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This is my latest completion. I actually finished it in Lake George, almost 3 weeks ago, but I have not gotten the chance to photograph it until yesterday.
It is the AMT kit that was just issued recently. I believe it may have been an MPC kit at one point though. The paint is Tamiya Mica Red and the kit is box stock, although, I did drill a hole in the chassis to make the front sit lower to the ground.
Thank you and enjoy the pictures!
Unfortunatly I messed up when painting the door handle, I was just holding it at an odd angle, and it ruined the whole side of the car, IMO
I didn't bring any Pontiac Engine blue with me, so I went with my stand by for customs, hot rods and whathaveyou, gold, for the engine.
I have been experimenting with BMFing the scripts before paint, and it worked well, even if it did not photograph well.
My latest completion: 1969 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted 28 September 2006 - 02:13 AM
Nice job Billy!
Posted 28 September 2006 - 04:14 AM
Purty !
Posted 28 September 2006 - 06:10 AM
Nice Firebird, Billy! I like the way the scripts came out. That originally was an MPC kit, I have one of the old MPC boxes around here somewhere.
Posted 29 September 2006 - 02:15 AM
You nailed the stance, Billy! Great job, nice paint, and way to go on the "pre-paint BMF" work!
Posted 30 September 2006 - 01:05 AM
great job Billy Just remember the reason for mistakes is to learn from them so you don't keep repeating them.
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Hi there recently I have got a tribble test server character called Alto. As an admiral on the holodeck server i have 6 bridge officers and in one mission i got a jem'hadar tactical officer. I am fine with my current bridge officers and i was wondering if i could transfer the jem'hadar or even one of my current two tactical officers (transphering the Jem'hadar would be prefrable) to Alto on the tribble server. I don't know if this is possible but if it is can someone tell me- many thanks abba2566
If I understand you correctly, your saying you don't have a character on Holodeck called Alto who has a Jem'Hadar ship in his inventory/equipped. If you still have the ship in your inventory on one of your holodeck characters, then you can copy across that character here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/community/tribble-test
Then you should be able to use the account bank or mail system on tribble to mail the ship to Alto. However, if it is already bound/in use on holodeck, then you can not give it to Alto. You can however, copy across the character that it has been unlocked on. Remember you will have to delete the old "mirrored" copy of the holodeck character on tribble before a new updated copy to tribble will work. |
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PAKISTAN/SECURITY- Government opens peace talks with local Taliban
Released on 2012-10-19 08:00 GMT
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Government opens peace talks with local Taliban=20
By Qaiser Butt
Published: March 21, 2011
Pakistan has started peace talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),=
and other militant groups across the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (=
Fata), in anticipation of early withdrawal of Nato troops from Afghanistan,=
informed sources told The Express Tribune.
The move is a critical step in transition to full Afghan control by the end=
of 2014, announced by US President Obama at a Nato summit in Lisbon last y=
The initial talks were opened up with the TTP, and its affiliated militants=
, prior to the recent wave of terrorist attacks across Pakistan, sources sa=
=E2=80=9CBoth sides, at the moment, are putting up their respective demands=
and their terms and conditions to bring an end to militancy in Fata and ot=
her regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,=E2=80=9D sources added.
The authorities, however, have made it clear to the TTP and others that no =
role of al Qaeda is to be accepted at any level in these negotiations, sour=
ces said, adding that =E2=80=9Csome tribal elders from Pakistani territory =
are mediating between security high-ups and leaders of the TTP and other mi=
litant outfits.=E2=80=9D
Abandoning the lashkars
Before opening these talks, the authorities had withdrawn their support to =
the anti-Taliban militias, commonly known as the =E2=80=98Qaumi Amn Lashkar=
=E2=80=99 in different parts of Fata, leaving them at the mercy of TTP and =
other militant groups.
The situation encouraged Taliban to settle their scores with these lashkars=
through attacks such as the one at a funeral gathering in Adezai area near=
Peshawar on March 9. The attack claimed 44 lives.
The attack prompted head of Qaumi Lashkar Haji Dilawar Khan to warn the gov=
ernment that his men would be forced to seek other alternatives if due mate=
rial and financial support from the government is not extended within two d=
ays. The government chose to ignore their demands.
Meanwhile, senior minister K-P Bashir Bilour reportedly told the media that=
militias were no longer useful but added that the government would hold ta=
lks with lashkar leaders soon regarding the threats they face from the Tali=
ban, for siding with the government.
Walking tight rope
The government, however, wishes to antagonise neither the militants, nor th=
e lashkars, to keep its options open, sources explained.
The K-P government, therefore, paid financial compensation to the families =
of victims of the suicide attack but refused to extend material help to the=
It did not wish to annoy the Taliban by openly supporting their =E2=80=98en=
emies=E2=80=99 nor did it want to lose support of the lashkars to maintain =
pressure on the Taliban, sources added.
Official condemnation
The official protest by the Chief of Army Staff against the killing of 44 m=
embers of a peace jirga in Datta Khel, North Waziristan by an American dron=
e attack last Thursday was an indication that the government does not want =
to derail the peace process with the Taliban, sources told The Express Trib=
Strongly condemning the drone attack, the Federal Minister for States and F=
rontier Regions Engineer Shaukatullah demanded a formal apology from Washin=
gton besides financial compensation to the victims=E2=80=99 families.
The incessant drone attacks are increasing chances of reprisals from the tr=
ibes and the US therefore must cease drone attacks with immediate effect, h=
e said.
