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SEN John McCain asked about free fall of Building 7 on TV
April 12, 2013 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
Original Story–4/11/13
On April 9th, 2013 Senator John McCain appeared on C-SPAN's live call-in show Washington Journal. Identifying myself under a pseudonym, I asked him the following question:
"The National Institute of Standards and Technology asserts that the collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center Building 7 on 9/11 was caused by fire. Yet they acknowledge that the first 100 feet of that collapse took place at free-fall acceleration. Engineers will tell you that fire cannot do this, that the only method by which it can be accomplished is the use of pre-planted explosives.
How do you explain this discrepancy…of a hundred feet of free-fall, without the use of explosives?"
As the video shows, John McCain claimed ignorance, saying, "To tell you the truth, this is an area that I'm not very familiar…and if you would drop me a note and mention that we talked on C-SPAN, I'd be glad to get you a more complete answer. But…honestly, every once in a while I have to plead ignorance about an issue and this is one that I have not been involved in, but I'll be more than happy to look into it…"
John McCain, of course, is not ignorant of 9/11 Truth. He wrote the forward for the Popular Mechanics book "Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts". In his essay "9/11 Conspiracy Myths: Truth Under Attack" which was adapted from his foreward for Popular Mechanics' book, McCain wrote:
"Any explanation for 9/11 must start and end with the facts. The evidence must be gathered and analyzed. Then—only then—can conclusions be drawn."
Indeed, 100 feet of free-fall acceleration of WTC 7 is a fact, as acknowledged by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which was the government agency tasked with investigating the destruction of the building. NIST was forced to admit to WTC 7's free-fall after physics teacher David Chandler embarrassed the agency at a technical briefing in August of 2008.
As well, NIST has refused requests to disclose the data used to create its computer models for its WTC7 investigation, claiming that doing so would somehow jeopardize public safety.
It's likely that John McCain's plea of ignorance on Washington Journal was in reference to the technical information cited in the question that I asked him and not to 9/11 Truth in general.
In regards to the controversial issue of WTC 7's destruction, he should be quite familiar with the topic.
In 2008 Blair Gadsby— a religious history professor and constituent of McCain's– held a hunger strike for 17 days at McCain's Phoenix office after failing to obtain a personal meeting with the Senator to discuss his concerns about the 9/11 crime. Richard Gage, AIA– CEO and founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth– offered his immediate availability to Senator McCain to discuss the evidence. Though a member of McCain's staff finally met with Gadsby and other 9/11 activists after nine days into Gadsby's hunger strike, and the staff member was given materials that laid out the evidence of the Twin Towers and Building 7's controlled demolition on 9/11, Senator McCain himself refused to meet with the activists personally, stating in a letter to Gadsby:
"I believe these investigations have been conducted in good faith by qualified experts who have approached this daunting task honestly and objectively. My staff and I are always open to new, scientifically substantiated information that helps explain how and why the tragedies of September 11th occurred. I welcome any additional new information you may wish to present on the subject and will make my staff available to listen to your concerns."
Because NIST's acknowledgement of WTC 7's free-fall took place after McCain wrote those words to Gadsby, it qualifies as the "new, scientifically substantiated information" McCain was seeking. McCain promised on Washington Journal that he would try to answer the question that I asked him. Based on his promise and the existence of the new evidence, John McCain's office should, therefore, be open to a new meeting with supporters of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and a personal re-examination of the evidence.
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Business lobby moves to criminalize filming animal abuse on factory farms
March 19, 2013 by Kristen
Filed under Police State
Bills being shopped in six states by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) would make it a crime to film animal abuse at factory farms or lie on job applications, in hopes of shutting down animal rights activists who infiltrate slaughterhouses to expose ghastly conditions.
"The meat industry's response to these exposes has not been to try to prevent these abuses from taking place, but rather it's really just been to prevent Americans from finding out about those abuses in the first place," Paul Shapiro, spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), told Raw Story. "What they're doing is trying to pass laws throughout the country that don't just shoot the messenger, they seek to imprison the messenger."
The proposals mandate that evidence of animal abuse be turned over to law enforcement within 48 hours, or face a financial penalty. Several of the bills bills also make it a crime to lie on slaughterhouse job applications, which activists commonly do in order to get footage like the content of a video published by the HSUS, embedded below.
Obama to let U.S. spy agencies scour Americans' finances
March 14, 2013 by Jack Blood
Filed under Police State
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters.
The proposed plan represents a major step by U.S. intelligence agencies to spot and track down terrorist networks and crime syndicates by bringing together financial databanks, criminal records and military intelligence. The plan, which legal experts say is permissible under U.S. law, is nonetheless likely to trigger intense criticism from privacy advocates.
Financial institutions that operate in the United States are required by law to file reports of "suspicious customer activity," such as large money transfers or unusually structured bank accounts, to Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
The Federal Bureau of Investigation already has full access to the database. However, intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, currently have to make case-by-case requests for information to FinCEN.
The Treasury plan would give spy agencies the ability to analyze more raw financial data than they have ever had before, helping them look for patterns that could reveal attack plots or criminal schemes.
The planning document, dated March 4, shows that the proposal is still in its early stages of development, and it is not known when implementation might begin.
Financial institutions file more than 15 million "suspicious activity reports" every year, according to Treasury. Banks, for instance, are required to report all personal cash transactions exceeding $10,000, as well as suspected incidents of money laundering, loan fraud, computer hacking or counterfeiting.
"For these reports to be of value in detecting money laundering, they must be accessible to law enforcement, counter-terrorism agencies, financial regulators, and the intelligence community," said the Treasury planning document.
A Treasury spokesperson said U.S. law permits FinCEN to share information with intelligence agencies to help detect and thwart threats to national security, provided they adhere to safeguards outlined in the Bank Secrecy Act. "Law enforcement and intelligence community members with access to this information are bound by these safeguards," the spokesperson said in a statement.
Some privacy watchdogs expressed concern about the plan when Reuters outlined it to them.
A move like the FinCEN proposal "raises concerns as to whether people could find their information in a file as a potential terrorist suspect without having the appropriate predicate for that and find themselves potentially falsely accused," said Sharon Bradford Franklin, senior counsel for the Rule of Law Program at the Constitution Project, a non-profit watchdog group.
Despite these concerns, legal experts emphasize that this sharing of data is permissible under U.S. law. Specifically, banks' suspicious activity reporting requirements are dictated by a combination of the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA PATRIOT Act, which offer some privacy safeguards.
National security experts also maintain that a robust system for sharing criminal, financial and intelligence data among agencies will improve their ability to identify those who plan attacks on the United States.
"It's a war on money, war on corruption, on politically exposed persons, anti-money laundering, organized crime," said Amit Kumar, who advised the United Nations on Taliban sanctions and is a fellow at the Democratic think tank Center for National Policy.
The Treasury document outlines a proposal to link the FinCEN database with a computer network used by U.S. defense and law enforcement agencies to share classified information called the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.
The plan calls for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence – set up after 9/11 to foster greater collaboration among intelligence agencies – to work with Treasury. The Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.
More than 25,000 financial firms – including banks, securities dealers, casinos, and money and wire transfer agencies – routinely file "suspicious activity reports" to FinCEN. The requirements for filing are so strict that banks often over-report, so they cannot be accused of failing to disclose activity that later proves questionable. This over-reporting raises the possibility that the financial details of ordinary citizens could wind up in the hands of spy agencies.
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at American University's Washington College of Law, said privacy advocates have already been pushing back against the increased data-sharing activities between government agencies that followed the September 11 attacks.
"One of the real pushes from the civil liberties community has been to move away from collection restrictions on the front end and put more limits on what the government can do once it has the information," he said.
