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1 Council Minutes, February 01 COUNCIL Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday, February 01 from 1.0 pm to.10 pm in the Boardroom, Level 1, Rutherford House PRESENT: APOLOGY: Sir Neville Jordan (Chancellor) Emeritus Professor Peter Walls (Pro Chancellor) Professor Grant Guilford (Vice-Chancellor) Professor Charles Daugherty Mr Charles Finny Ms Victoria Heine Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski Mr Ian McKinnon Mr Graeme Mitchell Professor Paul Morris Dr Matthew Palmer QC Mr Neil Paviour-Smith Ms Brenda Pilott Dr Theresa Sawicka Mr John Selby Ms Helen Sutch Mr Roger Taylor Mr Rick Zwaan (VUWSA President) Ms Caroline Ward, Secretary to Council Ms Stella Blake-Kelly (Student Representative) IN ATTENDANCE: Professor Frazer Allan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) Dr Leon Bakker, Director Planning & Management Information Ms Jenny Bentley, Director Campus Services Ms Annemarie de Castro, Director Human Resources Associate Professor Allison Kirkman Vice-Provost (Academic & Equity) Professor Kate McGrath, Vice-Provost (Research) Ms Leanne Ivil, Director, Academic Office Mr Simon Johnson, General Counsel Ms Maria Jones, Associate Director, Communications and Marketing Ms Kerri Kilner, Acting Executive Assistant to DVC Engagement Professor Emeritus Barrie Macdonald, Interim Provost Mr Wayne Morgan, Chief Financial Officer Ms Shelagh Murray, Executive Director, VUW Foundation Ms Madeleine Setchell, Director, Communications and Marketing Mr Andrew Simpson, Chief Operating Officer Ms Pam Thorburn, Director, Student Academic Services Mr Russell Third, Risk and Audit Manager 1
2 Council Minutes, February 01 PART A 1.1 WELCOME / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that the Chancellor, Sir Neville Jordan, welcomed all present including Council Members, Senior Leadership team members and other staff. that he especially acknowledged the new members of Council in attendance; Dr Matthew Palmer QC and Mr Rick Zwaan. He also made special mention of the new Pro-Chancellor; Emeritus Professor Peter Walls. that an apology from Ms Stella Blake-Kelly (the elected Student Representative) was recorded. that the apology be sustained. Sawicka/Daugherty STATEMENT FROM THE CHANCELLOR 7 that the Chancellor acknowledged the Maori iwi of this region Te Atiawa and Ngāti Poneke. It was critical that the University ensure that Maori students can take their place at this Institution. that it was important this year to make the boat go faster and respond to the rapidly changing tertiary education environment. that it was proposed that Council meetings take place every month starting at 1.0 pm preceded by a light lunch at 1.00 pm. The alternative month dates are currently held for Workshops and topics already provided will be worked into agendas throughout the year. that there will be a concentration on the way we communicate, minutes from Committees will be aired and discussed. that reporting will be refined to ensure only items of substance are brought before Council. that Mr McKinnon thanked the Chancellor and Council for the splendid occasion acknowledging his contribution as Pro-Chancellor and Chancellor over a ten year period. that Mr McKinnon asked that Council move a resolution to record its congratulations on the award of a Knighthood to Neville Jordan in the New Year Honours. 1 that the Chancellor s statement be noted. Jordan/Walls that Council record its congratulations to Neville Jordan on his award of a Knighthood in the New Year Honours. McKinnon/Walls OBITUARIES that the passing of Sir Ivor Richardson, a former Dean of Law who subsequently had a distinguished career in private practice, be recorded. that the passing of Sir Ian Athfield, who made a considerable contribution to this University, be recorded.
3 Council Minutes, February DISCLOSURES OF INTERESTS that the following disclosures of interest by a member of Council, by way of a general notice under the Education Act 1989 Section 17 and the Local Authorities (Members Interests) Act 198 were made: Mr Graeme Mitchell is now a Director of Lifetime Income Ltd Ms Brenda Pilott is now employed by IRD on a 1 month contract. Emeritus Professor Peter Walls is no longer on the Board of Chamber Music New Zealand as he was recently appointed Chief Executive. that full disclosures for new Council Members Ms Stella Blake Kelly, Dr Matthew Palmer QC and Mr Rick Zwaan had been received and recorded in the Interests Register. 1. PARTS B AND D OF THE AGENDA that there was one request to highlight that the Minutes from the meeting held on 1 December 01 recorded that Council would consider points raised in the Performance Review of Council. It was agreed that this item be included on the Agenda for the 0 March Council meeting. 1. REPORT FROM THE CHANCELLOR an oral report from new Chancellor, Sir Neville Jordan. that the Council expects greater performance and success from this institution and therefore we must all look at ourselves and prepare thoroughly for our duty of care. To underpin this a Council Membership of the Institute of Directors has been obtained to assist in providing ongoing and high priority development of Governance skills. All members will be signed on and professional development fees covered. that the IoD will be asked to provide a tailored one day course ( date options) on Governance for non-profit organisations. that the need for self-review was important and should be taken seriously (see 1.). that there would be an increased focus on Maori and the Chancellor will Chair the Te Aka Matua Committee. A holistic approach incorporating the Treaty of Waitangi obligations was essential as well as providing support for Primary Strategy. that the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor provided a brief update on the recent Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors meeting. that the Distinguished Alumni Awards finalists had been confirmed by the selection panel and offers will be made over the next fortnight. The event is on 17 June. that the Chancellor s Report be noted. Walls/Sawicka 1000
4 Council Minutes, February REPORT FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR a report from the Vice-Chancellor covering the period since the last meeting of Council on 1 December 01 (document VUWC 1/1). that the report was taken as read. that Council members observed that most of the report had already been received now that VicNews was circulated each week. that a question was asked regarding the Cycle Academic Audit which received 1 commendations and 7 affirmations had there been recommendations on areas for improvement? that the Vice-Chancellor s report be noted. 1.8 COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP CO-OPTION OF MR RICK ZWAAN Morris/Pilott 1000 a memorandum from the Chancellor dated 17 February 01 (document VUWC 1/). that Rick Zwaan be co-opted to the Council for a one year term of office commencing 1 January 01 and ending on 1 December 01. Walls/Pilott COUNCIL COMMITTEES a memorandum from the Chancellor dated 17 February 01 on the proposed Committee Structure for 01 (document VUWC 1/). that an additional resolution was requested asking that the Terms of Reference for all Committees be reviewed. that the purpose of the new Quality & Equity Committee was discussed, its primary aim being to strengthen the Academic voice. that the Terms of Reference for the Human Resources Committee need to be very clear to ensure that it was a Governance Committee with the primary role of reviewing the Vice-Chancellor s performance. that the name Honours and Naming Committee was discussed and the proposal of Victoria Honours Committee was accepted. that the recommendations regarding Committee Membership and Convenors for 01 be approved. that the Campus Development Committee be renamed the Capital Expenditure Committee. that the Honorary Degrees and Hunter Fellowships Committee be renamed the Victoria Honours Committee that the Vice-Chancellor s Performance Review Committee be renamed the Human Resources Committee that a new Committee Quality and Equity be convened and that Terms of Reference be developed for Council approval. that all Committee Terms of Reference be reviewed. Morris/Palmer 10007
