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The 5 Craziest Ways Adults Got Banned from Youth Sports
#2. Busting Up a Pint-Size Gambling Ring
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From Super Bowl pools to March Madness brackets, putting money on sports is generally considered harmless fun, but that's not always the case. Take the Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes, for example. You've heard of them, right? Of course not, because they're a Pee Wee League football team.
You'd think the wagering action surrounding a bunch of kids who can barely be trusted to wipe their noses or tie their own shoes would be minimal. After all, if they can't handle basic life functions, they probably won't fare any better with play-action passes.
"No! Off of the jet sweep! Their Mike froze; work to the flat! How can you not get this!?!"
That was of no concern to Brandon Bivins. He was the coach of the Hurricanes. He also billed himself as the team "president," because what youth sports team doesn't have one of those? Apparently the job doesn't pay nearly as well as the title implies, because Bivins supplemented his income by setting up a massive gambling ring that took wagers on the outcome of the same Pee Wee League games he was coaching.
These weren't minor bets, either. An 18-month investigation nicknamed Operation Dirty Play conducted by the South Florida sheriff's department uncovered evidence of bets as high as $20,000 on some games. Bets for the championship game reached $100,000. You can see lots of that cash changing hands in this video:
As if gambling on youth games wasn't bad enough, it turns out most of those arrested also happened to be league coaches.
Oh, and convicted felons! Brandon Bivins alone had eight felony convictions for offenses ranging from assault to cocaine possession prior to taking on the responsibility of molding the running backs and defensive ends of the future. Of the 10 people arrested in connection with the ring, only three had no prior convictions.
Betting on sports is usually as close as you can get to a victimless crime, but when a team of criminals start depending on the athletic prowess of children to make them money, it's probably in your best interest to keep your gambling activity limited to the office knockout pool.
#1. Does Coaching Girls' Basketball Make You a Sexpert?
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One of the cool things about coaching is that you get to pass along your skills and impart world-weary knowledge to a new generation of athletes. Most coaches will tell you that's only half the story. There's also all the valuable life lessons you gain by working with your young charges. If that's the case, certainly no one's ever claimed to have learned more than Rich Township Central High School girls' basketball coach Bryan Craig.
Craig, who also worked as the school's guidance counselor, penned a sex self-help book not at all creepily titled It's Her Fault, based on insight culled from his close proximity to female high school athletes.
Bryan Craig
#3 in Books > Advice > Seriously? > Are You Sure? > Even Ironically ...
If you take a "Look Inside" over at Amazon, where the book is currently for sale, Craig uses the foreword to explain where some of his expertise comes from:
"I coach girls basketball, work in an office where I am the only male counselor, and am responsible for roughly 425 high school students a year, about half of whom are females. Suffice it to say, I have spent a considerable amount of time around, and with, the fairer sex."
Sure, but what exactly does a lifetime of coaching girls' basketball teach you about sex? Well, there's a section about how vaginal warmth correlates with a female's race and ethnicity. That's a conversation starter you likely won't see in a sex book that's not written by a high school basketball coach. So that's a selling point. There's also a section on why "Latin women have more children."
"Answer: Me. Right, ladies?"
The most terrifying moment for parents, though, comes in the form of this helpful advice:
"The easiest kill for a man is through the young lady with low self-esteem."
That's your high school guidance counselor and girls' basketball coach, ladies and gentlemen.
In addition to his general theories, Craig is not shy about revealing his own vulnerabilities: "Even though I feel I'm beyond the highest caliber of men, I still have a weakness for cleavage and camel toe." He's so sensitive!
"Hmmm, I can just see 'em now ..."
If there's any good news for Craig, it's that despite receiving reviews that describe the book as "Vile, sexist, almost amusingly ridiculous trash" and "Very poorly written and highly inflammatory," his Amazon rating is a fairly decent two-and-a-half stars.
On the unfortunate flip side of that good news, the school board was less impressed with his turn as an author, admonishing him for his lack of good judgment and professionalism before firing him from his coaching and guidance counselor positions.
So is that the last we'll hear of the self-proclaimed sexpert? His attorney claims that Craig's First Amendment rights were violated and has filed a million-dollar lawsuit against the school district over his dismissal. If that doesn't work, he can always start working on a sequel.
Which should probably be a legal book with advice for people who used his first book.
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Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:
Florida - Southern Miami Area
© 2002, © 2016 by Paul Freeman. Revised 8/26/16.
This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu.
Please consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & operation of this site.
Brown's Airport / Aero Country Club (revised 3/31/13) - Chapman Field (revised 6/11/13) - Homestead Municipal Airport (revised 1/31/16) - Richmond NAS (revised 8/26/16)
Homestead Municipal Airport, Homestead, FL
25.475, -80.465 (Southwest of Miami, FL)
A circa 1940s photo of 4 Delta Air Corps Huff-Dalend crop-dusters at Homestead Municipal Airport.
According to the book "Homestead, Florida: From Railroad Boom to Sonic Boom",
"Homestead Municipal Airport was completed in December 1935."
The earliest depiction which has been located of Homestead Municipal Airport
was a circa 1940s photo of 4 Delta Air Corps Huff-Dalend crop-dusters.
A circa 1940s photo of farmer Ernest Neal, pilot / CAA inspector / crop-dusting company owner George Eicher and pilot Victor Grisanti in front of a biplane at Homestead Municipal Airport.
The 1950 USGS topo map depicted Homestead Municipal Airport as having 2 runways.
The last photo which is available showing Homestead Municipal Airport was a 11/29/50 aerial view,
which depicted it as having 3 unpaved runways, with several light aircraft parked around some small buildings on the northwest & southwest corners.
A 1952 aerial photo showed Homestead Municipal Airport in a similar fashion.
According to the book "Homestead, Florida: From Railroad Boom to Sonic Boom",
"The Homestead Municipal Airport was officially closed in 1952,
but some use continued for a time, as evidenced by photos taken by Marlow Jacobsen."
The only aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Homestead Municipal Airport was on the January 1953 Miami Sectional Chart.
It depicted Homestead Municipal Airport as having a 2,800' unpaved runway,
The last depiction which is available of Homestead Municipal Airport was on the 1958 USGS topo map.
According to the website of the Homestead Rodeo (courtesy of Robert Wyman),
"The current rodeo arena was first used in 1958 & was dedicated as Tom Harris Field in 1960.
It sits on grounds of what was once the old Homestead City Airport."
The last depiction which has been located of Homestead Municipal Airport was on the 1964 USGS topo map.
Homestead Municipal Airport was evidently closed at some point between 1964-69,
as a 1969 aerial photo showed a newly-constructed North Homestead Boulevard passing through the airport site.
A 2014 aerial view did not appear to show any trace at the site of Homestead Municipal Airport.
The site of Homestead Municipal Airport is located south of the intersection of Campbell Drive & North Homestead Boulevard.
Thanks to Alex Price for pointing out this airfield.
Brown's Airport / Aero County Club, Kendall, FL
25.67 North / 80.31 West (Southwest of Downtown Miami, FL)
Brown Airport, as depicted on the 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
Brown's Airport was a small general aviation airfield located in the south Miami community of Kendall.
It was apparently established at some point between 1942-43,
as it was not yet depicted at all on a 1940 aerial view
nor on the June 1942 17M Regional Aeronautical Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of Brown's Airport which has been located
was on the 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It was depicted as a commercial airport.
Gene Neill recalled, "I'm probably one of the only few living souls who learned how to fly at Browns.
I took my first lessons at age 12, in 1943.
I started out in a J2 Cub - no brakes, no tail wheel & a 40 hp Continental engine.
When they got in a couple of J3s & moved me up to them, I thought I was a real fighter pilot!
What a great pity it is that Browns & Tamiami - and others like them - have been plowed under in the name of progress!"
A 5/21/43 aerial view looking east from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock)
Brown Field as consisting of a single east/west grass runway, with a hangar with a large number of light aircraft on the northwest side.
The April 1944 U.S. Army & Navy Directory of airfields (courtesy of Joe Benson)
described Brown's Airport as having a 2,000' unpaved runway.
