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- Release Date: 5/3/2005
Music for guitar + computer is Bay Area guitarist/composer/improvisor Ian Yeager's solo debut release. Gently hovering between composition and decomposition, Yeager thoughtfully explores and deconstructs his guitar over 14 tracks, forming a sparse and evocative set of theme and variation. Melodies merge and collide into sparking electronic abstraction and dusky sonic detail. Suffused with a quiet rigor and beauty, music for guitar + computer is ambient in the best possible sense, a compelling, architectural soundworld which engages but does not intrude. Bio: Ian Yeager, b. 1977. Born and raised in Bloomington Indiana, Ian Yeager began teaching himself guitar at age 11. After completing his undergraduate studies at Indiana University in Music and Audio Recording, Yeager moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he now lives and works. Active as a performer, composer, and improvisor, he has performed in numerous improvised music contexts with many of the Bay Area's finest experimental musicians, including Dina Emerson, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Bob Marsh, Joseph Zitt, Rent Romus, Phillip Everett, and Matt Davignon. Yeager has performed at the Luggage Store Gallery, 21 Grand, and the SIMM series, and at music festivals including Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (Sound/Shift 2003 & 2004), San Francisco Found Objects Festival, Sound/Shift Oakland and Transbay Skronkathon. Current activities include the release of his debut CD, music for guitar + computer, trombone studies, compositional writings and sketches, and the continued development of both traditional and extended guitar technique.
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Computing's atomic age
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Today, even the highest-density hard-disk drives can use a million magnetic atoms to store a single bit of information. Now IBM's Almaden Re- search Center (San Jose, Calif.) has measured the ability to store a bit on a single atom.
Simultaneously, IBM's Zurich Research Lab in Switzerland has successfully demonstrated a molecular switch with processors so small that a supercomputer could fit on a chip the size of a speck of dust.
While both achievements are perhaps a decade away from commercialization, they signal the future development of computers and storage devices that could enable applications once considered the pipe dreams of science fiction writers.
"I'm reminded of [theoretical physicist] Lawrence Krauss' observations in [the bestselling book] The Physics of Star Trek. There, Krauss says that even though it is theoretically possible, we can't build a tele-transporter, because there is no way to provide enough disk storage space to buffer the trillions-of-trillions of molecules you'd have to digitize for each person you beam somewhere," said Stephan Ohr, research director for semiconductors at Gartner Dataquest (Stamford, Conn.). "Krauss predicted that it would probably take until the 23rd century, when the Star Trek adventures were supposed to take place, to develop hard disks with enough capacity. But perhaps this IBM technology will cut down that development time [to a decade]."
Back on Earth, IBM's atomic-scale demonstration could comfortably pack 500 to 1,000 times as much information on a hard disk than is possible today--or 150 trillion bits of information per square inch, compared with 150 to 300 billion bits today. Hard disks of that density would be able to store 30,000 full-length movies or the entire contents of YouTube--approximately a petabit (1,000 terabits)--on a device the size of an iPod.
Regarding the Zurich lab's demonstration of a molecular switch, IBM claims the discovery heralds a future where today's semiconductors could be replaced by molecular devices so small as to be nearly microscopic. Such tiny computers are not only beyond the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, but are literally beyond even the theoretical capabilities of any CMOS semiconductor.
"Since the invention of the semiconductor, we have relied on the ability to shrink their dimensions to improve performance," said Andreas Heinrich, manager of the scanning tun- neling microscopy lab at IBM's Almaden Research Center. "But the wavelength of an electron is about 10 nanometers, so you are never going to shrink semiconductors down to the size of single atoms, which are only about 1 angstrom [0.1 nm]. If you want to perform computations or data transmission at the atomic scale, you have to find an alternative to semiconductors, and that is what the Zurich lab is doing--jumping ahead to design a new building block for molecular-sized circuits that could completely replace both silicon circuitry and copper wiring."
Magnetic anisotropy
Today the most exotic hard-drive architectures use what is called perpendicular recording, which relies on new magnetic media. Magnetic anisotropy--a measurement of the ability of a media type to retain a bit--is the most important parameter for next-generation perpendicular recording media.
Anisotropy has to be high enough to maintain a bit in a stable state indefinitely, but low enough that a hard-disk write head can quickly change its orientation.
"Perpendicular recording depends on crystalline magnetic anisotropy; that is the key property that makes perpendicular recording work," said Heinrich. "Even with a domain of a million atoms--as hard-disk media use today for a single bit--measuring magnetic anisotropy is very tricky and is a major achievement for disk drive researchers.
"Now, however, we have been able to measure the same property for a single magnetic atom. We can literally take one atom, measure its magnetic anisotropy, put another atom next to it, see how that affects the [first atom's] magnetic anisotropy, and from there learn how to develop a material with the ultrahigh data storage densities we are predicting.
"Now we have a unique tool--the only one in the world--capable of measuring the magnetic anisotropy of a single atom," he said.
The magnetic domains on hard disks today are about 20 nm long with a track width of 100 nm, or 2,000 nm2, compared with IBM's stated goal of 2 x 2-nm (4-nm2) magnetic domains.
"And these are conservative estimates," said Cyrus Hirjibeheden, a re- search staff member at the Almaden Research Center who worked on the project with Heinrich. "Our calculations include a safety margin of 10, because the atom itself is only about 2 angstroms [0.2 nm] across."
Next, the researchers plan to measure the anisotropy of different types of atoms at room temperature--rather than at half a degree above absolute zero, as in the present work--to find an ultradense material that can remain stable at room temperature for commercial hard drives.
"Our next step will be to find a material combination--a particular magnetic atom on a particular surface--that has the ability to stably maintain its magnetic orientation, plus the ability to switch between states, so we can quickly flip its spin from down to up and from up to down," said Hirjibeheden. "We hope to be able to demonstrate such a stable media material within the next couple of years."
The lab will use the magnetic tunnel junction on a real disk-drive read head to sense this advanced material's magnetic orientation, instead of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) used in IBM's laboratory demonstration. (IBM scientists Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the STM in 1986.)
"Our final step would then be to move our demonstration out of the research laboratory and into a commercial manufacturing area, which will involve a lot of basic engineering effort, instead of the research breakthroughs we specialize in here at the lab," said Hirjibeheden.