Rand Paul conducts filibuster in opposition to John Brennan, Obama's drone policy
One of the oldest and most storied traditions of the Senate made a sudden return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday when a junior senator seized control of the chamber with an hours-long filibuster involving rambling speeches aimed at blocking a vote on President Obama's choice to lead the CIA.
Led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) with help from other junior senators, the filibuster was aimed at drawing attention to deep concern on both sides of the aisle about the administration's use of unmanned aerial drones in its fight against terrorists and whether the government would ever use them in the United States.
Shortly before noon, Paul — the scion of a political family at the heart of the libertarian movement — came to the Senate floor and declared his opposition to the nomination of John O. Brennan, Obama's choice to lead the spy agency, who has overseen the drone program.
"I will speak until I can no longer speak," Paul said as he began. "I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court."
US judge orders release of two anarchists held for five months without charges
March 2, 2013 by Kristen
Filed under Police State
After five months in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury about the political opinions of their acquaintances, Katherine Olejnik and Matthew Duran are to be released from a federal prison in the US state of Washington today. A third man, Matthew Pfeiffer, remains incarcerated in order to "coerce" testimony from him.
Olejnik and Duran have been imprisoned since last September, while Pfeiffer was incarcerated last December. None of the three were accused of any criminal conduct. Instead they have been held on grounds of civil contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury. Much of their time in prison was spent under solitary confinement.
Their imprisonment has been at the instigation of federal prosecutors in the Obama administration's Justice Department.
The grand jury was convened to investigate "ongoing violent crime" relating to May Day protests last year in Seattle, during which minor acts of vandalism were committed.
Video – Another Blogger Executed by Mexican Drug Cartel
February 28, 2013 by supermario
Filed under Americas
Over the past three years, people in Mexico and particularly the border State of Tamaulipas have turned to social media to stay informed about organized crime and its effects on the community.
But a video surfaced on YouTube on Wednesday claiming a man dressed in black and kneeling is a contributor of the social media outlet Valor Por Tamaulipas.
After he recites a letter warning social media users to stop reporting about organized crime groups, the man appears to be shot in the head.
UTB Professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrer told Action 4 News that some have questioned the authenticity of this video.
"The Mexican authorities need to do this investigation, we cannot allege and I cannot allege this is true or this is fake," Correa-Cabrera said. "(It's) How they are creating fear through YouTube and through social media. (They're) presenting images and saying, 'if you do this, I'm going to kill you,' and this is not the first time to terrorize social media users."
Correa-Cabrera believes Mexican authorities have shown weakness when investigating either cyber threats or threats against journalists that have actually been carried out, like the killing of Nuevo Laredo journalist Maria Elizabeth Macias.
"The message that was written in the place that her body was left in Nuevo Laredo, was, 'because of what you're reporting in the social media,'" Correa-Cabrera said.
She adds protecting social media users falls on the Mexican government, authorities and users themselves, and these threats should be taken seriously.
"If somebody is taking time to tape a video, it means that there is an agenda there," Correa-Cabrera said. "You want to generate fear, you want these people that are reporting to stop reporting and we need to protect these people."
Be cautious she said, but hopes people won't be silenced.
"People have to know, people have to have their right to inform and to be informed and freedom of expression has to be protected," Correa-Cabrera said. "Information is going to allow society to ask government to do their work."
NYC to Round Up Mentally Ill Before They Commit Crimes
February 23, 2013 by Jack Blood
Filed under Police State
THIS is what we warned you about – and the TRUE Hegelian "Solution" to the Gun / Violence "Problem". There is no trial, no jurors, no justice … Just whatever it takes to weed out "bad machines" (who are many times brilliant artists and free thinkers) using the excuse of "public Safety" – Stalin would have been proud! (sorry for all that Orwellian newspeak quotation marks!)
Via the New American
In its latest Big Brother endeavor, New York City has begun a program to round up the city's mentally ill and ensure they are taking their court-ordered medications. The New York Post reports that police will be armed with a list of the most-wanted mentally ill and a tracking system, and will force those deemed ill to go to a hospital.
The new policy comes as a result of two recent subway deaths in which the victims were pushed onto the train tracks by mentally ill suspects.
"After the Queens subway attack, the [city] decided to take a proactive approach to track down the most dangerous mental-health patients that currently have mental-hygiene warrants" out for them, one law enforcement official said in the Post report.
The first incident involved a homeless man named Naeem Davis, who cited different motives for his pushing a complete stranger onto the tracks, including voices in his head and being angry at the loss of his favorite boots.
The second case involved assailant Erika Menendez, who targeted an Iranian man based on her misguided political convictions. She told the police that she targeted Sunando Sen and pushed him in front of an oncoming 7 train in Queens because she "hated Hindus and Muslims since 2001 since they put down the Twin Towers." She added, "I have been beating them up since."
There are currently 25 names on the most-wanted list of mentally ill. The process involves the issuance of a specific type of warrant that permits the police to arrest individuals, even if they have not committed a crime, simply for not attending court-ordered therapy.
The Washington Times reports:
The arrest warrants the police are pursuing do not mean the targets are wanted for crimes, but rather for avoiding court-ordered mental-health treatment, according to the Post. Police in the city's Real Time Crime Center are tasked with the roundup using advanced technology. Once tracked down, the suspects then will be forcibly taken by detectives to hospitals for treatment.
A handful of police officers are currently assigned to the new policy, which began a few weeks ago. The program is a variation of an older policy. The New York Post explains:
In the past, the city Department of Health would ask cops for help finding mentally ill people who aren't taking their court-mandated meds so they could be taken to clinics. But that only applied to those who had known addresses — and patients who went off the grid were rarely pursued, the sources said.
The city is now concerned it could be liable if one of those people goes off the rails and hurts someone — or themselves, the sources said.
The Health Department fears that these mentally ill patients could be dangerous. Now, "you have a family member who goes to the Department of Health and gives them the information. Then they go to the Police Department, and together, the DOH person and the police go out and try to track down these people," said a city official. "They're just trying to get these people help."
"All of these patients are receiving treatment for mental-health conditions," said Department of Health spokesman Sam Miller. "If they do not receive sustained treatment … they could pose some risk to themselves, family members or others."
The policy has attracted criticism from civil libertarians who view it as unconstitutional government overreach.
According to Judge Andrew Napolitano, the policy is "clearly unconstitutional because the Constitution says the only way you can arrest someone is if you see them committing a crime or a probable cause to believe they have committed, not are going to commit, but have committed a crime."
Regarding the mentally ill, Napolitano contends that only very specific exceptions can be made to those criteria. "Only those who are mentally ill and are in imminent danger of harm to themselves and others can be in the category of candidates for arrest. Anything short of that, the person cannot be arrested without an order from a judge," he explained.
"That's why we have a Second Amendment. So we can protect ourselves," said Napolitano.
Napolitano sums up the constitutional dilemma created by the policy.
"We do not have a system of government that lets the government predict who's going to do the wrong thing and arrest them before they do it," Napolitano concludes. "The police should be there to keep us safe, the MTA should operate subways and subway platforms that are safe, but you can't arrest groups of people because of what some 1 or 2 amongst their number are likely to do. That's what they did in Eastern Europe and we overthrew those governments."
Additionally, some critics are concerned by the forced issuance of psychotropic drugs and assert that they do not necessarily correct mental illness but exacerbate it.
Throughout the last decade, a number of notorious school shooters have been found to be either on or withdrawing from antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), including Columbine shooter Eric Harris, who was taking the powerful Luvox; Jeffrey Weise, who killed 10 students at Red Lake High School while on Prozac; and Kip Kinkel, who, during Prozac withdrawal, killed his parents and then went on a shooting spree at his high school.
"In virtually every mass school shooting during the past 15 years, the shooter has been on or in withdrawal from psychiatric drugs," writes Lawrence Hunter of the Social Security Institute. "Yet, federal and state governments continue to ignore the connection between psychiatric drugs and murderous violence, preferring instead to exploit these tragedies in an oppressive and unconstitutional power grab to snatch guns away from innocent, law-abiding people."