5 Council Minutes, February REPORT OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD AND 01 CUAP APPROVALS SUMMARY a memorandum from the Secretary to the Academic Board dated 9 February 01 providing a report on the Business of the Academic Board and the 01 CUAP approvals summary (document VUWC 1/). that Associate Professor Allison Kirkman, the new Vice-Provost, Academic & Equity spoke to the report. that the report on the Business of the Academic Board and the 01 CUAP approvals summary be noted. Daugherty/Sawicka PROGRESS REPORT ON 01 ADMISSIONS a tabled memorandum from the Chief Operating Officer dated February 01 providing a Progress Report on 01 Admissions (document VUWC 1/). that the issue of a significant number of secondary school students (across the sector,00/victoria 0 students) not having the correct credits for University Entrance was discussed. The University enrolments team was working closely with affected students to bring them to the required level and an NZQA enquiry was underway. that the report from the Chief Operating Officer on 01 Admissions be noted. Selby/Paviour-Smith INTRODUCTION: PROFESSOR FRAZER ALLEN DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR ENGAGEMENT an introduction by the Vice-Chancellor of recently appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Professor Frazer Allan. that Professor Allan provided a brief overview on his areas of responsibility. that the Vice-Chancellor took the opportunity to introduce other new members of the Senior Leadership Team also in attendance: Professor Kate McGrath - Vice-Provost Research Professor Emeritus Barrie MacDonald - Interim Provost Associate Professor Allison Kirkman - Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Equity. that the overview from Professor Allan and the introduction of other new members of the Senior Leadership Team be noted. Mitchell/Zwaan 10010
6 Council Minutes, February FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR 01 a memorandum from the Secretary to Council dated 17 February 01 (document VUWC 1/) listing events of significance for Council members during 01. that the memorandum from the Secretary to Council on Forthcoming Events for 01 be noted. Walls/Heine REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE CHAIRS that as there have been no Committee meetings since the last Council meeting on 1 December 01 there were no reports from Committee Chairs. 1.1 ANY OTHER BUSINESS that the inclusion of a report on Health & Safety was critical in order to meet statutory requirements. 1.1 RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC PART B a recommendation that certain items be taken with the public excluded (document VUWC 1/7). that the public be excluded from the meeting for the discussion of items -7 for the reasons and duration outlined in the recommendation, with the exception of such members of the Management Team as the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor may request to remain for the public excluded part of the agenda as they have knowledge relevant to particular issues to be discussed. Jordan/Sawicka MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 1 DECEMBER 01 the Minutes of the Meeting of Council held 1 December 01 with the public present (document VUWC 1/8) that the Minutes of the Meeting of Council held on 1 December 01 with the public present be approved. Selby/Taylor 1001
7 Council Minutes, February APPEAL COMMITTEE HEARINGS a report from the Vice-Provost (Academic & Equity) dated 1 February 01 on Appeal Committee Hearings during 01 (document VUWC 1/9). that the report from the Vice-Provost (Academic & Equity) on Appeal Committee Hearings during 01 be noted. Daugherty/Palmer NEW YEAR'S HONOURS the list of graduates, friends and associates of the University who received awards in the 01 New Year's Honours (document VUWC 1/10). that Council conveys its congratulations to all Victoria University of Wellington graduates, friends and associates honoured in the 01 New Year's Honours, with particular mention to Chancellor, Sir Neville Jordan KNZM (see item 1.). Walls/Taylor UNIVERSITY COMMON SEAL a memorandum from the Secretary to Council dated 17 February 01 advising that there were no entries in the Seal Register for the period November 01 to 17 February 01 (document VUWC 1/11). that the memorandum from the Secretary to Council regarding entries in the Seal Register be noted. Jordan/Taylor DEGREES TO BE GRANTED the list of degrees, diplomas and certificates granted on February 01 (document VUWC 1/10). that Council grants the degrees, diploma and certificates in this University on those persons listed in the document VUWC 1/10, and that their names be entered on the Roll of Graduates on February 01. Jordan/Walls FORTHCOMING MEETINGS that the next meeting of Council will take place on Monday, 0 March 01 at 1.0 pm at Te Herenga Waka Marae, Kelburn Campus. 7
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I've waited an entire year to write this story. In some ways I don't feel like it's quite time to do it, but that is only because this first year of Georgia's life has passed by faster than I ever could have imagined.
So finally the time for my 40 week midwife check-up came arrived and I was completely crestfallen when I was told the baby wasn't fully engaged and I was barely dilated. I was told to go home and relax, enjoy some peace and quiet before the craziness began. Instead I opted to drive out of this town and visit my family. I was so sick and tired of just waiting for something to happen; I needed to get away for the night (I think you can see where this is going, right?).
I get to my grandparents house, cozy up in front of the real TV at watch some true crime deal while my family heads out for an early Christmas dinner at the church. While they're out I decide to do a few lunges, you know, just to let that kid know who the boss of this body is. And so it began.
Almost immediately I was in labour. So I sat back and waited, just like the midwife told me. The family came home and I didn't say a word. The family went to bed and I didn't say a word. Around 11pm I phoned Jesse and told him I was going to come home in the morning and pop out a baby. He was panicked (to say the least) but I told him that I'd had a Gravol already and there was barely any gas in the car. I was fine for the moment and I was going to try and get some sleep.
Around 4am I got up to start timing my contractions. They were still about 7 minutes apart so I decided to try and get some more rest before I started my 90 minute drive back home.
