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Powerful and fast-flying, the Peregrine Falcon hunts medium-sized birds, dropping down on them from high above in a spectacular stoop. They were virtually eradicated from eastern North America by pesticide poisoning in the middle 20th century. After significant recovery efforts, Peregrine Falcons have made an incredible rebound and are now regularly seen in many large cities and coastal areas.
Peregrine Falcons are the largest falcon over most of the continent, with long, pointed wings and a long tail. Be sure to look at shape as well as size—long primary feathers give the Peregrine a long-winged shape. As with most raptors, males are smaller than females, so Peregrines can overlap with large female Merlins or small male Gyrfalcons.
Adults are blue-gray above with barred underparts and a dark head with thick sideburns. Juveniles are heavily marked, with vertical streaks instead of horizontal bars on the breast. Despite considerable age-related and geographic variation, an overall steely, barred look remains.
Peregrine Falcons catch medium-sized birds in the air with swift, spectacular dives, called stoops. In cities they are masterful at catching pigeons. Elsewhere they feed especially on shorebirds and ducks. They often sit on high perches, waiting for the right opportunity to make their aerial assault.
Look for Peregrine Falcons perching or nesting on skyscrapers, water towers, cliffs, power pylons, and other tall structures. If a mudflat full of shorebirds and ducks suddenly erupts from the ground, scan the skies. A Peregrine (or Merlin) is probably in the area. Peregrines can be seen all over North America, but they are more common along coasts.
Peregrine Falcon is most likely to be confused with Prairie Falcon, Merlin or the rare Gyrfalcon. Of these, the Prairie Falcon has the most similar size and shape, but it's found only in open areas of the West and is less tied to concentrations of shorebirds, ducks, or pigeons. Prairie Falcons are browner than Peregrines, with dark "armpit" patches under their wings. The average Merlin is substantially smaller than a Peregrine Falcon, with a more compact body, shorter wings, and a stockier appearance. They tend to target smaller birds and even dragonflies. Merlins lack the Peregrine's helmeted look and thick mustache or sideburn. The Gyrfalcon is bulkier than a Peregrine Falcon and is very rare in the continental United States. Gyrfalcons can take down larger birds like Herring Gulls or Common Goldeneyes that a Peregrine can't really handle.
All About Birds blog, Not Just Sparrows and Pigeons: Cities Harbor 20 Percent of World's Bird Species, April 29, 2014.
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Skip to comments.Jail Time for Offensive Facebook Postings?
Posted on 01/05/2013 6:00:01 PM PST by Impala64ssa
How many people would be in jail if annoying or offending a person were against the law? The answer: pretty much everyone. If you think that you might be one of these people and you like to send information electronically, there are a few places you should probably avoid.
Vernon County, Wisconsin, is among a growing number of jurisdictions that are implementing so-called cyber-bullying laws. A Vernon County ordinance makes it a crime to send information to another person by electronic means with the intent to annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person. There is an exception if the information serves a legitimate purpose.
The statute is a clear violation of the First Amendment. Under the First Amendment, offensive speech is protected as long as it is not incitement to immediate unlawful conduct, obscene, child pornography, a threat, or fighting words. Here, the ordinance goes far beyond those unprotected categories of speech and targets speech that is simply annoying.
Putting First Amendment issues aside, the statute still fails to pass constitutional muster. For a criminal law to be constitutional, it must be written so that the average citizen can know what the law prohibits. If a law is too vague, it is void. This principle is appropriately called the Void for Vagueness Doctrine.
Does the Vernon County ordinance clearly state what conduct is prohibited? What does annoy mean? What does offend mean? What about humiliate? These things can mean different things to different people. As one commentator noted, the officials who implemented this law probably find criticism of the law offensive.
What if a person finds religious teachings offensive and an individual is constantly posting religious messages on his Facebook page?
The ordinance uses the phrase any person. Does that mean that the information can be annoying to someone other than the recipient of the message? Thats what the text of the ordinance says. If a teenager sends a text message to a friend with the intent to demean some B-List celebrity who is not a recipient of the text message, is that a violation of this law? The way the ordinance is written, our hypothetical teenager is a criminal.
By the way, so is anyone who forwards an email that winds up in the mailbox of someone offended by it. If youre a Vikings fan, be careful what you say about the Packersparticularly this weekendlest your email wind up in Vernon County and you wind up in jail.
The statute provides a defense if the information serves a legitimate purpose. Who determines what a legitimate purpose is? Some would argue that disparaging or humiliating someone can serve a legitimate purpose, when that person deserves to be disparaged or humiliated for something he has said or done that is morally blameworthy.
When the ordinance was being debated, the lawyer in favor of the ordinance said specifically that this would apply to Facebook posts. When siblings or friends post unflattering pictures of each other on their Facebook walls, are they criminals? If it was done, as is often the case, with the intent to annoy or humiliate the other, under this law that person might be heading for the slammer.
Are we shifting from a society where children complain to their parents about siblings or friends to one where children file complaints with the police about the same people?
It used to be, Mom! She is being mean to me! Make her stop! Will it soon be, Officer! She is offending me on Facebook! Put her in jail!?
This ordinance is incredibly overbroad and puts ordinary citizens in jeopardy of becoming criminals. This is one more example of the increasing overcriminalization problem at every level of government.
Freedom of speech! We don't need no stinking freedom of speech.
Maybe someone should tell lawmakers about "defriending."
>>annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person<<
Jim should put a filter on to keep people from Vernon County from getting an FR account... ;)
nobama is a total doofus.
Obviously, I don't live in Vernon County, WI.
I think it's South Africa that has a system that can punish you for showing disrespect for someone else.
Are we heading there?
Love the idea but it won't happen. Watch the stock value plummet to Zero.
Need the facebook accounts for the county officials. Why, so I can >>annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage, or humiliate any person<< of the county bureaucracy.
Most of my friends end up disappointing and diminishing themselves in my eyes.
Which is why I post nothing beyond, "congrats," or "happy birthday."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
I don't know who said that, but it works for me.
That was my thought - full on attack on the bill of rights.
Get used too it. This is the nannynation gone wild. This crap is going to grow and grow and grow. Eventually, if you just look at someone and make them cry, you can be arrested for making them cry. THIS IS WHAT LIBERALISM IS!!
