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Andre 5pts To chevy guy: Toyota did not go belly up and required bail-out !!!! Was it because their cars were sooo goood or just maybe ........not THAT good.
Benzdude 5pts @Chevy Guy, are you kidding me if GM decided to pull their head out of their butt they would make decent vehicles. Yes all cars have problems, but I'll tell you what, here in Texas a GM product will fall apart faster than anything. I know my car aint' the best reliability either but it sure beats the hell out of a Chevy! The recall list is endless with GM if you haven't seen it i suggest you look it up.
sme 5pts I hate appliances, I love cars. Why drive a Camry? There is so much more exciting cars out there that will bring me and my family from point A to point B and that in style. Toyota has lost their way big time, their cars have got the cheapest most bland interiors in the business....yuk....reliability? it's all over the web man they are no longer what they use to be.
Kevinn 5pts I think Toyota needs to get a design theme of their own. The 2012 Camry has too many design elements from other manufacturers. I saw the print-driver side corner picture on the Motor Trend Android app. The headlight looks like a Kia Forte, the lower grille/fascia looks like a new generation Mazda6 with the cheekbone look of Hyundai's new design theme. And the 2012 Corolla looks more like a rebadged first generation Mazda3. Instead of copying others, how about Toyota builds something completely different looking.
Person1102 5pts Toyota is almost like Apple, just like how Steve Jobs said "The iPhone 4 is the best iPhone ever," Akio Toyoda says that "the new Camry is the best Camry ever." Also, no matter how good or bad it is, millions will be sold and almost completely demolish the competition.
Huladog 5pts Almost 200,000 miles on my 1992 4x4 V-6 truck, and not a single spot of rust. Apart from the trucks, Toyota doesn't really make anything that appeals to me from a driver's standpoint, but they are still far and away some of the most reliable well-built cars on the road. Clown on the 260K mile 1988 Celica that you see beat to hell on the freeway all you want. Care to compare it to a 1987 Chevy Beretta? You can't, they've all destroyed themselves. Camaro? Corsica? Such fine a fine automotive heritage that GM has built on. Ick. When I start seeing hundreds of 20 + year old Big Three cars on the road, I'll be convinced. Until then, it's imports for me
ShiftyKen08 5pts New Camry, old Camry, not a lot of difference. I've been reading the posts here and agree with some of the comments. But the Camry is what it is - a transportation appliance for the masses. Toyota is still a good company with good products, but I'll probably never own one again. I've owned two Camry's, a '91 and a '99 both with V6s and manual transmissions. My '99 I bought with 90k on the clock and sludge in the engine due to a design flaw in the oil pump or something, and you know what? Toyota replaced the engine for free. I ended up paying about $400 for a new clutch, water pump, timing belt and thermostat and no labor since they had to tear the engine down anyway. After the rebuild my '99 was FAST. I smoked planty a fool who got caught slippin' - and quite a few who were ready. Who else would do that? Nobody, thats who, especially not Chevy (yeah I'm aiming at you ChevyGuy). The point is that nobody's perfect, but its all in how you try to make it right and learn from your mistakes. It took the big 3 way too many years to figure that out. Anyway, I realized that my Camry was a one-trick-pony and I needed more than that. Alas, as soon as Toyota started to make the Camry sporty enough for me to care they took away the defining characteristic that makes a sporty car sporty - you guessed it, the manual tranny. Kinda backwards in my opinion, but that's when I realized that Toyota doesn't make their cars for me; and neither does Kia, Hyundai, Lexus, Mercedes and many more. They make them for the 86% of Americans who bought transportation appliances in 2010 and I must say they do it well. But haters will hate.
Vic1212 5pts I don't see any difference between the new and the current one and that's not necessary the bad thing since this car only cares about comfort. But again I'd rather take the all new malibu than this one though.
alex 5pts so it's a tweaked and facelifted curretn Camry not a fully new car? poor Malibu, Fusion and Optima... what ever will they do now :crazy:
Nick 5pts Thank you for siting a random example of a car crash involving a Toyota. Now let's begin with Chevy...
Jake 5pts I just purchased a used 2009 Camry SE 4cly 5spd manual. I am a true enthusiast and wish that I could own a Mustang GT, M3, etc., but unfortunately need a practical car that gets good gas mileage. The Camry was a great choice. With the 4cyl I have gotten nearly 35mpg on my first two tanks of gas and with the stick it is quite fun to drive and handles as well as anything in its class that I have driven and is certainly as quick and agile as I need for my daily commute. The car should have great resale value and is as comfortable as could be. I am very satisfied with my decision as are millions of other people which is why the Camry continues as one of the best selling cars in the US. So yes, the Camry may not be the fastest or most exciting car on the market but guess what, that's not what most people need. So quit hating on Toyota and accept this car for what it is.
scherp 5pts You can't tell much from this, but you can tell the sides are the same as the old one. I had to match up a pic from google of a current model camry that was taken from that same angle as the orange one in this photo to see if I could spot differences. You can tell the entire mid-section is identical to the current model. (Similar to what Ford did with the Fusion, Milan, and MKZ refreshes). This isn't an entirely all new vehicle. It follows the exact same recipe as the new Corolla did, in fact, I bet the tail end resembles the new Corolla almost exactly too. Hopefully the interior changes the most though. That's where it needs it most! But I'd have to say, when my Mother-in-Law parks her 07 Camry next to my new Optima SX, just the sillouette of the Camry looks very dowdy in comparison. Bottom Line: Toyota is in trouble. Say goodbye to some market share.