Workings of a molecular switch
Meanwhile, at IBM's Zurich lab, a molecular electronic switch was developed completely separately from the magnetic-media work being done at the Almaden lab. The Zurich researchers have discovered a unique molecule that can switch data streams passing through it on and off without changing shape--a capability that the researchers say makes it a potential building block for real molecular-sized electronic circuits sans semiconductors.
"What our Zurich lab has found is a molecule consisting of just 50 or so atoms that they can flip like a switch by reorienting just two hydrogen atoms--the smallest atoms that exist--by changing their location in the center of that molecule," said Heinrich. "This leaves the entire framework of the molecule intact; it doesn't change the outside of the structure, but it does change the electronic properties of the molecule, potential- ly enabling it to switch the data trans- mission of electrons traveling through the molecule."
The molecule discovered by the lab is called naphthalocyanine and consists of eight benzene-like rings of carbon atoms formed into a cross shape. It has a cavity in the middle where two hydrogen atoms can be flipped between two possible attachment points that switch the molecule between conducting (on) and non-conducting (off), but without changing its outer dimensions.
"The biggest advantage of using naphthalocyanine as the switching elements of future molecular-sized circuits is that they don't change shape," said Hirjibeheden. "Consequently, it should be possible to build working circuits that retain their structural integrity while switching--unlike the other switching molecules to date, which change shape when they switch, thus potentially disconnecting any wiring you might try to attach to them."
The next step taken by the Zurich team, which the researchers estimate will be achieved within a year, will be to attach wires to the four ends of the cross-shaped molecule so that live signals can be switched through the device.

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Toriqat Satia Sect: Protest In Osogbo As Residents Move Against 3-In-1 Fetish Religion
January 14, 2016 – Toriqat Satia Sect: Confusion In Osogbo As Residents Move Against Ungodly Religion Using Humans For Rituals
The Leader and adherents of three-in-one religion, Islamic, Christianity and traditional religions, at Kelebe community in Olorunda Local Government Area in Osogbo, Osun State, yesterday escaped being lynched by irate members of the community. The inhabitants of the community were protesting the practice which they described as ungodly.
The protesters asked them to relocate from the community. They said the worshipers' acts and conducts were diabolical and suspicious. The residents poised for war against the sect members whose activities they claimed had created palpable fear in the minds of the people.
They threatened not to allow the sect members to continue with the practice which, according to them, is full of rituals and fetish acts. The protesters, who shunned Sunday service to ensure that the issue is addressed once and for all, gave names of the sect worship centre in the community as Toriqat Satia Organisation and Oju Ona Satia Worldwide Ministry.
They invaded the worship centre when the sect members were gathering for their service and demanded their relocation from the community. The residents told the sect members that they were practicing strange religion. The development, however, irked the sect members, who clashed with the community members, especially for their intention to ransack their worship centre in search of possible fetish items. The leader of the sect, Mukaila Tiamiyu, also reportedly mobilised his members to confront the community members.
He was captured by the protesters who were about to lynch him and set the worship centre ablaze before the intervention of policemen from Oke-Odo Police Division. However, some of the placards carried by the protesters had various inscriptions such as:
"Toriqat Satia Orgnisation is a ritual group and we don't want them," "We don't want kidnappers and ritualists in Kelebe Community," "All Zones in Kelebe Reject Oluwasatia Worldwide Ministry, they are dangerous people," among others. The Chairman of Kelebe community, Alhaji Ismail Adeniyi, said the presence of the sect had brought fear to members of the community because their operations were strange to them.
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Beef, turkey, lamb, chicken, dry aged, salmon, veggie, Spanish beef (chorizo), wagyu beef, and merguez
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Membership: 2700
Pastor: Craig Brown
Age: 46
Born: Long Beach
Formation: Biola University, La Mirada; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
Years Ordained: 21
San Diego Reader: What is your favorite subject on which to preach?
Pastor Craig Brown: God has a purpose and design for each one of our lives. I find that a lot of people end up living lives that are conditioned by the circumstances and situations in which they've found themselves. So the decisions they've made about vocations or about relationships they're in, sometimes those decisions are made in a spiritual vacuum. I think that God has a call for each and every person; there is a role that each person is uniquely designed by God to fulfill. The only way we discover that is through a process of spiritual discernment.
SDR: What is your main concern as a member of the clergy?
PB: The churches — and not just the Methodist churches, either — are somewhat insular. A tremendous amount of energy and effort goes into investing in the congregation to perpetuate the congregation. So, there's not as much mission happening locally, regionally, or globally. The church tends to be too concerned with trying to get people to come to it — rather than sending people out from it in missions.
SDR: Why did you become a minister?
PB: My family never went to church and they still don't, for that matter…. But, I came to faith when I was 13 years old. I had four or five other schoolmates in middle school that led me in prayer to commit my life to Christ. So, I gave my heart to the Lord even before I set foot in a church. I came to church as a response to that. I got a call to be a minster when I was 17 years old. Part of that call was a desire to serve people in the way that I felt I had been served by Jesus. For me, it's not a matter of paying back, but asking what is the appropriate way to respond to what God gave me.
SDR: What is the mission of your church?
PB: All United Methodists should give the same answer because the denomination established what our mission is: to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Then we have our congregational vision. "We are empowered by the Holy Spirit and enriched by our traditions to move boldly into a shared future where all people are invited to connect with Christ, cultivate faith together, and commit to serve as life-long followers of Jesus Christ."
SDR: Where do you go when you die?
PB: I see it as C.S. Lewis describes it in The Great Divorce. God drives the bus and takes us where we want to go. We're talking about a spiritual place — which is in a sense an oxymoron. If I dig a hole deep enough, will I find hell? No. If I go high enough in the sky, will I find heaven? No. But there is a spiritual reality that is not seen in this life, and it exists, and it's in that reality that we either experience companionship and oneness with God — made whole as we were intended to be in creation — or we experience alienation and separation from God. Heaven and hell are powerful words, but in some ways they're metaphors for the reality that happens to us spiritually.