The 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described Brown Field
as a 40 acre T-shaped property having 3 rock, sand, and sod runways, the longest being a 1,980' east/west strip.
The field was said to have 2 hangars, the largest being a 100' x 75' wood structure.
The airport was described as being owned & operated by private interests.
The 1945 Haire Publishing Company Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy)
described Brown Airport as having 3 turf runways, and listed the manager as W. W. Brown.
The 1950 USGS topo map depicted Browns Airport as a T-shaped outline with 2 small buildings along the northwest side.
Note how undeveloped the surrounding area was.
The 1952 Aviation Week Airport Directory (according to Brian Rehwinkel)
described Brown's Airport as having a single 2,000 foot unpaved runway.
Al Stiles recalled, "I flew from Brown's airport as a passenger in the early 1950s.
The pilot, Al Oselski or Aselski was a friend of my dad's & worked with him at FP&L's plant at Cutler."
A 4/7/52 USDA aerial photo (courtesy of the University of FL Smathers Libraries Online Library, via Brian Rehwinkel)
showed the airfield to consist of an east/west open grass landing area.
A dozen small planes were visible on the field,
which also had a few small hangars & other buildings.
Bruce Leary recalled, "When I was 11 years old [1953] my Dad thought the local taxes were too high.
We moved to Kendall, Florida, a then sparsely populated area in the 'wilds' of Dade County.
As was common in those days, I was allowed to roam far & wide on my bicycle.
I soon discovered that about 3 miles from my home there was an airport."
Bruce continued, "Brown's Airport was owned & operated by Albert Howe & his brother, Harold.
The airport had a single 400' wide grass runway of 2,000' eventually to be lengthened to 2,600'.
At Brown's Airport I discovered the love of my life: Airplanes.
I began spending all my free time at the airport.
The owners & some of the airport staff, like M. E. Caplan (Cappy) who was the manager,
tried to run me off considering me to be a pest with no business hanging around such a bustling place.
Brown's Airport had about 80 permanent aircraft, 8 T-hangars, a maintenance hangar,
both 80 & 91 octane avgas, and the Howes had a Piper franchise."
According to Miami Gliders, "In the early 1950s soaring was done from Brown's Airport."
The August 1954 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
described "Brown" Airport as having a 1,980' turf runway.
Fred Robbins recalled, "In about 1955 or 1956, my mom took me to Brown's Airport for a birthday surprise:
my first small airplane ride, a Piper Tri-Pacer. I was about 13 years old.
I loved it but came back a little, shall we say, woozy.
I remember seeing a picture on the wall of a woman standing next to a helicopter -
the owner of the Fixed Base Operation (Kendall Flying School), and also world aerobatic champion Mary Gaffaney.
I would go back & hang out at Brown's with a buddy.
Once an instructor asked us if we'd like to ride back seat. Of course, we accepted.
Somewhere in the course of the flight, unbeknownst to us, the instructor & the student set up, and executed, a great spin!
Well, it wasn't great for me... yet (see below).
I remembered not feeling so good & my buddy laughing at me.
Well, when we set foot on solid ground, I felt great - and it hit my buddy. Guess I had the last laugh!"
Jack Ryan recalled his time at the Aero Country Club from 1959-1965:
"I worked there as a apprentice mechanic, received all my licenses,
and ended up owning a flight School & a Mooney Distributor all at Aero Country Club."
Bruce Leary recalled, "As time went along I guess they became tired of trying to run the kid off
so they started to give me little odd jobs for which I was occasionally paid.
Sometimes my compensation was in the form of lunch,
including a slice of the world's best key lime pie, at the airport cafe run by Harold's mother.
When Al Howe had to cut the 39 acres of airport grass, which is quite often in South Florida,
he performed the task using a surplus WW2 jeep pulling a single 10' sickle blade.
This was a rather dangerous contraption and, although Al tolerated me keeping him company while he went round & round the airport,
he never would let me get close to the sickle nor could I drive the jeep.
This jeep was actually some the worse for being WW2 surplus.
I think it must have come back from the South Pacific or somewhere else that had considerable salt in the air,
for this jeep was mostly a collection of rust holes held to together by a little bit of remaining sheet metal.
The gas tank had long since gone & a 5 gallon jerry can had been strapped on to the back of the jeep
to function as the gas tank; no gauge of course.
Guess where you are on the airport when the jeep starts to spit indicating that it is running out of gas?
Right! The farthest point away from the office.
The first time the jeep spit Al would shift into 2-wheel drive
and we would start a mad dash to get back to the office before it died.
Most of the time we did not make it so we would get to walk the rest of the way."
Bruce continued, "The airport also possessed another jeep that had been fabricated into a gas truck by Standard Oil.
This jeep carried 210 gallons of 80 octane & was the primary method of delivering fuel to airplanes & the grass cutting jeep.
One day when we had run out of gas at a particularly long distance away from the office,
Al decided that it was just too hot for him to have to walk back to get the gas jeep.
He sent me. I was now 12 years old & thought I had just died & gone to heaven.
When I got back to the office & started the jeep Cappy came running out of the office shrieking for me to stop.
'What in the hell are you doing?' he demanded. I told him Al sent me.
Thus the stage was set for me to become a lineboy
and I spent a considerable amount of time performing that task.
When I was about 13 the old grass cutting jeep had reached the end of its career;
reincarnation in jeeps is a costly thing & this one had developed severe engine & 'tranny' problems.
Al decided that it was time for a replacement.
One day when I arrived at the airport after school,
there was a big flat bed truck sitting there upon which was a beautiful red International Harvester tractor & a triple rotary deck mower.
Al asked me if I wanted to take over the grass cutting job using that rig. You bet, said I.
This became my first steady income job; $10 for cutting the airport, a job that took about 6 hours.
Pretty good pay for a 13-year-old in 1955. And I still got the free lunches."
Bruce continued, "I learned to fly by accompanying the sales manager on business trips around the state.
By the time I was 18 [1960] I had my Commercial with single & multi-engine.
Alas, this wonderful life came to an end & I was devastated.
The first problem was that our family doctor allowed me to get a 2nd class medical for my Commercial
but he told me that I should never expect to get a job that required that class or better.
My eyesight just did not cut the mustard without a lot of correction.
I figured out years later that he had stretched things to allow me to get my Commercial
and for that I hope he has a special place in heaven."
Steve Berman recalled, "I used to ride my bike to Brown's & hang around hoping to catch a ride.
I eventually soloed there in about 1958. My instructor was named Bob Jones.
I remember the lunch counter, a Stearman and a Bellanca.
Earl Smalley bought the airport from the Howe brothers & created the Aero Country Club."
The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (according to Chris Kennedy)
described the "Aero Country Club" as having a 2,600' runway.
Sandy Howe-Ryberg recalled, "I am the daughter of Harold Howe.
I grew up hanging out at the field with my Dad & Uncles.
My Mother's mother, Berma Cox ran the lunch counter."
On the 12/27/63 USDA aerial photo (courtesy of the FL DOT, via Brian Rehwinkel)
a total of at least 42 aircraft were visible on the airfield.
However, in contrast to the 1952 photo, you can see the airport had been completely surrounded by urban growth,
which would eventually lead to its closure.
"Aero Country Club", as depicted on the 1963 FDOT General County Road Map of Dade County
(courtesy of the U of FL Smathers Library, via Brian Rehwinkel).
"Aero Country Club" was described on the Aerodromes table of the September 1964 Miami Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy)
as having a single 2,640' turf runway.
The remarks said, "Aircraft over 600 hp prohibited."
Brian Wilson recalled, "Browns Airport / Aero Country Club... I flew out of that field on many occasions in 1964-65.
My last logbook entry shows 8/1/65."
Bruce Leary recalled, "Dade County was growing & the area around the airport was becoming suburbia.
The people who bought houses around the airport wanted the airport to go away.
After a couple more years fighting the county bureaucracy
the Howe's finally tossed in the towel & sold the airport to a housing developer.
They moved their business to the county-run Tamiami Airport but things were never the same."
