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HAVANA A decision by Cuba's Roman Catholic cardinal to call police in to remove dissidents occupying a church has sparked an uncomfortable debate about the institution's role on this Communist-run island at the worst possible moment: just 10 days ahead of a high-profile visit by Pope Benedict XVI.
Cuban opposition leaders who had kept their distance from the 13 little-known protesters holed up in the Church of Charity since Tuesday nonetheless denounced the move by Cardinal Jaime Ortega to oust them, saying Friday it was a black mark for a church that ought to protect human and political rights.
The criticism was joined by human rights officials and some exiles, though others acknowledged the dissidents put church leaders in a tough spot. Religious experts noted the eviction of the occupiers was not unprecedented, with police called in just last month to remove protesters from a camp outside St. Paul's cathedral in London, and Occupy Wall Street protesters removed from a church in New York last year.
The 13 Cuban dissidents were removed from the church in Central Havana at 9:30 p.m. Thursday by some 60 unarmed officers, who took them to a nearby police station, fingerprinted them and issued a formal warning before sending them home. The church said in a statement that it had secured a promise from the government not to prosecute the dissidents for their action.
The group initially demanded an audience with the pope during his March 26-28 visit, then asked that he mediate a list of demands on their behalf, including establishing a transitional government to end a half-century of Communist rule under Fidel and Raul Castro.
The church said the dissidents were evicted peacefully in an operation that took less than 10 minutes, an account verified by local residents interviewed by The Associated Press on Friday, but vehemently disputed by at least one occupier.
"The church is lying, " Fred Calderon said in a telephone interview. "It wasn't peaceful. They removed us with violence and shoving."
The Vatican stood by Ortega in a terse statement from Rome.
"We approved of the position of the cardinal and the diocese," said Rev. Federico Lombardi, a spokesman for the Holy See. "I have nothing else to add."
Back in Cuba, many dissidents who had questioned their colleagues' tactics expressed outrage at Ortega's decision, as well as charges by the dissidents that they were denied food for nearly 48 hours.
Well-known blogger Yoani Sanchez tweeted that it was "an embarrassing night" for the church. Elizardo Sanchez, a de facto spokesman for the dissidents and proponent of human rights who is no relation to Yoani, said he was stunned by the cardinal's decision: "I thought they were going to look for other alternatives, like dialogue or mediation."
Ortega's role has been the subject of intense debate in Cuba. Some praise the 75-year-old cardinal for carving out a space for the church in a Communist country that in the past was openly hostile, and for personally mediating with President Castro in 2010 to secure the release of dozens of political prisoners.
Others say Ortega is passive and has grown too close to the government, which considers the dissidents mercenaries and common criminals paid by Washington to stir up trouble. The government had no comment on the raid, but pro-government blogs blamed the dissidents and accused exiles of having a hand in the occupation.
In Miami, filmmaker and political commentator Joe Cardona said the church's decision to call the police was "horrific but not surprising."
"People in Cuba are turning to the church for protection, and the church is turning its back on them because it puts a damper on the pope's visit," said Cardona, a Cuban-American who opposes the U.S. economic embargo on the island.


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I had fun wandering around the streets of Kobe, especially the shopping and the entertainment areas. It was nice to see a different view - something new! I have to go up and down the steps of too many overpasses. I did a lot of walking. My family were tired, so I did it on my own. I left them in one place sitting, so I moved my feet with my camera just to ease my curiosity. Enter a narrow street and out with a different one taking photos of what I thought looks interesting. Suddenly, I don't remember where I left them. And we lost touch. I couldn't find the landmark that I have to remember. It's been almost an hour that I was away. I know they were worrying because I told them I will be back in few minutes, and it did not happen. After going back up to the overpass to see if I can find them from above, there is really no trace. So, what else can I do, go down the stairs and start walking again. And finally, I found them....(or they found me?)......on the street walking to try find me, hehe.
I was tired but I enjoyed my adventure. It is an experience I can never forget. My stay in Kobe - though it was brief - gave me the idea that it is a busy city although you will notice on the photo I posted above that no people around the statue standing alone on the sidestreet. Neverthesless, I will give you some hints on how the city looks like. Please spend little time checking information and tips I have here. Come along, it will take few minutes.
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hmmm, I'll bet your family was VERY glad to see you again!
You've been around Japan...hope I'll see Kobe someday..My grandpa lived in Osaka.