Shaukatullah, who hails from the tribal region of Bajaur himself, said the =
policy of targeting innocent civilians will boomerang and the peaceful citi=
zens who lose their loved ones may turn into extremists out of sheer desper=
It is the first time a federal minister has asked the US for a formal apolo=
gy over drone attacks and financial compensation for the victims=E2=80=99 f=
Afghan pullout prompts talks
The Nato decision to begin its troop pullout from Afghanistan has prompted =
Islamabad to arrive at a negotiated settlement with the Taliban and other m=
ilitants in Fata, an official source told The Express Tribune.
Nato defence ministers endorsed a plan earlier this week to hand over resp=
onsibility for security in three cities, two provinces and much of the capi=
tal Kabul, to Afghan forces over the next several months, commencing the cr=
itical first step in a transition to full Afghan control by the end of 2014.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urged other members of the alliance not t=
o use the milestone as a reason to withdraw their forces, rebuking them for=
focusing too much on their departure from the war-torn nation instead of d=
isplaying =E2=80=9Cunity and commitment.=E2=80=9D
=E2=80=9CFrankly, there is too much talk about leaving and not enough talk =
about getting the job done right,=E2=80=9D Gates said at the Nato headquart=
ers in Brussels.
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"Excellent standard of work he was polite, punctual, and very tidy informing us of all work happening and no surprises in the costs he has old school ethics. Recommend highly."
"Very good."
"Eric made my boiler safe to use, explained how to get best results. Affordable rates, best experience overall. Highly recommended!"
"Eric was knowledgeable, determined to isolate the issue and careful to leave no damage in his efforts to locate and fix the flooding."
"Fully satisfied."
"Eric had serviced our boiler in September and found issues with the pressure when the heating (radiators and under floor heating) was running. These issues had not been identified by previous plumbers when servicing the system. He fitted a pressure relief tank and repaired the damage to the boiler due to the excessive pressure. Eric was very courteous and kept us fully informed during the repairs. He is very professional and knowledgeable, I would highly recommend him and will be using him from now on."
"EHC was very polite, clean, tidy and kept me updated on the work he was doing. Excellent work."
"Eric was polite and kept me informed about the work he was carrying out. He was tidy and I was pleased with his workmanship."
"Prompt response to call out. Clear explanation as to problem cause, and proposed solution. Repairs carried out effectively."
"I would recommend this company."
"Excellent professional service."
"Excellent service, on time, quick."
"Excellent service, very pleased."
"Very polite, very punctual, tidy."
"Came out very quickly, no call out charge. Accurate quote for works. Works completed to a high standard. Reasonably priced."
"Very quick. Same day service."
"Repaired boiler, required new fuse circuit board and pressure switch."
"Very good polite, friendly person."
"Very attentive and diligent service with an emphasis safety and high class finished job."
"Work very good - also clean and tidy . Explained things."
"Eric was extremely efficient and knowledgeable. His work was of a very high standard. I was very happy with the service."
"Eric came to service our back boiler and discovered that it has not been properly commissioned. So he carried out a full safety check and found the previous owners had neglected a few safety/maintenance items which we can now address. He was very polite and methodical and endeavoured to keep me informed every step of the way."
"Very polite, kept me informed and great job. Would recommend. Thanks Eric."
"My mum found her sink blocked even after chemicals used, called in Eric and he fitted us in that afternoon. Eric explained what the problem was that he could see and also explained that we may need a new hose if the leak could not be fixed so we just asked Eric to change the hoses when he fitted the sink etc back together. We were told the price for the work plus the price for the hoses if needed. 10-10, very polite, clean and tidy. Well recommended."
"Eric came promptly within 1 hour and was helpful and informative. He charged a reasonable price."
"Identified and repaired all issues, notified scope of repair, broadened by agreement. To provide proper solution."
"I called Eric out to a leaky water tank and decided on a new boiler and radiators (my choice). Eric was amazing. He is hard working and efficient and despite many problems (my house is quite old) he rectified them and kept me informed. My heating and hot water system have been brilliant since then. I would not hesitate to use Eric for any further plumbing jobs or recommend him to anyone else."
"Prompt arrival, helpful and excellent service."
"I contacted Eric on Saturday afternoon to fix my 82 year old mother-in-laws boiler, which wasn't heating the radiators. He came round later and diagnosed the problem. He came round later in the week and completed the job, going the extra mile to get the job finished. Would definitely recommend Eric."
"Work was very good and he was very tidy."
"Quick efficient and reliable. Highly recommended."
"I was extremely pleased with the work. Eric is extremely thorough and took the washing machine completely apart in order to find the origin. He charged a very low fee for what was quite a few hours' hard work. I would definitely recommend and use Eric again."
"Came around very promptly after call, was helpful and efficient."
"Very prompt attendance following emergency call out on a Saturday. Efficient checking and putting right problems areas and equipment. I would recommend this company."
"On time and courteous. Thorough job done and tidy."
"1. Came when other companies would not come. 2. Made extra effort by contacting national grid on our behalf. 3. Was very thorough."
"We called Eric at 5:30pm on a Saturday, he promised to be with us within 2 hours and arrived at 7pm. He got us going again and made an extremely reasonable charge. We think he is fantastic!"
"Eric was very thorough, he tested all appliances and sent a report afterwards. He cleaned up after the work, gave advice on safety, boiler efficiency and further work required without pressure to carry out the work himself. Good value, very courteous and I would be happy to recommend him."
"I was desperate for a plumber as my family were coming to visit. One plumber had let me know. I called Eric, and he came out within the hour, assessed the problem, ordered the parts necessary and promised me he would fix the problem no matter if he had to work until late on Friday and all day Saturday so there would be water for my family when they visited. He explained things clearly, was neat and tidy, very courteous and friendly, exceptionally high quality of work. I couldn't give him a higher recommendation."
"He explained this very well, 100% I would recommend this company."
