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I'm breaking up with Joe
Cup of Joe, that is.
I know it's not the most mature thing to do this publicly, but I really don't want to be alone with you again. I didn't want to chicken out, so I wrote you a letter. Please don't make a scene.
Dear Joe,
You always leave me wanting more. But when I'm done with you, I feel anxious and jittery, wishing we'd never met. When I'm done with you, my skin and breath reek of you. I can't get your taste out of my mouth. When I try to avoid you, I get a raging headache and feel irritable for days…
You see Joe, it's not you, it's me. I don't like you anymore. My stomach can't handle you and I hate how dependent I become in such a short amount of time. You are all too eager to acquiesce to my morning desire, but I just can't take this any longer.
So, sayonara Joe. Don't ask me to reconsider – I've most definitely had my fill.
Yours truly,
You might be wondering why I'm breaking up with coffee…again.
Here's the thing, I have a love/hate relationship with the bean… I love the ritual, I love the smell – I even love the taste. The problem is: coffee doesn't love me back.
This is how I always think I will feel after drinking my morning cup:
Unfortunately, this is my reality:
It's a vicious cycle, to be honest. I get off the bean and feel downright crummy for two days, with a horrendous headache and major brain fog. Then, after those couple of days pass, the fog lifts and I find that I have more energy throughout the day. So why do I ever go back to it, you ask? Um, did I not just mention the ritual, smell, and taste? I mean, really, what's a girl to do?! But here I am, with post-coffee jitters once again, ruing the day I ever took my first sip. It is time to give up the morning cup once and for all!
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*Foods that help a leaky gut include cabbage and fresh ginger, both of which soothe and heal a leaky gut.
Acidity…as in: heartburn and acid reflux…gross.
"Coffee is highly acidic and it can stimulate the hypersecretion of gastric acids. Decaffeinated coffee has been shown to increase acidity to a greater degree than either regular coffee or caffeine alone.15 Both caffeine and coffee stimulate gastric acid secretion and decaffeinated coffee raises serum gastrin levels.16, 17 A study comparing the ability of decaffeinated coffee with that of a high protein meal to increase gastric acid secretion and gastrin levels found that decaffeinated coffee was a more powerful stimulant of acid secretion and gastrin release than the high protein.18
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There is a clear relationship between reduction of stomach acid and heartburn relief.20″
(See above references here.)
Lastly, according to Dr. Lawrence Wilson an expert in nutritional balancing science for over 30 years, "stimulants, such as coffee, cause a great deal of damage to the adrenal glands, leading to feelings of extreme fatigue, depression and an overall experience of burnout."
The adrenal glands are essential for life. They secrete a number of hormones that prepare our bodies to respond to stress, particularly adrenaline and cortisol, which activate the body's fight-or-flight response. Pretty important stuff – and I've definitely been feeling more edgy lately…
With these new considerations, I'm ready to make some changes. So, I guess that settles it: I'm saying good-bye to my daily indulgence and kicking the bean for good!
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|Bore your 383, get a 388
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I see what your saying, and I agree, to an extent, and to an extent your right, the old school 383's werent ideal, then the 5.7 rod 383 came about and changed everything...then you can take the 383 a step farther and add 6" rods...
and if you tell me a stock rod 400 will out run a 6" rod 383 built exactly the same you are mistaken, now if you add the 5.7 rods to the 400 against a 5.7 rod 383 I see your point...
so yes I am going to disagree to an extent because there is more than 1 383 as there is more than 1 400...whitch ones we are speaking of make's a world of difference...
even if the 383 gives up cubes to the 400 a light (er) weight roatating assembly will rev quicker, reach its power curve quicker, so yes I could build a 383 to out run a 400 even if the same heads, intake, cam, gear, stall, carb, ignition, etc..were used...
this was my whole point, and with a 283 giving up a 100 cubes to a 383 there is no comparison, a 283 just to make 350 hp would proboly need to turn 8G, and a 383 will twist to 7 easily, build correctly, and the 400? yeah, but the weight of the pistons makes it not so easy...now if you use pancake pistons in the 400 then you would have something, but then again, you know there is a real world difference between a 383 truck motor and a race motor...
the 406 is an awsome engine no doubt, but it cant nessasarily better the 383 in all aplications...
with the prices of 4340 rods, scat cranks, (or eagle) and forged pistons, in either case you'll have a winner...
if you talk factory stock heads, rods, cranks, etc..then the 400 will most likely better the 383, but......when you add some aftermarket beef into the equasion then you not talking the same 383, or 400 so like I said before flip a coin and be happy with your choice...
if you build a 383 build it with 5.7" rods for the street, 6" rods for the track...
If you build a 400 build it with 5.7 rods stay away from the 6" rods and small base circle cams, in this senerio you may be limmited to cam choice...
and if your dead set on a 400 and you want a serious engine I strongly suggest an aftermarket block, more cubes, raised cam location and the 400 style block that can take advantage of large displacement...
A 400 likes a 17-18 degree head, and will make serious power, big bore short stroke, perfect for high RPM power..
In factory trim? the 400 is a truck engine limmited, undervalved and not a high rpm engine, but It only takes a few wise choices and some quality parts to get a monster...
thats all I care to add to this thread and if you ask me whitch is better, Ill say, if I build it? or if you build it?...lol...2wld4u
very well said. you are right about everything you said. don't think i've been trashing the 383's, i'm fixen to built one of them too.
I think its kinda hilarious that this pole was pretty even for a while between votes for the 383 and 400, but now that people are talking the 400 up, all the bandwagon people immediately cast their 400 vote. My thanks to everbody who had an original opinion on the subject...
5.565 Rods
more 5.565 rods used
The pistons will dwell a TDC longer with a longer rod. Longer rods reduce cylinder side wall loading, meaning less wear. Longer rods are like using a longer breaker bar, more torque.
If you already have stock length rods just use those. It is not really worth the extra $$$ to use the 5.7s unless you start out with them in mind. I bought mine with a kit that didn't cost any more money to have 5.7 rods added. Therefore it was worth it.
How much more torque would you exspect from a 5.565 rod to a 5.7 rod?
It is hard to say. I wouldn't guess more than 10 hp.
400 sbc's don't like high RPM's. I've seen Meany 400's spin bearings. The 400 is a great motor for a 4 wheel drive truck, but I'd take a 383 Stroker for a hot rod any day !!!!!!!!
This is inacurate a 400sb is no more likely to spin bearings than a 383 (assuming the same rod lenth....)
I guess I`ll get in on this, my vote goes to the 400.
We built a 400, with the stocker 5.565 rods, a used set of trw forged 12cc dished pistons, ported camel hump heads with stock valves, the cam was 234 244 duration, a dual plane intake, a holley 800cfm carb, headers, 2200 stall converter, Stock HEI. All this in a 1979 GMC high sierra 4x4 it has 3.08 gears and front and rear posi traction, we had ran the truck for years without racing it, then we got word of another mud race track opening up in the area, so we installed a 3000 stall converter, tuned it up and went that weekend, out of the 5 races we entered over the next months we took 1st place in 3 of those races and placed the in the other 2. the 400 made a pure believer out of me, stall it at the line and when the light goes green let it loose, when you have four 36 inch tall mud tires all break loose at the line says your making some serious torque, and it held it`s own at 6000 RPM also. For a friend we built a 4 bolt 400 with 6 inch rods, edelbrock heads, flat top KB pistons, victor Jr, MSD ignition, 850 holley, headers, 4:11 gears, 4000 stall, and a comp solid cam with 260 duration and 555 lift. it was set in a drag race S-10, it runs consistant 6.50`s in the 8th mile, it makes a little over 500 horses and it hasn`t had any problems with the mains and it`s in it`s second race season.
