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Human Rights Primary Sources
The following is a list of primary resource databases the library subscrives to which contain government records, newspapers, photographs, music, and other primary source databases of potential research value for the study of human rights.
- American Song Formerly known as African American Song, this database now includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Also includes songs of Cival Rights, political campaigns, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
- Calisphere. Gateway to digitized images from the libraries and museums of 10 University of California campuses and more than 100 cultural heritage organizations in California. Includes more than 150,000 photographs, diaries, documents, oral histories and other resources. Serves as a single point of access for more than 300 UC-created websites and collections.
- Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966. From coastal trading in the early nineteenth century, through the Conference of Berlin of 1884 and the subsequent Scramble for Africa, to the abuses of the Congo Free State, fights against tropical disease, Italy's defeat by the Abyssinians, World War II, apartheid in South Africa and colonial moves towards independence, the documents in this resource cover the whole of the modern period of European colonization of the continent. The resource also includes a gallery of maps. Part of a larger series of documents issued by the British Government. This collection originated out of a need to preserve the most important papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
- Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969. Covers the South and Central America, plus the non-British islands of the Caribbean, from just after the final Spanish withdrawal from mainland America in the 1820s to the Cold War in the 1960s. Covering revolutions, territorial changes and political movements, foreign financial interests, industrial and infrastructural development (including the building of the Panama Canal), wars, slavery, immigration from Europe and relations with indigenous peoples, amongst other topics. The series originated out of a need for the Government to preserve all of the most important papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
- DDRS (Declassified Documents Reference System). Over 75,000 documents and almost 500,000 pages of materials declassified via the Freedom of Information Act and regular declassification requests, making broad-based and highly targeted investigation of government documents possible. Nearly every major foreign and domestic event of these years is covered.
- Digital National Security Archive (DNSA). Indexes over 35,000 declassified documents spanning fifty years of US national security policy. Also includes a chronology, glossary of names, events, special terms, and a bibliography for each collection developed around a specific event, controversy, or policy decision.
- Early American Imprints, Series I (1639 - 1800). Indexes more than 36,000 items consisting of some 2,400,000 images offering insight into every aspect of American life in the 17th and 18th centuries such as agriculture, auctions, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft. Provides online access to the print and microform counterparts American Bibliography by Charles Evans, and Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography by Roger Bristol.
- Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819). Indexes more than 36,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and other print genres published from 1801-1819. Covers all aspects of American life including taxation, public health and diseases, slavery, military law, Indians, Christianity, cosmology, etiquette, and much more. Based on the American Bibliography of Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO). Indexes over 125,000 volumes of early works printed in England or in English. These works constitute a significant portion of items included in the English Short Title Catalogue. It contains most of the works listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplements.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). Contains over 180,000 items published in Great Britain and its colonies, including those in North America, during the 18th Century. This database complements the materials found in Early English Books Online (EEBO), which covers 1475-1700. The resource is thus a rich source of information about the American and French Revolutions and the Age of Reason, scientific and medical advances, literature, law, religion, industry, and all aspects of 18th Century life in Britain and its colonies.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. Information from thousands of foreign media sources, including political speeches, television and radio broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, and more, offering an extensive collection of military, political, scientific and technical reports from countries around the world, translated into English. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories.
- Historical Newspapers Online. Indexes newspapers covering all aspects of British life and world affairs in the 19th and 20th centuries. Contains four major historical resources: Palmer's Index to the Times which covers The Times (London, 1790-1905); The Official Index to the Times (1906-1980); The Historical Index to the New York Times (1863- 1922); and Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870).
- Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980. The complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in this period from 1919 (the beginning of the Republic of China) to 1949 (when the Chinese Communist Party won power) to 1976 (the year of Mao Zedong's death) to 1990. These resources are from the National Archives, Kew, the UK government's official archive.
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest). Includes Chicago Defender (1910-1975). Chicago Tribune (1849-1988). Los Angeles Times (1881-1988). San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922). New York Times (1851-1994) with Index (1851-1993). Wall Street Journal (1889-1994). Washington Post(1877-1995).
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Provides full-text access to thousands of 18th, 19th and 20th Century Parliamentary Papers. Includes all the "sessional papers" of the British Parliament: bills, reports of committees, papers presented by Royal Commissions and government departments, treaties and international agreements, command papers, and statistics.