The Aero Country Club was no longer depicted at all on the March 1966 Miami Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
By the time of a 1969 aerial photo, the site of the former Brown's Airport had been densely redeveloped with housing,
and not a trace appeared to remain of the little airport.
As seen in the 2005 USGS aerial photo,
not a trace appears to remain of Brown's Airport.
The site of Brown's Airport is located south of the intersection of Southwest 72nd Avenue & Southwest 107th Terrace.
Richmond Naval Air Station, Richmond Heights, FL
25.62, -80.39 (Southwest of Miami, FL)
A circa 1941-42 photo of a massive NAS Richmond blimp hangar under construction.
Nothing was yet depicted at this location on a 1940 aerial view.
The Navy purchased 2,107 acres at this location in 1941 to construct a blimp base
to provide protection for Florida area shipping from German submarines.
The earliest photo which has been located of NAS Richmond
was a circa 1941-42 photo of a massive blimp hangar under construction.
The base was commissioned in 1942,
and was at the time one of the largest construction projects to ever have been undertaken in Dade County.
The Richmond airfield was not yet depicted at all
on the January 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
According to a brochure from the Gold Coast Railroad Museum (courtesy of Richard Ochampaugh),
"The first airship, K-46, occupied Hangar #1 on 6/9/43.
Hangars #2 & #3 were completed & in use shortly thereafter."
The earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Richmond airfield
was on the August 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
In 1943, one of Richmond's blimps detected a sub via radar.
It made a depth charge run on the sub, but was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire, and crashed into the sea.
This was the only blimp lost to enemy action in US waters during the war.
A WW2-era view of Richmond, looking west (National Archives photo).
Undated photo of the control tower at Richmond NAS.
The interior of one of the Richmond blimp hangars, while under construction.
A WW2-era view of an unidentified Navy blimp at NAS Richmond.
At its wartime peak, Richmond was home to 25 K-series blimps,
a 2,000' diameter landing mat, eight circular concrete mooring pads, 2 runways,
3 huge blimp hangars, a helium plant, and 3,000 men.
The station eventually became the largest blimp base on the east coast.
A circa 1943-45 photo of 2 of Richmond's massive blimp hangars.
Note what appears to be a Grumman amphibian (A Widgeon?) at the bottom-right.
Richmond's 3 blimp hangars were massive: 1,086' long & 183' high,
with an interior floor space of 7 acres apiece.
According to a brochure from the Gold Coast Railroad Museum (courtesy of Richard Ochampaugh),
"Four massive concrete door supports located at the corners of Hangar #1 were 148' high.
They were one-of-a-kind, huge, thick columns.
The 51 parabolic wooden trusses in each of the 3 hangars
contained approximately 2 million board-feet of Oregon Douglas Fir."
From November 1943 to May 1945, Richmond's blimps logged 730 continuous days on patrol.
This was a record untouched by any other Navy airship squadron.
As a result of these unrelenting patrols,
the number of successful enemy torpedo attacks in the South Florida area
were reduced from 1942's total of 114 to only 4 sinkings in 1943.
A WW2-era photo (courtesy of Dorothy & Arthur Menser via Donna (Menser) Sterrett) from the Richmond LTA News,
originally captioned "K-ship circling the field before landing."
A WW2-era photo (courtesy of Dorothy & Arthur Menser via Donna (Menser) Sterrett) from the Richmond LTA News,
originally captioned "A haven for many commercial planes during the Hurricane emergency, this is how the hangar looked, secured for storm."
Note that the plane at bottom-left is not a "commercial" plane, as it is prominently marked with the Civil Air Patrol logo.
According to CAP 2nd Lt. Eric Gravel, "NC22335 & where it came from: My guess is Lantana as it is the only [CAP] coastal patrol base that I'm aware of in South FL during WW2."
"Richmond (Navy)" was depicted on the January 1944 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
as a military airfield, also with a dirigible mooring mast.
NAS Richmond survived the Second World War without a scratch,
only to be dealt a fatal blow not long thereafter by Mother Nature.
On 9/15/45, 3 years to the date of the base's commissioning,
Richmond was devastated by a direct hit from a hurricane,
with 123 mph winds striking the massive blimp hangars.
Military aircraft - Grumman F6F Hellcats, Corsairs, and P-51 Mustangs, among others -
had been flown from nearby bases & from the deck of the USS Guadalcanal
to the refuge which was thought would be offered by NAS Richmond's sturdy & cavernous blimp hangars.
Unfortunately, the storm came directly through Richmond NAS.
The hangars, which stood close together, withstood the winds.
But one of them caught fire, perhaps from a short circuit.
Witnesses reported seeing the winds drive flames horizontal,
and eventually all 3 hangars were ablaze,
lighting the night sky with burning wood, aircraft, and fuel.
It was the largest fire in the United States in 1945.
When the rain stopped, all 3 of the massive hangars were completely gone,
with only the smaller buildings & the hangars' concrete corner pillars still standing.
With the war over, the massive hangars would not be rebuilt.
A September 1945 photo by Helen Kreason Mace (courtesy of Don Mace) of the remains of NAS Richmond blimp Hangars 1 & 2 shortly after they were destroyed by the 1945 hurricane.
A September 1945 photo of Helen Kreason Mace (standing) & 2 other personnel (courtesy of Don Mace) on a wreck aircraft inside the NAS Richmond blimp hangar.
Don Mace reported, "My mother was a WAVES stationed at the Richmond airfield before the hurricane destroyed it."
Wreckage of numerous aircraft at Richmond NAS in 1945,
with the remains of the blimp hangar in the background.
A September 1945 photo by Helen Kreason Mace (courtesy of Don Mace) of the post-storm wreckage of aircraft inside the NAS Richmond blimp hangar,
including a Beech C-45 & Consolidated PBY.
A September 1945 photo by Helen Kreason Mace (courtesy of Don Mace) of the post-storm wreckage of Grumman F6F Hellcats inside the NAS Richmond blimp hangar
A September 1945 photo by Helen Kreason Mace (courtesy of Don Mace) of the post-storm remains of the NAS Richmond blimp hangar
A K-Type airship over the remains of the Richmond hangars in 1945.
Blimps never returned permanently after the storm,
but the base's helium plant continued to supply Navy airships for years.
Richmond's other buildings served a variety of uses,
such as providing space for Naval & Marine Corps Reserve units.
In 1946, 1,571 acres of the base were deeded to the University of Miami, to be known as "South Campus".
It appears as if the Richmond airfield may have gone through a brief period of reuse as a civilian airfield,
as the August 1947 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted "Richmond" as a civilian airport, without any indication of military use.
The field was depicted as having a 2,000' hard-surface runway.
The 1949 USGS topo map depicted the "US Naval Air Station".
A 3/4/52 USGS aerial photo depicted the abandoned blimp base,
with the concrete columns of the 3 massive former blimp hangars still standing.
"Richmond ALF (Navy)" was depicted on the August 1954 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
as having a 4,000' unpaved runway.
The Aerodromes table on the chart described as the field as "Closed to all operations. ALF to NAS Key West."
A 2/29/56 USDA aerial view of the former NAS Richmond (courtesy of the FL DOT, via Brian Rehwinkel).
Note that all of the former blimp hangar support columns were still standing.
According to former Miami resident Michael Willis,
Richmond was also used as a convenient filming location for automobile commercials.
According to Thomas Page, interested is, in 1962 the Richmond Air Force Station (Z-210), a radar facility,
was constructed to the northwest of the former blimp airfield.
It consisted of 3 radar towers.
A 12/27/63 USDA aerial view of the former NAS Richmond (courtesy of the FL DOT, via Brian Rehwinkel).
Note that most of the former blimp hangar support columns had been removed (compared to the 1956 photo).
Also note the large number (at least 10) of smaller blimp mooring circles scattered around the base.
Starting in 1962 the former NAS Richmond was reused in a curious role.
The CIA leased a few buildings from the University of Miami under the "front" name of Zenith Technological Services.
This "front" company was in fact the intelligence gathering headquarters for efforts against the Cuban communist government,
known as JM/WAVE, aka JM WAVE, aka WAVE STATION.
