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Brookhill Bed and Breakfast is one of North Conway, New Hampshire's most unique lodgings with a single suite and a balcony seat view of Mt. Washington and the Presidential Range. It perches on a stone-terraced hill overlooking the Saco River Valley below and the White Mountains beyond. Just 1.5 miles north of North Conway Village, Brookhill B&B offers a private setting for enjoying New Hampshire's most painted and photographed White Mountain vista.
Unlike traditional lodging where common rooms are shared, at Brookhill Bed and Breakfast your living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, mountain-view terrace and garden patio are yours exclusively. Choose either one or two bedrooms for your stay. The entire suite is on the first floor and has a private entrance. Two-course homemade breakfasts are served in the dining room, your bedroom, in front of the fireplace or on the terrace. You choose the time and the place.
Whether you come to Brookhill B&B seeking a private retreat, a romantic getaway, an unforgettable honeymoon, a birthday celebration, a few days of skiing or hiking, or New Hampshire's tax-free shopping, Brookhill B&B will surround you with elegance in a spectacular, secluded setting.
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Leisurely and elegant breakfasts are a tradition at Brookhill Bed and Breakfast. Mornings are the times to celebrate all the possibilities that each day holds. Our breakfasts are served on fine china with linen napkins, candles, and fresh flowers. And breakfast is different every day depending on our whims and fancies and what fresh, organic and locally grown foods are available. But our fare is not always traditional. We think curried salmon cakes with sherry-white sauce and toasts with creamy goat cheese or omelets filled with fluffy garlic-laced potatoes and sharp cheddar cheese with sautéed basil tomatoes on the side are great ways to start the day. If your tastes are simpler, our Appalachian Trail homemade granola and fresh fruit are always an alternative. And we are happy to provide vegetarian fare. Just let us know.
Area Attractions
Every season in New Hampshire's White Mountains offers a wide selection of recreational and cultural activities. Just 1.5 miles north of North Conway village, Brookhill Bed and Breakfast is central to all of them.
Our property borders on hundreds of acres of meadows and woodlands with Dinsmore Brook and the Saco River ever-present. Miles of trails on this undeveloped and protected land provide scenic walks in warm weather, and in winter, 65km of trails are groomed for classical and skate skiing. Hiking, biking, canoeing, river tubing, kayaking, swimming, golfing, fly-fishing, horseback riding and rock climbing are all within 5 minutes of Brookhill. In winter, alpine and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing, winter hiking, ice-skating and sleigh rides are also no more than 5 minutes away.
Cultural attractions abound. Summer concerts in North Conway's beautiful Schouler Park are a favorite. They begin with picnics and end under the stars with fireworks. Plan ahead, and we will provide the picnic and lawn chairs. Our favorite musical event, perhaps our favorite event of the entire year, is the internationally renowned and respected Bach Festival held in North Conway every August since 1989. If you are a Bach lover, this is your chance to indulge yourself at the concerts and come home to Brookhill and listen to our extensive library of Bach's music. And for theater lovers, we have three live theaters, two in North Conway and one in nearby Tamworth village.
Of course New Hampshire's tax-free shopping is always popular at charming shops in North Conway village, antique and art galleries, and factory outlet centers. And fine dining abounds. One of New England's best restaurants with an award-winning wine selection is the 1785 Inn and Restaurant, a 2-minute walk down our long driveway.


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Integrity is the key to success for the top-producing real estate professionals with Coldwell Banker's Denver Central Office. Above everything else, the leading agents and management team in Denver want their clients to remember them for uncompromised integrity throughout each phase of a real estate transaction. Headed by Managing Broker Scott Brown and Office Administrator Sarah Shelley, the Denver office offers Performance Coaching and superior training that translates into customer service on a grand scale. With the best marketing programs in the business, coupled with an eclectic mix of ages and cultures, the Denver Central Office has established an unblemished reputation for quality and productivity. "Our superior training and marketing tools distinguish us from any other real estate company," said Brown. "Our team of 65 top-performing broker associates average 7 plus years of experience in the business, and approximately 30 of our agents hold special designations recognizing the completion of stringent continuing education courses in real estate. We offer our customers the very best exposure in the marketplace, both locally and worldwide. Our listings are exposed to more potential buyers than any other real estate company, which dramatically increases the odds for a quick sale." The Denver Central Office is also active with various charitable endeavors, including Habitat for Humanity at both the fund-raising and hands-on construction levels. The office supports the annual 300 mile Ride the Range Bike Ride which supports various local charities. The agents and staff also support the Susan B. Komen Walk for the Cure for breast cancer research. "The Denver Central Office offers a unique approach to management that is based on support and encouragement," said Brown. "Sarah and I bring many years of combined experience to our positions, in addition to extensive education and a real passion for the real estate business and the success of our agents. With multiple generations and diverse cultures represented at this office, it's truly amazing how everyone can relate, communicate, and support each other so well on a daily basis. It's a great working environment with a true family atmosphere." The broker associates at Denver Central serve the diverse real estate needs of clients throughout the Denver Area, Front Range, Foothills and surrounding communities. For a real estate experience characterized by integrity, service and results, contact the Denver Central Office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage today at 303-320-5733.
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At last Southern Lord rewards those who delay gratification with a domestic release of Pink, last year's effort from Japan's sonic changelings, Boris. In addition to being easier to find and afford, this version boasts an impressive new artwork layout assembled by Stephen O'Malley, as well as translated song titles. Those less familiar with the band would have good reason to opine that Boris has set out to capitalize on the attention and acclaim garnered by last year's Akuma No Uta, but those who put in the considerable time to keep up with Boris' prodigious output (in its multiple versions) will quickly point out that Akuma No Uta was actually released a few years ago and only surfaced here last year, and that in the meantime that band has released roughly 749 releases (I think the technical term is "a shitload"). But Pink IS similar to Akuma No Uta in that they both have a preponderance of uptempo, fuzzed out rock, and more importantly, each provides a substantial balance of the multiple faces of Boris.
Pink plays like a resume, offering flavors of all the weapons in the band's repertoire, from drone to punk rock and stoner rock to post-rock, and therefore serves as a welcome Cliff's Notes to those who hope to catch up on one of the more interesting bands in music today. Pink is a predominantly uptempo affair, but you'd never guess it from "Farewell", which opens the album with a gloriously hazy, post-rock meditation. The wistful, ethereal song is like an awakening to the album, serving as a bleary eyed and leg stretching warmup for things to come. In this way, the track is reminiscent, in function if not style, of "Up the Beach" from the Jane's Addiction classic, Nothings Shocking. The leisurely pace of the plush "Farewell" strikes a stark contrast with its successor. The title track ushers in what is to the focus for the majority of the remainder of Pink, and that's unmercifully rollicking uptempo psychedelic rock. Plainly speaking, if Pink doesn't make you move, check for a pulse. We're talking ass shaking good times here, folks. In fact, this album is guaranteed to make even the most stoic head nod along, if only involuntarily. Boris layers on the fuzzy riffs like true aficionados, but what makes their sound so addicting is the way they use the rhythm section and pace the songs so that just when you think they've hit top gear, they pull out all the stops and push the energy that much higher. Also notable, and part of what gives Boris such outstanding crossover appeal, are the smooth, and sometimes emotive vocals of Takeshi.