I personally think the 5.565 versus the 5.700 rod issue is abit overblown. Look at it folks! the difference is only 135 THOUSANDS of an inch! about 1/8th inch length difference. You put each one up on an angle on the crank and tell me if you can tell one is at less of an angle than the other. And the at tdc time is almost negligable too. Chevy HiPerformance did a torgue test on 2 identical 400's one with 5.7 and the other 5.565 rods and they were virtually identical , if I remember right. The 5.565 rod is a strong rod too. just use a proper selection method if you have a choice. get the engine balanced, use arp bolts and you are solid!
This has been discussed at length on the board. THe rod length difference does not make that much difference. The angle facilitates more dwell and a more complete burn, and is definately not worth spending money on for the world of street motors.
the use of longer rods means you can uses a shorter compression height piston, and unless your using a BIG dome this = less roatating mass whitch= a faster reving more reliable (to an extent) engine...so if you actualy gain a few ponies just by going to a longer rod think of this as a bonus...
It would be like switching a cast iron flywheel to a billet aluminum one...
lighten up that 400's internal mass and you may get a big surprise...
so yes....imo its worth the few extra dollars....
I like the 6" rod 400 example, and is directly the DIRECTION Im pointing...
the stock rod 400 example although quite impressive isnt really a good example because a 4 banger can turn loose 4 big tires in the mud, holding the rpm like the 400 apparently did just proves that yes it runs...a 5.7 rod 400 in the same situation would have brought the RPM up quicker, and held it at its peak longer...
thats what a "long rod" is all about in reality, you get all those cubes that rev's quickly, no more having to chase down those quicker smaller inch motors, now you can come out with them, and suck the paint right off thier car on the big end too...
thats why when I build a serious 383 its sporting 6" rods...
and makes power to 7500
I hope this helps understand my point of view, Im certainly not the smartest guy in the universe and im often wrong more than Im right, so If I am mistaken please do enlighten me..
P.s, yes, I voted for the 400, I want to build one, and thats why I chose the 400, the 383 to me will always be the greatest sbc stroker...
the 400 is the meanest big inch small block to roll out of GM's factories..it could have been better and now it can be better..
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Yep,I like a longer one also,but you do reach a point where you compromise your ring landings too. In the whole picture, 50 more bucks for a set of 350 junk yard rods is a no brainer to me,you are getting different pistons anyway. By the way,I have seen a lot of stock 400 rod failures,bearings,bolts,etc. And by the way AcesOver8s,what makes you think a 427 with the same heads,cam,manifold,etc would have a hope against a 454? I find that odd.
Z3pr,they are the same stroke,its a cut down 400 crank,is friction your concern?
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But with 5.7 rods, don't the rods hit the camshaft, and to deal with that, don't you have to get a small circle base cam? That is why I am looking to use the stock 400 rods because I am worried about that. The other reason that I am looking to use the stock rods is because of this kit.
400 kit
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Blower motor still no work
:angel:Hi All and thank you for having me.
I have a 2000 wrangler and the blower motor stopped working.
so far this is what I have done.
1:confirmed fuses are good both under hood and behind glovebox
2: replaced switch
3: replaced Resistor
4:replaced Relay
Plugged wires into back of fan and nothing. Nothing at any speed.
I have removed fan from car and direct wired to battery and fan works fine.
I put a multi meter across the connector that plugs into the back of the blower fan and with ignition on was getting a good 12 volts at the high switch position (4) when I reduced the switch position 3-2-1 it altered my reading at each increment but I did not take notes of the exact figures while doing so. ( balancing act )
I assumed that maybe the connector was bad so I cut the connector and wired two spade connectors to the ends and rechecked voltage and again 12 volts . I plugged them into the back of the fan and again the fan did not run.
Next , Ignition off. I put the continuity meter across the two wires to determine which was ground . I then conected only the positive wire to the back of the fan and I grounded the availible fan contact.
Ignition back on and switch in position 1-2-3 & 4 the fan ran at what would appear to be full speed and would stop when the fan switch was in the off position.
Sorry for the length of this post but I wanted to give you as much info as I could. Any tips would be fatastic
Thank you in advance
Looks like you replaced everything except the motor. It looks like you have a bad ground at the blower motor connector. I would still pull the air control panel and inspect all wiring for bad/dirty contacts and melting, especially where the fan control switch is. Try tracing the connector wiring back to the resisitor and relays for any melted wires. Any fan motor related wires tend to heat/melt,especially if your fan motor is drawing too much current due to debri, worn bearings, etc...
You have a grounding problem. The place you missed is the mode switch. After the speed switch the (ground) circuit goes to the mode switch. When the mode switch is in the off position the ground from the motor/speed switch is open to turn the fan off. When the mode switch is in any other position the ground path should close to let the fan run at whatever speed the speed switch is set to. Check the 3 wire connector at the mode switch then the continuity between the terminals for dark green & black wires with the mode switch in any position except off. You can also ground the dark green wire (key on) to see that all fan speeds work.
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OK. I am obviously not an auto electrician but I do have a question.
If I put a multi meter across the two fan contacts I get 12 volts when I swicth the fan to high (4) and smaller voltages as I turn the fan speed switch 3-2-1. Again I am sorry that I did not record the lower voltage readings but they were definately down coincidently with the switch .
My ignorance about to be displayed here....
If I get a voltage reading , does that not tell me the circuit is grounded. In my mind if I get a reading is that not enough to indictae that it was grounded.
Sorry , but I am stumped.
I believe the voltage drop through different speeds are normal because the lower speeds are controlled through the resistor while the highest setting is straight 12v. That's why if the resistor is bad, only the high setting works. I think you have already done this but cut and connect the blower ground wire from the conector straight to a good ground on the firewall. See if the blower will work this way.
Thank you every one for your suggestions and I am trying evrything and anything that you might come up with.
I will pull the panel today and inspect the back of the Mode switch just in case I did miss some melted wires or bad contact.
Again , what really confuses me is that it seems like I have a good ground when I put the meter across the fan connector wires.
I get 12volts when the switch is in the high position and lower voltage readindgs as I switch the fan down through 3-2-1-positions.
Doesn't that tell me that the circuit is good and the resistor is good?????
Isn't the multi meter reading essentially the same as having the fan plugged to the circuit.So if the meter reads the voltage is that the same as saying that voltage would be getting to the fan if It were plugged in instead of the meter????
I would normally think that what I have checked so far would indicate a bad fan but when I wire the fan directly to a 12 volt powere source , the fan runs like a dream??
Here is a quote from my original post :
"I assumed that maybe the connector was bad so I cut the connector and wired two spade connectors to the ends and rechecked voltage and again 12 volts . I plugged them into the back of the fan and again the fan did not run.