You "Love the idea"??????????????????????????????????
I think I saw this episode on Gunsmoke.
I shoot for 8/8 on that list but then my comments always have a legitimate purpose" -- to drive the liberal, libertarian, or secularist poster off the Internets permanently.
No more nailing pamphlets to the tree in the town square?
Idiocy personified.
Actually yes. And every other site with a forum as well. Perhaps they would notice and vote smarter after being cyber-marooned on the net..
Just think about it. If this law were extended to Fresno, CA then everyone on FR would be banned and go to prison! LOL
Soooooo .... if I electronically watch youtube videos of Bill Maher's show (I never would, but if I did . . . )
The Eagles had a song for this. It is called "Get Over It".
"I don't know who said that, but it works for me."
I think it was Mark Twain.
Didn't FR get labeled a hate site in Fresno?
Facebook going out of business ? Hell yes. It and its ilk is nothing more than a massive megga survelance tool taking advantage of people too lazy to seek people out for real not make believe human interaction.
Facebook going out of business ? Hell yes. It and its ilk is nothing more than a massive megga survelance tool taking advantage of people too lazy to seek people out for real not make believe human interaction.
I'm guessing it's a one way street right? If a brain dead lib makes a comment that a law abiding conservative deems annoying or humiliating, they can sue, right?!
As my Mother used to say 'stop the world, I want to get off'...
Already happenin.
And here
In this case, the brought 'cyber stalking' charges.
When that wasn't deemed enoug, they tried to frame him for 'solicitation to murder the judge.
It's called unfriending. I had it happen to me by two sisters because I sent a picture of a gun with the barrel in a U-shaped turn—known as a Islam muslim hand gun. Why are liberals so easily offended, but say the worst things in the world to us????
To #9: re "with the intent to annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage or humiliate any person" as a charge against internet posters, including FRers.
Hey, all we are doing is reading the same book that got Obama elected commissar of the US, Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals". And then practicing what he wrote.
What's wrong with that?
And I would feel that I've let America down if I didn't "annoy, offend, demean, ridicule, degrade, belittle, disparage or humiliate" the Democrats, leftists, liberals, communists, the Hollywood hypocrites, so-called comedians like Maher, Behar, Barr etc., the mainstream media, shister politicians of all parties, shister lawyers, leftist cartoonists, and wackos like Ed Schulz, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, etc.
Other than that, I can actually write nice things about them, such as "when you die, RIP (Rest in Piss)" .
Oh, there I go again. My bad, and on purpose.
Never get the Left an inch, a second of rest, any respectability, or believability. Too many millions of decent human beings have died because they did - Cuba, Red China, Tibet, Soviet Union, Angola, Philippines, So. Vietnam, No. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru, etc.
The internet is ours. Like our Special Forces in Nam and Iraq and Afghanistan have said, "we rule the night" and the "Internet".
Keep hitting the leftist bastards until they're gone. Never give in, never give up, never stop until victory.
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great to be here at the CTIA convention. With the incredible innovation in wireless devices and apps, it's like Tomorrowland has been moved from the Magic Kingdom to the Orange County Convention Center. Thank you, Dan Hesse, for your remarks. Also congratulations to Sprint, one of three mobile companies recently named to JD Power's list of Customer Service Champions. Thank you to CTIA and Steve Largent for welcoming me and for your strong advocacy for our mobile future. I know everyone here has been talking about the proposed transaction that was just announced. Of course you'll understand that I'm not going to comment on that. Although it's been a while, it feels like I was just at CTIA. Why's that? I was at the Consumer Electronics Show two months ago, and it may as well have been a wireless convention. Virtually every product on the CES floor was connected to the Internet, and overwhelmingly through wireless connections. If you had shut down wireless Internet access, pretty much nothing there would have worked. As CES made clear, and you know well, broadband is no longer a luxury. It's an essential platform for new products, economic growth and job creation – creating opportunities and opening markets that allow businesses to start, grow, and hire. As the demand increases, and the benefits are more compelling by the day, it's all the more reason why unleashing more spectrum must be a national priority. That's what I want to talk about today: four core reasons why spectrum is at the top of my agenda -- American competitiveness, opportunity, the enormous dollar benefits of freeing up spectrum, and the enormous costs of delay. First, American competitiveness and opportunity. The history of the American wireless industry is filled with risk-taking and innovation – the supporting pillars of competitiveness and opportunity. The first commercial cell phone call was made in 1983 using a $4,000 Motorola analog cell phone that was the size of a human head and weighed two pounds. I have a slightly
later version of that phone sitting on a shelf in my office as a reminder of how fast things can change, and how tricky it is to predict the future. With breakthroughs in digital signal processors and energy-efficient batteries, in just a matter of years, those brick phones have evolved into 4-ounce mini-computer smartphones that all of us have in our pockets right now. Many have more computing power than NASA's lunar module. We all remember when 3G was a big deal. Now we've got 4G, with both faster speeds and lower latency. And surely it's just a matter of time before 5G will mark the next revolution in wireless connectivity It's hard to imagine an industry that's produced more game-changers than the wireless industry. Starting with the mobile phone. And now consider the tablet. When Apple rolled it the iPad, the naysayers questioned its potential success, calling the iPad just a larger version of the iPhone that would have no meaningful impact. One national magazine predicted that consumers would be "genuinely baffled by why they might need it." A leading tech blog's take: "My God, am I underwhelmed." Now, demand for the iPad2 is so high, there's a six-week backorder wait. Always challenging ourselves; always adapting; always looking to the next horizon. That's the American way. And my message to you today is simple: we must apply that same spirit to our broadband challenges. Too many Americans have no broadband access at all, and too many Americans don't subscribe. Our adoption rate in the U.S. is 67%; it's even lower among low-income and minority Americans, and in rural and senior communities. In Singapore, the adoption rate is 90% If we don't innovate – in the private sector and in government – if we don't find new ways to maximize efficiency and meet our strategic goals, we risk letting big opportunities pass us by – and the cost to our global competitiveness could be severe. It's clear that America's global competitors aren't standing still. Some, for instance, project that Asia will have more 4G devices than the U.S. by 2014. American leadership in the world economy is not a birthright. It has to be earned anew by every generation.
