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The Department of Planning deals with all matters relating to the formulation, follow up, appraisal and
readjustment of Annual Plans and Five Year Plans; and sub-plans for sub-montaneous, bet, border and other special
areas. The department conducts business on all matters relating to coordination of Plans of the Administrative
Departments besides all matters pertaining to the Planning Commission, Government of India. The Department of
Planning is also responsible for collection, compilation analysis and interpretation of Economic and Statistical data
and coordination of Statistical activities of various departments in the State. The Department of Planning has two
wings i.e. Punjab State Planning Board and Economic & Statistical Organization, Punjab.
Rules of Business
As per Business Rules 2007, (with subsequent amendments) the Department of Planning has
to conduct the business on the following subjects:-
Schemes Administered by Department of Planning
The Department of Planning is discharging the functions as Administrative Department
mainly in respect of the following schemes under the Head "Secretariat Economic Services" and District Plan:-
Border Area Development Programme
The Punjab State Planning Board (PSPB) oversees the implementation of Border
Area Development Programme in the six Border districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur,Pathankot, Fazilka and Ferozepur
for which 100% Special Central Assistance is received from the Govt. of India. The programme aims at meeting the
special needs of the people living in remote/inaccessible areas situated near the border.
Backward Regions Grant Fund (Previously Named RSVY)
Planning Commission has launched a new initiative for Backward districts under
BRGF. District Hoshiarpur has been selected for this programme. The Department of Rural Development and Panchayats is acting
as a nodal department for the implementation of BRGF.
Decentralised Planning
In order to achieve optimum utilization of meager resources and also to ensure
peoples' participation at the grass root level, the concept of decentralized planning was introduced in the State a
way back in the 1984-85. Accordingly the District Planning and Development Boards were set up in Punjab in 1987. But the
actual work of district planning was started in the year 1990-91, when the schemes and programmes of concerned
Administrative Departments, which could be better implemented, supervised and coordinated at the district level were
decentralised. Accordingly, the District Planning and Development Board headed by a Cabinet Minister/State Minister as
Chairman/Vice Chairman have been constituted at the district level to supervise/monitor the work of district planning. All
sitting MLAs of the districts, Chairman Zila Parishad, 12 non-official members including one ex-serviceman, one sarpanch or
samiti member or Zila Parishad member from the Block, mayor of Municipal Corporations and one or two presidents of class
'B' and 'C' Municipal Councils have been nominated as members of the
Board. These Boards have full power to efficiently and cost effectively implement the district level schemes and also
identify areas and groups of people, which needs special attention for equitable socio-economic growth. In compliance
with the provision of Article 243ZD of the 74th Constitutional Amendment, 1992, District Planning Committees(DPCs) are
mandatory to be constituted in each state of the country for the purpose of preparing a Draft District Development Plan at
the grass root level. The Punjab District Planning Committees Act, 2005 was enacted to provide for the constitution of the
District Planning Committees with a view to consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the
districts and to prepare the draft development plans for the districts as a whole in the state. The Punjab District Planning
Committees Procedure of Transaction of Business Rules were also notified in 2006. The revised guidelines for holding
elections for electing 4/5th members of the District Planning Committees from amongst the elected members of Zila Parishads
and Urban Local Bodies were issued to all the districts in 2008. The rules of DPC has already been notified by the State
Government vide notification dated 25th July, 2006.
Present Status of Constitution of District Planning
The District Planning Committees
have been constituted in all districts of the state.
Assistance to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
The Department of Planning allocates funds to various Administrative Departments
like Health, Social Security and Welfare, Welfare of SCs & BCs, Education,, Animal Husbandry etc. for providing
assistance to Mother NGO-SOSVA(N) and other field NGOs which are engaged in improving the lot of people of the State.
Assistance to Research Institutions
The Department of Planning provides grant-in-aid to Research Institutions like
Institute for Development and Communication (IDC) and Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) to
promote research activities in the State. A sum of Rs. 5 Cr ( 1 Cr as ACA during 2003-04 and Rs. 4 Cr during 2006-07 and
2007-08) given to IDC for creation of Corpus Fund. A sum of Rs. 5.00 Cr. stands released to CRRID for creation of Corpus Fund
during 2006-07 and 2007-08. During 2012-13, the Planning Department had provided grant of Rs. 1.00 Cr to CRRID on the non-
plan side, against the grant received from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Punjab Nirman Programme
The State Govt. decided to launch a special project namely 'Punjab Nirman
Programme' for improving the living conditions of people of Punjab living in rural and urban areas and to address
their felt developmental needs more effectively at the grass root level in consultation with the local area representatives
during 2005-06. The process of re-allocation of funds between the Departments and from one scheme to another being
complicated and time consuming, it has been decided to provide the funds at the District level for expeditious
identification, and execution of essential works relating to different Departments. This will not only expedite the
fulfillment of the felt needs of the people but will also ensure the participation of the elected representatives of the
people at grass-root level and encourage decentralisation and delegation, in the Planning process. This programme does not
intend to replace ongoing schemes of various Departments which will go on unabated. Works under this programme will
complement and supplement the regular schemes of the Departments and will help expediting their implementation.
Punjab State Planning Board
With the growing multiplicity of Governmental functions and increasing size of the
developmental plans, It was essential that resources were utilized in the most productive manner, whether in economic or
social terms. A review of the economic development in the last two decades revealed grave growth distortions and sectoral as
well as area imbalance. Planning had been the part-time activity of a Government Department. The absence of an adequately
equipped Apex Planning Body in the State had led to the deterioration of developmental strategy into a mere aggregation of
developmental thinking in which projects and programmes were prepared by concerned Departments, and the Planning Department
had occupied itself with the pruning of their proposals to fit into the overall size of the State Plan.
The Punjab State Planning Board(PSPB) was created vide State Govt. Notification
dated 27.9.1972 after a decision taken by the Punjab Government on 13.9.1972. The
creation of Punjab State Planning Board was done on the recommendation of the Planning Commission with a view to have an
apex Planning Body consisting of subject matter specialists and technical experts in the form of a Board or a Commission to
strengthen the departmental machinery responsible for the formulation of development plans in the State.
