of Indie Performer, Koukie is decidedly different, decidedly fabulous, decidedly avant garde! This London-¬based musical artist seamlessly blends and fuses rock, opera, punk, and cabaret into one fireball of sound for a new generation of music lovers. Please join us in an exclusive musical spotlight – Who is Koukie? Enjoy!
I would like to ask you for the readers of this online publication who have never heard your music, explain your sound in 5 words:
Musical madness with gleeful abandonment.
Best description of the year! With respect to musical icons, who would you consider to be your most significant musical influences?
I'm going to avoid the most popular answer to this question ''There are so many!'', and just explain 3 major genres/artists that have shaped my musical taste into the fireball of sound it is today.
1. Classical Music. Obviously, an incredibly wide genre, which dominated first 16 years of my life with my great grandmother a piano teacher, my dad a trumpet player, and my parents sending me to a music school at the age of 3.5. Impossible to avoid an influence, but if I have to call out leading favorites, they would have to be Ludwig van Beethoven and Edvard Grieg.
2. Musical Theatre. Again, an ambiguous category with every possible variation within it. However, all of them satisfy my cravings for theatre, showtunes and class. From Leonard Bernstein to Marvin Hamlisch, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber, to name a few.
3. Queen. Besides it being my dad's favorite band and therefore inevitably knowing all of their songs by the age of 10, they possess a boldness and an abandonment that thrills me so powerfully, I am ready to drop everything the second their song comes on and I just have to live through all the shades of harmony and emotion it portrays.
Do you have a favorite song to play from your collection so far?
Yes. The one I've written most recently. It gets played again and again in my head until it's settled and I have space in my heart to look at the next one.
I am interested to know who you are listening to at the moment. What bands and artists should we have our ears on right now who you think deserve the spotlight?
I don't think just because it's new that I should be listening to it now. It is difficult for me because I'm finding it really hard to get excited about a lot of the new releases. And more often than not, I end up going through music that was released from over 20 years ago to find something that inspires me. I build a collection of music to go back to, and each of the artists serve a different purpose – some of them are there to help me get through a tough day, some will give me that uplifting emotion that life is beautiful. Others are on my playlist to help me meditate and get rid of all the background noise in my head, or to just give me a 'jump-around-and-shake-your-hair' therapy. On top of all the music I mentioned as my main influences, there's plenty of artists that keep influencing me on a daily basis. Jamie Cullum's in it, Muse is in it, Michael Jackson, Sting, John Legend, Elbow, Sara Bareilles, Seal, even George Michael. But one artist I believe is not getting enough spotlight for her worth, is Fiona Apple. She's been around for a long time, and has had 4 brilliant albums. All of which are each better than the other, and doesn't have an expiry date. If I could only bring one album with me to a desert island, it would be one of Fiona's. Which one? Now that's a tough choice!
Since you write your own music; where do you draw inspiration from when you write songs and what's your favorite part about the process?
The inspiration comes from my life. Everything is really personal and real with me. So if the song says it, that means I've experienced it. Sometimes the experience might not be projected directly into my life but since I am incredibly empathic, I often emotionally put myself through someone else's experience as if it was my own. I used to wonder why I did that, but now it is very clear – my paintbrush needs colors to paint the melodies with and for that I need emotions of all spectrums. Raw, pure and unprocessed. I need life events of every caliber. So I go looking for them, explore the world and people. Because every lyric and chord progression have a story behind it. And I can tell you exactly what I felt when it happened. That's one part of the process. But the favorite part is definitely when after a struggle and doubt, a creation comes together on paper and then it's time for tears. Tears of joy. Thrilling release and artistic ecstasy. Nothing compares to that feeling.
If you could go open up for any artist on tour right now who would it be?
Fiona Apple. That woman has changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. That's what I love about art so much. You can create something in your bedroom, pulling your hair out, and then years later on the other side of the world, someone's life is influenced heavily by your work, and most likely you will never find out. It's crazy! You can literally have a profound encounter with a stranger you will never meet. And maybe even save their life if you are really lucky. Transcendence.
So, what's your favorite thing to do when you aren't writing/producing/playing etc?
Supporting my insatiable thirst to find out what lies behind the horizon. Getting to know as many different areas and people as possible so that I can slowly fill out the complex puzzle of human race. And the only way I am able to gain that kind of wisdom, is through a direct experience. I'll throw myself into something and stay there for as long as I figure out how it works. I don't have to succeed in that particular field because I am not there to make a career, I am just visiting in search for adventure and conducting social research. I already have a job, and that's sharing my findings through music. My favorite activities will change depending on the sector of life I've embarked upon and am currently exploring passionately. So I guess the answer to your question is, my favorite thing to do when I'm not writing/producing/playing etc, is claiming my birthright and embracing the fact that for me this world is nothing more than something to explore endlessly.
Now for our non-music question: Name five things you can't live without?
Music? Ha. It's not true, I'm sure I could live without music, I just really, REALLY don't want to. Interesting question actually. Some of my colleagues were recently listing things they could never give up in their life, amongst them being coffee, wine, meat, sleep, chocolate etc. And it made me wonder. If we rise above the level of survival and basic human needs to sustain oneself, I actually don't think there is anything I couldn't really live without if I decided to. Except love. It is really important for me to love and be loved by people that are dear to me. Without the comforting sentiment of birth of love between two individuals, even if the relationship doesn't last, I would lose all purpose of life and wither away. I find affection such a beautiful thing.
WOW! I love your response.
What is the most trouble you've ever gotten into when you are performing or on the road that you can let us in on?
That's a great question. But funny thing about trouble is that so far we have been very lucky and have had only great experiences gigging. I hope it continues that way.
Knowing what you know now, would you do it again?