The band somehow manages to top "Pink" with the frenetic, head shaking "Woman on a Screen", driven by Atsuo's manic drumming. The mood tops out with the nearly out of control, punk-tinged "Nothing Special", only for Boris to slam on the breaks with "Blackout", part intermission, part Percoset dream filled rumbling doom crawl of looming riffs, echoing drums and droning underbelly. As if nothing happened, the band doubles back into fuzzy, psychedelic rock, but without the increasingly frantic and barely in control mood of the first half of the album. The goofy grin of the resin coated "Electric", crashing cymbals and all, follows "Blackout" as an anti-"Blackout", serving as an accurate barometer of the second half of Pink, which is far more quirky and often laid back. The acid groove and spacey exaltations of "Afterburner" further drive the point home. "My Machine" serves as a mellow interlude of swelling guitar, which provides some respite before the marathon album closer "Just Abandoned My-Self", a seventeen-minute track that devolves from noisy rock and roll into a heaving, droning mass. Those less appreciative of this element of Boris, or of drone in general, are likely to feel that this lengthy foray is excessive, but it's all a part of the Boris experience. Pink recalls Akuma No Uta and Heavy Rocks before it, as highly crafted and equally satisfying fuzzed out rock and roll. If you've been waiting to see what all the fuss is all about, Pink is as good an introduction as you'll find, and should serve both fans and new listeners well.


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5. | vineyard vines | ||
Once considered generally cool, this brand of preppy retail clothing has since become symbolic with certain upper-class groups dedicated to furthering only themselves. Almost exclusively made in China. Poorly made and ill-fitting, they usually come in obnoxious pastels. Still popular with wealthy, status-obsessed, young, white males and prep-school students (see The 1%). Also popular with wealthy, status-obsessed, young, white males in private school fraternities. Chad went to the frat party wearing his best vineyard vines outfit - a pink polo shirt and red Bermuda shorts - in hopes that the house president would instantly recognize he was a man of wealth and status. Chad wanted to experience the frat's exclusive access to the best drugs, women and legal counsel.
1. | Vineyard Vines | ||
A preppy brand of clothing started by two brothers (Shep and Ian). It has got a laid back, sort of relax and hang out in Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket sort of theme. It is growing in popularity and they even opened their flagship store in Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard) last year (July 2005). They make fun, comofortable clothing and accessories. It is sort of known as a "new preppy" style, and is very New England. They make a lot of nice ties, with fun, creative prints. "Hey Ted, lets go buy a few ties at Murray's Toggery Shop"
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The best clothing company ever made Hey man, is that tie Vineyard Vines?
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3. | Vineyard Vines | ||
Vineyard Vines is a new clothing brand best known for its brightly colored polo shirts and colorful ribbon belts. It has not yet been tarnished by GDI's, and it is not sold in department stores or malls. the logo is a really cool looking whale. Preppy guy- should i wear my green or pink Vineyard Vines belt with this?
Girl- definetley the green on with the mermaids on it |
4. | Vineyard Vines | ||
Quite possibly the coolest clothing on the face of the earth. Clothing comes in very preppy cool colors. The company also makes great ties. Guy: Hey babe, check out these awesome blue seersucker pants from Vineyard Vines.
Girl: Those are hot. You wanna grab a cup of coffee or something? |
6. | Vineyard Vines | ||
A clothing brand for rich, white kids from the upper crusts of American society. A modern touch to classic prep. Not yet tarnished by blacks and poors who have no business buying the clothing, like Ralph Lauren and Lacoste. I bought this Vineyard Vines polo on Greenwich Avenue yesterday!
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A clothing company based in Cape Cod for stuck up rich farts and ugly girls, who think they can some how transform themselves by wearing this overpriced and unattractive clothing brand. Lets go waste 200 dollars on a Vineyard Vines belt.


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Retailers Take A New Approach To Addressing Out-of-Stocks
Retailing has always been a tough business, marked by demanding consumers, tight profit margins and intense competition. Retailers – even the most successful ones – also have had to confront and overcome various operational challenges such as managing inventories, controlling shrink, representing their brands in an innovative and attractive manner and maximizing every square foot of selling space, while improving shoppers' experience.
The Benefits And Challenges Of Operating Pop-Up Stores
For those in the retail industry, in which consumer confidence is critical, a recession can drive revenue plummeting. Consumers struggling with fears of job loss, depleted income, increased debt, or other financial concerns, will spend less in stores on luxury and non-priority items. The longer the recession, the tighter consumers cinch their belts. For retailers, effective response to these circumstances is critical.
Weights And Measures Laws: Can Using A Price Checking Device Provide An Exemption To The Law?
Today, when the average consumer walks into a grocery store to buy a pound of beef, there is little doubt that what he is buying is exactly one pound of beef. Yet, a century ago, the story was much different.
- The Benefits And Challenges Of Self-Help Kiosks
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IP Video — Not Just For LP Any More
There are so many things to consider when protecting your business — from article security to access control and many other things. They all impact the retailer's bottom line. Starting with intrusion, access control and fire detection, many retailers face fines due to false alarms, and not to mention the fact that manpower is wasted brining in managers to check on the alarms.
How IP Video Benefits All Of Retail Operations
Retailers are notoriously slow in migrating to new technology, but there has been a huge push towards IP Video lately. This is evident in a recent case study with Sachs Fifth Avenue in the June issue of Integrated Solutions for Retailers Magazine.
How Technology Is Helping To Evolve The Omni-Channel Experience
Technology in retail is enabling the rapid evolution from traditional siloed retailing channels to a true omni-channel retail experience, both for the customer and operations. Here Bob Johns, editor with Integrated Solutions For Retailers, talks with Andy Lloyd, GM of e-commerce products at NetSuite to see how this evolution is affecting retailers.
Solving The Omni-Channel Puzzle
Retailers are struggling to create a true omni-channel customer experience. Here Bob Johns, editor with Integrated Solutions For Retailers, talks with Chris Cunnane, senior research analyst with Aberdeen, to discuss the latest research on omni-channel retailing and who is driving the customer experience.
RVCF's Expanding Reach In Retail
The Retail Value Chain Federation (RVCF), formerly the Vendor Compliance Federation, has expanded its reach into retail by expanding its focus to include all areas of the inventory management process from planning, to forecasting, to replenishment.
Tech Spending 2013: Mobile Makes Its Mark From assortment planning to returns management and all points between, mobile devices are fast becoming the retailer's indispensable multi-tool. Yes, mobile computing is a recurring theme in findings from this year's retail tech spending report. This, however, is not another report about mobility. Rather, it's a report on the technologies and operations solutions in which retailers will invest in 2013, with some retrospective commentary on the 2012 events that are driving these investment decisions. It just so happens that for the first time since we began our annual tech spending preview in 2009, mobile devices and mobile application access are playing a profound and cross-disciplinary role in how retail technology and solution budgets are being shaped. We'll highlight that role as we explore the findings of our annual retail technology spending survey here. |
N8 Identity Unveils Identity And Access Governance Solution: ELM For Retail
N8 Identity, Canada's leading dedicated identity and access management (IAM) solution provider, recently announced the release of Employee Lifecycle Manager for Retail. This new product, based on N8 Identity's flagship IAM solution Employee Lifecycle Manager (ELM), was designed to eliminate governance, access and risk problems unique to the retail industry.
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How "Smart Pipes" Deliver Applications Smarter
Doug Dillon, VP of Engineering gives an overview of Hughes' new HS1200 Broadband Optimization Appliance for distributed enterprises such as retail, restaurant, and hospitality. Topics discussed include how Hughes can prioritize real-time applications such as voice, and video over affordable broadband networks using the HS1200 appliance as part of Hughes Next Generation WAN. The HS1200 seamlessly integrates with Fortinet and Cisco routers.
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Seejo Sebastine, Hughes Group Product Manager provides an overview of Hughes High Availability Networking (HAN) for distributed enterprises such as retail, restaurant, and hospitality. Topics discussed include how Hughes can provide automatic failover in case of landline failures to diverse wireless access to your remote branch location using 3G/4G and satellite as part of a comprehensive managed solution. Hughes also highlight its NOC diversity offering.