"A tremendous amount of energy and effort goes into investing in the congregation to perpetuate the congregation." A common or should I say repetitious impression in all of these "Sheep and Goats" columns is that all of these interviewees are trying hard to keep people giving them money..."To perpetuate the congregation" ... to keep their "profession" of nonsense if you will, alive. Of course, they can only do this so long as they continue espousing the fantasy favorite to each one of them, and hope that some gullible person will even listen to them and go to their church and not their competitor's church. They say all sorts of bizarre things to entice. However, they never, never offer up any evidence nor proof of their supernatural ideas. It's the same old story every two weeks, just a few imagined details different. But hey, this is the first time I ever learned that some of these bizarre people think that god drives around in a bus to pick humans up and drive them to 'heaven' or to 'hell'... and I have heard some real whoppers from fundamentalist christians... like going to heaven means we will go to live in a big white mansion (for real ...they believe a real physical structure floats around far up in the atmosphere) that is beautifully furnished and you'll have everything you ever wanted and need there... which by the way could begin the sinning all over again, yes? Religious and 'Spiritual' churches... oh my god. Fairy tales and Santa Claus and the fools who claim they are true to get the gullible and the uneducated's money and attention. Oh my god, can anyone truly believe this childish and idiot nonsense?


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North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame
The North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1981 to acknowledge former athletes, coaches and administrators whose accomplishments have brought credit to the University of North Texas and had a special impact on Mean Green athletics.
The Hall of Fame is located in the concourse of the North Texas Coliseum, also known as the Super Pit, and features plaques that highlight the achievements of each inductee.
The T.D. Parks Hall of Fame is located in the North Texas Athletic Center and features trophies and memorabilia from past North Texas greats and an interactive area where fans may read about all members of the North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame.
Inductees are honored at the annual Hall of Fame Breakfast the morning of Mean Green's homecoming game and again on the field at the game.


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The Maryland Stadium Authority on Thursday approved minor Russell Street modifications near Oriole Park at Camden Yards to clear the way for a deal under which downtown Baltimore would host an Indy Racing League event in 2011.
The modifications are expected to include reducing the size of a median strip and making drainage improvements. The idea is to allow the stadium area to accommodate the race. A pit area is slated to be adjacent to the ballpark.
The work approved Thursday is expected to cost $1.5 million to $2 million. State officials say the investment will more than be recouped from the event, billed as the "Baltimore Grand Prix."
"[The street project] was approved enthusiastically and unanimously," John Morton, the stadium authority chairman, said after the meeting. "Whether you like racing or not, you see the benefit here to the state and the city."
Last week, the city Board of Estimates signed off on a five-year contract with Baltimore Racing Development Corp., which is expected to land a deal with the Indy Racing League for the event.
An agreement "hopefully will be signed, sealed and delivered in the next couple weeks," said Terry Hasseltine, director of the Maryland Office of Sports Marketing.


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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Monday a deal on Iran's suspect nuclear program could be only a few days away, making U.N. Security Council action unneeded.
International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei did not elaborate. But his optimism was believed to be linked to a confidential Russian proposal to allow Iran to enrich some uranium domestically, diplomats said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge details of the plan.
"I am still very much hopeful that in the next week, an agreement could be reached," ElBaradei told reporters, without elaborating.
However, the plan -- which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov planned to discuss with officials in Washington -- was expected to meet strong U.S. resistance over fears it could be misused to make nuclear weapons.
The Russia proposal would allow Tehran to conduct small-scale enrichment and ask the IAEA to set the parameters of such activity to minimize the chances of abuse.
In return, the diplomats said Iran would be asked to recommit to in-depth IAEA probes of its program on short notice -- something Tehran canceled last month after the agency's 35-nation board voted Feb. 4 to alert the Security Council by passing on Iran's nuclear dossier resulting from almost three years of agency investigations.
Russia and China, which both have economic and strategic ties with Iran, voted with the majority of IAEA board members but insisted the council do nothing until after this week's IAEA meeting in Vienna.
Moscow, with the support of the United States and other countries, has offered to enrich Iran's uranium in Russia, which would ensure greater oversight. But Tehran, insisting its goals are peaceful, has said it should be free to carry out some enrichment domestically.
The Russian proposal was driving a wedge into what had been a relatively united front on uranium enrichment, with Germany cautiously supportive and France and Britain opposed and backing the United States.
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns underlined U.S. determination, saying in Washington that "unless Iran does a dramatic about-face," he expected the issue to be taken up by the Security Council.
A senior European diplomat said the deal would likely stand or fall "on the response Lavrov gets in Washington."
But he said all involved were firm on the need for Tehran to first return to a freeze of all enrichment activities for a prolonged time "to re-establish confidence."
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POMONA, Calif. -- A sailor who was struck by a car as he crossed a street has died of his injuries, police said Wednesday.
Damien Marshal, 21, suffered ''blunt trauma'' and died Sunday at County-USC Medical Center hours after the accident, Lt. Ron McDonald said.
The sailor from Jackson, Ga., was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, docked at its home port in San Diego.
It is unlikely that criminal charges will be brought against the unidentified motorist, who remained on scene after the accident until police arrived, McDonald said.
Pomona is 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, November 8, 2001.
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What does Kivi mean?
Kivi as a girls' name has its root in Hebrew, and the name Kivi means "protect, shelter". Kivi is an alternate spelling of Akiva (Hebrew).
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Kivi is an uncommon first name for females but a very popular last name for all people (#34503 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
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Kivi is pronounced similarly to Keavy, Keva and Kevia. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Avivi, Devi, Elvi, Gavi, Kaci, Kadi, Kai▲, Kaili, Kali▲, Kami, Kani, Kari▼, Kasi, Kati, Keiki, Keili, Keni, Keri▼, Kia▼, Kiah, Kiani, Kicia, Kiki, Kiko, Kim▼, Kimi, Kimm, Kimy, Kina, Kine, Kioni, Kira▲, Kiri, Kiria, Kirsi, Kishi, Kit, Kitti, Kodi, Kori▲, Krisi, Kyli, Rivi, Silvi and Vivi. These names tend to be more commonly used than Kivi.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Peters a Drake champMay 03, 2013 · Crystal Eskelsen
The throw was off, and it looked like it was going to be a good one.
Then they blew the whistle to warn the crowd because it looked to be headed out of bounds.
Cue the dramatic music.
Suddenly a wind came up and blew the disc back into fair territory.
It hit the ground and he knew it was a good a throw.
Mount Vernon junior Robbie Peters can see the whole thing happen in slow motion as he talks about the moment.
"I thought it was a pretty good throw," Peters said. "I was really surprised to find out it was 174 feet."
