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Math as habit
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After giving tips on how to face math with confidence and how to learn concepts effectively, my college students now discuss creative strategies to deepen understanding of mathematics not just for school but for daily life as well.
Do not cram
Martin Gregorio Macalalad says: Do not cram. Cramming does not work, especially for math. All-nighters do more bad than good when the test involves paying attention and working under time pressure. Study math at least two or three days before the test and get at least six hours of sleep the night before. Cramming forces knowledge into the brain, without allowing it to process information. This leads to confusion and even forgetting the study material. Besides, materials covered in tests are usually impossible to study effectively in just one sitting. Simulate the exam environment by moving away from your regular study area and setting a time limit on yourself as you answer a set of problems, preferably from a sample or a past exam. Set aside all music, phones, gadgets. Simulating the test environment conditions your mind to work well during actual exam.
Jesu Jose Salvador says: Practice. You can never really perfect math but, with repetition, you can at least develop a habit. By solving exercises and taking down notes, you develop a routine or discipline essential to learning. Shortcuts are not always the best routes. Be patient in solving problems, taking things step by step. This lessens the chance of making careless mistakes, which, for me, is the worst kind. You realize you could have gotten the answer if you weren't so impatient and reckless.
Hannah Patricia Dizon says: Study every day. Find time to solve at least three problems a day. While practicing, strive to understand why solutions lead to a particular answer. Do not limit yourself to only one way of solving. Look for alternative solutions. This will help you grasp concepts more fully.
Angela Go says: Set little rewards every time you achieve your goals. These can motivate you to work even harder. Aim to get a B in the next exam, then buy those shoes or the book you've been wanting if you succeed. If you're studying for a test and you answer correctly all 15 problems in the book, take a well-
deserved break and flip through your favorite magazine. Maybe you can set consequences, too. If you get a C or lower, you can't watch the next episode of "Modern Family" because you have to study even harder.
Study with friends
Joshua Emmanuel Nitura says: Use your strengths to your advantage. While you may not be good in math, you may be good in something else. Someone who is good in math may not be good in another subject. So why not offer to help each other? If you excel in basketball or soccer while your math-inclined friend doesn't, you can help him develop his skills and he can help you understand the lesson. The show "Survivor" has taught me that alliances can go a long way.
Clarissa Marie Ting says: Study with friends. But group studying only works if you want it to. Don't get distracted because you're with friends and there are so many things to talk about other than math. Group study aims to help you tackle all the topics to be included in the test. You don't want to be the person who just receives all the answers but does not contribute anything to the discussion. Study in advance, take down notes and be more attentive in class. When our study group did those, we passed our long test with flying colors.
Michelle Anne Guerrero says: Make a game out of math. Come up with questions, then you and your friends can think of a game. Offer prizes that all of you like so you will be motivated. Get other mathematically challenged friends to join so more people can be helped. They can also contribute for a bigger prize. More people mean more fun. The more fun you have, the more you will remember the lessons.
Angelica Frances Neri says: When in doubt, consult the Net. Your teacher may be great but sometimes students just have a way of magically forgetting lessons. If you are more of an auditory and visual learner, go to YouTube, search your lesson and begin again. You can pause and replay as many times as you need, then practice. Warning: YouTube cannot actually replace live teaching so you better listen to your teacher because she will help you get a good foundation.
Chynna Sophia Santos says: Do not panic. Relax and do your best. You are not going to get anywhere if you're stressed. Studying while calm will do wonders. Surround yourself with people who will inspire and motivate you. Let them help and don't be afraid to ask them about things you don't understand. Study hard with and for them. Appreciate all the help you get because every answered question and offered solution add to understanding. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. They are part of learning. Writing down a solution, even if you are unsure, is better than nothing. An English professor reminded us, "Are you not taught that math is concerned not only with the final answer but also with the elegance of the solution?"
Alfonso Gabriel Mutuc says: Be creative. [Many] students see math in a rigid structured way. They would only use what their books or teachers tell them. Of course, these are valid ways of solving things but they can only go so far. There are many ways to look at numbers. While most people would see 9 times 3, as 9 plus 9 plus 9 is 27, [it may also be seen] as 10 times 3, then minus 3. The problem with students these days is there is no personal style in their math, no originality or creativity. Students just take in whatever information they get without analyzing it, as if straying from the method of the teacher is a cardinal sin. A teacher's method is only an introduction. Instead of working with numbers, play with them.
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New highway signs are going up along work zones across Tennessee, informing drivers that nearby road construction is being paid by federal stimulus funds.
The round signs bear the recovery.gov logo and appear at each end of a road project.
"We feel this is an effective way to inform motorists of how the Recovery Act dollars are being put to use in Tennessee," said Julie Oaks, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.
Some $12,931 of stimulus dollars coming to the state has paid for the signs, an average of about $38 each. The first 20 signs cost a bit more $55.16 each because another vendor made them. So far, 324 signs are up, Oaks said.
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We're a party of aam aadmi, says Antony, calling for reforms with a human face
Even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged senior party functionaries and ministers to work with greater cohesion, completing unfinished tasks and fulfilling manifesto promises in the run-up to the 2014 general elections, Defence Minister A.K. Antony added a gentle caveat: he had nothing against economic reforms, but they must be reforms with a human face. "We are the party of the aam aadmi," he said, and their interests must always be protected.
Indeed, on Friday, as senior ministers and Congress Working Committee members gathered at Surajkund, on the outskirts of the national capital, to confabulate, the subject of restricting the number of LPG cylinders to six per household per year came up repeatedly. Even when economic decisions were taken, the speakers said, the political and electoral impact must be factored in — in short, the human face. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, on her part, made a strong case for finding a balance between high economic growth and protecting the environment.
If Ms. Gandhi praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "skilful" stewardship of the economy at a time developed countries were experiencing far greater difficulties, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi virtually offered a riposte to Mr. Antony, even though he did not address him directly: there had been many paradigm shifts, from bank nationalisation to liberalisation, he said, and the Congress had always helped the country adapt to the changes. In short, as at Sunday's rally on Ramlila Maidan, Ms. Gandhi and her son once again endorsed the Prime Minister's economic road map.
The Prime Minister acknowledged that his government is often criticised for its focus on GDP growth, but he said, "I want to clarify that it is not a goal in itself: it is the only way to liberate crores of people from poverty, hunger and disease."