"Within a couple of weeks of moving into a new property we discovered a serious leak with our toilet and called Eric after finding coming across his details on this site. Having just moved into the area, I was keen to find a reliable plumber that had good reviews. I explained the problem to Eric and he came out the same day (with no call out charge) to assess the problem. After taking on Eric to fix the leak, we found him to be polite and friendly. He was also clean and methodical in his work - so would use him again. Eric also highlighted some other general issues with the plumbing in our property (which appears to be shoddy workmanship carried out by the previous owners). Although it's not great to hear, I am indeed grateful that Eric bought these to our attention, so we can arrange for them to fixed in the future. Overall I would happily recommend Eric and would not hesitate to use him again."
"Eric was very thorough with his work, explained what needed to be done. Very clean and tidy. Would certainly recommend him."
"He's very good with his work,. Very clean and orderly. He explained things very well."
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What I really want is a Sovereign upgrade of some kind. Maybe universal officer slots? And I do like the new Gorn carrier design, but I ain't playing a Klingon until the war ends. I have enough of a problem fighting Klingons as a Fed and I really don't want to kill Feds. If people want a Carrier, it's going to happen and I think a Starfleet looking Battlestar would just plain be awesome. I more-so want it for the design and the expanded play style.
What needs to happen is the Tier 5 Cruisers need to be modified so that they are so different from each other and all the ships that they're more enjoyable to play with. But unfortunately it's either one is science and one is tactical and the tactical one kinda sucks. In fact, they both suck and the Dreadnaught, oh please don't get me started on THAT failure of a starship. Someone please Refit the Sovereign! In fact, I'm going to start a thread.


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Example: I publish a map/mod for the first time. The version is then 1.0. A second time its 1.1, a tenth and its 1.2, and many times later its 1.105. Now in the versioning world, 1.105 is lower than 1.2, so players and even developers sometimes get thrown off by this. Suggestion: Make versioning based on a real value with a 1/2/3 decimal position instead, and open up an additional field. Example: Publish as: Major, Minor, Hotfix This would publish a map with a version number as follows: 1.02.003 After many publishes, it would look like this: 1.16.615 In this scenario, we know that this is the first version of a game, with 16 major patches and 615 hotfixes. In Blizzards current system, may publishes would be read as follows: 1.105 This is read as 1 major patch, 1 minor patch and 5 incremental patches; However, in actual publish terms it simply means 1 major patch and 105 minor patches. At the very least, the minor patches need to be a real value, so the first publish is read as 1.001; not 1.1 Just some food for thought. |
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Before we get to news this morning, I have a query for readers. I want to venture away from the safe world of our ubiquitous chain Cincinnati chili restaurants for a day, lovely as they are, and try a smaller, more obscure chili parlor in town for lunch. Where should I go? I'm thinking about this place, but I'm open to suggestions. I'll report back my findings tomorrow morning.
Ok, on to business. A bunch of stuff happened yesterday in City Council, but it was all stuff we sort of expected would happen, right? Council passed a streetcar operating agreement and funding mechanism, a bit of a landmark achievement for the project. After a couple years of fighting, hand-wringing and politicking, it seems like this thing is actually going to happen, funded by a roll back on property tax abatements in Over-the-Rhine, a parking meter increase there and of course rider fares.
"Three months ago, I didn't know if we'd be here today with a revenue stream," said Councilwoman Amy Murray, who chairs Council's transportation committee, yesterday during the meeting. Murray was opposed to the project originally, but voted for the measure along with the rest of Council minus Charlie Winburn and Christopher Smitherman. Smitherman said he still had serious concerns about the project's financial prospects, saying no one is sure what ridership will be like.
• Who will be greeting those riders is still in question, though. A fight had been brewing over whether to employ SORTA's unionized employees to run the streetcar or bid the work out to a private company. Consultants for the transit authority say a private company could save the city as much as $300,000 a year, though Democrats on council and representatives from SORTA's union debate that number. Council sidestepped the argument for now by passing a resolution stating that SORTA should bid the job out to see what kind of offers it can get, but that the final decision on staffing will be voted on by council, which has so far leaned toward hiring SORTA employees. One possible arrangement: SORTA workers do the actual driving, so to speak, while a private company performs the managerial side of operating the streetcar.
• Council also voted to co-name Third Street downtown Carl H. Lindner, Jr. Way. The vote was unanimous, but not without its own bit of controversy. Councilman Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati's first openly-gay councilmember, said the vote required some deep soul-searching on his part. Lindner was a big funder of Citizens for Community Values, a group that pushed for Cincinnati's harsh Article XII anti-gay charter amendment in the 1990s. Lindner also had some other dark moments during his career, though those didn't enter into the street-naming conversation in Council.
"As a gay person, I don't want to be judged solely on my sexual orientation," Seelbach said. "There's a lot to me besides my sexual orientation. And there's a lot to Mr. Lindner besides his anti-gay history and positions. And a lot of that is really wonderful, from the jobs he created to the nonprofits he supported. Those things make me see him as a more whole person than just his anti-gay past."
Despite Seelbach's yes vote, his comments drew an angry response from Councilman Charlie Winburn, who said Lindner was something of a mentor to him.
"I think it's shameful of you to make a comment like that when a man has died and has given so much to Cincinnati." Winburn said. Lindner passed away in 2011. "You should keep your vote. Your vote is not received."
• Well then. On a less awkward note, Council also approved a liquor license request for Nick and Drew Lachey's Lachey's Bar in Over-the-Rhine, which is hoping to open before Thanksgiving. So there's that.
• A judge has turned down suspended Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter's first two requests for a new trial. Hunter filed three motions asking for a new trial after jury members recanted their guilty verdicts. The jurors said they were pressured into their decisions. Those motions would have been heard in court today.
