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Day 7: Gifts For Cooks
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1.) Gather scrap fabric. You can either use a single large piece, or sew together smaller pieces to create designs.
2.) Trim top fabric to 8 inches square. Backing fabric should be just slightly larger (at least an inch around)
3.) Layer backing fabric (right side down), batting, and top fabric (right side up)
This is my batting. It's an old felted wool blazer. Insulbrite is another option. It is a product made specifically for pot holders. It is heat resistant unlike polyester batting (which won't work). But, Insulbrite was not in my $1 budget so I had to use what I had on hand - felted wool.
I had to piece several scraps together.
Sandwiched and pinned.
4.) Use a walking foot to quilt a design. If you're piecing batting together, be sure to quilt enough to keep all of the batting pieces from shifting.
5.) Trim and square up.
I also added a little rick rack to this one.
6.) Bind as you would a quilt or using this method if you want a loop for hanging (also uses store bought bias tape).
Total spent: Zero dollars- made entirely from scrap fabric
Day 2: Pin Cushion 1.00
Day 3: Cowl 1.50
Day 4: Apron 1.00
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Wilson County man killed in hit-and-run
Posted May 24, 2013
Updated May 28, 2013
Wilson, N.C. — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is working to identify the car and driver that killed a man riding a moped about a mile from his Wilson County home early Friday morning.
Troopers found the front bumper and grill of a car that appears to be a silver Chrysler 300 or 300M sedan at the scene of the collision.
A passing motorist called 911 a couple minutes after midnight to report finding the trashed moped and pieces of the car along N.C. Highway 42.
Only later did emergency personnel find Hugh Bolton Johnston, 58, of 3042 N.C. 42 East. Troopers estimated the impact threw Johnston about 175 feet.
Johnston was taken to an area hospital where he died.
"This person took all of our hopes and our dreams," said Lynn Barnes, Johnston's fiancee. The two planned to marry in the fall.
Sonia Barnes said Johnston was good for her mother. Wilson authorities search for car in hit-and-run
"Now I feel nothing but a hole," Lynn Barnes said. "I miss him so much."
Troopers asked that anyone with information about this crash call the North Carolina State Highway Patrol at 1-800-662-7956, 252-237-5294, or *47 on any cellular phone. Information can also be reported by calling 911 in Wilson County.


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Even an excellent diet (according to the recommendations) may leave something to be desired. The United States Department of Agriculture developed the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a single number that reflects how well one adheres to the food pyramid guidelines. A high value indicates adherence to the guidelines, and a low value indicates a poor diet according to the guidelines.
The Healthy Eating Index graphic is linked from http://www.nalusda.gov:80/fnic/HEI/results.html.
For some nutrients, adequacy of intake correlates fairly well with adherence to the guidelines (e.g., magnesium). Those who have a good diet as judged by the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) tend to get enough Mg, and those who have poor diets do not.
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Amber J. Guadez
Staff Writer
The University's second Celebration of Teaching was held Nov. 29 in the Campus Center Ballroom.
The room was overflowing with faculty and students, with about 40 professors waiting their turn to share successful teaching techniques and other educational information.
"There was so much amazing work," Tom Harvey, professor of organizational management, said.
The program began with a catered lunch during which visitors could view the various faculty posters which illustrated creative teaching techniques.
Then faculty took turns making more formal presentations.
After the main portion of the program was complete, the floor was open to anyone interested in sharing anything related to teaching.
One of the presentations compared all the websites for the academic departments at ULV, ranking them for usefulness, clarity and accessibility.
The survey, conducted by students in a class taught by Professor of Computer Science Seta Whitby, found that the communications department overall had the best website.
The English department received the lowest score in the survey
Several presentations addressed technology in the classroom.
Ingrid Baartman, associate professor of education, dedicated her presentation to QR codes. She explained how QR codes are supplemental to her teaching credential master's program course.
"It's simple and easy. I try to use technology so that they may have skills to use with their future students," Baartman said.
Other professors of education shared their teaching experiments in elementary classrooms.
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"It spans the whole realm from something special, like the newest technology," Clark said.
"What I like is that you can get ideas from the other faculty as to how you might improve your own classes," Jason Neidleman, professor of political science, said. "Shared knowledge. I think that's what's most valuable."
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PCF801 Suggestions
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I have a bunch of PCF801 (combined pentode/triode w. common cathode) lying around and would like to build my first tube preamp with them.
Thought about a buffer+grounded grid circuit with heavy negative feedback. :cool:
Should I use the triode connected pentode as buffer or the triode?
The frame grid triode may be less affected by low anode voltages, so it may better be used as the grounded grid part.
I want as much open loop gain and less open loop distortion as possible.
Any suggestions?
AND would it work at all? :confused:
simplified schematic attached....
You could get some inspiration here:
thank you, I already hate this tube...connected cathode...grrrr
Looks like that guy in the link is thinking in the same direction as you are with the GG configuration.
Just try it... you would have something unique...!
It is great if you build it with Mu stage schem. Easy to drive the next power tube.
Try it so you will happy on it.
Good luck.
anti-triode, anyone?
swinging around a CCS tail, triode input side, pentode as anti-triode in a p-p VERY low output amp or a headphone amp?
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Here's a good starting point for ya. I based it on the standard operating points from the datasheet so it should work out fairly close.
PCF801 line stage on Thai website: why does it not work?
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Hallo folks,
Like the previous writers in this thread I would like to build something with the TV tubes which are present in large quantities in my junkbox. Searching for PCF801 applications in audio, I found the attached schematic on a Thai website. I have built a prototype but found out that it does not work! (there is no audio at the output). Yet, the voltages and currents for the triode and pentode sections of the tube are quite OK (they are as indicated in the schematic). Can any of you comment on this finding? I wonder whether there could be any mistake in the schematic. Should the 47 uF cap which has been drawn from anode to ground in real life be connected from the B+ rail to ground?
NB it is of course possible that I made a mistake in the input/output connections, I will still check this.
Thanks in advance for any wisdom you may have,
Aren van Waarde
(aka arensattic)
The circuit looks OK to me. Probably a wiring error.
Circuit as drawn is OK
Hallo DF96,
You are right, there was indeed a broken wire in the output cable! After this was repaired I could perform some listening tests. Tested with a portable CD player as signal source and my old and trusty signal tracer as amplifier, the sound of the circuit appears quite OK (good reproduction of the human voice, no hum, no noise, no microphony). But I have not yet looked at the output on a scope (hopefully there are no RF oscillations). Anyhow, the circuit as drawn seems a good start for further experiments.