I was in Kobe, too for an Emergency Management training...
Thanks for the great tips and photos! Except for the famous beef, I didn't know much about Kobe before viewing your page. Looks like an artistic and bustling city! Best from New Jersey, Bill
Interesting statues, arts, culture - even the manhole cover. Kobe looks like a great place to visit.
Interesting page Freddie = a far cry from little Glencraig :) I haven't a clue about your statue but it looks different like the manhole covers!
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Skip to comments.Doyline evacuation extended; 6M pounds of black powder to be moved (LA)
Posted on 12/03/2012 6:53:01 AM PST by bgill
CAMP MINDEN, LA (KSLA) - Authorities now believe they're dealing with more than 6 million pounds of M6 powder at Camp Minden.
Original estimates had the stockpile officials say was improperly stored on property leased by Explo Systems, Inc. at 1 million pounds.
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smoking lamp IS NOT lit
No tap dancing.
"...smokeless black powder..."
Say what?
Anyone know what this powder is? "Smokeless Black Powder" seems a bit of a stretch.
Explo indeed
86.1% Nitrocellulose
9.9% Dinitrotoluene
3% Dibutylphtalate
1% Diphenylamine
Reading another article it's guncotton, not black powder.
Send it to Washington. Maybe it will help close the money pit.
Remember 'reporters' ain't the brightest of God's creatures.
After all, in his eyes all powder is black and modern powder is smokeless. Ergo, Smokeless Black Powder.
I did not see anything that told me when the powder was first stored. My guess is some of it has been there since WWll and is smokeless.
6,000,000 pounds is a hell of a lot of powder, smokeless or black powder.
Everybody tiptoe quietly away . . . far, far away . . . after putting your extra socks on over your shoes . . . .
So, only about 10-60 belly dumps. What's the bog deal? Those union boys will get rid of that stuff in a jiffy. /s
Do you know what the equivalent commercial powder would be?
They use to manufacture and maybe still do for some special purposes what what was call bulk smokeless that had black powder burn rate and pressures. There are black powder substitutes that are used in muzzle loading arms that are basically the same burning rate of black but are really more smokeless.
9.9% Dinitrotoluene
3% Dibutylphtalate
1% Diphenylamine
That is just one of the many formulations for ordinary smokeless powder.
It is black because it has been coated with a fine layer of graphite to reduce the effects of static electricity. This is classified as a propellant and not an explosive.
Ignorant reporter, nothing more.
Maybe we well get lucky and they well surplus it out.
From the article, 1 million lbs equiv to about 27, 18 wheel tractor trailer loads or about 108 loads total. Looks like it is all stored outside in Supersacks.
Owners are in South Korea.
I did find a reference to it and it appears to be military grade powder, not black powder. I am not sure what it is used for though.
Or they'll just load it onto CSX railcars, leave it in a railyard, chase the trainspotters off and threaten them with lawsuits for snapping pictures of railcars, and let about a month go by before saying "Well, you see, the railcars were broken into and we were busy chasing off the railfans instead of securing the railcars.."
But at least those criminal camera carying railfans were chased off good! /sarc*
*Based off a real event.
From the link:
M-6 and M-6+2.-M-6 and M-6+2 propellant designations equate to the SPDN and SPDF (respectively) descriptions previously provided. These designations are used to describe the propellants used in 76-mm ammunition. The +2 refers to a 2% mixture of potassium sulfate.
SPDN.- SPDN is a diphenylamine-stabilized smokeless powder to which nonvolatile materials are added to reduce the' hydroscopic tendencies of the propellant. The N stands for nonhygroscopic.
SPD.- SPD is a single-base smokeless powder stabilized with diphenylamine.
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I have used the black powder substitutes in muzzle loaders and am quite familiar with them and this is not one of them. The substitutes are basically black powder with substitutions of other chemicals for the sulfur.
Hard to clean, somewhat corrosive and quite frankly the lack of a large fragrant cloud is a real bummer compared to the real thing.
4831 all over again:)
76mm ammunition!? For what? An M4 Sherman tank?
Surely this stuff hasn't been there since WWII.
I prefer Pyrodex because I am used to it and it doesn't leave me covered in goo the way real black powder does and is easier to get, black powder is limited in production, however the new substitutes are a lot cleaner. Be that as it may, Pyrodex is the number one substitute used by most muzzle loader shooters.
