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The Orioles reached contract agreements with three draft picks today, coming to terms with second-round pick Branden Kline, a pitcher from the University of Virginia, along with fourth-rounder first baseman Christian Walker and seventh-round pick pitcher Matt Price. Both Walker and Price played at the University of South Carolina.
Kline, from Thomas Johnson High in Frederick, Md., went 7-3 with a 3.56 ERA this year at UVa, pitching as a starter after being named all-ACC in 2011 as the Cavaliers' closer.
Over 93 2/3 innings, he allowed 85 hits with 43 walks and 94 strikeouts to go with a .241 batting average against. He was second-team all-ACC this past season.
The Orioles will try Kline, who was ranked the 87th best prospect in the draft by Baseball America, as a starter.
Click here to see a scouting report on Kline from UVa baseball coach Brian O'Connor.
A right-handed hitting first baseman, Walker hit .321 with 12 doubles, 11 homers and 55 RBIs for a South Carolina team that made the College World Series. Walker had a .450 OBP and .525 slugging percentage.
Price went 5-5 with an ERA of 3.48 for South Carolina in 28 games, including five starts. Over 77 2/3 innings, he gave up 55 hits with 31 walks and 94 strikeouts with a .198 batting average against.
These agreements mean the Orioles have come to terms with eight of their top 10 picks, all except for first-round selection Kevin Gausman, a LSU pitcher, and fifth-round pick Colin Poche, a high school pitcher.
The Orioles have now announced the signings of, or have come to contract agreements with 27 of their 40 selections from this draft.

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Real Singing - Poem by Edgar Albert Guest
You can talk about your music, and your operatic airs,
And your phonographic record that Caruso's tenor bears;
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Like the concert when the kiddies and their mother start to sing.
When the supper time is over, then the mother starts to play
Some simple little ditty, and our concert's under way.
And I'm happier and richer than a millionaire or king
When I listen to the kiddies and their mother as they sing.
There's a sweetness most appealing in the trilling of their notes:
It is innocence that's pouring from their little baby throats;
And I gaze at them enraptured, for my joy's a real thing
Every evening when the kiddies and their mother start to sing.
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Updated 11:05 am, Wednesday, November 14, 2012
GALVESTON – A cloud hung over an otherwise jubilant dedication Tuesday of a statue of the first black world heavyweight champion in a newly built Galveston park that will bear his name.
Unrealized is the posthumous pardon requested at least three times by the U.S. Congress for Galveston native and heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Pardon supporters say Johnson did nothing more than defy convention in an age of virulent racism, twice marrying white women and trouncing every white challenger seeking his title.
In a move widely viewed as retaliation, an all-white jury convicted Johnson in 1913 for violating the federal Mann Act that made it illegal to take a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
"There is one last round to fight for our champion," former Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas told the crowd of more than 100 who braved the chilly weather for the ceremony. "That is to secure the pardon that only the president of the United States can give."
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The White House declined to comment on why President Barack Obama has taken no action after nearly two years on a second resolution by the U.S. House of representatives and Senate asking him to pardon Johnson. Despite the congressional resolution, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said in an email that no posthumous pardon requests were pending.
Congress passed a similar resolution in 2004 that former President George W. Bush left unanswered. Congress passed a resolution in 2009 making the same request of Obama and again in January 2011.
"Unable to beat him in the ring, his enemies sought other ways to bring Johnson low," documentary filmmaker Ken Burns wrote in a 2004 pardon appeal to Bush. "But virtually everyone knew - and the prosecuting attorney even admitted - that the real object was to punish Johnson for daring to engage in romantic relationships with white women."
The animosity toward Johnson was reflected in the phrase "great white hope" coined by author Jack London to describe the search for a white champion to defeat Johnson.
That animosity extended to his hometown when he appeared with a white woman to celebrate his winning the world heavyweight title by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia, in 1908. The then-segregated city abruptly canceled homecoming celebrations.
The City Council made amends by declaring Nov. 13 Jack Johnson day. Galveston's only black council member, Cornelia Banks, read the proclamation at the ceremony Tuesday on a platform filled with local dignitaries, most of them white like Thomas.
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Linda E. Haywood, 56, Johnson's great-grandniece, came from Chicago to attend the ceremony. "I think it's too late," she said. "It's long overdue."
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Fairfield welcomes Branstad, Reynolds
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the Fairfield Public Library today for a townhall meeting.
Branstad and Reynolds spoke for about 30 minutes on subjects such as economic growth, Branstad's recent trip to China, property tax relief, education reform and several other issues. After their initial remarks, the audience had a chance to ask questions for about another 30 minutes.
Approximately 40 people attended the event, some of whom expressed support for the governor's proposals and some of whom expressed their opposition.
Audience member Alitza Blough said she was worried about the large number of Iowa counties that have lost population. She said 58 of the 99 counties lost residents from 2000 to 2010.
Blough said she was upset with the money the state has given to corporations in recent years. She said those companies have been unable to prove how many jobs were created with that money.
"When I hear your motto, 'Iowa is open for business,' it means something different to me," she said. "I see your idea of Iowa as involving a lot of subsidies and funny-money giveaways to well-heeled mega-corporations and I don't see that changing the population trends."
Blough talked about what she saw as inefficiencies in the Iowa economy such as growing corn for ethanol and livestock fed. She also talked about the need to make Iowa's farms self-sufficient by moving away from subsidies.
Branstad responded by saying the government is not simply giving away money to corporations but is rather reducing their future taxes, which he said the state would never receive if the business located elsewhere.
"I also want to defend the production of corn," he said. "We are the leading corn producing state. Corn goes into a lot of things. If you go to the plant in Eddyville, you'll see hundreds of food products made from the byproducts of ethanol. I think it's a positive thing for Iowa."
The governor took issue with Blough's recommendations.
"I do not agree we can all go back to subsistence farming and live like they did 200 years ago," he said.
Blough said that was not what she was advocating.
Audience member Carole Simmons asked what the governor would do about fertilizer runoff that she said was polluting Iowa's water. Branstad said farmers are some of the best environmentalists the state has.
"Part of our problem is the federal government," he said. "We had a flood in Iowa a couple of years ago, and we had all these problem with silt from the Missouri River. Now the Corps of Engineer, because of a certain fish in the river, want us to dump this silt, with nutrients in it, back into the river. That will cause more problems down in the Gulf, and yet farmers will get blamed for it."
Branstad said the farming methods are much better today than when he was a boy. He said modern farming methods such as no-till prevent soil erosion.
Branstad received a question about state's rights, and he said it was an issue he was very concerned with. He mentioned the federal Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare, is going to hurt Iowa. He said companies such as Farm Bureau might not be able to continue to provide its employees with health insurance.
Patrick Bosold, another audience member, said entitlement programs have been unfairly maligned for driving the deficit, but he said the real culprit was "out of control spending on over 1,000 military bases overseas."
Bosold added another problem was trade agreements that have "taken millions of jobs out of this country."
Branstad immediately jumped in and said, "Let me disagree with you. If you look honestly at the federal budget, you'll see defense spending is going down in relation to entitlement spending. I'm one of the 10 governors on the governors' advisory group and we're seeing defense cut dramatically. The number of people in the military is going down and it's impacting our National Guard as well."
Branstad said Obamacare would add trillions of dollars to the deficit.
Bosold responded by saying, "I can fix those problems with a simple solution and it's called everybody pays their fair share of taxes. Do you know how many billions of dollars are not taxed at all because corporations offshore the money? It's not entitlement programs that are creating that problem, it's people who aren't paying their taxes."
Branstad said during his previous tenure as governor, the Canadian government had higher corporate taxes than Iowa.
He said a number of Canadian automotive companies relocated to Iowa because it had lower corporate taxes.
However, since then, he said Canada has cut its corporate tax to 15 percent.
"As long as we have these very high taxes and penalties to bring money back, you're going to continue to have large companies keep their money off shore," he said.


