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In December of 2008 Brian Hartenstein and family left America for an adventurous life overseas to live and work throughout Asia, raising three daughters with a sense of wonder and awe at the possibility of the world. It is now 2016 and the adventure continues back home in Oregon. This blog remains as a time capsule to that period. Thank you so much to all our friends around the world. Please stay in touch. We miss you all!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Jew-Mon Onion
My first stop was of course out to Colton to see my family. The air through the open window smelled so clean and they are all so worried about me. What am I doing here alone? Where are my girls? What is going on? They are so suspicious. I tell them bits and pieces, nothing they can't figure out for themselves. Taiwan was meant to save things. Now they walk on egg shells around me. They try to keep it light. Me too. No need worrying people unnecessarily. We trade stories about things that happened in the past, the regurgitation of inside jokes that keep relationships alive: The time Dad fell off the roof of the gazebo and nearly sliced open his neck; magic shows I used to perform as a kid with cape and wand; how my nephew Trent is obsessed with Star Wars. You know, the ups and downs of American family mythology.
My brother and sister sense I have lost something and are quick to tell me their own stories of despair, things in the past that haunt them still. Forbidden actions. Costly mistakes. The under fabric of lives that pretty pieces of cloth so richly try to conceal by color and design above. The patchwork triage of interconnected stories we hold onto as if legends of creation and afterlife. It's amazing the family secrets we keep in this life, that we bury inside ourselves, especially those we keep for the sake of others.
I've been keeping secrets for years. Yet those close to me would say I'm the one to tell when you want everyone to know, that Brian tells everyone everything, but that's only half true. I'm also the one to tell when you want the legend to live.
Case in point: the Jew-Mon Onion.
It was an inside job all along. It started with a fellow English teacher across the hall named Shuttleworth. A kindred spirit, actually, Derek used to teach Of Mice and Men through recollections of sailing with his dad. He spoke of Dead Reckoning and Celestial Navigation and how George and Lennie were each other's polar axis and all the while telling stories of his father at sea. I loved him. We all did. He'd been hired the year before me and he was as fine a teacher as you'd ever hope to meet.
So of course we pranked him.
I had mostly freshmen then. A motley crew of boys that would stand around my desk every morning climbing over one another to be heard. There was Geoffrey Nudelman with his jokes about Cortez and speculations on the Blazers, Shawn Arnt sticking playing cards in the ceiling like throwing stars, Jeremy Hillyer nibbling bland rice cakes and sprouting creepy facial hair, Andrew McCullum looking mournfully at the floor and mumbling World War II trivia, Patrick Harris screaming along to Def Leopard on his iPod, Alex Dubov fiddling with the school's remote control and giving me the latest on Manny and the Sox, and then Simon Simoncini would arrive flopping his hair off his shoulders and break down the Middle East peace talk in terms of Harry Potter characters and that's about the time I would step into the hall for a breath of fresh air.
This is also the year I had Max Werner and Chris Tillett in class. Two boys I could never, and will never, forget. Chris was a white Mormon kid going for his Eagle Scout and Black Belt. Max, a brown skinned Jewish boy slash closet writer, who loved wrestling and had no ambition in life except he didn't want to sell bagels. They'd known each other all their lives. Been on camping trips together, shared the same Tae Kwon Do instructors, loved dressing up in black face paint and terrorizing neighbor kids on Halloween together, basically blood brothers who could finish each other's sentences. It was a Bromance plain and simple. They even had a nickname: the Jew-Mon Onion. Self-ascribed after an evening of epiphany and entrées at Outback Steak House in which, in their words, "We realized our friendship was layered over and over again with adventures and stories and inside jokes, but at the center were our underlying differences." Max was a Jew and Chris was a Mormon. Hence, with Australian cuisine to guide them, an unbreakable alliance was formed.
It was Max who missed out on the Shuttleworth prank.
His replacement was Simon Simoncini, a worthy adversary, no doubt, but as you will see, Max Werner did get the final laugh.
The Shuttleworth prank played out like this: One day Chris and Simon dressed up like ninjas in all black. Hoods. Sleeves. Pants. Socks. Only their eyes could be seen. Their mission was to leave my class during all-school advisory, sneak undetected into Shuttleworth's class full of students, and steal a Hamlet skull off his desk, unnoticed.
Was it a suicidal kamikaze mission?
I don't know.
Should I have just allowed them to commit ritualistic seppuku instead?
We're these two young men, these budding warriors, up for this impossible task?
Probably not.
But was it necessary to try?
Since Derek Shuttleworth was a kindred spirit, and since Columbine still played heavily on all of our minds, I tipped him off. Calling his class just as the boys slipped out my window and made their way shimming against the outer wall toward his room dressed in sneaky 13th century Japanese assassin garb, alerting him that indeed, he was about to be attacked by two 9th grade ninjas.
He acted accordingly, meeting the boys at the door with an All League wrestler who just happened to be there that day. A row ensued, and my ninjas put up one heck of a fight. But in the end, Tillett scampered out the window unscathed, while Simoncini played sacrificial lamb, being dragged down the hall by his hide and dumped back in my class. It was amazing hijinks really. Taxpayers always complain that teachers get their summers off, that the only reason they go into this profession is for the long break, you know, the whole, "Those that can't do anything else… teach" malarkey. But the truth is, that the best of us, the ones that really understand the job, we know to treat school like summer vacation every day. And so when my ninjas returned, battered, beaten, bruised, with carpet burned hands and paper cut lips, unfurling the Hamlet skull from beneath busted ribs, all I could say was, "Well done, lads."
Their response?
"When can we do it again?"
Of course, what happened next is part of Sunset legend.