Around 7:30am my grandmother came in my room to see why I was groaning like a dying cow. "Oh, this? I'm just in labour. It's cool, don't worry about me." Slowly I got myself ready to go. My grandparents (understandably) followed me around the house wringing their wrists asking over and over again if they could drive me home. But my adrenaline was pumping and I insisted that I was totally fine.
The drive home was intense but somehow I made it. Thankfully the other drivers couldn't hear me screaming (or see my white knuckles). By the time I reached my front door I was in serious l-a-b-o-u-r! (to my American friends, that is not a misspelling) I timed my contractions and they were 5 minutes apart. It was time to call the midwife.
When Alison (our midwife) arrived she checked me and I was 2 – 3 centimetres dilated. It was a disappointing number considering the pain I was in, but then again I had no idea what was coming. She let us know that we should call again when the contractions were 2 – 3 minutes apart and warned us that this could be hours and hours away. This was not an idea I was stoked about.
I lasted maybe another hour and a half before I was begging for drugs. I was screaming for the hospital and dreaming of a C-section. Jesse tried giving me acupuncture but I couldn't stay still and the needles weren't safe. When he offered me a Tylenol I tried to summon the strength to throw him out the window. "Call Alison! Tell her to bring the gas!"
When she arrived I slapped that gas mask on my face and refused to let go. Finally I was feeling some relief. Actually, I was feeling kind of nice, fuzzy, warm, HOLYCRAPCONTRACTION, fuzzy, nice and warm again. Thankfully this is the time that I begin to lose track of time. At some point I have an IV put in (an antibiotic to treat any possible issues with a Strep B infection). Around 7 centimetres we decide it's time to break my water. I laugh as we do this on the couch. And I think anyone who crochets would find this process particularly interesting.
For a while longer I continued to yell. Actually, I yelled a lot. This is the part where I begin to sort of feel bad for the neighbours, but then again...not really. Soon enough I hear the midwife ask if I feel like I'm ready to push. Oh yea, that's what that feeling is. She calls in the secondary midwife and after a bit of discussion we convince my cervix to fully dilate so we can get this party on the road.
When I start pushing I'm not feeling the relief that so many people describe, but I am happy to know that we're in the last leg of this thing. I remember in the early part of the pushing hearing my midwife say that she could see the head. To me this means the baby is almost out (What the hell do I know? I've never done this before.). I beg Alison to get her out. She kind of half laughs and explains the whole situation. She can see the top of her head but that doesn't mean she's anywhere close to out. My crafty brain begins to scheme. Can we turn a coat hanger into some sort of makeshift tongs? Do we have a vacuum? Would a snake charmer be available at this time of the night? Is there any way at all of expediting this process?
I pushed and pushed and pushed. All the while I kept trying to convince the midwives that they could probably just pull the baby out. This felt like the longest part but in actuality it last for about an hour and forty minutes. The contractions were brutal. It began to feel like they were playing an evil game of leap frog. I felt like I hadn't even finished one before the next would start. At least I was able to use their nastiness as motivation to just get this done. And you know what? Eventually I got there. We could see the top of her tiny little head. Actually, her scalp was all mushed up and it really messed with my mind – was I giving birth to a tiny rat? The midwives kept encouraging me to touch her head and when I finally did all I could saw was "Ewwwwwww". During the next contraction I pushed her out enough that we could see the entire top of her head. That's when the contractions decided to take a break. Seriously, we all sat there and watched her head. It was about as comfortable as watching 9 ½ Weeks with your grandparents.
The pain finally reappeared and with one or two more pushes we had baby. I don't really think there are words for this part. I was in awe. I couldn't imagine that I somehow grew this tiny human. I couldn't imagine that she would someday call me Mama. I couldn't imagine the overwhelming love I would come to know in the next twelve months.
Today I look back on the past year and I am still in awe. And so in love. And such a mom (without the jeans).

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Mitsubishi G4 Concept Sedan Hinted for American Market
Mitsubishi is looking to strengthen its presence in America and looks to introduce an entry-level sedan in 2015.
The sedan could be based on the G4 Concept that was unveiled earlier this year at the Bangkok Motor Show. At the time, the Japanese automaker confirmed that it has plans to send the G4 to production as a global model. At the recent regional dealer meetings for Mitsubishi, dealers received news that the automaker is targeting a 2015 release for a subcompact sedan.
SEE ALSO: Mitsubishi G4 Concept Teased Ahead of Bangkok Motor Show Debut
According to Mitsubishi however, there is no "concrete decision on when this model may make the U.S. showroom," but acknowledged that plans are being discussed with dealerships to see how viable a subcompact, entry-level sedan would do in the American market. The dealers were shown a rendering of the subcompact.
One thing is for sure, it wasn't the Mirage that was shown as the teaser. An owner of a pair of Mitsubishi dealerships near Chicago confirmed that the automaker will be launching the redesigned Outlander this summer, the Mirage later this year, and a plug-in hybrid Outlander next year. So the sedan will be an entirely different model aiming for 2015.
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Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:25 PM
progressoid (41,238 posts)
Here's the tragic irony of airing "Hubris" on MSNBC
The painful truth is that Rachel Maddow's employer is complicit in Bush's war. They even fired probably the strongest anti-war voice on TV at the time despite having the highest rated show on the network.
In July 2002, Phil Donahue returned to television after seven years of retirement to host a show called Donahue on MSNBC. On February 25, 2003, MSNBC canceled the show, citing his opposition to the imminent invasion of Iraq by the United States military. Donahue was the highest rated show on MSNBC at the time it was canceled, managing to beat out Chris Matthews' MSNBC show "Hardball" in the ratings.[15] But Matthews was a big proponent of the Iraq invasion and he cultivated a good relationship with MSNBC's management before Donahue came to the network. He played a crucial role in procuring the firing of Donahue and "saw himself as MSNBC's biggest star, and he was upset that the network was pumping significant resources into Donahue's show."[16]
Soon after the show's cancellation, an internal MSNBC memo was leaked to the press stating that Donahue should be fired because he opposed the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq and that he would be a "difficult public face for NBC in a time of war."[17] Donahue commented in 2007 that the management of MSNBC, owned by military contractors General Electric and Microsoft Corp., required that "we have two conservative (guests) for every liberal. I was counted as two liberals."[18] In 2005 Norman Solomon's book Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State came to the same conclusion.
Phil Donahue: Well, I think we signed on in August [2002] and I was gone in February of the following year which is a month before the invasion. MSNBC and its corporate parent, General Electric, were not at all pleased with my anti-war position. And I was outspoken about it.