Next , Ignition off. I put the continuity meter across the two wires to determine which was ground . I then conected only the positive wire to the back of the fan and I grounded the availible fan contact.
Ignition back on and switch in position 1-2-3 & 4 the fan ran at what would appear to be full speed and would stop when the fan switch was in the off position."
Wattapunk: I think that was the point you were making but I think that I have determined that the resistor is good by getting the varied readings at the different fan speed positions on the switch.
Again gang,
I will try any suggestions
I believe RUBI 4 MY MRS is on to your problem. I had the same thing happen on my previous 2000 TJ. The mode switch & connector were burning-up. Unfortunately, NOBODY sells a new connector and the dealer wants to sell you the whole wiring harness. After finding nothing in the aftermarket and the local bone yards, I installed a permanent jumper between the two larger wires a couple of inches back from the connector, leaving the wiring to the switch intact. This allowed the heavy current of the blower motor to bypass the switch, keeping the heat out of the switch while allowing the switch to still control the A/C request signal. The only abnormal effect was I couldn't turn the blower completely off. In other words: the blower will run at whatever speed the fan switch is set to as long as the ignition is on. This didn't bother me in the least. I drove that Jeep for another 2 years and had zero issues with the blower motor from that point on.
It seems that you have tested everything correctly but the fact that the fan is not running says something is not right (obviously). Usually something in the explanation is missed or incorrect. I thought maybe the meter was actually between the 12v wire & some other point in the circuit rather than the ground wire at the motor when you got the voltage readings or some such configuration. When you tested it with the motor grounded directly & got only high speed further indicated loss of ground path & since the previous test indicated the speed switch is working (change in voltage) that indicated to me that the mode switch (or connection) was the probable cause. A lot of guys don't know the mode switch function in the circuit so I thought you should check that as I described above.
Another question I have is you said, "Ignition back on and switch in position 1-2-3 & 4 the fan ran at what would appear to be full speed and would stop when the fan switch was in the off position."
What do you mean by fan switch in the off position? Do you mean the mode switch in the off position? If you had the motor grounded directly to ground there should be no stopping the motor except to turn the key off.
To verify the ground path is good you could use the meter to check continuity from the motor ground connection to ground with the mode switch "on" & at the various speed settings. If that is good & you have power to the motor which you do, that only really leaves a bad connection possibly in the motor itself. When you test with the meter you are possibly moving the wires around enough to make &/or lose connection at a bad connector connection. The connector can look good but have a loose fitting terminal within the connector. Usually that will show as a dark or burnt look on the terminal itself. You can try connecting everything then grounding the circuit with a jumper to various points in the ground path & see if the motor starts running at some point. Sort of what Riptide did. Also try wiggling the connections a bit including the connections at the motor.
Thank you so much for sticking with me....
You asked."What do you mean by fan switch in the off position?" What I should have written is "Ignition back on and switch in position 1-2-3 & 4 the fan ran at what would appear to be full speed and would stop when the ignition was in the off position."
Remember that I connected only the positive wire to the back of the fan and I grounded the available fan contact
for the above test.
But you have given me much food for thought so I will get to the car in the next hour or so and go through your suggestions. Hopefully I can come back with good news..
Again thank you for sticking with me.
Bingo RUBI 4 MY MRS "You have a grounding problem. The place you missed is the mode switch."
You hit the nail on the head.. I had checked the back of the panel for loose wires and / or burned wires and until I checked it for the 4th time didn't see that the mode switch connection was actually burned out on the inside. It appeared secure and in tact until I really looked at it.
Thank you for your help.
I am still a bit confused that I was getting a voltage reading but for now it works and works properly so I will post that question in in an electrical post.
Again thanks everyone
@shellant, and anyone else,
Rubi 4 my mrs is also helping me with a similar issue. Based on this I am sure he is once again correct. My question is how did you fix or replace that?
I'm not sure if this is the correct way to send you to another post within the forum but if you follow this link it will take you to a thread by member "RUBICON". I will also PM you in case
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Suppose you won a sizeable sum (perhaps even the jackpot) and you want to claim it anonymously (for example, through a revocable trust). Can you still sign the back of the lottery ticket as soon as you've found out you won? Or does the lawyer have to do it? It seems to me that I wouldn't trust anyone, even my own lawyer, to sign the winning lottery ticket and be off by himself to claim it.
We are told to sign the ticket as soon as we buy it..Worry about the rest after..Hope you have to worry after..:)
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OK let's try this..Call the lottery office and ask them when you should sign the ticket and when the tell you to sign the ticket right away let us know...
And whose interest will the Lottery Office be L@@king Out For: Yours or Theirs?
You sign the ticket if you win and put it in a safe place and don't tell anyone you have won.Then go get you a lawyer.
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I believe if you're going to claim your ticket through a trust (because you want to be anonymous), that you would have to have the trusts name on the back of the ticket. If you put your name on the ticket you will no longer be anonymous. So, you probably should form a trust before signing the ticket so you can put the trusts name on it.
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FYI: If you're Claiming Your Lottery Prize Anonymously with a Blind Trust: You Don't Sign the Ticket: The Blind Trust Signs the Ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argue On....
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I did a search on this subject and this is what I found.
Wouldn't it suck if you won millions of dollars in a lottery jackpot, lose the ticket, and then have the prize money claimed by somebody else that found your ticket? Yes, of course it would. That's why you should always sign your lottery ticket as soon as you purchase it from the retailer.
There are ways for lottery corporations to verify if you are the rightful owner of a ticket. The main one is via the signature on the ticket. There are others ways as well, including a claimant being able to tell the corporation where and when the ticket was purchased. But that is never as full-proof as the actual signature.
Winning a lotto jackpot is against all odds and, if you are lucky enough to have all of your numbers come up, you deserve the money. A lottery win is usually a once-in-a-lifetime event, so if you lose your ticket, you'll most likely never get another win. So, be careful and sign your ticket.
Further, if you check the numbers and find out that, in fact, you are holding a winning lottery ticket, there are other steps that you should take. In addition to signing the ticket, you should also make several photo copies and keep them in separate safe places. That way, if you lose the original, you could still prove that you held the winning ticket. And, don't forget to keep the original in a very safe place.
Winning the lottery would be a dream come true for most people, but there are steps to be taken to make sure that you actually get the money that you win. Signing your lottery tickets at point-of-purchase is the most important of all the steps.
What's good and bad about this site...or any other discussion board for that matter, is that everyone is giving the best advice they can based off their own experiences and research or lack thereof. Further, those people giving advice may not be open to different ways of accomplishing the same task. That being said here's mine, based on no personal experience from winning a lottery jackpot what-so-ever..lol
1. Call the lottery people...ask them what to do. They probably won't have much more info to give you than something rather generic.
2. Call a lawyer...ask that person some questions.
3. Call a financial institution and ask them the same questions.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with different lawyers/financial companies until your satisfied with the answers.