The connection between psychiatric drugs and violence is not limited to school shootings, but has also been seen in the high-profile cases of John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, and Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," who killed three and injured 23.
Meanwhile, those enforcing New York's new policy are concerned about the logistics of the scheme, most notably that it will be difficult to track down the homeless on the most-wanted list. "There's no rhyme or reason to their craziness," a law enforcement source told the Post.
also see:
Avraham Shifrin in his book "The First Guidebook to Prisons and Concentration Camps of the Soviet Union" (http://www.amazon.com/First-Guidebook-Prisons-Concentration-Soviet/dp/0553013920/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361501573&sr=1-1&keywords=avraham+shifrin ) described the psychiatric prisons of the Soviet Union that existed over thirty years ago already. Prisoners were mentally "communized" there by using pain-drug-hypnosis. No news exists regarding the discontinuation of such prisons.
Atlanta police officers arrested for allegedly protecting cocaine traffickers
February 13, 2013 by Jack Blood
Filed under Police State
While ruining people's lives for a pinch of pot, not wearing a seat belt, or having 2 beers with dinner and driving home… these Cops remind us why the state system is full of corruption and hypocrisy.
- Atlanta Police Department
- The APD has removed Senior Police Officer Kelvin Allen from service, effective immediately
Creative Loafing (Atlanta's "Alternative" paper)
Federal agents have arrested ten police officers who worked in the metro Atlanta area for their alleged involvement in "multiple drug transactions" where they "took thousands in drug payoffs." Five civilians were also apprehended as the result of a yearlong undercover operation investigating public corruption.
At a press conference this afternoon, United States Attorney Sally Yates said that officers were charged a range of offenses. Officers involved worked for a number of police departments, including Atlanta, Forest Park, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, MARTA, and the DeKalb Sheriff's Office.
Atlanta Police spokesman Carlos Campos said in a statement that Senior Police Officer Kelvin Allen was a 20-year veteran who recently patrolled in Zone 6.
"The revelation of an Atlanta Police officer's alleged involvement in a federal drug trafficking sting is disturbing, said Campos. "The Department has been, and will continue to be, cooperative with federal authorities to ensure that Atlanta Police officers involved in any illegal activity are brought to justice. Officers are held to the highest levels of accountability, and this alleged conduct violates our standards."
MARTA Officer Marquez Holmes had served with the transit agency's police department for a decade. Spokeswoman Cara Hodgson added that MARTA "will not tolerate corruption in its ranks" and will fully cooperate with the U.S. Attorney's investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives worked together throughout this operation, which began as they looked into a local street gang's drug trafficking. Agents uncovered the corruption early in the case and proceeded to follow police who were offering protection, security, and vehicle escorts for large cocaine transactions. Yates said payoffs were as high as $7,000.
She also went on to describe accounts of "dirty cops" who wore their uniforms, drove patrol cars, and carried their issued firearms while assisting in drug transactions. The officers involved were a combination of men and women, some of whom ranked "as high as sergeant." She added that the civilians arrested today served as middlemen who in some cases helped recruit the police officers.
In addition, she called the corruption "very disturbing" and "abhorrent," but insisted that it was not symbolic of the way thousands of other honest cops in the metro area conduct their work.
Earlier today, WSB-TV reporter Mark Winne said that suspects were brought to the FBI's Atlanta field office in handcuffs this morning. He added that this case may very well be "the biggest police corruption scandal at least since the early '90s."
UPDATE, 4:23 p.m.: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution just posted a press release from Yates' office that details the allegations, which you can find after the jump.
DeKalb County Police DepartmentBetween October 2011 and November 2011, DeKalb County Police Officer Dennis Duren, working together with Bass, provided protection for what he and Bass believed were four separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. Duren and Bass accepted cash payments totaling $8,800 for these services. During the transactions, Duren was dressed in his DeKalb County Police uniform and carried a gun in a holster on his belt, as he patrolled on foot in the parking lots in which the undercover sales took place. After the first two transactions, Duren allegedly offered to drive his patrol vehicle to future transactions for an additional $800 fee, and afterward received an additional $800 in cash for using his patrol vehicle in the final transaction in November 2011. Duren and Bass are each charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments and attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Duren also is charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Between January and February 2013, DeKalb County Police Officer Dorian Williams, working together with Mannery and Bass, provided protection for what he and Mannery believed were three separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. Williams and Mannery accepted cash payments totaling $18,000 for these services. During the transactions, Williams was dressed in his DeKalb County Police uniform and carried a gun in a holster on his belt, and he patrolled the parking lots in which the undercover sales took place in his DeKalb Police vehicle. During a meeting between the three transactions, Williams allegedly instructed Bass to remove any cocaine from the scene if Williams had to shoot someone during the upcoming sale. In another meeting, Williams suggested that future drug transactions should take place in the parking lot of a local high school during the afternoon, so that the exchange of backpacks containing drugs and money would not look suspicious. Williams and Mannery are each charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments and attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
Stone Mountain Police Department
Between April and September 2012, Stone Mountain Police Officer Denoris Carter, working together with Mannery, provided protection for what he and Mannery believed were five separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. For these services, Carter and Mannery accepted cash payments totaling $23,500. For all five transactions, Carter dressed in his Stone Mountain Police uniform. In four of the deals, he arrived in his police cruiser and either patrolled or parked in the parking lots in which the undercover sales took place and watched the transactions. During the final transaction in September 2012, Carter was on foot, displaying a firearm in a holster on his belt, and he walked through the parking lot in which the transaction took place and watched the participants. Finally, during one of the transactions, Carter agreed to escort the purchaser of the sham cocaine in his police vehicle for several miles, until the purchaser reached Highway 78. Carter is charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments, attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Atlanta Police Department
Between June and August 2012, Atlanta Police officer Kelvin D. Allen, working together with Coss, provided protection for what he and Coss believed were three separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. Allen and Coss accepted cash payments totaling $10,500 for their services. For two transactions, Allen dressed in his Atlanta Police uniform and carried a gun in a holster on his belt. Allen patrolled on foot in parking lots in which the undercover sales took place and appeared to be monitoring the transactions. During a meeting after the three transactions, a cooperator gave Allen and Coss each a $1,000 bonus payment in return for protecting the three transactions. Allen and Coss are each charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments and attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Allen also is charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
MARTA Police Department
Between August and November 2012, MARTA Police Department Officer Marquez Holmes, working together with Coss, provided protection for what he and Coss believed were four separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. For these services, Holmes and Coss accepted cash payments totaling $9,000. During the transactions, Holmes was dressed in his MARTA Police uniform and carried a gun in a holster on his belt. In two of the transactions, Holmes patrolled on foot in the parking lots in which the undercover sales took place and monitored the transactions. During the other two deals, Holmes drove to the site in his MARTA police cruiser and parked next to the vehicles in which the undercover drug sale took place. Holmes is charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments, attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Forest Park Police Department
Between October to December 2012, Forest Park Police Sergeants Victor Middlebrook and Andrew Monroe, sometimes working alone and at other times together, provided protection for what they believed were six separate drug deals in the Atlanta area, all involving multiple kilograms of cocaine. For his services in the first four transactions, Middlebook accepted cash payments totaling $13,800. During these transactions, Middlebrook wore plain clothes, but displayed his badge and a firearm in a holster on his belt. He patrolled on foot in the parking lots nearby the vehicles in which the undercover sales took place and appeared to be monitoring the transactions. For the final two transactions, both Middlebrook and Monroe provided security and were given cash payments totaling $10,400. Middlebrook again monitored the transactions on foot in plain clothes while displaying his badge and gun, while Monroe watched from his vehicle in the parking lot and afterward escorted the purchaser of the sham cocaine for several miles. Middlebrook and Monroe are charged with conspiring to commit extortion by accepting bribe payments and attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine; Middlebrook is also charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
In January 2013, former DeKalb County Sheriff Jail Officer Monyette McLaurin, working together with Harvey, provided protection for what they believed were two separate drug transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. Harvey already had provided security for two undercover drug transactions in December 2012, falsely representing that he was a DeKalb County detention officer and wearing a black shirt with the letters "SHERIFF" printed across the back during the transactions. Harvey then stated that he knew other police officers who wanted to protect drug deals, and in January 2013 he introduced McLaurin as one of these officers. During a meeting to discuss future drug transactions, McLaurin falsely represented that he was a deputy employed by the DeKalb Sheriff's office, even though his position as a jail officer ended in 2011. McLaurin and Harvey further stated during this meeting that they may need to kill another person who knew that Harvey had protected drug deals, if this person reported the activity to others.
