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10/16/2008, Bahia de Tortugas
Our day started with warm winds. We moved our boat to a new anchorage at the East end of the bay close to where the beach party was. I talked to several people with diesel engine experience. It all boiled down to one thing: was the oil consumption in the order of liters per hour, or liters per day?
I ran the engine the entire afternoon and evening and then checked the oil dipstick level. There was no apparent difference. Good news: the oil consumption seems to be at a reasonable rate.
Just to be sure, I bought 14 liters of engine oil to take with us.
10/16/2008, Pacific Ocean
This is our second night passage on the way to Turtle Bay. John is at the helm; I'm about to start a shift at 2 a.m. If we maintain our present speed we will arrive at 9 a.m.
The total length of this leg is 390 nautical miles. Winds are light, 8 knots coming from behind gives us a very low apparent wind speed so we are motorsailing.
We had a very nice afternoon under sail yesterday. The air and sea temperatures are noticeably getting warmer.
We fixed the radar mount yesterday. John held the assembly at the right angle with Vise Grips and Francois adjusted the height of the assembly using the topping lift, while I extracted the broken bolt and replaced it with a new one.
We had a problem with the furling line yesterday. The interior core of the line inexplicably bulged out of the line like a big hernia. This made it impossible to pass the line through a fairlead and impossible to furl the sail. Thank goodness this didn't happen to us in a blow! I removed the furling line and replaced it with a thinner line. Ironically this thinner line is the original line that Harken supplied with the new roller furler.
I also discovered an imminent problem at the furler. The tack of the jib is fastened to the furler with a short pennant made of something like Vectran. This pennant is suffering from chafe and won't last much longer. While we're in Turtle Bay I'll have to improvise something better. A steel cable pennant would be the way to go here. Maybe someone in the Haha fleet has steel cable and crimps that I can use.
I need to add steel cable and crimps to my list of required spares to carry.
10/16/2008, San Francisco
Here's a photo as we pass under the Golden Gate...
10/16/2008, San Francisco to Monterey leg
I woke up on our boat one morning to find that we were sailing slowly over large swells in the Pacific Ocean; we had started our trip to Mexico. An hour later, we saw a humpback whale constantly waving its fins around, then, a few minutes later, we saw a huge pack of seals following our boat. One of the prettiest sights was that on the left of our boat were large mountains, and on the right was an ocean that seemed to go on forever; it was just a beautiful sight. Hours later we finally made our first stop at Monterey; I was excited to finally set foot on land again. The moon was colored blood red as it started rising. The next morning, we left Monterey and continued our way down.
10/16/2008, Monterey Bay
Last night, we finally got all the major things done. This last week's activity included replacing lifelines and reattaching stanchions, replacing the backstay, mounting the wind instruments, and installing the new refrigeration.
We also decided to put a video camera at the top of the mast facing downward to the bow. This gives us a bird's eye view of what's ahead and might come in handy when negotiating coral heads. Besides, it's just plain cool.
Having gotten everything buttoned up (both the house and the boat), I drove the car home to park it there for the next several months. Gunnar followed me out there to give me a ride back to the boat. We had a nice dinner at the Corinthian YC and went to bed early.
Paula brought us coffee at 6:30 a.m., which was our wake up call. We cast off the dock lines at 7 a.m. and motored out towards the Golden Gate just as the sun was coming up.
The wind has been very light the entire day, under 12 knots, so we have had to motorsail in order to maintain reasonable speed.
We saw a whale, just off our starboard side. He put on quite a show, waving his flippers in the air.
We are now about an hour and a half from our first destination, Monterey, and the sun is setting.
Okay, we're getting close. We were supposed to depart Oct 10, but that isn't happening, because the rigger isn't done with his work, and we still haven't received some important parts. We're hoping to set sail Tuesday.
Over the last few days, we:
- picked up the new 200 watt solar panel, to double our solar power generating capacity.
- received the new AIS radio receiver hardware.
- had the aluminum arch for the solar panels welded together and installed it on the boat.
- installed the two solar panels. Each panel produces 200 watts, giving us a grand total of 400 watts of power! We will hopefully have to never run the engine for electrical power.
- started replacement of the lifelines. In so doing, we found that the bolts on some of the stanchions need to be replaced.
- picked up replacement teak rails for cabin top.
Here's what still needs to be done in the next 2 days before our departure:
- receive and install charge controller for solar panels (Fedex ETA Monday)
- install life raft on deck.
- install second propane tank in aft locker.
- receive and install correct winch crown kits for halyard winches.
- install new wind instruments and anchor light at masthead.
- install cable protector at mast base.
- install new backstay and hydraulic backstay adjuster.
- install new clutches for genoa car adjusters.
- install new stanchion bolts starboard and new lifelines.
- provision food, supplies and clothing for crew.
- provision fuel, water, and propane.
- install lee cloths.
Fair wind and following seas,
Hello to Bill who sent the last message!!! :o)
I thought about you Bruce and the "Calou Crew" as the hurricane crossed over Southern Baja and was glad that you weren't yet underway.
I'll keep checking in to read about your journey ~~ and again.. WOW.. Hello to Bill in Alaska!! I'm in Anchorage BTW. If you stop back in Bill, let me know if you plan a trip to Baja in the near future. I'm going to La Paz this winter for about 10 days.
Take Care!
Well, since I last wrote here's what we've gotten done:
- replaced the starter motor
- installed very cool sliding pantry shelves. 5 slide-out shelves give us lots of food storage.
- installed the new refrigeration. This is the keel-cooled refrigeration (somewhat misnamed, that is, the refrigeration is cooled via a bronze block under the water line on the exterior of the hull). This refrigeration includes a digital thermostat that displays the temperature of the freezer compartment AND that of the refrigerator compartment. Temperature of both compartments can be controlled independently. The whole system is silent and installs beneath the floorboards.
- purchased plumbing components to replumb A/C (air conditioning) unit. Will do this when there's spare time in Mexico. Loaded the parts and hoses into the compartment where the A/C is.
- installed Propane sniffer/interlock and solenoid.
- installed upgrade kits for the large primary winches. These upgrade kits modernize the self tailing mechanisms. We also attempted to upgrade the smaller winches, but infortunately found that Harken had shipped the wrong parts to us. So now we have to scramble to get the correct parts!!! It seems that everythign Harken ships us is the wrong part. Harken has been TERRIBLE with shipping the wrong parts to us.
- I got the arch I designed to support the solar panels made and installed it today. I installed one of the solar panels onto it. It's a superb fit. The second solar panel will be installed tomorrow. Together the two panels will produce 400 watts of power!!
* complete new refrigeration installation
* replace starter motor
* test SSB email
- upgrade winches
- replumb A/C water strainer
* install life raft
* install solar panels
- test Raytech software
* install propane interlock & sniffer
- get AIS
- get directional wifi antenna
- install pantry shelves & locks
* install hose clamps aft head
(* = essential)
Here's what's scheduled:
Sunday: rigger Jonah will complete roller furler installation. I'll assist.
Monday: John and I will sail to Alameda to boat yard to have boat hauled and install through-hull for refrigeration and SSB ground plate. Rigger Jonah will meet us there to continue rigging work. Marin Metalworks will have final parts ready for solar panel arch.
Tuesday: Diesel mechanic will arrive to replace starter. Installer will arrive to install pantry storage system. Work will continue on rigging and winches. Marin Metalworks will start welding on solar panel arch.
Without giving away too much information, I would like to say I am deeply indebted to Marin Metal Works in Sausalito for their help with the solar panel arch. These guys are fantastic and I look forward to doing lots of interesting projects with them in the future.


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BSE Sensex today tanked by 2.7 per cent soon after the new Governor Raghuram Rajan's Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a hawkish policy in which it hiked the repo rate by 0.25 per cent.
The stock market barometer BSE Sensex, which was trading weak in the morning trade, crashed over 559 points or 2.7 per cent to 20,087.44 soon after the mid-quarter policy by RBI.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in his maiden policy review, however, eased liquidity though the reduction in rate at which banks borrow by 0.75 per cent was lower than the expectation.