"Once a jury has returned a verdict, and that jury has been polled, a juror may not rescind their verdict," Judge Norbert Nadel wrote in his decision. Hunter was tried on nine felony counts last month, and convicted on one — a charge stemming from her allegedly passing on documents about her brother, a court employee accused of punching a juvenile inmate. The jury hung on the other counts. A judge will hear Hunter's final motion for retrial Dec. 2.
• Business opportunity alert: did you know Mayday is for sale? For $285,000 you get the bar and all of its inventory. Not a bad deal. Owners Vanessa Barber and Kim Mauer are moving on to other opportunities after five years of running the bar, which was known as the Gypsy Hut prior to their tenure there. I have a lot of fond memories playing music and billiards there, as well as climbing onto the roof of that building under both its names, so I hope someone snatches it up. I'd buy it, but I'm just a little short on cash. About, oh, $284,000 short. No worries, though, the bar will stay open until a new owner comes along.
• Speaking of opportunities… if you're a fellow scribe, heads up. The Cincinnati Enquirer is hiring in tons of positions, many of them reporters to replace those it lost during a Gannett-wide restructuring process.
• Finally, our most esteemed Twitter friend John Mattress is at it again. Bacon is expensive indeed.
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Hey all! Once again, I'm rushing toward a day of covering meetings and hearings, so let's do this morning news thing in a "just the facts" fashion.
First, about those meetings:
Cincinnati City Council today is expected to pass the streetcar operating and funding plans after the Major Transportation and Regional Cooperation Committee gave it the thumbs up yesterday. That's a big deal, considering the city had been working for months to figure out where the system's $4 million yearly operating budget would come from. But the fighting isn't over. Now there's disagreement about whether Metro or a contractor should run the streetcar. It's a classic private vs. public argument. Vice Mayor David Mann and a majority of council want the Southern Ohio Regional Transit Authority to do the work. Councilmembers Kevin Flynn and Amy Murray, on the other hand, would like to see SORTA take bids on operations from private companies to see what kind of savings contracting the work could yield. A consultant for the transit authority, TRA, has generated numbers saying that the city could save about $300,000 a year by going private. SORTA's union has taken issue with those numbers, though, and say they could match a private company's price. Council won't consider Mann's proposal until sometime after Thanksgiving, which means a couple more weeks for wrangling over the deal.
City Council will also vote on a motion to name Third Street after Carl H. Lindner Jr., one of Cincinnati's most towering business figures. That's prompted some questions about Lindner's legacy, specifically around LGBT issues. He gave millions to various causes around the city, but also had a darker side. Some, including Councilman Chris Seelbach, would like to take some time to get more public input on the move before putting his name on a prominent downtown street.
• Hamilton County Commissioners are holding a public hearing over the county's 2015 budget this morning. The budget has been controversial. The original proposal by County Administrator Christian Sigman called for a .25 cent tax increase to fund renovations of a former hospital in Mt. Airy, a boost Republican commissioners Chris Monzel and Greg Hartmann batted down recently. The Mt. Airy site, donated to the county by Mercy Hospital, would hold a new, updated crime lab and coroner's office, as well as the county board of elections and other offices. The coroner's office and crime lab are in serious need of updates, officials say, and are running at less than full capacity. Without the tax boost, however, the budget will remain flat and many other offices, including the Sheriff's Department, will face cuts. Monzel has said he'd like to have the budget passed before Thanksgiving, making this the last significant hearing on the issue.
• Procter & Gamble has officially stepped up to publicly support same-sex marriage, the company said yesterday. While the company has had domestic partner benefits since 2001, this is the first time it's made a public statement about the divisive issue. Though the announcement comes in the wake of a recent federal court decision upholding Ohio's same-sex marriage amendment, the company says the move isn't political, but is about supporting its employees and attracting the best possible talent.
• Major Hollywood movies filming here in Cincinnati give the city an undeniable cool factor, but does that translate into an economic boon as well? A recent study by the UC Center for Economics Education & Research says yes. The state pitches big tax breaks to film production companies, but also get a big boost in the jobs and economic activity those films bring, the study says — 4,000 jobs and $46 million in economic activity in Cincinnati for $6.5 million in tax breaks. But the equation may be more complicated than that. According to this Business Courier blog post, when you take into account the state's return on investment – how much of that $46 million is coming back in taxes — and alternative uses for the tax dollars spent. Interesting stuff and worth thinking about.
• Ohio is about to free a prisoner wrongly convicted of murder almost 40 years ago. Ricky Jackson and two others were convicted of murdering a man in 1975 based on the eyewitness accounts of a single 12-year-old boy. That boy later recanted his testimony, saying he was "just trying to be helpful" to police by testifying. Jackson will be freed from jail Friday after a years-long legal battle aided by the Ohio Innocence Project. The Cleveland Scene first reported the story and drew attention the Jackson's plight.
• Finally, are we headed for another government shutdown? There's a showdown brewing over President Barack Obama's use of executive action to ease deportations of undocumented immigrants. Hardline conservative Republicans want to tuck measures preventing the president from doing this into spending bills integral to the budget process, forcing Obama to either sign them or veto them and halt Congress' approval of funds that keep the federal government operating. GOP congressional leadership, including House Speaker John Boehner and probable Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have said last year's shutdown was damaging for the party and that they will not abide by a repeat. But the GOP's tea party-aligned right flank says they won't rule out grinding the government to a halt again.
What do you do to remember a billionaire who created thousands of jobs in the city and spread millions of dollars around to various charities?
What if that same guy gave generously to a group that pushed the passage of one of the country's harshest anti-gay ordinances, hung out with the folks responsible for the saving and loan crisis in the 1990s and once ran a company that hired brutal Colombian paramilitary groups to protect its crops?
Maybe name a street after him.
