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Black Friday!
Posted: Sat, November 26, 2011 10:56 PM EST
Updated: Sun, November 27, 2011 03:47 PM PST
Buckeye, AZ -- An Arizona police department will conduct an investigation into the bloody arrest of a 54-year-old grandfather during a Black Friday sale at a Walmart, an assistant police chief said Saturday. Jerald Newman, 54, was released Saturday from a Maricopa County jail, his wife, Pamela, told media sources. He has been charged with resisting arrest and shoplifting. "(He is) as good as expected ... but he is emotionally and mentally a wreck," she said. "They were just letting people in; there was nowhere to walk," said his daughter, Berneta Sanchez, who was also in the store. "Teenagers and adults were fighting for these games, taking them away from little kids and away from my father." The suspect's grandson, Nicholas Nava, told media sources that Newman had grabbed one video game and put it under his shirt so that others jostling for the game didn't take it from him. One person alerted a police officer, who then approached Newman.
Newman (pictured left in mugshot) was among a throng of shoppers crammed into a Buckeye, Arizona, Walmart soon after it opened late the night of Thanksgiving. A media sources from Las Vegas, was among the crowd shopping for video games set up in the Walmart's grocery section. He said Newman "was not resisting" arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer. That officer, the media source said, then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg, grabbed him and "slammed him face first into the ground. It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground, that's how bad it was," he said.
Video, recorded by the media source and later posted on television, shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood. As he's turned over, Buckeye police officers appear to try to revive him -- at which point his face, covered mostly in blood, is revealed. Several voices, apparently those of fellow shoppers, are heard saying, "Why would you throw him down so hard? All he did was shoplifting and you threw him down like that?" Another person says, "They threw him down. He wasn't doing anything wrong."
Buckeye Assistant Police Chief Larry Hall said the department will conduct an investigation to assess whether the actions of the police officer involved in the arrest were "within reason," based on "our policy and also the law." He said that probe would happen soon, adding it was "days away." "We may have an independent agency conduct the inquiry, just to show transparency," Hall said.
Walmart spokeswoman Ashley Hardie said the retail giant was aware of the incident.
"We are concerned whenever there is an incident involving a customer at one of our stores," Hardie said. "We are in contact with the local police and are sharing any information we have with them."
Illegal Liar!
September 16, 2011
Anchorage, ALASKA — A Former Anchorage Police Officer who entered the country illegally using a stolen identity was sentenced in state court Friday on related charges. Rafael Mora-Lopez was in State Superior Court Friday on charges of falsifying Permanent Fund Dividend applications since 1991. Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced Mora-Lopes to 24 month in jail with all of that suspended – meaning he won't spend time behind bars on the state charges.
He says he made a mistake a long time ago and wishes he could now take it back. "To the people of Anchorage I want to apologize for what I did." Lopez said at the sentencing hearing. "All I wanted to do was serve you." For 20 years Mora-Lopez pretended to be Rafael Alberto Espinoza – a U.S. citizen currently living in Mexico. In August a federal judge sentenced Mora-Lopez to three months in jail for passport fraud and false claim of U.S. citizenship.
August 25, 2011
On August 25th, 2011, Mexican national Rafael Mora-Lopez, who immigrated illegally to the United States and stole another U.S. citizen's identity to prevent discovery, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska to three months in federal prison and fined $10,000. In addition, he was also sentenced to 750 hours of community service and three years of supervised release. Judge Tim Burgess did not sentence Mora-Lopez to deportation, since authorities say deportation issues are a separate matter under the jurisdiction of federal immigration officials.
An Alaska state case against Mora-Lopez, Case No. 3AN-11-06897CR, is still open. In June 2011, he pleaded guilty to a single felony count of unsworn falsification in conjunction with knowingly submitting false Permanent Fund Dividend applications. Although Mora-Lopez has since repaid $27,000 of dividends, he is to be sentenced on September 16th by Judge Michael Wolverton, and faces as much as two years imprisonment.
April 29, 2011
Update April 28th: It has now been revealed that before Mora-Lopez became an Anchorage cop in 2005, he was a bus driver for Anchorage People Mover from 1999-2005. The word is that he had a good work record there, too.
Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew released more details on April 26th, 2011 on how the illegal Mexican immigrant Rafael Mora-Lopez became an Anchorage Police Officer known as Rafael Espinoza. Chief Mew explained why the initial fingerprint-based background check did not discover the existence of an American citizen named Rafael Espinoza, the name used by Mora-Lopez. It's because the real Espinoza, who now has dual citizenship, does not live in the United States and does not have fingerprints on file here. Since there was no record in the United States beyond the fact that he existed, it was an empty slate. Mew added that, in general, people are not fingerprinted unless they are arrested for a crime or apply for a job that requires it. The record could have been blank, or Mora-Lopez could have already established fingerprints on record, as Espinoza, for a previous job application. Either way, Mora-Lopez's fingerprints were not in the criminal record.
But when the real Rafael Espinoza applied for a U.S. passport, and Mora-Lopez (Pictured left, illegal Mexican immigrant Rafael Mora-Lopez) subsequently applied in January to renew his passport under the Espinoza name, it was discovered that his information was at odds with the now-substantial record created by Mora-Lopez having used his identity. Bingo -- red flag! Immediately Mora-Lopez resigned from the department, knowing he'd be fired. If criminal allegations come up against an officer, detectives investigate and the officer is suspended with pay. If charges are filed, the officer is then suspended without pay, and if found guilty, then they are terminated.
Chief Mew also said that APD is investigating Mora-Lopez' polygraph file to determine whether the correct questions were asked, the proper conclusions drawn from the data, or whether Mora-Lopez was capable of fooling a polygraph. Mew then added that Mew said he had been given legal advice not to discuss whether Mora-Lopez and Espinoza knew each other, how long Mora-Lopez used the false identity or whether Mora-Lopez had been in Anchorage since his entry into the United States from Mexico in 1989.
Mora-Lopez was arrested on Thursday April 21st and charged with one count of False Application of Passport, a federal crime carrying a 10-year maximum sentence. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $50,000 bond, subject to home confinement and electronic monitoring. He may face other charges. He is married with one child.
HPD - Chad Holley!
February 4, 2010
"Whoever provided the video to Channel 13 is in violation of a federal court order and should be prosecuted. It is unfortunate and irresponsible that Channel 13 has chosen to air the material at this time."
-- Annise Parker, Mayor of Houston on the release of the HPD beating video.
HOUSTON (WCJB) -- Months after four Houston police officers were indicted following the violent videotaped arrest of a teenage suspect, we along with others, now have the tape. The images were clear and graphic -- Houston police kicking, punching, and stomping teenage burglary suspect Chad Holley who had run, but was now clearly trying to surrender. Activist Quanell X gave the tape to 13 Undercover, before a state judge issued a restraining order. The tape was also sealed by a federal judge in the Holley civil lawsuit. "That tape made me angry as hell and I'm telling you when the people in the 'hood see it, they will be angry also and now it's time to come out," said Quanell X.
The video showed the most physical cop that March day appeared to be Raad Hassan. His termination letter listed 15 kicks. There were a lot of them, and there was one kick after Holley was clearly handcuffed.
Dallas PD!
Dallas, TX - Police Brutality - Sept. 5th 2010
Copper Thief!