The repo rate or the short term lending rate has been increased by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect.
The NSE Nifty fell 2.48 per cent or 152 points to 5,963.65.
The forex market also reacted negatively and the rupee depreciated 69 paise to 62.46 to a US dollar.
The markets had soared to a three-year high yesterday after the US Federal Reserve unexpectedly left its stimulus programme unchanged, easing fears of capital outflows.
Notwithstanding market expectation of status quo policy from Rajan, the RBI today delivered a hawkish policy with focus on anchoring inflationary expectation.
"Inflation remains the top priority of RBI and will remain the case. Rate hike came absolutely in a surprise form to the market. It is a matter of time that most of the gains which were build up by the market in the last 15 days will be back," Chief Strategist at SMC Global Securities Jagannadham Thunuguntla said.
BSE Sensex down on profit-taking after 3-day rally ahead of Raghuram Rajan-led RBI meet
BSE Sensex falls on profit-taking after a three-day rally and on caution ahead of the central bank's policy review later in the day. The benchmark index falls 0.3 percent, while the edges down 0.2 percent.
Among blue chip shares, falls 1 percent while Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is down 2.8 percent.
Bank shares fall on caution ahead of the Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India (RBI) policy review: ICICI Bank is down 2 percent, while Yes Bank Ltd falls 3.4 percent.
However, foreign investors bought cash shares worth 35.43 billion rupees and derivatives worth 31.17 billion rupees on Thursday, exchange data shows, after the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep its stimulus intact.
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I am syncing to my Zimbra account via ActiveExchange. It is absolutely seamless with Email and Contacts, but only ~2% of my Calendar entries show up on my Pre. The ones that do show up are editable - any Pre edits show up on the server pretty quickly, but new appointments do not appear to get transferred in either direction. I created a new calendar on the server, and that did not show up on my Pre either. I have seen people having isses with ActiveExchange systems that are not truly Microsoft, but I haven't read about this specific problem yet. Anyone out there have any ideas?
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Im excited for basketball to start this year with so many new and talented players. Im also excited about our recruiting for the next several years. I know we were picked to finish something like last or second to last in the big 12 but I just dont see us being that bad. Most of the players had gained a good amount of weight so they should be able to compete in the big 12 better. We might have lost taylor, dunson, and mcintosh, But with the people we brought in we should be alright. Taylor might have led the team in scoring but he also led the team in turnovers. He averaged something like 16 a game and mcintosh scored under 8 i believe. If the starting point guard and shooting guard could score 10 a piece that would make up for the two departed guards. We have wesley, rashon, and jiri back which should provide for some stability this year with newcomers playing a big role.
This is how I see the starting five to start the season
PG-Diante Garrett
SG-Sean Haluska/Lucca Staiger depending on ruling
SF-Rashon Clark
PF-Wesley Johnson
C-Jiri Hubalek
As a guy who would like to be a head coach for a high school basketball team someday the way i see success is to always have a good scorer in a guard and a post. personally the way I would set up the team would be something like the Detroit Pistons a couple years ago when they won the NBA title
PG- strong ball handler, leader, makes players around him better
SG-main scorer on team, good shooter and slasher
SF-can do it all, rebound, score, and play good defense, defend opponents teams best
PF-Athletic post player who is a good scorer and shot blocker
C-Dominant post presence, keeps players from driving lane and intimidate shots
This is how I would like the team set up
PG-Diante Garrett
SG-Lucca Staiger
SF-Wesley Johnson
PF-Craig Brackins
C- Jiri Hubalek
I think that would be the best scoring team. We know we will be a good program when the other teams are adjusting their lineup to our players.
For recruiting we have alot to be excited about. For the 09 class alone we have these players listing us
1. 1 5* player in Nolan Dennis
2. 5 4* players including lockett, white, williams, johnson, wilson
3. and several three star players
We only have l or 2 scholarships to give out next year and hopefully we land Trent Lockett who is a top 100 player and a 4* recruit
For the 2010 Class we are going after really good players
1. Jordan Dykstra-committed top 50 player we think
2. Harrison Barnes- Local kid who will be a 4 or 5 star player
3. Darius Stevens- 6-6 guard/SF who I have heard will be a top 150 player
4. Evan Anderson- 5* center. Most likely will be a badger but is atleast
considering us.
Mcdermott is recruiting alot better than I had ever imagined when he got the job. Im glad he doing well and we know our program is in good hands and if he does well I dont think hes ever going anywhere to where he will be like a Bill Fennely. Sorry I probly spelled his name wrong. Hopefully once he gets this program going all the talent he spots early will start to committ to us instead of elsewhere.
I know rankings are not usually very accuarte but I will say that I believe that basketball rankings are alot more accuarate than the football rankings. Alot of the top players drafted for the NBA are former 5* players. Unlike in football It seems alot of the top picks are former 4* players like calvin johnson, joe thomas, vernon davis. former 3* A.J. Hawk and lots of others.
I got my basketball poster the other day so im ready for the season to start. Lets surprise everyone and win the bit 12 just like in 2000 when we were picked last and won the conference and on to the elite 8.
Basketball Practice starts October 12 and The first exhibition game is November 1st and the first game is in the cyclone challenge against Winston-Salem State
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3 days 'til practice starts. I'm beyond excited for ISU MBB to start up again. Anyone know if there are plans to televise our MBB games on Clone Zone?
I'm excited to see the new guys but as far as epectations I think we'll see about the same results in the W/L collumn as last season. The 08-09 season is where I think we'll start to make some real noise again. These newcomers are going to go threw a learning curve this season I think but in the long run it should pay off in the seasons to follow.
Some are quick to downplay the loss of Taylor but I honestly think we are going to miss him more than some think. For those that saw the first couple games we played without him then the next few once he joined the team saw that we were a completely different team without him. Someone is going to have to step up a create a shot when the shot clock runs down. Taylor was that guy, we'll see if anyone can step up and do the same in this bunch.
Also, despite Brackin's high star rating, if you saw him play in the Capitol City League you'd have seen he is a pretty raw talent at this point. I wouldn't be expecting huge things from this kid just yet but give him a year to bulk up more and get in DMac's system and I think he could be a good player. I see Thompson, Jiri, and CJ getting a bulk of the post minutes I think with Brackins getting extending minutes if he comes in and shows something right away. Sort of like how CJ was used a little last year I think, when he came in and contributed right away he stayed in more and when he just didn't have it that night they kept him on the bench more.
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I have been excited since last March. I am definitely Basketball first and football second.
I'm more excited for the Texas game this Saturday, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't been anticipating the start of basketball season since mid-April!
Go Sssssssssyclones!
If Staiger is not our starting shooting guard we are in trouble.
I really like what Staiger brings to the floor. I don't know if we have a pure playmaker like Taylor in the bunch as Trav said earlier, but I know I'm really looking forward to finding out.
Very EXCITED about the start of the season. I love our team and our chances of proving others wrong with our record in the Big XII.
travman23 is right, we will miss Taylor.
I really think our best lineup is Garrett, Staiger, W. Johnson, Clark and Hubalek. I have Wes listed at the three because obviously he's a better ballhandler than Rahshon, but the two are interchangable.
I'd get into my good feelings for this year, as well as some of my disappointments, but it's nothing that everyone else hasn't said already.
Originally Posted by CrossCyed
If Staiger is not our starting shooting guard we are in trouble.
I agree, he impressed me the most this summer out of all the recruits. I think Garrett and Brackins could develop into some special players but I think their bodies aren't quite ready for the physical Big 12 play quite yet. Boozer and Haluska will be nice role players and Boozer and Brister by far looked to have the most Big 12 ready bodies from what I saw. Sean is not nearly as physical as Adam but you can see that athleticism similarities.
I'm still not buying anything on Haluska til I see him in a game. He can shoot in practice, but so could Jacobson.
