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|April 23, 2010, 07:41 AM
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Weapon traning or Self defense FIRST?
Every thread on here is always about how do I train with my weapon of choice for HD or cc. What about if the situation turns to hand-to-hand for whatever unfortunate reason? Would it be more logical to attend some sort of self defense class and then maybe martial arts and then move to using your firearm proficiently? Just figured I would stir it up in here.
|April 23, 2010, 08:18 AM
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|April 23, 2010, 08:23 AM
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1) Which one is going to enable you to reasonably defend yourself sooner?
2) Where do disabilities (for example I'm recovering from surgery) fit in?
Also, I'm pretty sure that learning to use a firearm IS a "martial art" .
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|April 23, 2010, 09:13 AM
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It takes many, many years to be proficient at hand-to-hand combat. You are far more likely to be able to defend yourself with a firearm in the near (next 20 years) term.
Look at the stats. Even completely untrained individuals are generally succesfull in defending themselves with a gun.
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|April 23, 2010, 09:50 AM
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Hand to Hand
Hand to Hand is one of those things that you should be about 5x better than your opponent to feel comfortible. It's chaos and even a trained fighter can be taken out by a lucky hit.
When you start getting out numbered your chances plummet exponentially. And if you do come out of it, you probably delivered some lethal damage to force that opponent to disengage.
Using a firearm also isn't as easy as it may seem, that training can cover some real ground quickly.
|April 23, 2010, 09:58 AM
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I think they complement each other very well.
After some serious surgery last year and after contemplation of all the hassles that may ensue if I am forced to actually use a firearm, I took a self-defense course specifically designed for health-impaired geezers and I heartily endorse the concept.
Some months subsequently, I and my wife were attacked in the streets of a large city and my training (both kinds) contributed significantly to my confidence that I could handle the situation which I was then able to do without using my CCW.
While I understand PK's point about martial arts mastery, it is relatively easier to learn some things which put you immediately head and shoulders above the average street punk or psychotic homeless person.
It's nice to have a variety of options.
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|April 23, 2010, 10:51 AM
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I'm sorry for the long post...
I'm 24. I'm 5'9", 165lb and about as average as you can get. I also have been in martial arts training since I was 12, and I carry a number of weapons about my person every single day including my Glock 19 and my Karambit blade. I would never dream of carrying anything that I wasn't proficient with.
And as we all know, rule #1 of a gunfight is... Make sure you bring a gun.
In my relevant training, especially that provided in Hapkido, I've trained with a number of weapons including firearms, and it is an incredible eye opener. When training with weapons, it is important to know the role, limitations, and implications of introducing each individual weapon into an engagement, and the firearm is in a class all to itself.
Because if you are in a physical fight with another individual and a firearm is introduced improperly, it immediately stops being a fight between you. Now it's a fight for the gun.
At 21, when I first began carrying my weapon, I was amazed at how much of my formal training that I would readily use if I was unarmed in a fight, I immediately decided I would never attempt with a firearm on, concealed or otherwise. It just goes right out the window. Because as soon as you engage someone while wearing a firearm that is readily accessible, it is then introduced into the engagement, and introducing a firearm into a physical fight has HUGE implications both legally and practically. There is just too much room for error and too many unknowns that could get you or someone else killed. This is why the bulk of my training with OFFENSIVE firearms has been focused on retention, creating and maintaining space between myself and the assailant, and employing my firearm from a number of positions not many people practice from, all while retaining strong ground and not getting knocked out or killed in between. Defensive firearms training (the other guy has the gun) is another subject entirely.
My advice on this subject in particular is that I trained martial arts for over a decade. And I just began learning about and training firearms in those arts in the last 4 years. It takes that long to be physically competant enough in martial arts training to learn how to proficiently react to guns in a fight (yours or theirs). And the first thing we'll tell you in the class is, "If you are in a fight with a gun involved, forget what you see in movies, there's a good chance you're going to be shot. Use it as a LAST resort."
Yes, martial arts are good to train for anyone. Everyone should know how to handle themselves. Martial arts training is great for more than fighting: agility, strength, flexibility, balance, etc...
Almost all martial arts training goes out the window when the hammer cocks.
If you're going to carry and have the propensity to introduce death at the squeeze of a trigger, your time is better suited at a tactical range.
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|April 23, 2010, 11:20 AM
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Man what a sweet movie.
On topic, I took hand-to-hand training before getting a firearm simply because I couldn't carry on campus. I found that the principles taught in most hand-to-hand martial arts (I take Krav Maga) carry over very nicely into firearm defense. Things like awareness, positioning, leverage, weak points, etc all carry over into firearms. As far as what you should learn FIRST, if I had to chose I'd say martial arts, but if you can carry a gun by all means do that first. No block I know will stop a bullet.
I remember a story of a guy OC'ing (he worked for a body guard company and always had to be armed) into a large box store/mall. The "asset protection" employee came up from behind him, grabbed his strong side wrist with one hand and attempted to take the OC'ers gun from its holster with the other. When asked why he did this the "asset protection" employee said that he didn't want the OC'er to start shooting up the place and so he needed control of the situation. Long story short, the employee ended up unconscious. I believe he (or the company) is being charged with something. The employee failed to disarm the carrier because the carrier had trained for people doing just that. And here is the important part: the carrier wasn't charged with anything because, as the police said, he "never drew his firearm". He was able to deal with the situation in a less lethal way and potentially avoided prosecution. If I find the thread about this I will link it, I can't remember where I saw it.
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|April 23, 2010, 04:51 PM
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Solid food or fork first. Both are long term investments in safety and a new life style. Getting a gun is quicker and familiarization is a start but getting proficient is a long term commitment as is getting in fighting shape. Yet a weekend at a self defense seminar will give you the basic tools for a physical confrontation but you won't be proficient. My vote, jump in whole hog in both directions, they are not exclusive skill sets and one will help the other by developing concentration and discipline needed for both shooting and martial arts.
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|April 23, 2010, 05:32 PM
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While I pack a Glock or Centennial, I also workout alot at H2H, both for the health benefits and self defense benefits. I'm 5th dan TKD and Krav Maga practitioner. H2H practice is better than sitting in front of the boob tube every night!
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|April 23, 2010, 05:55 PM
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Why do you have to do one first? Why can't you focus on both equally? I also do Krav Maga, but I took my first firearm safety class right around the same time I took my first Krav Maga class, and for the same basic reason: I want to be able to defend myself. I think both are good skills to have. They compliment each other well, but different situations call for different actions. Things happen when you least expect them to, the more you know, the better.
(Plus self defense classes are good exercise and a whole lot of fun. )
|April 23, 2010, 05:57 PM
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I have no problem with hand to hand. I think such training is highly beneficial in many ways.
My point is, a gun is available and effective NOW. Whereas fighting skills are years, even decades, away before they can be utilized effectively.
Additionally, knowing a little bit about how to use a gun can save your life very easily. Looking at the numerous incidences that occur each year indicate that little to no proficiency in firearms is typically necessary in order to deploy them effectively. If you know how to make it say "BOOM!" then you usually know enough to use it to defend yourself.
H2H is entirely different. Knowing just a little bit can actually make your life WORSE, if you're not smart enough to know that knowing a little is knowing enough to get your arse kicked.
I took a few years of Washin Ryu (sp?), many years ago, I knew plenty of (mostly) guys who had a year or two (or a month or two) of training who thought they were suddenly Chuck Norris. Many a time, I saw one of them come to class after the weekend with bandaged ribs and black eyes.