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13. | shadow the hedgehog | ||
Shadow the Hedgehog is the Ultimate Life Form, created by Prof. Gerald Robotnik and Black Doom, who dies at the end of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and "reincarnated" in Sonic Heroes. Then stars in his own (awesome) game. And if beaten in neutral mode, he finds out he's an android, created by Prof. Gerald's grandson, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik "I am Shadow Android. The Ultimate Battle Life Form, created by Eggman. You may have made me, Doctor, but I will lead this Empire and androids will RULE. This is WHO I AM."(all other times he says, "I am Shadow the Hedgehog", but always says "This is WHO I AM")
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An emo hedgehog that appears in the Sonic games, who's debut was in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. He died, then was brought back to please rabid fangirls by a mysterious plot-hole.
He is now known as a gun wielding emo who doesn't give a rat's ass about life. He curses and stuff, and has daily flashbacks that are stupid and annoying. He is a very cliché character in all. Shadow the Hedgehog is an emo recolour and should die.
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Common term reffering to "shadowy" game character who wields guns for the sole purpose of grabbing the attention of shooter fans and nothing more. A Dante wannabe. "Mario uses a bazooka now? Man he's such a Shadow."
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A fictional Emo character that only lonely fangirls who haven't been beaten enough like. I am Shadow the Hedgehog, and I had to make my own game to prove I'm better than Sonic! This is WHO I AM!
4. | Shadow the hedgehog | ||
Someone who appears to be the "Ultimate Life Form" Person #1: Dude, do you know Shadow the Hedgehog?
Person #2: Dude, he's the Ultimate Life form. |
5. | Shadow The Hedgehog | ||
Shadow the hedgehog is a new character created by SEGA. He made his first appearence in Sonic Adventure 2 (Sonikku adobencha tsu). I think he's just a FUCKING MISTAKE!! SEGA WENT TO FAR WHEN THEY CREATED HIM. I HATE HIM! It should be Sonic Tails and Knuckles. Only them in the video games.
Some people thinks he's cool . and some fucking hates him! I fucking hate him! And i hate all the other characters like Chris and friends and Silver The Hedgehog??? oh god what's next sonic get's a son named Ultra sonic? But i don't want you to hate Shadow or like him. You can think as you want. If SEGA continues to put any more characters like this then i'm gonna quit being a sonicfan. Person 1: Ya like Shadow the hedgehog?
Person 2: NO! Person 1: Yeah the classic sonic is the best! ^^. |
6. | Shadow the Hedgehog | ||
A character added during Sonic's last "alright" days before his descent to shit. It's become a trend to call any dark character emo, so he's no excuse. Get's shat all over by internet trend whores who think it's cool to bash popular stuff. Don't bring up his name unless you want to see 3 pages of bitching and moaning about how he's so emo and stole Sonic's spotlight AND THIS IS WHY SONIC GAMES SUX!!!1111! WHA WHA WHA. Cry sum moar. Sonic's game's have been blowing hard with or without him in it, fanboys. Dude: Eh, Shadow the Hedgehog's ok, not the greatest character ever though.
Dude 2: OK? HE'S THE MOST HORRIBLE EMO ANGSTY MOODY DARK POSER TRENDY CHARACTER TO EVER EXIST, I'M GONNA GO WHINE TO MY FURRY FRIENDS ON THE SONIC MESSAGEBOARD ABOUT WHY HE SUCKS SO MUCH. |
7. | Shadow the Hedgehog | ||
Shadow the hedgehog, Sega's Newest Hedgehog Character that you can play as on SA2, Be shadow and His dark team, Featuring The characters, Rouge the Bat Eggman, Also A hedgehog that Has a voice that makes him sound like a gay, XD Shadow says "I'm gay with sonic, sonic's my lover!"
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This course explores the process by which power is exercised by federal government agencies in the United States, the mechanisms by which their exercise of power is guided and constrained. In the course of this exploration, students confront a number of the principle dilemmas of regulation, the controversies surrounding agency efforts to cope with these dilemmas, and the arguments for and against leading regulatory experiments and proposals for regulatory reform.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:08 pm Last edited by Curbjumpinss on Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:52 pm; edited 2 times in total |
I've sent this message out to several sms websites and a few have said to try here so here goes.
I was wondering if you would know what this is? It appears to be a Japanese mastersystem 10 game arcade cabinet. I cannot read or type in Japanese so I cannot find any sites referencing it. Please see the included pictures. The back of the crt where the wires attach is broken so there is no way it would work without a new crt, also the wiring seems to have been adapted to 110 but I have no idea if it is a sound conversion so I will not be trying it out without an expert looking over it, also there are no cartridges in the ten slots so I doubt it would show much other than a circuit check. I acquired the unit for an undisclosed amount at a garage sale with intents of making a mame machine, but I do not want to gut a one of a kind machine. All I can for sure say is it is way older than the genesis 8 game Mega Tech. I will probably throw it on ebay so a collector would be able to buy it and restore it. Thanks, Chris Update, Everyone that has gotten back to me so far has no definite info on what it is, or where it came from but wants to offer me cash for it, I will sell it but I want it to get fixed up and used. I am definitely going to sell it on ebay so it goes to a collector but I want to know what it is so I list it correctly. |
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:11 pm |
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It's look like exactly what you think. It's a 10 game arcade cabinet for Mark III (Japanese master system). I supose, europeen games can function correctly (need someone confirm). You found it in US?
What i'm sure, that is the first time i see it. Usually we have that : They were for shop desmonstration. Your game arcade is a very nice piece for me, look like very rary. Only problem will be the port price on Ebay... The question is : Does it work correcty? |
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:08 pm |
Knowing that the playchoice and others mega-tech are pretty tough to be found, what about a mark 3 arcade system ?
Pretty sure I've already seen the jamma pcb board, but the cabinet itself, WoW Think you've got a f**** piece of collection dude, should get you some good cash :) |
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:39 pm |
It is a Sega Mark III Soft Desk 10 unit.
Chris I already e-mailed you the info I got, there's not much more to say. Here's a copy of the info for others: Many people from Japan remember and played thoses unit, apparently it was common at the time, used in game shops and hotels. For 100 yens you can play a choice of 10 SMS/SG-1000 games for a certain amount of time (probably dipswitch configurable like the Display Unit systems). Games could be switched during the time limit. There was a SG-1000/SC-3000 edition of this which a black front panel instead of the blue MarkIII one, which the SC-3000 keyboard in exterior, and it served to try educational applications. |
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:46 pm |
The default time limit for 100 yens seems to have been 10 minutes, and putting 100 yens again extend the timer.
The Sega Soft Desk 5 version was the SG-1000 one. Jun remembers those games on it: Rock'n Bolt, Champion Kendou, Ninja Princess, Wonder Boy, H.E.R.O. |
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:56 am |
Thanks for the replies, Bock, I did get your messages but the did not have the name of the unit in them and thats what I need to list the unit on ebay,
As i posted the unit has a cracked crt in the back and seems to have been converted to 110v so I am not going to power it up but it seems complete except for any games, it even has the coin slots attached. I'll be wiping the dirt off and posting it on ebay soon, the problem is I have no idea how to ship a unit this big overseas as I am new to ebay selling. Anyone have any Ideas on what services would attempt such a shipment. |
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:05 am |
What's the size and weight of the whole unit?
Would it be possible to unplug the electronic components (board, cables) and ship them separately? It'll be preferable to send the electronic part safely packaged by Airmaiil, and the rest has to go by surface mail to get some decent price. |
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:44 pm |
the unit is about half the height of most arcade games and weighs a good at least 70 pounds I would guess, I'll get exact measurements but it would not be a joy to ship.
As for removing the components, I have no Idea, I do not have any arcade game experience, I usually fix computers or car stereos and due to the rare nature I would be extremely hesitant of breaking a component of which there is no way of finding a replacement. There used to be a gentleman with an amusement sales and service company in town and I suppose I could inquire about what he charges for disassembly service at the buyers expense. The perferred method would be a local pickup but seeing as the SMS is underappreciated in the USA I doubt there will be a us buyer. I do know of a local airport that has a shipping center and I would be willing to drop off the unit within 30 miles of my address for shipment at no charge. I do not even know what companies would ship an arcade game internationally? |
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:06 pm |
I don't know either but I figure out there'll be a solution. Probably try asking to people who are used to import arcade stuff.