Shuttleworth, realizing his highly prized Hamlet skull was missing, planned a counter attack, waiting two weeks later until my advisory was playing kickball against the notorious Kristen Carter's equally motley 9th grade advisory out on the softball field. He entered my class and systematically stacked every desk, chair, stool, bookshelf, and table, into a massive bonfire type pile in the middle of my room stacked all the way floor to ceiling. We returned hooting and hollering, victorious on the pitch, to absolute shock and chagrin. Our classroom, our den, our home had been hit. It was utter chaos.
What could be done?
Should we retaliate immediately or wait patiently for our revenge?
Should we plot out a course of action or as Hamlet says, "Take arms against a sea of trouble…?" Well, we acted of course.
I chose a skeleton crew. Nimble and spry 9th grade boys with names like Emch and Dolejs, Dubov and Ballard, Fey and Dingler to run to my car in the senior student section. Oh, they broke school rules that day, and it was a dark afternoon indeed, but the Hartenstein reputation was at stake. I gave them my car keys and they scooted past security on their golf carts sipping Starbuck's lattes to take the jack and tire iron from my trunk. Then they proceeded to Shuttleworth's Honda Element parked neatly in the faculty area in front of the school.
It was stealth.
It was an amazing feat of ninja prowess.
It required me writing fake late passes and bribing staff members who shall remain nameless.
They hoisted up that Element, ripped off the back tire, rolled it all the way across the campus to hide it in my trunk, and left Shuttleworth's Honda hiked up and jacked like a stripped down Buick on cinder blocks chopped up and sold for parts.
It was beautiful.
It was the kind of day that every high school kid dreams of having.
A once in a lifetime school day where anything is possible. Better than a snow cancelation, more relaxing than an afternoon assembly, more powerful than a guest lecturer. It was a day in which they won, for doing nothing more than exercising their right as a juvenile to mess with authority and for once, just for once, come out on top.
Thank God for that day, as it was my best day as a teacher ever.
The following morning we were still basking in the glow. Word had passed through the school via MySpace that we were not to be trifled with. It was glorious. Radiant smiles. Boisterous voices. Yet there was one student who seemed out of sorts.
Max Werner should have been there.
He had done nothing wrong. In fact, he'd been exemplary. He had just missed that day, the best day, the one day to dress up as a ninja and take on the world. He would have been perfect for it, but it wasn't meant to be.
Did he blame me? No. But he took out a revenge nonetheless, pouring orange Fanta into my coffee pot before school and waiting to watch me take that first sip. All the boys knew. They had seen him. Only I was now on the outside, and I was glad, spewing bitter black Joe and sweet orange soda all over the desk.
My classroom full of young 9th grade pirates and scalawags erupted in nervous laughter. These young lost boys, clamoring over one another to get to me, to be seen by me, to have me ask them a question and listen intently, to have someone reach out to them and know them as people, as individuals, to talk to them by name and remember everything they said and wrote and joked about, to reference it for years and keep our conversations and friendships and relationships alive because I would never forget who they were or what they did or what thoughts they had. We had something. We still do. We are forever linked through this time. It was important. It was our secret yes, hidden beneath layers and layers of other stories and events. Yet it was written. It was decided long before any of us knew it would matter. Written longer before we would meet years later and laugh because so much had happened since then and we would forget and have to replay for memories sake. We were on to bigger and better things now. Now, all these years later I need their stories more than ever to keep me going. Chris leaving for his Mormon Mission in Utah. Max returning from a year in Israel to begin pre-med studies at Portland State. Lives of profound truth, humor, and ultimate destruction were now stripped away and clear in our sights.
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Mr. Hartenstein, I don't know why we never read any of your work in advisory. You write beautifully! But I guess you have to since you're an English teacher. :) Well lets just say you write better than any English teacher I know :)ReplyDelete
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2. RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for preparation of financial statements as per the applicable accounting standards and companies act Responsible of daily accounting functions of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and G eneral Ledger to ensure proper a ccounting in the books of accounts Timely Preparing and submission of Monthly Management Accounts to the parent company Preparing and developing processes and internal financial controls and successful implementation of it Preparing of Monthly MIS Report for management and ad-hoc reports Preparing of a nnual & quarterly b udget for the company Cash Management with weekly cash flow preparation and controls Provide accurate and timely financial information and reports to facilitate the decision making process Will liaison with the Statutory Auditors, Tax Auditors and Internal Auditors and ensure that the audits are completed as per the scheduled time lines. Preparing of Income tax computation and return Responsible for handing Income tax Scrutiny case with Tax Authorities Responsible for proper deduction and payment of TDS and filing of quarterly E-TDS with Authority Preparing of Service tax return and CENVAT Register. Preparing of Quarterly Service tax refund and filing with the department Assist in preparing of Transfer pricing Report . Guide and mentor the sub-ordinates and share the knowledge base.
The above details the general principle functions of the job identified, and shall not be taken as an exhaustive description of all the work required in the job
3. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR JOB 4. EXPERIENCE: Candidate should have Minimum 5 year experience in area of Finance & Accounts, Auditing, Taxation, and MIS . Preferably from ITeS/telecom industry. 5. EDUCATION: Chartered Accountant 6. TECHNICAL AND OTHER SKILLS: Strong Leadership and supervisory skills Should have Knowledge of India GAAP Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment In depth knowledge of Tally accounting systems Proficient in MS Office, with advanced excel skills. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
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PCL crews are continuing construction of a temporary work trestle on the east side of the harbour. The trestle will serve as a work platform accommodating workers and equipment while the new bridge is built.
The smaller white crane, seen on the barge in the photo below, is drilling down into the bedrock. The bigger red crane is pushing piles (long steel pipes) down into place. Once the piling work is complete crews will then build the top platform that will support equipment and workers to build the new bridge. (click photo to enlarge)
Residents in the area are advised that PCL will be conducting some night work beginning Thursday, July 18 through the weekend to Thursday, July 25 on the downtown / east side in order to allow their barge to access a specific area of the harbour only accessible during high tide times.
