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Above: Wayne Lai and his wife, who acts as his manager.
Wayne Lai (黎耀祥) winning the TV King title for the third time at the 45th TVB Anniversary Awards had jolted the public. According to renown feng shui master, Mak Ling Ling (麥玲玲), Wayne may have a chance to win the TV King title once again in the Year of the Snake.
Although Wayne had high expectations and put in his best efforts in all his performances, his New Year wish is to have good health and happiness rather than eyeing the awards. Appearing at a horse racing event in Happy Valley with his wife, Wayne said, "I don't really have expectations, but I don't mind if there is. Mak Ling Ling said that I will win the TV King title once again, but I am already very happy to have received it three times."
Mak Ling Ling also predicted that Wayne will have a breakthrough in his career this year, such as ability to film dramas and movies outside of Hong Kong, while cautioning him to be more mindful of his health, especially his digestive system. Wayne said, "I will not intentionally force it. I am used to TVB's filming style. Although mainland China's fees are higher, the dialect and culture is different. Perhaps I may not be used to the food there."
Wayne's filming schedule is already booked through July filming TVB dramas, Will Power <傳愛事務所> and Rosy Business 3 <巾幗梟雄之諜血長天>, which will film on location in Zhongshan and Foshan.
Wong Cho Lam a Contender for Best Actor
Aside from Wayne Lai, Wong Cho Lam's (王祖藍) Inbound Troubles <老表,你好嘢> won ratings and critics. The drama's success has already sparked early talk that Cho Lam is a contender for this year's Best Actor award.
Wayne also praised Cho Lam, "He is very outstanding. My wife also watched his series!"
Cho Lam said, "Wayne Lai is too great; I'm afraid to compete with him! I am not too keen on the Best Actor award, but I would love Inbound Troubles to receive the Best Drama award in which everyone can share the happiness!"
Due to his comedic talent, 33-year-old Cho Lam is quite popular in mainland China. Although he has been invited to film a mainland movie and drama with a 6-figure sum per episode, Cho Lam had to turn down the offers due to project commitments in Hong Kong.
After filming Food for the Slaves <食為奴>, Cho Lam will be involved in developing the scripts for the Inbound Troubles movie and drama sequel. Staying in Hong Kong had the added bonus of spending more time with girlfriend, Leanne Li (李亞男).
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Wong Cho Lam is not a contender. Seriously, his acting can't be compared to Wayne. Anyway at some point Wayne must do what.. I believe Alan Tam did… politely refuse to accept awards anymore.
Totally agree with you Funn. WCL's acting is lightyears away Wayne's.
*from Wayne's.
First of all, dont trust Ms. Mak
Secondly, I doubt Wayne will win fourth TVB BA award. He is already proven to be a great actor. Fantastic!
Wong Cho Lam is still long ways to go to be the best actor status.
Larry, if given a good script and character I think Wayne has a good chance. Let's be honest there aren't too many TVB actors that can act.
I agree but right now, I think it's a bit too early to discuss who will win BA
I also do NOT trust Ms.Mak. I have realized many of the things that she is either just generally guessing that many of us can do or is just plain BS…
Pfft, mak ling ling is so over rated! It's becoming annoying actually, she milks every chance possible and go for easy call.
Wayne's success is due to preparation meeting right opportunities! He's skilled unlike some of the siu sangs in TVB now!
I don't want Wayne to get it the fourth time. Yes. he is good, but not good enough to get it year after year after year….however, i don't see any other are good enough to claim this title yet…well, maybe too early to tell…still have a lot of drama not in air yet this year…hope to see some outstanding performance
i agree and wayne a better actor compared to the younger sui sangs hes not good enough to get the award year after year
He should perhaps learn it from Alan Tam. It does not look good on TVB either, who has no better actor than Wayne Lai.
As per current filming schedules, I think the following actors, who are on management contract with TVB, may have chances to win TV King award in 2013
1) Wayne Lai in "Rosy Business III" and "Will Power"
2) Moses Chan in "Beauty at War" and "Will Power"
3) Kenneth Ma in "The Hippocratic Crush II"
4) Ruco Chan in "Ruse of Engagement" and "Brother's Keeper"
Among all those above, I perfer Ruco Chan. Again, Wayne already took three time; unless his really show something really outstanding and different. Moses also took once. I really don't think Ken Ma's performance is very outstanding…how hard is it to perform a outstanding doctor?! Ruco Chan's acting is good in a lot of drama. I through he was not under TVB's management. I am not a fans of any of them, just speaking for their performance.
among these nominees i think kenneth ma or ruco chan should win. wayne and moses already got their share and no offense, although wayne deserves the win last year, i don't want to see wayne taking the award again and moses isn't that great of an actor to win double tv king.
hippocratic crush 2 and brother's keepeers look very promising and can help ma and ruco, but triumph 2 will be a popular and great series too.
I think Bosco (a change of heart) and Michael Tse (sniper attack) have a chance to win too.
I have a feeling it may be Ruco. Several media articles seem to be talking up "Brother's Keeper" — I remember one article hyping it up as 2013's most anticipated drama.
I just read that Beauty at War is going to air in April so it runs the risk of being forgotten by the time of the awards.
I guess the crystal ball will become clearer when we learn which are this year's anniversary series.
wong cho lam has no chance in winning
It is too early to talk about TV king right now.
Wong Cho Lam is indeed an outstanding performer & he is very talented too. But to be crowned as a Best Actor may needs another few more years and really have to prove his versatility in many different roles.
As for Wayne grabbing the TV King for the 4th time, it really have to depends if there is a great breakthrough in his Rosy Business 3. Although ppl may not like it but if he is outstanding with great script, i don't see why he should not be crowned as TV King. Same goes to Moses Chan, if he has an extraordinary performance this year, why not give to him? It is entirely depends on their performance in their respective dramas.
If Ruco chan is good, he should also deserves to win too. :)But of course, I am looking forward to see Wayne in Will Power, Detective colombus & Rosy Business 3. Somehow, looking forward towards wayne + Moses Chan & Wayne + Myolie Wu.


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BP Oil Spill Has Lingering Effects In Gulf Coast
In some hot spots in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are finding lesions in 50 to 60 percent of fish. Jim Cowan, professor of oceanography and coastal science at Louisiana State University, is one of those researchers. He tells Audie Cornish that there is great overlap between these hot spots and the region where oil was dispersed following the 2010 rupture of a BP oil well.
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To understand what the environmental impact of the BP oil spill has been over the last two years, we turn now to Dr. Jim Cowan. He is a professor of oceanography and coastal science at Louisiana State University. Dr. Cowan, welcome to the program.
DR. JIM COWAN: Happy to be here.
CORNISH: So you've been out on the water examining the impacts of the spill since the early days. What were the sort of concerns at first and how has that changed over time?