Mr. Gandhi also spoke of the need for using technology to increase transparency: as the party that had had brought in the Right to Information Act, it was all the more important, he said, the conduct of all Congressmen should be above reproach. The transparency revolution should not be a hindrance but should be showcased as an instance of the Congress' sincerity in tackling graft.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath spoke of the power of the social media, and the beating the party was taking as a consequence of civil society groups using such forums; the new Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tewari, dwelt on the need to improve the government's image through better communication. Another Minister, Srikant Jena, urged the party to intervene in Orissa to protect the abundant natural resources, especially as the Naveen Patnaik government, he alleged, was involved in mining scams.
Congress general secretary B.K. Hariprasad said officers in Madhya Pradesh were participating in RSS shakhas and this should be taken up strongly; he also spoke of the terrible situation in the Maoist-affected districts of Chhattisgarh. The longest speech was perhaps delivered by Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who spoke on a range of issues — from green terror to an attack on the media.
In all, 40 of the 66 who gathered at Surajkund spoke, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.
The mood was serious, but the plain speaking that was expected was absent. Of course, key issues — from high prices, economic reforms, corruption, dealing with the Opposition, coping with the power of the social media — were all discussed, but the Congress leaders were careful not to cross the line: a minister said, "Ms. Gandhi did not want anyone to restrain their punches, but most speakers were diplomatic, only relatively frank." Indeed, subjects were flagged, but it wasn't a dialogue in the strictest sense of the word. Interestingly, the Congress president, in her closing remarks, said she hoped that answers to the questions raised on Friday would be forthcoming at the long delayed chintan shivir (introspection meeting) — its date is yet to be announced.
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Ms. Gandhi and her son, Rahul, surprised the delegates headed to Surajkund by boarding the bus arranged for them and driving with them to a hotel which, a few weeks ago, had hosted a similar meeting of the BJP. In the evening, three helicopters were on stand-by but, once again, the Gandhis took the bus, aam aadmi style, with their party colleagues. For security reasons, the Prime Minister was in a separate vehicle.
Keywords: Surajkund Congress conclave, Samvad Bhaitak, Congress dialogue session, brainstorming session, Chintan Shivir, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh


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Mildred Martin Wright Putnam Kempton, of Shelbyville, will celebrate her 100th birthday from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday with an open house, hosted by her daughter and her grandchildren, at the Holiday Inn Express, Shelbyville. "Millie" was born on July 26, 1914 in Manson Iowa. She has two daughters, Charlotte Wright Sallee of Shelbyville and the late Marilyn Wright Moran Gunn; 8 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and 26 great-great grandchildren (and 1 on the way). Everyone is invited help Kempton celebrate this grand occasion.
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Todd and Christal Armstrong of Shelbyville have been married for 25 years. The couple were married on June 4, 1989 and renewed their vows on June 4, 2014, on the beach of Siesta Key in Florida with their daughter, Cara Armstrong; son, Matthew Armstrong; daughter-in-law, Toni Benskin; and grandson, Lucas Armstrong.
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Opposition leader Imran Khan and firebrand cleric Tahir
ul-Qadri have led tens of thousands of supporters from Punjab
to Islamabad in a bid to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, whom they accuse of rigging elections and corruption.
The protests have piled extra pressure on the 15-month-old
civilian government already struggling to overcome high
unemployment, daily power cuts and a Taliban insurgency.
The protests have raised questions over the political
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people with a history of coups.
Police in Punjab, Pakistan's wealthiest and most populous
province, arrested 147 supporters of Khan and Qadri overnight
to prevent them joining the protests in Islamabad, said
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That's what we are here for Mike, I hear you and can relate in way to many ways. I will of course be praying for both and you as well brother. So sorry for your losses for they have been to many to soon!!
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Multi-Environment Real-Time (MERT) was a hybrid time-sharing/real-time operating system developed in the 1970s at Bell Labs for use in embedded minicomputers (in particular PDP-11s). It was later renamed UNIX Real-Time (UNIX-RT).[3]
A "generalization" of Bell Labs' time-sharing operating system Unix,[4] MERT featured a redesigned, modular kernel that was able to run Unix programs as well as privileged real-time processes. These processes' data structures were isolated from other processes, with message passing being the preferred form of interprocess communication (IPC), although shared memory was also implemented. MERT also sported a custom filesystem with special support for large, contiguous, statically sized files, as used in real-time database applications. The design of MERT was influenced by Dijkstra's THE, Hansen's Monitor and IBM's CP-67.[2]
The MERT operating system was a four-layer design, in increasing order of protection:[2]
- Kernel: resource allocation of memory, CPU time and interrupts;
- kernel-mode processes including I/O device drivers, file manager, swap manager, "root process" that connects the file manager to the disk (usually combined with the swap manager);
- operating system supervisor;
- user processes.
The standard supervisor was MERT/UNIX, a Unix emulator with an extended system call interface and shell that enabled the use of MERT's custom IPC mechanisms, although an RSX-11 emulator also existed.[2]
A version called Duplex Multi Environment Real Time (DMERT) was the operating system for the AT&T 3B20D telephone switching minicomputer, designed for high availability;[5][6][7] DMERT was later renamed Unix RTR (Real-Time Reliable).[7]
- ^ a b c Bayer, D. L.; Lycklama, H. (1975). MERT - a multi-environment real-time operating system. Fifth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles. Austin, TX. doi:10.1145/800213.806519. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ a b c d Lycklama, H.; Bayer, D. L. (July–August 1978). "The MERT Operating System" (PDF). Bell System Technical Journal 57 (6): 2049–2086. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02142.x.
- ^ Bodenstab, D. E.; Houghton, T. F.; Kelleman, K. A.; Ronkin, G.; Schan, E. P. (1984). "UNIX Operating System Porting Experiences" (PDF). AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal 63 (8): 1769–1790. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1984.tb00064.x.
- ^ Ritchie, Dennis M. (1977). The UNIX Time-sharing System—A retrospective. Tenth Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences.
- ^ Kane, J. R.; Anderson, R. E.; McCabe, P. S. (January 1983). "The 3B20D Processor & DMERT Operating System: Overview, Architecture, and Performance of DMERT" (PDF). Bell System Technical Journal 62 (1): 291–301. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1983.tb04396.x.
- ^ Grzelakowski, M. E.; Campbell, J. H.; Dubman, M. R. (January 1983). "The 3B20D Processor & DMERT Operating System: DMERT Operating System" (PDF). Bell System Technical Journal 62 (1): 303–322. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1983.tb04397.x.