The mobile sector is critical to U.S innovation and economic leadership in the 21st century. We need to be developing here the most innovative wireless technologies, applications, services, and exporting them to the rest of the world. You don't need me to tell you this, but broadband has changed the rules here in America and around the world. I see broadband as a disruptive technology that's creating an innovator's dilemma for the United States as market leader in the global economy. In his book Innovators Dilemma, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen described how market leaders face unique challenges in responding to disruptive technologies and disruptive competitors. Some take the necessary strategic steps; some don't. And it's generally harder for a market leader to do so in view of the dependencies, reliances and practices it has built up in the marketplace that preceded the disruptive technology. The U.S. closed the 20th century as the world's market leader. While many of our global competitors can chart -- and are charting -- a broadband-fueled strategy on a white board unencumbered by legacy achievements, the U.S. has no choice but to develop a 21st century strategy in the context of a complex web of 20th century infrastructure and programs. Mary Meeker – now at Kleiner Perkins after years of producing influential reports at Morgan Stanley -- recently made this point in a provocative report that analyzed the U.S. as if it were a public corporation She concluded that the U.S. faces significant strategic challenges in the global marketplace – and that our Information Technology infrastructure can be part of the solution, if we set clear goals and make tough choices. A separate report by McKinsey concluded that better utilization of broadband is essential to boosting productivity and growing our economy. That's why the FCC developed the country's first National Broadband Plan a year ago – to identify the key strategic issues our country faces, and set a path forward. One strategic challenge is extending the benefits to the nearly 100 million Americans who currently aren't connected. The Plan calls for transforming and modernizing the Universal Service Fund, so that it focuses on broadband deployment and adoption, not on outdated telephone service. Our reforms will be technology neutral, and we expect that wireless providers will be active participants in the Connect America Fund. I invite you to offer your own ideas on how we can make this program more efficient and effective.
The National Broadband Plan also identified mobile broadband as a unique and powerful opportunity for the U.S., as well as a strategic challenge. To some, it was a surprise that the Broadband Plan included major sections on mobile broadband. At the time, many assumed that broadband was what you got when you connected your computer to the modem plugged into your wall. And while fixed broadband is of course of vital importance to our economy and our innovation future, the Broadband Plan placed unprecedented emphasis on mobile broadband, because no sector now holds more promise for opportunity, for economic growth, for improvements to our quality of life, and for our global competitiveness. The Broadband Plan was innovative when it came to how it looked at the landscape. The Plan emphasized that opportunity will come from a healthy broadband ecosystem, with improvements in networks, devices, and applications creating a virtuous cycle of innovation. Start with networks. As of late 2010, we had 141 million 3G subscribers – one-fifth of the worldwide total and more than 3 times as many as any other nation, except Japan, making us the world's largest 3G market and a major reason why the U.S. has been the undisputed leader in mobile innovation. Now 4G is finally here, which will deliver a high-speed Internet experience comparable to what many enjoy on desktops. 4G investments will soon enable a tidal wave of new mobile innovations, from entertainment, to two-way video, to telemedicine and more. Look at devices. Last time I spoke at CTIA, the commercial tablet market didn't even exist. Now, analysts are projecting 55 million tablet sales this year – making it a $35 billion business. So far. Smartphones keep getting more powerful and operating systems keep getting smarter. In the 4th quarter of 2010, smartphones outsold PCs worldwide – 101 million to 92 million. And with the emergence of Machine-to-Machine wireless technology, pretty much everything can become connected – from appliances to vehicles to medical devices. Qualcomm projects that by 2020, the Internet of things will consist of 50 billion connected devices around the world, which will drive efficiencies and improved services in areas like energy, transportation, manufacturing and health care. Which brings us to mobile broadband applications, one of the most remarkable forces for economic opportunity and quality of life that we've ever seen. Robust networks and powerful devices are allowing us to do all kinds of things we could barely have imagined a few years ago.
With mobile broadband, children can replace 50-pound backpacks with interactive digital textbooks that personalize lessons to their skill set. Broadband enables remote medical monitoring – wireless devices that can help diabetes patients track their glucose levels, or heart disease patients monitor cardiovascular data. Voxiva, a company that I visited just last week, developed a mobile app to help expecting mothers stay up to date on neonatal care. Each of these areas – education, health care, as well as energy – have enormous potential as new broadband fueled market opportunities ripe for U.S. leadership. And as large as these can be, they can be part of an even larger economic success story. In 2009, people downloaded 300 million mobile apps. Last year, that number increased more than 16 times to 5 billion downloaded mobile apps. By 2015, the "apps economy," is projected to generate $38 billion in sales. That's a remarkable figure when you consider that in 2008, the first app store hadn't yet opened. In 2009, mobile online shopping brought in $1.4 billion. Last year, it jumped to nearly $4 billion. Location-based services are taking off. Companies like Foursquare and Gowalla – now each with millions of users – didn't exist two years ago. Same for Groupon and Living Social, which are moving aggressively into the mobile space and are each hiring more than 150 employees … a month. Add to that the jobs impact of 4G buildout. According to industry studies, deploying the 40,000 towers needed for these next-generation mobile networks will create 53,000 jobs and help us reach the goal the President set to bring 4G service to 98 percent of Americans in the next 5 years. The bottom line: mobile broadband is being adopted faster than any computing platform in history, and could surpass all prior platforms in their potential to drive economic growth and opportunity But there's a catch. This explosion in demand for mobile services places unsustainable demands on our invisible infrastructure – spectrum. Spectrum is the oxygen that allows all of these mobile innovations to breathe. Whether or not most Americans know the physics of spectrum, they know what it feels like to have a dropped call or a slow connection or cranky Wi-Fi. And they understand that smartphones and tablets use many times more spectrum capacity than traditional cellphones – 24 times for smartphones, and about 120 times for tablets, as it turns out.