I'm pretty sure that shipping could cost more than the unit price (well in my case I'm located in France, it's gonna hurt my wallet). |
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:51 pm |
The dimensions are 45 1/2" h X 20 1/2" w X 29" d
And I got some more info and pictures Apparently this unit was made in 1984, at least that is what the copyright on the pcb says also I found a mystery board with a custom keyboard inside the cabinet. I also took about 6 more pics I can post if that's ok. |
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:39 am |
I don't think anyone would deny pics of this thing =P | |
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:37 am |
OK, here goes
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:44 am |
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:22 pm |
WOW. I so want this. But as it is in USA (ie other side of the planet), I must let it go and swear at my locality every day for the rest of the year. LMAO
It indead looks like a Mark3 version of the MegaTech. I have a MegaTech here and they too work on a timed basis. Seeing as I cant get my hands on it (bugger), I have 2 questions... 1) The BIOS ROM (The labeled chip in the top right of the PCB in pic #3)...what is the ROM number? (should start with EPR-...). Is there any chance of getting it dumped? Edit: It looks like there may be a second ROM on the left as well. The one with the sticker 2) I would love to write up a page on this gem on my website. Could I use your pics (and possibly get better ones)? Could I get measurements, also, of the cab and control panel? Pic of any cab art? WOW again !!! |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:35 am |
Mike, I'll be glad to get you the chip numbers and post them asap, I cannot dump them because I have no hardware to do so, you'll have to request this of the buyer.
Also any and all pictures and descriptions are 100% free for you to use on other pages, just throw me some credit if you can, and let me know what other pics you want and at what MegaPix and I'll e-mail them to you. I know how you feel, one time when I was a kid I sawe a playchoice 10 at an arcade and I've always wanted one, but car payments and running my own business come first. |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:38 am |
The EPROM chips are uncovered. Please, gently stick a bit of paper to cover the EPROM windows.
If the board is easily removable or if the EPROM chips are socketed and removable, you could work out to have them dumped (IF the data is still valid) by lending the part/chips to someone (I could do that, many other people in US could also do that). Mind you, I'll try to buy this unit from you whenever you decide to part it. The shipping is a killer, thought. |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:15 am |
Ok, I'm going to get those numbers and i'llpost them soon but I have 2 questions
1. Exactly what chips am I to cover? 2. Anyone have any ideas what that weird custom labeled keyboard is? Thanks, Chris |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:55 am |
the chip on the left side of the board says
5803b the one on the right says EPR and then is hand written which has faded, i'll try to read it but it pretty faded |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:00 pm |
The EPROM chips, as highlighted in the picture below. EPROM data gets erased by UV light. Keeping it uncovered is not safe. You'll want to gently stick a piece of paper using tape over both of them, over the "window". Can you do closer or higher resolution pictures, to read the labels? |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:28 pm |
here's pics of the chips
If only I could upload pics For some reason it just does nothing but reload the page when I click add attachment |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:40 pm |
S its EPR-5803b? Hmmm....that seems to fit in the 1983 range, just after the SC3000 ROMs and well before the Master System ROM range. Interesting. o it is spot on for the Mark III era.
It is also around the time that Sega were putting SG1000 hardware into some aracde games (eg. Champion Pro Wrestling) Bock, I can make out that the rightmost 16 buttons are a 4x4 grid 01234, 56789, ABCDEF. I guess the RS key is reset. Maybe this is a butchered SC3000/SG1000-II keyboard with phone/calculator style keypads. The purpose one can only guess...maybe for debugging/developing/keyboard based games. Dunno. getting those ROMs dumped will shed light on the purpose (I hope) PS: Thanks for allowing me to do the page. Credit is always given when due :) |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:14 pm |
Heres more
[admin: added images as attachments] |
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:44 pm |
Looks like a debugging interface.
I suppose there's a backend (software, hardware?) providing system/debugging information upon pressing the keys. Probably cryptic and unusable. Cool.! |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:26 am |
Handwritten label after enhancement.
Appears to read... Make of that what you will. Maybe a debugger program ? OK, so the SD10 stands for Soft Desk 10, the name of the unit. QGOD? |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:01 pm |
OK. The page is up at my site, www.gameinfoonline.com under Sega/Arcade/SoftDesk10.
I will update this as more info comes to hand. CurbJumpinss, please let me know if you want to be refered to as that or by another name. Also, I noticed something interesting on the pic sega9.jpg. On the top right of the pic, on the board, there is a set of components. One is marked "TIME". Are these some sort of switches for the settings? Any chance of getting a pic of these? |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:19 pm |
The cpyright indicates the first release as 1984. On your board you can see 861118 meaning particular board was made 18 Nov 1986. |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:35 pm |
Mike, great page, a few notes
The eprom chips w/ labels are on the main board, the ones on the mystery board have no labels. One person wrote to me and said the japanese by the game selector buttons says "Game / Start". The counters to the left of the speaker seem to be coin counters, the unit in place receives us quarters, the original japanese unit may have taken 5 defferent coins and counter each one? There are four blue over silver dip switches on the left of the main pcb. Please e-mail or post what pictues/ info you want and what resolution you want, up to 5mp |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:39 pm |
another thing I noticed, in picture sega3.jpg there is a vertical orange board this has standard sms video out ports, composit, and the weird midi looking video out. Possibly it is a sms that the other board just changes which game data gets fed to it, I'll get some picks of that board. | |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:50 pm |
Oops, sorry I forgot to translate the text for you. Below buttons: ゲーム/スタート GAME / START (as you mentionned) On the arrow pointing down: コイン投入口 Insert Coin Location The text next to the red light is too small for me to read on the picture, but I can read "15 seconds" so I suppose it is a note to explain that the red light flashes when there's only 15 seconds left on the timer. |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:52 pm |
Can't see on the picture but it should be a DIN outport port, this is commonly used to output RGB video (Japanese and most European Master System have that). |
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:55 am |
Babelfish translates this as "Coin input port"...do you agree, Bock? Your the expert on japanese here. I wonder how much freight would be? I was thinking about value as I believe that was the thrust of the "What do I have" question. To a collector with service skills, the skies the limit. The eBay value...in its present state, it would be valuble as an oddity only. Most people would look and say "I want" but not bid as they wouldnt be able to get past the busted monitor. A reasonable upright lowboy cab with game would be about AU$250. I imagine thats what this would fetch on ebay as is, due to... * Busted monitor * Dirty * Rarity * Strangly low ebay prices for arcade cabs in USA * No games BUT.... Spend AU$50-AU$100 replacing / fixing the monitor. Clean it up a bit and buy a few games for it....and you could be looking in the AU$1000 ballpark, IMO. |
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:02 pm |
Intereseting theory, the problem is is that if I fixed the unit up and bought some games then I would never be able to part with it. You know how that goes. |
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:52 pm |
Generally, Excite translation is better for Japanese
コイン投入口 Coin slot http://excite.co.jp/world/ If you use Firefox, I suggest to add the extension 'Panneau de Traduction", it's very handful. Another tip with Korean this time : don't try to translate directly Korean to English, the translation is very strange, the trick here is to use Excite first to translate Korean to Japanese, then in a second step Japanese to English. I guess the final result is better because Korean can be viewed as simplified Japanese (and Japanese can be viewed as simplified Chinese). |
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:36 pm |
I thought we were supposed to avoid provoking international conflict :S |
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:48 pm |
Well, both are equivalent.. I would have used "Coin input port" if my english was better. Youltar quoted a frightening "the only way they can ship it [to France] is via DHL and it is like $671.00 for shipping". *EDIT* There could be other ways but it won't be less than several hundreds bucks. Which IHMO would be more than the unit price itself. I'm still definitively wanting it, thought. I'll sell my last clothes to fund it. |
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:06 pm |
Chose me : "I'll give you moral satisfaction" | |
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:33 am |
Sorry for the delay, I have been trying to find a arcade repair company to replace the monitor and some sms games but I have had no luck. Now that Bock is back in action I will be listing the game on ebay in the next week or two. | |
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:52 am |
Here is the auction link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260042701416 |
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:59 am |
Actaually, mate. If it was me buying it, I'd tell you to take the monitor out as its the heaviest part...and you can get them virtually anywhere. The cost of a monitor would be $50, the extra cost of shipping with the monitor is at least 3 times that.