Viper 5pts My 1990 Corolla still has no rust on it, and still runs great. I have had 8 toyotas in my family since 1998, all great cars lasting over 200K miles. And with no expensive repairs. That's why I like Toyota. Not saying you can't buy a good chevy. 2 of the best production value Chevys, the Chevy Prism and Geo Prism (AKA Toyota Corolla) All cars have recalls. As for someone being killed in a 45mph crash, that could happen with any car depending on how it was hit etc.
My name is...... 5pts Let the camry do it's job and it's job is to transport people from point a to point b. Don't hate on the car, you haven't even clearly seen or driven one yet, we'll just have to wait and see.
somedude 5pts im not the biggest toyota fan , but i will admit they sell well for the main reasons most people buy a car. safety fuel economy and price i know the more you spend the better car you can get. they sell appliances and they do that well. any other brand can do sporty or rugged. toyota can do both, but now their gameplan is to be reliable fuel miserly and safe while keeping prices down, and as long as they keep american factories open , they should keep doing that.
slu1979 5pts from Bennichen's video i could see there is not much fender from the top of the front wheel wells to the top of the bonnet. always good.
Chevy Guy 5pts Toyota is and will always be the worst car company. They make nothing but rust buckets and death traps. every day i hear on the news recalls of Toyota. There was even a girl that died in a car crash with a Chevy Impala at 45 mph in a prius.
syj 5pts Well if the current car was a comparo test winner the 2012 will easily dominate the class. Looks like a warmed over version of the old car similar to the 2012 Civic. Auto media will love it but consumers expect new and updated styling- when a car looks the same they tend to think its the same. This new camry plays right into the hands of Chevy, Ford and Hyundai.
Mike 5pts Oh boy, the new Camry is out ! Can't see much but I'm already all excited ! I bet it'll be even more exciting than the last one, can't wait for the full road test ! Go Toyota !
Beard 5pts I've seen a video of it up close on Youtube and the car is only a slightly smoothed over version of the current Camry. It looks a bit better but nothing to get excited about. As for performance or interior design I have no idea so I won't comment on that.
Zando 5pts Very hard to say what i think when i can't even see the thing properly, but that won't stop the haters from calling it ugly even though u can barely make out the front and rear lights, and this won't stop the haters from saying it's ' no good ' even though there is not one ounce of info on the car, i.e. engine out put, features list....also..no interior pics.


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Re: A patronage critic on Queen's Bench, March 8.
Former public safety minister Vic Toews made a mockery of the position, relentlessly working for the interests of the gun lobby against the advice of the nation's police chiefs, the RCMP and numerous public-safety, medical and women's groups.
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His main achievement was to expand the old Tory triad of "hunters, farmers and prospectors" to include "target-shooters and collectors." He had the poor judgment to assume that all those who collect guns are law-abiding and had no interest in closer oversight of the hundreds of gun shows that take place each year in Canada.
I'll leave it to Vic Toews' fellow judges to debate whether the speedy destruction of gun-registry data, undertaken so any return to more sensible gun control would be as expensive as possible, was even legal.
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After reading the collection of Toews' comments about political appointments, I'd sure like to learn why he himself has accepted a political appointment.
Perhaps it was because he didn't want to disappoint the appointer, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, or his friends on the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench who urged him to let his name stand.
Perhaps he deserves the $288,000 annual salary after being subject to all this pressure.
In addition to being one of the most partisan politicians this country has every seen, Vic Toews can now add hypocrite to his profile.
Apparently patronage appointments were only wrong when they were made by the Liberals.
War criminals should be tried
Re: Deportation double standard, Letters, March 8.
The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association has consistently said any person found in Canada who allegedly committed a war crime or crime against humanity should be brought to trial in a Canadian criminal court of law, regardless of the individual's ethnic, religious or racial heritage or where or when the wrongdoing occurred.
Our courts found Wasyl Odynsky innocent of all allegations made against him, and B'nai Brith Canada was, ultimately, obliged to pay costs. It seems Leigh Halprin is only too happy to play at "Nazi-hunting," but would have us turn a blind eye to the illegal presence in our country of people who served in the ranks of the Communist secret police who somehow managed to sneak into Canada, bogusly claiming to be refugees or victims of the Second World War.
UCCLA's position remains that any veteran of the Communist political police found in Canada should be given an opportunity, in a criminal court, to explain themselves.
We have no idea who the KGB man in Winnipeg is. Regardless, UCCLA's position is that if he was in the KGB, as he admits he was, he does not belong in Canada and should be deported.
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Mayrand crossed a line
Evelyn Fletcher's letter The war on transparency (March 10) misses the point. Marc Mayrand's role as chief electoral officer is to enforce the Canada Elections Act as enacted by Parliament.
Mayrand's demand that he have the power to compel testimony is contrary to our common-law right to remain silent if accused of wrongdoing.