COWAN: Well, we've been studying the fish communities in the Gulf for several years. And so we were fortunate enough to be in a position to have pre- and post-spill information. So we had a good baseline data set from which to compare the work that we're doing now. And I'm certain that the acute impacts of the spill are behind us, but I'm much less certain that we have avoided chronic impacts that may be a problem for quite a while to come.
CORNISH: And by chronic impacts, you mean what?
COWAN: Well, I mean, chronic exposure to toxic materials cause all sorts of problems with immune deficiencies and in some cases even deformities, which we've seen in crabs and shrimp. And we're seeing a fair number of fish that have sores on their sides, and we don't know what the actual fate of those is, but I can tell you the abundance of some of those fish have declined over time.
CORNISH: Can you talk about what the concerns are for humans? I mean, has any of this entered our food chain? Should we be concerned?
COWAN: Well, fortunately, what we're talking about are fish, but none of these animals are making it to the market. Any that have any kind of symptoms like we're describing, the fisherman are very acutely aware of that. And so there is - this is really a biological health issue or an ecosystems health issue and not a seafood health issue. The industry is screening seafood, and they're very aware of the issues, but they're also not letting any of this stuff enter the market.
CORNISH: There's been a lot of discussion about the impact of the oil but also the potential impact of the dispersants which were used to break up the oil. What do we know right now? What does the research say about the impact of either one of these?
COWAN: Well, what the research says from the eco-toxicology community suggests that the oil-Corexit mixture is more toxic than either of the two elements on their own or the two substances on their own.
CORNISH: And Corexit is the name of the oil dispersant that was used to help the cleanup.
COWAN: Yes, it is. Yes. And the problem with oil on the seafloor is that it's technically impossible to clean up because the oil-Corexit mixture is settled in deep waters that are very cold and the process of biological degradation is much, much slower.
CORNISH: What are some of the unanswered questions that researchers are looking at now? What are the concerns?
COWAN: Well, first of all, how much oil is still on the seafloor and how will it be remobilized, or whether it'll be remobilized before it weathers away. We know from experience with Hurricane Isaac that we were quite surprised that after the storm had passed, we found seabirds that were oiled, and it was traced to the Macondo well. And so if there's oil still out there in the sediments that is capable of oiling birds, it's not weathering very quickly. And that's our - our concern is how much of it's out there and how long will it last because as long as it's out there and has the ability to affect wildlife and fisheries, it's going to be a problem.
CORNISH: Dr. Jim Cowan, thank you so much for speaking with us.
COWAN: Happy to speak with you, Audie.
CORNISH: That's Jim Cowan, professor of oceanography and coastal science at Louisiana State University. And we should note BP is expected to face further civil charges for environmental damage.
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North Haven High School presents Thoroughly Modern Millie, to be performed at the high school this Thursday (the 28th) at 6:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday (the 1st and 2nd of March) at 7:00 p.m. in the Patricia K. Brozek Theatre at North Haven High School. Tickets are $15 for all and are on pre-sale currently from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the main office of the high school and at the ticket window during nights of the show. Seating is assigned by ticket. (203) 239-1641 is the number for the main office. Please contact Scott Bonito (email@example.com) for more information.


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Documents on officer involved shooting at Camp Okihi in Bakersfield released
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Documents detailing what took place during an officer involved shooting at Camp Okihi were released today.
The documents included some interesting details on the shooting and the suspects involved.
As previously reported, three Kern County park rangers were investigating shots heard in the area of Camp Okihi on March 9. They came across a white 1995 Chevy Tahoe. The windows were fogged up and the engine turned off.
The plates came back as previously reported stolen to Bakersfield Police.
The two people in the Tahoe, originally supplied fake names, but are in fact Loretta Lynn Farris and Tony Lee Tennento.
The officers asked them to exit the car, Tennento instead turned it on, threw it in reverse towards the officers, making them feel that their lives were in danger. They opened fire on the vehicle, 27 .40 Caliber casings were later collected, along with several other bullet fragments.
The Tahoe ran into a downed tree and came to a stop. The rangers found both individuals shot, handcuffed them and performed first aid until an ambulance arrived and took Tennento and Farris to Kern Medical Center.
The documents 23ABC received today go on to say that the 27-year-old Tennento knew Farris for three weeks and he calls her his girlfriend. Tennento said he bought the Tahoe for $300 down with $700 owed later, outside a good spot market. They drove it to the park area to take some meth, which Tennento says he has been taking for three years.
When Tennento saw the officers, he said that he was so high he thought he could escape, threw the vehicle in reverse, didn't see the officers directly behind him and tried to drive off. He licked the spoon he was using with the meth and threw it out the window.
Officers also spotted a tattoo on Tenneto that read 'Loretta', but he said that was referring to another woman, not Loretta Lynn Farris.
Farris was later found to have a felony warrant out for her arrest for escape.
Farris had originally given officers the name of Martha Martin on the night of the incident. That woman is legally blind and has reported that she lost her social security card and Mastercard credit card in early February of this year. She filed an identity theft report with BPD.
Now both Farris and Tennento are expected to be in court on April 5.
Tennento is facing two charges of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a stolen vehicle.
He previously pleaded not guilty.
Farris also facing a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle.


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The undertaker finally lost one. The veteran wrestler's 21-0 win streak finally broke at WrestleMania XXX and fans had mixed reactions. Undertaker fans of all ages took to Twitter to express their shock, joy, and disbelief at seeing the big man finally go down.
Fans are were chomping at the Twitter bit to let the world know how they felt about seeing the Undertaker finally defeated at the hands of Brock Lesner at WrestleMania XXX, on April 6. The event took place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and one fan left tweeting: "WWE took away a piece of my childhood away when they let the Undertaker lose his streak."
The Undertaker Loses 21-0 Win Streak At WrestleMania XXX — Fans Sound Off Of Twitter
CM Punk: Why Fans Believe He Skipped WrestleMania 30
The comments and emotions didn't stop there, although that tweet was a pretty big one. It's got to be hard to lose a piece of your childhood.
But other fans were more comical in their reactions to the defeat felt around the world. Here are a few of their very interesting tweets below:
This was my reaction when I found out that a part timer broke the Undertaker's unbreakable streak at #WrestleMania. pic.twitter.com/e6bF6goof8
— Kiddo Dylan (@HEELDylann) April 7, 2014
This rain is really God crying over the Undertaker's broken undefeated streak 😔 — Godrobe Senketsu (@Yo_WillyWonka) April 7, 2014
The Clippers won 50 games. The Lakers lost 50 games. The Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak is over. The end is near, friends.
— Daniel Buerge (@danielbuergeLA) April 7, 2014
SEEING UNDERTAKER LOSE HIS STREAK IS LIKE WATCHING YA DAD GET BEAT UP IN FRONT OF YOU — TraVonn May4th (@LilTreProd) April 7, 2014
Daniel Bryan: Why He's Marrying Brie Bella 5 Days After WrestleMania
We have a feeling that it can't be the end of such an iconic part of the WWE saga. The Undertaker may have been defeated but he'll probably keep hanging around. Hulk Hogan lost how many years ago and he just kicked off this year's event right?