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The new Fine Homebuilding just arrived and, after a read-through, we can happily report that it's a solid, above-average effort from our friends at Taunton. As usual, there are a few articles geared more for idea-generation, as opposed to actual execution. This time around they're good ones and display a lot of options for consideration. The cover story, "Signature Details for Kitchen Cabinets," is a fine example, giving eight different ideas and scenarios for sprucing up the kitchen.
The more practical articles, "Insulating a Rim Joist," "Trimming a Basement Window," and one on the use of a basement curtain drain," are all well-written, and easy to understand. Also, there is a good one on how to install a garbage disposal.
Read on to see what tools are covered in this issue of Fine Homebuilding.
This month's Popular Woodworking just showed up and it's another winner. Lots of cool articles, tips, tricks, and projects for all skill level woodworkers. This issue even has the first installment of a new column, "Jig Journal," which, according to Christopher Schwartz, Editor of the magazine, is "not your typical woodworking jig column with Rube Goldberg gizmos. These are jigs designed to be used everyday."
For projects, this issue features a canted wall box (for beginners), a nice tusk-tenon book rack (for intermediates), a great Shaker Clock (for the advanced among you), and a foot-powered lathe (for the insane inventor-types out there). There is also a good article on dust collection, one on plane wicks, and a very cool piece on The College of the Redwoods, the woodworking school founded by James Krenov.
This issue of This Old House is another good one, filled with solid articles on kitchens and baths as well as a handful of other relevant topics. The only drawback is that there is very little discussion of tools of any sort.
The centerpiece of the kitchens portion of the magazine is an analysis of three renovations, each done on a different budget. The article has nice cost breakdowns and some good advice (steer clear of trends). There is also a piece on what can go wrong during a kitchen remodel and how not to let those problems happen to you.
As for the baths part of the magazine, there is an article on concrete countertops, one on how to tile a vintage bath, and a particularly cool one on outdoor showers.
Other topics covered in this issue include ceiling fans, irrigation gear, and wireless monitoring systems.
Keep reading to see what tools were covered in this issue.
After last month's stinker, This Old House is back with a great issue, focused mostly on outdoor projects and gardening. Although it showed up in the mailbox looking like it had been sent through a meat grinder, we were able to read through the entire issue except for the last few pages.
There are great articles on container gardening, dormers, and building fountains, but without question our favorite article is the one dedicated to lawn sports. The story gives easy step-by-step instructions on building courts for horeshoes, bocce, and croquet. We have experience in the area, and even though we're not convinced their instructions are the best, it's a good place to start and will at least dispel the thought that making room for these games is a difficult thing to do.
The non-outdoors articles include a very nice piece on the restoration of an old farmhouse, an introduction to Japanese-style handsaws, and an essential article on how to choose wood at the lumber yard.
Keep reading to see what tools were mentioned in this issue.
Taunton delivers another good issue of Fine Homebuilding this month. There's a vague spring/summer feel to things with articles on customizing decks, creating stone steps, and a low risk way to reroof. There are also solid articles on SIPs (structural insulated panels), framing for a garage door, and building a paneled passageway.
In addition to all this good stuff, what we liked best about this issue is the article on undersink plumbing. It's likely that your current plumbing is ill-conceived and prone to problems. This article isolates the issues at hand and gives a clear way to redo things to head off the multitude of problems that are just waiting to occur.
Keep reading to find out what tools were covered in this issue.
Woodsmith, our favorite woodworking magazine, showed up the other day and even though this issue isn't an out of the park home run, it still sits far above the competitors. This time around, they've got some great stuff on stropping, cutting gauges, and the Incra Router Table Jig. For projects, there's a sliding top table, an oak chaise lounge, and a carved book rack. The three projects are all very doable with some nice challenging aspects to each.
Also in the issue is a cool article on hand scrapers, a tool we don't see enough people using, and one describing 7 tips and tricks for using oil stains. Screwing up the finishing process, after going through all the work of making something, is insanely frustrating and this article has a lot of good information on how to avoid those blunders.
As always, we recommend buying this issue and subscribing to the magazine.
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We apologize for being late in reviewing May's This Old House. Our excuse is that it's, well, an altogether forgettable issue. It's been on the coffee table for a while now, and after the first flip through, we've had very little interest in picking it up again.
There's a pretty solid article about organic lawn care and a nice "How it Works" on solar hot water systems, but aside from those, the issue is pretty sub-standard fare. There's a piece on different deck styles (each with a superhero-gone-wrong name; The Multi-Tasker, The Great Equalizer, and The Privacy Preserver), one on adding a cobblestone apron at the end of a driveway (Zzzzzz), and four pages dedicated to an unbearable "he said/she said" article about the renovation process.
Fine Homebuilding's Annual Houses issue showed up in the mailbox the other day and, as always, it's a pretty fun read. Each year, this issue showcases a number of houses of various styles and somehow makes you believe that, with just a few changes, your house will take on the appearance of one of these masterpieces.
Among the profiled houses are a 540 sq. ft. cottage, a hurricane resistant beach house, and a hilltop contemporary with a lap pool that doubles as an emergency water supply. There is also an article that shows how both the single-level and multi-level retirement home can be successful.
This Old House Magazine is a consistent purchase. It's like Maxim or Wired (minus the naked girls and keyboards) in that you can go cover to cover in one sitting, but you can always go back through and find something you missed, some little sidebar or review that's tucked in the corner of a page. This issue falls in with that general idea and is crammed with information.
With Spring coming, most of the larger articles in this issue deal with the outside elements of the house. One lists out seven ways to upgrade the overall look of your house (use pavers and plants, upgrade your garage doors, etc), while another deals with how to clean a winter's worth of grime off of your deck. Both articles are useful and worth reading.
We really like getting Fine Homebuilding. The magazine is always at the cutting edge of new products and techniques, and the information is always presented in a clear and concise manner. It's rare that they have a dud of an issue. This month's offering, we're happy to say, falls in the 'non-dud' category. In fact, it's one of the better issues we've seen in a while.
The cover story is an instructional on building doghouse dormers. The article is overflowing with great pictures and the text is separated into an easy to understand step-by-step format. The drawings for this article are fantastic as well. To us, the most interesting part of the article to us is a tutorial on how to find all of the appropriate measurements using a construction calculator. We've used those calculators in the past and not only are they confusing and intimidating, but their manuals are usually pretty lame so this bit of coaching is particularly helpful.


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A Green Future for Blue Hawaii, Maybe
A new bill puts the state on a path to energy independence, but it won't be easy.
As Online Video Surges, the .TV Domain Rides the Wave
The domain, owned by Tuvalu, a tiny South Pacific island nation, signals how people watch TV now — online and on apps — and makes the country a tidy sum, too.
This Accursed Month
Some of Russia's most traumatic events have occurred in August, each marking the beginning of a new, bleak era.
On View | The Venice Biennale's Rookies of the Year
Ten new countries opened pavilions for the first time at the Italian art extravaganza this year. Several made serious bids to become major art-world players.
A Tiny Pacific Island Nation That Does Not Smell Like Paradise
Decades after they were dug to provide material for an airstrip during World War II, "borrow pits" are eroding islanders' quality of life in Tuvalu.
On Our Radar: William and Kate Visit Threatened Tuvalu
Island youths plan to deliver a message about how their homes are threatened by rising sea levels.
As Danger Laps at Its Shores, Tuvalu Pleads for Action
Tuvalu, a tiny archipelago of nine South Pacific islands threatened by rising seas, is on the front lines of the planet's climate change debate. Current projections indicate that it will become unlivable within 50 years, resulting in an exodus and the erasure of a rich 3,000-year-old culture.