The State Government has issued Notifications from time to time regarding constitution of the Punjab State Planning
Board.The State Planning Board functions as Advisory Body and makes recommendations to the State Government. The Punjab
State Planning Board functions as the Department of Planning at the Secretariat level and issues advice to other
Administrative Departments of the State Government. The Punjab State Planning Board was created with a view to attract
central assistance in the form of normal central assistance, additional central assistance, special central assistance etc.
for plan programmes of the State from the Planning Commission, Government of India and the staff posted in the State
Planning Board is doing this work as an administrative department at Secretariat level
The Punjab State Planning Board works under the overall guidance of the State
Government and is headed by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Punjab as an Ex-Officio Chairman. The State Government can
appoint Vice Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson as per the requirements.The other Ex-Offico members include all ministers,
all MPs, Chairmen of Advisory Commitees to Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Finance and Principal
Secretary to Chief Minister. Besides Non -Official Members can be appointed as per requirement. Principal Secretary Planning
or Secretary Planning is the Member Secretary of the Punjab State Planning Board. As per the Notification dated 11/04/2002
and subsequent notifications, the constitution of the Board till 11/04/2007 is as follows :
Official Members:
S. Parkash Singh Badal
Chief Minister Punjab, Ex-Offico Chairman, PSPB
Punjab Civil Secretariat Chandigarh
S.Parminder Singh Dhindsa
Finance & Planning, Institutional Finance and Banking,Programme Implementation Minister,
Room No. 38, 6th Floor, Punjab Civil Secretariat , Chandigarh
Kothi No.9, Sector-2, Chandigarh
Non-Official Members:
As per the Notification dated 19-05-2007 the Non Official Members of
Punjab State Planning Board were as under-
Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon
(V.C PAU, Ludhiana)
Kothi No. 73-C
Urban Estate Phase 2 Patiala
2703797 Ext.-212
Deputy Director (H & UD)
Smt.Rajwant Kaur
Smt.Surinder Kaur
Deputy Director (Welfare)
Welfare, SCP & Social Security & Welfare of Women & Child, SCSP Coordination, Gender Budgeting, NGO, IFMS
0172-2703797 Extn-304 M-9464835990
LW & Emp., Revenue, Jails, Hospitality/Vigilance, DSW, Home Affairs and Justice, NRI Affair s Freedom fighters, Secretariat Economic Services including its coordination
Sh.H.S. Dhillon
Director (D)
To look after the work of office Administration and the work of the following officers:
0172-2702597 0172- 2703797 Extn-201 M-9872162771
Smt. Paramjit Sharma
Irrigation, Power, Food & Civil Supplies, Printing and Stationaries, ESO
0172- 2703797 Extn-306 M-9876677348
UID, Website, T&A implementation of IWDMS, Nabard/EAP, MGSIPAP/Personnel, GR,PPSC
Smt. Usha Kant
Formulation of Annual/ Five Year Plan, Governor's Address, Any work allotted by Director (D)
0172-2703797 Extn-309
Sh.Balwinder Singh, Thind
Review & Monitoring , ACA, NDC,CSS, CPSMS, IFMS & TCS
Printing of Documents and work assigned by VC, PSPB
Decentralised Planning, Punjab Nirman Programme,
Block Level Planning, RFD, BADP All work as AD and work assigned by VC,PSPB
0172-2703797 Extn-216 M-9814962689
Deputy Director
Rural Development & Panchayats including BPL Families, Science Technology, Environment, PEDA and Non Conventional Sources of Energy
(i) Formulation of Plans
The main activity of the Punjab State Planning Board(PSPB) is formulation of Annual Plans as well as Five
Year Plans on the basis of guidelines issued every year by the Planning Commission. The work for the formulation of
development plan proposals is initiated in the months of September-November by holding bilateral discussions with the
various Administrative Departments of the State Government. The motive of these discussions is to prioritize the development
activities and to assess the need based demands of the departments to implement the plan programmes in the State. On the
basis of these discussions and also keeping in view the availability of resources provided by the Department of Finance, a
consolidated plan is placed before the Members of the Punjab State Planning Board, so that consolidated proposals may be
put up to the State Government for approval. After approval of the State Government, the draft document is to be submitted
in the Planning Commission for Working Group Discussions. Keeping in view the suggestions/recommendations of the Planning
Commission made in the Working Group Discussions and also the agreed size in the meeting held between the Deputy Chairman,
Planning Commission and the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Punjab, a final plan document is prepared by the Department
of Planning and same is placed in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha alongwith the Budget document.
(ii) Budget Speech
Budget speech from the plan side is prepared in the Department of Planning every
year and all the plan priorities of the next financial year approved by the Punjab State Planning Board, State Government
and Planning Commission are included in this speech. This speech is delivered by the Hon'ble Finance and Planning
Minister, Punjab in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha at the time of presentation of budget.
(iii) Clearance and Implementation
From the very
beginning of the economic development planning in the State, the main activity of PSPB is the clearance of Plan schemes of
various Administrative Departments implemented in the State every year. But now in line with the changed economic scenario,
the role of the PSPB has been vitalized. From the only work of clearance of Plan schemes subject to the budgeted outlay
during the course of the year, PSPB has gradually moved towards the actual implementation and monitoring of plan. The PSPB
is concerned with the downsizing of the need based plan to resource specific plan in the form of core plan even shadow
plan. Besides this, in order to ensure the balance between the State share and Central share of funds, all the CSS
are also cleared by the Department of Planning.
(iv) Maintaining liaison with the
Planning Commission, GOI
In case of non-receipt of Additional Central Assistance and
revalidation of one time Central Assistance from the Planning Commission/GOI all correspondence is done by the Department
of Planning as nodal department of the State Government. Moreover, all the concerned Administrative Departments of the State
are made aware of the guidelines/instructions issued by the Planning Commission from time to time so that the plan
programmes may be implemented effectively.
(v) National Development Council
The NDC headed by the Hon'ble Prime Minister including Central Ministers,
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Chief Ministers of all the States etc. as its members meet approximately once in a
year to review the issues of critical nature. The speech of the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Punjab delivered in this apex
policy framing body is drafted in the Department of Planning. The issues for this meeting mainly relates to the
formulation of Five Year Plan or Mid Term Appraisal of Five Year Plan or any other issue of National priority.
(vi) Review of plan expenditure
and finalization of Revised Estimates.
The exercise of mid year review of plan expenditure is carried out in the PSPB. A memorandum on the basis of plan
performance received from the various departments is prepared for information of CMM. After this review of mid year plan
performance and state resources as pegged by the FD, accordingly, revised estimates are prepared for final implementation
of the plan programmes.
Economic and Statistical Organization
With the advent of the era of economic planning and development, the State Govt.
created a statistical office headed by the Economic & Statistical Advisor in 1949 to cater to the statistical needs of
the state. The Board of Economic inquiry too became a part and parcel of this office in 1953.Similarly, Board of Economic
inquiry/bureau of Economic and Statistics was created in 1949/1950 in erstwhile Pepsu State. With the merger of Punjab
and Pepsu in 1956,the present Economic & Statistical Organisation (E.S.O) came into being. With the passage of time and
extention of more developmental and planned activities, the E.S.O. was strengthened.
Economic and Statistical Organisation, Punjab makes a major contribution in
strengthening the data base of the State and has been declared Nodal Agency since 8.4.2003 for effective coordination of
statistical activities of all the departments and create common statistical cadre in Punjab. The Statistical needs of
private sector are also met by this Organisation. The Planners, Research scholars, social thinkers and administrators
heavily draw upon the statistical information available with this Department. The data collected by the Organisation
highlight the level of socio-economic development of the State. This data helps in formulation and evaluation of Development
Programmes of state and identifies different bottlenecks in these programmes for taking corrective measures for proper
development of the state.
The Organisation is headed by Economic Adviser who is assisted by
Directors, Joint Directors, Deputy Economic and Statistical Advisers, Research Officers and Assistant Research Officers. All
the Directors and Joint Directors work directly under the guidance and supervision of Economic Adviser.