Mayrand crossed a line from making recommendations to trying to force his will on Parliament. Opposition leaders and members are well-qualified to point out flaws in proposed Elections Act amendments.
Hitler, Putin parallels valid
Re: Maybe the Hitler analogy isn't so wrong, March 7.
Putin's invasion of the Crimea is exactly what Hitler's invasion of the Sudetenland was -- trumped up. There has been no evidence of any Russians or Russian-speakers being "persecuted" in Ukraine. In fact, since Soviet times, they have often been the privileged ones when it comes to language, a remnant of Soviet (and earlier tsarist) times when Russian was more equal than Ukrainian and touted as more "prestigious."
People in their own country want their language to be the state language. Russia (tsarist, Soviet, post-Soviet) has not been able to accept that Ukraine wants to be Ukraine, an independent, democratic country with no danger from its dangerous, northern neighbour.
At least now the world knows that Ukraine and Russia are two separate nations.
Downtown groceries needed
The Bay and Portage Place could learn a lot from the article 'Tsunami' of retail closings to roar across N. America (March 8).
Once a grand old lady of the downtown strip, the Bay is now an emaciated skeleton of its former self. The basement, once brimming with grocery shoppers, now lies derelict and underutilized.
Similarly, Portage Place has plenty of space to integrate a full-service grocery store, yet, seemingly hasn't pursued any such opportunities.
Grocery shopping will never grow obsolete. A grocery store is the lifeblood of a community and may just be the lifeblood of the present-day mall.
NDP's 'plan' taxing
The NDP's so-called plan is typical of what we've seen from them over the past dozen years: tax and spend without worry (PST cash boosts road repairs to $5.5B, Mar. 6).
If the money runs low, raise taxes. In the meantime, we continue to hold out our hat and wait for the next federal transfer payment like the true have-not province we are.
Snow-tire slippery slope
Re: MPI to roll out loans for winter tires, March 6.
When exactly did our auto insurer become a bank? How long before they use lack of snow tires as a reason to put you at fault?
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Usb devices only on any console that was made after sometime around Sept of 09. The reason you probably heard the remarks of certainty pretaining to the "wii consoles of color" (gonna use that for something lol). Is that at one point the white consoles in retail were a mixture of ones that could play dvd backups, and ones that could not. At that time the only thing that was certain was the consoles, both red and black, could not read dvd-r disks.
Now the whole thing, as far as retailers go, are not able to play disk backups. You may however be able to aquire an older one from a friend that can. But by now the drives are nearing their failing rate, if they have been in use all this time.
In summary: get yourself a compatable USB device.
Damn so the only option is a usb device...Is there a list where I can check them? I want to buy a case for an old 500gb sata disk, will I be able to use it?
BTW I found another wii bundle, is the super mario bross wii bundle with a black wii, the same as the blue one...Will I be able to use letterbomb? Cant find info about that one either.
Thanks a lot!
HDD enclosures are hit and miss and you really won't know till you try it out. As far as modding the wii, I highly doubt that a new system menu will be on the blue wii or any other wii that you could go out and buy today so happy shopping.
i just done one last night for a neighbor using the letterbomb method. the only problem is the dang thing doesn't support GC stuff. not really a big deal but last nand i backed up needed a GC controller. risk aside, it was overly simply with the batch install. you used to have to install ioses one at a time. i say go for it and get a 1 yr extended warranty incase ya brick and have no nand backed up. that way you can return it to the store and bot deal with nintendo. it's pretty safe but there's always the slight chance of a mishap.
about the cheapo wii, i think they should have done this sooner and should keep those prices. i see people online and on craigslsit all the time trying to pawn off a used machine at new or better prices. most often because it has a stack of shovelware and some dollar store plastic. one thing i didn't care for is the color. it appears to be working fine after a softmod. i was shocked to find they left out the GC stuff. just as bad no games included. i guess you get what you pay for.
I just got one of these to mod in store, and when I opened it up its surprising, all the GC stuff is there but the port board is gone, however there is the socket for it , so maybe if you get a broken wii you can grab the port board and you will have full gc ability I put a wode jukebox on it and worked fine


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Went to your site, looking for items for my 2000 K2500. Shows you have 1 hood item only. Do you not make fender flares for this truck?
Hey EGR, great idea to join GMTC, welcome! My in-channel window visors arrived today and I'm anxious to get 'em on my truck! These will replace a set that were on the truck I recently purchased. However, I find it odd to welcome you when I get an EGR box that has a picture for a Ford Super Duty on it...:lol: Although I could be imagining things. No hard feelings though, this is my first purchase of an EGR product so I'm still looking forward to install. I heard great things...keep up the good work!
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Welcome to the Club!! I agree I bought a set and they are garbage, driver side doesn't stay "clicked" in haha
I'm loving my new EGR in-channel smoked window visors! Good value, glad I didn't go with the other brand(s) who wanted to charge me nearly double.


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Ok, here's the last part of the race report! It was a long day, and there was so much going on. Thanks for hanging in there! Hopefully you've decided to sign up for one of these mud events by now (not necessarily this one – there are 3 and 6 mile versions, too).