On the other hand, an untrained monkey who has a loaded gun pointed at the BG has an INSTANT advantage.
If I have to be untrained with my fists or untrained with a gun and need to pick one to use to save my life? The choice is easy.
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|April 23, 2010, 06:33 PM
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|April 23, 2010, 06:42 PM
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Just my thoughts on the matter.
|April 23, 2010, 06:48 PM
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|April 23, 2010, 09:21 PM
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kx, 4/24/10
As others have said, do both empty hand and weapons training. They compliment each other. I also recommend the Shivworks group quoted above- where you learn empty hand and weapons skills from the clinch range to five feet away. Great course, even for us old guys.
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|April 24, 2010, 09:52 AM
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While I agree that both are important to work on, there is only one that is nearly guaranteed to get you killed if you do it wrong. If you're in a situation where you need a gun, you need to know how to use it, how to hang on to it, and have the proper mindset to use and hang onto it.
If you're in a fisticuffs situation, the stakes may not be as grave. Even if they are grave, not having the training with your weapon will make you a soft target. If you plan to carry a firearm or use one for self defense I think you need to get more than just shooting range familiar with it.
|April 24, 2010, 08:06 PM
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Not to say that taking on the whole bunch wouldn't have appealed to me in my younger "invincible" days.
|April 24, 2010, 08:30 PM
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Martial arts and shooting are one in the same.
Training both is very beneficial, as long as you are determined enough to understand and practice the skills you learn.
If it turns to a hand to hand fight you need to get out of there. I have been in fights where things could have turned bad quickly. Your best bet to survive is to stop it from escalating to a fight. If it does and you have to fight back, martial arts skills are helpful but don't guarantee anything.
The idea that having a gun makes self defense easier is very true, you do however have to know when to pull it and how to keep a hold of it. Skills in close quarters combat can help you in this and anything else that involves a physical confrontation. These skills all assist each other.
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|April 24, 2010, 08:50 PM
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|April 25, 2010, 01:13 AM
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Sorry, that's kind of what I meant. You need to get out of that situation to where you have the upper hand. My words no good lately.
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|April 25, 2010, 10:10 AM
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Carrying a gun is great, but if the fight starts at conversational distance (which is pretty likely), you're liable to be in bad shape if you don't have the empty hand skills to create your opportunity to deploy the weapon cleanly. Fixating on drawing the gun is a great way to get your butt kicked when you're in a fight at "bad breath range."
Then there's also the fact that deadly force is not always justified...empty hand skills can give you the tools you need to handle situations where you don't need to shoot someone.
And no, you don't have to train for "years and years" to develop "useable" skills. Join an MMA or boxing gym, study some Krav Maga or some combatives (e.g. Kelly McCann's material or similar). It doesn't take very long to become "functional" if you aren't wasting your time with styles that don't address realistic threats.
Short answer is that you're not really prepared if you don't possess some solid skills in the empty hand combat realm.
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|April 25, 2010, 12:26 PM
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|April 25, 2010, 03:09 PM
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|April 25, 2010, 09:23 PM
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Some of this may be a repetition of stuff I blogged at the earlier REF event at Kings College London. Following consultation the REF is going ahead with 2 key changes – assessment for all subjects will include some metrics and some peer-review process, and timescale lengthened.
The key features of the REF are:
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Removing/minimizing digital distortion
I was wondering if there is a way to remove or minimize digital distortion from a recording.
The story: 5 years ago we recorded ourselves with a Sony Minidisc recorder on my fathers 50th birthday. I just found the MDs when I cleaned up my flat. Although we and the crowd were absolutely rocking, the microphone and the MD which were recording the event were driven beyond their capabilities. Very much beyond their capabilities I have to admit, because the digital distortion is pretty bad.
I would like to give this recording to my parents, but first I want to clean up the recording as much as possible. Is there any way to get rid of the distortion or to minimize it?
Thank you for your help.
Don't expect miracles, but you can try...
A Low pass filter.
The Calf multimode filter plugin is good.
Remove as much top end fuzz as possible before it starts to sound too muddy.
Noise reduction/click removal.
Try http://gwc.sourceforge.net/
Even though it's not designed for removing distortion, there are some similarities with removing hiss, crackle and clicks.
High pass filter.
Heavily clipped digital waveforms have sections of hundreds of consecutive samples at exactly the same level. (Where the waveform peaks would be in a normal unclipped recording). If you normalise to -8db or so, then do multiple (50 or so) processes with a 5hz or so high pass filter, these flat peaks begin to round off.
I think this works because the flat sections are at zero hertz. :) It doesn't do all that much.
There is a "declipper" ladspa plugin (swh-plugins package) that may help. I've never tried it.
Thanks for all your help! I will try all of your suggestions in the next few days.
With a bit of luck the distortion could get bearable.
There are many ways used to take away or reduce digital distortion from a recording. 640-460 Not unless you modify the rules of physics. A flexible limiter can only put off a signal from cutting in the first situate. 70-284 Just the once it is abrupt and flat on the top & underneath, yer screwed. You can't un-clip it. You have twisted a composite waveform into a straightforward four-sided figure signal and you no longer have the information in the waveform that would inform you what the signal should be doing if it had not been clipped. 646-653 Thanks.
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The local donations for that one-day event will go to the Tools 4 Teaching store, the brainchild of Osceola Middle School teacher David Steffey and former School Board member Judi Zanetti. It was created with Zanetti's unused campaign donations, under the direction of the Public Education Foundation of Marion County. Zanetti has since become the executive director of that foundation.
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The Tools 4 Teaching store also collects school supplies. However, the idea for the store is to help offset teacher out-of-pocket costs throughout the year. Teachers have always spent several hundred dollars of their own money each year buying extra supplies for their students.
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Watch a film to support The Greatest Generation
To the Editor:
It is long overdue that we, the next generation, thank our parents, relatives, and neighbors for what they did for us during the Great War. We need to remember that these great people fought two wars and two countries at once.
Now is the time that we can show them our thanks. The American Legion Riders from Post 977 in Altamont want to invite you to view the movie Honor Flight One Last Mission. We will be showing the movie in different locations around our towns and villages, so, if you can't make it to a showing, there will be another one listed in the Community Calendar.
The first showing will be at the American Legion Post in Voorheesville on Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. There is no admission charge to see the movie but donations will be accepted.
All donations will go to Honor Flight so that the veterans can be flown to Washington, D.C. to see their memorial.
Please come and show your thanks. Help us make this happen for them. In case of bad weather, the showing will be canceled. But keep an eye on the calendar for future postings.
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Global downregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) is commonly observed in human cancers and can have a causative role in tumorigenesis. The mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Here, we show that YAP, the downstream target of the tumor-suppressive Hippo-signaling pathway regulates miRNA biogenesis in a cell-density-dependent manner. At low cell density, nuclear YAP binds and sequesters p72 (DDX17), a regulatory component of the miRNA-processing machinery. At high cell density, Hippo-mediated cytoplasmic retention of YAP facilitates p72 association with Microprocessor and binding to a specific sequence motif in pri-miRNAs. Inactivation of the Hippo pathway or expression of constitutively active YAP causes widespread miRNA suppression in cells and tumors and a corresponding posttranscriptional induction of MYC expression. Thus, the Hippo pathway links contact-inhibition regulation to miRNA biogenesis and may be responsible for the widespread miRNA repression observed in cancer.
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New Delhi: If your calls are being monitored by the government, you could somehow end up being mistaken for a wanted criminal. That's because the government's high-tech monitoring system for intercepting terror calls has failed.
The Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), which combined the interception of all communication on telephone and the Internet under one roof, has collapsed just two months after it was set up in a major move to strengthen national security.
The CMS was aimed at doing away with human interface, improving secrecy and eliminating data leaks.
But documents accessed by NDTV reveal major faults in the system - it is unable to match content in emails and voice calls with the source, which means, if a phone is being tapped, the CMS is unable to match the speakers with what was said.
The CMS is unable to sequence any suspicious communication, which will be a major setback for investigations. Documents say the collation of content and 'target' is wrong in half the cases, which could mean that a suspect conversation could be traced to a completely innocent user.
More teething troubles have been revealed. The sharing of critical information is also not being done on real time basis and often don't reach the CMS at all.
Also, there is poor synchronization between the private telecom service providers and CMS, so it is very difficult to establish the sequence of events for when and how long are calls being made by a suspect.
The system is not monitoring calls on roaming and portable numbers. The CMS is unable to monitor 3G video calls, which means programmes like Skype cannot be monitored - a big loophole in ensuring national security.
Perhaps the biggest and most shocking of all the errors is that the CMS is unable to access data from suspect if they are using devices that are on roaming. According to sources the CMS can only access data that being sent to such devices but is unable to access data sent out from the device.
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Transportation comes in various shapes and sizes all over the world. We're working hard to make sure that wherever you are, you can connect to a safe and reliable ride through Uber. Wondering what sort of globe-trotting we've been doing lately? For the wanderlust in us all, we've brought you #UberEverywhere. So far, we've taken you from the West Coast to the East Coast and we're about to land right in the heart of the USA – the Midwest.
Though our nickname is also "The Second City", Chicago was the 4th city to launch on a crisp Autumn day in September 2011. In 2 years, we've crossed a lot of milestones and had a lot of fun along the way. We were the first city to launch uberTAXI ushering in the first low-cost Uber option. We've rolled around the streets of Chicago for Lollapalooza in On-Demand DJ Party Buses, and (little known fact) we introduced the now-iconic Neon Uber Tank Tops.
With the tap of an app, we requested an uberTAXI to take a cruise down Lakeshore Drive and some of our other favorite places.
From Wicker Park to Wrigley to West Loop – it's nearly impossible to narrow down our top 5 places in Chicago. These are 5 spots we love out of an exhaustive list of all the places Chicago has to offer.
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Speakeasies seem like a thing of the past, but Chicago has its fair share. One of our favorites, The Whistler, isn't an experience to miss. Unmarked doors, secret passwords and underground lounges filled with dreamy music couple with candlelit ambience and unreal cocktails.
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Home of DA BEARS. We love watching our hometown team in the oldest NFL stadium in the nation.
3. Alinea
The Chicago restaurant scene is always on point (even recently being named by the Munchies Awards as the Best Food City in the USA), and Alinea by Chef Grant Achatz is one of the city's gems. In 2010, Alinea was named the best restaurant in the United States and #7 in the world. Um, yes please!
4. "The Bean" and Millenium Park
There's nothing like stopping by "The Bean" for a photo opp, catching a free concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, ice skating along Michigan Avenue, or just hanging out on a lazy Sunday (though we don't get many of those 😉 ). It's pretty safe to say, we frequent the park quite a bit.
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Sometimes our jobs can be stressful, but there's always a ton of laughter. When we aren't making each other laugh in the office, we love to check out some improv at The Second City. (We're always looking for Tina Fey in the crowd – we love you, girl!)
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Aggressive PS3 Super Slim pricing
Analysts are stating that an aggressive price for the PS3 Super Slim could have a massive affect on Sony's competitors, as this 16GB flash-based PlayStation 3 could cause not only an impact on the opposition but also the games industry on the whole.
The PS3-4000 has been reported for a while and although there is no news of this making an official appearance at gamescom next month a price tag of $150 is an appealing prospect, with suggestions that this being available for about £99 would be a dramatic decrease to what was initially expected. In an article on GamesIndustry, they report on the 16GB model based on flash memory and feel that this could quickly increase the base thus obtaining more consumer revenue for higher software sales volume.
Commenting on this site M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon spoke about Sony's strong base in Europe and due to the current financial climate generous hardware price cuts will have big impact. This would affect Microsoft's share loss in this part of the world and the value pricing may outsell Xbox 360 in the U.S. where Microsoft has dominated monthly hardware sales.
Michael Pachter, analyst for Wedbush Securities, feels that Sony should have taken this form of action a while ago as the success of the 4GB Xbox 360 could have been tested before now. With no expectations that Microsoft will reduce their console costs the PS3 Super Slim pricing may prompt them to re-think their stance, although some may suggest that pricing any less than $200 would not be good for Sony, as a PS3 price drop is expected anyway.
Gamers welcome this news and even those picking up the console for the first time will get the benefit of a whole back catalogue of titles that have been produced since the initial PS3 console. Many are skeptical about a massive price drop although $199 sounds like a sensible idea for all parties, and if Microsoft counteract this with their own discount there is still room for Sony to maneuver.
A few weeks ago, we showed an image of the PS3 Super Slim concept art done by a fan, and although we know a smaller version is on its way this picture looked to be one of the more relative ones considering we don't expect the sort of size reduction seen with the PlayStation 2. Do you think that a $150 PS3 Super Slim could be an ideal way for Sony to create a larger user base? Maybe you feel that a price war would benefit gamers giving other companies a forced incentive to drop their prices.


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Mourners gather in memory of Hassell, first black to lead Virginia Supreme Court
Friday, February 11, 2011; 10:38 PM
Hundreds of mourners walked slowly and quietly past the flag-draped casket of Leroy R. Hassell Sr., the first black chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, whose body lay in state Friday in the ornate rotunda in the historic Capitol. Hassell is the first African American granted the honor in the former capital of the Confederacy.
Hassell, a Harvard-educated lawyer considered a mentor to many in Virginia's legal and political community, died Wednesday at age 55 after a long illness. He stepped down as chief justice Jan. 31 and had three years remaining in his 12-year term on the bench.
Hassell's casket was taken to the Capitol at 9 a.m. Friday, escorted by his widow, Linda, and daughters Joanna and Stephanie. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) visited privately with the family, as did Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser and Justice William C. Mims.
An hour later, members of the public were allowed to sign a guest book and pay their respects to Hassell in the yellow-and-white rotunda, which is adorned by marble busts of Virginia-born presidents. A life-size statue of George Washington sits in the middle of the room. The dark, wooden casket covered by Virginia's dark blue flag had an honor guard of Virginia State Police and Capitol Police officers in dress blue uniforms and white gloves.
McDonnell, a close friend of Hassell's for 18 years who regularly lunched with him, returned in the afternoon with his wife, Maureen. They held hands and talked quietly in front of the casket before an emotional McDonnell patted it as a farewell.
"I think he has a tremendous legacy,'' McDonnell said. "I think he left a lasting mark on the courts of Virginia. I will miss him a great deal; he was a good friend. He was a great advocate for justice, and he will be very hard to replace."
Hassell, a lawyer and civic leader, advanced rapidly to a partnership at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, one of the nation's largest law firms, and chaired the Richmond School Board.
Then-Gov. Gerald L. Baliles (D) appointed him to the Virginia Supreme Court in 1989. Hassell helped create a commission that worked to modernize the state's mental health-care system, which took on added significance after the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, and was known as a tireless advocate for judges' pay, benefits and working conditions.