Peters won the Drake title, throwing 14 feet further than he ever had before. Runner-up Ethan Fenchel of Western Christian threw the discus 170 feet, five inches.
Mount Vernon's Cal Kragenbrink also competed at Drake in the discus competition. Kragenbrink finished 16th with a throw of 148-9.
"I owe this opportunity to my Lord and Savior," Peters said. "I am also grateful to my parents and both of my coaches, Ryan Whitman and Jon Bellamy."
Peters went into the competition at Drake as the 10th seeded thrower in the discus.
"Up until Drake I hadn't won a meet this year," Peters said. "About an hour after I won I was sitting at McDonalds eating with my dad and it finally sank in - I have to defend this title."
"All the time and work he puts in paid off," said Ryan Whitman, Mount Vernon head coach. "I am extremely proud of him and the best part was that Robbie said he had more work to do with state coming up."
This is just the third Drake title for Mount Vernon. Peters joins an elite group of Mustangs including Nikki Nelson, who won the 800m title in 1998, and John Martin, who won the shot put title in 1990.
Peters will compete at conference and districts in the coming weeks.
"I am just going to keep working on my technique," he said. "I will be trying to break my own record."


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Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are used extensively in modern electronics because they offer high volumetric efficiencies and low equivalent series resistances at attractive prices. These advantages make MLCCs nearly ideal for a wide range of applications, including output capacitors for power supplies and local decoupling capacitors for integrated circuits. The various types of MLCCs are delineated primarily by their temperature coefficient, which is the amount of variation in their capacitance over a specified temperature range. Class I types, given a designation of NP0 or C0G, must vary less than +/30 ppm over their operating temperature range, while Class II types can change anywhere from +/15 percent (X7R) to +22 percent /82 percent (Z5V) [1].
The temperature coefficient of an MLCC is a direct effect of the materials used in the ceramic that forms the capacitor dielectric. Furthermore, the dielectric material also determines the electrical characteristics of the capacitor. Class II dielectric types (X7R, Z5U, Z5V), often are referred to as high-k ceramics because their dielectric materials, have relative permittivities that range from 3000 (X7R) up to 18000 (Z5U). Class I C0G capacitors tend to have relative permittivities in the range of six to 200 [1]. The benefit of increased relative permittivity of the dielectric material is that high-k MLCCs are available in much larger capacitance values and smaller packages than C0G types.
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Hill:Elected Superintendent More Accountable
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says a bill in the Wyoming Legislature to transfer leadership of the state Department of Education to a person who would be appointed by the Governor would eliminate the "voice of the people of Wyoming" on education issues.
Hill says she is not the issue, but rather the real dispute is whether 'the voice of the people is taken away". Hill also says an assessment of the education department done by a Liaison from the Legislative Service Office was conducted by someone with a PHD in psychology. Hill says his background meant assessing the department was "not his area of expertise". Hill also says student test scores in Wyoming are going up and the quality of education in general is improving, although she concedes there is still room for improvement.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Matt Teeters (HD 5) and Sen. Hank Coe of Park County, who chair the House and Senate Education Committees. It would not eliminate the office of State Superintendent, but would re-assign leadership of the Education Department to the appointed position that the bill would create. Supporters say the proposal would remove politics from decisions about education, and say the current system is not serving the state's educational needs. Some lawmakers also say Hill has mismanaged the education department.


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Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses
Kid Felix, Phantasm
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Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM (event ends at 2:00 AM)
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Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses
Dizzy Reed (born Darren Arthur Reed, June 18, 1963 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a contemporary rock musician. He is best known for his tenure as the keyboardist for the rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured and recorded since 1990. Aside from frontman Axl Rose, Reed is the only member of Guns N' Roses to remain from the band's Use Your Illusion era.As an adult, Reed pursued a music career in Los Angeles. He was a founding member of the club band The Wild in the late 1980s, with whom he spent five years[3]. He also replaced August Worchell as the guitarist of the group Johnny Crash although the band split up shortly after he joined.
Reed met the original lineup of Guns N' Roses in 1985; his band, The Wild, rehearsed in a neighboring studio.[1] He kept in touch, and in 1990 was invited by friend Axl Rose to join the group for the recording of the two Use Your Illusion albums. His induction into GN'R was far from smooth: former bandmates Slash and Izzy have said that no one in the band but Axl talked to Reed for the first two weeks.[4]
In spite of the rough start, Reed soon became an accepted member of the group and his work was heard on the majority of tracks on both albums. As a member of Guns N' Roses, Reed has become well-known for his keyboard, piano and backing vocal work during live performances, music videos and on such songs as "Dust N' Bones" Live and Let Die "Bad Obsession" "November Rain" "Garden of Eden" "Don't Damn Me" "Bad Apples" "Civil War", "14 Years", "Yesterdays", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" "Get in the Ring" "Pretty Tied Up" and "Locomotive", as well his contributions to some of the band's new tracks, including "Chinese Democracy", "Shacklers Revenge", "Better", "Street of Dreams" "If the World", "There Was a Time", "Catcher in the Rye", "Scraped", "Riad N' the Bedouins", "I.R.S" and "Prostitute", and when not playing keyboards or piano, Reed frequently provides backup on percussion and vocals during live Guns N' Roses performances.
Dizzy continues to record and play live with the current Guns N' Roses line-up, and has now been a member of Guns N' Roses longer than any other member besides Axl Rose. Since he joined the band in 1990, five years after its formation in 1985, he cannot be described as an original member. However, apart from Rose, he remains the only remaining link to the Use Your Illusion era and Guns N' Roses's heyday in the early 1990s. Although Reed did not co write any songs during the Illusion sessions, for Chinese Democracy he co wrote "Street of Dreams" with Axl Rose and Tommy Stinson and "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S" with Rose and Paul Tobias, as well as the non-album single "Oh My God" with Rose and Tobias. As well as singing during Guns N' Roses live performances, Reed also serves as a backing vocalist, more notabley with the current lineup than the old lineup, he sung backing vocals on a few songs on the Use Your Illusion albums, notable examples were November Rain "Garden of Eden" "Bad Apples" and "Civil War" as well as You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory from "The Spaghetti Incident?" which was a Duff solo track where Dizzy was the only other member of the band that sung on that track, frequently on Chinese Democracy one of Reeds biggest roles in the band today is serving as a backing vocalist.
