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Best In The West Jet Rally 2006
For some reason the Best In The West official website still has info on last year's rally, but my club (the host club) has some info on it's site at http://www.cvrcclub.com
The rally is scheduled for April 20-23 at the Coachella Valley RC Club field located about 20 miles east of Palm Springs. A map is located on our site.
If you are planning on coming out for the weekend you might want to make hotel reservations fairly soon. There are about a million resorts and hotels out here in the desert starting in Palm Springs (about 20 miles from field) and going east to Cathedral City (about 16 miles from field), Rancho Mirage (about 15 miles from field), Palm Desert (about 13 miles from field), and La Quinta (about 6 miles from field) ... I'm not sure what is in the town of Coachella itself as far as accommodations, but I've never heard of it referred to as a resort town FYI, Avoid Desert Hot Springs.
C-Ya there...
I'm not sure why the move, I've never been to the Prado field but I do know that our field is VERY nice and everything from the runway surface to the workbenches and shelters are new or recently refurbished.
The Prado BITW of 2005 had quite a few altitude busts that closed the field to jet flying permanently. Well, until they get it approved again sometime in the undetermined future. If you watch the BITW videos from 2005 there was some serious vertical going on, with smoke activated. That was a dead giveaway that the 400 foot ceiling was being busted (ceiling due to proximity to Chino Airport).
I looooove vertical, but at some model fields it's strictly prohibited for airspace reasons.
Looking forward to the new location, although I liked Chino just fine. Too bad about the shut down with turbines but I saw quite a few full size aircraft fly over the field on Saturday last year at BITW.
This year my F-22 is ready to go, no busted nose syndrome.
I spoke with a board member from prado and a pilot from chino turned in the club to the FAA and said a model buzzed him in his plane! I check with the FAA being I am a private pilot also and it was true! Some B&**%%$ pilot cried to the FAA.the FAA shut down the club for a short time after the event.I was there both days and never saw a model even close to a full size...I think some old fart had his shorts in a up roar because he was told buy the tower to avoid the area as best possible
Here's a picture of the three guys (Doug, Joe and Terry) that - quite involuntarily I should add - got turbines banned from Prado permanently within a few weeks , the whole story was rather unexpected (to most), there's a very long thread on RCU on how and why it happened ... No need here to re-open that can of worms ..
Every one of the turbine guys was having a good time flying, and the Prado closure later hit quite hard. Now for the turbine guys it's a 3-hr weekend drive to Buttonville ...
At the 2005 BitW, the CD told the pilots during the pilots meeting that he'd obtained an altitude waiver that was several times higher than the normal limit, so the jet pilots did what they usually do and fly the heck out of their models. It wasn't until after the near-miss and during subsequent meetings that it came out that the CD lied and had never obtained the waiver because the FAA is no longer giving them out due to pending regulations concerning UAVs. So, the CD took a chance and gambled that there would be no incidents. Oopsie.
But, that wasn't the first altitude incursion. When the pilot reported the near-miss, the tower told him they would record it in the tower supervisor's log, which is akin to a bird report. The pilot told the tower that this was unacceptable, so the tower told him to contact the Riverside FAA FSDO, which he did. The FAA called CNO tower and told them to make a near-miss report, which they did.
This set the wheels in motion for a meeting between all parties involved (such as San Bernadino Country, which holds PVMAC's lease. When the tower logs were opened and it was revealed just how many near-misses there'd been, the county had kittens and shut PVMAC down until the club could demonstrate that they had a handle on altitude control, which they did, and they county let them open. But, turbines were banned as a result.
So, this isn't really the fault of the jet flyers. They were playing within the framework they were given, but unfortunately, they were the one's who, ultimately, had to pay the price.
Couple of things guys. I really hate to open old wounds again. The one and ONLY site for the CRCJA is www.crcja.org I would not hand over control to the other parties so they copied most of my content and started Best in the West .org BUT that is not the official club site.
Best in the West is now on it's 17th year, so just wanted to throw that out.
Last but not least the Full scale pilot was reported to Say. One jet flew up on one side of him pulled inverted loop and came out the other side. We went back and forth left and right. what is done is done. I Never saw a plane come that close to the field and with at least two dozen people with cameras there on Saturday neither did ANYONE else. There is always three sides to every story. 1. Their side, 2. my side and 3. the Truth.
Pick the one you like and let's enjoy th hobby.
Hope to see some more EDF's there this year as I myself am hoping to have a couple of them this year. I have a couple of Electrics already but nothing that fancy YET. Hope to pull a first at Tucson Jet Rally next month
Hi Ralph,
I picked up a copy of the BiTW 2004 video by Propwash at the last AMA show (mainly for the Flanker footage and my interview--cheeky endorsment ). In one scene you can see a Cessna transitioning the airspace overhead during one of the jet flights. There was plenty of airspace separation as seen in the footage, but there were airplanes flying overhead.
FTIW, I did see the Mooney fly over, but did not witness the reported near-miss. He was a bit low, but legal and the jets were a bit high. It ended being a sad situation for all involved, especially the jet flyers.
How warm does it get in Palm Springs in April?