We had a blast at Hilton last year, first season that we had season tickets and we don't plan on changing that anytime soon.
I don't care who's on the floor, I just want to see effort, execution and improvement each week. I think we could be slightly better than last year, pending our guard play (again). I have no idea what the rest of the Big 12 is supposed to look like this year, so really have no idea what to expect in W/Ls.
Originally Posted by travman23
Also, despite Brackin's high star rating, if you saw him play in the Capitol City League you'd have seen he is a pretty raw talent at this point. I wouldn't be expecting huge things from this kid just yet but give him a year to bulk up more and get in DMac's system and I think he could be a good player.
I will be beyond pi$$ed if CB transfers to South Florida
Im just glad I have Homan as my bodyguard, Eustachy joked. If I ever make it real big and get to drive a limo everyday, hell be driving it. I thought he came off the bench like somebody was stealing his cow or something.
I'm already excited for the season to start. I looked up the schedule yesterday to make sure I didn't work on any of the nights that we have a game. I'm ready for some good walking tacos ...the bball ones are better than the football ones.
I'm not ready to throw this season under the bus yet. Yes, we lost Taylor and it's going to hurt. However, I firmly believe that, whether it's Staigler or Haluska, we will be VASTLY better at SG this season. I didn't get much of a chance to watch us last year (stuck in Big XII South territory), but the stat line tells me that McIntosh only put up 4.4 PPG last year, so it's not going to take much for an improvement. I also seem to recall thinking that we didn't have anybody (Taylor included) who could penetrate and drive the lane last year, which we (theoretically) have in Garrett. Won't hurt to be able to have someone (Brackins) we can use to rotate with Clark, CJ, and Wesley
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This Week In Home Entertainment: Blue Jasmine, Machete Kills And More
If you were to have (or do have) a stack of Woody Allen films in your home and you were about to watch one with a group of friends, Blue Jasmine would not be at the top of the pile. In fact, it probably would be at or very near the body of the pile. Not because it lacks humor. Not because it lacks a decent cast or a well-written script. Blue Jasmine is a fine movie, with all of the necessary elements to earn it a few Oscar nods. Its also an uncomfortable one.
by Jessica Rawden January 21, 2014 comments
Exclusive Machete Kills In Memorium Clip Shows All The Deaths And More
Are you into Danny Trejos famous character Machete? We have some excellent exclusive clips to share with you, but they are both chock full of spoilers, so if you havent caught the film yet, you will be spoiled. Additionally, the clips are NSFW.
by Jessica Rawden January 20, 2014 comments
Machete Kills Will Fight Its Way Onto Blu-ray And DVD In January
Machete Kills was a sequel no one asked for, but that doesnt mean its the worst thing you could buy into. After all, Rodriguez was still on board to direct this time around, and a slew of famous faces also joined the cast. Soon, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is bringing Machete Kills onto Blu-ray and DVD on January 21.
by Jessica Rawden November 24, 2013 comments
Weekend Box Office: Gravity Holds Strong To Number One, Machete Gets The Ax
There was big continued pull on audiences from Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi thriller Gravity this weekend. After setting a record for the highest October opening last weekend, the movie held on strong, dropping just 20% and maintaining a death grip on the number one spot. Adding $44 million this weekend, it handily crossed the $100 million mark winding up at $123 million domestic and nearing the $200 million level internationally.
by Scott Gwin October 13, 2013 comments
Now Streaming: Netflix Instant Alternatives To Captain Phillips, A.C.O.D. And Machete Kills
Looking to Captain Phillips, ACOD, and Machete Kills for inspiration, we've pulled together a selection of inspiring biopics, wild family-comedies, and over-the-top action flicks.
by Kristy Puchko October 10, 2013 comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting Captain Phillips And Machete Kills Reviews
Feeling a little under the weather. Whatever Ebola-like virus Little Rotten Week was carrying around, well she shipped it in my direction. When this ends up being the contagion that takes down the planet, we can consider her patient zero. See you all when the chaos subsides. While we wait for the end of the world lets talk pirates and machetes
by Doug Norrie October 6, 2013 comments
Danny Trejo Is Coming At You In 3D In Machete Kills Trailer, Plus New Clips
Machete Kills has its titular anti-hero (Danny Trejo) recruited by the president (Charlie Sheen) to take down a deranged arms dealer (Mel Gibson), who has an army of super soldiersplayed by Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens, Antionio Banderas, A Better Lifes Demian Bichir, Cuba Gooding Jr, and Sofia Vergara as a brothel owner with lingerie that really bring a man to his knees.
by Kristy Puchko October 2, 2013 comments
Machete Kills' President Charlie Sheen Calls For Legal Marijuana And Nude Tuesdays
The above clip, via IndieWire, presents just a piece of the radical world that Danny Trejos titular character Machete calls home. The (hypothetical) President wants marijuana legalized, and also wants to incorporate Nude Tuesdays into the daily way of life. Aw shit yeah, right?
by Nick Venable September 30, 2013 comments
Mel Gibson Unleashes An Army Of Super Soldiers In New Machete Kills Red Band Trailer
A sequel to Rodriguez's 2010 film and based on a screenplay written by newcomer Kyle Ward, the new movie finds the titular hero (Danny Trejo) called upon by the President of the United States (Carlos Estevez a.k.a. Charlie Sheen) to help in a mission that will prevent a madman arms dealer down in Mexico (Mel Gibson) from launching a deadly missile into space.
by Eric Eisenberg September 17, 2013 comments
Machete Kills Shows Off Its Ridiculous Ensemble In Its Latest Poster
The film, scripted by Kyle Ward based on a story by Robert and Marcel Rodriguez, begins as Machete (Trejo) is called upon by the President of the United States (Sheen) for a dangerous mission. A psychotic arms dealer (Gibson) has set up shop down in Mexico, and the titular hero has to stop hime before he is able to launch a weapon into space.
by Eric Eisenberg September 6, 2013 comments
Fall Movie Preview: The Profit vs. Prestige Venn Diagram
Welcome to fall movie season, where it's all about awards bait if you look in one direction (hello, August: Osage County!) and all about oddball blockbusters if you look in another (happy to see you, Riddick). Like any other time for movie releases, autumn is all about what you make of it, whether that's catching the three-hour French drama about lesbians or counting down the days until The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. But if you want an advance look at which films are begging for awards and which are best paired with a giant tub of popcorn, look no further
by Katey Rich and Kristy Puchko September 4, 2013 comments
Machete Don't Tweet In New Machete Kills Trailer
Machete Kills is a very real movie, as crazy as that still seems. The unlikely sequel to the unlikely Machete, all based on a fake trailer for the unlikely Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino collaboration Grindhouse, Machete Kills brings back Danny Trejo as the titular fearless killer
by Katey Rich August 2, 2013 comments
Machete Kills Poster Gives Charlie Sheen A New Name, Declares Him As President
First announced to be part of the cast back in June of last year, "Estevez" will be playing the President of the United States in the upcoming Grindhouse thriller, which sees Danny Trejo return in the title role. The film sees the President and Machete forge an alliance in order to stop a psychotic weapons dealer (Mel Gibson) from launching a missile into space.
by Eric Eisenberg July 2, 2013 comments
Danny Trejo's Machete Kills And Jason Statham's Homefront Get Pushed Back
Based on a screenplay by Kyle Ward and based on a story written by Robert Rodriguez and Marcel Rodriguez, Machete Kills sees Danny Trejo return as the titular ex-Federale to stop a weapons dealer - played by Mel Gibson - from sending a missile into space. Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba will be reprising their roles from the last movie...
by Eric Eisenberg June 20, 2013 comments
Michelle Rodriguez Rocks A Bad-Ass Eye Patch In Machete Kills Poster
Rodriguez will play She in the sequel, which means (I suppose) that shes different from the character of Luz in the 2010 original. In true sequel fashion, is implementing the plan of escalation, pitting our hero (Danny Trejo) against an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has an elaborate global plan to take over the world.