I have collected several RIAA phono preamp, line level preamp and power amp circuit ideas using P-type tubes, thus after further experiments I may continue this thread. It will perhaps finally result in a completely (Tele)visionary audio system! :):):)
Best regards,
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Loyola Marymount's biggest road win this season put the Lions right in the thick of the West Coast Conference.
Anthony Ireland wants his teammates looking even farther down the road.
Drew Viney scored 17 points, Ireland had 16 and LMU bounced back from one of its most lopsided losses of the season to beat No. 21 Saint Mary's 75-60 Wednesday night in Moraga.
Former Westchester High standout Jarred Dubois added 15 points and Ashley Hamilton had 11 for the Lions (17-10, 10-4 WCC), who silenced a capacity crowd at McKeon Pavilion with a stellar performance on both ends of the court. The 10 conference wins are the most by LMU since the 1989-90 Bo Kimble-led Lions made it to the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament.
Ireland, who spent a long stretch in the second half on the bench in foul trouble, thinks this year's LMU team can get back to the tournament.
"Our goal is to get in the tournament," Ireland said. "We feel like we're good enough so why not dream big?"
Saint Mary's still has big postseason dreams as well, but they took a definite hit with the Gaels' first home loss in 17 games this season. The first-place Gaels (23-4, 12-2) saw their lead over Gonzaga trimmed to one game after losing starting guard Stephen Holt to a right knee injury in the first half.
"We're disappointed we lost but LMU is a good team," Saint Mary's point guard Matthew Dellavedova said. "Our defense wasn't very good. We need to improve that and just pay attention to the little things. If we can improve that, we'll be OK."
Loyola Marymount is riding high less than a week after losing to No. 24 Gonzaga by 19 points. The Lions have now beaten three teams that were ranked in the top-25 at the time.
"We've got a statement about turning the page and I'm the worst in the world at doing that," said Lions coach Max Good, whose team is in the midst of a four-game run in nine days. "I could not believe when I looked up and saw we were up by 13, 14. It was surreal."
Ireland got the Lions going early but it was Viney, the team's leading scorer, and Hamilton who came up big in the second half. Viney made a 3-pointer to give LMU a 52-42 lead with 9:24 left then later put an emphatic stamp on the win with a soaring one-handed dunk from the baseline while Hamilton scored six points in the final 5-1/2 minutes.
That helped the Lions improve to 9-3 on the road this season, a big accomplishment for a team that has been beset by injuries to several key players this season.
Even when Ireland went to the bench because of foul trouble late in the second half, LMU didn't flinch.
Saint Mary's could have clinched an automatic spot in the semifinals of the conference tournament by beating LMU. Instead it was the Lions who improved their postseason outlook while trimming the Gaels' lead in the WCC to one game over Gonzaga.
The Gaels missed five of their first six shots but came back to take a 13-11 lead on Jones' 3-pointer with 12:25 left that had the standing room only crowd at McKeon Pavilion roaring.
Officials called a timeout to review Jones' shot and the brief delay seemed to bother Saint Mary's, which fell back into its offensive funk over the next six minutes.
Loyola Marymount, which hadn't beaten the Gaels since the semifinals of the WCC Tournament in 2006, scored the next 10 points and went ahead 30-20 on Ashley Hamilton's free throw.
The conference leader in steals, Holt limped off the court shortly after getting caught in a pile while scrambling for a loose ball and spent the second half on the end of the bench with his right knee wrapped in a thick bag of ice.
Without one of its top defenders and the team's third-leading scorer, Saint Mary's struggled to find any consistency on either end of the court.
The Gaels made two brief runs in the second half but couldn't get closer than five points.
Rob Jones had 25 points and 15 rebounds for Saint Mary's, which shot just 6 for 28 from 3-point range, including 1 for 13 in the second half.


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Campo Belo
Nice rooms, everyone went the extra mile to make our stay comfortable despite our late arrival Or pre-booking through Kayak was not in their reservations. However they got us a room (a free upgrade) and investigated the problem the next morning. By the time we checked out the issue was resolved and our reservation confirmed.
The fact that it was close to the Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo. That was a determining factor. The basin in my apartment's bathroom (2011) was clearly out of place and needed to be fixed, although everything worked properly.


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Constructed in 1822 and called the Priory Hotel, this building has spent all its life serving food and drink - and some of it saving lives. Underground passages have been found which link the Priory Hotel to Portbury Monastery, suggesting that the monks would have used the premises to hide from persecution.
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I suppose this is a server issue (if I'm wrong please move my thread) cause my script is working fine on my local Apache server :
Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8i mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6
but not working on my online server...
The script uses the Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.2 PEAR php library for creating XLS file from PHP/MySql output. As I said, it's working just fine on my local machine but on my online server I got this warning :
PHP Warning: require_once(Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer/Workbook.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /path_of_my_docs/PEAR/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.2/Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php on line 35
PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer/Workbook.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib64/php:/usr/lib/php:/usr/share/pear') in /path_of_my_docs/PEAR/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.2/Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php on line 35
Can you please give some ideas where should I start to resolve this? Thank you in advance!!!!
It appears that your server's PEAR installation does not include your spreadsheet tool. If you have access to the server, you can add it fairly simply with some sort of PEAR command (which I've never used to I don't have the format).
I have been using something similar for many years, though, as there is a class at PHPclasses.org - just do a search for excelwriter.inc.php. It only creates .xls files (not .xlsx) but that makes it useful for older versions of Excel, too.
Thank you David! The excelwriter.inc.php solved my problem. Thank you and thank Harish Chauhan for the script. Regards!
It's worked a wonder for me ... er, my clients for years! Absolutely wonderful and so easy to use.
With that, I have to say that phpclasses.org is a treasure trove of excellent PHP classes.


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As professional 21st-century historians cede the literary field to the popular amateur, history and its meanings become muddled - especially in the punditocracy championed by modern media. Copious amounts of cherry-picked facts and manufactured heroes are used to create a narrative rather than give any insight into past events. MacMillan offers an antidote to this by providing the necessary tools to help interpret history in constructive ways.
©2008 Margaret MacMillan; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
"This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the importance of correctly understanding the past." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
"What Bad Narration!"
The book itself is interesting, though somewhat obvious. I was drawn to it by a good review in the New York TImes, which made it seem more provocative than it turns out to be. The author, a Canadian, belabors a very good point - that history is used to justify many actions, some good and some not so good, and that history is a malleable thing. The book is prone to redundancy - it would be a better New Yorker article than a book. But I didn't stop listening to it, and in this day and age is a useful reminder of the use and abuse of 'history'.