On Our Radar: Invasive Carp Reach North Dakota
Asian carp have been found for the first time in the James River in North Dakota, officials from the state game and fish department say. They range from fingerlings that might be this year's spawn to older fish of up to 20 pounds. Imported in the 1970s to control algae growth in aquaculture and wastewater treatment facilities, the carp soon escaped and are considered highly invasive species. [The Jamestown Sun]
Film on Climate Refugees Strikes a Chord
By focusing on the consequences of climate change rather than its scientific causes, some experts suggest that a filmmaker circumvented a divisive debate over global warming and the extent to which human activity contributes to it.
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Island nations that sink as sea levels rise should be able to retain their sovereignty.
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Addressing Archival Silence on 19th Century Colonialism – Part 1: The Power of the ArchiveUncategorized
Can the Subaltern speak in the digital archive? This is the first of two blog posts which follows on a recent discussion on about silence in the archives regarding gender and minorities. Readers may be interested in reading Natalia Cecire's storify of the conversation over twitter and blog posts by Roger Whitson and Katherine Harris to follow up on the discussion.
These two posts are concerned with a more specific silence—on race and colonialism in the nineteenth century archive, and how one of my new digital projects, Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen,' attempts to counteract this silence. To date, despite the explosion of digital work on nineteenth century writers and culture, there are no existing digital projects that specifically deal with the impact of British imperialism in the Victorian era. This neglect is surprising, given that by the start of the twentieth century, England's political reach spanned the majority of the globe. To exclude British imperialism from digital Victorian studies is thus a serious gap that Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen' tries to address.
In this first post, I describe the power of the archive, and my rationale for creating Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen.' In my second post, I follow up on how Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen' attempts to deal with the logics of archival power.
The Power of the Archive
Many have noted that the archive is not a static repository but a form in which knowledge is made legible by modes of power. Through the ways in which they organize information, archives create what is knowable and unknowable about a given historical moment and a group of people. For example, in the Archaeology of Knowledge, Foucault argued that the ways in which objects are presented in the archive follow certain rules, and that these rules in turn represent the limits and possibilities to the creation of this knowledge. An archive thus creates the rules of possibility of thought and utterance, and sets the outline of a discursive formation, or an archaeology. Derrida calls this vested power of the archive an "achrontic power," or a type of power that calls things into being; one which makes and commands the meaning of what happened at a certain place and a certain time. Derrida also notes that the archive conceals its possession of this power while asserting it.
An overview of the nineteenth century digital archive as it stands today reveals some of the rules of archival discourse. One of the existing "rules" that the digital nineteenth century archive presently demonstrates is that colonialism did not have a great impact on British culture itself. For example, England and its Empire are treated as separate entities—through the lack of projects problematizing England's imperial history with places such as Australia, Africa and Southeast Asia. There are two exceptions to this—the Colonial Despatches of British Columbia and Vancouver Island DH project, which digitizes the correspondence between Canada and the British home office, and the Victorian Web project, which mentions the history of Empire. However, full websites on empire and Victorian studies still do not exist.
Author's note: Since I published this post, Francesca Benatti has brought Making Britain: Discovering How South Asians Shaped the Nation" to my attention. This resource is another excellent method from which to begin connecting the Victorian period to the history of empire.
Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen'
Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen' is an electronic project that aims to create these kinds of connections between the digital humanities and Victorian Studies. The project tries to give voice and representation to formerly colonized subjects, and to work against the "imperial meaning-making" of the archive by implementing new types of reading and commenting technologies that disrupt the idea of dominant and subjugated knowledges.
The term "Chinese Englishmen" refers to a particular segment of the Anglophone Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, located specifically in Singapore and Malaysia. Under British colonialism, this group of Chinese subjects experienced the tensions of being torn between the Qing Empire and their desire to be British subjects. When the British established a system of "indirect rule" over Malaya In 1874, they created a privileged class of non-Europeans who would serve as intermediaries between the British and the general masses. The British found this privileged class both in the "Straits Chinese", and in local Malay nobility. The "Straits Chinese" were ideally suited to function as a "comprador class" because they had developed a separate culture and identity from the local Malay inhabitants, and new immigrants to the region from China and India. As a class they enjoyed access to English education and positions within the new British civil service.
Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen' focuses on how this group of intermediaries negotiated these tensions in The Straits Chinese Magazine, a journal that appeared in Singapore from the late nineteenth century and which contained a mixture of news, editorials, essays and short stories. The magazine was modeled after the British periodicals Blackwoods and Macmillians. The Straits Chinese Magazine sought to give a voice to the Chinese inhabitants of British Malaya, and was edited by two prominent young Malayan Chinese men who had recently returned from studying in England, Song Ong Siang and Lim Boon Keng.
Many of the essays and short stories in the Straits Chinese Magazine demonstrate how these hybrid, ethnic subjects found themselves torn between wanting to claim access to forms of Englishness, but to still assert a form of ethnic Chinese identity. One of its main editors, Lim Boon Keng, was heavily influenced by the "Self-Strengthening Movement" in mainland China, which sought to modernize using Western technology but to maintain Chinese cultural identity through the term Zhongxue weiti, xixue weiyong 中學為體,西學為用 or, "Chinese learning as the essence, and Western learning for application."
One short story, 'A Victim of Chap-Ji-Ki' by Lew See Fah (Vol. 2, no #6, pg 70), is a morality tale of how gambling (chap-ji-ki) can lead to insanity and death. Gambling is correlated with ill-discipline, a moral sin in relation to Victorian ideals of self-restraint. At the same time, many narratives rely on British notions of sports and manliness to establish credibility; in a news story on 'Chinese Athleticism,' (Vol 1. Pg 29), for example, the editors urge the colonial government to grant them a piece of land for "athletic games and sports generally" which emphasize their cohesion with Victorian norms.
To see how Digitizing 'Chinese Englishmen' attempts to deal with the logics of archival power, see part 2 of this post.
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Cape Town - Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane on Wednesday said he would present Cabinet with a strategy to tackle municipal service delivery failures at the end of July."We have taken that task head-on," he said ahead of his fledgling department's first budget vote in Parliament."We are currently finalising our strategy... and hopefully by the time we go to the Cabinet lekgotla we should be able to place on the table of Cabinet the things we think we need to do to assist in improving the functionality of municipalities."The lekgotla is taking place from July 26 to 28.Problems at local levelChabane said two years after the department was formed, it was clear that while national policy was constantly adjusted to improve service delivery it was "at the local level that problems most need unblocking"."The implementation of the outcomes approach still has to impact positively on the lives of our people," he conceded.The department's director general Sean Phillips said it was fine-tuning a "front-line service delivery monitoring system" and piloting it in KwaZulu-Natal's municipalities.Once implemented nationwide, the system should provide premiers and local councils with regular reports on delivery weaknesses and enable them to "take corrective action".Chabane said the mindset of officials in all of government must change and his department had needed time to enlist their support for a monitoring system, rather than to police performance solely from the presidency."We should have the buy-in of the people, especially those who are going to implement it, so we have to take a lot of time in negotiations," he said."If we move and steam alone as a department and we think people are going to implement, they may as well not implement and the whole system can collapse, or alternatively people just comply because we are imposing a system from the outside."Setting targets and indicatorsPhillips said the department had studied international examples, notably Britain, where it concluded that the health service was harmed and not helped by enforcing targets directly from the prime minister's office.The health department here has been allowed additional time to draw up its own indicators, because there was a real threat that hurriedly setting targets in some areas could lead to the neglect of others."Both we and the health department are very aware that you need to be very careful with setting targets and indicators, particularly in an area such as health where you don't have unintended consequences of focusing on particular targets."They have been through a process of very carefully defining targets and indicators for outputs in health delivery agreements."Rural development was given the same leeway, he said.Chabane said his office had so far filled only 75 of its 113 positions. It was hoping to double both its staff component and its budget, which is currently at R74m, in the next financial year.
another gravy train
Agreed. Everybody seems to be missing the point and complains about the ANC this and the ANC that - yes, they are mostly/wholly incompentent to govern, but to appoint more people, more overheads to fix a problem that should not exist in the first place since local councils have largely been unable to deliver, despite being paid, is just another way to waste taxes!