by Sean O'Connell May 31, 2013 comments
Machete Kills Spanish Trailer Surprises With Off-The-Wall Cameos
I love the opening, with the President of the United States (Charlie Sheen!!) sparing Machete (Trejo) from the gallows because he has one mission only this killer can perform. And almost every image crammed into the new minute of edited footage screams Grindhouse, from the massive blades to the bodacious curves of Trejos various female co-stars.
by Sean O'Connell May 30, 2013 comments
Sofia Vergara Has Bullet-Spewing Boobs On Machete Kills Poster
Robert Rodriguez loves few things more than the combination of busty gals and guns. With Machete Kills, Rodriguez takes his love of blending sex appeal and violence to a bawdy new place. A new poster for Sofia Vergara's character reveals the brothel madame Desdemona busting out Fembot-style with a double-barreled machine gun bra.
by Kristy Puchko March 7, 2013 comments
Robert Rodriguez Sued For Allegedly Threatening A Rival Danny Trejo Action Movie
Danny Trejo was working as an actor long before Robert Rodriguez cast him as the knife-throwing badass Navajas in 1995's Desperado, but one also can't ignore what the director has done for his career. Not only has Rodriguez cast him in nearly all of his directorial efforts, but many of the films he has produced as well.
by Eric Eisenberg January 29, 2013 comments
Machete Kills Slicing Its Way To Theaters This September
It's pretty amazing that Robert Rodriguez was given the chance to actually make a sequel to 2010's Machete. Not only was the project born out of a flop - Grindhouse only making $25 million on a $67 million budget - but the first Machete didn't exactly blow the doors off of the box office, making only $26 million during its run.
by Eric Eisenberg January 15, 2013 comments
Machete Kills Producers Sue To Block Sequel's Release
Overnight Productions has filed a lawsuit against director Robert Rodriguez and his Quick Draw Productions in hopes of blocking the release of the sequel Machete Kills, which was picked up for distribution by Open Road last month. The dispute involves Texas tax-credit information, which Overnight claims they never received.
by Sean O'Connell November 21, 2012 comments
Spy Kid Alexa Vega All Grown Up In First Machete Kills Image
It was 11 years ago that Robert Rodriguez made 12-year-old child actress Alexa Vega a star by casting her as the pint-sized butt-kicker Carmen Cortez in the family-friendly action-comedy Spy Kids. But now, for their fifth collaboration, Rodriguez has given her a chance at a more mature role in Machete Kills. And from the first look of Vega as KillJoy, it's clear she's no longer the little girl we all remember.
by Kristy Puchko November 8, 2012 comments
Take A First Look At Amber Heard In Machete Kills
There are a number of beautiful women featured in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming sequel Machete Kills. Not only are Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba set to reprise their roles as Luz, and Sartana, respectively, they will be joined by the likes of Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Hudgens and Alexa Vega. Sadly only one of them could be featured in the first official still from the new movie, but it looks like Amber Heard won the lottery as her character Miss San Antonio.
by Eric Eisenberg October 18, 2012 comments
Lady Gaga Nabs A Role In Machete Kills, Character Poster Revealed
Robert Rodriguez has lined up some serious femme fatales for the upcoming Machete Kills. In addition to Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba, who will be reprising their roles as Luz and Sartana, respectively, the sequel also includes actresses like Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hedgens. Oh, and apparently Lady Gaga.
by Eric Eisenberg July 26, 2012 comments
Sneak Peek At Sofia Vergara In Machete Kills
For the sequel to his Grindhouse spin-off Machete, Machete Kills, director Robert Rodriguez has stuffed his cast with male stars who exude an unhinged sense of menace (Danny Trejo, Charlie Sheen, and Mel Gibson) and female stars who exude and unquestionable sex appeal like Jessica Alba, Amber Heard, and Sofia Vergara.
by Kristy Puchko July 5, 2012 comments
Charlie Sheen To Become The Most Powerful Man In The World... In Machete Kills
A direct sequel to 2010's Machete, Machete Kills features the return of Danny Trejo as the titular character, who finds himself teaming up with the U.S. government. As a freelance agent Trejo is sent into Mexico where he has been assigned to take out a ruthless weapons dealer (Mel Gibson) who threatens to launch a weapon into space. Also on board are Michelle Rodriguez, who returns as Luz, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Jessica Alba and Demian Bichir.
by Eric Eisenberg June 21, 2012 comments
Is Zoe Saldana Joining Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills?
Trejo spoke openly about the upcoming sequel Machete Kills, focusing primarily on the ladies his killer-for-hire will be able to romance. "Weve got Sofia Vergara, who is a star in her own right, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana and guess what? I get to kiss all of em.
by Sean O'Connell May 25, 2012 comments
Sofia Vergara Could Play A Leather-Clad Madame In Machete Kills
As Robert Rodriquez's Machete Kills nears its June start date, more and more compelling cast announcements are being made. The latest from Variety not only confirms rumors that Mel Gibson will play the evil arms dealer whose out of this world ambitions spurs the U.S. government to call on the help of Danny Trejo's titular Grindhouse badass, but also reveals Modern Family firecracker Sofia Vergara has entered talks to join the feature's growing group of femme fatales...
by Kristy Puchko May 4, 2012 comments
Amber Heard Signs On For A Role In Machete Kills
Amber Heard has taken a role in Machete Kills. In addition to the aforementioned actors, both Danny Trejo and Jessica Alba are attached to return as the titular Machete and Sartana, respectively. Heard will be playing an assassin codenamed Miss San Antonio, though the trade doesn't say which side she will be working for. The story of the film sees Machete agreeing to work with the U.S. government to help stop an evil arms dealer (Gibson) from launching a missile and causing massive chaos.
by Eric Eisenberg May 3, 2012 comments
Demian Bichir Joins Machete Kills And Trapped
Bichir will join to two thrilling new projects, one being William Friedkin's Trapped, and the other Robert Rodriguez's exploitation-inspired action feature Machete Kills. Sequel to the Danny Trejo-fronted Machete, this soon-to-shoot schlock-fest has the titular hero teaming up with the U.S. government
by Kristy Puchko May 3, 2012 comments
Michelle Rodriguez Down For Machete Kills And A Sixth Fast & Furious Movie
Those who stayed through the end credits of Lins Fast Five learned that Rodriguezs character, Letty, had not died (as Vin Diesels Dom has believed), and that she has become the latest target of Dwayne Johnsons relentless federal agent. The Fast series has transformed into a high-octane soap opera, so bringing a character like Letty back from the dead isnt much of a stretch. That and I always thought she fit well with the brash attitude of the burly franchise.
by Sean O'Connell May 1, 2012 comments
Mel Gibson Up For Role In Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills
It's fair to say even Rodriguez thinks this is stunt casting-- that's the whole grindhouse aesthetic, after all-- but is it a stunt worth doing? Sure Gibson is controversial pretty much no matter what, but he also seems kind of distracting, and maybe even a liability
by Katey Rich April 23, 2012 comments
Jessica Alba And Michelle Rodriguez On Board For Machete Sequel
Both characters make sense to return for the next adventure, though it's unclear where they might fit into the story, which finds Machete working with the U.S. government to take down a Mexican drug cartel leader. There are also still plans to round out the trilogy with Machete Kills Again
by Katey Rich April 18, 2012 comments
Machete Kills Artwork Finds Its Way Online
One of the most surprising news items of this week was that Robert Rodriguez had secured financing for Machete Kills, his sequel to the summer 2010 grindhouse feature Machete. According to the report, Rodriguez has teamed up with producer Alexander Rodnyansky and production is currently scheduled to begin in April. But if things aren't moving fast enough for you already, wait until you have a gander at this.
by Eric Eisenberg February 9, 2012 comments
Machete Sequel Gets Financing, Will Start Production In April
At the end of Machete, the Grindhouse follow-up from director Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker made a pretty lofty promise. The credits sequence told audiences that they could expect two sequels to the film called Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again. The reason I call it a lofty promise is because Grindhouse was fairly notorious for underperforming at the box office, as people didn't seem super excited to bring back the format.
by Eric Eisenberg February 6, 2012 comments
Danny Trejo Says Machete Sequel Has Already Been Written
At the end of Robert Rodriguez's Machete, the director made a pretty steep promise: multiple sequels. Had the film been more successful it wouldn't be an issue, but the fact is that the movie made
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MS 201 Commercial Marine Fisheries of Alabama. 2 hours.