However, nothing good can be said of the inept producer of this reading. Who is to blame? The producer, the director, the engineer or the narrator? Clearly there was no quality control step taken by any of them - sentences are split oddly, emphasis misplaced, words pronounced oddly and proper names and places poorly spliced into the text. I found listening to be a thoroughly annoying experience. If you are a fussy person, you may wish to avoid anything produced by this team, including this book.
"A New Approach to the Study of History"
Although I do not completely agree with author's thesis on the use of history by public personalities, it made me think about the subject of history and its uses to formulate public opinion and policies. Sometimes, it is used for positive formulations, but many times, it used to set policies that are not true to the "real history" of the subject. It more than worth the time to listen to it. I am sure that there will more questions than there are answer to the subject. But is that not the job of an historian in the long run.
"Thoughtful, But Thin"
While this is not a bad book, if you'd read a lot of history, you might find it a bit rudimentary. Dr. MacMillan is a very insightful historian and has a great breadth of knowledge, but this book is really more at the level of a popular lecture series than an original thesis.
"The right audience is hard to find"
The author's message - that history can be abused - is a bit self-obvious to any educated person. Some of the author's particular understandings of abuse aren't obvious, and are interesting, even if some might be objectionable...or rather not objectionable, but if the point is that history can be misused, and you show an example of misuse, there's often at least a germ of an argument as to whether that use is the right use. (I can't entirely fault the book for that, because each of those discussions would likely prove exhausting, and this is more of a survey.) There are big problems, however. The general thesis is that professional historians have a duty to correct the mistakes of people who get the wrong messages of history. It's not happening, especially in the U.S. with the current anti-intellectual fervor. Similarly, the sorts of people who might be challenged by this book are the least likely to read it, and the most likely to dismiss it outright once it starts to challenge an opinion.So, the book's not bad, it's just stuck out in a sort of range that really doesn't speak to anyone. Subpar narration does not help.
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TOWNHALL by LEAH BARKOUKIS
David Gregory Mocks NRA Leader for Proposing Armed Guards in Schools But Sends His Kids to a School with 11 Armed Guards
- Leah Barkoukis
Dec 26, 2012 07:00 PM EST
In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rep. Louie Gohmert told Fox News' Chris Wallace that he wished the principal had a gun to prevent the carnage from taking place. NRA leader Wayne LaPierre agreed with the idea of having armed guards in our schools, saying that, "It's the one thing we can do immediately that can make our children more safe." NBC's David Gregory mocked LaPierre's proposal, however, which brings to light (yet again) the blatant hypocrisy of some of the most vocal proponents of gun control.
But when it comes to Gregory's own kids, however, they are secured every school day by armed guards.
The Gregory children go to school with the children of President Barack Obama, according to the Washington Post. That school is the co-ed Quaker school Sidwell Friends.
According to a scan of the school's online faculty-staff directory, Sidwell has a security department made up of at least 11 people. Many of those are police officers, who are presumably armed.
Moreover, with the Obama kids in attendance, there is a secret service presence at the institution, as well.
It's safe to say the school where Gregory sends his kids is a high-security school. It's just odd he'd want it for his kids, but wouldn't be more open to it for others.
GODFATHER POLITICS by PHILIP HODGES
TSA Whistleblower: Agents Laugh at Naked Body Images
(The point of inexperience, with respect to any job, is that it allows for the molding of those employees–on the job training, so to speak. In the TSA case, it molds those who require a sense of superiority, over others, in order to function in the world. They are easily molded into despicable Big Brother drones. JM)
posted on December 26, 2012 by Philip Hodges
There's a former TSA agent turned whistleblower that's created a blog called Taking Sense Away (TSA). His blog postings reveal that he was just as much or more incensed as many passengers have been about all the ridiculous policies that the TSA employ as part of their security theater. In fact, he confesses that he tried as often as he could as a screener to bypass some of the more stupid polices like banning snow globes and peanut butter. He said he used common sense in those cases to allow passengers to be on their way without being subjected to silly bag searches. But such common sense was not appreciated, and perhaps that is why he is no longer employed by the TSA.
His blog postings are usually responses to readers' questions. One such question had to do with what actually happens in the TSA "private room." The anonymous blogger differentiated between the "private room" and the image operator room. Here's an excerpt:
"Now, the I.O. Room (the image operator room, where your nude images are viewed at airports that still use the backscatter x-ray full body scanners), that, my friend, is a whole different story. In the image analysis room, no one is permitted to leave or enter without ample warning (part of TSA's promise to the public that officers "would never see the passenger whose nude image they just viewed," although I did occasionally witness this being violated, see Confession #1) and, like the private screening room, recording devices of any kind are prohibited. So in summation: what you have are one to two to three TSA officers locked in a room, viewing nude passenger images, with a guarantee that no one can barge in on them, and that no surveillance cameras can legally be present."
"Just use your imagination on the stories among TSA officers of what has gone on in the I.O. room."
"Personally, in the I.O. room, I witnessed light sexual play among officers, a lot of e-cigarette vaping, and a whole lot of officers laughing and clowning in regard to some of your nude images, dear passengers. Things like this are what happens (at the very least) when you put people who are often fresh out of high school or a GED program (although there are actually a few TSA screeners with PhDs, which I guess is sad on so, so many levels) with minimal training and even less professionalism, into the position of being in charge of analyzing nude images of people in a hermetically sealed room."
So, there you have it. Not that we didn't already know. The wannabe counterterrorist unit that is the TSA laughs at your body behind closed doors in an effort to protect us all from the existential threat of terrorism.
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GODFATHER POLITICS by GARY DEMAR
Sam Donaldson Thinks He Wants a Revolution
posted on December 26, 2012 by Gary DeMar
Sam Donaldson has been in Washington too longer. He's been infected with the belief that his observations are holy writ. Prime evidence is his attack on the Tea Party. "The greatest slogan that I hated during this last campaign was 'We want to take back our country.' Guys, it's not your country anymore — it's our country and you're part of it, but that thinking is going to defeat Republicans nationally if they don't get rid of it."
Where have we heard that message before? Donaldson's rhetoric led to blood literally running in the streets when used by people who weren't straddled by moral constraints.
The French Revolution is still celebrated in France and is often compared to our War for Independence. The storming of the Bastille was a catalyst for what became known as the reign of terror. "French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal, aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from left-wing political groups and the masses on the streets." How bad was it?
"Internally, popular sentiments radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins and virtual dictatorship by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794 during which between 16,000 and 40,000 people were killed.
Did you get that? Between 16,000 and 40,000 French citizens were killed for a better France. Consider the following:
Ordered by the king [Louis XVI] to surrender, more than 600 Swiss guards were savagely murdered. The mobs ripped them to shreds and mutilated their corpses. "Women, lost to all sense of shame," said one surviving witness, "were committing the most indecent mutilations on the dead bodies from which they tore pieces of flesh and carried them off in triumph." Children played kickball with the guards' heads. Every living thing in the Tuileries [royal palace in Paris] was butchered or thrown from the windows by the hooligans. Women were raped before being hacked to death.