Posted: 02/03/2011 07:11:09 AM PST
Updated: 02/03/2011 08:14:49 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco police officer has been charged with stealing a car registration sticker from a driver he pulled over and then affixing the tag to his own car. District Attorney George Gascon said Officer Gregory Hui was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of falsifying motor vehicle documents. Prosecutors allege the 45-year-old patrol officer pulled over a car with a defective brake light a year ago. During the stop, he allegedly admonished the driver for having an improper sticker. Hui then allegedly took the sticker and put it on a car he co-owned that had expired tags. Gascon says Hui has not yet been arraigned on the charges, which include misdemeanor embezzlement. His bail was set at $18,000.
Texas Justice 2011!
February 1, 2011
GEORGETOWN, TX — Fired Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana pleaded guilty Monday to drunken driving in a January 2010 arrest in Leander and will probably serve a year of probation for the crime. The arrest came eight months after he fatally shot Nathaniel Sanders II in a Northeast Austin apartment complex parking lot as Sanders reached for a gun Sanders had at his waist , officials said. Quintana has said the shooting led him to turn to alcohol. Quintana was later suspended for 15 days for not activating his patrol car camera during the incident, but he was not disciplined for his tactics or use of deadly force.
On Monday, Quintana entered his plea in a deal with prosecutors before Williamson County Court-at-Law No. 1 Judge Suzanne Brooks , who accepted the plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for March 7 . If Brooks accepts the deal, Quintana will serve 12 months of probation and pay a $400 fine. If he fails to meet the terms of the probation, he could serve 180 days in jail and pay an additional $1,600 fine.
Quintana pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Monday morning, when the trial was scheduled to begin. He changed his plea to guilty after the deal with prosecutors was finalized early in the afternoon, Quintana's attorney said. "He came into court today, looked the judge straight in her eyes and said, 'I am guilty of this offense,'" the attorney said. "He is being held accountable. "Lenny has never excused his behavior that night."
The lead county prosecutor in the case, Geoffrey Puryear , said the plea agreement was typical for someone's first offense. Probation would allow law enforcement to monitor Quintana and mandate counseling, Puryear said. Specific conditions of Quintana's probation will be up to Brooks, Puryear said. Quintana was not available for comment after the plea.
Leander police arrested Quintana early on Jan. 12, 2010, after he crashed his Cadillac Escalade and failed field sobriety tests, officials have said. He had spent the night out drinking with friends and was driving home to Leander when he crashed his vehicle, police said. Tests showed that he had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 at the time, officials said. The legal limit to drive in Texas is 0.08. The arrest came after nearly six hours of questioning on Jan. 11, 2011 as part of a deposition in a federal civil rights lawsuit into the Sanders shooting. Balagia said the shooting weighed heavily on Quintana and that he unsuccessfully reached out, before the arrest, for help from the Police Department after he noticed an increase in his drinking.
"He went to the department and told them that he was having drinking problems because he was having nightmares and an inability to sleep because of the repercussions of the shooting," Balagia said. He said his client has not had a drink of alcohol since his arrest. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said he would not discuss what actions the department took "out of respect for Mr. Quintana's privacy." "However, I assure you when our department is aware that an employee has reached out for help, or we believe they need help, without exception we provide that help," Acevedo said.
Acevedo fired Quintana four months after the arrest, but an arbitrator in October reinstated him with a 15-day suspension. Quintana's lawyers successfully argued that Quintana was unfairly treated because other officers who had been charged with drunken driving were not fired. Upon reinstatement, Acevedo fired Quintana a second time amid an assault allegation involving Quintana's former girlfriend. In November, Leander police charged Quintana with four misdemeanor crimes relating to the allegation. A pretrial hearing for those charges will also be held March 7, 2011, the judge said. Balagia said Quintana is not guilty of those charges.
With Monday's guilty plea, Quintana is now at risk of losing his professional law enforcement license. The state agency that licenses officers has begun issuing "hard suspension" in some cases to officers who are convicted of drunken driving — prohibiting them from taking law enforcement action during that time. Acevedo has said that officers who lack a valid license will be fired. Sgt. Wayne Vincent , president of the Austin police union, said, "We are aware of the plea, and we hope it has worked out that he can somehow come back and have a career in law enforcement."
Convicted ... Perjury!
Janaury 28, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A police sergeant faces up to six years in prison after a jury found him guilty on charges of official misconduct and false reports. Jurors returned the verdict against 44-year-old Marc Garza Thursday night. Police say Garza was behind a fake burglary report that was written to keep him and his men out of trouble after an August 2009 raid on a house. Records show they did not have a warrant Garza was a decorated squad leader of a crime-busting team in the Operation Safe Streets program. Prosecutors told jurors Graza's zeal for busting bad guys turned him into a criminal. Garza is awaiting trial in another case. He is accused of using a police radio to beat a handcuffed drug suspect last summer.
Prior Bad Acts!
May 26, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The officer already charged with falsifying a police report has been charged today with more crimes. Sgt. Marc Garza, a 14-year veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, was arrested in February following an August incident in which witnesses said he removed an air conditioner to break into a home. The incident was written up as a burglary in progress. Today, the a new arrest report against Garza shows more charges stemming from a separate incident last summer. On Aug. 18, 2009, Garza was among the officers who responded to a home on Cagle Road on the Southside for a narcotics investigation. Somario Atkins was arrested and placed in the back of a police car while officers continued investigating. Witnesses at the scene that day said Garza learned that Atkins bit another officer during the arrest, police said. The witnesses said Garza then went to Atkins, who was handcuffed in the back of the car, and repeatedly hit him on the head with his portable radio. Atkins needed treatment at Shands for a 2-inch laceration on his head.
"The fact is, if an officer violated the law, we apply the same standards to them as with anyone else," said Jacksonville Undersheriff Frank Mackesy. Mackesy said a group of police officers did the right thing when they heard of Garza's conduct in the field. "Police officers came forward and led us to the point where we are at today. Morally centered, ethical officers," Mackesy said, adding that Garza is one of over 3,000 employees with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Garza supervised a unit of eight officers. Mackesy said that JSO reviewed every case Garza has worked on, checking for any other instances of possible misconduct. "Naturally they'd be called into question but we've done an exhaustive review of the cases and there isn't any tainting of those cases as a result of [Garza's] conduct," Mackesy said.
A Jacksonville defense attorney said for him, the officer's arrest would raise questions about other cases. He said it is possible that a defendant's guilty verdict could be set aside based on newly discovered evidence. "In all respect to the sheriff's office, just because they may not believe his credibility is an issue in another case, doesn't mean a defense attorney or the public defender's office isn't going to believe there's some question," the attorney said. Garza turned himself in Monday to face the charges, but didn't say anything, as he invoked his right to counsel. He is charged with aggravated battery and falsifying an official document, both felonies. Wednesday night, Garza's attorney declined to comment.
Rabbit's gotta GUN!
January 24, 2011
Police have found the body of a man they believe shot and killed two police officers Monday, a St. Petersburg, Florida, police spokesman said. The two officers died in a morning shootout while trying to find a suspect named in an aggravated battery warrant, Police Chief Chuck Harmon said. A third officer, a deputy U.S. marshal, was shot twice and wounded, but was in stable condition at a hospital, officials said. Even after they knocked a hole in a wall to rescue one officer, police did not know where the suspect was, St. Petersburg police spokeswoman Midge Walsh said.
So they used a backhoe to rip down much of the home -- which, by Monday afternoon, was largely a pile of wood and rubble, as seen in aerial video footage from the scene. Numerous law enforcement personnel also were working outside the residence.