Introduction to the biology, management, harvesting techniques, and processes of the commercially valuable species in the Gulf of Mexico.
MS 302 Coastal Geomorphology. 2 hours.
Study of coastlines and coastline features and the forces that actively shape and modify the entire coastal system. Features of coastlines around the world are studied; the Alabama coast serves as the field laboratory.
MS 304 Marine Geology (same as GEO 304). 4 hours.
Prerequisite: GEO 101.
Credit earned in this course may not be applied to the requirements of the biological sciences major or minor. Field sampling techniques, laboratory analysis of sediments, topography, sediments, and history of the world oceans.
MS 306 Marine Biology (same as BSC 306). 4 hours.
Prerequisites: BSC 114:115 or BSC 118, and BSC 116:117 or BSC 120.
Survey of the invertebrates, vertebrates, and marine plants as communities, with emphasis on local examples.
MS 321 Marine Technical Methods I (same as BSC 321). 2 hours.
Prerequisites: General physics, general chemistry, and 12 hours in a single science discipline.
MS 322 Marine Technical Methods II (same as BSC 322). 2 hours.
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Introduction to the physical factors that produce coastal region climates, with emphasis on the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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Prerequisites: BSC 114:115 or BSC 118, and BSC 116:117 or BSC 120.
Comparative study of the major marine invertebrate phyla, protozoa through protochordates. The focus is on their morphology, physiology, ecology, and phylogenetic relationships.
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Prerequisites: General chemistry, general physics, general biology, MATH 125 and BSC 385.
Study of the floral and faunal elements of various marine marsh communities. The interaction of physical and biological factors is emphasized. Field trips acquaint students with regional examples of marsh types.
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Prerequisites: General chemistry, general physics, general biology, MATH 125 and BSC 385.
Bioenergetics, community structure, population dynamics, predation, competition, and specialization in marine ecosystems.
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Prerequisite: BSC 373.
Study of coastal and pelagic birds with emphasis on ecology, taxonomy, and distribution.
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Review of ecological features, physical management policies for coastal communities, and a description of relevant federal and state programs.
MS 448 Introduction to Oceanography (same as BSC 448). 4 hours.
Prerequisites: General physics, general biology, and MATH 125.
A general introduction to the oceans, with emphasis on chemical, physical, and geological processes and their relation to biological systems.
MS 452 Marine Vertebrate Zoology (same as BSC 452). 4 hours.
Prerequisite: BSC 373 or BSC 400.
Systematics, zoogeography, and ecology of marine vertebrates.
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Reproduction, taxonomy, systematics, distribution, and ecology of the major marine plant groups.
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I'd like to know what happened to all the scientists that predicted we'd be totally out of oil and gas by 1980 in the 70s. I wonder if that was a fake report? ERC
US Army defines Christian ministry as 'domestic hate group'http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/14/us-army-defines-christian-ministry-as-domestic-hate-group/
Thanks D the D,I am glad that's the case.
Illegal code hidden from view on the Obamacare website .... unbelievable! watch this(it's pretty short). It's very revealing as to the type of government we currently have : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOk0vOup4yA
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http://mmajunkie.com Vitor Vianna is the 50th opponent of Alexander Shlemenko's professional career, and he feels like he can fight another 100.
But the Russian said he's still improving, and nothing brought that into focus better than a loss to current Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard.
"Hector showed me weaknesses that I had, and all this time, I worked really hard to improve myself," Shlemenko recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).
Shlemenko (42-7 MMA, 6-1 BFC) vs. Vianna (12-1-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC) takes co-main-event status at Bellator 57, which takes place Saturday at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada. The event's main card airs live at a special time of 7 p.m. ET/PT on MTV2 (and in high-definition on EPIX) while preliminary-card action streams on Spike.com.
Shlemenko feels he's jumped a bigger hurdle to get a rematch with Lombard in Bellator's season-five tournament. He's thus far finished Zelg Galesic (first-round submission) and Brian Rogers (second-round TKO) to earn a ticket to the finals.
But it's the absence of previous tournament standouts Bryan Baker and Jared Hess, who both lost bids for the top, that tells him how serious things are.
"The new fighters are stronger," he said.
It was Vianna, in fact, who put away Baker in the tournament semifinals by first-round TKO after a narrow split-decision win over Sam Alvey. But regardless of the talent assembled for the eight-man competition, Shlemenko still believes the biggest challenge lies ahead.
"Our current tournament is like a preparation for me," he said. "I know that if I win it again, I will fight Hector again and beat him this time."
The two fought 13 months prior in the finals of Bellator's season-two tournament, and though Shlemenko went the distance with the champ, he ultimately fell short on all three judges' scorecards. The loss has stayed with him ever since.
"My loss to Hector Lombard made me a better fighter," Shlemenko said. "I know I have to get a win to get the chance to fight Hector again."
Since winning the season-one middleweight tournament, Lombard has dominated the Bellator field with four consecutive victories, including a title defense over Shlemenko. In 10 days, he fights veteran Trevor Prangley at Bellator 58 in a non-title catchweight bout.
Many fans have rolled eyes at the prevalence of non-title bouts for champions, and very recently, Bellator light-heavyweight champ Christian M'Pumbu lost one to journeyman Travis Wiuff. Lombard, meanwhile, is a persistent topic of interest when it comes to middleweights who could make an impact in the UFC.
But if Shlemenko has something to say about it, Lombard will be the one working his way back up. For now, there's one last stop before he shows his improvement.
He's only a year or five away from fight No. 100.
"It's too early to say anything," Shlemenko said. "I will be able to show what I've become after my next fight with Hector."
For more on Bellator 57, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Report on Vilm meeting on "Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Reduction. Shaping a new agenda."
Report by Joost Brouwer, CEM member, The Netherlands
The meeting in Vilm, organised by the Bundesamt fúr Naturschutz, was the fourth in a series on linking nature conservation and poverty reduction. Out of that series has emerged a Steering Group on Linking Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction. The previous meeting focussed on economic aspects.
The objectives of this meeting, with 16 participants from 6 continents, were to:
- provide input for the new Strategic Plan of the CBD, in relation also to the still to be defined post-2010 targets
- develop a workplan or road map for further linking biodiversity and poverty reduction
- exchange information and foster networking and cooperation.
Based on e-mail exchanges before the meeting, part of my input consisted of concerns and suggestions from IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management, the Ramsar Bureau, CMS/AEWA and Wetlands International.
I also drew attention to information from the Ecological Society of Amercia and the World Bank. The Ecological Society of America recently issued a draft policy on four main mechanisms to encourage decision makers to account for the environmental costs of growth:
• Internalize externalities
• Create mechanisms for sustaining ecosystem services
• Enhance decision makers' capacity to predict environmental impacts
• Manage for resilient ecosystems.
To download the statement click here.
The World Bank is focussing on an ecosystem-based approach to meeting climate change. Click here for more information.
Main conclusions from the workshop:
- CBD needs to spend more effort in getting on-side parties that are not by nature greatly interested in biodiversity.
- For that it is necessary that the CBD starts from the point of view and the interests of those parties, which are often related to (short-term) economic advantage.
- All stakeholders should be involved in a meaningful way as early as possible in the process of biodiversity conservation, wise use and equitable access, so that any projects will be joint projects and not 'unilateral' CBD projects.
- To engage all stakeholders effectively CBD will also have to develop more tools, including
* a tool to operationalise the Ecosystem Approach
* tools to make economics more green and reflective of the immediate and long-term values of natural resources (e.g. follow example of Costa Rica)
* guidelines for development of better NBSAPs (National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans).