But while American ingenuity and our appetite for wireless technology is limitless, spectrum is not. And the coming spectrum crunch threatens American leadership in mobile and the benefits it can deliver to our country. The facts tell a powerful story. The amount of spectrum available for mobile broadband represents about a threefold increase over where we were a few years ago. Sounds good, except that analysts forecast a 35X increase in mobile broadband traffic over the next 5 years. Cisco has projected a nearly 60X increase between 2009 and 2015. This explosion in demand for spectrum is putting strain on the limited supply available for mobile broadband, leading to a spectrum crunch. To address these challenges and seize the opportunities of mobile, the FCC is moving forward aggressively with a comprehensive mobile broadband agenda. I first announced our Mobile Broadband Agenda in my last speech to CTIA. It consisted of four parts and we've made real progress on each of them. 1. Providing fair rules of the road for an open Internet. 2. Empowering consumers by supporting a vibrant, transparent and competitive marketplace. 3. Removing obstacles to robust and ubiquitous 4G deployment. 4. Unleashing spectrum for 4G mobile broadband and beyond. Let me discuss each briefly. First, Open Internet. This past December, the FCC approved a framework to preserve Internet freedom and openness. As I said they would in my last CTIA speech, these rules recognize the legitimate differences between wired and wireless technologies, while preserving the core freedom to connect on all platforms. I believe our framework will help ensure that the mobile Internet remains a vibrant platform for innovation and investment. Second, empowering consumers and promoting competition. We've taken and are taking many important steps on this front, not the least of which was our Open Internet order. Right now we're moving forward on broadband data roaming, with a vote scheduled at our next Commission meeting. Voice roaming has promoted competition and has been an important spur to the dramatic uptake in mobile devices and investment in mobile networks.
Consumers everywhere want the ability to roam anywhere, and they want it for all of their basic mobile services, whether it's a voice call, an online check of out-of-town scores, or access to web job postings or health information. Many mobile providers need roaming arrangements to be competitive. While we're still working through details of a data-roaming framework, I believe the core proposition is beyond dispute: healthy competition produces greater innovation and investment, lower prices, and better service. We're also working to harness the power of mobile technology to improve the safety of all Americans. That's why we've taken steps to begin the transition to next-generation 91-1 systems. More and more, Americans are surprised – and unhappy -- to discover that they can't send a text to 9-1-1 call centers. Or a photo of a crime scene, or a video of a burning building. While that may have been a more modest issue when fewer Americans had smartphones, it's a big issue today. I look forward to working together with the wireless industry on measures to accelerate the transition to next-generation 9-1-1, and to improve wireless location accuracy for both legacy 9-1-1 and next-generation 9-1-1. Third, returning to our mobile broadband agenda, we are working to spur the deployment and lower the costs of wireless buildout. When I last spoke at CTIA, I promised that we would establish a shot-clock to speed the deployment of new cell towers. And we did. We've recently launched a Broadband Acceleration Initiative looking to cut more red tape and pursue all smart policies to speed network deployment and ensure investment dollars go to building and upgrading networks, not the inefficiencies of the process. We're working on this initiative together with our Technology Advisory Committee, which is being energetically chaired by Tom Wheeler. I expect strong initiatives to emerge from this process that can be put in place quickly. One area of potential opportunity: collocation. Initial reports suggest that in some places the obstacles are greater than they should be to adding or replacing an antenna on an existing tower. If so, that's something we would work to address. Overly burdensome rules, regulations and processes can slow down deployment and raise costs. They can slow down hiring and investment. It's been estimated that removing red tape and expediting approval processes could unleash $11.5 billion in new broadband infrastructure investment over two years. This is an important area.
Fourth, we continue to work aggressively on the major priority of unleashing mobile spectrum. We're working to drive more efficient and innovative uses of spectrum – taking action to spur dynamic spectrum sharing and secondary markets for spectrum, as well as development and deployment of femtocells, smart antenna technology, and technologies like Wi-Fi that can use unlicensed spectrum to off-load traffic from cellular networks. In fact, a few months ago we freed up "white spaces" spectrum – the most significant amount of unlicensed spectrum in 25 years -- to enable new technologies like "Super WiFi." This spectrum will be an important new platform for innovation. We have eliminated unnecessary restrictions on the use of certain spectrum bands. This has allowed us, for example, to open 25 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band, which is already being used for broadband in Korea. Our goal—widely supported, including in an Executive Order issued by the President - is freeing up 500 megahertz of spectrum for broadband, almost double what is currently available. A vital way to recover a significant amount of spectrum toward that goal is our proposal for voluntary incentive auctions. Under the proposal, Congress would grant the FCC the authority to run two-sided, voluntary spectrum auctions. We would auction spectrum for wireless broadband services, and the spectrum in the auction would be voluntarily contributed by current licensees like TV broadcasters or mobile satellite operators, who would in return receive a portion of the proceeds of the auction. So a voluntary incentive auction can provide a capital infusion for those broadcasters that choose to participate, leaving the broadcasting industry in a strengthened position. And the incentive auction proposal provides an incentive-based, market-driven path to tackle the spectrum crunch. It's the right idea at the right time. And even with the healthy debate on the topic, I haven't seen a better mechanism for freeing up spectrum before the crunch hits, or a good response to why we shouldn't bring market dynamics to bands of spectrum that historically have been protected from market forces. I'm pleased not only that the President is championing this proposal, but that it enjoys bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. It's essential that we move quickly – not only because of the benefits of action, but because of the costs of inaction.
If we do nothing in the face of the looming spectrum crunch, many consumers will face higher prices – as the market is forced to respond to supply and demand – and frustrating service – connections that drop, apps that run unreliably or too slowly. The result will be downward pressure on consumer use of wireless service, and a slowing down of innovation and investment in the space. Emerging markets like mobile medicine, mobile payments, social-network-based services, and machine-to-machine connectivity will see their growth stunted. This would hurt our economy broadly. It would also have a disproportionate impact on minority and low-income groups who are more likely than the average American to access the Internet through a mobile device. Can we quantify the costs of inaction? Various parties, including CTIA, CEA, and OMB have estimated the revenue potential of voluntary incentive auctions in the range of $30 billion. Not pocket change, particularly given the serious budget challenges the U.S faces. But the cost of inaction is not just delayed or foregone auction revenue. The economic benefits of freeing up spectrum vastly exceed even that $30 billion figure, and so the costs of inaction exceed that amount as well. Just think about how many businesses, small and large, would benefit from more spectrum from mobile broadband – driving not only connectivity, but productivity. And think about how many jobs and how much investment could be created by the next Google or Facebook or Twitter. According to the High Tech Spectrum Coalition, which is comprised of companies like Intel, Qualcomm and Cisco, over the next five years, investments in 4G wireless technologies will create 205,000 US jobs, assuming our spectrum infrastructure can handle 4G demand. Even more, freeing up spectrum will drive improvements in education, savings in healthcare costs, and greater energy efficiency. How do we measure those benefits? Some have tried. They estimate – based on past experience with the spectrum economy -- that the consumer benefits of freeing up spectrum for mobile broadband would be 10 times higher than the value that spectrum generates at auction. Looked at that way, spectrum with an auction market value of $30 billion translates to broad consumer benefits of $300 billion.