Formed in May 2011, Kid Felix has already made an impression on the Philadelphia music scene. The six-piece rock band from Laurel Springs, New Jersey takes cues from bands such as Brand New, Kings of Leon and Manchester Orchestra, while producing a musical style and sound experience that is unmistakeably Kid Felix. Consisting of Jake Falana (vocals), John Ambrutis (lead guitar), Brett Hagen (guitar), Julian Ungerer (bass), Ken Baxter (keyboards), and John Szachewicz (drums). The band is on the heels of its first official EP, and with it's release, they hope to begin touring to reach new audiences while maintaining continued success among fans in the Philly area who gave them their start.
With onstage exploits such as recording and sampling their own music live, and using power tools for instruments, Phantasm has literally drilled themselves into the live rock scene in the US. They have over 800 shows under their belts and are not slowing down.
The Philadelphia-based trio's explosive stage show has been gaining praise from critics and musicians. Living Colour's bass player, Doug Wimbish caught Phantasm's set at a dive bar in Connecticut and was blown away.
"You are one of the best bands I've seen in a long time." Wimbish told drummer, Jay Yachetta.
Less than one month later, Phantasm was on tour opening for Living Colour.
You may also have seen Phantasm's name pop up on marquis underneath
notable acts such as:
Andrew W.K.
Mos Def
Closure In Moscow
The Memorials (feat. Thomas Pridgen)
As Tall As Lions
Terrible Things (feat. Fred Macherino)
Just Like Vinyl (feat. Thomas Erak)
Michael Angelo Batio
Doug Wimbish
The Locust
The Sleeping
The band brought their momentum from the road to the studio to record their fourth album Impossible Machines.
"We have released albums before, but not like this." says drummer Jay Yachetta. "The album has only been out for a week and people are already singing some of the songs back when we play."
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Conceived as an adaptable container for human actions, the Wachthuis is one of Norman Eaton's seminal public works commissioned by the South African Police in 1949. Although better known for its pedestrian arcade (Polley's Arcade), renowned for his use of bricks, the Wachthuis evidently shows Eaton's mastering of the use of concrete and glass. The spatial grandeur of the public realm of the arcade sets the building apart from the dull character of usual or current shopping centers. With his regionalist approach, evident in the protective cantilevers and use of natural materials, established a unique African character of the building with relevance to its environment. In contrary to the public mind of a massive and fortress-like building, Norman Eaton designed a light, elegant and exposed building, which seemed more appropriate to house the South African Police.
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Subject to Section 32 of the NHRA (25 of 1999) as a work with architectural merit by an architect of note.
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City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Website: http://www.tshwane.gov.za
Telephone : +27 (0) 12 358 0343
Postal Address: PO Box 6338
Republic of South Africa
The Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA)
Website: http://www.pia.org.za
Telephone : +27 (0) 12 346 1051 or 012 346 8438
Fax: +27 (0) 12 346 1016
Postal Address: PO Box 35161
Menlo Park
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Physical Address: 341 Brooklyn Road
University of Pretoria
Website: http://www.up.ac.za
Telephone: +27 (0)12 420-3111
Fax number: +27 (0)12 420-4555
E-mail address: email@example.com
Postal Address: University of Pretoria
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South African Police Services (SAPS)
Website: http://www.saps.gov.za
Telephone: +27 (0) 12- 393 1000
Fax number: +27 (0) 12- 393 2819
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Since the early nineties of the nineteenth century, Polley's Hotel had functioned as hotel in Pretorius Street. It was demolished in 1950 and the Wachthuis, the headquarters of the South African Police, erected in its place. The Wachthuis was the next major commission of Norman Eaton after the Pretoria Netherlands Bank. The building was named after the first Police Station established in Cape Town in the days of Ryk Tulbagh (1699-1771), governor of the Cape Colony from 27 February 1751 to 11 August 1771. The naming of Polley's arcade was to commemorate the Hotel which once stood at its place. Since its completion in 1960, the building has been significantly altered and extended and it becomes difficult to differentiate between the additions, alterations and original building. The building has since its completion in 1960 lost its spatial appeal of the public realm of Polley's Arcade and Clinton Harrop-Allin commented in 1975: "Today a cacophony of shop display destroys the grandeur"; referring to the degradation of the simplicity and uniformity of Polley's Arcade. Today, the building is in need of renovation and attention is to be given to the finer and explicit details to restore its lost grandeur and elegance and free the building from overly fussy additions by other designers.
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The Wachthuis is a prime example of Pretoria Regionalism, representing an architecture which is deeply rooted in its place. The innovative use of "traditional" materials and techniques is a characteristic which is evident in all of Eaton's buildings. Greatly influenced by Robert Schmikl (1903-1972), materials such as oven fired bricks or the off-cuts of a local stone mason were used due to budget constraints. Locally and industrially produced building materials were reinterpreted and the innovative use of bricks has a long lasting legacy in Pretoria .
The Wachthuis however has many elements that can be attributed to the International Style. In essence a concrete frame structure based on the dom-ino system, characteristics like strip windows, articulated staircases (not only the sweeping stair double staircase of Polley's Arcade) are references to the International Style. However, the different type of machine aesthetic of Norman Eaton was what set his work apart. Since the completion of the building in 1960, it has been significantly altered and extended, making it important to point out the original building. The building connects the two streets Schoeman and Pretorius by a wide pedestrian mall. It consists of a parking basement, ground floor shops and three seven-storey office blocks. These were connected by a service block on the western side of the building, due its orientation which makes it least suitable for office use. Towards Pretorius Street, ground floor and mezzanine level shops extended the arcade onto the street edge. Future extension of the building was kept in mind from the first drawings for three further office blocks on the northern part similar to the ones on the south.The slope of the site from south to north has been utilized to split the arcade into two equal parts on different levels, linked in the centre of the building by a double stairway. This allows the floor level to be horizontal and the southern part underneath the arcade was utilized for basement shops and offices
The exterior of the building is characterized by a graceful horizontality. Delicate sun screening, a projecting roof canopy and the shelf-like floor slabs, with simple glazing from floor to ceiling give a sense of weightlessness to the building. Today, the facade is cluttered by air-condition units, destroying the appeal of the elegant brise soleil. As with the Netherland's Bank design Eaton had the desire of maximum flexibility of function. It was his aim to draft a building which would be dynamic in the response to the client's future needs.