The Jacobin club . . . demanded that the piles of rotting, defiled corpses surrounding the Tuileries be left to putrefy in the street for days afterward as a warning to the people of the power of the extreme left.
This bestial attack, it was later decreed, would be celebrated every year as "the festival of the unity and indivisibility of the republic." It would be as if families across America delighted in the annual TV special "A Manson Family Christmas."[1]
In time, the just cause of the revolutionary mobs got out of hand, and people began to notice. "During the Reign of Terror, extreme efforts of de-Christianization ensued, including the imprisonment and massacre of priests and destruction of churches and religious images throughout France. An effort was made to replace the Catholic Church altogether, with civic festivals replacing religious ones. The establishment of the Cult of Reason was the final step of radical de-Christianization." It was at this point that the people became disillusioned with the revolutionary ways of the radicals, but not before more atrocities were committed for the salvation of the people and the nation. As revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat declared, "Let the blood of the traitors flow! That is the only way to save the country."
Once the mob starts down the road of violence to justify the first "just cause," there is no way to stop the radical remedy because there's always one more thing that needs to be changed. They already had killed tens of thousands, what's ten thousand more?
Mitt Romney's not my first choice by any means, but he's all we've got at the moment. We need a four-year reprieve from what will certainly be a radically changed America if Obama and his cronies get back in power. He won't have to moderate an uneasy electorate since he can't run again, although a called state of emergency could change that. All the stops will be pulled out.
Don't say it can't happen here. The people in France, Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela probably said the same thing.
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Christmas Surprise: Senate Allows Warrantless Search of Emailposted on December 26, 2012 by Mark Horne
While the news has been focused on the "fiscal cliff" and the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the Senate has taken their gift back from the nation. They're like Scrooge, except Scrooge was just a private business man, not a civil government who could own people who had the misfortune to live in his dominion. Bah, humbug!
Back after Thanksgiving, the Senate gave us all reason to hope.
"A Senate committee on Thursday unanimously backed sweeping digital privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, amends the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The amendment would nullify a provision that allows the government to acquire a suspect's e-mail or other stored content from an internet service provider without showing probable cause that a crime was committed. The development comes as e-mail privacy is again in the spotlight after FBI investigators uncovered an affair between then-CIA chief David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell after gaining access to e-mail accounts used by Broadwell. Currently, the government can obtain e-mail without a warrant as long as the content has been stored on a third-party server for 180 days or more, and only needs to show, often via an administrative subpoena, that it has 'reasonable grounds to believe' the information would be useful in an investigation."
There was still reason to believe there would be a struggle on the Senate floor, but no one expected that struggle to take place until 2013.
Instead, we find coal in our stocking. While the struggle to get the protection in the bill was loud and public, no one knew about the Senate's decision to drop the provision until the Bill was already headed to the White House.
Of course, we know the Obama White House is exactly like the Bush White House on these issues, or worse.
I'm not sure how much longer we can last pretending that we have any real political will in Washington to respect the rights of the people. A few Senators might want to score votes with their constituents, but they obviously don't believe stripping us naked to government eyes will get them in any real trouble with the electorate. The TSA still proves that we will literally allow them to do that to us.
By their actions, Congress shows that they simply take it for granted that, to some degree or other, all our windows and doors and walls are supposed to be removable so that one of the government's best and brightest can walk in and search through any area of our life that he finds interesting. The Fourth Amendment is respected by any three branches of government about as much as the President and Congress respect the debt ceiling.
Sadly, until voters really show they punish candidates who spy on them and reward candidates who are serious about the Fourth Amendment, the situation will only get worse.
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Pursuing the truth to preserve our nation
The latest from "DHS Insider" (Part I)
By Douglas J. Hagmann
23 December 2012: After a lengthy, self-imposed informational black-out, my high-level DHS contact known as "Rosebud" emerged with new, non-public information about plans being discussed and prepared for implementation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the near future. It is important to note that this black-out was directly related to the aggressive federal initiative of identifying and prosecuting "leakers," at least those leaks and leakers not sanctioned by the executive office – the latter of which there are many.
Due to those circumstances, my source exercised an abundance of caution to avoid compromising a valuable line of communication until he had information he felt was significant enough to risk external contact. The following information is the result of an in-person contact between this author and "Rosebud" within the last 48 hours. With his permission, the interview was digitally recorded and the relevant portions of the contact are provided in a conversational format for easier reading. The original recording was copied onto multiple discs and are maintained in secure locations for historical and insurance purposes.
The following began after an exchange of pleasantries and other unrelated discussion:
DH: Do I have your permission to record this conversation?
RB: You do.
DH: I've received a lot of e-mail from people wondering where you went and why you've been so quiet.
RB: As I told you earlier, things are very dicey. Weird things began to happen before the election and have continued since. Odd things, a clampdown of sorts. I started looking and I found [REDACTED AT THE REQUEST OF THIS SOURCE], and that shook me up. I'm not the only one, though, that found a [REDACTED], so this means there's surveillance of people within DHS by DHS. So, that explains this cloak and dagger stuff for this meeting.
DH: I understand. What about the others?
RB: They are handling it the same way.
DH: I've received many e-mails asking if you are the same person giving information to Ulsterman. Are you?
RB: No, but I think I know at least one of his insiders.
DH: Care to elaborate?
RB: Sorry, no.
DH: Do you trust him or her. I mean, the Ulsterman source?
RB: Yes.
DH: Okay, so last August, you said things were "going hot." I printed what you said, and things did not seem to happen as you said.
RB: You'd better recheck your notes and compare [them] with some of the events leading up to the election. I think you'll find that a full blown campaign of deception took place to make certain Obama got back into office. The polls, the media, and a few incidents that happened in the two months before the election. I guess if people are looking for some big event they can point to and say "aha" for verification, well then I overestimated people's ability to tell when they are being lied to.
DH: What specific incidents are you referring to?
RB: Look at the threats to Obama. Start there. The accusations of racism. Then look at the polls, and especially the judicial decisions about voter ID laws. Bought and paid for, or where there was any potential for problems, the judges got the message, loud and clear. Then look at the voter fraud. And not a peep from the Republicans. Nothing. His second term was a done deal in September. This was planned. Frankly, the Obama team knew they had it sewn up long before election day. Benghazi could have derailed them, but the fix was in there, so I never saw anything on my end to suggest a ready-made solution had to be implemented.