And a memo was released, and printed by the New York Times from a consultant hired by NBC News. Donahue appears to take delight in his anti-war stance. See how were marginalized there, delight. So I not only opposed the war, I was, I delighted in. . I mean what kind of crass person am I?
Theyre so clever. The propaganda campaign thats been leveled against the so-called liberal voice.
On the October 28 edition of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, veteran talk show host Phil Donahue remarked on being fired from MSNBC in February 2003.
SEAN HANNITY (co-host): What happened at MSNBC?
Amy Goodman calls out MSNBC over Donahue firing
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Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:31 PM
monmouth3 (3,871 posts)
1. Matthews must be so proud of himself....grrrrrrr...n/t
Response to monmouth3 (Reply #1)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:48 PM
progressoid (41,238 posts)
2. Yeah,
Seems to me, Chris is all about Chris.
Response to progressoid (Reply #2)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:14 PM
monmouth3 (3,871 posts)
7. Definitely that plus which way is the wind blowing today. I think he's going to go for rubio..Just
a guess, but he's very two-faced and not a critical thinker at all.
Response to monmouth3 (Reply #1)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:58 PM
silvershadow (10,336 posts)
10. Right on cue, Matthews decides he's a liberal once the liberals are stronger than they've been in
decades. Of course, he waded in the pool *after it was completely full.
Response to silvershadow (Reply #10)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:24 PM
calimary (45,029 posts)
12. After slobbering and drooling over that shameless display on the aircraft carrier.
"We're all neoCONS now!" Speak for yourself, tweety. While we give you the bird.
It's nice that he's gotten with the program now, but I always wonder how sincere or "permanent" that epiphany of his will really be. He's anybody's baby. He's loyal to whoever he thinks is on top and has momentum and is chic this week. I like what he's been doing lately - visibly indignant at what the republi-CONS have been pulling. It's nice that he SEEMS to have come around. But I'm never certain how for-real that is. I don't trust him. I'm delighted to use him while he's useful. But I don't trust him. How soon does he start flipping over to republi-CON worship and and all his shameless fawning again?
Response to calimary (Reply #12)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:40 PM
monmouth3 (3,871 posts)
18. I wouldn't be surprised if Rubio catches his eye...LOL...n/t
Response to monmouth3 (Reply #18)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 06:41 PM
calimary (45,029 posts)
23. And gives him that feeling that runs up his leg, you mean?
What an infant.
I swear. He's nothing but a schoolyard nebbish who wants to be the first kid in the front row of the next playground fight. He'll be the first one there, yelling "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" And he'll NEVER be the one with skin in the game. Just yelling from the sidelines for others to go in and knock each other around so he can watch.
Response to calimary (Reply #23)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 06:58 PM
monmouth3 (3,871 posts)
24. Yes, just like the guy who always sits in a room with his back to the wall. Always looking and
weighing the odds...What an operator.
Response to calimary (Reply #12)
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:05 AM
rhett o rick (55,981 posts)
27. I have less respect for someone like Tweety that plays the winnig side than I do
for the actual criminals. Cheney is a creepy, crawly war criminal but he doesnt care if you know it. Tweety will kiss Bushy's ass if he thinks it's expedient. Chris Mathews is the worst of the worst. Sycophant to the highest bidder.
Response to monmouth3 (Reply #1)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:34 PM
WCGreen (45,558 posts)
15. Isn't his show the worst preformer on the network...
Response to WCGreen (Reply #15)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:39 PM
monmouth3 (3,871 posts)
17. I don't know. The first one comes on during commute times so they show the second at 7:00...I'll
check on that when I can..
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)
3. Those who were correct must be made invisible so that those who were wrong can take promotions
while claiming everyone was simply 'duped' in a sort of comic adventure they were on with Bush/Cheney and company.
A nation that cherishes failure and punishes wisdom is doomed.
Response to Bluenorthwest (Reply #3)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 05:25 PM
truedelphi (32,324 posts)
20. Well said. For all our "choices" in the media,
No matter what channel on Mainstream TV, we are lulled into accepting America as the Empirical Controller of Every Human Destiny. Those channels let us know we have only two choices: We pretty much get Fascism Dark, or Fascism Lite. And in someways, Fascism Lite is scarier, because as long as smiles and the cult of personality get full approval (Or what passes for it, anyway,) the ending of democracy in America is accomplished through sleight of hand and the nefarious back room deals.
My theme song for the last ten years is "Smiling Faces."
On edit -- the group singing this is "The Undisputed Truth" though they sound like the Temptations.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:52 PM
riderinthestorm (23,139 posts)
4. K&R Important point. nt
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:56 PM
deminks (9,033 posts)
5. Ashleigh Banfield was another voice silenced by then GEMSNBC.
Particularly for a speech she gave at Kansas State.
I hear she is on CNN now. Maybe at ABC News later this year? I hope I can catch her at ABC.
Response to deminks (Reply #5)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:06 PM
progressoid (41,238 posts)
25. I imagine there were a lot of people silenced.
If not fired, then by the threat/fear of being fired.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:10 PM
randr (8,246 posts)
6. Not one mention of who profited from the war was an egregious omission
And we all know who they are.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:22 PM
HughBeaumont (23,760 posts)
8. GE are war profiteers. That's Jack Welch's shite influence right there.
He was behind the scenes in late 2000 demanding the network call the election for Bewsh. Don't tell me he didn't have a lot at stake for The Reich of Rotten's ascent. Even to this day, he's on CNBC every three weeks ratcheting up the Republican "FREE MARKETZ" narrative with his fellow pig Joe Kernen.
Response to HughBeaumont (Reply #8)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:31 PM
Bake (21,977 posts)
14. Jack Welch will burn in hell
And he can't take his millions with him.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 03:41 PM
mn9driver (1,453 posts)
9. You beat me to it.
Donahue's firing was by far the clearest indication yet that the MIC had essentially taken over. And the only change since then is that their control has increased.