The Organisation has 17 sections including establishment section at the
State Head Quarter. There is a District Statistical Office in each district of the State headed by Dy. Economic
& Statistical Adviser. The establishment section manages the human resource administration and is manned by
superintendents, senior assistants, clerks and typists. Other 16 sections are engaged in data based & research oriented
technical work. The Directors, Joint Directors and Deputy Economic and Statistical Advisers provide tips of desired guidance
in day to day research work on matters relating to Economics and Statistics. The Research Officers and Assistant Research
Officers are mainly responsible for analysis and interpretation of data whereas collection and compilation work
is done by Investigators and Statistical Assistants.
Contact Persons: Head Office
Sh. Mohan Lal Sharma
Economic Adviser
SCO No.35-36, Sector 17-E, CHD.
gmail.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Sh. Parminder Singh Walia,
Director, (Admn & Coordination)
SCO No.35-36,
Sector 17-E, CHD.
Sh. Tirth Singh
Director, (NSS & Evaluation)
SCO No. 173-174,Sector 17-B, CHD.
Sh. Harvinder Singh Joint Director (Co-ordination & ISSP)
Sh. Jagdeep Singh Joint Director, (MPLADS,& Department Budget)
District Offices (Incharge) :
Sh. Harjinder Singh, Dy ESA, Amritsar
Zila Prisad Office, Amritsar
Sh. Paramjeet Singh, Dy.ESA, Barnala
BDPO office, Barnala
Sh. Paramjit Singh, Dy.ESA (Additional),
Yojna Bhawan, Bathinda
Sh. Gurdeep Singh,
R.O. Faridkot
Zila Parisad Complex, Sadak Road
Sh. Iqbal Singh, Dy ESA,
Fatehgarh Sahib
Distt.Admn.Complex 4th Floor, Room No. 426 to 428 , Fatehgarh Sahib
Sh.,Lakhwinder Singh, Dy ESA (Additional),
DAC, Ferozepur City
Sh. Ashok Kumar,
RO, Gurdaspur
Govt. Building Railway Road, Ambedkar Bhawan,
Smt. Rakesh Kalia,
Dy ESA Hoshiarpur.
Yojna Bhawan,
D.C. office Complex Hoshiarpur
Smt.Rani, Dy ESA, Jalandhar
New Tehsil Complex,
Smt.Bhupinder Kaur, Dy ESA, Kapurthala
Yojna Bhawan, District Court. Kapurthala
Smt. Krishna Devi, Dy ESA, Ludhiana
Mini Secretariat. Ludhiana
Sh.Harbans Singh,
RO ,Mansa
Near District Administration Complex, Mansa
Sh. Avtar Singh, Dy ESA, Moga
Top Floor ,
G.T.Road, Moga
Sh.Ashok Kumar Chotani, R.O. , Mukatsar
DAC complex, Mukatsar
Sh Naresh Kumar,
R.O., Nawan shahar
D.C. Office Complex Nawanshahar
Smt. Parminder Kaur,
Dy.ESA, Patiala
26,Ranjit Bagh , Near State College, Patiala
Sh.Ram Lubhaya, R.O., Ropar
Yojna Bhawan, Opp.Mini Secretariat, Ropar
Smt. Amarjit Kaur,
Dy.ESA ,Ajit Garh
DC Complex
Ajit Singh Nagar
Sh. Ajmer Singh ,DSO , Sangrur
Behind PRTC Workshop, Near Central Patwar Khana,Sangrur
Sh.Lakhwinder Singh, Dy.ESA, Tarn Taran
DC Complex
Tarn Taran
01638-260292 98147-33796
(i) Statistical Abstract of Punjab
The Statistical Abstract of Punjab, is an annual budget document
and is presented to the Hon'ble members of Punjab Vidhan Sabha alongwith other Budget documents. It
highlights nature, extent and trend of various socio-economic aspects of Punjab. It is the only document which presents
the comparable series of statistical data in a consolidated form. It is extensively used by administrators, policy
makers, researchers and various other Govt. and non-govt. institutions. It is available on Punjab Govt. website at www.punjab.gov.in.
(ii) Economic Survey
Economic Survey is also a budget document and is presented before State Assembly
alongwith other budget documents. It presents analytical view of various sectors of State Economy alongwith its problems
& prospects. It is available on Punjab Govt website at www.punjab.gov.in.
(iii) State Income Estimates
State Income Estimates which are important indicators measuring the growth of the economy are
prepared regularly on annual basis both at current and constant prices.(Base 1999-2000).
(iv) Preparation of Consumer Price Index Numbers for the working
This Organisation prepares Consumer Price Index Numbers for working class every month for providing
relief to them to neutralise the adverse effect of rising prices on their income. Consumer Price Index Numbers for six
selected centres viz. Abohar, Bathinda , Dhariwal, Nangal, Patiala and Phagwara are prepared and issued every
(v) Plan Evaluation
This Organisation undertakes evaluation studies regarding plan programmes and schemes to identify
bottlenecks in their implementation for taking necessary corrective measures.Since its inception from 1964, 184 evaluation
studies have been conducted.
In certain cases the studies are conducted through outside academic Organisations A study was
conducted by Institute for Development & Communication entitled "Cost Benefit Analysis of Primary Education System
in Punjab".
The studies are taken up at the instance of a high power committee headed by Chief Secretary. Some
quick studies are also conducted at instance of Secretary Planning.
(vi) Field Operation
This section collects, compiles and presents village level micro data of the state. Information
on around 187 items related to basic amenities, facilities & Socio-economic profile of each of village is collected
every year. It is presented at website (www.punjab.gov.in) also for its wider utility. A Statistical personnel (Investigator) is posted
at each of the block who collects this village level information which is sent to state head quarter through Distt.
level offices for its compilation & presentation.
(vii) Human Development Report of Punjab
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been estimating the development indices at the
national level annually. These indices are meant to capture development and well being of the people. The state Govt. of
Punjab has brought out the first Human Development Report on UNDP pattern with the assistance of Planning Commission, Govt.
of India, as a part of its commitment to development. This report has brought out some important Human Development
achievements as well as certain areas of concern, It mainly covers the problems and prospects of economy, health, education,
women and children, dalits, migrant labour and agriculture. This report has been released on 16th November, 2004 by the
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh.
(viii) MPLADS
Under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) each Member of
Parliament can recommend works requiring expenditure of capital nature such as construction of school buildings, community
halls, library buildings, roads, hospitals etc to the Deputy Commissioner of the respective district as per jurisdiction of
the works. Economic & Statistical Organisation, Punjab is Nodal Agency for monitoring the progress of the work done
under MPLADS.
(ix) Economic Census
Economic Census a complete count of all the enterprises located within the geographical boundaries of
the country, is got conducted by the Govt. of India. Central Statistical Organisation is the nodal agency at the All
India level whereas State Statistical Departments are the nodal agencies at the State level. In Punjab, Economic &
Statistical Organisation is the nodal agency to carry out this census work. For 5th Economic Census in Punjab, an
independent section at State Head Quarter has been created.
(x) Training
This section imparts training to statistical personnel to make them conversant with the latest
statistical terminology of subjects like Statistics, Economics, Mathematics. This section has imparted training to 70
(xi) District Statistics
The District Statistical offices in the State are headed by Deputy Economic & Statistical
Adviser. Dy.ESAs play pivotal role in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the district plan schemes. District
Planning Boards are headed by the Ministers, who are assisted by the Dy.ESA's in the preparation of agenda notes for
the meetings of the District Planning Boards and also provide necessary secretarial assistance.
