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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
On Aug. 12, 1972, an OV-1 Mohawk observation plane was shot down over the Marble Mountains in Vietnam. The two passengers – retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joe Tallon, of Summerville, and aerial observer and tactical operator Army Spc. 5 Daniel M. Richards, of Detroit – were forced to eject from the aircraft.
While Tallon made it out alive with several injuries, Richards' parachute was defective and failed to open. He died that night at 23 years old.
On Nov. 2, after 41 years, Richards' next of kin received the Purple Heart in his honor in front of two dozen friends and family, thanks to Tallon's relentless efforts to make sure he was honored properly.
U.S. Sen Tim Scott signed off on the decoration and his staff members A.D. Jordan and Brian Goff presented the award to Richards' cousins, Paul and Fran Herdzik of Hamilton, Ala., on the senator's behalf.
Tallon was awarded the Purple Heart in 2008, and has been working since the day of the accident for the two to get the awards they deserved.
"I feel like he's a blood brother," said Tallon. "He risked his life with me and gave his life. It's still not easy to talk about."
The long wait is a result of the incident's official Army classification as a non-hostile fixed wing crash; the Purple Heart is a combat decoration and is only awarded to those who were wounded or died in battle with an enemy.
The crash was classified non-hostile, despite Tallon's account of the events, because the Army didn't have enough proof: the OV-1 Mohawk flew its spy missions at night, so there weren't more than two witnesses, and the plane crashed in flames, destroying any evidence of bullet holes.
The crowd sat captivated as they listened to Tallon describe the order of events from the early morning of Aug. 12, 1972. Fighting back tears, he recounted how he met Richards only three hours before their mission, how enemy fire hit the plane, that Richards' last words were "Sir, we've taken a hit on No. 2 engine," and how he gave the order to eject.
The ceremony was an emotional one, and concluded with the solemn playing of taps.
"He was like a brother," said Paul Herdzik, Richards' cousin. "It brings closure to my family after 41 years of not knowing what happened. If it wasn't for Mr. Tallon's efforts we would not have known what happened."
Tallon elaborated: "They never told the family what happened. They said he was in an accident and burned. They didn't say he was on a mission."
He continued, "We became blood brothers that night because we shared our blood on that ground. … I only knew him for three hours but he's been on my heart and mind ever since."
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TRENTON, N.J. -- One night after being limited to just two hits, the Erie SeaWolves exploded for 18 Saturday en route to a 10-6 win over the Trenton Thunder before a crowd of 4,621 at Arm & Hammer Park.
The win snapped the SeaWolves' three-game losing streak and boosted their record to 6-8 going into Monday's 6:35 p.m. matchup at Bowie.
Aaron Westlake went 3-for-5, scored three times and drove in two runs for Erie. One of Westlake's RBIs came on a double that keyed a three-run first-inning, and the other on a solo homer in the seventh that boosted Erie's lead to 7-4.
Trenton, which dropped to 9-7, pulled to within a run with two runs in the seventh, and the Thunder were denied the tying run when Erie center fielder Jamie Johnson gunned down Kyle Roller at the plate on Robert Refsnyder's RBI double.
Erie sealed the win with three runs in the top of the eighth. Eugenio Suarez's two-run single was the key hit.
In addition to his standout defensive play, Johnson had a big night at the plate, collecting three hits and scoring twice, while Ramon Cabrera and Brandon Loy also had three hits each for Erie.
- Notes: Before Saturday's game, Marcus Lemon became a member of the SeaWolves. Lemon spent 2013 in Erie, hitting .241 with eight doubles, seven triples and 28 RBIs in 97 games. He was sent down from Triple-A Toledo to make room for Tyler Collins, who was sent down from Detroit. To make room for Lemon on the Erie roster, Corey Jones was sent down to Lakeland.


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The Rednecks Bite Back, a farce by R. Eugene Jackson and directed by Diana Child will be presented by the Suwannee Valley Players on May 6-8 and 13-15.
By Lou Elliott Jones
Homeowners in four unincorporated areas of the county who live within 5 road miles – not as the crow flies – can rejoice: Your fire insurance could get lowered as of Aug. 1.
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The Levy County School Board has hired a new principal for Chiefland Elementary School.
Six Cane Corso/Mastiff dogs ― owned by the same family who lost three dogs after a violent attack on a baby and a young couple ― have been seized by the county after the dogs were reported running loose and attacking a Levy County Sheriff's deputy's vehicle.
A source with knowledge of the case said the owners ― Laura Traughber and Mark Teears ― have a hearing date in Levy County Court. The three animals in the earlier attack were euthanized by the county after a hearing before Levy County Judge James 'Tim" Browning.
The rain came pouring down as folks set up for the Fanning Springs Movie Night last Friday evening, but determined the show would go on, they stuck it out. Just before the sun set, the sky cleared and a rainbow appeared back toward town.
"I think it went great," Fanning Springs Chamber of Commerce President Michael Michaelis said of the event. "Despite the threatening weather ... It was a beautiful evening and everyone enjoyed themselves."
The weather may have scared some off, but it was still very well attended, he said.
A wild and challenging race, which has grown in popularity over the years, presented an interesting challenge to racers this year.
The Wild Hog Canoe and Kayak Race is known for the twisting turns of the little Waccasassa River, rapids, logs and wild critters. This year however, for its 39th annual year, the race set a new record of 131 boats entering the race, beating the long standing record of 124 being the most boats entered.
The County Commission meets in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016.
The meeting is in the commission meeting room at the Levy County Courthouse on South Court Street in Bronson.
Levy County schools were notified Wednesday morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Foods of food recalls resulting in the disposal of about 60 cases or 1200 pounds of chicken products from Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
A previous recall on April 7 listed only one product, but a secondary press release on April 26 revealed multiple other products had been affected. Over 4.5 million pounds of chicken products are being recalled.
The time for Williston's annual Crab Festival Event is upon us. The Levy County Sheriff's Office said the event will begin on Saturday, April 30 and will continue into the evening and has offered advice for those who wish to attend or avoid the heavily trafficked area.
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GOV. CORBETT, who hasn't had a positive news story since maybe Inauguration Day, is getting better coverage this week than at any time since taking office.
It's not that his "Healthy Pennsylvania" plan, announced Monday and the topic of a three-day tour ending this afternoon at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine at Penn, is the best thing since penicillin.
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It's safe to say she wasn't on the N64 in a Metroid game. Right? They didn't make one while I wasn't watching?
She only appeared in Smash Bros. 64 and possibly a pinball gameOriginally Posted by Spinty
Am I getting anything right today?
It's safe to say there was no Metroid game on the 64 though. Right?
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Thursday, Danielle P. Allen, 26, of Whitehall, N.Y, pleaded innocent in Rutland criminal court to a felony charge of heroin possession, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison or a $1,000,000 fine.
According to an affidavit filed with the court by State Trooper Jason Johnson, Wednesday evening, Johnson stopped a 2004 Chevrolet Optra with New York registration at the Cumberland Farms on South Main Street.
Police had received a tip the occupants of the vehicle had driven out of state that day to buy heroin, and the driver- Justin M. Allen, 23- was the target of an ongoing investigation by the Narcotic Investigation Unit of the State Police, records state.
Prior to the traffic stop, police had probable cause to arrest Justin Allen for selling heroin, according to the affidavit.
Police first questioned the driver and then his passenger, Danielle Allen, who allegedly admitted she had heroin in her front pants pocket, police said. Danielle Allen handed over 74 bags of heroin stamped with the label "Poison", according to the affidavit. The combine weight of the heroin was 2.4 grams, records state.
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A Guild Leader's Thoughts...
Okay. As you can tell, I don't go TO as often now.. Or "ATM" due to lack of interest, and lacking of any new story-related content that would get me pumped. And a new episode might have been planned for late of this year or maybe the next year... And the economy at Jewelia is just plain sad that I frown at the pixel venders. So I want a break, and somehow got back to RPing and
enjoy writing
after getting enough digest on YA adventure/fantasy/suspense/historical fiction novels.
Hence.. Why I am not on alot.. And if i'm on, it's because I feel like it or because of the event. Sorry Towers, but after the story-quest, the rest is like a grind-fest, and I oddly lost the fun of it.
I am starting to loose my hope as a leader, and hosting M.C. And yet it's almost at the 2nd aniversary and I did not do a good thing about it to resurrect that place. X_X;
That is why I really want to recruit a new leader and sub-mods who would love to keep the guild (and it's name) going!
But everyone refuse and told me that the guild can't live without me... But now.. I guess I want to weep.