- HarpWeek. Full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly from its beginning in 1857 to 1912. Provides access to information about 19th and early 20th century advertising, illustrations, culture, history, literature, and notable figures.
- ProQuest Congressional. One stop shopping for U.S. congressional publications. Provides index and abstracts of congressional publications back to 1789, including full text of published Congressional Hearings from 1824-present (unpublished until 1979), full text Committee Prints from 1830-present, full text Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports from 1916-present, full text United States Congressional Serial Set (and its various former titles) from 1789-present, and legislative histories from 1970-present.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective. Covers more than 500 leading American magazines and journals from 1890 to 1982.
- Times Digital Archive. Online access, fully searchable full text of over 200 years (1785 to 1985, with 1986 to 2003 added later this year) of The London Times, the "world's newspaper of record." [Note: "Sunday Times" is a distinct newspaper with no editorial connection to The Times London, and is not included in this database.]
- Working Women, 1800 -1930. Provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image collections. Explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Documents working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygeine, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues.
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Odd things: Catcerto, Reptile and Alternative Pet showWednesday, September 9th, 2009
First, the fun.
You need to take a minute and at least watch the short promo video of Nora the cat as a solo pianist with the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, in Lithuania, this past June. Yes, really. This cat plays with the orchestra.
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Heading to Jacksonville Sunday to face their in-state rivals, the Buccaneers will do so with a simplified defense, and according to Buccaneers offensive coordinator Greg Olson, a scaled back offense.
Just as Buccaneers head coach and defensive coordinator Raheem Morris has stated he will do, offensive coordinator Greg Olson has plans to simplify and scale back the offense with hopes of better execution.
Olson was at the podium at One Buccaneers Place Thursday for his weekly press conference and had this to say regarding changes.
"I think based upon where we felt we were at a year ago and coming into this seasons, I probably gave them too much credit in terms of maturity wise," Olson said. "There are some things we are not executing. That falls on me.
"I feel like we have to scale back so we'll be on detail of our assignments, and we have got to execute better. So we'll scale back. I feel like the execution period has not been as sharp. We have tried to put our thumb on it throughout the season and thought, it's got to be the volume. They're executing them in practice then we get in the game, they'll be a mental mistake here or a wrong step here or an alignment issue. It's been little things that's added up, so it's time to cut back now."
The frustration of a 4-8 season has the entire coaching staff rethinking their approach. Heading into Jacksonville Sunday the Buccaneers offense is ranked No. 16 in the league averaging 335.6 yards per game; almost identical to last seasons' 335.1 per game average. But drives are continually stalling, especially early in games.
"I think for us, I think four of our first six runs were negative runs or zero yardage runs," Olson explained. "We can't do that. Came down to an assignment error here, a wrong step there, someone got beat here. It wasn't one player, or one person again, we have to clean up the execution part of it. If that means simplifying it and cutting back on the number of runs we installed, then we'll do that.
"Everyone has had their hand in the cookie jaw. We came back and looked at it. Hey, these are base plays in our offense. We've been probably running them now for a number of years with the same guys. We've just gotten sloppy on the execution part of it. We've just got to get refocused down the stretch."
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Ireland in mid-October according to sources close to the Clinton camp.
And it is expected that she will be accompanied by the new economic envoy, who is expected to be named shortly.
Sources say Clinton will use the trip as an opportunity to strongly dismiss reports that the U.S government is paying little attention to Ireland.
Sources told the Irish Voice that Clinton has made absolutely clear her commitment to handling the Irish brief as well as her responsibilities at the State Department.
She is expected to visit Dublin and Belfast during her visit and to discuss the state of the peace process as well as economic investment.
She also wants to meet the Northern Ireland leaders and find out first hand what the priorities for the success of the peace process are
The visit will be an opportunity for Clinton, who visited Ireland six times between 1992 and 2000 as First Lady, to become reacquainted with the situation there.
She is said to be particularly pleased that Belfast now has a female Lord Mayor, Naomi Long, for the first time in a generation as involving women in politics was a huge part of her priorities there during her visits as First Lady.