Sen. Henry L. Marsh III (D-Richmond), a hero of Virginia's civil rights movement, said he was struck by the symbolism of the tribute to Hassell in a space that long was used to remember Confederates, including Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in 1863 and Jefferson Davis, leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War, in 1893.
"It's a tribute to a man who did so much to help us enter the modern age," Marsh said. "It shows the regard with which people held his service."
State legislators, who were in session Friday, paid their respects after the House of Delegates and Senate adjourned for the weekend, as lobbyists and citizens groups crowded nearby, hoping to catch a lawmaker.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) said it was fitting that Hassell was being honored during the General Assembly's annual session, as the people's business continued around his memorial.
"I think he really enabled us to take an important step to building our more perfect union," Bolling said.
Tributes to the jurist have poured in since his death. He was memorialized on the floors of the Virginia House and Senate, and in Washington, where House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) entered a statement into the congressional record in his honor.
"He cared deeply about the people of the Commonwealth and was passionate about helping others,'' Cantor wrote, also calling him "a life-long public servant and powerful voice for all Virginians."
Many dignitaries, including McDonnell and Bolling, are expected to attend Hassell's funeral at noon Saturday at Faith Landmarks Ministries in Richmond.
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On 11/20/2010 01:10 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote: >> I wrote: >>> Robert Haas<rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes: >>>> Speed up conversion of signed integers to C strings. >>> This patch breaks the build here: >> ... and while I'm looking at it, the added int8 regression test cases >> definitely merit a WTF. They aren't testing what I would expect. >> What they are testing is platform-specific behavior of excessive >> shifting, which is why some of the buildfarm members are pink. > Ugh. I made an attempt at a fix to both of these issues, but I'm not > totally sure I got it right, and I'm too tired to stay up any later to > see what happens. I'll check the BF in the morning. If you change a test that has alternative result files, you need to change all the result files. See src/test/regress/resultmap. In this case you missed out changing int8-exp-three-digits.out - see <http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=dawn_bat&dt=2010-11-20%2005%3A30%3A07> cheers andrew
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Mom (8:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) comes to the end of its first season tonight, and there definitely have been ups and downs.
The first few episodes of this sitcom about Christy (Anna Faris), a recovering alcoholic; her mother, Bonnie (Allison Janney), a recovering alcoholic; and Christy's daughter, Violet (Sadie Calvano), a pregnant teenager, were sharp and funny. Then the series sort of lost its way as it became more about Christy's series of boyfriends.
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Joe Gideon and the Shark - The Insignificant Bullet(2013)
Joe Gideon and the Shark are a brother/sister duo from London. The Shark (aka former Olympic ribbon gymnast Viva Gideon) are now on their second album release 'Freakish (2013)' released this January, is a concoction of blues, beats and spoken word. This track the 'Insignificant Bullet' (great title) really is a mish mash, I can hear The Velvet Underground, The Talking Heads, Pulp and even The Strokes, all in this one song. This is definitely an interesting one.
I'll tell you what!, I like shark music.
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Getty Images bought by management and Carlyle Group for $3.3bn
Photo library and licensing giant Getty Images is to be bought by its founders and investment company The Carlyle Group for $3.3bn. They will buy-out existing private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which purchased Getty for $2.4bn four years ago. Carlyle, one of the world's largest private equity companies, will gain a controlling share of the company, while co-founders Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, along with the Getty family, will also increase their stakes in the business.
In a press release about the move, Mark Getty said, 'In 17 years, we have built a business that has revolutionized the industry, with innovation at its core. I am confident that the partnership between Getty Images and The Carlyle Group will see the company's success continue.'
Getty was the first major agency to license images online and has grown through the acquisition of other libraries and collections. It has also embraced the microstock concept, with its purchase of iStockphoto in 2006 and its deal with photo-sharing site Flickr, that lets users license their images through the company.
However, the glut of microstock images and images taken from the Internet has significantly undermined the traditional image licensing business model and Getty's continued success seems to stem, in-part, from its willingness to license images more cheaply and pay photographers a smaller proportion of the income. Trade group American Photographic Artists complained in 2011 that Getty's latest contracts pushed contributors to allow their images to be sold as part of royalty-free subscription packages, rather than being able to restrict their work so that it was licensed only on the traditional context-specific, per-use (and generally more lucrative) 'rights managed' basis.
The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity groups, with extensive investments running from the defense industry through to well-known brand names such as Dunkin Donuts.
In an interview with the British Journal of Photoraphy, co-founder and CEO Klein says the deal will allow the company to expand Internationally but that nothing will change, from a contributor point-of-view.
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I had small but nice, steady income from iStockphoto, every month.
As i live in rather poor, East European country, that income really mean to me.
Before two years, when greedy corporation bought iStochphoto & Getty, they not even cut my royalties to shamefully 15%, but also remove my portfolio from search results! Why?
Because i was not exclusive contributor!
Also, i have seen that my really unique and exclusive photo compositions are reproduced by their exclusive artist and my work was simply forgotten, somewhere on their hard drives!
I have some income from other sites, but unfortunately iStock was the best...
Years ago a professor said the world doesn't need more photographers it needs people who can organize all the images we already have. Getty does that increasingly at the expense of those who created the images they sell. Notably absent in the press release any mention of a relationship with their artist. The focus squarely on that of Getty's future success. Now with management in the hands of yet an even larger private equity corporation you can expect less revenue to go to the artist as that would be the most expedient path to greater profits.
This is simply not true!
With all technological and any others break true, there is a need for new photos, illustrations, etc.
Few years ago, I download one magazine, and saw really bad (to the bone) photo, for one new technology. That photo was from Getty library!
I saw that, search Getty immediately, and was amassed to see that photo was among the best, and there were around 20 photos which was really bad.
I took some time, and took some photos, do some CGI graphics, make compositions and put that pictures on sale on major microstock sites… I had really few bestsellers.
Now I regret why don't I have try to place those to major libraries, but they are not too interested in newbies with just few hundreds photos!
So it is probably about supression. There are photos that Carlisle Group does not want to be widely shown. Think about that if you took the shot of Oswald being shot the agency might not want to show it if Ruby were one of your other employees or a contractor to a company owned by your corporartion. Just using a hypothetical example. Suppose there is a shot that pins GHB to Dallas on the day he denies and admits he was there. So you can see the Getty pics might be worth much more than your sunset photos.FWIW
First thing they'll do is change how photographers are paid for their images. From now on the photographer will pay Getty Images for the privilege of giving them their work. It's a new day.
Given the small amount of money that most photography earns, it's hard not to see the irony in the Getty family selling to the Carlyle Group. I do hope these folks see a break in their taxes after the election. Gotta go--late for lunch at the Bohemian Grove.
In Fahrenheit 911, Moore makes nine allegations concerning the Carlyle Group, including: That the Bin Laden and Bush families were both connected to the Group; that following the attacks on September 11, the bin Laden family's investments in the Carlyle Group became an embarrassment to the Carlyle Group and the family was forced to liquidate their assets with the firm; that the Carlyle group was, in essence, the 11th largest defense contractor in the United States
In his documentary The World According to Bush (May 2004), William Karel interviewed Frank Carlucci to discuss the presence of Shafiq bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's estranged brother, at Carlyle's annual investor conference while the September 11 attacks were occurring.[39][40]
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upppsss.... controling our images. :)
Next you'll allege they knocked off "Jocko," are descendents of the Templars, and are robbing your precious vital fluids!
Allegations are to facts what photoshopping is to photography. Carlyle is more open and transparent than many European banks and discloses more about its business than certain political candidates.