Now.. Most of my free times on the interbutts are role-playing and social to them via three anime personas. I still do got on TO, but only for a little bit of time.. Like once a week or two. And the forums was sort-of dying except for our (great)
Randomness thread
. Finally.. With that guild inactivity, I think the forums itself takes ggFTW's free space away for our non-TO/guild related doings.
I want to quit and close the guild for good.
Maybe open a smaller guild to keep the lesser ggFTWers going under a new and fresh name. The
will still be online as a guild-reference... And then I'm not to sure about the forums itself...If we want to start fresh by re-uniting the 15 ggFTWers into a fresh guild page and open a space for ourselves... I don't know.
There are a few things that prevent me from closing.
You (surviving) members are
and love M.C. so much as a piece of memory and/or history on Trickster, and it makes me happy and heart-warming. That's why I did not close it yet, cause I need EVERYONE's imput.
Hekutta, our pro-literate writer on our group is planning to leave TO/ggFTW for real-life reasons, mainly his sutdies in college. He will be pulling a contest soon, and we need this entire forum to gather up the little Tricksters and join the fun!
In all seriousness: I love "Mirage Coordinator" as a name. It was the first name in the "Umineko no Naku Koro Ni" ost that I LOVE to bits. I also have a secret excuse to have a guild named after a Umineko-related title, as a nudge-of-a-thank-you to Team R07 for making such a great (and twisted) sound novel. (Even though I never got the chance to read the entire damn thing 'cause I don't have a hard copy!)
That's why I do not want to axe M.C. and would ratter have a guild leader who would want to take my crown away from my head.
And of course... There will be a way.. Or find a way to celebrate the 2nd aniversary of having that guild opened after that personal guild drama (You know this Jess...) back around 2008...
So... I need your word on this. It's almost summer and I want answers on M.C.'s fate! Sorry if it's loose... But at least something without making my brain go haywire! Any volunteers to take role of the next in-game mods and "Witch" (AKA the guild leader's title). The only request (if you want the job) is to keep all guild-related info and the member rank titles in-tact. ((Optional if you are a Seacats fangirl/fanboy!))
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As a kid I want to do everything by myself....and I still live like this, except, now I want to play also with others and I love to show and teach how to play with fabric, so I did start to work on ...
As a kid I want to do everything by myself....and I still live like this, except, now I want to play also with others and I love to show and teach how to play with fabric, so I did start to work on sewing step by step tutorials with my own patterns.
Will you play with me? Come, the fun is starting...
My new thing are my VIDEO CLASSES, a lot of them is about sewing. You could found me here https://www.skillshare.com/lidijamiklavcic and you could join me and play along.
Have a nice creative day.
Could a woman have too many shoes? Maybe, but I(tm)m not close to that jet, so I design shoes.
This is more slipper indoor version of the shoe. But hey they are elegant and you could wear them in your office if you want. The most important thing is that they are comfortable and look chic and nice and yummy and you could make them more from your fabric stash, or you could treat yourself with a small gorgeous fabric just for this project.
You could recycle the fabric from other projects, but nobody would know that.
The sewing is simple similar then my Kindergarten children shoes with invisible seams, in more sizes, so you could make them for gifts for your girlfriends too. Maybe you could make them even for your weeding dress with the same fabric? Maybe it's an option for you to get a waterproof fabric for sole? You like lace look, ordinary look, or sparkly look, if you could found the fabric, you could make the shoes from it. If you paint, paint your fabric first...graphic patterns, printed photos, stripes, polka dots.... you will be your own designer with this simple pattern.
One more important think, for this pattern I did make instructions for three different shoes on my instructions. So you will be able to play with your fabric a lot.
So, if you love to have comfy shoes this is for you, enjoy the walk.
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NEW YORK {AP} The organization whose data was used by several news organizations in making wrong calls in Florida on election night is blaming a series of errors, miscalculations and plain "bad luck" for the trouble.
An internal report by a senior executive of Voter News Service also said that budgetary considerations played a role and that TV networks knew the risks involved in calling such a close race.
VNS is a polling consortium funded by ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC and The Associated Press. Created in 1990, it provides polling information to the news organizations, which interpret the data independently.
On election night Nov. 7, all six VNS members initially projected that Vice President Al Gore had won Florida, a key to winning the presidency. The news organizations later said Florida was "too close to call," but early on Nov. 8, five VNS members declared Bush the winner in Florida and nationwide.
The AP was the only one of the six not to declare Bush the winner on Nov. 8.
The future of VNS may depend on the fallout from the error. Fox has already said it is likely to pull out of the consortium, and NBC said it would not stick with VNS unless it is assured that its data is reliable.
In the VNS report, first detailed Friday in The Washington Post, the agency's editorial director, Murray Edelman, said a combination of factors led to the initial wrong call for Gore. If any one had turned out differently, the projection of a Gore victory would probably not have been made.
VNS said it underestimated the number of absentee ballots cast in Florida and the advantage they would give to Bush. The organization estimated that absentee ballots would make up 7.2 percent of the Florida vote; instead, 12 percent of ballots were cast that way.
The absentee vote has been growing in recent years and VNS has dealt with it in a patchwork fashion, the report said.
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And it read: This is certification that the Milwaukee Brewers, at completion of their latest home stand and 35 games total, are one of major-league baseball's best teams.
That was notarized by the way the Brewers put the lid on their six-game home stand Thursday afternoon at Miller Park. They got solid pitching - chock up another quality start for the rotation - and enough offense to sweep the Florida Marlins, 5-3, before heading out on their second three-city road trip of the season.
"We've been doing a whole lot of things well," Brewers manager Ken Macha said. "You always want to see that continue.
"We're getting contributions from a lot of people."
Just like Thursday, when in the second inning Mike Cameron singled in front of Bill Hall, who then blasted his 100th career home run for a 2-1 lead against Florida right-hander Josh Johnson.
Patience has been another key to the run and the Brewers showed some in the third, drawing three walks and cashing one in when J.J. Hardy scored on a throwing error by Marlins third baseman Emilio Bonifacio.
The statement that the Brewers are one of the best teams in baseball through their first 35 games is a strong one. They are 21-14 and in first place in the NL Central going into a weekend series in St. Louis.
"They're really good," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "They're a well-balanced club. They got some veterans up and down that lineup, and that bullpen, at least against us, was pretty good with (Trevor) Hoffman at the end of the game."
The Brewers started the season 4-9, the pitching was horrendous at times and the hitting seemed to have the same problem(s) it did a season ago, mainly hitting with runners in scoring position. Macha said they were walking too many batters and making too many mistakes to win consistently.
They dropped their first four series of the season and, of course, the sky was falling all around them.
But nobody panicked except their loyalists watching with sweaty palms. The homegrown players had already dealt with a full season of expectations and still succeeded through adversity with the help of the veterans.
"We just had to step it up and get things turned around," said first baseman Prince Fielders, who sliced an opposite-field home run to break a tie in the fifth inning. "There was no sense of urgency. I think it was more of we knew how good we were. We just wanted to make sure it came out.
"Last year we struggled a little bit here and there, but in the end we all came out all right. That goes for team and individually."
The Brewers, starting with the second game in Philadelphia, a place where their demons seemed to reside as of late last season, righted themselves.
Since that day, April 22, the Brewers have torn up the National League. They have gone 17-5, the best record in baseball from that point, and have yet to lose a series, with a 6-0-2 series record starting in Philly.
As part of the run, the Brewers have become tied for the major-league lead in come-from-behind victories with 12.
"Even though we're down in early innings," Fielder said, "nobody panics. It's good to feel that."
Not surprisingly based on their recent record, the starting pitching has been better and leads the majors with 21 quality starts, the latest coming from Dave Bush (2-0), who pitched seven innings and allowed two earned runs, struck out seven and walked one against Florida.
The bullpen has also fallen into place nicely since Hoffman's return from the disabled list. Hoffman saved his eighth game to finish the sweep and recorded his fourth consecutive 1-2-3 inning in the process.
"Trevor," Macha said, "what an addition coming off the list he's been."
The lineup, which was expected to produce gobs of runs and hit for enough power to light Milwaukee, has come around during that time. They've scored 124 runs in those 22 games, averaging 5.6 a game.
The offense is also in the top-five in the NL in runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage, is second in walks and leads the league with 47 homers. That leaves little doubt that this is one of the most potent lineups in the game, no matter the league.
"In the beginning it was a matter of putting it together," Hardy said. "There were times when the offense was good; there were times when the pitching was good. Whenever one of them was going good, the other one wasn't.
"Right now the pitchers have been awesome and we're scoring enough runs and playing good team baseball."


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For former Coronado baseball players Bryson Bowman and Tyler Ward, the recruiting process has come full circle.