"Surely this stuff hasnt been there since WWII."
Possible. Dangerous because there is so much of it and it is stored where the sun can heat it which may cause deterioration which can lead to spontaneous combustion which in a 6 million pound pile of this stuff may lead to more than a large fast fire or may not.
Actually the Sherman used a short barreled, low velocity 75M. The British took the Sherman and ripped out the 75 and replaced it with a long barreled 76 MM and they called the tank the Firefly. The new(for then)M24 light tank also had a 75 MM but was a long barreled high velocity gun. The M41 Bulldog that replaced the M24 had a high velocity 76 MM.
No reason for pointing this out except I sometimes like to show off, the older I get the more often the urge crops up. :)
Actually there were quite a number of Shermans built with the U.S. 76mm gun, as opposed to the British 76.2mm / 17 pounder used in the Firefly.
I found the black powder substitutes easier to clean then Black powder.
Then one could shoot a savage like I do and use smokeless for a substitute and can go 50 60rounds at least with out the worry of cleaning or that sinky large foul smelling cloud of smoke.
After sandia did the evaluation and investigation on the Iowa 16 inch gun accident long ago..... we went out to our range and disposed of the 20,000 plus pounds of the powder left over.
Each grain / pellet of powder for the old 16 inch guns was the size of a 8 gauge shotgun shell.....
Layed it out in a looooooong snake like pattern and tossed a couple of thermite grenades into the pile left at one end......
Bubbled the paint off the tailgate of the truck we tossed the grenades from before we could get away it went so fast and so hot.
Streams of powder were about a foot wide and 6 inches deep. But almost a mile long spirialing circle on our range.
You would have easily seen the results from your office. Quite the smoke and heat event on the backside of the manzanos and our butts as we left ate fast as our truck would run.....
Hot hot hot hoooot....
It was one of many, hold my beer , watch this moments in a long career in EOD .....
Maybe you can get Slim to rub some salve on yer butt as you ain't getting any help from me!
Was that before or after the AF tried to burn the East Mountains down?
I often wondered why they didn't put a 76 MM in the M24 since by that time they knew our 75 wasn't much good against the Mark V and Mark VI, and the M24 was supposed to be a tank killer(as originally visualized) with their high speed used for a getaway after firing.
Side note: Most of the Shermans used in Korea also had 75 MM tubes still in use and were slaughtered by the upgraded T34s the North Koreans and Chinese used. Fortunately we had the M26 and later the M46 tanks in play by then.
So you're saying you'd like to do the same with 6E6# of powder?
Maybe not.
After...thems wuz PJ's trainees that done burnt yer side of the Manzanos....
We neve let a fire off our range. Amazing what a few ford 350 dulies doing doughnuts over a grass fire can do to put said fire out.
Drifting and fire fighting EOD style....
Why won't Eaker rub burn ointment on our butts anymore ? You make him mad ?......:o)
Stay Safe ya'll....nite !
I recently switched back to black powder from modern powder and I was amazed that it was so easy to clean up. I use it in a cartridge rifle and after the shooting session I simply poured 4 cups of water down the barrel and dried it and it was squeaky clean. 30 seconds to clean. No 132.00 per gallon Hoppes, just cold tap water. What a pleasure.
I am experimenting with .45-70 loads now that use filler and if what I am hearing is true, the filler will go a long way to keeping the barrel unfouled. I may go to a .45-90 later on and use the additional room for filler and a nice plug of lube.
You are right catridge arms are easer to clean then muzzle loaders.
I still shoot smokeless loads in my 45-70s.
I been using tripple 7 in my non smokeless muzzle loades cleans very easy to.
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LOS ANGELES - Virginia women's tennis first-year Julia Elbaba (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) came up short in her bid to win the first major championship in school history, falling to No. 3 seed Lauren Embree of Florida 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's final at the Riviera Country Club.
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Welcome to Dries Visser Safaris
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Well known and respected Outfitter Dries Visser Safaris is based in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and a mere 40 minutes north of Thabazimbi. This region, called "The Bushveld of South Africa" is absolutely the top hunting area in the country and caters annually for the highest quality game and trophy hunting. We are honoured to play a major role in this most exclusive hunting paradise of South Africa.
Dries Visser Safaris was established in 1990, after Dries Visser Sr had successfully developed one of the most spectacular Private Game Ranches in Thabazimbi, South Africa – Citadel.