Around 2:45 p.m., St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said that a deceased man -- believed to be the shooter and the man authorities had been looking for originally -- had been found in the house. The name of the suspect has not been released by police. Authorities had been trying to locate the suspect for weeks, Harmon said, using both uniformed and undercover officers. The officers went to the home about 7 a.m. Monday to talk to a "young lady" regarding his whereabouts, but did not expect the man to be there, the chief said.
The woman told the officers the man was in the home's attic, Harmon said. The officers went after the man, who fired at them from the attic, he said. One of the officers had stayed in the attic after being shot, and he was eventually rescued without further gunfire erupting. In total, Harmon estimated, more than 100 shots were fired from both the suspect and the officers.
"He was somebody we wanted to get off the street," Harmon said. "And obviously, today you see why." He did not release the two officers' names, saying he would later Monday. Both officers were married, he said, and one had children. Both had been with the department for "well over 10 years," he said. "I've been chief for 10 years, almost ... and I haven't lost an officer," Harmon said. "This is devastating to me. This is a chief's worst nightmare." Harmon said he had spoken to both officers' wives and "obviously, they're in a state of shock."
St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster told reporters it was a "dark day." "Our hearts are grieving," he said. The three law enforcement officers are among at least 11 shot nationwide in a 24-hour period.
Four officers were shot and wounded at a Detroit police precinct on Sunday. Two Kitsap County, Washington, sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded at a Walmart in the town of Port Orchard. And officers in two locations -- Indianapolis and Lincoln City, Oregon -- were critically injured Sunday after being shot during traffic stops.
DPD Shootout!
January 29, 2011
In-House Job!
January 24, 2011
DETROIT – A relative of the gunman who was fatally shot after wounding four officers at a Detroit police station was scheduled to be sentenced Monday in a double-homicide case, the city's police chief said. Chief Ralph Godbee identified the shooter as 38-year-old Lamar D. Moore of Detroit, but said he couldn't speculate about a motive in Sunday's shooting at the 6th precinct.
January 23, 2011
Four police officers were shot at a Detroit police precinct on Sunday afternoon but all are expected to survive, the city's police chief said Sunday. Security measures may be reassessed now, he said. The most seriously injured officer -- he was shot in the lower back -- emerged from surgery Sunday evening at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee said.
A person who police identified as the shooter was shot dead, Godbee said at a Sunday evening press conference. Police have identified the shooter, Godbee said, but are withholding the person's name as they conduct an investigation of the incident. Godbee said that a man walked into a police precinct Sunday and "indiscriminately began firing and as you can imagine utter chaos and pandemonium took place."
Godbee said the "prognosis we feel is very good" for the officer who was shot in the back, who is a commander. A female sergeant was shot in the chest but was protected by a bulletproof vest. She has been treated and released from the hospital, Godbee said. Two other male officers were grazed in the head, with one in serious condition, but both are conscious, alert and talking, he said
"We are very relieved that it appears that all our officers are going to be OK," Godbee said. He said the identities of the wounded officers are being withheld until their families are notified.
Detroit Police Department Sgt. Eren Stephens said the shooter was a 35-year-old African-American man. He walked into Detroit's sixth precinct station Sunday at 4:25 p.m., and "opened fire, striking 4 officers," Stephens said. "Return fire fatally wounded the assailant."
Godbee said Sunday that Detroit police would likely revise security measures after the shooting. He referred to the Tucson, Arizona shooting that left six dead and wounded 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, earlier this month.
"In light of what happened in Tucson, Arizona, with Congresswoman Giffords and then with this incident, of course we have to take a step back and reassess security procedures at each one of our facilities," he said.
OPD - Alter-Ego!
Posted: 01/23/2011 08:46:51 AM PST
Updated: 01/23/2011 09:11:05 AM PST
OAKLAND, CA -- An Oakland public schools police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old man Saturday night who was stabbing another school officer with a screwdriver, authorities said. The name of the dead man was not released. Authorities said he had addresses in San Francisco, Daly City and Alameda. The names of the officers were not released.
The man was inside a Honda that had been stolen earlier in the evening in Oakland and a pistol was also found inside the vehicle not far from where the man was, authorities said. A 20-year-old woman who was driving the car was not hurt. She was being interviewed Sunday by Oakland police who are investigating the shooting. Her name was not released.
The incident happened about 9:15 p.m. Saturday in the 3500 block of Joaquin Miller Road near Crane Way. The site is across the street from Joaquin Miller Park where Skyline High School students were at a dance at a park facility. The school officers were on patrol in the area to prevent people from crashing the dance as well as stop other illegal activity, School District Police Chief Peter Sarna said. The officers saw the Honda parked with its hazard lights on and went to investigate. They did not know at the time the car had been stolen. Authorities said the man and woman had no connection to the school and apparently had just coincidentally parked there.
The man was sitting in the front passenger seat and began fighting with the school officer who approached him on that side, authorities said. The other school officer, who was on the driver's side, said he shot the man when he saw him stabbing his fellow officer with a screwdriver, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The officer who was stabbed did not require medical treatment. It is believed his protective vest absorbed some of the screwdriver's thrusts.
It was the first time in recent memory anyone could recall an Oakland school police officer being involved in a fatal shooting. A school police officer was shot to death during a car stop in 2000. Sarna promised the investigation into the shooting would be "thorough and transparent." The shooting is being investigated by the Oakland police homicide unit and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. The school district will also conduct an investigation, Sarna said.
Reaping & Sowing!
January 20, 2011
Hunting a violent career criminal wanted for murder, Miami-Dade police detectives knocked on the door of a Liberty City duplex Thursday morning. The man's mother let them in. But Johnny Simms, a tattooed thug fresh off his most recent prison stint, refused to face justice, jumping out from another room with his pistol blazing at point-blank range. Police bullets felled the fugitive -- but not before he shot and killed veteran detectives Roger Castillo, 41, and Amanda Haworth, 44. The career criminal's bloody last stand rocked South Florida's law enforcement community, which has counted six other officers killed in the line of duty in the past five years.
``I know I'm supposed to say we're all children of God and that things happen,'' said an angry and tearful Miami-Dade Police Director James Loftus. ``But that guy is evil. He murdered two of my people today.''
The shooting was the first double police murder in South Florida since Miami-Dade detectives Richard Boles and David Strzalkowski were gunned down at a trailer park in 1988, and the first time a female officer was shot to death on the job in Miami-Dade. Detective Deidre Beecher survived the ambush with a minor knee injury. Detective Oscar Plasencia emerged unscathed, shooting Simms dead just outside the front door of the duplex.
– On Sunday, four officers were shot in a Detroit police station by a man who walked in, firing randomly. Lamar Deshea Moore was shot to death by police so his motive may never be known, but local reports say a relative was awaiting sentencing for double murder. Two of the police officers remain hospitalized. For more, read CNN's update and affiliate reports from the scene: WXYZ-TV and WDIV-TV.
– Two deputies were shot outside a Walmart in Port Orchard, Washington, near Seattle, on Sunday.
– A police officer is in a coma and in critical condition after being shot during a traffic stop early Sunday in Indianapolis. Check out WTHR-TV and WISH-TV for updates.
– In Lincoln City, Oregon, a police officer was shot Sunday night during a traffic stop. The officer is in critical condition. Check out affiliate KOIN-TV for more information.