Over 400 CIA operatives operated out of this facility.
The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Richmond facility
was on the March 1966 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Kunse).
Curiously it depicted "Richmond" as a private airfield having 2 paved runways, the longest being 4,000'.
This "private" airfield designation may have been a reflection of the Richmond facility's use during this timeframe by a CIA front "company".
In 1968 the CIA facility moved from Richmond to North Dade County.
A 1986 aerial view showed that the huge southern blimp pad
had been reused for automobile parking for the adjacent Miami MetroZoo.
According to Thomas Page, the Richmond Air Force Station radar facility remained in operation by the FAA
until destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
According to Charles LaBow, "Most of the original buildings survived Hurricane Andrew in 1992,
but were later removed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for ongoing projects
currently existing on the 'Federal Government' side of the property, controlled by the Army & the Department of State."
As seen in a circa 2000 aerial photo, the huge concrete ramp area is in the southwest corner of the photo,
and is used today for automobile parking for visitors to Miami's MetroZoo.
The oval outline (2,600' long) of one of the former blimp hangars
extends diagonally outward from the ramp toward the center of the photo,
and 2 circular blimp mooring pads (640' in diameter) in the northeast corner of the photo
are connected by a taxiway to the former hangar area.
The property was labeled on recent USGS topo maps as a "US Coast Guard Communications Station".
The efforts to save the base have been recently chronicled
in the 8/01 issue of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.
A 2003 photo by Robert Ochampaugh of the only portion of the former blimp hangar which remains standing, its concrete framework.
A 2003 photo by Robert Ochampaugh, "standing in what would be the rear of Hangar 1.
I tried to capture the sheer size of just the hangar bay
as you can see the hangar still went to the left another 50 ft & to the right about another 100+ ft."
A 2003 photo by Robert Ochampaugh of Richmond's boiler room, which supplied power to open & close the huge hangar doors.
A 2003 photo by Robert Ochampaugh of the historical marker at the NAS Richmond site.
Robert Ochampaugh visited the site of NAS Richmond in 2003,
and observed that there are still burn marks on the concrete floor of Hangar 1,
which "are still black even after 60 years of South Florida sun & rain."
A 2003 photo by Robert Ochampaugh of the tracks on which the doors of Hangar 2 used to move,
along with the concrete tower which remains from the hangar.
The pillar is now one of the highest structures in southern Dade County.
Bristling with antennas, it is used as the central relaying station for the area's 911 service.
A diagram from a brochure from the Gold Coast Railroad Museum (by John McLean)
which contrasts the size of the remaining building at the Richmond site (in the center)
with the tremendous size of the blimp hangar which used to occupy the site.
Charles LaBow reported in 2005 that "All of the preservation functions of NAS Richmond
are maintained by the members of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
The Museum also maintains an on-site exhibit of NAS Richmond history,
which is included with Railroad Museum admission."
A circa 2006 aerial view looking north at what appears to be the last remaining aviation infrastructure at the site of NAS Richmond:
a helipad painted on one of the remaining asphalt blimp mooring circles,
on the northeast corner of the former base.
Chapman Field, Miami, FL
25.64 North / 80.3 West (South of Miami International Airport, FL)
A 1918 survey diagram of the Cutler Aerial Gunnery Field, later renamed Chapman Field.
This former World War One military airfield is located along the shore of Biscayne Bay.
A total of 850 acres of scrubland were acquired by the Army in 1917 along the shore of Biscayne Bay
to establish the Army Signal Corps' Cutler Aerial Gunnery Field.
During 1918, the army subsequently dredged a portion of the bayside marsh to create a landing field,
a lagoon for water landings, and channels to Biscayne Bay.
Initial construction at the base was completed in 1918.
The first commander was Captain William Pedrick.
An article in the 8/20/18 Miami Metropolis described the "deluxe conditions"
awaiting the fliers who would come to the school to finish their training in gunnery practices.
The camp was a model town with electricity, waterworks & a sewage system.
Constructed on a rock ridge, the base buildings were situated among pine trees
and had a view of the bay to the east.
Officers' quarters & mess halls & the home of the commanding officer
were built around an oval field higher up & perpendicular to the original Ingraham Highway
(which had been relocated to the station's perimeter & would in succeeding years be renamed Old Cutler Road).
A row of hangars sat along the western edge of the filled landing field just east of a road parallel to Ingraham Highway
on which were situated maintenance shops & the headquarters building.
Off to the side of the station a target range had been dug out of the rock.
In late 1918 the airfield was formally renamed the Victor Chapman Military Reservation.
The First World War ended a mere 3 days after the renaming ceremony,
and construction at Chapman Field Military Reservation ceased.
The base was declared surplus in 1921 by the War Department & offered for sale,
but a clear title could not be conveyed, and the sale was canceled.
A 1931 aerial view of looking west-northwest at Chapman Field.
Subsequently a notice was received at the US Department of Agriculture that the property was to be abandoned.
The Secretary of War gave a portion of Chapman Field to the USDA under a revocable lease agreement,
to establish an agriculture laboratory.
On a portion of the remaining land outside the USDA station
the government maintained an airfield used by Army reservists
who practiced bombing runs over Biscayne Bay during the winter months.
Local antagonism to this airfield was led by Col. Robert Montgomery, a neighbor on Old Cutler Road,
who joined in the continuing effort to have all the property released to the USDA.
During the Depression years, however, other interests in Miami were hoping the War Department
would develop a major air facility on the site, which would provide a considerable number of new jobs.
Congressman Mark Wilcox led the effort to get an expanded airfield built at Chapman Field,
but he was thwarted by USDA interests at nearly every step.
Montgomery, especially, recently retired from the U.S. Army, had special access to military planners.
Most of these men already believed that Chapman Field was unsuitable for the modern aircraft of the time
and that its proximity to urbanized areas was a serious detriment.
Although Congressman Wilcox pushed legislation in 1933 for an $11 million expansion of Chapman Field,
no changes actually appeared.
The 1934 Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy)
described "Chapman Field, Army" as having a coral, sand, and clay rectangular landing area, measuring 3,900' x 1,300'.
A 1936 photo showed an Army biplane (type unidentified) with the runways of Chapman Field in the background.
The original caption read, "Landing field was thoroughly graded, stones removed, runways extended & grass planted by FERA project 13-289."
The December 1935 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Chapman as a military airfield.
The November 1936 "Official Airway Map of FL" (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Chapman Field as having 3 runways.
The Airport Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo)
described Chapman Field as having a rectangular 3,900' x 1,300' coral sand landing surface.
The aerial photo in the directory depicted a hangar on the west side of the field,
which had "Chapman Field" painted on the roof.
The April 1937 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Chapman as a military airfield.
A 1938 USDA aerial photo of Chapman Field,
from the Digital Library Center / University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.
A 1940 aerial view looking north-northwest at Chapman Field.
An undated view of the entrance gate to Chapman Field at Old Cutler Road.
The gate was demolished by the USDA in the late 1950s.
A WW2-era aerial view looking east at Chapman Field.
A WW2-era view of Chapman Field's Administration Building.
In 1939 a false report of the field's abandonment was printed in the Miami Daily News.
Still, it was hard for the War Department to part with the property.
A 1940 aerial photo showed Chapman Field having 4 short runways.
According to Joe Benson, the runways at Chapman Field were never paved,
but consisted of crushed & rolled coral rock.
The May 1941 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted Chapman as a military airfield.
In the autumn of 1941 the War Department was finally set to accept a transfer of title to the USDA,
but the onset of WW2 put everything on hold.
During the war years the USDA station continued to operate,
and the property was used at times by the military for survival training.
With the onset of American involvement in WW2,
the military began to use tourist areas for training programs
because these areas had become financially depressed as tourism & college enrollment declined due to war.
Miami's Chapman Field was reactivated with the advent of WW2,
but proved too small for modern military planes.
In 1942, the Army air facilities at Chapman Field were made available to the Embry-Riddle Corporation,
which was contracted to train civilian & military pilots.