I plan on attending Best in the West this year. Maybe we will see a few new faces flying EDF this year. Last year was myself, Herb, Chris Wolf, Gregg F, Ed W., Dan and Daren.
Thanks Ted
LOL, Ted I had one remind me to fly the pattern. The pattern of a 27" wingspan model at 85mph is a bit different than the one for a 56" span at 180mph, was my reply
Tucson has stated they only want EDF's that can stay in the pattern with the turbines. They are afraid of an EDF taking out a turbine due to it being too slow. I think Ted's F-16 is only one of the few that will fit in there.
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First off i'd like to point out I did NOT see anyone mention this but to stick up for Beyblade I have to point this out.
Beyblade started as a MANGA and it IS from Japan the series is made by Takao Aoki and it wasn't made to commercialize the game.
Spinning tops were out before Beyblade yes BUT actual Beyblades [the toys] were made based on how the ones in that series were NOT to commercialize spinning tops.
It is not and never was nor will be from America. It IS a series started as a Manga as i've started and IS an Anime Series as well now. [Based off the manga of course.]
Now to make it clear I am not an actual anime fan overall but I am a Beyblade Fan and say what you want to that but it's just because I am VERY picky with series and it's hard to keep me into a series... i've been loyal fan of Beyblade since it was released.
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Is it at all possible, I asked, that the nationwide teaching standards known as Common Core will allow the federal government to mine the DNA of unsuspecting students?
"Oh my gosh, no," Teale said, after doing what people usually do when they hear nonsense. He laughed.
You could say this is cherry-picking on my part, selecting an outlandish criticism of Common Core Standards from an extreme source; it was in an email that Hernando County tea party gadfly Hamilton Hanson sent to School Board members last week.
Except that most criticisms of Common Core are outlandish and extreme. The gem about DNA mining was included in a report by the Florida Stop Common Core Coalition that also included claims that the program — being implemented across the state — will psychologically profile children and predetermine, among other things, what career they should enter and "whether they are suited for gun ownership."
And though most of this foolishness has been directed at people in Tallahassee who can actually influence the adoption of Common Core, a fair amount of it has filtered down to local administrators and board members. That's one reason why it will be discussed next week at the Hernando School Board meeting and why Pasco County administrators have met with parents and a tea party group.
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1. Do you wear thongs?
2. What a ho, look at that thong
2. What a ho, look at that thong
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A type of undies that go up the bootay.
A type of undies that go up the bootay.
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This thong is riding.
This thong is riding.
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my thong showed when i shook my ass
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The secret word for when you see a person with their thong showing, mostly on girls.
I see her T Hong, its bright pink!
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Buttfloss underware. Girls wear them to make themselves look sexy and be "cool", but instead they look like trash especially when it is sticking out of their pants. Contrary to popular belief, they do not prevent you from having a panty line, but just give you a different one. they are basically panties that don't actually cover your ass which defeats one of hte main purposes of wearing underware.
"hey did you see that girl over there? she looks like total trash with her thong sticking out of her pants like that. if i ever wear one of those, shoot me."
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Husband and I can't decide on our girl name. Our last name is two syllables. Which do you like better?
Alina, Alesha or Ariana ???
Alina, Alesha or Ariana ???
me 3 love the name Alina
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It was an interesting first full week of league basketball play for District 6-5A.
On the boys side, it was no surprise to see Mandeville and Slidell begin their respective seasons with two victories, but Northshore, which opened non-district play 3-10, won its first two league games in dominating fashion over Covington (89-64) and Ponchatoula (74-56).
For the Panthers, four of their five victories have come by margins of 18 or more points.
St. Paul's, which should be in the running for the 6-5A title, was edged by Slidell, 54-52, on Tuesday and defeated Hammond, 71-65, on Friday night on the road.
For the girls, Covington obviously is the team to beat. The Lions have opened the season 18-2, have won all four league games and have yet to lose a non-tournament game. Also, the Lions' two losses were by a combined six points to Destrehan (17-1), the metro area's fourth-ranked large-schools team, and Walker (19-3).
Last week, the Lions rolled past Northshore, 66-43, on Tuesday and squeaked by Slidell, 48-44.
The Tigers (11-8, 2-1) are reaping the rewards of playing a tough non-district schedule. After starting the season 2-5, they reeled off six consecutive victories and have six wins by double-digit margins since Dec. 7.
OTHER DISTRICTS GET GOING: The boys and girls will open league play over the next eight days in both 8-4A and 8-2A.
Both Salmen teams are clearly the favorites in District 8-4A.
The Lady Spartans are the metro area's top-ranked team, as they have opened the season 18-1. Their lone loss came to John Curtis, 45-42, in the Hahnville tournament on Dec. 13, and since then they have won nine consecutive games and two tournament titles. Last week, they defeated two good teams in Independence and McDonogh 35 by a combined score of 116-40.
Salmen has one more non-district game against Mandeville on Tuesday night before an 8-4A opener at home Friday against St. Scholastica (9-10). The Doves, meanwhile, open district play Tuesday night against Franklinton (13-4).