The work may create some noise from the movement of the barge and diesel drill rig motor used to extract soil. This type of noise is comparable to work currently occurring daily on the site. Pile driving will not occur at night. It will occur within normal working hours. As the project progresses, the majority of work will occur within normal work hours and within the City's noise control bylaw. This night work is considered an exception for special circumstances to allow access by barge to a specific area only accessible during the high tide, which happens to be at night right now.
Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
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Active Threats Against The Aviation Sector:
Active Shooters, Workplace Violence, And 'Insiders'
By Dr. Joshua Sinai
Since the advent of modern terrorism, the aviation sector has
been one of the most frequently targeted by Active Threat attacks.
Active Threat is a new category of converging threats that is
being advanced in homeland security to encompass the distinct
threats of terrorism, active shooters, workplace violence, and
'insiders' which characterize numerous attacks in which the perpetrators
tactics utilize several of these types of threats. Thus, in the
aviation sector, for example, the shooting rampage on January
6, 2017 by Esteban Santiago-Ruiz at Fort Lauderdale Airport was
both active shooter (he allegedly suffered from psychological
disorders) and terrorism (it is reported that he was influenced
by ISIS).
By expanding the aperture to recognize such attacks as combining
several threat types (e.g., active shooter and terrorism, or workplace
violence, active shooter, and 'insider'), it will also serve to
upgrade the capability to counter them with appropriate multidisciplinary
response measures. To understand the magnitude of the types of
Active Threats facing the aviation sector - which in this article
is defined as consisting of airports and airplanes - this article's
chronological listing of attacks that have targeted this sector
breaks them down into these distinct types of threats and vulnerabilities.
For those determined to kill indiscriminately and to inflict
mass casualties, economic disruption, world headlines, and psychological
anxiety and fear among wider publics, aviation transportation
in the form of commercial airports and airplanes are ideal targets.
Also making this sector vulnerable for Active Threat targeting
is that they cannot easily be protected in a comprehensive way
without interrupting the large flow of passengers and goods that
rely on them for their transportation needs. On a tactical level,
they are especially vulnerable because areas at airports such
as passenger check-in departure areas and counters, and baggage
claim and arrival areas are not as robustly protected as the more
secure pre-board screening points with their explosive trace detection
(ETD) equipment and random physical searches of passengers. Thus,
attacking such vulnerable areas can also inflict high casualty
rates until armed responding personnel arrive from the airports'
more secure areas.
The aviation sector is especially vulnerable because large numbers
of people pass through airports on a daily basis. During holiday
seasons, in particular, the volume of passenger traffic increases
exponentially, accompanied by especially heightened threat levels
since terrorists attempt to exploit such special occasions to
ruin their celebrations by inflicting mass casualties during such
high volume passenger periods.
On a positive note, once inside airports' more secure areas,
due to heightened security measures in inspecting passengers'
checked-in or carry-on baggage, it has become more difficult for
terrorists to blow up aircraft in mid-air via their luggage compartments,
which was not the case previously, such as on December 21, 1988
when a bomb placed in a baggage on board Pan Am Flight 103 exploded,
destroying the aircraft and all 243 passengers and 16 crew on
board, with the aircraft crashing into Lockerbie, Scotland. Similarly,
with pilots cockpits' doors locked and hardened during flight
as a security measure introduced in the aftermath of 9/11, it
is more difficult for terrorists to hijack an aircraft by overcoming
its pilot crew, a tactic used by the 9/11 al Qaeda terrorists.
Nevertheless, as discussed later, terrorists have continued to
attempt to exploit new vulnerabilities in these areas, with several
high profile attacks and bombings causing high levels of casualties
and physical damage.
Securing Cargo Aircraft
In addition to securing passenger aircraft, also of concern is
the security of aviation cargo. While a high percentage of air
freight is carried in passenger planes, which are subject to inspection
by x-ray, the rest is transported in cargo planes, with only a
reported small amount of air cargo checked in the same strict
way. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) had attempted to
exploit this security gap on October 29, 2010, when it shipped
two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of 300 to 400
grams of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, on separate
cargo planes bound from Yemen to the United States. Fortunately,
the bombs were discovered and defused at en route stop-overs (one
in East Midlands Airport in the United Kingdom and the other in
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates).
Finally, as discussed later in this article, it is possible that
the bomb that exploded the Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 Airbus
A321-231 aircraft on October 31, 2015 as it was flying above the
northern Sinai, may have been placed in its cargo compartment
by an airport maintenance crew member.
Active Threat Incidents Against the Aviation Sector
As mentioned earlier, the deadliest catastrophic attack against
the aviation sector was al Qaeda's coordinated and simultaneous
hijacking of four airliners on September 11, 2001, intentionally
crashing two of the planes into the World Trade Towers in New
York City, with the third plane crashing into the Pentagon, in
Arlington, VA. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville,
PA, after passengers attempted to take control before it could
reach the hijackers' intended target, reportedly the U.S. Congress
or the White House in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 people died
in those attacks, including the hijackers and passengers on board
the planes. These coordinated attacks demonstrated glaring vulnerabilities
in U.S. aviation security at the time, which the U.S. government
and its allies around the world have since attempted to substantially
Active Threat Incidents
The aviation sector has long been targeted by the four types
of Active Threat attacks, especially terrorism, although it also
faces significant active shooter, workplace violence, and 'insider'
threats, as well. With regard to terrorist groups, their tactics
have evolved over the years from hijackings to bombings, as well
as attacking airports and their nearby areas. In the 1970s and
1980s, hijacking was a pervasive terrorist tactic. This tactic
was transformed in 9/11 when the terrorist goal evolved from the
previous tactic of hijacking and then landing the aircraft (once
their demands were met) to using the planes as suicide bombs to
cause mass destruction as they crashed into their intended targets
on the ground. In response, as security has been hardened at airport
terminals and aircraft (especially by automatically locking cockpits),
instead of hijacking planes (although several planes had been
hijacked since then), terrorists have turned to other tactics
such as bombing them by firing shoulder-launched Stinger missiles
at flying aircraft. This was demonstrated by al Qaeda's unsuccessful
attempt to down the Israeli Arkia Boeing 757 aircraft, carrying
261 passengers that had just taken off from Mombasa's airport
in Kenya in late November 2002.