Wonder how much to ship it without the monitor? Would probably be below the 20Kg (44 lb) weight limit (just), so it could go through the post. [Goes and checks USPS website] Sending by USPS (to Australia) would be US$211(air) or US$77(surface) Sending by USPS (to Metro France) would be US$155(air) or US$58(by surface) http://ircalc.usps.gov/intl_speed.asp?CID=10114&MailType=package&Pounds=... Go for it, Bock. It would be nice to keep this one "in the family", so to speak. If I had the room, I'd definatly go for it. |
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:35 pm |
Right now I believe Bock will get it for $300 the other interested parties all seem to not be as interested as they were before. | |
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:36 am |
Feel free to cancel the auction right now to save on eBay fees ;) | |
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:06 pm |
Nice keyword spamming, BTW. ;) |
Auction won!
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:35 am
Auction won !
The unit is scheduled to go thru Youltar in US who will take care of it for a bit, possible cleaning/fixing, try to disassemble it for shipping (eg: electronic parts first) and generally decide what's doable or not. Thanks! I'm off to bed, auction made me wake up at 4:30 AM :-) |
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:56 pm |
Looking at the pictures, I'd say that the monitor is screwed as the yoke looks snapped. So, I would not ship the monitor. Get your mate to take it out before shipping it. A new arcade monitor is easy enough to find for about $100 or less.
May have to replace the chassis also. But thats unlikely. Nice pick up, by the way. I'd have been all over that, if I had room for another arcade machine. |
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:47 am |
The cabinet has passed out of my hands and started its journey to france. Good luck, make sure I get some pictures or a video of it once you get it up and running.
Chris |
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:57 pm |
sorry to bump a two-year old thread, but...
what happened finally with all this? :) it went totally unnoticed by me back in the day! |
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:04 am |
Heh, I just read through the whole thread without even realising... ^_^ |
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:34 am |
Youltar still got the unit. He was busy and it's a complex beast to split into parts for shipping. The screen seems broken so I might have to leave it away and replace it given all specs. Still waiting for weight/cost info from him to evaluate that. Since I'm now leaving the country for about a year we'll hold this for when I come back.
I hope Youltar can post more pictures/infos in the meanwhile :) |
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Mayor Jim Stafford will read a proclamation and declare the week of April 21-27 Crime Victims' rights Week in Pontotoc, Mississippi. This will happen at the Pontotoc City Hall at 10AM Tuesday April, 2, 2013. Mayor Stacey Parker will read a proclamation and declare the week of April 21-27 2013 Crime Victims Rights' Week in Houston, Mississippi. This will be at the City Counsel Meeting 6:30 PM at City Hall in Houston. Let us know if you would like to attend or need more information: Survival, Inc. (662) 869-7088 or email@example.com
Survival, Inc., north Mississippi's oldest Homicide Survivors Advocacy Group, invites you and your congregation to support survivors of violent crime during National Crime Victim's Rights Week; April 21st through 27th 2013. Being a victim of crime is frightening and unsettling for the millions of Americans who experience it each year. Because of the dedicated efforts of advocates, law makers, and crime victims, an extensive range of services and resources are available to help victims heal and obtain justice. Since faith-based organizations are the hub of many people's lives in north Mississippi, we know that your awareness and assistance can make the difference for individuals, families and communities.
Since violent crime is so prevalent, you and your congregation may encounter a victim of crime at anytime. The more familiar you are with Crime Victims' Rights and the needs of Victims and Survivors, the better prepared you will be to help someone in their time of need.
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Ba'ath Party
- For the party which governed Iraq and governs Syria presently, see Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region respectively
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي |
Founder | Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1947) Aflaq, al-Bitar and Akram al-Hawrani (1952) |
Slogan | "Unity, liberty, socialism" "One Nation, Bearing an Eternal Message" |
Founded | 7 April 1947 |
Dissolved | February 1966 |
Preceded by | Arab Ba'ath and Arab Ba'ath Movement (1947) Arab Socialist Movement (1952) |
Succeeded by | Split into two factions: the Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath faction and the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath faction |
Newspaper | Al-Ba'ath |
Ideology | Ba'athism |
Colors | Black, Red, White and Green (Pan-Arab colors) |
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb Al-Ba'ath Al-'Arabī Al-Ishtirākī) was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism (from البعث Al-Ba'ath or Ba'ath meaning "renaissance" or "resurrection"), which is an ideology mixing Arab nationalist, pan-Arabism, Arab socialist and anti-imperialist interests. Ba'athism calls for unification of the Arab world into a single state. Its motto, "Unity, Liberty, Socialism", refers to Arab unity, and freedom from non-Arab control and interference.
The party was founded by the merger of the Arab Ba'ath Movement, led by Aflaq and al-Bitar, and the Arab Ba'ath, led by al-Arsuzi, on 7 April 1947 as the Arab Ba'ath Party. The party quickly established branches in other Arab countries, although it would only hold power in Iraq and Syria. The Arab Ba'ath Party merged with the Arab Socialist Party, led by Akram al-Hawrani, in 1952 to form the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. The newly-formed party was a relative success, and became the second-largest party in the Syrian parliament in the 1954 election. This, coupled with the increasing strength of the Syrian Communist Party, led to the establishment of the United Arab Republic (UAR), a union of Egypt and Syria. The union would prove unsuccessful, and a Syrian coup in 1961 dissolved the union.
Following the break-up of the UAR, the Ba'ath Party was reconstituted. However, during the UAR, military activists had established the Military Committee to take control of the Ba'ath Party from civilian hands. In the meantime, in Iraq, the local Ba'ath Party branch had taken power by orchestrating and leading the Ramadan Revolution, only to lose power a couple of months later. The Military Committee, with Aflaq's consent, took power in Syria in the 8th of March Revolution of 1963.
A power struggle quickly developed between the civilian faction led by Aflaq, al-Bitar and Munif al-Razzaz and the Military Committee led by Salah Jadid and Hafez al-Assad. As relations between the two factions became worse, the Military Committee initiated the 1966 Syrian coup d'état which ousted the National Command led by al-Razzaz, Aflaq and their supporters. The 1966 coup split the Ba'ath Party between the Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath movement and the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath movement.
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The motto "Unity, Liberty, Socialism" (Arabic: وحدة، حرية، اشتراكية Waḥdah, Ḥurrīyah, Ishtirākīyah) was inspired by the French Jacobin political doctrine linking national unity and social equity.[1] Unity refers to Arab unity, or Pan-Arabism; liberty emphasizes freedom from foreign control and interference (self-determination); socialism refers to Arab socialism, rather than to European socialism or communism. The idea that national freedom and the glory of the Arab Nation had been destroyed by Ottoman and Western imperialism was expounded in Michel Aflaq's works On the Way of Resurrection and The Battle for One Destiny. Aflaq is commonly considered to be the father of Ba'athism.