The boys team has hit a rough patch, as the Spartans (13-5) have lost three of their past four games, albeit against some of the city's top teams in Landry-Walker, Karr and Brother Martin by a combined 10 points. Coach Jay Carlin has not been happy with his team's decision-making, saying they have been taking too many outside shots.
After two more non-district games against Warren Easton on Tuesday and East Jefferson on Friday, Salmen will face upstart Lakeshore (13-5) next Tuesday.
In all, three of the four 8-4A teams already have double-digit wins, as Franklinton is 12-5.
In District 8-2A, only Northlake Christian (11-10) opens with a winning record on the boys side, and the Wolverines will travel across the parish to face Pope John Paul II (5-10) on Tuesday.
No local girls team in the district will open league play with a winning record. Hannan (8-9) will host Mount Hermon (1-13), and Northlake (6-7) will play at PJP II (2-9)
Jim Derry can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 985.373.6482. He will be covering Fontainebleau at Covington boys and girls basketball on Friday (Jan. 17). Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/JimDerryJr.


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For the Mexico meeting of the Popular Culture Assocation/
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for proposals is 1 June, 2001.
The world is boiling now with interest, both pro and con, in
globalization. Not to realize that it is one of the great drives in
present-day society is to overlook one of the significant forces in
societies today. It is therefore our imperative to try to understand all
that globalization entails. I am therefore keenly interested in studies of
societies other than the U.S., of comparative studies of two or more
cultures, of the conflicts that cultures have when they have a nexus. To
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possible understanding or minimizing some of the tensions and conflicts
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Spurs complete the signing of Aron Baynes
After a couple weeks of working behind the scenes, likely on buyout and visa details, the Spurs have officially competed the signing of Australian big man Aron Baynes from Slovenian team Union Olimpija. In about 27 minutes per game in Slovenia, Baynes was averaging almost 14 points and 10 rebounds per game.
The team didn't release details of the contract, but according to reports Baynes' deal is guaranteed for the rest of this season with two more unguaranteed years to follow.
Baynes should take a similar role to that of DeJuan Blair on the team: limited minutes, but expected to be physical and rebound. Considering the Spurs reportedly paid a buyout in the neighborhood of $400k to sign Baynes, I doubt they'll send him to Austin for very long, if at all. Then again, I'm wrong on these things all the time.
Baynes will not be in uniform tonight's game against the Hornets.
And now, here are some fictional quotes adopted from The Dark Knight Rises that we'd like to believe Baynes would say:
"It doesn't matter who we are… what matters is our program. No one cared who I was until I put on the silver and black."
*Looks at Deron Williams* "You merely adopted the silver and black. I was born in it." (via @DavidRob50)
"Calm down, Blake Griffin! Now's not the time for fear. That comes later."
"Theatricality and deception, powerful agents for the uninitiated. But we are initiated, aren't we Tiago?"
"I'm San Antonio's reckoning, here to end the borrowed time Kobe Bryant's been playing on."
*flexes biceps* "San Antonio, take control! Take control of your city. These… these are the instruments of your liberation!"


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Commentary: Cultural Stereotypes Can and Do Die: It's Time to Move on With Transracial Adoption
Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law School
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Vol. 34, pp. 315-320, 2006
This commentary argues that the Multiethnic Placement Act, designed to combat common cultural stereotypes, provides clear guidance to state child welfare agencies and the mental health professionals that serve them, eliminating any regular consideration of race in the foster and adoptive placement of children. Given recent enforcement action by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, those who ignore this guidance act at peril of subjecting state agencies to the significant financial penalties mandated for any violation of the law.
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Keywords: Transracial Adoption, MEPA, Multi-ethnic Placement Act, Adoption
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THE retail price of petrol in South Africa will fall 5c per litre (c/l) on Wednesday next week but diesel will rise by almost 14c/l, according to the Central Energy Fund's (CEF's) website.
Analysts say the petrol decrease is small solace, as higher increases could be on the cards for October, while tension in Syria continues to pressure the currency and oil prices.
Higher diesel prices are also due to affect transport costs and ultimately prices on shop shelves, as most freight is transported to market by vehicles fuelled by diesel.
Diesel is set to rise 13,820c/l to 1,262c/l in wholesale price for 0.05% sulphur in Gauteng and by 14,820c/l for 0.005% sulphur.
Paraffin prices will increase 25c/l wholesale and 33c/l in the single maximum national retail price.
Petrol (95 octane) in Gauteng moves to 1,350c/l from 1,355c/l the month before but remains well above the 786c/l a litre at the beginning of the year.
In coastal areas, the price will be 1,313c/l from 1,318c/l before.
"The decrease in the SA petrol price in September will have almost no impact on October's inflation rate as the percentage change is extremely small," said Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings.
"Unfortunately, there is currently a daily under-recovery on the SA petrol price of 47c/l. This means that the petrol price could rise significantly in October, but that will depend on currency and oil price developments during the coming weeks. Clearly the tension in Syria is a concern," Mr Lings said.
According to the CEF, the average international prices of petrol decreased during the period, while diesel and paraffin prices increased.
The rand weakened against the dollar between August 2 and August 29, to 10.0928 from 9.9348 in the prior period.