Mayor John Cranley has proposed naming Third Street in Cincinnati "Carl H. Lindner Way" and hopes to have it pass Cincinnati City Council on Wednesday. Some in the city, including Councilman Chris Seelbach, have asked for more time and public input before the decision is made. Seelbach praised Lindner, but also criticized his stances on LGBT issues.
"Carl Lindner absolutely has made our city a better place in many, many ways," Seelbach said during a Nov. 18 transportation committee meeting, citing his economic and charitable impact. "The problem is that we were perhaps the most anti-gay city in the country because of Article XII. One of the people, if not the person, who orchestrated its passage was Carl Lindner. That's unfortunate, and he's not here to defend himself, and I understand that. But I have a problem elevating him to where we are now naming one of our most prominent streets after someone whose efforts caused us to be known as an intolerable place."
Seelbach said he wasn't sure how he would vote on the issue given more time, but felt that public input on renaming the downtown thoroughfare was needed. Other council members agreed, though the measure passed out of committee and will be voted on by the full City Council tomorrow.
Seelbach, along with Councilmembers Yvette Simpson and Wendell Young, abstained from voting on the measure in committee. Simpson said she wanted public input and more time to think about the vote. Young said he wasn't aware of Lindner's role in Article XII and wanted to find out more.
There's no doubt Lindner's legacy is intertwined with Cincinnati's. His name is on buildings he financed all over the city. Lindner, who died in 2011 at the age of 92, rose from meager beginnings to become one of America's richest men, creating thousands of jobs and giving millions to charities in the area. He grew up in Norwood and started United Dairy Farmers from his family's dairy shop. From that, his empire blossomed to include American Financial Corp., international produce corporation Chiquita, The Cincinnati Enquirer for a stretch and even the Cincinnati Reds for a few years. In 2000, he traded to bring hometown hero Ken Griffey Jr. back to Cincinnati, picking him up at Lunken Airport in one of his signature Rolls Royces.
But his power had a dark side. Lindner gave big money to Citizens for Community Values, the conservative group that pushed for the city's 1993 Article XII charter amendment. The amendment barred laws protecting LGBT residents and made Cincinnati one of the most anti-gay cities in the country until it was repealed in 2004. Lindner's son, Carl Lindner III, served on the group's advisory board . The law is now seen as a black mark on the city, an embarrassing chapter from which Cincinnati has only recently recovered.
Lindner was also far from above reproach when it came to business ethics. He was very close with fellow Cincinnati captain of industry Charles Keating, another CCVer and so-called "face of the U.S. savings and loan bust," a financial crisis in the 1990s that cost tax payers more than $3 billion. Keating was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the crisis, though he won an appeal on a technicality and was released after four. Before all that, though, Keating helped Lindner at American Financial, Lindner's core business. The two were charged together in 1979 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for self-dealing from the company till. Lindner paid back more than $1 million, though he never admitted wrongdoing.
Lindner also oversaw other deeply troubling corporate practices, though he himself escaped implication in them. In 2007, Chiquita was fined $25 million by the federal government after it was discovered that unnamed upper-level executives there were making payments to Colombian paramilitary groups beginning in 1997, during Lindner's tenure at the helm of the company. Those payments, to groups like AUC and FARC that terrorized Columbian citizens, were found to be in violation of U.S. anti-terrorism laws. AUC was especially violent, carrying out some of the country's largest massacres. The group was also engaged in the country's cocaine trade.
Many details about shady practices at Chiquita were revealed years earlier in 1997, when The Cincinnati Enquirer published a year-long investigation it had done on the company. Chiquita slapped the paper with an immediate lawsuit because a reporter there had illegally hacked into the company's phone messaging system. The Enquirer quickly retracted the story, ran front-page apologies and paid a $10 million-plus settlement to the company. Chiquita claimed the stories were fundamentally unbalanced, though reviews by The New York Times and other national news outlets found some of the story's revelations couldn't easily be explained away. But the charges of phone hacking got most of the attention and took the air out of the Enquirer stories, as the American Journalism Review noted in a 1998 piece that gives excellent background into the relations between Lindner and Cincinnati's daily paper of record.
"Chiquita has been quite successful at
blunting the impact of the Enquirer series by focusing attention on the
paper's reporting techniques," the publication said.
The recent Enquirer story about the renaming of Third Street doesn't mention any of the controversy around Lindner or Chiquita.
Cranley's move to name a public street after Lindner isn't unique. Last month, there was a half-serious suggestion by Norwood Mayor Tom Williams to rename the Norwood Lateral after the Cincinnati-born businessman. That suggestion was in response to State Sen. Eric Kerney's proposal to name the lateral after Barack Obama, though Williams said ideally he'd leave the highway alone entirely and not rename it after anyone.
Correction: an earlier version of this post referred to Carl Lindner III as president of CCV. He served on the group's advisory board, not as president.
Hey all. The tide has turned. Nearly every morning, I stop into one of a few downtown spots to grab a donut and (lately decaf) iced coffee on my walk to work. In the summer, this was unremarkable, but as the weather has gotten colder, it's become something cashiers laugh at me about. Thing is, I have very poor impulse control and can't wait more than a couple minutes to start drinking and always burn the hell outta my mouth on hot drinks. Today, though, I actually got hot coffee. It's that cold out. "Finally," the cashier said.
So yeah, news. A federal judge has recused himself in Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Health over Ohio's restrictions on clinics that provide abortions. Judge Timothy Black has sent the suit back for reassignment because he served on Planned Parenthood's board 25 years ago. While he says he would follow legal precedent in deciding the suit, he wants to avoid any appearance of bias and is passing the case off to another judge.