- The CBD should link with existing initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals.
It will be of interest as well that the CBD is setting up a (meta) database on information relevant to biodiversity conservation, and possibly also wise use and equitable access. If biodiversity losses are to be assessed baseline information needs to be collected and made available.
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The task of reading Guatemala's bones
|Amnesty International
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|15 November 2012
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|Amnesty International, The task of reading Guatemala's bones, 15 November 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/50a60f202.html [accessed 1 June 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Fredy Peccerelli, a Guatemalan forensic anthropologist, is standing in front of a table slightly bigger than himself and covered with a blue cloth.
Two of his colleagues (a man and a woman, both just like Fredy dressed in white aprons and latex gloves) are holding brown paper bags from which they are taking bones and placing them on the table, forming the outline of a skeleton.
A few minutes later, the table draped in blue bears a human skeleton, which Fredy looks at quietly and calmly.
He walks around the table, studies it, picks up a bone here or there to take a closer look.
"This person suffered a great deal of violence but it was not intended to kill them; these are the signs of torture," he says.
Freddy is the founder and director of the Guatemalan Foundation of Forensic Anthropology (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala) and very little seems to scare him.
He is speaking from his laboratory in Guatemala City, one of the few in Latin America that has been accredited to conduct genetic studies aimed at identifying the remains of the victims of the disappearances and massacres that took place during the armed conflict that rocked the Central American country from 1960 to 1996.
The organization, founded in 1997, has now exhumed 1,450 graves, discovered the remains of 6,500 victims and testified in a number of the trials that are being held in Guatemala.
The bones tell a story
The foundation's experts organize the work into a number of stages.
First, they contact the victims' families to find out what they know (where the person was last seen, for example) and to obtain a biological profile (sex, age, size and any other special physical characteristics).
This information is then cross-referenced with the findings of the forensic anthropologists the people who are looking for, exhuming and recovering the human remains.
In some cases, the bodies are found within the communities themselves. In others, they are in cemeteries, buried as "NN" ("no name"), or in mass graves in military camps or elsewhere.
"The forensic archaeologists are experts in finding bodies. My forensic archaeology teacher told me, Fredy, if you want to leave your mark on this world, dig a hole because the soil has taken millions of years to compact to how it is today and when we make a hole there is absolutely no way we can put it back as it was with all the separate strata," explains Fredy.
Once the remains have been recovered, the work continues in the laboratory, where expert teams analyse each bone, focusing on the trauma it presents, looking for signs of bullets or blows and fractures in order to determine if the person died of natural causes or as a result of violence.
Genetic samples are then taken from the remains and cross-checked with a database of the victim's relatives.
Success lies in finding a match.
After all this the moment comes to inform the family telling a father, mother, brother or son that these are his or her relative's bones and that this is all that remains of their loved one.
"In March this year, I went to see the sister of Hugo Navarro (a social activist who disappeared in 1984) and I told her, We've found your brother, we have his body'. I was quite pleased with all the information I was giving her but then she turned to me and said, Thank you, and my son? He disappeared as well, haven't you found him?' I fell apart. I thought we'd achieved something great, and perhaps it was, but it wasn't everything."
From Brooklyn to the forests of Guatemala
Fredy fell into forensic anthropology almost by chance.
His family moved to Brooklyn, New York, in November 1980 to escape the threats that his father captain of the weightlifting team that represented Guatemala in the 1980 Moscow Olympics had been receiving because of his alleged sympathies with communism.
Fredy says that he grew up in a vacuum, with little interest in Guatemala, the country that had forced them to leave. Some years later, he enrolled at City University and met forensic anthropologists Karen Ramey Burns and Clyde Snow. They offered him the opportunity to return to his country and join a new team of forensic anthropologists who were beginning to look for the remains of the victims of massacres and the thousands of people who had disappeared.
Two months later, in 1995, with the Guatemalan conflict still in full swing, Fredy who was only 24 years old joined a group of forensic anthropologists who were travelling to the village of Cuarto Pueblo, in Ixcán, on the border with Mexico, where they were tasked with excavating until they found the remains of 424 community members who had been assassinated by the military.
"The guides warned us not to stray from the path as the area was mined. At that point I was wondering what I'd let myself in for. Direct from Brooklyn to the jungle. But it was so moving to interview 50 families and listen to what they had seen and how they had really lived; that was something that destroyed me."
"See that post there," they told him. "They grabbed the children by their hands and feet and smashed their heads against the post, that's where they killed them." All the while, on the other side of the town, he could hear the sounds of a conflict that would not end for another several months.
6,060 years
Fredy warns against those who refer to the crimes he investigates as "crimes of the past".
"A person who is the victim of an enforced disappearance remains disappeared until the day they are found," he says.
Having conducted 400 investigations and found the remains of 3,000 people, the foundation has only seen three cases go to court.
But, as Fredy explains, each has been an historic event in a country where even the current president is being challenged for his role in abuses when he was a member of the Kaibiles, a special unit of the Guatemalan Army.
In August 2011, a team of forensic anthropologists, including Fredy, testified against four soldiers accused of being involved in a massacre of 250 people in the northern town of Dos Erres in 1982. Each of the soldiers was sentenced to over 6,000 years in prison (30 years for each of the 201 murder victims identified in the trial and 30 years more for crimes against humanity).
But Fredy has paid a price for his involvement in that trial.
Four days after the sentencing, on 8 August 2011, he received a note that read: "Son of a bitch. You're going to pay for each of those 6,050 years that our people are suffering because of you. We're not going to just watch you anymore, we're going to do you in, like the rest."
Since then, Fredy has rarely been seen alone. Four uniformed police officers guard his office and laboratory. Two travel with him in an armoured car and two accompany his wife and two small children constantly.
Numerous human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have contacted the Guatemalan government demanding an investigation into the threats and a guarantee that Fredy and other activists will be protected.
"The way I see it, these threats are a sign of our success because the people who are doing these things feel that justice is reaching them and they want to find a way to stop the process. But the process cannot be stopped by doing anything to me or the institution; this is a process of the families, of Guatemalan justice. It is a process that started 20 years ago. A threat is not going to stop this process now."
What motivates you to continue?
"I can't describe how it feels when you sit down with a family to tell them you've found their loved one, or what this does. The other day I was talking to the wife of an activist who disappeared and whose remains were found in November. Since then she's been another person, completely different. She looks younger, the weight has lifted from her eyes; it has changed her life knowing what happened, recovering the body; it has united the family."
"I'm not trying to save anyone, I'm trying to tell history through science, through remains, through bullets, through evidence; we are trying to interpret the cruelty that was unleashed against these people," says Fredy from his laboratory, where bones really do talk.


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In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here. More than 1.1 million Ohioans have requested absentee ballots.
Secretary of State Jon Husted appealed an early voting ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling by the appeals court said all Ohioans must be allowed to vote on the three days before Election Day. Previously, only military personnel and their families were allowed. The appeals court ruling also passed the final decision on whether voting should be allowed during those three days to the county boards of elections and Husted.
Husted also sent out a directive Thursday telling board of elections employees that they can only notify absentee voters about mistakes on their ballots through first-class mail. Previously, email and phone notifications were allowed.
Rev. Jesse Jackson was in Cincinnati yesterday in part to criticize Husted and other Republicans. Jackson accused Ohio's state government of engaging in voter suppression. The reverend's claims have some merit. In moments of perhaps too much honesty, Republican aides have cited racial politics as a reason for opposing the expansion of in-person early voting. In an email to The Columbus Dispatch published on Aug. 19, Doug Preisse, close adviser to Gov. John Kasich, said, "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."
In a new video, Josh Mandel, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, dodged answering a question about whether he would support the auto bailout for five straight minutes.
More preliminary data for Ohio's schools and school districts will be released next week. The data gives insight into how Ohio's education system is holding up.