- Seeing is believing - I doubt 17 years of useless governance and broken promises is about to change.
i think you need to be replacedjuluis
Jowza, now you are getting it Julius Malema must have been replaced before he was born.
@julius malema@ Lets say gravy train darky. I am sure there are black people out there that would like a prosporous future to exist in SA, but they focus on a professional or day to day life and they are not into politics. If we can get some of them to come forward and occupy leadership positions then their is a chance for SA to thrive. Look at the qualities of a politician like malema-he has some following (5 mil.) -he knows very little but what do they care--he fills a niche in the SA political arena. He has some charisma for them. The classy blacks (10 Mil.) is the niche for the future prosporous blacks but we need a 2nd Mandela for them. Find him!! The rest are the gravy train blacks (20 mil) the current anc corrupt buddy blacks that is destroying SA. We still stand a chance with the classy blacks. Lets give it a try.
Mr Chabane, Put your money where your mouth is!!!
As long as you have a Darky in charge, everything will always fail. Just look at the then and now, before 1994 and after 1994. Look what happend to streets, parks, crime, murders, corruption, look at all those things.. Take out the black man and replace him with white.
Have you watched the news lately. The anc always just states the problem and never mentions how their going to solve it! I guess if you don't mention how your going to solve a problem you can't be held acountable for your upcoming failures. Lairs!
So is he going to start appointing capable, honest people to fill the posts? From where, because he cannot turn back and start hiring whites?
I'm all for refelecting the demographics of the country, but then it must be the demographics of competence.
He will just redeploy the politically appointed sectional heads and directors. Probably give them a raise over and above their performance bonuses. You know how it is.
This article just proves once again that they are "monitoring" the system, and will be "forming" committees to "regulate" it, and actually do absolutely NOTHING constructive. The explanations of this plan is like picking a crusted little ball of $hit from your a$$ hair and looking at it for years....same usefulness...nothing. When is the actual implementation of plans in the new SA going to start, instead of the yadda yadda about them for 17 years??? So many committees...so nothing achieved.
One good Approach to this is to get rid of the ANC. They run on the hearts of people and steal the country blind in the process.
...ANC = Tokkelosh Party.....
Yes! Next elections must be a DA victory! Tell your friends, vote DA.
During apartheid this country never had these kind of progressive strategies for all. What we had was know-it-all attitude from white people
That's because we knew it all idiot. We tried to teach you but your arrogance chased us away and now look where you are. You get what you vote for so stop complaining about service delivery.
why do you keep repeating yourself,julias,or do you stutter
Hey dude. You are smoking your socks. Pre 1994 it took only one person to change the light bulb. Now under your good system you have - 1 person to drive the car, 1 person to carry the ladder, 1 person to put the ladder up, 1 person to climb the ladder to change the light bulb. Then they find out they did not hire 1 person who was supposed to bring the light bulb. Then a committee is formed to establish why this important position was not filled. Then they appoint a person to bring the light bulb but this person has to pay one months salary to get his job. Now 6 months later they go back to change this light bulb, only to find that one of the last team of workers is dead, the other is on family responsibility leave, one is preganant, one is on leave and there is no petrol for the car. Dream on Mad man, you will wake up one day to find that there is a real world out there without an anc stamp on it.
Yes dom kop, we had a know it all attitude. That attitude worked and the mere fact that water is still running or sewerage is still working is a testament to how well they did and or they build things. What have the cANCer got, sweet f8ckall. You know nothing, you deliver nothing, your promises are empty, your municipalities are bankrupt, you steal from the coffers etc etc etc. You c8nts have been in charge for 17 years, so all these issues aint caused by us white folk, they are self inflicted black issues, done by blacks on blacks and still being bitched about by blacks. So ya broer keep the cANCer in power, pretty soon we will all be in the dark ages. Next time i see you stick out your c8nt scratchers at the robot, i will tell you to go get your cash from the cANCer, i mean they promiesed you a car, house, education, wealth......
Luckily we knew it all and luckily we still know it all because you didnt know it then and you sure as hell don't know it now
get competent people to do the job instead of criminals. problem solved.
@JuluisMalema - We have had enough of you stutter.
We have a Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Minister? Since when?
Ask him to spell it then we will see if he is qualified.
@ Psychotron are we on the "through" / "throw" debate again since I have it on good authority that JZ with his extensive knowledge and experience is on the case and evaluating the education system as we speak.
@ JuluisMalema - dude, I am white but if you have no comments of value to add then do us all a favour and shut up. Your insistence to respond to each comment with the same negative comment makes you no better than the incompetent people in charge. Why does everything always have to be about race. Only once we are able to look past that will we be able to move forward. It starts with what you teach your children. So if you as a presumably adult have the mentallity you do, then I fear for what you teach your children and quite frankly I fear for your children - living in Africa and all. Grow up or go to Oranje and leave the rest of us alone
@catij001 - Right. The country does not need that twit! We need positive thinking people who can pull the voters in to vote the anc out! Then the country will sing!
what strategy? get rid of cadres and replace them competent people!
And stop redeploying corrupt officials!
A new strategy? Which implies their was one previously. If their was one, time and money was wasted (nothing new) formulating and implementing it because it is as good as non-existent looking at cANCers service delivery record since they came to power and the looting of tax money became the highest priority for them.
@Julius malema are you aware you posted the same comment 6 times? just proofs you want to be Julius
Ja right
Promises,Promise, Promises
We've heard this all before. Fools the masses, of course.
Come to Cape Town and learn.
Why are there so many Eastern Cape bods in the Western Cape? BECAUSE IT WORKS! It works because it is DA run, Vote DA and your province will improve.
The words service and delivery have a common denominator, being the need to work. This is not about race, apartheid or anything. The state is given money in the form of taxes - even the poorest of the poor pay VAT. In exchange the people who work for the state owe their countrymen and women a honest days work for the wages they get.
I want my money back!
Eish my new stratergie is to blame everybodie else but not my trustet comrades in the ANC.
Zuma & co say's - You go my booi i like yor style.
It is not rocket science to see why the municipalities were not delivering -"NO MONEY". What the anc needs to do is to restructure the structures within the municipalities/metro's. They have to do away with the mayoral committees. That whole structure costs more than they are worth. Also, the salaries paid are higher than the private sector. Many municipalities have a structure like this- MMC of saftey (for example) in mayoral committee, Then a director, assistant director, manager, traffic chief, deputy traffic chief. Now each of the heads has a sectory and fancy car. Now what do all these people do all day besides meetings and politics. Also what happens it that if a reletive works in same municipality/metro as a boss, then they do almost nothing. It is easy to sort this mess out. All it takes is the will to do it.
Business 101, you never just throw resources at a problem. All you end up doing is masking the problem and you never get to the root cause of the problem. Extra resources are an overhead which, whom is going to pay for? The solution is actually a simple one. Outsource the municipalities to Pvt companies or run then like a Pvt company. When you run them like a "free enterprise" or private type of company, well then performance targets, goals, appraisals are part of the structure. The way you are running them, well, you can be the laziest c8nt on the planet and yet you still get a union agreed across the board increase. WTF. I am willing to bet that most govt employees would be fired within a month for incompetence. They would not cut it in "big business". They are incompetent, lazy, arrogant and downright useless. A Municipality is a business. Their sole function is to DELIVER to the residents that PAY them. That's it. The survey that the treasury tabled to parliament about a month ago showed that almost 35% of the municipalities are bankrupt and another almost 40% are in dire need of investigation along the likes of tender fraud, nepotism, cadre this, cadre that. Get rid of the cANCer influence and you could have a workable solution.
Why was this never a problem pre-1994? Can this numbnuts not see that thay are failing in all aspects?