"There is no settled planning today. Whatever you do has to be flexible. You have got to try and create shelves and cupboards within which people can arrange themselves according to what they require for that particular moment - and requirements change from year to year. I think that this approach of producing a simple shell in which you can flexibly do things is in the best interests of you clients and, if you can do it well, you will be producing the most worthwhile architecture."
Horizontal slabs are supported by widely spaced columns and beams were avoided, so as not to spoil the simplicity and elegance of the skeleton structure. This left Eaton with completely clean and uncluttered "shelves" which could be subdivided as required by the client making it possible to see through the building. Eaton explored possible alternatives to avoid interior partitions, influencing the clients to dispose of divisions were possible and the use of open plan office environs. Furniture was also used as dividing elements and partitions were kept as low as possible, always of a temporary construction which could be removed as requirements changed. Shops were kept without any divisions which would be done as the requirements of the tenants were known. The modular approach allowed for flexibility and continuity of the entire composition. The free standing columns in the arcade are covered in blue mosaic tiles and the spacing and the use of white grouting detracting from the solid and structural nature of the column. The mezzanine levels are suspended from the floors above and do not touch the structural columns additionally adding to the lightness and openness of the public space.Polley's arcade connects the streets on both sides of the building. It is exquisitely covered in mosaic murals and the patterns inspired by African motifs. In an article written by Norman Eaton in 1960 he says:
"Architecture results from the proper 'orchestration' of all the instruments of function and beauty that combine on the mother of the Arts to give visual and emotional pleasure and instruction to the observer."
He further expanded his argument by saying that the mutual sympathy of Arts and Architecture needs to contribute to a main central theme. An underlying unity is given to the seeming randomness of the patterns by long parallel lines following the direction of the arcade. The change from directional lines into sweeping curves emphasize the level change at the center of the arcade and a central oval pattern shape is said to be inspired by designs of an African tribal shield.
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UPSpace at the University of Pretoria: Norman Eaton Collection
Artefacts: Eaton, Norman Musgrave
Article (Fisher, R C): Norman Eaton: Some influences on his insights (1997)
Article (Le Roux, M): Revisiting Making: the space in between Africa and Modernism in the work of Norman Eaton (1902 – 1966)
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Eaton, NM, 1960, Art in Architecture, Fontein 1 (1), Sable Publishers
Fisher, CR, Le Roux, S, Maré, E (eds.), 1998, Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
Harrop-Allin, C, 1975, Norman Eaton: Architect. A study of the works of South African Architect Norman Eaton (1902-1966), Cape Town : C. Struik.
Harrop-Allin, C, 1969, Norman Eaton. Apostle of the Art of gracious living. Lantern: Journal of Knowledge & Culture XIX (2)


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He beat an old Mormeck for two belts, and then Mormeck did not fight for over two years and his move up to HW has been little more than a side show act. Haye then wins a third belt from a fighter that most likely can't even go out on a blustery day without head gear on. So, Haye's championship run at CW consisted of one defense that lasted two rounds and his reign lasted about four months. Wow, what was I thinking? You are absolutely right Haye's career at CW was legendary. He could have retired after the Enzo fight and the clock would have started ticking down to when he would have gone into the Hall of Fame. Nope, I was just kidding your delusional!!
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Hundreds of volunteers are searching for an autistic boy who has been missing for six days in Virginia.
Eight-year-old Robert Wood Jr. has been missing since Sunday during a walk with his family in North Anna Battlefield Park in Hanover County north of Richmond.
The park is not fenced in and officials worry Robert could have wandered off the property.
His parents say Robert is severely autistic and cannot speak. The blond, blue-eyed boy was last seen wearing a red, long-sleeved T-shirt, blue athletic pants and blue shoes.
The search continued Friday with about 350 people joining the search for blond-haired, blue-eyed boy. They are working under the direction of trained search-and-rescue teams.


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Recently, members of the public Mr. Cao Guang Ji Tong later in Yulin three hundred yuan worth of medicines designated after receive a bottle of vitamin tablets, however, Mr. Cao was found in the consumption of the vitamin tablets have obvious smell, a closer look at this bottles of vitamin tablets at the time of purchase has expired 19 days. Currently, Yuyang Food and Drug Administration has been involved in investigating the matter.
According to Mr. Cao said April 25 that day, he located Kamigori Yuyang Road Guangji Hall II stores to buy drugs, to coincide with the store to engage in activities. "The clerk introduced to me, I just bought several designated drugs, you can receive a free bottle of vitamin C tablets." Mr. Cao said, he felt a good deal, then bought a total of nearly $ 400 just to get this drugs bottles of vitamin tablets. After returning home, Mr. Cao open Premiums start taking vitamin tablets can taste is very "strange." Check carefully packaged, Mr. Cao found that the failure of this bottle of vitamin tablets turned out to be April 6, 2016.
"I am very angry, but for this to get free vitamin tablets, I would not buy so many drugs," said Cao, Ji Tong Guang Yulin as the largest local drugstore chain, to make this consumer fraud what made him feel scared.
China Chinese Commercial News reporters Xiang Guangji and Tang Erzhong store clerk after understanding that the drug store currently has no Mr. Xiang Cao Get that money vitamin tablets. "25, our store to engage in activities, in order to thank old customers, Guangji Church members on the purchase of selected drugs will receive this vitamin, so the stock finished the day giving." The clerk said, as this vitamin tablets have no problem she did not know.


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Need help w/Mini-14 problem
I've got a stainless Mini from the early 70's, bought new. About a year after I bought it during a range session the barrel clamp (not sure of the correct nomenclature - the part that diverts the operating system gas 90 degrees to work the action) blew off. Screws sheared. This was with Hornady Frontier factory ammo. I worked the screw remains out of the top piece, could not find stainless screws so replaced with blued steel gun screws of the same length and thread. Over time this has happened twice more, once with US mil ammo and once with (mild) handloads. I attribute this to the barrel expanding as it heats and putting too much force against the screws, but this can't be real common or you would hear about it. Any thoughts as to the problem, and anyone know the proper torque value for those screws? And maybe a source for stainless replacements?