Undertaker Loses At WrestleMania XXX: Fans React On Twitter
The Undertaker, whose real name is Mark William Calaway, fought a hard match against Brock but the bigger man won — literally! The undertaker tried to catch Brock with his signature "Tombstone" move, Brock countered, lifted the veteran up, and slammed him flat on the canvas. It was lights out after that and a new champion was born.
WrestleMania: Daniel Bryan Wins World Heavyweight Championship
Sorry Undertaker fans.
What do you think HollywoodLifers, were you stunned when the Undertaker finally went down? Let Us know.
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no one can beat undertaker in WrestleMania. So why he loose to brock lesnar he is the joker in wwe. If wwe want to end the streak it will end long time ago by kane in WrestleMania 14 in this match undertaker was dominate by kane. kane easly beat him that day. Undertaker never face the rock and stonecold steve austin. in WrestleMania events. they both beat him in WrestleMania.
So why he face triple h 3 times in WrestleMania. shawn michaels 2 times and kane 2 times.??
So why undertaker and fan shock if he loose 1 match in WrestleMania. next year WrestleMania 31 he can face john cena and beat him. next WrestleMania 32 he must face daniel bryan and beat him. And even brock lesnar challenge the undertaker in survivor series for match that if undertaker win his WrestleMania record 21.1 will be 21.0 and his undefeat streak will continue. or if brock lesnar win than undertaker gone retried from wwe. the match must be a hell in cell. why survivor series because the survivor series where undertaker debut in 1990.
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The author of this column knows nothing about the WWE, the Undertaker, or the Streak. Just trying to get some clicks and reaction. Horrible. Quick, "Bryant," what is the move that Brock hit 'Taker with to end the match? NO LOOKING IT UP!
That's what I thought.
And if you even watched the ppv, did you see either of these men walk out to the ring or back with a championship belt?
Stick to whatever the hell you talk about on "hollywood life" (sounds thrilling, really) and leave Wrestlemania reactions to people who know what they're talking about.
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First Look video: WritingPad for iPhone
Don't type into your iPhone's keyboard; glide over it. This First Look video shows you the beauty of a free iPhone app that composes notes easier than ever.
WritingPad for iPhone
As someone who types all day, I'd like to compose all the notes and e-mails I want in iPhone without ever lifting a finger. Until telepathic inputting catches on, WritingPad for iPhone (and iPod touch) is the next best thing. You still have to lift your finger, but only when you've finished tracing a word onto the virtual keyboard. Check out this First Look video to see what I mean.
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China in Yorkshire
What was China in Yorkshire?
China in Yorkshire was a museum and arts festival that took place during 2008 when China hosted the Olympics.
Museums and galleries in Leeds, York, Sheffield and Keighley and many other Yorkshire museums, worked with their local Chinese communities to celebrate the Chinese collections we have and the wide range of Chinese cultural activities that go on in the region.
Leeds Museums and Galleries has over 1,900 Chinese items in its collections, and displayed over 400 of these in 2008. Leeds organised two exhibitions in partnership with groups like the Leeds Chinese Community Association.
The project was funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and Renaissance Yorkshire.
Chinese Treasures was at Lotherton Hall near Aberford
China, Local and Global was in the Central Library Leeds
The exhibitions covered the following themes:
To & Fro (connections between Yorkshire & China), Festivals and Faiths, Food & Drink, Clay & Ink, Fashion & Finesse, Performance and Play.
For more information about China in Yorkshire, projects, chinese objects, interactive games and more, click on the links below! To listen to members of the Chinese Communities in Leeds, Sheffield and York tell their stories - visit our sister site My Yorkshire (see Related Links at the bottom of this page).
A look at some of the chinese objects that children from Leeds Community Chinese School treasure and why!
A Chinese Women's Group Creates Textiles
Inspired by the collections at Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries.
An interactive game inspired by China in Yorkshire.
Created for and inspired by Temple Newsam House, created by artist Suna Xie.
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Follow the reconstruction of Victorian Chinese silk curtains dating from the late Victorian period at Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley.
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Marilyn Pike photo For some reason or other I find old chairs interesting. (I don't collect them) Several years ago, I saw this chair lying beside the road and stopped and picked it up. The original maker's tag is on the bottom and reads, "Blanchard and Gould, Greenville, NH."
In Water District news, the three commissioners, Stan Nadeau, Steve Elliott and Tom Vachon and Treasurer Donna Elliott were present at the recent meeting. It was agreed to encumber a sum of $17,642 from the 2012 budget to covered outstanding bills. It was noted that the District had a surplus of $37,219 at the end of December 2012. It was reported that the water tank on Silver Street had a modular burn-out on a panel. The tower was down for 6 days. The cost of repairs on the panel was $948. Treasurer Elliott reported that the District had taken in water rents of $290,993 in 2012 and there is a balance of $81,888 in outstanding water rents to be collected. There is a balance of $7,434 in the bank and a certificate of deposit in the amount of $230,414, at year-end. It was noted that the commissioners will be asking for a 4 percent increase for the 2013 proposed budget. There are 4 open positions to be voted on, a commissioner for three years, treasurer, moderator and clerk for 1 year terms.
Warrant articles include a sum of $321,605 for general operating expenses. A sum of $10,000 for the maintenance trust fund, a sum of $2,500 for building maintenance trust fund, and a sum of $5,000 to be added to the vehicle capital reserve fund. The water district meeting will be held on either Sunday, March 24, or Sunday, April 7, depending on the availability of the high school. Selectmen have posted notice of load limits on class 5 roads in town. From March 7 through April 30 it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation to haul, transport or cause to be transported by vehicle any material with a gross weight over eight tons. Special written permission can be granted by the public works director.


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How One Left-wing Professor, Peter Dreier, sees America's Heroes- and Reveals His Own Ignorance
Observation two: Many readers, including conservatives, will readily agree that many of Dreier's choices were or are indeed great Americans. But let me show, by singling out what he says about one entry in particular, how he distorts the story of some of the people he lists to have them fit in with his own very left-wing politics.
First, let us look at his entry on the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, the chief advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the strategist and organizer of the 1963 march on Washington. As Dreier writes, Rustin "was black, gay, a pacifist, and a radical, and thus had four strikes against him in influencing mainstream America." Dreier then continues to summarize his career. He writes that the black labor leader A. Philip Randolph and the pacifist A.J. Muste hired Rustin in 1941 to lead the youth division of Randolph's March on Washington movement, in which the Pullman Porters' leader threatened a nationwide march during World War II to highlight racism at home and to push FDR to open up jobs in defense industries for black workers.