One of her key staffers , Jake Sullivan, who worked on her campaign and later became an important figure in the Obama team, is handling Ireland on a day-to-day basis.
During the Bush administration, neither Condoleezza Rice nor Colin Powell visited Dublin and both left the Northern Ireland situation to the State Department envoys.
Clinton will set a new tone with her visit and clearly indicate that Ireland and the peace process there is one of the success stories she has used in conflict resolution talks all over the world
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When the numbers were crunched in the middle of July, the Bills appeared to be entering free agency with a fair amount of money to work with as one of the teams well below the salary cap. Reports had them around $38 million under the number.
This news, however, was not greeted with enthusiasm from the Buffalo faithful, a fan base used to a reluctance to spend, or worse yet, overspending on busts.
Reading articles in the Buffalo media about the Bills' cap situation, many of the comments were along the lines of, "Good. More money for the Bills not to spend." I'm paraphrasing here.
As I've written before, the Bills were sitting pretty, relatively speaking, as they entered training camp with the same quarterback and head coach. The team made solid additions in the draft, mainly to improve a woeful defense. And with so much salary-cap space to work with, optimists could think, "hey, maybe this is the year the Bills make a calculated splash."
But free agency was a reminder that the Bills are not the Eagles, and regardless of how much salary-cap space they have to work with, no big moves were made. All you need to know about the Bills' moves in free agency is this: their second most expensive addition was the epitome of a luxury signing, adding WR-KR-QB Brad Smith. Smith is a playmaker, but far from a "team need." The Bills have a logjam at wide receiver and a couple electric kickoff returners. You can bet that head coach Chan Gailey has a plan to make Smith an impact player, but that four-year, $15 million contract was a luxury signing for a team that finished 4-12 in 2010.
When MLB Paul Posluszny decided to sign with the Jaguars, leaving the Bills without their top free-agent priority, the optimists might have gotten excited, thinking the team had even more room to work with. The Bills' pessimists knew, though, that no splash was going to be made.
The Bills signed Smith, QB Tyler Thigpen and MLB Nick Barnett. They swung and missed in an attempt to sign Falcons ORT Tyson Clabo, who would have been a big upgrade to the offensive line. They did not add a pass rusher. They did not add an offensive lineman. They did not add a tight end. Essentially, they signed one starter — the injury-prone Barnett.
Buffalo is no South Beach or New York City. It's not Boston or Philadelphia. Gailey is liked by his players, but he's no Rex Ryan, Bill Belichick or Mike Tomlin. Simply put, players aren't itching to ship off to Buffalo, especially when the team has the longest playoff drought in the NFL.
It's nothing against the fans or the tradition — the Bills have both. And they certainly are not lacking for young talent. But in a crucial, free agency frenzy in which the Bills could have made big improvements, they lived up to the expectations of their fans by not making a splash.
It should be noted that, despite the lack of free-agent additions, the Bills are better than they were in January. Marcell Dareus was a key addition in the draft, and expect Aaron Williams and Kelvin Sheppard to help improve the defense. Thigpen was a serious upgrade at backup quarterback. If Barnett stays healthy, his abilities in coverage could make him an upgrade over Posluszny. And considering how excited Gailey seems about utilizing Smith as a gadget in the offense, the former Missouri star QB provides an improvement on that side of the ball, as well as in special teams.
However, none of that is good enough when you are in the same division as the Patriots and Jets and have almost $40 million to spend.
The Bills still need an upgrade at both OT positions, which is why losing out on Clabo stung so much (even if he was simply using Buffalo to drive up his value in Atlanta), and unless Shawne Merriman shocks everyone and returns to the form we saw a few years ago, they still need a pass rusher.
Bills fans can find solace in the fact that the new faces will improve the team's talent level, unfortunately it's not the type of improvement they need. Once again, the Bills couldn't lure any free agent to Buffalo good enough to make the impact that would make them a serious playoff contender.


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POWAY (CNS) - A party outside a Poway home left two teens hospitalized with alcohol poisoning, another arrested and the father of its host behind bars for allegedly violating the social host ordinance, a sheriff's sergeant said Saturday.
Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the residence in the 13600 block of White Rock Station Road near Butterfield Trail shortly after 9:30 p.m. Friday, when a neighbor reported the attendees' vehicles were blocking the road, sheriff's Sgt. Kimberly Baker said.