Yes. And probably exactly the same way I've done it. Just because your predecessor-self didn't know as many facts as you do now, doesn't mean they were intuition-less and couldn't follow their instincts. Sometimes knowing too much can mislead you and stop you from going after your dream. Nevertheless, I believe we should thrive to grow and learn more every day but that is a different topic altogether.
If you were not performing, what do you think you would be doing professionally and why?
I would either be a doctor, a detective, or a lawyer. A doctor because of my compassion, love for humanity and unstoppable desire to save the world. A detective because of my strong intuition, inquisitive nature and distinctive sense of right and wrong. And a lawyer because despite of possessing all of the above, I am also rattled by cognitive dissonance and dualism I see around me every day. Nothing is ever black or white, and any fact can be looked at from an angle where it contradicts itself in seconds. Now how does one make up its mind about anything when possessing this prism of a perception? Everything is relative, it is just a case of which point of view you've chosen today. Mad!
What's your motto or the advice you live by?
Never stop believing in miracles. Only then anything will actually be possible.
Ten years from now you will be….
Ten years older than now :-)
As a great send off, tell us about one of your greatest moments as a performer.
It would have to be the moment I had the good fortune to hear my diary being translated into 100 different instruments. A moment when a full symphony orchestra graced the staged with me to perform my creations. Seeing what I had heard in my head when it was just me and a keyboard in my bedroom, materialize in front of my eyes and take off like a space ship, was actually unbelievable. Performing with a wall of sound like that behind me, was like flying a magic carpet through the sky. I don't like to exaggerate but it was absolutely incredible. I wish everyone could experience a triumph of that intensity in their life, whatever it might be. It is a feeling that I hold dear to me and long to relive again, again and again.
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Number Of Local Millionaires On The Rise
Puerto Rico Treasury Department statistics reveal grew from 32 to 169 between 1992 and 1998
by IVONNE GARCIA
July 27, 2000
If you think youve seen more people out there with fatter purse strings, youre right on the money.
The number of individuals reporting taxable income of $1 million or more in Puerto Rico more than quintupledfrom 32 in 1992 to 169 in 1998according to Treasury Department statistics revealed last week.
"This reflects that there are more millionaires than before," said Treasury Secretary Xenia Velez in an exclusive interview with CARIBBEAN BUSINESS.
The number of people reporting taxable income of $150,000 or more also grew almost five fold from 928 in 1992 to 4,477 in 1998. Those making between 90,000 and 100,000 almost tripled from 1,090 in 1992 to 3,160 in 1998, and the number of people reporting taxable income between 100,000 and 150,000 tripled from 2,045 in 1992 to 6,377 in 1998, according to Treasury statistics.
"People are making more money and more people are reporting what theyre making," said Velez.
Its nothing new that there are people in Puerto Rico making oodles of money, but what has changed is that theyre telling the truth about it, the Treasury head said.
"When tax rates are confiscatory, theres a greater incentive to evade paying taxes," she said. "When you lower tax rates you make it cheaper to comply, but then you have to increase the costs of non-compliance."
The Treasury chief believes this hike in people reporting income is owed to the policies of the Rossello administration, which have included significant tax cuts for individuals and corporations, coupled with what she described as increased scrutiny and auditing of tax returns.
"We have a three-pronged approach: greater scrutiny, reduction of tax evasion rates, and increased revenue for the people," said Velez, adding that this is part of the governments formula to promote "economic development and greater quality of life."
As of this year, the Rossello administration has implemented $2.447 billion in tax benefits for individuals, and $1.191 billion for economic sectors. Meanwhile, the tax evasion rate has decreased from 34% in 1980 to 16% in 1997, according to Treasury numbers.
"People who are making more money save more and invest more," Velez said. "The more money there is to save, the greater economic activity you can promote."
The agencys aim, she said, is to promote local savings and investments, which in turn spur economic development. "Thats how we get capital for greater economic activity that generates added value. What we want to promote is activities that generate added value, because thats what fuels economic growth."
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Vinay's debut play, TRUE BRITS, premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2014, transferred to the Bush Theatre's RADAR Festival and went on to headline the Vault Festival. His follow-up, FREE FALL, ran at the Pleasance Islington and was nominated for three Off West End Awards. His latest play AN ADVENTURE will premiere at The Bush Theatre in September 2018 and will be directed by Bush Artistic Director, Madani Younis and Associate Director Omar Elerian. Vinay is also currently developing pieces with the National Theatre and Paines Plough and has written for Live Theatre, Theatre 503, and Sphinx Theatre Company.
Vinay's television debut MURDERED BY MY FATHER was commissioned for BBC3 and starred Adeel Akhtar, Kiran Sonia Sawar and Mawaan Rizwan. It won 2 Royal Television Society awards including Best Single Drama before going on to be nominated for three BAFTAs including Best Single Drama and the Breakthrough Talent Award for Vinay. It won the BAFTA for best Leading Actor (Adeel Akhtar) and Vinay was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit for his work on the film.
Vinay is currently developing several projects for the BBC and has written for ITV, Channel 4 and the BFI. He also contributed to the bestselling collection of essays, The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla.


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No, I haven't Given Up Blogging..
It takes one odd link bait news story on Google feeds and one odd person to read it to ask this question of me recently "I saw like on Google or Digg or something that blogging isn't as popular as like Twitter and stuff. So is that why you stopped writing on your blog?". Thank goodness that person didn't read the article about 90% of Twitter users quit within the first month. That may have been awkward for this odd person if they haven't seen my Twitter feed lately.
Sadly there have been three things that have kept me from doing some sort of post, or updating the polls even, here at TRS. I'll try not to bore anyone with these pitiful little cries of "Woe is me.. all the technology I see .. Waaahh!". But I can't really explain myself and my lack of wordy banter if I don't pull out the small violin for at least a 30 second solo piece.