The point isn't that the number is a perfect measurement, but that the order of magnitude of the benefits of freeing up spectrum through incentive auctions is in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And so are the opportunity costs of not moving forward. Every day we are not freeing up spectrum for mobile broadband is a day with real costs to our economy, our global competitiveness, and our future. The incentive auction proposal is a smart idea – a bipartisan idea – whose time has come. I agree with CTIA and the other associations representing more than more than 2,000 companies with over $1 trillion in revenue that we simply can't afford to delay on voluntary incentive auctions. Working together, we can ensure that the U.S. leads the world in mobile innovation, harnessing massive benefits for our economy and a bright future for all our citizens. Working together, we can make sure that mobile helps with disaster response and recovery all over the world, as we've seen in Japan and Haiti; and that mobile promotes freedom and opportunity around the globe, as we've seen so dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa Working together, we can unleash the full potential of mobile broadband. Thank you.
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About the Author: Kurtis Cooper serves as a Press and Public Diplomacy Officer for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
On March 31, Secretary Clinton participated in the International Donors' Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where 48 countries, multilateral institutions, and a coalition of NGOs, pledged nearly $10 billion for Haiti's long-term recovery and reconstruction. Secretary Clinton acknowledged the tremendous support and team effort the conference represented, the work of hundreds of people in the UN, in Haiti, in Brazil, Canada, France, Spain and the United States, in the EU and other countries and multilateral institutions.
I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to travel to New York in support of the conference. At such a big and complex conferences as this, with many donor nations, cosponsors and contributing organizations, you really have to be prepared to be asked to do just about anything from drafting talking points to running across town to deliver UN credentials to working until nearly midnight to make sure your delegation had DVD copies of the video prepared in advance of the conference.
I also took the opportunity to snap some photos throughout the day to give you a sense of what it was like on the ground. Let me know what you think.
Read more about the earthquake in Haiti and the international response here.
Amanda in Washington, DC writes:
Great photos, Kurtis! Thanks for taking us behind the scenes.
DipNote Blogger Kurtis Cooper writes:
@ Amanda in Washington, DC -- Thanks for your comment. I appreciate your kind words.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I just read that a young lady from Canada doing research for her doctoral thesis on Hatian history has come upon the only known printed Haitian Declaration of Independance, gathering dust in Britain's National Archives.
News item;
"Duke University student Julia Gaffield found the eight-page pamphlet, dated January 1, 1804, while researching Haiti's early independence, Duke said in a statement Thursday.""To bring this document to light in Haiti's darkest hour may be seen as a symbol of renewal and rejuvenation, helping Haiti rebuild its national spirit following the recent earthquake," said Ian Wilson, president of the International Council on Archives. "Julia's achievement in recognizing the significance of this printed document deserves high recognition."
Oliver Morley, the acting chief executive of the National Archives, said they were pleased to play a role in the discovery.
"It's incredible that the long search for this important document should finally end at the National Archives," Morley said. "This declaration sent to the British government by Haiti's first independent leader is of great historical importance to both Haiti and the British people, and provides unique insight into the first successful slave rebellion of modern times."
The other day I posed a thought "that herein this donor's conference the international community has the perfect opportunity to prove it can stand together to protect and nuture a nation's soverign independance, economicly and politically, as well as in the legal framework of rebuilding Haiti by all nations involved."
Now it may be completed with the proper documentation.
Gotta love the timing of her discovery. So I figured it was at least Dipnote-worthy.
She's just made a lot of friends in Haiti that's for sure.
And proved one person can indeed make a difference in bringing a country full-circle.


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Festive wines for the holiday meal.
Grand holiday meals aren�t the time to bring out those cellar-trophy bottles. With so many great foods starring on your table, your wine should cheer on the festivities, but not steal the show.
And yet, it�s the holidays, so you want to pour something worthy of sharing with your favorite people. With those thoughts in mind, I�ve chosen six bottles that are festive enough for the feasts ahead, yet keep the focus where it belongs: on food, family and friends.
Your Holiday White:
� Adelsheim Pinot Gris 2011 (Willamette Valley, Oregon; $19): This bottle brings everything you want in a holiday white. With crisp apple and creamy pear notes, it�s weighty enough to stand up to rich holiday foods, yet so bright and lively it keeps you refreshed and ready for that next luscious bite.
� G�rard Bertrand �Muscat 10� 2011 (Languedoc-Rousillon, France; $12): Some guests enjoy a little sweetness in their sip�you know who they are. Thrill them with this fresh and fruity bottle that�s rife with delicate peach and orchard-blossom notes. Relatively low in alcohol, it makes a marvelous choice for midday feasts.
Your Holiday Red:
� Ponzi Vineyards �Tavola� Pinot Noir 2010 (Willamette Valley, Oregon; $25): A subtle toasty-vanilla sweetness flirts winningly in this silky, elegant wine. Yet it�s the beam of brightness amidst the dark fruit that you�ll appreciate most when you pour it at your generous table.
� Chateau Ste. Michelle Canoe Ridge Estate Merlot 2008 (Horse Heaven Hills, Washington; $22): This graceful wine has all the dark-fruit appeal that Merlot drinkers love, but with enough structure to mesh well with hearty holiday foods.
Your Holiday Sparkling Wine:
� Taittinger �La Fran�aise� Brut Champagne (Champagne, France; $40): For those holiday occasions when only a true French Champagne will do, pour this iconic example. Toasted-brioche and golden-apple notes intertwine amidst steady streams of fine, finesse-filled bubbles.