As the deputies were walking toward the residence to ask that the vehicles be moved, they saw a drunken teenage boy outside the party, and about 100 partygoers inside, Baker said.
Most of the revelers ran off after they were spotted, some jumping over a wall and fleeing through neighboring yards, and the deputies found the ice chests, empty beer cans and vodka bottles they left scattered behind, Baker said.
Poway Fire Department personnel took a girl and a boy to a hospital to be treated for alcohol poisoning, Baker said. Other drunken teens, mostly Poway High School students, were released to their parents, she said.
Deputies stopped a vehicle with five teens inside for running a red light while leaving the party, and determined that four of the occupants had been drinking, including the 16-year-old driver, who only had a provisional license, Baker said.
The driver was arrested, then released to his mother, Baker said.
Deputies also arrested the 16-year-old host's father, Anton Joseph Muawad, 54, who had been inside the home with the boy's mother while the party was underway on the patio and in the pool house area, according to Baker. He was later booked into jail for suspicion of violating the social host ordinance, a misdemeanor, Baker said.
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Our concern is that, given Estyn's recent inspection report, the timeframe of Llanrumney's closure is too drawn out and does not ensure the closure quickly enough.
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MILFORD - Lyndon Pratt, who struggles with severe mental illness and a violent temper, has wound up at Valley Street Jail twice so far this year, but police and his mother believe there needs to be a safer place to send disabled adults.
Pratt, 18, suffers from a long list of mental illnesses, including bi-polar disorder with psychotic features and ADHD, according to his mother, Lisa Currier, a single mom who has been trying to balance the needs of her disabled son with caring for her two other children. Currier also believes her son may be autistic. Pratt has difficulty communicating and understanding simple concepts and requires constant supervision.
Problems began at 6
Pratt's problems began when he was only 6 years old.
"They just came on all of a sudden," said Currier. "He was the happiest kid on the planet and then he wasn't."
For many years, Pratt lived at St. Ann's Home and School in Methuen, Mass., where he received the support he needed to function despite his disabilities.
"He did really well in school," said Currier. "He was really well behaved and worked hard."
After graduating from St. Ann's at 17 (the school ends at 11th grade), he was enrolled at the Sage School in Milford, an alternative high school program. Last spring, he graduated from Sage and was on his own. At 18, he has "aged out" of any programs offered by the school district. Currier said she has been struggling to get him into some other form of day or residential program where he can be supervised and given the structure and support he needs.
"Right now, he's stuck here at home with us," she said. "So he has nothing to do, which frustrates him, and that's when he gets into trouble."
Nowhere to go but jail
This summer, Pratt's frustration turned to violence and he lashed out against his mother and smashed furniture in their house. The police were called and that's when Milford Police Prosecutor Michael McCall got involved.
McCall said that when Pratt was arrested, the issue immediately became where to send him.
"If he's a danger to himself or others, he has to go somewhere," McCall said. "And if there's nowhere to put him, he has to go to jail."
McCall said before sending him to Valley Street Jail in Manchester, he made calls to every program and agency he could think of to find a safe alternative to Pratt's mother's house. He couldn't be let out on the street because he's incapable of fending for himself, and his mother has become a target for his frustration and anger, said McCall. But in the end, there were no alternatives. Pratt went to jail.
"I hated sending him up there. When we arrested him, he didn't even really know what was going on," McCall said. "He is so vulnerable given his issues, a prime target for physical, emotional, or other abuse, but I just didn't have any alternative."
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The same issue came up again last week when Pratt, who had returned home after being bailed out of Valley Street earlier in the year, had another violent episode. Again Valley Street was the only option, McCall said.
Now the pressure is on to try to find something to help Pratt and his family. That isn't part of McCall's job description, but he said it is a moral imperative for him.
"I'm trying to piece together some help for him. I'm constantly talking to people and looking for new programs, but it seems like the solution for Lyndon doesn't exist in this area," he said.
Ultimately, McCall said he thinks Pratt would benefit from living in a sort of halfway house where he had constant supervision, but also had a chance to work and contribute to society. The struggle has been finding a way to get him into a program like that.