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Skip to comments.Lawyers, 'Black Farmers' Shake Down Taxpayers
Posted on 03/08/2010 5:49:25 PM PST by jazusamo
These two cases - and other pending ones - speak volumes about how "civil rights" has become little more than a pretext upon which to shake down employers and taxpayers under the guise of social justice. It also reveals more than a little about the insatiability of the plaintiff's bar and the timidity of the federal government in the face of charges of racial discrimination.
The latest out-of-court settlement is contingent upon a likely appropriation of $1.15 billion on top of $100 million Congress set aside in May 2008 as part of a larger farm bill. Prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus are making sure colleagues feel the heat. "This settlement is a case where justice delayed will no longer be justice denied," declared House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C. "History has taught us to never give up when fighting for what is right. What happened to these farmers was wrong, and we now have the opportunity to make it right."
But exactly what did happen? The more one examines the evidence, the more the conclusion emerges: This has been a shaky if not fraudulent case from the very start. It's fitting irony that the Agriculture Department has brought many of its woes on itself. Here, then, is some background.
Back in 1994 the Department of Agriculture commissioned the Atlanta-based consulting firm of D. J. Miller & Associates to analyze its patterns of treatment of minorities and women. These were the Clinton years, and the entire executive branch was feeling extra pressure to root out discrimination. The Miller report concluded that minorities were underrepresented in USDA program participation and were getting less than their fair share of crop payments, disaster payments and Commodity Credit Corporation loans. The researchers could not determine the reasons for disparities due to "gross deficiencies" in data collection and analysis.
Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman was among those alarmed. Spurred by a small but aggressive group of black farmers demonstrating in front of the White House (and President Clinton's demand to do something about them), in December 1996 he ordered a suspension of all government farm foreclosures pending the outcome of a full probe of discrimination by his department. He also conducted a multi-city "listening tour" whose entourage included a Civil Rights Action Team and almost a dozen government officials. Glickman appointed an in-house civil rights task force whose report, released some two months later, recommended more than 90 steps to combat bias.
As an accusation of racial discrimination in today's political climate all too often suffices as proof of it, a lawsuit was almost inevitable. Soon enough, the hour found its man: Timothy Pigford, a black farmer from North Carolina. In August 1997, Pigford, who later was joined by another North Carolina black farmer, Cecil Brewington, filed a class-action suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Some 400 black co-plaintiffs accused the Department of Agriculture of discrimination during 1983-97. The USDA, rather than refute the charges, agreed to mediation and a potential settlement.
Like predators smelling prey, a gaggle of litigators appeared to represent the plaintiffs. Naturally, they upped the ante, requesting blanket (rather than individual) mediation for all farmers who may have been victimized by discrimination. They also managed to raise the total of aggrieved parties to 2,000. Attorneys for the Justice Department vigorously opposed the blanket mediation, arguing each case should be investigated separately. But as the case progressed, it was clear the USDA would be unable to resolve the huge backlog of complaints - surely a self-fulfilling prophecy on the part of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
The court proved willing to break the logjam on behalf of the plaintiffs. In March 1998, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, a Clinton appointee, lifted a stay and set a trial date of February 1, 1999. In October 1998, Judge Friedman certified as a class all black farmers who had filed discrimination suits against the USDA from January 1, 1983 to February 21, 1997. But a complication arose. The two-year statute of limitations contained in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the basis for the suit, would invalidate most complaints. Not to worry. Congress, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, inserted a provision into the Fiscal Year 1999 omnibus spending act waiving the statute on all civil rights complaints against the USDA during 1981-96. That such legislation, brazen in its transparency of motive, likely violated the constitutional ban on ex post facto laws was of minor concern to lawmakers. The USDA decided to settle rather than expose itself to bad publicity. The stage was set for a big payday for Timothy Pigford and his co-plaintiffs.
Payday came on April 14, 1999. The court approved a consent decree for a revised settlement of all claims. The agreement called for a two-track settlement: "Track A" and "Track B." Track A plaintiffs would be eligible to receive $50,000 plus relief from outstanding loans and tax liability, provided they demonstrated "substantial" evidence of USDA discrimination. Track B plaintiffs would be eligible for far larger payments so long as they met the higher "preponderance of the evidence" bar of proof. More than 99 percent opted for Track A. The money wasn't as good, but it was a lot easier. And there was plenty of it to go around. The filing deadline was October 12, 1999, extended to September 15, 2000 for exceptional cases.
How many people and how much money are we talking about? As of March 2, 2010, federally-appointed contract adjudicators had ruled on 22,549 Track A applications, approving 69 percent of them (www.pigfordmonitor.org/stats). Total relief in Pigford v. Vilsack and Brewington v. Vilsack (the nominal defendant being current Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack) stood at a little over $1 billion. The $50,000 lump sum payouts accounted for about three-fourths.