� Barefoot Bubbly Brut Cuv�e (California; $10): When the guest list grows long�but you want to offer some sparkle nonetheless�this bubbly is a real treat for the price. Find all the lemony-apple qualities you like in a crisp California Chardonnay, in a delightfully effervescent package.
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You guys are tough on him. Sure...he has holes in his logic. Yep...his reasoning is as firm as water. And indeed...he talks in circles.
yeah...he's a lazhole.
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Lazarus_2 wrote:And here I thought we we Having a civil discussion...
fyi, the only reason I have kept on during this thread is that many people seemed to latch onto that talking point.
The real point was to try and explain and possibly have people understand why there are so many macca haters. What the OP was asking, but few seemed to care about that point.
Maybe they don't find macca cringe worthy at all? If so, just replace macca with some other artist that you find his mannerisms or certain songs cringe worthy. ANYway.
To reeitterate I thought we were having a civil discussion. I was trying to divert the subject from myself to macca.
But you do not seem keen on that(chris)
I still prefer the rrs to ABBEYR medley
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USA earns another draw in field hockey
BEIJING (AP) The United States and Japan played to a 1-1 draw Tuesday in Olympic women's field hockey.
The Americans, who haven't won a medal since 1984, earned their second straight tie against a top five-ranked team and continued to play above their No. 11 ranking. The U.S. played to a 2-2 draw against No. 2 Argentina on Sunday.
Japan is 1-0-1 in pool play after the tie.
Japan scored first when Kaori Chiba deflected a long pass by Sakae Morimoto 12 minutes into the match.
The U.S. threatened late in the first half, but a shot from in close by Kate Barber bounced off the right post, and Japan took the one-goal lead into halftime.
Barber missed wide left in the 46th minute, but finally got it right in the 58th minute on a shot that slowly rolled into the goal to tie the score.
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I just watched a very powerful ESPN Outside the Lines story on a very special athlete, Elena Della Donne. I strongly urge all Junior Olympic volleyball directors and coaches to watch it, as well as read the story. It has three important threads woven together – burn out, passion and being a teacher.
The short of it is that Elena was known as the female LeBron James. She signed with UConn and this past summer walked away from the program and the sport of basketball, as she was burned out. Donne is now playing volleyball for Bonnie Kenney at theUniversity of Delaware and made the Patriot League all-rookie team.
The line that hit me most was this - "Now that I play volleyball, I know how it feels to have a passion for your sport," she says. "Before, I just thought, 'Maybe everyone's faking it because this is horrible.'"
If you can catch the replay on ESPN, it is a MUST watch. A written version about 10 minutes of the interview can be seen at ESPN.com, by clicking here. I feel it is a must watch.
Meanwhile, on the subject of passion, today is day three of the Boys' Youth Holiday camp and the Girls' Select camp here at the OTC in Colorado Springs.
The gym is filled with future stars playing with great passion - and yet now I wonder if any of the kids are faking it the way Elena had to... I have watched a couple of practices and the passion Elena found in volleyball is seen clearly on courts 7, 8, and 9.
Court seven is hallowed ground as it is where the USA Women's Paralympic teams of 2004 and 2008 trained en route to their bronze then silver medals. I can still hear the passion of that talented team when I walk in to watch the kids.
Ron Larsen, with the Beijing Gold medal memories still near, starts another cycle of helping grow the next generation of the best USA players we can develop, with a strong staff. Char and her crew are doing the same with even younger "select" (14 and under) aged kids. Six are from Hawaii, said a mom I was talking to in the gym last nite, and others are East Coasters. It seems we have the nation covered.
I will head over today and take some pictures to post on the site this week.
Thanks to all the coaches for giving their holiday time up for the kids, and to the parents for the same. Happy new year everyone!
The following comments were made on our previous web platform and have been transferred here to maintain the historical record.
On December 29, 2008Trisha McPherson wrote
prior to writing off this - could you define what "growing the game" is to you? I have read with interest on your travels and reading...nothing much on what I would consider growing to people who are not already touched by volley. What is the marketing plan, the strategy. To me...you should have done a stand up interview with ESPN during Omaha talking to people who were tuned in but not connected. I didn't see a single USAVB PSA over the weekend telling people how to be involved...and even that is probably preaching to the choir. What you are talking about here would more properly be positioned in education...which is part of growth of people...but not what people are looking for here. What is the growth plan for people outside the sport?
On January 02, 2009Chuck Rey wrote
Here's the story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/index
On January 02, 2009Chuck Rey wrote
Here's the story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/index
On January 06, 2009John Kessel wrote
Trish - Thanks for your comments - As most of the core ideas are shared on the free CDs USAV gives away, and in core articles, fewer new specific to growing the game ideas are being found, but since the new website has many resources hard to find or not yet posted, your point is quite valid. If anyone reading wants to email me directly, I will send along the latest version of the Growing the Game full article, about 6 pages of ideas. In the meantime, I can pull out sections and post them as blog stories, and will do that. Chuck, the current OTL article is seen as a full screen at http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3795996 Thanks you two for the thoughts and Happy New Year.
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the hall looks AMAZING, awesome work to all who cleaned and polished and black curtained
it would be nice to have a few tables around though to sit and drink at for events upstairs though. does anyone know if there are any anywhere left? I took some from downstairs cafe last night which we can probably do most times because less are needed at night than when it's being used as cafe eating space but if there are some that could be permanently in the hall it would save humphing up and down each day.


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Jose Padilla
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Jose Padilla, 76, of Portales died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at Laurel Plains Healthcare in Clovis.
He was born May 5, 1929, in Ecuandure, Michoacan, Mexico, to Estanislada Ayala and Diego Padilla.
He lived a large part of his life in Portales and had been a member of Los Abuelitos Senior Center.
Burial is in Portales Cemetery
Pallbearers will be Robert Jr., James and Felicia Ortega, Amanda Montano, Matthew Brewer and Thomas Ervin
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Debates of Jan. 29th, 2013
House of Commons Hansard #199 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was criminal.