Although they do not appear to be related, the weekend shootings follow two other violent incidents last week involving police officers, including the Miami killings and a slaying in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Mehserle 2011!
(Pictured left, Eurie Stamps Sr., 68, was shot and killed at his 26 Fountain St. home when police entered his home to serve a drug search warrant early Wednesday morning, 1/5/11) Eurie Stamps Sr. retired from the MBTA in 2006 after a 20-year career working with machines in the bus division, the agency said. Before leaving for a walk, the former MBTA worker would grab a cap and an elaborate wooden cane, cutting a suave figure as he slowly made his way from his family's Fountain Street apartment. [N]eighbors reacted with shock yesterday when they heard the gentlemanly retiree had been fatally shot by a Framingham police officer during a raid that led to the the arrests of the man's stepson and the stepson's cousin on drug charges. "It's pretty bothersome," said upstairs tenant Joey Fisher, standing outside puffing on a cigarette after a night in which he heard a clamor so loud "I thought I was in Fallujah." He saw Stamps taken out on a stretcher.
Framingham's Police Chief, Steven Carl released this statement about the shooting.
"At 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, the Framingham Police SWAT Team served a search warrant at 26 Fountain St. in Framingham. During the service of the search warrant Mr. Eurie Stamps was tragically and fatally struck by a bullet which was discharged from a SWAT officer's rifle. Despite immediate intervention by tactical medics, he died at the scene.
The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the District Attorney's Office's independent investigation into the justifiability of the shooting. Our condolences are with Mr. Stamp's family for the heartbreak they are understandably enduring and we will await the findings of the investigation before taking any additional administrative action. According to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, the investigation will take three to four weeks and the identity of the Framingham officer who shot Stamps will not be released until the investigation is complete."
Blue-Black Homicide!
Posted: January 09, 2011 - Updated: January 11th, 2011 11:11 AM PDT
BALTIMORE, MD (WCJB) — A fight at a Baltimore nightclub spilled onto the street early Sunday and led to an eruption of gunfire that killed a police officer and another man and left four people hurt, police said. One of those wounded also was a police officer, who was shot in the leg, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Investigators were trying to determine if officers may have fired on a fellow officer whose badge and other identifying markings came off his uniform during the scuffle, he said.
No arrests have been made, but dozens of people were being questioned, Guglielmi said. Authorities said officers arrived at the Select Lounge to find a large fight and called for backup. Investigators still weren't sure if anyone besides officers had fired their weapons. "It was a pretty significant fight from what we understand. A large fight and a number of officers responded," Guglielmi told media sources. "It ultimately spilled outside into the parking lot."
The police spokesman said the dead officer was 33 and an eight-year veteran of the department but said he likely wouldn't be identified until Monday. He also did not give the name of the other male victim. Guglielmi said the second officer was shot in a leg and was expected to recover. The others wounded also were not identified, but the spokesman said they were in their 20s.
Meanwhile, investigators were at the club trying to piece together events. "We have a lot of ground to cover, a lot of people to talk to," he said. By dawn Sunday, police tape surrounded the block of Select Lounge. No one answered when a reporter knocked on the door and police asked a reporter and photographer to leave. Police tape also surrounded a parking lot containing about 25 cars and lay in the foyer of the club. The club is in a mixed industrial and residential area not far from the hospital where victims had been taken.
Sunday wasn't the first time the city's nightlife has been rocked by shootings. In March, two people were shot outside the Velvet Rope nightclub when a fight inside the club spilled onto the street. On June 5, 2010 off-duty police officer Gahiji A. Tshamba was out in a neighborhood known for its nightlife when authorities say he shot and killed an unarmed Iraq war veteran. Police say Tshamba and Tyrone Brown had gotten into a heated argument when Tshamba shot Brown 12 times with his department-issued Glock handgun. Tshamba has been charged with murder.
Criminal Cops - 2011!
Andrew Davenport!
January 24, 2011
A Utah Highway Patrol trooper is under investigation after a video showed him punching a woman several times during a traffic stop, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety said. A dashboard camera captured footage of Sgt. Andrew Davenport punching 53-year-old Darla Wright in August. Davenport is on paid administrative leave, said Brian Hyer, spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety.
Wright was speeding in Ogden when officers tried to pull her over, authorities said late Saturday. According to an incident report, the driver evaded police, and a chase ensued. Authorities stopped the woman by trapping her car between two vehicles. "The suspect was still trying to escape, she had the accelerator floored and engine revving in an attempt to push our vehicles out of the way," Davenport wrote in an incident report. Davenport said Wright would not roll down her window and gripped on the steering wheel. On the video, Davenport is seen breaking the driver's side window, reaching into the car and repeatedly punching the woman.
"She refused to comply with commands to give us her hands," Davenport wrote. "Due to my close proximity to the suspect and my experience with Taser failure at such close distances, I delivered three close hand strikes to her head in an attempt to gain compliance with our commands. I did this to distract and stun her and to stop her from trying to drive off and strike our vehicles or possibly run us over. The strikes worked and we were able to grab her hands."
Hyer said investigations involve "multiple layers of reviews." It is unclear when the reviews might be completed.
"The Sgt. Davenport investigation is a personnel matter, and I am limited at what I can say," Hyer said. "There have been several reviews and an investigation, and right now we have a pending personnel matter." Hyer confirmed to CNN that Davenport is a cousin of Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner D. Lance Davenport, but police say the relationship will not affect the case. Hyer said the commissioner told him he believes in doing the right thing. "The commissioner expects all of his employees to be held accountable for his or her actions," Hyer said. "There is a relationship between Commissioner Davenport and Sgt. Davenport, but that's it. It has no bearing on this case." CNN attempted to reach Sgt. Davenport, but the Department of Public Safety is not allowing him to speak, Hyer said.
The driver was eventually taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence, eluding police, reckless driving, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. Attempts to reach her were unsuccessful.
David L'Esperance !
Jan. 24, 2011
BOSTON -- The former police chief of Salisbury is at the center of a sex and drug scandal, and that's just the beginning. The results are in Monday night of an investigation into the former chief by the town, making him out to be as dirty as they come. The report says 50-year-old Police Chief David L'Esperance offered money and drugs in exchange for sex with three different woman, that he stole from crimes scenes, pocketing money and property, and that he interfered with justice. He ordered officers in his department to release suspects and alter police reports to protect his so-called friends while asking prosecutors to do the same. There are 15 violations in all, and are believed to have been going on for several years.
"It's very, very disappointing. In the end there is no way to mask that disappointment on my part, and I'm sure there are several people in town who feel the same way that I do. But the fact is that we took action," said Neil Harrington the Salisbury Town Manager.
The town will now forward the report to the prosecutor's office to see if they want to go after the former chief criminally. L'Esperance resigned last week, the day he was supposed to be interviewed for the investigation.
Aleksande Shwarz!
Jan. 8, 2011
A 21-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department has been arrested on charges of lying to police about an arrest he made last March in which he claimed a man assaulted him. Instead, police said Friday, Officer Aleksande Shwarz was the aggressor, and Shwarz himself has been charged with assault for his role in the arrest. Shwarz, 54, has been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said in a statement. Shwarz, who was assigned to the Second District, was arrested Wednesday on charges of simple assault, unsworn falsification to authorities, and abuse of office. He was released on $5,000 bail after an arraignment hearing Wednesday night. He could not be reached for comment.