• Former Mason mayor and outgoing Republican State Rep. Pete Beck has for months been facing charges that he committed investment fraud by luring investors into putting money into an insolvent company called Christopher Technologies. Beck was chief financial officer of the company. His case has yet to get underway as prosecutors continue to try and get documents with details about his investors. Beck was indicted 18 months ago. His attorneys say the state is taking too long and should drop the case, but attorneys for the AG's office have said no way. Beck's co-defendant Janet Combs, who runs Ark by the River Fellowship Ministries, has pleaded no contest to charges in connection with the case and will be testifying against Beck when his case goes to trial next year. Combs' church, which judges have called "a cult," has been ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution to victims of the investment scheme.
• Another local government has signaled support for efforts to make high-speed rail between Chicago and Cincinnati a reality. The city of Wyoming passed an ordinance yesterday requesting a feasibility study for the project from the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments. Hamilton County Commissioners have also backed the idea of a study to see how much such a project would cost. The effort is being led by non-profit All Aboard Ohio. The group has its quarterly public meeting tonight in Over-the-Rhine at 6 p.m.
• A bill passed yesterday by the Ohio House's Education Committee would eliminate minimum salary requirements for teachers in the state. Supporters say the bill will make it possible to institute better merit pay for teachers. Opponents say it will just pit educators against each other. The bill should go up for a vote in the full House of Representatives sometime this week.
• Proposals for changing Ohio's redistricting process for both congressional and state legislative districts are floating through the Ohio General Assembly. The plans, proposed by Republicans, would remove input from courts and the governor from the redistricting process. Instead, state legislators of both parties would vote on redistricting maps, and if they can't agree, the maps will go on a ballot initiative for voters to decide. Conservatives call this method fairer, but some experts say it will only make Ohio's already terribly lopsided redistricting process worse. Oh, great.
"It is the dominant party that holds the whip in its hand and can beat the opposing party, the minority, into subjection with it," said Ohio State University law professor Dan Tokaji. "As a practical matter, the minority party has no real leverage under this proposal."
• So, this is super-creepy. An Uber exec, frustrated about negative press coverage his company has been receiving, said the company should hire opposition researchers to dig up dirt on journalists who report negative stories about the company. Uber's Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael made the comments during a swank dinner hosted by a political consultant for the company and attended by VIPs like Ed Norton and Huffington Post publisher Arianna Huffington. Michael suggested Uber should spend a million dollars to fight back against journalists by digging into their "personal lives," and their "families," even throwing out a name or two of specific journalists they could target. Uber later said that the conversation was supposed to be off the record, and Michael said his comments were merely hypotheticals and don't "reflect my actual views and have no relation to the company's views or approach. They were wrong no matter the circumstance and I regret them."
Oh, of course. Saying you want to dig up the personal lives of people who criticize you and then saying "just kidding!" isn't creepy at all. Carry on.
Modern Blues/Rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa might not be a household name, but he has a gigantic fan base. Tonight, many of those fans will fill Music Hall to watch the six-string superstar do his thang. I just drove by Music Hall and he has multiple trucks and busses parked around back, one adorned with the motto, "Always on the Road," a reference to how he has built such a big following.
Bonamassa does make records, though. His most recent is Different Shades of Blues. Here's what CityBeat's Brian Baker had to say about the LP in his preview of the show (click here for the full preview):
Bonamassa's latest album, Different Shades of Blue, is a full-tilt electric experience, kicking off with a brief taste of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" — Bonamassa was peeling off Hendrix licks when he was 7 — and roaring into incendiary originals like the scalding "Oh Beautiful," the funky "Love Ain't a Love Song," the relentless "Never Give All Your Heart" and the sinewy title track.
Tonight's show starts at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $79-$125.
• Danish Dance Pop trio New Politics headlines a triple bill of up-and-coming bands playing Bogart's tonight. The group joins fellow on-the-verge acts Bad Suns and SomeKindaWonderful for the show.
New Politics were in town this past summer to play the Bunbury Music Festival, alongside tourmates Paramore and Fall Out Boy. This fall the group teased new material with the release of the single "Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)." The group's next album, Vikings, is slated for release next year.
Click here for CityBeat's full preview of the show.
• Reggae crossover star Shaggy plays the Thompson House in Newport tonight. Local band Elementree Livity Project and veteran Columbus, Ohio, squad The Ark Band open the 7 p.m. show. Tickets are $17.
Shaggy became a superstar in the '90s/early '00s with hits like "Boombastic," "Angel" and "It Wasn't Me," a huge smash (you can still hear it on Pop radio to this day) from his six-times Platinum album, Hot Shot, from 2000. Shaggy has continued to release music and tour the world. Last year, Shaggy released Out of Many, One Music, an all-Reggae album that was produced by the legendary duo Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
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Sonic adventurer Nils Frahm performs tonight at the Contemporary Arts Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $20.
The German-born composer is touring behind his most recent album, 2013's Spaces, which was compiled from footage from various performances over the previous two years. His live presentation is something to behold, as Jason Gargano writes in his CityBeat preview of the show:
Nils Frahm's live performances are kind of hard to believe. He sits alone on stage, surrounded by multiple pianos and a few other gadgets. He moves back and forth between instruments, slowly building and altering the music as it unfolds, all of which is done without the use of loops or playbacks. It's an impressive achievement, as Frahm's sonic output is a whirl of intricately layered yet never fussy arrangements that bring to mind a meld of Steve Reich and Keith Jarrett.
Opening the show is Brooklyn's Dawn of Midi, an Avant Garde trio that combines elements of Jazz, Krautrock, Electronica and experimental Rock music and has also been drawing fawning critical raves. Radiolab host Jad Abumrad said of them, "I've seriously never seen anything like these guys."
Should be a fascinating night of music.
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I'm sure the big old lumps of snow are a bummer for those of you who drive to work, but it was super cool walking from Mount Auburn to CityBeat HQ this morning. Seeing the hillsides shrouded in white and downtown poking out of the mist on my way down reminded me how much I love this city. It also netted me a bunch of likes on Instagram, which is the main thing I'm excited about, of course.