The two recent CHS graduates became teammates and steadfast friends as 10-year-olds and now that friendship will continue at the junior college level. At each end of their history together, Bowman and Ward have played key roles in recruiting each other.
Bowman and Ward recently signed national letters of intent to play next season at Midland College when the Chaparrals launch a baseball program for the first time. Bowman made his decision in early May and immediately began persuading Ward to join him.
''As soon as I signed, (Midland coach Steve Ramharter) told me to start working on Tyler,'' Bowman said. ''They really wanted him to come along and so did I.''
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Eight years ago the roles were reversed. After meeting Bowman in the fourth grade, Ward implored his father Frank Ward to draft his new friend for a youth league team the older Ward was coaching.
''I remember meeting Bryson in the fourth grade and we became friends instantly,'' Ward said. ''When my dad said he was going to coach a team, I told him that he really needed to draft that Bryson kid. I waited up for hours until he got home and told me he'd picked (Bowman) first.''
Since then and in fact even before Bowman and Ward have been nearly inseparable. After they developed a bond of friendship, the two learned that they'd been born within hours of each other at Methodist Hospital.
''It was weird when we found out because we'd already become friends,'' Bowman said. ''We just started talking about it and realized we'd been born at almost the exact time.''
And once they met, the two grew up side by side. Bowman and Ward have been classmates since the 4th grade and teammates just as long.
''I basically grew up at Tyler's house and with his family,'' Bowman said. ''We did just about everything together.''
Including winning on the baseball diamond. Since joining forces Bowman and Ward have encountered success at every level, including the last three with the Mustang varsity.
Along with Joseph Llanas, Bowman anchored the Coronado pitching staff the last four seasons. In his senior season, the bulky right-hander went 7-1 with a 4.51 ERA and teamed with Llanas and Aaron Rocha to provide one of the top pitching trios in West Texas.
Ward, meanwhile, followed up a solid junior season with a huge senior season. He batted a team-best .431 with 50 hits, 12 doubles, six triples, four home runs and 35 runs batted in and was one of the top center fielders in the area.
Bowman and Ward were part of a Mustang nucleus that has spent the last several seasons dominating on the diamond. Those two, along with Llanas and Mike Smith provided the cornerstones for consecutive District 3-5A championships in 1998-99 and a runnerup finish this spring.
''It's been fun to play baseball and have success, but it's been even better to do with your best friend and other guys you've been friends with for so long,'' Ward said.
That's the same frame of mind Bowman and Ward will take to Midland. Though Bowman had his mind set on playing for the Chaparrals before Ward joined him, he was a little unsure of his decision.
Ward, likewise, had an easier time making up his mind with the knowledge that Bowman was already on board at Midland College.
''I had talked to Texas Tech about trying out in the fall and maybe walking on, but I also knew Bryson would be at Midland,'' Ward said. ''The more I thought about it, the more sense it made to me to stick with Bryson because we've been together so long.''
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When you're in a forest fire it's usually sensible not to spray lighter fuel in every direction.
A Yarra Valley farm is helping troubled and and at-risk young people from Melbourne's suburbs to regain direction in their lives.
The security of public areas is under scrutiny in the wake of the Bastille Day attack.
There has barely been such a shock to the Dreaming landscape of Harman's Valley in south-west Victoria since nearby Mount Napier erupted 36,000 years ago, spewing a stream of molten lava 27 kilometres to the south-west.
A young Victorian lieutenant's memoir details the origins of the strong bond between Crete and Australia.
Deakin's vice-chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander✓, has made it plain over the past month the university wants to get out of Warrnambool, or at least significantly dilute its involvement in this far-flung place.
We are not always sold on stories that end with "happily ever after", but we do like ones with intriguing endings – like this one.
He looks a bit like a teacher - the grey hair is cropped neatly, he wears a clipped beard and he peers through a pair of black-rimmed spectacles - but as lost as if he'd been sent to the wrong school on the wrong planet.
In the dead of night, security guards stormed the Alcoa ship in Portland Bay and forced the Australian crew off.
A cruise ship with more than 2000 tourists aboard has docked in the small harbour city of Portland in south-west Victoria, as one of the more curious and protracted industrial disputes in recent Australian history evolved into a waltz of the sea lanes.
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The effect of martensite transformations of different types on the misorientation of austenite crystalline lattice, which characterizes the degree of structure fragmentation, was investigated for Fe-Ni and Fe-Mn alloys. As a result of multiple face-centered cubic (f.c.c.)-body-centered cubic (b.c.c.)-f.c.c. transformations, an austenite single-crystalline specimen is transformed in a polycrystalline one due to progressive fragmentation. It was shown that the degree of fragmentation depends on the magnitude of volume change and the density of dislocations generated on martensitic transformations.
Methods of producing nanostructured materials such as powder metallurgy, inert gas condensation, mechanical milling, melt quenching, or crystallization of an amorphous material have received much attention [1,2]. Another approach for the preparation of highly dispersive materials is cyclic plastic deformation, which is viable for particular classes of metallic materials.
The crystallographic orientation of initial austenite in Fe-based alloys is nonideally restored after reverse martensite transformation [3]. This is associated with the incomplete reversibility of direct and reverse martensite transformations and an accumulation of dislocations in the reverted austenite [4,5]. Formation of structure defects on martensite transformations results in azimuthal tailing of diffraction reflections of single-crystalline samples. From the magnitude of tailing and from the increase of the misorientation angle of crystal lattice regions after multiple martensitic transformations, one can deduce the capability of fragmentation and grain refinement of an austenite phase [4,6].
In Fe-based alloys, three types of martensitic transformations are realized: γ-α-γ in Fe-Ni-based alloys with face-centered cubic (f.c.c.)-body-centered cubic (b.c.c.)-f.c.c. structure rebuilding, γ-ϵ-γ in Fe-Mn-based alloys with f.c.c.-hexagonal close-packed (h.c.p.)-f.c.c. transformation [7], and γ-ϵ′-γ in Fe-Mn-based alloys with f.c.c.-18-layer rhombic (18R)-f.c.c. transformation [8,9]. It is shown experimentally that the restoration of the initial austenite structure after cyclic γ-ϵ-γ and γ-ϵ′-γ transformations turned out to be superior against that of alloys with γ-α-γ transformations. This regularity is based on the fact that the density of dislocations increases by more than 103 after cyclic γ-α-γ transformations connected with a high volume change - up to 3% to 4%, while it increases only by 10 after cyclic γ-ϵ-γ transformations (with a smaller volume change - up to approximately 0.75%) and practically does not change after γ-ϵ′-γ transformations (volume change - up to approximately 0.5%) [4,7]. In the austenitic phase, additional subgrain boundaries can form under conditions of dislocation generation by direct and reverse martensite transformations, for example, by means of wall formation by one-sign dislocations. On account of these processes, the fragmented structure of reverted austenite is received. The process of structure fragmentation can be essentially different for alloys with different types of martensitic transformations.
In the present article, the effect of multiple martensitic transformations of different types is studied in Fe-Ni- and Fe-Mn-type alloys. The development of austenitic structure fragmentation and the capability of particular alloys to form highly dispersive structures due to the accumulation of structure defects are elucidated.
The following alloys: Fe - 24.8wt.%, Ni - 0.50wt.%, C (alloy 1); Fe - 19.5wt.%, Mn - 2wt.%, Si (alloy 2); Fe - 16.7wt.%, Mn - 0.45wt.%, C (alloy 3), and Fe - 15.2wt.%, Mn - 0.32wt.%, C (alloy 4), were chosen for the investigation. All the alloys were melted in a furnace in purified argon. Single-crystalline samples ( 0.8mm, L=5 to 10mm in size) for X-ray investigations in an RKV-86 (Moscow, USSR) rotational camera were cut out from large grains of the bar. All the alloys display an austenitic structure at room temperature after quenching from 1,000°C to 1,050°C in cold water. Direct γ-α, γ-ϵ, and γ-ϵ′ martensitic transformations took place during cooling in liquid nitrogen but reverse α-γ, ϵ-γ, and ϵ′-γ transformations during heating of quenched alloys in a saline bath at the rate of 60K/s. The maximum misorientation angle ψ of the crystal lattice, which characterizes the degree of structure fragmentation, was found from azimuthal tailing of diffraction reflections compared to single-crystalline samples. The sizes of fragments were measured by electron microscopy (microscope PREM-200, Moscow, USSR).