Civilians, including potential WASPs (Women's Air Force Service Pilots),
were taught at the Seaplane Base on MacArthur Causeway (named County Causeway until 1942),
while written exams & Navy flight training were conducted at Chapman Field.
Women seeking additional flying time for WASP approval also took training at Chapman Field.
Chapman was depicted as a civil airfield on the 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
An advertisement for Embry-Riddle at Chapman Field,
from the Haire Publishing Company's 1945 Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
With the end of the war, the GI Bill of Rights made available technical training to returning vets,
and a contract was given to Embry-Riddle to provide training based at Chapman Field.
The Haire Publishing Company's 1945 Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
described Chapman Field as being owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and operated by the Embry-Riddle Company.
The airfield was described as an all-way sod field, measuring 4,000' northeast/southwest by 2,500' east/west.
Chapman Field was depicted on the August 1947 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
as having a 4,000' unpaved runway.
In 1947 a request was made by Embry-Riddle to make Chapman Field a commercial airport,
but this was denied by Dade County,
and the company eventually moved to Opalocka & the field was subsequently closed.
The last depiction which has been located of Chapman Field was on the 1950 USGS topo map.
It depicted Chapman as having 4 short unpaved runways.
By the time of the August 1954 Miami Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy),
Chapman Field was no longer depicted at all.
A 1969 aerial view no longer showed any recognizable trace of the former airfield.
Aerial photo of the site of Chapman Field, circa 2001.
As of 2002, although the area immediately surrounding the former Chapman Field property had been densely built up,
the property of the former airfield remains relatively undeveloped.
The USDA research station still occupies the former housing area of the airfield,
with the street grid still recognizable from vintage photos.
The area of the former runways has become a golf course - the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club.
The former seaplane operating area along the shore of Biscayne Bay is now the Chapman Field Park.
The site of Chapman Field is located southeast of the present-day intersection of SW 67th Avenue & Old Cutler Road.
Thanks to Joe Benson for pointing out Chapman Field.
See also: http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/SoAtlantic/Miami/history/chaphist.htm
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The Special Editions couldn't do it.
The Ewoks coudn't do it.
And while he may have come close, even Jar Jar couldn't do it.
But with LucasArts' latest game for the Xbox 360 (MSFT), the beloved franchise spanning 35 years has finally been stripped of its last shred of dignity.
Employing Kinect's motion-capture controller, Kinect Star Wars allows players to use their whole body to control characters within a land far, far away. Whether it's wielding a lightsaber or piloting an X-Wing, the Xbox game is the closest Star Wars fans have to living within George Lucas' imaginative universe.
And apparently, that includes dance-offs.
Yes, along with Jedi training and podracing, players control Han Solo and Princess Leia in a dance competition that's even more absurd than basing an entire prequel around galactic trade disputes. And rather than spinning boring old hits, DJ Lobot -- yeah, Cloud City's got some turntables -- plays songs with a Star Wars twist, like "I'm Han Solo" to the tune of Jason Derulo's "Ridin' Solo" and "Hologram Girl" based on Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl." Incidentally, you haven't lived until you hear Slave Leia coo "Oooh, that's my ship, that's my ship."
Looks like LucasArts and Microsoft Studios finally produced something even more shameful than Guitar Hero (ATVI) resurrecting Kurt Cobain to croon Bon Jovi hits.
Ever since merchandising took precedence over competent storytelling, Star Wars fans have had to contend with an ever-growing corruption of the Star Wars universe. However, by the time the third prequel excreted itself onto the big screen, hope that the ailing franchise would turn itself around for the better greatly diminished. And if the thousands of half-baked parodies and poorly inked tattoos didn't do it, Star Wars Dance Party has put the nail in the coffin of a once-wondrous film universe.
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The game was developed by LucasArts, not Microsoft. Microsoft merely provided a platform that the game could be played on. You could no more blame Microsoft for "ruining Star Wars" than you could blame Apple for ruining music because Justin Bieber is available on iTunes.
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How many offers were made in total?
How many offers were made to those with less than 7A*'s?
Thank you.
In the case of information relating to last year, the "notes on admissions" document, linked to in the Q&A thread, contains some information.
We have asked the admissions office to help us generate more statistics relating to admissions conditional on prior qualifications, but actually getting this information is a very labour intensive process as the diversity of previous qualifications we see (bearing in mind the range of countries we see applications from) means the information is not recorded in a standardised fashion. We have asked for this to be worked on over the summer, but it is not feasible presently given the current workload on finishing the current cycle.
To that end, I have limited information based on purely the admissions strategy we discussed and implemented at the start of the year, and the number of applications I have directly been involved with, but not summary information relating to the total applications process.
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I have 5A*s 5As and 1B at GCSE. I am predicted A*A*A* at A Level and have achieved 1A* already. I applied to Warwick for Economics and my academic record for them was too weak. I achieved 80/80 in my Economics Unit 3 exam the day I received the rejection. I called up and they said that my GCSEs were lacking in comparison to other candidates. If you do well at A Level, I would suggest you look at the London universities as they have take more interest in A Level UMS. Good luck. To be discrete do not listen to representatives of the universities. They will not help you. Decide based on where you want to go and how likely it is you will get in. Be strategic about your UCAS. I would look into Mathematics and Economics at LSE. 500 applicants a year. I am just giving you advice I wish I had when applying.
Where did you get offers from btw?
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Wow that is depressing to hear, do you do further maths maybe that was why you didn't get in? Also in your opinion do you believe your ps was strong?
Where did you get offers from btw?
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Perhaps it was but I am not going to take a subject for university admissions, I'll take it if I want to study it. A few on tsr from my cycle applied with same or better predictions but including further math but had the same or worse GCSEs. They were all rejected by Warwick. Consider UCL and LSE before you apply to Warwick. Yes it was good. Bath and Exeter in the UK, Internationally: McGill and Erasmus. I am going to McGill in Canada. Good luck.
I've got an offer with 3 A* and a B, I'm sure they'll offer lower, providing Jan AS is good.
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Eilis O'Hanlon: Why don't we love Hillary like Michelle?
Everyone loves the US First Lady but she has many of the same qualities we could not stand in Hillary Clinton, writes Eilis O'Hanlon
Published 23/06/2013 | 05:00
Why does everyone love Michelle Obama so much? Wait. That sounds like the wrong question. What's not to love, after all? She's smart, sassy, attractive, ambitious, successful; she has a gorgeous husband; two lovely, apparently well-adjusted kids. In many ways, the US First Lady exemplifies the perfect combination of grace and steel.
Let's put the question another way then: why did everyone hate Hillary Clinton?
Fair enough, not everyone. That's an exaggeration. But only slightly. It's easy to forget now how much antipathy the former first lady provoked when she first emerged on to the American political scene. Being smart, sassy, attractive, ambitious and successful didn't help her. Everything for which Michelle Obama is envied and adored were set down as black marks against Hillary Clinton's name. She just couldn't win.
She was even pilloried for having an allegedly undue influence over her husband's presidency. Critics called them "Billary", the construction of the name itself suggesting that she, the unelected consort, was the dominant influence.
The close alliance of the current president and first lady, by contrast, is approvingly regarded as the ultimate affirmation of their status as a power couple. Their joint nickname, Mobama, is used affectionately, in a way that Billary rarely was. Mobama, moreover, makes Michelle an addendum on to her husband's identity, rather than the pushy, nagging ball-breaker that was Hillary Clinton's common caricature.
The fact that the Clintons came as a team was never a secret, any more than it is for the Obamas. Nor is there anything wrong with it per se. Is it so bad for a politician to value the advice of a spouse rather than circles of highly paid flunkies? So why was Hillary deemed fair game for vilification for daring to have an office in the West Wing, where the action is, rather than in the East Wing, where first ladies had always, until then, confined themselves to overseeing the domestic life of the White House?
She was called shrill. Her fondness for trousers led to predictable jibes. Her hair was intimately analysed, not for style tips, as happens now with Michelle, but as material for further attack. There were T-shirts printed with the legend: "If only OJ had married Hillary instead." It didn't always come from the usual suspects either. Who can ever forget Clinton campaign consultant Dick Morris describing Hillary's laugh as "between a cackle and a screech", as if she was one of the witches in Macbeth? Imagine, meanwhile, if Hillary had described herself as a "busy single mother", as Michelle was quickly forgiven for accidentally doing not so long ago?