DH: What's going on now?
RB: People better pay close attention over the next few months. First, there won't be any meaningful deal about the fiscal crisis. This is planned, I mean, the lack of deal is planned. In fact, it' necessary to pave the way for what is in the short term agenda.
DH: Wait, you're DHS – not some Wall Street insider.
RB: So you think they are separate agendas? That's funny. The coming collapse of the U.S. dollar is a done deal. It's been in the works for years – decades, and this is one of the most important cataclysmic events that DHS is preparing for. I almost think that DHS was created for that purpose alone, to fight Americans, not protect them, right here in America. But that's not the only reason. There's the gun issue too.
DH: So, what are you seeing at DHS?
RB: We don't have a lot of time, tonight – our meeting – as well as a country. I mean I have heard – with my own ears – plans being made that originate from the White House that involve the hierarchy of DHS. You gotta know how DHS works at the highest of levels. It's Jarrett and Napolitano, with Jarrett organizing all of the plans and approaches. She's the one in charge, at least from my point of view, from what I am seeing. Obama knows that's going on and has say, but it seems that Jarrett has the final say, not the other way around. It's [screwed] up. This really went into high gear since the election.
But it's a train wreck at mid management, but is more effective at the lower levels. A lot of police departments are being gifted with federal funds with strings attached. That money is flowing out to municipal police departments faster than it can be counted. They are using this money to buy tanks, well, not real tanks, but you know what I mean. DHS is turning the police into soldiers.
By the way, there has been a lot of communication recently between Napolitano and Pistole [TSA head]. They are planning to use TSA agents in tandem with local police for certain operations that are being planned right now. This is so [deleted] important that you cannot even begin to imagine. If you get nothing else out of this, please, please make sure you tell people to watch the TSA and their increasing involvement against the American public. They are the stooges who will be the ones to carry out certain plans when the dollar collapses and the gun confiscation begins.
DH: Whoa, wait a minute. You just said a mouthful. What's the agenda here?
RB: Your intelligence insider – he knows that we are facing a planned economic collapse. You wrote about this in your articles about Benghazi, or at least that's what I got out of the later articles. So why the surprise?
DH: There's a lot here. Let's take it step by step if you don't mind.
RB: Okay, but I'm not going to give it to you in baby steps. Big boy steps. This is what I am hearing. Life for the average American is going to change significantly, and not the change people expect. First, DHS is preparing to work with police departments and the TSA to respond to civil uprisings that will happen when there is a financial panic. And there will be one, maybe as early as this spring, when the dollar won't get you a gumball. I'm not sure what the catalyst will be, but I've heard rumblings about a derivatives crisis as well as an oil embargo. I don't know, that's not my department. But something is going to happen to collapse the dollar, which has been in the works since the 1990′s. Now if it does not happen as soon as this, it's because there are people, real patriots, who are working to prevent this, so it's a fluid dynamic. But that doesn't change the preparations.
And the preparations are these: DHS is prepositioning assets in strategic areas near urban centers all across the country. Storage depots. Armories. And even detainment facilities, known as FEMA camps. FEMA does not even know that the facilities are earmarked for detainment by executive orders, at least not in the traditional sense they were intended. By the way, people drive by some of these armories everyday without even giving them a second look. Commercial and business real estate across the country are being bought up or leased for storage purposes. Very low profile.
Anyway, I am hearing that the plan from on high is to let the chaos play out for a while, making ordinary citizens beg for troops to be deployed to restore order. but it's all organized to make them appear as good guys. That's when the real head knocking will take place. We're talking travel restrictions, which should no be a problem because gas will be rationed or unavailable. The TSA will be in charge of travel, or at least be a big part of it. They will be commissioned, upgraded from their current status.
They, I mean Jarrett and Obama as well as a few others in government, are working to create a perfect storm too. This is being timed to coincide with new gun laws.
DH: New federal gun laws?
RB: Yes. Count on the criminalization to possess just about every gun you can think of. Not only restrictions, but actual criminalization of possessing a banned firearm. I heard this directly from the highest of my sources. Plans were made in the 90′s but were withheld. Now, it's a new day, a new time, and they are riding the wave of emotion from Sandy Hook., which, by the way and as tragic as it was, well, it stinks to high heaven. I mean there are many things wrong there, and first reports are fast disappearing. The narrative is being changed. Look, there is something wrong with Sandy Hook, but if you write it, you'll be called a kook or worse.
DH: Sure
RB: But Sandy Hook, there's something very wrong there. But I am hearing that won't be the final straw. There will be another if they think it's necessary.
DH: Another shooting?
RB: Yes.
DH: That would mean they are at least complicit.
RB: Well, that's one way of looking at it.
DH: Are they? Were they?
RB: Do your own research. Nothing I say, short of bringing you photographs and documents will convince anyone, and even then, it's like [DELETED] in the wind.
DH: So…
RB: So what I'm telling you is that DHS, the TSA and certain, but not all, law enforcement agencies are going to be elbow deep in riot control in response to an economic incident. At the same time or close to it, gun confiscation will start. It will start on a voluntary basis using federal registration forms, then an amnesty, then the kicking-in of doors start.
Before or at the same time, you know all the talk of lists, you know, the red and blue lists that everyone made fun of? Well they exist, although I don't know about their colors. But there are lists of political dissidents maintained by DHS. Names are coordinated with the executive branch, but you know what? They did not start with Obama. They've been around in one form or another for years. The difference though is that today, they are much more organized. And I'll tell you that the vocal opponents of the politics of the global elite, the bankers, and the opponents of anything standing in their way, well, they are on the top of the list of people to be handled.
DH: Handled?
RB: As the situations worsen, some might be given a chance to stop their vocal opposition. Some will, others won't. I suppose they are on different lists. Others won't have that chance. By that time, though, it will be chaos and people will be in full defensive mode. They will be hungry, real hunger like we've never experienced before. They will use our hunger as leverage. They will use medical care as leverage.
DH: Will this happen all at once?
RB: They hope to make it happen at the same time. Big cities first, with sections being set apart from the rest of the country. Then the rural areas. There are two different plans for geographical considerations. But it will all come together.
End of Part I
The latest from "DHS Insider" (Part II)
DH: Wait, this sounds way, way over the top. Are you telling me… [Interrupts]
RB: [Over talk/Unintelligible] …know who was selected or elected twice now. You know who his associates are. And you are saying this is way over the top? Don't forget what Ayers said – you talked to Larry Grathwohl. This guy is a revolutionary. He does not want to transform our country in the traditional sense. He will destroy it. And he's not working alone. He's not working for himself, either. He has his handlers. So don't think this is going to be a walk in the park, with some type of attempt to rescue the country. Cloward-Piven. Alinsky. Marx. All rolled into one. And he won't need the rest of his four years to do it.