It's impressive how people prefer third-handor tin-foil-at hearsay to seeing things themselves.
BTW, foreign investors in US Treasuries, real estate, and stocks are what buoy the dollar and make cameras cheap!
"Photographers should stand together!"
Easier to herd cats or create a syndicate of beggars. Too many are born anarchists. Few have the business sense to see that they've about as much say in profits as a cotton sharecropper. Public sanitation is a profession that offers superior fairness and standing. Private equity firms dare not mess with the guys in green dungarees, or there would be a real mess.
The monster continues to grow - unchecked...
So why can't we all club together and do something about it ?
The fact that Getty and co have managed to get away with all this for so long is ludicrous.
The split should be 75% / 25% in the photographers favour.
This has been done before. The famous Magnum Photos cooperative was founded in 1947 by photographers including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
"Magnum is one of the first photographic cooperatives, owned and administered entirely by members. The staff serve a support role for the photographers who retain all copyrights to their own work." - Wikipedia
So if any photographers feel like it should be done, then those photographers should go and do it.
Mark Getty and Klein have robbed photographers from the very start. As soon as they took over Tony Stone they slashed royalties from 50% to 30%. At every opportunity they screwed us hard working photographers to such an extent that salaries have dived in the past few years by upto 95%. Like most greedy bankers they don't give a hoot about the staff that made them rich. At the end of the day it is the photographers that produce all the content. They embraced micro and RF as it made them a ton of money at the expense of the traditional license model. Now where are we - scraping for crumbs?
All true. But they also noted that the legions of hobbyists out there were producing good, salable work in small volumes and that they would be tickled to get a nickel for their images.
Pure supply glut.
This is what we should do Rashomon - create our own library that puts photographers first.
Why can't this be done ? Without new stock Getty would go out of business. We need some solidarity amongst the ranks.
For the life of me, I can't understand how photographers allow Getty to take the 75-80% lion's share of an image sale after we've paid for the shoot, edited and submitted.
This is why photographers are now going out of business as Getty has canibalised the photographic industry and raped their contributors to reap their own rich rewards.
Couldn't agree more! Wouldn't even need solidarity. Just follow the model prevalent in so many tech giants. Photographers = software developers.
Even huge capitalist corps like google and Facebook have a substantial share holdings in the hands of their staff....
Photographers must be the least savvy ppl in the world unfortunately.
Does the $3.3 billion expire when the copyrights expire?
Fascinating. Would this put the Carlyle Group in a position to control the availability of certain images?
What? What?!!!!
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Milo, even the guy who shoot the famous Che picture....What do all these guys have in common? NO ONE made ANY money out of their works.
Don't tell me that you've just discovered capitalism?
None of the artists that you name were capitalists, even though they were all paid for their work. No one works for free or can live on nothing. Please don't equate fair compensation with boundless, soul-crushing avarice, which is what the Carlyle Group and their ilk represent.
Most people do not understand the true meaning of capitalism. They assume that it is the same as freedom or free enterprise. I would respectfully suggest that you do some research on the subject. You might even start with Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism
I don't think this is so out of place as it may seem. (Not defending Getty or Carlyle in the least, but...)
Actually, what a lot of those guys had in common was that they were hired to make their great works by some people with a metric shedload of money. It was true trickle-down economics. The Medici and others had the riches, and the artists received but a trickle. Kind of the way Getty pays photographers.
Right you are. And in our own time, a minute fraction of artists get very rich off their work. But their riches still pale in comparison to the truly great fortunes. Think Paul McCartney vs. Lloyd Blankfein (CEO of Goldman Sachs). Yet which of these two has brought more joy into the world and made it a better place for virtually everyone? It's Paul, of course, and I don't begrudge him one cent of his wealth. He deserves it.
What we so blithely call "capitalism" is basically the freedom of predators to turn the rest of us into prey.
You are wrong. Da Vinci, Michelangelo and others were HIRED and PAID for their work. Sistine Chapel was paid by the Church, as was the Last Supper. David was paid by the local Florence government. Other works were created for rich people - such as the De Medici family.
Throughout history, painters, musicians and sculptors were commissioned work and were paid for. Some, who did not have recognition at the time, first painted and then tried to sell it.
They didn't really need copyright because duplicating one of their works was hard enough (you'd need another artist as good as the original).
The guy who shot the Che photo was working for the Cuban government and had voluntarily ceded all rights to his photos to the government. Because Cuba did not sign the international copyright treaty no royalties were paid to anybody. So this example of yours has nothing to do with capitalism.
so you think michaelangelo did the chapel for free? hahahahahahahah
Isn't capitalism great? Now, some of the world's great photographic images will be controlled by a group of bloodthirsty sharks. (Blood = Money in this case.)
As is often said, capitalism is the worst economic system...except for all of the others that have been tried.
Under capitalism, it is possible for you to own your work and to charge a market rate for it. (If someone else is, that means you signed away your rights at some point.)
Under some other economic systems, the proceeds of your work may be heavily diverted to the state, or your work might be considered the property of the state. So instead of a private equity firm owning the art, it becomes owned by bureaucrats who don't care.
Capitalism is not the problem. The problem is photographers who do not understand capitalism vs other systems.
Thank you Graybalanced
We are all worth what someone else is will to pay for our productivity, and we are all free to look around for willing customers, or choose professions which pay better, or mortgage our houses and start our own companies.
You can also start an image agency. On the web, such things are easier than ever. You just need a business brain and some customers. But you DO have to have something worth selling, which the founders of Magnum certainly did.
You can also find an agency other than Getty with better terms, but you may find that some of them set the entry barrier quite high and some have very little penetration.
Interesting, workers (photographers) create the value, but a large percentage of that value is expropriated by capital - sort of like what Karl Marx said would happen.
Maybe it is time for photographers to create a stock image collective of our own. After all, without our work Getty is nothing.
Hear hear Paul. Getty, urgghhh, as soon as they smell a buck they swallow it up. Horrible soulless organisation.
Maybe it IS time to create our very own Image Collective.
It is easy to do with virtual agencies on PhotoShelter. We have one set up for music photographers already.
I despise Getty, they are the worst kind of broker, they add no value other than squeeze producers and consumers. Their technology sucks and their self congratulating smugness makes me sick. Their model is built around ripping photographers off. Plain and simple.
But the saddest and most pathetic part of the story is that the real fault lies with us, the looser photographers who tolerate our work being sucked on by the likes of Getty, making hundreds of millions in revenues and seeing only a tiny fraction of that fed back.
I do believe that if we photographers are dumb enough to allow Getty to exist than we probably deserve the fate they will endevour to impose on us.
Overpaid! I loathe them for hoarding photographs and giving you thumbnails to look at. What is a good photograph for anyway? Apparently, it is used for suing people.
The Carlyle Group is primarily made up of former big league defense contractors and oil magnates and their friends. Dick Cheney was among the founders. Very rich, very smart, very greedy and completely without morals, and even less aesthetics, except making more money.
Less Aesthetics? Are you calling them ugly?
Getty do have some excellent images from history, and possibly influenced the world for the better.
Now that the Carlyle group have got their hands on it, I am worried for the future.
Sabatia, Dick Cheney was co founder of Haliburton, not Carlyle. However, Carlyle did have George H W Bush as senior advisor, and his chief of defence on the board. So in reality, just as dubious as Haliburton.
Getty Images was sold from Hellman & Friedman (another of the largest u.s. private equity firms) to Carlyle. The guys who work at Hellman & Friedman are absolutely as ruthless in their pursuit of profits as Carlyle. You might never have heard of Hellman & Friedman, but there is extremely little different between them and the guys who buy media assets at Carlyle.