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On the first instance, I certainly would have called Ruger. You still might ought to. Is that critter shearing grade 8 caphead bolts? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that those bolts are torqued to a specific level- but I'm not even 100% sure failure to do that would cause separation of parts. Call Ruger.
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|November 29, 2009, 07:51 AM
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Gas Block
The part you are describing is the gas block. It's not terribly complicated, but what you have experienced shows something is seriously wrong. I suspect someone has modified one or more of the parts.
My guess here is that someone altered the gas block threads. Ruger does use an odd thread size, which might tempt a guy to tap out the holes to use a more common screw thread. This might account for the block not holding together when firing. If this is the case, Ruger will not sell you a replacement gas block without sending your rifle to them. You can, however, purchase an aftermarket gas block from this website... www.longmountain.com.
If the new block does not include new screws (I think it does), you need to get 4 replacement screws, the ones that hold the upper and lower halves of the block together. If you have trouble locating the right screws, send me a PM and I can locate some for you.
Aside from the above parts, there are only two others, the gas pipe and the gas port bushing. Although I normally suggest a reduced size bushing, in your case you need to put things back to factory specs before attempting any mods. Get yourself a new bushing and a new gas pipe. These are both very inexpensive through MidwayUSA.
With your new parts in hand (less than $50 invested total), you need to make sure the gas block assembly is reassembled properly. Be sure you get the right size Allen wrench to tighten up your 4 new gas block screws. You don't want a loose fit with the wrench on the heads of the screws. When you go to mount the gas block assembly back onto the barrel, check to make sure the orifice on the underside of the barrel is open and clear. As you go to mount the lower block half with the pipe and bushing in place, you willl need to "feel" the new bushing slip into the shallow bushing cavity on the underside of the barrel. Hold it firmly in place while you seat the upper half of the block into place.
As you proceed to tighten the 4 gas block screws, there are two schools of thought. Some believe a torque screwdriver should be used to set the screws tightened to a specific torque value. I'm not saying that is wrong, but I've never done it that way, mostly because these torque screwdrivers tend to have a +/- accuracy spread of several pounds. Instead, I just alternate from screw to screw and tighten them in a rotating sequence, watching the air gap on each side of the gas block halves to see that it is closing evenly. These screws should be good and tight when you're finished.
After you're mounted the gas block assembly, take a short piece of rubber automotive fuel line (about 6-8") and slip one end of it over the exposed end of the gas pipe on your mounted assembly. Gently blow some air through the line and you should detect the sound of air blowing into the rifle barrel. If you can't blow air through it at all, the bushing slipped out of the barrel cavity during the tightening process and the air flow is blocked. You will have to start over, and possibly replace the bushing again if it's damaged from tightening the block with the bushing out of place.
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Contact: BPD Media Relations Office
April 19, 2011 - Boise Police just completed a 12-day campaign partnering with the Idaho Transportation Department targeting aggressive drivers.
During the campaign, that began Thursday, April 7th and ran through yesterday, Monday, April 18th, Boise officers wrote 1882 traffic citations. 71% of the citations were written for speeding.
"We know that crashes where speed is a factor are the worst for injuries and deaths," said Officer Eric Simunich, a traffic safety officer with the Boise Police Motors Unit. "Not only our experience, but statistics show that more than half of crashes that involve a speeding driver result in serious injuries or worse. It's something we all hate to see on our roads and we want to educate people to stop it."
Boise Police received more than $28,000 from the grant to pay for officer overtime focused on aggressive driving enforcement. The department also received more than $3,000 in grant funds to pay for traffic safety equipment, including new radar devices for patrol and flashlights for officers working traffic control.
The recent aggressive driving campaign combined education, including a large-scale traffic safety media campaign sponsored by ITD, with the additional enforcement. In addition to billboards, radio and TV ads seen statewide and sponsored by ITD, Boise Police dedicated much of their social networking presence on Facebook and Twitter daily traffic safety tips and reminders about the extra patrols. The department even used Twitter to let motorists know exactly where the traffic patrols were focused.
"We know we were visible, we heard that from a lot of people that they saw the patrols. But for drivers that didn't get the message, they got a ticket if we spotted them driving dangerously." said Officer Kyle Wills of the Boise Police Motors Unit.
"We see it every day, a driver who's speeding is also likely to be tailgating, pushing yellow lights and failing to yield, all behaviors that compound the risk being involved in a crash where people get hurt. That's why we're out there doing enforcement, doing media, all to try and keep our roads safe." said Officer Wills.
Citations written by Boise PD during the April 7 - 18 Aggressive Driving Enforcement Campaign:
Boise Police want to remind motorists that although the media and overtime campaign has stopped, traffic safety enforcement has not.
"Traffic safety is definitely a priority for our department because we know it's a priority for our citizens," said Officer Wills. "That's our job day in and day out. If people get where they're going safely, hopefully it's because making traffic safety a priority does make a difference."
Boise, April 7, 2011 - Boise Police have partnered with the Idaho Transportation Department on an aggressive driving education and enforcement campaign beginning today and running through April 18th. Law enforcement agencies throughout Idaho are stepping up patrols to stop speeders on Idaho roadways.
"This is all about saving lives," said Officer Eric Simunich, a traffic safety officer with the Boise Police Motors Unit. "A lot of the injury crashes we respond to are caused by speeding."
"These campaigns with ITD are extremely helpful in getting the message out to our community that their safety on the road is a priority. ITD uses media to send out these critical, potentially life saving traffic safety messages, and they offer police agencies like Boise grants to pay for extra patrols for more officers to work the streets. Our goal is to strengthen those traffic safety messages by backing them up with very visible enforcement. It's a great partnership that we really think makes a difference improving traffic safety." said Officer Simunich
The campaign focuses on the message Stop Speeding Before it Stops You. The message has been on billboards, radio and television ads for the past several days throughout the state. Grants from ITD's Office of Highway Safety then helps local police agencies reinforce the safety messages by paying for more officers on the roads, something police agencies call high-visibility enforcement aimed at reducing traffic crashes.
"We want motorists to know that doing simple things like obeying traffic signs, waiting for other drivers, or just slowing down can save your life and the lives of others," said Cecilia Awusie, with ITD's Office of Highway Safety.
Idaho statistics, courtesy of the Idaho Transportation Departments:
The education and enforcement campaign is funded by a federal grant administered by ITD. The campaign is part of the department's commitment to achieve a goal of zero deaths on Idaho's highways and Boise Police are proud to participate.