The Ohio Board of Education also promised to pursue the state auditor's recommendation of making the student information database in-house, which Auditor Dave Yost says could save $430,000 a year.
"We are holding our own feet to the fire," promised Bob McDonald, CEO of Procter & Gamble, at P&G's annual meeting. The Cincinnati-based company had a rocky year, and the harsh questions at the meeting reflected the troubles. McDonald promises he has a plan for growth.
In response to last week's Taser report, local police departments haven't done much.
President Barack Obama and opponent Mitt Romney were in
Ohio yesterday. Obama drew significant crowds at Ohio State University,
while Romney drew a new chant of "four more weeks." Ohio is considered a must-win for Romney, but Obama is currently up by 0.8 points in the state.
A new report from the left-leaning Urban Institute says Obamacare will lower health care costs for small businesses and have minimal impact on large businesses. But another report says Obamacare will raise costs for mid-size businesses.
A new ad shows that the presidential election has probably jumped the shark:
Josh Mandel avoided directly answering a question about the auto bailout for five straight minutes during a recent meeting with the Youngstown Vindicator editorial board.
In a video released today by Democrats, Mandel, the Republican opponent to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown for Ohio's U.S. senate seat, says he would have "trouble" voting in favor of the federal bailout of Chrysler and General Motors. He cites the case of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout.
But Mandel, who is also Ohio's treasurer, refused to give a straight answer on whether he would vote for or against the bailout. After five minutes of phrasing the question in different ways, the Vindicator editorial board gave up in clear exasperation.
Mandel had a similar encounter with a WDTN reporter in August. In that encounter, Mandel refused to give a straight answer to the same question. After the reporter pressed the question, Mandel smiled and quipped, "Great seeing you."
But the dodgy encounters are not Mandel's only problem with the media. Media outlets, including CityBeat, have also criticized Mandel for his dishonest campaign tactics. Cleveland's The Plain Dealer gave Mandel the "Pants on Fire" crown for Mandel's consistently poor scoring on PolitiFact Ohio.
Mandel is currently down in aggregate polling by 4.8 points.
The video of Mandel dodging the Vindicator editorial board's questions can be seen here:
"Dealing in this state, for example, you think so much about
the painful days in the deep South — the overt schemes to deny the right to
vote," Jackson said on Tuesday, the last day to register to vote in Ohio.
"We saw Ohio as a kind of beacon of light, the beacon of hope once we ran across the river coming north. This year we've seen Ohio and Pennsylvania take the lead in trying to purge voters and suppress the vote to determine the outcome."
Jackson's comments came on the same day Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the Six Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to allow early in-person voting on the three days before Election Day.
The three days had previously only applied to military personnel and their families.
Republicans like Husted have cited cost as the reason to not allow in-person voting on the three days before the election. But in an Aug. 19 email to The Columbus Dispatch, Franklin County Republican Party chairman Doug Preisse said "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."
Pennsylvania, meanwhile, tried to require voters take a photo ID with them into the polls. A state judge blocked the law from going into effect for the 2012 election.
Jackson said restrictions as to who can vote when and where undermine the purpose of democracy.
"Open access, free, transparent voting makes democracy real," he said.
Flanked by a tapestry portraying President Barack Obama, Jackson touted the president's accomplishments in his first term and urged those assembled to give him a second.
Jackson was in Toledo Oct. 5 pushing early voting. He said he was in Cincinnati because "Ohio matters" and he saw it as a way to penetrate Appalachia because "poverty is not just a black problem."
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted will appeal a ruling that expanded voting during the three days before Election Day to all Ohioans. If the appeal is approved, the early voting issue will be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Friday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democrats when it said voting during the weekend and Monday before Election Day must include all Ohioans. Previously, the three early voting days only applied to military personnel and their families.
The appeals court ruling passed the final decision behind the three voting days to the county boards of elections and Husted. Unless Husted enacts uniform rules like he has done in the past, boards of elections will decide whether voting will still take place on those days. If there is a tie vote, Husted will be the tie breaker.
In a statement, Husted hinted at setting uniform rules if the appeal is unsuccessful: "Since some boards of elections have already started to take action on hours of operation for the three days before Election Day, I am going to take time to consult with all 88 counties before crafting a directive to set uniform hours should the state not be successful upon appeal."
In the past, Husted argued voting procedures should ideally be "locked down" months before Election Day. But with this appeal to the Supreme Court, the rules will remain up in the air.
Ohio Republicans have repeatedly blocked any expansion of in-person early voting, citing racial politics and costs. Doug Preisse, close adviser to Gov. John Kasich and chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party, said in an email to The Columbus Dispatch on Aug. 19, "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine." Black voters tend to favor Democrats by big margins.
Today is the last day to register to vote, and in-person early voting is underway. Register to vote and vote at your nearest board of election, which can be located here.
Hamilton County commissioners agree on not raising the sales tax. That effectively rules out two of three plans laid out by the county administrator. The one plan left would not cut public safety, but it would make cuts to the courts, criminal justice system, administrative departments, commissioner departments and the board of elections.It seems other news outlets are now scrutinizing online schools. A Reuters report pointed out state officials — including some in Ohio — are not happy with results from e-schools. Even Barbara Dreyer, CEO of the e-school company Connections Academy, told Reuters she's disappointed with performance at e-schools. A CityBeat look into e-schools in August found similarly disappointing results.
Ohio Democrats are asking federal and state officials for
an investigation into Murray Energy, the Ohio-based coal company that
has been accused of coercing employees into contributing to Republican
political campaigns. In the statement calling for action, Ohio
Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said, "Thanks to this report,
now we know why coal workers and miners have lent themselves to the
rallies, ads, and political contributions. They've been afraid."
Councilman Chris Seelbach is following up on information obtained during public safety meetings. The most consistent concerns Seelbach heard were worries about loitering and young people breaking curfew.
The state auditor says the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) could save $430,000 a year if it moved its student information database in-house. Current law prohibits ODE from having access to the data for privacy reasons, but State Auditor Dave Yost says it's unnecessary and "wastes time and money."
It seems Duke Energy is quickly integrating into its recent merger with Progress Energy. The company's information technology, nuclear and energy-supply departments are fully staffed and functional.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is renovating and restoring the Art Academy on the building's west side.
It might not feel like it sometimes, but parking in Cincinnati is still pretty cheap.
Scientific research is increasingly pointing to lead as an explanation for people's crazy grandparents. Research indicates even small programs cleaning up lead contamination can have massive economic and education returns.
Kings Island is selling off pieces of the Son of Beast. The troubled roller coaster was torn down after years of being shut down.
The "Jeopardy!" Ohio Online Test is today. If you're ever on the show, give a shout-out to CityBeat.
The Ohio Democratic Party is asking both state and federal prosecutors to look into allegations that a major coal company is coercing its employees to donate to political causes against their will.
The ODP on Monday sent letters to U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven Dettelbach and Acting Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty asking them to launch a criminal investigation into Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation.
The letters allege that Murray Energy "may have engaged in a pattern of illegal activity, extorting millions in financial contributions from employees and vendors for Republican candidates running for public office."
Murray Energy fired back in a Monday statement, saying the allegations "are simply an attempt to silence Murray Energy and its owners from supporting their coal mining employees and families by speaking out against President Barack Obama's well known and documented War on Coal."
The allegations stem from an Oct. 4 investigation by left-leaning magazine The New Republic.
The article is based on the accounts of two anonymous former Murray managers and a review of letters and memos to Murray employees. It suggests that employees are pressured into making donations to Republican candidates and contributing to the company's Political Action Committee.
"There's a lot of coercion," one of the sources told the magazine. "I just want to work, but you feel this constant pressure that, if you don't contribute, your job's at stake."
ODP Chairman Chris Redfern told reporters during a conference call that party research found that Ohio political candidates — including all current statewide officeholders — had received almost $750,000 from Murray Energy, its subsidiaries and employees.
Neither Dettelbach or McGinty returned CityBeat calls for comment on any pending investigations.