Response to mn9driver (Reply #9)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:06 PM
progressoid (41,238 posts)
11. I was pissed when they fired him.
He was one of the few sane voices on M$M. That's when I turned to the internet.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:30 PM
samsingh (14,658 posts)
13. this is especially courageous for Maddow to take on
Response to samsingh (Reply #13)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:37 PM
progressoid (41,238 posts)
16. It's OK to do it now. Public support for the war tanked a few years ago.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 04:54 PM
mahannah (456 posts)
19. Missing from the interviews was Phil Donahue. Maybe he'll be on tonight.
Response to mahannah (Reply #19)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 05:32 PM
truedelphi (32,324 posts)
21. Welcome to DU, Mahannah. n/t
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 05:32 PM
Uncle Joe (41,519 posts)
22. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, progressoid.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 19, 2013, 09:46 PM
Wilms (26,795 posts)
26. ^
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:10 AM
rhett o rick (55,981 posts)
28. I love Dr. Maddow. But to me the big story isnt that Cheney is evil, but who in the corp-media
cashed in their principles and kisses George Bush, the Dim-Son's ass.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:13 AM
Whisp (24,096 posts)
29. Fuck you, Tweety!!!!
I didn't know this about him vs. Donahue. omg.
what a fucking creepy asshole FAKE!!!
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:59 AM
ljm2002 (10,751 posts)
30. Amy Goodman is a great American...
...and one of the very best journalists of my lifetime.


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Dr. Cornelia Weber, Coordination Centre for Scientific University Collections in Germany. 'Back to the Roots: University Collections as Infrastructure for Research and Teaching'
Prof. Yves Winkin, Musée des arts et métiers. 'An amateur director, professional curators, and a desire for a cabinet of curiosities'
The conference is part of the programming to support Object Lessons, our upcoming exhibition celebrating the scientific model and illustration collection of George Loudon. Each of these finely crafted objects was created for the purpose of understanding the natural world through education, demonstration and display. This exhibition combines Loudon's collection with models from Manchester Museum and World Museum, Liverpool. The conference is generously supported by Wellcome. Book your place on mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or call 0161 275 2648.
Object Lessons; Manchester Museum
Most curators have those niggling objects at the back of their stores. Models and illustrations previously used for teaching or display in the dim and distant past, but kept for a rainy day. Not quite real objects and not the kind of thing you would necessarily want to accession.
Well, we've embraced these wonderful objects in our new exhibition: Object Lessons.
Brendel Models, George Loudon Collection
Object Lessons celebrates the scientific model and illustration collection of George Loudon. Each of these finely crafted objects was created for the purpose of understanding the natural world through education, demonstration and display.
The object-rich exhibition will look at this incredible collection through themes such as Craftsmanship, the Teaching Museum and the Microscopic.
George's collection will be displayed alongside stunning models from Manchester Museum and World Museum, Liverpool.
Here's a selection of some of my favorites in the exhibition:
Octopus, Leopold…
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From Fashion Shows to Museum Trucks
Getting creative in working towards our Heritage Lottery Fund action plan for the new Courtyard Development………
As part of our HLF Stage 2 submission for the Courtyard Project, Manchester Museum needs to produce an 'Activity Plan' – this is an essential document that sets out how we want to engage the public in 2020 and what we will do in the interim to make those activities a reality. This is a really exciting and creative period for us as an organisation – it's a chance to take stock of what we do really well and to think about the kind of place we want to be in 3 years time – what do we want people to be able to do here? How might our communities, both local and further afield, shape these programmes and events? What kind of social impact might we make? These are big, exciting decisions and it's fascinating to start to embrace change.
At the heart of this work is our…
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Gifts from Neptune
For several years we have taken the students on the Mallorca field-course to the strand-line along the Bay of Pollensa and the dune system near C'an Picafort. Both of these stretches of beach tend to collect odd, fuzzy balls of Neptune's grass (Posidonia oceanica). Wave action breaks down the dead leaves and rhizomes of Neptune's grass creating fibres which then become matted into dense spheres. I've written a previous blog post about Neptune's grass on these shores of Mallorca.
Instead, this year we visited a different part of the coast where the material accumulates in sculpted waves along the beach edge. Previously I've seen this from the window of the coast, so it was interesting to experience it first hand. It is very soft, prone to collapsing and makes the shore edge difficult to walk on. There must be something different about the coastline here which makes the formation of the fibre balls less likely. Whether in balls or loose, the dried Neptune's grass adds organic matter to the sand and helps to stabilise the dunes further up the beach.
This bit of beach was at the Finca de Son Real, an example of a traditional land-holding now managed by the Balearic Government as a nature reserve and archaeological site. There is a museum here which gives an insight into the lives of the rural people of Mallorca. Through displays of objects, room reconstructions, audio and projections, the museum explores the site from and from neolithic times into the 20th century including an explanation of how local farmers would have collected dry Neptune's grass to use as animal bedding.
The Poison Chronicles: Foxglove – The Killer Cure
Guest Post by Laura Cooper
Foxglove (Digitalis spp) is one of the rare wild plants for which humans found a wide range of uses. It's most well known as an ornamental plant, but its use in making the heart drugs with a deadly potential (digoxin and digitoxin) comes a close second. For Digitalis, the same cardiac glycosides which strengthen the heart beat and saves a life are the chemicals which can cause death, the epitome of the maxim "the dose makes the poison".
The Herbarium has a number of specimens of the two Digitalis species most common in the UK, D. purpurea and D. lanata. The photos in the post are all of the Digitalis purpurea from the collection of Charles Bailey. Despite these specimens being over a hundred years old, the flowers still had their scent, though made musty over the years. Though they have both a poisonous and a healing potential, they are very appealing plants.
Digitalis has been used in folk medicine for many centuries for many conditions, but most consistently for dropsy (fluid retention in the tissues). In the 18th century, the medical effects of Digitalis were put under the scientific scrutiny of the pioneering William Withering (1741-1799). Withering was a doctor practicing around Birmingham drawn into botany by the influence of his wife, a botanical artist. He joined the great tradition of botanist-physicians, and was even known as "the English Linnaeus" by publishing works including A Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain in 1776, the first complete Linnaean classification of the flora of Great Britain.
Digitalis came to Withering's attention in 1775 when he was asked to deduce the recipe of on a family treatment of last resort for dropsy, which was kept secret by "an old woman in Shropshire". Withering discerned that the active ingredient was Digitalis purpurea. Intrigued, Withering trialed giving extract of Digitalis to patients attending his free clinic, but with little success. However, the news that a colleague had treated dropsy with the root of Digitalis spurred him on to continue experimenting with the plant. He obtained the dried leaves and gave this powder to his patients in an early precursor of the modern clinical trial. He meticulously recorded the progression of 163 patients taking the drug and found that the dried leaves were effective at relieving the symptoms of dropsy, adjusting the dose as the trial went on. The results were published in 1785 (including failures) in An Account of the Foxglove. The book was remarkable for showing Withering's willingness to investigate folk remedies rather than dismiss them, to publish negative results and detail side effects. Withering presumed that Digitalis acted as a diuretic to rid the tissues of fluid, but this was only a consequence of Digitalis correcting the underlying heart condition that caused the edema.