X-ray studies of alloy 1 have shown that all the austenitic reflections present in the single-crystalline samples are washed out in the azimuthal direction after reverse α-γ transformation. On the pole figure (homostereographic projection), the centers of all initial and reversed austenitic reflections coincided at the region of measurement accuracy (1° to 2°). Azimuthal tailing of reflections monotonously increased with the increase of the quantity of transformation cycles (Figure 1A,B,C,D). At the same time, the angle ψ of martensite was always less than that of austenite (Figure 2A,B). Debye lines on the X-ray pattern filled up in the azimuthal direction. Hence, the rotational X-ray pattern of single-crystalline samples after 35 to 50 γ-α-γ transformations was the same as that of a textured polycrystalline sample. After 80 to 120 γ-α-γ cycles, the diffraction pattern displays practically continuous lines of austenite. It indicates a practically full recrystallization of austenite and a transformation of the initial single crystalline into a polycrystalline sample. Different azimuthal tailing of the γ and α phase reflections qualify the different degrees of crystal lattice fragmentation of the austenite and the martensite phase, respectively.
Electron microscopic investigation has shown that in the process of thermocycling, subgrain boundaries were created in reversed austenite. These boundaries were formed by dislocations generated by repeated γ-α and α-γ transformations. At a certain stage, subgrain boundaries form the observed fragments in the initial austenite grains. After 10 to 20cycles, the decomposition of the reflections into three to five components was observed (Figure 1B) parallel with the progress of azimuthal tailing of reflections on the electron diffraction pattern that provide evidence for the formation of additional subgrain boundaries at this stage. In reversed austenite, the fragment size decreased with increasing number of transformation cycles. After 30cycles, the major fraction of fragments was in the range 0.2 to 0.8μm. After 80 to 100cycles, the size of fragments reached the nanoscale level (about 100nm). The structure of the boundaries of fragments exhibits a dislocation nature analogous to other grain boundaries after intensive plastic deformation [10-12].
Multiple thermocycling (>30cycles) forced the formation of reversed austenitic twins. The volume content of twins increased with the increasing number of γ-α-γ transformations owing to the accumulation of internal stresses in the γ phase.
Thus, the multiple thermocycling of alloy 1 with ongoing direct γ-α and reverse α-γ martensite transformations led to fragmentation of the initial austenite up to a nanoscale level (nanofragmentation).
The X-ray investigations of the iron-manganese single-crystalline samples of alloy 2 have shown that the initial orientation is nonideally restored as in the case of the iron-nickel alloys (alloy 1). However, it is considerably better recovered after γ-ϵ-γ transformations in Fe-Mn alloys than after γ-α-γ transformations in Fe-Ni alloys.
The X-ray rotational and rocking patterns of the thermally cycled austenite of alloy 2 show the tailing of all diffraction reflections of the γ and ϵ phases (Figure 1B). The misorientation angle increases much less than that for γ-α-γ transformations. Thus, after the first γ-ϵ-γ cycle, ψ=4°, but after 150cycles, ψ=10° is reached, a magnitude which is almost achieved after the first γ-α-γ transformation in alloy 1.
However, full recrystallization of the austenite of alloy 2 was not achieved by repeated γ-ϵ-γ transformations, and even after 1,000cycles, only ψ≤17° was realized and the Debye lines on the X-ray patterns were not really continuous. It is important to note that the initial orientation of the austenite single-crystalline sample was restored and no new orientations appeared in this case.
Misorientation as a result of precipitation hardening in the α-martensite of alloy 1 is much higher than that in the ϵ-martensite of alloy 2, although for both cases, it is smaller than that for the corresponding austenite phases.
The initial orientation of the austenite of alloy 3 was completely restored during these transformations. Azimuthal tailing of the diffraction reflections of austenite increased only slightly with the number of cycles (Figure 3, curve 1), and even after 1,000cycles, only ψ≤3.5° was reached.
In alloy 4, where the γ-ϵ transformation was observed during quenching, the quantity of ϵ-martensite is diminished during -196°C ↔ 300°Ccycles, and only γ-ϵ′-γ transformations are taking place after 20 to 30cycles.
Azimuthal tailing of the γ-phase reflections was observed mainly within the first 10cycles, during which γ-ϵ-γ transformations proceed (Figure 3). The misorientation of austenite did not change during the subsequent γ-ϵ′-γ transformations. Thus, misorientation is constrained to ψ≤7° if the number of γ-ϵ′-γ transformations increased from 20 to 1,000, whereas ψ=6° is already achieved after the first 10cycles.
A great quantity of chaotic packing defects (CPD) are generated in austenite during the process of γ-ϵ-γ and γ-ϵ′-γ martensitic transformations [7,13]. The role of CPD in the formation of additional subboundaries is not investigated here. In this connection, the change of CPD concentration at multiple martensitic transformations has been studied for the Fe-Mn-based alloys 2, 3, and 4. The concentration of CPD was measured by the relative displacement of austenitic (111)γ and (222)γ reflections [14,15]. It is apparent that the concentration of CPD in alloy 3 (forming ϵ′-martensite) does not exceed 0.015 (Figure 4). In this alloy, the austenitic lattice misorientation is insignificant and not accumulated for multiple γ-ϵ′-γ transformations (Figure 3). This means that a small CPD concentration does not lead to the formation of additional subgrain boundaries and to the fragmentation of reversed austenite. In alloys 3 and 4, the concentration of CPD exceeds the magnitudes 0.022 and 0.025, respectively (Figure 4) and austenitic lattice misorientation reached 17° and 6.5°, respectively (Figures 1 and and3).3). Obviously, starting from this CPD concentration, the disoriented fragments form in the microstructure of reversed austenite. These results show that with the increase of CPD concentration in austenite, the ability to form disoriented fragments of its lattice increases.
The γ-ϵ-γ and γ-ϵ′-γ transformations in iron-manganese alloys resulted in a smaller increase of the misorientation angle ψ than that for γ-α-γ transformations in the iron-nickel alloys. This is due to the smaller number of crystal structure defects generated by γ-ϵ-γ transformations. In fact, the dislocation density of the austenite increases by 3 orders of magnitude after the γ-α-γ transformation, but it is constrained to less than 1 order of magnitude after the γ-ϵ-γ transformation. The misorientation is changed to a still smaller amount during γ-ϵ′-γ transformations.
Thus, the sequence of the magnitude of the misorientation angle ψ during martensitic transformations in iron-based alloys can be described as
Accumulation of the dislocations at multiple f.c.c.-b.c.c.-f.c.c. martensite transformations in iron-nickel alloys led to full recrystallization of austenite due to the formation of lattice fragments with significant mutual misorientation and to a transformation of the single-crystalline sample into a polycrystalline one.
Multiple f.c.c.-h.c.p.-f.c.c. martensite transformations in iron-manganese alloys, on the other hand, led to the formation of additional subgrain boundaries in austenite by accumulation of CPD up to a magnitude exceeding 0.02. A full recrystallization of austenite at multiple f.c.c.-h.c.p.-f.c.c. and f.c.c.-18R-f.c.c. transformations was never observed.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
VB has made the main idea of investigation, acquisition, and interpretation of X-ray data and has been involved in drafting the manuscript. VD is accountable for all aspects of the work and critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. ID has prepared all the alloys and specimens, took part in the acquisition and interpretation of data, has been involved in drafting the manuscript, and has given final approval of the version to be published. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors thank Dr. P. Volosevitch for the realization of electron microscopy researches.
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Wily Mo Pena was 21 years old when he needed to be in the Show full time. Chris Denorfia is nearly 26. There's no comparison to be made there.Originally Posted by reds44
Secondly, Denorfia in CF is better than Freel in CF defensively and Freel at 2B is better than Womack at 2B both offensively and defensively.
There's nothing to be lost and everything to be gained by slotting Denorfia in CF while Griffey's down. Getting Denorfia here yesterday helps both the offense and the defense. He's the best option to start in place of an injured player and the best option off the bench in the system (including anyone on the current MLB roster). He produced a .896 OPS in AAA last season and has started off at an 1.044 OPS in AAA this season. He's a better CF option than anyone else on the MLB roster and he's an age at which he could easily break out in even a reserve role.
You can go small sample size all you want, but the best teams in the long run have the best possible combination of players on their roster. Denorfia is better than all the other options and is talented enough to produce right now even in a limited role.
You can continue your "If it ain't broke don't fix it" stance or you could figure out that producing and optimal MLB roster has significant value. Your choice.


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- American media bury story of drone attack that killed 40 in Pakistan, inc'g many tribal elders
The saviors of Libya! They wouldn't do this, would they?
- I waiver, and still I approve of military support for the Libyan resistance
Lamis Andoni on the West's intervention in Libya -- she says it much better than I did above. link to english.aljazeera.net
Killing the village to save it. They never change. And people never quit falling for it.