- ^ a b Wallace, John J.; Barnes, Walter W. (August 1984). "Designing for Ultrahigh Availability: The Unix RTR Operating System" (PDF). IEEE Computer (IEEE) 17 (8): 31–39.
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When looking for senior living communities, there are two things to keep in mind: what amenities are important to you and how do you make the transition from your home?
Almost four years ago, Trudy and Chuck Van Wiggeren searched for independent living communities when they thought of moving from their Mission Viejo, Calif., home to the Midwest.
The reason for moving was that Chuck, 84, became ill from an unknown blood condition and recuperated. Concerned for their father, the couple's three adult children, who live in Illinois and Minnesota, wanted them to be closer to them.
"Years ago, we told our children what to do but we guided them through life," said Trudy, 83. "Now, there came a time when our children guided us as to what we needed to do."
What was also important to the couple was finding a new place that would foster their active lifestyle and be maintenance-free.
Before, the couple's life was filled with all types of activities -- taking trips abroad, as well as visits to their children, sailing and even flying their own small planes. Chuck took computer classes and Trudy volunteered for church projects.
An opportunity to see Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire came when the couple visited their daughter Judy in Palatine to attend their granddaughter's wedding. Sedgebrook is a five-year-old senior living community for residents 62 years and older owned by Erickson Retirement Communities.
"When my daughters and I walked into Sedgebrook, we stopped and looked at each other and says 'this place has energy.' That was it," says Trudy. Liking what they saw, the couple forged ahead with their move with prior planning. After signing paperwork, Chuck created a checklist of items they wanted to keep, hired their own movers and drove to Lincolnshire. They sold their house in a day.
Trudy also thought about what apartment size would work for them.
"I have always felt that when you get older, retire and move, you go into a smaller place so that you don't have worry," Trudy says. "We picked a mid-sized apartment. It's so easy to get around inside. We have two bedrooms and a bath and a half. We made one of the bedrooms a den for ourselves."
Chuck said another perk was indoor parking on their own floor which protects them from the elements of Illinois winters.
Settling in, it wasn't difficult to make new friends for the Van Wiggerens. Coming down for their first dinner, they received an invitation from a longtime resident to be at a table with other residents.
"That was the beginning of some very nice friendships here," Trudy says.
Chuck was impressed with the continuing care offered by the Renaissance Gardens, which offers assisted living, skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation and respite care on the community campus as well as the on-site doctors.
Many groups and activities to keep residents busy and productive. The Van Wiggerens are members of a Bible study group and of the resident advisory council, which acts as liaisons between residents and management promoting health, comfort and safety of residents. Trudy is a welcoming committee member and kicks up her heels at a line dancing class. Chuck visits the community's library on a weekly basis.
Through the Ambassadors group, the couple also answers questions for those thinking of moving to Sedgebrook.
"The biggest thing that I worry about is that people wait too long to move," Trudy says. "Something can happen in a minute or overnight. It's then going to be harder to get in."
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Bill Bettin was perfectly happy in his Glen Ellyn home until last year when he and his wife Doris moved into another Erickson senior living community: the four-year-old Monarch Landing in Naperville.
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Just two days after making a case based on Newtown's adherence to a variety of financial management policies and evidence that new commercial development will be supplementing the community's grand list in the coming years, officials learned February 12 that Standard & Poor's awarded the community a AAA bond rating. A group of officials including First Selectman Pat Llodra, Finance Director Robert Tait, Community Development Director Elizabeth Stocker, and Board of Finance Chairman John Kortze traveled to Boston February 10 for presentations to S&P and Moody's Investors Service. Their trip came shortly before Newtown goes to the market with its latest bond initiative, which is expected to occur in early March.
Friday updates: Newtown Public Schools are closed today, Newtown Municipal Center will open at 10 am, and all Union Savings Bank branches will open at 10 am. || Groups, individuals and businesses that need to alter their plans due to the weather are encouraged to contact The Newtown Bee to get the word out.
Public Building and Site Commission and Board of Education members described one of three design schemes for the new Sandy Hook Elementary School as elegant, efficient, and simple. The plans were presented by Svigals + Partners Tuesday, February 11, at a joint meeting of the two boards.
"We're here today to show you the first thing that we have shown you in the design for the school," said Julia McFadden, an associate principal with Svigals + Partners and the project manager for the Sandy Hook School project. "We're going to give you an overview of how we got here and how the process got us to these design options."
The three designs, Ms McFadden said, were born from a months-long process.
From mid-October until mid-November representatives of Svigals + Partners met with community members during workshops and interviews. Tours of other recently built schools in the state have been conducted, and a site analysis was completed, according to Tuesday's presentation. The Board of Education approved the educational specifications for the new Sandy Hook School in December.
The Board of Education unanimously selected former Ridgefield High School principal Jeffrey Jaslow to be the interim principal at Newtown High School, effective February 19, during its Tuesday, February 11 special meeting.
Mr Jaslow retired after 36 years at Ridgefield High School in 2012. According to his resume he spent 15 years as a biology teacher, 15 years as an assistant principal, and six years as the school's principal...
Falls account for more than one million injuries in the United States annually. The most common type of walking accidents is the slip and fall, which happens when someone falls while walking on a sidewalk, in a parking lot, or on a street not clear of snow or ice. "The most dangerous part of a snowstorm may be the day or days following the snow when sunny skies and higher temperatures during the day melt the snow, and lower temperatures at night refreeze the melted snow, creating a cycle that could continue for days, a hazardous condition for walking and driving," said Martin B. Tirado, CAE, executive director of Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA). SIMA, the North American nonprofit organization representing the snow removal industry, has a few tips on safe winter walking.
An approaching winter storm is expected to impact the tri-state region during the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warnings for the entire state of Connecticut. The warning covering northern Fairfield County will be in effect from midnight tonight until 6 am Friday, February 14. Snow accumulations are predicted to reach between 8 and 12 inches. Winds will be northeast 10 to 20 miles per hour, with gusts up to 30 mph. Temperatures will be in the upper 20s. Visibilities will be one-quarter of a mile or less at times. Snow will develop late tonight and continue during the day Thursday before tapering off Thursday night. Some sleet may mix with the snow. Groups and organizations that need to postpone or cancel events, and businesses that will have their hours of operation affected by the storm are invited to contact The Newtown Bee to get that information out.