While I'm a little worried about the profit incentive and screwing photographers out of fair royalites, I'm most worried about censorship and editing of images that may make the owners and its far-reaching cabal of advisers and directors--ex-presidents, government officials, and neocons--look bad. I suspect that visual history may get a nice rewrite.
Good to see someone somewhere is making money out of Getty images, despite numerous sales my Getty income stream is a mere trickle.
I still make tens of thousands a year off of stock because I did NOT go with Getty and instead, took my highly specialized niche images totally underground. That way not even their art directors can find my work and assign some hack to copy it. Best move I ever made in my career was not going with garbage-flickertastic Getty.
same here, years ago with getty the sales were great, now sales number are about the same but incomes are lot lot lower...
Is it a naughty niche?
For that kind of money you could do a lot better from an investment point of you.They must have money to waste?
Glad it aint my money
To make money- you have to have money. Lots and lots of money.
That's why you make more money than they do - they just take decisions based on intuition.
Not a pro, but the pro's must be feeling depressed that the suits buy and sell the "library" like diamonds and copper. Looks to me the ones who will profits rather handsomely will be the top stake holders. The one' that have a hard time programing the VCR while wearing a Rolex get the lions share of the money and the photographers get the Royal Scepter...
BTW avatar is by Steve McCurry, Got the original NG mag too.
Totally wrong. She was found in 2002. See the Wikipedia article:
Just guessing this is not about pretty pictures but about the distrabution of certain photos. There is a multibillion dollar presidential election going on and probably the rightwing prowar interest wish to make sure certain photos are not used.
So what is worth a billion in the photo biz?
Mitts dog on the roof covered in excretment
W walking with a Torah in his hand
Paul Ryan photos
Mitt kicking back in Paris during the Viet Nam war..................
you get the idea it is not about showing photos but making sure they are not shown
Correct these four common composition mistakes and your photos will be more balanced, tell a better story, and lead your viewer's eye where you want it to go.
The rugged, compact 360° action camera Kodak unveiled at Photokina in 2016, the Kodak PixPro Orbit 360, is finally available in the United States.
iOS 11 launches tomorrow, and it'll save all of your pictures in a new high efficiency image format called HEIC. Fortunately, there's now a converter that will let you turn those photos back into JPEGs.
Photo protection company ImageRights recently released a new service that lets non-subscribers take advantage of their streamlined copyright registration system that checks for errors and fills out all the required forms for you.
What's the difference between a $200 circular polarizing filter and a $100 circular polarizing filter? Roger Cicala at Lens Rentals put six different filters through a few tests to find out.
A flurry of leaks reveal that GoPro's upcoming Hero6 will shoot 4K at 60fps, 1080p at 240fps, will cost $500, and is scheduled for announcement/release on September 28th.
Before he became the iconic director whose name we've all heard, a teenage Stanley Kubrick struck up a business relationship with New York's Look magazine. No surprise: he was an incredibly talented photographer.
WD's new G-Technology G-Drive mobile SSD R-Series is a portable solid state option for photographers who want the reliability of an SSD in a rugged water and dust-resistant package.
Fast, stabilized and affordable is an appealing combination when it comes to lenses. With its latest 24-70mm F2.8, Tamron aims to upgrade autofocus speed and stabilization. We've got a full gallery from this updated full-frame zoom.
Photographer Clay Cook tells the story of his most ambitious photographic dream and career goal coming true: photographing A-list actress Jennifer Lawrence.
In an interview with a Chinese website, Nikon Japan's Director of Development dropped a bombshell, saying that a Nikon mirrorless camera "must be full-frame."
Here's a side-by-side spec comparison of two flagship devices with particular attention to the things that really matter – at least to people who prioritize photography features.
A month and a half after revealing the finalists of the 2017 EyeEm Awards, the photo sharing community and licensing marketplace has finally revealed the winners.
Photographer Josselin Cornou tells the breathtaking story behind two beautiful photos captured while snorkeling with humpback whales in Tonga.
The Sony RX10 IV is a fixed lens camera with a 1"-type sensor and 24-600mm equivalent lens that can shoot 4K video or stills at 24 fps, but that's not what we think is interesting about it. The addition of phase detection autofocus is pivotal to all those features.
The announcement date is set! Google will reveal their next generation Pixel phones—their response to Apple's shiny new iPhone X—on October 4th. Let the smartphone camera wars begin.
Sony just debuted three palm-style 4K camcorders that steal a bit of speedy phase detect autofocus technology from the company's RX10 IV. In fact, they kind of improve on it.
Earlier today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere, ending a 20 year long mission. Here are 21 of our favorite photographs captured by this incredible machine and its makers.
Fans of film photography should keep an eye out for the widespread theatrical release of Kodachrome, a movie staring Jason Sudeikis about the final days of the iconic film stock.
Photographer Manny Ortiz breaks down the pros and cons of shooting natural light vs off-camera flash, and explains why he chooses to shoot one, the other, or both in any given situation.
A leaked product page and a bunch of leaked photos shows Profoto is preparing to release its first ever speedlight: the Profoto A1 Air TTL
The Yashica camera brand disappeared in 2003, but a new teaser video and website hint at a comeback. Excited?
Western Digital just debuted a new, higher capacity WD Gold internal hard drive. The new drive offers 12TB of storage and class-leading reliability to the tune of a 550TB/year workload rating.
The new Godox XPRO-C is an affordable, highly capable flash trigger for Canon users that boasts a lot of useful features at a very reasonable price.
Tamron is working on a lightweight, durable and compact 100-400mm tele-zoom lens that will be available for Canon and Nikon cameras by the end of the year.
The Nikon D850 promises equal parts resolution and speed. On a trip to Bend, Oregon, we had the chance to try it out with fashion, sports, landscapes, and more. Check out our updated sample gallery to see how it fared.
A leaked photo of the upcoming GoPro Hero6 in its final retail packaging shows a powerful little camera that will be able to shoot 4K video at 60 frames per second.
Photography enthusiast Michael Sechler recently shot a Hurricane Irma photo that went viral and was used by media all over the world… so why didn't he make dime for his work?
Nissin claims the new Super Light Stand LS-50C is the lightest light stand in the world. Weighing in at just 575g/1.2lbs, it can still hold up to 1.5kg/3.3lb.
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"The speaker wants us out of town by tomorrow, he wants this done," Representative Jack Kingston told Reuters after participating in a conference call with Boehner and other House Republicans.
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Oh dear. He's tanned, rested, ready — and still dead. • Richard Nixon is back, still haunting the American political scene from six feet under. Still crazy after all these years. Still certifiably one of the strangest, ugliest, nastiest presidents in our history. • And with each new revelation of Nixon's paranoia, his ignorance, his insecurities, this guy is beginning to make Warren Harding look like a pillar of enlightenment. • The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, which has to be the academic equivalent of a peep show, has released 265 hours of recordings from the disgraced commander in chief's secret Oval Office taping system.
These aren't so much a documentation of a president's inner thoughts as they are audio blood splatter evidence.
Nixon wasn't just duplicitous enough to secretly tape his private conversations. He was dense enough to spout off all manner of incriminating and embarrassing comments while fully aware he was preserving his own ignorance for the benefit of future historians.
Gee, thanks a bunch.