District Statistical Officer in the Dy. ESA's office is responsible for collection & compilation of Statistical
Data and its onward transmission to Head Office. Some publications such as District Statistical Hand Book & Village
Directories are prepared at the District level. Various types of Socio-Economic surveys are also conducted.
Member Parliament Local Area Development
The Member Parliament Local Area Development Scheme is a 100% centrally sponsered scheme which is
governed by a set of guidelines which were first issued in February, 1994 and have been updated and revised from time to
time. The objective of the scheme is to enable MPs to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on the
creation of durable community assets based on the locally felt needs to be taken up in their constituencies. The
annual MPLADS fund entitlement per MP is Rs. 2 crore, out of which Rs. 30 lakh shall be recommended for areas
inhabited by SC population and Rs.15 lakh for areas inhabited by ST population.
Twenty Point Programme
20-Point Programme was first announced by the late Prime Minister Smt.Indira
Gandhi in July, 1975. The Focus of the Programme was on Social Justice. The Programme aimed at providing better living
conditions for the poor and less privileged section of society. The Programme was restructured in 1982 then in 1986 with a
view to emphasis and revitalize it. The Programme laid emphasis on poverty alleviation and improvement in the quality of
life of the poor people. The Govt. of India has again restructured the 20-Point Programme w.e.f. 1-4-2007. Out of the
Original 20-Points, 10 Points are not being implemented and Monitored by Govt. of India. The remaining 10 Points are
implemented through 19 items/programmes. In the State of Punjab, 9 points are implemented through 15 items/Programmes. The
Govt. Of India has taken into account 12 items for ranking the performance of State's where as in Punjab 9 items are
taken into account for ranking.
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|Tamio Kawaji
|Chico Roland
|Tatsuya Fuji
|Akira's Buddy
|Shogen Shinda
|Yuko Chishiro
|Zenji Yamada
|Hideji Ôtaki
|Old Man at the Junk Shop
Directed by
|Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writing credits(in alphabetical order)
|Tensei Kono
|Nobuo Yamada
Produced by
|Keinosuke Kubo
|Kano Otsuka
Original Music by
|Toshirô Mayuzumi
Cinematography by
|Mitsuji Kanau
Film Editing by
|Akira Suzuki
Production Design by
|Kazuhiko Chiba
Art Direction by
|Kazuhiko Chiba
Music Department
|Max Roach
|performed by
While watching Black Sun, one can't but think of The Defiant Ones, but
one also has to look into the future with John Boormans Hell in The
Pacific, which feature Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. It is somewhat
about communication, and perhaps how some iconic images sometimes are a
barrier to that Communcation.
the main protagonist of the film, Akira, also known as Mei, likes Jazz and Blues, those done by blacks. He is a common criminal, a squatter living in a soon to be demolished Christian church. The Japan we are presented with appears to be that occupied by the occupation of the US. American MP's seem to be all over the place, and appear to have more authority than the Japanese police. It is a Japan still recovering from WWII, with bombed out buildings.
Our main protagonist is a little bit on the crazy side, and would appear that if he were living as a youth in todays culture, he would be right at home. While he lives music by blacks, it will become very apparent that he knows nothing about them, and only thinks he does by the music he hears. He will shortly be getting a rude awakening, and he is confronted by a wounded black soldier named Gil, played by Chico Rolands, who may have killed another white American soldier, though this is never made clear.
During his time with Gil, he will find that he also can hate blacks when Gil does a wrong to him. though he has said to the wounded and desperate Gil, that blacks are his friends.
The film shows stills of what black people suffer in the US at the time, but while this may be an indictment of the US, and perhaps trying to compare some kind of oppression for the Japanese underclass, and well as the American Negro in America, the director in a very key scene in a seedy nightclub, filled with the iconic images of American Jazz musicians, that these so called Japanese fans, are really not much better than the American white racists.
Gil at one point mumbles out, that the pictures of the Jazz musicians are also the enemy. This person is in a very delirious state, but this filmed story will suggest, that when the record collection of our protagonist is destroyed, that it is only then that some form of communication and bond can be really formed, even with the language difficulties. the ending, also is quite powerful, and will explain something about the film.
if their is a problem with the film. It is that sometimes it feels as if the director is making some kind of enthnograph film. often with the Chico Rolland character we can barely make what he is saying. Is this intentional, were his English lines dubbed or subtitled in Japanese at the time of this release. Also he does not appear to be a full fledged human being, as he is sometimes because of the desperate nature of his predicament, just a symbol of 'what blacks suffer in this world'. Also sometimes the performance that he is forced to give, is occasionally embarrassing.
this film has recently been released by Criterion on their Eclipse series, along with four other films, 'The Warped Ones' included. It is ashame their are no extras, as it would be interesting to learn about some of the actors, and the reception it received in Japan. Who was Chico Roland's? was he an American? He and the main protagonist did make other films with this director. I plan to see those other films, and I recommend that readers try to get a hold of this one.
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"You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms? That's all true, and, in my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damn good orgasms. They're much better orgasms than when I was 22, and I wouldn't let a man control that. Not anymore. Now, I'd invite them to participate. I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency – I favor intensity."
Oscar winner and orgasm guru Halle Berry, in a new interview with Esquire.
Somewhere out in cyberspace, Gabriel Aubry's buddies are sending him emails like 'hey so i guess this means you're responsible for dishes and diapers?' And if they're not, they really should.
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i know it's on the front and not the back . . . but the print of her skirt looks like a period stain in that pic. a really really bad one
Halle Berry looks awesome as always… Everytime I see her, I always think of "how the fuck did David Justice hit her"… another asshole athlete, like the Larry Johnson of Kansas City, that feels it's their right to hit a woman. Repeat, assholes…
OK, now is on her skirt…little marinara? Ketchup?
I swear when I saw her, I thought she had a period stain or something on her skirt.
Halle needs to shut up! Why doesn't she concentrate on making movies that people want to see? She does have mental issues. We should all give her a break.
As for 'Things We Lost In A Fire,' that dress should have been one of them!
i don't get why everybody's jumping down her throat – one, she's more gorgeous than most of us will ever be. ever. and two, she's right. women and their bodies are complicated, and it really doesn't make sense to expect someone else to have a sixth sense for what we like. the thing is, there's more to it than orgasms. if that's all we wanted, a lot of us could just take care of it ourselves. but there are things another person can do for us that we can't, and ways they can get to us physically that we can't… i mean, when's the last time anybody thought it was fun to put their hand on their *own* leg? it's like trying to tickle yourself. in some ways you just need somebody else.
okay, okay, Halle…we get it already. you are hot, your baby's daddy is hot, you've got a career, you have hot sex with or without your hot man…yadda, yadda, yadda
stop your bragging and aid the clueless women out there on how to get the same thing, why don'tcha. give back, give back, Halle. Angelina would.. Hey wait a minute! Angelina's holdin' out too!!!
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Sometimes one needs to have the class to shut up. Really. I mean, yes you're sexual and a man "won't control that.." what does that even mean, mental?