Arab nationalism was influenced by 19th Century mainland European thinkers, notably conservative German philosophers such as Johann Gottlieb Fichte of the Königsberg University Kantian school,[2] and French Positivists such as Auguste Comte and professor Ernest Renan of the Collège de France in Paris.[3] Ba'ath party co-founders Aflaq and Salah al-Bitar both studied at the Sorbonne in the early 1930s when Positivism was still the dominant ideology among France's academic elite.
The Kulturnation concept of Johann Gottfried Herder and the Grimm Brothers also had an impact. Kulturnation defines a nationality by its common cultural traditions and popular folklore, rather than by national, political, or religious boundaries. It was considered by some[who?] to be more suitable for German, Arab, Ottoman and Turkic countries.
Germany was seen as an anti-colonial power and friend of the Arab world; cultural and economic exchange and infrastructure projects such as the Baghdad Railway supported that impression. According to Paul Berman, early Arab nationalist thinker Sati' al-Husri was influenced by Fichte, a German philosopher famous for his conception of the nation-state and his influence on the German unification movement.
The Ba'ath party had a significant number of Christian Arabs among its founding members. For them, especially Aflaq, a resolutely nationalist and secular political framework was a way to evade faith-based Islamic orientation, prevent the marginalization of non-Muslims, and get full acknowledgment as citizens. During General Rashid Ali al-Gaylani's short-lived anti-British military coup in 1941, Iraq-based Arab nationalists (Sunni Muslims as well as Chaldean Christians) asked the Nazi German government to support them against British colonial rule.
Congress | Date | |
1st National Congress | 4–6 April 1947 | |
2nd National Congress | June 1954 | |
3rd National Congress | 27 August – 1 September 1959 | |
4th National Congress | August 1960 | |
5th National Congress | 8 May 1962 | |
6th National Congress | 5–23 October 1963 | |
7th National Congress | 12–17 February 1964 | |
8th National Congress | April 1965 | |
Iraq-dominated Syrian-dominated |
9th National Congress | February 1968 25–29 September 1966 |
The Ba'ath Party was created at the Second National Congress as a cell-based organisation, with an emphasis on withstanding government repression and infiltration. Hierarchical lines of command ran from top to bottom, and members were forbidden to initiate contacts between groups on the same level of the organisation—all contacts had to pass through a higher command level. This made the party somewhat unwieldy, but helped prevent the formation of factions and cordoned off members from each other. The party was difficult to infiltrate, because members did not know the identity of many other Ba'athists.
From its lowest organizational level (the cell) to the highest (the National Command), the party was structured as follows:
- The Cell or Circle, composed of three to seven members, constituted the basic organisational unit of the Ba'ath Party.[4] There were two sorts of Cells: Member Cells and Supporter Cells. The latter consisted of candidate members, who were being gradually introduced into Party work without being granted membership privileges or knowledge of the party apparatus. At the same time, they were expected to follow all orders passed down by the full member that acted as the contact for their Cell. This served to prevent infiltration and to train and screen Party cadres. Cells functioned at the neighborhood, workplace, or village level, where members met to discuss and execute party directives introduced from above.
- A Division comprised two to seven Cells, controlled by a Division Commander.[4] Such Ba'athist groups occurred throughout the bureaucracy and the military. They functioned as the Party's watchdog and were an effective form of covert surveillance within a public administration.[5]
- A Section, which comprised two to five Divisions, functioned at the level of a large city quarter, a town, or a rural district.[4]
- The Branch came above the Sections; it comprised at least two sections, and operated at the provincial level.[5]
- The Regional Congress, which combined all the branches, was set up to elect the Regional Command as the core of the Party leadership and top decision-making mechanism.[4] A "Region" (quṭr), in Ba'athist parlance, is an Arab state such as Syria, Iraq, or Lebanon. The term region reflected the Party's refusal to acknowledge them as separate nation-states.[5]
- The National Command ranked over the Regional Commands.[4] Until the 1960s, it formed the highest policy-making and coordinating council for the Ba'ath movement throughout the Arab world, in both theory and practice. However, since 1966 when the Iraqi and Syrian Regional Commands entered into conflict and set up puppet National Commands, there have existed two rival National Commands. These are largely ceremonial, and were formed in order to further their rival claims to represent the original party.
Founding and early years[edit]
The Ba'ath Party was founded in 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq (a Christian), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (a Sunni muslim) and Zaki al-Arsuzi (an Alawite). It was a merger of the Arab Ba'ath, founded and led by al-Arsuzi, and the Arab Ba'ath Movement, led by Aflaq and al-Bitar. The party initially worked as a vehicle for the national liberation movement against French rule of Syria and Lebanon. The Ba'ath Party established itself as a critic of what they considered to be the ideological inefficiencies of old Syrian nationalism.[6]
Pan-Arabism became popular among Arabs after World War II.[7] Aflaq, the father of ba'athist ideology and a Christian, drew heavily from Islam and its values. For example, he wrote that the time of Muhammed represented the ideal Arab community, and claimed the Arabs had "fallen" under the rule of the Ottomans and the Europeans. The name Ba'ath and the party's programme called for Arab restoration through modernisation. The most important influence which Alfaq and al-Bitar brought back from Europe was socialism, albeit a unique socialism with Arab characteristics.[8]
The party was formally established at its founding congress under the name Arab Ba'ath Party. According to the congress, the party was "nationalist, populist, socialist, and revolutionary" and believed in the "unity and freedom of the Arab nation within its homeland". The party opposed the theory of class conflict, but supported the nationalisation of major industries, the unionisation of workers, land reform, and supported private inheritance and private property rights to some degree.[9]
At first the party had about a hundred members, but that increased to 4,500 by the early 1950s. The majority of party members were either teachers or students. The Ba'ath Party merged with the Arab Socialist Party (ASP), led by Akram al-Hawrani, to establish the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon following Adib Shishakli's rise to power. The merger gave the ba'ath movement its first peasant constituency; the ASP's stronghold was Hama.[10]
Most ASP members did not adhere to the merger and remained, according to George Alan, "passionately loyal to Hawrani's person".[11] The merger was so weak that the ASP's original infrastructure remained intact. However, with the rise of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt and Arab nationalism, the Ba'ath Party grew rapidly. In 1955, the party decided to support Nasser and his pan-Arab policies.[11]
Branches by region[edit]
Arabian Peninsula[edit]
Following the Ba'ath Party's founding, cells were established in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.[12] The Yemenite Ba'ath movement has been active since the 1950s.[13] The Saudi Ba'ath cell got one of its members, Ali Ghannäm, elected to the National Command in 1964 at the 7th National Congress.[14] While its currently unknown which side the Saudi Ba'ath took after the 1966 split, it published a newspaper, Sawt al-Tal'iyya, from 1973 to 1980. It was an ardent critic of the Saudi royal family and American imperialism. The majority of its members were Shia Muslims.[15]
Fuad al-Rikabi founded the Iraqi-cell of the Ba'ath Party either in 1951[16] or 1952.[17] There are even those who claim that the Iraqi-cell was established by Abd ar Rahman ad Damin and Abd al Khaliq al Khudayri in 1947, and not al-Rikabi, after their return from the founding congress of the Ba'ath Party held in Damascus, Syria in 1947.[18] Another version states that al-Rikabi established the Iraqi-cell in 1948 with Sa'dun Hamadi, a Shia Muslim, but became Secretary of the Regional Command in 1952.[19]
The Iraqi-cell was Arab nationalist and vague in its socialist orientation.[20] Al-Rikabi, expelled from the party in 1961 for being a Nasserist,[21] was an early follower of Michel Aflaq, the founder of Ba'athism.[22] The party initially consisted of a majority of Shia muslims, as al-Rikabi recruited supporters mainly from his friends and family, but slowly became Sunni dominated.[23] The Ba'ath Party, and others of pan-Arab orientation, had growing difficulties in increasing Shia membership within the party organisation. Most Shias saw pan-Arab thought as largely Sunni, since the majority of muslims in the Arab world were Sunnis.[24]