First up.. I've been slammed in my day job with oodles and oodles of reports, research and meetings. I honestly couldn't tell you what went on at these big meetings at the begining of the month. I was there, I said stuff and I'm glad that someone was taking the minutes for these meetings because it is like reading a book for the first time when I glance at the meeting minutes. Between E3, Apple's WWDC, Microsoft hell bent on killing me with new product information and one metric ton of Assistive Technology patches and updates over the last month.. well lets just say that I'm hoping that one of my new made up swear words makes it to Webster's Dictionary someday. I mean they accept just about every freaking, oh yeah fracking, other internet meem these days right?
Secondly, I've been under a lot of NDAs. So many new things are coming that I couldn't talk about yet. Focus Blue? Got to chat with FS about that at the begining of the month. Serotek's awesome Accessible Event? The stars allined in all the right places and I got to work with it in March. And I was able to drool on a real live working Book Sense. I'm not under NDA on that one but I don't want to get the person who is into any hot water because of me blathering on and on about wanting to buy it on day one. Oops! So when faced with the possibility that I may slip here, or elsewhere, and end up having a hit put on me by some AT company, I choose to be quiet. Beats sleeping with the fishes you know? I'll have a lot to say on some new AT product releases after they debut publicly at the Conventions. And that brings me to…
Lastly, and this is the part you may find interesting, I'm gearing up for a trip to Detroit next week. I'll be blogging and tweeting and not sleeping on planes, because I hate to fly, a lot during the upcoming weeks. So I'll make up for all this lost time and bad grammar very soon. And then by mid July I'll be blogging more about Windows 7 and Office 2010. For the next year of my life will be filled with oh so many installs of programs. At least there is consistency in the constant barrage of technical innovation that is derived by vertical implementation of dynamic content driven by increased motivation of the growing user base. ??? What did I just write? Oh no, the double plus good Marketing people have finally broken down the weak defenses of my feeble brain. Run before I start to tell you about the benefits of our replacement plan that we offer for your handset [with the purchase of a two year contract]. Arrggghh!
But if the sound of this blog's silence is too great, then check out the Twitter feed in the sidebar or search for @RangerStation. I did the Vanity thing at Facebook too but I honestly haven't gotten into that one as much as I do Tweet. i kind of put the Anti Social into Social Media. I am getting better at it though. One day I'll even move to this new fangeled Web 2.0 platform all the kids are talking about these days.
Here is the new Facebook address by the way..
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Updates Everywhere You turn for JAWS, Zoom Text , Dolphin And Window Eyes
Zoom Text: the new patch takes the new 9.version 9.18 to 9.18.2. You can find the release notes at the link below.
Dolphin: The super new v11 has an even newer update that will take it to 11.02. You can find out more about this one at the link below.
JAWS: FS has pushed out a new patch for v10 that helps with the new iTuens update that rolled out recently. Find out about it and more at this link.
Window Eyes: Not to be out done, but this isn't a patch per say, GW Micro has release the public beta of Window Eyes 7.1. You can find out about what is new with the beta at the link below.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Voiceover Comes To iPhones
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"What do you want Me to do for you?" - Mark 10:51
This was a very pointed question asked by Jesus requiring a specific answer. Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, is asked this question. The most desperate need in his life at that moment, when he stood in Jesus' presence, was to receive his sight.
What do you want Jesus to do for you today? What is the most pressing need in your life? Be specific, as you trust Him to meet your need.
When you look at how this blind man received his sight, we have a lesson in how to receive from God and why Jesus further said "your faith has made you well".
Firstly, he must have heard about Jesus and about the miracles He performed, because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Secondly, he acted upon the word. You cannot be passive in desiring to receive from the Lord. You must act upon the word of God.
The Israelites acted upon the word of God when they marched around the walls of Jericho. In the natural it was ridiculous, but it resulted in the miracle with the walls of the city falling flat.
Noah built an ark in obedience to God's word. Peter walked on water when he obeyed the simple invitation of Jesus to "Come." Ten lepers were cleaned as they went to the priest after Jesus told them to "go, show yourselves to the priest".
Blind Bartimaeus threw away his coat, a garment that identified him as a blind person. But when he was summoned by Jesus he probably reasoned that he would never need it again and threw it aside. He came believing he would receive his sight.
Trust Jesus today to supply your need, heal your body, or do what you specifically desire from Him to do for you. Today is your day for that miracle and your faith will bring it to you.
Dear heavenly Father, I know You love me and I love You, and I thank You in the name of the Lord Jesus for answering my prayer.


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I hate people who need to do things very loudly. London specifically seems to be full of them and I hate all of them. The major problem seems to be people who talk on the phone loudly and for hours. Why would you have a really personal phone call about your boyfriend's shortcomings in the bedroom on the number 8 bus at 6 PM on a Wednesday? Then, there are people who feel the need to talk loudly wherever they are because they simply like the sound of their own voice. I find it embarrassing if I'm ever with someone like this in public. Just shut up. Nobody else needs to know what you think, do or say.
I can't forget people who eat or drink loudly. Slurp, gobble, munch, gurgle, "Aaaah" (a popular one with tea). None of these noises are necessary and you don't need to make these noises. I can only assume these people's parents did the same thing otherwise why would nobody have told them to shut the fuck up and stop grossing people out. You are not a baby, you are in total control of what you are doing.
Finally, something which had a particularly drastic effect on my early life: people who breathe loudly or worse, on you. I remember in French class I sat in front of this disturbingly fat girl that never washed called Ruth. She was actually quite nice. One year for my birthday she gave me one of those Trolls people used to collect. Anyway, don't worry about that, all you need to know is the fact that she would breathe really loudly all the time. Every class sounded like her last class, as if these were her last few breaths of life. I was forced to sit in front of her for three years. I got an E in French and I blame Ruth and her distracting death rattle.