Obstacle 18: Electric Eel
So, at the beginning of the race, they said that anyone with metal in their bodies shouldn't go through the final obstacle. I have a pin in my foot, so that includes me. But when I asked why, I was told that I could go through, but it might hurt a lot more. So when we came upon this electrifying obstacle, which had lower voltage than the final obstacle, I figured I could handle it.
(Yeah, not so smart.)
It was a shallow pit filled with water (about 4-6" deep). You had to slither across the pit, which was lined with plastic, so nice and slippery, and try to avoid the wires that were dangling down about 4" above the water. There was no way to go under them, so you had to go around. There was enough room in between them to fit your body, but they were staggered, so you had to contort a little bit. To make matters worse, the wires were connected across rows, so if someone else hit a wire, the row would spin and cause the other wires to fling around. Nice chain reaction!
I waited for the man in front of me to get far enough in, and then I got down on the ground. I reached forward to pull myself into the water. There was a flash of bright light. Suddenly, I found myself at a concert on a bright, sunny day. People were jumping up and down, and some were playing Frisbee. There was music in the background, and I was having a lovely time. There was another flash of bright light. Just as suddenly, I found myself face down in the water. That must have been quite a shock!
Dazed, I had no choice but to continue forward. My memory is very hazy on this obstacle, but I recall being zapped well over 10 times. At one point, I got a big zap and deadpanned, "Ow. That one hurt." The guys next to me started cracking up – "just that one?" I felt so weird, like I was half-asleep. But I made it out and swore no more electrical obstacles.
Peggy was a few people behind me, so I waited to help her out of the water. (You had to get pulled out like a fish to avoid more shocking.) When she reached the end, some guy was blocking my way. I asked him to move, but he decided to help Peggy out instead. I grabbed one hand and he grabbed the other. Right as he grabbed her, Peggy got hit by a wire, so he got shocked. Thanks, random guy! I don't think I could have handled any more electricity.
Obstacle 19: Funky Monkey
At this point, we were exhausted. We were tired of running. We were freezing. We were at the end of mile 10, and we knew the course would be over soon. Michele had refused to do the Electric Eel (smart girl), and now refused to do anything that had water. So Peggy and I headed up to this peaked set of monkey bars. It was about 8' up to the top, then 8' back down to the other side. I knew from the rings that I wasn't ready for the monkey bars, so I decided to just jump in the water and swim across. Peggy thought she'd try it, and headed up to the first bar. It was maybe 8-9' up in the air. I offered to lift her up, but she decided to just swim with me. The water was very nice, since the pool had just been filled. This is technically where my Mudder ends, even though there was another half mile of running (which I did complete).
Obstacle 20: Everest
The lines for this obstacle were so long, we just skipped it. We had been on the course for 5 hours. It was time to be done. The people who did wait got to run up a quarter-pipe at a full-out sprint and jump just before they started to slide back down, hoping someone at the top would catch them and pull them up. Timing and speed are critical. It looked like fun! Next year…
Obstacle 21: Electro-shock Therapy
And the final obstacle. Peggy, always a trooper, decided to go it alone. After my black-out in the Electric Eel, I was not about to hit any more wires. This grid of wires has at least one 10,000-volt nasty in it. Peggy ran through and only got zapped once, and she stayed standing! Lucky girl. We watched so many people get thrown down into the mud.
Michele and I joined Peggy as she came out of the obstacle, and we all crossed the finish line together. We got our headbands and beer, and Michele got a blanket. I am a Tough Mudder. I ran 11 miles in the mud. I attempted 18 of the 21 obstacles, and I conquered 16 of them. I'm proud of that.
And, in case any of you read my Tough Mudder Fears blog, or were keeping track…
I fell. I fell on my butt. I fell on my back. I fell on my side. But I never fell on my face, which was my big fear. People helped me. I did not get stuck in the mud. I did not break my nose, or any other bone. I finished. I only skipped 3 obstacles, and only 1 of those was because I was afraid to fail. Nobody laughed at me. I did get hurt, but just minor injuries. My legs are all cut up from the rocks. I have bruises on both triceps, both elbows, my right bicep, my right butt cheek, my left thigh, my right knee, and both shins. And I twisted my ankle. But the ice bath really helped my hips and knees out, and they feel fantastic! I'll have to keep doing those.
So thanks for hanging with me on my journey to be a braver person. I made some really good progress this past weekend, and I can't wait for the next one!
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Just this weekend my friend was telling me about two "events" he just did. A Warrior Race and a Spartan Race. The day before the event all the people on his "team" backed out and he was going to quit. But he gave it a shot and had to do most of the events on his own. When it came to 12 foot walls and no one to boost him up he had to take the penalty and do 30 burpees. I was riveted listening to him talk about this event and wondered if I'd ever be in good enough shape to join him. Then I came on here and read all your blogs and I'm EVEN MORE impressed. You never, EVER cease to amaze and stun me. you are absolutely fabulous and my role model. Thank you so much for deciding to go so I could have a better idea what shape I'd need to be in to attempt one of these...some day!
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You are AMAZING and BRAVE and STRONG and FEARLESS and ADVENTUROUS!! You are sooo inspirational!
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Jen... Just awesome!