What he leaves out is that the American Communist Party, of which Rustin as well as Randolph had become vigorous opponents, argued against any effort to call attention to the sad plight of African-Americans at home, since it would have interfered with the war effort and harmed the ability of the United States to aid the Soviet Union in fighting Hitler. In organizing the effort for a march, Randolph and Rustin both were against the bulk of the CP-led "progressive" movements. When Randolph capitulated to FDR, and the president got him to call off the march by promising to create a Fair Employment Practices Board, Rustin condemned Randolph as a sell-out, something for which he apologized to his mentor years later.
On Rustin's role advising King, Dreier writes that "as a former Communist and as a gay man, he was a political liability" and thus had to work "quietly and in the shadows" rather than as an open organizer and activist. This, of course, is highly inaccurate. Rustin began to appear regularly as a main challenger of radical black nationalism, and of Malcolm X in particular. He debated Malcolm X both on radio and on TV, as well as in person. Moreover, Rustin openly was a fierce anti-Communist, and rather than support pro-Communists Ella Baker and Stanley Levison — who, Dreier fails to report to his readers, was the CPUSA's top money man — Rustin opposed both of them, especially for their sectarian tactics at the 1964 Democratic Party convention and their all-or-nothing stance regarding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Dreier writes that Rustin "continued organizing within the civil rights, peace, and labor movements." Nowhere in his entire profile does he mention that Rustin was the chairman of the social-democratic organization Social Democrats U.S.A., the wing of the old Socialist Party that broke with Michael Harrington and Irving Howe. Nor does he mention that Rustin opposed the Sandinistas and the Soviet Union, and worked alongside Ronald Reagan on behalf of Solidarity in Poland and in conjunction with Lane Kirkland, head of the AFL-CIO, whom the Left attacked as a CIA agent.
He slyly says that Rustin "was one of the first public figures to call for the withdrawal of all American forces from Vietnam." This is nothing but a joke to anyone who knew him. Rustin publicly opposed the mass 1965 SDS organized March on Washington against the war, because he would not take part in any march that welcomed people who supported a Viet Cong victory in South Vietnam. Rustin favored only a negotiated settlement, and not any measures that would lead to a Communist victory, which he said would be worse than an independent pro-U.S. regime in the South, which at least had political parties and a free trade union movement.
Instead of letting readers know what he thought, Dreier writes that after LBJ's escalation of the war, Rustin "muted his criticisms" because he wanted to avoid "alienating LBJ." This is a slander against Rustin, who did not care whom he alienated if he thought he was correct. Rustin argued that the nation could afford a strong defense policy and liberal social programs, or both guns and butter. He was a classic Cold War liberal like his ally Hubert Humphrey.
His conclusion, that Rustin "lost credibility among many New Left student activists," is certainly correct, but that is because on almost every essential issue, they did not welcome the support or help of an anti-Communist who knew that the United States was a free country worth defending.
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1. Bohemond
If Dreier were honest, his title would have been "A Bestiary of American Vermin."
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2. Mr. Lucky
"for anyone "who challenged prevailing ideas and inspired Americans to believe that a better society was possible," and for politicians who "gave voice to social justice movements in the corridors of power" and wrote laws "that changed society."
For anyone "who challenged"? Since progressivism is an international movement rooted in Europe… Oh no… What the hell, I'll go there… Adolf Hitler.
August 7, 2012 - 11:44 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
I recently saw the movie "Hitler's secretary" (or something like that). It was a documentary interview in the 1990s of a woman, who was very young at the time, and through serendipity ended up being one of Hitler's secretarial pool in the bunker. She remarked to Hitler once about the rumors of death camps, and Der Fuhrer responded with something to the effect that she shouldn't worry about such things, because people who understand are building a better Europe.
Basically, what Hitler said was a variation on Lenin's "you have to break some eggs to make an omelette". Show me a monster at any time in history, and I'll show you somebody trying to perfect society.
August 10, 2012 - 8:02 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
" Lenin's "you have to break some eggs to make an omelette". "
Actually that was Walter Duranty's (American leftist journalist) defense of Stalin's (I believe) own Holocaust of the Ukrainians.
August 10, 2012 - 8:30 am Link to this Comment | Reply
3. Bugs
So nu? If a cat could write a book about the greatest Americans EVER, it would be full of cats. Who wouldn't expect a communist's book be full of communists?
August 7, 2012 - 12:27 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. Joseph Randolph
For all the nudging and pushing ahead energies exercised toward implimenting of the socialist and communist ideals these days, how does today compare to the days of 1950′s when we thought we saw an intrusion of such thinking into the American fabric? Today you don't need reading glasses to see what was a half century ago only suspected.
Joseph Randolph, author of Debilitating Democracy
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5. Clare Spark
I have been struck lately by the "coolness" of the British Left, none more obvious than in a 2003 biography of war correspondent and uber-liberal Martha Gellhorn. I wrote about Caroline Moorehead's deformed biography here:http://clarespark.com/2012/08/06/gellhorns-blind-spot-on-israel/. In Britain, at least, it appears that Maoism or post-colonialism is more prevalent than anything resembling the Old Left, and they may see it as irrelevant whether or not Madame X, Y, or Z was a Communist or not.
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Bravo Ron, it is clear that the left, dominant in the academy, is intent on airbrushing history. You raise an important voice setting the record straight.
August 7, 2012 - 7:45 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. Peter Dreier
Thanks to Ron for taking my book seriously. Everyone I profile in the book — The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century — contributed to making America a better society. In the introduction I point out that they were "heroes but not saints." I don't agree with everything they said or did.
Teddy Roosevelt was an imperialist and something of a racist, but he was also an early environmentalist and pro labor. Thanks to the pioneering Meat Inspection Act — which TR supported after socialist Upton Sinclair's book THE JUNGLE raised awareness of the awful conditions in slaughterhouses — our food is safer. Ron says that the book has two presidents, but it has three; he omits Lyndon Johnson. He was wrong on Vietnam and other foreign policy issues, but his support for the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and the war on poverty merits his inclusion in the book. I don't forgive Alice Paul's anti-semitism, but I admire her remarkable work on behalf of women's suffrage. I don't agree with Margaret Sanger's support for eugenics, but her courageous advocacy of women's reproductive freedom was a blow for human rights.
Ron asks why I didn't include "businessmen, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers and other Americans who were not defined by their politics?" The book does include scientists (Albert Einstein, Henry Wallace, Rachel Carson), and businessmen (Tom Johnson, Wallace), as well as athletes, musicians, Supreme Court justices, organizers, social workers, playwrights, theologians, academics, and others. I also admire entrepreneurs like Julius Rosenwald and Edward Filene who devoted their energies and fortunes to social philanthropy, a proud American tradition.
Because the book defines "greatest" as those who helped made the U.S. a more humane and democratic society, it is inherently about politics.