5. Come to your own conclusion until you win...then seek out your favorite people from number 4.
If you want to claim in a state that doesn't allow regular anonymity but still can via a Trust or LLC then yeah you need to have the name of the Trust or LLC on the back of the ticket. What you also need to do is make some photocopies of the front and back of the ticket (along with whatever other means you want to use such as taking a photo of you with the ticket or whatever) then you place it somewhere it would be safe and secure without telling ANYONE where you placed it. You don't show the lawyer the real ticket, you show him/her the copy as proof. They do not need to know where it is and when everything is done and set up, then you sign the back of the ticket with the name of your Trust/LLC. If you want to be anonymous but you've already signed the back well then you might as well not bother and just go claim it because you can't scratch it out and then re-sign, well you can might it would probably be viewed as suspecious, though you still might be able to work around some things and still might be in your best interest to talk to some attorneys and probably an adviser or three. I'd ever say not to trust your lottery commission because your trying to claim anonymously is NOT in their best interest and they'll try to make sure you do not, that's why you need the lawyer to look through and find exactly how to get around the issue.
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No arguement, just the facts. Even a Trust has a signor. So yes, signing the ticket is NOT going to cause harm. Its the FORM you complete when filing a claim that will carry the legal weight of how its devied out or WHO/WHAT ENTITY is claiming it. The ticket is the validation document for the series of win, the CLAIMS FORM is where the winnings get titled.End of facts.
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The global geo-political context of terrorism and war is analysed with the central focus directed to the evolution of global terrorism and the forms it has taken in the post WWII and post Cold War era. Terrorism is one of many challenges to the sovereign power of nation-states and the most pressing of the political problems associated with this 'global crisis' of terrorism will be evaluated. Students explore this challenge essentially through themes inclusive of terror organizations/movements and their development, the complex relationship between terrorism groups and insurgency movements, and the response of modern nation-states and the international community to various types of terrorist organizations. Students apply critical reasoning to complex issues through independent and collaborative research.
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This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2016.
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On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Interpret the prevailing patterns within global terrorism.
2. Comprehend the complex delineations that exist within the broad rubric of terrorism.
3. Examine how trans-nationalism and globalisation has affected the use of violence and terror.
4. Recognise and comprehend the origins of key terrorist movements and organizations.
5. Evaluate how states have reacted to and managed the problem of terrorism.
6. Assess the theoretical and methodological debates in terrorism studies, security studies and political science broadly defined.
7. Apply key social science concepts and theories when researching and evaluating information, opinions and arguments.
8. Communicate in ways appropriate to both audience and purpose
The course content will be drawn from but not restricted to:
- Discussions of the socio-political origin of terrorism as a means of achieving certain ends.
- The conceptual understanding of different types of terrorist organisations and movements including differences and similarities in sacred and secular terror and the various ideological justifications that have been employed to sanction armed insurgency and terror.
- Case studies of specific terrorist and insurgency movement in South/South Asia, Middle East and Europe.
- The public policy response to terror including most significantly the US response to 9/11
- The relationship between terrorist organisations and the mass media
- The relationship between national liberation struggles and terrorist organisations
This course has similarities to POLI3202. If you have successfully completed POLI3202 you cannot enrol in this course.
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One of the reasons London now rivals New York as a financial center: the city's openness to a diverse, talented group of people. Bob Diamond, 54, is one of those Americans who has made a big impression over here. Diamond, a graduate of Colby College in Maine and the University of Connecticut School of Business, first came to London in early 1988 to run Morgan Stanley's (MS ) Europe and Asia fixed-income trading business. But he found his calling in 1996 when he was recruited to reverse the fortunes of the floundering investment banking wing, then known as BZW, of Barclays PLC (BCS ), one of Britain's largest banks.
Diamond survived the turmoil unleashed by the restructuring of the investment bank, and went on to forge its successor, Barclays Capital, into a world-class fixed-income player. Last year he also took on the additional title of president of the parent company. He recently talked in his Canary Wharf office to BusinessWeek's, London bureau chief, Stanley Reed. Edited excerpts from their conversation follow:
How did you get started on Wall Street?
After business school, I took a job at a company called U.S. Surgical. I worked for a guy who is still a good friend, named Bill Cook, the head of administration. After two years, Bill Cook was hired by Morgan Stanley, in 1979. That was just when Morgan Stanley was moving from a pure advisory firm into secondary sales and trading. They needed someone to build all the IT and systems. Bill was hired for that, and he asked me join him.
After a year as assistant to the CFO, I took a job on the fixed-income floor. It would be a bit excessive to say I fell in love with the markets. But given my personality, that's not far off. Although the markets are harsh, they are a very, very fair judge of what you do. I played sports throughout high school and some college, and I enjoy the competitive aspects. I also enjoy the fairness where we are all in competition with the same information and where the guy who works hardest or works smartest wins.
As long as the coach puts them out there...
That's a very good point. Markets are very fair, but who gets a shot is not necessarily fair. Some of the things that make me most proud of this organization is the meritocracy -- the feeling that we really put a lot of time and a lot of process into giving all people an equal shot and measuring them based on how they perform -- not who they know or how long they have been here or what connections they have.
I made a decision in early 1996 to leave Credit Suisse First Boston (CTNX ). What was intriguing to me about the discussions I had with Martin Taylor (then-CEO of Barclays PLC) were that I believed very strongly in the single currency. It was going to be a reality -- and change the balance of power between Europe and the U.S. The second thing was that [the] Glass-Steagall [law separating commercial and investment banking] was eroding. Frankly, European and British banks were more comfortable with the universal banking, integrated model and would benefit big-time by that shift.
You found yourself in a pretty tough situation.
It was clear pretty quickly that the all-singing, all-dancing, U.S. bulge-bracket lookalike model was unsustainable. I knew it had to change, and Martin knew it had to change. But it was very important that we restructure quietly as opposed to announcing to the market that were going to sell M&A and equities. Frankly, that ended up hurting the organization, because we didn't get the price we should have gotten for it, and it created a lot of internal drama. What was happening was that at the parts of the business that were for sale, everyone was out interviewing; no one was working.
How was the decision to sell made?
There were always four choices. One, ignore all these problems and just keep going. I wasn't going to be part of that, because it simply wasn't sustainable.
The second was to buy an U.S. firm. My feeling was that Barclays couldn't manage that integration at that time, and, frankly, the success rates of deals in investment banking are very poor. The third option was to sell everything, but to sell the entire organization would be ludicrous because we would be selling our access to clients and the capital markets. The fourth view, which I supported, was to dramatically restructure and take advantage of the fact that we are Barclays and that we are European. We have one of the world's best brands, AA+ credit rating, and a huge balance sheet. Take advantage of being in [Britain] and European time zones, and create a structure that we know will work.
That was the beginning of financing and risk management. We don't have to compete with the U.S. firms in M&A. We don't have to have a large-scale cash equity business, where the model doesn't work and where one after another foreign firm and one after another U.S. firm went through the same thing -- trying and failing to mimic the U.S bulge-bracket firms. It was pouring good money after bad.
Why is the business working so well now?
The model of investment banking has changed radically to a more integrated model. It is the best of commercial banking and the best of investment banking. It is not just Barcap any more, but UBS (UBS ), BNP Paribas, JP Morgan (JPM ), Citigroup (C ) -- most of the successful firms now have the integrated model. Goldman (GS ), too, has changed its model as a result of not doing a deal with a bank, which would have allowed it to adopt an integrated model.