Why not just take the DA's strategy for success and implement it in the rest of the country as it stands with immediate effect?? Why all these other positions???? Or are they needed to help ' re-invent ' the wheel, so that the ANC can continue going round & round in meaningless circles??
- That implies voting the Anc out of power and the DA into power.
They cannot implement the DA policies because they do not have the skills and qualifications.
@cliffarc - Right. However if there was a chance of any other party improving on the DA let them get in. Until that time it will be a good idea to vote the DA in and the anc out. We need to get the anc out soonest and waiting for a tiny party to get big will take too much time. Those tiny parties are just getting in to give a job to their leader. They are in effect giving their vote to the anc, which is counterproductive to the prosperity and peace in South Africa.
It's very simple, Collins, just hand all the municipalities over to the DA. They already know how to run them successfully, without the typically ANC fraudulent and corrupt practices.
If you want to fix service delivery then hand all the municipalities over to the DA,stop all lunches ,travel ,and set petrol limits for your people. Stop family and friend tenders and most important jail or the crooks you catch with tender fraud even though they are your family.Also make the people work.I live in a small coastal town in the Western Cape which is fortunate to now be DA run. No longer does the ambulance guy take the ambulance home at night. No longer do the municipal managers eat out day and night on municipal credit cards or drive cars they were notraffic ct auhorised to purchase.To help his buddies we now have about 12 cars and need 2.DA will sort out.
Ag please! I've had a issue with my Water and Electricity account for the past year! And nothing gets done and I suppose nothing will get done either! Whenever you phone its the same story. Eish we are offline or we are working on it!
What's that Gavin? The Easter bunny is real?
Yes, this is a great approach to addressing the issue of non-performance in our country but what sort of 'corrective action' will be taken to rectify it?
Strangely enough, when the ANC took over, everything was working, they just had to add/maintain and govern, but unfortunately it was because of "apaarthaait" that they were not able to manage a sewerage farm or refuse removal that already existed. What a shameful state of affairs.
Where is the action??? We only always hear of "NEW" strategies but NO DAMN ACTION.......
I would prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt. If they can actually execute their plans then it is a step in the right direction. 17 years is a long time to catch a wake up. Just shows what a kick in the pants from the opposition can do for a country.
Ask the DA.
if more time was taken to find the root cause of the problem, put a corrective action in progress and thereafter a preventative action in place then we wouldn't have to waste our time and Taxpayers money on useless strategies
more people, more meetings, more proposals, more plans and ultmately more....nothing !!!
Strategy formulation wihout implementation and execution is just talk and empty promises. Something the ANC has given us plenty of over the past decade. When will they wake up and realise that running a country is not made up of endless meetings and unimplementable grand plans. Someone actually has to do some work occaisionally.
"it was clear that while national policy was constantly adjusted to improve service delivery it was "at the local level that problems most need unblocking".'...
That is the difference between formulation and execution you stupid moron.
Plans without implementation are nothing more than talk.
Don't blame the wekkas if you are too thick to implement plans.
Another day, another bureaucracy! And some more gravy!
As long as you have a Darky in charge, everything will always fail. Just look at the then and now, before 1994 and after 1994. Look what happend to streets, parks, crime, murders, corruption, look at all those things.. Take out the black man and replace him with white.
The answer to this predicament is, in my opinion, really rather simple. Ensure that suitably qualified and competent personnel is employed in key positions within the municipalities - irrespective of what colour, race or sex they may be, they must simply be suitable for the position they hold - then make them accountable and let them get on with it. Money is perhaps less of an issue here, effective management and proper utilisation of available resources on the other hand all the more so.
Try putting competent people in charge regardless of race and political party!
Have you watched the news lately. The anc always just states the problem and never mentions how their going to solve it! I guess if you don't mention how your going to solve a problem you can't be held acountable for your upcoming failures. Lairs!


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United Technologies Corp.'s $9.8 billion offering, the largest in more than three years, sent U.S. corporate bond sales higher last week even as speculative-grade issuance plummeted to the lowest levels of 2012.
Overall issuance soared 38 percent from the previous week to $19.4 billion while junk bond sales declined 60 percent to $1.9 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Hartford, Connecticut-based United Technologies, which last tapped the market more than two years ago, sold debt in six portions ranging from 18-month floating-rate notes to 30-year bonds.
Bond buyers are being lured by higher-rated debt like that of the maker of Sikorsky helicopters and Pratt & Whitney engines as turmoil in Europe sends them to safer assets. While investment-grade returns in the U.S. are down 0.2 percent this month through yesterday, speculative-grade bonds have declined 1.3 percent, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.
"If Europe blows up, there's a flight of quality to single A corporate industrials," Mark Pibl, head of credit strategy at broker-dealer Cortview Capital Securities LLC, said in a telephone interview.
The extra yield investors demand to own corporate bonds rather than similar-maturity Treasuries expanded 4 basis points from last week to 314 basis points as of yesterday, the widest since Jan. 31, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.
United Technologies's offering was the biggest since March 2009 when Pfizer Inc. sold $13.5 billion of bonds in a five-part offering. Proceeds from the sale will be used to help fund the aerospace and building-system company's acquisition of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Goodrich Corp.
The company sold floating-rate debt that included $1 billion of 18-month notes yielding 27 basis points more than the London interbank offered rate, and $500 million of three-year debt yielding 50 basis points more than Libor.
It also sold $1 billion of 1.2 percent, three-year notes; $1.5 billion of 1.8 percent, five-year debt; $2.3 billion of 3.1 percent, 10-year securities; and $3.5 billion of 4.5 percent, 30-year bonds, the data show.
Relative yields for U.S. investment-grade debt rose to 225 basis points as of yesterday, up 2 basis points from May 18 and below last year's high of 272 on Oct. 5, Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data show.
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, raised $900 million in a two-part offering on May 23 with the 1.875 percent coupon on its $400 million of seven-year debt matching a record low set by International Business Machines Corp. on May 8, the data show. It also issued three-year notes at 0.75 percent to yield 45 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries.
BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest asset manager, sold $750 million each of 1.375 percent, three-year notes on May 22 at a spread of 100 basis points and 3.375 percent, 10-year debentures at 165 basis points, the data show. The coupons were the lowest on record for three- and 10-year debt issued by the company.
Debt offerings were 14 percent below the $22 billion weekly average for the last 12 months, according to Bloomberg data. Global bond sales reached at least $57 billion, below the weekly average of $61 billion
High-yield, high-risk issuance dropped to the lowest weekly level since December, according to Bloomberg data. The biggest issuer in the market was NGPL PipeCo LLC which sold $550 million of 9.625 percent, seven-year notes with a 842 basis-points spread.
Yields reached 7.91 percent this week, the highest level since Jan. 31, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II index. High-yield, or junk, bonds are rated below Baa3 at Moody's Investors Service and lower than BBB- by Standard & Poor's.
"The high-yield market still offers a good amount of incremental yield," Thomas Chow, a money manager at Delaware Investments in Philadelphia with about $170 billion under management, said in a telephone interview. "If you can select the right names you will be rewarded for it, but you just have to realize that there will be greater mark to market volatility."
Faced with Greece's potential exit from the common currency, Europe's leaders sought to contain the region's fiscal crisis, as Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel left the door open to a compromise on debt sharing. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he can help bring Germany around to acting in Europe's "common good."
While Merkel refused to back joint euro-area bonds at a Brussels summit on May 23, Germany's opposition parties wrung a concession from the chancellor on her return to Berlin yesterday to reconsider a separate proposal on common liability for sovereign debt.
American International Group Inc., the insurer majority owned by the U.S. government after a 2008 bailout, issued $750 million in debt as an auction of $1.7 billion of its assets was resumed by the Federal Reserve, the data show. The New York-based company sold 4.875 percent, 10-year bonds at a spread of 325 basis points, the data show. Citigroup Inc. bought the mortgage-tied securities from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the district bank said yesterday.