Eight types of Active Threat attacks against the aviation sector
are discussed in this section.
(1) Hijackings
In the 1970s and 1980s hijacking airlines was a widespread terrorist
tactic, with the hijackers using the airliners as a negotiating
tactic, either to free prisoners, concede to political demands,
or extort ransom payments. One of the first hijackings by a
Middle Eastern terrorist group, which was also the first time
an Israeli airliner was hijacked, occurred on July 22, 1968,
when an El Al plane departing from Rome and headed for Tel Aviv,
Israel, was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (PFLP), and diverted to Algiers. Its crew and passengers
were held hostage for five weeks and were released following
40 days of negotiations. Following the hijacking, El Al became
extremely security-conscious and instituted the first baggage
check program.
This was followed on September 6, 1970 when PFLP operatives hijacked
four airliners departing from European airports, diverting two
to a disused airfield in the Jordanian desert, with a third airliner
diverted to Beirut and then Cairo. Another hijacking attempt was
thwarted by El Al security its flight from Amsterdam. On September
9, a PFLP sympathizer seized a BOAC flight in Bahrain and brought
it to the same Jordanian airstrip as the first two.
On May 30, 1972, after departing their aircraft, three members
of the Japanese Red Army carried out an attack at Lod Airport
(now known as Ben Gurion International Airport), in Tel Aviv,
killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
On 27 June 1976, Air France Flight 139, originating in Tel Aviv,
took off from Athens, Greece, heading for Paris, was hijacked
by two operatives belonging to a PFLP offshoot, who were joined
by two German terrorists. The airplane eventually arrived at Entebbe
Airport in Uganda.
(2) Bombs on Board Aircraft
Prior to 9/11, the deadliest terrorism-caused airline catastrophe
occurred on June 22, 1985 when Air India Flight 182, operating
on the Montréal-London-Delhi route, was downed by a bomb
on board that had been placed by Sikh terrorists, killing its
329 crew and passengers.
In an example of state-directed terrorism, in November 1987, two
North Korean operatives planted a bomb on a Korean Airline Boeing
707 en route from Baghdad to Seoul, causing it to explode in midair
over the Andaman Sea off the coast of Burma, killing its 20 crew
members and 95 passengers aboard.
In another major airline bombing, on December 21, 1988, Pan Am
Flight 103, a Boeing 747, en route from London Heathrow to New
York's JFK International Airport, was destroyed by a bomb on board
as it was flying over Scotland, killing its 243 passengers and
16 crew members. The aircraft's explosion also resulted in the
deaths of 11 people in Lockerbie, in southern Scotland, as large
sections of the plane fell, destroying several houses. The Libyan
government was charged for the bombing.
In examples of terrorist groups such as al Qaeda and its affiliates
continuously attempting to exploit gaps in aviation security they
were largely thwarted in their attempts, despite the innovative
tactics and weaponry used in each operation. The most notable
forerunner of catastrophic airliner bombings was the December
11, 1994 bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434. Although the
explosion was small, killing one person, with the plane making
an emergency landing, it turned out to be a test run for a planned
terrorist attack by Ramzi Yousef, called Operation Bojinka, to
blow up 12 airliners and their approximately 4,000 passengers
as they flew from Asia to the United States. Yousef's uncle, Khaled
Sheikh Mohammad, later used this blueprint of using multiple airliners
in a single operation to plan 9/11, with the terrorists' goal
not merely to hijack aircraft but to use them as suicide bombs
to cause mass destruction.
The Bojinka plot was later duplicated by an al Qaeda conspiracy
in August 2006, which was foiled by British authorities by arresting
the operatives during the pre-incident phase, to bypass bomb detectors
at airports by detonating liquid explosive bombs on board multiple
airliners destined for Canada and the United States. The plot
led to tighter restrictions on carrying liquids and gels in hand
luggage in the European Union, Canada, and the United States.
Another innovative al Qaeda operation was the attempt by Richard
Reid, a British national, to detonate his special shoes packed
with plastic explosives in their hollowed-out bottoms on board
American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22,
2001. In a similarly innovative plot, on December 25, 2009, Umar
Farouk Abdulmutallab, a radicalized Nigerian who had been studying
in London, attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in
his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en
route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan.
In a different type of innovative tactic against the aviation
sector, in late October 2010, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP) placed several sophisticated parcel-bombs containing 300-400
grams of the explosive PETN on passenger and cargo planes. Although
the bombs did not go off, they severely disrupted freight and
parcel traffic in the region.