Even now that she's been a senator and secretary of state in her own right, Hillary commands respect rather than affection, whereas Michelle Obama continues to be treated with fawning sycophancy. Last week's RTE News special on her blink-and-miss-it visit to Dublin took Ireland's stereotypical craving for approval to an almost pathological level. Those who complained that the State broadcaster went overboard a few months ago in its coverage of the Papal Conclave were notable by their silence.
There is, of course, a sort of inverted racism at work here. Obama and his wife are shielded from criticism because of their race. As the first African American president and first lady, they're given the benefit of the doubt to a ludicrous extent. If they didn't like him or her, or what they were saying, many people still wouldn't admit it, because they wouldn't want to be seen to be racist. If a Republican president did half of what Obama does – sending drones to kill poor brown people on the other side of the world; spying on unprecedented numbers of US citizens – he'd be as infamous as Richard Nixon.
That's why Clare Daly was so magnificent last week for not falling for the deluge of PR-crafted BS about Obama which swept through Dublin on the couple's arrival on the island. The independent TD assessed him according to the same criteria by which she would assess any other president, and found both him and the "slobbering" media wanting. No politically correct kid gloves there. What Daly said struck a chord. The story was, for a time, the most read on the Irish Independent website, but RTE preferred instead to lather viewers with endless soft soap about Michelle and her very bored looking daughters tramping round Trinity College and Glendalough.
It's not just race, though. Part of it is the Cool Thing. Michelle Obama has that ease of engagement with popular culture which is now expected of public figures, who must "bust a move" on the dance floor and hand out Oscars. Coolness is the new tyranny, and Michelle, whilst hypocritically decrying the worship of superficial celebrity, is both its promoter and beneficiary.
Hillary, by contrast, was accurately summed up by Carl Bernstein, her less than flattering biographer, as a bit of a girl scout. Michelle Obama stays on non-threatening territory – campaigning against childhood obesity; turning the White House kitchens organic; delivering hokey cliches to young people at the Gaiety Theatre about how they should "dream about who you might become . . . become everything you want to be . . . believe in yourself". She's the equivalent of a beauty queen saying she wants world peace and people to be nicer to fluffy animals.
Hillary never hid either her seriousness or her earnestness, neither of which qualities are held in much esteem in women. Richard Nixon once quoted Cardinal Richelieu's words that "intellect in a woman is unbecoming". Hillary Clinton was always a victim of that prejudice against bookish bluestockings. Clever men rarely find their formidable intelligence held against them. Other things, yes, but not that. That the distaste for her intellectual mettle found such a receptive audience suggests we still have huge ambivalence about what we want from powerful women in public life.
We're pretty tough on female politicians – and by "we", I mean collectively as a society, but also specifically as women. Margaret Thatcher's very femininity was questioned because she didn't conform to cliche. Mary Harney was crucified by Irish feminists for the same reason. Joan Burton's getting it now. Feminists championed the cause of the Social Protection Minister, then knocked her down when she didn't behave, in office, as they had demanded. Too often women in power are not allowed to just get on with doing the job. They're shackled with expectations that are intimately tied up with the fact that they are women. In a way, the attacks on Hillary Clinton are a backhanded compliment to the fact that she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, and the worship of Michelle Obama an unintended insult, a sign that we're not taking her seriously.
At least, not yet. It may change. The First Lady is still young. When Barack leaves the White House, she'll still be two years younger than Hillary was when Clinton's second term ended. Michelle has a long career ahead of her, if she chooses to follow it. Maybe then the slobbering will end, and she too will find that women in public life are safe as long as they stay fluffy and non-controversial – or even when they lock themselves in an ideologically pure ghetto, like feminist virgin queens, far from the messy compromises of high office – but once they get down and dirty in real politics, they all come in for the Hillary Clinton treatment eventually.
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This sexual maneuver is performed by a menagé trois with two females and one male. The male participant lies on his back, while female one rides cowgirl and female two rides his face. They then high-five victoriously, forming a pyramid.
Sarah and Ashley laughed among themselves after seeing the guy they had built a pyramid with the weekend prior.
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To put one's fingertips together, palms slightly spread, and forcefully thrust one's hands up and into the anus of an unsuspecting fool, with vigor, while yelling "BAM"!
After pyramiding him, Fez was owned by Ray and his incredible upper body strength, despite having both of his ACL's intact.
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Pyramid Rock Festival. A New Year's music festival held on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. 2 days of fun, frivolity and getting fucked up, with the help of bands, booze and beaches.
Dude, are you coming to Pyramid this year? Last year was awesome! I passed out after 4 hours and missed the entire first night of bands. It was still worth the $, though.
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Pyramid. adj. cool/sweet. Often accompanied with the hand gesture of the same meaning, which is done by making a triangle out of your thumbs and index fingers
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Free Masters 2011 App in Apple's App Store
by benzipperer on Apr.05, 2011, under Miscellaneous
The Official iPhone app for the 2011 Masters Tournament from Augusta National, Inc. This is the live video and live scoring application for the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, April 4–10, 2011. New features this year – 5 channels of live streaming video, live updates of notable events as they occur, push notification alerts of breaking Tournament action and information. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later, available in English only. Available for free in the iTunes app store.
Dell or HP laptop keyboard does not work after Windows starts
by benzipperer on Mar.01, 2011, under Miscellaneous
Some HP and Dell Windows laptops are plagued by a problem in which the keyboard and possibly trackpad stops working for no evident reason. The keyboard seems to work OK on BIOS screens and other pre-boot screens, but after Windows boots the keyboard is non-responsive. Attaching an external USB laptop will allow you to use the laptop, but it is a clumsy way to address the issue.
Often there is a quick workaround for this that you can try in just a few moments. First, shut down the laptop completely. Then, unplug its power cord. Next, flip it over and remove the battery. Flip the laptop back over, and locate the power-on button. Hold this button down for a good 30 seconds. Let go of this button, reinsert the battery and power cord, and try rebooting the laptop. If luck is on your side, this may have temporarily cleared up the keyboard issue.
If this fix seemed to work temporarily, your laptop manufacturer may have a new version of the BIOS available for download that fixes the issue permanently. After completely backing up your laptop, visit the manufacturer's support website and see if such new BIOS version is available that lists this symptom and its fix. If so, you may wish to try the BIOS update. Updating the BIOS carries some risk, and should only be done if you are confident that you have a complete backup of the laptop, and are willing to assume the risk that the BIOS update will fail and render your laptop unbootable.
Is your home in a flood hazard area?
by benzipperer on Oct.18, 2009, under Miscellaneous
We certainly have had more than our share of rain in the Atlanta area recently! Many areas experienced historic levels of flooding as swollen streams and area lakes overflowed. Lots of people had wet basement, but many were really flooded!
Is your home in a flood hazard area? FEMA has online resources which outline the extent of the officially calculated hazard areas. One such resource is FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer for Google Earth.
To get started, download and install Google Earth if you do not have it already. Then download the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer and save it. Opening this file will launch Google Earth with the FEMA layer loaded.
Here is a screenshot showing the overlay after choosing "Special Flood Hazard Areas" and "Floodways".
The red areas indicate flood hazard zones, where flood insurance may be mandatory.
Select the right computer for college
by kathyzipperer on Jul.28, 2009, under Miscellaneous
Congratulations! You're headed to college. Many colleges have specific requirements for incoming students. Georgia Tech, for instance, requires every student to have a laptop and gives very specific requirements. Some schools have no requirements but suggest that you check with the individual department within your college.