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Swiss bank UBS is once again being investigated for alledgedly aiding clients to hide money from tax authorities. This time storm clouds are gathering over the bank in Belgium.
The head of Swiss bank UBS in Belgium has been charged on allegations of tax fraud involving billions of euros. Marcel Bruehwiler, CEO of UBS Belgium, was released after questioning in Brussels on Thursday.
Bruehwiler was detained after police had searched Bruehwiler's home and those of several clients. He's charged with money laundering, membership in a criminal organization, and fraud. He is suspected of luring wealthy clients in Belgium with the prospect of tax-free accounts at UBS offices in Switzerland. The prosecutor's office estimates that the case involves several billion euros, and said the investigation was ongoing.
The manager denies the allegations. UBS issued a statement earlier saying it does not tolerate activities aimed at tax evasion. The allegations are in connection with activities which started ten years ago.
Investigators have launched the probe after being tipped off by former UBS employees. It comes as UBS offices are under investigation in France and Germany for allegedly helping clients to transfer money to bank accounts in Switzerland to save taxes.
IIn 2009, UBS paid $780 million in fines in a wide-reaching tax evasion probe in the United States. UBS also turned over the names of thousands ofUS clients to American authorities,
which put an end to the bank secrecy laws which helped make Swiss bank accounts famous and Switzerland a top destination for foreign cash.
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|October 16, 2009, 11:31 PM
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Two basic uses for collapsible stocks
on rifles or shotguns:
1) For maneuvering in tight spaces, such as buildings, or for carrying in a vehicle (or in the example you gave, fitting into a case, I guess...);
2) In the event that more than one person will use it, the length of pull can be adjusted for each shooter's use.
There are probably other uses, but those are the two I know.
|October 17, 2009, 02:00 AM
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There's no such thing as a 'tactical' anything. It's a marketing term designed to separate you from your money, only. Has nothing to do with any kind of skill.
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|October 17, 2009, 07:35 AM
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This guy makes a very small post sounding off about his gun that he is very high on, and he gets put thru the wash for what?? Can't you just share in someones enthusiasm without having to correct them? Too much judging and chastising happening around here of late.
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Have to agree with Musicmatty,someone starts a thread and gets snotty sarcastic replies from "senior members".As for the poster,good luck and great choice,13 years in the military police and i always keep a 870 handy.Only thing i have on it other than factory is a light with pressure switch.And no i dont need any tacticool training, having carried and fired it in combat i think im up to speed.
|October 17, 2009, 11:27 AM
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Sound like your on your way to some fun shotgun shooting! Congrads on the new shotty!!!
I've rebuilt 2 870's (one for me, one for the wife) Mine uses a 20 inch rifle sighted barrel (Remington barrel with Williams Fire Sights) and choke tubes, the wife uses a 21 in VR barrel with Williams Fire sights and changeable choke tubes. Both shotguns have Tac-star 8 shot mags, Wilson Combat sling plates, wood stocks and Limb Saver recoil pads.
Are they Tatical? I dont know, but they are great all purpose shotguns that we use for both HD and hunting. Never have to change a barrel, just a choke tube! Most of the time its only MOD and Full chokes in the guns, MOD for HD, small game, birds and deer, Full for those dang crows that just wont come close enough! LOL!
I found slugs will clove leaf at 100 yards with the mod chokes......cant ask for anything better.
Good luck with the 870, and dont mind the forum rats, every board has'm.
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I built-up my two twins to be identical, the green one as a backup to the tan one. The stocks are SpeedFeed short LOP stocks (without the speedfeed feature), the forends are Hogues, they both have 6 round side saddles and the Big Dot Tactical TFO sights from TruGlo. The light is a TLR1 on a Streamlight Magazine Tube Mount. Both guns started life as Wingmasters. The tan one is a 18.5" barreled version with a Choate +2 and the green one is a 21" barreled version with a Choate +3.
I picked the stocks because I wanted a pistol grip stock that was NOT adjustable and this one fits me better than the others I tried. I get proper shouldering and cheek-weld, and that makes for accurate shots. I chose 6 round saddles because that's really the only way to get extra shells onboard in a grab-and-go situation where they don't get in the way. The Hogue forends make for a very "grippy" texture and help make the gun more controlable on follow-up shots when you're aggressively running the action. I went with the light setup I have because I didn't want the added weight of a forend light and because the light fits me in the position it's in. My arms are long and I grip the forend at the extreme end of it and I can manipulate the TLR easily. I opted against a remote switch because I didn't want to risk getting it entangled in the action, or elsewhere. The sights were decided on because of the kind of work these guns were built to do and the ammunition selection that I have chosen for them. They are "go-to" guns, not hunting arms, so an easily acquirable, low-light capable sight was a strong selling feature. I keep these loaded with 00buck, and I don't intend to ever use slugs, so a big flat dot works (and works well).
All the above being said, I ran the hell out of the tan gun in YFA's Tactical Shotgun class this past August. Mine was one of the few guns in the class that didn't fail at some point, and I felt that I ran it well. After running and gunning for 3 days under the direction of Louis Awerbuck, I learned that my shotgun worked for me, and I wouldn't change a thing...
As usual, YMMV....
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Matty, most Fridays around 11 I can be found at PGC Trap and Skeet near NASA in Greenbelt. Come on down and shoot. After the Geezer Squad completes its usual rounds of Chinese Trap,etc, I'll be glad to walk you through a round or two and help you with your form and techniques.
BTW, my skeet scores reek. That's due mostly to shooting other stuff.
Ever try 5 stand?
If you need a suitable shotgun,let me know and I'll throw an extra in the truck.
[I]There's one or two around here someplace.....[I]
Look for a gray Cherokee. Pun intended.
VUPD, if a shotgun makes it through one of Awerback's torture sessions, I care not a whit if it has pink Naugahyde upholstery and curb feelers.
It's a keeper.
Again, if anyone spent more last year on ammo and range fees than on stuff from the catalogs, it really doesn't matter how much or how little, they or you, spent on the latter.
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September 22, 2012 at 8:20 pm #16506
Hey guys,
trying to add the Mail Chimp subscription form to my sidebar and all of my pages at the bottom of the content.
When I add the Mail Chimp code it currently shows up like http://www.test.alightfilledlife.com (sidebar) this, without the subscribe button and other missing elements. Please let me know how I can get these to show up correctly.
Scroll down the page to see it in the content area as well.
Im new to wordpress and am trying to make this all work.
Thanks!September 24, 2012 at 5:28 am #91743
I can't view http://www.test.alightfilledlife.com/ in my browser – it redirects me to an error page: http://error404.000webhost.com/?
Best regards,
PeterSeptember 26, 2012 at 12:36 am #91744
Hmm…its up for me…maybe there was a temporary error or something…well if you can try it again that would be great.
I did however install a plugin for the MailChimp widget for the sidebar but I still can't get it to display correctly on all of the pages.September 26, 2012 at 2:12 am #91745
Hi evanhp,
Just like Peter, I tried to click on the link above: http://www.test.alightfilledlife.com and got me redirected to this page: http://error404.000webhost.com/?
Is that the right link?
IsmaelSeptember 27, 2012 at 12:54 pm #91746
Yea thats the link its working for me. I need to check with my client to see what she sees.
Try this?September 29, 2012 at 2:16 am #91747
The last link worked for me. I see on the right side a Join Now button. I am not really familiar with Mail Chimp so not sure what is supposed to be there and is missing.