During the two transactions in January 2013, McLaurin was dressed in a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office uniform with a badge, and he carried a gun in a holster on his belt. He accompanied the undercover seller of the cocaine to pick up the drugs from a warehouse, counted the kilograms the seller received, and stood outside the purchaser's vehicle during the actual transaction. He further discussed with the seller whether they should agree upon a signal for the seller to indicate that the sale had gone awry, requiring McLaurin to shoot the drug buyer. For their services, McLaurin and Harvey were paid $12,000 in cash. McLaurin and Harvey are each charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Later in January 2013, McLaurin and Harvey introduced a second former DeKalb County Sheriff's Jail Officer, Chase Valentine, to help provide security for future drug deals. Like McLaurin, Valentine falsely represented himself to be a DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy, even though his position as a jail officer ended in 2010. Together with Harvey, Valentine provided security for one undercover drug transaction on January 17, 2013, during which he wore a DeKalb Sheriff's Office uniform and a pistol in a holster on his belt. During the transaction, Valentine escorted the seller to pick up the sham cocaine, counted the number of kilograms delivered, and stood outside the purchaser's car during the actual transaction. For these services, Valentine received $6,000 in cash. Valentine is charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Federal Protective Services
In November 2012, Sharon Peters, who was a contract officer for the Federal Protective Services, worked together with Mannery to provide protection for what they believed were two separate transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. For these services, Peters and Mannery accepted cash payments totaling $14,000. For both transactions, Peters parked her vehicle nearby the cars where the sham drugs and money were exchanged, and watched the transactions. Before both transactions, Peters told others that she had her pistol with her in the car. Peters is charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Imposter Clayton County Police Officer
Between December 2012 and January 2013, Alexander B. Hill falsely represented himself to be an officer with the Clayton County Police Department while providing security for what he believed were three separate drug transactions in the Atlanta area that involved multiple kilograms of cocaine. During an initial meeting, Hill wore a uniform that appeared to be from Clayton Police, but during the transactions he wore plain clothes and, for at least the first deal, a badge displayed on his belt. For these services, Hill received payments totaling $9,000 in cash. Hill charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Note: This original version of this story has been edited in order to include additional information.
Arkansas town's martial law plan
January 30, 2013 by Kristen
Filed under Police State
Original: Following a rise in violent crime in Paragould, an Arkansas town of around 26,000 residents, the mayor and police chief announced that starting this month police in SWAT gear carrying AR-15s would patrol the streets.
"If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, and check for your ID," police chief Todd Stovall told a December town hall meeting. As if to render the implementation of a visible police state more palatable, Stovall assured residents that police stops would not be based on any profiling: "We're going to do it to everybody," he said.
Gulf cartel member who threatened to kill Hidalgo County Sheriff turns himself in (?)
January 24, 2013 by supermario
Filed under Americas
EDINBURG — He told Spanish-language broadcasters he was a cartel-connected killer of a Border Patrol agent.
He told authorities he was a former Mexican police officer whom organized crime tried to knock off south of the border — and who ultimately turned himself in to avoid hit men in Mexico with connections to the Hidalgo County sheriff.
Then on Thursday, Gustavo Lozano told a judge he'd been at fault.
"I am sorry for what I've done," Lozano told Justice of the Peace Bobby Contreras in Spanish at his arraignment hearing at the Hidalgo County Jail.
Lozano was wanted by the Sheriff's Office for making threats against Sheriff Lupe Treviño and a telephone dispatcher July 25.
On Wednesday morning, Lozano turned himself in to federal authorities at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge who rushed him to a local hospital to treat what the sheriff said is a self-inflicted cut to his neck — not the physical vestiges of a cartel attempt on his life, as Lozano told authorities. He has been under close supervision by authorities since.
He was formally charged by Contreras with two counts of making terroristic threats against a public official and his bond was set at $2 million. According to the criminal complaint filed against Lozano, he had identified himself as a former police officer named "Genaro Garza" and said he would kill Treviño and his family for opening an investigation against him. Authorities tracked the phone number used to Lozano and "further learned Lozano has a history of placing threatening phone calls to law enforcement," the complaint states.


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This adorable cottage-style mailbox is a great way to collect cards at your reception. The label slot allows you to add a "Mr. and Mrs" or "Cards" tag. After the wedding, add this mailbox to your new home for a bit of old-fashioned style!
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Today is Christmas, the day to give and share whatever we have. I do have a lot of knowledge and I am happy to share it, as it is all I have to share with you.
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The Nationals are coming under pressure from an unlikely front as the Greens woo farmers in their bid to secure more Senate seats and broaden their constituency beyond capital cities.
The Greens have won the respect of some rural voters by sticking up for agriculture in the clash with mining in regions such as the Liverpool Plains in NSW and the Darling Downs in Queensland.
However, many farmers remain concerned about some of the party's policies, including the proposal to introduce an estate tax, or death duties, which they fear could cost them dearly.
Tension between the Greens and the Nationals is evident in NSW, where Greens Senate candidate
Ms Rhiannon and Senator Nash clashed yesterday in debates televised on Sky and later at farm machinery festival Agquip, in Gunnedah in northern NSW.
Senator Nash cited the Nationals' staunch opposition to emissions trading as an example of how her party fought for rural communities, but Ms Rhiannon said the cost of inaction on climate change would be severe for farmers.
The showdown came as a rural newspaper, The Weekly Times, created a stir in its final editorial before the election, when it said: "The Greens have trumped the Nats on several rural issues."
The paper went on to observe that many regional voters were still scared the Greens would reduce irrigators' allocations, oppose genetically modified crops and support marine parks.
Tim Duddy, who represents farmers fighting the expansion of coal mining on the Liverpool Plains, said he had found the Greens were prepared to listen and always delivered what they promised.
"The party that might be seen as our traditional supporters will say they are going to do all these things, but at the last minute they shaft you," he said.
But Mr Duddy admitted that he had received heavy criticism for defending the Greens.
Queensland farmer Ian Hayllor said the Greens had raised awareness of problems with the expansion of coal seam gas mining on the Darling Downs.
"It's the first time we have questioned which way we vote in the Senate," he said. "But the fact the Greens have already signed a deal with Labor has upset some people, because it makes it look like they're trying to protect themselves rather than the environment."
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I was diagnosed with a uterine fibroid about a year ago, and I am feeling concerned that it might be causing me problems related to my past birth control methods. As I was not given any details about the fibroid, I was wondering if ultrasound or other procedures used to diagnose fibroids are available at the student health center.