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I've been looking for recipes that use all the fresh berries that are in season (and so cheap) right now. I was flipping through a new healthy cooking magazine (thanks for the subscription, mom!) when a recipe for Blueberry & Herb Pork caught my eye. It made me think of a delicious blueberry filet my girlfriends and I had years ago at a little restaurant in Florence, Italy called Acqua Al 2 (strangely it's also in San Diego and DC).
Vicky, D and I made this last night and loved every bite of it! It was easy, healthy, seasonal, light & delicious.
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Sadly, we note the passing of longtime committee member Joan F. Tarleton on October 18, 2016. A native of Oklahoma, Joan was wife, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother to a loving family living in states from Louisiana to Maryland.
A loyal Democrat, Joan was our committee's Recording Secretary for many years. In that capacity, Joan shouldered the task of writing notes and calling all members of our committee to remind us about upcoming meetings and events.
Although Joan hadn't attended meetings in recent years, she caucused with us in March of this year, and was welcomed back warmly by a number of our committee members of longer standing.
An obituary was published in the Boston Globe. Donations to local animal shelters are being accepted in her name in lieu of flowers.


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For ten years, I have predicted the demise of the euro on structural grounds. My argument is simple: a currency union requires economic amalgamation within a political union, which, in turn, requires linguistic, cultural and institutional cohesion.
The current attempt to save the euro through greater political centralization and control is folly. Even if a European political union were achieved through military force (as was attempted from 1939-1945 and again from 1945-1989) with a fiscal union imposed from above, the problem remains: linguistic, cultural and institutional heterogeneity. At best, a fiscal union would transfer money from productive members to unproductive members. It cannot reallocate economic resources.
One must face reality. Italy is dysfunctional. Greece, Spain and Portugal will never become disciplined, efficient, nose-to-the-grindstone Germanys. Nor will they suddenly convert their agricultural economies into global centers of advanced engineering. The problem is one of apples and oranges.
How, then, do Texas and Idaho coexist within a political union? Because after 200 years and a civil war, both accept the overarching authority of the Constitution, the Federal Government and the Federal Reserve System. People in Texas and Idaho speak the same language, share a similar culture and operate within a common institutional framework (laws and social norms). It is relatively easy for John to move his family and business from Texas to Idaho. It is almost impossible for Jean to move his family and business from Belgium to Spain.
A Federal Europe will not work, even if it is attempted with all the wisdom of the Framers of the US Constitution. It is for this reason that the euro should never have been created in the first place. It is why European leaders should be striving now to unwind the euro and reestablish independent national currencies. Put simply, race cars and pedestrians cannot use the same road, especially if the cars drive fast on the right, the pedestrians walk slowly on the left and the signs are all in Greek.
Regarding the current debt crisis: normally, a country can grow out of its debt through entrepreneurship, technological innovation and increased productivity. These are infeasible for the Club Med countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal) because they lack the necessary political-economic infrastructure:
- a robust, transparent and efficient private property-rights structure
- widely distributed human capital (literacy, numeracy, knowledge, expertise)
- low transaction costs (information, search, negotiation and enforcement costs)
- a culture of enterprise and entrepreneurship (optimism, courage, competition)
- a flexible labor market
- sophisticated capital markets
Even with liberal and intelligent leadership, organizational and institutional change is a slow and painful process. The only short-term solution is currency devaluation and lower interest rates. The alternative, to force austerity rapidly on a population accustom to artificially high living standards in order to repay foreign debt is to risk social and political instability. Do we really want another Mussolini, Franco or Papadopoulos? Dissolving the euro would rejuvenate the European economy by enabling member states to achieve equilibrium within the global economic system, assuaging rather than exacerbating nationalist sentiments.
The benefits to Club Med countries leaving the euro are enormous:
- default and devaluation would:
- eliminate the national debt (eliminate interest payments)
- boost exports (strengthen domestic industries)
- encourage direct foreign investment (create new industries)
- regaining independent monetary policy would:
- enable lower short-term interest rates
- enable Quantitative Easing
The costs are significant, but not insurmountable:
- medium-term inability to borrow on the global financial markets
- imported inflation due to higher import prices
- lower real incomes due to higher inflation
- lower consumption due to lower real incomes
Yet higher import prices depend upon where one is importing from. The Club Med countries would not suffer high import prices for goods and services imported from each other. While Greece, Spain and Portugal are mainly agricultural countries, Italy does have an industrial base. The more countries that leave the euro, the broader the Club Med market of goods and services at equivalent prices. Moreover, there is an entire world beyond Europe with which to trade.
Viewed in this light, the pernicious nature of the euro becomes apparent. The Club Med countries are currently forced to compete with Germany in terms of productivity, they must accept German interest rates and adopt German fiscal constraints. Political union is not a recipe for salvation. Chained to the euro, the Club Med countries face economic stagnation.
The tragedy is that monetary union was never a necessary step for a common Europeanmarket. The European Union can function perfectly well without the euro. Economic convergence would likely be faster without a single currency. It is ironic, therefore, that the euro now threatens to undermine the whole European project.
The nettle must be grasped. The Club Med countries should default, leave the euro and establish independent currencies. They should, in other words, declare bankruptcy and begin anew with currencies that reflect economic fundamentals. Ultimately, this means a dissolution of the euro as a pan-European currency.
The question is how to unwind the euro with minimal disruption to the global financial system. The problem is that sovereign debt (government debt) is held by private banks. A full Club Med default would wipe out the European banking system.