This is a bit like Al Capone introducing a videotape of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Americans have long known of Nixon's weirdness, the awkward, stilted little man who abhorred most human interaction and was about as comfortable on the stump as Michael Vick at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
In the latest batch of released Oval Office tapes from February and March 1973, Nixon, who is to anthropology what Dr. Frankenstein was to internal medicine, weighs in on all manner of observations regarding blacks, Jews and various other ethnic groups.
On the Irish: "The Irish have certain — for example, the Irish can't drink. What you have to remember with the Irish is they get mean. Virtually every Irish I've known gets mean when he drinks."
On Italians: "The Italians, of course, those people don't have their heads screwed on tight," remarks Nixon who certainly knew a thing or two about having more screws loose than the Joad family jalopy.
On Jews (oh where to begin?): "What it is, is it's the insecurity. It's the latent insecurity. Most Jewish people are insecure. And that's why they have to prove things." This from a chap who was more insecure than Saddam Hussein's food taster.
And finally, Nixon on blacks in a conversation with his secretary, Rosemary Woods: "What has to happen is they have to be, frankly inbred. … And you just, that's the only thing that's going to do it, Rose."
By the way, in case you forgot, this is a president of the United States blubbering all this racist, anti-Semitic bigoted folderol in the White House.
Particularly chilling is a March 1973 moment after Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir had left the White House where Nixon and national security henchman Henry Kissinger had warmly received her.
Both Nixon and Kissinger belittle Meir's efforts to press the United States to exert more pressure on the then-Soviet Union to allow the emigration of Jews to Israel. "And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern," muses Kissinger.
"I know. We can't blow up the world because of it," replies the Archie Bunker of the free world. After all, Nixon was already busily preoccupied blowing up Vietnam.
Sheesh, you would find more literate conversation between Homer Simpson and the Jersey Shore's Snooki than what was served up for discourse by Nixon and his cadre of acolytes, yes-men, enablers and pinched spear-carriers.
Forced out of office by the tawdriness and complicity in the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon spent the rest of his life trying to rehabilitate his shattered image as the only president to resign from office by traveling the world as an elder statesman and writing several books.
Still, he could never quite shake his reputation as simply a very creepy guy, who the American people, proving that yes, you can fool a lot of people a lot of the time, twice elected to the highest office in the land.
There are 400 hours of Nixon tapes scheduled to be released in 2012. Would anyone be surprised to hear paranoid Glenn Beck of the West Wing dissing the Girl Scouts, Mother Teresa, Peace Corps workers, Christmas, baseball, Dr. Seuss and apple pie?
If there is any justice, one can only hope Richard Nixon is spending his afterlife stuck in a synagogue seated next to a drunk Irish priest on one side and Golda Meir on the other, while listening to a black rabbi.
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Kristen Stewart was back to work in front of the cameras today on the Wales set of Snow White and the Huntsman. Chris Hemsworth rode horseback alongside Kristen during yesterday's intense, armor-clad scenes, but this time Kristen was alone with her white horse in a softer and more familiar Snow White costume. This isn't the first time Kristen's worked on a beach location. Last Fall, Kristen and Robert Pattinson visited Brazil to shoot the highly anticipated Breaking Dawn: Part 1 honeymoon night swim. Twilight fans will finally see those hot moments on the big screen when the first installment of the series hits theaters Nov. 18.
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TAMPA — About 5,500 Tampa Electric customers woke up without power Monday morning. Power was back on at about 7:30 a.m.
It went out between Busch Boulevard and Waters Avenue west of Interstate 275 sometime before 6 a.m., said TECO spokesman Rick Morera.
That included Chamberlain High School and Twin Lakes Elementary.
Morera said an insulator supporting a transmission line broke at a power pole on Waters Avenue, east of N Boulevard.
Power was restored by switching customers to another circuit while crews worked to repair the line.
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January 16, 2013
1930s Gift Creates Modern-Day Headache for Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum faces hurdles in attempting to rid itself of hundreds of items it received in a 1932 bequest that turned out to be fakes, misattributions, or poor quality, writes The New York Times.
More than a quarter of the 926 Dutch and Renaissance paintings, Chinese porcelains, jewelry, and furnishings the museum obtained from the estate of retail magnate Col. Michael Friedsam are relatively worthless. Efforts to sell or give away the pieces are hamstrung by clauses in Mr. Friedsam's will requiring that the museum get permission to do so from his executors, who have been dead for more than 50 years.
The museum is working with the state attorney general's office to explore legal solutions, but in the meantime it faces extensive costs to store the works under conditions that comply with standards set by the Association of American Museums.


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With 30 years' experience, Neil Moodie is one of the most powerful men in the industry and also one of the most trusted, with a natural ability to put people at ease. On the latest Burberry campaign, he used his invisible cutting technique on supermodels Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell and Jourdan Dunn to create the much-coveted, luxe-looking, tousled hair. Stylist catches up with him at his London salon, Windle & Moodie…
"The Burberry catwalk hair has turned into a huge phenomenon. It's the cut everyone wants. It looks like it's just long hair but there's a lot of trickery involved. I cut invisible layers into the models' hair for the campaign shots which give it movement and texture. The front is a little shorter – 'fallen graduation' in hair-cutting terms. It creates layers around the face which lift the features making them more alive. It's so desirable because of the simplicity – unassuming yet so sexy."
"Some things to think about when considering a cut; imagine your hair as an extension of the face. If your face is round, a chin-level bob would extend its width making it appear rounder. Instead, a shoulder-length bob will elongate the face. Also think about whether you like to be low- maintenance or if you will bother styling it every morning. It's useful to have some knowledge about your hair type too; razor cutting curly hair makes it frizzy."
"Don't be scared of the bob. It dominated the catwalks for the autumn/winter 2012 shows at Antonio Berardi, Peter Jensen and Jeremy Scott. It's a universally flattering cut yet it's massively underrated. When Arizona Muse cut her hair into a choppy bob, her career took off. There are so many different versions; whether it's the little box bob or the A-line bob, the chin length, the elongated or the graduated – there's the right one for you."
"Take your haircut seriously. It's a cliché but more often than not people come in for a cut after a bad breakup or losing a job. They want to sweep away a piece of their history, but they can regret it afterwards. Of course, sometimes it's exactly what they need to give themselves a fresh start. Hairdressers are like therapists but without the training; appointments often turn into healing sessions but I wouldn't change that relationship at all. It's special."
"A signature style isn't necessarily boring but don't be afraid to try something new. I love Anna Wintour's bob; she wouldn't be the same without it. It's like the story of Samson, that bob holds her power. However, Jennifer Aniston's haircut is just bland, she never does anything exciting. The 'Rachel' cut was popular but it was terribly unflattering. Victoria Beckham is open to change, I persuaded her to try a faux fringe on a shoot last year and it looked great. She considered a real one, momentarily."
"Don't adhere to stereotypes. Society pressurises women to play it safe as they get older. There's a lot of peer pressure to 'look your age'. Personally I don't adhere to that. Just because you've hit 30 doesn't mean you have to conform. It's my job to encourage you to experiment and while I don't think long, grey hair looks great, that's more because it loses its shine. Nothing makes me happier than a 50-year-old with mad hair who doesn't care what anyone thinks."


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David Ponder is at a crossroads. Having lost his job and the will to live, he has been supernaturally selected to travel through time, gathering wisdom for future generations. Visits to historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, King Solomon, and Anne Frank yield the Seven Fundamentals for Success that will impact the entire world. A visit to the future reveals the result of David's journey, the fruits of his labor.
Ultimately, like David, readers will see how the perspective of our own circumstances is dramatically altered when we glimpse the "big picture" of life.