The best example I can give you is virtually any league table of capital raising for corporates: Ten years ago, Goldman, Merrill, and Morgan Stanley would dominate. Now the top players are Deutsche Bank (DB ), Barclays Capital, JP Morgan, Citigroup -- all universal banks. Goldman is not even in the top 15. That doesn't mean it is not a great firm, but the model has changed.
So the direction of interest rates doesn't matter that much?
Our business is risk management. If you look at our results with value at risk down, corporate issuance down, and the yield curve trade gone, you would say, "How the hell did you drive up revenues?" The answer is what we have been preaching: relentless, rigorous focus on clients around risk management. If you are a German car manufacturer selling in the U.S., your exposure to the dollar is enormous. You may need to hedge your income. You may need to hedge the price of steel. If you are an airline you have a massive exposure to the price of fuel. All of the large corporates now manufacture in multiple locations. They have people in multiple locations. They sell in multiple locations. They have exposure to a multiplicity of risks, which they have to manage.
When you try to fix a business, what is your approach?
The thing that is most important of all is being very clear about the strategy and keeping it pretty simple. Once that is established, you need to make the tough decisions and implement them quickly. My style has been to spend an awful lot of time with the business until I have tremendous confidence that I have the right people, who understand the plan. At that point, it is equally important to step away and delegate.


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- For the last several months, we've focused on poor performance in the stock market as a reason why cash is flowing into dividend-payers right now. With capital gains in question for 2011, investors are opting for cold-hard cash payouts from companies instead. But most investors probably don't realize just how at odds these two investment strategies are.
As of this writing, more than six months into 2011, the S&P 500 is sitting on gains of 0.75%. On a historical basis, that's miserable performance for a full half-year. With dividends factored in, though, that year-to-date performance for the S&P climbs to 1.71% -- and taking out nonpayers (by looking at the S&P Dividend Aristocrat Index, for instance) that number climbs to 3.27%. That's a massively improved 7.35% on an annualized basis.
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And statistically speaking, we've long known that to be the case. Over the last 36 years, dividend stocks outperformed the rest of the S&P 500 by 2.5% annually, and they outperformed nonpayers by nearly 8% every year, all while paying out cash to their shareholders, according to a study from NDR. The numbers are even more compelling when looking at companies that consistently increase their payouts.
That's why each week, we take a look at the stocks that declared dividend increases the previous week. Here's a look at some of several stocks from our list of recent dividend-increasers.
C.R. Bard
Shares of medical device maker C.R. Bard (BCR), one of TheStreet Ratings' top-rated health care equipment stocks, have enjoyed strong performance in 2011, with double-digit gains buoyed by positive relative strength readings in the healthcare sector as a whole. That number is increasing as well -- recently, management announced a 5.6% dividend increase that brings Bard's total quarterly payout to 19 cents per share.
Auspicious as C.R. Bard's dividend hike may be, a dividend yield of 0.7% hardly qualifies this stock as a core income play. That said, with health care names continuing to churn out performance, it's a name worth considering in this environment. C.R. Bard has carved out a nice market position as a supplier of niche medical devices, with market-leading offerings for the obesity, urology, and oncology practices.
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Disposables make up a significant portion of revenues for C.R. Bard, making a good case for recurring, recession-resistant sales numbers. Financially, the company is well-positioned to keep its payouts rising; the firm held more than $745 million in cash as of its most recent quarter.
C.R. Bard is one of the top holdings of Donald Yacktman's Yacktman Asset Management, with a 2.4 million-share position as of the most recently reported quarter.
With enormous exposure to the construction industry, heavy equipment maker Caterpiller (CAT) was one of the hardest-hit during the depths of the recession. Now, with sales numbers coming back to normal, the company is seeing increased investor interest. As CAT expands its reach abroad, investors shouldn't be ignoring this stock.
Even though construction continues to be soft domestically, growth is still considerable in emerging market economies such as India and China, where resource-driven wealth and rising commodity costs are increasing the need for heavy equipment. While competition is significant in these markets, Caterpillar's iconic status, dealer network, and utility of offerings means that the firm started off in an enviable position to begin with.
Consistent uninterrupted dividends throughout the recession were management's way of making it clear that the short-term economic issues facing sales weren't impacting CAT's long-term fundamentals. Last week, the firm announced a 4.5% increase that brings its payout to a quarterly 46 cents per share.
Caterpillar, appears on recent lists of 10 Vintage Stocks Worth a Fortune, 5 Best Dow Stocks With Big Dividends and
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While top competitor United Parcel Service (UPS) has provided stiff competition in the ground shipping business, FedEx (FDX) still remains league-leader in express delivery, with more than half of revenues coming from customers who need to ship materials quickly. That's not to say that FedEx is a one-trick pony; the company is still a massive presence in ground and freight shipping, as well as small business services.
The question is whether this stock's recent 8.3% dividend hike warrants a second look right now.
While FedEx's exposure to the express business traditionally means higher dollar volume (and margins) per unit, rising fuel costs have seriously squeezed margins on transportation costs, a big concern given the company's massive aircraft fleet. While that's a big concern (and one that gives UPS a minor advantage), it's offset somewhat by the firm's pricing power and large network investments in markets like China.
Current shareholders will appreciate the dividend hike, but an unwieldy balance sheet and potential for earnings drag make it a better choice for a more predictable market.
FedEx, one of 5 Earnings Trades for the Week, is one of the top holdings of Primecap Management, with a 20.9 million-share position.
$32 billion retail stock Target (TGT) is another name that saw an increased dividend declared recently. Management announced a 20% increase to the company's payout, hiking it to 30 cents per share. That puts the company's total yield at 2.57% given current share prices.
Target has done a good job of defining, then focusing on, its core demographic shoppers: the 44-year old woman who makes $54,000 per year. While that definition may seem overly narrow, honing in on the customers that make up the majority of the 1,750 store chain's revenues has had a palpable impact on growth in recent years.
In the past, a big part of that growth has come from fashionable apparel and housewares offerings. Now the company is hoping that its concerted foray into fresh food products will help it capture some of the one-stop shopper crowd.
While debt numbers are high, Target generates substantial free cash flow, and has a solid record of dividend increases in the last several years. With economic tailwinds being underplayed by Wall Street right now, this stock looks like a solid core income holding.
Target shows up on recent lists of 10 Vintage Stocks Worth a Fortune and Hedge Funds' Biggest Buys and Sells.
National Fuel Gas
As an integrated natural gas utility, National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) operates in every step along the way from exploration to distribution of natural gas for 725,000 customers in New York and Pennsylvania. From a dividend standpoint, this is a standout stock. Management has paid a dividend for 108 years in a row, the last 40 of which have been increases. This year's no different. Last week, management announced a 2.9% increase in shareholder payouts, raising its distributions to a quarterly 35.5 cents per share.
Obviously, the integrated nature of NFG's business adds considerable risk over what would be expected from a traditional gas utility. But that risk comes with considerable reward, a factor that will likely be perking up investors' interest in this market. As more widely used alternative fuel sources continue to increase in price, languishing natural gas prices are likely to see some buoyancy.