DH: I need you to be clear. Let's go back again, I mean, to those who speak out about what's happening.
RB: [Edit note: Obviously irritated] How much clearer do you want it? The Second Amendment will be gone, along with the first, at least practically or operationally. The Constitution will be gone, suspended, at least in an operational sense. Maybe they won't actually say that they are suspending it, but will do it. Like saying the sky is purple when it's actually blue. How many people will look a the sky and say yeah, it's purple? They see what they want to see.
So the DHS, working with other law enforcement organizations, especially the TSA as it stands right now, will oversee the confiscation of assault weapons, which includes all semi-automatic weapons following a period of so-called amnesty. It also includes shotguns that hold multiple rounds, or have pistol grips. They will go after the high capacity magazines, anything over, say 5 rounds.
They will also go after the ammunition, especially at the manufacturer's level. They will require a special license for certain weapons, and make it impossible to own anything. More draconian than England. This is a global thing too. Want to hunt? What gives you the right to hunt their animals? Sound strange? I hope so, but they believe they own the animals. Do you understand now, how sick and twisted this is? Their mentality?
The obvious intent is to disarm American citizens. They will say that we'll still be able to defend ourselves and go hunting, but even that will be severely regulated. This is the part that they are still working out, though. While the plans were made years ago, there is some argument over the exact details. I know that Napalitano, even with her support of the agenda, would like to see this take place outside of an E.O. [Executive Order] in favor of legislative action and even with UN involvement.
DH: But UN involvement would still require legislative approval.
RB: Yes, but your still thinking normal – in normal terms. Stop thinking about a normal situation. The country is divided, which is exactly where Obama wants us to be. We are as ideologically divided as we were during the Civil War and that rift is growing every day. Add in a crisis – and economic crisis – where ATM and EBT cards will stop working. Where bank accounts will contain nothing but air. They are anticipating a revolution and a civil war rolled into one (emphasis added by this author).
Imagine when talk show hosts or Bloggers or some other malcontent gets on the air or starts writing about the injustice of it all, and about how Obama is the anti-Christ or something. They will outlaw such talk or writing as inciting the situation – they will make it illegal by saying that it is causing people to die. The Republicans will go along with everything as it's – we have – a one party system. Two parties is an illusion. It's all so surreal to talk about but you see where this is headed, right?
DH: Well, what about the lists?
RB: Back to that again, okay. Why do you think the NSA has surveillance of all communications? To identify and stop terrorism? Okay, to be fair, that is part of it, but not the main reason. The federal agencies have identified people who present a danger to them and their agendas. I don't know if they are color coded like you mentioned, red blue purple or peach mango or whatever, but they exist. In fact, each agency has their own. You know, why is it so [deleted] hard for people to get their heads around the existence of lists with names of people who pose a threat to their plans? The media made a big deal about Nixon's enemies list and everyone nodded and said yeah, that [deleted], but today? They've been around for years and years.
DH: I think it's because of the nature of the lists today. What do they plan to do with their enemies?
RB: Go back to what Ayers said when, in the late 60′s? 70′s? I forget. Anyway, he was serious. But to some extent, the same thing that happened before. They – the people on some of these lists – are under surveillance, or at least some, and when necessary, some are approached and made an offer. Others, well, they can be made to undergo certain training. Let's call it sensitivity training, except on a much different level. Others, most that are the most visible and mainstream are safe for the most part. And do you want to know why? It's because they are in the pockets of the very people we are talking about, but they might or might not know it. Corporate sponsorship – follow the money. You know the drill. You saw it happen before, with the birth certificate.
It's people that are just under the national radar but are effective. They have to worry. Those who have been publicly marginalized already but continue to talk or write or post, they are in trouble. It's people who won't sell out, who think that they can make a difference. Those are the people who have to worry.
Think about recent deaths that everybody believes were natural or suicides. Were they? People are too busy working their [butts] off to put food on the table to give a damn about some guy somewhere who vapor locks because of too many doughnuts and coffee and late nights. And it seems plausible enough to happen. This time, when everything collapses, do you think they will care if it is a bullet or a heart attack that takes out the opposition? [Deleted] no.
DH: That's disturbing. Do you… [interrupts]
RB: Think about the Oklahoma City bombing in '95. Remember how Clinton blamed that on talk radio, or at least in part. Take what happened then and put it in context of today. Then multiply the damnation by 100, and you will begin to understand where this is going. People like Rush and Hannity have a narrow focus of political theater. They'll still be up and running during all of this to allow for the appearance of normal. Stay within the script, comrade.
But as far as the others, they have certain plans. And these plans are becoming more transparent. They are getting bolder. They are pushing lies, and the bigger the lie, the easier it is to sell to the people. They will even try to sell a sense of normalcy as things go absolutely crazy and break down. It will be surreal. And some will believe it, think that it's only happening in certain places, and we can draw everything back once the dust settles. But when it does, this place will not be the same.
DH: Will there be resistance within the ranks of law enforcement? You know, will some say they won't go along with the plan, like the Oath Keepers?
RB: Absolutely. But they will not only be outnumbered, but outgunned – literally. The whole objective is to bring in outside forces to deal with the civil unrest that will happen in America. And where does their allegiance lie? Certainly not to Sheriff Bob. Or you or me.
During all of this, and you've got to remember that the dollar collapse is a big part of this, our country is going to have to be redone. I've seen – personally – a map of North America without borders. Done this year. The number 2015 was written across the top, and I believe that was meant as a year. Along with this map – in the same area where this was – was another map showing the United States cut up into sectors. I'm not talking about what people have seen on the internet, but something entirely different. Zones. And a big star on the city of Denver.
Sound like conspiracy stuff on the Internet? Yup. But maybe they were right. It sure looks that way. It will read that way if you decide to write about this. Good luck with that. Anyway, the country seemed to be split into sectors, but not the kind shown on the internet. Different.
DH: What is the context of that?
RB: Across the bottom of this was written economic sectors. It looked like a work in progress, so I can't tell you any more than that. From the context I think it has to do with the collapse of the dollar.
DH: Why would DHS have this? I mean, it seems almost contrived, doesn't it?
RB: Not really, when you consider the bigger picture. But wait before we go off into that part. I need to tell you about Obamacare, you know, the new health care coming up. It plays a big part – a huge [deleted] part in the immediate reshaping of things.
DH: How so?
RB: It creates a mechanism of centralized control over people. That's the intent of this monster of a bill, not affordable health care. And it will be used to identify gun owners. Think your health records are private? Have you been to the doctor lately? Asked about owning a gun? Why do you think they ask, do you think they care about your safety? Say yes to owning a gun and your information is shared with another agency, and ultimately, you will be identified as a security risk. The records will be matched with other agencies.