Newtown VFW Post 308 will celebrate its 75th anniversary with an afternoon event on Sunday, March 2, beginning at 1 pm. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, a fraternal organization, began in 1899 after the Spanish American War. As of today, there almost 7,000 VFW posts in the United States. Newtown's post, founded in March 1939, is the eighth oldest in Connecticut. The public is invited to join members of VFW Post 308 for the March 2 celebration. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and cake will be served. Also, Past Connecticut State Commander Ed Zamm (1960-61) will present a citation from the National VFW Commander-in-Chief at the celebration.
Scott Langner was so excited when he learned he could one day move into an apartment with friends that he soon began talking about the invitations he'd use for his housewarming party. He'd seen his older brother and sister go off to college and then their own apartments, and his parents hoped that Scott, who has developmental disabilities, autism and a seizure disorder, would eventually be able to move into a home with his friends, with supports funded by the state Department of Developmental Services. But last year, they learned that was unlikely to happen. His mother, Collette Bement Langner, said they were told that DDS no longer has the money to provide him residential supports, and that Scott would likely live with his parents until they die. Now Scott, 27, is reluctant to even consider developing skills that would help him live more independently. When his mother suggested learning to cook, he told her, "I don't want to talk about that anymore. That makes me really sad. I don't want you to die."
Police are investigating "a suspicious incident," in which a man, who was driving a dark-colored sedan near the intersection of Glover Avenue and Main Street, stopped and unsuccessfully offered a ride to a lone 13-year-old boy who was walking home from Newtown Middle School on the afternoon of Monday, February 10.
There were no injuries in the incident.
Police Lieutenant George Sinko, who oversees the police department's patrol unit, said February 11 that police have no suspects in the case, but are working with police in other towns in the probe.
"We have a couple of leads we're looking into," Lt Sinko said.
After turning down the ride, the youth ran home, where he called a parent, who then called the school, which then called police about the brief incident.
According to its Facebook page, the 2014 Relay For Life of Newtown kickoff meeting has been rescheduled to tonight. The event, which was originally scheduled for Monday, February 3, was postponed last week due to the first of two snowstorms that blanketed the region with snow during the week. The kickoff will now take place Monday, February 10, at 7 pm, in the Newtown High School Lecture Hall.


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Kennedy Space Center Master Plan Drawings Book
Lot # 1 (Sale Order: 1 of 467)
A large 15.5"x 22" Kennedy Space Center Master Plan for future development containing about 75-100 pages of drawing. Used condition but still good shape.
Group of Three Vintage Items, Photo & Booklets
Lot # 2 (Sale Order: 2 of 467)
Three early items including a 1959 NASA Research Progress booklet, an Unmanned Spacecraft of the US booklet and a photo depicting an early Apollo landing. All in nice...more
Early ROVER Nuclear Rockets Booklets
Lot # 3 (Sale Order: 3 of 467)
Two early Project Rover nuclear propulsion publications. Both in nice condition.
Two Early Technical Progress Reports
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Two early KSC Technical Progress Reports from 1963 and 1964 covering the progress on projects such as Launch Complexes 34, 37 and 39. Both are a bit faded with age bu...more
Three Early Miscellaneous Booklets
Lot # 5 (Sale Order: 5 of 467)
A group of three early booklets including Aerospace At Langley (1961, 32 pages, nice shape), Manned Space Flight - 1963 (87 pages, cover edges scuffed) and US Army Mis...more
Early NEXUS Launch Vehicle Booklet, 1963
Lot # 6 (Sale Order: 6 of 467)
An early 8.5"x 11" NEXUS - Concept of Large Reusable Earth Launch Vehicle booklet from 1963 with 50 pages of illustrations and calculation. Used condition.
Rocket Thrust Computer Disc & Space Data Booklet
Lot # 7 (Sale Order: 7 of 467)
Two vintage items including a 5" diameter Rocket Velocity Computer dated 1959, with rotating discs on the front and back, and a 3.5"x 5" Space Data pocket book dated 1962...more
Early Air Force Eastern Test Range News Media Badge
Lot # 8 (Sale Order: 8 of 467)
A vintage Air Force Eastern Test Range News Media access badge from a former Cape worker. The badge has no direct date on it but was made from a form dated mar 1967. ...more
Group of Five Manned & Unmanned Access Badges
Lot # 9 (Sale Order: 9 of 467)
A group of five access badges including four Atlas-Centaur badges and one STS-26 News Media badge. Nice shape.
Two Early Cape Canaveral PanAm Police Patches
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Two early Cape Canaveral PanAm Police patches measuring approximately 3"x 2". In the summer of 1953 Pan American World Airways, an old hand at operating bases around the...more
Early Catalytic-Dow Pad Area Access Badge
Lot # 11 (Sale Order: 11 of 467)
A vintage 2.5" square Dow access badge from a former early Cape worker. The badge is made with quite heavy plastic and is the first one of these I have seen. Used co...more
Walt Cunningham's Small Cosmonaut Signed Photo
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An original 4"x 5" color glossy photo of two cosmonauts with one being Nicolayev (not sure of the other). Excellent condition. From the personal collection of Apollo...more
Early KSC Security Patrol Helmet
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An early KSC Security patrol helmet complete with its chinstrap and inner lining. It is a heavy-weight helmet that was heavily used at the time. It is missing its face ...more
Early Atlantic Missile Range Glass Ashtray, RCA 1964
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A vintage 7"x 9" glass ashtray from RCA for the Missile Test Project at the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR). The AMR was only named that from 1958 to 1964, and then became ...more
Walt Cunningham's 1991 Moscow Gargarin 30th Anniversary Materials
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A group of materials obtained by Walter Cunningham in Moscow and at Baikonur during the 30th anniversary of Gagarin's space flight in 1991. Materials include two pins, t...more
Walt Cunningham's Cosmonaut Signed Astro-Mir 91 Cover
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An original Austro-Mir 91 cover postmarked 10-10-91 and nicely signed by four cosmonauts. Nice condition. From the personal collection of Apollo 7 astronaut Walter C...more
T-38 Flight Manual, January 1972
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An original T-38 Flight Manual for NASA's workhorse trainer aircraft dated 1 January 1972 containing all the information needed to fly the T-38. Formerly owned by NAS...more
Ford Aerospace Space Simulation Patch
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An original 5" diameter Ford Aerospace Space Simulation patch which refers to a vacuum space simulator which they employed. The Ford Corporation became Ford Aerospace in...more
Early Boeing Experimental Flight Test Patch
Lot # 19 (Sale Order: 19 of 467)
A vintage Boeing Experimental Flight Test patch with a cloth backing. Excellent condition.