Mental health programs
Budgets for mental health programs have been drastically reduced in the last few years, leaving people like Pratt without access to services they need, said Beth Raymond, Vice President of Individual and Family Services at Gateways Community Services of Nashua.
"Our communities don't provide adequate support for people with significant mental health issues," said Raymond.
The biggest struggle for parents and loved ones of those who are suffering with such severe problems is just getting in the door and ensuring the right range of services are being given. But then there are waiting lists for services like residential facilities because the money just isn't there.
What people like Pratt need most, Raymond said, is an experienced advocate, someone who can navigate the bureaucracy of a system that is complex, overburdened and underfunded.
For Currier, the hardest part is not being able to help her son while at the same time, living in fear of him.
"He's ashamed of that part of him," she said. "He tells me all the time he wishes he was normal. He just wants friends, to be able to work, to have a girlfriend. He wants to do all the things he can't do, and I don't know how to help him."
Pratt will be back at the 9th Circuit Court in Milford on Wednesday, Nov. 28, to be arraigned on his latest charges. In the meantime, his mother has posted bail and he's back at home for now.
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Darwen pub to get £300k refurbishment (From Blackburn Citizen)
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11:23am Tuesday 28th January 2014 in Darwen
A DARWEN town centre pub is set for a £300,000 refurbishment later this year.
The Bridgewater, in Church Street, was recently taken over by a new firm after owners the Bramwell Pub Company went into administration.
And the Stonegate Pub Company, which owns well known brands such as Yates's and Slug and Lettuce, wants to give the pub a new lease of life.
Manager Adam Hulme said the firm had big plans and it was exciting times for the town centre venue.
He said: "There has been £30,000 put aside to renovate the front of the building, which is desperately needed as it has never been done since we opened.
"Then there will be a further £270,000 spent giving the inside of the pub a complete makeover."
Mr Hulme added that although he hoped the refurbishments would start soon, he was unable to confirm a precise date.
He said: "Stonegate has some great plans for this year and we will continue to do everything we do.
"We will keep supporting local events and local charities and all the quiz nights and events will carry on as normal."
Mr Hulme was manager at The Bridgewater when it opened in September 2006, then under the Barracuda pubs group.
Barracuda was taken over a couple of years ago by Bramwell, which went into administration in November last year, casting the future of its 185 pubs into doubt.
But later that month it was confirmed The Bridgewater was one of 78 of Bramwell's pubs to be taken over by Stonegate.
With the arrival of pubs giant JD Wetherspoon in Darwen, Mr Hulme said he was delighted with the added competition.
He said: "I have been waiting for this for two years now and I am delighted.
"It is great to see Wetherspoon's here and it shows just how strong the town is.
"All it is going to do is bring more people into the town and we can start to create that famous Darwen circuit again.
"The competition is healthy and other town centre pubs are going to benefit."
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1:41pm Wed 29 Jan 14
Frisson says...
Captain Glyndwr wrote:I think you will find its the complete opposite, Darwen has seen a significant rise in its nightlife over the last few years and with the addition of TOC then it will continue to get better and better.
Throwing money down the drain
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1:32am Tue 4 Feb 14
fireonthemountain says...
Let us look at facts . Opinions welcomed as always .
The Millstones - rip it's heart out and make it a Tesco Express .
No , I'm serious - The Millstones is a horrible , horrible pub .
The Bridgewater - loathesome place . Spit and sawdust springs to mind .
But they were once really nice places . No longer sadly .
Just hope that TOC doesn't end up the same .
Nightlife . To my certain knowledge people come from many miles around to enjoy a far superior experience than is offered in Blackburn .
Get more if they could work out the one-way-system and park . True .
Now , permit me to bounce around a bit .
Bridge Street - should be filled with shops as being the link between Sainsury's and the town centre .
It isn't - only one place worth a visit - the Fish and Chip shop .
That is tasty food by the way .
Wonder how long the second hand DVD shop will last ?
And the Model Shop who sells nothing worth buying .
Why are there no shoe shops in Darwen ?
No sports shops , no book shops , no toy shops etc .
Apart from Boots where are the "Big Names" ?
No , don't mention the worst "ASDA" I have ever entered , once was enough .
And as the wife complains , where can she buy decent clothes ?
As usual Preston here we go .
