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Jacobs, B. A series of pages that discuss why and how, geared to high school age students.
Western Australia Herbarium: A pdf that can be downloaded but is also easy to absorb while reading on line. It refers to a label program for collectors. We have one for the Intermountain Herbarium (thanks to Leigh Johnston of Brigham Young University). Send an email to Michael or Mary if you would like a copy.
Davis, P.B. 1961. Very practical but, in some respects, rather dated concerning regulations etc. (note that it was written in 1961).
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"Food for Thought" You're invited to bring a brown-bag lunch into the Seattle Pacific University Library where I'll be reading from Auralia's Colors, talking about the series, and answering questions. Copies will be available for purchase.When: TODAY (Thursday, January 31), 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Where: Seattle Pacific University Library Reading Room, Main Floor … [Read more...]
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Charles Robert Jenkins
|Charles Robert Jenkins
Charles Jenkins in Niigata, Japan, 2007
February 18, 1940
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Charles Robert Jenkins (born February 18, 1940) is a former United States Army soldier who lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting from his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[1][2]
Military service and desertion[edit]
Jenkins was born in Rich Square, North Carolina. He joined the National Guard in 1955, aged 15, well below the minimum enlistment age. He joined the regular army in 1958 and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He served in South Korea from 1960 to 1961, in Europe from 1962 to 1964, and in South Korea again.[3]
In South Korea, Jenkins was assigned to night patrols. He subsequently crossed into North Korea and surrendered to forces there, in hopes of being sent to the Soviet Union and then, through prisoner exchange, eventually returned to the United States. Shortly thereafter, North Korean propaganda declared that a U.S. sergeant had defected, and broadcast statements allegedly made by the defector, reportedly in stilted English. The U.S. Army claimed Jenkins wrote four letters stating his intention to defect (an allegation Jenkins denies); however, the original letters are reportedly lost. His relatives maintained throughout his absence that he was abducted.[1]
Life in North Korea[edit]
Information about Jenkins' status was unavailable outside North Korea for many years. Jenkins says he almost immediately regretted his desertion. He says that he and three other U.S. servicemen, Larry Abshier, Jerry Parrish and James Dresnok, were quarantined in a one-room house with no running water for seven years until 1972, where they were made to study the Juche philosophy of Kim Il-sung daily. They were forced to memorize large passages of Kim's in Korean, and beaten frequently by their guards.[3]
He says that at one point in 1966, he found his way to the Soviet embassy in Pyongyang and requested asylum, which was denied. Eventually, Jenkins was placed in separate housing and began teaching English at the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies.[2][4]
In 1980, Jenkins was introduced to Hitomi Soga, a 21-year-old Japanese nursing student who had been abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, along with her mother, during a search for Japanese citizens who could train future spies in Japanese language and culture. Soga's mother was never heard from again, and Soga was "given to" Jenkins. Thirty-eight days after meeting, they were married. They had two daughters, Roberta Mika Jenkins (born 1983) and Brinda Carol Jenkins (born 1985). In 1982, Jenkins appeared in the North Korean film Unsung Heroes, which provided the first evidence to the Western world that he was alive. The U.S. government did not publicly reveal this information until 1996.[1][2]
Confirmation and return[edit]
Jenkins drew international interest again in 2002, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-il confirmed that North Korea had abducted Japanese citizens. In an effort at détente, surviving abductees were allowed to travel to Japan, including Jenkins' wife. The visit was intended to last for a week, but the Japanese government chose not to return them on schedule and instead negotiated for their families to join them in Japan. Most of the families did ultimately travel to Japan, but Jenkins and his daughters stayed behind out of fear that the North Korean government was testing his loyalty.[1]
After assurances of protection from the Japanese government, he travelled with his daughters to Japan by way of Indonesia for medical treatment, arriving in Japan on July 18, 2004. Japan formally requested a pardon for Jenkins,[5] which the U.S. declined to grant. After expressing a desire to put his conscience at rest, Jenkins reported on September 11, 2004 to Camp Zama in Japan. He reported in respectful military form, saluting the receiving military police officer.