In another new trend that was successfully executed, it is hypothesized
that on October 31, 2015 operatives belonging to the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s Sinai Branch exploited weak Egyptian
security at the Sharm al-Sheikh airport's tarmac to plant a bomb
(possibly a soda can that had been converted into bomb) attached
to the outside of the aircraft or inside its cargo cabin to explode
Metrojet Flight 9268, an Airbus A321-231operated by Russian airline
Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). It was speculated at the time
that an 'insider', in the form of maintenance crew member, may
have planted the bomb. All 217 passengers and seven crew members
who were on board the aircraft were killed as it exploded above
the northern Sinai following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh
International Airport, Egypt, en route to Pulkovo
Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
(3) Firing Rockets at Aircraft
Further innovating their terrorist tactics against aviation, on
November 28, 2002, shortly after Arkia Israel Airlines Flight
582, in a Boeing 757-300 aircraft, took off from Moi International
Airport, in Mombassa, Kenya, al Qaeda operatives fired two SA-7
surface-to-air missiles, which narrowly missed the plane, which
was en route to Israel, although they caused two trails behind
the left wings, causing the aircraft to rock slightly.
(4) Attacking Airport Check-In Areas
Finding it difficult to hijack aircraft due to intensified security
measures, in December 1985, terrorists such as Palestinian Abu
Nidal Organization (ANO) operatives attacked the Israeli national
El Al airline's ticket counters at the Rome and Vienna airports,
killing 20 people. A similar incident occurred on July 4, 2002,
when Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national
who was granted asylum to live in the U.S. in 1992, used two
Glock pistols to shoot at the passengers standing at the ticket
counter of El Al, Israel's national airline, at Los Angeles
International Airport in Los Angeles, CA. Two people were killed
and four others were injured before the gunman was fatally shot
by a security guard (after also being wounded by him).
On November 1, 2013, Paul Anthony Ciancia, aged 23, opened fire
at around 9:20 a.m. in Terminal 3 of the Los Angeles International
Airport, killing a U.S. government Transportation Security Administration
officer and injuring several other people.
On March 22, 2016, as part of a larger simultaneous attack that
day in Brussels by local ISIS cells, three suicide bombers, carrying
explosives in large suitcases, attacked a departure hall at Brussels
Airport in Zaventem, killing 17 people (including the bombers)
and wounding 81 others. The third suicide bomber (who was also
among those killed), had failed to detonate his own bomb by the
blast force of the other explosions.
About the Author
Dr. Joshua Sinai is a Principal Analyst at Kiernan Group Holdings
(www.kiernan.co), a homeland security consulting firm that also
specializes in Active Threat studies, in Alexandria, VA
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Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry
Jennifer Jester, Ph.D. has worked with data from the Michigan Longitudinal Study (MLS) for the past 15 years. The MLS has a wealth of data on children of alcoholic men, spanning over 28 years. Dr. Jester has studied various aspects of development of the children and alcoholism in the adults, using sophisticated longitudinal data analysis.
Dr. Jester's work has included latent trajectory class analysis, latent growth modeling, structural equation modeling, measurement invariance, and confirmatory factor analysis. She is interested in the development of children in high-risk environments and in developing interventions to promote well-being of children in adverse circumstances.
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Research Interests:
- Child development in high-risk environments
- Examining of the association between alcohol or drug use and risk for suicide
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- Interventions to prevent development of delinquency in youth
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Postdoctoral Fellowship, Computational Neuropsychology, Salk Institute
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Neuroscientists from the University of California, Berkeley have successfully decoded brain activity into audible sounds. This is effectively mind reading.
By recording nerve impulses from the auditory cortex, scientists were able to detect which word a subject was thinking about 80-90% of the time. Although a highly invasive procedure, the experiment rested on the assumption that the activation of nerves in the auditory cortex is identical or similar when a word is heard or processed, as when a subject simply thought about it. What will the future utilize such technology for? We can only imagine.


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Another Random Idea
Some people said I was cold-hearted, fierce, not friendly, short-tempered, moody, even cruel, and so on. The others said I was helpful, full-of-smile, childish, etc.. Well…I do not mind, may be I am, even if I am not those don't really matter. Sometimes, I can be a really 'good' person but I can also be a 'cruel' person when you push wrong button, and that's what people usually be…
*what I am writing now,,,actually I can not sort my idea in the right order now,,,I am sure. I thought about some idea to write here last night but like the usual me usually do, I forget some of them after got enough sleep*
Okay,,,this is totally random *yeah…like always*
I was thinking something about being mature and responsible. A friend posted at her/his tweet something sounds like "A mature person is not only responsible for his/her job, family, and religion (or something else) but also responsible for others heart (or feeling)"
And I remember I read an article about some reasons to travel while you are young here's the link
The author, Jeff Goins, wrote
"Yeah, but…"
Never were more fatal words spoken.
It allows us to be cowards, while sounding noble.
Hmmm…I experienced some kind of similar thing like this. Well…noted similar (or might be not related at all). That sentence "Yeah…but…." I got those two words in different form but I think it shows same feeling or same reason or same background or same purpose. To allow the speaker to be cowards, while sounding noble.
Have you ever heard about 'bro-sis' relationship between two people who act like a couple? That kind of relationship kind of popular some time in Indonesia. Yup…two people said (or might be lied) to each other and their friends or outsider that they're not a couple, they're having bro-sis relationship, but it is clearly seen from others' point of view that there's something more than that even they are more than what they're saying. When someone asks to them, what is your relationship with him/her, they will answer "Well…he/she is like a sister/brother to me." (though it's completely shown that they're not act like one). Cute, isn't it? I think so too……When you are a junior high school student.
But, seeing those kind of acts in your 20s is completely unthinkable. I am not saying that such 'bro-sis' relationship couldn't be exist in human relationship. To be honest I have one or two boy friends (friends who are boys) that are so close to me like a brother and we act like one, like a sister and brother. In every human relationship, there are such a certain invisible lines border each of them. And you, the one that involved into them knows better how to define them. You could say you're not while you know exactly you are. You might lie to others, but lie to yourself is the lamest thing you shouldn't do.