Ron says "all his entries are pro-Communist." Ron knows this is wrong. Quite a few were strongly anti-Communist, including Walter Reuther, Bayard Rustin, Allard Lowenstein, and Michael Harrington, and of course Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. Most of the people I profile in the book were not involved with Communists one way or another, including Louis Brandeis, Jane Addams, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, John Kenneth Galbraith, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Cesar Chavez, Billie Jean King, and Thurgood Marshall.
Some of the 100 people in my book were liberals and reformers, some were progressives, some were radicals and revolutionaries. Some were Socialists.
Ron looks at 20th Century America through the lens of whether someone was or wasn't in (or sympathetic to) the Communist Party. Of the 100 people in the book, a small handful — including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Harry Hay, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Betty Friedan, and others — were either in the CP or its front groups dealing with labor, women's rights, and civil rights issues. I look at their overall contributions to society, which were incredibly positive. They are lifelong reformers and radicals. They are not defined simply by the few months, or even the few years, they were involved with the CP and its orbit.
Ron's is simply wrong about my take on Bayard Rustin. From his work with King on the Montgomery bus boycott (1955) to his work with Randolph on the March on Washington (1963), Rustin was not a public figure, as his biographer, John D'Emilio discusses at great length. His most important contributions to the civil rights movement were mostly behind-the-scenes, because King and others considered his homosexuality and radical affiliations a liability.
Finally, Ron also makes a serious error in relying on Stanley Kurtz's book about Obama to learn anything about me. The book mentions me in a few places as having some influence on Obama's political views. I am hardly one of the "main characters" in the book, as Ron suggests. More importantly, Kurtz has no evidence of my having any influence — directly or indirectly — on Obama. I've never met Obama. I have no idea whether Obama ever read anything I wrote or ever heard me speak. Neither does Kurtz, which is why he uses words like "probably" and "possibly" to describe a relationship that never existed. Kurtz's book is not history or biography; it is conjecture and paranoid conspiracy theory. Ron is misguided to rely on it.
My book is about the great figures of America's liberal and progressive movements — women's rights, labor, civil rights, environmentalism, peace, human rights, gay rights — and the many ways they've made America a better country. From women's suffrage to workplace safety, from Social Security to the Civil Rights Act, from the progressive income tax to the minimum wage, from the Environmental Protection Act to laws requiring seat belts and nutrition information, they helped transform ideas that were considered radical to taken-for-granted common sense. We all stand on their shoulders.
August 7, 2012 - 9:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
i'm sorry but you didnt write that book
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Whomever: Spin it all you like but the book is about 100 anti-Americans. 100 people who set about to fundamentally change America and who laid the groundwork for what our present occupant in the WH is doing.
It is about those who mooched off real Americans who love their country. None of them contributed to building America. Either they were in politics, academia, entertainment or were Jewish progs.
I wonder though why you didn't highlight Bill Ayers and Bernadine as well as Malcom X, the NBP, Loony Louis Farrakhan, and others??
I guess the author thinks he is courageous for writing a book about anti-Americans instead of writing a book about Americans who loved their nation and have spent their lives making it the best nation on this planet and selling it to progs. Now that would have been courageous.
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Fred Beloit
Dreier writes: "… Rustin was not a public figure."
No? Then how is it that I've heard and read about him? I am not very familiar with the names of obscure 'organizers', propagandists, and other behind-the-scenes figures. Just for example, I've never heard of Peter Dreier until Ron wrote about you.
August 8, 2012 - 7:53 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Hitler likewise had a couple of objectionable qualities, however he was quite the progressive, environmentalist, and improved the working conditions of German workers, the public health system, and general hygiene and healthly lifestyle living.
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You could have saved yourself some grief by putting the words "progressives" or "social reformers" or "radicals" or "leftists" or "communists" in the title. Or just calling it "The Social Justice Hall of Fame," period. That might have cut into your sales, though.
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"…Lyndon Johnson. He was wrong on Vietnam and other foreign policy issues, but his support for the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and the war on poverty…"
He was "wrong on Vietnam?!" How have the others you enunciated here work out? Civil Rights? Ok, it was a great idea; one whose time had long since come. But the implementation? A complete train wreck; federal housing, AFDC, food stamps, welfare – created generations of impoverished, undereducated and criminally empowered people.
Voting Rights? Another one of the "greatest ideas that never worked!" What started as a means of allowing all Americans to vote spawned voter fraud and complete bastardization of the entire voting process by judicial fiat. (Need I elaborate?)
Medicare and Medicade? Look around, Peter! Besides the (inflation adjusted) multi-trillion dollar failure and untold thousands of people who have died while waiting to be treated, (The "system" killed my OWN Father as he waited for heart surgery the system "couldn't afford!") Johnson didn't have the foresight to keep gov't from raiding the surplus and dooming hte system(s).
War on poverty? I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad! Aside from the fact that it merely created incubators for poverty, there's this; For all the talk about how the wars on terrorism and drugs have been abject failures, this is a war that can never be won. (Bible alert! "The poor you will have with you always.")
The fact is, every one of Johnson's "accomplishments" merely exacerbated each of the problems they were sloppily designed to fix. Because…? They were run-by-government!
Does that mean they weren't needed? I doubt even the most conservative among us would argue they weren't. However, to use baseball venacular, "It's all in the delivery!" Each of Johnson's Great Society programs were built on the Socialist model. And while he wasn't (I suppose) a Socialist, himself, he threw them together in a sloppy liberal manner and allowed the Socialist ideology (along with political opportunism) to drive them – AND his Great Society into the ground.
Johnson? One of the greats? Made America better? Well, ok, then! (Once again, look around, Pete!)
August 9, 2012 - 6:48 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
"but his support for the Civil Rights Act"
Not to mention this is a damned lie. LBJ and the democrats filibustered Civil Rights when Republicans tried to do it and ONLY supported it to make himself and his party look good.
Never forget the 100% completely racist history of the democrat party.
August 10, 2012 - 8:35 am Link to this Comment | Reply
"Everyone I profile in the book…contributed to making America a better society."
That's an assertion, not a fact. I'm sure you believe it, but that doesn't make it true.
"Because the book defines "greatest" as those who helped made the U.S. a more humane and democratic society, it is inherently about politics."
Wow. What a self-serving definition of the word. And it's based on the assertion above, which is completely faith-based. Can you build a shakier house of cards?
August 9, 2012 - 9:16 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Fail Burton
Well, thanks for acknowledging they were liberals and progressives. I just wish that'd been in the title of the book.
August 9, 2012 - 10:35 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Tim McD
The fact that you have included Rachel Carson disqualifies your book from being serious. That woman is responsible for more deaths than Hitler and Stalin combined.
Just because the deaths she is responsible for were in poor third world countries and ignored by the media, does not absolve her of responsibility.
She is in a special place in Hell and to my dismay I feel a sense of satisfaction rather than sorrow about it, which makes me a rather poor Christian.