Early Blockhouse Countdown Clock
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An early Countdown Clock measuring 19" long, 3.5" wide and 3" deep. It comes with paperwork attached which really doesn't add any further explanation, except that last d...more
V2 Rocket Liquid Oxygen Pipework Alloy Nut
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An original German V-2 rocket part encased in a 7.5"x 7.5"x 1.5" shadow box. Excellent condition.
V2 Rocket Combustion Chamber Alcohol Injector
Lot # 22 (Sale Order: 22 of 467)
An original German V-2 rocket combustion chamber alcohol injector encased in a 4.5"x 4.5"x 1.5" shadow box. Excellent condition.
JFK Presidential Visit to Cape Booklet, Nov 1963
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A vintage 8"x 11" Presidential Visit to Cape Canaveral booklet dated November 16, 1963, just six days before he was assassinated in Dallas. The booklet contains 17 pages...more
JFK Presidential Visit to Cape Booklet, Sept 1962
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A vintage 8"x 11" Presidential Visit to Cape Canaveral booklet dated September 11, 1962. The booklet contains 19 pages of the itinerary, protocols, the motorcade route, ...more
Hubble Space Telescope Flown MLI Blanket Lucite
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U-T staff writer Gretel C. Kovach, who covers military affairs, and photographer Nelvin C. Cepeda are embedded with Camp Pendleton-based Marines in Helmand province, Afghanistan. About 10,000 troops from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force are serving in that stronghold of the Taliban.More...
MARJAH, Afghanistan Capt. Stan Lee patrols his corner of Helmand Province with a loaded rifle like every other Marine. But he has never had to use it. Here in one of the most combative areas of southern Afghanistan, Lee has another weapon — U.S. dollars.
Lee, a member of Camp Pendleton's 3rd Civil Affairs Group, is one of about 80 Marines spread across Helmand Province who specialize in small-scale governance and economic development projects. As U.S. forces hone their counterinsurgency strategy, such nation-building "stability operations" have taken an increasingly important role.
Lee's team of civil affairs Marines at Camp Hanson, the main base of operations for infantrymen from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, focus on quick impact projects — cutting weeds that clog the canals and parch the fields, digging wells, and renovating schools.
They also have helped improve security, rebuild a business district and provide some urgently needed medical care to injured Afghans.
By the time they leave, Lee's team will have spent about $300,000 on projects in the battalion's area of operations, not including a $3 million civic center that they hope to break ground on within the next six months that will include government offices, a high school and vocational center, soccer field and medical clinic.
"We attempt to take the enemy off the battlefield by employing them, educating them," Lee said.
U.S. Marines launched a major offensive in February to wrest Marjah from the Taliban, who prize its central location as a logistics hub and its network of U.S.-built canals that water poppy fields that fund their operations.
The area of northern Marjah near the Kems bazaar was a ghost town during the initial showdown. The Marines created a string of checkpoints down the main road passing Camp Hanson. Now, thanks to the returning residents and some investment from the Marine civil affairs kitty, the bazaar is back in business.
A merchant selling cans of chickpeas and other dry goods shook Lee's hand during a recent visit and invited him for tea. Lee removed his helmet, so he wouldn't "look like a storm trooper," as he put it, and nibbled a pineapple candy the shopkeeper fed him.
"Right now there is good security," said the shopkeeper, Sher Zeman.
Another merchant who stopped to chat, Haji Yar Mohammad, preened over the handsome pistachio paint on the sturdy concrete mosque the Marines renovated behind the shop stalls. "We're going to rebuild this gas station. It will be really beautiful next to the mosque," Mohammad said.
The United States has spent more than $50 billion so far on Afghan reconstruction, but the country remains at the bottom of the charts on international scales of development.
"All the meetings in the world, all that stuff is great, but what has to be shown to build confidence in the (Afghan) government process is results," said Col. Paul Lebidine, of San Diego, commanding officer of the 3rd Civil Affairs Group.
"They need to see employment. They need to see that their school is being rebuilt, that their mosque is refurbished." And they need to see their Afghan leaders make it happen, not just Marines, he added. That partnership is "what makes counterinsurgency such a challenge."


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"Breakthroughs in Consciousness" with Van Jones
As our dialogue with Van continued, we agreed that it was easy to share these ideas with like-minded people. "But," we asked, "how can we communicate these ideas to people ...
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"Healing of America" with Marianne Williamson
Marianne begins by describing that time when we must finish acquiring new ideas and begin to own more deeply what we know. She then traces a line of American revolutionary thought—through Thoreau, Ghandi, and King—to illustrate the road ahead for America's healing.
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2007 Conference: Consciousness in Action
Voices of wisdom and hope are reimagining our civilization to become sustainable, integrated, and whole. Consciousness is at the heart of the shift, and action is the worldly expression. At ...
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The more we know about reality, the more palpable its paradoxes become. The author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist believes that artistic interpretations of scientific ideas and theories offer science ...
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Cultivating Wisdom Through Conscious Aging
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Listen to this recorded radio program with Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, and Kira Reginato, talk show host and president of Living Ideas for Elders. As part of the "Call Kira about Aging" radio show, they discuss cultivating wisdom and fostering continual growth during the challenges and opportunities of aging.
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"Healing Body and Soul" with Luisah Teish (part 1 of 3)
African Ideas of Health
Initiated Yoruba priestess Luisah Teish introduces African healing modalities, including dancing, singing, body awareness, and working with nature.
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"Healing Body and Soul" with Luisah Teish (part 2 of 3)
African Ideas of Health
Initiated Yoruba priestess Luisah Teish introduces African healing modalities, including dancing, singing, body awareness, and working with nature.
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"Healing Body and Soul" with Luisah Teish (part 3 of 3)
African Ideas of Health
Initiated Yoruba priestess Luisah Teish introduces African healing modalities, including dancing, singing, body awareness, and working with nature.
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"Evidence-Based Spirituality" with Charles Tart
The idea of evidence-based or at least evidence-enriched spirituality is audacious, preposterous, inspiring --- and absolutely needed! Better answers need to be discovered, they aren't in, and there is real resistance to even thinking about this, but if we don't get some answers that are effective, there may not be much life left to mankind after the 21st century, we may have destroyed our planet by greed and stupidity if we don't get a practical spirituality that makes us really care about each other and the world. Professor Tart shares some ideas to get us started thinking about this direction of evolution, and then draw us out to give us even more possibilities….