I note The George is being changed to a taxi office and two shops .
What bets on takeaways ?
How sad .
2:17pm Tue 4 Feb 14
Darren1951 says...
8:53pm Tue 4 Feb 14
fireonthemountain says...
scrumptious !!
One of my favourite "meals" is to buy one and a roll .
Cut the roll in half and scoop out the insides .
Smother whats left with butter , place the entire pie inside .
Lots of tomato sauce , eat as a sandwich .
See what you've done ?
Made me feel hungry !!
Right that's Thursday's lunch organised .
Something to look forward to .
Can't go tomorrow (Wednesday) as it's
"double-bin-day" .
Have to spend the day riding shotgun on our bins as
the lowlifes in the joint alley will either fill my recycling bin
with filth , and then it won't be emptied , or will steal either or both
bins after they've been emptied - still it's a good communty spirit
as all my neighbours are protecting their own bins for exactly
the same reason !!
How sad .
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Q: Tell me about this bus tour you're on. Why did you come up with the idea in the first place?
A: Gay-marriage advocates have a well-organized grassroots movement they've built over the years. Conservatives tend to rely on spontaneous mass uprising. I think HRC's model is more effective — after all, it's allowed a tiny fraction of Americans to have an outsize influence all disproportionate to their actual numbers. Social conservatives need to learn (as I think the pro-life movement has learned) that we need to organize politically to make a difference. We wanted to make sure that the majority of Americans who support marriage as the union of husband and wife are not drowned out by a loud minority, or by a biased media. Even the conservative media (with certain key exceptions — thank you, NRO!) does not cover this issue well. This bus tour is our first step in bypassing the media, becoming culture creators ourselves, and getting our message out to our supporters.
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Be part of famed Florida Gator and former Major League Baseball player Brad Wilkerson's team at his annual Celebrity Golf Event on January 10-11.
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Days after Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller revealed the real reason celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump publicly went at him on Twitter, the Trumpster has struck again.
Trump threw a direct jab toward Miller's upcoming album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, and suggested it would tank.
"Little Mac Miller's next album may bomb. He can't use my name again for sales.," Trump tweeted May 30th. (Donald Trump's Twitter)
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"You know, what happened was, I have moments of immaturity," Miller said in an interview. "And uh, I had this interview with Complex and they asked me what I thought about him and so I said some things and then he got mad but it's cool. I'm tight for that. Okay, look at the list of people Donald Trump has beef with. Bill Mahr, Obama, Mac Miller. But nah, I extended my hand in peace and righteousness and I don't know if he accepted it but he didn't sue me so I think we're cool." (Skee TV)
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Donald threatened to take legal action toward Mac for using his name as a song title in late January.
"Little @MacMiller, you illegally used my name for your song "Donald Trump" which now has over 75 million hits.," he tweeted January 31st.
"Little @MacMiller, I want the money not the plaque you gave me!"
"Little @MacMiller, I'm now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and finance. You ungrateful dog!" (Donald Trump's Twitter)
Back in summer 2011, Trump reacted to Miller's self-titled ode and proclaimed him a hip-hop great.
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The original surfing and wave sailing thread has maxed out at 40 pages and 39000 visits. Enough interest has been expressed for keeping the thread alive so here goes the second volume. I would greatly appreciate any valid input and comments from you guys. I am going to start out with a little story that I wrote a while back describing a some what typical winter day here on the north shore of Maui
Cool, 40 more pages! Rough life out there in Maui lol
Volume II .... right on Olaf Seems we are going to have a late season hurricane off our coast later this week and a swell over the weekend. Only bad part is that all the dotcom swell sites are already calling it. I even had a non surfing friend talk to me about the "swell" coming on Saturday. No such thing as suprise or secret swells anymore.... but there are still some secret spots. I wish my boat wasn't broke! I'll be sure to get some pics. Forcast for Saturday.... South Florida should be going off.
Psyched! Glad you decided to keep it going, Olaf- I haven't posted much, but I'm checking in fo sho!
thanks for keeping it alive. www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WiJ_53s9ouU check out Shane Dorian's new wet suit
Hi LD thanks for posting the video. I know that Shane is using the inflatable wet suit and I am positive that it has real life saving value but I really don't know who else is using one at this time. The need to recharge the unit after a single use make it inhibiting for a session with out back up support of a boat. A small price to pay for a life though.