Rich Bobbe, an attorney representing the subject of Shwarz's allegedly falsified report, said he and his client were pleased that a full investigation had been conducted by the Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau and the District Attorney's Office. "We look forward to justice fully being served," Bobbe said. Bobbe would not release the name of his client, but he is in his early 30s and has no criminal record. He was never formally charged in the arrest Shwarz made on March 4, and was cleared of any wrongdoing soon afterward.
The man works at a U-Haul agency on the 7700 block of Roosevelt Boulevard, where the arrest took place and where the incident was captured on multiple security cameras, Bobbe said. A van was stolen from U-Haul last spring, and was later found and returned to the company. When employees realized the van was still listed on the police database of stolen vehicles, the man Shwarz later arrested called police and asked for help removing it from the list so the company could begin renting it out, Bobbe said. Shwarz and his partner were dispatched to handle the matter and arrived at U-Haul shortly after 4 p.m. The man explained the situation, but there was a problem with the paperwork and Shwarz and the man got into a dispute.
It is unclear how the situation became hostile, but at some point the man asked for the name of Shwarz's supervisor, Bobbe said, then went outside to write down the number of Shwarz's cruiser. Shwarz followed, Bobbe said. As the man began walking back to the office, Shwarz "lunged" at him in an apparent effort to take the paper from him, Bobbe said. When the man kept walking toward the door, Shwarz grabbed him, shoved him, and threw him to the ground, Bobbe said. The man was arrested on a charge of simple assault and taken away in handcuffs. Shwarz later claimed the man was belligerent and swore at the officers, Bobbe said, and alleged he threw a shoulder into Shwarz's torso to bodycheck him.
Bobbe obtained surveillance footage from the U-Haul site and brought it to the District Attorney's Office. After reviewing the footage, the office declined to file charges in the case and referred the matter to Internal Affairs Bureau. The man was released after about 24 hours, Bobbe said. In addition to the cameras, another employee and at least two customers witnessed the arrest, Bobbe said. Their interviews also contradicted Shwarz's version of events. Shwarz's is the latest in a series of arrests of Philadelphia officers. Last year, 11 officers were arrested on charges ranging from rape to murder to drug dealing, prompting Ramsey to say that restoring the department's integrity was a priority.
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I've been planning to install a solar forced air heater for my home. But now I'm wondering if it makes sense to look at a solar water heater that could be used to run a radiant heat system too. I live in Oakland, CA. Any suggestions -gary - on how to go about collecting the information for this decision would be very helpful. |
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Solar heated water can be collected and stored to be used when needed as, solar heated air is real time. Being that your heating needs are mostly at night, and domestic hot water is always used, I would thing solar water would be the better way to go. Nothing beats radiant heat for comfort either |
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing - If I can set up a system to heat water, couldn't it provide heat for radiant heating too. But I think Gary has mentioned that solar water heaters are the least efficient solar option. So I'm wondering if the inefficiency would preclude a system that need to heat water for the tap as well as water for a radiant system. |
umm i have actually heard that solar water heating is the MOST efficient solar option. |
great. do you have any links for information? |
Hi gary - Several of the outfits installing solar water heating systems around here have told me that the cost of installing a system that also uses solar heated water in a radiant heat system is too high to be viable; i.e. normal solar hot water systems won't produce enough hot water for radiant heating, especially at night, so that you'd need to quadruple the collector area and storage capacity to run both systems. One guy told me that even if I tried to minimize my usage thru efficient zoning, the cost of the equipment is so muich greater that I'd still be better off reinstalling my forced air system run on natural gas. Any ideas? |
Thanks, Gary. My original plan was to build a solar forced air heater. The problem is storage. Out here I only use heating at night. It seems any system to store the heat would be just as complicated as a solar water/radiant heating system. Insulation is a challenge. My circa 1920 house has over 40 original leaded glass windows. Except for the attic, I suspect there's no insulation anywhere. Replacing the windows would very expensive. Maybe I should just reinstall my NG forced air system? I'd get in and out for under $5K. |
Hi, Anyone have any good links regarding DIY solar water heating. I want to add a rooftop pre-heat system to feed my standard gas water heater. We will do the work ourselves and would love to hear from |
bukzin ~ check out the links Gary provided. Lots of info there. Also check in at the Mother Earth News site. Solar has been their thing for decades. One link attached but look through the site for more info. Also google for 'batch hot water', lots of sites, but solar batch heating is so simple that you may get bored. |
Here is a link that might be useful: solar heating
- Posted by cheapheat4me (My Page) on Thu, Oct 23, 08 at 17:50
Hello, I have been givin 4, 3x7 water heating panels.And would like to use them as a forced air system. Anyone have an idea what type & size blower I will need to push the air thru the 1" copper pipe in the panels And into the house? (about a 90ft push!) Thanks for any help. |
You can't push air through a 1" pipe unless you use a compressor, but the cost to operate besides the noise would far exceed the energy gained. You option is to circulate a fluid through them with a coil whether it is a fan coil unit, terminal unit, coil in duct or radiant tube. |
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Although I have had a garden for the past eight years, I am amazed by what I am still learning. Suggestions and advice have been most appreciated. I have done everything I know to assure the potential for growth — installed an irrigation system, erected an electric fence, added shredded leaves and manure every fall, tilled it three times during the winter months and even sprinkled ash from our fireplace. Having a garden isn't easy. It's labor intensive, expensive, and time consuming. I'm certain that a trip to the grocery is far cheaper and much easier. So why do it? The answer to that question is obvious come harvest time.
I'm guessing that growing children is about a million times more challenging than growing a garden, yet far too few seem ready for this task. Like a garden, considerable forethought is needed to prepare a home that is ready to give a new life the best shot at reaching its potential. Hopefully a few suggestions will be appreciated.
1. If you don't feel basically good about yourself, work on this before considering becoming pregnant. Your feelings of self-worth and self-esteem define your self-concept which you, in turn, present to others. How you feel about yourself dramatically influences how your child will feel about herself.
2. Give your relationship with your spouse time to mature so that you will be ready to face the challenges of parenting as a united and committed team. Your growth as a couple demands time. Maturity simply can't happen over night. Give yourself a minimum of three years together (at least 1,000 days and nights) before bringing a child into your relationship. Since the single greatest thing you will do for your child is truly love your spouse, this is time well-invested.
3. When your child arrives, make sure you provide the necessary nutrients for growth and then affirm the obvious growth that is taking place, both physically and emotionally. Give your child increased opportunities to express new abilities emerging from growth by encouraging them to do as much for themselves as they can.
4. Validate your child's growth by expressing sheer joy in what is taking place. Growth is so exciting and should be celebrated.
5. Give your child the kind of attention she needs. Occasionally a little pruning goes a long way in ensuring that your child will reach her potential. When you do this, do so carefully, as too much or too little can have devastating effects upon your child.
6. Keep the weeds out of the garden of your home. This will make your home a safe haven in a larger world that has the potential to inhibit and maybe even destroy your child's potential.
7. Most of all, consistently and continually provide the warmth of your unconditional love.
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Wednesday, May 20
Quicken Loans Arena
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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - It was a tale of two halves in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals, as Rashard Lewis' three-pointer with 14.7 seconds left capped Orlando's comeback effort, handing the Cleveland Cavaliers a 107-106 defeat, their first of the postseason.
Mo Williams drilled a 70-foot heave to give the Cavs a healthy 63-48 halftime lead, but the Magic won the third frame 30-19 to swing the game's momentum.