Today Dries Visser Jr – who grew up on the hunting reserve and gained experience from an early age hunting with his father – is the main driving force behind this hunting outfit. He is also a highly skilled hunter who strives to ensure that each and every hunter returns home successful in accordance with his well-known motto "dedicated to exceed your expectations".
The goal of Dries Visser Safaris is to combine hunting experience and dedication with the art of hunting, with personal care and attention to provide hunters with an experience of a lifetime. This is done by hunting the best concessions with high quality trophy animals, in addition to the skill and experience of hand-picked professional hunters in guiding clients to harvest the best trophies.
The Dries Visser Safaris staff – amongst the best in the industry – consists of highly trained and experienced professional hunters, trackers, skinners and camp staff, who share the goals of the company and strive to adhere to the high standards of service and excellence.
Dries Visser Safaris realises the long-term responsibility toward conservation in general and to their own concessions in particular. A strict game management plan is maintained, to ensure that good quality trophies are taken consistently.
Dries Visser Safaris have been hunting with rifle hunters since 1990. We are dedicated to cater for each and every hunter's needs, no matter the age or country of origin.
We started hunting with European hunters when Dries Snr. started the outfit. In the early 1990's we moved our focus to the USA market and have been very successful. We have also conducted many rifle hunting safaris in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, with great trophies. We still focus on rifle hunting but at the same time we specialise in bow hunting on separate concessions.
Dries Visser Safaris has specialised in Bow Hunting since 1995. For almost 20 years they have catered for hundreds of bowhunters, and fast became one, if not the largest bowhunting outfitter in South Africa. Their bowhunting concessions are some of the finest "Archery Friendly" areas you will find in Africa today, and are used exclusively for bowhunting, with an abundance of game. Many different species can be hunted from blinds or tree stands, making this a bowhunter's paradise!
Today Dries Visser Safaris is proud to be a respected member of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA), Safari Club International and Dallas Safari Club. Clients hunting with Dries Visser Safaris can be sure of a legal and ethical safari.
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My wife and I just completed our third trip of a lifetime with Dries Visser Safaris. The accommodations ,food, staff , PH , quantity and quality of game were up to the excellent standards that we have experienced on each trip. Anyone thinking of going to Africa and who to go with, I just can't say enough good things about Dries Visser Safaris. I guess the fact that I have just completed my third trip with them says it all. Just do it!
From the moment I was picked up at the airport until I was dropped back off, Dries Visser Safaris made my dream of an African safari a reality. The staff is great, the PH's are fantastic, the trackers are unreal in their skill. I enjoyed the plains game portion of my hunt with my PH Willem almost as much as the excitement of the archery cape buffalo hunt. The game was plentiful and trophy class. Absolutely an outfit to hunt with time and time again.
What an amazing 7 days my daughter and I experienced during our first vacation to South Africa. The beautiful camp with very friendly staff and PH's greeted us on arrival. During our week of hunting my PH, Johan, explained all about the animals we were seeing – the habits, and how to determine a trophy class animal. The quantity and quality of big game animals surpassed my high expectations. Looking forward to returning for another hunt, this time, bringing my other daughter.
I just returned from my second Safari with DVS. My second experience was even better than my first a feat hard to accomplish! My long time friend/PH Hein and I worked hard day/night to hunt true trophy species on my list. Results were 9 arrows, 9 animals none lost. DVS does everything feasible to make your experience one of a lifetime. From airport pick up to drop off and everything in between, DVS would be tough to beat. Will be back again!
After several years and over 28 days of searching for lion my son and I continued our adventure to the Kalahari Desert.Being used to a long hike, as a result of our previous excursions, we were guilty of not paying as close attention to business. A movement of the bushes and an undeniable growl unmistakably shouted to us "I am here and you are too close". Fortunately, our opponent was similarly surprised having been awakened from a warming nap. His actions allowed us to calm our trepidation and harvest the majestic creature after a 10 year journey.