Today, the semi-synthetic heart drugs digoxin and digitoxin are derived from Digitalis lanata (rather than Digitalis purpurea used by Withering). Digoxin is the more widely prescribed of the drugs, being used to treat atrial fibrillation and occasionally heart failure. The safe dose of digoxin is around 8 to 12 micrograms per kg of body weight. Doses much higher than this causes poisoning involving vomiting, delirium, yellow vision and a disturbed heart rhythm, which can kill. However, as digoxin is administered under a doctor's supervision, accidental overdose of the drug is rare. But chillingly, the availability of the drug and the subtleness of the symptoms makes it a choice drug for an unforgivable but rare crime, the murder of patients by healthcare workers. The person believed to be the most prolific serial killer in American history is the nurse Charles Cullen, who is suspected to have killed several hundred patients using very high doses of digoxin and insulin. This case shows that supplies of all drugs should be carefully monitored to avoid their abuse.
Poisoning by Digitalis itself do occur, mostly accidentally by uncareful foragers mistaking it for borage or comfrey, but I have found a report of a woman attempting to poison her husband by adding Digitalis purpurea leaves to a salad. Luckily for these people, the strangely bitter leaves cause vomiting, riding some of the material from the body and sending the person to see a doctor. Poisoning by digoxin in any form can be treated by digoxin-specific antibody, a protein which can bind to digoxin and block its effects, but only if it is caught early enough to be effective.
Digitalis is undoubtedly an infamous poisonous plant, but one that has saved many more lives than it has taken, deliberately or accidentally.
The Poison Chronicles: Bryony – Deadly Margins
Guest Post by Laura Cooper
The Hours of Jeanne de Navarre is one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated manuscripts. It is a collection of prayers and psalms for each of the hours of the medieval religious day made for the personal use of the Queen of Navarre somewhere between 1328-1343. The book is lavishly and elegantly decorated with images of saints and angels framed by a naturalistic border. This curling foliage has been referred to as ivy, but was identified by Christopher de Hamel actually white bryony, Bryonia dioica.
Bryony is a notoriously poisonous plant, so the scenes the illuminator painted are far from idyllic. As de Hamel writes in his book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts,"The world in the medieval margins is not a comfortable place, any more than the gilded life of Jeanne de Navarre was safe and secure." Bryony is not just a decorative flourish, but a memento mori, a reminder of the danger that surrounded the medieval monarch.
In reality, despite it's elabourate image, bryony is an unglamourous poisoner. The plant is the only gourd (family Cucurbitaceae) native to Britain, mostly found in Central and South Eastern England. Eating the plant produces powerful laxative effect, a scatological killer not fitting the intrigue of the royal court. There doesn't seem to be any records of human poisoning by B. dioica, but it's occurrence in hedgerows means livestock occasionally are poisoned by the root. Historical there would have been many more cases, however. B. dioica was used as a medicine, such as for leprosy, likely as a drug of last resort for an untreatable condition.
The B.dioica plant is remarkable for its large, rapidly-growing and foul-smelling root. Roots the size of one year old child were shown to John Gerard by the surgeon of Queen Elizabeth I, William Goderous.The size and speed at which the roots can grow means that they have been used by "knaves" to counterfeit the more alleged aphrodisiac mandrake (Mandragora officinarum). In his Universal Herbal of 1832, Thomas Green describes this practice; "The method which these knaves practiced was to open the earth round a young, thriving Bryony plant […] to fix a mould, such as is used by those who make plaster figures, close to the root, and then to fill in the earth about the root, leaving it to grow to the shape of the mould." However, the notably effects of anticholinergic toxins of mandrake, inducing hallucinations and rapid heart rate, and the laxative bryony means these frauds were unlikely to have repeat customers.
The medieval margin illustrations feature identifiable bird species, but lack botanical detail. Bryonia dioica itself is a rapid climber of hedgerows. It's five-lobed leaves have a rough feel with curling tendrils, white flowers and red berries which produce a foetid smelling juice when squeezed. The root is usually simple like a turnip and when cut produces a white foul smelling milk from the bitter succulent flesh.
Despite its surface charms, its scent, taste and effects are the exact opposite of belladona, meaning it lacks the glamour of this more famous poisoner.


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Professional Football Player Joe Haden to Host Celebrity Softball Game at Classic Park in Eastlake on July 17
By Lake County Captains | June 10, 2014 8:31 AM ET
The special event will feature Cleveland's Professional Football Players taking part in a pre-game homerun hitting contest presented by Medical Mutual before the
Several of Haden's offensive and defensive teammates have been invited to participate in the event, and
The softball game is designed to be an interactive experience between players and attendees with opportunities to take photos with, and get autographs from the game's participants and be entertained by in-game promotions and giveaways.
As a first round draft pick in 2010 following an All American collegiate career at the
He has gone on to become one of the most talented defensive backs in Professional Football who was recently rewarded with a long-term contract that will keep him in
All tickets for the softball event are reserved and the first two rows of the Classic Park Grandstand, which are closest to the field and designated as Lower Grandstand seating, will sell for $40, while all other reserved rows of the Grandstand (Upper Grandstand) will be $20.
A special $15 Upper Grandstand ticket price will be available until June 24 and all Upper Grandstand tickets will be $20 on the day of the event. 20-person Luxury Suites ($1,000) and 40-person outdoor Party Decks ($2,000) may also be reserved by calling the Classic Park Office.
Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased in-person at the Classic Park Box Office, over the phone at 440.954.
A portion of the proceeds from the game will benefit the Lake County Captains 501c3 non-profit organization, Captains Charities, which benefits local youth sports and educational programs.
Updated July 1, 2014:
Haden's teammate CB Aaron Berry will be joined by professional agent Drew Rosenhaus.
Players already committed include teammates DB Buster Skrine, WR Travis Benjamin, LB Craig Robertson, CB Justin Gilbert and WR Miles Austin. They will be joined by special guest WR Torrey Smith.