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|Banner year
|Solid, not spectacular
|Not up to par
|Nothing to see here
|National Top 200 Prospects
|Other Prospects Of Note
|Scouting Reports
|1. Brett Cecil, lhp (National rank: 25)
School: Maryland. Class: Jr.
B-T: R-L. Ht.: 6-2. Wt.: 225. Birthdate: 7/2/86.
|Scouting Report: Cecil's delivery and stuff have improved significantly since his days at DeMatha High (Hyattsville, Md.), where he was a one-and-a-half-pitch, soft-bodied lefty. His draft stock climbed significantly last year when he nearly doubled Maryland's previous saves record with 13 as a sophomore. He then ranked among the top 10 prospects in the Cape Cod League, posting a 40-9 strikeout-walk ratio in 29 innings. Cecil's body, arm action and stuff have all improved significantly during his college career. While Cecil was used primarily in relief during college, he took a turn in the Terrapins rotation late this season and his future figures to be as a starter. He has four pitches, solid-average command and durability. His fastball has been up to 94 mph and sits near 91. His slider can touch 86 with good tilt and depth. His repertoire includes a a curveball, changeup and split-finger fastball, and the changeup has enough fade and deception to become a usable third offering, especially against righthanded hitters. He should find a spot safely in the back end of the first round.
|2. Mitch Harris, rhp (National rank: 156)
School: Navy. Class: Jr.
B-T: R-R. Ht.: 6-4. Wt.: 215. Birthdate: 11/7/85.
|Scouting Report: Because Naval Academy students are required to serve five years in active duty once they begin classes their junior year, Harris is somewhat of an untouchable commodity. Based on talent alone, the tall, durable, athletic righthander could be drafted as high as the third round, but was not expected to break his commitment unless he was taken in the first. He has a solid-average fastball that has been up to 94 mph. He uses it to get ahead of hitters and shows some ability to spot it on both corners, though his command is fringy overall. He throws a hard breaking ball that has some late tilt, but he also has a cutter, and the two pitches tend to morph into one, lacking true shape and depth. He has some feel for a changeup. He does not hold runners on base well. Harris also is Navy's top hitter, leading the Patriot League with eight home runs this spring and ranking second in OPS. Scouts laud Harris for his competitiveness and are generally intrigued in him as a prospect on the mound. He could be 23 before he ever gets to pitch professionally, however.


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After the Supreme Court rejected Arizona's bid to put in place its ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy Monday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office released this statement:
Governor Brewer has championed to make Arizona one of the most pro-life states in the nation. Her signature on the Mother's Health and Safety Act -legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — is consistent with her proud and proven track record as the most pro-life governor in Arizona history. The Supreme Court's decision to deny cert in this case is wrong, and is a clear infringement on the authority of states to implement critical life-affirming laws. Governor Brewer will continue to fight to protect Arizona women, families and our most vulnerable population — unborn children.


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Update: Future is back on Drake's Would You Like A Tour? line-up [News]
UPDATE – Oct. 16, 2013 – Through unnamed sources, Atlanta's Hot 107.9 confirms that Drake and Future have ironed out their differences and that Future is once again on the Would You Like A Tour? line-up. Future made it official by tweeting, "Back in Atl getting ready for tour..1st stop Pittsburgh." Back to the regularly scheduled programming which also includes Miguel, PartyNextDoor and Jhené Aiko.
Back in Atl getting ready for tour..1st stop Pittsburgh
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) October 17, 2013
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— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) October 20, 2013
Drake takes Future off Would You Like A Tour?; Future files suit [News]
Posted Oct. 16, 2013 – 2:09 EST
Toronto, ON – The New York Post's Page Six has reported that Drake has kicked Atlanta rapper Future off his Would You Like A Tour? which starts in Pittsburgh on Friday. The gossip column reports that the decision was made after Future allegedly made comments about Nothing Was The Same in an interview with Billboard.
Future claims to have been misquoted but the published interview quotes him as saying, "Drake made an album that is full of hits but it doesn't grab you. They're not possessive; they don't make you feel the way I do. I want to make you want to fall in love." His clarification came shortly after in the form of a tweet: "Respect to Billboard, disappointed on being misquoted..always love for my fam Drizzy Drake." Future's camp has also indicated that the comments were made off the record and taken out of context. An online version of the story was edited but original tweets by Billboard associate editor Erika Ramirez were not deleted.
But apparently Drake had already made the decision to remove Future and demanded he be taken off the tour immediately. Ticketmaster already got the message and Future's name has been removed from their online listings. There was some negotiations that could have saved his spot on the roster but Future's camp is said to have backed out at the eleventh hour, after Drake's camp demanded financial concessions. The reports claim that Future, instead, is suing Drake for the lost wages that he would have earned on tour which is roughly $1.5 million – $40,000 per gig on the tour.
While Future might be off the tour, Miguel and PartyNextDoor remain on the bill. There's also rumours floating around that Jhené Aiko, who appeared on Nothing Was The Same, will take Future's place.
This isn't the first time Drake and Future of Freebandz have had a falling out. Back in 2011, the video for Future's "Tony Montana" was being shot and Drizzy didn't show up for a cameo. Future went on to call it a "slap in the face" but joined Drake on his Club Paradise tour not long after that.
Drake is setting off on tour in support of his chart topping studio album, Nothing Was The Same. Future is currently preparing for the release of his sophomore album Honest, set to drop in 2014.
Would You Like A Tour? Canadian Tour Dates
Oct. 21: Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Oct. 22: Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
Oct. 24: Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Nov. 28: Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Nov. 30: Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
Dec. 1: Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
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Myeloma Collaboration Unites Janssen, U.K. Institutions
Researchers from Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London will collaborate with Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Biotech on research they hope will result in a potential new multiple myeloma drug.
CRUK and Janssen will together fund up to 25 scientists through the collaboration, which will focus on identifying molecules and developing potential drugs shown to block a key protein on the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway, a cell signalling route.
The UPR enables helps cells to adapt to stresses caused by unfolded or misfolded proteins, since the cells would otherwise die. In the case of myeloma, however, its cells survive notwithstanding that its cells produce an excess of proteins, since the cells have developed mechanisms to cope with that stress. "The researchers therefore aim to block these mechanisms to trigger myeloma cell death," the collaboration partners said in a statement.
The research effort could also produce drugs for diseases other than myeloma, since a number of other cancers also rely heavily on the UPR; so, although this work will initially concentrate on myeloma, any new drugs developed may also be useful for other cancers.
"Multiple myeloma patients urgently need new treatments and we are confident this exciting collaboration gives us a good chance of delivering for them," professor Paul Workman, Ph.D., director of the ICR's Cancer Research UK Therapeutics Unit and deputy chief executive of ICR, said in the statement.
The collaboration with Janssen is the first between the company and CRT. A Janssen team will work with teams at ICR led by Ian Collins, Ph.D., reader in medicinal chemistry at CRUK's Cancer Therapeutics Unit, and by Faith Davies, M.D., of the unit's Division of Molecular Pathology.
Janssen will provide "some" of the funding to support the research at the ICR, will pay future milestones and royalties, and will lead on clinical development of any potential drugs, the partners said. Further details were not disclosed.
Last year, Janssen agreed to an exclusive worldwide license from Genmab for the CD38 antibody daratumumab for multiple myeloma. In return, Janssen paid Genmab $55 million up-front, while Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. took an $80-million stake in the Danish-owned biotech company, and Janssen agreed to up to $1 billion in payments tied to development, regulatory, and sales milestones.
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