Emerson Bloomfield, my good friend and hunting companion, drew back his bow and prepared to shoot a Jackal,shocked to see that that his brand new PSE had come flying apart at the shot. Thankfully he brought a back up bow, a 30 year old PSE affectionately known as "Trusty Rusty". After a slow start Emerson, William, and Trusty Rusty went on a bender, going on to take 8 one shot kills in 8 straight days. Every shot was a pass through and half died within sight of the blind. Some of Emerson's favorites were his zebra, gemsbok, red hartebeest, and nyala.I also had a great hunt and was thrilled to be guided by the world famous Hein Lottering. Together, Emerson and I harvested 18 animals in 14 days. What a hunt! We want to thank Dries Visser Jr. and Dave Kidder for putting this hunt together for us. I also want to thank Dries Visser Sr. for helping me track down my sable. What a thrill to see this legend work a track.
My wife and I went on safari with Dries this year (our first),and had a great time. I was able to get 8 different trophies in 7 days.Dolf, my PH, was great! He kept the whole hunt fun andeducational plus he is a bow hunter so he knew what hewas doing.The trackers were unbelievable and of course I neededthem.I would recommend this hunt to any bow hunter, bringalong your family even if they don't hunt, the food andamenities are exceptional.Thanks to Dries and the crew I have memories and trophiesto tell my grandson and friends. Thanks again
I had the great pleasure of hunting with Dries Visser Safaris in 2010 and had a remarkable experience.


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Fabulous little book.
I got completely immersed in the world of the Lacks, and had many a crying moment at various points throughout the book.
The science was just enough to explain it, but the real focus was on Henrietta and her family.
Loved it :)
A fascinating book about the woman whose cancer cells revolutionized modern medicine. This book is equal parts biography, biology, medical history, and social commentary. I found it fascinating. It explains the science of the HeLa cells in layman's terms, details the complicated and sometimes sad lives of the Lacks family with honestly and compassion, discusses the history of institutionalized, widespread racism in medicine, and explains the evolution of medical ethics. It is a page-turner for anyone interested in medical history, the role of racism in medicine, HeLa cells, or bio-ethics. I highly recommend.
This is my favorite book of all times!!!!
The tenacious author and the daughter of the most famous (but unknown) woman in medical research set out on a remarkable journey to discover the true story of the life and death of Henrietta Lacks - whose biopsied cervical cancer cells sparked a medical research revolution, a multi-million dollar industry, and a medical ethics debate that will probably be raging for decades (but hopefully not centuries) to come.
Skloot does a great job of explaining the science and remaining mostly "invisible", while never forgetting that she is telling a story of real people with real feelings.
Reviewing non-fiction books is sometimes tough because they are based on facts and you cannot argue with facts. You can't criticize character development because these are real people with real struggles. You can't criticize the plot because this is real life. So I'm going to try to be brief and put emphasis on how important I feel this book is.
Full review at Joie des Livres
Skloot narrates the science lucidly, tracks the racial politics of medicine thoughtfully and tells the Lacks family's often painful history with grace. She also confronts the spookiness of the cells themselves, intrepidly crossing into the spiritual plane on which the family has come to understand their mother's continued presence in the world. Science writing is often just about "the facts." Skloot's book, her first, is far deeper, braver and more wonderful.
I put down Rebecca Skloot's first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," more than once. Ten times, probably. Once to poke the fire. Once to silence a pinging BlackBerry. And eight times to chase my wife and assorted visitors around the house, to tell them I was holding one of the most graceful and moving nonfiction books I've read in a very long time.
Writing with a novelist's artistry, a biologist's expertise, and the zeal of an investigative reporter, Skloot tells a truly astonishing story of racism and poverty, science and conscience, spirituality and family, all driven by a galvanizing inquiry into the sanctity of the body and the very nature of the life force.
Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in a "colored" hospital ward in Baltimore in 1951. She would have gone forever unnoticed by the outside world if not for the dime-sized slice of her tumor sent to a lab for research eight months earlier. ...
Skloot, a science writer, has been fascinated with Lacks since she first took a biology class at age 16. As she went on to earn a degree in the subject, she yearned to know more about the woman, anonymous for years, who was responsible for those ubiquitous cells....
Skloot tells a rich, resonant tale of modern science, the wonders it can perform and how easily it can exploit society's most vulnerable people.
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November 9th, 2011 (9:00 PM). Edited November 10th, 2011 by Nate VonGrimm.
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I'm having a problem with my script.
Every I try to use it as a level script, I don't get the results I should see in XSE when pasting the maps offset script into it.
This is the script that I'm trying to use:
#org $testmovementscript
message $whereami
boxset 6
applymovement 0xFF $huh
pausemove 0x0
message $whatisthat
boxset 6
applymovement 0xFF $runup
pause 0x30
setvar 0x5000 0x0001
#org $whereami
$whereami =Where am I?