- Question Period
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act
- Clarity Act
- Elmwood—Transcona
- Search and Rescue
- The Environment
- Kitsilano Coast Guard Base
- Dorothy Kostrzewa
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Carnaval des Compagnons
- Calgary Centre
- Citizenship and Immigration
- The Conservative Government
- Taxation
- Superintendent of the Year Award
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Economy
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Parliamentary Budget Officer
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Economy
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- The Economy
- Parliamentary Budget Officer
- Search and Rescue
- Ethics
- International Trade
- Employment Insurance
- Regional Development
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Consumer Protection
- Mali
- The Environment
- Co-operatives
- Workplace Safety
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Environment Canada
- Points of Order
- Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act
- The Criminal Code
- Business of the House
- Criminal Code
- Citizenship Act
- Food Safety
- Rail Transportation
Parliamentary Budget Officer
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Stéphane Dion Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance does not like to be reminded of his mistakes and he has just made that clear once again. No doubt that is why he has such a grudge against the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Does he have a grudge against the Parliamentary Budget Officer for pointing out his mistakes regarding the cost of old age security at age 65, the F-35s, the elimination of the deficit for 2013, the projections for employment insurance premiums and the budget transparency to which all Canadians are entitled?
Is that what the Minister of Finance is so worked up about?
Parliamentary Budget Officer
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Tony Clement President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Mr. Speaker, I repeat: we created that office and we are committed to keeping it in place. The government will ensure that Parliament is able to find a credible replacement.
Search and Rescue
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, experts warned that closure of the maritime rescue sub-centre in St. John's would result in a critical loss of local knowledge and put lives at risk.
A call to the search and rescue centre in Halifax today about a hunter missing on the Port au Port Peninsula was recorded as a hunter missing off the Port-au-Prince peninsula. The problem is that Port-au-Prince is in Haiti. Port au Port is in Newfoundland and Labrador.
No helicopter available for Burton Winters, medical calls routed to Rome, mixing of locations, when will the government reinstate the search and rescue centre in St. John's?
Search and Rescue
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, with respect to the incident in question, there was a Royal Canadian Air Force Cormorant helicopter dispatched. It searched the area for two hours in search of the hunter. Unfortunately, that hunter has not yet been located.
The ongoing search, in coordination with the RCMP and local fire and rescue, continues and our thoughts and prayers are with that family and those who are conducting the search.
Regarding the reference to the misspeaking of an official, this individual is an experienced navigator who had spent a lot of time in Haiti and simply misspoke when he said Port-au-Prince. He clearly meant Port au Port, and he corrected that as soon as it was noted.
Oral Questions
January 29th, 2013 / 2:40 p.m.
Alexandre Boulerice Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is sad and upsetting, but the Conservatives keep getting away with murder.
The ethics commissioner made it clear that the Minister of Finance broke the rules by trying to influence the CRTC on behalf of a radio station. This is odd because he should have been aware of the rules, seeing as they are his own government's—his own Prime Minister's—rules. If the Conservatives cannot even follow their own rules, things are looking pretty grim.
Will the Minister of Finance own up to breaking the rules, and will he please apologize for trying to influence the CRTC?
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I think we have noted that the minister personally added a line to the letter to ensure it was clear he was writing as the member of Parliament for Whitby—Oshawa and instructed that the letter be put on MP letterhead. He fully intended the letter be sent in his capacity as a member of Parliament.
He has acknowledge the administrative oversight, and we again thank the ethics commissioner for the advice she has provided in this case.
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Alexandre Boulerice Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Speaker, they just cannot admit that sometimes they are wrong.
Also under dubious ethics, the NDP has learned that flying the Prime Minister's armoured cars to India—for reasons that remain somewhat unclear—cost taxpayers over $1 million. The Conservative aristocracy wasted that million dollars even though the Indian government offered to provide armoured vehicles. The Conservatives are not interested in saving taxpayers' money. Belt-tightening is for everyone else, not for them.
How can they say that they are managing public funds soundly when they wasted $1 million to send limousines halfway around the world?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Pierre Poilievre Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, we trust the RCMP in such matters.
The NDP has decided to reopen the national unity debate with a bill to scrap the Clarity Act and set out a process for a referendum on the breakup of the country.
Now that NDP members have raised this debate, this divisive question, I would like to invite the hon. member to rise now and indicate that in such a referendum, how would he vote?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, this is a government that has the nerve to tell senior citizens that the cupboard is bare, but money is no object when it comes to their cabinet perks, like Bev Oda, like the Muskoka member who lived like the limo king over in Davos, like the fact that taxpayers paid over a million dollars to fly the Prime Minister's limo to India and that the Globemaster fleet was used to carry this personal Taj Mahal taxi.
India offered high security armoured vehicles. It was good enough for the prime minister of Australia, but not good enough for our leader. Where is the accountability?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the people of India have paid a very heavy price when it comes to the war on terror. They have lost 2 prime ministers in the last 25 years and more than 11 people were killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
When we look to the security of our Prime Minister, we consult the experts, those who are experts in security. When it comes to the national security and the security of our Prime Minister, we will take advice from the RCMP over the NDP every time.
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that the Conservatives are dismissing the work of the government of India on safety.
With the government, when Canadians see rules, they see loopholes. Let us look at the Conservative House leader's inability to admit that the Minister of Finance and the parliamentary secretary for health broke the rules when they tried to intervene in a CRTC dispute.
Did he not read the ethics commissioner's ruling that said that he not only broke the rules, but told him not to pull those stunts again? How about a change here? How about "I am sorry?" How about "The government will not break the rules anymore?" How about that?
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I think I have answered that clearly.
It is not unheard of for MPs to write to the CRTC. In fact, I have a letter here that says, "Freedom of speech is an essential fabric in our Canadian culture" this MP said, writing to the CRTC. "It is something we treasure and preserve". Then, with regard to the application, he said, "I whole heartedly support this venture and urge the CRTC to approve the application".
It is signed by the NDP MP forTimmins—James Bay. That is what he wrote to the CRTC.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ed Holder London West, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canada exports world-class goods, services and expertise to markets around the world as a key part of our government's economic action plan. It is designed for jobs, growth and long-term prosperity.