The South we had at the beginning of the month coincided with unusually warm weather and ended up being quite a few days of really fun surf. A more recent and sad note, was that the surfer killed this week by a shark was known by a few friends and will be a loss to all that knew him. Survived by a wife and daughter - R.I.P. latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/surfer-killed-in-shar>>> latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/surfer-killed-in-shar>>> statigr.am/p/309466055896788301_27329410 I haven't had the need to surf there since the last fatality 2 years ago and will possibly never again. Its always had 'the vibe' while out surfing there.
Surf Beach has never been worth it to surf. I agree with Matt, the vibe is just off there and now that there have been two major attacks I think I will steer clear. On a side note, winter swell is coming to Santa Barbara soon!
"J Hazard>Surf Beach has never been worth it to surf. I agree with Matt, the vibe is just off there and now that there have been two major attacks I think I will steer clear. On a side note, winter swell is coming to Santa Barbara soon!" Matt N and J Hazzard, It's very sad to here about Francisco! My heart goes out to his family and all his friends. We have had two separate shark events in the past week here on the north shore of Maui. Fortunately no bodily injury to humans so far. mauinow.com/2012/10/22/shark-attacks-sea-turtle-forcing-repe>>> mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/566092/Shark-attack-on-p>>> Thanks for posting guys
Aloha shout out! buffalo girlz checking'in~ Olaf its good 2-know da'ocean is still there *sigh* mahalo for keeping this goin' We used to go Lahaina brah' 4 Halloween wuz a hoot many happy times, take care!!
Thanks for keeping the thread alive, Olaf. I'm not a surfer but enjoy the photos and commentary. Saw a video of early October surfing at Jaws - pretty awesome stuff!
Just had my first surf lesson today on Pacific Beach in San Diego! What an incredible morning! Road some foam rolling in a few times then went out and caught three 2-4 footers. Nosedived on the first two, but managed to hold onto the drop the third time and rode it into shore. so psyched...was fully prepared not to get a wave my first day out. seemed very natural after a life of skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing (due to balance). felt like sort of like combining powder riding with dropping in on a half pipe or pool riding. I was on a a big foam board, which is supposedly easy to learn on, but I found it hard to turn the board...hence the nose dives. can't wait to go again. if any MPers are in Pacific beach and want to swap a few hours of surfing tomorrow morning for climbing in Boulder, Colorado - PM me. thanks to Olaf and this thread for inspiring me. just turned 37 last week...never to late. photos are of my first few waves close to shore. my wife didn't get the "big" ones...which of course were double overhead full barrels ;)
This evening was a near epic session for these parts. Sandy is giving it up for us. Sets were big enough to keep the crowd down and not everyone who made it out, wanted them.... I sure did. Check the buoy report from just off our coast... 17 feet at 11 seconds... lol lol lol ya ya ya... North wind = offshore and was around 15 on the beach. Going again for a dawn patrol, will get some pics after... Wind Direction (WDIR): N ( 360 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 35.0 kts Wind Gust (GST): 44.7 kts Wave Height (WVHT): 17.1 ft Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 11 sec Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.43 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.02 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 69.6 �F Water Temperature (WTMP): 75.2 �F Dew Point (DEWP): 61.7 �F Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 36.9 kts Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 38.9 kts


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Agua Azul Waterfalls, Chiapas, Mexico
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A series of cascades and waterfalls stretches for over 1.5 km forms part of the river system that drains into Tulija river running south of Palenque. A trail alongside it takes one from the mostly tacky touristic setting to the more traditional indigenous Chiapan villages further upstream. The strong undercurrent has claimed its victims before, mostly intrepid swimmer who ventured too near to some of main waterfalls here. This place reminds me very much of the Krka waterfalls in Croatia - though on a much smaller scale.
Great swimming and a breathtaking view of these crystal white waterfalls thundering into turquoise
(taken in 2008)
About 1.5 km upstream the facilities give more semblance to traditional way of life.
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A short drive away from the township of Palenque is the beautiful waterfall of Misal Ha which tumbles...
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North America includes Mexico, the United States, Canada, and Gotham City.
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