I am so proud of you for not letting your weight hold you back and facing your fears head on. Your race sounded fun, adventurous, and right up my alley! You should be very proud of yourself for getting through those 11 miles and all those obstacles. (They sounded tough... and brutal!)
You are a champion!!!
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Day 9 June 29, 2013
Carmacks, YT to TOK, AK
411 Miles
This was our longest day of riding on the trip. Good thing we broke camp early and headed for Dawson.
We stopped in Pelly Crossing for fuel but they weren't open yet and we had plenty to make it to the next town. We BS'd with this local for a while. He was quite the character. Dean asked him what he did in the winter. He said he reads and tries to stay warm. Must be a long winter.
The town fox. She's been showing up the last few years, has a litter of pups then leaves.
All pavement to Dawson. The 3 Harley's with trailers are in front of us. They went by us as we were pulling out from getting fuel. We followed them for about 100 miles until it started to rain and they pulled over to put rain gear on. Probably didn't want to get their assless chaps wet.
Whats left of this dredge is just off the highway on the way into Dawson. I had way points for a couple of the dredges that are still intact. I wanted to see these but my gps map of the Yukon was not great and the one road I went down had a big locked gate. Maybe you can't access them anymore without going on a tour? I don't know but I want to go back someday and see them.
Dawson is a very touristy town but I think it would be fun to stay a night and check it out. It was early in the day, the town was packed and the one place we checked did not have any vacancies. We decided to eat another burger then hit the road.
Yukon Ferry Crossing at Dawson.
If you take the Top of the World Highway just imagine the most beautiful scenery in every direction. Imagine, that's what we had to do because it was completely socked in, cold, wet, and muddy. We passed 2 guys coming towards Dawson on sport bikes and they were creeping along white knuckling it. That did not look like fun. I was up on the pegs and flew by with one hand on the throttle and the other hand waiving just to show off. Man I was on a roll today cracking myself up.
Eventually it opened up enough to see something. Would be spectacular on a bluebird day.
Seems odd to come to a boarder crossing way up here in the mountains.
Once we crossed the boarder the weather and the road conditions improved rapidly.
By the time we got to Chicken it was hot out. We didn't feel like stopping to camp yet and we decided to try and make TOK so we would have a short ride into Fairbanks the next day. Until I got home and started looking at other reports I forgot there was more to Chicken than the gas and gift shop. We never made it into town. Looks neat from the pictures I saw. Another one for next time.
We made it to Tok. There were several fires in the area and it wast hot and smokey. We had a good meal at Fast Eddies and stayed in the motel there. Tomorrow on to Fairbanks.
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Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
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James Joseph Magennis | |
Leading Seaman Magennis (left) with Lieutenant Fraser, who was also awarded the VC for the action
Birth name | James Joseph McGinnes |
Nickname(s) | James "Mick" Magennis |
Born | 27 October 1919 Belfast, Ireland |
Died | 12 February 1986 (aged 66) Halifax, West Yorkshire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1935–1949 |
Rank | Acting Leading Seaman |
Unit | HMS Kandahar HMS XE3 |
Battles/wars | Second World War: Operation Source Operation Struggle |
Awards | Victoria Cross |
James Joseph Magennis VC (spelling originally McGinnes)[1] (27 October 1919 – 12 February 1986) was a Belfast-born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the only native of Northern Ireland to receive the Victoria Cross for Second World War service.[2] Magennis was part of several operations involving X-Craft midget submarines in attacks on Axis ships. In July 1945 Magennis was serving on HMS XE3 during Operation Struggle. During an attack on the Japanese cruiser Takao in Singapore, Magennis showed extraordinary valour and bravery by leaving the submarine for a second time in order to free some explosive charges that had got caught. His commanding officer Lieutenant Ian Fraser was also awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 31 July 1945 during the Operation.
Early career[edit]
James McGinnes was born on 27 October 1919 at Majorca Street, West Belfast, Ireland. He was from a working class Roman Catholic family and attended St Finian's Primary School on the Falls Road, Belfast until 3 June 1935 when enlisted in the Royal Navy as a boy seaman (spelling his surname Magennis).[1] He served on several different warships between 1935 and 1942, when he joined the submarine branch. Before joining the submarine branch, Magennis served on the destroyer Kandahar which was mined off Tripoli, Libya, in December 1941 whilst Magennis was on board. The ship was irreparably damaged and was scuttled the following day.[3] In December 1942, Magennis was drafted into the Submarine service and in March 1943 he volunteered for "special and Hazardous duties" — which meant Midget submarines, or X-craft. He trained as a diver, and in September 1943 took part in the first major use of the X-craft during Operation Source. Two submarines, HMS X7 and HMS X6, penetrated Kåfjord, Norway, and disabled the German battleship Tirpitz.[1] For his part in the attack Magennis was mentioned in dispatches "[f]or bravery and devotion to duty" in 1943.[4]
Operation Struggle[edit]
In July 1945 Acting Leading Seaman Magennis was serving as the diver on the midget submarine HMS XE3 under the command of Lieutenant Ian Fraser. They were tasked with sinking the 10,000 ton Japanese cruiser Takao, the first of the Takao Class. She was berthed in the Straits of Johor, Singapore acting as an Anti-aircraft battery. The codename for the operation was Operation Struggle.[5]
On 30 July 1945 the XE3 was towed to the area by the submarine Stygian. She slipped her tow at 23:00 for the forty-mile journey through hazardous wrecks, minefields and listening posts to reach the Takao. After arriving at the Takao at 13:00 on 31 July 1945. Magennis slipped out of the wet-and-dry chamber and he attached limpet mines to the Japanese cruiser Takao under particularly difficult circumstances. He had to chip away at barnacles on the bottom of the cruiser for 30 minutes before being able to attach the limpets. During this time his breathing apparatus was leaking and he returned to the submarine after completion of his task very exhausted. On withdrawing, Lieutenant Ian Fraser found that one of the limpet carriers which was being jettisoned would not release itself. Magennis immediately volunteered to free it commenting: "I'll be all right as soon as I've got my wind, Sir".[6] This he did, after seven minutes of nerve-racking work with a heavy spanner. On completion Magennis returned to XE3 for the second time, allowing the four man midget submarine to make its escape out to open sea to meet the waiting Stygian.