Therefore, it is essential to prepare an across-the-board, preemptive recapitalization of European banks as was done by the US Treasury for American banks during the 2008 financial crisis. Potential sources of this funding are the ECB, the EFSF, the IMF and sovereign wealth funds. However it is accomplished legally, the end result must be a pool of one trillion dollars (or its equivalent) of capital to be injected into the banks. This could be managed by the IMF, who would take the equity position.
Following the dissolution of the euro and the reestablishment of national currencies, the banks would be free to repurchase their equity from the IMF. Also, national governments would be free to issue new debt domestically to cover their deficits (no longer burdened by high interest payments). Once the Club Med countries are restored to economic health, their governments could again borrow on the international financial markets. Importantly, the incentive for economic and political reform would come not from Brussels and Berlin through treaties and diktats (which have been notoriously ineffective in the past) but from the world at large.
That the euro was politically motivated is now patently obvious. Equally obvious is the mounting threat to the international financial system from a post-war generation who doggedly refuse to abandon the dream of a United States of Europe. Yet only by sacrificing the fantasy of that political dream can the reality of European economic integration be accomplished. Seeking to force political union now is to risk generating the very conditions of the 1930s that the European Union was designed to prevent: depression, political instability, social unrest, demagoguery, autarky and war.
2011-12-22 What really caused the eurozone crisis?
2012-01-29 Did Germany sow the seeds of the eurozone debt crisis?
2012-04-07 Currency disunion: why Europe's leaders should think the unthinkable
2012-06-09 100bn-euro capital injections for Spanish banks
2012-11-06 Greek chaos
2014-05-21 The euro crisis: democracy v economic efficiency?
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We learned this past week that in Nevada you can completely disregard grazing fees on Bureau of Land Management land for decades and cry foul when the bill collector shows up at your door. Then, you can convince right-wing extremists and faux news outlets to get behind your "their picking on me" cause.
I am generally a fairly reclusive person, but after watching the Monrovia Town Center public hearings on the local government cable channel, I had no choice but to come out of hiding and speak my piece.
If your county votes to inaugurate a new and sovereign form of government, and you are guaranteed that polarizing political retreads will be gifted with positions of leadership, do you really have a new and sovereign form of government?
Well, pardners, I reckon it's time to mosey on down that campaign trail again. You know, that time of year when important people get up and tell us what they're gonna do, and the regular people struggle to get a word in edgewise.
Political election slates are not new, but they are an interesting technique to combine weak candidates together to benefit the electability of the group.
Political election slates are not new, but they are an interesting technique to combine weak candidates together to benefit the electability of the group.
It's time for the Unaffiliated voters, who have been repeatedly disenfranchised, as well as Republican and Democratic Party rank-n-file, who have been often disregarded, to band together and say, "enough is enough."
Frederick County, Maryland, has an extraordinarily rich history, spanning over 250 years, but it stands on the precipice of bankrupting its own reputation with a single election.
A political party cannot strengthen itself if it exists by perpetuating its own weaknesses. Frederick County, Maryland is a peculiar political enclave situated due north of liberal Montgomery County and west of the democratically controlled I-95 corridor…situated at the eastern boundary of a mostly conservative western Maryland.
This already famously unproductive Congress will spend the less than 80 days they plan to be in session until Election Day debating purely political measures designed to have more impact on the ballot box than actual policy.
Requiring a background check on all gun sales is a common sense approach to reducing gun violence that does not infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners.
This week at the hump day salad bar, we are serving up a bowl of Benghazi Stew and a side order of faux outrage fruits. The right-wing is once again blowing the dust off a non-starter story…chanting Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi.
Some elected officials and government employees who engage in extramarital affairs do not believe their personal relationships should have any bearing on their employment, even if that relationship is of a sexual nature with someone other than his or her spouse. However, a consensual extramarital affair can ruin his or her career.
Ethics violations and political corruption have been all over the news recently. From Richmond, Virginia, to Trenton and Hoboken, New Jersey…and apparently in a Maryland county about halfway between these two states.
A recent clinical study of 100 Pinocchio Party [1] members has revealed that MRI testing proves all 100 have something other than saw dust for brains.
Distorting facts and creating myths has become commonplace with right-wingers. In other words, lying to right-wingers is the new truth.
It has been a little over five years since the beginning of the 2008 recession. The window for charging somebody is quickly closing. The statute of limitations to charge somebody is five years. It is unlikely that any banking executives will be held accountable for the economic collapse.
A double handful of self-proclaimed insiders, displaying incompetence, deceit and self-interests, decided it was in the best interest of Frederick County citizens to betray the public trust. In the business of politics, this group's work product is called election engineering. In the daily lives of everyday Frederick County citizens, it's called a scam.
Not being a biblical scholar, I've often wondered why right-wing Christians keep saying they love Jesus, even though their beliefs have nothing to do with what Jesus said, taught, or stood for.
The Vatican Embassy Is Closing! You may have seen something on this in the past few days. If what you saw came from the right, you are not getting the whole story, as usual. Of course, as is their want, the right-wingers are being selective about their information. So, once again it's time to play…Debunk the Right-Wing.
Ah, Thanksgiving…turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. Well, sort of. Many myths have sprung up around the holiday, and many traditions have, too. It's time to take a look at the history and traditions of American Thanksgiving — our neighbors to the north had theirs last month.
Using the Bible as a club to discriminate against anyone doesn't seem to be a core Christian value, but it is used repeatedly and clearly demonstrates Christian bigotry.
Since the height of the modern day great recession, the country's unemployment rate has been on a downward slope.
To a Democratic Socialist, sharing the wealth means pooling tax money together to design social programs that benefit all citizens of that country, city, state, etc.