On November 3, Jenkins pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and aiding the enemy, but denied making disloyal or seditious statements – the latter charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 30 days' confinement, received a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and was reduced in rank to E-1 private (the lowest rank in the US Army). He was released six days early, on November 27, 2004, for good behavior.[1]
Jenkins and his family settled on Sado Island in Japan, which is Soga's home. On June 14, 2005, Jenkins, his wife, and two daughters traveled to the United States to visit his 91-year-old mother in North Carolina, returning later in the month.[1] He found work as a greeter in a shop.[4]
There were three other American deserters who remained in North Korea as well: James Joseph Dresnok (who was interviewed for a 2006 British documentary Crossing the Line), Private Larry Allen Abshier, and Specialist Jerry Wayne Parrish. The former two defected in 1962, while the latter defected in 1963.[2] Dresnok continued to live in North Korea until his death in 2016. According to North Korean official reports, Abshier and Parrish died of natural causes while living in that country.[6]
On July 15, 2008, Jenkins obtained permanent residency status in Japan, just half a month after he applied for the status.[7] Jenkins commented that he wanted to stay in Japan for the rest of his life, and would also like to obtain Japanese citizenship.[8]
Military awards[edit]
Although dishonorably discharged from military service (meaning that Jenkins is ineligible to display U.S. military awards, request replacements from the Army, or purchase them on his own), Jenkins' years of status as a deserter technically qualified him for several automatic military decorations which he displayed at the time of his court martial.
During his active duty service in the 1960s, Jenkins was presented one award of the Good Conduct Medal, this being the only award he was ever formally presented by the military. During his years as a deserter, however, Jenkins was "carried on the rolls" of the U.S. Army in a desertion status meaning that he was not discharged but classified as an active duty soldier under "Time Lost" due to his AWOL status.
In 2004, when Jenkins surrendered himself as a deserter, the U.S. Army placed him back on the active duty rolls as a "deserter returned to military control". He was credited with 14,494 days' time lost as a deserter and, by default, became eligible for all automatic service medals which had been created during his long period of absence. This included all automatic awards created for soldiers serving in Korea as well as active duty awards for service after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
At his court martial in November 2004, Jenkins appeared wearing the following awards on his Army uniform.
- Army Good Conduct Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Korea Defense Service Medal
- Army Service Ribbon
- Overseas Service Ribbon
Jenkins further displayed the North Carolina Service Ribbon to denote his status as a Guardsman transferred to the Regular Army during his original tour in the 1950s and 60s. His one authorized Army badge is the Marksmanship Badge with Rifle bar.
Jenkins published a book in Japanese in October 2005, titled To Tell the Truth (Japanese: 告白; Romaji: kokuhaku; ISBN 4-04-791510-6), about his experiences in North Korea. A Korean-language edition was also released in June 2006 by Mulpure Publishing of South Korea. (Korean: 고백, gobaek, ISBN 89-8110-234-1)[9]
An English-language version, titled The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea, co-authored with journalist Jim Frederick (ISBN 978-0520253339), was published by the University of California Press on March 1, 2008.[10][11]
See also[edit]
- List of American and British defectors in the Korean War
- Larry Allen Abshier, deserted in May 1962
- James Joseph Dresnok, deserted on August 15, 1962
- Jerry Wayne Parrish, deserted in December 1963
- Roy Chung, deserted in June 1979
- Joseph T. White, deserted in August 1982
- ^ a b c d e f "Deserter Recalls N. Korean Hell". CBS News.
- ^ a b c d Kirby, Michael Donald; Biserko, Sonja; Darusman, Marzuki (7 February 2014). "Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - A/HRC/25/CRP.1". United Nations Human Rights Council: 299 (Paragraph 941). Archived from the original on February 27, 2014.
In the DPRK, Ms Soga Hitomi was married to Mr Charles Jenkins, one of the five US Army deserters who crossed over to the DPRK from their posts in the ROK voluntarily after the Korean War. Mr Jenkins - who deserted his post in the ROK in 1965 – reports having lived in close proximity to the three US nationals who crossed over to the DPRK before him, Mr Larry Allen Abshier (1962), Mr James Joseph Dresnock (1962) and Mr Jerry Wayne Parrish (1963). According to Mr Jenkins, the four were closely monitored and managed with their freedom of movement seriously constrained. The four unsuccessfully attempted to escape in 1966 by seeking asylum in the Russian Embassy, after which they were convinced there was no chance they could leave the DPRK. They had crossed voluntarily, but found themselves trapped in captivity. Mr Jenkins and the couple's two daughters were able to reunite with Ms Soga in Japan in 2004.