#org $huh
#raw 0x56
#raw 0xFE
#org $whatisthat
$whatisthat =What is that?
#org $runup
#raw 0x36
#raw 0xFE
(I'm using Pokescript)
When I decompile the map offset in XSE (Level Script toggled), this is what I get:
#org 0x6B20
#raw 0x0
I have repeated all the steps over and over again but still end up with this result and my game crashing every time.
I have removed all maps scripts so this is the only one on it.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated!
I figured out what my problem was, When copying the map script offset, I was copying the double '00' at the beginning of the offset.
Level scripts works perfectly now. Thank you for a great tut!
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By punching countless holes on paper with a pin, these maps created depict whimsical representations of real locations—one of them shows a Brooklyn neighborhood hidden on the moon, while the other is of Berlin as a spiderweb.
There is a tactile quality to the maps that makes you want to reach out and touch them—these definitely give a new meaning to "pinning maps".
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Michael Moore praises Megyn Kelly for 'frightening' Donald Trump
'God Bless Megyn Kelly'
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The referendum on whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom may offer Scots a "third way" option of greater financial freedom without leaving the Union.
SNP leader gets new economic powers and is told that Westminster will not place obstacles in way of referendum
Condoleezza Rice has revealed that she shouted at President George Bush and banned him from returning to Washington to run the country in the chaotic few hours following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
A team of archaeologists have unearthed five chamber tombs at Ayia Sotira, a cemetery in the Nemea Valley in Greece, just a few hours walk from the ancient city of Mycenae. The tombs date from 1350 – 1200 BC, the era in which Mycenae thrived as a major centre of Greek civilization.
Left-wingers fall out over 'fabricated' encounter in Venice
Jury takes just 45 minutes to decide that 'bomb plot' was little more than a fantasy
One from the heart, with humour amid the hectoring
The documentary film-maker Michael Moore – who has made a fortune out of attacking America's obsession with guns, its health care system and the Iraq war – is not a man to hold his tongue and doff his cap. In fact, far from holding his tongue he has proceeded to bite the hand that feeds and attacked his own studio bosses.


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crazy that that poll has like 4x as many votes as the others.
This is a discussion on POLL! Vote "YES" for overturning a passed mag cap in CO! within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Magpul is also asking people to do this on FB! Keep fighting so this doesn't happen in your state! Opinion Polls - The Denver Post...
Magpul is also asking people to do this on FB!
Keep fighting so this doesn't happen in your state!
Opinion Polls - The Denver Post
crazy that that poll has like 4x as many votes as the others.
Already hit this one. I think Rock and Glock had this one running yesterday.
EDIT: Denver Post Poll: Please Vote!
Wait a few hours, it will let you vote again.
"If you make something idiot proof, someone will make a better idiot."
- Anon
I like a Poll where I don't have to give my email addy to participate.
I'm just a spoke in the wheel but not a big deal.
America...a Constitutional Republic. NOT a democracy as the liberals would have us believe.
PANTS UP DON'T LOOT!!....A Kentucky Rifle behind EVERY BLADE OF GRASS!!
You know that look women give you when they want some sugar? Me neither
I voted, but, unless the mag bans becomes federal law,we don't have that to worry about that in our state,thankfully
61.8 yes, 37.9 no, 4:30 PM Eastern Standard, Saturday
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Already voted twice so far. The top pick earlier to day was to vote FOR overturning the ban.
The supporters of the ban are taking it in the chops, HeHeHeHe!
I would rather die with good men than hide with cowards
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Chevalier Blondin
To walk across the gorge at Niagara Falls once seems foolhardy, to do it 17 times seems like madness. Yet this was only one of Blondin's impressive feats on the high wire.
Chevalier Blondin made his name crossing Niagara Gorge on a tightrope for the first time on 30 June 1859 on a rope 50 metres (160 feet) above the water, nearly half a kilometre (over quarter of a mile) long and just 7.5cm (three inches) in diameter. He had wanted to cross at the falls a kilometre upstream but the owner, fearing an accident, refused permission.
Blondin made several more crossings of Niagara, each one more daring than the last. He crossed it blindfold, pushing a wheelbarrow; once he carried a stove, stopped half way across and cooked himself an omelette, another time he crossed on stilts. In August 1859 he crossed the gorge with his manager Harry Colcord on his back.