The GOP, that venerable constituency of look-the-other-way lunatics, has wised up and begun to work on distancing itself from Tea Party politics, and heading back toward the center of the political spectrum.
An altered state of consciousness is a state of consciousness that differs significantly from baseline or normal consciousness. To actively and aggressively work to shut down a government significantly differs from a baseline of normalcy.
Conservatives are far too quick to attach themselves to anything anti-Obama, disregarding all reason, logic and common sense. Two new "Obama's abuse of power!" memes are racing through the world of digitally generated right-wing outrage.
In Right-Wing Celebrity Worship Part I, celebrity outliers Ayn Rand and Thomas Payne were presented. In Part 2, we pull out all the stops and present the two right-wing celebrity headliners...Thomas Jefferson and Jesus.
Conservatives have a thing for historical celebrity-worship. They tend to pick out a few figures from history – usually, but not always, heterosexual white males – and establish them as their own cultural superheroes.
In his nine months as a U.S. senator, Texas Republican Ted Cruz has managed to infuriate members of his own party by deriding them as cowards who like to cast meaningless votes while pretending they're fighting the good fight for conservatives.
No one works harder during an election cycle than organized political parties at making excuses for low voter turnout.
There was a time when Hollywood led us to believe that dead baseball legends could walk freely throughout the cornfields of Iowa. The reality of what's currently unfolding in that state makes Field of Dreams look like a historical documentary.
Jesus Christ filed a lawsuit today in the New York Supreme Court against the Republican National Committee for what he is calling "egregious misrepresentation of his statements and image."
We all know at least one person who doesn't know much about history. We also know that there have been people who have tried to distort history. The politically and historically inept Right-Wing, however, does both.
The Affordable Care Act isn't going to be the often-predicted and in this case hoped for 'train wreck.' On the contrary, it's going to work.
Delusional social conservatives and science deniers regard marijuana as a gateway drug to heroin, just as easily as 50 years ago when they regarded a woman going braless as a gateway behavior inviting rape and incest.
It's not that there are too many young people in Frederick; it's that there are too many Young people in Frederick.
From the beginning of our Republic, women have often made extraordinarily difficult personal reproductive choices as the result of deliberative thought and reflection. Generally, but with a fair degree of certainty, it can be stated that every woman in the United States is pro-choice.
Woven into the nation's fabric since the inception of the Republic, racism is not about, nor solely dependent upon, skin color. It is, however, based clearly on ethnicity, culture and/or religious beliefs.
Student debt has become such a burden on students just graduating from college that out-of-the-box thinking is needed to help students become successful and productive upon leaving college.
For those who continue to push for trickle-down economics, September 13, 1970, is a date which lives in history.
For those who continue to push for trickle-down economics, September 13, 1970, is a date which lives in history.
To a Democratic socialist, sharing the wealth means pooling tax money together to design social programs that benefit all citizens of that country, city, state, etc.
Skeletons, thought to be long hidden and forgotten, resurface to haunt 2013 Frederick City, Maryland's mayoral candidates.
Not every Second Amendment advocate, owner, user or collector of firearms is a lunatic. The vast majority of these people quietly go through each day enjoying a constitutional right to use their firearms for recreation, competition, collection and/or as an additional measure to protect themselves and their property.
The first time I saw Jenkins Dove he was only a couple of years old, outfitted in a Scottish kilt, walking beside his younger brother in a stroller and his mother as they visited my farm in Virginia for the first time … but not the last.
Separated by 136 years, two men made three decisions each, singularly and selfishly, which cost them their lives. Given the same outcome for each man, the number "three" holds historical significance and an eerie connection between Benghazi, Libya, and the Little Big Horn.
Anti-Immigration efforts and activities are the 21st century version and return of 20th century eugenics. The term eugenics comes from the Greek roots for "good" and "generation" or "origin" and was first used to refer to the "science" of heredity and good breeding in about 1883.
It is impossible to reconcile religious freedom by arguing that your rights have been given to you solely on a Christian-based dogma or doctrine.
In 2014, Maryland Democrats have nothing to worry about. They can put up a pet rock as a candidate and walk away with a win in the Maryland gubernatorial race.
One man, an immigrant armed with a cigarette, did what 20 law enforcement agencies and one thousand officers had tried to do but couldn't. Today, millions of smokers across America raise their BIC lighters against the night sky in solidarity with Watertown Massachusetts resident David Henneberry of 67 Franklin Street.
Navigating the cacophony of interpretation and opinion regarding the most cited, used and misused words in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly demonstrates an ongoing selective re-definition of strict constitutional language written over two hundred years ago.
After years of federal taxpayer dollars being misappropriated to pay for pet projects in the districts of House and Senate members looking to curry political favor with the voters back home, a moratorium was passed in 2011 ending the congressional pork parade known as "earmarking."
To take a myopic and partisan view toward the 2013 Frederick City mayoral race is a disservice to one-and-all and to The City of Frederick.
From the beginning of our Republic, women have often made extraordinarily difficult personal reproductive choices as the result of deliberative thought and reflection. Generally, but with a fair degree of certainty, it can be stated that every woman in the United States is pro-choice.
This column contains indisputable facts regarding the absence of a Senate passed budget ... laying the problem at the feet of both Republican and Democrat members of Congress.


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Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: March 12, 2013
Source: ALA for honest review
Pages: 304
Series: No
Rating: Near Miss
Welcome to the most magical house in London.
The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago, the shop's famous chocolate-makers, who also happen to be Oz and Lily's great uncles, were clever sorcerers. Now evil villains are hunting for the secret of their greatest recipe. The terrifying powers of this magic chocolate have the ability to destroy the world.