- ^ a b Jun 5, 2004 (2004-06-05). "Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan". Atimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ^ a b John M. Glionna (2009-07-16). "Second life of GI who deserted to North Korea". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ^ ""Japan asks U.S. to pardon abductee's American husband", The Japan Times Online, May 16, 2004 (accessed April 18, 2010)". Search.japantimes.co.jp. 2004-05-16. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ^ "An American in North Korea", 60 Minutes, CBS Television. Produced by Robert G. Anderson and Casey Morgan. Reported by Bob Simon. First broadcast on January 28, 2007.
- ^ "Jenkins gets permanent residency". The Japan Times. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ ジェンキンスさんに永住許可「死ぬまでここにいたい」. Yomiuri Shimbun Internet Japanese edition, July 15, 2008. Retrieved on July 16, 2008 (Japanese).
- ^ Card, James (November–December 2006), "Escape from Pyongyang", Foreign Policy, retrieved 2008-03-15
- ^ "Charles Robert Jenkins with Jim Frederick: The Reluctant Communist", New titles, University of California Press, retrieved 2008-03-15
- ^ Schoenfeld, Gabriel (2008-03-13), "Bookshelf: To Hell and Back", The Wall Street Journal, p. D9, retrieved 2008-03-15
- Talmadge, Eric "Deserter Adjusting to Life on Japan Island". Associated Press. January 31, 2005.
- "U.S. Army Deserter to Seek U.S. Passport". Associated Press. February 28, 2005.
External links[edit]
- FEER interview with Jenkins, September 1, 2004
- Asia Times - The strange saga of Charles Robert Jenkins
- BBC News - North Korea's mystery guest
- TIME Asia Magazine - The Long Mistake
- US deserter reunited with mother
- "Last Surviving US defector to North Korea speaks out", from the Korea Times, August 19, 2004
- "Deserter Recalls N. Korean Hell" - Interview of Jenkins by Scott Pelley of CBS's 60 Minutes
- "Kokuhaku: Pictures", "Kokuhaku: Pictures 2" - Photos and translations from Jenkins' book published in Japan.
- "The Reluctant North Korean Film Star" - Interview with Charles Jenkins about film work and collaborating with the US government by Alex Hoban
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Hundreds of police chiefs from across the state flocked to Western North Carolina this week for their annual winter conference for the N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.
This year marked the second time the event was held at Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel, the most popular and successful venue so far, said Clyde Police Chief Gerard Ball, who has organized the event both years.
Although the event took place in Cherokee, Ball, who is a Waynesville resident, said his goal was to attract conference attendees to nearby towns, especially Waynesville.
"Everything had a Haywood County flavor to it this year," Ball said in regard to the opening ceremony Monday.
Local songstress Lisa Gillespie sang a moving rendition of the national anthem and Voices in the Laurel children's choir performed patriotic songs. They also dedicated one song to the memory of the victims of the shooting at Sandyhook Elementary School in Newton Connecticut with pictures of the victims shown during the song.
"I don't think there was a dry eye in the house after that," Ball said.
He even made a point to pass out free products from local stores and an informational brochure from the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce.
"Hopefully that gives them the draw to come back. Even though it was in Cherokee you could tell it was a Haywood County-centered event," he said.
The two-day event featured nearly 100 vendors catering to law enforcement needs, including Harley Davidson police motorcycles and military style drones designed for police use.
Aside from having a chance to network with other police chiefs from the eastern end of the state, local chiefs were able to attend educational seminars, legislative updates and a speech from Attorney General Roy Cooper.
Tim Hayworth, chief of police at Zebulon Police Department and president of the association, surprised Ball with the Outstanding Service Award for his role in hosting the event and his constant involvement in the organization.
"That was a complete surprise. I was not expecting that," Ball said.
Each police chief in the county attended the event both days. Canton Police Chief Bryan Whitner said he looks forward to the conference each year because of the opportunity to network and learn new techniques to bring back to his department.
"It was good to see all the police chiefs in the county there to show the cooperation and what we try to do to work together and stay on top of things here in Haywood County," Ball said.