What if we had a real peace movement, fiercely against the use of weapons to solve problems? Who would not let the minions of arms makers that we call our government choose who is to live and who is to die?
Trusting the man who stood silent during the massacre in Gaza to "save" Libya? Gives me a sick feeling.
- Bill Maher asks Michael Oren whether 'being an Occupier has changed the Jewish people,' but
"I hate atheists like bill mahr"...
but i hope not us other ones. ;)
- Nasrallah: 1000 salutes to the Libyan fighters that are standing and fighting across Libya
Please do not forget the solidarity activists in the Midwest who are being hounded by the Obama justice dept. with threats of prison under a grand jury subpoena! link to stopfbi.net
We are in deep trouble here in the US as you note.
- Libya/Gaza
Thank you for saying this. Empowering the global war machine by supporting it when it picks and chooses between minions to save or destroy is never a good idea. Why did Saddam go to the gallows when Bush & Obama sleep soundly in their beds at night?
- Dept of Education opens investigation into anti-Semitism at UC Santa Cruz following events protesting the occupation
France is further along in their persecution of Palestinian solidarity folks.
link to gilad.co.uk
Although we have the FBI/DOJ subpoenas for the Chicago/Minnesota activists. stopfbi.net
These people are forum shopping. They've lost the world (even Haaretz admits that -- see below link); now they're trying to find a judge on their side.
- Al Arakib destroyed for 21st time
How To Break The Mideast Impasse?
Ari Fleischer, left, Rep. Nita Lowey and J Street co-founder Daniel Levy at last week's event, moderated by Gary Rosenblatt.
Westchester forum deals with Israeli, Palestinian and U.S. views,
and what it means to be 'pro-Israel.'
- Qadhafi compares himself to Israeli war criminals
Real News Report: Free Libyans Reject Foreign Intervention; Egypt Sends Supplies (3 min.)
Palestine flag flies w/Libyan and Egyptian in Free Libya
- There's work to do
actually majority of americans did support the egyptian's revolt: link to salon.com
They called a majority of land lines (I think it was about 75%), which to me could indicate an older population.
Also, Jonathan Cook's latest article, "Empire of Lies, Why Our Media Betrays Us" link to jkcook.net explains alot about why the public is so ignorant.
- Mona Eltahawy's speech signals shift in mainstream discourse that Zionists don't want
has this been posted?
"In Israel, the revolution has already begun" bradley burston
link to haaretz.com
- Why the U.S. will not 'do something' about Palestine
Virginia Tilley says: "But I must admit to praying they do it soon also for the sake of US politics, foreign and domestic."
She has just described the ignorance and venality of Congress and the stupidity of the people of the U.S., yet she wants to save U.S. politics. She gives Obama too much credit for caring a whit about people here (or anywhere). Searching his soul is not something anyone but him can do. We just have to go by what he does. And he has done a lot of rotten things, not just this veto. Torture, drones??
We need to unwaveringly demand human rights and justice from those who represent us, just like the people of Egypt and Tunis and Palestine do. That is the only thing that will save our politics.
I saw that clip! Horrible. I just twitted him 3 sets of statistics on domestic violence in this country. I know he will say "they didn't cut women's heads off." At least I know he knows now that men everywhere have problems treating women with respect. Thanks for the twit address.
- Obama gives big thumbs up to settlements at UN (and kills the two-state solution --Haber)
"first healthcare reform bill"
the health insurance company wrote that bill. nothing courageous about obama passing it thru his bought off congress, imo.
- Canadian college bars Finkelstein speech-- without balance or baksheesh
Pabelmont sez: "WTF? Should make the you-know-whos pay for the security — they (if anyone) are the threat!"
Exactly! This is the same argument our side had to make when the King County Executive took down our bus ads about Israel's war crimes being paid for with our tax dollars.
If there were threats of violence against those busses, who would they logically be coming from? Instead they allowed David Horowitz and Pam Geller to paint the ads as invoking "terrorist" threats from enemies of Israel.
BTW, the judge is supposed to rule today on our injunction forcing the County to put the ads, approved by them before the hasbara campaign, up on the busses. Wish us luck.
- '92d St Y' cancels appearance by Palestinian doctor whose 3 daughters were killed after Jewish co-panelist drops out
thanks, annie. it kind of WAS the bus ad heard round the world already. our attorney pointed that out and then said that no disruption had occurred b/c of that publicity.
anyway, thanks, fuster too.
and cheers to the Seattle MidEast Concerns group who really bought the ad. i wasn't around for that part but joined in after the shit hit the fan.
welcome, annie. dang! winning the injunction would been too easy, i guess. i bet we will win when the evidence can be laid out.
bad news on injunction to get bus ads up: link to seattletimes.nwsource.com
loss in round one -- court case continues, i believe.
The "Y" really shouldn't have been nervous about having the Doc speak on his own. I saw him in Seattle and he did not mention Israel once. It was as if his daughters were killed by a random act of violence rather than a state-sponsored, U.S. supported murder.
- When Livni spoke of ethnic transfer, Abu Alaa said only solution is 'binational state from sea to river'
"Black mayors, governors and (now) a black president have disproven this notion."
They have also proven that corruption does not have a skin color.
If Palestine/Israel was united in one country, can you imagine the Jews of that country getting away with treating their compatriots the way they treat Palestinians now?
They would be looked at the way northerners looked at Bull Connor, et al.
- Goldstone Report Weekender: Weiss profile; Ratner on Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish; and Siegman discusses 'delegitimizing Israel'
Adam, did you know Goldstone himself was at Stanford in the last week? Sketchy report here: link to paloalto.patch.com
- Macy Gray shuns boycott, will play Tel Aviv
Yup. I'm with ya. I got one Macy Gray CD. Oh, darn. I stepped on it! ;)
- Through the Looking Glass – Five years in Students for Justice in Palestine
Ilan Pappe expresses the exhilarating liberation of his journey out of Zionism: link to vodpod.com
If you cant watch the whole thing, which is well worth the 23 minutes, start at minute 18.
Cheers, Tom!
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and the silence of friends
"Several people who personally know Barbara Lee have told me she is scared out of her mind of the pro-Israel lobby, and that is why she does not do anything to oppose our military aid to Israel, and Israel's illegal abuses of said aid."
Then she better find another line of work, hadn't she? She needs help liberating herself from this failure of principles. Hopefully you all can help her figure that out.
- Gaza Two Years Later: There is nothing that tastes as beautiful as reading in the dark
An eloquent explanation of the legendary resilience of the people of Palestine.
- Totalitarian diets and other corrupted ethics
Thank you, Seham. I knew I'd miss things when I discontinued the email updates from Mondoweiss! Maybe other folks missed the video too, so okay to repeat, I guess. Thanks again.
Hello. A local Seattle woman made a beautifully moving video about Gaza. It is called "One Family." You can see Jen Marlowe's video here: link to vimeo.com
- Entry 28: I nominate Aya Kaniuk and Tamar Goldschmidt
I watched the story of Faisal. The occupation takes decent people like Faisal and puts them in a human vice. Harassed by Shabak and jailed for doing nothing several times as a kid, he responds by stabbing an Israeli. The Israeli lived so Faisal was only tortured and jailed for some years. They used a pen to pull out wire stitches in his head and mouth (stitches they had put there during beatings). Faisal is out now but bothered by what he has done and what was done to him. I will watch more of these videos to remind me why we need to work even harder to end this day in day out horror on earth.
- Entry 6: The land, the gun, the olive tree
Thoughts like these are the ones Israel wants to ban. But Nakba obviously will not be forgotten.
- Entry 4: My first trip to Palestine
And miles to go before we sleep.
Thank you, Morgan.
- Well at least it's a debate
Latest from the Seattle TV station who broke the story.
link to king5.com
- Guerrilla ad campaign in SFO
Please take a second and vote in the on-line poll on the King 5 TV news site. We'd like to keep these ads on the busses!
- Miami Jewish Federation smear-video says that Jimmy Carter and Walt and Mearsheimer want Israel 'wiped off the map'
P.S. we are NOT with the people who were yelling Hitler. forgot about that nice editing they did.
I am so proud! I made the black and white banner that is on the front of the video. The yellow sign about stopping u.s. funding is one we use on our demos. They really picked on one of our members who is Palestinian in the video (of course!).
Anyway, good for us. We have a vigil almost every week in downtown Seattle at Westlake Park. This will give us a real boost!
- A long Palestinian struggle has ended Partition, maybe?
Free Free Palestine! All of it! For Everyone!
- Clinton: Occupation robs Palestinians of dignity and self-determination and is radicalizing the Middle East
"...I would rather die then see any Fatah or Hamas official governing me."