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I was walking around my neighborhood the other day when a grouping of black and white photographs caught my eye. I was on Rue Sainte Marthe in the 10th arrondissement, pushing the stroller up the incline past all these little colorful, closed storefronts, restaurants, and artist studios. The photographs were displayed in a wide window on street level for pedestrians to admire as they passed. Taken by the Romanian photographer Dana Cojbuc, the images are remakes of old photos from the 1950s – 1980s.
I love this sort of thing. The way it reflects on the passage of time, and change, and growing old, or staying the same. I imagine the families in the photos all living life together in their little Romanian village. I wonder how their lifestyles changed in the 20 to 50 years since the originals were taken.
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Nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, "Zero Dark Thirty" faces competition from a less immediate and less divisive recreation of wartime history, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." (Also nominated, and more closely connected in time and place to "Zero Dark Thirty": Ben Affleck's "Argo.")
Faulkner wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." True; yet time is the great healer, or at least the great anodyne or occulter. Will the excesses of the so-called "War on Terror" be easier to digest, rationalize and perhaps even forgive a century from now? Or will the blowback from torture -- forget for a moment whether it was "justifiable" -- continue to resonate, and to endanger and shame America?
Based on "firsthand accounts of actual events," according to its opening text, "Zero Dark Thirty" is directed by Kathryn Bigelow and scripted by Mark Boal, who earned Academy Awards for their previous collaboration, the Oscar-validated Best Picture of 2008, "The Hurt Locker." The new movie is a logical follow-up and companion piece to the earlier film, which was a harrowing, intimate examination of the dangerous lives of soldiers in an Army bomb disposal unit during the Iraq War. "The Hurt Locker" was not just a great war film but a sort of existential "Groundhog Day" that suggested that each day we awaken to face anew a volatile and combustible box of pain.
Scrupulously researched and fact-based, "Zero Dark Thirty" is more epic in chronological, geographical and political scope than its predecessor, yet narrower in application. Yet it is similarly intense as it follows an obsessed CIA agent, called Maya (Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain), on the decade-long hunt to find and kill Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida founder who masterminded the 9/11 attack on America. (I didn't write "capture or kill" because it's hard to believe that other than a fatal outcome ever was intended.)
"Zero Dark Thirty" has turned a lot of people into movie critics, including Vietnam War torture victim and Arizona Senator John McCain, who protested the film for making the case, in his mind, that torture is an effective method of interrogation. Open less than three weeks to date, the movie has inspired reams of argumentative and contradictory op-ed columns, as well as many highly detailed exegeses by critics parsing the nuances of the script and of Bigelow's compositions and editorial choices in order to determine the film's "politics" (for want of a better word). In an article in Salon, documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney -- whose great "Taxi to the Dark Side" (2007) examined U.S. "War on Terror" torture practices in great detail -- wrote that "Zero Dark Thirty" is "reckless" and "indefensible." In response to such criticisms, Mark Bowden, author of "The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden," defended the film in The Atlantic as "remarkably true."
The most relevant fact may be that because torture was used on terror suspects in the wake of 9/11, failture to depict such "enhanced interrogation" in a movie about the American response to the attack would be a whitewash. Because torture was used, arguing whether it was helpful becomes a subject for debate, and Bigelow and Boal are not as interested in this debate as in delivering a suspenseful spy/war film that is "true" -- the handheld camerawork and subjective night-vision shots during the climactic raid invest the images with a documentary immediacy -- but also beholden to the "manhunt" and "mission accomplished" thrilllers of genre tradition. (Despite her current prestige, Bigelow is very much a genre filmmaker, as evidenced by her energetic early work, including "Near Dark," a road movie with vampires, and the infamous "Point Break," about surfers who moonlight as bank robbers.)
In a way, "Zero Dark Thirty" is a grand-scale, historical revenge film, like "Django Unchained," but operating within an approximation of the real world, which necessarily gives the stories different outcomes. The climax of Quentin Tarantino's what-if fantasy promises a transformed (if imaginary) America, while the audience for "Zero Dark Thirty" knows that post-Osama life outside the movie theater is as dangerous as ever.
"Zero Dark Thirty" also might be described as a topical, extremely high-tech and jargon-heavy variation on the methodical old-school detective film or police procedural (call it a national security procedural). The also torn-from-the-headlines "All the President's Men" did something similar, but a difference is that "Zero Dark Thirty" is punctuated at seemingly regular intervals with outbursts of violence, to remind the viewer what's at stake; also interrupting the satellite-enhanced ratiocination are a few intricate suspense set pieces. (In the most elaborate, an Osama courier is tracked via cell phone through a crowded bazaar.) The hopscotching story structure ends once the Navy SEALs go to work: The raid on Osama's compound in Pakistan occupies the movie's final half-hour, and it's a tour de force.
A red-tressed Pre-Raphaelite madonna with the cleft chin and chiseled features of an action hero, Chastain's Maya -- apparently very much based on a real person -- is described by a colleague in the movie as "a killer" (the admiring reference is to Maya's drive and intensity, not to her skill with a gun or knife.) Herself a no-nonsense Glamazon warrior in a male-dominated occupation and industry, Bigelow must have been delighted to discover the agent perhaps most responsible for Osama's death was a woman, and no doubt she identified with her heroine's talent and resolve. Even so, the film's journalistic construction obscures what in less artful hands might have seemed like a Hollywoodized, even silly portrayal of an implacable hero.
"I believe I was spared so I could finish the job (of finding Osama)," states Maya, the survivor of at least one terrorist explosion, sounding somewhat like a religious fanatic, like the people she's chasing. When Osama's likely location is discovered, she tells a Navy SEAL: "You're gonna kill him for me." Not for justice, not for freedom, not for America -- "for me." Says one government employee about Maya: "It's her against the world." As the ads promised in so many Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal B-movies about cops: "This time it's personal."
Personal, yes, but Maya is the film's most enigmatic figure, even though she's onscreen more than anyone else. Her opinion of torture is ambiguous; we see her flinch, on occasion, but she's not reluctant to employ pain or to be around it. She's as much a blank slate as the pre-"Skyfall" James Bond; Bigelow and Boal are smart enough not to contrive a back story for their heroine, nor do they try to justify her behavior with phony "motivation."
The chief "interrogator" in the film is a scruffy "Black Site" CIA agent named Dan, introduced during the extended and controversial torture sequence that launches the story. (The agent is played by a superb Jason Clarke, unjustly overlooked for supporting actor honors during moviedom's so-called "awards season"; also worthy of recognition is Reda Kateb as Dan's prime "victim," a composite figure dubbed "Ammar.")
Dan's good at his gruesome job, but he's weary, and eager for transfer. As he warns Maya: "You don't want to be the last one holding a dog collar when the oversight committee comes." He's also given what may be the movie's most significant line: "We know what he know," Dan states, almost ridiculously, in reference to some bit of CIA intelligence. He then explains: "It's a tautology" -- a self-reinforcing statement that can't be disproved. His remarks is an admission of helplessness and an acknowledgment of absurdity: an appropriate response to a new type of war. (In this context, the name "Maya" seems apropos, and opens an avenue of interpretation not apparent from Maya's grim certainty: The word refers to the Hindu concept of earthly material illusion, which obscures spiritual truth. As George Harrison sang on his album "All Things Must Pass": "Beware of maya.")