You think that they are simply relying on gun registration forms? This is part of data collection that people don't get. Oh, and don't even think about getting a script for some mood enhancement drug and being able to own a gun.
Ayers and Dohrn are having the times of their lives seeing things they've worked for all of their adult lives actually coming to pass. Oh, before I forget, look at the recent White House visitor logs.
DH: Why? Where did that come from?
RB: Unless they are redacted, you will see the influence of Ayers. Right now. The Weather Underground has been reborn. So has their agenda.
DH: Eugenics? Population control?
RB: Yup. And re-education camps. But trust me, you write about this, you'll be called a kook. It's up to you, it's your reputation, not mine. And speaking about that, you do know that this crew is using the internet to ruin people, right? They are paying people to infiltrate discussion sites and forums to call people like you idiots. Show me the proof they say. Why doesn't you source come forward? If he knows so much, why not go to Fox or the media? To them, if it's not broadcast on CNN, it's not real. Well, they've got it backwards. Very little on the news is real. The stock market, the economy, the last presidential polls, very little is real.
But this crew is really internet savvy. They've got a lot of people they pay to divert issues on forums, to mock people, to marginalize them. They know what they're doing. People think they'll take sites down – hack them. Why do that when they are more effective to infiltrate the discussion? Think about the birth certificate, I mean the eligibility problem of Obama. Perfect example.
DH: How soon do you see things taking place?
RB: They already are in motion. If you're looking for a date I can't tell you. Remember, the objectives are the same, but plans, well, they adapt. They exploit. Watch how this fiscal cliff thing plays out. This is the run-up to the next beg economic event.
I can't give you a date. I can tell you to watch things this spring. Start with the inauguration and go from there. Watch the metals, when they dip. It will be a good indication that things are about to happen. I got that little tidbit from my friend at [REDACTED].
NOTE: At this point, my contact asked me to reserve further disclosures until after the inauguration.
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Mummypig - there are lovely sea views at Shortlake and about a 10 min walk ro the beach. There is a small shop that I guess sells similar stuff to eweleaze and a food bit selling burgers, breakfast rolls etc. there are hay bales too. Hot water was a bit hit and miss though...
To be honest, if I could, I would camp at the very top of the hill by the track leading to the site as it is the view when you come into the site and can see the whole bay ahead of you, which always takes my breath away. We didn't arrive onsite until 11pm this year and it was beautiful with all the lights over the black sea.
But the cows get to enjoy that instead
Beach Field does always look a fair bit more crowded than Point Field - I expect because the sea views are fantastic which they aren't from all of Point Field.
Where you were lisa, has always struck me as being the best bit of Beach Field, being relatively flat and not right by the track where the cars drive up and down (which I would hate). However, I guess if you get bad neighbours, it doesn't matter where you are.
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dinnermoney - does it have sea views at Shortlake? I was wondering that as I know they don't at Northdown (their other site I think).
Also, although they don't have shops etc at Shortlake, do they have the hay bales for the children? Ours loved all that but it might be nice to try a different site next year maybe.
We stayed at Shortlake Farm which is run by the same people who run Eweleaze I think. We really liked it - it was much quieter and flatter than eweleaze and mostly individual families rather than massive loud groups. I think anywhere you camp you have to get lucky with your neighbours!
Not a bad idea WeAreSeven, although at Eweleaze that would be most of the fields I think. I would be happy with that so long as it included Point Field, as that is ours!
I also think your DH is right. The site is just too big for people to get to know more than their immediate neighbours and they become a bit self-absorbed as a result.
Definitely agree about Chinese lanterns zoob. Hopefully, by next year they will have been banned on most sites, including Eweleaze, if not become illegal.
Must admit, the compost loos never ran out of loo roll once while we were there. I even stopped taking some with me just in case by the end. I have never done that on an English camp site before.
Take your own bog roll, and fgs stay far away from the Chinese lanterns. They are terrifying fire hazards.
I think large groups really should have a separate area or field of their own. When bunch of friends get together, there is bound to be a bit of a party atmosphere and people forget tbe time.
We often camp in big groups of 4-6 families MummyPig, so I don't have anything against groups at all. I got the impression that the real problem was a small number of people who don't often go camping (hence burning green wood, letting off Chinese lanterns inappropriately) who weren't monitoring their children so the kids were thumping each other, biting, pushing people off haystacks, screaming well after dark etc etc.
DH thinks that the site is just so big that people feel really anonymous and so just don't take other people into consideration in the way that they do on other sites. I think he might be on to something.
Mind you, as we tend to camp in fairly large groups of four or more families, we are probably a part of the problem. I do like to think we are not excessively noisy or inconsiderate though, but you don't always know how you appear to others.
Not been to Abbotstone but we have enjoyed a few brilliant trips to Forgewood in the last year or two. That site is becoming a bit of a victim of its own success ime though, which is what I think has happened to Eweleaze.
We are off to Chafford Park this weekend, not far from Forgewood. Unless things have changed since early July, that is a lovely and fairly quiet site with plenty of room to camp, although, like a lot of South Eastern sites, not exactly a cheap weekend.
Might have to put Abbotstone on my list for next year... Possibly, Les Valades too as it seems to be an MN fave.
We were at Les Valades in the Dordogne, Mummypig, and it was very lovely. TBH there are so many super campsites here in the UK (south for us) that I doubt I'll run out of familiar sites that I love and new sites to discover. The latest fave of mine is Abbotstone Wood near Winchester which is the sister site to Forgewood.
Such a shame hillbilly because, honestly, it can be a wonderful experience - it is just the luck of the draw as to where you are pitched I think.
We saw hardly an Chinese lanterns when we were there, oddly. I hate them so that was a relief.
Where in France were you? It sounds lovely.
I thought about going a couple of years ago but decided against it because a. dh loathes compost loos and b. I have a big issue with chinese lanterns which seem to be quite popular there. Hence we never went and judging by what people are saying about it being mainly large groups who go, we never will. Similarly, and I can't believe I'm saying this, we experienced the 'huge group' scenario at Forgewood this year which was disappointing as we felt a little hemmed in.
It may well be that having just returned from a lovely spacious site in France, I've got my rose tinted glasses on!
Oh right, I see - the non-car fields would be out of the question in that case, of course. I am not very good with the field names - we always camp in Point Field (which doesn't have quite such good views as Beach Field but has some flatter places to camp) and the next one up was Top Field which does allow cars I think? While we were there we had incredible winds so if Corner Field is windy anyway, it was probably as well you weren't there on Saturday 16th (you weren't were you?) There were quite a lot of destroyed tents and shelters that day!