Lewis ended with 22 points, while Hedo Turkoglu added 15 and 14 assists. Dwight Howard contributed 30 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out late for Orlando, which is appearing in its first East finals since 1996.
"The one thing about our team, and it's been pretty consistent all year, this is a resilient basketball team. This team will keep playing," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said.
LeBron James' career playoff-high 49 points on 20-of-30 shooting wasn't enough for Cleveland, which had convincingly swept Detroit and Atlanta in the first two rounds of the playoffs, all eight games being double-digit decisions.
James also doled out eight assists, grabbed six rebounds and blocked three shots but was visibly in pain after the game.
"If you try to move before you're body tells you to move [when you are cramping], you will get hurt," James said. "I just have to stay a little hydrated over these next few days."
Williams finished with 17 points and Delonte West had 11 and six assists, but both missed game-winning attempts in the waning seconds, giving Cleveland its third loss at Quicken Loans Arena in 46 games this season.
Game 2 is scheduled for Friday at 8:30 p.m. (et) in Cleveland.
James' 26 first-half points and Williams' miracle bucket at the end of the opening 24 minutes set the stage for another Cleveland romp.
But the Magic, who in the East semis became the first team to upend the Boston Celtics after they led 3-2 in a best-of-seven set, scored the first six points of the second half to momentarily silence the home crowd.
An 8-0 run later in the frame, finished by a Mickael Pietrus three-ball at the 2:32 mark, cut Orlando's deficit to 75-73.
The hosts led, 82-78, leading to the fourth, but the Magic were ahead 85-84 two minutes in on an Anthony Johnson trey.
It stayed a two-possession game the rest of the way, with a James layup yielding a 95-94 Cavs lead with 3:07 left.
Lewis and Williams then exchanged makes from downtown, and Turkoglu hit four free throws around James' 1-for-2 effort at the stripe for a 102-98 Orlando lead with 1:17 to play.
Anderson Varejao then got an easy bucket to make it a two-point game, and West hit a go-ahead three following Pietrus' miss from behind the arc.
After Lewis answered with a jumper, James drove the right side of the lane and was challenged by Howard, who committed a foul as James hung in the air long enough to create contact. James made the bucket and the free throw to put Cleveland ahead, 106-104, with 25.6 ticks remaining.
On Orlando's next possession, good ball movement resulted in Lewis getting a mismatch on the right wing, and the sharpshooter drilled a trey for a 107-106 edge with 14.7 left.
"They hit us first. I felt we played only one half tonight, that was the second half," said Lewis. "They jumped out on us. We took a step back, we were a little timid in the first half. I thought we played tremendous defense in the second half."
The Cavs called timeout and put the ball into James' hands. The league MVP, though, passed on a potential game-winner, instead driving and dishing to Williams at the top of the key.
Williams swung the ball to West in the corner, the same spot where he hit nothing but net seconds before, but the shot hit all rim the second time around.
James and Turkoglu battled for the loose ball under the basket with time winding down, resulting in a jump ball with one second left. James won the tap back to Williams, whose mid-air attempt from the top of the key fell off the mark, shifting home-court advantage to Orlando.
"I don't look at it as the layoff affecting us offensively or defensively," Cavs coach Mike Brown said, referring to his team's eight-day break between series. "You have to give Orlando credit."
Late in the Cavs' dominating first quarter, James threw down a huge fastbreak dunk, and, after blocking Howard in the paint, sank a three at the top of the key.
Cleveland was up 33-19 after the first quarter, and James scored 16 points in the final six minutes of a back-and-forth second frame.
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by Joe Gillespie
Like myself, many designers who have been working with print for years have turned their attention to the Web. It's not so much that print has died, there is just as much of it as ever, but the Web is seen as a new direction and a fresh challenge.
Well, truth be told, it usually goes more like this:-
Client: "Can you do me a Web site?"
Designer: "Yes, of course!"
Then they get Quark XPress to repurpose an existing design as a Web site or delve into Photoshop and slice a scanned-in brochure into a mosaic of GIFs and JPEGs.
It's not surprising really. Designers have picked up a lot of skills along the way and don't feel that they need to start from scratch. Fundamental design and typographic skills are useful no matter what you do but, in the end, you have to work with the medium not against it. Even in print design, the constraints of designing for litho and flexography are worlds apart. If the designer isn't aware of the differences, they can make very costly and embarrassing mistakes.
Had I gone straight from print design into Web design, I would probably have fallen into the trap. Luckily, I didn't. I went from print design into multimedia design (television and CD-ROM) and discovered the problems and constraints associated with designing for low resolution and the unpredictability of other's output devices.
When the "Can you do me a Web site?" question eventually came, I was already well versed in screen-based interactive media. The possibilities for Web design were very limited in 1994 anyway.
The first major realisation that hits a print designer when moving to the Web is that page sizes are not fixed. A print design stays in its originally designed size and proportion forever. Web pages are not only variable in size but just about everything else on them can change depending on the viewer's operating system, display device and browser. The layout will change, the type font and size might change and even the colours won't necessarily be the same.
There are two things you can do in this situation:
- Try to nail everything down so that it becomes rigid and static and let the scrollbars take up the slack.
- Create flexible designs that flow with the page.
In Chinese philosophy there is a saying, "The tree that sways with the wind never breaks." That is also good advice for a Web designer. If you try to make a page totally fixed in size and proportion, it will break more likely sooner than later.
How it all started
Let's take a step back from all this and look at what a Web page is all about. When HTML was first introduced, it didn't just appear out of the blue. It was a simplification and distillation of a more broadly based markup language called SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) that predates the Internet as we know it. Its purpose was to set standards for documents passed around in government and academic circles. These manuscripts could get very long and complicated and if everybody just did their own thing, made it very difficult to separate content from waffle.
Anyway, HTML took the basic principles of SGML, reduced the number of structural tags and allowed documents to be authored for online delivery with relative ease. More crucially, it added the concept of hypertext linking which isn't quite so easy with paper documents.
So, HTML was about textural 'documents' it still is and it's all very basic. A 'document' produced on an ordinary, old-fashioned typewriter is every bit as valid as one done in a modern word processor. The differences are merely cosmetic.
With HTML, you get a few sizes of headlines representing different degrees of emphasis, a few ways to do indents and bullet points, a mechanism for displaying tables of data oh yes, you can add a few pictures if you really must! That's about it.
Early Web documents defaulted to black text on a pale grey page. Black on white is too harsh on a screen. As the Web (and HTML) evolved, people wanted a bit more. The dull documents were 'prettied-up' to make them more palatable to a more general audience. Again the differences were cosmetic.
Eventually, someone said, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if some text could blink on and off like a neon sign? That would really grab attention!" and blinking text we got in Netscape anyway!
Those three little words, "In Netscape anyway", are painfully significant because they introduce the concept that all things are not equal. The guys at Microsoft had their own ideas of what would be 'cool' and the two main browsers forked-off in their own separate directions. Then the problems really began!
If we return to the concept of 'documents' we find that, apart from a few high profile company reports, 'documents' are not generally 'graphic designed'. It is enough that they are logically presented, make good use of language and are neat and easy to read.
Some examples of 'documents':-
- Extended letters
- Reports
- Theses
- Transcripts
- Scientific papers
It doesn't really matter what size or colour of paper they are on as long as they are practical.