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Thank you for your letter of 10 January, in
which you sought clarification of a number of points arising from
the draft Council Decision on the UK's application to participate
in provisions of the Schengen acquis.
I have set out below a response to your questions,
which I hope will be helpful. I am also enclosing a copy of the
latest version of the draft Council Decision (Schengen 74 Rev
4) for the Committee's information. I will ensure that the Committee
receives the final version in accordance with scrutiny procedures.
I can confirm that the cross-border surveillance
arrangements which we plan to put in place envisage that officers
from another Member State attached to a UK team would play a formal
role in acting as advisers in a surveillance operation. This would
entail them making recommendations as to the direction the operation
should take, suggesting courses of action based on their knowledge
of the case and remaining in touch with their command centre so
as to provide valuable intelligence to their UK colleagues who
would have taken over control of the operation.
Given the limited part in the operation which,
as advisers, officers from another Member State would play, and
given the conditions laid down in Article 40(3), it is unlikely
that the question of damages would arise. However, in the event
that it did so, we can confirm that the officers would be subject
to the jurisdiction of the UK courts, and to the extent that they
would be engaged in a surveillance operation, albeit alongside
their UK counterparts, Articles 42 and 43 SIC would apply, so
that the arrangements governing compensation set out in Article
43 would apply to officers from another Member State in these
circumstances. I should also draw the Committee's attention to
Declaration No. 3, which it is proposed the United Kingdom should
make, on adoption of the Decision, with reference to our implementation
of Article 40.
As you say, one of the underlying principles
of the Schengen Convention is to provide for the free movement
of persons across borders. It follows that the provisions of both
Articles 40 and 41 exist in order to provide compensatory measures
for the removal of physical border controls. As a result, surveillance
operations and incidents which involve a hot pursuit across a
land border are permitted under Articles 40 and 41 as a withdrawal
of resources at the border necessarily means there is no opportunity
for the Member State into which the surveillance or pursuit enters
to control that situation. The significant point in terms of their
application to the UK is that Article 41 applies expressly only
to land borders, whereas Article 40 is applicable across all borders.
Thus we were able to accept that hot pursuit as envisaged by the
Schengen Convention could not take place between the UK and other
Schengen States, whereas cross-border surveillance might occur
by air or sea.
The provisions relating to our partial participation
in the SIS, contained in Article 5 of Schengen 74 Rev 2, do not
appear in the latest version of that document. This is because
it has been agreed that the legal and technical modalities of
our partial participation in the SIS will be the subject of further
discussion by the Schengen Acquis Working Group following adoption
of the Council Decision. However, the provision in question was
originally included in the draft Council Decision in recognition
of the derogation contained in Article 102(3) of the Schengen
Convention enabling Member States to switch data from one category
to another where justified by the need to prevent an imminent
serious threat to public policy and safety, for serious reasons
of State security or for the purposes of preventing a serious
offence. As we will not be participating in Article 96 it is not
envisaged that our Immigration Service (IS) will have direct access
to the SIS. But we would not rule out, exceptionally, the possibility
of information being passed to the IS where the conditions of
Article 102(3) are met.
The Government has accepted the exclusion of
the two Schengen Executive Committee Decisions on confidentiality
from the Council Decision because we agreed with Council Legal
Service advice that their inclusion was not necessary. The Decisions,
which are not themselves confidential, purely establish the confidentiality
of certain Schengen documents. Following the incorporation of
the Schengen acquis into the Treaty on European Union, these two
Decisions became Decisions of the Council relating to the confidentiality
of Council documents. As members of the Council, the United Kingdom
is automatically bound by decisions on the confidentiality of
Council documents. We therefore accepted that to list these two
Decisions among the acquis in which the United Kingdom is seeking
to participate would imply that the United Kingdom was not already
bound by the Council rules on confidentiality. This would be misleading.
Discussions continue with Spain and the Government
of Gibraltar on issues relating to the UK application. The article
of the draft Council decision relating to Gibraltar's participation
therefore still remains open. We will ensure that the Committee
is informed as soon as the matter is resolved.
On Channel Islands and Isle of Man, the Government
has proposed, in addition to Article 5(1) of Schengen 74 Rev 4,
a declaration which would read as follows:
This text has not yet been unanimously agreed
and may be subject to further amendment. However it indicates
our intention to ensure that the Islands participate as fully
as possible in the Schengen provisions, within the terms of the
UK's application and of the constitutional position of the Islands.
We are still discussing with the Islands the exact terms of their
participation which are dependent in part on the final form of
our own application.
The Government's decision to propose a declaration
by the UK on the matter dealt with by Article 10(2) of the draft
Council Decision (Article 8(2) of Schengen 74 Rev 4) was prompted
by concern about the original drafting of this Article, which
seemed to us to be inconsistent with the terms of the Schengen
Protocol. A declaration was, in our view, justified by the fact
that it dealt with a matter which concerned the exercise of our
discretion under Article 5 of the Schengen Protocol. However,
we were able to secure amendments to the Article which brought
it into line with the wording of the Schengen Protocol and on
that basis were able to accept the inclusion of this provision
in the text of the Decision.
Publication of the Schengen acquis in the Official
Journal did not take place on entry into force of the Amsterdam
Treaty because the acquis had not at that stage been translated
into all Community languages. The full acquis will be published
in the Official Journal as soon as the translation process has
been completed, which is expected to be in April.
As the Committee has noted, Article 8(4) of
the draft Decision provides for Article 75 of the Schengen Convention
together with Decision SCH/Com-ex (94) 28 rev to be directly applicable
in the United Kingdom. However, these provisions of the acquis
will not enter into force for the United Kingdom on adoption of
the draft Decision. In accordance with Article 8(1) of the draft
Decision, the acquis will be put into effect for the United Kingdom
on a date to be decided by the Council following the adoption
by the UK Government of the legislation necessary to implement
the acquis in the United Kingdom. Until this date, no question
of direct applicability can arise. Given the need to adopt primary
legislation to implement certain parts of the acquis, there is
likely to be a gap of some months before the Council decides to
put the acquis into effect for the United Kingdom. It is therefore
highly likely that the acquis will have been published in the
Official Journal before Article 75 and Decision SCH/Com-ex (94)
28 rev become directly applicable in the United Kingdom.
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