NickSeptember 29, 2012 at 4:00 pm #91748
Yea I got the sidebar working, its the individial page layout now I cant figure out. I have the shortcode on each page but its format is weird. You should be able to see the submit button and it shouldnt have that huge white border around the insert box.October 1, 2012 at 4:03 pm #91749
Hey evanhp,
This is the css controlling the mailchimp signup form:
#mc_embed_signup {
background: #fff;
clear: left;
font: 14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
It looks like the plugin has a background color set for it which you'll need to change either through its settings or add some quick css via the theme options. So you could add:
#mc_embed_signup {
background: none !important;
And that should do it :)
DevinOctober 2, 2012 at 3:11 am #91750
Great thanks so much! I will try tomorrow :)October 2, 2012 at 10:34 pm #91751
Did that solve your issue? Just wanted to make sure you didn't need anymore help.
MyaOctober 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm #91752
Awesome works great!
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F4F Wildcat Photo Page
While not forming a complete history, these photos from the National Archives and USMC Archives illustrate an interesting cross-section of US Navy and USMC Wildcat employment in the early part of the war. I hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane!
(Click any image below to enlarge)
As we've included this subject in our 1/48 & 1/32 Wildcat decal sets (see below), I thought you might like to see this wonderful color pic of Jim Swett's F4F on Henderson Field. He told us this artwork was only applied to #77 for a few days before he was ordered to remove it. He didn't think the art was also applied to the starboard side of the fin.
What could be more fun than lining up a bunch of Wildcats pointing outboard along the USS Ranger's flight deck and machine-gunning the crap out of the fish? It's easy to see the US national insignia on top of both wings do not include the broad yellow surround as on the fuselage and underwing stars.
Also a pic of gun testing, this photo of a VF-6 Wildcat was taken on the USS Enterprise in April 1942, days before the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the much darker, fresh Blue Gray paint on the rudder used to camouflage the red and white stripes. As you can see, the squadron number (in this case "6") was not always removed at this time.
I just love this pic taken in October 1941 in the USS Enterprise's hangar deck. Note the TBDs and WINGLESS SBDs handing from the overhead! Notice the aircraft number painted in white ("14") on top of the wing. I've always wondered whether this number was partially intended to help reassemble planes to ensure they got the correct parts? Great way to pack in a whole passel of airplanes, but not that quick to deploy . . .
I received this email from Mike Koubek with additional commentary soon after this page was first posted:
Hi Dave,
I love your Wildcat photo page.
I have seen your two photos of the F4F-3 in the carrier hangar deck. They are attributed to the Enterprise, but I can not find anything that confirms that VF-3, VS-2 and VT-3 were all on the Enterprise in late 1941.
The time frame has to be late 1941 as the carrier aircraft did not start with the blue gray paint until October. Note that VT-3's TBDs have been repainted, but that VS-2's are still in the overall light gray. In late November 1941, VF-3 was with the refitting Saratoga on the west coast, the Lexington and Enterprise were delivering Marine aircraft to Midway and Wake, respectively (I am trying to confirm if all these carriers had all their nominally assigned squadrons with them). These shots were probably taken on the Saratoga. It could be that VS-2 with it's non-folding wings was moved to the Saratoga temporarily to make room for the Marine Vindicators that were being delivered to Midway on the Lexington.
This is the first I have seen of an image of any of the VMF-211 F4F-3s that were left behind at Ewa (see photo below–Dave). It confirms they were the late model -3s fresh from the factory (note the absence of an external carburator scoop at the 12 o'clock position on the cowl ring) and still in their delivered overall light gray scheme applied by Grumman. The detachment that went to Wake got their blue-gray paint job while on the Enterprise. Grumman did not start with the blue-gray at the factory until production of the F4F-4 was already under way. One interesting note, the Navy squadron painters gave the Wildcats "211-F-xx" instead of "211-MF-xx" which was appropriate to Marine fighters. Probably a rush job, but possibly also a way to for the Navy to break Marine Corps chops.
Thanks for the great images!
All the best,
Mike Koubek
Complementing the photo above, here is another study of a Wildcat undergoing maintenance on the Enterprise's hangar deck. Note the many spare props hanging from the overheads.
This pic shows one of the USMC Wildcats that was, as I recall, one of the VMF-211 leave-behinds at Ewa Field on Oahu the day after the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands on 7 December 1941. This bird will never fly again! The original print that I scanned was of truly horrible quality and I cleaned it up in Photoshop as much as I can—hope you can see the airframe damage.
This photo shows a Marine (no kidding!) F4F-4 being hoisted onto an unidentified aircraft carrier sometime fairly early in the war. Wish I had more info about the unit and ship, but there you go. I just think it's a cool picture; it's not very common to see the Marines "branding" one of their aircraft (you know how those Navy guys will steal anything!) LOL.
This very cool scene shows living conditions and aircraft parking at Cactus (Henderson Field), Guadalcanal, in 1942. Note the tent along the ridgeline and the open weather aircraft maintenance underway. Also note how closely together the aircraft are parked, and lack of any sort of revetments between the planes.
One of the Henderson Field Wildcats taxies out for another mission. The field is flatter and smoother than you might think.
More open parking at Henderson Field in 1942. Note the TBF (not TBM) Avenger in the rough revetment at the center right behind the first Wildcat. The Avenger is almost certainly from the Navy's VT-8; guess which service's planes got the best protection? ( :D)
This captured Japanese photo is of remarkably good quality, under the circumstances, and shows the aircraft graveyard on Wake Island after its capture. At least seven Wildcat hulks are visible. The markings are extremely clear in this pic, and illustrate the single over-wing national insignia and tiny fuselage star.
What do you do when your Wildcat at Henderson Field catches fire? Shovel coral sand on it, throw buckets of water on it, and as the last resort, stand around watching! Note the partially completed Japanese hangar in the background.
In yet another US Navy photo that Lofe Magazine is attempting to claim as its own, here is a beautiful study of an F4F in flight wearing the three-tone camo scheme. The national insignia style mark this photo as being taken sometime after September 1943.
Another USN photo being passed off by Lofe Magazine as one of their own, this photo gets us into the ballpark of the actual shade of the Navy's Blue Gray color. It's a bit too yellow in this photo, but given the generally poor quality of the photo, it's actually fairly helpful.
Our friends from Lofe Magazine pass this USN photo off as their own, but it's a nice study of one of the Operation TORCH F4Fs in North Africa. The Army guys look more like they're on a grade school outing than making any attempt to help, but what the hey. It's a Navy plane, after all!
Taxiing into position for takeoff ahead of the USS Ranger's island, this Wildcat clearly shows the US national insignia under both wings as well as the broad yellow surrounds to the underwing and fuselage stars.
Although well known, this is a truly historical photo! These two F4F-3s of VF-3 are being flown by Lt Commander John "Jimmy" Thach and Lt Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare in April 1942, just days before the Battle of the Coral Sea.
This is another famous photo, but worth reproducing here. This is Lt Butch O'Hare in his personal F4F in 1942, not long after winning the Medal of Honor for shooting down five (later evidence indicated only three) of eight Japanese G4M Betty bombers attacking the USS Lexington on 20 February 1942. Note the blanked-out VF-3 squadron insignia—a requirement of the military censor.
Wonderful study of Capt Marion Carl's VMF-223 Wildcat at Henderson Field in February 1943. We created decals in 1/32 & 1/48 for this bird (see below).
Beautiful study of a damaged F4F at Midway immediately after the battle. This bird apparently bellied in; note the bent prop blade and twisted starboard main wheel. The coral sand is so white it almost looks like snow!
WAVE-OFF! WAVE-OFF, FOR GOD'S SAKE!! I didn't really plan to include FM-2 Wildcats in this article, but this pic is pretty cool (it clearly shows the so-called "Atlantic Scheme") and included just because I like it. Taken much later in the war (May 1944) these FM-2 Wildcats flew from the USS Charger (CVE-30). Charger was a converted civilian cargo/passenger liner hull, and sister ship to the British carriers HMS Avenger, HMS Biter (which later became the French carrier Dixmude), and HMS Dasher, all delivered under Lend-Lease. She plied the Chesapeake Bay area of the Virginia coast, training pilots and ships' crews in aircraft carrier operations.