August 10, 2012 - 7:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Tex Taylor
I hope you're brighter and braver than you appeared on the O'Reilly Factor the other night, Mr. Dreier. Your being awarded "distinguished" amuses me – like Hollywood with its numerous award shows honoring themselves. I see leftist academia has followed the Hollywood lead.
I still haven't quite determined if each of you that deluded about your perceived brilliance, or simply so insecure, you need to be stroked.
You should have stayed in your bubble where you were safe, still sure of the smugness. They say each of us granted our fifteen minutes of fame. You blew yours.
August 10, 2012 - 8:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply
8. P Jay Medilla
Ron, how about writing a "response" book in the from of 100 men who were truly great in the 20th century. Ford, Rickenbacker, Any one of the airline-builders or aircraft manufacturers whose aircraft bore their names, etc.
Capitalists all, and many of them from dirt-poor to incredibly successful with a lot of challenges and hardship along the way who ultimately carved out a niche for themselves.
How about those people in the space program? There was one such individual named John Houbolt who came up with the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous concept that was initially met with haughty derision from his higher-ups but he put it all on the line, endangered his entire career by writing a letter to Seamans insisting that it's the only way to get to the moon. A great American, to be sure.
There are more than enough candidates. Military people, capitalists, inventors, (Jobs, Gates) who even have left-leanings but prove that America is the best place to achieve.
August 8, 2012 - 4:44 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
And how can you list the 100 greatest Americans of the Twentieth Century and omit Thomas Edison?
August 8, 2012 - 6:28 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Too true.
JP Morgan
Thomas EdisonCalvin Coolidge
Ronald ReaganAugust 10, 2012 - 6:34 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Henry Ford
Richard Feynman
Robert NoyceIf I thought about it, I could easily come up with 100 American giants in science and technology, any one of whom would make all 100 progs together look puny by comparison.
August 10, 2012 - 8:10 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Fail Burton
The top 3 Americans are:
Bugs Bunny
Superman2 were adopted, and 1 born in Pismo Beach.
August 10, 2012 - 10:10 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
9. Old School Conservative
I assume Drier doesn't list Ronald Reagan as a great President or American hero. Drier's brand of RBC can't stand anyone who had as much to do with the defeat of the USSR as did Reagan.
August 8, 2012 - 6:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
10. Jaladhi
Did I hear Occidental College?? Has anyone else that we know has gone to the same college?? Now it makes sense why the Prez behaves as he does! Indoctrination starts way back when somebody is very very young!!
August 8, 2012 - 6:28 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Ronald Reagan? Hardly.
But I'll bet Woodrow Wilson and FDR are. Both virulent racists that UNDERMINED America more than they EVER helped.
You see, the left views America thru a lens of hatred and anyone that hates and undermines this country are to be lauded.
August 10, 2012 - 8:39 am Link to this Comment | Reply
12. Mary Grabar
I suspect that the title was chosen to make it palatable to curriculum committees.
August 8, 2012 - 8:30 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
You mean "cadres" not committees! Use the proper terms comrade!
August 8, 2012 - 11:02 am Link to this Comment | Reply
13. Chris Bolts Sr
If I had to do it all over I would gladly use my $100,000+ student loans to just be able to sit at the feet of Mr. Radosh as he gives a proper account of American history.
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14. absinthe
I have always despised the gong-show approach to history, where lists of the greatest this-or-that are compiled. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. popularized the technique in his surveys for the New York Times of the "greatest" American presidents, but he himself chose the professorial electorate which — surprise, surprise — mirrored his own and the NYT's partisan prejudices. Such gong shows are in fact mere journalistic nonsense. They have nothing in common with the genuine practice of history.
August 8, 2012 - 9:51 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
15. Tom T
Regarding this book: I don't have to take a bite of a s**t sandwich to know it's going to taste bad.
August 8, 2012 - 10:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
16. Alarmed Pig Farmer
Here are some real American heroes:
- Ed O'Hare
- Ronald Reagan
- Art Laffer
- Jack Kemp
- Clarence Thomas
- Milton Friedman
- Rush Limbaugh (and his brother David)
These are people who cared deeply about freedom, and took risks to preserve it. The only risk taken at The Nation is that their anti-freedom/anti-truth programs will only partially succeed, because for some reason they always seem to at least do that.
August 8, 2012 - 10:40 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Good choices, but let's start properly.
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Jay
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Tim McD
Guys, it is Great people of the TWENTIETH century, a lot of your choices are wrong century.
Thomas Edison should be on the list however, as he improved the lives of a lot more people than those listed in the book. By a large margin.
August 10, 2012 - 7:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply
17. GP Hanner
And that is what passes for scholarship in American universities.
August 8, 2012 - 11:03 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
It's disgusting but true, all history and social "science" is taught through the radical Leftist lens.
August 8, 2012 - 11:07 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Progressives have been responsible for the aiding and abetting of more death than any other faction. Ever.
That. Is fact.
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19. Rasley
The subtitle "A Socail Justice Hall of Fame" is enough to give this book away.
If Mr Dreier feels comfortable enough to come into a den of wolves (i.e. this board) and spend the night, then more power to him. All that is asked of him is to not complain about the bite marks and missing chunks of flesh in the morning.
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20. Art Chance
What an effin' idiot this lefty prof is! I'm no O'Reilly fan, but this guy can't even handle softball O'Reilly questions. This is living proof of what happened when lefty professors gave lefty students passing grades so they could keep their 2-S deferment. The "Draft-dodger's C" gave us today's Ph.D "distinguished professor."
August 8, 2012 - 5:21 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
21. Washington76
A case for Tort Reform Posted on August 9, 2012
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22. Kendra
I found it very difficult to watch this guy speak last night on O'Reilly. I know that's rather shallow but he is disgusting. Therefore, I can't relate to any of his leftist social-justice hoo-ha. He's one of the major problems with our country. Sad he teaches.
August 9, 2012 - 11:43 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
23. cellec
Any list of the "100 Gretest Americans of the 20th Century" that doesn't include Ronald Reagan is a joke.
August 9, 2012 - 12:29 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
24. Anson E. Long
*Of course* a "social justice"-lovin' prof is going to name lefties. It's how these people roll. Let's all salute him with a big "Slava Stalinu!"
August 9, 2012 - 3:19 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
25. Gibson Block
It looks like you did make a mistake, Ron.
1. You say that he hid the anti-commumism of people like Bayard Rustin.
2. You say that "all his entries are pro-Communist".
Did I misread you?
August 9, 2012 - 3:28 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
26. Waterfowl
Sorry, but anyone who stuck with the CPUSA line through the Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact is no sort of gentle idealist, let alone a "Great American." It's not as though the nature of the Nazi regime was exactly a mystery by 1939.
That one is my acid test for mid-century social reformers and the like. If your preferred American foreign policy was to keep out of foreign wars, and above all to avoid giving aid to the imperialist British, but changed dramatically once Germany invaded the USSR, you weren't a naive idealist, but someone whose views tracked the CPUSA, whether you were a formal member of the Party or not.