These are NOT 'documents' and usually do involve graphic design:-
- Magazines and newspapers
- Brochures and catalogs
- Advertisements and posters
- Packaging
The crucial difference here is that a 'document' has no value other than its content. The items in the 'NOT documents' list do. A newspaper or magazine has content, yes, but it's in competition with other periodicals and the presentation makes a significant difference to how many people buy it. Brochure and catalogs have content but they also have to help sell the products within. For the sake of argument, let's distil all these above-and-beyond-content values into an essence called 'Factor-X'.
Like the air we breathe, this Factor-X is not always immediately apparent, yet it is most definitely there. Some people are not aware of it at all. The same people think that clothes are to keep them warm and decent and are oblivious to the fact that others will make conscious (or unconscious) judgements about them based upon what they wear. They don't know that some colours just don't go together and that fashion statements have to be made in the correct context.
Factor-X is something that is added to pure information by designers and marketing people. Sometimes it is obvious, but it's probably better that it isn't. 'Hard sell' usually provokes stubborn resistance but the preferable, more subtle approach requires a more skilled communicator. Almost anybody can decorate or embellish a page but that's not at all the same as incorporating 'Factor-X'!
The BIG problem
The underlying concept of HTML-based Web pages fails to recognise that the document-centric approach is not always appropriate to the way the Web is used today. Admittedly, the use of CSS can improve layout possibilities considerably and the move to following unambiguous Web standard rather than accommodating a plethora of browser quirks helps to level the playing field. If you are producing 'documents' (with or without cosmetics), you will be quite happy. CSS will more than meet your needs.
On the other hand, if you are trying to introduce this Factor-X, which the document producers don't have to worry about, you can become extremely frustrated by the lack of facilities in CSS and indeed, the difficult of implementing the ones provided.
A simple example; if you put a h2 heading above a block of text and the integral line spacing varies a little, it doesn't matter too much. Try to put a h2 heading beside a column of text and you will find it nigh impossible to get the type to align along the top in more than one browser anyway. That's why I don't use HTML headings for this layout, as the purists would prefer. I can get the sub headings and text blocks to align perfectly, using CSS, but this page doesn't conform to the ideal of a 'document'. The page validates just fine, I've done nothing 'illegal' from that point of view but this page won't work on cellphones, PDAs or Web-enabled microwave ovens. I have not totally separated content and presentation because the presentation (with its Factor-X) takes precedence over the remote chance that someone wants to read it on a mobile device. For other Web sites, this situation could be completely different. Some will work as documents, some won't. What is important is that they work for the intended audience.
The moral of this story is that you shouldn't take print designs and try to impose them upon the Web; it's just not going to work.
Neither do you have to conform totally to this strangulating 'document' paradigm. You have a set of tools and a palette of techniques. There are rules, but should you wish to bend them creatively, as opposed to break them completely, go ahead. Sure the purists will moan but then they don't care about Factor-X.
Ignorance is bliss!
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The Saint James Society & WHIRR @ SXSW 2012!
Saturday, March 17 at Iron Bear (121 West 8th St. & Colorado)
Saint James Society (Three-mile-wide psyche rock" - Austin Chronicle) Lumerians Whirr ("Shoegazey gorgeousness" - Brooklyn Vegan // "patient, spacious, loud, colorful" - Pitchfork) The Black Ryder Electric Flower Future Blondes Indian Jewelry
Bay Area post-shoegaze sextet WHIRR releases its debut full length Pipe Dreams on March 13 via Tee Pee Records. WHIRR's celestial sound has been described as "if My Bloody Valentine decided to cooperate with Sonic Youth" and has drawn comparison to influential acts such as Slowdive, Lush, Ride and The Cocteau Twins. WHIRR's wall of lush guitars, breathy vocals, dreamy synth and thunderous drumming propel listening ears into a near-cinematic realm where instantly catchy melodies and emotional, enveloping atmospheres hang perfectly in the balance. The sound of WHIRR is a totalizing crush when texture and volume hit perfect balance and bright pop melodies wander through dark, dense guitar noise.
"shoegazey gorgeousness" - BROOKLYN VEGAN
"Although barely a year old, Californian six-piece Whirl seem as if they've been playing together most of their lives, cocooned away honing their sound waiting for the right time to unleash their carefully orchestrated wares." - DROWNED IN SOUND
Catch WHIRR's performance at SXSW on Saturday, March 17 at the Iron Bear.
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Austin, TX psychedelic garage rockers THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY has released its self-titled debut on Tee Pee Records. Recorded at ATX's Cacophony Recorders (The Black Angels, Explosions in the Sky, Roky Erickson), the four song EP delivers electric rock music that brilliantly connects the dots between the late '60s British blues-based bands and the brooding atmospheres of early '80s post punk resulting in a hypnotically powerful sound the fabulous five-piece has coined "Pentecostal Desert Glam". When the heavy swagger of vocalist / bassist Brandon Burkart aligns with the band's heavy-footed rhythms, ticking-time-bomb beat and stunning twin vocal tandem of rebel queens Elza Burkart and Candice Bertalan, the resulting musical statement mainlines the thrill of defiance straight to the listener's heart. Meet your new favorite band.
"three-mile-wide psych rock...When Jim Morrison said "the West is the best," he'd never been to East Austin." – AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"Austin, Texas mystical-garage quintet The Saint James Society inflict a sound that instantly announces their influences—the Doors, Roky Erickson, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Sabbath...the band destroys in a live setting." – VEGAS SEVEN
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Check out this wreath idea for Four Calling Birds (a little over halfway down the page). It's actually a Christmas design, but with a few changes in birds and greenery would be a really pretty wreath for spring/summer. I love the window shape. |
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- Posted by craftylady-2006 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 17, 07 at 17:33
That is super nice, love it. Thanks for posting that site Adella, I'm going to check out their other projects also. Sal |
what a cute Idea, I could see one of these hanging out side on a old out building as a sorta faux window, thanks for shareing Happy Crafting Oddie |
I couln't see it I couldn't get the link to click after I got to the page it was stuck on the first one |
- Posted by adellabedella (My Page) on Wed, Apr 18, 07 at 19:06
I got the link to work. Here is the address. http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/how-to-make-christmas-crafts-for-the-home8.htm See if a cut and paste works. |
That takes me to the same page as before. I can't get out of Holly Jolly Cardinal Wall Hanging It won't let me highlight and click on any of the others |
Minnie, keep scrolling down - the 4 calling birds project is below the Holly Jolly one on the same page. It is cute - could see it done with some forsythia branches and ivy woven in! |
what are birch branches? We have white birch trees, but the branches are tree branches. |
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We are looking for an eight-foot sliding glass door where either both panels slide, or the fixed panel can be removed.