Updated June 19, 2014:
Haden's teammates DB Buster Skrine, WR Travis Benjamin, LB Craig Robertson, CB and 2014 First Round Draft Pick (8th overall) Justin Gilbert and veteran WR Miles Austin will be in attendance.
The Cleveland teammates will be joined by special guest WR Torrey Smith.
Other softball game participants will be announced on future dates.
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good morning.
check my tan lines.
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You are absolutely correct, Whitey, and it is frustrating having to deal with these poor people. I know no other plan than to put them on the old prayer list, and hope that someday they will see the light. Have a great day, my friend, and God bless you and yours!!!<quoted text>
Good for you ,Stevie.I try to do the same,but with some ,it is becoming harder and harder to understand.When all some see is the problem with someone else or the other Party,and yet have no thoughts that we all are people with our own abilities>
Woman's head stepped on by Rand Paul supporters
There are 26312 comments on the TwinCities.com story from Oct 26, 2010, titled Woman's head stepped on by Rand Paul supporters. In it, TwinCities.com reports that:Supporters of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul wrestled a woman to the ground and one stepped on her head after she tried to confront the candidate in Kentucky.
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#26661 Mar 15, 2013
Thanks,Stevie.Try to help them but the replies are so silly and so not from intelligent(in life)persons it is becoming difficult to even reply.Like,why bother>Take Care!
#26662 Mar 15, 2013
It's really sad. Obama supporters would never do this
#26663 Mar 15, 2013
It's or it is really sad....
Clueless, useless, and repetitive.
#26664 Mar 15, 2013
you are a rethuglican who dont post in minneapolis forum out of fear you attack our democratically elected president
#26665 Mar 16, 2013
we dont have a democratically ellected president we have a moron that was selected by halfwits and illegal aliens
Saint Paul, MN
#26666 Mar 16, 2013
Do your best to enjoy the weekend despite being a delusional America hating bagger.
Since: Jul 12
#26668 Mar 16, 2013
God bless you for trying, Whitey! This is why I've started just doing the Joke of the Day. I can contribute something to possibly make everyone laugh, and even when I post a bad one, the attempt was still made. At least I feel that if I can make a few folks laugh, and maybe get a little better start on their day, then I've contributed something. Again, thank you for carrying the banner, everyday, and have a wonderful day, my friend!!!
#26670 Mar 16, 2013
Contributing a joke is the best you can do, after you posted that LIE... As for foreign vacations, American workers need income and you really blew it... Little stefanie=the big JOKE !
#26671 Mar 16, 2013
Smash that skull!!!
#26672 Mar 16, 2013
i see the confused stewge is still dumbern a box of rocks, is a lesbian really called a vagitarian
#26673 Mar 16, 2013
It's or it is really sad....
Clueless, useless, and repetitive.
#26674 Mar 16, 2013
i wish i had a nickle for everytime the confused stewge has something stoopid id pay off the national debt
#26675 Mar 16, 2013
When you learn to push shift and produce capital letter, "I'd" be willing to teach you contractions....
United States
#26676 Mar 16, 2013
Blah blah
#26677 Mar 16, 2013
When you learn to push shift and produce capital letters, "I'd" be willing to teach you contractions....
#26679 Mar 16, 2013
I'll take your wager, pay me or provide proof, loser...
#26681 Mar 16, 2013
Yep, a mouthy moron who spews lies, then refuses proof.
#26682 Mar 16, 2013
Look AT the embarrassed boi, change names and go on the offensive ! LMAOROTFU~! Use your breath ! LMAOROTFU~!!!
When you learn to push shift and produce capital letters, "I'd" be willing to teach you contractions....
Since: Jul 12
#26683 Mar 17, 2013
One weekend, WTF is in the bathroom shaving, when the kid he hired to mow his lawn, a local kid named Bubba, comes in to pee. WTF slyly looks over and is shocked at how immensely endowed Bubba is. He can't help himself, and asks Bubba what his secret is.
"Well," says Bubba, "Every night before I climb into bed with a girl, I whack my old pecker on the bedpost three times. It works, and it sure impresses the girls!"
WTF got very excited, at this easy suggestion, and decided to try it that very night. Night came, but before climbing into bed with his wife, WTF took out his tiny member, and whacked it three times on the bedpost. It didn't make a sound, so he ran downstairs and got a huge Polish sausage out of the refrigerator, ran back upstairs, and whacked that on the bedpost.
His wife, half-asleep, said, "Is that you, Bubba honey?"
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Interview With Typhoid
"I think CombatACE is a community of people from across the world that have come together on a collection of flight simulations … This is a fun place to come hang out for a bit."
In this week's CombatACE spotlight we shine the light on Typhoid. He's a retired Naval Flight Officer, a modder, an elected official, and has been a member here at CombatACE since 2006. He has also released a number of files, over the years that have collectively accumulated over thirty thousand downloads. He's even made a very special campaign that has been downloaded over two thousand times.
Thank you for taking the time to do this interview with us, Typhoid. To start off, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am a retired Naval Flight Officer and then did another 18 years as a defense contractor and task lead supporting NORAD, US Space, AF Space, NORTHCOM, STRATCOM, and AFC2ISR Center. Counting my active duty and contractor time, I spent 15 years in NORAD J3 including 9/11 and a lot of work after 9/11 on upgrading NORAD command and control systems.
I also earned a commercial, single and multi-engine with an Instrument rating as well as single and multi-engine instructor rating.
I didn't do very much flying with that but the experience helped me a lot in my Navy flying since I also flew co-pilot on a number of occasions when land based.
I ran for office starting in January of this year and was elected to a four year term on the Colorado Springs City Council, which includes service on the board of directors of CS Utilities. This keeps me busy in my retirement!
Busy indeed. How long have you served in the Navy and what was your role while serving?
I retired after 21 years of active duty as a Naval Flight officer as a Commander (O-5) in the E-2 as an Air Intercept Controller and Mission Commander and, on a joint tour, the E-4B initially as a Strategic Operations Officer and then as Chief, Command Control and Communications which included Emergency Actions.
What aircraft did you fly while in the Navy and which one did your prefer flying?
Mostly I flew the E-2 and E-4B. Of course I flew the standard training aircraft; T-34B, T-39, T-2B and also a few others at various times for various reasons including the TA-4J, S-2, P-3C, E-3A, and the KA-6D, for one, right seat day trap!. I logged 345 traps in the E-2 so including the KA-6D; I logged a total of 346 traps as an NFO.