Re: Paul Robeson: "Great voice, bummer about the Stalinism." The man was, almost uniquely, in a position to testify about the 1948 purges in a voice that would be heard. He didn't do it. It was more hateful to him to "help" "reactionaries" in the US than to abandon friends in the USSR. It's a pity (the man could certainly sing), but I would no more have a Robeson recording in my house than use any of those useful medical data so thoughtfully assembled by Dr. Mengele.
August 10, 2012 - 8:08 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
27. Ronnie Schreiber
the founder of the UAW, the late Walter Reuther, but rather than comprehend that this trade union leader fought hard to eliminate Communists from the union since he understood that they were a real threat to free labor, he only can explain that "Reuther shared some of the blame" for labor's decline as well as the AFL chief George Meany, since "as part of the Red Scare, Reuther had expelled many of the most radical and experienced organizers and leaders from labor's ranks."
Thanks for bringing this up. Too often my fellow right wingers attack the UAW without realizing just how anti-communist Walter Reuther was. While there have been no shortage of lefties in the American labor movement, I think that it's fundamentally different from the European labor movement in that most American labor unions and their members are capitalist more than socialist. Samuel Gompers, who founded the AFL, said that the biggest sin capital can commit against labor was to fail to earn a profit.
It's telling how Dreier, as an orthodox leftist, criticizes Reuther for hurting his own union and the labor movement by throwing out the most radical leftists. The left has a hard time dealing with apostates like Reuther and Elia Kazan, who are intimately familiar with how the left operates. In some cases it's almost personal. Kazan was offended at how the communists tried to subvert art to politics in the Group Theater. Reuther was offended at how the communists tried to subvert his union to Moscow's goals.
August 10, 2012 - 8:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
All this book proves is that you can't be intelligent and a Socialist/Marxist.
If you are intelligent you know that Socialism/Marxism doesn't and can't work.
If you are a Socialist/Marxist you are not intelligent, despite the pretensions.
One precludes the other.August 10, 2012 - 11:50 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
29. Liam Kloef
I'd reckon that Mr. Radosh makes Mr. Rustin into an even greater American than Mr. Dreier did. Otherwise, Mssrs. Robeson & Seeger will likely remain best known as singers & not as political activists, since they certainly never influenced an election or the ever-popular power struggle that chugs on willy-nilly today.
But Mr. Dreier is not the first author to ignore a person's contradictions: "stereotype" is the by-word today; for "progressives" (Robert LaFollette, anyone?) & for "reactionaries." & Since I have no interest in top 100 anything, I won't be hunting for Mr. Dreier's book.
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30. John Harbison
When George C. Scott died a 12 or 13 years ago I said to my daughter that it felt like two of my heros had died, Scott and George S. Patton. She said "Oh, that's aweful!" How is it that we can disagree so much?
August 11, 2012 - 4:57 am Link to this Comment | Reply
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text: Homes Under the Hammer Series 14 - Episode 20 Facebook Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email About this programme 20/80. Developers Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts examine a house in Barnet, north London, a property in Derbyshire and a plot of land in Wiltshire. After the buildings are sold at auction, the new owners reveal what they paid and the plans they have for their acquisitions. Cast and crew Cast Presenter Lucy Alexander Presenter Martin Roberts Crew Executive Producer Steve Bailey Series Producer Caroline Davidson Categories Property Like this? Share it. Facebook Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Atmos Clock: |
...and after removing the front cover:
Here is a rear view, showing the masking tape:
The bellows has been installed in the four-jaw chuck of Dan's large machinists' lathe. The bellows must be centered, of course, and tightened into position enough to enable him to perform the operation but not so tight that the brass housing would be dented: snug, but not really tight. There is a wooden block pressed against the front of the bellows by a live (rotating) center on the tail stock. The wooden block is pressed snugly, but not too tight. The block stabilizes the housing by holding it against the chuck and, as the housing is cut, it prevents the spring force from causing the center of the housing to "pop out" unexpectedly. Here you see the cutting graver in position, set to a diameter just slightly larger than that of the new bellows (by approximately 1/8"):
Rotating the bellows at about 150 revolutions per minute, the cutter is plunged very slowly into the housing until the cut is complete. The dangerous part of this procedure occurs when the cutting is almost finished because the graver tends to get caught on the spot where it begins to cut through. Dan adjusted the belt of his lathe loosely so that it was just tight enough to rotate and cut but loose enough to enable the belt to slip when the graver got stuck. Otherwise the bellows could be forced out of the chuck, resulting in dents and scratches. So be very careful. This is a front view after cutting. The cutting on the lathe has been completed.
The rest of the cutting is performed by hand with a hobby knife:
The inner part and the outer part are cut and the top is removed:
The rest of the bellows is removed with pliers:
Step 2 - Fabrication of the Retaining Washers:
The retaining washers used to re-assemble the housing are fabricated from a piece of tempered sheet metal (0.010" or 0.25mm. shim stock was used). The shape is scribed on the sheet metal. The outside diameter should be just slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the housing. Clearance holes are needed for the mounting studs from the removed plate and also for the center bellows opening (I regret the next photo does not appear sharp, so the markings are not visible):
The parts from the bellows housing are deburred with a file to remove sharp corners and edges that could cut your hands.
Step3 - Re-assembly:
The new bellows (which is smaller than the original) is placed in the freezer:
...and removed about two minutes later, after it has contracted:
The new bellows is installed immediately (while still cold), the retaining spring placed inside, the front cover (that had been cut out) placed on top, and the two pieces of sheet metal placed on top of the front cover, such that the drilled holes align with the protruding bolts and the outer edges of the sheet metal are wedged inside the outer cover:
Finally, the brass cover is placed into position and the completed bellows replacement is installed onto the back of the Atmos clock as it had been before it was removed. The four nuts are placed snugly to hold the bellows into position, but must not be tightened very tightly because of this repair, so the nuts can be prevented from loosening themselves by applying small quantities of threadlocker (blue Locktite).
As with any other Atmos-related repair, be aware that any repair incorrectly performed could easily result in permanent damage to the clock: do not attempt this repair unless you understand every detail in this procedure. Do this at your own risk!
Thanks, Dan.
(19 December, 1999.)


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Campbell 72
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(22) Cincinnati 91
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Coverage: ESPN3
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Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Cincinnati: C. Wright 28 Pts, 1 Reb, 2 Ast, 5 Stl, 1 Blk
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin was hoping his No. 22 Bearcats would be challenged before they went to Las Vegas for the weekend.