In 1958, the year of the 14 July Revolution that overthrew the Hashemite monarchy, the Ba'ath Party had 300 members nationwide.[25] General Abd al-Karim Qasim, the leader of the Free Officer movement which overthrew the king, supported joining the pan-Arab state (UAR) at first, but changed his position after he took power. Several members of the Free Officer movements were also members of the Ba'ath Party. The Ba'ath Party considered the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the leader of the pan-Arab movement, to be the leader most likely to succeed, and supported Iraq's joining the union. Of the sixteen members of Qasim's cabinet, 12 of them were Ba'ath Party members. However, the Ba'ath Party supported Qasim on the grounds that he would join Nasser's UAR.[26]
Shortly after taking power, Qasim changed his position on joining the UAR and started campaigning for the "Iraq first policy".[26] To strengthen his own position within the government, Qasim created an alliance with the Iraqi Communist Party, which was opposed to any notion of pan-Arabism.[27] The change from the pan-Arab policy to the Iraq first policy displeased several pan-Arab organisations, especially the Ba'ath Party. Later that year, the Ba'ath Party leadership were planning to assassinate Qasim, and take power, to continue the policy of pan-Arabism which Qasim had discontinued. Saddam Hussein, the future President of Iraq and Secretary General of the Iraqi-based Ba'ath Party, was a leading member of the operation. At the time, the Ba'ath Party was more of an ideological experiment than a strong anti-government fighting machine.[28]
The idea of assassinating Qasim may have been Nasser's, and there is speculation that some of those who participated in the operation received training in Damascus, which was then part of the UAR.[29] The assassination attempt on Qasim failed.[30] At the time of the attack the Ba'ath Party had fewer than 1,000 members.[31] Qasim was overthrown in the February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, a coup allegedly supported by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and led on the ground by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a fellow Ba'athist.[32]
Abdul Salam Arif became the President and Hassan al-Bakr became the Prime Minister.[33] Ali Salih al-Sadi, Secretary General of the Iraqi Regional Command of the Ba'ath Party, became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior—a post he lost on 11 May. Despite not being Prime Minister, al-Sadi had effective control over party and government affairs.[34] In the aftermath of the successful coup, the National Guard initiated an, according to Con Coughlin, "orgy of violence" against all communist elements and some left-wing forces.[33]
The party was ousted from government in November 1963 due to factionalism. The question within the Ba'ath Party was whether or not it would pursue its ideological goal of establishing a union with Syria or Egypt, or both. al-Sadi supported a union with Syria, which was under the rule of the Ba'ath Party, while the more conservative military wing supported Qasim's "Iraq first policy".[35] President Arif lost patience with the Ba'ath in September, and the Party was ousted from government on 18 November 1963.[36] The 12 Ba'ath members of government were forced to resign, and the National Guard was dissolved, replaced by the Republican Guard.[37] There are reasons to believe that Aflaq supported Arif's coup against the Ba'athist government in order to weaken al-Sadi's position within the party and strengthen his own.[38]
Jordanian branch | |
Founded | 1947 |
1966 split (allegiance) |
Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath |
Membership | 1,000 (1966)[12] |
Following the establishment of the Arab Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1947, Ba'athist ideas spread throughout the Arab world. In Jordan Ba'athist thought first spread to the East Bank in the late-1940s, most notably at universities. While the regional branch was not formed before 1951, several meetings took place at the universities where students and professors alike would discuss the ideology of the newly established Syrian Ba'athist party.[39]
Several people expressed their support for Ba'athist ideology at this meetings, but the regional branch itself was not formed until 1951 in Al Karak by a group of teachers including Thuqan Hindawi. A clinic owned by Abd al-Rahman Shuqyar became a meeting place for Ba'athist in the organisations early days. In the West Bank the party was most active in the cities of Jerusalem and Ramallah. Bahjat Abu Gharbiyah was the West Bank Ba'ath member, and because of it, was responsible for building up the party organisation in this area.[40]
The Ba'ath Party's first regional conference was held in 1951 at Abdullah Rimawi's home. At this meeting the party's first ideological programme was laid out, and a plan which mapped out the "future course of the party". The following year, in 1952, another meeting was held, this time in Abdallah Na'was' home. At this conference a Regional Command was elected with Rimawi as its General Secretary, while Shugyar, Gharbiyah and Na'was were elected to the Central Committee. Rimawi and Na'was would prove to be effective leaders, and their recruitment campaign proved successful in both Jordanian and Palestinian neighbourhoods and cities.[40] The regional branch became a legalised party on 28 August 1956 by a decision of the Jordanian High Court.[41]
Both Rimawi and Na'was were elected to Parliament during the 1950 and 1951 elections as independents (the Ba'ath Party was not a legalised party at this time).[42] The party managed to get three ba'athists elected to Parliament in the 1951 election, however, during the 1954 election they lost all their seats. Rimawi was re-elected in the 1956 election to the Jordanian parliament,[43] and retained his seat until the 1961 election. As voting patterns would prove, the largest concentrations of ba'athists lived in Irbid and Amman on the East Bank, and Jerusalem and Nablus on the West Bank.[40] Shuqyar during his forced exile inside Jordan, was influenced by communist thought during his exile. When his exile ended, Shuqyar tried to form a National Front with the Jordanian Communist Party and the Ba'ath regional organisation as its leading members. However, his fellow ba'athist colleagues opposed this idea, and because of it, Shuqyar left the party.[42]
Libyan branch | |
Founded | 1950s |
1966 split (allegiance) |
Iraqi-dominated Ba'ath |
The party was founded in the 1950s[44] by Amr Taher Deghayes.[45] Ba'athism was a major political force in Libya following the establishment of the United Arab Republic. Many intellectuals were attracted to ba'athist ideology during the later years of the Kingdom of Libya. However, with help from nasserist propaganda, several ba'athists changed affiliation and became nasserists instead.[46]
The growth of these pan-Arab ideologies concerned the government, which led to the incarceration of several nasserist and ba'athist military officers in the early sixties.[47] The ba'athist were accused of working to overthrow "the political, economic and social system" of the Kingdom; the sentences ranged from everything to eight months to two years.[48]
Syrian politics took a dramatic turn in 1954 when the military government of Adib al-Shishakli was overthrown and the democratic system restored. The Ba'ath, now a large and popular organisation, won 15 out of 142 parliamentary seats in the Syrian election that year, becoming the second-largest party in parliament. Aside from the Syrian Communist Party (SCP), the Ba'ath Party was the only party able to organise mass protests among workers.[49] The party was supported by the intelligentsia due to their pro-Egyptian and anti-imperialist stance along with their avocation of social reform.[50]
The Ba'ath faced considerable competition from ideological enemies, notably the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), which supported the establishment of a Greater Syria. The Ba'ath Party's main adversary was the SCP, whose support for class struggle and internationalism was anathema to the Ba'ath.[51] In addition to parliamentary-level competition, all these parties (as well as Islamists) competed in street-level activity and sought to recruit support among the military.[52]
By the end of 1957, the SCP was able to weaken the Ba'ath Party to such an extent that the Ba'ath Party drafted a bill in December which called for a union with Egypt, a move that proved to be very popular. The Ba'ath Party was banned in the United Arab Republic (UAR), the union between Egypt and Syria, due to Gamal Abdel Nasser's hostility to parties other than his own. The Ba'ath leadership dissolved the party in 1958, gambling that the illegalisation of certain parties would hurt the SCP more than it would the Ba'ath.[53]
A military coup in Damascus in 1961 brought the UAR to an end.[54] Sixteen prominent politicians signed a statement supporting the coup, among them al-Hawrani and Salah al-Din al-Bitar (who later retracted his signature).[55] Following the UAR's dissolution, the Ba'ath Party was reestablished at the 1962 congress.[56] The Military Committee did not show itself to the civilian wing of the party at this congress.[57] During the congress, Aflaq and the Military Committee, through Muhammad Umran, made contact for the first time; the committee asked for permission to initiate a coup d'état; Aflaq supported the conspiracy.[58]