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Indie Retailers Vie for Halo 3 Dollars
Halo 3 hit the shelves at the stroke of midnight on September 25, 2007, sounding the starting gun for one of the most anticipated game launches of all time. Scores of gamers shuffled down the enormous queues snaking out of game stores, blinking sleepily as they waited for their turn at the tills.
Even store clerks pulled all-nighters on their Xbox 360. Carel from Video Games New York suffered a Halo 3 hangover at work the next morning. "I was up all night playing," he laughs. "Man, I'm so tired."
He's not the only one. Major game retailers like EB Games and GameStop are usually on the front lines for major game and system launches; not surprisingly, they were shipped copies of Halo 3 by the hundreds. Independent game retailers received mere handfuls of the title by comparison, but they found ways to stay competitive.
"It was a last minute decision for us to do a midnight launch of Halo 3," says one clerk at Games X Change in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "GameStop was doing it, so it made sense to stay open."
Outside of presales, some independent stores like Games X Change don't count on being a gamer's first stop when a highly-anticipated game goes on sale. "We're more of a backup. People who didn't want to wait in line just crossed the street and bought a copy from us instead."
Other stores are less laid-back and believe it's important to sell as early as possible in order to ride the hype at its peak. Jason, the owner of Toyz in Alberta, Canada, notes that people are driven by a desire to be the first to play the game, and he prepared accordingly despite some close calls. "It was touch and go with our midnight launch," he says. "UPS held our order hostage."
Victor from Etc., Etc. in Oneonta, New York has noticed that people just want the game, period. "We were open at midnight and we sold out this morning," he says. "We shipped one hundred, and they're all gone."
Extra Gear
Most Halo fans aren't satisfied with going Spartan, so to speak. Independent stores made sure to stock up on Halo 3's Legendary and Collector's Editions in addition to the standard title, and gamers have been snatching up the bonuses.
"The Collector's Edition and the Standard Edition have been selling at about the same pace," says Joshua from Gamers in Omaha, Nebraska. "We didn't get many of the Legendary Edition."
"All three editions are selling really well," agrees Carel from Video Games New York.
Some people will take whatever's available. "I had twenty five Legendary Editions," says Victor. "They were all sold."
On the other hand, Anthony from Video Games Plus in Toronto, Canada finds the Legendary Edition has been moving slowly despite hosting its own Midnight Madness event. "We have lots of [the Legendary Edition] left, but only two copies of the Standard Edition."
He's confident they'll move even after the hype has died down. "They'll go, though maybe not until Christmas."
Although Video Games Plus might be stuck with an excess of bonus Master Chief helmets, they've had a lot of success selling systems and peripherals along with Halo 3. "We sold a couple of the Halo 3 Xboxes and one of the Elite systems," says Anthony. "We also sold a lot of the themed controllers. Mostly the Spartan ones—not so many of the Covenant ones." Everybody wants to be a hero.
Joshua from Gamers also had some success selling the Halo-themed Xbox. "A few fanboys came in and bought the game and the system together."
However, most independent retailers claim they're not the first choice when folks are interested in purchasing a game system and they stock accordingly. GameZone in Phoenix, Arizona has a few Xbox 360s on hand, but store clerk Joanne notes none of them went out the door. "We didn't sell any systems with the game," she says. "In fact, we still have several copies of the game itself."
Jason from Toyz also notes that systems aren't so much his store's focus versus peripherals and games themselves. "We don't sell a lot of combined machines and games, which I see happen in Wal-Mart and places like that."
Sales for Halo 3 peripherals, however, were brisk. Video Games NY sold a lot of the little extras every Halo-lover needs. "Headsets, controllers, Xbox Live … stuff like that went quick," says Carel.
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There's little question that Halo 3 has been this year's biggest seller for every retailer. "[Microsoft] has done a fantastic job with the launch," says Jason. "They've been making gamers think about Halo 3 for a very long time. The anticipation has been very high."
John, a clerk at Slackers in St. Louis, Missouri says sales of Halo 3 have outstripped everything else. "Halo 3's sold more than [other big titles like] BioShock and Metroid."
Victor from Etc., Etc. says there's no comparison. "Halo 3 has been our best-selling game since Grand Theft Auto: Vice City."