Award of the Victoria Cross[edit]
The citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 9 November 1945 (dated 13 November 1945) and read:[7]
Whitehall, 13th November, 1945.
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS for valour to: —
Temporary Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph MAGENNIS, D/JX. 144907.
Leading Seaman Magennis served as Diver in His Majesty's Midget Submarine XE-3 for her attack on 31 July 1945, on a Japanese cruiser of the Atago class. The diver's hatch could not be fully opened because XE-3 was tightly jammed under the target, and Magennis had to squeeze himself through the narrow space available.
He experienced great difficulty in placing his limpets on the bottom of the cruiser owing both to the foul state of the bottom and to the pronounced slope upon which the limpets would not hold. Before a limpet could be placed therefore Magennis had thoroughly to scrape the area clear of barnacles, and in order to secure the limpets he had to tie them in pairs by a line passing under the cruiser keel. This was very tiring work for a diver, and he was moreover handicapped by a steady leakage of oxygen which was ascending in bubbles to the surface. A lesser man would have been content to place a few limpets and then to return to the craft. Magennis, however, persisted until he had placed his full outfit before returning to the craft in an exhausted condition. Shortly after withdrawing Lieutenant Fraser endeavoured to jettison his limpet carriers, but one of these would not release itself and fall clear of the craft. Despite his exhaustion, his oxygen leak and the fact that there was every probability of -his being sighted, Magennis at once volunteered to leave the craft and free the carrier rather than allow a less experienced diver to undertake the job. After seven minutes of nerve-racking work he succeeded in releasing the carrier. Magennis displayed very great courage and devotion to duty and complete disregard for his own safety.
Lieutenant Fraser was also awarded the VC for his part in the attack; whilst Sub-Lieutenant William James Lanyon Smith, RNZNVR, who was at the controls of XE3 during the attack, received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC); Engine Room Artificer Third Class Charles Alfred Reed, who was at the wheel, received the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM). HMS XE1 was supposed to be attacking another Japanese vessel as part of the same operation, but actually ended up also placing its explosives under the same target. XE1's C/O, Lieutenant John Elliott Smart RNVR, and Sub-Lieutenant Harold Edwin Harper, RNVR received the DSC; and ERA Fourth Class Henry James Fishleigh and Leading Seaman Walter Henry Arthur Pomeroy received the Distinguished Service Medal. ERA Fourth Class Albert Nairn, Acting Leading Stoker Jack Gordan Robinson, and Able Seaman Ernest Raymond Dee were Mentioned in Despatches for their part in bringing the two midget submarines from harbour to the point where the crews that took part in the attack took over.[7]
Later life[edit]
Magennis was the only Victoria Cross winner of the Second World War to hail from Northern Ireland. As a result Magennis obtained something of a "celebrity status"[8] in his home city. The citizens of Belfast raised more than £3,000 as part of a "Shilling Fund."[8] The City Fathers of Belfast refused to give Magennis the freedom of the City though. Sources differ as to the reasoning behind this; some claim it was due to religious divisions, others claim it was due to the City Fathers not "...believing that such an honour could not be bestowed on a working-class Catholic from the inner-city slums."[1] In 1946 Magennis married Edna Skidmore, with whom he had four sons. The money from the Shilling Fund was spent quickly by Magennis and his wife; she remarked: "We are simple people... forced into the limelight. We lived beyond our means because it seemed the right thing to do."[8] In 1949 he left the Navy and returned to Belfast, where, at some point, he sold his Victoria Cross . In 1955 he moved to Yorkshire, where he worked as an electrician. For the last years of his life, he suffered from chronic ill health, before dying on 11 February 1986 of lung cancer hours before his heroism was honoured by the Royal Navy Philatelic Office with a first-day cover.[8]
Magennis has had several memorials erected in his honour. When Magennis first won the VC, he was treated rather shabbily by the Unionist-dominated Belfast City Council because he was from a working class Roman Catholic family. Although the public collected £3,600 in appreciation of his heroism, the council refused to give him the freedom of the city. The only official recognition was a small photograph tucked away in the robing room of the council chamber. The first memorial was only erected in 1999 after a long campaign by his biographer George Fleming and Major S.H. Pollock CD (Canada). The memorial, a bronze and stone statue, was officially unveiled in Belfast on 8 October 1999. The ceremony was conducted in the grounds of Belfast City Hall in the presence of Magennis's son Paul, by the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Bob Stoker. Magennis's former commanding officer, Ian Fraser, was reported as saying: "Jim gave me bother from time to time. He liked his tot of rum, but he was a lovely man and a fine diver. I have never met a braver man. It was a privilege to know him and it's wonderful to see Belfast honour him at last."[citation needed] A wall mural commemorating James Magennis on the 60th anniversary of VJ day was unveiled on 16 September 2005 by Peter Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament representing East Belfast, including Tullycarnet.