Good to see you've got a plan for that contingency.
- Assange is held in cell where they once held Oscar Wilde
"I am a wee tad concerned that this whole brouhaha over wikileaks is going to open the floodgates of support for "regulating the internet" in some way that eliminates the free flow of information..."
Assange is on our side; the state dept. is not. Excerpt:
"The best example of this is the Alliance for Youth Movements (www.movements.org), an online new media support group and hub for digital activism. The AYM's website is a shiny and accessible gateway to US-approved digital activism, its exactly what you imagine would happen if you let a gaggle of new media upstarts take control of US foreign policy. It is funded by the US State Department and web giants including Google, Howcast, Facebook and MSNBC. The Alliance links to a number of campaign groups, and its overt role is confined to networking, advocacy and facilitating cooperation between groups. They also produce a database of 'How To' guides for digital activism and maintain a significant blog and Twitter presence. The annual conferences of the AYM bring together activist groups, political and business leaders – for example their London 2010 Summit saw activists for Ushahidi, the Save Darfur Coalition and the One Voice Movement mingle with representatives of the State Department, UK Home Office, World Bank and those of YouTube, CBS News, WPP. While playing a seemingly innocuous role the AYM is vital as a meeting place for activist groups which the US would like to work, internet powerbrokers, and government – all arranged in a babble of web 2.0 cool, facilitated by experts in podcasts, flashmobs, memes, and twitterstorms."
"The AYM is co-founded by Jared Cohen, a cyber-true believer who has recently moved from the State Department (where he advised on "the Middle East, South Asia, counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, and the development of the '21st century statecraft' agenda") to a newly created post as Director of Google Ideas -which aims "to re-frame and act on old challenges in new and innovative ways" (vague doesn't quite cover it). Cohen was the State Department official who famously asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to keep Twitter online during the protests after the 2009 Iranian election, as well as the man responsible for running delegations of technology executives (including Google CEO Eric Shmidt) to 'troubleshoot Iraq'. (The revolving door between Foggy Bottom and the top Internet companies is another complex part of this story, explored here by Morozov)."
- The Witch Tree
What I typically say when challenged on this issue when I'm vigiling about Palestine is that, yes, Americans perpetrated a genocide here. I would hope that I would have been protesting that one also. But since this one is occurring now, it's my duty to try and stop it.
- Doris Lessing on orthodoxy and the intellectual
Hope we quit using Amazon. Ellsburg said to.
- The American Jewish belief in the endurance of anti-Semitism is at the core of the problem
Amazing Ilan Pappe video at conference in Germany
- 'Daily Kos' banned me and smeared Rachel Corrie, but we can't give up on the Democratic Party
Why NOT give up on the Demopubs? They gave up on us and themselves a LONG time ago.
Can I get an "Amen"?!!!!!
- WikiLeaks docs expose Egyptian complicity with Israeli war crimes (again)
Thanks, Kathleen. That was very helpful.
- When hope is lawful
Thank you, Tree.
But here are some cautionary words from Leonard Peltier, a survivor of another ethnic cleaning: link to tinyurl.com
- NY activists confront Hebron Fund director Yossi Baumol
i found this "fact check" in some propaganda in the JEWISH TIMES: "Fact check: Settlements are legal. When the U.S. signed the 1924 San Remo accords, they became co-signers of the British Mandate in Palestine which calls for "close settlement of Jews upon their land." The area in question included the West Bank!?
- Unfair to Chomsky
I didn't think it was unfair. Chomsky gives one reason to wonder when he says stuff like:
"I don't regard myself as a critic of Israel, I regard myself as a supporter of Israel"…..
Minute 4:00
- Helen Thomas get standing 0 from 500 as Sam Donaldson declares her the 'best ever'
Thank you, Antidote. This is amazing. Hard to get my head around, actually.
Thanks, MRW. I'm glad someone had a similar reaction to this video. I too think the information it provides is important.
Speaking of Judaism and Israel, has anyone else watched this documentary apparently made by Ultra Orthodox Jews about Herzl, Zionism, and foundation of Israel?
I (and some of the Israelis filmed) was shocked by the quotes about Herzl, et al.
Pardon if this has been posted before.
- Q: Does Chomsky feel Jewish responsibility for Israel's crimes?
"He's 82 years old."
Are you intimating that he is addled?
- After FBI came to his door in '04, AIPAC staffer promptly called Israeli embassy
I was very disappointed in the last segment I watched when Segev said there was "no solution" and that the Israelis needed to "manage the Palestinians better."
He meant, I guess, there was no solution that Israelis would accept.
Real News series with Shir Hever and Michel Warshawski were much better.
If Real News wants to talk to a "new historian," I hope he talks to Ilan Pappe some day.
- Right-wing Israel advocacy group StandWithUs attacks Jewish Voice for Peace meeting with pepper spray
I didn't mean to suggest "equivalence." I meant, as someone else has suggested, that Stand With Us was responding to the disruption of Bibi with their own disruption of JVP.
Could this be a reaction to the Young Proud Jews disruption of the Netanyahu speech? Stand With Us sees all justice organizers, especially Jews, as targets to be silenced b/c Israel's "speech" was interrupted.
Such tactics will only enforce their isolation. And rightly so.
- Jewish Federations acknowledge Israel's 'paradigm shift,' then circle the wagons
Definition of apartheid: "The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity 'committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime.'"
"Nope today they must directly confront the issues and arguments being defined by the non-violent Palestinian resistance movement." Syvanen
Sometimes the confrontations are a bit to "direct" for comfort.
The other day at a weekly peace vigil, a friend was holding a sign "End U.S. Funding for the Israel Occupation." An SUV pulled over and gestured to her to come over. When she got there, the woman in the car (w/2 small kids in back) pointed to my friend and told the kids: "See this woman? She is an anti-semite and she wants you dead."
My friend was very upset, but I made the same point to her that others above have made. Panic is beginning to set in and this gives rise to lashing out.
- It's time to dismantle the PA
This is not news. I was in a socialist group until the mid-1990s. We understood then what the formation of the Palestinian Authority was about: outsourcing the Israel occupation to Palestinian compradores.
- A tale of two ghettos
Great bragging rights, Israel! "Yeah, Gaza is bad, but it's not as bad as the Warsaw Ghetto! [yet?]"
- How many Israeli soldiers does it take to keep an elderly Palestinian woman from harvesting her olives?
Speaking of humiliations:
Israel bans Palestinian PM (Salam Fayyad) from East Jerusalem event
- Empathy for fearful Dershowitz
Very disappointed to read this rationalization of a clearly arrogant and power-maddened member of the U.S. elite.
- 'NY Jewish Week' says progressive Zionists are feeling 'battered by boycott'
"Director Mike Leigh Cancels Israel Trip in Protest" -- NYTimes
JERUSALEM (AP) — British filmmaker Mike Leigh has canceled a visit to Israel to protest against a proposed loyalty oath for new citizens.
The bill, passed by Israel's Cabinet last week, would require non-Jewish immigrants to pledge loyalty to a "Jewish and democratic" state — language widely seen as discriminatory toward Israel's Arab minority.
Leigh, the award-winning director of "Naked" and "Secrets & Lies," was to participate in a film festival next month. He is Jewish.
Writing to the school sponsoring the event, Leigh said he opposed Israel's policies on Gaza, but called the loyalty oath the "last straw."
The school's director, Renen Schorr, says Israeli artists face growing international isolation because of Israel's political situation.
- The IDF kills 1 Palestinian civilian every 2 days, on average, with impunity
Looks to me like Moon of Alabama is undefunked. link to moonofalabama.org
I think it came back a couple months ago.
It has posts from today. Or is that not what you meant.
- Turn right at the end: The future of a country that gave up on democracy
Ye gads I wish I could draw! I assume you got an A++++++.
Beautiful work. Glad you're using your talent for good. :)
- 'We wouldn't eat their sandwiches!' --an interview with Lillian Rosengarten
Nice that she is good looking. Otherwise, half the people here wouldn't have anything to say about this courageous journey. Come on folks.
- Young Jew at Princeton: Yes, American Jews are to blame for ennabling injustice
Some Jews and others in Atlanta saying so: link to youtube.com
- Could Israel survive without Harvard?
Refuting Livni's claim of "the Palestinians didn't exist then":
Video: Sands of Sorrow (1950)
link to palestinethinktank.com
- Which is it, Dershowitz?
Jon Stewart's surprisingly good humored and wise response to the Rick Sanchez firing.
- Gideon Levy in NYC: Israel is 'the only occupier in history that's completely convinced of its own present ongoing victimhood'
This link is to Levy's talk at McGill. It is in one piece, unlike the Youtube posted earlier.