Anyway, on to the news. Because ordering things from the Internet takes so, so long and just doesn't have the wow factor it used to, Amazon has been considering using drones to deliver items to your door for about a year now. What's more, the Greater Cincinnati area could be one of the first places to get that service if changes to aviation laws expected next year make it a possibility. The company is currently hiring drone pilots, engineers and other folks with relevant experience to help build its drone delivery program. Who wouldn't want flying robots speeding toward your house with all that stuff you bought during your last stoned 2 a.m. shopping spree?
• It's getting harder and harder to live on what you earn at jobs requiring few specialized skills, both in the area and in the country as a whole. That's lead to a push in Greater Cincinnati to create new routes for workers who want to get high-skill jobs in the manufacturing and tech industries. Many companies offering these jobs can't find enough qualified applicants, leading them to establish or support training and apprenticeship programs for low-skill workers and recent high school graduates.
• I learned a lot about sex trafficking doing our cover story a couple weeks ago on sex workers. The problem is real and huge. Here's a terrifying story about captivity, sex trafficking and abuse at a house in Avondale, where as many as a dozen women were held by a Colerain man for an indeterminate amount of time. Christopher Hisle, who has been in trouble for running unlicensed sex-oriented businesses in the past, is charged with sex trafficking and faces up to 15 years in prison.
• If you're looking to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act but are somewhat befuddled by the process, you're in luck. An enrollment assistance center contracted by the Department of Health and Human Services is open in the city to help folks with navigating the healthcare exchanges. The center is at 4600 Wesley Ave. Suite C, Cincinnati OH 45212. You can give them a call as well at 513-802-8092, or visit them on Facebook and Twitter.
• Some conservative lawmakers in Ohio's General Assembly are pushing a new bill that would make secret the details about those who supply lethal injection drugs to the state. Ohio hasn't been able to find a source for lethal injection drugs because no companies want to be associated with supplying it. Making suppliers secret would solve this problem, Republican lawmakers say. Ohio has had to suspend executions due to the prolonged death of Dennis McGuire last January. McGuire was killed using a new combination of two drugs. Ohio has had to resort to such mixtures because the company that manufactures the original drug the state used has refused to sell it for use in executions. As McGuire died, witnesses say he was gasping for breath. The state says he was asleep and did not experience discomfort, but his 25-minute-long execution prompted a federal judge to issue a temporary stay on executions. The next scheduled lethal injection will take place Feb. 11 unless federal courts order more delays. In response to the drug dilemma, some lawmakers are calling for alternative execution methods, including returning to the electric chair, to be considered.
• Also in the State House, the House Education Committee is considering legislation today that would reduce the amount of time public school students spend taking standardized tests. House Bill 228 proposes limiting testing to four hours a year and has been greeted with enthusiasm by lawmakers, some school officials and education groups.
• Finally, here's a pro tip: don't drive yourself to your driver's license test, then lead cops on a car chase when they ask why you're driving before you have your license. Or do, if you want a really epic story about why you walk to work every day. I just walk because I'm too lazy to find a parking space. This guy's excuse is way more interesting.
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band bring their tour behind their debut studio album, the recently released Intensity Ghost, to The Comet in Northside tonight. Heart of Palm and Public Housing open the free 10 p.m. show.
Forsyth, who co-founded the experimental group peeesseye in New York around the turn of the century, is an acclaimed guitarist known for his exploratory approach and compelling skills. He fell in love with the music of Television in high school and ultimately ended up taking lessons from that legendary band's Richard Lloyd.
You can hear the influence of Television particularly in his work with Solar Motel Band (which was formed based on the guitarist's acclaimed Solar Motel album from last year). Many critics have described Forsyth's most recent all-instrumental music as a cross between Television and The Grateful Dead; Forsyth (now based in Philly) discovered the Dead while immersed in the New York experimental music scene and was immediately drawn to it, so it's a fair comparison. Overall, it's very engaging, hypnotic stuff.
• Tonight and tomorrow sees the return of Ironfest, a huge two-night benefit concert in honor of late local music supporter and musician Iron Mike Davidson. This marks the fifth edition of the event since Davidson passed away in 2010.
Ironfest V, which continues to raise funds for Davidson's family, takes over Newport's Southgate House Revival both nights with a lineup stacked with local talent largely (but not entirely) from the worlds of Punk and Hard Rock. Friday's lineup includes Mad Anthony, Martin Luther and the Kings, Kill City, Vampire Weekend at Bernie's, Sweet Ray Laurel, Valley of the Sun, Lockland Brakes, Lohed, Subsets, Mala in Se, Black Signal and many more. Saturday at Ironfest, catch The Dopamines, Moonbow, Mudpies, We are Hex, Honeyspiders, Oxboard Drain, 500 Miles to Memphis, The Blue Rock Boys, Draculas, Ethicist, Cadaver Dogs and several others.
Click here for the full lineups.
Tickets each night are $5 in advance (available at ticketfly.com) or $10 at the door. Showtime is 7 p.m. both nights.
• Tuvan throat singing string band Huun Huur Tu performs Saturday night at Parrish Auditorium on the Hamilton campus of Miami University.
Derek Halsey explains the unique music in his preview of the show for this week's CityBeat (read the full preview here).
Tuvan throat singing describes the wild-sounding songs created by musicians in the southern Siberian and Mongolian Steppe region of Central Asia who, for want of a better explanation, use their throats as if they were a didgeridoo.
Not only does it sound cool — creating multiple notes at the same time using nothing but the human voice — but historically it was a way for humans to communicate over the vast plains in that part of the world, with different styles being created to represent different tribes.