Magennis plaques[edit]
In 1986 at a memorial service in Bradford Cathedral, the Submarine Old Comrade Association (West Riding Branch) erected a memorial plaque on an inner wall within the Cathedral. The plaque made of Welsh slate was supplied by ex-submariner Tommy Topham MBE. Rear Admiral Place VC, CB, CVO, DSC unveiled the plaque. In attendance was Petty Officer Tommy "Nat" Gould, another submariner Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War.
In 1998 a memorial plaque was installed by Castlereagh Borough Council on the wall of Magennis's former home at 32 Carncaver Road, Castlereagh, East Belfast. A memorial blue plaque sponsored by Belfast City Council was installed on the outer wall of the Royal Naval Association building at Great Victoria Street, Belfast by the Ulster History Circle.[9]
Ashcroft collection[edit]
In 1986, there was some publicity in the newspapers that his VC would be up at auction. This attracted the interest of Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft who bought the VC for £29,000 (plus fees) amidst strong competition from dealers and private collectors. This was the first Victoria Cross bought by Lord Ashcroft, who, as of 2006, owned 142 medals.[10] In July 2008 Lord Ashcroft announced a donation of £5 million for a permanent gallery at the Imperial War Museum, where Victoria Crosses already held by the museum will be put on display alongside his own.[11] The Lord Ashcroft Gallery opened in 2010.
In the media[edit]
Magennis was profiled in the 2006 television docudrama Victoria Cross Heroes, which included archive footage, dramatisations of his actions and an interview with Lord Ashcroft about his VC.
- ^ a b c d Jeffery, Keith. "Magennis (formerly McGinnes), James Joseph (1919–1986), submariner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62047. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ "VC winner honoured at city hall". BBC. 19 August 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael, p.287
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36295. p. 5545. 17 December 1943. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael, p.288
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael, p.289
- ^ a b The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37346. pp. 5529–5530. 9 November 1945. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d Ashcroft, Michael, p.290
- ^ "James Joseph Magennis VC". Ulster History Circle. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael, pp.19–21
- ^ Never forget the winners of the Victoria Cross
- The Register of the Victoria Cross. This England. 1997. ISBN 0-906324-03-3.
- Ashcroft, Michael (2006). Victoria Cross Heroes. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1632-0.
- Doherty, Richard; Truesdale, David (July 2000). Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross. Four Courts Pr Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85182-442-7.
- Harvey, David (2000). Monuments to Courage. Naval & Military Press Ltd. ISBN 1-84342-356-1.
- Further reading
- George Fleming - Magennis VC: The story of Northern Ireland's only WW2 winner of the Victoria Cross (ISBN 0-9533018-0-X Paperback; ISBN 0-9533018-1-8 Hardback)
- Belfast Telegraph 9 October 1999
- The Irish Sword (Brian Clark, 1986)
- Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) ISBN 1-899243-00-3
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Wrigley, Neil (2004) [Report] Food Deserts in British Cities, 2004: final report on ESRC award. Swindon, UK, Economic and Social Research Council, 23pp. (L135251002).
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In the late 1990s, deprived areas of British cities with poor access to healthy food at reasonable prices became known as 'food deserts', and policies were recommended to tackle their problems. Yet until this study by the Universities of Southampton, Leeds and Cardiff, there was almost no research to test some of the crucial links assumed to exist between food retail access, compromised diets, and poor health. Work included a major before-and-after investigation into the impact on the eating habits of low-income families in the Seacroft area of East Leeds - one of the top five per cent most deprived places in England - after a large, new Tesco store opened on their doorstep
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Meeting the Challenges of Megacities in the Developing World
A Collection of Working Papers
National Research Council
May 1996
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of these working papers was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panels responsible for the working papers were chosen for their special competence and with regard for appropriate balance.
The working papers have been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.
The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Harold Liebowitz is president of the National Academy of Engineering.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine.
The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce Alberts and Dr. Harold Liebowitz are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.
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The papers have been prepared by the Panel on Improving Labor Markets, the Panel on Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services, and the Panel on Transportation Options. The overall study has been coordinated by the Committee on Megacity Challenges. Support for the project and for these working papers was provided by the National Research Council.
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George Bugliarello, Chair,
Polytechnic University
Albert F. Appleton,
Regional Plan Association
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Jordan J. Baruch Associates
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Michael Cohen,
The World Bank
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Woolwich, M.E.