There is good reason why so few plaintiffs have opted for Track B relief: They would have to produce hard evidence of discrimination. And the evidence was skimpy at best. Understand that the original complaint cited no specific cases of discrimination other than a reckless (and guilt-ridden) statement by Secretary Glickman that discrimination was rampant in his department. Pursuant to his Civil Rights Action Team's recommendations, Glickman ordered an immediate review of 956 backlogged discrimination complaints. The review found that in only five of these cases - less than 1 percent - was there evidence of even possible discrimination, a finding the department conveniently suppressed. Yet even though the USDA admitted no wrongdoing at its April 1999 settlement, as part of the agreement it had to spend nearly $500,000 in various media outlets advertising the availability of cash awards. Those outlets included Black Entertainment Television, TV Guide, Jet magazine, 27 general circulation newspapers and 115 black-owned newspapers. The word was out: Come and get it!
Appallingly, that wasn't the half of it. A claimant did not have to prove ownership of or even employment at a farm; any claim of being turned down for a loan, whether or not substantiated, could qualify as having "attempted to farm." That the Agriculture Department kept unsuccessful loan applications on file for only three years was an open invitation to fraud. Black "farmers" claiming acts of discrimination occurring prior to 1994 held the upper hand.
Indeed, many likely hadn't ever stepped on a farm. A review by an Oregon contractor, Poorman-Douglas, revealed that some claimants tried to certify young children as aggrieved parties. Husband-wife couples applied separately in hopes of double compensation for the same act. And a number of deceased persons "claimed" their reward, with surviving family and relatives filing on their behalf.
Timothy Pigford, one might add, was less than ideally suited as a lead plaintiff. As it turned out, he had filed an earlier suit against the USDA, only to have the action dismissed "with prejudice." That means he was prohibited from filing a subsequent suit making the same claims. On that basis alone, the Agriculture Department could have had the case thrown out. So why didn't it? Given today's political climate, the answer is pretty obvious. The department, like any status-conscious organization, lives in dread of being publicly tarred as "racist." Dropping the case would have triggered a storm of moral opprobrium, especially from the National Black Farmers Association, which has been vocal since the case began. "There's a huge trust factor that has been broken," said association President John Boyd Jr. recently. "The $50,000 will not put a farmer who has lost his farm back on his land, but it will help them have some comfort in their final years."
Such statements reek of moral entitlement. And they go a long way in explaining why the 1999 consent decree proved to be the opening phase. Now Pigford II, as it is known, is upon us. Due to supposed technicalities, numerous black farmers, mostly in the South, were unable to file a complaint on time a decade ago. To address this problem, Congress nearly two years ago reopened the case, authorizing up to $100 million in damages. Take heart: The tab could have been a lot higher. In 2004, a group calling itself the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association filed a $20.5 billion class-action discrimination suit against the USDA. The court dismissed the case when the group failed to show it had legal standing.
As could have been predicted, other aggrieved classes of "farmers," inspired by the original Pigford settlement, have brought forward civil suits of their own. In 2000, a group of Hispanic farmers (Garcia v. Vilsack) went to federal court to get their piece of the pie. The lead plaintiff, Lupe Garcia, a spokesperson for Justice for Hispanic Farmers, last year stated, "Tim Pigford knows exactly how much we have suffered from USDA's decades of discrimination - because the same thing happened to him and his fellow African-American plaintiffs." That same year, a group of women likewise filed suit in Love v. Vilsack. The plaintiffs are demanding compensation for USDA loan denials to women who farmed or "attempted to farm" during January 1, 1981-December 31, 1996 and during October 19, 1998-present. And the year before, in 1999, a group of American Indian farmers and ranchers had filed their own suit against the USDA, demanding $1 million in damages for each claimant. In a prepared statement this past February, the lead plaintiffs in the case, Keepseagle v. Vilsack, affirmed their position: "We applaud the president's (Obama's) decision to compensate black farmers and ranchers for the decades of wrongful discrimination committed by the USDA and his goal of putting that shameful era behind us. As our nation's first farmers and ranchers, Native Americans have also suffered from the USDA's history of discrimination, and we too should be made whole."
Success in Pigford II inevitably will serve as a catalyst for plaintiff victories in these other cases. And eligible beneficiaries are growing exponentially. Thanks to plaintiffs' litigators and Judge Friedman, about 80,000 black farmers are now eligible for compensation. That's a remarkable feat of recruitment given that the 2007 U.S. Census of Agriculture counted only 32,938 black-owned farms in all of the U.S.
It's not likely anyone in the current administration will resist the bullying. To the contrary, they are joining it. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the nominal defendant in the active cases, is determined to pressure Congress into appropriating the extra $1.15 billion presumably needed to satisfy the black plaintiffs. "I'm going to focus all my time and resources on making that happen," he told reporters following this February's settlement. "The president is prepared to indicate that it's a priority not just for his administration but for the country." Attorney General Eric Holder endorses this view. "The plaintiffs can move forward and have their claims heard - with the federal government standing not as an adversary, but as a partner," he said in a prepared statement. And President Obama lauded the action as "bringing these long-ignored claims of African-American farmers to a rightful conclusion." The plaintiffs will win, too, unless enough members of Congress can muster the courage to denounce this case for the fraud that it is.
The late Eric Hoffer wrote many years ago in The True Believer: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." By that yardstick, civil-rights activism has been a racket for decades. And it isn't simply government that's been knuckling under to the racketeers. It's hard to imagine a single white CEO today willing to fight accusations of racial bias directed at his company. More likely, he would celebrate the possibility of a "historic agreement" and announce his corporation's renewed commitment to "diversity."