Check with your college to see if they have arrangements with Dell, Apple, IBM, etc. to purchase computers at a discount. Wherever you buy a computer, buy the computer and software separately. MS Office Student/Teacher edition comes in a 3 computer version — so it can be loaded onto 3 machines and not tied to a specific computer. Anti-virus products by Symantec and others also come in multi-user packs. You should check to see which anti-virus/anti-spyware software your school requires. Use their suggestions. Trying to substitute another anti-virus software will waste time and money. Some colleges sell third-party "computer service warranties". On the surface these may seem like a good idea but read the fine print carefully. Most warranties only cover hardware problems and frequently exclude printers. Most computer problems are caused by software, viruses, and spyware which are usually excluded. Dropping the laptop or spilling liquid on the keyboard also usually voids the warranty.
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Stewart Cink, Duluth resident, wins British Open
by benzipperer on Jul.20, 2009, under Miscellaneous
On July 19, 2009, Stewart Cink won his first major title at the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry, Scotland, defeating 59 year-old Tom Watson in a playoff. Cink had birdied the 72nd hole while Watson bogeyed, forcing the playoff. This is the sign that greeted Stewart at the entrance to his neighborhood when he returned home. Stewart likes to twitter – check out his tweets.
Save money on your next computer purchase
by benzipperer on Jun.10, 2009, under Miscellaneous
In this economic climate it is more important than ever to get the most value for your money when purchasing a computer for your business. Dell has had a policy for a long time that Dell products purchased directly from dell.com can be returned for repayment or substitution within 30 days. Dell has an Asset Recovery Business that takes these returned computers, refurbishes them, and sells them in an online store.
These computers come with the same warranty as new units, ranging from one to three years depending on make and model.
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Remember Those Who Gave All
by benzipperer on May.25, 2009, under Miscellaneous
On Memorial Day in Duluth, Georgia the streets and public squares are lined with flags and crosses, honoring those who gave their all to defend our freedom and liberties.
HP Laptop PC Battery Pack Replacement Program
by benzipperer on May.20, 2009, under Miscellaneous
HP has announced voluntary recalls and replacement programs for some of the battery packs used in some HP and Compaq laptops. If you have one of these recalled battery packs, you may be eligible to receive a free replacement battery pack.
These recall programs were announced on May 14 2009, October 30 2008, April 20 2006, and October 14 2005.
If your battery back is identified as being included in this recall program, you should replace it even if you are having no problems with the battery pack. This is due to a potential saftey issue with the battery pack.
Full details can be found here
Watch Netflix movies instantly on your TV
by benzipperer on May.19, 2009, under Miscellaneous
If you are a Netflix subscriber, you may have noticed that some titles are available for instant viewing on your PC. Now you can watch these titles on your TV instead of on your PC. Roku sells an appliance that accomplishes this. It is about the size of a paperback, and comes with an IR remote.
The little Roku connects to your home network wirelessly or via Cat5, and connects to your TV via composite video, component video, s-video, or HDMI. It is available in various models starting at $59. This is a flat purchase price, no subscription (other than Netflix) required.


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A person who is an example of something.
Though Jerry was reckless, he somehow always prevailed due to dumb luck. When they say "Fortune favours the foolish", Jerry was the poster child.
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Someone who is the perfect fit for a stereotype.
That girl who says "like, omg" all the time is the poster child for a Valley Girl.
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A verb derived from the phrase poster child. To make an example of someone or something through the application of an unfair double standard.
I'm not the only person who has gained 20 pounds. Stop poster-childing me!
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an insult, likening someone to one of the children on the Jerry Lewis promotional poster for his telethon. aka: Jerry's Kid
That dude needs help, that friggin' poster child.
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6 Movie Special Effects That Have Gotten Worse Over Time
#3. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
At this point, every film has used a different technique to create all the failure that was missing in its predecessor. For the remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, it used the same method: a regular-size woman rampaging through miniatures. Now, the original 50 Foot Woman is by no means a classic film, unless your definition of classic is "hottest thing ever." But, by the law of common sense, one would think that, after 35 years, an effect would be improved upon in some way.
Maybe put her in something lacy, at least.
Never trust your common sense. It only leads to disappointment.
The biggest special effect in the 1993 version of 50 Ft. Woman is the illusion that Daniel Baldwin should ever be around a camera. The second biggest is the total destruction of any and all techniques that would suspend your disbelief of Daryl Hannah walking around this model train shop of a miniature set. You see, a common technique to make things look bigger is to shoot them from low angles. Danny DeVito could fight Mothra if you placed a camera, pointing up, around his shoe level. In the original 50 Foot Woman, most shots of her sexy rampage were filmed in a way to illuminate her immense sexiness. Sure, the miniatures were substandard, but at least we weren't forced to see them in their entire ineptitude all the time.
Behold, the majestic Balsa City.
1993's 50 Ft. Woman rarely does this, instead opting to point the camera at her head-on, meaning that, rather than making her look tall and menacing, she looks like she's here to question your depth perception. This works even worse when she finally, after an agonizing 70 minutes of bantering with Baldwin, decides to stomp through the town. Even without her in it, the town looks awful -- less like something for a movie and more like a hole in a madman's boring putt-putt course. Since you only get to see Hannah from the perspective of a camera operator who's apparently also 50 feet tall, frequently you get both Hannah and the entire shitty-looking town in the same shot. When something looks terrible but is integral to what you need, you usually try to limit its screen time to the bare minimum so as to preserve the effect of it. But if you followed that guideline, there wouldn't need to be a remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
And the world would've been denied all of this.
#2. Piranha (1995)
Roger Corman is famous for being able to produce films on a small budget. If you gave Roger Corman a thousand dollars, he'd give you Avatar, or at least Teenage Space Warriors on a Prehistoric Planet. He has a very "feed everyone with some fish and bread" filmmaking philosophy, which is the exact reason that we should all snap to it and start worshiping him as the reincarnated miracle worker that he has been for so many years.
He came here to save our souls.
Corman produced the original Piranha, a film about some angry mutated piranhas that attack a resort, in 1978. Then, in 1995, sensing that it was the right time to do it all over again, Corman produced the remake. And when I say "do it all over again," I mean that very literally. Piranha 1995 used a nearly identical script and was directed by a guy who would go on to create the worst movie about gangster "Babyface" Nelson. The special effects were also oddly identical because they really were. The 1995 Piranha uses the exact same special effects footage as the first, except, in this case, it doesn't work.
Jurassic Park wrecked the curve for everybody.
The original film had a decent amount of jokes, or at least '70s B-movie dialogue that seemed like jokes, and it made the low-budget animal carnage a little easier to digest. It didn't take itself very seriously. If you sense that the filmmakers are having fun with what they're doing, you're able to forgive the film a bit when something like special effects don't meet Jaws-level expectations. What made the remake's script only "nearly" when it comes to being identical is that they removed a lot of the humor from it, because who has any right to be funny when you're dealing with a serious subject like fantastical experimentation on exotic killer fish? Thus, you have the same special effects that were only decent in the '70s plastered into a '90s movie that everyone is doing in a far too straight-faced fashion.
The special effects aren't anything different, but the way you interpret them becomes different. When a movie with subpar effects isn't fun, it becomes a chore, since it really gets no defense. There's no "But it was silly" loophole that you can use in protecting it. It just sucks. No offense to Roger Corman. I'm sure even Jesus had moments when he thought "This leprosy just isn't getting scrubbed out like I thought it would."
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Really, it's incredible he got ANY good footage out of the premise "piranhas exist!"
#1. Every Phantom of the Opera
I can't really blame filmmakers for being unable to improve upon the medical marvel that was Lon Chaney. Chaney played the Phantom in the 1925 film, and he was an actor most famous for changing his appearance extensively to fit into his roles. For instance, to create the Phantom's upturned nose, he pinned it in place with wire. I know it doesn't sound like much now, but back in 1925, the only possible system of pain relief was drinking until you forgot about it. And this was by his own accord, since he had been given the freedom to create his own makeup. If Lon Chaney asked you for permission to create the makeup for a character with one leg, his next question would be to ask where you kept your hacksaws.
"You don't have a hacksaw? It's a good thing I brought my Leatherman."