With every store's mad rush to be the first to nuzzle into gamers' pockets, it's strange to imagine that one store is counting waiting for the hype to die down before they sell their own copies. Game Over in Austin, Texas is a used game store that stocks classic titles from the Atari 2600, the NES, and other systems that retreated from living rooms long ago. Despite the store's retro focus, about ten copies of Halo 3 are available for sale.
"We don't expect to sell them very fast," admits David, the store's owner, "but if someone is going down the phone book, we'll be one store that has the game. Besides, people can walk in and trade a stack of NES cartridges for Halo 3. You can't do that anywhere else!"


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Presenting our top 20 players of 2012. Two notes to kick off our journey (in which we'll undoubtedly be wrong on every selection). We excluded rookies from our list this year because it didn't make sense. Along without having played a down in the NFL, rookies can't be categorically listed based on promise without a sense of history and we refuse to list them simply because they were first or second round draft picks. So we omitted them entirely. Also our own Joe Goodberry will be doing a power rankings periodically throughout the season adjusting our top 20 list.
We start our annual top 20 list with one of Cincinnati's newest free agents, offensive guard Travelle Wharton. After Nate Livings and Mike McGlynn left for free agency and Bobbie Williams rehabilitating a fractured ankle, the Bengals found themselves desperately needing to rebuild their offensive guard positions. Signing a three-year deal worth $10 million early during free agency, Wharton is projected as the team's starting left guard.
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Sitting down to fragrant tea in a pot, cream scones, dainty sandwiches and bite-sized cakes has thankfully remained an institution around the world. It may be rooted in our city's colonial past, but infusing (pardon the pun) a little old-worlde decadence into your day in the quietly elegant surroundings of our Library, is highly recommended.
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ONE Fighting Championship's second event is happening this weekend, and since most of our readers are from outside of Asia, here's an in-depth preview and a complete guide on everything you will need to know about the upcoming event.
Event Details:
ONE Fighting Championship 2: Battle of Heroes
February 11, 2012 -- 7:30 a.m. ET
Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia
How to watch:
If you're not going to be in the Arena to watch the event, you can also catch the event online. Prelims will be shown live and free on their facebook page, while the main card will be available as an online PPV at UStream or at ONEFC.com for $9.99.
The event will also have a delayed telecast all over Asia at ESPN Star Sports.
SIX Things To Look Forward To:
The card will have 10 fights, and here are seven things that you should look forward to during the event.
1. OLE LAURSEN'S RETURN TO COMPETITION - Ole Laursen (5-2) is a K-1 veteran, and a super-fight champion from Martial Combat. He was thrown on the deep end early on his MMA career when he faced and lost to Genki Sudo and Caol Uno back in 2006. He has since rattled off 5-straight victories since then, and was ranked as the #8 lightweight on the 2010 World MMA Scouting Report. He was supposed to headline ONE FC's debut event against Eduard Folayang, but a knee injury has kept him sidelined for months.
The Filipino-Danish fighter who has been based in Thailand for several years began building a new Legacy gym on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, in Boracay, Philippines. He will be returning to competition this weekend and he will have a tough task at hand when he headlines the event against Felipe Enomoto (5-3), a former CFC champ who founded the Enomoto dojo along with his brother, M-1 Global champ Yasubey Enomoto.
2. A PRIDE STYLE FREAKSHOW-ISH FIGHT - ONE FC has a rule-set that is very similar to PRIDE in which knees and soccer kicks (depending on a signal from the referee) to a grounded opponent is allowed. Another thing PRIDE was known for, was having those "freakshow" bouts which blurred the lines between sport and spectacle.
A lot of people enjoyed those types of matches during the PRIDE days, but a lot of people also hated it. Either way, at least for this card, that's one more thing ONE FC has that's similar to the popular Japanese promotion, as the 350 lb. "Beast", Bob Sapp (11-9) will be taking on UFC veteran and 3rd degree BJJ black belt, Rolles Gracie (5-1) in a super-heavyweight bout.
3. ANOTHER URCC CHAMPION FROM TEAM LAKAY - Back in September, North American fans were introduced to one of the most popular fighters in Asia, in Eduard Folayang. The Wushu fighter displayed tremendous grit and toughness coupled with his very entertaining style of fighting that is common among the guys at Team Lakay.