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
Julia Child
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom
Published by Knopf
About2 quarts (6 servings)
Cooking Methodsauteeing
Total Timeunder 1 hour
One Pot MealYes
OccasionCasual Dinner Party, Formal Dinner Party
Recipe Coursehot appetizer
Dietary Considerationpeanut free, soy free, tree nut free
Mealdinner, lunch
Taste and Texturecreamy, herby, rich, umami
Type of Dishhot soup
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup minced onion or white of leek
- ¼ cup flour
- 1 cup hot chicken stock
- 6 cups milk
- 1 quart fresh mushrooms, trimmed, washed, and diced
- ¼ teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
- ½ cup or more heavy cream, sour cream, or creme fraiche optional
- Salt and freshly ground white pepper
- Drops of lemon juice, optional
- Sprigs of fresh tarragon or slices of sautéed fresh mushroom caps, for garnish
The Soup Base: Sauté the onion or leek slowly with the butter in a heavy-bottomed covered saucepan, for 7 to 8 minutes, until tender and translucent. Blend in the flour and cook slowly 2 or 3 minutes, stirring. Off heat, gradually whisk in the hot stock. Bring to the simmer over moderate heat, and whisk in the milk.
The Mushrooms: Blend in the mushrooms and dried tarragon, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. Stir in optional cream, simmer briefly, then season to taste, adding drops of lemon juice if needed. Garnish with tarragon sprigs, or with sautéed mushroom slices floated on each serving.
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This is the best mushroom soup recipe ever--and I am 80 years old!
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Iraqi defence minister says election delay still possible
CAIRO (AFP) Jan 03, 2005
Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan said Monday that landmark elections scheduled for January 30 could be delayed to a later date if the Sunni Muslim community agreed to take part.
"We have asked our Arab brothers, particularly in Egypt and Gulf countries, to get Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the elections and if such a participation requires a delay to the election date, they could be delayed," Shaalan told AFP in an interview.
Asked if the United States would accept such a delay, Shaalan said that he was convinced "Washington would be happy that the election operation was comprehensive with the participation of all."
"We want to give our Sunni brothers another chance even if this means delaying the vote," he said.
So far, US President George W. Bush has scoffed at any notion that the election should be delayed, while officials in Baghdad have also insisted they must go ahead as planned on January 30.
The US State Department also reaffirmed Monday its commitment to the January 30 date and said there was no sign of the Iraqi government backing away from the date.
"It is our understanding that the independent electoral commission and the Iraqi interim government remain of the view that elections need to be held on January 30," said deputy spokesman Adam Ereli. "And we are certainly proceeding on that assumption."
Iraq's main Sunni Muslim political movement, the Iraqi Islamic Party, has announced its intention to boycott the landmark vote, dealing a huge blow to hopes that all Iraq's communities would turn out in force for the poll.
The movement of senior politician Adnan Pachachi, who has himself called for a delay, and some independent figures now remain the only real possible options for Sunni representation.
The long-oppressed Shiites, who make up about 60 percent of the population, are expected to overturn decades of Sunni-dominated rule in the vote, which could worsen the Sunni insurgency raging in Iraq.
Shaalan pointed out that a boycott of the election by Iraq's Sunni political forces would mean that "around one half of (Iraqi) society would be absent from this election and the citizens of Ramadi, Mosul, Tikrit and Diala would not take part."
"We call on our Sunni brothers to show their goodwill and their desire to build a new Iraq," he added.
Shaalan raised the possibility of holding talks with Shiite movements that are not taking part in the elections, such as that of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, saying it was "possible to have a dialogue with them".
Iraqis are to vote for a 275-member national assembly that would draft a constitution to replace the country's interim law passed by the now defunct US-led occupation authority, ahead of fresh elections. They will also elect provincial councils.All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.


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It is cold at last but for how long nobody can say. Here is hoping that everyone is doing well and that you are living good life. Enjoy. Call a friend. Say hello. Bubbz
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Bubbles in the New York Times>>>
A nice end of year photo from the NEw York Times by Benjamin Norman>>>> Have a great 2015 everyone!
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Depending on the program and site, a semester or year abroad with a Drake-affiliated program is comparable in cost for tuition, room, and board to a semester or year at Drake.
Financial aid is available for study abroad, and the Office of Student Financial Planning reviews each student's package individually. Drake University grants and scholarships awarded to a student are limited to 50% for study abroad on a Drake affiliated provider and 100% for an exchange program and for two semesters only. All other financial aid (i.e., federal grants and loans, outside scholarships) can be awarded as allowable at 100%.
Supplemental study abroad scholarship money is available to students demonstrating exceptional financial need, as funds allow. Students who receive a Federal Pell Grant may also be eligible to receive a supplemental Study Away scholarship from Drake. These scholarships are awarded automatically to eligible students and do not require a special application process.
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HeadRoom's New Micro-Stack: This Year's Xmas
As the Winter Solstice rolls inexorably toward us, our audiophile thoughts turn to what we might extort, wheedle, blackmail, or just beg from our friends and loved ones. Admit it. We're all a bunch of gear-whores who'd do a lot of sweet-talking to listen to the latest and greatest in our homes. That's why reviewing is so much fun. But you guys, with your deep pockets (you know who you are), get to keep these toys. So it is with great glee that I'll do a quickie review of HeadRoom's recent Micro DAC and Micro Headphone Amp, and provide you (free of charge) with a strategy to justify your gear-lust, and to help your Xmas along. These li'l darlin's are true high end performers, not so expensive that no one but neurosurgeons can afford them, but dear enough at about $300/per to register on the Richter scale as a more "serious gift" than another pair of gloves.
For my auditions I have had on hand an Optimus CD 3400, an audiophile favorite of about ten years past, that is distinguished from other portable CD players by having a terrific CD transport for its price, and a digital output (that is to say, one can bypass its onboard DAC as well as its onboard audio amplifier). This means I can isolate the sound of the DAC, or the micro amp, then disconnect them and listen to the Optimus's DAC and amp, or compare it to the sounds of my Sony CD Walkman D-E356. Or I could use either the inboard line amp or outboard headphone amp, listening to the Optimus through my Grado SA-1 Headphone Amp. I listened to the various combinations of gear through the Sennheiser HD 650, the Grado RS 1, and the Shure E5c headphones. The results, given my ancient ears, were not unpredictable. For various music, I liked all of them. But as T.S. Eliot once allegedly said to a student: "Yes, Virginia, we understand that you love Shakespeare. Now you must tell us how you love him."
In a recent article in The Absolute Sound Dan Schwartz surveyed a handful or headphones, among them the three I have around the house most of the time. (See The Absolute Sound; October, 2005; "The Headphone Diaries – Coffee Table High-End.") There Schwartz makes the following observations: He doesn't like the Shure E5c's, which I love. Mostly he complains of not being able to seat them in his ears properly. Yes, we each have different sized and shaped ears. Shure offers three different sized foam isolators to overcome this, as well as a triple-flanged soft-rubber industrial type. That would mean that without a good seal, he hasn't heard the Shures reproduce deep bass, one of their strengths. The moral, my friend, is written on the wind—try before you buy. He praises the clarity of the Grado headset, saying; "Grados sound different from everything else, with a unique hear-through-the-veils kind of transparency." I still find Grado 'phones pleasing, and they remain among my favorites, while other (usually younger) audiophiles sometimes find them brash. Over all, Schwartz liked the Sennheiser HD 650 model second only to the AKG K 501 on mid-range. But of the AKG K 501s he found, "... there is no serious bottom end ...so forget the organ pedal in the Zarathustra intro." He thought the 650s excelled at orchestral music, not quite as forward in the upper reaches as the Sennheiser 600s, which they replaced. He never says as much, but he seems to like the Sennheiser's overall balance and the Grado's transparency best.
We are in collegial agreement there. Where we differ is with the Shures, which, when seated properly in my ear, have some of the best traits of the Sennheisers and Grados. The Shures, to me, have the transparency of the Grados without the brightness, and the balance and control of the Sennheisers with but the slightest veiling, and with better controlled deep bass.