Timothy Pigford recently wrote Agriculture Secretary Vilsack: "You, sir, are in a unique position to end once and for all USDA's all-too-well deserved reputation as the last plantation' and to bring long-overdue accountability and transparency to the USDA-administered farm credit and non-credit farm benefit programs." Civil-rights activists see in such words a cry for justice. A more accurate description would be a shakedown.
USDA? Isn't that the government agency that has more people working for it than there are farmers in America? Another agency gone nuts in its size and focus. Should be removed along with the Dept. of Education, EPA, etc.
Back-door reparations?
Amen to that!
Long way to get to the money quote:
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket."
I don't consider farmers to be opportunists, but no doubt someone can set me straight on that thought.
Exactly, but they were careful not to mention reparations.
It seems there were thousands of opportunists connected to these suits and not many farmers.
Reparations by any other name......
I'm glad somebody went further into this story.
This is such a case of corruption and abuse of the system, I hope it's not the last we hear of this.
This whole mess needs to be busted wide open and STOPPED, elsewise it's never ending and very Cloward-Piven-ish.
Agreed, and I'm pretty certain the NLPC will stay on this and keep writing articles, they have a good track record.
So farm benefit programs, are now the new "Particular Institution" of a old class of farmers?
Ye shall know fraud by the magnitude of its settlement!
what an outrage
surprisingly little interest in this. I wrote and posted about this 2 weeks ago. (groovy video too)
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Witness the Italian Renaissance as a Mark Lombardi conspiracy. Above is the 1930 Uffizi Gallery chart mentioned in a earlier post. MoMA curatorial assistant Masha Chlenova supplied this higher-resolution image via the "Inventing Abstraction" Tumblr. (Click for enlargement and you can read most of the text.)
The Uffizi chart demonstrates that the nonlinear nature of art history is not such a new insight after all. Solid, arrow-directed lines mark "a direct relation between master and scholar," and dashed, undirected lines indicate "artistic influence or connection between masters." The colors key schools approximately west to east (Siena to Venice), and time moves from top to bottom (before 1300 to after 1550), with each artist's vertical position precisely determined by the date of his death. With its commitment to letting the information speak for itself (and be a glorious mess), it anticipates the philosophy of visualization maven Edward Tufte.
Didn't make the chart: Pacino di Bonaguida, star rediscovery of the Getty's "Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance." He'd be a blue dot just below Giotto, having died three years later.
Can any "tree" represent a history? Comments to the "Tree of Art" post included this East Coast-West Coast meeting of minds.
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Cosplay (kosupure), short for "costume play", is a type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character. Characters are usually sourced in various Japanese and East Asian media, including manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, and fantasy movies. Other sources include performers from J-pop, J-rock, Visual Kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by the band Sound Horizon), novels, and objects from cyberspace or the real world that are unique and dramatic (especially if they have or can be given an anthropomorphic form).
Cosplay participants ("cosplayers") form a subculture centered around wearing their costumes and reenacting scenes or inventing likely behavior inspired by their chosen sources. In some circles, the term cosplay has been broadened to include simply wearing a costume, without special consideration given to enacting characters in a performance context.
CosPlaying can be divided into two categories: basic cosplay and Masquerade. While basic cosplay only involves an attempt to look like a particular character, either in the halls of a convention or on stage, Masquerade is much more involved. When masquerading, CosPlayers attempt to act as the character would. They often have prepared skits with memorized lines, and the more advanced masqueraders can easily ad-lib their character's personality.
Anime/manga CosPlay has become very popular amongst fans in Japan and North America. Some CosPlayers make their own costumes, investing large amounts of time and money in the process, while others buy their costumes from professional costume designers. then add on to there props The end products are generally shown off at Anime conventions. Many Anime conventions hold contests for Cosplay and for Masquerade. Some successful cosplayers have become very popular and are considered celebrities in their own right.
Cosplay has a couple of meanings, but the most relevant is the merging of the words costume and play. If you want to wear a costume while attending an event (perhaps even to compete or to perform a short sketch), then you have entered the exciting world of cosplay. Wikipedia describes Cosplay as follows:
Cosplay (kosupure), a contraction (or portmanteau) of the English words "costume" and "play", is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, Japanese movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.
In Japan, "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end unto itself. Likeminded people gather to see other costumes, show off their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly participate in best costume contests.
The most specific anecdote about the origin of the word "cosplay" was that Nov Takahashi (from a Japanese studio called Studio Hard) coined the term "cosplay" as a contraction of the English-language words "costume play" while he was attending the 1984 Los Angeles Science Fiction Worldcon. He was so impressed by the hall and masquerade costuming there that he reported about it frequently in Japanese science fiction magazines. This ultimately triggered Japanese cosplay. This point is debatable.
Wikipedia goes on to say that Cosplay in the United States and Europe differs from Japanese cosplay culture in that cosplay concerning Sci-Fi films and TV shows along with Renaissance-era characters, and historical re-enactments (i.e. Civil War battles), especially at science fiction conventions, are far more popular in the West than they are in Japan.