Co-headlining the event will be undefeated URCC lightweight champion, Honorio Banario (6-0), who is one of the youngest guys from the famed camp that's based on the mountain province of Baguio. The URCC champions have been faring well in international competition, but Banario will be dropping down a weight class and will be facing a very talented Korean fighter on his featherweight debut. He'll be taking on Bae Young Kwon (6-2), one of the top featherweights from Korea's ROAD FC promotion, who recently pulled off an upset over the highly touted prospect from Evolve MMA in Brian Choi.
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4. EVOLVE MMA'S BJJ WORLD CHAMPS AGAINST JACKSON'S MMA AND TEAM LAKAY - You have probably heard about Evolve MMA, the home of guys like Shinya Aoki and Rafael Dos Anjos, and it's one of the most beautiful gyms in the world that is also stacked with several world champions from Muay Thai, BJJ, and now wrestling. Two of their BJJ world champs will be competing at this event, and they will be taking on guys from arguably the best gym in the US, and the best gym in the Philippines.
Rodrigo Ribeiro (9-7), a very experienced BJJ world champion and third degree black belt, will be taking on Rustam Khabilov (12-1), a top prospect and M-1 veteran who is also a Combat Sambo world champion. The Russian fighter trains out of Jackson's MMA, and his background provides a very interesting contrast and battle of styles that could make waves in ONE FC's welterweight division.
His teammate, fellow BJJ world champ, Alex Silva (1-0), just recently moved to MMA, winning his debut by rear naked choke a few months ago. He will be taking on a fellow flyweight prospect in Geje Eustaquio (2-1), who is one of the newer guys from Team Lakay. He may not yet be as technical as some of his more experienced and more popular teammates, but Eustaquio already possesses the trademark grit, endurance, and toughness that is common among the champs found in the Lakay Wushu gym. Both guys are still developing their overall MMA game with the champions they train with day in and day out, but their specialties and styles makes this a very intriguing match up. Plus these flyweights are always exciting, so this is probably one of the sleeper candidates for FOTN.
5. CFC CHAMP GUSTAVO FALCIROLI VS. SOO CHUL KIM - For those who were able to see ONE FC 1, you would already know that Soo Chul Kim is a gamer. He's a very tough fighter and even though he ended up losing a decision, he gave Evolve MMA's Leandro Issa all he can handle, winning over a lot of the fans that night.
Kim, at 20-years-old, is still a very young prospect with a bright future ahead of him, but unfortunately for him, he's again matched up against another accomplished grappler in Gustavo Falciroli (11-3-2), who is a 2nd degree BJJ blackbelt. There's a bit of hype surrounding the current CFC bantamweight champion in Falciroli, with people constantly singing high praises for the Australian-based fighter. We'll see if he will be able to live to that hype and stop the very game and durable Korean, or if Kim will be able to live up to his potential and upset the CFC champion.
6. THE AGGRESSIVE STYLE OF JESSIE RAFOLS - If you want a fight that is guaranteed to be entertaining, you should really keep an eye out for the prelim bout between Interim URCC Bantamweight Champion, Jessie Rafols, and Muay Thai Champion, Irshaad Sayed. Why? Cause Jessie Rafols is probably one of the most aggressive fighters in Asia, and it's guaranteed that he will be pushing the pace, going 100% from the opening bell.
Rafols is a high-level athlete and fighting just comes naturally from him. He is probably not as technical standing up as his opponent, who is a Muay Thai champion that trains with Vuyusille Colossa, but what he lacks in technical ability, he makes up for with tenacity, explosiveness and aggression. That all-out style has cost him on his last bout in the Philippines, but Rafols has been making the right moves in his career, moving out to one of the top camps in the country, training at BAMF MMA, home of Alvin Aguilar and the DEFTAC crew, to shore up his overall MMA game, and close out the few holes he has in his game.
Will Sayed be able to use his world class striking to win against the Filipino? Or will Rafols' improved MMA game coupled with his relentless pace and aggresiveness overcome his South-African counterpart? Either way, this prelim bout is one to keep your eyes out for, cause fireworks are guaranteed.