Murray Energy in its statement called The New Republic biased and radically liberal. The company's characterization in the article is incorrect and untruthful, according to the statement.
Murray had previously come under fire when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a campaign event at one of its mines. Some workers claim they were pulled out of the mine early when it closed for the event and forced to attend without pay.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here. Tomorrow is also the last day to register to vote.
A federal appeals court upheld the decision to allow in-person early voting for everyone during the three days prior to the election. The decision comes as a big win to President Barack Obama's campaign, which filed a lawsuit to restore in-person early voting on the weekend and Monday before Election Day. Republicans in the state have repeatedly pushed against expanded early voting, citing racial politics and costs. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted said Friday he will decide what to do with the ruling after the weekend. The court ruling means Husted could close down all boards of election on the three days before Election day, eliminating early voting for everyone — including military voters. If Husted doesn't act, individual county boards of election will decide whether to stay open or closed.
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners is discussing the budget today. It has a few options, but all of them involve cuts.
A recently released audit by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) found the private prison sold to the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has some serious problems. The prison only met 66.7 percent of Ohio's standards, and 47 violations were found. CCA says it's working with ODRC to resolve the problems. The news mostly confirmed the findings of CityBeat's in-depth look into private prisons.
Schools responded to the state auditor's recent report that found five school districts were scrubbing data and the Ohio Department of Education did not have enough safeguards. The five school districts generally objected, saying they did not purposely alter any data provided to the state.
Humana will be hiring for 200 full-time jobs in Greater Cincinnati.
The University of Cincinnati is turning up its search for a new president this week. First up for consideration: Provost and Interim President Santa Ono.
The Associated Press says Cincinnati is a changed city thanks to recent development funding.
There will be a bar crawl to support the Anna Louise Inn on Oct. 13. The bar crawl, hosted by Ohioans United to Protect Abused Women, will last from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets will be sold for $10 with all proceeds going to the Anna Louise Inn. Participating bars will be Milton's Prospect Hill Tavern, Neon's, The Drinkery, MOTR, JAPS and Arnold's Bar.
Mayor Mark Mallory challenged San Francisco's mayor to a chili cook-off to benefit the city that wins the Reds-Giants playoffs. Mallory touted some fighting words in a statement announcing the friendly bet: "I sure hope San Francisco Chili is as good as Mayor Lee says it is, that way it raises lots of money for Cincinnati's youth, after the Reds send the Giants packing in the first round."
Meet the chair of the U.S. House Science Committee's panel on investigations and oversight. He says evolution and the big bang theory are "lies straight from the pit of Hell."
UPDATE: Secretary of State Jon Husted said he will make a decision about what to do with the court's ruling after the weekend. It is possible Husted could decide to keep all polling booths closed on the three days. While the court ruling makes it so boards of election can't allow only military voters to vote on the weekend and Monday before Election Day, it does give boards of election the choice to close down on the three days. Husted could decide to open or close all boards of election on the days with uniform policy like he's done in the past. Such policy could eliminate those three voting days for everyone, including military voters.
The Republican-controlled state government appealed the original ruling after a federal judge ruled in favor of President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democrats and expanded in-person early voting to include the three extra days. The appeals court's ruling upholds the previous decision.
In the past few months, Republicans have insisted early voting should not be expanded further due to racial politics and cost concerns. That prompted Obama and the Democrats to take the state government to court, much to the dismay of local Republicans that voiced concerns about the lawsuit making voting lines too long for military voters.
With this appeal, Republicans are now running out of options for blocking expanded in-person early voting. Previously, Husted sent directives to county boards of election to not listen to the initial ruling, but Husted quickly backed down when the federal judge involved in the ruling called him to court.
"When we publicly started supporting Obama, we did have a lot of fans that were upset about that and just thought, 'you should keep your political opinions to yourself,' " lead singer Matt Berninger told reporters before their Thursday GottaVote concert sponsored by the Obama campaign.
"And I actually totally understand that and in many ways almost agree. I don't want to be preached to by the Rock bands that I like."The band drew a mixed crowd of 750 people to the intimate show at The Emery Theater on Thursday. The concert's purpose was to encourage attendees to vote for Obama in the Nov. 6 election and encourage Cincinnatians to take advantage of Ohio's early voting.
[Photo gallery: The National plays in Cincinnati Oct. 4]
CityBeat staff writer Andy Brownfield contributed to this report.
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent in September — the lowest jobless rate in nearly four years. The country added 114,000 jobs during the month, and labor participation actually rose with 418,000 people joining the labor force. Jobs numbers for July and August were also revised upward, indicating that the summer's economy was not as weak as previously estimated. Unlike previous reports that were mired with dropping labor participation rates and job additions below expectations, this report paints a generally rosy picture of a recovering economy.
A new report found Ohio-based Murray Energy might be coercing employees into making campaign contributions to Republicans. It seems Bob Murray, Murray Energy's CEO, directly encourages employees to make donations through memos and strong language. As a result, the company has an unusually high amount of donations to Republican candidates, including senatorial candidate Josh Mandel, presidential candidate Mitt Romney and House Speaker John Boehner. The company's PAC and staffers are the sixth biggest source of funding for Mandel.By their own admission, Republicans misrepresented Issue 2. The good news is they have agreed to stop using some of the misleading language. If Issue 2 is approved by voters, it will give redistricting powers to an independent citizens commission. Currently, elected officials redraw the district boundaries, and they use the system in politically advantageous ways. The Republican majority redrew the First Congressional District, which includes Cincinnati to include Warren County, which places less emphasis on urban voters that typically vote Democrat and more emphasis on rural voters that typically vote Republican. CityBeat previously covered redistricting and Voters First's reform here.
The state auditor gave a mixed review to Ohio's schools and education department yesterday. In an interim report, the auditor criticized a handful of school districts for scrubbing attendance reports and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) for having poor oversight. ODE promised "additional safeguards" in response to the report.Gov. John Kasich is continuing his privatization campaign. The governor is finally close to leasing the Ohio Turnpike, and he says that could raise more than $1 billion.
It turns out Kasich's number about Ohio's auto industry losing 500 jobs might be correct, but only because of the time frame and terms Kasich used. In general, the auto industry in Ohio has improved since 2009.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is leading the charge, but it's only the beginning. A few movies are taking advantage of the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit, which is meant to bring film production to Ohio. Seven films will be filmed in Ohio: Underdogs, Crooked Tree, Blood of Redemption, The Tribunal, A Dog Named Suki, In Other Words and The Do Over. Since the tax credit began, the Ohio Film Office has helped employ more than 19,000 Ohioans and added nearly $205 million to Ohio's economy.
Some in the aerospace business want southwest Ohio to take bigger advantage of the area's strong aerospace industry and make it stronger.
A survey found Ohio is among the 25 best states for entrepreneurs. The state moved up 18 spots — from No. 40 to No. 22 — in the past year.
Update on Ohio Supreme Court candidate William O'Neill's demands for Justice Robert Cupp to "recuse or refuse" due to campaign donations: Mark Weaver, Cupp's spokesperson, responded, saying, "Mr. O'Neill previously raised this argument with disciplinary authorities by filing a complaint. It was reviewed by disciplinary authorities, and they unanimously dismissed it as having no merit."
An Eden Park microbrewery got approval from City Council.
A study found students enrolled in parents' health care plans are 5.7 percent more likely to attend college full time. The finding is good news for Obamacare, which forces insurance companies to allow sons and daughters to stay on family insurance plans until they turn 26.
Robot sea turtles might soon carry cargo in their shells.


text: Hi Casenote and welcome to the guild. As far as I know there is isn't an easy method to erosion and river making....it's lots of small incremental steps. I've got FT Pro and Wilbur and I'm still struggling with trying to replicate some of the great maps here with superb rivers. You've got the two best tutorials I've found (and the Israh tutorial gives you a lot of others to look at). No one button press silver bullet I'm afraid (at least that I know of).