There have been six adaptations entitled Phantom of the Opera since then, and none of them have been able to top Chaney's look. For starters, most have approached it from the angle that, instead of being deformed from birth like in the original book, the Phantom has been scarred in some fashion. Claude Rains, who portrayed the Phantom in the 1943 remake, is the only one who escapes with any dignity intact, and even still he looks like he traveled through time to copy Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face. Robert Englund, most famous for starring as Freddy Krueger in the first eight Nightmare on Elm Street films, played the Phantom in the 1989 film. His makeup looks like someone tried to create a new Krueger but got bored a third of the way into it and quit.
It's still two-thirds of a cheek short of half-assed.
Gerard Butler most recently played the Phantom in the 2004 film, but it inspires less terror and more high school theater class pity, as he just comes off as a guy who would be really good at picking up girls if he wasn't so sad and scarred all the time.
Who could ever love one such as he?


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The Violent Bear it Away
Arthur Silber writes of the gang-rape case in Richmond, California. You are unlikely to find such passion, eloquence and meaning in any other story about this case, and its implications. I won't excerpt Silber's essay here, because I think you should read the entire piece. I will only print his conclusion:
But, many people will say, this is monstrous. We must teach these children that such behavior is deeply wrong, and that they must change. To all such people, I reply: Then change yourselves. Change your values, and change the way you think and act. Children will see those changes, and their own behavior will alter accordingly in time.
Change yourselves. Start today. Start right now.
Again, I urge you to read the entire piece, and see the careful, powerful arguments that lead to this conclusion.
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WEST DEPTFORD TWP. -- Three motorists, including an on-duty West Deptford police officer, were taken to Cooper University Hospital after a tractor trailer allegedly forced a car off Interstate 295 directly into a parked police cruiser and SUV.
Ptl. James Grant Jr., an 11-year veteran of the force, was trapped in his vehicle as a result of the crash. The officer had to be cut from the wrecked police cruiser before he could be transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
Two other drivers, Jeffrey Weiss, 45, of Woodbury, and Lynn Sbraga, 46, of Logan Township, were also injured in the accident and taken to Cooper.
Moments before the wreck, Grant pulled Weiss over in a black Jeep Cherokee for a motor vehicle violation on I-295 near exit 21, police said.
He had already approached the jeep and was in his patrol car writing a ticket when a tractor trailer made a sudden lane change on the interstate.
As the truck merged from the center lane to the right, outermost, lane, it forced a green Crown Victoria driven by Sbraga off the road, said police.
The Crown Victoria lost control and entered the shoulder of the highway, striking first the police cruiser, then the Jeep Cherokee.
Grant had all of the car's warning lights on at the time of the accident.
The driver of the tractor trailer was unidentified by police. He was served with a ticket for making an unsafe lane change.
Grant had to stay at the hospital overnight as a precaution.
"He is doing okay," said Police Chief Craig Mangano. "He is banged up, but they are just going to keep him overnight for observation."


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From Bugle Corps to Ming Gardens, Benefactor Brooke Astor Loves New York—$9 Million Worth a Year
As president of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which her third husband established and left in her stewardship when he died in 1959, Brooke judiciously parcels out $9 million a year in grants to projects within New York City's five boroughs. "Vincent left certain guidelines," she says, "but it was my idea to spend money only in New York. The original Astor fortune was made here [in the fur trade and then real estate], and five generations of the family contributed to the life of the city. Also, New York is such a feast, such a smorgasbord of people."
Her favorite causes are little ones like the Bronx's Knickerbocker Drum and Bugle Corps, which bought instruments and uniforms with $2,500 of Astor money, or the Animal Medical Center program, which provides care for the pets of poor people over 65. "My men trustees say, 'Oh, you always give to such picayune things,' " she admits. "Well, I think women are more oriented toward people than men. It isn't always the big gifts that give one so much pleasure."
Yet she can also think big and philosophically. Thanks to a $2.9 million Astor grant, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its re-creation of a Ming Dynasty Chinese garden this fall. Three years ago Brooke publicly objected to President Carter's proposed high-rise housing for the arson-razed South Bronx, and the foundation pumped $85,000 into plans for an industrial park surrounded by low-rise housing. "New housing without jobs," she wrote in last year's foundation annual report, "is like a plate without food."
Clearly, Brooke has never needed a ghost writer. She published the first volume of her memoirs, Patchwork Child, in 1962, and has just updated it with the charming Footprints (Doubleday, $13.95). The volume was written, she says, "by the pool, in airports, never at a desk," and is intended to show her 18-year-old godchild, Mary Armour Reid, "what a young girl starting out can do, and what happens to her. I didn't want to be a name-dropper," Brooke adds, but there was no way she could ignore all those encounters with Maugham, Mussolini, et al.
Volume One of her cautionary bio began probably 77 years ago (Brooke fudges that one fact). The daughter of Maj. General John Russell, a former Marine Corps commandant, and his wife, Mabel Howard, Brooke had a global childhood, learning to speak Chinese before she was 10. Her mother thought "a good marriage was a rich one," so at 16 Brooke wed wealthy J. Dryden Kuser, whom she met at a Princeton prom. The marriage was a disaster, ending in divorce after eight years, but out of it came her only son, Tony, 56, a onetime ambassador to Kenya, with whom Brooke remains close. Then followed a 20-year "perfect" match with stockbroker Charles "Buddie" Marshall, who died of a heart attack in 1952 before her eyes.
Brooke was still in mourning when she met Vincent. He was the eldest son of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor 4th and Ava Lowie Willing (later Lady Ribblesdale), who at Vincent's birth had the streets around her Fifth Avenue mansion covered with straw because the clatter of carriages gave her a headache. Vincent, twice married himself, was a difficult man but a relentless beau. Brooke had become an editor at House and Garden and felt herself to be "what is now called a liberated woman." But Vincent's ardent output of five love letters a day ultimately won her.
Since Vincent trusted virtually no one, the Astors spent most of their time alone at home, talking together about his holdings, which included Newsweek, the St. Regis Hotel and the United States Line. Brooke made what turned out to be the last five and a half years of his life probably his most serene and loving. Before leaving her a personal fortune of $61.5 million as well as the foundation, now worth $50 million, he told her, "You are going to have a hell of a lot of fun running it, Pookie." He was right. Heeding John D. Rockefeller III's advice to "control the money and the giving," she personally interviews every grant applicant before giving final approval—and not in an opulent office, but in the area where the money is needed. Though always elegantly dressed ("If I'm not wearing my jewelry, people feel I'm talking down to them"), she's not above tightening a leaking fire hydrant with a white-gloved hand. David Rockefeller says, "She is always ready for adventure and the unknown."
"I go out every night Monday through Thursday," notes Brooke, who so hates wasted time that she works on her T'ai Chi while standing in receiving lines. She shuns meat and caffeine and on Fridays hies herself to the 68-acre Astor estate in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. There she takes long walks with her two dogs and sees few visitors. "I need to be alone sometimes, otherwise I really couldn't do what I do. After all," she sighs, "I'm a thousand years old."
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A.G. Lafley, former president and CEO of Procter & Gamble, has joined the board of Legendary Entertainment.
The board also includes Legendary chairman-CEO Thomas Tull, as well as Jim Breyer, Larry Clark, Dick Cook and Joe Roth.
"I believe in Legendary, and I look forward to working with Thomas, his leadership team and my fellow directors," said Lafley, who retired from P&G last year.
During his tenure at the top of P&G, Lafley focused on revitilizing P&G's billion-dollar brands like Crest, Tide and Pampers and adding Swiffer and Febreze to its portfolio. As a result, the company's sales doubled, profits quadrupled, and its market value increased by more than $100 billion. He currently serves as special partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and as director of the General Electric Co.
"I am pleased to welcome A.G. to our board," Tull said. "He is a significant addition during a time of development and opportunity at Legendary."
Legendary is in the midst of producing a slate of tentpoles that include Superman reboot "Man of Steel," Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim," Alex Proyas' "Paradise Lost," Sergei Bodrov's "Seventh Son," "Godzilla" and adaptations of Warren Ellis' "Gravel" and the "Mass Effect" videogame. It's also growing in TV and comicbooks, with Legendary Comics having recently released its first book, Frank Miller's "Holy Terror," and recently set up a production venture in China to target moviegoers there.