"In which case, we better start thinking meds, or shock therapy, or anything that can change the "chemistry" of the Israeli hive brain."
I think Levy would agree. In the above linked talk, I believe he mentions that progress only seems to be made after there is bloodshed.
P.S. I did this link in a comment a few days ago, also.
- Halper: American Jews (and the Congress) don't want an Israel at peace
"What a remarkable, brave and compassionate individual"
And another one is gideon levy (here in a remarkable lecture at mcgill university): link to pulsemedia.org
pardon if this is a duplicate, but i tried to post this comment in the dershowitz article, but it didn't come up for some reason.
- 'Commentary': legitimacy issues, Palestinian resistance and U.S. opportunities are rotting Israel's purpose
Pardon if this article by Jonathan Cook has been posted already. It uses some of the same sort of information as Mr. Gordis to explain why some Israelis will stay put. "Peace Might Upend Wealth of Israelis"
"Those [retired IDF] who spent their service in the West Bank and Gaza Strip quickly learn how to apply and refine new technologies for surveillance, crowd control and urban warfare that find ready markets overseas. In 2006 Israel's defence exports reached $3.4bn, making the country the fourth largest arms dealer in the world."
- Jews with guns
"My people are the Jews, Muslims, Christians, Pagans, Atheist. My people are French, Irish, Russian, Polish, South Africans. Have never ever gotten this need to divide and separate with the "my people"
May I second that thought, Kathleen?
I knew as I proceeded through Phil's post that something was bothering me and reading your comment, I realized it was that phrase "my people."
I caught myself thinking that if a group of people from whence I sprang went around acting like the Israelis are acting, they'd soon be my ex-people. Not to go all "Gilad Atzmon" on folks (which I can't since I'm not Jewish anyway).
Anyway, something I just cannot imagine is Woody Allen carrying an Uzi -- random thought.
- Remembering Gaza
Thank you, Ahmed, for confirming my feelings. With the deaths of these farmers, I had the haunting fear that I was "normalizing" murderous Israeli behavior somewhere in my mind.
Thanks to Annie for reminding us that things have changed since the death of your cousin, Eyad. More of the world is watching and expecting a change for the better. Let's keep that momentum going.
- What Lebanon can teach the U.S. about religious tolerance
This makes part of Gadi Taub's op ed in the NYTimes today (link to nytimes.com) ironic:
"If the road to partition is blocked, Israel will be forced to choose between two terrible options: Jewish-dominated apartheid or non-Jewish democracy. If Israel opts for apartheid, as the settlers wish, Israel will betray the beliefs it was founded on, become a pariah state and provoke the Arab population to an understandable rebellion. If a non-Jewish democracy is formally established, it is sure to be dysfunctional. Fatah and Hamas haven't been able to reconcile their differences peacefully and rule the territories — throwing a large Jewish population into the mix is surely not going to produce a healthy liberal democracy. Think Lebanon, not Switzerland. "
- 'Cordoba House' controversy has one Pakistani American looking for a back-up plan
Peter Beinert: "America Has Disgraced Itself"
link to informationclearinghouse.info
August 20, 2010 "Daily Beast" -- Conservative fury over the "ground zero" mosque shows that when it comes to the battle for freedom and religious liberty, the U.S. has thrown in the towel. And why are Jews so thrilled to be in lockstep with the heirs of Pat Robertson?
The president is furiously backtracking; Republicans are clawing over each other to demonize Muslims; Democrats are dead silent. It's time to face reality. Whether or not the "ground zero" mosque ever gets built, the political debate is over. Decency lost.
So almost nine years after September 11, we need to confront a few painful truths. First, while the military and counterintelligence aspects of the struggle against al Qaeda will likely last long into the future, the "war of ideas" is over. America has thrown in the towel.
Remember when George W. Bush and his neoconservative allies used to say that the "war on terror" was a struggle on behalf of Muslims, decent folks who wanted nothing more than to live free like you and me? Remember when Karen Hughes paid millions to produce glitzy videos of Muslim Americans testifying about how free they were to practice their religion in the USA? Remember Bush's second inaugural, when he said "America's ideal of freedom" is "sustained in our national life by the truths of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount, the words of the Koran?"
- I am a Palestinian-American, and people tell me about my freedom
I know this is small comfort, Sara, but recent polling seems to indicate a fall in the popularity of Israel around the world:
link to israeli-occupation.org
We've got to keep working on exposing The Big Lie about who the victim is in Palestine.
- 'NYT' story on anti-Zionists says their 'dual loyalty' prophecy has come to pass
"My loyalties belong to the oppressed. "
Tommy hit the nail on the head. As I read the above discussion, I kept thinking of the Irish Americans who have a fondness for their ancestors' land. Is that the same feeling that American Jews have for Israel? Somehow I don't think so. The reflexive defensiveness of Jews here has good cause, what with the high profile brutality displayed by Israel.
At any rate, as we know, many Irish people are involved in the struggle against Israeli apartheid and more power to them.
- 'Commentary' attacks labor (because Israel always comes first)
...the Zim Shenzhen would have been steaming to Seattle by nightfall instead of waiting to be unloaded on Monday.
Dang! Did it come through Seattle? I was afraid of that. Well, so glad the folks down in Oakland/SF were prepared, if we up here in Seattle were asleep at the switch.
- In Helen Thomas case, the world sees a taboo being enforced
Yesterday, the most popular comment in the NYTimes Mediacoder blog on Helen was this one:
helen thomas simply stated, albeit crudely, what the vast majority of the world feels about israel and their illegal and immoral actions against the palestinian people.
it makes her neither racist, bigoted nor anti-semitic.
it makes her brave.
- NPR report on West Bank expulsion order turns horror into a she-said/she-said debating point
OT, somewhat, since this is Gaza, not WB, but still ...
May 10, 2010 - It is a tale of bureaucracy; a stifling blockade and a sick child in need of help. We follow one family trying to get their son out of Gaza to save his life. [22 searing minutes]
- Olympia mural uses Corrie tragedy to strengthen bonds of solidarity
Brian Baird is the Congressperson from Olympia area. Here is a story you may find interesting. link to seattletimes.nwsource.com
The Corries had a large part in persuading Cong. Baird to go to Gaza. I think we can safely say it has changed his life.
- Realists get traction (Brzezinski and Scowcroft have Obama's ear)
Anyone notice Ethan Bronner's latest? "Palestinians Try a Less Violent Path to Resistance" -- good framing, huh? link to nytimes.com
As if the violence in the situation was predominantly Palestinian!
- Why can't we do this?
IDEA: make Israel the 51st state -- watch how fast their billions in aid will be cut!
(1 in 4 US children on food stamps -- link to nytimes.com)
- It's time for Americans to discover the true character of Israeli society
Part of my google signature:
IDEA: make Israel the 51st state -- watch how fast their billions in aid will be cut!
(1 in 4 US children on food stamps -- link to nytimes.com)
- When it comes to E Jerusalem, 'NPR' misleads and misinforms
Sorry, got my quoted material reversed. Hope you can understand my point anyway.
Palestinians are justifiably worried that these projects nibble away at the land available for their future state.
To use the words "nibble away" at a future state and "1,600 new housing units in an ultra-orthodox neighborhood in East Jerusalem" is a lie of omission.
Surely there are words that would allow the Times to more accurately describe the smothering blanket of occupation and settlement.
If we keep excusing the "paper of record" on the basis of lesser evilism, we won't get anywhere.
Check out the Times latest hasbara editorial: link to nytimes.com
Here's a good blog, NPR Team Check's less ambitious, but accurate nonetheless, take on this: link to nprcheck2.blogspot.com
I'm going to post this entry on their blog. Thanks to all of you for shining a light on the garbage NPR coverage of Israel, this time centering on the settlements.
- The New Yorientalist Times
Useful 5 min video. "The Increasing Israeli Grip on Occupied Jerusalem"
link to youtube.com
- Hillary tells AIPAC, the occupation is hurting the US around the world
I know, I know. But I had never realized this. The article linked does cite much info that was new to me about the anti-zionist history of American Judaism. This kind of info might help us when we are accused of being anti-semitic for supporting Palestinian human rights.
Did you know that the founders of the NYTimes were anti-zionist Jews?
from the article linked below:
"Is it Anti-Semitic to Defend Palestinian Human Rights?" by Edward Corrigan
link to dissidentvoice.org
"In March 1919 United States Congressman Julius Kahn presented an anti-Zionist petition to President Woodrow Wilson as he was departing for the Paris Peace Conference.