Soon, Oz and Lily are swept into a thrilling battle, helped by an invisible cat, a talking rat, and the ghost of an elephant. It's up to them to stop the villains and keep the magical chocolate recipe out of harm's way. Their family and the world depends on it.
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop is cute and whimsical, but also has a bit of a dark side.
It seems to me there's not a lot of murder in middle grade. If there is, then I'm totally missing it or forgetting it so it surprised me. And not exactly in the best way. I mean, sure, things end up pretty well, but I just kept thinking about how this character killed in cold blood. It was a little unsettling.
I enjoyed the characters, but it felt like I didn't really get past the surface with most of them. So, while I enjoyed them, I feel like I didn't really get to know them and couldn't care about what happened to them all too much. Plus, I know she's eleven, but Lily's constant need to cry started to get to me.
I liked the story overall, but I'd been hoping for more magic chocolate. Most of the use of magic chocolate happened in the past, so it's just stories about magic chocolate instead of first-hand experience. The stories are imaginative and entertaining, yes, I just hoped it would have a bigger part in the present.
The adventures Oz and Lily get to go on are pretty great. There's everything from scuba-diving to cave dwelling to helicopter rides. Not to mention the romp around town with a giant cat.
The Nutshell: Despite the fact that my review makes it seem I didn't like The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop it was a cute, quick read. I didn't get as attached to the characters as I'd like, but the talking animals, and awesome adventures made it worth the read.


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Friday, August 12, 2016
Three Coincidences - Not
4 comments:
- Unknown said...
Myrtle and Justin Evans-unpursued leads???
- August 14, 2016 at 10:24 AM
- Unknown said...
Myrtle and Justin Evans-unpursued leads???
- August 14, 2016 at 10:25 AM
- Toni W. said...
Well, to be honest... I would find more coincidences, of course. So to speak, take into consideration following facts:
1. Oswald, or his impersonator, went to Mexico City, seen by certain Albert Osborne (also known as John Bowen), and in addition -- among the others -- seen in a bus by two Australian girls (Mumford and Winston). Very soon then, Osborne vel Bowen was seen with his family members in East England (Grimsby and vicinity), visiting them first time in many, many years, and then 30 minutes before the fatal shots in Dallas, someone made a call to a respected journalist in Cambridge, urging him to contact immediately the American Embassy in London. (More on this: Ron Ecker's famous article).
2. Vaganov, an emigrant from Latvia, stopped abruptly his good job somewhere on the Eastern Coast and hastily relocated himself and newlywed wife to Dallas, a some two weeks before the JFK's visit to Texas. He supposedly worked next to Ruby's place for a few days. Then, this guy with the Far Right background and possible similar connections, immediately after Kennedy's death... left Dallas for sure, together with his guns and a very powerful radio station located in his speed car. (By the way, so-called JFK's killing researchers are not able for years to uncrypt some simple Latvian last names /STRAZDS, etc./ in Vaganov's papers).
3. Then, coming my own discoveries: an address in George De Mohrenschildt's address and telephone book I have found disguised as a Slavic last name. It was not a last name but rather a name of the street in Warsaw, Poland. The address belonging to a certain geologist woman with Ph.D. in geology, being of Polish-Russian origin, dwelling in a nice flat, located a very short distance (some 200 yards) from Soviet Embassy in Warsaw, then in Communist Poland. She was dwelling in this place in the late Fifties and pretty soon after 1963, she changed her address. In this time she was doing her geological research in Siberia (Soviet Union) and in Bulgaria. She was absolutely fluent in Russian. Her address in George's address book shocked me very much lately when I made my discovery, even earlier I had published (in Polish, in 2014) my book about possible
George's connection to the Soviet intel.
Are not these three points above a kind of ominous coincidences? Tell me.
- August 21, 2016 at 8:52 AM
- CLINTON MERCHESON said...
"...better late than not at all....'just exactly "how" could someone miss a shot with a high powered rifle w/tel. sights from...60-ft, but pull off two of three precision shots, under far more pressure out to 210+ ft-and at a moving, rather than stationary target?" Walker was also a "co conspirator" in the murder of JFK. He is (specifically) mentioned in an FBI 302 report filed by a Ret. Lt. CMDR. USNR on 27 NOV 63...just a few days after the assassination and the murder of Oswald by Ruby! See: Ruby, Jack 302 files, eta"dm
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Would R. Scott Clark Respond to the Enthusiast-Calvinist Accusation?
For myself, I'd point out that it is mistaken to blame Calvin (or Calvinism) for the errors of Enthusiasm (emphasizing emotional experience, especially in an unguided way, as allegedly being the leading of the Holy Spirit), Pietism (focus on piety without regard for orthodoxy), or the Church Growth Movements (a movement that focuses primarily on expanding the rolls, often at the expense of preaching repentance from sin).
Enthusiasm and Pietism have been consistently rejected by Calvinists over the years, and while the Church Growth Movement may have taken hold in some Presbyterian churches, it is not fairly blamed on Calvinism or Reformed theology more generally. These sort of accusations drive me to view Confessional (LBCF 1689) Reformed Baptists as closer brethren to Presbyterians than Confessional Lutherans are (which, of course, is not to deny that confessional Lutherans are our Christian brethren). My understanding, though, is that R. Scott Clark and some others at Westminster West see things differently, and would actually view Lutherans as closer to Presbyterians.
Labels: Calvinism, Enthusiasm, Lutheran, Pietism, R Scott Clark
Published by Turretinfan to the Glory of God, at 1:26 PM
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- R. Scott Clark said...
Well, confessional Reformed folk have an awkward relation to confessional Lutherans. They've always regarded us as crytp-fanatics and crypto-Zwinglians. They confess as much in the Book of Concord. In that sense they tend to a kind of fundamentalism: "if you don't say things exactly the way we do, you're out." The Reformed and the Lutherans agree that Christ feeds us on his body and blood in the supper but we don't agree on how this happens. For the Lutherans, if we don't agree with them on the mode of presence, we're fanatics and Zwingians.