As part of a kitchen remodel we want to replace two sort-of adjacent wood doors with one sliding glass door. One of the doors goes between the kitchen and patio. The second door is about three feet away and is at the top of the basement stairs. Once every few years we need to open the second door to get big things into or out of the basement. We want a sliding door on the kitchen side, but still have a way to open the stairwell side from time to time. (The numbers don't add up; we'll be walling in some of the hole from the exiting kitchen door for more cabinet space.) We contacted a window company that says it can order a door from Eagle that can be installed in a way to allow us to remove the fixed panel, but that Eagle recommends against it, saying if the panel is removed and reinstalled incorrectly, it will leak. Also, we've read mixed reviews on Eagle windows in other postings (although little about their doors). Looking for other manufacturers that might have a better solution. We want a higher-end door with wood interior. We've been told that Pella, Anderson and Marvin don't have such a product. We'll go with some configuration of out-swinging hinged doors as a last resort. |
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As far as I know, most other options will be the same as Eagle. The fixed panel CAN be removed, but it will be a pain in the rear, and it will take some care to reinstall. A hinged double door would be the option with easier egress... My question is this: Why do you need a door opening wider than 4' when these large items that are going in and out of the basement are fitting through a doorway and stairwell that is probably 36", or not much more? |
Good question, ugly answer. There is an elevation change between the kitchen and the top of the stairs (a six inch drop from the kitchen floor to the top landing for the stairs), so we want the fixed panel to extend into the kitchen so there is no risk of someone walking in the door hitting the drop-off and taking a fall. Interestingly, even though there is an elevation change,the two doors are lined up, so when you walk into the house thru the stairwell door, you immediately step down six inches. It's a 60-year-old house. |
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Bought this one two years ago in a hypermarket in 6 cm pot. It had only 4 tiny leaves and it was in a tray with other different succulents marked 'Mini mix green'. The declaration said it was produced in Denmark. No other remarks. I repotted it instantly. In a slow growing manner it enhanced the rossete and produced one pup which by the time reached the size of mother plant - about 28 cm. The leaves tend to be just slightly curved. Could this be kind of Dwarf Laurentii or maybe a kind of Twisted Sister? Thanks :) |
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Stush, your plant is beautiful! Thank you very much for your help :) |
- Posted by lovemysans 10 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 16:24
Hi Josmik! Very nice plants you have there! I thought of twisted sister too as a possibility. If it has yellow variegation through the center of the leaves it might be a futura medio picta. Not sure though... |
Thank you Lovemysans! There's no central variegation on the leaves on this plant. For now it's closest to Futura Superba but kind of dwarf. I have several Futura Superbas (see pic) but they are much bigger plants than this one. Maybe I still have to wait for some time.. :) josmik |
That is one extremely nice growing plant. Well done Losmik.. |
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Hi Josmik! I agree with Stush! Keep doing what you're doing! You and Stush are probably right about the name... |
Thanks to Stush and Lovemysans! I'll keep you informed :) |
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Now, my 3 kids are going to be the downfall of my clutter-free existence! I like to have everything out of view, but if I stick calendars and permission slips etc. into a drawer, I forget all about it! I have 1 cabinet in the kitchen dedicated to kid stuff-library books, paperwork. I had to stick a megnetic calendar on the side of the fridge to remember appts. etc. Our computer is on a desk in the family room near the kitchen, but that is a black hole of DH's paperwork, so I try to kep my stuff away from there. Anyone have any great tips for keeping my family life organized and clutter-free? Thanks, Karen |
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I have a 1st grader, kindergartener, and 4.5 yr. old. They come in back door, hand up coats on hooks, take off shoes, and come in to empty lunch bags of leftovers and put freezer-balls back in freezer, hang up lunch bags on hooks, and then take out school folders. Their art papers go to their own in-box (dishpan) in "arts 'n crafts cupboard". (I weed through this every other month or so and they do at the middle and end of the year.) The papers Mom needs to see/sign/transfer to calendar go into their own pocket of a mesh metal wall file holder (like the kind that holds magazines in a waiting room). This file pocket gets emptied every evening. I put papers that need to go back to school directly into the child's folder which is now in their backpack, hopefully at the back door near their coat, ready to go. (I think next year they'll retrieve the papers themselves from mesh pocket in the morning.) The wall file is under the wall phone, the calendar hangs there too (I use the school district one the PTO provides that has lots of activities in small print that we may have mssed if listed elsewhere), and I have a jumbo clothespin that holds invites in chronological order. I write on the invite the date I rsvp-ed and have noted the event on our calendar. Disclaimer: I was a teacher. Creating independence |
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Karen, welcome to the group. jcs7, I'm a teacher, too and could always tell the kids who are indepdent at home. I still have 3 in elementary school, so all papers in the backpacks go on the kitchen table when they get home. Field trip/permission slips are put aside on my control journal so I deal with them after dinner. Everything else is either an "atta boy" and in the trash, something for our art corner or they can put it up in their room with a push pin. Homework is back in the backpack when finished. We have a funky hallway area and that has become where we post the artwork. It has a bookshelf that the top is reserved for those clay and papermache projects. My calendar is made by More Time for Moms. It is 16 month calendar so I can write an entire year's events as soon I get the calendar for school, scouts, etc. and then I don't have to keep the schedules. The boxes have enough room that I can put down "field trip/need sack lunch" and still have other events listed. There is a packet at the back if I really need to keep something. I also keep a hanging file for each kid in the same place I keep my medical, household type stuff. If it's something I think I may need in the future then I put it there and I purge that stuff every fall. Part of keeping this stuff in control is to learn that every paper is not a keeper. I put away beginning of the year examples and then another one at the end of the year because it's nice to see the growth. Otherwise, we really don't keep daily stuff. If they do want to keep it, their bedroom is a good spot and if it becomes too much, they have to decide what goes and what stays. I have to say that "out of view" doesn't work for our family. When we remodeled this house the contractor wanted to put up a wall next to the fridge so you wouldn't see the fridge. It was so ingrained in having our calendar on the side of that fridge there was no way I could have a wall there and no calendar. With the calendar out and easy to get to, all six of us check it constantly. We know now-if it's not on the calendar-it isn't going to happen. Can you at least designate the inside of one cabinet for the calendar and have a big pocket there? Gloria |
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Wow, thanks for the great info! Gloria, I think you are on to something-as much as I want 'out of view', it doesn't work for us! Lightbulb moment-I need to accept that! I love that calendar, I will probably order it. jcs7: I am working on making my kids take more responsibility for their stuff, and slowly they are getting the hang of it. My system actually sounds similar to the 2 of you(my kids are 8, 5 and 3). I guess I am doing better than I thought! Thanks for sharing! |
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My boys are teens (one is away at college) and I let the handle their own papers (even if it means they're on their bedroom floor, LOL). They've always used the sports & school & scouts schedules on the refrigerator. After many years, I finally realized that keeping a "family calendar" on the refrigerator wasn't working for me since I'm either at work or at the aforementioned sports and school functions. LOL I now use a spiral academic calendar that fits in my purse and has plenty of writing room. It is PERFECT. No matter where I am, I can look in my planner and know that it is updated. |
I also use the More Time For Moms calendar and it's the absolute center of my family organizing. I can't say enough good things about it. Backpacks get emptied when the kids come home, papers I need to sign or invitations that need an RSVP go into my version of a Control Journal (a spiral notebook with my daily To Do list scribbled in, each day gets its own page), and any artwork, papers, projects, etc., worth keeping (and I've gotten ruthless) go into the kids' storage boxes under my desk. At the end of the year we sort through and try to save just two or three (though it's usually more like 15 or 20) items from the past year that go into "keeper" boxes in each kid's closet. Someday we'll weed those out, too. Any appointment cards, invitations, tickets, etc., that I need to have on hand get paperclipped to the calendar. Carpool schedules, volunteer schedules and sports schedules get written into the calendar and then archived in the pocket at the back just in case I copied something down incorrectly or the schedules change. It is kind of messy, but it works for me. I have a very elaborate fantasy of having a spacious mud room with those wonderful coat/backpack cubbies and a proper boot tray and a central location for unloading backpacks and sorting papers, but that's just not in the cards. Everything takes place in my kitchen *sigh*. A girl can dream, though! |
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