I don't think "Zero Dark Thirty" is the masterpiece some have made it out to be; I found its technical accomplishment greater than its emotional impact, and I don't believe it's groundbreaking in any way. I also think Maya's final tear was more necessary for Chastain than for Bigelow; it seems to be the filmmaker's acknowledgment of what people expect -- a (condescending?) gesture from a director more attracted to her heroine's intensity than to her "humanity." Yet "Zero Dark Thirty" is certainly a must-see -- a movie of remarkable craft and intelligence that's worthy of the debate it has inspired, and sturdy enough to support the many, many arguments still to come.
Rated R for profanity, violence and scenes of torture, 'Zero Dark Thirty' opens Friday (Jan. 11) in the Memphis area at the CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, DeSoto Cinema 16, Forest Hill 8, Hollywood 20 Cinema, Paradiso, Stage Cinema and Studio on the Square.


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Boise State Offensive Keys:
Rush for 175 yards. Now that the Muscle Hamster rushed for 100+ against the Pack he should pick up some confidence in his Offensive line. Look for Harper to continue to make good contributions. I will go on a limb and predict that the Mitch Burroughs Experience rushes for a touchdown of 25+ yards. The wr reverse has been clicking.
Completions to 8 different receivers and complete a pass of more than 40 yards. There are always fireworks when we meet up with Patricia Hill and Co. and I do not expect anything less. With the re-reinstatement of Geraldo Boldewijn look for us to stretch the field. Kellen has forgotten about last week. He forgot about it the moment he put on the film for Fresno. Period.
Total of at least 450 yards total offense. The offense has something to prove after last weeks stalled performance. Too bad Patricia will be the brunt of the Bronco rage.
Fresno State offensive keys:
Derek Carr must have a big game. This young man is slated for big things. He moves well, throws the ball well and has the charisma it takes to be a good leader. He has averaged 258 yards a game. He must go above and beyond. Carr must net 400 yards passing this game with no interceptions. Lets face it folks. If a team wants to beat the number four team in the country, they can't turn the ball over.
Robbie Rouse must channel his inner Ryan Mathews. Rouse is a slippery back who has had four straight 100 yard games. If Fresno wants to go deep with play action pass, he must gain some big yards on the ground to open things up down field. Rouse must have 135 yards on the ground.
Take away the play book from Pat Hill. He loves to gamble, and against Boise State that philosophy got him beat 52-0 last year. He thought that blitzing the house against us would stop our passing attack. Nope, it only put Titus Young in deep down field 1-1 situations. Resulting in a long day for the Fresno State Bulldogs and a certain Fu Manchu.
Boise State Defensive keys:
Intercept two passes. With Jerrell Gavins out with injury, Qualon Ewing-Burton must continue to play solid. Look for Carr to go after QEB, but that should result in QEB getting his fair share of opportunities to make a play.
Limit Fresno to 300 yards of total offense.
Force Fresno to punt nine times
Fresno State Defensive Keys:
Keep Tyler Shoemaker to 50 yards receiving.
Limit the amount of receivers with touches to five. Fresno must find a way to keep Kellen from spreading the wealth. I would jam the line of scrimmage and force Kellen to go deep to Boldewijn or the MBE.
Take away the playbook from Pat Hill. I have a feeling he will go for it on fourth and two on his own 30 yard line and it will result in a touchdown on the ensuing Boise State offensive play. Yeah, the Gambler has guts, but guts aren't the only thing that wins a game. Making plays, proper scouting, proper play calling, and having a copy of the "Coaching Tips 101" by Frank Stallone in your bookcase makes for the complete package of what it takes to win a game.
Don't expect the same fireworks as were last time we played in the Valley. There will be some fireworks early but Boise will pull away. 42-13 Boise.


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Encryption - http://www.last.fm/music/Encryption
Lost Kingdom - http://www.last.fm/music/Lost+Kingdom
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Yes we do. It is called "Orcs that will fucking kill you". Named after a tag a fan of Za Frûmi gave them. Here´s a direct link to the group. http://www.last.fm/group/Orcs+that+will+fucking+kill+you
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A metro Atlanta trucking school shut down unexpectedly last month leaving Glen McClanahan without a job. It was a job he said he held for nearly six years.
As lead instructor, McClanahan taught students to drive big rigs so they could obtain a commercial driver's license.
According to employees and students, Atlantic CDL Training Center in Covington closed suddenly leaving them high and dry.
"We never got a clue that this was going to happen. We came in here Monday morning thinking we're going to work and we got separation papers handed to us. They said, 'That's it, the school is closed,'" McClanahan said.
McClanahan said he never received his final paycheck and he's not the only employee out thousands of dollars.
"We can't pay our bills. I'm two months behind on my rent and I'm expecting my landlord to tell me to move anytime," McClanahan said.
To make matters worse, McClanahan said multiple students paid more than $2,000 each for a class they couldn't complete.
"The week that we closed, four of them were supposed to go down and take their CDL test. So I really feel bad for them because they can't get anything," McClanahan said.
CBS Atlanta News spoke with David Couch, the attorney representing the business, and he said a surety bond was set up to reimburse the students, but it could be months before the owner is able to pay the employees.
"He owns this property right here we're standing at and he's got all these assets. Why can't he sell some of that to pay us?" McClanahan said.
Couch said the owners are determining what their assets are so that they can sell them and then pay off the employees. They hope to have that taken care of in the next two to three months. As for the students, Couch said they can file a claim with the Georgia Department of Driver Services for reimbursement.
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The following are mugshots of individuals arrested in May by local authorities in Northeast Tennessee.


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PPS Destinations Report
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Date: Summer 2010
Reported by Dr. Chris Travis, Laguna Hills, CA, USA
Atlantic Salmon on the
Eastern Canada, along the
The Atlantic
Salmon has the most spectacular take and fight of any migrating anadromous fish.
They are bigger, meaner, and take the fly viciously on top. Giant 'holes' in the
river are made when they strike the fly. Now I know why those who fish for
Atlantics get a disease that can only be quenched by fishing for them every
year. Here is the catch. The numbers of Atlantic Salmon on earth has declined to
the endangered levels. The rivers have deteriorated through human expansion and
the industrial revolution, as well as over harvesting in excess to the point
where the Atlantic Salmon industry has all but vanished.
Fish farms
have created a goo of filth and sea lice that anadromous fish have to navigate
through and most of the smolt die from the fish-lice infestation they get from
exposure to the fish farm exudate. Don't buy farmed salmon and let the markets
know it. Basically, where these
farms were placed without any biological data from scientists in
So, what we have is the greatest fresh
water game fish on earth struggling to survive as a species. Go figure.
Just as sad, only the fortunate rich get to fish for the greatest game
fish in fresh water, because only a handful of waters still have representative
runs of Atlantic Salmon. These waters are owned by very exclusive fishing clubs
and the ones that are open to the public, have a lottery to get on the pools.
Two such rivers were afforded us because we were
shooting a TV series for networks in
We fished the fabled Grand Cascapedia
and the
The people are wonderful on the
The weather is completely unpredictable,
so you must layer and be ready for anything with a packable raincoat. This year
the river levels were low, and sight fishing was doable. We had a great time
moving from one lodge to another during the two week stay. I highly recommend
doing that to get a different river every few days to fish.