Africa is one of the most dynamic regions in the world. According to the International Monetary Fund, 5 of the world's 20 fastest-growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade share with the House how our government's focus creates new opportunities for exporters in my city of London and for companies across Canada as we open up markets in this region?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia
Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, Canada is committed to creating opportunities for Canadian businesses and workers, including in London West.
This week the Minister of International Trade is leading a trade mission to Ghana and Nigeria. He is accompanied by representatives from 28 Canadian companies, promoting industries in high demand in developing countries.
Canadian companies are creating jobs and prosperity throughout Africa. This is yet another example of how deeper trade is a win-win for Canadians and for our trading partners around the world.
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Anne-Marie Day Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, never have so few unemployed Canadians been eligible for employment insurance. This is a failure. The Conservative reform penalizes the economy in the regions that rely on seasonal work and limits workers' access to the benefits they themselves paid into.
The Quebec National Assembly, the Association québécoise de l'industrie touristique, the Fédération québécoise des municipalités and thousands of protestors have spoken out against these changes.
Why has the minister not taken action?


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Hey guys, this is my first topic on here so im just guessing this is how you are ment to do it xD
Today i am selling my well taken care of, PE EGO 6 Dust Silver
Marker: Planet Eclipse Ego 6
Condition: 9/10 Small scratch on barrel tip
Color: Dust Silver /w Red Trigger
Upgrades: None
Known Problems: None that i know of.
Asking Price: Trade
Shipping Options: Up to you
Trades of interest: Offer upp, Axe's
Location of item: Sweden, i pay shipping
What is Included: The Marker, extra O-rings, Gun Oil and Paper Instruction Manual.
Here are the pictures: http://s1247.photobu...32/cosmolompad/
They were to big to post here.
Dust Silver EGO 6
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:35 PM
Does it come with the case?
Posted 04 October 2012 - 11:38 AM
does it come with the case like Rich asked?
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 04:02 PM
Can you at least reply to the people commenting on your own thread? You've commented on my thread twice even after I declined your offer.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 04:59 PM
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In Years Past
100 Years Ago
In 1913, Laverne Engstrom, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Engstrom of Prospect Street, Jamestown, was the victim of an accidental shooting affair Friday afternoon when a 32-caliber rifle, carried by his 10-year-old companion, Rudolph Peterson, who lived on Park Street, was accidentally discharged and the bullet passed through both of his legs about eight inches above the knees. The accident happened just beyond the city line not far from Forest Avenue. A third boy, Kenneth Anderson, had brought along the gun and had handed it to the Peterson boy, when it was accidentally discharged. Dr. F.H. Nichols was called and found that the bullet had fortunately missed the bones. The lad did not lose consciousness and was doing well.
Corbin K. Willard was born in Jamestown April 16, 1829, and was the oldest living person who was born here. He had seen Jamestown grow from a mere hamlet with a population of less than 800 to a thriving city of 35,000. His father, Hermis Willard, came here from Vermont in 1820 and settled on land now occupied by the Jamestown Lounge Company. Willard Street was named in his honor. Corbin did not look a day more than 60 years of age and, although nearly 84, was well and strong, with sight and hearing almost as good as ever. He claimed never to have been ill in his life and attributed his long life to the fact that he had abstained from the use of liquor and tobacco.
75 Years Ago
In 1938, all of Jamestown's fire apparatus was called out at 10:30 p.m. the past night when fire broke out in an apartment at 119 W. Third St. occupied by L.J. Rashid, Oriental rug dealer. Mrs. M.B. Shepard, landlady, discovered the blaze which started in a kitchenette in the third-floor apartment. The place was unoccupied at the time. It was believed the fire started in a suitcase which was found standing against a wall. The wall was ignited with resultant damage estimated at about $100.
The students of Russell School were making plans for the publication of "The Panther" of 1938. The students were working to make this book the best that had ever been published by Russell High School. In order to lessen the financial shortcomings created by this, the school recently served a penny supper at the church, making a profit of about $30. The Panther staff included editor-in-chief Ruth Amadon; assistant editor Margaret Lindquist and business manager Vivian Hale.
50 Years Ago
In 1963, Jamestown police were becoming increasingly concerned over rising incidence of arrests on charges of driving while intoxicated. Officers made eight such arrests the past month and Capt. Roy W. Peterson, traffic division head, said he could not recall a previous month when arrests on the serious driving charge had reached this figure. The captain commended patrolmen for their vigilance in effecting the arrests before any serious accidents resulted but at the same time called for increasing awareness on the part of motorists of the seriousness of the charge and possible disastrous consequences of such action.
Two 15-year-old Celoron boys who admitted having been involved in illicit joy rides in at least four vehicles the previous evening, were being detained for juvenile authorities at Jamestown Police station. One of the boys, driving a 1953 Mercury which had been reported stolen in Falconer earlier, was stopped by officers at Crane Street and Foote Avenue. When one of the officers ordered the boy out of the car, he climbed out of the window on the opposite side of the vehicle and ran. He succeeded in eluding the pursuing officers, disappearing into the darkness. The stolen vehicle continued to roll forward, grazing the front of the police cruiser and slamming into a cement wall. A 1958 Buick being driven by the other teenager had been following the Mercury. The boys were eventually apprehended when an acquaintance located them and persuaded them to accompany him to the police station.
25 Years Ago
In 1988, if nothing changed by the following year, Jamestown Community College students would be ineligible for guaranteed student loans. Under a proposal by Education Secretary William Bennett, the government-backed loan program would not fund any students at schools which did not bring their student default rate below 20 percent by 1989. If statistics did not change, that proposal would cut funding to one-quarter of the schools involved in the program. Jamestown Community College would be one of them.
A few onlookers watched the previous morning as an old apartment building was demolished on Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood to eventually make room for a new post office. The U. S. Postal Service bought the property at the site the past December but construction of the new facility had been put on hold in the wake of federal budget cuts.


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|Nice apartment with one bedroom and a livingroom in Copacabana, close to the beach (a half block) in a calm location. / 86
With AC, TV and nice furniture, double bed + a sofa-bed in the livingroom.
Located on a excelent street: Rua Domingos Ferreira between the streets Figueredo Magalhaes and Santa Clara (behind Hotel Marriott).