I did an essay recently how 19th and early 20th-century Lutherans regard Calvin (as a kind of bogey man). It's an irrational fear really.
Nevertheless, Lutherans accept our infant baptisms as valid and confessional Baptists do not. Even though we share much with confessional Baptists and confessional Lutherans there are significant differences between us. Even the genetics are difficult. The Particular Baptists are rebellious Reformed folk but we are all genetically related to the Lutheran Reformation.
So, the Reformed doctrine of the church and sacraments is closer to the confessional Lutherans and our soteriology, regarding perseverance, is closer to the Particular Baptists.
- Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:12:00 PM
- Turretinfan said...
Thanks for the response!
- Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:27:00 PM
- Lockheed said...
Did R S Clark actually call us RBs Reformed?
- Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:39:00 PM
Prof. Clark,
greet Dr. Fesko for me!
Tell him I am waiting for him to write another book! It's not as though we need another book written, but it does go to show the Bible is the Truth written about the Truth, written!
Joh 21:25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
- Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:03:00 PM
- mullinsworld said...
He said the proper term for confessional Baptists, Particular Baptists. As those that wrote the confession called themselves. ;>
- Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:28:00 AM


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In the marshy area of Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, is probably the most scary place in Mexico. After a long trip through an extensive network of canals, we can discover an abandoned island where the trees, covered with small mutilated bodies, offer a vision of a nightmare. Become one of the strangest sights in the world, this island is known as the "isla munecas the" Island of the dolls.
The history of the island starts in the 50s, when a Don Julian Santana Barrera decides to live as a hermit, leaving women and children behind. Shortly after arriving on the scene, Don Julian became convinced that they are haunted by the spirit of a little girl drowned in the canal that borders the island. To appease the ghost of the girl and protection from evil spell, Don Julian will start collecting old abandoned dolls that sometimes drift with water. One by one, he will hang from the trees of the island, forming a strange mausoleum in honor of the deceased child.
Don Julian will even go out of his hermitage to collect dolls advantage of in landfills, and aboriginal even take the habit of exchanging him against waste dolls that vegetables grown on the island. Small silhouettes mutilated then accumulate hundreds, literally covering vegetation. Over the years, they break down horribly, rain and sun eroding their faces with empty eyes. Attached to the branches by son of rusty iron, they are often covered with spider webs or dirt when they are not dismembered.
The island was really discovered by the public in the 90's, during one of the Xochimilco canals cleaning program. The "trajineras" local gondolas, could then access them freely, and the island of dolls became a kind of macabre and surreal attraction. However, it is not on the classic tourist routes, and must specifically ask the boats drivers for a tour. Two hours through a maze of canals navigation is required to access it, but those who have visited the island speak for a unique experience, as a degenerate art installation in which one feels observed everywhere.
Don Julian Santana Barrera was found drowned April 17, 2001, at the age of 80 years. He lived alone on the island for the last 50 years of his life, the heart of his absurd and grandiose work. Now only occupying places, dolls slowly continue to rot in the sun of Mexico, but according to local superstitions, we could see them moving when the night comes ..


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One of the most beautiful moments of 2011 for me was the unbelievably fortuitous manner in which I stumbled upon Jorge Luis Borges's poetry on the internet. I delve into the Penguin edition I now own every single day, and each time I feel more enriched and blessed. Though it is already 2012 in India and I should be talking about beginnings rather than endings, here are two beautiful end of the year poems by Borges for you to read. The first one is more obviously about the dying year, while the second talks of places we have never been to and those to which we may never return — this inevitably reminds one of the new year and the old.
Year's End
Neither the symbolic detail
of a three instead of a two,
nor that rough metaphor
that hails one term dying and another emerging
nor the fulfillment of an astronomical process
muddle and undermine
the high plateau of this night
making us wait
for the twelve irreparable strokes of the bell.
The real cause
is our murky pervasive suspicion
of the enigma of Time,
it is our awe at the miracle
that, though the chances are infinite
and though we are
drops in Heraclitus' river,
allows something in us to endure,
never moving.
(Translated by W.S. Merwin)
Of all the streets that blur in to the sunset,
There must be one (which, I am not sure)
That I by now have walked for the last time
Without guessing it, the pawn of that Someone
Who fixes in advance omnipotent laws,
Sets up a secret and unwavering scale
for all the shadows, dreams, and forms
Woven into the texture of this life.
If there is a limit to all things and a measure
And a last time and nothing more and forgetfulness,
Who will tell us to whom in this house
We without knowing it have said farewell?
Through the dawning window night withdraws
And among the stacked books which throw
Irregular shadows on the dim table,
There must be one which I will never read.
There is in the South more than one worn gate,
With its cement urns and planted cactus,
Which is already forbidden to my entry,
Inaccessible, as in a lithograph.
There is a door you have closed forever
And some mirror is expecting you in vain;
To you the crossroads seem wide open,
Yet watching you, four-faced, is a Janus.
There is among all your memories one
Which has now been lost beyond recall.
You will not be seen going down to that fountain
Neither by white sun nor by yellow moon.
You will never recapture what the Persian
Said in his language woven with birds and roses,
When, in the sunset, before the light disperses,
You wish to give words to unforgettable things.
And the steadily flowing Rhone and the lake,
All that vast yesterday over which today I bend?
They will be as lost as Carthage,
Scourged by the Romans with fire and salt.
At dawn I seem to hear the turbulent
Murmur of crowds milling and fading away;
They are all I have been loved by, forgotten by;
Space, time, and Borges now are leaving me.
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