Hidden Gems and Fun Facts:
Here are a few notes about some of the other competitors that you might not know of:
- Peter Davis, a very popular model and actor from Malaysia, will be competing on the card. He's also a talented fighter though, and although he has been competing on an off since 2004, he has compiled a respectable 3-1 record. For ONE FC, he has upped the notch for his preparations and has been training with one of the Philippines' top fighters in Eric Kelly.
- There will be two South East Asian Games Medalists from Indonesia competing on the card (think of it as the equivalent of the Pan American Games). Ngabdi Mulyadi, a 2009 bronze medalist for wrestling will be competing against Peter Davis, while 2011 silver medalist for Wushu / San Shou, Victorio Senduk will be taking on Raymond Tiew, who has a similar martial arts background.
- There will be 20 fighters from 10 different countries on this card.
ONE Fighting Championship 2: Battle of Heroes
Main Card (Online PPV)
- Ole Laursen vs. Felipe Enomoto
- Honorio Banario vs. Bae Young Kwon
- Rustam Khabilov vs. Rodrigo Ribeiro
- Gustavo Falciroli vs. Soo Chul Kim
- Rolles Gracie vs. Bob Sapp
Preliminary Card (Free Facebook Stream)
- Victorio Senduk vs. Raymond Tiew
- Alex Silva vs. Geje Eustaquio
- Jessie Rafols vs. Irshaad Sayed
- Ngabdi Mulyadi vs. Peter Davis
- Zuli Silawanto vs. Agus NaNang
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Saint-Gobain Flight Structures (Ravenna, Ohio), a business unit of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, announced on Nov. 28, 2007, that it has signed a long-term contract with Spirit AeroSystems (Wichita, Kan.) to supply Norton high-performance radomes for the The Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner. Saint-Gobain will deliver the nose radomes to Spirit AeroSystems for installation on the forward section of the 787 before the assembly is transported to Boeing's 787 assembly plant in Seattle.
Patrice Lallement, sales and marketing manager for Saint-Gobain Flight Structures, comments, "The Norton design provides … the 787 operator with the best weather radar performance and excellent service life."
The 787's nose radome is 7 ft/2.2m in diameter and provides a protective, electromagnetically transparent cover for the weather radar and antennas located on the nose of the aircraft.
"This is the largest quartz radome structure that Saint-Gobain has ever designed and manufactured for commercial aviation," according to Dan Orwig, district sales manager for Saint-Gobain Flight Structures. Saint-Gobain introduced quartz/epoxy radomes to commercial aviation more than 15 years ago, he adds. The radome incorporates Saint-Gobain's trademarked Quartzel quartz fibers. The added structural strength, good thermal performance and high radar transparency of quartz, according to Orwig, provide significant advantages over other materials.
The company recently expanded its Ravenna facility to make room for manufacture of aerospace composite parts in addition to radomes, including cargo doors, wing tips, access panels, fairings and other components for commercial and general aviation aircraft. Eric Hilliard, the company's business manager for flight structures, says that with the expansion, "we have the ability to rapidly design, build and FAA-certify composite components for both OEM production and the aftermarket."
Saint-Gobain Flight Structures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., which, in turn, is wholly owned by Companie de Saint-Gobain of Paris, France.


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select - Fountains
Written by Oryx
Human societies have always appreciated fountains, which have long been used as urban decorations, garden adornments, memorials honouring famous people or events, or simply as entertainment. Here are some of the world's most impressive fountains.
Fountain of Wealth
The Fountain of Wealth refers to the richness of life – though its location inside Suntec City shopping mall speaks of more earthly desires. The design is based on a Hindu mandala and is in the form of a bronze ring – or some say, the palm of a hand. It's said that if you walk around the fountain three times while constantly touching the water, you'll have good fortune. At night, laser performances and music are added to the splashing jets.
Distance: 6,196 km
Flight Time: 7 hours, 35 minutes
Frequency: 2 flights a day
Magic Fountain of Montjuic
This fountain on Avenida Maria Cristina was constructed in 1929 for the Universal Exhibition, and was restored in the 1980s with the addition of lighting, music, and water effects that appear to make the fountains dance. Thousands turn up on weekend evenings to enjoy the spectacle, which produces 3,620 water jets in 50 colours, some soaring high in the air, and always accompanied by classical or pop music.