No doubt. You should be kind, nice and friendly with others. But, we, people, even the most clueless or stupid one, are not a complete idiot who can not use their heart. We know what flirt is and what hitting to somebody is. As for me, I always try my best to smile, be nice, and friendly to all people but, I know exactly the border is. When things are not in the place they should be, I draw a line. When it's not working, I draw bolder line. Even if I need to be cold-hearted and unfriendly to draw the line, I will do it. Because I know exactly what hope can do, it hurts more as it grows. I want to be responsible to people's heart. If my kindness mislead people to another thing I don't expect. I rather to be clear. Yes is always to be a yes and no is a no. Not "Yeah….but…." Even if I need to lose them as a friend, that the risk I will surely take.
I don't want to hide behind either the words "she/he is like a bro/sis for me" or "you are my best friend" while I am cowardly playing with someone's heart. There are no such complicated status in man and woman relationship. They are clearly friend, lover or nothing. When you're telling people or your self other these three things, you're being cowards while sounding noble.
*I am not sure whether what I wrote is understandable enough or whether I got my idea right or not. Once again it's just another random thing.*


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Stewed Peaches
4lb fresh peaches; water to cover, 2 tsp vanilla; grated rind of one lemon. Method: Wash peaches and halve them lengthways. Cut each half into three slices and place in saucepan. Cover with water and add vanilla and lemon rind. Bring to the boil, lower heat and simmer for five minutes.
Green lentil soup with potato (serves 4)
9 cups water; 1 1/2 cups green lentils; 1 large onion, chopped; 3 sticks celery, chopped; 8 small potatoes, quartered; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 cup seitan (optional, available in health food shops); shoyu (soy sauce) to taste; 1 spring onion, chopped (garnish).
Method: Boil lentils in water until soft. Cut vegetables and add to the lentils with potato and garlic. Add seitan, if using. Cook on medium heat, covered, for 30 minutes. Add shoyu to taste and simmer for further 10 minutes. Garnish with spring onion.
Pinto Beans
2 cups pre-soaked pinto beans; 10 cups water; 1 onion, diced; 1 green pepper, diced; 1 tsp grated garlic; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; shoyu, miso or salt to taste.
Method: Cook pinto beans in a large pot with water for two hours. Drain the beans. Sautee onion, green pepper and garlic while adding the cumin, cayenne. Add shoyu, miso or salt to taste.Then pour in the beans and continue to sautÈ for ten minutes, covered.
Chinese-Style Vegetables
1 large onion, sliced; 4 cups sliced cabbage; 1 large carrot, diced; 1 clove garlic, grated; 2 cups water; 1 cup snow peas; 2 scallions, chopped; 1 tsp grated ginger; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp ground and roasted flaxseeds, optional.
Method: Place onion, carrot, and cabbage in a large skillet. Add garlic and two cups of water and simmer, covered, for three to five minutes. Add snow peas and scallions then simmer two minutes longer.Then add vinegar, ginger, and stir until thick. Sprinkle roasted flaxseeds over vegetables.
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Writer Linda Cracknell talks about her residency at Edinburgh's Sick Kids Hospital.
In June 2012 I joined the arts programme at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, affectionately known as the 'Sick Kids'.
I work in the Hospital only three days a month – engaging with patients, parents, staff or volunteers. The accent is on fun and providing distraction through creative activity much of it in league with illustrator-in-residence, Cate James.
As a teacher and facilitator I've taken creative writing into a variety of community settings but the hospital is the most unusual. The last thing people are expecting to hear from someone approaching with a clipboard is 'Would you like to make up a story with me?'.
Typically any encounter with patients is at their bedside, or sometimes in ward playrooms. This often results in informal mixed-generation groups in which the presence of children seems to be liberating for the adult imagination.
Typically any encounter with patients is at their bedside, or sometimes in ward playrooms. This often results in informal mixed-generation groups in which the presence of children seems to be liberating for the adult imagination.
A further three days a month I spend writing for and about the Hospital. Life there includes every kind of petty and grand drama, high emotion and extreme boredom. Within it are people from all walks of life and every type of technology is used. As a writer I'm naturally curious and there is a great deal to learn about and set the imagination onto.
|From the All Write Kreative Kids Blog
My projects have included a Christmas story for The Scotsman set in the haematology lab; a set of children's stories that Cate and I have created about the 'Whatsits' hospital characters – such as Stephanie the Stethoscope and Cathy the Cannula – designed to soften sharpness and simplify complexity.
Currently we are making a film 'Night Porter' based on my poem echoing W H Auden's 'Night Mail' about the journey around the current site as the porter collects and delivers mail; a way of creatively archiving the site and what it means to people before the move to Little France in 2017.
For more information about the programme that Cate James and Linda Cracknell are delivering, visit: http://allwritekreativkids.blogspot.co.uk/http://allwritekreativkids.blogspot.co.uk/
Linda Cracknell is a writer of fiction, creative non-fiction and radio drama. Recent books include a novel, Call of the Undertow, and non-fiction Doubling Back: ten paths trodden in memory.
Image of Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh by James Den#nham [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Nov 30, 1999
|Filing date
|Mar 9, 1998
|Priority date
|Mar 9, 1998
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Patrick E McNamara
|Original Assignee
|Mcnamara; Patrick E
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (26), Classifications (9), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to sporting equipment and more specifically to a suspended practice backdrop and target formed from flexible material that is suited for use in practicing hockey shots.
Practice targets have been used previously for practicing hockey shots, but the targets have been connected to a hockey goal. They therefore require the expense of a goal. They are also limited in where they can be used and are not very effective in protecting bystanders and property from shots that go wild, i e., beyond the edges of the target. A puck will strike a target with considerable force. Prior targets do not provide optimum cushioning of the impact of the puck against the target.