At the same time, the company's hefty exposure to the pipeline and distribution business cut down that risk when commodity prices are getting knocked around.
While major rallies in the last year have made NFG only a marginal yielder, this could be a good way to get added commodity exposure that pays income.
Big bullish bets on NFG come from Mario Gabelli's Gambo Investors, with 3.1 million shares as of the most recently reported quarter, and Michael Prices' MFP Investors, with 98,700 shares.
Iron Mountain
Document management giant Iron Mountain (IRM), one of the top-yielding computer software and services stocks, has long been the league leader in its field, with more than 120,000 global customers, and thousands of facilities. The company provides a bevy of services to its clients, though the lion's share of revenue is generated through shredding or offsite storage of physical documents.
Because companies are often mandated to store records for considerable lengths of time, Iron Mountain enjoys a massive recurring revenue stream that helps finance the firm's dividends and debt paydowns with limited cyclical exposure. That's a very attractive attribute for investors.
While digital document management does pose some risk to IRM's core business, the firm's early offerings in the field should help mitigate risks posed. That said, physical document needs are unlikely to be quelled in the foreseeable future -- as such, expect IRM's revenue streams should keep flowing.
Expect dividends to keep flowing in kind. Last week, management declared a 33.3% payout increase for shareholders, bringing its yield to 3.12% at current share prices.
In the first quarter, Chris Davis' Davis Selected Advisers increased its position in Iron Mountain to 42.2 million shares.
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In this section for caregivers, family, and friends, you will find basic information about caring for a loved one with TBI; legal and financial guidance; workplace rights for caregivers; support group information; and advice about caregiver burnout among other topics.
As family and friends, you may be particularly interested in:
The Not-So-Secret Confessions of the Caregiver
Caregiving & Brain Injury
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Traumatic Brain Injury Basics
About Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain injury affects the roots of who we are — our ability to think, communicate, and connect with other people. Here's a good place to start learning.
Lost & Found: What Brain Injury Survivors Want You to Know
Living with Traumatic Brain Injury
Hear what people with TBI are really thinking and want their friends, family, and others to know.
Any injury to the brain from an external force is a TBI. Penetrating head injuries occur when an object, like shrapnel, enters the brain and causes damage in a specific area. Closed head injuries occur when there's a blow to the head, which can happen during a fall, car accident, sporting event, or any number of different ways.
Brain Basics
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When a loved one sustains a traumatic brain injury, becoming a caregiver can happen suddenly, without warning. The person with the injury may look the same but think and behave differently. And when one member of a family changes, the entire family changes. Providing and coordinating care can be overwhelming. It helps to know there are resources you can turn to.
A Brain Injury Support Group Could Be One of the Best Things That Ever Happens to You
"I never thought I was a 'support group person' ... I wanted to take action, not talk about my problems."
Finding the Right Doctor for People with TBI
Caregivers need to educate themselves about their loved one's TBI and not be afraid to get a second opinion.
While no family is ever prepared for the life changes a brain injury brings, almost everyone wants to know how they can help during the recovery process, and they want to learn about ways they can prepare for the financial, psychological and social consequences that a TBI can cause.
Helping Children Cope with Head Injury in the Family
Children who have a close relative, particularly a parent, with a brain injury face many challenges. Learn how children can be affected and how to help them and the adults caring for them.
Advice for Families with a Loved One with Severe Brain Injury
Keeping a journal, taking videos, and looking back to mark progress can help families with a loved one with a severe TBI. But most importantly, families need to seek help.
Sports-related brain injuries can happen in countless ways. A football player can sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a head-to-head collision. A cheerleader can fall on her head during a "basket toss." A skier can smash into a tree. A skateboarder can lose control and fall against a curb. Coaches, parents, and athletes need to learn about brain injury to prevent injury and make the best decisions if an injury does occur.
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Don't worry about seeming like an overprotective mom or dad … share your knowledge and keep your child safe on and off the field.
Head Games, the Film
A powerful documentary that explores the question, "How much of you are you willing to lose for a game?"
And for brain injury rehabilitation resources in your area, click on "Resource Directory" on the top grey bar. Click on your state and go directly to a list of nearby TBI resources — rehab centers, outpatient services, and more. Or you can simply enter your zip code into the search box to find out what is available near you.
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Riding For Resilience To Help Others After TBI
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My Two Life-Sustaining Questions
In the blink of an eye for our sons, and with an unwelcomed knock on our door for my husband and me, our family changed in a way that we could not even begin to comprehend.
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Prince Potemkin, Catherine the Great's brilliant, exuberant and outrageous lover, secret husband and co-ruler, has a way of entering one's consciousness in Odessa in the most surprising ways. It was he who conquered the Black Sea coast for Catherine, who founded many of its elegant cities, and who created Russia's Black Sea fleet. Odessa, more than any of his other settlements along this shore, is his sort of city. It is cosmopolitan, decadent, ebullient, half-oriental yet half-French, Russian yet pervaded by Jewish culture - and defiantly original. Whether it belonged to the Tsars, the Politburo, or the now independent Ukraine, it has always been another country. Odessans, from its raffish gangsters to its lissom girls, are convinced that they are superior in culture and style to anyone in Moscow or London, yet alone the hicks from Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. And they are absolutely right.
Prince Potemkin, Catherine the Great's brilliant, exuberant and outrageous lover, secret husband and co-ruler, has a way of entering one's consciousness in Odessa in the most surprising ways. It was he who conquered the Black Sea coast for Catherine, who founded many of its elegant cities, and who created Russia's Black Sea fleet. Odessa, more than any of his other settlements along this shore, is his sort of city. It is cosmopolitan, decadent, ebullient, half-oriental yet half-French, Russian yet pervaded by Jewish culture - and defiantly original. Whether it belonged to the Tsars, the Politburo, or the now independent Ukraine, it has always been another country. Odessans, from its raffish gangsters to its lissom girls, are convinced that they are superior in culture and style to anyone in Moscow or London, yet alone the hicks from Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. And they are absolutely right.
Soon after arriving in Odessa on my tour of Potemkin's cities, I am sitting on Deribaskaya Boulevard (named after one of the city's founders, de Ribas) at a café eating sturgeon shashlik (that is the delicacy here) and watching this, the King's Road of the city, with my researcher Natalia Kotova, a history graduate of Odessa University. All Odessans, particularly the girls and the gangsters, like to promenade up and down Derisbaskaya all day and some of the night, if they are not at the beaches, casinos or nightclubs. The men dress like flashy boulevardiers and girls wear as little as possible when they do that peculiar strut called "The Odessan". While I have come for the history, it is impossible on Deribaskaya not to notice that the girls here are so strikingly beautiful in a blonde, tanned, long-legged and thoroughly arrogant sort of way that one really could be in St Tropez at mid-jetset-summer, not in a forgotten corner of the ruined Soviet Imperium. "Aha, you've noticed," laughs Natalia, who is herself reddish-blonde-haired, six feet tall and wearing the sort of mini-dress that only an Odessan historian would wear - and yet still seem intellectually forbidding.
"Noticed what?"
"Don't pretend," she says. "We are the best-looking girls in the world and you know why? Potemkin!"