Saturday's show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 (there are discount for seniors, students and "youth") and can be purchased in advance here.
• Cincinnati Blues crew The Whiskey Shambles host a release show at Over-the-Rhine's The Drinkery in honor of their debut album, Loose Change for a Broken Man. The show is a benefit for the Save the Animals Foundation (where drummer Aaron Tyree volunteers). A $5 donation is requested at the door but you can be a jerk and not pay it; it's technically a free show. JetLab opens things up at 9 p.m. and members of local choirs MUSE and Young Professionals Choral Collective are slated to make guest appearances with the Shambles.
CityBeat's Brian Baker spoke with the band about their origins and the new release for this week's issue. Brian describes the album and band's sound like this:
While Loose Change exudes a contemporary vibe, the album bears the diverse hallmarks of the best '70s Blues Rock albums. Like Led Zeppelin, Cream and Free before them, The Whiskey Shambles channels first generation Blues subsets like Delta, Piedmont and Hill Country, combined with the members' unique individual experiences to conjure an edgy, atmospheric vision of 21st century Blues.
• One of Cincinnati's best bands, The Hiders, celebrate the release of their amazing new album Totem Saturday at Northside Tavern. The show is free. Singer/songwriter Ali Edwards (former bandmate of The Hiders' frontman Billy Alletzhauser in Ruby Vileos) opens at 10 p.m.
Click here for a full review of the great Totem. You can sample a few tracks here at The Hiders' official site (click the "Melody" tab, then choose "Totem").
• Unique Cincinnati Americana group The Tadcasters have released a new EP and on Saturday they're playing Stanley's Pub in celebration. The show features two other Roots acts that have recently issued new material — La Grange, Texas, Folk/Rock/Roots act The Youngest (supporting the new album Feral Road) and Oliver Oak, an Indie Folk sextet from Columbus, Ohio (supporting its new Sleepless Wilds release). Showtime is 9 p.m. and there's a small cover charge at the door.
Here is "Chaingang" from The Tadcaster's excellent new five-song EP:
• Sunday at the Southgate House Revival, friends of veteran local musician David Rhodes Brown are throwing a party in honor of his remarkable 50 years of playing music in the area. The multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter has been a part of numerous local acts in his half-century of service, coming into regional notoriety in the early '80s with his long-running Rockabilly/Roots band The Warsaw Falcons (who will reunite and close out Sunday's event) and going on to play with notable Greater Cincinnati groups like The StarDevils, Magnolia Mountain and numerous others. In 2010, Brown released his guest-laden solo album Browngrass & Wildflowers, and he's played lap steel guitar with the popular Punk Pop/Roots Rock band 500 Miles to Memphis for the past several years.
Many of Brown's friends and current/former bandmates will perform some of his songs at the event, including Ryan Mallot, Mark Utley, Wilder, Todd Lipscomb, Gregory Burton, Elle Crash and Pike 27. More friends and bandmates (including CityBeat's own Brian Baker and should-be Hamilton Country Commissioner Jim Tarbell) will also give Brown the "roast" treatment at the party.
Showtime is 7 p.m. and admission is just $5.
Hey all, here's what's happening this morning. I'll be brief. It's Friday, and we all have stuff to do if we want to get out of work early.
City Council committed to doubling human services funding in its meeting yesterday. The fund, which provides money to 54 organizations that fight poverty in the city, will go from $1.5 million to $3 million in the next city budget. That boost will bring the fund up to .84 percent of the city's operating budget, with a goal of eventually raising it to 1.5 percent, a level the city hasn't seen in ten years due to harsh cuts during that time.
• At their respective meetings this week, both City Council and Hamilton County Commissioners agreed unanimously to create a city-county cooperation task force. The task force would look for ways to share services between the two governmental bodies. Councilman Chris Seelbach said he'd like to see the group find ways to cooperate with the region's other municipalities as well, including places like Norwood and Saint Bernard.
• Developers are looking to pour about $80 million into projects in Mount Auburn, one of the city's more neglected neighborhoods. The area just north of Over-the-Rhine and just south of Clifton and Corryville could see new office space and apartment buildings, among other development projects.
• In a way, this is the flip-side of the shared services coin: the City of Sharonville is considering doing away with its health department in order to contract services through Hamilton County Public Health. That's upset some members of the community there. Mayor Kevin Hardman has recommended the move, and Sharonville City Council will vote on it soon.
• Are you ready for a Rand Paul presidential run? The Kentucky Senator and tea party hero is about "95 percent" certain to be vying for the Republican nomination in 2016, according to this Politico story. Paul's father, Ron Paul, is something of a libertarian folk hero who has pushed for auditing the Federal Reserve Bank, zeroing out entire departments in the federal government and other kinds of whacky ideas. The elder Paul made runs in the last two presidential elections as an independent, where he got a lot of attention but not much of the vote. Rand has combined many of his father's libertarian ideals with a more palatable tone and connections to both establishment and tea party factions of the GOP. He's also tried to make inroads on traditionally progressive issues, saying he wants to reform drug laws and pull back U.S. military involvement overseas. He's gone to places where liberals are most likely to hang out— speaking at UC Berkeley and this summer's Urban League conference in Cincinnati, for instance — in an attempt to make his case. Be prepared to see a lot more of that in the near future.
• Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the political spectrum, firebrand Senator Elizabeth Warren will join Democratic leadership in that chamber, a sign the party is seeking to bring the left-leaning part of its base in closer. Warren has crusaded against big banks and their role in the financial crisis and has big populist appeal among progressives. Some of her job in her new position will be reaching out to those groups and voters as well as advising the party as a whole on policy and messaging. Some progressives have pushed her name as an alternative to Hillary Clinton for the Democrats' presidential nominee in 2016, but so far, Warren has said she's staying out of the race.
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