Also taken on another training carrier (USS Suwannee, AVG-27), this photo shows a former Operation TORCH F4F with the broad yellow national insignia surround painted out with fresh Blue Gray paint. Suwannee had just participated in the North African invasion alongside the USS Ranger, and this photo was probably taken sometime during her return to Norfolk in late November 1942. The painted-out yellow surrounds are very similar to the ones on aircraft #8 on Guadalcanal included in my 1/32 & 1/48 decal sets (below). Although not widely known, several of the former TORCH Wildcats ended up flying combat from Guadalcanal.
This final photo is from the National Archives and was used on the cover of a recent issue of The Hook, the journal of the Tailhook Association. This pic was taken on the deck of the USS Wasp (CV-7) and shows Wildcats and SBD Dauntlesses in the Blue Gray camouflage scheme. Did you note the white (or very light colored) patched glued over the gun openings on the F4F wing leading edges? I love all these little details!
I've been a life member for a long time (hey, even retired Air Force guys can appreciate naval aircraft!), and if you'd like to join, please visit them at http://www.tailhook.org/hookmag.htm
That's it for today. I spend quite a bit of time putting these information and photo pages together for you, and hope you find them worthwhile. I hardly ever hear back from anyone them, so I never really know. Don't get me wrong; I wouldn't do this at all if I didn't enjoy it quite a bit. On the other hand if this stuff is not useful to you, let me know and I'll just stop.
Also, if you have additional information about the photos here, or other Wildcat photos, let me know and I'll add your information here. Contact me by clicking here.
We created this rather interesting F4F Wildcat decal set in both 1/32 and 1/48, of which I have a few of each left.
1/32 F4F Wildcat Decal Set
F4F Wildcat #1. Four killer schemes from the Marine contingent on Guadalcanal–produced from photos from the collections of the pilots involved! First is #77 flown by Lt Jim Swett, VMF-221, and featuring his personal "Ally Oop-style" tail art and a painted out diagonal tail strips. Next is Capt Marion Carl, VMF-223, displaying his 19 kill markings. Another Wildcat with "Indian Head" nose art was from an unknown Marine unit on Guadalcanal. The final bird was flown by Capt Joe Foss, VMF-121 (ace, Medal of Honor winner, and later governor of South Dakota).
1/48 F4F Wildcat Decal Set
F4F Wildcats #1 One of Cutting Edge's most popular decal sets of all time, this set has four killer schemes from the Marine contingent on Guadalcanal–produced from photos from the collections of the pilots involved! Lt Jim Swett, VMF-221, with large cartoon caveman wearing a diaper on fin; Capt Marion Carl, VMF-223 (displaying 19 kills!); Indian Head from unknown Marine unit (documented as having participated in Operation TORCH in North Africa during November & December 1942; the large yellow surrounds pm on the fuselage and wings have been painted out with fresh paint); Capt Joe Foss, VMF-121.
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America's Energy Illiteracy
November 7, 2013
Americans want more natural gas, but they don't favor the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") process used to produce it. That's the findings of a recent University of Texas survey in which 80 percent of the respondents said they want the feds to push natural gas development, says Loren Steffy in Forbes.
Part of the reason for the disconnect is the anti-fracking campaigns of environmental groups that claim the drilling process taints groundwater, causes earthquakes and uses too much water. Much of the public discourse over fracking has focused on its potential impacts, with little discussion of the potential benefits.
- Among the survey respondents who claimed a familiarity with fracking, only 38 percent said they supported it, a decline from 45 percent just a few months ago.
- Nine out of 10 respondents also said the government should promote renewable energy, although it's not clear how many recognize that such technology is, at best, a supplemental source of energy rather than an alternative one.
The survey points to a broader public misunderstanding of energy issues.
- While many who responded said they favored natural gas because it produced fewer carbon emissions than other fossil fuels, they didn't seem to acknowledge that reaping those benefits requires widespread use of fracking.
- In the past five years, the United States has significantly reduced its dependence on foreign oil -- OPEC imports are down by 37 percent since 2007 -- thanks to hydraulic fracturing for both oil and natural gas.
Environmentalists have been far more effective at raising concerns about fracking than the energy industry has been at promoting fracking's economic benefits. The American public has never had a strong grasp of the forces that provide the energy it consumes or the tradeoffs involved. We throw the switch and expect the lights to come on. We turn the key in the ignition and expect to get where we're going.
Source: Loren Steffy, "Confronting America's Persistent Energy Illiteracy," Forbes, October 22, 2013.
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Autore: AnandTech
We typically don't cover a lot of supercomputing news outside of the major Top500/Green500 announcements due to the fact that the launches of so many supercomputers are clustered around the official updates to those lists, but the following came across our desk earlier this afternoon from NVIDIA and caught our attention.
Italy's Cineca computing center has unveiled their latest supercomputer today, a Eurotech created system built on a combination of Intel's Xeon E5 CPUs and NVIDIA's Tesla K20 GPUs. While the supercomputer itself is still considered a prototype and is fairly modest overall – its 110 TFLOPS would be good for roughly #250 on the most recent Top500 list – what makes this latest supercomputer particularly interesting (and just a bit snark-worthy) is not its peak performance, but rather its energy efficiency and cooling mechanism. In short, someone has finally paired a K20-based supercomputer with water cooling, with some interesting results.
Cineca's and Eurotech's Water Cooled Eurora Supercomputer
By using water cooling, Eurotech and Cineca have been able to capture the waste heat off of Eurora in a far more dense and more useful manner than air would allow, in turn allowing them to put that waste heat to productive use. By using that heat to not only heat their buildings but also to drive absorption chillers, they've been able to reduce the amount of heat that ultimately needs to be removed from the system, and consequently the amount of energy that is spent on cooling.
Adding an extra facet to this is the fact that due to the much greater heat capacity of water over air, using water for cooling – even warm-to-hot water as in the case of Eurora – results in lower processor temperatures than chilled air. In turn, thanks to the positive relationship in semiconductors between temperature and power consumption, these lower temperature processors consume less electricity and thereby produce less heat in the first place.
The end result is that between the use the water cooling and various other optimizations made by Eurotech, they've been able to produce a supercomputer significantly more power efficient than other K20 supercomputers, or any other supercomputer for that matter. At 110 TFLOPS performance for 34.7KW electricity consumption, Eurora has an energy efficiency of 3,150 MFLOPS/watt, almost 25% better than the current #1 system on the Green500 supercomputer list, a Xeon Phi system that operates at 2,500 MFLOPS/watt. This makes Eurora the most energy efficient supercomputer available by a wide margin for the moment, and while the next Green500 list won't be published until June, if Eurora is accepted then will be a likely contender for the top spot on that list.
We won't dwell on this too much more, but if you would like some more details there's an interesting slide deck from Eurotech published over on NVIDIA's website. Ultimately using waste heat for productive use is something of a one-trick pony – there aren't too many productive ways to use that heat due to its relatively low temperature – but nevertheless it offers an interesting alternative into improving supercomputer performance within a fixed power envelope, particularly at a time where we're beginning to see diminishing returns from smaller semiconductor manufacturing processes.


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Two women accused of stealing tax information and tax returns from as many as 60 clients of an H&R Block location in Indiana will remain in federal custody.
U.S. District Magistrate Paul Cherry on Wednesday denied bond to 35-year old Rosetta Buchanan and 32-year old Francesca Foster.
"We are very disappointed that the judge didn't release her on bond today. She's got two very young kids that their grandmother's looking after right now," said Sean Harrison, Foster's Attorney.
Harrison said he doesn't believe there is strong evidence linking his client to this crime.
Foster works for H&R Block in East Chicago and had access to all of the clients' personal information, such as Social Security numbers, addresses and wages, according to a criminal complaint.
Authorities say she used the information to file early tax returns through an online company and provided various bank accounts in which the tax refunds should be deposited.