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Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training
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In the next 30 years, the world's population is expected to increase by 2.5 billion persons. Most of this growth will occur in the cities of developing countries, which are adding about 55 million residents a year. These working papers are focused on the megacities--defined here as large, rapidly growing cities of 8 million or more residents. Megacities merit special attention because of the magnitude of their population increases and the enormity of the challenges involved in providing services to such rapidly growing populations. At the same time, many of the innovations and changes discussed in these papers are applicable to a broad range of cities. Early recognition of future growth can enable a city to address challenges before they become overly complex or expensive.
In the twenty-first century, the economic and social development of urban areas will be influenced by continued global economic integration and the need for a nation's commerce to be competitive in the global economy. City businesses will have to compete for investment and export markets in the global marketplace. A successful transition from industries relying on low-wage labor and cheap raw materials toward technology- and knowledge-based systems of production and services will require better-educated and more-skilled workers, effective infrastructure, and responsive public and private organizations.
In the two decades since the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat) was held in Vancouver, there have been significant advances in both technologies and management strategies that can be applied to address megacity challenges. Nevertheless, rapid urbanization has outpaced the ability of governments to provide adequate shelter and basic services to the urban poor. Given the increasing importance of these challenges, the world's academies of science and engineering were asked by Dr. Wally N'Dow, Secretary General of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, to organize a scientific forum that would develop a joint statement for presentation to the United Nations delegates at the Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul in June 1996.
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council is also undertaking a study of the many challenges faced by megacities in the developing world. Results of the full study are scheduled for publication later this year by the National Research Council. The working papers presented here--on labor markets, water and sanitation services, and transportation--have been prepared for that study by three panels of the National Research Council.
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Options for Improving Labor Markets for Megacities in the Developing World
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Harry Richardson, University of Southern California, Chair
Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania
Ellen M. Brennan, United Nations
Alejandra Cox Edwards, The World Bank
Subbiah Kannappan, Michigan State University
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Development experts are concerned with fostering economic growth, alleviating poverty, protecting the environment, and improving the general standard of living of people in developing countries. Much of this work is directed toward either creating employment or raising labor earnings because at the bottom of the earnings scale, labor earnings comprise the most significant portion of total income, and hardship and poverty are often the direct results of insufficient access to adequate employment opportunities.
Developing countries span a wide range of income and development levels, and their megacities reflect these differences. Yet most of the megacities share some key labor market characteristics: a formal manufacturing sector that is usually dwarfed (in employment terms) by the service sector; a large government sector, often riddled with inefficiencies; and an informal sector whose size depends on the level of economic development, business cycle influences, and the degree of government tolerance and support. Moreover, almost all megacities have been impacted substantially by globalization and the opening up of world markets; these trends have accelerated the need for increasingly flexible labor markets.
This paper addresses the problem of the need to expand productive capacity in developing-country megacities in order to create a billion new jobs over the next 35 years. Labor markets in developing-country megacities are vulnerable to several problems that may be amenable to policy intervention. These include the following:
Unemployment and low-productivity employment
Poverty and income inequality
Job mobility constraints
Lack of protection for workers
Big firm bias
What policy prescriptions are available to alleviate some of these conditions? Depending on the extent of market failure and the importance assigned to distributional issues, governments are probably most effective in improving urban labor markets when they assume a modest role (World Bank, 1995a). The most promising opportunities for alleviating megacity labor market problems through policy intervention are as follows.
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The promotion of economic growth and economic (and political) stability. Economic growth offers the best guarantee of expanded employment opportunities, higher wages, and labor productivity growth. Appropriate macroeconomic policies (e.g., fiscal discipline, control of inflation, and financial reforms), combined with both tariff and nontariff trade liberalization, offer the most promising strategy for promoting employment growth and generating enough resources to pay for the infrastructure investments needed to achieve income equity.
For this strategy to work efficiently, the economy in general and the labor market in particular need to adjust quickly to changing market conditions. Many developing countries have labor policies in place (such as minimum wage laws, job security provisions, job-related housing provision, pension systems, and centralized--often government-controlled--labor unions) that, when enforced (often they are not), aggravate labor market distortions and impede adjustments. Deregulation of the labor market offers prospects for increasing its flexibility, especially by recognizing that policy interventions should work with rather than against market forces and should pay attention to the incentives driving the behavior of individuals and households. At the same time, improved access to credit markets for potential entrepreneurs, as well as to job information and to skills acquisition for potential employees, can help megacities' labor markets run more efficiently.
Whereas redistribution policies tampering with spatial (geographical) variations in labor supply and demand are unlikely to be effective, efficiency-oriented urban policies (e.g., low-cost improvements in transportation, broadly based educational investments, privatization of government services, access to credit for small-scale enterprises, and creation of a favorable entrepreneurial environment) can promote labor productivity growth and improve the competitive efficiency of megacities, directly impacting macroeconomic performance.
Finally, with respect to the role of science and technology, more rapid diffusion of known and already widely applied technologies (e.g., computer information systems, cellular telephones) may transform the structure and composition of employment in developing-country megacities, especially given the global competitive environment. These and similar measures will be critical to avoid widespread urban unemployment and underemployment in the megacities of the developing world.


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