One general objective of the invention is therefore to provide a target that will enable a hockey player to practice shooting the puck without the use of a goal in a variety of locations, including residential parking garages, basements, schools and recreational arenas with little chance of damaging the wall of the building or items stored on shelves within the building. Such a product would enable a player to practice in a building, e.g. either in a closed garage or with the garage door open and standing just outside the garage door. Targets that were available prior to the present invention were unable to protect the building or items within the building from shots that go wild while at the same time providing a target area with the impact absorption capacity to allow the puck to fall harmlessly to the floor after the target had been hit.
In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, it is thus one object of the invention to provide a backdrop and target for sports practice that provides protection on either side and above the target area.
Another object of the invention is to provide a target device that has a vertically suspended flexible sheet of material for arresting the motion of a puck or ball used in sports activities with a layer of additional material overlaid adjacent to the sheet for cushioning the impact of shots that are fired at the target device.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a sturdy backdrop that will protect objects from a flying puck, can be stored in a compact bundle, and can be collapsed and moved to an out-of-the-way position when not in use.
These and other more detailed and specific objects of the present invention will be better understood by reference to the following figures and detailed description which illustrate by way of example but a few of the various forms of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.
The invention provides a practice backdrop for hockey and other sports comprising a flexible backdrop sheet having an upper edge and a lower edge. At least one connector is provided for the backdrop to support the backdrop sheet from its upper edge. An impact-dampening weight is connected to the backdrop in the proximity of its bottom edge to enable the backdrop to arrest the impact of a hockey puck or ball which strikes it. In one preferred form of the invention, a removable and replaceable target having a frontal area that is smaller than the backdrop and formed from a flexible sheet of material is overlaid against the front surface of the backdrop to serve as an object for a player to shoot at and to help cushion the impact of shots fired at the backdrop. Provision is also preferably made for raising and simultaneously folding the backdrop and target into contiguous horizontally extending accordion folds in which horizontal folds of the target are lapped between horizontal folds of the backdrop material.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of one preferred form of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 2 with the lifting cord removed for clarity of illustration.
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 2 with the lifting cord in place.
FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view similar to FIG. 4 with the backdrop partly elevated.
FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 with the backdrop raised further toward the ceiling.
FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the removable target.
FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view of the removable target.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a grommet used for guiding one of the lifting cords.
FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the top portion of the backdrop apparatus to show the support structure, and
FIG. 11 is a transverse horizontal sectional view of a modified form of the invention.
Shown in FIG. 1 is a backdrop apparatus 10 in accordance with the invention which in this case is particularly adapted for hockey but is also suitable for other sports such as golf, baseball, soccer, tennis and the like. The backdrop apparatus 10 includes a backdrop 12 that is formed from flexible sheet material such as cloth or plastic-impregnated cloth, e.g. a 7.5 foot�9.5 foot sheet of 18-ounce vinyl plastic impregnated cloth, having top, side and bottom edges 14, 16 and 18, respectively, each with an adjacent sewn hem as shown. The cloth can be, for example, cotton canvas, polyester, nylon, rayon, Dacron�, Kevlar� or other synthetic resin. The hem adjacent the bottom edge 18 encloses a horizontally disposed elongated pocket 20 which is open at each of its ends 22 and 24. Within the hem adjacent the top edge 14 are provided a plurality of metal grommets 26. Similar grommets 28 are provided in each of the hems along the side edges 16, and grommets 29 are provided in the bottom hem.
In accordance with the invention, the backdrop 12 is suspended solely from its upper edge 14 by means of supporting connectors, in this case short lengths of rope or cord 30 extending between a fixed overhead structure, typically a board 32 attached to the ceiling 34 inside an automobile garage or other building. The ropes 30 can be connected between an eye-hook 33 that is screwed into the board 32 and one of the grommets 26 as shown in FIG. 10. It is convenient to suspend the backdrop apparatus 10 from the ceiling 34 at a distance of about 1 to 20 inches such that the bottom edge 18 is spaced about one-half inch above the floor or ground. The invention will therefore fit various ceiling heights. Inside the pocket 20 adjacent the bottom edge 18 is suspended an impact-absorbing weight such as a wooden two-by-four 36 or a one-inch diameter iron pipe for exerting downward tension on the backdrop structure. The downward tension exerted by the weight 36 helps to arrest the impact of a flying puck or ball. The size of the backdrop sheet 12 can be as large as desired, but I have obtained excellent results with a backdrop sheet measuring 7.5 feet high by 9.5 feet wide. For a larger size room or garage, a larger backdrop can be used. Because of the relatively large size of the backdrop sheet 12 compared to the size of an ordinary hockey goal, practically the entire end of a room or the wall of a garage will be protected even if the shot goes wild and does not hit the desired target area.
Near the center of the backdrop 12 and adjacent its bottom edge 18 is overlaid a removable, reusable and replaceable target comprising a rectangular flexible sheet of material 40, e.g. 18-ounce vinyl plastic impregnated cloth, having a front surface carrying printed indicia such as the image of a hockey player 42, and a rear surface 44 carrying other printed indicia such as target numbers 46 (FIGS. 1 and 8). The target 40 is removably and replaceably secured to the backdrop sheet 12 by means of a fastener that is capable of being disconnected when desired, such as a hook-and-loop fastener, e.g. Velcro� fasteners comprising hook or loop strips 50 secured to the backdrop 12 as well as complementary strips 52 on the back surface 44 and 54 on the front surface of the target sheet 40. Thus, whenever desired, the target sheet 40 can be completely removed then turned around and mounted in the reverse position so that the back surface 44 faces the player as shown in FIG. 8. In this way the target 40 provides different printed indicia for different purposes so as to increase the versatility of the invention by allowing the player to use the backdrop apparatus 10 for different purposes or for different sports simply by removing and reversing the target 40, i.e. by mounting the target 40 with the reverse side 44 facing the player. The target 40, besides serving as an object to shoot at, helps to cushion the impact of shots fired at the backdrop and increases the life expectancy of the invention. In the meantime, the backdrop sheet 12 is large enough to protect an entire wall, for example, the back wall of a garage and any articles that may be stored on shelves or behind the backdrop.