He got his wish Tuesday night against Campbell, which cut a 25-point second-half deficit to 11 before the Bearcats regained their composure and pulled away for a 91-72 win."We needed to play against that," said Cronin, whose team won its first three games by an average of almost 40 points. "Things have been too easy. We regrouped and did what we had to do."Cashmere Wright scored a career-high 28 points, Jaquon Parker set a season high with 21 points, and Sean Kilpatrick added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (4-0), who never trailed and led by as many as 25 in the Global Sports Invitational.Cincinnati is scheduled to play its first road game Friday against Iowa State as the GSI continues in Las Vegas.Darren White, who came in leading the Big South Conference with 25.5 points per game, bounced back from scoring just three in the first half to finish with 22 for Campbell (2-3).Trey Freeman scored a season-high 17 for the Fighting Camels, the preseason favorite in the Big South's North Division, while Darian Hooker added 13 and Reco McCarter finished with 10. Campbell shot a blistering 63 percent from the field in the second half (17-of-27), which Wright and Parker both attributed to a letdown by Cincinnati."We had a comfortable lead," Wright said. "We just got caught up in the moment of the game. They shot 63 percent in the second half. (Cronin) said if we take that to Vegas, we're not going to win.""I know we didn't take them too seriously the whole game," Parker added.The Bearcats dominated inside, outrebounding Campbell 50-28 and finishing with nine blocks to Campbell's two. They limited the Camels to 35.3 percent shooting (12-of-34) in the first half, efforts that impressed Campbell coach Robbie Laing."I think the obvious difference in the game was the rebounding," Lainge said. "That was the most imposing defensive team we've played. We weren't tied together like we needed to be at the beginning. They're a little bigger than us, and we weren't the cohesive unit we needed to be early in the game. Cincinnati sat on top of us defensively. They smothered us. We couldn't reverse the ball, and they forced us into playing one-on-one, and they're too long for us to convert many one-on-ones."But Cincinnati continued to struggle with free throws. The Bearcats, who were shooting 53.3 percent (40 of 75) from the line coming in, went 18 of 34 (52.9 percent) in the first game between the two teams despite spending extra time on it in practice."We've got to stay in the gym," Wright said. "It's got to pay off. The amount of time we spend shooting free throws has got to pay off."Wright, whose previous career high was 25 in a 101-70 win over Radford last Dec. 17, scored 13 and Parker added 11 to lead Cincinnati to a 46-28 halftime lead.Cincinnati never trailed after Wright made the first of two consecutive 3-pointers to snap a 2-2 tie with 17:30 left in the first half.Parker gave Cincinnati a 21-point lead twice, the first on a 3-pointer from the left corner with 6:35 left before halftime and the second with a driving layup along the right baseline with 4:36 remaining."Obviously, it was a tale of two halves," Cronin said. "Fortunately, we dominated the first half."Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
Team Stat Comparison
Points | 72 | 91 |
FG Made-Attempted | 29-61 (.475) | 32-64 (.500) |
3P Made-Attempted | 5-11 (.455) | 9-23 (.391) |
FT Made-Attempted | 9-17 (.529) | 18-34 (.529) |
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) | 25 (0/0) | 17 (0/0) |
Largest Lead | 0 | 25 |
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As Schwiep continued his queries, more holes in the accusations against Bradley began to appear. In June assistant principal Carolyn Kaloostian came in for a deposition. She stuck with her story that the voice on the tape was Bradley's, even when Schwiep showed her the affidavits from the other school employees. Principal Kenneth Cooper skipped his deposition scheduled for later the same day. Two weeks later Schwiep asked him on the record if Kaloostian had told him about the affidavits and if he then called Assistant State Attorney Alex Fox to say he wasn't sure anymore whether the voice was Bradley or Phillips. Cooper acknowledged the conversation with Kaloostian but claimed he told Fox no such thing. Schwiep pulled out the deposition of Mays school resource officer Daryl Brown, in which Brown identified the voice on the tape as that of Phillips. Then he played the tape for Cooper, twice. "After listening to it, it could be either one of them," Cooper waffled. "[It] doesn't sound the way I heard it on the day of the tape."
In October 2000 the State Attorney's Office dropped the case against Charles Bradley. In January prosecutors and school police reopened the investigation into who made the bomb threat, with Walter Phillips at the top of the list. Joe Centorino at the SAO had no comment about whether anyone else is under investigation. Meanwhile Bradley is in the throes of a long-delayed administrative appeal to try to get reinstated as a teacher in the school district. He's more than a little bitter. "I had to go to court for a year to clear my name," he rants. "So far, it's cost me $6000 just in expenses. All this based on them hearing a tape once."
The dowdy collection of aging buildings painted white with blue trim that house Mays Middle Community School off South Dixie Highway in Goulds forms the border of what could be called a small fiefdom. There is a class system, critics claim, with certain privileges enjoyed by those who adapt easily to a feudal structure, and extra work and penalties for those who don't. Current and former employees say working conditions at the school vary, depending on the grace of Ken Cooper and Carolyn Kaloostian. It's a management style, they say, that operates on favors, blind loyalty, and fear -- by his own admission, perfect for someone like Walter Phillips. "The school fitted me," he reminisces. "For some reason Kaloostian and me hit it off. She'd ask me to do things. And she kicked back favors to me. I didn't care what was going on around me until it happened to me."
What Phillips contends was going on around him was a steady consolidation of control under the five-foot one-inch blond dynamo Kaloostian. He and others contacted for this story maintain that Kaloostian is the de facto head of the school. "She's involved in anything and everything," one former employee says. "Her goal is to be involved in everything so she can be principal." Phillips says Kaloostian asked him and other security monitors to keep an eye on certain teachers and report back to her. When classes went on field trips, Phillips asserts, she would tell the teachers to report any problems to the security monitors rather than one of the other assistant principals, to make sure everything that happened went through her before Cooper heard about it. In return, Phillips says, Kaloostian gave him special privileges and a sense of power over the teachers.
"Nobody could get in my way," he recalls proudly. "I was allowed to do what I wanted to do. Come in late, leave early, get overtime. I had it made there." Phillips's personnel records confirm he made roughly $3500 above his base salary of $11,910 during each of his last two years at the school.
If teachers complained about Phillips, he was protected by administration. He recalls when Cooper received a letter in 1997 pointing out that Phillips had a criminal history, including pleading no contest earlier that year to aggravated assault and carrying a concealed firearm. The State Attorney's Office withheld adjudication, put Phillips on six months reporting probation, and made him turn over his gun. The school district's Office of Professional Standards confirmed the information and gave Cooper administrative discretion to handle the matter. Cooper's response? "Mr. Phillips was reminded of the high esteem that Dade County school employees are held," reads a memo from Cooper placed in Phillips's file. "That's why you have to be part of the clique," Phillips says.
Osvaldo Rodriguez was not. Hired early last year as a computer specialist, he lasted only a few months before an argument with Kaloostian got him booted from the school, he claims. He now works at Howard A. Doolin Middle in Kendale Lakes, a job he likes. As far as Rodriguez is concerned, the problem started because he constantly was ordered to do things not in his job description, including running detentions, writing referrals, and calling parents. "I'm a computer guy," he complains. "I'm supposed to fix computers."


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