Much of who likes which headphones best is a function of many variables (sex, age, hearing, what their big rig sounds like). I'd say the differences between most first rank headphones are small when compared with the differences between loudspeakers. The frequencies are all there, but the differences are in the presentation. One set of headphones has more detail and puts you up front in the acoustic space, while another has detail but manages to put you back further in the acoustic space. Some folks like one, while some like the other. Not one has the irritating sibilance (tizz) or false bass (boom), that most inexpensive headphones exhibit. All these headphones have good dynamics, the ability to go from soft to loud. Some do it in a more startling fashion (good surprise in Haydn's Surprise Symphony), that I value. Still other listeners prefer their surprises with a gentle nudge rather than with an in-your-face SHOUT. So all these comparisons are relative, like looking at data presented on logarithmic graph paper where the last few percentage points are expanded to exaggerate the differences. I could live with either of the top three: Shure for long trips and mixed concert programs, Sennheisers for sit-down sessions with classical music, Grados for listening at the beach to rock, jazz, and classics without the added need for a headphone amp.
Having said that, I think we all might agree that there are pieces of gear, cables even, that we characterize as having "tubey sound," and others that have "solid-state sound." What do we mean when we say "tubey sound?" I'll make an intrepid try to tease out these distinctions. There seem to be two generations of use of that terminology. The first is the sonic thumb-print old classic tube pieces projected. I'd say they were rolled off on the extreme high and low octaves (not enough storage capacitance), had overly much warmth in the mid-bass/low mid-range (oil-filled paper caps), attack and decay were not well controlled (not stiff enough voltage regulation), which translated into overmuch "bloom." While their dynamics didn't suck, they improved notably if quadruple the amount of original filter capacitance was added. At their worst, tube gear was warm and wooly down in the frequency range, tizzy in the presence range, and rolled off in the upper octave or two of the audible frequency range. Their midrange bloom was euphonically beautiful. Modern tube equipment manufactured in the past ten or fifteen years corrected a lot of these problems and aimed for more "bloom" that approximated the sound of the classic old gear.
Compared to classic tube gear, recent transistor sound seems to have less "bloom" (probably a type of ringing), better attack and decay (stiffer power supply regulation), greater extension of the frequency range to include the top and bottom octaves, less measurable distortion (better parts, voltage regulators, transistors having inherently less distortion than tubes), and better control of woofers. The trade-off with older transistorized amps included less warmth, less bloom, an overall leaner presentation, with an etched mid-range that could create listener fatigue. I think, with the exception of Single Ended Triodes, modern tubed amplifier designers have worked to exorcize the flaws that seemed the inevitable tube sound, but which was really the sound of passive parts (resistors, capacitors, chokes, wire) more than the sound of the tubes. Over the years first-rate tubed sound has more and more come to resemble first-rate transistorized sound, with only some hints of overmuch warmth and bloom. A small number of design engineers actually have worked to get their solid-state amplifiers to sound more like tubed amps (loading up the signal with even-order distortions), though the natural flow has been getting tubes to sound more like transistors. Transistors, at their best, sound crisp and clean, well balanced and mellow. At their worst they sound harsh and grainy, overly etched and irritating like music through a pair of cheap (throw away) headphones.
For my software in this listening session I used only David Chesky's Area 31 (Chesky hybrid SACD 288), with the Area 31 chamber orchestra conducted by Anthony Aibel. It is a variously orchestrated album that might have a full, if chamber, ensemble in some movements, while paring down to a smaller ensemble for other movements. Each movement features a soloist, either a violinist, flautist, or soprano, and the slow sections are particularly revealing. For example, in the 2nd movement of the violin concerto, I think I hear the jazz standard "Spring Is Here" in the opening, only slower than usual and in some minor mode. The more I listen to this work the richer the experience becomes. Area 31 has also been noted as an outstandingly well-engineered CD in all the reviews I've read. And using only one excellent album reduced the number of variables and times I'd have to switch things around. All the usual sonic stuff you might want to listen for—dynamics, timbre, spaciousness, cleanliness, balance of frequency range, lack of tizz and boom, and the rest—are here on this recording. But they are turned into virtues. That is to say, there is a lot of spaciousness, the sound is very clean, there is nearly no tizz nor boom, etc. etc. as you would know if you heard it on a good quality big rig.
Some of my observations are these: the HeadRoom Micro Amp sounds like a top-quality solid state line stage with the sound quality of an excellent up-to-date design. I find it cleaner than the big, balanced, for a while top-of-the-line HeadRoom BlockHead that I found wanting at its $3.2 K price in a previous review (see PFO Issue 20 at http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue20/blockhead.htm). I think it is quite an engineering feat to come up with a Micro Headphone Amp that is quieter (battery powered supply), cleaner & crisper (with fewer soldering joints over-all, and fewer miniature capacitors), yet equally spacious with its cross-feed circuit—all at 10% of the retail price of their big, dual mono, balanced line, BlockHead. This piece lends credence to the saying, "Less is More." Compared A/B to the Grado SA-1 headphone amp, the Grado is a notch or so more tubey than the Micro-Amp, with a tad of the Doris Day filter. I feel the Grado is a bit prettier in its presentation of, say, a solo cello, but now the Micro-Amp sounds a bit more analytical, more detailed, and more like recording-studio accurate to me.
Similarly, the stand alone Micro-DAC. Compared to the on-board DAC of the Optimus CD player, the Micro-DAC sounds bigger, with a somewhat larger soundstage, and is a noticeable notch cleaner, which allows the listener to play it as loud as necessary. A while back I heard it said a stand-alone DAC has a lesser chance of getting the slave clocks in synch with the master clock, resulting in more jitter. That problem seems to have been solved by the guys who do the mods. Nowadays, the clocks have been optimized (as you can read in the various after-market catalogues of modifications now available). You may have noticed that there are fewer DACs being developed each year, and fewer articles about jitter. That sort of fits my notion that this year's mods will be incorporated into next year's chip sets. But, there are improvements to be had with this stand-alone DAC, and if you are a perfectionist, then you ought to have one. It has much the same sonic thumb-print as the Micro Amp, as might be expected from a "sister piece" with an identical power supply and similar analog circuits.
As compared with the Optimus (no longer offered) on its own, whose strength was that its transport was originally built for computers, the question is this: how can anyone expect a Walkman type CD player that's built to a price ($179), with a notch or two above average transport, also have a really good DAC and line amp? It can't! and still make its price point. But with any CD player that offers digital output, you can get not just good, but nearly the best sound I've heard from a headphone rig. The HeadRoom Micro Headphone Amp plus their Micro-DAC offer up sound on a par with the highly rated Lehmann Black Cube (doubly improved) phono section. The Black Cube sounds big and clean with lotsa zotz. For their similar virtues I recommend the HeadRoom pieces highly, together or separately. There is a lot of value for money, and lotsa zotz, or bang for the buck in these Micro-pieces.
Some incidental but important items: interconnect cables are important!! HeadRoom recommends using a half-meter Straight Wire pair of interconnects, which they supply. That wire sounds a tad on the soft side, to me, with the highs sounding a bit rolled off. Maybe that's HeadRoom's notion of a good symbiotic wire to pair between the Micro DAC and Micro Amp, which are together just an iota of a tad sharp. It's like the mixing of tubes and transistors, a stratagem has worked in many applications, and it costs less than $30. If you like the combination as I've described it, be sure to insist on stereo Sony Mini plugs on both ends when you phone or email your order. On the other hand, there is a mono-looking (but stereo) grey 0.5 m. wire at Radio Shack, sold in blister pack with Sony stereo mini-plugs, that will add some more clean, sharp details to the upper octaves for less than $15. I leave it to you to pick and choose this important part of the complete set up. I'm certain my ears are different than yours, so I won't make any recommendation. Of course, you could always get both, to illustrate to your less sophisticated friends just how important passive devices can be to the character of the sound.