The front surface of the target 40 as shown in FIGS. I and 7 in this case carries the image of a hockey goalie 42 for the player to shoot at. On the back surface, shown at the right in FIG. 1 and in FIG. 8, is provided different printed indicia such as numbered squares to be used in scoring targeted shots. Portions of the backdrop 12 can also be imprinted with indicia such as targets and the like, if desired. Reversing the target 40 provides additional versatility and adds interest to the practice sessions. The invention can be used with other printed indicia for various sports including golf, tennis, baseball, soccer and the like. The backdrop apparatus 10 as shown in FIGS. 1-4 is illustrated in the deployed position ready for use with its lower edge 18 spaced a small distance, e.g., about one-half inch, from the floor.
Refer now to FIGS. 3 and 4. It can be seen that when the hockey puck or ball strikes the target 40 it will deflect the target 40 and backdrop 12 toward the right as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The force of the impact will be exerted through the target 40 and backdrop 12 down to the weight 36 which will be raised slightly as a result of the impact, thereby helping to cushion the force of the impact and effectively arresting the motion of the puck or ball without damage and little wear to the backdrop or target.
The backdrop 12 and target 40 can be elevated to an out-of-the-way position by means of lifting cords 60. In this case, three cords 60 are provided. All three of the lifting cords 60 pass through suitable supports such as two-inch steel rings 62 each connected to one of the eye-hooks 33 by means of an S-hook 64 or other suitable fastener (FIG. 10). The free ends of all of the cords 60 at the right in FIG. 1 are secured to a fixed object such as a wall cleat 66 which is fastened to the wall of the room. The outer two cords 60, after passing through the steel rings 62, extend downwardly and are entrained through the vertically arranged grommets 28 adjacent each of the side edges 16. The center cord 60, after passing through a centrally located steel ring 62, extends downwardly and is entrained through a series of rearwardly extending vertically disposed and aligned flaps 68 fastened to the center line of the backdrop sheet 12 by sewing at 70. Each of the flaps 68 includes a grommet 72 surrounding the cord 60. The lower end of each of the cords 60 is secured to the backdrop 12 near its bottom edge 18.
FIGS. 5 and 6 show successive positions as the backdrop 12 and target 40 are raised to an out-of-the-way overhead location so that the room or other space can be used for a different purpose, e.g. the parking of a car. After the backdrop apparatus 10 has been elevated all the way by pulling on the cords 60, generally as shown in FIG. 6, the cords 60 are fastened to the wall cleats 66 so as to suspend the backdrop 12 and target 40 in the raised position (FIG. 6) until the next time it is to be used. The term "cord" herein is used broadly to include rope, cable, chain and other elongated, flexible tension-imparting articles. It can be seen in FIGS. 5 and 6 that when the lifting cord 60 is pulled, the backdrop 12 and target 40 which lie adjacent one another are both folded simultaneously into contiguous horizontally extending accordion folds including horizontal folds of the target 40 lapped between horizontal folds of the backdrop 12 as shown at 69 in FIGS. 5 and 6. The target 40 and backdrop 12, owing to their flexibility, are both capable of bending or folding together to form the horizontally disposed stack of accordion folds shown at 69 with the folds in the target 40 interposed between the folds in the backdrop 12.
It will be seen that the backdrop 12 is supported during use solely from its upper edge by means of the connectors 30 with the impact-dampening weight 36 attached to the backdrop proximate its bottom edge. This stretches and flattens the backdrop 12 and target 40 as well as helping to cushion shots due to the impact-dampening effect of the weight 36. The target 40 has a frontal area, e.g. 4'�5', that is smaller than the area of the backdrop 12. The target 40 thus serves as an object for the player to shoot at as well as to help cushion the impact of the shot fired at the backdrop 12, thereby extending the life of the backdrop 12.
Refer now to FIG. 11 which illustrates an alternate form of the invention in which the same numerals refer to corresponding parts already described. In this case the backdrop 12 is provided with side flaps 82 that are folded forwardly and centrally along each side edge 16 to provide two vertically disposed centrally opening pockets 80. The side flaps 82 along each edge define the centrally opening pockets 80 and are attached, e.g by sewing, at their top and bottom edges to the top and bottom hems at 14 and 18 to help the pockets 80 hold their shape and keep the side flaps in place. The centrally facing pockets 80 along each vertical side edge are helpful in catching the puck in the event it is deflected toward the side and thus provide additional help in arresting the motion of the puck or ball, particularly in the case of a wild shot that could otherwise be deflected to one side so as to damage something in the building.
To use the invention, the connectors such as the short lengths of rope 30 are secured between suitable fasteners such as the eye-hooks 33 or other suitable fixed structure and the grommets 26 in the top hem of the backdrop 12, their length being adjusted to support the lower edge 18 of the backdrop 12 either at or slightly above the floor or ground. The steel rings 62 are secured in place by using the S-hooks 64 to connect the rings 62 and entrained through the grommets 70 or 28, as the case may be, and fastened to the backdrop 12 by its bottom edge. The target 40 is then attached to the backdrop 12 by means of Velcro� strips 50, 52 or 54. The invention will then be deployed for use as shown in FIGS. 1-4. When the cords 60 are pulled, the target 40 and backdrop 12 will be raised out of the way so that the car will then fin in the garage.
Many variations of the present invention within the scope of the appended claims will be apparent to those skilled in the art once the principles described herein are understood.
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|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Sep 18, 2003
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Sep 18, 2003
|Surcharge for late payment
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|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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