"What's it got to do with him?"
"When Potemkin conquered these lands from 1783 to 1791," she replies, "he found them almost empty and embarked on one of the biggest campaigns of settlement and cultivation ever since before the railways opened up the American West, attracting settlers from Germany to Corsica, England to Sweden. That's why the girls here are so fine - Potemkin's diversity!" Wherever one goes here, Odessans remind me of this bizarre but delightful truth. After our sturgeon, we go to the beaches at Arkadia and there too are Potemkin's beauties. As the sun sinks over the beaches, the Arkadia nightclubs open, scores of them, in rows: there is even a teenage rave bar called Potemkin Steps where the girls dance in hotpants and bikinis in the steamy air. But Odessa is a port and its heart is the seashore so we begin at the cobbled Seaside Promenade outside the Londonskaya Hotel. The Londonskaya, where I occupy a suite, was the grand hotel of Odessa when it was one of Europe's noblest and most cosmopolitan cities, the supplier of grain and Jewish wit to a continent. Now it's a perfectly preserved Regency hotel with its balconies, lanterns and marble staircases.
Outside one turns left and there at the end is an Arabesque palace looking over the sea where Prince Michael Vorontsov, Tsar Nicholas I's viceroy, presided over his vast territories. Here, too, Pushkin seduced Vorontsov's wife, Princess Lisa, who happened to be Potemkin's great-niece. Pushkin loved Odessa's European charm, writing how "the tongue of golden Italy rings out along the laughing street". During his stay here, he praised Potemkin "who won us the Black Sea". Before the Vorontsov Palace stands a statue of what appears to be a Roman in a toga: this is the Duke de Richelieu. At his feet, a long flight of steps, the most famous in the world, runs down to the port: the Potemkin Steps. So there in the steps, statue and dissolute Deribaskaya are the three extraordinary men who founded this unique French-Jewish city on the Black Sea.
On 14 September 1789, Prince Potemkin captured the Turkish fortress of Hadjibey and ordered that a port and city be built there, but he died two years later before anything could be completed. It is a sign of that wonderfully cosmopolitan age that two of his senior officers were a talented Spanish-Neapolitan adventurer named Jose de Ribas, the general who commanded the storming of Hadjibey, and a French aristocrat named Richelieu (the Cardinal's great-nephew). Ribas founded "Odessos", but Catherine the Great feminised it in her own honour to Odessa. His successor, Richelieu, continued the Prince's policy of attracting settlers.
Grain made Odessa rich. The Richelieu Steps were built in 1841 to commemorate the Frenchman, who returned after Waterloo to be prime minister of France. But in 1905, the warship Potemkin (named after the Prince) mutinied in Odessa harbour and ignited the first Russian revolution. When the Bolsheviks came to power, they renamed the steps after Potemkin and soon there was Potemkin Square (behind the Londonskaya). Today there are bars, even an electrical shop called Potemkin. The Potemkin Steps of course entered our cultural vernacular in Eisenstein's movie Battleship Potemkin, which feature that massacre scene that has been reused so often, most recently in The Untouchables.
After I have worked in the Odessa State Local History Museum's archives, I am fortunate enough to be lent a car and driver-bodyguard, armed with mobile phone and Makerov pistol, by a friendly shipping tycoon, and set off for Sebastopol on my Potemkin Tour. After Ochakov, the Turkish fortress he took in 1788, we stop at Kherson, the first city Potemkin founded in 1778, soon after the end of his passionate love affair with Catherine when she had finally released him to become the statesman he was so qualified to be. "My Colossus of Kherson!" she dubbed him. I visit his marble grave at St Catherine's Church. We stay in a ghastly Khrushchev-era Intourist Hotel (sheets and walls black with insects) close to Potemkin's old town, where he launched the first ship of Russia's first Black Sea fleet. Sure enough, on the quay, there is an ugly Soviet monument, not unlike our own Blue Peter insignia.
After visiting his huge city, Nikolaev, we head north on an eight-hour drive into south Ukraine to visit Potemkin's capital, Ekaterinoslav (now called Dniepropetrovsk), passing villages where the men driving horse-drawn carts wear high boots, padded tunics and smocks; the women sport colourful scarves and costumes, nut-brown faces with snub noses. Calves and geese wander the road. Except for the many crippled farmworkers, limping relics of the negligence of Soviet machinery, it is as if the Soviet Union never happened. Finally arriving in this city, we visit Potemkin's church and his huge neo-classical palace. Bizarrely, Ukraine's only five-star hotel is here, an absurd white elephant in a town no one visits. But I have to stay at the Grand Hotel Ukraina, a converted 1910 merchant's mansion with its own casino, £197 per night. The service is snarling. It is empty, yet, for a surreal Marie Celeste experience, it is hard to beat.
We head south to the Crimea which Potemkin called his "Paradise". It was the Prince who annexed the Crimea - then ruled by Tartar Khans - for Russia in 1783, and founded Sebastopol as the sea-fortress for his new fleet. We drive through the Perekop isthmus that joins Crimea to the mainland. Initially, Crimea seems disappointingly flat and stark, but the countryside changes into rich, lush, sumptuous hills, vineyards, woods and orchards that roll down to a glistening sea. Sebastopol, which fell to the Anglo-French in the Crimean War and the Nazis in the Second World War after long sieges, remains a closed naval city, illegal to enter without police permission. So my driver-bodyguard drives us in through the back roads and down to the harbour.
The moment Potemkin saw it he realised this was the seaport he had been looking for and he at once founded his city here. It is impossible when viewing all these cities not to marvel at Potemkin's achievement, yet he was so unjustly remembered for creating fake settlements - "Potemkin Villages" - when he built cities. I admire the mass of grey warships: when the USSR broke up, Potemkin's great fleet was divided between Russia and the Ukraine so, strangely, this is now the headquarters of two rusting fleets, evoking the doom of the submarine Kursk.
Back in Odessa again is like returning to Paris after visiting the provinces. Staying again at the Londonskaya, swaggering around louche Deribaskaya, I dream I am in one of Isaac Babel's stories that tell adventures of his Jewish gangster, Benya Krik. Babel was Odessa's own genius, the Soviet de Maupassant killed by Stalin. My tycoon friends arrange for me to meet a real Benya Krik. "All the gangsters here are still Jewish," explains my friend, "just like in Babel - but now they also have palaces in Bishops Avenue, London. We call Hampstead Little Odessa." I am invited out to dinner (sturgeon, naturally) at a sumptuous, golden-tapped steambath, guarded by Runyonesque men in check suits with cloth caps. My host is a suave, quiet, but chilling gentleman who is one of the city's traditional Jewish godfathers, now called " avtoritei", the Authorities. This Authority, whom I shall call Lazar for the sake of my health, is served by an array of Odessan Venuses, his molls bearing Turkish sweets, Jewish cakes, Russian caviar. All look like supermodels, but with that Odessan insolence. "Potemkin brought we Jews to the Black Sea," lectures the Authority, "as well as the mix of bloods that gave us our women. Let us drink to Potemkin."
We all down goblets of Crimean champagnski toasting "POTEMKIN!" The molls grin sneeringly: Odessan girls, those svelte descendants of Potemkin's settlers, are much too chic to shout.