The time to go is the full moon at about
the end of June. One goes a week before the full moon and stays a week after the
full moon. The numbers are nowhere near the numbers of steelhead in the
Northwest, so you have to go then. The bigger fish come during this time of
summer. (Makes you think hard where the steelhead species is going…probably
downhill like the Atlantics).
The rivers are divided into sections and
some are better than others. You must do your homework prior to booking. I
cannot stress that any more than I have. You cannot think you will get an
Atlantic Salmon by just going there. They are so endangered, you have to do the
science to be there at the correct time. And, they are crazy fickle fish. But
you can entice them like you would a cat with yarn.
The Lottery system is provided by the
Cascapedia Society and it is a good system. If you are lucky enough to
stay at a lodge, they will have their own water to fish. All fishing is,
by law, with a guide. Do your HOMEWORK and you will do well. I highly
recommend going to the
The flies you use are traditional with some improvements over the years. I like the idea of fishing Green Highlanders, Blue Charms, Lady Amhersts, Black Bear Green Butts, and the like. It is romantic and full of history. The salmon love 'em, and there is a bit of science to the flies and which ones to use. Just follow what your guide says and ask him why he chose the fly. Most of it has to do with sun and overcast, fast and slow water, shallow or deep.
The Atlantic Salmon take a faster moving
fly than steelhead. They lay in the same areas of the river, maybe even more
inclined to hold in the deeper parts of every pool. A two handed rod is
imperative for most fishing due to the width of the river and trees and
obstacles behind the angler. The
single handed rod is used for dry fly fishing in a drag free manner. Fun!
The best Salmon fishermen were using
short lines and fast swings to get their fish to grab. One can entice a salmon
into raising up the column and take a fly by doing it many times over the same
area where the salmon is holding. It
is a game that never gets old.
Chris Travis
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By JESSA LEWIS6 News Reporter
GATLINBURG (WATE) - Tourists are packing the Smokies during their holiday vacations, and they aren't letting chilly temperatures or rain slow them down.
Families were out and about on Wednesday, spending their Christmas money in Gatlinburg."They all wanted to go on a cruise at first and I was threw a fit and said it wasn't very Christmassy," said Mackenzie Carney, of Waynesboro, Miss.The drizzle isn't stopping people from walking through downtown."We're going to walk and see some more sites and buy some more stuff," said tourist Jody Baggett."We were going to go skiing, we're going to go to the aquarium, and we just came from the theater," said tourist Triston Wallace.Jim Davis at the Gatlinburg Convention and Visitors Bureau says things are slowly improving when it comes to visitor spending."The last two or three years have steadily gotten better," said Davis. "There are more people sharing the tourism dollar now and it's very competitive and people are finding ways to get their share of the people coming here, but that's to the advantage of the visitor."
Cabin and lodge rentals companies are also getting a piece of the tourism pie.
Many people from outside Sevier County are packing cabins and chalets ahead of New Year's Eve. A number of places are completely sold out.
Jackson Mountain Homes workers say they don't have any vacant cabins until Jan. 2, and said Dec. 26 is their busiest day of the year.
"We have scheduled 83 arrivals today, I looked it up, and then another 40 tomorrow. We have some holdovers that checked in before the holiday, and they'll stay through New Year's. Between today, tomorrow, and the next day, we'll have everything checked in," said Christine Maltese.They say it's no different from other years, and that they had a few spots left this past week."Christmas, it's an odd thing. We don't get as many Christmas arrivals as New Year's arrivals, and the week between. I think a lot of people like to stay home for the holidays. We were busy, but we still had a few things open," she said.And unlike people hoping to hit the slopes, cabin companies aren't hoping for snow."We pray for no snow over the holidays. I know Ober would probably not like me saying that, but don't mind the cold weather, love it that they can make snow, but snow complicates things for us," Maltese said.Snow doesn't help downtown businesses either."Seems like quite a bit fewer this year," said Ken Kooch of Fudge Shoppe of the Smokies. "The weather up north, the snow that's going on, people just can't get here. So i'm sure a lot of people have canceled their plans, but we've got what we've got and we'll make do with that."The last couple of years have been hard on the fudge shop, but they're hoping people coming in for the New Year's celebration will stop by and spend.
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Conservative or Liberal, Deist or Pagan, Jersey transplant or Lehigh Valley native, we're all in this mess together. Let's talk. Let us do no harm. Today's one-liner: "The shortest way to the distinguishing excellence of any writer is through his hostile critics." Richard LeGallienne
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Do Pa.'s Tough DUI Laws Work?
"That's a huge increase in a short time," remarked Morganelli. It appears that, instead of deterring people, this lower 0.08 BAC is actually leading to more arrests.
But you can pick up a six-pack at Wegmans.
14 comments:
- A.J.C. said...
At bars, there are usually signs that read "If you appear intoxicated, we can't serve you," or something along those lines. I'm sure they just can't wait to turn away money, especially when the economy is going down the toilet.
Drinking is now pop-culture. The number of cases will likely rise again.
- Bernie O'Hare said...
As something of a n expert when it comes to booze, I don't think tougher laws are the answer. Sadly, I don't know the answer.
- J. SPIKE ROGAN said...
No booze on Sundays never did much. Other than cause people to buy up on Saturday.
Liqour stores turn folks away often. They are state employees with UFCW 1776.
But Joe Sixpack never gets turned down by bars and pizza places across the commonwealth.
Then again when you make $6.00 a hour in a hot pizza place why would you care, how wasted a customer is.
There should be more protection for private employees who refuse sale to a drunk.
And .08 was done to give DA's more cases to close and use for re-election.
Speaking of Morganelli I heard he may want t run against Arlen Spector, and Corbett may whish to be governor.
Why did either run for Attorney General then?
- J. SPIKE ROGAN said...
I saw the Chief of Colonial Regional give a soberity to someone at the Wine and Spirits in lower Nazareth Township one day at 11:00 am.
The stores manager called them, the Chief was the one person not on call.
I got the story the next morning from the PDs dispatcher who loves Black Iced Tea.
Partially the overly aggressive youthful suburban police departments have made the #'s rise.
They pull anyone over after midnight and have a pretty good chance of a drinking driver.
There have always been drivers that have been drinking but the mind of the younger police officer is warped and getting revenge from video game defeat...
"Then again when you make $6.00 a hour in a hot pizza place why would you care, how wasted a customer is."
If you stand to pay huge fines, lose your very expensive license, and even your business, you tend to watch your employees who watch this stuff very closely. The ratio of violations to licensees is minuscule. The overpaid union hacks who drive up liquor prices under a medieval monopoly are never under threat of investigation by their brethren at the LCB. I'd love to see their performance if ever monitored honestly. Stop flacking for Wendell Young, big liquor, and the nanny state.
i cant wait until i can once again purchase beer, liquor, wine at any gas station or 24 hr walgreens. guess i'd better move back to florida bc i dont see that happening in PA anytime in the near future.
but seriously, people should never drink and drive. i am appauled by people who are older than me...and im 29...who think its okay to get drunk and get behind the wheel. its like, ya think they'd know better, but apparently some people just dont get it.
i dont know how to change the law to fix the problem, i mean, you see people who get like 20 dui's and its like how the hell does that even happen??? (i think that was in wisconsin or someplace like that a year or so ago)
i do know that bartenders need to be held accountable by law if something happens to a patron that the bartender gets drunk. its not okay when a 20 year old walks out of a bar completely intoxicated and while attempting to cross the street to walk home gets hit and killed by a car.
maybe if people had a little more self-control, there'd be alot less of everything bad in this world.