It also mentions that another recent trend in cosplay is a blurring of the distinction between costumes based on characters from games and anime, and "original" costumes based upon a general theme or existing fashions. In particular, the Tokyo teen-fashion trend of gothic lolita has attracted some cosplayers who might not have the inclination to wear such distinctive clothes around town, but who would like to dress in such a manner on some occasions.
Cosplay Venues
Cosplay can be seen at public events such as video game shows, as well as at dedicated cosplay parties at nightclubs or amusement parks. It is not unusual for Japanese teenagers to gather with like-minded friends in places like Tokyo's Harajuku district to engage in cosplay. Since 1998, Tokyo's Akihabara district has contained a large number of cosplay cafes, catering to devoted anime and cosplay fans. The waitresses at such cafes dress as game or anime characters; maid (or meido) costumes are particularly popular.
Possibly the single largest and most famous event attended by cosplayers is the semiannual doujinshi market, Comiket. This event, held in summer and winter, attracts hundreds of thousands of manga otaku and many thousands of cosplayers who congregate on the roof of the exhibition center, often in unbearably hot or cold conditions.
Cosplayers in Japan refer to themselves as reiya (reiya); pronounced "layer". Those who photograph players are called cameko, short for "Camera Kozo" or "Camera Boy". The cameko give prints of their photos to the players as gifts. Tensions between players and cameko have increased due to perceived stalker-like behavior among some obsessive males who push female cosplayers to exchange personal email addresses or do private photo sessions. One result of this has been a tightening of restrictions on photography at events such as Comiket.
While cosplay at fan events in Japan is thought to have originated in 1978, one should not be confused with the idea that cosplay is considered typical behavior in Japan. While some do attend cosplay functions that are held in districts such as Akihabara, most Japanese people find cosplay to be rather silly.
Cosplay Costumes
Cosplay costumes are radically different from typical Halloween costumes. Because the object of cosplay is to literally to become one's character, the intricate details of the costume's construction are critical. Costumes must meticulously adhere to the designs of the characters' attire, and even more generic costumes are often elaborately artistic. Rigorous attention to detail may include ensuring the seams are aligned properly and finished, thread colors are appropriate, and fabric colors precisely match the character and their attire. Some cosplayers will buy their costumes from talented artists, while others may spend months creating the perfect cosplay outfit.
Because the costumes are so elaborate, like-minded people gather to see others' costumes, show off their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly participate in best costume contests at different cosplay events. Countless tutorials have also been created all over the internet by cosplayers to aid members of the community.
Cosplay Trends
A recent trend at Japanese cosplay events is an increase in the popularity of non-Japanese fantasy and science fiction movie characters, perhaps due to the international success of such films as The Matrix, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Characters from the Harry Potter films have a particularly high number of female fans in Japan, with female cosplayers playing either male or female characters, Draco Malfoy being an extremely popular choice.
Cosplaying as characters of the opposite sex is called "crossplay", and cosplaying as characters who dress as the opposite sex is called "cross-dressing". The main reason that people do "crossplay" or "cross-dressing" is because in anime there is an abundance of bishounen (beautiful youths), who are very attractive and feminine-looking male characters. Therefore, in the reality, females can often act as these characters better than the males. "Crossplay" and "cross-dressing" often coincide, but since some Japanese characters cross-dress to start with, it is possible to do one without the other.
For example, a female cosplayer cosplaying as a male character would be cross-dressing and crossplaying. However, a female cosplayer dressing as someone like Mana (male artist from the Visual Kei band Malice Mizer known for dressing in female clothes) would be crossplaying, but not cross-dressing; and a male cosplayer also cosplaying as Mana would be cross-dressing, but not crossplaying.
A small niche group in the crossplaying field are dollers, a subset of kigurumi cosplayers; usually male, they wear bodysuits and masks to transform fully into female characters.
By the late 1980s, rather than cosplay being a chance to roleplay as a favourite character, it was a chance to be seen. A new kind of cosplayer emerged - a cosplayer who attended events not to participate, but to be photographed. Also, photographers came to take photographs of the cosplayers, several of those photographers were from adult magazines.
International Cosplay
Cosplay in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom differs from Japanese cosplay culture in some ways. Cosplay concerning Star Trek, Star Wars, other science fiction worlds, Renaissance-era characters, and historical re-enactments (e.g. Civil War battles), especially at science fiction conventions, are far more popular in America than they are in Japan. Alternatively, some costumes that might be seen as in bad taste elsewhere (such as Nazi uniforms from certain comics or games) may be seen at events in Japan.
For almost fifty years, costume fandom has had a consistent and widespread following with costumers in the West; from the first Worldcon onward, with the influx of anime costumes, the word cosplay is becoming a more and more commonly used term to describe costumes of specifically Japanese media origins.
An issue with cosplaying anime and manga characters is that these characters generally do not have bodily proportions that can easily be mimicked by many typical cosplayers (e.g. incredibly long legs, huge muscles or giant breasts), and there is debate among fans about how important this element is when cosplaying.