According to legend Colcord claimed that the trip was truly terrifying with broken guy ropes causing the rope to swing violently and Colcord had to dismount half way across.
In 1860 the Prince of Wales watched Blondin cross Niagara Gorge. He was asked if he would like to be carried on Blondin's back for the return journey. He refused.
Blondin was born Jean Francçois Gravelet in France in 1824. He took the name Blondin from the owner of the circus in which he first worked. At the age of six his father, himself a tightrope-walker, sent him to the famous École de Gymnase in Lyon. He began performing at a young age and was known as 'The Little Wonder'.
He travelled with the Ravel family of acrobats to America, appearing in New York as part of the American circus impresario Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth.
Blondin appeared in the UK in 1861 at the Crystal Palace. Here he walked on a tightrope across the Centre Transept 55 metres (180 feet) above a concrete floor. His five year old daughter sat in a wheelbarrow, scattering rose petals on the crowd below. The press and audience were aghast at such obvious danger to a child and the Home Secretary intervened to stop him repeating the performance. Blondin altered his act to cook an omelette, turn somersaults and stilt walk across the rope instead.
Blondin was by now a very highly paid entertainer guaranteed to pull in the crowds. He was paid the enormous sum of £1,200 for twelve performances at the Crystal Palace. These were the talks of London and Charles Dickens proclaimed: 'Half of London is here eager for some dreadful accident'.
Blondin toured to other venues around the country and was met by vast crowds in Birmingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Liverpool (where he pushed a lion strapped into his wheelbarrow across the tightrope, a feat which nearly ended in disaster when a guy rope became entangled around the barrow).
Performing until he was in his 70s he later developed a cycling act on the tightrope. He died in his villa at Northfields, Ealing in 1897, aged 75.


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On Wednesday, Herb Wesson's City Council Committee approved the city's gift of $4.7 million to developer Hal Katersky and his Pacifica Ventures company to build an office building at 1601 N. Vine St. in Hollywood, ignoring specific allegations of fraud against the people involving $1.45 million and whitewashing all the other problems linked to this troubling project.
This project is the poster child for all that's wrong with the Community Redevelopment Agency and why it should be abolished. And more than that, it provides a window into the depths of City Hall's corruption and why the city's leadership has failed and must be replaced.
Attorney Richard MacNaughton and other Hollywood activists have dug deep into the record of the "Vinegate Scandal" and turned up the smoking gun: A CRA appraisal of the property for $4.08 million — $1.7 million lower than the developer's own appraisal. CRA staff agreed to pay the developer's asking price of $5.45 million in 2006 without ever telling the Board of Commissioners or the City Council of the lower appraisal.
The Council has put the project on its agenda more than a dozen times and once again it is on the agenda today but is expected to delay action until next week, allowing time for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich to determine whether the Council itself would become complicit in fraud if it knowingly approves the project without a full and thorough independent investigation of the evidence that has been revealed.
Activists have called on District Attorney Steve Cooley and the FBI to conduct a criminal investigation and MacNaughton drafted after Wesson's committee approved the deal what amounts to a bill of indictment for submission to the City Council.
With Jan Perry absent and Richard Alarcon ducking out just before the vote, Wesson, Tony Cardenas and Ed Reyes buried the past misdeeds as the fault of former CRA staffers, including the agency's former head Cecilia Estalano.
They then green-lighted the project based solely on Katersky's assertion that he is an innocent victim of CRA incompetence and his unequivocal denial of all allegations that have surfaced during the last eight months of controversy.
He insisted he is the still owner and operator of his runaway film production studio in Albuquerque despite bankruptcy proceedings and has no pending lawsuits against him, going so far as to assert there is not a single judgment against him or his firm among 30 lawsuits that have been filed.
Wesson's Housing, Economic and Community Development Committee took him at his word, choosing instead to only question in the end whether the CRA had improved its policies.
You can listen to Katersky's comments at the end of the hearing when questioned by Cardenas (Katersky-CRA.mp3) and listen to the full hearing here.
MacNaughton's 13-page letter (MacNaughton2-23.pdf) to committee members, backed by various documents, begins under the heading "Council May Not Turn a Blind Eye To Fraud," saying:
"Although this committee and the City Council itself are not the forums to conduct criminal investigations, when presented with proof of the elements of criminal conduct, the council may not turn away and say, "I do not want to deal with that." By approving the deal, the committee has ratified the wrongdoing."