I guess you can land on a carrier in Strike Fighters North Atlantic with your eyes closed and a hand tied behind your back. What is an aircraft you would like to fly?
Any aircraft! I really liked the Bonanza and Beech Baron in civilian flying and the TA-4J was a real fun couple of hops flying with the aggressors in VF-126. I can say that I flew both kinds of Skyhawk, the Cessna 172 and the Scooter.
What interest you about aviation?
It is a fantastic, demanding and always changing field.
What is your favorite aircraft and why?
I don't really have a favorite. Every aircraft that I had the opportunity to fly, front seat or back, had its own special attraction, its own mission niche, and own challenges. I ended up in the E-2 through the selection process and I happened to fit in there very well. Having the Big Picture and control of a variety of aircraft on a variety of missions was an awesome challenge and responsibility. I was involved in a lot of very challenging operations flying the E-2 from the North Atlantic to the KAL-007 SAR ops.
The E-4B was a very challenging experience in a field that most never get exposure to, and the three years that I can talk the least about!
What got you interested in flight simulation?
Sitting in an office all day and remembering what it used to be like. Being able to fire up the flight simulator at home and go flying again once in awhile is a lot of fun and breaks the tension after a day pushing paperwork.
I can understand that. It's sort of like being a caged bird and the flight sim, in a way, sets you free. Speaking of flight simulators, do you remember the first flight sim you ever played?
Not now. I think I always had some kind of flight sim on my computer going back to the early days of Windows. As the operating systems evolved the early flight sims would crash and I'd be looking for another. I just happened to come across Wings Over Vietnam in the store one day and have been very happy with the series and the community ever since.
What motivated you to arrive here at CombatACE and stay over the years?
After picking up WOV, I went to the Thirdwire site to figure something out and stumbled onto the various community sites with all of the various mods. That opened up a lot of interesting variations and I've enjoyed trying them all out, and filling up my hard drives. CombatACE was the one I settled on the most with a very large community of people who have become friends and a lot of different ways to modify the games.
When did you start modding?
Pretty soon after I first got started on the series and after I came onto CA. When I saw how the mods worked it became another part of the game that I found very interesting. Just making a mod was a challenge from both a technical aspect as well as leveraging my past experience.
Over the years you've released a lot of files mostly updates to the game. How long does it take you to make those updates?
It takes several hours to think just one through and then try it out, debug it, and try it again until I get it right. I have not made any real complicated mods at all, nothing like some of the other gents have. I have mostly done just minor ini mods to make different models of aircraft that others have previously made or some mission packages. I joined some of the teams for awhile helping teams develop some of the mods and testing them out, and providing some ini mods to those. I have not done any actual model development or terrains as some of the other guys have.
Another file of yours, the Gulf of Sidra Incident, has gained a lot of attention as well, with some 2,718 downloads. What motivated you to create that campaign and share it with us?
I was there. That was several minutes of a winter Mediterranean morning that was burned into my memory. I was the 6th Fleet Battle Watch Captain on duty in the Fleet Command Center aboard the flagship, USS Belknap, when that went down. Without going into specifics, we had the first contact and I called the first threat inbound. We were on the nets through the engagement. You all know pretty much what happened after that. I made the missions from my recollection of what happened and set up some variations so people could fly from either side. One of the missions that I set up had the Floggers coming out on a routine recon and one on an active, hostile intercept as it happened; so that by trying both of them out, one can fly the intercept without knowing if this is going hot or not, pretty much what a real section would face.
To say that was a tense situation would be an understatement. What does modding do for you? Is it something that is relaxing and neat hobby etc?
Yes, very much a fun exercise to put the day behind and do some fun stuff. Since I've been in elected office now, my calendar exploded and I don't have time anymore to do any modding. I just occasionally have a little time to fly a few missions in an evening once in awhile. I go weeks at a time now between logging in simply because of the time constraints I am now under.
What modding tools do you use and why?
I've just done ini modding rather than any of the real mods such as creating the full aircraft model or I do mission building. I used to use some of the mission tools but since one has now been added on SF2, I just use that one.
What is your favorite mod that you have created?
The F-14D in the series one. That was how I really learned how to do those mods and I updated the model as I learned how to make the changes and make them more and more realistic.
What is your favorite mod that you did not create?
That is a tough one. The planes that many modders have released are awesome. As a Navy guy, I get a kick out of all the ship mods coming out, those are quite interesting and I have fun just looking into the files to see how they're built.
I think the ones I like the most are the full, all inclusive mods such as the Falklands, Desert Storm, etc., where the terrains have been built and the various planes and objects have all been put together and then linked with campaigns and missions. Those are the real modders and my hat is off to all of them.
Who is a Modder, or group of Modders, you admire or inspired you to start modding?
That is a very long list! I think the Mirage Factory is where I first caught on and Ollie was someone who brought me into that community where I learned a lot very fast from quite a few people. And there are lots of people since. I hesitate to start listing them all because there really are a lot of really great people working on these mods and new ones are coming in all the time. Special mention, though, to Erik and Dave and the others who built this site and keep it running.
Do you have any favorite quotes or thoughts about being here at CombatACE you'd like to share?
I think CombatACE is a community of people from across the world that have come together on a collection of flight simulations and share insight, experience, and models. In many cases, we have become friends in sharing a hobby and talking about aviation in general. This is a fun place to come hang out for a bit.
Thank you Typhoid for taking the time to do an interview and for sharing your story with us. If you'd like to play the campaign based on Typhoid's own recollection, of information he's allowed to share with us, click here to check it out. Please read all download instructions and associated readme files to get the full enjoyment from the mod. Typhoid was also kind enough to share with us a couple of photos. One is of him in the Navy and the other is a photo of him as a councilman. Thank you for dropping by to check out today's CombatACE Spotlight. Until next time I'm Skyviper wishing everyone happy landings!


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The power to become the embodiment of weakness. Variation of Power Manifestation. Opposite to Strength Embodiment.
Also Called
- The Weak
- Weakness Incarnate/Personification
User becomes the physical manifestation or personification of weakness. Allowing them to feed off the weakness of others or themeselves in order to get stronger. User can also induce weakness to others whether physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.
- Flaw Enhancement
- Incapacitation Inducement
- Weakness Change
- Weakness Detection
- Weakness Empowerment
- Weakness Removal
- Structure Weakening
Known Users
- Amechania (Greek Mythology)


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