Following the success of the February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, led by the Ba'ath Party's Iraqi cell, the Military Committee hastily convened to hatch a coup against Nazim al-Kudsi's presidency. The 8 March Revolution proved successful, and a Ba'athist government in Syria was established.[59] The plotters first order was to establish the National Council of the Revolutionary Command (NCRC), consisting entirely of Ba'athists and Nasserists, and controlled by military personnel rather than civilians from the very beginning.[60]
While the Ba'ath Party had attained power, there was a problem; internal infighting. The Military Committee which was itself a tiny minority of the already small Ba'ath Party membership was forced to rule by force. The Ba'ath Party had only 2,500 members by mid-1963, the party lacked a popular base. Even if membership expanded, the authoritarian way of ruling it had introduced when coming to power would get worse, not better. The period 1963–1970 was referred to as the "Transititional Ba'ath" by Hanna Batatu.[61] His point being that the "Old Ba'ath" was removed, and replaced, by the "Neo Ba'ath" led by Salah Jadid and Hafez al-Assad in 1966.[61]
Another problem was that the civilian wing was riven by infighting between the radical socialist and moderate faction, while the military stood more unified. Whatever the case, the Syrian Regional Command slowly amassed its powers by weakening the National Command. This all came to a head in the 1966 Syrian coup d'état (see "1966 split" section).[62]
The 1966 split[edit]
The challenges of building a Ba'athist state led to considerable ideological discussion and internal struggle within the party. The Iraqi branch was increasingly dominated by Ali Salih al-Sadi, now a self-described Marxist, previously anti-communist as of the summer of 1963. [63] He was supported in his ideological reorientation by Hamoud el Choufi, the Secretary General of the Syrian Regional Command,[64] Yasin al-Hafiz, one of the party's few ideological theorists, and by certain members of the secret Military Committee.[65]
The far-left tendency gained control at the party's Sixth National Congress of 1963, where hardliners from the dominant Syrian and Iraqi regional parties joined forces to impose a hard left line, calling for "socialist planning",[66] "collective farms run by peasants", "workers' democratic control of the means of production", a party based on workers and peasants, and other demands reflecting a certain emulation of Soviet-style socialism.[67] In a coded attack[clarify] on Michel Aflaq, the congress also condemned "ideological notability" within the party.[66] Aflaq, angry at this transformation of his party, retained a nominal leadership role, but the National Command as a whole came under the control of the radicals.[68]
In 1963 the Ba'ath Party seized power, from then on the Ba'ath functioned as the only officially recognized Syrian political party, but factionalism and splintering within the party led to a succession of governments and new constitutions.[56] On 23 February 1966, a bloody coup d'état led by a more left-wing, radical Ba'athist faction headed by Chief of Staff Salah Jadid, overthrew Aflaq and the Salah al-Din al-Bitar's Government. The coup sprung out of factional rivalry between Jadid's "regionalist" (qutri) camp of the Ba'ath Party, which promoted ambitions for a Greater Syria and the more traditionally pan-Arab, in power faction, called the "nationalist" (qawmi) faction.[69]
Jadid's supporters were seen as radically left-wing then Aflaq and his peers. Many of Jadid's opponents managed to make their escape and fled to Beirut, Lebanon.[69] Jadid moved the party in a more radical direction, although he and his supporters had not been supporters of the victorious far-left line at the Sixth Party Congress, they had now moved to adopt its positions The moderate faction, formerly led by Aflaq and al-Bitar, were purged from the party.[70]
In the aftermath of the 1966 coup, the Ba'ath Party split in two; out of it a Damascus-based Ba'ath Party and a Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party were formed, with each maintaining that it was the genuine party and electing a separate National Command to take charge of the international Ba'ath movement. However, both in Iraq and Syria, the Regional Command became the real centre of party power, and the membership of the National Command became a largely honorary position, often the destination of figures being eased out of the leadership.[68] A consequence of the split was that Zaki al-Arsuzi took Aflaq's place as the official father of ba'athist thought in the Damascus-based Ba'ath Party, while the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party still considered Aflaq the de jure father of ba'athist thought.[71]
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- History of the Middle East
- Socialist parties in Syria
- Socialist parties in Iraq
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Jerry Dewitt is the first pastor turned atheist to come out as an atheist after joining The Clergy Project. The Clergy Project is an online community forum begun March 21, 2011, on which nearly 200 current and former clergy who have abandoned supernatural beliefs gain support and advice for each other as they contemplate coming out as atheists. He now is the executive director of Recovering from Religion, an organization created to meet the needs of apostates—a cause very close to my own heart.
Dewitt gave the rousing talk below at the American Atheists convention:
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Here it is late April and the opening day of trout season is right around the corner. There's still a lot of snow up there in the mountains and when we get a sunny day it begins to melt. Streams can be running high and swift and your favorite fishing hole can be a raging torrent. How do you cope with such conditions? Here are a couple early season tips that I've discovered over the years that might help.
After doggedly pursuing pole-sitter Greg Pursley through the first 133 laps of last Saturday's Toyota/NAPA AutoCare 150 at Roseville's All-American Speedway, defending NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion Eric Holmes of Escalon had his fourth career win at his home track within his grasp only to see it slip away in the final laps.
There was nothing particularly interesting or noteworthy about the creek my buddy Chris and I fished, and I do use the word "creek" very loosely, because from Google Earth this system looks like an infected wound lathered in mud as if someone actually believed that rubbing dirt on it would make it better.
LATHROP – For some strange reason, the days of playing baseball simply for fun and to crack smiles have been replaced with $300 bats and Major League Baseball expectations as early as coach-pitch. That's probably why rolling into James Matas' free pitching clinic was so refreshing.
It was deja vu all over again as Australian Will Power, driving the #12 Verizon Wireless car for Team Penske, grabbed the pole position for the third consecutive year at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series.
This morning on my way to work, I saw two bass boats filling up at the local gas station. I couldn't help to think what their costs were for the day. My bass boat holds 52 gallons of gas, and my truck holds 23 gallons. If I were to fill them both up, it would cost me around $300.
I read about Alaska a lot because as a fisherman, writer and subscriber of multiple fishing magazines, the state tends to gets at least a casual mentioning if not a full-grown piece of feature writing every month.
A strong field of 23 late models kicked off the 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at the Stockton 99 Speedway last Saturday night.
Fishing in the rain for a lot of anglers is out of the question. I did a little research and found out that anglers prefer fishing in the rain just as long as they can stay dry. George Perry stated that when he caught the world-record largemouth bass it was a rainy day. He went out fishing that day because the rain prevented him from working the fields. In all my years of fishing I ...
The ball was over-inflated and under-used, but that wasn't the real issue.
It's been a long time since I was a student in school waiting with anticipation for the start of summer.
At some point after, during, or instead of college, you embark on a career.
When I was a kid I used to think about being a weather man.
After your mom has the 7-millimeter aneurysm in her right middle cranial artery fixed, you've watched a You Tube clip of the same procedure on a different brain and your mom starts telling people she'll be home in a week (the doctors smile and say it will probably be a few days longer), your depth of observation increases.
Last week, I discussed antiques that the outdoor enthusiast might find incidentally while hunting, angling, or exploring old ghost towns.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West returns to Stockton's 99 Speedway this Saturday for G-Oil 150, one of the biggest events on the 2013 schedule.
I have this empty space on my living room wall that would be the perfect place for a mounted bass. It's right above my fish tank and would look perfect.
I've never really seen my Mom sick. She's had colds before, but she has epitomized both strength and stubbornness. That's probably why she rarely had health issues - they were intimidated.
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