In Mexico, cosplay is commonly seen inside conventions that can be video game-, science fiction- or anime-themed. It is common that cosplayers will also organize their own reunions which can be themed or free for the sake of taking pictures together. Cosplay in Mexico is competitive in a healthy level, with well-established representatives. This phenomenon also can be viewed in other Latin American countries, like Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
In Australia, the trend mirrors the American in that the subject costumes may be selected from sources other than manga or anime. Sources include American comics, computer games, science fiction/fantasy movies and TV shows, animation shorts or features, period drama, novels?any source that provides vivid and graphic inspiration of a character and their costume. Usually the term cosplay is not used to cover historical recreation as the focus is on representational accuracy, not historical accuracy. In general, Australian cosplay is most commonly seen in the larger population centers such as the capital cities and major regional centers, as these have the population base to support the diversity among fringe interests. The display of the costumes is not limited to conventions, although it is not unusual for dedicated cosplayers to travel extensively throughout Australia following the convention trail during the year. In addition to the social convening at conventions, many smaller social groupings exist, hosting their own local events.
In France, cosplay is a widespread activity in anime and manga conventions. Large conventions like Japan Expo can attract more than 500 cosplayers. While the majority of French cosplayers choose anime and manga for inspiration, many people like to dress like movie characters, famous singers or even television actors even if it is not directly related to the theme of the convention. Unlike the Japanese, French cosplayers use almost exclusively hand-made costumes which are often used only once. Buying or reusing costumes is seen as unfair competition (in some contests, they can not compete). French cosplayers are mainly focused on cosplay contests, which take place in nearly all manga, science fiction, fantasy or role-playing game conventions. They are not really competitive; they are more of an occasion to show off the costume and appear as good as possible instead (e.g. scene, lighting, soundtrack, etc.). Acting and singing skills are highly valued in contests, and some groups reenact fighting or musical comedy scenes also. For example, being able to do a cartwheel stunt in costume is part of the Japan Expo tradition and one of the most valued figures in the contest.
In Belgium, cosplay plays an increasingly important role in the F.A.C.T.S. convention, with hundreds of people dressed up in costume from different anime series - though there is an equally large group of cosplays inspired by Western fandoms such as Star Wars, Stargate, Harry Potter, Marvel or DC comics, Disney and much more.
Also, B.I.F.F.F., Asianim and even Hypercon are organizing competitions as it gives conventions a unique additional value.
Cosplay is rapidly entering the mainstream in the Philippines, where cosplay events are often held within an anime, manga, gaming, or sci-fi convention. More often than not, these conventions and events are sponsored, and debates have raged on whether or not judges' perspectives are influenced by the organizers of a cosplay event. Also, Filipino cosplay rules overlook and allow professional fully commissioned costumes to participate in competitions.
Cosplay also has followers in other parts of Asia such as South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. As well as attending comic festivals and events, cosplayers there also frequent districts popular with teenagers.
Besides pictorial artworks, there is another form of cosplay, which is taking a source from something in the real world being unique and dramatic and then changing its appearance and spirit as the anthropomorphic form for the convenience and vividness of a human cosplaying it: for example, "Princess SP1900" the anthropomorphic form of electric multiple unit rolling-stock SP1900 of Kowloon-Canton Railway in Hong Kong.
Cosplay in North America
Anime convention activity in the United States and Canada has become a much larger and much more popular trend in the 2000s. With the added public attention coming from such popular animated series imported from Japan (see anime) including Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, Death Note, Inuyasha and Bleach, cosplayers and the anime world have peeked their heads into the world of mainstream pop culture, on at least a relatively underground scale. More and more convention-goers cosplay as their favorite characters from their favorite anime, and thus, the cosplay and anime subcultures have been able to have enough influence to further the creation of anime conventions to accommodate for the increasing number of cosplayers.
Conventions in America often include both cosplay and costume contests. The cosplay, or "masque", (masquerade) is a skit contest done in cosplay costume. The costume contest is often a test of skill, design, and audience reaction. The contestants are judged either beforehand or on stage and then walk across said stage while the audience cheers (or not, depending on the etiquette of the venue). The increased popularity of convention costuming has led to the addition of several relatively new cosplay-based events, adding to the traditional masquerade and hall costume contests. Such events include the Anime Dating Game and Cosplay Human Chess, where participating cosplayers act out their characters' role in the game accordingly.
Competition has led to the development of many cosplay groups that plan for conventions months in advance. Non-competitive cosplay can often be seen at opening nights for science-fiction and fantasy movies, especially those with an established following. Even in small towns, some cosplayers wait in line for hours before showings of movies in franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Even cult hits like Serenity have drawn opening night cosplay.
In the UK, US and elsewhere, fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show attend screenings of the cult film in the costumes of its characters. This tradition began soon after the film's release in 1975.
The annual Bay to Breakers footrace in San Francisco has been a favorite cosplay venue for decades. A large number of cosplayers run or walk in their favorite costumes amongst serious competitive runners.[citation needed] In the CBS hit show CSI: NY, one of the victims that was found dead on the episode "Down the Rabbit Hole" was cosplaying as her avatar, as was the victim's killer.
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