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'Beware those of you tempted to punch a horse during a demonstration or to kick a dog sniffing the luggage at your feet...harming these 4-legged law agents is now a Federal Offense.' - ABCNews.com
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Maiming, killing or willful interference with NH Police Dogs or Horses is a Class B Felony.
17-A MRSA 752-B Maine Law
The same language that prohibits interfering with a Maine police dog now applies to interfering with a police horse. Class C & D crimes.
Finally, the recognition of the K-9 Service Dog and the worth of the Officer/K-9 partnership has gained its rightful legal status. Yet, even as we're thankful this particular goal has been acheived, another immediately surfaces. The legal system is not the only one recognizing the effectiveness of the Police K-9 ...so are the bad guys.
That's why we started the "Vests for K-9 Program". Bulletproof vests for the K-9's must be individually tailored for safety, comfort and fit. One size fits most just won't work.No matter how valuable a vest might be, if the vest chafes, slips or restricts movement it is a liability to the dog, not an asset. This individual fitting makes these vests quite pricey and not every department can meet that expenditure.
That's where YOU come in...we want to ensure that every K-9 is fitted with the vest that may save his life while he is in in the act of saving ours. We are able to outfit a K-9 team with a tailored, comfortable, flexible, cool vest for a cost of approximately $450.00, approximatley half the national average. To date the Working Dog Foundation, because of you, has handed out, FOR FREE, 25+ of these vests to teams across NH, Maine and Mass. Thank-You! However the job is not done until every K-9 Team that needs a vest has one.
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OSCAR-nominated for his masterful portrayal of a booze-soaked pilot facing a grim awakening, Denzel Washington single-handedly steers director Robert Zemeckis's lesson in substance-led evasion with stunning precision and depth.
As Whip Whittaker, Washington - a front-runner for best actor, having won previously for Training Day and Glory - lets himself go, physically and psychologically, without veering towards stereotype or caricature.
He wakes up in a hotel room with a buxom stewardess (Nadine Velazquez), a beer and a line of coke for clarity - before what should be a routine trip back to Atlanta, where his former wife and son await. When the flight becomes a nightmare, all bets are off.
Or so we think. Crucially, Zemeckis doesn't blame his ace pilot's intoxicated state for the subsequent malfunction and crash that, mercifully, spares all but six on board. There is a fault with the plane. No other pilot, we're told, could have pulled off the terrifying flip manoeuvre that initially makes Whittaker the people's hero.
Breathtaking scenes on board the doomed jet defy expectation, raising the bar beyond even Zemeckis's own Cast Away for sheer believability and terror. And despite some fundamental flaws in the narrative, the emphasis is kept firmly on the captain at the helm.
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What unfolds, then, is a journey of self-discovery, with little background analysis required. We never know exactly why Whittaker is an addict per se, even as the pilots' union (led by the ever-reliable Don Cheadle) scrambles to protect its man and its interests. Whittaker's teaming up with a recovering junkie (Kelly Reilly) only highlights his own see-saw existence, as he quits drinking, then starts again, before the case goes to court.
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Stars: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Nadine Velazquez


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The Middle Distance, 7/22/11: "Do Not Pass. Pass With Care."
By Craig Richardson On July 22, 2011 · 1 Comment · In A Big Something, Kathryn Eastburn, Personal Essay, The Middle Distance
("Accident – Shooks Run" by Stan Payne, December 8, 1950. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 004-10546.)
The Middle Distance 7.22.11: Do Not Pass. Pass With Care.
But here you are, in the middle of a summer day, racing through the living room to grab your trunk of Barbie clothes, when the phone rings and your mother answers it. You hear her say: "What? Oh, my lord." You see her reach for the ladder back chair and slowly lower herself into it, as if she is dizzy and might fall. "Where is he? What happened?" You are frozen in place, watching silent tears roll down her white cheeks.
She hangs up the phone and turns to you. "Go find your brothers and sisters." You rush out of the house even faster than you came in; you don't even ask what happened; you know it is bad. You race up the sidewalk calling the names of your sisters and brother. They are playing with friends, but they see the terror in your face and come home, no questions asked.
"It's daddy. Something happened." That's all you can say because you have no breath.
Your father is more at home in a car than in your house where his personal space consists of a low-slung vinyl chair with wooden arms by the TV and a nylon webbed lawn chair next to the grill under the carport where he goes to smoke and listen to the ball game on the radio. He is gone several days a week, seeking his fortune on the open road, charming storekeepers with his storytelling acumen, his good humor and handsome looks. He has a small company — one employee, himself — that buys wholesale health and beauty aids and sells them to small, independently owned grocery stores. On the road, he is free, his suntanned left arm dangling out the driver's side window, fingers strumming the breeze.
On rare occasions, he takes one or two of the kids with him to make a run to Scottsville or Russellville to drop off a case of toothpaste or Bayer aspirin. You love these impromptu trips, the winding state and county highways with their hypnotic road signs: Do Not Pass. Pass With Care. Do Not Pass. Pass With Care.
Your father pulls on to the gravel parking lot of a small store and walks through the heavy swinging screen door as if he owns the place. He tells you to get yourself a drink out of the icebox. The pleasant store owner stretches and slaps your daddy on the back. He offers you a big, wet dill pickle and wraps it in a paper towel.
Driving home, you struggle to stay awake, your blood sugar crashing after two orange Nehis. You keep your eyes on the road, and on Daddy's tip-tapping fingertips on the steering wheel, keeping time to a song on the radio.
Your mother explains that someone found your daddy and his car in a ditch out on Highway 31. He will be OK but has a bad shoulder injury that hurt so bad he couldn't crawl up to the road. An ambulance is taking him to the hospital.
She piles all of you in her car and drives you to Grandaddy and Aunt Ida's house across town where you will spend the night.
There are four rooms in your grandfather's house, arranged in a square, all open to the other. In one room, your sisters share a double bed and you take the single bed in the corner. Your scratchy sheets smell of sunshine and bleach and a hot iron.
Grandaddy and your brother sleep in the big bed in the next room, and Aunt Ida makes herself a bed on the foldout sofa. The lights go out and the dark rooms are immediately filled with the syncopated tick-tock of the heavy wooden clock in Grandaddy's room. You close your eyes and try to picture your daddy. He pulls out of the driveway in his long green car, a big smile on his face. He waves to you as he pulls away and you wave back, then slowly fade from sight in his rearview mirror.
You cannot sleep because of Grandaddy's loud snoring and all the breath in those tight rooms. You hypnotize yourself to sleep, imagining black and white road signs along a tree-lined highway: Do Not Pass. Pass With Care.
Kathryn Eastburn is the author of A Sacred Feast: Reflections of Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground, and Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder in the Rocky Mountain West. You can comment and read or listen to this column again at The Big Something at KRCC.org. "The Middle Distance" is published every Friday on The Big Something and airs each Saturday at 1 p.m. right after This American Life.
One Response to The Middle Distance, 7/22/11: "Do Not Pass. Pass With Care."
Rose Enyeart says:
Hard to figure how to breathe is such a time. Scarey business. Thanks for sharing.
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