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"Consciousness and Non-Duality" with Amit Goswami
Even today, the tendency is to look at consciousness dualistically --- consciousness separate from matter. This position is not compatible with science; so scientists have emphasized material monism/everything is matter ...
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"The Global Brain" with Howard Bloom
In this intellectually far-ranging teleseminar, polymath Howard Bloom explores the evolutionary process with former IONS President James O'Dea. As both a scientist and a humanist, Bloom draws upon concepts from biology to physics and mythology to political theory to weave a tapestry of provocative evolutionary ideas.
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"Outside the Gates of Science" with Damien Broderick (excerpt)
Australian novelist-futurist Damien Broderick and IONS Senior Scientist Dean Radin explore why psi research is important and what the evolutionary function of psi might be. Their conversation builds upon the insights of Damien's book, Outside the Gates of Science, beginning with his early passion for paranormal abilities and leading into the actual science, which supports the idea of "micro-powers" rather than super-powers.
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§39: Judge Wolf's Fragile Foundation: [Re-Examining Whitey Bulger: The Learning Years]
Judge Wolf in his 1999 661 page findings speaking of the 1974/1975 time frame said the FBI recognized Whitey had been deeply involved in a violent gang war. Just prior to this he wrote the written record concerning this matter is sparse. Sparse? It's non existent.
During the hearings in front of him the only gang war that had evidence about was about the Irish Gang War. That happened while Whitey was in prison. It is unusual for a judge to pull such an assertion out of thin air and attribute something to the FBI which it had no knowledge about. It's an early indication of his confusing the Whitey of 1999, the time of the decision, with the Whitey of 1975.
Judge Wolf doesn't end there. As I noted yesterday, he went on to say that when Whitey was recruited he was "widely regarded" as being brutally violent. This is also unusual for two reasons. First Whitey's reputation had hardly gone beyond the confines of South Boston at that time; and, he had before him practically no evidence to support this statement.
Judge Wolf wrote he came to that conclusion from "Morris's actions." He has all these witnesses testifying in front of him for month after month and he is limited to inferring his conclusion not from something someone said or what was contained in a document but from someone's actions. The person he chooses is the vile and corrupt FBI agent John Morris who admitted when he told the Boston Globe Whitey was an informant he was hoping Whitey would get murdered.
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§38: Judge Wolf's Twisting of The Facts: [Re-Examining Whitey Bulger: The Learning Years]
The last time I wrote about Whitey's life was on March 26. We've read about his release from prison, his involvement in the South Boston dustup between the Mullens and Killeens and how what was happening in South Boston was small time compared to the interactions between the rest of organized crime in the Eastern Massachusetts area.
The real power was in the hands of the North End or "In Town" which was the Italian Mafia. Outside of that most of the fighters in the Irish Gang War of the 1960s had gone to see their Maker leaving a small core group of Irish gangsters in Somerville just north of Boston under the leadership of Howie Winter and a Mafia-connected Roxbury Gang that had fought in the Irish War on the side of Winter's group.
The Winter group and Roxbury group united and opened up a garage called Marshall Motors in Somerville located in the Winter Hill section of that city. The garage served as a front for their gangster business. The location gave the gang its name: Winter Hill gang.
The Mullen/Killeen battle put Whitey at risk. The Mullens had gained the ascendency in that matter after a handful of them gunned down Whitey's sidekick Billy O'Sullivan on Savin Hill Avenue as he ran toward the Woods. Whitey sought the protection of the Winter Hill Gang by approaching John Martorano one of the Roxbury gang.
A shaky peace was arranged between the Mullens and Whitey who was pretty much all that was left of the Killeens. The terms of the peace was that Whitey would split the Killeen's illegal income with the Mullens 50/50. Neither party was really happy with less than 100%.
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Obama's Big Mistake re: Marathon Terrorist Attack of 4/15/13
I tend not to criticize or praise Obama because I don't want this blog to be political. By political I mean Republican vs Democrat or conservative vs progressive; libertarian vs liberal, etc. There are many other sites out there to whet your appetite if you are into political wrangling. I've gingerly stepped into this area close to the political realm because of the Marathon Terrorist Attack (MTA) which involved some aspects of this blog especially as it relates to the FBI plus the obvious: that it was an attack on my city. I felt I could not ignore the enormity of it.
I'm anxious to get back to Whitey since things have happened that I've let that slide. I'm especially disappointed I did not get to the last hearing where Whitey himself sans-beard showed up. I hadn't thought much would happen between now and the opening bell in early June so I hit the road for a bit. I appreciate the continuing comments and interest out there. But before going back, I have to talk about this one big mistake by Obama.
The Boston Globe talked about it in a round about way yesterday telling how Obama heard Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who I call Joker which is the way his first name is pronounced by those with a Boston accent, was captured and how he was briefed by 45-year-old Lisa Monaco, Obama's homeland security and counter terrorism advisor, who "also is now responsible for helping determine the targets of drone attacks."
Obama also got advise from 42-year-old White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler on giving Joker his Miranda rights and helped Obama "conclude that [prosecuting Joker as an enemy combatant before a military tribunal] wasn't an option because [Joker] is a naturalized U.S. citizen entitled to a federal trial." Monaco and Ruemmler are long time friends having worked together early in their legal careers as prosecutors in the Department of Justice.
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Billy Bulger and The Worst Spy in Recent American History
I'll call the person who is the worst spy XX for the present purposes. I'll give you a few hints so you can easily figure out who this person is. XX worked for the US government. XX caused more damage to America's interests than any other person between the early 1980s up until 2001. XX is believed to have caused the deaths of many people who worked for the United States in foreign countries. XX also had connections with the FBI.
Have you figured out yet that it is Robert Hanssen the FBI agent who worked for the Soviets? If so you're wrong. XX was more highly placed than Hanssen. XX had access to many more top secret documents which were passed on to the Cuban government. XX has been accused of being "directly responsible for the death of Green Beret SGT Gregory A. Fronius who was killed at El Paraiso, El Salvador, on March 31, 1987 during the FMLN attack."
XX probably did more to undermine the USA's interests in Latin America and the Caribbean than any other person in history. The full extent of the damage caused by XX will never be fully known. Yet in 1997 the CIA Director George Tenet gave XX a certificate of distinction.
XX had two connections with the FBI, actually more, who were very close. XX met with them on occasion while spying for Cuba. One FBI agent was L.M who worked in the Miami office. L.M was a "veteran FBI language analyst who translated wiretaps and other sensitive communications." Another of XX's contact was A.M., an FBI agent who worked in Atlanta. XX called him Tito.