"The Committee has not taken the time to review the documentation and the committee has undertaken no investigation. Asking the alleged perpetrators or their successors to provide evidence of their guilt seldom produces incriminating evidence. In this case, however, the citizens have forced the CRA to admit that in 2006 it withheld from the CRA Commission and from City Council the existence of the CRA $4 appraisal. The balance of the CRA's January 2011 and February 2011 reports are at
best worthless and often misleading."
He then goes on to examine Katersky's role in flipping the property from Steve Ullman to the CRA, suggesting the developer's statements to the committee were "evasive and disingenuous" based on documents at the time of the 2006 sale.
He cites bankruptcy records for the Albuquerque Studios and other court records involving Katersky in past and pending lawsuit to question his veracity.
"Rather than voting to give a multi-million deal to a man who could not be forthright even today, the committee had the duty to call for a criminal investigation," MacNaughton concluded.
"Rather than obtaining answers, the committee ratified the prior and current wrongdoing. The best that can be said for a Committee member is that he had a conscious ignorance of the facts."
It has never been explained why this deal for an office building in a glutted office space market in Hollywood was ever worth one dime of the public's money or how luring a couple of small entertainment companies from Burbank or Santa Monica will do anything to stimulate the regional economy.
It has never been explained why key documents disappeared, why procedures were violated, why former staffers were never interviewed about what really happened.
All we know is that Council President Eric Garcetti wants this project bad enough to risk his reputation on it and that whatever the Council President wants, he gets from other Council members — or else.
This is not a system of laws that serve the public interest but a system of back room deals that serve private interests.


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I have a 1999 Grand Caravan and when the temperature dips below 22 deg., the van will stall while in motion. I lose all power. This once happened on an interstate while in the middle lane and was quite frightening. It will start back up in neutral.
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FLISOL: A Continent (and more) of Free and Open Source Software Celebration: April 9th
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FLISOL, the Latin American Festival of (Free and) Open Source Software Installation will be celebrated throughout Latin America and the Caribbean this Saturday, April 9th, 2011, typically between 0900 and 1800 hours (9 A.M. and 6 P.M. for Microsoft users), but you should check your local dates and times on the FLISOL website.
For the past months I have been receiving emails, tweets, Facebook event notices, and many other types of communication about this event, and it has been overwhelming. It is one thing when a large organization puts on an event, with sponsorship and money behind it, and it is another when passionate people band together to push forth an idea.
Many cities in every country of Latin America, including Cuba and the Dominican Republic, are banding together on April 9th to install Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and educate people on its use. Amazingly, Spain seems to have "jumped the pond" and is proudly organizing its own FLISOL meetings on the same day.
Sometimes the events are small, with the stress on installation, and sometimes the events are larger and include talks on various aspects of FOSS. Sometimes there are enough sponsors to offer pizza to people, but if not you can always bring your own pizza and share it!
Often the events offer the end user a choice of different distributions, including a "local" distribution that is tailored to the local community or local language.
Many times there is the addition of Free Culture along with Free Software, and the mingling of academic, artistic, business, governmental and social groups is encouraged.
As I look at the main website (in Spanish, but Google Translate is our friend), then click on the various countries and cities. I see names of people, some of whom I have met and others I feel that I would like to meet, but all passionate about helping others use FOSS.
If you have been thinking about FOSS, or are just disgusted with closed source software, take a few hours to investigate FLISOL. Better yet, back up the data on your system, and take your system to a FLISOL event to have FOSS installed.
If you would like to join in, it is not too late. If you know FOSS already, join to help, or even just talk to people. You may have so much fun that you will decide to put on a FLISOL event in your own city next year.
And to all of you who are working to make FLISOL a success, my admiration, thanks and best wishes.
Carpe Diem!
Thanks for this article!Hey, Mr. Hall,
I just wanted to thank you for promoting this event. I'm involved with LinuxCabal, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and we're doing much more than an installFest.
We're having workshops and talks about FOSS and having spagguetti for the attendants.
And, also, I wanted to let you know that Libre = Free.
Festival + Latinoamericano + Software + Libre
Festival + Latinamerican + Software + Free-as-in-freedom
Thank you, once again, for this article!
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