The Taiwanese wall-wart transformers (15 v. at 240 mA) that come with these HeadRoom pieces are pretty good. I think they are a tad behind the two nine volt batteries in terms of quietness for serious listening, but they are from a good manufacturer (Advanced Power Solutions). I use a look alike transformer power supply (13.5 v. at 1700 mA) with my Sonic Impact amp in my indoor rig at my beach shack on the shores of the Chesapeake, dude. So while I prefer the battery supply (even with having to keep a stash of 9v. batts on hand), I don't think you'd be losing very much sonic purity using the wall-wart, and you may be gaining some zotz.
(Did I tell you I recently saw one of the latest surfer movies in my insomniac haze. One dude was being interviewed, after conquering some 100 foot waves 100 miles off San Diego, and he was asked, "How do you know the real surfer from the poseur?" And his answer was, "The real surfer never uses the word Dude." I was crushed, dudes, crushed.)
Let's review. The HeadRoom Micro-Amp and Micro-DAC are small and relatively lightweight enough to be used while traveling. They score high on my portability scale each being about as large as a four medium length cigar case. They each can be operated with a wall-wart power supply (supplied), or with two (9 volt) batteries. They are sensitive to the quality of interconnect cables and reflect the sound of the cables (tubey-warm vs. transistor-bright). You can "voice" the system by choosing a pair of interconnects that suits your taste, or headphones. Together with a good front end (CD player, amp) you could set yourself up with a really nice pair of headphones and come away with a truly first class headphone system for about One Kay, that's a thousand dollars, to those in the know. And just what is it that Those In The Know, know?
That may sound like a lot of money, but it isn't when you compare it with a floor standing big rig for your living room. I think true audiophile sound, as good sounding as these HeadRoom twins, has to cost a great deal these days. Most audiophiles don't take a phono cartridge seriously if it costs less than Two or Three Kays. The system as described (but without the DAC) can be had for as little as $750. So the Micro-Stack checks out for portability, flexibility, value for money, and great sound.
Oh yeah, I forgot something: privacy. You know how couples are always pecking away about whose taste in music is really totally happening? I guess you know the drill. "Honey, how come every time I want to listen to Aretha Franklin, you want to listen to Renée Fleming?" A high class headphone system eliminates those squabbles. Finally, I'd like to add, everything I've said about using a CD player as a source should be true of the Micro Amp connected to an iPod as well. There you have it.
The HeadRoom Micro DAC is one for the connoisseur who has a CD player with a digital output. The HeadRoom Micro Amp is one for a guy who wants more punch than his CD player alone can give him. It can be played with the Grado, Shure, or Sennheiser headphones mentioned above with no impedance mismatch, and the sound with either is revelatory, from the most elegant brushes killing me softly with their deft contact on cymbals, to tutti passages blowing me away with vigorous tympani and bass drum, celesta, strings, woodwinds, and soloist, all in full cry and incredible focus. This exemplary Area 31 SACD is held together by David Chesky's music and the Chesky engineers, but brought to your headphones by the HeadRoom engineers, who capture all the music just right with their illuminating Micro DAC and Micro Amp. So either of these two entries from HeadRoom can make a wonderful present you can try to cadge from those near and dear, or they can be a present you buy yourself, or (you sly devil, you) a present you buy your wife so she can listen to her favorite music in privacy and without your arguing about whose music you have to listen to—but which you borrow when you don't want to keep her awake. Heh, heh.
When you order directly from HeadRoom, be sure to tell 'em, Maxie sent ya. Remember, "revelatory and illuminating."
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Friendly helpful staff. Convenient central location
Central location in the old town of the city. Very nice reception desk staff.
The balconies they have in each room. A nice break. The rooms were basic, good but not wow. The breakfast was pretty unimpressive!
Nice room. Not very big with nice terrace. Very good breakfast. Globally a beautiful classic hotel. Thw water wasn't draining away in the shower. Some ventilation problem in the room.
The location was excellent for sightseeing. The hotel was quite beautiful and the breakfast was very good. The staff was not particularly helpful or friendly. The hotel was attractive but not particularly enticing or comfortable. Our room was substandard dark and dreary.
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Staff at desk. Very inpolite and unhelpful.
Beautiful roof terrace, room was comfortable and bigger than expected. Bath was dirty and shower pressure was very weak.
The ambience and location of the hotel. Staff were very helpful, especially the bar staff. We loved our stay there; it was one of the best hotels we stayed in during three weeks' travel around Italy. The water pressure in our shower on the 4th was inadequate.
very nice hotel, the staff was friendly, attentive and helpful especially in breakfast room, the outstanding reasturant. very spacious bathroom. double room was not enough spacious
In the bathroom, the shower was difficult to adjust (to turn on/off and temperature-wise) and there was a problem with the sink plug.
The room was beautiful though absolutely no view.Bathroom was like a spa. Sheets and bed were wonderful. Decor was far more elegant than expected. Spa also is beautiful. Need more staff at night and during the summer. They were overworked and it led to an extremely slow resolution of problems with the internet and phone etc. The houseman was delivering room service and getting parked cars. It was
Relatively modern hotel in the middle of Palermo. Breakfast was great! No Tea or coffee available in the rooms, Resturant closed on our second night.
After booking at an already competitive rate, I was delighted to get an upgrade (late August, city centres in Italy are devoid of italians/business travellers so hotels have more availability) and it was a room at the back so very quiet and overlooking the roof of a big church and just wonderful. Their restaurant was also the one which served us the best meal of the whole week in Sicily and the staff were helpful with choices of wine and food. Hotel staff also recommended us a local car rental which proved in turn to be very competitively priced and helpful too. Oh and it couldn't have been more central. It is spread over 2 buildings so there was a slightly roundabout route to our room but that was not a problem.
The Bye Bye Blues restaurant was absolutely outstanding and a wonderful surprise. We did not expect to find a restaurant of such a high standing in Palermo. Also being a coeliac I was very impressed to find that there was gluten free bread for me at breakfast and at dinner. Excellent service. Also the bathrooms were fabulous with magnificent large shower heads which gave the best shower. There is nothing negative that I could say about the hotel, staff or restaurant. I would definitely stay there again.
Best location for sight seeing. The restaurant was excellent. They had a wifi access, but I could not get connected for some reason. The hotel staff said it was something wrong with my PC or sofrware. It could have been helpful if there is some kind of written instruction.
The staff were extremely helpful at Quintocanto. Alitalia lost our bags and the hotel staff tracked them down for us and made sure they were there before our departure (trust me, it didn't look promising). In the meantime, my wife and I had an excuse to enjoy the shopping in the area and relaxed with an excellent massage in the spa. The prices are reasonable, the location is excellent, and the service is even better. We did not have a car, but I can imagine that parking in the area would be difficult.
I like its central location, its parking service, and its looks. Maybe the lack of light in our room.
Great and very central location, clean and new both in the rooms and the common areas, tasteful and functional decoration (but not cold or without character). Good breakfast, at least for general Italian standards (that is, do not expect a huge buffet but it is also not the regular croissant - jam - coffee kind of minimal Italian breakfast). There was some construction noise, which we also saw in other reviews from September 2010, but thought would be over by our trip (which was mid-November). Unfortunately it was not the case. Having read about it on booking.com, we had requested a room away from the construction work when booking, but that did not happen. We understand from the hotell staff that it is from a neighbouring building so they do not have much control, but it would be good if they could speak to the neighbours and have the noise at least not before 10 am (it started at around 8.30).
the location and design of the hotel was excellent. as was the reception staff - very helpful with enquiries re restaurants, trains, buses etc. the breakfast was quite poor. on 2 days we were seated at tables with stained table cloths - should never be allowed. the scrambled eggs were lumpy and watery - no resemblence to scrambled eggs at all.
Nicely appointed rooms in great location. Friendly, helpful staff. not their fault, but there was a power blackout one night.