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Reasons To Despair About The FBI's Honesty
According to the Washington Post today:
"Nine months before the Boston Marathon bombing, a U.S. counterterrorism task force received a warning that a suspected militant had returned from a lengthy trip to Russia, U.S. officials said.
The warning was delivered to a single U.S. Customs and Border Protection official assigned to Boston's Joint Terrorism Task Force, a cell of specialists from federal and local law enforcement agencies. . . .
But officials said there is no indication that the unidentified customs officer provided the information to any other members of the task force, including FBI agents who had previously interviewed the militant. . . .
The apparent failure to alert the FBI has emerged as a significant, if slender, missed opportunity to scrutinize Tamerlan Tsarnaev's activities ahead of the Boston attack."
That story shows all that is wrong with this situation.
First, this was the top story in the Washington Post's on-line edition this morning. It is based on information provided by the well known authority: "U.S. officials."
How is it that the headline story in one of the nation's top papers does not attribute its information to anyone? Why are we asked to believe a story that might have come from a driver of a mail truck? This is the type of information all of our major mainstream newspapers have been feeding us. Go back over the reports on the Marathon Terrorist Attack and see how much wrong information was written that was attributed to "officials."
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FBI Openness: Will It Ever Happen?
I wrote yesterday that Congressman Rogers said Tamerlan Tsarnaev's trip to Russia escaped detection by the FBI because he used an alias. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Monday that Tsarnaev's name was misspelled and Tsarnaev's correct name never went into the system. Then it was reported "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that the government's internal system "pinged" when Tamerlan Tsarnaev left the U.S. for Russia last year, in a statement that appeared to conflict with earlier suggestions that the trip went unnoticed." Then we hear the CIA and others had him listed.
Putting all that together we have one highly placed insider saying they missed Tamerlan trip to Russia because he used an alias, another similarly situated saying it wasn't that but it his name was misspelled, and a final one in a like position saying we knew all along that he went to Russia. I guess that's what happens with spinning. It gets one's head spinning.
I'd suggest to the FBI that rather than saying as it did last Saturday, "no further comment," it'd be best to say: "we're gathering the facts and we'll hold a press conference and tell you what we can about this." Then when the members of Congress like Rogers who are anxious to help it want inside information, tell them you'll let them know after the facts are figured out. Suggest to him the best way to help is let you do your job.
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FBI Spin: Unnecessarily Adds To The Confusion
When the FBI said on Saturday it wasn't going to comment anymore, I expressed my chagrin noting all the questions that were up in the air. I stated I wasn't suggesting the FBI did anything wrong, but I thought that we deserved some answers. The 9/11 Commission had been critical of the FBI and I wondered if it had changed at all.
The tragedy in the FBI not being responsive is that it seems it is hiding something. This is so especially when last Sunday — two days after the Big Chase and Shelter In — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) pictured above jumped up to defend the FBI's handling of the Marathon Terrorist Attack especially the manner in which it handled the matter involving deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
I don't suppose that Mike Rogers was a former FBI agent had anything to do with him hurrying out with his opinion. My reaction was great concern that a man in his position is imbued with the FBI's culture of "not embarrassing the family." I asked myself is he interested in our nation's best interest or protecting the FBI.
Mike Rogers was out there spinning. I suggest, and I'll explain this more tomorrow, this was unnecessary. I'd guess that someone in the FBI figured out after the weekend that it'd be best not to hide what it had done. It has begun to set out what it did, although through "people not authorized to speak" and if what is coming out is true, then the FBI did all it should have done.
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Tuesday: USA Is In Trouble: Our Leaders Have Failed Us
Yesterday I pointed to the many questions that remain unanswered about the Marathon Terrorist Attack (MTA). I told how the FBI is now in shut down mode. I said we'd never get the answers to our questions.
The reason why is there is no one that controls the FBI. It does what it wants to do without oversight. A look at a couple of events in Boston shows this.
The Boston Globe talking about the Marathon Terrorist Attacks reports: "US Representative Stephen Lynch, whose district includes parts of Boston, said Saturday that he has a number of questions for US and Russian officials about what they knew about the brothers, and when."
That couldn't be the same Congressman Stephen Lynch who was concerned about the FBI's use of Mafia Bigwig Mark Rossetti as a Top Echelon informant after the FBI told us at the end of the debacle involving Whitey Bulger that it wouldn't do such things anymore. When it was revealed that the FBI in Boston told this Mafia chief that its job was to keep him safe, the Globe reported: "Lynch said in an interview yesterday that he has demanded a briefing from the FBI's Washington offices on the guidelines the agency must follow in handling informants, particularly those with criminal histories. The request was granted and is being scheduled, he said."
That Globe report was on August 11, 2011. 20 months ago. He still hasn't had a briefing on this simple matter. 20 months of being pushed around by the FBI. Lynch has lost interest. Apparently it is easier to run for US Senate than to take on the FBI. His opponent now has similar concerns but he too has feared holding the FBI to account.
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The USA is in Trouble: The Reaction to the Marathon Terrorist Attack Shows Why.
Our country is in trouble. We have a secret police force, the FBI, which refuses to be accountable to the public; an enfeebled Congress that is too scared to take control; and a president who offers comforting words but fears telling the FBI to give us the answers we seek.
It's time this stops. We should not face a shut door. We're not to be treated as if our only right is not to know the truth. It is only the truth that will keep us free..
The president and Congress are supposed to govern with the consent of the people. Our lives and safety have been compromised by terrorism. It will happen again if we aren't told the full circumstances surrounding the Marathon Terrorist Attack on Patriot's Day. We can no long be given the bum's rush. This isn't supposed to be like Russia where the people are kept in the dark and expected to trust the leaders and the KGB.
Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe reported: "The FBI acknowledged Friday night that a foreign government had asked the US for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, based on information that he was a follower of "radical Islam." In response, the FBI investigated and interviewed Tamerlan and family members. "The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign," the bureau said. On Saturday, the FBI said it would have no further comment"
Are you surprised the FBI is now in a shut down mode? You shouldn't be if you've read my book Don't Embarrass the Family? Tell me what you think the Bureau is now doing. Do you think it is looking to find out the truth and preparing to tell us what happened? Or do you think it is trying to find out how best to spin the issue and cover-up? Is the FBI more concerned with itself than the country?