Barcelona, Spain
Distance: 4,865 km
Flight Time: 7 hours, 25 minutes
Frequency: Daily
People's Friendship Fountain
Now standing as a reminder of the vanished USSR, this fountain outside the All-Russian Exhibition Centre features 16 enormous gilded statues of citizens in national costume representing the republics that made up the Soviet Union. It sports 800 water jets soaring 24 metres in the air before splashing back into a vast red granite bowl.
Moscow, Russia
Distance: 3,568 km
Flight Time: 5 hours, 15 minutes
Frequency: 12 flights a week
Trevi Fountain
Perhaps the world's most famous fountain, the Trevi is backed by a baroque palace and topped with a dramatic sculpture of Neptune, god of the sea, taming the waters. There has been a fountain here since the construction of a Roman aqueduct in 19 bce, but the current monumental masterpiece is pure 16th-century rococo. Movies and songs celebrate the legend that, if you throw a coin in the fountain, you're sure to return to Rome. The €3,000 collected daily goes to the Italian Red Cross.
Rome, Italy
Distance: 4,020 km
Flight Time: 6 hours
Frequency: 2 flights a day


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Shazahn Padamsee coming back to Telugu with Naga's next
Many thought that Teja's film Orange would flood her with new offers in Telugu, but the movie, which failed to meet their expectations, did not bring anything as such. When asked about it, Shazahn Padamsee does not admit the fact. "I got a little busy with my Hindi projects," the TOI quotes her as saying.
Talking to the English daily, Shazahn Padamsee confirmed that she has signed a new project in Telugu. the actress said, "I've recently signed a Telugu film and I'll start shooting in August." She added, "My next Telugu film is with Naga Chaitanya."
However, Shazahn Padamsee was busy all these day with her Hindi projects and she does not think that her long absence would not diminish her image in Tollywood. The actress says, "I received a lot of love from the audience. This new film is proof of that."


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NPR talk show host Diane Rehm mentioned listening to Rush Limbaugh on Friday -- this is a bit of a shock, since she's written several editorials against Limbaugh and other "hot button" commercial radio hosts. The subject was Sen. Jim DeMint leaving the Senate to run the Heritage Foundation.
Rehm, of course, chose to imply this might mean that the Tea Party is "losing its power" in Washington:
DIANE REHM: He had four more years left on his term. He had pledged to retire in 2016. In the Senate, he made $174,000. In 2010, his predecessor at the Heritage Foundation where he's going to head up made $1.1 million. I listened to DeMint yesterday as he talked with Rush Limbaugh, who asked him whether he would have the kind of power at Heritage that he's had in the Senate. He said, oh, much more in shaping conservative thought, getting out the conservative message. Limbaugh said, what? You were of one of 100 people in the Senate. Has the Tea Party, in the form of Jim DeMint, somehow lost its power? Shawna.
SHAWNA THOMAS, NBC NEWS: I would say I think they've lost a little bit of this -- of their power due to the latest election and that we saw some of these candidates who had -- primary Republicans who had been in Senate and been in the House before lose to Democrats in races like Indiana, that a year ago -- two years ago, when 2010 happened, you would have never thought would've happened. So they have lost a little of that.
LORI MONTGOMERY, WASHINGTON POST: ...And Democrats feel like the Tea Party -- you remember, the Tea Party was a creature of the economic meltdown of 2008. It was a reaction to feeling like government was bailing out everybody but me. And Democrats feel like they have -- the tide has turned a little bit with, you know, the Occupy Wall Street movement and now this sense that it's not so much government bailouts, it's general economic inequality. And that has sort of -- they feel that they're sapping the power or the Tea Party because they've identified this other broader societal concern that is really at the bottom of people's minds. Why are the rich making out better than I am?
When a caller suggested you can't retire the national debt just with tax hikes, Montgomery offered a rebuttal: "Nobody has a plan right now, including the Republicans, to halt the debt or even pay it down. I mean, our financial situation has been so damaged by policy decisions over the last 10 years -- going to war, for the first time in our history, without paying for it, tax cuts that we knew were going to drive us back into debt. I mean, we have a long road to recovery, and the debt limit is going to have to keep going up until we get that under control. "