"The petition was signed by 31 prominent American Jews. The signatories included Henry Morgenthau, Sr., ex-ambassador to Turkey; Simon W. Rosendale, ex-attorney general of New York; Mayor L. H. Kampner of Galveston, Texas; E. M. Baker, from Cleveland and president of the Stock Exchange; R. H. Macy's Jesse I. Straus; New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs; and Judge M. C. Sloss of San Francisco. Part of the petition read:
…we protest against the political segregation of the Jews and the re-establishment in Palestine of a distinctively Jewish State as utterly opposed to the principles of democracy which it is the avowed purpose of the World's Peace Conference to establish. Whether the Jews be regarded as a "race" or as a "religion," it is contrary to the democratic principles for which the world war was waged to found a nation on either or both of these bases.
Later in article:
"In 1943, a group of 92 Reform rabbis, and many other prominent American Jews, created the American Council for Judaism with the express intent of combating Zionism.
Included in the Council's leadership were Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore; Lessing J. Rosenwald, the former chairman of the Sears, Roebuck & Company, who became president of the Council; Rabbi Elmer Berger who became its executive director; Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times; and Sidney Wallach of the American Jewish Committee.
An example of their views on Zionism is Palestine, a pamphlet published by the American Council for Judaism, 1944, p.7 [American Council for Judaism Records (1942-1968), American Jewish Archives. Cincinnati, OH] which stated as follows: "… the concept of a theocratic state is long past. It is an anachronism. The concept of a racial state — the Hitlerian concept — is repugnant to the civilized world, as witness the fearful global war in which we are involved."
The American Council for Judaism was founded to expressly oppose Zionism.
- Bemock Obama
I think you are correct. The SEATTLE TIMES published this editorial, suggesting that Israel's military aid check should "get lost in the mail."
- From Gold to Bolton to King John (more on the lawfare conference!)
Sorry to duplicate my comment, but the SEATTLE TIMES is questioning U.S. military aid to Israel here: link to seattletimes.nwsource.com
"Israel continues to settle occupied territory in violation of international law, and it keeps cashing those U.S. checks for billions of dollars in military aid. What would happen if a payment, oh, got lost in the mail?"
Amazing to this Seattle resident.
- Inside the Lawfare Project: Netanyahu's attack on human rights NGO's comes to the US
Somewhat off topic, but I was shocked when Brooke Gladstone of NPR was mentioned by Max (in error now it seems) to be a spokesperson for Lawfare. I googled her and found this interesting interview she did with Ethan Bronner regarding the infamous Ahmadinejad "wiping Israel off the map" speech. Bronner is in fine "we may have the nukes, but Iran is looking sideways at us" form. link to onthemedia.org
Brooke seems like a run of the mill MSM reporter. She accepts what the NYTimes "authority" tells her.
- Gutsy progressive congressman Alan Grayson leads a double life
David Swanson out's Grayson on his sleazy fundraising:
I got an email two days ago from Congressman Alan Grayson. It said that Dick Cheney is still on the loose. Dick Cheney's not behind bars yet. Dick Cheney must be held accountable. Send me money! People sent him over 1/2 million dollars. Ordinary people. Small donations. Because they're thrilled that he's getting on cable television and he's saying colorful things. Saying direct, aggressive things about his political opponents. Refusing to apologize and back down and cower. As far as it goes, that's a good thing. But I was actually excited about this email. And I asked what it was they were going to do to hold Dick Cheney accountable and put him behind bars. And I found out what it was that Congressman Grayson was going to do. Does anybody know? He's going to go on TV and call Dick Cheney a vampire. You know, I hate to say it like this, but this is an idea that has no teeth (laughter). It doesn't do a God-damned thing! There is no future Vice-President that's going to worry about committing crimes because in the future some guy might call him a vampire. It just doesn't have an impact. You know, when you're dealing with members of Congress, it's such a low bar. Nobody does anything right, including just rhetoric. You've got to encourage them and tell them to play offense. Just don't play defense. I'm not necessarily opposed to supporting Alan Grayson, but for God's sake try to get some actions behind the words.
(whole article here: link to commonsense2.com)
Swanson labels this bit of his article "There's a Hunger Out There" -- problem is with Dems all acting like Grayson, the hunger will be a famine shortly.
We need a third party!
- Goldstone report has no right to exist
Proud to be from the State of Washington where we got two no votes (Baird, of course, and McDermott). Baird represents the district where Rachel Corrie's parents live. They have been working very hard with him.
But I hope people saw the NYTimes article from Sunday, citing a
Wall Street Journal/NBC poll wherein 50% of Americans support the creation of a new party. I did happen to mention that when I spoke with McDermott's office yesterday.
- Moyers plays devil's advocate with Goldstone
Was that really devil's advocacy or was it Christian Zionism?
- Israeli refusers follow South African footsteps in the struggle against apartheid
Thank you, Shmuel. That bit stuck in my craw as well.
- rise of the realists, re Iran
Hi, Brad. Sorry, I should have been more clear. I think this ad is appalling. And I agree with all your points.
Thanks to the folks who intuited what I meant. I'm a new kid, so I should have been more careful.
Love this website.
Hi. So what do you all think of this promotion from the AJC:
"Today AJC announced the new and crucially important campaign to mobilize mass opposition to Iran's quest for nuclear weapons. The centerpiece of the campaign is the one-minute video produced in the AJC Studio. The video is interactive, and viewers can send letters to members of Congress and to the UN Secretary-General, and forward the video electronically to others.
Please view the video and share the link link to ajc.org with your entire email lists. Please embed the video on your website and encourage others to embed the film on their websites if they can.
The more people view the video, take action by sending letters, and share the link, the more effective will be AJC's campaign - Iran Nuclear Weapons. Not Now. Not Ever."


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State Rights over Water and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from the Krishna Basin [Full Text] (Revise and Resubmit, Economic Development and Cultural Change)
The Impact of Temporary Work Guarantee Programs on Children's Education: Evidence from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act from India (with Abhilasha Singh) [Full Text] (Under Review) (new version)
This paper examines the effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) on children's education. The program provides adult members of rural households a minimum of 100 days of employment with targeted provisions towards women. The phase-wise rollout of the program allows us to employ a difference-in-differences strategy to examine the effects on children's education. Using two phases of the District Level of Household and Facility Survey, our results show no significant impact of the program on children's completed years of schooling. Further, disaggregating our sample into different age groups, we find no impact of NREGA on education outcomes.
Political Reservation for Women and Delivery of Public Works Program (with Nayana Bose) [Full Text] (Revise and Resubmit, Review of Development Economics)
In this paper, we examine the impact of political reservations for women on NREGA, India's largest public works program. The 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution mandated for one third of the Panchayats to be randomly assigned for female leaders in the village council. Using detailed data on Panchayat elections, employment and public works expenditure for 9 districts in Uttar Pradesh, we find a significant increase in the demand for work under the program but find no effect in the actual take up of work by both men and women. Further, we find mixed evidence with respect to the type of works taken up by female leaders versus their male counterparts. Our study thus adds to the literature on public works distribution under female leaders.
Women's Inheritance Rights, Household Allocation and Gender Bias (with Nayana Bose) [Full Text](new version)
This paper studies the intergenerational effects of empowering women with increased rights to property. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act of 2005 extended land rights to unmarried daughters, however, five states in India had already passed the same amendment by 1994. Using individual and household level data from the IHDS, we find that the amendment significantly increased women's education. Comparing educational outcomes of children of mothers who were treated by the reform to the control group, we find no significant changes in girls' education, but find a significant decrease in that of boys'. Within treated households, girls' education level increases significantly compared to their brothers. We find no significant results on education expenditure in these households. Our results are robust to using another source of data, the nationally representative NSSO data.
The Role of Polygamy in Family Size and Fertility Decisions (with Nayana Bose)
In the Indian state of Goa, a former Portuguese colony, Hindu men are permitted to practice bigamy under the following conditions: if his wife is unable to deliver a child by age 25, or if she has failed to bear a male child by the age of 30. Gary Becker in his Theory of Marriage argues that under certain assumptions, one of them being that there are equal number of men and women, monogamous marriages are the optimal outcomes. Yet under certain situations, for example, excess women over men or inequality among men, polygamy can exist. While polygamy under these instances exist due to societal differences, polygamous marriages that occur due to institutions are different in nature and can have long lasting effects on society. We exploit this bigamy law in Goa to conduct a Regression Discontinuity analysis to study its impact on fertility decisions by examining the variations around the cutoff points. We also analyze whether the law has an impact on the number of wives by a married Hindu man to assess whether women are experiencing a reduction in bargaining power, especially in the absence of sons.
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