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Understanding Miranda In The Context of The Marathon Terrorist Attack
I've told this story before. It's appropriate I tell it again. I was a young lawyer during the days when the Warren Court was changing the law in a very substantial manner when it came to defendant rights. It started applying the guarantees in the Bill of Rights to the states using the mechanism of the 14th Amendment. No longer could the states violate a person's Fourth or Fifth Amendment rights.
We were confronted with terms like "fruit of the poisonous tree" that forbid the government from using information at trial which was discovered after an illegal action by the government. The Supreme Court ventured into the area of admissions and confessions under the Fifth Amendment. Concerned that people did not know their rights before they gave statements to the police, it set out in the Miranda decision certain standards the state had to meet before it could use a person's statements which contained admissions or confessions against her.
These became known as the Miranda warnings. You've all heard them. A person in custody must be told she has, the right to remain silent, anything she says can be used against her, and she has the right to a lawyer's presence prior to being questioned.
Miranda came down in 1966. My story involving this criminal I'll call Henri took place a few years after Miranda but during the time when the Warren court seemed hell-bent on finding more reasons to invalidate or improve police actions.
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Joseph Philip "Joe" Lombardi (born June 6, 1971) is an American football coach, currently the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). Hired in 2014 on January 21, he was previously the quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Saints.[1]
Lombardi joined the Saints as an offensive assistant in 2007, and became quarterbacks coach before the Saints' Super Bowl winning season of 2009.[2] During his time in New Orleans, starting quarterback Drew Brees set numerous passing records, including passing for more than 5,000 yards four times (three times with Lombardi as quarterbacks coach), and setting the record (now surpassed) for the most passing yards in a single season (5,476 in 2011). Before the Saints, Lombardi was a defensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 under head coach Jim Mora.
Prior to coaching in the NFL, Lombardi coached at the college level at Mercyhurst College, Bucknell University, the Virginia Military Institute, and the University of Dayton. He coached for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen during the one year of the XFL.
A 1994 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Lombardi played tight end for the Falcons under head coach Fisher DeBerry. He lettered three seasons and started as a senior; he also lettered a season in lacrosse.[3][4] During the final years of his Air Force service, he was a volunteer coach at Dayton.[5][6][7]
Born in June 1971, Lombardi is the grandson of Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi, who died the previous year.[8][9] While with the Saints, the team won the Super Bowl trophy named for his grandfather after winning the Super Bowl in February 2010. In that Super Bowl, the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts, then led by head coach Jim Caldwell, who later hired Lombardi after becoming the new head coach in Detroit in 2014.
The youngest of four siblings,[10][11] all born in Minnesota, Lombardi also lived in Washington, New York, and Michigan.[12][13] While his two older brothers played high school football in New York and Michigan, Lombardi played in Seattle at Seattle Prep, and graduated in 1990.[14]
At age five in 1976, he had the attention of his paternal grandmother Marie (1915–1982),[15][16] who saw him from the same mold as his grandfather.[17]
Lombardi and his wife Molly have six children: three sons and three daughters.[18] He values his family and his Catholic faith.[19]
- ^ Birkett, Dave (January 21, 2014). "Joe Lombardi, Vince's grandson, is Detroit Lions' new offensive coordinator". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Wine, Stephen (February 4, 2010). "Lombardi family has shot at another NFL title". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Joe Lombardi: Quarterbacks". New Orleans Saints. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Joe Lombardi". Mercyhurst College Athletics. 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Dougherty, Pete (September 18, 2014). "Joe Lombardi building own NFL legacy". Packer News. Press-Gazette Media. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Tiernan, Ricky (June 23, 2013). "New Orleans Saints' Joe Lombardi: his own legacy". Canal Street Chronicles. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Wehrle, Phil (August 5, 2009). "Saints quarterbacks coach Joe Lombardi living family dream". NOLA.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Chip off the Block Vince Lombardi's grandson is playing college football". Sports Illustrated. November 4, 1991. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (March 30, 1982). "Lombardi's son is confronting an image". New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Anderson, Dave (November 29, 1976). "Vince Lombardi's son". New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Mike (January 11, 2008). "Under The Needle: Meet Vince Lombardi, Seahawks fan". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Obituary: Jill Frances Lombardi". Minot Daily News. February 26, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Carpenter, Les (January 28, 2001). "Evincing the Lombardi legend". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Peoples, John (October 29, 1989). "Lombardi`s grandson gets no special treatment". Chicago Tribune. (Seattle Times). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ Anderson, Dave (April 21, 1982). "Marie Lombardi was First Lady of pro football". Gainesville Sun. (New York Times). p. 5D.
- ^ "Marie Planitz Lombardi". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Marie Lombardi: more than the coach's lady". Milwaukee Journal. October 22, 1976. p. 4, football.
- ^ Yuille, Sean (January 23, 2014). "A closer look at Joe Lombardi's coaching career". Pride of Detroit. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/joe-lombardis-super-bowl-and-super-faith-stories/
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As you may know, Isabella Oliver received a Queens Award this year for International Enterprise. We were and are extremely honored. On Monday we were invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by the Queen and Prince Philip for companies that had won the Queens Award.
During the day the actual award was delivered to us, which we have now proudly displayed in our office.
We had already received the Royal award which we have framed and hung up…
Monday afternoon we left the office early to get ready. It was a baking hot day and we kept changing our minds about what to wear. Finally at 5pm we drove to the palace where the gates opened at 5.30.
Before we were allowed to drive in to the grounds of the palace, a security team ran security checks on our car. All was ok and we were about to drive in when one of the security team members walked back and knocked on our window. When we opened the window, he told us that he had spotted something on our exhaust pipe and thought we should have it checked out at a garage. Very kind of him!
Once we passed the security checks, we drove through the gates and drove through a port where we ended up in a courtyard where we could park. Geoff and I joked that he should take extra care not to drink more than is legally allowed as we didn't think we would be able to leave the car overnight and pick it up the next day.
When we entered the palace everything was magnificent. The hallways, the reception areas, absolutely everything. Everywhere there were magnificent paintings and beautiful things to admire. The reception was really lovely with champagne and canapés and extremely hospitable Royal Household members who made everyone feel welcome. And then it was our turn to meet The Queen and Prince Philip. They were extremely hospitable and kind. Afterwards they mingled amongst the guests and we spoke with Prince Philip again who was very interested in what everybody did.
It was a day to remember and we are very honoured to have been a part of it.
And then it was back to normal life…