- lighthouse said...
Tinkerbell's comment:
"i do know that bartenders need to be held accountable by law if something happens to a patron that the bartender gets drunk. its not okay when a 20 year old walks out of a bar completely intoxicated"...
1. if a bartender is selling to underage drinkers, that is a violation.
2. however, if selling to legal drinkers, it is (or SHOULD be)the drinker's responsibility for his/her own free-will actions. Don't pass liability of their irresponsibility onto someone else. Free will in privileges equals free will in consequences.
3. Age should be consistent. Being old enough to live on your, get married, die for your country, be charged "as an adult" for a crime, and having a beer should ALL be the same age. 18, 19, 20, 21 whatever, but they should all be the same in my opinion.
- Bernie O'Hare said...
"maybe if people had a little more self-control, there'd be alot less of everything bad in this world."
Tinkerbell, as you know, I'm an alkie. Before I retired from drinking, I don't think any law would stop me. It definitely is an impulse control problem.
- J. SPIKE ROGAN said...
YO GENE! It is PRIVATE bussiness not the state stores that are so unscrupulous with booze sales.
And Bernie is 100% right. My dad who also is named Bernie (no relation, that we know of we are Irish, and well watch any Denis Leary show for that angle) and no law would have stopped him before he quit.
it was me being hundreds of miles away that snapped him out of it.
There are two separate problems here: drinking, and driving drunk. I have the greatest empathy with people who are struggling with alcohol addiction, but no sympathy at all for people who get drunk and insist on driving. The solution is simple: buy your booze, go home, drink it there. But some people are so selfish that it isn't enough to just get drunk - they must endanger and involve other people.
One answer would certainly be to impound drunk drivers' cars, including any car that is being driven by a drunk driver but is registered to someone else. It wouldn't completely solve the problem by any means, but it would cut into it. Even a spouse is unlikely to want to lend their car under those conditions.
WELL, DUH, IF THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF 'DRUNK' IS LOWERED from .10 to .08, of course there will be more arrests. Simple logic, which most people are incapable of, dictates that. Lower it to .06 and watch it increase even more.
If the BAC threshold were raised to .12, DUI arrests would significantly decrease.
It's funny to see lawmakers and the idiot special interests people lobby and petition for stricter laws and then get all befuddled when the numbers go up.
We've also seen in this in other areas. They ban handguns in DC and the crime gets worse. lol. Idiots.
Sometimes I don't know who's more inept, lawmakers who pass these laws or the people who insist on them.
So, let Morganelli deal with the guy who had "one too many" and came in at .09 or .10. We all know those are real problem people in society.
As a society, we've already shot our feet off. Pretty soon it will be arms then when all four appendages are gone, someone will lead us all to the guillotine.
I just got a dui last night, apparantly I passed all three roadside test, and then after waiting a long time with a breathelizer reading, the cop said "I was about .08".. The two other cops didnt want anything to do with the case and asked the one cop what he wanted to do since I passed and my breathalizer was so low, he said to take me in... Apparantly they did a complete search on my car afterwards, and then impounded the car, even tho they pulled me over right in front of the entrance to the holding station. There is such thing as reponsible drinking but apparantly that isnt good enough for some people. 3 miller lites and 4 shots of goldschalger(over 3 hours 9:30-about 1am) and at least and hour and a half between the last beer and the last shot... I mean it was probably that last shot that brought me up too .08 "if I had .08" but I am fairly confident the blood test is going to come back under .08. Moral of the story if your going to the DD dont drink at all, even if you are ok to drive, dont.
O and mind you I weigh 230lbs.. you all can do the math..


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Lough Allen
|Lough Allen
Loch Aillionn
Spencer Harbour
|County Leitrim
|54°06′25″N 8°02′21″W / 54.10694°N 8.03917°WCoordinates: 54°06′25″N 8°02′21″W / 54.10694°N 8.03917°W
|Primary inflows
|River Shannon
|Primary outflows
|River Shannon
|Basin countries
|Max. length
|17.7 km (11.0 mi)
|Max. width
|4.8 km (3.0 mi)
|Surface area
|35 km2 (14 sq mi)[1]
|Average depth
|4–5 m (13–16 ft)[1]
|Max. depth
|31 m (102 ft)[1]
|Corry Island, Drummans Island, Inishmagrath
|Arigna, Ballinaglera, Dowra, Drumshanbo, Drumkeeran
Lough Allen (Irish: Loch Aillionn)[2] is a lake on the River Shannon[3] in northeastern Connacht, Ireland. Most of the lake is in County Leitrim,[3] with a smaller part in County Roscommon. The lake lies to the south of the River Shannon's source, near the Iron Mountains, and is the uppermost of the three main lakes on the river. The other two, Lough Ree and Lough Derg are much further to the south.
The lake is shaped like an upturned isosceles triangle. The Shannon enters the lake at the wider northern end and leaves the lake at the narrow southern end. Other rivers that feed the lake include the Diffagher (northwest), the Yellow (northeast), the Stoney (east) and the Arigna (southwest). The R280 regional road skirts the west side of the lake, while the R207 follows the east bank,[4] from Ballinagleragh to Drumshanbo. The R200 road is on the north side of the lake, traveling west from Dowra to Drumkeeran. The Iron Mountains (Slíabh an Íariann) lie to the east and west of Lough Allen.
Some claims have been recently made that volumes of oil and gas lie beneath the lake and the Allen basin.[5]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d Jahncke, Michael J.; Garrett, Riley, Martin, Cole (2002). Public, Animal, and Environmental Aquaculture Health Issues. Wiley. p. 92. ISBN 0-471-38772-X.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ a b Bord Failte (2001). Bord Failte Ireland Guide, 4th Edition. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 775. ISBN 0-312-27048-8.
- ^ Bord Failte (2001). Bord Failte Ireland Guide, 4th Edition. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 779. ISBN 0-312-27048-8.
- ^ "Ireland on the verge of an oil and gas bonanza". Irish Independent. 20 May 2007.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Xcel Energy Inc. is sending crews, including two from Sparta, to help restore electricity in Iowa and Wisconsin after a major winter storm hit the Midwest.
Xcel says 12 employees and a manager volunteered to leave Friday morning from the Twin Cities to help restore power in the Des Moines, Iowa, area. The crews will join up with four workers from Faribault and Mankato before heading south.
Mid-American Energy asked Minneapolis-based Xcel to help restore service to an estimated 9,500 customers in the Des Moines area.
Meanwhile, eight Xcel employees and a manager left from Eau Claire on Friday. They will join up with the pair from Sparta, before traveling to Madison to help Madison Gas and Electric restore service to an estimated 1,800 customers.
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