I am very impressed with some of the angles people pitch on (sounds like you were one of them) - I imagine people lashing themselves with ropes to the top ends of their tents to sleep. I can't see how you would do it otherwise (apart from sleeping in a big pile at the bottom end like you did).
DD loved the roaming farm animals - I was not quite so keen...
Yes we had the pig too!!
We have to park in a car field, because ds's 'safe space' is the car ( dh and I would take it in turns to sit in there with the ipad, when he was overwhelmed or to get him to sleep).
We were at the very top of 'corner field' this time, right up where the sheep shearing is. It was very very windy, but had a fantastic view, and was pretty peaceful.
We normally camp in 'flat field', but right up by the hedge, which means you don't get too many people around you.
Oh yes hazeyjane, the cow was there when we were too. Also pigs were wandering about too. The cow was a real problem though - glad people looked after your stuff for you.
Judging by this thread, you do need to be more than one family ideally to get the best out of Eweleaze. Just to kind of insulate yourself against the worst of the space encroachers if nothing else.
We will keep going back for sure but only to camp in the out of the way (ish) non-car fields. Everywhere else is just too packed or noisy I think. Plus, I love to be able to see the sea from our tent (even if just a little bit of a view squeezed between other tents).
Sorry you had such an awful time
We have just got back from eweleaze and had a great time. There are things that annoy me about the place, and I know that when ds is older his mobility problems will make things difficult (we couldn't take his sn buggy,. because i knew it wouldn't cope with the terrain!) But the good bits outweigh the bad for us.
We go with another family (6 kids in all) and always try to camp in the remotest parts, this time we were on such a high slope, we all slept rolled up at the bottom of the tent!
One year we did have to move because a party of about 6 tents set up next to us, they were really noisy well into the night, had stupidly big fires and their kids kept coming into our tent.
There was a wandering cow this year, that kept ransacking tents, when it got into our kitchen (we weren't there) the families in the tents along from us, chased it out and piled our chairs up to protect stuff, they were lovely, it is such a big site, you do get nice people as well as rude and obnoxious.
I wish i could have seen you there, so I could have given you a friendly wave and smile!
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oh Lisad . So many people not loving Eweleaze. I think maybe it is now a place for groups only to enjoy. It seems you need the numbers to get a decent pitch and to be immune to the other annoyances. What a shame.
I'm sorry lisad . We had a couple of great days out in Weymouth.
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Oh Lisad I'm so sorry for you . Is there a quieter part of the site you could move to? Tell them you're leaving and they have to unhook their ropes to let you out, then simply move to a different field?
If that's not possible, I hope you enjoy your days out.
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It has secured a E900 000 (R10.6 million) annual contract to export the Curcuma alismatifolia (Thai tulip) cut flowers, grown at its cutting edge AgriZone facility, to Holland and the US.
In another deal, Dube TradePort signed an agreement with Durban-based Reelin Bearings that will see the company investing about R70m in a new plant, which represents the first manufacturing investment attracted to the future Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near King Shaka International Airport.
Both deals were sealed late last year and revealed in the December edition of Dube TradePort's in-house publication, Dube Times.
This follows its first private sector deal secured in May last year when Durban-based Shree Property Group signed a massive R300m deal with plans to develop a mega warehouse and distribution facility with Dube TradePort's TradeZone.
The two latest deals come in the wake of the departure of former chief executive Rohan Persad and other executives. Persad resigned in August following graft allegations.
"The past 12 months have proved pivotal in the development of Dube TradePort as the heart of Africa's first purpose-built 'aerotropolis'," acting chief executive Ayesha Swalah said in Dube Times.
Swalah said Shree Property Group's decision was a clear indicator to the business community that Dube TradePort was a great place to invest and to conduct business.
"This was borne out by the fact that in October we secured a second major Dube TradeZone investment. Reelin Bearings signed a R35m deal to build one of the world's most sophisticated bearing manufacturing and refurbishment facilities."
Reelin Bearings had also secured an adjoining site, earmarked for expansion in the future expected to be a further R35m investment.
"The Dube AgriZone, too, has been active. Having achieved great success with the growing and provision of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, Dube AgriZone has diversified its cultivation activities and, most importantly, has secured an export contract for cut flowers," said Swalah.
"Thai tulips are now being grown in one of our facility's greenhouses by Carmel Nurseries, working in partnership with KP Holland, producing some 30 000 flowers for export to Amsterdam every week for a six-month period, being the Dutch off-season," she added.
Responding to questions from The Mercury, Mlibo Bantwini, Dube TradePort's AgriZone executive, said this first international contract was "significant" and was worth E900 000 a year.
"This contract will increase the reputation of the AgriZone as a good source of perishable produce and potentially increase air cargo from the region… It is early days. Five export shipments have taken place. This will be increased significantly over the next few months. One has been to the US and the rest have been to the Netherlands," said Bantwini.
He said the Thai tulips were the main cut flower being grown in the AgriZone's 40 000m2 greenhouse for cut flower production. A number of other cut flowers and pot plants were under cultivation.
"One of the considerations Dube TradePort gave for a tenant for the facility, was a company that could export some of the produce. Carmel Nurseries (an old South African horticulture firm that previously had operations in Gauteng) had a working relationship with KP Holland and other international companies. KP Holland is one of the leading plant breeders and cut flower producers in Netherlands with operations in countries such as Brazil, Uganda and China," said Bantwini.
"The aim is to focus on the KP Holland contract and service it well before venturing into other markets… Other markets targeted in future include the rest of the EU and the Middle East."
Bantwini said the cut flowers were transported via the Emirates flight to Dubai. From Dubai they were transported to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
Asked about export plans for vegetables grown at the AgriZone, he said negotiations were still under way regarding possible export to the Middle East. Product samples had been received favourably, but nothing had been finalised yet.
Speaking on the Reelin Bearings deal, Dube TradePort's TradeZone executive, Hamish Erskine, said: "The deal is exceptionally significant as it maintains momentum of investment in the TradeZone, as well as attracting our first manufacturing company and another high profile, well-respected company."
He said that to increase airfreight out of Durban, Dube TradePort had always envisioned attracting manufacturing companies and distributors of high value goods.
"The TradeZone is a specialised air freight and logistics orientated zone and is well-suited to be incorporated into a broader special economic zone," added Erskine.
He said Reelin Bearings' plans for the initial phase of construction had been submitted to Dube TradePort and construction was expected to commence by the end of April. With the development and moving of their facilities to Dube TradePort, Reelin Bearings was going to be opening markets into Africa.