This is one of the best hotels we have stayed at. We travel quite a lot and this hotel is definitely one that we would like to recommend. We stayed in a Deluxe room, with a separate jacuzzi room. We also had dinner in the hotel restaurant and can recommend this to anyone staying at the hotel and not wanting to go out and hunt for a top-restaurant. Breakfast was not top (choice of food) - but was it was fresh. No glasses in the room/mini-bar...
The architecture of the hotel and the elegance of the rooms.Very quiet and discrete place to be in the heart of the city of Palermo.Excellent value for the money. The quality of the breakfast is improvable.
We have enjoyed the hotel which is clean, new, central, quit - just beautiful.
Gorgeous, clean, great location and felt safe. A true gem. I can't wait to go back.
Hotellet ligger centralt i Palermo, værelserne er store og personalet meget hjælpsomt da vi vendte tilbage til palermo fik vi et værelse der vendte ind mod en meget smal gård, det vvar ubehageligt pga. luftmangel
Fint. God beliggenhed. Der er hvad der skal være. Hjælpsomt personale. Vi skulle dog lige blive enige om hvornår airconditionen skulle være tændt.Morgenmaden kunne være bedre.
Personalet i den døgnåbne reception var meget hjæpsomt og talte godt engelsk. Morgenmadsbuffeten efter sydlandske forhold og prisen udmærket. Bedre plads i morgenmadsrestauranten end det ofte ses på bilige hoteller. Også altaner der og på værelset. God beliggenhed i den historiske del af Palermo nær Hovedbanegården, rutebiler og lufthavnsbusser. Der er elevator til receptionen på 4.sal, men ikke til vort værelse på . sal, som man normalt skal nå via en "indvendig" trappe. Da vi ankom med vore kufferter, blev en dør ud til trappeopgangen dog låst op, så vi kunne køre kufferterne op til 5. sal med elevatoren. Der er en del trafikstøj fra Via Roma, så det er bedst at have værelse ud til sidegaden. ( Der er også værelser , der har vindue til lysskakt, men jeg ved ikke, om de udbydes på denne hjemmeside )
Service, beliggenhed og værelse Nej
At det var et smukt gammelt hotel i oprindelig siciliansk arkitektur. Værelser med marmorgulve og højt til loftet, rent og behageligt. Der var fri adgang til internettet. Fin gammeldags elevator med gitterdør, venligt personale. Meget lille (for lille) morgenmåltid. Beliggenheden tæt på banegård og den indre by er værdifuld. Internetadgang til mere end én person ad gangen
Central location excellent as just a couple of minutes from 4 Corners and close to Teatro Massimo,tourist sights and lively alfresco eating area at night time.Room was clean and balcony had views of Mt.Pellegrino.Family staff very friendly and generally helpful. Room a bit small.Air-Con wasn't the best considering the heat.Breakfast frugal(coffee and croissant).
The room was basic, practical and very clean and comfortable I was asked for passport and expected to leave it at Reception without any knowledge of when it would be returned as hotel manager, I didn't speak Italian, hotel manager no English, frustrating.. Breakfast was very paltry, tea awful (powdered I think); warmed up fresh pastry, nice but no alternative, but acceptable.Thank you
Excellent central location, friendly and helpful staff, powerful air conditioning, great showers Noisy at night from night clubs, sufficient to affect two of our party with rooms overlooking these
The family maneger It is not find easily,
Very good location: it was close to Quattro Canti and all the major Palermo sites are easily accessible. The hotel is managed by a family and everybody was very friendly. It is an excellent Price for Value. The breakfast could have been more various, but for such a price, it was understandable. The room was noisy, especially from Thursday when a bar played loud music.
Very basic facilities and not easy to find. Despite the nice staff, not value for the money
Parking Terrible. Clastrophobic room, near a construction site in the day, and a club in the night - so noisy!
nice staff, central location in an old town, many bars and restaurants nearby, walking distance to main historic attractions no lift, it is difficult if you have a heavy bag
the location the "continental breakfast"
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Red Jacket has made strides in the past few months, bringing in quality DJs and electronics artists (Carl Cox and BT, among others), but Lizard Lounge is still, by far, the best dance club Dallas has to offer, a simmering pit of break-beats and--at times--bare chests. It's seedy, sure, but in a way that's not out of line with what you'd expect from a top-notch discotheque. After all, what more do you want from a dance club than attractive members of the opposite sex, often clad in leather or vinyl (meow!), and the kind of music that makes you get sweaty, which Lizard Lounge has in spades, courtesy of DJs Angry John, Virus, and Merritt, among others. Bottom line: When you come home from a night out dancing, you want a beat in your head and phone numbers on your hand. You'll get all that and more at Lizard Lounge.
At this time last year, Hard Rock Caf was little more than a calcified rock-and-roll museum with a stage that was just for show (or actually, not for shows). Now, thanks to a new general manager and an alliance with The Merge (93.3-FM), Hard Rock is offering shows several nights a week. Good show--finally.
A secret, a jewel, a hidden paradise: Around Lakeland and Ferguson Road in East Dallas, downhill from the grand manses of Forest Hills, Little Forest Hills is a quirky, delightful architectural mlange that looks as if it were spun of Berkeley, Seaside, Charlevoix, and an all-cousin East Texas trailer park. Built long ago as summer cottages for city dwellers, the idiosyncratic little hand-built houses were all throwaways 15 years ago. Now hip people are coming in and giving many of them a very cool flair to be found nowhere else in the city. Two shady creeks and even a little-known summer camp hidden in the bottom of a hollow make this a refuge where you can forget you even know about the rest of the city.
There are few distractions at this small, cozy coffee shop in Arlington. With more than 30 coffee flavors to choose from, this is the place to relax and read about the world's myriad tragedies. The coffee stand also includes sandwiches, salads, and cakes. And there's a computer nearby for Web surfing. Coffee is ground and brewed there and then.
You don't have to be You Know Who to walk on water in Fair Park. Two large, plant-inspired sculptures arch, curve, and twist over the still lagoon, creating stairs and walkways for getting a closer look at turtles, water bugs, and the occasional fast food container lurking below the surface. A low tide, shoes with good traction, and a healthy equilibrium is suggested to keep you from getting baptized in the murky waters.
Get real. Unless you're 12-going-on-13, the only place that promises around-the-clock cool is a seat that faces the window unit. But for those who insist on getting out into the summer sun without baking, Arlington's newest water park is hard to beat. Think a day at the beach with a little Disneyland thrown in--or as one comedian put it, you can think of it as a ride on the enema express.


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Cox Places 14th in Olympic Marathon Trials
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Josh Cox, a 1998 Liberty graduate, made a successful showing in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, contested Saturday morning on the streets of Houston, Texas. He finished 14th in the men's race, notching a personal-best time of 2:13:50. Meanwhile, 2008 Liberty graduate Carol Jefferson came in 113th in the women's race.
Cox recorded a top 20 finish in the field of 85 finishers for the third time in four U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials appearances, following an 18th-place showing in 2000 and a seventh-place effort in 2004. The 36-year-old Cox was one of only two top 50 finishers in this year's men's race over the age of 35, joining race champion Meb Keflezighi, also 36.
Cox's official finishing time of 2:13:50 cut one second off of his previous personal-best and Liberty alumni record clocking of 2:13:51, set at the 2009 California International Marathon in Sacramento, Calif.
In the women's race, Jefferson crossed the finish line in 2:48:59 in her U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials debut. The 26-year-old was 113th out of 152 women's finishers.
The three men's qualifiers to the London Olympics were Keflezighi (2:09:08), Ryan Hall (2:09:30) and Abdi Abdirahman (2:09:47). On the women's side, the trio of Shalane Flanagan (2:25:38), Desiree Davila (2:25:55) and Kara Goucher (2:26:06) earned the right to represent the U.S. in London this summer.


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